The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27
Aviator Russeu Blair Oh Kansas city.

ton flight, his Curtis biplane plung-
ing fif.y feet to the ground while he
was attempting to ascend. An air
pocket was the cause OF his accident.
Because one man refused to join the
union several thousand workmen are
idle at the golfers Of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation company in the Pam
Their Greek valley, in Pennsylvania,
and only one mine and three washer.
les are working
Miss Lucy Goode White, the first
woman In California to receive jul.
dicial nomination, failed to pass her
bar examination. As she would be
unable to qualify for office in the
event Of her selection, It is supposed
she VIII withdraw.
G. n. Rasmussen climbed to the
roof of the twenty-five story Masonic
Temple, In New York City. and jump.
ed on His body crashed on the roof
of an adjoining building fourteen
stories below and he was instantly
killed.
Miss Virginia Brooks, the girl re.
former Of Chicago, who led the cru.
sade which resulted in the closing OF
the dlsorderIy resorts In West Ham
mond, has received an anonymous let
ter threatening her with death unless
she discontinued her activity.
WASHINGTON
An invitation to President Taft 10
enter into joint debate with Eugene v.
Debs, the nominee OF the Socialist
party for president, has been declined
by the White house officials.
The clapp committee investigating
campaign contributions and expendi-
lures has determined to hear j. p.
morgan and George w. Perkins, as well
as Colonel Roosevelt the first week in
October.
Adyices received at Washington
from Nicaragua said that American
bluejackets and marines had been
called upon by the American minis
ter at Managua, Mr.. Weitzel, to res
cue from famine the pupils of col.
lege Of girls at Granada, who had
been isolated for forty days. The
college Is French institution.
Fred w. Carpenter, formerly secre.
tary TO President Taft and at present
American minister to Morocco, has
been transferred to be minister to
Siam in place Of Hamilton King, who
died at Bangkok September 2.
George w. Perkins, leading figure
lin the Roosevelt campaign, next
to Roosevelt himself, was brought In
to the federal suit for the dissolution
OF the international Harvester com
pany on Wednesday as the brains OF
the organization of the vast combine
formed to stifle competition in the
manufacture and sale of roaping and
farm machinery.
FOREIGN
Mrs Mary Leigh, the suffragette
has been released from the Dublin
prison ON account of i'll health due to
her refusal to eat aud having to be
fed forcihly. She threw a Ratchet al
| Premier Asquith's carriage and wound
ed John Redmond, leader of the Irish
parliamentary party.
Konstant Theodor Dumba, al
present minister to Sweden, has beer
nominated to succeed Baron Hengel
muller Won Hengervar as ambassador
OF Austria.Hungary at Washington.
Aurelanio Vale, assistant chief Of
police of Naeo, Sonora, is dead from
wounds received In fight with Troop
er Brown OF the Fourth United States
cavalry. Brown will be formally
charged with murder and taken to
Cananea for trial.
The cruiser Des Moines, the first
American warship to appear on the
eastern coast of Mexico in more thar
a year, arrived at Tampieo on Thurs
day.
George Retterman. an American
blacksmith, who lived formerly al
Wichita, Kan. Is reported to have
been murdered at Cusihuirischic, Mex
lico.
The American yacht Edris, which
left New York December IL last OF
Ia voyage to San Francisco by wa,
of the straits of Magellan. put int
the harbor of valdivia. on the Chilean
coast. on Wednesday in damaged
condition,
Three burros which refused to b.
frightened off the track by the whist,
of the engine. caused the derailmen
of northhouud troop train on tn,
Mexican Central near Torreon. Elevel
soldiers were killed and forty,sevel
hurt.
A loan of s50,OOo,O0O for sanitar,
works in Buenos Ayres is authorize
; in bill sent to congress by tn
president of Argentina. The bill
probably will be passed,
The most sanguinary engagement
of the war in Tripoli was fought WeC
nesday near Derne, town on tn
: Mediterranean coast, 140 miles nortl
: east of Bengazi. Turks are reporte
to have lost thousand men.
; 1t was announced, following col