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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Every foreign Office of Europe acts
on the principle that an army of spies
Is constantly on the alert to steal its
secrets, and infinite precautions are
taken to battle their efforts. Very
shortly after the use of plotting paper
1t was discovered that 1t was quite
possible to cause blotting paper to
give up jealousy guarded secret by
simply holding it in front of a mirror.
Long after the commercial world had
forgotten such thing, the British for
eign Office used q sand shaker to dry
its important documents. Then spe
cially manufactured black plotting ma
per was used. but this was not found
to be absolutely spy proof, and re
turn to the sand shaker was contem
plated. Then someone suggested the
simple expedient of a small absorbent
roller When such a roller was run
up and down and across a document
once or twice the cleverest spy.in the
world is at liberty to try his hand at
deciphering the impressions.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
ASKS AMERICANS tn
DEFER JUDGMENT
GERMANY SENDS NOTE ON SINK.
ING OF ARABIC AND LOSS OF
AMERICAN LIVES.
Expresses Regret and Sympathy, De-
claring There Was No Desire on
Germany's Part to Commit an
Act Deliberately UnfriendIy,

Neutrality-suspicious. Won Bernstorff.
he German ambassador, on Tuesday
communicated to the state department
Instructions from his government, ex-
pressing regret and sympathy if Amer
cans lost their lives in the sinking of
he liner Arabic, and asking that the
United States delay taking a definite
stand in regard to the affair until Ger
many could be heard from
This was the first word from an Of
icial German source concerning the
Arabic, on which two Americans per-
shed. Its receipt was followed by an
evident relaxation of the tension
which had been growing here as days
passed with no indication of a desire
IN Germany's part to disclaim an in.
tention of committing an act "delib-
erately unfriendly" toward the United
States.
No attempt was made either at the
state department or the White House
% interpret the ambassadors commu.
nication. Officials merely said that of
course the American government
would await the German explanation
OF the action of the submarine COM
nander in sinking the liner.
Secretary Lansing indicated he did
not intend to reply to the ambassa-
1or's message at this time. He agreed
10 it's publication with statement
that he had no comment to make.
Particular attention was attracted
here by the assertion in the German
communication that in the opinion of
the imperial government the accounts
Of the sinking of the Arabic which
have come from England could not cor
respond with fact. These accounts in
affidavits by the captain Of the ship
and American survivors have agreed
that the Arabic, an unarmed passenger
vessel, bound for the United States
with no contraband in her cargo, was
torpedoed without warning by a sub
marine.
1t may be a week or more before
Germany is heard from further.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
ELEVEN GERMAN
!YARsHIP5 sunk
RUSSIANS REPORTED TO HAVE
DRIVEN BIG FLEET FROM
GULF OF RIGA.
SuperGreadnough MoItke, Three
Cruisers and Seven Torpedo Boats
Are Sent to the Bottom, Accord
ing to Russian Advices.

A dispatch received In London
from Petrograd says that the presi-
dent of the duma has announced that
the Germans lost the battleship
Moltke, three cruisers and seven tor
pedo boats in the Riga battle.
The announcement of the president
of the duma, as sent by the CORE
spondent follows:
In the Riga battle the Germans lost
one superdreadnought, the Moltke,
three cruisers and seven torpedo
boats.
The German fleet has Withdrawn
from Riga bay.
The Germans tried to make de-
scent near Pernpvin (PrenigeD, on
the east shore of the Gulf of Riga
some thirty-five miles north of Riga.
Four barges crammed with soldiers
took part in the descent. They were
repulsed by the Russian troops with
out the cooperation of artillery, the
Germans being exterminated and the
barges captured. The German super
dreadnought Moltke was a vessel of
$4,000 tons and carried in ordinary
times complement of 1,107 men.
She was sister ship OF the famous
Goeben, which became a part of the
Turkish Navy after the commence
ment of the war and was rechristened
Sultan Selim.
A dispatch to the London Times
from Petrograd confirms the an
nouncement Of NJ. Rodzianko, the
president of the duma, of Russian
victory in the Gulf Of Riga, and the
sinking of the German battle cruiser
Moltke.
The correspondent appended to his
dispatch tbs following official com
iiiGricat,un:
Confirmation of the naval victory in
the Gulf OF Riga was conveyed to the
duma committees on Sunday by Nj.
Rodxianko, president of the duma.
The members of the committees re-
quested NJ. Radzianko to congratu-
late the navy on it's splendid achieve.
ment and to convey to the minister
OF war their compliments in the de.
feat of the German invaders at Per-
nau by local levies.
Among the German warships sunk
is the battle cruiser Moltke. Four
huge barges filed with soldiers were
captured and the invaders surrounded
and taken prisoner.
Along the western front there have
been some spurts of liveliness in the
lighting, but nothing that could be
called battle
1t is now evident that the fresh
landing of British troops at Suvia bay
on the Gallipoli peninsula, robbed of
its element of surprise by the appear
ance of Turkish reinforcements, has
proved somewhat of disappointment,
the only gain being that another strip
OF the peninsula is in the possession
OF the allies, and more Turkish troops
must be employed against them.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
KODAK CONCERN A MONOPOLY.
Company to be Given Opportunity to
Abrogate Business Methods.

Buffalo, N. Y.-The Eastman Kodak
company of Rochester, NJ Y, is a mo-
nopoly in restraint of trade, in viola.
ton of the Sherman antitrust law
according to decision handed down
here Tuesday by Judge John r. Hazel
of the United States district court.
The decision grants the defendant
company an opportunity to present
plan for the abrogation Of the illega,
monopoly" on the first day Of the No
vember term.
Judge Hazel in his opinion stated
that while it appeared that no ire
deemable hardship would result from .
separation Of the present business
into two or more separate companies,
1t was not at this time intended to
indicate either dissolution, division
or reorganization
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Half Million Jews peported.

Petrograd.-Owing to the occupation
by the Germans of a great part of the
pale OF Jewish settlements and the
inclusion of the remainder in the
sphere Of military operations, the
condition of the Jews is critical. Five
hundred thousand Jewish residents
have been deported and apparently a
greater number have taken refuge In
the inner provinces, where they have
10 legal rights.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

According to a paragraph in the
Christian Herald, there exists an
Egyptian papyrus dating back to B. C.
$500 on which is preserved what is per.
haps the earliest temperance lecture
on record. 1t reads as follows: my
son, do not linger in the wine shop or
drink too much wine. 1t causeth thee
to utter words regarding thy neigh.
Dor which thou remembered not. Thou
fallest upon the ground; thy limbs
become weak as those of child. One
cometh to trade with thee and flndeth
thee so. Then say they: Take away
the fellow, for he is drunk" Here
we have the social, physical and eco.
nomic arguments against drinking.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

A letter heretofore unpublished,
written by Benedict Arnold, dated
Headquarters, Robinson House,
August ~, $780," has come into pos.
session Of Judge John NJ. Patterson Of
Philadelphia. The letter asks Cover
nor Clinton of New York to authorize
Arnold to repair" the great chain that
the Americans had stretched across
the Hudson river to prevent British
ships from ascending the stream.
Arnold had plotted to remove a link
from the chain on the pretext of re-
pairing it. thus opening the stream to
the British.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
WILL PLACE CURB ON HAITI.
United States Demands Right to Police
Island for Ten Years.

Washington. Haiti's new
government has been asked by the
United States to approve, a conven.
ton under which, for ten years, the
American government would admins.
ter the finances and supervise the pc.
Icing of the island republic.
A draft of the proposed treaty is
low before the Haitien congress sit
ting at Port au Prince, where Amer.
lean marines have been maintaining
order since the recent killing of Pres
ident Guillaume by revolutionists.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
SOUNDS WARMING TO PEOPLE.
Former President Taft Says Crisis
is at Hand.

Salt Lake City.-What was probably
former President William Howard
Taft's most emphatic and strongest
speech on the problem of national de-
tense since he left the White House
was delivered Friday noon at the Ben
neville club luncheon at the Newhouse
hotel, when he declared that the Unit
ed States was in state where it may
be called into war at any time land
we are fools if we do not make prep
aration to meet the condition" He
said that the United States must not
remain in it's helpless condition and
hat this nation must have an army
Ind navy strong enough so that it's
protests will have the necessary hack.
ng and force to make them effective.
Former President Taft told his list.
sners that the nation was I'D against
serious problem. He wanted the
people OF the United States TO know
hat a crisis was at hand, and urged
hem to use their influence with their
representatives in congress to see
hat the first thing done when the ma.
.ional legislature convenes again is
o provide for an increase in the army
and navy. He said that the United
States should have mobile army of
At least II 0.000 men. this number not
20 include the coast artillery corps
ana with this number be pointed out
here would be only $4,000 mobile
'roops in continental United States
after establishing the proper forces
m the Panama canal zone and other
possessions where troops are required
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

The airship has been considered the
most dangerous vehicle of travel. Re-
cent developments indicate that the
jitney in the hands of careless driver
Is fully as perilous to life and limb as
the air craft.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Bandits Rob Bank.

Amity. Ark.-Two men late Tuesday
robbed the Bank Of Amity of $1,000
and escaped toward the Oklahoma
line after a pistol battle with towns.
people, after they had been advised Of
the robbery by the cashier.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
New Bishop consecrated.

Los Angeles.-At the same altar
where eighteen years and ten days
ago he was ordained priest, the Few.
Joseph S. Glass, d. D., was on Tuesday
consecrated bishop of the diocese Of
Salt Lake. The ceremony took place
in St Vincent's church, where for
fourteen years he has officiated as
rector
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

The crack in the old Liberty bell is
growing larger and the fitness of this
honored memento for further travel
is seriously questioned halt may
have to be called on the assumption
that no great exposition can be con.
sidered complete without 1t.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Abe Ruef Granted Parole.

San Francisco.-Abraham Ruef. once
a power in San Francisco politics
serving fourteen-year sentence for
Offering bride to a San Francisco
supervisor, was paroled Saturday from
San Quentin pehitentiary by the state
board Of prison l.5'0"tors. Ruefs pa,
role provides u %all go to Men
docino county ,'c.e he as a ranch,
and remain tsre r,@csy lays.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
BelQ!ans Jailed for Mourni,.

Amstermdam. = Persons arriving
from Brussels report that there were
200 arrests there of Belgians who
were demonstrating their grief on the
anniversary Of the German occupa
ton. V.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Forest Fire DESTROYS Town.

Bellingham, Wash.-Forest fire,
which have been raging in Whatcom
iounty claimed another village Satur
lay when VAIL, eight miles north OF
'ellingbam,. was completely wiped
out. There was no loss of life.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Many Lose Lives In Flood.

St. Louis-The Meramec river,
ined on either side with thousands
If pleasure resorts, clubhouses and
ummer cottages. went several miles
Ut of its banks on Sunday, swep
way most Of these buildings, and in.
reasing to twenty,four, it is reported,
.he numOer of lives lost in ST. Louis
ounty as result of flood which fol
owed the recent raiustorm.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Rush Munitions Plants.

Paris.-The mobilization of Russia's
industrial resources is so far perfect.
ed that within few weeks the fac.
tories OF the country will be able to
produce 100000 shells d day in add.
ton to those which are imported.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

The big turtle which, in crawling
across the tracks of New York rail
road, wrecked train which struck il
is still alive. This wise turtle shows
the great advantages of always keep
ing under the speed limit.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

From Aberdeen. Wash, comes a
story of the capture of two.year.old
deer in the surf, by bather. who used
football tactics in subduing and get,
ting the deer out of the water. What
has become of that ban on nature fax.
ing?
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

"Canters and hesitations are
doomed to give way to the waltz"
says an expert. So the very old-fash
Toned dancers are going to have their
revenge!
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

The remark of nearly everybody
even city people, that it is fine
weather for gardening" is a reminder
of the old recipe for cooking a hare.
First get your garden.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

The farmer abroad just now is a
person of high Importance. The men
behind the guns are hardly more i'm.
portant than the men behind the food
in the game of starving the enemy
out
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
MANY DEAD OF STARVATION.
Eight Percent of Deaths in Mexico City
Due to Food Shortage.

Mexico City.-Deaths by starvation
continue in the city and most conser
alive estimates them at twenty-five q
.ay
During the month of July 1885,
leaths were registered in Mexico City
according to Charles J.O'Connor OF
he American Red Cros, per cent OF
the deaths occurring in Mexico City
are due to starvation.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

An economic expert lays the blame
for the high cost of living upon the
women. That precedent In the Gar
den of Eden has never yet been over
looked when it came to laying the
blame for anything.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Drunkaras l. I; nan in lai.,

fortlaho' "a. -1"-c;-. Judge
John II. S.eycI.ta ac -.l3t Satur,
day t'as al latitUal arunkards
brought bo ore him lcaceeorth would
be sentenced 20 remain in Jail until
Oregon goes 'dry" on January 1, 1916.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

That Ohio man who committed sui.
eide with safety razor at least de-
serves, credit for demonstrating some
actually successful use for the nipple.
ment.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
NO cLEW TO MOB MEMBERS,
Frank Came to His Death by Hanging
at Hands of Parties Unknown.

at Hands OF Parties Unknown.
Marietta, Ga.-Without being able to
elicit from any one of eleven witnesses
single clew as to the identity OF
any person connected with the lynch,
ing Of Leo M. Frank near this city, q
coroner's jury on Tuesday returned q
verdict that Frank came to his death
by hanging at the hands of parties
unknown
City and county officials testified
that they had endeavored diligently to
get at the facts of the lynching but so
far their efforts had been of no avail,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

/. Scientists aver that the flea can car.
ry plague germs for over month.
Here is hint which will doubtless
be used In the civilized warfare now
going on in Europe. where great minds
may mobilize poison-fea squads.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Bulgaria Menaclna Turkey

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from the Bal
kan capitals state that Turco- Bulga
rian relations have reached the break
ing point and that Turkey is strength
ening her Notifications in Thrace, fear
ing invasion.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Strike for Eioht-Hour Day.

Bridgeport, Contour hundred
girls and 100 men employed by the 10,
cal plant OF the Westinghouse com.
pany walked out to enforce a demand
for the eight-hour day and better shop
conditions. x
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

One reader claims to have disoov-
cred why new novel or a new play
is generally spoken of by the producer
as gripping" He says he did 1t by
the simple process of looking up the
definition of "gripe" in the dictionary.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

London newspapers are protesting
against excessive censorship. Mill.
tary science does not necessarily in.
clude ability to decide how far the
public can be kept IN the dark with.
out becoming resentful.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Woman street car conductors are
proving popular in Wales, perhaps for
the reason that they can use more
persuasive power in inducing passen,
gers to step lively.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

That there is some real humor in
England. even in grisly war times, is
evident in the sarcastic suggestion of
q suffragette that she be allowed to
take the seat in parliament of some
able-bodied member who would thus
be able to go to the front.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Suppress Pictures of Lynchinu.

Atlanta, Ga.-Exhibitions of moving
}ictures of the body of Leo M. Frank
IS 1t swung from the limb of tres
tear Marietta on August II, were
stopped here by the police.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Tourltt Meets Trauic End.

Tacoma, Wash.-Whiie climbing
Gibraltar Rock, Mount Rainier, with
a party Of eastern tourists, C. F. Ord.
way of Bostcn Slipped and plunged to
death down canyon. Mrs. Ordway
saw her husband fall.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

The world in general Is sick to the
soul OF sensations. 1t would swap
the dogs of war for the dove of peace
as pet any time the exchange could
be managed
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Issues Call for Aid,

Austin, Texas.-An appeal to the
people of Texas for food, clothing or
money to assist sufferers from tn,
torn and floods of last week, outside
OF Galveston. has been ISSUED by Gov
ornor Ferguson,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

The difficulty about getting even
with an enemy is that the enterprise
Is likely to leave you with a lot of
new ones on your hands.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Secret service men have discovered
that United States notes have been
counterfeited on Turkish towels. This
sort of crime ought to be easily wiped
out.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

What pity there has risen a crop
of war poets just when the world was
beginning to make Roadway in it's war
upon poets.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Courtship is a gas balloon that lifts
man heavenward; marriage is a
parachute that enables him to return
to earth again
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

1t is some satisfaction to the down.
trodden householder to take the proud
rubber plant out and show 1t that the
common trees are just as bright and
green.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Safety First" and See America
First" have become synonymous slo-
gans.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

The London Mail furnishes explicit
instructions for reading war map:
from all accounts. however, many of it's
valued subscribers prefer to trace the
wars progress by telescope.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28
Cotton Absolute Contraband

London.-Cotton has been declared
absolute contraband by Great Britain
according to statement issued by the
foreign office.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

- -
All legal notices will be charged for
at the rate of So per square, first
Insertion, and no proof of pubca- :
tlon will be made until the same
10 paid for. There will be no ex-
ceptlon to this rule. /:
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Something to worry about: A comet
with two tails.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

There are two objects in automo-
bile racing. One is to come out ahead
and the other to come out alive.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Luther Burbank's work won't be
done until he develops garden seeds
that the chickens don't want to scrach
up.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

low a man has been by his premature
gray hairs.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Two heads are always better than
one-from the hat dealers point of
view.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Man ought so to live that he would
not be afraid of meeting his conscience
in the dark.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

A mean dog can't blame his faults
on human nature.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

While Alaska has succeeded in abol-
ishing Ranging, it doesn't seem able
to do anything with it's climate.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

statement that two swelled heads are
better than one.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Everybody amounts to something
when census is being taken.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

1t is claimed by some educators
that gum chewing is waste of energy.
But so is talking about 1t.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Doctors and philosophers are not
supposed to take their own medicine.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Let 1t be said in favor Of humanity
that a woman with baby can always
find seat In a crowded car
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

One never hears a college professor
arguing that ignorance is bliss.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Good listeners make the best neu-
trails
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-08-28

Why should taxes always fall due III
the month man wants to take his
vacation?