Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-01-28

Here's Anna Paylowa's estimate OF
modern American jazz minus rhythm,
minus harmony. minus every faint
claim to beauty; giving out insane
shrieks, walls, crashes. discords, the
vile music termed jazz so poular in
America. is disintegrating to the ner-
yous systems of the young and a men
ace to the taught tension of the adults.
Influenza is rapidly becoming cpl
demic in Paris and the provinces. The
disease appeared in December, It's
rayages gaining from day to day, the
climax coming when twenty-four deaths
were reported During the last ten
days of December there were ten
deaths from influenza in Paris but dur
ing the first ten days days of January
there were forty-one.
WASHINGTON.
Railroads would be required to retire
wooden and provide all-steel passenger
cars under bill introduced in the
senate a few days ago. Authority to
enforce the legislation would be lodged
with the interstate commerce commits
sion.
The nomination Henry P. Fletcher
under secretary of state, to he am
bassador to Belgium. was confirmed
] Nv hn tnunthAr wifi
that of William J. O'Toole Of West
Virginia to be minister to Paraguay.
| The American open door program
was accepted in part by the far east
ern committee of the arms conference,
but approval was given only after elm
nation Of the provision which would
have authorized an inquiry into exist
ing concessions in China.
The American government has inter.
vened in the controversy between Chile
and Peru involving the execution OF
the treaty. of Ancon inviting the two
South American governments to send
plenipotentiaries to Washington for a
conference.
Selection of experts were said to be
at work on a memorandum for sub
initial by Secretary Mellon to congress
setting forth the facts of the govern
ment's financial situation as it bears on
the subject of soldiers bonus. Secre.
tary Mellon, 1t was said has not al.
tered his views that soldier compen.
sation legislation should await the ar.
rival of better industrial conditions.
Retention by the war department
of nine main training centers, one In
each corps area, and of a number of
other special camps, was recommended
by General Persfing chief of staff, at
hearing before the house military
committee.
Three of the principal tobacco manu-
featuring companies were charged
with engaging in conspiracies with
numerous jobbers' associations to keep
up jobbers' prices, in report trans
mitted to the senate by the federal
trade commission.
Services of the government will be
formally rendered again in an endeavor
to bring about an arbitration of the
packers strike now being conducted
In the larger midwestern centers of
the meat-packing industry, it was de-
cided at a conference of cabinet mem.
bers and congressman. The previous
offer of the government at mediation
was refused by the packing companies
on the ground that the strike was moi
effective.
/ FOREIGN.
The banks Of Ireland literally "fell
over each other to offer financial help
to the new provisional government
The appointment of Owen O'Duffy
as chief Of the Irish Republican army
Is announced. He succeeds Richard
Mulcahy, the present minister or de
Tense. O'Duffy, who is 30 years old
has been Sim Fein liaison officer In
northern Ireland since the truce.
America paid tribute to the italian
unknown soldier" in Rome recently
American soldiers, forming composite
battalion, participated in the ceremon-
les incident to the bestowal of the con-
gressional medal of honor upon thu
ITALIAN warrior. Richard Washburn
Child, United States ambassador to