The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-29

Despite efforts OF eight posses OF |
citizens and police officers to appre-
bend them, three bank robbers who
$4,000 In a daylight hoidup
Of the First National bank Of New
ton, Kan, are still at large.
-Four Mexican bandits were killed
by American troops ia Mexico Thurs
day. They were surrounded in an
adobe biockhOuse that the Mexicans
had constructed Ia - mountain pass.
Andrew Carnegie's will. which viii
be filed for probate next week, viii
dispose Of an estate valued at sj0.-
100000. all that remains Of the $500
100000 or 50 accumulated by the iron
master ia his business career
General chairmen Of the United
brotherhood Of Maintenance Of Way
Employees and railway shop laborers
have approved new wage and work
ing agreement already submitted to the
railroad administration. calling for an
increase In pay Of 81 day per man,
time and half for overtime and pro-
motion by seniority.
WASHING ] ON.
Without amendment and with prac-
tically no opposition, the house late
Friday voted to amend the Lever food
control act to extend its provisions to
include clothing, containers Of food,
feed or fertilizers. fuel oil and inn
PIGMENTS used in production Of neces-
sites, and to penalize profiteerfng by
5000 fine or two years imprison-
ment
The labor provision Of the peace
treaty fail 10 cope with threatening
labor evils and point toward a pro-
gram which may disturb the domestic
peace Of the United States, Senator
Thomas. Democrat, Colorado, declared
in speech in the senate.
President Wilson has been urged in
letter from Senator owen. Okla
homa, ranking Democratic member Of
the senate banking committee, TO take
steps to protect the foreign commerce
of the United States aid bring about
an extension Of credits to cover Eu-
ropean purchases.
Active control of sugar prices has
been resumed by the government,
through an agreement reached be
tween the department of justice and
the food administration that licenses
will be revoked by the latter when
| il is shown dealers have been prof
! teering.
Senator Fletcher of Florida was
struck By street car at Washington
and seriously injured.
Suspension Of immigration for the
next two years and the admission
thereafter of only those aliens who
agree TO become citizens of the United
States are proposed in a drastic bill
/ introduced in the house.
FOREIGN.
| The supreme council has sent in
structions TO the interallied mission
at Budapest to inform Arehduke Jo-
seph that he must leave the Hunga-
rian government, as Europe lad suf-
! fered so much under the Hapshurgs
/ that there could be no confidence in
any government with a Hapsburg a
member of it.
| A delegation of prominent japanese
visited Secretary OF the Navy Josephns
Daniels at Honolulu on Friday and
presented him with bronze vases
The all-RGssian government at OmSk
has transferred its gold reserve and
archives eastward TO Irkutsk, accord
| ing TO apparently trustworthy reports
received here. Other information in
dicates that the Omsk governments
position is growing weaker because of
the advance of the Bolsheviki and the
desertiOn of Siberian troops.
The police of Dublin raided the Of
| fees of The Irishman. the leading Sim
Fem newspaper. and confiScated the
forms intended for this weeks issue
Collisions between Germans and
American sailors at Neufahrwasser
RESULTED in the wounding of several
civilians and one German seaman. ac-
cording to Danzig dispatches.
The ministry of justice has received
instructions 10 examine into the evil
dence obtained against the former vice
I chancellor Or. Karl Helfferich. with
n view to prosecuting him, says a Ber-
/ lin dispatch.
Father and daughter are political
I opponents in the PrusSian diet. The
only woman elected 10 a seat in that
body is the daughter of Deputy Fish
or. He is majority socialist She
is an independent socialist.
War between Germany and Poland
is described as an immediate posi-
bility By reliable news reports from
/ Upper Silesia as the situation already
is bordering on open warfare.
The delivery of coal TO France from
the Ruhr region has been begun 1t is
4 expected that about 100000 tons Will
I be shipped the first month.
Two thousand BolSheviki and Mag
Z vars. who had escaped from prison