The Holly chieftain., 1923-11-08
FOREIGN

Queensland the honor OF pioneering
the cotton industry in Australia. now
has its own gin, erected at Newcastle
under the supervision of the British
Australian Cotton Association.
Eleven members Of the crew of the
sailing vessel Dahrma were placed In
Jail at Honolulu on the ships arrival
from Chile. The men were imprisoned
Mt the request of Captain Boisetr of
the vessel. who charged the men with
mutiny and attempting to poison him.
The Saxon ministry. composed Of
Communists and Socialists and headed
by DIR. zeignel, withdrew from their
official quarters in Dresden In compIi-
ance with an order Issued by DIR. Carl
Heinze. the newly appointed commits
siOner representing the reich in Sax
ony
Eighteen persons were sentenced to
death In Moscow and twenty-three CIV
en- prison sentences us result Of the
trial of sixty-elght individuals charged
with bribery and corruption. The pris-
oners were employees of the naval
technical department and contractors
alleged to be in collusion with them.
Prospecting rights In approximately
$500 square miles Of placer gold fields
In the Amur basin in Russia have been
conceded to the Far East Exploration
Company headed by Henry T. Hunt of
Cincinnati. The concession was OBJ
tained by Charles H. Smith, former
American member Of the Chinese East
ern Railway Commission. who now Is
In Moscow.
When the American submarine O5,
which was sunk in a collision with the
steamer Abangarez the day before,
was raised Chief Electrician Lawrence
Brown and TOrped0man Henry Breault
were rescued alive from the hull and
taken to the Colon hospital. No trace
was found of the three other missing
men. 1t is thought Brown and Breauit
may recover.
Corpses of ten giant boars blocked
the railway tracks OF the Monte Carlo
express near Marseilles, France, re-
Gently. During the night the bonrs
climbed n cliff more than 800 feet high
overlooking the tracks. The boar lead
er suddenly leaped from the cliff to
death and then his nine faithful fol-
lowers jumped after their chief Work
men cleared the tracks and then staged
barbecue.
Terror broke out at Melbourne, Aus
tralia, as result Of a police strike.
Bands of ruffians roamed the city In
motor cars smashing windows and
lootlng. Thirty persons were hurt in
rioting and taken to hospitals. The
special constabulary was helpless to
cope with the m0bs Eighty thousand
dollars worth of plate glass windows
were broken. Hundreds of thousands
of dollars worth of property was
stolen.
GENERAL
The Live Stock State Bank of Kan
sas City with total resources of ap-
prOxlmately $1,5OO,O00, according to the
last statement, voluntarily closed Its
doors pending an investigation of soly-
ency.
The Ku Klux Klan cannot rule Sioux
City, declared Mayor Wallace NJ. Short
who further asserted that no grand
goblin OF the invisible empire" can
dictate to him or control affairs at the
city hall.
One of England's oldest newspapers,
the Pail Mall Gazette, passed out of
existence last week. Its property, lead.
ing features and title have been ab.
sorbed by the Evening Standard. The
original Gazette was founded in 1903.
DIR. H. w. Evans. imperial wizard of
the Ku Klux Klan. was charged with
having purchased fourteen carloads of
one issue Of a newspaper published
by Mayfield In Texas" and having cop
les mailed to klans throughout the
United States. In an affidavit sworn to
by Z. ]. Jones, former cashier of the
khan, and introduced in evidence In
Fulton County Court at Atlanta, Ga,
in the suit Of David II. Rittenhouse
and others for receivership for the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klap.
President Coolidge has endorsed the
plan for observing Dec. as inrerna-
tiOnal golden rule Sunday. it was an
naunced by Charles V. Vickrey, gen.
eral secretary of the Near East relief.
Plans for the day, us outlined ut re-
cent international conference ut Cen
eva, call upon people of fourteen coun-
tries to serve.a menu in their homes
similar to that served in orpnanages in
the Near East, the difference in cost
of the orphanage menu and the ordin-
ary meal to be contributed to orphan
age work overseas. Mr.. Vickrey said
he expected the day would be observed
by 2O,OOO,0O0 persons.
Twenty-nine members of the Chi
cago National League baseball team
participated in that teams share of the
receipts of the city series, won by the
Chicago American League club. Leslie
NJ. O'ConnOr, secretary to Commission
er Lands, announced. The players
share of the receints Of the SarioS