The Holly chieftain., 1923-07-19
FOREIGN

| OF naval armaments without reserva-
tons by vote OF 287 to 3.
There hasn't been nm execution in
Denmark in 80 years So the punish
ing commission is considering pro-
posal for abolition Of capital punish
ment.
Manitoba province voted against
sale OF beer and light wines in public
places by majority of $1,000. The
referendum was ON permitting the light
alcoholic beverages to be sold in hotels
with meals.
Southampton police served sum
monses on twenty-five members Of the
crew of the American steamship
Leyiathan, directing them to appear in
a British court to answer charges of
deserving from British ships in New
York.
France, by her own efforts, has
healed her war wounds. She thinks
| Germany should do the same. That
is the mood that prompts France defi-
nitely to oppose England's suggestion
of an international loan for Germany,
it was revealed ut the foreign office
in London.
Il am confident, am not worried"
That was Premier Poincaire's message
to the French Senate us the break
with England OF reparations doomed to
threaten the peace of Europe. France
has need Of England" said Poincare.
but England needs France just as
much"
Buddhists who opposed the ex.
change Of diplomatic representatives
between Japan and the vatican, there
by recently causing the diet to vote
down proposal to send Japanese
minister to the papal court, have de-
cided to send one Of their abbots to
Rome to study the whole subject Of
Roman Catholicism.
1t is semiofficially announced In
Toxic that Russia has agreed to In
demnify Japan for the Nikolaieysk
massacre. At the same time Russia
will not force Japan to recognize her
claims Of violation of the army Of
Japan during Its Siberian occupation.
This is regarded as diplomatic vic
tory for the Japanese.
Reservations were attached to its
approval Of the ratification Of the
Washington naval limitation treaty by
the sepnte naval commission In Paris
In adopting the report Of Senator
Lemery. These reservations are re-
garded as Important by the commits
sion and are similar to objections pre-
viously voiced by other commissions
Railroads are cheap in Czechoslor
vakia, and the state recently has pur-
chased from private owners several
lines ut prices which undoubtedly defy
competition. The Bustehrad line, 800
miles long, went for 100000 crowns.
Included were 254 locomotives, 224
tenders, $50 passenger cars and $500
freight cars. Locomotives cost today
100000 crowns, passenger cars 6OO,-
900 each, and freight cars 10000
crowns. At current rates of exchange
34,000,000 crowns amounts to about
81, 100000.
GENERAL
"Ye Wayside Inn," at Sudbury,
Mass, immortalized by the Poet Long
fellow, is now the property Of Henry
Ford, Detroit automobile manufactu-
rer. 1t is said Ford paid 100000 for
the relics and antiques alone housed
in the ancient hosrelry. The inn had
been operated continuously since 1856
Robert T. Bobby" Jones, Jr., sun
Drowned boy from Dixie, became the
open golf champion of the Shacka-
maxon Country Club, Westfield, N. j.,
at Inwood, N. Y, by two strokes in
the play-off Of tie that existed at
the end of the regular seventy-two-
hole championship round, Jones took
76 and Cruikshank IS. Jones, an
amateur Of Atlanta, Ca, came into the
title he long had sought on the eight
eenth and very last hole, ending one
Of the most dramatic contests in the
quarter Of century of golf contests
There has been approximately II
per cent more travel by touring auto
mobiles through the central states,
both East and West bound, during the
first five months of this year than
during the corresponding months Of
last year
Luis Angel Firpo closed the door to
Jess Wizards attempted return to
fistic fame by knocking out the giant
former champion at Jersey City in the
eighth round Of slashing battle-one
of the greatest in recent heavyweight
history. Incidentally he reached the
goal at which he has aimed for the
past year Of his meteoric rise to promi.
nence-a match for the title with Jack
Dempsey.
A final decree making permanent
the temporary Injunction obtained by
the United States government in Fed
eral Court here Oct. 8, 1922, against
the railway employees department Of