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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17
$, j. MERCER WILL GO
TO SAN JOSE OFFICE

S. j. Mercer, manager of the West
ern Union Telegraph company's Of
flee here, will leave Sunday morn
ing for San Jose, Cal, to accept a
similar position with the Western
Union there. Mr.. Mercer has been
in charge of the Goldfield office
nearly two years and has made a
host of friends who are sorry to
see him leave. His strict attention
to business and courteous treatment
of patrons have brought about a
condition of high class efficiency.
Commercial superintendent May
of San Francisco will arrive in Gold
field tomorrow morning and will
probably be accompanied by Mr.. Mer-
GERS successor.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17

MINERAL PRODUCTION.
OF CENTENNIAL STATE

Though Colorado does not now
lead in the production of any i'm
portant mining substance, the UNI
ted States geological survey reports
that it closely approximates Cali
forina in the production of gold. of
which in former years it has been
the leading producer. 1t ranks
eleventh among the mineral-produ-
cling states, and fifth among the
states west of the Mississippi river.
1t is the leading producer of tung-
stem ore and vanadium minerals,
and ranks second in the production
of zinc and fluorspar, and fourth in
lead. On account chiefly of the de-
creased production of coal the total
value of the mineral products OF
Colorado decreased from $5,167,399
in 1912 to $54,294,2S1 in 1913. The
product of chief value is gold, the
production of which in 1913 was al
most exactly one-third the total
value Of the mineral products of the
state. The production decreased
lloIl 6OO,S6S hhC ouliCCS NdluCu al
$~1S,6S8,562 in 1912, to S77,S57
fine ounces, valued at $1S,146,916.
Second in Importance among the
states mineral products is coal but
On account of labor troubles in the
last quarter of the year the ,produc-
ton of the state decreased from
10,977,824 short tons, valued at
$1~6,345,336, in 1912, to 9,232,51O
tons, valued at $14,035,09O.
The production of zinc, which
showed a marked increase in 1912
owe 1911, suffered a decrease in
1913, which was particularly en-
phasized in the diminished value of
the output. The recoverable zinc
content of the ores mined in Colo
RADIO in 1913 was 59,673 short tons,
valued at $6,6S3,4OO, against &c.
Ill tons, valued at $9,123,374 in
1912. The zinc mining operations
are third in Importance among
Colorado's mining Industries.
Colorado leads all of the western
states in the manufacture of pig
iron but produces only a small
quantity of iron ore. Silver ranks
fourth in the value of Colorado's
mineral product, and, unlike gold,
showed an increase of output in
1913. The production of silver in
the state increased from S,212,07O
fine ounces value at $~5,050,423, in
1912, to 9,325,255 fine ounces, val
ued at $~5,632,454. The recoverable
lead content of the ore in $3,S67,-
502. The other mineral products
which had a total value in excess of
$1,0O0,O00 in 1918 we're clay pro-
ducts and copper. Other mineral
products of the state are cement,
ferro-alloys, fluospar, fuller's earth,
gems, graphite, gypsum, lime, man
ganiferous ore, mica, mineral wa
ters, natural gas, petroleum, sand
and gravel, sand-lime-brick, sui
phuric acid from zinc smelling.
tungsten concentrates and uranium
and vanadium ores.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17
Hunters Will Appeal

A meeting of hunters was held at
Virginia City recently to consider
taking an appeal to the district court
of the case of Alex Mckenzie, who
was found guilty of trespassing on
private property near Washoe Lake
while duck hunting. Friends of Nc
Kenzie have raised a fund and, if
necessary. the case will be carried to
the supreme court.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17
ElkO Couple Marry

Robert Anderson and Miss Jose
phine Martin were united in wedlock
recently at the Baptist parsonage at
Elko. Anderson is a prominent
young rancher of Starr Valley and
his bride was a resident of Elko.
The happy couple left Immediately
after the ceremony for the groom's
ranch in Starr Valley where they
will make their home.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17
Dismisses Application

Judge Harrington. sitting in the
federal court at Carson City, recent
ly dismissed the application OF
Woodland Gates for a lien on the
property of the Pacific Reclamation
company, whose affairs have been
before the court for some time.
Gates has a suit pending against
the company for $4,000 for legal
services and it "a to protect this
claim that he petitiOned for a lien.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17
Series of MisfOrtunes

Ted O'Brien of Phoebe fell down
an incline shaft a distance of eighty
feet there recently and suffered a
broken leg and several bad bruises.
Ill-luck seems to be following
O'Brien, as he recently recovered
from a crushed foot and from an at
tack of blood poisoning from an in
jury sustained at the Amalgamated
Phoebe mine.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17

Miss Clerimond Withers, a teach
err in the Las Vegas public schools,
has received an offer from the school
board of Tonopah to teach there at
an increase in salary. She will leave
Las Vegas for her new position as
soon as her successor is appointed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17

H. w. LOWNSBERRY of San
Francisco is a guest of the Goldfeld,
coming in this morning from the bay
city over the T.. & G.. railroad.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17
Sund Sells

Herman Sund of the Sund section
west of Las Vegas, on which a big
artesian well was recently bored
has sold his property to DR.. r. w.
Martin and w. r. Thomas. The
purchase price is reported to have
been $4,000.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17
BIG FOUR lESSEfS
STRIKE HIGH GRADE
OPEN FOUR FEET OF RICH ORE
ON ROCHESTER, MINES
PROPERTY

High values are being encounter
ed in the development work of the
Big Four lease on the Rochester
to the Salt Lake Tribune. L.. A.
Friedman, one of the directors of
the company, was at the property
last week, and while discussing the
conditions of the camp yesterday he
said that in the back vein he saw
four feet of ore that assayed sew
eral hundred dollars to the ton.
Mr.. Friedman was particularly i'm
pressed with an assay that had
been made two days previous to his
arrival across a face Of eight feet, in
which the returns showed an aver
age ore content of $41.3O a ton.
While he was there an improvement
in the values was shown, and he is
of the opinion that it will now aver
age at least $50 per ton. The show
ing is the best made in the distriCs
to date in some respects. There has
been sufficient territory opened up
on the new vein to warrant the
opinion that the company can ca
sonably expect to mine 100000 tons
of ore from the ledge in sight.
While this amount is not actual.
blocked out, recent developments
have given the operators some idea
of what can be expected from the
area that is known to contain the
ore.
The company mill will not be ade-
quate to handle the ore hat is in
sight at this time, and Mr.. Friedman
is of the opinion that arrangements
will be made for a larger plant be-
fore the first of the year. There is
a lot of ore being developed outside
of the Rochester ground proper, and
the Nevada Packard is making ar
engagements to install a small plant,
to which additions will be made lat
err on. While a lot of work is being
laid by until the mill is finished a
number of mining engineers have
slipped quietly into the camp and
made inspections of the surface.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17

J.. s. EVANS of Tonogold is a Wis
itor in camp. coming ove from the
new gold camp ear TOnopah yester-
day morning. He is stopping at the
ST. Nicholas.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17
Arrested for Arson

Following the burning of two
shacks in Reno recently, Frank A.
arson, the complaint being made by
Chief Hawcroft of the fire depart
ment. who claims that he has wit
nesses who saw DOnahue acting sus-
piciously around the two houses
Donahue was drunk at the time and
says he cannot remember anything
about it.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-10-17

ESTE R. WHITE of Reno is a
guest of the Goldfeld, coming in on
the morning train.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
Assistant District Attorney
Leaves for Albany to
Gather Records
81, 100000 WASTED IN
BUYING MACHINERY
Governor Glynn Personally Unearths
Evidence-Will Ask Osborne TO
Determine Actual Differ
ence in Cost

New York, January 2G.-William D.
Embree, assistant district attorney. went
to Albany today to obtain records of the
state canal board for use in the grand
jury investigation into the charges that
James E. Gaffney attempted to exact a
political levy from James G. Stewart.
after Stewart had submitted a bid to the
board for the construction of a part of
the canal
These records will be presented to the
grand jury tomorrow along with bank ac-
counts of Gaffney, Charles r. Murphy,
the Tammany Hall leader and other pol
iticians.
Search for bank deposits of Murphy and
Gaffney was continued today, and 1t is
understood that it will be extended out
side of New York county not only in
this state, Axt in other states.
Tie grand jury also will resume tomor-
row its investigation into charges that
Gaffney eXacted a contribution of Sal, 600
from James Patterson & Co. of Pitts
burg, as the price of obtaining for the
company a contract on the Catskill aque-
duct
The public John Doe inquiry will be re-
sumed Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
COMMITTEE WILL
PLAN FASHION WEEK
Will Meet This Afternoon.
Named at Meeting of Bus
mess Mems League

AT an enthusiastic and largely at
rectors of. the Business Mems league
held last night, it was decided to form
ulate plans and to fix a definite date
for the holding of Fashion Week
tee of which Jacob Berger is chairman
was appointed to Investigate the con-
ditions, make arrangements and to de-
eide upon a definite date for the hold
ing of the fashion event. This commit
tee will meet at o'clock this after
noon and its decision will probably be
announced in the morning.
The idea of "Fashion Week. as set
forth by the Business Mems league is
TO have a concentrated showing of all
the new styles. The event is to be
advertised and many out-of-to
friends of Birmingham merchants will
be invited to visit the city and inspect
the seasons latest styles
There has been some discussion as
10 the probable dates, some merchants
favoring the middle of March and 9TH
ers preferring to hold the matter until
the week before Easter. Mr.. Burgers
committee will decide this point at it's
meeting today.
1t is said that all the merchants of
the city are heartily in favor of the
projected Fashion Week" and are
lending it their support That it will
be very successful there seems no doubt
and the directors of the Business Mems
league last night gave evidence of be-
Ing very optimistic over the prospect,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
SUFFRAGETTES BOLT
FROM ORGANIZATION
Partisan Policy of Congress
siOnal Union Is Con-
demned

Washington, January 26-Women suf-
frage circks were excited here today
over the action of a little band of foreign
recalctrant members of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage, who. led by
Mrs. Russell NJ MacLennan, bolted the
parent organization and Immediately
formed rival one because they were not
in sympathy with the union policies
They Will in the future as a result af-
filiate with the congressional committee
of the National Woman Suffrage asso-
citation, of which Mrs. Medll McCor-
mick. daughter of the late Senator Mark
Hanna of Ohio, is chairman.
Preceding the revolt, resolutions were
adopted condemning the alleged partisan
policy of the Congressional union in its
feputed purpose to defeat members of
Congress for reelection in case the dem
ocratic party fails to pass an amendment
tc the constitution for equal suffrage
The resolutions also indorsed the nom
partisan policy of the Natiopal Womens
Suffrage association.
Mrs. Mccormick who attended the
meeting, welcomed the new members into
her association and pledged them her
support.
Miss Alice Paul later issued statement
declaring that the policy of the union was
all right, and applied perfect impair
TALLY to all political parties.
The union has just received two allies
from which it Is claimed will more than
offset for the time being at least the dis
satisfaction Of Mrs. MacLennan and her
followers.
Mrs. .. II. T. Belmont of New York
contributed $1,000 and pledged her sup
pert to The union and Mrs. Ella s. Stew
art, former president of the Illinois Equal
Suffrage association, promised also her
support and a large contribution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
MAKING DENIES
HE SUBMITTED HIS
SPEECH TO BRYAN

Toxic. January 26.--Attacks made on
the Japanese government by members OF
the opposition in connection with the Cal
ifornia land ownership legislation and
the recently disclosed Japanese naval con-
tract scandals. were continued today
during the discussion of the budget in
the House of Representatives.
Saburo Shimada, one of the opposition
leaders. declared that the Japenese gov
ernment. had shown Foreign Secretary
Baron Nebuaki Makino's speech to the
American government before it's delivery
to the Japanese Parliament.
He said this information had come
from special correspondents in the United
States and If such We're the case it was
injurious to Japan's national dignity.
Baron Maxine in reply denied having
submitted his speech to Washington.
He added that Japan was making her
best efforts to reach a solution of the
California question.
Referring to the naval scandal, in which
the name of Vice Admiral Keichi Full,
former Japanese naval attache in Berlin,
had been mentioned as having been Of
fered commissions on contracts obtained
by a German electrical concern, Baron
Maxine said he had requested a report
on the subject from the Japanese am
bassador to Germany.
The press expresses the opinion that the
sooner the Japanese navy causes thor
ough investigation of the allegations the
better for the orient.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
GRONDIN BEGINS
LEGAL BATTLE
FOR HIS LIFE

Los Angeles, January 26.-Two minutes
prisoner, started today what is expected
to be long legal battle against the state
for the life of John Grondin, chemist and
undertaken, charged with the murder of
his wife, Zeia. daughter of a Waterville,
Me-, druggist, under guise of suicide
Grondin's preliminary hearing was set for
February g.
Attorneys say the case will be a struggle
between contradictory handwriting ex-
perts who have examined the suicide
note, which Grondin alleged his wife
wrote to him just before she inhaled gas
and died last October. The note telling
OF alleged breaches of fidelity caused the
father of Mrs. Grondn, George Davieau.
TO institute an inquiry. Two handwriting
experts have had the note under examina-
ton and today one of them announced
positively that the note had been written
py Gfondin, while the second was equally
positive 1t had been written by Mrs Gron-
olil' one OF the experts represented the
prosecution; the other the defense
Mrs. Grondin was found in her room
with box over her head and a gas tube
inserted under it. Grondin has been under
surveillance since and was arrested when
the district attorney announced that
poison had been found in Mrs. Grondin S
body, which was exhumed several DAYS
ago.
Detectives employed by Grondn's coun-
sci spent the day in fruitless search for
the ghost" which Grondin says was
made to appear Saturday night when de
| tectiVes We're giving him the ''talird de-
gree in an effort to elicit a confession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
PRIVATE CAR LINES
PROFITABLE, SAYS
SECRIST ON STAND

Chicago, January 26.-Charles NJ. Secrist.
manager of the Pacific Fruit Express,
testified today at the interstate commerce
commission investigation of private ear
lines that his company had made a profit
OF $l,5OO,OOO. The Pacific company, which
is owned by Union and Southern Pacific
railroads, is the first private ear COM
pany to report any considerable profit to
the examiners. Mr.. Secrist said the profit
would be decreased If the rate of deprecia-
ton were made s per cent instead of 6
per cent.
Asked if a pool of the railroads would
be better than private securities the wit
ness testified that some profit which
now goes to the private lines would go to
the railroads.
A. W. McLaurin, traffic manager of
Morris Co., testified that his concern.
would be glad to be rid of it's private car
service. The company would give up
it's lines If assured that the railroads
would provide plenty of cars, he said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
One Million Dollars Wasted

Albany, January 26.-When Commits
sioner James w. Osborne resumes his in
quiry tomorrow of alleged graft in va
rious state departments, he will have
in hand evidence of about $1,0O0,0O0 wasted
in the purchase of road machinery in the
last five years, which Governor Glynn
unearthed personally.
In some cases prices ON road machines
of the same kind varied from 500 to $780,
it Is declared.
"I want to know who got this differ
ence in cost" the governor said tonight
and | am going to ask Mr.. Osborne to
determine that as quickly as possible"
To aid Mr.. Osborne every county road
superintendent and each township clerk
has been directed to furnish a complete
record of all purchases of road machin-
cry within the past five years. The gov
ernor also intends to have Mr. Osborne
subpoena the books of all the road ma
chinery manufacturers ] nthe state for
chinery Comparison in the state for
Whether purchases made at excessive
figures make the purchasing agent crim-
naiiy liable is a question Mr.. Osborne
will he asked to pass upon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27

ern portions of the country. 1t has also
caused quite general rain or snow over
the northern states from the Pacihc TO
the Atlantic, and over central sections
west of the Rockies. Another rain area
embraces Florida, and southern Geor-
ga and Alabama. Cloudy and rather
| unsettled conditions prevailed over
much of the remainder of the country,
in fact the only section reporting gem
eral clear skies was the southern Ale
ghanies and south Atlantic states. Rath-
er brisk winds prevailed over southern
plains and the lower Missouri valley,
st. Louis reporting 40 miles from the
SOUTH as a maximum velocity
Rather high temperatures were gem
| eral throughout the cotton belt at Z
D. M In Texas and Oklahoma readings
| were about 20 degrees, over the lower
portions of the gulf states, readings eN-
ceeded 60 degrees, while in all sec
| tions of the interior the p. m. read
| ings exceeded so degrees. No rain oc-
! CURED Sest of Alabama.
Summary of observations made at
United States weather bureau stations,
January 26:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
SELMA VIEWS TO BE
SEEN IN MOVIES

Selma, January 26.-(Special)-A film
of the business section of Selma was
taken Monday morning under the drec-
ton of Harry Marks, former Selmian,
of the United States Film company Or
ganized in New York. Conditions and
the weather We're most favorable for
the picture, which was taken of Selma
Monday morning. The streets in the busi-
ness section were thronged with hundreds
of visitors from throughout the Selma
territory and large number of residents
were also on the street which gave the
business section a most animated ap-
pearance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
Auto Fells Three

Admission, January 26-(Special.)- 1.-Two
men and a boy were run down on Noble
street Monday afternoon by D. l.. Smell
grove a commercial traveller, making
headquarters here, in Ford automobile
James Moore, the boy, was crossing the
street in front of the machine. and in
an effort to escape hitting him, Mr.
Snellgrove's car also struck +. l.. Hub
bard and j. d. McCullars, the last named
being the most seriously injured. All of
the injured persons were taken to the
hospital, but none of them was danger
ously wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
COCKTAILS HAS NOT
BEEN OFFERED JOB
AS CANAL GOVERNOR

Washington, January 26.-The President
has not vet directly offered to Colonel
George w. Goethals the civil governor
ship of the isthmus canal He cannot do
so until he issues an executive order for
permanent government soon.
The President has intended to appoint
Colonel Goethals and the colonel has for
sometime been informally apprised Of
that intention.
SSeretary Garrison on his recent visit
to Panama is understood to have in
formed Colonel Goethals.
President Wilson today was unable to
tell callers anything about Colonel Goe-
thals' plans for the future, as he said
he had not had any word concerning the
offer of the New York police commits
sionership from him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
Weather Conditions

Birmingham, January 26.-G p. m)
The pressure is high over the country
east of the Alleghanies on the map
tonight. but its influence over weather
conditions has been slight. The eX-
tensive area of low barometer that is
central over the Pacific northwest is
controlling weather conditions over al
most the entire country. 1t has caused
general rise in temperatures through
out all sections, ranging from 2 to s
degrees in southern districts, and from
10 to 20 degrees over middle and north
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
Candidates for Council

Selma, January 26.-(Special)-Th prin-
cipal municipal campaign which will be
held here on Monday. March %, was en-
livened somewhat today by the announce
ment of two additional candidates for re-
election as members to the city council.
The announcements were those of p. b.
Harrell of the Second ward and l.. ID.
Porter of the Fourth ward. Both have
served during the past two years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
Artist to Visit Press Club

Henry Mosler, the artist who is here
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Otto Marx,
and her sons, Henry Mosler Marx and
Otto Marx, Jr., will visit the Press club s
permanent home this morning. Mr.. Mos
Ter when asked yesterday to make the
visit said that he had heard from various
sources of the beauty of the place and
that he had been very anxious to look at
the new quarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
Weather Forecast

Washington, January 26.-Forecast
for Alabama and Mississippi: Fair and
warmer Tuesday; Wednesday unsettled,
somewhat colder, probably local rains.
Georgia: Fair Tuesday, warmer in
interior; Wednesday increasing cloudi-
ness, colder in west portion.
Tennessee: Fair Tuesday; Wednesday
unsettled and colder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-27
Enters Local Market

The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad yesterday purchased a Birming-
ham product That was a car of Salvar
roofing a composition that is sold by a
local concern. 1t was announced that the
roofing, which Is a paint, would be used
on the steel bridges, locomotives and
of Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad. The composition is a
protection against weather and Is also
fireproof