The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1920-07-09

ELIMINATION Of the bodies Of 4S0
American soldiers which were washed
upon the rocky shores Of the Island
of Islay. off the Scottish coast. after
the sinking Of the transports Tuscania
aud OtrantO in 1918. will he started
ut once. it was announced in Paris.
| Two armed masked men held up the
Great Northern railway terminal in
Belfast. Ireland. and carried off 1.ON
pounds sterling. A score Of masked
men also held up mail car near
Lough. They hlindfolded and then
chloroforlned the two occupants Of the
car and afterward took official docu-
ments from mail bags.
In the British house Of commons. J.
Austin Chamberlain. chancellor Of the
| eNcheQner reiterated that it was the
intention of the British and French
governments to redeem the Anglo
French loan in the United States next
October. announced that the British
government since Anril had paid off
an additional S!5.OOO.OOO Of treasury
bills in New York He also said the
United States since the last payment
on May was Soo+5.5OONO
Thousands of lahorers during the
last few months have crossed into the
United States to accept work on farms
and railroads at high rates of pay
with the result. II was said at JuareZ.
Of seriously iniuring the labor supply
of Mexico. Three hundred crossed into
the United States in one day. com
pleting the movement of 1000 through
JuareZ in Il week.
The Hungarians are continuing their
counter boycott against Austria. and
no food is going out Of the country.
Although the newspapers are publish
ing stories Of anti-IewiSh tendencies.
there has been no trouble. Troops are
patrollng the country.
4 ministerial decree issued at AM
>terdam forhds all except Dutch mill
itary airplaneS to fly over the Speci
fled area of the castle at Doom. oc-
cupied by former Emperor William of
Germany.
GENERAL.
Five workers. who had perSistentlv
refused tn Join strike of machiniSts
and mskilled lahorers. Il woman and
three children miraculnuSly escaped
death when n bomb was nurled through
the window of one of the sleeping
rooms in n dwelling at Waterbury.
in the house.
The John Doe inquiry into the dis
appearance on June s Of Jewels worth
SiOONN from the East Hampton villa
Of Enrico taruso ended with this
statement by the court: I'VE have
been unable To locate the missing Jew
els or any party who may have taken
them There is no, sufficient evidence
to Justify the issuance of Il warrant.
Wesley $. Holden, a 1l-year-old hoy
of Ashhurnham. Mass. was announr-
Ell as the winner of the Worcester
county farm bureau bread making con-
test in which scores of girls competed
from every city and town in the coun-
~. During a period of three months
he made IS lonveS of bread in ~ bak
ings, performed 76 hours of hou>ework
and used IS hours in doing errand> for
his mother.
The bodies of four unidentified ne
groeS We're found in the woods about
eight miles from Columbus. Ga. Each
body contained number of bullet
wounds and the theory was advanced
that the men had been killed by
moonShiners.
Richard 4. Watts. ~. who served as
acting adiutant general at the trial
and execution Of the Lincoln conSpira-
tors. is dead at Adrian. Mich. Mr..
Watts was former circuit cour, Judge
and banker.
Twenty-siN Chinese sailors. members
If the crew of the British steamship
Northern. in port 1T New Orleans.
have disappeared W. T. Davis. captain
If the vessel told federal authorities.
He said the men apparently had de-
serted. They are NJ large without
passports. Captain Davis reported. in
violation of the laws of the United
States. which provide a fine of $1,000
for each Chinese sailor who deserts
his ship without proper papers. own
er> of the vessel are held responsible
under the law.
\ New York state supreme court
Jury decided that nllliAm McCue was
not "the toughest Kid in Hell'S kitch-
en-" and awarded him S3..,vh damages
against the Russell Sage Foundation
and publishers Of Il book entitled
"Royhood and LAwle>Sness." in which
his picture appeared over that caption.
The North Carolina legislature will
he called To meet in special session
between July ~ and August 10 to re-
ccivp the re-valuatinl report of the
tax commission and ut which session
the question of ratification of the Su-
san II. Anthony federal amendment
will come up. If WAS stated M the Of