The Holly chieftain., 1923-08-02
FOREIGN

German fascist proved complete fail
ures. according to reports reaching
/ Dusseldorf
"The present outlook In Europe is
enough to induce despair In the stout
est hearts," declared ex-Premier David
Lloyd George In speech at Bristol,
England, recently.
OffOcial announcement was made by
the Seine tribunal In Paris that di-
vorce was granted to Irene Castle,
American actress, from her husband.
Robert fireman, on. July H..
A subpoena for former President
Wilson. whose testimony may be
sought in the Morse trial. was pre-
pared in the District of Columbia SUI
Preme Court at the request Of counse,
for the defense.
During communist disturbances in
Frankfort, says Central News dis
| patch received In London from Berlin,
| the attorney general was knocked
down In the street and killed His res
idence was then plundered and demol-
| ished.
Twenty-eight men were entombed by
AN explosion in the Maltby colliery, ut
Sheffield, England, where fire has
been causing trouble for several
weeks. The terrific nature of the ex-
plosion made any operations to get in
communication with the men impossi-
BILE for some time.
The savants of the British Medical
Association forgot their professional
dignity and cheered heartily again and
again for the young Canadian, DIR. f.
g. Banting, when he was introduced at
Portsmouth to tell the scientists about
his discovery of insulin for the treat
ment of diabetes.
Juan Sumulong, vice president of the
Democratic party Ia Manila, has re-
signed. Sumulong's resignation came
as an aftermath of S,e recent uphea-
val In Philippine poii;ics during which
cabinet members, members of the coun-
ell of state, Legislative. heads and the
mayde of Manila, resigned.
The Lausanne peace treaty formally
establishing peace between the Europ-
ean powers andf Turkey has been
signed BY the treaty Turkey regains
eastern Thrace and becomes the bridge
between the east and the west. She
joins the League Of Nations on the
footing of equality.
Having failed to receive satisfactory
offers from foreign banking interests
to cover the governments financial re-
quirements, the national administers
tive council of Uruguay has decided to
issue an internal loan to the maximum
amount of 26,OOOO0O pesos at 61s per
cent. The council rejected the offer
Of the National City Bank of New
York for loan of 2O,OOO,OO0 pesos at
per cent interest with the issue price
at SO.
GENERAL
II. N. Cook, president of the Fairfax
National Bunk at Fairfax, Okla, was
seriously wounded by bandits who es-
capped with loot approximately $1,000.
Control of the Willys-O Overland Cor
poration was sought by two groups of
stockholders in Federal Court at Buff
falo, N. Y, when bids We're received by
Judge John G. Knox for about $4,000
shares of stock in the WHY'S corpora
ton, which Is in the hands of receiv-
ers.
The next heavyweight boxing bout
Is on the calendar. Champion Jack
Dempsey will meet Luis Angel Firpo
of the Argentine ut the Polo Grounds
in New York City on Friday, Sept. IA.
Promoter Tex Rickard announced the
place and date. Under the laws Of
New York state the match will be
fifteen-round decision fight.
Within less than forty-eight hours
after his arrestdn Montreal on charges
of forgery and embezzlement, Michael
NJ. Dugan, former private secretary to
james Corrigan, millionaire steel man,
was sentenced at Cincinnati to from
two to twenty years In the Ohio prison,
following his plea of guilty to embez-
Element of more than $4,000" from
his former employer.
Announcement was made in Pitts
burgs u few days ago, by Col. Oliver
S. Hershman, for almost twenty-three
years owner and publisher of the Pitts
burgh Press, of the sale of the con.
trolling interest of that property, to
Roy w. Howard, representing the
Scripps- Howard newspaper interests.
While his passengers peacefully
slept, Eddie Stinson, Dayton, Ohio, air.
man, completed the first nonstop night
flight between Chicago and New York,
Illghting at Curtiss field, New York
City, ut s 80 II. m., eastern daylight
time, having left Chicago at IL p. M,
Chicago daylight time. Charles Dick
lnson, president of the Aero Club of
Illinois, and Art Gray, mechanic, ac-
companied Stinson on the flight.
Chick Evans won the western anna
teur championship for the eighth time
by defeating Hamilton Gardner of Buff
falo six up and four to play at. the