The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-24

eugene Ore.s LnrouEh their counhei
has asked Governor James u. Fergu-
son Of Texas 10 revoke requjsition for
| their return TO Georgia, alleging that
they feared lynching should they be
taken TO Atlanta for trial ON indict-
ments charging them with larceny
after trust
| The American soldiers IN pursuit OF
VILLA are Believed to be marching
about thirty miles day, and viii soon
be In the section where II Is believed
villa viii make a stand
Travelling the entire distance in box
cars. Consul G. A. Williams and eighty
six other Americans arrived at Laredo,
Texas, from Torreon, Mexico, having
left the Mexican city. they said, be-
lcanse they were convinced Il was the
best thing to do.
Thomas Mott Osborne. prison re-
former, Harvard graduate and former
warden OF Sing Sing. was acquitted
'on the charge OF perjury by direction
Of Justice Tompkins to jury In the
supreme court at White PLANES, N. II.
WASHINGTON.
The senate adopted resolution pre-
scented by Senator La Toilette APPROX
ing President Wilson's course in send
ing soldiers into Mexico in pursuit
OF Villa.
National defense legislation over.
Swallowed every other legislative issue
on Saturday in both houses Of con-
gress
The senate passed Senator Poindex-
ter's bill appropriating $2,065,00O 70
equip the Puget Sound navy yard for
construction OF battleships.
On request OF the state department,
orders have been sent to collectors OF
customs at seaports Of the United
States and along the Mexican border
TO hold up shipments of arms, ammu'
milton or explosives consigned to Mex
leo, except such as IL is clearly es.
tablished are designed for the de fac
TO government
January foreign trade figures as
sembled by the department OF com
merce nut the months exports at $751;
lrNVFVVVs tAtCtulhb ny So1tVVusVVV tho
the total for the same month year
ago. Imports reached s1S4.000.000
compared with $122,O00,O00 year
ago.
FOREIGN.
| Plans for opening stations in var
ious parts OF Mexico City for the re-
ceipt OF popular subscriptions for liz
uidation Of the interior debt were de-
cided upon by the committee in
charge of raising the revenues. Other
cities In the republic will be called
upon to follow similar plan.
Great Britain will probably issue an
order prohibiting the importation Of
luxuries. in order to provide more
room on ships for necessities.
The sinking Of the Dutch liner Tu-
bantia has aroused storm of indig-
nation In Holland. the newspapers de.
ciaring that strong representations
shnn,d be made to the German gov,
eminent.
A Greek actor named Condayannis
has been convicted OF being spy by
a courtmartial in Paris and sentenced
to death.
There are again persistent reports
that Turkey Is preparing to abandon
the central powers and sue for peace
according TO an Athens dispatch TO the
Exchange Telegraph company.
General Pablo Gonzales, command
ing the de facto government forces Ii
Mexico City, has been named minister
OF communications In General Car
ranza's cabinet. now in process of for
nation.
A Berlin dispatch says number o
unsuccessful attacks have been mad,
by the French on the German line
south Of ST. Souplet. west OF tn,
Somme-Py road In the Champaign
region. German army headquarters an
nounced Thursday The German
took two officers and 100 men prison
ers and captured two machine guns.
The Holland-Lloyd passenger steam
or Tubantia sank March i6 OF tn
, Noordhindor lightship as the result Q
striking a mine or an attack by sui
marine. All the passengers and GREY
We're saved.
General Gallieni has been suppressed
ed by General RoQues as minister Q
war General Joseph Simon Gallier
has been the French minister Of wa
since October, 1915. Before that h
was military governor of Paris.
Two torpedo boats have arrived Q
Flushing with about seventy persons
! who were rescued from the steame
! Tubantia. according to Reuter- dii
/ patch. Most OF the survivors ar
! members OF the crew.
I According TO an official statemer
a made In Berlin, all rumors regardin
the cancellation or the postponemeI
OF an intensified submarine campaig
!. against armed merchantmen, as al
/ nounced In the German memoranda
. last month, are untrue.
4 colonia Dublan. the Mormon settl
il ment In the Casas Grandes valley.
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