The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-10-08
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with the executive powers Of the
eleventh president Of France. the third
republic. last week before the assem-
bled Versailles congress 10 minutes
after Leon Bourgeoise president Of the
senate, had proclaimed him elected
with out the usual formalities of re-
ceiving the powers from the hands of
the retiring president. The illness of
NJ. Deschanel made impossible the Gus.
tomary ceremony ut Paris. but NJ. Mil
lerand received the greatest ovation
ut Versailles ever given president.
Establishment of a limited duty free
zone along the United States frontier
Is being considered by the Mexican
department announcement at Mexico
city.
The Chinese government has issued
a mandate announcing termination vt
cation ut Picking. The mandate as
sures Russian nationals the best treat
ment under the Chinese laws and in
structs the foreign office to provide
for the conservation of Russian proper.
ty and other interests.
An official report issued in Dublin
Ireland, at Dublin castle shows that
the recent attack on motor lorry
containing six policemen. near La
Hinch. was more serious than an.
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while soldiers assert they saw four Of
the assailantS drop.
GENERAL
Fire Of undetermined origin at the
plant Of the Cedarbrook niStilling
company at Lawrenceburg, Ky.. de-
stroyed four warehouses containing .
600 barrels of whiskey. The liquor. ii
was stated. Appropriated 800 600 gal
Ions and was valued at $500 a barrel
Clarence F. Green. a lawyer Of Mad
ison. Wis.,. who is said to have been
hunted by the police of Chicago for
Is months on a charge of forging
mortgages amounting to S2j.OO0. has
been arrested at Winneburg Ill.,. near
Chicago. where he was living in a
river shack with his wife. He waived
~xtradition and was taken back to
Madison.
The tropical hurricane that passed
inland near Morgan City. La. appar-
emily had spent itself before reaching
the gulf coast. and reports coming in
it's wake Indicate only minor damage.
No deaths were reported. Wire com.
munication. however. was difficult
following the storm and railroad sched-
nles were revised because Of weaken
ed bridges and washed.out roadbeds.
Herbert Hoover. who testified before
the senate committee on reconstruc-
ton. declared he believed the aggre-
gate OF national savings would he slim.
ulated il the government stopped prof.
,eering and paid "something like an
adequate rate of interest to deposit
tors" Reports showed. he said. that
profits obtained by the government in
1918, chiefly from re-deposit nf pos
tai savings bank funds in banks at
two and one-half per cent interest
were S1.135OOO. while. he added, ex-
animation of any annual postal saw
ings hank report would show that
depnsitOrs do not receive much more
than one per cent interest.
An attempt to wreck the Cass Lake.
Minn.. Times building last week was
frustrated by defective cap on three
half-pound sticks Of dynamite near
the main entrance. The dynamite was
discovered with the fuse burned down
to the cap.
A general strike against the Ameri-
can Can company. involving its sc
plants and 5000 machinists. has been
called by the executive committee of
the International Association of Ma
chinists. and approved by the conven-
ton Of the association. in session at
Rochester, n. Y. The strike Is said
ny officers of the union to be the re-
suit of disSenSion at the Newark. n.
j.. plant of the company.
Lumber prices fell at Toledo. Ohio.
company announced Il 20 per cent re-
sluction in retail lumber prices. Com.
pany officials admitted that Henry
Ford'S action on the prices Of auto
mobiles instigated the decrease in hum
Der.
Senator Hartling's position on the
prohibition question is not satisfactory
To the Prohibition party and negnia-
tons with Republican LEADERS which
might have led to the withdrawal of
Aaron :. Watkins as Il presidential
candidate have been broken off. ac
cortling To Il statement issued in Chi
caso by the Prohibition national com
mittee.
Price reductions ranging from 11H
10 21is per cent in all models of
Franklin automobiles. effective at
once. have been announced by H. H.
Franklin. president Of the company
making the cars.