Jarbidge Boosters Meet Idaho Nevada Officials in Conference
Nevada and Idaho officials toured a camp discussing a wetter road between Jarbidge and the Hot Springs. A twelve mile route, costing about one thousand dollars per mile, would ease grades and link Idaho state roads with Nevada highways and the Lincoln highway. The Long Hike mine and George Winsfield interests signal upcoming district activity this season.
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Nevada
Idaho
Inder
E. M. Booth
Boise
State Highway Commission
Ed. 5. Smith
Owyhee County
Lee Gross
Grand View
Twin Falls County
O. E. Curlveon
Twin Falls
T. E. Moore
Filer
D. P. Albee
Rock Creek
James McMillan
Jarbidge
Elko County
Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
Humboldt River
Yosemite
George Winsfield
Camp
Ambassador Gerard Prophesies Peace Efforts
Berlin May 27 United States Ambassador Gerard is quoted in the Munich Gazette saying peace is on its way neutrals and belligerents alike seek early peace. He notes a new concord with Germany after submarine negotiations and says the United States could mediate if asked. The interview appears guarded and may reflect German views.
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Berlin
United States
Gerard
Munich
Gemany
Germany
Carmen film at Bradley Opera House captivates Elko crowd
Theda Bara stars in William Fox production of Carmen shown at Bradley Opera House. The film diverges from the opera tale with a cigarette factory and smugglers plot leading to Carmen and Jose in tavern scenes. Dramatic death scene and bullfight finale showcase Bara's facial expression and screen presence amid a vivid, though altered, melodrama.
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Elko
William Fox
Theda Bara
Moving Picture
Bradley Opera House
Carmen
Merimee
Meirhac
Halevy
Jose
France Issues Stamps For Alsace Territory
The French government has issued special postage stamps for the Upper Alsace area it controls. The region is sparsely populated by farmers who rarely write letters, so demand is limited. Stamps feature a Gallie rooster and a Republic with the spear and scales of justice.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Strassburg
Upper
Alsace
Republic
Western Pacific sale price fixed at 18 million
District Court in San Francisco reports Judge Dooling set the Western Pacific railroad sale price at 18 million dollars. Majority stockholders prefer this, while minority bondholders wanted 40 million and some aimed for 15 million. Sale preliminaries and master in chancery appointment are being arranged.
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San
Bank Officials Are Acquitted of Perjury
Officials of the Riggs National Bank are acquitted of the perjury charge after a nine minute jury deliberation in Washington. In San Francisco a street car conductor Glen Smith was struck with a revolver butt during a robbery, fracturing his skull as bandits fled with $27.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Washington
Riggs National Bank
Pac. and
San Francisco
Glen Smith
One More Juror Wanted in Orpet Case
In Waukegan Illinois on May 27 three jurors of the third panel have been tentatively accepted by both sides in the Orpet murder trial leaving only one more juror to be selected before the trial can begin.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Waukegan, IL
Orpet
Blooded Short Horn Cattle For Ruby Valley
Ruby Valley farmers celebrate securing breeding stock from W. S. Short who purchased a carload of blooded Shorthorn bulls in Marshalltown Iowa. The shipment, praised by the Shorthorn Association secretary as the best westbound lot, will arrive in Fiko next week.
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Ruby Valley
City
Flico
Short
Marshalltown
Iowa
The
Shorthorn Association
Fiko
New York Dentist Guilty of Murder in First Degree
Arthur Waite was found guilty of murder in the first degree for poisoning his wife's father and mother in New York. The verdict came after a trial that concluded Waite likely cannot claim insanity, and he faces the electric chair. The report notes contemporaneous market commentary from San Francisco on wool, with Western buying rising while Eastern values lag.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
New York
Arthur Waite
Waite
E. E. Caine Rallies Support Across Southern State
Attorney E. E. Caine, seeking the Democratic nomination for congress, returned from Ely and other eastern points, attended the Elk celebration at Ely, and received strong assurances of backing. He then headed to Eureka to meet supporters in that region.
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E. E. Caine
Congress
Ely
Mr. Caine
Eureka
Waite Case Heads For Jury Tonight In New York
In New York on May 27 prosecutors present alienists in rebuttal as the Waite case nears jury deliberations. It is reported the judges summing up for both sides will be brief and the trial may conclude with the jury tonight.
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Waite
New York
Germans Ejected From Camieres In Fierce Fighting
Paris May 27 official communique reports French troops in close combat drove Germans from the southern Camieres position. French forces also advanced east of Dead Man's Hill and repelled numerous counterattacks. Gains on Hill 304 noted as successful while the German attack south of Douaumont was repulsed.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
Paris
Cumieres
Dead Man’s Hill
Hill 304
Douaumont
Carranza Opposed to Another Conference in El Paso
El Paso May 27 Information received here indicates that Carranza and Obregon oppose a further conference proposed by General Pershing. Gavira wires Pershing urging no change in troop locations and expressing a wish to avoid conflict with American forces. He says Mexican forces can handle the situation and hints that Americans should withdraw.
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Pac
Int'l News Service
EL Paso
Carranza
Obregon
General Pershing
Gavira
Pershing
Identification Made Of Frisco Murder
Identification made of the Frisco murder victim emerged as authorities continued to investigate the police battle that left a suspect dead yesterday in San Francisco. Police tied the case to the ongoing homicide inquiry and stressed the need for further details from witnesses.
Normal School Baccalaureate Sermon Set at Presbyterian Church
The final ceremonies for the Normal School year begin with a Baccalaureate sermon by Rev J M Swander at seven thirty at the Presbyterian church. Other churches are cordialy invited to join in the exercises with notices to be given in the morning at each service.
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J. M. Swander
Presbyterian Church
Planets Cause Zeppelin Panic in Zurich
May 27 The Journal de Rouen reports Zurich residents panicked as two bright objects rose on the eastern horizon around ten in the evening. Authorities sounded alarms and people fled to cellars while others braved the streets. By morning the fear subsided as it was explained the lights were planets not Zeppelins.
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Zurich
Journal de Rouen
Six German Girls Send Letter to Count Zeppelin
Six Schleswig Holstein girls aged up to eleven sent ten dollars and a letter to Count Zeppelin praising the German air fleet. They say they earned the money by selling acorns and will donate it to wartime causes or wounded aviators, noting he has money to spare.
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Pac
Int'l
Stuttgart
England
Schleswig-Holstein
Count Zeppelin
London
New York Boston St Louis Detroit yi ee Beereveda a vee ee
A garbled OCR fragment mentions major U S cities New York Boston St Louis Detroit with unclear context or actions. The readable bits do not form a complete event or statement to summarize beyond listing locations. Further readable details are needed to craft a proper card.
Wilson orders court martial for militiamen
Washington May 27 One hundred sixteen Texas national guardsmen who failed to respond to the call for service on the Mexican border will be tried by court martial by order of President Wilson. The offense may be punished by fines or imprisonment with President approval. Secretary Baker says trials will proceed under the Dick law, reversing a delay while the Hays Chamberlain army reorganization bill was considered. The President will appoint the court martial, Major General Funston to recommend its members, a majority of whom must be Texas National Guard officers. No steps have been taken yet against New Mexico and Arizona guardsmen who also failed muster. A further Funston report is awaited.
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Washington
Funston
Texas National Guard
New Mexico
Arizona
Bank Robbery Fugitive Boutoff Identified by Garage Worker
An employee of a local garage identified Charles Boutoff as a fugitive gang member who held up a Los Angeles bank months ago. Boutoff was a confederate of George Nelson, killed by police in an all night gun battle last year.
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Charles Boutoff
Los Angeles
Boutoff
George Nelson
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