Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-07-23


were reported inIllinois, Wisconsin,
Missouri. Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa and
Nebraska, Much sickness, especially
among children was reported as the re-
suit Of the torlfd spell. Rain was
badly needed in practically all parts of
the Middle West.
Frank A. Peterson, assistant United
States attorney, of Omaha, Neb. ten
dered his resignation Wednesday in a
letter to Attorney General Daugherty,
| in which he declared his sense of jus
| tice had been outraged by the par
don Of Thomas III. Matters, Omaha at
torney, who he said, served but forty
four days of a five-year term. Mr..
| Matters, who was sentenced on a
charge of violating the national bank.
ing act in connection with the failure
of the First Natioral bank of Sutton,
Neb., was recently released from the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan
A compromise is said to have been
reached by government officials and Of
ficers of the breweries recently raid
ed and closed by prohibition agents at
New Orleans, La. According to the
reported agreement, the brewers will
pay to the government, in tax penal
ties sum considerably more than
100000 Payment Of these penalties
twas reported, would not exempt the
brewers from being prosecuted on
chargs of having violated the Volstead
act.
WASHINGTON.
The labor department shows that q
year ago the dollar had a buying pow
er of 81 cents as compared with its
value before the war Now the power
has Increased to 65 cents.
For the convenience of visitors in
the various cities over the country,
Postmaster General Hays plans to
have all postoffice buildings marked
with suitable signs erected on the ex-
terror.
DIR. David Jayne Hill author, colleg-
ian and diplomatist of long experience,
likely will be the administrators
choice as the first American ambassa-
dor to Germany, following the world
war. The selection of DIR. Hill for
the difficult post at Berlin is said to
have already been decided on by Pres
ident Harding. DR.. Hill is now in
Europe.
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer, per
sonal physician to President Harding,
is working on a plan for the devel-
Iopment of super race of people in
the United States. 1t is intimated that
the Washington administration is in.
terested in the plan.
The house Wednesday adopted res
olution providing that final vote on
the Fordney tariff bill shall be taken
July q and that only the duties on
oil, cotton, chemical dyes and asphalt
shall be open to changes by the house
and that other changes must originate
with the ways and means committee.
| FOREIGN.
The former German emperor Is ig.
noring the repeated demands for pay
ment of his municipal taxes, on the
plea that his stay at Doom is invol.
untary, to which the municipality re.
torts that it has not the slightest OBJ
lection to his departure. William is
daily becoming more unpopular; he
cannot show himself in the roads with.
out being hooted and jeered.
Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan ar.
rived in Rome last Wednesday. King
Victor Emmanuel welcomed the prince
at the station, and the two drove in
state carriages to the Qufrinal, being
enthusiastically cheered along their
route. The prince was twice COMPEL.
ed to appear upon the balcony of the
Quirinal palace to respond to cheers
from the crowd.
Fire which broke out in the Blohm &
voss shipyards at Hamburg last Tues
day caused damage amounting to many
millions of marks. The timber sheds.
with great quantities of building mat
erial, were destroyed.
The allied supreme council probably
will meet toward the end of this month,
either in Boulogne or in Paris it was
announced recently by the French for
eign office. The Upper Silesian ques-
tion will be uppermost in the discus
| siOns.
The Greeks have advanced Is miles
in their offensive against the Turkish
nationalist, said a dispatch from Smy-
rna Wednesday. The main gains were
made east of Broussa and northeast Of
Anchak. The offensive. was launched
Monday after terrific bombardment
Of the Turkish positions.