Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-02-22
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Past Week.
The News Happenings of
Seven Days Photographed
INFERNO JNTAIN.

Sedtlle SHipydEus VIII iesuhie tpSi-
atoms after having been idle since %
600 metal trades workers walked out
on January p on a strike for higher
wage scale.
''As lovers of your country and as
lovers of mankind, | ask you to use
all your influence with our senator's
to have the treaties embodying the
league of nations idea declared VIII
liam Howard Taft, former president of
the United States, in an address at
Helena.
Fifty-three alleged radicals, all of
Industrial Workers of the World affil-
iation, have been arrested by city and
county authorities as a result of the
recent general strike at Seattle.
Remuneration of the principles and
teachings of the Industrial Workers of
the World and promise to support
the constitution of the United States
are included in an affidavit filed in
superior court at Spokane by James
Nevin, convicted last July in police
court of violation of the municipal
criminal syndicalism ordinance.
The president has nominated Hugh
c. Wallace of Seattle, ambassador to
France, to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of William Graves
Sharp.
A threatening letter, signed white
Caps and bearing the drawing of
mans left hand, has been received by
Mayor w. f. X. Mills of Denver. Tie
letter threatens the life of Mayor Mills
if immediate action is not taken ID Sc
cure employment for the men OF Den
yer now out of work.
No clews were found which weald
lead to the arrest of those guilty Of
exploding dynamite under the home of
C. II. Nolan. miner, who had been
working at the st. Lawrence mine, at
Butte, despite the strike. No one in
the Nolan household was injured.
DOMESTIC.
A general strike of Union labor on
April l, the date of the municipal cleo
ton, for the purpose of aiding the new
Labor party's ticket. was approved by
the Chicago Federation of Labor,
which phrased its expression TO declare
"a day off in making profits for the
bosses"
Resources of S44,675,273 are shown
in the annual report of the general
education board, founded by John D,
Rockefeller to promote education in
the United States, issued at New York.
Sailing as an "argosy of life and
hope" to the 100000 destitute people
of the Holy Land and other regions
of the near east, the steamship Le-
viathan left New York on Sunday Cor
France with the largest contingent of
missionaries, doctors and relief work
ers ever sent overseas at one time on
such a mission.
The American Library association
has shipped to soldiers overseas more
than 100000 books-650,0OO of them
since the signing of the armistice-it
was announced Saturday at New York.
G. C. Rankin, 60 years old, well
known Republican leader for many
years. died in a hospital at Monmouth,
ILL.,, after a long illness. Under the
administrations of Presidents RoOse-
Welt and Taft he served as general re-
ceiver of insolvent banks in the United
states.
The Union Pacific system will re-
ceive SIS, 552, 92S as government COM
pensation for rental in 1918, and the
Central New England 81, 46S, 1913, under
contracts signed by Director General
Hines.
The bullet-rlddIed body of viii
Faulkner, negro, was found hanging
TO tree about ten miles north of
Shreveport. La. He had been accused
of attacking white woman.
F. Nearly 100000 in counterfeit gold
and silver certificates, ranging in de-
nominations of from 500 TO $1,000, was
seized by the police Friday in raid
on richly furnished apartment in
New Orleans.
Army and naval experts have re-
ported the device of John Hays Ham
mond, Jr., for radio control of surface
craft TO be sent laden with explosives
against enemy ships n success, and
predict similar results with submerged
craft showing above water only wire
antennaes.
The copper mines of the Jerome,
Arizona district closed down February
10 for a period, the managers said, of
from six to eight months, following
troubles which started last week when
the owners announced a wage cut of
rs cents day. Six thousand miners
and other workers. with tributary
population estimated at $4,000 more,
are affected.
Joseph Bolton, a wealthy farmer re-
siding near Lyons, Kans., shot and in
stantly killed his wife, and later in
the afternoon after running fight
with the sheriffs posse sent out to APP
prehend him, committed suicide at the
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