Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-31
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ambushed at Buckeye Draw, north OF
Paradox, Colo, and killed. Four Mexi
cans have been arrested, one seriously
wounded by Millenteen, may die.
Fort Douglas, Utah, is to be battal
ion headquarters for the Twenty third
battalion, Unied States guards, form.
erly with headquarters at the Preside
San Francisco.
Passenger train service on the Den
yer & Salt Lake railroad was resumed
Saturday afternoon, following calling
off of strike on the lines. The men
decided to return to work when 1t was
announced the government had taken
over the road.
After having been hidden in his
fathers kitchen for more than a year
TO escape the draft. Fred Bruno, %
years old, an Italian, was placed under
arrest at Salt Lake.
Prior to the war the going wage for
sheepherders of the top rank in Oregon
was $45 month. At present the fed
eral employment office in Pendleton
quotes SIS a month and food as the
minimum, but the average paid is
about $S5 a month, and many sheep
herders are receiving 500.
To ride in another's ear or drive an.
others car without permission will be
a misdemeanor punishable by Jail
sentence of not more than six months
or fine of $500, or both. if a new Or
dinance now being drafted by the city
attorney is approved by the Salt Lake
city commission.
To increase coal production, twenty
eight production managers have been
appointed by the United States fuel
administration, with Thomas Sheldon
as manager for Utah and southern
Wyoming.
DOMESTIC.
The governors of California, Nevada
and Arizona, the presidents of the
state universities of these states and
other notables have been invited to
conference of the Pacific division of
the Junior Red Cross in San Francisco,
Saturday, August u, to consider an
educational war program in the schools
of the Pacific coast.
Fire in the Green River Distilling
company plant at OwensbOrO, KY, de-
stroyed the entire plant, 1900 barrels
of whisky, and entailed loss well in
excess of $3,OO0,OO0
Three more ships are to be added
soon to the shipping boards fleet of
ten vessels that are training volunteers
for service in the merchant marine.
Three thousand a month are now
trained by the board, but with the in
creased fleet it is planned to care for
1000 volunteers month.
Manufacturers of passenger automo-
bile and repair parts have agreed with
the war industries board to limit pro-
huction during the last six months of
1918 to % per cent of the total produc-
ton in 1917.
The Cupard Steamship company
cannot be held liable for loss of life
and property in the torpedoing of the
Lusitania by a German submarine, ac-
cording to decision handed down in
the admiralty branch of the United
States district court at New York.
Explosion of depth charge on board
the U. s. s. Orizaba at sea on August
liam Price Williamson and three en-
listed men and wounded Commander
r.. ID. White and eighteen men.
Camp Kearny, Cal, is to be utilized
MS an artillery instruction station, the
war department has announced.
Road building and street improve
ment throughout the country virtually
passed under federal control for the
war under regulations issued August
% by the federal highways council, eff
fective September 10. Manufacturers
are forbidden to furnish materials for
any project not approved by the coun'
Gil
Pope Benedict has conferred his
blessing on the Knights of Columbus
because of their war relief work, &C
cording to a message from Rome, re
ceived at New York by James ]
Flaherty, supreme knight.
Shelled and torpedoed by big Ger
man submarine just at sunrise, the
British freighter Diomed was sunk
with loss of two of his crew ant
wounding of many others 125 mile:
east of New York.
Thomas J. Mooney is to appeal al
once to the United States supreme
court for reversal of his conviction
for murder in connection with a bomt
explosion at San Francisco, officials OF
the International Workers Defense
league announce.
The committee from the Unitet
States congress which is visiting thu
allied countries, composed of james
Benjamin Aswell of Louisiana, Alvin
William Barley of Kentucky, Marvin
Jones of Texas, Milton Ill. yelling ant
james ii. Mayes Of Utah. and Charlie
Hiram Randall of California, flew owe
London in battleplanes in which wer'
installed the new Liberty motor.