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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
NEyADA,S STATUS II
GIVEN N BULLETIN,

Nevada Is essentially a metal-pro-
ducing state, metallic products con-
shutting more than 90 per cent of
the total value of the states mineral
output, according to a report of the
United States geological survey
Though Nevada is at present of much
less relative importance as a mining
state than 1t was in the GLORY days
of the famous Comstock lode. 1t con-
tinues to rank first in the production
of silver, which is third among the
mineral products of I he state. The
most important mineral product of
Nevada is copper. in the production
of which Nevada ranks fifth among
the states. Gold mining ranks second
among the states mineral industries.
The production of copper Increased
from S6.477,494 pounds in 1912 to
80. 693,75 pounds in 1913, but with
a decline in value from ~$14,26S.7S7
to s14.057, 531. Copper mining is
one of the new Industries of the
state. 1t did not begin on an inn
portant scale until 1908. with the de
velopment of the Ely district, the
copper production of the state was
less than 1000. 900 pounds but in
1913 it exceeded 10000, 600.
In sympathy with the general EN-
dency in the decreased production OF
gold, the output of gold in Nevada de-
creased from 650.943 fine ounces
valued at $~13.456.1S0, in 1912. to
570.5S9 fine ounces, valued at SILL
795, 100, In 1913. More than so per
cen of the gold produced in Nevada
in 1912 and 1913 came from the
Goldfeld and Tonopah districts.
The production of silver increased
from 14.369.O63 fine ounces. valued
at SIS. s36.974, in 1912. TO 5000
0S2 fine ounces. valued at $9.71S,-
41O in 1913. About 10 per cent of
the silver output is derived from
the Tonopah district. To what ex-
tent t he Comstock lode in Story
county has fallen. from its high es-
tate in the production of silver is in
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
PETITIONS IN CIRCULATION.

A petition is being circulated
ABOUT Sparks to allow a saloon in
the building formerly occupied by
the Sonoma Produce company. The
petition is to be signed by residents
within 400 Yards of the place. An
other petition Is being signed liberal
~ to keep the saloon limit down 10
l. in Sparks. The two will be plac-
ed in the hands OF the council for
action.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
NEWS COMPANIES UNITE.

The Brown News company. which
operates on the Pacific and Atlantic
systems of the Southern Pacific and
the Van Noys hotel and News COM
pany. operating between Chicago and
New Orleans, have been consolidated
under the name of the Van Noys-
Brown News company. The head
quarters for the western district, in
Guiding all southern trains and
stands. will be in San Francisco.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15

economically, but look for a much
greater yardage as oon as the win
ter's precipitation is available. The
gold is found up and down the can
yon. The nuggets have not travelled
far and the crest of the range is less
than a mile from the upper placers.
The rose quartz in the gold Is a clew
TO the source of deposit. but 1t has
not yet been found
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF THE S7A7E

dicated by the fact that In 1875, when
this famous district was at it's zenith.
the output was over 100000 oun-
ces of silver, and in 1913 the total
production from Storey county was
less than 100000 ounces.
The total value of the mineral pro-
ducts of Nevada in 1913 amounted to
s37,s42.OS4. against s39,i1.S2s in
1912.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
OF CRIME.

w. T. Scott Butler, constable
at Gerlach was in Reno Thursday
on business connected with a crimi-
nal ease at the Western Pacific town
II which Bert Moffat, a saloon man,
is charged with embezzlement. 1t is
alleged that Moffat accepted 5000
from II. b. Harris for s~afekeeping,
but returned only 500 of the money
when Harris applied for il. Moffat
has furnished bail and a hearing will
be held Saturday, a representative of
the district attorneys going out
from Reno.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
BRINGS IN GOLD DUST.

Placer mining in Limerick can
yon in the Rochester district is prov
ing quite profitable. according to
James Moss, who own one of the
claims. He came in from camp this
week with $3.50 worth of dust in
one bottle and a number of coarse
nuggets in another. says the Reno
Gazette. He says:
Owing to scarcity of water 1t is
impossible to handle the gravel very
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
AFTER CATTLE RUsTLERS.

Inspector Newgard and Private
Renear of the Nevada state police
passed through Reno recently
bound north. 1t is understood they
are in pursuit of cattle thieves who
have been operating on the ranges
north of Flanagan, Humboldt county
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
Pleads NOT GUILTY.

William Rowe. who was arrested
on a statutory charge In a rooming
house in Reno recently, where he Is
alleged TO have lived for a week
with Mrs. w. NJ. Wagner. entered q
plea of not guilty before Justice Lee
Davis at his preliminary hearing re-
Gently. Mrs. Wagner has returned
10 her husband
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
BACK IN THE GaME.

George b Russell. who founded
the Elko Free Press, Is again In the
newspaper game. having succeeded
n. Y. Riddle as editor Of the Elko
Independent last Saturday. Russell
says he wandered away into politics
and Is sorry for 1t and he won't do
IL any more.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-15
WOMEN FRIGHTENs BURGLAR.

Mrs. Morgan of Elko. fired a shot
at a burglar who entered her home
on Court street Friday night. She
first saw the man trying to get In
the front window. She secured 4
gun, met him at the back of the
house, and frightened him away
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
WILL SON URGES CORRECTION OF TRUST PROBLEM Effectual Prohibition of In terlocHng Directorates
 One Request MORE POWER IS ASKED FOR COMMERCE BODY Prohibition of Holding Com panies Is Another of
 Presidents Desires

Washington, Jan. 20-President Wilson personally laid before a Joint session of Congress today the funda- mental principles of the Democratic administration program for dealing with trusts and sbig business,
 The President presented the case, he said,. ssas it lies in the thought of the country reiterating that pri- vate monopoly is indefensibIe and in toIerable.'' and declaring that consci- entious business men throughout the nation would not be satisfied until practices now deprecated by public; opinion as restraints of trade and: commerce were corrected. We are now about to write the ad- ditional articles of our constitution of peace said the President. 'sthe peace that is honor and freedom and pros perity.'
 Besides suggesting the scope of leg islation, the President made a per- sonal appeal for an atmosphere of friendliness and cooperation In Con gress while handling the problem.
 'sThe antagonisn1," he said, ssbe- tween business and government is. over. We are now about to give ex-s spression sto t1le best Judgment of America to what we know to be the business conscience and honor of the land. The government and business, men are ready to meet each other half way in "a common effort to square business methods with both public opinion and the 1aW.'s
 The chief points which the Presi-l dent singled out as a basis for legis-. 1ation were:
 Effectual prohibition of the in-7 terIocking Of dIrectorates of great corp rporatia1s-banka.r railroads, indus triaI commercial and public servfcel bodies
 2A law to confer upon the Inter- state Commerce Commission the. power to superintend and regulate the financial operations by which rail roads are henceforfh to be supplied with the money they need for their proper development and improved transportation facilities. The Presi- dent made it clear that ssthe pros. perity of the railroads and the pros perity of the country are inseparaby connected" in this regard.
 3-Definition of e.the many hI1rtfuI restraints of trade by explicit Iegis- Iation supplementary to the Sherman law.
 4-The creation of a. commission to aid the courts and to act as a clear ing house of Information in helping business to conform with the law.
 5-Provision of penalties and pun ishments to fall upon individuals re- sponsible for unlawful business prac- tices.
 6-Prohibftion Of holding co1np4- nies and suggestion that the voting power of individuals holding shares in numerous corporations might be restricted.
 s7-Givfng to private individuals the right to found suits for redress on facts and judgments proven in gov ernment suits, and providing that statute of limitations should run only from the date of conclusion of the governments action.
 s .4
 The full text of President Wilson's message will be found upon Page To-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
GET MY PISTOL. I'LL KILL HlM'':: CRIES JOHNSON Kentucky Congressman First Knocks Down Wash
 ington Attorney CROWD sCATTERs AS
 HE RUNS FOR GUN Clash Overt Lobbyists Fee" Is Initial Cause of Strife
 Tn Hearing

Washington, Jan. 20--A fist fight between Representative Johnson, of Kentucky, and John R. Shields, a Washington attorney, broke up a meeting today of the House Commit tee on District of Columbia.
 After the two men had clashed and blows were struck, Represen- tative Johnson broke away, shouting: E"Get my pistol. I'll kill him.
 MT. Shields was knocked down be- Fseveral lsspectators, could quiet the two Econbatants Fred Allen and Sam ueI Eskew,s two clerks, tried to hold the Kentuckian but he got the better of them and brea king away, dashed off for his private room, shouting for his revolver.
 A dozen men were on the scene when Johnson started away but his demand for firearms soon emptied the office When he returned, only the clerks remained. The Kentuckian be- rated them for their interference and the incident closed.
 The clash betWeenthe two men fol- lowed a hearing on a DfTs to increase the salaries of the crossing police
 men. whom Shields represented.
 Representative Johnson declared he ssheard that MT. Shields had collected a large lobbyists fees during the last Congress and that to vote the propos- ed increase might be voting some body four or five thousand dollar lobby fec
 4 Shield demanded an opportunity "to reply to false statements,.' and at that Johnson struck the lawyer a blow straight from the shoulder that |caNght the attorney under the eye and sent him to 4tae floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
TOMORROW THE FARMER WILL PUBLISH THE MYSTERY
 OF THE BOULE CABINET

This is one of the strongest and most enticing of modern detective sto- ries.
 Written by the famous author. Bur ton E. Stevenson, its almost wierd en- rollment holds the reader breathlessly through the chapters that l1rlfold strange and startling plots, and .situ- ations of the most exciting kind
 It is distinctly modern although the strange cards thate are dealt in the game, bring forth rne poison of the Medici and play a, tragic part in the twentieth cenaury episode Of New York
 It is the kind of story that holds fiction readers in suspense and will create an interest that no other sel rial yet published in these columns has produced. It is sand to vie in It's moderndty and clever r1ses with Ar sene Ll1pine and .sRaffles.'' It is han died in that light vein so characters tice of Burton Stevenson whose works have been read by all classes with in- terest and relish.
 The first irStalnaent will begin in the Evening Farmer tomorrow, and continue serialy until completed
 Do not fail 1tO read the OPENING chapter, and watch for the illustra- tiors which will daily appear.
 The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet is a masterpiece of detective clever ness and fiction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
Violet Rays Pierced
 Her, Said Woman to
 Head of Detective,

During his long and varied career Captain of Detectives Arnold has been requested to locate almost everything really existing or to be foulnd only in the imagination but he confessed him self to be '.stumped" today when a umidly appearing woman. appeared and wanted the mysterious batteries" located that were piercing hef with violet rays and preventing her from getting a job It took but a moment for the crime-investigator to place, her and gently she was led into the presence of pr. William H. Curley in the emergency hospital. As speedily he diagnosed the trouble. She went to Lakeview Home with Investigator- Alexander Morrissey as her chauffeur She said her name is Mary Brooks that she is an orphan 26 years old and has been living in John. street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
SIX JURORS SELECTED
 FOR MURDER TRIAL

Waterbury, Jan. 20-The trial of Michael Riktaraitis, the Lithuanian who on the evening of May 23 last hacked his wife's throat with a razor, killing her and who afterwards tried stl kill himself by the same means, opened today before Judge Case in the criminal branch of the superior court. Up to the adjourning for lunch only six of the 12 jurors to be chosen had been selected from the many -exafnin.ed.
 s Riktaraitis is defended by Attorney Wilson Pierce. MT. Pierce intends to raise the plea of insanity and has sew era1 insanity experts ready to testify The murder took place at the Riktar- aistis home at the corner of Hill and Summer street.
 Mrs. Rdktaradtis was getting ready to leave the house when she was thrown on the bed by ner husband and her throat hacked with a razor. from ear to ear. She died almost in stant1y.
 Riktaraitis then went into side room and cut his own throat. Near him lay 9 years old boy in a carri- age.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20

long line, there has been an indfvfdusF
 who has refused to fall into the ways
 of the family, and has lived straight.
 but the instances of this have been few and scattered. E r Throughout all the generations, de-
 scendents of the 'JuI1es,s have fol- lowed the line of least resistance. ana heredity, added to euvironment, has produced a long line of descendent8
 who have spent time in jai1s and pris-
 gallows. and few Of whom have en- tirely escaped the crime fnclInafions of their ancestora- All through the history of the family, the loose moralsi of the blood are in evidence, and many of the children have not been interrnarried to a great extent and scores of forces have entered ito make the family remarkable in the annair of crime.
 It was into such a family line that James Plew was born and back ft New York state. in the district where the luke descendants are most nurner- ous, he spent his early years in the environment that has influenced his whole life and led him to the end that he now faces. The shadow of the gailows was upon him when he wac born-he now awaits the fate of many of his blood.
 Tn Bessie Wakefieldfs family tob. there have been indications of crirni- nal tendencies, Her people formerly lived near Waterbury, and their ranae1 were Webster. It was generally un- derstood in the neighborhood, 1t has been learned from one who formerly lived near them. that there9 was com siderable Indian blood in the family and they were, to some extent the terror Of the neighborhood There were two girls and a boy in the family, and haIf-brother of BeSsfe's father lived with them This half-brothsr was Daniel Webster, who in 1890, waH sentenced to state prison from New Haven county for assault with intent to kill His term was eight yearn but he died in prison November & 1895. The assault was committed upon Elizabeth Cowan, a schoolteach- CT in Middlebury Center, one dark night, in the Kissewang District, not far from the Webster home. The teacher had formerly spoken to Web stev as she passed him, it was said and he became anEered ana attempted to kill her. after she had discontinued |. the practice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
He Urges Upon Council Huge Borrow= ing As Advantageous Method Of Conducting City Affairs Wants S325 5000 For Schools, S30O,OOO For Sewers, S53O,OOO For Bridges And S2OO.OOO For Pavements=-=lnterest Charges. .SeO, ,975 Per Annum

| from direct taxation, but to ask the taxpayers of any one year to proV1de for the project which the taxpayers of future years will enjoy uo the same. if not greater extent is to in
 hict disproportionate burden.
 saThe fact that there are so many crying needs in our city today is due to the failure of the city in days gone by. to adopt and enforce a sound h.
 nanciaI policy and this failure has resulted in bringing about 9 day of reckoning which we are now facing. Of course the city can always obtain money for any purpose by means Of levying a tax large enough to meet any proposition am not in favor of burdening the taxpayers in this way, and I believe that they are will ing to agree with US that apportion- ing expenditures over a number of years is the preferable way of carry ing on the city's affairs. have therefore, had the city attorney draw up resolutions relative to new bridge at Stratford avenue and new bridge at East Washington avenue, both Of
 which are. greatly needed, also for new grade schools, agreements and sewers, for your consideration and for Submission to the voters under the home rule act. of our General Sta- tutes.s
 .sYou are probably aware that the court has enjoined the city against
 using the upper part of PeQuonnock
 river for the disposal of sewage The city engineer estimates that the con- stTuction of 9 sewer necessary to rem
 edF this: objection will cost s150,000, and this Improvement will be of equal benefit to the taxpayers of tomorrow Jas to those of today, and the same is true Of the other projects
 s..f sincerely trust that tnese mat kters will receive the careful and Thoughtful attention of your honor able body, so that when they come up for discussioHs there may be. no undue delay in the passage Of the t.I wish to take this opportunity to | advise you that the Connecticut com pany is of the same opinion as my self in reference to the condition Of East Washington avenue bridge. From Information gathered from the city engineer deem, it impracticable to
 attempt to strengthen thes founda tions
 of the present structure, and would
 recommend the building a new bridge of sufficient width to accon1modate tue increasing traffic of our city.'s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
Graded In Crime
 Was James Flew;
 Now In Death House

The most notorious fannily of crdn-
 inals in modern history, the subject
 of yeans of closest investigation by
 crininologists, -an ancestry that has
 been cradled in crime from genera tion to generation since the middle of
 the eighteenth century; this, it has been discovered, is the stock from which is descended James P1ew, now in the deathhouse at Wethersf1eId. un-
 der sentence to be hanged on March with Mrs. Bessie Wakefield for the murder of her husband in Cheshire last summer. .1s-ss
 E Tine Jialze.s's is the name that stu dents of crime and heredity have giv- en this family, and the original mem Der of the line to come under investl- gation is known to criminolog1sts as Ada. Jukes though to others she has
 been known for generations as Ms1T- garet-1the mother of criminals She had one son of illegal birth and he
 was the father, grandEa ther and great grandfather of distinctly criminal lines.
 Within the past few days, definite Knowledge has come that James Flew served a term in state prison in New york for arson In this crime, he was associated with his brother. His home at the time of his arrest in 1891, was in Newburgh, N. Y.,. and he had come there from the northern part of the state After his release he came 10 Connecticut. For years he was ern- Dloyed near w Waterbury, and there he met William Wakefield and Bessie Wakefield When the Wake1eEds n1ov- cd Bristol. P1ew remained at Work on the farm near Waterbury, out He was a frequent visitor at the WaNe- field home in Bristol and on one or these visits the foul plot tnaI ne l nao ,atched with the woman came anLo life. he and the woman chioroformed tthe victim and Plew dragged him Tor miles through the woods and slew him.
 The most exhaustive study into the history Of the "Jukes'' that has been made was that by fs- T.. Dugda1e, for rnertv a member of the executive com n1fttee of the prison association or New York. He spent many months. in his probe of the faInily history ana traced the crime wave to Its lncepoioh in the son of Ada Juke. Her ratneF had served time in the county Jali III ton MT. Dugdale fonnd the aggregate of descendants of the luke d1neage numb cred about 1,20O.
 rVba ancestral breeding spot of the ia I1afly nestles along the forest-coV-s cred margin of five lakes in northern New York, so rocky as to De unaG- cessitle in some parts. Tt may be called one of the crime cradles of the state of New York, . Ar. D1ddale said In describing it. Most of the early members of this family lived in log or stone houses; all ages, sexes, relations and strangers 'qounking'' indiscrinai- nately, and, where not producing lTd Ncit relations, evolving an atmosphere of s11ggestiveness that fatally broke down habits of chastity.
 The result has bSsen a line of per sens with loose habits of living and oose morals, right down to the pres ent day Investigation has shown that the sons were schooled in crime by their fathers; that the daughters were educated in evil by their mothers Occasionally, through the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-20
COUNCIL lNSTRUCTS
 COLLECTOR TO GET MONEY FOR CURBKG
Assessments for Work Done By City Aggregate About
 S3O, GOO

By vote last nigh. the cominon coun- ell instructed the tax collector to add about sso,0o0 to the bills of various tax payers for failure to set curbs gut ters or sidewalks in accordance with the orders of the council when per maEent pavement was laid The de- Unquent tax payers were reported by Director Of Public Works Courtade. The city has done the work which the property owners neglected to do and now they must pay for 1t Many property owners prefer to have the city do the work and to pay after ward because they are sure then their eurbs and gutters are set at the prop CT grade
 Fourteen property owners in Atlan- <fc street will be assessed $47O-75. Oth- CT tax payers and the amounts they must pay are. Eighteen in Court street. $s5s-z5; five in Kiefer street, ssso.5s. five in East Washington ave- A in Barnum avenue $599.3Ts 19 in Courfland street, 6Os0; Il in John street, $143-70; 130 in State street, $2.- 966.56; 50 in Park avenue. $77210; 37 Stafe street. $7466; one in Elm street, $S~sD, two in Broad street, $6s. 90; six in Boston avenue $40z-1S; one in Gun non street, $17-50; four in Cherry street. $z02.54; one in Colorado ave- uue. S7s.15, one in Grand street, som avenue, s57.s5; one in Howard ave- uue, $1032- three in John street, S107-s4, four in Kiefer street, $326-63; one in Lexington avenue $46- 20s one in Main street and Washington avenue, $30s-67; one in Maple street. $23 46; two in Newfield avenue, $50. .64; one in Noble avenue, $2713; one in Noble ave nue and Roosevelt street, $27-12: one in Singer avenue, $z013: and three in Whiting street. s2S705-
 These sums will be added to the tax list bills of each property owner by the tax collector and will be collected with the regular taxes