The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-05
FOREIGN

1922. was 5.63s 600, an increase Of 124,-
0O0 in the last year.
Monslgnor Ernesto Filippi, former
apostolic delegate to Mexico. from
which country he was expelled by the
Obregon government, has been appoint
ed apostolic delegate at Constantine
pie.
Peklng police reports for twenty
days In February disclose that the
persons who starved or froze to death
in the streets Of the capital. OF these
347 were unidentified.
Among the regrets expressed by the
friends and admirers Of Sarah Bern
hardt in Paris, the most frequent Is
that her wish to die behind the foot
lights was ungratified. ''Moliere's
death in harness. facing the public"
she frequently declared, twas an ideal
end. want to go that way"
The French authorities have dis
covered secret German customs
bureau in the Ruhr. where German
shopkeepers are paying taxes to Ger
many instead of to the French, 1t has
been announced. Twenty-Five German
officials and number Of shopkeepers
have been arrested.
The body Of Nine. Sarah Bernhard
was removed few days ago from her
late home on the Boulevard Pereire to
the Church of st. Francois de Sales, In
u nearby street, and thence conveyed
to the cemetery Of the Pere-Lachaise,
the last resting place of hundreds Of
Frances famous people Of all times.
Beer-old ale with kick in twas
responsible for the remarkable victory
of White Bud a &C to chance in the
Lincoln handicap ut London, accord
ing to the assertions of the mares
trainer. Several weeks before the
race the trainer says, White Bud was
given daily ration of two pints Of
beer.
Hope has been abandoned that
Nicolai Lenlne can ever return to ac-
tive political life, said Moscow dis
patch. 1t is understood that, at the
next meeting of the Communist Con-
gress, leaders of the Russian Com
munist party will propose that either
Leo Kameneff or M. Ronefeld be
elected successor to Lenine in the
Soviet government.
Archbishop Zepliak, head of the
Roman Catholic church In Russia, and
all the sixteen priests on trial with
him charged with opposing the Soviet
government, were found guilty recent
lv ArohhicbOn toIr
General Butchkavitch were sentenced
to death. The central executive COM
mittee ordered a stay of execution Of
the death sentence.
A serious situation exists In Hun
gary with fighting in progress between
government forces and insurgents
led by General Kronoy. Many per-
sons are reported to have been killed
and wounded. The trouble started
when the value of Hungarian money
began to fall on the exchange market
and prices began to rise. A general
strike was proclaimed.
GENERAL
The search and seizure bill, drafted
and passed by the, House in Des
Moines, designed to prevent the keep
ing of any apparatus or materials for
the manufacture of Intoxicating liquor
or materials for such use, was defeated
in the Iowa Senate by vote of % to
Is.
A dividend check for 81 ,0OO 900 was
signed recently and turned over to the
trustees for the holders of common
stock Of the Coca Cola Company at
Atlanta. The dividend paid denotes q
per-share-per-quarter payment, or
an annual basis Of So per share on
100000 shares of stock.
Two men, one believed to be Louis
Burston, manager of motion picture
producing organization bearing his
name, were killed and young woman
possibly fatally injured, when an auto
mobile in which 1t is reported they
were racing train was struck at q
grade crossing near Pomona, Calf.
Fifteen prohibition agents swooped
down on the Blue Hour restaurant in
the heart of the theatrical district.
New York, ordered the hundreds Of
diners in evening clothes to leave as
quickly as possible and then proceeded
to confiscate seventy-flve cases Of
whisky, champagne and other liquors.
The proprietor, Peter Anselmo, and
the head waiter were arrested. De-
parting patrons hissed as the liquor
was being loaded on trucks.
The fatalities resulting from the
elght-story fall Of passenger eleva-
tor at the Randolph hotel In Des
Moines, Iowa, recently were brought
to four, with the death Of two more
of the cars occupants--Harry w.
Hill, Earlham, Iowa, and Clifton ].
Perry, the negro operator Of the ele-
vator. Two others-Lucille Hoskins,
aged 10, and Helen Hoskins, aged "a,