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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-03
Cash REGISTER WAS BROKEN
Conductor Refused to Run Car Far
ther Because He Couldn't
Ring Up Fares.

Wind, snow and falling temperature
were doing their worst to make the
lives Of homegoing city folk miserable
when the conductor on an uptown car
Joined forces with nature and an
nounced that everybody would have
to take the car ahead or the car be.
hind because the car wasn't going
any farther. Protests rather more
numerous and violent than common
greeted that announcement.
Cant be helped" said the con.
ductor stolidly. This car is all oul
Of fix. It amt fit to travel"
So, according to their custom when
ordered to do a thing, the crowd did
1t; but one Of the number continued
to ponder on the disability of the
abandoned car. No fuse had blown
out and 1t had run with only the or
binary noise and friction. What then
allied 1t? Presently he said to the
new conductor:
What was the matter with that
car we we're hustled out of back
there? What was broken about it?'
1.-THE cash register" said the man
"They couldn't ring up any more
fares"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-03

The above news item from Chicago is in error in stat
ing that Hans Bauder was or is president of the Austin
Manhattan Consolidated Mining company. According
to the first prospectus of the company, Mr.. Bauder was
a n member of the directorate. Our recollection is that in
the early days of financing the company, Mr.. Bauder's
efforts were devoted to the sale of stock in Switzerland,
his native home. His methods, as subsequently disclosed,
was to purchase large blocks OF Austin Manhattan stocks
and then sell the same to Europeans at about four times
the cost, he, himself, making the Eake-off. His business
seems to have been that of a broker and .speculator in
stocks upon an extensive scale. He evidently did to Man
haitian what Barney Baruch of New York was said to
have done to Gold6eld Consolidated during the panic.
Another interesting story that appears in the papers
about Bauder was that of his return to America, making
the trip on the same vessel that brought Roosevelt home
from Africa. Coming over, he SO impressed the Colonel
with financial affairs i'll Europe, that he was asked to be a
guest at Oyster Bay, so that his views might be obtained
in more extensive form. But the immigration authorities
so the newspapers said, detained Bauder at Ellis Island
on a very grave charge. Anyhow, he never had the
pleasure of entertainment at Oyster Bay and Roosevelt
still has a vacancy In his store of knowledge of financial
and commercial affairs of Europe.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-03
How the EIHeI Tower Moves.

That the Eiffel Tower moves daily
In a vertical and horizontal sense has
long been beyond doubt. Apart from
the scientific laws of expansion and
contraction, which inevitably affected
1t, one could see 1t during a gale sway.
ing from side to side. Blu. its vertical
movements were a mere matter Of
conjecture until M. Guillaume under
took to Investigate them. He shows
that the great iron structure may vary
an inch in height every day. The ele.
walton or depression is not equally dis.
tributed, as only one OF its sides may
be affected by tho rise or fall Of the
temperature, and thus the tower may
be compared to a person shifting his
weight alternately from one foot to
the other.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-03
Laughable Practical Joke.

An amusing scene was witnessed in
a Birmingham, England, street, the
other day. An ingenious person tied
the reel of a fishing rod to a lamp
post near the bottom Of the street and
fixed the hook in the back of a friends
overcoat near the neck. The result
was that the person walked up the
street gradually unwinding the line
and causing the many people wishing
to cross the much frequented thor.
oughfare either to go under the line
or to wait until the fun was finished.
The man hearing the hook and unroll.
ing the line walked up the street with
great dignity and contentmert until
ne reached the next CROSS street where
he was informed of the inconvenience
he was causing.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-03
SWITZERLAND IS AFTER
PROMINENT CHICAGO BROKER

Chicago, Feb. 21.-Hans Bauder, president of the
International Realty Association, and head of the saw,
ings banks in Basic and Zurich, Switzerland, was ar
rested here today by officers on complaint of the Swiss
government. 1t was charged that Bauder swindled citi-
.zens of Switzerland out of nearly 100000 by fraudulent
bank and mining schemes. He was held without bail
pending extradition proceedings.
AS president OF the Austin Manhattan Consolidated
Mining company, a Nevada concern, Bauder is alleged
to have returned to Switzerland, his native country,
two years ago and sold several hundred dollars worth of
stock. Investigators employed by the Swiss government
charge that the stock is worthless.
While negotiating the stock sales Bauder-is said to
have opened the banks in the Swiss cities. 1t is charged
that 800, 900 of deposits in the institutions are missing.
Bauder said he was not guilty when arraigned before
the United States commissioner here.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-03
Festival Of Old Maids.

st. GATHERINGS Day, the festival OF
old maids, was celebrated gaily in thu
Rue de la Paix. Paris.
1t is the custom in Paris dressmak-
ing establishments for the workgirls
on November rs to crown with white
caps those comrades who, during the
year, have reached the ago Of Is. The
other girls put on caps of various
kinds, and carry sprigs Of orange bios
som. During the AFTERNOON, II the head
OF the business is generous, they drink
the health Of the old maids in cham
payne.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-03

Entered ~ the Elko postofne for transmission
through the mails as second-elass matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04

calling, Hands up" He Of course put W
his hands, and then said. "Oh. come; I
was only Joking" to which / answered,
well, I am not. Now straighten your
legs and let your rifle go to the ground"
He demonstrated, saying the rife would
go off, and l told him to let II 60 on.
However, he Strengthened his legs In such
fashion that II came to the ground with
out a Jar. / then made him move 5ack,
and picked up the rifle. BY this tin he
was quite sober, and really did not seem
angry, looking at me quizzicaly. He told
me that IL would give him back his rife
he would call II quits and we could go
en- together. / did not think 1t best TO
trust him, so told him that our hunt was
pretty we'll through, anyway, and that
would 90 home. There was blasted
pine on the trail, in plain view of the
camp, about a mile off. and / told him
that would leave his rife at that blasted
pine II I could see him in camp. but that
he must not come after me, for II he did
| should assume that II was with hostile
intent and would shoot. He said he had
no intention of coming after me, and as
he was very much crippled with rheuma-
tism, did not believe he would do So
Accordingly took the liitle mare, with
nothing but some -four, bacon and tea.
and my bed-roll, and started off. At the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04

means sure that it had fixedly hostile
intentions, and. indeed. with my present
experience, / think il likely that II ! had
not fired IL would have linched at the last
moment and either retreated or gone by
me. But / am not rhinoceros nina
reader, and its actions were such as to
warrant my regarding it'as suspicious
character 1 stopped it with couple OF
bullets, and then followed IT up ana
killed it. The skins Of all these animals
which / thus killed are in the National
Museum at Washington.
But, as / said above, the only narrow
escape | met with was not from one OF
these dangerous African animals, pu'
from a grizzly bear 1t was about twenty
four years ago. | had wounded the bear
lust at sunset. in wood of lodge pole
pines, and, following him. l wounded nm
again. as he stood On the other SIDE OF a
thicket. He then charged through the
brush, coming with such speed and WIN
such an irregular gait that, try as l
would, / was not able to get the sight OF
my rife on the brain-pan, though MT
him very hard with both the remaining
barrels of my magazine winchester. III
was in the days of black powder, ana the
smoke hung After my last shot the hrst
thing / saw was the bears left paw as ne
struck at me. so close that / made a
Quick movement TO one Side. lie was
however, practically already dead ana
after another jump and while In the very
act of trying to turn to come at me, he
collapsed like a shot rabbit.
BY the way, | had the most exasperat-
ing time trying to bring in his skin |
was alone, travelling on foot with one very
docile little mountain mare for PACK
pony. The little mare cared nothing foi
bears or anything else, so there was nc
difficulty in packing her. But the man
without experience can hardly realize the
worl, II was to get that bear-skin off the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04

on hunting trips twenty years ago. When
got back to camp the old fellow was
sitting on a tree trunk, very erect, with
his rifle across his knees, and In response
TO my nod OF greeting he merely leered
at me- / leaned my rife against tree
walked over 10 where my bed was lying
and, happening to rummage in 1t for
something, I found the whiskey flask was
empty. | turned on him al once and ac-
cused him of having drunk 1t, to which
ne merely responded by asking what L
was going TO do about II. There did
not seem much to do, so / said that we
would part company-we were only four
or five days from a settlement-and l
would go i'm alone. taking one OF the
horses. He responded by cooking his
rifle and saying that | could go alone and
be damned to me, but | could not take
any horse. l answered "all right that
If | could not / could not. and began TO
move around to get some -four and salt
pork. lie was msled by my quietness
and bv the fact that had not in any way
resented either his actions or his language
during the days we had been together,
and did not watch me as closely as he
ought To have done. He was sitting with
the cooked rifle across his knees, the muz-
zle 10 the left Ny rifle was leaning
against a tree near the cooking things to
his right Managing to get near II,
whipped it up and threw the bead on him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04

r HAVE shot only five kinds of animals
which could fairly be called danger
l. GUS game-that is. the lion, elephant
rhinoceros and buffalo in Africa and the
big grizzly bear a quarter of century
ago in the Rockies. Taking into account
not only my own personal experience
hut the experience of many veteran
hunters. ! regard all the four African
,nimals, but especially the lion elephant
md buffalo. as much more dangerous
than the grizzly. AS II happened. how
ever. the only narrow escape ! personally
ever had was from a grizzly, and In
Africa the animal killed closest TO me as
Il was charging was rhinoceros-ali OF
which goes to show that man must not
generalize too broadly from his own per-
Nnal experiences. on the whole | think
the lion the most dangerous of all these
i've anmals-that is, / think that, II
fairly hunted, there is a larger percent
age of hunters killed or mauled for
given number of lions killed than for
given number Of any one of the other
animals. Yet / personally had no dill
eulties with lions. / twice killed lions
which were at bay and just starting to
charge, and I killed a heavy named male
while It was in full charge. But in each
instance had plenty of leeway, the ami
nal being so far off that even If my bullet
had not been fatal l should have had
time for a couple more shots. The Al
rican buffalo is undoubtedly a dangerous
beast, but IL happened that the few that
shot did not charge. A bull elephant
vicious rogue" which had been killing
people in the native villages, did charge
before being shot at My son Kermit and
] stopped II at forty yards. Another bull
elephant. also unwounded, which charged.
hearty got me. as / had just fired both
cartridges from my heavy double-bar-
relied rife in killing the bull was after
he first wild elephant | had ever seen.
ne second bull came through the thick
efush TO my left like steam plough
through a light snowdrift, everything
swapping before his rush, and was so
near that he could have hit me with his
trunk / slipped past him behind a tree.
reople have asked me how / felt on this
occasion. My answer has always teen
ma' suppose felt as most men of like
experience feel on such occasions. Al
ssch moment hunter is SO very busy
"a' ne has no time to get frightened.
ne wants to get in his cartridges and
uy another shot
nninoceros are truculent, clustering
seds's' much the most stupid of all the
'siserous game / know. Generally their
s'''ude is one of mere stupidity and
nun But on occasions they do charge
"'cHedy, both when wounded and when
.nufeiy unprovoked The first ever shot
mortally wounded at a few rods dis
lance and II charged with the utmost de-
summation, whereat and my companion
O'h nred and more by good luck than
a~uhing else brought II to the ground
'sss 'hirteen PAGES from where we stood.
N"o'her rhinoceros may or may not have
en meaning to charge me: / have never
'een certain which. 1t heard us and came
~ US through rather thick brush. snort
* and tossing its head. l am by no
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04

carcass and then to pack IL. wet. slippery
and heavy. so that II would ride evenly
Oh the pony. ! was at the time fairly
well versed in packing with diamond
hitch" the standby of Rocky Mountain
packers in my day; but the things ! was
accustomed 10 pack were not wet ana
slippery With infinite labor | would get
the skin on the pony and run the ropes
over il until 10 all seeming II was fastened
properly. Then of we would start, ana
after going about one hundred yards |
would notice the hide beginning To bulge
through between the ropes | would shirt
one of them aud then the hide would
bulge somewhere else. / would SHIFT the
rope again: and sim the hide would how
slowly out as if il was lava. The first
thing / knew it would come down on one
side. and the little mare, with her feet
planted resolutely. would wait for me to
perform my part by getting that bear
skin back in its proper place on the Nc
Clelan saddle which | was using as q
makeshift pack saddle The feat of Kill
ing the bear the previous day sank into
nothing compared with the feat OF making
the bear-skin ride properly as pack on
the following three days.
The reason why was alone In the
mountains on this occasion was because
for the only time in all my experience,
had a difficulty with my guide. He was
a crippled old mountain man. with pro-
found contempt for "tenderfeet." a con
tempt that in my case was accentuated
by the fact that | wore spectacles-whicn
at that day and in that region were
usually held to Indicate defective m oral
character In the wearer. He had never
previously acted as guide, or. as he ex-
pressed it. "trundled a tenderfoot." ana
though a good hunter, who showed me
much game. our experience together was
not happy. He was very rheumatic and
/ liked to lie abed late, so that / usually
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04

had to get breakfast, and, in fact, do
the most of the work around camp
Finally, one day he declined TO go out
with me, saying that he had pam
W men, that afternoon, got back to camp
/ speedily found what the pain was
We were travelling very light, indeed,
having practically nothing but my buffalo
sleeping bag. my wash XII ana q PAR
of socks. I had also taken mask OF
whiskey for Observation-Disclosures, as L
foi nd that the emergencies never arose
and that tea was better than whiskey
when a man was cold or done out L
abandoned the practice of taking wniskey
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04

Continued on second page.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-05-02
In Conference in )ersev Civ TODAY
After Two Rousing Meetinps in
Newark and Elizabeth Last Night
FLAYS THE OLD PARTY BOSSES

today engaged
hand to hand with the of his party in New
addressed
gatherings Elizabeth he conference JERSEY
effort is being made the differences bill that
will the which the majority will
stick Tonight President meeting Jersey
City.
President realizes
his into the control Of
that system which ruled He makes plain
that
pledges
his ringing night President Wilson eahed
the old Democratic machine
with defeated constitutional
which called Fielder
the the his
q lending OF
personality his high the
with his position.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-05-02
ANOTHER PART
Is ELIMINATED
Excise Board Cut Out Sec
tlon Labelling Bottles of
Retail Goods.
HEALTH BOARD MATTER
Boshm Fails In Effort to
Have Reform Measure In
serted In Ordinance.
HEALTH BOARD MATTER

Further evidence that excise re-
form is not desired by the present
Board of Excise Commissioners, at
least at this time, was shown last
night, when new supplement to the
excise ordinance was trimmed to
three instead of four sections. Com
missioner Daniel Boehm tried in vain
to have clause inserted, which
would tend to keep saloons closed
during prohibitory hours, but the
clique in control over ruled him.
A supplement providing only for
strict observance of the hotel laws
and licensing of billiard establish
ments, was passed upon second
reading. Section No. 3 of the pro-
posed supplement, which provided
that retail liquor dealers should
properly label all bottles to show
what they contained, was withdrawn.
The commissioners generally recog-
nized the fact that they had no au-
thority to include that in the excise
ordinance as they thereby stepped
upon the toes Of the State Board of
Health.
Mr.. Boehm made motion to
withdraw the section In question and
substitute one that would prevent
any person other than the proprietor
or his authorized employees to go in
bar room during prohibitory hours,
and then only to clea and to attend
to fires. Failure to observe this
provision would make It evident that
Illegal business was being transact
ed and would make the proprietor
liable to fine of $40. The new sec
ton was not favored by any one of
the other three commissioners. Con-
sequently Mr.. Boehm's motion was
not carried. President Hansen re-
peatedly informed Mr.. Boehm that
the section had been included In the
original supplement and had been
stricken out together with several
other sections. Mr.. Boehm admitted
that, but claimed 1t was a good op-
portunity to put it In In place of sec
tion 3, as it would hurt no one and
might do some good. A motion by
Commissioner Gallagher to with
draw section was seconded by Com
missioner Seaman and carried.
Ten applications for renewal of
saloon licenses and three for re-
newal OF bottling licenses were
granted collectively and unanimous
Continued on page 3D.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-05-02
IST. NATIONAL
IN SCHEUER'S
Authentic Rumors of Big
Changes in Business Section

The First National bank has
leased and intends to remove to the
former Scheuer building at Smith
street and New Brunswick avenue,
according to good authority. From
those directly interested little can be
learned. Sigmund Spitzer, owner OF
the building smiled and said there
WAS nothing definite yet," when
asked II the bank had leased the
ground floor. 8. M. Jacobson, man
ager for the Scheuer interests in this
city, declared today that no definite
statement could be made concerning
the transaction until tomorrow af-
ternoon. He said the court had al
lowed the Scheuers until tomorrow
noon to take possession Of property
they purchased Tuesday. They pur-
chased the chain Of Scheuer stores
for $4,000. 1t was then stated
that all the stores, including the
one at Smith street and New Bruins
wick avenue in this city, would be
conducted as formerly.
1t Is now learned that the bank
has sold it's lease ON the Haney
building at 110 Smith street, which
has two years yet to run. Those in
charge of the Haney estate declare
it is likely that wholesale liquor
firm of New York city will locate
there. From other sources it is
learned that the lease has been Sc
cured by firm of local merchants
Another report is that the Merchants
and Mechanics Trust Company that
was organized some time ago will oc-
cupy the premises. Harry Conard,
cashier of the bank, could not be
seen today to be questioned on the
subject. Report has it that should
the Scheuers vacate the Splitter
building they will go to 81 State
street, now occupied by Connolly 3,
Qsterhout as saloon. This would
give the store an entrance on both
State street and New Brunswick
avenue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-05-02
RUMORS ABOUT
| FERRY MATTER
Dock Commissioner of New
York "StllI Considering"
Question of Franchise
ACTION is MYSTERIOUS
Unusual Delay Cause of Many
Rsports--0Re That B. & 0.
Is Playing Game.
ACTION is MYSTERIOUS

Just how soon boats of the Perth
Amboy and Tottenville Ferry Com
pany will be in operation between
this city and Tottenville is the sub
ject of much comment. When the
company received it's franchise from
this city it was stated that in all
probability the line would be start
ed May 1, which was yesterday.
There is nothing doing, however and
as yet work has not been started on
the slips. Officials of the company
declare the delay is to the fact
that Dock Commissioner Smith, of
New York, has not granted the COM
pany the necessary franchise to op-
crate from Tottenville. Application
was made before the dock commits
sioner some time ago and it was
believed that there would be no de-
lay in securing it. The dock COM
missioner when questioned always
replies that he is still considering it.
AS result Of the unusual delay
and inactivity Of the company which
the officials state is due to the New
York franchise being held back,
numerous rumors are In circulation
as to the real reason. The one that
has gained the most ground is that
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Is
back of the new company and Is us
ing 1t to get absolute control of the
present ferry. Another part of the
same rumor is that the B. & o. help
ed organize the new company so It
could force the s. I. r. T. to terms.
Just what connection the B. & o.
has with the present ferry Is not
known, but the general belief was
that 1t controlled 1t. If this is the
case the rumor would appear very
vague.
Another rumor which was In cir
culation last week was that the
Perth Amboy Company had sold out
to the Staten Island Rapid Transit.
This, however, WAS emphatically de-
MED by G. C. Baldwin, president of
the company. Most of the rumors
come from Staten Island, where they
are being generally discussed. Sew
eral prominent Tottenville men last
night repeated the rumors to a
NEWS man and said they had heard
them in Stapleton. Just how much
credenee can be given the reports
is question, but at any rate it can
not be denied that there is the scent
of mystery in connection with the
new ferry matter.
Numerous efforts have been made
by the EVENING NEWS to run
down the rumors, but their source is
hard to find and officials and those
in a position to give real facts, when
interviewed make positive denials
and give the same reason for the de-
lay that the commissioner is still
considering" Last week the
NEWS telephoned to the general Of
fee of the s. I. r. T. in New York
and asked II 1t were true that they
had bought out the Perth Amboy
Company. In reply they referred the
questioner to the officials of the new
company. The local concern, as pre-
viously stated emphatically denied
the report.