The Tomahawk., 1924-03-06

IA ~ ChN11 H, Ml1<4Ns
Marion, Ill.-Attempts to work out
means for an effective civil govern
ment in Williamson county we're re-
ported to be proceeding satisfactorily
after the latest meeting Of the citt
zens' committee Of 100 neutral civic
leaders who stayed aloof from the
turmoil Of the district.
New York-Failure to obtain third
OF the $10,000,000 sought, due, 1t is
suggested, to lack Of confidence Of
former contributors in the west be.
cause of current religious controversy,
will force the Presbyterian church to
curtail its foreign mission work dras-
tically. starting April /.
Los Angeles-Seventy-se children
were spanked by public school teach
ers here last semester, according to q
report to the board of education by
Mrs. Susan M. Dorsey, city superin-
tendent Of schools. A state law re-
quires teachers to report to the super
intendent all cases Of corporal punish
ment as they occur.
Chicago-Eugene v. Debs, socialist
leader. has been nominated by Victor
Berger Of Milwaukee as a candidate
for the Nobel peace prize, 1t was an
nounced from national socialist party
headquarters. In his letter of NOM
nation Representative Berger said his
suggestion was made in recognition
of Debs' long service for internation-
al peace"
Sports
Buenos Aires-Louis Angel Firpo
knocked out Farmer" Lodge in the
fifth round of what was to have been
a 15-round bout. The knockout blow
was terrific right to the body, pre-
coded by left to the jaw. Lodge had
to be carried to his corner.
St. Paul-Mike Gonzales, st. Paul
catcher, bought along with Charlie
Dresser, third baseman, by Cincinnati
in a deal announced, is going to the
Brooklyn club, it developed, when a
| four-cornered deal involving the st.
Paul, Cincinnati, Brooklyn and Phila-
delphia clubs, became known.
Foreign
-Paris-Max Under, motion picture
comedian, and his wife are reported
| to be fully convalescing in Vienna af-
| ter their severe illness caused by an
overdose of sleeping powders.
Tokio-The government decided to
| loan 80,000,000 yen to rs Toxic insur-
ance companies to enable them to pay
claims arising from the earthquake
and fire of last September.
Sittingbourne, Kent, Eng.-A boat
II feet long and feet wide, followed
out of the trunk of an oak tree, has
been found in the mud at Elmley
Ferry marshes, near here. 1t is esti-
mated by experts to be 5000 years
old.
Stollberg, Saxony-Bachelors and
bachelor maids alike are to bear a
special tax in this city. The district
council has decided that the unmar-
yied of both sexes shall pay a head
tax to lessen the burden on families.
Geneva-The council of the League
of Nations appointed a delegation to
collaborate with the Hungarian gov
eminent in drawing up budget re-
form and other measures necessary
to put in force schemes for the res
toration of Hungarian finances. :.
Picking The transportation has
been completed Of II carloads Of mu.
nitions to an arsenal IA miles west of
Picking where they will remain under
the guard of Italian marines until the
balance of the purchase price, $780,,
900, Is paid by the Chilli party.
Manila-Datu Santiago, Moro out.
law leader Of a banG witch killed
three Christian Filipino teachers and
nine constabulary soldiers last Octo-
Der in Lanao province, on the island
of Mindanao, has surrendered to con.
stabulary officials, advices received
here stated.
Berlin - Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
and Kermit Roosevelt arrived in Der.
lin en- route from Picking. China. The
party spent only one day in Berlin.
Mrs. Roosevelt will visit her sons
grave in France and then will pro-
coed to Nice. She will sail for Amer
lea from Naples next month. Kermit
is going to London and then to New
York.
London-The proposed new Amer
lean regulations have had an interest
ing effect on European politics, and
may result in an entente between It.
ally and France, who are anything but
friendly now. Premier Mussolini has
no use for the Macdonald government
in England, and he is very angry at
Aemircan for the proposed reduction
of the Italian quota in the new law.
Tokio-Japan's agitation for univer-
sal manhood suffrage is spreading in
to strange quarters. Now it is the
blind that wish the vote. A meeting
of the League of Blind men of Japan
| at Nagova recentlv went. on record