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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21
.RA|LROADSLOSE
SUIT AGAINST
MISSOURI LAW
Prohibited From Fixing Higher
Freight Rate for Short Haul
Than for Long Haul

WASHINGTON, May 21.-Tbe pro
visions OF the Missouri statutes Of
1903 prohibiting railroads from fixing
higher freight rate for a short
haul than for long haul whether
such rate discrimination is reason.
able or unjust, has been sustained by
Il supreme court decision.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21

Many questions are asked daily at
the war deVas'urent concerning the
repatriation OF travelling men and
other absentecs. on the sixth day
after the date OF the presidents pro.
clamatlon any one subject TO regis
tration who expects to be absent from
his home on registration day SHOULD
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21

a man by the name Of Murphy Is
charged with having passed worthless
paper on the Mayer Hotel Co. We
are advised. however, that no com
plant has yet been sworn to.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21

A man by the name of Bob Burns
was arraigned this morning for hav-
ing entered room in Wells and
taken therefrom some money and
jewelry. He entered a plea of guilty
and will he sentenced tomorrow morn.
ing.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21
NOTICE OF RED
CROSS MEETING

a meeting is called for the purpose
OF forming a permanent organization
of the Elko Red Cross chapter to be
held ut the court house Tuesday even
ing at 8 O'Clock Everyone is invited
80 be present.
MRS. O. r. WILLIAMS,
Temporary Chairman.
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Not only has the individual citizen
ry of the country made a remarkable
response to the registration call, but
the states through their official heads
have indicated such zeal that there
Is great rivalry among some OF the
commemorative for the honor Of max.
ing the first complete registration
returns
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21

John EIDE, we'll known Reno resi-.
dent. is heretoday as witness in the
Roundtree estate matter.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21
FRIGHTFUL LOSSES
IN ARMENIA
(By Lowell Mellett)


In the midst of the hurly.burly OF
war, there are few persons In Lon.
don-just a few-giving some thought
to what Is to become of Armenia after
the war. Not Belgium, Serbia nor
Poland has suffered as Armenia has
suffered. These figurci explain;
Armenians living in Armenia
before the war ..................-.2, ,0OO,OOO
Armenians shot, knitted, burn
ed, stoned. drowned and
otherwise put to death by
the Turks (well authenti.
Gated fgures) ...........-...-....-1 ,OOO,O0O
Armenians unaccounted for
from among those driven
into the desert ..................... 4OO,uOu
Armenians in Constantinople,
! Western Asia Minor and
Russia boV,VVO
The new Armenia that is to be con.
, structed after the war thus has
basis OF only 100000 men, women and
children, unless II be found that some
of those driven into the desert nave
survived. These 100000 must be
brought back into Armenia from the
other side of the Russian border and
from Constantinople, where they have
enjoyed comparative immunity.
The restoration OF nation from
such basis would seem almost hope
less but Armenians in London be-
lievc It will be done. Lord Bryce.
former ambassador to the United
States, who, as he expressed 1t, has
been studying the case OF Armenia
for forty years. believes II will be
done.
The change In Russia has been n
most fortunate thing for Armenia"
said Lord Bryce. THE Armenian
people may expect more from the
Russian people than they obtained
from the Russian government In the
Il
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21
Good Groceries

Only one best store in town at which to obtain
your supplies of groceries, and that's store Don't
us of boastng. We only repeating what
hundreds of satisfied patrons have said and say
ing about Besides excellence, we also lay claim
to promptness and carefullness in the filling of all
orders. No extra charge for all these good points It's
just our way, that's all. We do things different.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21

II is important that all shall un-
derstand the significance of registra-
ton and 1t Is hoped that the day will
be approached in the spirit with
which the government has appointed
IT. Democracy is its essence. No
one can absent himself, nor the well
to.do man hire another TO represent
him on the occasion. Tie country's
man will present itself on this day
and by so doing will say in effect:
"Hcrc am |. Take me-"
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21

Armours Woodchuck Soap, 80 bars for..--.,S10O
TOP Notch Vanilla bottle .... .23
Top Notch Lemon Extract, bottle ....-.-....... 23
Fresh Ground Horseradish, bottle -..-.---...,. Is
Blue Label Catsup bottle . 81
Gold Medal or Poinsettia Crackers, pkg. ..-.. O9
Fancy Comb Honey, per square ................. ID
Arm & Hammer Soda, pkg. ......,.-........... 0S
Not-a-Seed Rasins Seedess, pkg. .....,-..,-.- ID
Blue & Gold Raisins, Seeded, pkg. . .13
Matches, Birds Eye carton ...... 20
Matches Birds Eve pkg . .06
Meadow Sweet Toilet Soap, bar ,,,--...,...... .03
Bon Ami, bar ................... 90
Bon Ami, power can n..... 90
Sapoio, bar ... .00
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21

II is useless to ask registrars to
excuse any one from registration. The
registrar has no such power No one
can suspend the law requiring all tO
register.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21

II should be clearly understood that
no male resident of the United States
between the designated ages is eN-
cused from registration unless he is
already in the military or naval SER
vice of the United States; that is. a
member of the regular army or navy.
the marine corps. or that part of the
national guard now actually in the
federal service. Registration is dis
tinct from seIectiye service. Regis.
tration is a necessary preliminary to
the later process of selection.
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CONTINUED on Page FOUR
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The war department wishes to i'm.
press upon the people that there is
only one day for registration. All
males between the designated ages
must register on the day set. The
fact that five days were allowed for
the placing OF the necessary blank
forms in the hands of registrars ap-
pears to have mislead some headline
writers one day only-the day fixed
in the presidents proclamation-will
be- dc"oled TO registration.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-21
PARAGRAPHS PERTINENT
TO REGISTRATION

The war department is gratified
by the spontaneous offers of uncom.
pensated assistance in carrying out
the work OF registration.
One father in offering TO serve as
registrar writes: Il have two sons
in the guard and one in the regular
army but want To do my own little
bit" This is typical of hundreds of
letters. All such offers properly
should be made TO the governors. who
are the heads of the registration ma
chinery in their respective states.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

July appears an article on "The japanese
Point of View" by F. w. Henshaw, Asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of Cali
fornia, which contains this statement:
Public discussion of our present and fut-
ure relations with Japan has been left al
most wholly to the demagogues of politics
and 10 the press. Even our government has
done nothing to dsabuse the minds of our
people of the ridiculous fear of the Menace
of Japan, or the yellow Peril When 1t
should have spoken aloud it has remained
silent, or has whispered timorously behind
covering hand in the ear of state authori-
ties"
And in another place he defends the
"Asia for Asiatics" policy:
"She Gapan) learned that China was to
go the way of the rest, and she learned the
method-missionarie self-imposed on unwill-
ing nations; capital invested, and the ap-
peals of capitalists to protect their invest
ments; interposition by their governments;
reparaton demanded and exacted in the form
of territorial allotments creating spheres of
influence; fertilization, domination, owner
ship. China, notwithstanding her immense
population, presents great field for de-
velopment of many kinds She lacks every
thing of modernty. Manufacturers, rail-
roads, mines, are all for the future Who
should do this development? The European
nations who, with both hands full, were still
grasping for more, Japan, who needed
room for expansion and whose propinquity
and historical associations justified her in
extending her protection over her neighbor?
What more natural than The Orient for
Orientals'?
"She saw other nations growing feverish
over the situation and feeling for their own
spheres of influence in China. She saw
China republic in which not one man in
thousand knew the fact or would have
understood the meaning OF the word if told
the fact. And she saw that it was high time
if the Orient was to be held for the 0rientals,
that helpless China be made 70 understand
that Japan and Japan alone would exercise
hegemony over the Orient.
This, then, is the fundamental of her
national policy: the hegemony OF the Orient;
and with what western nation lies the right
10 say her nay7 She will welcome the in
vestment Of western capital in the develop
ment OF Oriental countries, but she will not
permit those investments to serve as ex-
cuses for establishing spheres of influence
She herself will undertake that all such in
vestments are duly protected"
1t is probable that, at best, the agitation
for FANTASIA involves a union of only the
Mongolian races. Little is heard from
England's great province, India. 1t would
seem that the problem concerns principal
ly Japan and China.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
wv illiam Marion Reedy Is
w Saying Things Now

Prohibition has its ardent conters,
foes. among whom, perhaps, none ha, :.
a franker attack than William y,,
Reedy. Under the head "The Ric J,
Rotgut" this st. Louis editor says:
"This legislation is not war messv, n
is a piece of fanaticism put over on ts.,
try under the mask of patriotism. No a.
sweeping interference with the habits a
people, the vast majority OF whom a, :.
drunkards; no such wholesale conhsa,,. !.
properties built Up under state protects. =.
participation, should be carried on, va.
the consent and approval OF the eOunu, a
whole. The Congress has no mandate q ~
prohibition.
"As a necessity of war the enaetn,r, 4 a,
dcfensible. Germany has not abolhs,; !.
drinking. France still permits the mart.
ure and sale of wine and supplies il
soldiers in the field. Great Britain t,,,.
reduction Of the beer and ale output v
now about to order an increase OF th.h
age by large percentage.
"What all atrocity against tempen,,
leave the hard liquor supply untOuch,ts,
annihilating the milder beverages! \
whiskey supply will be increased in m
such a way as TO make incalculsble tsrs,I
for those who have it in storage. The wl
who drink will have all the more ts.rs1
stuff they can afford to pay for By ani
the drinkers to the fierier fluids druikns
will be Increased rather than dns.&i
Beer and light wines are the drinks u 4
perateness. To forbid their msnufaeaa q
sale is to encourage the very abuse tie n
Libitionists want TO abolish.
"Prohibition will not help the United sal
TO win the war II will not help q, ill d :.
flying the people. 1t will be an harmssx:,
the great majority Of the people. It vii 5
mote discomfort and social division. h 7,
inconvenience a hundred men who IN I
harmed by moderate drinking where 4 '!
keep one drunkard out of MS cups.
THE country may 60 for prohibitis' ~
day. Very we'll; let IL 90 there deissna
after full and free discussion in th. ra
the people want it they will have it Ha,
law should not be slipped over on u Vi
we are concerned with other thing d
chiefly with the conservation Of 81
sources for a war for human freedom u
we force our soldiers from their beer ~
diligence in rotgut with quarrel and rsz
in every gill? Do we want drunnrr~
temperance? Snap prohibition such ?
House rider provides for is as inimcsl ~
tional welfare. in its fiscal lunacy, b
tyrannous upon individual, personal Ess-
Let US hope the Senate will have s'r, q
mon sense and kill the iniquitous dry ti:s
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
The Right to Rum Is One
i OF the "Inalienables

General Appleton's petition TN the Mas
sachusetts Legislature) provided that the
sale Of liquor in any quantity less than
thirty gallons should be forbidden by law.
He meant this as the first step toward alb
solute prohibition. The agent of the Mas
sachusetts Temperance Society, the Rev.
Mr.. Hildreth, pounced upon it as a mis-
ohievous measure. His opinion evidently
was that among the "inalienable rights
of man was the right to rum. He fairly
represented the timid public opinion OF
that day.
At this point it is bess to return to Eng
land, where, in 1853, reacting to the stim-
ulus radiating from the celebrated Maine
activities, the United Kingdom Alliance
was formed at Manchester. And next one
is invited to observe that the temperance
movement on the continent-that is, the
movement to1vard prohibition-"had its be-
ginning in Norway and Sweden in 1880,
and spread to Germany and thence to Aus
tria about the middle of the nineteenth
century"
Mr.. Hayler was an optimist. "The rise
and progress of the modern temperance
movement he says, "is one Of the mar
yels of a wonderful century, And he
adds: at was commenced in the dawn OF
the nineteenth century by humble work
ing people
A certain DR.. G.. B. Clark, who formed
an organization "to combat the evils Of IN
temperance at Moreau, Saratoga and New
York, evidently took a rather more pessi'
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

after distinction came TO be drawn, and for
many wears was observed, between wine and
cider. which were considered entirely
proper beverages, and ardent spirits. For
wears even those who manifested deep in
terest in the subject felt called upon 10
pledge themselves only to moderation, and,
indeed. considered it unwise to advocate the
abandonment Of the lighter grades OF in
toxicatng liquors.
81 remember no agency that had greater
influence in arousing attention than the
famous six sermons of DR.. Lyman Beecher
of New York"
In these sermons, in describing the infiu-
ence of liquor establishments in COM
munity, DR.. Beecher would employ such
expressions as these:
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

ROVER of a most eficacious legislation.
Much power is given to you to check and
,xtirpate this evil and TO roll down the dis
tant ages broader and deeper and purer
the streams of national prosperity"
DR.. Beecher, Neal Dow affirms, was one
of the earliest, ablest and most devoted
friends of the temperance cause.
NO man did more than ne to arouse the
people TO realize the evils OF irtemper-
ance and to stimulate them to active meas
ures to check its progress. He suggested
very clearly that any permanent change Tor
the better in the habits OF the people would
be improbable, if not impossible, without the
suppression by law of the traffic in intoxi-
eating liquors"
The temperance movement in Portland
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

equally hopeless Kokumin and allied parties,
and the Indian revolutonaries and agitators
who claim that India aspres to national
freedom and groans under British tyranny"
These extracts from the japanese press
are startling in their significance. An
article in Marquis Okuma's "Shin Nip
pom" by Dr. Nagase Hosuke, of the Cen
cral Army Staff, reads:
an protesting against any attempt on the
part Of the European powers to drive the
Turks out of Europe simply because they
belong to an Asiatic race, deem it most
proper and effective plan for the japanese
to take an active part in all undertakings
calculated to develop Turkey, and | suggest
that a demand to reserve such rights for
her should be put forth by Japan.
81 should also like to have Japan demand
autonomy for he Indians, but this would
be equivalent to interfering with the domestic
administration of Britain, Japans ally"
In an article translated by the Japan
Advertiser" of April 1, the "Chuwo" voices
the Pan-Asia yearning for the expulsion
Of the white man from Asia in the fol-
lowing terms:
Does no. the root Of world evil, frankly
speaking, lie in the ambition OF Europe and
America in Asia? If Europe would give up
her ambition in Asia, where will the root OF
world evil remain? Speaking more concrete
ly, If England would give up India, If Holland
would give up the so-called Dutch possessions.
if England, Russia. and Germany would give
up their hunger for plunder in Persia, the
peace Of the world could be established at
once"
FREDERICK MOORE, in the current
l. issue of ASIA" writes in this strain
concerning Japan's attitude
"There are persons who seek to make an
analogy between the japanese position with
regard to China and that Of the United States
! in relation TO South and Central America.
The Monroe Doctrine has proven itself to
be in fact what its words describe, measure
| for our own defence and that Of the Ameri-
! can states TO the south. we set no restraint
! and exercise no coercion on these states. We
ask them for no special privileges, no ABB
negation or dminution of their rights II
the japanese position in regard to China is
| Ike our attitude toward South America, 1t
! is praiseworthy policy"
Charles E. L. Thomas, also writing in
asia" believes the present doubt as to
Japan's motives rests most largely upon
the fact that Japan is herself uncertain.
The writer says:
81 believe that the occasional difficulty en-
countered by other nations in understanding
! Il. dra lar In he fact
that the Japanese themselves are troubled
over their national future in the large af'
fsire of the world. Jspsn's rise TO the statu,
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

Despt this fact, however, the japanese
have been satisfied with their national
achievements that such theories as that of a
Monroe Doctrine for Asia, or Pan-Asianism,
ere held in certain sections of the nation.
These people are shallow enough to hope for
the passing of European influence from Asia.
The japanese must be more humble and try
to increase their real strength. instead OF
bossting of their supposed power Self-con-
oeit brings about moral degeneration.
Japan is expanding. There are Japanese
residing in nearly all parts OF the world.
Therefore there is no need for aggression on
our part; we are expanding by peaceful
means"
In The North American Review" for
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08
,nan7S Place in an "Asia for the ASiaticS'-1

So far as China is concerned, M
mestic conditions are in such sa1
riot that it is extremely difficult 70 -
any true conception Of national ~
ment-if, indeed, such thing a.
thought Of las existing at all.
DR.. Sun Yat-sen, an ex-presldsrl
very ardent apostle Of the Asii@ =
idea. A short time ago he dispaNh
long telegram to Lloyd George in III
he urged that everything possible n@
to keep China, "the infant repuoIN
of the war. But it is evident that Dts-
Yat-sen's dream of an Asia i'
Asiatics does not exclude the prese'a
all foreign contact, for in this tee'
he said:
Should China enter the war
prove dangerous to her national Wv
injurious TO the prestige Of Englsns
Far East. The same desire to get 0'
join the Allies Is to Chinese mind ~
fession Of the Allies inability to e'F
Germany" .J
But he is strongly in favor OF -
taking a firm stand. The next day@
a telegram to the Chinese Parlis""
which he said;
81 have now heard that the s0''~
has decided to join the Allies. I"t
ment may have been coereed 10 ~
step. But being representatives o. -
pie, you cannot shirk your respons''-
hope that you will study the qu',' 4
will insist upon your own views -
through you that the course we a' n
take up may be retrieved. YOU -
throw China into g whirlpool OF Hn'',
the considerable trust that the P,
reposed in you mus. not be abused
EINALLY, as regards the Phinpp" s.
L II. Thibault, writing IN Az. =, :,
"Since the middle OF April one o. M
notable ueNclOpmtNts ~ f"N M
pno sentiment has taken place ,.,s5
merging of Filipino thought INV -, -
sentiment on the great war anu
of the belligerent nations. Inc y
come with startling suddenness' y. ,u
few weeks ago the Filipino s''i'u'' :, ~
of foreign nation standing a''C' "a. "a, ~
ing other foreigners on the WV :. n
On that stage Americans we's a. Il
foreigners as were the British '"'
mans. a,ft
There has never been a time !" .,a
pines when the soil for revolu"O. a
so barren as il is to-day. ff0'f,,x,
the people, coupled with aPP,s,,s
recent liberal legislation in the -
concerning the Philippines, and y a,rS
admiration for Governor Gene'" ~
and his policies have made s,.t ~. sur
of the Filipino people loyal 70 V" ~, ~
Stripes in the crisis when w
New-York tribune., 1917-07-08

Japan is now a creditor nation in interna-
tional finance, tremendously important
turning point in her career.
A note of warning to his people has been
uttered by Dr. Suyehiro Shigeo, of kioto
University, urging more pacific policy
and an abandonment of the plan to annex
China, "lest Japan become embroiled IN
conflict with the United States" But MILL
tarism, aggression and expansion have
firmly seized the now enriched japanese,
and under the cloak of "Pan-Asia" Japan
is said to propose TO unite all Asia against
the Occident, with herself and her navy
as the guardian Of the gate.
UDAN-ASIA" is too large for = single
i concept, according to writer in
"The Far Eastern Review" For the Mongo-
lians occupy only two-thirds Of it, exclu-
sive of Russia, which is only in part ORR
entail. India, Persia and Turkey are
Aryan. These have no love for the doni-
I mating heel of the white man, yet neither
have they anything in common with the
| 'Prussians Of Asia" (the Japanese).
| Fiercely do the Afghan princes and the
Hindu satraps VOW a day Of vengeance
against the Europeans and dream OF
/ Pan-Asia of Aryans, but the japanese
visions are not the visions of India. "The
i Far Eastern Review" gives an admirable
analysis of the situation in these words:
Founded upon the exceedingly dubious
principle that All Asia is One movement
toward the political unity of the Orient
and the exclusion Of Occidental interests
from the Far East is being actively pro-
NOTED by certain politicians in China, India
and Japan. The political records OF the
apostles Of the Pan-Asian creed are guaran-
tees OF the chaos-making tendencies of any
undertaking with which they associate them
selves, while the pro-German associations OF
those who have most recently given some
publicity TO the aims and purposes Of Pan
Asianism give a sinister coloring TO wha,
might otherwise be regarded as the vapor-
ings of chronic obstructionists.
"Pan-Asiansm is anti-foreign. II
is Boxerism in more modern and less barbariC
garb. As a matter Of expediency it is for the
time being pro-Germsn rather anti-Americar
and particularly anti-British. Its immediate
object is an alliance of all Asistic nations
under the guidance If not the actual hege-
mony Of Japan, the emancipation of all the
Asiatic peoples from Western political in
auenee, and the enforcement Of the occidenti
recognition Of an Asiatic Monroe Doctrine.
"The preachers Of these doctrines who appeal
in the limelight are the politically bankrupt
leaders Of the old Kuomintsng in China, Thu
professional revolutionGries OF the treat.
; ports, their colleagues in Japan among th'