Governor to Award Plums Next Monday
Boise special: Enoch W. Whitcomb of Lemhi county appears set to be elected president pro tempore of the senate as members convene tonight or Sunday. Charess D. Story of Ada county is favored to become the new speaker of the lower house. Paul Davis, former Progressive secretary, may serve as senate secretary. Incoming Governor Davis to announce numerous appointments Monday morning.
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Boise
Enoch W. Whitcomb
Lemhi County
Charess D. Story
Ada County
Paul Davis
Progressive Organization
Senate
M. Br, Yeaman
Bonneville
Lloyd Adams
Madison
Whitcomb
Bannock County
Davis
James Hh.gibson
David Burrell
American Falls
House
British Objectors Petition Lloyd George for Release
A petition signed by prominent English figures requests release of conscientious objectors. It argues the time has come to free 1500 objectors imprisoned, with seven hundred having served two years or more. Signers include seventeen bishops, clergy, Viscount Bryce, Lord Buckmaster, the Marquis of Crewe, Lord Loreburn, Reginald McKenna, Viscount Morley, Sir John Simon, Arthur Henderson and Augustine Birrell.
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London
Lloyd George
Viscount Bryce
United States
Lord Buckmaster
Marquis of Crewe
Lord Loreburn
Reginald McKenna
Viscount Morley
Sir John Simon
Arthur Henderson
Augustine Birrell
Northern Pacific sits stranded off Fire Island
Fire Island on January 4 reports the troopship Northern Pacific still ashore with decks cleared of army personnel. Wrecking barges and lighters close in to begin trans shipment of half the crew and prepare to lift the liner from its bed possibly by the next flood tide.
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Fire Island
Northern Pacific
Defense closes trial of five Socialist readers in Chicago case
The defense rested shortly before noon in a trial involving five Socialist readers charged with conspiracy to violate the espionage law. Indications point to a jury verdict on Monday as Kerger testified about an editorial in Swader after an I W W conviction, stating the defendants were not traitors and criticizing government methods.
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Kerger
Swader
Chicago
Berger
President Wilson seeks 100 million for European relief
President Wilson asks Congress to appropriate 100 million dollars for famine relief in Europe in a message transmitted via the state department.
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Persident
Europe
Washington
Congress
Wilson
State Department
Taking Over HM Aircraft And U Boats
German air power and submarine assets are being handed to the Allies under armistice terms. Americans accept sixty more German aircraft and receive a batch of a hundred to be tested. Allied navies find 170 undine subs under construction in Germany and plan turnover. Germany's newest battleship Baden is to be surrendered at a British port in a few days.
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Coblenz
Associated — Press
London
Inter-Allied Naval Commission
Germany
Baden
Red Cross Conference to Gather in Pocatello
F P Fossie Northwest divisional director of Home Service will meet Red Cross chapters from southeastern Idaho in a two day conference in Pocatello. More than one hundred delegates will attend at the high school with Norman B Adkison presiding. A banquet is planned for Monday evening.
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F. P. Fossie
Northwest
Home Service
Pocatello
Red Cross
Idaho
Norman B. Adkison
Bannock County Home Service of the Red Cross
Fossie
Three Combat Divisions Start Home From France
Three divisions the Thirtieth Thirty-seventh and Ninety-first designated for early return from France General March announced The Ninety-first includes Camp Lewis men from western states An American attache in Russia reports 65 deaths by disease and 9 killed in action among American forces in the Archangel region to November 25.
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Camp Lewis
Russia
Washington
Jan
France
March
Western States
Archangel
No More Days of 1893 Warns on Gompers Speech
Samuel Gompers told the senate committee on education and labor that industrial stagnation must not return after the war. He warned against a repeat of 1893 94 hunger due to unemployment and urged action to prevent widespread job loss.
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Sam Gompers
Washington
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Samuel Gompers
United States
Japanese Troops to Leave Siberia Under War Office Plan
Tokyo dispatch to the Express quotes the Japanese war office announcing 24 000 troops will be withdrawn from Siberia. Japan will maintain only the smallest possible forces in Siberia and public opinion in Japan deplores the withdrawal.
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London
Sberia
Tokio
the Express
Japanese War Office
Japan
Siberia
Fifth Liberty Loan Short and May Bear Better Interest
New York reports in financial circles that the next Liberty loan will bear 4 1/4 percent interest. The issue is expected to be for 8 5,000,000,000,000. It will likely be a short term issue of about five years.
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New York
Petrograd to Match Singles with State Inevitable
The Petrograd town council plans to wed all unmarried women aged 18 to 45 with husbands chosen by the council. Children from these unions would be separated from their parents and educated under Soviet government control.
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London
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Idaho's 1919 legislature officers debated at caucus
With the Idaho 1919 legislature approaching, discussions over senate president pro tem and other posts heated. Enoch Whitcomb leads for the job amid rivals Ralph Nelson and newcomers Yeaman and Lee. Paul Davis seen as a likely senate poster, David Burrell to return as chief clerk, and hundreds of job applicants flood the governor elect's office for posts including game warden. Fleet Black appoints Dean Driscoll and Alfred Stone as assistants. Speaker race remains fluid among Storey Kiger and Featherstone.
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Fleet Black
Dean Driscoll
Boise
Alfred Stone
Canyon County
Charles J. Storey
M. A. Kiger
Albert H. Featherstone
Kiger
Motor Taxes for Bannock Show a Gain
The 1918 city assessor report shows Bannock County collected 32549.85 from auto motorcycle and chauffeur licenses with 24262.39 for roads and 8087.46 for the state. Licenses issued included 1790 autos 25 dealers 48 motorcycles and 81 chauffeurs with April the peak month at 489 licenses sold.
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R. C. Graham
Bannock
Essor Graham
Belgians Expel Foreigners Connected to Germans
Brussels reports the Belgian minister of justice announces immediate expulsion of all foreigners of enemy origin who had relations with Germany during the war.
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Brussels
Belgium
Serbia A Heavy Losses In War Debts Report
Paris reports Serbia suffers war losses totaling 1 197000000 francs, according to a Belgrade dispatch to Temps. The large debt underscores the strain on Serbia after the conflict.
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Paris
Serbia
Belgrade
Big Four Starts the Ball Rolling
Washington reports the existing rate structures would stay in force under private railroad control until orderly legal changes occur. McAdoo also said private operation could maintain joint ticket offices without violating antitrust laws. Paris dispatch outlines a five stage peace conference plan including entry of Belgium and Serbia, later allies, and a league of nations discussion. Pope Benedict welcomed President Wilson at the Vatican as he became a citizen of Rome, with remarks denouncing force as a German blunder and praising mercantile power.
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Washington
McAdoo
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Rome
Wilson
Vatican
Pope Benedict
Michael Angelo
Germany
Co operation project of U L Clerks
The Order of Railway Clerks held a profitable meeting in KX C hall last evening adding nearly one hundred new members. President Maston spoke of a 250 to 275 member total with plans for a busy year and talks by statewide figures. He contrasted union aims with management cooperation and urged loyalty to the railway property.
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KX. C. Hall
Victory Orchestra
P. Gates
H. L. Peek
Chas. McHugh
Hannah Ash
Maston
Pocatello
Wilson in Rome Aboard Historic Visit with King Victor Emmanuel
President Wilson arrived in Rome with Mrs Wilson amid nationwide crowds and a royal welcome. King Victor Emmanuel greeted him at the station, the Star Spangled Banner played, and a ceremonial review of soldiers marked the capital's pageantry. The president met the queen and cabinet before proceeding to the papal apartments.
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Rome
Associated Preas
Victor Emmanuel
Wilson
Quirinal
Via Natianale
Yiiys America
Margaret Wilson
Hom
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North
Idaho Press Bureau
Lemhi
Ralph Nelson
Kootenal
M. RB. Yeaman
Idaho Falls
William A. Lee
Bingham
Pattertie
Big Four
M’adoo
Pope
Old Rome
Petit Parsian
Bulgaria
Turkey
Austria
Hungary
League of Nations
Grand Lodge
Supreme Lodge
Papal Apartments
Pontifical
Palatine Guard
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