The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-11-19


building of the Dwight Hamlin Com
pany, Inc, burned six box cars on tn
Allegheny Valley railr.a siding anc
drove six families from their home:
at Pittsburg, Pa. The damage wal
estimated at 100000. The flames
broke out in the Hamlin building, gut
ted that structure and its adjoining
grain elevator, and threatened to
spread to nearby buildings, causing
police to order the families in the
nearb by residences to leave Their
homes.
The relations of Mexico with both
Great Britain and the United States
we're discussed by Plutarco Ellis Cal
'es, president elect of Mexico, at a
conference with newspaper cores
pondents, after he had come to Wash
ington from New York for visit OF
several days.
Other states are expected to follow
the lead of New York and New Jersey
prohibiting the sale of gasoline mixed
with tetra-ethyl Lead, the manufacture
which has caused the death Of five
men, and partial insanity of thirty
two others. The board of health in
New York barred gasoline treated
with lead on the ground that it is a
public menace, and similar action has
been taken in New Jersey.
The customs service has announced
hat the rules closing the Information
al bridge between Ell Paso, Texas and
Jaurez, Mexico, between p. m. and
7 a. m. would be suspended during
the American Federation of Labor
convention at Ell Paso November 10
to II, so far as delegates are con-
cerned.
A violent windstorm of tornado
proportions struck Waterloo, Iowa,
causing damage estimated at s25,0O0
Windows in many buildings were
broken and the downtown district,
strewn with wreckage. No casual
lies were reported.
The supreme court has again re-
used to review the case of former |
employees of the Santa Fe system con-
7icted of criminal conspiracy when
hey quit work at Needles, CAL, dur
ng the shipments strike of 1922.
The murder of Gee Ling of the
lip Sing tong New York's halted of
icial negotiations in Chinatown which
had been hoped would end the Hip
'ing-On Leong tong war.
Tommy Milton, racing pilot, 1922
ational champion, and the only driv-
r to win the 500-mile Indianapolis
lsssic twice, has entered two cars
/ the 250-mile Thanksgiving day race
} be held on the Culver City speed
gay, near Los Angeles, November
7, it has been announced.
FOREIGN
Two American cowboys stopped
lie show" when they appeared in a
oulevard cafe at Paris wearing full
7ening dress except for wide ranch
ats on their heads aid red bandanna
around their necks
erformers on the stage were unable
attract any attention. s
Richard Strauss has resigned as di
ctor Of the Vienna state opera. The
ason given is that he was unable 1
work tremendously with another t
rector. The government hopes to |
Strauss to reconsider his
after satisfactory guaran- a
es are arranged for the future man.
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Mitchell Hedges, the famous En-. a :,
ish explorer, states he has found
finite proof that sea animals sup =
sedly prehistoric still exist. :,
Forty three communists and TWEEN r
five nationalist extremists have q
en- arrested in Berlin in a drive of
e police against the extremist or =
nizations. The Communists were
lght at secret session which was ..
ded by the police.
The trial of 1873 communists, at 2!
npoli, Italy, accused of killing ten S
diers and wounding others result.
in these sentences: SO acquitted,
given over IL years, 81 given Fl
m to IL years, others light sem tn
ICES. W
Plans are being worked out in Lon re
| to harness the Severn to produce CT
1000 horsepower, as against the W
1000 now produced by Niagara. lc
The death penalty was inflicted re- q,
thy in Switzerland for the first
e in twenty-five years. At Altorf, =.
ital of tie canton of Uri, Clement 81
net was guillotined for the murder =, ~
a young girl, who surprised him ~. ~.
lie in the act of burglary. There III r.,
no official executioner in Uri and
authorities had difficulty in find :.
anyone to carry out the sentence. Wv