The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-17
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF TAG IMPORTANT
EVENTS ToLp I'M BRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings THAT Are Making History
information Gathered from Al
ouarsers OF the Globe ana
Given In Few LIrsa.
inTRaMounTAlN


James A. Wood. deputy food admin
sstrator for Nevada, waa held 70 the
federal grand Jury In bonds Of 5000
by the United States commissioner a.
San Francisco on charge Of accept
ing $500 from the South Fork Flour
Mia Of Elko, New.
Thomas j, lyman OF Canon City,
warden OF the Colorado state peni
tentiary. and known throughout the
United states as an expert on convict
labor, has announced his candidacy for
this Democratic nomination for COVER.
nor III Colorado He Is credited With
having made the first successful appli'
cation Of convict labor 10 road build.
Ing.
'Bfly.e hrindie bulldog. Inns com
mitted suicide, according 70 the Seat.
lie police only leaped from the
sidewalk 20 a railroad track thirty feet
below and broke his back.
A body found near Roy, Mont, IS
believed % be that Of former sheriff
u III AffIerbnch Of New York, Neb.,
who disappeared in 1916, after starting
for York with a prisoner, Hurry RAN
doiph.
Exploding nitrGgiycerin demolished
the swanson Torpedo companys plant,
four miles from Greybnll, Wyos aud
caused the death Of W. w. Walter,
superintendent, and Charles Gerard,
worker
pOMEaTiC
BY defeat 81 The aircraft program
mud the selectlye service nee, together
with the practice Ok sabotage in the
trenches IN France and the factories
at home, II was hoped by the Indus
trial Workers of the World to crumble
Americas war plans, according 70 cyl
dence presented By the government In
the scditIons conspiracy trial az Chi
cage Of The 1 w. ", leaders.
Pour city firenen were killed and
one injured at Vancouver, u, q, when
hose wagon, travelling at q high rate
IL speed while responding to a fire
alarm. struck 4 street ear, Six pas
ssngers aboard the street car were
nuinJnred,
Pani Ashury Porter Of Mount Pleas
ant. la, was sentenced 70 life lmpri-
sonment for the murder Of Detective
James Shea Of Evanston, February %,
shea WINS shot when he sought to ar.
rest Porter on charge OF passing a
bogus check,
With the object Of shipping abroad
each day ton Of dried milk, the
equivalent OF 500 quarts Of LIQUID
milk, 10 relieve suffering caused by
scarcity OF the product IN France, a
group of American wemen have started
countrywide campaign for funds In
the name Of the committee for France,
The United states Steel Corpora.
tion at the request Of the government
viii enter into the manufacture OF
heavy artillery aud projectiles In great
quantities
The government tests will be made
within a few days at Pittsburg lahora-
tories 81 new substitute for gasoline
which the Inventor, pr Louis Clement,
claims Gun DO manufactured for cents
a gallon.
Cornelius Kinney Smith, for thirty
three years confidential secretary for
the late }. Plerpont Morgan. died May
i III Ottawa. Ills. following an opera
ton. During the Civil war Mr.. smith
was appointed an army telegrapher BY
Governor Yates, said 20 be the first
appointment IL the kind Ia the union
army. lie was So years old,
The average pay OF preachers In the
Methodist Episcopal church has passed
the $1,000 mark Tor the tlrst slime In his
tory. according 10 the report Of Dr. y
u. Hingeley. secretary Of the board o.
conference claimants. 10 the annual
meeting a. Chicago.
Hope for the billton-b0shcl wheat
crop, for which the government i
striving this year, is strengthened b,
tie department OK agrieultpre's Ma,
crop report foreeasting a production
u 5T2.ASa,000 bushels Of wiatei
wheat.
Prunian frighttulncss was dc
nouneed ana the determination o
America 10 wipe Il out was emphasizes
IN a Lcsithnin memorial mass uieStihl
at Carnegie hail. New York, May
under the auspices Of the Americai
Defense society aud the Amerieal
Rights league. The speakers wer
Theodore Roosevelt and senator Rob
EFT 4. owen 81 Oklahoma. Charlie
s. Fairchild. former secretary 81 Oh
treasury, presided.
rhe Rev. Newell Dwight Hllils In q
address az Oakland declared that Gei
many planned 70 make Franz BopI
former German consul general ther'
governor general az British Colunbi
sitter winning the war. He said %
United States secret service has ey
dence 70 this effect
Twelve known dead. scores iniure
and property damage running into Ii
hundreds IL thousands OF dollars r.