The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-11-05
GENERAL

Announcement was made at KanSat
City. Mo-. by Sam o. Hargus. United
States district attorney, that thu
charge Of violating the espionage &C
against Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes q
New York would not come up at tn.
November term of federal court there
The case. which was remanded for re
trial by the United States court of ap
peals. was scheduled for the Novem
Der term.
James Riley. g.. of Detroit. Mich.
jumped from the Daniels 4 Fisher
tower. 20 stories high. in Denver, bu,
landed on balcony three stories low.
err Both his legs were broken. but
physicians attending him say he prob
ably will recover.
| The standard Oil company of In.
diana has voted stock dividend OF
100 per cent. payable December L.
The company, with $4,000 shares of
stock. with a par value Of 1850, 600
has a surplus of $1SO.OOO.ooO. officials
said.
! Hundreds of thousands Of bushels
of corn may be burned as fuel by
farmers in northern Nebraska this
winter. High priced coal and a hOun-
teous but low priced crop of corn is
the reason. New corn. unShelled. now
brings three~quarterS of cent n
pound. or SO ton. The cheapest
soft coal is SIS. and it has to be haul
ed. A wagon box 80 inches high is
required to hold ton of unshellel
corn and that amount makes a hot
ter fire and will last longer than a
ton of coal.
The housing survey conference
which health authorities in 81 cities
OF the United States have been invit-
ed to attend will he held in Detroit
on November 30 and December I.
Health Commissioner Copeland of New
York City announces. The conference
was called at the request Of Senator
William NJ. Calder of the senate recon.
struction committee for the purpose
OF discussing the housing situation
generally throughout the country.
Working on information supplied by
a school boy. st. Paul detectives have
recovered a stolen automobile which
was used by three bandits who held
up the jewelry store of A. I. Shapiro
\ Brother. in the down town section.
and escaped with diamonds said to he
valued at $4,000 Several diamond
studded scarf pins We're found in the
machine. The boy reported to the
police that he say a man ride up in
a car and walk away with a black
bag, which the police believe contain
ed the loot. The bandits have not
been found.
Carl q. Wanderer. former army lieu
tenant. was found guilty by jury in
Chicago of the murder Of his younr
wife. their unborn child and a rag
ged stranger" and sentenced 10 ~
years in the renitentiary. The iurv
reached its verdict after %, hours and
~ minutes deliberation. While he WIS
waiting for the verdict to he read.
Wanderer showed the first signs of
he has DISPLAYED during rho
70 days of his trial He WAS plainly
nervous, hut as the sentence. which |
prosecutor James c. 0'Rrien later de- |
bounced as "traveSty on Justice" was
read. a smile broke over his face and
ne recovered his composure.
Frank Fleck. believed to have been !
Americas last survivor of Cusrers
,and of Indian fighters. was killed bv
IN automobile on a suburban road
hear Toledo. Ohio. last week. He was
10 years old. Fleck was ship car
,enter and had made his residence
here for many years. When Clusters
roops We're mustered to pursue Indian
'enegades he was attached to Reno's
division. He suffered four hn,let
Wounds and escaped with Reno's
roops. which had become separated
rom Custer.
Ten persons. some Of them mere
'oyS and one a girl stenographer losr
heir lives in deeds of heroiSm which
AVE just been recognized by the Car
legie hero fund commission and irs
ocular fall meeting in Pittsburr
Fhlrty-three medals We're awarded nv
he commission. which. in addition To
minor financial appropriations. recoc.
lied seven heroic acts by appropriat-
ne S1o.'EU for the education of those
esponSlhle. An additional $4,000
vas applied for the liquidation Of in
nsl,