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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
NEWSPAPER CRITICIzES
governments PENSION BUREAU

shillings a week, according to the
rank and pay of the husband. But
the mass of them will not get over
five shillings. An extra allowance
varying from forty to fifty cents a
week for each child is given, how
ever.
While there are no government
homes for old soldiers in Great
Britain, as in the United States,
there are certain homes maintained
by private charity. Of these, the
largest and most famous is in Chel-
sea, London. The garden party CIV
en- at the Chelsea home for it's bene-
fit is one of the big social events of
London's spring season.
Much suffering was caused by the
government deferring the payment
of separation allowance to soldiers
wives during the first two months of
the war. Not until October 1 was
this money put into the hands of the
destitute women. War office red
tape also held up pay allotments.
A campaign to raise British pen
sions and separation allowances has
who proposes a minimum of one
pound sterling a week for the widow
of every soldier and sailor killed at
the front, for the mother dependent
on any soldier or sailor killed, for
the wife of every sailor and soldier
now in the fighting line and also fol
every soldier and sailor permanent
ly manned by fighting.
Such an increase sounds small in
| comparison with American pension
rates, but would mean a four-fold
raise for the English in most in
stances. From $1.25 a week the
widows pension would be raised to
So. Mothers dependent for support
on men who die in active service are
now u%nprovided for. The wives OF
men at the front at present gel
only $1.S5 a week, while the mini
mum weekly pension allowed to dis
abled soldiers is IS cents. Mr.,
Barnes also proposes to double the
present allowance of 2S cents a week
for each dependent child.
1t is pointed out that the nation
has 20 support these dependents in
any case, and to throw the main bur
den on private charity does not re-
lieve the country of tho cost. Al
adequate separation allowance and
pension would relieve the men who
are offering their lives for their
| country from the stigma of being OBJ
jects of charity.
But as the proposed increase Is
likely to take the form of a super
tax on incomes, it is not popular with
the wealthy classes.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
RETURNS ARE
ABOUT ALL IN
FROM COUNTY
Kendall and Wilkinson for Commits
siOners and Evans for Assem-
bly, Elected
ONLY REPUBLICANS TO
WITHSTAND THE BATTLE
Miller, Socialist Candidate, Leads
Others-Suffrage Carries in
ESmeralda

Returns from all save three small
precincts = Gold Mountain, Fish
Lake and Coaldale = show that A.
Grant Miller, n socialist candidate
for United States senator, carried
Esmeralda county in the general
election yesterday by a vote of 694,
which gave him a Plurality OF 1O4
over Senator Newlands, the demo-
cratic nominee. Samuel Plat, the
republican nominee, ran third with
457 votes. In the congressional
race Leonard b. Fowler, the demo-
cratic candidate, obtained GAL votes,
against $50 for Martin j. Scanlon,
socialist, and 524 for e. e. Roberts,
republican.
For governor Emmett ID. Boyle,
the democratic candidate, leads with
693, against 6O9 for Tasker l.. Cd
die, and 426 for w. A. Morgan, so
cialist. Maurice j. Sullivan, demo
crat. who resides in Goldfield, made
a runaway race for lieutenant gov
ernor, obtaining 963 votes, which
gives him a majority of 2O9. For
the remainder of the state offices,
the democratic candidates made sue
cessful races against their oppon-
ents. The democratic candidates
were likewise successful in the con-
tests for sheriff, county clerk and
treasurer, county recorder and audi
tor. district attorney, county sur
veyor, public administrator and JUS
tice of the peace of Goldfield.
The returns show that Joseph II
Kendall and Charles d. Wilkinson,
republicans, made successful races
against their democratic and social
list opponents for the offices of long
and short term county commission
ers, respectively.
One republican, Frank b. Evans,
and four democrats, Walter Barring
Henry M. Rives, Andy Walsh and
Harry s. Winslow. were successful
il the race for the assembly.
For judge of the seventh judicial
district, J. Emmett Walsh, demo-
crat, won by a majority of two votes
over his progressive opponent, Will
liam D. Hatton, in Esmeralda coun-
ty, and 222 votes in Mineral coun-
ty, with four small precincts to be
heard from.
The suffrage amendment carried
in this county by a large majority
due to the votes of the socialists.
The vote in detail follows:
Senator: Miller, Soc, 694; New
lands, DEM, 500: Plat, rep. 457.
Congress: Fowler. dem., 641;
Roberts, rep, 524; Seaman, socv
$50.
Governor: Boyle, dem, 693: Nor
gan, soc., 426; eddie, rep, 6O9.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
RESUME OF Mine OPERATIONS IN
PROPERTIES OF COMS7OCK LODE

1000 level, made pipe connections
for carrying water to the Mexican
1000 level winze station, and cooled
off the 1000 southwest drift. Re-
pairs have also been made upon the
hoist and motor at the said winze.
The small amount of fire now re-
naming in the mine appears to be
under control, and step by step
closer approach is being made to the
sea of the trouble, and 1t is expect
ed to have it entirely out in the
near future.
The Union Con. continues to OPP
crate the pump in the Union winze
and the 1850 level kept free from
water. A door has been construct
ed in the $500 level west crosscut to
regulate the air current, and the
company is ready to begin opera
tons as Dol as the Mexican has
finished using the compressed air
line for carrying water to the Mex
lean Wine.
The report of Comstock Pump
ing Association today shows that the
pumping plants were successfully OPP
Grated at all points, and on the
1000 station two valves and one
rocker arm were placed on No. 8
Riedler pump.
The Yellow Jacket mill received a
total of 992 tons of ore at the bins
the past week. of which 4S6 came
from the mines, and sos n from
the Jacket dumps. Two bars of
bullion We're also shipped to the
smelter. At the surface of the
Jacket, 440 IONS were sent to the
%gloryhole from the shaft. and at the
mine bins sol tons of Belcher ore
were received. General repairs were
made to the Jacket shaft and in
cline.
The Belcher company on the 1900
level extracted the largest tonnage
of recent weeks from the raise above
north drift No. 1, and from the
sill up to the 4th floors. saved 557
cars of milling ore. At the joint
incline the pumps held the water 90
feet below the 1900 level. and re-
pairs were made where necessary.
i, The only work in Crown Point was
repairs to the south drift No. 1.
The Overman company continued
the cleaning up of the main east
crosscut from the shat station for
a distance of II feet; total length
now in good condition, 6S2 feet.
At the Confdence-Challenge-Im-
perial shaft the east crosscut Start
ed in the south drift on the goo
level was extended eight feet: to-
tai length, 26 feet. The face is in
low grade quartz.
The Caledonia company contin-
ued to raise above the 100 level. IL
feet being made for the week. The
top of the raise is in %porphyry, 95
feet above the 1100.-ChrOnicle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
HOLDS SUBJECTS
OF ALLIES AS HOSTAGES

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. - Until
definite guarantees are given by
Russia, England and France for the
protection of Turkish subjects, Tur-
key will hold all subjects of the tri-
pie entente in Turkey as practical
hostages. This information was
conveyed last night by a cable mes
sage from United States Ambassador
Morganthau at COnstantinople. Eng
land had given Turkey such assur-
ance, but the special train for the al
lies refugees, arranged by Ambas-
sador Morganthau, was detained by
Turkey.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07

Large areas of public lands here
tofore withheld from all forms of
entry because of the possible pres
ence of mineral deposits are now
open to agricultural settlement I'M
der a law which went into effect
July II, 1914. Entry under the
new act involves the retention by
the government of title to certain
specified minerals believed to under
lie the lands. This sort of agricul-
tural entry of coal land has been al
lowed since June %, 1910, and of
oil land in Utah since August "a,
1912. The present law extends this
right of non-mineral entry to all
public lands withdrawn, classified, or
valuable for phosphate, nitrate, pot
ash, oil, gas or asphaltic minerals.
Any form of non-mineral filing may
be made = homestead, desert land,
timber and stone, state selection or
any other = the government reserv-
ing the mineral deposits for which
the lands are believed to be valu-
able and the right to prospect for
and mine them. If, for example, a
man should make entry in one of
the great phosphate fields of Florida,
Idaho, Utah, Wyoming or Montana
his patent would give him the right
to the surface and all minerals
which might thereafter be found ex-
cept phosphate. Or of his home
stead should be in one of the oil
fields of California, Wyoming, Utah,
Colorado or Louisiana, he would re-
ceive patent to everything but oil
and gas. Before the government OIL
it's assignee comes on his land tC
prospect for phosphate or for oil
the entryman is secured against any
damages which he may sustain IL
the course of the prospecting or min
ing.
Inasmuch as large Withdrawals Of
mineral lands have been made in
the arid and semi-arid western
states, where entries may be made
under the enlarged homestead acts
the recent law will considerably ex.
tend the area open to dry farming
homesteads. Many applications fol
the designation of lands as subject
to enlarged homestead entry have in
the past been refused because the
lands were withdrawn, but these ap'
plications may now be granted, and
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07

The principal mineral products of
Indiana are coal, clay wares, ce-
ment and stone, the aggregate value
of these four substances in 1913 ex-
ceeding 90 per cent of the total value
of the output of the mines and quar-
ries, according TO a statement Just
issued by the United States geologi-
cal survey. In 1913 the total value
of the mineral production of lndi-
ana was $46,607,S 1854. To this to-
tai the coal mines contributed $19,-
OO1,S81, the Portland cement plants
$1O,21S,S67, the clay products S.
49S,646, and the stone quarries $4,-
676,6S9. In 1912 the mineral out
put of the state was valued at $42,-
239,193, compared with which the
production in 113 shows an increase
of $4,36S,671, or over ten per cent.
| These values do not include that or
the pig iron produced in the state,
which in 1912 exceeded 1000, 900
and in 1913 was owe 100000 900,
uOT uO Juey lHCluuC liz NoioO VI SAS
coke produced, which in 1913
amounted to nearly $4,000, 600.
These two items make the sum to-
tai over $4,000, 900. In the pro.
duction of coal, which is the prin-
cipal mineral product of the state,
put in 1913 amounting to 1885,
gu short tons, valued at $19,OO1,-
SS1, compared with 17,4SO,546. in
1912. The coal producing counties
are all in the southwestern part OF
the state and embrace an area OF
approximately $500 square miles.
With an increased production
from 9,634,5S2 barrels, valued at
$~7,237,591, in 1912, to 10,219,492
barrels, valued at $1O,2lS,-
S67. in 1918, the Portland cement
industry became second among Indi-
ana's activities in mineral produc-
ton. In 1912 the clay-working in
dustries held second place, with
products valued at $~7,935,251. In
1913 the value of the clay products
was $S,49S,646. The principal clay
products are drain tile, building
brick and yitriied brick. The I'M
der clay of the coal beds furnishes an
excellent base for e~ncaustic tile and
for the manufacture of fire brick.
The value of the quarry products
decreased from $5.091.924 in 1912
to $4,676,689 in 1913.
Since the completion of its plant
of $50 retort coke ovens at Gary by
the United States steel corporation,
Indiana has assumed Importance as
a manufacturer of coke and has ad-
vanced from the relatively low place
of seventeenth in 1910 to third In
1912 and 1913. In addition to the
plant at Gary there are 100 retort
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07

Con. Virginia extends south drift
from 50-foot point to $500 two-com-
partment raise IA feet on the ore
vein. Fifty-three cars of ore saved
averaging $11.91 per ton.
Ophir reopens Central tunnel 127
feet, and now passing through caved
ground at all points att he c. & G..
shaft.
Mexican is taking Steps to zoo off
the mine and resume work as soon
as possible. Repairs are being made
to the 1000 winze hoist.
Union Con. keeps 1850 level free
of water and will Ia operations
as soon as Mexican finishes using
compressed air line for water.
Yellow Jacket mill received 992
tons of ore at bins and shipped two
bars of bullion to the smelter.
Belcher extracted 557 cars of mill
ing grade ore from stope above the
north drift, 1600-fot level.
Overman, on the 1900 level, clean
ed up and repaired old workings
for eleven feet.
At the joint Confidence Challenge
Imperial shaft, on the 200 level, the
east crosscut is all in quartz of low
assay value.
Caledonia continues work in raise
above 100 level, which is being car
ried to the 1000.
Con. Virginia the past week start
ed the work of development and ex-
%ploration on the intermediate level
above the $500 level, and favorable
conditions prevail in the south drift
started at a point fifty feet up in the
two-compartment raise from the
$500 northeast drift. The drift
was advanced IA feet on the ore
vein. which maintains a width of six
feet. From this work 53 cars. esti.
mated at As tons, were saved aver
aging $11.91 per ton, showing bet
ter values than in the raise. The
raise was also carried up v feet
discontinued temporarily, and the
vein in the top is a full six feet III
width, assaying from $3.77 to $6.75
per ton. Necessary repairs were
made at the c. & c. shaft during the
week.
The Ophir company has continued
the %reOpening of the Central tun-
mel workings, a distance of 127 feet
being made; total distance now in
repair, 1897 feet. Excellent prog
ress is being made in this undertake
ing to reach the vast low grade ore
reserves along the groupings, which
should now show a milling profit.
The caved ground at the old Mexi-
can shaft has been reached, and it
is now being passed through. No
work was done in the deep levels
during the week.
During the week the Mexican COM
pany removed two bulkheads on the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07

LONDON, Nov. 2. - Five shil-
lings a week t o the soldiers wife
who has lost her husband in fight
ing his country's battles!
With this exclamation one of the
leading London papers attacks edi-
torily the governments pension sys-
tenn which it says is due to the old
tradition summed up in yelling
tons assertion that his troops in the
Spanish campaign were only 1.-The
scum of the earth" The war office,
according to the writer, fails to re-
alize that times are different now
and the vast majority of volunteers
are men who in civil life earned
good wages in factory, field, office
and shop.
Indignation has also been express
ed in parliament, so that it is not
unlikely some reform in pensions
may follow.
In the British army the pay of Of
ficers and men is dependent on the
regiment. There is no standard
scale of pay as in America. Com
missioned officers, as a rule, receive
a sum impossible to live on about
$33 a month. They must have in
dependent means, and in the crack
regiments, such as the Scots Greys
or the Grenadier Guards they must
be wealthy, with polo ponies, val
cts and expensive uniforms. But In
certain of the Colonial troops doing
police duty in lands bordered by
savages, they get as good pay as
American officers and do not have to
keep up expensive establishments.
The ordinary infantrymen in the
new volunteer army of a million
men, pledged to foreign service, are
started off at $1.65 a week, clear OF
Married men are allowed
in addition separation pay for their
families at the rate of $50 a
week for the wife and two pence a
day = or 2S cents a week fol
each child. In the county of Lon
don they are given a further sum OF
so cents a week, owing to the higher
cost of living.
All married soldiers serving
abroad are obliged to allot at least
SIS cents a week to their families
out of their w pay. Worked out
on this scale, the lowest sum a SOL
dier's wife ~ithout children can re-
ceive is 23 shillings a week in the
case of a warrant officer, % for a
regimental quartermaster sergeant,
16 shillings six pence for corporal or
private. If the wife has four chill
dren to support she will receive, on
the same scale, a sum ranging from
"a to % shillings.
Widows of those who die on active
service receive from five to ten
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
AUTHORITY in GERMANY
TAKES BACK SEAT TO MILITARY

was firing necessarily from a o v
cred position. Their shells came
with a sharp whizz, to explode with
a mighty crash. Their infantry also
kept up a hot fire. l went forward
with my musicians in a covered pO-
sition and met Col. Won RI, who
ordered me to contribute my part to
this Internal concert.
Il crawled forward, therefore,
trench, asked them to get out their
instruments, and we played to the
great amusement of the troops the
beautiful air Il Feel 81 Fine in the
Evening. After some time the
moon came out from behind a thick
field with it's bursting shells, and
we gave it a welcome with the mel
ody, Good Moon, You Move so
Quietly and the soldiers Joined in
with spirit. Somewhat later the
French attempted a forward move
ment, and we promptly received
them with Dolly, You Are the Light
of My Eyes The French did not
seem to trust this assurance, how
ever, for they hastily withdrew, to
the ~resounding laughter of our men,
who did splendid shooting. In or
der to make it clear to the French
just whom they had in their front.
| next struck up the fiery Radetzki
march, and just as the rising sun
was coloring the east blood-red ]
closed the concert with the hopeful
choral, Fair Beams the Morning
Star Many of the soldiers, hold
ing their rifles in firing position,
Joined in Justify"
Becker has recently received the
Iron Cross in recognition of his
bravery.
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Lieutenant governor: Burton,
soc., 433; Lozano, rep, 321; Sulli-
van, DEM, 963.
Justice of supreme court: Cole
man, dem, 1913; Curler, rep, $50.
Secretary of state: Brodigan,
dem, 1856; Holmes, rep, $40.
State controller: Cole, DEM,
1851; Eggers, rep, 542.
State Malley, DEM,
1925; Mcmillan, DEM, 4S9.
Surveyor general: Deadly, DEM,
9S2; Kyle, rep, $50.
Superintendent of public instruc-
ton: Abel, rep, 565; Bray, DEM,
1907.
Superintendent of state printing:
Farnsworth, DEM, 1921; Trimmer,
1856.
Attorney general: Mckay. rep,
266; Springmeyer, prog, 400;
Thatcher, DEM, 773.
Clerk of supreme court: Josephs,
dem, 1909.
Inspector of mines: Richie, Soc,
5O4; Ryan, DEM, 651; stinson, rep,
SCI.
Regent state university (long
term): Lind, prog, All; O'Brien,
rep, 391; Sullivan, dem, GAO;
soc, sol; Withers, DEM,
$50; Worden, Soc, 496.
Regent state university (short
term): Barker, Soc, 495; Fletcher,
prog, 119; Henderson, DEM. $50;
Squires, rep, 346.
District Judge: Hatton, prog,
61S; Tilden, ind, 400; Walsh, dem,
$40.
49S; Elliott, DEM, 666; Orr, pros.
ST; Wood, Soc, AGA.
Assemblymen: Aylward, rep,
437; Barring, dem, CSC; Catalan,
dem, sos; Clegg, SOC, All; Derbs,
rep, SIS; Evans, rep, 6S4; Hot
land, soc, 46S; Keenan,, SOC, 495;
Marine, prog, 227; Myers, prog,
1874; McCulloch, rep, 351; Richards.
SOC, 443; Rives. DEM, 665; Service.
344; Stefan, Soc, AT; Walsh, dem.
$40; WinslOw, DEM, 656.
Sheriff and assessor: Cable, rep,
1913; ingalls,, dem, 1888; Toohey,
soc, 524.
Clerk and treasurer, Baker, soc..
35S; Fenwick, rep, 545; Robertson,
DEM, TIT.
Recorder and auditor: Bell, rep,
$50; Johnson, dem, 1885.
District attorney: Diskin, dem.,
S34; Thompson, rep, 76S.
County commissioner (long term:
Ernest, DEM, 495; Kendall, rep,
$50; Tenant, soc. 544.
County Commissioner (short
term): Arlington, SOC, 470; Fee
ly, dem, Gil; Wilkinson, rep, 622.
County surveyor: Browne, dem,
see; Hagel. rep, 60.
Public administrator: Parks,
dem, 935; Simondi, rep, 5s7,
Justice of peace. Goldfeld: Ar
mold, dem, 6S4; Barnes, rep. 5S5.
Constable, Goldfeld: Ellingston.
DEM, 91S.
Suffrage amendment: For, $40;
against. 535.
Official oath amendment: For.
S67; against, 2S5.
The value of the mineral products
of New York, according to the Unit
ed States geological survey, increas-
ed from $~3S,431.910 in 1912 to SAL
$4,000 in 1913.
w. w. WATTERSON and Frank
Butler, both of Bishop. CAL, motor
ed over from that town yesterday
for n sbort v;sit In camn They are
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07

BERLIN, Nov. 2. - To say that
civil authority in Germany has ev-
erywhere given way to military gov
eminent would be to overstate the
case, and yet it is true that within
its own field of affairs the military
is not only absolute, but also al
times inclined utterly to disregard
even the highest state officials.
prevails to such an extent that pass
es, for instance, from the minister
of foreign affairs are only valid
when some army officer is disposed
to recognize them.
The foreign correspondents lett
in Berlin have recently had occasion
to witness the working of military
government. The foreign office
sent to them, unsolicited, an invita-
ton to visit the war prisoners de-
tention barracks at DOberltz, some
fifteen miles outside the capital.
The newspaper men assembled at
the time and place directed. With
them were Captain Loechlein of the
imperial admiralty and several high
officials of the foreign office. The
commandant of the military camp,
an elderly general, approached the
group and addressed them.
Nobody will be admitted 10 see
the prisoners" he said. And as
long as l am commandant here, the
same rule will prevail"
He turned his back on the state
officials and newspaper men and
strobe back to his room n a
word of explanation. The fact that
the visitors were present by invita-
ton of the government made no diff
ference to him.
The civil officials of Germany re-
alize that the fact that the neutral
nations are getting so little news
fro mthe German side is in some de-
gree the fault of this lack OF CO.
operation between the civil and mill
tary officials. If the former could
have their way, the foreign press ser
vice from Germany would be much
more nearly complete, but they are
blocked by this attitude of the army
officials.
A concert in the firing line is thus
described by Band Master Adolf
Becker, with one of the German ar
mics in France:
After a long march we went into
camp at G. and promised our
selves a good nights rest. At 1880
we we're suddenly and rudely walked
up; out outposts had come into
touch with strong French forces,
and the whole camp suddenly be-
came alive. A sharp fight was soon
in progress. The French artillery
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-11-07
BOMBARDED by FLEET

PARIS, Nov. 4. - TIL lombard
ment of the forts of the Dardanelles,
chiefly by the British fleet, was sus-
pended momentarily, but later re-
sumed. More than seventy shells
were fired at the Turkish forts.
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SHIPPING SEIZED

LONDON, Nov. 4. - A dispatch
says: "The Turks have begun seiz-
ing shipping off Constantinople. The
porte has ordered the extinction of
the lighthouses In the Mediterran-
can.