The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-02-16
NEWS Of 4 WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD I'M BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
INrERMouNTAIN.


Mrs. Julia A. Sager was killed and
nine other persons were injured, one
probably fatally, in an automobile
collision at Denver.
The fight to abolish the public utili-
ties commission before the Idaho leg
islature was lost when the senate vot-
ed to indefinitely postpone the bill.
The governor Of Utah has signed
the prohibition bill, and Utah will be
dry" after August l, 1917. The
measure is one of the most drastic
eve adopted.
A special from F~orsythe, Mont,
says the bodies Of Mrs. G. w. McCon-
nell and her three children, aged 5, 6
and 8, were found huddled together
and frozen to death within 100 rods
of their home near Vananda.
Idaho will probahls cease to be-
come the Mecca for Divorces from
the east and Boise will lose its repu-
tation as a second Reno, for the house
of representatives has passed the
Moody bill, requiring residence of one
year there before suit for divorce can
be instituted, instead of but six
months, as is now the cas-
A so-called 'sbone-dry'' prohibition
bill designed to become effective jan
uary l, 1918, has been killed by the
lower house of the Wyoming legisla-
ture. Bills r pending in the house
and senate to submit prohibition ques-
Finn ~ n xy4fn 1F hka naArIo zh 4h1
next general election.
DOMESTIC.
Thomas ]. Mooney was found guilty
Of murder in the first degree by a
Jury at San Francisco as the result OF
the preparedness day bomb murders
killed and forty injured.
A lower baby death rate in proper
lion to the birth rate in this country's
len largest cities is reported by the
Babies Welfare association in a com
parative study Of the records Of 1916
with those of the previous year made
public at New York.
Sharp shrinkage in the oil
national banks in the chief cities OF
The country and gains showing
strength never attained before on the
part of banks in smaller cities and
towns are disclosed in the comptrol
er of the currency's statement OF
pank conditions on December ~, the
late of the last bank call, just made
public.
Murder in the first degree for kill
ing a man by running him down II
an automobile was the charge OF
which Rollin Tian, 20 years old, has
peen brought to trial in New Yorl
City.
An agreement for a ten-round box
ing bout between Jess Willard, worlds
heavyweight champion. and Fred Full
ton at Madison Square Garden, New
York. March 26, is announced.
Governors of every state will he
urged by a committee of veterans O
the national guard and naval militia
of New York to take a census OF thell
national guard organizations to ascer
tain the sentiment among them re
garding universal military service.
j. H. Martin, president of the Far
mers & Merchants bank, was kille'
and J. A. Webb, former cashier of tn
bank, was probably fatally wounded il
a pistol fight in Webb's store a
GAINESVILLE, Fla.
The Holland-American Line steam
ship Ryndam, which sailed from NeN
York for Rotterdam January 20, wit
the American consular agent at Lux
emburg and nearly 100 other cabil
passengers, and which was reported t
be returning to New York, was warne
by a German submarine to turn BAG
when about to enter the war zone.
Ten tank steamers and 10000
barrels of fuel oil were offered to tn
government Gin case of war" by tn
Mexican Petroleum company throug
e. l.. Doheny, it's vice-president, VIII
also offered his private yacht.
Members of the Florida Citrus e1
change at a meeting at Tampa est
mated the damage to fruit on tn
trees caused by the recent cold woul
reach $3.50. 000.
by d fOte VI 10 W TIC NC
Hampshire senate defeated a bill gil
ing m the right to vote In pres
Dental, state, county and town ele'
lions.
BY an almost unanimous vote tn
Ohio house of representatives Tue
day passed a bill to put quail on th
songbird list and prevent hunter
from killing them.
Sailing of the American line steam
ships st. Louis and st. Paul, 10 i
the port of New York, has been il
definitely postponed.
1t is stated authoritatively that ther
is a perfect understanding betwee
the United States and Japan on til
working of the new immigration la
and hat on neither side is there an
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