The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-22

Karsas and Missouri Friday by cit
liens aud clergy. In Kansas hun
| dreds Of persons wrote to Governor
Hodges asking him to issue a pro
clamation calling for day OF public
prayer.
Col Thomas H Birch OF Burlington
! N. j., personal aide to President WIZ
son when governor OF New Jersey,
has been selected for minister to
Portugal
A material curtailment In the pro
duction Of leather for shoe fnanufac-
ture was decided upon at meeting
of the Middle Western Upper Leath-
| er Tanners association, which end,
ed at Milwaukee On Friday.
Charles w. Houston, former chief
|commissary steward Of the battIeship
Utah, was acquitted BY court-mar-
tial OF accepting a bride from a navy
contractor OF Norfolk, Va.
Porter Charlton. confessed wife
murderer, left Jersey City on Thurs
day for Italy to be tried for killing
Mary Scott castle-Charlton and
throwing her body In Lake Camo.
WASHINGTON
Postmaster General Bufleson on
August IS inaugurated the new reg
ulations changing the parcel post
rates and weigh limit by mailing
President Wilson a box OF fine
Georgia peaches. The boz, which
weighed seventeen pounds with
postage charge OF 10 cents. was de-
llvered at the White house early In
the day.
In a dramatic statement l. III. Nc
Michaels, dismissed chief page OF the
house OF representatives, presented
to the house lobby investigating com
mittee sweeping charge OF corrup-
titon against Representative James
Il. McDermott OF Illinois. for years his
sponsor.
The Federal government has drop
ped It's antitrust suit against the
Periodical Clearing house. an organ
izatlon that printed some important
magazines published In the east
President Wilson on Thursday pub
licly reprimanded Ambassador Henry
Lane Wilson for his recent attack on
the British foreign office. Ambassa-
dor Page was instructed to express
the regret of the American govern
ment that a diplomatic official OF the
United States Should have been gum
ty OF such an impropriety."
Federals In the state of Durango,
Mexico, are shooting all prisoners
taken, regardless OF nationality. ac-
cordlng TO o. v. Seifert, q mining man
from that state.
The British parliament was pro-
rogued Friday and will not reconvene
until February next year unless some
thing extraordinary happens. The
kings speech, as read in tho house
Of lords, was colorless
Al Belgian syndicate has signed
with the Chinese minister OF commun.
ication an agreement for loan of
S50,000.000 at s per cent interest In
connection with the new railroad to
Of Shan,Si and Sze-CMien.
The provincial government of Brit
ish Columbia has taken over the
maintenance OF order In the coal dis
trict OF Vancouver island, where min
ers have been on strike since May
l. Martial law is enforced, the sa-
looms are closed and 1000 soldiers
are quartered In the disturbed region.
Herr Ruetger, passenger in an
aeroplRne driven by Aviator Roemp-
Ter. was killed at Leipsie when sud
den gust OF wind caused the machine
TO turn over. Roempler was injured.
but not seriously. The aeroplane was
flying at q height of thirty feet when
the accident occurred.
The Bible house at Constantinople
received telegram reporting that the
Rev. Charles II. Holbrook. a mission
airy. had been shot and killed at
Souchier. small village eighty miles
east OF Sivas. town of Asiatic Tur-
key, AIS miles from Constantinople.
The seriousness OF the storm that
swept the provinces OF Manitoba and
Saskatchewan. leaving death and des-
truction in its wake, was indicated
by reports which told of the serious
damage to crops in many sections.
and two deaths have been reported.
Five tohusand persons are report
ed to have been killed In the tighting
that is going on In Canton and It's
environs between government forces
and rebels. Fighting continues.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst was again
released from Holloway Jail London,
Thursday, as sequel to hunger
and thirst strike. She was in con
dltion of collapse When she was
sent back to jail ON Sunday last she
was stiil suffering from the effects OF
previous hunger strike,
Settlement OF the coal mine strike
at Nanimo and Ladysmith is in sight
Negotiations which have been under
way for two weeks were closed Thurs
day.