The Holly chieftain., 1923-01-11
FOREIGN

Il suburb OF Manila, destroyed 4OO
Nipa shacks, leaving 1000 natives
homeless.
A Brussels manufacturer states TINT
two Belgian divisions will assist seven
French divisions in the occupation of
Essen and the Ruhr district
The Turkish government has Issued
a decree calling to the colors all able
bodied men in the liberated regions,
according to n telegraph dispatch re-
ceived in London from ConstantinOple.
The allied reparatlons conference in
Paris has broken up. 1T Is an amic-
able rupture" said a member of the
British delegation as he was leaving
| the conference. 1--WE ore going home.
| France goes ahead without u.s."
President w. T. Cosgrave of the
Dali Eireann replying to the peace pro-
| posals of the Republicans issued an
ultlmatum that the Republican irreg-
! ulars must give up their arms before
| peace can be concluded between the
two Irish factions.
Mohammed u, former Turkish sui
tan and caliph, has gone to Mecca, the
birthplace of the founder of the Mo
hammedan faith, where he will make
| his future home. He Is an exile from
the Turkish state. but has been offered
protection by King Hussein of Hedjaz.
A vigorous forty-eight-hour investi
CATION revealed that Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll of Philadelphia, millionaire
draft dodger, who was reported to be
trying TO make his way into the United
| States disguised as II sailor, has not
been seen at his former home in Ebes-
bach for two months.
| Notwithstanding the disappointing
collapse of the negotiations between
| the allied representatives and the
Turks concerning special judicial priv
ileges for foreigners in Turkey, the al
| lied delegations are pushing forward
the preparation of peace treaty |
which they still are hoping may be
| signed at Lausanne.
Judge Andres Borromeo known as
the fighting judge, who was shot and
fatally wounded In Manila by bandits,
shot one of the bandits dead before n
second member of the robber gang Of |
five wounded the judge, according 10
Il police statement. Two city detec-
tives also We're wounded by the ban
dts, who escaped in II motor car.
The thIrtieth Congress expired re-
Gently In Mexico City in turbulent
session in which pistols We're drawn
| and challenges to duels were made. |
Violent invectives were employed and
physical encounters were barely avert
ed. The feud between the Co-operatis-
tas and the Partido Liberal Constitu-
tionalists broke out and the opposite |
| sides of the chamber exchanged per-
sonalities. No one seemed to be con-
cerned with several Important bills,
which failed to pass. George Prieto
Laurens, youthful leader of the Coop |
eratistas, and Israel Del Castillo, dep
uty from CaXtca, became extremely |
personal and had their pistols unllm-
bered for action when friends inter-
fered,
GENERAL
Earl Grey, % years old, race driver
of Flint, Mich, was killed at the Gulf
| Coast speedway at Houston on the |
last lap of the second race.
appointment of Francis Il. Wadleigh |
as federal fuel distributor to succeed
Conrad E. Spens, who retired Jan. l,
was announced ut the White House.
Motor cars and trucks killed 1902
persons In New York state in 1922, 1t
was shown in the annual report of the
National Highway Protective Society.
OF these, 800 met their deaths on the
streets of New York city.
w. NJ. (BOOdles) Ragsdale, wealthy |
Muskogee negro and proprietor OF \
Muskogee, Okla, undertaking estab.
llshment, was shot and killed when he |
| attempted to escape while being taken
to Sapulpa by officers on charge Of
murder in connection with the killing |
of policeman and the wounding of
four others there last week.
The appointment of Edward E. Kock
as regional coal representative for the
northwest region Of the Pennsylvania
railroad system was announced In Chi
cago by Vice President ]. G. Rodgers.
robber held up Mrs. Katherine
| Donovan, head bookkeeper of the Pal
| HneT I1OuSe, SHSuSos AoiiooS oiu hoS-
telry of Worlds Fair days, knocked |
her unconscious and escaped with
from $4,000 to $4,000 of the hotels
funds.
A fire in the downtown section Of
Grand Rapids, Mich, destroyed the
Valley City Milling COmpany's plant
and spread to the Berkey and Gay
Furniture Companys building, one Of
the largest furniture factories in
Grand Rapids. The blaze was brought
under control before great damage was
caused to the furniture building.
Two boys, one 10 years old and the