The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-02-13

Los Angeles was chosen unanimous
ly as the next meeting place by the
fruit jobbers in session at Kansas City.
William l.. Wagner of Chicago was
named president. w. M. Roylance Of
Provo. Utah. was chosen treasurer.
| Love for two sixteen-year-old girls,
neither of whom knew Of the others
existence, prompted John McFadden
to kill Anna Lutz and himself as they
sat in the automobile near Ligonier,
| Pennsylvania.
Frank Pennington and Robert Hay
err were instantly killed, Thomas Hay
err. Daniel Cox and Robert Hampton
were fatally burned and John and Lin
| coin Hayer we're seriously injured at
Urban, Ky. when a boiler Ia saw
mill exploded.
Robert Gum Bremner, who won his
/ way to the national house OF repre-.
sentatiyes from the Seventh New Jer-
sey district after career that was
as varied. perhaps, as any ever
sketched In the compression record,
died Thursday at Baltimore, from can
Ger.
Cesare Cont, one of the largest inn
porters Of olive oil, wines and other
Italian products In the country and a
private banker and railroad ticket
giant tnoda an aaofrrtoaas A., Nau,
York on Wednesday for the benefit
OF creditors.
WASHINGTON.
Fearful that General villa would
carry out his threat to deal summar-
lily with SpanIards should they be cap
tured in the rebel attack on Torreon,
agents of Spain telegraphed to the
Spanish minister at washington rec
ommending that their countrymen be
urged to leave Torreon.
Immediate release OF all munitions
Of war under seizure in Texas, New
Mexico and Arizona, except those
needed as evidence against violators
Of the neutrality laws, has been order
ed by the department OF Justice.
The house has passed the senate
resolution appointing Former Senator
Joseph G. s. Blackburn of Kentucky,
resident commissioner OF the Lincoln
Memorial commission at salary of So
600 year
President Wilson't expressed desire
for repeal of the provisions of the Pan
ANA canal act which exempts Amerl-
can coastwise ships from tolls, 1t is
apparent, viii precipitate spirited de-
bate in both houses OF congress when
the bill to carry out the suggestion is
submitted.
President Wilson has announced
that he would endeavor to have re-
pealed at the present session Of con-
gress that provision of the Panama
canal act which exempts American
coastwise ships from the payment of
tolls.
Senator Smoot has introduced
bill to provide for commission to be
composed of one practical mining
man, competent mining lawyer,
member of the geological survey, all
to be appointed by the president. to
codify and suggest amendments to
the general mining laws.
FOREIGN.
His immense income tied up by
three years of revolutions, Alberto
Terrazas of the family whose name in
Mexico Is a synonym for great wealth
has been compelled to seek means of
livelihood.
The president of the republic of
Peru, Guillermo Billinghurst, was
seized Wednesday by military revolu.
tionists and was taken as prisoner
to Callao, from which port he will be
sent into exile in foreign country.
The situation in Port au Prince has
reached stage of tension. Orestes
zamor, who defeated the revolution.
aries under senator Davilmar Theo-
dore few days ago at Gonaives, is
now on his way to the capital,
Phenomenal geysers, throwing up
boiling water and steam heavily i'm.
pregnated with salt, have attracted
biologists to the oil fields at Filipesci
de Tirgu. in the province of Prahova.
The water issues from borings made
in the search for oil.
Maximillo Castillo, the bandit, after
Twenty-Five of his men had been cap.
tured and executed by revolutionary
force at lei Vale, near Casas Grandes
set fire to the woodwork of the Drake
tunnel which carries the Mexican
Northwestern railroad through the
continental divide and escaped to the
mountains.
A life sentence in an asylum for
criminal insane was pronounced at
Heilbronn. Germany, on the school
teacher Wagner, who on September
5. after setting flre to the village OF
Muehlhausen. Wurtemberg. murdered
his wife and four children and after.
ward shot twenty-six villagers, kill
ing ten of them.