The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-08
THE WORLD

an increase of 100 per cent owe
1913.
Copenhagen - Ruinous exchang
rates r paralyzing internationa
commerce in the Baltic sea nations.
Neutrality-suspicious. competitio.
in.the field of foreign trade is show
ing signs of weakening, Secretary o
Commerce Hoover said recently.
Niagara Falls-Edward H. Rippon
of Buffalo, was swept owe the Brida
Veil falls at Niagara and dashed t,
death on the rocks below.
Moscow-Leo Kameneff, the sovie
relief director, says 20,500,00O per
sons in fifteen provinces Of Russia
are facing starvation.
ROme-An Italian inventor ha.
perfected a new fuel for gasoline en-
gines which reduces running expense
one-half.
Paris-The queens of beauty" Of
Paris, chosen annually by vote, have
selected Eugene Hoffman, who tips
the scales at 323 pounds, as the hand
soonest man in the French capital.
Mexico City-The continuation OF
the Obregon administration depends
entirely on early American recogni-
ton, according to the best informed
public men here.
Berlin-The German government
is facing a crisis and may fall at any
moment because of political and eco
nomic conditions, according to Maxi
milan Harden.
Calicut, India-The Moplah fana-
tics appear to be proclaiming home
rule in all the disturbed areas. Their
emblem, the green flag, has been
hoisted at Pallipu.
Ethel, w. Va.-Five men fell in an
encounter between an armed band
and state troopers and deputy sher-
ifs on Beech creek, Logan county,
near the Boone-Logan county line.
ROme-Thirty persons were killed
in a collision between passenger and
freight trains nea Maglino, a short
distance north of Rome. More than
100 persons were injured.
Washington - President Harding
will call a national conference rep
resentative of the whole country tt
meet here next month to inquire into
the unemployment problem.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES three days
of fighting, the Turks have forced
the Greeks to retire across the Saka-
ria river in Asia Minor. The Greeks
lost many prisoners, much material
and cannon and transport wagons.
Paris-The right wing of the
Greek army, which was attacking the
Turks along the Sakaria river in Asia
Minor, has met with disaster and is
completely severed from the main
body of Greek troops.
Vienna-The Austrians have met
with resistance from the Hungarians
in the occupation of ~Burgenland. the
little strip of West Hungary award
ed Austria by the peace treaty, ac-
cording to reports reaching here.
observation-disclosures revenue col
lections from all sources during the
fiscal year 1891 decreased more than
900 as compared with the
previous year, while the cost of col
advanced from 55 cents to
S8 cents for each 500 collected.
Chicago-That John w. Worthing-
ton, alleged master mind" of a band
of mail and bank robbers whose loot
46 100000, and associate of
Charles w. French in many of his
$50,000,000 schemes, may turn state
evidence.
San Francisco-The four months
tie-up in the building industry in
San Francisco ended when the union
craftsmen returned to work on the
employers terms of the open shop
and a horizontal wage cut of tx per
cent.
Chicago-Thirty-two spectators in
Judge Schulman's morals court were
.ocked in the 'bul1 pen" two hours
by order of the judge and then dis
missed with a warning that in future
'pectators will be given 20 days in
he workhouse. "This is n place to
pend your vacation" the judge de-
Jared.
Washington - Recommendations
hat the interest rate on postal saw
ngs be raised from 2 to 3 per cent
md that the maximum allowed a de-
be increased to $4,000 were
greed upon by bankers, federal re-
erve board members and government
officials who Joined with the post
'ffice department to investigate the
'ostal savings policy.
ChicagO-A university for the
ducation of mothers-in-laW vas adj
by Rev. Charles B. Stevens, !
f the third Presbyterian church. He (.
sserted the mother-in-law problem :
as ceased to be a joke. Seventy !
i've per cent of all matrimonial dis :.
ster are precipitated by her inter- ,
.erence," he asserted. "She is an
ut-law instead of an in-law." .
Chicago-After an afternoon spent !
raiding the vaults of a safety de- 9
osit company in the Masonic temple
D which more than $1,000,O00 in :
urrency was said to be stored, three !
obbers became intoxicated, made SO
luch noise that they attracted the :
ttention of a %passerby and then es- :
aped through a hail of bullets from :
he pistols of rs patrolmen and de- :
1t was estimated that the /,
Obbers escaped with approximately :
100000 in cash and securities. !
Moscow-The people of Moscow {
re money poor. 1t is a city of pow !.
rty-stricken multi-millionaires. One !.
undred American dollars brings four =
lillion rubles and the ruble is still ,
illing in value. An apple costs a I
ouSand rubpS Cab drivers charge