Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-10-22
RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST
MANNER POSSIBLE.
happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters Of tho Globe and
Given In q Fey Lines.
INTERN OUNTAIN.

TIE cOHllhunudHl Oh the IuSel Oouuu
naval yard at Bremerton, Wash, on the
arrival of the Nitro from California.
The small craft Is believed to have
struck a floating obstruction. 1t sank.
Captain Roald Amundsen, dlscoverer
of the south pole and conquerer of the
northeast passage will use alrplanes in
an effort to reach the north pole, If
present plans for drifting past the top
Of the world prove impracticable, ii. III.
Hammer, his representative at Seattle,
announced Tuesday.
Three Indians, remnants of the
SCOTS Valley tribe In Siskiyou county,
not only won title Monday in the Uni
ted States circuit court of appeal at
San Francisco to 175 acres of land
from the Central Pacific Railway COM
pany, but also had their property In
eredsed by the court.
A sherifFs circular mailed from
Seattle, Wash, more than year ago
and which found its way to far off
Dalmatia, Austria, may be instrument
tai In bringing an accused man from
Austria to Seattle to face trial occord-
ing to Sheriff Matt Starwich.
The state of Washington entered the
fight for reduced freight and passenger
rates Wednesday with the filing of an
intervening complaint in the action
arought recently by the transportation
committee of Colorado against the rail-
roads, charging that the % per cent
blanket increase established by the in
terstate commerce commission August
20, 1920, was unreasonable and Illegal.
Almost the entire business district
of Monarch, Montana, was wiped out
in fire which broke out in the Mon
arch Mercantile company building at
an early hour Sunday morning. Eight
buildings were DESTROYED before the fire
burned itself out The citizens form
ed bucket brigade, but could not ex-
tinguish the blaze. The total loss was
estimated at approximately $4,000.
Frank II. Grabner, fire chief in
Baker, Oregon, for 13 years, held open
house Saturday at Bakers new fire
station, $4,000 cement brick struc-
ture. Comfortable quarters are provid-
ed for the firemen on the second floor,
also room for firemen's club and
gymnasium. Baker has approximately
$4,000 invested in fire fighting appar-
atus. This is including the trucks and
about 5000 feet of hose.
DOMESTIC
Another claimant to portion of the
]. Baker estate of Philadelphia lives in
Twin Falls, Idaho, according to Mrs.
]. II. Uric. Mrs. Uric is the niece of
]. Baker, and claims to have had
knowledge of the existence of "rich
uncle In Philadelphia" since her early
,ldhood. When his death occurred
20 years or SO ago she filed her claims
with those of the other heirs, and ex-
poets to receive about $150,00O ut the
time that her distant relative, l.. f.
Roberts, Twin Falls, comes into pos
ession of his inheritance from the
same source.
A demand that the American FEEDER
alton of Labor affiliate with the Rus
sian internationale was made In res
olution adopted Thursday night by the
Detroit Federation of Labor. The res
l'n declared the salvation of the
working class can be accomplished only
through an international organization"
Charlotte Caillis, 40 years OF age,
grand opera singer of some repute in
Germany, Wednesday at Chicago drank
a poison and Is in n serious condition
at hospital. According to officials of
The hotel where she had lived since
coming to Chicago from New York,
she had tried repeatedly to obtain a
,ositlon with the Chicago Opera COM
pany.
The home In which Clara Barton.
founder of the Red Cross, was born on
december 25, 1921, was dedicated
Thursday at Oxford, Mass, as a ma
tional shrine to her memory by the
roman's National Missionary associ-
alton of the Universalist church. Dele
gates were present from all the New
land states and from several other
states.
Plans for a world 'ssfederation of eu-
gineers, designed primarily to work for
Information peace, was formally launch.
ed Monday at dinner arranged by
the Federated American Engineering
Societies at New York. The dinner is
in honor of a mission of thirteen en-
gineers who have just returned after
comforting the John Fritz medal for
distinction in science pon Sir Robert
Hadfeld of London ana Eugene Sneid