The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-06-19

many passengers and employees we're
injured in wreck of the California
limited on the Santa Fe at Bagdad.
Cal, when the train plunged into an
open switch.
The National Association Of Masters
Of Dancing. in session at Cleveland
voted to hold the 1915 convention in
San Francisco.
After being for four years the larg-
est dry city IN Missouri, Webb City
has re-entered the wet" column. Vot-
ers declared. ,4s5 to s2I MIN favor Of
the sale Of liquor.
Fire started in the ether house Of
the allincrodt chemical works at st,
Louis. destroyed tho plant. valued at
more than 100000. II is reported
one man was killed
Thirty thousand dollars worth OF
Iunmounted diamonds and $500 in cash
we're stolen from the safe Of the Al
bert S. sanucls Jeweiry company Of
San Francisco. A clerk Is missing
WASHINGTON.
President Wilson on saturday broke
HIS long silence on the mediation sub
ject by authorizing the declaration
that the outlook for mediation was
very encouraging.
The senate has passed Senator Roots
resolution turning over TO France
the steam launch Louise. built in
France In 1886 and used by both the
French canal company and the United
States Ia construction Of the Panama
canal.
Thomas %. Jones OF Chicago. retired
lawyer. student and expert ia finance.
will be named governor Of the federal
reserve board.
Estimates by Secretary McAdoo In
Inmates that the government income
for the fiscal year ending June 30 will
exceed ordinary expenses by about
s30000.000. That IL about s10,0o0,000
less than last years surplus.
The house Of representatives accept
cd the Panama canal tolls exemption
act az amended by the senate by a
vote OF ZIG to n.
The bin to repeal the toll exemption
Of the Panama canal law was passed
by the senate on June II by vote OF
so to So.
President Wilson indicated to cal
lers that he felt hopeful that the Colo
RADIO situation win grow materially
better In the near future. He said
that all the intimations he had re.
ceiyed bearing on the strike had been
favorable. but that nothing definite
had developed.
Brigadier General william Il. Birk-
himer. Y. s. A., retired. died at his
home In Washington from disorders
contracted in the Philippines years
ago. He was 66 years old
FOREIGN.
Loon Daudet. notorious duelist,
was wounded In the forearm In a
sword duel at Neuilly, France. by JAG
quez Roujon, son Of Henry Roujon, the
late secretary u the Academy OF Fine
Arts.
Fourteen federal volunteers we're
exeucted at chihuahua city. The men
men formed one OF the bands which
escaped after General Villas victory
at Paredon.
A warning to Turkey which fell at
tie short of formal declaration OF
hostilities. was uttered by Premier
yenizlos of Greece In the chamber OF
deputies on June ~. The premier's
attitude shows that the tension be.
tween Greece and Turkey is near the
breaking point
Fears OF sufrragette activities have
caused the Withholding from publica-
ton In London Of Colonel Theodore
Roosevelts engagements during his
approaching visit to England.
Another war between Greece and
Turkey Is foreshadowed by the Lon
don Times, which says the unrest in
the Balkans has become acute
Militant suffragettes staged one Of
the most dramatic acts OF their cam
paign on Thursday when they explod
ed bomb in Westminster Abbey a,
the very moment that the Right Hon
Reginald McKenna. secretary of state
for home affairs. was delivering an
optimistic speech. No one was in
| iured.
Sylvia pankhurst's boast that her
east end decker army would night fol-
her protection has proved TO be with
out avail. The procession which she
organized "Wednesday night TO march
ON Premier Asquith at Westminster
turned out 10 be a fiasco, and the lead
er OF the militants is again in Hol
loway jail
The Norwegian parliament has
adopted a resolution prohibiting IN,
drinking OF intoxicating liquors BY or
iicers OF the Norwegian army and nav,
during their terms OF service.
TOmitaro watanabe. Japanese
who on March 70 murdered DIR. Ed
gar de Mott stryker, an American
surgeon. was hanged at Seoul, Korea
Batanabe. who had previously strana
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