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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1915
Page
1
London editor J L Garvin assesses the war as a long hard struggle with Allied forces only now closing gaps in continental power. He predicts the triple entente will grow stronger, German overreach will be tested by a new submarine campaign, and balance will tilt gradually against the Allies after several months of stiff resistance.
The French army commissary has distributed solidified alcohol to guard soldiers in the front trenches. It lights easily, burns with no visible flame, and provides heat to warm rations. The solid form came from crushing white soap with alcohol, a method once used to smuggle alcohol as soap by disguising it.
The Bartmess cattle killing case was called Saturday afternoon with a demurrer by attorney Harry Atkinson overruled by Judge Averill. Bartmess and co defendant pleaded not guilty. Trial set for March 16, bonds fixed at 2500 and furnished. A wartime immigration figure shows 127000 for the first four months versus 505000 in 1913 for the same period.
Elko County horses suffer from equine anemia with reduced red blood cells and hemoglobin. Nevada University laboratory investigators, led by Dr. Stephen Lockett and Dr. W. B. Mack, seek causes and transmission routes while noting vaccinations showed limited success elsewhere. Heavy losses include Nevada Land & Livestock Co. and William Schodde. illness leads to rapid weight loss and paralysis before death.
Salt Lake Tribune clipping notes eastern buyers contract half a million pounds of Utah and Idaho wool in a single day at 25 cents per pound. Merino wool fetched 23 cents and Cotswold 28 cents, with Arizona averaging around 27 cents. Nevada growers see 25 cents a pound as above last year's peak. Elko County farmers refuse 22 cents and aim for 25 to 30 cents.
Nevada Press Comment argues against teaching trades as shameful and notes a Western Nevada miner’s view that youths should learn skilled labor. It cites a Kansas bill restricting cosmetics for women under 45, calling it a vanity satire by a philosopher legislator with humane aims.
A Senate ways and means bill requests 51847.46 dollars to maintain the Nevada School of Industry in Elko for delinquent boys and girls for 1915 16. Matthew Kyle, former United States Surveyor General, is named superintendent. Land for the school was donated by Frank Fernald Sr. The measure allocates funds under the State Board of Examiners approval and State Controller audit.
Baltimore February 23. Cardinal James Gibbons says scripture fulfilled by European war news. He warns nations rising against nations and widespread sorrow as the greatest war sacrifices thousands of lives hourly.
Fred Hayes arrives at Winnemucca with Constable Lyons and Postal Inspector Means to report a robbery at the National post office. He admits misappropriating $60 of government funds amid a total shortage of $165.90, according to the Humboldt Star.
A hotel waiter recounts that a guest from table No 7 asked for sausages, was told they were out, and proposed waiting. After he left the scene, the waiter stepped on a dog's tail in the kitchen, the dog yelped, and the guest suddenly departed.
The Nevada House approved repealing the wildcat law that forced mining firms to file statements and send reports to stockholders and stamp stock promotion or treasury stock. Supporters argued the measure failed to deter wildcatting and only burdened legitimate companies.
Four suspects named William Campbell William Mc Kinney Carl Wiberg and Charles Jeffries were released after being held in connection with the murder of George Van Natta whose body was found in a reservoir in Las Vegas.
The forest service buys barb wire to fence a ten acre bog near Mountain City Nevada in Humboldt National Forest. The bog surrounds hot springs whose waters aid rheumatism treatment but spring mud rises above ground level, trapping people and stock. Many head of stock have been lost annually before fencing.
Reports claim 12 billion dollars worth of potash deposits near Mulhouse, known as the Nonnenbruche mines, lie along a key Thann to Mulhouse route and would greatly ease France’s wartime expenditures once Mulhouse is retaken.
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