The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-05-23

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army thlrty.two years, Sergt Frederick
llahlrendorf, German alien, stead
tasty refuses TO abide ~ the condi-
fions III his parole from The internment
camp az Fort Douglas, Utah, and II
gsill III JAIN
Yerdla Earl Mooney l3 years old,
was acquitted Of the charge 81 murder
ing bis annt Mrs Mary Mooney BIZ d
Jury u The district court III Buffalo,
Wye. Mrs. Mooney was Killed last fall
when she apeearea az The ranch home
II the youihfal defendant determined
10 lin the family as d result of FAM
rs fead
A raid was made By federal officers
% moonshine siiit situated about a
mile from the Tualatin river, near Ore
gon City, ore. About sixty gallons Of
ssour mash, ready for dlstiIling, was
found and destroyed by the officers
Ruth Garrison, 1s-year.old Seattle
girl. recently acquitted o. the charge
81 numbering Mrs. Grace Glatz Storrs
her rival. has been committed By the
superior court 20 the insane ward OF
the state penitentlary at Waila walla.
Ralph Gragello, placed on trial at
Butte. charged with having written let
tiers 10 man named Iombnrtll 81 Ana.
ronda demanding $4,000 on threats
" blowing NJ his place Of business,
has been acquitted
a big street car ran away on a
downtown hill at Seattle and crashed
into the rear end OF smaller car. kill
ng an unidentified passenger
DOMESTIC.
Gov. Walter u. Edge has resigned
As governor Of New Jersey TO take his
seas as the states junior United States
senator William NJ. Runyon. presi-
dent Of the senate. was sworn IN as
acting governor.
Herman (aGermany') Schaefer not
81 bah player and comedian Of the dia.
mond. died suddenly III Saranac Lake,
N. \. He was on his way 20 Lake
Placid and suffered hemorrhage
while in a New York Central railroad
train
Charles Piez, Who recently retired as
general manager of the emergency fleet
corporation IN an address at Chicago
declared himself permanently cured"
IT amy embryonic leanlngs toward gov
eminent ownership he might have en-.
tertained formerly,
With the announcement that the leg
lslature Of the state Of sonora, Mex
leo, had voted the state wet steps
were taken to open the five saloons
allotted Nogaies, Sonora, across the
border from Nogales, Arizona,
Tiorham Leader. wo-months.old
Guernsey bull calf. was sold az auction
al Madison, n. u. for $4,000, said 70
be a new record price for any animal
Of It's breed.
Six persons, Including the captains
wife aud four children and the engl-
neer. we're drowned when the coal
laden barge Nanticoke, owned by the
Potter Transportation company Of
New York, sank of the isles % shoals.
Francis Burton Harris ~. - years
old. governor general Of the Philippine
islands and Miss Elizabeth wrent-
more. rs years old, student OF the
University Of California at Berkeley,
Cal. were married Thursday ali Chi
cago.
Florida's orange crop for 1918 Is
estimated at 100000 boxes, or much
more than the crop OF 1917 aud much
less than the crop Of 1915 The estl-
mated crop Of California for 1918 Is
t4,Sl2OO0 boxes, or twice the nroduc.
tion Of 1877. but less than the crop Of
1916 by IS per cent.
Forty American naval sub chasers
with their mother ship ana four ocean
going tugs have arrived at Charleston,
= q. from Europe By way Of Ber-
nuda
An immediate reduction ia the price
Of wheat. reaching all down the line
from the producer 10 the baker, Is be-
heYed assured. according 10 a state.
ment b. Julius Barnes. wheat director.
The United Verde copper mine at
Jerome. Ariz.. with approximately half
crew. three months 70 the day after
Il had closed Ia the face Of strike.
re0pened May IA
Winter wheat acreage In Illinois
shows an increase Of T07 So acres, as
compared with last year, condition
i03 per cent normal, according 70 re-
ports 10 the department Of agriculture
Only per cent Of winter wheat was
killed.
Among bills signed by Governor
stephens Of California Is one prohibit.
ing the shooting Of game from air
planes.
Several barns and outbulldings were
destroyed by tornado which struck
in a sparseIy settled region nine miles
southwest OF Amarillo, Texas.
Representative John L. Burnett OF
: the Seventh Alabama district. for sew
eraI years one Of the leading members
- 49,, l1,,,aa ana chairman az the com