The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20

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tied in johnson county in large
swarms. They have collected In large
numbers in the orchards and youns
trees.
The preliminary investigation BY
the interstate commerce commission
OF the st. Louis & San Francisco re
ceivership will begin at once In St
LOUISE
| On a downhill single track In the
suburbs OF st. Louis, street car
wreck was caused Iaiday by soap
lplaced on the rails by some unknown
persons. TWO OF the injured will die.
/ The contest against State Repre-
sentative Medill Mccormick, ma
tlonal figure in the Progressive party
has been dismissed in the lower house
OF the Illinois legislature. McCor.
mick's eligibility as resident OF his
district was the point at issue.
WARRINGTON
Only the approval Of the president
now is needed to make a law of the
sundry civil appropriation bill, with
the exemption Of labor organizations
and farmers associations from anti
trust prosecutions with funds proyid-
ed by the measure,
Senator Newlands told his Demo.
cratic colleagues Friday that the tariff
bill might go down in history as main
taining the Atlantic coast and middle
western states on protective basis,
while drifting the southwest and the
west to free trade basis.
The United States senate honored
by Dr., Lauro Muller, Brazilian minis.
ter of foreign affairs, Friday, by re-
cessing to receive him, when he visit
ed the capitol.
Col. George w. Goethals, chief en-,
gineer of the Panama canal, con.
ferred with President Wilson Thurs
day about his prospective visit to the
canal zone. The, president told the
colonel he would visit the isthmus as
soon as congress adjourned, but did
not hazard any guess as to when
that might be.
Children In $50 or more American
cities will continue going to school
during the summer months this year,
according to information received at
the United States bureau OF education.
A searching investigation into fin
ancial operations of the st. Louis &
San Francisco railroad system, in re-
sponse to resolution OF the senate
is to be undertaken by the interstate
commerce commission at once.
FOREIGN
Parliament has voted funds to en-
able an Argentine delegation to com.
pete in the international rife match
to be held at Camp Perry, Ohio, in
September.
Count Gombei Yamamoto, the pre-
mier, addressing gathering at Toxic
OF Journalists on foreign politics, said
that he deeply regretted that the con-
troversy over the question of the Cali
fornia alien land ownership was still
unsettled.
Z A miniature battle was fought at
between a police de-
tachment and man named Zia, sup
posed to be one of the assassins OF the
late Grand Vizier Mahmoud Schefket
Pasha. Zia was mortally wounded and
a Judge and police officer were
struck by bullets.
The militant suffraget campaign was
resumed Friday at Edinburgh, with
the biggest raid that had yet been
made on mail boxes. Twelve OF these
receptacles from one end of the town
to the other were attacked.
The entertainments of the rebel
at Bagsag were taken by the Ameri-
can forces Thursday Mter fierce
battle in which tue American casual
ties were six killed and twelve
wounded.
The Belgian premier announced in
the senate Wednesday the intention
of the government to borrow $62,S00,-
600 TO cover military expenditures.
A motion picture machine was set
up in the consistorial hall at the vati-
vii az AeOinG OA w CQAlSSQdy anu rope
Plus x enjoyed view OF many in
scenes. He watched the
passing show with animation.
The mill OF the Big River Lumber
company. ten miles north of Prince
Albert, Sask., was destroyed by fire
Wednesday. The loss Is estimated at
100000. The mill was the largest
In western Canada
Disobeying his governess, the little
nephew of Count de Novelties en-.
tered kennel at Trouville, France
twelve savage dogs. which
were being trained for police service
The animals sprang upon the boy and
literally tore him to pieces.
One person was killed and several
others wounded by bomb thrown at
a procession at Lisbon, Portugal. in
honor OF Portugars great epic and
lyric poet Luis de Camoons. The
bomb thrower was Wounded by n
splinter from his own missile.
Because vote in the Spanish sen.
ate revealed split in the liberal