The Tomahawk., 1923-11-22
MOST IMPORTANT
NEWS OF WORLD
Big Happenings of the Week
Condensed for the Benefit OF
Busy Readers.
Washington

jects proposal to combine army ano
navy departments under government
reorganization plan.
Washington-Secret Of War ]. w.
Weeks urges less duplication in army
and navy air service in Panama and
on coasts.
Washington-Secret Of Agricul.
ture H. C. Wallace raps attacks made
on grain market system in Meyer-Mon.
dell report.
Neutrality-suspicious. session Of con-
gress in prospect II President Coolidge
backs Secretary A. w. MELONS propos
al to shelve the bonus and reduce
taxes.
-Washington-Presid lets 1t be
known that treaty with England on IL
mile liquor search limit will not alter
liquor carrying ban against American
ships.
Washington-Former President Will
sons Armistice day utterances not
likely to change administration and
congressional attitude on foreign pol
icy.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS F. H.
Funk (rep., ILL., urged President Coo.
lidge to support s25,000,000 appropria.
ton to aid starving children Of Ger.
many.
Washington President and Mrs.
Coolidge will continue the custom OF
holding a New Year reception to the
general public which was revived by
President and Mrs. Harding after a
lapse of several years.
Washington-After II years OF con-
troversy. involving appeals to congress
and litigation of the courts, the su.
preme court decided that William E.
Woodbridge, deceased, had abandoned
his invention for firing projectiles from
rifled cannon and that his estate was
not entitled to any compensation from
the government for its use.
Domestic
Lincoln, Neb.-A. G.. Eckhardt of
Dekalf, ILL.,, former secretary of the
United States Grain Growers, Inc, lost
his $4,000 suit against Professor H.
~.
braska and the Nebraska Farm Bureau
federation:
Chicago-Only 800 of the 5000 sa-
looms which operated as soft drink
parlors prior to Mayor Dever's drive
for prohibition enforcement remain
open, figures obtained by Chief OF Po-
lice Collins show.
Detroit Horatio Good Roads,
Earle, former state highway commits
sioner, has resigned from the Cass
Avenue Methodist Episcopal church
because he believes churches generally
have abandoned the gospel for politics.
San Diego, Calif.-Arguments were
closed in the courtmartial of Captain
Edward H. Watson, U. s. NJ, accused
of negligence in the destroyer disas-
ter at Point Honda, September 8, and
the case was given to the navy court
in session here.
Mitchell Field, N. Y-Lieutenant
Frank Hunter, one of the army's fore
most "aces," who left here in pur.
suit plane, bound for his home station
at Selfridge field, Detroit, Mich, was
injured when his plane fell at Chafee,
N. Y, near Buffalo, N. Y.
New York-Cissie Lotus has return
ed to American vaudeville by way OF
the Palace and received most cordial
welcome. Deafening applause greeted
all her offerings Miss Lotus gave
limitations of Irene Franklin, Mrs.
Fiske, Beatrice Hereford, Delysia and
Jeanne Eagels.
Washington - George D. Hile of
Cleveland asked the supreme court
to advance for hearing his case to test
the validity of Cleveland's new COM
mission manager form Of government.
He declared that unless a decision Is
obtained before Jan. the city will be
left technically without officials.
New York - A unique manhunt
aboard the steamship Manchuria end
ed when Albert Rosenberg, who es.
capped from a cabin cell four days ago
and secreted himself down below"
appeared on deck and attempted to
dive over the side as the vessel stood
dI IhC plCI.
New York-Samuel Miller, who was
passing out 100000 marks for cent
at street corner when a policeman
arrested him for failure to produce a
peddler's license, was fined the equiv.
alent of 10000, 0OO,O 900 marks by Magis
trate Oberwager. That amounts to 81
in American money.
Toronto-J. J. R. Mcleod, professor
of the department of physiology at the
University of Toronto, who Jointly with
DR.. F. G. Banting won the Noble prize
for medicine for the discovery Of in.
sulin, announced he would give half
Of the $4,000 awarded to him to DR..
J. B. Collip, professor in Alberta
university, who aided him. Banting
announced he would share his portion
of the award jointly with his chief
assistant, DR.. c. H. Best.
New York-More than 100 passen.
gers scrambled for life preservers
when the w. r. Hearst, newest and