Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1923-03-31
PERSONAL


Y. founder of the l.. Il. Steel cor
poration died suddenly on west
bound New York Central train near
here early Thursday. Mr.. Steel was
found dying in his berth by Ernest
Mattey, his chauffeur
Milo d. Campbell of Michigan, who
recently became the dirt farm men,
Der of the federal reserve board drop
ped dead while playing golf at the
Columbia Country club at Washing
ton d. C.
A medical bulletin issued said the
condition of George jay Gould, Sr.,
American railway magnate and fl
nancier who is i'll in France, was
noticeably better; complications at
fecting the heart had caused much
anxiety on the part of the sick
Americans friends.
Mrs. John w. Weeks, wife of the
secretary of war is very ill on board
the private yacht "Evergreens" which
was hurried into port to secure medi-
cal aid for Mrs. Weeks.
Three archbishops, fifteen bishops
and two hundred priests attended the
funeral service at st. Louis for Bishop
Maurice f. Burke Of the st. Joseph
diocese of the Roman Catholic
church at st. Joseph's cathedral.
The Earl of Carnarvon, who has
been supervising the excavations Mt
the tomb of King Tutenkhamen, is
suffering severely from blood poison
ing, presumably the result Of an in
sect bite.
The worlds nonstop dancing rec
ord now is claimed by a Marseilles
professor" who called it a day after
he had held the floor for "a hours
4 minutes and 5 seconds. He was
assisted by two young women pupils
the first of whom, Mile. Marcelle
Tref, danced 10 hours, % minutes and
10 seconds.
Mayor James Rolph Jr. Of San
Francisco is prepared to name com
mittee of twenty-five business and pc
litical leaders for the announced pur.
pose of attempting to secure for Sar
Francisco both the Republican and
Democratic 1924 national conven
lions.
Enforcement of law equally agains
all classes today stands out as
factor on which depends towards ad
vancement of the nation, according Il
Attorney General Daugherty, who ad
dressed the Florida Bar association
at Miami, through letter. Mr.
Daugherty was unable to attend til,
bar meeting in person because Of hi
recent illness.
Lord George Henry H. Cholmond
ely, the fourth Marquis of Cholmond
eley, died at Malpas, England. HI
is succeeded by his son, the Earl 0
Rocksavage, a well-known polo an,
tennis player.
FOREIGN
The American consulate at Smyrn
has been destroyed by fire. TIL
seals and records were saved.
One Irish irregular was killed on
wounded and four others were car
tured in raid by Free State troop
in Kingstown. The captured mel
are said to be prominent local Re
publican leaders.
Sixty members of. new Germani
praty were arrested throughout Gel
many, charged with ''traitorous &C
tivities." The police are believed t
have nipped in the bud another pre-
jected "putsch," but the Prussia
minister of the interior makes a Sc
cret of the affair.
Captain Road Amundsen, head @
the Norwegian Polar scientific expe
dtion, has announced that he ha
wired his attorney in Christana t
dispose OF his home in Norway t
raise funds to meet debts INQUIRE
by the expedition.
Governor General Leonard WOOD
Manuel Quezon, president of the ser
ate, and Manuel Roxas, speaker of tn
house, left Manila for the island 0
Negroes to investigate the advlsabilit
Of selling the six sugar centrals no,
operated under the management G
the Philippines national bank.
It was reported that the Japanes
government is preparing to send
protest to Washington against tn
continued insistence of United State
Minister Schurman, at Picking, tina
the Chinese-Amerlcan wireless cor
tract be completed. Japan has lodge
protests with the Picking government