The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-12-31
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acknowledgements Kit
en'n, democrat, of North Carolina.
mas informed the ways and means
committee of his intention of resign
a. an early date because of i'll health
heno Nev.-Nevada is considering
increasing the cost of divorces. A
plan Is under way in Reno for sub
mission to the next legislature to in
crease the filing fee in divorce cases
from $40 to $25, to meet pro-
nounced increase in salaries for dis
trlct judges and to defray the cost of
an additional Judge.
sheridan, WyO.-Flames from a
molly candle burning at her bedside.
wnere her death had been momentar-
NY expected, set fire to the bed COW
erlngs and fatally burned Mrs. Anna
uancarik, aged 70. 1t was disclosed
al q coroner's investigation here.
Rome - Marquis John Anthony
Della Chiesa, brother of Pope Bene-
aict, died suddenly here. He was
born in 1853.
Chtcag0-Nicholas Viana, former
choir boy was hanged in the county
jail here on his 10th birthday. He
was the second member of the Gar
dinella gang" of robbers to die on the
sallows. Vtana was sentenced for
the murder Of saloon keeper.
Washington, ID. G. - For many
years Representative Small of North
Carolina has by agreement been pre-
sentfng to r. c. Bland, a Carolina
farmer and one of his constituents.
q new suit of clothes for each addi-
tlonal child in his family. Having
presented 10 suits, and being recent
~ notified to send the fourteenth,
Representative Small has informed
Bland that the contract will be "off''
with Small's retirement from con-
gress on March 3.
Los Angeles-For what was said
TO be one of the first times in the
history of aviation in America a
Tight was begun from the top of a
downtown office building here by
Frank Clark, 20, Los Angeles avia-
tor. who has learned to fly in the last
two years.
Washington-President Woodrow
Wilson. In his letter accepting the
Nobel peace prize, which was read at
the presentation ceremonies at Chris
tiania. said that If this were the last
peace prize to be offered he could
not accept 1t "for mankind has not
yet been rid of the unspeakable hor-
rOr of war"
WashingtOn-A One-year ban on
imports OF number of agricultural
products is proposed in a bill intro
duced by Representative BlantOn,
democrat, of Texas. The measure
would stop importations of corn,
wheat and wheat flour, oil cake, cat
tie. sheep, hogs, hides. beef, veal,
mutton, lamb, wool, mohair. rye,
barley. flax, peanuts and oats.
Lincoln. Neb.-Stephen and Will
Der Boblit, aged 20 and Is, brothers,
OF Osceola. Mo-, confessed here to
the holdup OF G. L. Galloway in his
jewelry store at Laurel, Mont, and
the taking of $4,000 in jewelry. ac-
cording to the local police.
New YOrk-The motion picture in
dustry in America pledged itself to
Herbert Hoover to raise $2.5OO,OOO
to succor starving children in Eu-
rope.
Nashville, Tenn.-John r. Gentry,
200 V. once pacing champion of the
world, is dead of old age. Had the
horse lived until January l he would
have been 80 years old.
WashingtOn-Shrin of values
of the country's farm crops has
placed their total worth this year at
almost $5.0O0,0OO,O00 less than last
year. although the 1920 harvest
was one OF the most abundant in the
nations history, with half a dozen
crops breaking records.
Rome-king Victor Emmanuel
was keenly interested when told by
Caproni, the airplane inventor, of a
projected giant plane which would
carry 800 persons across the Atlantic
in about SO hours. Plans for the ma
chine are being completed and provi-
sions are being made for dining and
sleeping accommodations.
New YOrk-Testimony that the
Steel company, the United
States Steel corporation and manu-
facturers of fabricated steel are
blocking building operations in New
York and other cities by attempting
to force their "open shop" policy on
builders who employ union men,
was heard by the joint legislative
investigating the alleged
building trust"
WashtngtOn-Senator Walsh an
nounced he would hold competitive
in Montana on January
S for candidate for admission to An
napolis. The examinations will be
held in all the cities where applicants
live.