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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Was His Own Fault.

'Mercym exclaimed the presiding
elder, gazing shockedly out of the win
dow. Il believe your children are
trying to kill one of their number,
Brother Johnson Ah1-now they
have SCI upon him with clubs and are
beating him savagely. You can hear
his cries, and"
"Aw, the one that's doing the yell
ing amt none of my young 'uns," non
chalantly replied Gap Johnson of Rum
pus Ridge "He belongs to one OF
the neighbors-I can tell that by the
fact that he amt swearing. Some
thing wrong with that kid, anyhow
every time he gets healed up he comes
over yur for another beating. KAN
,sas City Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
PRES. OF PORTUGAL
IS ASSASS|NATED
OR. PAES MURDERED AT LISBON
STATION WHILE WAITING FOR
TRAIN TO oPORTO.
Three Shots Fired at Head II the Re
public; Assailant Immedi-
ateIy Lynched
by Crowd.

London.-Dr. Sidonio Paes, president
of Portugal, was shot and killed by an
assassin shortly before midnight Sat
urday while he was in a railway sta
ton ut Lisbon, waiting for train to
Oporto. Advices from Lisbon report
ing the assassination say that he was
struck by three bullets.
President Paes died within few
minutes after he vas shot.
The presidents assailant, named
Or. Sidonio Paes was formally pro
claimed president of Portugal On last
June 8. He headed a revolt in Portu-
gal in December, 1917, and was named
president of the provincial government
on December 8, few days more than
year before he was assassinated.
DR.. Paes was a professor of mathe-
mates in the University of Coinbra
when he entered the Portuguese cabi-
net in 1911 as minister of public
works. At the outbreak of the war
he was Portuguese minister to Ger
many and remained in Berlin until the
early part of 1916, when he returned to
Lisbon.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
BOLSHEV|K| SEEK
TO RAISE BIG ARMY
PLAN TO SECURE THREE MILLION
MEN TO PUT DOWN THE
lMPERIALISTS.
Execution by Blood Hungry Reds are a
Daily Occurrence, Thousands of
Prisoners Being in Daily Danger
of Execution.

New York.-The Bolsheviki are try
ing TO raise an army of 100000 TO
put down the conservative element in
Russia, whom they term imperialists,
Captain Platon Oustinoff, formerly of
the second life Hussars, and who left
Petrograd October 80, declared on his
his arrival hereon December 16 on the
Stockholm.
A veteran of the Russian invasion of
East Prussia early in the war, when he
was wounded three times, the son of
the Russian consul general at New
York, Captain OustinOff said that the
government had forbidden citizens to
leave the country, and he was able to
depart only because he was classed as
an invalid. Executions by the Boil
sheviki were a daily occurrance he
stated, and thousands of conservatives
were held by the radicals as hostages,
so as to provide victims of revenge in
case officials were killed. After the
recent Staying of minister of the in
terror, he asserted, the reds" shot
512 officers of the former imperial re-
gime.
Food is so scarce, the captain said,
that horseflesh sells for 10 rubles the
pound and black bread for twelve
rubles the loaf, when it can be OBJ
tanned at all.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
SANTA FEES PROUD POSITION
Boast is That One Must Go to New
Mexico to Find the Real
American Art

The new museum of Santa Fe claims
that lone must go to New Mexico to
ind an American architecture and an
American art" The .terraced houses
Of the Pueblos, the Franciscan mis-
sions, are ingenious, for they have
been produced by the environment, the
native building material, and the eli
mate. In Santa Fe. through the eff
ports of the School of American Re-
search, there has been fostered rem
aissance of this ancient American
architecture, one of the fairest results
being the Museum building, or Tenn
pie of st. Francis and the Martyrs.
Six Of the ancient Franciscan mis-
sion churches, 300 years old, are re-
produced in the facade, without de-
stroying the unity of its appearance;
they are Acoma, San Felipe, Cochti,
Laguna, Santa Ana and Pecos. The
outlines are hard, stiff plumb lines or
levels. There are no exact repetitions
or parallelisms, such as mark the
California mission style. The mas
sive doors of Santa Clara have been
reproduced. There are cloisters and.
of course, a patio. The new museum
is an art gallery, part Of the Museum
of New Mexico whose priceless archie
illogical and historical collections are
housed In the Palace of the Governors.
Here are Taos and Santa Fe art colo
MES. numbering about 40. artists Of In
ternatiOnal note.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Balloons Like to Ride ponkevs.

Strange stories of the depredations
of balloons in the South African coun-
try districts are told in the annual re-
ports of the department of justice OF
Cape Colony. The balloons raided n
farm in Robertson, rode the donkeys In
the back yard and no efforts of the
women could drive them away.
In Laingsburg. owing to the absence
of food In the mountains, they bold
ly raided gardens in broad daylight
and nothing short of shooting wonld
deter them. Poison clubs have beer
formed In Aberdeen.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
WAS USED TO QUICK ACTION
Moving Picture Scenario Writer 40
customed to Taking Things ION
the Fly" as 1t Were.

He had never seen her before. but
he fell in love with her as she step
ped from the surface car. "Come,"
he said, grabbing her by the arm.
1--WE will take taxi to the nearest
clergyman and be married"
While waiting for the minister to
put on a clean collar, wash his hands
and otherwise prepare for the cere-
mony, the young man telephoned to
the nearest furniture store. Hello |
Is this the general manager? Well.
l want you to furnish three-room
apartment for me. There is one ad-
vertised in this mornings Planet, No.
AZ West One Hundred and 'Steenth
street. Yes, 1t is not very far from
you. Have the furniture there in ten
minutes, please
Eleven minutes later taxi raced
through One Hundred and 'Steenth
street, and the bride and groom en-
tered their new home.
Doesn't this seem-er-a little bit
sudden to your" asked the bride, as
she sat down to get her breath.
"N-no, not exactly" replied the
groom. "In fact, 1t seems the most
natural thing in the world. You see.
for the last five years I've done
nothing but write moving-picture
scenarios."-Film Fun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
ALL AIDED IN WINNING WAR
nent Part In Great Conflict Now
Happily Ended.

Parrots have been mobilized to warn
people from air raids. They sense the
aircraft coming twenty minutes before
it is visible.
Horses have been decorated
Oxen have saved the lie of King
Peter of Serbia and millions of other
fugitives.
Oxen have also been used by the
Italians to sweep the barbed wire en-.
tanglements, as well as to sample FIRST
mined areas.
Dogs have played great part.
Even cats and chameleons have
taken part in actions as mascots.
Whales have been killed because of
their close resemblance to U-boats.
Camels, rhinoceroses, lions, tigef<
and elephants have attacked conveys
In Mesopotamia.
Giraffes cut telegraph wires.
Birds help +" locate hidden artillery,
and seagulls fly about submerged SUBJ
marines.
Eagles furously attacked airpanes,
while other birds sympathized with
the airmen and even rested on the.
planes.
Birds have fraternized with men at
the front.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
ROYAL Journalist.

Journalism has a royal recruit In
the king of Siam, who recently con-
tributed an article to Siamese Jour-.
nal on the "Freedom Of the Seas" It
would be interesting to know whether
he used ordinary Siamese or Palace.
language" The latter came into exis-
tence In order that the tender ears of
royalty should not be offended by un-
pleasant or indicate expressions,
while all royal actions had to sound
different from similar actions per-
formed by lesser people. This royal
language is as complete as the nation
al tongue.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Keeps Embroidery Clean.

The way professional needleworkers
keep Il bit of choice embroidery per-
fectly clean may prove helpful to 9th
er workers in this art. A piece of
thin muslin is basted over the right
side OF the material to be embroidered.
1t is then fitted into the frame or hoop
aad the muslin cut away from tn. part
that is to be Immediately worked.
Thus the muslin keeps the hands from
coming in contact with the rest of the
material when manipulating the needle
and holding the hoops.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
GUARDS IN A Mlx-UP.
Clash Left to Diplomatic Settlement;
NEGOTIATIONS Being Entered Into.

New York-In a clash on November
% between the armed navy guard of
the American steamship Monterey and
Mexicans customs guards at Tampico,
one Mexican, said to have been cap
tains, was killed, Mexican soldier
MORALLY wounded and chief gunner's
mate, named Barry, in charge of the
American guard, less seriously hurt.
This was learned Sunday with the
steamers arrival here from Havana
and Nassau, where she touched after
leaving Tampico.
Members of the armed guard ana
officers of the ship refused to dis
cuss the incident, but details were
learned from passengers on board at
the time According to them, the fight
occurred shortly after a. M, after
members of the navy guard went to
the rescue of Berry, who had been at
tackled. The Americans at first re-
sponded to the call without arms, but,
upon the Mexicans opening fire, they
secured their weapons and responded
In kind.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
important to Mothere
Chicago a Diamond Center.

New York during the war has be-
come one of the worlds greatest CEN
tiers of the diamond trade. The Unit
ed States now buys almost the entire
output of the South African mines,
which supply 95 per cent of the worlds.
diamonds. Several diamond cutting
factories have been established In New
York. The diamond headquarters of
the West are in Chicago. 1t is said
more cut and uncut diamonds are.
housed in one building in Chicago
than in any one building in the world.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
country's Champion knitter.

The day the armistice was signeo
Miss Hannah Turner of West Pitts
field. Mass., finished her one hundredth
sweater for the navy. She began knit
ting in December, 1917, which means
that she produced one sweater In every
three days. When she notified Boston
that she had completed her eightieth
sweater she was told she had beaten
any knitter in the United States. In her
spare moments she also made one or
two muflers and some wristlets. She
had never done any knitting before she
undertook this wartime work.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Pope May Smash Precedent.

Rome.-That Pope Benedict is pre-
pared to abandon Il custom of nearly
half century and no longer consider
himself bound to remain within the
grounds of the Vatican is the firm be-
lief in several circles here. Many in
cidents recently have led public opin-
ion toward this belief. No pontiff
has left the Vatican since 1871 as a
protest against the occupation of Rome
by the Italian government.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Booze Barred From Colorado.

Denver bone dry law
was signed by the governor on Deem
Der 10. While the executive was af-
fixing his signature, long lines of citi-
zens asse nbled at the express COM
panies' offices to secure their liquor
shipments from adjoining states be-
fore midnight, when the law became
mated it had 5000 packages on hand
and would be able to deliver all but
5000.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Ex-KAisER DEFIEs HOLLAND.
Refuses to Leave When Told His Pres.
ence Is Not Desired.

Amsterdam.-Wi Hohenzollern
the former German emperor, the Tele-
to leave Holland after official repre-
sensations had been made that his CON-
tinued presence in Holland was likely
to involve the country in serious diff
culties.
The former emperor, the paper adds,
was told that his free departure would
be Il matter of qualification to the
Dutch government.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
American Jews in Convention.

Philadelphia.-Jud Julian w.
Mack of Chicago was on December 10
elected president Of the First Ameri.
can Jewish congress ever held on the
American continent. u congress that
was characterized by one. of the speak
ers as one of the most momentous
epochs in Jewish life"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Sentence Is Comn1uted

Carson City, Nev.-The sentence of
death imposed on Ben Il. Kuhl, murd-
erer of Fred Searcy. Jarbidge stage
driver, was committed to life imprison-
ment by the state board of pardons.
kuhl was to have been shot at tne state
prison on December 20.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Italy Not Ready to DemobiIize.

Rome.-Premier Orlando has told
the senate that Italy was rot in a
position to demobllize single man
and all war material should be kept
intact. The immediate difficulties to
be surmounted, he said, had not dimin-
ished, but had increased.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Unreasonable.

Several boys were holding confer
ence on the street corner. One boy
kept correcting another's mistakes In
English until the offender suddenly
squared himself before his critic and
demanded, Gee whizl what is vaca-
ton for If a Teller has to talk proper
all the timeY
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
HnW,s This :?

We offer $4,000 for any case of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is taxi
en- internally and acts through the BLOOD
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
f. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Officers of 145th Promoted.

Salt Lake.-Four officers of the
145th field artillery have been promot-
ed, according to word received here.
They were among thirty-six officers in
the American eXpeditionary forces to
be advanced recently.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
On a Commercial easIs.

Gerald gave his grandmother little
gift for her birthday, and she salo;
swell, you are good lad; ] shall
give you nickel for Yourself" to
which the little chap replied. but,
grandma, the present cost 10 cents"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Two PORTUGAL Leaders Jailed,

Lisbon, Portugal.--Dr. Brito Cam
acho, leader of the Uninnist group in
the Portuguese chamber of deputies,
and Magazines Lima, leader of the
Republican party, have been arrested.
Magazines Lima was taken into GUS
tody because, it is alleged, letter adj
dressed to him was found on the person
of the assassin Of PresideD- ~aes.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Copenhagen Welcomes Wilson

Copenhagen.-At mass meeting in
honor of President Wilson'S visit to
Europe a resolution of welcome was
adopted and was accepted by Hugh
Grant Smith, counselor of the Ameri-
can legation here.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Will Dissolve Draft Boards.

Annapolis, Md.-Local and district
draft boards will be dissolved at the
end of the present month, Secretary
Baker said, in an address December
IS, at the governors conference here.
After that time, however, they will
maintain an informal organization to
assist employment bureaus in placing
returned soldiers in industry.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Cheerful Guy.

Grump-1 have absolutely nothing to
be thankful for.
Gay-You can be thankful you're not
dead, can't your
Grump-What And me carrying
big life insurance2-Boston Evening
Transcript.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
WILSON AT LAFAYETTE'S TOMB.
President Insists on Taking Own
Wreath, Contrary to Custom.

Paris.-When President Wilson went
to the tomb of Lafayette he insisted on
taking his own wreath, contrary to the
custom here by which the florist de-
livers the wreath and the donor makes
the visit and leaves his card. The
president sent Admiral Grayson to buy
the wreath and after some difficulty in
explaining to the florist, who could not
understand why the traditional custom
was being broken, obtained it and
drove to the tomb.
On his personal card, President Will
son wrote this inscription: in Mem
DRY of the Great Lafayette From Eel
low Servant of Liberty"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Air Mail Machines Reach New Orleans

New Orieans.-Four army airplanes
from Rockwell field, San Diego. Cal
engaged in mapping air mail routes.
arrived in New Orleans Sunday from
Baton Rouge. La.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
How to Feel Good cheaply.

81 never throw away old junk, for
that would make me feel wasteful."
"What do you do with it?"
81 give it away and feel charitable"
Boston Evening" Transcript.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
Goldfish Dyed to Order.

Artificial coloring of goldfish by keep
ing them In water containing certain
chemicals is extensively earrisd yn In
Sicily.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21
FOREIGN.

An order-in-council adopted Monday
mission to buy in the United States
seed oats required in Alberta and
Southern Saskatchewan. and provides
that the oats purchased shall not be
subject to customs duties. 1t is esti-
mated that at least 100000 bushels
will be required from the United States
to make up the shortage in Canada.
The last contingent of American
prisoners from Germany. numbering
500 left Genoa Wednesday night for
Vichy, where they will rest before leav-
ing for hume.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-21

Britain has $3.50 women medical stu
dents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-29
AERIAL BANQUET naval RESERVE MORE TROUBLE?
Steps Taken to Demob-
iliZe Officers
As Fast as Exigenoies Of Service Per-
mits-Legislation Being Considered
May Allow Officers to Be in Limo
for REGULAR Naval Service

Washington, Nov. 2s-Steps looking
to the Rehabilitation of officers Of
the naval reserve force were taken
today by the bureau of navigation
which sent to all commandments and
force commanders instructions gov
erning action on applications from Of
ficers for return to inactive service.
All officers who can be spared from
their present duties will be returned
to civil life as quickly as the eXigen-
cies of the service permit, but at
tention was called to the fact that
legislation is being considered which
will allow officers who hold temper
ary appointments of the regular navy
or commissioned or warrant rank
in the naval reserve force on active
duty to become permanent officers
line or staff, in the regular navy.
The bureau also said it was very de-
sirable that officers serving on ships
for purposes of training or graduates
of officers schools on shore awaiting
training afoat should finish their
courses. Except for urgent reasons
their release from active duty will
not be favorably considered until
tseir training period is completed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-29
KING GEORGE
And Prince of Wales
Arrive in Paris
Enormous Crowds Throng Streets TO
See Royal Pair-Parisians Frantic
ally Shout Long Live the King"
and Long Live Franee"-Will
Visit French President

Paris. Nov. S.-GIavas) king George
accompanied by he prince of Wales and
Prince Albert. arrived in Paris at $50
o clock this afternoon. His majesty
was received at the Bots de Boulogne
station by President Poincare, Premier
Clemenceau, Foreign Minister Pchon
and other cabinet ministers and the
presidents of the Chamber OF Deputies
and the Senate.
Enormous crowds thronged the streets
despite the bad weather. all the way
from the railroad station TO the 'luai
D'Orsay. where the royal party arrived
at $3.50 O'Clock. Troops lined the entire
route and they had difficulty in hand
ling the throngs. The crowd was so
great in front of the DUAL DOreay that
it broke through the line of policemen
the Parisians frantically shouting
Long live the King Long live
France Long live England" and
Long live the republic"
King George after a brief rest went
to the palace of the Elysee to visit
President Poincare ard Madame Poin-
care.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-29
STILL A MENACE
Kaiser Has Many Yet
Faithful to Him
English Paper Publishes Views Of
Dutch Citizen Who Was in Bremen.
haven During Revolution-Pro.
portion Of Adherents Estimated as
One to Two

London. Nov. SIT would be great
mistake to suppose the Kaiser is done
with. He has many adherents in Ger
many who are quite resolved not &C
take the recent defeat lying down. is
the opinion given by the Daily Nails
correspondent at The Hague by Dutch
citizen who spent the whole period of
the revolution in Rremerhaven and now
has returned to Holland. The return
ing Dutchman estimates the proportion
of loyalists to revolutonists as one TO
two and he says a large number of SOL
diers are what might be called true
to the Kaiser" IT must not be mag
med, he insisted, that the German army
although smaller than before has ceas-
ed to exist. On the contrary he repre-
sents it as very much in existence and
moreover commanded by generals de-
voted to the former Emperor's cause.
The correspondents informant did not
doubt that something in the shape OF
a counter-revolution would be attempt
ed before long. He said the red flag is
still freely displayed in Bremerhaven,
but he heard that it had almost disap-
peared in the Rhine district.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-29
TO INCREASE
POTASH SUPPLY IN
UNITED STATES

Washington, No 2S-The problem
of increasing potash produtaion in
the United States so. that the Ameri-
can farmer may be permantly freed
from the grip of Germanys monopoly
on the world supply of fertilizer ma
terialS" was turned over to the In
terror Department today by the War
Industries Board. President Wilson
directed that the Interior Depart
ment take over this work from the
Chemicals division of the Board as a
part of the program of definitely con-
tinuing necessary work started by
agencies created during the war. A
statement issued today by the board
said that before the war this country
imported 100000 tons of pure potash
from Germany and that when this
supply was cut off at the beginning
of hostilities certain industries under
took to meet the situation. Last
year some $4,000 tons of potash We're
produced in the United States and
this year $4,000 tons will be produced
but this is far short of the coun-
try's needs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-29
Princely Surroundings
OF Kaiser Prove Myth

London, Nov. ga dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Amerongen. Holland,
says the stories regarding the former
German Emperors princely surround
ngs and big dinner parties and similar
functions are not altogether true.
The most striking feature of the daily
life of William Hohenzollern. the CORE
spondent continues, is the mass of cor
respondence to which he devotes most
of his mornings and. apparently unre-
stricted by the Dutch government, he
IS kept accurately informed of every de-
velopment in Germany and elsewhe
and is reported to be able to keep in
pretty close touch with the other side
of the frontier. The correspondent says
he learns on good authority that the
Netherlands government considers the
former crown prince the only dangerous
intriguer. the former Emperors day be-
ing regarded as ended. 1t is commonly
reported at Amerongen. the correspon.
Gent declares. thu William Hohenzol-
lern will not be there long but It is un.
certain whittier he will 60.