The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-09-18

stores at Los Angeles have been a;
rested On charges fled By the manic.
pal charities commission IN the en-
forcement 81 It's order prohibiting thi
organization from longer solicitini
fluids or merchandise sn the city.
An ths midst II the European war
Great Britain. France, spain aHt
China have agreed 70 sign peace CON
mission treaties With the Unitel
gates. One effect 81 the new cOnyen
ticns would be 10 prevent the United
states from being drawn suddenly
ato the conflict
a new trial was denied Richard
fTslackfe) F'ord and RI. d. Suhr, gen
fenced for life for the murder 81 biz
tsict Attorney y. n Maxwell 81 YuDa
county, III the WheatIand mop riots
last FAM In a decision handed doEL
AZ Sacramento.
Practically all the principal rail-
roads In the east have completed FL
ling with the interstate commerce
commission their new tariffs prOpos.
ing increases Ia the prices Of mileage
tickets.
wAsHINGToE.
President Wilson has vetoed the
bill 70 raise the limit of individual
deposits 10 postal savings banks 70
1000 because II contained a pro
vision repeating section Of the new
bank law. which provides that federal
funds must be deposited only with
members Of tho federal reserve sys.
tenn.
Applications for more than 5000.
900 war risk insurance have reached
the federal bureau Most OF the ap-
plications cover ships and cargoes in
the transatlantic and South American
trade.
The emergency currency BILL
amending the vreeland.AIdrich act 80
AS 70 make rs instead OF 30 per cent
the amount OF commercial paper to be
accepted from banks as security for
emergency currency, passed the sen.
ate without roll cali.
There Is no present prospect Of
peace ia Europe through the efforts
Of diplomacy. President Wilson him.
self on Thursday set at rest rumors
that peace measures were In the max.
Ing by revealing that no intimation
had been conveyed to him officially
from any quarter Of readiness on th.
part Of one or more OF the beiligerents
to talk peace.
The senate defeated, by vote OF
"a TO ~, an amendment TO the yree.
land emergency currency law, de.
signed to liberallze conditions under
which emergency currency may be il.
sued.
~ agreeing on war revenue meas.
ure which will tax freight transporta.
tiOn and increase revenue taxes on
beer and domestic wines, Democrats
Of the ways and means committee
paved the way for relieving the gov.
eminent financial stringency due to
the European war.
FOREIGN.
Certain Berlin newspapers give no.
tiee to Wild rumor that the United
States Is about to declare war ON Ger.
many They base this assertion upon
the fact that ambassador Gerard has
been sending every American citizen
out Of the country with all possible
speed
The South Sea island Of UpoIu, on
which u situated Apia, the capital of
German Samoa, was occupied with.
out the firing Of shot on August 2
by 1000 New zealander troopers.
In dispatch from Copenhagen. the
correspondent Of the London Evening
News says that the Fifth and Sixth
Bayarian casualty lists and the Fifth
saxon list have been published. They
include two officers and sixty.six
men killed; three officers and POI
men wounded and liz men missing.
There IL general discussion OF the
possibility that England may close
the North sea. blockading It com.
pletely II the trouble with floating
mines continues.
Loss OF life and great destruction Of
property are attending the floods
spreading over the Shantung PENN
Hula, China.
baroness George de Reuter- and
james Gordon Bennett, proprietor Of
the New York Herald, were married
ia Paris on Thursday.
The report comes from British
sources that the German crown prince
has been appointed commandment.
CHIEF Of the forces against Russia.
Newton Booth Knox, an American
mining engineer OF San Francisco,
who has Just reached London from
RUSSIA, relates that Emperor Mich
oias may be seen motoring through
the streets Of Petrograd unattended,
and that apparently he has no more
fear o. his people than has President
Wilson 81 the citizens of the United
States
II Ii stated that the British cruiser
Pathfinder. which was destroyed In
the North sea September 6, supposed
~ by contact mine. was In reality
sunk by u German submarine.
Turkey has formally notified ~