The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-01-02

ntes.
Joseph Stanley Brown, wealthy
man Of Meant Clemens, Mich, was
found dead In his automobile, his head
rlIdled with bullets. lie had evident
~ been shot from behind.
WASHINGTON.
Dissatisfied with the progress made
toward solution OF the peace treaty
tangle, senators OF both political par
ties have begun 10 bring greater pres.
sure on their party leaders for q com
promise TO insure ratification prompt
IN on the. reassembling Of congress
early Ii, Januury.
Rear Admiral William u. Fullam,
retired, has received from the emper-
or of Japan the decoration of the Or
der OF the Rising sun. Admiral Full
lam commanded the allied naval
forces on the Pacific coast during the
war.
President Wilson on December "a
issued d proclamation returning the
railroads and express companies TO
private control March /.
The state department has taken
steps TO place 4 tighter embargo on
arms and munitions TO Mexico.
The fate OF Europe Is so closely In
.terwoyen with that of Germany that
the other European nations should
lend her every assistance in the or
ganlzation and maintenance of a
stable government, Gen. Tasker i.
Bliss, American representative on the
supreme war council, has announced.
The shipping board has under con-
siderntlon the sale OF all former Ger
man passenger ships with the stipu-
latlon that the vessels be run under
the American flag.
Another Philippine mission win ar
rive In February or March to ask con-
gress for immediate action on the
Philippine independence question.
Reports to the postofflce depart
ment from various cities showed the
Christmas mail to have been IS per
cent heavier this year than last, when
It reached the greatest volume known
up to that time.
FOREIGN.
The strike ON tha Argentine State
railroad, which began In the province
" Jujuy In the extreme north, has
extended to the provinces of Santa Fe
and Salta and the territory of Chaco.
A common ground on which to base
joint action In Siberia has been
reached by the United States and ia
pan, according TO an announcement
given out by the Japanese official
publicity bureau
Five additional communists have
been sentenced to death at Budapest,
Including Eugen Lasclo, author, journ-
allst and lawyer, Nine others have
oeen sentenced to long terms of I'M
prisonment.
Ike avalanehes at the mountain re-
sort of Daros, Switzerland, caused ter
ror among residents Ind visitors and
resulted In several deaths. One huge
avalanche swept down upon sanl-
tarlum, smashing doors and windows
on the first and second floors and
killing Russian woman and her nurse
and seriously lnjuring several others.
knlghthood in the order of the Brit,
ish empire has been conferred by
King George upon Capt. Ross Smith,
the first aviator to complete an air
plane flight from England to Aus
tralia.
The sex disqualification removal
act, making women eligible as magis-
tratss, having been passed, the lord
chancellor Of England has announced
the appointment of seven women to
act In that capacity when required.
Adherents of former King Manuel
are preparing for u coup de'etat to
regain the lost throne of Portugal. ac-
corling to information reaching Lon.
don.
Gabrielle D'Annmzio Is reported to
have abandoned command at Fmme
according TO a dispatch received from
Rome. The dispatch adds that the
poet-soldier Ii on the high seas.
The Hawaiian Sugar Planters asso.
citation has decided, through its trus-
tees. to refuse to accede to the full
schedule uf demands presented by the
japanese cane laborrS, following their
convention ut Honolulu.
Joseph Cserny and thirteen other
terrorists, accused of excuses during
the Bella Kun regime, were executed
Mt Budapest, December 22.
When the shipping trade again set.
ties down to normal conditions IL will
be found japan's competitive capacity
has been considerably more than
doubled by the war, In thr long run,
Japan Will probably he a more for
midable competitor than America, SAYS
the London Daily Express.
A weekly nlrship service from Eng
land to America Is contemplated by n