The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-12-07

Mrs~ Gust Hanisch, farmers wife.
lies in a Huron, S. d., hospital with
a bullet imbedded in her brain as the
result Of mysterious shooting on the
Hanisch farm, near town. Her hus-
band was taken into custody by Off
GERS.
William Eaton Chandler, vino, as
secretary of the navy in President Ar
thurs cabinet, was largely responsible
for the beginning Of the modern
United States navy, died at his home
at Concord, n. H., November 80.
Congressman John NJ. Nelson and his
son, Byron, were indicted by federal
grand jury at Madison, Wis, on
charge of conspiracy to violate the
registration law. Congressman Nelson
was charged with advising his son not
TO register.
San Diego, Cal, rejected a prohibit
ton ordinance by an unofficial major
ity of PAT votes. The count stands
10,3S5 to 1862.
WASHINGTON.
National guardsmen from thirty-two
states and the District Of Columbia
are tower there" Transported to
France without the loss of a man, they
have taken up quarters behind the bat
tie front for their final course of in
tensive training before going into the
trenches.
Congress will have to authorize early
in the session convened Monday,
means of collecting from the American
people between NOW and July 1, about
five billion dollars, in addition to the
So, 600,O00,000 from Liberty bonds al
ready authorized but yet to be issued.
Government control of imports, just
put into operation by President Will
son, will he used to it's fullest extent
to force the release to America at fair
prices of war supplies now held by
other countries under embargoes.
President Wilson observed Thanks
giving day quietly, spending much of
the time reading in his study.
President Wilson has extended to
imports the same measure of control
the government since early in the war
has exercised over exports by issuing
a proclamation requiring the licensing
of most of the chief import commOdi-
ties.
Naval operation of all American
ships engaged in transatlantic service
is planned by the government to safe
guard vessels trayersing the submarine
zone. The proposal has the approval
of Secretaries Baker and Daniels and
will be adopted by the shipping board.
FOREIGN.
The British virtually have. completed
the consolidation of the greater part
of the area wrenched from the enemy
in the Cambria push The work ac-
complished in few days is little short
of miraculous.
Along the frontier in Palestine, from
northeast of Jerusalem to the Mediter-
ranean coast, the Turks are making
demonstrations, but have lot affected
the British positions, it is announced
officially.
Four workmen were killed and two
injured in an explosion in one of the
buildings of the British Chemical COM
pany at Trenton, Ont The building
was destroyed by fire which followed.
Sixteen nations, representing more
than nine-tenths of the area of the
globe, joined hands at Paris on No
vember 20 at the first session of the
interallied conference.
Count George F. Won Hertling, the
imperial German chancellor, told the
reichstag on Thursday that he was
ready to enter into peace negotiations
as soon as the Russian government
sends representatives having full pow
ers TO Berlin.
The Scandinavian conference was
opened at Christiania on November 20
with speeches by King Haakon of Nor
way and Cling Gustave of Sweden,
after which the ministers representing
the three nations conferred for several
hours.
The killing of two American soldiers
and the wounding of five others sew
gral days ago, already reported, was
due to heavy German shell which hit
a loaded ammunition wagon, which
blew up.
Speaking in the Prussian lower
house on food conditions, Herr Won
Waldow, president Of the German food
regulation board, said the German PEG
pie still would have to bear many re
strictions, but that an adequate food
supply for the coming year was avail
able.
American soldiers stationed in Paris
and the suburbs, as well as those Al
various trSinilg camps and bases, sal
down at noon Thursday to an old
fashioned Thanksgiving dinner
Germany has welcomed Lenine's en-
voys and will formally begin armistict
and peace parleys on December ., i
is reported.
Emphasizing the necessity of unison
in the war against German autocrac!
and urging complete obedience to the