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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-09-15
AMERICAN ABOARD
SUMMARIZED LINER

LONDON, Sept. I5.--'rhe Harrison
Liner Councillor Of 1858 tons register
was sunk by German submarine
Wednesday. There was one American
aboard the ship when she was sunk.
Tho American embassy here is now
investigating the official reports. Il
is stated by the crew that the AmerI.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-09-15
GASOLINE DROPS ONE ceNr.

reduction Of one cent gallon IN
'he price OF gasoline, making the
"ho''S"ie price now % cents gallon
~ announced by the Standard on
company The reason given was the
h'avy increas" in the production Of
crude oil.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-09-15
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GET BUSY, oEMocRATSl


Wilson-Plttman clubs are
being organized all over the
State of Nevada. II is pub
lic-spirited, non-partisan move
ment. Nothing has been done
here in this direction. as far
as known. There is general
demand, however. for the or
Sanization OF Wilson-Pltt-
man club before the visit of
the Senator next week. Get
busy, Democratsi Pass the
petition for signatures and
announce the first meeting.
Initiative is needed. Senator
Pittman must fight for re-elec-
tion. He must whip 10th
Sammie Platt and the Social
list" candidate. who are com
bined against him.
. . . . o . . . . o .
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-09-15
FAMOUS WRITER SAYS
T. r. is OUT OF DATE.
WOODROW is SUPERIOR

NEW YORK. Sept. Theodore
Roosevelt is out of date" Ida TarbelI,
magazine writer and economist said
today in declaring for President VII.
son. Tie does not and never has fully
understood what the Progressiyes are
fussing about" Miss Turbell said, and
th"re never has been one Of them that
could tell him 80 that he could get
the idea
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-09-15

Mir. Thorndyke Roe, the :. T. agent
Al Halleck, is enjoying a visit with
Elko friends.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-09-15

can passenger WAS saved. but his
whereabouts is not specificately
stated
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

Printins--the piain aeatskinA--(A.t
In right--Times job Dept.-xfsm -.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18
ASK BONDS FOR
SI3O,OOO,OOO

WASHINGTON, Au.' lS.--A bond
issue of sl30,oo0.oo0 to meet the
extraordinary government expendi.
lures due 10 the Mexican situation,
was unexpectedly recommended to
congress last night BY majority
members Of the finance committee
with the concurrence Of the treas
ury department.
The bond issue is urged IN tho re-.
port Of the finance committee Dem
ocrats hled in the senate late today
on the s2o.. o00.0oo revenue bill. In
addition TO the proposed issue and
the revenue bill. the finance com
mittce asserts that further appro.
priation OF $4,000, 600 viii be neces-
sary 10 dcfray the eSpen Of oper-
ations In the Mexican emergency If
conditions on the border continue
az they are now after Dec. 81, 1916.
The $4,000. 900 20 be provided by
the proposed bond issue, the report
says. will meet Mexican expendi.
lures only until the end OF this cal
endar year.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

to think were his best friends. But
even then he couldn't get away from
1t. You know laughter is one of
the hardest things in the world to
get away from. The other little
people would come over where he
lived and though he was hidden
where they couldn't see him they
knew that he could hear them and
they would say things TO tease him,
things that would make him grind
his little teeth in rage.
Sammy Jay would stop in a tree
overhead and scream:
It's here that Whitefoot lives
Beware!
He frightens even Buster Bear
Then sammy would fly away
screaming as If in great fright.
When Whitefoot just happened &c
meet Happy Jack Squirrel, what did
Happy Jack do but scramble up a
tree as fast as he could go as II
terribly afraid Please don't hurt
me, Whitefoot." he begged. and then
scampered away through the tree
tops chuck'ing as hard as he could
Rcddy Fox, than whom Whitefoot
fears no one more unless il is
Shadow The Weasel, met Bobby
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

That cigarette smoking by boys
g. locked upon with disarproval by
Detroit business mer ard manufac-
turers. Is shown by answers receiv-
ed 10y the employed boys depart
ment OF the Y. VI. G. a. IT. response
TO a questionable on the subject A
number OF firms, the Cadillac Motor
Car Co, in particular, refuse to en-
ploy cigarette smoking boys. Many
other firms would do Likewise, II 1t
were not for the scarcity OF labor.
Practically all the employers dis
courage the habit
The questions asked OF 80 leading
manufacturing and mercantile firms
OF the city were.
DO you refuse TO employ boys who
smoke cigarettes?
DO you discount a boy because he
smokes?
Other things being equal, do you
give the non-smoking boy prefer
ence7
In a number OF instances the boy
who smokes Is discounted. which
means that he does not stand as
high in the estimation OF the firm as
the boy who does not use tobacco
Indications point to a promotion for
the non.smoker in preference to the
smoker.
THE reason for this" said l.. +.
Reichard. employed boys secretary
for the Y. NJ C. A., lis that the
non-smoking boy Is believed to have
larger capacity and ability for
work. and can be trusted farther.
Only two OF the firms replying TO
the questionable say that they have
made no distinctions between the
smoker and the non-smoker among
their boys. but in each case the rea-
son for no distinction is that there
are few boys employed by either
firm.
Practically all firms say that 9th.
or things being equal, they do give
the uon-smoking boy preference.
The cigarette smoking boy certainly
IL working under great handicap"
The J. T.. Hudson Co declares that
~ feels that cigarette smoking is "a
very injurious custom and a bad
habit. and we would much prefer 20
employ boys who do not smoke" II
has been impossible to take a strict
attitude on the subject, the company
states, "on account Of the extreme
difficulty OF getting any kind OF boys
at all" But, II adds, were the la
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

ton for a commercial war In the
same methodical way II piled up
guns and shells for the present
kind. Many lines OF German manu-
facture have been paralyzed these
two years, but many haven't. Be
cause the government has kept
them running.
This isn't generally known, but
at least the gentlemen that framed
things UP AZ Paris ought 10 have
known II.
The German government has been
taking over the product OF these
factories. paying 90 per cent OF the
estimated market value, and storing
the goods against the end OF the
war.
II has now, according TO the best
estimates, millions of dollars worth
OF such goods ready to be thrown
upon the market the instant war Is
over.
Nobody knows what the CONTROL
ing powers in the British govern
ment really think OF all this, but
what they did about black-listing
certain American firms seems 10 In
dictate that they are ready to fall
for IT,
These firms were blacklisted on
the allegation that they had trad
ed with the enemy" and all Britons
were forbidden 70 deal with them.
Observe that among them are
great houses that have strongly
competed with British houses for
the South American trade and are
now put out OF Joint by the black
list.
Perilous business. my masters. II
the American pacifists want 20 do
something more practical than
shout their heads of, they had bet.
ter take hold OF this before II is too
late.
Have the statesmen gone crazy,
along with the war markers
Take note that the strongest ad-
vocate OF the Parts plan is Prime
Minister Hughes, OF Australia, who
led in the conference, and whom
some persons IN England look upon
as the man of the hour
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

polo teams. who was recently -
this city. said;
Very few have the slightest con
ception OF the cost Of producing tie
game OF auto polo. The high-pow-
cred automobiles used In the game
are purchased at great cost. Thsn
there is the cost Of replacing the
broken wheels, tires. and other
broken parts. Another item of ex-
pense is the care OF injured players.
"But. in spite OF all this, auto
polo, the acme OF wholesome Amer.
lean sport, goes on IN its record e.
tablishing course. No time Ia lost
in playing the game with substi-
tutes always handy, and each player
is a lightning change artist at nah
ing repairs to his machine"
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

Coon close by Whiteloot's house
Reddy was walking so softly "a he
knows how. and was looking from
side to side as IL very anxious.
You seem TO fear something,
Reddy." said BOBBY Coon.
"Sh-h-h!" replied Reddy THAT
terrible chaser OF bears lives around
here somewhere, and he may hear
us. We are not safe here"
Then the two scamps took TO
their heels as II frightened half TO
death. inc Billy Postum came
along talking to himself.
\eAkaeckon All better hurry past
here" said he. "Ah don feel safe
no way. Brer Whitefoot might
make a mistake and take me for
Brer Bear. Yes, sab. All reckon All
better hurry"
Then he went Off chuckling,
And so II was with all the little
people OF the Green Forest. II one
OF them caught sight OF Whiteroot
he was sure TO hear: Look out!
Here comes Terrible Whitetoot the
bear chaser" or something like
that. II was the best joke OF the
summer, and they were making the
most OF II. Not one OF them thought
how II hurt Whitefoot. They didn't
mean to be cruel. II was all fun
to them, but II wasn't fun at all TO
him. He was miserable, more mis-.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME
WhitefOot the Wood Mouse Is Laughed At.
Copyright T ".
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.


There's nothing makes one feel so
As laughter; nothing else at all.
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse feels
very small anyway. He Is small.
He Is one OF the very smallest OF
all the little people in the Green
Forest. That is why he IL so timid.
But now he felt smaller than ever,
Yes. sir he felt smaller than ever,
and all because he was being
laughed at. Friends and enemies
alike were laughing at him. Wher-
ever he went he heard their laugh
ter. You see, Jimmy the Flying
Squirrel, one OF Whitefoot's best
friends, hadn't been able to keep
the Joke Whitefoot had told him OF
how he had frightened Buster Bear
and made him run. He had meant
TO keep It, but somehow Il had
slipped out and once out it had
travelled all through the Green For.
est and over the Green Meadows I'M
I'll every one had heard e.
And every one took II exactly as
Jimmy had taken n. That Is, no
one saw il as Joke on Buster Bear
for the simple reason that no one
believed that Whitefoot had scared
Buster Bear at all. But they did be-
lieye that Whiteface believed that
he had. and 10 them this was the
real Joke. II was too funny that
timid, tiny Whitefoot should actual
ly believe that he had made Buster
Bear run. II was the best joke Of
the season They teased him about
It. Al first Whitefoot grew very
angry whenever one OF his neigh
bors would Joke him about il. He
would insist that It was so. and
this made II all the funnier 10 every
body but Whitefoot himself. Poor
Whitefoot How he did wish that
he had kept his secret all TO him
self He felt that everything was
all wrong II should be Buster Bear
who was being laughed AT and not
himself II got so that he never
showed himself when he could help
e., not even 10 those whom he used
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18
More Wars TO FoUOW With
L. 5. LnUOlUed II The Allies
BOyCoHCermany, Says Russell

LONDON, England, Aug 7-tBy
mail After this war, lot OF
others
This seems 10 be the idea OF
some OF the eminent statesmen
whose hands are now fumblins
around the steering wheel Of the
worlds affairs
They had a meeting in Paris not
long ago TO decide about interna-
tiOnal trade at present and after
the war, and adopted IN three reso-
buttons the policy they think the Al.
lies will follow
According to these. Germany Is 20
be defeated first on the battlefield
gnd then on the trading field Tho
leading German Industries are 90
De put out OF business by the re.
fusal OF the Allies 20 trade with her
in certain lines (Which means raw
materials and by building up the
same industries in the Allied couE-
tries.
This building up, according to
Resolution No 3. Is 10 be done b.
government aid. by subsidies. aad
by tarif protection.
Great Britain. France. Russia and
Italy, II they agree 10 this plan, ar
supposed 10 have Germany in the
door and 20 squeeze the immortal
life out Of her.
The representatives OF Great
Britain at the conference are re.
ported TO have Rssented entirely 10
this proposal Lay hold OF this,
anybody that doubts what ! wrote
you few days ago that there Is no
more Free Trade England"
The plan seems wild-eyed and
WOODY, but what Jars the spectator
is that It is popular and urged by
men that ought 10 know better,
In the nrst/place the present war,
which would seem TO be enough OF
war To satiate almost anybody,
grew out OF commercial struggles
md then out of Germany's notion
that her geography and her rivals
choked her commercial expansion
and defeated her ambitions
So We start in now TO bring about
a 10 times worse commercial strug-
gle and hundred times greater i'm
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

pulse 10 war. adding the sense OF
oppression 20 the sense OF beaten
ambitions
Also, II there Is combination
against German trade II win, with
automatic certainty. produce an
other combination In support Of
German trade That means the
world divided into two vast aud hos.
tile camps. sighting commercially un-
III they get ready TO fight with guns
Every nation will be drawn into
that vortex. our own included.
In otb"r words. AZ the end of two
years OF this horror We don't seem
10 have developed enough sense 20
keen out OF another Not II these
gentlemen are correct
The German government doesn't
seem 10 have been asleep about the
possibilltie Of some such attack.
and it has been storing up ammunl-
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18
Detroit Employers Declare
Against Cigarette Smoking;
NOn-UserS GiUen Preference

Dor situation different, We certainly
would give preference TO non-smok-
ing boys
Though Il does not make II a pos
tive rule not to employ young men
who use cigarettes, the Crowley, NIL
ner Co. writes that II much pre-
fers young man who is free from
the habit. In case OF employment,
II there was decision 70 be made
between applicants who seemed
equal i'm ability, one being a user
and the other a non-user OF cigar.
cites, we would most certainly EN-
ploy the non-user."
H. b. Earhart, president OF the
White Star Refining Co, declared
in response 10 the inquiry that, "in
view OF the well known fact that the
use OF cigarettes affects the effici-
ency OF boys. simply could not az.
ford TO trust boy with any position
OF responsibility whom knew 20 be
an habitual cigarette smoker"
One company, the National Twist
Drill & Tool Co. replied that "we
do not refuse to engage boys addict
ed TO the cigarette habit, but when
in our employ we endeavor to com
pei the giving up OF the practice.
While the use OF the cigarettes will
not bar boy from our company,
we much prefer the one who does
not indulge"
The Cadillac Motor Car Co, In
recent campaign against the cigar
ette habit In It's Detroit plants. is
sued a statement 10 the effect that
the cigarette habit is growing among
boys and young men to an alarming
extent. and r. positive hindrance
TO efficient service.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18
FAIR CROWDS To
SEE AUTO POLO
Original Teams That Toured
Far East Will BE Here for
Michigan Exposition

Arrangements have been made by
General Manager c. W. Dickinson
TO bring 10 the State Fair In De
troit. Sept. TO 10, the original auto
polo teams that have returned from
successful invasion OF the far
east and the Orient. These teams
have the distinction OF having
played before the imperial house
hold OF Japan by special request.
Manager Hankinson. OF the auto
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

cradle than he ever had been in his
whole life before. He couldn't sleep
for thinking about IL. lie lost his
appetite. And there was nothing
he could do about II.
Next story: The Real Bigness of
Buster Bear
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18
ReSinOl
restores
skin-health

Some day you will Try Resinol
Ointment for your sick skin. Then
you will understand why ~ many
doctors prescribe it regularly 10 stop
itching and to heal skin troubles like
eczema, ringworm. heat rash. and
poison-iyy Tor poison.oah.
Rssinol Ointment I, 80 nesfly hssh-colored
that can be used on exposed surfaces without
stifsciins undue attention. Sold By all drug
Eisn. FOR sample tree. vrts 70 Dsps. bR.
Rssisoi. nsltl.scSs, Ma
The Detroit times., 1916-08-18

Burr Mcintosh, actor. WRITER 60
mining p sss oa %:s Th RI ptf -
Great Lakes and the 81. Lxawren1o
river with Burr Mcintosh" and
after az tb piot S,,x R9ints e intsrsSe
camera voyage on tho yacht. Dol
phiD. owned by Commodore TaIiua
Q. Fisher OF tho Chicago YGoS{
club. which anchored In the be-
has with him a pretty younS NOV.
ing picture stan Mias MILAN ON
man. who is featuring the story
which he Is dining, MoIntosh
picture.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-22
GIRL TELLS Of Being BROUGHT To
HONOLULU BY STROLLING GYPSIES

! Evelyn was an attractive little girl
] and she was soon dressed in rags and
started out as a beggar. Her pretty
| face and sad eyes affected the char.
| itably disposed, and her collections
were not the least OF the loot of the
| band. H.. ..|.,..
As the girl grew older she longed
for return 10 American life" as
she called IT,. Living in wagons or
tents along the highways. half-starved
ami beaten by the Giehi couple when.
ever she did not bring home as much
+ noney as they considered ADEQUATE,
her existence vas unhappy. Through
the EASTERN states and down south
tile band wandered, and in the winter
OF 1912 at Los Angeles Evelyn enlist
. ed the sympathy OF an American wom-
an and the authorities were notified.
Marine Paid $1,000. ..:...... ..."- -....:.,
Fearing that they might get into
serious trouble If caught. the Gichis
Sold the girl for $4,000 to rich lead
er of gypsies named Marino In or.
der to hold her, Marine had his son.
boy of ten, marry her under gypsy
law This marriage, of course, was
net binding. although Evelyn believed
il to be. -.
! Then the Marines embarked on a
long pilgrimage. They coached Eve
lyn as a fortune teller and went first
to New York city. From there they
went to France. then to the Isthmus
OF Panama, then to Honolulu and the
Philippine Islands. eventually coming
back to the United States. About
three months ago the girl escaped and
was picked UP by the Oakland author
tiles on complaint Of the Marine gyp.
sizes, and thus she was given an oppor-
tunity to tell her story in court. AS
a result she was consigned to the
care of Matron Rich of the Oakland
detention home. +:. r. ....<..
During her stay with the Marine
band Evelyn was beaten severely and
to her pleadings for freedom she WAS
told that as soon as she earned the
$4,000 which they claimed to have paid
for her she would be allowed to have
an automobile and to go where she
pleased. l.. !. ...-..... -
"Sound Mind" Said Experts.
During the trial of the case, which
was bitterly fought, the gypsies claim.
ed that Evelyn was not ofssound mind
Mental experts came from the Univer
sity of California and made tests
showing that she graded 100 per cent
in intelligence and sanity. This dis.
posed of the subterfuge of the gypsies
Mrs. Richman says the girl returned
t. the band the jewelry which she
wore at the time of her escape, except
a string of pearls given to her in Ho-
nolulu. She was dressed in American
clothing for the first time in years,
discarding the picturesque costume
she were as gypsy. sFhe girl is
able to read and write, and says she
learned by bribing school girls for
10 cents each to teach her. She was
compelled to do this slyly, as she
made her way about the cities as a
beggar and fortune teller. The gyp.
SEES were opposed to her obtaining
education of the most meager sort.
r
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-22

lSl Those otherwise not qualified
under the law.
n. How may one become an Am.
erlcan citizen without order Of court
or petition fer Naturalization
III BY operation of law. as the
wife of naturalized alien excepting
Chinese woman. or otner woman
who could rot herself become natural
ized) and his children Under II yeIrs
OF age, become American citizens
when the husband or father, as the
case may be, becomes such.
t2D By being born in the United
States, unless the parents are ahcns
who are here only for a time as sray-
elers Thus, the native born child.
dren of Chinese parents are regarded
as citizens if the parents look upon
this country as their home.
70. What oath does the alien take
on being naturalized?
That he will support the Constitu-
ton of the United States, AMI that ne
absolutely and entirely reaounces Rnd
abjures all allegiance and fidelity 10
any foreign prince, potentats. state ur
sovereignty of which he was before a
citizen or subject; that he will support
and defend the Constitution and laws
of the United States against al enc
mics, foreign and domestic, and bear
true faith and allegiance to the same.
Advice as to the necessary require
ments for naturalization may be bad
by applying at the office of the clerk
of the United States District CDurt, or
at the Y. NJ. c. A.
/. Copies of the Constitution Of tho
United States may be obtaiued al the
office of the clerk of. the United
States District Court, or at the Y. M.
c. A. And the Constitution may be
seen at any public library.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-22

Plans to carry on the propaganda
for church unity were formulated in
resolutions adopted at the Church
Unity Conference at Garden City, N.
Y. 1t is provided that each of the
participating communions shall be en-.
titled to appoint one delegate and one
additional delegate for each 100000
communicates, not to exceed fifty de-
legates in all. The governor of the
council. the resolutions provide, shall
be the senior delegate of the Episco-
pal church of the United States, unless
otherwise ordered by the council.