The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-01


suburb of Neuilly. The French troops
have been taking care OF Bulgaria late.
~ and when the other day some Ut
them were attacked by Hulgarians u
French regiment occupied Sofia and
diSarmed the local garrison.
Sweden is expected to make Il loud
vail over the report of the Baltic conn
mission OF the peace conference. 1t
recommends that the Aland LANDS ut
the mouth OF the Gulf of Bothnia.
which Sweden has claimed be neu-
traliZed under the guaranty Of the
League of Nations. The Swedes are
not in high favor with the allies and
any protest they may make is not like
~ to be considered.
Our relations with Mexico seemed to
b" approaching the well-known climax.
as they have been internationally for
years. Senators and representatives
from the border states clamor for in
PREVENTION. more Americans are killed
| or KIDNAPPED or robbed by MeXicanS.
Interested European nations become
more and more eXaSper0ted by the
chaotic conditions below the Rio
Grande. but the administration keeps
its own councils, giving no intimation
of it's intentions. if it has any. Among
the recent o,trages to be reported
were an attack by armed Mexicans on
Il boatlOau of sailors from the U. :.
ship Cheyenne near Tampico and the
robbery of about $4,000 from the
Puerto LObOs station OF the Atlantic
Refining company. Some trifles were
stolen from the sailors and the Mexi-
can government says it was their own
fault because they disregarded warn-
ingS and went into rebel territory.
Most of the other outrageS the Car
rama officials try weakly to explain
away.
Henry l.. Fletcher. ambassador to
Mexico, appeared before Il house COM
mittce and said thar. although hum
dredS OF Americans had been killed in
Mexico in the last few years and ID
Since February. 1917. he had never
heard of the prosecution or conviction
of any Mexican for the murder OF an
American. He thinks. however. that
nothing would be gained by with,.raw-
| al of our recognition Of the CarranZa
government and lifting of the embargo
on arms.
Word was brought from Chihuahua
City to III I'aso that Villa and General
Angeles had disbanted their forces un-
til September and We're going to Japan
to- obtain arms and ammunition for i.
renewal of their revolution.
The city of Washington was greatly
upset early NJ the week by mob rio, :
that amounted To Il race war. Whites.
angered ny alleged attacks on women
by culored men. made inuiScrininale
warfare on the negroes ami the latter
retaliateu in Kind. Several persons.
including two policemen, We're killed.
After long and weariSolne debate
the house of representatives passed
the prohibition enforcement bill by :;
Vote OF PSI to 100. Nearly all The
rigid restrictions insisted on by the
radical dryS We're retained. hut inai
vidual> are permitted to have liquor
in their homes for their own con>um,i
ton. The measure is now in the sci,
ate and may be changed in important
particulars.
, The chief counsel for the AsSoci,
ton Opposed to National Prohibition,
in reply to numerous inquiries. has is
sued Il statement concerning the ST.,
,uS Of :he fight against the conSii,u
: tiona amendment. He says the RICH
. of referendum on acts of the legi>i,,
, ,ure exists in Is states Petitions fu
referendum have been filed in sever, +"
, these and are being circulated in HI
: others. If the people in ten of ,he>
; states reverse the action of the le"is
, latureS the prohibition amendment
I will he void, since it must be raliiie
!. by sc states and Al have taken ,!E,
q action. The validity OF the aulen'
= ment also will be attacked on con>,
t tu,ional grounds before the Unite
II States Supreme court in the fall.
v All the world was startled an
|, shocked by the unique airship disa>,s
"A in Chicago. A dirigible balloon vi,
n making experimental flights over III
a loop district Of the city when it bur,
5. into flames and fell through the roof
one Of the largest banks. Ten 81,
pioyees of the bank and three m.
l. who were In the car Ct the baliu'
n were killed and more than a score W.,
n injured. The cause o: the acci.!-i
le was a mystery.