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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10
ROY DROWNED IN
UNIVERSITY POND

Playing sailor on a raft made of
all old door, young Paul H. Foster
met the end of many of those who
go to the sea in ships and was drown
ed in University pond. Saturday af-
ternoon, while his helpless and ter
rifed companions looked on in hor-
ror, says the Reno Journal.
The little fellow, with a few others
we're out swimming. He was pad
ding his frail craft about the pond
when, fer some unexplained reason,
he fell into the water. which is about
19 feet deep, at the point where he
sank from sight.
His friends ran about shouting for
help. The shouts and cries attract
ed DR.. O'Malley, a recent arrival in
Reno. and Frank Peterson CT the
university staff.
DIR. O'Malley being an expert
swimmer. threw off his supertiuous
clothing, swan ont to where the raft
was floating on the water and dived
to the bottom of the pond where he
grouped about until he found the
child's body.
Bringing his burden to the surface.
DR. O'Malley swan ashore and for
more than two hours he and other
willing helpe rs sought tc revive the
spark of life.
Their efforts We're u~nayailins and
the lifeless body was tenderly borne
to the home of his parents al 221
West Fifth street, from which he
had gone in happy spirits only a few
hours before.
The little man was born in Colo
RADIO. twelve years ago. lie is sur
vived by his heart-broken parents
Mr.. apd Mrs. r. W. Foster. a brother
Herbert. and a sister Ruth.
In view of the fatal ending OF a
boys pleasant afternoon, the univer-
sity authorities announced that no
bathing or swimming will be per
mitted in the pond until further no.
tice.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10
LIGHTNING PLAYS FRANKS
WITH MINING EQUIPMENT.

Superintendent F. II. Bruce of the
observation-disclosures Power company is
resting easily these days after the
most strenuous W weeks experience
ed in his fifteen years service in the
electric business, says the Tonopah
Bonanza.
Thunder and lightning have been
playing ping pong with the property
entrusted to his care and he has
been losing sleep watching the antics
of electric generators in the
clouds flirting with rival juice pro-
duced on earth. Not a day has pass
ed for two weeks when there was not
some trouble on the line that
stretches out between the headwa-
ters of Bishop creek on the summit
of the Sierras and the distant min
ing camps of southern Nevada.
The money loss was not so great
as the annoyance of watching n
waiting for the next place where
lightning would strike. Then would
ensue a hustle of line riders and
trouble men until the wires were
again running to the satisfaction Of
the superintendent.
About the last serious trouble is
now undergoing repair and by Mon
dav the linemen will be available for
other duties. Last Sunday these
men we're assembled at the Silver
Peak substation, one of the most i'm
portant points on the line. Two
weeks ago the 500 kilowatt trans
formers at Silver Peak We're burned
up and destroyed, including coils
and insulation and it will take a
week or two to replace the damaged
parts. The men We're 50 busy
at other duties that they could not
tackle Silver Peak until this week.
Two weeks ago the company lost
an oil switch at Millers, necessitating
renewal of the appliances and a
complete o%verhauling.
Last week two transformers at the
Loretto Copper company, over in
Inyo county. were burned out and
caused a shut down until they could
be renewed. On this line seven poles
were reduced TO toothpicks by light
ming ana 81 insulators smashed into
fragments none larger than a nickel
piece. These insulators cost 1915
apiece bought by the thousand and
their. renewal is an expensive item
of upkeep of the desert lines.
The damage at Millers was OF the
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10
KILLED by DERRICK POLE.

Domingo Bilboa, a young Basque,
was killed at Martin Legarcia $
ranch on Quinn river, about nve
miles from Sod House. Bilboa was
at work stacking hay, when a guy
rope broke and the derrick pole fell
striking him on the head and crush
ing his skull. He died about half
an hour later. AS soon as the &C
cidena happened a messenger was
SEM 10 Sod House and DR.. Giroux
was t%elephoned for. The doctor left
at once for the Legaria ranch, ae-
eompanied by James Richie, but
when they arrived the man had been
dead several hours.
An inquest was held the next day
by Justice of the Peace Melody OF
Rebel creek. the jury returning a
verdict of accidental death.
Bilboa was about "a years of age
and had been in this country about
a year.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10
FEARFUL RESULTS FROM
EXPLOSION OF MISSED BLAST.

Charles Mayher, a miner employed
in the Mcconnell mine at Mason, as
a mueker. was instantly Killed by the
explosion of a missed hole, his mead
being blown nearly off. the eA-
plosion occurred when Mayher struck
his shovel into an unexploded blast.
Mayher's partner on the shit was
.nninjured, although he stood only A
few steps from Mayher at the time
of the explosion.
Mayher's eyes were destroyed, MS
teeth knocked out and his ace ana
body badly mutilated by flying rock
His skull was fractured in three
places.
Mayher was a native OF Switzer-
land and had been at Mason only a
short time. He had $72 in currency
in his pocket and $500 worth of mon
ey orders, purchased at Goldfeld and
California mining camps.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10
MINER KILLED BY CANE-lN.

David Hickey, who was the victim
of a eave-in in the snaft of his lease
on the Silver Hill, died at his home
in Silver City.
Death was due TO heart failure
brought on by congestion OF the
lungs and shock.
Hickey was buried under five tons
OF rock, but was quickly rescued by
his brother. Jack Hickey. assisted by
Luke Hardwick.
He was thought 10 be not serious
IN injured and hopes for his recovery
were entertained.
Hickey was a native OF Silver CITY,
aged 30 years and is survived by his
parents. a wife and four children and
two brothers.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10

work is to be started at once. Farm
ers of the valley stana ready TO put
$50, 900 capital for constructing the
reservoir and building d hye-mile
ditch from the West Walker river
and a quartef-mile tunnel from the
lake.
Ii is reported the government may
also be interested in reclamation
work In the district now that the long
standing litigation has been settled
Miller & Lux of San Francisco.
through one of their subsidiary cattle
companies, first appeared as plaintin
against $50 defendants and I. l..
Hickey, whose interests were taken
over by Humphry & Moffat, who now
own the Antelope valley ranch.
Miller & Lux settled some time ago
and Joined forces with the numerous
farmers who were parties to the suit
against the Hickey interest. Hickey
started the irrigation project years
ago but was prevented by an %injunc-
ton in the federal courts from car
rying it out.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10

freakish order. The shock came
from out on the pole line where eight
poles were eliminated from the seen
cry and the current came dashing
INTO the Millers substation that soon
started things humming. In passing
through the switches the lightning
was travelling too fast to take the
right angle turns and the result was
a general bust up of the station as
the juice could not find any outlet
for the surplus energy without max
ing IN exit not provided by the Gu
cheering talent of the company.
Tonopah is better fixed than any
other station on the line of the conf
pany, but the protection was only
provided after a costly experience
which entailed a loss of 100000 in
the two fires that occurred at the
s%ubstation.
Every device known to the profess
sion has been incorporated for the
purpose of keeping lightning out of
the transformers. Whenever light
ming strikes the line tributary to To-
nopah the current is carried directly
to the station and there led to the
earth where it is allowed to spend
its forces unframed and unseen.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10
MODEL PRISONER ESCAPES
FROM STATE FARM

Sometime Monday night Thomas
Brady, alias Albert Stotz. made his
escape from the prison farm and up
TO late hour had not been %apprehend-
ed. The state police and the
warden have taken up the hunt and
his %reeapture is expected at any time,
as his tracks were picked up at the
farm and followed up into the Clear
Greek canyon and then back toward
town, covering d good many miles
and still coming back TO within A
short distance Of the starting point.
Brady is an old man and has, since
his confinement, been looked upon as
a model prisoner. Monday was his
first day at the prison farm where
he had been sen TO assist in
sl~aughtering cattle. He was receiv-
ed at the prison from Lyon county
to serve from 7 10 9 years Tor as
sault with intention to kill. AL
though the state police have his
Bertillion measurements this seems
unnecessary as his body is covered
with a variety of tattoo marks.
A reward of fifty dollars is offered
for his capture.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10
End or PROLONGED Stir

After thirteen years litigation.
farming interests in the Walker river
district of Nevada and Antelope val
ley of California. have reached a
settlement of their water controversy
out Of court.
The immediate results Is TO be a vast
new irrigation enterprise including
400 acres. BY the terms OF the
settlement f25 water users aloag the
west Walker river are TO receive two
thirds Of all the water 10 be stored
in Alkali Lake reservoir. on which
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10
HARD LUCK ON NEW JOB.

James Harrington's first shift in
the Belmont mine at Tonopah result
ed disastrously for him. While he
was pounding in the roof of the tun-
mel a huge slab of rock was disiode-
ed and fell upon him. His right leg
was caught between the slab and the
wall Of the tunnel, crushing the limb
so badly that amputation was nee
essary.
The bones IN Harrington's leg were
crushed TO splinters. II was taken
off below the knee.
Harrington came to Tonopah from
Butte. Montana. lie was late going
10 work on the morning OF the ac-
eident. catching the last cage down.
Had he been a minute later be would
have missed the cage. would have
been unable to work and would have
avoided the accident.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10
WaSHOUT BLOCKS =. 4.
RAILROAD NEAR THISIIE.

Covered with earth and rock,
packed solidly to a depth of from two
10 five feet. one-dfth OF a mile of the
Southern Pacific railroad track near
Thisbe. Nevada, was blocked for two
Laws until Monday when the FIRST train
No. % westbound from Goldfield,
passed through. Within ninety min
ntes after receiving the report of the
wash 300 men with picks. shovels aud
dat cars were clearing the tracks I'M
the supervision of Assistant Sup
e~rintendent +. c Smith Of Sparks,
Nevada Some Of the rocks weighed
In the neighborhood of one ton The
slide was caused By 3 eloudburat.
Thisbe IS in a canyon Of the True
kee river between Sparks and Fern
ley. Nevada. The cloudburst occurred
above the canyon and washed tons
upon tons OF earth and rock upon the
railroad track. causing what IS known
in railroad circles as a wash-in.
when No. p westbound vas stalled
word was immediately telegraphed 70
Sparks.
All available men as we'll rs those
employed on the Fernley line to
swanville hurried to rhisbe and
work was started from both ends Of
the wash-in
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10

eight miles from Elgin has given rise
to the rumor. 1t is known that an
old crater is in that locality. r. c.
Mckay of the Home ranch brought
the news to Las Vegas. He says the
column of smoke does not have the
appearance of being caused by a
forest fire. but seems to subside at
times and then shoot up again.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10
MAY BE 1 VOLCANO.

II is believed that an extinct vol
has come TO life about 100 miles
from Las Vegas. An investigating
party left Las Vegas to ascertain II
such is the truth.
A column of smoke arising from
the top of a high mountain about
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-10

The rose has but a summer reign
the daisy never dies.-Montgomery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
WAS S|MOTHERED
I'M POTATO CAR
Man Was Locked in Sealed Car
and Did Not Live for
Five Hours.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
FORT DODGE, Iowa, Jan. 6.-Be-
lieving he could accompany refrig-
Grated carload Of potatoes to market
as easily as he could car of live
stock, j. C. Edwards, 26, Of Water
town, s. D., was asphyxiated and his
body taken from the car here today.
He climbed in.o a car which he ship
ped Saturday night from Sioux Falls,
S. d., to ST. Louis, but no one knows
who closed and sealed the door of
the car while be slept, although Illi-
nois Central officials are investigating.
After It was known he was in the
car an order was issued from Sioux
Falls to open It and this was done
last night at Cherokee, but Edwards
was not found because of the dark
ness and because in his death struggle
he had dug down into the potatoes
The car was opened here today and
Edwards body was found. Doctors
said he had not lived five hours after
entering the car.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
Another FrultIess Meeting.

LONDON, jan 6r--When the Turk
ish-Balkan peace conference ended
late this afternoon. It was uncertain
whether or not negotiations had been
broken off. One OF the Turks said
fhet the delegates expected to meet
soon again, but adjournment was TAX.
en- without any future meeting being
agreed upon.
When the plenipotentiaries re-as
sembled this afternoon, Rechid Pasha
said that the Turks we're withou.
authority to make further concessions
and Or. Daneff, for the allies, said
that Turkeys present proposals could
not be accepted.
The official announcement was thai
Inc peace conference was suspended
and no definite da.e Of its resumption
was mentioned. 1t was the opinion II
automatic circles that the Balkan del
esates would wait few days before
formally breaking of negotiations, II
order to give Turkey time to think 4
over and make further concessions
or perhaps to allow the powers t.
step in and mediate.
Watchers knew that the crisis hat
not been reached when DR.. Daneff ant
Inc servians emerged, laughing. from
the palace.
Or. Danefr explained that ther,
would be no session Of the peace con
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
Women OF England Who Wish to
Vote Now Threaten to kldnap
Some Of the Members Of
the Cabinet.
WERE AFTER SECRETARY
Police Arc Guarding tho Members
While at office or at Home to
Keep Them From Being
Stolen Bodily.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
LONDON, Jan. 6.-Milder atrocities
falling to win the ballot. the militant
suffragists now threaten stronger
methods to gain their ends. Despite
desperate precautions to insure sec
recy, 1t leaked out today that Scot
land Yard received reliable informa-
tion that women OF the suffrage
movement had formed plot to kid
nap some member OF the cabinet.
The police would give no intimation
as to what particular cabinet officer
the women had designs upon, but 1t
was learned today that a party Of
suffragettes last Friday invaded the
office OF Home Secretary McKenna.
Disbeiieving the statements of at
taches that McKenna was at the
house OF commons, the women broke
into his private office, tore open clos
let's and ransacked book cases, until
police reserves, called from nearby
police station, forcibly elected the
women. Some OF them were thrown
bodily into the street.
Six noticeabl.. athletic women we're
with ta3 party that stormed the office
of the home secretary and the police
| it Is said, believe they were the
would-be kidnapers.
Armed detectives today guarded
every member OF the cabinet. The
men were guarded In their homes al
well as In thsfr Offices. and detec
itives were close at hand wheneve,
they appeared on the street.
While the police are guarding al
government officials, the railways
telephone and telegraph and the post
Office department from the attacks O
the militants, others OF the suffrag
cites continue their daily silent pray
er in Westminster abbey. trying to oh
| tain votes for women by suggestion.
Gompers quoted the opinion 0
/ Judge Anderson, that Government b.
Injunction was preferable to govern
ment by dynamite" and declared tha
the Judge Should know that govern
ment by injunction was contributing
cause TO government by dynamite"
He read a letter which he sal
showed that James Van Cleave, whel
i head OF the National Manufacturers
4 Association, had planned to lead tn
iron moulders' union to "commi
some overt act" and had urged tn
1 J. X. Turner Detective Agency O
Cleveland to assist in this endeavor.
Ninety percent OF the business G
detective agencies" Gompers contir
ued, 'is the fomenting of industria
disorder and crime"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
Progresslves Plan Shown In Measure
by Senator Rrstow Who sus-
Gests an Industrial
Commission.
SQUEEZING OUT WATER
Every Concern Doing Five Million
Dollars Year Business to be
Under tho Eye Of Uncle
Sam.

limited Press Lee csed Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-First ana
mos. sweeping of the series OF bills
prepared by the national legislative
committee OF the progressive party as
embodying the doctrine OF its faith,
is measure introduced today by SEN
ator Bristow for regulation OF big
business by an industrial commits
sion of seven members.
This Industrial commission would
be empowered to deal with large cor
porations doing an interstate bus1-
ness as the interstate commerce COM
mission deals with railroad and other
transportation service. It would have
authority over all persons or corpor-
ations doing an interstate or foreign
business OF $5,000,0o00 annually, to
investigate their financial condition,
business operations and management
and require all to bring their capital
stock and Indebtedness down to not
, more than ten percent Of the "fair
and reasonable value Of property on
hand"
Three years are allowed as the
time in which the water shall thus be
squeezed out of American industries
| Promoters looting of industry
through promotion fees in merging
small corporations is to be abolished
according to the Bristow bill, by {
Ischedule Of fees for this service, rang
ing from one percent on capitalize
tions over s50,0oo,0oo to five percen
on capitalizations below s5,0o0000.
Other propositions In the bill were
| described today by Senator Bristop
as follows:
Section Is declares that any con
/ tract, combination In the form of s
| trust or otherwise, or conspiracy II
restraint of trade shall be presumet
to be unreasonable. This is intended
A to remedy as nearly as possible tn,
evil that grows out OF the decisions o
the supreme court in the tobacco ant
Standard Oil cases, in which the wor,
reasonable was legislated by cour
into the Sherman antitrust law.
i Other features in this bill are
proposal that the government TAX
over the operation Of the industrie
when the executive heads are bein
prosecuted, and the plan Of havin
4 members of the commission remoy
able by congress"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
COTTON CORNER
WAS ILLEGAL
Supreme Court Holds That
Patten Did Wrong in Work
ing Coup of 1910.

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-"Cornerlng
the market in commodities is illegal
under the Sherman antitrust law, ac-
cording to a decision today of the
supreme court OF the United States
which held James A. Patten and his
associates for trial in the New York
federal cour-ts for an alleged corner
ing" of the cotton market in 1910. Pat
ten is the Chicago operator whose
manipulations in the wheat pit We're
a spectacular feature Of the grain
markets on numerous occasions.
Justice Vandevanter delivered the
court.'s opinion today.
Patten and his associates were In
dicted in New York The circuit court
for the southern district Of New York
quashed the indictment, declaring prt
vate ownership of large quantities Of
cotton did not create a monopoly, and
that the cotton operators are moi
chargeable with any attempt to re
strain interstate commerce.
In effect Patten and his associates
pleaded "cornering" of any product if
not prohibited by the Sherman anti
trust law. They argued that a corner
| is not complete restraint OF trade
and only commercial incident O.
/ trade.
i 1t was contended that participants
! In a corner were not "conspirators'
| to restrain trade and that the govern
ment's charge was too remote and in
| direct Those indicted with PatteI
were: Eugene Scales, Frank B. Haynt
and w. P. Brown.
! "The contracts of the defendants,
| the court declared, Amounted prac
| tically to issuance OF orders to bu,
more cotton than the actual supply
| This was means Of stimulating .ht
market,--of operating corner"
/ The high court squarely met th'
question of legality of corners.
This was conspiracy to corne1
! the market" Justice yande~anter as
serted, at was subject OF inter
/ state commerce. It was to enhanc,
the prices to all buyers in the coun
try.
Upon the corner becoming efrec
| tive there could be no trading excep
as the conspirators might elect w
regard IT plain that the corner woul,
directly impede commerce In the I'M
ted states.
"The conspirators must be held t,
have intended the consequences 0
their act. This was conspiracy t.
dominate the entire cotton trade 0
the country.
I'VE are of the opinion that th'
Sherman statute does embrace the oi
fenses charged
Justice Lurton dissented from tn
4 opinion on technical grounds. Chic
/ Justice White and Justice Holme
ldlssented.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
ROCKEFELLER HAS
LEFT COUNTRY
On His Way to honduras Now and
pujo commr !Swlu No. &c.
to \, Axis TestI-
mony.
1Nvy .'IGAT1oN STARTS
Big New York Banks Consolidate In
Order to Give Ono FlnancIer
Opportunity to Fix up
Story.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
Z WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Wall street
bankers and brokers resumed their
enforced "pilgrimages" to Washing
ton today when the money trust prob
ers of the Pu1o committee met.
Recovering at two o'clock this af-
ternoon, the committee planned to
conclude its investigation with two
weeks and report proposed remedial
legislation to the house early In Feb
ruary
A conference between the commit
tee and its attorney, Samuel Unter
myer, preceded the hearing today
which was the first since ]. Pierpon1
Morgan testified December 49, Flu
ture scope of the hearings. probable
adjournment and the subpoenae chase
of William Rockefeller of the Stand
ard Oil company, was discussed.
Officially Rockefeller's reported de
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-06
FIREMEN FELL
WITH TH.I2 LADDER
Two May Not Recover While
Three Others Were Bad
ly injured.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.
DES MONIES, Jan. 6.-Two firemeu
may not recover and three others are
suffering from injuries received late
yesterday when ladder on which
they were fighting a fire in the Gospel
Mission at 14th and University ave
nue., was thrown to the ground when
the roof caved in. Other fremen
jumped through windows and escaped
The most seriously Injured are:
Frank A. Zimmerman and Marcus
y. Murphy.
The other injured are:
Fred T.. Herbert Gordon Bennett
and George e. McClelland.
The loss to the church property II
$4,000.