The Holly chieftain., 1923-05-10
FOREIGN

The Free State government contin-
ues to proceed as II Earnonn De
Valera. the Republican, chief. had new
er made his proposal of peace,
Clad In a glItIerinS robe and mitre
Of white, red and gold. the revolution
ary priest, Veiensky was Installed by
the Ail-Russian church conclave as
Archbishop of Moscow.
James Larsin. the Irish labor agi-
tator. depor;ed from the United States
us an undesirable alien, arrived re-
Gently at kingstown. He was cheered
BY crowd on the pier.
George Barbot. French aviator re-
Gently crossed the English channel TO
LyInpne. and returned, winning the
| Mathis 25,oo0 franc prize for the first
| airplane with maximum cyIindric
capacity of u Iitre to make the round
| trip.
The day of the handbook operator
| is over In Canada as a result of the
anti-ganibling act just passed in the
House of Commons. 1t prohibits
newspaper publication of betting in
formation or the circulation o. such
information except ut the race track
during the actual race meet.
A scierftific expedition financed by
the government has solved a mystery
Of fifty years standing by its discov-
cry in kursk of magnetic iron ore
| field. The ore WAS found at IA depth
OF 6OO feet and In such quantities as
to arouse the hope that it may develop
into one OF the worlds largest fields.
One hundred persons have been
killed In an ammunition explosion in
factory In the government Of Tula,
Russia, according to Moscow advices
reaching Helsingfors, Finland, says
dispatch. Those killed Included Gem
crai Mallnikoff and many military Of
flcers and three members of The local
soviet.
France was declared the winner Of
the international students athletic
meet, held at the new Porte Doree
stadium. In which athletes represent
ing colleges and unlverxities OF thir-
teen other countries competed The
French students rolled UP a total Of
107 points, as against 81 points for
Italy. and 20 for czecho-siovakia.
The presence Of hundreds of Amer
lean tourists in Cairo, Egypt, has
caused congestion in Tie hotels
Rooms usually occupied by a single
person have two or three persons in
them. In some cases bathrooms are
| being utilized as bedrooms Rooms
are so scarce that tourists WHO are acr
custOmed to the best are wfI.trx TO
put up with anything. Not anes be-
| fore the war have Cairo hotels been 70
overcrowded
The people of Aa2ltoba sill be
asked to vote not only tor the estab-
lishment Of government liquor stores
to dispense liquor for beverage pus-
poses, but also on petition put for
ward by the Beer and Wine League
for the sale of beer and wine with
meals In hotels. Separate referenr
dums will be taken, according to de-
cision reached by the Manitoba Legis
lature. The referendum submitted by
the Moderate League Of MANITOBA,
calling for establishment OF govern
ment liquor stores, will be voted on
June 1, while the ber and wine ques-
ton will be settled by the electorate,
probably in September.
GENERAL
| Hyman BusheI, counsel Tor Babe
Ruth, laid before Acting District At
torney Pecora, in New YORK. charges
Of conspiracy and request for the
Indictment Of Dolores Dixon and 9TH
ers involved In the girls $4,000 suit
against the home-run king. which her
attorney withdrew.
Charges that Leighton Mount, stu
dent at Northwestern University, WAS
killed by hazers during class fight
In 1921, were branded as a -.frameup"
by William B. Campbell, Northwest
ern athlete. who participated in the
NorthwesternIowa meet at Iowa City,
Iowa. Campbell declared he was with
Mount the night Of the fight after the
battling subsided and all sophomores
had gone home.
In few minutes Less than twenty
six hours OF continuous flying the
giant army monoplane To spanned
the continent from New York to San
Diego. The plane new at 5000 feet
elevation. Leuts. Oakley Kelly and
John A. MacReady, United States
army aviators piloted the plane.
The Goose Creek "rein Of terror"
as 1t was described in the final re-
port Of the February term grand jury,
was submitted to Judge C. E. Robin
son in the criminal District Court at
Houston, Texas, with twenty-six In
dictments based on six cases Of mob
violence. Eighteen men are named.
The Hippodrome, the home of big
spectacles and New York's greatest
playhouse, closed its doors for good
recently and no longer will its audi
ences, each representing half the states
In the Union, wonder where the diving
girls go when they disappear into the