The Holly chieftain., 1921-11-17
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Five hundred native gendarmes and
Iofficers were Inassacred by Kurds, aft
er occupation Of the town OK Sujbulak,
according to dispatch from Allaha-
bad, British India.
| According 10 La RaZoD. the Argen-
tine government has been asked
whether John Wallace Riddle would
be persona grata as United States am.
lbassador and the government has re-
piled In the affirmative.
An insurrectlon has broken out in
Montenegro for the purpose OF secyr-
ing MODtenegrin independence from
Serbia. according to dispatch from
Rome, which connects the insurrection
with the Albanian situation.
Poland has directed the closing Of
the frontiers of soviet Ukraine, where
anti -Bolshevist disturbances are oc-
curring. and cleaning of the frontier
belt, said Warsaw official com
munique received by the Polish
bureau Of Information.
Search is being made in, the north
ern part Of the state Of Sonora for o.
Badger, u wealthy American, who mys
IterIously disappeared while on his way
by motor car from Aqua Prieta to his
home In Douglas. Ariz. Badger was
last seen ri6ing towards the interna-
tiOnal line In his automobile.
The expense of guarding the former
German emperor Is the cause of irri-
tation to some of the political leaders
in Holland One of the social-demo
cratic members Of parliament criticised
this outlay in ii party speech he de-
livered the other day and threatened
to interpellate the government on
that subject
Francois Janniard, living at Dijon,
France, has but one hobby in life. 1t
IL that of Killing vfpers around his ma
tive town. A recent fifteen days bag
tOtaled $50, and In ten years Janniard
has accounted for more than 10000 vi
pers. yipers are found only In central
and southern France, but are extreme.
ly dangerous In those regions.
Important documents were seized
and millions Of RomanOff rubles with
considerable French and British mon-
ey were discovered at COnstantinOple
by interallied police In a raid on the
office Of the Russian trade mission at
Constantinople. The police hauled
down a huge red flag which the ROl-
shevist representatives. had raised
over their Headquarters In celebration
of the fourth anniversary of the soviet
revolution.
GENERAL
1 A strike of miners in the Pittsburg
district was averted when, after the
Pittsburg Coal Producers Association
had notified union officials that they
would continue to enforce the "clleck.
off" II. II. Gibbons, president Of dis
trIct No. 5, United Mine Workers of
America, recalled the order for n
strike.
William Hayes was sentenced MT
IrontOn, Mo-, to be hung for compiici-
ty In the murder at Hercuaneum last
Feb. 20 Of Andrew Deck, federal pro-
hibition investigator. The jury deliber-
ated twenty-five hours Hayes is the
fourth man TO be given the death pen
atty for the murder of Deck. Otto and
Jess Thomas are yet TO be tried.
Big Tim Murphy, union leader, form.
er state representative and an alleged
gunman, was found guilty in Chicago
by II jury in Judge kenesaw NJ. Ian.
dis court Of plotting the S360,000 mail
i robbery at Dearborn station last April.
VincenzO Cosmano, union president
and protege of Murphy; Edward Gel
rum. alleged driver of the bandits
car, and Paul yolanti also were con
victed. QT
Commodore Ellsworth Price Bert
holf, retired commandant OF the
United States Coast Guard, died in
New York at the age of 5S. In 1905 he
received Il gold medal and the thanks
Of Congress for iierolsm In saving the
lives of 200 American sailors frozen In
on fleet of whalcrs at Point Barrow.
To accomplish this feat, he led Il party
of three LOO miles overland in the
frozen Arctic country. He retired as
coast guard commandant in 1919.
Mrs. LYDIA Soutllard was sentenced
to serve from ten years to life In the
Idaho state prison for the murder of
Edward f. Meyer, her fourth husband
She was convicted after trial lasting
several weeks. The court imposed the
maximum penalty under the Idaho
laws. Attorneys for Mrs. Southard
are expected to appeal the case.
1 Wishing one and all happy New
Year, the western Gamers beg to adj
wise that the price of canned goods of
every description will be sharply ad-
yanced about Jan. 1--perhaps an aver
age of 20 per cent The Gamers in
convention In Chicago say the pack
this year. principally of beans, peas,
corn, tomatoes, fruits and salmon. will
be about 100000 cases short.