The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-06-15

MAY g, caused the deaths of at least
three persons, injuries to nearly thirty
others and did property damage Of at
least s1.000000.
Italian coal miners at centerville,
Appanoose county, Ia, refused to reg
lister and the. arrest of forty-hve OF
them has been ordered.
Word has been received Of renewed
raiding BY Mexican bandits IN the
lower Rio Grande valley An Amer
lean rancher named Garcia was slain,
his five daughters attacked, their moth
er mistreated and a young son serious
~ benten by raiders Sunday night eight
miles west OF sam Fordyce.
WASHINGTON.
/ Senator Charles T.. McNary OF Ore
gon, appointed 10 succeed the late Sem
ator Lime, WAS sworn In June 5. He
IL Il Republican and rs he succeeds a
Democrat the majority representation
IN the senate is decreased 10 SO with
the Republican Increased TO AZ.
Prohibition provisions OF the new
army law apply TO the navy and
Murine corps ny well as the army An
opinion by Attorney General Gregory
holds that the statute covers all the
military forces OF the United States
whether on land or sea, and not the
army exclusively.
Roumnnia Is sending an official war
mission TO the United States. The
personnel ~ not yet known here, but
Il Is understood 60 be formal and
working mission.
In nominating three major generals
md eighteen brigadiers. President
Wilson dlsregarded strict seniority
and went down into the list for "llye
wires" for the greater army.
The naval collier Jupiter has ar.
rived Ia France. Secretary Daniels an
nouncod June 7, laden with 10,500 tons
OF wheat and other supplies. The ship
sailed from an American port without
any intimatlon of her voyage having
been given ont in advance and Is now
at anchor in n French port.
Herbert @. Hooyer's REPORT to the
government ON what the United States
must do 10 sustain its allies with food,
made public June Z. shows that the
allies and a few neutals which must
be considered require during the next
year billion bushels of cereals alone
and that their needs OF meats fats and
sugar also Will be enormous.
FOREIGN.
Headed by Maj. Gen. John j. Per-
shlng, Its commander, the first repre-
sentatives of the American army that
Is 20 enter the European war dlsem-
barked June mt British port after
an uneventful voyage on board the
White Star liner Baltic.
San Salvador, San Tecla and neigh
boring towns and villages We're de-
stroyed In an earthquake which began
az 7 o'clock Thursday night and con
tinued throughout the night, accord
ing TO adyices received from the presi-
dent Of Nicaragua.
Two hundred girl students OF the
Petrograd Technical institute have en-
tered their names on the rolls Of fe-
male regiment which Is being raised by
Ensign Butchkareff. The aim Is Inn
medlutely to start 10 the front and to
fight In all respect under the same
conditions as men.
The torpedoing OF Il big American
steamer aud the Smelling and sinking
by submarine OF the small boats In
which the steamers crew were escap-
| ing, Is reported by the survivors Of the
French three-masted sailing ship
Jeanne Cordonnier
lowing TO various circumstances, 4"
4 the general meeting of the interna-
tional socialist committee, set for June
s In Stockholm. could not be held.
says Reuter- dispatch from the Swed-
fish capitol.
The Haltien charge d'afraires az Ber-
lin has been handed his passports, nc
cording to dispatch from the Ger
man capital. The Haitien diplomat
had previously presented a note pro-
testing against unrestricted submarine
warfare and demanding compensation
for losses caused to Haltien commerce
and life.
All the special correspondents ut
the front IN their descriptions of the
Messines battle feature the tremendous
explosion Of mines which preceded the
British advance.
! The strike movement which existed
/ In Paris during the last three weeks Is
: practically over. The demands of tn,
majority of the strikers have beer
met by the employers.
III The British army has launched al
4 attack against the Germans In Bel
!. GUM. driving the Germans back owe
: front OF nine miles, the German cas-
5 ualties being heavy.
The American steamer Silvershel
!. has had battle with submarine Il
: the Mediterranean, says Paris dis
4 patch. After an exchange of sixt
: shots the submarine disappeared.
) Colonel Winston Spencer Churchill
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