The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-02-22

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t the understanding that $665,00 of
9 this be used on the American Falls
r dam.
I, Albert b. FAN declined Saturday to
? testify further before the senate oil
committee which seeks more light on
the unpaid loans aggregating $685.
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
prepared statement, challenged the
authority of the committee to con-
time the investigation and refused
to answer questions.
A complete Encouragement of the
present system governing irrigation
in the West will be necessary If gov
eminent reclamations is to succeed
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 bill |
to authorize $97.000,000 naval con-
struction program which would in |
clude eight new scout cruisers to |
cost 100000 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
during the Communist uprising in
Munich early in 1918, was arrested
recently on a charge of stealing
bicycles. The police said Pielmeier
had been following the practice for
months. Most of the other insurrec-
lion cabinet members including Kurt
Eisener, the leader. were shot by
government troops
An enraged lioness tore or mauled
o death an aged Italian. Augusta
'alombi, super" in a moving
picture company which was filming
Quo yadis" at Rome. The entire
company witnessed the tragedy
Ramsay Macdonald does not intend
o remain foreign minister as well as
remier for long, states a special
able from London to the Mail and
Umpire. He proposes to hold the
Dreign affairs portfolio only until
ending difficulties with France are
out.
A new building material made from
-aste paper and designed for cell
lgs and wall Innings has been per- j,
scted by Swedish engineer. and
on a large scale soon will =
: undertaken. .
One of the odd combinations 5
Fought about by the Berlin attitude o
ward Paris is that of French cham G
lgne being displayed for sale in a u
inc shop window along with the \
gn. mo goods sold here to French 7,
Belgiums." The signs appeared :,
nearly all stores last January when -
-ench troops occupied the Ruhr. :,
Sir Esme Howard. the new British C
AMBASSADOR TO the United States, el
II sail on the Olympic February
to take up his post. Lady Howard
10 is rev in Rome. will go to h,
lgland for Easter and then with di
r three younger boys will join Sir W
me at Washington. nj
Fl
Hope for the rescue of eight men m
ssing after the sinking of the r,
iooner Maid of Scotland off Part iii
ge island has been abandoned. The ed
id of Scotland went down in a IN
lision with the Peruvian freight IL
amer Percent with four members be
her crew aboard.
Lieutenant Governor w. b. Cooper -
North Carolina, Thomas f. Cooper re
brother Horace C. Cooper, his
/, and Clyde W. Lassiter were in IN
ted by the United States grand Ut
y on criminal charges growing out -
the failure of the Commercial Ma ma
lal bank of Wilmington a year ago. 81 -,
'remier Mussolini of Italy thanks WI
outgoing Italian parliament which rec
ed him dictatorial powers, by call PEI
them a band of useless parasites. in'
bill making arson punishable by -, ~
tn will be introduced in the reich ~
2 of Germany, at its next session Pc ~.
middle of this month. Its sponsors ",
eve that extreme measures are
essary to aid in conserving the -
supply which recently has suf- -
ID by night raids in agricultural 80
riots. barns, haystacks. grain and a..
lie sheds being burned.