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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04
PALM SALOON ROBBED

Some burglar or burglars entered
the Palm Saloon last evening and
committed very bold robbery.
Strange as II may seem, there we're
many men in the place Mt the time,
yet no one knew that the place was
robbed until some time afterward.
Tho only article stolen so far as
known was Mickey Fitzmorrls' hat.
Mickey says that his hat was the only
article of value in the place, and he
therefore believes that the man who
committed the crime was gentle.
man Of good taste, but a black. hearted
scoundrel. BY this simple clew he
hopes to locate the burglar together
with his hat.
Mickey's many friends have come TO
his relief in very liberal manner, and
today he has more hats than he ever
possessed before, and they are of
every size, shape and color imagin.
able.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04
UNITED STATES WILL
EXPECT INDEMNITY

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Pending
an official investigation of the circum-
stances of the wrecldng of the Ameri.
can steamer Gulnight in the English
channel, the United States govern
ment will defer diplomatic represen.
tations as well as any pronouncement
of policy.
Two messages were received today
from American Consul Stephens at
Plymouth, England, reporting that the
Gulfight was torpedoed of the Scilly
islands Saturday and that her captain
died of heart failure and two members
of the crew were drowned.
Should the investigation bear out
the dispatches claiming that Ger
man submarine made the attack, the
United States probably will demand
an indemnity sufficient to cover the
losses incurred by the ship and com
pensatlon TO the families of the vic.
tins. It is thought probable that an
expression OF formal regret also will
be requested.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04
WOMAN
COMMITS SUICIDE

Suffering from melancholia due to
i'll health. Mrs. T. E. Giller, wife of
the Western Pacific freight agent at
this place, killed herself at her home,
No. 313 West Fourth street, about 8
o'clock last night. Her husband and
mother Mrs. Dorothy Owens, an old
lady in her ninetieth year, were in
the house at the time. Startled by a
pistol shot, Mr. Gitiers rushed into his
wife's bedroom and was mortified to
fnd9her lying ON the floor, pistol
beside her: Dr. Swezy was immedi-
ately summoned, but there was moth
ing to be done and Mrs. Giller expired
in few minutes. The bullet entered
her head at the right temple and
lodged in her brain. The weapon
used was Colts 80 special, which
she had taken from a drawer in the
dresser The position of the body in.
dicated that she had kneeled on the
floor, placed the revolver to her tenn.
PIE and pulled the trigger.
Mrs. Giller had been practically an
in'Slid for some time. Yesterday she
complained of feeling worse than
usual and remarked to one of her
children that she would not live much
longer She spent the greater part
Of the day in her bedroom, but shortly
before 9 O'Clock went into the sit
ting room, where her husband was
reading, and talked with him a few
minutes. She said that she was suf-
fering considerable pain. She return
eG to her bedroom and the shot was
heard a few moments later.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04
LADY
-7-,--7D| Died TODAY

This afternoon about one-thirty
o'clock, Mrs. Eliza Crane, one Of the
oldest pioneer ladies of Eastern Ne
vada, passed to the world beyond. Mrs.
Crane was nearly seventy-eight years
old, and the mother of a large family.
Besides number of sons and daught-
ers, she leaves grand children and
great grand children. She had been
i'll for number of weeks. Old age
and general debility were the cause of
her death.
A more extended notice will appear
tomorrow.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at three o'clock from the
residence. The body will lie in state
from 10 a. m. until p. m.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04
JAPAN SENDS HER
. ULTIMATUN TO CHINA
Special to The independent.

Special to The independent.
1t has been semi-officially announc-
ed here that the Japanese Diet has
definately decided to send an ultima
tum to China. Negotiations which
were in progress are believed to be at
an end.
A Peking dispatch said that at the
conference in Peking the Chinese gov
ernment definitely had refused to ac-
cept some of the clauses embodied in
what is known as group v OF the Jap
anese demands. The conference ter
minated with neither the Japanese or
the Chinese asking for another meet
ing. .
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04

Read the Daily Independent.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04
REPORT PLOTS
. AND COUNTER-PLOTf
Special to The Independent.

Special to The Independent.
LONDON, May 1.-The reporVfhas
been received here from Athens that
Nalia of Symra has laid plans for
surrender to the allies. This story is
closely followed by another of an
American plot to surrender Constan-
tinople to the enemy
required to fill greast cups, set up
wedges or perform other minor duties
about an engine where others are
available to do the work. .....
124. The weight on drive wheels of
each engine shall be posted where the
enginemen can have convenient ac.
cess to the information.
Among the requests which were not
granted were the automatic release.
time and half for overtime in freight
and switching service, and the FIVE
hour day in passenger service. The
award on the surprise test which was
matter of bitter contention in the
course of four months hearing, was
precisely as desired by, the railroads.
The dissenting opinion of Messrs
Burgess and Shea was of comparative
length containing much argument and
evidence used in the hearing and to
which, they contended,. n. the arbitrators
paid too little attention or ignored.
They held with respect to the opinion
that the process of arbitration itself
had failed to qualify as solution of
wage disputes. .a
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04
SCANDAL EXPECTED
!. down IN TEXAS
Special to The independent.

SPSS'o' ~ TUG iNuCpGHuCHI
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May A.
What promises to develop into sen
sational government scandal was
brought to light today when it was
discovered that state militia equip
ment valued at about fifty thousand
dollars was missing. u. S. authorities
have started an investigation. and it
lis at present believed that the goods
were sold to Mexican rebels. If this
theory proves true, a, number of state
officials and others of more or less
prominence will be seriously involved.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04
HAILSToNEs AS LARGE
AS BASEBALLS APPEAR

ST. LOUIS, May 3.-Hail stones as
large as baseballs were hurled upon
scattered sections of Missouri yester.
day in a storm which was referred to
as the worst In a generation in the re-
ports from the damaged towns. The
damage to crops and livestock will
run into thousands OF dollars. At
Sturgeon, Mo-, boy was killed by
lightning.
In st. Louis the streets were flood.
ed in places by several feet of water.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04
ARBITRATION AWARD
TO ENG|NEMEN

The arbitration award advancing
the rates of pay of $4,000 locomotive
engineers, flremen and hostlers en-
ployed on the 10000 miles of line of
SO western railroads in the great area
OF the United States and Canada
bounded on the east by the Illinois
Central and the Great Lakes, was
slgned at Chicago after months of de.
liberation.
The essential concessions to the
men were:
1. Standardization of rates of pay
on the weight of locomotives on drive
wheels.
2. Overtime pay to passenger fire.
men and engineers ranging from 44c
to 75c an hour, respectively.
3. Enginemen of steam power may
transfer to electric power, when in
stalled without loss of seniority rights
after May 1, 1915. The board was un-
able, because of the newness of elec.
trio service, to fix rates of pay in de-
tail, but named $3.50 a day as the mini
mum for motormen in passenger ser.
vice and $3.50 for their helpers; $4.75
for motormen in freight service and
$2.75 for their helpers.
A. Enginemen of milk trains, cir
Gus trains and other irregular service,
such as pusher and helper, receive the
rate accorded on through freights, an
Increase amounting to from 10 to Is
rer cent.
5. Men will be paid for delay
while in their cabs at initial and final
terminals and for time in excess of 30
minutes spent in preparing engines
for service.
6. Switch enginemen will receive
an advance in daily rate of 25 cents
on small engines and Is on large ones
z. Men held day from home ter
minals shall, after % hours idleness
receive a minimum days pay for ten
hours, based on last service, out OF
each succeeding "a hours until he gets
a run.
8. Through freight wage rates
were advanced FIVE to 20 cents, In
creasing with weight of engine and
rs cents on some OF the extremely
heavy engines.
8. Way freight enginemen will re-
ceive 80 cents a day more than
through freight men.
10. Surprise tests will he conduc.
ted in such a way as not to endanger
life, limb or nerves.
IL. Firemen will be assisted where
assistance is available in keeping the
coal forward and the coal shall be
broken into the proper sizes at chutes.
IL. Where firemen on big engines
deem an assistant necessary, the mat.
ter, IL necessary, be adjusted through
arbitration.
13. Firemen will not be required to
clean engines, nor will engineers be
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ag small as possible and use q brand.
ing material that will scour out.
II. Know the grade and value of
your wool and price II accordingly.
IL. Do not sweat sheep excessively
before shearinB.
13. Keep the corral sweepings out
OF the wool.
II. DO not sell the wool before II
is grown.
15. When all these rules are fol.
lowed place your personal brand or
yonr name upon the baks or bales.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04
TRUSTEES ELECT
SCHOOL TEACHERS

The board Of trustees OF the Elko
School district consisting Of J. d. Nc
Farlane, chairman; E. NJ. Hansel, sec
retary, and James Gregory, met last
Saturday to consider applications for
school teachers for the grammar
school OF Elko, and to consider other
matter connected with school work
They concluded their work yesterday,
snd the following list of teachers has
been announced as those selected for
the coming school year:
Mr.. P. G. McWhinney, supervising
principal.
Miss Rose Gardner, assistant princi-
pal and teacher of low first.
Miss Katie Drown, high first.
Miss Theresa Crane, second first.
Mrs. Lulu Hurley, third grade.
Mrs. Cicala, fourth grade
MISS Mollie Curler, fifth grade.
Miss Mabel Gray, language and COM
position for sixth, seventh and eighth
grades
hrs. Lillian Porter, mathematics
and spelling for sixth, seventh and
eighth grades.
Miss c. Louise Dewar, history and
geography for sixth, seventh and
eighth grades.
Miss Gertrude Brown, English and
physical culture.
Mrs. Mabel Lothrop, music.
Miss Muriel c. Steinhart, manual
training and domestic arts.
For janitor, Lee Scranton was selec-
ted.
The board considered the matter of
hiring a physical trainer and coach
but decided to defer action on that
matter until the sentiment of the pub
lie might be learned. During the last
year Alvin McFarlane was selected for
this position for several months, it be-
ing understood that he devote half of
his time to the work and receive half
pay. When he gave up the position
there was such a demand for his re-
turn that the board is considering
making thIt position a part of the
regular faculty.
The Independent has had occasion
to note Mr.. McFarlane's work with
the boys. and does not hesitate to say
that the salary for the position that
he held was. and would continue to
be, money well expended. Physical
training and development is just as
essential as book learning, further
more 1T promotes school spirit, and
when well directed il furnishes a di-
version that is clean and wholesome,
and the boys are kept in a cleaner and
better atmosphere. In every town
there are temptations which beset the
way of boys, and there is no way to
Leep them free from such, so good as
to provide good physical training and
manly contests.
We believe that 1t Is the sentiment
of the community that athletics should
be encouraged to a reasonable degree
in our schools, and we believe that the
board would be generally supported
by patrons of the school and the pub.
lie generally in providing for a direc.
tor of physical training.
In this connection It would be well
to consider the idea Of securing quart
ers for the boys. The Y. M. C. A..
gymnasium, which has been closed
more than year could probably be
secured for the asking, and furnished
with baths, exercising machines, etc,
it would serve a splendid purpose.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-04
RUSSIANS LOSE 100000 IN. BATTLE;
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA VICTORIOUS
Special to The Independent.

0pGSidl 70 nc lHOGpCuuSnL-
BERLIN, May Another German
victory has been won at Western
Galicia, and 1t is claimed to equal the
recent successes at Hindenburg. 1t
has been given out unofficially that
the Russian losses are one hundred
thousand killed and wounded. It is
regarded as one Of the most decisive
victories of the war; aa
LONDON, May 4.-According to the
official statements, both of Berlin and
Vienna, the German and Austrian
arms have achieved a notable victory
in West Galicia, smashing the entire
Russian center along a front OF many
miles, or, as Berlin roughly puts it,
across the whole western tip of Cali
ella, from near the Hungarian border
10 the point where the River Dunajeo
joins the Vistula, which is right at
the frontier of Poland.
Berlin is celebrating the victory to-
night, as is the custom there, though
1t is admitted that the flags have been
flown before full details are at hand
The line between the Vistula and
the Hungarian frontier was about for
ty miles east of Cracow. The Austro-
Germans have been defending 1t stub
bornly ever since the beginning of the
Carpathian fighting.
The general British comment is
somewhat reserved pending the Petro-
grad version of the operations.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09
CLAIMS SOUTH AWAKE TO ITS OWN SHORT COMINGS

Arkansas is taking very promi- saved the cotton growers of the South millions of dollars, this esti- mate having been made by MT. Moorhead Wright, president of the Union Trust Company of Little Rock, Who is secretary of the Cotton States Bankers Conference
 This conference originated in meeting held at Galveston last Au- gust, to which the leading men of the South and other national figures were invited to grapple with situations chiefly affecting the cotton industry largely as a result of the European Vsar. The throwing of Texas cotton on the market in large quantities was at that time threatening 10 cost the cotton growers of the South mil lions of dollars. This problem was successfully attacked and many oth- CTS were considered. It was seen that prodigious work would have to be undertaken by able men in the in terest of Southern prosperity and progress. A committee was appoint ed to whip the problems and thelr suggestion solutions into shape for presentation and action by a second conference to be held at New Orleans in December. This committee met at Birmingham. Ala. and organized its plans for the second conference.
 A number of prominent Arkansas bankers and business men will there fore leave in a special Pullman for New Orleans where the conference will be held in December. The ob ject of this meeting is not only to deal with present problems, but to provide for an annual conference in the future. MT. Wright said:
 For the first time the South as ings, and to it's possibilities for the future. It seems a fit time to promote cooperative action by which the power and prosperity of the several units may be multiplied several times over.
 With permanent organization the subject of uniform system of warehousing can be developed. Proper warehousing is now recognized as leading factor in marketing cotton. It collects the cotton in the communi- ties, induces cooperative competition among the producers in raising better cotton, taking better care of it and selling together. Then a standard warehouse certificate under proper and uniform laws will furnish secur- ity to the big banks providing loans at low rates of interest to provide for gradual marketing.
 .'The permanent organization will also cement the activities of all the states in the promotion of better farming in the South. "
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09

my foreign accent" in speaking Tun- gus. They are cheerful people, and though not apt to be communicative about the things l wanted to learn, a lively story or an epportune jest would usually put them in the right humor to relate a legend, full of tribal GUS tom, or subject to be measured-an- thropologically.
 The use of more than a single cup fll of water for washing is held as great an extravagance as a bath in champagne would be among us For water in winter is precious since it has to be obtained by the tedious process of melting ice or snow.
 Strong Love of Country.
 The attachment of the Fungus to their native land, strong and even passionate as it is, cannot be saiC. 60 be inspired by, or to inspire, any vis- ibe appreciation of it's beauty When the northern lights turn one-half of the sky into field of pulsing flame. the Fungus herdsman turns an indif- ferent glance northward and sums up the whole magnificent spectacle with a casual Tt burns"-his only express sion for this phenomenon which, in spite of it's frequency, always filled us with new sense of wonder and mystery.
 The shadowy ravines. the vast frozen moors bounded on all sides by sheer precipices, the towering peaks, the drowning crags appeal to him only from the point of view of the trapper or the herdsman; here the moss is plentiful. this is a good place for Arc tic foxes, last season the hunters got many wild reindeer in this valley It is all an economic question with him. His environment is his opportunity or his foe. This is the land he has won for himself against the sightless own CTS of the wilderness, immemorial ene- mics of man, and he clings to his hard won foothold with a tenacity invet- crate and unshakable.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09

Steps are being taken in England toward the establishment of a perma- nent British empire fair. representing all the industries and natural re- sources of the empire. says an ex. change. Influential manufacturers are now arranging combination, through their trade associations, to erect a building at Willesden Green to be called the Palace of Industry. which it is hoped to have ready for opening in the spring of 1917. A site of about fifty acres has been chosen. and 1t is planned that the exhibition will oc- cupy 500000 square feet and win be three times the size of the largest ex- hibition building at present in Lon don. The object is to institute for the British empire fair equal in size and scope to the well-known Leipzig fair. Being cooperative movement among British firms there are to be no profits. A fixed charge is to be made for space, based as nearly as possible on the total expense, and it is condition that any profit accruing
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09
.<kloNA,DsEoEz, K2,)i ERA RF''}hA

on the backs of their reindeer.
 Eat much was the guides advice; laugh much, and keep your feet dry. Then you will be all right"
 Indeed, l found his advice good. worthy to be borne in mind continual ly in a country where the midwinter temperature not infrequently falls to between 80 degrees and go de- grees Fahrenheit. The great problem is how to keep your feet warm on the sledges, since it is well not to have your legs incumbered with too much covering in case of an upset.
 It is of first rate importance to re- clinging to your fur boots before en- tering a tent, or at least before ap- preaching the fire.
 At the Fungus Table.
 The Fungus are great eaters. Their diet consists principally of fish and reindeer meat, which they eat either raw or cooked. It takes some time to adapt oneself to the conditions under which food has to be taken sufficiently to be able to eat with appetite. It needs all the philosophy you can sum- mon to your assistance to accustom yourself to the dirt and the smoke and the congested condition of the tents, but it is unquestionab1y much easier-and safer-to face the cold and the wind on full stomach than on an empty one.
 And laugh much!" Indeed. no work would have been possible without Laughing much" and make your inter locutors laugh. What appealed most strongly to their sense of humor was
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09

hey from Monastir and who came in with the first heavy snowfall, strongly advised me to abandon my plan of spending the winter in the tundra; we should find no gold there-certainly not in the winter, at any rate-so that l should bring out nothing more than l took in. Indeed, we should probably return-if we did return-diminishe in respect of some of our most essen tial personal belongings-a finger or a nose or an ear.
 When the first Tungus-those who had made their camps for the winter fairly near the village to come in for supplies, l made haste to begin negotiations for sledges and reindeer for the journey. It was difficult to make them understand what exactly I wished to do.
 But at last found man to whom was able to make it clear that wished to go into the heart of Tungusland, to visit and talk with the Fungus, passing from tent to tent across the Limplisk tundra that stretches for some thou sand versts between Turukhansk and L. Yessei-the latter lying about 300 versts within the arctic circle to the northeast of Monastir, which is just south of that parallel.
 Tents Are Like Wigwams.
 The Fungus are nomad reindeer breeders. and the conditions of their life as such make it necessary for each family to live at comfortable distance from it's nearest neighbors. A reindeer herd in it's search for moss ranges over large extent of territory, so that the distance between two en- campments is hardly less than fifty. and may be as much as one hundred versts An encampment comprises one or two tents of shape and con struction similar to an American ln- dian's wigwam. When the moss in the neighborhood of the camping place is exhausted the family moves on to an other feeding ground, tents and house hold goods being carried on sledges. or
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09
POSTSCRlPTs

Australia has prohibited the i'm. portation of belts alleged to produce a therapeutic effect by electric or mag netic influences.
 A labor-saying device for making color tests of cottonseed oil has been developed by the United States bu. reau of standards.
 An Argentine government has met with much success in making paper pulp from the wood of several yarie ties of native pine trees
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09
Ventilation Experiments

Experiments conducted by the New York commission on ventilation dem- onstrate that as long as the tempera. ture is kept down the vitiated air of an unventilated room where the hu- midity is kept constant has no direct eHects on the pulse, blood pressure. body temperature. respiration CT me- tabolism, though the desire for food is appreciably diminished.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09
FROM ALL OVER

Maintenance of prisons in England cost s2.330,OOO year.
 Practice with science" is the motto of the Royal Agricultural society of England.
 Researches into the principles of aerial navigation date back to the fourteenth century
 Venezuela, by law. has prescribed a standard of purity for butter and for bidden the sale of that containing any adulterants
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09

Furniture casters of compressed leather and compressed felt have been invented for use on hardwood floors
 Many houses in France are num- bered 121a. in order to avoid the un- lucky 13.
 A German nitroglycerin factory is completely covered with a network of wires. suitably grounded. as a pro- lection against lightning.
 The ordinary shaving brush and a rubber affair for rubbing in the lath- CT have been combined on a common handle by an inventor.