The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-01-24
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
A CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from all
Quarters of the Globe and
Given In q Few Lines
WESTERN


WESTERN
A negro entered the home of Mrs
Joseph Kronzi. near Price. Utah chok
Cd her into near unconsciousness
stuffed two electric light sockets into
her mouth then poured the contents
Of q bottle of lysol down her throat
slashed her wrist with a razor anC
then left her, seemingly dead after
robbing the house and obtaining
$40 in cash
]. z. Richmond Salt Lake mer.
chant surprised two men trying 20
force an entrance through the back
Of the robbers and the other was cap
tured.
With the Nevada supreme court up
holding the lethal gas law, 1t is pro-
able that Thomas Russell, convited
murderer, will be the first to pay the
penalty by this method.
Mrs II. H. Harrison, OF Houston,
Texas Is In serious condition
following a whipping which is al
legged to have been given her by q
masked band, last week.
A half million dollar fire wiped
ont the plant of the Long Bell Lum-
Der company at Enid, nklahoma, Wed
nesday night
Unless the piecework system Is
abolished general strike in the gar
nent industry in the United States
and Canada is unavoidable, 1t was
declared at session OF the execu-
tive committee ut Montreal.
Reports from Anchorage, Alaska,
say that Mount Partof, Alaska's new
est volcano is subsiding.
Alice Holllngswortb lost HIS lifo
while attempting to rescue his s.
year old son from their burning homo |
near Seattle, Wednesday.
After a vote recount D.. Lindsay,
was declared elected four-year county
commissioner at Salt Lake when
seph Wirthlln, contestant for the Of
flee. had failed to prove his claim to
the commissionership
GENERAL
A bill has been introduced IN tho
New York legislature, that would
mike . person who gives or sells H.
qquoY that causes death, guilty Of
first degree murder. ,
Five miners. were instantly killed
BY q gas explosion In the Dolomite '
mine at Birmingham, Wednesday.
Addie Hamilton Of Bastrap, has :,
declared ON the witness stand in the ;,
investigation OF the killing OF Watt :
Daniel and Thomas Richards. that IT
Il. M. Mckoin, former mayor of Mere ;,
ROUGE was one of the leaders of the ), ;,
gang.
Otis Clark. one of the defendants Il
In the Herrin mine slLyings trial, In O.
stead OF having been one OF the lead II
ers of the mob that killed II non. NJ
union workers sought to save the 81
lives Of the victims according to tes- Il
timony introduced by the defense. e,
A sentence OF IL months at hard
abor was imposed on Mark Moore at 81
North Carolina on conviction OF con- te
'piracy to trespnss after Ira NJ. Fair st
10th, farmer neighbor, had testi- OIL
led Moore entered his house at night
n a white robe and hood and warned
him aga INST utterances deragatory to '"
he Ku Klux klan. 81
NJ
Robert l.. Dnde. mayor of Mer
Rouge. named DR.. B. M. McKoln. Cap
min J. X. Skipworth as members OF -
, Ku Klux Klan which held up and ~
iisarmed Watt Daniel and w. q. An %
rews. :"
The German steamer Heinrich Kay
er, which left Norfolk December s, ~
nd has not been heard from Sine. 90
)ec. y, is believed to have been lost u ~,
I sea. u"
az
While watching hocky game at st,
lew Hamberg Ont, &c. Il. Helmuth
ad his Juggler vein severed by the i.
kate Of fallen player. Halmutn VI
led to death. ni'
Mrs. M. Burk. a lnndlady at Chi we
ago was sentenced to 200 days In the
I'll for her refusal to keep her
partment house comfortably warm.
Attempts are being mads to float Nc
10 German liner Holsatla, aground AM
bout 30 miles southeats of Maiami eig
each rar
For bravery in killing Jacob Spock ]
i ex-convict at Chicago police chief ito
itzmorris owarded salary increases exc
eight policemen. FIR,
A. r. Haywood, chairman OF the ~, ~.
tab Public Utilities Commission 80