The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-23
FOREIGN

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A campaign is being carried ON in
certain French newspapers against any
program by the United States to col
lect its war debts from France.
Between 100000 and 100000 British
engineers and machinists are Idle as
a result of the employers lockout
About 5000 workshops were said to be
closed.
The first Swiss hospital train for
RUSSIAN children started for volga
district few days ago. 1t consisted
II thirty-five cars OF food and medical
supplies, with which 1t is hoped to sup
port 10000 children for three months.
Eamon de Valera has issued man
ifesto launching new Irish organiza-
tfon the objects of which are to OBJ
tain international recognition of the
Irish Republic and Reputation of the
agreement with Great Brit
ain.
When the grandfather of native
twins, born at Lagawi In the noun
tain province, was arrested recently
for killing one of the babies In accord
ance with tribal custom, he was .sur-
prised and indignant at being arrested
for what he considered his personal
and private affairs" says an official
Philippine constabulary report.
The wettest and dryest spots-at-
mospherically speaking-in the terri
tory Of Hawaii during 1921 were only
ten miles apart, on the island of Maui,
according to the annual report of the
United States Weather Bureau. The
heaviest rainfall was at Pun Kukui,
Maui, with 102 inches during the year,
while Ol0walu, ten miles away, had
the least, 7.54 inches.
War is threatened against Poland
by Russia in sharp note received in
Warsaw from Moscow. 1t was dis
patched by George Tchiterin, the COM
missar for foreign affairs in the soviet
government and protested against
raids over the Russian frontier by Pol
ish irregulars. A repetition of the
raids would be considered cause for
declaration of war by the soviet gov
ernment, the note said.
A Stefani agency dispatch to Rome
from DurazzO states that an extraor-
dinary tribunal convened at Shiak,
northeast of Durazzo, had sentenced
to death by hanging Captain Bajra-
captain of the gendarmerie,
for completely in the recent rising in
Albania, and that the sentence was
carried out Immediately. The tribunal
ruled that the city of Durazzo must
pay 100000 francs damages and Shiak
10000 francs In connection with the
revolt.
William D. ("Big Bill") Haywood
heads group of American l. w. w. to
whom Premier Lenin has granted a
concession to operate the big Nadsjd-
insky iron works in the Ural mountain
region, part of the coal mines In the
Kosnetz basin and auxiliary factories.
Haywood disappeared from the United
States last year while under $65,0OO
bail after he and about ninety other I.
w. w. had been convicted of espionage
and conspiracy against the government
in the war. He has since taken some
part in the deliberations of the Third
Internationale at Moscow.
GENERAL
Mrs. John Hawley was elected may
or Of Sandstone, Mimi, over Chris Rid
isuhle, former mayor.
Gen. Virgil Young Cook. 70 years
old. former grand commander Of the
United Confederate Veterans, died At
his home at Batesville, Ark, recently.
He is survived by his widow and three
daughters.
Carlton NJ. Carver, coal operator,
polled 9,45S votes for mayor against
S,952 by Mayor H. Fl. Barton in the
recent primary election at Des Moines,
Iowa. Ernest Quick, labor candidate,
was eliminated. He polled 5,102 votes.
Thirteen dipping watts in the eastern
part Of Cass county, Texas, were de-
stroyed by dynamite. The trouble is
said to be the outgrowth of hostility
on the part of residents Of that sec
tion to the compulsory dipping of cat
tie.
A world Holstein record was made
on the Badger stock farms, near Hart
ford, Wis, by Pietertje Ormsby Mer-
cedes Frisby No. 824241, a 2-year-old.
She produced 32.91 pounds of butter
fat In seven days, or 1921 pounds of
milk.
Announcement that 1t would cease
the operation of all street cars in Au-
gusta, Ca, was made by the Augusta
Aiken Railway & Electric Corporation,