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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
COUNTY PAYS BUT
FIVE HUNDRED
Rlordan Gets Three Hundred and
Keeps His Car and Galloway
5000 For Broken Arm

The board of county commissioners,
Commissioners Griswold, Gregory and
Jones present, allowed $500 for the
automobile wreck at Mitchell creek
Sunday night.
Riordan gets $500 and keeps the
Ford machine. He had asked $500 for
the wrecked car. Galloway for his
broken arm was paid 5000. This is a
compromise, 1926 having been asked.
Complaints having been made to the
board about the water service in Elko,
Clerk Hunter was instructed to write
the Public Utilities commission in
Carson and request a hearing on the
case. for August 2nd.
Upon recommendation of Miss Kne.
meyer, county school superintendent,
two new school districts were made,
one at Harper, near Ventosa, and the
other at Picalili on Shoshone creek
near the Idaho line.
The board retransferred $717.16
from the Metropolis school bond fund
back to the general fund
From the general fund s1,103.49 was
transferred to the Elko county high
school bond and interest fund.
There was transferred from the gen
eral fund $4,000 to the officers salary
fund and $4,000 to the general road
fund
Chas. f. DeArmond was employed
to audit the county books.
A judicial township was establish.
ed at Tobar.
f. H. Van Valkenburg was appoint
ed sewer inspector for the town of
Blko. There we're six applicants for
the post, the others being w. s. Day
ton, w. J. Foister, A. L. McGinty, f.
NJ. Butler and w. T. Meserly.
S. G. Shirley was appointed road
supervisor late this afternoon to take
the place of John Short, resigned.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
BILLION DOLLAR TRADE
BALANCE. FAVOR U. S.
ment of Commerce at WASH
ington For II Months

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 3d.
Figures made public by the depart
ment of commerce today show that
May, 1915, imports totaled $142,284,-
s51, against S164,2S1,515 in May last
lear and $133.723,T13 in May, 1913.
May exports exceeded by $79,160,671
the largest May record previously
made, being $273, 3,76S, ,O93, against 1884,
607,4 ,422 in May, 1913, and $161 1882, ,619
in May last year.
Of the May, 1915, imports. 900 per
cent entered free Of duty, compared
with 62.8 per cent in May, 1914 and
51.6 per cent in May, 1913.
In the eleven months ending with
May. 1915, imports aggregated $1,516,-
474,600 and exports $2,499, ,592,079, the
figures representing in the case of
imports decrease of $219,921 ,607, or
1875 per cent, and I'm the case of ex-
ports an increase of S292,O84,975, or
1872 per cent when compared with a
like period n year earlier.
The figures for the eleven months
ending May 81, 1915, show a favorable
balance on merchandise transactions
OF S9S3,117,479. AS thirteen ports
which ordinarily handle 80 per cent
of the country's foreign trade show for
June an export balance of approx
mately $60,000,000, 1t is now known
that the excess Of exports over inn
ports of merchandise has at this date
exceeded $1,000, 100000 surprising by
nearly $4OO,0O0,OOO the highest record
heretofore made.
The inward flow of gold which be-
came pronounced about the com
mencement Of the current year con-
tinued In May at an accelerated rate,
imports amounting to $31136,311,
against $1,972,411 in May, 1914. Gold
exports totaled $1,277554, compared
with $16,S35,2O in May, 1914. In the
eleven months ending May 81, 1916,
gold imports totaled $119,227,015, an
increase of s56,5O5,46s; while gold ex.
ports aggregated S143,4O2, 100, an in
crease of $79.470.6o5 over like per.
iod one year ago.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
.HOLT'S IMITATOR
IN CALIFORNIA
Crazy Man Runs Amuck At Redwood
City and Dies as He Is
Landed in Jail
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
REDWOOD CITY, Cal, July s.
Carl Anerswald at three O'Clock this
morning fired the home of c. Il. Cumb.
erson, poisoned his dog, COW and
horse, and put three autos out of COM
mission. He let water out of the tank
and removed fire plug from pump.
He then hid him self in the chicken
house.
While Cumberson was eXtinguish-
ing the blaze Anerswald shot him
twice in the side.
Anerswald was arrested but said il
was useless to arrest him as he was
going to die. He was taken to Jail
in an QUITO, stiffened and died on ar
irving. 1t is believed he had taken
strychnine.
Clippings from newspapers found in
Anerwald's pocket, detailed Hollis op-
erations. 1t is believed these had in
spired him. The dead man was a
former servant in Cumberson's house.
He was discharged in April. 1t is
thought he was insane. Autopsy will
be held this afternoon.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
SPRING CHICKENS
At INDEPENDENT?
1t Sometimes happens That This Of
flee Is Called Upon to Supply
All Kinds of Needs

1.-TWO BELLS" warned the Intertype
operator.
The reporter took down the tele-
phone receiver and ansv cred ,"Inde-
pendent. r
~"Is this the independents" asked a
lady's voice at the other end of the
wire.
"Yes, this is the Independent" again
informed the reporter.
Can you send ME up couple OF
spring chickens?" inquired the same
feminine voice.
do what?" said the reporter, think
ing he had not heard Alright
Send up a couple of spring chick
ems"
How do you spell it?"
IS p II 6 h k e n s."
mo lady, we are sorry. but we have
no spring chickens. We have a couple
Of old bucks here, and we do all kinds
of job work with all new type and new
presses, and we publish the best pap
er in Nevada with United Press dis
patches but we have no spring chick
ems"
81 g:5ss I got the wrong number"
and she hung up.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
THE CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE

In the wonderfully acted photo-play
Of "The Christian" by the Vitagraph-
Liebler Co. which Is being presented
by the All Star Feature Distributors,
Inc, at the Bradley Opera House to-
night one of the effective moments in
the play, is that, when John Storm is
compelled to face an angry mob of his
parishioners in the east end of Lon
don he has to use his personal infiu-
ence to bring about order and calm.
Mr.. Earle Williams in the character of
John Storm, faces this mob, and al
though the situation is told only in
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TORNADO AND CYCLONE SWEEPS VALLEY
PERlsHso, ELEVEN MEMBERS ONE FAMILY DEAD. coAHcEs
BLOWN FROM RAILROAD TRACK, LASTING MINUTES,
cNNATPs GREATEST DISASTER.
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
CINCINNATI, July S.-The death
list of last nights cyclone is swelling.
Searching parties are digging the
ruins and dragging the river.
Police estimate that Forty persons
perished in the great storm. The
known dead number fifteen.
Eleven members of the Tennebaum
family had their lives snuffed out, un-
less some be found still alive under
meath the wreckage of their home.
All members of the Cohen family
were killed.
The tornado lasted ten minutes,
sank two boats. wrecked houses, blew
four Pennsylvania coaches off the
track.
Thirteen members of the two boats
crews were picked up by towboats
that conveyed the steamers.
The steamer Dick Fulton is miss
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
WESTERN PACIFIC THANKS
SOUTHERN PACIFIC MEN

The Bulletin, issued monthly by
the Southern Pacific company contains
the following item that will be of in
terest here:
"Supt. T. F. Rowlands of the Salt
Lake Division has the following let
ter from Superintendent R. NJ. Ogil-
vie of the Western Pacific Railway
Company, headquarters at Elko, New,
under date of May IL, 1915:
Ion April 30th last, your crew in
charge of circus train, eastbound,
when in the vicinity Of Preble, sig
nailed to the crew of our passenger
train No. and made them under
stand that something was wrong with
the track ahead of them. A little
farther on they found a rock slide
which might have been the cause of
serious accident had they not been
expecting 1t. 1t happened, however,
that we had already received a report
and had the matter covered by an
order, and our crew ciauld have
stopped in time anyway. Neverthe-
less, we should be very glad to have
you inform your crew that we ap-
preciate the interest shown by them
and thank them for u.s.
"The Southern Pacific crew con-
sisted Of Engineer A. Saxton, Fire
man H. Cremer and Head Brakeman
B. w. DeBano."
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
Minnehaha Afire From Explosion Races to Halifax
Tornado Slueeps CG1cinnati---Sixty People Dead
THAW NOT GOOD WITNESS
IN HIS OWN BEHALF
BY United Press. ~

BY United Press. 49,,
NEW YORK, July S.-The state
called Thaw to the stand. He was
nervous but soon regained his COM
posure and sat smiling at his ease.
He said his attorneys told him that
Jerome was bounding him but he did
not believe this now.
His answers at times were vague, in
audible. He admitted he hired Alfred
Henry Lewis as his press agent.
Thaw was severely grilled by the
prosecution and his nervousness re.
turned. The general verdict is that
Thaw did not prove good witness
for himself.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
JUDGE CASTLE
MOVES HIS OFFICE

The county commissioners have ar.
ranged to move the office of Justice
of the Peace Castle from the Dotta
building to the basement in the north.
east corner of the county courthouse.
Temporarily Judge Castle has his
office in the private room of Record.
or Greathouse at the left OF the
entrance to the main lobby.
Judge Castle was moving this af-
ternoon.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
RACING FOR LIFE 500 MILES TO HALIFAX WITH
WHERE LIES $1,000 TONS EXPLOSIVES.
DENIED FIRE CAUSED BY HoLrs
BOMB. $685.. ..--. -. -. y
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
NEW YORK, July 8.-The transport
line steamer Minnehaha thirteen
thousand tons, is racing for life to.
ward Halifax with fire in hold threat,
ening fifteen thousand tons of ammu.
milton in her cargo.
The fire was discovered late last
night $40 miles east of Halifax. The
vessel wirelessed that the blaze was
not serious.
The -Minnehaha was one of the
ships sailing from New York that had
been warned of Hollis bomb. r-...
Officials withheld all information un.
til this morning. They denied the
rumor that the fire was probably caus,
ed by Hollis bomb planted aboard.
Another theory is that a German
spy fired the steamer.
The Minnehaha is one of the most
modern freighters.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
puPoNT's SISTER ARRIVES
FROM DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Miss Josephine Dupont. sister Of w.
s. Dupont of the Dupont Pharmacy,
arrived this morning from Detroit,
Michigan, on visit to her brother.
She is accompanied by Mits Elizabeth
m, Cullen of Detroit The ladies will
go on to San Francisco to take in the
Fair.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
cHURcHFIELD RUNS
TUNNEL AT BULLION

Jack Churchfleld came in today from
Bullion. Mr., ChurchfieId has lease
on the Trlpoli mine at Bullion belong
ing TO the Nevada Bunker Hill and
Sullivan. He has tunnel in 400 feet
and has $50 feet more to go to reach
the bottom of the old shaft. 1t is a
lead-silver proposition.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08

List Of Dead Mounts
In Ohio Cyclone.
CINCINNATI. July 8.-Latest fg-
ures are twenty-one dead here and
thirty missing and fifty injured. The
estimated property loss is million
dollars.
Two are dead in Indiana, one In IL
linois and seven in Missouri.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
POLICE FEARED BOMB
HIDDEN IN BIRTHDAY CAKE
BY United Press.

NEW YORK, July 8.-Rockefeller
celebrated his seventy-sixth birthday
today at Pocantico Hills. He was
closely guarded on account of the at
tack on Morgan.
Antoine Vomingo of Chicago was TAX.
en- into custody when he bought a
huge birthday cake to be presented
to Rockefeller. The police feared it
would conceal bomb. ...-
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
There are no passengers aboard.
Captain Clarel Says
Explosion Caused Fire.

Captain Clarel Says
Explosion Caused Fire.
NEW YORK, July 8.-Captain Clarel
wirelessed that an explosion caused
the fire aboard the Minnehaha. The
fire is under control. II was not
stated what caused the explosion.
The belief that Hollis bomb was
planted in the Minnehaha is strength
ened by the fact that the Minnehaha's s
pier is near that OF the Philadelphia
and SaXonia
The Minnehaha was originally
schedelud to start Saturday but was
delayed.
Captain Clarel wirelessed he was
due N Halifax Friday.
After the first message the fire
gained headway. 1t is believed it at
tackled other holds.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
FIVE HOURS Of
MEXICAN BATTLE
Carranzistas Driven Toward American
Border by General Villas
Victorious Forces
BY United Press.

by NUIICU FTESS.
DOUGLAS, Ariz., July 8.-A five
hours battle took place this afternoon
across the boder with detachments
from the American army as specta.
tors.
General Gales of the Carranziastas
was driven toward the border by Gen
eral Trjillos, commanding the Willis
tas, although the latter was outnumb.
cred two to one.
Gales called for reinforcements.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
FALABA CARRIED NO
UNUSUAL CARGO MUNITIONS
BY United Press.

LONDON, July S.-Lord Mersey re-
ported today the verdict of the Falaba
investigation. He declared the Falaba
was unarmed and carried no unusual
cargo of munitions. This is the ship
the sinking of which cost an Ameri-
can life.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
GOVERNMENT TAKES
POSSESSION WIRELESS
United States Will Stop Avoidance Of
censorpship BY New inyen-
tion At SayvlIIe
BY United Press.

WASHINGTON July 8.-Secretary g.
Daniels of the Navy department sent
Captain Bullard, who has hold of the
radio service, to. take possession of
the wireless station at Sayville in the
name of the government.
1t will be run by the government
like other wireless stations. Violation
OF the neutrality laws is given as the
reason for the action.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
GERMANS ADMIT FRENCH
PENETRATED TEUToNic LINES
BY United Press

BERLIN, July Sit is officially ad.
mltted that the French penetrated the
German trenches In a half mile front
in a battle west of Souchez. A coun.
ter attack drove them out. The loss
es on both sides we're heavy.
The Germans have captured mum.
ber of trenches near Przasnysz. Po-
land.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08

Homer A. Andrse and wife and Miss
Bessie Winter came down this morn.
ing from White Rock and are guests
at the Mayer.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08

the picture, it is a plea for the power
Of the spiritual courage with which a
man may conquer a crowd.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08

Hundreds Of plate glass windows In
store buildings were destroyed. Signs
were demolished and trees uprooted.
1t is Cincinnati's greatest disaster.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08

Government in Possession.
WASHINGTON, July S.-The gov
ernment this afternoon took over the
Sayville wireless.
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GROWS WORSE HOURLY ..
ON MEXICAN BORDER
By United Preas.

pI Onteu fTe9S.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, July s.
Twelve shots were fired from ambush
at the American cavalry patrol near
this place. No one was hit Mexican
bandits are blamed The situation
grows worse hourly.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08

Joseph McCochin and J. S. Wyckoff
of Reno are registered at the Com
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08

A roaring laugh all through at the
Wigwam tonight, don't fail to be there
adv.
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Four Are Killed

Four Are Killed
At Carrolton, kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July Sit is re-
ported that four persons were killed
by the cyclone at Carrolton, Kentucky.
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HARRY THAW DEF|ES
PROSECUTOR COOK
Dares Him to Say that He Believed
the UnsaVory Stories that Thaw
Whipped Nude Girls
BY United Press,

BY United Press.
NEW YORK, July SHAW this af-
ternoon dared Prosecutor Cook to say
be believed the stories that Thaw
whipped nude girls.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08
TAKES THE cARRoLIc
ACID ROUTE HOME
BY United Presa.

BY United Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, July S.--Dr. e.
NJ. Dodson, dentist, committed suicide
today in his office, taking carbolic
acid. Financial troubles was the
cause.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-07-08

J. l.. smithson of Fallon is at the
Commercial.
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ADRIATIc DOES NOT
FEAR HOLT BOMB

DJ Onlteu fTe66.
LIVERPOOL, July 8.-The Adriatic
Is due this afternoon. A wireless says
she is unalarmed.
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We DO

WHAT HAS NEVER BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF
ELko-WE SELL THE HIGHEST GRADE GROCERIES
FRANCISCO PRICES TO BUY SAVE From 10
TO 80 PIE RECENT. COMPLETED uNTIl TE4Rscae
REGULAR PRICES:
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SEEING LIFE, WIM
rAm1 JOHN HENRY
HNhW GeOIqeXI1O
kedX<I{kNNf1 John Henry On Vanity
John Henry On Vanity

river and going hard when a strap
broke, whereupon Peaches went over
board with a splash that upset most
of the furniture in the room and
knocked her manicure set down be-
hind the bureau.
One of the oars went up in the air
and landed on the bridge of my nose,
because my face happened to be in
the way when the oar came down.
When loving hands finally untangled
Peaches from the chain drive of a
rocking chair, she found that, with the
help of the rowing machine, she had
lost nearly two pounds mostly off the
end of her elbow.
A day or two later Mrs. F'itzenstaatz,
who tips the beam at 243, Topped in like
an amiable seal and told Peaches that
her system of physical torture was all
wrong. Once more 1 hotfooted it for
the shopping district and returned
with one of those rubber contrivances
which you carefully fasten to the wall,
and then take hold of the handles and
try to pull it off again.
Bright and early the next glad morn
| ing Peaches grabbed the handles and
was getting away from her fat little
| self at the rate of an ounce an hour
when one of the rubber strings sud-
denly quit the job and then something
| kicked Peaches just where a good
| singer gets her coloratura.
When Peaches fell wounded on the
| field of battle she decided hurriedly
that something must fall with her so
she selected our new talking machine,
| and there was such a crash that our
new cook thought the end of the world
had arrived and she ran screaming in
the direction of Paterson. N. ].
| l had to pour pitcher of ice water
| over Peaches facial expression before
she came to. and then she found that
all she had lost by the new process
was her breath and $24 worth of rec
ords.
her left foot embedded in Tetrazzini
| while fragments of a Victor Herbert
medley nestled coyly in her hair.
| Mrs Gadfrey dropped in next day
about lunch time and told Peaches
| flesh is to take a long walk; so Peaches
| picked out a long walk and took it
After she was gone about six hours
| and it was getting dark she called me
up on the long distance and broke the
news to me that she had walked some
| fifteen miles, and that she had beer
terribly extravagant and had used vi
all the walk that was in her, and would
please be so kind as to send a tax
and not leave her to perish in
strange land among the savage tribe.
in the Bronx.
| When Peaches reached home tina
night she found that all the flesh she
had lost was her pocketbook contain
ing ten dollars, and was set back tel
: dollars for cab hire, making a total re
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duction of four pounds English
money.
A few days later while 1 was down
town Mrs. Carruthers dropped in, also
at lunch time, and carefully explained
to friend wife that the only way to
beat back an attack of avoirdupois is
to take electric baths.
An hour later Peaches gathered up
| the family plate and exchanged it for
| an electric blanket, which she had sent
| home Immediately.
1t was cold that night so 1 wasn't
at all surprised to see what / supposed
was Mackinaw coat spread over the
bed
1 figured on reaching Dreamland by
the fast express but, heavens! how
warm it began to get
| THE janitor is sure annoying the
radiators with a lot of steam tonight, -
1 said. feverishly, but all got was a
sharp ~Shush." from the other half OF
the sketch
A half hour passed and one by one
my features trickled away from my
face The temperature jumped up to
I'll in the dark
For the friendship of Nike" plead
ed, cant we throw this asbestos Quilt
on the floor and come out of the fiery
furnacer
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ing new worlds to conquer, she rolled
out into the dining room, bumped into
the sideboard. and exit, rolling into
hall with glass-crash.
Whats the idea?" I gasped, when
friend wife rolled back into my life
again and dropped anchor in Morris
chair.
Reducing" she answered in the
still. small voice of a Marathon run
ner at the end OF the ninety-fourth
mile. Then she rushed out and
weighed herself and came back with
the glad tidings that she'd lost six
and one-quarter ounces
Eat one of our new cooks break
fast rolls and get it back permanent
ly," 1 suggested, and Peaches didn't
speak to me for twenty minutes.
The next morning Aunt Louisa Milf
fendale. who weighs 27S in her war
paint, 1oated in and told Peaches that
she had picked out the wrong kind of
exercise, and presently / was chased
on downtown for rowing machine. a
set of Indian clubs and sixty cents
worth of dumbbells.
That evening Peaches jumped mer-
rily aboard the rowing machine and
bore away to the northeast, with a
strong ebb tide on the port bow.
She was about four miles up the