The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-17
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN HRlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
HsppenInas That Are Making History
---informatIon Gathered from Al
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In Few Lines.
lNTERmouNTAiN.

btcaust OF ErieI over the death the
day before OF her husband, Albert
keefer. Union stock yards cowboy,
Lillian Keefer shot and killed herself
with revolver at Denver. Mrs.
keefers mother went insane after the
tragedy.
The bin introduced by Senator Reed
Smoot 70 provide for the granting OF
right OF way for a railroad across
the United States military reservation
AT Fort Douglas. Utah, pissed the
senate
Rates or the Colorado q Southern
and other roads on coal from South
Canon, Colo, 10 Wyoming, South Da-
kota. Nebraska and Kansas were
found unjustly discriminatory by the
inter-statae commerce commission in
80 far aas they exceed rates from
Walsenburg, Colo, TO the same points
by more than rs cents per net ton,
To shift the meeting of the western
governors conference from Butte
Mont, 70 Salt Lake, and 10 hold II
probably day In advance of the
opening OF the national governors
conference. which will be held at Salt
Lake the latter part of June Ii being
advocated.
As striking climax to the killingl
OF Clyde Bailey by ]. NJ Turnbow OIL
Moab, Utah, on December "a at
Thompsons, Mrs. Turnhow, after shoot
Ing her three little children, two OF
whom died instantly. shot herself
through the heart
DOMESTIC.
The plant OF the yaryan Rosin &
Turpentine Co. at Brunswick, Ca. was
practically destroyed by fire which
started in the refinery building OF the
plant, The loss was estimated at
100000.
The leading artists of the United
States viii be asked to promote pa
triotism by means of paintings, post,
ers and cartoons as step In the
campaign for preparedness. ii is an
nounced.
The Vanderbilt cup and the Grand
Prize automobile races have been
awarded 10 Santa Monica, Cal. by the
contest board OF the American Auto
mobile association.
Fifteen alleged bucketshops located
In towns In western Pennsylvania /
were raided by the state constabulary
assisted by federal authorities.
William j. Bryan on his arrival at
South Bend, Ind, gave out a state
ment IN which he expressed approval
OF President Wilson's course In send
Ing troops into Mexico after Villa.
Pancho villa. at the head of thou
sand Of his Mexican bandits, attacked
the town OF Columbus, N. NJ, on
Thursday, eight civilians and seven
soldiers being killed before villa and
his men were driven OF by the sol
diers. Many of the Mexicans were
killed during their retreat
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt who is
now at Trinidad. British West Indies,
In a statement given out through the
New York Evening Mail. emphatically
declined to be candidate in the pri-
marles Of Massachusetts or OF any
other state
The National Housewives Co-bpera-
tive league az meeting at Cincinnati
declared a boycott" ON sugar and
sent out communications to all
branches OF the league. as well as to
other women's societies urging CO.
operation In this movement
Arthur Mckinney, foreman OF the
Palomas ranch. William Corbett and
James o'Neil, captured by villa, were
hanged and their bodies burned. ac-
cording to information received at
Columbus. N. NJ.
The stark City bank at Stark City.
Mo. was robbed by two men. who
held UP the cashier. Waldo HAPPIER.
locked bookkeeper, Miss Lena Tan
aer. In the vault. and took $40
1nree hours later they were captured
William w, Cryderman is years old
murderer of Mrs. Anna Layport and
Mrs. Nellie Heelan, was sentenced to
die in the electric chalf by a Jury at
Valentine, Neb following his detailed
confession OF the crime.
Reports received at I'll Paso state
that two Americans named Franklin
and Wright were killed Monday by
Villa bandits at Colonia Pacheeo, be-
tween casas Grandes and Janos. Chi
huahua.
British shipping in the Pacific is en-.
dangered by the presence somewherul !
In Pacific waters of a German raider.
warnings concerning which have been
issued by the British admiralty. 7
Three soldiers were killed and two
seriously injured in fire that de. l
stroyed the main barracks and ammu- 6
milton houses at Fort Gibbons, Alaska.
A new tube plant to cost $25 900 900 +
will be erected at Gary, Ind, by the
United States Steel corporation, ac- !
cording to official announcement '
Officers of the Thirteenth United
States cavalry. patrolling the New
Mexican border, reported Tuesday that S
Francisco Villa was at the Bosques a
Grandes ranch, fifteen miles west Of y
Palonias, chihuahua, opposite Colum. /