Patriot Citizens Call for Nevada Troop Send
Acting under Governor Boyle call, residents met at the courthouse to back the war effort. A plan to enroll Kalispell county volunteers for the National Guard and border duty was approved, with lists posted at Rex poll hall and local offices for enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Boyle
Nevada
Elke County
Hoyle
War Department
Rex Pollhall
National Guard
J.B. Fitzgerald
Boyle
Prisoners Flood June Toll: 250000 German Austrian Captives
Petrograd reports official claims that over 250000 German and Austrian prisoners were taken in June and Teuton losses, including casualties, may exceed 600000. Authorities face strain in caring for detainees as they receive humane treatment within safety limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Teuton
Niagara Falls to be lit year round with 25 lights
Contracts closed to illuminate Niagara Falls and the upper rapids daily from dusk to midnight. Will J. Davis Jr to maintain 25 lights placed along the river above the falls Goat Island and Maid of the Mist. Joint city and state commissions sign the agreement.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Wnd
Will J. Davis, Jr
Goat Island
Falls Park
Citizens Back Patriotism and National Guard Role
A group including Colescott, Mrs Lovelock, J C Williams, Walter Murray, Wm Cook McBride, and others from Wichita Falls Texas endorse Governor’s letter calling for ready citizen troops and a balanced national posture. The Governor reiterates that Nevada National Guard should not police the state and urges constitutional amendment to exempt militia from certain rules. Blanks for enlistment are available at local newspaper offices and listed venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colescott
John Macbeth
J.C. Willams
Lee
Walter Murray
Lovelocks
D. B. Sherley
Wawe
TH. Baugh
Wichita Falls
Texas
H. Cowling
Ed. Bailey
Lovelock
Geo. Dahlin
John
Warren Hanseans
J. Wilson
Ro Murphy
Eop Kelly
James Wacombers
City
Fred Tillman
Wm. Cook
McBride
Ian
Mir Fitzgerald
Nevada National Guard
Hel
National Guard
Carranza Modern Hero as Mexicans Back Him
Mexican officials and people acclaim General Venustiano Carranza as national hero amid mass rallying to his stance against U S demands. Reports say Carranza’s reply to Secretary Lansing’s note justifies Mexican positions and that American assets, including bullion and livestock, are being seized in Coahuila and at mining properties in Sonora and Manzanillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Venustiano Carranza
Wilson
Lansing
Aguilars
Carranga
Washington
Carranza
State Department
Congress
Rodgers
Coahuila
Te American Mining Company
Manzanitio
Better Fly Control Through Cone Traps and Bait
Washington July 1 Dont swat the fly. Catch and kill them with cone traps and fresh bait as expert entomologist Dr L O Howard recommends. Exhaustive tests show cone traps outperform fly paper poison or killers for reducing the common house fly population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kim Tem
Suse
Sam
L. O. Howard
Department
Howare
Howard Rays
Changes in Forest Offices Consolidate West Forests in 1916
Administratively, Ruby Humboldt and Santa Rosa National Forests merge effective July 1 1916. Death and Paradise offices close. Vernon L Metcalf, former Tolynbe supervisor at Austin, becomes Forest Supervisor in Elks Nevada. Ryan of Ruby Deeth resigns and Makeslee moves from Santa Rene Paradise to Tolynbe Austin. Arthur moves Humboldt to Dixie in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby, Humboldt and Santa Rosa National Forests
Death and Paradise
Elks
Nevada
Vernon L. Metcalf
Tolyabe Forest
Austin
Metcalf
Forest Service
Hine
National Forests
Ryan
Ruby
Deeth
Makeslee
Santa Rene
Paradise
Metcal
Arthur
Humboldt
Dixie
Butcher Trevino Sends Back 10 Bodies in Carrizal Fight
Washington reports Gen. Obregon and Butcher Trevino issued an order to deliver at once to American commanders at the El Paso bridge the bodies of ten Mexican soldiers killed in the Carrizal clash. The move, described as a ghastly joke, awaits execution with expected military honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butcher Trevino
Washington
United States
Obregon
Trevino
el Paso International Bridge
Carrizal
Aids to business noted in Hurley speech on courtesy
Philadelphia July 1 E N Hurley vice chairman of the Federal Trade Commission told the Advertising Clubs of the World that the government must approach American business on terms of courtesy to win cooperation in progress. He cited an old era of government insolence and urged better bookkeeping and cost accounting to reduce commercial failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United States
E. N. Hurley
Federal Trade Commission
Mir. Hurley
Roosevelt
Hurley
Wilson
Mr. Hurley
Ile
Eastern oil fields show lower output in 1915
Petroleum production in the Appalachian field fell in 1915 by 1 241 000 barrels. Returns from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky showed total output at 22 860 048 barrels. West Virginia led with 9 000 000 barrels and Pennsylvania followed with 8 000 000.
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Appalachian
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Russia to Build Five Rail Lines in China Loaned by Moscow
Washington July 1 The Soviet government will issue a loan of 24,923,000 dollars to China to fund construction of five railroad lines. Other dispatches note a strong foreign wool market with rising demand and continued firmness in the Boston wool trade, led by coarse and inferior grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
China
San Francisco
Crimming & Pierce Company
Boston
Lansing Eyes Clemency for Condemned Irishman Sir Roger Casement
Lansing instructed Ambassador Page in London to inform the British Foreign Office unofficially that strong American interest surrounds the fate of Sir Roger Casement and that clemency could ease tensions between the two countries, though the secretary stressed the government was not advocating any action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lansing
Ambassador Page
London
Foreign Office
America
Roger Casement
Utah Man Resigns Post to Start Own Venture in Elko
He has resigned his position effective July 16 and plans to remain in Elko to pursue independent business ventures. Arthur has not decided on a definite future path but intends to establish his own enterprise in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Nevada
Arthur
Elko
Elko sewer rebuild advances with engineer Kelsey
Engineer Louis C. Kelsey oversees a ninety man team reconstructing Elko Nevada’s municipal sewer system, aiming to finish in sixty days. Progress includes over 3,550 feet of main line, upgrades to a 24 by 40 foot septic tank, and modern flushing tanks. The project, supervised with Commissioner J. G. Gregory, highlights improved pipe and flushing systems and a push toward a healthier city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Louis C. Kelsey
Portland, Or
Kelsey
Nevada
J. G. Gregory
Enel Neer Kelsey
Gregory
Ven Valkenburg
Independent
Pine Street
Great Plains
Northwest
Jimhill
Mtn
Comdlyston Gregory
Eaid
Commissioner Gregory
Leaven
WPLA
Massachusetts Minute Men First to Reach the Front
The Massachusetts militia leads the New England volunteers to their encampment in El Paso as the town greets the arrival. Comprising a crack drill, they march four abreast with drums, fife and bugle in a spirited display while officials pledge to fix a stinking sewer problem revealed by a failed manhole inspection and planned odorless improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
EL Paso
Venus
New England
New
Terrific Struggle in France Drives British Advance
July 1 dispatches report a great British attack in the Somme region with fierce fighting and heavy casualties on both sides. British forces reportedly broke German defenses over a sixteen mile front and pushed beyond the front line toward Serre and Mount Auban, entering enemy territory as Thiepval position was captured and then contested by German counter moves. Concurrent Paris and Berlin reports describe renewed attacks, Thiaumont fortress recaptured by the French but losing Hill 304 later, with mounting losses on both sides.
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London
France
Somme
Serne
Mount Auban
Thiepval
Paris
Meuse
Teutons
Thiaumont
Berlin
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