Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1917-02-16
THE WORLD

New York.-In 1915 New York
added 100000 to it's population,
compared with the average yearly
growth of 10000.
ODESSA Serbian paper pub
llshed here reports that tbs entente
powers have decided to ask King
Peter of Serbia to abdicate. The fug-
tive aged monarch is said to have
Q mentally unbalanced.
Portland-With the delivery from
the steamer F. A. Kilburn of a num-
Der of packages of beer consigned
from California individuals, Oregon
mas become bone dry, SO far as furtn-
er importation of liquor is concerned.
Washington.-The blockade zone
around the British isles measures APP
proximately 1000 miles from the
eastern to the western boundary, and
about 1900 miles from the northern
to the southern boundary. If 800
submarines were used to maintain
this blockade it would require their
being placed Is miles apart along the
entire line.
Washington.-War munition ex-
ports from the United States to Euro
pean allies since the war began have
approached $1,000, 100000 in value.
In two and one-half years the United
States has shipped cartridges worth
SIS 100000, gun powder valued at
$35O,00O,0 900; other explosives,
$475,000,0 600, and firearms to the
extent OF $60,000,000
Boise, Idaho.-Srrong steps have
been taken to lessen the tension be-
tween the United States and Japan.
due to alien land bills pending in
Idaho and Oregon. Senator Borah
sent a telegram to the Idaho state
senate, in which he said that the alien
land bill now pending had caused the
government deep concern, and urged
the legislature not to embarrass the
administration in this critical hour.
Olympia-In the state senate SEN
ator Hutchinson of Spokane has in
troduced a memorial to congress ask
ing that a new state be created out
of eastern Washington and northern
Idaho. Such a memorial has been in
troduced at previous legislatures, but
unusual attention is attracted to it
this time because of the action of the
Idaho legislature in adopting a mem
orial asking congress to form a SCI a
rate state of the panhandle or north
ern part of Idaho.
Boston.-Henry Sutphen, of the
Electric Boat company, announces
that his firm has built $50 S0-foot
motor boats for Great Britain for use
against submarines and for coast con-
troll at the rate of one per day. He
says the motor launches go out for
10 days at a stretch before they come
into mort. and thew are the only hone
for c~ounteracting the submarine
menace. The only way of attacking
a submarine is by taking the last To-
cation and surrounding it with a
fleet of boats that radiate like the
spokes of a wheel, covering a large
area and keeping on until the sub
marine rises to the surface.
Detroit-Henry Ford's director Of
welfare work, Rev. DR.. S. S. Marquis
speaking at the Twentieth Ce' tury
club in Boston. said that the SIS mini,
mum daily wage at the For plant
recently extended to women, is hav'
ing the same effect as On the mer
previously. Groups which formerly
turned out 500 radiators in 10 hours
turn out 1900 in eight hours now
Many costs, as of "hiring and firing.
have disappeared. With $4,000 EN-
ployes, the Detroit factory had lesI
than 5000 changes last year, where
as four years ago, to maintain {
staff of $4,000, it hired more thai
$4,000, of whom $4,000 departed
during the year. Savings deposit
have increased 500 per cent in thre'
years for the average employee.