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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
Japan PREPARES FOR
COMMERCIAL CONTEST

WASHINGTON. Jan. l5.-Japan is
preparing for the commercial con.
test after the war.
She is increasing her steamship
capital. Now the Nippon Qusen Kai.
sha officers propose to increase their
subscribed capital OF the company
from &22.OOO.OOO to $4,000. 900. under
the approval Of the govesnment.
Extension OF European and AnIeri.
can passenger service is proposed.
Japan's growth OF ocean-carrying
trade has been marvellous since the
outbreak of the war. This is par.
ticularly noticeable in the case OF
vessels plying between Japan and the
United States. The total trade OF the
United States with Japan during the
fiscal year 1913 was $149. 900. 600. Jap.
anese vessels carried SS5,000.O00. In
1915 japanese vessels carried $10i..
100000 OF trade: in 1915. S3l7, 900. 900
and in 1917. $52S.OO0. .OO0-showing
the expansion.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
ELKo COUNTY MEN
PLACED IN CLASSES

The district board yesterday dis
posed OF the following cases:
Elko county-PlRced in class 1;
Gregori LerindeguI, William f. James
Placed in class 2: Clarence Hyde
David James Haher.
Placed In class 3: Lewis Blaine
Jeanney. Roy T. suttlc, James ]
Dvoracck
Placed In class 4: John Rudolph
Krenka.
Chairman Judge 8. s. Downer was
absent on account Of sickness. He is
at present In San Francisco.
Approximately 500 claims already
have been flled with the board and
IL is estimated that about 5000 claimt
will reach the board mostly based
on occupational and agricultural
grounds. II Is not cont templated tha
many appeals will be fled from tho
decision focal boards In dependenc!
cases.
During the absence of Judge Dow
ner A. Huffaker will act az temporary
chairman, having been elected to thit
position yesterday.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
ALIENS WANT TO
JOIN THE ARMY

The Esmeralda county exemption
board is in qlandry as to what to
10 with number Cf young men who
call Themselves Serbians, though
born in the lost provinces" and
therefore technically Austrians-and
alien enemies under conditions fol
lowing the declaration OF war be-
tween the United States and Austria.
Ten or more of the men born in the
lost provinces" under the Austrian
hag have made no claims for exemp-
lion, but on the contrary are anxious
and willing to be sent to the mob.
ilization camps. The E5meralda board
has written to Adjutant General Sulli-
van to find out whether OF not it will
be possible to accept for service these
young men who are full of the war
fever and wish to enlist Immediately.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
ARRESTED MAN NOT
FROM ELKO COUNTY

An item recently published in the
state papers concerning the arrest at
Ely of man by the name of H. Peters
for seditious utterances caused a
! great deal of uneasiness for several
days among the friends and relatives
OF Harry Peters, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Peters of Huntington Valley.
Harry was known to be in the Ely
district and 1t was feared that some
mistake had caused him to be wrong.
fully accused. He has L homestead in
White Pine county but he could not be
located and it was consequently i'm
possible TO get word from him. Tele-
grams received last night, however.
prove beyond doubt that the man ar
rested is not the young man from this
county.
Mr.. Peters was advised by telephone
last Friday that his son had been ar
rested and he Immediately came to-
Elko to investigate the matter. He.
I'D not believe It possible that his
son could have made utterances
against the government for he knew
him to be loyal and patriotic, but he
feared that some mistake had occurred
and that his son had been wrongfulIy
accused. While he was waiting here
Sunday for answers to kilograms he
had sent he received a telegram from
Adjutant General Mccain announcing
that another son, Frank, who Joined
the army last October and who sailed
Tor France about month ago. had
died of pneumonia. This news coming
on top of the other trouble was a ter
rible shock to him and the other mem.
bers of the family.
The many friends of the family will
be glad to learn that the report con-
corning Harry has been cleared I'D.
Mr.. Peters is a German by birth but
he and all his family are loyal Ameri.
can citizens. They have been active
in Red Cross work and liberal con
tributors to the Y. NJ. CA.
All Elko county mourns the loss of
Frank Peters. He spent all his life
in Elko county and was respected by
all who knew him. 1t is hard to see
the lives of boys OF his type taken,
but it is worth life to know that YOU
are dying for humanity. His name is
now enshrined with the martyrs Of
liberty. God keep his spirit.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
PlTTMAN BELIEVES
NEVADA WILL WIN

Special legislation will not be need,
ed, in the opinion OF Senator Key Pitt
man. to abolish the long and short
haul freight rate that Nevada and
other intermountain states have been
fighting so long, according to a tele.
gram received by the Reno CONNER.
cial club yesterday afternoon from
Senator Plttman. The telegram Is as
follows:
Have taken up personally with
director of transportation matters re-
ferred TO in your telegram of January
5. Hope 10 succeed through that
source. Don't believe legislation nee.
essary. Am very hopeful of outcome. !"
Senator Pittman and Congressman
Roberts were asked by the CONNER
cial club to have n clause incorporated
in the now railroad act eliminating for
ever the long and short haul features.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
WORSE THAN FAILURE

They had been married just n month
when he lost his position, and during
the next eighteen months he jumped
rapidly from one thing to another
without being at all successful at any
thing.
BY this time. of course. her trous'
scau was getting frayed around the
bottom and rusty around the top;
and the hope which she had been en-
tertaining that she would some day
be possessor OF some new gowns had
become a sort Of permanent hope,
az far as she could see, or, in fact,
as far as they both could see to
gether.
Elizabeth" he said, one day, "do
you think marriage Is a failure"
"Failure!" she said, scornfully
IT'S a panic"
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
LANSING PRINCIPAL CAUSE
OF FORMER PREmiER's ARREST

PARIS, Jan. 15.--The arrest Of the
former premier OF france, Calleaux,
was due principally to cablegram
from Secretary OF state Lansing say.
ing that in 1915 Calleaux had been in
communication with the Berlin foreign
office.
Lansing's cablegram stated that the
American representative to Buenos
Aires established the fact that Callaux
during his visit to Argentina in 1916
had been in consultation with the
Berlin foreign Office through Count
Won Luxerberg. the German minister
TO Argentina, with the object of con
cluding peace with Germany at any
price, so as to permit the resumption
Of business.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
PAPERSL|MITED
To SIXTEEN PAGES
II This Bill Passes Readers of
the Independent will have to
be Content with a Sixteen
Page Daily
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-An
amendment to the pending resolu.
tion for the government control of
print paper which would have placed
the authority with the president was
defeated in the senate. which voted to
place the power entirely with the
federal trade commission. The sen.
ate committee of whole accepted
the amendment limiting newspapers
to sixteen pages, thirty days after the
approval of the resolution.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
WINNEMuccA GIVES
TO AMBULANCE FUND

Winnemucca has responded patri
otiCally to another war duty, the rails
ing of fund to buy an ambulance TO
be named Nevada" and given to the
Belgian army for use at the front in
Flanders. Last night, at the Ameri.
can theater. the sum OF 1895 was col
iected for this fund among the audi
enCe by committee of prominent citi.
zcns. composed OF Judge L. A.
Ducker, Mayor G. l.. Iaviland, City
Attorney J. A. Langwith, T. A. Bran
don, l.. G. Campbell, ]. Sheehan. J. G.
Moore and George Won Volkenburg. II
is expected that the local contributions
will be raised to at least $500. The
fund will be handled by the local
committee and applied to the purchase
of the ambulance, which will cost
s2,5O0. Reno and Tonopah have each
bought an ambulance and another is
to be purchased by contributions made
by Winnemucca, Lovelock and other
places. The raising of the money TO
buy these ambulances is due to the
patriotic efforts of Miss jean Hague,
former Carson girl, who bas been
very active In war reliet work.-Star.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
HOW DID HE KNoW7

Little Helen had been especially
inquisitive one evening. and her
father. who had patiently answered
her questions, was becoming exasper
ated.
Finally she said: Papa, what dc
you do at the ofnce all day"
Papas patience gave way and he
replied: "oh. nothing!"
Helen pondered over this answer
for a moment and returned TO the
charge with: "But how do you know
when you are donoH"-Detroit News
Tribune.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
RABIES SITUATION
BECOMES ALARMING

The rabies situation is becoming
more alarming every day with new
reports OF stock losses coming in from
different sections OF the county.
F. ]. Button, superintendent of the
Bliss ranches, who is in town, states
that on his last trip TO the Bullead
ranch on the Little Humboldt he had
a novel experience with a yearling
steer, undoubtedly rabid. He was
out in the field looking at the cattle
when the steer, which seemed to be
blind, lunged into his automobile
twice, the second time nearly getting
into the car. One OF the men went for
a gun and on coming back saw ra.
bid coyote among the cattle and it is
likely that a number of the stock
were bitten by the brute, as he was
swapping at them when seen. Mr..
Button had the young steer killed.
This is not the first loss from this
cause on these ranches, the Bliss
brothers having been heavy losers of
stock from rabies from the time the
disease broke out in this section.
At the Harvey ranch in Paradise
valley it is reported that thirty head
of cattle have died from rabies or
were killed because the animals had
the disease.
These are only a couple OF in,
stances of stock being infected with
rabies. The disease is prevalent all
over the county and reports OF losses
are coming in from all sections
Star.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
BILL INTRODUCED
TOFURLOUGH MEN
FOR HARVEST WORK
Another Bill Requires Registra-
ton of all Men who have
Become Fl Years Old Since
June 5, 1917

WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.-At the re-
quest OF the war department. Chair
man Chamberlain of the senate mill
tary committee. introduced a bill for
the registration for military duty OF
all men who have become 81 years old
since June 5, 1917, when the new draft
law went into effect.
Another bill introduced by Chamber
lain would provide for the furloughing
OF all national army men for the har.
vesting of crops and other agricultural
duties.
Still another bill introduced would
put quota OF states on the basis OF
available men in the first class in,
stead of on the basis OF population.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
REGisTRANTS MAY
ENTER AVIATION

While men registered under the
selectiye service law are not being
accepted at recruiting office for en-
listment in the aviation section OF the
signal corps, they may be inducted
into service voluntarily by their local
boards If they are physically fit sufH-
ciently skilled, and not required to
fill the current draft quota They will
be sent to Camp Kelly, Texas, for
distribution into the trades. training.
and formation into squadrons, with
ranks and salaries running from $50
a month as private to $s1 a month as
master signal electrician, food and
quarters provided by the government.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
UNIVERSITY REPRESENTED
IN WAR SERVICE

Governor Boyle did not reach
Reno yesterday in time to attend the
HnfurlIng of the University service
flag and deliver his scheduled patrio,
tic address owing TO the fact that his
train was several hours late in arriv-
ing from Elko. Lieutenant. Governor
Sullivan was requested TO attend as
the states representative and at once
hastened TO the riverside city in an
automobile. the morning trains having
left Carson. He arrived just as Judge
Brown, who had been secured to re-
place Governor Boyle as principal
speaker concluded his address. and
gave a patriotic and congratulatory
talk
The big service flag contains 1T
stars, each of which stands for
member OF the student body or faculty
now in the army service of the United
States. Two women are included In
the list. They are Miss Elizabeth
Kempton who Is In charge OF the hos
tess house at Camp Funston and Miss
Alice Thompson. graduate physician
who is serving I'm France Eighteen
OF the men hold commissions in the
army. Eleven are noncommissioned
officers. The navy, naval reserve, en-
glneer corps, radio service, aviation
corps and officers training camps also
have their representatives from the
Nevada UniversIty.--Carson News.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
ONE WAY TO SAVE

Woman ia very unreasonable
said a venerable New Hampshire Jus.
tice OF the peace. "I remember that
my wife and we're talking over our
AFFAIRS one day, and we agreed that
II had come to the point where W,
must both economize.
"'Yes, my dear said TO my wife,
we must both economic, bothl'
Very well, Henry ahe said,
with a tired air OF submission. you
shave yourself, and I'll cut your
hair.v
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
STEFFANSON
DISCOVERED
NEW ISLANDS
Several New Large Arctic Is
lands Discovered in the
Northwest Lands Claimed
for Canada

FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Jan. 15.-sev-
eral new large Arctic islands were
discovered in the Northwest Banks
Land in the spring of 1916 by Stefan
son, the Artic explorer, according to
Captain Lane who returned from the
Arctic ocean. The explorer is spend.
hg the winter at Bartei Island. He
has claimed the new l&uds for Canada
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
INCOME TAX INSPECTORS
WILL BE IN ELKo FROM
JANUARY fs to "a, INC

. A letter from Frank Reber to q
. County Recorder Greathouse .
. says that government income .
tax inspectors viii be in Elko .
. from January 1s to "a inclusive, .
- for the purpose OF giving assist .
. anee in making out income tax .
o reports.
y Arrangements have been .
o made for allowing the inspec- Q
. tors to use the private Office .
. OF the county recorde=- in the .
. court house. This room is at .
. present occupied by the draft Q
. advisory board. but this board Q
o will have finished its labors be- Q
o fore the inspectors arrive. The .
Q services OF the inspectors will .
o be furnished without charge. .
a, a. q a. - -
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
THREE PERSONS KILLED
IN PASSENGER WRECK

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 15.-Three
persons were killed and twenty others
injured when the Union Pacific pas
senEer train No. 1872, bound from Be
lott. Kansas, to Solomon, was wrecked
east of Beloit. The wreck is believed
to have been due 70 a broken rail.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
GERMANS SHELL
ENGLISH COAST
Yarmouth Bombarded From
the Sea and Twenty Shells
Fall in the City Killing Three
Persons

LONDON, Jan. 15.-The port OF Var.
mouth on the English chanpel was
bombarded from the sea last night, 1t
was officially announced by the war
department this morning.
Twenty shells fell in the city pro.
per- and three persons were killed
and ten injured. ..
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15

with Judge s. s. Downer, chairman
absent on account OF sickness the dis.
trIct board met in Reno yesterday TO
clear up cases from previous sessions
coming under the 0rst draft regula,
uons and to pass on the duestlonalres
filed by local boards. or the latter
there are approximately 500 and work
on them was begun this afternoon.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
RUMANlAN DELEGATION
ARRESTED BY B0LSHEVlKl

LONDON, Jan. l5.--The Rumanian
minister and the entire stan at Petro.
grad have been arrested by the Boil
sheyiki, the Rumanian legation has
announced.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
COMPEL WHEATLESS
AND MEATLESS DAYS

WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.-BIlls TO
empower the food administration TO
compel the observance of wheatless
and meatless days was introduced in
the house today for the sdministra.
tion.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
BUTTER AT S2.25 A POUND
SUGAR So CENTS, IN BERLIN

Butter is selling in Berlin at $2.25
per pound, sugar at Sc cents per pound,
ham and bacon at $2.11 per pound. and
soap tfiye ordinary bars) for $1.12.
This information was received by
the United States Food Administra-
tion through reliable source from n
responsible person. who personally
had charge of his own apartment in
Berlin. as to food prices current in
that city previous to his return to this
country about October 1.
These prices are from four to FIVE
times as high as those now obtaining
in the United States.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
Baumbach, Frank Middleton, A. L.
Montgomery.

Baumbach, Frank Middleton, A. L.
Montgomery.
F. c. McKenna, Kate McMuIIen, Oil
yer p. McQuistion, Miss Sadie McMul-
len, J. w. Mclaughlin, James b. Nc
Dermott, Robert McShane, Hugh E.
McTaggert, J. T. Mccormick, Ralph
Mccoy, Fred McCombs, F. NJ. Nc
Elroy, A. j. McDermott, Mrs. Ethel NJ.
Mcbride. George McMullen, Leila Nc
Cain. John D. McFarlane, Z. U. Nc
Dermott
w. |. Noble, Richard T. Noble, ]. r.
Newman, c. l.. Nuckols, a. Nall, Geo
Nelson, Otto Nelson, E. Il. Newman,
W. ID. Owens, James 2. ONeil, VIM.
v. Odgers, A. X. Odgers, a. NJ. Olin,
w c. Owens, p. ]. Ogilvie.
John Macarthur Prunty, Miss Nettie
Phillips, L. L. Peck, Miss Alma Z.
Plumb, NJ. J. Paisley, J. w. Puett,
Earl Q. Prunty. Thos. c. Plunkett, c.
II. Prentice. p. l.. Paul, Webster Pat
terson, a. z. Primeaux, J. L. Peltier.
Q
ID. f. QuiIlici.
Ruth Russell, George Russell, Jr.,
Clare Riddell. w. A. Reinken, Elmer
Roseberry, VIM. Rutledge, X. L. Reed,
Frank Rutherford, Joseph J. Rife, ].
Wallace Ryals, James F.. Riordan,
Percy b. Ryals, II. Y. Reed, Jacob w.
Reed, Frank E. Hickey, ]. a. Ralph,
John =. RiOrdan, John II. Ryan, NJ.
NJ. Rockwell, Chas. Reinken. Frank
Randolph, L. II. Rathfon Richard
Ralph, Dan Riordan, James Russell,
Jr.
Edward Smiley, John w. Scott, w.
J. Sm' cy, Raymond Swick. a. +.
Stream, Burton Sails, William Schod.
de, II. A. Sadler. II. NJ. Steele, Chas.
Schoer, Joe Sneison, ID. B. Silva, A.
w. Stone. Ida NJ. Swnrtz, o. ]. Street
er, Henry Smith, John Sails, Il. II.
Sails. Il. d. Santini. Frank c. Strange.
Ralph s. Silver, Alfred Smith, II. /.
Sails. Joe Schillerstrom. d. ID. Sabala,
Robert Skaggs, Il. G. Spcrlich. Joseph
Schmidt, Phil S. Sharp, John A. Sharp.
A. n. Short, James Sutton. sr,, Lewis
Sharp, George Sutherland.
T. ~r ,
VIM, II. Turner, r. L. Tennilic, Pearl
Truett. l.. G.. Thompson, II. w. Thorn.
son, John Toombs, J. a, Tucker. Min.
ME Taufer, Mrs. A. D. Taber.
v
r. s. Van Drielan. w. o. vore.
w
Carrie II. wcathcrs, Della Walthers,
Miss Esther Woods, Miss NJ. ]. Woods.
George Winklcr Sam Wines, G.. Il.
WeatheFs. c. A. Wiseman. r. NJ. Wood.
ward, Frank Winchell, w. NJ Wiley,
]. f. Williams. ]. d. Weeks. Milo
Wllkcrson, l.. J. Wintcrmantel. Ora
Woodruff, Chas. Wciland. Fred Wal.
theirs, c. G. Woodward, Frank Wig.
gins, c. r. Williams, Frank wardrop,
Chas. Trcscartes, ]. c. Woodward,
Walter Wiscman, Jubo Wright. Adoiph
Weeks, Zen. w. Woolverton, s. NJ.
woolt,
r. r. Young. 8. r. Young.
Antoine zunino.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
TRIAL JURORS
FOR THIS YEAR

Miles l.. Atwood. John Austin, Lawr-
ence Anderson. d. L. Arnold, James
H. Allen. NJ. p. Armstrong. Max Arm
hold. ]. l.. Armistead, George Allen.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15

Fred J. Monks, J. L. Morgan, Geo.
J. Myers, c. II. Morgan. a. d. Myers,
+. a. Mills. w. r. Maui, John +. Muir.
ply. II. G. Mentz, J. v. Marshall, Os.
car Miller, Y. b Martin. J. F. Murphy.
Geo. Mitchell. Howard Morse. David
l.. Marquardson, Fred Mico, Eva
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15

r. II. Young. 8. r. Young.
Antoine zunino.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15
Peter S. Indart, ]. A. Isola, Harry r.
Irland.

VIM. +, Lynch, d, Il. Lambert, c. r,
Lee, Andrew J. Lund. Bernard y. LarI.
os. Joe Lang, +. A. Leach, T. II. Iisby
Ed. u. ByttoH, George Letter, U. s.
Lani. Geo. Lyon. II. A. Leach. James
w. Lear, John w. Luckhart w. F.
Lincbarger, Clyde Lang, G. H.. Lewis.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-15

VIM. II. Turner, r. L. Tennilic, Pearl
Truett, l.. G. Thompson, II. w. Thom.
son, John Toombs, J. a, Tucker. Min.
ME Taufer, Mrs. A. D. Taber.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-20

CHICAGO & ORTH-WESTERN.
South.

Chicago passenger-------- $50 q. N
Chicago enger---------11:0 OF a. m.
Chicago passenger-----1 1880 p. n
GAINESVILLE passenger------ 7.15 p. m.
$50 a. m. train makes close con-
nections for the west at Jefferson
Junction. "a
Both 11:07 a. m. and 7:15 p. m.
trains make close connections at JEFF
ferson Junction for Madison and all
points west.
North.
Green Bay enger-------7:55 a. m
Green Bay, Sundays only----S:10 a. m.
Green Bay enger-------2:42 p. M
Northern Michigan p. M
Rockford passenger arrives at Wa
tertOwn at $40 q. NJ. and goes no
farther.
The 1855 a. m. train makes connec-
ton aat Clyman Junction for trains
snst.
The 1880 train south makes Gomez
lions at Jefferson Junction for points
east.
A train goes west from Clyman
Junction at 4:45 p. m.
sDaily.