The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-10-23
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RKcoRD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN RRlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
s-dnsormatIon Gathered from All
Quarters o. the Globe and
oivsn IN Fsw Linss.
sNrERMouMrAln.

imam Of Boise. Idaho. with the reputa-
ton Of an ail-around athlete. met a
tragic death At Copperfield, Ore. by
coming IN contact with high-power
electric wire,
Governor Ammons Of Colorado has
eommnfed to life imprisonment the
sentence OF death imposed on Harold
". Henwood. who vas convicted Of
killing George Il. Copeland OF Victor
"a Denver in May, 1911.
The stase board Of pardons has
unanimously recommended 70 Gov
crnor u. NJ. Ammons OF Colorado that
the death sentence IN the case OF
harold " Henwood. convicted Of the
murder Of George e Copeland. be
ccmmuted 70 life Imprisonment.
A man who attempted 10 hoId-up a
bank caahier In Seattle. lost his conr-
age and ran from the bank. escaping
IA an automobile
The Denver d Rio Crande railroad
was held blamelesk for the wreck OF
. passenger train near Grand Juno
ton. Colo. by coroner's Jury. The
wreck. In which three were killed ana
fourteen injured. was held TO be the
result OF rock slide.
Eugene Talbot Miller and Richard
West. conyicts ia the state peniten-
tiary At Canon City. Colo. who es-
capped In the state automobile used by
Warden Thomas lyman. were cap
tured At Syracuse. Kansas.
DOMESTIC.
In one o. the most daring out.
breaks ever attempted az the state
prison At Folsom. Captain j. u. Drury.
OF the night watch. and Convict George
Phelps were killed. Guards Mayer
and cruelie wounded. and life-term-
er from Tulare county named Creek
escaped.
w. L. AEnes OF Oregon. Wis, was
reelected president and Omaha. Neb.,
Was selected as the next place OF
meeting BY the Farmers National con
gress AZ It's final session at Fort
Worth, Texas.
Auditors who have been inspecting
the books OF Harry Woods. secretary
81 state Of Illinois, who cmmitted
suicide. reported that there was no
shortage.
The steamer Mstapan. coming In
70 New York from Colon. foundered
IN the lower harbor late Thursday
after a collision with the freighter
lowan, leaving port for San Francisco.
All her aixty-aeven passengers and
crew were rescued
An unidentified man held up the
cashier Of the Bank Of Kennett, Ark.
secured $4,000 and escaped ON horse.
back.
The Chicago American league club
on Thursday won the maj game OF
the series 70 decide the championship
Of Chicago. when they defeated their
National league rivals 10 2. This
il the fourth consecutive time that the
American league has triumphed over
the local Nationals
The American Bankers association.
In session az Richmond. Va. decided
70 send a committee to Washington 20
urge upon the federal reserve board
changes which. Il contends. would
make membership in the new banking
system more attractive to state insti-
tntl0ns.
Clarence Mccormick. Missouri
farmer boy. and Mrs. Ruth McCul.
Tough, snake charmer, for love OF
whom Mccormick shot and killed Irwin
Mellott. started back from Chicago
70 Ottumwa. Iowa. Wednesday, 20
stand trial ON murder charges
Joe Durfee. a negro convicted OF
numbering Mrs. j. NJ. zeiter OF Post
City. Texas. In the summer OF 1913,
was lynched at Angleton, Texas. He
was 70 have been hanged legally last
week. but was respited for thirty days.
An order for ammunition received
by an Alton. ILL.,, cartridge company
Wednesday will necessitate the EN-
pioyment OF several hundred hands
and the operation OF the factory day
and night for six months.
The towboat Joseph b. Williams
caught IRE at the dock at Cairo. Ills.
Tugs pulled the boat into the middle
OF the Ohio river. where the blazing
hulk sank The boat. which was said
to be the second largest towboat on
inland waters. cost 100000.
Gustaye Baumann. proprietor OF d
hotel in New York City, was killed by
fall from the roof OF the hotel
where he was inspecting the carpenter
work
Leo NJ. Frank. under sentence Of
death for the murder at Atlanta, Ga.
in April. 1918, Of fMary Phagan. al
employee of the pencil factory o
which Frank was superintendent, wal
denied new trial by the Georgia su
preme court.
Resolutions condemning Europe
war and commencing President Wi
son for his efforts to restore peac
in Mexico and for maintaining neutrs
lily in the European conflict wer
adopted at the closing of the genera
convention at Atlanta, Ca, of tn