The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-07-30
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Inc turkish nat1OnaliStS nave De.
gun an attack upon Greek shipping in
the Black sea. The Greek steamer.
Fila, on entering kernason. west Of
Trebizond, from Batum. on Junly ii.
was seized by nationalist who took
the vessels officers prisoner. put
Turks in charge and seized 7,OO0,OO
rubles.
Last year $4,000 families emigrated
tom Mexico to Texas alone. the Mex
ran secretary Of commerce and labor
nnOunces. according to Ell Universal.
i'he newspaper quotes Provisional
President de Ia Huerta as saying that
lack of work in Mexico and better pay
in the United States were the reasons
for the exodus.
Miss Helen Taft. daughter Of for
mer President William H. Taft. was
married in Montreal to Frederick
Johnson Manning. instructor in history
ut Yale university. Mrs. Manning is
president of Bryn Mawr college. Mr..
Manning was graduated from Yale in
1916 and served as first lieutenant
in the field artillery. Z. s. A.
The exchange of notifications Of the
treaty of st. German. which estab-
lished peace between the allies and
Austria, took place in the clock room
ut the foreign office in Paris last
week. Jules Cambon presided over the
ceremony. Afterward NJ. Hertsch.
representing Czecho-Slovakia. signed
the agreements for the protection of
minorities within the former territory
OF the Au>tro-Hungarian empire.
WESTERN.
Four severe earthquakes in one day
last week threw Los Angeles. Cal. and
it's suburbs into excitement. indirectly
caused number of injuries to men.
women and children and slightly dam
aged several buildings. chiefly old
ones. but none to a great extent,
While the shocks seemed to center in
more, than 80 miles away but as in this
sex~sv.-s no material damage was reported
from any other southern California
city or town. The first temblor came
in at 1910 in the morning. 1t felt
much as does the sudden stopping of
street car. only that the tremor pro-
duced the unpleasant sensation multi
piled many times.
John Leonardo. who escaped from
the state hospital for the insane at
Salem Ore. and is thought by the
hospital authorities to have set fire to
a barn on the premises causing loss
Of $4,000. was shot and captured
about eight miles east Of there. Leon
ardi gave battle to the guards of the
institution who had been sent to cap
tpre him, and one Of the guards fired.
the bullet piercing Leonardi's right
lung.
Returning home from work. Chaun-
cey Miller. 80. and the horse on which
he was riding. We're struck by light
ming and instantly killed near Powder
River, Wyo. Miller was hurrying home
about three miles from Powder River
TO escape the approaching storm when
man to be killed by lightning in CEN
trail Wyoming within a week.
Organization of the Northwestern
Cleaners and Dyers' association was
completed in Portland last week. 90
delegates from Oregon. Washington
Idaho. Montana and British Columbia
being eligible for membership. A con.
Stitution and bylaws similar 10 tina.
of the national organization was
adopted.
4 wage increase averaging 81 da!
for harvest hands for 1920 has beer
granted by the Pea and Grain distric
association of eastern Washington
Wages for harvest hands will range
from 81 to 81 day for common fielf
work, TO S1a day for separator
Under. Skilled men. such as exper
sack sewers. will receive as high a.
SO day.
Mrs. George Peters is in the Ben
ton county. Ore. Jail charged with thu
murder of Frank Sets. creamery maj
Of Alsea. Sets died as the result o
nllItet Nouuu III tne' tbtlpItIeH. AT
cording to county officials. Mrs. Pc
tiers has admitted shooting Sets
charging. according to the purportet
confession. that Sets failed 10 carr,
out an alleged promise to marry her
She said she was jealous of anothe
woman. sheriff's deputies say.
Carl II. Hines. 40. filler in a sawmil
ut Seattle. is one of the richest men il
that city today. Hines has patente,
and sold to Henry Ford new automo
bile brake for S2.OO0.O0 and royalties
F.. II. Ormsbee. Nonpartisan League
speaker. left Walla Walla. Wash. afte
he had been waited on by a commit
tee Of former service men who toll
him never to return. Ormsbee wa
told to tell others identified with tn
movement that ii would be advisable
to ''pass up" Walla Walla county
they placed any. value on their health