The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-05-22

brother and sister.
Irwin G. Baker arrived at New
York May Is, having travelled 1852 |
miles from San Diego, Cal, on mo
torcycle in ii days IL hours and 10
minutes.
Wrapped in the flag of his country,
Samuel Meisenberg of Chicago. one
of the nineteen United States marines
killed at Vera Cruz, was buried al
Chicago, May IA. A procession more
than mile long followed the body
to the grave. On the coffin was a
single wreath, sent by President Will
son
F. P. Hagal, Iative of Rochester
N. Y, and for forty years a balloon.
list and parachute jumper, died in the
county hospital at stockton Cal, from
natural causes. He was 62 years Of
age.
Three women were burned to death
early Tuesday in fire which destroy
ed hotel at Yuma, Ariz.
WASHINGTON.
Decrease in value of breadstuffs
cotton and cottonseed oil in April,
| 1914, compared with April, 1913, but
an increase of cattle, hogs and sheep
exports are shown in statistics of the
department of commerce.
Arbitration Of the Panama tolls
question was advocated in the senate
by Senator Mclean, Republican, OF
Connecticut.
The United States on Friday de
manded of the Huerta government de-
tails of the fate of Private Parks, the
American infantryman who strayed
into Mexican lines near Vera Cruz,
declaring that unless information
about him was given Immediately the
4 American government would consider
that IAN unfriendly and hostile act"
had been committed.
Federal control of oil pipe lines
was urged before the house inter
state commerce committee by Charles
S. Inman of Tulsa, Okla, represent
ing independent producers.
Senator Bradley of Kentucky, Re-
publican, has announced that i'll
health and inability to bear the hard
ships of a campaign compelled him
to announce that he will not be can
didate for reelection.
Secretary Garrison has directed
General Funston at Vera Cruz to ask
: General Mas, the Mexican federal
commander, what has become of Sam
uel Parks, the United States private
who, while supposedly insane, rode
through the Mexican lines and mas
: not been heard from since.
Secretary Bryan and Senior DR.. pou
Carlos A. Meza, Salyadorean charge
have signed convention renewing
! for five years the limited arbitration
convention binding the United States
!, and Salvador to submit to The Hague
i for arbitration all questions which
l cannot be settled by diplomacy.
FOREIGN.
Arson squads of militant suffra
gettes destroyed the costly grand
: stands at the County grounds in Birm
! ingham and London.
Earthquake shocks continue viii
alarming frequency at Catania, Sicily
Aount Etna is extremely active. a
!, number of the houses weakened b!
! previous shocks have fallen, but n,
! lives have been lost
The bill making tipping and thu
taking of tips an indictable offens,
has passed the Canadian senate CON
mittee OF the whole practically with
e out opposition.
Z The new Hamburg-American line
Vaterland sailed Thursday from Cu1
haven, Germany on her maiden voy
age for New York. She carried 80
= cabin passengers and about 1000 i
. the third cabin and steerage.
Il Several of General Quevedo's ban
: of guerillas, who have been cuttin
: telegraph lines and burning railroa
bridges near Santa Sofia, chihuahua
Y have been killed in skirmish wit
constitutionalist troops under Capital
e Leopoldo Rodriguez.
!. Mary Ansell, the militant suffrage
! who slashed the Royal Academy pc
= ! trait of the Duke of Wellington b
= Hubert Won Herkomer, was sentence
to six months Imprisonment.
of The steam collier Turrethill sun
y owing to the shifting of her cargo, o
al South Void, in the North Sea, with
loss of twelve men, The chief eng
~ neer, who was picked up by passin
o. steamer, said the steamer turne
y turtle, heeling over so rapidly thel
~ was no chance to launch boats.
in Constitutionalist troops have bee
dispatched in pursuit of bandits WI
n have been burning bridges along II
d Mexican Northwestern railroad
ne tween Juarez and Pearson.
10. Three American lives are the pric
Ie, that will be collected by General Ro
IN rigo Quevedo for every bandit in h
command killed by constitutional
ct soldiers. according to advices fro
nv Quevedo.
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