Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10

Gorge Greber, retired German farm
er, living at Omaha, suffering from
the l1allucination that the government
was going to confiscate his large lane
holdings, killed his wife and 2-year-old
daughter. Mrs. Greber's brains were
beaten out with baseball bat and
her throat cut from ear to ear.
The Nebraska railway commission
has given the Nebraska Telephone com
pany authority to increase its eX
change rates an average of six and
one-half per cent to meet increased
operating expenses.
Mayor Smith of Omaha forbade the
holding of an advertised meeting of
Socialists and l. w. w. at which an
international labor day program was
to be given. u want the whole world
to know that anarchy cannot be
preached in Omaha" said the mayor.
Frank A. Brush, former cashier of
the Santa Rosa National bank, one Of
the four men indicted in Sacramento
for the alleged embezzlement of $72S,-
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WASHINGTON.
Prediction of the department OF ag-
riculture for wheat crop this year
even larger than the record-breaking
crop of 1914 was repeated May 2 by
the United States Chamber of Com
merce in IA report based on statistics
obtained from all sections of the
country.
Eighty-six thousand checks, repre-
sentng payment for practically all
awards made to date, were mailed
May / by the bureau of war risks to
beneficiaries of men who died in the
military or naval service, it is an
nounced. Stree October, 1917. more
than fifteen million checks have been
sent to dependents. totaling more than
496,90OOOO.
Soldiers and sailors government in
surance will be continued autOmat-
ically in effect for one month after
the end of the month in which a man
is discharged, even if the man does
not pay his premium.
Agents of the department of justice
have been instructed to obtain evil
dence showing what brewers continue
the manufacture of beer after May 1,
when prohibition of the use of foods
other intoxicating liquors. became eff
fective.
Control and operation of all Ameri-
can cable systems, taken over by the
government last November, revert to
their private owners at midnight Fri
day, May 2.
FOREIGN.
The Russian soviet government has
sent an ultimatum to Rumania de-
manding the evacuation of Bessarabia.
Seventy-two persons were killed and
more than 400 injured in the earth
quake at San Salvador April %. ac-
cording to late advices.
King Alfonso of Spain has signed
decree dissolving parliament, says
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
from Madrid. The dispatch adds that
general elections will be held June IS.
Determination of President Wilson,
indicated in press advices from Paris,
that no American troops shall continue
on German soil for longer period
after the signing of the peace treaty
than may be necessary to embark them
for home, is borne out by present
plans of the war department, which
contemplate the return of the entire
American expeditionary forces by sep
tember.
American cable lines taken over by
the government in November were re-
stored to private ownership and opera
ton at midnight May 2 by direction of
President Wilson.
President Wilson, David Lloyd
George and Premier Clemenceau have
settled the question of the German
underseas cable. The decision was
reached that the cables We're spoils of
war and belong to those powers which
took possession of them.
In session beginning at $40
O'Clock Thursday afternoon, May 1,
and lasting barely five minutes, the
German plenipotentiaries OF the peace
conference presented their credentials.
1t was the first step in the peace ne
gotiations. The German credentials
were presented to representatives OF
the allies and the United States.
Petrograd is being evacuated by the
Bolsheviki, reports from reliable
sources say. Many of the inhabitants
are being sent away and the Bolshe-
vik government is taking rigorous
measures to prevent the news of the
happenings at Olonetz from reaching
the people.
Adolfo de la Huerta was successful
in the election held Sunday to choose
the governor of Sonora, Mexico, ac-
cording to an official telegram re-
ceived in Aqua Prieta.
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