Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-03-23
Believing his wife to be dead from

Chicago shot himself, dying instantly.
Mrs. Springer was rushed to hospital,
where it is said she will recover.
w. D. Mahon, international presi-
dent of the organized street railway
| employees of the United States and
Canada and the executive board of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees, has wa.ned organ
lied street railway employees against
strikes in a statement issued March 10.
I The name of the German hospital of
Kansas City has been changed to the
Research hospital, it was announced
! Friday by the board of directors, ten
of whom were born in Germany and
the remainder of German origin
WASHINGTON
How the armed guard of the steam
German submarine on October 30, last,
ship Bourfnquen sank an attacking
was disclosed Sunday when. Secretary
of the Navy Daniels formally com
mended the GOODNESS and precise ac-
ton of Chief Gunner's Mate Thomas
j. Beerman, U. S. ~, commander of
the armed guard.
Officials at Washington admit that
now is the time for "a new and tempt,
! ing peace offer from Germany. They
! believe that such an offer will be only
bait to lure the entente and the United
States in a Brest-Litovsk.
Plans arei understood to be under
consideration by the war department.
for the establishment of three new
training schools for reserve officers.
One of these schools, it is stated, may
| be located at FIT. Riley, Kan, and one
lat FIT. Leavenworth. The third site
suggested Is not decided. p
All coal 'jobbprs, brokers, selling and
purchasing agents. and. wholesale deal
ers were put under license March 16
by President Wilson, on recommenda-
ton of Fuel Administrator Garfield,
who issued regulations carefully cir
cumscribing the charges to be made
for their services.
Clocks all over the country will be
set ahead one hour, beginning March
81, under the so-called daylight saving
bill passed by the house, 252 to 40.
As a result of a general nationwide
call issued at the first of the year for
clerks to hold positions in the govern
ment service, more than $4,000 persons
applied for admission to examinations
in Washington on the three examina-
ton dates so far announced this year,
January 5, February 8 and March 9.
FOREIGN
Severe rioting occurred Saturday
night in the nationalist quarter of Bel
fast between mob of Sim Feiners
and the police. Many injured were
sent TO the hospital, including a num-
Der, of policemen.
In discussing the decision of the en-
tente allies regarding Dutch shipping,
German newspapers declare it will be
followed by intensification of subma.
rine warfare.
Germany is underfeeding her grow
ing youth and her young children. They
are falling off in weight; their strength
is deteriorating alarmingly. Tubercu-
losis has doubled among the children
entering school and trebled among
those ready for confirmation.
"Grotesque lies" Is the way the
Piccolo Giornale dItalia characteriZes
the latest brand of German propaganda
over the Italian lines by German air
| planes.
President Wilson's message of SYM
patty to the Russian people was re-
ceived with marked applause when it
was read at the opening session of the
| all-Russian congress of sOviets, says a
Moscow dispatch The congress imme-
diately adopted resolution of appre-
citation.
| Peace between Russia and Germany
has been ratified. From Moscow comes
official word that the vote was 433 to
SO. The all-Russian congress of soviets
was under Lenine's pacifist spell from
the moment of its converting. Details
are lacking, but TrotZky is said to have
fought the ratification.
l. IL lHe eueHis uO hot want Pc"NS'
they must fight the most tremendous
battle of the war on the west front,
! Ouartermaster General Ludendorff de-
clared in an interview with the Co
logne VOlks Zeitung.
| The Japanese government will not
act in Siberia without the United
States having previous knowledge of
what the Toxic government intends
according to advices from Toxic.
Esther Cleveland, daughter of the
late Grover Cleveland, president of the
United States, was married Thursday
in Westminster Abbey, London, tC
Captain w. S. b. Bosanquet, ID. s. o..
of the Coldstream guards, and son of
Sir Albert Bosanquet
american troops in the Luneville Sec
tor have occupied and are holding en-
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