Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-02-22

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WASHINGTON.
President Wilson has cabled a re
quest to the foreign relations commit
tee of congress to defer debate on the
proposed league of nations until he
had an opportunity to go over 1t ar
ticle by article" with the members.
The sixty-fifth congress has entered
upon the final fortnight of its existence
with hope of passing all of the almost
unprecedented mass of pending legis'
lation virtually abandoned by most
leaders. Night sessions of the senate
and house until March have been or
| dered, but the belief is growing that
an early extra session of the new con-
gress will be necessary.
President Wilson sailed for home on
February 10, and expects to reach Bos
ton on February %.
Serious unrest. famed by revolu-
| tionary propaganda. is spreading
through the country, while congress
refuses to heed the danger and bushes
itself with pork barrel legislation.
Senator Thomas Of Colorado declared
in the senate
| With the vote of Vice President
Marshall breaking a tie, the senate
defeated molten by Senator john
son of California, Republican. 10 pro-
coed with consideration of his resoli-
tions proposing an expression by the
senate for withdrawal of American
troops from Russia as soon as prac-
ticable.
Prevention of unemployment is the
purpose of bill introduced Friday by
Senator Kenyon of Iowa providing for
The establishment of federal indus
trial fsiations commission.
FOREIGN.
Count won Brcekdorff- Rantzau, Ger
man foreign secretary, discussing Ger
many's foreign policy in the national
assembly, declared he had resisted and
would continue to resist allied at
tempts to make Germany demobilize
all her military forces.
Figures submitted by the Belgian
commission show that nearly $50 miles
of railroad track were destroyed com
pletely by the Germans, and nearly 26U
miles virtually destroyed and rendered
useless out of total mileage of APP
proximately 200 in Belgium.
An urgent appeal to all Germans TO
unite TO prevent former Emperor Will
liam from being delivered up for trial
was published in the Landes Zeitung
Deutschland, new government organ
being issued at Weimar.
A sensation was created at Toxic
when it became known that Sumako,
who had been regarded as Japan's
greatest actress, committed suicide on
the last day of the new year holidays.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier former premier
of Canada, was stricken with paralysis
at Ottawa on February l6. His con-
dition is reported critical.
President Wilson was the central
figure of the plenary peace conference
at Paris on February IA, when he read
the covenant establishing Vague of
nations. There was added interest in
the session as ii was the last gather
ing of the delegates prior TO the presi-
dents departure as well as being the
occasion of presenting the document
with which his name was identified.
Troops took possession of the gas
works and electric power station in
Belfast on February IA. The mayor, in
proclamation, says it is now assured
that military support will De given the
authorities, and asks for volunteers TO
carry on municipal services.
Lava in the greatest quantity OBJ
served in forty years is flowing from
Kilauea, the largest active volcano in
the world. The lava is pouring over
all sides of the central fire-pit walls
onto the old crater floor. Scientists
said they expected the lake of lava to
subside within a month.
In the Tower of London, where soy
ereigns have been beheaded. famous
characters in English history impris
oned and imperlshable incidents en-
acted, number of German spies were
executed during the world war, thus
keeping up the towers reputation fci
historical narrative and adventure.
DR. II. Bey. a former vail of Diabekr
accused of completely in Armenian
massacres, who recently escaped fror,
custody, was run to earth by the Turk
ish police and shot himself through the
head to avoid arrest, ii is reported
The U. S. S. George Washington ar
rived at Brest on the 18th. to carry
President Wilson back to the United
States Twenty destroyers will joii
the George Washington on her return
trip at the Azores.
The Bourgeois proposition for an in
terallied military force to enforc,