The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-02-13
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

Calling on friends of prohibition te
get busy rather than quit. Wayne +
Wheeler general counsel of the Anti
Saloon League of America. in a state
ment issued in Washington. charged
that ''wet organizations and some we,
officials are encouraging defiance tC
national prohibition in Rhode Island
Massachusetts. New Jersey, New York
Wisconsin and several other states.
The Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady
we'll known Episcopal clergyman and
author. is dead Of pneumonia ut his
home in lonker>. n. Y.
With prohibition safely on the stat.
ute book. bill designed to protect
harmless snakes soon will be introduce
ed in the legislatures of New York
New Jersey and other states. it is an.
nonnced in New York by the Reptile
Study Society of America.
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A. Gross. Tacoma news dealer and
bookseller. was found guilty by jury
in federal court at Tacoma on two
counts of an indictment charging him
with selling Sedilious literature A
verdict of not guilty was returned on
two counts. Gross will appeal.
The Maine supreme court has been
asked to issue writ Of mandamuS
to compel Governor Milliken to pro-
claim il day ON which the people of
Maine can vote on the national prohi.
bitiOn law. The petitioner, Thomas
Curran OF Bangor. says he is one of
10000 who signed a petition some time
ago for a referendum on this question.
warehouse of the Atlantic Rein.
ing company at Pittsburg. housing 300.
600 gallons Of lubricating oil. was de.
stroyed by a fire Of undetermined or
igin. The loss was estimated at from
S;'OO,OOO to $5OONW. Firemen were
hindered in their efforts to extinguish
the blaze by explosions of barrels of
oil, which occurred every few minutes.
The lower house of the Mississippi
legislature rejected the woman suf-
frage constitutional amendment after
10 minutes debate.
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Gunner" Tjepew. whose death at the
hands of bandits near Maricopa. Ariz..
was reported two weeks ago. Is alive
and we'll in Bakersfield. Cal. After
reading an account of his reported
death in Bakersfield paper. Depew
visited the newspaper office to make
IA declaration that he was alive.
More than 200 passengers on board
a Spanish steamer which arrived in
New York from Barcelona last week ON
her way to Havana and Vera Cruz.
drew up formal complaint to he for
warded to the ships owners and the
Spanish consular agent. against the
prohibition law, which deprives them
of wine at their meals while in port.
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The parliament Of Holland has tax.
en- up for discussion the proposal that
Holland enter the league OF nations.
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Stamping out Of illiteracy and edu-
cation of all citizens. as well as immi.
grants. to conform to American ideals,
form the basis Of the program to be
carried out by the Americanism com.
mission Of the American legion. which
is meeting in Indianapolis.
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Two armed. masked men. within two
blocks of the central police station in
San Francisco. locked Ben Morgan
and his clerk in the vault of his jew.
elry store and escaped with valuables
reported to be worth $1,000.
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Ninety-five head of purebred Here
ford and ShOrthorn breeding cattle
sold Mt auction at the National West
ern Stock show at Denver brought a
total of $92,77O. One Hereford bull,
Panama 10Th. bred by A. Il. Cook of
Townsend. Mont. was sold to w. H.
Donald of Melville. Mont. for 81 iOO