The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-01-26

the administration has no desire Il
persecnte business. but that 1t vii
continue to enforce the law axains
monopoly and unlawful combinations
and urged business men OF the coun
try TO get together With him to In
sure property.
Records which the government con
tends will show members Of the chi
cago butter and eggs boards also were
affiliated with the Elgin board OF
trade and that they worked In con
junction TO fix the price OF butter and
eggs, We're introduced In evidence Fri
day In the hearing before Master In
chancery Morrison,
William McDeyitt. recently the 90.
ciaiist nominee for mayor OF San Fran.
cisco. has been expelled from the So.
ciaiist party for having accepted an
election commissionership from Mayor
Rolph.
4 boom for Judge Alton d. Parker
Tor the Democratic presidential nonii
nation has been launched at Wash
ington, Della.
WASHINGTON
Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, chief Of the
chemistry bureau of the department
or agriculture, the storm center OF
the pure food law administration con.
troyersy last summer, is given clean
bill OF health in the report on the
house committee that investigated the
charges and counter charges.
The director of the reclamation ser.
vice reports that about S670o0,0 900 has
been expended In the work OF reclaim.
ing arid lands and that approximately
twice that sum will be expended be-
fore the present reclamation program
Is completed.
The house committee on public
and grounds has decided
% report an omnibus public building
'ill carving $6.000.000.
President Taft on Thursday paroled
tanker Charles w, Morse, who Is
aid TO be dying In prison at Atlanta
is not believed Morse win ever re
over from his present illness.
Representative French has intro.
uced a bill to pay $4,000 to heirs Of
sgal representatives or any rural
arrier or substitute killed on duty
who may die within one year as
10 result of injuries received while
q duty.
Exports from the United States for
10 calendar year 1911, amounting to
s,092,373,l41, exceeded the total OF
ay preceding year, according to
port made public by the bureau OF
atistics.
FOREIGN
A terrific attack was made Friday by
!. large body of Turks and Arabs on
n italian column which was on the
iareh about ten miles from the town
Tripoli After several hours fight.
Is the Italians succeeded In beating
I the attacking party.
The republican government, says
ankin dispatch, has sent an appeai
, the powers for recognition. The
ppeal takes the form Of circular,
hich was sent to Washington, Toxic,
ondon, Paris, Berlin and st. Peters.
hrg. and was signed by Wang Chung
lei, the foreign minister OF the re.
lblican cabinet. +
The whole OF the province of Aver.
allan, In the northwest of Persia,
ordering on Turkish territory Is |
lpidly passing into the occupation
Russian troops. Seven Russian
ilitary posts have been established
Iong the road from urumiah to Ko-
oi. a distance of about 100 miles.
The dispute In the cotton trade in
ngland which eliminated In lock-
1t affecting about 100000 men on De. ]
'mber % has been settled. The cues. /
on at issue between employers and '
orkers was the employment of non. {
lion labor.
A bad impression has been created In
plomatic circles in London by the
Ibled announcement that the duke
Connaught will not call upon Presi.
mt Taft during his visit to the
nited States. ... F.,
II appears now to be absolutely Ger. /
In thar fighting between the Chinese r
volutionists and the imperialists
III be resumed on the morning OF /
1nuary % unless Premier Yuan shi 1
nj comedies the demands OF the re. t
lblican government. G
A 1.S00-foot plunge to earth in q Q
lrning monoplane at the aviation {
ounds at senlis, France, resulted In
obably fatal injuries TO Lieutenant I
erner Of the French army aviation s
rps
Fifty thousand women members of
Q Ulster Unionists' association on s
thursday issued from Belfast, Ire /
nd, a fiery manifesto to their sisters !
Great Britain to aid them in de-
ating the home rule bill.
The result of the recent ballot on
e question of strike taken by the
al miners of Great Britain is an,
unced as 441,000 in favor of a
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