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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16
Much Ado About Nothing
by RoY *. aIOULToN.

Pirates.
The pirate of old
Went forth for the gold
And sailed perilous deck
iy the skull and crossbones
And weird Davy Jones
lie got ii and gems by the peck
The old pirate chief
Was picturesque thief
VINO never would stop to disguise
In the open he fought
When it CHANGED that he caught
vessel that looked like a prize
The pirate to-day
Has n different way
He doesn't fare forth the sea
with an AK or n knife
To fight for his life.
smooth proposition is he
lie knows in advance.
He takes never n chance
OF facing the plank the rack
For legal advice
lie pays long price.
His victims never fight back
lie pirates in silk
And in food and in milk
And greets all protest with a sheer
He is safe in his bunk
With his ill-gotten junk.
This SNUG, sanctified profteer
The pirate of old.
If the truth should be told
Was an honest old thief in a way
And kind hearted gent
With n sincere intent,
When compared with the pirate TO-DAY
timber" feel like as king What d'ye mean
TIMBER"
Count Hohenzolern" has something to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16
A Word for the "Y."

- NOr Tor inc ~
To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-l have just read an article in
your paper. with the heading, ~. NJ.
G. y. Falls Down on Its Job in France"
This. il is said. is the unanimous story
of the returned veterans. Upon read
ING the article. however, ! find that
You. unanimous" story is carried by
onl. four men. Have you asked the
Thousands OF other men who are re-
turning and also those who are now
stati" ned in American camps?
| do not doub, tn- truthfulncss OF
tIr Incidents related by the four men.
but ] am sure liat great majority
Of Americans w.ll very much regret
the fact that the story was printed.
There has always been the best OF
telling. among the various war work
organizations. and do not think that
a story told by men who did not dare
have their names published. or state
mcnts made by n Baptist preacher, Will
succeed in destroying that feeling of
good fellowship which the war has
caused between religious organizations
OF different beliefs.
CORPORAL r. H. ROGER,
Co. c.. G2nd Inf
Camp Lee. Va. December II. 1915.
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Voice of the People

Letters must give the name and nd
dress OF the writer. Nnme Will not oe
published IL writer sa requests.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

To Paris.
The gold old shin, G. Washington.
She sailed across the sea-
Her pride it was majestic and
a naughty ship was She.
Upon her deck president
This stately vessel bore
No trans Atlantic vehicle
Ere carried one before.
It was soodly company
She hurried OH to France;
officials and their sisters
And their cousins and their aunts.
And Judging by the news reports
So fresh now in the mind
The lighthouse keeper was the
Only one she left behind.
II all the people got aboard
who said that they would 60
And thereby got their names In print,
From Mainc to Idaho.
That good old ship. G. Washington
Is elghty-one miles long
And wider than ten Noahs arks
And seven times as strong.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

General PershfnE aInson.
ming IS 32nd degree Mason.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

Here is one difference. In Coblenz Ger
man woman threw bottle at an American
soldier Was she punished summarily? She
was not. Neither were innocent women and
children slain and the city sacked in reprisal
Ihat would have been the German method,
as exemplifed at Louvain and almost count
less other places where the foot Of the in
vader trod. Instead she was left to be dealt
with by the German local authorities That
Is the American method The incident is
trivial. but it serves to mark the gulf which
stretches between civilization and barbarism.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

The little quarrel between Chile and Peru
IS In fair way to be settled without any
olood-letting. 1t is nothing more than a
case Of drunk and disorderly.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

Americas Dreadnoughts are coming home.
sach VIII be entitled to carry a broom at
its topmast, for the seas have been swcpt
clean Of enemy craft The American navy.
with the allied fleets. was denied IA chance
to participate in a mighty Armageddon OF
the sea, which was the hope cherished in
the breast OF every officer and sailor The
enemy was too cowardly and craven to offer
or accept combat. prcferring the flag OF white
to the standard Of battle. But that makes
the victory no less complete. and when those
noble hoating fortrcsses come steaning home
their reception will be in keeping with the
work for freedom they have done so we'll
As they have been in the past, they must
remain the bulwark against which the enc
mics of progress shall batter in vain.
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Hale as star propagandist was n frost
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Count Hohenzolern" has something
days.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

Charles ]. said word after thev
chopped his head off This shows the difference
between prolctarians and kings
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

s. Ex-President Taft prescribes the sure cure
for Bolsheviksm ''Bolshevikism - he saws
lis an enemy to human society You can
not dear with the Bolsheyiki IN any other way
than through their own system. Their doc
trine is the kind OF doctrine that brooks no
other answer. The only way to deal with
that doctrine is to Kill them off, That is
the correct idea. Bolsheviksm proposes for
chilly to reorganizc society on basis wholly
different from the past. This proposal in
wolves, as Mr.. Taft says, a menace to human
society. 1T must either be accepted or re-
1ected. There be no compromising with
II. 1t asks no compromise. II proclaims
war to the knife and the knife to the hilt
against society as at present organized De
gmocracy is as abhOrrent to its program Az is
sautocracy. Russia furnishes an object les
son OF Its workings Russia pleads for de-
slfverance from it's terrorism Unless organ
Efzed society hears the cry OF Russia and goes
b to its assistance quickly, il will have to fight
lit as growing menace elsewhere. It's seeds
have found Judgment in the soil OF many
SSOther countries, and anon these Will produce
So growth that will bear the same kind OF
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TEL randolph /.
Private branch Exchange
connecting Ntth nn uruIirt-
lnrtlln.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

Every time we hear that term. presidential
timber" we feel like asking. What dye mean
timber?'
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Sleep makes one beautiful.
Says an expert.
1t smoothes out the skin till it's fiat.
But many Il wrinkle
Had old Rip Van Wrinkle
And he was some sleeper, at that.
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ADDRESS ALI. COMMUSlCA-
TlONS to Tho Ttmcs-DiH-
GstcIl, and not to uIsIuuais.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-16

BRANCH OFFICES: Wash
Ington, lao NcM York Ave-
nue.; Nc1 York CITY. filth
Avenue 5uhuuig: Chicago.
i'cOInc's Ias iSuiiuing;
rh,,uueIphta, Coiuni-ii Asusi
suiItIiDx.
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Question. ana An,,xcr,.

Answer.-Scnd Scent stamped. self-ad-
dressed envelope for instructions for suffering
and stamnierns Disease. deformity or mental
defect is never "outErown" That is mere
bubble of the incompetent doctor or n weak
cNcnse for negligence on the part of the parent
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
NEW STAR. MARGERY WILSON,
APPEARS IN MOUNTAIN DEW

Margery Wilson. who appeared in
"The Mother Instinct" and other Tri-
angle plays, makes her debut as a star
in Mountain Dew tale of the Kers
lucky mountains during the reign of
moonshiners, which will be shown at
the American theatre tonight A wild
little sprite of the hills, she meets g
young novelist gathering material for
a book. He is charmed by her native
loveliness and determines to educate
her. He manages to get the position
of boss of the school" and invites the
girl to attend. Her father, an old feud-
list, objects TO 'larnin' and threatens
the teacher, but the latter covers him
with a gun and calmly proceeds with
Margery's reading lesson. A brignt
romance with many humorous situa-
tions follows this episode.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
FUNERAL POSTPONED BECAUSE
OF NON-ARRIyAL OF A PRIEST

The funeral of 3-year-old Anita
Marcuerquaga, who died in a San
Francisco hospital after an operation,
will be held Sunday at o'clock pm.
at the local Catholic church. This
postponement of twenty-four hours
was made necessary because of the
inability of either Father Meehan or
Father Dermody to get to Winnie
mucca today. The latter will arrive
from Lovelock this evening and off,
ciate at the funeral tomorrow. The
body is at the Ayers undertaking par
lors. Members of the family arrived
in town yesterday afternoon and
evening from the ranch in the vicinity
of Sod House. The father and mother
were with the child in San Francisco
and came with the body.
GABRIEL MARQUERQUAGA.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
CLUNE SPECTACLE
COMES THURSDAY

Two or three years ago Harold Bell
Wright, the most popular of living
writers, whose eight romances, includ-
ing THE Shepherd of the Hills" THE
Winning of Barbara Worth" ETC., ha We
had total sale of nearly eight mill
lion copies, added to his galaxy of best
sellers THE Eyes of the World" This
story Of adventure and romance in the
cities and mountains of southern Cali
fornia has been put into elaborate pic
torial form for the theatre by the
Clune Film Producing Company, and
the announcement is made that the
production will be shown at the Amer
ican theatre on Thursday, February ?.
For six months past the entire re-
sources of the great Clune studios in
Los Angeles have been concentrated
on the elaborate filming of Wright's
story. 1t lie promised for this work
that IL is the finest translation of q
current popular romance ever pre-
pared for the screen. It is in ten sec
tions and consumes an entire after
noon or evening in its showing. The
scenario for the work was prepared
by the noted author himself, who also
gave his personal assistance to the
day-by-day work of interpreting his
characters for the production.
Wright's novel contains much of the
kind of material out of which success
full motion pictures are made and ii
is promised that the photographs that
form the background of the film YER
sion compose a magnificent panorama
OF the outdoor glories of southern
California. Also. "The Eyes of the
World" has an elaborate musical score.
Among the well-remembered people
of the story are Willard, the convict;
Oakley. the forest ranger; Sybil. the
mountain girl; Mrs. Taine, the fash
'onable siren, who attempts to snare
the artist. King; Mr.. Taine, the veal
thy roue; Rutlidge. the bull-necked
art critic; Myra willard. the SCARED
victim of the vitriol thrower. and Ia
grange. the cynical author-friend of
the artist.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
CANT GET SENATE;
BRIDE FOR SOLACf

Samuel Plat, former United States
attorney for Nevada; a Republican
"wheel-horse" of that State for more
than quarter of a cetnury, who was
twice candidate for the United States
Senate, Wednesday married, in San
Francisco, Mrs. Helen Marks Faith,
daughter of John Marks, a merchant
of New York.
The ceremony was performed by
Judge Thomas F. Graham, an old
friend, at the home of the brides sis
ter, Mrs. r. e. Sutstadt, 251 Sixteenth
avenue. twenty-five friends and rela-
tives attended After the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs. Platt left for southern
California for two or three weeks.
They will make their home in Nevada.
Platt is well known in San Fran
cisco, where he has practised in the
Federal and Superior courts. He took
part in the Franz Bopp bomb cases,
being attorney for Charles c. Crow
ley and Mrs. Margaret Cornell. In
1910 Platt represented the Government
in the prosecution of a number of land
fraud cases in the Federal courts in
San Francisco.
President William H. Taft reap
pointed Platt to the Office of United
States attorney for Nevada in 1910,
and a few years later Platt was de-
feated by thirty-seven votes for the
United States Senate by the late Sena-
tor Newlands. In 1916 Platt again was
nominated for the United States SEN
ate by the Nevada Republicans, but
was defeated He is a native of Ne
vada. His bride is said to be one of
the most expert women golf players
of New York.-[San Francisco Chron-
icle.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
$1,000 SHOT With
Il STICKS GIANT

If rumor current on the streets OF
Winnemucca this morning is half true
something will happen pronto which
will sure put the Hum" in Humboldt
county.
George Gavin. justice of the peace
at Inlay. is an arrival in the city and
has the whole male population ex-
cited to breaking pitch with a story
of how fortunes in tungsten and cop
per are being made in a week nea-
Humboldt House.
Judge Gavin predicts a second Ely
and says mountain of almost pure
copper has been discovered and that
capital is being interested. The said
mountain will be steam-shoveled, he
declares, and millionaires will be
made over night.
With a sparse grubstake and only
twelve sticks of powder. H. H. Hunter
and Mike Ferratto went in and gath
cred seven sacks of tungsten ore
which brought them $1,000 from the
smelter.
Mayor Friedman of Bovelock is In
on the ground floor and says the big
Rochester mines are pulling infants
in comparison with this rich new find
Prospectors, old and young, are
rushing from all points of the COM
pas a la every kind of vehicle. from
the humble pack mule with pendant,
pick and shovel, frying pan. -four, and
side of sowbelly. with salt and yeast
powder and a few sticks of giant
while the obsolete blackboard drawn
by superanuated horse rubs wheels
with the high-powered car.
Everybody is excited and confident
that little old Humboldt is at last
coming into her own.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02

Speros Marios, Golconda.
Antonio oyala, Jungo.
Pine Alberto, Sulphur.
Dionisco Armaulea. Winnemucca.
Hay Fong. Golconda.
Trinido orcaray. DEMO.
Louis N. Pechette. Rochester.
Wing Jeng Moon. Lovelock.
Charles Anthony Sullivan. Lovelock.
Joe G.. Keys. Unionville.
Chung Wong Jim. Lovelock.
Fong Yee Yup, Loveloek.
George Pearl, Lovelock.
Frank Jakobeit, Packard.
Peter Van Dahman, Winnemucca.
Tony Gustin, Packard.
Frank Lasha. Lakeview. Oregon.
Tony Ehabarisetta. care Frank
Onieda. Shoshone. Idaho.
Victor Zatica. care Mike indiana,
Reno, Nevada.
Edward Kelly. Rochester. Nevada.
Jack Dilmore. Winnemucca.
Jesus Espinosa, Inlay. Nevada.
William Limbert, Golconda.
Albert Buckley Austin. Jungo.
Rementaria Rementaria. Winnemuc-
ca.
Varil Sherman Nimo, Goldfield.
John Albert Rowe, McDermitt.
Herbert Mcknight, Montello.
James Powell, Rochester.
Ernest Dimas, Inlay.
Domingo GOTTA, Golconda.
Joe Hubbard. Golconda.
Francis Edward Crimes, Durango
Colorado.
Joe Arizouren, Amos.
Cecilio Ocanicia, Winnemucca.
Frederick Free. Inlay.
Manuel #. Refs, Lovelock.
William Merel Wilson. DEMO.
William Quecnell. McDermitt.
John T. Davis, Winnemucca.
David Warren Lane. 242S College
Ave. Berkeley. California.
Tom Payne Signor. National.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
BIGGEST REGIMENT
in WORLD is PLAN

Six thousand men are wanted at
once for the second Forest regiment
twentieth Engineers), which will be
the biggest regiment in the world.
The first forest regiment has been
in France for several months fur
nishing forest materials for our army.
Some battalions of the second regi-
ment have also gone over and others
VIII go as soon as their equipment
and preliminary training are com
pleted. Men who join, therefore. are
assured of early service abroad.
Men of draft age but between the
ages of Is and 40 may join by en-
listment. Registrars under the Sc
lective draft law who have not been
notified to hold themselves in readi-
ness to report for duty at camp
can be "inducted" into the regiment
providing they are qualified for it.
Applicants may apply to the For
ester. Washington, D. c., or to local
officers who have been recruiting men
for positions in the forest regiments.
Application should state fully any
experience in the various lines of
work, together with names and ad-
dresses of employers.
Three thousand men are wanted for
lumberjacks, saw-mill workers. and
logging and railroad operators and
builders; the other three thousand
are wanted for road and bridge build
ing battalions to serve as auxiliary to
the logging and saw-mill units. Men
for the road building battalions should
be familiar with the operation of rock
crushers, road rollers, scrapers and
graders, and motor trucks. Laborers
experienced in road work are also
needed
Men skilled in every phase of manu-
featuring and delivering of lumber
and other forest products needed IN
the army will make up the numbering
and saw-mill battalions. Sawyers
teamsters, axemen, tie makers, cooks,
and charcoal burners are classes
needed for wood operations. Graders.
track layers, track bosses, locomotive
engineers and firemen. brakemen, ma
chinists, and laborers are wanted to
construct and operate logging rail-
roads. Men skilled in all kinds of
work around sawmills, including fill
ers, stationary engineers, boiler MAX
ers, truck and tractor operators and
laborers for lumberyards are re-
quired
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
LOCAL NOTES AND
PERSONAL MENTION

Samuel Crittenden has returned
from a prospecting trip to Poverty
Peak @
Charles Farrell, the prosperous and
persistent Clear Greek rancher. is in
the city for a few days.
H. H. Sheldon returned last night
from Willow Creek, where he did
some surveying for Albert Remusat.
Elmer Pfouts, who has had charge
of the. National Leasing Company's
property at National, has gone to New
York. @
Miss Ella Pinson departed Wednes-
day evening for San Francisco, where
she intends to enlist as a Red Cross
nurse.
Mrs. George Becker and daughter.
Miss Clarice, went to San Francisco,
where the former will receive medical
attention. g
d. F. Abel, of the firm of Loinaz &
Abel, left on No. 6 Thursday for Og-
den, to attend to a stock shipment
from that point.
o
Mrs. ]. /. McCrossin, wife of the
trainmaster OF the Arizona division Of
the Southern Pacific railroad, at Tue
son, Arizona, is in town for an indef-
mite visit with the family of her bro
ther, Conductor T. NJ. Musgrove of the
Western Pacific.
8
Violets and chocolates will be given
to the lucky ladies at the Nixon dance
tonight Music by the American The
atre Orchestra.-[Ad advertisement. 1911
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
LOVE STORY OyERSHADOWS
BATTLE ELEMENT IN PICTURE

A delightful romance involving a
young American aviator and beauti-
full little French girl is unfolded in
For France" the Greater Vitagraph
Blue Ribbon feature which is the at
traction at the American theatre Sun
day evening. 1t is not war picture
in the accepted sense because, while
there are flashes of war and number
of thrilling aerial scenes, the sangui-
nary element is missing and the love
story overshadows the battlefield The
cast is an exceptionally well-balance.i
one, headed by Edward Earle and
Betty Howe, with Arthur Donaldson.
Mother Mary Maurice, and several
other strong players supporting them.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
GOES TO REDISCOyER DEPOSIT
OF CUPRITE NEAR BLACK ROCK

T. w. Foster. prospector, who
states that he had to leave his occu-
patton in Mexico on account of the
bandits Fostering" him. has returned
with his wife to the Jackson Mountain
country. He declares there is ban
dit hiding behind every cactus bush
south of the Rio Grande.
Seventeen years ago, while bucka-
roofing near the Black Rock desert,
Foster came across rich deposit Of
cuprite, and he is now striking out,
amply provisioned, to rediscover and
work it. Being well Injured to the
hardships incident upon travelling in
the land of Villa, Foster says the
desert here looks to him and his wife
like the promised land.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
RIGHTS IN MEDICAL EXAMS

A member of the local exemption
board says that when a registrant is
informed by the examining physician
that he has been held for military
service. if he feels dissatisfied with
the medical examination, he should on
the same day make request that he
be examined by the medical advisory
board Failing to observe this for
mality, all his rights to have a re-
examination. or an appeal, will be
lost
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
NEW TRAFFIC ORDINANCE is
SOON TO BECOME EFFECTIVE

The new traffic ordinance, passed
by the City Council last Monday and
approved by Mayor Haviland, is pub
lished on the third page of yesterdays
issue of The Humboldt Star. Traffic
rules are provided for all kinds of
vehicles. and the rights and duties of
pedestrians are also stated. The ordi-
nance should be carefully read by all
citizens, so they may know where to
head in at"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
.ll231s|sZz1E Theatre:
WEEKLY PROGRAM

Saturday February
Kentucky during the moonshners Also
comedy DOLL"
3"FOR FRANCE" Edward
A sangunary element omitted
THE FIGHTING Western continued
Tuesday February 5Jack the Beanak The wonderful
all children
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER AT
OVERLAND CAFE TOMORROW

From to o'clock Sunday evening
a special dinner will be served at the
Overland Cafe, consisting of soup,
lobster salad, choice of fricasead
chicken with caulifower or young
roast chicken with dressing, Italian
rayiolas, vegetables and apple fritters
with brandy sauce; rs cents. Music
by Gardner's orchestra.-[Advt
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER AT
OVERLAND CAFE TOMORROW

From to o'clock Sunday evening
a special dinner will be served at the
Overland Cafe, consisting of SOUP.
lobster salad. choice of fricaseed
chicken with cauliflower or young
roast chicken with dressing, Italian
raviolas. vegetables and apple fritters
with brandy sauce; rs cents. Music
by Gardner's orchestra.-[Advt.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
LIKE LIVING AT SEASIDE is
TRADING AT PLEASANT GROVE

= Deep-sea delicacies are in evidence
a-plenty at the market of the Pleasant
Grove Meat Company in Winnemucca.
Tomorrow you may find fine stripe
bass, fresh crabs, and sole, among
other delicacies. Call and inspect or
phone 1871 advertisement. S8
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
son TO JOIN ARMY

Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Bedell and the
latter's son, Fred Sibert, of Denio, left
Thursday for San Francisco, where
young Sebert. who has bein hign
school student at Winnemucca, ex-
poets to join the aviation corps of the
army.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS BEGUN

Physical examinations of men in
Glass l began at the court house yes
terday morning. Regulations for the
examining physicians have been so
modified that the percentage of rejec-
tions will now be very small. 1t IS
said that practically all men will be
passed for military service of some
kind
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-02
QUICKER GOES TO VIRGINIA TO
HEAR MARIE ECKLEY MATTER

Judge E. A. Ducker went to Reno
yesterday. intending to visit with rela-
tives for few days. Next Tuesday
he will proceed to Virginia City, where
he will preside in the case of Marie
Eckley against the Nevada Industrial
Insurance Commission. The case will
be tried before a jury.