The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-01-22


weight pugilist, known TO followers OF
the ring as the Sycamore Cyclone"
has been appointed chief of police of
sycamore, Ills, his home town. The
appointment is for one year.
A higher tide than has ever before
raked Seabright, N. j., swept almost
unimpeded through the village streets
Thursday morning, wrecking cottages
and sweeping out to sea thousands Of
cubic yards of earth.
Every club owner in the American
and National leagues, the presidents
OF the leagues and some minor league
magnates will file affidavits giving the
side OF organized baseball in the Fed
eral leagues antitrust suit next week.
Leach Cross defeated Joe Shugrue
in slashing ten-round bout at Madi-
son Square Garden, New York. Leach
las five rounds, his opponent three,
and two were even.
WASHINGTON.
President Wilson inaugurated a new
custom last week when he called the
cabinet together for the first of Sc
ries of Friday night informal discus
sions of government business. He
plans to continue the practice indefi-
Ditely.
Release on bond of ships detained in
British prize courts will be permitted
by the British government if the Judge
of the court is willing, according TO a
statement Issued by the British embas-
sly.
Democratic leaders in the senate,
beset by every parliamentary obstacle
that minority senators can resort to,
have practically abandoned hope of ac-
complishing any general legislation in
the few remaining weeks OF the Sixty
third congress, except appropriation
bills and the government ship pur-
chase measure.
The state department is trying to
arrange with the British government
| for the immediate dispatch of the
steamship Dacia from Port Arthur,
Texas, to Rotterdam with a cargo of
cotton on the basis of temporary
| voyage.
The American Red Cross has an
nounced that it would receive at it's
headquarters at Washington contribu-
tions for the italian earthquake suf-
ferers and would forward such money
through the state department to the
/ proper officials in Italy.
| Official advices reaching the United
! States government from Mexico indi-
cate that General Villa, in command
of all the forces of the Gutierrez gov
eminent, has begun in earnest the
campaign which he hopes will force
the Carranza faction to capitulate.
FOREIGN.
The forces of the Union of South
Africa have occupied Swakopmund,
German Southwest Africa. Swakop-
mund is port of call at the mouth
of the Swakop river. 1t is trad
ing and mission station and is con-
nected by rail with Windhoek.
The river Seine is rising rapidly.
AT Troyes, France, it already is out of
is banks and passenger boat service
has been temporarily suspended. At
various places the tributaries are out
of their banks.
That Prince Franz Josef of Hohen-
zoilern. nephew of the German en-
peror, has become demented as a re-
suit of his experiences ON board the
Emden in her fight with the Austria
liam cruiser Sydney was asserted at
Vancouver.
The Canadian regiment at the
front has distinguished itself in a
stirring bayonet charge at a place
near Ypres, known as dead mans al
ley according to the London Daily
Chronicles correspondent in northeast
France.
1t has been made known in Madrid
that Queen Victoria of Spain is con-
| fined to her apartments with scarlet
| fever.
General Eulalio Gutierrez, head of
the provisional government in Mex
leo City, has publicly expressly his ap-
prevail of that portion of President
Wilson's speech at Indianapolis refer
ring to Mexican affairs.
Earth shocks were felt IN the Mont
Blanc mountain range and also in the
Swiss and Italiai Alps along the from
tier on January '9. They caused
huge avalanches which isolated the
Alpine villages and hamlets and de-
stroyed the forests.
| Emperor William was present in
person during the spirited battle on
the Vregny plain to the northeast of
| Scissors, which resulted in that ele-
waited ground being cleared Of the
French and which is described in the
German official statement given out as
brilliant feat for our troops" says
a Berlin dispatch.
Furious fighting has been resumed
in Russian Poland The Russian
forces in the north, which are push
ing toward East Prussia in the region
of Mlawa have captured a number of