Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-05-31
Senator Borah of Idaho, In a letter

Ia, Kan, which was made public Sun
day, denounced the league of nations
as a "trecherous scheme"
Three armed unmasked men entered
the Gem jewelry store in the heart of
| San Francisco, and, after binding and
gagging a clerk, escaped with 400
in coin and jewelry.
Unable to pay death claims of $3.50.
900 as a result of influenza epidemic,
the Catholic Mutual Benefit asscoia-
! ton will notify members that extra
assessments must be levied until the
deficit is wiped out, it was announced
at Buffalo, \. Y, last week.
WASHINGTON.
To finance the railroads for the
| balance of this year and to pay the
governments operating loss for sixteen
months up to this month, an appropri-
alton of S1,200,000,000 was asked of
congress by Director General Hines.
More may be sought later, if the gov
eminent continues to lose heavily.
First debate in connection with the
peace treaty at the extraordinary ses-
sion of congress began Friday in the
senate with the calling up by Senator
Johnson, Republican, of California, of
his resolution asking the state depart
ment to furnish the senate with copy
of the text Of the treaty.
| Withdrawal of the entire American
army from Europe will be demanded by
Representative Kahn of California,
chairman of the house military COM
mittee, when he speaks before the
house on his two months investigation
of conditions In the A. Il. L.
Sending bombs and other explosives
through the mails would be made
capital offense under a bill introduced
by Senator King of Utah and referred
to the judiciary committee. The Utah
senator was one of those to whom in
fernal machines were addressed in the
May day bomb plot.
A national eight-hour working day, be-
ginning January /, 1921, was proposed
in bill introduced by Senator Moses
of New Hampshire, Republican,. 1t
was explained that the regulations Of
the measure would be similar to the
Adamson law to the railroads.
FOREIGN.
The graves of 10000 American SOL
diers who died in France will be dec
Grated May 30, under the auspices of
the forces of the United States still
in Frances.
With the exception of one minor con-
cession, all suggestions and counter
proposals by Germany for the dispo-
sion of the Sarre Basin have been re-
jected by the reply of the allied and
associated powers.
| The Lett government has requested
the German government to permit Ger
man troops to remain in Letvia, as the
| Lett landswehr is unable to hold the
front alone against the Bolsheviki.
Reports received by the geeral staff
of the Siberian army Indicate disinte-
grafton of the morale of the BOlsheviki.
Modified workingmen and peasants
are deserving at the first opportunity
and even the BolsheviSt commissarieS
are reported to be disheartened.
Reports received by the general staff
the attitude of the Berlin government
| is changing, some observers expressing
the opinion that it will order the dele
gates at Versailles to sign the treaty.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg for
mally appealed to the Swiss govern
ment, asking permission to reside in
! Switzerland as simple citizen.
Flood-stricken China wants seeds
from the United States, as an active
policy of reforestation has been start
ed With this end in view it is anx-
ious to start system of seed exchange
with the United States.
Germany's greatest concern is
whether she can fulfill the conditions
of the treaty presented by the allies
and rejection of the treaty as it stands
has not been decided upon. This was
the intimation conveyed by Count Won
Brockdorff-Rantzau on his return to
Versailles from Spa.
When former Emperor William of
Germany is placed on trial before an
| international tribunal for having COM
mitted high crimes against universal
morality he will furnish the incrimin-
ating evidence against himself; in fact
the commission which had his case in
hand and reported to the peace con-
ference is held to have prepared
enough evidence to convict the former
kaiser by merely quoting the speeches
he made before and during the war
| The volcano Stromboli on the island
of that name off the north coast of
Sicily was in violent eruption Friday.
Numerous victims are reported.
An attempt was made to demolish
the American legation building at San
Jose, Costa Rica, Monday night by a
bomb.
German plotters and criminals who
have been reached during the war by
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