The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-12-30
THE WORLD


criminal, former commissioned Off
GERS of the army, navy and marine
corps launched plans for an organi-
cation of 10000 armed men to aid in
curbing the epidemic of crime sweep
ing the city.
New York-The general executive
board of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America, in special ses-
sion here, voted to raise a 1000, 600
relief fund for the $4,000 union
clothing workers in New York who,
it is said, are either on strike or are
locked out by the employers.
Astoria, Ore.-Following his mar
riage to Miss Lillian M. Larsen, a
stenographer, John H. Ward, aged
20, was arrested here charged with
being an escaped convict from the
Michigan ~penitentiary, where he was
serving time for bigamy.
Washington-The ~anti-saloon lea
que will ask Attorney General Palm
er to reconsider his ruling that the
use of cider in the home by it's manu-
facturer, even after it has become in
~toxicating by fermentation, is lawful,
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
of the league, announced. Neither
the letter nor the implied purpose of
h prohibition act justified such a
ruling, Wheeler asserted.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Helen Look, 16
years old, died here after lying in a
deep sleep for II days. All efforts
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nosis ascribed tuberculosis of the
brain as the cause of death.
Astoria, Ore. - Frank Wagner,
known as Dutch Frank" an escap-
ed convict from the Oregon peniten-
tiary, was killed in a duel with War
den Compton of that prison and nine
other officers.
Berlin-Victor Kopp, the Russian
soviet representative in Berlin, has
been working under written instruc-
lions from Minister of War Trotzky
"to do everything in his power to
bring about a revolution in Germany
and overthrow the present govern
ment," it is charged by the Pan-Ger-
man Deutsche Zeitung.
Boise, Ida.-Charles P. Seymour
was burned to death and r. H. Null
vihill overcome by smoke in a fire
that destroyed the packing house of
Van Hoesen & Seymour at Mesa, and
a loss estimated at 100000.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Ottawa, Ont.-All taxes on luxur-
les in Canada, excepting alcoholic Ii
quors, confectionery and playing
have been abolished by the do
government through an or
d~er-in-council.
Kansas City-An advance of $40
a ton in the contract price of news
print paper it uses was announced by
the Kansas City Star. Beginning
January 1, the newspaper will pay
$3.50 a ton for it's white paper, ma
King an added cost of 10000 month
y, the announcement said. The price
S for the first six months of 1921.
New York = Eighty immigration
Inspectors at Ellis island were over
with work as a result of the
arrival of $4,000 immigrants over
he weekend, all asking admission
,efore Christmas.
New York-Charging that his in
.ome tax report filed March "a, 1916
vas incorrect, misleading and false"
,ecause he "failed to include in it as
art of his income 50,104 shares of
Illinois Pipe Line company and 67,-l
.76 shares of the Prairie Pipe Line
ompany," the government brought
uit against John d. Rockefeller for
.292,678.
Lethbridge - Tom Basioff, con-
icted murderer and head of a ban
it gang which for several weeks
asst summer terrorized the country
ide of Alberta, was hanged last
yeek.
ST. Paul-Dealing in grain futures
rould be declared "a gambling con-
punishable by a fine for the
.rst offense and by a Jail sentence
Dr. other ~offenses under the terms
f a bill to be introduced at the COM
lg session of the Minnesota legis-
Lture.
Washington-The house of repres-
natives passed without amendment
bill extending until July / next the
me in which mineral land entrymen
do assessment work required
nder the existing law for the calen-
year 1920. This means that the
aims on which assessment work
as not been done this year Will not
, in jeopardy, provided 500 worth
work is done before July 1. The
II now lacks only the signature of
Ie president to make 1t a law.
Paris-The tide of European emil
will be turned to South
merica in the event of the United
ates erecting barriers against i'm
igration, in the opinion of DR.. Ru-
'rt Blue, assistant surgeon general
the United States public health
rvice, whose staff of American doc
rs is supervising at every European
'rt the medical examination, vac
nation and delousing of all emf
ants bound for the United States.
MinneapolisEThe deadlock in the
ntroversy between local milk deal
S and 800 members of the milk wa
n drivers union, over the ques-
IN of an open shop, which caused
spension of milk deliveries here
r two days, was broken when union
7mbers were directed by their Off
to return to work on a nom
ion agreement.
Salt Lake City - Declaring that
ndreds of babies are being literally
Id In Salt Lake City every year,