The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-18
INTERESTING AND UP.To.DATE
EVENTS EPlToMizEo FOR
BUSY PEOPLE
WHAT THE WORLD IS DOING
Items Concerning Hopes, Fears, Joys
and Tears Of Humanity, Con-
tributed BY the Ever humminQ
Network Of News Wires
WESTERN


81 miles southeast Of Baker. ore.
which carried AWAY half a dozen
small buildings The fire started in
Il garage and spread Ia !, tank of gas.
"lne. which exploded. scattering the
flames in all directions. All OF those
injured are expected TO recover.
Within Il week. ships of the MatSoll
Navigation company have brought Al.
100 tons of sugar TO San Francisco
from the Hawaiian islands officials
Of the company estimate. APPROX
mately l.oOo.OOo bags from all sources
have been discharged there in the las,
week. it WAS announced. This includ.
ed shipments from Java and the Phil
ippines.
Japanese centrifugal sugar. a cryS-
talliZed sugar product. can he laid
down in Seattle for approximately ST.
per 100 pounds, according 70 informa-
ton received from Kobe by Seattle
exporting and importing company. The
information said between $4,000 and
$4,000 tons of the Japanese product
are now available for export. Anoth-
er importing firm announced 5000
tons of Japanese FormoSa and Java.
nese sugar would be shipped direct to
New York and about 5000 tons to San
Francisco.
Three hundred and twenty-five Of
the 200 carloads of wheat in the
yards AT Galveston. Texas. will he re-.
turned Immediately to the interior for
storage. according to the representa-.
tiveS of the interstate commerce com
mission at that place. Four British
ships in port will take on one million
bushels Of export wheat within the
next few days. the commission agent
said
WASHINGTON
The conference report on the bill in
creasing the pay of postal employees
beginning July l. was adopted by the
senate. 1t now goes 10 the president.
After only II minute consideration.
the SENATE adopted with minor amend
mentS the house joint resolution re-
pealing wartime legislation. with the
exception of the Lever food control act
and the trading with the enemy act.
No record vote was taken by the SEN
ate. The measure. which would re-
move about 60 war acts from the stat
ute books. now goes To conference.
President Wilson vetoed the bill eS-
1ahliShing Il national budget system.
and an unsuccessful attempt was made
in the house To pass the measure over
his veto. The vote was 172 to lu3. or
nine less than the required ,wo-thirdS
majority. Thrtyfive Democrats Join.
ed with the Republicans in voting to
pass the measure
Former Ambassador Ygnaco Ronil-
las. who has been imprisoned in Mex
leo City since his capture at the time
of carranZa'> death. Was relea >ed from
prison June >. according to official adj.
vices received ut the state department.
InderSecretary of State Frank l..
Polk has rendered his resignation TO
President Wilson. who has accepted it,
effective June u. II is understood
that Norman II. Davis. now an assist
ant secretary of the treasury. and one
of the economic advisers Of the Amer
lean peace delegates at Paris. will sue
coed him.
The house adopted the conference
report on the army appropriation bill
by vote of l21 To Il. Tn" bill car
rieS S391. 100000.
Senator Sm"or. Republican,. Utah.
chairman of the Joint commission on
printing, announced in the senate THAI
because of the shortage of print paucr
only enough copies of the fungre~>iuIl-
al Record would he printed to supply
members of the senate and house. II.
announced ii also had been decided 10
limit the number of copies Of Speeches
that might he printed for any on. sell
ator.
The nomination of Mrs Annette
Abbott Adams of san Francisco Ia h.
assistant attorney general has been
confirmed by the senate and She will
he the first woman - hold thar office.
Mrs. Adams now iS United States AT
torney for the northern California dis
1rict and rs assistant attorney gen
eral she will have charge of tn. en-
forcement of tax and custom laws. the
war risk. pure food. quarantine and
AdamSon acts. and will have super
viSory control over federal prisons.
A bill providing for reduction Of the
salary of president of the United
States from $4,000 to $4,000 ii wear
was Introduced by Senator Smith
Democrat. OF Georgia. Senator Smith
also introduced resolution propoS-
ing an amendment to the constitution
which would limit the president To one
term of six years.
After a tempeStuouS voyage. the
bill establishing conditions under which
the great government-owned merchan,
fleet eventually is To be Sold--to Amer
leans if possible. tn foreigners if not
finally was passed by congress- II