The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-01-19
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFssT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quartsrs Of the Globe and
Given In Few Lines
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Miss Fay Livingston, "a years old
who IL In jail at Denver following hel
arrest in Cheyenne. Wyo, by postof
flee inspectors on charge OF ffaudu
lent use of the malls, Friday confess
ed to duping scores OF men In various
parts OF the country. but particularly
In che west, out OF small sums on her
promise OF immediate marriage.
j The Colorado Good Roads associa
ton In convention at Pueblo Endorsed
the Santa ne trail and Rainbow route
as the official roadway across the
state as part OF the proposed trans.
continental highway. The proposed
route runs along the Arkansas river
from the Kansas line 20 Canon City
and saiida. thence across Mar
shall pass TO Grand Junction and Salt
Lake City.
Following close upon the success.
i ful excursion OF western governors to
eastern states. Governor Oswald
West Of Oregon has sent Invitations
TO eastern governors to make a sim.
liar excursion TO the western states
this summer.
The city council OF Seattle has
passed resolution calling for the
creation OF municipal bank and
trust department TO handle the city's
moneys The resolution instructs the
mayor 10 appoint commission OF
ave members to draw up plans for
the eity's bank.
A family consisting OF the two par
enia and four children, travelling
overland In wagon. were caught In
a blizzard several miles from Raw
Inns, Wyo.. and remained on the open
prairie a night and day before they
were rescued. The fathers feet were
frozen and the mother and children
were nearly dead.
DOMESTIC
Joseph Rider. travelling steward,
go years Of age, shot and killed Mrs.
Widla Bigelow, his divorced wife, at
her home at Oakland. Cal, and made
his escape, The couple were divorced
six years ago and the former Mrs
Rider then married Bigeiow
Wrecked on the rocks OF Punta
Maria. 1860 miles south Of san Quen-
tin, Lower California. the old I
schooner Carmeneita. notorious years
ago In the north Pacific, has found q
last resting place.
John Rech, an italian rancher,
charged with the murder of his new.
born babe. was found guilty Of muir
der In the tirst degree by Jury at
Santa Barbara, Cal, with a recon.
mendatlon for life imprisonment.
Rech says his deed was impeIled by
the high cost Of living
One seaman of the British steam
or Karema, which arrived at Phila.
delphia from Calcutta twenty days
over due. is dead, and four others of
the crew are III and the health au.
thorities fear that as a result OF their I
terrible experience at sea the sailors |
contracted beri bert.
J. G, Sterling. former cashier of
the Union Safe Deposit bank OF
stockton, Cal, has confessed 20 hav-
Ing taken $4,000 OF the banks funds !
and Lost II specializing In land.
Or, Harry Elgin Webster, in the
0gls county circuit court at Oregon.
ILL.,, on Friday formally pleaded gull i
" to the charge OF numbering his
wife, Bessie Kent Webster,
Former Governor and United States
senator'elect Jamea X Vardanman
Of Mississippi was sxonerated of all
blame In alleged Irregularities con-
eerning handling OF executive contin.
gent funds, when the joint legislative
committee reported Friday. Both |
house adopted the report.
Captain Robert A. Bartlett, com
mander OF the Arctic steamer Roose-
Welt during Peary's successful dash
to the north pole and now visiting
San Francisco, hopes to induce Cali
fornians to finance an expedition In
search of the south pole, according
10 his friends.
Charles w, Morse, the New York
banker, has been ordered transferred |
from Fort Mcpherson, Ga, TO the
army general hospital, Hot Springs, !
Ark. President Taft and Attorney
General Wickersham decided on the |
transfer, believing special medical
treatment was necessary.
Mark A, Wilkins, who was convict.
ed of the murder at San Francisco of
Mrs yernie Carmen, with whom he
eloped from Kansas City, in 1907,
was hanged at san Quentin prison on
Friday.
Self-goyernment for Alaska to the
same extent 1t is granted TO other
territories OF the United States and
the abolition. OF bureaucracy in It's
government are demanded in the
platform adopted by the non.partisan
convention which ended it's sessions
Thursday at Valdez.
Dr. John Grier Hibben, Stuart pro-
lessor of logic, has been elected
president of Princeton university.
He succeeds woodrow Wilson, who
resigned the presidency in the fail of