The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-12-09
TE[EGRAPH|C TALES
FOR BUSY READERS
4 RESUME or THE WEEKS
oolhos IN THIS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES
important Events Of the Last Seven
Days Reported by Wire and Pre-
pared for the Benefit Of the
ausy Reader.
wEsrERN EpIroMs

In San Francisco in 1915, have final
closed when the three surviving trul
tees were discharged BY Superio
Judge Ward. All the assets of tn
exposition company have been liqu
dated and distributed among tn
stockholders except $4,000 in bonds
$500 in cash and some objects O
art.
Co1iding head-on 1900 feet abov,
San Diego bay, while their Voigh
afrplanes were travelling faster thar
100 miles an hour, Captain Harry H
Shepherd and Lieutenant John D
Christian, attached to marine corps
aviation squadron No. at North Is
Land, were killed. The two airplanes
their locked wings and fusilages part
ing after dropping 1000 feet, plunged
INTO the bay about four miles south
OF Coronado Tent city
Tho war department has ordered
DR.. David G.. Silverberg, Seattle ply
stefan. to attend court martial as a
suspected world war draft evader Sill
verberg has been under arrest since
November "a, at Fort Lawton. The
exact wording Of the charges will be
determined by the Judge advocate of
the ninth corps area headquarters at
San Francisco.
A delegation of mothers, represent
ing the California Parent-Teachers as
ISOLATION, has filed protest against
the widespread circulation of salaci
Gus magazines with United States At
torney George Hatfield Indecent
publications" were criticised as being
"ruinous to the morals OF the present
day youth" and the mothers urged
that they be denied the use of the
United States mails.
With all the daring and aplomb of
seasoned bandits, two women walked
Into the First State bank at Renner,
B. D.. held up the cashier, picked up
$500 In silver and disappeared in a
decrept touring car.
The Southern Pacific railroad has
refused to acceut an increase In rates
authorized by the interstate COM
MERGE commission of California. The
Increase authorized applies to butter,
eggs and cheese shipments between
California and Oregon points The
present rail rate was made to meet
water competition. The commission
has ruled the railroads should not
make long haul rates to meet water
with charge less than
he tariff for an intermediate short
laul c
Los Angeles welcomed the greatest
'iece Of coast defense armament that T
nd ever moved into the west, the big =
finch railway, gun. enroute to Fort =
dacArthur. San Pedro; to the harbor
here. The special train with the mon
ter rifle pulled into the Southern Pa G.
NC freight yards at Los Angeles and Of
~ greeted by throng of sightseers. n
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The name Of Henry C. Wallace of p,
IVA, secretary Of agriculture at the
me Of his death last year, has been
onored by the United States geo 81
raphic board in naming a 10,60O-foot OF
sak In Park county. Montana, In the 81
almark range. as Mount Wallace. vi
he decision was made on the recon- ga
endation of the forest board re- IN
ntly. mi
be
Property damage upwards of ST.
0, was caused and two persons SER
asly injured by a disastrous fire ex
1ich swept one block of Council thu
uff's, Iowa, business district. CIR
Secretary Davis of the war depart ~
snt has the unique distinction OF ~. ~.
wing before him for approval re- sns
IT signed by himself on his own &C ~
tiles as assistant secretary of war. - ~
9 document Is his annual report w
assistant secretary to the secretary \
was signed by Mr.. Davis before Pre-
. Weeks resignation, although the the
mer secretary did not act upon acc
' OF its recommendations, leaving Die
1 70 ms successor. fit
andrew Fletcher, 81, president of Doc
American Locomotive company sno
prominent in the iron and steel mel
ustries, died at his residence on tan
X avenue, New York. mer
Of a permanent in A
national court of justice through KIM
agency Of third Hague confer ist
9 to be called by President Cool trail
was suggested by Representative hou
khan, Republican. Massachusetts, wre
announced that he would embody of Il
proposal in resolution to ber in wer,
uced In the house. age
representatives. of the United Mine CT
kers accepted "as a basis OF settle cent
t" the plan submitted to them ish
Governor Pinchot Of Pennsylvania men
ng the present suspension of bard pres
mining. They agreed to meet the I,..,
ators' representatives in joint pa,.
'rence' at any time to negotiate Tn
greement covering the proposals Shan
lifted by Mr.. Pinchot and an to st
ced that promptly after such an liams