The Holly chieftain., 1923-12-13

and two repair shops The French
agree to recommend the most favor
able action In the cases of railway
workers who were expelled and rail
employees in the occupied region Will
be paid the same wages. as those In
the rest Of Germany. Altogether, the
developments of the week indicated
that Premier Poincare had adopted
conciliatory policy, and 1t was hinted
that he might soon yield to Great
Britain and America and copsent to
a discussion Of the reduction Of Ger
many's debt by the proposed commit
tee Of experts subject to the repara-
tions commission.
Chancellor Marx so far IL making
good In Berlin, for he hns Induced the
socialists to consent to the enabling
act" which gives him dictutorial powers
II he needs them and thus may avoid
the necessity Of dissolving the leglsla-
tive body. The socialists ceased to
oppose the act on receiving a promise
that any emergency measures should
be submitted to an advisory commits
sion Of 81 deputies before being Is
sued. 1t Is reported that Germany has
completed negotiations for a foreign
loan Of s125.000.00O to support the
new permanent currency issue.
HIWL war has broken out again In
~ Mexico. In the states of Vera
Cruz. San Luis Potosi, chihuahua,
Michoacan. Tamaulipas and Guerrero
there is active rebellion against the
government Of President Obregon, the
leader Of the movement being Adolfo
de Ia Huerta. the Co-operatista party's
candidate for president. He and his
helpers have told Obregon that they
are revolving because the government
IL violating the sovereignty Of tie
states and otherwise offending the in
stitutions Of the republic. Actually. 1t
seems. De Ia Huerta's chief complaint
is that Obregon is supporting Gales for
election as his successor.
FEDERAL JUDGE wooDRoUGu
Of Omaha has decided that prohibI-
tion agents are not civil officers In any
strict or constitutional sense and are
without lawful authority to serve
search warrants.
Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt, assistant
attorney general in charge of prohibi-
ton and tax cases, reports to Attor-
.,ey General Daugherty that litigation
over violations Of federal laws Ia on
the increase. Under the national pro-
hibition act alone, she says, 40,O21
criminal and 400 civil cases were be-
gun during the last fiscal year-an In
crease Of 1880 over the previous
year. Federal courts were unable to
keep abreast of the number of cases
brought, although 42,37O criminal
cases were disposed of during the year,
with 23,052 criminal and 4,O64 civil
cases left pending. Rum smuggling,
Mrs. Willebrandt's report added, is
"the most gigantic criminal problem
the United States ever faced on the
high seas"
NJ EWS from Russia Is doubtful
~ these days, but there has just
come from Moscow dispatch that is
of vast importance II true. 1t says
that Professor Joffe, Russian scientist
has discovered method for making
wire stronger than steel out Of COM
mon rock salt. The discovery result
ed after experiments in mutabilty of
metals by structural chemistry. By
submitting rock salt to high heat pres
sure before the elementary crystals
began to decay he arrested the decay
by changing the structural arrange
ment Of the atoms and molecules, this
change increasing the durability and
ductability of the substance 300 times.
1t is stated that II the discovery can
be applied to metals 1t will revolution
ize the world.
| A TTORNEY GENERAL DAUGH.
"A ERTY has announced that Grim
inal prosecutions will be begun as II
result of the investigation. by his de-
| partment and the special senate COM
mttee, of alleged Irregularities in the
conduct of the veterans bureau under
the former director. Colonel Forbes.
Presumably the facts brought out will
be placed before federal grand jury.
Gen. Frank T.. Hines, now director
of the bureau, has sent out call to
the American Legion for aid In finding
suitable employment for the rehab!ll-
tated ex-servlce men. There are ap-
proXlmately 1000 men In vocational
training, Director Hines declares, and
within the next three months about
10000 of these will complete the!5
courses.