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The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1914-03-06

classified while buried beneath a
foot of snow following the January
storm, to the knowledge of the
Record-Courier, but that should not
complicate things in the least. The
tax commission has notified the
assessor that his office will be sup
piled with instructions for fixing
land classification and his assess
ments will be made in accordance
with such instructions.
The assessor has been asked to
make up the roll with a typewriter,
and will do so. provided that the
county will buy machine for his
office and furnish a stenographer to
operate it.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1914-03-06
Born.

CANoNlCA At Genoa. Sunday
March lst, 1914. 10 the wife of
Martin Canonica. a daughter.
SELklRK At Gardneryille. Neya-
da, Sunday. March lst, l9llto the
wife of h. Selkirk. a daughter.
SPltlNGMEYER In Carson Valley,
Wednesday. March 18th, 1911. 10
the wife of Herman Springmeyer.
Il SON
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1914-03-06

]. Il. Osborne, blind editor of the
Oakland World. and prominent
socialist speaker of California, will
give a lecture on socialism at Val
halla Hall. Tuesday evening, March
18th at s o'clock.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1914-03-06

Total S2. .65
BY order of the Nevada Sheep
Commission "A tax of 40 cents on each
500 assessed valuation on sheep
was levied for the sheep inspection
fund.
Board adjourned sen die.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1914-03-06

D. Wennhold. who recently under
went an operation at San Francisco,
has returned to his home in this
Valley
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1914-03-06
TAX RATE
FIXED AT $2.65

The County Commissioners met at
Genoa Monday and transacted the
following business: Chairman j. l..
Campbell was absent on account of
illness.
A budget was made up of the
estimated cost of conducting the
public business Of the county for the
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1914-03-06
Championship Basketball Game

Friday evening March 18th the will with Reno
decide the state championship which between the The
be Carson Valley Club hall
by mutual of members Of both No advantage
floor be claimed either all things will
equal this respect expected that this will be witnessed by
a record breaking crowd
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1914-03-06

Dr.. NJ. S. Sweet, who recently
underwent AN operation in a Reno
hospital. returned to Gardnerpile
this week.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1914-03-06

Carl Hansen left for his Smith
Valley farm this week and will be
busy for some time with spring
work.
The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1914-03-06

Mrs. Sharkey Of Reno will be at
Rahbeck's hotel, Saturday and Sun
day, March 2l and %, with a com
plete line of ladies' hats.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
GENERAL ATTACK
BY REBEL FORCES
Desperate Fighting In Progress
Around City of Saltillo-Cou-
riers Bringing In the News

TORREeN, MEN. May tT.-~Pre-
aminary to the general engagement al
Saltillo. which is believed to have
started in earnest today. numerous
minor battles were fought yesterday
and this morning between federal de
tAchments retreating TO Saitillo and
rebel forces moving 10 the general at
tack.
Details of those engagements are be
Ing brought here by eouriers and they
show that desperate fighting Is in prog
ress all around Saltillo, while the main
rebel army is attacking the city proper
AT FrauSvFD on the rHtfwrv- between
Saltilio and Monterey, twenty-five ted
erals and twenty rebels were killed
and more than 100 wounded in both
armies, when a thousand federals re-
treating from Monclova to Saltillo were
attacked by a rebel force OF three
hundred, which had been sent cut &c
protect the railroad lines. The rebels
had artillery and used it effectively
the federals taking flight soon after
The field pieces opened up. Thirty fed
erals were captured.
The battle at Ramos Arispe was a
rebel voctory and today the forces oi
General Paoul Madero moved on from
that point to join in the general en-
gagement at Saltillo.
General PaDcho Villa Is personally
directing the Saltillo battle. and he
also is preventing the newspaper cor
respondents from seeing the battle OF
from sending out any OF the details.
Net until the battle ends. Villa told
the correspondents, will the story Of
the fight be told to the world.
Rebel soldiers returning from the
front, however. tell OF desperate fight
ing and Of stubborn federal resist
ance.
The victory at Saltillo, If it proves
victory, will be IA costly one, these
men say. They look for a repetition
Of the Torreon battle, in which this
rebel losses greatly exceed that of the
federas. although the federais finally
were defeated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
100000 SOLDIERS,
100000 A DAY
TO STOP WARFARE
Ex-P resident Taft Says IF Force
of Hardened Mexicans Con-
front Us, We Will Have
Much Trouble
Waste Of Years
Hardens Soldiers
Mediation May Result In
Greatly Strengthening Power
of Monroe Doctrine and Pre-
vention of Unjust lnterven-
ton of European Powers

NEW YORK. May l7.---Ex-Pres
dent Taft. speaking on the subject OF
international Peace at peace
Sunday meeting in the Free Syna-
gogte, at Carnegie hall, today, said
IF We are to be involved in war
because of Mexican affairs, let us
have it fully understood that we go
into Ii in the service of mankind. as
the president phrases it, and not upon
the issue of mere punctilio in ma
val ceremonial"
When the service began RAJ bt Wise
stepped forward and said that II there
was any man or woman In the au-
dienee who wanted TO speak he would
welcome them 10 the stage. and ask
ed the Indulgence OF his congregation.
II have heard said he. that some
men and women have threatened to
interrupt the service. II there be
any interruption ! trust the person
wishing to be heard would interrupt
me and not the distinguished and
welcome guest Of the hour There
will be no arrests and no person will
he elected. My people and / are n ot
afraid OF the truth"
There was few minutes suspense.
but nor voice Was heard IN the con-
greFation.
oscar s. Stratus introduced Mr.. Taft,
IN the course Of his remarks. Mr..
Taft said:
Il yield 10 no man In my earnest
desire for peace and In my detesta-
fion Of war: but an advocacy Of peace
that ignores conditions and takes no
note OF what is practical is futile and
ineffective. Threatened war between
two stable nations is much easier to
deal with than such a condition rs
this which confronts MS In Mexico.
Waste OF Years.
"A three yearr war has laid waste
the country; destroyed its industry
and exposed all foreigners resident
in the country to iawless violence and
nil their investments there to de-
struction. 1t has. in fact, become an
international nuisance. In such a
case neighboring country may prop
erly intervene and help the forces of
law and order to end such anarchy.
last as II wishes to live in a quiet
neighborhood, and not from q spirit
c. conquest and greed OF territory.
If the available military force Of
men trained and made hardy hy the
wars that have been going on In
Mexico for the last three years were
to he nassed against our troops we
should need a much larger force than
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
The First Virginian to Fall At
Vera Cruz Buried With Mill
tary Honors at Pulaski Yes
terday
Thousands Follow
Body to the Grave
Remains Borne on Caisson By
Four Black Horses Under
Military Escort-Union Vet
eran Sounds Taps at Conclu-
sion of Ceremony

PULASKI, VA, May lT.--F1ve
thousand people. citizens of Southwest
Virginia, paid tribute to the remains
of W. Henry Pulliam. formerly first
class fireman on the y. s. S. Utah, who
was fatally wounded when American
marines were landed at Vera Cruz
on April 22d, from which wounds he
succumhed on May 9Th. Puiliam.
who was th!rty-two years Of age, Is
the first Virginian to die In the affair
with Mexico.
The body arrived at this place Fri
day night, and since that time has
lain In state first at the armory of
the local military company, and this
morning II was transferred to the
courthouse where thousands viewed
the easket, which WAS embarked with
floral designs, presented by various
local organizations and the military
companies Of this section
The burial was military In every
particular. Ten members Of the
Roanoke military company. under
command Of Lieutenant Speese, were
active pall~bearers. Instead of regu-
lar hearse. an old caisson. used in
the War Between the States, was ar
hanged in such q manner that the
casket could be carried over the
three inch cannon. This was pulled
by four black horses, and was pre-
csded hy The Pulaski band, and fol-
lowed bv the Pulaski military COM
Tany sixty strong, the officers Of the
Kadfaga military company: friends
ara Tgrrrrtcrx Of .sf.~ aaisisass- the ,aca-
camp os Confederate veterans. forty
strong representatives from the va
r5eus organizations Of the town, and
hey aenais ~ Pulaski and Radford.
Significant facts connected with the
bur.at were that .taps" sounded by
s79eler Frank Stein. a Union veteran
ne the War Between the states. and
that the only individual present who
MAS known 10 have seen actual ser
sice IN naval warfare was q Cnnfed-
erate veteran. Captain X. F. Gill, OF
Raeford,
The funeral services were begun on
the courthouse steps. being conducted
by Kew Ed Johnson. OF Radfard.
Who MAS assisted by Rev. James T.
Trnllinger, a Confederate veteran. a
member az the Stonewall brigade. and
we're concluded at lakewood cemetery
with taps" by Bugler Stein.
puiiiam was educated in the Pulaski
rutiic schools and visited in this city
asst May He Is survived by his
rather three brothers snd two sis
ters He entered the United States
navy nine years ago,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
Secretary of the Commonw
James Doesn't Think His
discretion" Was Cause q
Discharge d
Clerk Confessed
To Private C,ra|
Secretary of State First lntin
ton That This Game WG
Being Worked c . M
Through the Virginian !.
sured 1t Won't be Repeated

Colonel g. q. James, secretA4y n
the Commonwealth, reiterated ias
communication to The Virginian xl
terday his Ignorance of the fact H.
his chief clerk, James NJ. Hayesy9
was using his name and the stattQ14
Of the office to procure list a.
registered voters of the State ford
own purposes,
The first hint that the secretary
state had that his chief clerk wAa n
ing the office for private graft CO..
through The Nirginian. He has ~
certained by Mr.. Hayes own adMl9
sion, that Mr.. Hayes has been sec.
ing these lists for various purpceN
for ten or twelve years. Within
his knowledge.
Armed with this information On
the clerks admission he has gfN1
orders that the offense shall not n
repeated. ~
He does not think that the Ofke41
constitutes sufficient cause for &
StiS ttEElS}'fii w IFfiipNds III las 4Ss414l
clerk for the reason that Mr.. Hay
has been a very valuable ofi0s4@
and in the light Of positive tnstKul
lions" will not repeat the indlacEl
ton" TN
Secretary Janfes' communicate
follows: i
TO the Editor OF The RichmoH
Nirginian. ss
| Sir.---As / have said before. I'M
| nothing OF my chief clerk. Mr.. JAAG
NJ. Hayes, Jr., securing a list * N
registered voters of the State In r.
name. and while | am of the opluN
that Mr.. Hayes made a mistake
using my name and the stationefy1
the office In connection with securaN
this list, I do not think that his uI4
take constitutes sufficient ground n
me to either suspend or remove IN
from office A
He is and has been very va1uAG
official and | am sure that thissS
discretion on his part will not hOs4!
peated and | have given positfva
structions TO this effect.
Mr.. Hayes informs me that he IT,
been getting these lists for vAr4dl
purposes for ten or twelve yAGl
without any expense to this of1cesM
Continued on Second Page.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
Wilson for Radical Reorganiza-
ton of Present System of
Land Holding In Mexico Is
Base of Settlement
Otherwise Victory
Would Be Useless
Tampico Flag Incident Now
Mere Side Issue to Wiping
Out of Dictators and Adjust
ment of All Internal Diff
culties

WASHINGTON. May t7~-The pro-
gram. which United States officials
have in mind for the permanent set
tlement OF the Mexican situation, goes
far beyond the mere elimination of
Huerta from the provisional presi-
dency. 1t contemplates radical re-
organization Of the present system OF
land holding In Mexico.
Surprising as this statement is. It
was learned today on the best of au-
thority that Washington government
Is prepared 10 insist upon this re-
form in any settlement OF the MeXi~
can situation. The president and his
advisers are convinced that the elimi-
nation of the present semi-feudal land
holding system In Mexico and the
opening up of these vast properties to
ownership by the poems are funda-
mental TO a complete and permanent
restoration Of peace in Mexico.
The administration will insist upon
assurances of this reform even II Car
rama and Villa are in control at
Mexico City. -----------
There is good reason. intact, 10 be-
lieve that President wilson. In the
event of a constitntionalist victory.
will withhold recognition from the
Carranza government until absolute
pledges of this character lTave been
given. AS viewed by administration
leaders any settlement Of the Mexican
situation, which does not provide for
the elimination of the present sys-
tern of land ownership by small
group OF favored individuals Is Ger
tain to fail
There will follow repetition Of the
scenes Of the last two years under
new leaders. and with possibly new
troops. but the spirit of discomfort,
and revolution Will, II is conte nded,
! be Just as strong as It Is today.
| Huerta. ss the administration has
now come 10 view the situation in the
southern republic. merely typefies a
system of government in Mexico
which must be destroyed before the
United States can hope for any per
manent peace and order on It's south
ern border.
Such a course. II Will he commended
constitutes a medaliHe with Nexicn-S
International affairs, which, up 10
this time, have never been suggested
in the presidents negotiations with
the Huerta government.
How far this fundamental question
Of change in Mexico's system of
land ownership will enter into the
proposals by the American representa-
Confined on Second Page.}
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
COMPANY BUMK[D, !
CLAIMS GAfFI
Money Thrown Away If IN
Haven Company Puts
81, 100000

NEW YORK. May 17.--Jantea3
Gaffney. close personal and pol39l
friend of Charles +. Murphy
formerly a member of contr1N4
companies with which relatives az \
Tamnnany leader were aSacCt9&
said today that the New York,
Haven and Hartford Railroad c@
pany was "bunked" IL, as Mr.. Mey
has testified. they paid s1.2oe.000 IN
fiuence' the board of estimate atSE
time they were asking for cox4M
notifications in the original franEl
nf the New York, West Chest0f III
Boston railroad.
MIR. Gaffney declared that th0S
litical influence of the late inspN<I
Thomas Byrnes. through whom Mon
says he worked, was a joke, and tl
at the very time when. as Meilen m&5
Byrnes was getting things dOna ~
him, the inspector was at loggerh&M1
with Big Tim Sullivan and with ltl6
men Of political prominence WHO mt11
have brought pressure TO bear on "a
board of estimate. sSs
AS for the contract TO build tn
tracks from Port Morris to MN
Rochelle for the New Haven ra31re
Mr. GaTney said it was his rec0fb9VkN
that the New York Contracting &3
{ futhii1E COMPANY. Va WIt&tl H.
general manager and of which thu z
John j Murphy, brother Of the sE44
many leader, was president, NA~#
fact the lowest bidder, M0reovOrYs
Gaffney said the contract was sa0&
posed of at a handsome pfotits uN&3
he ever say that II was. sS$4
MIR Gaffney was asked II II W&xI
true that as u member of the fA1A1<
commission OF the board of 41d&x
lin 1904 he helped to report 0}1k
ordinance giving the West GllX
company its franchise. s#
IF my memory is correct. ha
that ordinance was reported thai
day that the PENNSYLVANIA ra3l&
ordinance was up. | voted
both of them. The labor unt0n
making a fight on both franch34
cause they did not contain AtGN&
labor clauses. That Is the re-
voted against both Of them.
II never heard of political 3H
being brought to bear on t643
Of estimate, and I don't the1
could have brought UP thAA
You might have Influenced TT
but you couldn't buy them.
-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
REBEL FORCES ARE
UNDER SUSPICION
Maybe Constituencies Are
Extorting Money From Own
ers of Oil Fields

WASHINGTON. May I7-BriEa-
dier-General Funston reported from
Vera Cruz today that the Mexicans
had dynamtted and destroyed the San
Francisco bridge on the line OF the
Inter-oceanic railway, twenty eig hit
miles out from Vera Cruz.
This bridge was one OF the most
important on the line of the Inter
oceanic. and It's destruction greatly
increased the difficulty OF this route
for an American invasion to Mexico
City.
The San Francisco bridge crossed
the Antigua ravine, and was "a feet
In length and fourteen feet high. The
Tnter-oceanic Ia a narrow guage line.
and has not been used for the re-
moval Of refugees from Mexico City
It also has been the second choice as
a. route for the American troops to
the Mexican capital. the broad guage
line Of the Mexican Central being
preferable.
General Funston does not say how
the San Francisco bridge was de-
stroyed. or by whom, but apparently
it was the work Of the federal troops
General Funston also reported a
rumor that General Navarette. the
federal commander. Is in the neigh
borhood OF Vera Cruz, with a force
Of three thousand men.
The fact Of the actual blowing up
Of the bridge was not so discomfort
ing to the Washington officials as was
the evidence which 1t presented OF
the continued activity Of Huerta's
forces almost within the shadow OF
Vera Cruz. This uneasiness was in
creased by the suggestion by General
Funston of the nea<ness Of the Next
can commander. with his three thou-
sand followers.
Additional Charge.
The likelihood is that the United
States will cite the blowing up OF
this bridge to the mediators as an
additional charge that Huerta has
violated the armistice.
The blowing up of the railroad
bridge, while causing some worry to-
day. is not to be compared with the
situation growing out OF the execu-
ton OF Private Parks. and develop
nients TN Tampico. relating to the oil
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
FIRST CARGO TODAY
THROUGH BIG CANAL

PANAMA, May 1.-THE channel
through the Cucuracha slide was
completed today and the first COM
mereial cargo to go through the
canal 1900 tons of sugar from
Hawai-! In New York, Will start at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning on three
barges in tow Of a tug. The sugar
was delivered by the Hawaiian Amer
lean company ship Alaska at the Pa
cific entrance at the canal, and Will
be loaded on the steamer Oregonian
at the Atlantic entrance for shipment
70 New York. The first trip through
he canal Will thus be made by barges
with a commercial cargo instead OF
by an American naval vessel as had
been geerally expected
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
LOOKING AFTER
TAMP|eO'S HEALTH

VERA CRUZ. May l7.-Dr.
Guiteras, OF the health service. has
gone to Tamplco with the consent OF
the constitutionalists who control the
place, to investigate the sanitary situ-
alton there. Tampico is believed To be
In very unsanitary condition and
breeding spot for yellow fever, small
pox and malaria
After completing his work at Tampi-
co. DR. Ciuiteras will 60 To Havana,
where the bubonic pleague appeared
short time ago.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
Comparison and Contrast


be
aliases the liquor old
is shot fuller of holes.
The following of
the trend of the and influential press of land:
s essential in paying our govern
m
all Ii a manfa tr n crah the alcancr crime
h drunken in Masach u
p o amidst ed % t Of
$
p how tina cen o criminal in
n by habit" The stoon stand n he same
o $ the gam erwhf sa har hand an
is
No
used defeat Virginia
Of nation are going TO
PUT THE ABOVE THE DOLLAR
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
Astor Yacht on
Way to Chesapeake

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Yacht
Mona. with Vincent Aston and his
bride aboard, left the anchorage which
it took up Saturday night in the
Hudson river opposite West Eighty
sixth street today. The yacht is be-
lieved to l,e on her way to Chesa-
peake bay. carrying the young couple
on honeymoon. which has been de-
layed because OF Mr.. Astors illness.
The Nou,a left Rhinebeck Saturday
afternoon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
FIVE SURVIVORS;
AWFUL DISASTER
Narrowing Tale Of Suffering
and Death Comes Up From
the Sea

HALIFAX. N. g.. May 17.--w,th
Ave men aboard. the victims OF a
most narrowing disaster, and the
most trying experience in the history
OF navigation on the Atlantic ocean,
the United States revenue cutter
Seneca Is speeding to this port to-
night. The five are the last of those
who left the Inflated steamer Column
hian on the night of May Sd, in an
effort to escape the frightful conse-
quences of a fire and explosion aboard
ship at sea-
Eleven others there were in the
small craft when she left the side Of
the Leyland liner. but this forenoon,
when the Seneca came to the succor
OF the frail craft. bat FIVE remained.
The rest had died, and one by one,
as they slowly passed out OF this ex-
istence their bodies were cast over
board The news Of the rescue of the
re men was received at this port late
today A wireless operator listening
In first heard the news as the Senecas
skipper was sending 1t to shore
station. that 1t might be reiayed TO
Washington to the head Of the SER
vice.
Those aboard the derelict destroyer
are Robert Trese, Oscar Kendall. and
Peter Ballanger. seamen: Michael
LudwiEeer, fireman. and the first off,
GER, whose name the Seneca did not
relay
AS yet no mention has been made
Of the names OF those lost. The res
cue ship will not make this port
until some time tomorrow forenoon.
and until her arrival 1t Is doubtful
IL any real news Is secured. Tonight
many efforts have been made to reach
the ship through the medium Of the
wireless, but as yet they have not
been successful.
Boat IL Sighted.
At 10 o'clock this forenoon the
forward lookout of the Seneca dis
covered small object In the distance
as they crnised OFF the Nova Scotia
coast. in latitude 43.26, longitude
$3.50. For months the trim little
revenue cutter cruised the same wa
xrAntlnuad nn ntxth naeAl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
UNCERTAlNT AS TO
POSSESSION OF FIELDS

WASHINGTON May l7.-The navy
department had not been able up to
a late hour tonight to ascertain
whether the constitutionalists or the
federals are in possession or the
Tampico oil field. Admiral Mayo has
been instructed to investigate and re-
port on this phase of the situation
at the earliest possible moment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-18
Raised a Disturbance.

Three negroes, giving their names
as William Mills. Thomas Cooley and
Jim Smith. were arrested yesterday
and locked up in the Second Police
station for raising disturbance al No.
8 Brook avenue.