The Holly chieftain., 1923-02-22
FOREIGN

| the idiHeT VI NeNiu " t1loSlHs, IniltiS-
ter of lone affairs In tile Free State
government.
NJ. Sadi-LeCointe, famous French
aviator, set a new airplane speed rec
ord near Paris by flying 1856 kilometers
an hour in IL 3O0-horsepower Nieuport
machine. This passes the world rec
ord of 3oS kilometers an hour, made
by the American aviator Mitchell. (Re-
duced to English miles, 1856 kilometers
would be about 226 miles).
| Traffic through the Rhine Herne ca
nal, an important artery for the trans
pOrtation of fuel from the Ruhr, has
been blocked by the Germans. Ger
man wOrknen sank barge. The
strike situation and the accompanying
unemployment in various parts of the
Ruhr are becoming more serious daily,
according TO reports received at Essen.
| ]. Ramsay Macdonald, one of the
chief labor members of the House of
Commons, in speech in Cardiff,
Wales, said 1t was erroneous to sup
pose the Labor party had any antag-
onism toward France. But. he added,
IL France was able to afford the ex-
pense of sending soldiers to the Ruhr,
she also was able to afford to pay off
her debt to Great Britain.
In fight between Free State troops
and irregulars In the glen of AherlOw,
Tipperary, Comnandant Dennis Lacey,
one of the most prominent of the irreg-
ular leaders in Tipperary, was killed.
Captain MacD0nagil, also of the irreg-
ulnrs, was wounded seriously, and
twelve Of the rebels were captured.
Four Free State soldiers were
wounded.
Terror exists In some parts of the
Ruhr with Germans attacking the
French, according to advices received
In London. Germans seized dynamite
and gunpowder from coal mine maga-
zines for the manufacture of bombs.
A dispatch from Dusseldorf said Ger
man natiOnalists were secretly concen-
trating in and near Gelsenkirclien, Es-
sen, Reckllnghauhen and Bochum.
GENERAL
Former Governor ]. b. A. Robert
son Of .Slahoma was freed of charges
| khNl uSSCptCo u Al Va
flee to permit an Okmulgee bank to
operate after it had become insoIvent.
A verdict of guilty Of second degree
murder was returned by u Supreme
Court jury in New York City against
Mrs. Lillian S. Raizen, who shot and
killed DIR. Abraham Glickstein in his
Brooklyn office Dec. ~, 1921.
New Orleans beauty, has filed suit in
District Court of New Orleans for
$5OO,00O damages against Asa G. Can
dler, soft drink king, alleging breach
| of promise and aggravated damages.
What is declared by veteran pack
ing men to be the most destructive fire
in the history of Americas packing In
dustry, razed the nine-story buildings,
seventeen, eighteen and nineteen, in
the Armour & Co. plant In South Oma.
ha. 1t caused an estimated loss of ST.
O00,VO0 and threw more than 1000 men
temporarily out of work.
AS the elimination of a family quar-
rel in remote village of the far north
Edward OBrien is dead; his son, Cliff.
/ tOuy 10 uuhSCLooSty "ouhuNAS anu SdA'
adian police are searching for Fred
erick O'Brien. an 1S-year-old son and
brother, who is alleged to be responsi.
BILE for the shooting, according to re-
ports received in Winnipeg, Canada.
An amazing story OF Intrigue und de-
ception was unfolded when Frank p.
Walsh, attorney for twenty-five com
| 20 nj NJ
Joseph, Mich, for advocating criminal
syndicalism, began taking the deposl-
ton Of Albert Bailin, alias BalanOw,
self-confessed spy and agent provaca-
teur. BY Balanow's testimony Mr..
| Walsh Is seeking to show that radical
| organizations and "red" scares were
| invested at will by private detective
agencies to assist them in collecting
large sums Of money from banking and
other interests for the purpose Of In
vestigating the imaginary radical men.
ace.
Henry Ford, in a statement printed
at Williamson, Va, after he had in
spected his coal properties in West
Virginia, declared that ''unless the rail
roads furnish us with satisfactory SER
vice, will build the Detroit, Toledo
4 Ironton railroad to this section, cleo
trify it and haul my own coal"
Charges that letter sent to the
postmaster of New York City In Octo-
ber. 1920, threatening to kill him and
blow up the Woolworth building was
Inspired by an official Of the w. ].
| Rnrns Detective Agency were made by
Albert Bailin, alias BalanOw, confessed
spy and agent provacateur, continuing
his sworn deposition for use by the de-
fense in the trial of twenty-five al
legged communists at st. Joseph, Mich
Feb. 20.
A rate war among stockyard COM
mission men was forecast with the an
nouncement by the Progressive Live
Stock Commission Company of Chica.
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