Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-04
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TO every transport returning with sob
diers from overseas, has been ordered
suspended as menace to Navigation
by Godfrey L. Garden, captain OF the
port.
Suits were begun in the federai
court at Boston on Friday by fifteen
copper mining companies to recover a
total of S3S4,OOO, which 1t is claimed
the government illegally assessed az
income taxes between the years leIS
and 1915.
Ten great battleships, the vanguard
of Americas overseas armada, return
ing to home shores after eighteen
months service in European waters,
reached New York Christmas eve.
Five persons lost their lives and
twenty-seven were injured, ten Oh
them seriously, when a st. Louis d
San Francisco freight train crashed
into a passenger train at Norge Okla.
WASHINGTON.
Currency and credit expansion dur
ing the war, although to some extent
unavoidable, was greater than neces-
sary, in the opinion of the committee
on war finance of the American ECO
homie association.
A new issue of $75O,O00,O 900 or more
of treasury certificates of indebted
ness maturing in six months, was an
nounced Friday by Secretary of the
Treasury Glass, in preparation for the
fifth Liberty loan. Books will be open
from January to January Z at fed
eral reserve banks.
Legislation to make effective the
wheat price guarantee for the 1919
crop and at the same time to safe
guard the government against losses
has been recommended to congress by
the department of agriculture and the
food administration.
Immediate legislation authorizing re-
sumption of voluntary enlistment in
the army and the repeal of provisions
of the seective service act limiting
enlistments to the period of the war, is
urged by Secretary Baker in letter
to Chairman Dent of the house mill
tary committee.
If congress determines to continue
the national guard as the army reserve
of the nation, Secretary Baker has an
nounced, the guard service will have
to be reconstructed from the ground
up.
The capital issues committee of the
treasury, the governments war agency
for the suppression of unessential Sc
curity issues, has announced that it
would suspend activities on December
81 and remain inactive until dis
solved, unless called back into service
by developments.
FOREIGN.
Six thousand stockings filled with
candy, tobacco and other articles were
distributed on Christmas day to Ameri-
can troops stationed in the vicinity of
Archangel by the American Red
Cross.
A German press report reaching the
state department Friday said the
manufacture of ammunition In Ger
many will stop December 81.
The Russian situation has been the
subject of earnest discussion by the
representatives at Paris of the asso-
ciated nations, but so far as has been
made known none of the governments
has put forward any definite plans.
The understanding is that the whole
subject will be left to the peace con-
ference.
Diplomats at London are much in
terested in the sudden departure of
Ignace Paderewski to Poland and
somewhat puzzled by the rumor that
a cOterie of influential Poles desire
the great pianist to accept the ma
tional leadership Of his native coun-
Try.
President Wilson was given bril-
liant reception in London on Thurs
day, it being estimated two million
people crowded the two miles of
streets on which the procession was
held.
That the Germans hope to regain
their colonies is indicated in dispatch
from Berne, received through official
channels, announcing that DIR. Soils
recent resignation referred only to the
foreign office and that he still retains
the post, of secretary of the colonies.
The Belgian cabinet council, at q
sitting Tuesday under the presidency
of the king, adopted scheme OF
electoral reform intended to establish
universal suffrage for the Iext cleo
tons.
The personnel of the peace con
gress gradually is taking form, so that
the American delegates express the
hope that the various countries dele
gates will be announced and the dele
gates arrive for the actual commence
ment of the negotiations soon after the
opening of the new year.
Fourteen carloads Of Christmas
packages from the United States ar
rived at CoblenZ, Christmas.
The Belgian SUITE reserved ex
clusively for royal guests until now
will he occuDied by President and Mrs