The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-02-13
NEWS Of A WEEK N
CONDENSED FORM
MRcoRD or THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN HRlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
lNTERMouNTAIN.

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| posts have formulated resolutions con
demnlng the war record Of Jack Defnp
sey, Salt Lake boy and worlds heavy
weight puglIstIc champion, no such &C.
tion will be taken BY any Of the Utai
posts Of the legion.
George Palo. II years old, was
caught IN d snowsllde and carried 150t
feet TO his death TO the bottom OF
d canyon near the Black Bear mines
according to word from Telluride
Colo.
Officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee
4 ST. Paul railway are rapidly replac-
ing the strikers and are planning to
restore full electric freight and pas
renger service between Harlowton,
Montana, and Avery, Idaho.
OrvIlle Harrington, Al, skilled
worker In the Denver mint was ar
rested on charge Of having robbed
the Denver mint Of gold bullion valued
at more than 100000. Harrington,
the officers said, carried the bars out
Of the mint concealed In hollow
wooden leg, which he wore.
Threats. said to have been made
against the life of II. M, Webster,
superior court judge, at Spokane, who
Issued permanent injunction for
bidding I. W. w. activities, have re-
suited In the assignment of a squad
of police detectives to guard him.
After battling for his life with a
wildcat for half an hour, John Ander-
son was victorious by narrow margin.
When he stepped outside his cabin
at Kennedy, Nevada, Sunday morning,
he was pounced upon by wildcat.
Anderson Is now In hospital for
treatment
Stone water pipes believed to have
been used by ancient tribes for irrign.
lion purposes, have been discovered In
the Sewer forests In Utah.
The Bricklayers' union of Butte
went on strike Monday to enforce de-
mands for a wage increase OF 81, max
ing their wages $40 day.
Fifteen hundred union carpenters in
Denver will present demands to their
employers April / for a wage scale of
$40 for eight hours work, an increase
of 50 a day over the present scale.
DOMESTIC.
Definite plans for the first nation
wide, aggressive political campaign by
organized labor TO control congress
and elect friendly national and state
officials have been made by u COM
mittee of the American Federation Of
Labor and will be announced soon.
The general chairmen Of the Mantle
nance Of Way Employees and shop La
borers' union, In conference ut De-
trolt, unanimously approved the pro-
pusal to call nationwide strike, if
necessary, to enforce demands for
wage increases,
The Chicago police are seeking
George Frame, 20 years old, bank
messenger, who mysteriously disap-
peared with $4,000 In Liberty bonds,
the property of the Harris Trust and
Savings bank.
Huge waves, rolled up by a tifty-mile
gale, swept the north Atlantic coast
Thursday night, while cities and towns
along the shore We're trying with indif-
ferent success to dig themselves out
of the deepest snowdrifts of years,
The property loss amounted to thou
sands Of dollars.
Alfred Nye, member of the federal
signal corps In the civil war days and
the man who Is credited with having
sent General Sherman's message,
Hold the fort, for am coming" to
General Corse at Altoona Pass, Ga,
In 1864, died ut Lexington, Neb., Feb.
ruary 4,
One man was killed and seventeen
injured, eight OF them probably fatally
when a heavy truck from the army
balloon school at Arcadia, near Los
Angeles, got out OF control and over
turned ON sidehill road.
Governor Lazarolo has announced
the call for Il special session of the
New Mexico legislature, which win
meet February 10. The subjects In.
cluded are provision of funds for sup.
pressing Instruction and ratification
OF the Susan Il, Anthony suffrage
amendment.
Mrs, Rose Pastor Stokes, wealthy So
cioi worker, Socialist leader, ultrarad-
icaL was again arrested Tuesday in
New York on Chicago Indictment
charging criminal anarchy and was
held as = fuyitlya fran, t,,st,oo