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

women employees. declaring that its
action was compelled by the enact
mcnt into law OF the Lockwood-Ca
field bin which prohibits women IN that
state from working after 10 y. m. and
before a. M.
Heirs of the late Col Robert r..
Hunter, Indian trader and ranchman.
have begun a contest In the probate
court at Los Angeles. 10 remove Wiz.
ginia |. Hunter, his daughter, as exec.
utrlx 81 the estate, which comprises
29,e000o0 acres of land valued al
SOC, 100000, extending from Maricopa
county. lkriz.. 10 III Pas0, Texas.
CHER Of Police Henry }. Nedderman
was arrested AZ Oaklnnd Oh Indictment
by the grand Jury which investigated
charges that protection has been
granted gamblers on payment OF
$4,000 monthly.
WASHINGTON,
The soldiers settlement bill Il be.
ileyed 10 be certain Of passage early
IN the extra session % congress as
the result Of q conference May Is be-
tween leaders OF both parties in the
senate and house and officials of the
interior department
Prospect OF adoption by congress Of
the Susan y Anthony woman suffrage
resolution has been bettered by receipt
~ information that senator-elect Hen
~ W. Reyes OF New Hampshire. Re-
publican. would vote for the measure.
Revised figures made public By the
war department showed that the total
casualties OF the American expedition
ary forces during the war, was 2s6.044.
Battle deaths numbered $1,000,
Senator Cummins OF Iowa will be the
next speaker Of the house. At the Re-
publican conference Senator Lodge OF
Massachusetts, was reelected floor
leader. Senator Curtis of Kansas was
reelected whip and Senator Wads-
worth of New York, conference secre-
tary
Repeal Of the war time prohibition
law that is to become effective July
VIII be proposed Ia a bin to be intro
dnced az the opening session OF con-
gress
The navy department has decided to
exercise Its authority under war emer-
gency legislation and requlsition steel
for battleship construction.
FOREIGN.
The Costa Rican reyolutionists APP
parently have failed In their attempt
90 advance into the interior OF Costa
klca, as they have returned to La Cruz
on the Nicaraguan frontier.
The Stars and Stripes, the official
newspaper OF the American expedition
airy force, will suspend publication on
June IL, IL was announced last week at
Paris. This indicates the rapid eyac-
uation Of the American army.
American and British officers in
Berlin have been ordered TO wear civ
ilian clothing outdoors. lest they incite
the population to demonstrations, ac-
cording 20 dispatch from the Ger
man capital
Cambo, leader OF the Catalonian par
~, and yentosa. former minister OF
finance, have sent a telegram to Cor
coeehe, minister Of the interior, declnr-
Ing Il Is impossible for the various
parties 70 prepare for the coming par.
liamentary elections while constitu.
tionaI guarantees are suspended in
Spain.
Yaqui Indians numbering approxl-
mately 100 attacked san Pedro de
Suaqul sonora village fifteen
leagues south OF Montezuma, capital
OF the Montezuma district, at daylight.
The inhabitants, after battle OF sew
eral hours, drove the raiders off with
a loss of seven killed. Three of the
townsmen were killed and several
wounded.
Replying 10 deputation from the
regions threatened under the terms Of
the peace treaty. Philip Schiedemann
TIE chancellor. said that the cab
met was discussing counter-peace
terms, based without restriction on
president Wilson's principles.
The Chinese cabinet has resigned
but the president has refused to accept
the resignation, according 10 tele-
gram from Pekln to the peace con.
ference
What Is said 20 have been a worlds
record for cattle sale was established
az Bueuos Ayres when the mart closed
May IS. A British packing house pur,
chased 10000 fat steers from one
ranch for approximately 100000
pesos.
Thirty thousand men and women
struck at Winnipeg, Man. May 10,
after metal workers and their employ
ers had failed 10 adjust their differ.
ences, and the city's transpor-
tation system aud other facilities were
tied up The strikers included city
firemen, who were replaced by emer,
geney men. and the city employees OF
tile gas aud wateFworks, which were