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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-10-23

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SitcOfo Ser 6rieoeis Sniouteric.
SAT- ot6emIos Dor Siauuea laiiet
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-10-23

@elgicr lido nidt gcoadlt Die Sorts
poa 5lamur iollen oit idnn uo6 5wci
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let imo mii 9lcrlie un0 Sdiueitern
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pogqebcu llnier aiuoer iiu9en ..2ieb
Saterl1ao iied Raris in 9rano,r es
(6urileklna iie6e z. Seiie).
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-10-23

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6ennoen uorgcimoen 6oben wie Ell
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modten @ott iaiibe uno belle mrs. "
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-10-23
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-10-23

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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
NEVADA TO Be
LAUNCHED JUNE |

The battleship Nevada named in
honor of the Silver State is building
at the works of the Fore River
Shipbuilding company. Quincy,
Mass. She will be launched about
June /, 1914. Her sister ship, the
Oklahoma was launched March %,
1914 at GARDEN, N. j., by the
New York Shipbuilding company.
These two ara the largest capital
ships SO far building for the United
States navy.
The Nevada is 5s3 feet long over
all, 95 feet % inches beam, % feet
6 inches draft on displacement
of 27.500 tons, with two-thirds full
supply of ammunition. The con-
tract speed is 2Oa knots an hour.
The Nevada will be propelled by
Curtis turbines, the machinery
driving twin screws.
The Nevada and Oklahoma will
be the first Of the worlds battle
ships to burn oil exclusively as
fuel. and will carry 500, 900 gallons
of oil, weighing 1000 tons. The Ne
vada will carry ten l4-iuch guns of
i5 calibre mounted in four turrets
all in the line of the keel; two of
these turrets will have three guns
each. These guns weigh 65 tons
each and will fire a shell weighing
l400 pounds as far as the eye can
see.
Besides the main battery Of ten
14-inch guns the Nevada will have
for defense against torpedo boats
twenty.one 5-inch 51-caliber guns
and four three-pounder guns for
saluting purposes. Four 21-inch
submerged torpedo tubes will be
fitted.
The Nevada will heve two cage
masts and one smokestack.
The armor belt is 13a inches
thick and the casing of the bar
bettes 3 inches thick. On the tur-
ret the thickness of the armor
varies from 9 to l8 inches with 16
inches in coming tower and range
finding station.
This monster sea fighter will
have 55 officers and 8O8 inen, and
will cost, complete, about $12,OOO,-
600.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
RECORD CROP PROMISED

Washington, May 1.-THE great
est crop Of winter wheat ever
grown, one-fifth again as large as
the record crop last year and more
than half again as large as that
harvested in 1912, is indicated by
statistics announced by the depart
mcnt of agriculture today.
In all 100000, 200 bushels will
be produced if the favorable rondi-
tions existing since the crop was
planted last fall continue until har-
vest tire. The acreage abandoned
through unfavo'able conditions dur.
ing the winter amounted TO only 81
per cent Of the area planted, an un-
usually low area. This makes the
area remaining to he harvested Il
record one of 35, 1897 900 acres.
Indications arc that Kansas will
have crop of 132.0OO,OO0 bushels
or 45,500,000 bushels more than
last year and Oklahoma 35, 500, 900,
or 100000 bushels more than
last year.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
LEM ALLEN A CANDIDATE

Lem and Jud Allen drove down
from Reno last week by nutCmo-
bile. They expected TO leave for
home Monday, but broken auto
partly forced them tn renain over
until today, when they cxpcc: to
hit the trail for home. Hon. Lem
Allen is a candidate for governor,
and an active aspirant for the
Democratic nomination for the
office. This, he considers the sur est
route to success this year, which he
says is Democratic year for Ger.
tain. But he is so consistently a
Democrat that il he had his choice
between victory on the Republican
ticket or defeat rs Il Democrat,
he would take defeat. Churchill
StBndurd.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
HUGE NUGGET DISCOVERED

The largest nugget ever found
in Nevada has been taken from q
property in the Disaster Peak reg.
ion. 1t is said that the exact local.
i.y is IL miles from Jungu.
This slab of gold is worth Sl2,.
600. 1t is in n snfe at Winnemuc.
ca ard few have seen the beautiful
chunk of metal. A piece, however,
rs large as mans fist was broken
from the slab. 1t contains S340 in
gold. This specimen is now in
Reno. but is not on exhibition.
The gold is rich, running prob
ably better than SIS to the ounce.
The specimen is like sandwich
with a layer uf reddish porphyritic
quartz on either side and an inch.
wide streak Of pure gold in the
center.
A large number Of locations have
been made and the original dis
covery is carefully guarded pending
the beginning Of mining operations.
- Gazette.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
BIGGER JOB THAN
THAT ON the CANAL

Do you know that the coal min
ers of West Virginia have actually
outdug the excavators of the
P"nama canal? The big canal has
been advertised in hundred ways.
Not a word has been said about the
even more wonderful feat of the
miners. That's why you don't know
that in the IL years, while the
much heralded work at the Panama
canal was producing 295, 1923, 900
cubic yards of earth and all of the
excavating vas being done on the
'urfacc-the coal miners Of West
Virginia were getting out of the
bowels of the earth 542,946,I46
cubic yards. Think of it! ia
When the engineer of the Pana-
ma canal in 1903, began their work,
they made careful survey and
found that approximately 1875, ,323,-
900 cubic yards of excavation was
necessary. This was regarded as
stupendous undertaking and was
commonly spoken of as the largest
excavation job tn. world has ever
seen. Lauorers were imported TO
the canal zone and column after
column was written showing how
marvelously these laburers were
making the dirt fly" under the
direction of the most expert engi-
neers the world has ever seen.
Under conditions far more diff
cult, the coal miners of West Vir-
ginia did an amount of excavating
in the same IL years that made the
digging incident to the Panama
c2nal look like chlld's play. The
work of these West Virginia miners
has never been heralded tn the
world. The general public has paid
little attention.
But the fact remains that the
men who work underground in the
mines of West Virginia have done a
vastly bigger job in the digging
line than the men who work in the
open on the Panama canal. Coal
Age.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
DESPERATE CAPTURED

Taken unawares while be was
eating from frying pan near a
campfire in ravine about mile
from Brickyard Springs in the
Montezama district, twelve miles
west Of Goldfield, RED" Cliff
Regan, the notorious bandit who
escaped from posse of officers and
citizens of Gasis, Inyo County, CAL.
just across the Nevada State line,
when two of his companions were
apprchended, was captured about s
o'clock yesterday afternoon by
Sheriff Ingalls, and Deputy Sheriff
John Shirley, Constable d. Nj. Mic
hol of Lone Pine. Cal. and Indian
George" Butcher, of Oasis. Regan
was brought to Gold6eld by the
officers and he now occupies a cell
in the county Jail. He says he will
fight extradition to California and
it will probably be several weeks
before he is landed in the Jail at
Bishop. CAL, where Clarence Beall
and a third man, both his alleged
companions in horse stealing opera
ii ms, are now held.
But for the fact that he was TAX
en- by surprise before he could use
his revolver, Regan would more
than probably have killed at leas,
one of the officers before his cap
ture. His gun, a cheap d4-caIiber
affair was lying back of him on
horse blanket jIst cut Of reach,
but when Constable Nichol called
upon him to throw up his hands
Regan shot a glance at it and in
doing 50, his gaze fell upon Deputy
Sheriff John Shirley bearing down
upon him with rifle to his
shoulder. Regan still seemed to be
delibcratiRg whether or not he
would endeavor to use his gun,
which caused Constable Nichol to
call out to him: Look around
There are more Of us. .".-Goldfeld
Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
WHAT A CHANGE

Thos. A. Edison lately took a
three weeks vacation. Asked
how he liked IL, nc said it was a
lazy thing to do.
The late William Spinner who
died at Eureka, Nevada, a few
years ago, was the telegraph oper.
ator at Eureka from 1871 until his
death. He worked with Edison as
a telegraph operator in Toronto,
Canada, in the sixties. They reliev
cd each other at the KEYS. Mr..
Spinner described Edison as the
LATEST fellow he had ever met. Said
that he was hlwavs from | 8 minutes
to half an hour behind In relieving
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
THE STRIKING POWER
Of OUR NAVY

Every spring and fall the United
States ships of war get out for tar
get practice. The results are sup
posed to be secret, but information
leaks out more or less. II tn
lamentable troubles in Mexico re-
suit in bombardmcnt of cities, the
American pcorle look with ronfid-
encc to records Of accurate gunncry
away ahead of the Spanish war.
The Americans have always been
good marksncn. They won the
war of 1912 in that way. The Brit
ish authorities tcarfully complained
Of some Secret" which the Ameri-
cans had by which they shot with
deadly aim.
The nature Of the "secret" is
suggested in the log of any old ship
Of war, in the frequent record
that "ye gun were exercised to-
day, 1t took ID men to handle
one of the old 32-pounders on their
awkward and clumsy wooden car
riages with the most primitive
methods Of aiming them. This
laborious process the Americans
were rehcarsing regularly. The
British spent their time polishing
their guns and holding afternoon
teas.
Previous to the Spanish wars
the gunnrry in our navy was poor,
as it was in most navics. The off,
GERS considered that tarpet practice
s0ilcd the decks, bluckened the
paint and was a general nuisance.
In 1901 l3-inch gun was allow
cd about 20 seconds for firing. With
in short time on the battloship
South Carolina a record of l6 hits
in l6 shots was fired within four
minute and 81 seconds.
No matter how costly ships are
provided, the whole thing comes
down tU the human clemcn Of
craftsmanship. Our naval forces
have put the best scientific infor-
nation and high degree of per-
sonal enthusiasm into this training.
Scandals may develop in case Of
war but the man behind the gun
will do himself proud. In case Of
serious trouble with Mexico, the
navy may not have much work.
but every task will be well per-
formed. Exchange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
GIVE UP HOPE OF
FINDING POTASH

Victor Barndt, president of the
Railroad Valley company, E. E.
Free. geologist, and l.. H. Walker,
superintendent Of the same COM
pany, came in this morning by
auto with the sad information that
their efforts have gone for nought
and they have abandoned all fur
ther exploration for potash.
"Well No. 7 is a complete fail
ure." remarked President Barndt
soon after registering ''and any
hope we may have held for finiing
potash has been abandoned. | think
the best thing we can do is to let
our stockholders know, distressing
as it may appear, and then so
ahead and d. the best we can to
develop the soda ash feature"
Drilling began on the 18th of
last month and continued without
cessation to yesterday. afternoon,
when it was decided to give up
Hole No. 7 as a perfectly hopeless
proposition. The experience with
that hole was the worst in the his.
tory of the company, as they broke
everything in sight fighting sand
and cement. No. 7. hole was sent
down l,ll2 feet. The drill en-
countered the lake bed at TAP and
remained in the lake bed clear tc
the bottom Of the hole. The core
showed no salts of any description
and the evidence vas conclusive
that the hole was down on thu
south rim outside the salt section
The next step will be to move bacl
on the mud fiat where Well No.
will be lJcated three-quarters of 1
mile southeast of Well No. 6, o.
four miles northeast of Well No.
and hack in the know gaylussit,
territory. Manager Walker will
proceed with No. s beginning abuu
May Is. and go down with a rotary
to the gaylussite where they viii
use core.
II the results from this well arr
encouraging on gaylussite severa
additional wells will be drilled tc
determine the full extent of the
gaylussite or soda ash deposits. Ir
that connection there are good
chances Of striking some small de.
posits of potash in commercial
quantities is looked for and opera.
tions will be concentrated on the
gaylussiIe. bonanza.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
DIEO IN RENO

Miss Nellie Young. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Young Of Tus-
carora, died in Reno Mt 8 o'clnck
yesterday afternoon OF throat trou-
bic. Last September she went to
the st. Georges hospital at Reno
to study sor nurse. Her father
and mother were called to her bed
side Wednesday night and last night
her sister, Mrs. Rosebcrry. arrived
from Tuscarora on her wny to
Reno, but received n dispatch that
her sister was dead and remained
here.
fhe remains will arrive from
Reno tomorrow morning on their
way to Tuscarora, where they will
he laid away to rest. The bcrcaved
family have tho sympathy of q large
circle of friends in their great scr.
row.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
A RANK SCHEME

The Nevada Exposition commit
tee has sent letters to the news.
papers asking for the publication,
free of charge, of such matters as
it sees fit to send out. Such let
ter accompanied by typewriter
stuff (which should be of interest
to the people in all parts of the
state" was received at this office
two days ago. In addition to free
space, the committee had the gall
to ask that the paper be sent free
to its address for the remainder of
its life. The letter and typewriter
stuff found rest in the waste
basket.
This committee has $4,000 to
" aste on the California exposition
and the chances are that every cent
of II will be spent before the close
of the exposition. There will be
champagne suppers for the elect.
but nothing for the newspapers Of
the state. They are expected to
jump in and pull the chestnuts,
nicely roasted, out of the Gre for
those who wine and dine at their
expense.
AS an evidence that one Of the
members Of the committee at least,
is allowing nothing to escape bis
open palms, the Carson News says
Mr.. Mills has not been backward
about filing bill for over $500
with the state for work already
done toward Nevada's exhibit"
Yet he has the gall TO ask the news
papers to donate their space to en-
able him to pull money out Of the
exposition fund,
This paper refuses to be party
to any such bunco game.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15

him at the keys and that he was a
lazy, shiftless, dreamy fellow, who
did not seem to have his mind upon
his work and didn't care about It
and he was discharged for those
reasons. Mr.. Spinner made those
remnrks soon after Edison invented
the duplex system of telegraphy,
enabling operators to send two
messages over the same wire In
iether direction or counter direc-
tion at one and the same time.
Spinner was para'yzed at learning
that there was something In Edison.
1t is evident that Edison's mind
was on something else than sending
messages. Carson News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
TAXPAYERS FOOT THE BILLS

Extravaganza and unbusiness.
like methods in conducting the
affairs of our state and national
government Greatest heavy expense
that comes from tho pockets Of
the Taxpayers. Political berths,
created solely to reward some arty
henchman. is a growing evil this
day. To be on hand to draw his
pay is the main duts that he is ex-
pectcd to perform. Many Of the
Offices that are essential to the well
being of the state and federal gov.
ernment, are supplied with an as
sisiant officer. who does the work
Of his superior while that officer
engages in other pursuits although
he receives a fat salary and Is
naturally supposed to be occupied
in the discharge Of official duties.
Political graft is SO rotten that 1t
is undermining the very principles
upon which this government was
founded. : Exchange
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-15
STATESMAN VS. GUNfIGHTER
BOB SKAGGS In LATTER RoL F,

Bob Skaggs. the erstwhile states
man. has developed into a wculd-be
gun6ghter For, several yexrs he
was interested in mining claims at
Bullion with James Burke and
others. but through some means is
said to have lost his interests in the
camp. The claims are now incor-
porated under the rame of the Bull
lion Nevada Copper Mines com any
and the property is in charge of A.
r. Cation as superintendent and Mr..
Burke.
Mr.. Cation has been at the White
Sulphur Hot Springs west of town
for some time. Thursday Mr..
Burke and VIM. Graham came in
for provisions and left for Bullion
Friday morning with load of sup.
plies. On the way out they met
Superintendent Davis coming in.
Mr.. Davis stopped them and told
them that Bob Skaggs and another
man had gone to the mines with
shotguns to take possession of them
and that Skaggs had requested him
(Davis) to toll Burke that he would
kill him if he came to the mines.
Mr.. Burke paid no attention to
the threat and drove through Bull
lion and on to the mines. When
within 100 yards of the buildings
Oh the property, Skaggs, armed
with a double barrelled shotgun,
met them in the road and ordered
them to stop or he would kill them,
emphasizing his threat with vile
names. Burke paid no attention
to the command and drove on.
The command was repeated and
Skaggs cooked both barrels of the
gun and took aim. Burke then
turned leisurelY around, drove back
to Bullion. fed his team and then
drove to Elko, reaching here about
IL o'clock last night.
This morning he swore to a com.
plant against Skaggs, charging
him with drawing and exhibiting a
deadly weapon in rude, angry
and threatening manner. Judge
Castle issued warrant for Skaggs
arrest and Sheriff Harris went after
him this forenoon.
Skaggs' companion is said to he
Sid Ireland, a worthless sort of a
fellow who hung around Bullion
nearly all winter.
It is supposed that they drove
the Chinese cook from his quarters
to the bunk house, where Mike
Donnelly and Jack Carroll were
staying. If so it is probable that
charge o. burglary will he placed
against both men.
1t is long way from q states
man to gunfighter and a long
time since armed men took forcible
possession of property in this coun-
ty. Skaggs has tried litigation for
the possession Of these mines and
failed. Whether he has a just
claim TO the property we do not
know, hut VIC do know that il is
too late in the day in this county
to enforce just or unjust claims to
mining property with double bar
relied shotguns.