Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-08-31

with a general fire alarm, now has its
former fire fighting force on duty.
Seven men were killed and num-
Der are said to have been injured Sat
urday by the bursting of steam pipe
in an American transport lying at
dock at an Atlantic port.
Skilled workers in the shipbuilding
industry of the country have presented
''frendly demands to the labor ad-
justment board of the shipping board
for increase in wages TO 81 an hour,
double time for all overtime, Saturday
half-holdays throughout the year and
10 per cent bonus for all night
shop work.
WASHINGTON.
Tie house passed the man power blu
by the vote of 1876 to 2. The negative
votes were cast by William Gordon,
who was recently defeated for renomi
nation in the Ohio Democratic pri-
maries, and Meyer London, Socialist.
of New York
Four separate selective draft calls,
constituting the first of September
calls and requiring 1S6,773 men to en-
train for training camps between Aug
ust 30 and September 6, were issued
August "a by Provost Marshal General
Crowder.
The United States government will
buy every pound of sugar held by re-
timers, either in stock or in transit, on
certain date TO be announced later,
and sell it back to its original holders
at the price of the new crop, which will
be higher, so as to equalize the sugar
market and prevent two prices such
as existed last year.
Enactment of the manpower bill eX-
tending army draft ages to Is and 40
years launching of $4,000, 100000 war
tax measure in the house, and action
on national prohibition during the war,
are the tasks before congress this
week.
An overwhelming majority in the
house on August % declared that the
draft age limits of IS to 45 should be
adopted for the new manpower bill as
recommended by Secretary Baker and
the general staff.
The fuel administration has temper
arily modified restriction orders
against plants in the west, in order to
provide market for coal known as
slack and screenings.
FOREIGN.
Premier Clemenceau telegraphed the
presidents of the general councils on
August "a that they could rely upon
the government and Marshal Foch and
his magnificent staff and the allied
military commanders to turn the pres
ent success of the allied arms into II
complete and decisive collapse of the
enemy
Allied armies are driving back the
Hun all along the west front. The
enemy is retreating to the old line of
defense, where he is expected to dig
in for the winter.
The crisis between Germany and
Spain over the U-bOat controversy has
been further intensified by Germany's
reported non-acceptance of SPANS pro-
test against the continued German
submarine offensive on Spanish ship
ping.
In England the war has relegated
the automobile to the garage and
brought the horse back into its own.
Owing to gasoline restrictions, taxi
cabs are becoming extremely scarce in
London and the hanson cabs of the
old days have been restored to popu-
| larity.
Sweden's population at the end of
1917 was 5,S00,S47, according to fig
ures just made public. The increase
over 1916 was 43,2Sl, which is greater
than in any year since 1910.
The total number of persons arrested
in Finland on account of the insurrec-
ttion in that country up to August IS
was 81. 701, according to a dispatch re-
ceived at Stockholm from Helsingfors
OF this total 3642 were ill.
Germany has shot its bolt. The
kaisers forces now are hoping that
they can halt their retreat at the old
Hindenburg line and make final
stand there. The recent blow by the
allies in Picardy is believed by many
to mark the turning point in the war
1t is the biggest allied victory sinee
the French first halted the Germans NJ
the Marine.
In single month of fighting-two
major drives and few minor pushes
the allies have taken 1900 square
miles of territory. In addition 10000
prisoners have been captured, 200
big guns have been taken and thou
sands of machine guns and enormous
quantities of war supplies have beer
obtained from the fleeing Huns.
Fearing an invasion, the inhabitants
of the Rhine towns are fiocking to cen
trail Germany, according to the Amster
dam correspondent of the Londor
Daily Express.
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