The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-02-27

market Of enormous quantities OF
foodstuffs and consequent material
reduction in the cost of living is ex-
pected to result from an order for
wholesale prosecution of food hoard
ers, received at Chicago.
The railroad brotherhoods have de-
clared war upon the railroad bill as
reported out by the senate and house
conferees.
Two persons were killed and nine in
1ured. three seriously, when a west
bound Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pa
cific passenger train struck a freight
car at Gibsland, La, and hurled 1t
upon the station platform where a
number of persons were standing.
WASHINGTON.
Representative Macarthur, Republi-
can of Oregon, has introduced a bill
proposing that thirty consecutive days
absence from continental United States
or disabling Illness for like period
on the part of a president would cause
the vice president to assume the duties
of the office.
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, aged
Ga, retired discovered of the North
pole, died at his home in Washington,
February 20, after a two years illness
of pernicious anemia, during which
thirty-fve blood transfusions had been
Of NO avail.
President Wilson fatty denied in
formal communication to the senate
that he had any agreement or under
standing with British officials regard
ing disposition of the fleet of former
German liners.
Amendment of the VOlstead prohi-
bition enforcement act so as to per-
NIT the states, by referendum, to au-
10 per cent wine is proposed in a
bill introduced by Representative Min
ahan, Democrat, of New Jersey.
Pointing out that large percentage
Of the men taken into the army dur
ing the war were physically defec-
tive, Representatives Fess, Republican,
| Ohio, has introduced a bill providing
for physical training for all school
children from the ages of 6 to Is years.
Acknowledgment that the treaty is
in q hopeless deadlock from which it
can be extricated only by a vote of the
people at the next election was made
in the senate Friday by Senator Hitch
cock, the administration leader.
Advocates of universal military
training won a great victory in the
house when, by vote of IL to o, ii
was decided to include in the forth.
coming army reorganization bill a pro.
vision establishing this policy.
FOREIGN
The steamer Danube struck a mine
| in the Black sea thirteen miles off
Cape Ramili on the European shore
at the entrance to the Bosphorus
thirteen persons on board being killed
by the explosion.
A diplomatic dispatch from Berlin
Friday states that undoubtedly the
forthcoming negotiations regarding
prisoners between Germany and soviet
Russia will develop into peace nego,
| tiations.
The Prince of Wales will leave or
his trip to the Antipodes on March 8
on which date his ship, the dread
naught Renewn, will depart from
Portsmouth.
Sir Auckland Geddes has been def
nitely chosen to succeed Lord Grey a!
British ambassador to the United
States, the London Times announces.
Bolshevik forces have captured Arch
angel on the White sea, according II
wireless dispatch from Moscow. TIL,
whites" abandoned the town and tn,
troops joined the Bolsheviki, the mes
sage declares
A demonstration in support of tn
widespread demand upon the Pekil
government that it refuse to enter int
negotiations with Japan over Shan
| tung province and refer the subjec
instead to the league of nations, ha
been in progress at Shanghai for sew
: eral days.
Thirty-six thousand of the CzechO
Slovak troops in Siberia are to b
sent home in American ships, while tn
other $4,000 will be sent in British an
: other vessels
) At the ceremony through whicl
, President Deschanel was formally in
vested with his new office, at Pari
on February Is, there was felicitiou
; exchange between him and the retirin
r president. NJ. Poincare.
nrd Birkenhead and Jules Can
bon will head the interallied commi'
sion which is to insure the strict On
: proper carrying out of the trials o
German alleged war culprits by tn
: German supreme court at Leipzig.
German press comment on tn
l allies concession allowing trial of tn