The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-08-13
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the Wholesale liquor dealer as means
OF simplifying prohibition enforce.
ment appeared possibility with the
announcement by Prohibition Commits.
sioner Kramer that the issue OF whole.
sale permits in the future would be
''rigidly restricted"
For the first time since his long
Illness, President wilson went driving
last week in a carriage. On all of his
trips heretofore, the president used
the White House automobile. which
has become familiar to crowds motor.
Ing through Rock Greek park. Mrs
Wilson accompanied the president and
secret service man sat on the box
with the driver. Other secret serv.
ice men followed in an electric run.
about. Few persons recognized the
president as his carriage left the
grounds in drzzling rain.
Collection of charges for unloading
livestock in addition to the rates on
livestock to and from Chicago stock
yards was found by the Interstate
full and unreasonable practice. In de-
Gliding the case brought by the Chicago
Livestock Exchange against the Atchi.
son, Topeka 4 Santa Fee railway COM
pany the commission held that unload
Ing and loading of livestock in the Chi
cago yards was a duty of the rail
roads,
Railroads Of the country have been
authorized by the interstate commerce
commission to enforce the new freight
rates and passenger fares until next
November l without observing the
long and short haul clause Of the in
terstate commerce act.
President Wilson in a proclamation
has suggested and requested" that
December p be celebrated through
out the United States as the tercen-
tenary of the landing of the Pilgrims
ut Plymouth Rock in 1920. and ap-
pointed Samuel Mccall and Richard
Hooker of Massachusetts and George
Foster Peabody of New York as mem
bers of the Pilgrim tercentenary com
mission.
Representatives of navy yard en-
ployeS have begun presenting to the
navy wage board arguments in support
of requests for wage increases. About
300 representatives of the crafts We're
In attendance and il was decided to
take up the trades in alphabetical or
der, blackSmiths. hoilermakerS. carpen-
tiers and other woodworkers being
among the first heard. The average
wage increase asked by the trades
board was approximately - cents an
hour over the present scale.
The sale of the liner Won Steuhen.
formerly the German commerce raider
kronprinz Wilhelm. TO Fred Egeena of
New York for ST 100000 rs announced
by Chairman Benson of the shipping
board. The Won Steuhen. which has
gross tonnage of $1,000. is to be
equipped by Mr.. Eggena for round
the-world cruise To exhibit products
of American manufacture
WESTERN.
That "eight-dollar coal and two-dol-
lar oil will hasten the electrificarion
of the Great Northern system and 9TH
or railroads. was declared by JackSon
+. Reynolds Of New York director of
the Great Northern and other roads
and director of the First National
bank of New York, in an interview in
Seattle
Ten alleged members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World. arrested
near Spokane by federal. county and
City officials and lodged IN the county
Jail, are to be arraigned on charges of
violating an injunction issued last
winter in superior court in Spokane
forhidding |. W. W. organization ac-
iivitieS
The entire lower business section
of Fort CoGuitlam. b. c.. was de
stroyed by fire which started in fire
department Headquarters and spread
through half Il dozen stores and sew
eral residences and the Canadian Pa.
cific railway freight sheds. The dam.
age is estimated To be in excess of
100000.
Reiterating his statement of the ex-
istence Of an organized system of
smuggling japanese into the United
States, Representative Albert Johnson.
chairman of the house immigration
committee. said at Tacoma that he will
produce the evidence to the state and
labor departments of the government
first.
Damage amounting to S25O.OOO was
caused in the lumber yards of Edward
Donlan of MiSsoula and Ben Hender-
son. near Pablo, when flames of I'M
known origin destroyed 4,5OO.OOO feet
cf manufactured lumber.
Increase of three and one-half cents
a gallon in the price of gasoline has
been announced in Seattle by the
Oil company. raise of cost
To consumers To IS cents gallon.
The gasoline ration remains unchang-
ptl-five gallons to pleasure cars and
10 gallons to trucks. The increase an