The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-10-31
NEWS Of A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THg IMPORTANT
EVENTS ToLD w sRIErEsr
MANNER POSSIBLE.
ssmppenInos That Are mskins Hlpsory
-.-lnformatlen Gathered from Al
oa@rxsrs Of the Globe ama
etven in Few Lines


Declaring thai the system tn vogue
In most al The penIfentikadcs u Amer
lea II wasteful. exiryyagfnt, incfii-
Client aud lnhumane, an organization
hns been formed ut SEATTLE for the
purpose OF bringing about necessary
changes III these institutions,
Mohslguof james Rnuw. vicnr gen
eral al che diocese u oregon and su,
perinteuaent OF the bays orphanage NJ
ST. Mary's home, nemr Beaverton, ore
gen. died after ~ extended illness. ne
wns o. years old
Governor Ben ole0tt ef Oregon, m
: letter received b. Governor Steph,
ems of CnHfornla. aselurea he did not
see any necessity tor calling ~ once y
special session OF the legislature 70
raiify the Federal woman suffrage
amendment
james } Read, deputy collector 81
revenue At Aberdeen, Wnsh. WAR sen
fenced "a two terms totailiug I'VE years
IN the federal penltentinry ana fined
Slg2q after he hua plepded guilty 70
charges 0f embegEiement and eNiortton
Throughout western Washington ~ con-
nection With liquor traffic,
one man Is aena. ono fautly injured
and two ofhefs nre IN the hospital as
the result ~ an attempt 10 hold up
roalrnom al puseo, Wash,
orders have been received ut Fort y.
A. gusseil, WyominE CLOSING down
III army welfare organizations at the
fort on November i
Hall ah Inch Of snow sell in Umatil
10 county, Oregon, on October 70, Il
being the earliest snowfall there IN
forty years. The white pellets melting
quickly, huvlug the effect Of good
ruin.
DOMESTIC.
Tho international conference OF wo-
men physicians, which Tor six years
has been holding sessions IT New York
adjourned Friday The convention
vent on record as fIlvoring aedueA-
slonal en0 ceenomie conditions which
mako early homogeneous marriage pos,
sible Another resolution denounced
"regulation Of Vice
The last government effort 10 aver
the coal strike set for November
fniled utterly, and 5o0ts0 minors vii
auh work on the very eve Of winter
with the nHfion's bins running danger
o0sly low
Eric e Verrill a former army off
cen who recently pleaded guilty :
having defrFuacd ne government GU
90 Sl2 o00. was sentenced % slx year
Ia The Atlantn peuitentnry
TWentr.threc mariners, rescued frot
four sllps sunk b N0rias which sweF
ihe Atlantic during che last two weelS'
were brought into New York by %
vessels which picked them up o. I
which thcS had been transferred,
Loans nude vs. cattle growers ~ "a
southwest 20 hid them during las
wears drouth have been called Ia b
thu wnr finance corporation for pa,
lnent November ~ The amount gu
standmg October rs WAS So, ls1 $40.
Thirteen men were badly hurue
two al them diving, when fum'
from tank exploded on tht Standal
Oil eOmpany's tunE steamer William
rilfora n the yards 90 the Baltlmol
Dry Docks and Shphuildmg COZ
panles.
Although Lieut.. + NJ Maynard vi
the first Go complete the trpusconti
entail air race Cant J O noualds'
made the flight IN about ten hours le
flying time, according e the late
calculation.
Recommendation az majority
ire members al the liarhurd missio
which hrs been deyatinE seven wee
to closeup Investigation Of Armeu
and the middle esst That the Unit
states should decline 20 accept a iiia
date for Armenia on Turkey are has
largely on the argument that Anne
Hals duty lies closer al home
Publishers Of approximately LOO p
iodirals and trade papers having he
quarters IN Neay Iork City, who 5
PENDED publication several weeks I
because OF labor difficulties have
claed 70 resume publication, "at on
either in New York or elsewhere. =
About 5000 hookkeeperS, steneg
piers and other clerical employees
he Borden Condensed MIX comps
cent on strike III New York City
suburbs, having recently formed
Bookkeepers, Stenographers and
cOuntants' union.
A riot in which pistol shots "
fired broke out at a meeting of lC
shoremen at Hoboken, n J., when
" 0fCounor eureSident of the Inter
tional Longshoremen's associat
after having officially declared
strike of New York water front w
ers at an end, appeared to urge HI
ken strikers to return to work.
Increases in rail transpOrta
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