Elko District Names Teachers for Coming Year
Elko School district trustees announced the teacher roster for the next year led by P. G. McWhinney as supervising principal and Rose Gardner as assistant principal and law teacher. Others named include Katie Crown, Theresa Crane, Lulu Hurley, Cicala, Mollie Curler, Mabel Gray, Lillian Porter, C Louise Dewar, Gertrude Brown, Mabel Lothrop, Muriel Steinhart, plus Lee Scranton as janitor. The board deferred a decision on a physical trainer coach awaiting public sentiment.
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Elko School District
J. D. McFarlane
E. M. Hansel
James Gregory
Grammar School of
Elko
P. G. McWhinney
Rose Gardner
Katie Crown
Theresa Crane
Lulu Hurley
Cicala
Mollie Curler
Mabel Gray
Lillian Porter
C. Louise Dewar
Gertrude Brown
Mabel Lothrop
Muriel C. Steinhart
Lee Scranton
Alvin McFarlane
Independent
McFarlane
Gunflight Wreck Prompting Indemnity Talk
United States to withhold diplomatic action pending inquiry into the torpedoing of the American steamer Gunflight in the English Channel. Reports from Flymouth say the ship was attacked off the Scilly Islands with captain Aled dying of heart failure and two crew members drowned. If German submarine responsibility is confirmed, indemnity and family compensation will be sought alongside possible formal regret.
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Washington
English Channel
United States
Stephens
Flymouth
England
Scilly Islands
Aled
Safety under wagon as circus tent collapses
The Fallen Eagle recounts the Barnes circus disaster last week with a woman and a bear incident under a wagon. Injuries listed include Mrs. Frank Ferguson nose broken and China man with three ribs broken, plus other bruises and pole injuries.
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Barnes’ Circus
Frank Ferguson
Dish Ferguson
Chinaman
Tircus
George Lofthouse
Palm Saloon Robbery Baffles Town For Hats
A burglar entered the Palm Saloon last evening and stole only Mickey Fitamorris hat. Despite many patrons, the theft went unnoticed until later. Mickey hopes his hat thief is identified, aided by friends who’ve donated hats of many sizes and colors in relief.
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Palm Saloon
Mickey Fitamorris
Mickey
Pioneer Lady Eliza Crane Dies in Nevada
Mrs Eliza Crane a pioneer resident of eastern Nevada died this afternoon about 1 30. She was nearly 78 years old and mother to many children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Ill for weeks death caused by old age. Funeral tomorrow at 3 pm from her home with body lying in state 10 am to 1 pm.
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Eliza Crane
Nevada
Hailstones as Big as Baseballs Hit Missouri Storm
Hailstones as large as baseballs pelt Missouri towns in a storm called the worst in a generation. Crops and livestock damage runs into thousands of dollars. A boy was killed by lightning at Sturgeon. St Louis streets flooded several feet in water.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Sturgeon
Former Nevada attorney charged with luring six girls
Arthur Crane, once admitted to the Nevada bar on January 3, 1911, is under arrest in Washington for attacking six girls drawn to his rooms by employment ads. He allegedly advertised for copyists, with over 100 women responding. Crane pleads not guilty, bailed at 10,000 dollars, and Reno knowledge of him is limited despite disputed bar admission dates.
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Arthur Crane
Nevada
Washington
Crane
Reno
Supreme Court
W. H. Hart
California
A. Abbott
Doug
Jan Williams
Cooperation for Worrows in Wool Trade Guidance
Washington April 30 The department of agriculture Bulletin 206 urges regional cooperation among wool growers to unify and improve handling of clips. It compares domestic and imported wool prices, notes higher returns for better graded fleeces, and lists 15 practical rules for growers to protect wool quality and price.
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Department of Agriculture
Bulletin 206
Idaho
Australia
Philadelphia
Lewes
Russian losses and Austrian victory dominate war report
A broad wartime bulletin notes 100000 Russians lost in battle with Germany and Austria victorious. separate local tragedy reports the suicide of Mrs T EB Giller, wife of the Western Pacific freight agent, at her West Fourth Street home after bouts of melancholia and ill health.
Arbitration Award Advances Locomotive Enginemen Pay
The arbitration board in Chicago issued an award raising rates for 64 000 locomotive engineers and firemen on 89 western railroads across the United States and Canada. It standardizes pay by locomotive weight, adds overtime for passenger crews, allows transfer to electric power after May 1 1915, and details new minimums for motormen and helpers, among many other provisions.
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Great
United States
Canada
Illinois Central
Great Lakes
Chicago
Messrs. Burgess and Shea
Scandal Expected Down in Texas
A sensational government scandal unfolds as about $50,000 worth of state militia equipment goes missing from Texas authorities. U.S. investigators suspect the gear was sold to Mexican rebels, implicating several officials and prominent figures in the affair.
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Texas
Independent
San Antonio
Mweht
U.S
Report of plots and counter plots from Athens to London
A dispatch from London dated May 4 cites a report from Athens claiming Valia of Syria plans surrender to the allies while another tale describes an American plot to surrender Constantinople to the enemy. The piece also notes railway wage dispute arguments and a four month arbitration hearing with dissenting opinions by Burgess and Shea.
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Independent
London
Athens
Valia
Syria
German Victory Reported in West Galicia Front
Special to The Independent reports a major German victory in West Galicia with claims of heavy Russian losses. Berlin and Vienna say German Austrian arms smashed the Russian center along a long front near Cracow, with celebrations in Berlin and cautious British reception awaiting Petrograd details.
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Galicia
Hindenburg
London
Vienna
Dunajeo
Poland
Iite
Vistula
Cracow
Petrograd
Japan to issue ultimatum to China over terms
Semi official reports say the Japanese Diet will send an ultimatum to China. Peking says China refused key clauses of group V of Japanese demands. Conference ended with no new meeting sought by either side. Read the Daily Independent.
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China
Peking
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