The Holly chieftain., 1923-01-18
FOREIGN


Italy anticipates hostilities in the Near
East and is preparing to protect Ital-
ia,. interests.
Fifteen hundred fresh French troops
have arrived at Dusseldorf The
town Is in state of excitement. Tanks
and cavalry-patrol the streets Ger
man officials believe troops Will be
sent forward to Essen Immediately.
The reparations commission has
postponed until Jan. 81 the payment
of 5OO,0O0OO0 gold marks due from
Germany Jan. 15. France, Italy and
Belgium voted for delay. Sir John
Bradbury, the British member. did not
cast a ballot
Mrs. Edith Thompson and Fred
erick Bywaters We're executed in Lon
don for the murder of the woman q
husband, Percy Thompson. on Oct.
last. Bywaters was executed in PEN
tonville prison. Mrs. Thompson was
hanged few minutes later in Hollo-
way Jail.
The yield of potatoes all over Eng
itiu 10 SstllliutCu 1T ohC tHEcc-
quarters tons an acre more than last
year and more than ton above the
average of the ten years from 1912 to
1921. This years yield is the highest
recorded since potato statistics were
first collected in 1885.
Premier Theunis formally an
nounced to the Chamber of Deputies
in Brussels the governments determi-
nation to stand beside France" in
the occupation Of the Ruhr district.
He regretted that the allies were NOV
ing without England, but said that
neither anger nor vengeance" actu-
ated Belgium.
Greece is massing troops along the
frontier between Eastern and Western
Thrace, but claims that the measure is
only precautionary, said Central
News dispatch from Athens received
in London. A ConstantinOple dispatch
TO the Daily Express stated that the
Greeks had invaded the Martha river
neutral zone near Adrianople, occupy
ing Karagatch.
GENERAL
Former King Constantine of CIR .ece
died suddenly at Palermo, Sicily of
cerebral hemol .hage. Constantine had
been suffering from arterioscleros's s
and nephritis, but there had been no
expectation of sudden and fatal end
ing.
French troops have incaded the Ger
man Ruhr, occupying Essen and ada
cent territory without resistance. An
eighteen-mile military line was estab-
lished through the Ruhr with Essen as
Its center and Bruckhousen and Rat
tingen on tie ends.
After fifty hours deliberation the
jury in the trial of Frank Robinson,
former sheriff of Nueces county, Tex
MS, and three other defendants
charged with the murder of Fred Rob
erts, large ranch owner last October,
acquitted the defendants, according to
1t telephone message received in San
Antorio from Laredo, where the trial
was conducted.
DIR. Robert Lewis Laddock, former
Protestant Episcopal bishop Of the
eastern missionary district of Oregon.
and Miss Helen Aitken, heiress to half
of $2,5O0,0O0 estate, were married
at New York city in st. Columbus
chapel, Cathedral of st. John the d.
vine. Bishop Arthur s. Lloyd con.
Quoted the ceremony. Only few
friends were present. DIR. Paddock,
who is 90 years old, resigned as bishop
last September.
The Henry NJ. Flagler arrived here
at Key West, Florida, with the five
survivors of the seaplane Columbus
which was wrecked and sunk twenty
one miles northwest of Havana, carry
Ing four of Its passengers to their
deaths. Those who lost their lives
were: Edwin +. Atkins, JJr., 80 years
old, New York capitalist; Miss Grace
Mcdonald, New York, nurse; and Mrs.
Atkins two children, Edward +. III.
8 years old, and David, 3.
The resignation of DIR. NJ. A. Bran
non as president of Beloit College has
been accepted regretfully by the trus-
tees to permit him to accept the chan
cellorship of the University of Mon
tana and associated state schools, 1t
was announced in Chicago.
The crew of the Anchor Lines Va
lacla which docked in New York city
recently, had II thrilling experience
during the voyage when a steel drum
two tons in weight, ripped from Its
lashings by mighty wave, crashed
down into the forecastle. Two sea-
men were crushed to death and seven
injured as the drum rolled from wall
to wall.
Eight men were injured, five seri-
ously, when gas explosion destroyed
the plant of the Michigan Drop Forge
Company ut Pontiac, Mich. Fragments
of machinery and brick were found
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