The Holly chieftain., 1924-01-24
FOREIGN


cast his ballot for "a republic in the
coming referendum TO decide the fur
ther regime of the country he told a
delegation of Republican deputies who
visited him.
Reports received in Toxic from the
country districts to the southwest OF
Yokohama near Fujiyama mountain
nave brought the known death toll in
the last earthquake to approximately
thirty
Richard Wnshburn Child announced
III Rome that he is definitely retiring
in accordance with arrangements
made with President Coolidge. Child
will sail. for New York from Cher
bourg Jan. &c.
"The Crown Prince for President"
That is the battle cry set up by Ger
man National Liberals. 1t is under
stood the former heir to the throne
may consent to be Il candidate, but it
is also certain that such candidacy
would be bitterly fought by the
Socialists and Communists
Eight warships from the Pacific
fleet, carrying 1,100 blue jackets, are
now in Vera Cruz, the heart of the
Mexican trouble zone and headquart-
ers of the De la Huerta revoutionists.
This is the blue jackets first visit to
Vera Cruz since the memorable land
ing there ten years ago, when score
lost their lives.
Lao fang-Jen. notorious bandit,
whose men recently shot and fatally
wounded Prof. Mernhard Hoff and
kidnapped Mrs. .Julina Kien, both
American missionaries, was killed In
battle at Kwantling, the foreign
office at Peking has been advised
Mrs kilen WIS rescued several days
ago.
Premier POincare, with an impas-
stoned appeal to the patriotism Of all
Frenchmen, urged them to present the
same solid and united front against
the difficulties of peace as they did
in war, and carried the day in the
preliminary encounter with the legis-
lative assembly. In his efforts to I'm
prove Frances impaired financial po-
siton and renovate the standing OF
the franc on international exchange.
GENERAL
The Federal Council of Commissars
has decided to summon in the spring
the class of 1902 for regular service
III the Red army. The call for this
class was postponed two years in sue
ceSsion
More than 100 school boys were in.
jured, fifty seriously, when Il balcony
collapsed in the Thirteenth Regiment
armory in Brooklyn, when $4,000 per
sons were watching a school track
meet and field meet All the injured
were boys, except one, Il man, GO years
old.
Acting Governor T. w. Davidson of
Texas, ncquiesced in the request of
President Obregon of Mexico for per
mission to transport troops across
Texas soil, reversing his first de
cision at the urgent request of Sec
retary of State Hughes IN tele
gram to Washington, Acting Governor
Davidson said 1000 Mexican federal
troops would be permitted to enter
Texas at El Paso, provided the Ameri
can government assumed all respunsi
bility for any damages resulting
The Shenandoah. largest airship in
the world, poked her nose into her
hanger at the naval air station at
Lakehurst, N. j., after completing the
most remarkable flight ship of her
type ever made. The flight was
fight against the most stubborn ele
ment OF nature, wind that blew at
seventy-two miles an hour at times
This gale twisted the giant craft from
her towering mooring mast and swept
her on mad chase up the Atlantic
coast to Staten Island, New York
City, where Capt. Anton. Heineen, in
command when she broke away.
turned her nose into the teeth of the
storm and maneuvered her back to
her home port. Not man in her
crew of twenty-five was injured.
Six bandits rushed into the Ian.
sing State Bank at Lansing, Mich,
last week, shot and seriously wounded
John Beckman of Hammond, Ind, a
patron, snatched $1,000 and escaped
in fast automobile
Even the skeptics have been con.
verted. The Shenandoah's remark.
ably successful flight against one of
the most severe gales that ever struck
the Atlantic coast, despite the fact
that her nose was torn away and she
was otherwise battered, has won the
commendatiOn of those naval officers
who were Inclined to doubt the prac-
ticability of building ships of her type
and size.
A word chosen from more than
25,O0O suggestions as the one best cal
culated to stab awake the conscience
of the lnwless drinker" was an