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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-09-20
Notice of application for permission to
appropriate the public waters of
a., Ctnta ~ Nnr,.la

vi VI loI lci HiiSS-oi W
appropriate the public waters of
the State of Nevada.
Application No. $685..
Notice is hereby given that OH The oath
Gay of July 1919, in accordance with Soc
tiop 80 Chaptnr li0or the Statutes OF 1913,
one Josedh {rirdud of Reno, County of
Wasloc and State OF Nevada, made appli.
cation TO the State Engineer OF Nevada,
for permission to appro )ria.e the public
waters of the State of Nevada.
Such appropriation is 10 be made floin
run off from melting SHOWS on the north
west slope of Mt, Hicks, Il point in the
SEA of NWl4 soc IL, I. 5, \. II % L, NJ.
d. i. Il HI, by means OF collecting bitches
and fifty acne feet is to be conveyed to
SEA NW14 see II. T. ., n, L IS L, MD r.
AN, by means of bitches and reservoir.
and there used for stock Watering pur-
poses.
Water not to he returned to ST. cam
j. G.. SCRUGHAM,
State Engineer.
First pub, Sept. 10, 1919.
Last pub. Oct. IL, 1919.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-09-20
Last Word In War Vessels

Superdreadn0ught is Il name given
to vessels of the dreadnought type.
The displacement is $4,000 tons or
more. The speed attained may be
twenty-five knots or sen miles Ga sea
mile Is 1000 yards), and the main
battery consists of guns of 1875 inches
caiber or better. A superdreadnought
IS the last word In naval architec-
ture.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-09-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Serial Number 0ll2Ga.

L. $. Land Office
Carson City Nevada
July %, 1919
Notice is hereby given that Joseph
Giiaud of Reno, County of Washoe, State
OF Nevada, has filed in this Office his an
pication toenter under the provision of
Sections 2306-07, Il. 5. L. s. the following
described land, viz
SEA NV. Section ll,Township North,
Range % East, MDB and NJ.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
the lands described, or desiring to object.
because of the mineral character of the
land, or any other reason, TO the disposal
to applicant should file their aflidayIts of
protests in thi, Office, ON or before the
9,h day of September, 1919
SH0BER }. ROGERS
Register
First publication August ., 1919.
Last publication September 6, 1918.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-09-20
That PAY Their Guests.

A newspaper reports that the hotel
propretors In Prague Bohemia, have
"cut their rates more than 100 per
cc". From n financial point of view
- 's-~>---- 49, 49, 10 ir Iso:.s.,.se tkaE
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-09-20


Application No. 5736.
Notice is hereby given that ON the 18th
day OF September, 1919, in accordance with
section -, Chapter 40, of The statutes of
1913. enc Fred Wallace of Hawthorne.
go mty Of Mineral and State of Nevada,
made application to the State Engineer
of Nevada for permission To appropriate
the public waters of the state OF Nevada.
Such appropriation is TO be made from
G creek Hood and unappropratcd waters
al point in the NWi4 of SWl@, see Is, T
n, i; 30 +, MDB&M. by means of dam
and one half cubic foot per st cond is to be
conveyed tc portions of NEl4 NW4 ,NW14
NEl4, sec 30, SEA SW4. SWl4 SEA Sec
II, 4 s n, r 80 f, MDB&M. by means of
doches and there used for irrigation and
domes ic purposes fl m February 18th
until November 18th of each year.
Water not to be returned TO stream
Date of first publication Sept 81, 1919.
Date of last publication Oct. Is, 1919.
J. G.. SCRUGHAM,
State Engineer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-09-20
Claims Allowed
BY the Board of County
Commissioners.

A 7 THE LAST REGULAR MEET
ing of the Board of County Commission
ers of dineral county the following claims
t...AI LIZ. aI
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-09-20
se20- #

Notice of application for permission To
appropriate the public waters OF
the State of Nevada.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-09-20

7 ,. 7. N0Ieo- IINfk OF tIc EOamI 0l
Commissioners Of Mineral county. Ncv-
ada, do hereby certify that the forcg ling
bills were allowed and ordered paid 10y the
Board of County Commissioners at their
meeting on Sept D. 1919.
=. I. kELSO. Clerk.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-09-20

First pub, Sept. 10, 1919.
Last pub. Oct. II, 1919.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16

Wan returned to the Harris Hotel.
The evidence will prove that WI
Hsie and DR.. Wong were killed be-
tween the time they came home We'd
nesday night and the next morning.
Thursday morning Wan and his
brother. Van. hired a taxicab in
front of the Union Station and they
drove to the Riggs National Bank.
Wan waited on the outside in the
cab while Van went inside the bnk
nd presented a 5000 check to be
cashed. This check was a cheek on
the Chinese Educational Mission
purporting to be signed by DR..
Wong as director. and c. II. Hsie as
treasurer. payable to each or 10
bearer Van also nd letter on the
Chinese Eductionl Mission letter
head. purporting to be signed by
DR.. Wong and Mr.. Hsie. asking that
, the check BIT cashed for bearer. With
this check he presented the letter.
! AT this point l want TO go ahead
OF the chronological order OF things
to say that on the following Sunday
there was found at the Chinese Edu-
cational Mission a check stub show
ing 4 cnech Tor so,uVU Drawn IN IdNOt
of T. T. Wong. This check stub was
In the handwriting of Wan. as will
be clearly proved.
1T is apparent to you by now that
by the governments contention the
motive for this murder was the OBJ.
tanning Of this 5000 without detec.
ton. and that Wan brought his broth
er Van here to be his agent in tho
cashing OF the check. For that rea'
son Vans acts became VANS acts n
the matter OF this check.
! Witnesses were produced by Mr.
Laws testifying to his points re
! carding VANS stay at the Harris
Hotel.
Van. held IN 5000 bond on g
charge OF forcery. was called int
court three times yesterday to b'
identified as the brother OF Wan
Yesterdays proceedings indicated
that eventually the prosecuting at
torney will endeavor to connect hin
in some manner directly with th'
crime.
Wan. a little nervous at the outside
regarded the proceedings with ap
parent keen interest but no visibl,
emotion. He occupied a seat immedi
ateiy behind Mr.. O'Shea, but only tw'
or three times during the day did tn,
two converse.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16
PJCkPOCkETSIN
STORE THRONES
* Thefts Of Valuables Re.
ported as Occurring IN
Crowded Places.

The nscsssfty of watching for
pickpoekets in downtown shopping
throngs was emphasized yesterday
when six persons reported thefts of
vaiuabIes from stores. street cars
and other crowded places.
RiIla stinson. 1880 c street south
west. told the police her pocket
book containing $40 disappeared
while she was boarding q street car
at Fourteenth and = streets north
VISIT
The loss OF a pocketbook contain
ing s1i in bills and q number OF
su1all articles In an + street drug
stbre. was reported by Olga C. Berg
SON of Takoma Park.
Mrs. d. B. Crittenden. also of Ia
kona Park, reported q handbag con-
taining - stolen or lost.
A prominent department store was
the scene Of two more thefts.
Mrs NJ. B. suggard. EOS Fourth
street southeast. reported the theft
OF s12 in bills and slip on the War
Department for ISL from her pocket
book while in the same store.
Mrs. Fieldman Newburgh. S417
Thirteenth street northwest. said q
I'D bill was stolen from her pocket
book while she was shopping.
a $50 watch was stolen from the
handbag of Mrs Madeline X. Long.
1893 Fifteenth street northwest.
wken she was at market
fYou're wanted at police head
quarters. ma'am-"
These words were addressed to q
Etll-dressed woman in a downtown
iepartment store yesterday after
aeon The speaker was Detective
frank Alligood. of the '-shoplifting
squad" who held a waist in his
aand.
a short time later. the woman
wps at headquarters. giving her
na1ne as Sadie A Bost, %. of 4o7
Second street northwest. She was
.harged with petty larceny and de-
posted s25 collateral for her ap-
,eArance in court.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16
SHERMAN HITS
CLERCYMEN
Senator Places Little Value
On Preachers Views On
Treaty and League.

The United States Senators have for
months past received thousands of let
tiers, principally signed by clergymen
and professors. urging the immediate
adoption Of the treaty and league OF
nations. according to Senator sher-
man, of Illinois.
These letters from pastors and pro-
fessors claim to represent the con-
sensus Of opinion.
Senator sherman yesterday COM
Now. while respect a Clergyman
opinion. have more respect for II In
spiritual matters than ! have in civil
affairs.
IF those who give their attention
to foreign relations and the laws
of our country cannot safeguard
our American Institutions in civil
essentials better than a doctor OF
divinity. we ought to abolish Con-
gress and turn it over to the clergy
as In ancient times when the church
and state were one"
Concerning college men he says
THE schools of technology and
special professional training turn
out the only persons At to cope
with actual problems in life.
Professors of various institu.
tons of learning need not delugf
me with letters on the league and
treaty: I have arrived at a conciu-
sion. I think know more about 4,
than the professors, some of whom
don't know the source of this cru
SADIE.
III the league Of nations under.
takes to make US the economi.
support of the rest Of the world. IL
Is an additional reason for its de.
feat"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16
Homeless, Aged Sailor
Seeks Shelter in Cell

cook of the sloop and sailed with her
down Chesapeake Bay and hen ur
the Potomac River.
While dredging just below Colonial
Beach he was threatened with serious
illness because OF constant exposure.
He was more thaa-a week walking
the rs miles to Washington where he
arrived cold and hungry.
THE night before ] reached this
city," the aged man told the court
II slept in a pile Of corn stalks In an
open field In Virginia The rain came
down in torrents that night and
was drenched to the skin. When
met the good policeman ] asked him
for Gods sake to arrest me. and he
did,"
Ofcials Of the court gave expires
sion to their sympathy. His case WAS
turned over to Miss r. /. Simonds. OF
the Prisoners Aid Association. who
has promised to find home for him.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16
FOURTEEN HOMES NEED HELP;
CHRISTMAS PLEA is SENT OUT
Opportunities for Best Contributions Submit.
ted BY Associated Charities-Tell Stories
Of Pitiable Conditions in This City.

week In needed to supplement
the earnings Of the two oldest
children.
No. 10. The mother suddenly
LETT widow tried to support
her family Of six children and
to work for others ut the same
time. The Oldest child of Is
was put to work. The Assocl-
ated Charities wants to give
this mother n chance to give
her entire attention to her own
family. ~ q week Will more
than make good the 13-year-eId
child's earnings and permit him
TO return to school.
No. IL. A colored lad now IS
years old has for several years
been trying to keep together his
i've orphan brothers md sis
ters. The grandmother cares for
the children while John works.
The oldest girl will soon finish
school and be able to help.
Meantime, 81 . week II needed.
No. II Josephine. a "little
mother" OF II divides her time
between school and the wash
ing, dressing and watching Of
the three younger children.
Mothers needle nies but not
fnst> enough to provide entirely
for her growing children.
No. IL. A patient. CHEEKY col
ored woman o widow and n
cripple with I'VE small Children
ranging from II to 2. The
mother takes In nne sewing.
Because she II not strong
enough to run the machine all
day the Associated Charities Is
buying power machine for
her. The woman hopes soon 10
build up custom which will
m AXE her self-supporting
Meantime. $40 n week IL needed.
No. II. Opportunity II II not
the only family In the sroup
where dependence Ii due to
tubercuIosis. The father died
after making n brave nght for
life leaving four children to the
care of the mother. The old
est o. now eight. 81 n week II
needed for this family.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16
ARMY AIR MAIL
JOBS ATTACKED
Otto Praeger Would Place
Service in Hands Of Civ
ihan Department.

Newark. n. J. Dec. lS.-otto
Prseger. assistant postmaster-gen-
eral. speaking at the opening Of
the HELLER air mail Geld here. to-
day warned Congress to keep the
gold-laced military man In his
proper place and give commercial
men a free hand TO develop com
mercial aviation"
Whether Congress will authorize
the extension OF this rapid service
to the principal commercial centers
Of the country or whether Il will
throttle the country by permitting
military men to seize It is the prob
lem now" Praeger declared.
The military men are reaching
out to again operate the air mail
under q bill ostensibly to create a
civilian-controlled department of
aeronautics. but for the most part
is a bill for the creation of jobs for
a specified number of generals. colo
nels. majors. captains and lieuten-
ants"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16
Canadian Prime Minister,
Ill, Must Leave Office

Ottawa, Dec. I5.-Sir Robert Laird
Borden. prime minister Of Canada.
will retire from public life in few
weeks on advice of his physicians. II
wac learned from reliable sources to-,
day.
The health Of the prime minister
has caused concern among his friends
for sometime. His strenuous work as
head OF Canada's war cabinet and the
trying situations of the Peace Con-
ference have combined to make him =
war casualty" it was said.
Members of the unionist party will
choose his successor in January. 1t
was said. Among those suggested are
Sir James Lougheed, Senate leader;
Hon. N. w. Rowell. Hon. Arthur
Meighen. Sir Henry Drayton. Hon. j..
A. Calder and Sir Thomas White.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16

The dull drab In the life Of an
aged man was revealed in q police
courtaease yesterday.
Frank Anderson, seventy-five.
homeless. friendless, penniless, was
charged with vagrancy. Shivering
from the intense cold Sunday night
without place to lay his age-sil-
vered head. and weak from hunger,
he approached Policeman W. F.
sagier. He pleaded to be locked up.
In the station house he was en-
tered as a vagrant.
When arraigned before Judge
Robert Harrison the old man told
his story with tear moistened eyes.
There is no one he can call rela-
tive or friend. Fifty OF his seventy
FIVE years were spent at sea-
While in Baltimore about one month
ago he boarded a sloop engaged In
oyster dredging and begged employ
ment, scorning charity. He was made
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16
VIRGINIA BREVITIES.

fichmond.-Industr on the pri-
oHty list for coal will not be al
oted by the regional coal director
to- accumulate a supply of more than
two weeks. Practically all railroads
nave returned to normal train sched-
uks.
RichmondL-Five hundred and six
ty thousand pounds of Utah beat
sugar will be released here this
week for distribution through
wholesalers.
Lynchburg.-Tobacc sales On the
ocaI market were very active dur
ing the past week on offerings ag-
gregating $4,000 pounds
Bristol.-James E Kimbrough, II,
xas awarded damages Of $500 for
loss of an arm while operating a
hark-grinding machine for the
Charles A Schieren Company. He
had ssed for 10000.
Danyille.-The gas supply here Is
near depletion as q result OF the coal
shortage.
Onancock--A society to be known
Is the Sons and Daughters of Mac
xennie is being organized in this
county by the Rev. Mr.. Boyle, of
Salisbury, to perpetuate the memory
II the Rev. Frances Mackenzie, foun-
Ter Of the Presbyterian Church in
America
BristoL-Roger W. Davis. governor
Of the seventh rotary district. was
a speaker before the Bristol Rotary
Club.
Lynchburg-Mis ISIS Elizabeth Zoll-
man. of Rockbridge, will receive the
proceeds Of an estate Of $500 as long
rs she remains single. This was the
provision Of the win Of John Lewis.
letter carrier Of Lynchburg.. who died
recently. The will has been pro-
oated. .ar ssss
Fredericksburg.-M Anne Brooke
Gibson and John T. Goodrich have
been named census enumerators of
the upper ward.
: Onancock.-T. Lee Vessels, of Rue.
Va. was seriously injured when an
automobile in which he was riding
was struck by train
Danville.-F1gures OF the city treas
urer show that 4.s52 men have paid
their capitation taxes.
Heathsville.-Mrs. Thomas Black
we'll q. following a long illness, died
at her home near Lillian
Onancock-- Watkinson. 81
Who has been an invalid for eight
Years. Is dead at his home at Watcha-
preague.
Heathsville.-Miss Edith II. Mar
shall and DR.. John Randolph Travis.
Of Mica. Caroline County. were mar
risd here.
Richmond--The Richmond school
board in presenting their budget to
the mayor will ask an increase Of 10
per cent in the salaries Of teachers.
Richmond.-Mrs. walter 7. Booth Is
dead at the home Of her daughter.
Mrs. w. H. Gillette. 4o6 Thirtieth
street. Woodland Heights.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16
Popular Washingtonians'
Engagement Announced

Engagement OF Miss Louise Nett
zey. daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Neitzey. of this city. to Harry F.
Griffith, foreman for the William c.
Peake Company. also OF Washington,
was announced yesterday.
Both young people have a wide ac-
auaintance in the district. The mar
riage ceremony will take place JAN
uary Is at the home Of the parents
OF the prospective bride.
After the wedding the couple VIII
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16

on the crime was given in the testi-
rnony Of Lang Ii. q young Chinese
student living at 2oi4 Kalarana road.
a short distance from the mission.
Ia testified of his visit to the mis-
sion house on Wednesday. January y.
the night the killing occurred
81 went to the mission house TO
show DR.. Wong a letter I had re-
ceiyed. / got there about o'clock
in the evening. There were lights
burning in the front room. Through
the door ] noticed a hat and scarf
on the hat rack that / knew be-
IonGed to Wan. ! rang the bell.
Wan answered.
Wong .Not at Home"
IT asked IL DR.. Wong was home.
He replied that DIR. Wong had gone
ont. l then returned home"
1t was l.. who later discovered the
crime.
In his opening statement. Mr.. Laws.
step by step, traced events up to the
commission Of the crime. He said:
.,On Monday. January 2. two days
before the murder, Wan babe those at
the mission house goodbye. telling
them he was going to return to New
York. This same day he got check
for $50 from WI. The evidence will
show that instead OF going to New
York he went to the Harris Hotel. in
| this city, where he registered his
name, giving his address as Shanghai.
instead Of New York.
"On Wednesday night, the night OF
the murder, Mr.. Wan attended school
at George Washington University and
after school he Joined a classmate
named King Chu in eating supper al
Chinese cafe at Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
THAT same night DR.. T. 4. Wong,
the director OF the mission, and Mr..
Hsie. secretary. ate supper at the Nan.
kin Cafe with certain members oil
the Chinese embassy. This broke ur
shortly after 10 o'clock. DR.. Wong
came home about a half hour later
Opens Door a Foot.
This night--wednesday- youne
Chinese student, named Ii KanE Ii
who was a frequent visitor at the
mission house. went to the mission
to see Mr.. WI. He rang the door.
bell. After a while he heard foot.
steps on the stairs. Wan answered
the door. He opened the door abou,
a foot. Ii asked him where WI
was. Wan said he was out Ii Their
asked for DR.. Wong and was told
he was out also. Noticing Vans
attitude. Ii went away.
This was the night of the murder
At $50 WI came home. A little after
10 Hsie came home Between mid.
night and 1 o'clock. that same night
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16

life in New York City for weeks be-
fore the murder. testimony showed.
III health. coupled with his financial
straits. Mrs. Gertrude Bartels. pro-
prietor OF a boarding house at a.
West u2th street, New York City.
where Wan and his brother lived. told
how Wan fell III for a week.
Later on he took to drinking. 4"
she said. and I had to ask him TO
leave"
Wan left a short time afterwards.
received two kilograms from his
tho Capital Immediately.
Wan was visiting his friend WI
at the Chinese Mission.
Van left to join his brother. Mrs.
Bartels testified, and one week later.
on January 80 they returned to-
gether at her boarding house. There.
on the night OF January 80. Wan
was arrested by Detective Ser
geants Edward J. Kelly and Guy c.
Burlingame.
Investment Told.
Fohan Chen. O student OF New York
university. told OF introducing Wan
ITO officials OF the United States Mort
gage and Trust Company in New
York. where Wan invested his 5000.
Israel Weinberg. Of SO Central ave-
nue.. New York city. said he sold Wan
the lease on a moving picture house
in Brooklyn. receiving $1,000 in cash,
Isaac Tott, a real estate dealer. testi-
fed that Weinberg had stopped pay
ing him rent dut on the theater so he
went after Wan"
Assistant Prosecutor Laws dwelled
upon facts presented by these wit
nesses to emphasize VANS despera-
ton.
The only circumstantial evidence
presented yesterday that bore directly
The Washington herald., 1919-12-16
Plans to Fight Sleeping Sickness

Chicago. Dec. 15-A pledge to
spend the remainder of his life in
attempting to find a cure for sleep
ing sickness was made by DIR. r.
d. Pope. Long Beach, Cal, follow
ing the death OF his son from that
disease here.
Young Pope, who was a senior al
the University of Chicago. died after
a short illness.