The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-09

er, living at Omaha, suffering from |
the hallucination that the government |
was going to confiscate his large land |
holdings, killed his wife and 2-year-old |
daughter. Mrs. Greber's brains were
beaten out with baseball bat and
her throat cut from ear to ear.
The Nebraska railway commission
has given the Nebraska Telephone COM
pany authority to increase its ex-
change rates an average Of six and
one-half per cent TO meet increased
operating expenses.
Mayor Smith of Omaha forbade the
holding of an advertised meeting of
Socialists and I. w. w. at which an
international labor day" program was
to be given. II want the whole world
to know that anarchy cannot be
preached in Omaha" said the mayor.
Frank A. Brush, former cashier Of
the Santa Rosa National bank, one of
the four men indicted in Sacramento
for the alleged embezzlement of $685.
POS from the bank will plead guilty.
WASHINGTON.
| Prediction of the department or ag-
riculture for wheat crop this year
even larger than the record-breaking
crop of 1914 was repeated May by
the United States Chamber of Com
merce in report based on statistics
obtained from all sections of the
| country.
| Eighty-six thousand checks, repre-
senting payment for practically all
awards made to date, We're mailed
May l by the bureau of war risks to
beneficiaries of men who died in the
military or naval service, it is an
nounced. Stree October, 1917, more
than fifteen million checks have been
sent to dependents, totaling more than
4 S4969OO,0OO.
Soldiers and sailors government in
surance will be continued automat-
ically in effect for one month after
the end of the month in which man
is discharged, even if the man does
not pay his premium.
| Agents of the department of justice
have been instructed to obtain evil
dence showing what brewers continue
the manufacture of beer after May /,
when prohibition of the use of foods
in the manufacture of beer, wine or
other Intoxicating liquors. became eff
fectiye.
Control and operation of all Ameri-
can cable systems, taken over by the
government last November, revert to
their private owners at midnight, Fri
day, May ?.
FOREIGN
The Russian soviet government has
sent an ultimatum to Rumania de
handing the evacuation of Bessarabia
Seyenty-two persons were killed and
more than 400 injured in the earth
quake at San Salvador April %, &C
cording to late advices
King Alfonso of Spain has signed {
decree dissolving parliament, says {
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
from Madrid. The dispatch adds tina
general elections will be held June Is
Determination of President Wilson
indicated in press adyices from Paris
that no American troops shall continue
on German soil for longer periOC
after the signing of the peace treaty
! than may be necessary to embark then
! for home, is borne out by preSen
plans of the war department, which
: contemplate the return of the entire
American expeditionary forces by sep
TENDER.
American cable lines taken over b!
the government in November were re
stored to private ownership and opera
: ton at midnight May 2 by direction o
President Wilson.
President Wilson, David Lloyt
George and Premier Clemenceau hav
! settled the question of the Germai
! underseas cable. The decision wa
reached that the cables were spells o
war and belong to those powers whicl
took possession of them.
: In session beginning at 81
O'Clock Thursday afternoon, May
). and lasting barely five minutes, tn
3 German plenipotentiaries of the peac
! conference presented their credentials
1t was the first step in the peace ne
gotiations. The German credential
: were presented to representatives 0
: the allies and the United States.
q Petrograd is being evacuated by tn
i Bolsheviki, reports from reliabl
4 sources say. Many of the inhabitant
! are being sent away and the Bolshe
! vik government is taking rigorou
= measures to prevent the news of tn
happenings at Olonetz from reachin
the people.
, .Adolfo de la Huerta was successfu
4. in the election held Sunday to choos
4 the governor of Sonora, Mexico, az
4 cording to an official telegram RI
s ceived in Aqua Prieta.
n The covenant of the league of ns
tions in revised form, moved by Pres
k dent Wilson, was adopted on April