The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21


tally.
Gunners Of the Atlantic feet made
during 1915 the highest averages Of
the fleets history for target practice
in the open sea.
Robert Jacobson, a farmer living
near Salem, S. D., was found dead in
his buggy and his companion, badly
frozen, was found lying on the ground
nearby.
United States Consul T. d. Ed
wards, stationed in Juarez. was boot
ed and shouted at as VILLAS consul,
not ours" in the lobby Of an Ell Paso
hotel by excited Americans.
While practicing long distances
skee jumping. Nels Nelson, of Reyel-
stake, B. c., cleared 1875 feet, two
feet better than the Canadian record
for the sport.
WASHINGTON.
President Wilson has asked con-
gress to appropriate $4,000 for in
IDENTITIES TO Greece, Austria-Hun-
gary and Turkey on account of in
iuries to their subjects in the South
Omaha riots on february 81, 1909.
Senator Albert B. Fall, Republican,
Of New Mexico, made the charge in
the senate that the action of this gov
eminent in permitting Carranza troops
to cross through the United States
to attack Villistas provoked the mas
sacre Of the seventeen Americans near
] Chihuahua.
! Eduardo Suarez Mujica, Chilean en-
bassador to the United States, has re-
signed and will leave his post here in
March or April to return to Chile
Following a cabinet meeting on
Friday. it was announced that Gen
eral Carranza and the de facto gov
eminent of Mexico are to be given
full opportunity, without Intervention
from the United States, to run to
earth the murderers Of American citi.
zens at Santa Ysabel, and to demon.
strate ability to restore order and
protect foreign rights in the southern
republic.
! Representations of the United
States government regarding the mas
sacre of foreigners near chihuahua
City have been presented to General
Carranza in Queretaro by Consul Joh1
R. Silliman.
FOREIGN.
Reuters Petrograd correspondent
says that Emperor Nicholas in an i'm
perial order to the Russian army anc
navy on the occasion Of the Russian
, New Years day. proclaimed that there
can be no peace without victory.
The Amsterdam Telegram reports
: that the Zuyder Zee dixie at Kat
t woude has burst and that Zuid Polne
, has been flooded. The inhabitants o
that place were obliged to abandon
j and have fed to Edam, which is part
/. Ily flooded
y The French submarine Fouqualt al
0 tackled and sank an Austrian cruise
t near Cattaro, says the official state
q ment issued at Paris.
: General Francisco Villa has but fol
ty men with him in the Guerrero di;
! trict, according to General Jacint
o Trevino, commander of the northeast
:, ern corps of the Carranza army.
). AS reprisals for the internment G
the French subjects in Turkey, tn
/ French authorities have arrested Sal
e Bey, archiyist of the Turkish embas;
o sy and the last functionary of the en-
bassy remaining on duty in Paris. HI
n wife and daughter also will be place
a in confinement
It The terrible weather which prevail
e over northwestern Europe has Unite
L the military activity upon the wester
? front to minor artillery engagement
It The German government has tran
mitted to Great Britain through tn
2, American embassy at London. a not
r which declares that as a result
e Great Britain not fulfilling Germany
IS demand for an explanation of the CT
e cumstances surrounding the sinkiu
n of German submarine by the BIRTHS
i patrol boat Baralong, Germany vi
adopt suitable measures of repriss
h For the first time in history Cettinj
4 the capital of Montenegro. is in Il
j, hands of an invading army. Its ca
d. ture by Austrian troops was a
nounced in an official statement !
h. sued in Vienna on Friday.
IN Copies of correspondence seiz,
e from Captain Franz Won Papen. I
r called German military attache
v Washington, says a London dispatc
3 show that Captain Won Papen ma,
frequent payments to persons vi
IS were arrested in connection with d
II blowing up of munition works al
"a bridges in the United States.
y Armenian refugees arriving at E
y van, Russian Transcaucasia, sta
that 1900 Sasun Armenians who we
a forced by cold and famine to sure
oy der to the Turks under the Cover
a ment amesty were killed by order
the governor of Mush.
On Capture of General Jose Rodrigu,
We General Almeida and several 9th
a villa chieftains by Carranza fore
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