The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22

senate on Friday and signed by the
governor Nomination papers will be
issued by the secretary OF state next
week.
1 After having resisted death year
With a broken back, George II. Lyons,
forty years old, miner, died at
Lead, s. ID.
George Sutton, the Chicago chal-
lenger, wrested the 18.1-balkllne bill
Hard championship title from Willie
Hoppe in New York, on Friday. SUIT.
ton ran up the 500 point total while
Hoppe was scoring 374
Sixteen minutes after they had
| held up a street car In Los Angeles,
two young bandits were arrested and
twenty-four minutes later had CON
fessed and were safely locked up.
Three prisoners at the Nebraska
penitentiary at Lancaster Thursday
afternoon assassinated Warden James
Delahunty, Deputy Warden Charles
Wagner Usher A G. Hellman. and
wounded acknowledges Doody, and
then made their escape.
WASHINGTON
DIR. Harvey w. Wiley left the labor
atories OF the bureau OF chemistry
friday where, for nearly TWEEN
ty-nine years, he had been chief
chemist--no longer government Off
cial, but determined to champion the
cause OF pure food from the ranks of
the people.
The Democratic free sugar bill
passed the house on Friday, SO to
1913. IT'S passage was helped by TWEEN
ty-four Republican votes. although
this was Offset by the detection of
seven Democratic votes against the
bill by members from Louisiana and
Colorado.
An amendment to the Panama ca.
nal government bill, which would bar
from the canal all Pailroad-owned
ships engaged In coastwise trade, has
been agreed upon by the house com
mittee on Interstate and foreign com.
merce.
Under an executive order issued on
the 18th by President Taft the gov
eminent building OF the capital are
to be swept, busted, fumigated and
otherwise made hygienic and sanitary
once each month.
Congressman Howell OF Utah, in
speech in the house on Friday, made
a strong attack on the sugar bill and
the present destructive free trade
policy of the Democratic party.
The supreme court will be asked,
as soon as the necessary application
can be drawn, to rehear the patent
case.
FOREIGN
President Madero declares that
with the shipment Of arms stopped
the next four weeks would see great
progress made toward quelling the
revolution In Mexico.
Government efforts to settle the
coal strike in England by effecting
an agreement between mine owners
and their employees, have failed. Leg
islative action now will be sought to
obtain a minimum wage for all under.
ground coal workers,
Ambassador Wilson, at Mexico
City, received an appeal for protec-
ton for Americans in Tampico, who
are in danger OF violence at the
hands OF mob which attacked the
offices of the Tampieo Navigation
company,
The action OF the American con-
gress and the prompt Issue OF Presl-
dent Taft's proclamation concernings
the prohibition of the shipment of
arms from the United States into
Mexico. is regarded by Mexican Off
cials as the highest possible proof of
Washington's friendship.
Herr Witte, who took a leading
part in the aviation meeting at Jo-
hannisthal. near Berlin, was killed
He was making a flight near the
suburb OF Teltow, when his biplane
collapsed and fell, killing him in
stantly.
All the projected visits of King
George and Queen Mary to foreign
courts have been abandoned for this
year. The change in program Is at
tributed to the coal strike.
The coal miners strike in the great
German coal fields of Westphalia, has
taken u serious turn, and already has
resulted in fatal conflict between
the police and the striking German
miners.
Lieutenant Henri Paul Tibulle Sc.
, velle, an army aviator belonging to
the Sixth regiment Of African mount.
ed rifles, was killed at Pau, France,
when making a flight,
The distress that has been caused
throughout England, Scotland and
Wales on account of the big coal
strike Is becoming acute, more par
| ticularly in Wales. In the city of
Cardiff 200 families are in need.
Raold Amundsen win lecture through
England and America and then visit
| San Francisco. where he will join the
Fran in 1918.
Regarding a recently discovered
conspiracy TO sssassinate the king of
Siam and substitute representative
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