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Show FATHER DROWNED IN Jn TEACHING CHILDREN T POCATELLO. Ida . July 24 Benny B-ji Meuhlen was drowned at American Bsl Falls last evening In the Snake river. iwnue attempting to teacn ni8 two children to swim. A short distance HQ from the bank he was caught In an HhSI undercurrent and dragged In a whirl- pool. The accident happened a short BfltOi distance below the main power dam and there were no witnesses except wJr ; the children. They immediately wad- ' x ed to the shore and ran for assistance. B' After several hours of dragging 1 , with grappling hooks, the body was R 'V located about GO yards from the point He , where It went down. He Muehlln was discharged from naval Ir service early in 1919. During his m period of service he was chkf else- Ja trlcla nat the naval base hospital in ' "; France-' A wife and four children w- survlvs 'him. Bex '' ff L |