Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-07-27

miner, was tarred by mob OF more
than 800 at Staunton, ILL.,, after his
wife had complained to the vigilance
committee" that Kaulen had desecrat-
ed service flag, hung in honor of her
son by a former marriage.
Seventeen persons were killed and
thirty others injured. many seriously.
when Detroit-bound limited passen.
ger car and westbound freight car
collided head-on one mile west of Chel-
sea, Mich.
Mobilization plans for physicians of
the country, whereby every member of
the medical profession will be assigned
to military or civilian duty, are in
preparation.
WASHINGTON.
The department of agriculture has
asked farmers to SOW AZ, 100000 acres
in winter wheat this fall. This would
yield approximately 667, 100000 bushels
the greatest winter crop In history.
Professional baseball was held a
non-essentail occupation under the
| army work or fight order Friday by
Secretary Baker. The decision was
given on appeal in the case of Eddie
Ainsmith, the Washington American
| catcher, which came to the secretary
with a suggestion from the local draft
board that the regulations be changed
to exempt ball players
Gold mining has been listed as an
essential industry, the war industries
! board has announced, and all reason
able priority on materials and supplies
used in the production of gold will be
given by the priority committee. This
action was taken on request of the
treasury department.
Italy got another credit of 100000
from the United States government
on July 10, and Belgium was given
$9,OO0,OO0 additional. This makes
ltalys total loans from the United
States $760,000,O00; Belgiums total,
Sac, 900, and all the allies loans,
$6,3S0040,00O
Senator Gore of Oklahoma attacked
the presidential veto of $40 wheat
Thursday in the senate. At the same
time he criticized southern senators for
refusing to hold out for high wheat
price, although insisting upon high
cotton price.
FOREIGN.
The highway mark of the German
offensive in France has been reached.
The initiative Is passing to the allied
and American armies. General March,
chief of staff, told this to members OF
the senate military committee on Sat
urday. Later he announced that Amer
lean troop shipments had now exceed
ed 100000 men, insuring the man.
power to hold the initiative on the
western front.
Former Emperor Nicholas of Russia
has been shot, "a Russian wireless
message announces. The former en-
press and the young Alexis ROmanoff,
the former heir-apparent, have been
sent to place of security.
Japan will not send troops to Siberia
until a formal joint declaration of poll
cy by Japan and the United States
says Toxic dispatch.
A Budapest dispatch says the Hun
garian suffrage reform bill has been
accepted by large majority.
Everywhere in London the people
are talking about Foch. There is no
light-heartedness, because all know
that one successful attack does not
mean decision, and that the pendu-
lum will swing back and forth many
timaS hafOrn tho hnrrr Of lott
strikes. But Foch's move marks the
raising of the allied strength to new
level. At last we are free from the
restraints of inferior numbers and Jun
favorable positions.
AT the beginning of the present Of
fensive about 400 Americans of all
kinds We're held as prisoners in Ger
ceived In Paris from the American
Red Cross in Switzerland. Two hun
dred and ninety of these were officers
and soldiers, eight We're navy men, and
about hundred were civilians.
The fruit crop in Germany, so i'm.
portant to the empires food problem,
will not be so abundant as the record
crop of 1917 according to forecasts
available at Amsterdam. The produc-
ton of apples, apricots and peaches
is expected to be below the average,
but the outlook for cherries and pears
is better for the Germans.
British aviators on the night of July
1919 bombed and damaged the Benz
works at Mannheim, Germany, the rail-
way station at Heidelberg and blast
furnaces at two other points.
The Finnish government has with
drawn its bill for constitutional mon
archy, and has declared the session of
the landtag closed, says a dispatch
from Stockholm.
Herbert G. Hoover, American food
controller, on July 10 arrived at a
British port from America.
The Socialist Arbeiter Zeitung of
Vienna says there is not doubt that