The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-29
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WASHINGTON
The government drive against the
high cost Of living, abandonment Of
which has been set for November l..
has cost approximately 100000. ac-
cording to figures at the department
Of Justice. which sent letters last week
to all fair price organizations inform
ing them Of the conclusion of the cam
paiyn. Lack of further funds is given
the hunt for profiteerS. More than
S275,Ooa in fines have been collected
in prosecutions, and 40 individuals
have received prison sentences.
Bank deposits in the United States
increased $4,Ot5. 1914 900 during the
ment issued October If by Comptroller
of the Currency Williams. Loans and
discounts increased $500. 736,no.
Reorganization of the prohibition en-
forcement bureau to afford closer ScrU-
tiny of applications to Withdraw
liquors from bonded warehouses is an
nouneed ny Commissioner Kramer.
The change was made necessary, the
commissioner said. by the increase in
work involved.
George Greet. former chairman of
the committee on public information.
is returning to Washington from Mex
leo to work for the Immediate rrcag-
milton of the present government of
Mexico. according to uaVice> from the
Mexican capital,
FOREIGN
The congress of The league of ma
tionS societies. in session in Milan
last week adopted resolution in favor
of the admission Of enemy states into
the league. \ resolution also was
adopted making Brussels the haadquar-
tiers of the league of nations.
The officials Of the Irish Self.,le-
termination league, which sends out
reports Regarding the condition of Lord
Mayor NacSwinay in BriSton prison in
Icndnn. have made M coIAment on
American press reports thai some If
the New York physicians regard 4 60
day fast aS humanity Impossible. They
reiterate their denialS. however that
MarSWfney is receiving nouriShment
OF any kind,
General Pershing has accepted an
apDointment to the committee arrang-
ing the celebration of the one hun
dreith anniversary of The death Of Ma
pnlenn Ranaparte, says the Paris Jour
nal. Marshal Fech is honorary pre>i-
dent IF the committee which will in
clude The supreme chiefs Of the four
great allied armies arrayel against
Germany.
Announcement i made in London
that Charles Saunders nunda>. sixth
yfScount Melville, soon will marry Miss
Margaret Todd, an assistant in bar
Der shop in Edinburgh. says the Lon
don Times. This will be the third mar
riage of the yiscount. who is - year,
of age
Abe Atten. pngili>t whose name ho>
figured prominently in connection with
baseball exposures in the United
States. has been living in Montreal
since the investigation began. accord
Ing to the Montreal Herald. When
told that he WAS being sought IN tht
United States h. j. said Ia have re-
piled: They can't touch lle here
md here stay"
WESTERN.
Bobby Stagg. 14-mnnth-oll Tacoma
baby for whom the police have beer
searching from coast 10 coast since
September I. following his disappear
ance from home, has been surrendered
to the police ut New York and is IL
the custody of rhildren'> >nCi"t,
there, according to felegrarlir al
vices received at the >herift'S office il
Seattle.
Archleacon Hudson Stuck, famous
as the first man to scale Mount Nc
kinley. and noted pioneer Alaskan VIII,
died Of pneumonia last week, WAS bur
led in a humble Indian cemetery a
Fort Yukon, Alaska beside the bodice
bored for 10 years according 10 al
vices received in Dawson. !. T.
Wool growers Of the United State:
are preparing IL max" p determined
effort to secure Legislation i1"rin- Al
embargo on foreign wool during tn
coming short session of congress il
December. according ia announcement
by +. K. Marshall Of Salt Lake, hea'
of the National Wool Growers aSSo
citation.
Another price cut in sugar i prom
ised for Pacific coast districts a> 500
as shinment> arrive by water. says
Seattle dispatch. \ drop of one cen
pound is assured. or cut of :
per 100 pounds. The present rrir"
are Il and Is cents a pound. ana III
new prices will he II and II cent
The home making of wine Will II
considered as Il violation of the prom
hilton laws by the United States n
tcrney'~ office AT San Francisco. az
spite the fact that II recent order q