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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1915
Page
1
Situation heights as ultimatum to Mexico looms and orders to concentrate regulars on the border are expected before night. Transport sailing orders issued. Texas citizens arm and Rangers move forward. Carranza sends insulting note to Secretary Lansing. Funston orders more infantry and raids widen.
General Carranza sends a note to Secretary Lansing asking to cease meddling in Mexican affairs and tells Pan American conferees to keep out, urging Mexico to let the revolution run its course. Funston orders another infantry battalion toward the border as U S plans to let Mexico settle its own affairs unless Carranza acts overtly.
President Wilson spent hours preparing a Mexican statement in Cornish New Hampshire. It is believed he has delivered an ultimatum and will return to Washington this afternoon with the Pan American conference endorsement as the subject of his remarks.
Dispatches from Vera Cruz report no disturbances in the town although citizens are unfriendly to Americans. Assessor Weathers says the tax list is near printing, with weeks more needed for typing and composing before publication.
A letter claims Elko resident FE L Hastings, an Oklahoma real estate and oil man, died recently leaving an estate valued at 1.65 million dollars. Of that amount 700 thousand dollars would go to C. W. Hastings, Hastings’ friends could receive substantial shares in the will.
Elko residents celebrate Captain Worth son in law of Mrs Diana Morgan Hill who has been promoted from lieutenant to captain. He left Elko for New York City after answering the call to duty and is expected to visit Elko later this summer. Attorney B E Caine travels to Salt Lake City for a National Bar Association meeting and serves on the committee for uniform state laws.
A drunken nighttime quarrel near White Rock left a young man known as One Round Toegen dead. Willis Nicholson, a second young man, is in custody facing murder charges. Deputy Lamon and Dietrich began investigations and set out to arrest Nicholson at the Winters ranch. The incident occurred at Ramon’s saloon between White Rock and Edgemont after the two men were expelled and resumed fighting.
British submarines Oakwood Rosalie Mornia and Rucelon hamber were sunk last night near London Australia.
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Washington reports orders to concentrate all available regular troops on the Mexican border are expected today. Secretary Garrison declines comment but says talks with officials continue. Galveston and New York transports are ready to sail likely for Mexico. Funston notes raids extending west from Brownsville across a hundred miles. Special Agent Silliman cites a disrupted Brazilian minister train due to Zapatista attack. Minister Oliveiras heads to Vera Cruz amid calls for relief in Mexico City. A local baker lauded for Gold Medal flour bread.
United Press reports Petrograd says authorities fear Kovno may fall this week as German forces shell the town from the west and forts near the city are damaged. Skirmishes occur north of Warewa near Vyeket with crossable Bug crossings reported. Germans reinforce as Russians retreat in an orderly fashion and government documents move from Kovno to Vologda.
A tense border situation intensifies hourly as rumors spread of American casualties and Mexican incursions. Reports cite armed crowds, troops moving toward Vera Cruz, and violence near Sebastian with casualties among raiders.
An edit from August reports Kaiser feared Warsaw would be mined by his troops in an advance. He learned that Russian forces had already mined public places, altering strategic calculations and increasing danger for civilians.
The state grand jury indicted Captain Pederson Chief Engineer Erickson and four Eastland owners for manslaughter and criminal carelessness overloading and faulty ballast tanks blamed for the Chicago river capsizing with heavy loss of life. It recommended reorganizing the government inspection service.
The steamship Rosalie, which sailed from Riohie yesterday for San Francisco, was submarine off an unspecified coast and reported by London dispatches. No crew details are given.
Berlin reports the entire Russian line from Lom a south to Novo Georgievsk in retreat. German forces capture Fort Benjaminus east of Novo Georgiewal, signaling a major setback for Russian positions in the region.
A Dallas preacher of the Colored Apostolic Faith proclaims the world near destruction. He cites a vision of carrion crows heading to Mexico to end kingdoms and predicts widespread death as the king comes, urging readers to heed the Daily Independent.
An eyewitness account describes a bold bayonet rush by German troops that overran a trench in two minutes. The enemy suffered heavy casualties, with many killed and the rest captured. A French reaction mocks hostile rhetoric about German leadership.
In a letter J. L. Workman reports improving sights at Divide seven miles northwest of Tascarora. The camp has a general store and a saloon. an eating house is badly needed and would likely thrive.
J. M. Smith the contractor for the Secret Pass to Ruby Valley road is in Elko today reporting rapid progress and an expected six month completion. He says the formation will support the best possible road and plans to blast 300 kegs of powder, about half a ton of giant powder, with public notification when the charge will be set off.
The German crown prince has fired a half million shells in a doomed Verdun effort. Union Mines officials return from San Francisco exposition after visiting the mine. George Wingfield, via Waller Trent, gains control of Boundary Red Mountain Mining near the British Columbia boundary with an investment around 100000 dollars.
The Elko rodeo grounds and race track work is finished with cement work for the grandstand complete. The grandstand seats 3000 plus bleachers and the track will be open to the public for aut0 test runs after six each evening to pack the earth for a speedy surface. Bucking horses from the county north end arrived, some feared as outlaws, intensifying anticipation as cowboys and cowgirls gather from the west for a strong show.
A mysterious gathering of six Latin American representatives before the Pan American conference opened sparked rumors. It is believed they agreed to oppose an ultimatum and possible U S intervention.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves general twenty percent increases on western railroads in its second decision. Some lines get boosts while others are spared. The new rates take effect September 30.
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