Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-01-25

disloyalty charges brought against Sen
ator La Toilette of Wisconsin by the
Minnesota public safety committee be-
cause of his speech on the war de-
livered before the Non-partisan league
of st. Paul MINI. September 20 1917.
denomination of John SHELTON Will
liams as comptroller of the currency
when his term expires, February :,
will be recommended by Secretary
Glass.
FOREIGN
The peace conference formally open
ed at Paris on January 16, Premier
Clemenceau of France being nomin-
ated by President Wilson as perman-
ent chairman, his selection being by
reclamation. President Wilson, Pre-
mier Lloyd George and Baron Sonnio
addressed the conference.
President Poincare of France, in adj
dressing the peace conference, thanked
the allied nations for having chosen
Paris for their important work and
praised the valor of the allied armies
which had preserved the capital of
France from the enemy.
A dispatch from Coblenz says the
greatest reason for believing that when
the German national assembly gets in
to operation it will turn out a safe and
sane product is the fact that elements
opposing the Socialists are showing in
creasing signs of cooperation without
any expectation of reviving the mon
archy.
Germany lost forty-eight Zeppelins
during the war, the total including
those destroyed by accident in Ger
many. The Zeps dropped approx
mately 5000 bombs in England. thus
! the net cost to Germany was something
like S115,000,000 for her Zeppelin cam
! paign.
American forces in France and in
the occupied territory of Germany are
to be reduced to the minimum strength
consistent with our national Oblga-
/ TONS General March announces. He
added that General FOch had been in
formed of this policy by General Perish
ing.
Mitau, the capital of Courland, has
been occupied by the Bolsheviki, ac-
cording to wireless dispatch received
at London. The Germans were obliged
to leave behind numerous guns and
supplies of ammunition.
During the last quarter of 1918 there
were begun in Great Britain 424 ships
having a tonnage of 1,979,952 compared
to 800 ships, with "a tonnage of 1866
59l during the same quarter in 1917,
according to authoritative figures.
Prince John, the youngest son Of
King George, dled at Sandringlsam
Saturday night. tie had been i'll for
some time. The prince was born ut
Sandringham, July II, 1905.
Grave election riots are taking place
in Germany, where the people are vot-
ing to choose members of the national
assembly. a general strike has been
declared at Leipsic, which is without
gas and water, according to Copen-
hagen advices to the Exchange TeIe-
graph company.
lgnace Jan Paderewski world
famous pianist, having reached an
agreement with General Pilsudski, has
succeeded partly in forming new
Polish cabinet.
1t is the conviction of Marshal Foch
that the Rhine must be made the bar
rier between Germany and France. He
expressed this clearly when he re
ceiyed American newspaper cor
respondents at Treves few days ago
Many British soldiers homeward
bound from German prison camps are
frightfully emaciated from the bad
treatment they have received and
many will never see their homes. ac.
cording to a dispatch received from
Copenhagen.
ihe American expedltionary salvage
department has saved during the pas,
SIX months over $3,500,0 900 worth Of
war material by recovering, repairing
and collecting the previously rejected
equipment of the soldiers, according tc
Officers of the quartermasters depart
ment at Tours, France.