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EAGLES GAVE NEW
MEMBERS WARM TIME

1t took several days for the story to
leak out, but since 1t is on tap, there
is a lot Of fun being passed around.
During the night the Carson Eagles
initiated 70 members. Ed. Malley and
several of his friends pulled of a stunt
which started a stampede. An ar
ranged gun play followed during the
latter part Of the program. when the
lie was passed. AS soon as the shots
were fired. the lights were turned out
and a general roughhouse followed.
When the lights were turned on one
candidate was missing. He had slip
ped by the guards and at last &C
counts the boys still were looking for
him. The positions of the boys when
discovered were anything but reassur-
ing, half the members of the lodge
being found under the chairs, while
the scramble to get under the piano
nearly wrecked that famous antique
instrument.
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BIDS FOR DOING OF ROAD WORK
AND ROCK WORK ON NEW
SECRET PASS ROAD

Sealed proposals endorsed "Propos.
ais for Road Work and Rock Work
OF the New Secret Pass Road" will be
received by the Clerk of the Board
Of Highway Commissioners, or n
member of said Board, up to the
July, A. D., 1915, at which time said
bids will be opened and read publicly.
Said bids shall be given for the road
work and rock work to be done on
the new Secret Pass road from the
Forest Reserve line in a westerly di.
rection to connect with the road now
in the course of construction.
Said work shall consist of and bids
will be based upon work to remove
rock end dirt and make a fill in the
manner following, to-wit;
One bid shall be under the follow
Ing specifications:
A solid road bed twelve feet In
width, strictly confronting with the
present survey as laid out upon the
oiOuhu W hlllCul ClSlleeT MI.
Brown. At Dorsey Creek a fill is to
be made not less than twenty feet in
width across the top. On each side
of said fill steel ratings are to be set
in one foot in from the outer edge of
the fill, said ratings to consist of
three.inch wrought-iron pipes, come
ted by tbs every ten feet IN nosts
four feet high and e~xtening five feet
into the fill, said posts t. be bound to-
gether two feet under the surface of
the road bed of the fill with half-inch
square steel rods. adjustable by turn
buckles. Said steel ratings shall have
an additional pipe two feet from the
ground all connected up and securely
screwed together and said rails to
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WILSON INSISTS
NEUTRALS RIGHTS

WASHINGTON, June 9.-The Uni.
ted State today sent to Germany a
note reiterating its demand for repara-
ton for the loss of American lives in
the sinking of the Lusitania and set
ting forth clearly the earnest desire
OF b American government hat Ger
many signify her early adherence to
the principles of international law
that neutrals be permitted to travel
on unarmed ships without being sub
ject to the dangers of submarine war
fare.
Couched in much more friendly
terms than it was believed would be
used when the unsatisfactory answer
to the American note of May 10 ar
rived from Germany, the communica-
ton vas cabled to Ambassador Ger.
ard for presentation to the German
foreign office. 1t will be given out
tomorrow night for publication in
morning papers of Friday. AS the
all-important document on which
President Wilson and his advisers
have worked for ten days went forth,
It had behind it the united supper of
the cabinet. The one man who had
opposed its terms because he believ-
ed it might precipitate war-William
Jennings Bryan-had resigned the
portfolio of secretary of state at the
moment the note was despatched.
High officials generally held the
view that Mr.. Bryan's statement con.
stituted a virtual surrender of Ameri-
can rights, guaranteed not only by In
ternational law, but by specific treaties
between the United States and Ger
many. Mr.. Bryan's suggestion that
American ships carrying ammunition
was in direct conflict, it was pointed
out, with the treaty OF 1928 between
Prussia and the United States, where
in either party in time of wal is given
the right of free access TO %belligerent
ports for commerce in arms and am.
munition and other c%ontraband. More
over, the right OF an American citizen
to sail on an un6rmed and ~unresist-
ing merchant ship of any nationality
in time of war is held by the presi-
dent and his advisor to be an inalien-
able privilege founded on the inter.
national law of centuries.
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at Reno yesterday forenoon with the
election Of officers. Sidney c. Foster
Of Reno. former deputy grand high
priest, was honored by the Masonic
brothers with elevation to the posi-
ton Of grand high priest in recog-
milton Of his work in the interests Of
the chapter. Other officers elected
were Chas. H. German, deputy
grand high priest; Robert Levers.
grand king; Adams F. Brown. grand
scribe: Alfred L. Smith. grand cap
tain Of the host; George E. Bates.
grand principal s%ojourner; Rev. Sam
uel Unsworth. grand chaplain: Thorn
as Lindsay. grand royal arch captain;
E. w. Williams, grand organist;
George w. Robinson, grand master Of
the third vail; Ed. Peterson, grand
master of the second vail; Joseph
Hamilton. grand master of the first
vail; Adolph Jacobs. grand guard.
Edwards D. VANDERBILT and Walter
]. Harris were reelected, respective
ly, grand secretary and grand treas
urer.
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have one coat Of black paint in the
I'LL after erection. Road to be smooth
ened up and not to contain rocks or
other obstacles In size to exceed two
inches on any one edge.
Four c~ulverts are to be put in place.
which, together with all wrought iron
pipes. rails and steel braces shall be
furnished by the County and laid down
upon the work.
A second bid shall be received con-
forming with the above specifications,
with the exception that q deviation
from the above mentioned survey may
be made at Dorsey Creek provided the
new grade as thus established shall
not exceed ten per cent, and provided
further that the length of the new
survey shall not exceed one thousand
feet from the point of departure from
the old survey to the point Of regain
ing The same; said n thousand feet
may be taken on either or both sides
Of Dorsey Creek in any proportion
deemed necessary by the contractor.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a
certificate cheek of ten per cent of
the amount bid, to be held by the
beard for the satisfactory perform
ance Of the bid.
The successful bidder will be re-
quired to furnish a good and sufficient
bond in the amount of half the amount
bid for the faithful performance of
said work, which bid shall be approx
ed by the Board before any work is
done after the awarding Of said con
tract, providing that on the giving of
this bond the certified check of the
successful bidder shall be returned to
him.
Said Board hereby reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
By order of the Board of Highway
Commissioners, this 9th day of June,
A. D. 1915.
H. J. JONES,
Clerk Of said Board.
First publication June 10, 1915. 49,. -.
ers a safety belt and a number of
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At the Mayer

Geo. ]. Shoup. San Francisco: L
Marymont, Reno; E. R. Swartout
Tuscarora; Mrs. Geo. Perrin, Beo.
wave; H. Jacobson, San Francisco;
A. Hanklns and wife, Lee; Jesse Sni
der, T%uscarora; J.. B. Honnald, Salt
Lake; j.. S. Smith, Salt Lake; G. R
Durrell. Berkeley; Mrs. Jno. Crosson
Deeth; l. c. Bateman, San Francisco;
Roy Morrison, San Francisco; ]. E
Williams. Lee; Bert M. Smith, West
wood, CAL; L. s.. Hawkshurst, Oak.
land; N. o. Hardy and wife, Gary,
Ind; Mrs. Hamilton, Hamilton, O.; J.
A. Miller. Carson City; J. H. White.
sides, Greentop, New; ]. Rowan, San
Francisco; G. Irwin. Salt Lake; A. r,
Graham, Salt Lake.
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NOTICE TO PEACE OFFICERS OF
THE COUNTY OF ELko, STATE
OF HEVADA

You are hereby authorized and ord,
cred by the Board Of County Com,
m~issioners OF the County Of Elko, State
of Nevada, to kill any and all dogs
running at large without muzzles on
within any Town of the County of
Elko. State OF Nevada. and it is here
by made your duty to carry out this
order.
ROBERT B. HUNTER,
Clerk Of the Board OF County
J9-15 Commissioner.
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MAYER AND COMMERCIAL
HOTEL ARRIVALS
At the Commercial

Clyde odon; Robt. Fallon; o. B.
Tingley; T. w. Steward, Salt Lake;
S. NJ. Tobin, Sacramento; NJ. A. Fish.
er, Oklahoma; H. Curtis, Salt Lake;
F. E. Fennon. Livermore; A. DAWN;
Joe McEachin, Reno; C. W. Bassett,
Reno; Lem Taylor. City; S. Delvio;
A. Garcia; Frank Calvin, Wells; L. N.
Mayer; Fred Takemura, City; Ben ].
Stern. New York; W. L. Maine; E.
H. Majors; J. E. Nolan; J.. Corta,
North Fork; w. C. Dahl, Salt Lake.
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TEST CASE WILL GO UP
TO SUPREME COURT

Whether employees OF Washoe coun.
ty come under the Nevada compensa-
ton act is a question that will soon
be determined by the state supreme
court. Some months ago The county
refused to pay its tribute to the COM
mission and in a suit brought in
Washoe county, prosecuted by Attor-
ney General Thatcher, a decision was
reached ordering the county to pay up.
The authorities. however, demurred to
this and as stated above have taken
the matter to the higher court for
final adjudication-Carson Appeal.
The decision will affect every
county in the state.
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NEWLANDS UPHOLDS
PRESIDENT WILSON
CONTINUED From Page One)

NSOhtlhuSu rIOIu HdBe Onc)
have resulted in all the factions in
Mexico joining forces against us. We
would have been obliged to retire or
pursue a war of conquest. To retire
would mean that internal dissention in
Mexico would break out anew and
were we to wage a wal of interven-
ton, suspicious of the integrity of our
motives would have been aroused.
While the safety of Americans in
Mexico already has been menaced, l
believe that by precipitate action they
would be subjected to more serious
danger and. therefore, believe that the
temporizing policy adopted by the adj
m"inistration has been for the best.
Says Policy 10 Wise.
I'VE now have the opportunity of
winning over the Mexican people by
feeding them and are availing our
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LOCALS PERSONALS

A. J. Dubois. sales agent Southern
Pacific lands. Office S. P. Freight or
fee. adv.tf
Mrs. P. G. McWhinney and Mrs. ].
B. Fitzgerald departed today for Re-
no TO attend the grand lodge Of East
ern Star. From Reno they will pro-
coed to San Francisco where they will
take in the exposition. Gerald Fitz-
gerald will accompany his mother to
San Francisco.
Joseph Taber, county hospital stew
ard. and H. c. Sproule departed on
No.19 today for San Francisco to take
in the exposition. 1t is needless to
say that they will enjoy themselves
during their short stay.
c. r. Durrell, principal of the Me
tropolis school ie in Elko for a short
visit. He is on his way to Berkeley
where he will spend the summer.
l.. Marymont formerly connected
with the II. Hurz Jewelry Co. of Re,
no is in Elko today looking over the
field with a view to opening a jewelry
store here.
A. L. Daggett of Washington, D. c..
arrived on No. 10 today. He is a Uni
ted States food inspector.
DR.. S. B. Arthur, forest supervisor
returned today from Mary's River
points where he inspected forest con
ditions.
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selves OF that opportunity. 1t is not
only an act Of humanity but a wise
policy. In this way the Mexican peo-
pie will get through their stomachs,
some conception OF the humanitarian
principles Of the American people.
Thus the influence Of the chiefs Of the
conflicting factions will be weakened
and the loyalty Of the people to these
chiefs put through a process Of gradu-
al diminuuon. Then II Intervention
comes we will have some degree of
support from the. Mexican people"
Senator Newlands does not believe
there is likely to be an extra session
OF congress as a result of the Mexican
situation.
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SENIORS GIVE
ENJOYABLE PLAY

The senior play 1.-THE Rainbow XII
mono" was not largely attended last
night, but those who did attend were
greatly pleased with the production.
The play dealt with boarding school
society with all of It's fancies aristoc-
lacies and up-side-down reasoning,
and all the parts were well sustained.
A much larger crowd should have at
tended.
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CHINESE DELEGATION
IN BOSTON, MASS.

BOSTON. Mass. June 10.-The Chi.
nese delegation Of bankers and bust,
ness lei 10Y touring the United Stat.
IS arrived in Boston today and will
remain the guests Of this city until
Monday. The program prepared for
their visit provides for visits to large
manufacturing plants. a visit to Har
ward University. banQuets, automo
bile drives. and a luncheon at the
City Club.
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in twenty years. is scheduled to be
the scene Of a triple execution tomor-
row. All Of the three prospective
victims are negroes. Each was con-
victed OF murder. The parties killed
were negroes also.
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END OF SEASON SALE

Selling for less than cost any hat
in the house $3.50. Untrimmed shapes
75c. Chilren's hats SOC to $1.OO.
MISS RIZZI
Commercial Sample Room
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THREE NEGROES TO HANG

QUITMAN, Ga, June 1O.-This
county, which has o had a hanging
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FOR RENT-Two small houses
close to town. one of four rooms and
n of three rooms. For further in
formation call at this office.
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FOR SALE-A fine high grade up
right Piano good as new at a bargain
If taken soon. Address Box 422 Reno,
Nevada.
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WANTED-CIean, White Rags at
the INDEPENDENT Office. Five
Cents per pound.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-11
The Real Issue.

Now that President Wilson has taken the first
step in clearing the country of conspirators
against the neutrality OF the United States mas
querading as diplomats it might be we'll for him
to direct the attention of the country again to the
real issue in diplomatic relations-that be-
tween the United States and Germany
The German note the sinking of the Arabic
was published by strange coincidence, snultane-
ously with the announcement that this government
had requested the recall of DR.. Dumba, Austro-
Hungarian Ambassador to the United States. That
note contained one paragraph which reopened,
with all its dangers, the controversy between this
government and the imperial government of Ger
many. The paragraph read:
"The German government is unable, how
ever to acknowledge any obligation to grant
indemnity in the matter, EVEN IF THE
COMMANDER SHOULD HAVE BEEN
MISTAKEN AS TO THE AGGRESSIVE
INTENTIONS OF THE ARABIC"
The tone of that paragraph is final; the intent
plain.
Germany Herewith repudiates in spirit and let
ter the agreement which it made with this gov
ernment through Ambassador Bernstorff to pro-
tect the lives of neutral Americans travelling on
the high seas from its submarine warfare. In
effect Germany tells the United States that when
ever submarine commander secs mt to plead
military necessity for the murder of noncombatant
men, women and children on the high seas, the
imperial government will accept that plea final
justification for such murder, whether such plea
had any basis in fact act, whether it obviously
is advanced as an unjust6able defense for whole
sale murder.
The reply of the German government turns
the controversy back again to the status it as
sumed when more than 100 Americans were MUIR
dered by the attack on the Lusitania. The only
course open to the government of the United
States is to determine from the best information
obtainabe whether the actions of the Arabic prior
10 her sinking such to indicate hostile
intent far as the submarine-which neither the
captain nor any member of the crew saws con-
cerned. If it is shown that nothing in the course
of the Arabic indicated an intent to ram the SUBJ
marine-which had not even been sighted-this
government can only take the position-in view
of the statement from Berlin-that the act of the
submarine commander was, under the terms of the
last note to Germany, an act deliberately unfriend-
ly to the United States.
President Wilson need not wait to hear from
the country this issue. The country en- masse
has approved the policy laid down in the last note
to Germany. The country expects with reason a
consistent and logical pursuit Of that policy.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-11
n5zh<~

ratified by which the United States
agreed to pay Mexico 100000 for this
tract OF land.
You know it is commonly said that
We paid Mexico fifteen millions, in re-
turn for which she ceded to us Cali
fornia and New Mexico. but the fact is
we really paid sc5.0o0OO0 to Mexico-s15.-
CO., 600 for California and New Mexico. a
territory which has since been carved
up into several States and Territories,
and ten millions for what is called Gads-
den's Purchase, and there has always
been a strong suspicion that but for
the excessive hospitality which the rep
resentatives of Mexico showed toward
the representative of the United States
when the first treaty was signed we
should not have got the so-called Gads-
den's Purchase at that time and it
would have cost us only a proportion
ate part OF the fifteen millions which we
paid to Mexico. However. that great
tract in which l was greatly interested
as l passed through It on the railroad
train few weeks ago is worth to the
United States all it cost us
Copyright, 1915. by E. J. Edwards. All rights
rCsryedl
The Washington herald., 1915-09-11
WASHINGTON A POWERFUL INFLUENCE

and Randolph and Marshall and the per-
sonal influence of Washington prevailed
at last (June 25th). Notwithstanding the
opposition of Lee and Henry and Mason.
1t was said in her convention that there
were no safeguards in the new consti-
tuition sufficient to withhold the pow
erful government about to be set up
from encroaching alike upon individual
rights and upon the undoubted powers
of the several States: and the opposi-
ton would have prevailed had not the
ratification been coupled with resolu-
tions which urged amendments which
should constitute a sort of bill of rights
amendments which the new govern
ment afterwards accepted.
The opinion OF General Washington
was of such weight" said Count Nous
tier. the French minister to the United
States, that it alone contributed more
than any other measure to cause the
present constitution to be adopted"
No doubt the country did feel. through
out, the compulsion of loyal sentiment
that went with his name. No doubt ii
felt. too, the mastery Of the men who
stood with him to lead. and yielded. in
part. to their tact, their quick Infectious
enthusiasm. their ardor of unhesitating
conviction.
But it was interest and the pressure
or affairs which told most declsiVely In
the vote.
Each State had uttered its choice with
regard to the adoption of the constitu-
ton through a convention chosen for the
purpose; and it was noteworthy how the
delegates stood divided.
Those from the larger towns and the
districts where hamlets and homes lay
thickest, where commerce moved upon
the rivers and to the sea: those from
the farming regions which lay by tide
water or near the long rivers which
crossed the boundaries of States and
floated produce to markets within an
other jurisdictions: those who came from
exposed frontiers where there was moth
ing to hope for from independence and
much to hope for from a protecting
common government-all who felt the
wide movements of trade or the need for
free markets or the too sharp pinch of
rivalry between State and State or the
imminent threat of division and disor-
der, to the unsettling of property and
the upsetting of their lives. voted for
the constitution.
Monday: For and Asainst the
New Constitution.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-11
HISTORY BUILDERS.
What We Actually Paid Mexico.
Written expressly Tor The Washington HefaId.
by DIR. F.. J. EDWARDS.

BY DIR. r. }. EDWARDS.
Il remember as distinctly as If it
were yesterday the excitement occasion
ed by the purchase from Mexico OF a
great area of territory in 1853. said the
late Charles c. Clarke. who was for
many years vice president and tinan-
cial executive OF the Vanderbilt system
Of railroads. to me just after he had re-
turned from a transcontinental trip, a
part of which was across the territory
to which he referred.
This area was labeled in the Ccog-
raphies as 'Gadsden's Purchase. There
is no one who was schoolboy or
schoolgirl after 1853 who does not re-
call that the geography maps labeled a
great area just north of the Mexican
boundary as 'Gadsden's Purchase 1t
Is now part of the Territory of Ari-
zona." At the time Mr.. Clarke was chat
ting with me Arizona had not been
admitted as State.
1T was one of the triumphs of the
administration Of the State Department
at Washington by William 1. Marcy.
which is represented by the sale to us by
Mexico of the so-called Gadsden's Pur-
chase. l heard years ago that Mr..
Marcy, when Secretary of State, was
told that the United States commits
sioners who negotiated the treaty of
peace with Mexico which is called the
Guadaloupe-Hidalgo treaty were really
jockeyed by the Mexican commissioners.
The MeXicans entertained the represen-
tatives of the United States with lavish
hospitality. and 1t may have been due
to excess of hospitality that our own
commissioners were no. particular about
defining the entire boundary line. At
all events, Mexico claimed that under
the treaty, while she received fifteen mil
lions for California and New Mexico, she
still retained a great tract in the val
ley Of the Gila River. Our commission
ers thought that tract was within the
boundary lines defined by the treaty
but Mexico said not.
When Gov. Marcy became Secretary of
State he decided to bring about through
diplomatic methods an end of the dis
pute He believed that it was vital to
the United States that we should possess
this great tract. He knew. however,
that Mexico would not part with it with
out driving a hard bargain and he was
prepared to make it. The result was
that within a few months after he be-
came Secretary of State the treaty was
The Washington herald., 1915-09-11
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lSpecial Correspondent Of The Washington Herald }
New York, Sept. 1.-THE lobster belt
the white-lit section between Thirty
fourth street and Columbus circle on
Broadway-has finally learned a mos,
important secret. The mystery surround
ing how lobster a Ia Newburg got its
name has been revealed.
There was a rich young broker in Wall
Street by the name of Wenbury who
was a regular patron of Delmonico's-
dear old Del's. He knew the secret
recipe of the dish and confided 1t to the
chef. 1t became popular instantly.
As compliment to the broker Del
monico put the dish on the bill of fare
and named it Lobster a la Wenburg' -
but the broker was a shrinking violet !:
he cared not fig for fame. He said the
advertising was quite offensive really,
and so the name was changed to New
burg.
There was no bathing at Long Beach
yesterday. Frank Mcintyre. the 800
pound comedian. was using the ocean.
Tango teas. it would seem, make home
in New York good place to stay away
from. William Darius, Of the Bronx
has started out to roam after being a
home-loving. freside animal for 10 these
many years. Mrs. Darius became inocu-
lated with the fox-trot fever not long
ago and she let busting. cooking and
making beds go hang.
William was for peace at any price and
stuck around. decorating the furniture
Of evenings and cooking his own meals.
As tempus fugited along he became