The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-03-17

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tain clothing for the destitdte in Bel
gsum and northern France.
The soft coal agreement, which will
add from $15.000000 to $20,000,000 to
the incomes OF the mine workers OF
western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois. was signed at New York
on Thursday. subject to a referendum
vote Of all the bituminous miners In
the United States.
Ebert II. Gary chairman OF the
United States Steel corporation ana
six big steel companies, has been in.
dicted on the charge OF conspiiing 70
fix the wages OF labor and to fix the
price Of iron and steel products 10
Mahoning county In violation Of ths
Valentine antitrust law,
WASHINGTON.
Henry Gassaway Davis, former
United States senator from West Vir.
ginia and yice-presidential candidate
on the Democratic ticket in 1904, died
at Washington. March 10, after briet
illness, aged SO.
Senator La Toilette in a speech Ia
the senate defended the power OF con,
sress TO warn citizens from belliger.
ent ships and challenged the right OF
the president II prevent congressional
action In foreign relations.
American troops were ordered
across the Mexican border on March
10 by President Wilson to take Fran.
cisco villa and his bandits dead OF
alive. Under the direction II not &C.
tually the leadership of Major General
Funston, who ended the Philippine in
surrectlon by taking Aguinaldo single
handed, American troops have crosged
the border.
The American feet Is not in condi
tion to strike an effective blow at an
enemy. the house naval committee
was told by Captain w. S. Sims, com.
mander OF the new uperdreadnouKht
Nevada
Washington stands squarely behind
Colonel Slocum In sending his cayal-
rymen into Mexico in pursuit OF Fran
cisco villa and his band OF outlaws
who raided Columbus, N, M, Thurs
day, numbering American soldiers
and citizens and firing the town.
FOREIGN.
The London Weekly Nation says 1t
believes that Col Winston Spencer
Churchill, former first lord of the ad
miraIty, intends to resign his commits.
sion In the army and return to par
The Amsterdam Telegram states
that It has received reports of So
rious rioting In Cologne In conse-
qnence of the heavy losses of German
troops In the battle OF Verdun.
The Swedish government has de-
cided TO remove the German mine
field off Falsterbo, which cause the
loss OF the steamer Martha.
Yilla Is headed directly for Casas
Grandes, Chihuahua, In order to at |
tack the 500 Mormons settled in that
section, according to a report received
at Juarez.
Press dispatches from Italian
sources give reports from Cairo that
the uprising recently reported In
Egypt has aroused the natives against
the British, says a Berlin dispatch 1t |
Is said Bedouins have attacked Brit
sh troops repeatedly
Banking circles at Amsterdam esti.
mate slO,000,000 to $12.O00,O0O as the
aggregate value of American securi- /
les and coupons taken by the British
government from the Dutch steamers
Noordam and Rotterdam on outward
voyages since the middle of January.
According to official German cas-.
lalty lists which have reached Lon.
lon the total of German casualties for
February was 35.19S This brings up
he total for the war. as shown in
.hese lists. 10 2.667,372.
The president OF Nicaragua has
jailed an extra session OF congress for
March 26 10 consider the canal treaty
With the United States. The original
-reaty was ratified by Nicaragua, but
he amendments neeessitate its CON
iideration anew
The tide of battle before verdun
las swept back to the eastern bank
y the Mouse, where the French and
Germans are at grips in the greatest
slaughter of the war
Germany declared war on Portugal
IN March and handed his passports
o the Portuguese minister. The seiz.
ire OF German ships in Portuguese
'orts led up to this action.
A German fleet consisting of at
east fifty big warships. followed by
large gray-painted armed trawler
leet, two big Zeppeins and numerous
submarines, was sighted Monday af-
ernoon in the North sea of Terschel-
ing island. north Holland, 1t is report.
d in London.
Unless the German ships seized by
Portugal are released the Portuguese
minister to Germany viii receive his
passports, says a dispatch from Zu-
ich, Switzerland.
Several persons were hurt at Toron-
o In a riot as result of prohibition
'arade to the parliament buildings, in