Idaho Senate Rejects Utilities Board Appointments
Boise Jan 17 The Idaho senate refused to confirm R D Thatcher KE P Atchison and R Hodeven for asbestos lum boards and Fred R Wilkie state engineer. Gov Davis will fill the vacancies. Lieutenant Colonel Pateh of Payette named public utilitie r commissioner for six years at 3600 annually.
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Boise
Senate
R. D. Thatcher
Blackfoot
KE P. Atchison
R. Hodeven
Fred R. Wilkie
Alexander
Davis
Idaho House
Carrie Harper White
Emma Drake
Council of Defense
House
L. V. Pateh
Payette
2Nd Idaho
S03rd Field Artillery
France
D. W. Davis
Blaine Considers Enabling Act Split With Camas County
Idaho House bill No 27 seeks a November 1920 special election in Blaine County to decide transferring part of Blaine to Camas. The measure, introduced by Representative La Valle, moves through the legislature as a county division proposal.
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Idaho
Blaine County
Camas County
la Valle
Hines Denies Plan to Force Coal Prices Down
Washington reports that the Railroad Administration will not push coal prices or miners’ pay lower. Director General Hines states the policy is to avoid undue purchasing power concentration and to let each railroad buy its own coal. Bids must follow current wage scales.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Hines
Bill Introduced for Protection Car Owners
Boise bill makes taking an automobile bicycle or motorcycle without the owner's consent a misdemeanor. Senator Wedgewood submitted the measure in the senate with a $200 fine or up to ninety days in jail or both as penalties. Only measure read in the short session.
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Boise
Senate
Wedgewood
French Steamer Chaproi Sinks After Mine Strike
The French steamer Chaproi struck a floating mine in the Straits of Messina and sank within minutes. About 500 passengers, mainly Greeks Serbians and Russians, were drowned. another vessel rescued 150 survivors.
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Rome
Chaproi
Straits of Messina
Bannock Democrats Protest Fisher Appointment
A Bannock county faction protests Governor Davis’s reappointment of George H. Fisher as a Democratic member of Idaho’s Industrial Accident Board. The Bannock Democratic chairmen argue Fisher is not a Democrat and urge the state affairs committee to report adversely. Members cite letters from local Democrats and public figures opposing the nomination.
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George H. Fisher
Fisher
Industrial Accident Board
Davis
George
Bannock
Boise
Alexander
Nugent
Hawley
Mr. Wisher
W. P. Havener
Democratic County Central Committee
J. M. Bistline
Democratic State Central
Bannock County
Joseph Burns
State Affairs Committee
Assembly
Bannock County Democratic Organization
D. W. Davis
Idaho
George HI. Fisher
Bancroft
Democratic Committee
Havenor
Senator Pettibone
Idaho County
Ter
Pocatello
Graham
Emocrat
Robert Tsehady
Poccatello
George Fisher
Berlin Deaths of Liebknecht and Luxemburg Shock City
Berlin reports confirm Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg killed after mob attack at Hotel Eden. Luxemburg beat unconscious and shot aboard a car. body reportedly dumped in a canal. Liebknecht captured, attempted escape halted by troops, and fatally shot in Tiergarten.
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Associated Press
Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg
Hotel Eden
Rose Luxemburg
Liebknecht
Moabit Prison
Tiergarten
Armistice Extended as German Commander Signs
Amsterdam reports the armistice with Germany has been extended after Mathias Erzberger, the German armistice commissioner at Treves, signed the agreement. London notes uncertainty in Germany with experts estimating up to half a million soldiers still under arms and a highly unsettled postwar situation.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Mathias Erzberger
Treves
Berlin
London
Restrictions Lifted on Coal and Coke Prices
Washington January 17. Zone and price regulations on coke and all coal except Pennsylvania anthracite were suspended by the fuel administration effective February 1. The suspension covers purchasing agents commissions wholesale and retail margins. Reinstatement possible if price wage labor production or other conditions demand it.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
The
Fuel Administration
Political mixed views on appointment and Fisher
N M Eldredge a prominent Democrat criticizes the appointment citing Fisher's conduct in the last campaign while expressing general acceptance of the decision. The remark reflects intra party disagreement over the selection and its political implications.
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N. M. Eldredge
Fisher
Lenine Reported to Have Reached Barcelona
Madrid reports Nikolai Lenine leader of the Bolshevik faction has landed at Barcelona recently according to local newspapers.
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Madrid
Nikolai Lenine
Russia
Barcelona
Radical at Mooney meeting pushes for labor revolution
In Chicago radical delegates urged a new American soviet and industrial democracy at the National Labor Congress while denouncing the AFL. A moving image of the Mooney case drew cheers and jeers as Debs lamented free speech suppression in the U S. The assembly eyed a report backing the International Workers Defense League.
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Chicago
National Labor Congress
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren Billings
American Federation of Labor
Mooney
Committee On Resolutions
Congress
International Workers’ Defense League
Mooney and
Billings
Eugene
Debs
D.C. Westenhaven
Cleveland
Russia
United States
Prd
Senator Borah Opposes Secret Session On Peace Conference
Washington January 17 Senator Borah urged the senate to oppose secrecy in the peace conference arguing the open diplomacy principle should not be discarded. In New York the League of Free Nations Association led by Norman Hapgood protested restrictions on publicity warning distrust in America outweighs any advantages.
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Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Mistral
M. Clemenceau
Supreme Council of Peace Conference
Joseph Noulens
Russia
Washington
Borah
Senate
Wilson
New York
League of Free Nations Association
Norman Hapgood
League of Free Nations
America
Please Register for Returning Soldiers and Sailors
The Board of Management of the Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors urges all former service members to register as present at the nearest employment office or YMCA location. All returning personnel, from any branch or theater, are asked to check in to help the Bureau assist in finding employment. Please do it now.
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Pocatello
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