The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-03-25
THE WORLD

New York-Bar silver dropped 4
points to lit, making a slump of II
and a quarter points in four days.
London-The peace conference,
after briefly discussing the situation
in Germany, stated it had arranged
to keep fully informed of the trend
of events.
Wierengen-In the two years he
has been in Wierengen, the former
German Crown Prince Frederick has
drawn the portraits of a large pro-
portion of the fishermen and other
inhabitants of the island.
Tacoma-Tacoma school teachers
have presented to the school board
a demand for an increase OF $3.50
a year for class instructors and
$3.50 a year for supervisors, superin-
~tendants and heads of departments.
Seattle, Wash.-Over 200 guests
fled from the burning Hotel Victoria
before daylight here one day last
week. They were aroused by police
men who ran through the smoke fill
ed halls battering at the doors. The
fire was confined to the basement.
Washington-Mrs. Charles P. Tim
berlake, wife of Representative Tim
berlake of the Second Colorado dis
trict, died here from encephalitis, So
called sleeping sickness" 1t was
the first East of it's kind on record
here.
Washington - Food relief for
Europe was assured when the house
passed overwhelmingly a bill permit
ting the United States Grain corpora
ton to sell 5,0O0,0 600 barrels of soft
wheat flour on long term credits to
Poland, Austria and Armenia.
Denver, CoI-John d. Rockefeller
jr. retired as a member of the board
of directors of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company here when the stock
holders at their meeting chose John
C. Mitchell, a Denver banker to sue
coed him on the board.
a h t o n-Classifying the
plight of families in the drought re-
gions of Montana and North Dakota
as amounting to a public disaster"
the American Red Cross appropriated
$50, 900 for relief and to meet obli-
cations incurred by local chapters.
London-A revolt has broken out
among several units of the Japanese
troops in Siberia, according to a wire
less dispatch sent out by the soviet
government at Moscow. The sol
diers ripped off their shoulder straps
and substituted red straps the dis
patch says.
Los Angeles-David Warfield, the
actor, was struck by an automobile
truck here and sustained a broken
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and lips. At the receiving hospital
where Mr.. Warfield was taken it was
said it had not been determined
whether there we're internal injuries.
London-Girls in repose on rich
divans, CARRIED in dainty and %alluring
nighties or other sleeping attire, are
being employed by fashionable stores
to top off their "show bedrooms" and
women's wear departments. In or
der to prevent traffic jams private
upstairs rooms are employed for the
nighties innovation.
Los AngeIes-Gordon Dawson, as
United States district attor-
ney, said, after talking with Max
inc Wayne, Jack Dempsey's former
wife, that Mrs. Wayne has related a
startling story and will repeat it i'm
mediately to the grand jury" He de-
clined to discuss the matter further,
and Mrs. Wayne said she had been
instructed not to talk.
Chicago-Burglars obtained S45,-
300 in money and loot in 10 %robberies
in "a hours last week. One man was
wounded in a safe holdup. The larg-
EST haul was made in a wholesale
tailoring establishment, the entire
of the concern, valued at $780,
700 being taken. The smallest theft
vas that of a casket carriage from the
Bohemian cemetery crematory.
Observation-Disclosures royalties
'anging from SO 1-3 to II IL per
,ent on the lease of govern
nent oil lands under claims relief
Lction of the land-leasing bill, we're
prescribed in regulations issued by
he interior department. Practical
y all withdrawn lands now being
'perated under claim are made sub