The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-11-27
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN RRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given In a Few LInes.
INTERMOuNTAlN.

INTERMoUNTAIN.
Bertha Rheinhart, a schoolteacher,
died at Cheyenne from burns received
In rescuing her pupils from a prairie
fire. Miss Rheinhart taught a coun-
try school near Horse creek.
Fred Traunson, the youthful slayer
OF Miss Emma Ulrich, whom he way
laid and killed near her home in Port
land because she rejected his atten-
tions, was captured near Kelso, Wash.
The Leadville, Colo, tenderloin dis
trict, famous for it's saloons and dance
halls in the pioneer days of violence
and riotous celebration of sudden
wealth, was swept away by fire on
the 10Th.
Seattle was selected by the execu-
tive committee as the place for the
1915 convention of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union The date
will be decided later
Fifty-four carloads of Montana
horses, destined for service in the
European war, were shipped from
Livingston, Mont, on the 18th
Masked bandits robbed an automo-
bile stage two miles from Spokane, ia
tally wounding the driver and a pas
senger when they resisted The rob-
bers got about $12.
An unknown girl, aged 20, died at
Pocatello, Idaho, as result of heavy
dose of opium. 1t is not clear yet
whether the overdose was self-indul-
gence or administered by her friends,
Frank Arnold Brown and Bill"
Gooden
DOMESTIC.
The Christian Herald. which sent
cargo of supplies from London to
Belgium, has received a cable from it's
representative at Rotterdam, who SUI
perintended the distribution of food
and clothes. which said that it was
the first cargo of American supplies
to reach the Belgians.
Former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz,
central figure with Abraham Ruef in
a series of graft prosecutions at San
Francisco following the earthquake
oho IL VI l0uo, 10 uOlA6WdIu UOuuu
from New York with the definite in
teption of entering upon an active
campaign for election as mayor Lext
year.
Five persons were killed and one in
jured when an automobile in which
they were riding was struck by a
passenger train at Halligan, Iowa.
Eight bodies were found on the
shore of Lake Superior, about eight
miles from Sena, Mich. Two of the
dead are women. 1t is thought the
bodies came from the lumber barge
Anna M. Peterson, which went down
during a storm.
Walter G. McAllister, who with An
drew Campbell, George Kerr and Wal
ter A. Death was convicted of drug
ging and numbering Jennie Bosschei-
ter in Paterson in 1901, has been lib
Grated from the New Jersey state
prison by the board of prison inspec-
tors.
That number of British, Austria
liam and Japanese warships are mob
ilizing off the coast of Lower Califor-
mia was the word brought to san
Francisco by Captain Robert Israel of
the ocean-going launch None Such.
Professor Frederic Camille Lobard
fell dead of heart disease after he
had given humorous recitation at an
entertainment at the Hyde Park high
school, Chicago. He had taught French
in Chicago high schools for twenty
five years.
Miss Jennie Miller, who was struck
down with an iron wrench and left I'M
conscious in the yard of the Free
Methodist church at Aurora, Ills,
Wednesday night, died Friday. She
had not spoken since the attack.
Mrs. Marcia Petro and her daugh-
tiers Annie and Elizabeth were burned
to death when their home in Home
stead, Pa, was destroyed
A resolution indorsing the principle
of nonpartisan permanent tariff com
mission was adopted after a spirited
debate at the closing session at Mem
phis, Tenn, of the International Trade
Conference of the Mississippi Valley
and Central West.
Mrs. Winnie Ream Hoxie, the sculp-
tress, who enjoyed the distinction of
being the first woman of her profess
sion to receive a commission from
the government, died at Washington
after a long illness.
Four persons were instantly killed
at Convoy, Ohio when the Pennsyl-
vania Flyer struck an automobile in
which they were riding.
The National Grange has adopted
the report of the standing committee
on peace, opposing war and declaring
"a large standing army and an i'm
mense navy is not conducive to
peace"
John Lind, personal representative
Of President Wilson in Mexico during
the Huerta administration, declared
m an address at Chicago to the In