Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-07-13
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asst WEEK.
The News Happenings of
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Seattle library that might nave pro-
German leanings, is the task the
library staff has set before it. The
latest discovery is a book of toaSts
every one of which is a toast to Ger
many and a wish for her success.
Vittori Butts, an Italian newspaper
man, under indictment by a federal
grand jury for attempting 10 discourage
enlistment in the United States army,
was arrested in Pueblo, Colo.
Representative japanese business
men of the Pacific coast, from San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and
Vancouver, b. c., in conference with
Seattle Japanese, sent a telegram to
President Wilson 'pledging their loyalty
and support to the government for the
victorious prosecution of the war
Tacoma celebrated July with five
ship launchings, a military and indus
trial parade led by the First infantry,
U. s. A., auto races at the speedway,
evening maneuvers in the stadium by
infantry, concluding with fireworks.
Grain raised in Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and western Montana to the
summit of the Rockies will be routed to
the Atlantic seaboard this year via the
2 Pacific coast and the Panama canal.
t' Fire at Bingham Canyon, Utah, de-
stroyed the school house, two apart
ment houses and three residences, the
loss running into thousands of dollars
~ Two hundred and fifty soldiers Of
, the spruce division have been fighting
a forest fire near Cochran, Washing
ton county, Oregon, on the Southern
Pacific line to Tillamook.
F'ef29f "i' DOMESTIC.
The bodies of Miss Title Jackson
and a male escort in an automobile ride
WERE found In marsh at Jackson,
Mich, Saturday afternoon. The wom-
aus Head was almost severed. 1t is
suspected that noted convict, named
Bushnell, with lust for murder, killed
fthe pair 'fsha
~ Alderman submarine lowering off
tho ATLANTIC coast was fired upon by Il
!" British steamer, according to passen-
gers ''6f, the ship which arrived Sun
day at an Atlantic port.
Indefinite postponement of the
strike of telegraphers employed by the
Western Union Telegraph company,
called ft6c begin Monday, was an
ncunced Sunday night, pending the
Consideration by congress of the reso-
the president to take
ypyerNiuring the war all wire and radio
,systems.
- Over. a hundred people are believed
to have been drowned when the eX-
.cursion steamer Columbia overturned
inf the Illinois river, five miles south
Of Peoria, ILL.,
Louigs McGill, negro convict, sale
TO have been identified as the man VINO
attempted to attack the wife of a farm
er living near Madill, Okla, and who
later is said to have stabbed the
an, infiicting probably fatal injuries,
was lynched Friday.
Governor Burnquist has notified
Mayor Thomas Van Lear and Chief of
Police Harthill of Minneapolis that
unless rioting and disturbances Incl
dent to a newsboys' strike are stopped
he would remove them from office.
Charles nj. Schwab, director gen.
eral of the emergency fleet corporation,
launched big vessel for every letter
In the word independence his
own yards in the San Francisco dis
trict July 4, directed the launching of
five more from other yards, and then
said that he longed for many such
days.
With thousands of persons crowding
its streets, Laclede, Mo-, combined the
celebration of Americas Declaration
of Independence with day of tribute
to General John j. Pershing, who was
born there September ID, 1860.
A munitions plant costing S15,0OO,-
900 and employing 10000 persons, will
soon be constructed in st. Louis, ac-
cording to an announcement The plant
will be the only one in the United
States to turn out complete shell.
Jack Dempsey knocked out Bob De-
wore at Joplin, Mo-, July A, in the first
round of scheduled twelve-round
Sight. Devore apparently was not in
good condition, while Dempsey was
hard and fit
Six japanese employed by fruit
picking contractor were killed early
July 4 when an automobile i'll which
they We're riding was struck by a
north-bound Southern Pacific train at
Pomar, ten miles south of San Jose,
Cal
Ship production in the United States
in June amounted to 2SO,4OO dead
weight tons, making the total 1918 pro
duction to date 1,0S4670 tons.
The lawyers of Martinsburg, w. Va.
are being marshalled for farm work
and the move is expected to extend to
other cities in the state. 1t is planned
that the lawyers close their offices foi
y month during the season when the
courts are closed and put In the time
helping harvest the crops.
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