The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-12-31

Robert Capelle. general agent Va
San Francisco for the North German
Lloyd Steamship company, for whom
the federal authorities have been
searching since November 80 in con-
nection with neutrality violation cases.
has been apprehended.
John Bray, fireman, was probably
fatally hurt and twenty-eight passen-
gers were injured when two trains col
lided near Galena, Kansas.
Burglars, surprised while ransacking
a store at Solomon, Ariz., shot and
killed the Chinese proprietor and
wounded Mariana Sianz, Spaniard
A plan to smuggle crude rubber
from this country into Germany
where it is scarce, has been uncovered
at New York by agents of the depart
ment of justice and the neutrality
squad of the customs service.
AS part Of what he called his pro
gram for the elimination of crooks
from Chicago, Mayor Thompson ap-
pointed Nicholas Hunt as head of the
detective bureau. Hunt is a veteran
policeman, having been at one time in
charge of the Hyde Park district as in.
spector of police.
WASHINGTON.
Secretary Daniels has made public
the original special report of the navy
general board, prepared in reply to a
query addressed to the board when the
administration determined last July to
take up the question of national pre-
paredness.
The state department has begun an
inquiry into the sinking in the Medi-
terranean of the Japanese liner va
saka Maru, by cabling the American
consular agent at Port Said, Egypt, to
gather and forward promptly all avail
able details.
The new American note to Austria
Hungary regarding the sinking of the
Italian steamship Ancona is under
stood to have been cabled to Ambas-
sador Penfield for presentation to the
Vienna foreign office.
The federal quarantine against
shipments from foreign countries OF
Irish potatoes affected with powdery
scab has been removed by an order
of the department of agriculture eff
fective January l.
FOREIGN.
The total British casualties up to
December 9 are reported as 528,227 in
killed, wounded and missing.
News reports from Egypt concern
ing the sinking of the japanese steam
er Yasaka Maru by a submarine in
nationality of the submarine as Ger
man.
The Norwegian liner Bergensfiord,
with Henry Ford on board, sailed from
Christiana for New York on December
"a. Mr.. Ford stated before leaving
Bergen that the peace expedition
would continue under the auspices of
the Women's International Peace as
ISOLATION.
Advices from Stockholm report that,
in pursuance of the Swedish govern
ment's decision to hold up parcel post
packages passing through Sweden to
or from England in retaliation for the
removal by British authorities from
steamships of packages for Sweden,
10000 parcels from England for Rus
STA are now being held at Gothenburg.
A Christmas message expressing the
confidence of the de facto government
in the early restoration of order in
Mexico was sent throughout Mexico
by Carranza officials.
Germany celebrated the second war
Christmas under the worst conceiv-
able climatic conditions. Snow had
been steadily falling throughout the
entire empire for week.
Sarah Bernhard is not dying, as
rumored. A letter received by Maui
rice Bernhard, her son, says she is in
good health.
Turco-German expedition against
Egypt has already been initiated, ac-
cording to information received by
the Tribuna from neutral sources.
The death at Hanover of General
Won Emmich, the conqueror of Liege,
is announced by the Overseas News
agency. General Won Emmich died
of arterio-sclerosis.
Lloyd Bingham, member of the
Ford peace party, died of pneumonia.
He was the husband of Amelia Bling
ham, the American actress, and form
erly acted as her manager.
Representatives of the state de-
partment of banking Wednesday
night took charge of the affairs of the
Pittsburg Bank for Savings at Pitts
burg, which failed to open Wedens-
day morning.
Carranza troops under General ia
cinto Trevino engaged what remained
of the Villa army in fierce battle
Tuesday and Wednesday at Mapula,
ten miles outside of Chihuahua city,
inficting a severe defeat, according
TO reports.
Had the allied feet returned to its