The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-02-14
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

CONDENSED FORM
The Western Fruit Jobbers' associa-
ton. Mt its fifteenth annual meeting i'll
Chicago, adopted resolutions condemn
ing the service of the American Raj
way Express company in the interest
of shippers. The present method OF
adjusting claims of shippers also was
criticized
A dispatch received in Paris from
Bremen, Germany, says that during
the recent fighting in that city 50
persons were killed and several hun
dred wounded.
Total casualties in the American
forces in the Archangel region OF Rus
STA up to and including January 81
we're ISL killed, died of wounds, sick
ness or from other causes, or missing
in action, and DO wounded or injured,
making total casualty list OF 4l0 out
of force that numbered 1875.
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More than 1000 mechanics in the
royal army service corps of England
have refused to go on duty in depots
adjoining London. They claim their
contract as soldiers is at an end and
demand that they be demobilized and
engaged as civilians to continue the
work or be given the same pay that
civilians would earn.
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Official announcement has been
made at Fort Russell, Cheyenne, Wyo.,
that the fort will be designated as
rehabilitation headquarters for men
from Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, North
Dakota and South Dakota. 1t is plan
ned to demobilize 800 men daily.
Chicago detectives have arrested
Nicholas Stamalopoufas, 10 years old,
a waiter, in connection with the recent
loss of $250,000 worth of Liberty bonds
by the Studebaker company of South
Bend Ind.
The Bethlehem Steel company,
which recently refused to recognize the
authority of the national war labor
board, has reconsidered and pledged
"loyal cooperation in carrying through
with which
the finding of the board dwelt,' ac-
cording to a statement issued by the
board of directors in New York.
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Nonpartisan league headquarters at
st. Paul has announced that the, menu
bers of the league have, by referen-
DUN vote, indorsed the reelection OF
President A. c. Townley. The refer
endum showed vote of 9S,39l Tor
Townley and 97S against him. He was
reelected at the national convention
of the league held in st. Paul several
weeks ago.
Dutch ships requisitioned by the
American government during the war
and now in operation by the shipping
board, will be Internationally returned
to Holland as rapidly as they reach
American ports at the conclusion Oh
their present voyages. This announce
ment was made by the war trade board
which has reached an agreement ON
the subject with the shipping board.
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The Prague Tageblatt is authority
for the statement that former Emperor
Charles Of Austria-Hungary intends to
apply for divorce, says Zurich dis
patch. Charles was married in 1911
to Princess Zita of Bourbon and Par
ma. an Italian. From the union have
been born five children, four boys and
a girl.
The second Secession" bill within q
week has been introduced in the New
York legislature. A bill was introcuc-
ed last week intended to provide for |
ne city Of New York being establish
etN az the state of Liberty.
orr. Hartwig, president of the Ore
gon State Federation Of Labor, has
the shipping board to assist
in transporting back to their homes APP
5000 workmen sent to the
Pacific coast during the war to build |
wooden ships, contracts for which have |
now been cancelled.