The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-05-01

trict court by Frank Wean, referee in
bankruptcy.
Chicago-Miss Grace Timms, a pub
lie school teacher, was attacked and
severely beaten by one her pupils.
She had attempted to separate two
fighting boys. She suffered a broken
leg, broken ankle and a dis;ocation
Of the knee.
Sports
Paris-Jack Curley and Eddie Kane
are sailing for home aboard the Levia-
than with a contract for Georges Car.
pentier to fight Tommy Gibbons in
Chicago on Memorial day and then for
a Carpentier-Tunney bout in New
York. Curley, who landed from the
Leviathan, set a record for speed
in signing the articles with Francois
Descamps. The Carpenter contract
provides that the Frenchman receives
$4,000 for the bout with Gibbons. II
Carpenter wins against Tunney he
will get $4,000
Philadelphia, Pa.-William T. Tilden
added word of mouth testimony to his
letter to the United States Lawn Ten.
mis- association, declaring that only
the most complete vindication Of his
amateur status would persuade him
to compete in the Davis Cup matches
and others under the auspices of the
body in question. Tilden made II
very clear that unless this vindication
Is forthcoming, he will no longer be
seen on the tennis courts under ANA
teur guise.
neapolis-Hibbing was officially
awarded the junior college football
championship of the state over the
claims Of st. Cloud by the Minnesota
Junior College Athletic conference at
its annual session in Minneapolis. At
the close Of the regular football sea.
son last fall dispute arose between
st. Cloud and Hibbing Junior high
schools over the championship Of the
state because Of ruling Of the con-
ference which made it necessary for a
contender for the title to play at least
three teams in each division of the
conference. In the northern division
Of the conference, in which Hibbing
Is located there are only three
schools, which made 1t impossible for
Hibbing to meet this requirement.
Therefore, because of it's undefeated
record for the season the representa-
tives at the conference decided to
award the title to the Range eleven.
Foreign
Warsaw-The Polish artist Sszszuks
was wounded in duel with young
Polish poet, Anthony Slonimsky. The
controversy arose over an anti-Semtiic
article written by the latter.
Missolongh, Greece-A monument
was unveiled here by Premier Papar-
astasion in honor of Lord Byron as
part Of the centenary celebration Of
the poets death.
Versailles-Several acres of the ia
nous Meudon forest in Seine-et- Disc
have been destroyed by fire, the
origin of which Is attributed to a care
less smoker.
Bagdad-Two deputies known to IA
vor ratification of the treaty between
Great Britain and the kingdom Of
Irak, were stabbed and seriously
wounded while in the street here.
London-Earth tremors again were
felt in the Alfreton district of Derby
shire. The mining towns of South
Normanton and Prinxton experienced
the greatest shocks. Several chimneys
were thrown down.
Copenhagen-A dispatch via Elsing.
fors declares that $4,000 inhabitants
of the Ukraine, Crimea and north eau.
casus are fleeing from famine north
ward along the railroads to better dis
tricts. The soviets are doing nothing
to allay the suffering.
Cherbourg-Mrs Eunice s. Cough,
wealthy American, reported to the
police the theft of a handbag contain.
ing fortune in jewels-rings, brace.
let's and a watch-aboard the Levia-
than. Mrs. Cough declared the thief
took the valuables from the bag while
she was talking to an officer of the
Paris-The Belgian air service made
q test with new airplane especially
constructed to carry and release
homing pigeons for the purpose of
communicating in war time. The air
plane left Brussels carrying 1000 pig.
cons. When over st. Quentin, France,
the pilot pressed lever, opening the
cages, and the 1000 birds left the air.
plane and headed for Brussels. The
new method is expected to be invalua-
BILE in times of war.
Observation-Disclosures hum of the
five great motors which have been de.
signed to take the great Zeppelin air.
ship ZR-3 to Lakehurst, N. j., there
to be turned over to the United States
Navy, are keeping Friedrichshafen
awake these nights. The motors, which
are of 400 horsepower each, often
run day and night in the machine
shop near the Zeppelin shed, where
Zeppelin officials and mechanics are