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CHICAGO,

HOGS - Receipts, $4,000; strong;
bulk, $15.55@15.S5; light, $14.15@
1915; mixed, $15.25@15.90: heavy
$15.25@15.95; rough, $l5.25@15.45;
pigs, $1O.00@13.60
CATTLE-Receipts. $4,000; weak;
native beef steers, $S.90@13.30; stock
ers and feeders. $7.l5@9.S5: cows and
heifers, $6.00@11.10; calves, 5000
1925.
HEEP-Receipts, $4,000; steady;
wethers, $11.0061S.50; lambs, $500
@If.30.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-02

HOME FROM MINNEAPOLIS
Adjutant General Tharason re-
turned at noon today from Minneapo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-02
TODAY'S RECRUITS

FOR COMPANY A
SCOTT BREDELL, Fargo.
RUSSELL SAVAGE, Fargo.
LLOYD w. sPETZ, Bismarck.
Company Strength-56.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTING coUN.
TY HIGH SCHOOL AND DORM.
TORY FOR THE COUNTY OF
ELKo. STATE OF NEVADA

Sealed proposals endorsed Pro
posal for constructing County High
School and Dormitory at Elko, Elko
! County, Nevada" will be received by
the undersigned clerk of the board
of education OF the County of Elko,
State of Nevada, residing at Elko,
| Nevada, up to one o'clock D. m. OF
the 4th day OF June, A. D., 1917, at
which time said bids will be opened
and read publicly. Each bidder shall
furnish bids on three groups of work
in accordance with the plans and spe.
cifications, which plans and specifica-
ton may be seen at the office OF the
undersigned. and at the office OF the
architects. G. w. Dickey and ]. ].
Donovan, Ala 18th street. Oakland.
California. as follows:
l. One bid shall be made upon the
! general work included within said
plans and specifications. which shall
include excavation and grading, con-
crete work, brick work. carpenter
work, roofing and damp roofing, plas.
tering. glass and glazing, painting,
| shoetmctal work, black boards,
shades, finish hardware, equipment,
plumbing and gas fitting and alter.
mates.
2. Another bid shall be made upon
the heating and ventilating.
3. Another bid shall be made upon
the electrical work
a deposit of $500 will be required
as n guarantee OF the return of plans
and specifications taken from either
Office, which will be refunded to the
contractor when the plans and spe.
cifications are returned In good con.
dition. ~
| Proposals shall be made upon forms
similar to those set forth in the
book of specifications, and shall be
executed in all particulars as is
therein required,
| Proposals shall not contain any
recepitulation of the work to be done.
No oral. telegraphlc or telephone
proposals or modtncations Will be con.
sidered.
a certified check for ten per cent
of tho amount of the proposal, payable
to the undersigned, must accompany
each proposal.
Should the successful bidder or bid.
ders fail TO obtain a bond and sign
a contract, as hereinafter provided,
his check will be forfeited. All checks
will be returned to the bidders on ap-
plication at the Office OF tho under.
signed after the successful bidder or
bidders have signed the contract and
furnished tho bond required, but in no
case will tho certified check be re-
tanned more than two weeks.
The successful bidder or bidders
will be required to enter into con.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
LYNN BIG SIX
Z MAKES GOLD BAR

Lynn Big Six Is In excellent shape
physically and as a concrete proof
that the new mill Is doing the real
thing President and Manager Henry
Harker brought In. with them from
northern Nevada bar OF bullion, the
first cleanup from the plant. says the
Salt Lake Herald-Republican. The
bar weight about IL ounces and is
estimated to carry more than 500 in
gold. Along with the yellow metal
was scraped on the plates consider
ableQuicksilver. This was a six-hour
run on poor ores. There is little
silver in the Bib Six ores Some I'M
provements will be made in the plant,
and Mr.. Harker will return to Carlin
in ten days, when the mill will be
operated regularly.
Mr.. Harker said yesterday that he
is more than pleased with the results
of the initial run. He had anticipated
some trouble and delay, but the mill
seemed to get right down to business
from the start and produce results.
The capacity is IS to 80 tons of crude
ore daily. Samplings of the tailings
showed that they contained practic,
ally no values, demonstrating & high
recovery. A concentrate will be saved
as we'll as the bullion when the mill
is at capacity
The mill ores are estimated at 500
10 $25 ton. OF this grade there are
now upwards of 1900 tons on the
stock pile.
Before leaving the property. Mr..
Harker sampled a face on the 40-foot
level. Across seven feet the follow.
ing were the sampling returns: 2.O4
ounces gold and 2.24 ounces silver; 3.4
ounces gold and LOS ounces silver, or
$40 to $6S grade of ore.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
CONSUMPTION DOES
NOT MEAN DRAFT

The movement to enlist in the army
threatening TO throw many of Ne
vada's industries into serious incon.
venience, comments the Gazette.
Down at Sparks, so many young men
are getting ready to enlist in the
navy as to cause the shop chiefs
anxiety and other large concerns are
beginning to worry over what can be
done to prevent a shutdown Thirty
TO thirty-five apprentices at Sparks
have gone to become sailors.
1t appears that the use of the word
draft in the dispatches and in gen.
eral conversation is the cause of the
trouble, young men having obtained
shameful to be drafted" into the
army, rather than to enlist voluntari-
ly. 1t was pointed out this morning
in conversation with a state official.
however, that there is a misunder,
standing of the meaning of "selective
conscription.'' It does not mean
draft"
Under the new law, when ii shall be
adopted this week, a date will be
set by presidential proclamation for
the registration OF all able-bodied citi-
zens between the ages specified in
the bill-they have not been settled
on finally as yet. After the registra-
ton goes into effect, the officers call
up the men who are liable to service
and select from them the most likely
ones TO make good soldiers.
Under the bill. certain industries
are regarded as being of as much i'm
portance to the nation almost as the
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-04

uncomfortable to breathe. Now we
are nearing the next enemy trench,
and We hear the deep report of
bursting bombs. above the pattering
of the storm of bullets, striking our
armor.
Soon We find ourselves on the
edge of the Hun trench. This proves
to be composed OF shell holes of all
sizes, just linked together. showing
how severe our previous lombard
ments had been. The Huns show
fight here. and we have a warm ten
minutes before they give signs of
retreating. We lease them for a
minute or two in order TO ram a ma.
chine-gun emplacement, which is still
threatening our rapidly advancing in
fantry. We just crawl over the
embankment, guns and all; it is not
necessary to fire q single shot.
Now it is time for US to advance
to the next and last position. We
have the good fortune to strike a
road which has escaped serious dam.
age, and making all speed along
this we make up to the Huns who
have escaped from the last trench.
But they have had enough of the all
devouring monster. and are ready to
throw down their arms and make their
way to our infantry, glad to be pri.
soners.
The last trench proves to be the
worst for just as we are crossing
large hole our bus stops. Two
or three Huns, seeing our difficulty,
crawl out of a hole like rabbits, and
are brave enough to creep on the
bank of the tank from behind. But
we hear them on the armor and they
were doomed not to get the iron
cross, for we open a small trap door
and shoot them with a revolver. OF
course, we had seen them before
they reached the tank, but as our
mechanism was giving us little
change of occupation Just then we
did not trouble about them.
And now the old bus is going
strong again. Only Just in time,
for a large lyydite bomb bursts
against the armored jacket of my
gun. The blare comes in through the
port hole, binding me for a minute
or two. while small splinters strike
my face. But my gun is still I'M
touched, thanks to the armor plate,
and, somehow, seems to work much
better. And now i catch the Huns
retreating along a trench almost in
line with a burst of fire. The Ger
mans are now scattered in small par
ties. 1t is almost like playing at hide
and seek as We now travel backward
and forward along that trench. After
a few short runs we find no more
Huns to hunt"
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-04

tracts with the board of education in
the form as set forth in the specifica-
tons, and TO furnish bonds as follows:
One bond for fifty per cent of the con-
tract price for labor and material fur
nished; and one bond for fifty per
cent of the contract price for the
faithful performance of the contracts.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
By order OF the board OF education
of the County of Elko, State of Ne
vada, this third day of May, A. D..
1917.
w. II. ENGLERT.
Clerk of said Board.
First publication May 4, 1917.
Last publication June 4, 1917
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-04
Tanks" On Field Of Battle
Beat Battleships in Action

LONDON, May 4.-The first &C
count of fighting az viewed from the
inside OF a British tank" is con
tanned in a letter Just released by
the censor. from Sergeant F. E. Di
vail, a Canadian who has been at.
tached to one of the tank" com.
panies since the big cars were first
sent to the French front. He SAYS:
THE order to advance is given.
Steadily the long. powerful shapes
move forward in the gray mists OF
dawn. AS the weird.looking forms
travel over the front trench the
troops therein rub their eyes in won.
der at the strange NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
coat of many colors which the tanks
are wearing. Inside the tanks are
the keen-eyed fighting men, strangely
CARRIED as becomes their strange craft,
while around them is a complicated
mass of machinery.
Now we are passing over shall
holes, tree stumps and many other
trifies, which fill the ground of No
Mans Land The deck OF the tank
rolls and pitches like torpedo boat
in storm. The crew hold on to
anything within reach to steady
ourselves while we rush down a
large shell hole. But we come safe,
| ly through without seasickeness.
suddenly the gunnery officer
gives the order: To action!' His
voice is only just heard above the
noise of the whiriing machinery. A
few sighting shots. and we have
found the range. We succeed in put.
ting out two machine gun emplace,
worrying our infantry for some time.
And now the action begins in earn.
est. Hundreds of bullets are rebound.
| ing from our tough sides like hail from
glass roof, while inside the tanks
the whole crew are at various guns,
which break forth in a devasting
fire. under which nothing can live.
And now we are on tie parapet OF
the first Hun trench, just on the out.
skirts of the wood, which is our OBJ,
jective and as we go humping on to
the other side, we land with a ter
rife bump. A can of petrol has
slipped from it's pigeonhole, and
comes gathering down onto the arm
Ored deck. with its stopper shaken
out. and the dangerous spirit running
over the floor. However, We enfilad-
ed that trench followed up the re-
treating. Huns for a minute or two,
cleared out the nearest dugout, and
went on our way to the next trench.
by this time the fumes from the
hundreds of rounds which we had
fired, with the. heat from the engines
and the waste petrol and oil, have
made the air quite oppressive and
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-05-04

First publication May 4, 1917.
Last publication June 4, 1917.
Evening star., 1917-10-12
'Petain's Men Check
Series of Assaults;
Guns Active at verdun

~ tAe Associated Press.
PARIS, October 1.-THE night was
marked by great activity Of the arul-
lery and by Q series Of German efforts
at various points on the front. says
today's Official statement.
"west Of Cerny we repulsed an enemy
attack. while q detail operation car
ried out by US north of Noisy farm en-
sabled US to bring back prisoners. An
enemy surprise attack west of Maisons
de Champagne and three German ef-
sforts in the region of Aueerive and
Souain came to nothing.
"On the right bank of the Meuse
sfverdun 'front.' artillery fighting con-
stinues in the region of Bezonvaux
The Official communication issued by
the var office last night says:
During the day the two artiileries
were active at various points along the
front, particularly in the region OF
LEpine de Chevregny, south of the
Butte du Mesnil. where our fire arrested
enemy groups who attempted to reach
our small posts, and on the right bank
of the Meuse. There were no infantry
actions.
The Belgian communication says:
During the day Of the.9th instant our
on some batteries and enemy organiza-
tions in the region of Dixmude.
Our aviators were active. and gave
efiicacious aid to our artillery. During
the day of the 10th our artillery. In
with the aviators, continued
with success its destructive fire on the
enemy batteries and works in the en-
virons of Dixmude. The enemy's reply
was feeble"
Evening star., 1917-10-12
WAR is TO BE MADE ON
FAKE PATENT MEDICINES
Merchants Advertising Vigilance
Committee Plans to Conduct
Aggressive Campaign.

Plans to do away with fake medi-
cines and to stop them from being ad-
vertised in the District of Columbia
We're discussed today at a meeting of
the subcommittee appointed to con-
slider fake medicine and fake advertis-
ing in connection Herewith, by the
general advertising vigilance commit
tee of the Retail Merchants Associa-
ton A number of Washingtor's big
gest druggists were present.
It was decided to try to break up the
fraudulent practices through moral
suasion. If this method is not found
effective. however. legal action will be
taken Immediately. Announcement
was made that the subcommittee has
already begun the collection of evidence
and has considerable in hand
Particular attention was devoted to-
day to the consideration of the pre-
scription scheme fake whereby the
purchaser is told to have his druggist
mix a certain combination, one of the
ingredients of which is a patent drug.
In order to check present evil practices
said to exist the cooperation of all
druggists will be sought Immediately.
Further consideration will be given
the plans by the Retail Druggists AS
sociation when it meets in November
and by the advertising vigilance com
mittee at meeting the latter part OF
this month.
Evening star., 1917-10-12
AUDITOR BEGINS HEARING.
To Pass on Dissolution of First Ma
tiona1 Fire Insurance COMPANY.

Herbert L. Davis. auditor of the su-
preme Court of the District of Column
bia yesterday began hearings on the ap-
plication Of the First National Fire lnsur-
ance Company for permission to dis
solve the corporation. Testimony was
given as to the assets and liabilities OF
the company.
The auditor is to pass on the question
Of the desirability of allowing the dis
solution and distribution of the net
assets among the stockholders. ne
may also recommend to the court the
persons who are to serve as permanent
receivers and who will wind up the az
fairs of the corporation.
Justice Mccoy recently appointed
John Lewis Smith, Edward ]. Walsh
and Will.amsSohmer as temporary re-
ceivers. II is expected they VIII be al
lowed to continue as permanent receiv-
ers. as Justice Mccoy provided IN his
decree that no compensation be given
the temporary appointees.
Evening star., 1917-10-12
to make an investigation and wer
halted by the guard.
Guard Help Up Policemen.


The fact that they were members of
the police department did not interest
the guard, however, and they were not
dead line 1t was not until yesterday,
when the case of Raymond Whitney, a
colored guardsman. who was killed by
q provost guard, was called to the at
tention of Coroner hewitt, that the mil
itary authorities made Il successful de-
mand for the release to them of Corp
Henry Fife. the guard who did the
shooting, that the question of which
branch of the government should han
die such cases was formally raised
During the time numerous members
or the iSt Separate Battalion were at
the morgue It came to light that two
members of that body were shot in
alleged attempt to escape from the
camp in Potomac Park some time ago.
The soldier who was sent after them
gave them the usual command to halt,
1t was stated. and upon their failure to
do so. according to one of the officers.
obeyed orders. He shot both men. The
wounded men were tried by court-mar-
tiai and sentenced to the military pris-
on at Fort Learenworth. one for fifteen
and the other for FIVE wears
MT. Cooper was a native of Lees
purg, Va. where he was born January
u. 1916. and came to this city about
1884. when he Joined Local 100. Brother
hood of Carpenters. Members of the
organization looked upon him as being
a leader and selected him to serve as
president of the local. He served in
that capacity seven years, and during
ali these years had been an earnest
worker IN the cause OF labor. He is
survived by his wife, four sons and a
daughter.
Evening star., 1917-10-12
Shooting at Camp Ordway
Subject for Investigation
by Military Authorities

AdJt. Gen. Mccain received an in
formal report of the shooting at Camp
Ordway this morning over the tele-
phone from the Office of Col. Littell,
Quartermaster Corps. the officer charged
with construction work at the camp.
From this report it appeared that the
carpenter insisted on entering the
camp at a prohibited point and re-
piled with abusive language when told
to go back. 1t was explained that the
carpenters employed on the buildings
were provided with separate en-
trance into the camp and that the man
who was killed insisted on using an
other route as a short cut to his place
of work.
The adjutant general was further in
formed that the sentinel had been
placed under military arrest. and will
be kept in military custody pending the
result of regular military inyestiga-
ton.
Gen. Mccain and his military asso-
ciates at the War Department expressed
deep regret at the unfortunate occur
renee. They insisted. however, that it
was a case entirely within military
jurisdiction, to be dealt with according
TO the articles of war, which provide
ample penalties for offenses of all
Kind, no matter how serious including
1t was stated as military maxim
that sentinel must be fully protected
by his superiors in the performances of
his highly responsible duties and be
sustained in the faithful execution of
his orders. Otherwise it was ex-
planned, military discipline would be a
failure and soldiers could not be held
accountable for failure to obey orders.
a condition that would be disastrous
especially in time of war, like the
present
According to the military view, the
sentinel at Camp Ordway will be treat
ed according to the actual circum-
stances Of the case and whether his
orders justified him in the use of his
gun. In other words, everything de-
pends on the circumstances and the or
ders given to the sentinels
There is authority for the statement
that the War Department has assumed
complete jurisdiction of this particular
case and Will not surrender the accused
to the civil authorities unless the in
VestiSatlon now under way should rem
der such a course advisable in the view
OF the law officers of the department
AS expressed by Il high Army official:
The Army, having taken original
jurisdiction in the case of this sentinel
who killed a civilian on a military reser-
vation, Will retain it until the case is
disposed of. There is no question as to the
severity of the punishment that will be
injected by the military courts If 1t is
found that the soldier violated orders or
exceeded his authority"
Evening star., 1917-10-12
ADMIRAL MAY0| IS BACK
FROM NAVAL CONFERENCE
With staff, Commander-in-Chief of
Atlantic Fleet Returns From
England.

Admiral Mayo. commander-in-c chief of
.fhe Atlantic feet, and his staff have
Sefurned from England. where they par
tieipated in a naval conference with
the allies. This announcement was au-
thoFized today by the Navy Depart
;nent.
: The statement authorized by Secretary
Daniels follows:
admiral Fl. 7. Mayo, U. S. N, and his
BtaR have returned from England The
puFpose of the visit of Admiral Mayo
70 England was to permit him to con-
Ear with ofiicials of the allied navies
the situation as it is at present. what
had been done before and to discuss the
plans for the future.
The British admiralty extended every
scourtesy and every facility to promote
tho success of this mission.
admiral Mayo will proceed inme-
-diately to Washington, and will there
make full report to the Secretary OF
the Navy. Admiral Mayo visited the
British and French waters, in order
that he might familiafize himself with
the conditions under which the allied
forces are operating"
: Tne 1act that ADMIRAL Mayo had been
sent to England for a conference with
ADMIRAL Sims and the British and
French was disclosed TO the press at
the time of his departure, with the in
junction not to mention the trip in
published statements until an author
lied statement was issued. Except in
one or two instances the request was
generally carried out by the American
papers.
No details of Admiral Mayo's confer
.ences have been made public, nor Is
the nature of his instructions known
Evening star., 1917-10-12
SPEAKER CLARK GIVES $500.
Other House Attaches Have Helped
Swell Red Cross Fund.

Champ Clark, Speaker of the House
of Representatives.. has taken great
interest in the Red Cross war service
fund and just before leaving Washing
ton for his home in Missouri he sent
check for 5000 to Henry b. +. Macfar-
land, chairman Of the finance commit
tee.
With the subscriptions made by other
officers and members. as well as the gift
of the completely equipped ambulance
and motor cycle by the employees. the
House of Representatives is wen rep
resented in the giving to the war serv-
ice fund.
Contributions announced today were:
Sneaker CLARK, $500; George H Stet-
son, SIS; employees bureau of yards and
docks. Navy Department (additionaD.
SS0.75: Philip c. Kaufman. (addition-
all, s25; Samuel H. Kaufman (addi-
tiouaD, s25: Helen c. Silliman. 81; Da-
vid +. Weaver, $3.50.
Evening star., 1917-10-12
JOHN HOWARD HALE DEAD.
One of Americas Foremost Horti.
culturists and Peach Growers.

HARTFORD. Conn. October IA
John Howard Hale member of the Con-
necticut public utilities commission, ono
Of the foremost horticulturists and
peach growers in the United States and
former president of the American Pomo-
logical Society. died at his home, in
Glastonbury, today.
In addition to having served as head
of the American FomoIogicai Society
he also was a former president of the
American Nurserymen's Association. AS
horticultural agent in the eleventh
United States census he initiated spe-
cial government Investigations, notably
in horticulture. semi-tropic fruit, nut
and seed farms. In conjunction with
Prof. Powell of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture Mr.. Hale con-
Quoted experiments in pre-cooling
peaches, which led the Southern Pacific
railroad to invest more than a million
dollars in preceding plants to pre-
serve perishable fruit in transit