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The Washington herald., 1922-03-17
Musician Leaves S5,336.

Christian FeiGe. musician in the
knickerbocker Theater Orchestra.
who died in the crash on January
rs. left an estate valued at 1886.
according to the petition for let.
tors OF administration filed yester-
DAY IN Probate Court by his widow.
Mrs. Katherine Feige. The estate
includes the nome AT 1910 Eighteenth
street northwest
The Washington herald., 1922-03-17
SENATE TO MAKE
MERGER CERTAIN
IN PROPOSED BILL

Confirmed from Page one.
no complaint 10 MAKE. because with
its gross tax Of I per cent repealed
and no provision for cither gross
or ad valorem tax it would he es-
Gaping taxation entirely. My bill
would not permit the company to
80 free Of taX,S. but in abOlShinE
the per cent gross tan would eN-
act Il gross tax of at least ! per
cert. and would repeal the present
t@x on traffic policemen at street
car crossings, which is unjust
The policemen. whose salaries
are paid entirely Icy the street car
companies. do more in. safr=uard-
ing pedestrians and automobiles
than street cars But do not thinL
IT fair to remove the Washing ton
Railway and Electric Company
from its responsible of paying
some taxes, becauAe its property
enjoys the protection. Of trRnen and
policemen. which must be pa i'd for.
However. it mattcrS'vcry little how
the tax is implied. whether ad va
loren. or on gross or net receipts
if the tan is too high. the public
must pay in higher car fare rates.
and if it is low. the car fare-cau he
lowered.
Would Abolish Tax.
senator Fall stated last night that
the bill he is drafting would abol-
ish the present per cent gross
tdN. and this would permit the
WASHINGTON Railway and Electric
to escape taxes entirely as Ions as
its earnings are below 6 per cent
Tut the public reapS the bcncfit"
Senator Ball explained The only
object Of tho District Committee is
To put matters upon an equality. 50
that tho street car companies and
the public obtain justice The pro
posed tax Of net earnings seems
to solve the question, 1t allows the
companies return Of 8 per cent.
putting them on par in that re-
SDeCt, and leaves them enough of
what they earn above that amount
to give. them the incentive 70 seek
growth and expansion"
Representative Wood said he dis
agreed with those who say the
Washington Railway and Electric
should not be allowed 10 absorb the
Potomac Electric anu Power COM
pany.
The latter utility is already
owned by the Washington Railway
and Electric. though not teChni-
cally, and the merger would he of
treat advantage To both. he said.
The fact that the PepCo is A mo,o
prosperous business than the Wash
ington Railway and Electric would
he an induCement to the Capital
Traction. he said. to absorb the
rival car line with the Pepco taken
in The fear that the expenses Of.
the PepCo would be shifted to the
weaker company car rIiuC-tO
holster it. and that tho publ" would
suffer increased lighting and heat
ing charges. said Mr. Woods. could
he guarded against by the Utilities
Commission. which has in hand all
of the affairs.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-17
Ionic Club to Meet.

The Ianic Club Of Master Masons
Il the Treasury Department and Cen
cral Accounting Offices will hold its
next regular meeting next Thursday
night II the Mount Pleasant lodge
room. Fourteenth and Irving streets.
at 1870 o stock. Changes in the con-
stitution will be considered
The Washington herald., 1922-03-17
Found Dead in Hotel.

Jgnes $ Dougherty. of BIuefieId.
- Va. S5 years old. was found
dead in his room at downtown
hotel by Catherine WaniEus. 726 New
Jersey qveHTe southeast, cmpfoye of
the hostelry. yesterday. The Elmer
geHfS Hospital ambulance was sum-
moned and upon arrival DR.. W. S.
Bowen pronounced the man dead.
The death Was not deemed of a
su'1A-loGs nature by police.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-17


OF the Knickerbocker Theater dis
aster by expert engineers and con-
tractors. submitted to government Of
ficiaIs and corroborating evidence
which held nine men. will prolons
Investigations INTO the crash by the
grand jury until early next week.
District Attorney Gordon said yes
terday.
Responsibility for the disaster is
placed in reports Of the Associated
General Contractors of America and
the American Association of Engi-
neers, submitted to District officials
yesterday. on the architect. Reginald
w. Geare
THE responsibility for these weak
nesses is placed upon the architect
who accepted a faulty design from
a fabricatOr. The contractor is held
Jointly responsible with the build
ing department of the District for
failure TO apprehend the violations
OF the building code in detecting
that the design did not provide for
anChoring trusses to the walls 70
to prevent the.r slipping from thei
bearings" re ads the report Of the
contractors
Rigid Inspection Promised.
The engineers report declared the
disaster was the result Of bad prac-
tice on the part OF the architect and
contractor Frank W. Wagner was
the contractor of the Knickerbocker.
Both reports featured in addition
to criticisms on the designing and
construction of the ruined theater,
detailed attacks on the inspection Of
the building.
The Engineering Associat ton report
carried a list OF fifteen alleged vio-
lations OF the building code.
Engineer Commissioner Keller. in
charg" Of the building inspectors
department. said yesterday he was
satisfied any repetition OF Iaxncss
which might have been displayed by
this department at the time when
the knickerbocker Theater was erect
ed could be prevented now without
revision OF the building code lie
declared strict enforcement Of the
law by his men would he Sufficient
10 prevent my similar disaster
Reports Agree In General.
Nine principal faults in structure
Of the building were outlined by
the Encineerin- Association Seven
were named by thc general con
tractors. Twentv-on, points Of al
legged faulty designing and con-
strurtiOn were listed by the army
anu navy eng IhffrS VINO tes'ii,"u
VIC ~
official reports - far placed before
the District attorney. the above
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the contractors include: ovcrstross-
ing of steel roof members which
The Washington herald., 1922-03-17

shifter ceremonies are Mt held in
obscure woods. behind closed doors.
or in out-of-the-way Caverns. but
on street corners. in school and
college classrooms, or in soda wa
ter emporia.
Two full-fedged members pre-
side at each initiation of new
member. although there is no re
striction as to the number OF SHIFT,
er witnesses VINO attend the initiI
ton.
Awful Oath Administered.
The member-to-be. he or she as
the case may be-for the member
ship is open to those of both sexes
is required to raise his-Or her
right hand. to stand erect with
heels together.
After having complied with these
requirements. the first oath" of
allegiance is administered. as fol-
Iows-but, remember this Is all very
to a living soul:
Repeat after me-" says the init.
atOr, and then continues: Il (give
your name in fulD, knowing that
! am in the presence of such highly
honored members of the order OF
Shutters. do hereby promise never
to divulge any of the secrets. high
signs. passwords. or anything what
soever concerning this order"
Puts Up Big "spieI.'
Having thus been sworn to Sc
crecy, the :nitiator then gives vent
to a selling talk" regarding the
history of the distinguished order,
ian rf1nn1hePG nf
the past and present which have
been referred to at the beginning
of this expose.
Perfectly familiar with the past
Of the order. although still igno-
rant of the significance OF its pur-
pose, the member-to-be is then re-
quested to repeat after the initiator
the "final' oath:
Il (giving full nameD. for the
benefit of the shifters here present,
will do as they say"
At this point the initiator in
forms the initiatee that the next
part of the ceremonial must be re-
peated word for word, and con-
tinues:
"-What-do-you-
Then Comes the Shifting.
This is the grand razz," to Dor
row from the f1appers' vocabulary,
for II is here that the member"
shifts either money. the drinks or
jeweIry to the initiator and the
witnesses or has shifted upon him
the initiator's debts or other I'M
pleasant and unweIcome posses
sions. ;
After. being shifted. the MEM
Der" is .-Tthorized to seek other
members to retrieve his own losses,
and thus the order thrives and
takes on members faster than a
stationary stone can gather moss.
The badge of the order, the brass
paper clip which represents moth
Ing, Is. pinned on the members
breast, or wherever a place can be
found, and the ceremonial has come
to a successful end.
One girl. a shifterette, so to
speak. is alleged to have collected
fourteen rings, watch and sew
eral other jewelry trinkets during
one afternoon of Initiating: other
initiators report the collection :. OF
huge fees" ~
The Washington herald., 1922-03-17

Conttrned from Pnoc ono.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
RENO-CARSON CONCRETE
ROAD BECOMING POPULAR

AS an index of what may be ex-
pected when the summer season
shall have fully bloomed out for
auto travel, yesterday number of
autos on the road to Reno from
Carson may be taken as a sample,
says the Appeal. Attorney George
Sanford with his family made the
round trip over the paved road, and
one of his party countd 204 autos,
of all varities, from the flivver to
the expensive Packard between the
city limits of Carson and the city
limits of Reno.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
CARSON CITY DESIGNATED
LEGION CONVENTION CITY

At a meeting of the department.
executive subcommittee Of the
American Legion at Reno yesterday
afternoon, votes of the state posts
to determine the place of the 192z
convention were counted with the
result that Carson City was awarded
the honor of entertaining the dele
A letter from Commander Hoi-
comb of Capitol Post suggesting
gates this year.
dates in the latter part of July or
early in August was read to the
committee. DR.. Henry Ostroff,
commander of the Darrell Dunkle
post of Reno, presented a PROPOSE
ton to the committee to hold the
convention on June 81, %, %, and
"a in order that a Legion Derby
Day might be staged at the race
track in Reno on June "a, it being
anticipated that arrangements could
be made for the delegates to at
tend.
No decision was made on date
by the executive committee, but q
vote of all members will be taken
during the coming week and an
announcement will then be made
Members of the Legion, both
from Carson and Reno, were pres
ent to listen to the matters brought
before the meeting.
Many matters of Importance
were discussed in addition to select.
ing the convention city, principal
of which was the matter of depart
ment finances. The special audit
ing committee, which was appointed
at the last meeting of the executive
committee to audit the books OF
the department with view of find
ing out the cost of holding the con
ention at Lake Tahoe last year ano
to suggest an equitable distribution
of the deficit reported, and after
some discussion a permanent plar
for raising additional funds neces'
sary to meet the balance of saic
deficit was adopted.-Carson APP
npal
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
PAVING OF SIDEWALKS
Notice to Biddera

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids for the following work will be
received, for the paving of the fol-
lowing walks:
Cd feet on Bridge Street Of l2
TT. walk.
242 feet on East Fourth Street
of IL #. walk.
608 feet on East Fourth Street
of #. walk.
159 feet of Street crossings on
East Fourth Street.
NPlans and specifications for which
are now on file with the under
signed and may be had upon appli-
cation therefor.
Each bidder must accompany his
bid with a certified check for five
per cent of the amount of his bid.
Blanket bids may be considered but
separate bids are asked. The City
Council reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
All bids must be in the hands Of
the undersigned on or before the
hour of eight o'clock p. m. Of Mon
day, the 18th day of May, 1922,
at which time said bids will be
opened and action taken thereon
by the City Council of the City of
Winnemucca.
FANNY HARP
City Clerk of the City of Winnie
mucca.
First publication, May 2, 1922.
Last publication May 10, 1922. AE.
1922-AE.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
Pc RSONAL NOTES
AND LOCAL ITEMS

Florence Triplett of Ceres, Cali
fornia, is a recent arrival in this
city.
j. F. jennings of Golconda ar
rived in this city yesterday.
C. l.. .Tobin has returned from a
business trip to Stockton and points
in the San Joaquin valley, Calf.
John Fraser, who has been a
pharmacist with the Stephenson
Drug Company for many months,
has resigned his position and left
last night for San Francisco to take
up a postgraduate course in phar-
macy.
r. Z. Poulin has returned from
Reno, driving Dodge truck for
delivery to a local customer.
Mrs. James Otis was winner of
the SIS prize awarded by the Ameri-
can theatre Sunday night for hold
ing the lucky program number.
Hers was the first number drawn
II. F. Holley engineer of sur
veys and designs, state highway
department, is here today looking
over Victory highway surveys for
the purpose of making a report.
Kenneth Watt has returned to
his duties in Morrall's grocery
store following an illness of week.
W. H. Abel, we'll known rancher
and stockman, is in this city today
from Willow Point.
B. M. Rowland left yesterday
with a load of supplies for the
Orovada section.
r. L. Norris and L. L. Norris of
Battle Mountain were in town
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Workman
were arrivals yesterday from the
camp on National
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dodds de-
parted Sunday for Reno, where the
later will enter a hospital for treat
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Twist were
arrivals from their ranch in Para
disc Valley, Sunday.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02

childrens songs were sung by Miss
Harper. Mrs. Ralph Barnard con-
Guided the program with the
twenty-third psalm set to music
by Mrs. Gable and which was re-
ceived in way that promises
that it will soon find its way into
many homes.
The honor guests were Mrs.
Louis N. Geldert, chairman book
fair committee; Mrs. J. J. Locher,
vice-chairman; Mrs. Helen R. Bam-
berger, chairman authors breakfast
DR.. and Mrs. Stanley Rinehart,
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil King, Mrs. Anna
Katharine Greene Rohlfs, Mrs. H.
H. A. Beach, Mrs. Mary Johnson,
Miss Margaret Widdemer, Miss
Angela Morgan, Mrs. Daniel 10th
rop, Princess Cantacuzene, Mrs.
Ida Clyde Clark; J. J. Underwood,
Seattle Chamber of Commerce; the
Rev, Edward A. Henna, archbishop
of San Francisco; Gen. Amos A.
Fries; Herbert F. Jinkins, manag-
ing editor Little Brown and Com
pany and Mrs. Jinkins; Lyman
Sturgis, managing editor Century
book house; W. F. Bigelow, editor
Good Housekeeping; S. S. Mcclure,
editor McClure's; Mr.. Shoemaker,
Penn Publishing Company; also
Helen Rowland, Mrs. Calvin Cool
idge Nine. de Riano, Mrs. William
H. Taft, Mrs. Charles E. Hughes,
Gen. John ]. Pershing, Admiral and
Mrs. Robert Coontz, Gen. and Mrs.
John A. Lejeune, and Mrs William
Brown.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
VICINIA CITY IMPROVING

Particularly encouraging reports
come from the Con. Virginia and
Ophir mines during the past week.
At the Con. Virginia, diamond drill
ing has disclosed ore conditions
below the $3.50 level that appear
highly satisfactory, and in the
Ophir, conditions continue of ex-
traordinary interest, and especially
so on the 1000 and 2100. The ore
bearing areas are being increased
and the properties placed in a
strong position.-Virginia Chronicle.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02

From our prehistoric ancestors down
man has always had friendly feel
Ing for trees, regarding them as al.
most sentient beings.
Great writers have not dlsdained to
express this feeling.
Robert Louis Stevenson says: ale
inquired his way of every tree"
And again, after an unpleasant en-.
counter with boor: "A tree would
not have spoken to me like that
Louisville Courier-J ournal.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
Ex-Ssrvice Men as Teachers.

Intensive training for teaching Is
given ex-service men In England at
H0rnsey Rise Training college. un-
der the auspices OF the ministry of
labor. The course Is rs weeks long
and not more than "a days absence
will be allowed to any student, so
that the length of the course will ap-
proximate that Of the ordinary train
ing college.
There are 1870 students registered In
this course, which began July l. All
Of these have been approved by the
board of education and by the Nation
al Union of Teachers. Some have al
ready had teaching experience.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
HUMANIZING THE
POSTAL SERVICE

"There Is no unlmportant person or
part of our service 1t Is a total Of
human units and their cooperation Is
the key to Its success. In Its last
analysis. postal duties are accommo-
dations performed for our nelghbors
and friends and should be so garded.
rather than as hired service per-
formed for an absentee employer
Postmaster General Hubert Work.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
FIVE CARS ELKO COUNTY
WOOL SHIPPED TO BOSTON

Five carloads of wool, weighing
approximately 100000 pounds, left
Elko Saturday for Boston. The
wool represents the first big con-
signment to be sent from Elko this
spring.
Word from w. w. Manning,
Southern Pacific agent, indicates
that the wool movement from Elko
will not be heavy until after the
lambing season. But a small per-
centage of the sheep in the county
have yet been sheared and wool
shipments will not take place until
shearing has been completed, it is
reported.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
INITIATED AT BATTLE NTH

Father Hugo Meisekothan, F. C.
Krenkel and J. A. Lorentz were
among the Winnemucca delegation
of Knights of Columbus who
journeyed to Battle Mountain Sat
urday to witness the installation of
a council of the order in that town.
Approximately forty candidates
were initiated there Sunday, large
number of members being in at
tendance from all parts of
the state, sixty having made the
trip from Reno.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
HAS HAD ENOUGH OF
DRY ENFORCEMENT Ion

Nels Ouderkirk who for the past
two months has acted in the ca
pacity of special prohibition en-
forcement officer for Elko, during
which time he has held commits
sion in the state police, has decided
to give up his job and present his
resignation to the county commits
sioners at their next session, says
the Elko Free Press.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02

George Leighton is in town from
the Sunshine mine.
Mrs. John Ross arrived from her
home at Sparks and is visiting
with relatives and friends here.
She expects to go to Unionville to
spend a few days in that COM
munity.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
Fees Increasing

Fees Increasing-
Business in the county clerks Of
fee has greatly increased during
recent weeks, according to j. w.
Davey, and in consequence activi-
ties in district court are greater.
During April fees collected by the
county clerk resulted in a gain to
the county of $288.40, nearly
double the amount collected during
March.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
Pythian Sisters Chief Here

Mrs. Addie Richardson of Gold
field, grand chief of Pythian Sisters
in the Nevada jurisdiction, is to
officially visit the local temple of
the order tonight. Mrs. Richard
son has visited the various lodges
in the eastern part of the state
and will continue to Reno tomorrow
for a similar purpose, later going
to Carson City. While here Mrs.
Richardson is a guest at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Ayres.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
Davey Leaving Tomorrow

County Clerk j. w. Davey ex-
poets to leave tomorrow morning
for Toronto, Canada, as delegate
to the convention of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen. Mr..
Davey expects to be absent about
a month.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
Moores Going East

uOoTeS oolhB GdSt-
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Moore,
who have made their home in
Winnemucca for the past year, ex-
pect to leave tomorrow morning for
Detroit, Michigan, to attend to
business matters. They will then
make their home in the east. Mr..
Moore is the son of Mrs. Sarah E
Moore of this city and is well
known and esteemed here through
many years residence, while Mrs.
Moore, his bride of year to whom
he was married to in Fort Worth,
Texas, has formed friendships here
that will be difficult to terminate
The well wishes of the couples
Winnemucca friends will follow
them to their new home.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
Necessary Governmental Power.

When respect for law is not volun-
tary 1t must be compulsory, else gov
eminent fail Of its purpose. This
statement involves no policy, rather
reflects necessity. That's why govern
ment is given power to protect itself,
and employs that power when COM
PEELED
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
Ladies' Guild Meeting

A meeting of members of the
Episcopal Guild will be held in the
Parish hall tomorrow afternoon at
2 80 o'clock.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
She Guffawed Then.

SAM never see you with Miss
Giddings any more.
Lou-No; I couldn't stand her vul-
gar laughing.
Sam-Sol I hadn't noticed II.
Lou-No, you weren't around when
l proposed to her.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
WANTAD COLUMN

BABY CHICKS:-R. l. Reds, Black
Minorcas, Barred and White
Rocks, Buff Orpingtons, Ancon-
as, Buff, White and Brown Leg
horns, every week. ENOCH
CREWS, Seabright, California.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02

LOST-21 jewey Hamilton open
Face watch, Wineva Hall Wednes-
day night. Return to The Silver
State.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
An Elimination Contest.

More than 1000 novels are written
In a year In America; written and
published. Ten are read. Two are
remembered for a few years. One
vurvives decade-once In q decade.
Exchange.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02
Preventable Forest Fires.

More than 10000 forest fires have
occurred In the United States during
the past five years. OF these, 80 per
cent were due to human agencies and
were therefore preventable.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02

Exasperated7 Use the wantads.
Four-line wantads-G0c for issues
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02

FOR RENT-Three room furnished
house, suitable for man and wife.
Inquire 515 Bridge st. A11t3p
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02

WANT TO RENT PIANO-Leave
word at this office. t3p
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02

FOB RENT-Sewing machines for
rent. Oliverius & Minor. Phone
173. NItf
FOR SALE-Duntley special vacuum
cleaner; never used. Inquire at
this office. If
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02

FOR RENT-Two-room furnished
house for rent. Phone 1884. 6tf
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02

FOR SALE-Three room house,
either furnished or unfinished.
Near W. P. depot. Very cheap.
Inquire of Mrs. Perry Boyd. t3p
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-05-02

WALLPAPER CLEANING a spec
lily. Make your old paper look
like new. All work guaranteed.
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