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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-20

had sought to trace 1t, only to md
every clew leading back to the staff.
Now he was as confused in his shame
as a sensitive schoolboy. Vaguely.
in his distress, he heard Westerling
asking a question, while he saw all
those eyes staring at him.
What information have we about
Engadir?'
81 believe 1t to be strongly forti-
fied!" stammered Bouchard.
you believed! You have no infor-
mation?" pursued Westerling.
mo, SIR" replied Bouchard. Moth
ing-nothing newt"
I'VE do seem to get little informa-
tion," said Westerling, looking hard
at Bouchard in silence-the COM
bined silence of he whole staff.
This public reproof could have but
one meaning. He should soon receive
note which would thank him politely
for his services, in the stereotyped
phrases always used for the purpose,
before announcing his transfer to a
less responsible post.
Very little. sir!" Bouchard replied
doggedly.
There is that we had from one Of
our aviators whose machine came
down in a smash just as he got over
our infantry positions on his return"
said the chief aerostatic officer. He
was in a dying condition when we
picked him up, and, as he was speak
ing with the last breaths in his body,
naturally his account of what he had
seen was somewhat incoherent. 1t
would be of use. however, If we had
plans Of the forts that would enable
US to check of his report intelli-
gently"
yet, what evidence have we that
Partow or Lanstron has done more
than to make a fortunate guess or
show military insight" Westerling
asked. There is the case Of my own
belief that Bordir was weak, which
proved correct"
Last night we got a written tele-
graphic staff message from the body
of a dead officer of the Browns found
in the Twin Boulder Redoubt," said
the vice-chief, which showed that in
an hour after our plans were transmit
ted to our own troops for the first
attack they were known to the en-
emy."
That looks like a leaki" exclaimed
Westerling, "a leak, Bouchard, do you
hear?" He was frowning and his lips
were drawn and his cheeks notified
with red in a way not pleasant to see
Stiffening in his chair, a fash Of
desperation in his eye, Bouchard's
bony, long hand gripped the table
edge. Every one felt that a sensa.
ton was coming.
yes, have known that there was
a leak!" he said with hoarse, painful
elaboration. Il have sent out every
possible tracer. l have followed up
every sort of clew. l have trans
ferred dozen men. / have left moth
ing undone!"
With no result% persisted Wester-
ling impatiently.
Yes, always the same result: That
the leak is here in this house-here
in the grand headquarters of the army
under our very noses. know 1t is not
the telegraphers or the clerks. 1t is
a member of the staff"
Have you gone out of your head?"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-20
COLONEL CROOKS JUBILEE

Col William H. Crook, disbursing
officer of the White House. celebrated
recently his golden jubilee as an en-
ployee in the Offices of presidents, and
everybody connected with the execu-
tive mansion, from President Wilson
down, congratulated heartily the man
who is known as the white House
encyclopedia"
1t was so years ago that Colonel
Crook, then a metropolitan policeman
who had served in a district regi-
ment in the Civil war, was assigned
as bodyguard to President Lincoln
along with four other policemen. He
was not with Mr.. Lincoln the night
Of the tragedy in Ford's theater, but
he had wanted to accompany Mr.
Lincoln and had been told that it
would not be necessary. He served
in che same capacity for President
Johnson, in the White House
Through all administrations since
then Colonel Crook has remained.
serving each so faithfully and eff
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-20
AlQeria'a River of Ink.

In Algeria there Is a river of ink.
In the upper part Of its course II
flows through beds Of decaying moss,
In the lower part through strata of
iron ore. and thus, through the combi-
nation of the two. its waters acquire
very nearly the color and something
OF the taste Of black ink.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-20
REAR ADMIRAL CLARK

Rear Admiral Charles E. ca
who, when a captain, took the bad
ship Oregon on its famous trip fr
San Francisco around the Horn l
time to take part in the battle Of 81
tiago, will not be in actual conn
of the Oregon when she pan
through the Panama canal in ~
at the head Of the procession Of =
ern dreadnaughts, cruisers and
stroyers. The rear admiral, hovse
will be on the bridge of his old bed
ship and so far as appearances 81
will be in command.
The reason that the old on
will not issue the orders on the
through the waterway lie a simple
Under the rules governing the
sage Of the canal no captain .
lowed to command his ship while .
journey is being made from Coloa
the City of Panama or the revus
When a pilot comes on board
he is in supreme command ana
limited States government, BY inc
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-20
WILL YUAN BECOME EMPEROR?

Since Yuan Shi Kai has j
clared himself president for life
the Chinese republic. with power
nominate his successor. and furtbI
more has made himself the head
the Chinese state religion of Copd
cianism. many persons are wonderij
II he will not soon proclaim himsj
emperor.
While there was no one to mn
dict that the young Yuan Shi Kj
would ever become a Son Of HeayeJ
there were plenty who knew the geI
tlemSn in his youth who were viii
ing to wager anything they possessa
that he would make his mark In nm
world. The Manchus, the Chinese AM
the foreigners in China all labels,
him "a coming man"
He was born in 1859, the son !.
district governor. His school te,ehl
ers picked him out for a bad egg n,
to save his life he could not mas,,,
the old classics as the good little bo,,
in the class could In China tba
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-20

vice OF the OF the deceed that ship going
the canal must have board pilot
whether he be the president the nav
Rear Admiral Clark standing the
under him large of the which won n
the Spanish The admiral will still Captain his men
said the old sailor looking
to the reunion with heartquickening enthusiasm.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-20

GENTLY receive praise from highest officials
himself Joined
menting him his splendid
clerks Joined
Colonel Crook veriable encyclopedia
past and has written number articles
his
archives
employees
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-20

Bouehard Faced the Circle Of F.-owns.
are doing and we don't know what
they are doing!" said the tactical ex-
pert.
There the chief of the aerostatic d.
vision took the defensive.
They certainly don't learn our plans
with their planes and dirigibles!" he
declared theoretically.
Hardly, when we never see them
over our lines"
"The Browns are acting on the de-
fensive in the air as well as on the
earth!"
But our own planes and dirigibles
bring little news" said Turcas. 81
mean. those that return" he added
pungently.
And few do return. My men are
not wanting in courage!" replied the
chief aerostatic officer. Immediately
we get over the Brown lines the
Browns, who keep cruising to and fro,
are on us like hawks. They risk any
thing to bring US down. When we de-
scend low we strike the fire of their
high-angle guns, which are distributed
the length Of the frontier. / believe
both their aerial fleet and their high
angle artillery were greatly under.
estimated. Finally, II cannot reduce
my force too much IN scouting or they
might - offensive"
n1n of not being in.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
SUNDAY EVENING FEATURE
AT NIXON OPERA HOUSE

If you are looking for thrills, you
will find more thrills to the minute in
1.-THE Folly of a Life of Crime,'
which comes to the Nixon opera house
on Sunday, November 21, than any
other photo play ever presented to the
America public, and while you are
thrilled by scenes of mountain outlaw
ry, Indian warfare, train holdups and
man hunting expeditions, you will find
that your heart is gripped with an in
tcnsity that will surprise you, for in
all the wierd, surprising and thrilling
scenes of this wonderful play the pro-
ducer has been highly successful in get
ting hold of the human element, and
while we cannot fail to condemn the
outlaws of the Evans and Sontag gang
whose life's history is the basis of this
play, we cannot fail to admit that they
possessed courage to a remarkable de-
gree, that they were strong and amaz-
ingly resourceful in the measures they
adopted to elude the officers OF the law
and escape the result of their mis-
deeds. This wonderfully interesting
story is the very finest example of
moral lessons and thus answers a dou-
BILE purpose of being both entertaining
and instructive.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
NEVADA MAN WRITES
OF CONDITIONS AT oATMAN

J. J. Mccarthy, well known as super
intendent of the White Caps at Man
kattan, writes from Oatman giving
some information that will enlighten
Nevada readers about conditions in
the Arizona camp, says the Tonopah
Miner He views the situation as FOL
lows:
Il have been here long enough to
SIZE up conditions and l think this
camp is in for big boom. Not a rush
boom like Goldfeld, but a steady de-
yelopment boom that will last a whole
lot longer Oatman win be a rich man s
camp, as they viii have to sink from
200 to 500 fetet to get the ore. The
lodges are large and all conditions are
rlpe to make big ore bodies. The sur
face is mostly andesite and the ore is
spar and quartz. 1t is a replacement
ore, for when the hot waters came in
they ate up the spar and deposited
quartz and gold. The ore will cyanide
ard the savings are very high in the
mills now running. No base ores have
appeared so far. / look for the district
to be a very large one. Even now il
is proven to be larger than Cripple
Creek. The country has been eroded a
lot and the lodges are exposed in such
a manner that they can be easily traced
o. the surface. They stand up straight,
SO there is no danger of apex litigation
here -
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
MURDERED CHINESE
LEFT sIZABLE ESTATE

The Chinaman who was murdered at
the Mcintyre ranch near Halleck on
the evening of November 9th, left an
estate valued at several hundred dol
lars, consisting of money in the First
National Bank of Elko, besides a stock
81 goods carried by himself for sale to
the cowboys, says the Elko Free Press.
Among other effects he left ledger on
which appear the names of quite
number of his cowboy friends who had
been patrons of the dead man, most o.
the sales made being for silk handker-
chiefs. It is said that Kim was really
wealthy and that he owned a flourish
ing business in San Francisco. A pc
tition was filed Saturday in the district
court by H. U. Castle, asking that let
ters of administration be issued to him,
the only relatives known being a wife
and family of children in China.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
ROUNDUP IN THE
STATE POLICE FORCE

The long-expected reduction in the
state prison has been ordered In an
official letter to the state controller,
signed by d. s. Dickerson, superintend-
ent of the state police, the following
members have been relieved from duty
or changes made in their official posi-
tions, says the Carson Appeal.
Inspector A. A. Burke, relieved from
duty; Sergeant John Frick, relieved
from duty with no salary for Novem-
Der; w. W. Curtis, reduced from SER
geant to member of the police at a sal
ary of 1925 per month; D. r. Renear
and w. j. Thompson, relieved from du-
ty and placed on the inactive reserve
list at a salary of $40 per month each.
James Moss has also been relieved from
his position as watchman and janitor
of the state armory. Charles Stone
will remain in his present position, that
of having charge of the Bertillon and
finger print systems.
The order was the result of a letter
issued some time ago to Superintendent
rickerson by Governor Boyle request
ing that reduction of the force be
made.
1t is rumored that Inspector Burke
win be rendered a position in another
branch of the state government that
will be qually as remunerative as that
Of inspector of police. The orders men
toned above took effect on Monday
November 18th, and the saving to ths
state in the way of salaries is estimat
ed at $500 per month.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
SUDDEN DEATH OF
GEORGE F. MILLER

George Francis Miller, native Of
London, aged 45 years, passed away at
ii o'clock last night, at the Capitol
lodging house on Bridge street At a
post mortem, held by County Physician
Swezy and DR.. +. ID. Giroux, the cause
of death was found to have been gen
eral peritonitis, caused by the rupture
Of an ulcer at the lower end of the
stomach.
Deceased had been in Nevada but a
few months, and on the 10th of last
month he and his wife purchased the
Quick Lunch counter, on Bridge street,
bttween the St. Elmo and Palace Tai
loring company.
This morning Coroner Dunn empan-
elled a jury composed of II. L. Bonnl-
field, r. II. Dunn, J. A. Kirwin, C.
Sehonwandt, A. NJ Cochran, w. b..
Robbins and George +. Kimber. After
viewing the remains and hearing tes-
timony of witnesses, the jury returned
the following verdict:
We, the jury, find that deceased
was named George Francis Miller, Il
native of London, England, aged about
40 years; that he came to his death on
the 18th day of November, 1915, IN
this county, from natural causes, towit,
acute peritonitis -
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
SILVER PRODUC-
TON OF WORLD

According to one authority, the nor
NAL yearly production of silver of the
world is approximately 210,000,000
ounces, of which the United States
produces in the neighborhood of 67,000,-
900 ounces. Mexico is the great silver
producer of the world, while Canada is
another enormous Iroducer. The pro-
duction of silver this year on account
of hostilities will be reduced more than
40 per cent. At the same time The con-
sumption Of silver has been less than
ever before. India, which is know as
the sink FIR precious metals, has nor
been a heavy buyer, while internal 1if-
ficulties in China have up to the pres
cnt retarded buying In that country.
In 1908 Mexico established record
production of 100000 ounces If sil-
country in the world. The United
States and Mexico supply about two
thirds of the production of the worlo
The European producers OF Consequence
are Germany, Spain and Austria, while
the secondary producers are Greece,
Italy, France, Turkey and Russia, near
ly all of whom are involved in war. In
1911 the total production of silver of
the world in metric tons was 1,008.5.
Of this amount European countries pro-
duced 51S.4 tons and America 540S.2
tons, of which 235s.2 came from Mex.
leo, 1887 came from the United States
and 101S.4 from Canada.
Many authorities on silver believe
that the United States mint will sooner
or later resume purchases of the metal
and this will take more metal from the
market and tend to further restrict any
pressure.
Silver authorities are satisfied that
the turn has come to stay for time
and although they do not look for any
rapid upturn, they express confidence
tnat a gradual advance will be seen.
1t is admitted, however, that intermit-
tent periods Of easiness, due to tempo
rsry conditions may be experienced.
"The Time of His Life. ''--advt.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
Coal Tar Valuable.

Vanilla fiavoring FOR cooking. which
formerly was prepared from bean.
can now be obtained from the vanillin
Of the gas works, and even this vanil
lin can be made into heliotrope per
tune by adding oil of almonds, white
he latter can be produced by treat,
ag ben2ine with an acid. Huge guam
ties Of this oil are used in the max.
ng Of scented soaps. AS matter
fact. there is scarcely a department
II life into which the products of coal
,ar do not enter.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
Tax Commission Wants information

Last evening l.. F. Adamson, seereta-
ry of the tax commission, wired Expert
Accountant Whitmore as follows
Forward, at the earliest possible
moment, certified copy of that portion
Of commissioners minutes showing ac-
ton taken on our order of October 2l
to reduce rates.
The information was forwarded al
once, and it is expected that within the
next two or three days an order win
be received, addressed TO the county
commissioners, for that body to reduce
the town rate of Winnemucca a total
of "A cents on each 800 valuation.
The commissioners are expected h
return from their official trip to San
Fran, SEQ not later than Saturday, AMI
il rs probable that action will be taken
Ill the matter the first of next week.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
STATE CLOSES
IN SELLA CASE

iurv was secured in the Sella case
h, fore the adjournment of court Tues
cav. but was not sworn in until yester-
cav morning. The members of The jury
are as follows;
l. w. Frazer, Victor A. Pinson, Riley
Earshbarger, S. i. Robinson, Ray
Reehtel, James Saunders, T. y. Ian
dess. J. N. Nahn, Dell A. Boyd, Hell
nan N. Marker, p. II. Anderson and
John X. DiIley.
The first witness for the State was
n ri sheldon, the civil engineer, who
identified maps he had made of the
scene of the Tragedy. He was followed
bv Frank Ruiz, G. w. Muller, Robert
w Daniels, Jasper +. Keeling, some
times known as Alley, w. L. Wilkin-
son. S G.. Lamb, Mr.. and Mrs. u. Re
g, nzone and John Martin. None of the
witnesses connected Sella with the
shooting. all being at some distance at
the time the shot was fired. Feeling,
Daniels and Martin heard the shot and
looked up in time to see deceased
clutch his breast and pitch forward.
This afternoon County Physician
Swezy and DIR. f. d. Giroux testified
uf Ramella.
The State then introduced the ant9
n.ortem statement of deceased. By
stipulation of counsel the greater pdrt
Of the statement had been eliminated,
and those parts read to the jury by DIS
trict Attorney Powell were substantial
" as follows:
"My name is Marcel Edmund Ra.
r,ella, and / am p years of age. On
the day ] was shot / wont up to the
Poman Tavern to see Virgil Pasquaie,
who was stopping there, and took my
dinner there. There was a crowd in
the barr0om, and Sella wanted to see
who was the best wrestler, whether he
could put my shoulders to the floor or
whether I could throw him. He took
hold of me, and when unable TO throw
ne evidently became excited, and put
mp 800 in gold on the bar aud wanted
70 wrestle for it. / told him I did not
care to bet and went out in front of
the tavern, and was talking with some
of the boys there when Sella came out
with his gun in his hand and asked me
# / wanted to fight now. | told him
no, not when he had his gun. ! thought
hut he kept coming closer and held
the gun to within about five inches of
me when he fred. ] walked on up to
the corner of Railroad and Bridge
streets, and knew I had been pretty
badly shot T never carried a gun, ex
cept on my trips out to the hills.
ct make this statement because I
believe have but a short time to
lve.v
The statement was witnessed by DR..
T. ID. Giroux, DIR. G. f. Swezy and L..
Recanzone.
At the conclusion of reading the
statement, District Attorney Powell
exhibited the clothes deceased was
wearing at the time of the shooting
showing the bullet holes, to the jury,
after which the State rested, at three
o'clock
Judge J. NJ. Frame then made his
opening statement to the jury for the
d6 feuse
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
AL NORTH WINS IN
BLUE ROCK SHOOT

AS a result of peculiar stipulation
entered into between AL North, high
gun, and ]. l. Workman, at the blue
rock shoot at Reno Monday, whereby
a match for a hundred blue rocks was
arranged for yesterday, Mr.. North won
in the contest by beaking 23 clay pig
cons while his opponent nieked Is.
1t was povided that if either man
Knocked down % or more birds out of
the first 25, while the other failed TO
eGual, tie or exceed the number, the
man with the % birds to his credit
should be declared the winner. Mr.
North making the % out of a possible
25, while his opponent made but Is,
decided the championship without ne
eessitating shooting at the full 100 blue
rocks as they were sprung from the
traps.-Journal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
BIRD OF PARADISE
AT NIXON TONIGHT

The remarkable scenic effect in the
last, or volcanic scene of Oliver Moros-
eos "Bird of Paradise which will
be produced at the Nixon this evening,
has been the subject of much comment
and many questions. The similitude of
a flaming VOLCANOES s reflection is per-
feet; the red glare of ineandescent,
subterranean lava seems absolutely
thrown upon the sky. The illumination
il portentous, ominous-even terrifying
in the dramatic moments of the play s
firale-yet the mechanism is nowhere
apparent, the wings of this spectacle
DC not flap, nor do its chains clank.
The designer, to get down to the
truth of the matter, is no other than
that remarkable master of every de.
partment of stagecraft and stage me-
chsnics, Oliver Morosco himself.
Mr.. Morosco, on going to New York
FOR the original production of Mr.
Tully's play, found the whole meehaci-
cal force of the Maxine Elliott theatre
in despair of obtaining the effects
which Author Tully demanded. They
succeeded only in producing volcano
of Tapping convas, highly apparent
red painted ineandeseent globes, and
wheeling windlasses. Efforts by invlt.
cd and volunteer talent from without
PRODUCED results no more realistic.
Two nights before the production
Morosco let himself into the theatre
with key he had procured from the
Shubert offices, controllers and own
eTs; and after he had assured visit
ing night watchman that he was nei
ther a burglar nor an anarchist out
bomb-planting, he took off his coat
drew out a set of plans drawn upon the
backs of envelopes, and went to work
/, He left the theatre at 1880 the mex
morning, but the company, coming II
for final rehearsals, found a completes
volcanic effect, made with half the ap
pliances which other human eruptert
had deemed necessary, and exceedingly
| simple in operation.
| No, Mr. Moroseo did not patent il
1t is put ON the stage every night only
during the scene when it is actually
used in the play, and thereafter, and
before, is not stored on the stage like
scenery, but is locked away in the
property room. The crew operating il
| 10 the same which operated it at the
Maxine Elliott theatre. It is not pat
eated, for Morosco thinks it not pat
entable-and besides, he does not be
lieve in the efficacy of patents as thor
ough protectors of stage devices. Bu
it is a secret process, and so far n
member of the original crew, still ira
cling with it, have revealed its tricl
and scheme.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
PROTESTS PATENT ON
DIVIDE MINERAL LAND

Attorney General Thatcher filed nine
contests to patents yesterday with the
state land office at the request of At
torney b. +. Curler, agains the issuance
Ct patents to town lots in the camp Of
Divide in Elko county. The land on
which the lots are situated is said to
be mineral bearing ground and the
owners of the property are to protest
the issuing of patents to the lots on
that ground.-Carson. News.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
candlertlc.,s Of the temple.

The seven branched candlesticks
placed in the sanctuary by Moses and
those afterward prepared fer the TEN
pie by Solomon were crystal glasses
filled with oil and fixed upon the
branches OF the candlestick, while in
private houses the lamns were gener
ally placed On high stands which rest
ed upon the ground
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-11-18
Informations Filed

Yesterday afsen oon District AIT r
ney Powell filed informations in the
ney Powell fil,d informations IA the
District Court against Manuel Reverb
and Oscar Ocaot, charging them WIN
having burglarztd the Golden Rule
Store at Lovelocg on the 10Th of )c
tober. Defendants will be ARA gnsd
late this afternoon