Congress Urged 10 Increase Coast Defenses
June 15 New York. A resolution by Boston Mayor Curley urged President Wilson to push Congress for prompt and effective national defense action. Delegates at the National Security League conference adopted the measure after discussions by former officials Meyer Wright Putnam and Coudert.
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New York
Curley
Boston
Wilson
Congress
National Security League
Massachusetts
George von ™. Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
Luke B. Wright
George Haven Putnam
Frederick R. Coudert
Wright
America
Germany
England
United States of America
Navy
George von L. Meyer
Taft
Charles J. Bonaparte
Podunk
United States
Chicago Strike Settled After Overnight Arbitration
Chicago June 16 The fourteen thousand street car workers return to duty after a prolonged tie up. Mayor Thompson used a bold room mediation to enforce a settlement with the strike leaders while an arbitration plan was formed. Elevated trains run intermittently and surface lines remain limited as government oversight of the Oak Park division is eyed. Public transport shifts include autos steam trains and buses to cope with the disruption.
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Independent
Chicago
Thompson
United States
Oak Park
C. O. Kohlsaat
United Statesreuit Court of Appeals
Samuel Insull
Chiago
Spotted fever hit Elko resident on Court street
Frank Fernald Jr is described as suffering a spotted fever attack at his home on Court Street. Officials note the illness followed a tick bite and express hope for a full recovery. Local observers report no further cases at this time.
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Elko
Frank Fernald, Jr
Court Street
Italian Advance Halted by Austrian Batteries at Trieste
Special to The Independent from Rome reports the Italian advance at Trieste stopped by concealed Austrian artillery in old quarries. Italian troops were surprised by battery fire, suffering heavy losses.
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Rome
Trieste
Aerial Raid on English Coast Claims Heavy Losses
Report of a major Zeppelin raid on the English coast with numerous fires and many dead and wounded. The German press urged further attacks on Paris and London, amid casualty figures from Karlsruhe.
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English
Independent
London
Karlsruhe
Ware
Paris
Local Nurse Miso Youngburg Weds Jacob Shilling Jr in Balt Lake
Cards announce the Balt Lake marriage yesterday of Jacob David Shilling Jr to Miso Bahlia Youngburg a well known nurse here. Friends hail her as one of the best and extend congratulations for a long and joyful married life.
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Biko
Balt Lake
Jacob David Shilling, Jr
Miso Bahlia Youngburg
Miso Youngburg
A. D. Taber
Examination for teachers certificates in Biko
Notice is given that an examination for teachers certificates will be held in Biko at the County High School building starting Monday morning June 21 at ten o'clock. Mis Bertha B. Knemeyer, District Deputy Supt of Schools for Miko County.
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Biko
Mis Bertha B. Knemeyer
Miko County
Auto Trip Through Nevada to Lake Tahoe Encounters Dangers
A Salt Lake party of nine traveling by two Studebaker cars from Elko to San Francisco details a near disaster near Carlin when a spindle breaks and a wheel comes off. They endure long delays, pass through Battle Mountain, Winnemucca, Lovelock, Reno, and Carson, face the Geiger grade and treacherous mountain roads toward Glenbrook on Lake Tahoe, where snow banks appear and the altitude nears eight thousand feet.
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Schragen
Ericson
Carlin
Battle Mountain
Winnemucca
Reno
Carson
Old Virginia City
Silver City
Glenbrook
Lake Tahoe
Tahoe
Amfile
Schraven
Tonopah Mining Official Reporter Missing in San Francisco
W E Roberts superintendant of the McNamara mine in Tonopah is missing in San Francisco. Disappearance labeled mysterious. Police and press dispatches search after he vanished from the St Francis Hotel at about 9 am Saturday. He reportedly carried between 3000 and 34000 dollars in bank notes. Discrepancy noted with Oakland police and bank official W H Reid of the Central National Bank of Oakland. House Detective Jackson reportedly saw him at the Hotel Oakland early Saturday morning. since then he has not been seen.
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W.E. Roberts
Tonopah
San Francisco
Police
Roberts
St Francis Hotel
Oakland Polles
W. H. Reid
Central National Bank of Oakland
Oakland
Jackson
Beaten and robbed at the state capitol grounds
Henry Vannousebroch, the gardener in charge of improvements at the state capitol grounds, was attacked by robbers on Sunday night in Ten o and severely beaten about the head. He was robbed of about $60 in cash.
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Henry Vannousebroch
Gardner
State Capitol
Teno
Striking a Scenic Route Through Tahoe to California Cities
The narrator recalls a travel journal from Glenbrook to Strawberry and Placerville. They praise a hospitable stop at Strawberry, note a fast asphalt road at Folsom, and describe reaching Sacramento, Oakland, Stockton, and Livermore. The trip coincides with visiting the fairgrounds, which the writer calls marvelous and urges Western readers not to miss. They remark on modern industries and their own evolving view of the times.
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Glenbrook
Lake Tahoe
Mia
Martin
Placerville
Folsom
Sacramento
Oakland
Stockton
Livermore
Fair Grounds
Times
Nevada Flags Arrive For Nevada Battleship Display
Four Women's Relief Corps units in Nevada donated three flags for the battleship Nevada. The flags will be shown in Elko for several days with patriotic exercises planned. The Nevada Star Flag, Naval Battalion Ensign, and Naval Battalion Infantry Flag traveled from Reno and were presented with other ceremonies tied to Nevada’s first official state flag and a $500 legislative appropriation for a silver service.
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Nevada
Elka
Elko
Reno
Mra
H. B. Millard
Carson City
Custer Corps No. 15
Harry
Independent Force
Reno Journal
Bika
Elke
Woman's Relief Corps
Democrats Prepare Campaign in Reno Meeting
A Reno gathering of Nevada Democrats discussed matters of supreme importance and fences were laid for Key Pittman to seek another term as U S Senator. Attendees included Senator Newlands Governor Boyle Warden Dickerson and most state officeholders. Justice P A McCarran was absent visiting relatives at Wells. A Gazette reporter’s claim of a formal meeting is questioned as a pipe dream.
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Democratic Party of
Nevada
Reno
Key Pittman
United States
Newlands
Boyle Warden Dickerson
P A. McCarran
Supreme Court
Wells
Gazette
Weather bureau to record afternoon humidity thrice daily
The Reno weather office will adopt a new practice by recording relative humidity in the afternoon in addition to morning and evening readings. A governor’s trip to Carson City is noted along with a misedited line praising a flag tribute and a unclear sentiment from a ceremony.
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Reno
United States Weather Bureau
No Reward For Passenger Pigeons
Washington June 16 reports saying the U S department of agriculture offers a 10000 reward for a passenger pigeon nest with two eggs are false. The bird is believed extinct, though past offers by Clark University spurred futile hunts. The mourning dove resembles the pigeon but differs in size and markings.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Clark University
United States
American
Rocky Mountains
Preston Case 6 Continued Again at Carbon City
June 15 in Carbon City Morrie R Prewton for pardon and restoration for citizenship, continued by the pardons board. The continuation was made necessary by the absence of Bayle who went to Elko to attend dedication exercises at the Nevada School of Industry. Justice P 4. McCurtam of the supreme court is also on the road to the Elko county dedication events.
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Carbon City
Morrie R. Prewton
Pardem Board
Bayle
Elko Yeater
Nevada School of Industry
MORON
McCurtam
Supreme Court
Elko County
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Honolulu
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Boyle
Frank Ffoden
Preston Case
Caneny
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Swifts
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Sunset Grocery Company
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