The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-24
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN 5RlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters OF the Globe and
Given la q Fsw Lines.
iNTERmouNrAIN.

of the quorum of twelve apostles OF
the Latterday Saints church, who
has been prominent and actiTe fig
ure in the religious. political and In
dustrial history of Utah since boy
hood. died at his home in salt LAKE
City, November 1S from an attack OF
pneumonia
Nearly $6.0O0.Oe0 has been paid to
Colorado farmers for sugar beets this
year by the Great Western Sugar com
pany, according to flgnrps made pub
lie at Denver
Gaining entrance through an aband-
oned chimney hole in abe ceiling, COW
cred with latin and plaster for some
time, robbers broke into the First Ma
tional bank at Walsenburg, Colo, dy-
namited the safe and got away with
$1,000, mostly in solver
No more pictures are to be taken
by moving picture men and press pho.
fographers of Miss Jeanette Rankin
the first ~oman 10 be elected to the
United States congress, according to
an ultimatum issued at Missoula
4tOht.s W nQinH hldHhlti, iHTOuBu nCl
brother, Wellington Rankin.
Attacking the constitutionality of
the Adamson eight-hour law, suit was
filed In the federal district court at
Salt Lake City by the Union Pacific
Railroad company and the Oregon
Short Line, relief being sought
through the medium of a temporary
injunctiDn
President Wilson has telegraphed
90 Senator-elect w. II. King OF Utah
that he could not visit the western
states before the short session of con
8ress begins. His message was in re
ply 90 an invitation for him to visit
Utah before the short session of con
gress opens.
DOMESTIC.
John Hawkins, negro has con
fessed, according to officers at Ash
down, Ark, to having murdered Mrs
Ben Diles and her 15-months-old
daughter on November O. The motive
was robbery.
Thomas Mott Osborne, former war
den of Sing Sing prison, has under
taken a study of prison conditions in
the navy to recommend a reform sys-
TEN of administration.
Plans to provide a gigantic loan,
described as ''one Of the largest in the
history of the world, without interest"
to place the Jews OF Europe definitely
beyond the reach of suffering after
the war, have been announced at New
York.
Mrs. Helene II. Robson Britton,
owner OF the ST. Louis National league
baseball team. has brought suit to di
vorce her husband. Schuyler p. Brit
ton, president of the club.
Horace Jackson, Chicago board of
trade man, who was lost for five days
in the woods near ELY. Mimi, has re-
turned to his home He was none the
worse for his experience. and said he
would return to Minnesota for an
other hunting trip next year.
Voters in Kentucky. where the year
ly production of whisky exceeds 20,-
900 900 gallons, will be called upon to
decide whether a statewide prohibit
adopted If the object of an organiza-
tion formed at Louisville is attained.
Seven suits asking treble damages
amounting to approximately $1S,250,-
900. and alleging violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law. were brought
against the Motion Picture Patents
company and various moving picture
eral court at New York on behalf Of
the Colorado Film Exchange and sew
eral other film agencies in the middle
west
Theodore Roosevelt will make trip
to the Fiji, Samoan and Hawaiian is
lands in February. it is announced
from New York. II was stated that
Mrs, Roosevelt will accompany him.
Members and representatives of the
Republican national committee have
arrived in California from the east to
investigate the election In that state.
The German merchant submarine
Deutschland slipped down the Thames
river and away from New London.
Conn, early Thursday morning. She
carried cargo valued at $4,000 00
Five national guard regiments were
ordered home from the Mexican bor-
der on Thursday. They are the First
regiment uf South Carolina, Seventh
New York, Third Indiana, Third Wis
consin and Third Minnesota.
Benny Leonard OF New York, by SUI
perior ring generalship paIned the
popular decision over Johnny Dundee
of the same city in six-round bout
at Philadelphia.
Pensions amounting to $687 900
were paid to 321 college and universe
ty professors and 1877 widows OF pro-
fessors during the last year by the
Carnegie Foundation.
Howard Turner. age 25. and Mrs. r.
NJ Bushong were arrested in Denver