The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-26
Richard Madden and Gustave Cook,


reservist. to obtain a false American
passport, were Friday sentenced to
ten months each in the New YorA
county penitentiary.
Il. J. Pearson, first vice-president OF
the Missouri Pacific, has been selected
as operating vice-president to take
charge OF the Texas & Pacific rail
read property, according to an an
nouncement made by George J. Gould.
w. s. Noble, secretary OF the Land
League OF Texas. told the federal COM
mission on industrial relations that he
had this week found two land tenants
IN north Texas SO poverty-strlcken
that they were offering to give their
children away.
Bishop Joseph Fox OF the Catholic
diocese OF Green Bay. Wis. who at a
/ Chicago hospital recently underwent a
serious operation, died Monday.
WASHINGTON.
Representatives OF Panama canal
employees have protested at the
White House against recent execu.
tive order requiring the employees to
pay for their rent, light and coal, pre-.
yiously furnished them free OF charge
Frank Jones of Chicago has
been appointed temporary secretary
OF the federal trade commission.
Secretary Bryan celebrated his fifty.
fifth birthday anniversary March 10
by exchanging ratiicatIons OF peace
treaty with Italy, with the Italian EN-.
bassador. Count di Cellere. Later, al
his home, Secretary Bryan enter.
tanned all the employees OF his de.
partment at his birthday party.
appointment OF trade committee to
promote cooperation between bust
ness and the new federal trade com
mission, Is announced at Washington
BY the directors OF the chamber of
commerce OF the United States.
Secretary Daniels on March Is sign.
cd contract plans for the navy's first
sea-going submarine and announced
that It would be known as the Schley,
In honor OF the late Rear Admiral w.
8, Schley.
Transfer OF some Of the government
money now on deposit in national
banks to the treasury. with view TO
redepositing II later In federal reserve
banks, has begun by direction OF Sec.
rotary McAdoo
FOREIGN.
There VIII be no stoppage OF work
during the war by English trades
unionists, This result has been OBJ
tanned through conferences between
the British chancellor of the excheQ.
uer and the committee of imperial de
tense. Wage and other questions OF
the union men will be arbitrated.
News has been received OF the as.
sassination OF Governor zayas OF San
Domingo and two OF his children a,
Aqua, small town about flfty.five
miles southwest OF Santo Domingo.
Three of the allies warships, two
British and one French vessel, were
sunk In the Dardanelles straits when
they came in contact with floating
mines liberated by the Turks and
Germans.
The British steamer Hyndford was
torpedoed in the English channel, a
fayorite hunting grounds Of the Ger.
man submarines, off Beachy Head
while she was proceeding to London
under her own steam. One member
OF the crew was killed.
Reports have reached Berlin that
two German aviators have lombard
ed the British arsenals at Sheerness,
the British naval base.
The secretary OF the British ad-
miralty announces that there is every
reason to believe that the German
cruiser Karlsruhe was sunk In the
neighborhood OF the West Indies at
the beginning OF November and that
those of her crew who were rescued
reached Germany early in December,
villa has organized an aviation
corps and plans to have at least three
aeroplanes In operation within a
month. according to latest reports.
A Zeppelin airship has dropped some
bombs on Calais, aiming at the rail-
way station. No serious material
damage was done. but seven EN-.
loyes were killed.
An American Sanitary commission
has been organized under the auspices
OF the American Red Cross and the
Rockefeller foundation and soon will
be at work in Serbia aiding in the
control and SUPPRESSION OF typhus
fever, which already has claimed co..
900 victims there.
| An arrangement between Great Brit.
ain and Germany and Austria by
which representatives of the Uaited
states will inspect and report on alien
prison camps in those countries and
distribute to prisoners supplies from
their own government or other
sources is announced
Typhus already has caused the
death of 60 out of 400 native doctors
of Serbia. The foreign Red Cross
units have suffered great losses. Two