The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-07-04
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 Al
Quarters Of the GIcbs snd
0Iysn In q Few Llnss.
INTERMouNTAIN.

lNTERmouNTAlN.
More than one hundred homes and
millions OF dollars worth Of crops mar
rowly escaped destruction when an
attempt was made 10 dynamite three
big reservoirs In the Burch creek dis
trict, near Ogden.
The Brotherhood OF Locomotive Fire
men and Englnemen, In triennlal CON
,yentlon at Denver, voted 70 increase
the insurance policy limit Of the order
from $1,000 to $450O.
eliza Spaldlng Warren, one OF the
few who survived the Whitman mas
sacre Of 1s47, died last week at the
home OF daughter In Occur d'Alene,
Ida.
Riding horse In d spectacular dash
up the capitol steps a cowgirl deliver
ed protest to the governor Of the
state against the employment Of beau
ties from the east as models for pos
ter OF frontier days to be used in the
roundup" celebration at Cheyenne.
Electricians employed by the Noun
/ AAih tfhiANH AfitltAlNit " LNiNbARRh
company ut Denver, who had been on
strike since June 49, returned to their
places on the oath.
w. c. Hembree, 81 years old, took
fifteen minute ride at McMinnville,
Ore, In an airplane. Il came TO Yam
hin county by OK team In lS47," said
the pioneer as he was being strapped
IN his seat, "and / have been looking
forward for something like this ever
SINCE
DOMESTIC.
Sixteen striking telegraph operators
of the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany were arrested at Oklahoma City
by federal agents on charges OF CON
spIracy TO obstruct federal business.
From height OF 300 feet above an
immense crowd at the Methodist Cen
tenary celebration at Columbus, o., DIR.
Edward Soper delivered a sermon
through a megaphone from the decks
OF big army dlriglble.
Congress has been advised that the
Alaska government railroad project
will be completed In 92i at a total
cost of 500, 436,0T1 or about $4,000 a
mile
The Kansas winter wheat crop, now
being harvested, Is estimated at 229,-
27000 bushels.
! william A. English and John III.
| oBrien. members OF the wool firm Of
English & oBren, We're fined $4,000
each ana sentenced to serve eighteen
months In prison In federal court at
Boston for conspiring to defraud the
government in connection with income
tax returns.
A yellow substance, believed by
chemists 10 be sulphur, probably car
ried from some distant volcano, fell
with the rain at Dawson and streaked
sidewalks and roofs.
kilograms have been sent by Gov
ernor Pleasant OF Louisiana to the gov
errors of all southern states, asking
that they oppose ratification of the
federal woman suffrage amendment by
the legislatures of their states.
American casualties during the
forty Meuse-Argonne often
slye aggregated 10000 men, or 10 per
cent of the total OF 100000 engaged,
according to Statistical summary Of
the war with Germany" prepared by
Colonel Leonard Z, Ayers, chief of the
statistical branch of the general staff
and published by the war department
4 verdict of guilty of murder in the
second degree was found by jury al
Redwood City, Cal, in the case Of Or
Ephriam Northcott, San Francisco
physician, accused of the murder OF
Miss Inez +, Reed, army nurse,
-Four persons, one woman of 20
were burned to death IN a cabin fire
In the Kelso valley, fifty miles north
east Of Bakersfield. Cal,
An international aerial race, which
will start simultaneously from Tor
onto and New York. viii be helt
August %, with the Prince of Wales
ms starter.
The recently created Pacific fleet
now being organized from vessels
, heretofore forming part of the AT
lantic forces, win sail from Hampton
Roads for the west coast between
July 10 and 10.
With the recovery of six additional
bodies, the number Of known dead a
a result OF the tornado that struel
Fergus Falls, Mimi, was raised t
fifty. Five or six other bodies ar
still unaccounted for.