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1t is officially announced that the
general staff Of the French army Of
occupation will leave Dusseldorf dur.
ing January for Mayence. General
Degoutte will maintain headquarters
in Dusseldorf Seven infantry regi.
ments have already withdrawn from
the occupied territory.
According to the Soviet press Of
Moscow, the British army is eoncen-
trated along the northwestern Indian
frontier, between Afghanistan and
India. The Afghanistan army num-
bers $4,000 infantry and 5000 caval-
~. The British troops number 49,.
900 regulars and $4,000 irregulars.
The dirigible "Dixmude," which
met destruction with presumably all
on board during the latter part of
December, has been located. The
wreck hes in about 20 fathoms with.
in circle Of half-mile radius, three
miles south Of Cape San Marcos, 81
oily. The airship's commander, Lieu.
tenant Commander Duplessis dc
Grenadan and two other bodies have
been washed up on the coast
| In written statement subm tilted
to the dicese advisory board recent
! ly, Bishop H. T. Moore of the Dallas
diocese, Protestant Episcopal Church,
quashed charges Of heresy against
Rev. Lee w. Heaton of Fort Worth.
In a long detailed account Of his de-
cision Bishop Moore explained his &C
| ton followed the canon clause which
gives him power to withdraw charge
Of heresy should the withdrawal be
for 1.-THE benefit and welfare Of the
church."
Disastrous floods have inundated
Paris, many Of the streets near the
River Seine being several feet under
water, which Is near the crest of the
1910 food-the worst in the history
Of Paris. Hundreds of homes in the
suburbs have had to be evacuated.
| A farmer of the Lone Butte district,
southwest Of Hanna, Albert, with a
horsewhip beat his 6-year-old son
Billy" into unconsciousness. The
boy died two hours later. His daugh-
ter, Mary, 10 years old, was also beat
en- into Inconsistencies and is in a
serious condition, doubts being en-
tertained for her recovery.
The days of the big New Years
receptions at the executive mansion
have passed. This year less than
1000 people had shaken hands with
President and Mrs. Coolidge. For
merly as many as eight to ten thou
sand people attended those recep-
tions. This years reception was equal
in impresiveness to those of previous
years; the usual brilliance attended
the receiving of the foreign diplomats
and the high officers Of the army,
navy and marine corps.
Ernest N Smith, formerly of San
Francisco, has been appointed gen
eral manager of the American Auto
mobile Association, according to an
nouncement made by Thomas p.
Henry of Detroit, president Of the as
ISOLATION. The position to which
Smith has been appointed was Gre
ated at the last meeting of the exceu-
tive board. Smith assumed his new
duties January and will be located
at Washington, d. c., where the ma
tional headquarters of the A. A. A. is
established.
March to s, 1924, has been set as a
tentative date for national Canned
Foods Week." to be held under aus
pices OF the National Gamers Asso-
citation, the National Wholesale Gro
GERS Association. the National Retail
Grocers' Association and the National
Food Brokers Association.
Ashton Harvey OF New York died
suddenly on the Ormond Beach golf
links while playing with John D.
Rockefeller, Sr. Harvey and Rookie
Teller had just started playing at the
time the former was stricken.
WASHINGTON D. C.-San Fran.
cisco. Los Angeles, Kansas City, Den
yer, ST. Louis, Chicago and Cleveland
are among the cities. who have indi-
Gated they would like to entertain
delegates to the 1924 convention and
exposition Of the American Bottlers
of Carbonated Beverages.
WASHINGTON. D. C. - Judging
from davance hotel reservations, the