The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-10-15

Posses are searching for the two
masked bandits who held up and
robbed q Baltimore g. Ohio express
train EN- route from New York to st.
Louis. two miles west OF Central. w.
Va. 1t is said they took large sum
from the mail car.
A bill to foreclose the s200000.0 900
first and refunding mortgages on the
Iron Mountain & Southern railway
has been filed In the federal district
court at St. Louis.
The United States Circuit court Of
appeals has affirmed the conviction OF
Frank Quinn and j. j. Beal. election
officials OF Kingisher county, Okla
homa, for conspiracy TO Cypress me-
groes by the enforcement OF the Ok
lahoma grandfather clause"
With the wheat crop exceeding a
billion bushels, the largest ever
turned out in one season by any ma
ton, corn crop which also may
prove TO be the largest ever grown,
the governments October crop report
Indicates record harvests or oats bar
ley, rye, sweet potatoes, rice, tobacco
and hay.
WASHINGTON.
From Washington comes the an
nouncement that the Swedish minis
ter viii not go TO Utah to appear be
fore the board of pardons in Joseph
Hillstroms behalf, and will not send
a representative to appear before the
board in his stead. lie will prepare
and send the board statement of his
views.
President Wilson approves the de-
cision OF Secretary McAdoo to recon-
mend that congress retain the pres
ent duty on sugar until normal condi-
tons are restored and that the war tax
measure. which expires automatically
December 81, be extended until the
end OF the European war.
Organization Of the navy's new civ
ilian advisory board at Washington
with Thomas A. Edison as chairman
was followed by the adoption of a res
olution proposing establishment OF q
great research and experimental labor
atory to cost about $5,000,000
Recognition OF the Carranza govern
ment in Mexico, II is learned in OFF,
ical circles. Is likely to be accorded
by the United States within the next
few weeks.
Woodrow Wilson, the president of
the United States, has announced his
engagement to Mrs. Norman II. Calf
of Washington. d. G. The date Of the
wedding has not been fixed. but 1t
probably will take place In December
at the home Of the bride-elect.
FOREIGN.
According TO a dispatch from Sofia,
King Ferdinand as commander In
chief of all the Bulgarian forces, has
intrusted command OF the field forces
to General Jecoff, minister OF war.
How Lieutenant d'oyly Hughes, at
tached to British submarine operat-
ing In the Sea of Marmora, swan
from the craft, pushing ahead Of him
a raft bearing explosives, with which
he made breach In the Turkish rail-
way skirtlng the beach, is related in
an official report given out at London.
According to the correspondents of
Turin newspapers, the ministers of
the entente powers have notified the
Greek government that, for the pres
emit, the entente allies intend to land
an expeditionary force of slightly over
10000 men.
Enormous losses by the Austro-Ger.
man forces following their invasion
OF Serbia are reported from Nish.
Total casualties OF officers OF the
British army from the beginning of
the war up to September ~ have
reached total of 1904, OF which g.
176 were officers who we're killed or
had died, while 10,469 were wounded
and i,429 were listed as missing.
Austro-German troops to the mum
Der OF 100000 have invaded Serbia
with Field Marshal Won Mackensen at
their head.
All the passengers were killed In a
train wreck on the Mexican railway
between Vera Cruz and Mexico City.
according to one message. Another
dispatch estimated that fifty persons
were killed and sixty injured.
w. r. White, the Canadian finance
minister. In an address to the board
of trade at Toronto, foreshadowed
the launching OF u Canadian war loan.
He said that for the six months sue
ceeding the war Canada's loans had
aggregated 0O,OOO,OOO, or more than
u million a day.
During the past month of fighting
IN the Dardanelles the British have
gained ON an average something more
than 800 yards all along the center
of the four miles Suvia bay front. ac-
cording TO an official statement given
out at London.
Grand Duke Nicholas, who was APP
pointed commander in chief OF the
Russian forces on the Caucasian
front when Emperor Nicholas as
sumed supreme command OF the arm
les Of Russia, has arrived at Tifis.
Transcaucasia.