The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-07-23


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The fastest recorded mile ever run
by man was the athletic feat OF Nor
man S. Taber, formerly of Brown uni
versity. in the Harvard stadium. His
time was 4 minutes IL 3-5 seconds on
July IT,
After hearing the testimony of sew.
eral witnesses, Coroner Walter E.
Jones at Mineola, N. ". announced
that he would render verdict of sui
eide by jumping from prison tier
in the case of Erich Muenter, alias
Frank Holt, who shot J. p. Morgan.
The case against Bates Huntsman,
who has been on preliminary trial be-
fore Justice NJ. A. Sawyer for the al.
ieged murder of Nathaniel Smith,
Missouri cattleman, and son, in Sep
tember, 1877, was dismissed by JUS
tice Sawyer at Bedford, Iowa.
WASHINGTON.
Government purchase of the wire
less control for torpedoes invented by
John Hays Hammond, Jr., probably
will be recommended to congress by
Secretary Garrison
President Wilson virtually put in
shape the views on the German situa-
ton which he will communicate to
Secretary Lansing and other members
OF his cabinet on his return to Wash
ington next week.
Shipbuilders and naval experts do
not agree with the statement made
by Josephus Daniels, secretary of the
navy, that the main defense of the
United States in the future will be the
aeroplane and the submarine.
The United States will send note
to Austria informing her that the
view of this government is that she
has no right to demand the cessation
or even abridgement of the right of
citizens of the United States to sell
munitions of war to any belligerent
The United States within another
fortnight probably will send a reply
to the note recently received from the
Austro-Hungarian government, which
commended that the extensive ship
ments of war supplies from this coun.
try to the allies was mot in conso-
nance with the definition of neutral.
ity."
American meat packers have APP
pealed to the state department to
demand that Great Britain stop inter
| fering with their cargoes consigned
to neutral ports and settle for s14,-
100000 worth of their products now
| held up in prize courts.
FOREIGN
The German submarine U-51 has
been sunk in the Black sea by Rus
sian warships, according to informa-
ton received from varna, a Bulgarian
port on the Black sea by the Athens
4 correspondent of the Exchange Tele.
graph company.
/ General Gallieni, the military gov
/ ernor of Paris, has issued an order
forbidding the purchase by or sale to
soldiers or officers of whatever grade
in the intrenched camp of Paris oil
any alcoholic liquors whatsoever.
A dispatch to the Havas News
agency from Athens says that a pri
vate letter received from CONSTANT
| nople states that the Young Turks
committee is plotting the assassina
tion of former Premier Venizelos OF
| Greece.
A Havas dispatch from Geneva says
information has been received there
from Budapest to the effect that for.
| ty-three cases of cholera developed in
Hungary during the week from June
81 to %, with Isl deaths.
The Austro-German armies, which
now appear to be working in perfect
/ concert as the result of the German
organization, are giving the Russians
little rest or time to reorganize them
selves after their retreat from Galicia
Striking at the lines before Warsaw
the Germans have taken by storm the
fortified city of Przasnysz and, will
force estimated at not less thar
four army corps, are pressing aheaC
on the heels of the Russians, who ar,
falling back upon Makow and Gle
chanow, abandoning artillery in then
fight.
Villa forces are reported to hav,
taken the offensive in the western
states, capturing the city of Topic ant
Santiago in the state of Topic. The,
now are advancing on San Bias, prin
cipal port of Topic.
That British troops are now in Ser
bia fighting with the Serbians agains
the Austro- Hungarians is official,
confirmed by Crawford Price, the Brit
ish eyewitness with the Serbian
forces.
The Norwegian steamer Rym ha
been torpedoed and sunk. The sec
ond engineer was killed, but the res
of the crew has landed at Great YaI
mouth.
The London Financial News dis
play with great prominence report
from quarters in close touch wit
German sources of information" tina
Germany is making tentative peac
proposals" through the United States
A dispatch from Rotterdam say