The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-07-13
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friend from death.
II Is reported That ten Thousand Ger
man wnr prisoners VIII be brought to
Utah aud put TO work on the farms
Heavy wheat LOSSES are being nif-
fered Ia Southern Idaho as result
of the ruvages o. The warrior grass
hopper
Farmers OF Wlnnemuccn, New, have
senf Il request to the cities OF the Inter-
mountain section for boys 10 years OF
age Of Older 10 work Id the fields IN
the vicinity OF the city. They agree
70 pay the boys $3.50 i day and board,
Efforts 10 bring about settlement
OF the strikes called by fhc electricians
and Metal Mine Workers union ia the
mines, mills and xmelters Of Butte are
being made.
Utah Ia scores In an effort 70 meet the
demand for labor, according 70 the
chairman Of the state public utilities
commission.
The provision Of the Oregon prohi-
hilton law forhldding residents To man.
ufacture wine for their own use was
described as extreme legislation" and
harsh and drastic" but nevertheless
constitutional. by Supreme Justice =.
A. Mcbride OF the Oregon supreme
court.
DOMESTIC.
The two greatest camp comforts
which soldier knows. cigarets and
playing cards. win be notable by their
absence from The comfort bags 20 be
prepared by Christian Endeayor So
ciesies
Thirteen young men and women SO.
cialists. arrested at Philadelphia for
distributing alleged trensonable litera-
ture, were held under ball ranging
from $1,000 20 $4,000 for trial. Two |
OF the SIX women were charged with
melting 70 riot.
An additional war loan Of S7,000,000 |
wis made France on July y, bringing
the total OF credits 10 that country t0
$a1OOO0O 600 and the grand total of
Ameriean loans 70 the allies 20 Sl,sOa,-
100000.
Agents for the department Of Justice
on Friday at New York arrested two
Germans, one reputed 10 be n pay
master for the German spy system IN
this country ana the ether alleged 20
have been formerly assisted with Capt.
Franz Won Papen. nc one time military
attache at the German emhassy ~
Washington
Al United states recruiting head
quarters at New York II WAS snid
Thursday thur the ranks Of the army,
now about 1900 men below war
strength. would be filled by conscril'-
tlon.
William Dannecker IS years old,
was beaten 10 death ut 81. Louis BY
his two sons Theodore, ~. aud Her
man, 70. The brothers took turns a.
hammerlng their father with u ball bat,
Mr.. and Mrs. George lloughtlin aud
their 4-year-old son OF Jerseyyille ILL.,
and Miss Renn Johnson OF Los Ange
les were drowned ia the Illinois river
~ Hardin. Ill., when Houghtlln droys
his automobile on u ferry hoat
Leon Block, an attorney Of Kansas
CITY and former national president o.
the B.nni Birth lodge. committed SUI
eide on d Pennsylvania rniiroad train
He cut his throat with razor.
Richard Adam Timmerscheidt, req
resentntiye OF German commercial In
teresfs IA China. committed Suicide q
New York City by jumping from HI
rooms ON the tenth floor Of a bache
Tor apartment house.
directors OF the Chicago board 9
trade on July ordered stopped a
further trading In July corn for d,
livery by grade alone. A settling pric
OF S1.85 was fixed by committee
Confidence that their gunners ha
added another victim to the list of Gel
man submarines sunk was expresse
by the officers Of a British lines whlc
reach an Atlantic port on July ..
Ninety-two per cent OF the cope
miners employed at Miami and y
splration. Ariz.. quit work Sunda
afternoon in response to strike Gu
Gilbert Guidry, negro arrested !
officers and being taken 10 jail, WI
shot to death in the outskirts of O
ange. Texas, when he tried to escal
from his captors' automobile. The n
gro was charged with an attempted
tack on 5-year-old girl.
Thirteen companies of nation
guardsmen now patrol the streets
Fast ST. Louis in an effort TO preve
a recurrence of the race riots viii
resulted in the death of at least i
negroes.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt In
address July at Forest Hills, l.
told of Il "systematic attempt by y
many to enslave the United State
which he said had been going on
wears. He related how as far back
fourteen years ago the Germans J
begun to acquire holdings in Sol
America.