Compromise Needed as War Enters Its Second Year
The essay reflects on the first year of World War I drawing from Paris London Berlin and other capitals. It argues that defense has triumphed over offense and that nations must accept a coming compromise to end the conflict. It warns continued fighting will erode civilization and calls for decisive peace once Constantinople falls if not sooner.
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J.W. T. Mason
United Press
New York
Europe
France
Marne
England
Germany
Belgium
Gallipoli
Nature
Constantinople
Salgado Pleads Guilty to Second Degree Murder
Jose Salgado on the advice of attorney H P Hale pled guilty to murder in the second degree for the killing of Bessie Andy the Indian girl. He will be sentenced by Judge Taber with an indeterminate term not less than ten years to life. an interpreter aided his understanding of the plea. Salgado is to be transported to Carson City to serve his sentence.
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H. P. Hale
Jose Salgado
Bessie Andy
Taber
Salgado
Carson City
Hale
Ile
Hayes Secretary of War Benjamin Tracy Dies in New York
The report notes the death of Benjamin F. Tracy, long time secretary of war under President Hayes, in New York. It also mentions Alexander C. Young, once a Reno figure now facing arrest in Sacramento on fraud charges and a pending hearing.
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Hayes
New York
United Press
Bejamin F. Tracy
Alexander C. Young
Reno
Sacramento
Reno Gazette
Germans Close In On Riga and Novo Georgievsk
The Aug 6 Berlin dispatch reports a vast German drive as Russians retreat across front lines. Riga and Novo Georgievsk are cited as captured or imminent. Von Hindenburg and Von Mackensen push against Russian forces, with 100,000 Russians believed trapped in a corner pivot. German aviators buzz Riga with claims of imminent entry.
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Gz United Press
Berlin
Vienna
Invangerod
Riga
Novo Georgievsk
Narew
von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
Nova Georgievsk
Police Seek Count Mackyek Missing From Portlaud
In Portlaud Oregon police chase leads on Count Mackyek a bookkeeper who vanished three weeks ago. Authorities say he owes fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars and accuse him of falsely claiming Hungarian nobility and Austrian military rank.
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United Pre. Portlaid
Ore
Sebastian Store 16 Robbed by Mexicans
Aug. report from Brownsville says sixteen armed Mexicans robbed the Sebastian store and then engaged others in a battle. Two Americans were killed at Sebastian in the incident as details remained unclear.
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Sebastian
United Press
Brownsville
Tex
Italian Dirigible Falls in the Adriatic Sea
A Italian airship on a bombing mission from Pola fell into the Adriatic Sea. Six crew members were captured by Austrian forces.
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Adriatic
Pres
Rome
Pola
Adriatic Sea
University of Nevada Opens August 30
The University of Nevada at Reno opens Monday August 30 marking what officials term a banner year for attendance. The president emphasizes Nevada’s need for educated leaders in profession industrial and public life and notes Nevada students receive personal attention due to smaller class sizes. The 1915 catalogue is available by mail for interested readers.
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University of Nevada
Lfe
Nevada
University At
Reno
California
Yeat
Public Meeting On Sewer Question Tonight At Court House
The board of county commissioners will hold a public meeting tonight at eight o clock in the courthouse to discuss sewer problems. L C Kelsey from Portland will attend and answer questions on repairing and extending the sewer system. Citizens and especially local business people are urged to attend and share views on how to spend the public funds.
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Board of County Commissioners
L. C. Kelsey
Portland
Kelcey
Elko
Joliet Warden Resigns After Penitentary Tragedy
Chicago reports Warden Allen resigns following the murder of his wife at Joliet Penitentiary.
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Joliet
United Press
Chicago
Warden Allen
Cruiser Tennessee Set To Sail For Port Au Prince
Washington Aug 11 The navy department announced that the Cruiser Tennessee with 850 marines will leave Philadelphia Monday or Tuesday to lighten the duties of the marines at Fort Au Prince. It is believed concern is felt for conditions in Hayti.
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United Press
Washington
Navy Department
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Fort Au Prince
Hayti
Germans Press Hard on Russian Flank Near Novo Georgiensk
Berlin reports German forces pushing from Novo Georgiensk positions toward the Bug river right bank. They aim to hit the Slav flank around Serock and force a Russian retirement across the Bug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Berlin
Novo Georgiensk
Bug
Serock
Two Tramps Assault Woman in Oregon
In Toledo Oregon on August 6 two vagrants allegedly attacked and bound Mrs. R. R. Lakin near Chitwood. The passerby found her in the road. she remained in critical condition as the countryside prepared for further investigation.
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Oregon
United Press
Toledo
Ore
R. R. Lakin
Carranza May Get Recognition in Multinational Talks
United States and Pan American conferees consider recognizing Carranza if he calls an election at a set time and withdraws as a permanent candidate. Two paths are discussed: a provisional government with Villa and Carranza or direct recognition to back a provisional ruler. General Scott heads to the border after a Lansing briefing.
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United
Washingto
Caranza
Carranza
Mexico
Washington
Lansing
General Scott
Villa
America
German Bombardment Moves From Argonne to Meuse
Paris reports intermittently renewed artillery activity starting Wednesday as German forces attack from Argonne toward the Meuse. Unclear if this is a real offensive or a feint. Verdun front monitored. Fraize in the Vosges bombarded, two women and a soldier killed.
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United Press
Paris
Argonne
Meuse
Verdun
Fraize
Vosges
Burglar Foiled at Elko Mercantile Co Store
Late night entry attempt at Elko Mercantile Co failed to find stolen goods after officer Pec Wax, bookkeeper Carter, and James Hayes investigated. They found the basement noise but nothing missing, burglars possibly fled using a skeleton key.
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Pec
Elko Mercantie Co
Carter
Mayer Hotel
James Hayes
Estote
Bonanza Saga Narrates Tonopah Auto Boom
The first auto owner was hailed as a king when greeted by a mammoth crowd in Tonopah. A crowd fired revolver volleys as the machine owner was hauled to a saloon bar and honored. Thirteen years later about 150 cars were owned in the camp.
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Tonopah
Ike
United States Takes Control of Port au Prince
Admiral Caperton places Colonel Cole of marines from the Connecticut in command of Port au Prince. Captain Beach takes charge of civil affairs as Hayti awaits the deputies selecting a successor to President Guillaumes.
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United Press
Washington
Caperton
Cole
Connecticut
Port Au Prince
Beach
Marines
Haytian Chamber of Deputies
Guillaumes
Cutting Affrays on North Fork Endangering Two Men
Dr Hood treated Paul Berry and Sidney King after a poker dispute turned violent on North Fork. Berry bore eight knife wounds and is in serious condition. King was wounded near the left nipple while trying to intervene. Charley Timmons was arrested in Elko as the likely assailant. no formal complaint filed yet pending Berry’s prognosis.
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Berry
Elko
Harris
Timmons
Guns Trained on Mexicans as Nogales Braces
Battery C of the sixth artillery reached the border and trained their guns to reply if enemy fire crosses into the United States. Carranzistas mass forces at Nogales Sonora with 2000 infantry 500 cavalry and two cannons preparing a second assault.
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United Preas
Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Russians About to Abandon Ivangorod Forts
A communique from Petrograd says Russian forces are withdrawing from Ivangorod after destroying the bridges and shifting to new positions on the Vistula right bank. The note contradicts Vienna’s claim of the town’s capture Tuesday. Food and munitions have been withdrawn.
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United Press
Petrograd
Ivangorod
Vienna
Vistula
Dynamite Plot Claimed Against White Star Liner Arabic
United Press reports White Star officials confirmed an attempt to dynamite the liner Arabic before her last voyage. Two explosive packages were found aboard the night before she sailed. The Arabic with 187 passengers docked at Liverpool this afternoon. Game Warden Moody sold 1421 licenses at noon, surpassing prior records.
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United Pre
New York
White Star
Liverpool
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