The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-02


in behalf of peace was conveyed to
him by 100 members OF the Luther |
League Of America, who came, from
Baltimore
John E. Redmond, the Irish Ma |
tionalist leader, accompanied by John |
Dillon and Joseph Redmond, also |
members Of the Irish party, will at
tend the convention of the United |
Irish league which will be held in
New York City on November 10.
Four steamships from trans-Atlan-
tic ports brought into New York on
Thursday 1,437 passengers.
San Francisco was chosen as the
meeting place for the 1915 conven-
ton of the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers.
p, III. Williams. engineer, was killed
and r. H. Lindsey, fireman, was Sc
riously injured Tuesday when the
engine and two baggage cars attached
to a passenger train was derailed
near Beebe, Ark.
WASHINGTON.
Frequent charges and insinuatisIs
that insidious influences have been at
work in Washington in connection
with the antitrust and river and har-
Dor legislation have prompted Senator
Overman, chairman of the special lob
by investigation committee, to con-
slider calling his committee to COM
plete its inquiry, begun more than a
year ago.
The administration war revenue bill
imposing additional taxes on beer, do
nestle wines and gasoline, special
taxes on theaters and certain dealers
and stamp taxes, all estimated to pro-
duce $1O5,000,000 within year, was
passed by the house September 25.
The vote was 234 to 1875.
Peace commission treaties with
Great Britain, France and Spain have
been ratified by the senate, making
twenty-five in the series negotiated by
the state department which have been
approved by this government.
Secretary Garrison has decided to
remit the fines totaling approximately
100000 imposed on the Hamburg
American liners Ypiranga, Bavaria
and DANA for alleged Irregularities
in their clearance papers shortly aft
er the American occupation of Vera
Cruz.
President Wilson has sent to the
senate the nominations of Frederick
Jesup Stipson of Harvard university
to be ambassador to Argentina and
Henry Prather Fletcher, now minis
ter to Chile, toebe ambassador to that
country.
FOREIGN.
Premier Asquith appeared at the
Mansion house in Dublin, Friday night
for the purpose, as he expressed it in
the opening of his speech, AS head
of the kings government to summon
loyal and patriotic Ireland to take her
place in defense of our common
cause" and was given an enthusiastic
reception.
That Cracow has been occupied by
German troops, that the town has been
put under a German military COM
mandant, and that the austrian civil
administration has been displaced. is
the gist of the latest adviees received
/ in London.
Cabling from Amsterdam, the CORE.
/ spondent of the Central News says a
/ telegram received there from Macs
| trieht conveys the news that arriv.
ais from Liege ire declaring that the
Germans are blowing MP all the
bridges in the vicinity of that city
| that might be of strategic value tc
/ their enemies.
Sir James P. Whitney. premier OF
Ontario, is dead. Sir James Whitney
was one of the chief leaders in Can
ada in opposition to the reciprocity
plan proposed by President Taft. Sil
James's illness began in New York
last December and was primarily due
to nervousness and overwork. He was
nearly II years old.
The subprefect of st, Quentin
France, has been seriously wounded
/ by shot fired by a German soldier
according to a dispatch from the Sois
sons. correspondent Of the Reuter- Tel
egram company.
Georges Carpenter, the boxer, hal
been seriously wounded while serving
at the front with the French army
A dispatch from Client to the Lon
don Express says that the trouble
between the Bavarians and Prussian;
in Brussels has continued and that al
Bavarians in Belgium are being re
moved.
The steamer Prussia has arrived
at Santos and landed the master ant
fifteen of the crew of the steamer In
dian Prince, which was sunk by thu
German auxiliary cruiser Kronprin,
Wilhelm.
Telegraphing from Amsterdam. tn
correspondent of the Reuter- Tele
gram company says the thirty frs
German casualty list, carrying a tota
of about 1000 men killed. wounded
and missing, has been given out.