Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-06-21
History of
asst Week
The News Happenings of
Seven Days Photographed
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Roiarians from every section of the
United States are in Salt Lake for the
tenth annual convention of the Inter
national Association of Rotary Clubs.
Americas historic old battlesbip, the
Oregon, went out of commission at the
Puget Sound navy yard at Bremerton,
Wash, on June ID.
"Foch," Russian wolf hound. which
lost a leg In its military service in
Flanders, was the first canine to be
caught running about Butte without a
license and was sentenced to death
under new city ordinance. Mayor
Stodden has issued a pardon for the
dog hero.
That Kerry Corbetta, returned SOL
der, killed as he was running from q
soft drink saloon at Denver, was shot
by Detective George Klein head of the
liquor squad, while the latter was in
performance of his duty, was the YER
dict of a coroner's jury.
Resolutions indorsing the league of
nations were adopted by the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
glnemen, in session at Denver.
Resolutions urging full civilian pay
to railroad men serving in the army
In France were adopted at the SEES
sion of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Firemen, at Denver.
The Bank of Beaverton Ore, was
robbed of a sum estimated at $4,000
when an unmasked rObber ordered
Miss Lillian ii. Evans, assistant cash
Ter, who was alone In the bank, to
put up her hands and took the money
from the counter.
DOMESTIC.
Plans for the formation of ma
tional organization to bring about the
Republican nomination for president of
the United States of Hiram w. John
son were started at San Francisco at a
conference of representatives of all
branches of the party.
Official notice that Postmaster Gen
eral BurlesOn had granted the EN-
ployes of the telephone companies the
right of bargain individually or collec-
lively and to organize or affiliate with
organizations in order to serve their
interests, has been received by Charles
p. Ford, secretary of the International
Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers.
Frank p. Walsh, chairman of the
lrish-American commission, is deter
m in cd IN romoip In Do pic until Iralopd,c
plea for independence is settled one
way or the other, he declares.
A wild west holdup with modern
metropolitan trimmings was witnessed
Friday In New York City when six
bandits, one Of whom was shot in the
abdomen, tried to capture from two
aged messengers Of the Colonial bank
a leather bag which contained $780,
600 in cash and securities.
To preserve natural flow of wheat
from the farm, periodical premium
covering storage charges will be added
to the basic price at various guar
antee markets, according to an an
nouncemsnt by julius H. Barnes, Unit
cd States wheat director.
Following information that terror
ists planned a series of bomb outrages
for July 4 In more than a score of
cities, detectives and government
agents in Chicago found nine bombs
in freight car.
James II. Reardon, manager of box
manufacturing establishment at st.
Louis, was shot and killed by Joseph
Middendorf, an employee. who then
turned the revolver to his head and
killed himself. Police say they found
literature of radical nature on Mid
dendorf.
Detroit's traction tie-up came to an
end early Thursday evening, when the
striking car men of the Detroit United
Railways voted to accept an offer by
the company of wage increases from
Is, AZ and AS to 80, 80 and Go cents
an hour.
Fifty-two alleged anarchists and
other alien undesirables have been
gathered up in the United States for
deportation through the port of New
York.
The Lithuanian convention at Chi
cago before its close Wednesday, voted
to recruit an army In America to main
tain Lithuanian independence, if the
United States government will sane
ton the plan to transport such troops
to Lithuania.
An army captain sentenced to serve
a virtual life sentence for refusing to
lead his company over the top and
former Y. NJ. c. A. worker accused
Of having embezzled $4,000 were
agong the thirty prisoners brought
back on the Cape Finisterre. which
reached New York June IL.