The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-09-14
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN sRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe ard
Given In a Few Lines.
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L. r. Nelson was Instantly killed
when struck By train nt railway
crossing Mt Blackfooot IdInho. his team
becoming unmanageable on the cross
Ing
Establishment at Denver Of a branch
OF the Kansas City federal reserve
bank ims been approved by the federal
reserve board
The coal mine owners Of Utah and
other states who desire changes made
Ia the scale Of prices fixed by the
presidents proclamation have been re-
Quested 70 send statements Of the cost
OF production Mt their mines for the
latest month for which such statements
can be readily prepared.
Rudoifo Laknda. a San Francisco
actor, who was arrested In San Fran
cisco, Friday, by federal officials on
charge Of attempting 10 set up a
radio station In Mexico at the instl-
CATION Of German agents, was released
today because Of insufficiency Of evil
dence.
Frank Earl Ryan, aged 20, OF Fort
Dodge. In. and James johnson. aged
-, who sIld his home was IN Canada,
were smothered TO death In fire
which destroyed the city Jail at Green
River, Wye.
One thousand sheep persisted In a
forest tirc which cut them of IN the
inounlains AZ the head OF Rock creek,
Mpni.. according 10 reports received
~ The headquarters Of the United
States forest service at Mlssoula.
DOMESTIC.
A lone rnbber, masked, entered the
bank at Ilnttig, village near El
Dorado. Ark, at noon Friday and,
after binding Assistant Cashier Rea-
SON. escapted with more thnn $1,000.
Rapidly rising costs OF labor and ma-
teriai have faced the government with
possible curtailment Of the work on
The Alaskan railway or an ultimate In
crease in the cost 81 the road. first
estimated al S35000Oo0.
An address 10 the American people
Ia answer 70 the Peoples Peace coun.
- and other pacitst organizations,
and an appeal 20 the loyalists OF the
country 10 form branches to aid IN
winning the war, We're unanimously
adopted BY the American Alliance for
Labor and Democracy at Minneapolis.
Shortage Of ocenn-going tonnage
mny canse the United States 20 seize
some 100000 tons Of neutral shipping
now Ia American ports. Dutch and
Scandinavian ships which are loaded
With foo,Istuns may be reQulsItIoned
Nationwide seizure by the govern |
nient of documents OF the Industrial |
Workers Of the World is said to be
but onc step ID the vigorous campaign /
alieh The department of Justice Is pre-.
pared 70 conduct against dlsloyalty |
and sedtion wherever they may show
themselves
Price fixing for meat and dairy prod |
acts has uu place Ia the governments |
food control plans. Herbert Hoover,
the food administrators, told the ma
tional livestock conference. Not only
would Il % luadYisable to institute
prieeiiNing Ia these Industries, he de-
ciared. but the food administration
has been given 40 such power.
Mayor Thompson has disappeared
from Chicago, as far as the public Is
permitted 10 know But federal
agents are said to have him under
strict surveillance.
Silver sold nj par 81 an ounce. at
san Francisco on September 3 for the
first tine since lSa3. Holders OF the
metal wer, demanding the usual 8
cents an ounce over the New York
price Of 95A cents. Only n small
quantity was 70 be obtained.
There was just one buyer IN the
Chicago wheat market on Tuesday,
and he did not even visit the board OF
trade. He was Uncle sam. and he had
an office Ia the Otis building two
blocks from the board.
Discussion Of terms of peace with
Germany was declared to be traitor.
nus to the United States by Samuel
GOinpers in the convention at Min.
neapolis of the American Alliance FOR
Labor and Democracy.
A statement issud Tuesday by the
the United States should declare wal
immediately upon Germany's allies
asserting that the German secret serv
ice is relying largely upon Austrlanl
and Bulgars for information from thii
country.
Lawyers OF America were urged I,
sound "cry of alarm" throughout tn
nation for a successful prosecution o
the war, in an address delivered a
Saratoga Springs, n. Y, by Eth,
Root before the conference of bar as
ISOLATION delegates. an organization al
lied with the American Bar associs
ton.
Control of the sugar industry in I'll
United States has been placed vo
UNFAIRLY in the hands of the food a.
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