League of Nations Adopted at Peace Conference
The peace conference unanimously adopted the league of nations project with President Wilson and Colonel House as American commission members. The council urged creating a league open to all civilized nations to promote international obligations and prevent war, with Bourgeois supporting the move and Clemenceau presiding as Wilson was named chairman of the composite committee.
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League of Nations Project
Wilson
Colonel House
M. Clemenceau
Supreme Council
League of Nations
Leon Bourgeois
M. ‘Clemenceau
Council of the Great Powers
A E
Premier Clemenceau
France
Premier supports broader committees for labor and league
Huysmans representing Belgium asks for two seats on the labor reparations and league committees and one each on the others Serbia makes a similar request Brazil opposes a rigid plan urging the conference control its own decisions The French premier Clemenceau urges quick work and warns against procedural delays at demobilization talks
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Camille Huysmans
Belgium
League of Nations
Serbia
Brazil
Wilson and Allies Debate League of Nations Role
President Wilson spoke with calm earnestness against immediate support for the league while Premier Lloyd George and Italian premier Vittorio Orlando voiced general backing. The text outlines proposed mechanisms including a permanent league body, a conference, a representative committee, and a tribunal to address breaches of war laws.
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Wilson
League
Lloyd George
Vitorio Orlando
Hurley Sees Paris Facing German Trade Challenge
Edward N. Hurley chairman of the United States Shipping Board told a Franco American dinner in Paris that France must prepare to meet German commercial competition. He said the war’s end cannot be counted until France is fully rehabilitated commercially.
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Paris
France
Germany
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Mr. Hurley
Russian Factions Rally Around Princess Islands Tale
Fragmentary dispatch cites factions in Russia debating strategy at the Princess islands. It references M. Tchitcherin's message and outlining influence lines among competing political groups.
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Russia
Princess Islands
Prohibition measures and state relief efforts in Montana
Montana news notes the bone dry bill’s expected impact on strict obeyers, war savings stamps sales by Northern Pacific and Montana railroads, and relief funds. It reports labor hours for dining car staff, a druggist arrested on game bias charges, Armenian relief progress, and railroad rate extensions through March. Also noted: venereal clinic plans, civil suits, fuel restrictions easing, bank convention dates, auto tax administration shift, and a drivetrain factory startup with 100 workers. Congresswoman Bliss Ranking rumored for House clerk post.
Mild Winter Thwarts Logging Across Northwest Region
Missoula reports an unusually mild winter hindering logging as there is insufficient snow to haul logs. Millmen fear losses as 25 to 35 percent of logs cut fail to reach mills and railroads, with some areas seeing zero hauling days and potential value declines of at least two dollars per thousand feet.
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Missoula
Northwestern
Kaniska
Coeur di Alenes
Eradicating Stock Disease and Cooperative Bull Associations
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, the article explains how cooperative bull associations curb dairy stock diseases. It cites tests for tuberculosis, reactor elimination, and strict member compliance to prevent abortion and other infections.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Towa
Draft resolution on reparation for peace conference
Paris draft outlines a commission of up to three representatives from each of the five great powers and up to two from Belgium Greece Poland Romania and Serbia to examine and report on reparations owed by enemy states what they can pay and how and when payments should be made
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Paris
Belgium
Greece
Poland
Rumunia
Serbia
Half Million Huns Under Arms
A military committee under the supreme war council will study German strength and resources. It will verify the estimate of about 500000 German troops and assess production of arms, munitions, and other military supplies for the Western Front after the armistice.
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Paris
Supreme War Council
Gasoline Prices Probed by Joint House Committee
Loring Cramer of the Montana Oil Company testified before the joint house and senate price investigating committee chaired by Booth Fallon County. He said Helena gasoline laid down at 25 cents and sold to garages at 28 cents, with company costs similar in Helena and Billings.
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Helena
Montana Oil Company
Soft House
Senate
Booth
Fallon County
Loring Cramer
Cramer
Helenh
Billings
Greyhull
Diblings
Chamer
Russell
Auto Gas & Ol Company
Tutte
Los Angeles
Chage
Labor Commission Proposes International Labor Inquiry Plan
Paris reports a draft resolution for the peace conference proposing a five great powers and five elected representatives commission to study employment conditions internationally and to recommend a permanent agency under the League of Nations. A second draft calls for international control of ports waterways and railways with a similar mixed delegation to report on the regime.
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Labor Commission
Paris
League of Nations
Montana Shippers Lose Millions by Decision
Helena Montana shippers lost claims totaling millions after the Interstate Commerce Commission denied their charges against railroads in the Spokane district. Ro T Varney of Helena filed the complaints on behalf of the Montana Relief Merchants association alleging retroactive rate cuts from Spokane and other intermountain points reduced earlier higher rates over two years prior.
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Helena
Montana
Interstate Commerce, Commission
Spokane
Montana Shippers
Ro T. Varney
Montana Relief Merchants’ Association
Aelite
Powers name delegates on Nation League Committee
Paris delegates of the great powers on the league of nations are named. For the United States President Wilson and Colonel E. M. House. for Great Britain Lord Robert Cecil and Gen. Jan Smuts. for France Leon Bourgeois and Ferdinand L. Arnaude. for all Premier Orlando and Vittorio Scialoja. for Japan Viscount Chinda and K. Ochiai.
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Paris
League of Nations
United States
Wilson
FE. M. House
Great Britain
Lord Robert Cecil
Jan Christian Smuts
France
Leon Bourgeois
Ferdinand L. Arnaude
Faculty of Law
The
University of Paris
Orlando
Vitorio Scialoia
Japan
Viscount Chinda
K. Ochiai
Boxing Measure Introduced by Helena Banker
Helena K J Moo o of Bigs Tither a banker and representative from Sweet Grass county introduced a boxing bill. The measure provides that funds collected as state fees shall be used for a home for returned and disabled soldiers and sailors of the world war.
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Helena
K. J. Moo O
Bigs Tither
Sweet Grass County
Diplomatic Cable Seeks Confirmation on Peace Conference Mission
A foreign minister has sent a wireless message to Soviet representatives in Sweden asking them to confirm the supreme council of the peace conference decision to dispatch a mission to confer with representatives of the different parties.
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Chives
Ishands
Supreme Council
Russia
Wilt
Medals For Sailors In War Service Debate
The War Department reports efforts to award medals or decorations to officers and men for distinguished service in the war. A petition form for a medal of honor has been disapproved and preparations continue for other recognitions.
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Washington
Rayy Department
Soldiers and Sailors Club Forms With 140 Members
A Soldiers and Sailors club has been organized with 140 members. WH Hoover was unanimously chosen as chairman. A committee of one was authorized to appoint the chairman and provide for returned soldiers including meeting every homecoming soldier at the train.
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Soldiers and Sailors’ Clu
WH. Hoover
Mrs Roosevelt Pensioned Bill Passes House and Senate
Washington bill grants widow of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt a $5,000 yearly pension and moves to the White House for approval. The House passed the measure without a record vote after Senate approval. a similar House bill previously passed 250 to 9.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
House
Senate
Montana Urged to Support Public Health Nurse Scholarships
Helena Miss Margaret Uighes, state representative for the National Organization of Public Health Nursing, calls Montana to back a Chicago launched drive for 100000 in 1918 to fund scholarships for returning army nurses and graduates so they may study public health service and enter work immediately.
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Helena
Margaret Uighes
Montana
National Organization of Public Health Nursing
Chicago
Keeping Only of One Breed Prepared Way
A Wisconsin farmer who began breeding Guernseys in a Holstein area notes buyers ignore his cattle. He explains buyers seek Guernsey districts and breeders of pure or grade stock should follow this lesson.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Holstein
Dairy Breeds Mixed On Farms Despite Bull Association Rules
Farmers in a single community raise Holsteins Guernseys Jerseys and Shorthorns with many crossbreds. A grade herd study shows no single breed dominance as years vary between Holstein Jersey and mixed bulls. The local bull association urges keeping one breed per farm among 18 members to stabilize breeding.
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The
Bull Association
Keep All Dairy Cows Clean
Dairy cleanliness is essential for milk quality. Dirty udders and thighs contaminate milk as dirt clings and is rubbed into the pail during milking. Brush and wash the udder and surrounding areas before milking and dry with a clean cloth. Regular clipping aids cleaning.
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P. K. Heerwagen
State Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Improvement on scrub cows boosts dairy profits
The article argues that scrub cows, when renewed in fall and fed and treated properly during winter, then brought to grass in late lactation, can become profitable. Records from co operative testing associations support the point.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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Sea of Marmara
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Italy
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Hurley
News of Montana
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Northern Pacific
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Leo H. Faust
State c Capaign
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Montana Railroad Comission
Railroad Administration
Silver Bow
Nitra
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War Department
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U.S. Employment Service
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Madge Duggan
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Montana State Banker’s Association
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