The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-04
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN 5RIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
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For the second time. within a week |
the price of milk has been increased I,
in Spokane. Distributors quoted milk
on April 81 at II cents the quart, a
rise of 2 cents since last week.
One hundred and fifty miners are
believed to have met instant death, |
being caught behind the fire in the
Hastings mine of the Victor-American
Fuel company, near Ludlow, Colo.
Flood waters at Bingham, Utah,
have driven number of people from
their homes.
e. #. Kelly, 25 years old, son Of a
Salt Lake plumber, gave himself up
to an officer at Los Angeles. declaring
he was wanted for embezzlement in the
Utah capital.
A special dividend of $40 share
was declared by the directors of the
Great Western Sugar company at their
annual meeting at Denver on the To-
900 share of common stock. The diyi-
dend represents Accommodations prior
to March /, 1913.
Edgar Easley, aged 50, suicided at
Denver. He shot himself through the
head because, his friends say, he was
respondent from continued business
reverses.
Enos p. Schell, weight clerk at the
United States mint at Denver, was ar
rested by secret service operatives,
Tuesday, charged with the theft of
more than $500 worth of half dollars.
He has been employed in the mint SER
vice since 1873 and at the local mint
since its establishment.
DOMESTIC.
Mayor Thompson's refusal to invite
General Joffre and members of the
French commission to Chicago on the
ground that the city's large German
population might not approve such an
invitation, has made him the target
for sharp attacks.
Auto bandits robbed two Chicago
banks in broad daylight and escaped
with between 49, 400 and S16 400.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic
explorer, is going back to England to
enlist. Sir Ernest recently arrived in
San Francisco from Chile, where he
went after completing his Antarctic
expedition begun in 1914.
Senator A. B. Fall, Republican, OF
New Mexico, has announced that he
expects to retire to private life when
his present term expires in 1919.
In a statement to the American
press, Rene yiyiani, Frances vice pre-
mier and head of the war mission
said the cooperation of the United
States would mean not only a military
victory, which already was assured
but a victory of morality and right.
Senator Frank Raguse, Milwaukee
Socialist, was expelled from member
ship in the Wisconsin senate for con
duct unbeeoming a senator of Wiscon
sin In making a disloyal statement
on the floor of the senate.
The British blacklist of shipping ha!
been withdrawn, so far as it concerns
the United States.
Narcotic drugs said to be valued a
100000, struggled into the Unite'
States from England and Canada
have been seized at New York.
Ebert w. Blancett of Friday Har
Dor. Wash, was found guilty at SAINT
Fe, N. NJ, of murder in the first de
gree for killing Clyde Armour of Siou,
City, Iowa, near Glorieta, N NJ, las
fall while the two men were on an au
tomobile tour from Armour's home a
Sioux City, Iowa, to Fresno. Cal.
Calvin A. Frye, who for thirty year
occupied various positions in tn
household of the late Mrs Mary Bake
G. Eddy, founder OF the Christia
Science church, died at Boston. Tue:
day night, aged Il.
Newspaper publishers from all part
If the country, assembled at New Yor
for the annual meeting of the ASS,
ciated Press. passed a resolution pied!
ing their hearty support of the effol
of the executives of the governmeI
to carry out effectively the mandat
of the nation" expressed in the ws
resolution passed by congress on Apr
6.
Frances war commissioners to I'll
United States reached Hampton Road
Va, Tuesday, and few hours lat,
were on their way up Chesapeake bs
for Washington on board the Pres
Dental yacht Mayflower.
George d. Smith. president of Il
Globe, Ariz., central labor council ar
secretary of the Globe Miners unto
was arrested for hitting a delegate
the carpenters union who entered Il
miners union hall for the purpose
putting up an American flag.
The newspaper as national adve
Using medium in the United States al
Canada made remarkable progress
during the last two years, accordiI
to the-fourth annual report of the b
reau of advertising of the Americ,
Newspaper Publishers associate
made public at New York.