The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-12
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN aRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters or the Globe and
Given in a Few Lines.
INTERmouNrAlN

INTEFMCuNTAlM
Albert Trosi, who suffered two
broken legs when he jumped from a
| flying automobile in the road race
Sunday last, died at Reno Wednes-
day night from hemorrhage Of the
brain superinduced by the injuries.
The race from Carson City to Reno,
over the famous Geiger grade to Vir-
ginia City and back to Carson, was
the first in Nevada sanctioned by the
American Automobile association.
The Yaqui Indians have alarmed
their allies, the Sonora constitution
alists, according to American refugees
who arrived Tuesday at Nogales.
| Ariz., by demanding that the insur-
gent government return to them forth
with all Of the lands that were taken
from hem by Porfirio Diaz.
i Calvin Sweeney, private in the
quartermaster's corps OF the United
States army, attached to the TWEEN.
tieth infantry was shot through the
right lung by Patrolman A. G. Has
grove at Salt Lake Wednesday morn
ing.
Ivy Roland, years OF age, who was
fatally burned when splashed with
blazing turpentine by playmate in
Salt Lake City, is dead.
DOMESTIC
Judge Maurice T. Dooling in the
United States district court at San
Francisco, Friday ordered fine of
$4,000 imposed on the Western Fuel
company and directed the imprison-
ment OF David 9. Norcross, secre-
tary Of the company, for contempt,
because OF the refusal to produce
the company's books before the fed
eral grand jury which is investigat-
ing alleged customs Weighing
! frauds.
Fire which started in a negro
cabin at TT Smith, Ark, at $3.50
o'clock Friday afternoon was slowly
dying out at the foot of West Noun
tain, the southern extremity Of Hot
Springs, at midnight, after reducing
to smoldering mass OF wreckage
an area more than mile in length,
and from seven to ten blocks wide in
the eastern section OF the city The
monetary loss is roughly estimated
at ten million dollars.
A receipt was filed In the circuit
court at st. Louis Friday acknowledge
Ing the payment by William J. Lemp,
brewer, of 100000 alimony to Mrs.
Lillian Handlan Lemp, Mrs. Lemp
brought suit for divorce FIVE years ago
and in the lower court was awarded
alimony OF $4,000 year. She ap-
pealed to the nnpreme court, which
ordered the payment OF 100000 in
gross.
A defalcaton of $1S0.0OO in the State
National bank of Fort Worth. Texas,
was reported Friday to Thomas p.
Cane, acting comptroller of the cur
rency, by National Examiner Van
zandt. The shortage will not affect
the solyency of the bank.
Frank L. Kramer, American cham
pion racing cyclist, broke his wrist
Friday while cranking his automobile
at his home in East Orange, N. j.,
and will be out OF competition for the
rest of the season.
Scenes OF desolation mark virtually
the entire North Carolina coast as
the result OF the hurricane which
struck this section Wednesday. Dis
patches just coming in over make
shift lines OF communication Indicate
that the town OF Bell Haven was
wiped off the map, while the town |
OF Washington, N. c., not only suffer-
ed from the wind, but also lost heav- +
lily by flood.
For the second time in two weeks
the striking copper miners OF Michi-
gan Wednesday appealed by resolu-
tons adopted at mass meetings for
a senatorial investigation into the
situation, to the end that settle
ment might be reached.
Death has claimed bill" Miner, no
torious Jail breaker, from his last
prison at Milledgeville. Ga. His pic.
turesque Career witch included
clashes with the laws OF more than
score of states and several Canadian
provinces. ended late Wednesday
night at the Georgia state prison
farm.
George A. Parker. an employee OF
Col. Theodore Roosevelt at Sycamore
Hin, Oyster Bay. was placed in the
jail here Wednesday, charged with
having stolen $1,000 worth of jew
elry from the Roosevelt home Satur.
day. The jewelry was recovered.
The strike OF employees Of the
Sturteyant Blower works in Hyde
Park, Boston, controlled by Gov. Il.
N. Foss. was ended Wednesday by
the acceptance by the strikers OF
terms offered by the management.
No details OF the agreement were
made public.
United states immigration Inspect.
or Miller at Los Angeles was driven
ashore by Chinese seamen of the
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