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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
6
A letter from Premier Lloyd George to Colchester mayor warns Britain faces a difficult economic period with rising unemployment and foreign competition. He urges national unity to overcome these challenges as it did during the war.
Alex McGibben 47 a Seattle wood contractor was shot and killed in a quarrel over chicken theft. Pete Colaghino 48 a Seattle section hand is in county jail charged with the shooting and said to have fired in self defense.
Geneva reports the league of nations approved a statute creating a permanent court of justice though it lacks mandatory jurisdiction and penalties for noncompliance. Nations will seek ratification. judges may be elected by next assembly with court to exist in September if approved. Debate favored obligatory jurisdiction but defenders called the plan a prudent initial step.
Boston reports a roughly 22 percent wage reduction affecting about one third of 300,000 textile workers in New England. Notices posted in Lawrence Lowell New Bedford and other centers indicate most affected mills produce cotton goods with some woolen and worsted workers tied in. Lowell mills expect an average weekly wage of 21 dollars under the new schedule as reductions roll out next Monday.
Plymouth Massachusetts December 15 The county jail received a new librarian when Charles Ponzi scheme figure Fonzi became an inmate After finishing morning chores he started cataloguing the jail library Sheriff Earle Blake said the prisoner had merged well with his surroundings
Bubonic plague found in Alagoas Rio Grande do Norte and Ceara in northern Brazil. Federal offers of aid accepted as state governments act. Minister of Justice Pinto authorizes Dr Carlos Chagas to organize medical commissions to help eradicate the disease.
The House voted to repeal most wartime statutes, adopting the Volstead resolution with a Bland amendment on the food control act. The measure goes to the Senate, while the Johnson bill would nearly halt immigration for one year and await Senate hearings. The Senate later revived the War Finance Corporation to aid farmers.
Western beet growers at the Mountain States Beet Growers association meeting in Denver vote to abolish the sliding scale and minimum price. They demand half of the sugar produced or they threaten to plant no beets next year, citing sugar market slump and a contract they can back. President Fred Cummings says they want a firm proposal with leverage to halt beet shipments if rejected.
Wichita police report railway mail clerk J. J Dearmond, from Kansas City, shot by federal officers at the Union passenger station while attempting to steal a registered mail package valued at $20,000. Dearmond is hospitalized but not seriously wounded.
The 17 member farmers committee of the American Farm Bureau federation urges storage and export firms to operate on local foreign markets and promote cooperative bargaining to stabilize grain marketing. It condemns short selling and asks Congress to pass laws to stop it at the earliest date.
Marton Ohio December 15 President elect Harding says he has gathered information and advice that encourages him about forming a world association. He notes discussions are interesting and not as difficult as some expected to find common ground. He denounces reports of an agent in Europe and says he has had few meetings yesterday.
The Montana legislature soon faces a $400 000 shortfall from prior appropriations and projected general fund overdrafts through 1923. A $1 750 000 portion of a $5 000 000 bond issue will be sold to fund improvements for state institutions including the university in Missoula and the agricultural college in Bozeman.
J F McGee of Minneapolis asserts Northwest coal buyers have paid scores of millions more this year due to high prices tied to a “villainous program” pushed by the president of the National Coal Association. He told the U S Senate committee that government regulation of coal production could curb profiteering.
Chicago police, after six days tracking the so called red sweater bandit with orders to shoot to kill, shot Mike Edwards a 22 year old Black man through the stomach. Edwards was in the act of holding up a pedestrian in broad daylight when three officers confronted him he was shot while attempting to escape.
Montana faces a drained farm loan fund as Sidney Miller, register of the state land office, says no more mortgages or notes will be issued until new funding is secured. Applications flood the office, with total requests exceeding 500000 dollars. Plan Mountain Auto Camp near Priests Pass to offer a camping ground atop the Great Divide with ten acres set aside and new facilities.
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