Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-07-22
NEWS HISTORY Of
THE PAST WEEK
A Complete History Of What Has
Been Happening Throughout
the World
WESTERN

WESTERN
Mrs. Alberta Meodous was murdered
with hammer at Los Ageles by Mrs
A. L. Phillips. Jealousy is said to
have been the cause.
Five out of eleven Nebraska can
didates for the United States senate
In answering the QUESTIONABLE sent out
by the Nebraska League of Women
Voters, which issued a summary of
the answers received, have declared
themselves either for strict enforce
ment of the Volstead act or want
changes to make it more effective.
Carl Calabrese, who says he has
spent most of his life in Jail, was re-
leased by Mayor Bailey of Denver on
request of DIR. Daniel D. Lucy, city
councilman, for an operation to cure
his criminal characteristics. DIR. Lucy
says the only minor operations are
necessary and that they are almost
certain to be effective in keeping CAL
ebrese out of further trouble.
Harry Steinhold, under arrest at
Los Angeles is charged with having
purchased bible and rosary
with bogus check. The complaining
witness, the proprietor of shop, told
the police he accepted the check with
out question because of the nature of
purchase.
Valon Mcdonald, alias Sameli c..
Ayres, arrested at Denver, charged
with impersonating a federal officer,
is now charged with stealing an auto
mobile belonging to Mrs. A. C. Ayres,
Oakland, Calf. TIL car has been re-
covered and Miss Anna Rathbun, who
admits coming to Denver with Melon
aid, arrested. She says she thought
ne was real secret service operator
Tor he cashed several checks en- route
as a government man.
The government balloon school at
Ross field, Arcadia, near Los Angeles.
will be abandoned.
Miss Christabel Pankhurst has been
travelling through the rural districts
or the west gathering information on
opportunities for British women immi-
grants. ''The economic situation in
both the old country and Canada
would be benefited greatly by the ex-
eenHve immigration of British wo-
men to this land" Miss Pankhurst de-
ciared. This is the only solution for
the problem of surplus women and the
women are only too eager to come if
they have opportunity"
Inc Dill authorizing Secretary Fall
to investigate survey and report to
congress on the Columbia basin irri-
CATION project in Washington state
has passed the senate. The measure
authorized an appropriation of $780,
OOO to finance the work and called
for the report to be made not later
than January 1, 1924.
GENERAL
Alleging that the estate of the late
Charlotte Hix owes her $4,000 for a
thirty-one-year washing and ironing
bill, Margaret A. Flannery, New York
City. filed suit in the county clerk s
office against the Greenwood cemetery
authorities, as administrator of the
Xix estate.
Shortage OF labor in mines, smelters.
and mills has been a more pressing
influence in metals than the rail and
coal strikes, although the Importance
of the latter factors is increasing. Buy.
ing sentiment may have been some
what repressed by labor troubles, but
purchases against immediate require
nents have been large. There are not
more than month unsold supplies.
Copper wire mills and brass mills
have two or three months business on
their books. Copper is IA delivered.
Zinz jumped to the highest levels
since December, 1920, at 5.75, st.
Louis; lead $50, st. Louis.
Andrew A. Mcintyre, A, was in
stantly killed and Jack O'Kelly severe
ly shocked by lightning while reading
water meter during storm on
Lookout mountain, Tenn.
"Uncle Johnny" Shell, of Kentucky,
who claimed to be 1874 years of age,
Is dead of the infirmties of age. If
his claim was correct, he was the
Oldest man in the world He left ov-
er 200 descendants. His oldest daugh-
ter is so and his YOUNGEST son is G
years of age. He was twice married.
His first wife died nine years ago
after they had lived together for
eighty-five years. His second wife
died two years ago at the age of so.
Damage to crops, estimated at more
than $2,00O,000, has resulted from the
rise of the Grand river at Chillwothe,
Mo-, it is estimated. Bundles of
wheat could be seen floating down the
river.