Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-05-10
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
Happenings That Are Making History
Information Gathered from All
Quarters Of the Globe and
Given In q Few Lines.
lNTERMOJNTAlN.

Of Colorado Springs of the muir
der of Jacob Mellinger, a merchan
at Rush, Colo, on April 81
Two bombs were received at the
Salt Lake postoffice from New Yori
on May l. One was addressed to Sen
ator King and the other to. Frank X
Nebeker, who served as chief govern
ment prosecutor against more thar
one hundred l. w. w. members last
year.
In a burning appeal to the mayors OF
cities Of the United States, Mayor Ole
Hanson of Seattle has requested them
to close all l. w. w. halls, ''throw the
teachers of force and violence in Jail,
demand of the national authorities the
deportation and punishment of all
anarchists, and suppression of the red
flag whenever and wherever it is
found"
Bruce COchrane, rancher, is dead
at Climax, Mont, and William Hedrick
is in Jail at Ekalaka, Carter county, as
the result of shooting in front of the
Climax postoffice. The men were
neighbOrs and had quarreled over
ranch property.
Union bakers of Tacoma struck May
/ to enforce their demands for in
creased wages. The journeymen de-
mand an increase of Sc week and
the foremen 81 week.
The first forest fires of the season
were reported to headquarters of dis
trict No. l of the United States forest
service at MissOula, Mont, on April 80
One Is at COram, in the Flathead for
est, and the other is on Deep creek, in
the LolO forest, both in western Mon
tana.
DOMESTIC.
Mrs. Anna M. Seward, widow of
Frederick w. Seward, who narrowly
escaped being killed when his father,
William II. Seward, secretary of state
under Abraham Lincoln, was attacked
at the time President Lincoln was as
sassinated, died at her home in New
York, May 2, at the age of 80.
Mayor F. T. woodman, on trial at
Los Angeles for several weeks on
charges of having accepted bride to
protect vice conditions, has been ac-
quilted by jury in the superior court.
Bonds for the release of William d.
Haywood, /. w. w. leader. now in
prison at Leavenworth, Kan, were re-
fused in the United States circuit court
of appeals at Chicago. The proffered
sureties were regarded as insufficient.
The yeliowing of wheat in part of
Illinois, with loss of vigor in the
plant, are reported due to an afflic-
ton hitherto unknown in this country.
William Shortridge, a negro, was
hanged Friday at the Folsom, Cal,
state penitentiary for the murder OF
James Mock, policeman of Marysville,
Cal year ago.
An airplane giving Victory loan ex-
hibition at Chicago fell 200 feet to the
ground in Grant park and Lieutenant
Wright, the pilot, and Sergeant Julian,
his mechanician, were seriously in
jured.
Six thousand five hundred employees
of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding Dry
dock company at Los Angeles harbor
went out on strike because officials OF
the company refused to recognize a
shop committee.
Nearly six thousand workmen OF the
federated railroad shop crafts of
Denver declared a one-day strike May
day as a protest against the failure
of the government to keep its faithful
promises that ample employment
would be furnished" and as demon
stration in behalf of Eugene V. Debs
and other radicals now serving prison
sentences.
At Woodbury., n. Y, lioness on ex'
hibition in a circus sideshow killed her
keeper before small crowd of spec
tators. escaped from her cage and
bounded into small clump of woods
which adjoins the town. The lioness
was finally killed by a posse OF mer
and boys.
With the discovery in the New Yorl
postoffice on April 30 of sixteen in
fernal machines in addition to hal
dozen which have been delivered Il
prominent men in various cities, fed
eral detectives are endeavorinS to run
down the organizers of what is be
lieved to be nationwide plot t.
assassinate cabinet officials and othe
men prominent in official and private
life.
1t Is estimated that 1000 gold starr
will be required for the Presbyterian
service flag to be displayed at the ser
slons of the Presbyterian general as
sembly in st. Louis, May 10 to %
Nearly 100000 stars will be necessar.
to represent in this service flag tn
number of Presbyterians who entere'
the army and navy.
Three of the four battleships whici
helped destroy the Spanish fleet OF
Santiago in 1S9S-the Indiana, Massa
chusetts and Iowa-are to be PLACED