Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-01-18


Iexas when he colllded in midair with
Cadet Charles I. Carl. Carl was UNI
hurt.
WASHINGTON
Attorney General Thomas w. Greg
DRY has rendered his resignation TO take
effect March T. President Wilson has
accepted the resignation and will an
nounee Mr.. Gregory's successor soon
after his return from abroad.
The policies of Walker ID. Hines,
newly appointed director general of
railroads to succeed William G. Nc
Adoo, will be advoeation of five
year continuation of government con-
troll, or early REIMBURSEMENT of the
roads to private control unless congress
promptly enacts remedial legislation.
Memorial services for Theodore
Roosevelt were held Sunday in the
churches of Washington, ministers,
priests and rabbis paying tribute to
the memory of the former president.
> temporary naval force of 225,000
enlisted men for the year beginning
next July was decided on by the house
naval subcommittee in beginning the
work of framing the naval appropria-
ton bill. This force is 25000 less
than was recommended by Secretary
Daniels.
Immediate consideration of the inte-
rior departments request for 100000
900 for the reclamat ton and occupation
of 215,000000 acres of tllable soil in
this country by returned soldiers was
asked by Secretary Lane at an infor-
NAL meeting of members of congress
held in the house chamber on Friday.
From eight to ten carloads of mail
for American soldiers are undelivered
in France, Second Assistant Post
master General Praeger told the sem
ate postoffice committee, land thou
sands and probably millions" of letters
addressed TO the men overseas will ar
rive in New York soon, to be sent to
the dead letter office, where an at
tempt will be made to return them to
the writer's.
FOREIGN.
republic has been proclaimed in
Luxembourg. Grand Duchess Marie has
withdrawn to her chateau near the
capital. BY the treaty of London of
1867, Luxembourg was declared neu-
trail territory, and its integrity and
independence were guaranteed At the
outbreak of the present war, however,
the Germans passed through Luxem-
burg in their invasion of Belgium, not
withstanding the protests of the grand
duchess.
The supreme council of the peace
congress, consisting of President VIII
son and the premiers and foreign min
listers of the four great powers, Great
Britain, France, the United States and
Italy, met at o'clock Sunday after
non at the French foreign office for
the first formal exchange of views and
to make arrangements for the pro-
cedure of the conference.
A fire, believed to be of incendlary
origin which started in the plant of
the Jennings Automobile Coin. ANY at
Montreal and spread to the buildings
of the Hudson Bay company and the
McClary Manufacturing company,
caused damage estimated at 81 100000.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen of the
German army, has been interned at
Temesvar, Hungary, according to Bud
apest dispatches.
Ignace Jan PaderewsSi, the Polish
leader, has been slightly wounded by
an assassin who entered the room of
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shot at him, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
reporting advices from Vienna. Several
Bolsheviki implicated in the plot to
kill him have been arrested.
The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, n
copy of which has been received at Ba-
sci, says it is announced that Marshal
Foeh, commander in chief of the allied
armies on the western front. has tele-
graphed the German armistict commits
sion that the entente goves., ments
have not acceded to the request for Il
prolongation of the armisti which
ends January II.
The Spartaeus revolt in Germany is
foredoomed to defeat, according to
best opinion in London. 1t is generally
agreed it will not be as easy to con-
jure up Bolsheyism in Germany rs it
was in Russia,
The allies have notified Turkey tina;
unless the Turkish force at Medin
lays down its arms Immediately the
forts at the Dardanelles will be de-
stroyed.
1t is reported that there were 100
, casualties at Buenos Ayres as Il result
, of clash between troops and strikers
at the Nasena Steel works. The troops
opened fire on the strikers, who re-
sponded with rifles.
General Ludendorff, former chief