The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-12


close at Cincinnati with banquet Al
the Business Mems Grub, at which
former President Taft and Robers
Howe. president OF the association,
were the principal speakers.
A mistrial was declared In the
case Of Miss May Copeland and her
iancee, Lucian Turk. charged with
the murder at Mayfield, KY, last
July Of Hugh Atchison, brother.ln-
law OF Miss Copeland.
The Buffalo & Susquehanna rail
road was sold at foreclosure sale
ut Couders Point, Pa. for $4,000, 600
70 a protective committee represent
Ing the first refunding 4 per cent
bonds.
TWenty-four people are known to
have lost their lives as a result OF
the food In Texas, q territory 200
miles In length and 100 miles In width
Is under water, and 1,50O persons
have been driven from their homes.
Fred Hamilton, left halfback on the
Southwestern college football team, is
In a Winfield. Kans., hospital with his
back broken. His injuries were not
believed serious until an x-ray picture
showed the fifth vertebra fractured.
WASHINGTON.
An attack upon the Monroe doc
trine as an outworn garment which
should be cast aside for an interna.
tional court, was made In an address
at Washington before the American
Society for the Judicial Settlement OF
International Disputes by William |.
Hull. OF Swarthmore, Pa.
Charges by Senator CummIns that
the Democrats had approached dan
gerously near conspiracy against
the rights OF all the people, In taxi
ing caucus action on the currency
bill marked the opening OF Thursdays
session OF the senate.
Adoption OF resolution calling
upon President Wilson to send to con-
gress Immediately special message
advocating an amendment to the con
situation giving the suffrage to wo.
men, featured Wednesdays session Of
the National American Woman's Suf-
frage association in convention at
Washington.
Secretary McAdoo's first report to
congress, delivered Wednesday, is
largely confined to review OF the
achievements of the treasury depart.
ment In matters that have been OF ma
tion-wide interest.
After discussion, into which Re.
publican Leader Mann injected the
Mexican situation, the house on We'd
nesday passed the Hay army volunteer
bill that In varying forms had been
talked OF at the capital for many years.
Argument In defense OF the state
law enabling farmers TO pool their
tobacco, we're made Wednesday to the
supreme court by Attorney General
Garnett OF Kentucky.
The board Of army engineers APP
pointed by Secretary OF War Garri-
son TO investigate the question of
floods and food prevention In the
Ohio valley have met at Cincinnati
TO draw up a report.
FOREIGN.
A movement Is on foot at Havana
for the erection OF monument In the
yard OF Piunta castle at the entrance
to the harbof In commemoration Of the
Maine disaster. The turret guns pre-.
sented by the United States To the
Cuban government are to be placed on
the monument
Forty-six lives were lost by the
laundering OF the Swedish steamer
Malmberger off Bodo, Norway. The
steamer left Narvik. Norway, Noyem.
Der 2, for Rotterdam.
Sir Edward Carson. in a speech M
Nottingham, England, said that the
Ulster volunteers who year ago
10000, now aggregated 3d..
900, lie added that they were per-
iectly determined and awaiting or
ders.
y Is reported that a prisoner can
tured by federal troops In Mexico
was given a summary trial by court.
martial and sentenced TO death. He
was tied to the ground and a dyna.
mite bomb placed beneath his bodv
and exploded. tearing him to pieces.
Emperor William has ordered the
transfer Of the entire garrison at "a.
bern, Aisace, owing to the trouble
between the soldiers and the citizens
there. He also directed that the
rourtmartial proceedings In connec.
ion with the recent rioting be aceler.
ated.
Fifty-iiye hundred rebels. forming
the nucleus OF the army with which
Gen. Francisco Villa says he win
march TO Mexico City to overthrow
Huerta dictatorship. entered Chihua.
hua City, the state capital, Thursday
night.
serious earthquake occurred
Thursday in the vicinity OF Chatham.
cns, capital OF the province Of AYR.
macs in the department OF Apnrimac.
Peru.
Great damage has been done hy rio.
lent storms. which have been raging
on the Norwegian coast Ter the lase