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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13
ANOTHER ELKO SOLDIER BOY
PRAISES THE ARMY MICA.

speaking. boxing. wrestling, and bas-
ket ball. Any athletic equipment can
be had by signing up for it. You
can always go in there and write at
the tables and the stationery is free.
The walls are decorated with pictures
showing THE evil of an unclcan life
and in fact II has n great effect on
some men. They also carry on schools
in English and all languages, so this
organization has broadened to such
an extent that instead of looking on
it with Indifference. have come to
look on the organization. as 1t Is
seen here. with thV greatest respect"
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13

For the benefit OF those who may
wonder IL their contribution to the Y.
". c. a. are put to beneficial use, we
publish below an extract from letter
from Milton Reinhart, one OF the well
known Elko boys stationed at Ameri.
can Lake. 1t will be seen that our
boys are getting much comfort out Of
this organization and that they are
duly apprcciatiye OF the same:
"You asked me about the Y. NJ. {.
A They are really doing great work
here. There is entertainment at night
for the men, such as singing, music.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13
KERENSKY IS
IN CONTROL
!. At PETROGRAD
Entire Garrison, Except Sail
orS, Has Gone Over to
His Side

STOCKHOLM. Nov. 13.-Premier
KerensKy has entered Petrograd at
the head of his 100000 troops and the
entire garrison of the city, with the
sailors. has gone over TO his side, ac-
Cording to a Petrograd dispatch under
a Monday date line.
TROOPS CONTROL
NEVSKY PROSPECT
COPENHAGEN. NOV. 13.-Keren.
sky's troops are in control OF part of
Petrograd. especially the Nevesky
Prospect, according to a telegram re
ceiyed from the Stockholm News
Agency. The Bolsheviki have taken
refuge in the Solny Institute.
.BoLsHEVIKl
ARE oVERTHRoWN
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 13.-Telegrams
from Finland announce the arrival Of
Kerensky in Petrograd with his
troops. The Finnish newspapers un-
reseryedly declare that the Bolsheviki
are overthrown.
OTHER DISPATCHES
SAY KERENSKY DEFEATED
LONDON. Nov. 13 The complete
defeat of the Kerensky and Kornilor
forces Is admitted in Russian com.
munication received here by wireless.
After bitter fighting the Russian army
completely defeated the counter revo.
Iutionary forces under Kerensky, ac-
cording TO the announcement. The
soldiers and workingmen's delegates
have ordered that all measures neces-
sary shall be taken toward capturing
Kerensky, who Is retiring before our
q offensive
The text Of the wireless message
is: Yesterday. after bitter nghting
near Tsarkclo. the revolutionary army
completely defeated the counter reyo-
lutionary forces Of .Kercnsky and
Kornlon. In the name of the rcvolu.
tionary government order opposition
to all enemies OF the revolutionary
democracy and the taking Of all meas.
ures that the commander in chief
Of the forces acting against us shall
be captured"
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13
INVESTIGATION OF
TRAIN WRECK BEGUN

PUEBLO, Nov. 13.-An investiga.
tion OF the wreck on the Rio Grande
of a passenger train carrying 500
United States troops began in the of.
fees of the Rio Grande this morning.
All members of the train crew in.
VOWED are present.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13
WEALTH SALvAGED
FROM LOST SHIPS
Fishermen Make Rich HauIs
Where U-BoatS Are
Operating

! BASE AMERICAN FLOTILLAS IN
BRITISH WATERS, Nov. 13.--Irish
fishermen along the coasts where the
U.poats operate, have made some re
markable catches during the past year.
The story of the fishermen who found
a $4,000 box OF diamonds from the
Lusitania in his nets one day, and
whose honesty in returning them TO
| their rightful owners was rewarded
by check for $1,000, is well Known
There is another fisherman who came
home from fishing expedition with
n hne new American automobile lash
| ed 10 the deck of his little trawIcr.
There are hundreds of fishermen who
! have made modest fortunes out Of
salvage of one kind or another. Wheat.
flour and coal salvage are all profit
able businesses in the coast towns
nowadays
The story of the man who came
home from the sea with a brand new
automobile is a household fayorite in
the Irish ports. Accompanied by his
son he was mackerel fishing when
he was aroused by the report of an
explosion. On the horizon a cargo
steamer from America was settling by
the stern. 1t had been torpedoed.
The fishermen headed for ii and soon
met the captain and crew in two open
boats. She's loaded with American
automobiles, you might get one before
she goes under" said the skipper
jokingly as he and his shipmates
passed on toward shore.
The tOrpedoed ship was still well
above water when the fishermen
came alongside. He at once sent his
son on board to look around. The
latter found the hold full of automo.
biles. Run one out through this
sangway." directed the father. With
the aid OF some tackle the machine
was dropped into the fishing vessel.
4 few moments later as the trawler
steamed away the ship disappeared.
The fisherman with an automobile is
now the envy of his village.
Many torpedoed vessels manage to
reach shore where they are usually
pounded to pieces on the rocks. But
before the cargo is lost forever people
come from miles around to salvage ii.
Anything that will float Is used and
everyone helps himself. Men, women
| and children attack cargo and ship,
removing brass fittings and anything
else of value. Flour and canned
meats, fruits and vegetables form the
larger portion Of the salvaged articles.
One village has had the good for.
/ tune to have couple of food ships
bring up on its very doorstep. Most
of the ships of course go down at sea.
But this does not dishearten the alert
! fishermen who have been known to
transfr several hundred sacks of the
best American flour from n vessel
while 1t is sinking many miles from
land. If the explosion tears n big en-
ough hole in the victim much Of the
cargo will become loosened and wasr
ashore where II is quickly spied by
the watchful eyes of the natives.
Salvage companies also are very
active and are making huge profits
Some have transferred their whole
STATS to this coast. Their agents car
bid on a wheat cargo without seeing
II and can tell just how far into q
sack OF flour the water will have pene
tratcd in given period.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13

George Moody, the well known auto
driver, has signified his intention to
join the aviation department of the
army at an early date. He has the
courage to make a splendid birdman.
Success to him.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13
SHERIFF HARRIS
: HOME ROBBED
Robber Steals His Pants and
Money and Then DeVolIrS
Stew

A robber who was by no means a
respeeter Of persons visited Elko last
night and Sheriff Harris was the vic.
un He gained entrance 10 the shor.
ms home through the back door, went
up stairs to tho room where tho sher.
W was sleeping and stole his pants.
which contained several dollars In
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13

DINNER FOR OUR
TROOPS ARRIVE
Large Shipment of Turkeys
And Other DelicacieS Reach
France Safely

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE.-Dy Associated Press).
Nov. IA large shipment of turkeys.
mincemeat, cranberries, nuts, raisins,
oranges, and sweet potatoes for the
Thanksgiving dinner for the American
soldiers has safely arrived in France.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13

e. 7. Ross has received notice TO
report for duty next Thursday. /. He
recently enlisted in the quartermas-
ter's department and passed his ex-
aminations. Success to him.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13

and fed. individuals everywhere may
help3 by .rapping and poisoning rats
and mice and destroying them in
other ways.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13

Herebrt sproule and Frank Smith
today sold their band of sheep. They
made nice cleanup on their invest
ment
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-11-13

Wedding bells will ring tomorrow
for one of Elko's most popular young
ladies'.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-22
NNERTI\G STRIKES

The World is not in position to
judge of the merits Of the contention
upon which tho miners OF several
southwestern states are basing their
proposition to go out on a strike. We
are not in possession of sufficient in
formation to form an opinion of their
Justification for such n desperate act,
and perhaps would not then be quail
fled to Judge between man and man.
Put The World is on the one haii
strictly for the interests of the work
irg man in every vocation. Whenever
his rights and privileges are called in
question our first impulse Is to take
up the cudgels In their favor. But at
present there are several circumrtah
oes connected with the idea OF "a coal
miners strike that make II an ugly
subject. both for the complaining min
ers and for the operators who woulo
permit the question to go TO such an
al rbitrament. In those times IL is inn
portant that no production should be
curtailed, but rather increased, and
any plan which proposes to check that
production is open to suspislon. Anti
American agitators have already done
so much harm by provoking conflicts
between worltmen and their en-
ployers that every question OF that
kind should have a thoro investiga-
tlon before desperate measures are
invoked.
II is alleged that Mr.. Garfield will
use the ample power in his hands to
see that the production OF fuel is not
stopped, even for short time.
Whether his course Is wise is n mat
ter for difference OF opinion. but there
is no doubt OF his ability to do lust
what he says, and there can he no
honest doubt that under some circum-
stances he would be justified I'm for
chilly interferlng The trouble is IN.
public wants TO know which one Of the
ccntcndins parties is to blame for
this dilemma, for II is upon the AZ
gressor that the odium must fan. on
the other hand, however, no matter
how Just the complaint OF the miners
they are not justified in stopping
work when the government stands
ready to deal out exact justice to all
parties. asking only that the wors
shall so ahead while INVESTIGATION is
in progress, 1t is gratifying TO note
that steps have been taken to bring
the contending parties to reason
able settlement
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-22
A REsURRECTED FALLACY.

Senator Gore In on record as pre-
ferring raising the expenses OF Tn.
war by taxation, instead Of borrowing,
claiming that as borrowing tends to
increase prices that taxation will dSs-
courage such an increase. The sena-
tor is evidently playing on the old eN-
ploded fallacy that prosperity means
high wages and small expense, an Ina
possible condition. Whenever the re-
wards OF labor are increased It IL ii
law OF nature that the cost OF livins
must also Increase and conversely.
that when the cost OF living goes
DOWN II Is impossibleto keep salarle1
and wages up to their high STANDARD,
This Is not economic theorizing but a
plain statement OF fact, and the sena-
tor is playing upon popular ignorance
OF this axiom TO carry his point
Frankly, we do not believe the sena-
tor himself believes what he says. The
government II is true is cndeavorins
10 keep prices down as low as possible
consistent with adequate rewards tor
farther would result in either
economic anarchy or violent read
iustment when the period OF federal
control ceases We cannot altogether
defy the laws OF nature. even III a,
emergency.
In regard to the bonds. while the
purchaser is loaning that much TO the
government, and the urgency IL all for
the most of the bonds TO be taken up
by the small investor. II stands to rea-
son that the payment Of the interest
will inure chiefly to the benefit of the
poor man who owns a bond. If prices
remain high, he will have that much
more income TO meet them. These
bonds are not the means OF giving
money away. they are an investment,
o. profitable investment and n sure
one. They are so sure that even the
market quotations can only effect
them temporarily and then only with
IN the radius OF speculation, ana the
small investor is not going to speculate
on his bonds. II may be said that ul-
uroately the money does come out OF
the pockets Of the taxpayer, as IL
would under direct taxation, but the
time elapsed and the amounts OF tue
payments will be such as to be very
little noticeable as compared with the
burden of making the present Amerl-
can citizens OF America stand the
down in their pockets to rcplenIsh the
nntiona, Golfers. Senator Gore Is
lust trying to justify himself by fool
ing the people with demagoglc casuls-
try.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-22
ABSOLUTELY!
JURY EXONERATES OFFICERS
Killing of Lawrence Cotton Held JUS
tifiable i'm Justice Court.

The coroners jury, which sat at the
inquest Saturday over the body of L..
w. Cotton. the liquor runner, killed
near Collinsville Thursday evening, re-
turned the following verdict: Law
renee W. Cotton came TO his death Oc-
tober is, 1917 by IA gunshot wound
inflicted by one of the three follow
ing officers: II. II. Perry A. r.
Rhodes and o. w. Payne, after said
L. W. Cotton had fired twice toward
the officers. The officers acted In
self-defense and the jury exonerates
them under the testimony offered"
The inquest was held before Jus
tice Daniel and n number OF witnesses
were questioned. The testimony show
ed that the officers had received word
that car of liquor would probably
pass over the road west OF Collinsvllle
and they waited for IL at small cul-
vert near the bridge over Horse Pen
creek. Cotton, driving n car. refused
TO stop at the command Of the officers
and began shooting at them. They
returned the fire and inflicted wound
which proved fatal.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-22

four years and does not see but that
she Is as well as other people. The
sad thing about IL IL, that some kind
OF these extremists, either the kind
that pride themselves on tfeir faith,
their ignorance or their Mysteries, is
In nearly every community and Is gen.
orally strongly antagonistic to the
church, teach against its support and
sometimes almost displace it where
the church leadership is weak.
Much Sunday Work.
Another thing that makes too re-
liglous work very difficult sometimes
Is the fact that thousands of men In
the oil fields. mines and smelters
work on Sunday. The Sunday work
seems to produce an indifference to
religious. obligation on the part Of
Christian people. too. 1t greatly dis
organizes Christian work or makes its
organization very difficult. Then
again, many OF these employees. espe-
cially In the oil fields, are constantly
being changed about, so that II you
have good church today you do not
know what you may have a few
months later. And because they are
liable to change so often many take
very little interest in the building up
OF the church. AS indicating the eff
feet Of these things on the progress
Of the work let me say that there have
been about twenty changes of pastors
during year, and sixteen men used
dropped out Of the work entirely.
But there Is another matter that
Is OF greater importance yet to be
considered, the great fields that are as
yet practically unoccupied. ] take
three specific examples: one from
each OF the industrial fields of the
district. In the McAlester coal field
there Is town OF about eight hundred
people that has over three hundred
children In the public schools and has
no church of any kind whatever. We
have small class and Sunday school
that meets in an old hall. / believe
II Is discarded school house. Not
over thirty Of the three hundred chill
dren in school attend the Sunday
school. Many other places In the coal
district are as bad or worse off.
Churches Badly Needed.
"1n the Miami mining region there
Is city OF three to five thousand pco-
pie with only two little struggling
churches, of which ours Is one. The
pastor OF this church, when II had a
regular one. was a boy attending high
school there. There are several 9TH
er towns there of from one TO two
thousand population where there is
practically nothing being done that
really touches the life Of the town.
I'm one of the big producing oil
fields, not far from the city of Tulsa.
there is community that has the
third largest public school building
In the state, the only larger ones be-
ing the high school buildings of Okla
homa City and Tulsa. This building
has 15 rooms and an auditorium that
seats 500 people they have twenty
teachers. And yet there Is not a
church of any kind. Whatever. with
the possible exception of little Holy
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-22

n woman cashier in an Enid gro.
oery store who was indicted some few.
weeks ago, charged with embezy,o. .
ment Of funds OF the store in wbic,
She worked, has been acquitted. How
she could acqu.re valuable city pr,,-
erty three motor cars, many fine dia .
mohds' an expensive fur coat. val.
liable oil leases, an elaboratey fpr-
mshed home, support a husband our
of employment, establish a suburban
grocery and accumulate bank demos
Its Of over $4,000 on $12 week and
40 all this in eighteen months tlme
is more than we can understand. Joh,
Il. himself could probably take n les.
son in thrift from this woman and
profit by it.-Enld Eagle. We have
been in Enid and there isn't a chance
TO make us believe the woman in
question got all that money out of a
grocery store
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-22
Little Benny's Notebook
(By LEE PAPE.)

Pop came home yestiddy with a new
yell6 neck tie on and ma sed MY
goodniss, Willyum. that tie is pritty
yello. izent it?
Its a pritty yello. IL that's wat you
meen, sed pop, It may be rather strik-
ing, / admit. but its not gawdy. l defy
anyone to insinnerate that this tie Is
gawdy,, its merely distinctive, that's
the werd. distinctive.
Mersey, / dident say ii was gawdy,
DO you intend to ware II all the time?
sed ma.
o, don't suppose I'll ware it TO
bed, and may decide to take a bath
without it. sed pop. And after sup
pir granpop came erround. saying.
Well, William. you certenly got yello
tie. amt you?
Yes, I've still got it. sed pop.
Wat do you meen, aint never sn~
II before. sed granpop.
He mcens me, sed ma, | told him
II was pritty yello.
II IL was much yellower. II would
be yello ties sed granpop.
If you people don't know distlnck-
tive scarf Wen you see one, I'll thank
you not to come erround bothering
me with your ignoraflts. sed pop.
Was 1t a bargain. Willyum? sed
granpop.
Kindly drop the subjeck. said pop.
Well, I only ment there must "a
bin some speshil reason wy you bawt
1t, sed granpop.
Never mind. father, watts the diff
frents hes the one that has to ware II.
sed ma.
] deny it, ! do not haff to ware Il
and / wont ware 1t. ding slam it and
lam bast It. sed pop, And he quick
undid the tie and took 1t off and throo
il on the floor and went out of the
room and slammed the door.
I amt eny objection to toutch
Of yello. ! aint. sed granpop. And he
picked up the tie and folded 1t and put
1t in his pocket and it was still there
wen he went home
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-22

Roller organization. There are
great number of these oil communities
where hundreds Of people live that
have nothing at all that can be caiien
a real church service. Yet In very
many OF these there Is plenty of money
to be had to support good preacher
IL he were put there. But you cannot
support a poor one. The trouble Is
that many OF these communities have
raised money for a preacher and then
when he came they were only dis
Rusted with him. Many Of the men In
these places are graduates OF col
leges and have come from very line
churches in the east.
II think consideration OF tnesc
facts must make 1t apparent to all or
us that to try to do anything worth
while in u field like this with men VINO
in the pulpit boast of their ignorance
Is next to crime and can only result
In bringing ourselves into further dis
repute and do nothing whatever to-
ward solving our problem. And yet
Mr. Blanpied, of the board Of home
missions and church extension. after
n very hasty glance at the field, re-
marked that he did not believe there
was another place in the United states
whore the immediate returns to the
church for a little real work were so
tremendously Brcat
Million Dollars Needed.
last Saturday Mr.. Blanpied and |
spent almost the entire day going over
In detail the needs of the field and
figured the cost Of putting on an ade-
quate program TO cover a period or
five years. Our estimates for build
ings alone. to say nothing of pastoral
support, figured up to between $780,
600 and sl,000,0O0, and we did not
consider in this single place where
we come In close competition with the
Methodist Church South, nor anything
for the larger churches OF the district.
I'm order to make a beginning at
the task before us, about one hundred
of the strong Methodist business men
OF the district met in Tulsa last June
and organized a District Evangelical
ton society, auxiliary to the Board of
Home Missions and Church extension.
Mr.. =. IL. Magee. a son of a Methodist
preacher, who has been blessed with
some Of the wealth that flows from
oil wells. was elected president He
gives many evidences of being pc
culiarly happy choice for the place.
This society proposes, In cooperation
with the Board of Home Missions and
ChurI extension, that a very full and
thoro survey of the entire field be
made ut once by an expert investiga-
tor and then to call another meeting
Of the men OF the district to lay the
matter fully before them and plan to
undertake something more commen-
surate with the situation and need.
I'VE make no special promises for
the future, If we should be kept at
the task for another year. but only
report our field and say that we are
at work with much faith in God and
the church and great confidence that
Methodism still has something of the
intelligence, faith and high courage
of the fathers to undertake the tasks
that are impossible to the merely hu-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-22
Phones: All Departments, 6O0O
ENVY.

Nh bigger thing you're doing than the
most OF MS have done
We have lived the days OF pleasure now the
gray days have begun
ana upon your manly shoulders fall the bur.
- dens of the strife,
yours must be the sacrifices OF the trial
time OF hfc
oh, ! don't know how TO say II, but III
, never think OF you
"hhout wishing | were sharing in the work
you have to do
i nave never known u moment Tint wa,
fraught with zeal care
save the hurts and gricfs of sorrow that ali
morials have TO bear.
win the gay and smiling marchers | have
tramped on pleasant ways
ana nave paid with feeble service for the
, glndnoss OF my days
but 10 You has come summons, yours are
days OF sacrifice
ana Tor ali life has OF sweetness YOU must
pay bitter price.
Men have fought and died before me men
must fight and die today,
nave merely taken pleasures for which
others had to pay;
nave beeh u man OF laughter, there's no
pain my feet have made
i nave merely been u marchcr IN lifo's gaudy
dress parade ''
bnt you wear the garb Of service, YOU have
=, splendid deeds TO do
hou shall sound the depths of manhood mud
my boy, / envy you.
EDGAR A. GUEST