Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-08-23

to attend a convention In Chicago on
September l TO organize the COM
munist party Of America"
A third skeleton was dug up al
Maple Hill. Kansas. Sunday. by the
state officials investigating the mys-
FERROUS disappearance of four men
there during the last eight years.
In the second raid on food supplies
stored in the Detroit Refrigerating
company's plant at Detroit, agents of
the department of justice seized 7,04O,-
900 eggs and approximately 100000
pounds of butter.
Awakened from his sleep and lured
outside Of his home on the pretext
that "a rope was needed with which to
tow an automobile that had broken
down, Dean Trabbic. deputy sheriff
Of Erie. Mish., was shot and killed
from ambush by four men.
WASHINGTON.
The house prohibition enforcement
bill. as redrafted by subcommittee,
has been ordered farOrably reported
to the senate by the judiciary com
mittee.
Records made public August 10 show
war contracts awaiting liquidation
amount to more than S2,0O0,000 900,
although 80 per cent of the emergency
commitments of the government have
been settled.
President Wilson has vetoed the bill
repeating the daylight saving law. The
president said he returned the bill
without his approval with the utmost
reluctance" because he realized 1.-THE
very considerable, and in some respects
very serious Inconvenience to which
the daylight saving law subjects the
farmers of the country
Plans for old age pensions for per-
sons more than 60 years of age were
proposed in a bill introduced by Sem
ator McNary, Republican. Oregon.
Under its provisions persons with in
comes of not more than So week
would receive weekly pension of 81.
Replying to a senate resolution. Di-
rector General of Railroads Hines in
formed the senate that while there
had been some car shortage in the
bituminous coal districts, he did not
anticipate any shortages in transpor-
tation which will be in any sense ex-
ceptional or abnormal or which will
Justify oppressive prices for coal"
FOREIGN
Canadian cannon which fired the
last shots at the Germans on armistice
day, November IL. 1918, were present
ed to the village of Mons with elab-
crate ceremonies.
Thirty-eight officers of the Italian
army and a number of civilians are
the prominent Italians who
will be decorated with the American
Service medal by Gen
eral Pershing on his forthcoming visit
to Italy.
Alexander 7. Iswolsky, veteran Rus
sian diplomat and ambassador to
France at the outbreak of the war, is
dead. He was "a years old.
The Italian cabinet, the Popolo Ro-
manO says, has decided not to levy
tax on inheritances at this time. In
stead the government will force
wealthy persons to grant loans to the |
government at a very low rate of in
terest
The forwarding of mail detained at |
London during the war by the postal
censor will be completed August 30, the
war office announces. The mail was
held because its transmission would |
have assisted the German military and
naval plans.
Australia strike of seamen has come
to an end, special dispatch from
Sydney, n. s. W., TO the Vancouver
Province announced. The strike was
called two months ago. Concessions
by the government ended the Walkoat,
the special said
woman's demonstration at Berlin |
for the speedy return of German pris-
oners of war ON Friday ended when |
the women We're dispersed by the |
police.
The Suez canal has been blocked by |
tie sinking of the Italian cruiser Bas- |
ilicata after an explosion, according |
to advices from Port Said. The cruis- |
er sank near Tewfik.
The German government has reject
ed the demand of the allies for the |
recall of Gen. Won Der Goltz, COM
in chief of German forces in
the Baltic provinces.
French pilots and observers killed
and wounded during the war aggre-
gated GO per cent of the total flying
personnel of slightly less than 10000
The japanese government has in
formed the government of Admiral
Kolchak that Japan is unable to accede
to its request to send several divisions
of troops to assist Kolchak in the
war against the Bolsheviki.
Tho coal minars of York shire whera