The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM /.
REcoRD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN sRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters OF the Globe and
Given In Few Lines
INTERMouNrAIN

\ iNTERMouNTAiN
William Groeabeck, aged 65 Of Salt
Lake, and Frank NJ Bradshaw, aged
So. Of Las Angeles, were killed when
they jumped from an automobile iii
front Of moving train az grade
crossing near Salt Lake. The other
three occupants OF the machine did
not jump and the machine cleared the
track a bare three inches ahead OF
the engine
George Wingfeld president Of the
Goldtleld Consolidated Mining com.
pany and reputed to be one of the
wealthiest young men In the United
| States, wan elected president OF the
/ Nixon National bank and the bank
OF Nevada Savings 4 Trust company,
at meeting Of the board of directors
| at Reno.
More than fourteen girls told OF
/ licgging with heavy straps at the state
industrial school investigation at St.
Anthony, Idaho. Iva Horrigan testi-
Ned that the superintendent beat her
with a strap as she lay over a counter
with body barred from the waist down
Several persons were more or less
seriously injured but none was killed
when train on the Denver Northwest.
ern a Pacific, the 'Moffat Road" was
derailed Ave miles east of Sulphur
Springs. eighty miles from Denver.
The identity OF the two highway.
nfen, stlll at large, who murdered
| Night Marshal Frank A. Colclough In
the Vienna saloon at MidyalU, Utah,
has been established definitely Is the
belief Of Sheriff sharp. Jack" Gala.
han, 30 years old, and Jack" Murphy,
~, are the men the sheriff accuses.
The woman killed In the week OF the
Milwaukee railroads Olympian train
az Keechelus, Wash, has been identi-
fled as the wife OF Simon Juricyich, a
Slovenian laborer, Juricvich had toll
ed for three years for money to bring
his wife and little daughter Mary, from
northern Austria.
DOMESTIC
President Taft ON Friday made
his first political speech since
since he was notified OF his
denomination. Addressing members
Of the Maryland Republican Editorial
association In the East room OF the
White House, he declared bluntiy that
presidential electors were dishonest
men" IL they let their names appear
ON the Republican ballot and intend
ed to vote for the candidate of an.
other party,
A quarantine has been issued by
Governor Johnson Of California. bar
ring from the state the importation
OF alfalfa hay from several counties
in Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. The
quarantine Is for the purpose of pre-,
venting the introduction Of the alfalfa
weevil into California.
Congressman James Wickersham of
Alaska has been reelected by a plu.
rality OF 500,
A fiat per diem demurrage charge
OF As cents on all feright cars is to
so into effect on January /, 1913, ON
all railroads. This rate Is charge
from the old charge of 80 cents dur.
ing the rush season.
Democratic editors throughout the
country soon may be invited to gather
at Seagirt for conference with
Woodrow Wilson.
The federal government attacked
the so-called moving picture trust in
civil suit filed at Philadelphia ON
Friday for the dissolution OF the Nov
ing Picture Patents commpany and
the General Film company. Ten lead,
ing film concerns are accused of com.
bining TO monopolize the business.
Charles II, Greenfield, aged 20. who
killed his S,year-old stepdaughter,
Vivian Greenfield, in rooming house
at Los Angeles. has been captured.
Proposed increases by western and
southwestern railroads on live stock
from points in New Mexico to Kansas
City and adjacent territory have been
suspended by the interstate commerce
commission, pending investigation.
Under the glare of hot sun, thou
sands of farmers massed about Gov.
ernor Woodrow Wilson at Gloucester,
N. j.. on Thursday, and heard him
make his first campaign speech since
he was officially notified of his nomi.
nation for the presidency.
A woman's Panama hat, gloves.
purse and night robe, found in boat
on the Mississippi river, were almost
positively identified as the property of
Mrs. Ethel Heating Roggess, who dis.
appeared from Kansas City August 2.
New evidence which turned the fin
ger of accusation on high officials and
other men well known in public life,
heretofore unsupported, was laid be-
| fore the grand jury at New York on
| Tuesday at its inquiry into the murder
of Herman Rosenthal.
Born in Columbia county, Ohio, 102
years ago, Mrs. Lydia Head Sharpless
| of Whittier, Cal, will celebrate her
next birthday, August %. On this &C.
! casion public celebration viii be