The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-07-04

Marie Gaipern, IA year old girl o.
chicago, was awarded the colonial
danes medal for the best essay on
Characterization" She came to the
UNITED States two years ago from Po-
land.
Making funeral pyre of a kero-
sene-soaked brush pile, Henry Pap
per, 10 year old farmer of Kalamazoo,
Mich, after saturating his clothing
with Oil, crawled into the pile, and
lighting it, burned himself to death
Sunday. He had been Respondent be-
cause of i'll health.
William H. McGannon, former chief
Justice of the municipal court Of
Cleveland, Ohio, was found guilty of
perjury Saturday by jury. The
penalty is from one to ten years in
the state penitentiary. McGannon
was charged with giving perjured tes-.
timony in his trial for the murder of
Harold G. Kagy, of which he was
acquitted.
| Rear Admiral Sims returned Sat.
urday to his desk at the naval war
college, of which he is president. The
matter of his speech in London and
the public reprimand from Secretary
DENLY as result is closed, he said.
Organization, of the Southwestern
Farm Bureau Wool and Mokair Grow
er's Cooperative association was af-
fected with the election of officers and
adoption Of a constitution at Dallas
Texas.
The Northwestern university at COM
lnencemnt exercises Wednesday con-
ferred the degree of doctor of science
upon Nine. Marie Curie, codiscoverer
Of radium. DR.. Charles Mayo of RO-
chester, MIMI, cofounder of the Mayo
clinic received the degree of doctor
of laws.
WASHINGTON.
The house has passed the senate
bill providing for the deposit of gov
eminent funds in federal farm loan
banks to permit them to function
properly, but with the amount reduc-
ed from fifty millions to twenty-five
million dollars.
Acting Chairman POindexter of the
administered to Rear Admiral Sims
senate naval committee said Satur-
day that in view of the reprimand
administered to Rear Admiral Sims
by Secretary DENLY that the senate
naval committee would not conduct
an Independent investigation into the
London speech of the admiral An
inquiry by the committee is proposed
in resolution by Senator Harrison,
Democrat of Mississippi, adopted re-
Gently.
German nationals in China Will be
brought under jurisdiction of Chinese
laws and courts under treaty of am
ity and commerce signed by Germany
and China, Commercial Attache Ar
mold, at Pekin, said in cablegram
Saturday to the department of COM
merce. Mr. Arnold warned that as
result of the treaty American trad.
ers in China could expect keen COM
petition from German business men.
An agreement upon 100000 men for
the navy enlisted personnel for the
next fiscal year, a reduction Of about
1900 men has been reached by senate
and house conferees on the navy APP
preparation bill.
FOREIGN.
Greece Saturday declined the offer |
of France, Great Britain and Italy to
mediate with the Turkish national
lists for the purpose Of putting an end
to the hostilities between them and
the Greeks in Asia Minor.
William Thompson, fO1 years old,
Of Kingston, Ont, a tobacco user for
over half century, has sworn off.
He fell asleep while smoking and his
whiskers caught fire.
General Jan Christian SHUTS, pre-
mier of South Africa, Saturday de-
clined on behalf Of the British domin-
lon of Irishwomen, including Mrs. F.
Sheehy Skeffington, whose husband
was executed in Dublin in 1915.
A vice regal proclamation issued
at Belfast fixed June % as
the date for the opening Of the parlia-
ment for southern Ireland.
Warning has been issued by the ad-
miralty of London that the fog sig
nails at Fastnet, Bullock and Skellig,
off the southwest coast Of Ireland,
are unreliable, owing to Sim Fem
raids on the lighthouses.
Japan may take the iniative and
propose a Observation-Disclosures
balance Of power in armament on the
Pacific, it was stated at Toxic, Japan,
Saturday on good authority.
A degree Of honor is instituted for
.hauffeurs in the service of the Royal
Danish Automobile club in Copen-
hagen. This consists of a diploma
md a badge Of honor for men who
nave Loyalty and ably served GER