The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-03-07
NEWS OF A WEEK N
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPoRTANr
EVENTS TOLD IN sRlEFKsT
MANNER PossIBLE.
happenings That Arc Making Histssy
---infernation Gathered from All
Quarters of the Globe ana
oivsn In Few LlneA
lNrERMounTAln

I'm fENM0QNTAtW
Tight skirts. sheer stockings, high
heels and other extremes affected by
young women OF Reno. in imitation OF
members OF the divorce colony, have
Increased TO such an extent that Reno.
New. mothers have at last concluded
thas campaign must be waged against
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A compensation act. modelled after
that OF the state OF Washington. was
passed by the house OF representatives
OF the Idaho Legislature on February
Is. and sent to the senate.
With only one opposing vote, the
Utah senate on February rs, passed
without amendment, Mrs. Kings house
bili providing pensions for widows who
are forced 20 work to support children
under the age OF Is. Counties are TO
set aside a fund for this purpose.
On February 2s the lower house OF
the Idaho legislature passed the SEN
ate antiracetrack gambling bin and
sent II to the governor. by the terms
Of the anti-gambling bin race rack
track betting in the state OF Idaho is
shut of.
j. Wollam, a rancher near Reno,
New. shot and killed prowler at his
ranch. The dead mans head was
blown on by heavy charge of shot.
The dead man is known as sSheeney
Jim,- and had been employed as a
teamster on railroad construction
work At wadsworth.
The electric road between Ogden
and Logan. Utah, Is TO be built and
work Ia 70 be started this summer. ac-
oording 10 information made public by
the Ogden Rapid Transit company.
DOMESTIC
Twenty-Five hundred members OF the
Electrical Workers International
brotherhood employed In six western
states have authorized the Pacific dis
trict council Of their union to call
strike against the Pacific Telephone
4 Telegraph company unless their de-
mands are adjusted
Arrested at Los Angeles for a Sc
Hes Of small forgeries, A. j. Heinz,
founder and former president OF a
loose leaf book manufacturing com
pany OF Milwaukee, gouged out both
OF his eyes in self.punishment
| A protest from women's clubs
against high street car steps, first
voiced when hobble skirts became
popular, has resulted In the public
service commission ordering that all
closed street cars in New York City
be equipped with steps not higher
than hfteen inches from the ground
on and after January /. 1914
George C. Grutz. a fire insurance
adJuster and broker, high in the coun-
ellis OF so.called arson trust" has
been sentenced to Sing Sing prison
tor a maximum term OF twenty-five
years and six months. He was con-
vleted largely on the testimony OF
lay the painter OF causing tene-
ment houses on the east side to be
set afire.
A head-on collision between a
passenger and a freight train OF the
Chicago 4 Northwestern railway at
Goose Lake. Iowa, resulted in the
death OF Engineer Hunt Fireman
Hermann Schoenseald was injured.
The garment workers strike. In
progress In New York City since early
January. involving at It's height 10000
or more workers, officially was de.
clared off Friday The workers
accepted the manufacturers terms.
/ Passengers arriving at III Paso.
Texas, from chihuahua city reported
that Augustin Lavansat. police chief
Of the state capital. and seven others
have been executed by the military
authorities, They were charged with
completely in the revolutionary plot OF
which Ex-Governor Abraham Gonzales
lie accused.
Thomas r. Flynn. a prominent CAPT,
lalist committed suicide in his apart.
ments at Dies Moines, Iowa Death
was caused by gas which had been
turned on. Flynn left note saying
domestic troubles had caused him 70
determine to end his life
Two unidentified negro tramps
charged with killing Policeman John
Gibby OF cornelia, Ca. were taken
from posse and lynehed by mol
Of masked men.
Attorneys for William A. Dorr OF
stockton. Cal. who was convicted Of
numbering George T. Marsh OF Lynn
Mass. announce that they will ap
peal the case.
The third member OF the board O
arbitration TO settle the differences
between the eastern railroads and
their tremen viii have 20 be chosen
by the United States commissioner
OF labor and the chairman OF the Ia
terstate commerce commission.
The personal property OF the Allis
Chalmers company. s5o.O00.0oo cor
J poration. was sold at auction at Mi
. waukee last week for $4,000. 900. Jas
) y. walker John II. Mcclementy AM
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