The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-08-29

| bOlSheviSt vessels and sank four OF
them, thereafter concentrating against
Kronstadt. The fortress was boua-
bartled and the city set on fire.
The situation in Upper Silesia is
confused and confusing. The Germans
and the Poles are fighting each otEer
| in Il deSultory fashion there, and both
are contending with the striking
workers of the country who have be-
| come SO violent that the German au-
thorities proclaimed martial law.
| The new German constitution has
! just gone into effect, and Il summary
of it has been made public in Amer
lea. 1t seems to be in most respects
an admirable document. designed to-
establish and maintain Il moderate
! and cOmmendahle form of republican
government. more strongly centralized
| than our own. The powers of the
president are very great. The equal
| ity of all men and women before the
| law is asserted. and titles of mobility
are abolished except "as a part UT u
| persons name.' 1t is noticeable. low.
ever. that Germany is still called an
empire. 1t may be added, as II matter
of interest. that the former kaiser has
just bought Il place of residence in
Holland. and that current reports Of
his fast failing health are fatty con-
tradicted by correspondent who sees
| Wi||inm nnorIv ayarv tlay
| Uncle Sans war against the prof
iteers and hoar,lers Went Oh Steadily
If not so swiftly as the victims of the
ii. {. OF l.. might have hoped. The
ultimate consumer hailed with EN-
thusiaSm the assertion by Attorney
General Palmer that the small retail
ers as we'll as the big retailers and
the wholesalers are going to feel The
heavy hand of the department If jus
tice. He appeared before the house
committee on agriculture to DISCUSS
| proposed amendments to the food con-
troll act, and argued against II pro-
vision that would exempt from prose-
cutlOn as prOtileerS those retailers
who do an annual business below
S1WWW. Many of the complaints of
eAtortionate prices. he said. are,
against the small dealers and he add
ed he would feel hopeless if he were,
restricted to the larger dealer> Mr.
Palmer also asked the committee to-
Withdraw the proposed provisions Civ
ing the president authority IN fix
prices. This, he said. he considered
unnecessary and calculated to provoke,
too much discussion. The only amend
men1S he favored We're one extending
the scope of the act to include we;ir--
ing apparel and containers OF foods.
feeds and fertilizers and one imroS.-
ing penalty of 5000 or imprisou.
ment FOR two years for protiteeriny.
The great quantities OF food>tuf;s
which have been seized in various
cities by the agents of the depurl mcnt
OF justice will not he placed on the
market until proper court proceedings
have been completed. Meanwhile the
government is disposing of it's vast
surplus army stores practically at
cost, and the way in which hundreds
OF thousands of people struggle for IL
chance to buy these commodities Isl
sufficient evidence of their need.
The actors strike, after spreading
to Chicago, became so stubborn Il
struggle there that the unions uf u,u-
sicanS and stage hands We're called
on Tor help, With the reSu.: that near-
ly every theater WAS obliged to close
4
Efforts tn end the strike amicabiy in
New York were fruitleSS. and il WIS
said there it might be extended, 10 ..oy-
er the entire country and all hall
shows. including the movies.
Within week there probably will
be conference between the officials
of the steel workers unions anu eeu-
resentatives of the United States Steel
corporation. If ii is refused hy the,
latter. committee headed by Samuel
Gompers is empowered 10 call u strike
forthwith. The corporation maintains
the open shop. and the unions wish 10
present to it a rather portentous list
of II basic demands.
Cudahy, Wis.,, and Hammond Ind.
were the scenes Of strike riots and
state troops were hurried To both,
places to restore order, which they
did.
The farmers have won their 6shS
against daylight saving, for although,
the rest of the population is unaui-
nous In Its favor. the bill for repeat
OF the law was passed by both house.
and senate over the veto Of President