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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30
Pursue Germans in Africa,

Capetown.-Gen. Duncan Mackenzie
reported that mounted troops have
reached Aretitis, rs miles north of
Keetmanshoop, in German Southwest
Africa, and are still pursuing the en-
envy northward.
Gen. Vandeventer has captured q
large stock OF wagons. and light carts
In the vicinity of Beersheba.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30
No Separate Trial for Lorimer.

Nc Separate Trial for Lorimer.
Chicago Illinois.-William Lorimer
was denied a separate trial and his CO.
defendants, indicted with him in con-
nection with the failure of the La
Sale Street Trust and Savings bank,
of which he was president, obtained .
change of venue here.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30
Wars Insurance Bill Hioh.

London.-British life insurance com.
panies have paid war claims OF al
most $4,000, 900 to relatives of SOL
diers and officers killed during the
first seven months Of the war. One
alone has had to settle g.
900 claims.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30
Peace Negotiations Delayed

Peace N~e0odattoht Delayed.
Chicago.-Peace negotiations we're
postponed in the strike of the $4,000
carpenters at Chicago. The arbitra-
tors have not come to an agreement
on the wage demand of the men. They
demand 70 cents an hour. an increase
of s cents over the present scale.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30
kronnrinx Off Dock.

Newport News. va.-The German
converted cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm
was floated from drydock at the ship
yard after having had her hull paint
ed and repaired.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30
Elkhart. Ind. Vote. "wetv

Elkhart, Ind.-The city Of Elkhart
voted to retain its saloons for another
two years, according to the count on
the option election. The "wet'' major
fly vas 120 put of a total vote Of
6,112.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30


J. w. swires Of virden. Ill.,. 4 CON
tractor and carpenter, has invented q
machine to kill chinch bugs.
It was announced at the White
House that the president would be
unable to attend the Southern Com
mercial Congress at Mukogee, Ok.
Vincent Aston, 'the worlds richest
young man." has purchased a 100
horse power flying boat and will spend
the summer flying up and down the
Hudson.
The state public utilities commits.
sion authorized the issuance of $780,
900 New York Central convertible
bonds. This means a $4,000 fee for
the state.
Gov. Hammond of Minnesota signed
the teachers pension bill. Under it's
provisions teachers may retire after
20 years service On an annual pension
Of $3.50.
cit is part of the duty of all en-
ployes of public transportation COM
panies to be courteous to passengers"
said Judge Malone in general sessions
court of New York. AS a warning
the Judge imposed a res each in
prison on Michael Gavin, subway
guard, and Joseph Friedman, Third
avenue surface a conductor, who
settled quarrels with passengers by
hitting them.
Advices from Notwithstanding say
that a French aviator dropped bombs
on the villages of Kandey and Loe-
rach. At the former place n bomb
fell on the schoolhouse. killing one
child.
Joseph Benson Foraker, Jr., son Of
former Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio.
died in his cottage at Manhattan
Beach. N. Y. He had been i'll six
months.
Twenty arrests have been made in
connection with the explosion which
wrecked the home Of Samuel Leonoff.
at Erie. Pa. and probably fatally in
jured his wife.
A new plan Of financing American
travellers abroad with international
letters OF credit payable in dollars
instead Of pounds sterling has been
announced by the Equitable Trust Co.
Of New York City.
The Jones bin. providing for the ap-
pointment Of police women In New
Pork City passed the senate.
Andrew e. Flick Of Senath. Mo. Was
killed by an Illinois. Central train
while attempting to cross the track
ahead Of It
In commemoradon of the 96th amir
versary cf the birth q Independent
Order Of Odd Fellowe. upwards Of
: 5000 members Of that organization
met st bloomsbury. P&.. - celobrate.
Oelcers % the German commerce
d~ostroyer KronpE1nx Wllhelm -
guests IS honor e tie opening a. the
VrGinte leeeno haseoen season-
Cavk oourrS Wno& go
etst1e l1tf1o1n
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30

tory. serbianytroops engaged and
killed all of them.
The Bessemer & Lake Erie railroad
will commence to move from 900 to
1000 cars of iron ore daily from Con-
neaut Harbor, O., to the Pittsburg
district
Hoopeston, ILL.,, has an election sen
sation. Eighteen automobiles were
put out of business recently by some
one entering the garages and putting
emery dust in the engines.
Leonard Seppala, driving his own
team of 16 Siberian wolf dogs, won
the 412-mile all-Alaska sweepstakes
dog team race, which started at 9
O'Clock April IA. His time for the
course was 70 hours, A minutes and
81 seconds, 4 hours and 80 minutes
slower than the record established by
John Johnson's wolves in 1910.
A Landwehrman who was wounded
Al times and in whose body there are
still IS pieces of shrapnel, is recov-
StiuS dt q uOopAJoA at &
Nine young women were c~onsecrat-
ed as foreign missionaries and 10 9TH
ers as deaconesses at a recent session
of the Woman's Missionary Council
of the Nj. e. Church South.
The antilocker club bill passed by
the last general assembly has been
signed by Gov. Rye of Tennessee with
a gold pen presented by the w. C. T.
u. of the state.
Two men who were arrested in Chi.
cago after they had refused to pay
for Sunday drinks were discharged in
the municipal court, the judge ruling
they did not have to pay for drinks
sold in violation OF the law.
Japan has ordered all her warships
in Pacific waters near the American
coast. except those salvaging the
wrecked cruiser Asama In Turtle Bay.
to return to their home stations.
Capt. Arthur Poillon of the first cav.
airy, which is stationed at the Pan.
ama-C California exposition at San
Diego. Cal. has been selected as .
military observer for the United
States army.
A civilization greater than now in
the temperate zones will be built in
he tropics as the result Of driving out
the plaques peculiar to that zone. Sur
geon-General Gorgas Of the United
States army predicted before the Ala
bama Medical association at Birming-
ham. Ala
The Resignation OF Dr.. John A.
Patten. q proprietary medicine mani
facturer. a. chairman Of the bool
committee Of the Methodist Book Con.
cern. was accepted BY the committed
at its annual meeting.
JohnH Tucker, 8 years old. Of
Meadvfl2e, Pa. fell against ! circular
NV nmr Haskell Ok. and was killed
Ahraham Reuben Levy, 81 pears old
~founa1rsof the Jewfsh Agriculture Az
aneiety sand tor - years rabbi =
G1e1eos = dad.
>fort II ruhheF 1kom Cermnny
Du4ch ~Nhieh -
o(o4 0oeoe 60 1l0l
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30

George Yaroma, q farmland, who
was discharged by Matson Clark, .
Wilmington, I'LL, farmer, returned to
Clark's home and drove MI. and Mrs.
Clark u with a revolver, barricaded
himself within, and after an all-day
battle with the sheriff's men, set fire
to the house and shot himself.
Reports reaching Amsterdam, Hol-
land, say that during the recent allied
air attack on the German positions in
Belgium an aerodrome at Gontrode
was destroyed and 8 Zeppelin stored
therein demolished.
Two roomers have not been located
in a fire in Louis Goldman's rooming
house at st. Paul, MINI.
A determined but futile fight in the
assembly On the bill designed to raise
the cost of liquor business one-fourth
throughout New York state delayed
adjournment of the legislature for a
day. The 8 was passed, 81 to
48.
The consolidation OF the Merchants
National bank and the Illinois State
bank has been announced at Peoria.
The new bank will be known as the
Merchants and Illinois National bank.
The trawler Envoy, which was sup
posed to have been sunk by a German
submarine, was brought safely into the
Tyne.
If Italy enters the war she will be
confronted right from the outset by
first-line German troops. Reliable ad-
vices say that the Trentino authorities
already have prepared quarters for
5000 German troops now n route.
Miss Alexandra Legeray, a member
OF a Cossack regiment, has been pro-
NOTED to a lieutenant.
At the point OF a hat pin Miss Anna
Goldsmith, 10, of New York, took two
young men to a police station for pass
ing remarks about her new hat.
Charles Burnham, IS, of Arden, N.
Y, was fatally burned when he STUN.
bled against the railing of the steps
of. his home and ignited a box of
matches in his pocket.
John Argo, 16, of Wapella, ILL.,. com.
mitted suicide with a revolver while
respondent over i'll health.
Another receivership growing out OF
the failure of the First National bank
Of U~niontown, Pa, came when receiv.
ers were appointed for Francis M.
Semans, Jr., former assistant cashier
of the bank.
Capt. Geddes, once prominent on the
Chicago Board of Trade, and recently
in command of a company of Cana.
dian troops in France, was killed in
action in the curse Of recent fighting.
Frederick W. Seward, who was the
last survivor of those who took an
active part in the event Of April IA,
1865, when President Lincoln was shot
at Ford's theater by John Wilkes
Booth, is dead at Auburn. N. Y.
4A&EE 80 go
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30
Weeks NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEVEN
PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY
TOLD HERE.
FROM AROUND THE PLANET
dispatches From Our Own n FOR
eion Countries Are Here Given
In Short Meter for
Busy Readers.

James H. Mulhall, proprietor of the
Mulhall hotel, at Johnston City, ILL.,,
mas sold thep property to George He'd
ley, b will take charge about
May Is.
The Bank OF France has released
s.OO0,000 francs $1,000, 000) to the
Bank of England for transmission to
New York to assist in steadying the
exchange.
The grand jury at the April term of
the Duquoin (II.) city court returned
indictments against Henry Horn, Jr.,
cashier of the defunct bank of Du-
quoin. and Frank Wells, an assistant
in the bank.
The Norddeutsche Allgemeine lei
tung officially states that an American
banking group have taken $1O, 1000, 900
of the nine months imperial e%xchequer
bonds and placed them among their
customers.
The Sofia correspondent of Reuters
Telegram company says that Yanne
Sandausky, the Macedonian brigand
leader. who gained notoriety in 1901
through the kidnapping of Miss Ellen
Stone, has been slain by unknown
persons.
James Pooley of Evansville, Ind,
who was alleged to have shot and
killed Frank Stein in a saloon here
April l while trying to play an April
fool joke, was indicted by the grand
Jury on a charge of manslaughter.
A decision of Judge Paul Little in
the circuit court at Fort Smith, Ark,
is expected to result in the perma-
nent closing of all aloons in Fort
Smith on Aug. 1.
Heretofore women have worn 'suf-
i6cient' clothes at dances, but not
enough" said the Rev. Father
Thomas F. White, of st. Francis
Xavier's College. in West Sixteenth
street, New York.
It is semiofficially stated that dur
ing the last few days 200 Bulgarians,
irregulars, have invaded Servian terri
tory. Serbianttroops engaged and
Il All u
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30

The state public utilities commits
sion authorized the issuance of $780,
900 New York Central convertible
bonds. This means a $4,000 fee for
the state.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-04-30

Gov. Hammond of Minnesota signed
the teachers pension bill. Under it's
provisions teachers may retire after
20 years service on an annual pension
of $3.50.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12

Bride and groom they were. I'M
mistakably, and the guests writing
wish you were here" greetings In
that Atlantic City hotel were much
interested In them. Each sat at a
desk and got busy with pen and ink.
the silence being broken only when
the bride asked how to spell a word.
These queries annoyed an old gen.
tleman writing e by. and he was
plainly relieved when the bridegroom
left the room The little bride did
not know she had been deserted, and
she again got stuck on a word.
How do you spell Cincinnati,
honey"
&C | n | n h o n e y" re
sponded Mr.. Crouch.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
Scared Him..

I'll attend to you in a minutei"
was the fayorite remark of a certain
mother to any of her children who
were naughty; and the delinquent
knew that this usually meant a whip
ping.
One day she sen her 4-year-old
son to the grocer's for some flour. 1t
was his first errand, and much to his
mothers surprise, he returned empty
handed.
where's the four" she asked.
Il didn't get IT," replied the
youngster. II was frightened by the
man.
Nonsense! he won't hurt you, ad-
the parent sternly. Go
back a one and get the fiouri"
But again the boy came back with
out 1T and this time his eyes were full
of tears.
What's the NATTER" asked moth
er anxiously.
"Boo-o-hoo-o" walled the child.
I'm afraid of that man. Each time
| vent in he said: All right, sonny,
I'll tend TO you in a minute"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
O2S7O
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Elko. Nevada, Land Office Nov 8,1915
Notice is hereby given that Will
liam N. McGill. of Ely, County of
White Pine, State of Nevada, has
filed in this office his application to
locate, under the provisions of the
act of Congress, approved June %
1874 Cor Sec. 1906 R.S.), the SEN
of SWA of Sec. 8, T. 10 N. R., SO E.,
NJ. D. M. assignee of Engena Dady
and administrator of the estate OF
William Baker, deceased. Any and
all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object
because of the mineral character of
the land, or for any reason, to the dis
posal to applicant. should file their
affidavits of protest In this office. on
or before the oath day Of December,
1915.
JOHN e. ROBBINS Register
First Publication Nov. IA, 1870
LAST Publication Dec. IL, 1870
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
DISCO
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Elko, Nevada, Land once Nov 8.1915
Notice is hereby given that VII
liam N. McGill. OF Ely. County OF
White Pine. State Of Nevada. has
filed In this office his application to
locate. under the provisions Of the
act Of Congress, approved June %,
1874 Tor SEQ. 2So6 R.s.), the SEX
of NEA Sec. Is, T. 10 N. R., 63 g.,
N. D. NJ. assignee OF the admins
traitor Of the estate Of William VIII
liam Baker, deceased. Any and ell
persons claiming adversely the lands
described. or desiring to object be-
cause Of the mineral character of the
land, or for any other reason, to the
disposal to applicant, should nle their
afidavits of protest In this once. on
before the cath day Of December,
1915.
JOHN e. ROBBINS Register
First Publication Nov. II. 1870
i(Iast Publication Dec. IL. 1870
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
Simple Subtraction.

Elsie Janis. in a discussion of stage
life, said at a supper at Sherry's. In
New York:
"A school teacher was once explain
Ing al arithmetic lesson TO a class of
little girls.
I'm subtraction he explained,
everything must be of the same de-
nomination. For example. you
couldn't take two oranges from
three apples, nor five sheep from sew
en- cows, nor
But here a little girl interrupt
ed the teacher solemnly.
My sister, what's a chorus girl
she said. took a diamond from q
lobster once
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Elko 0549, Carson City 06374
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Elko, Nevada, No
vember 4, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Millard
T. Collins of Ely, Nevada, who, on
September 8, 1911, made Carson City
desert land application 06374, now
Elko, No. 0549, for Eh of SEA oil
Sec. Is; and the NEH and Eh
SEA of Sec. 33, T. % North, Range
Ga East, Mount Diablo Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make final
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the clerk OF
White Pine County, at Ely Nevada,
on the seventeenth day of December,
1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John P. Phalan, of Currie, Nevada,
Henry Phalan, OF Currie, Nevada,
Peter C. Pallesen, of Currie, Ne.
vada.
Reuben v. Lockwood, of Currie,
Nevada.
JOHN E. ROBBINS.
Register.
First pub. Nov. IA.
Last pub. Dec. ~.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

02391
Elko, Nevada, Land once. Novem-
Der rs, 1915.
Notice is herby given that William
J.. Gardner of Ruby Valley. County
of Elko, State of Nevada, has filed in
this Office his application to enter
select-Focate under the provision of
Sections 1906 and 1907 of R. s. U. 8.
the following described land, viz:
NW1-4 of NE IA of Section 80,
Township 20 N, Range sc E. M. D.
b. & NJ, containing 40 acres.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the lands described, or de-
string to object, because of the min
eral character of the land, or for any
other reason, to the disposal to ap-
plicant, should file their affidavits of
protest in this Office, on or before the
10th day of January, 1916.
JOHN E. ROBBINS, Register.
First Publication Dec. IL, 1850
Last Publication January 2. 1850
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
Visit the
Beauty Pdrlor
Hayes-Park hurry Street
Hair Dressing Massage
Manicuring
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c. NOTICES
APPLICATION NO. 3674
Notice of Application for Permission
to Appropriate the Public Waters
of the State of Nevada.

Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of November, 1915, in ac-
oordance with Section SO, Chapter
40, of the Statutes of 1913, n r.
A. Millick, of Osceola, County of
White Pine, and State of Nevada,
made application to the State Engi-
neer of Nevada for permission to APP
propriate the public waters of the
State of Nevada. Such appropriation
is to be made from Piermont Creek,
Spring Valley, White Pine County,
Nevada, at a point about n mile
up from the mouth of Piermont Can
on, approximately near the diyid-
ing line between Sections 2S and 20,
in the NEA of NEA Of Sec. 20, cal
culated course, Diversion to n cor
ner between Secs. 22 and 81, T. 10
n. r. sc E., North ~ deg. 80 min.
East 9160.9S feet, distant, by means
of bitches, fumes and pipes, and ten
cubic feet per second is to be con-
yeyed to a point approximately In
NV of NWA Sec. %, T. 10 N. R.
66 E., NJ. d. B. & NJ, by means OF
bitches, fumes and pipes, and there
used for mining, milling and power
purposes. Water to be returned to
stream at the mouth of Piermont
Canon, Immediately below the works
above described.
(Signed.) w. M. Kearney.
State Engineer
First pub. Nov. 81.
Last pub. Dec. 10.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12

IT was eight o'clock in the morn
ing and two men on the way to bust
mes were aware of a large crowd of
women gathered in a crush before
the unopened doors of a well-known
department store.
why, do you suppose" asked one
mar of the other, do llthose wom-
en- want to reach that store so long
before the regular hour of opening?"
Because" answered his friend,
they r obeying the advertisement
in last nights paper: Come early
and avoid the rush."
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
APPLICATION NO. 3044.
Notice of Application for Permission
TO Appropriate the Public Waters .
of the State of Nevada.

Notice is hereby given that or the
21st day of October, 1915 in accord
ance with Section SO, Chapter 140,
of the Statutes of 1913, one James
Doutre of Sc%hellbourne, County of
White Pine, and State of Nevada,
made application to the State Engi-
neer of Nevada for permission to APP
propriate the public waters of the
State of Nevada. Such appropriation
is to be made from Sampson Greek,
al a point N. 10 deg. East 6574 feet
from a monument on Becky Noun
tain, said monument bears N. 81
deg. % min. West 2S,790 feet from
the corner of Secs. 5, 6, 81 and 32
on the north boundary of T. % N. R.
sc E., NJ. d. B. & NJ, by means Of
reservoirs and OF of one cubic foot
per second is to be conveyed to
troughs constructed at the above
mentioned point of d~ivergency and
along the natural channel between
the point of d~ivergency and a point
n. 40 deg. East 7640 feet from the
above described monument, by means
of natural channel and %troughs, and
there used for stock watering pur-
poses. Water not to be returned to
stream.
w. NJ. KEARNEY, State Engineer.
First Publication Nov. IA. 1870
LAST Publication Dec. IL, 1919
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
NOTICE OF FILING OF
TOWNSHIP PLAT.

Department Of the Interior. U. s.
Land ONCE. Elko, New, August 81,
1915.
Notice Is hereby given that there
has been received by this office for
filing, plats of the following town.
ships:
81 NJ. Range IS e; 81 N. Range
sc e; 20 NJ. Range SO; 20 NJ, Range
66; 20 NJ, Range 81; 81 N. Range
SO; % NJ. Range 90; 81 NJ. Range
10.
The said plats will be officially
filed in this ONCE at . a. M, No
vember 26. 1915. at which time the
land described therein. II unreserv-
ed. will be subject TO entry under
the different public land laws 40
cording to the character thereof.
Those claiming q preference right
OF entry by virtue Of settlement and
Improvements should Ale their APP
plicatlons In this ONCE prior to the
date of iling Of said plats, November
26. 1915.
JOHN e. ROBBINS. Register.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
APPLICATION NO. 5000
of Application For Permission
TO Appropriate the Public Waters
of the State of Nevada.

Notice is hereby given that on the
9th day of October, 1915, in accord
ance with Section SO, Chapter 40,
of the Statutes of 1913, Nevada Con-
solidated Copper company, a corpora
ton. of McGill. County of White Pine
and State of Nevada made application
to the State Engineer of Nevada for
permission to appropriate the public
waters of the State of Nevada. Such
appropriation is to be made from
Pine Spring on the westerly slope of
Ward Mountain, at a point on the
boundary line between Section SO of
T. Is N. r. So E., and Section 81
of T. Is N. r. So E., approximately
800 feet northerly from the South
east corner of said Section SO. in
White Pine County. Nevada, by
of a dam and pipe line and u
of one cubic feet per second is to be
conveyed to various and variable
places on the mining properties of
said company in the Robinson Min
ing District, White Pine County, Ne
vada, by means of pipe lines and
there used for mining and domestic
purposes. Water not to be returned
to stream.
(Signed) w. M. KEARNEY,
State Engineer.
First pub. Nov. IA.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12

The younger son of the family, who
had been out TO luncheon at a little
friends house was asked by his moth
er on his return whether he had been
a good boy. He hesitated a moment,
then answered, Yes"
You don't seem I o be very sure
about the matter" said the mother.
What did you do?"
"oh, | just spilled my chops in my
lap"
Did you apologize to Mrs.
Brown"
Yes" he nodded.
Tell mother what you said when
you apologized."
oh" came the quick response. Il
said excuse me, but that's what al
ways happens TO tough meat
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-12
Matches

A New York physician was giving
an informal talk on physiology upon
the windy, sea-fronting porch of an
Atlantic City hotel.
Also" he said, sit has lately been
found that the human body contains
sulphur"
sulphur" exclaimed a girl in a
blue and white blazer. How much
sulphur is there, then, in a girls
body?"
oh" said the physician. the
amount varies"
And is that asked the girl,
why some of us make so much bet
ter matches than others?"
st. Louis Globe-Democrat