Troop Returns Continue As More Units Prepare Home
Washington reports two transports and a cruiser are returning from France with 600 troops. The 27th 30th and 37th divisions and attached units are ordered to prep for embarkation home. Some trench mortar batteries have already failed and others are prioritized for shipping as available.
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Ian
Conia
Susquehanna
Frederick
France
Idaho
War Department
346Th Field Artillery
91St
Labor Federation Protests Reach State Legislature
Resolutions from the fourth annual State Federation of Labor convention and a message from Burke Idaho reached the legislature. The senate motion by Senator Whitcomb seeks help to settle disputes between miners and mine owners. House committees on emulation and labor may investigate conditions tied to these protests about lead mine closures and alleged market manipulation and unpaid Liberty bond installments. A second federation letter protests power rights in Bear Lake county said to harm farmers needing irrigation water.
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State Federation of Labor
Coeur d'Alene
Senate
Whitcomb
Emiation
Labor
State Convention of Labor
Burke
Waho
Bear Lake
Memorial Held for Gallinger and Brady
Memorial services were held in the senate for the late Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of New Hampshire and James H. Brady of Idaho. Senators paying tribute to Gallinger included Lodge, Hollis, Moses, Warren, Thomas, Nelson, Smith, Smoot, Weeks, Smith, and Watson, while those eulogizing Brady included Borah, Thomas, Chamberlain, Smoot, Pomeren, Page, and Nugent.
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Washington
Senate
Jacob H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
James H. Brady
Idaho
Gallinger
Lodge
Massachusetts
Hollis
Moses
Warren
Wyoming
Thomas
Colorado
Nelson
Minnesota
Smith
Georgia
Smoot
Utah
Weeks
Arizona
Watson
Indiana
Mr. Brady
Borah
Chamberlain
Oregon
Pomerene
Ohio
Page
Vermont
Nugent
Monarchist Uprising Forms Government in Portugal
Madrid reports a monarchist movement led by Paiva Conceiro has seized northern Portugal and formed a government at Oporto with Lisbon possibly joining. The Spanish government cites the Ponte Vedra provincial governor’s report as confirmation.
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Portugal
Paiva Conceiro
Oporta
Ponte Vedra
Spain
Lisbon
Bonnell Fight Division Measure Stalled in House
Boise January 21 Representative Bonnell of Bannock failed to indefinitely postpone the Cari bou county bill on the house floor this morning. He will offer amendments when the bill comes up again.
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Boise
Bonnell
Bannock
Progressive program shapes up in Congress with four aims
Washington reports that progressives led by Borah Hiram Johnson Kenyon and Cummins are pushing a four point plan. Immediate liquidation of government obligations to returning soldiers and sailors, a scientific national unemployment policy, severance of American ties with European affairs, and swift domestic policies to expand democracy and economic opportunity for workers.
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United States
Borah
Hiram Johnson
Kenyon
Cummins
Federal Employment Service
Russia
Europe
America
Plot to Kill Rockefeller Unfolds as Bomb Explodes
Washington January 21 The plot to kill John D Rockefeller and John D Jr was described to the Senate propaganda investigating committee by Thomas J Tunney police inspector of New York He said the plotters were killed by the explosion of a bomb they had been told to use on the Rockefellers.
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Washington
John D. Rockefeller
John D., Jr
Senate
Thomas J. Tunney
New York
Rockefellers
Packers Still Forcing Bluff On Meat Packing Regulation
Washington, Jan 21. J Ogden Armour told the house interstate commerce committee that pending legislation to regulate the meat packing industry was reactionary and possibly unconstitutional. He warned that if a monkey wrench is thrown into gears of this business its effects would echo through livestock, corn prices, wheat, bread, labor and wealth in general.
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Washington
J. Ogden Armour
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Armour
Irvin S. Cobb Makes a Visit to the City
Irvin S. Cobb American author and war correspondent spent a few hours in the city en route from Boise to Butte. He told a Tribune reporter the visit to Idaho was his first and he plans an outdoor hunting and fishing trip next year. He spoke of his France war years and the Toscania sinking, and noted illness limited appearances this trip.
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Butte
Mr. Cobb
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North
Tribune
Yellowstone
Cobb
Northwest
Idaho
Gem State
France
Belgium
Toscania
Pocatello
Oregon
Washington
Canada
Grain Market Chicago Summary
Chicago January 21 grain market reports show corn futures at 1.5154 dollars per bushel with a 66 percent figure noted.
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Chicago
Esthenians Defeat Bolsheviki Force Near Lake Peipus
Esthenian troops northwest of Lake Peipus report a notable success. They captured Navra on the Reval Petrozvid railways and took numerous prisoners, according to an Esthenian official statement received by wireless in Stockholm and transmitted here.
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London
Lake Peipus
Stockholm
Navra
Reval-Petrozvid
House Passes Grand Canyon National Park Bill to Conference
Washington reports the House passed the Senate bill to make the Grand Canyon a national park and sent it to conference. The designated area covers 996 square miles of public land spanning two national forests and a game refuge, a proposal before Congress for thirty three years.
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Washington
Senate
Grand Canyon
House
Congress
Mortality Report Shows High Troop Deaths from Influenza
The six months ending December 27 saw elevated mortality among home camps. Overall death rate climbed to 32.15 per thousand per year, with influenza and pneumonia accounting for 30.07 per thousand per year.
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Washington
Jay
Army
Colonies Awake Inside Man Says Packers Had Firm Grip
Testimony before the senate agriculture committee reveals Thomas Logan of Swift & Co and other corporations discussed his links with Hurley of the shipping board and officials. He claimed he learned of Herbert Hoover’s food administrator appointment from public affairs circles, not confidential channels, and hosted Hurley at a dinner after leaving the federal trade commission.
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Ashington
Thomas Logan
Washington
Swift & Co
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herbert Hoover
Logan
Federal Trade Commission
Gumsheer
Swift
Agg
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
General Electrical Company
Freeport Sulphur Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Sinn Feiners to Proclaim Irish Republic at Dublin Parliament
Dublin January 21 The assembly Dail Fireann will convene at Dublin Castle to declare an independent republic with about half of Sinn Fein MPs present. The event occurs amid opposition arrests and defense act suspicions as Field Marshal French reportedly allows sedition measures. In Paris, early German election results hint at a stable administration with Majority Socialists and German Democrats set to form a coalition ahead of Independent Socialists.
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Associated Press
Ireland
Dail Fireann
Sinn
Paris
Radical Party
Frederick von Payer
Chacellor
Democrats
Ebert
Schiedemann
Konstenio Pi Cag
English Sclon's Definition of a Real Gentleman
London January 21 The Rev William Ralph Inge dean of St Pauls discusses what defines an English gentleman He cites Bernard Shaw saying a gentleman is a man who takes out of life no more than he puts in The dean adds that truthfulness courage justice fair play and abhorrence of meanness mark the ideal while respect for human personality remains essential
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London
William Ralph Inge
St. Paul's
Bernard Shaw
Kaiser Transferred His Money Before War
Amsterdam dispatch explains Holland held private funds for both the Kaiser and Franz Joseph, shielding them from early 1914 turmoil. The Hague Post reports $5,000,000 of Wilhelm’s and $25,000,000 of Franz Joseph’s assets moved from London to Dutch banks in July 1914 at the Kaiser’s request, arranged by Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe who returned July 17, 1914, aiding preparations to strike France and Belgium.
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Holland
Belgium
Hague
Wilhelm
Franz Joseph
London
Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe
Kaiser
France
Value of Livestock Shows Great Increase
Washington reports January 1 valuation of United States livestock at 8.83 billion dollars, rising 546.6 million from last year. Department of Agriculture estimate highlights gains on farms and ranges nationwide. Major increases reflect broader livestock market strength across states and classes.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Health Man Claims Flu Not Contagious
San Francisco January 21 Navy personnel at Goat Island were exposed to Spanish influenza in a government public service test. Fifty sailors slept with infected patients yet none contracted the disease, a finding that overturns prior medical theories. Dr. W C Billings oversaw the experiments and reported surprising results challenging accepted contagion ideas.
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Office of
the Government Public Service
Goat Island
W. C. Billings
The
Health Service
Food Administrator Favors the Holdups
Washington January 21 Frank Snyder head of the food administration s meat division said today despite a hog surplus he would not recommend abandoning the price agreement policy when the hog committee meets January 28 to consider February prices.
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Washington
Frank
Snyder
The
Food Administration
British show pact fully agreed upon at peace talks
Paris reports self governing dominions will push for admission to the league as sovereign states while Britain retains foreign policy rights. Canada Australia and New Zealand back the larger claim. South Africa weaker support. Separate dispatch notes French women petition the peace conference for justice over wartime atrocities by Germans and call for criminals to be condemned.
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Paris
Associated Press
League of Nations
Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Belgium
Havas
Peace Conference
Peace Conference Examines Russian Issue as League Plans Grow
The peace conference continues to scrutinize the Russian situation while league of nations plans are shaped for general consideration at the reassembly. Memoranda are expected from all associated governments with President Wilson already possessing the American notes. Danish minister Harold Seavenius prepared to address the council on his Petrograd experience and stated that intervention in Russia is necessary.
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Paris
Associated Press
League of Nations
Supreme Council
Wilson
Counci
Harold Seavenius
Russia
Seavenius
Petrograd
Examination for Pocatello Postmaster Opens Feb 18
A civil service examination will be held in Pocatello February 18 to select a candidate for the post master at that place. The position pays 3200 dollars per year. The exam is open to all residents of Pocatello regardless of party affiliation, the office now under civil service.
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Washington, D. C
Civil Service
Pocatello
Please Register for Returning Soldiers and Sailors
The Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors asks every man who wore a U S uniform in the late war to register present at the U S Employment Office locations in Bannock Hotel Yellowstone Hotel or White Company East Center Street or the Y M C A and 211 South Main Street in Pocatello. This helps the bureau check off those seeking employment and applies to all returning service members regardless of branch or home or abroad service. Please do it now, the board urges.
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South Main Street
Bannock Hotel
Yellowstone Hotel
White & Company
East Center St
Bureau
Uncle Sam
Pocatello
Board OF Management
Bureau For
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