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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Miner Passes Away

James Rogan, a miner of Tono-
pah, passed away at the Mine Opera
tors hospital in that camp recently
from an attack of pneumonia. He
formerly resided in Virginia City
and came to Tonopah IL years ago.
He was a native of Ireland, As years
of G and is survived by a wife, two
sons and a daughter.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Dennis O'COnnell Called

Dennis O'Conneii, a well-known
miner Of onopah, dropped dead in
front of the Elks building in that
camp recently. In the early part of
the day he seemed to be in perfect
health. He was a native of New
York and is survived by a wife and
three children, Inez, aged IS; Ed
ward, aged 70; and James, aged IS.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
MOBLEY MEADOWS DIES;
TYPE OF FRONTIER OFFICER

Ell CENTRIC. Calf, July II
Mobley Meadows, sheriff of Imper-
ial county since it was carved out
of the domain of San Diego, died to-
day.
He was born in Visalia and leaves
a wife and three children. He was
one of the few persons ever to see
his own statue. erected here typiry-
ing the spirit of the southwest.
Meadows was the type of frontier
officer. tall, angular, bronzed and
able to shoot with both hands.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17

THE OBSERVANT CHILD
Little girl, does your papa have
much trouble with his automobile. ?
Yes, sir. He has as much trou-
It.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
USEFUL

What kind of work could you pos
sibly do around an office
I'm a kind of all round handy
man mister. I kin hold a doop open,
light a match for We, look out and
see if it's raining, call a taxi, drop
letters down the chute, an tell yer
callers yer out when We ain't.-Life.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17

GUY LOOMS of New York was
among the visitors arriving in camp
over the T. & G. railroad this morn
ing. He is a guest of the Goldfeld.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Drill for Side Bet

William Berry and Mike Grivic,
both miners of Virginia City, have
put up a side bet of 500 each for a
single-handed drilling contest to be
held in that camp in the near fu-
ture. Each man will drill three
holes, drilling Is minutes in each
hole. The man drilling the deepest
holes takes the money.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17

WALTER McKENNA of Bisbee,
Ariz, is a guest of the st. Nicholas,
registering this morning.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17

w. w CLARK of Los Angeles came
in yesterday evening over the j.
". & #. railroad. He is stopping
at the Goldfield.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
FIERCE STORM SWEEPS
EASTERN COAST STATES
Three Lives Lost Schooner Pounded to Pieces BY
Brlganllne on BeaCIl--Life Savers Barely
Save the Crew Large Damage
United Press.

United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. Captain
futile and Seaman e. Martin, per
ished when the American steamer
Chase, foundered off Sandy Hook.
rest of the crew landed safely in the
life boats.
There was fierce storm with cold
rain; wild night.
Great damage was done here and
elsewhere along the coast.
Captain jacobson of fishing
smack was drowned.
The schooner Tartar was pounded
to pieces by brigantine on the beach.
Life savers barely rescued the crew.
Passengers on a Coney Island steam
er saw a drowned man tossing on
the waves.
The tugboat Elsie foundered off
Staten Island The captain was
drowned.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
SOCIETY LEADERS
THINK NEWSPAPERS
TO WELL INFORMED

MoNTCLAIR, N. j., Aug. 4.-Mrs.
Charles b. Van Week, who is prom
inent socially in this town, thinks that
wealthy persons give the town news
papers too much information about
the plans for their trips away from
home. In signed statement she
asks that instead of giving such in
formation to the newspapers, resi-
dents give it to the police, so that
the latter can safeguard homes dur
ing the absence of the owners.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
WAR BUSINESS
REPLACES TRADE
LOST BY GERMANY

BERLIN, Aug. 4.-The famous "a.
E. G."-the German electrical com
pany which next to Krupps is the en-
pire's largest industrial undertaking
has published some figures showing
the effects of war on its business.
OF its huge staff, 20,500 have been
called to the. colors and $50 of these
have been killed, while 400 have re-
ceived the iron cross. The company
has thus far paid out $1,250,000 in
war benefits to dependents of its en-
ployes. It's war orders have been SO
large that it has $1,500,000 more in
the bank than a year ago, its present
balance reaching nearly SCI 100000.
The company has invested $2,25O,000
in the general war loan and 100000
in the Austrian loan. There are just
as many orders on the company's
books as a year ago, although its
entire foreign business has stopped.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
WHEN IS A LAW NOT A LAW?

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. A.
When is alaw not law?
When congress has enacted it and
Democratic Secretary of the treas
ury refuses to obey it.
This piece of political catechcism
will be of especial interest to the
3O3 towns and cities for which CON
gress has made provision for fed
eral building, but where Secretary
McAdoo has decided to override CON
gress and to decide for himself what
kind of building the place is en-
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05

liberately chosen by the central pow
We knew that the war must be q
terrible one and long ane. But the
path of duty seemed quite clear to us
We perceived that the German gov
ernment had dishonored the faith OF
Germany and attacked the country ii
had promised to defend in pursuance
of deliberate policy, which, if sue
cessful, involved the ruin alike of Bel
GUM and of France and the British
empire.
The German government proposes
to itself to establish pence in the
world by the dominant power of Ger
many. The German army and navy is
to act as the worlds police and to
enforce on other nations n rule of
conduct prescribed for them by the
German government. Any nation
great or small, which stands in the
way of the success of this policy Is
to be ground to dust.
We are fighting, therefore, not only
for our existence as great power
but also for our national ideals, since
this conception of world policy is in
compatible with our idea Of liberty of
nations or of individual men. 1t in
wolves, moreover, as we have seen re-
peatedly in the last 12 months the
action Of Germany as a non-moral
state, whereas we believe that there
is no hope for the progress of the
world towards peace unless the nations
are prepared to accept the Christian
code of the duties of trustees as on
which they should endeavor to act
in their relations with one an
other.
Any boasting would be as silly as
profane if breathed in connection
with such a struggle. 1t is enough to
say that the British people have new
er had and nave not a shadow OF
doubt that their duty is to fight out
these issues to the end, and that they
have supreme confidence in their al
lies and themselves.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05

TRAIN IS
DERAILED

The morning passenger train bound
for Telluride was wrecked this morn
ing at l0:30, at a point about two
miles this side of Grady, near if not
at the same spot where other trains
turned over.
Today three coaches turned over,
and many we're hurt, but none seri-
ously. The train leaving here this
morning carried many women and
children departing for various points
AT S;45 this afternoon no ambulan-
ces had been called out.
General Superintendent w. d.
Lee Of the road is on the scene.
The injured were taken to Mancos
for care and attention.
The local company physician has
not been called upon.
All reports of the details of the
wreck and those injured was sent out
the other way. The local Offices know
no more than the above.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05

titled to have and how much it shall
cost.
MIR. McAdoo has just issued for
nal order to this effect; but it ap-
pears that the policy has been in
force for two years without any
such order, and that no matter what
congress has said shall be paid for
postoffice or its site in a given
town. Mr. McAdoo has done as he
pleases. Where he has thought no
building was needed, no site has been
purchased AS a result of this user
patton of power in disregard Of con-
gress, Mr. McAdoo has purchased only
l36 OF the 303 sites which congress-
authorized to be bought by its act
of May IA, 1913. And, when the
buildings are constructed, Mr.. McAdoo
will see to it that they are built
after his manner of thinking and
upon fixed scale of expenditure
based upon the character of the town
Gas Mr.. McAdoo sizes it up) and upon
the receipts Of the local postoffice.
rather than upon the appropriation
which congress has decided the town
shall have.
The present administration has
done a good many curious things
Treaties have not been permitted to
stsnd in the way Of some portions
OF its tariff legislation. the presi.
deet dlsrwaaded the constitution
When he seized the Mexican custom
house at Vera Cruz. And It now
seems that the presidents subordin-
ates are to adopt like high-handed
course in opposition to the will Of
congress.
Among the 303 communities affect
ed by this brushing aside of the act
of congress in favor of the dictum
Of the presidents son-in-law, is Du-
range. Washington wonders what
your people will think and say when
they learn that Mr.. McAdoo has set
himself up rs "a bigger man" than
congress-and what your people will
do about it when election day comsa
around.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
WAR WAS FORCED
ON SNGLAND, SAYS EARL

By The Earl of Selborne, X. G., G. C,
NJ, g., p. c., Etc.
President of the board of agriculture
in the new British coalition minis
try; first lord Of the admiralty
(1900-05) governor Of the Trans
vail and high commissioner for
South Africa (1901-10); one of the
leaders of the conservative party.
Written especially for the United
Press.)
Copyright 1915 by United Press.
Copyright in Great Britain.
We hate war and did not enter
upon this war light heartedly. We
knew that Germany and Austria pos
sessed an immense military power
accumulated through years Of prep
aration and that the war had been
forced upon Europe at Q moment d.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
WoMEN'S SKIRTS
SAVE RUSSIANS

PETRoGRAD, July 1.-(By MALL
How two Russian airmen forced to
rescend behind the German lines in the
Nieman river region, outwitted the
enemy with petticoats was a story to-
day from the front.
The scene of their landing was a
small Lithuanian village where they
burned their disabled aeroplane and
aE ea'ed to sympathetic peasant
womr to help them escape. The wo-
man gave up her skirts, blouses and
even sUrlied the unfortunates with a
'kerchlef apiece. Carrying market
baskets the airmen calmly walked
thruogh the enemy's lines to the riv-
er. Here they dove into the stream,
skirts and all, but in so doing they
revealed their true identity. A fusi-
lade of bullets followed from the
Germans but the aviators succeeded
in reaching the Russian shore, be-
draggled but safe.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
CROPS INJURED BY LIGHTNING

While everybody is familiar with
the. damage done by lightning to
trees, little attention has heretofore
been paid to the effects of lightning
stroke on herbaceous plants. A recent
paper by Messrs. l.. X. Jones and W.
W, Gilbert, reveals the fact that
lightning injury is rather common in
certain crops, especially cotton and
potatoes. Grass, small grains and
Maise seem less liable to such dam
age. The lightning damage to cot
ton and potatoes frequently extends
over roundish spots. Although there
may be no visible rupture of the plant
tissues, the plants near the center
of the spot wilt, blacken and prompt
ly die, while those near the margin
may live days or weeks. The injury
for the most part appears first and
worst below ground. All these facts
seem to show that, after a period
Of dry weather, the lightning dis
charge occurring in a thunder shower
spreads horizontally over the moist
surface layer of the soil. The diff
ferent liabilit yof the different spe-
cies appears to depend upon differ
ence in tissue resistance or different
distribution of the aerial or root sys-
TENS of the plant within the zone
of the discharge.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
DANCING MASTERS
IN CONVENTION

OAKLAND, Cal, Apg. Two
hundred dancing masters from diff
ferent parts of the country are here
to attend the annual convention of the
National Dancing Masters associa-
tion which is being held here Begin
ming today and lasting until August
Ia, under the auspices Of the Panama.
Pacific International exposition.
One meeting during the conven-
ton will be devoted to the discus
sion Of means to obtain legislation
for the protection of qualified dance
ing teachers z. L. Hinman Of San
Francisco, president of the associa-
tion declares that the public should bs
safeguarded against ignorant and inn
moral dancing teachers and that such
care can only be taken through legis-
lation. 1t is urged that dancing mas
tcrs be licensed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
Twenty one Bodies Recovered Merchants Supply
Destitute With CIOthing and Supplies
Railroads Entirely Washed Out
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS
Whole Families Missing MANY Heroic Rescues--
Six Bridges Washed Out--fntire Business
Blocks Have Been Swept Away

United Press.
ERIE, Pa, Ang. 4-From 30 to so
have perished in three cloudbursts
which occurred last night and which
caused the worst floods in the his
tory of the city.
Hourly several bodies are being re
covered ty the 1000 volunteers who
aie struggling in the midst of the
pi"s Of debris that is lining Mil
creek, the course which the flood took
through the city. Twenty-one bodies
have been recovered,
AT the creeks outlet in Lake Erie,
searchers with nets are recovering
bodies.
The local militia are helping the
police to keep order
Five hundred Of the homeless are
being housed in the militia armory
The hungry are being fed free in
public dining rooms.
The merchants are supplying the
destitute with free clothing and sup
piles of debris that is lining Mil
ed
The New York Central and Nicl,le
Plate tracks have been washed away
and it viii be ten days before the lat
ter can resume.
Four hundred laborers, working 10
hours restored one Of the New York
Central tracks and permitted the
trans-continental flyers to pass.
Fallen wires added to the horror un-
til the power house was flooded and
the city left in darkness.
No gas or electricity was avail
able.
Scores of trains were stalled.
The property damage was three
million dollars. Whole families are
missing. Many heroic rescues are re-
ported.
Hundred of houses and business
blocks have beent swept away, in
GLIDING some of the large mercan-
tile establishments.
Six bridges have been washed out.
The storm ragged for five hours.
The water stood up to the second
story in the business blocks of the
main streets.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
UNMARRIED CANADIAN
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
ORDERED TO ENLIST

GETAWAY, Ont, Aug. 4.--"Your
king and country need you; we don't
This note in the weekly pay en-
velopes Of several OF its employees is
the way the Canadian Pacific rail
way has taken Of ss,tifying unmGr-
ried men in It's service that they
must enlist or quit their. jobs. 1t
is understood that the government has
something similar under considera-
ton for unmarried employees in vari-
Gus over manned departments.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
DENVER JUDGE TO
FINE IMMORAL MEN
AS WELL AS WOMEN

DENVER, Aug. Al don't believe
in arresting and filming bad women all
the time and letting the bad men
CO." said Police Magistrate Bray this
morning.
Everett Belts, Frank Smith, Charles
Bell and Andrew Webb, ali charged
with vagrancy and declared by the ar
resting officers, Gavin and Coffee, to
be dependent upon immoral women for
their livlihood, were fined $50 and
costs each.
They were arrested Saturday after
noon in rooming house at 1926 Law
renee street. Four women were ar.
rested at the same place earlier in
the day and are waiting trial on
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
FIFTY PFRlSHIN C[OUDBURST
INPENNSYLV A--PR0PERTY
DAMAGE WILL REACH MILLIONS

ant Secretary of the Interior, A. A.
Jones, who brought pressure to bear
upon the bureau of Indian affairs to
have the work done without delay.
Together, Col. Sellers and Mr.. Jones
have accomplised in few weeks
what other citizens of New Mexico
have worked for many years to ac-
complish without success.
What il Means.
Only those who are familiar with
the situation in the northwestern
section of New Mexico can appreciate
what this improvement means. At
present the San Juan basin, compris-
ing the most fertile lands in both
New Mexico and Colorado, is as COM
pletely isolated from the surrounding
territory as if it were a foreign coun-
try. To get to Pennington from
Albuquerque, for instance, one must
go first to Santa Fe and spend the
night, thence to Antonito and spend
the night, thence to Durango and
spend the night, and on the follow
ing day, if his strength holds out he
will get to Pennington.
When the new road is completed,
Continued on Page A.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05

tion Of that portion of the proposed
Gallup-Durango highway extending
through the southern part of the
Navajo reservation. Mr.. Robinson
win leave this morning and he and
Mr.. Parquet win at once undertake
the work of locating the route over
which the new road is to run.
This action of the bureau of In
dian affairs is due primarily to the
active interest taken in the matter
by Col D. X. B. Sellers, who recently
Travelled through the section inter-
ested and secured the cooperation
of chambers of commerce in all Of
the towns affected, and the influen-
&C exerted at Washington by Aassist-
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
ENGLAND TO CONTINUE
BLOCKADE MEASURES

United Press.
WASHINGTON, d. C., Aug. A.
Marion Butler, ex-senator and ex-
president Of the Farmers union and
a representative of the cotton grow
ers association, in discussing Eng
lands answer to the American note
protesting against the further inter
ference of neutral commerce, said.
"It was poppycock, monumental
bluff. Unless Wilson clears the way
for our cotton to be shipped to the
foreign markets, Germany included,
the growers viii see that the way is
cleared soon. What the president
ought to do is send an American bat
tleship with every ship not carrying .
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05

charges of vagrancy and maintaining
house of ill fame.
Charles Baker and Samuel Jones,
arrested 'at the Trinity hotel Satur-
day night on the ch -ge OF contribut-
ing to vice, were fined $40 and costs
each. They were arrested by patrol
men Clemens ard McCabe.
T. 6. Daniels, arrested on Lafimoi
stecrt for yagfaneg Bnd declogad 81
.caP@ral policemen 70 Sc Rssag- off th,.
earnings of immoral women, was fined
$40 and costs.
All except Baker and Jones were
unable to pay their fines and were
sent to jail.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
JUMPS
FROM
TRAIN
United Press.

United Press.
DENVER, Aug. 4.-Jumping from
Union Pacific train, going at SO
miles an hour, IL miles west of Den
yer, X. Miller, alias Richard Won Mil
lard, an alleged German spy and
count" suffered fractured skull
Deputy Sheriff William Arnett
from whom he was trying to escape
stopped the train and brought the
dying man TO the county hospital.
He was captured on instructions
from Salt Lake City on the charge
of jumping a board bill. 1t was his
second attempt to escape.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
GERMAN PRESS PRAISES POPE

BERLIN, Aug. Accommodating on
the appeal for, peace issued last
week by Pope Benedict, the Cologne
Gazatte says:
Pope Benedict has erected to his
memory lasting monument deresv-
ing the great gratitude of mankind
far beyond the Catholic circles, but
is met in London, Paris, Rome and
Petrograd with a sharp no.
Meanwhile Germany grasps her
sword still firmer and is ready to
deal heavier blows to accomplish what
religion and humanity are unable to
accomplish and to secure an honorable
and lasting peace"
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05

HOLDS UP
CASHIER

United Press.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Aug. A lone
robber held up cashier Leo Ferris of
the Cedar Rapids national bank and
locked him in the vault and escaped
with $4,000. He abandoned $4,000
more when he became frightened.
A clerk thirty minutes later dis
covered and freed Ferris.
The robber had hid in the basement
all night.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
GALLUP-DURANGO AUTO
ROAD NOW A SURETY

The following news item taken
from the Albuquerque Morning jour
nal of July 80, is a gratifying result
of years of endeavor. 1t means a
southern outlet soon.
The best news received in Albu-
querque for long time was that com
municated yesterday IA telegram
TO Superintendent II. F. Robinson,
of the Indian irrigation service, from
the bureau of Indian affairs, in Wash
ington, instructing Mr.. Robinson to
go at once to Gallup and consult
with Superintendent Parquet of the
Fort Defiance Indian agency with a
view Of beginning immediate construe-
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05

contraband cargo. They would reach
their port all right.
IF England maintains her bully
ing, he should call an extra session
Of congress and place an embargo on
all exports. England would get oft
her grip in day"
A similar beIligerent attitude will b
taken by the packing and other in
terests.
England's reply was made public
this morning. 1t consists Of 1000
words, summed up it says, 1--WE will
continue to apply our blockade msas-
ures with every desire that each oe-
casion shall be Of the least possih,e
Continued "a Pass ~
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05

STORM
FORTS

United Press.
BERLIN, Aug. 4.-The Russian le-
CATION at the Hague has officially
announced the evacuation Of Warsaw
dispatches state. 1t was ordered be-
cause of lack of ammunition.
The destruction of all the Vistula
bridges has been ordered.
The encircling Of Ivangorod is pro-
ceeding satisfactorily. The Germans
have stormed the outer forts.
The possibility Of the Russians in
lvangorod escaping is rapidly dimin-
ishing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
THE WAY TO TAKE is TO TAXI

RoME.-(By Mail. almost all
dispatches from the front tell Of the
prowess of General Cadorna and his
troops. The following incident is
typical. After the Italians had
stormed PLAYA for some hours with
artillery, Cadorna called one of his
generals and said: ~ want PLAYA TAX
en- by o'clock.
PLAYA was In Italian hands By 7.l6,
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05

PURSUES
RAIDERS

United Press.
BROWNSVILLE, Aug. 4.-Mexi-
cans have burned the 233 foot rail
road bridge of the st. Louis Mexico
railroad, eight miles north of Harlin-
gen. They cut all wires. A posse
is pursuing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05
AT TACKS
HARBOR
WORKS

United Press.
LONDON, Aug. A Russian avia-
tor attached to the Black sea fleet
flew over constantinople and bombed
the harbor works.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-08-05

Some men should take their vaca-
tion cleaning their desks.