Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-03-18
NEWS STORY Of
THE PAST WEEK
. 80. 80
A Complete History Of What Ha;
: Been Happening Throughout.
-: -" the World. Ef.sss
jNTERMoUNTAlN

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iNTERMoUNTAIN
Glendive, Mont.-A poultry show was
held here receRtly., where over. 200
birds were shown. While the display
was confined largely to the American
breed, so enthusiastic have grown a
number of exhibitors over the pros
poets of next year that they will in
vest considerable amounts to procure
chickens of other strains in order
to broaden the display for next year.
G.. II. Ford, poultry expert from the
State Agricultural college, was greatly
surprised at the quality of the birds
on display. In fact. he stated, 1t was
one of the highest in quality in the
state. Some of the poultry had pre-
viously been shown at Minneapolis
and other eastern points, and offers
had been received as high as 500
for single birds.
Omaha, Neb.-James +. Mcmillan,
police officer with four months eX-
perienec, turned jester and thereby
averted what apparently would have
been panic in a downtown theater.
The crowd in the playhouse had start
ed for the exit when smoke poured in
to the place, but stopped when McMil-
Ian shouted "Wait!" mounted the
stage and began entertaining his aud
ience. "There's no danger from fire.
said he. "If there was l wouldn't be
here" The crowd laughed. "If was
fond of fire I'd be a fireman, not
patrolman," he continued. Twice
thereafter his auditors tried to rush
out, but the patrolman succeeded in
getting them to leave in an orderly
manner.
Tacoma.--Three men were killed
der manufacturing company of .Du-
pont, near Camp Lewis, exploded.
Chicago.-A national antique law
conference will be held at st. Louis
!, June %, "a and. 25,-the ,Antiblue Law
League of America, Inc, announces.
It is expected at this conference, it
| Vas said; to %settie the question of
whether or not the. people of the
United States want blue laws and in
| 1essferencs wttftfthe rights as to the
fisbsersasffccae Of stihday.' ~
Chicago.-Federal authorities are in
vestigating the story told by Madame
I Elizabeth Girenka, who said She was
Russian noblewoman, who was
|. found employed in the barber shop of
h a. sarge downtown hotel here. She
said'that she had accepted employ
ment in the barber shop as a scrub
T woman to support herself when she
found herself penniless here.
GENERAL
= Bonds. and 4Ofher negotiable securi-
ties valued at more than $150O00 were
stolen from the strong box of the DIR.
Thomas w. Evans dental school and
museum fund of the University of
Pehnsslvania, it became known. Wal
ter A. Unger, assistant treasurer of
the fund, Is being sought In connection
with. the case. Unger, who is q years
old, disappeared from his home in
Philadelphia a few days ago.
Seeking data for his book "The Here.
after" Thomas w. Weggielus of Brook
t.iyn,- d -23- year-ofc~ chemist, swallowed
what he thought was just. enough an
aesthetic to take him to deaths por-
tails, The book will never pc finished,
for young Weggielus miscalculated the
dose and the portals swung wide for
HIM. ss,4~,a - 800
The Lanslng-Ishii agreement has
been completely superseded by the
,,fIiIne7power treaty relating to China
now before the senate. President Hard
Ing informed the senate In response
to the recently adopted, Bornh resolu-
uon4 Tie -executiya> added that the
+ four.pdw&r treaty did not refer to
China and does not directly bear upon
the Lansing-Ishll notes.
The United States has declined the
|. in*itation of the allied powers to par
ticipate In the European conference
|, which is to meet In Genoa April 10.
While taking deep interest In mea-
sures Ia promote the recuperation of
Europe, the United States could not
participate helpfully in the Genoa con-
ference because 1t is to be not prlmarl-
ly an economic, but political confer
.X,,tssx-s~e.s-ssis ''<A,:, ~. ..s'
Men students at the University of
GRicago aspenti 'S66Fo0 ~for books In
three months and $4,000 for dances,
according to a. survey made by The
Phoenix. o campus magazine. The
survey also says that they spend $S.653
for cosmetics every quarter and $685..