The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-02-16


ritoriai q Organization OF railroad shop
employ" 90 that will include every rail
road p perating west OF the Mississippi
river are being secretly perfected BY
iaRJr officials.
| William j. Bryan win be the first
witness TO be summoned before the
house committee on banking and cur.
rency TO testify In the money trust
Investigation which the Democratic
i caucus, repudiatlng Mr. Bryan's de
mand for special committee, re-
fsrred to standing committees Of the
house.
i A. W. Ballard, president OF the
Phoenix Gas and Electric company,
shot himself through the heart at the
office Of the company Just outside the
city limits Of Phoenix, Ariz. I'll health
| was given BY his friends as the cause
/ OF his act.
On the charge that her husband,
Or. Herbert II Koehne, d prominent
physician, took her out 81 her auto.
mobile and administered an old-fash-
Toned spanking TO her, divorce was
granted Thursday to Mrs, Grace Ja-
cops Koehner OF Duquesne, Pa.
WARRINGTON
Senator Reed OF Missouri will intro
duce q resolution providing for con.
lstitutional amendment to bar any man
from holding the office Of president
Of the United States more than two
terms Of four years each, the filling OF
an unexpired term to be regarded az
a full term.
/ A reduction OF the cavalry force oil
| the United States army from fifteen
to ten regiments, with a consequent
reduction OF the enlisted force or the
army by $3.50 men, was voted into
the army appropriation bill In the
house late Friday. after bitter fight
With the termination OF the inyesti
CATION into the election OF Senator
Lorimer of Illinois, an announcement
was made Friday by Attorney Ell
bridge Hanecy, counsel for Lorimer,
that he win shortly file plea of res
adiudica, which means that final de
cision In the case is as far away az
ever.
Every railroad in the United States
that issues free transportation will be
prosecuted by the interstate commerce
commission. An order notifying all
railroads to appear before that body
and give evidence on this point was
sent out Friday.
The department of justice will un
dertake an inquiry into the National
Horseshoe Manufacturers associa
ton, which, 1t is claimed, controls the
sale price of horseshoes throughout
the country.
Taft headquarters are to be opened
In Washington Immediately and Rep
resentatiye William d. Mckinley OF
| Illinois, chairman OF the Republican
congressional campaign committee,
will be in charge of the presidents
political interests from now until the
Chicago convention.
The house committee on public
lands has favorably reported the Mon
dell bill to extend the provisions oil
the general land laws to the Fort
Bridger military reservation in Wye
ming.
FOREIGN
There has been clash at Puerto
Corte2. Honduras, between the Unit.
ed States and Honduran authorities
over the enforcement of government
dacran dipactinu rAnraan,tn tiyar, 80 wy
s. Valentine to surrender to govern.
ment authorities the railroad, wharf
and other properties held under the
lease by the Valentine syndicate.
Seyenty-tiye marines from the United
States gunboat Petrol landed and
| seized the wharf and railroad.
DR.. Peter SPAIN, the leader OF the
Clerical Center party, was elected
president of the German reichstag,
defeating August Bebel. the leader OF
the Social Democratic party, by 1876
votes to 175.
Winston Spencer Churchill, the
first lord of the admiralty, on Friday
attended luncheon arranged Sy the
NIAud kNdFAEhtlpH TRUST Ut 1idSBuW,
Scotland, and in a speech painted q
roseate picture OF the preparedness OF
the British navy to meet all eventual.
ties. ..sr"
John Casey, formerly of Lebanon,
Pa, and five Austrians and Bulgarians,
names unknown. were killed, and five
injured by premature explosion OF
dynamite at the camp of Johnson &
Casey, contractors, near Fort Francis,
Ontario.
A new and striking view of the sit
uatien in China Is now taken. It is
believed In many quarters that Pre-
niier Yuan Shi Kai possibly win sue
coed in saving the throne. The Pekin
papers no longer mention abdication
or discuss the thrones retirement.
Certainly. Yuan Shi Kai does not in.
tend to proceed with abdication I'M
less compelled to do so.
The probability of national coal
strike in England and complete dislo,
cation of the industry has been great,
ly increased by the failure of the ma.