Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-12-07

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youths who wore gauze influenz;
masks and who demanded on entering
his store to know the location of his
cash drawer, escaped.
The mayor of Denver has refused the
petition presented him by delegation
of Denver ministers, asking for the is
suance of an order closing all stores
churches places of amusement and al
other establishments open to the pub
lie because of the influenza epidemic
Wolfgang Thiele, enemy alien being
transferred from Fort Bliss to Fort
Douglas, Utah, leaped from a moving
train at Los Cerrillos, N. NJ, and made
his escape in the darkness.
No coal famine threatens Salt Lake
this winter. Though other states are
advocating the use of all kinds of wood
for fuel, increased coal car tonnage has
prevented shortage in Utah.
The quorum of twelve apostles has
unanimously sustained Heber J. Grant
ss president of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. President
Grant announced that he had chosen
Anthem II. Lund and Charles w. Pen
rose as his first and second counselors,
respectively.
Two Seattle shipyard unions, with
lbout $1,000 members, it became known
Saturday, have voted to strike Deem
Der 9 as a protest against the execu-
ton of Thomas J. Mooney, San Fran
80 VII. i'm
of "A bomb explosion.
DOMESTIC.
"Oh, you America !" rang from the
throats of khaki-clad troops on the
decks of the Mauretania as the giant
transport, bringing back nearly 1000
soldiers. the first large contingent
from Americas victorious army, ar
rived at quarantine at New York, Sun
lay night.
James Orr, for nearly quarter of a
century guardian of the Liberty Bell
n Independence hall, Philadelphia,
died Sunday morning from pneumonia.
Orr was this city's oldest policeman,
both in age and length of service. He
was so years old and was a patrolman
for forty-nine years.
CAY Joseph Raphael de Lamar,
tinancier and mine owner, died Sun
ia, in Roosevelt hospital, New York,
d pneumonia, which developed after
Al operation. He was rs years old.
Brewing of beer and other malt bev-
arages was stopped at midnight No
rcrber 30. throughout the United
States.
After having been established since
February 4, the Pacific coast oil divi-
sion OF tie United States fuel admin
,stration has suspended all official ac-
tivities.
The representatives of the United
States at the peace conferences will
be: President Wilson, Robert Lansing,
secretary of state; Henry White, form
or ambassador to France and Italy :
T.. NJ. House, and General Tasker ii.
Bliss, representative of the American
army with the supreme war council at
Versailles.
John Il. Geijsbeek, consul for Hol-
land for the states of Colorado, Utah
and New Mexico, announced that he
had mailed his resignation TO the Dutch
legation at Washington because of his
governments action in harboring the
former German emperor and because of
other acts of the Netherlands govern
ment during the war
The governor of California has COM
nuted to life Imprisonment the SEN
tence of death imposed on Thomas j.
Mooney for murder growing out of the
Preparedness day bomb explosion in
San Francisco on July -, 1916, when
ten persons were killed and forty
others were injured.
Miss Evangeline Booth, commander
in chief of the Salvation Army in
America, has made public "A message
of appreciation just received from
General Pershing. "The American eX-
peditionary forces thank you for all
the noble work that the Salvation
Army has done for them from the be-
ginning" read the message.
Harry X. Thaw, who has been in the
Pennsylvania hospital. for the insane
in Philadelphia since March, 1917, was
taken to Pittsburgh by his mother over
Thanksgiving holiday, having been
granted temporary parole.
Chester NJ. Smith, an express mes
senger on the Union Pacific railroad,
who reported that masked bandit
boarded and robbed his train near
Hershey, Neb, has confessed to spe-
clal agents investigating the case that
he committed the theft himself.
Answering a hurry call TO "A big
bakery in Chicago, detectives found
the entrance to the building barred by
an armed man. Thinking him Il rob
ber they fired and killed him. Later
it developed he was Benjamin Fletch
er, faithful night Waterman, who
was awaiting the arrival of the police
Out of all the millions spent by the
war department in the purchase OF
army supplies during the war, only
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