Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-16

phia, noted patent medicine manufac-
turer, who posted There is hope" on
the billboards from coast to coast, died
at Palm Beach, Fla, March 10, of
heart failure.
Two boys were killed and six others
injured two probably fatally, when
they were caught under a falling wall
as fire swept warehouse at
Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON
President Wilson and his advisers,
according to apparently authentic re-
ports at the capitol, are beginning to
consider new revenue legislation for
presentation to congress.
Income tax regulations for farmers,
issued by Internal Revenue Commits
sioner ID. C. Roper, provide that all
gains, profits or income received in
1917 from sale or exchange of farm
products, whether raised ON the farm
or purchased and re-sold, must be in.
Guided in the return.
During the first eleven months of the
u.
labor has handled S07 Industrial con-
troversies affecting directly 100000
workers. the department announced on
March s. OF these $50 were adjusted
by the department alone. while 100
were settled by state and local boards
of mediation with the assistance of the
department.
Designating May Z as an interna-
tional memorial day for those losing
their lives in the war against Prussian
autocracy was proposed in a resolu-
ton introduced by Senator Poindexter
of Washington.
Partial Capitalization of the purchas-
ing of between $1,000,O00,O00 and So,
OOO,OOO,OO0 worth of railroad supplies
and equipment this year under govern
ment supervision, is involved in plan
for organizing the railroad administra-
tons division of finance and purchases
announced by Director General Me
AdoO.
FOREIGN
The Grand Duke Michael, brother of
the former car, was arrested at Petro-
grad after the discovery of a German
plot to restore the monarchy and place
him on the throne. A number of Rus
sian officers and Georgian cavaliers
were also arrested.
Germany is deliberately seeking to
provoke hostility with Scandinavia, it
is asserted. Her ultimate object is the
control of the Scandinavian peninsula
and the establishment of a naval base
IN one of the magnificent deepwater,
defended harbors of the Nor |
yegian coast.
The past fortnight's fighting by the
American troops in France in the diff |
'erent sectors of the west front shows |
the Importance of the |
United States army in the world war |
md proves that it will be powerful |
actor on the front from the very start. |
Government troops have suffered a |
severe reverse through the capture Of |
Jhengtu, capital of the province OF
by forces from Yunnan and
provinces bordering on the
south of Sze-Chuen.
Newton D. Baker, the American sec
rotary of war, with staff of seven
persons, arrived at a French port on
Sunday on an American armored
cruiser. The party was met at the
pier by French general, representing
the French army. Secretary Baker will
make tour of the American front.
Germany is massing troops, accu-
large quantities of material
and making other extensive prepara-
tions opposite the American sector at
Toul, with the view apparently to I'M
dertake extensive operations at these
points.
Ten thousand cane field laborers In
the eastern end of the island of Porto
Rico are on strike, causing the clos
ing down of three sugar centrals. The
men declare they are tired of waiting
for action by the labor officials.
The seriousness of the cost of living
problem in Germany is shown in figures
announced by the department of labor,
which states that 52.14 per cent Of the
average German family's expenditures
is paid for foods.
Augusta Leguia, former president of
Peru, has been named as candidate for
the presidency by Juan Oyarzabal In
the chamber of deputies. President
Prado's term of office expires in
August of next year.
The Chilean government has not yet
determined what disposition shall be
made of the ffty-eight German sailors
who have been brought into a Chilean