Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-07-31
INTERMOuNTAlN.

clone mat swept through portion OF
McHenry county, ten miles south of
Anamoose. N. D., late Friday.
Nose Gibson, negro, sentenced to
hang for murder of Roy Trapp Fuller
ton, Cal, rancher, has confessed to
len murders and so many burglaries
he could not enumerate them.
Only families with children can rent
dwellings owned by II. L. Neslin, a
Walla Walla landlord, 1t has been an
nounced. Mr.. Neslin has promised TO
give his tenants a months rept free
FOR every child born to them while
they are residing In his houses.
Excerpts for the Marconi Wireless
company, who are at st. John, n. f.,
conducting experiments in long dis
tance wireless telephone communities
tions, have announced that they have
heard messages from the Chelmsford
station near London more than 1900
miles distant.
All records for travel In Yellowstone
national park were broken on July
%, when 1883 persons and PAL pri-
vate automobiles were admitted. More
than 10000 persons have visited the
park this season, about 20 per cent
more than during the same period last
year.
DOMESTIC.
Walter s. Wilson, widely known
throughout the southwest as. a. cow
boy and exhibition roper, was shot and
killed Saturday on country road
near Winfield, Kansas.
Ashby H: Keeney, son of Seth A.
Keeney, Santa Barbara, Cal, bank
president and former owner of the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, was killed Sat
urday In an auto accident.
]. NJ. Zion was nominated for gov
ernor by the Farmer-Labor party at
indianapolis. Ind. Saturday, over
Francis J. Dillon of Indianapolis. Mr..
Dillon was the party's choice for Unit
ed States senator. Mr.. Zion is a far
mer.
All forms of work were stopped Sat
urday at Vera CRUZ as result of the
general strike. At meeting of mer-
chants 1t was proposed to close all
business places if the strike continued.
Bodies of 1881 American soldiers who
died overseas, arrived at New York,
July 81, on the steamship Princess
Matoika from Danzig and Antwerp.
Twenty-Five "war brides" of French
and German nativity were among the
first cabin passengers and Polish re-
patriated troops composed the major
ity of the 1904 steerage passengers.
Prohibition has been beneficial to
the nations industrial and economic
life. in the opinion of Gilbert III. Gary,
head of the United States Steel cor
.poratiOn, who issued a statement at
New York on the eve of departure for
Europe, giving his views on the bust
ness outlook generally.
DIR. Stockton Arson, President Will
sons brother-in-law, and during the
war national secretary of the American
Red Cross. collapsed last week. and
for nervous breakdown.
Two miners were wounded when the
Portsmouth, Solvay Coal company's
mine at Freeborn, w. Va, was at
tackled bySpersons hidden In the hills
ON the West Virginia and Kentucky
sides Of Tug river.
Chairman White of the Democratic
national committee has announced that
Saturday. August Z, had been chosen
as the date for MODIFICATION. of Coy
ernor Cox of his nomination as presi-
Dental candidate.
The City Bank of Jefferson. Ia, has
closed its door. Fearing run on his
bank. Jam NJ. Virgins, president of
the Farmers and Merchants bank at
Jefferson, made hurried trip to Des
Moines via airplane and secured sew
eral thousand dollars in currency.
Whether the spectre of a. nation
wide railway strike has been laid by
the 5000, 100000 wage increase granted
on July 20 to more than 100000 rail
road employees remains undecided.
The $60O000,000 award represents a
q per cent increase in the pay of the
railwaymen. For the first time in his
tory the roads payrolls this year will
pass the three billion dollar mark.
Farley p. Christensen, Farmer
Labor party candidate for president,
telegraphed from Denver to Senator
Harding, Republican nominee, and
Governor Cox, Democratic candidate,
suggesting that all join In a demand
upon President Wilson to Immediately
release Eugene V. Debs from prison. !,
Jack Johnson, negro, former heavy
weight champion pugilist, crossed the
international boundaryaline from Mex
leo near San Diego on Tuesday, and
was arrested by the deputy United
States marshal. johnson is under SEN
tence in Chicago for violation of the
Mann act.
On July 20, Sir Thomas Lipton's
yacht, the Shamrock Nv, ran up tally
of two races to none against the Amer