The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-03
FOREIGN

"a lOo cStupcu thS
Dundalk jail, County Louth. The shock
! of the explosion shook the town, shat
tering the windows of the county hos
pital and the dwellings of the towns
best residential district.
National army troops have gained
a fresh victory In west Ireland by cap
turing Ballyhaunis. County Mayo.
from the Republican frregulars. The
Free State triumph In the capture of
Limerick was followed swiftly by sue
cesses In the surrounding district.
Vienna consumed in the past year
113,092,5OO lIters of beer, 46,357 800
tiers of wine and 2,436. 200 Of spirits,
according to figures just published.
Taking the population at nearly 2,OO0,-
600. this was a per capita consump-
tion of 62 liters of beer. % of wine
and four of spirits. total Of 81 liters,
or little over 95 quarts.
"'he body of " Receiver c.. It
Denlze Port Au rrince, Haiti, was
found recently, ii wound in the head
indicating he mad been murdered. This
| folio closely the attempted shooting
of Mayer .-douard a'lndones, for
| which a minor city official is under
| arrest, and which was regarded as a
development from the mayors activi-
ties in unea alleged local graft.
Eugene Jova. acting American con
sular agent. captured by bandits at
Sagua la Grande, Cuba, and held for
$4,000 ransom, escaped recently. but
was badly wounded as he made his
break for liberty. There were five dag
ger wounds in the young mans body
when he was found in ranch house
in which he had sought shelter, but
he was able to give the authorities
information which was expected to
lead to the capture of the bandits.
Cal. l.ain Amundsen has IL .nt d
his tempt to rea h Point Barrow in
the Maud his exploration ship, and
has transferred to the schooner
Holmes, ACCORDING to wireless m"-
sage received at Nome, Alaska. Trans
ferring to the Holmes with Captain
Amundsen were Lieut.. G. Omdal, avi-
| ator, and one other man whose name
| was hll SLNCh- II ulluSibtOOu lhdI
the plan to fly across the north pole
has been abandoned until next year.
Because of the technical state of
war still existing between the allied
powers and Turkey, the plan OF the
British, French and Italian and Amer
lean governments to Investigate joint
ly alleged Turkish atrocities in Ana
tolia has been abandoned and an in
quiry Is to be made Instead by the In
ternational Red Cross. The change in
plans was made at the suggestion of
the British and French officials after
the United States had indicated its
willingness to take part in joint gov
ernmental investigation.
GENERAL
Initiative petitions for bill to pro
vide a new state grain grading act to
be voted on at the general election in
November, are being circulated, 1t was
announced by the North Dakota head
quarters of the Nonpartisan League.
Chris Iniolis, IS, was instantly killed
and Charles v. Herman, 3S, was in
JuiCup PooSlOiy WHEN Liz ooho-
mobile they had entered in the races at
Lagoon, an amusement resort near
Salt Lake City, plunged through the
fence.
W. aters recc,---c re-
ports presented the picture Of devas-
tation to ''ousands of ;o .es o4 Nebras-
ka farr, land, swept clear Of all crops,
thousands of head Of live stock lying
dead and property loss conservatively
estimated at $1,OOO,OOO.
s. C. Freiden, president Of the Citi-
zens' Ice and Coal Company Of Council
Bluffs, was shot and instantly killed,
it is alleged, by Mrs. Linda Taylor,
wife Of william Taylor. Mrs. Taylor
alleges that about one week ago when
Freiden came to her house to callect a
bill he assaulted her; that county Off
cials refused to take any action and
that when Freiden again appeared at
her home she shot him.
Three men on the wagon bridge
spanning the west end of Ray yards,
freight terminal at the outskirts of
Denison, recently fired on Texas ma
tional guard troops protecting that
section of the railroad property at
Denison. An exchange Of about fifty
shots between the men and the SOL
dlers followed. No casualties were
reported.
The .us' announcement Of the gov
Ornamental agencies seeking to bring
about a resumption of work by the
striking shOpmen, clerks, oilers and
groups of maintenance of way We ,rs,
| having been that of the federal rail-
road labor board to the effect that t
board contemplated no further move
at present, has left the country walt
ing for something to happen.
Benny Leonard, worlds lightweight
boxing champion, successfully defend