The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-08-06

. Warrants charging W. H. Benne
4 and his wife with the murder of Mis-
J Augusta Hoffman who disappeare
1 mysteriously from the Bennett HON
/. at Chattanooga, Tenn, in 1915, wer
served as they left their room in
hotel where they have been Above
to stay under surveillance after be
8 ing brought here from Rome, Georgi,
week ago.
The story of thrilling chase il
the waters of Montauk point, New
York, during which hundreds of shot.
were fired and rum-running yacht
made three attempt to ram speed
boat of the customs maine patrol
twas told after the arrival at the
barge office of the patrol vessel
Shark. On it were three agents
Lyons, Geary and Dureck, who cap
, tured the converted submarine chas-
er William the 18th with a crew of
three and 800 cases of liquor aboard.
The body of Benjamin F. Rice,
well-known Tulsa, Okla, attorney
was found huddled over the grave of
his father, Benjamin F. Rice, ST.,
former United States senator from
Arkansas, in local cemetery. There
was bullet wound in his right tenn
pie and note found on his body in
dicated that he had committed sui
eide.
A police sergeant at Omaha, Neb..
found Mary Wisner, 8 years and
months old, tied to a wall in the home
of Roy Hill, with her hands above
her head and tantalizing plate of
grapes in front of her.
Three bandits held up the First
National bank of Highland, ILL.,, and
escaped with between $4,000 and
$4,000.
A judgment of $1,O26 OO4.3a
against the Sinclair Oil company, the
Garfield Oil Company and the Ex-
change Oil company was awarded the
six children of Mr.. and Mrs. James
A. Crews, deceased, by Judge j. B.
Cullison in the district court at Enid,
Okla. The suit, which had beer
pending for nearly three years, was
filed by Miss Laura Crews, guard
ian of the minor Crews children.
Intimation by Mayor Hylan, who
s in California with William Ran
iolph Hearst, that he may run for
he Democratic nomination for gov
'rnor if the progressives demand it
aused fury in political circles of
lew York.
Fourteen men were injured, seven
eriously in fall of slate in the La
mont mine of the H. C. Prick Coke
three miles north of Union
own, Pa. Three of the men suffer-
d fractured backs and their condi-
ion at the Uniontown hospital is
aid to be critical.
Seven officials of the Municipal ,
avings and Loan company, Repre-
Realty company, and five
zeal allied companies were indicted I
Clevelend, Ohio, by a grand jury. {
he indictments charged embezzle- I
ent, certification to false financial I
atements and perjury.
FOREIGN
1t is rumored at Ottawa, Ont, that !
harles M. Schawb will purchase the v
q, 100000 plant and mines of the v
ritish-American Nickel company, Ii
hich recently went into liquidation. s
ne company has mine at Sudbury d
ID a plant at Deschenes. v
Secretary of State Hughes arrived d
Paris and was greeted by Minis
r of Justice Renoult, the acting II
emier; Ambassador Herrick and o.
rye number of persons prominent c,
political and governmental circles. CT
!, went to the home of Mr.. Herrick
lere he will live during his stay to
fc
For the first time since the inter IN
led conference assembled the in
ench delegates have indicated a do
llingness to surrender under GER IS
n conditions, their right to separ- tn
, action against Germany in case R
a PREPARATIONS default under the tn
ives plan. be
4 few minutes after receiving the la
NAL notification that her divorce III
been granted, Mrs Julius Flesch- q,
mn, former wife of The American
ast king" and former mayor of Sc
announced to her friends an
t she is engaged to marry Jay CO
'rien the polo player. to
hOmas Lee Woolwine of Los An &c,
% Is slightly better ut his hotel wi
Paris. His physicians report his tle
eral condition improved but lie re- en-.
ms extremely weak. The doctors ine
ell that no more blood transfu- m,
Is will he resorted to, and that ma
sss another relapse occurs his re- SO,