The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-06-18
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TODD IN BaiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from An
Quarters o. she Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.



The plant OF the Butte Socialist,
weekly newspaper. was blown up by
dynamite early Thursday morning
A shipment Of COO Idaho grass
lambs was sold on the Omaha market
last week for si1.75 hundredweight
presidens ]. r. weiborn Of the Col
orado Fssel q Iron company has an
nonnced the appointment OF J. M. Nc
kenna as general manager Of the
company, an Office which has not been
in existence since 1901.
The Idaho power merger has been
pronounced valid by the public utility
commission. which decides that the
merger was not in violation Of anti
trust laws.
The second session OF the Rocky
Mountain Coal Mining Institute, com.
prising the states OF Colorado, New
Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, opened at
Trinidad, Colo. on June s. One hun
ldred thlrty-five delegates have regis
tered.
Frank Thompson Oh Carpenter.
Wye. was killed instantly. and Theo-
dore Poelman. Beioit lawyer. was
badly injured when an automobile
driven by Thompson skidded over an
embankment into a creek near Beloit,
kans
Patrick Clark, SIS years old. mill
iionaire mining man known In the
Occur d'Aienes Of Idaho and the min
ing camps OF Nevada and Montana,
died al his home Id Spokane of heart
failure He had been associated
with the late Marcus DAILY and for
mer Senator w. A. Clark OF Montana.
DOMESTIC
Four men are known to have been
killed and another Is missing as re
suit of the explosion OF two hundred
pounds of nitroglycerine in the ware
house Of the Du Pont Powder works
at Asabnrn. Mo.
ReIteration OF the governments
contention that the section OF the
Underwood tariff act granting per
cent discount to goods imported IN
American ships nullified itself. is sci
forth In a brief fled In the supreme
court by Solicitor General Davis.
Appiauding President Wilson for his
stand in the disagreement with Score
tary Bryan over the issue between
the United States and Germany, Col
nnel Theodore Roosevelt in signed
statement received at New Orleans
from Breton Island. La, pledged his
support 10 the president in all steps
he may take 70 uphold the honor ane
the interests Of the United States.
Three companies OF militia were
ordered 10 Johnston City. HIS. as I
result OF riots following the hanginE
by mob OF John Strando. who hat
been arrested In connection with this
murder Of Edward Chapman, !
wealthy farmer
The untitled tonnage Of the United
States Steel corporation on May q
totalied 4.264.5sS tons. an increase o
102, 354 tons over April
The last appeal to the courts o
New York for the life OF Charles
Becker, sentenced TO die In Sing sins
prison during the week Of July IL FOL
the murder OF Herman Rosenthai. tn,
gambler. was made Thursday.
The Standard oil company has an
.nouneed q reduction OF one cent ii
the price OF gasoline. The new price
is s.S cents a gallon The reduction
rs effective throughout the United
States. Last June gasoline sold fol
II cents 4 gallon.
Knox Booth. federal revenue agen
stationed for several years at Nash
willie, Tenn. has surrendered 10 tn,
United States marshal A warran
charging him with conspiracy TO de
fraud the government In whisky reve
snues was issued ten days ago.
The three-masted schooner George
b. cluett. with crew OF eight and
provisions enough for two years, sail
ed from New York for Etah, Green
land. 10 relieve the MCMILLAN party
which was sent out two years ago Il
explore Crockerland, the existence o.
which Rear Admiral Peary believed
he had discovered
Resolutions OF sympathy and conn
dence we're telegraphed 10 Presiden
Wilson BY the council Of the Ameri
can Library association after the con
yenticn AT Berkeley itself refused L
act on the resolutions. but referred
them 20 the council.
The stranded Plant liner Al. w
Perry which went ashore near Che
Sbucto head, slipped on the rock upoI
rShich she had been resting and sanl
5r six fathoms OF water. The crew
was saved
Governor Lucius Y. pinkham OF TIL
territory OF Hawaii and his stan ar
rived at San Francisco on the steame
Matsonia. They will participate ia ex
eTcises at the PanamaPacifc exposi
tion 10 celebrate Kamehameha day.
Werner Horn, the Germany army OF
deer who was arrested Ia connection
with the attempt 10 blow up the inter
national bridge between Canada am
yance5oro, NE, on February Last
has presented demurrer 70 the indies
ulent charging him with carrying "a