Peace Council in Paris Adjournes After Colonial Talks
The supreme council of the peace congress met in Paris with full attendance and colonial advisers including three Americans. France and Britain oppose German colonies reverting to Germany. President Wilson met Colonel House at Hotel Crillon after a labor conference with Samuel Gompers and others, then held private talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Supreme Council of the Peace Congress
Supreme Council
France
Great Britain
Germany
Wilson
Colonel House
Samuel Gompers
Colonel Honse
Idaho Senate approves Governor Davis bill to cut departments
Boise January 27. Senate committee of the whole reports Senate Bill No. 19 for passage after hours of delay. The consolidation measure would create nine department heads replacing forty two. Debate centered on timing with Lee of Bingham the sole Republican opposing immediate action. Final vote 32 to 9 with Pettibone the only Democrat for passage. Also new judicial districts and Moody investigation discussed. The Caribou county bill set for Tuesday passage amid Pocatello opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Senate
Davis
Mason
Shoshone
Adams
Madison
Lowden
Illinois
Lee
Bingham
Idaho
Pettibone
Eleventh
Clark
Jefferson
Bonneville
Gooding
Twin Falls
Cassia
Minidoka
Lincoln
Moody
House
Caribou County
Pocatello
Reached Agreement on European Relief Bill
Washington confirms a conference reached a compromise on a relief bill providing 100 million dollars for Europe. Senate and House conferees met briefly to approve the agreement after a short session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
States ratify federal prohibition amendment
Thirty six states, the necessary three fourths, have certified to the state department their ratification of the federal prohibition amendment and the preparation of a proclamation to make the amendment effective was ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Bohea? Not. Boah? State measure sparks opposition in Idaho
Boise January 27. Opposition erupts among farmers and business leaders to Senator Booth’s bill in the Idaho Senate. The measure taxes electric plants by power capacity and value of power developed, targeting power companies and raising fears of class prejudice and unintended tax hikes on unused resources. The debate highlights broader concerns over practical, capital, and fairness in taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Press Bureau
Booth
Grain Market Report From Chicago Jan 27
Chicago grain prices show corn at 1.16 and oats at 5 754 in the morning market notes. The brief update records provisional rates for futures trading and reflects a steady start for grain traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Two Slackers Oppose Baker Whitewash at Leavenworth Bar
Leavenworth January 27 release of 113 conscientious objectors honorably discharged by war department orders began at the disciplinary bar racks. Two refused to leave, saying the action violated their religious scruples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
War Department
Rt. Leavenworth
Boise Lodge Receives Pocatello Aid in New Charter
The Boise lodge of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks organized with G. I. Maston leading and over thirty five clerks from Boise Nampa and Caldwell initiated. Pocatello delegates attended, planning a new membership drive and another class in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
G. I. Maston
Pocatello Lodge
G. T. Maston
Goldie Banks
FL. W. Perry
Sue Estes
L. E. Spainhower
Archie Scranton
John Hoover
Herbert Porter
George Marcus
Joe Watson
Glenn Schneider
J. B. Skelton
Perry
Sehneider
Boise Nampa
Caldwell
Boise Lodge
Pocatello
Capitol Building
Big Natatorium
Pullman
Maston
Wayward 16-Year-Old Bess Haunts Utah Crime Beat
William G. Bess, 16, implicated in multiple burglaries and purse snatchings, escapes jail using improvised tools, robs four Salt Lake stores, steals a car, and returns to Ogden where he confesses to authorities before further police action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
William G. Bess
Ogden
Young Bess
Bess
Salt Lake
Wilson Visited Front After Battle Devastation
President Wilson toured the front lines in France visiting Chateau Thierry and Rheims amid ruined villages and a ruined cathedral. He stood by American graves and noted the desolation as he assesses postwar claims against Germany. The visit included Bel leau Wood scenes and a reception by the Rheims mayor and Cardinal Luffon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
WiLson
Rheims
Chateau-Thierry
Germany
France
Aris
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Cardinal Lufon
Natives Die From Spanish Flu In Alaska District
Anchorage reports twenty natives dead from Spanish influenza at Siskna in the Cook Inlet area. Relief party chief Henry Emard sent from Anchorage confirms the toll and aid efforts ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Siskna
Cook Inlet
Henry Emard
Admiral Chadwick Dies in Newport Retirement
Rear Admiral French E. Chadwick, retired, of Newport, died last night. The Century Association announced the death after receiving a telegram confirming the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Chadwick
New York
French FE. Chadwick
Newport
Century Association
Woman nabbed after purse snatchings in city
A thief admitted to stealing two purses on streets near Twenty-fifth and Monroe and Twenty-third and Snudson. He fled to the Interurban depot where a witness chased and captured him. A. T. Hestmark turned him over to Detective George Carey. A conference with Salt Lake and Ogden officers will decide action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JD. Raat
Twenty-fifth
Monroe Avenue
Hattie Clark
Twenty-third
Snudson Avenue
Bess
A. T. Hestmark
George Carey
Police Department
Salt Lake and
Ogden
Supreme Court to Rule on Espionage Act Validity
Oral arguments opened in Washington on the constitutionality of the Espionage Act in two cases Eugene Debs Socialist leader convicted for a Canton Ohio speech and Jaco Frohwerk Kansas City editor found guilty of writing alleged seditious articles for the Missouri Staats Zeitung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Eugene Debs
Canton
Ohio
Jaco Frohwerk
Kansas City
Missouri Staats Zeitung
American Police Reorganizes In Paris Arrests Desertors
Paris January 27 Thirty four murders twenty day and night assaults and nearly five hundred serious fights attributed to American soldiers occurred in the Seine department in December. Brigadier General William Harts calls for reinforcements and the new police organization has enabled wholesale operations including in Montmarte with many American deserters arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Department of the Seine
Mafin
William Harts
Montmarte
Extra Session of Congress Likely Next Spring
Washington reports a likely extra session of Congress in the spring as 31 working days remain. Appropriation bills and several special measures, including a $750,000 railroad administration request, await action amid broader legislative and international affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Railroad Administration
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Foreign Relations Committee
League of Nations
Military Committee
Pipes
Near East
104000 Troops Reach Home Ports After War
General March told the Senate military committee that 300000 men monthly could be sent home and the entire American expeditionary force demobilized within six months. Ten divisions are proposed as America's contribution to the occupation army, while about three quarters of a million still remain in U S camps for demobilization within a month except those in overhead duties. By noon Saturday 104000 had arrived from overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
March
Senate Military Committee
Wilson
Marshal Foeb
America
Army of Occupation
United States
Allied forces evacuated Shenkursk front south of Archangel
British war office reports that Allied troops mainly American and Russian forces withdrew from Shenkursk under Bolshevik pressure and pulled back to a shorter line north of the town on the Archangel front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Archangel
Shenkursk
British War Office
Putting Down the Royalists in Portugal
Lisbon notes government gathering large troop forces to quell the Royalist rebellion in Oporto as a republican victory is reported near the capital. Paris reports Royalists firmly control Minho and Tras-os-Montes provinces per a Madrid wireless to Journal des Debats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Oporto
Paris
Minho
Trasos Montes
Madrid
Journal Des Debats
Proposes Curtailing President's Control
Washington Jan 27 Revocation of President Wilsons power to return railroads from government to private owners within twenty one months after peace is declared is proposed in a bill by Senator Cummins of Iowa Republican member of the senate interstate commerce committee studying railroad legislation Cummins says Director General Hines plans to revert roads soon after adjournment unless the five year control period is approved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Hines
Congress
LIST YOUR JOBS FOR RETURNING SOLDIERS AND LABORERS
Employers of labor of every kind are urged to report requirements to the U S Employment office at 211 South Main Street. Whether skilled or common labor is needed, report to help place men including returning soldiers. The examiner notes rising calls and increasing difficulty in finding positions. cooperate by reporting openings to the Employment office phone 154. Federal Community Laser Board PocaTeLLo Dist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
South Main Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peace Council
ADJ
Moody’s Department
Bill
William Hohenzollern
Grain Market
Mr. Baker
Wayward Kid
Murray
Harvard Street
Second West
Tenth South
West Temple
Thirteenth South
Burnett's
Rheims Area
Harts
Europe
Manuel
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!