The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-29

In that city with which he is now as
ISOLATED For the last two years he
has been connected with the carpet
business in this city.
Two motormen were killed and
more than thirty other persons In.
jured when two crowded cars on the
Indiana Union Traction company's
lines coilided just west OF FortyyiIle,
Ind.
SIdna Edwards, member OF the
Allen gang who assassinated the
Judge. prosecuting attorney, sheriff
and two bystanders at HillsyilIe. Va,
was captured on Friday. Edwards
protests his innocence.
Mrs Blanche Carson OF San Fran
cisco, who was arrested in New York
for smuggling several thousand dol.
lars worth OF jewelry on her arrival
from India, committed suicide by
hanging herself out Of the window Of
a hotel.
WASHINGTON
John T, Michel, Charles p. NeilI,
commissioners of labor, and a half
score OF others urged the passage OF
the HugheaBorah industrial commits.
sion bill before the house committee
on labor.
President Gooding OF the National
Woolgrowers association. who is in
Washington trying to get an order
from the Interstate commerce com
mission for a reduction OF railroad
freight rates Of wool shipments from
the west to eastern points. says that
decision may be expected early N
April.
The house has passed bill extend
ing the time for proving up on desert
land entries from five years to eight
years In cases where. through no fault
OF the entryman, he has been unable
TO secure water to irrigate the lands.
The house has passed the Mondell
bill, granting patents to homestead
ers on the ceded lands OF the Wind
River Indian reservation after eight
months residence and the payment
OF the amount due the Indians or the
land II unable to secure water for IT.
rigation.
Representative Martin of Colorado
on Wednesday said that the conser-
yationists were Saving at the spigot
and wasting at the bung." and offer
cd bill imposing federal tax on
the use OF the water power and
transportation rights of naylgable
streams.
Director Mckinley OF the Taft cam
paign headquarters characterizes
North Dakota's primary as an indica-
tion Of what might happen in so
called "soapbox" primary.
FOREIGN
Three editors and printers or the
Communist paper. the Syndicatist,
who were arrested in London for Is.
suing infammatory publications
shortly before the arrest of Tom
Mann, the labor leader. have been
sentenced to terms ranging from six
to nine months Imprisonment at hard
labor,
Fourteen passengers were seriously
hurt when coaches of the second sec
tion of the Vancouver express of the
Canadian Pacific railway left the
rails near Lake Superior, Ont, and
rolled down an embankment. A brok.
en- rail caused the accident.
The body of man, found cut to
pieces on the Grand Trunk Pacific
tracks near Melville. Sask., was iden-
tilted as that of the Rev Joseph Ger.
kowsky, priest of the Greek Catholic
church ]. A. Useischuk, farmer
near GoodeVe, was arrested, charged
with having murdered the priest ard
placed the corpse on the track
With the capital in holiday attire,
Philander G, Knox, the American sec
Rotary OF state. arrived here at Car
acas, Venezuela, on Friday from La
Guaira and was accorded the greatest
popular welcome given him on his
tour of the Latin.American republics,
Such run has been made for tick.
cts for the Olympic games at Stock,
holm, Sweden, from June 20 to July
20 that the $4,000 seats already have
been disposed of and the committee
AaS ueClueu 10 AUu another grand
stand with an additional 10000 seats.
Business men of Juarez have signed
a petition to be forwarded to Presi-
dent Taft protesting against the inclu.
sion OF food and clothing In the EN-.
barge on munitions of war" destined
from the United States to Mexico.
The British battleship Ajax was
launched at Greenock, Scotland,
on Thursday, in the presence OF huge
crowds, She is sister ship of the
King George v and is the twenty-sixth
dreadnought In the British navy.
That the home rule bill has not
been drafted yet is evident from the
fact that the Irish leaders were
called into consultation with the cahi-
net concerning the details. The meet.
ing was secret
The German foreign office has de-
eided that there is no ground for
German action In Mexico. which has
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