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some $50 feet above the level of the

some $50 feet above the level of the
river.
Room for Many Immigrants.
All through Paraguay to Asuncion
the road runs across vast tracts of
luxurious grazing land, broken here
and there by lines of low, timber-cov-
cred hills. Buildings and other evil
dences of development are few and
far between, compared with the ex-
tent of the country, and one is i'm
pressed with the fact that there is
ample room there for thousands of
home-seeking immigrants from the
congested districts of Europe, who
would find an agreeable climate and
soil fertile and extensive enough to
feed not only themselves but many of
the other inhabitants OF the world.
Timber is so plentiful in the Para
guayan country that the railways use
1t for fuel. At every railway station
are huge logs and squared timbers
ready for shipment. On the hillsides
where clearings have been made, as
we'll as in the bottom lands, besides
the rich grass, the corn, the alfalfa,
and the tobacco. healthy sugar cane
Is seen.
Arriving at Asuncion at p. m. Sun.
day, the train -uns into large termi-
nal station which. though modern in
appearance, is said to be the first rail-
way station built in South America.
A British engineer constructed it about
fifty years ago, and the girders and
other parts of the framework, which
at hasty glance one would say are
iron. are in fact wood that is as sound
today as when the building was erect
ed.
Asuncion is an important port for
river movements. The larger vessels
from the River Plate bring their car
goes to Asuncion, whence merchan-
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disc is taken overland or transshipped
In smaller boats for points farther UP
the river. Although it is a river port.
over a thousand miles from the sea
coast, the size and number of large
vessels at the dock, or at anchor
awaiting their turn to go to the docks,
and the many smaller craft, as well
as the large and commodious harbor,
give 1t much the appearance of a sea-
port.
Enclosed by Big Rivers.
The Republic of Paraguay is al.
most completely surrounded by wa
ter, being bounded on nearly all sides
by the great rivers Parana and Para.
quay or their tributaries, which fur.
nish transportation to many interior
parts of the country and provide
abundant irrigation and adequate
drainage. The soil is typically fer
tile, consisting for the most part of
red clay mixed with sufficient sand
to make it porous, and covered with
rich alluvial deposits. The area of
the country Is estimated at about 170.-
900 square miles, and 1t is divided
into two parts by the Paraguay river.
The southeastern part, which is in
closed by the rivers Paraguay, Parana,
and Apa, contains most of the white
population. The northwestern part,
known as the Gran Chaco, is inhabited
mostly by nomadic tribes of Indians,
and contains vast expanses of grazing
land and immense forests awaiting eX-
ploitation. The resources Of the
southeastern section alone, however,
are sufficient to engage the attention
of the inhabitants for many years to
come. 1t is estimated that the coun-
try has about 100000 inhabitants,
and the government has been encour-
aging immigration as much as possi-
BILE. Immigrants who have settled in
the country have done well.
The climate is happy medium be-
tween temperate and tropical, the av-
erage temperature being 79 degrees
Fahrenheit. Summer begins in Octo-
Der and lasts until March; winter
starts in April and lasts until nearly
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Vanderbilt"


The name of Vanderbilt has grad
Hally been contracted from three
words into one. Art Jansen, the ear
Hest of Mr.. Alfred Vanderbilt's ances-
tors to emigrate from Holland to Amer
ica, used to spell his surname Van Der
Bilt, and SO did each of his eleven
children. Cornelius, his grandson, and
the founder of the family wealth, al,
ways wrote his name Van Derbilt, but
expressed a wish that his children
should write 1t as one word. His eld.
est son compromised between his ia
TIERS custom and his expressed wish
by leaving space after the first syl.
lable-"Van derbilt" On old Cor.
nelius' tomb the name is inscribed
Wander Bilt," but on the gorgeous
mausoleum built for Cornelius II 1t ap-
pears as Vanderbilt"
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up color plate and squinted at it..
lob, look {. that! That model of
yours, isn't it? Miss Gale? Bully!
What stunning costume!" She stood
inspecting it.
Hall, meanwhile, was watching her
sharply. He noted the trimness of her
costume, the freshness of the huge
bunch of violets, the whiteness of her
gloves, her picturesque, expensive hat.
She was so at ease, so independent
and unconscious, that it was as if some
wild animal had entered his studio.
How well she knew her world, how
conscious she was Of her superiority
over most of those she met, her equal.
ity with any! She had consummate
poise; her self-esteem never waned.
She breathed the smartness, culture
and self-sufficiency of her social
sphere; it protected her like an armor.
1t was as if, being Carolyn Dallys, she
was insured against any form of EN-.
barrassment. Carolyn was neither
particularly clever nor very rich, but
she was inside" and those inside"
have freedom. Hall himself had been,
in his time, "inside"-he had, in fact,
despite his working for a sustenance,
never been elected. His own family
could stand the strain. He knew,
therefore, how to appreciate Carolyn's
place. Mrs. Royalton was in the
smart" set-the set that gets into the
newspapers-but Carolyn Dallys still
lived on Lower Fifth avenue. She was
one of the foundation stones in the SO.
cial structure of which Mrs. Royal.
ton was a more conspicuous pinnacle.
(To BE CoNTINUEDJ
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own fell, instead, caressingly, but un-
seen, upon his sleeve,
"Oh, Mr. Bonistelle,' she pleaded,
you ought to have someone who
really cares for you-who really loves
you, you know-who would love you
always. Someone who knows how good
you are! Don't tie yourself up to a
woman like that-why, she's five years
older than you are, Mr.. Bonistelle-
she's middle-aged, almost-and she's
been married before, too! Why, you
want youth, Mr.. Bonistelle-and fresh
ness-and-" ,f~.
Can l come in?" A high cheerful
voice interrupted them. Both turned
suddenly toward the doorway to the
office.
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Superstition In Roumanla.

The Rouman is superstitious. He has
popular tales that mark the red-head-
ed man and the man without a mus
tache as strange characters who are
sure to work mischief. In some parts
of the country there are still old
pagan beliefs in witches. Many old
semibarbaric customs remain. as, for
instance, that OF burying the dead
with uncovered faces. In some parts
of the country flower is painted on
the wall of a cottage wherein lives o
girl of marriageable age.
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SYNOPSIS.

Hall Bonistelle, photographer
prepares for the days work in his studio.
He is reminded by Flodie Fisher, his as
sistant of a party he is to give in the
studio that night, and warned that his
business is in bad financial shape. Mr..
Doremus, attorney and justice of the
peace, calls and informs Hall that his
Uncle Johns will has left him "a, 900 on
ty-eighth birthday, which begins at mid
night that night. Mrs. Rena RoyaltoD
calls at the studio and Hall asks her to
marry him at once. She spars for time
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The sunrama Test

II a great captain of industry
should resolve to lead a better life
and never again to utter an untruth
we imagine the supreme test would
come when someone timidly asked
him If it wasn't possible that the trou-
BILE with his business was partially due
to the fact that Ills company was over
capitalized.-Celu tO.) Journal.
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York of the Baptist church of Sites.
who was in attendance at an associa-
ton meeting at Charleston. On learn
ing of their mission they were invited
to be married in the association meet
ing. but this was impossible because
the license was obtained in Idaho, and
so the meeting adjourned to the cen
ter of the bridge.
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SHORTAGE OF $4,000 FEARED.
Audit Of caughey's Accounts Under
Way At Annapolis.

A general audit of the affairs of the
Annapolis Banking and Trust Com
pany was begun to determine the dis
crepancy in accounts discovered after
]. Marshall Caughey, of Baltimore.
treasurer of the company, committed
suicide in Annapolis.
It was feared a shortage of between
$4,000 and $1,000 might be dis
covered, though officials state that the
APPARENT discrepancy may be found an
error, due to a jumbled account. The
tragedy did not cause the slightest in
terruption to the business of the bank.
Mr.. Caughey was bonded for $4,000.
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WEDDING o \ SNAKE BRIDGE
Use Idaho License, Calling Pastor
From PrayS- Across the State
Line

Lewiston, Idlho.-Mrs. Maud Estes
of Kamiah and A. j. Stuart of Sites
were united I'D marriage a few days
ago on the LEWISTON Charleston bridge,
just on the Idalo side Of the mid-chan-
mel of the Snike river. The parties
had come to y fwiston expecting to be
married by thdr pastor, the Rev. ]. B.
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Delivering Letters Stolen a Year Ao

Delivering Letters Stolen a Year Ago
Post Office inspectors at Seattle,
Wash, are endeavoring to deliver to
the original addresses 500 letters stol.
en- more than a year ago from the
Seattle post Office by w. A. Byers, a
former postal clerk, and hidden by
Byers under a heap of ashes in the
fireplace Of his former home.
At the time Byers was arrested
nearly 5000 letters were found con
cealed in an office which he main,
tanned for the practice of law. He
pleaded guilty and was seut to prison
Recsnlly l. T. Merry moved into the
hotel which Byers had formerly occu.
pied and in cleaning the fireplace un
earthed the additional 'attera
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THE NEWS TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS
Latest Happenings Cleaned
From All Over the State.
LIVE NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Train Dispatcher Edgar H. Bloom,
whose mixed orders caused the
wreck of two passenger trains near
Thurmont, in which six persons lost
their lives, states that he will not
again enter railroad work, as his
nerves will not permit it. He has not
been discharged by the Western Mary
land Railway Company, which regards
him as a competent dispatcher, and
he received his full salary for June.
He has received many messages of
coincidence, among the writer's being
the widows of Fireman Fritz and of
Baggagemaster Hull, who were killed
in the collision.
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cents quart for all the flies brought
to his office in June. After several
quarts were received he discovered
that they are mostly canned flies. He
says they were captured last fall,
canned and held uptil the fly market
opened this spring. He will either
abandon his offer or appointed fly III
spector.
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Those cuesses.

When a doctor makes a guess about
. disease he calls 1t diagnosis.
When a stock gambler makes a guess
about stock he calls it q speculation.
When a pre- makes guess about
the next he calls It faith or
revelation RI
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In Mexico there is 15O-foot bridge
that is composed entirely of mshog-
any, worth, at the present price Of the
wood, almost S2,OOO.OOO
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A ncannsd Elvn Yarn.

Topeka-Sanitary serkeant RAM
sey is about to cancel his order for
flies. Ten days ago he offered SO
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Two counties IN Pennsylvania had a
combined production OF bit1minous
coal in 1913 of over 65,s5O,OOO short
tons.
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INTERESTING NOTES FOR ALL

"Effendi" in Turkish has its equiv
alent in the British Esquire"
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The state educational building al
Ocean City was dedicated.
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Miss Mary Poffenberger, aged IS
years, daughter of Charles Poffenber-
ger, of Hagerstown. was probably fatally
burned when her clothing took fire at
coal oil stove about which she was
working. No one was in the room at
the time and she ran out of the house,
her clothing on fire, and shouted for
help. Her screams attracted her moth
er and neighbors, who ran to her aid
and beat out the flames. Nearly all of
the clothing was burned from the girls
body, and she was scared about the
legs, arms, hands, breast and neck. She
is also believed to have inhaled the
flames.
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Daily Thouoht

Ay,l sir, = honest. as this world
goes, Is 4 Iue man picked out q
1000 hare.
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Fire destroyed the barn of James
Doyle, near Stepney, Hartford county.
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The wind in England blows from
the southwest on 112 days during the
year.
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Type metal consists of 65 parts lead.
% parts antimony and 10 parts of tin.
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Stays are raised in China for thefr
horns, which are cut of when soft ais
used In the manufacture Of natiw
medicines.
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w. H. Saville, of Cumberland, and
G. r. Heater. Harpers Ferry, w. Va,
fell over a 10O-foot cliff at Magnolia,
w. Va, while on their way to Stewards
Tunnel to do stonemason work for the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. They
were walking along a ledge and when
one slipped he grabbed the other and
both went down. The men were taken
to the Western Maryland Hospital in a
serious condition.
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The tax rate for Dorchester county
was fixed at S1.40.
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Henry Eric, 72 years old, of Bur-
louisville, Montgomery county, obtained
a license from the clerk Of the Circuit
Court at Rockville for his marriage to
Mrs. Annie Campbell, aged &C years,
also Of Burtonsville, The couple had
planned to wed in Rockville, but no
Episcopal minister being there, they
returned to Burtonsville to have the
ceremony performed there. 1t is Mr..
Erric's first matrimonial venture.
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1t is recorded that the Coliseum at
Rome had accommodations for $1,000
spectators.
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A conference was conducted in St.
Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church,
Hagerstown, between the Rev. DR.. T..
M. Hare, superintendent of the Mary
land Anti-Saloon League; the head
quarters committee of the Washington
County Temperance League and the
white and colored ministers Of Wash
ington county and plans were per-
fected for cooperation Of the county
and State anti-saloon workers in the
coming campaign to make Maryland
dry"
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A Sheffield firm has received from
Holland a contract for the manufacture
If $4,000 army pocket knives. to be
made to the pattern Of those hitherto
imported from Germany.
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In head-on collision in the Narrows
between a special car of the Cumber-
land Electric Railway and car of
the Cumberland and Westernport line
coming from Frostburg, Mrs. Leo Biser,
of Kansas City, Mo-, was painfully hurt
about the neck, several other passen-
gers being slightly injured Mrs Biser
is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. Mel.
son w. Russler, wife of the manager
of the Cumberland baseball team.
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Seven midshipmen were arrested in
connection with hazing at the Naval
Academy.
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year.
Type metal consists of 65 parts lead,
25 parts antimony and 10 parts OF tin.
1t is recorded that the Coliseum at
Rome had accommodations for $1,000
spectators.
A Sheffield firm has received from
Holland contract for the manufacture
If $4,000 army pocket knives. to be
made to the pattern of those hitherto
imported from Germany
Two car loads of silver bullion
melted and ran into a field recently
Nebraska when a train was
wrecked and the contents of several
oil tank cars took fire.
125-mile stretch of the govern
nent-owned railroads of Chile is being
given up to extensive experiments with
lil fuel. United States engineers are
supervising the investigations.
In Philadelphia was started Amer
ica's first savings bank, and that in
5titution now has about 100000 more
depositors than any other bank IN
the United States.
A curious plant, called the water
chestnut, is found in China, the tu-
1ers of which, eaten raw or in steWs,
are much liked by the native epicures.
They are also sliced and shredded for
soups
OF the total world production of CON-
nercial cotton in 1918 the United
States contributed 609 per cent. Next
to corn, cotton is the most valuable
crop grown here, and 1t is the largest
single item OF export.
The Commonwealth Statistician pub
fishes a statement concerning trades
lnionism in Australia, in which it is
shown that the total membership in
.uch organizations, all Australia in
cludRd, is $4,000, out of total popu-
latioB of less than 100000.
A peculiar feature of Borneo is that
it is practically an immense game prt
serve The white inhabitants are gov
ernment officials. planters and bust
ness men. and have neither time nor
inclination to do any hunting. The
result is that the game with which tn
country abounds il rarely dist"
Elephants and rhPocero' zee
plentiful that they We
rubber and eocoanusN
stroying young trees
The College Of
$aur-year COURSE
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Two car loads of silver bullion
melted and ran into a field recently
n Nebraska when a train was
wrecked and the contents of several
oil tank cars took fire.
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Grieved over the death of his young
son, Edmund Welhenmayer, who was
accidentally shot and killed about six
weeks ago by companion, Sigmund
H. Weihenmayer, of Hagerstown, shot
himself through the heart at his home
in the northern suburbs. His body
was found not more than 10 feet from
the spot where his son was killed.
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Capt. Edward Watson Burns, Sc
years old, for nearly half a century
employed on the Cumberland Valley
Railroad, died suddenly, at Hagers
town. He was educated in Chambers
burg High School and by his father
James Watson Burns, teacher OF
languages in a Philadelphia higl
school
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w. J. Holloway, of Wicomico county
was elected president of the Maryland
State Teachers Association.
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The home of John Meredith. of Fed
eralsburg, together with practically al,
the household goods, was destroyed by
fire during an electrical storm, the
fire originating, supposedly, from a
bolt of lightning, The loss is about
$S,OOO
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OF the total world production of CON-
nercial cotton in 1913 the United
States contributed 6O.9 per cent Next
to corn, cotton is the most valuable
crop grown here. and 1t is the largest
single item of export.
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A 125-mile stretch of the govern
nent-owned railroads of Chile is being
given up to extensive experiments with
)il fuel. United States engineers arc
supervising the Investigations.
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The Commonwealth Statistician pub
fishes a statement concerning trades
lnionism in Australia, in which it is
shown that the total membership in
uch organizations, all Australia in
cluded, is 43S.O00, out of total popu.
latioB of less than 100000.
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The Frederick county tax rate for
1915 will be SO cents. This is a reduc-
ton of 10 cents OH the 1914 rate.
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William H. Baugher, chief judge of
Orphans Court of Howard county
died at his home near Ellicott City in
his seventy-third year.
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Fire destroyed the barn and four
other buildings on the farm of ].
Alexis Shriver, at wilma, Hartford
county. The loss is $4,000.
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A curious plant, called the water
chestnut, is found in China, the tu-
hers of which. eaten raw or in stews,
are much liked by the native epicures.
They are also sliced and shredded for
soups.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-07
Eastern Minister
Making Auto Tour

Rev. w. c. LOOMS OF Hanford,
Cal, is making a tout in an auto
from his home to Pittsburg, Pa. Mr..
LOOMS has his family, consisting OF
lis wife and three children and has
his machine so fixed that, in an
emergecy, the whole family may
sleep in the car with comfort. The
front seat of the car has it's back fin
ed so that it may be turned down TO
make the bottom of a berth and III
the top he has an arrangement for
the singing of an upper berth, upon
which the Riddles may be slowed
away for a night.
Last night, in order to keep HIM
self in practice, Mr.. Loomis preached
Tor Rev. Hornaday at the Methodist
church. The party left Carson this
morning to arrive, all things being
well, at Alpine, in Churchill county,
this evening.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-07
Arrest TOnopah Men
for White Slavery

With no premonition of inn
pending trouble, everybody in the
Big Casino dance hall was follow
ing his or her particular bent this
morning, when w. d. Knight, dep
uty United States marshal, and w.
b. Evans, chief of police, entered
the place. Federal warrants were
served on Al Thacker, Don Richie
and J. J. Connors, charging them
with white slavery by bringing five
girls from San Francisco across the
state line, for immoral purposes.
The girls taken by the officers as
witnesses were Fay O'Brien, Elsie
RESELL, Lillian Weston, Marie Young
and Buelah Waters. All went quietly
with the officers to the office of
Justice OF the Peace Dunseath,
where a hearing was begun at 3
o'clock. 1t was conducted by Geo.
A. Bartlett, assistant district at
torney for the United States.
The case was handled by D. 6.
Rathbun, special investigator for the
government in white slave matters.
He was assisted by a woman detec-
tive who fr%equented the dance hall
and posed as one of the dancing
girls.
The case was continued over C
Monday morning at II o'clock. Th>
three defendants were each placed
under $500 bail which was furnish,
ed.-Bonanza.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-07
Police Ended His
Love for a Fight

The sheriff's office had a real liven-
ing up last night. An old Irish labor
er, one of the pure old fighting kind,
arrived in town with his blanket roll
in search of a Job. In his perigrina-
tons he ran into an Italian saloon
and after filling up just comfortably
with the red wine Of the country,
something came up which gave him
the cue to fight. He was doing nice
~ in his declaration of war, Ireland
|against Italy, when a policeman ar
rived on the scene and quelled the
riot.
t He was taken to the county jai
and placed in cold storage over
might and this morning being duly
penitent was released on his Owl
recognizance. He shouldered his
bundle and proudly marched onward
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-07
Banking Board In Session

The State Banking commission,
consisting of J. NJ. Lockhart of Ely,
T. J. Salter of Winnemucca, Moritz
Scheeline of Reno and H. c. Clapp
OF Carson, with Governor Boyle as
chairman, met at the capitol this
morning. This being the first meet
ing OF the board a formal ~organiza-
ton was first completed after which
an examination of the banking condi-
tons of the state was begun. Gil
bert Ross, as bank examiner, was
also present at the meeting.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-07
Asks for New Trial

The case of Guy Davis ct al ver-
sus Joseph Ralph, decided last week
by jury in favor Of the plaintiff, was
up before the Federal court again
this morning, when George Spring
meyer, attorney for the defendant,
presented a petition for a new trial.
Pending argument OF the motion,
which will be heard early in July, a
stay of execution was granted and
bonds of $1,000 in each one of the
two cases were required and given.