Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-06-19


thirty miles offshore, after having
been adrift for twenty-four hours.
Indictments charging profteering
against the American Woolen COM
panies of New York and Massachu-
sets and William NJ. Wood, president
of the corporations, were quashed by
Federal Judge Mack at New York.
Five hundred representatives of
middle western colleges attended the
opening sessions of the Lake Geneva
trict represented comprises Ohio, In
diana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wis
| consin, Minnesota and North and
South Dakota.
WASHINGTON.
| The United States government has
bought $4,000 tons of Argentine sugar.
Secretary Baker has written General
Pershing that should the general ad-
here to recently expressed desire to
retire he felt sure that President Will
son would grant the request.
Attorney General Palmer has made
an informal ruling, which has been
communicated to President Wilson,
that the chief executive has ten days
after the adjournment of congress in
which to sign bills and resolutions.
Breckenridge Long, third assistant
secretary of state, has resigned and
his resignation has been accepted by
President Wilson. Mr.. Long retires to
make the race for the nomination for
United States senator fropA his home
state, Missouri.
1t is rumored in Washington that
Col Il. M. House has applied for pass
ports and that he contemplated leav-
ing for Europe at an early date.
The prohibition amendment and the
enforcement act were held constitu-
tional by the supreme court on June
Z In unanimous decision.
General Pershing will retire from
active service within a few months.
He announced his intention on June
Z in letter to Secretary Baker.
FOREIGN
The evacuation of Kiev has been
completed, the Poles withdrawing to
the region of Zhitomir. The American
Red Cross workers, according to the
latest accounts, had made preparation
to exacuate Kiev with the armies.
The International Woman Suffrage
Alliance congress, at it's closing ses-
sion at Geneva, Saturday afternoon,
accepted an invitation to hold the
next congress in Paris in 1922.
Essad Pasha, head of the Albanian
delegation in Paris and former pro-
visional president of Albania, was as
sassinated at Paris, Sunday. Three
shots were fired at him by an Alban.
ian student, two of which took effect
Italian Alpine troops have cleared
the Avlona front of Albanian insur-
rectionists by violent counter attacks,
according to advices received at Rome,
which declare that the Italian troops
were fired on from the rear by resi-
dents of AvlOna.
One hundred and ninety-three min
ers are believed to have been killed by
| the explosion Of dynamite depot at
ANNA, the great Hungarian coal and
/ iron mining center fifty-five miles
southeast of Temesvar.
Frederic J. Stimson, ambassador Of
| the United States, has obtained per-
mission from President Irigoyen for
the shipment of Argentine sugar to
the United States for the account Of
his government up to 1900 tons in
order to relieve the sugar shortage.
Locusts have attacked growing
crops near Logrono, Spain, and have
caused great damage The invasion
threatens to spread, and local authori-
ties have received permission from
the ministry of war to employ troops
in fighting the insects.
Brazil has recognized the provisional
| government of Mexico under the presi-
dency of Adolfo De La Huerta.
The completed returns In the county
council elections show Sim Fein vic
tory greater than was expected. This
was owing to compact between the
Sim Fein and labor not to oppose
each other in Leinster, Munster and
Connaught, while in Ulster there was
n similar compact between the nation
alists and Sim Feiners to make COM
mon cause against the Carsonites.
Admission by Gen. Rodolfa Herrera,
who has been charged with response
bility for President Carranza's death,
that he did not have personal know
ledge that Carranza committed suicide,
but that he was told so by one of the
presidents officers, featured the hear
ing before the federal court at Mexico
Cty investigating the chief execu-
| tive's death.
The general strike called in sym
pathy with the strike of industrial
workers in the province of Bari, Italy,
has been declared off. according to
| Rome dispatch TO the Central News