The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-11-26
ITEMS OF INTEREST PREPARED
IN CONDENSED FORM
AND CLASSIFIED
COVERING THE PAST WEEK
important Happenings in Washing
ton, Foreign News and What All
Our Own People Are Doing,
Told in Few Words
WASHINGTON

I
| the Irish question announced in Wash.
ington that il had accepted the offer
Of Mrs. Muriel MucSwiney. widow OF
the hate lord mayor of Cork. to come
ia the United States 10 testify in the
hearings which the committee plans IL
begin November II. Mrs. MacSwiney
the committee said had been asked
to reach the United States if possible
not later than December 6.
Resolutions advocating the teaching
Of systematic thrift to school children
were adopted last week by commit.
tee of state school superintendent
meeting with treasury department of.
fcialS in charge of the thrift stamp
campaign, and representatives of the
American Bankers Association. I'm
Struction in the practical aspects of
thrift and economy. we think. is the
only means of >temming the price Of
waste and extravaganza" the re>ol,,-
tion said.
Christmas packages for American
troops on the Rhine must reach Hn-
hoken by December ; to insure delivery
before Christmas day. the war depart
! ment announces. They should he sent
in care of the general superintendent
army transport service. Hoboken.
Contributions of $53.174 and expend-
itnres Of s3l .9SS We're reported by the
American Federation Of I.abor's non
partisan political campaign commit
tee in n statement filed with the clerk
Of the house OF representatives. The
period covered was from February "a
Z" November =. Approximately two
Thirds Of the expenditures were for
printing.
FOREIGN
The Irish home rule hill passed ap
English house of commons on It's
third reading after a motion for Il
rejection of the measure proposed by
William G. Adam>on. the opposition
leader. had been defeated. 1873 to 80.
The measure passed without any note
worthy incident in a rather tame de
hate. The Liberal and Labor mem
hers. VIII" have bOycotred ii through
most OF its stages as IA sign of their
conviction of its hopeleSsnesS as q set
Element Of rhe Irish problem. were
again absent at the finish The final
stage was reached in n small and
rather li~fle>s gathering of members of
the house
The monument which was erected
by the Germans at Couillet. near Char
leroi Belgium. in comnemoration Of
the battle of thareroi. was blown un
with dynamite by order OF the mll-
nicipal authorities on November II.
the anniversary of the signing Of the
armis.ice An attempt to destroy the
monument was recently made by pri-
vate individuals.
4 Rolshevik army supported by
heavy artillery has crossed the frozen
SivaSS Cor PutridD sci end entered
the Crimea and is violently attacking
General Wrangel'S last line of defense
"n the cast. says a dispatch to the
London Times from ConStantinople.
The dispatch says the fate OF re
trimea depends on the reSul, of the
fighting. Al the time the dsnatch
was filed the situation was regarded
rs most critical and preparations were
being made 10 evacuate the population.
The hunger strike of The nine Irish
prisoners in the Cork iail has been
called off. on the ninety fourth day
OF the strike This WIS revealed when
q message received by Lord Mayor
s,3l
founder of The Sim Fem organization.
WAS given out II am of the opinion"
read the message. that our counrrv-
men in the Cork prison have Suffi-
GENTLY proved their devotion and IL
'lelity and that they should now. as
they We're prepared 10 die for Ire
land. prepare again IN live for her"
This message has been transmitted 70
The nine surviving hunger strikers in
The iail. who We're reported in de-
plorahlS low state
OFFICERS pursuing rum-runners no
longer must stop at the international
boundary line between tanaf9 and The
United States. It has become known
n Windsor. Ont. thai by II recent
agreement. IN American officer will
accompany Canadian license SGuads
and vice VERSA. This cooperative ar
rangement is expected to facilitate in
cnrhing traffic in liquor along the
border.
The Rev. Ernest Yarrnw. a mission
AIRY stationed in Turkish Armenia. tele-
graphs 10 ConStantinoNle that eight
Americans nj Kars are protecting 40
900 orphans and the stores there. Ref
ugees TO the number of 25NN have
reached Alexandropol. panic-stricken.
Frances 1hO.OO0 war dead are soon
Ia be transferred to permanent mill
iary burying grounds. at the option of
relatives. 1t may he many months
before the work is even well under
way. but the start is to he made soon,
under authority Of laws passed at the
last session Of parliament and nov