The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-05
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
lNTERMouNTAIn.


Haley. Idaho, cutting his throat, but
he has chance for recovery. He
had been III for some time.
A Navajo scout brings word to-
BLUM, Utah, that Old Posey, Ute chief,
shot and killed his own brother. Old
Scotty, because the latter advised
surrender to the marshal's posse.
Despondent because he could not Sc
cure a position, j. ID. Marin committed
suicide at Park City. Utah, cutting his
throat, his body being found by his
wife upon her return home from a
visit to a neighboring town.
Decision has been reached by the
county commissioners at Salt Lake to
work the county prisoners on the pub
lis highways,
Uncle" John Mimic. Oregon pio-
neer, died at Salem Of old age. He
was born In England In 1922 and
came 70 Oregon from Pennsylvania
In 1914.
I Storage OF water has begun at Arrow
Rock dam, the highest in the world,
In the Boise reclamation project,
which win reclaim an area in south
eastern Idaho three times as great as
the crop acreage OF Rhode Island.
John Brunke, "a. assistant cashier
Of Haxtun, Colo, was shot and In
stantly killed by a robber. The rob-
Der was captured near the town after
a battle with posse OF citizens.
DOMESTIC.
Patrick Quinlan; an orator of the
Industrial Workers OF the World, who
was convicted at Paterson, N. j., of
melting riot and disorder during the
silk strike OF 1913, was brought into
court OF general sessions on Friday
and resentenced to pay a fine of $500
and serve term OF from two to seven
years at hard labor in the state prison
at Trenton.
e. II. Gary, chairman OF the United
States Steel corporation, In an ad-
dress at Pittsburg, declared that In
vestigators are often not only incom.
petent, but are prejudieed.
Joseph Letter, noted wheat operator
of fifteen years ago, testified at the
state inquiry at New York City into
the increased cost of bread, that AM
erican farmers had long been selling
wheat for less than what 1t cost.
The federal grand jury has returned
a superseding indictment against
twenty-one directors, former directors
and counsel of the New York, New
Haven 4 Hartford Railroad company,
charging violation OF the Sherman
antitrust law.
Mrs. Louise Storz Lody, the di.
vorced wife Of Carl Hans Lody, who
is living at Omaha, Neb., denies that
she had received $4,000 or any other
sum from the German government as
compensation for her fromer hus-
bands sacrifice OF his life.
A young woman was beaten to
death at Aurora, Ills, Thursday night.
1t Is the third case Of the sort with.
In a year Emma Peterson was found
unconscious on the sidewalk shortly
before midnight, her skull fractured
and her jaw broken She died in the
ambulance while being taken to a
hospital.
Temperance workers who led the
fight in making Arizona a prohibition
state last fall have been engaged to
manage a similar campaign in Chi
cago, II is announced. II is hoped to
have the question OF voting the sa'
looms out OF Chicago submitted to a
vote OF the people in April, 1916.
The city council at Aurora, Ills.
has offered reward of $1,000 for the
arrest OF the murderer OF Miss Emma
Peterson, whose body was found on
the sidewalk with the skull crushed
she having been beaten to death.
Two armed and masked men enter
ed Havana, Ark, kidnapped the presi
dent OF the bank, DR.. ]. II Mitchell
blew open the safe. took $4,000 and
escaped 90 the mountains. Mitchell
was taken to farm on Blue mountain
and released unframed.
Richard Hartman, former theatel
ticket broker, convicted at New Yorl
of swindling Mrs. Charlotte Macken
zie out of $133,000. has been sen
fenced TO prison for not less than NV,
years.
Captain A. K. Hardin OF the United
States marine corps killed himself a
the Racquet club at Philadelphia, HI
was an aide to President Taft AM
was appointed to the marine corp
from Illinois in 1889.
Robert Lansing, state department
in a speech before 700 alumni of An
herst college at their annual banque
at New York City, declared that thes
were critical days for the Unite
States, how critical only those VIII
are in intimate touch with affairs ca
realize"
The executive committee of the N;
tional Association of Master Baker
has forwarded from New Orleans /
President Wilson and members {
congress resolution asking that e,
portations of wheat, rye and -four b
afopnad tamnora rily