The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-02-27
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the older enlistlng in 1918. TIL
younger achieved fame in the Civ
war
Senator Gooding and Representa-
tive Smith, with officials of the re
clamation bureau, Wednesday wen
before the senate appropriation
} committee and urged an amendmen
to the interior department bill in
creasing the appropriation for thu
Minidoka project to $1,045.000 will
the understanding that $G65,OO O
this be used on the American Fails
dam.
Albert b. Fall declined Saturday Il
testify further before the senate OF
committee which seeks more light on
the unpaid loans aggregating $125,
600 made to him by Il. l.. Doheny and
Harry f. Sinclair, whose oil compan
les obtained leases Of naval oil re-
serves from him while he was secre-
tary Of the Interior Hailed to the
capital over the protests of his ply
sicians and counsel, Mr. Fall, in a
prepared statement, challenged the
authority of the committee to con-
tinue the investigation and refused
to answer questions.
complete Encouragement of the
present system governing irrigation
In the West will be necessary If gov
q m ant 10, "a
Chairman Campbell of Secretary
Works fact finding committee de-
clared after reading reports on the
water users conference held recently
at Salt Lake City.
President Butler of the house
naval committee has introduced a bill
to authorize a $97,000,000 naval con-
struction program which would in
clude eight new scout cruisers to
cost $11,000,000 each, and six river
gunboats at $4,000 each, exclusive
of armor and armament. The bill
also would provide for alterations to
the battleship New York and Texas
to afford additional protection against
submarine attacks.
FOREIGN
Emil Pielmeier minister of war
Turing the Communist uprising in
Munich early in 1918, was arrested
on a charge of stealing
bicycles. The police said Pielmeier
lad been following the practice for
months. Most OF the other insurrec-
ion cabinet members including Kurt
Sisener, the leader, were shot by
government troops.
An enraged lioness tore or mauled |
o death an aged Italian. Augusta
'alombi, super in a moving
icture company which was filming
Quo Vadis" at Rome. The entire
ompany witnessed the tragedy
Ramsay Macdonald does not intend
} remain foreign minister as well as
remier for long, states a special
mpire. He proposes to hold the
,reign affairs portfolio only until
ending difficulties with France are
out.
A new building material made from
aste paper and designed for cell
gs and wall Innings has been per-
cted by a Swedish. engineer, and
'oduction on a large scale soon will
, undertaken.
One Of the odd combinations
ought about by the Berlin attitude
ward Paris is that of French cham
Igne being displayed for sale in a
me shop window along with the
IN, mo goods sold here to French
Belgiums." The signs appeared
nearly all stores last January when ,
'encI troops occupied the Ruhr. {
Sir Esme Howard, the new British
to the United States,
II sail on the Olympic February !
to take up his post. Lady Howard
10 Is now in Rome, will go to :
lgland for Easter and then with :
r three younger boys will join Sir
me at Washington.
Hope for the rescue of eight men
ssing after the sinking of the t
iooner Maid of Scotland off Part t
ge island has been abandoned. The |
id of Scotland went down in a c
lision with the Peruvian freight &
amer Percent with four members n
her crew aboard. I
Lieutenant Governor w. b. Cooper =
North Carolina, Thomas e. Cooper. h
brother, Horace G. Cooper. his :
l, and Clyde w. Lassiter were in Il
ted by the United States grand =
y on criminal charges growing out
the failure Of the Commercial Ma 9
nal bank of Wilmington year ago. ii
PREMIER Mussolini of Italy thanks y
outgoing Italian parliament which n
ed him dictatorial powers, by call a.