The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-05-28
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

Switzerland. in a referendum on the
question Of accepting ar rejection Of
membership in the league Of nations.
voted in favor Of the proposition. The
vote was narrow one. 11l2 If the
cantonal votes being in favor and 1Oia
against. The popular vote in favor
If the league was approximately 400
900. and against it 100000.
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Eleven cOnvicts escaped from the
honor farm of the penitentiary at
Joliet. H.. according to word sent to
Chief OF Detectives Mooney of Chi
cago.
Mount Vernon. n. Y. has woman
billboard censor who travels after
dark and covers up female legs in mo-
ton picture and other posters with
white strips. on which is written:
"Censored' 1t is known the censor is
Il woman. hut Acting Chief Atwell has
been unable TO learn her name.
Former Emperor William ut Il din
ner las. week thanked Count Won Ben.
timex for his hospitality and for all
the trouble and Inconvenience he had
suffered for his sake. For n keep
sake he presented Il marble bust of
himself To the count. The eX-kaiSer
has moved into his own new home II,
AmpronSen.
DIR. John nill RObertSOn's class for
Chicago fat women set Il record in the
third week of their 6,I,iay reducing
campaign. which has Just closed. by
losing an average Of 4.55 pounds. Mrs.
Nellie Leonard. who started three
weeks ago ut 3ooS. brought her total
loss To ~ pounds by dropping nine and
one-half pounds during the last seven
days.
Students Showerp,l eggs at Franklin
J. Vines, ranking instructor at n st.
Louis suburban high school as he WAS
leaving at the end Of the scholastic
year. The students were enraged he.
cause they received low grades. Mr..
\ mes told the police he was compelled
to flourish a revolver TO route the
youthful assailants.
President Wilson has signed bill
amending the deportation laws SO as
to make possible the deportation Of
Germans and other aliens who were
interned during the war as enemy
aliens.
Births in the registration area Of the
United States. which covers about :3
per cent of the country's estimated
population. during the year 1918. ex-
ceeded deaths by 34.4 per cent. Sta.
tistics just completed by the census
bureau show total of 1.:30::s. GAO births
for that year in the territory which is
small decrease compared to 1917,
while the deaths, 1.O14,62O show a
slight increase.
ASSSSSNASS " hVVtuS ~ TIC
national board of farm organizations
at C.lcagO refused to indorse move.
ment to bring Chinese labor into the
United States to meet the shortage Of
labor at the present time.
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kilograms have been sent by the
department Of justice to all United
States attorneys .reiterating the de-
partment's policy of holding the mar.
gin of profit on sugar sales to cent
for wholesalers and cents for retail.
ers.
The labor council of Sydney. X. 8.
W.. after heated debate. decided not
20 participate in the welcome to the
Prince Of Wales on his forthcoming
visit to New South Wales.
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An invitation has been extended to
Maj. Gen. Enoch H. CrOwder, provost
marshal of the army during the war,
to become a member Of the board of
control Of the Kansas City Railways
company. The position pays $4,000
a year. General Crowder would rep.
resent the city on the board, accord.
ing to the plan.