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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-24
THE BREAD WAR AT M'GILL

For some time there has been
serious trouble brewing in the
Greek colony over the question of
bread. which on at least two
occasions came near resulting in
personal encounters of q serious
nature. Until recently there
were six bakPovens in the district
from which bread was supplied
for the Greek residents. But the
boss bakers soon caught on to the
American trust idea and formed
combination of all interests in the
bread business. Competition
ceased and since then only two
ovens have been run. The price
of the staff of life was not raised,
but the new trust proceeded to cut
down the size of the oaves, until
il is claimed they weigh only about
half as much as before the trust
was formed. This naturally
brought about strong feeling of
resentment among the patrons of
the bake shops, and new company
was formed, with about three
hundred members, and $4,000 in
good hard American dollars raised
to buck the trusts. A permit was
asked of business Manager Jen-
kins of McGill to establish new
bakery, which was readily granted,
but with the request that if
possible to purchase one or more
of the ovens already built, as he
did not like to see the men who
had put their money in the enter
prise come out losers. But so
much friction had already been
engendered between the two
factions that an amicable agree
ment seems almost impossible. The
parties who have raised the money
for the new bakery claim that the
trust wants to hold them up on the
price, hence there is still more
trouble brewing, and the end is
no yet. AS matter Of fact the
situation Is quite acute, but Mr..
jenkins is pouring oil on the
troubled waters and will probably
Z arrange for an amicable settle
ment without further trouble or
bloodshed = Ely Record.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-24
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
zrS.y.@a
VERSUS MYE COUNTY

The hearing in the case of the
FIRST National Bank Of San Fran
cisco against Nye county for the
payment of three notes agprepat-
ing $4,000 given to the Nyc and
Ormbsby County Bank by Nye
county has been occupying the
attention Of the district court lie
fore Judge J. s. Orr Of Reno for
the past two days. will be submit
ted to Judge Orr this evening for
decision. This is the outcome of
the tanglc where Nye county had
given its note fJr money loaned
and during this time tax money
had been received by the county
treasurer and deposited in the
bank to the amount of $GG. 600.
At this period the county auditor
WIS authorized to take up the notes
and render a check for the amount.
This ihc did by profcring the
check, but the notes were net in
the bank, the cashier stating that
they had been sent to President
Frank Golden at Carson with some
other notes and that they had been
forwarded by mistake but would
be returned at once. He told the
same story for about ten days at
diff erent intervals, and the notes
never materialized until the First
National Bank of San Francisco
demanded interest and payment Of
the same. At the time the cashier
Of the Nyc ana Ormsby County
Bank was pleading that the notes
would be returned to Nyc county.
Frank Golden had long prior to
this time sold them TO the First
National Bank Of San Francisco t o
raise money TO keep his then
insoIvcnt banks doors open. The
county auditor did not rclirquish
the county check to cancel the
indchtcdusS because the notes we're
not forth coming. When tie
dcfunrt bank shut up shop that
institution owed Nyc couny see, -
UDO and now the San Francisco
banking house wants this county
to pay the face of the note and
interest; asks that they liquidate
the note Indebtedness that Nve
county called at the Tonopah
dcfunct bank three different days
to settle. but was unable TO secure
the notes. If anyone should pay
the notes Frank Golden is the man
to he requested to make good the
amount. Attorneys p. NJ. Bowler
and George b. Thatcher represent
the county, while Mcintosh &
Cook appear for the plaintiff
Tonopah Bonanza.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-24
OIL At TEST WELL

While considerable has been
published in these columns the
past four years regarding the oil
indications and formation in
Churchill county, yet whatever
movement have been made by our
cltiZcLs have been done quietly
without the least effort at making
statements that might be con-
strued in the nature of creating a
boom. There has been no grJund
for boom because the necessary
work Of sinking to determine the
question as to whether or not oil
exists within the confines Of the
Lahontan Valley has never been
carried out.
Nevertheless, the development
of gas in different parts of the
valley and the strong oil form
alton has lead to the location of
thousands of acres of oil claims
the present year.
For the above reasons the pro-
gress at the test well being put
down by the L. S. Geological
survey Is miles below Fallon on
Old River, is being watched with
special interest. While the officials
in charge of the work are not
at liberty to give out the results
of their labOrs, yet parties who
have visited the well state that az
a depth of 800 feet Il small strata
of oil sand was encountered, carry
ing traces of oil, while at depth
of 800 feet which was attained on
Monday evening of this week
another strata of oil sand was
struck and it is stated that the
oil as so pronounced that it floated
upon the water. This 800 foot
level is said to have showed the
strongest oil indications yet dis
covered in this valley.
As result, considerable land
has been staked off in the vicinity
of Timber Lake this week.
The flow of water from between
the s and 10 inch pipes at the
test well has increased from 10 to
20 gallons perminute and elements
Of sodium carbonatcs are diminish.
/ ing, which makes the supply all
the more desirable for irrigation
purposes. With this flow of 2S, 500
gallons per day considerable land
could be reclaimed.
The past few days the drill has
been cncountering fish bones in
the old lake bed. According tC
the geological reports tn, old bed
Of Lake Lahontan extends TO q
depth of 500 feet. Churchill
/ Eag q
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-24
H. {. TRUE DEAD

II. f.. True, the Southern Pacific
freight agent here. died at his
home at Marblehead, Massachu-
sctts. yesterday Mr.. True left Elko
a month ago to visit his old home
with the intention of returning
the first OF the year. The news of
mis- death, received this morning,
was a shock to his many friends.
The cause Of his death is not
known here, but it is supposed
heart trouble was the cause, as he
suffered from that afiliction while
here.
Although the bereaved fam ily
are widely separated from Mr..
Trun's friends here. they never
theless extend their sympathy.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-24
SIZING UP THE RESULT
Of A JOURNEY

Mr. lalt Is pack on his job al
Washington once more!
For nearly three months he has
been absent, during which time he
has eaten and spoken his way thru
the states of Michigan, Illinois,
Missouri, Kansas. iowa. Nebrs ska,
Colorado. Wyoming, Idaho. Wash.
ington, Oregon, California. Utah.
Montana. South Dakota, Minneso.
Ia. Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
He has been defending. defend.
ing, always defending his policies
and executive acts.
As yet he has revealed no init
mate opinion of the good he thinks
he has accomplished by his cam
paign marathon, but this is being
pretty generally done for him by
Ihe press Of the nation.
And there seems tu Ice mouoto.
nous unanimity of opinion that the
good he has done himself and his
party is nil.
The Outlook, whose present cor
tributing editor. /; will be remem.
bered. was Taft's original presiden-
tial sponsor. observes as follows:
We can not but think that
the administration suffered by his
absence from the capital. We
doubt whether any college prcsi-
dent could be away from his facul-
ty meetings, any editor from his
staff conferences. and corporation
president from the meetings Of his
executive COMMITTEES, to the extent
that Mr.Taft has been absent from
his cabinet meetings during the
two years and eight months Of his
administration without serious dis.
advantage tothe interest intrusted
~ 'lS HcCDIUS.
More incisivc is the comment of
Alfred Henry Lewis in The World
Today. when he resolved upon
the Western invasion. MIR. Taft
made a political blunder," declares
Mr., Lewis. "lie injured aud in no
wise fostcrcd his chances of a re-
election. Once west OF the Missis
sppi, while everywhere received
with courtscy, he evoked no cnthus-
iasm. The people were cold. their
attitude chilly. Their silence while
he talked. their deeper silence
when he closed, never failed TO
mark him political loser to an on
looking world"
Mr.. Lewis thinks that the prcsi-
dents frankinR his present speech
es thru the mails and using the
travelling expense money provided
hy congress on his trip. the very
planning Of which was "to tread
on the toes of popularsentimcnt. "
were i'll advised.
In conclusion be it said that a
journey has ended whose finish
seems not as rosy as no doubt
seemed its start.-Altanta Gcorg-
ian.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-24

Il b Smith, n tcamster employed
on the Kinkcad ranch near Fallon,
fell from his wagon Saturday and
was instantly killed his skull
being crushed. The man left
the store at Fallon in an intoxica.
ted condition, but as there was n
man riding with him IT was
deemed safe to allow him to
proceed. Smith was formerly a
tcamstcr about the COmstock
where he work d for a number Of
years. No relatives as far as
known in this section of Nevada.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-24
DEATH SOMETIMES
A KIND VISITOR

~ NhNS utStIOI
There are times when death is
not an unmiXed calamity.
We arc reminded of it by the
dedication of the memorial which
Kentucky has uprearcd over the
cabin in which Abraham Lincoln
was born.
BY the way, we do not think
mach of the speech that President
Taft made at the dedication of
that structure. 1t was probably
eXcuSable on the ground that the
last two months he has travelled
far enough to kill an ordinary
man and made speeches enough to
kill hundred audiences.
But when one THINKS had Mr..
Lincoln lived, as we look hack
upon II now. we feel almost
certain that with the collapse of
the Confcderacy his thought would
have been to have put tie southern
states back on their old basis. only
insisting that no hostile lcgisla-
tions would be passed to make the
lives of the freed slave new
trouble.
Aud had he done that perfect
storm would have been raised
around him. He would have been
eXerrated worse than was Andrew
Johnson. He would have retired
from the presidency under a cloud
and it would have required half
a century at least for tie people
to understand how superior was
his fntellect and how tender and
true was his heart. But, when, in
the hour of victory, he was smitten
by lhe assassin, the light shone
back from his soul as it took its
flight, daZed the eyes of an
astoundcd world and even dull
souls were able to see that the
reason he WAS made president Of
the United States was because he
was raised up for that purpose
and was better fitted for the place
at the time than any other man
would have beer. Some people
who did not appreciate him had
ghmpscs Of the deeper soil
within him when they read his first
inaugural, but not very much.
Never until his speech at Gettys-
burg did the intellectual strength
of his nation grasp the magni-
fcenre of the intellect and the
hcat of the man. His second
inaugural reads yet as though a
light from beyond the folding
doors of death was shining back
upon him, and giving softness
and thrill to his words which all
the rolling ages cannot take from
them.
So that fatal shot that took his
life away at the same moment
brought to him a half divinity and
opened the eyes of his fellow
country-men and cf all the world
to see that among great men he
was the greatest; to know that
despite his lowly birth, the squalor
Of his childhood, the hard life
which was his from the cradle to
the grave. all the same great
angel must have bent above his
rude cradle and touched his baby
lips with the signet of immortality
-Goodwin's Weekly.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-24

The ladies of the Dorcas Society
will have a sale of home cooking
and fancy work at the home of
Mrs. f.. B. Lytton Thursday
afternoon. November 23d. Ten
cent refreshments will be served.
Everybody cordially invited.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1911-11-24

Furnished rooms for rent by the
day week or month at the Club
Lodging house at the corner Of
Fifth and Idaho streets. Prices
reasonable. Mrs. George NJ Moody,
pToprietress.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-02
Buckingham
 Says ''Boost''
fContinued from first page)


 Fairfield avenue and State street being the two main arteries of travel to and from the West End could not be in course of repair in the same sections at the same time. For this reason when the Broad street-Park avenue block is completed in State street, then the Paving Commission will go into the same block in Fair field avenue. The result will be that there will be no tie up in traffic. At the same time the work in State street will go on to its end. I want to impress on the minds of everyone said the Mayor, that under no condi- tions will the work in State street be stopped in order to complete Fairfield avenue"
 The Mayor in his talk also described what he thought ought to be a policy of newspapers. T believe" he said, 'that it is the function of a news paper to assist in every way they can public improvements and to en- courage the making of them, and not to go out of their way to emphasize the inconveniences that the public sometimes suffers where the improve ments are being carried on. If the criticism of out of town contractors continues it means that we will once
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-02
YOUTHFUL REAL ESTATE DEALER
 MAY SETTLE

Seeking to effect a settlement with James H. Moore, of Stamford, the complaining witness against him, Cas- imir J. Oberbeek, the youthful real estate dealer locked up yesterday on a warrant charging him with embez- clement of s1O995 from Moore, entered no defence in the city court today, except formal demurrer filed by his counsel, Henry Greenstein.
 Oberbeck was held in default of $400 bail. The authorities consented late yesterday to a reduction of bail to $150, which Oberbeck was able to fur nish. He wasn't prepared to furnish bond for appearance in the, Superior court, however. and was again tenn porarily remanded to a cell waiting for bail.
 Oberbeck is just 21. Despite his youth he has figured in a number Of extensive real estate transactions in this city and elsewhere in Fairfield county. It was as the agent of Moore of Stamford, that he collected rents to the amount in question. Then he sent a check to Moore which was re- turned as worthless.
 Judge Fostert overruled the demur- Ter, and held Oberbeck for trial in . the Superior court, September term. Oberbeck's friends feel that he is largely a victim of circumstances, and they are sure that he would have even- tually made good to Moore. He used the funds however in the conduct of his real estate business.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-02

their own language. All who figured in the murderous affray of last night are Albanians.
 Andreas' uncle, Guarius Athanisew. came here from Albany, N. Y, a week ago. Despite bare poverty of his nephew's residence, he was convinc- .ed they could live even cheaper, and they planned to move out their hunks from the crowded tenement, to an- other where they could live for few metris Hristos, a fruit peddler, to bring his horse and wagon to the house and move them last night.
 He came, and because they didn't hasten enough to suit him he enter ed the house.; They wouldn't let him in the room. they said, and as he walked in, they threatened to throw pistol and fired. Witnesses say that no one had raised a hand against him. The first shot felled Andreas, who dropped dying into the arms of An astasias Lazarew of 22 Singer avenue, a guest in the home of Andreas. He fired three more, then turned to flee, and the nephew of the dying man to Athanisew's right breast. It went up out of the shoulder into the throat leaving flesh wound not regarded as dangerous.
 Satira Demitros, laborer at the Bullard Machine Tool Co. and Bicho- las Pavlos, street department labor CT, seized him, but not before he passed his weapon now useless for every chamber was discharged, to his cousin Petros. The latter ran out and flung it over the fence where later the police found it.
 Special Policeman Kahn came in re- sponse to calls from the Albanians. He had trouble restraining compatri- ots of the murderer rom tearing him to pieces. Ambulance Surgeon Mo- Queeney found Andreas dead and Athanisew in need of immediate at- tention. He rushed the latter to St. Vincent's hospital, left the corpse for Rourke & Rourke. to take to the mor- que and notified Medical Examiner .Garlick.
 The murderer is one of the widest looking criminals ever brought into police headquarters. A great shock of jet black curly hair falls over his fore head down Into his exceptionally big lustrious black eyes. His ugly mouth. a small straight gash over an obnor- mally protruding chin heightens the generally repulsive effect of his fea- lures. His home and that of his cou- sin is at, 426 Broad street. Both are fruit peddlers. Both victims were la bOrerS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-02
Dr. Lynch Invokes
 Courts To Protect
 IS Foot PassWay

dispute over the use of a passway in the rear of the premises at Court land and John streets, has led to a bitter neighborhood row and the cli- max was reached today when Dr. Robert J. Lynch brought action against Dr. Benjamin W. White, c. D. Cleveland, Josiah B. Turney of city and Theodore L.. Turney of New York. pr. Lynch says he has the sole use, of the passway Is feet wide at the rear of his property.
 Dr. White the complaint alleges also claims the right to use the passway and has authorized others to use it. Gas and sewer pipes connecting the defendants property with State street have been placed under the strip. Vehicles owned by the defendants alst use the passway
 Dr. Lynch declares that although he has ordered the defendant to stop trespassing on his property they have persisted in doing so.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-02
FRUIT FIDDLER IN ANGER SHOT
 MAN TO DEATH
Crime Committed In Teneme House In Singer Avenue Second Victim In Hosp ital-Slayer In Tolls
 Quick Work By Police

Ploughing it's way clear through the fleshy front part of the arm mid way between elbow and shoulder then entering the side below the fourth rib, piercing the heart and lung and continuing through the body almost far enough ato leave it this is the deadly course traced by Medical Examiner Samuel M. Gar lick today of the bullet that ended almost instantly the life of Dionis Andreass an Albanian laborer, in a tenement house at 33 Singer avenue at 9:30 last night.
 Demetris Hristos, the murderer, is held without bail until Friday. when he and his cousin, Pendelis Petros, alias Charlie James, will be arraign- ed in the city tribunal, the former charged with murder, the latter with peace.
 James is held in bail of $500 Gaurius Athanisew, another victim of the murderer's pistol. is resting com fortably at St. Vincent's hospital. He will recover.
 From motive that seemingly would scarcely suffice to lead even an excitable man to commit an as- sault, Andeas, a high strung, wild looking, busfy haired fruit peddler snatched out 32 calibre pistol, load ed in all five chambers, and he sho, every cham per empty. AIL0T the first shot the room where the mur- der was being enacted was in dark ness for in the excitement the lamp was overturned and put out.
 Thanks to the efforts of friends of the victim and the prompt response of Special Policeman Harris Kahn the Main street mark etman, the as. sassin was quickly in the hands of the authorities, the pistol was recov- cred, and the murderer's cousin was arrested and detained as an import. ant witness.
 More than Q dozen witnesses, al least half of them eye witnesses 70 the shooting itself, are available to the police and everyone confirms the story that the murderer had only the slightest shadow of an excuse for be- coming angered.
 In the house at B Singer avenue, 8 short street running between Kiefer and Whiting streets, one block east of Main street, lives scores of Alban- ians. For the most part they are la borers, frugal to the limit of parsi- ,mony. They herd together like cat tle, thus make their board cost but a few cents a day, and save the great majority of their earnings. The AL banian is not Greek. Albania is to the northeast of Greece proper, and is under Turkish dominion. Most of the inhabitants of Albania speak Greek fluentiy though they have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-02
MRS. HOLROYD'S DEATH TO BE
 INVESTIGATED

Coroner Wilson has ordered wit nesses summoned for an inquest into the death of Mrs. Mary Holroyd, aged Il, widow of Alfred Holroyd. which occurred at the Bridgeport hospital list night few hours after she had leaped in fright from ParasideN Green trolley car in Stratford avenue near Baldwin street.
 The flash of the automatic switch over the motorman's head so fright ened the woman, VITO was seated on the outside seat, beside the mOtorman. that she leaped from the car, and was hurled headlong into the street She was travelling alone, on her way to her daughters residence, 106 Water man street.
 The cut-outS are so arranged as to prevent the motors of the trolley cars from being subjected to an overload When the juice is turned into the mo- tors too rapidly the cut-out automat- ically switches off the power, and usu- ally the change is accompanied by a blinding flash.
 Coroner Wilson will investigate the operation of the car by Motorman Scott. and also will inquire into the equipment of the car.
 Mrs Holroyd was we'll known in th1S city. She was among the pest known members of St. Luke's Episco- Tai church. Three children survive, Alfred and Florence, the wife of Ed ward EarnshaW, both of Philadelphia and Louise, tHe widow of Walter Har- rison, 106 Waterman street, a bull dog fancier, whose death occurred about a year ago. The .victim lived with her daughter, Mrs Harrison, who is en- ployed at the Salts Textile Go.
 oo rY.io 10 Ira nlr to the office of Dr. Joseph Cohen, HOG Stratford avenue, then taken in the ambulance to the Bridgeport hospital Her skull was fractured. Death oc- cured about S:15. The accident was less than four hours before.
 The remains were taken in charge by Funeral Director Remington. The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at St. Luke's church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-02
Bryan Denounced By Rep. Underwood
 Democratic Leader
Special from United Press )

Washington, Aug. 2-William J. Bryan was denounced as a falsifier on the floor of the House, today, by Representative Underwood, Oem. Ala.), amid thunderous applause from other Democrats. The Democratic committee declared, absolutely false the statement issued by Bryan, last night, dubbing Underwood a "protec- tionist''
 Bryan charges that the chairman of the Ways and Means committee standing in the interests of protective tariff, has led the House into lines unworthy of any Democrat" he as- serted. T know that statement is false, MT. Speaker; you know it is false; the Democracy here knows ii is false and I want the country to know it is false.
 "Mr. Bryan insinuates that I have attempted to prevent consideration of revision of the steel schedule That is absolutely false"
 Underwood then called upon Repre- sentative Kitchen, Oem., N. O, to reply to the assertions in the Bryan ed Underwood in the Democratic cau- GUS for his alleged interests in the iron and steel business.
 Kitchen declared Bryan "the most badly informed individual in the world", and asserted that since the caucus, in which he had taken a view opposite to Underwood and demanded that the iron and steel schedule be revised at once, that he had come to believe that his view was wrong. He asserted that Bryan was not. respon- sible'', and that he never dreamed that any Democrat f'would slander' Underwood