The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-06

The L. $ supreme court Monday af-
! ternOOn decided that President NJ. A
Smith OF the Louisville K Nashville
/ railroad would have TO answer qUes-
tons to be put by the interstate COM
| merce commission regarding political
/ contributions. On the wintess stand
! recently before the commission Presi-
dent Smith flatly refused to answer
such questions put by the commits
/ sions counsel.
A band of l. w w. attacked a troop
train of 3 cars in Feather river can
! yon, according to reports received
Monday. The l. w. w. began to taunt
! the soldiers when the train stopped on
a siding according to the reports.
Some who attempted to board the cars
were beaten off by soldiers who were
unarmed- When the train started il
was discovered that the last two cars
/ had been cut loose and the gang start
! ed a new assault that was repulsed-
The train was backed and picked up
! the missing cars after it had run
/ about two miles. The attack occurred
yesterday afternoon
Wage increases affecting approx
/ mately 100000 men and amounting to
! an average of 16 per cent will be de-
manded of railway officials through
out the United States within the next
three weeks by the brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen and the Order of
/ Railway Conductors.
Treasury certificates of indebted
! ness to the extent of $2.5O3, 400, 600
! have been sold to date, the federal re
/ serve board announced yesterday IN
the sale OF these short time loans the
! New YORK district leads with Cleve-
land second, Chicago third, Boston
fourth and Pittsburgh fifth.
Guy B. Bittinger lost his fight in
the u. S supreme court yesterday
against going back to Illinois to stand
trial for bribery Bittinger had gone
to New York where he was arrested at
the order OF Governor Whitman who
directed that he should be returned
TO Illinois. Bittinger made a techni-
cal contention that the prosecution
had not proved that he was citizen
OF Illinois. The supreme court held
that this could not be considered as
= it should have been submitted to the
lower court at the original trial.
Matthew Vailekanus, who was re-
Gently caught carrying a bomb aboard
German interned ship which was
soon to be used as a United States
transport, was bound over Monday for
trial by federal curt without bail
p Vaitekanus is charged with violation
OF the espionage act which carries a
miXimum sentence of twenty years
and a fine of $4,000. He has stead
e. Easily refused to confess who en-
e plOyed him
Frank J. Hayes, president OF the
2 United Mine Workers of America, viii
2 urge the southwestern miners 10 re-
turn to work pending a settlement OF
2 the penalty clause controversy.
Representatives of the union mine
workers of District No %, western
per cent increase in wages
The Rock Island railroad Monday
| lost its fight in the T. 5. supreme
court to prevent the state of Kansas
from imposing foreign corporation
tax on railroad companies operating
: within its borders The railroad com
pany's contention was that this would
/ amount TO burden on interstate com
merce
The trial of Mrs. Blanca de Saulles,
charged with the murder OF her nus
band, Jack de Saulles, Will start in
MineOla, \. y. on Monday, November
10.
Forty three electrical workers in
the local employ of the Pacific States
Telephone < Telegraph company at
Pasadena, struck today The union
says the strike is called because of
the failure of the company to carry
out government Mediator v H. Reed s
recOmm
Chancellor Hertling is expected TO
make his first address to the reich
stag November %.
Upon the application OF the Mil
waukee Leader, district supreme court
Justice Hitz directed Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson to show cause Novem-
Der II why that newspaper should not
enjoy the privileges of the mails The
petitioners denied the paper had VIC
lated any provision of the espionage
law, which the pOstOffice department
alleged they violated and according
~ barred the paper from the mails
Alexander Howatt, president of the
union coal miners of Kansas, annOunc-
ed yesterday he would issue an order
to all striking miners in his district
! to return to work at once pending
settlement of differences between
! TIOwatt and DR.. II. a. Garfield federal
fuel administrator
Germany intends to renew the bat
tie of Verdun after the campaign in
italy is completed, German prisoners
taken by the French troops told Off
Gals.
Henry p. Dawson. partner of ]. p.
Morgan, and Harvey D. Gibson, presi-
dent of the Liberty National bank OF
New York. are expected to arrive In
Chicago Wednesday to attend q two
days conference OF Red Cross lead
ers. Dawson is chairman of the Red
Cross council and Gibson is general
manager of the American National
Red Cross. Two thousand delegates
from all over the country will attend
the conference.
More than $50 Italian deputies have
signed a petition calling for unity
from the populace in the present
? crisis.
Judge Arnold NJ. Heap was unseat-
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