The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-07-08
THE WORLD

tate OF Sl,5O0,000, the bulk of it Il
his widow and children.
Notwithstanding port, formerl,
center OF half of Germany's 100000
tons OF ocean-going vessels, now hal
no ships above 1900 tons and it
Wharves are virtually deserted, &C
cordlng to a special dispatch.
New fork-The blockade on New
YORK city's waterfront, caused by tn,
strike of longshoremen since early
last March, has been broken by the
'Cltlzens' Transportation Commit
tee operating non-union trucks.
WashIngton-Winter wheat prom.
ises to supply only 483,617,O00 Of
needed 500, 300 1000 bushels in 1920
according to the department of ag.
r1culture. Last year the winter
wheat crop was 731,536,O00 bushels
Observation-Disclosures of the country
are suffering from too much regula-
ton and should be divorced from po-
litics, according to Herbert K. Twit-
chell, chairman of the board of the
Chemical National Bank.
New York-British coal dealers
are buying anthracite coal in United
States to supply foreign customers.
The scarcity of anthracite in Great
Britain has caused price for export
to advance to s20.69 a ton.
Parasitic indemnity to be paid
by Germany will be fixed at between
ITO 600, 900 marks and 100000
100000 marks gold, to be paid in 81
annuities. Payment in no one year
shall be less than three billion marks.
Paris-French exports from Jan.
1 to May 80 totaled ~5,970,000,0 900
francs, more than double last years
figures. Imports Increased 1927
100000 francs. Imports of food
stuffs showed a reduction of 109,-
O00,0 francs.
Paris-France intends to press be-
fore i~nterallied conference at Brus-
sells a plan to re-apportion the total
war expenses, which would result in
the United States surrendering re
payment of part of what the allies
borrowed.
Washington-The department of
labor announces that food budget of
average American family attained a
new high record for May, index
number being 235, an increase of 8
per cent over April and z per cent
over January.
Vienna-The Anglo-Austrian bank,
in it's monthly report, declares indi-
cations point to satisfactory harvest
in Central Europe this year, with i'm
provement in the food situation, and
that "hopes of valuable contracts are
entertained" on arrival of American
in Austria.
London-Douglas Fairbanks and
wife (Mary Pickford) were featured
on the first page of all newspapers
upon arrival from the United States,
but Colonel House, who went over on
the same boat, received no publicity.
Douglas had to carry Mary on his
shoulders from the ship to avoid the
nobs of autograph seekers.
Boston-A 10000 900 corpora
ion, to be known as National Chain
Motor Service Corporation, with
many Boston business men and bank
ers on its directorate, has been form
ID. It's object is to establish a chain
If about 1000 unified garages and
stations throughout the Uni
ed States.
Boston-President Wood of the
American Wooden company says that
the high price of clothing is due in
10 substantial degree to any profit
which we have made on our cloth.
rhe profit of this company on the
10th that goes into an average suit
If clothes, selling at retail for from
$50 to $65 a suit, does not exceed
$3.50"
Paris-The French general staff
las information that the Krupps are
till making arms and ammunition
the peace treaty conditions.
new model machine gun, a~ir-cool-
Tres, has been produced. The French
the German general staff is
till in existence, although camou-
Washington = Senator Jones of
speaking in defence of
he Jones shipping bill, declared that
oreign nations would use fair means
nd foul to defeat the American ma
ion in its effort to develop a great
merchant marine and obtain it's share
f world trade, and that the United
tates must flight back and fight
ack hard"
New York-Lincoln Eyre says the
mazing extent to which Germany has
the military clauses of the
eace treaty is revealed by the min
,try of foreign affairs and General
'och's intelligence department. The
orces the Germans continue to main
ain in the Reich proper are more
nan twice as large as the treaty per- /
tits. Germany's total forces amount
} over 440,0 men under arms. =
San Francisco-Governor Stephens {
{ California, has approached Secre- :
Try of State Colby to enter into i'm :
negotiations with Japan to :
AXE impossible any further evasion
? existing immigration agreements :
I'D to make such agreements as rig :
'ous as possible. Ten years ago
alifornia had about 1900 Japan
and a recent survey showed 87,-
10.
Washington-The 1919 American
heat crop was produced at an aver
,e cost to the grower of s2.15 a bu-
according to the department of
,riculture. The survey revealed the l
ct that to permit a profit on 80 :
# cent of the wheat produced on the :
rms covered by the survey, the
ice would have to be about $3.50.
Dollar wheat" once the aspiration