The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-10-11
NEWS Of 4 WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RmcoRD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN sRfEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
differentiation Gathered from All
Quarters Of ths Globe ana
Given In a Few Lines.
lnrFRMouNTAlN.


Great Fails. Mont. sharpels called on
Thomas s0mners, foreman of stable,
shortly before noon, aud without a
word sliot the man la the head, wound
lng him. but II IL believed not seri-
onsiy. II WIS while resisting arrest
that Sharpeis ives shot
Forty miners refused 70 10 down the
shaft of the Victor mine at TOnopah
New until three Of their fellow.
workers who lad declined to buy LIB.
erty bonds gave their pledges to pur.
chase some Of these securities.
Prof w. n Brooke, 32 years old,
member Of fhe Utah Agricultural col.
iege faculty at Logan. Utah, died afser
ienpina into the swimming pool az that
institution A weak heart Is believed
70 have been responsible for the fa-
rAiity.
An increase OF 20 per cent Ia utah's
production pf coal for the first half
Of IBIS. as compared with the prodne-
iion during the corresponding period
Of The preceding year, Ii fecounted In
the monthly report OF business eondl-
tiolis III the Twelfth federal reserve
district,
strike Of union BARRIERS began Ia
Denver en Monday when employees %
twenty-five ~ the largest shops failed
90 report for work, following the re.
fuail 81 owners 20 grant wage scale
guaranteeing Il minimum Of $40 week
~, with "a per cent Of an earnings
over $40 week,
-Four loEgers are reparted missing In
a forest fire raging near alatlock,
WASH, where tract four miles wide
by twenty miles long Inns been burned,
DOMESTIC.
Many men we're killed and scores In
Iured IN tremendous explosion Fri
,lny AZ the plant Of the a. A, Giiles.
pie shell-Load!ng Go. at Morgan, NJ j..
Fur writing letters 10 Frank y. Hart
zel ~ Hart4ei springs. Colo, repre-
scouting herself 70 30 lonely widow
and soliciting money Tor travelling eN-
peHses % Colorado 20 marry him, Mrs
Alice Nelils, alias Franzer. whose hus-
band Is said to reside at San Fran.
cisco WIS sentenced By Judge NJ T.,
DoollnE IT the United States district
court to serve three month in the
county lail Al san Francisco.
spanish Influenza continues lis rapid
Sprcnd both 10 the cayillan popula-
item and ID army camps Reports Fri
DAY 10 the public health service showed
the disease had become epidemic IN
many cities, while l2,975 new cases
were Eeparted among soldiers training
III ills country.
Dependent almost wholly upon Ger
many Cor potash al the outbreak Of che
war. the United States Within two
years win 81 able 20 manufacture
enough ol the mineral 70 supply the
nations needs
Among those who lied from influ
enal at Boston WAS Edward y Martin,
baseball writer 81 the Boston Globe,
aud secretary Of the Boston chapter
Baseball Writers association OF Amer
lea, Martin WAS the American league
official scorer Ia the last world 50
ries Ills wife died the duy previous
from the same disease
Nearly 100000 bushels Of grain
were received Ia Omaha "a September,
an Increase ot nearly 3,JO0UO0 bushels
over the receipts for the corresponding
month ~ last year. shipments Of
grWln out u this market hast month
were nearly T.500.0O0 bushels, an in.
erease 81 nearly a2a0O00 bushels over
the autxhlpments for September, 1917
In the loss ~ the patrol boat Tampa
sunk Ia the Bristol channel with all
on board on the night of September
60 the navy suffered It's greatest
single blow " the war. navy depart
ment adyiees indicated Thursday. The
Tampa. which was formerly the coast
guard cutter Miami carried a compile
ment Of ten officers and l0a men, all
being lost.
A nonstop hight FROM Dayton, o., %
Washington, approximately 40 miles,
in De Hayiiand nine equipped with
a Liberty motor Is the record made by
q ciyil pilot Of the bureau OF aircraft
production,
Suit % prevent the Lincoln Tele-
phone and Telegraph company from
charging telephone Installation rate,
ordered by tbe postmaster general
after The government took over con
trai Of the telephone aud telegraph
lines. was tiied in federal l,strlc
court III Lincoln Neb.. by The Ne
braska railwny commission
with the approval ~ the genera
wage board ii the department Of Ia
Dor, an adjustment viii be matte ia tn
wag,s scales ~ anthracite coal miners
During the past week ga sick am
wounded soldiers from the American
eNpediliouary forces were landed Il
tile United States
Twenty mmiitlon plant worker
were killed instantly az Bedford, o
when d Pennsylvania railroad passrr
ger train plowed through crowd Z
about fifty men ia dense fol
Twenty-eight were Injured, three prol
ably Fatally