The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-08-01
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FOR BUSY READERS
A RESUME OF THE WEEKS
DOINGS IN THIS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES
important Events of the Last Seven
Days Reported by Wire and Pre-
pared for tho Benefit of the
Busy Reader
WESTERN

WG0 nm
-Four students of the University
California, have confessed to cheatin
IN final examinations, as the result
the application to them of a devic
known as the 'Lie detector," accort
ing to a statement by the Mems an
Women's Student Affairs committe
OF the institution. The device use
was invented by Prof. John Larser
former university student and now
member of the Berkeley police force
Two persons are dead and two ar
known to have been injured by
tornado which swept narrow pat
for about four miles through Gag
county, Nebraska.
Two students, David Mcmillan ant
Richard Barlow, of the University O
California, walked so miles with theiI
feet manacled together heel to heel
The stunt was pulled as means o.
advertising school picinc. The mer
made the so mile walk in % hours
and A minutes.
A premature blast at Los Angeles
supposedly killed Dan Leary in fact
his heart had stopped beating; Leary
was gradually brought back from the
borderline Of death by injections of
Adrenalin serum, and physicians now
nay he will live.
Allotments for improvements on
river and harbor projects, announced
by the war department, included
$130,000 for Humboldt harbor and
bay, California, and 100000 for
Crescent City harsor, California.
One man was shot, one had his
hand cut off, and another had his
arm crushed In fight near Fresno,
California when twenty raisin grow
ers soliciting contracts for the Sun
Maid Raislns Growers association
FLASHED with rival association.
The historic Catholic college of
Notre Dame, including several build
ings and more than ten acres Of
land, has been sold to San Francisco
capitalists, for hotel and business
purposes, 1t was announced. The con-
sideration was not stated, but is be-
heved to approximate S750,O0O.
In cooperation with the federal
governments drive against fake oil
companies in Texas, the Los Angeles
district attorneys office announces
that a widespread investigation will
be begun into the operations OF
mushroom oil promotion companies
In southern California.
Coney c. Slaughter former cashier
of the wrecked Mercantile bank Of
Pueblo, Colo, reached Denver in
custody Of deputy United States
4arshalls. from Philadelphia where
he was arrested after a search OF
eight years.
GENERAL
Four men and q woman were res
cued from q disabled seaplane tossed
for hours 40 miles off the coast. One
Df the survivors, Robert L. Dewey,
second cousin of the late Admiral
Dewey, swan ashore after the plane
had floated to within a mile of the
beach and reported the predicament
If his companion.
Picketing OF the White House in
behalf Of amnesty for imprisoned war
aw violaters was resumed Tuesday,
! delegation representing the world
var veterans appearing at White
House gates with an American flag
md banners carrying amnesty ap- i,
zeal
Fire which broke out in a store
DOM Of the Madison square garden
t New York for a time threatened
destruction of the garden as we'll as
he animals and shiw equipment Of i.
he Ringing circus now playing at
he Garden.
John Credon of Philadelphia whose (,
uto crashed into a crowd killing a
Z year old girl, was sentenced to ..
erve from to 8 years in the peni-
sntiary for the act
Two firemen were injured and loss Q
between 100000 and 100000 was /
aused by fire in two warehouses in
ne Chicago stockyards.
Eight prison sentences and fines 4
otaling $171,500 were imposed by c
sderal Judge Van Fleet of New York a
n 20 individuals and % corporations, b
II engaged in the pottery industry, t
tho were convicted of conspiracy in +
estraint of trade. d
Four fliers weer almost instantly
He'd and two others seriously in o
lred at Dayton, Ohio, when a Mar "
n air service bomber which was |,
,aving, McCook field for Langley D
ield, Va, fell into the Great Miami a
yer. +
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