Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-01-04
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$S0,000,00O but the manner in which
the bulk of it will he liquldated is II
question to be determined by the domi-
nant political party, In the opinion of
Gov. Emmett Boyle of Nevada, who IS
home after visit to Washington in
the interest of the gold mining indus
try
Postoffice inspectors have complet-
ed their check of the loss of war saw
ings stamps stolen from the Greeley,
Colo, postoffice and estimate the rob
bers obtained Approximately 100000 "A
portion Of which was In cash.
An explosion Of gasoline, believed
to have been caused by excessive heat
from the furnace resulted In the COM
plete destruction of the Lincoln garage
in Rock Springs, Wyo., early Sunday
morning entpilng loss of apprdxl-
mately $75,000.s'..
An urgent appeal to employers of
Montana not to attempt to reduce
wages while the cost Of living remains
abnormaily high, Is contained In let.
manager of the Montana Employers
association, 10 the membership of the
organization.
War savings stamps to the value of
$4,000, and some cash, amount I'M
known, were stolen from the safe in
the Greeley (Colo.) postofflce.
Captain Il. E. Townsend, who repre-
sents the United States government In
the munitions plant at Nitro, w. Va,
is to make a thorough Investigation in
Montana this week of allegations that
Montana labor shipped to Nitro was
i'll treated, deceived and i'll fed.
Soldiers who are with the Ninety
first division, which was organized nj
Camp Lewis, are not slated for early
return home, according to letter re-
celved last week.
Searchers found at the bottom of the
12OOfoot shaft of the Tonopah Buck
eye mine, near Tonopah, the body OF
Alex II. Mckenzie, chairman of the
Nye county, Nevada Republican CEN
trail committee, who had been missing
Epf several days.
DOMESTIC.
Three men are dead and four others
seriously injured as the result of the
explosion of an oil exchanger at the
Midland Refining company, near FL
dorado, Kans. The property loss ex-
ceeds $4,000. The cause of the ex-
ploson is unknown
Five large business houses at Bris-
tol, Va, including the Dominion Ma
ti0nal bank, We're destroyed Sunday by
fire which, for time, threatened de-
structlon of a large portion of the bust
ness district.
Three hours after Governor Gard
ner issued an order calling out the
Seventh regiment, national guard, for
duty in the street ear strike, motor
car loads of the armed soldiers We're
patroling street car lines at Kansas
City.
-Four street car employees were in
jured in an explosion, caused sup
posedly by bomb or dynamite, at the
Fourth street car barns of the Kan
sas City Railways company on Sunday.
The executive council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor at II special
session at New York, rejected Il pro-
posal calling for the formation of a
national political labor party, but vot-
ed to send delegates to the interna-
tional labor conference to be held at
Versailles next month.
After discussing means of protecting
children born out of wedlock, the
Illinois Woman's Legislative congress-
which opened IA two days session at
Chicago on Friday, Went ON record as
1avoring automatic marriage of par
ents of such children. Such marriage
according to sponsors of the plan
would would be annulled by divorce
action.
l.. III. Hartman, who Is looking after
the surplus stocks of the government
told Chicago business men at II lunch
con that the goods will not be dumped
on the market. They will, instead, be
disposed of in way to leave the gen
eral market unimpaired, he said.
Fred Fulton was given decision
over Sam Langford, the Boston tar;
baby, in their four-round go ut San
Francisco. Fulton kept Langford
away from him with his long left and
Langford could not get in close TO his
rdngy opponent.
Henry Vannes, trainer with the
saeeley 200 in winter quarters at
baltimore, was shot in the leg by Con
sat, big ehampanzee, Luckily the
revolver contained n blank cartridge
i,ad the wound in Vannes leg is only a
flesh wound-a burn from the powder.
Widespread complaints by homecom-
Ing soldiers OF eXorbitant charges for
service in Young Mems Christian asso-
citation canteens overseas, will be re-
ferred to the war department for in
vcstigation, says u New York dis
patch.
Cardinal Gibbons in n statement is
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