The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-10


Japan win enter the peace confer
enee pledged 10 policy OF peace az
Tire 'snpen door in the far east a She
Maintenance u which she Nj svel.
come the cooperation Of she allies.
Baron Nonauki Mnkir.s ~ shn Ian.
ansse peace comm ssioss declared on
bis arriyu, a. Esw Yoek. "a bis way
20 the canfefenew.
sveot cars of Kansas city. Kan, sre
he.ag operniei Kinder guard Of deputy
United STAINS narshals. thelr crews
also beine made federal Officers. while
Nqnnsis - other rrnrshaIs, Hrined with
slotgmas, pntrolIed the Hires, Guards
On the cars and ear crews carry iryol-
vers.
Three men were Killed and fifsy-five
Injured some seriously, when troop
train hound from nnnfax % Toronto
gs.s setarnins soldiers was deraIled
near Edmonton. on uas r.s.snal
Transcoutinenlal railwa, "a -ecem.
Der 81.
WARRINGTON.
President Wilson has mined Herbert
6. Hoover director general Of an in.
ternatl0nal organization Tor the relief
oe liberated countries both neutral and
enemy Norman Davis, formerly ON the
staff " Oscar l.. Crosby, special com
Imlssi0ner of finance Tor the United
States III Europe, viii act as Mr..
lioover's assistant.
Small change required 70 pay war
taxes caused the government mlnts 70
produce a0T.6i4.OO0 I-cent pieces in
1918, a record output. according 10 d
report BY Raymond =. Baker, director
oF the mint.
War bills pouring into the treasury
made the actual cash outgo IN De
eember s2,000,O00OO0. the highest fig
ure reached. and Tor the last six
months Of the year the total was
SiOGi2, 100000. excluding trnnsae-
tions n the principal OF the public
debt.
Mexican laborers may be admitted 10
the United States up TO and includ-
ms June 10, solely for employment In
sugar beet production. under mn order
issued by Secretary Wilson.
A protest against further shedding
Of American blood in Russia was made
In the senate Nv Senator johnson Of
California. The senator called to the
attention Of the foreign relations com
mlttee, TO press dispatches from Arch
angel, telling OF the advance Of the
allied troops In northern Russia.
senator Ashurst ~ Arizona has In
trodueed q resolution requesting the
president 10 open negotiations for the
purchase from Mexico by the United
States Of Lower California and OF
about 10000 square miles Of other
Mexican territory lying north of 81
degrees latitude In the state Of sonora.
FOREIGN.
Ia parliament house at Rome on
January b q Joint reception was given
President Wilson BY the nombers OF
the senate and the chamber OF depu.
ties The function was an Impressive
enc, The large and distinguished
gathering gave the president an ova-
tlou.
Posen II completely In the hands Of
the Poles according TO adviccs from
Berlin. The official buildings are
guarded by soldiers wearing German
uniforms, but with their cockades re-
placed by the white eagle Of Poland.
A storm said TO be the worst in years
has seriously damaged several thous.
aud acres Of agricultural land with
loss Of partly matured crops, In the
state of Sinaloa, Mexico.
Prince Lyoff, the former Russian
premier, from whom Foreign Minister
pichon obtained information of the
massacre u the imperial Russian fam
lily as related ia the French chamber
of deputies last week. informs the
Journal that he learned the details
from a judge who made an inyestiga.
ton OF the deaths
News has reached sydney OF the
murder OF two white traders On one 81
the outlying islands of the New Britain
group, The victims according 10 re.
ports hy the steamer Melusia. were sur.
rounded by hordes Of savages and
huschered 10 death, the bodies being
afterwards cooked and eaten.
Many German airplnnes were dam
aged by the Germans when they cyac.
uated Cologne, according 10 reports
FROM British correspondents In the
British area az occupation.
Ia capturing Perm, in the Ural
mountains. General Gaida. at the head
81 CzechoSsovak aud siberian forces
virtually destroyed the Rolshevik third
army, from which he took $1,000 prls
0nerN
Two hundred aud seventy sailors
were dr0wned as the result OF the loss
Of the British steam yacht Iolalre OH
Stornoway, scotland The yacht hat
800 sailors on board. They were OF
New Years holiday leave
Thirty British soldiers were fnJured
when locomotive in charge OF Ger,