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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03
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TAKE A LOOK
TAKE A LOOK

Did you ever take a jaunt uD
through the alleys of this beauti-
full little village? You can tell
more about the inhabitants Of a
town by a trip through the back
alley then many persons imagine.
Some of the back Yards are as neat
as pins, while others would put
an old brush fence hog lot to
shame. We are glad to say that
the lattre are few and far he
tween. Back yards reflect the
character of the owners. Some.
times the front yard will be hub
bling over with flower beds and
posies and the back yard will be
chiefly slop barrels, scrap iron
and brick bats. You can guess
what kind of people live there.
Sometimes both front and back
yards correspond and are wrecks
alike. You can easily place the
owners. Sometimes both font
and back show the utmost care and
attention and it is bard to tell
VIII ch Is the cleaner. You have
no trouble in classifying the people
who live here. If either the front
or back yard must be neglected,
friends. let il be the front one.
Don't try to present n Queen Ann
front with a Mary Ann back. An
iii kept back yard is dangerous
and a menace to good health
Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03
BANK NOTE FOR A NNY

Once a Bank Of England note for
a penny was issued by mistake. 1t
got into circulation and was a
source of great annoyance 10
many persons when making up ac-
counts. Search was made by the
bank and at length it discovered
the holder Of the note, who re-
turned it to them for a fancy price.
This is the smallest amount for
which an English note has ever
been issued. for. Of course, notes
under five pounds are never drawn
up unless by mistake.
On no account are notes issued
twice from the bank and they are
al Hays cancelled even if exchanged
fer cash Immediately IN their issuf.
AbOut $4,000 notes are presented
for payment every day and in one
department a large staff Of clerks
is employed entirely to count and
sort the notes that have been paid in
on the previous day.
The cancelled notes are burned
five years after presentation. More
than 80. GOU,O 600 Of old notes are
stored away in the bank and about
every fortnight a large quantity Of
old notes is destroyed. Answers.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03

The vote in Massachusetts yes.
terday was somewhat mixed. Taft
received d majority Of the votes
but the Roosevelt delegates at
large were elected. Aswe under.
stand the situation, the voters
marked their ballots for Taft as
their choice for president and then
voted for men pledged To Roosc.
yelt for delegates at large. The
Massachusetts primary law prob.
ably provides that the delegates "a
the national convention shall
support the candidate for pregi,
ent that receives the highest
number Of votes. This will
account for Roosevelt's release OF
the delegates at large.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03
MARY'S RIVER
RECLAMATION PROJECT

+. G.. Mcclellan, manager of the
Carey Act Reclamation Association,
met with q number Of the stock
holders Of that company at
Hunters Hall last evening. The
present conditions Of water users
all along the river was gone into.
MIR. Mcclellan stated that the
LoycloCk people were hurt. and
were striking at the first object
in sight. witch happens to he the
Pacific Reclamation Company just
now but the damage 10 them. and
the remedy, lies below Palissde,
and not above. He presented some
very interesting data Of run off Of
the HUMBOLDT River. compiled
from the u. s. Geological Survey
reports, which shows there is
sufficient water flowing in the river
to irrigatc several times the
number Of acres Of land than rs
now being irrigated. II properly
conBurvcd and used.
Another meeting is to be held in
Il few days, when the REORGANIZATION
Is to be effected, and the work on
the Mary's River project pushed
along. Al data asked for by the
state Engineer that could be
Furnished has been sent him. and
upon his report being filed with
the Bureau Of Industry, Agricul-
ture and Irrigation. application
Will be made TO the United States
for the segregation " the govern.
mcnt lands. when work will CON.
mcncc upon the project.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03
WILD WEST SHOW

1t is doubtful if even a more
complete congress of Indians we're
ever assembled than the representa-
tives CT this rapidly disappearing
race which will be seen with the
101 Ranch Real Wild West Show.
This gigantic aggregation will
be here on May 5th and with it
will be seen the representatives Of
every Indian tribe not yet extinct.
Many Indians have been seer
with travelling organizations 1t
as a rule they are those who have
long since become so thoroughly
civilized as to have lost all trace
with the exception of their make
up to the Indian as we have had
him pictured of the real Indian as
he was. With the l0l Ranch Wild
West Show the Indians are those
to whom the white mans ways are
being seen for the very first time.
Many of them are journeying away
from the home on the plains for
the first time and some of them
never before saw a locomotive or a
train of ars before they were in
troduced to the enes that brought
them east. They are Indians who
will give those who see them an
opportunity to study the Indian as
he was in the early days and his
mode of living as well as the
various and different industries of
the tribes. All Indians do not live
alike despite the belief to the
contrary. Their modes and voca.
tions are as varied as are those of
the many different races of the
white people. 1t is the same with
their language. No two tribes
can fully understand the tongue of
the other. However they have a
universal sign language which all
talk and il is the only medium they
have Of making themselves under
stood when not familiar with the
language of other tribes. With
the coming show will be found the
very highest representatives of
the Sioux, .Apaches, Poncas,
Arapahoes, Cheyennes. Yaquis,
Pawnees, Seminoles and in fact
every tribe that has not yet been
wiped from off the earth by
either their anemies or TIE ad-
vance Of civilizston.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03
TWO GONVICTS ESCAPE

A Reno dispatch rccci,cd this
forenoon says that Frank Webb
and james ID. Lislu, ]conviris, rs-
capped last night from the prison
farm, taking a shotgun. rifle and
horses. The state police and prison
authorities are making a search
for them. Webb has served four
terms for robbery. Iislc is q horse
thief. First trouble sine Bakers
removal.
Lisle was sentenced by Judge
Brown on October. 2. 1910. to
serve eight years in the ppnilcntiary
Tor stealing horses at Contact. His
partner, Tony Vail, was sentenced
TO six years on December IL, lgIOI
1t was generally supposed ut the
time these men were sentenced
that they were old offenders and
had prison records.
The dispatch says this i. the FIRST
trouble since Bakers removal
Isn't Baker still the warden and in
control Of the prison and all tho
prisoners? Lilsc and Webb doubt.
less planned their escape for weeks
I a-1
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03
TAFT CARRIED MASSACHUSETTS

The following telegram from
the Reno Journal gives the result
in Ma~ssachetts:
Reno, Nevada, May 1. 1912.
Independent, Elgo, Nevada.
Massachusetts, gives Taft 5000
n~sjority. Roosevelt delegates at
large elected by 1000. In view Of
Taft carrying the state Roosevelt
publicly announced that he re.
leased his right to the vote of the
delegates at large.
Journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03

The water level Of Lake Tahoe is
lower than It has been during ans
April since the year 1900, and il
has been deemed necessary by the
company having control Of the
lake to shut off the discharge
t%Hereform at the present time. 50
rs to reserve the spring lrise Of
the lake for use later on in
the season, when d water famine il
threatened.-Appeal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03

The Eureka Sentinel announces
that, barring accidents or the
inevitable. tie Eureka e. Palisude
railroad will be in active opera
tion by the 9th of May. Telegraph
service will be established as soon
as the line can he repaired.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03

The Massachusetts, republicans
sncm to have been badly mixed in
their voting. Taft was their pref.
creme for president and yet they
elected the Roosevelt delegates at
large. Some Of them evidently
got their wires crossed and killed
their votes for Taft by voting for
the R~coscvelts delegates. We
NATURALLY expected more intelligent
voting in Massachusetts.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-05-03
T%YPOPICTURE CONTEST

The printer-editor Of the Clark
County Review had a nightmare
recently in which the c]ountenance
of a prominent candidae for presi-
dent with a large hat) leered at
him from the ceiling in Topographic
calp outlines, here reproduced.
The person first guessing the
identity of the candidate will be
awarded three kicks at the hat
in the ring"
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
FORGOT POLITICS
FOR ONE DAY
Colonel Roosevelt Attended
Levee Convention and
Talked on Floods.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 2s.-Be-
cause he came here to make non
partisan speech to the Interstate
Levee Association, Colonel Roosevelt
refused requests of local bull moos-
ers to make any political speeches.
He will follow the same program at
New Orleans tomorrow, leaving poll
tics strictly alone except at confer
ences with local progressive leaders.
The candidate took plenty OF rest
today. During the last few days he
has been tired out and today actually
abandoned his usual plan Of reading
in rest time to take short nap. Col
onel Cecil Lyon acted as official
shooer-away of local committeeman
who were anxious to talk.
Making the plea that the question
of protecting the land about the low
er end of the Mississippi river is mo-
one for the people of any one localit!
to wrestle with, but that it is the dut!
of the nation to prevent great floo'
losses, Colonel Roosevelt spoke her
today at the levee convention
He recommended the use of tn
machinery now engaged In the Par
anna canal project, in making 1T i'm
possible for the Mississippi to elm
4 out Of its banks and devastate. low
lands of several southern states.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
SOUTHERN WRECK
TOOK TWO Line )
Ten Passengers Were Injured
When Four Cars Went Off
the Track.

Iunited Press Leased Wire Service.l !
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-Two per-
sons were killed and ten injured IN
wreck on the Southern Railway near
Plainville, Ga, at s:1s last night, ac-
cording to dispatches received at the
railroad headquarters here.
The dead:
MITCHELL, from Lock and Dam,
near Chattanooga.
THOMAS SCOTT, colored. aged
nine, of Rome, GA.
The injured:
owen Bowling, Clinton, Tenn, hano
and leg crushed; Mrs. j. Nj. Miller
Bonifer, Fla, fractured rib; A, G
Sanders Elk City, Okla, right arm
crushed; D. w. Bearden, baggage
master, right leg broken Six ne
groes with minor injuries.
Two sleeping cars and two coaches
were derailed. Relief and wreckine
trains were sent out from Atlanta.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
PREFER DEATH TO
RUSSIAN PR JON
Suicide and Insanity Are Very
Common in the Jails
of the Czar.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON, Sept 26.-"To be sure
suicide and insanity are common in
Russian prisons" was Prince Peter
Kropotkin's comment, at his home in
Brighton today, on the latest prison
statistics from st. Petersburg, admit
ting heavy increase lately in the
number of captives who have killed
themselves or gone mad
And am convinced added the
veteran radical, himself an exile for
many years, and once toiler in a
Siberian mine, that the brutalities in.
flicted upon political prisoners and
ordinary criminals alike, are inspired
by the central government.
1.-THE government inspector at Ku
tomar prison recently placed the politi
cal prisoners there upon the same
basis as common criminals because
they refused to answer when he ad
dressed them contemptuously al
thou. They were floeged. AS a re
suit eight took poison and five died
The rest started a hunger strike
which is still in progress
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
WHEAT PIT, NO PLACE
FOR WOMAN, SAYS LOSER

had a wealth of chestnut hair when
she made her first trade Today her
hair is gray She is suing Clement
Curtis and Company, brokers, for
$4,000 which she says she lost in
deals which the firm encouraged her
to make.
"The board of trade is no place
for woman" said Mrs, Barnard.
ITS bad enough for man. Women
can't understand trades. 1t took mo
nearly two years to learn the mean
ing of covering loss and matching
trade You can't educate men
to the board of trade. They simply
cant learn
The money which Mrs Barnard
said she lost was left her by her faith
er who was one of the founders OF
Englewood, a suburb Of this city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
GENERAL STRIKE
rs CALLED OFF
That Big I. w. w. Demonstration Has
Been Postponed Until the
Dim Future.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
LAWRENCE, Mass. Sept. 26.--
William Yates, Industrial Workers OF
the World organizer, announced today
that there will be no general strike of
workingmen as a protest against the
imprisonment since January 30 last.
of Jose Ettor and Alturo Giovannitti,
Lawrence strike leaders on charges
of accessories to the killing of Annie
Lopizzo.
The announcement follows meet,
ing here last night at which letters
from Ettor and Giovannitti were read
advising against q strike.
Organizer Yates said today that
word of the abandonment of the gen
eral strike plan will be sent to the l.
w. w. leaders of the United States
this evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
BODY GUARD OF
ASSASSIN sNEAD
Testified That He Acted Like Crazy
Man When Told Of Boyce,s
Visit to Wife.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 26,-
The Sneed- -Boyce fued which has
cost the lives of two Boyces up to
date. was further barred at today's
session of the habeas corpus hearing
by which John B. Sneed hopes to
gain his freedom after killing AL
Boyce who was planning a second
elopement with Mrs Sneed. John
Blanton, Sneed's body guard, testified
that he accompanied the millionaire
banker night and day since he killed
the elder Boyce. After Sneed's ar
rest for the second assassination.
Blanton said he guarded Mrs. Sneed
to keep her from running away with
the two children.
The fact that Mrz Sneed was about
to become mother was brought out
today.
Blanton testified that when he told
Sneed of Boyce's visits to Mrs. Sneed
at Dallas, the husband acted like a
crazy man, was unable to sleep and
carried on a continuous conversation.
Another letter from Boyce to Mrs.
| Sneed, introduced in evidence today.
said that he spent $4,000 to escape
being arrested in Canada on an abb
duction charge after tnefr elopement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
MORGAN WILL Be
FIRST WITNESS
Billion Dollar Banker to Tell What
He Knows About Campaign Con-
triNhtions to the
Republicans.
ON NEXT MONDAY
!;
Colonel Roosevelt VIII Also Be Ont
4 Of the Witnesses When the
Hearing is Re-
! sumed.
ON NEXT MONDAY

limited Press Leased Wire Seryile.l
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-To tell
what he knows of the contributions OF
the billion dollar Morgan interests to
the campaign funds of the two big
political parties in the last two or
three presidential campaigns, j. Pier
pont Morgan, New York banker, Will
| be called as the first witness before
the senate probing committee next
Monday when the committee will be-
gin Its inquisition 1t was announced
today. Morgan will not be the only
/ headliner to appear the first day
Definite announcement was also
made today that c. G. Tegethoff, priv
ate secretary to the late e. H. Har
. riman; Ormsby McHarg, who engin-
eered Colonel Roosevelt's primary
campaign last spring, and Cornelius
N. Bliss, Jr., will be called Monday.
Bliss will produce papers of his
father, former treasurer of the re-
publican national committee. which
are expected to show to what extent
the Standard Oil Co.. financed the re
3 publican party presidential campaign
4 in 1904, as charged by John D. Arch
bold and Senator Penrose.
/ Colonel Roosevelt is scheduled t.
appear Oct 4. according to the pro
gram arranged today. Congressman
William B. Mckinley President Taft
ante-convention manager, will appea
( before the committee on the followin
lRMonday. William Loeb, Jr., forme
private secretary to Roosevelt VII
follow his former chief on the stan
and will probably testify Saturday
Oct. 5, If the committee disposes Q
Roosevelt by that time.
Nearly 100 witnesses will be called
Senators Clapp, Oliver and Pomeren
will meet here tomorrow to approx
of the arrangements made by Senate
Clapp, chairman. Pomerene is arme
! with long list Of questions to pre-
pound to Roosevelt and will hav
), charge of the cross-examination of tn
). colonel
;, The hearings will be held n the ],
;, dietary committee rooms in the senat
office building. The telegraph con
! panies are busy today installing wire
\ leading directly to the room that tn
sensational testimony anticipated ma
be flashed to all parts of the countr,
:, Word was received today thu
Roosevelt will submit to cross-exan
:, ination by the committee without an
assistance from counsel although a
= witnesses may be represented t
counsel
:, Senator Penrose, a leading figul
:; in the inquiry by virtue of his asse
= ton that Standard Oil contribute
- heavily to the republican fund of 100
= is expected to arrive here Monday f,
!. all the hearings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
COMPARES MEN TO
TIGERS IN JUNGLE
just Because Women Are Not Permit
ted to Become Lawyers In
Great Britain.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.] ]
LONDON, Sept 26.-The Women's
Social and Political Union considered
today what action to take in retalia-
ton for the law society's refusal to ad-
nit women to the legal profession in
England. No decision was made but
the matter will come UP again later.
"It is monstrous that solicitors
should have the power to exclude wo-
men from their calling" said Lady
Conway. Especially in view of the
fact that men are in minority in
England. 1t is the height of injustice
for them to monopolize all the best
,, professions.
"Bven the tiger allows his mate te
hunt in the same jungle. 1t is timf
/ that men learned to initiate him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
IMPORTANT PART
OF ROBBERS HEAD
Top of it Blown Off and He
Will Hold Up No More
Street Cars.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. Sept. 26.--
With the top Of his head shot off, an
unidentified robber lies dead here to-
day, the victim of a man hunt by po-
lice and citizens after he had held up
a street car. He is believed to be the
same man who recently held up
a street car in San Mateo and fatally
wounded City Attorney Kirkbride.
The robber boarded the car before
midnight, taking s56 from the conduc
tor. Then he ordered the motorma1
to run the car without stopping for
fifteen blocks. When it reached the
Barbary Coast district, the robbel
leaped off.
Passengers sounded the alarm ane
the police took up the pursuit. They
cornered the man in blind alley
and as he raised his revolver to shoot
they fired volley at him. The bul
/ lets tore off the top of his head ant
4 he fell dead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
The State Scores.

United Press Leased Wire Service,I
AMARILLO, Texas, Sept 26.-The
state scored in the Sneed habeas cor
pus hearing when defense witness
John Pace declared John Sneed often
told him If he and AL Boyce ever met
one of them would be killed. The de-
Tense recovered ground the next mo-
ment when 1ove letters from Boyce
to Mrs. Sneed were introduced and
read. Len Boyce, brother of the muir
dered man, was forced to identity
Aps writing in the letters. Len also
admitted that his brother visited the
woman under assumed names in Fort
Worth and Dallas after their elope
ment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
ANGER CAUSED DEATH OF
CANDACE WHEELER'S FATHER

Wheeler's body, Schnallerek said:
"The fact that headstone had not
been placed at the gray, along with
the fact that the undertaker's bill had
remained unpaid, made the father
furious and increased his determine
tion to run the mystery to the ground
HE spent hours at the grave Sun
day morning, and was planning tc
visit Bowles Lake, the scene OF the
drowning. After looking at the VIII
signed by the girl, he expressed apso
lutte conviction that when she signed
her name she was either under the
Influence of nervous excitement OF
under the spell of drug.
"The letters are just scribbled, and
not written In her natural handWrit
ing"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
SMITHS COUSIN
WAS WELL PLEASED
Shook Hands With Governor
Wilson on the Defeat Of
His Relative.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW HAVEN. Conn, Sept. 26.
Governor Wilson'S trip took new
turn Of interest for the candidate to-
day, when man who had heard his
speech here edged through the crowd
and said: >
Governor, I'm relative Of =
Smith of New Jersey but | wap -
shake your hand for doing him :
He was Bernard Lynch, a .Siess
man of New Haven and sstant
cousin Of the ex-boss of y SJersey.
Governor Wilson shook SIS with
him heartily and said: .
Thank you; that's W. generous of
you"
The governor started his second
! and his busiest day with the salts
4 faction of having slept in regular
/ bed for the first time since week
ago Saturday night, just before he
left Sea Girt for his western trip. He
achieved the comfort by patronizins
the Taft house, which was built b,
Charles P. Taft, brother Of the presi
i dent.
4 1T felt mighty good to sleep in ,
4 four-legged bed" said the governor
"after sleeping so much on a two-lee
iged one"
!, Wilson also enjoyed the luxury of
bath in a regular bath, instead of !;
make-shift shower in the Pullman.
Today's program called for speeche
at Springfield, Barre and Fall Rive
Mass. The governor was muc
pleased with his receptions at Har
ford and New Haven, where immens
throngs turned out to hear him. A
each city he missed Governor Johnso
: of California, the third party cand
' date for vice president. When tol
q that they had passed each other b
tween the two towns, Wilson said:
Going in opposite directions, 6
usual