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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24

incidents such as these have not &C
Cured in any case where representa-
tiyes of other governments were con
cerned. but only in dealings with rep
resentatiyes of the United States, and
that there has been no occasion for
other governments to call attention TO
such matters or to ask for apologies.
These repeated offenses against
the rights and dignity OF the United
States, offenses not duplicated with
regard to the representatives of other
governments. have necessarily made
the impression that the government
OF the United States was singled out
for manifestations OF i'll viii and con-
tempt"
Many Precedcd.s for Action.
The president feels that he has am
p.v authority for the preparatory meas
ures he has adopted
President Mckinley went so far as
TO send an expedition to Peking dur
ing the Boxer revolt.
In 1851 the United States sloop of
war Dale visited the island OF Johan-
ma and under threat of bombarding the
town obtained $1,000 as measure of
redress for the unlawful imprison-
ment of the captain of an American
whaler
In 1868 me Pembroke. a small Amer
lean steamer. was fired upon BY Jap
anese shore batteries. The American
minister demanded redress for the in.
suit TO the American flag. and the
commander of the United States war
ship Wyoming opened fire On the re
sponsible japanese authorities
Example Set by Seward.
Secretary OF State Seward in an Of
fetal note made the following state
ment. apropos of this incident:
When the injury involves also an
insult > the flag OF the United States
the demand for satisfaction must be
imperative and the United States
naval force at Japan may not only be
used to protect the legation and any OF
the citizens OF the United States there
resident but the Tycoon is to be in
formed that the United States VIII
as they shah find occasion, send add
tional forces to maintain the forego-
ing demands.
What President Wilson is doing is
/ in line with the recorded presidents
! He has demonstrated and satisfaction
has been refused. He is about TO
make naval demonstration. AS JEFF
! terson said, sucn an act is considered
an act OF war and never failed TO pro
duce it in the case of nation able Z
make wSr.s
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24

Said the maid TO the bashful youth:
I'm going to scream anyway, so you
might Just as wei kiss me
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24
A cLEReYmAN's TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop II Wig
ton, Pa. suffered from Dropsy for ?.
year. His limbs and feet were swol-
len and pulled. He had heart futter-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-eoated, tiny granules Easy TO take
as candy. Adv.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24

Women have been thinking of
Easter millinery Such thinking costs
money.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24
On West Coast.

MEN AVAILABLE PURPOSES
On East Coast
Sailors 5000 Marines
Additional
Mexico The
coast. 1000.
This purposes by trooFs
$1,000 of whom eborder.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24

San Francisco, January s, 1914.
Mr.. a. de Ia Tore, Jr,, formerly q.
S. Inspector OF Immigration, Port Of San
Francisco. writes from No. iii Powell
St, San Francisco, Cal: 4 taI.e great
pleasure in Recommending your great ma
tional eatarrh cure. Peruna. as the best
ever used. sincerely express my thanks
70 You for the health which now enjoy
II has done me and number of my
friends good. and / can assure You that I
shall take every opportunity to speak
in favor Of what consider to b. the
best remedy for cztarrh in existence to-
day"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24

Developments in the killing OF w
n. Menzie and Miss Blanche Signal
whose bodies were found in the ruins
OF lumber c.iice at Geddes. S ID.
point strongly toward murder and sui
side.
Charles W. Fairbanks OF Indian.
apolis, former vice-president. was
slightly injured when the speakers
stand on the courthouse yard at Frank.
port, Ind, collapsed during the Arbor
day exercises.
Eighty men saved their lives b.
Jumping through windows when
trapped by fire in the sawmill Of the
Northland Pine company at Mime
apolis. Several were injured, but none
seriously.
The court of domestic relations in
Detroit. established by an act Of the
last legislature. was held unconstitu-
tional by the state supreme court. The
court has granted about 600 divorces.
The coal operators of Illinois have
refused to accede to the demand for
higher wages made by the workers
The operators have to date rejected
practically every demand asked by
the miners
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24
WAR STRENGTH OF THE NAVY IN SOUTH

Washington.-Never before in the
history Of the nation has the strength
OF the navy been shown as It is in
Mexican waters today A greater per
centage OF fighting machines were as
The war strength which the Uni
within q few days to compel complii
ment may thus be summarized:
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24

E H. Dodd, commander.
Iris (tenderl ... 6,100 j.
First Division-Lieut NJ X. Metcalf
corp1apdar
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24

sembled about Cuba in the war with
Spain, but the navy Of 1898 had not
the fighting strength Of the navy of
today either in number Of vessels, in
tonnage or in gun caliber.
ID States viii have in Mexican waters
ace with the demands OF this govern
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24
FOREIGN.

General ODregon, with seNeId tnou
sand rebel troops from southern So
nora, has entered upon an expedition
whose objective is Guadalaiara, state
of Jalisco. the second city of Mexico
The text of the treaty between the
United States and Colombia settling
the controversy over Panama was
made public at Paris, April IL,
through the Colombian legation by
publication in the Temps. The treaty
was signed at Bogota April 4.
white Wolf" the notorious Chinese
brigand, lost 1000 of his followers in
killed and wounded in battle at Lich-
nan Hsien. according to the official
report. The crushing defeat of the
brigands occurred after they had cap
tured and looted the town OF San Yuan
Hsien.
Johan Castberg. minister Of social
and industrial affairs in the Nor
wegian cabinet, resigned. owing to
disagreement with his colleagues on
social questions.
Regular troops severely defeateu
white Wolf and his Chinese brig
ands. several hundred of whom we're
killed. The troops encountered the
bandit army at Ii Chuan Hsien, north
west of Sian Fo.
Five newspaper men. said to be
Americans assigned to the federal
troops. are reported to have been
among the prisoners captured by the
rebels at the battle of San Pedro de
/ Las Colonias.
| formidable revolutionary move
ment has been launched in China, ac
cording to dispatch from Shanghai
| The regular troops at Sian Flu, cap
ital of shen 81 province, are said Il
I have mutinied and are believed t
he in league with the notorious Orig
and white Wolf.
nine days battle possibly NOR
desperate than that at Gomez Palaci
and Torreon has resulted in a victor.
RI the rebels under Gen. Fr&2clse'
villa. according TO an official repor
made public at Juarez.
The Netherlands government ha
ordared the Dutch warship Nortenae
to proceed from Curacao to Tampic
70 guard Dutch interests there
\ Most Of the London morning pa
pers in their editorial comment q
~ ,taxican situation, display syn
pathy with President Wilson in tn
difficulties which have arisen witt
MEXICO. while at the same time cor
tending that those difficulties wer
largely brought about by his idealistl
policy.
paratfine wax bath heated to Il
degrees Fahrenheit is a new trea'
ment for rheumatism. sciatica, gou
and kindred ailments. as describe
I bv DR.. Barthe de Sandfort at IN
academy of medicine in Paris
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24

Under Preparatory Orders.
Third divisio.-Rear Admiral Frank
E. Beatty, commander
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24
Pacific Fleet.

Rear Admiral T. B. Howard,
Commander in chief.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-04-24
Details of the Fleet.
Now at Vera Cruz.

First diyisions-Rear Admiral F. F.
Fletcher. commander.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-09-04
TURKEY MAY DECLARE WAR

Bondon.-The Daily Telegraphs diplomatic correspondent says:
 Turkey may declare war at any moment. It is now only a matter of days-possibly a few hours.
 'All efforts of the powers in the Triple Entente have failed, and the London embassy admits the situation is grave. The military party domi- nant in Constantiople has concluded that the present is the best time to obtain restoration of Macedonia and the Aegean Islands
 German officers and men are be- ing poured into Constantinople. Fur key apparently counts on the Balkan states quarreling among themselves while Turkey fights Greece. but it seems likely that Turkeys declara- tion of war against Greece will be re- garded as hostile act by the Triple Entente, which will send a fleet to dispose of all the Turkish and Ger. man ships.
 "The British government has warn ed Turkey that by starting any cam paign at this time she signs her death warrant"
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-09-04

Austro-Hungarian border and through wide area of East Prussia.
 Silence has covered Austrias war with Servia for several days, but that has become minor detail of the death struggle of the European powers.
 The Russian front is the scene of events of the greatest magnitude, but between the claims and counter claims of the belligerents there is such vital difference it is impossible to form an estimate of which way the balance swings.
 From northern France the news appears to follow events by three or four days. The French embassy an- nounces that there has been hard fighting on the right wing of it's northern army near Mezieres since Friday and also that the German forces are making progress in the La Fere district, which apparently means that the French left wing has retired somewhat farther, but it is not revealed how near the Germans have approached to the La Fere for tresS.
 British official reports issued Sum day show that the British army no longer constitutes the left wing of the allied forces, but that the French have reinforced them on the west It further says that the French have been fighting both east and west of them and have brought the German steam roller to a standstill for a time.
 The Germans are believed to be forging another steam roller for a heavy blow and Great Britain anxious ly awaits word of a great battle in which her army may be focal point
 The Chronicles St. Petersburg correspondent sends the unofficial re- port that Russian forces hotly pursu- ing the German army succeeded in the general confusion in entering the city of Koenigsberg, East Prussia on the heels of the enemy, and obtaining command of the town and fortress.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-09-04
AMERICA WILL.
 KEEP FROM VAR
BUT EMERGENCY LEGISLATION IS NEED ED TO MEET ITS
 CONSEQUENCES.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Washington.-The European war situation and the possibility of de- mand for emergency legislation has caused the president and administra- tlon leaders to make every effort to assure quorum in Congress. AL ready these efforts have resulted in house absentees Hooking in on every train.
 A quorum has been present in the Senate all the time, but many sena- tors are absent. Democratic absen- ahd ol.a raalf mics north of Green Ic1l. -..s returf to pafGfcfare, Ill d cbnq l LaSte aa4Se to {be held this week to consider the legislative program.
 While the conference primarily is to determine on a war revenue meas ure to offset losses in revenue due to the war, some aspects of the nations foreign relations, with particular re- gard to the Far East may be con- sidered
 Philippine exports are giving the administration concern because of the COulilcI between Japan ana Germany. A plan to place a ban on exports from the island except to the United States while the war in Europe con- tinues is under consideration. It is argued that should shipments from the Philippines to Germany or Austria be captured by the Japanese an en- barrassing situation might arise. The same might be true should exports to Japan be seized by Germany. Ad- ministration senators are urging &C., tion by Congress to avert trouble which might be precipitated through Philippine commerce.
 The slump in customs receipts be- cause of the war has made a special internal revenue tax necessary. The president probably will address Con gress on the subject during the week, and the Democratic conference will discuss 1t fully.
 A conference argument on the ad- minfstration war risk insurance bill is expected soon. The bill probably will be signed before the weeks end.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-09-04
FURIOUS NAvAI.
 FIGHT REPORTED
BRITISH FLEET SINKS ELEVEN GERMAN VESSELS IN THE
 NORTH SEA.

London.-The crews Of destroyers which have arrived in port say that at least II German vessels of various off Heligoland
 Toward the end of the battle some of the English pennaces engaged in picking up Germans who were strug- gling in the water were followed by the German squadron and had to re- treat, leaving the men to their fate.
 British cruisers and destroyers, .-eelI 'asonthem showing signs of ''tJ battle in which they were engaged off Heligoland have arrived at Harwich Chatham and Sheerness. They had British and German wounded aboard The Germans were picked up at sea after their ships went down. A num- Der of men died before the warships reached port and were buried at sea; others died on the way to the hospital and their bodies were taken to the naval mortuary.
 Most of the wounded are suffering from head injuries caused by shell fire, but others had arms and legs shattered. White-clad bearers car ried most of the wounded on stretch CTS to the hospital, but some of them we're accommodated on yachts lent for Red Cross service.
 No one was allowed to board the damaged vessels, but from shore it could be seen that some of them bore shell holes. One destroyer had no less than IA such holes plugged with cloth.
 British sailors who boarded the German cruiser Maintz after she was put cut of action, say the effect of the British gunfire was terrific. Masts were shot away and turrets battered in. The decks were a mass of wreckage and dead and dying sailors were lying all over the ship. A Harwich message, heavily cen sored, describing the landing of the wounded in the Heligoland fight, says there were plenty of eyewit- nesses when the first batch were landed shortly before o'clock Sat urday morning. Among the dead was lieutenant. The German wounded from the Mainz were roughly at- tired. None had a full uniform. Many had suffered frightful wounds. The Mainz's quartermaster, who is a seXa- genarian, was badly wounded in the body.
 Ninety German prisoners from the Mainz have been landed at Leith. Eight are officers and one Is said to be the son of Admiral von Tirpitz, German minister of the navy. Sixteen of the prisoners are suffering from wounds.
 The British light cruiser Fearless took a prominent part in the battle. She approached within 10 miles of the German coast and drew out the German cruisers, which attempted to surround her. At one moment she was engaged single-handed against four of them. One had come within 1000 yards when she was struck and burst into flames. After they had found the range, the German mark manship was good. The Fearless wireless was shot away and she was hit 19 times. Afterward the Fearless stood by the disabled German, al though she herself was in great dan ger of being sunk.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-09-04
CARRANzA CLOSES
 PORT OF VERA CRUZ
SOME CONSIDER IT RESENT. MENT OVER AMERICAN OCCU-
 FANCY OF THE CITY.

ngton.-President Carranza has ordered the port of Vera Cruz closed, according to official advices to the American government. Gen, eral Funston transmitted a long re port on the complications which might result, but State Department officials are not inclined to regnrd, t as an unfriendly lyadrtlrc-.~- adrtlrc--:..
 During the Huerta req Cruz was similarly closed 'sessassssaasT vessels paid little attenlf order Carranza's decree vent Mexican ships froT Vera Cruz and if enfor friendly way might exa,. alties from foreign vess any other Mexican ports al. touched at Vera Cruz. Genel ston called attention to the pos. ity that foreign ship owners desir not to incur the displeasure of Carranza administration, might he tate to send cargoes to Vera Or diminishing the food supply of city.
 In some quarters there was position to regard Carranza's tude as one of resentment z continued occupancy of Vera
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-09-04
DECLARES SIEljjEt
 IS ONLY BLUFF
FRENCH NEVERTHELESS MAX ING. RAPID PREPARATIONS TO
 WITHSTAND INVESTMENT -
Western Newspaper rnlon News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Paris.-AI Monday night the troops from the south and west of France were arriving at the cap4tal and pass ing by rail around the city to the locations in the encircling fortiiica- tions to which they have been as signed.
 There is great activity on the part of municipal administration in com pleting the details of the plans for the defense of Paris.
 The unusual animation to be mo- ticed on the streets of Paris was caused chiefly by the thousands of persons who are preparing to leave the capital. Persons are departing and taking their families with them as a matter of prudence. It is thought here that the smaller the number of noncombatants in the city the better
 Tickets for trains leaving Paris Monday to the west and south were sold out Sunday night.
 Lines of people stretched for blocks fro mthe railway stations Monday. waiting for the ticket offices to be opened at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. Whole families with their hand bag gage ci'mped on the lines, where they ate their meals and slept as best they could.
 The Quai d'Orsay station was closed at noon. The crowd of perhaps 1000 persons then in line were told that no more tickets would be sold Monday. Only few left their places. The others resigned themselves to wait of IS hours.
 President Poincare, who has been seen but rarely in public since the war began, being overhurdened with work Monday visited the military hospi- tai of St. Martin and spoke to many of the wounded.
 The decision of the military au- thorities to clear the zone of forts around Paris does not affect the zone immediately surrounding the old for tifications of the city. It only applies to detched forts, such as thoge at 'lnshtvaierefn, and at 5szy Ali Jle buildings and the small structures CT no great value surrounding these forts will be razed. Steps have been taken to provide shelter for all home less persons.
 Lieut. Col. Leonce Rousset the military critic, writing for his paper, the Petit Parisien, treasures those who may be frightened by the pos sible investment of Paris.
 He declares first that in 1870 the capital was held for near five months under conditions much different than those of today.
 Second, the Germans had a free disposition, at least as far as Nan teuil-Sur-Marne of the Strassburg- Paris through railroad lines, while at present they have not yet been able to touch the Eastern fortified iron tier and have been driven back of Montague, north of Valenciennes.
 Third, their sole line of communi- cation, which passes by Belgium, is at this point so precarious that it can be destroyed in moment.
 The investment of Paris. he de- clares, if it should occur, would be nothing but an immense bluff" and would be soon interrupted.
 As the transportation Of troops grows less heavy. train service will be doubled or trebled to hermit for eigners to leave France. The exodus of Americans from Paris continues, while many French residents are a. so beginning to leave the capital.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-09-04
Flashes From the Moving
 Picture Drama of War

Eight hundred British regulars were withdrawn from Bermuda for service in Europe.
 The kaiser has gone to the Prus- sian frontier to direct operations against the Russians.
 Women in Chicago will hold a great anti-war demonstration Septem- Der 13.
 It is reported that Servia is plan ming an invasion of Austria.
 Antwerp reports that Gen Pau of France won victory over 50,000 Germans near Peronnes.
 The Turkish consul general at New York says Turkey has had enough war and will remain neutral.
 Berlin reports that German troops have captured 30,0O0 Russian sol diers and many high officers.
 Japan cannot send troops to Eu- rope, but it can under treaty obliga- tions assist England in quelling mutiny in India
 Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and her children arrived in England Mon day night.
 John T. McCutcheon, the cartoon ist, and Irwin Cobb, the humorist, are safe in Brussels
 German armored automobile trucks equipped with scythes mow through hedges and barbed wire entangle- ments, resisting anything but artiI- lery fire.
 The Austro-Russan battle line ex- tends for distance of APO miles.
 Gen. Leman directed the defense of Liege from an automobile ambu- lance while both legs were crushed.
 Of 1,200 men aboard German yes sels sunk off Heligoland, only 330 were saved.
 The Germans report the disastrous rout of the English at St. Quentin.
 For six cents one may get a whole some meal in popular restaurants being opened in Paris
 A British force from New Zealand has taken Apia, capital of the German Samoan Islands.
 Gen. Pau, the aged French veteran, is the hero of the hour at Amiens, and is expected to turn the tide of defeat.
 Alexander Gorki, son of Maxim Gorki the Russian author, has en- listed in the French army.
 German Togoland has surrendered unconditionaly. The allies entered &amina Thursday morning.
 Inc Germans-'li lie keeping of three of s300.000 on the Belgian town of Charleroi and $4OO,0o0 on Tournai.
 A dispatch from Ostend says the Germans have occupied Lille, Robaix and Valenciennes, all in France.
 The situation between Japan and Austria is described at Tokio as "a rupture of diplomatic relations, not war"
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-09-04
PARIS PREPARING
 F0R GREAT SIEGE
MILITARY GOVERNOR ORDERS RESIDENCES IN DEFENSE
 ZONE RAZED.


 London.-A Paris dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Com pany, says: "A German aviator flew over Paris Sunday afternoon and dropped five bombs which % fell in the most populous quarter of the city. In one case two wo- men were wounded. The aviator, who signed himself Lieutenant * von Hessen, dropped manifestos * on which were written: The German army is at the gates of Paris you can do nothing but surrender"
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-09-04
Mai. preyfus and His Son.

London.-A dispatch from The Hague says that the eldest son of Maj. Alfred Dreyfus, who is serving as a sergeant in the French army distinguished himself before Charle- roi and was promoted on the battle field. His father has written rela- tiyes in Utrecht that his application for a commission in the French army had been granted by Minister of War Millerand. Maj. Alfred Dreyfuss was convicted in 1894 of having divalged secrets to sateign power.
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-09-04
British Bravery at Tournai.

London.-The Daily Mails Bou- logne correspondent, writing of the battle of Tournai, says: "The battle of Tournai should go down in British history beside Rorkes Drift and Ma gersfontein as revelation of the British army. At Tournai a German cavalry force of 5000. men over whelmed British force of 7G0, who hourly expected relief which never appeared. The Germans were vietors at terrible price and only after their own ranks had beC~ <hinne'"
The Green Forest tribune., 1914-09-04
PapaI Electors Locked In.

Rome.-At 7:9o o'clock Monda, night Cardinal Della Volpe, the Papa chamberlain, closed the inside doc to the conclave hall in which tr College of Cardinals is gathered elect a successor to the late Por Plus. Outside stood the governt and marshal of the conclave. N until a new pope has besn che will the doors be opened or any timation of the procedure iasidl known. All telephone wires int, edifice have been cut.