IWW Leaders Move to Leavenworth After Chicago Bombing
Salt Lake Tribune reports 93 Industrial Workers of the World members including Big Bill Haywood and Vincent St. John have been sent to federal penitentiaries to serve sentences. Bail efforts ended after Chicago bombing. public outrage grows over the act and calls for severe punishment. Haywood and others anticipate public suspicion on their followers while seeking quiet exile. The piece supports strict enforcement and hints at harsh penalties for the Chicago bombing.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Industrial Workers of the World
Big Bill” Haywood
Vincent St. John
Federal Penitentiary
Haywood
Leavenworth
Federal
Chicago
American assault at Verdun cuts St Mihiel salient
United States troops under General Pershing strike their first independent blow near Verdun on the St Mihiel salient. The pocketed Germans retreat with heavy losses as over 18 000 prisoners and hundreds of guns are captured. The move frees rail lines and gives Allied heights of military value amid broader war news.
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Palisade
United States
Pershing
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Indian boy murderer Willie Jack gets life sentence
Willie Jack, a 13-year-old Indian boy from Hicks Station, pleaded guilty to first degree murder of Mrs. Charles Williams. Judge Averill sentenced him to life imprisonment but referred the case to the State board of pardons with a recommendation for Elko industrial school.
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Willie Jack
Hicks’ Station
Tonopah
Averill
Charles Williams
State Board of Pardons
Elko
Timlin
P. J. Somers
Morey Jack
Somere
Heaven
Hell
Happy Hunting Ground
God
Morcy Jack
Willie
Tybo
Williams
Schade
Thomas
Somers
Notices of Location and Deeds in Eureka Mining Districts
Records show location notices for the Vindicator and Vindicator Extension placer claims by Charles E. Carter, Raine et al, and a land patent to James Green Ford covering sections in Townships 21N, 60E. Deeds include Florence Kautz and Bertha Rich to James Bogantini for Lot 8 Block 11 Eureka, and Sheriff James Mackey to George Wingfield for Buckhorn Mines property. Also filed is a notice of intention to hold several Eureka district mines by Hiram Johnson.
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Charles E. Carter
W. S. Raine
State of
Nevada
James Green Ford
S. P. Absorbs W. P. In Major Railroad Consolidation
The Western Pacific Railroad and its subsidiaries have been virtually absorbed by Southern Pacific, effective September 1. Federal manager W R Scott ordered the transfer, including Tidewater Southern in California and Deep Creek in Utah. Western Pacific owners protested but could not halt the consolidation.
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Western Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
W. P
S. P
San Francisco
Western Pacific
W. R. Scott
Southern Pacific-Western Pacific Lines
Tidewater Southern
California
Deep Creek Road
Utah
The
Scott
Railroad Administration
Mineral Bill Passes Senate With Minor Amendments
Washington Sept 11 The Senate approved with minor amendments a bill for Government production and distribution of minerals for war needs. A like measure has been passed by the House and a conference will settle differences. The Senate draft provides 50 million dollars for presidential discussions over deposits or ore needed.
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Washington
Senate
House
Veteran Nevada millman Hugene P Arnold dies in Carson
Former Goldfield resident Hugene P Arnold a well known mining figure in Nevada died in Carson City in recent days. Arnold was an expert millman with long ties to Goldfield and southern Nevada mining circles.
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Hugene P. Arnold
Nevada
Carson
Arnold
Goldfield
Remonetization urged to boost gold output in United States
M. H. Joseph, a former Eureka resident with mining claims on Prospect mountain, argues in a Spokesman Review letter that remonetizing silver would trigger a rapid rise in gold production. He notes silver demonetization in 1873 reduced gold mining activity and contends that government aid should push remonetization, prompting global follow. Republic, Washington.
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M. H. Joseph
Eureka
Prospect Mountain
Spokesman Review
Hell
Republic
Europe
United States
M. H. Joserx
M. E. Republic
Wash
Slacker Raide Bring Beault New York
More than 1500 men were inducted into military service and 15000 others were adjudged seriously delinquent in the slacker roundup across New York and northern New Jersey this week. Charles F. Dewoody, chief agent of the department of justice, announced today. A total of 60187 men were examined.
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New York
New Jersey
Charles F. Dewoody
Department of Justice
To Fix Gasoline Price for Domestic and Allied Use
Fuel Administrator Garfield said he expects to fix a gasoline price for home use, government, and Allied needs at a figure below current market levels. He awaits further reports before action. Beer Making Stops December 1. The Food Administration announced beer production must end after December 1, 1918 following a Wilson conference with Railroad, Food and Fuel Administrations and the War Industries Board.
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Washington
Garfield
The
Food Administration Today
Wilson
Railroad, Food and Fuel Administrations
War Industries Board
Orphans Home Crowded As 114 Children Housed
State orphans home faces crowding with 114 homeless and abandoned children sheltered on site. Superintendent Cowing cites high living costs and widespread poverty as the reason parents can no longer provide for their offspring.
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Cowing
Public Wood Permit Rules In Nevada State
Under regulations from the General Office residents of Nevada may secure free wood and coal from public lands for agricultural use up to a 40 dollar stumpage value per year. People unable to cut may appoint an agent with permit to remove wood. No one may cut without a permit from the chief of the division of the general land. Request applications from J. H. Vorute chief of field division Custom House San Francisco California.
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General Office
Nevada
United States
Pe &Re
Perm
J. H. Vorute
Custom House
San Francisco
Fornia
Mysterious Elko County Morder Case Led to Executions
The State Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction of Ben Kuhl connected to the Bridge Twin Falls stage attack near Jards. The district court is to set a date for Kuhl’s execution in the state prison. Ed Beck linked to the case faces life imprisonment.
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Kab
Ben Kuhl
Elko County
Murdle
Inquiring Into Nevada Incomes Investigated
Activity surrounds Nevadans avoiding income tax as revenue officers audit valuations and sworn statements to Samuel. Reports cite a Washoe County man who failed to pay about $12,000 on an income tax loan, with similar cases found in Lyon and Ormsby Counties as statewide checks continue.
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Nevada
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Eureka Sentinel
H. A. Seiliman
Une
Tyna
Flanders
Eugene V. Debs
Cleveland
Ohio
Syracuse
Berlin
Charley Williams
Recorder of
Eureka County
S. P. Absorbs
M. H. Joseph Sage
Weald Selva
Otis Fulton
County Commission
Long
Edna Covert Plumme
Alex Fraser
R J. Reid
Long County Commission
Birat
J. Hooper Anndunosy
Horeka County
Anne Martin
Anne Sax
Nawark Valley
Manuel
Eureke
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