Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-07-01

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ment, II was said at the department.
until a thorough investigation has
been completed and the department Is
assured that such proposed reductions
will not impose additional burdens.
House and senate conferees on the
army appropriation bill have agreed
on a maximum of 1900 officers as the
permanent strength for the army for
| the next twelve months.
The nomination of ]. Morton How
ell of Ohio 20 be the first American
minister to Egypt has been confirmed
by the senate.
The Philippine commission which
came to Washington to urge independ-
ence for Its country has been received
by the house and entertained at
luncheon by Speaker Gillett.
Prompt construction by the federal
government Of dam at Boulder can
yon for the protection of Imperial
valley, California, against the flood
waters Of the Colorado river, was
urged by Secretary Hoover before
the house committee on irrigation of
arid lands. Secretary Hoover, speak
ing as chairman of the Colorado river
commission, stated that he earnestly
recommended action by congress up
on the project without waiting until
the commission could report a CON-
prehensive plan for irrigation and
power plants at other places along the
river.
Distinct upward trend of prices,
more marked recently than any time
for a long period was noted by the
commerce department in survey of
the general business situation.
Subpoenas have been sent out by
the special war frauds grand jury to
officials of leading banking corpora
tions in New York, Philadelphia, NeR
Orleans and Jacksonville, requiring
their appearance in connection with
the Investigation of the contract I'M
der which the government disposed of
its surplus lumber after the war;
An investigation into present rail-
road methods of distributing cars to
bituminous coal mines was ordered by
the Interstate commerce commission
and an initial hearing assigned before
Commissioner Atchison in Washing
ton on July II.
Regulations providing for the con-
centration of liquor now stored in
30f government warehouses into
limited number of storehouse5 were
issued by the treasury. Under plan
announced it is proposed eventually to
concentrate all bonded liquor in the
country in twenty or thirty ware
houses. According to the units latest
figures, there are 81 100000 gallons of
liquor on the entry gauges of the
warehouses.
FOREIGN
Madame Marie Louise Bessarabo,
WIktCt VI lCNCiiSh VOL DC anu bcilbu-
tional stories under the name of Hera
Murtel, was convicted at Paris of the
murder Of her husband and shipping
the body away In a trunk, and SEN
fenced to twenty years. hard labor
upon a confession made in open
court by her daughter, Paule Jacques,
tried Jointly with her, but acquitted
when the mother, who had just been
condemned by her daughter, became
her daughters defender; she implored
the Jurors mercy for her daughter.
and later, when she was convicted and
the daughter acquitted, she thanked
the jury for setting her daughter
free.
DR.. Sun Vat Sen, deposed presi-
dent of the Canton government of
China, is prisoner aboard the cruis-
er Halchi, which, with other vessels
of the Chinese navy at Canton, has
been handed over to the provisional
government established there by Suns
enemies, which adhere to the repub-
llcdu government at 1eklup.
Ten thousand persons have been
made homeless by devastating floods
which inundated the suburban dis.
tricts of Sofia following heavy rains
No loss of life has been reported
There was much damage to livestock.
A dispatch to the Berlingske Tidend
says that terrible pogroms have been
committed in the Ukraine. The en-
tire Jewish population of four towns
Is reported to have been massacred
New creameries and cheese factories
are under constructionin all sections
Of the Canadian provinces. These ad-
'litional facilities are necessary in the
handling of western Canada's steadily
increasing dairy output.
The Russian Communist party has
formally confirmed Its transition