The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-06-27
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
INTERMoUNTAlN.

Tor, now plot WIN the western All
craft corporation of Salt Lake City,
was severely injured when he was I'M
able to get his machine out of a tail
spin and crashed to the ground.
In an address at Denver, Governor
Allen of Kansas, declared, "Prussian
ism in the American army must go.
Legislation will be introduced in con
gress within u few weeks to make the
military policy of the country conform
with Americas democratic principles"
Bills proposing that periodicals in
German or other foreign languages be
barred from the mails have been intro
duced By Senator Myers, Democrat, of
Montana.
The striking miners at Park City,
Utah, have suffered a break in their
ranks, one faction voting to return to
work and the other favoring a contin-
uance of the strike.
Attorneys for Ben b. Lindsey. judge
of Denyer's juvenile court, have an
nounced that the contempt of court
charge filed against him in 1915 and
lately sustained by the state supreme
court win be carried to the supreme
court of the United States.
A resolution designed to eliminate
alien labor from competition with
American labor in positions occupied
by members of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotiye Firemen and Enginemen
was passed at Mondays session of the
brotherhood at Denver
DOMESTIC.
Il decline to have any communica-
ton whatsoever with you or your prin
cipal," Brigadier General James b.
Edwin replied TO a communication re-
ceived from General Felipe Angeles.
commanding revolutionary forces in
Mexico, regarding the reason Ameri-
can troops crossed the border recently
Private Paul Lester Mace, whose an
swer to charge of desertion was that
! he had been kidnapped and held pris-
| oner on board a German submarine,
was given his full freedom after the
finding of the court martial acquitting
him was approved by Major General
H. z. Mccain, commander of Camp
Devens, Mass.
Vessels of the present Atlantic fleet
which are to be assigned to the new
Pacific fleet will mobolize at an Allan
tic port late in July and probably will
leave for the west coast via the Pana-
ma canal early in August
Secretary Baker has authorized tie
recruiting of 26, $50 men for service ON
the Mexican border. They will re-
place men enlisted for the war emer-
gency and now eligible for discharge.
Referendum petitions filed with the
secretary of state against the prohibi-
ton ratification resolution and the
Harris enforcement act passed by the
California legislature, contain slightly
more than 10000 names.
Regular airplane patrols of the Mex
lean border are being maintained by q
squadron under command of Major
Tobin.
Mai. Gen. Enoch II. Crowdel
was awarded an honorary degree O
doctor of laws at Harvard ON June 19
Assessed valuation of all real ant
personal property in Missouri was re
turned by the state board of equaliza
ton at s., 271, 205, 1872, an increase of 2
per cent over the assessed valuation
last year.
Government Thomas Riggs Jr., o.
Alaska, has received cable stating
the epimedic of influenza at Bristo
bay and other western Alaska points
had been suppressed.
; More than 5000 soldiers, many o
: them still overseas, have notified Sec
rotary Lane of their desire to Obtain
farms under the plan Endorsed b.
him and now being considered by tn
house public lands committee.
George Henderson, a negro politi
clan, was found guilty in superio
court in Los Angeles of having givel
and offered to give bride TO Mayo
L. 7. Woodman.
Senator Thomas F. Gore of Okla
homa was injured when an AUTOMOBILE
|
, to Sioux Falls, S. D., overturned
throwing the senator out to the GROUND
Locusts have eaten practically a
vegetation on GuadaloSpe island, IL
miles south of San Diego, and 1t !
estimated that $4,000 wild goats ON tn
D island will soon starve to death.
Amid general uproar, delegates al
tending the convention at Atlantic Cit!
n. j., of the American Federation q
Labor refused to endorse recognitio
of soviet Russia.
Indictments charging conspiracy
trade with the enemy during the wa
period were returned ut San FrancisC
against Henry A. Westphal, c.
Swanberg and Il. II. Russ, promineI
(. San Francisco mechants.
Five armed bandits late Monday a
ternoor held up the West Clevelan
hank and rSConpd in n stolen autom,