The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-02-21
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN sHiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Ara Making History
Information Gathered frem AZ
cvsTasra ef tho Giobu ans
Given IN q Fs~ Lines.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

fNTENMCJNfAf
a threatening letter. signed white
Cape and bearIng the drawing Of i
lnan's leff hand. has been reviewed By
Mayor VI. H. g. Mills of Denver Tie
letter threatens the life 81 Mayor Mills
II Immediate action ~ mol taken % ~
eure employment Tor the men 81 DEN
yer n0~ out " work
Ne clews Mere found witch would
lead 10 tie arrest III those guilty of
exploding dynamite under the horne of
&. II Nolan miner. who hnd been
working az the ~ Lawrence milne. NJ
Isntte dennie the strike. No one In
the Noian household was injured.
ssx Foreigners whose names were not
given out Cor publication. but whose
revolutionary actions hive resulted IN
their arrest. are being held ~ the
county jail II Tacoma os federul prls-
anerA awaiting deportation
As Lincoln prophesied before the
C'lvii war 50 II N true today, that "our
greatest danger VI not from without
but from withln." Coy. !. A. A. Burn
Quisf ~ Mlnnesota. Lincoln day orator
" the annual banquet Of the King
County Young Mems Republican club,
az Seattle. declared
Two companies 81 soldiers arrived
in Butte on February " from Fort
i.awton. Wash The men viii join
other units 81 the safHe regiment sta
toned there on duty IN connection with
the miners strike.
because IL III health. Governor Ern-
est Lister of Washington has turned
over his office 10 tile lieutenant gov
ernor, II being stated, however, that
the governor i quitting office only
temporarily
DOMESTIC.
The bullet.riddled body OK WIN
Faulkner. negro. WIS found hanging
10 tres about ten miles north "
Shreveport, Ia. lie had been accused
q attacking white woman
Nearly s2O0nQ IN counterfeit gold
and silver certificates, ranging In de
nominations % from 500 20 $1,000 WAS
seized by the police Friday In a raid
on richly furnished apartment Ia
New Orleans,
Army and naval experts have re-
ported the device u John Hays Ham.
mond, Jr.. for radio control OF surface
craft 10 BE- sent laden with explosives
against enemy ships a success, and
predict slmllarresults with submerged
craft showing above water only wire
Hntennnes.
The copper mines Of the Jerome,
Arizona district closed down February
IS Tor period, the managers said, Of
from ak "a eight months following
troubles which started last week, when
the owners announced wage cut of
% cents aay, Six thousand miners
and other workers, with tributary
population estimated al $4,000 more,
hre affected
Joseph Bolton, wealthy farmer re-
siding near Lyons, kals., shot and in.
family killed his Wife and later Ia
he afternoon after running light
Nlth the sherifls posse sent cut 70 an
l,ge.l.end him, committed suicide az the
aaine 81 bis son. Darwin Bolton, Il few
stiles away
The cruisers Pueblo and Montana
baYe sailed from France with 5o0t
trnolm. aud ull are due 10 reach New
York February y.
Estimated annual economies of 50,
Il2,BiSsl were effected rs consolida
tion 81 switching. ear Inspector ser
ylcv. ilues stations rcroutlns .
freigia trains and other means. &C
urdIug a the annual report " Hal
Holden. altarad dirvctor Dr the cen
rHI western region made public a
G'hicngu. showing also an Increase Q
lIs tscr cent N operating revenue.
careful survey 81 food prices co,
arlng period u thirty days show
thr high Gust IL living has taken Il
Brat blN drop Declines are contlne
Al present 20 bntter, eggs and pot'
tn,s bat during the Iseri0a other art
slea have not advanced and decline
il Is said. VIII probably materiali1e b.
fore the expiration 0f another yhlrl
days.
gie trial II Norman r. Burne,
charged with the murder q his VII
aud two small sons. whose disineI
berea bodies were found buried In q
Nfiuils nkAf Oi4tlNtN EAttf iAsA tA"NA
has hegun at raComa.
William . McAdoo. former seci
tary ~ the treasury aud director q
eral - railroads, has announced 1
organization ~ new iaw firm
which he Is the principal member {
tiees ain be opened IN New York ca
Investigation Of charges that n
Naomi v. Campbell. head or an
phRns home at Marietta. Ga. b
traded a girl inmate Tor $50 ana &C
was begun Monday by Solicitor G.
eral Dorsey The charge deyelcI
after the arrest Of the woman in G
nection with a general inquiry rel
ing 10 the treatment Of children
The Institution.