The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-07-28

inree men roDDed the LdnWood
State bank at Bonner Springs, Kans.,
Of $1,000 and escaped in an automo-
bile. After leaving the bank they
were joined by another car, one of the
occupants of which was a woman.
Four passersby in the street oppo-
site his locksmith shop at Newark. N.
j., were shot and seriously wounded
by Salvatore Castronova, 80 years
old, an inventor, who had gone sud-
denly insane, before he set fire to his
own clothing and burned to death.
From short hikes and short drills
during the first few days the daily
camp program at Nogales, Ariz., has
been enlarged until now the Utah
troopers are doing full soldier day.
Settlement of the strike of cloak
makers in New York City, which ha,
been in progress for twelve weeks,
probably will be attempted by the fed
eral bureau of Cancellation.
WASHINGTON.
The naval appropriation bill with .
three-year building program, includ
ing the immediate construction of
four dreadnaughts, four great battle
cruisers, and fifty-eight other craft
passed the senate by a vote Of II tr
8. 1t carries $315, 826,S43.
A joint resolution to extend leaves
Of absence with credit to homestead.
ers on public lands who are with the
national guard in federal service, was
adopted by the house.
An attack by Senator La Toilette
on the general preparedness program
as the product of agitation by mon
eyed interests, aided by the metro
politan press, was a feature of the
The war department has issued q
series of reports on the mobilization
of the national guard for border duty
all designed to refute charges that
the men have been improperly ra
toned and not given the best facili
ties available in their trip south.
President Wilson made persona
visit to the capitol on Tuesday to EN-
phasize his desire that a child labor
law be put on the statute books a.
the present session of congress.
i The enlarged naval building pro
gram recommended by the naval com
mittee, after conferences with Presi
dent Wilson and Secretary Daniels
was approved by the senate Tuesda,
by viva voce vote.
FOREIGN.
Large bands of Yaqui Indians ar
again on the warpath in southern Sc
nora and have raided ranches, attack
ed trains and invaded the outskirts 0
garrisoned twons to loot and kill.
The American schooner Prins Va
demar has been captured by a Gel
man warship while on it's way fror
Philadelphia to Sweden with carg
of oil.
Since the outbreak of the war tn
| cost of living in Ireland has increase
41.2 per cent.
: Forty persons, including a numbe
Of soldiers and women, were kilIe
during very severe lightning an
rain storm in the suburbs of Mexic
City.
Sir Sam Hughes, minister of mi!itii
is held by the Meredith-Duff roys
commission at Ottawa, Canada, inn,
cent of responsibility for the negoti
ton of government fuse contract
; with American munitions manufa
! urers from which they were allege
: to have onduly profited.
The Russians have forced a passae
: of the Lipa and have captured loo
> prisoners and four cannon from til
l Austro-Germans, who are retiring |
: disorder, according to a late stat
: ment issued by the general staff ;
q Petrograd.
The number of prisoners taken
4 the battle of the 10th continues to i
I crease, at present numbering Psi
: men and seventy-five officers, says
Petrograd dispatch
Refusing to accept the new issr
of Carranza currency, nearly all me
chants at Chihuahua, by agreemen
. closed their stores. They declare IL
> silver exchange rate demanded /
the de facto government for the ne
paper money is extortionate.
With his followers scattered in
= small groups, Villa, accompanied on
> by bodyguard of six men, is makir
! for the mountains of Durango, accor
5 ing to report received at Chihuahu
Ten thousand Canadian soldiers a.
to proceed overseas soon, it was a
: nounced at the militia department
; Ottawa. The necessary arrangement
; have been completed to obtain ship
The British steamer Adams, whic
> was captured off the Swedish Goa
on Tuesday by German destroye
has been released, according to Be
lin dispatch.
Hurting stones down the mounta
, sides, the Austrians repulsed thr,
:, strong Italian attacks near Borco
pass, the official statement issued
Vienna reportS