The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-01-18
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN nRlEFEsT
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Hsspsnless That Are MAKING History
Information Gathered from All
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INrEnMounrAln.


cuai mining camp, four children, the
oldest s and the youngest years Old,
wefe burned 10 death Overlapping of
d lamp started The IRE
negro walked into the Hibernla
Bank trust company at Denver,
reached Into the p0ying leller's cage
while that official wis AZ lunch and
seized several hundred dollars Ii cur
reney A bank employee chased the
negro block down d crowded street
and caught him.
Hiram q GIN. mayor ~ Seattle. has
ieen barred BY the state board Of bar
examiners from pfnctlelng law III the
state n Washington for one year. The
decision was reached following hear
ing ~ charges thDt the mayor allowed
ti.e law fiFm u Gill iloyt 4 Frye to
use his name IN soliciting police court
business.
y. ~ Mckay. president Of the Utah
State farm bureau, II III Washington al
the request of the federal food admlns
intration to diaenss With officials d
that organization aud the department
0f agriculture questions relating O.
farm work aud farm labor ia Utah
While Mrs Amanda Homer, sid.
ow. ANA william Mechnndlcf, 0ne u
her sult0fs. we're walking down the
street IL Portland, w. II Clark, an,
etier sutton, eame ~ from behind, fred
two shuts Into Mctihandier's brain, shot
Mrs Honner Va che breast, and then
sent d bullet into his 0wn head.
Al order which prohibited national
army soldiers 1t Camp Lewis. Ameri.
ean Lake. WASH from visiting Seattle
hos been suspended by Major General
fultz. The order barring Camp Lewis
soldiers fgOm Seattle WIS issued e.
Noyeiaber last. army officers charging
existence there Of yiee ring harm
fni ~ che uniformed men.
DOMESTIC.
Three meu were killed aud two scrls
onssy injured al y oeloek Friday might
when the Hriuy hank 81 tunp Funston
Kan. was fghhed 81 Il man dressed IN
the uniform ~ captain Of tho United
States army The three men civilians
were kiiied with al as.
A sdan ubdtr which New York bank.
ms Interests wonld finance the next
Cuban sugar crop, Involving expendl
tufe 81 4 sum ~ high rs Si60u0n 600,
Is under consideration, Il Is learned,
locomotives built III Amertea f0t
use a. France aud taken nser tempo
rarlly 10 hrlp relieve the freight con
gcsuon Ia the east, have been put into
service.
The entire plains states area from
tlls sllssissipp river 20 the Rocky
mountains AMI frnm lhr pakptas Il
the Rio Uraude river e expert
rnelnE the mast severe weather q
the winter
More ttan score Of persons wer,
injured three probably mortally whct
swo street cars collldod AZ Dies Mulnes
Iowa.
Kansas faces the worst seed corr
eoudltiao ga thtrty years and the wors
Sorghum seed CONDITION ever known
according 10 Dean w. NJ Jardlne ~
rgetaf uf Tie experimental station o
the kausas Stnse Agricultural college
snip lusscs and crop failures ahroat
haYe brought about such q serlOu
fo0l situation in the allied cuuntyIe
Chat the United states e planning {
Frleasr for yxpoyt an additional 20
m@0al oushrls - wheat although d
eoaHfras export suuaus had bee
shlr8acd e mid December.
Measles epidpuies are aubsiJius !
bsth hauunai Eunrt aud national arm
dl,ieps Bur pneumonia persists, a,
rarulae Is ire detailed health repo
Tor gilg 1861 week
inst gise Cnlted States army Is u
elsanea uaw iB Europe was the aSsu
Rnee given Amprlsua patrHts ~ u
81 a Poster president e NgeH eOlieg
pog8und. tiFg wtnl ylsited the emit
Fra8h fn4i b. tbs getzs sentative
tbs war eauRgIl ~ abe lted tross.
an aaiFess delivered n chicago.
raitsd s'asge Senator Thomas
Waish * M0asann. who has been
az los Angeles Tor n0n,h, Is repp
"a O. have Improved sufficiently
pxrmlf tbs removal - CaronRao. uhC
hs Is expected 10 remnih Tor fnrth
Incorporation before returning 20 Was
aAAkAAss
Twelve hundred barrels OF sus
were eonnscaged grpm food hoard,
at c7eyeinnd ~ the United states 70
administration.
a rnll Tor . special national g
seniign ~ me Probation party
Chiesgo Aareh has beea Issued I
ean euatAlaed an appeal to tbs soy
nors ~ dry states and 10 those US
10 g dry Tor special legislatures
ratio the prohibition eousslnuo
amendment.
Higher naEes WIN he asked ot
railroad administration snon by nea
all classes - oFRaniEed railroad lal
Sskes are not contemplated by
organisation. Il Is said and sage @
Mons Niil n9t be put ~ 70 the dii
tte Eennfnl IS demands.