The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-02-06


coast, has been rescued by the steamer
sucrosa, a sister ship. The men wers
picked up Friday afternoon, after hay.
ing been afloat In small boats for five
days.
Direct charges that certain rail-
roads" were planning to reduce wages
ais soon as the roads were returned to
private ownership were made by TIM
othy Shea, acting president OF the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen,
speaking at New York.
An increase of 10 per cent In the
wages Of day laborers employed by
the United States Steel corporation Is
announced by Gilbert H. Gary, chair
man OF the board OF directors Of the
corporation The increase, which Is
effective Saturday, will affect 275,O0O
men.
WASHINGTON.
There is nothing fundamentally
wrong with the government Of the
United States, and there Is no need Of
change in existing social standards
and economic laws, representatives of
seven national farm organizations
have declared to congress.
Republican members Of the house
ways and means committee, in confer
ence Friday, formally agreed to favor
Legislation authorizing the treasury to
extend additional credits of $50000,000
to certain countries Of Europe for food
relief
Indication of widespread spirit of
unrest and dissatisfaction among the
farmers Of the country, so threatening
as to be likely TO disturb the exist
ing economic structure, is considered
by government officials to be revealed
in more than forty thousand replies to
questlonnaire recently sent out by
the postoffice department.
President Wilson has asked Secre-
tary Glass to make another appeal to
congress for authority to loan $780,
100000 to Poland, Austria and Ar
menia to relieve their desperate food
situation.
Farmers and dairymen demand the
right of collective selling to protect
themselves from the middlemen, J. D..
Miller Of New York testified before Il
senate subcommittee considering apbill
to amend the antitrust laws.
Sick and wounded soldiers are not
receiving the treatment guaranteed
them by law Representative johnson,
Republican, South Dakota, who served
in the A. Il. r., declared, In telling
the house of his recent visits to gov
eminent hospitals.
FOREIGN
Capt. Karl Deter, whose court mar
tial on charges of cruelty to prisoners
at lie Mans, France, where he was in
command of military police COM
pany, was completed Friday ut New
York, was released by order of Major
William #, Kelly, judge advocate at
Governors island.
The annulment of marriage has
been obtained at Milan, Italy, solely
on the ground that 1t was childless.
This decision Is expected to be fol-
lowed by numerous applications for
annulment on similar grounds, for
there Is no divorce In Italy.
| William Marconi, the inventor, has
informed the Daily Mail that the per-
iod for investigating the sounds caught
on various wireless apparatus will In
clude April p, when Mars is nearest
the earth. ....
Claims for $50, 1S9, 1853 (Mexican)
representing damages alleged to have
been suffered in the Mexican revolu-
ton Of the last decade have been filed
with the Mexican indemnity commits.
sion. according to report recently
rendered by the chairman Of the CON-
mittee.
A bomb was thrown by man i'm,
personating photographer at u motor
car In which the minister of public
works, Ismail Sirry Pasha, was driv
ing, at Cairo, Egypt. The car was
shattered hut the minister was no
hurt The bomb thrower escaped.
Disturbance occurred in the streets
of Madrid, owing to tie shortage o.
tobacco. The police several TIME;
were compelled to charge crowds il
the Huerto del Sol, where they hat
assembled In front of the Tobacco,
stores.
A warning that 'hard times" are ap
preaching X lavish spending is no
curbed Immediately, was sounded a
Toronto by Sir Edmond 0sler, pres
] dent OF the Dominion bank and brothe
! of the late Sir William psler.
The fashionable nobility of Franc
t, is forming league with the obtec
OF banning all extravaganza function
and costly styles and to reduce Frenc
society life to the simplest and mos
: inexpensive form.
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