The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-10-22
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
\ MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters OF the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
lNTERmouNTAiN.


lowing the rambling trail OF the bruta
assailant OF Mrs. Ann Greer. SO years
OF age, who was attacked about
o'clock Friday morning at her home IN
Wellsville, Utah.
A disagreement was reported by the
jury In the case OF Frank l.. Rose
charged with libel by Ben B. Lindsey
Judge Of Denver's juvenile court. The
Jury was discharged.
Indictments have been returned by
the grand jury against w. B. Slaugh
Der and coney G. Slaughter, former
president and cashier, respectively, OF
the closed Mercantile National bank
Of Pueblo, Colo.
J. c. Roberts, for several years rep.
fesentative at Denver OF the United
States bureau OF mines. has resigned
70 become the first professor OF the DR..
Joseph A. Holmes chair OF safety en-.
cheering at the Colorado state school
Of mines at Golden, Colo.
After shooting and instantly killing
bis divorced wife and her sister at st.
Helens. Ore, w. Il, Stout set fire to
bis house and held of City Marshal
Chittim by firing three shcts at him.
Then, with the last shot, killed him,
self.
Harry G. Hontz. who confessed to
wrecking train on the Denver a Rio
Grande road at the mouth of Spanish
Fork canyon on August 2, and was
committed to the state mental hospi-
tai at Provo, Utah. on August 20. has
escaped from that institution.
DOMESTIC.
Former Judge Charles II. Fairalt,
chief counsel for Matthew A. Schmidt,
on trial for murder In connection with
the dynamiting Of the Los Angeles
Times building, October /, 1910, died
Friday In Los Angeles hospital.
Stocks and bonds of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Gary Railroad company,
having a face value OF S11,239. 900,
were sold at auction at st. Louis for
t2066, 900.
An innovation In naval construc-
tion was inaugurated at the New
York navy yard ON October IA with
the laying OF the keel OF the super
dreadncught California, the first bat
teship In the world to be equipped
with electric machinery for her own
propulsion.
Twelve trunk line railroad lines
we're named In an indictment re-
turned in the federal district court at
Houston, Texas. against Roy Camp
bell, former sales manager of the
South Texas Truck Growers associa-
ton. They are charged with rebating.
The fifth large shipment Of gold and
securities to be made from England
20 the United States within the past
few weeks arrived at New York on Oc-
tober IA. The shipment is estimated
at between 100000 and $1O.OOO.00o
The International Peace congress at
San Francisco adopted resolution di.
recting David Starr Jordan, president
OF the congress and chancellor of
Stanford university. to proceed to
Washington. ID. G.. at once, and urge
President Wilson TO call conference
OF neutral nations. TO be permanent
body, to bring about peace.
Orvtlle Wright has sold his entire
interest in the Wright Aeroplane com.
pany at Dayton, Ohio. to a syndicate.
II is said he will receive $1,000 900.
Friends OF Rear Admiral Robert K.
Peary, discovsEer OF the north pole,
are congratulating him upon the for.
tunate termination OF his first flight
IN a hydro-aeroplane, which ended in
yoloplane into the water of Long
Beach, l.. l., from a height OF 1900
feet after the engine had stopped in
midhight.
Taking the ground that a criminal
Is not a normal human being, but Is
one who Is morally deficient and OPP
posing the indiscriminate extension
OF the honor convict" system, Judge
J. f. Frick OF the supreme court of
Utah addressed the convention or the
American Prison association at Oak.
land.
Count okuna, Japanese premier,
and DIR. Ng Poon Chew, a Chinese
editor OF San Francisco, assured del.
egates TO the International Peace con.
gress at San Francisco that world
peace was yet fantasy and will be
until the militaristic order OF things
Is changed.
The Boston team OF the American
league won four out OF FIVE games
from the Philadelphia team OF the Ma
tional league in the worlds series and
are now the recognized worlds cham
pions.
Complete returns show that the
prohibitionists carried Calhoun coun-
~, Texas, by a single vote at the
recent election. The total count was
E77 TO 276. A contest IL probable.
Mayor Joseph e. Bell OF Indianap-
oils, Ind, has been acquitted OF the
charge Of conspiracy to commit felo
mics In connection with the primary
and election OF 1914.
Missing since Sunday SIX warrant
officers from the interned cruiser
Kronprinz Wilhelm are being sought
by ships at sea and up Chesapeake
by