Board weighs Elko high school site and plans
At a School Board meeting the group debated the new Elko high school building funded for 100000 dollars. They invited eight architects to present value driven designs, rejected competitive bidding, and urged public letters to shape site selection ahead of next Monday’s decision.
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Elko
Will H. Weeks
San Francisco
C. Lewis Wilson
Los Angeles
John J Donovan
Oakland
Fred de Longchamps
Reno
Ware & Treganza
Saltlake
Geo. A. Ferrin
WO Lewis
Knemeyer
Mason
Nevada
Newspaper woman to testify against her employers
Edith Colby, convicted of second degree murder for shooting Thomas, says her editors urged her to force an apology and will testify against editor John C. Manire and publisher A. S. Ainsworth. Manire was acquitted. Ainsworth’s case is pending.
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Thompson Falls
Mont
Edith Colby
Thomas
Axainet
Colby
John C. Manire
A. S. Ainaworth
Ite
Manire
Ainsworth
Trial for Fraud Acquitted in Winnemucca
In Winnemucca on December 7 a jury acquitted HH. Howard Dunbar after a lengthy trial accusing him of obtaining money under false pretense via a flotation of an insurance company. Prosecution claimed violation of state laws requiring proper deposit of funds with the secretary of state. Three indictments remain, likely to proceed after year’s start.
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Winnemucca
Dunbar
Danish Ship Nixon Sunk By Submarine
Danish ship Nixon of 1000 tons register has been sunk, according to dispatches received at Lloyds. It is presumed she was submarined.
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London
Lloyds
Registered at Commercial Elizabeth Keith Butte
A nameless list records registered parties in various locations including Montana Duke Israel in San Francisco C D Mathews S M Tobin Reno W D Chambers Oakland John Hines Gillette Wyoming Lee M Stewart and others.
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Elizabeth Keith Butte
Montana
Duke Israel
San Francisco
C.D. Mathews
M. Tobin
Reno
W. D. Chambers
Oakland
John Hines
Gillette
Wyoming
Lee M. Stewart
Villa Now Raiding Northern Chihuahua and El Paso
Villa raids extend north and south of Chihuahua with a train held up near Callego and 3000 pesos stolen. General Gonzales returns to Juarez after departing with a force for Chihuahua. Howard Grey, a 50 year old American, captured at Parral, was killed by Villistas on November 5 after torture. conflicting reports say he was hanged then shot. Grey had lived in Pasadena California and worked for Alvarado Mining Company.
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EL Paso
Villa
Chihuahua
Callego
Gonzales
Juarez
Howard Grey
Parral
Tormued
Villistas
Alvarado Mining Company
Grey
Pasadena
California
Robber Steals $20,000 From Wells Fargo Office
A masked highwayman entered a Los Angeles Wells Fargo office and blinded the express agent Herman Rosenblum with pepper spray before seizing two canvas sacks containing $20,000 and fleeing. The Dec 7 incident details the bold daylight theft and ongoing investigation.
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Los Angeles
Wells Fargo
Wella Fargo
Express
Herman Rosenblum
Diver Controversy Looms Up Again
Washington dispatch reports renewed German submarine tensions as the Arabic sinking note faces Wilson criticism. Officials say the Arabic was a passenger ship with women and children aboard. The State Department reportedly will demand Germany disavow the act and punish the submarine commander.
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Washington
Wilson
State Department
Germany
Western man favored for Senate leadership
Washington dispatch notes a growing sentiment to name a western man as Democratic majority leader of the Senate as the administration seeks re election. Eastern contenders include Martin of Virginia James of Kentucky Bankhead of Alabama Walsh of Montana is gaining strong support and is seen as the western choice.
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Washington
United States Senate
Martin
Virginia
James
Kentucky
Bankhead
Alabama
Walsh
Benefit Dance for Prof Durel in Wells in 1916
On November 26 the Wells High School principal C K Durell was badly injured in a Wells automobile crash and paralyzed from the waist. A benefit dance at Wells Opera House on December 15 will raise funds for his medical expenses with all proceeds from ticket sales donated by the committee and sponsors.
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C. K. Durell
Wells High School
Wells
San Francisco
Durell
Wells Opera House
Badt
W. M. Wiley
A. W. Hesson
C. B. Henderson
J. H. Carlier
W. L. Woolf
C. C. Jensen
Wilford Woolf
Committee
Governor honors Las Vegas woman delegate to civic convention
Mrs. Helen Stewart of Mesquite Club receives appointment as Nevada’s delegate to the 12th annual American Civic Association convention in Washington DC December 12 to 15. Governor Royle created the honor with a certificate of appointment.
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Las Vegas
Helen Stewart
Mesquite Club
Royle
Nevada
The
American Civic Association
Washington, D. C
Clark County fifth in expenses in state budget totals
Clark County falls fifth in planned expenditures for the coming year at 159,143 dollars, surpassed by Elko Humboldt Nye and Washoe. The county ranks sixth in assessed valuation, with five counties ahead in wealth, placing Clark County fifth in spending and sixth in wealth.
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Clack County
Elko
Humboldt
Nye
Washoe
Clark County
Accident report of Nevada Industrial Commission data
A Nevada Industrial Commission circular summarizes death and disability figures for insured workers. From 1913 to 1916, 107 deaths and three permanent total disabilities occurred among fund contributors, with nine deaths and three PTD in mining. From July to October 1916, mining reported ten deaths.
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Nevada Industrial Commission
State Insurance Fund
Germans Close on Bucharest as Rumanians Fall
Berlin reports Danube army under General Von Mackensen advances into Dobrudja and the Danube region. Russian war office confirms Bucharest fell after stiff combat in the Carpathians. German bulletin claims 10,000 prisoners captured and Berlin rejoices over the Romanian capital. London notes over 100,000 Romanians captured since August entry into the war.
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Berlin
Carpathian
Bukharest
Kingdom of
War Office
Germany
London
Allies Threaten Blockade of Greece in Riots Fallout
London reports official quarters indicate Greece may be blockaded by the Allies in retaliation for the government stance during recent riots. Also, Deputy Sheriff Lamon detained an agitated man named Minthen, who claimed hypnotic control and wireless influence and demanded arrests of sheriffs in Colorado and Utah.
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London
Greece
Pueblo
Colorado
Salt Lake
Elko
Stockton
California
Rabies Commission Seeks State Emergency Funds
The secretary of the rabies relief commission asks Senator Keddie to start a state petition urging County Commissioners to authorize Governor to draw on the emergency fund to continue eradicating rabies.
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Keddie
Rabloa
Lobsters Moved From Atlantic To Pacific Coast
The United States Bureau of Fisheries announced the completion of the most successful live lobster shipment from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Five thousand four hundred lobsters were liberated off Orcas Island in Washington as part of an effort to establish a Pacific lobster industry after shipping from the Maine coast.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Fisheries Today
Atlantic
Orcas Island
Maine
Suffragists Sweep Oregon Town in Local Election
In Umatilla Oregon a surge of suffragists won all key offices including mayor recorder treasurer and four council seats. The campaign ran quietly until election day revealing a female ticket unexpected by men. Mayor K Starcher was defeated by his wife and the town marshal appointment may follow to a woman.
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Portland
Ore
Umatilla
Oregon
K. Starcher
Germany defends sinking of Arabic naval action
Germany asserts the Arabic was a troop ship and a legitimate artillery target of the English navy in a note to the United States. If proven otherwise, Germany pledges to make amends. Mrs. Geo. Knorph, longtime Mayer Hotel resident, remains convalescent after a week illness.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Geo. Knorph
Mayer Hotel
Lloyd George forms new cabinet amid political upheaval
London December 7 Lloyd George newly named premier works with Bonar Law to assemble a wartime cabinet promising victory. He will lead a war council with power over military operations alongside the general staff. A general election may follow as cabinet ratification hangs uncertain and Lloyd George faces criticism for the Asquith collapse.
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London
Lloyd-George
England
Bonar Law
War Council
Loyd- George
Asquith
Labor Party
Tuscarora Man Takes Bride at Home Ceremony
William M. Taylor, brother of Mrs. Bachman, and Mrs. Mary Phillips of Tuscarora wed in a ceremony at the Bachman home on Court street. Reverend J. M. Swander of the Elko Presbyterian Church officiated. The couple will reside in Elko after their wedding and friends extend congratulations.
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Emmett Bachman
Court Street
William M. Taylor
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