The Holly chieftain., 1923-07-12
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ratlned the washington treaty for the
limitation OF naval armaments and
capital ships by vote of 400 to 1O6.
July 4 was proclaimed full nation
al holiday as a tribute to American In
dependence In an executive decree pub
lished at Lima. Peru. An elaborate
celebration was held.
Battling Sikh knocked out Marcel
Miles, French heavyweight pugilist,
In the second round of what was 10
have been fIfteen-round battle.
Miles. In May was knocked out in the
eighth round by Georges Carpenter,
the light heavyweight. He was con-
sidered by followers of the ring to
have been Frances best heavyweight.
Announcement that the management
OF the Krupp works had signed an
agreement with engineers OF the COM
mission of occupation for the use of q
branch railroad line connecting two
branches of the Krupp plants was
made a few days ago by the French
authorities at Essen. This Is looked
upon by the French as an Indication
of the weakening of passive resistance
by the Germans.
Turkish conditions for the evacua-
ton of Constantinople have been ac-
cepted by the allied powers at the
Near East conference and the treaty
OF peace may be signed within week,
according to Central News Dispatch
received in London from Lausanne.
The French, British and Italian repre-.
sentatives reached final agreement
after receiving instructions from their
governments, the dispatch said.
Leo Castle, 1S-year-old boy who won
notoriety by creeping across the GRID
ers Of the Niagara Falls bridge to es-
cape immigration authorities and get
into the United States, met an untime-
ly death at Edmonston, Alberta. Castle
was detected stealing soft drinks from
delivery wagon and ran along the
river bank here when chased by the
driver. His footing gave way sudden
ly and he plunged into the swirling
stream.
ireland today is as tranquil as
Great Britain" said Timothy Healy,
governor general Of the Irish Free
State, In an interview in London prior
to his return to Ireland after CONVEX
satiOns with the imperial authorities
In London regarding Irish affairs.
.The Free State Is now established
definitely, despite the internal assaults
that have been made upon it, he said.
He added that the Free State govern
ment was intently preocupied with
how to terminate q situation in which,
to its sorrow, 1t found itself still hold
ing 10000 Irishmen as prisoners.
GENERAL
The st. Louis unit Of Piggly Wiggly
Stores. Inc, including forty-nine gro
Gerry stores and a bakery, has been
purchased by syndicate of st. Louis
flnanciers, headed by Mark G. Stein
berg & Co. The announcement stated
that the price was more thah $780,
OOO.",
In the midst of the blaring of bands
and the farewell cheers of thousands
Of Tacoma citizens, President Harding
sailed from Tacoma, WASH, for Alas
ka, the first chief executive of the ma
ton to visit that territory since it
came under the American flag fifty-six
years ago.
Mrs. Evelyn Sue Rickner, who, the
state Of Alabama alleges, shot and
killed her husband, Lieut.. James G.
Rickner, was admitted to bail in the
sum of $1,000, following preliminary
hearing before Judge j. B. Holman,
Jr., of the Calhoun county Inferior
Court at Admission, Ala. Rickner's
home was at MancOs, Colo.
Entrance into the United States of
q labor supply from Mexico, the Phil
ippines, Canada and few European
countries soon will make possible
abolishment of the twelve-hOur day in
the steel industry, Elbert H. Gary,
chairman of the board of the United
States Steel Corporation, announced
in New York City few days ago.
The United States railroad labor
board of Chicago denied the protest
Of the United Brotherhood of Main
tenance Of Way Employees and Rail-
way Shop Laborers against the taking
Of separate ballot for bridge and
building mechanics and their helpers
on the Union Pacific system TO deter
mine representation to negotiate wage
and working agreements.
Eighteen federal prohibition en-
forcement agents, most of them sta
toned In Manhattan and Brooklyn,
were dropped from the staff Of r. Q.
Merrick, divisional chief for New
York and northern New Jersey. The
dismlssals were said to have been
made necessary by the Topping of $780,
600 from the governments appropria-
ton for enforcement In the fiscal year.
John p. DAWN, a Junior teller in the
Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, one
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