The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD in BRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given IN d rev LEnes.
INrERMouNrAlN.


A strike OF about $50 shopmen em-
ployed by Che Colorado n Southern
railroad was settled al conference at
Denver OF railroad officials and emu
ployes
Losses npproximating $l50,00O have
been suffered by Klamath Falls, Ore.
rnnehers during the last fortnight as
q result OF stock poisoning, according
70 ]. NJ. Luntell az the federal bureau
Of animal Industry, who has been
investigating.
An agreement for the settlement Of
the strike Of 600 butchers employed at
the plants o. Swift 4 Company and
the Colorado Packing 4 Provision COM
pnng wns announced at Denver,
After session which lasted virtual
~ all day, the mine operators Of the
Leadville, Colo, district agreed 70 ac.
cert the good offices Of the arbitra-
tion board named by Governor Gum
Ter In m effort 10 settle the strike
Of miners
Col Elwood w Eyans, Inspector In
chief Of the Colorado national guard
ttNN ttthtf1t VI iItt ANfHUIH
Tenth regiment Of colored cavalry of
The United States army, wits found
dead In a bath tub nt Pueblo, Colo. |
Death WIS due 20 henrt trouble
Striking street car men Of Seattle |
have submitted to the Puget Sound
Traction, Light & Power company a
proposal TO resume work at once II
the company VIII restore the status
quo that existed previous 70 the strike
and submit the whole dispute to a
board OF three arbltrat0rs.
DOMESTIC.
Governor Ferguson OF Texas has
been Indicted BY the Travis county
grand Jury on nine counts, seven
charging misapplication of public
funds, one diversion Of public funds
and one charge of embezzlement.
The big German steamship Water
land, seized at New York by the
American government when war was
declared On Germany, will be ready
for service shortly. Repairs TO the
ship have cost slightly less than ST.
O0OOOO
Dr William Bullock Clark. noted ge
ologist and professor of geology NJ
Johns Hopkins university az Baltimore,
died 1T his summer home az Northha
ven, Me-, ON Friday. lie was 81 years
old.
A verdict of guilty Of murder In the
first degree was returned by jury ut
New York against Joseph Cohen, on
trial with David Jacobs, Jacob Cohen
aud Abraham Gran for joint complete
~ Ia the murder OF Barnet Ban,
poultry dealer, who was killed by gun
men in 1911.
George Koop, former candidate for
mayor of Chicago on the socialist tick
ct. Is under arrest at Chicago on a
charge OF circulating literature intend
ed 20 discourage enllstnents Ia the
United States military forces.
Railroads Of the west ana middle
west are leasing millions Of acres Of
their idle land at nominal rentals IN
an effort TO Increase the food supply
according to d statement issued nc New
York hy Fairfax Harrison. chairman
OF the railroads war bonrd
Race riotlng broke our az Chester
Pm, and as a result two men are dead,
three fatally wounded and twelve 9TH
srs ARE IN hospitals with more or less
serious Injuries
Mrs. Renn Mooney. one Of five de-
PENDANTS In the murder cases growing
out ~ the bomb explosion there last
summer aud which have excited world
wide interest. was acquitted July Is.
at SAT- Francisco, after trial lasting
nine and one-half weeks
The trans.Pacific steamer wairnna.
with rich cargo Is thirty days over
due at Pacific ports from New ZEN
land, agents " the Union Steamship
company. her owners, announced ut
San Francisco on Wednesday.
Approximately two-thlrds OF the M.
tIonal guard Of the country was In
the federal service July -, under
President Wilson'S call. The reniain-
Ing units will be brought in August 3,
on which day the whole force OF
probably 100000 men will be drafted
into the army of the United States and
will lose its status MS militia.
Canada is 10 borrow 100000 900 In
the United States to offset In part the
heavy trade balance against her In this
country. The loan viii run for two
years, bear interest at the rate of APP
proximately six per cent, and will be
made by a syndicate of New York
bankers.
An explosion on the submarine AT,
at rayite philiDuine Islands killed
five men and injured three of the Of
ficers and crew.
Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of
Theodore Roosevelt. has sailed for
France as a member of a contingent
of American aviators. Quentin is &C
years old.
Struck by bullets from a machine
gun on the target range near For
Bliss, Texas, Second Lieutenant DopI
II Rnftpu ThirfU-fn11rfh ITpifad Gfafa