District Court Proceedings Include Probate and Divorces
Last Friday in the district court Judge E J L Taber presiding admitted to probate the estate of Chas Doherty with letters testamentary to Mrs Johanna Elsenburg. The A Martin contest was withdrawn with 2500 awarded to her. Willard S Griswold probate letters issued to Mrs Margaret Griswold and executors Arthur and John Henderson. May Peterson granted divorce, with Jos McNamara representing plaintiff. Verdi Lumber Co vs Churchfield postponed to Thursday. Sweeney et al vs Jasmine et al delayed as demurrer to be filed. James Dysart for plaintiffs. Police seek burglars of Elko Hide and Junk Co and W T Smith Co stores. stolen goods alert issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
E. J. L. Taber
Chas Doherty
Johanna Elsenburg
A. Martin
Henderson & Caine
Willard S. Griswold
Margaret Griswold
Arthur Griswold
John Henderson
Henderson and Caine
Peterson
May Peterson
Jos. MacNamar
Verdi Lumber Co
Churchfield
Sweeney Et al
Jasmine
James Dysart
Two Autos Collide On Fifth Street
Dr J R Eby and the Central Meat Market driver collided on Fifth Street Saturday after a gravel spill caused the faster delivery car to lose control. Both drivers escaped injury and damage was minor. The piece urges slower driving by delivery drivers to prevent serious accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Eby
Central Meat Market
Fifth Street
Idaho Street
Marble Fountain Gift From University Seniors
A marble drinking fountain in the library will be donated by the senior class to their Alma Mater. The gift, funded from the profits of the 1915 revels of the campus play, will draw water from a hundred foot well and cover installation costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theater
Hylton Receives Catapillar Traction Engine for Ranch Work
J. J. Hylton was delivered a catapillar traction engine by W. P. Freight yesterday for use on his Mound Valley ranch to break up ground. The engine has been widely used along Booth Fork and other areas of the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hylton
W. P. Freight
Mound Valley
Booth Fork
Local Agents Sell Many Automobiles
Local dealers report record auto sales this year with A W Hesson Co selling Studebakers and several prospects in view. Elko Garage owner Nick Simonsen notes a second Overland carload and unusually strong demand. Amos Roach at Nevada Garage reports Maxwell sales, appealing for cheap models. Simcox Garage received another Ford carload. the new 1915 Ford offers electric lights and a speedometer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Hesson Co
Nevada
Amos Roach
Simcox
Elko Federals Edge Carlin In Tight Away Win
The Elko Federals, led by Manager Crane, defeated Carlin 7 to 6 on Carlin soil. Key moments included a eighth inning rally with McFarlane and Furlong driving in runs, and a late Carlin push that nearly tied the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane
Federals
Carlin
Ellio
Feds
Tiege
Elko
Federal
McFarlane
Furlong
Campbell
Merrick
Dove
Bryant
Woodward
Christian
Joe Snelson
Fort Worth
Western Pacific
Carlius
Foley
Kerry
Marhed
Mr. Griffin
Bnemon
Hoope
Winnemucca Welcomes Elke High Track Team Visit
Elke High school arrives in Winnemucca on Southern Pacific No 19 welcomed by local boys with autos and a parade led by the Winnemucca brass band. Events and winners include Erskine Bell Clawson Lillie Bernard Turner Fer nard. high jump Bell wins. broad jump pending as Silver State goes to press. This evening a party and dance honors the visitors at the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elke High School
Winnemucca
Southern Pacific
Prof
Earl T. Ross
Ernest Clawson
Marion McNemee
Dan Filipini
Harold Fernald
Jesse Turner
Nixon Opera House
Norman Bell
Harold Gunnell
Arthur Lillie
Earl Randolph
Newt Bernard
Stewart Erskine
F. C. Krenkel
W. R. Kies
H. L. Lennifield
Oscar Reinhart
J. D. Scott
PC. Krenkel
Erskine
Bernard
Turner
Bell
Clawson
Gunnell
Randolph
Fernard
Clawason
Lillie
Fillipini
Clawe
Winnomucca
F4 Diver Entangled in Lines Near Sunken Submarine
Honolulu dispatch reports diver William F. Loughman became entangled in lines while aiding the submarine F4 at 220 feet off the harbor. Crilly assisted, both men worked nearly four hours, Crilly emerging safely at 2 PM exhausted, officials noting the danger of deep dives and Crilly's fear of releasing Loughman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
William F. Loughman
Loughman
Frank Crilly
Crilly
Liberty Bell in Reno War Protest Asks Stop
A WWI era call urges the Liberty Bell be displayed in Reno for a brief stop on its Philadelphia to San Francisco journey. Reno officials and Governor Boyle may request a pause amid patriotic exercises, while a speaker argues for government war munitions manufacture to curb private profiteering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Reno Commercial Club
Snair
Boyle
Wells Students Coming to Elko Track Meet
A list records Wells students attending the Elko track meet from Wells. Names include Iwona Toomles Nevada Agee Nil les Nuttall Durell Firth Teressa Agee Grace Allen Geraldine Sheldon Hilda Boyd Ruth Olmsted Julia Peltier Josephine Scheer Chas Triplett B. C. Lambert A. L. Peltier C. Brandis G. C. Firth MH K. Olmstead Nevada Carter Hazel Gray Louise Carter Dolly Woolverton Bert Giles Gwen Connolly Eluie Catlin Jed Giles Teachers M. Kerr Pearl Heath Ola Hillis Ima Nichol Artie Barley.
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Wells
Welle
Iwona Toomles
Nevada Agee
Nilles Nuttall
Durell Firth
Teressa Agee
Grace Allen
Geraldine Sheldon
Hilda Boyd
Ruth Olmsted
Julia Peltier
Josephine Scheer
Chas Triplett
B. C. Lambert
A. L. Peltier
C. Brandis
G. C. Firth
K. Olmstead
Nevada Carter
Hazel Gray
Louise Carter
Dolly Woolverton
Bert Giles
Gwen Connolley
Eluie Catlin
Jed Giles
M. Kerr
Pearl Heath
Ola Hillis
Ima Nichol
Artie Barley
Salted mine case reaches San Francisco court
Sam Platt of Platt and Sanford, with Nixon building offices, left for San Francisco to join a Superior Court action over a salting of a Sierra county mine and its sale to Senator William Flynn for 250000 dollars. Plaintiffs seek return of 25000 paid at signing and costs of Flynn’s improvements, accusing director F M Phelps of devising the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Platt
Platt & Sanford
Nixon
San Francisco
Superior Court
Sierran County
Calif
William Flynn
Pennsylvania Bull Moose Leader
Carson News
21 Mining Company
Flynn
Charities Enriched by Mrs Rockefeller Will
The will of the late Mrs. John D Rockefeller filed in surrogate court wills about 500000 in bequests to friends and relatives and jewelry. The bulk of an estimated 2 million estate goes to Euclid Avenue Baptist Church Cleveland the Baptist Home of Northern Ohio Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Spelman Seminary and the Bureau of Social Hygiene with trustees authorized to distribute as they see fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Cleveland
Baptist Home of
Northern Ohio
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Spelman “Seminary
Atlanta
Bureau of Social Hygiene
Urtle Bay Story Branded as False
Washington reports Commander Noble Irwin found no evidence of arms or ammunition landings at Turtle Bay Lower California, aside from salvage on the stranded cruiser Asama. The piece brands claims of a war-trafficking “armor ring” led by Bethlehem Midvale and Carnegie steel firms, plus the Du Pont Powder Trust, as unfounded while detailing large navy contracts since 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde H. Tavenner
Washington
Lincoln
Congress
United States
United States Bureau of Labor
Ryan
Woodward
Seo
Carlin
Griffin
Coe
Pitter
Soso
Dean
Riley
Mrolette
Noble Irwin
New Orleans
Navy Department
Turtle Bay
Lower
California
Asama
Bethlehem Steel Co
Midvale Steel Co
Carnegie Steel Co
Bethlehem
Carnegie
Midvale
Ammunition Ring
du Pont Powder Trust
Powder Trust
British submarine captured as Greek ship sunk reported
April 19 dispatch reports British submarine B-15 ran aground in the Dardanelles mine field with crew taken prisoner, seven missing. Turkish claims say Greek steamer Ellispontos sunk off the Dutch coast by a submarine during a voyage from Valreaden to Montevideo. tensions rise between Greece and Germany.
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London
Manitou
Chios
Dardanelles
Kephez Point
Egypt
el Arish
Carpathians
Lupkow Pans
Vosges
Metzeral
Ypres
Austria
Italy
Ellispontog
John Dewar Takes a Bride at Castle
Yesterday afternoon at 2 30 oclock Judge Castle pronounced the ceremony uniting John Dewar and Mrs May Peterson, both of this place. Witnesses were Mrs Lizzie Murphy and Lawrence Martin. The couple will reside here, and friends wish them happiness and prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dewar
May Peterson
Lizzie Murphy
Lawrence Martin
Roberts and Others Taken to Prison in Bond Fight
Mayor Donn M. Roberts Judge Eli H. Redman and 13 others were moved to Fort Leavenworth penitentiary after bond efforts failed. Roberts faces six years and a $2000 fine while the group is bound by $10,000 per year on their sentences from a Terre Haute federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donn M. Roberts
Eli H. Redman
Terre Haute
Fort Leavenworth
Roberts
Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elko Hidé and Junk Co
W. T. Smith Co
The
Daily Independent
Elko Federals
the World-Wide War Trust
Liberty Bell
Platt
Senator Flynn
F. M. Phelps
Phelps
Urtle Bay
Ellispontos
Vraalden
Holland
Montevideo
Pacific Coast
Maine
Kellogg's
Sunset Grocery Company
Paiges Telephone
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