The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-08-07

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weeks, is destined at the outset TO
become strategic highway OF the
world II the present hostilities be-
tween Austria4Hungary and Seryia
develop into q general conflict inyolv-
Ing the other great European powers.
The body OF Blanche Yorke, myster-
IousIy missing since July 5, has been
found buried In the cellar OF the
residence nc Tamworth, Ont, OF DIR.
G. X. Robinson. A warrant for the
arrest OF DR.. Robinson. charging him
with murder. was Immediately is-
sued.
WASHINGTON.
During the first nine months OF its
operation the Underwood tariff law,
according to the department of COM
merce figures announced July 81.
yielded somewhat less revenue than
the Payne law, slightly more than the
Dingley law and one and half times
as much as the Mckinley and Wilson
laws.
Complaint by the Chinese minister
TO the state department that Gen.
Hwong Hsing, Lin Sun and other al
legged Chinese agitators, we're foment-
ing IN San Francisco a rebellious
movement against the government Of
China has been referred to the de-
patment OF state,
Secretary Daniels has signed the
contract plans for the new battleships
authorized by congress this year.
These ships, to be named the califor.
MIA. Mississippi anu Idaho. will be the
largest battleships as yet designed
for the United States navy, and will
cost 100000.
President Wilson has called con-
ference at the White House In an
effort to avert strike which would
tie up practically every western rail-
road.
Revolutlonizing OF the governments
reclamation policy is proposed by
Representative Underwood, the Dem.
ocratic leader, In an amendment to
the senate bill to extend from ten to
twenty years the time allowed settlers
on irrigation projects to pay for their
water rights.
FOREIGN.
Constitutionalist leaders at Tam.
pico predict there will be no peace
conference between the delegates OF
General Carranza and Provisional
President Carbajal at Saltillo,
The Russian cabinet has decided tc
put before parliament bill introduc,
ing system Of universal education
The German military authorities
have posted notices that the railroad
station and tracks at Koenigsbura
have been placed under military
guard. Nobody Is allowed 10 approach
nearer than 100 yards OF the tracks
and culverts.
A Central News dispatch from Der
lin says the Russian troops blew vi
the frontier railroad bridge of thu
Warsaw-Vienna railroad between Ora
Mica, Russian Poland, and Szozakovi
in Galicia.
The headquarters OF the Women
Social and Political union. the mill
tant suffrage organization, has sen
proclamation to all its branches Il
the United Kingdom. ordering tn
cessation Of all acts of milltancy dul
ing the continuance of the InternS
tional crisis.
Mrs. Dacre Fox and another milii
ant suffraset raided Buckingham pal
ace in a further effort TO present
petition to King George, They wer
both arrested before they had got IA
within the precincts OF the palace.
Drowning OF more than 5000 pei
sons and property losses OF $4,000, 90
resulting from great floods sweepin
through twenty.nine districts In tn
province of Kwano-Tung. China, is r,
ported
The Austro- Hungarian forces inva,
ing Servia total 100000 men, accor
ing to newspaper dispatch frol
! Rome.
, Canada is making preparations
aid England with regiments should n
D mother country become involved
I the European conflict
g Twenty-Five persons were killed Al
: fifty others injured. some fatally,
g an explosion OF fireworks during
festival at Tudela. Spain. Most
a the dead were decapitated by I
t. force of the explosion.
g A dispatch to the London Tin
y from Durazzo says the Austrian Lilo
y steamship service from the Adria
sea is completely interrupted.
ID Gold coin had almost disappear
IN from circulation in Paris, and ev
st silver is becoming scarce, so Il
OF many of the small storekeepers
ld unable to give change.
y More than 100000 persons sta
~ ing bareheaded and silent in
~ streets of Dublin Wednesday nj
witnessed the funeral procession
rk three persons killed last Sunday W
it'll the Kings Own Scottish Border
ST fired into q mob during an ate