The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-09-19
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Complete History Of the Pas,
Week Told in Paragraphs
Prepared for the Busy Reader
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this, that strike of the policemen /
of great city, leaving that city at
the mercy of an army Of thugs, is a
crime against civilization"
The Loyal Legion of Loggers and
Lumbermen of Portland, Ore, have
asked to be allowed TO send repre-
sentative to the capital and labor con-
ference called by President Wilson for /
October g.
Seattle was gasless Monday. APP
proximately 90 per cent of the EN-
ployes of the city gas company went
on strike Sunday. Most of the res
taurants were obliged to close.
A man armed with a revolver held
up the South Side state bank in the
southern part of Butte on Monday and
escaped with about $4,000 in currency
after locking four officials and clerks
in the vault.
Charles G. Richards, speaker of the
house of representatives of Utah, has
been rendered the position of assist
ant attorney general of the United
States to administer the Sherman anti
other important matters.
The federal charge against w. Fl.
Kaufman of Bellingham, convicted last
year of seditious utterances, was dis
missed at Tacoma on motion of an
assistant United States attorney.
Kaufman, after being sentenced to
serve five years in federal prison,
appealed
Domestic alterations in the home of
Tony Bruno ended in the dynamiting
of the Standard hotel at Salt Lake,
when four persons We're seriously in
jured and five others wounded. The
police are looking for Bruno, believing
he placed the dynamite.
DOMESTIC.
Connecticut is the first state in the
Union to succumb completely to war
time prohibition. The state farm for
tlrunkards at Norwich, which was
crowded to the limit up to July l, has
been officially closed by order of state
directors.
Deputy Sheriff w. L. Beasley was
killed and two unidentified bank rob
bers were mortally wounded at Red
Fork, Okla, when they attempted to
rob the Fed Fork state bank.
Declaring refineries were refusing to
sell sugar to San Francisco jobbers,
200 bakers have appealed to the sugar
equalization board at Washington for
relief from situation which they SAID
would close their plants by the end
of the week.
General Pershing paid brief visit
to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt ut Saga
more Hill on September IL. He ex
pressed his deep sympathy with Mrs
Roosevelt not only in the loss OF hel
husband, but in the loss of her sor
Quentin during the war.
Senators William E. Borah of Idaho
Hiram w. Johnson of California ant
MediIl Mccormick of Illinois, the lat
ter presiding at the meeting, eXpounC
their views of the peace treaty ant
league covenant at Chicago on We'd
nesday Senators Borah and johnson
propose to make speeches in all of tn
cities in which the president is speak
ing ON his western tour.
Lower Florida was paralyzed We'd
nesday as result of the violent hur
ricane that passed over that section
Not house in Key West escapes
damage. Three hundred twenty franz
buildings practically We're RACED, tw,
church edifices were wrecked and five
retail stores tipped over.
Gregoria Renteria, brother of Jesu
Renteria, the bandit leader who hel,
Lieuts. Harold Peterson and Pau
Davis for ransom in Mexico, was sho
and killed by Capt Leonard Matlacl
last week across the river from Can
delaria.
Fewer cigars and less chewing an
smoking tobacco were used in 19l
than in any of the last seven years, in
ternal revenue statistics just issue
show.
Lack of moisture in southeastern
Nebraska in August caused a redut
ton of 2.42S,O0 bushels in the state
prospective 1919 corn crop, it is est
mated.
AGSdthlNHS Va AAlC ANAhCSt VI 80
dent Wilson that they take no actio
pending the coming industrial confer
ence, representatives of organize
workers in the steel industry hay
called a strike, effective September 2.
to compel recognition of their union
and of the principle of collective ban
gaining by the United States Steel Con
poration.
The United Brotherhood of Mainter
ance of Way Employees and Railwa
Shop Laborers, in convention at De
troit, is undertaking action TO fore
down the cost of living.
General Pershing has not the Sigh
est intention of retiring to become
bank president. This was settled b
the general himself when questione