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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
BELL TRANSCONTIHENTAL LINES RUINED BY
WIND AND WAVES ON HUMBOLDT LAKE

LOVELOCK, Feb. 1i.-Losses run
ming into thousands of dollars from
the effects of high winds and floating
ice on Humboldt Lake, necessitating
the complete removal of their line to
higher ground, was the portion of the
Bell Telephone company on that part
OF their line from coast to coast be-
tween Granite Point and Toy station
the past ten days.
Monday, a week ago, the high wind
broke up the ice in Humboldt Lake
and drifted it against the poles OF the
Dell system which run around the lake
at that point mostly in shallow water,
pushing and blowing down thrCe-uuart-
ers of a mile of line and drifting the
poles thousand feet from the line.
a repair crew was Immediately put to
work and the poles were reset and
anchored two ways by iron guys near
ly an inch in diameter, in some inst
ances, and to big rocks or dead men"
anchors.
At about noon last Sunday a wind
storm came up on the lake that is
estimated to have had the velocity
of 70 miles an hour. This piled up
the ice against the line again and
tore out all the work of the week
before and n mile and a quarter more
of the line.
The terrific strength of the wind
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
BUSY DAY IN
JUSTICE COURT
TWO White Men and a squaw Are
Arraisned Before Judge
Castle
LIZZIE DICK
GETS SIXTY DAYS
Sentence on L. B. Phillips and Joe
Glenn Will Be Pronounced
Tomorrow
LIZZIE DICK
GETS SIXTY DAYS

This morning in Judge Castles
court found the popular justice a busy
man attending to vagrant cases
brought before MIN. Three cases of
that calibre had been caught in the
dragnet spread by Constable McMurt-
rey and Deputy Peck, an Indian squaw
named Lizzie Dick and two white men
giving the names of l.. B. Phillips and
Joe Glenn. Lizzie is an old offend
er and spends the greater portion of
her time in the county bastile and up
on her plea of guilty, the court de-
cided that term of sixty days therein
was fitting punishment for her ways.
The least that can be said of Lizzie
is that she is rather wild girl (?)
L. B. Phillips, accused of lettering
around the streets without any visi-
BILE employment pleaded guilty to the
charge and asked the leniency of the
court. He stated that he was a hard
working man and had a family in the
east to support but that hard times
had thrown him out of work. Judge
Castle took his case under advise
mcnt until tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
Glenn Refuses to Plead.
The other man accused of the same
offense refused to plead and at all and
the court ordered a plea of not guilty
to be entered for him and set the time
of his trial for 2 o'clock tomorrow af-
tcrnoon. Glenn has a bad reputation
around Elko and has had no known oc-
cupation since he has been here.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
INTERNATIONAL RUINS
MAY COVER BODY
Jewelry Salesman Seen In Hotel the
Night of the Fire Is
Missing
MAIL STILL COMES
TO VIRGINIA CITY
Believed Now to Have Perished In
confIagration Of Last
December

VIRGINIA CITY, Feb. 12.-Do the
ruins of the old International hotel in
this city cover the body of a man who
lost his life in the confiagration? /?
This the question that at present is
confronting the people of this city and
probably will not be answered until
the ruins have been cleaned away. A
short time before the fire a man came
to the city with lot of iewelry which
he exhibited for a time in the Getchel
store. The night before the fire he
packed up all his belongings into his
grips and took them to his room in
the hotel with the intention of depart
ing on the morning train. Since that
time nothing has ever been heard of
the man. No one knows positively
that he departed on the train and his
mail is accommodating in the Virginia
postoffice. On the morning of the
fire 1t was reported that a man had
lost his life in the building but a re-
port was circulated in Carson that a
man at the Carson depot had told of
a narrow escape he had in getting out
of the hotel. This put stop to the
rumor of the death in the building
but the fact that important mail for
the man has never been called for
nor any word heard from him has
caused the suspicion of his death to
be renewed.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
MANY BILLS ARE MADE LAWS WHEN
GOVERNOR AFF|XES HIS SIGNATURE

Governor Boyle has signed the fol-
lowing bills:
Senate bills No. !, creating a legis-
lative fund; No. 6. authorizing the
commissioners of Humboldt county
to pay $500 to the relief of the Hum
boldt chamber of commerce: No. 13.
amending the act creating the inspec-
tor of mines, and No. 81, authorizing
commissioners of Mineral county TO
issue bonds for the construction of a
county high school.
Assembly bills No. /, by Dewar,
No. 9, by Beason. relating to boards
OF county commissioners: No. 25. by
White Pine delegation, concerning
claims a@inst incorporated cities,
and No. 10, by Hcidtmann. repeating
the act prohibiting gift enterprise.
Assembly joint and concurrent reso-
luton No. 1, regarding the right of
the Central Pacific railroad; likewise
assembly joint and concurrent resolu-
tion and senate joint and concurrent
resolution No. 3. with regard to ask.
ing congress for an appropriation to
develop the Carson valley.
Senate bill No. IL. by Senator Kcd-
die. IAN act empowering the regents
of the state university of Nevada TO
receive grants Of money appropriate
ed under that certain act OF congress,
entitled An act to provide for co.
operative agriculture extension work
between the various colleges of the
numerous states"
Senate bill No. 90, by Senator Full.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
5. P AND MAIL
CONF PAN|ES To.
REMAIN ASONE.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE coMmIs.
SION RENDERS AN IMPORT
ANT OPINION
RAILROAD PROPOSES TO oPE-
RATE STEAMSHIP LINES
OUT OF FRISCO

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Retention
of control of the Pacific mail by the
Southern Pacific company is author
lied by the Interstate commerce COM
mission. This is the first decision
under the provision of the Panama
act, requiring railroads to give up
competing steamship lines, except
when joint ownership of operation
would be to public advantage.
The railroads petition set forth
that it proposed to operate steam
SHIPS between San Francisco, Mexico
and Control America, also between
Mexican and European ports, and
Mexican and gulf Atlantic ports.
The traffic will be handled by the
steamship company which proposed
to give up service between San Fran
cisco and New York through the
Panama canal, also to Europe, be.
cause it might be in competition
with the Southern Pacific's mail and
water service via New Orleans.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
One Case At Home of F. v. Burner
and TWO Cases at Ed.
Williams
SCHOOL is CLOSED
FOR TWO WEEKS
All Cases Except One are Mild and
Danger Is Thought
Slight

DR.. John Worden, county health of
hcer of Elko county, was called to Lee
last week to investigate three cases
of scarlet fever in that community.
Upon his arrival there DE- Worden dis
covered child OF f. V. Burner. a
rancher, had a mild case of the dis
ease and that two children of Ed.
Williams were also down with il.
Further investigations uncovered the
fact that five children of the former
had also had scarlet fever previous
to this time and had recovered. DR..
Worden Immediately had a conference
with the school board of that place
and as result the school of Lee will
be closed down for two weeks and the
building thoroughly fumigated. All the
cases with the exception of one, a son
OF Mr.. Williams, are mild but notwith.
standing the fact, there are a number
of other cases likely to develop owing
to the latencss of the authorities here
fndin" out the truth of the matter
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
JAMES RUSSELL
SERIOUSLY ILL
Children Leave This City For Bed
Side at San Francisco,
California
TELEGRAM TODAY
SAYS BETTER
Has Recovered Consciousness At This
Time and Recovery
Hoped For

Advices received in this city Satur-
day from the bedside of James Rus
sell, one of the oldest and best known
citizens of Elko, stated that Mr.. Rus.
sell was in very serious condition
and this his death was feared. His
son, George B. Russell, of this city,
and also James Russell, Jr., another
son Of Deeth. left Immediately for
San Francisco, where Mr.. Russell is
undergoing treatment. A telegram
from the former received by the In.
dependent today, brings the good news
that Mr.. Russell has recovered conscl-
BUSINESS and is in great state of i'm.
provement Hopes are now held out
for his recovery. Mr.. Russell, although
S5 years old, Is hale for one OF his
years and the clean life he has led
gives him constitution which will
pull him through an Illness fatal to
others. He has many friends in this
city and all over the county who will
hope for further good news of his con
ditlon.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
NEW BILL To.
ABOLISH THE
E[K0DRYFARM
SENATE BILL, NO. 60, INTRO
DUcED LAST WEEK TO
THAT EFFECT
BILL is REFERRED TO COMMIT
TEE ON WAYS AND
MEANS

The abolition of the Elko county
Dry Farm, in Pleasant Valley, near
this city, and the removal of all tools
and implements belonging thereto to
the Industrial School at Elko, is autho-
rized in Senate Bill No. 60, introduced
in that body last week by Senator
Fulmer. The bill is in substance a re-
peal of the measure creating the state
dry farm. The dry farm referred to
is being now run under the supervis.
ion of the state and is operated by
Mr.. w. Sohlman who is we'll known In
this city where he is a frequent visi-
tor. AS far as reports go, the farm
has been success from the start and
the reason for the bill is unknown un-
less it is the opinion of the originator
of the measure that it could be run at
less expense by the inmates of the
Industrial School which will be COM
pleted and ready for occupancy in a
short while.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15

cannot be realized. 1t broke in two
iron guys an inch in diameter
where it could not pull up the anchor,
and in other places where the ground
was soft pulled up the anchors. The
poles were literally chewed off and
the whole mass of material was ut
terly ruined, the wooden stuff drifting
two miles away.
New material had to be brought
up in order to build n temporary line
even and great difficulty was exper-
fenced in erecting it, Eight-foot
posts $50 feet apart, with guys set
four ways were used and duplex
wire put up for strength.
The crew had to work partly in
water about all the time as the thick
ice was broken up and nothing but
thin sheet of new ice left which
was not strong enough to stand on
but extremely hard to work in. A
crew of six men and foreman came
np last Monday from Sacramento
aud have the line in shape now.
Next Monday a crew Of engineers
will come up from San Francisco to
re-rOute the line for stretch of IL
miles so as to avoid its touching the
lake, and 1t is expected that n big
force of men will be put to work
about next Friday on construction.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
INNEs AND WIFE WILL HAVE
TO GO TO GEORGIA

AUSTIN. Tex, Feb. 12.-Writs OF
error to the supreme court OF the
United States, in the case of Victor
e. Innes and Ida May Innes, seeking
their release from Jail at San An
tonic were refused yesterday by the
court of common appeals, but the
court suspended the mandates for
sixty days, to give the Illnesses an
opportunity of applying direct TO a
justice of theh supreme court of the
United States for the writ.
Innes and his wife for the last
two months have been fighting extra
dition to Georgia, where they are
wanted on a charge OF larceny after
trust" in connection with the dis
appearance OF Mrs. Elois Nelms Den
mis- and her sister, Miss Beatrice
Nelms, of Atlanta, Georgia.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15

mer' AN act regulating the fees of
the county clerk of White Pine coun-
ty."
Senate bill No. 26, by Senator Stick
ney. IAN act for the relief of Yelling
ton Bowen"
Senate bill No. 81, by Senator Bal.
zar, "An act providing for the is
suance of bonds for the erection and
maintenance of high school build
ing nj Hawthorne"
Senate bill No. 36, by Senator Hus-
key, "An act authorizing the Nevada
California-Oregon railway to amend
its articles of incorporation"
Assembly bill No. 0, by Beason,
AN act repeating section 1913 of the
Revised Laws of Nevada, relating TO
recounts OF ballot at elections where
the next highest contestant lost by
ten or less votes"
Assembly bill No 81, h. FITZGERALD,
"An act repeating an act creating a
State board of industry, agriculture
and irrigation"
Assembly bill No. 80, by Fitzgerald,
AN act repeating an act empowering
the county commissioners of Nye
county to issue bonds for the pur.
pose of creating n fund for liquidating
and paying all outstanding indebted.
ness of said county, and for paying
current expenses of Nye county"
Assembly bill No. 36, by Haidt-
mann, AN act TO establish rule OF
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15

move in an investigation to determine
whether the increased price of wheat
breatd and -four is due to a criminal
conspiracy, was made today when
Attorney General Woodbury. procur-
red the appointment In the supreme
court of Meyer Nussbaum as referee
to take testimony here beginning next
Wednesday.
More than forty bakers, and repre-
sentatives of bakers and millers were
subpoenaed to testify.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
AND W.P.
ROADS IN BAD.
WITH UNCLE 5.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF LAW
OCCURRED ON COAST WHERE
CHARGES TWICE IGNORED
WESTERN PACIFIC INDICTED ON
TEN COUNTS; COUNSEL FOR
ROADS GIVE VIEWS

CARSON CITY, Feb. 13.-The
Southern Pacific company was indict-
ed on one count and the Western Pa
cific Railway company was charged
on 10 counts today, for alleged vio-
lation of the interstate commerce act,
by the presentments of the Federal
grand jury in open court here today
on the conclusion of the grand jury
session. The cases were handled by
United States Attorney Woodburn for
the district of Nevada, assisted by H.
B. Duncan, attorney for the Inter-
state commerce commission, and in
volve Determinations and rebates.
The charges against the Western
Pacific were investigated by the
Federal grand jury in San Francisco
in March and in October, 1914, with
out action, and the charges against
the Southern Pacific were twice
presented in San Francisco in 1914.
They are separate cases.
Accused Giving Rebates.
The Western Pacific is charged
with giving rebates and concessions
to the Simmons Mfg. Co. of Kenosha,
Wis, on shipments of iron beds and
springs to San Francisco. 1t is
charged the Western Pacific provid.
ed the company with warehouse To-
cation and saved the company loss in
abandoning another warehouse under
lease for three years from 1910. The
old warehouse was at 986 Howard
street, San Francisco.
The Southern Pacific company is
charged with granting rebates to the
DepIo Elevator company, San Fran
cisco, on warehouse charges on ship
ments of grain to the east. Ten in
stances are charged OF the assump-
tion of 40 cents per ton of warehouse
charges on grain.
Counsel for the commerce commits
sion said such indictments might be
presented in any district through
which the shipments went and that
the statute OF limitations was nearly
run on the Southern Pacific charge
SIdlIIlS W. =. innocent.
Local counsel for the Western Pa
cific company said the taking over
Of the Simmons company lease was
innocent and that the company fully
no loss but that the street was torn
up for a year and the lease became
a loss.
II. c. Booth of the law department
of the Southern Pacific company at
San Francisco, said that payments OF
40 cents ton warehouse charges had
been made in 1910 and 1911 on grain
for farmers under tariffs filed with
the Interstate commerce commission
and the California Railroad commits
sion, but the grain buyers demanded
similar treatment and the tariff not
being clear, were granted such con-
cessions to avoid litigation.
Charges Ignored on Coast.
Charles B. Henderson who is as
sociated with Allan p. Matthews as
counsel for the Western Pacific Rail-
way company, denied last night that
there was any conscious wrong-doing
on the part of his company. He said
the entire transaction was Invesiigat-
ed by the Federal grand jury at San
Francisco in March, 1914, and by a
second grand jury in October, 1914,
with the result that no indictments
were returned. He added that his
company would be prepared at the
proper time to rest its case with a
trial jury.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
FAMINE THREATENED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-The i'm
mediate appropriation of $4,000 for
the relief work on the island of Ma
nua, Samoa, reported devastated by
storm and threatened with famine
day by letters to the senate and house
naval committees.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15

Sons
Lewis Sharp, Arthur.
Marion Jensen, Metropolis.
Commodor Peary Maddox, Wells.
Thoms Jones, Elko.
Newton NJ. Dennis. Montello.
John B. Scott, Rowland.
Bert Logan Hale, Carlin.
Earl Russell Taylor, Tenabo.
Frank Putnam Batchelder, Elko.
Daughters
Walter Raymond, Arthur.
Pinkard Robert Prunty, Charleston.
Guy Saval, Elko.
Patrick Keough, Osino.
Deaths Recorded in January
Marion Jensen. Metropolis, age /
day.
Mack Park, Elko.
Charles H. Heritage, Tobar, age 6S.
jeff Thomas, Elko, age SIS.
Infant son Thomas Jones, Elko.
Adeline Evans Moore, Wells, age 76
Mildred Dorothy Fawcett, Tobar
age 1.
Frank Ritter, Tuscarora, age 1.
Louis w. Hale, Carlin, age 2 days
Contagious Diseases Few
There were only % cases of com
and contagious diseases re
ported of which 20 are Bronchitis
which is always prevalent at this time
of the year owing to unsettled wealth
er conditions. The following table
shows the different cases of those dis
eases and the deaths resulting there
from:
Pneumonia, cases, l death.
tuberculosis, 2 cases.
Bronchitis, 20 cases.
Diarrheal disease of children. 2 cas-
es, death.
Cancer, / case, death.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
GATES CASE Dismissed

On motion of district Attorney
Lunsford the action against Ledford
Gates, charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses, was dismissed
in the court of Justice Of the Peace
Unsworth---Journal,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15

Charles b. Henderson of Elko, State
University regent, was an arrival last
evening to attend the Comstock Club
dance.-Va. Chronicle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY

Wigwam Observation-Disclosures and
Motion Pictures.
Bradley Opera House-Motion Pic
lures.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15
BIRTHS EXCEED
DEATHS IN ELKO
Thirteen Births and Nine Deaths Re-
corded With Registrar of
Vital Statistics
THREE DEATHS RESULT
FROM CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Bronchitis Most Prevalent MaIady In
County With Twenty
Cases

According to the report of the regis
trar of vital statistics, DR.. John E.
Worden, the deaths in Elko county
for the past month are in minority by
a comfortable margin. The latter are
exceeded by births to the tune of l3
to 8, says DR.. Worden.
Male Births Exceed Females.
The births of male babies also ex-
ceed those of female for that period
of time. there being of the former
and four of the latter in January.
The following table of births has been
recorded:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15

Continued on Page Four)
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15

leading Paper OF ElIto County
Established In 1874
! All the News All the Time
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-02-15

Clean, NswSN, Reliable
Devoted - the upbuiIdln0 and
Developing Of EIkO County
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-12-18
PUCHTA's FIRST APPOINTMENTS.

Mayor-ee Puchta has named Hon Chas F. ornberger
Director OF Public Service while the Director the Safety
Department will be Walter Fredlander, the welknown
facturer and banker
AT glance that the selections for these
Offices have been made with fitness and
and Mr. Puchta be congratulated his selections these
should long towards convincing the citizens of Cincinnati
that "a the
than that political influences will govern
Mr. onbeger has long been prominent the councils of the
Republican party and popular alike with all classes of citizens
gades party aaton and the Service Department could be
in better hands.
Mr. ornberger has always been fair organized labor
doubt will prove friend in his office.
Mr.. Friedlande has particularly politics.
although he has always taken active the affairs the
and has done much for his He has long been identified
with financial affairs and president the isey Wolf Machine
Company He of large experience and than ordinary
executive ability.
Now that Puchta
selections have been made and accepted the people will be able
form intelligent idea how the affairs of the city will
Quoted during the and the atmosphere the hal
has already cleared although early
predict what changes i'll the departments will be made
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-12-18

Recent the capital have caused thinking
make comparisons between the and promises of holding
the highest offices the and the conclusion inevitable that like
the seasons the minds OF change least undergo
changes which them their campaign promises
striking example of this is shown in Mr. Willis, who the
haerng labor organizations when he candidate
and who has failed absolutely to regard those promises his
election to the highest Office within the the people Ohio
There exceptions all rules and promise is
sacred and both refreshing and gratifying
which Attorney General Turner living his campaign
Unlike Mr. Willis that general
could promise little other than rigid enforcement of the laws this he
did promise and the people, believing him, elected him.
That Mr. Turner intended carry this promise has been shown
his Inauguration and the fact emphasized within
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-12-18
AN ENDORSEMENT OF COPELAN.

Safety Director Holmes and Chief of Police Copean
pised at the City Hall by delegation Of business called
to compliment them upon the which the Police Depart
ment has been conducted during the past year,
Safety Director Holmes and Chief of Police Copean
delegation for their appreciation of the efforts made by the depart
The delegation included Business Mems Club Captain j. Con
chairman; Ralph H. Coney William S. Mckenzie Louis J.
Mekc Arthur f. zones and Harry l.. Gordon Chamber of
merce Thomas w, Allen Morris Frciberg r. J. gan f. c.
George Lewis Walter Wicgar, Robert llocStette Fred W.
Schwenk r. A. Golfer and John Devere; Industrial Association
Otto Armeder Harry Suyam and Harry Levin Cincinnati Metal
Trades C. Hobart, George Stewart Mueller Egan
p O. Geier.
This is decided endorsement Of Colonel Copcan
No Cei OF Police received higher compliment the
standing OF the police under him, speaks
Cincinnati