The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-02-26
NEWS OF 4 Week IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN 5RIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In Few Lines.
lNrsRMouNrAIN.

Nearly the luli mEHlDclbHip VI bDeA
houses OF the Nevada state legislature
and several score Of private citizens
Of Nevada left Reno for San Francisco
at an early hour Friday morning, TO
be present at the opening Of the Pan
ama.Pacific exposition.
Governor Emmett Boyle OF Nevada
has issued statement announcing
he would sign the two racing bills
passed by the legislature, creating a
racing commission and legalizing a
parLmutual system OF betting on horse
races.
David Captain, wanted by the Los
Angeles authorities In connection with
the dynamiting Of the Los Angeles
Times building, was arrested on Balm
bridge island. few miles from Seat
| tie.
News advices from Cortez. Colo,
state that posse OF heavily armed
| frontiersmen under command OF A. ~
Gingles, a veteran Indian fighter, has
left for Bluff, Utah, to capture Tse-Ne.
Cat, also known as Everett Hatch. and
the band OF Indians with which he is
said 70 have entrenched himself to re-
sist arrest.
That a pitcehd battle between dep
uty United States marshals and rene.
gade Ute Indians is imminent in south,
eastern Utah, with Aquila Neber, u
s. marshal for Utah. and an outlaw
Piute Indian named Hatch as the re.
spectiye leaders, is the report.
| The parimutuel bin. amending the
anttgambling law so as to legaiize
betting on horse races under the par,
imutuel system. was passed by the
Nevada assembly 3S to 10. IL now
goes TO Governor Boyle for signature
DOMESTIC.
The body of Frank James, the for
mer outlaw, who died at his home
near Excelsior Springs, Mo-, will be
cremated In st, Louis and the ashes
kept in local safety deposit vault
relatives announce. This was one oil
his last wishes, II was said
II 10 rumored at Chicago that zach
Johnson. worlds champion pugilist
under sentence for violating the Mann
act. might appear there in few days
District Attorney Clyne was noncom
initial In his comment ON the rumor
A ten.round match between Matty
Baldwin OF Boston and Johnnie Har
yey OF New York, lightweights, was
stopped in the third round at New
Haven, Conn, because Baldwin had a
rib broken.
Four officials OF the defunct Chick
saw Bank a Trust company. OF Mem
phis. Tenn, have been sentenced to
Ave years In the Atlanta federal peni
Tertiary and a flfth received sen
tence Of one year for using the mails
to defraud in connection with the
banks failure two years ago.
On board the steamship Themls
tocles. which arrived at New York
from ports In Greece, were twenty
seven Hebrews in charge of Rabbi Der
nard Lewis. formerly OF Chicago, who
said they were driven from Palestine
by the Turkish troops.
Safe conduct for all relief ships
bearing the flag OF the commission fol-
relief In Belgium has been promised
by England. France and Germany. &C
cording to an announcement made III
New York by Lindon W. Bates. vice
chairman OF the commission.
Frank James, one OF the last sur
yiving members OF the notorious Jane:
gang died ON his farm near Excelsior
Springs. Mo-, on February IS. James
who was "A years old. had been in IL
health several months and was strick
en- with apoplexy,
General" John Kelly, who served
six months for vagrancy in Sacra
mento jail last year after his so-cailet
army of the unemployed had beer
dishanded there. was expelled from tn,
national convention at San Francisc,
of Migratory Workers OF the World.
David Fountain, a church janitor
who confessed to the murder of 10
yearold Margaret Milling in the Ger
man Lutheran church Of Sacrament,
last December. was found guilty o
murder in the first degree.
Hotels and restaurants in Chicag
have agreed to make contribution
of food to provide lunches for thou
sands of unemployed.
Eight mine workers were killed an
six others injured by an explosion q
gas at the Prospect colliery of tn
Lehigh Valley Coal company a
Wilkesbarre, Pa. Two of the injure
probably will die.
After testifying Thursday at Quinc,
CAL, in the murder trial of Fran
Cook, George Miller, one of the chic
witnesses for the state, told his friend
that he expected to be killed for whs
he had sworn to. His charred bod
was found the next morning in til
ruins of his burned bakery.
The Massachusetts, house has CO.
Cured with the senate in adopting
, memorial to congress condemning I'll
: last tariff act and declaring it to 1
, responsible for high prices and for a
| increase in the number of unemploye
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