Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM


1t is announced at the Chicago head
quarters of the campaign for Gen.
Leonard Wood for the Republican
presidential nomination that Senator
George NJ Moses of New Hampshire
will open branch headquarters in
Washington and will take there The
Washington and will take charge there.
The senator left for Washington after
Il conference with Wood supporters.
Senator Myers, Democrat, of Mon
tana, has introduced bill appropriate
ing $4,00O,000 TO be loaned to farmers
in drouth stricken sections of the Unit
ed States for the purchase of seeds
1t was referred to the agricultural
committee.
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The senate naval affairs committee
has voted 10 to to authorize investi-
cation by a Subcommittee of five of
the controversy over awards of med
ais to naval officers for war services.
Senator Walsh. Democrat, of Montana,
voted against the resolution.
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A bill to abolish the war risk nsur-
ance bureau and transfer its func-
tions to other departments has been
introduced by Senator Smoot Repub-
lican, of Utah and referred to the
finance committee. Senator Smoot
claimed the change would eliminate
1000 employees at a saving of millions
annually.
George f. Deiteerle, Cincinnati di-
Stiller has been authorized TO appoint
committee to go to Washington and
discuss with the federal officials the
problem of diSpoSing of the bonded
Whiskey in the United States. This was
announced at the close of meeting
If 100 distillerS from all sections of
the country held in Cincinnati. Mr.
Deiterle presided at the conference
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Contemplated establishment of a
court in which attorneys will not be
permitted to appear and in which mat
tiers involving no more than 500 will
he heard has been announced in Spo-
kane. Costs would be limited to 81 80
for each case. The court would be
established in accordance with law
passed by the 1919 legislature of
Washington.
The political correspondent of the
London Daily Mail says that Premier
Lloyd George. foreseeing that he has
no political future among either the
unionists or liberals, is preparing TO
inaugurate new center party of
which he would assume the leader
ship.
Urgent necessity of the extension of
further credits TO Europe, either by the
government or through private agen-
cts as an aid in establishing 4 market
for 1,600000000 pounds of surplus
pork left on the hands of meat pro
ducers Of the west was emphasized by
Senator Capper Of Kansas in a letter
to Secretary of Commerce Joshua Al
eXander
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The French crown Jewels which had
been deposited in a bank at Bordeaux
at the end of 1914. when the German
advance threatened The capital. are TO
be brought back to Paris and again ex-
hibited at the Louvre.
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Some of the changes in railroad op-
Grafton adopted under government con
troll will be continued after the roads
are returned to private operation on
March /. The Association of Railway
Executives, at meetings now being held
in Washington, is carefully consider
ing all of the changes.
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Heavy Japanese endorsements have
been rushed to Irkutsk to aid the
forces of Admiral kolchak, according
TO cable from Tokyo to the Nippu
Jill, a Japanese daily newspaper at
Honolulu.