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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01
Will Be Taken
to Supreme Court

Judge Somers Of the District court
having this afternoon declined to en-
tertain motion for writ of cer-
tiorari, Attorney J. G.. Thompson,
who on Tuesday was sentenced 70
pay a fine of $50 or spend one day
in the county Jail for contempt of
court, will take the matter to the
Supreme court of the state Judge
Somers refused to grant relief sought
on the ground that the petition for
the writ did not show sufficient cause
therefor.
Following the action of Judge
Somers, Attorney J. G. Thompson,
accompanied by his brother and part
ner in the law business, l. S. Thomp-
son, appeared in the court of JUS
tice Barnes at o'clock this after
noon, the time set for his committal
to jaS or the palment of the fine.
Attorney l. S. Thompson announc-
ed that a petition for the writ desir-
ed would be taken to the Supreme
court of the state and asked that the
time for the payment of the fine or
serving the sentence be further post
poned for ten days. Justice Barnes
granted the request-Tribune.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01
Detch Will Oppose Roberts

Hon. Z. F. Roberts, who has been
on a vacation trip to the national
halls of congress for the past four
years, will no doubt be surprised to
learn another Republican is desirous
of taking his place This morning
word was received from Goldfield
that Milton M. Detch, prominent
attorney of the gold camp, will en-
ter the race for the Republican NOM
inaton for congress at the approach
ing primaries.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01
Charles L. Deadly Announces His
Candidacy as Surveyor General

nually, every cent of which is ac-
counted for.
He is the farmers friend and every
person applying at his office is treat
ed with the utmost courtesy and CIV
en- a square deal. Every contractor
for the purchase of state lands
whether he controls thousands ~ al
acres or single contract for only
forty acres receives his special at
tention and protection from design
ing persons who would take advan-
tage of the contractors delay of a
few hours or a day i'll remitti,ng his
interest.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01
Will Soon Visit State

Senator Key Pittman has written
{. ]. Morris OF this city telling OF his
intention to visit Nevada in the near
future. Strenuous work in the long
session of congress has kept the sem
ators busy and made it almost I'M
possible to be absent from the capi-
tal.-Ely Expositor.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01
Brought Prisoner

Deputy Sheriff J. H. McMullen IF
Elko arrivey yesterday i'll Carson,
having in charge Henry Best, who
will reside with Warden Dickerson
at the state institution for the next
ten months. Best was convicted of
burglary in the second degree. Mr..
McMullen returned to his home last
evening.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01
Lind for Senator

Harry B, Lind, chairman of the
state central committee OF the Pro-
gressive party, arrived from Reno
this afternoon. Up to the time of go
ing to press Mr.. Lind had not filed
for any office, but it is stated that
he will deposit the usual fee with the
secretary of state as his party's can
didate for United States senator.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01
M. E. Church

Sunday school, 10 a. M; preaching
by r. c. Pike of Seattle at II a. m.;
Epworth league at ! p. m., Dr. w.
II. Bliss. leader; preaching by Pas
tor Hornaday at in the evening.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01

DR.. ]. ]. Sullivan arrived from his
Virginia City home this morning to
file his papers for the Democratic
nomination for regent of the univer-
sity, long term.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01
"FIGHT OR QUIT" is ULTIMATUM
William Issues Formal Declaration

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. isis
p. m.-The German emperor, in the
name of his government, issued
declaration of war this afternoon.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01

Mrs. Stella Colcord was a traveller
for Reno last evening.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01

France orders the mobilization of
an army of 4,0OO,OOO
,.Clabby knocked out Smith in one
round in Sydney today.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-08-01
GERMANY RECALLS AMBASSADORS
FROM RUSSIA AND FRANCE
Report Verified by Washington Au:-
thorities That Emperor Williams
Representative at St. Petersburg
Has Been Handed His Passports

LONDON, Aug Emperor William has thrown
down the gauntlet. Today he recalled his ambassa-
dor to Russia and German troops are moving
against the Gar. The German ambassador will also
leave France tonight and formal declaration of war
is expected at any moment
VERIFIED AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON Aug l. Official advices re-
ceived at the White House today report that the
German ambassador to Russia had been handed his
passports and had left St. Petersburg.
''FIGHT OR QUIT" is ULTIMATUM
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug1 Flight or Quit, is the
ultimatum sent the Gar by the emperor of Germany
King George of England sent disdatch today to the
Car begging him to yield in the interests Of peace
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15

turns over to Grand Dnke Boris 'Ail
right says ], fetch on your Grand
Duke and I'll duel him. Excuse me-
says the Russian captain, but an ex-
allied teller like the Grand Duke can't
light an ignobie Teller like you. When
he's insulted by an ignoble Teller he
gives proxy to Captain Whiskersoff,
of Perm, Russia Fetch on your
begun, but he interrupted me. Ex-
cusc me- he says. but captain of the
Russian army can't demean himself to
fight an ignoble Teller like YOU All
right says, fetch on his proxy He
has none says the Russian captain.
That's as low as we go. Nobody less
than a Captain can be proxy for the
Tsar. And he can't fight you because
you are too ignoble' All right saws.
when have to fight duel with
king or an ernp'ror, bein' too ignoble
myself, my cousin Abednego does my
6ghtin' by proxy for me, for he's one
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15
THE MAKING OF A MAN

courased until he compared himself with
men who had done things,
For the nrst time in his life Fred re-
fused his mothers condolences. He
wanted to do some thinking. and when he
had done SO he was honest enough to say
to himself:
she rubbed it In like biazes. but she
was honest about It, Maybe I have been
and am making q fool Of myself
The change that began in him held out
hopes, though It worried his mother. Be-
cause he wasn't fined for fast driving
during the next OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
newspapers didn't state that he had been
thrown out of some restaurant-because
no one whispered to her that q certain
chorus girl was to sue him for breach OF
promise. she wanted an eminent physi-
clan summoned to feel his head and
sound his lungs and toy with his heart,
b DO you know that you have changed
terribly in the last few daysT' she ex-
claimed when he refused to be paved
over by a doctor.
IT hope It will keep up was the an
swer he made.
Queerly enough. Fred Bamford found
himself actually In love with the only
girl that had dared to criticise him to his
face. Day by day. as he thought things
over, there was a change that more than
his anxious mother saw and spoke about.
At the club, when some one asked Capt.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15

you 60 on and say that any king o.
emp'ror would fight duel with tough
iookin' old codger like you, ] dom
believe it'll No, SIR
'.It wasn't king / fought with, and
it wasn't an ernp'ror, neither said
Uncle Ashdod. i; was a Gar. 1t was
the Gar of Russia So, as was sayin'
me and the Sally Ann was chartered
that trip to the Vermont Whale Oil
Rehnin' Company, of North Benning-
ton, Vermont -
Didn't know there was any whales
in Vermont. said Sim Perkins.
There amt" said Uncle Ashdod
That's why the company chartered
me and the Sally Ann. If whales was
as thick in Vernon: as sugar maple
trees are the company wouldn't have
needed me. All the company would
have done then would have been to
go up on the hillside and tap the
whales and draw off the oil
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15

What do you want such silly thing
to worry you for? You have money and
position, and you needn't care what re-
wolves around the earth. I don't thank
Captain Briggs for his ofaciousness"
At twenty-one Freddie Bamford was
fast. He had four or five autos. He had
bachelor quarters. He gave wine sup
pers. He sent orchids TO chorus girls. He
bet on the races. He was a patron of
gambling houses. He was arrested for
fast driving. He lost ten thousand dol
lars at Monte Carlo. A dozen different
mamas said he would make a good hus-
band. Their daughters had no criticisms
TO make. Capt. Briggs had never again
asked him a question in astronomy. Then
came question from his mother:
Freddie dear" she said. ARE you
thinking of maTriage?"
mo. mother"
But you should be. In a year or two
more you should set up a house of your
own. You are considered a most eligible
parti. Most any young lady would feel
herself highly honored by a proposal
from you"
Yes. mother"
Did you know that your aunt Haskell
hal removed here from Chicago?"
fNever kept any track of the old lady"
She has come here to reside. Do you
know how much money she has?'
Haven't look-in." 81
Thirty million dollars!"
But don't ask me to marry it,"
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15
Uncle Ashdod and the Duel
BY ELLIS PARKER BUFFERS

THAT amt how you get whale OIL
said Sim Perkins.
"That's how this company got it,
tapped whales and drew of the oil il
buckets, and rendered it down Ths
president of the company was old
Eben Higgins. and him and his fore
fathers had been in the maple sugar
business since the beginnin' of the
world. Almost, and when he went into
the whale oil business"
up in Vermont asked Sim Per
kins. "That was fool idee, now,
wasn't it? Coin into the whale oil
business in Vcrmontt'
"And when he went into the whale
oil business" continued Uncle Ash
dod, "he reckoned the way his fore
fathers had got raw material was a
good enough way for him to get it.
The way they got it was tappin' trees
and DRAWN off the sap. and as whale
oil don't come from trees the most
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15
BY LAWRENCE ALFRED CLAY

Fred Bsmford really thought he was in
love. At his third call he reiterated his
sentiment. and Miss Estslis said,
TT IL gigantic egotism on your part to
think that you even interest me!''
"But-but I don't understand"
who are you. sir? The son of q rich
mother. You have been mixed up with
scandal after scandal. You have thrown
away thousands and thousands Of dollars.
while you have not yet earned one. Your
standard Of womankind is got from the
chorus. You have almost ruined your
self physically by the fast pace"
She waited for him to protest. but he
was too surprised. and she continued:
Have you any dignity? Any ambition?
Have you the respect OF the solid men of
your clubs? Have you. up to this time.
given the world one single idea to benefit
II? Are you helping in science. business,
morality, or charity?"
why, am doing as other young men
with money DOR protested Mr.. Bamford.
"As some other young men with money
do" corrected the girl. IF it wasn't for
those who have common sense and BUSH
ness ability with their wealth this coun-
try would be a Laughing stock OF the rest
of the world. DON'T demean, ty talking
of love at FIRST sight"
Fred Bamford went away in hun and
also astounded. He had fattered himself
that he stood at the head and was lead
er. No one had ever found naw nor
made criticism. His ego had been en-
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15
tCopynght, isli.)

"operlSnts &S1h.l
Young Fred Bamford had q rich
mother.
She became a widow when he was ten
years old.
As an only child. he was made pet Of.
the same as a poodle dog.
Freddie was given his way about
everything, INDUCED in every within, and
was taught to believe that money made
UP for every deficiency in human nature.
He had tutors and slapped their faces
and they left.
lie was sent to a boys school and ran
away and came back to his fearful
mother.
He was coaxed and bribed to go to coll
lege. After six weeks he found the les
sons too hard, and by advice of q fash
ionable doctor. who charged 500 for the
advice, his poor brain was relieved of
overwork.
At eighteen Freddie was a member of
four clubs. He could play whist, and
bridge, and golf. and polo, and other
games. He could swear. He could
smoke forty cigarettes a day, each one
with his monogram on. As to his educa-
ton, Capt. Briggs, who was member
Of one Of the clubs, had slight Curl
osity, and he turned to him one day and
asked:
Freddie, which is 1t that revolves
around the earth-the sun or the moon?"
What's the catch, Captain" was
asked in reply.
There is no catch"
well, I never heard the question
asked before, and must answer that 1
am not posted"
The Captain did not have a contempt
for him. He realized that any deficiency
was not the young ms,r- ..allt. Later
on. Fred himself asked his mother the
question. and her reply was:
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15
Copyright. fsiL)

tCopsrisht. isiD
81 SEE by the papers, said Sim
L Perkins, 'how as these here
French and Germans and Ital-
fans keep fightin' ducis. ali the time. ]
had a notion it wasn't allowed no
moro. Seems to me that any man that
would fight duel can't be more than
half civilized. Now, if haIf-breed
Pluto Indian was to fight duel !
could understand it, but how civilized
man can go out with another man
and"
"A mans got to live up to the Gus
tom of a country when he's in it" said
Uncle Ashdod. II remember when the
Sally, AND
II bet" said Sim Perkins disgust
eddy, you fought duel with king
or an emp'ror or something like that.
] can always tell when you start that
WAY. ! bet you fought him to death.
And l don't believe word of If. When
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15

of the Doolitfies Of Bedford. and . fne
family that is. And when he amt SIS j
enough he gets his brother-in-laW,
Capt. Josiah P. Higginbotham, of Bos-.
ton, Mass, to fight as hix proxy. 80
there you are-Captain against Cap.
tain. Is that satisfactory? Very, sass
the Russian. AN right I says, rhsH
me and the Gar will fight that az
And we did"
who WONT" asked Sim, Perkins
"Well," said Uncle Ashdod, "wlea
the duel come off it was fought vru
pistols, but Capt. Josiah was in ] zszs
and Capt. Whiskersoff was in "a.
Russia, so there wasn't no great 'oss
of life"
That was a dickens Of duel" 50
Sim Perkins disgustedly.
"Only kind I'll ever fight" said lad,
Ashdod. "And just about as dang -oas
as these here foreign duels you ssd
about"
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15

I'm not going to. A year ago she
adopted Estells Holbrook, As handsome
a girl as you ever saw"
Shed have TO be q clipper to beat
some Of them in the chorus.''
She's nineteen years old and bound to
kell has let 1t be known that she will
leave Estelle all her great fortune"
by Georgew
81 thought you'd see It."
Thirty million on top of what I have
whew"
Go and call there this afternoon.
was at the house yesterday and told
them to expect you soon. Don't let some
one bear the prize away from you"
When Fred Bamford had made his call
and departed Aunt Haskell asked the
girl what she thought of him.
He'd have to be made over to suit
me-" was the reply.
When the mother asked Fred what he
thought Of the girl he replied:
shes daisy. shall win her in a
month"
In the course OF a fortnight he repeat
ed his call. and it was then that he got
few unexpected jolts and jars. With
the greatest confidence and conceit he
began to approach the subject at FIRST
sight, but was brought up with:
I'VE will take another subject. please"
But I have fallen in love-"
Then fall out againi You are an utter
stranger to me, and such talk)fs insult-
ing."
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15

grave. He's doing a think by himself,
and I hope nobody will disturb him."
Fred's mother worried over the case
until It drove her to say TO Aunt Has
keIl:
Something inelines me to believe that
Fred must have proposed for Estelle's
hand and been rejected"
Something inclines me TO think the
same thingr" was the reply.
But the idea OF her rejecting him."
Fred called at intervals, but he was
no longer the Fred OF the first call. He
did not talk OF love. but sought TO ind
out the girls standard.
II am old-fashioned enough TO believe
that men, young or old. should respect
morality" she said. "A spendthrift Is
worse than a fool. A man who Is not
respected by other men Will not be re-
spected by women. When a young man
IL lucky enough to discover that he has
more money than brains he should make
an effort to equalize things. Brains and
money are given a man that he should
take a high place among men. That Is
all, Mr.. Bamford. Must you go? Well,
good afternoon
can't, but now and then human charac-
ter can change itself all over. II the In
centive is strong enough. and there 10
no incentive as strong as love. After
long, long time Capt. Briggs sat In his
club and said to q friend:|'
Ever see such a change as there has
been In young Bamford?
Seems to havo been made all over
again." was the reply.
Wonder what did II?
"He fell in love with a girl who has
old-fashioned notions"
But not here In the city?''
For a miracle-yes."
"And-and-"
"oh, the news Of the engagement Is
out. He's investing his money In BUSH
ness, and will be among the big ones
some day."
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15

o@thdi thinB 10 90 Was 70 sAP WAese'
and draw off the oil Only there wan
no whales in his neighborhood. So h
chartered the. Sally Ann and me and
give me couple of dozen good augurs
j and some drip spouts to let the whal'
oil run through. and some buckets t.
catch the oil. and told me to 90 where
the whales was. So VIC went there
"And you bored holes in The
whales" said Sim Perkins sarcastic
ally.
"No, We didn't!' said Uncle Ash.
dod. I'VE sailed until we come to tho
Behring Sea. and then we cast an
chor-she was cast-iron anchor and
was used to bein' cast-and started tc
fish for whales"
Il been sea-farin' man for nigh on
sixty years." said Sim Perkins with ex.
ASPIRATION. "and nobody ever yet had
impudence enough to tell me he ever
fished for whales. In the first place a
whale amt fish, and in the second
place
'In the second place." said Uncle
Ashdod. "Eben Higgins never told any
body you knew to start whale forest,
like he told me. 'Ashdod,' he says. we
amt ever goin' to get nowhere If you
start tappin' loose whales. You'll go
out and bore a hole in a whale, and
put the drip spout in the hole, and hang
a pail on it, and the next mornin' when
You go to collect the oil there won't
be no whale there. A whale may be a
MAMMAL he says, as ] know and as
you know, even If some folks does
think we think she is fish, he says,
but she amt no COW, for all that He
pronounced it ke-ow instead of cow
but | knowed what he meant "A whale
amt cow says he, and havin' a
hole bored into her side amt the same
as being MIXED he says, and If you
go and augur a hole in a whale at
night. and she's loose whale, as like
as not she won't stand without tyin'.
You'll augur her in the North Pacific
at night and by mornin' she'll be in
the South Pacific, tryin' to scrspc the
drip. spout out of her side by rubin
against an iceberg he says. And
meanwhile says he, here / sit in Yer
mont, chewin' slippery elm bark and
waitin' for oil to stew down. What
you got to do he, says, is start a
whale-bush, like the msple-b,lsh where
We get maple sap. You got to start q
whale forest, he says, and the way. to
do that is to fish for whales, and when
you catch 'em put ring IN their tails,
and tie a rope to the ring, and tie a
hefty stone to yon eud of the rope,
and anchor 'em tail down, SO they'll be
there when you want EN-. It will be
a pretty sight says he, to see forty
acres or so of whales anchored that
way. snout up and tail down So /
set the crew fishin' for whales soon as
we got to likely spot"
And plumb forgot you was ever
goin' to fight duel" said Sim Per-
kins. Il suppose you got so interested
hshin' for whales with a trout rod and
fly that you never thought of the
duel you was talkin' about little
while ago. But I didn't forget it.
When a man tells me that the Car
of Russia fought duel with an old
The Washington herald., 1914-02-15

sea skipper of a condemned old wreck
that ~
$50 the first whale we caught, said
Uncle Ashdod calmly continuing, was
the heftiest whale / ever see. Me and
the crew and the cspstan al together
couldn't hardly raise her to the top OF
the water, and when we did we seen q
word on her that looked like POTT.
1t was painted on her side in white
waterproof paint That's curious,
says ], 4 never saw anything like that
on a whale before, and ! don't know
any whaleship named Pott, nor any
skipper named Pott. Maybe its the
name of the whale But before l got
the words out of my mouth Bang =
a round shot come sailin' over the
Sally Ann and looked I'd and saw
a Russian ship bearin down on US,
with the flag of the Gar fyin' at the
mast Hands off that whale says
the captain of the Russian ship. Why
sor / says. Don't you see them let
tiers on her sideT says ne; 'POTT,'
says he, 'standin' for Property of the
Tsar"', says he, that bein' the way he
spelled Gar. Some spells il one way
and some spells it another. / spell it
with a c because Pm fond of the sea,
and the Russians spell it with T be-
cause they're fond of tea, you leave
that whale alone, says he, because It
belongs to the Tsar of Russia. Can't
you tell by the heft of IT that it is full
of rocks?'"
Il won't ask you why it was full or
rocks" said Sim Perkins stubbornly.
81 won't do it!'
1T was full or rocks said Uncle
Ashdod, without being asked, because
it belonged to the Imperial Russian
Standard Whale Oil Company, and
that captain of that Russian ship had
been sent out to catch and SINK all the
whales he could, so the Imperial Rus
sian Standard Whale Oil Company
could drill for whale oil. They figured
that the best way to get kerosene oil
was to drill for it, and that a good
way to get one kind of oil was a good
way to get another kind, and when the
Russian captain had got a likely sup
ply of whales sunk they was goin' to
set up oil derricks and drill for whale
oil. And when they struck oil they
was goin' to sell stock in the company
So he says And you leave that whale
alone, because the Tsar of Russia is
President of the Imperial Russian
Standard Whale Oil Company. and
says he. the Tsar of Russia, no mat
ter how you spell him, is mighty i'm
portant man.. he says. But l was
mad. oh, hang the Gar of Russia
says L.
But he wouldn't hang him." said
Sim Perkins sadly. "He wouldn't
hang him, not even if you said TOP
mo. SIR said Uncle Ashdod. "The
Russian captain just got white in the
face. That's an insult to the Tsar,'
he says, and there's only one way it
can be wiped out. You got to fight
a duel with the Tsar' If that's the
custom of the country says /. fetch |
On your Gar and I'll duel him any way
he likes Excuse me, says he, but
The Tsar can't fight anybody of ignoble |
blood. He's got to duel with equals |
when he duels. All lesser duels he
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-05-11
CITY NEWS.

The Tom w. Allen carnival band
gave The Gate City Office deligh:
full serenade at noon today. the
band is a good one, nicely uniformed
and consisting of number OF hish
class musicians.
Three hundred employees OF the
Wagner Electric company at st. Louis
will come to Keokuk next Sunday TO
inspect the power plant. The trip
will be made on one Of the steamers
and the crowd expects to spend the
entire day in Keokuk Courtesies will
be extended by the power company.
Ike Chakine was In Justice Bur
rows court today to answer to a
charge OF violating the compulsory
education law He pleaded that he
thought his child was in school, and
promised that he would see that the
youngster was taken to school every
day
According to Observer Gosewisch
OF the local weather bureau. the
weather map this morning was one
OF tbs worst looking ones since the
st. Louis tornado. The weather to-
day was . weather breeder. and every
one was remarking on the sultry,
stsamy condltioa a. he atnosphsre.