The Holly chieftain., 1922-05-25
YOREI0N

meeting of the political subcommission
Of the Genoa conference. The pact was
not signed, but was adopted in the form
Of a resolution each state pledging It.
self to respect it.
The council Of the League of Ma.
tions refused to take up the Russian
problem and referred to the Genoa
conference the Norwegian govern
ment's request for an immediate in.
quiry by the league into the general
situation in Russia. and the effect OF
the famine on economic reconstruc-
tion in Europe.
Austen Chamberlain, government
spokesman. denied in the House OF
Commons that France Is preparing to
extend her military occupation of Ger
many. Indirect threats had been
made by France to take over addi-
tional German territory unless the
Germans accepted the new demands
of the interallied reparations commits
sion by May 81.
Silver by the ton. gold by the hum
dredweight, pearls by the bushel ana
diamonds by the peck, dumped into
wooden boxes, jute sacks, pasteboard
cartons or merely wrapped In parcels
all this treasure hoard awaits open
ing and sorting Mt the stOrehouse for
valuables confiscated by the soviet gov
ernment from the churches and syna-
gogues of Russia for the benefit of
famine sufferers.
Peking.-Chang Tso-Lin's campaign
to obtain control of the north China
is regarded as definitely crushed with
the retreat of the main body of the
Manchurian army north of the Great
Wall. The Manchurian forces, headed
by General Chang, are presumably on
the way to Mukden. General WI de-
to his own devices, and whether he
would establish the independence of
China proper was problem to be
solved later.
The American Memorial hospital for
children, the gift of the women and
children of the United States, was ded-
icated at Rheims by Myron I. Herrick,
the American ambassador, in the pres
ence of distinguished gathering. The
hospital will be built with fund of
100000 and will have permanent en-
dowment of 100000. now In the hands
of the committee. The fund was raised
throughout the United States, and hun
dreds of beds were offered by individ-
uals, clubs, schools and organizations.
GENERAL
"Gang terrorism" was held respon-
sible by Chicago police for an outbreak
of incendiarism in Chicago recently in
which three fires caused $2500O0 dam
ages.
Mai Edward D'Ardery. engineers
corps, United States army, has been
nominated by President Harding to be
member of the California debris
commission.
Miles G. Buckingham, Memphis,
Tenn, clubman, has been arrested,
charged with Staying his wife, Mrs.
Lorraine Harrison Buckingham. He was
released on $4,000 bond.
Leconey, star field and track athlete
of Lafayette College, Pennsylvania,
broke the intercollegiate record for the
1OO-yard dash in dual field and track
meet with the Annapolis midshipmen
at Annapolis, which was won by the
latter by a score of 17h to 1875 points.
Leconey negotiated the distance in
7-1U seconds, One-tenth of second
\ ~ NrI h tnl,
stood at 4-5.
State Finance Commissioner Hughes
has announced revocation of licenses
of number of corporations 10 do
business under the "blue sky laws of
Missouri. Some of the revocations are
due to unsatisfactory reports filed by
the corporations, and others to failure
to file as required by the statutes, 1t
was announced. The list includes:
Columbine Mining and Reduction Com
pany, Pueblo, Colo; California Hotel
Company of Delaware, Pasadena,
Calf, and the Melrose Mining Com
pany, Denver.
A new record paid for seat on the
New York curb market was paid re-
Gently when Joseph H. Hirshorn pur-
chased membership of william F.
Reardon, deceased. for $1,000. The
previous record was $6,s00.
Earl f. Gordon, 25 years old, stu
dent of Miami, Okla, must stand
trial on charges of murder for the
shooting to death of Beckham Cobb,
%. Birmingham, Ala. This was the
decision after Gordon had been given
preliminary hearing.
A thousand convicts braved death
and acquitted themselves like men
when the levee broke at the prison
farm at Angola, twenty miles from the
state capitol at Baton Rouge, La. They
displayed the bravery Of men who
have never been called upon to wear
the stripes of shame or serve time in
payment Of their debts to society.
Carrying cargo Of more than 5000
70 ro cpoof v,,app ~ African 3,pDyo daut