The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-20

hSaNS weight clldnlplOnSmp, IN tnree OF
the four rounds of their bout at a
patriotic boxing exhibition at San
Francisco.
A special grand jury, which for
some time has been investigating vio-
lations of the selectiye service law in
Philadelphia, has returned thirty
three indictments against twenty-eight
persons
Mrs Chester n. Franklin better
known as Ruth Darling, movie ac-
tress, was instantly killed at San
Francisco in collision of autOmo-
biles. She was standing on the side
walk waiting for car when two au-
tomobiles collided in the street oppo-
site her, pinning her beneath the
wreckage.
WASHINGTON.
The administration measure de-
signed to stimulate the sale of Liberty
bonds by making a larger amount Of
them held by individuals and corpora
tons free from federal taxation was
passed Friday by the house without
a dissenting vote.
The war department has taker over
the Smith & Wesson company of
Springfield, Mass. and will operate
the plant and business to secure con
tinuous production and prevent indus
trial disturbance.
President Wilson has signed the
| joint resolution passed by congress,
empowering him to establish prohibit
ton zones around shipyards, muni-
tions factories and other war indus
| tries.
Joseph G. s. Blackburn, former SEN
ator from Kentucky, and in recent
years resident commissioner OF the
Lincoln memorial commission, died
/ September II at his home i'll Wash
ington.
Youths of 10 and 20 years and men
between the ages of 81 and SO, inclu-
s;ye, who registered Thursday will
first be called to the cOlors, Provost
Marshal General CrOwder announced,
and until the supply of available
fighting material in their ranks has
been exhausted older men will not be
indicted into service. QuestiOnnaireS
will go to these registrars first and
boards have been ordered to proceed
so that some may be called in DC
tober.
FOREIGN.
The Germans are reported to b.
evacuating Lille and TO be preparin!
for large scale retreat in the north
ern area of the western front. Fugi
tiyes from Lille are reaching Maine
and Antwerp. German auxiliar
forces are building bridges across tn
: upper Mouse.
: Reiterating that Germany, las IN
i innocent and attacked party In tn
A war, had a right to demand indemn
] fication, Friedrich Won Payer, the Ge
q Imam imperial vice chancellor, in m
speech at Stuttgart. said that Nv
h prefer, on calm reflection and eve
i with our own favorable military sit
l. alton, to abandon this idea"
e The st. Mihiel salient, created I
S the Germans at great cost to secul
# an adequate frontage to ground
l. much value to them, and which no e
d Eforts Of the French had been able
A. wrest from them, has been eliminate
by the combined American al
W French forces.
IS 80 spite the refusal of our pea
N offer and sthe violent criticism OF Il
y enemy press, / am convinced tn
= peace is nearer than both sides su
u pose" Count Won Hertling, the &c
70 man chancellor, made this stateme
Or in an address before delegation
trades union leaders, according
Berlin dispatches Friday. He asse
3, ed that both the government and t
= army leaders desired a peace by
10 derstanding and were opposed to
!. idea of conquest.
The Portuguese government b
promptly answered General Pershin
10 call and thousands of workmen are
lp- ing recruited in Portugal for
20 American forces in France.
- An All-American drive on Thursd
q resulted in throwing the German |
- back over five miles and the capt.
- of 10000 Huns. A hundred tar
ms manned by Americans led the char
All indications on the British fr
-, point to the intention of the Germs
80 TO defend their positions in the hig
;.b organized battle zone of the Germa
IN old positions and the Hindenburg L
me- inundating the country where that
les possible.
ING Russian peasants who revol
on against the Bolshevik government
rim few days ago are reported TO have
tered Petrograd and to have b
ont Joined by large part of the pop
al ton, says dispatch from Copenha
NV to the Central News agency.
ON The British have made further
but portant progress towards Can't
and having captured the towns Of Hav
tive court, Trescault and Moeuvres, p
trated into the old British defense
rcd at several places and CROSSED
81 Canal du Nord, north of HavIincC