The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-30

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IVES hot down on street In tn.
Wholesale district at Los Angeles, re
mains unexplained. No trace OF tn,
man who did the shooting has beer
found
DR. John Grant Lyman, the con
gicted Panama land promoter, who
says he was once millionaire, took
the paupers oath in the United States
district court at Los Angeles on Fri
day.
BY a decree of the supreme court
AZ Boston II. Augustus Heinze, the
copper mine owner OF Montana, has
had his suit to recover more than
100000 from various brokers ia this
city recommitted to n lockwood
Hall, the master in the case.
A stay Of mandate In the cases Of
the alleged dynamiters convicted at
indianapolis and whose applications for
new trials recently were denied was
granted the defendants by the United
States court Of appeals at Chicago.
WASHINGTON.
Secretary Wilson OF the department
OF labor has advised Speaker Clark
that the problem Of Asiatic immigra.
tion could be solved by congress
raising the standard OF admission SO
as to include In the list of excluded
aliens those persons not able to pass
the physical tests required of recruits
for the United States army.
A point of order struck out Of the
annual postoffice appropriation bill
the rider to exempt all of the coun-
try's 2.400 assistant postmasters from
the civil service law.
Conviction In administration circles
that the Huerta regime In Mexico is
rapidly approaching a collapse has led
TO much discussion here of the ma
ture of John Lind's frequent confer
ences with Mexican leaders
BY executive order. President Will
son has promulgated what is practic-
ally an aptitipping law for the Pan
anna canal zone.
An address by Baron Nobuaki Max
mo, the Japanese foreign minister at
Washington TO the parliament OF Jap
an, on Wednesday, outlining the sta
tus of negotiations over the California
alien land legislation and declaring
that the Japanese government was
not satisfied. was cabled In full from
Toxic.
Proposed increase In rates on car
load shipments of potatoes In west
ern classification territory, which
would have amounted to about 20
per cent. has been suspended by the
Interstate commerce commission
pending investigation, from February
i to Juno /.
FOREIGN.
Paul Chevandier De Valdrome, the
French diplomatic agent at Tangier,
Morocco, was shot and killed by his
cook, q man named Sure, In the pres.
ence of guests who had been invited
to attend an official dinner in the
legation.
The approaching election In Col
ombia is regadred as the most
important in the history of the re
public. The four-year term of Presi-
dent DIR. Carlos f. Restpo expires
August z. this year.
An heir to Prince Victor Napoleon.
the official pretender to the imperial
throne Of France, was born at Brus-
sells on Friday.
The British Transatlantic steam
ship companies announced Friday
that they are not parties to the new
Informed North Atlantic Steamship
association, organized at the shipping
conference in Paris.
The International Peace union,
whose headquarters are In Brussels. is
arranging to ask all the peace socie
ties of the world to send kilograms ON
the same day to Provisional President
Huerta and to Venustiano Carranza
the constitutionalist leader In Mexico,
requesting them to agree TO an armis-
tioe pending which their rival claims
and the real interests of Mexico shall
be submitted to arbitrators,
General 0rozco, one OF the Mexican
federal commanders who escaped from
oiinaga when 1t was occupied by the
rebels. Is near San Carlos, Mex, with
a small number of followers, accord.
ing to three Americans wo have re-
turned from Mexico
Lord Strathcona OF Mount Royal,
high commissioner of Canada, died
in London. Lord Strath-
cona's life spanned nearly century,
and his active career full three
quarters.
Fresh eruptions of the volcano of
ima, which recently caused |
such widespread devastation, occurred
They were accompanied by |
and violent subterranean
noises.
The Haitian government troops We're |
defeated by the rebels
and fed In disorder. after terrific
battle two miles from Cape Haitian
rhe minister Of war took refuge on
board the steamer Quebec.
A a.. i.