Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-12-07
INFERNO NTAlN.

lister, was shot and instantly killed at
Denver in room in the rear of his
grocery store. His assailants, two
youths who wore gauze influenza
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
suanee of an order closing all stores,
churches, places of amusement and all
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
tfain 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
Tor fuel, increased coal car tonnage has
prevented shortage in Utah.
The quorum Of twelve apostles has
unanimously sustained Heber J. Gran'
IS 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
ibout $4,000 members, it became known
Saturday, have voted TO strike Deem
Der 8 as a protest against the eXecu-
don of Thomas J. Mooney, San Fran
cisco, convicted of numbering a victim
af bomb explosion.
DOMESTIC.
"Oh, you America p 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
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,
financier and mine owner died Sun
las in Roosevelt hospital, New York,
0f pneumonia, which developed after
an operation. He was rs years old.
Brewing of beer and other malt bev
.rages was stopped at midnight No
'~'nher 80, throughout the United
States.
After having been established since
February 1, the Pacific coast oil divi-
sion of tie United States fuel admin
.stration has suspended all official ac-
tivities.
The representative 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;
Il. 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 mt 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
muted to life Imprisonment the SEN
teace 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 We're killed and forty
others were injured.
Miss Evangel,ne Booth, commander
in chief of the Salvation Army IN
America, has made public message
of appreciation just received from
General pershing. THE American eX-
pSditionary forces thank you for all
tue HDDle NpFk iHdt llle SllNdiou
Army has done for them from 4he 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 a temporary parole.
Chester NJ. Smith, an express mes
senger ON the Union Pacific railroad,
who reported that ma -ked bandit
boarded and robbed his train near
Hershey, Neb., has confessed to spe-
cial agents investigating the case that
he committed the theft himself.
Answering hurry call to a big
bakery in Chicago. detectives found
the entrance to the building barred by
an armed man. Thinking him a rob
her, they fired and killed him. Later
it developed he was Benjamin Fletch-
er, faithful night Waterman, who