The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27
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cropper steeplechase. returned to his
London residence from Aldershot by
motor car. The prince looked well and
4 Is reported TO be progressing satisfac-
| torily.
Gen. Robert Nivelle. who succeeded
Marshal Joffre us chief in command of
the French army in December, 1916,
died in Paris few days ago. He
fought in the first battle of the Marne,
when the German advance upon Paris
was halted in 1914.
The Baslica of st. Peters in Rome
was transformed for the public con
sistory ut which two American prelates
Archbishop Hayes of New York and
Archbishop Mundelein of Chicago-for-
mally received from Pope Plus the red
hats Of the cardinalate.
The statement by u London news
paper that the pope's health was caus-
ing considerable uneasiness and TINT
he was reported suffering from arterio
sclerosis was received with surprise
in Rome His health is of the besr
and he Is daily undertaking new work
Otto Nicholson, Tory, has been
elected to the House of Commons in
tie Westminster district, defeating his
three opponents, including former Min
lister Winston Spencer Churchill, 1t was
announced in London. recount was
necessary to decide between Churchill
and Nicholson.
Doubt of the authenticity Of the text
OF an alleged secret military puct be-
tween France and Czecho- -SlOyakia, re-
Gently published in Theod VOLTS
, Berliner Tageblatt, Is now being freely
expressed In section of the Berlin
press. The newspapers are of the opin-
ion that Wolff was the victim of inter-
national forgers.
A pronounced earthquake that sent
inhabitants scurrying from houses was
| felt In the town OF Fukushima in
90rthern Japan. No serious damage
was reported. The seismograph at
Osaka University earlier registered u
severe earthquake, believed to have
been central in the Kurile islands, the
shocks lasting ninety minutes
The first committee of experts
spent the entire time of its plenury
session in Paris in going over the
work OF the subcommittee which Is
drafting report on the question of
Germany's economic and financial
situation. 1t now appears that the
report will. be ready for the repara-
tion commission at tile end of Marcel,
or, in any event, not later than the
first days, of April
GENERAL
Chicago police have been asked to
aid in search for jewels valued at
$1O,OOO reported stolen from Miss
Helen Dodge of Wilkesbarre, Pa,
while she slept in Pullman on the
Overland limited. The theft occurred
last week while Miss Dodge was en-
route from Cheyenne, Wyo, to Chi.
cago, she said. but was handled by a
private detective agency until re-
Gently.
Half the bank deposit reported on
June 80, or approximately S1S,O0O,OOO,-
coo, comprised savings deposits, C. II.
Deppe of Cincinnati, president of the
savings bank division of the American
Bankers Association, stated in Chi
cago at the annual meeting. The re-
ported savings deposits for Colorado,
| Nebraska, Wyoming and eleven other
states aggregated Approximately S5,-
5OOO00,0O0. Il gain in the last eleven
years of S3,000,O0O,00O, Deppe said.
Grover Cleveland Bergdol, con.
victed draft evader who escaped from
two army guards in May. 1920 and
went to Germany, will return to the
United States Immediately to serve
five years in federal prison at At
lanta, according to l.. H. Blood of
the American Legion in New York
City. The announcement was made
| by Blood through Norman Hapgood,
editor of Hearst's international Maga-
zine Bergdoll said he would return
at the Invitation Of the legion.
Negotiations looking toward dellmi-
tation of the boundary between north
ern and southern Ireland, initiated by
Premier Macdonald soon after assum.
ing office, have broken down and ac-
tlon by the British government is nee
essary to solve the deadlock, London
newspapers declare.
Isaac G. Crane, a years old, of Belle
| vile, N. j., who has been declared "le-
| gally dead on petition of Ills wife,
wife, Mrs. Margaret Crane. who said
she had not seen him for more than
| twenty years, appeared in Surrogate
| Court at Newark, N. j., and obtained
an order directing Mrs. Crane to show
cause why the original order should
| not be vacated.
Henry Ford's railroad, the Detroit,
| Toledo & Ironton, operated as at
| plant facility" has lost It's owner S02,-
@O1 In the four years of it's operation,
II was declared in New York in "a re-