Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-09
THE WORLD

London.-The British government,
nas refused permission to the Had
Iieids' Ltd, to proceed with work n,
tne contract for shells for the Ameri
can navy 80 long as the exigencie,
of var continue"
Ell Paso-The insistence bv Ameri
can immigration officials that ali nor
sons crossing the international bridp.
take a bath caused a riot among tn,
Mexlcans at the Juarez end that for {
time threatened international comnl;
cations.
81. Paui-Montana has made +.
splurge here in the Outdoor Winte,
sports carnival with the largest dele
gatlon from any outside state. Thu
visitors from the Treasure state wert
accompanied by a cowboy band anC
the Giendive drum corps.
Spokane-Information ~concernins
the alleged illegal operations of lio.
uor dealers in Montana who bav.
been shipping liquor ;nto WASHING
ton under false labels has been patb.
cred by internal revenu officers anf
forwarded to Washington,
Ottawa-George Bury, vice presi.
dent OF the Canadian Pacific railway
Will leave Montreal soon to take con.
troll of the operation of the Russian
railways. Mr.. Bury for many wears
directed the operation of the Canadi.
an Pacific western lines from Winni.
peg.
TorontO-E. P. Mathewson of this
CITY, formerly general manager of the
Wasnoe reduction works with head.
quarters at Anaconda, Mont, has
Deen awarded the gold medal of the
M~etallurgical Society of America fol
MS achievements in metallurgy dur.
ing the past year.
BerIin-Income taxes in Prussia
in 1916 increased 49S,O00. 900 marks
in comparison with $4,000 600
marks in 1915. The number of taS
payers was increased from 1900, OOC
to 100000. The average income
to taxpayers increased from 2,267
marks to 2,430 marks.
Pierre, S. D.-Both houses of the
South Dakota legislature have adopt.
ed a resolution providing for the ap.
polntment of a joint committee to in.
vestigate the ACCESSIBILITY OF a consti.
tutional amendment permitting the
establishment of state owned eleva.
tors. This action follows closely the
proposal now before the North Dako.
ia legislature.
Par1s-Sugar cards are to be in.
stltuted in France. Their introduc.
ton in Paris and the department OF
the Seine will be accompanied by o
census with a view to making the
measure effectual. 1t is officially
stated the objects of TIE are
to diminish the sea transport, reduce
purchases abroad and avoid the ex.
port of gold.
New York-Samuel Gompers, pres.
ident of the American Federation OF
Labor, received one of the greatest
ovations of his career at a testimonial
dinner attended by more than 1000
labor leaders from all parts of the
country when he urged organized
workmen to think about peace, to
work for peace and to pray for peace
Salem, Ore.-"Blue Sundays fol-
Oregon are prescribed in a bill
introduced into the house of rep.
resentatives. The measure would
close all lines of business ex.
cept drug stores, hotels. res.
taurants, ice cream parlors, garages
n supply houses. Under the ACT
baseball games, theaters and other
forms of amusement would be pro.
hlbited from operating.
Manchester, England-The labor
conference in session here unanimous.
ly adopted a resolution urging that
all the British representatives at the
peace conference work for the forma-
tinn nf nm intarn HfNno1 loo o.. 80
force the maintenance of peace or
the plan advocated by the president
of the United States and approved by
the British foreign secretary.
New York-The nude in motion
picture art has come under the bar
of the national board of review. All
producing companies that are mem
bers of the national association have
agreed, it is said, not to permit the
production in their studios of photo
plays using such a figure. Instruc-
lions to this effect have been sent to
directors and scenario writer's.
San Francisco.-Nearly 500 WON
en- of the underworld invaded the
Central Methodist church of Rev.
Paul Smith to find out what he Il
tended to do with them in his vice
crusade. For 80 minutes Reverend
Smith stood the target of questions
resolving themselves into What are
you going to do about it?" and then
the women reluctantly trailed out OF
church doors they hadn't passed
through for years before.
Seattle-Leaders of the prohibition
movement here say that in all proba-
bility their organization will offer fl
nancial aid for the defense of Hiram
c. Gill, mayor of Seattle, who, with
Chief of Police Charles Rockingham,
four city detectives and Robert
Hodge, former sheriff of King coun-
ty, was indicted by the federal grand
jury on charges of conspiring to vio-
late the interstate commerce law by