The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-03-23
Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
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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President @. M. Levey OF the West
-ern Pacific railroad has announced
that the Western Pacific will gain en-
try to Reno. New. In competition with
the Southern Pacific. by purchase OF
los miles OF the Nevada California.
Oregon railroad, negotiations for
which are under way.
Governor Alexander has signed the
workmen's compensation act passed
by the idaho legislature. by It's terms
a state compensation insurance de-
partment under 4 manager IL created
July /. The compensation commission
OF three members appointed by the
governor "a o created until Janu-
AIRY 1. 1918.
An armed man forced HIS way into
abe office OF Governor Ernest Lister
at Olympia. Wash, and was In com
plete charge for half an hour before
he surrendered. Governor Lister had
heard a disturbance outside his office
and went 10 an adjoining room just
before the man entered.
The president has granted a sec
ond respite until April 10 to Edward
Mayberry. an Indian under sentence
20 be hanged at Spokane. March 20.
The respite was granted to enable
his attorneys to present an applica.
ton for clemency.
DOMESTIC.
Luis T~errazas, Jr.. member of a
family said at one time to have been
one OF the richest in Mexico, dropped
dead In a store near his home at Los
Angeles, where he had resided since
his escape from the chihuahua City
p~enitentiary.
The arrival az New York OF the cap
tain n fifteen members OF the crew
iof the French freight steamer George
town disclosed thai the vessel foun-
dered at sea on February n when
about 700 miles east OF New York on
her voyage toward Hasre, France.
A bomb exploded in the Suffolk
county, Massachusetts, court house,
killing two men and injuring another.
One OF the dead was Louis A. zelinger,
a janitor employed in the building. The
other. unidentified, was believed by
the police 10 have been the bearer OF
the explosive.
With hundreds Of Americans in
Scandinavian ports anxious TO return
to their native land. the Norwegian
steamship Kristianiafjord. which ar
rived at New York on Thursday, was
obliged TO sail without booking pas
age for mi OF them. owing to the
concern felt by the owners over the
German submarine blockade.
Governor whitman OF New York has
sslgned the military training bin, which
extends the law enacted last yea so
"a TO compel all boys between 10 and
10 years Of age TO receive military in.
struction. Last years law applied
only to school boys. but the bill signed
Thursday includes working boys as
well.
Six men we're killed in an explosion
which demolished the solvent factory
at the Howard plant OF the Aetna Tx
iploslve company at Emporium, Pa.
j.. Cole OF Omaha. Neh.. was seriously
injured and sixty members Of the
Iowa independent Telephone asocia.
stion had narrow escapes at Des
Molnes when a seaffold ON which they
were posing for a group photograph
collapsed
Cuyler Mowrey. paymaster for N, ]
Rich 4 Co. knit goods manufacturers
was shot and killed by two auto ban
dts In front OF the Rich factory al
Cleveland. The robbers secured IS. 400
Profits from operations of s9.T56.S 81!
are reported for 1916 by the American
Sugar Refining company in the annua
statement issued at New York, Marcel
IA, as against $2.99l .4e5 in 1915.
Charles h. yawter. professor Of ma
thematics At the Virginia POLYTECHNIC
institute at Blacksburg. Va, has beel
arrested on u warrant charging hin
with the shooting Of Stockton Heth
Jr., in the formers home.
Bouck White, pastor OF the ChurcI
of the Social Revolution, New YorI
City, and two members of the congrt
cation were found guilty by a jury Q
having desecrated the American flal
They burned a flag in the yard bac
OF the church.
Frank Viyiano. s years of age, so
of Gaetono Viviano, wealthy Italia
meTcnant OF 81. LOUIS VINO was XII
mapped March 3 while on his way I
school, was found Tuesday night. e.
hausted from hunger. viviano SCI
$4,000 to the kidnapers before the be
wal released.
Harry X. Thaw was a~djudged a (
matte by the common pleas court
Philadelphia and under the law ca
not be aiken to New York on requis
ton to stand trial on charges of q
) saulting Frederick Gump, Jr., a hin
school student of Kansas City, Mo.
Thirteen miners were killed as t
result of in explosion in the mine
the Henderson Coal company ne