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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
RAILROADS MUST BLAME SELVES
Former President Taft Declares Hamper
ing Legislation IL Brought About BY
Roads

New York. Feb. 2l.-Former
President William Howard Taft in an
address here tonight at the tenth an
nual banquet of the Traffic club of
New York, declared that the railroads
of the United States have themselves
to blame for the "hampering regula-
tons, with which they find themselves
enmeshed."
They lent themselves to the build
ing up of industrial monopolies by
the granting Of rebates against the
law" said Mr.. Taft. They took
part in politics and corrupted councils
and legislatures, and they were one
of the elements in the community
which threatened this country with
plutocracy. When a mild effort was
made to regulate them in the first
interstate commerce law of 1887.
they laughed at the law, Haunted the
authority of the commission, declined
to present their real differences in
full to the commission. and relied on
the delays in the courts to defeat the
purpose of the law.
1T took the people 20 years to Sc
cure the legislation needed to bring
the railroads completely under con-
troll in the Act of 1910, and when any
one seeks to blame others for the en-
actment of that legislation he is OBJ
livious to the causes that made it in
evitable.
Regulation is therefore here to
stay, unless a more radical step and
one most d%eplorable, of government
ownership, is resorted to-"
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
Nevada State News

Reports from Frazier's wells, seven
miles north of Tonopah, are that a
fairly good strike has been made
there. Very rich ore is being taken
out from a shaft 10 feet deep.
w. w. Boomer of Elko has been
appointed a member of the Nevada
Industrial School Board by Governor
Boyle to fill the position made vacant
by the resignation of Judge Taber.
The members of the Catholic church
at Elko have purshased the two lots
on Court street next to the Overman
residence, and as soon as weather
conditions will permit will begin the
construction of a $4,000 church.
A strip of land from two to nine
feet in width and varying in depth
from one to 40 feet, has opened up
in the form of a large crack three
miles in length, near the Groome sill
yer mine, near the Timpahute noun
tains, in Lincoln County, according
to advices received by Dean j. G.
Scrugham at the University of Ne
vada. Tom Mccormack, of Phoebe,
brings the information. says the
Reno Journal. That the sink of
the crevice is the result of an earth
quake, similar to the one which
practically destroyed the town of
Kennedy and did so much damage in
Pleasant valley, is the opinion of
Scrugham, judging from the descrip-
ton and information he has.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
Interstate Auto Road

Plans are under way for the con-
structions of an interstate auto road,
connecting this State with the CAPT.
tai city of Idaho and other promi-
nent places in the northern State.
The road will leave at Winnemucca
and extend north. 1t is expected the
movement will receive the support
of the motorists in Idaho as it will les
sen the distance from Boise to the
coast by over 600 miles.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
NEVADA PRESS COMMENT
PabEshisS the "Whoie Truth"


Las Vegas Age: We sometimes
hear people complain that the news
papers do not publish all the truth.
1t is generally the case that the de-
sire to have "the whole truth pub
lished applies to the other fellow. II
a newspaper should devote itself to
publishing the faults and failures,
the gossip and scandals, the petty
meanness and jealousies brought to
its attention, there would be very
few in the community left with spot
less regulations. There seem to be but
few absolutely perfect men and wo.
men right around here. and we pre-.
fer to mention the good acts and
kindly qualities of people rather than
the opposite, except when faults are
so fragrant and public that they de.
mand attention.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
SESSION At RENO OF DEM
OCRAT|C~ Subcommittee
Decides Against Holding Elec.
ton for Delegates to Select
Delegates to National
Convention

The State Democratic central COM
mittee, in session Saturday night at
the Overland hotel, in Reno, decided
against holding an election of dele
gates to a State convention to select
State delegates to the Democratic
National Convention, to name the
delegates and transact such other
business as pertains to a Democratic
convention. says the Journal.
With the officers of the committee
Chairman S. M. Pickett and Sec
rotary w. D.. McKnight-elected
president and secretary of the con-
vention, that body elected the follow
ing delegates to the National Conven-
ton. Charles A. Stout, Washoe
County; R. w. Hesson, Elko County;
Senator Francis G. Newlands, Sena-
tor Key Pittman, j. F. Vardaman,
Esmeralda County; E. w. Clark,
Lincoln and Clark Counties.
The a!ternates named are A. j. Mel
vile, Anthony Zurich. JamesT. Good
win, w. R. McFadden, John McGrath
and B. F. Baker.
The election of alternates precipi-
tated the only general discussion of
| the convention, several of the dele
gates being of the opinion that the
women voters of the State should be
represented. The name of Mrs. W..
U. Mackay of Carson City was placed
10 nomination by John Edwards Bray.
but was withdrawn as there was some
doubt as to the eligibility of women
until after they have registered.
The delegates and alternates were
instructed to vote for the nomination
of President Wilson, but the conven-
tion declined to instruct them to vote
for him first, last and all the time"
Resolutions we're adopted endors-
ing the administration of President
Wilson, the work of Nevada's Sena-
tors, and the administration of Gov
ernor Emmett D. Boyle. The Senate
bill to grant the State 1000. 900 acres
of mt lands also was
endorsed by unanimous vote.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
EDITOR BOOTH ACCEPTS PAROLE
Illness Of Wife and Own Physical State
Impels w. w. Booth to Take Step

w. w. Booth. editor of the b.
nanza, who was sentenced to a six
months term in the Nye County jail
on a charge of libeling District At
torney Sanders. has decided to accept
the parole granted him by the State
Board of Pardons.
MI. Booth stated that he saw no
alternative, as the critical state of
Mrs. Booths health makes it impera-
tive that she have his care as we'll as
that of physicians, and he fears that
should he elect to remain in prison
his wife's life might be a question of
only a few weeks or months.
1t is also known that Mr.. Booths
physical condition is such that con.
inement might permanently impair
his health.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
Bachelors Want Wives

The bachelors club of Jarbidge,
in the northern part of this State,
has recently come out in favor of
women and a special letter to a Reno
paper relates the beauties Of the
scenery and qualifications of the men,
all miners and sober, in glowing
terms, and lonesome maidens are re-
quested to get in communication
with the club secretary.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26

A valuable shipment of cattle and
sheep recently passed through Carson
en- route to the stockyards at Sparks
from whence the shipment was billed
to the coast. The train consisted of
Is carr of cattle and four ears of
sheep. The cattle were valued at
$40 a head and the sheep at Sc each.
The shipment carried a total of 80
cattle to the car and the sheep a total
of 100 to the car, making a total Of
S55, 92O for the shipment.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
ANOTHER BIG GERMAN DRIVE
Battle Led By German Grown
Prince Results in Huge Break
in French Line

London, February 23.-Led by the
Crown Prince, 2S0, 900 Germans are
attacking the French on a front Of
25 miles in a colossal smash for the
great fortress of Verdun.
They have broken through the
French lines on a front of ten mile:
to a depth of two miles and are with
i'm eight miles of the fortress. The
village of Haumont is in German
hands.
The French are infiicting bloody
losses on the attacking troops. The
battle is rapidly developing into the
greatest of the a
French and English view it as the
last tremendous effort of the Ger
mans, which, if it fails will condemn
them to a shackled defensive in
every front.
Losses are Appalling
The most terrific artillery duel in
history is proceeding on the Is mile
stretch between Malancourt to the
region in front of Eaton. The great
German guns are keeping up an un-
interrupted bombardment with shells
of great caliber. The French in re-
ply are Enchanting hurricanes of lead
and iron.
The losses on both sides are count
ed in the tens of thousands, accord
ing to all accounts. The Germans
have captured 5000 Frenchmen and
great stores of booty in the area
where they cut through the French
lines. Paris correspondents describe
the German losses as appalling"
The attacks are being made by
picked troops, veterans of Russia
and the Balkans, men who took part
in the first great smash at Paris
which carried to the Marine.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
Francis Accepts Amba ssadorship

Washington. Feb. 22.-David R
Francis. Secretary of the Interior in
Cleveland's cabinet and former Gov
ernor of Missouri, told President
Wilson to-day he would accept the
post of Ambassador to Russia to sue
coed George T. Marye, who has re-
signed. His nomination will be sent
to the Senate as soon as inquiry can
be made of the Russian government
as to whether he is acceptable.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26

In an article in the February issue
of the Nevada School Journal, John
Edwards Bray, Superintendent of
Public Instruction, asks for the
opinion of Nevada teachers on the
adoption of military training in the
high schools of Nevada.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1916
WILL YOU BE MISSED ?

Some OF these days you. VINO are
reading this editorial, are going to
die and pass on to your reward-what-
ever that reward may be. says an ex-
change.
But will you leave a void behind?
Will you be missed?
The Creator has ordained that man
must carve out his own career in this
world, and when he journeys to the
great unknown he leaves behind him
a record founded upon his own acts.
You may leave behind you a wife,
or children, or other dependents. As
you deal by them in life, so will their
grief be gagged and tempered at
your death.
Viii they miss you?
In this town you have friends, and
business associates. and acquaint-
ances. They know you as you are,
asyouhave been for these manyyears.
They have judged you living, and they
will Judge you dead.
Vii. they missyou?
In the banks, and the stores, and
the offices. out upon the farms are
people who have known you in the
past and who know you to-day. As
you have been, so are you known to
them now.
Will they miss you?
In the house of darkened windows,
where sweet toned music soothes the
tired brain and the minister tells of
the ways of a better life, are many
people who know you for your acts
and your deeds, for that which you
have performed or have left undone.
Will they miss you?
In our homes are many little chill
dren who know you, who have passed
you on the streets. who. perchance,
may have been greeted with a kindly
smile or with afrown. They will re-
member you.
But will they miss you?
Even your faithful animals or pet!
know you as you are and as you have
been to them.
Will they miss you?
There is no place you may go, ne
point of the compass to which YOU
may turn, but what people have
known or will know you, and by al
of these you will be judged when 20,
have passed away.
AS you shape your career in life
so do you write the record by which
you will be known after death.
Your family. your associates, you
acquaintance. ever yourdumb brute
will remember you after you hav'
passed on.
But will you be missed?
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26

William CARRIER. who was employed
as a teamster by the Wittenberg
Warehouse and Forwarding Com
pany, suffered a broken leg at Round
Mountain Friday morning when he
was kicked by a mule. The injured
man was taken on a sled to Spanish
springs and later to the county hos
pital at Tonopah, where he is a pri-
vate patient.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26
NEW TO-DAY
Notice Of Horses Shipped

Over the Southern Pacific Railroad on Feb
ruary Is, 1916, from Palisade, Nevada, to
East st. Louis, by Burton Smith, in Car
initiated and numbered 5. Z. 23932. Animals
inspected IL.
Three horses unbranded.
Seven horses branded hat en- left thigh.
One horse branded Z on left thigh.
One mule branded hat on left thigh.
Inspected by
JAMES MAcKEY,
Sheriff Of Eureka County, Nevada.
By N. HAWKINS. Deputy.
Statement No. IL
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26

Washouts on the line of the Tono-
pah and Tidewater have been re-
paired and trains will begin running
this week. Ten miles of new track
on an elevated grade have been in
stalled and the major part of the
roadbed has been gone over.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-26

Ship your hides. pelts and raw furs to
Elko Hide g Junk Company, Elko, New.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24

NoreIiNed from the Scrics OF PhOtopIu w
OF the Same Name Released by
Pdthe.
Copyright, 1915, by Louis Tracy.p
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24

Beaver Dam; Fannie and Lula Digs.
Buckn"r, and Leslie Garden, q. i. Ken
ncdy, Sanford Vance. Bryan SmitherS.
Cab"ll Brockcnbrough ". T.. Perkins.
y. NJ. Gates W r. Glodden. George W.
Davis and Mr.. Livscy.
Card Part! Tonight.
y euchrc party viii be given to-
night from 10 il o'clock at the home
Of Mrs. " \. Vondcrlchr. iO3l-2 East
Clay street for the benefit OF the
Catholic Woman's club.
Invitations Issued.
Mr.. ana Mrs Il. l.. Gill have issued
invitations to the wedding OF their
daughter, BETTE Ethel. to Peet lie
Grandc Gilbert. The ceremony will
take place at the home of the bride.
2G0T stuart Avenue, on the afternoon
of November 5, at ; o'clock.
To Give Play.
An attractive entertainment will be
given in the lecture room Of Park Place
Methodist Church tonight at o'clock.
whcE a cast from Laurel street Mctho-
dist Church Will present the farce.
"Uncic Ethnns Summer Boarders."
The proceeds will be us.d for the par
sonay" ara local work at Park Place
Church.
Dnnrc This Evening,
William f. Staude and Neil w. Rear
don will give Il dance this evening at
o'clock. The affair viii he held in
Chelf's Academy, on West Broad street.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24

of gardeners. moving "a distant lawn.
had seen the car drive up and hurry
away again, but paid no heed TO that
very ordinary circumstance until the
Wallets startling narrative showed that
his master must have been kidnapped
in that identical vehicle.
The polio decided that "a widespread
publicity would best serve their ends.
and supplied the press with such
meaT"r details as they possessed. OF
course. the local newspapers publish ed
tho news under scare -heads.
Grace coo was sitting down to a
bclatcd luncheon when her brother
ran IN with an evening newspaper in
his hand. Though the young man sus-
pected that his sisters admiration for
John Burton was founded on Il far
deeper sense than the mere wish to
secure powerful aid IN her settlement
work he decided that /; would be
little short of idle cruelty 10 withhold
the terrible news. Sooner or later ii
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24
~ AND OUT or TOWN.

pr and Mrs. Robert Preston. the lat :
ter formerly Miss Alice Burwell Reed.
have returned from their honeymoon.
and are now at their home. 1928 Park
Avenue.
Mrs Max schultz and her little
are guests or Mr. and Mrs. John Kahn,
Sl2 Park Avenue.
Mrs \. NJ Doyle has been spending
several days with friends in South
west Virginia.
Miss Mollic Carter has returned to
Warrenton. after II weeks stay in this
city.
Mrs John Antrim has returned to
her home in Roanoke. ar. II visit to
Richmond.
Mrs. Abram Warwick. OF Richmond.
is the guest Of Mir. and Mrs. K. c. L..
Moncurc. in Newport News.
Mrs. l., G, Smith, OF Richmond. left
Friday for Norfolk. where she is q
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Nirginius Tucker.
Mrs. 5. V. Parker. who has been Wis
iting in this city, has returned To her
home in Roanoke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c. Thompson,
of 1915 West Marshall Street, have
had az their guests for the past ten
days Mr.. Thompsons sisters, Mrs. Mary
Bowcrs, of Brunswick. Md, and Mrs.
Bette Rockwell. Of Martinsburg. W.
Va. and Mr.. and Mrs James Thomp-
son. of Connersvillc, w. Va.
Miss Bette II. Bollmer who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Frank G.
Thompson, for several weeks, will leave
day for her home in Norfolk.
Mrs Tazwcll Morton McCorkle, OF
Lynchburg, is visiting her nieces, Mrs.
Robert Paxton and Miss Adele Coring,
az 1918 West Grace Street.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24
CHAPTER XVIII.
Wherein John burton solves the
Problem.

In looking back through tho history
would seem as though idle chance
played The most important part in
human affairs. 1t is not So of course
The apparently aimlcss currents Of life
minglc at last and unite in one mighty
and Irresistible stream Of progress
Tcnnyson expresses this philosophy of
hope finely in the lines:
Yet ! doubt not through the ages one
increasing purpose runs,
And the thoughts of men are widcned
with the process of the suns
The observer of current events NAV
! well be pardoned, however. if he re-
CARDS mere chance as the warp and
i fixed design as the wcft in the ever
working loom which fashions the
/ c"rccIoths of humanity.
I Who. Cor instance. could possibly
! have imagined any active connection
between the arrival that day of a worn.
! fraycd. elderly woman at the city's
central depot with the deadly menace
| threatening John Burton and his faith
ful friend. Bill Reilly? Surely not the
poor creature herself. ON leaving tho
! train she emerged into a crowded
street and the bcwildcrcd half
frightened, half-despairing expression
| betokcned by dropping lips and lack
| lustcr eyes showed that she. at least.
was irrcsolute Of mind and sadly aware
| of her own unimportant place in tho
! general scheme OF things
GRO BE Continucd)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24

must be known. aud there was always
Il possibility that some among the re-
formed criminals she had gathered
under her wing might wish to help
the authorities IL only for the sake OF
the woman to whom they owed their
regeneration.
In these later days George Coo had
come To reverence his sister. and it
was with genuine emotion that he now
Aplaccd Il hand on her shoulder and
said brokenly:
IL am sorry to be the bearer of bad
news, Grace, but feel that you ought
to know the worst. Burton has been
captured by the Hell cats, They ac-
tuaily took him bodily OUT of his house.
and have rushed him in II car to some
place which the police have not been
able to locate. think you can help
Those people mt the scttlcmcnt--''
II half expected this" she said
Yes. must do what / can. Don't
come with me, GcorG" shall go
alone. You do not know the ways Of
my poor friends. If you are there,
tell the truth"
ON reaching the settlement she found
blanche Griffin there Her own de-
spair was cqualcd by that OF the girl
whom she had dragged out Of the
gutter. for the newspaper reports made
1t clear that Bill Reilly, the eX-convict
who had found redemption was miss
ing well as the millionaire. Poor
Blanche was already harboring a dream
of her own wherein a quiet cottage
home, children. and the happiness
which comes alone from love and
honest work, might ono day he hers.
! That vision was rudely shattered. 1t
was replaced by grim ana tragic
reality.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24
,itchclI Ia he Tricd To-Dny.

John Mitchell, Jr. editor of the
Planet, negro publication. will he
placed on trial this afternoon I'm the
United States District Court on n
charge OF sending obscene matter
through the mails. Mitchell made ref
crence in his paper to the conduct OF
a woman and former police officer
on an excursion train. The officer was
afterwards dismsscl from tho force.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24
woMIsN.s MEETINGS.

The Housewives League of Rich
mond will meet tomorrow afternoon
at 1 o'clock in Room Gao Mt the JEFF
fcrson Hotel. 1t will be n very inter-
csting meeting and the speakers for
the afternoon will incluGe DIR. Bcnja-
min Willis Brown, who is an officer
of the United States Public Health Ser
vice, and Benjamin Purcell. State Food
and Dairy Commissioner. DIR. Brown
will speak ON Sanitation" and Mr..
Purcell will speak Of some of the
phases OF his work as commit IS ioner.
The Grandchildrcn's Chapter. AuXil-
larry to Richmond Chapter, United
Daughters Of the Confederacy, will
meet on Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock in Lee Camp Hall. 4 special
program has been arranged for this
meeting
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24
Damage suit Postnoned.

The case against the Virginia Rail-
way and Power Company brought by
Emmanuel Christian and Julian Bowles
was continued yesterday morning by
Judge Ernest ii. Wells in TIustings
Court, Part III.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24
THE GRIP OF EVIL

ny LOUIS TRACY,
Author of .'Thc Sincs OF tho Morning, -
The i'illur OF Light "T'he Terms
OF Surrender" "Sumkcr ~"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24

SYNOPSIS FOR THIRD DAY
1871 Reilly. who has pccn reformed hy
GriC" Coo. rcioins his old comrades OF the
hell Cats when he hears they arc after
!oNh burton. In whom Grace Coo is In
sG nG Hsl w When III gang .np,ures l,urto
10 icscu. him. H.. is capturcd l,y the
ssrE Th"y ,ie Burton and Rc'iiy Ia
SnnS members rush away. Reilly frees
himseif, and as thu bomb * about To cN-
bIod". n" throws IL from the room n,
,rsSs Burton. and the Hell cats swarm:
and Burton. and Reilly is woundri in ,his
,tsFiEEi.. Burton refuses the dma nds %:
me gang Tor money and H. again tied up.
he Is given one hour 10 chang. his mind
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24

Meanwhile some stirring events had
happened in the city. 1t will be re-
| membcred that Burton had EMPLOYED a
japanese valet during the absence on
vacation of the smooth spoken English
servant who usually filed that Office
lie had come To like the little brown
man, and retained him in his service,
so that the two Wallets alternately per
! formed the same duties
When the gunner made their at
tack on Buttons house, choosing the
hours OF broad daylight as the safest
for their purpose, and depending for
success wholly on rapidity of move
ment, the Japanese happened TO be in
| dressing-room adjoining the library,
where his master was at the monen,
attending 10 some belated ccrrespond-
cncc
Hearing sudden hubbub of rush
ing feet and muttercd oaths the little
man ran III only to be black ia X ed
forthwith. He fell like a polc-aXcd OK
and the He'll Cats did not care whether
or not he was actually dead The fate
OF valet was OF no account What
they wanted was bound and gagged
millionaire safe in the limousine of a
fast car, and this achievement they
carried out with a daring and efficiency
worthy of better cause
Ii So the Jap recovered his senses and
was able TO give the police fairly
lucid account of the attack. a couple
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-24
SYN0rSIs I,nI, n

Everything you read kcrc you cnp
zee this week mt the lsi.-