American Army Not to Be Used Now in Western Front
London reports daily growth in belief that Germany could renew its offensive, with French resistance near intact and American forces not yet incorporated into Anglo French armies. Washington and London clash over timing while British and Italian fronts see renewed fighting and Austro Hungarian counterattacks. Marine casualties list adds eighteen names with one missing in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wabington
ITISH
Mws
Washington, D. C
Reading
Tere
Ottawa
Dilney
Artill
Town Talk and Local Notes from Elko Arkansas?
Town talk records visitors and residents in Elko including F G Simonse from Jarbluge Mrs A J Hood Toft visiting, others from Hallock Catlin Elk eee and Bullion. Military and civic notes cover arrests, court appearances, wheat prices, and a local Red Cross event with plans for Starr Valley.
Germans Take Auggian Royalty Captured in Crimea
Odessa dispatch to the Ukrainlia Press Bureau reports the former Dowager Empress and Grand Duke Nicholas and Alexander of Russia, residing in Dubar Crimea since the royal family’s deposition, are now in German hands.
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Nicholas
Alexander
The
Huns
Amsterdam
Ukra-inlia
Odessa
Russia
Duibar
Crimea
Railroads cut transcontinental schedules to save costs
Washington May 13 Director General of Railroads McAdoo orders curtailment of all transcontinental passenger schedules west from Chicago. Reducing running miles to 11 728 000 annually aims to save about 18 million dollars per year by eliminating competition and trimming services.
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McAdoo
Chicago
Wasiington
Sells Hat At Auction To Help Red Cross
Frank Long, a Missouri farmer, auctioned his hat at Rogers schoolhouse to raise funds for the Red Cross. The hat sold for 2.50 as the crowd contributed, and the sale total reached 65 dollars. Long left hatless but happy after the event in Macon on May 13.
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RED Cross
Macon
Frank Long
Rogers Schoolhouse
Mr. Long
Vine Moonshiners and Liquor Taken in Raid
Antlers Oklahoma May 13 nine moonshiners one woman were captured after a running fight with Sheriff Earl Wileen and deputies near Ushwantah county. The raid on the headquarters of the gang found six hundred gallons of beer and one hundred gallons of moonshine whisky. the leader Serret was wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklif
Ogne
Earl Wileen
Nearushwantah
Garg
Serret
Finest Brashear telescope mirror sent to Victoria observatory
The 73 inch diameter mirror, second largest ever made by Dr John A Brashear, shipped from his workshop to the Dominion Astronomical Observatory in Victoria, Canada. It weighs 244 tons when finished, with two 10.5 inch central holes, and a single small defect of one four hundred thousandth of an inch.
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John A. Brashear
Domminiton Astronomical Observatory
Victoria
Can
Dr. Brashear
Pittsburg
Belgium
Brashear
Wilson
Cal
Court hears tribal justice and townsfolk woes in early morning session
The court docket featured the aftermath of a chaotic circus day with three Native men facing charges. Chief Guzzier Pete hung on a wire fence and died after police intervened. Two first offenders were released with cautions to stay in their yards. Pete received ten days on the water wagon. John Clark and R. C. G. Nesbitt were cited for incidents around the grounds, while another defendant was fined ten dollars after frightening a woman near the Sirsum grounds. Maud Broderick's preliminary hearing is set for 2 p.m. today. her bail remains 750 cash posted by her Blythe husband, with Attorney Caine defending.
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Officer Cotant
John Clark
R. C G. Nesbitt
Wowan
Sirsum
Hewan
Maud Broderick
Bly
Caine
Boom on in Otoge Market
New York May 13 The stock exchange opened with a broader boom as industrial shares, especially war shares, surged. United States Steel rose two and a quarter points in the first half hour amid widespread buying and renewed market enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
South American Rodents Will Be Raised in U S
Seattle May 13. Francis J. Fiedler will head an expedition into South America to obtain fifty chinchilla for fur and meat. He plans to import fifty or more of the animals, spending about $5,000. He believes western Washington climate suits the species for a large scale operation.
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Seattle
Wash
Francis J. Fiedler
Wilney
South America
Washington
Bel
Germans Say Von Hindenburg Dead Rumor Circulates
London dispatch reports that all German prisoners captured in France allege Field Marshal Von Hindenburg is dead. The letters, sent to the London Daily Express by British officers at the front, also elevate General Von Mackensen as a key German leader amid the Western offensive setback.
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London
France
von Hindenburg
London Daily Express
von Mackensen
the Express
List of Registered Residents and Names Across Regions
A street register lists numerous individuals and families across towns such as Mayer, Oakland, Vortula, Halleck, Skelton, Palisade, Tuscarora, and Reno. Names include Thomas Hunter, Mrs. M. T. Saunders, A. L. Harris, Miss Ruth Hawkins, Frank Smiley, Geo. B. Williams, J. J. Kavanaugh, Arthur J. Wood, and many others with repeated surnames and multiple locales noted.
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Thos. Hunter
Oakland
M. T. Saunders
Vortula
Cal
A. L. Harris
L. H. Harris
C. M. Glider
Frank Smiley
Starr Valerey
N. L. Paulsen
Halleck
Bell Hawkins
Ruth Hawkins
Skelton
Eileen Breen
Carlin
W. 8
Yates
Palisade
Edith Danielson
J. C. Drown
Lee
Stollenwerck
Webb
Misa Mary Rand
Flw. Milner
S. PN
F. Hindson
Sacramento
W. ©. Ralston
Reno
J. A. Flynn
EE. Luts
Ruby Valley
FP. G. Simons
Jarbidee
A. S. Coleman
Paul Ryan
Secret Valley
L. A. Eyler
Carson City
J. J. Kavanaugh
Bullen
B.J. Milne
Kearns
Arthur M. Allen
Eastman
Fred Anderson
Tony Beott
Privat
Chautauqua Comes to Elko June Seventh to Thirteenth
Elko hosts Chautauqua from June 7 to June 13 with improved attractions this year. A courthouse meeting set plans for campaign and ticket sales. local guarantees listed include Greathouse Henderson Knemeyer Clayton Reinhart Price Lindquist Steninger Clutterbuck Ve Moore McBride Swander Byrne Badt Taber McBride Toyne Corbett Mayer Merritchen Merrithen Jensen Wardrop Griswold Keyser Campbell Dough ty Cazier Cullen Davis Henderson Perei val.
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Chautauqua
Elko
Ihs
W. G. Greathouse
John Henderson
Bertha ©. Knemeyer
Arthur L. Clayton
Edgar Reinhart
C. W. Griswold
J. H. Keyser
B. Campbell
J. C. Doughty
John I. Cazier
J. J. Cullen
Fred Davis
DB. Henderson
Wow. Pereival
Bryan to headline Reno Chautauqua with veteran fiddlers
William Jennings Bryan will headline the Reno Chautauqua slated June 6 through 11. He will speak June 7 on a patriotic topic. Also featured are veteran Union and Confederate fiddlers, daily lectures by W H Mediar, and a slate of lecturers and musical acts including Edna Rugonia Lowe and Mildred Leo Clemens with the royal Hawaiian quintet.
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W. J. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
W.H. Mediar
The
Chautauqua
J. C. Bushnell
James A. Burne
George Db. Allen
Charles Crawford Gorst
J. M. DeBeaufort
Edna Rugonia Lowe
Ned Woodman
Lincoln R. Wirt
If. V. Adams
Mildred Leo Clemens
Prices Paid by Farmer for Tools Investigated
Washington May 13 A senate resolution by Senator Thompson of Kansas directs a federal trade commission inquiry into production and supply of agricultural implements. It seeks evidence of unfair trade practices, price fixing, or agreements affecting farm machinery prices and whether farmers pay an unreasonable amount.
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Washington
Thompson
Kansas
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Casualties list reports 96 names in today’s roll
Washington May 13 Today's casualty list contained ninety six names. Of these ten were killed in action, nine died of wounds, two of accident, five of disease, one of other causes, twelve were severely wounded, nineteen slightly so, and thirty eight were missing in action.
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Washington
Neteen
Five Nevada Men Desert at Camp Lewis
Five Nevada men including two from Reno two from Tonopah and one from Silko deserted Camp Lewis. Private Edgar W. Stead of Reno aged 37 deserted October 8 along with Private George Neil of Reno 26 and Galyo Megjuyac of Tonopah aged 22 who deserted October 29. Toy L. Curtis of Elko aged 22 deserted November 5.
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Nevada
Camp Lewis
Washington
Committee On Public Information
W. E. Butler
Sparks
Edgar P. Caffrey
Reno
William R. Hunt
Elko
Rufus Ogilvie
Hugh Rains
Walter Schauss
Good Springs
Wilfred Weymouth
Beowawe
Tonopah
Silko
State Council of Defense
Edgar W. Stead
George Neil
Galyo Megjuyac
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Plave
Rome
Monte Carno
Navy Department
F.G. Simonse
Jarbluge
A. J. Hood Toft
California
McN. L. Paulson
Hallock
Belle Hawkins
Milas
Catlin
Elk
C. C. Drown
Atom Lee
EL. McDonald
Bullionay
Min
Otto Williams
Tittle Son
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George B. Russell
GE Lutts
Mrs. Buck Horn
Turon
Ry Suttle
Tuscarora
Ford
Bosch
AB Coleman
Salant
Williame
Ntime Eller
Carson Witt
Recorder's
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Edwin Caine
Carven
Joe McNamara
Herbert White
Home Guard
Starr Valley
Steninger
Thomas Hunter
Mra. Hunter
Booker
Fred Sutton
Mr. Twohor
Curter
Supreme Court
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James Dysart
Cantwell
Middleton
Food Administration
Alice Birdsall
North American Music Publishing Co
Clark Street
Grand Opera House
Mariner Music Co
Lou Eastman
Mountain City
Mr. Eastman
West
Plains
Idaho
Bis
Anderson
Red Bluff
Vitagraph
Earl Williams
Cudney
Independent
Otoge
U. S
von Hindengurg
MAYER
Hunt's Candy Shop
Hoover
Bermuda
Sunset Grocery Company
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