The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-03-18
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Olympia, Wash.-By q vote Of So
to the Washington state senate has
passed the anti-alien land bill.
WashinSton-A bounty Of SO per
ounce to encourage the re-opening of
gold mines in the United States 10
proposed in q bill reported to the
ways and means committee by q sub
committee.
New observation-disclosures have been
handed down by the special federal
grand jury investigating an alleged
building material combine against
Is corporations and ~ individuals
comprising an alleged cement trust.
Chicago Dalton, the 16-
year-old bank employee who took
x772,O0O in Liberty bonds from the
Northern Trust Co., and who was
later captured at Heyworth, ILL.,, was
released on $4,000 bonds.
PittsburB-A. w. Mellon, who will
serve - secretary of the treasury In
the Harding cabinet, has announced
his resignation from the executive
boards OF numerous banking institu-
lions here.
Washington-By unanimous vote,
81 senators answering the roll, the
senate attached AZ an amendment to
the naval appropriations bill q Sec
ton calling upon the president to
call conference Of the United States
and Great Britain and Japan to con-
slider naval disarmament.
New YOfk-America's relief fund
for China's starving millions has re-
ceived 100000 from the Rockefeller
fortune. Halt this amount was con-
tributed by John d. Rockefeller. Jr..
ana the other half came from the
Laura Spellman Rockefeller fund. It
was announced by the American
committee for China relief.
Washingtou-Fourteen Of the 436
members Of the house elected to the
sixty-sixth congress have died since
the beginning Of their terms in May.
1919. This fact was brought out at
memorial services for Representa-
tives Charles A. Nichols Of Michigan
ana Dick T. Morgan Of Oklahoma.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of . federal
department Of national defense in
which the army and navy and 4
third division having to do with avia-
ton would be combined under one
cabinet officer, has been recommend
ed to President-elect Harding by Sem
ator New of Indiana, generally re-
garded as one Of the president elects
most trusted advisers.
Philade1phia-Federal authorities
here admit they have under arrest
q man giving the name of Harry T..
Lamey in connection with an alleged
threat to kill Mrs. Samuel D. Riddle
and Man-0'-War, the famous race
horse, unless 10000 is turned over
to the writer Of a letter sent Mrs.
Riddle. She is the wife of the owner
of the champion.
Seattle, Wash.-Wages of coal
Washington, with the exception of
two, will be reduced by an average Of
% per cent effective March Is, and
retail coal prices will be cut from
SO cents to $3.50 a ton, Washington
coal operators announced. The two
1 mines not affected by the wage re-
ductions are railroad mines, which
take out coal only for the use of the
roads.
Madrid-Reports are in circula-
ton here that Liberia will cede to
the United States naval base on
the western coast or Africa In return
for a loan which C. D. King, presi-
dent Of the little republic, has gone
to America to negotiate. In COM
menting on the subject, the Neuvo
Mundo speculates ON the position of
Spanish colonies along the African
coast II such project should be
carried out.
Washington-The Rocky noun
tain states may get cheaper print
paper II the forest service acts ia
vorably upon q project submitted to
them by Senator Gooding and Rep
resentative Smith Of Idaho. Private
capital stands ready to invest 3d.
100000 in establishing a pulp paper
mill at Idaho Falls, Idaho, in the
forest service will give q 20-year per-
NIT to cut timber for pulp making
from the Teton National forest. Ad-
Joining timber of this reserve has
been found adequately adapted for
paper making and . plant. at this
point Of the size contemplated could
supply most Of the Rocky mountain
states with paper.