The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-04-12
NEWS OF 4 WEEK N
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD in BRiEFReT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters OF the Globe and
Given IN a Few LInsa
lMTERMouNlrAIN

lNfEHMOUNTAtN
Mrs. Eva Barialon, on trial at North
Yakima, Wash, for the murder OF her
infant child, whose body was found in
an irrigation ditch, was found guilty
Of manslaughter. II was asserted that
the child died from neglect.
Two burglars, with chauffeur,
/ drove through the most exclusive resi-
dence districts OF Denver, selecting
drug stores and small shops which
gave promise OF loot Two drug
stores and two grocers' places were
broken into by the men.
70 w. tRasJ Beemer, deputy United
States marshal and noted peace Off
GER il dead al Boise, Idaho. after a
five days illness OF pneumonia. Bee
mer was chief deputy sheriff OF Ada
county during the Moyer.Haywood-P
tibone trials, and because OF his pro
minent connection with those cases be-
came widely known.
James O'Connor was shot down In
his drug store In Salt Lake by two
bandits. who secured $50 from the
cash drawer The bullet shattered
O'connors left Jawbone, and he Is In
. serious condition.
The trespassing OF 500 sheep on the
alfalfa field Of Hinkley brothers,
| seven miles northeast of Salt Lake, re-
suited In the shooting OF Carl Ben.
dixon. an employe OF Hinkley broth
ers. by Ralph D. Glllmor, herder OF
the sheep, II IL feared Bendixon will
die,
Interest In the Industrial Workers
Of the World strike In the Pacific
northwest, which involves 5000 rail-
road lahorers la British Columbia and
$4,000 mill workers In southwestern
Washington, now centers In the Cana
dian province. where n was reported
that strike leaders were prepared to
extend their operations to the Grand
Trunk Pacific.
DOMESTIC
The government leyee o short dis.
lance below Hickman. Ky. on the Mis-
slssippl, protecting the famous fertile
Reelfoot lake district, gave way short
" before dark Friday night Over a
hundred square miles OF splendid farm.
Ing lands were swamped under the sea
that rolled in like tidal wave
In street duel at Beaumont, Texas,
NJ. A, Mcknight and w G, Whitney,
business men OF Beaumont, killed each
other, Both were building contrac.
tors. They had uuarreled over work.
Mrs, ELLA Skeet committed suicide
az Lawrence, Kans., by taking poison.
Dependency over the suicide OF her
daughter, Olive Skeet, at Kansas City
three months ago. was given as the
cause.
According to Bud Smith, who lives
over Mount Airy way toward the Caro-.
lima line. In Virginia, Sidna Allen and
and Wesley Edwards, the courthouse
assassins, came to his cabin and
begged for food. Allen came to his
door, he said, and Edwards stood
guard
The Stroud Wagon company plant at
Omaha was destroyed by fire. causing
loss OF one life and 100000. John
Lausterer, wood worker, was burned
To death.
Accused of the murder Of an Is
months-old child. Mrs, Eva Wood and
9. l.. Nichols Of Cottondale. Fla. are
in Jail, Mrs, Wood lived at the home
of Nichols. Investigation revealed that
the child's skull had been crushed
Women strikers at silk mill In
Garfield. N. j., stormed the plant and
lice, A score Of men and women were
dubbed and several of the deputies
were hit by missiles,
Luther Burbank, the wizard of hor-
ticulture. has sold all his fruit, flower
and plant creations, present and fu.
ture, to Rollo Hough OF Oakland and
w. Garner Smith of San Francisco.
The price was not made public,
The body of Calbraith T. Rogers. the
transcontinental aviator. who was
killed in a flight at Long Beach, will
be taken for burial to Pittsburgh. Pa,
the home OF his sister,
The number of idle men In the an.
thracite regions has been increased
by the laying of of additional men by
the railroads which have shipped prae.
tically all the coal destined for outside
markets.
William A Gilmore. Republican
nominee for delegate to congress, has
been reelected mayor of Nome by
vote OF two to one over the Socialist
candidate. The old council was re-
elected.
Calbraith P. Rodgers. the first man
TO cross the American continent in an
zeroplane, was killed April 2 at Long
Beach, Cal. when his Wright bipIane.
in which he had been soaring over the
ocean, fell into the surf from height
Of 200 feet and he was buried IN the
wreckage.
Mrs. Zoe Range McFee. who has
been on trial at 0pelouaaa, La, &C.
eaaed Of nlanslaughter in connection