The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-02-27
NEWS or 4 WEEK N
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD nv eRlEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from Az
Quarters Of the Globe aRa
Given In O Few LInea.
INTERMoUNTAIN.

INTERMoUNTAIN.
AS the result of a lovers quarrel,
Mike Termain, aged % years, was shot
and killed at Ogden, Utah, by his
cousin, Jennie Scardino, not yet 10
years of age.
The trial at Montesano, Wash, of
the ten /. w. w. accused of the Cen
tralia armistice day murders was
brought to sudden halt, owing to the
serious illness of Juror Edward Parr,
who, physicians believe, is suffering
from an attack of pneumonia.
A father who is compelled to take
active charge of the task of caring for
his children is eligible for pension
under the provisions of the Colorado
law pensionlng mothers, according to
a ruling made by Judge Ben B. Lind
sey of the Denver juvenile court.
Two 10-galIon whisky stills, turn
ing out moonshine liquor within 80
feet of the Juab county, Utah, Jail,
were seized by officers last week.
Patients cannot obtain prescriptions
calling for intoxicating liquors in
Montana, Attorney General Ford has
ruled. Distribution of alcoholic liquor
of any kind for human consumption is
barred in this state, despite the fed
eral ruling permitting use for medic
inal purposes, he held.
The beautiful 30-year-old wife of
Russell Clark, aviator and automobile
dealer of Troutdale, Ore, was found
in her home, with two revolver bull
lets in her brain. Clark is missing.
DOMESTIC.
Richard Putt, aged 16, walked into
haberdashery store in Chicago and
asked for pair, of socks. j. E. Burch-
an, the clerk, showed him a pair. Putt
offered a dime in payment. The clerk
asked a quarter. Putt drew a gun
and shot the clerk twice. Burchar
died and the boy was booked for first
degree murder.
r.. L. Lewis, one of the first jury
men passed in the Bisbee deportation
trials, is in a Douglas, Arizona, hos
pital seriously wounded, and j. b
Seal, a neighboring rancher, is free
on bonds after surrendering himself
and confesSing he shot Lewis.
Two bandits entered the bank al
Camp Verde, sixty miles northeast OF
Prescott, Ariz., at noon, held up Cash
Ter Butler and escaped with approx
mately $1,000.
Arthur Denice, janitor of an apart
ment house in Chicago, who barricad
ed his home when police sought Il
unrest him and stood off a squad o.
policemen throughout the night will
il shotgun, surrendered Thursday.
William WEIGH Adams, American
mine superintendent, reported kidnap
ed in Zacatecas, Mexico, February IL
has been released.
Norris Hillquit, Socialist leader
predicted. while testifying before tn
New York assembly committee, tina
control of the United States govern
ment would pass peacefully into tn
hands of the Socialist party when
enrolls the working class.
Gilbert Coutts, former 1. w. W. or
ganizer, testified for the prosecutor
in the trial at Stockton, Cal, of [
F. Bentley, charged with criminal syn
dicalism that the l. w. w. manutae
tured incendiary bombs at Stockto
and at Oakland. He told the juror
of the places set fire by the l. w. W
in 1918.
A building boom involving an outla
| of S6OOO,OO000o is to be launched thi
spring, according to delegates to tn
| convention of the Associated Genera
Contractors, which held its first seS
sion at Chicago on Wednesday. Tn
boom, the contractors say, will last 10
five years and will relieve the short
age of dwelling places throughout III
country.
| An attempt was made in the clos
ing session of the National League 9
Women Voters at Chicago to recoL
slider a resolution against universe
compulsory military training, pasSe
earlier in the day. The motion
reconsider failed after spirited arg'
ment on both sides.
Prior to 1919, statistics for Whle
are not available, the largest nuInpe
Of strikes and lockouts in the Unite
States in a single year was 1902
| 1917.
Unless differences are ironed OF
before June, it appears possible ths