Battleship Goliath Blown Up in the Dardanelles
The British battleship Goliath, among the navy’s most powerful, was torpedoed in the Dardanelles with over five hundred lives reported lost. Admiralty announced via Winston Churchill that submarine No 14 sank two Turkish gunboats and a transport in an engagement inside the straits.
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London
Dardanelles
Ritish Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
No. 14
Straights
President Wilson to send firm note to Germany over Lusitania sinking
Special to The Independent reports President Wilson has completed a note to Germany regarding the Lusitania disaster. Officials say the note will be forwarded tonight and demand action without quibbling. The exact substance has not been publicized, but is described as plain and firm.
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Independent
Washington
Wilson
Germany
Lusitania
Sutton Peddling Case Set for Saturday Argument
Sam Sutton arrested for peddling goods without the license law passed last session will have his district court hearing Saturday to test the law's constitutionality. Sutton previously confessed guilt before Justice Castle and was fined ten dollars. Dreben of the Toggery Store clarified Sutton bought goods for himself and not for the shop.
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Sam Sutton
Sutton
Justice Castle
Dreben
Toggery
World Court Congress Opens Amid Peace Hopes
In Cleveland on May 12 the world court congress opened with notable figures including Taft Parker and Clews attending. The event launches a plan for an international tribunal to settle disputes among great powers, with signatory actions subject to collective pressure to curb war. John Hays Hammond stated the aim is to minimize war, not to make it impossible.
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Cleveland
William H. Taft
Alton B. Parker
Henry Clews
Newton D. Parker
Henry Lane Wilson
William Dunley Foulke
Harry A. Garfield
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Samuel T. Dutton
Thomas Racurn White
John Wesley Hill
Albert Shaw
John Mitchell
General Booth
William W. Wilson
Chicago
Congress
International Tribunal
International Court of Justice
John Hays Hammond
Drummers Invited to Cedar Falls Blowout Opening
May 18 Cedar Falls Iowa hosts a big blowout for traveling men. The Commercial club opens a new hotel and invites several hundred thousand commercial travelers to attend. Exact turnout unknown but hundreds already arrived promise a lively gathering.
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Cedar Falls
Kevery
America
Sheriff returns with prisoner in Oregon case
Sheriff Varriy returned to S Yate Oregon last night bringing Dick Gress charged with stealing a horse buggy and harness from K J Bangs. Gress appeared before Justice Castle this morning with preliminary examination set for Saturday at ten o'clock.
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Varriy
S Yate
Oregon
Dick Gress
K. J. Bangs
Gregg
Justice Castle
District Attorney Called to Wells in Replevin Case
District Attorney Carville was called to Wells this morning on a replevin action. It is understood that H. A. Agee has sued for a writ of replevin for a horse claimed by him and held by another person.
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Carville
Wells
HH. A. Agee
Mexican Pronounced Insane After Sanity Exam
Salvador Yparrguirre underwent a sanity examination by Judge Iaber yesterday afternoon and was pronounced insane. The asylum superintendent has been notified and an attendant is expected tomorrow to escort him to the Reno asylum.
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Salvador Yparrguirre
Iaber
Yparrguirre
Reno
Roosevelt 18 Getting Is Syracuse Trial Testimony
In Syracuse New York May 13 a witness in William Barnes libel suit against Theodore Roosevelt testified that Roosevelt believed the Republican Party needed him and would challenge President Wilson with speeches on foreign treaties. The witness John W Hutchinson, a New York lawyer and longtime GOP official, related Roosevelt saying Chicago 1912 showed the party could not contain him.
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Syracuse
N. Y
William Barnes
Supreme Court
Barnes
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Wilsen
Pittsburgh
Chicazo
John W. Hutchinson
New York
The
Republican State Committee
London Society Plans Anti German League Boycott
London society women at Mansion House formed the Anti German League to oppose alien Germans in Britain. They aim to curb German employment and urge a boycott of German made goods, urging public sentiment to restrict Germans living freely in London and other cities. Leaders included Lady Glonusk Admiral Lord Charles Beresford Sir Henry Dalziel and Sir Edwin Cornwall.
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London
England
Mansion House
Bayeland
Glonusk
Lord Charles Beresford
Henry Dalziel
Edwin Cornwall
Worthless check attempt lands Mexican in jail
Martin Delgado, a Mexican, faced a guilty verdict this morning for trying to pass a worthless check at Henderson Bank. The check, drawn by EB K McDonald in favor of IE K Nash, had circulated the bank, and Delgado had erased Nash’s endorsement and altered the name. He claimed the check was for work but later said he found it. Delgado was charged with attempting to obtain money under false pretenses and received a ninety day sentence.
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Martin Delgado
Durance
Henderson Tank
Delgado
EB. K. McDonal
IE. K. Nash
Nash
McDonald
Four Bonnells feature at Bradley Opera House
Los Angeles Examiner praises the Four Bonnells as America's Greatest Novelty Musical Act at the Bradley Opera House on Friday and Saturday. The act introduces new instruments producing sweet harmony, with both brothers engaging actively on stage and delivering a standout performance for audiences seeking something different.
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Los Angeles Examiner
Bradley Opera
America
Adv
Old cannons recalled in Carson city history tale
Two old wrought iron cannons once at the Capitol yard are to be moved to a small park behind the state printing office. The 1860s guns were gifted to Nevada in 1873 for a militia in Virginia City and were used to announce momentous events, with damage to local windows as Senator Jones paid for the glass.
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State Printing Office
Nevada
Virginia City
Carson
JP. Jones
Capitol
Carson Street
Frank Denver
War
Virginian
van Decklin
Baseball Clan Holds Meeting Forms Plans for Season
A lively crowd met at the Commercial Hotel to form plans for the season. Manager Doyle announced scheduled games against Wells in Elko and Montello, plus local home-and-away matches on the 23rd and 30th. A committee to raise funds was named, and lineups for Montello and Wells clash were listed with 11 players each. Admission to the Wells game set at 25 cents.
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M. W. Doyle
Wells
Elko
Montello
Lamoille
Judge Castle
Joe Snelson
Joe McNamara
Loth Wells
Wells Rooters
Manning
Merithew
Reinhart
Tigan
Woodward
Merrick
Carville
Crane
Campbell
Hicks
Hanks
Austin
Helfrich
Furlong
McFarlane
Snelson
Miller
Bryant
Wright
Hennigan
Dore
Pultz
Salgado Case To Be Argued On Rehearing
The Supreme Court sets Monday May 21 for arguing the Salgado case on rehearing. Hale represents Salgado with the defense, while the state will be represented by either District Attorney Carville or Deputy Cantwell. Salgado was convicted of murdering Ben cit Andrews, an Indian girl, and sentenced to death by shooting. The court granted a rehearing on one point related to an instruction from the lower court, and both sides press for a just outcome.
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Supreme Court
Salgado
Hale
Carville
Cantwell
Bencit Andrews
Tower Court
District Attorney's
Militia Seizes Capitol Grounds Guns But Never Used
A militia force arrived fully armed and displayed firearms on capitol grounds. Daniel Denyer withdrew, a new prison warden took charge, and the guns remained in Virginia under militia control. They were later shown at the capitol and then unused in war.
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Capitol
Denyer
Virginia
Mento
United States
United States. Subsequently They Were Presented To the State Matehes
Nevada Furs Lost Aboard Lusitania
The loss of a large consignment of valuable furs sent to London on the Lusitania has pushed fur prices up 25 percent. Jul ior Bissenger and company report the shipment targeted for the June trade. With the season ending, the theft heightens demand, especially for coyote pelts from Nevada and western states.
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London
Lusitania
Julior Bissenger
Two New Elko Boys Born to Local Residents
The wife of Petro Orbe presented him with a splendid boy last Wednesday night. Krank Yrigagen was made happy yesterday when his wife presented him with a bouncing nine pound boy. The mothers and fates are doing nicely.
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Petro Orbe
Krank Yrigagen
Wonders of the X Ray Show Needle in Hand Joint
A medical team led by Doctors Hood and West displayed an X-ray image of a hand with a broken needle lodged in a joint. Multiple views pinpointed its precise location, enabling simple extraction unlike pre X ray days when locating such a needle required full dissection.
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Hood
Platt Senate Run Sparks Fence Building in Carson
Rumors swirl that Sam Platt will seek the United States Senate in two years with Carson supporters already organizing to campaign for him. Oddie’s possible entry looms, signaling a Republican contest with potential clashes and disclosures.
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Carson Appeal
McNeal
Carlin
J. M Swartz
Mack
Tratt
U. S. Senate
Sam Platt
United States
Carson
Reno Gazette
Platt
Oddie
Missouri Valley Health Association Formed
Interstate Health Association conference in St. Louis set steps to organize the Missouri Valley Health Association. The group will include state and city public health officials from Kansas Nebraska Missouri and surrounding areas.
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Interstate Health Association
ST. Louis
Missouri Valley Health Association
Yeaterday
Kansas
Torwa
Missouri
Nebraska
Last Exhibition of Officer 666 at the Wigwam Tonight
Tonight is your last opportunity to see George M. Cohan's delightfully fun play at the Wigwam. The production, produced by George Kleine with Howard Fstabrook in the leading role, drew a large crowd last evening and promises further appeal for lovers of good fiction.
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Geo. M. Cohans
George Kleine
Howard Fstabrook
Adv
County Board Accepts Resignations of Two Teachers
The County Board of Education met Tuesday night and approved the resignations of Professor T. Ross and Miss Bertha Knemeyer. Several applications were received for the vacated positions as the board decided not to vet new applicants until the next meeting. The board commended Ross and Knemeyer for their services and expressed regret at their departure.
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County Board of Education
T. Ross
Bertha Knemeyer
Ross
Miss Knemeyer
Italy on verge of war after peace proposal rejected
Italy appears on the brink of war as a declaration is expected after Austria’s final peace proposal is rejected. A separate report details Carl F. Buss, Idaho rancher, boiling to death in Eagle Salt Springs near Nevada, and his wife ferried to safety with their three children on the way to the Exposition.
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Rome
Italy
Austria
Eagle Salt Works
Carl F. Buss
Idaho
Clark Station
Reno
Fernley
Clark
Boise
Western Pacific Asks Reduction in Taxes
S. S. Downer of Reno urged the Nevada tax commission to cut Western Pacific's assessed valuation, fixed two years ago, noting the railroad is now in receivership. The state was represented by Attorney General Thatcher.
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Western Pacific Company
Nevada Tax Commission
S. S. Downer
Reno
Cheney, Downer, Price & Hawkins
Thatcher
Fifty Years Ago Today Civil War Clash in Texas
In the last days of the Civil War the Federals under Col. Barret were defeated in western Texas by Confederates led by Gen. Slaughter, marking a notable action in the closing phase of the conflict.
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Col. Barret
Texas
Gen. Slaughter
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