Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1918-07-20
History of
asst Week.
The News Happenings of
Seven Days Photographed
INTERN OUNTAIN,

by cattle train at Blalock's near
Portland, Ore.
Serious property damage and posi-
bly, loss of life resulted from a cloud.
burst In Left Hand canyon, three miles
west of Ward, Colo, Saturday. A tor
rent of water rushed down the can
yon, carrying of cabins and other
buildings.
Approximately 1900 men will be in
the next troop movement, which be-
gins July %, men going to Camp
Lewis, WASH, from fire of the eight
states which have usually heretofore
contributed selects to this cantonment.
G. A. johnson, secretary of the Port
land branch of the Industrial Workers
of the World, has been sentenced to
one year in the county Jail. Johnson
pleaded guilty to charge of violating
the espionage act by making state
ments rejecting on the government
'nd the American flag.
Rains have improved the forest fire
situation in Western Montana and
Northern Idaho except in the Selway
and Clearwater forests.
Christ never asked anyone to vo-
late the law of his country" declared
Federal Judge jeremiah Neterer at
Seattle, in sentencing Frank Shaffer,
wealthy farmer and International
Bible student member of Everett,
WASH, to two years and six months in
the Mcneil Island penitentiary on
charge of violating the espionage act.
DOMESTIC.
The first motor propelled concrete
boat was launched in the Mononge-
hela river at Pittsburg, July IA. The
vessel Is feet long, four feet wide and
drawing 81 inches of water, was built
by w. M. Bowsey, q lumberjack of
Iron River, Mich, In 1914, and donated
to the naval reserves in 1917.
Private country clubs are prohibited
from using fuel of any kind with the
exception of wood or peat for heating
OF cooking during the period from
December /, 1918, to April 1, 1919,
by orders issued by the fuel ad-
ministration.
A call to the American people to
celebrate September 6 as Lafayette
day and as the anniversary of the bat
tie of the Marine has been issued by
the Lafayette day national committee,
including Theodore Roosevelt, Henry
Van Dyke and Charles w. Eliot.
Enrolment for the United States
student nurse reserve will begin July
20, the women's committee of the coun-
Gil of defense has announced. The
student nurses will be ussd to fill the
vacancies in American hospitals
created by the great number of Amer
lean nurses now in overseas service.
Jeremiah O'Leary. the Sim Fem
leader indicted for conspiracy to COM
NIT treason, admitted in the federal
court at New York that in September,
1914, he tried to get Sir Roger Case
ment to head an Irish press bureau
here. Easement was later executed by
the British government for treason.
Failure to buckle his safety belt and
the peculiar quick snap of his scout
plane when 1t was nosed over for
glide, apparently caused the death of
Major John Purroy Mitchell, says the
official report on the accident at Gerst-
ner field, Louisiana, received at the
war department.
Brig. Gen. Sir William Manning,
former governor of Jamaica and now
on his way to take up his duties as
governor Of the island Of Ceylon, de-
clared In an interview at Chicago, that
the American army was the finest
military organization he had ever seen.
Major John Purroy Mitchell, soldier,
statesman and former mayor of New
York, was laid to rest july l In Wood
lawn cemetery Mt New York In the
presence of thousands of mourning
citizens after one of the most remark
ablo and impressive funerals ever held.
Byron T.. James, mine superintendent
of El Tigre Mining company, with
properties situated in Sonora, was kill
ed ut Douglas, Ariz., by an alleged
American draft evader whom James is
said tn have refused to employ because
he had evaded service In New Mexico.
The American people are spending
more for amusements but less for
travel as the war progresses. That
fact is re, called by the May receipts
of taxes collected by the internal rev.
enue bureau, just made public.
Three persons were shot, but not
seriously injured, and the mail and eX-
press cars were looted by - bandits
who held up fast Missouri, Kansas
& Texas passenger train Wednesday
at Koch, kans.
Between 500 and 900 employees Of
the Smith && WessOn company, pistol
NJ n n II facturers, Springfield, Mass,
struck Friday upon the refusal of the
company to grant demands for higher
wages and Improvement in working
conditions. The company is working
on government contracts.