Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-01-25
History of
Past Week
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The News Happenings of
Seven Days Photographed
INTERMOJNTAIN.

Franklin X. Lane Of the federal in
terror department for settlement of
soldiers. sailors and marines on public
lands, by associated effort of the states
and the United States was fairly
launched at the big reclamation con-
ference held at Salt Lake on Janu-
airy Is.
Colorado Italians have protested TO
Gov. Oliver III. Shoup the acceptance
by the state of an oil painting of
former governor julius G. Hunter, his
predecessor, because the flag of Italy
was omitted from group of allied
flags on the governors desk.
The members of the 145th field
artillery (Utah's OWN have arrived at
Logan, Utah, from France, and will be
sent to their homes from that point.
The soldier boys were given an en-
thusiastic welcome by the people of
the state.
The Wyoming legislature on Janu-
airy 10 unanimously ratified the pro-
hibtion amendment to the federal con-
stltution.
Plans for the establishment,of SOL
der settlement board, for the purpose
of cooperating with the national gov
eminent in supplying returned soldiers
and sailors with homes and employ
ment, have been submitted 10 the gov
ernor of Utah, with the request that
the matter be brought before the legis-
latuIe.
Approximately 500 workers, leaving
an open-air meeting and starting a
parade through Seattle's business dis
trict singing l. w. w. songs, were dis
persed by twenty mounted police Of
ficers, supported by five automobiles
containing police armed with carbines
and behind these platoon of police
with clubs.
DOMESTIC.
The International Ladies' Garment
Workers union with a membership of
$4,000 in New York City, has author
lied calling of a strike, unless in the
meantime the employers grant de-
mands for 10 per cent wage increase
and forty-four-hour working week.
Charged with murder of Frank
Rooney, member of the Omaha Neb.,
police department, John M. Appleby,
20 years old, has been arrested at
Gordon, Wis.
Ten major generals, thirteen briga-
der generals and one colonel have
been selected by General Pershing for
work in connection with the creation
of the American army in France and
its successful assault of the German
lines.
designed to paralyze every industry in
the country beginning July 4 next was
decided upon by the National Labor
congress at Chicago as means of
obtaining new trial for Thomas j.
Mooney and Warren Billings, if fed
eral Intervention and every other
means adopted to procure the desired
relief fail
Official figures are now available for
the first time showing the full extent
to which American ships transported
the American army of approximately
2,079,000 men to Europe. The official
figures show that 1925 per cent of
all the American troops We're trans
ported exclusively in American ships.
Camp Dick, Texas, at which approx
imately nine-tenths of the men in the
American aviation service are said to
have received their training in mill
tary discipline, was closed finally by
the war department on January 10.
More than 10000 fliers are said to have
trained at the camp.
Nine persons are known TO have been
killed and about fifty injured by the
explosion of huge tank of molasses
on the water front at Boston. Eight
bodies We're removed from the wreck
age and one man died at the relief
hospital, Most of those injured suffer
ed only bruises.
Seven states on January IA COM
pleted ratification of the prohibition
constitutional amendment and brought
the number taking such action to
thirty. The number necessary for rati-
fication is thlrty-slx. Alabama,
Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas and North Carolina were the
states that completed ratification.
Mrs. Hilda Exlund was found guilty
dt Chicago of the murder of her hus-
band and sentenced to fourteen years
in prison, the first woman to be con
vlcted there of such crime for long
period, She killed her husband with
Il butcher knife.
Refusal of northwestern railroads TO
furnish cars of less than 2400 cubic
feet capacity for understanding was
declared unreasonable by the inter-
state commerce commission in sustain
ing complaints of manufacturers in
Washington. Idaho, Oregon and Mon
tana.
movement TO change the maine OF
Yellowstone park, Americas greatest
public pleasure ground and game re-