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Williams news., 1916-06-22

are recognized as part of the opposition which the Russians are meeting.
 In the far east the Turks claim successes but the successes are mainly in preventing the advance of the Russian and English fo, ces operating in Asiatic Turkey.
Williams news., 1916-06-22

Mrs. Bobby Burns received word from her husband this after noon hathe is no better. She will leave this evening for Los Angeles. 7 '-]f-'
Williams news., 1916-06-22

Williams Odd Fellows are in stalling inside toilets for their hall. This will add very much to the comfort of those using the hall.
Williams news., 1916-06-22

There has been no considerable activity on the sea since the en- gagement of the German and Eng fish fleets. u
Williams news., 1916-06-22

Send the News to yodr frie ndsi and save writing a letter. Aa
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-12

supplies needed for their operation, nor
could they ship their finished products
to market. Their plants would soon
be idle, and millions Of men would be
thrown out Of work.
With the income Of practically
every class Of citizens either serj-
ously cut down or suspended entire
ly, merchants would transact little
business, because there would be few
purchasers. In short, the industrial
activities Of the whole country would
be virtually palsied from the moment
the railroads ceased to operate. The
injury to the railway companies and TO
the striking employees would be enor-
nous, but 1t would be infinitesirnal
compared with the sta ggcring loss that
would fall upon the general public.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-12
RAILWAY MAIL PAY.

Congress Directs Interstate Commerce
Commission to Investigate Subject.
Washington.-The annual Post Of
fee appropriation bill recently passed
by Congress contains a clause directing
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to take up for investigation, report and
the fixing Of rates the system Of pay
ment to the railroads for carrying mail.
The Commission is authorized to test
the relative merits Of payment by
weight and by space.
The railroads have long contended
that they were underpaid for this serv-
ice and that they were losing millions
Of dollars year under the system Of
payment now in effect. 1t was felt
that the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, on account of the information
at It's command regarding all phases
Of railroad operation, is in the best Do
sition to determine the merits Of the
case.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-12
CONQUEST BY ALLIES
.0F EAST AFRICA NEAR
Germany Now Holds Only Small Part
Of Last Of Her Overseas
Colony.

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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-12
DRUG PRICES ARE
At LAST TUMBL|NG
Apparent Turn of the War Affairs
Lower Some Lines Con-
siderabIy

Prices on bromides, carbOlic acid,
glycerine and several other drug lines
which have been maintained at an alb
normally high price in the United
States by brokers on account Of the
European war, are being decreased
and i'll Martinsburg these lines arc
being sold at present at about 80 per
cent lower than for the past several
months.
The apparent conditions Of the war
and the fact that it is understood that
the allied nations now have on hand
a supply Of chemicals used in the
manufacture OF explosives which will
last them for d considerable length Of
time, it Is though IS responsible for
the drop in prices, Glycerinc, especial
ly, Is used in the manufacture OF
explosives and on account OF the pos
sibility Of an exceptionally high Eu-
ropcan market this product has been
kept at high price by the nrokers
In this country.
MartiDsburg druggists take the re
duction in the prices Of these COM
modities as an indication that tho biz
drug interests OF the country scent
q turn in the tide OF warfare. They
are also Of the opinion that these
lines will drop even lower in a short
time and bring with them a reduction
In the price Of other chemicals ana
drugs which have been raised to al
most Drohibitive prices since the be-
ginning Of tho war.
1t Is expected that tho reduction
will revive the market for these pro
ducts, which has been practically at a
standstill owing to tho fact that the
consumers have absolutely refused to
meet the prices. -, yaA
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-12
LONG HOURS A RARITY.
Only Onco In Five Years Does Average
Trainman Exceed Legal Limit.

That long hours in train service have
been reduced to minimum is shown
by n report issued by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Only one en-
plOye in five on the average last year
was compelled to remain on duty more
than sixteen hours during any one day
in the whole year. Stated In another
way, the chance of an cngincman or
trainman remaining on duty beyond
this prescribed limit was reduced to
once in five years.
The total number Of cases Of excess
service from all causes reported to the
commission was only G1,247 during the
year ending June 80. 1915, as COM
pared with 137, ,439 in 1914 and 27O,S
in 1913, and with rare exceptions these
represented cases recognized as due to
unavoidable causes.
Statistics on this subject are collected
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion under the national hours service
law. Every time train is SO de-
layed by a blizzard, washout or 9TH
er cause that any part Of the train
crew is on duty longer than sixteen
hours the railroad company must re-
port the occurrence to the commission,
giving the names Of the t.dividual en-
plOyes concerned and full statement
Of the cause for the excess service.
For several years the railroads and
the Interstate Commerce Commission
have been cooperating in efforts to
prevent the keeping of employees on
duty for long periods. The reduction
Of nearly 80 per cent. in such cases
which has been brought about In three
years shows that the working Of men
for long stretches Of continuous service
has practically disappeared except in
rare cases OF unavoidable delay.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-12
Transportation Tie. up Would
Para|yze Business.
FARMERS TO FACE DANGER
Could Not Market Crops and Losses
Would Run Into Hundreds of Mil
lions - With Factories Unable tc
Operate Wage earners Would Suffe

From the viewpoint Of the pub
lie 1t is an intOlcrable situation
when amy group of men, Wheth-
cr employees or employers, Wheth-
or large or small, have the pow
cr to decide that q great section
Of country y, shall under
go great loss of life, unSpcak-
able suffering and loss of prop
erty beyond the power Of descrip-
ton, through the stoppage Of Il
necessary public service. This.
however, is the situation which
cOnfrOnts us as a nation.-From
the Report of the Eastern Engi-
necrs' Arbitration Board Q912)
signed by Charles r. Van Hise,
Oscar Straus, Frederick N. Jud-
son, Albert Shaw, Otto N. Ed
litZ and Daniel Willard.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-12

AS result Of the demands for more
wages which the train service employees
or the railroads have been pressing upon
the transportation lines, the country is
face to face with the possibility of the
greatest strike and the most serious
industrial catastrophe in its history
The engineers. conductors, firemen and
brakemen on practically all the rail
road lines have voted to place their
entire interests in charge Of few
leaders within their organizations, and
to give these leaders authority to call
strike if they wish to do so.
What such strike would mean to
the American people cannot be SET
forth in mere facts and figures. 1t can
be dimly imagined by those who real
ize what an intimate and vital part
transportation plays in every industrial !
activity Of the country.
Cities Would Face Starvation.
There is scarcely q person In any
part Of the land who would not be i'm
mediately affected if the millions of
busily turning wheels on our nearly
way were to stop for single day. If
the He-up continued for a week, the
blow to the industry Of the country
would be greater than that caused by
any panic Of recent history. To the
big cities Of the country, and particu.
larly to the cities Of the eastern sea.
board, 1t would mean cutting off of
food supplies that would place the in
habitants virtually in q state of siege
In the case Of many food products
these cities do not carry on hand a
stock sufficient to feed their people for
more than week, and in the case Of
some, such as milk and fresh yege
tables, supplies are replenished daily.
The stOppage Of transportation there
fore, would mean suffering and want
to these city dwellers, and If continued
for long would threaten many Of them
with actual starvation.
Vast Loss to Farmers.
To the farmers Of the country gen
eral railroad strike would be catas.
trophe, only less serious. Cut of from
his market, the farmer could not move
bis produce, and the price Of grain and
other staples would be quickly cut In
two, while the market value Of more
perishable articles would disappear en-.
ttrely. The strike would make it ex.
tremely difficult to harvest crops In
many sections. 1t would make the dis.
posal Of the crops impossible, and
would inflict losses amounting to hun.
dreds of millions Of dollars upon the
farmers Of the country.
The great industrial plants of the
country would soon be forced to close
down following the declaration of a
strike because they. could not obtain
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-12

Roger Easement lead * more po
tcri: rcvoutioh'yt than Roger Case
Gent living. York Evening Sun
The manner in which Captain Koe
njg tined his departure to strike a
fog Just when he needed it gives him
soDi" status rs weather prophet
Was ington Sta.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-12
HIGHEST WAGES,
LOWEST RATES.

American railroads today, Dsy
the highest wages in the world.
out of the lowest rates In the
world, after having set down to
capital account the lowest can
1talizatlon per mile Of all great
countries Of the world. No 9th
er occupation and no other en-
ployer Of labor in the country
can match this record.-Jamcs 7.
Hill.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-12
Cheap Transportation Has
Built National Prosperity


This is big American freight engine
It's an achievement Of AMERICAN INVENTIVE GENIUS,
industry mines farms mills factories to the markets
of the country and to the aboard for shipment the
PGcE OF HAS PERFORMED SUCH SERVICE AS THE
Freight is carried railroads at the LOWEST RATES IN THE
IN THE FREIGHT IN THE EAST IS CARRIED
Cheap is of the biggest builders of prosperity
The big freight engine with its rave the big steel
roadbed the weight of the great engines and
which have markets.
enabled to put products the markets world
But welhmeanng but horsighd leaders
SHORTEN YOUR FREIGHT TRAINS engnemen and
trainmen haul the tonnage roads, many
miles pay S in eight hour. they now do in ten hours
"Pass laws LIMITING OF FREIGHT rRA1Ns-we
To the Farmers Manufacturers they say:
to the markets"
pays every dollar of the railroad bill
and "A cents OF dollar paid for
A that the railroads higher
the penalty of overtime wages"
What would the taking $4,000 train
the trains to handle the same tonnage would
call for employees
terminals supervision and plain that there would be
gestn OF traffic and hazards in operation
lions would have be spent by the railroads increase their
ties and to operate the bigger plant
IT WOULD BE AKIN TO USING HAND sHovELs INSTEAD OF
FIVE-TON STEAM DREDGES TO DIG A PANAMA CANAL.
American railroads have reducing grades
cutting down mountains and filling valleys increasing hauling
the
rock ballast heavy rai-al cost Of
operation.
1t the public that has reaped the cheaper
railroad service.
the railroads moved their tonnage shorter trains higher
the public would have to shoulder burden in the
cost of transportation
Would the public get value received money!
tonnage
COAL COKE and other mine products
whether this freight
long there is continuous regular coming the
IS MADE UP OF LOW GRADE SLOW MOVING FREIGHT
AT THE LOWEST RATES IN THE WORLD.
To abandon the freight
increase the which the
enable the train
place great burden American industry giving
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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-08-12

This is big American freight engine
It an achievement of AMERICAN INVENTIVE GENIUS
built HAUL LONG TRAINS
lean industry from the
of the country and to the eaboard shipment
In all the wonderful history
PIECE PERFORMED SUCH SERVICE AS THE
BIG FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-23

parents were opposed. Soon after l was born my father consented to ab lure his wife, and l, when born, was hustled off without it's being known to my grandparents that my mother had been married or l born to her. My parents agreed to all this. expecting that 1t would be temporary. But my grandparents were relentless, and my parents. becoming poorer and poorer, at last were unable to remit my allow ance. My grandfather was finally taken III and on his deathbed relent' ed. He had left his money to charity, but at the last moment changed his will, leaving the property to his son.
 Immediately after his death my par ents sought me. It turned out that my supposed mother had received $1O,OOO for my return. The fact that I had also been forced to pay the same amount was not pleasing to my father, and he threatened to prosecute the wO' man for fraudulent conduct unless she surrendered the note l had signed This she did.
 For a long while. after the great change in my life I could no nothing but think about my newborn happi- ness. and 1t seemed that my father and mother were bent, on making up the many years they had been deprived of their child by the affection they lav' Ished on me.
 All thls occurred many years ago. ] Am now happily married.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-23

eminent astronomer n sort or comet cry or meteorlc satellite" attending the earth. He supposes 1t to be composed of a cloud of meteors situated about million miles from the earth and re- volving around 1t 1t In a period of just one year, so that the sun and the me teors are always on opposite sides of the earth. It is estimated that the size of this ghostly satellite may be nearly the same as that of the planet Jupiter-i. e., about S6,OOO miles in diameter
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-23
a Mndarn Nanua,

If a girl could have the neat ankles of the hosiery nds., and the trim waist of the corset ads, and the hair of the grower ads, and the teeth of the tooth powder ads, and the complexion of the cold cream ads, wouldn't she be a wonder?
 What would she do for heart7
 She wouldn't need a heart or brain. We could give her the emotions of the heroInes in the best seller ads.- Life.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-23
The Geuenschein.

The Gegenschein is the name given to one of the most incXplicable objects known to astronomers. It is visible in the night sky under favorable condl' tons, Is rounded in outline and Is Situ. ated always exactly opposite the place of the sun. It has been termed by one
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-23
Hakina Friends.

Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for 1t is one of Gods best gifts. It involves many things, but, above all, the power of gO- ing out of ones self and seeing and ap- preciating whatever Is noble and loV- ing in another.-Thomas Hughes.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-23
Coneiderate.

Mrs. Brindle-Now, Mary, 1 want you to be extremely careful. This Is some very old table linen-been in the family for oyer 200 years and Mary An, sure, ma'am, you needn't worry. I won't tell a soul about 1t, and 1t looks as good as new, anyway. - Chicago News
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-23

NAULINB FREDERICK wears this H gown, so beautiful in its rich "A ness of material and simplicity of line. The material Is black satin
 overshOt in dull silver leaves, and no trimmings are allowed to mar its splendor. The corsage Is girdled into panels which are outlined by. plain
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-23

black satin, also used sparingly at the V cut of the top. ''.'.+ ''
 c
 Fruits are used on spring hats. They are in low relief, so to speak, usually made of velvet, and their colors are very effective on dark. blue, brown or black hats. ANNA MAJ
The daily Alaskan., 1916-05-23

Zenith Oil assures the best pos sib'e reults as lubricant for all light or delicate machinery. 1Oc, .25c, soc bottles. Keller Bros. Sole Skagway Agents.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-28
NAVY OFFICERS
BERATE AIRCRAFT

NEW YORK, April rs. United
States Navy officers who have just ar
rived here with the fleet from Guanta-
namo say the hydro aeroplanes used
at the southern drill grounds this
winter gave very poor exhibition.
There were three of those craft, all
of American manufacture. They could
fly but do nothing else. For bomb
dropping or directing the fire of the
battle ships they were useless.
The conclusion drawn by the Of
ficers, who are barred by service rules
from commenting in any way except
anonymously, is that the United States
has long way TO go to catch up with
European nations in the use of air
craft.
1t was further reported among the
navy officers and believed by them
that the aeroplane bought by the
! French and British government from
the most prominent American manu-
| facturere have proven so inferior to
| the standard now obtaining in the
fighting zones that they have been dis
carded.
! These machines, so widely praised
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-28
.ARpL,cAIIoN NO. So

Roties ~ Application fer PesnsisStsN
70 Appropriate tie Puzzle Wstses
Of the state 81 Nsvada.
Notice n hereby given that on The
10th day Of April. 1915. in aeeofdEnee
with Section So. ChHptsr 14o. Of the
Statutes Of 1913. one Victor y. Parus
Of Elko. County Of Elko. and susie q
Nevada, made application to the State
Engineer Of Nevada for permission TO
appropriate the public waters Of the
State OF Nevada Such appropEiAtt0n
Is to be made from an unnamed creek.
sometimes called Winters Greek. at
q point on unsurveyed land, approx
mately In the NWA of NEA Of Sec
18, T. As N. R. 81 E., N. d. B. 4 n.
by means Of creek bed and laterals.
and $40 cubic feet per second Is to
be conveyed to the NWA OF sen. ny
OF SWA OF Sec. 10, SEA Of NEH.
M Of sen, SwA of SEA and sen
Of SwH OF Sec. il. T. IS N. R 81
E., N. d. B. & n, by means Of creek
bed and laterals and there used for
irrigation and domestic purposes from
April LIST until July 18th OF each year.
watc not to be returned to stream.
w. IA. kEARNEY.
State Engineer.
First publication, April 10, 1916.
Last publication. May 20. 1915.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-28
BOYS AND GIRLS WINNING TICKETS
TO AL. c. BARNES BIG CIRCUS

been built in which the most dan
gerous acts featuring 80 ferocious, full.
grown African Ions under command
Of the celebrated Herr Louie Roth. do
amazing things which lions never in
history did before.
And, Riddles, there is the cutest lit.
tie baby elephant. He's just six
months old and he's the funniest chap.
waddle around after his mamma. He
tries to initiate her in her act, and
when he tries to sit on her stool and
tumbles off he is exactly like mis-.
chevious boy. Well, he always
tumbles off, and Mamma Elephant
picks him up with her trunk and looks
as If she were going to spank him. but,
as mammas always do, she kisses him
instead with the tip of her long trunk.
And there is the most wonderful
troupe of trained Llamas from far
away South America clear over the
! Andes. The only troupe of trained
Llamas in the world. They are grace
full as gazelles, and have the funniest
lips.
And the pigs. You must see those
clown pigs, with old mamma pig max
ing them mind, and the funny things
they do.
Then there's Holy Moses" the sac
red black camel, to get which Mr..
Barnes own men had to cross the
burning sands of far-away Hareek in
mystical Arabia and at the expense of
terrible suffering and grave danger to
their lives, bring him back here for
you to see. It's the only black camel
being exhibited in the world.
And in addition to all these things
there are 1000 wonderful animals, each
and every one trained to do more
saw.
Just think of it, big rings and
arenas so arranged that you may sec
all the acts no matter in what part oil
the big tent they are taking place; 4C
animal clowns, the funniest you evel
saw: $50 beautiful ponies and horses
the smallest and the largest and mos
finely trained in the world; $50 train
ers, the most expert on this globe
careful, proficient, yet brave and fear
less: six concert and military bands
four caliopes. big pipe organ; SOC at
tendants in brilliant uniforms; Go hi:
| sensational acts each and every one
thriller or side-splitter; lions, horses
bears, dogs, pigs, tigers, all working
together and good friends. imagine il
think of caravans of camels, groups 0
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-28

Did you read the conditions Of The
Independents Wild Animal Circus sub
scription campaign now on. in which
you may win free tickets to the AL G.
Barnes big Touring wild animal cir
Gus which will exhibit in Elko on the
afternoon and evening Of May 9Th?
The particulars Of the campaign were
In yesterdays issue OF The Independ,
emit. Better get copy at once and
read 1t.
A number of boys and girls have al
ready won tickets, and you can do SC
with little effort. One boy this fore
noon brought in subscriptions emitting
him to six tickets. Any boy or girl
who will get out and make a real eff
fort can do the same thing.
And remember that these tickets are
given In addition to the prizes hereto
fore announced.
The Barnes Big Touring Wild Ami
NAL Circus Is greater this year thar
ever before. Besides the four rings
two big elevated steel arenas have
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-28
APPLICATION NO. ssss.
Notice Of Application for Permission
to Appropriate the Public Waters Of
the State Of Nevada.

Notice Is hereby given that on the
10th day Of April, 1916. in accordance
with Section So. Chapter 14o. OF the
Statutes OF 1913, one Arne w. Parus
OF Edgemont County Of Elko. and
State Of Nevada, made application to
the State Engineer of Nevada for per
mission to appropriate the public
waters OF the State OF Nevada. Such
appropriation is to be made from Deer
Creek, at a point approximately in the
NWA Of SEX OF Sec. IL, T. As N. r.
81 E., NJ. D. B. & NJ, by means OF
natural channel OF creek and laterals,
and 1.6o cubic feet per second is to be
conveyed to the NWA Sec. Is, T. As
N. r. 81 E.. NJ. D. B. & M, by means
Of natural channel OF creek and later
ais, and there used for irrigation and
domestic purposes from April LIST un
til July 18th OF each year.
Water not to be returned to stream
w. NJ. KEARNEY,
State Engineer.
First publication, April 10, 1916.
Last publication. May 20. 1916.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-28
elephants, sacred cattle. seals. sea

elephants. sacred cattle. seals. sea
lions. chimpanzees. orangoutangs.
apes. monkeys. kangaroos. zebras.
goats, lions. tigers. leopards, pumas.
jaguars. bears. dogs, chickens, pigs. all
working together, marching. doing
high dives. juggling fire. riding each
other. posing, tumbling, making music.
eating. drinking at tables. doing trap
exc work. Why. its the most wonder
full, most thrilling. most glittering,
most rib-tickling show in the world.
and all the while AL. G. Barnes, that
Edison of ANIMAL science is right in
that tent. ready to step in on the in,
slant and quiet the animals or make
them do their act.
And you can see all this free, if you
will subscribe for The Independent
Get an Independent of yesterday and
read up on it.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-28

in the United States. are now being
used only for practice in aviation
training schools.
Information also reached the navy
officers that the American made sub
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-04-28

marines shipped In pieces to Canada
and put together there after the war
began have not given satisfaction. &C
cording to the rigorous requirements
OF present naval warfare. and today
are tied up idly at Gibraltar.