The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-21

mittee at Chicago on Friday.
Bombardler Wells, the heavyweight
titleholder of England, and AL Palzer
aspirant for heavyweight honors, have
been matched TO fight ten rounds ii
Madison Square Gardens, New York
June 2S.
! Alfredo de Orc defeated Edward i
Ralph OF IlightstoWn, N. r., 200 to 141
in the first block Of 200 points Of the
600-point pocket billiard match for the
national championship at Trenton,
NJ. j.
WASHINGTON
The legislative. executive and 1u.
dicial bill carrying amendments
70 abolish the commerce court and
END the terms Of office OF its Ave jus.
tees, has passed the senate.
La q special message President Taft
on Friday asked congress TO appro
pirate $1,250,000 to protect the I'm.
perial valley Of California against
emergencies OF floods from the Colo.
RADIO river.
evidence intended to show that the
$25,00O,000 which ]. p. Morgan has
been credited with placing upon the
New York stock exchange during the
panic OF 1907, was supplied by the
treasury Of the United States was in.
PRODUCED Thursday at the congress.
sional money trust" investigation.
Charging that President Taft had
the $4,000 travelling expense fund
voted yearly by Congress. Chairman
Fitzgerald OF the house appropria-
tons committee bitterly attacked the
president during consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill on
Thursday
president Taft in special message
to congress on Wednesday, asked for
an appropriation of 100000 to be ex.
pended by the revenue cutter service
In caring for volcano victims near Ko-
diak. Alaska.
me department of agriculture has
taken steps to expose land investment
frauds and protect the people of the
country against these swindline
schemes.
Opposition to the granting of $25. 900 |
Tor the travelling expenses or the pres.
ident during the coming fiscal year
sprang up in the house on "Wednesday |
representative Page of North Caro-. |
lima, Democrat, objected to the itep~
In the sundry civil appropriation bill
when that measure was taken I'D.
FOREIGN
From Guantanamo Captain Per
iomo reports that his column engag-
I'd $50 rebels at Palma Mocha, thirty
niles east of Guantanamo, killing
light men and capturing thirty
lorses, number of cattle, arms and
The Turkish troops and their Arab
lilies won a victory Wednesday at
IONS, according to correspondent
n Tripoli, who sys that many Italians
we're left dead on the field while the
Turkish casualties were only fifty
Tiled and fifty wounded.
American Consul Letcher denies
hat twenty thousand men are out O,
york in Chihuahua on account of the
against the importation OF
ynamite. He says that not q single
1ine In his district has closed on that
ccount.
The entire state of Sinaloa practi-
ally has been placed under military
hle. Congress has proclaimed Gen.
raj Jose Belgado governor and his
hief OF staff, Colonel Alberto Gortari,
as made project OF MazatIan.
The Mexican rebels have decided 10
oniisclte all the cattle of the ia
Ious Terrazzas family. This will add
million dollars to their depleted
'easury
General Monteagudo. Cuban COM
reports that col.
mn under Colonel Valiente had de-
'ated the forces of General Estenez
i'd lvonet at Jarahueca, killing
any rebels.
Forest fires which have been rag.
g in western Alberta all week are
e worst in years and hundreds of
myers are making desperate efforts
beat back the fire,
Inc British court of inquiry into |
q Titanic disaster will find that the |
Gamer Californian defaulted from
J duty,
General Aurelie Banquet. one OF
Q federal commanders, is reported
have completely routed General |
'gumedo and his rebel army near
sdricena, Mexico. |
Alfred Stead, son of William T.
cad, the writer, who was lost on the
tanic, has written Senator William r
den Smith urging that the United t.
ates refuse to accept certificates of c.
e British board of trade relating to p
inspection and to insist Il
ION an American inspection of all h
ans-Atlantic ships, 81
A campaign OF window smashing
as opened Thursday in Dublin, by
e Irish suffragets, who tried to emu