Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-05-15

a telegram to Oregon Democratic lead
ers made public at the White House.
George Cowle, federal prohibition
agent, charged with accepting bride
for eoncealing sale of liquor. plead
ed guilty at Milwaukee and was SEN
fenced to eight months in the house
of correction and fined $50.
A letter written by Emma Goldman
from Moscow to DIR. Ben Reitman of
Chicago has been confiscated by gov
eminent agents. The letter told ef
conditions in Russia, but the deported
anarchist queen admitted she was not
permitted to write as freely as she
would like. She also said Alexander
Berkman was with her and made ii
clear they were not altogether happy.
WASHINGTON.
Rear Admiral William s. Sims
charge that delays on the part of the
navy department prolonged the war
four months and cost 100000 lives is
characterized by Admiral w. S. Ben
son, former chief of operations, as an
outrage and ain injustice to the navy.
Pension and retirement legislation
for government employees, which has
been pending before the house for some
time, has been practically completed.
Efforts to substitute a direct appro-
priation for the shipping board and
the emergency fleet corporations for
the present, failed in the house. An
| amendment to the sundry civil bill
carrying flat appropriation of $751;
100000 was voted down.
Senator Reed Shoots bill for an in
vestigation into government operations
with view to thorough overhauling
of government machinery and sys-
tematic organization to cut out lost
motion and Implications, will be favor
ably recommended by the senate APP
preparations committee.
Acting for the Society of American
Florists, w. f. GUIDE, its Washington
representative, has issued denial of
the statement by Miss Anna Jarvis,
president of the Mothers Day associa-
ton, that florists profiteered in white
carnations, the symbol of observance
of Mothers day last year.
Assistant Secretary of Labor Fost,
testifying before the house rules COM
mittee, declared that forty of the hun
dreds of foreigners rounded up in the
raids by the department of justice in
the last six months admitted that they
favored overthrow of the government.
FOREIGN
| Polish army headquarters received
word that Polish cavalry occupied
Kiey on May s. The infantry was
less than six miles from Kiev with
the advance continuing virtually With
out resistance by the bolshevki.
The budget of expenses of the league
of nations from its organization up to
July l will total approximately $1,a50,-
000
The bodies of forty British soldiers
have been discovered in cellar in
Ypres in the course of the clearance
of ruins. They had been overcome by
gas while sleeping. Some had their
| heads still pillowed on their arms.
| In response to an Interpolation by
| Il woman deputy in the Wurttemlurg
| diet, Premier Bios declared the Ger
man government would be asked to
bring about at the Spa conference dis
cussion of the black disgrace, in view
of unchecked assaults by French col
ored troops upon German women and
| girls in the occupied zone.
| A wireless message from Mo. COW
says the soviet has completed a con-
| tract with private Finnish firms for
the delivery of agricultural machinery
| to Russia to the value of 5000, 900 kro-
men in gold.
| Switzerland is about to expel the
varouis royal refugees who have
found asylum within her borders. A
diplomatic source, from which this in
formation was obtained says the royal
exiles are keeping away thousands of
regular" visitors from the allied coun-
| tries.
Alden Redmond, an Irish hunger
striker from Mountjoy prison. died in
n Dublin hospital Sunday. The victim
was arrested In the police drive of
February 10.
The Carranza government at Mexi-
| co City is tottering while 10000 Son
ora revolutionlsts have begun their
southern sweep toward the nations
capital.
In a debate In the British house of
lords concerning conditions in Ire
land. Baron Birkenhead, lord high
| chancellor, on behalf of the govern
| ment said 1t was intended to continue
the policy of giving to the Irish execu-
tive all possible assistance and sup
port.
The council of the league of nations
has refused to offer mandate for
Armenia to any power unless certain
requested stipulations are embodied by
the SuDrqma council in tho Turkish