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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11
Bandits Get $4,000 From Paymaster

San Antonio, Texas.-J. NJ Clarke,
American paymaster for the Awgi Oil
company near Tampico, was held up
and robbed of S42, by American
bandits while he was preparing to
take off in an airplane to carry the
money to various company camps.
The airplane pilot, a Mexicon named
Torihio Almaguer, was riddled with
bullets and killed and Clarke was
shot in the right arm.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11
Harding Signs Grain Trading Act

Washington.-The Capper- Tincher
bill providing for regulation Of trading
in futures on grain markets was
signed Thursday by President Hard
ing. The new act, which becomes ef-
fective November 1, was passed by
Congress as substitute for the reg
ulatory provisions of the futures trad
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

opened Friday morning. Orders for the
reopening were telegraphed here
Thursday by Edsel b. Ford, president
of the company, who is in Cincinnati.
Mr.. Ford said cancellation of the inter.
state commerce commissions service
order No. % had made it possible
again to obtain coal.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

All records Of business ativ1ty in
the United States, including our war
time prosperity at it's height, bid fair
to be excelled within the next six
weeks. in the light of facts presented
by the American Railway association
as the volume of the country's bust
ness at the present time and it's rapid
expansion within the past fortnight.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

Information that President Harding
had made up his mind definitely to
veto the soldiers bonus bill has
his close advisers. After receiving
this word the majority leaders made
an informal preliminary canvass of
the senate which was said to have
shown "a votes against overriding a
veto, or two more than the number
necessary to prevent final enactment!
of the bonus legislation.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

Reports received at the office Of
Claron Nelson, at Salt Lake, superin-
tendent Of the western division OF the
air mail service show that the west
ern division leads in efficiency for the
month Of August. The local division
has an average Of 81 per cent. The
performance report for the month Of
August shows 100 per cent for the
western division. This is the second
consecutive month for this division.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

Defamation Of Representative Kel-
Ter, Republican, Minnesota, to pre-
sent evidence in support Of his i'm
parchment charges against Attorney
General Daugherty, as the result OF
the rail strike injunction, brought
about an adjournment of the house
judiciary committee after an hours
session, at which it heard Mr.. Keller
present general preliminary state
ment.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

The 4Sth triennial convention of the
Protestant Episcopal church will be
held in New Orleans in 1925, 1t was
decided at the Attn triennial general
convention of the church held at Port.
land, Oregon, this week.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

All forty-seven OF the miners en-
tombed in the Argonaut mine August
n are dead, 1t was announced Off
cially Monday night. A note found
ON one Of the bodies indicated that all
the men had died within five hours
Of the beginning Of the fire August
"a, officials said.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

MY dear Miss Brooks:
got very interested in reading the cues
IONS IN the paper, and If it won't bother
YOU. I will ask you few questions ~
Does it make any difference how MANY cues
tons one asks? CD How old is William Far
nun. and does he still act in the movies :?
ls) Is Dustin Farnum dead. as l heard he
was? (4) For a girl fourteen years of ACE
starting out in first year hirh school what
subjects would be best out of Spanish French
Latin Physical Geography and Mental Arith-
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

The Los Angeles county grand jury
Tuesday began an investigation of the
activities Of Alva Z. Smith, 1.-THE boy
banker who is accused specifically of
wrecking" banks at Parker, Ariz.,
ana Colgate, Okla, and unofficially of
"wrecking" twenty more in Arizona.
Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

The American destroyer Edsall ar
rived at Saloniki with 800 destitute
refugees from Smyrna was reported in
state department advices from LELAND
Morris, American consul at Saloniki.
Consul Morris said the local authori-
ties assured him Of shelter and food
for 5000 refugees, but clothing, blank
cts and milk for children were lack
ing.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

tinople.
German potash prices will be
raised three per cent on October l
to meet the rising costs of coal and
labor, the commerce department was
advised by Trade Commissioner Al
fred Dennis at Berlin.
All women missionaries in Smyrna,
with the exception Of Mrs. Alexander
MacLachlan, wife Of the president of
the International college, are safe at
Athens. the American board Of com.
missioners for foreign missions was
informed In a cablegram received from
the Greek city. The missionary men
we're still in Smyrna, the message
said. Mrs. MacI.achlan is believed
to have remained with her husband.
Announcement was made by the
state department that Consul General
Nelson Johnson, who has been on DUTY
at the state department, sailed a few
days ago for England on the steam
ship President Harding to make a
more detailed Investigation OF charg-
es against the former consul and vice
consul Of the United States at New
castle.
Major General John Mcmahon has
been appointed chief of staff of the
Free State army at Dublin.
The moot question of how many
Jews shall be allowed to matriculate
In Hungarian universities has brought
about challenge for duel between
two prominent Hungarian educators.
A controversy has been raging be.
tween the Universities of Budapest
and Szegedin, the point at issue being
whether the law restricting the mum.
Der applies to the Jewish refugees
from the lost provinces.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

From newsboy to university presi-
dent at the age of 33 is the record of
Cioyd Heck Marvin, NJ. A., Phi. d.,
Tor more than three years dean and
assistant director of the University of
California, southern branch, who was
given farewell luncheon by the Los
Angeles chamber of commerce prior to
mis- departure for Tucson, Arizona to
become president of the University of
Arizona.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

Mrs. Amelia Schneider, g., OF Chica-
80. mother of twelve children, shot
and killed her husband, who, she said.
had been drinking moonshine whisky
and had tried to beat her. He was
"a years old.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

GENERAL
Guilty Of treason was the verdict
returned by the jury in the case of
Walter Allen. who was indicted in
connection with the march of armed
miners from Kanawha to Logan coun-
~. In the southwest Virginia coal
nelds. late last summer. The verdict
carried RECOMMENDATION of ten years
In the state penitentiary for the de-
PENDANT.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-10-11

Frank Norris, racing auto pilot. wa.
instantly killed and James Hunter
mechanic, was injured when cal
which Norris was driving in a race
crashed Through a FENCE and was
wrecked at the Arlington race track
near Washington. Hunter was re.
moved to an emergency hospital
where II was said he would recover
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
MOVE MADE TO DEFEAT THE
ALLIED DEBT TO UNCLE SAN
Declares Powerful Financial lnfIu-
noes Combining to Prevent Pay
nent Of II Million Debt.

Washington, ID. C.-The most pow.
erful financial influences in the Unit.
ed States and abroad intend that the
81, 900, 900 owed the United States by
the allies and associated nations shall
never be paid, Senator Borah, republi.
can, Of Idaho, declared in the senate.
Senator Borah said he was salts.
fled that if the debt commission was
given authority to extend the time OF
the payment Of interest rate at its
discretion no interest would be paid
for five or ten years. The result
would be, he added, that the United
States would, in fact, be making ad.
ditional loans to the debtor nations
at an additional cost in taxes to the
American people.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Jersey Dry Act Knocked Out.

Trenton, N. J.-Consternation pre-
vailed in New Jerseys officialdom as
a result Of the action of the court OF
errors and appeals in declaring UNI
constitutional the drastic state prohi-
bitien enforcement law knova as
the Van Ness act. With the Van
Ness act declared illegal, none but
federal courts may preside in cases
dealing with violations of the prohi-
bition laws. Federal courts are, how
ever, filled to overlooking with legal
affairs Of various kinds, including
not a few alleged violations OF the
Volstead law.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17

recited poetry to yourself or some
ness, that would be an awful thing
Cor a pig to do"
can awful thing for a pig to do"
the others squealed. Eyes, we thought
when he said he had talked to him
self he might have recited poetry"
they all sQuealed and grunted.
II should say not, / should say not"
said Pinky. "For I don't know any
poetry except the cradle song my
mother used to sing to me. I believe
all pigs know IT. We don't hear it
when we're in the cradle, as pigs are
never in cradles, but we hear it in the
Pig Sly by our mothers side.
1T goes like this:
&c to sleep, my little pink pig,
When you growup in the mud you can
dig:
Always be greedy, so greedy, my pig,
For to be kindly we don't care q fix.
Always grab all you can, little pig,
Then when you grow up to be very big
You'll be just a nice, fat, greedy young
pig,
AND that VIII make mother pigs heart
dance a jig
But was going to tell you all my
idea" he said, only we got talking
about other things"
"Oh yes" they squealed.
MY idea was that when any of
you had anything left over you didn't
want, you would give it to me be-
cause l have such a nice name-Pinky
Pig"
And all the pigs sqlRaled that that
was the poorest idea they had heard
in many Il day!
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
FATTY ARBUCKLE
JURY D|SAGREES
FILM STAR is DOWNCAST BY
TIE RESULT.
A THIRD TRIAL Is EXPECTED
Jury Had been Trying to Reach an
Agreement for Over Thirty-Six
Hours.

San Francisco.-The jury failed tC
agree and was discharged in the sec
ond trial Of a ~manslaughter charge
against Roscoe c. ("Fatty") Arbuckle
in connection with the death OF Miss
Virginia Rape, motion picture act
ress.
Foreman j. ]. McElroy announced
that the vote stood 2 to 10. He did
not designate whether the majority
was for conviction or acquittal.
There was no chance for us to
agree" McElroy said.
A poll Of the jury was taken to de
termine if they could agree on fur
Their deliberations. All emphatically
said no"
Announcement that the jury stood
10 for conviction and two for acquit-
tai was made by Leo Friedman, as,
sistant district attorney, and a lead
ing prosecution council. Harry Nc
Govern, bailiff, made the same an
nouncement,
I'VE expect to try the case again.
Friedman said.
Arbuckle seemed downcast at the
disagreement.
Neither prosecution nor defense
would it's intentions regard
ing a new trial.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
SENATOR KENYON APPOINTED
U. S. JUDGE BY PRES. HARDING
Senate Quickly Confirms Nomination
Says Appointment Will Enable
Him to Achieve Ambition.

Washington, ID. C.-Senator Kenyon
of Iowa, announced he would accept
the nomination as federal Judge for
the Eighth circuit rendered to him by
President Harding and sem to the
senate.
The senate soon after receiving the
nomination confirmed it in open exec
utive session, an honor only rarely
paid to nominees.
The Iowa senator who is one of the
leaders Of the senate and chairman of
the agricultural bloc of that body, in a
formal statement issued upon receipt
Of his nomination by the senate, tx
pressed appreciation Of the presi-
dents action. which he said would EN-,
able him to achieve his ambition ito
serve III the federal bench"
The motion to confirm the Iowa
senator was made by his colleague,
Senator Cummins, and when Senator
Curtis Of Kansas, presiding at the
time, called for the vote on advising
and ~consenting" to the nomination,
every senator in the chamber stood,
Senator Kenyon, after the confirma'
ton, said that he would be unable ia
leave Washington to,take up his new
duties short of a week or ten days,
He expected, he added. to examine
senatorial precedents to determine
whether after the confirmation, he
may yet vote. The cooperative mar
keting bill, scheduled to take the
next place on the calendar Of bust
ness, is one in which he is vitality in
terested, and Mr.. Kenyon said he
hoped to cast a vote on that measure
before finally abandoning his seat in
the senate. Should precedents estab
lish that he has not the right, Mr.
Kenyon added that he thought he has
heen on the senate floor for the las
time, as a senator"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
PlNkY PIGS IDEA

II have an idea grunted Plnky
Fig.
"Of what use IS that?" asked Grand
father Porky. NO one a eat it.
mo one cam" grunted Miss lam.
mo ONE said Mrs. Pinky Pig.
mo one" said IIaster Pink Pig.
"Not even a pig could, and u pig
isn't fussy," said Sammy Sausage.
Sammy is right" said Brother
Bacon.
but maybe he has an idea of how
TO find food or something like that"
suggested Miss Ham. 1--WE had better
let him speak"
LET him speak" the others said,
"as there might be something to what
Miss Ham says"
"You al talk" said Pinky Pig, rs
though ynu could stop me from
speaking f you wanted to. You
could all grunt and squeal so loudly
that / couldn't be heard but at the
same time that mightn't stop me from
speaking.
II might become discouraged, out l
don't believe TG be as discouraged as
all that for I've often had nice talks
with myself when all of you have been
grunting and squealing."
"What in the world have you said
to yourself:" they asked him.
ooh, I've said, "'Well, Pinky, if
you're smart and watch closely out
of your right eye YOU may get more
food than anyone else
And I've said:
"'Now pinky, grab from your broth
ers and sisters ana your parents and
your grandparents. Do not disgrace
the family name Of pig
"And I've said to myself, 'pinky,
young pig never forget that you are
n pig. BE a regular pig. Don't be
unSelfish or generous, don't be any
thing foolish like that. Be a regular
pig!
"And I've said to myself, there now,
If you're quick, you can grab that
away from your brother. Hurry now,
Pinky.'
"Such have been the things I've
said to myself"
well, we'll, that's different" Grand
father Porky said. 1--WE had an idea,
l think, at least l know l had, that
YOU had said quite different things to
yourself"
YES, we all thought So" said the
other pigs.
"What did you think l had said TO
myself? 2" asked Pinky.
well, l was afraid" said Grand
father POrky, that perhaps you had
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17

New York.-Grief over the recent
death OF Baron Rosen, former Rus
sian ambassador to the United States,
was believed to be responsible for the
suicide here of Capt. Francis M. Bar
Der, 76, formerly of the United States
navy. He cut his throat in the Uni
versity club. The two men had been
intimate friends for two-score years,
and since Baron Rosen's death Capt.
Barber was declared by friends to be
nervous and melancholy. Capt. Bar
Der was formerly naval attache in
China and japan.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Mine Blast Kills 25.

Gates, Pa.-Twenty-five miners lost
their lives in the explosion which
wrecked part OF the Gates mine OF
@he II. c. Frick Coke company yester,
day, according to an official announce
ment. Twenty-Five bodies have been
recovered. The other three are bur
led under a fall of slate. The cause
of the explosion is undetermined.
From the appearance of the bodies, it
was indicated, however, that the men
had been asphyxiated as none of them
was mutilated.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Small to be Tried First.

Waukegan, In.-Circuit Judge Ed
wards granted the motion for separate
trials of Gov. Len Small and Vernon
Curtis. Grant Park banker. charged
with conspiracy to embezzlement OF
state funds. The court overruled the
motion filed by the governor and
granted a similar motion filed in be
half of Mr.. Curtis, the decision hav
ing the effect Of putting the governor
on trial first. Judge Edwards called
for the governors plea. and Charles
C. LeForgee, speaking for Mr.. Small
pleaded mot guilty"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Capture Woman Black Hand Suspect

Pittsburgh.-State troopers watch.
ing a decoy package placed on the
steps of the First United Presbyterian
church in Tarentum, in compliance
with a ~blackhand letter received by a
Tarentum banker, were astounded
when a oma picked up the package
in on her and discovered their prison,
er was Mrs. Grace Crawford, of Tar.
entum, a striking woman of excel.
lent reputation. She tainted. Her
husband, Elmer Crawford, a bricklay.
er, collapsed when he was informed
OF the charge against his wife.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Sioux CITY Strikers Restrained.

Sioux City, Ia.-Papers restraining
strikers from molesting packing house
workers, issued under an order by
Federal Judge Martin j. Wade at Iowa
City. were served on more that 500
strikers and strike leaders by United
States deputy marshals. Continued
disorders since the Inauguration of
the walkout sever weeks ago have
caused the Cudahy, Armour and Swift
companies to petition for the issuance
of an injunction.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Great Gain in Gold.

New York.-Federal reserve banks
gained for the year approximately
$500, 0O0, 900 in gold reserves, it was
shown in statistics made public. A
substantial increase in the loan ac'
twivities of the system also was re-
vealed. 1t was believed to be due to
further operations in government Sc
curities and a more active demand
for discounts. An addition of about
$50, 600. 900 in gold reserves is shown
I'm the report of the federal reserve
bank of New York, but a contraction
ia noted in total reserves.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Would Dissolve Pickford Divorce

Carson City, Nev.-Oral arguments
on a motion by Attorney General Leo
nard B. Fowler to have the divorce de-
cree of Mary Pickford and Owen
Moore dissolved as illegal, were made
here before the state supreme court
by Fowler and by Miss Pickford's at
torney, Gavin McNab, of San Fran.
cisco. Briefs have been submitted
by both sides and a decision by the
court is the next and final step in the
case.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Old Time Pitcher Dead.

Oil City, Pa.-William p. Bunker"
Rhines, aged So, an old time baseball
pitcher, is dead. Rhines started with
the Davenport, Ia, team III 1890, and
later was transferred to the Cincin'
natl National team, where he remain
ed for seven years. From Cincinnati
he was sent to the Pittsburgh Pirates
and shortly was released to a western
league team.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Troops Leaving ireland Rapidly.

Dublin.-British evacuation Of Ire,
land is proceeding more speedily than
was anticipated. Each day ees a
large batch of troops leave Dublin
and other parts. Departure of the
Dublin garrison is due to begin this
week, and the newspapers suggested
they may be employed to relieve the
housing shortage. Throughout Ire,
land similar buildings are falling un.
der control of the new Irish govern.
ment and some may be needed for the
new Irish army. Although the evacu,
alton of British troops is to be com
plete, it is only from southern Ire
land.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
aPasses upv Senate Seat.

Baltimore, Md.-Hanford MacNider
national commander of the American
legion, refused to accept appointment
to the United States senate from Iowa
to succeed William S. Kenyon, Col.
Washington Bowie, jr, announced at
a meeting of the Maryland executive
committee OF the legion, at which
Col. McNider was present. Col Mac
Nider made no comment.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
To Curb Meat Packers.

Washington, ID. C.-The resolution
OF Senator LaFollette, republican, Of
Wisconsin, designed to prevent modi-
fication of the federal court decree re-
quiring the big five meat packers
TO relinquish their unrelated lines of
business was adopted by the senate.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Blast Kills Four.

Pineville, Ky. A mine explosion
killed four persons and may have
killed or entombed many others at
Layman, 20 miles from here. The ex-
plosion occurred in the mine Of the
Layman-Galloway mines. Four bodies
have been recovered.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Prayers Not Answered.

Sunday School Teacher-Why, Rob.
ert, l am surprised to hear you say
that you don't believe our prayers are
answered.
HObert-Weu, the angels brought q
new baby to our house last week and
all the time l had been praying for q
goat.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
To Die in the Chair.

New York. - Luther Boldly, who
killed two police detectives On Janu-
airy S, was sentenced to die in the
electric chair at Sing Sing during the
week commencing March Is.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
AL, 70 Cut Number Officers.

Washington, ID. CA bill to re
duce the number Of army offices to
10000 as compared with 1900 now
authorized, was transmitted to con
gress by Gen. P~ershing, as chief of
staff. and introduced by Chairman
Wadsworth, of the senate military
committee.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Seek Senate Probe of Disaster.

Washington, d.. C.-Investigation of
the Knickerbocker theater disaster by
a senate committee is proposed in a
resolution introduced by Senator Cap
per, republican, of Kansas, a member
of the senate District Of Columbia
committee.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
Factory WAGES Increased.

Albany, N. Y.-ImprOved business
conditions as we'll as s~easOnable ac-
tivity were seen in the increase of SO
cents in the average weekly earnings
of New York state factory workers
from November to December, State
Industrial Commissioners Henry ID.
.Sayer announced. The average fac
tory wage in December was $24.01.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1922-02-17
IL Of Steamers Crew Missing.

st. John, N. B.-The commander,
five officers, the steward and five
firemen of the Norwegian steamer
Mod. which sank in mid-ocean last
week, are unaccounted for, according
to a wireless message received from
the steamer Melmore Head. The re-
mainder of the crew were saved.