The Holly chieftain., 1923-07-26
FOREIGN

An agreement has been reached at
culties In the Near East conference,
and nothing remains In the way of Sig
nature of peace.
Bochum Is almost isolated from The
rest Of the Ruhr as the result of bomb
throwing. Street car traffic has been
suspended and all the restaurants,
picture shows and other places Of pub
lie assembly have been closed.
Herr st. Hamer, German ambassa-
dor to England, has received renewed
Instructions from Berlin that the Ger
man people cannot accept military oc-
cupation of German territory as a
sanction to enforce indemnity pay
ments.
Gen. Francisco Villa, one-time noted
bandit leader and his chief Nof staff,
Col. Miguel L. Trillo, and three mem
bers of Villas escort were assass-
mated in an ambuscade on the out
skirts of Parral, in the state of Chi
huahua, Mexico.
Belleau wood. which Marshal Foch
cal d "the cradle of victory" was
consecrated to the memory of the
Americans who died there. The
French flag, at Foch's command, was
hauled down to trumpeting by French
buglers and the "Marseillaise" by the
marine band from the U. S. S. Pitts
burg, and the American flag was run
up to the strains of the "Star
Spangled Banner"
The development in Liverpool of a
serious phase Of the lockers strike,
interfering with transatlantic shipping
from that port and stopping other
traffic out of the Mersey, came as
setback to the hopes of peace held out
in London as the result of the execu-
tive body of the transport union hav-
Ing decided to call conference in
London Of strikers from all the ports
involved:
The Ruhr population Intends to con-
tinue passive resistance, high Berlin
government official, who has been in
close touch with the situation here
since the occupation began, stated in
Essen a few days ago. Whatever
England may propose to Berlin in the
Forthcoming note concerning resist
ance, he added, there was not the
slightest indication that the Ruhr resi-
dents were even thinking Of ceasing
their resistance under the present
general outlook.
Bandits shot down a low riding air
plane laden with $4,000 payroll
near Lima, Peru. They were foiled
when the daring pilot brought the dis
abled plane to earth, after sensa-
tional effort, and escaped on foot be-
fore the modern pirates could reach
him. The payroll ship was driven by
Lloyd Moore, a former mechanic on
one Of the NC flying boats which
crossed the Atlantic. He was rushing
the money from Lima to Canete for
payment Of laborers working on the
government irrigation project near
Cerroagul.
GENERAL
Following its policy of holding ring
champions to the letter of the New
York boxing laws, the state athletic
New York, as bantamweight titlehold-
er, for failure to accept within six
months the challenge Of Joe Bur-
man Of Chicago. simultaneously, Bur-
man was elevated to recognition az
116-pound champion In this state.
4 A plan to withdraw 2OO,0OO,0O0
bushels Of wheat from the market and
store 1t on farms until prices advance
was announced in Chicago few days
ago by G. E. Bradfute, president Of
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton. The farm bureau plan provides
for financing the project under the
new intermediate credit act, by which
Mr.. Bradfute estimated $660,O0O,O0O
could be made available to lend to
farmers for storing their surpluses.
President Bradfute estimated that
$150,OO0,OO0 would be ample to store
200O0O,OO0 bushels of wheat and
thereby remove 1t from the below a
dollar market.
4hC 3NuGoAAAi 3NOAPuA A<CuSuG
lost another publication when 1t was
announced in the current issue Of the
National Leader, official organ of the
league, published at Minneapolis, that
the paper had been forced to suspend
on account Of financial difficulties.
Funeral services of Rear Admiral
Slgsbee, commander of the ill-fated
battleship Maine, were held in New
York City in the Cathedral Of Saint
John the Divine, conducted by the
precentOr of the cathedral, the Rev. H.
p. Veasie. Honorary pallbearers were
Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett,
Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, Mel
Vile e. Stone, Col. Henry L. Swords
and Maj. Philips Tilden.
Dressed in boys clothing and con.
Tossing, according to the police, that