Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-18
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Metal Trades council at the conclusion
of its annual meeting at Tacoma.
Portland viii be the headquarters of
the organization, which represents
125,000 members. ,.s->
Sn6wstorms In Wyoming during the
past week delayed traffic on the
Union Pacific railroad. g.
Something new In "bootlegging' has
been developed by dealers in contra
band whisky at Hoquiam, Wash. They
raided the steamship willamette when
it arrived from California ports, and
reprYgenting themselves as officers of
the law, "confscated" forty cases of
whisky.
Coming to Camp Lewis at her own
expense Maude Adams arranged to
produce her play, "a Kiss for Cinder-
ella" at the Liberty theatre at camp,
complimentary to the officers and
men.
Overtaken at Malad, Ida, with what
the police claim was their third stolen
automobile, Eric Aarrestad, aged 10
years, and Clyde Carr, Is years, both
of Salt Lake City, were brought back
to Salt Lake, charged with grand lar
ceny.
james A. Wood, deputy food admin
istrator for Nevada, was held to the
federal grand jury in bonds of 5000
by the United States commissioner at
San Francisco on charge of accept
ing $500 from the South Fork Flour
Nils of Elko, New.
DOMESTIC
The proposal that the baseball parks
at Philadelphia be thrown open on
Sundays for games between the 10000
soldiers and sailors stationed there is
opposed by religious leaders. Mayor
Smith approves of the idea, and the
government officials are considering
the matter.
Mrs. Edith Kermit Roosevelt wife
of Colonel Roosevelt, gave out the fol-
lowing Mothers Day" message to
the mothers of the defenders of DEM
line are my epistle written on my
heart known and read by all men,"
Wages of railroad trainmen, conduc-
tors, baggagemen and switchmen in
Canada will be increased proportions
ately to the increase in wages for the
same class of work in the United
States, within the next few weeks.
Control of the manufacture Of
articles intended for export to the
European allies was instituted May IL
by the war trade board, in agreement
with the allied missions, the war in
siustries board and the food admins
trat.On.
Organization of the National Asso-
citation for Mothers of Defenders of
Democracy, intended to unite the wom-
en- of America in an effort to shorten
the war by their sacrifices in behalf
of sons and husbands, is announced at
New York City.
After escaping from Bolshevik pur-
suers, who had been offered price
for her capture, dead or alive, Nine.
Leona Batchgareva, who was senior
captain of Russia's famous battalion
of DEATH" arrived Sunday at an Amer
lean port.
By defeat of the aircraft program
and the selective service act, together
with the practice of sabotage in the
trenches in France and the factories
ut home, it was hoped by the Indus
U.al Workers of the World to crumble
Americas war plans, according to evil
dence presented by the government in
the seditious conspiracy trial at Chi
cago of the /. w. w. leaders.
Four city firemen were killed and
one injured at Vancouver, b. c., when
a hose wagon, travelling at high rate
of speed while responding to fire
ALARM struck q street car Six pas
sengers aboard the street car were
uninjured.
Paul Asbury Porter of Mount Pleas
ant, Ia, was sentenced to life impri-
sonment for the murder of Detective
James Shea of Evanston, February 70.
Shea was shot when he sought to ar
rest Porter on charge of passing
bogus check.
The United States Steel Corpora
ton at the request of the government
will enter into the manufacture OF
heavy artillery and projectiles in great
quantities.
The government tests Will be made
within few days at Pittsburg labora-
tories of new substitute for gasoline,
which the inventor, DR.. Louis Clement,
claims can be manufactured for cents
a gallon.
With the object of shipping abroad
each day q ton of dried milk, the
equivalent of S400 quarts of liquid
milk, to relieve suffering caused by
scarcity of the product in France, a
group of American women have started
a countrywide campaign for funds in
the name of the committee for France