The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-28
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN eRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
---Informatlon Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In Few LInes.
lNTERMouNTAIN.

ulct OF not guilty.
Craig. Colo. ID now a railroad town,
also railroad terminal. which In
creases its Importance. Almost every
man. woman and child In Craig and
from the ranches for miles around
stood at the depot and cheered until
hoarse az the frat train to reach Craig
Numbered In Friday.
Chief OF Police ]. w. Grant OF Bing-
ham and Deputy sherifrs Otto Wit
beck and Nepbi s. Jensen, both living
ia Salt Lake but assigned to duty in
bingham. we're slain from ambush
Friday evening at dusk near Saratoga
Springs, nine miles west OF Lehi, Utah,
BY Ralph Lopez, a Mexican. who had
killed a fellow countryman and was
being pursued by the officers.
The American Federation OF Labor.
IN session at Seattle. refused TO adopt
resolution condemning armed inter,
vention In Mexico on the ground that
such Intervention might be justifiable
and desirable.
q. w. BeIcher, a Baldwin-Felts de-
sectIye employed by the coal oper-
ators. was shot and killed while on the
main street at Trinidad Colo. Al
striking miner is charged with the
shooting.
John Baidez, rs years of age,
Mexican. was shot and killed at Bingi
ham. Utah. by Ralph Topaz. fellow
countryman. Baldez was shot through
the left lung and heart and died In
stantly.
The the time is not ripe for the
formation of q labor party. but that
trade nnionists should look forward to
increasing political activity, was az
firmed Wednesday at Seattle by the
American Federation of Labor.
DOMESTIC.
The prediction Of fortune teller
that the young man she soon was to
marry would drink and be unfaithful.
making her married life unhappy
caused Agnes Fairbanks 20 years
old, to commit suicide at the home
OF her fance In Kansas City, Kan.
Hope for a speedy adjustment OF
the Navajo Indian situation In north
western New Mexico is expressed by
Agent w. r. Shelton at the Shlprock
agency.
For carrying a pistol In violation OF
the Sullivan law, Antonio Concha, an
east side New York gunman, was sem
fenced to fourteen year imprisonment
in Sing Sing.
Fireman p. O'Connor OF Schneider,
Ont, was drowned and other members
Of the crew and passengers narrowly
escaped death when the first
section OF the Canadian Pacific rail-.
roads Imperial limited, westbound
from Montreal TO Vancouver. was
wrecked near Coldwell, i75 miles east
OF Fort William, Ont.
Statistics recently compiled show a
great Increase In the number OF di.
vorces and a large decrease In the
number OF marriages In Germany in
the last few years.
twenty-five thousand section men
employed by the Canadian Pacific rail.
road between Montreal and the Pacific
coast have demanded an increase In
wages In some cases as much as 2b
per cent. A general strike has been
deferred by the c0mpany's disposal to
place the subject before q board OF
arbitration.
Charges that the Titanic was unsea-
worthy were presented TO the federal
district court ia New York on Friday
in proceedings to determine the liza
billty OF the owners to the heirs OF
those who lost their lives In the dis.
aster. These claims aggregate si7,-
100000.
Eight officials and agents OF the
Florida Fruit Lands company were in
dicted by the federal grand jury at
Kansas City on q charge Of conspiracy
10 use the mails 20 defraud Ia connec-
ton with the sale OF 10000 acres of
land in the Everglades district of Flor
ida 10 10000 purchasers In various
Mates
In three speeches delivered In rapid
succession at st. Louis, Secretary OF
the Navy Daniels lauded President
Wilson and the accomplishments Of
his administration az being truly
great" assured a wcman's club their
sex would be given the ballot in all
parts OF the country before very many
years.
Max cargin. young man OF Mar
Gus. Ohio. was killed and four others
seriously injured when the automobile
in which they were riding turned over.
Cargints neck was broken
William .. Rico. a private Of battery
b. Sixth Field artillery. stationed at
Fort Riley, Kansas. was found not
guilty OF the charge Of numbering VII
ford D. Duquett. fellow soldier.
A funeral procession was halted In
Long Island city and the chauffeur Of
the automobile coach that headed II
was arrested and convicted Of exceed
ing the speed limit.