The Tomahawk., 1924-05-29

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Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys was
ordered.
Sports
Michigan City, Ind.-Realizing that
the speed and cunning that allowed
him to stay with Jack Dempsey for
Is rounds will be matched by Georges
Carpenter when they meet May 81,
Tommy Gibbons is developing punch
which he hopes will stop the crafty
Frenchman. Gibbons, hitting harder
every day, slugged three rounds each
with Herman and Anderson and then
swung ferociously through four reg
ular rounds with his heaviest bags.
Work of building 10000 extra seats
for the fight was started, due to the
heavy advance sale of tickets. The
new seats, all in the SO circle, will
increase the capacity OF the bowl to
10000.
Paris-The American Olympic rug
by football team won two great vic
first was their defeat Of France in the
final Olympic rugby match, II to 8.
The second was a victory over them
selves in not losing their temper I'M
der great provocation from what was
termed by spectators as unfair and un-
ing event. The American players
were booed and Kissed throughout the
game; the raising Of the American
flag on the Olympic flagpole was the
occasion for a demonstration Of boo
ing and cat-calling, and the strains of
the American national anthem were
almost drowned out by the din raised
by the seemingly Infatuated specta-
tors.
Foreign
Paris-Members OF the special COM
mittee of the League Of Nations ap-
pointed to investigate the possibility
Of reform of the calendar met with
the French academy of sciences.
Observation-Disclosures meetings of
miners in the Ruhr rejected the arbi-
tration proposals recently made in
Berlin as a means of settling the dis
pute between them and the mine
owners.
London-An agreement was reached
settling the prolonged dispute over
the miners wages. The miners fed
Grafton has recommended a full dele
gate conference meeting to indorse
the agreement.
Hilo, r. H.-Three more explosions
in the crater of Kilauea have been
reported. All were milder than the
previous detonations. Guides contin-
ue to bar sightseers from approaching
the crater on account of the danger
from flying rocks.
Tokio-To provide for the rush of
Japanese brides to America before
June I, three liners are making spe-
cial trips Japan Is watchfully wait.
ing without hope Of anything happen
ing to prevent the exclusion act from
going into effect. The people and
press are very calm.
London-Thousand of persons who
had never listened to the notes of
nightingale heard the songs of these
shy little birds broadcast from the
depths of Surrey wood. These birds
were tempted to sing by notes sounded
on a cello by musician seated in
the wood. A microphone and ampli.
fer were used to transmit the notes
to the London broadcasting station.
Paris-The municipality of Paris ex.
poets to send a committee to investi.
gate traffic regulations in the United
which is threatening to paralyze trans
portation here. The increasing mum.
Der Of automobiles is filling the
streets so that delays occur at every
corner. Chauffeurs argue with the
gendarmes, who argue back instead
of giving them summons.
Tokio-The effect of the French
elections, foreshadowing an altered
attitude toward Russia, is apparent in
the foreign office, where a desire now
is seen to resume early negotiations
with the soviet. 1t Is reported that M.
Yoshizawa in Picking has been mott.
fed to get in touch with NJ. Karakhan,
the soviet envoy, notifying him that
Japan is ready to empower the minis
ter in Picking with plenipotentiary
powers to enter binding agreements.
La Courtine, Pay-De-Dome-The re-
suits OF the experiment in exploding
10 tons of melinite at the Courtine
camp near here in an attempt to solve
the mystery Of zones Of silence" were
disappointing and puzzling. The blast
blew a hole 20 feet deep and 60 wide
in the soft soil. With the exception
of one guinea pig, which lied mar
tyr to science, number of animals
placed in holes at distances varying
from 100 to 800 yards from the scene
showed no i'll effects.
Paris-Lieutenant Batelier, of the
34th French aero squadron, made a
flight from Paris to Lyons with a new
type of engine, called a "turbo com.
pressor." 1t does not use gas and is
worked by. series Of copper tubes,
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