The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-12-25
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN sRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from Al
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In q Few Lines.
lNTERMouNTAIn.


After both sides rested, Herbert
Carey. charged with kidnapping Rich
ard OBrien, the Butte miner. on Au-
gust 30. withdrew his plea OF not
guilty and entered plea OF guilty OF
false imprisonment He WAS sem
fenced TO one year IN the county jail.
James T.. Hamilton, president Of the
Midland Trail association. died At Sc,
Josephs hospital Denver. His home
was in Grand junction. Through as
ISOLATION work and bis former occupa-
ton az travelling salesman, be was
well known In the Rocky mountain
region.
G. w Malone. a miner, was found
not guilty on charge Of kidnapping
Richard o'Brien, another miner, dur
Ina Disturbances at Butte last sum
mer
William Barth, aged pioneer and
capitalist. died at Denver OF pneu'
monia He suffered fall and was
then taken down with pneumonia.
I3arth came 10 Colorado In 1862 and
amassed fortune In mining and rail
road Investments. He was IS years
old.
The Colorado Fuel Iron company
has appointed David Grlftiths, former
state coal mine inspector. to act IN
behalf OF its miners In their dealings
with officials OF the company.
Harry Edgard Hillen. condemned
murderer. tried 10 KIN Warden Ken.
ney Of the county jail al Danver, aud
end HIS own life, Tuesday night The
police surgeon says Hillen viii re-
cover. Hilien ID addicted 10 the co.
caine habit and was recently deprived
81 the drug.
DOMESTIC.
Five deaths and one dangerous In
jury, resulting from cold or stormy
weather. were reported at Kansas
city Thursday night
The $4,000 obtained by Frank q
Hohi. the automobile robher, who TOOK
money from two banks al Cincinnati
and was later killed after fatally
woundlng policeman. or al least q
part Of II, was shipped by parcel post
TO Louisville, KY, BY the rohber
Arthur Hodges. n years old. wal
eleetrocuted IN the Arkansas state
penitentiary at Little Rock on Friday
Hodgos was the FIRST white man Il
die in this manner In this state
Joseph Cameron. supreme recorder
Of the Catholic Mutual Benefit asso
citation Of the United states and Can
ada, died at HIS home in Hornell. n. Y
Two brothers. Joseph and Jacot
Cohen, poultrymen. have been indicted
BY the grand jury investigating thu
murder OF Barnet Bar. a wholesale
poultry dealer controlling stores Ii
New York. Boston and Philadelphia
who was shot dead In the street thre,
weeks ago BY men who escaped In al
automobile.
4 plea for universal peace was made
by David starr Jordan. president o.
Leland stanford university. who sale
In an address to the Southern club a
Chicago that the United states wal
the only world-conscienee left.
Five Hons which escaped from I'll,
stage Of theatre In New York CITY
at time when the house was fillet
with matinee audience were attacke,
BY scores OF policemen with revolver
and finally subdued, Several were IN
jured in the panic caused by the es
cape OF the lions.
Influenced by the prospective heav,
demand for grain by the warrinI
countries OF Europe, farmers this fal
have sown record area to winte
wheat which the department OF agri
culture estimates az 4l.263,000 an In
crease OF 4.l35,00O acres over the arei
sown last fall.
Harry X. Preston, widely know
mining engineer and promoter OF goll
mines. committed suicide by takini
poison at his home in Philadelphia.
Y. r Kcllner. an Arizona pionee
aged 81, died during the progress o
a surgical operation at Los Angelo
and Will be laid 10 rest In marbl
sarcophagus which be erected In tn
back yard Of his home place in Ven
ice. Cal.
Heavy seas rolled by a forty.mil
wind along the southern coast cos
one life and wrought damage Thurs
day, amounting to more than 500, 90
ct Long Beach and at Hueneme.
The stringent Allison liquor Law
prohibiting shipment OF liquor into DIR
territory in Texas. Wednesday wa
practically invalidated by decisio
of the court OF criminal appeals q
Austin which Judge Prendergast sal
"wipet it on the statute books"
Mose alleged violations OF tn
Sherman antitrust law by members {
the former paper boxboard trust wei
the subject OF investigation by sp
cial federal grand jury at New York.
The smallpox invaded Navo, Al
zona, Tuesday. Two cases have d
yeloped. The patients were isolate
and the county authorities establishe
q partial quarantine
The commission for relief in BE
GUM has announced that it wou