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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-11-14
Carson City, Nevada,

Carson City, Nevada,
Nov. 18th, 1914.
To the Honorable Board Of County
Commissioners, Elko County,
Elko, Nevada.
Gentlemen:-Youre estimated budget
of county expenses for the year 1914
calls for $194, 100000. Our records show
you fixed your county rate for the year
:, 1914 at 81 cents based upon the total
l-51 you assessment roll for the year
~ $913 of 2,655, $500. This would pro-
duce an aggregate OF S190,307.33,
which indicates to this Commission
that at the time of the preparation of
your budget and the levying Of your
tax rate you had on hand $3,692.67 ap-
plicable to these budget expenses.
Since the fixing OF the tax rate and
the flllng OF the budget the total valu
auons within your county have been
Increased over the 1919 roll by $500,
374.00, or 33 1.3 per cent.
Therefore in compliance with sec
ton 1918 of the Revised Laws of Ne
taxpayers should shovel money into
the state treasury with a scoop shovel
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WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE THE
PRESENT VALUATIONS OF ALL
LAND IN ELKo
COUNTY
MAY RAISE OTHER
PROPERTIES
TAX PAYERS ARE TO BE BLED TO
FURNISH MONEY TO PAY SAL
ARIES OF sINEcURE
OFFICERS

Following are copies of letters re-
ceived today by County Auditor Great
house and the board of county COM
missioners from the Nevada Tax Com
mission:
Carson City, Nevada,
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NOTICE

Any private families who will have
rooms to let for the week previous to
the Holidays, please notify the Mayer
Hotel at once. On account State
Teachers Institute. e.-adv.n.2I.
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b. F. Nevin, of San Francisco, is in
the city today. He is stopping at the
Hotel Mayer.
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- Following are copies of letters re-
ceived today by County Auditor Great
house and the board of county COM
missioners from the Nevada Tax Com
mission:
Carson City, Nevada,
November 18th, 1914.
Mr.. w. G. Greathouse,
Auditor of Elko County,
Elko, Nevada.
Dear Sir:-The following changes in
the assessed valuation of property in
your county for the year 1914 have
been made by the Nevada Tax Com
mission, in compliance with section 6,
chapter 1884, statutes of 1913.
Said changes in valuation are here
by certified to and you are directed
to enter same on the 1914 assessment
roll of your county.
- In accordance with enclosed copy of
xplution unanimously adopted by the
~ NADIA Tax Commission, sitting as a
final state board of equalization, under
date of November 10th, 1914, you are
hSItuy ulIeCIGu dS lOllO"S.
All lands on your roll for 1925 to
$500 inclusive per ace, you will raise
to $3.50 per acre.
All lands on your roll for $500 to
$500 inclusive per acre, you will raise
to $500 per acre
All lands on your roll for $3.50 and
$500 per acre. you will raise to S24.00
per acre.
$500 per acre, you will raise to $45.00
per acre.
Allow assessed valuation covering
all dry farms in Metropolis and Wells
districts to remain as they now ap-
pear or the roll.
You are further directed to report
TO this Commission the total amount
said schedule, will increase Elko coun.
ty roll for 1914, and also report same
to your board of county commission.
ers, in order that county tax rate bas.
ed on budget of estimated expenses
may be reduced from the present ba.
sis of 81 cents in same proportion that
valuations have been increased since
the filing of the budget.
You are further directed to secure
reduced rate from board Of county
commissioners and thereafter extend
roll accordingly.
NEVADA TAX COMMISSION,
BY l.. T. Adamson, Secretary.
Attest: J. F. Shaughnessy, Chairman.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

rev. j. M. SWander, Pastor.
Services II a. m. and p. m.
Sunday School at 1910. "
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public. t...-
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ALASKA NOTES

uI ilr. uurth and are determined iln'i retarded ihc ,'>rlrInnrni "f th". terri nry shalt hr. superseded by n iu"rc Iin.ruI bureaucratic attitude towards thc pi,,ne,rs and pr"spcvtors "f the r,rthland. who ar. tn hr allowed i' i,ap some of the bcnefits "f the hard ' si ips they have underG"n. in tindina .,ud oJn.ninc [" iht world the treasures nt Alaska.
 Mr. Lunch K confident that th" iailrli i'iii will h" passed at th'> session of congress and that the "l'' ..,iinv "t the tr,ni fields will nssur" ,.,osn,ritv la all ihr I""plc "f Alas ka airl tn all the industries now de- n, u,l,nt upuu British ColImhm ,"al n california fnI "il. Thnisan'is "f men will hr required in "p"ning up thr ,naI lands. contracting the gov .rnm.nt railroads. and in the new 'n- ,,ustri.S that will hr developed.
 "our company" said Mr. Bunch. 's p,ruar,.l in handle Iare" tourist hrslnrss this canning stinlmcr ana W'' bnv,. had the steamer Maril"'sa re- fitted and thy Alamca" will now - .a th.. dry dock and be altered [" handle, a largely increased husih"*s .,,J .u inc same time give acVnmm"- ,l,tL.ns on the hsiis for the tlTiN"i'hS ruI li,. If Alaska.
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iFTER THREE YEARS AND WORLD SEARCH

t'" th''at sttt'> tim nr,ii and w.. :in," Ir.tN' !',i. always watching nn1 'i, thr "iid always either seeing ,,, injured lus'ntfL ar hearing that h, il, f'" i,-iiii,y
 = s'"'n they knew that kau, w''s i's,r ihe wife and her lover would Y" |" an"lher place and in this way
 '.' moved from the west coast t.. N.w York and back again to the coast always ha unted ty the deserted hus- ] rni who kept persistently on their trail.
 F"r three years this game of hid.. nnu seek went "n until finally th,. pair decided to leave the country amt try Io shake Kaua off the trail.
 They came to Honolulu and went tu the iitti. island of lila where they l"ihN.d tlni they were smfc from thn. >rn..s,ir" of the husband.
 'nlN yesterday were they mad,. awar- that the determined Jap wis sui ,m the charr aud that was when
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lr walked L.Itily into the house ,h,' his wife and the other man were .. cupyins and without word drew , pistol aud shot them both. The tw,, were killed instantly and w"r. f,unn,i side by side by tiie .iaIIanrsc neigh h"rs who rushed to the house on hear. ing the shots.
 T" these people Kaua told the story O: his wife's elopment of his three yea, hunt for her and as he finished thu. tale he turned the pistol to his owr, head and blew out his brains.
 It is Il remarkable story of the Der. sistence M the Japanese in seekim-, :, revenge for all of ih- parties were nf the working class and their move nrnts about the world were attended hy much hard work and saving of pen ni,s in ur,icr tu make the long trips which in tn. riIi proved "f no avail |, th'. guilty ones and brought dcnt n ns well lu the inn"rpnt ana injured husband
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A"ir than tiluuSIni tons of .l,sS ",d '.t srd in ih. runsti urtiUn uf ih" ! 'ildiI-S .,t th l'altuina- Pacific.
 !'.lt.;: 'na '\l" iti''Ii. .'iU tons h.t in': ;iIr'.t'l> l"n'It VUtirL,lcd for to h' u:.'''I '.u eight of the nil iu exhibit pal ","s lh the machinery palace aolii'. t".;" are :>."'n I'inrS "f glass m tli' i.'.ri.s now installed and i3.U0 . G.'i, feet ut glass in tn. skyiiEhtS. N:,n il Is c"iISiirrM that I.uuu tons "i -l's> In Ir,nrs 't th" average thhk- i,..s would cover an .NItunlulile road. ,,rm feat widr. from san Francisco [" Les Angeles. u distance f fN" .rndrrd miles, .,i,d l-tNt quite l"; ever. some i,lti of the imnI'nsitN f ,.rs, ii.ur.'s may lw Sdined.
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.;., Nsssss Service.

..,.;.l ssssss Service
 .,oxoLrLr. Il. !. March | .~t" ..,.od of Hiio yesterday there
 = three year chaet If ' run
 -.,s It ended in t tril'l'. tr''s". y" .a ,he story of the wrecked home :, the search and final revenr" !. ..., almost ike q romance of fiction s.,.. years ago in Yokohama. ac- .,,. 10 the story told by Japanese ....a.nts of Hno. lived a woman nan- ' yonsmakA She was married 10 ]. !. yu.pims Kaua but she loved an- .. Ispanese named Sakama Kat aehL
 -. v,.h him and they boarded n - ....m.r for the United States. They '. ,,v.d for six months in Los .An '. A,,t one day Katsurhi saw "' ... " ,,r.et the husband of the w''"H'" :. ,.d run away with him and th' rIeht the guilty pair were "h .,.,, ray east. From city |" 'hy in
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SiAt,rii l..r-irn nati,'Is. Russia. En- .i,u.l G,rin,ny. France. Italy. t'"i- -tuu,. l,rn,nark. Ilniiar.i. spain. I"rtu- .,i \nrway sweden. SwitZcrl'n". N,,>art,. Iun.nr, and Australian. haN' l.h,.uiS.iN a,rrpt"d :n invitation t'' -.iri t:'"'is [" "h iHt'th'ti"G'' '"- ..,,nJ.m,Ii .u thr Panama -l:irti' in- ;.i,. ii.inil exposition in lal'. \ iui'- I.,\ ,..,,rn.i,n..nt. in which soldiers .I th"s.' nations VIII Nr' Whh 'h' l. s ..I tu.!.. sam. iS l"'il: arranged iN in, war department.
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 FOR ISLANDS
snaciaI Nuaaet ServieA

SAN FRANCISCO. March G. TW' fer generals Wf im" l'nit"d Sta"S army sailed from here today "n h.'t' in, army transport Thomas |" ass'''' commands in the island l"ss"ss'"hs Nloi,.r General Carter Wh" ms re uutly been in command "i th' N"''' ,..,o ,r,ops an the Mexican border will take oyer the command "h '"' forc,.s in thc Philippines an" M"''' General Barry will take command "' the largely increased garrison ih ''' Hawaiian islands.
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Much vf the sculpture whirh Is i' adom the interior "t tllc k'aldre r' machinery, the largest uf tnc rNposi ton palaces at the I':itl,Tna- Pacific international expsitiun already h. been placed within the gigantic stru," ture and is attracting miny visit"t;' to the building cn sundays and lrl' . dAys Like most uf the statntar> Shch will be distributed uhout th' C urts and palaces. this k uf h"r':' sire and of imitation inarhl". Th'' heures will soon le assembled and pm In their proper place ai",ii th" l'il l. aces.
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Icl-satrs from seven different iE' - ii>. Indian seith nlrn,s n't in con vent ion n, Juneau recently to take il"' initial steps in the formation "f I S"- ,,,t\ L.. h.. known asc ih" Alaska Nd tive. lir,,t herh,n,d. Tn" main idea N L., unite all the natives of Alaska ''; nne common br"therh,"d and stamp o,, tribal rela ions with ihc uitima'' al feet nf demanding the rights "f cit iz,.nship. They have adopted as thcH slogan. No Taxation Without N'p- rrscntait'n."
 Said one of the best known "t ti' .l,.l-yotcs: Every member "f the lru,hcr:rmd that is r' i~ f''nnd WIZ he ,ligihl. L" citizenship as Tar as m,.ruls and rdtnaiion are r"nr"ih'''' M. hold that iu tax us without 'H' rights of ruiZ.nship k unjust Hhd m Amrritdn
 nrlry:,t,s from the following s'tt"'- m, uts wcr, present: Siika. ktiiisn" ,. EI,wock. Shnkan. Wrangrii. kluhw"h. II,unah and liain"s.
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'r, hundred and ninety -onc ron
 N,n.i'.ils. which will h attended i'N d' k.a:t"s from aIl parts "f ihe w"rI'l, hay" Voted |" huil their sessions 'il S;.n l'rancis." in 1915. The orEaniza- I,n nS arr, varied in character and tn |. ,lG,lr ci\ ic r.Ii.jvus social service.
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4 corps of wnrknirn is lhISill ''n gagged at the amusement ..'ir' Ssi.u's' district of the Panama I:iriih' inter national exposition sit" ani already two of the principal r.nn ,'Ssi'uS .t,' taking shape. These are iln 'r;r.,,rl canyon of Ariznna.'' which k being ii' stalled by the santa F. r,ilr"id. ;ln'l "Tcyland Grown l'p.
 The Grand canyon "f .\iizullL" Vi III bc reproduction nf thiS masterpiece 9f nature and it's cost will "N,, .l rss.Aoo
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Frederic Tlrnopson, producer "f the ioyland grown up concession nt th" Panama Pacific international exposi ticn, tried scores of engineers of world wide fame in an e:ort to find one who could work out a design for a mechan teal Innn. sixty feet high. All failed. Thompson. in h whimsical mood. toll lis idra 10 his twelve year old of1ce ln.v and ordered the lad. In jest. to go h,n,. an.l make Il working model. The boy. believing Thompson wns in eari'- ''sl. g" busy and his model was so s,.crrssruI that the sixty foot man will he mad. from the lahs original draw ing.
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l. II. I:inch. general passenger "S on, of the Alaska steamship C"" w"' is :, uusscngrr un the steamer Mar ipcsa is very "ptimis'h hs |" '"' futurc of Alaska. claiming that 'h p,,o,,l,. If the states hay" been aW'N .,,.J ,o ,hc great mineral possibilities
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The luG arm "I th" Act'S'"l" "' Il,. I',uil;II l:u'iIi" iItcrnili"nti "N- ,..Stli.u viii Swin visitors ""> i""' ut, ,i, air four feet higher than thc w.rl.l famed Ferris Wheel at 'h' "'-
 .,, ,x,.,sj,iou The arm Will DICK
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FORMER SENATOR DEAD.
Special Nugget Service.

RENO. March G.. Former hii"' S,tl.s ScIr,iur Massey dic'l today "h' in ard a train whil" ''r"ssinG 'l" 'a'- f.inin line.
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Do you read the Daily Nugget and tsep abreast of the doings of the out side world? Subscribe now. $2.oO Der month delivered every night before .; o'clock.
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THE NOME DAILY NUGGET. MARCH 6 1914
rtducai ional. fruterrI,li. business, lab or. commercial. agricultural. live stock and scores uf ut lrr interests

More i:rtn 2H.tSG cuI,ic yards of ric' itv Sacramento river. tO the site of ''" Panama 'it,Iic intcrna ii"mul cx-
 iihr .u san i'rluci.",, tu in' us,,l IT iih- tropical garden which will form tlc setting for the gr,a,, exhibit pal ..t,.s. This loan, hrtped up. would a'ni one hnnd-td feet square at top and base.
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,,,r,.iiI 1aiuci, I>sihs, '"'>' ......urs W me L'ai:aiiii. 'tti'ic hI' ..,.s.,vliai eApvs.tio'.. 'is t"''i''" /" .
 x.r.,ux M,uvl. ul Liir .HSuic sI iut"''- mn. star winvn Is to pc nst" | .,.,ru,,g tue cvi,'Ili!aue ui ttsc court ! ,.e sun anu s'ars.
 Ninety u tnesc iISutGS wili b, ui.>' ,riputed about tnc cUlOiii',.s.r oi ifoi'' them wti hang .uricty "t prisins m.de tvr tne exposition hh -ALstr.' When lhe searchlights on the r''s'Is ''i exhibit palaces are placed "il th"s' ,x;sms yair-culvird rays will ir s,'n' scnulatll,g over the court. i'r"i'Irih; marvellous effect.
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hp ih.. S'iis:tt ion seeker from the hiS, "" :, lit''tA machine rlItchcs a imr "i tNt" slug and twirl him .tr,'iifU1 sLatu ,irl.. in the air
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SEND YOUR LAUNDRY

T" the Peoples t.aundry where y"u will receive good work executed by none but white employees. whe receive the sta ndsrd wages.
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We print sverythinS and anyth "s in job printing line at the Nugget.
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Thrs. shows under one tent and one ,,r;e. os admission. Eagle hall Friday night
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SOME EXPOSITION FACTS

l,', buildings already have been erected over the srOuud Ia be occu- t'''l ly iiic ITO! l.tnd Gr"wn cp' coll rnli"r:ilr rAtra\ aHaiiz:is ever present . cI
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RECORDS
Proofs of Labor.

Irene association, St. Michael creek .I.Iulien Mining and Dredging co, M'f 1914.
 small Stake association. St. Mth' ncl crock. No. bench ana M. bc,ow on osborn creek, Julian Min in. and Dredging e.. March ,, i"l''
 N.,. | and ? and Last Chancc ir"'' ,,,n ,n Swcdc creek. X. S. Tucker March ;. 1911.
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For Nome News and Wor'Gs nsws ust the Nugget.
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The Daily Nugget. $2.0o per month
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uNExcELLED NEWs sERvlck Of the Nome Daily Nugget. ss.oo pei month delivered to your homes evers night before o'clock.
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husband.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-22
Y.M.C.A. FOLLOWS
ARMY TO FIELD
Association Establishes Camp In Every
Part Of World Involved In Sreat
War--Bulld Huts.

London, Dee. 2l.--The war depart
ment" Of the Young Mems Christian
Association recently announced that IL
had established 800 centers Of Y. NJ. O.
A work IN the British army
Wherever Kitchener's army camps,
there goes the Y NJ c. A." says the
associations war secretary In Il report
which he is preparing Of the past four
months work. II Is literally true, The
association Is following the new army
abroad, not only into France and Bel
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-22

nf hnrricrs or hneIcS" to I've hunted
by the recimental ll'ss until ordersd
abrond. other Officers ask competent
strangers 10 undertake the training pf
bird dogs during thr owners absence
with their regiments. u obviously
seems 10 them real tragedy that u
dogs education might he neglected br,
cause Of thr war lhi the nesi of all =
the very beSt of all rs this calm re-
quest
Much fatigued hy Wcrwork cOnse-
ouent upon the war Young man would
be Obliged for the loan Of a large mo.
torcar with chauffeuri sor wcek-cnl
trip"
\ This advertisement doesn't even indl-
cate bi whnt Innmnor the war hnr so
fntIgued him II may he he has hcen
busy hRberlashlne. one never knows.
! True hninor Is likewise discovered In
the recent action of the censor. The
German papers had printed long ac-
counts Of the mir rnIds upon the Yep
pelin sheds at frle,lrichshafcn. The
censor for time refused n permit
this publication IN tho London papers.
I'm Heavens name, Why" demand.
ed an indignant editor.
"Such publication said the censor.
solemnly. might give military infor-
nation 10 the enemy"
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by virtue Of his office Robnelt had Il
right to carry the pistol ana that his
actions were IN self-defense.
Frank Cotton, salesman for the
Lion store, who happened to sec the
whole affair on the stand yesterday
Afternoon testified To taking Dr. Jim.
merson'S handkerchief out OF his right
hip tocket and applying It to his head
after he was knocked down. This
was used by Assistant County Attor.
ney Renrlon Ia refutlng the charge
that DR. Immersion was armed.
Yesterday afternoon several charac.
ter witnesses, including Mayor Grant
aud several OF the city employees tes
titled IN DIR. Robnett's behalf The
case has been hard fought and has
attracted wide attention. The trouble
n alleged to have been occasioned
when DIR. Rohnett accused DR.. Jim.
merson OF presenting a raised" ex.
pense account during his term as ap-
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THREE LETTERS
CAUSE A DEATH
German Spy Could Not Pronounce Two
"y's" With u" Between Them with
out Accent.

Geneva, Dec. % The story Of how
"a German spy brayed and met death.
MS told by French officer ls publish
ed by the Journel de Geneye.
When Won Klucks army was near
Paris, large number Of artillery
pieces were collected In the north Of
the capital to resist the attack. Early
one morning the French colonel a.
command was shaving, when the sen
try entered Ills room saying an Officer
who had forgotten the password had
pushed him aside and entered the mil
itary park. The "Officer" declared he
would return soon aud said not to dis
turb the cOmmandant. After dismiss
sing the sentry, the colonel. who had
already his suspicious, hastily finished
his toilet and walked out to the grounds
where there We're about hundred
guns of nll calibre. There he met the
stranger and asked him his regiment.
You see by my uniform (which was
new ! belong to the military staff and
N.N "'N"'hsN w Nht HrutuluHIlfIN Ut
Paris he replied
"well, let uS count the pieces" the
Frenchman said.
"Un, deuN, trois--" the spy started.
No, no. said the French colonel.
"let rs say II first, second, third"
The French officer had purpose.
u Is we'll known fact that sometimes
a German however well educated has
difficulty In pronouncing IN French
the words "vlngt neuvleme" twenty.
ninth without revealing his national
lty. The two VS. with the "t' be-
tween them proye3u stumbling block.
When the staff captain pronounced the
words the colonel drew a revolver and
ordered the sentry To arrest him.
Send these things home 10 my par.
ents,' snid the SPY to the colonel. 81
will said the latter Goodbye" both
said. A few hours later the German
was shot.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-22
GERMANS COLLECT MONEY
ACCORDING To REGULATIONS

Berlin, Dec. 22.--The German uu.
thorities In Belgium, have begun to
collect the taxes In Belgium In NC.
cordance with the provision of the
Hague convention respecting occupied
hostile territory. The collection Is
made by the regular Belgian officials
who are under German supervision.
No exceptions are made In the case
Of German goods; these pay the reg
ular import duties like those from
other countries When the collection
Of duties began the authorities an-
nounced that goods already bought In
would have TO pay duties In arrears.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-22
FRENCH SHELL SPOILS
GERMAN SOLDIERS MEAL

Havre, Dec 22.--A French officer
writes his family In Normandy OF the
way he and his comrades fare In the
trenches.
we lack nothing" he says "For
three days have eaten delicious beef
a Ia mode, which they brought me
cold IN a little poi. This have heat,
cd up In the trenches under n couple
Of candles. hanging the pot on a bay
onet.
Yesterday, brother officer, who
was examining the German trench.
es with my field glasses. told me he
could see the smoke OF German
bivouac In a little neck Of woods be-
hind their trenches. The Inference was
they were cooking diuner. Five min
utes later, she'll from our 10 fell
ON the spot where we sighted the
smoke, and the German pots, mans ana
food went scattering In the air.
while two German cooks were chasei
Into the canal where we followed
them with our rifle fire"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-22
FIRST PRIZE SHIPS SOLD
AT AUCTION IN ENGLAND

London, Dec, 22.---Four German
schooners Else, Gerhard. Theodor and
Bolivar captured MS prizes have Just
been sold by order ~ the Marshal Of
the Admiralty.
TheSn are the first prize ships TO
be sold IN London since the Crlmean
war, and the hammer used by the auc-
tioneer Is the sume one used In the
year 1875, when the last batch of
prize shins were disposed Of. n was
afterwards presented 10 the marshal
of the admiralty ~ a memento.
A condition of the sale was that
each purchaser had 10 sign declara-
ilon TINT he was not an alien enemy.
that he was In no way associated
with business carried on IN enemy
countries, and that he was not pur.
chasing on behalf Of any German,
Austrian or Turkish subject or com.
pany There was hrisk bidding
Throughout the day and good prices
we're obtained hut the chronometers
~ the ships came In for most atten.
tion and were sold separately
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-22
TOMMY ATKINS SWEARS
AS He SHOOTS ENEMIES
BY HERBERT COREY.

London IIec. 22 There isn't any
comic relief 10 this war tragedy now
that the war correspondents have been
finally disposed Of. No one laughs out
loud. Every one Is grim and mournful.
lut now and then something happens
that permits smile. Consider the
Scot who fell at Chartered The
Catch En- Alive.Oh's" - the stretchcr
bearers found him unconscious.
There's Il chance said the boss
bearer TO save him. Take him back. "
So they took him bnck to the dressing
hospital under rain of bullets all the
way. Arrived at the first aid station
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-22

State Veterinarian Admits that He
Struck JimmersOn, but Says II Was
In His Own Defense.

Ii was expected that the ease Of Dr.
i. V. Robnett, on trial for an alleged
assault upon DR. j, H. Jimmerson
with pistol In local hotel ON Octo-
Der . would 20 to the jury late this
afternoon DR. R0bnett w&en put on
the stnnd In his own defense this
morning testified that he thought that
l)r, Jimmerson was going To pull II
gun on him. that he made motion
toward his hip pocket as II to draw
weapon, aud after that he admits
that he followed DR. Jimmerson for
some distance and struck him with
the weapon. The defense claims that