The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-10-14

WashingtOn-The first meeting OF
the four American delegates to the
armament limitation conference pro-
badly will be held for consultation
shortly.
Baton Rouge, lathe senate has
passed a resolution petitioning con-
gress to modify the Volstead act to
permit the sale of light wines and
beers. The vote was 26 to IS.
WashingtOn-State governors were
reqested by President Harding in
proclamation to designate October 10,
anniversary of the Chicago fire, as
fire prevention day.
Washington-Colle of Sep
TENDER instalment of the income and
profits taxes reached Secretary Mel
Ions estimate, according to treasury
reports. The amount received to
date totals $526,2O1,998.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS plans
for creation of the organized reserve
of the army on basis to permit
quick mobilization of more than A.
100000 fighting men have been pre-
pared by the general staff.
Washington-The killing of two
American mining men, H. c. Smith,
Vinita, Okla, and E. B. Kilsingbury,
Los Angeles, Calf, by a Mexican at
Dolores, Mexico, was reported to the
department by Harry B. OFT, vice
consul at Chihuahua.
Winnipeg, Mana reduction of 20
per cent on all rates over so cents
per hundred pounds on livestock ship
ments from the prairie provinces to
st.. Paul and Chicago was announced
by the Canadian Pacific railroad. The
new rate becomes effective October 8.
New YOrk-The speedy return of
prosperity with plenty of work for
all is predicted by two notable fig
ures in industrial and mercantile cir
cles. Charles E. Bedford, president
of the Vacuum Oil Company, and
John Wanamaker, merchant.
Oklahoma City, Okla.-Six masked
men, dressed in black and heavily
armed, boarded a Santa Fe train
near here, forced the mail car clerks
to throw off four pouches of mai
and then disappeared into the dark
ness with a parting injunction to the
trainmen to "beat it"
Los Angeles-Opening of an innel
torpedo door while the outward shut
ter was open and failure of an inter
locking device to operate caused the
sinking last night of the navy sub
marine re- with loss of two lives il
the harbor here, it was officially an
nounced at fleet headquarters.
COblenZ-The composite battalion
from the American forces in German!
which will accompany General Perish
i ing to Paris and London for cere
!. monies of decorating with the con
}, gressional medal of honor the grave,
q of the French and British unknown
J. soldiers is full strength unit or
r ganized American command.
e ChicagO-Chairman Hurley, of tn
e Motion Picture Commission of Chi
e cago says that the 10000 motion
y picture theaters in the United State
). which viii have a seating capacity Of 5,
10000, take in an average of $50,
: 900 900 daily. In the fiscal year re
'. Gently ended those theaters took il
Z in admissions $767,00O,000.
J New YOrk-The price of CONNER
! cial bar silver reached a new higl
point for the year when it rose t.
II ga cents, an advance of tire
cents over the closing quotation. TIL
!, :. advance Is ascribed largely to cur
D tailment of copper production Q
Y which silver is by-product, and tn
- absorption by the United States trea
g. sury of the entire American silve
II production.
= Seattle-Plans for the establish
" ment of two new banks to take owe
v assets and liquidate liabilities of tn
al Scandinavian-American bank of Sc
= attic, which closed it's doors July
Is were revealed by committee c
+ bankers, members of the Washingto
State Depositors' Garanty Fund.
: total of $1,25O,O0O has been pledge
~ by members of the ind toward tn
>; capital stock of the new banks,
'' was said.