Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-05-10

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NAV have important bearing in sow
ing the mystery Of the mail bomb pio@
Gorge Greber retired German farm
er living at Omaha, suffering from
the hallucination that the government
was going TO confiscate his large iand
holdings. killed his wife and 2-year-oiu
daughter. Mrs. Greber's brains were
beaten our with II baseball bat ana
her throat cut from ear to ear.
The Nebraska railway commission
has given the Nebraska Telephone COM
pany authority 10 increase its ex-
change rates an average of six ana
anp-half per cent to meet increased
I operating expenses.
WASHINGTON.
Public debt of the United States
government reported May 3 by the
treasury as 81, S24, 345, 900.
With two weeks of the Victory Lib
erty loan campaign gone and only one
week remaining, only S1657, 919,OOo
had been subscribed on May 3, the
treasury reported. This was 1868 per
cent of the 0o,000,000 desired.
Prediction of the department of ag-
! riculture for wheat crop this year
even larger than the record-breaking
crop of 1911 was repeated May by
/ the United States Chamber of Com
merce in report based on statistics
country.
Eighty-six thousand checks, repre-
/ senting payment for practically all
awards made to date, were mailed
May | by the bureau of war risks to
beneficiaries of men who died in the
1 military or naval service, it is an
nounced Since October, 1917, more
I than fifteen million checks have been
sent to dependents, totaling more than
/ $496, COO
Soldiers and sailors government in
surance will be continued automat-
ically in effect for one emonth after
the end of the month in which man
is discharged, even if the man does
not pay his premium.
FOREIGN.
Three American soldiers were killed
and eight injured seriously Saturday,
when an American army motor truck
was hit by railroad train at grade
crossing near La Ferte-St Aubin.
The Rumanian army is reported to
have occupied Budapest, according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Berlin.
In declaring its disappointment with
the decision of the council of three re-
garding Kiao Chau, the Chinese dele
CATION in its statement Saturday said
the decision gives Japan practical con-
troll of northern China.
The council of three has invited the
Austrian and Hungarian peace dele
gates to come to Versailles the week
after next tooreceive Il peace terms
relatia to their respective countries,
Reuters correspondent is informed.
II uter's Limited learns from rel-
able sources that among the terms of
| the treaty to which the Germans will
offer the most objection is that relat-
| ing to the surrender of her colonies.
Destitution, hunger and disease are
wreaking havoc among the great Jew
ish populations in Poland, and south
eastern Europe.
| President Wilson, Premier Clemen-
ceau and Premier Lloyd George, COM
posing the council of three, have sent
Il communication to the Italian govern
/ INVITING m 70 NIL OF
the peace conference. 1t is belived
/ Italy will accept.
An attempt was made recently on
the life of Lieutenant General Hor-
yath, Russian military commander at
Hardin. His assailant attacked him
with bombs, but was seized before he
had carried out his purpose.
A rebellion against the Coburg dyn-
asty at Sofia is reported. Sanguinary
/ fighting has been going on between
government troops and revolutionists,
who demand soviet government.
The food famine and typhus cpl
/ demic which threatened Serbia have
been averted through the work of the
! 1ulitd ioidttS loou anu
/ the American Red Cross forces.
The settlement of the Shantung
claims in favor of Japan promotes the
1 Nipponese to one of the big three
world powers, sharing the distinction
with the United States and Great
Britain and Ndwarfing France, Ger
many, Austria and Italy, in the opin-
ion of the Chinese peace delegation,
which also is shared by students of the
political situation.
The resumption of racing on the
French tracks, after nearly five years
of interruption, is helping Paris to
realize that the fighting is at an end.
The racing season opened Monday at
Maison Laffitte.
The Russian soviet government has
sent an ultimatum to Rumania de-
manding. the evacuation of Bessaraba
King Alfonso of Spain has cionau a