The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-01-04
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD lN BRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings Than Are Making History
--Informstlcn Gathered from Az
oesrters o. the Globe and
Given IN a Few Lines,
lnreRMounrAln.

lection ~ S3g 45o3s2 WIS flied ii the
superior court AZ Chicago au belialf u
tbs Equitable Trust company " New
York
The aeilon q the Western Pipe Man
nfamurera association December 7,
yatinE % pui into effect The elght.houT
dry - the lumber camps aud MILLS Of
eastern Washington and Oregon. nortli.
csn Idaho ana western Montana, has
hern rescindea hy the association.
A biz dance held Christians night
at i'pcatelle and which continued until
4 q. NJ. ended Ia il iight. as result
0f which two women were injured aud
several men have been taken Into Gus.
iody pending complete Investigation
of the affair.
Charging unethical practice. Attor'
ney General rnnRer has filed dishar-
ment complaints against Mayor Hiram
q uili Of Seattle. Giirs law partners,
Herbert y Iioyt and II s. Frye. are
also accused
liay Baker, director 81 the mint. 90.
parently II slated as successor "a the
late Francis q. Newlands as senator
from Nevada Mr.. Baker n men
toned 10 capital circles as the man
whom Governor Emmstt Hosle viii M.
point
man supposed hy the police 10 be
Oliver FOX, about 20 years Of age and
home unknown, was shot and Instantly
Killed by Clarence Livingston az Salt
Lake when he WAS discovered prowl
pg about the Livingston premises, APP
parcntly trying the windows,
DOMESTIC.
"liahy jim" Slmons. negro. said 10
br the heaviest man In the world died
"a Philadelphia December -. He
weighed 500 pounds aud for years hpd
Aeen one u ihr sights ~ circus side
shows ilp wHs " years old aud n
survived by widow aud Two small
children
y. A. Strause the bank president
Who killed his cashier, Herne NJ Mead,
IL Peoria llL recently was held with
sui bail On 4 murder charge by verdict
" cofener's Jury
me railroads of America have been
operating under government control
Since noon December IS without
hitch o. hlndrance and without for.
mailty of any kind, William 6, McAdoo,
secretary Of the treasury, took charge
as director general Of railroads,
Four German submarines were cap
turei recently IS twelve American de-
siruyers according 10 an American
eainan who has reached Boston from
q French port
Madame Ill. the neutrality-suspicious.
German secret agent II believed 20 be
IA custody "a Las Angeles,
A 10 per cent Increase has been
granted by the Northern Pacific rail-
read 70 5000 station clerks aud en-
ployes.
Willlsm kasl,z. said 70 be a wealthy
German, was taken 10 hospital al
Les Angeles with bullet wound IN
bis shoulder after an alteration with
llls Americans born wife which she
told the police, grew out ~ her pur-
chase Of Liberty loan bonds.
tlearnees II American merchant.
men from this country IN the overseas
trade Increased more than i.5o0Oo0
t0us during the tcu months 81 1917. as
colnpaFed with the same period last
year
After pursuing TIE Mexican bandits
sgho raided the Sri ranch aud store
Christmas morning, Cor a distance u
ten miles into the mountains Of Mex.
leo the American cavalry troops re.
crossed the RIO Grande. The Ameri-
can cavalry killed eighteen members
II the bahdlt hand. wounded twenty
ind scattered The rernaining bandits.
Three masked robbers found the
cashier alone ia the First State Bank
~ White Bear suburb u st. Paul
Aiiun. forced him at the point Of a
pistol 70 open the vault. gathered az
$500 10 currency and escaped IN an
automobile
United States troops have crossed
the Rio Grunde into Mexico IN pur
salt 81 the bandits who ruided IN,
Rrite ranch house Christmas morning
and killed the United States mail car
rier aud two Mexican passengers.
Foreign missions IN the unites
States and Canada received total sub
scriptlobs Of sc. 40T .s8l IN 1917, o
which Si9.l6J.s68 was from the Unite'
States and si.2f0e9T from Canada. ae
corsilng "a a report by the foreign mis-
st0ns conference o. North America.
Forty-one eoundes in tllrty-on
states aud New York city have bee
selected by the bureau Of markets 10
an Intensive store 10 store canvass a
part - the nation-w wide food surve
70 BE- made December 81 by the bl
rean Ia corporation with state aud d
CA agencies.
Fire Wednesday destroyed f0t
buildings fronting the boardwalk
Long Beach. ~ T., which parallels u
bathing beaches ard burned away
section u the walk. causing a lass e
flmated al 10000 Reports Of ince
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