Thirteen Troops Hanged in San Antonio Fort Martial Court
Thirteen men from the Twentieth Infantry were hanged at Fort Sam Houston two miles east of Camp Travis after a court martial verdict tied to the August riot in Houston. The condemned included Sergeants and Privates among the colored troops, while 63 others were tried with varied outcomes. The execution, presided by military officials, drew 125 cavalry and 100 infantry guards as march to the scaffold proceeded with hymn and prayers.
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San Antonio
Fort Saeul Howton
Houston
Twenty-Oarth Infantry
William Nesbit
Laron Brown
James Wheatly
Jene Moore
Charles Baltimore
William Breckenridge
Thomas Hawkins
Charles Snodgrass
Ira Paris
James Divins
Frank Johnson
Risley Young
Pat McWhorter
Wtde Twenty
Camp Travia
Hood
Ailentiary
Shale Company Plans 100 Ton Plant in Nevada
John J. Van Allen of Standard Of Shale Company arrives from Elko Nevada to discuss expansion with Utah partners. Tests show crude oil potential in northern Nevada beds with forty five gallons per ton of shale and fourteen gallons of kerosene product. The firm plans a 100 ton plant next spring and has acquired several thousand acres of shale lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. van Allen
Standard of Shale Company
Elko
Nevada
Utah
Ffe
Salt Lake
Carlisle & Co Take Over Nevada Press
Carlisle and Co of San Francisco absorb the Nevada Press company at Reno. The new firm will be known as A Carlisle and Co of Nevada. Menora Cannon and Jon, who have run the Reno Press since 1915, will remain in charge of the new firm.
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A. Carlle & Co
San Francisco
Nevada Company
Intermoon Country
Reno
Fem
A. Carlisle & of
Nevada
Menora
Cannon
Jon
Ne Press Company
Rmain
American crops far in excess of previous years
Washington December 11. The department of agriculture reports many crops this year exceed those of other years and the value of farm products will reach about 21 billion dollars, far above any prior year in U S history.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Hoover Defends Meatless Days Amid Wheat Export Rules
The statement denounces critics who link meatless and wheatless days to profiteering, praising meat supplies as aiding Allied shipments. It explains wheat exports are restricted to conserve U S stocks until the next harvest, while December shipments continue as allowed. It warns anti conservation talk harms war efforts and compares it to opposing the draft.
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Chicago
Food Administration
U.S
The
Divorces Husband After Forty Days of Wedlock
Mrs Elizabeth Geddes was granted a divorce from C Walter Geddes after forty days of marriage on cruelty grounds. The decree, issued in San Francisco, was interlocutory and cannot become final for a year. Geddes had previously divorced W H Moffat in Reno in June 1916, and Mrs Geddes asked for no alimony.
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On Francisco
Elizabeth
Geddes
Grave Moscow Situation Report From Petrograd Dispatch
A Times despatch from Petrograd says Moscow faces a grave situation. Bolsheviki deploy machine guns in streets to deter uprisings. The garrison disobeys bolshevik orders while forces shift from the western front to confront Cossacks.
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London
Moscow
Times
Petrograd
Pittman Seeks Board Denial on Gold Ore Embargo
Senator Key Pittman urges the priority board to publicly deny plans to cut transportation to gold and silver mines in Nevada and the West. He argues government plans to boost silver and gold production require no embargo and warns of nationwide business chaos and protests from mine operators.
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Priority Board
Key Pittman
Reno Commercial Club
Lovett
Nevada
Japan
China
India
Iis
Wost
Drafting Idle Men Seen as War Time Remedy
The Yerington Times notes Nevada women work cleaning cars and sweeping shops, roles once done by men. It cites Pennsylvania Railroad employing 500 women and reports labor shortages and rising wages. The paper urges drafting men for war work and punishing slackers, predicting decisive action as the war continues.
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Nevada
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reno
Yerington
Gold Creek Residents Travel to Elko
H. W. Naylor T. L. Tennell and George Baker well known Gold Creek residents are in Elko today for unspecified reasons and activities.
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H.W. Naylor
T. L. Tennell
George Baker
Gold Creek
Elko
Elko City Council Advances Liquor and Ordinances
The Elko city council met December 8 with Mayor McBride and four supervisors. They granted a wholesale liquor license to W M Doyle for the quarter ending March 31 1917, denied canceling Olive Monks rooming house license, and laid over revocation of P Arazai retail liquor license. They adopted Emergency Ordinances 8 and 9 and approved first reading of Ordinance 10 on Sunday saloon closings for January 3 1918. They requested thanks be sent to fire department correspondents and set requisition rules for city purchases. Minutes approved.
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Board of Supervisors
Justice of the Peace
McBride
Williams, Mayer, Englert
Brennen
W. M. Doyle
W. R. Mayer
C.F. Wiliams
C. F. Williams
J. A McBride
T. F. Brennen
W. R. Englert
P. Arazai
Olive Monks
Fallon
Nevada
D. E. Williams
C.F. Williams
C. PF. Williams
C. P. Williams
Englert
Williams, Brennen and Mayer
City of
Elko
Dickerson Declines Nevada Explosives Inspector Post
Former Governor D B Dickerson refused the Wilson commission to be Nevada inspector of explosives. He said he did not seek the post and would be free of obligations to Benn Tor Newlands or Pittman, but declined as the $2400 salary plus travel allowances did not match duties.
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Dickerson
Nevada
Carson News
The
News
Washington
Wilson
Carson City
Benntora Newlands
Pittman
Germans Planing Another Attack On Western Front
London December 11 Unusually active artillery duels and air operations are reported on the western front especially in the Ypres and Arras sectors. Command officials say the scale and character of the fighting almost invariably precede a major assault.
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London
Western Front
Ypres
Arras
Atrocities in Northern France Reported by French Officials
Excerpts from official French reports detail German terror in northern France. Eyewitness municipal statements describe executions and arsons in Sommee Gougnies Fal isolle Arismont Posse and Rosebies with civilians, including a treble minded man, a priest, and a curate among victims.
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France
Eies
Somzee
of MM
el Street
Tiennes
Ublans
Gougnies
Falisolle
Arismont
Posse
Rosebies
German Spies Executed, Two Shot For Pro German Activities
A letter from an Elko volunteer in a cantonment camp reports that two German spies, one a commissioned officer and one a private, were discovered among the men and executed by firing squad. The writer calls for swift drastic punishment of pro German traitors, soldiers sailors or civilians, noting leniency has bred bold sedition.
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Elko
Home Guards Hold Meeting In Courtroom This Week
The Biko Home Guarda is ordered to meet Tuesday evening at 7 30 p m in the courtroom by order of Captain G C Jensen. Secretary Jo Boughty signs the notice. Scott Hanna and Clint Bolton are in from Skelton today.
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Biko
G. C. Jensen
Scott Hanna
Clint Bolton
Skelton
Prohibition Amendment Heads to House Floor in U S
Washington Dec 11 By unanimous consent the House agreed to consider Monday the constitutional amendment for National Prohibition which has already passed the Senate The Judiciary committee reported the matter favorably The woman’s suffrage amendment left the Judiciary committee without recommendation.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Hunter resigns county clerkship amid career change
At a county board meeting Joseph Gregory and Fred Voight heard Robert B. Hunter resign effective upon board acceptance. Applications from Miss Mattie Keith and Lester Eyler were presented while Chairman Jones, in San Francisco with his son on furlough, will decide or appoint another candidate. Deputy Herbert Sproule declined the post after his uncle's death. Hunter will stay until a successor is appointed. Also announced is the Ogden Reno daylight train No 17 due next Monday December 16 passing Elko at 9 10 am.
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Board of County Commissioners
James G. Gregory
Fred C. Voight
Jones
San Francisco
Leslie Jones
Robert B. Hunter
Hunter
Gregory
Mattie Keith
Voight
Lester Eyler
Herbert C. Sproule
George Sproule
S. P
Ogden
Reno
Elko
Muddled Remarks on Personal Plans and Illness
Fragmentary notes indicate a discussion of expenses and a political figure Dickerson facing a serious illness and possible shift to private enterprise. The text shows garbled phrasing about intentions and financial matters with incomplete details.
German Reinforcements Hit French Front Across Western Front
Heavy German reinforcements believed arriving in France are feared to mount a major offensive. Infantry on the western front remains largely inactive for the moment while German artillery engages in several sectors.
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Associated Press
France
Supreme Court Upholds Idaho Prohibition Law
The Supreme Court held that a state may ban manufacture gift purchase sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within its borders and that holding liquor for personal use is not a fundamental right. Justice McReynolds wrote the opinion stating the state has broad power to prohibit and regulate liquor. Co M Miller and A M Peterson traveled from Jarbidge to confer with the highway board.
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Washington
Idaho
Supreme Court
Justice McReynolds
United States
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