The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-22


Villa raid took place, has been as
signed as brigade commander at La,
redo, Texas
Bail in the aggregate sum Of $685.
900 was demanded Of 1877 Industrial |
Workers Of the World who were Civ.
en- hearings for participation in the
forbidden meeting at Scranton, Pa.
A guarantee Of $4,000 for a 20
round match with Johnny Dundee In
New Orleans will not be accepted.
Harry Pollock, manager Of Freddies
Welsh, the lightweight champion, an
nounces.
One person was killed and two were
injured, one perhaps fatally. when an
automobile turned over on the road
between Huron and Woolsey. S. D.
In his first campaign utterance in a
letter to the Hughes National College
league. made public at New York, VII
liam H. Taft attacked the present ad-
ministration.
WASHINGTON.
Complaints from milk producers in
many sections in the country that the
cost of production is increasing and
their net returns growing smaller will
be investigated by the department Of
agriculture.
The state any navy departments
have promised all possible assistance,
to the Polish National defense com
mittee, which proposes to send
chinInad - d.
land as Christmas gift to Polish
babies.
Violation Of American neutrality by
British torpedo boat, which held up
and examined the Philippine steamer
Cebu within the territorial waters of
the Philippines, has been reported TO
the war department by Governor Cen
eral Harrison
To set at rest rumors that various
units of the national guard soon we're
to be withdrawn from the border, Sec
rotary Baker has reiterated that there
was no fixed policy regarding mainte-
nance of the state troops there, and
that the length of their stay depended
on the status of the border situation.
Net revenues from railway opera
lions OF S93,O15,264 for July, as
against S75,525.939 for July, 1915, for
$50 railroads. were announced by the
interstate commerce commission.
When the new general revenue bill
became effective last week, business
men throughout the country were re-
lieved of the stamp taxes which they
have been paying since December l.,
1914, and which were to have contin-
ued until December 81 of this year.
FOREIGN.
The Belgian minister of finance de,
clares that the German authorities OF
occupation are pursuing against the
Belgian population policy OF spolia.
ton even graver than that already de-
nounced by the Belgian minister OF
finance after the first reports in the
Dutch press.
Prince Frederick William of Hesse,
nephew of Emperor William. has
been killed at Cara Orman, it is eff
cially announced by the war Office in
its report on operations on the Balkan
front
A Stockholm dispatch to the Over
seas News agency says that Sweden
has held up 10000 tons of coffee des-
tined for Finland, presumably on &C
count of the fact that Great Britain
has detained shipments of coffee for
Sweden.
Both Japan and Russia have given
the United States formal assurances
that the new Russo-Japanese treaty
does not repeal or affect the treaties
of 1907 and 1910, in which those ma
tions pledged themselves to maintain
the integrity of China and the open
door policy.
Villa and his men are subsisting en-
tirely on fresh meat, which, together
with lack of salt, has caused sickness
and otherwise reduced the stamina OF
his force, according to reports receiv.
ed at Chihuahua.
Woman suffrage and prohibition ap.
parently have been adopted by the
voters of British Columbia, according
to incomplete returns from the gen,
eral election.
A Russian destroyer has been sunk
in the Gulf of Riga by a German
aeroplane squadron. says a report Civ.
en- out by the German admiralty. Ger.
man naval planes also have attacked
Russian sea forces in the Black sea,
i The Greek port of Kavala was Pill.
LACED and civilians massaered by Tur,
kish Bashibazouks on the withdrawal
of the Greek garrison. according to a
Saloniki dispatch.
The British forces which crossed
the Struma river. in Greek Macedonia
have been withdrawn after having IN.
licted heavy losses on the Bulgarians
according to a report sent by the
British press representative at Sal,