Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-10-05


Barricaded in a narrow room in the
heart of the business district, a man
| identified as Nash Davis of Killeen,
Texas, fought to the death with more
| than a score of officers at Dallas,
Texas. Davis received more than
hundred shots in his body before he
fell.
A new worlds record of 4SS rivets
an hour has been established and main
/ tanned for eight hours by 81 crews of
workinen at the Submarine Boat cor
poration's Newark yards.
Christmas packages for men serving
on naval vessels abroad must reach
New York not later than November 10,
| Secretary Daniels has announced
WASHINGTON.
The German protest against the use
of shotguns by American troops has
been received at the state department
and an answer soon will be dispatched
| Shotguns are used by American
troops, it was said recently, only as
authorized by the accepted rules of
war.
All reports coming into the treasury
department on the fourth Liberty bond
sales Indicate that the new loan will
! be an even greater success than the
earlier ones
Creation of a special congressional
committee on after-the-war reconstruc
ton is proposed in resolution intro
| IppaI Nv of r., al,
sets. The senator said the end Of the
war might come sooner than many an
! ticirate, and that unless the country
provides for the future, it will be
| caught I'm the same condition of unpre
paredness for peace as it was unpre
pared for war.
| Because of epidemics of Spanish in
| fluenza in army camps, Provost Mar
shall General Crowder recently can
celled calls for the entertainment be-
tween October and IL of 142, 900 draft
registrants
Wearing Of war service and wound
chevrons by enlisted men and officers
of the navy has been authorized by
Secretary Daniels
Congress has been asked by the
war department to appropriate $500
to reimburse civilians for arms and
ammunition seized by the United
States troops during the labor
troubles in Colorado in 1914.
FOREIGN.
The battle of Champagne has greatly
incraacad In vfoIopco with tho arrival
of fresh German divisions. The enemy
is making a strong fight to halt the
advance of General Gouraud's troops
toward Vouziers.
Official figures show that during the
month of August, 1918, British troops
in France captured 57,32S German pris-
oners, including 1888 officers. In the
same period they captured 657 German
guns, including over 100 heavy guns.
Machine guns to the number of $3.50
have been counted.
Emperor William visited Kiel on Sep
TENDER 25, according to the Lokal An
zeiger of Berlin, and witnessed
maneuvers in which submarines at
tackled supposititious convoy.
The American bombardment of the
fortress of Metz Is getting on the
nerves of the German people. This is
emphasized by correspondent of the
Rhenisch Westphalian Gazette of Es-
sen, who visited Metz last week.
Bulgaria's cry of "Kamerad" has
| ripped the much-vaunted unified
front" of the central alliance wide
open and has Embossed a long brew
whole unnatural edifice crashing to
flinders.
Since July 10 the allies have taken
325,G0O prisoners and 5000 guns. OF
these totals 247,OO0 prisoners and 300
guns have been taken on the west
front. The British alone have taken
11O,S72 prisoners and 100 guns In the
west. The French have taken 100210
prisoners and 900 guns. The Ameri-
cans have captured $4,000 prisoners
and 800 guns.
The allied advances on four sectors
from the North sea to the Meuse con-
tinue, and important strategical points
| are being taken from the Germans by
the sledge-hammer blows of the
French, British, American and Belgian
| forces.
If the BolsheviN are compelled to
leave Moscow they will attempt to de-
stroy the city and slaughter the bour-
| geoisie wholesale, declares Hans Worst
in a letter to the Berlin Tageblatt.
The German writer says he learns from
authentic sources that the Bolsheviki
have placed in the upper stories of
| high buildings every conceivable
agency of destruction.
General Soukhomlinoff, minister Of
war in the Russian imperial cabinet
from 1909 to 1915, who was reported
courtmartialed September 6 and shot
the same day, has succeeded in escap-
ing from Russia after a most adven-
turous flight.
The executions of Frank Sullivan