The Holly chieftain., 1923-11-29

the tax burden. the President holds.
and he is confident that the radicals
will he unable to put any extreme
measure through congress. His atti-
tude toward soldier bonus legislation
has not been disclosed, bnt he probably
| Will follow the example Of President
Harding and Insist that il bonus bill
provided by congress.
I C. WALTON, suspended governor
-. of Oklahoma. was found guilty OF
eleven of the sixteen charges pre-
sented to the senate court Of impeacn-
ment and for corruption in office,
moral turpitude. neglect Of duty and
general incompetence was removed
| from his office. The vote was II to o.
Waltons one consistent supporter he
| Ing absent. Six of the original charges
were dismissed. No evidence for the
defense was presented, for Walton had
| withdrawn his counsel after annOunc-
ing Qlat he could not stand the ''hu-
initiation Of an unfair trial." His at
torneys, however, intend to try to
carry the case to the Supreme court
Of the United States. A grand jury
in Oklamoha City considered the evil
dence on which the deposed governor
was convicted and indicted him for
| criminal offenses.
inn. FREDERICK A. COOK. the
- Arctic explorer who gained no.
toriety by his bogus discovery" OF the
North Pole years ago. and who of late
has been spectacular dealer in oil
stocks. has come to the end Of his
rope. Tried before Fedora! Judge Kill
Its In Forth Worth, Tex, for misuse
of the mails In connection with the
operations of the Petroleum Pr0duc-
ers' association, Of which he was the
sole trustee, he was found guilty and
sentenced to fourteen years and ni,,c
months in prison and fined $4,000.
Nineteen co-defendants were also
found guilty. Judge Killits In passing
sentence denounced Cook scathingly
for robbing widows and orphans, CON
cluding: "You ought to he paraded as
a practical warning in every state
where you have sold stock"
G ECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
y HOOVER says the government is
not considering any plan for the relief
of tile hungry people In Germany.
though several persons have talked Of
the matter with the President. As to
whether relief is needed, Mr.. Hoover
coupled with considerable unemploy-
ment. has caused suffering in the poor
districts. Uncertainty Of business life
has multiplied many times, but Ger
many as whole Is still powerful
country In business. agriculture. and
trade. Purchases by Germany from
the United States in the first six
months Of 1923 aggregated more than
$l43, 100000, or about 5TO.OOO.OOO gold
marks. The industrial plan of Ger.
many is better than 1t was before the
war. and there Is even danger that II
Is Overdeveloped. Crops throughout
Germany are reported generally good
in some instances being the best fol
fifteen years or more.
Major General Aliens committee for
relief Of hungry German children is all
ready to open Its campaign for the col
lection OF funds from American citi.
zens and 1t is announced that at leasi
$4,000. 900 will be needed The Amer
lean Friends service committee will nd
minister the fund and the German gov.
ernment will kindly attend to the In.
surance, warehouse and other over
head charges.
ERIENDS Of Coren III America. who
l are organized, have filed with Sec
retary Of State Hughes n formal protest
against the alleged murder of ahou,
500 Coreans during the great earth.
quake and fire In Tokyo and Yoko
hama. Dr. Floyd w. ThompIins. presi.
dent OF the society, who signed the pro.
test, declared an eyewitness saw 25g
Corenns 'bOund hand aEd foot, placed
on an old junk. covered with oil and
burned alive" What Secretary Hughes
can do about 1t is not Indicated.
HING ALFONSO. Queen Victoria
; N und Dictator Primo Rivera Of
, Spain all went to italy last week and
were received by King Victor Elm
manuel and Premier Mussoini witt
impressive ceremony. - was said q
, | NIL; nlt hot ho
countries would be signed to balance
the alliance between France ard Jugo
, Slavia.