The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-06-01
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from Al
ousrters Of the Globe and
Given IN a Few Lines.
lNrenMouNTAIN.

Acting on search warrants swOrI
out by federal officers, local officials
searched an assay Office once operated
by Antonio Cuaz ST Cripple Creek
Colo, ind seized approximately sever
$4,000 10 10000.
Caught in the Whipping lengths or q
holsting cable. at Roundup, Mont,
Georgia Shaffer, aged z, was pulled
into the drum, upon which II was be
ing wound. and whirled In dizzy revo-
lutlons until his head had been torn
snd thrown from HIS body berore the
machinery could be stopped.
United States Senator Harry Lane
of Oregon, died az San Francisco
hospital May % from nervous dlsor-
ganization produced by bloos ciot on,
tue brain.
John II. Graves, agent of the Den.
yer & Rio Grande railroad at Durango,
Colo. shot and instantly killed NJ. A.,
Pheney, assistant superintendent or
che fourth division OF the road. The
shooting was the result OF quarrel
over railroad business.
Tint registration day, June 8. for
those subject 90 the selective draft
may be made memorable occasion IN
the history Of Utah, Governor BAN
berger has issued proclamation set
ting aside that day as u public holiday.
Edward Green, superintendent Of
the highway department Of the city
Of Denver, was shot and fatally wound
cd By William X. Seay, former district
superintendent Of the department, who
had been discharged.
DOMESTIC.
Thirty persons are known TO have
been killed, more than fifty have re-
celyed injuries from which II is said
several viii die, and property worth
thousands of dollars upon which no
valuation yet has been set, was de-
stroyed ON May - when a tornado
swept up through Sedgwick and Har-
yey counties In the south-central part
Of Kansas
Jack Rizatta, said by the police to
be wanted In New York ON n charge Of
murder in connection With the killing
November "a, 1914, Of Barnet Baff, u
wealthy poultry dealer, has been ar
rested In Los Angeles.
The German spy system Is success
fully operating IN this country. Not
only are spies obtaining the Informal
tion they want Ia this country but are
able to get Il to Berlin in time for
German submarines 10 menace Ameri-
can warshlps ana soldiers on the seas.
Il is asserted.
As the result Of an attempt by three
bandits 70 rob the First State bank at
Tuskahoma. OKLA, one OF the robbers
was shot 20 death Ia the bank by the
cashier and two other bandits are dy-
Ing from wounds,
John Schaeffer, held at Ia Crosse,
Wis, on charge Of holding up, single
handed, Chicago 4 Northwestern
railway passenger train between there
and Sparta three weeks ago, Is an es.
capped lunatic, II developed when he
was arralgned In court.
Eighty-elght corporations and indi-
yiduals were indicted by the federal
grand jury az Boston for consplring to
monopollze Interstate commerce In
onions.
Les Darcy, the Australian pugilist
died az hospital In Memphis, Tenn.
May "A, from pneumonia. He had been
ill more than month.
Dr. Arthur Warren Waite was cleo
trocuted al Sing Sing prison al IL nc
o'clock Thursday night for the murder
Of his father-in-law, John +. Peck oi
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Vice President Thomas u. Marshall
nt Cleveland on May -. TO attend tn,
tftleth anniversary celebration OF th'
Scottish Rite Mas0ns Of the northern
Jurisdiction, Valley of Cleveland, de
clared America Is well prepared nov
70 get into the war.
A new donation by John ID. Rookie
Teller OF S25.0O0,0O0 to the endowmen
VI the Rockefeller foundation was an
nounced May % by Dr. George e. Vim
cent, formerly president Of the Uniyer
sity Of Minnesota.
mob at Macon Road, near Mem
phis, Tenn, avenged the murder OF
white girl by burning TO death he
negro murderer Eli Persons, and hell
ing to capture two other negroes In
plicated in Persons confession.
Mrs. Rena Mooney, one of the d,
PENDANTS charged with murder as r,
suit of the preparedness day bomb e,
plosion last July, is on trial at Sa
Francisco.
John ID. Rockefeller has subscribe
for another $5,000,000 of the war bond
This makes $10.o00,000 worth the &c
king" will hold.
Measures to force down anthraci
coal prices will be taken, the feder
trade commission announced May 2
If producers and dealers do not adhe
to their recent promise to cease exto
tionate practices.
Thirteen persons, including Able
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