Mexicans Reported to Annihilate U S Cavalry Detachment
El Paso dispatches claim a Tenth Cavalry detachment of colored troops was wiped out while Thirteenth Cavalry riders attempting rescue were ambushed. Aviators report about 6000 Carranzistas assembling along Pershing's line near Janos with ammunition and machine guns.
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Bl Pac
Int'l
EL Paso
Tenth Cavalry
Thirteenth Cavalry
Tenth
Columbus
Sonora
Pershing
Janos
Elko opens baseball season with strong local talent
Elko fans anticipate an exciting season with two strong squads and emerging talent. New players Drollett and Olsen join a returning core led by first baseman Clark. A regular Sunday schedule is planned with games against Portola Wells Golconda Montello and Bixe. Doctor and Mrs Hood return from Oakland.
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Elko
Ball
Drollett
Paw Manning
Olsen
Demon Olsen
Clark
Hore
Merithew
Portola
Wells
Golconda
Montello
Bixe
Prominent Nevada Lawyer Bowler Dies by Suicide
Patsy M Bowler dean of southern Nevada lawyers commits suicide by poison in Tonopah after losing a case by inadvertent error He leaves a note claiming it his only such error in forty years of practice Bowler a native of Ohio died at 61 with a storied career in law mining and Nevada's early southern camps He studied under Judge Curler and served as mentor to bar students married twice and father of six children
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Tonopah
Patsy” M. Bowler
Nevada
Ohio
Benjamin Curler
B. F. Curler
Elko
Inez Adelaide Curler
Bowler
Joseph Rausch Doctor of Chiropody Practice Notice
Dr Joseph Rausch announces his chiropody office operates at the Mayer Hotel in Elko Nevada serving patients with foot care and related podiatric services.
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Joseph Rausch
Mayer Hotel
Elko - Nevada
President weighs break with Mexican de facto government
A Washington rumor says the president may break with the Mexican de facto government after summoning Duval West of Texas, an expert on Mexican affairs. West arrives Monday and will confer with the president. West opposed recognizing Carranza as Mexico’s leader, succeeding John Lind.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
Duval West
Texas
West
John Lind
Carranza
Militia Funds Under Fire in Senate Debate
Senator Borah accused the $8 million annual militia appropriation of being disgracefully wasted and embezzled. He charged militia officers used funds for private needs. The Senate rejected Sutherland's coast artillery amendment 27 to 30 as Chamberlain bill would raise militia from 9000 to 25000.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Chamberlain
Senate
Sutherland
Coast Artillery
Submarine Note Delivered on Sussex Case
Secretary Lansing sent a new note to Germany after reviewing the Sussex incident. The note reflects administration conclusions to be included in the forthcoming communication, with no time limit specified. Officials differ on Gerrard's departure and the White House plans to inform the foreign relations committee on Monday.
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Sy Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
Sussex
New York
St. Paul
Lansing
Germany
United States
Gerrard
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Hi Robinson Dies After Rabies Bite Near Elko
An Independent report states Hi Robinson died of rabies after a bite from a rabid coyote last fall. He was attacked on the Tuscarora road near Elko and, rejecting pasteur treatment, traveled to the Diamond A desert where he died. His death is the first rabies fatality in the area since Miles McKinnon in Palisade last year.
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Hi Robinson
Diamond A
Nevada-Idaho Line
Robinson
Elko
Tuscarora
Diamond
Charles Howard
Miles McKinnon
Palisade
Mr. Robinson
Elko County
Nevada Public Utilities Tax Increase Figures For Elko County
The Nevada tax commission plans to raise state property value to 173 million dollars from 152 million, a 14.28 percent increase. Public utilities in Elko County have been assessed with a 14.3 percent rise, and tax figures apply to the whole county.
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Nevada
Tax Commission
Elko County
Inverlyon Attack Confirmed by Consul in Ireland
Consul Frost at Queenstown confirms press reports that the British bark Inverlyon, unarmed, was shelled by a German submarine on April 11 about 110 miles west of Valencia. One boat with twelve aboard including two Americans was landed. the other boat with eleven persons was lost.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
Frost
Queenstown
Ireland
Inverlyon
Valensia
Elko Receives Utility Tax Valuation Figures Increase in 1916
The 1915 tax valuation of local public utilities totaled 13,446,624. In 1916 the valuation rose to 15,369,928, an increase of 1,923,254. Entities listed include Bell Tel Co, Western Pacific, New Northern, Postal, Western Union, Wells Fargo, American Express, and Pullman Co with varied figures.
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Bell Tel. Co
Western Pacific
New. Northern
Western Union
Wells-Fargo
Pullman Co
Germans Hammering Hill No 304 in Verdun Front
Paris reports German artillery concentrating on Hill No 304 with renewed infantry attempts. French guns bombarding Bois Gorbeau and Forges as road toward Dead Man's Hill faces heavy German artillery and machine gun fire repelling French counterattacks. No infantry assaults near Verdun last night or today.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Paris
French War Office
Bois Gorbeau
Forges
Berlin
War Office
Dead Man’s Hill
Rome
Roye
Verdun
British Steamer Shenandoah Sunk by Mine
The British steamer Shenandoah of 3886 tons register struck a mine and sank this morning off London. Two crew members were drowned.
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London
Grocery Price List From An Old Ledger
A historic price list shows various grocery items with unit prices including glass jugs and gal jars, oyster pails, Bermuda onions per rouna, bananas per dozen, tangle foot fly paper, smoked herring, Welch grape juice, blue label ketchup, sweet oranges, lemons, grapefruit, brooms and brushes. The list reflects a period menu of daily staples with measurements and single item prices.
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Neptune
Booth
Albert Roche
Inderwood
V. B
Silver Queen
No News Yet From Pershing Causes Tension
Washington reports General Pershing has not reported for several days and aviators are sent from the border to learn why. Officials say General Gomez's 3000 troops near the American line is unfriendly, while Secretary Lansing seeks explanations, heightening tensions with the de facto Mexican government. No special danger expected tomorrow due to a Mexican feast day.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
General Pershing
Army
Gomez
Lansing
Standard Oil blamed for high gasoline prices
Attorney General Gregory says he is weighing criminal action against Rockefeller Archibald and Standard Oil executives for failure to dissolve interlocking subsidiaries under the anti trust law. The move follows reports that international tensions kept cabinet action from being pursued yesterday. Public belief holds Standard Oil responsible for the current gasoline highs.
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Pac
Int'l Newa Service
Washington
Gregory
Rockefeller
Archibald
Standard Oil Company
Auburn Gad Man Captured At Winnemucca
Albert Cox, the Auburn bad man who with his brother James shot and wounded Constable Depender at Auburn California, was captured at Winnemucca this morning. He was taken from a freight train by Sheriff McCauley of Placer county after a brief struggle.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Sacramento
Albert Cox
Auburn
James
Depender
California
Winnemucca
McCauley
Placer County
Austrians Repulse Russians at Czernowits Front
Vienna war office reports Austrian forces abandoned a southeast salient to straighten trenches. Russians bombarded Lower Etypa and the Dniester north of Czernowits. they pierced Austrian forward positions near Jaslowits but were driven back by a counterattack with 100 Russians captured.
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Pac
Intl
Gergica
Vienna
War Office
Busses
Lower
Etrypa
Dneister
Czernowits
Jaslowits
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Oakland, California
Sreak
Pacana Int'l News Service
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Oed
Theatre Tonight
Mary Fuller
Tale OF
THE
Paul Panzer
Universal Animated Weekly
Pete
Matinee
J. Warren Kerrigan
Universal’s Animated Weekly
Gaiety Theatre
Ger
RARD
S. P. Co
S. P
Tecoma
Metropolis
Pac. and
Demi Johns
Sunset Grocery Company
Fifth Street
Standard Oil
Winkemugga
Bradley 7Aiso
Sardon
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