The Holly chieftain., 1922-06-08
FOREIGN

tertained Mr.. and Mrs. William Ran
dolr't Hearst at luncheon at his Off
cial residence In Downing street, Lon
don
The United States transport Hender-
son, with Secretary Of the Navy Den.
by and members of the naval academy
class of 1881 on board, has sailed from
Panama on Its way to Japan.
The flagship Huron, the cruiser Buff
falo and eighteen destroyers have de-
parted for Chinese waters, where they
will remain for several months, 1t has
been announced ut Headquarters Of
the AsiatIc squadron at Manila.
The British government has denied
passport wise to Isadora Duncan.
the dancer, on the ground that she be
came Russian citizen when she mar
ried M. Jessenin, the Ukrafnian poet.
She la having hard time getting an
American wise.
Bandits have wrecked an American
relief administration train in Russia
and several officials are reported to
have been killed, according to Cen
tral News dispatch from Copenhagen
quoting information received in COpen-
hagen from Moscow.
The government has completed ar
rangemeIits to pay during the coming
fall interest amounting to f25.OOO,OO0
on the British debt to the United
States. 1t has not been decided whe-
ther a special mission will be sent to
Washington to discuss the debt with
the American government.
The brewing of beer is one of the
chief buttresses in Britain's financial
s0lvency, according to. H. +. Field,
president of the institute of brewing.
Prohibition, he added, in the course Of
a recent address on this subject, would
undoubtedly spell the financial and
economic ruin Of the country.
Delegates began arriving at Lau-
same, Switzerland, for the opening of
the fourth international conference of
representatives of the supreme Mason
ic lodges of fourteen countries, includ-
ing the United States. The American
delegation includes Thomas II. Mar
shall, former vice president Of the
United States.
GENERAL
James X. Sullivan, widely known
magazine and feature writer, was
foutd dead in his room at Henryetta,
Okla.
Five seamen were injured recently
In an explosion aboard the submarine
H-3 while the craft was on patrol duty
off the Coronado islands, forty miles
from San Diego.
John Duval Dodge of Detroit lost
81, 800 in n dice game In 1921, accord
ing to the complaint in a suit brought
in Circuit Court ut Detroit by Al Day,
boxing bout referee. Day seeks to
collect $4,000 payment of check for
that amount.
Henry Simpson, nominee for Presi-
dent of the United States on the Ma
tional Peoples Christian party ticket
in 1912 and candidate for Republican
and Greenback party nominations for
President in 1880, died of senility at
Broken Arrow, Okla.
What is believed to be the second
death penalty imposed on a white wOm-
an in Georgia was returned at Atlanta
recently when jury found Mrs. Cora
Lou Vinson guilty of murder in the
first degree for the Staying of her llus-
band, DIR. w. d. Vinson.
Announcement of 10 per cent wage
increase in factory departments has
been made at the offices of the Fire
stone Tire and Rubber Company,
Akron, Ohio. A shortage of skilled
tire workers was responsible for the
increase, 1t was said.
The thirteen men indicted by the re-
cent special grand jury, twelve Of
them for alleged Irregularities in con-
nection with the affairs of the defunct
Scandinavian-American Bank of Far
go-are scheduled to appear in the
next jury term of County District
Court in November, 1t has been an
nounced.
Word is being awaited by county
authorities from Los Angeles and Chi
cago police in reply to photographs
and finger prints Of Frank Doran Of
Chicago, which have been forwarded
them to determine whether Doran had
any connection with the shooting of
William d. Taylor, motion picture d.
rector.
The big five" Chicago packers
Swift, Morris, Wilson, Armour and
Cudahy-and many Of the small pack
ers have agreed to pay 10 cents II hun
dred above the market price on all
hogs shipped to the Chicago live stock
market providing they are free from
tuberculosis and come from farm
where both cattle and hogs are not in
fected with this disease.
Though two men indicted with her
for conspiracy to defraud Ll0yds In
surance agency, by an alleged fake
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