The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-11-21
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD or rig IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRiEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered sr@n AZ
auartsrs OF the Globe ana
Given In o Few Lin@s.
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The Mountain States Telephone
Telegraph company has made applica
tion to the public utilities commission
10 continue the rates charged for ser
vice inaugurated by Postmaster Gen
erai Burleson. which have been II
force since the lines were returned I,
the company.
Members OF the American Legion a
Spokane are being sworn In as specia
policeman TO meet what was declared
20 be an Invasion OF 1000 to 1000 mem.
bers OF the Industrial Workers Of the
World. due 10 arrive from Montana
and other parts Of the northwest
A flag Of the Irish republic was re-
Fn0vod from the automobile OF Eam0nn
de Valera. president OF the Irish re-
public. at Portland, by request Of a
party OF former service men headed
By Ensign A. 4. Kurtz.
The Spokane railroad maehinists'
union, with a membership said to mum
Der 300, have voted TO strike unless
recent wage demands of 80 cents
an hour are granted In the present
conference Of railroad craftsmen with
Director General Hines.
Fifty alleged l. w. w. members were
arrested az Seattle on November ~.
The arrests at Seattle brought the
total for the state of Washington on
that date TO 107, II Is believed NUM-
Der Of those arrested will be deportcd.
raft. lrGt N
and six others wounded when yolley
Of shots was poured from the /. w. w.
headquarters building as the returned
soldiers were marching through the
streets at Centralia, Wash. on ARMS.
tice day. sixteen suspects have been
caught.
DOMESTIC.
Machinery for Industrial Justice which
would prevent the interruption OF SER
Vices essential TO the community was
advocated by Charles H. Hughes In an
address at pittsburg on ''the antidote
for Bolsaeyism,' at the Worlds Christ
ian Citizenship conference.
An average Increase OF 40 per cent
10 the salaries OF Methodist ministers
throughout the country to meet the
mounting cost Of living and establish
inent OF minimum salaries Is an.
nounced by the centenary conservation
committee OF the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Guided by an opinion rendered re-
Gently BY State Attorney General U. S.
WakB tiKae a. - AL.
rejected plan submitted by Almond
q. David OF Rrawley, Imperial county.
California, for teaching of Bible les
sons In the public schools OF California.
An unmasked bandit entered the
Trinity County bank at weayeryllle,
Cat, locked the cashier in vault and
departed with between $1,000 and
$4,000.
Following the entry Of decree in
the United States court en1oinlng fed
ernl officers from enforcing the war
prohibition law. saloons In Providence,
II. l., began at once the sale of per
cent beer.
Judge Arthur L. Brown In the fed
eral district court ut Providence. II. l.,
issued temporary injunction against
Harvey A. Baker, United States at
tOrney, and George A. Shaunessy, col
lector Of internal revenue restraining
them from enforcing the provisions of
the wartime prohibition net.
senator Thomas 5. Martin, the Dem
ocratic leader In the senate, died III
Charlottesville, Va, November II.
after an Illness of several months. He
was 72 years old.
Dissolution OF the American Junior
naval and marine scouts Is announced
by the directors as the result of a
controversy with the secretary of the
navy.
A national labor ticket for the COM
ing presidential election viii be nom.
mated in Chicago by convention that
win meet November %, John Fitz-
patrick, president of the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor, has announced.
+. Z. Harley. chairman of the West
ern States Agricultural Development
committee, in an address before the
National Drainage congress, at ST.
Louis, advocated utilization of Chinese
labor to solve the labor problem and
reduce the living cost.
Mrs. +. w. Woolworth, widow of the
late head of the chain of and 10
cent stores, will receive an income of
$4,000 year from her husbands
estate.
Plans for saving the lives of 1,000,-
600 American babies in the next six
years We're outlined in the child vel
fare report adopted at the convention
of the National Council of Women at
New York. Better educational faciIi-
ties were recommended in the report
on education.
Judge J. L. Jackson of the Phillips
county circuit court sentenced to cleo
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