The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-11-08

Ing last June, according to the United
States department of agriculture. The
addition brings the mileage in com.
The highest loss in freight claims
in any year before government control
became effective was $35.OOO,OOt and
for each OF the past three years this
figured had been increased to approx
imately $1OO,OOO,OOO.
An enormous increase of crime in
the United States during the second
year Of prohibition enforcement legis-
lation, as compared with the first
years record. is reported.
Commissioner Thompson of the ship
ping board notified Chairman Lask or
Of his intention to place his resigna-
ton In the hands of the president, but
has agreed to continue as member Of
the board until congress has disposed
Of the pending merchant marine leg
islatiOn.
Tentative plans for nm attempted
flight of army airplanes around the
world have been under consideration
for some months by air service Off
Gals, it was learned.
A campaign to discourage the use of
small sized cards and envelopes it is
declared are responsible for incalucu-
able delay during the Christmas rush
of postal business.
| There are twenty three women seek
ing seats in congress at the elections
next month. Twenty-one are candi-
dates for the house Of representatives
and two for the senate. All have men
opposed to them ami all are making
an active campaign.
Ocean steamers which sailed from
| foreign ports Monday for the United
States faced the necessity of carefully
computing the amount of alcoholic
| beverages on board against the mile
age shown by the ships daily log. The
last stein and decanter must be emp
tied before the ship crosses the three
| mile line.
The state department made public
Monday plans for the evacuation of
the Dominican republic by American
military forces and announced that a
proclamation had been agreed to by
which a provisional government would
be established.
FOREIGN
A warrant for the arrest of Bella
Kun, former head of the Hungarian
soviet government, which was domi-
nant in Hungary for short time after
the war, has been issued by the fed
eral police department. Bella Kun is
land with false Swiss passport.
According to the fastest report. the
former governmental officers and mill
tary chiefs of Greece arrested by the
revOluntionists at the time of the de-
be tried by an extraordinary court
martial.
The speech of Colonel Harvey,
American ambassador to the court of
st. James, on shave women souls"
caused an uproad in the London
press.
Great Brtiain's new Tory cabinet.
headed by Premier Andrew Bonar
Law have formally taken office and
began to function. At the same time
the privy council issued proclama-
tion dissolving parliament.
The new Irish constitution passed
its third and final reading in the Dali
Eireann. Deputy John MilrOy describ-
ed the documents as the greatest
triumph for Ireland since the battle of
sale.
Several regretable incidents have
occurred in eastern Thrace despite the
presence of allied military detach-
ments, says statement by Shaklr
Bey, the first made public since his
appointment as civil governor of
Thrace for the Turkish nationalist
government.
Four Free Staters were killed and
three wounded in a bomb attack on a
motor car at Ferry Carrig, County
Wexford, Ireland.
Serious property damage and the
loss of at least one life by forest fires
WAS reported from Holdar, Canada,
abut seventy miles northwest of Ed
monitor.
No general election for many years
has presented such unpredictable prob
lens for solution. One Of the weekly
reviews declares that it will turn upon
the simple question OF for or against
Lloyd George, and therefore will be
purely persOnnl contest.