The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-05-13


K. Hughes in 1916.
The District of Columbia goverl
ment must pay $500 damages
Howe Totten, Virginia farmer. fC
permitting prisoners at its workhous
at Oceoquan, Va, to escape and II
wade his premises. frightening hi
family and making it difficult for hin
to keep farmhands.
Suit against the United States gov
eminent for S251.1O3.16 was institut
ed in federal court at Wichita, Kan.
by thirty-two Kansas cattlemen. Theil
stock, they allege was damaged tt
that extent in 1919 by Texas fever
which they say was caused by the
negligence of federal authorities.
Secretary Weeks, who has been
suffering from a thrombosis stroke
for several weeks, has shown such i'm
provement recently that President
Coolidge expects him to return to his
desk in short time. The President
was informed that Mr. Weeks had re-
covered sufficiently to leave his bed
for a chair.
Automobiles caused 10000 deaths
and injuries to 100000 persons in
the United States in 1924, statistics
made public by the Surety Under
writer's revealed. This represents
daily average of So dead and $3.50 in
jured
Nathan Chadsey, an attorney of
New York, arrested last month when
the presence of Alanson B. Houghton,
United States ambassador to Great
Britain in his Fifth avenue offices,
was committed to the Manhattan asy
UNI for the insane.
FOREIGN
Jose Gabino Vallanequva was chosen
president of the republic of Bolivia in
he elections held recently. The
count Of the ballots shows that Sen
II Vallanequva polled $4,000 votes as
he republican candidate, as against
/ 900 cast for the defeated coalition |
Daniel Salamanca.
A formal agreement will likely be
igned in a few days between the
hartman combine and the soviet
overnment of Russia concerning the
utput Of the manganese mines inHthe
'hiaura fields of the republic of
eorgia, it was authoritatively learn
d. Negotiations for such a conces-
ion have been reported under way
IL several months. .fee. n y
The United States will have GER
Tin constructive suggestions to offer
lie international conference for con-
ol of the traffic in arms, Represen-
tive Theodore Burton of Ohio told
lie conference at Geneva. One of
lie most important, he said, concern
additional measures to deal with
e traffic in poisonous gas and with
e hope of reducing the barbarity of
odern warfare.
The first Catholic congress ever
I'D in Egypt opened at Cairo with
200 in attendance. Seven masses
ere celebrated according to various
rental rites. The presiding Off !
r, Zak Bey, sent a telegram to
ng Fuad, wishing him in behalf of
e congress, long life and prospect
The Szechuan arsnal near Tent \
!, China, was blown up by an ex-
'sion which resulted from a small r
powder blast near military cook e
use. Forty Chinese were killed Il
d great number injured. 1t is t
ieved that the disaster was due to Il
'lessness on the part of an army {
TX in preparing meal near store II
powder. o
The wholesale grocery house OF q
linari & Sons, of Breslau, Ger 81
ny. which inspired Gustav Fret N
S SOIL und Haben" known to the II
,lish speaking world through the is
Frances Hodgson Burnett's trans ia
on, Debit and Credit" went into
hands of receivers recently be- NJ
Sc of its inability to collect sums tu
from Polish, Czecho-S lovakian IL
German firms. ql
reat Britain has returned to the m,
standard. This announcement ga
made by Winston Spencer tr,
rchill. chancellor of the exche- th
, In what is considered the most an
ortant budget statement of mod ha
times. The restoration of the no
standard is put into effect by a Jai
lal license to the Bank Of Eng ers
to export bullion which will OBJ are
,, pending formal lapsing on De.
Ter 81, next Of the 1920 act pro- SIN
ing the export OF gold bullion. nal
ext
e Columbian cabinet has resign cen
he ministerial situation having the
brought to a crisis by the resig- Chi
n of Foreign Minister Velez, who the
ndered his portfolio because. de- niS