The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-06-10
THE WORLD

'N"io AcSulIcQ IN rush TO the
parks and lakes by thousands of Chi
caeoans seeking to escape the heat
last Thursday. The mercury touch
60 9l'5 and remained there for sew
eral hours. Several persons were
overcome and the death of a child
was directly attributed to the heat.
washington An amendment to
the federal constitution which would
pronlblt polygamy in the United
states is proposed in resolution in
troduced in the house by Speaker
0lllett. The amendment, it is said,
would remedy the situation existing
IN some states where state laws do
NOT prevent plural marriages.
IOkiO-The promotion Of peace be-
tween Japan and the United States
and between Japan and China are
the fundamental objects Of q new So
ciety formed by Japanese women.
MRS. Yukio Ozaki, wife of ex-Minister
of Justice Ozaki, outlined the plans
OF the organization.
washington The manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquor in the
shadow of the capitol has become so
common that dry" leaders in con-
gress are preparing to ask for inves-
tigatlon of newspaper stories that il
licit distilleries are being operated
IN the executive bureaus and whisky
peddled in the senate and house Of
flee buildings.
Observation-Disclosures say William
Howard Taft's greatest ambition will
be achieved if, as is expected, he is
appointed by President Harding to
succeed the late Chief Justice White.
Taft, even though president, always
has regarded the post of chief justice
as an honor as high as could be at
tanned by an American.
ChicagO-Members of the I, w, w.
claim that $4,000 of their funds dis
appeared when big Bill" Haywood,
their former leader, fled to Russia
to escape 20-year prison term.
They have no hopes that he will keep
his word and return to America to
begin his sentence. They have been
going through his books in which he
accounted for their defense" COM
mittee funds.
Seattle-John F. Hemenway. as
sistant treasurer of the Trades Union
Savings and Loan association of Seat.
tie, shot and killed himself at his
home here. He was SO years old. w
L. Nicely, state inspector of savings
and loan associations, said that he
had been investigating what he said
was a possible shortage" in Mr.
Hemenway's accounts.
Fredericksburg, Va.-Fredericks.
burg, probably second oldest city in
America, celebrated last week the
25Oth anniversary of it's recognition
as an established township. Records
show the city to have been the land
Ing place of Captain John Smith and
his adventures in 1908. the year
after the settlement of jamestown
by the English.
Casper, Wyo.-The Ohio Oil and
Midwest Refining companies, princi
pal purchasers of crude oil in Wyom
Ing, announced a reduction of II
cents a barrel in the posted price o
Salt Crek, Big Muddy, Rock Creel
and Mule creek crude. The new
prices are: Salt Greek and Big Mud
dy, 800 barrel; Rock Creek
$40: Mule Creek. 80 cents.
San Francisc0-Most of the retail
dealers of the twelfth federal reserve
district have not yet cleared theil
shelves of high-priced stock purchas
ed last year and present buying BY
retailers Is to meet day-to-day needs
according to a statement made pub
lie here by John Perrin, federal re
serve agent. Present wholesale
prices are less in all lines than the,
We're q year ago, the statement said
V0UNOauv,nua cku
shortcake, six feet in diameter anG
two feet thick. filled with bushels O
Strawberries and covered with a foo
of whipped cream, was to have beer
the piece de resistance at the Merritt
board of trade dinner. A collie dof
saw the cake on a truck en- route t
the dinner and leaped from the side
walk into the center Of the big con
lection. The cake was not served.
BOst0n-United States Senator T
]. Walsh of Montana, speaking at ;
mass meeting at which reduction O
ornaments by international agree
ment was Endorsed, said he was il
favor OF calling an international con
ference for that purpose. He assert
ed that he did not believe the United
States navy should be reduced. bu
that 1--WE should have fleet as biz
as the biggest"
WashtngtOn-A petition for a re
hearing of the case of Henry Albers
wealthy citizen of Portland, Ore
was filed in the supreme court b!
Senator McNary in behalf of the Ore
gon Bar association. Albers was con
victed of violating the espionage ac
but the government confessed error
after his appeal had been docketet
in the supreme court and the convic
ton was reversed and the case re
manded.
ing responsible for that of others
AffarWarda ho cl0sod tho hanl.