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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
1
Dispatches from Athens report a warrant for former Premier Venizelos, once ally champion, now charged with high treason as he leads a revolutionary government in Greece. The alert comes as Allied powers recognize his regime.
A khakbelad woman, described as Lloyd George’s niece, serves as a motor car chauffeur near the War Office. She exits as David Lloyd George arrives, and she embraces the Prime Minister, highlighting a personal link to the war effort amid cabinet ministers.
Betty Norton of Mississippi was awarded $1000 after suing Southern Railway alleging she had to sleep in the same couch as a Black man on a Philadelphia to Memphis trip. The Supreme Court ruled the special coach arrangement created a binding obligation across states except Minnesota and Idaho.
British government contractors report permission to send many women carpenters to France for defense work. After training 44 carpenters, they expect to ship two or three hundred more. Belgian women are also noted as satisfactorily engaged in similar work.
Premier Briand announced to the French Senate that the Allies cannot seriously consider the German peace proposal. He said England Russia and France have reached an agreement that they will acknowledge the German offer but not accept it.
Railroads and equipment manufacturers run traveling schools to train workers in safe, efficient operation. Westinghouse rep Mr Quinn taught Western Pacific crews detailed brake use and device construction, aiming to raise skill and instill pride in the job.
Berlin reports the retreat of Russian and Rumanian forces in Romania continues as thousands more prisoners and vehicles loaded with supplies are captured in the last 24 hours.
San Francisco Dec 19 The Southern Pacific Company declared an embargo on shipments of fruit vegetables wines and canned goods in box cars to four railroads Great Northern Union Pacific Northern Pacific and Oregon Short Line Officials cited a severe car shortage as the reason for the action.
Corporal Geo D Arsay reports 2700 civilian openings for commissioned ranks outside West Point. Enlistees with education may become officers or aviators after brief Army Aviation School training in San Diego. A May congressionally approved act allows enlisted Regular Army members aged 19 to 22 with at least one year service to be appointed to the United States Military Academy under President prescribed regulations.
New York reports Dr Charles Smith aged 103 and Gertrude Zabriskie aged 76 fined 500 dollars each for advertising and selling a useless infant paralysis cure that frightened mothers. In Rome News: Halvin rail traffic nearly halted as coal shortages cripple trains and electric light while kerosene grows steep.
London reports Premier Lloyd George rejects German peace terms and vows continued war effort. He says Britain will not negotiate unless Germany states terms first and that Prussian militarism must fall. Washington reacts with cautious diplomacy and notes no official comments.
Memphis police raiding blind tiger joints during December found most bottles bore Red Cross stamps. The report notes the stamps appeared on illicit liquor during the crackdown.
The secretary of state's office reports 30 to 40 automobile license applications daily for 1917, with licenses being issued promptly to applicants.
A list of individuals and couples registered across Mayer and adjacent regions including Max Alexander H Hammond wife W G Bolt and others. Names appear alongside towns such as Salt Lake Portland North Fork Galveston Sacramento San Francisco and Bullion with affiliations to various entities.
The Russian council unanimously refuses Germanys peace terms according to an official Petrograd war office dispatch from London dated December 19.
Boston dispatch notes a surge in Christmas tree shipments from New Hampshire Maine and Vermont with an estimated 500 000 trees from New Hampshire and 200 000 from Vermont. Market favors symmetrical trees of all sizes and urban demand for municipal trees boosts prices from 10 to 28 dollars for larger specimens. Laurel ferns and altar decorations also see rising demand.
Anniston Alabama December 19 Council man Claude J Settles exhibits brown cotton grown in his backyard claiming it offers a solution to Germanys dye shortage. He notes the brown fiber is fast and unaltered by boiling or washing with a blue cotton sample nearby showing similar properties and medium staple length.
A new German Austro Hungarian corporation with 50 million dollars capital is organized to develop agriculture and industry in Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. Banks of Central Europe back the venture with land options for cotton farming and mining interests in Armenia. German and Austrian experts are set to work in the districts to implement the plans.
Birmingham detectives hunt a man called the vilest of thieves after he entered St. Thomas Baptist Church and stole all the carpeting in the church.
Classified want ad seeking a small furnished home or two housekeeping rooms available by the first of the month. Respond to G. A. Box No. 265 Elko.
Baron Sonning declares allies seek lasting peace with sincerity challenged by German note. Paris reports French forces retake Chambrettes farm northeast of Verdun after 48 hours of intense fighting. American aviators distinguished for daring operations in the resumed battle.
General Hugh Scott told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that state troops on the border are too inefficient to be sent into Mexico if needed. He called the militia system a failure yet praised Pershing’s troops, saying guardsmen could not have accomplished their feat.
A report from El Paso states Mexican rebels under General Diaz and General Robles seized Orizaba about eighty miles northwest of Vera Cruz and Jalapa, both key railroad towns. It says Zapata forces are active near Mexico City, potentially severing lines to Vera Cruz.
Just outside Danville Illinois and near the State One officials from Indiana and Illinois held ceremonies to dedicate the Dixie Highway today in a joint event marking the new route and regional cooperation.
New Orleans on December 19 hosts a famine parade organized by prominent men and women. A mass meeting approved steps to combat rising living costs and the parade idea received enthusiastic support.
James C. Roberts, a miner and member of the Reno Aerie of Eagles Carson Appeal, was found dead in his Jumbo cabin on Saturday. He had been last seen alive several days earlier after leaving Washoe for his camp, with heart disease presumed as the cause.
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