The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-07
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN RRlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters OF the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
iNTERMouNTAIN.

their doors In Idaho at the opening oil
the new year, when the most drastic
prohibition law enacted by any state
became effective.
The supreme court of Colorado has
granted stay of execution in the
case of j. @. Bulger, until the week
ending February 81, to permit contin
nance of the present hearing in dis
trict court into the sanity of the pris
1 oner.
The federal commission inquiring
into Industrial conditions in Colo
radios coal fields has received from
]. f. Welborn, president Of the Colo
RADIO Fuel & Iron companys an ex
haustiye report OF the operation of the
so-called Rockefeller industrial plan
Mrs. Frances Ellen Hare, Oldest
white woman in the northwest, died at
Astoria, Ore, while asleep, at the age
Of 104 years. Her father, the late
Judge Davenport, occupied the bench
in the supreme court of Virginia and
also served three terms in congress
While playing with an old revolver
Clarence Erickson, aged Is, of Salt
Lake, placed it to his head and pulled
the trigger, death being almost instan-
taneous.
| Joseph Smith, his wife Martha
Smith and their 4-year-old daughter
Bertha were found dead in their home
near Lehi, Utah. Death was due to
gas poisoning generated by bucket
Of hot Goals which they had placed in
their bedroom to furnish heat.
Seattle shipping men announce that
they are organizing company to
build and operate three $1,250,0
steamships to ply between Seattle and
Hawaii, Australian and New Zealand
ports.
DOMESTIC.
The states which entered the dry
column on January / are Iowa, Colo
RADIO, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Ar
kansas and South Carolina The addi-
ton of these to the dry column makes
the total number of prohibition states
nineteen. Three thousand saloons
were put out of business.
William Lorimer, former United
States senator and president of the de-
funct La Sale Street Trust & Savings
bank, was formally placed on trial at
Chicago on Friday on charge of
looting the institution of $2,000,000 in
money and securities, and the case
was then continued to January IL,
when the selection of Jurors is to be-
gin.
Five persons were indicted at Chi
cago in connection with an alleged at
tempt to establish fraudulent baby
as heir to the 100000 estate Of the
late husband of Mrs. Anna Legerwood
Matters.
What was said to be the best show
ing in its history was made by the
Western Pacific railroad in its state
ment for November, issued at San
Francisco.
Seven indictments were returned at
Chicago against five men alleged to
have been employed by the United
Garment Workers to do violence to
persons who worked through the
strike recently conducted there by
that union
Mr., and Mrs. T. j. Mayfield aged 70
and 65, respectively, and their son L.
l.. Mayfield, aged 45, were found in
their home near New Boston, Texas.
with the head of each crushed by
blow from an ak.
Former Vice President Charles w.
Fairbanks was Endorsed at love
feast at Indianapolis as Indiana's
choice for the Republican nomination
for president.
Thomas Mott Osborne has relin-
pushed his duties as warden of Sing
Sing prison pending determination of
the indictments charging him with
neglect of duty and immoral conduct.
The Missouri public service commits
sion has suspended its recent order
providing for increases in passenger
and certain rates.
Mathew A. Schmidt was convicted
of tirst-degree murder as the accom-
plice OF James B. Mcnamara in the
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building five years ago.
Henry Maessel, general manager of
the Muessel Brewing company, and his
chauffeur. Frank Chrobot, were in
stantly killed and William Muessel.
secretary of the company, was, it is
believed, fatally injured by two
masked bandits, who entered the of
fee of the company at South Bend
Ind, shortly after o'clock Thurs
day evening.
Prof. Emily G. Balch of Wellesley
college told the Sociological society. in
an address, that one of the effects of
war on the status of women would be
to make them "a drug on the market"
More than 100000 will be distribut.
ed by the American Smelling & Re.
filming company to its employees in
the United States on the profit.shar-
ing basis inaugurated by the company.
An indictment charging him with
accepting bride in the shape of an
automobile has been returned against
Mayor Carl H. Keller, of Toledo, Ohio.
who goes out of office New Years day.