The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-24
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

The trial of Hungarian Bolshevist
In Vienna have led to rerrisals il
soviet Russia. the state department ha
been informed in dispatches from Bal
tic sources. Ten prominent Austrian
officers are being held as persona
hostages and 1000 more Austrian of
Ulcers have been imprisoned in con
centratiOn camp, the dispatches said
Advices from Warsaw to the state
department reported that the Polish
armistice and peace delegation will
leave Immediately for Riga. where ne
gOtiations are about to begin between
the representatives OF Poland and
soviet Russia.
An ultimate settlement of the petro.
leum controversy between the Mexi
can and United States governments
satisfactory to both countries is expect.
ed by DR.. A. Tore Diaz, recently an.
pointed Mexican minister to Brazil
now In Washington on his way to his
new post. DR.. Tore Diaz. who was
confidential agent in Washington of
the revolutionary movement that over.
threw President Carranza. in discuss
Ing the oil question. said: Il am con-
WINGED that a satisfactory arrange
ment. based on a reasonable and sound
Interpretation Of the law will ultimate
~ be reached"
Production Of both gold and silver
declined last year. director Of the Mint
Baker announced in making public re-
vised figures. which showed the pro.
tiuction to have been: Gold. $GO,:3
400: silver. S63. .53365o.
More than 5.6OO,OOO farms and indi
viduals are paying income taxes this
year. according to figures made pub
lie last week by the bureau Of inter
nal revenue. These figures also re-
veal that practically 100000 taxpay-
ers have already paid their income
taxes in full.
President Wilson defined the fed
eral governments attitude toward the
vacation strike" in the anthracite
coal industry IN message to union
leaders In which he declared that 1--WE
could not LOOK 1he world in the face or
Justify our actions to our own people
and our own conscience if we yielded
one iota to the men in the anthracite
fields"
FOREIGN
The trades union congress in session
at Portsmouth. Eng. adopted reso. !
luton declaring responsibility for I'M
employment shall be borne by indus
try and that in no case should the
level OF income fall below s., per cent
of wages earned when in full employ
ment. Power should he obtained to
force levy on industry to raise the
necessary fund. the resolution added.
and the parliamentary committee was
instructed to take action to this end.
Increasing disorders are reported in
the southern plehiScite zone of Syria
Attempts by Austrian adherents 10
hold meetings on 4 certain day were
frustrated by armed bands of Juyo-
Slavs, who whipped speakers near
t'eistritz. in the Marhurg district. The
French ana Italian commissioners at
tempted 10 restore order and were
themselves maltreated.
Dublin Castle has had so much Of.
Iiciai mail for London Intercepted by
Sim Feiners that officials are report
Ell to be inauguratins a carrier pigeon
service. large consignment of army
pigeons has arrived in Dublin and
more are expected. The fli-h, to Lon
Ion is roughly 500 miles. |:
northern Italy, cau>ing more victims !
among the rescuerS owing to falling
masonry. Further shocks have been
'elt as far south ms Casino. near
Naples. Apparently there was no scri- :
rus damage nor victims from the later
shocks, hut they produced great panic
'monS the population. which recalled ,
Is experiences in the earthquakes of {
80. Total deaths to date are esti-
mated at 400.
An extraordinary declaration hv for
ner Emperor William of Germany. :
made on the grounds of his residence {
Il Doom, Holland. is reported by a |
'eriin newspaper in story purpnrt-
nc to emanate from Il PruSSian iunker {
Who recently visited him. Ii is stated !
hat the former emperor was rhopplng '
tree when he suddenly exclaimed. as '
ie struck furious blows with his axe: /
This is the way heads will fly to the !
light and left when return 10 Ger ,
many +
Admission has been made l,y The
london Herald. organ If labor. that it ,
ms in its possession $4,000 pounds of $
BolShevik gold" the newspaper stat &
ng the money is being held pending !
decision by the shareholders as 10 I
fhether II should be used. The opin-
IN OF readers as to the acceptance Of d
he money is asked by the newspaper.
hitch publishes the admission on its f
lrst page under glaring headlines. The "
ewspaper refers to the soviet funds Y
$ "a magnificent demonstration OF Il
Pal working class solidarity and OF v
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