The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-09-24
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
nEcoRp OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN 6RlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
fNTERmouNTArN.

- organization conference az the Pana-
~ ma-Pacifc exposition grounds Tues
"a day. Reports from the various states
br were read by the vice-presidents gen
eral regents and state chairman.
~ The Mansions hotel at Manitou,
~ Colo, which was closed two weeks
~ ago, was destroyed by fire early Mon
10 day, involving loss OF about 100000.
Only the caretaker was in the build
- ing.
arc Fire OF alleged incendiary origin on
- California and Oregon hop ranches
M have causeds within the last week
,ad damage TO buildings and harvested
nm crops estimated at more than $4,000.
- oregon's apple crop this year will
'ol be onerthird as large as that OF last
lesu season. according to an estimate made
I, public by the manager of the Western
Fruit Distributors association.
on poMEsTIc.
iout John Eyers, captain OF the Boston
VT VT club OF the National league, said Friday
N that he had been asked to become
Ma baseball coach for Yale.
The New England and middle At
{ col lantic states we-e In the grip Of an
rec , unprecedented September heat wave
VII Thursday. Schools in nearly all OF
~ -, the larger cities and towns were
Y closed
: j.. Private Harold Y. Forney OF Water
exte town, N ", died from wounds receiy-
OPS / ed in Mondays fight with Mexicans
lts ~ at Los 1ndios, at Brownsville, Texas.
MARI His death brings up to five the num-
WIZ Der OF United States soldiers killed
are since the south Texas bandit raid be-
hiisi gan about two months ago
Iope, George Miller, aged 55, died at a
ondut hospital at Peorie, ILL.,, Thursday. hav-
Wedn ing been chewed TO death by rats.
lpizin Authorities found Miller lying help
Oet less In barn, where he had been
be stricken with illness.
N. Plans for a national medical ex-
ZEE. animation day; a children's health
an IL crusade, and tuberculosis Sunday
me tito be held during tuberculosis week,
December to II. at New York, were
chel Dannounced by the National Associa-
nitnra tion for the Study and Prevention Of
adles Tuberculosis
Suit for $4,000 damages for the
hers adeath Of S. j. Martin was filed by Car
arried rie Martin against the Denver & Rio
hts. neG-ande railroad In the district court
II Of tfT'hursday at Salt Lake City.
y buiss The steamer Prime Willem v, which
u',se ~ arrived Wednesday fom Amsterdam
by way OF South American ports and
I Insehe West Indies, early on August 3,
, ann,dcked up lifeboat with nine men
eek VI the crew of the British steamer
ie apIsanza, which had been torpedoed by
r has y German submarine two days previ-
,re suilusly.
: ortd,a,, State Comptroller Emerson c. Har-
, fnnr ylngton decisiyely defeated United
torate lttates Senator Blair Lee for the DEM
-sratic nomination for governor at
Warrenie state primary Wednesday
Leigh Bangor. Me-. Tuesday rejected the
70 Nal Smmission form OF municipal govern
., WI ,ent by the vote of 2.17S and 1,599
rienltnrsA An inch Of snow fell in Norton.
late Of hillips and SmAh counties in Kan
d was ats Tuesday. Parts OF southern Ne
He is aska also reported slight precipi-
succeed. tion.
David Fountain, church janitor,
/. lSl,,.,,t Is hanged at Folsom prison for the
, stndehrder of 10year-old Margaret Mill
s85. 600 in the basement of the German
we're noutheran church at Sacramento ON
le eleyat,cember g. 1914.
band fell der OF the Panama canal, made two
re- iresses Monday at a celebration in
$500 honor at the Panama California
90 ara position in San Diego
ana win ieneral George Alexander Forsyth,
ock pm aiS. A.. retired. died at his home at
4 viii beskport. Mass. Monday after an III
IN seven $ of several months
iouN lhaishree masked men entered the
pe smers & Merchants bank at Green.
,oosiers 4 e, Iowa, held up Ralph NJ Fritz
assistant cashier, and escaped
3 neorle a about $500.
MIA enioyehe war and navy departments
q Medhes > completed a census OF all the
o. y W Va istries of the United States that
7, s,,,ar IN I'd be capable OF supplying war
: go, h, erials in the event this country is
mes spe,lved in war.
Much of tire caused damage estimated al
lue j. IA 1000 to a four.story building IN
ge OF the York occupied by the Famous
'stiins ers Film company Women in
4, ming tenements were overcome by
FieAeis, &c. and ten firemen were prostrat
ha,,ds ~ the heat.
on of the lie New York state constitutional
wednesdaNention. which has been in session
his hanqbany for several months on Sep
porto o. Ter 10 completed its draft Of a
men SEN constitution, which is to be sub
! - Ne houd to the voters at the coming
afternoon on
NV days. Ie American soldier lost his life
enploye wfearefnlly planned attack by Mex
when the early Monday ON a camp Of a
close can Of the Third cavalry near
US nanus - Maria, Texas. AS a result
pn .s.:ata rican troops in the lower Rio
. p lie valley are held in readiness
slant action.