Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-08-05
NEWS HISTORY OF
THE PAST WEEK
A Complete History Of What Ha.
Been Happening Throughout
the World
WESTERN


The Rtv. j. e. Lewis negro pastor
OF the Church OF the Living God, of
Los Angeles has announced another
attempt to sail from Los Angeles to
Monrovia Liberia. His first attempt
failed when the lark" a craft upon
which he had laborsd many months,
sank at It's launching. Now he and
his flock have obtained the motorship
Angel. and rechristened her "Queen
OF Liberia" and they plan to start
the voyage 10 Africa August Is.
Jesus Comes. laborer, arrested at
sparks. Nevada made q statment be-
fore the chief Of police here Tues
day that he was hired to kill Frank
Brennan, deputy sheriff ON railroad
strike duty at Tracy. Cal. Comes SAID
no was hired by a ''taE man VINO
worked In the round house," ana was
paid $40 for the deed.
blinded by sunglare, Howard Fl.
Johns, World war veteran of Chicago.
was found exhausted on the oeserr
~ miles west of Salt Lake and taken
to the county hospital at Tooele City.
according to word received at Salt
Lake. Johns was attempting to hike
TO Prescott, Ariz., for entrance to a
government hospital there. He Is
said TO be IS per cent disabled, put
has signified an intenrfon 10 make
another effort to cross the desert
on foot, since officials of the veterans
bureau have denied his application for
transfer and cannot issue Transports
ton to Johns.
b. II. Prater, engineer of mainten.
ancs of way, Oregon Short Line, mas
been comforting with Rupert, Idaho
business men in reference to the rail-
road strike. He stated that no work
mad been done on car repairing since
July 1, and that unless men could be
secured to take the place of the strik
ers In the Pocatello shops, car
shortage would seriously affect the
movement of the crops in this sec.
ton.
FINANCIAL ruin faces fruit growers
OF the western slope district of Col
orado unless railroad cars can be sc.
cured Immediately to move the perish.
able crops, it is stated in a resolution
sent to Colorado senators and con.
gressmen at Washington following a
meeting at Delta, Colorado, of ship.
pers, growers and business men of
Montrose and Delta counties.
That the strike Of shop emploves
Is hampering transportation was evi.
denced at Living ton, Montana. Divis-
Ion Superintendent G. H. Jacobus of
the Northern Pacific railway announc.
ed that pass ;nger service on the
Shields river valley branch would be
discontinued and that the Yellow.
stone Park special, train of Pull
mans opera ing between st. Paul and
Livingston, would also be taken off.
w. H. Y:obinon AVIATOR and two men
passengers were burned to death at
Los Angeles. When the airplane in
which shey were riding caught fire
and FIJI.
GENERAL
Martial law has been declared at
Deaison, Texas. Five infantry COM
pInies of the 142nd regiment have
gone there. Rangers called to Denl-
son will be shifted to Childress and
Sherman under the "open port law.
Boston has been chosen by the con-
vention Of the Independent Order of
Good Templars for the 1924 biennial
session Of the grand lodge. This Sc.
lection closed the formal business of
the convention Wednesday, though
che executive board remained at Butte.
Mont, Wednesday for further confer
ence.
Senior de La Huerta, Mexican Sec
rotary Of the treasury arrived at Mex
leo, City Monday. Immediately after
his arrival he visited Chaputepec
castle to donfer with President Obre-
gon who is confined to his room. The
secretary declined to discuss any
phase Of his New York visit stating
he wished to consult the president be-
fore making any declaration.
The rail and coal strikes brought
a touch Of wartime prfvations TO Chi
cago Monday, when one of the city's
largest chain grocery stores announced
a strict limitation Of purchases OF SUI
gar. A temporary limitation of 10
pounds to each customer was blamed
ON the slowness of the railroads In
getting cars through.
Lieutenant Milton B. Mackall, who
for the last three years had lain in u
bathtub at the Fort McHenry hos
pital at Baltimore az a result Of a
wound received in the world war, died
Monday.
The retail price of coal in car.
lots In Chicago has jumped from $5.15
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