Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-28
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
II Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In a Few Lines.
INTERMCJNTAIN.

kearny, Cal, or the Preside, SaI
Francisco, for mastering out under or
ders received from the war department
that all Californians, Arizonians ant
: Nevadans there be sent to one of these
two camps instead of being discharged
at Camp Lewis.
Word of the appointment by General
Pershing of DR.. James c. Graves of
Seattle, a major in the medical corps
of the United States army in France,
as one of the ten physicians and SUN
geons to represent this country at an
inter-allied conference upon the prob
lem of the disabled soldier, has been
received.
A complete survey of positions in
Utah open to discharged soldiers will
be made by the authorities of Camp
Lewis, Wash, the state council of de-
Tense and the local bureau of the fed
eral employment bureau.
The president, secretary and assist
ant cashier of the defunct Merchants
bank at Salt Lake have been indicted
by grand jury of the crime of re-
ceiving deposits in an insolvent bank,
knowing that the bank was insolvent.
Twenty mining companies of Utah
are to bring suit against the state for
S51,9S1 paid as mine occupation
taxes, the suit being to test the valid
ity of the mine occupation tax law
passed by the last legislature.
John H. Cradlebaugh, prominent
Oregon newspaper man, pioneer miner
and frontiersman, who shared the
early life in many sections of the west,
died at his home at Salem, Ore, De-
cember II. He was 20 years old.
DOMESTIC.
The British schooner Pauline Mar
tin, leaking and rudderless, floundered
for weeks in terrific gales in mid-At-
lantic before her crew was rescued, ac-
cording to her skipper, Captain
Wayte, and his six seamen, who ar
rived at New York aboard the Swed-
lsh steamship Elizabeth.
In its first report ON the part it is
playing in restoring war workers and
discharged soldiers to peace time in
dustry, the United States employment
service announced that, during the
week ending December z, jobs were
found for S4,2S4 applicants who regis
tered.
Francis ("Silk") O'Loughlin, famous
as an American league umpire, died at
his apartment at Boston, December 20,
after a short illness of influenza and
pneumonia. O'LOughlin had been an
umpire in the American league since
its organization and he had long been
rated as one of the picturesque figures
in the baseball world.
Bernard Nadal Baker of Baltimore,
shipping expert, died at hospital at
Santa Barbara, Cal, following an ILL
ness of three days. Mr.. Baker. CAME
west on advice of his physicians. He
was formerly a member of the ship
ping board and retired at the time OF
the controversy with William Denman
The United States army transport
I1eilTy N. hdiioiy uiii'o" ~ ~"
York on Friday with 4461 American
soldiers fran Bordeaux. Nine hun
dred and one of the men were sick OIL
wounded.
Four negroes, two of them women
accused of the murder of Dr. Il. l.
Johnston, were taken from the Jail a
Shubuta, Miss, and lynched, according
to information received at Mobile.
DIR. d. NJ, Pixley, mayor of Norti
Little Rock, and Lieut.. Paul Cradle
were acquitted of charges of arson IL
circuit court at Little Rock, Ark. TIT
charge grew out of the burning las
February of the clubhouse of the Arm!
Athletic association, of which Lieuten
ant Grabiel was manager and in which
Mayor Pixley was alleged to have beer
interested.
Representatives of agriculture, In
dustry. labor and business from eight
cen states will meet in Omaha, Febru
airy A, 5 and 6 next, when the Trans
Mississippi REIMBURSEMENT congress
convenes there.
With bullet wound through thu
head, the body Of DR.. Louis Aware
CaIderon, consul Of Peru in San Fran
cisco, was found in his apartment II
San Francisco. A pistol was foun'
close by the body.
The construction division of the arm
has been ordered by the war depart
ment to abandon work on the reclaim
alton unit at Eel Paso, Texas.
Japans shipments to America for tn
fiscal year were $2,846, 059. 402. Despit
trade restrictions through lack of ship
ping, this is gain Of SOS, 100000. Silk
rice and cotton goods led.
The reason given for President WI
sons desire to make an early visit t
England, it is understood, Is that h
has found 1t might be necessary 70
him to return to Washington muc
sooner than he expected.
The people of Cedar Rapids, lows
have granted their street railway con