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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

nancy market with the further decli-e
of bonds. a process which. if continued
for a considerable period Of time.
might lead 80 heavy losses by the sn-
yestorS In such securities and to the
consequent detriment of the properties
upon which they arc issued.
Similar action was taken ny tire COP
troller nj the outbreak OF the European
war when crcurity values dropped pre-
clpitately 70 low records.
For months past virtually all securi-
ties have been steadily diminishing In
quoted values.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

ton OF the war. to order that the inVsn-
Ron be kept a secret and the grant Of
letters patent withheld until the end of
the var
The said federal trade commission is
hereby authorized to take all such meas
ures as may be necessary or ekpedient to
administer the powers hereby conferred
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.
1 hereby vest in the postmaster general
the executive administration of al the
provisions texcept the penal provisions)
OF section u OF the trading with the enc
my act, relating to the printing, publish
ing or circulation la any foreign language
Of any news item, editorial or other
printed matter respecting the government
of the United States or of any nation en-
gagged In the present war. its policies in
ternational relations the state or conduct
of the war or any matter relating there
to- and the fling with the postmaster at
the place of publication in the form Of
an affidavit OF true and complete trans
lation Of the entire article containing
such matter proposed to be published in
such print, newspaper or publication. and
the issuance of permits for the printing
publication I'D distribution thereof. free
from said restriction. And the pOstmas-
ter general is authorized and empowered
to issue such permits upon such terms
and conditions as are not inconsistent
with law, and to refuse, withhold or re-
woke the same.
The sum of s35 600 or so much thereof
as may be necessary Is hereby allotted
out of the funds appropriated by the
trading with the enemy act to be expend-
ed by the postmaster general in the ad
ministration of said section 10 thereof
The postmaster general is hereby au-
thorized to take all such measures as
may be necessary or expedient TO admin
tster the power hereby conferred
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

To this end the controller Of The cur
rency issue: 81 statement announcing
80; ne had instructed all national
haI.k examiners that they need not re-
Qui-e national banks holding high
grade bonds Of upQuesJioned intrinsic
valve and merit 10 charge them down
TO present abnormal figures. but TO ex-
erciSe AZ intelligent and conservative
discretion" as TO the prices at which
the banks can continue 10 carry such
securities.
This action Il is thought. Elu tend
70 prevent undue tightening Of the
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20
TO CHECK BOND SHRlNKAGE
Treasury Officials Have ResU1ed the
Necessity Of Coming TO Aid
OF the Market

washington.- Treasury officials. con
cerned o,sr the downward tendency
.of the bond market as an outgrowth ct
I.lberty-loaa financing, have deter
mined to take steps 10 check the
shrinkure IN gilt-edged bond values SO
far as consistent With governmental
action ard sound financing
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20
WILSON WAR ACT
SETS FOE APART
UNDER new LAW
Drastic Measures in ProCIama-
ton Aimed Against Germany
and Her Allies.
BOARDS GIVEN MUCH POWER
Both War Trade Board and War Trade
Council Practically Without Re-
striction as to Their Acts--
Exports of Gold Barred.

Exports of Gold Barred.
Washington. -- Tremendous powers
and respon bilites are placed in the
hands of two executive boards by a
proclamation issued by President VIII
son, putting into effect the purposes
of the trading with the enemy act
passed at the war session OF congress.
The proclamation:
b. virtue Of the authority vested IN me
by AN Act to Define. Regulate and
Punish Trading With the Enemy and for
Other Purposes" approved October 6,
1917, and by title VII OF the act approved
June is, 1911 entitled AN Act to Punish
acts of Interference With the Foreign
Relations, the Neutrality and the Foreign
Commerce OF the United States. to Pun
ish Espionage and Better to Enforce the
Criminal Laws Of the United states and
for Other Purposes hereinafter desig
mated as the espionage actj / hereby
make the following orders and rules and
regulations:
WAR TRADE BOARD.
hereby establish a war trade board
20 be composed of representatives. re-
spectiVely, OF the secretary Of state. of
the secretary of the treasury of the sec
rotary Of agriculture. Of the secretary OF
commerce. Of the food administrator and
Of the United States shipping board.
/ hereby vest Ina said board the power
and authority to issue licenses under such
terms and conditions as are not iuCOn-
sstent with law OF to withhold or re-
fuse licenses for the expectation of all
articles except coin. bullion or currency.
the eEportauon or taking Of which out
OF the United States may be restricted by
prOCiamabons heretofore or hereafter is
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20
Personal

Don NJ. Dickinson, former postmas-
ter general under President Cleveland
and one of the great Democrat lead
ers produced by MidSigan during the
period of her statehood, died at his
home in Trenton, Mich
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20
Domestic

Claude Piersol was found guilty by
n jury at Springfield Mo. of kidnap-
ing Baby Lloyd Keet. His punish
ment was fixed at b years. Lloyd
Keet. fourteen months old, was stolen
from his bed on May 81 while his
mother and father, J. Holland Keet,
were at dance. The body Of the
baby was found in a well.
An explosion in the nitro starch dry
house at the Du Pont Powder works
at Gibbstown, \. j., resulted in the
instant death of TWO workmen
\ sheriff's posse is on the trail of
bandits who held up Il Deep Creek rail
road train en- route from Salt Lake 10
Goldhiu New, robbed the passengers
and wounded Charles Barberg of Salt
Lake City, who attempted resistance.
Mrs, Lillian Stiles, noted as a beau
ty and named by Mrs. Herbert Crane
In her suit for divorce against the Chi
cage mult-milHonaire, committed sui
eide in an Aurora (ul) hotel.
A large British steamer. loaded with
admiralty stores. principally NUM-
tions and 6,00o barrels of oil in bulk,
was towed back into an Atlantic port
with fire in her engine-room compart-
ments under control after 24-hour
battle To keep the ship from explod-
ing.
Rev Lee J. Lyons, professor in
Marquette academy at Milwaukee,
was fatally injured and three boys
were seriously injured when the rail-
ing Of the bleachers on Marquette foot
ball field gave way and plunged them
TO the ground.
The first white men TO go to trial on
charges growing out of the Fast ST.
Louis race riots of last July were
found guilty by a jury ia the circuit
court at Belleville, III. The white men
convicted are Herbert Wood and Leo
Keane charged with the murder of
Scott Clark, negro.
Bernard Won Hoffman in the balloon
St Louis, with his brother Alh@t.
fourteen years old as aid. was de-
Clared winner Of the ninth interna-
tionat balloon race held al Muskosee.
Okla The Won Hoffman brothers
landed at Ripple. Miss, a distance OF
900 miles.
Branding him as violently pro-Ger-
maB aud totally uuA;Ierican. ,he re
gents Of the University Of Michigan. al
| Ann Arbor. Mich. discharged ur. CaHi
/ Eggert from the German department
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.

hereby vest in the secretary Of com
rperce the power to review the refusal
of any collector Of customs under the
provisions of sections 10 and II of the
trading with the enemy act. to clear
any vessel domestic or foreign for
which clearance is required by law.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20
Washington

Aroused by publication in some
parts of the country of private cable
grams announcing the arrival Of Amer
lean troops in France, the war and
navy departments at Washington took
steps to prevent repetition Of such
publication, which may result in the
COMMUNICATING of the officers who
sent the messages.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

The kiss one woman heS'e"S 'l 49,. g-
other IS almost as meaningless as 'A'
handshai.e Of u hotel clerk.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20
Foreign

Passengers arriving at Juarez. Mex.
from the south, report seeing the
bodies of twenty Villistas hanging to
telegraph poles along the Mexican Cen
tral right-of-way between Torreon and
Chihuahua.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

Poverty is the one luxury the Fl1
can't afford.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

Natal ar, the Dutch dancer and adj
found guilty by court-martial on the
charge of espionage, was shot at dawn
in France.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

The Amsterdam Maasbode says it
learns that all Dutch shipping to Eng
land has been stopped on account OF
the pending differences between Great
Britain and Holland
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

Branding him as violently pro-Ger-
man aud totally un-A,lerican, ,he re-
gents Of the University of Michigan at
Ann Arbor. Mich. discharged Tar. Cara
Eggert from the German department
OF TIE university.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

Only one in 20 appeals to President
Wilson for draft exemption on indus
trial grounds has been decided in
favor of the applicant, it was said at
the provost marshars office in Wash
inGton.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

The president at Washington pro-
claimed Wednesday, October "a, as
Liberty day ON that day he will
expect all communities to unite in a
demonstration for the second Liberty
loan.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

The use of Peruvian ports by 1
British squadron has been granted b.
the government. For the extension o
this privilege President PardO ha.
been thanked by the British minister
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

Marshal JofTre reviewed Pershing' $
men at the American field headquar-
tiers In France.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

Official reports to Washington from
II of the u federal reserve banks
show that at the close of business
Thursday night recorded subscriptions
to the second Liberty loan aggregated
1914, 195, $50. The Minneapolis bank
had not reported. The men of the
army have subscribed $3.716,00O to the
second Liberty loan.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-20

The German minister of marine,
Vice Admiral Eduard Won Capelle, has
resigned under ire. News of his res
ignation was given out following q
conference between liberal leaders Of
the reichstag and Chancellor Michael
is, at which the deputies demanded the
resignation. Capelle's resignation fol-
lows closely after his denunciation Of
the socialists in connection with the
WilhelmShaven mutiny.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27
NOTICE FOE PUBLICATION
C3ll2

Elko. Nevada Land Office, August
%, 1917.
Notice Is hereby given that FRANZ
NJ. HOY, of Gold Creek, County of
Elko. State of Nevada. has filed in
this office his application-to enter, un.
der the provisions of Sections 1906
23O7 Revised Statutes of the United
States. the following described land.
viz: The southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter (SEA NED Sec
ton II, Township 3S North, Range 81
East, NJ. d. B. & NJ, containing forty
acres.
ANY and all persons claiming ad.
versely the lands described, or desir.
ing to object because of the mineral
character OF the land, or for any other
reason, TO the disposal to applicant
should file their afIidavits of protest
in this office, on or before the goth day
of September 1917.
JOHN E. ROBBINS, Register.
First publication Aug. 25, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 20, 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27
SUM MONS

In the District Court OF the Fourth
Judicial District of the State OF Ne
vada, in and for the County OF Elko.
May Hansen, Plaintiff VS.. Charles
Stanier Hansen, Defendant.
Action brought in the district court
OF the fourth judicial district of the
State of Nevada, in and for the County
of Elko. and the complaint filed In
the office of the clerk OF said district
court.
The State OF Nevada sends Greeting
to said Defendant:
You are hereby sommoned to appear
within ten days after the service upon
you OF this summons II served in said
county, or within twenty days II
served in out of said County, but
within said Judicial District, and in ali
other cases within forty exclu-
sive of the day of service-and defend
the above entitled action. This action
Is brought to obtain a Judgment dis.
solving the bonds OF matrimony here.
tofore and now existing between plain.
tiff and defendant, and for such other
and further relief as to the court may
seem just and proper, on the grounds
of desertion and non.support, as more
fully appears in the complaint on file
herein.
Dated July IS, 1917.
(SeaD ROBERT u. HUNTER,
Clerk OF Said Court.
BY II. c. SPROULE,
Deputy Clerk.
First publication July 20, 1917.
Last publication Sept. z, 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27
APPLICATION NO. 1869

Notice of Application for Permission
to Appropriate the Public Waters
of the State of Nevada
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of June, 1917, in accordance
with Section SO, Chapter 40, of the
Statutes of 1913. one Harry Parker, Of
Gold Creek. County of Elko, and State
of Nevada, made application to the
State Engineer OF Nevada for per-
mission to appropriate the public wa
tiers of the State of Nevada. Such
appropriation is to be made from
Warm Greek. Surplus and unappro-
priated water. at a point in Lot 8,
Sec. 4, T. A N, r. SIS E, NJ. d. d. &
NJ, by means OF n dam, and 1.6 cubic
feet per second is to be conveyed to
VIZ of SW;4, Sec. SO, M OF Sls. and
So of M, Sec. 80, T. As N, r. 55 E.,
NJ. d. B. & NJ, by means of bitches,
and the natural channel OF the stream,
and there used for irrigation and do
mestice purposes, from May / until
September 80 OF each year. Water
not to be returned to stream.
]. G. SCRUGHAM,
State Engineer
First publication Aug. Z, 1917.
Last publication Sept. Z, 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27
Land once at Elko. Nevada. August 6.

Land once at Elko. Nevada. August 6.
1917.
Notice is hereby given that Leroy e.
helms. of Halleck. Nevada. who. on
September rs. 1912. made Carson City
homestead application 0735s. now
Elko No. os49. for the En- NEH Of
Section 80. Township 81 North. Range
50 East. Mount Diablo Meridian. has
filed notice of intention to make final
five year proof. to establish claim to
the land above described, before the
register and receiver of this office. on
the eighteenth day Of September. 1917.
Claimant names as Witnesses: Ro-
bert d. Kennedy. Of Fort Halleck. Ne
yada; Charles II. Nickel. Of Halleck.
Nevada; Peter Scott. of Fort Halleck,
Nevada; John S. Lawrence, of Fort
Halleck. Nevada.
JOHN E. ROBBINS, Register.
First publication Aug. II, 1917.
Last publication Sept. IL. 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
0l605

Department of the Interior. U. S.
Land Office at Elko, Nevada, July 2S.
1917.
Notice is hereby given that Clar.
ence S. Brown, of Carlin. Nevada, who
on August l, 1914. made homestead
application, No. Ol6O5, for the M
SEA of Section "a, Township 81
North. Range 50 East Mount Diablc
Meridian, has filed notice OF inten
ton to make final three year proof
to establish claim to the land above
described, before the register ant
receiver of this Office on the seventh
day OF September, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Ralph c. Brown. OF Elko, Nevada;
Earnest Cowling. of Elko, Nevada;
Edward G. Timm, of Elko, Nevada;
Thomas Cormie, of Elko, Nevada
JOHN E. ROBBINS, Register.
First publication July 80. 1917.
Last publication Aug. 80, 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
O3lO9

O3lO9
Elko. Nevada Land Office, Aug o.
1917.
Notice is hereby given ths,
CHAUNCEY w. GRISwoLD. of Elko
County OF Elko. State OF Nevada ha,
filed in this Office his application n
enter, under the provisions OF Sec.
tons 2306,23O7 Revised Statutes NJ
u. S, the following described land
viz:
The SWH Of NWA of Sec. s. and
SEA of NEA OF Sec. 6. Township 20
North Range 81 East NJ. ID. b. I'm
containing 80 acres.
Any and all persons claiming ad.
vcrsely the lands described. or desIr.
ing TO object because OF the mineral
character OF the land, or for any other
reason. TO the disposal to applicant
should file their afiidavits OF protest In
this Office. on or before the 29th day
OF September. 1917.
JOHN Z. ROBBINS, Register
First publication Aug. 81, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 90, 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27

personal services Of this notice. or
within 80 days after the publication
thereof. You fail or refuse to contri-
butte your proportion of such expendi-
ture, as a cooWner. which amounts
to $4,000. your interest in the claims
will become the property Of the sub
scriber, your co-owner. who has made
the required expenditure by the terms
Of said sections.
CHRIS. P. KASTBERG.
First publication July 80. 1917.
Last publication Aug. 80. 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27

to the land above described. before
the register and receiver at Elko. on
the twenty-seventh day OF September.
1917.
Claimant names as witnesses: Ed
ward E. Oldham. OF Elko. Nevada; Ed.
Burnes. of Reeds Station. Elko Coun-
ty, Nevada; Henry Fisher. of Elko,
Nevada; John II. Carter. Of Lee. Ne
vada.
JOHN E. ROBBINS. register.
First publication Aug. 90. 1917.
Last publication Sept. %. 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27
FORFEITURE NOTICE
Elko. Nerad.. Jolly 3. 1s17.


TO GEORGE W. BAKER:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
that have expended. during the years
1915 and 1916. $4,000. in labor and
improvements upon the Iowa" Lode
Mining Claim. the Locust" Lode Min
ing Claim. the Elk" Lode Mining
Claim. and the Kansas" Lode Min.
ing Claim. situate in the Island Noun
tain Mining District. in the County
of Elko. State OF Nevada, the Location
Certificate Of which is found in the
records Of Elko county, Nevada, In
the office Of the recorder OF said coun-
ty, in order to hold the said claims
under the provisions Of Section 2432 Of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, and the amendment thereto
approved January %, 1880, concerning
annual labor upon mining claims, be-
ing the amount required TO hold said
lode mining claims for the period
ending on the 31st day Of December.
1915 and the period ending on the
thirty-arst days OF December 1916.
And If within ninety days after
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NOTICE FOR pusLlcATlos
O3l12


Elko. Nevada Land ONCE 49,.
%. 1917.
Notice is hereby given that FP,,,,
M. HOY. Of Gold Creek, copn,v :.
Elko. State OF Nevada, has Ala =,
this office his application to en-
under the provisions OF Sections ,,s.
1907 Revised Statutes of the Irn,,o.
States the following described -
viz: The northeast quarter q, ~
northwest quarter Of Section 3. 80
the southwest quarter OF the SOUL
east quarter of Section s, Townsh,.
SO N. Range SO east. M. d. BE- "
containing eighty acres.
Any and all persons CLAIMING :,
versely the lands described, or deaf,
ing to object because OF the mIner.,
character Of the land. or for any oth.,
reason, to the disposal to applIcan,
should file their afiidavits OF protest IN
this office. on or before the 29tb d,v
OF September. 1917.
JOHN E. ROBBINS. Register
First publication Aug. rs, 1917
Last publication Sept. 90, 1917
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
01267

O1267
Department OF the Interior, u. s
Land ONCE at Elko, Nevada, August
0, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that JESSIE
q. HYLTON, OF Hylton, Nevada, who,
on January Q, 1914. made homestead
application No. 01267, for the Ell
SEA OF Section 6, Township 20
North, Range Sc East, Mount Diablo
Meridian, has filed notice Of intention
to make final three year proof, to es.
tablish claim to the land above de
scribed. before the register and 70.
ceiver Of this Office, on the twentieth
day o. September, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses: John
Hylton, OF Hylton, Nevada; George
Pettigrew, OF HyIton. Nevada: Hans.
ford Bolton, Of Hylton. Nevada: Gin.
ton Bolton, of Hylton, Nevada.
JOHN Il. ROBBINS. Register.
First publication Aug. 10, 1917.
Last publication Sept 10, 1917.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27
EAT JAcKRABBIT MEAT
IT'S GREAT SAYS PIONEER

Last week the Independent had an
article on jackrabbits as q meat food.
A Humboldt county Pioneer" writes
the Silver State, published in Whine
mucca. on the subject as follows:
In the meantime-pipe the happy
young rabbit in the distance, follow
ing the paraphrased command: Not
theirs to wonder why; theirs but TO
multiply" And into our fields they
came. the hungry six hundreds"
Talk about the high cost of living
and being patriotic by following Mr..
Hooyer's adyice-why. right here at
home we're surrounded by what is,
TO us, nuisance. while thousands OF
people are starving for meat. Think
OF the wrinkles that might be removed
as II by magic from the tummies OF
hundreds OF little children by the in.
ternal application OF few fried. fric'
aseed, roasted or broiled rabbits!-
big. fat, juicy boys that have eaten
up our garden. for instance!
Why don't some OF the greedy MIN.
rods from the city. who are constantly
camping on the trail of harmless deer
and quail, eXpend their surplus en-
ergy in hunting the nimble and de
structiye jackrabbit?
SAY Did you ever eat jackrabbit
Ihotpie-nOw, it's great!-or fried rab
bit smothered in green peas, garn
ished with green corn or cucumbersi
Oh. JOY Try it, But We the settlers
hereabout must decline the task Of
eating all the rabbits. You've al
heard OF men who tried to eat a quai
a day for thirty days-and failed
We're pioneers, and detest the wore
"failure'-but rabbit every day-nix
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27
GOVERNMENT TO
SURVEY THE HUMBOLDT

State Engineer Schrugham is pre-
pairing to undertake survey of the
Humboldt river, in cooperation with
the Federal government, in an effort
to ascertain whether or not an ap-
preciable amount of water can be
saved through deepening of the
channel, construction OF storage reser.
yoirs and prevention of loss through
seepage and evaporation.
DR.. Samuel Fortier. chief of the
bureau of irrigation and investigation,
is expected TO arrive from Washing.
ton, d. c.. August q, and, with Engi.
neer Schrugham and representatives
Of the u. s. reclamation service will
spend some time in a study and survey
OF Ehe Humboldt River stream system
which now irrlgates more than $4,000
acres of land.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-08-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Carson City 0734S
ElkO O844

Department of the Interior, u. s.
Land Office at Elko, Nevada, August
10. 1917.
Notice Is hereby given that JULIA
A. SMITH, OF Arthur. Nevada, who. on
September 20. 1912, made Carson City
desert land application 0734S. now
Elko No. 0S44. for lots 3, 4; 81
NWh and Nh SWA OF Section 6,
Township 80 North. Range 50 East,
Mount DIablo Meridian, has fled no.
tice of intention to make final proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, before the register and
receiver OF this Office on the twenty.
fifth day of September, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses: AL.
fred w. Smith, of Arthur, Nevada;
Harry r. Newman, OF Elko, Nevada !:
Frank s. Gedney, of Elko, Nevada;
Emmett Bachman, of Elko, Nevada.
JOHN e. ROBBINS, Register.
First publication Aug. Is, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 10, 1917.