The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-10

nafai collier, will sail from Naw
n lork about December l, carrying g..
wy TONS of food and 1000 toms ~
ciotning for war sufferers in Armenia
ana syria, it was announced at New
oih friday by the American Ma.
elonal Red Cross. The destination Of
the collier will be Beirut, Syria.
Negotiations have been completed
Dy syndicate headed by the National
oity company, at New York City. for a
loan of $50,O00,OOO to the Russian gov.
eminent, the proceeds Of which will
De used principally for paying for war
munitions.
Inc net result of the nine weeks
oi conference at Atlantic City. N II
OF the Mexican-American Joint com.
mission, which adjourned Thursday
over the election until November 10
IS that the Mexican commissioners
nave learned that any agreement by
the commission must cover NOT only
the policing of the frontier, but Mexi-
can internal affairs.
WASHINGTON.
Reports from 124 out of 1S5 rail.
ways whose revenues exceed 81 .O00-
UuU, issued by the interstate commerce
commission, show that their net reye-
nue. from railway operation in octo-
Der ran up to S246. 55S, 236, an increase
OF more than $4,000, 900 over the pre-
Vlous September.
Columbia has protested to the Unit
ca states against the new canal route
treaty with Nicaragua, on the ground
that the granting Of a ninety-nine-year
lease to this government by Nicaragua
OF Great Corn and Little Corn islands
IS denial Of Colombian sovereignty
in those islands.
Authority from congress to raise the
cost limit may have to be sought by
the navy department before it can
award contracts for construction of
the four thirty-five knot scout cruisers
in the 1917 building program.
So many conflicting elements have
appeared in the destruction of the
British ship Marina by German sub
marine, with the loss of American
lives, that the incident threatens to
TALL into technical discussion rather
than clean-cut issue of whether Ger
many has violated her pledges to the
United States.
Growth of the country's banking re-
sources since passage of the federal
reserve act is put at six and one-half
billion dollars, in a statement issued
by the comptroller of the treasury.
The record is declared to be without
a parallel.
FOREIGN.
The strike at Honolulu Of union
longshoremen, which went into effect
September Is, was ended Friday when
the strikers (Japanese) voted to re-
turn to work. The Hawaiian dock
laborers who had struck in sympathy
with the Japanese also returned to
work.
Infantry fighting continues in Cali
cia and in Volhynia with slight sue
cesses in both regions for the Rus
SLAMS, according to the official state
ment issued from Petrograd.
In the zone from Gorilla to the Adri-
attic sea the Italians have captured adj
ditional points of vantage from the
Austrians and taken many prisoners.
After shooting the Twenty-Five Car
rama military guards of a passenger
train from Juarez, Villa bandits loot
ed the train, robbed the passengers
and even took the clothing from the
passengers.
According to special dispatches
from Athens, the Venizelist national
defense army has seized ana occupied
Katerina, few miles southwest of
saloniki after a short fight with the
Greek royalist troops.
The political pot is boiling furiously
IN many parts of Australia as a result
Of the defeat of the Consumption meas
lre in the recent popular referendum.
Striking east from Gorzia, and pull
the powerful Austrian defense
works on the Carso with a hurricane
If shells, the Italian army of General
-adorna has resumed its ADVANCE
against Trieste.
Reports received from Nicaragua
,ay the volcano Santiago there is
throwing out lava and ashes. Many
in the department of
Iaseya are declared to have been
'uined.
Altogether 24.2O0 bags of mail from
Germany and 1890 bags destined
or Germany were confiscated by the
British and French authorities from
1915, to the end of Septem-
ier, 1916, says the Overseas News
gency.
The Roumanians have won further
advantages over the Austro-German
orces on the Transylvanian frontier,
he war office announced Tuesday. In
he jul valley pursuit of the Teutons
continues.
The garrison at MADEIRA reports the
apture of the Villa leader, Rosario
sarcia, and several of his men. Docu-
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