The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-06-18

| vers boarded passenger train from
San Francisco to Los Angeles, at
lChatsworth. CAL, went through the
Hast four cars and robbed the passen-
gers. The men then pulled the bell
cord. stopping the train at the town
| OF Hewitt, and escaped.
AS the result OF Investigations into
the selling OF baseball pools OF Gin
cinnati, the police took into custody
Walter warnell. barber shop pro
prietor Marked money was used in
gathering evidence.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, speak
ing at Schenectady, n. ", ut the com
mencement exercises at Union col
iege, asserted that world peace would
never be maintained without strong
force, and advocated union OF ma
lions with international police. afoat
and ashore. strong enough TO over
come the strongest individual state.
Major A. u. Putnam, u. S. A.. for
the last year In charge OF the United
States engineers Office in Little Rock,
died June 3, OF pneumonia
WASHINGTON.
Department OF justice officials have
settled upon means OF proceeding
against Lieutenant Brauer and several
sailors reported missing from the in
termed German auxiliary cruiser Prinz
Eitel Friedrich at Norfolk. II they can
be located in the United States.
William jennings Bryan has issued
an appeal addressed to THE German
Americans urging. them to aid In
maintaining peace between the United
States and the fatherland by exerting
their influence with the German gov
eminent to persuade it not to take any
steps that would lead in the direction
OF war.
Optimism more pronounced than It
has been since the diplomatic CORE
spondence with Germany over the
sea zones of war began is manifest In
official quarters at Washington over
| the prospects for peaceful outcome
OF the pending controversy between
Germany and the United States.
The United States has instructed its
diplomats abroad to ask for the an
nuiment Of those paragraphs OF COM
merciai treaties which conflict With
the new seamens law.
William Jennings Bryan. in an APP
peal addressed TO the American
people. Thursday night, asks them
4 to hear him before they pass sentence
upon his laying down the portfolio OIL
secretary OF state in the midst OF in
1 ternational stress
FOREIGN
Ii is officially announced that the
i Italians have occupied Gradisca, six
miles southwest OF Gorilla, In Aus
tria-Hungary,
Serbian troops are reported to have
occupied the Albanian town OF Gle
/ bassan, sixty-four miles southeast Of
\ Scutaria, and are said TO be marching
i In the direction of the Adriattc coast
The German steamer Bayern. which
has been interned at Naples since last
4 August, was unloaded by the ltaiiaI
authorities on June H. Hidden under
ostensible goods OF no particular i'm
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guns and several aeroplanes,
The Bulgarian government, says
Bucharest dispatch, has sent a strong
ly.worded protest TO Turkey because
OF the continued indifference OF tha'
! country regarding traffic on the De
deagatch railway and the detention o.
passengers and freight.
Figures complied at Copenhagen a.
forwarded TO the Exchange Telegraph
company. show the Scandinavian ma
tions have suffered large losses II
shipping as result Of the war. Thus
far fifteen Norwegian vessels have
been torpeoded and twelve blown VI
by mines. Sweden has lost six vessels
by torpedoes and eighteen by mines
Denmark four by torpedoes and tel
, by mines.
! Members OF the Nationalist party
} with John r. Redmond presiding, hello
meeting al London and reached
satisfactory settlement OF the diner
ences with the cabinet regarding tbs
J appointment OF law officers for Ire
i land.
The trawlers Tunisian and Castor
have been sunk by German subma
rine. The Tunisian's crew, who were
allowed Ave minutes in which t
leave the boat. arrived at GrimshS
J Thursday Bombs We're used agains
beth vessels The Castor's crew was
! picked up at sea.
Two British torpedo boats we're tor
pedoed Thursday morning of the east
coast Of England by German sub
marine. Both OF them went to the
bottom. The survivors, forty-one IN
number. have been brought ashore.
The total number of officers and
} men who have persisted through the
sinking OF British naval craft since
the outbreak of the war is 6,409, ac
eording TO statement made by T. ]
Mcnamara. financial secretary OF the
admiralty. In the house OF commons
The bill establishing department
70 attend to the furnishing OF supplies
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