The Holly chieftain., 1923-12-13
FOREIGN


10 Premier Stanley Baldwin and the
ton last week.
Chancellor MARKS authorization law.
granting his cabinet plelsry powers 70
run the governments affuirs without
parliamentary sanction for an indefi-
mite period, was adopted by n heavy
majority in the rcichstag.
| In the midst OF lively tilt In the
chamber OF deputies, Premier Poincare
revealed that England and France had
Il secret military pact before the war,
Deputy Claussal declared that IL the
pact had been made public Germany
would not have declared war.
Lieut.. Corliss II. Griffls was SEN
fenced to eighteen months imprison-
ment by the German courts for his
part in the attempt to kidnap Grover
BergtDll, rich American draft dodger.
Victor Nelson, another member of the
| party of four "kidnapers," was ac-
! quilted.
fistic encounter in hallway of
| the state chamber of the insular iegis-
lature in Manila followed the appear
ance of Jose Alejandrino, recently ap-
pointed senator by Gov. Gen. Leonard
Wood, and his acceptance by the Sen
ate, after some debate, as duly
authorized member of the body.
Republican prisoner at the Rundown
internment camp, Curragh, have been
liberated, according to message re-
ceived in Belfast, from Bryan O'Hig-
gins, Dali member for Clare. The mes
sage said that O'Higgins. with twenty
seven others, is unable to travel owing
to the weakening effect OF their hun
ger strike. The camp is believed to
contain 1900 prisoners.
Bandits scaled the walls of Liw
kankia, in southeastern Honan prov
ince, and looted and burned the town
some days ago, according to advices
received in Peking from Il mission sta
tion at La Chokow, in Hupeh province,
across the boundary line from the
burned town. Two thousand dead and
wounded were left behind when the
bandits abandoned the smoking ruins
the advices said.
General De Goutte, commander-in-
chief Of the Franco-Belgian occupa-
tional forces, has started regrouping
the military forces in the Ruhr to dim
inish contact between the soldiers and
civilian population, the foreign office
stated. This military movement Is sup
posed to have resulted from the recent
agreements signed between the occu
| pational forces and the German mine
and factory owners.
| GENERAL
What is believed to be new world
speed record for an electrically pro-
PEELED railway locomotive was estab-
lished at Erie, Pa, in the plant of the
General Electric Company before a
gathering of foremost railroad officials
and engineers Of the United States
The locomotive attained speed of 105
miles. In a tug-Of-war test the cleo
trio locomotive outpulled the latest i'm
proved type Of steam locomotive.
| J. C. Walton, ousted governor of
the special state election of Oct. 2, au-
thorizing the Legislature to meet with
out the call of the governor, in the
State Supreme Court. The court re-
versed the order Issuing temporary
injunction in the District Court in
Oklahoma City against certification of
the election returns. The decision held
that the Supreme Court or no other
court Of equity had jurisdiction TO In
| tprfara with the election
As far as meats are concerned
prices have receded from the war peak
until they are now back to 1918 levels
and In come cases cheaper than they
were ten years ago, according to sur
vey of the American Institute of Meat
Packers, made public in Chicago. Pork
loins source of pork chops and roasts,
much in demand, were wholesalins
through November at or below the lev.
els for the same month in 1913 and the
quotations have dropped so per cent
since September.
f. Ray Tompkins, wealthy real es-
tate broker of Milwaukee, collapsed
after confessing to police he had mur-
dered his wife, severed the head
burned 1t, and hid the torso in a ravine
north of the city. Tompkins' confess
sion climaxed one of the most grew
some murder stories ever placed on
police records.
Refusal of Canadian railroads to ac-
cept conciliation board award grant
ing certain classes Of maintenance of
way men an increase of 2 cents an
hour led to the manning of strike bal
lots to approximately 10000 Canadian
members of the United Brotherhood of
Maintenance Of Way Employees and
Railway Shop Laborers.
Gov. Warren T. McCray was formal
ly arrested at Indianapolis on the In
dlctments returned last week by the
Mo rion county GRAND iury Tho ,op}oo g