The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-02


appropriations decided unanimous
to favor an appropriation for carryil
: the American Falls dam to its ma
: imum height. This was the only a
8 preparation on which the commit,
acted.
Eva Boran, 10, had no money [
give to the current community che.
y fund.- She gave her pet duck to he
teacher, saying 1t was her contrib
ton. At a luncheon of chest fun
workers the duck was auctioned Of
a part at time. The bill brough
$35, the feet $40 each, and the aut
tioneer collected $40 for the FUND
Then the buyers surrendered it'll
and the duck was returned to Eva.
: John L. Hitchcock, well-to-do Sal
Z Francisco property owner, arose il
r the midst of business conference il
n a downtown office here, shot hi.
three conferees, inflicting severe
wounds, and then shot himself
through the head. He is believed tc
be dying. Temporary insanity was
believed to be the reason for his act
N. J. Satan" Miller, los, civil war
veteran and believed to be the oldest
man. in Nebraska, died at Omaha.
Counsel for Countess Karolyi, wife
OF the first president of Hungary,
have appealed directly to President
Coolidge for review of the state de-
partment's decision barring her from
the United States.
Federal Judge Thatcher of New
York denied the motion of Lawrence
Copely Thaw to throw out of court
the complaine of his grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Copley Thaw, in her suit
to recover 100000 which she gave
him early this year. Mrs. Thaw is
the mother of Harry X. Thaw.
Brigadier General smedley D. But
Ter, for the last two years director
OF public safety in Philadelphia is
going back to the marines. He made
the announcement for the first time
IN an address before the New Cen
fury club and declared to his audience
81 women that his job here "is not |
worth staying fora waste of time"
tie asked that complete support be |
given to Assistant Director George
elliott, who is slated to succeed him
Vhen his leave of absence from the
FOREIGN
King 'Maha Marjirvudh is dead at
Bangkok, Siam. The king recently
ivorced his childless queen and ele-
ated another young woman to the
ank OF queen in the expectation that
he would shortly give birth to an
cir.
1t Is understood that Nagaoka. of
lpan, former minister at The Hague.
III be chosen as Japan's delegate
the extra territorial commission.
hich is to meet in Picking on Decem- |
,r 49,
Two men, Chief of Police Zaphiro- b
ulos OF Saloniki and an officer s
med Drakatos, were hanged at Ath-
8 for embezzlement of the public Fl
nds, a crime for which they were t,
ntenced to death by court martial
Gently. Several other officers and q,
'ilians were sentenced to imprison- ii
mt for the safe offense, two of them II
; life. 4.
rhe Mexican government, It is an =.
lnced, plans to spend 100000 Pc ~ =,
J, beginning next year, on irrigation r, -
'1ects in the states of Chihuahua -
Durango. This decision follows - -
visit to the region by President -
les.
m,
.eports received at Yokohama from fe,
1gkong says that Shanghai bank wi
attached the steamer President raj
mt for 100000 yen as the result of the
ontroversy over a bill of lading in a
nection with the failure of Takata say
To-, Japanese concern. viii
he Socialists demands for half the on,
folfos In the new French govern 10
t and for the right to name the an,
premier and dictate the financial con
,y blocked cabinet making nego- foo
ons and spoiled the efforts of M. s,hl
~ " ioi" ministry. less
'rmer Kaiser Wilhelm has sent
esentatives to Corfu, where fur Ii
g and art objects from his pal are
at Achilleionn will be put up at is o
on. These representatives will that
IN certain personal souvenirs. sian
sshmen have been barred from MI,
6 motor cars or motorcycles to stor
u at Cambridge, England. The ~,
ege also may be withdrawn 49,,
upper classmen, Professor A. c. sa'
I'd, vice chancellor, said, al M'
n at present they may use motor 80 p.
les in the afternoon and early onrn
ng. .ou"
Or being presented with the Roy cent?
name society for bravery In res 1t