The Holly chieftain., 1924-04-17
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few days ago. He had been i'll for
several months, and had undergone
several operations for gallstones.
More than $1,000 japanese agricul-
turists are ready to emigrate from
California and settle in various Afexi-
can states, according to Information
received by the Department OF the In
teriOr.
Categorical denial of existence Of q
Japanese-Itumanian defensive alliance
and of Franco-Japanese agreement
on Pacific and China issues, as report
ed by the European press, was con-
taIned in recent statement by the
foreign office at Toxic.
The reparations commission has Of
ficially approved in Paris the report
submitted to 1t by the experts COM
mission on the German reparation
question. The recommendation of the
commission is that the report be ap-
proved conditional upon the accept
ance Of 1t by Germany. The commits
sion was unanimous in registering its
approval.
Forty persons were killed and eighty
Injured when the Mexico City-United
States express crashed into freight
train on down grade near Bernal,
state of Quereturo, according to re-
ports. Several Americans were on
board the special train, but none of
them was reported among the casual
ffpS Iri1lnd nd Ir5r
In second and third-class cars directly
following the engine.
Two large mine laying submarines,
1,500 tons each, are to be constructed
for the japanese navy by the Kawa-
saki dock yard of Kobe. Japan, ac-
cording to announcement by dockyard
authorities. Work is to be commenced
Immediately and the submarines will
be launched in November German
patents will be followed in most OF
the construction, although Japanese
naval architects are said to have In
tr0duced some new devices. The sub
marines will be able to carry forty
mines each.
Lieut.. Col. L. c. NJ. S. Amery, FORM
er first lord Of the admiralty, and the
Glasgow Laborite, George Buchanan,
went home with battered faces after
a lively bout on the floor Of the
House of Commons. Near midnight,
just before the House adjourned, evic-
tion of unemployed tenants was being
discussed when Lieutenant Colonel
Amery referred contemptuously to the
Laborites' arguments as sob stuff"
james Maxton of the Glasgow Labor
lite delegation, shouted. "You dog!"
While Buchanan ejaculated: Never
mind that swine, he is only little
guttersnipe."
GENERAL
The worlds record in paper produc-
ton for single machine has been
broken at the plant of the Algonquin
Paper Company. Ogdensburg N. Y.
During a continuous twenty.four hour
run. the machine produced 1929 tons
of paper.
In underwriting an issue of accept
ance credits, New York financial in
terests are understood to be co-oper-
ating with London bankers in raising
1000 600 or more for the Inaugural
tlon of the gold bank in Germany,
headed by DR.. Schacht.
First Lieut.. Solomon B. Ebert, Cor
poral Emmett A. Reese, pilot, and Pri-
vate Emmitt w. Marsh, all Of the
Forty-fourth Observation squadron,
Post field, Fort Sill. Okla, We're killed
when their plane caught fire and
crashed to earth near Leon, Okla.
Charles Disnour, farmer of Bridge
port, Conn.,, was arrested in Pittsburg
upon charges of arson and larceny
Disnour is accused Of having locked
24S head of cattle In his barn near
Bridgeport and of setting fire to the
barn. The cattle were burned,to death
and $4,000 insurance was collected,
according to the officer.
The indianapolis jury In the trial
of Governor Warren II. McCray,
charged with larceny and embezzle-
ment of state funds, disagreed and
were discharged.
Another informal agreement be-
tween the United States and Canada
has been added to the list of such
treaties" with the conclusion of
conference at Ely, MINI, between For
ester William Durby of the Canadian
Forest Service and Supervisor Calvin
Dahlgren of the Superior National
Forest, which Is under the jurisdiction
of the United States Forest Service.
Wage Increases of approximately 5
per cent less certain concessions and
compensations to the r'iilroads were
reported to have been virtually agreed
upon as the basis of an agreement
which was expecteditp be reached soon
by negotiators representing thirty-one
western railroads 'and their subsidi-
aries and the Order. of Railroad Con-