The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-05-21

murder of priest and his house
keeper Ia New Britain. Conn, several
months ago, was hanged at Whining
ton. Della. for the murder OF police
man there last March.
BY unanimous vote the striking mo
tormen and conductors OF the Detroit
United railway have agreed TO plan
for settlement OF the labor troubles,
and street car service has been re-
sumed
since the sinking OF the lusitania,
The number OF Germans applying for
naturalization III New York City has
Increased nearly 200 per cent
paul Traback. Indicted with 1873 9th
er striking miners for participation IN
riot which resulted In the death q
Constable w. II. Riggs last February
entered plea OF guilty in court at
Fairmont w. va. and was sentenced
to one year In the penltentiary
Miss Rae Tanner. who gained motto
lriety recently through her $hO,0oo
breach OF promise suit at New YORK
against James w. Osborne, has been
indicted by the federal grand jury on
charges OF perjury.
WASHINGTON.
Secretary Daniels has ordered the
cruiser New Orleans from Manzanillo
10 Guaymas, Mexico. TO join the crui-
ser Raleigh in rendering any reliei
possible to the colony OF Americans
attacked by Indians in the Yaqui val
ley, 1876 miles inland.
After consideration lasting several
months. the federal reserve board has
virtually decided that II VIII allow
state banks TO enter the federal re-
serve system. with the right to with
draw and surrender membership II
they so desire
Continued Improvement OF the WIN
tier wheat outlook. promising condi-
Itions for spring wheat, breaking OF
1.-THE severe drought IN the eastern and
central cotton belt and timely rains
over the eastern portion OF the corn
belt are announced.
Hearing OF the case OF the Riggs Ma
ltional bank against Secretary of the
+. Treasury McAdoo, Comptroller VII
, lliams and United States Treasurer
/ Rurks, was postponed until May II, at
/ the request OF the governments attor.
neys
The United States, In note to be
/ sent 10 Germany, demands guarantee
i that there viii be no further attacks
llby submarines on merchant ships car
q frying noncombatants
j, FOREIGN.
From the report received at Berlir
Q from the submarine which sank tht
y Cunard line steamer Lusitania, 1t II
i claimed that but one torpedo wa'
Il fired
}, The Spanish government is so mucl
G concerned over the scarcity of Goa
s that the cabinet is willing to guar
y antee the payment of orders place.
h In the United States by opening
'. credit In New York to the amount Q
> at least 100000 pesetas ($2000O0)
Emperor William has conferred tn
1 decoration of the Order Pour l
n Merite on Archduke Frederick Q
o Austria and Field Marshal Baron Con
rad Won Hoetzendorf, chief OF tn
+ Austrian general staff
o A handful OF persons by candle
n light at the Cunard pier at Queens
4 town. Friday night, endeayored t
/ identity twenty eight bodies of vic
Tins which were landed there afte
i dark by British torpedo boat AM
II the tug Storm Cock.
q The British battleship Goliath ha
{ been torpedoed in the Dardanelles
/ with loss OF probably 500 men.
Yaqui Indians, attacking colon
D OF sixty-tive Americans, including We
y men and children, near Esperanza
g south of Guaymas, Mexico, have Kill
u cd three and wounded several others.
q The statement OF Premier Asquitl
2 IN the house OF commons that al
allens OF enemy countries of militar
+ age would be interned and that thi
,. applied to those naturalized agains
e whom there was any suspicion. an
that the others would be repatriatec
a has satisfied those persons who wer
!, agitating for some drastic action.
h The Journal de Geneve has receive
u a dispatch from Saloniki saying tina
many persons have been killed or II
y jured in riots in Constantinople. Mob
2 numbering thousands, the newspape
= says, pillaged the principal shops an
e hotels. The sultans guard has bee
; called out.
Viscount Bryce, former British an
I bassador to Washington, and no.
! chairman OF special government con
: mittee appointed to investigate an
! report on "outrages alleged to hav
: been committed by German troops du
ing the present war" has submitted tn
9 report Of the committee to Premier Al
= Iquith. in which he makes gray
: charges against the Germans.
: A governmental announcement mad
public at Petrograd. instructed tn