Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-08-31

with a general fire alarm, now has 1T
former fire fighting force on duty.
Seven men were killed and mum
Der are said to have been injured Sat
urday BY the bursting of steam pip'
In an American transport lying at ,
dock at an Atlantic port.
Skilled workers in the shipbuildln:
industry Of the country have presented
friendly demands" to the labor ad
justment board of the shipping boart
for increase in wages to 81 an hour
double time for all overtime, Saturday
half-holidays throughout the year ant
10 per cent bonus for all nigh
shop work.
WASHINGTON.
The house passed the man power bill
by the vote of 1886 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 1878 men to Ell.
train for training camps between Aug
ust 80 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-
| finers, either in stock or in transit, on
certain date to be announced later,
and sell 1t 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 10 and 45
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 40 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 a 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
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-
.
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 43,2S1, 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 10
was 2,701, according to dispatch re-
ceived at Stockholm from Helsingfors.
OF this total 3642 were i'll.
Germany has shot its bolt. The
kaiser's forces now are hoping that
they can halt their retreat at the old
Hndenburg. 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.
Ii is the biggest allied victory since
the French first halted the Germans at
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 $4,000
prisoners have been captured, 120C
big guns have been taken and thou
sands of machine guns and enormous
quantities of war supplies have been
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 London
Daily Express.
! Sinking of three American vessels
In foreign waters by German submar