Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-03-06

national prohibition amendment ue-
clared UNCONSTITUTIONAL has been am
nounced by Governor Milliken of
Maine.
WASHINGTON.
President Wilson signed the rail-
road bill, February %, on the eve of
the return of the roads 10 their own
ers and to private control.
" All persons found violating the fed
era prohibition enforcement act will
be proceeded against to the limit of
the law" irrespective of any state
statutes legalizing the sale of liquors,
ii has been announced by Commission
er Roper of the internal revenue.
The soviet government of Russia,
under its code of labor laws recently
published, has imposed upon labor
state of tyranny and serfdom WITHOUT
parallel in the history of the last cen
fury, according to an analysis of the
code made public by William G. Red
field, president of the Amerlcan-Rus-
sian chamber of commerce.
] Discontinuance of the offices of sur
veyors general in twelve western
states and the territory of Alaska next
June 80, was disapproved by the
house on February %, which by vote
of 81 to 30, granted appropriations of
| 100000 for the expense of these Of
fices for the next fiscal year
Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of in
| al hop ind
mental officials of his intention to re-
sign shortly
Appropriation of an additional $780,
100000 year for the next four years
to aid the sta les in road building is
proposed in bill introduced by Sena-
tor Chamberlain of Oregon.
FOREIGN
The most brutal of all Turkish
latrocities-the massacre of 10000 Ar
menians and the murder of eighty-five
Armenian girls who were under the
direct protection of an American mis-
sion house at Marash, in Cilicia, Tur-
key, has been reported.
An American named Harris is re-
|
recent military revolution at Kovno,
Lithuania Harris joined the Lith-
uanian army a few months ago as in
structor.
Belgiums efforts to restore prewar
production are indicated by some of
the crops of 1919. The average rye
crop of 1O9-1913 was 22,675,000 bush
els and the production of 1919 was
1861 900 bushels. Wheat had a five
year average of 14,5S3000 bushels and
production of 1895 900 bushels in
1919
Augustus Morrill,, formerly Ameri-
can consul at Manzanillo, Mexico,
was killed by Mexican bandits Febru-
airy 26.
The Japanese population of Hawaii
has increased from a handful thirty
years ago to 100000 persons.
The war criminals commission has
decided to send to Germany the
names of forty-six men for trial be-
fore the German courts. This, it is
announced, will be test of good faith
upon which the allies have agreed.
The fight in Japan for universal
suffrage resulted in the dissolution Of
the Japanese diet by Imperial decree.
The emneror's action WAS taken at
the request of Premier Mara. 1t fol-
lowed violent scenes in the lower
house of parliament.
| 81 an. iri, oh
premers to President Wilson's latest
Adriatic note has been received, the
allies disavowing any purpose TO ig-
more the United States in the Adriatic
settlement. and declaring willingness
to withdraw Objectionable agreements.
Major Nullemin, pilot, and Lieuten-
ant Chalus. observer who were lost
Cor more than Il week In their flight
across the Sahara desert, are report
ed by the French aviation department
70 have landed safely at Mentaka, a
village east of Timbuctoo, on the Niger
river.
Government military raided the for
mer Sim Fein headquarters at Dub
lin and seized $1,000 in cash and some
documents,
France ID on the brink of the most
serious lal Dr. crisis since the arms
tice. and Alexandra Millerand, who
inherited the premiership from the
"Tiger," arch foe of radicalism, has
served notice on Frances ''reds' that
he is no more disposed to countenance
a revolution than was his predecessor.
1t is announced in London that Sir
Auckland ,}eddes, minister of national
service and reconstruction, has been
selected as British ambassador to
Washington.
Governor General Harrison, in a
special message to the extra session
of the Legislature ut Manila, urges the
passage of an act making effective
prohibition in the Philippines, ratifi-
cation of woman suffrage and bill