The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-10
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 Few Lines.
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leader, has been deported from Yer
ington, New, following numerous COM
plants against his actions among the
miners.
Frank Little, member OF the execu-
tive board OF the Industrial Workers
OF the World and prominent In labor
troubles In Arizona, was taken from a
lodging house In Butte early Wednes-
day morning. by masked men and
hanged 20 railroad trestle on the
outskirts of the city.
The strike OF metal miners In the
Leadviile, Colo, district, which began
ten days previous, was called off
striking miners, both union md nom
union. The men accepted q com
promise
Jere J. Cohan. who for years was
one Of the best known actors on the
American stage, and one of the famous
-Four Cohans." died August / Of mr.
terio sclerosIs az his country home
Monroe, New York.
Tentative agreement for settlement
Of the strike OF the 1900 motormen and
conductors OF the street car lines OF
the Puget Sound Traction. Light 4
Power company at Seattle has been
reached.
Cncumhers and tomatoes In the Col
Vile district. about fifty miles from
Spokane, WASH. suffered considerably
from frost early Sunday morning
DOMESTIC.
John l.. DE Saulles, former United
States minister 20 Uruguay, was shot
aud killed NJ his home at Roslyn. Long
Island, by his divorced wife. who was
Miss BIanquitta Errazuriz OF Santiago,
Chile.
Groups OF men numbering probably
100 Ia the aggregate have armed them
selves and are gathering in several
places Ia south-central oklahoma. pre-
pared 10 resist forclhly their selection
as soldiers under the draft law.
Inauguration Of million dollar nd
yertlsing campaign against the liquor
traffic in the wet" states was an
nouneed Thursday az New York by
the Federal Council OF the Churches
Of Christ Ia America.
Captain Ralph |. Taylor. IN com.
mand OF fhe training section OF the avi-
alton signal corps at Mineola, n. T.,
lost control of hs uirplane and
plunged 400 feet to his death.
After an outbreak that was almost
a riot between loyal Americans and
pro-Germans, four men arrested at
Lowden. Ia. by II United States
marshal on charges Of treason, were
released ON 5000 bonds each.
Resources Of the national banks at
the last call. June 20. reached the
highest figures ever recorded. Comp
troller Williams announced August =,
totallng $16,15l 600. 900. or 81 III, O00,-
600 more than June 80, 1916,
Charles Fleischmann. son OF Julius
l.. Fleischmunn. former mnyof of Gin
cinnau, was instantly killed when the
hydro-aeroplane In which he was fly
ing collapsed In Great South bay, Har-
ry Witt, pilot OF the machine also was
killed.
The enormous war programs Will
make such demand for crude oil and
it's derivatives that the defense coun-
I'll and other agencies investigating the
situation expect the supply 10 run
short.
The Rev. John Reichart. pastor of
the German Evangelical church at
Lowden, la, has been held TO the fed
eral grand jury IN $4,000 bond He Is
charged with preaching reasonable
sermons from his pulpit He gave
bond
The American steamship Motano of
2T30 tons gross was sunk hy Teuton
submarine ON July 81. Twenty-Five
survivors have been landed The Mo-
tano sailed from New York July for
Queenstown.
The board OF directors of the Chi.
cago board OF trade has adopted res
olution stopping all transactions FOL
September delivery. This follows the
action taken two months ago wher
the board fixed Sl.65 as minimum
price for corn futures.
So numerous have become the re
ports of German spy activities ant
propaganda In Mexico that Ambassa
dor Fletcher is prepared upon his ar
rival in Mexico City 10 call the atten
ton of the Mexican government to tn
links in that country between Berlii
and German agents in the Unite
States.
Accused OF making threats agains
the lives of ]. p. Morgan, John
Rockefeller and his son, John ID. Rocl
efeller, Jr., man who said he wa
Eli Koodinopf, naturalized either
horn in Russia, was arrested in Ne
York City.
d. G. Scofield former president ,
che Standard Oil company of Califo
mia and more recently chairman of Il
board of directors, shot and killed hiT
self at his home in Oakland. Despo