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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
THREATS ARE MADE
AGAINST W|NGF|ELO
RECEIVES BLACK-HAND LETTER
DEMANDING FIFTEEN
THOUSAND

George Wingfield, president of the
Goldield Consolidated Mines COM
pany and head of numerous other Ne
vada enterprises, recently received
at his office in Reno an anonymous
''Black-Hand" letter threatening his
life and property in the event he
failed to give the writer the sum of
$4,000. Instead of carrying out the
instructions contained in the corn
m%unication, Mr.. Wingfield offered a
reward of $1,000 for information
leading to the arrest and conviction
of the perpetrators. The police au-
thorities of Reno and Washoe county
are making diligent efforts to locate
the writer of the letter.
The letter covered three pages and
was sem to Mr.. Wingfield on July 2.
Written in a scrawly, almost illegi-
BILE hand, it directed That Wingfeld
place $500 in gold in each of ten
ans, place them in a suit case,
drive in his automobile to Washoe,
leave the suit Ease containing the
money in the road near a point where
he would find a white handkerchief
waving in the air and drive IN. The
writer of the letter explained that
he Cor they) desired the money as a
loan to go to South America to seek
wealth
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
SAN FRANCISCO GIRL
LURED TO GOLDFIELD

A deplorable case, in which a young
girl, seventeen years of age, was
brought to Goldfield from her home
in San Francisco through an offer of
employment as a singer in a restaur-
ant and found upon her arrival here
that the place of her employment was
a house in the restricted district, was
brought to the attention of Consta-
BILE Bob E%llingston a few days ago.
The girl appealed to Ellington and
after an investigation in which the
above facts were found to be true
the girl was sent back to San Fran
cisco yesterday morning. A similar
case involving a young girl is being
investigated and serious consequence
es to the procurers may follow.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
YUBA COMPANY's PLANS

The Yuba Leasing & Development
company has it's campaign now in full
swing. President A. Y. Smith ar
rived last Tuesday and Immediately
got into the harness. A force of men
was put to work on the concrete
foundations for the compressor and
100 h. p. engine to be installed at
No. 8 shaft. 1t is expected that this
equipment will all be in place with
in the next two weeks, when the mine
force will be materially increased.
Excavations for the mill r to be
started within the next few days, or
just as soon as the plans arrive from
the company's engineer. By the end
of next week. however, 1t is expected
that work will be going ahead in
dead earnest.--Pioche Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
MAN HELD IN TONOPAH
FOR AN ALLEGED THEFT

A chain of circumstantial evidence,
growing out of a theft which oc-
Cured on the train between Beatty
and Goldfeld ten days ago, culminat-
ed in Tonopah Sunday with the arrest
of J. Book, a tailor. Harry Grier,
agent of the Tonopah & Tidewater
railroad, was the victim of the rob
berry. He was returning from Los
Angeles and had placed his wallet,
containing $12O, several railroad
passes and other valuable documents,
in his hip pocket. The suppositiOn
is that when he left his seat when
the train stopped at a station the
pocketbook slipped out of his pocket.
Book, if the accusations are true, saw
the pocketbook and took it, appro-
priating the money and throwing the
wallet out of the car window when
ton. The pocketbook vas later
found by a section foreman this side
of Springdale and returned to Grier.
The latter did not discover his loss
until after he had left the train at
Goldfield. %Suspecting that Book, a
stranger to him, knew something
about it, Urier got out a search war
rant and had Book searched. This
revealed that Book had about Sis
on his person, but some of it was in
gold. Grier's money was in cur
rency. The cashier of the Ideal res
t%aurant, hearing of Grier's loss, re-
called that a stranger that evening
had changed $40 in currency for that
sum in gold. Book suddenly disap-
peared from camp. Grier saw him
on the street in Tonopah a day or
so later and his arrest resulted. He
will be given a preliminary hearing
tomorrow. 1t is said that Book came
to GOdlfield from Salt Lake to accept
a position in a local tailoring shop,
but decided not to accept the
proffered employment.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Graves Dope

Without disturbing platinum and
gold, the value of which mounted into
hundreds of dollars, a nan I'M
d%oubtedly a dope fiend, entered the
office of DR.. Helen Rulison, Tonopah,
recently and with the aid of a small
pair of gold scissors pried open a
number of drawers, ignoring the con-
tents until he reached the drawer
which contained a dollar bottle of
cocaine in liquid and crystalline form.
The bottle was the only thing miss
ing when the burglary was discovered
several hours later.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
WILLOW CREEK MILL

G. M. Lund, who was recently ap-
pointed superintendent of the Will
low Creek Mining and Milling COM
Lake to examine machinery with a
view to purchasing a milling plant
for the corporation he represents,
says the White Pine News.
Bringing back a goodly quantity
of high grade gold, ]. T. West.
Jack Perry, j. H. Goodman and c. M.
Lund returned last Tuesday from
Willow creek properties. The prin-
cipal stockholders are possessed Of
the belief that the ore reserves I'M
covered on their mineral estate are
sufficient to justify the erection of
a suitable milling plant.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
W.P. O'MEARA TALKS
OF NEVADA CAMPS

1.-The mining camps and develop
ment of Nevada in a mining way de-
serves many times the publicity it is
getting at present." said w. P.
OMeara of Salt Lake, pioneer min
ing man of Tonopah and other
camps, says the Gazette. He has
just returned from the Yellow Pine
district near Goodsprings, and he
says they have the making of a won
derful camp in that section but fear
to let the world know of it.
1T was publicity that made Tono-
pah and Goldfield, the right sort of
publicity, and the right sort of pub
licity will help every other legitimate
camp in the state. I don't think there
are 1000 persons in the country who
have any idea of what is going on in
Clark county. There is one mine
down there, the Yellow Pine. 1t is
a zinc-lead proposition and is in
corporated for 100000 shares and
the stock is selling around 81 cents.
It has paid more that 100000 in
dividends and last month it made a
net profit of 100000. Those who
own the stock seem to be afraid to
mention it and as a result the dis
trict is receiving no publicity.
Thousands of dollars lie idle,
awaiting speculation, not looking
for investment, but the owners want
to gamble with it. They don't want
--.&I - Lot of frinHCfnrC
but they are willing to put their
money into a prospect and help to
develop it. If they lose they know
that their money hasn't been stolen,
but has been used in an endeavor
TO make a mine. This district and all
other new camps that are promising
deserve more publicity than they
are getting. The owners of the mon
ey don't seem to want to put their
funds in a developed mine. They
seem to prefer to place it in a cheap
proposition and to reap the big har-
vest if a good strike is made.
"Near Go%odsprings a number OF
leasers nette' s2,250 in a month on
a copper-lead-zinc property. With a
little none behind them they would
probably be able to put more men to
work and in six month develop a
big mine. Zinc and lead are going
to maintain their high prices for
many years to come. as 1T Will be a
long time before Europe RECEIVERS
from the war, ever after peace. The
Boss mine, a platinum property, is
developing into one of the finest
properties in the state and only a
few days ago another platinum
strike was made a short distance
from the Boss mine.
"The Yellow Pine district should
be watched and it should receive
publicity, and so should every 9TH
err new camp that is being opened.
There is going to be a big mining
boom in the near future INC the
new camps are the ones that will
reap the benefits"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Snake Bites Man

While eating his lunch about two
miles south of Copper Flat, near Ely,
recently Bud Bodell, in charge of a
gang Of workers, vas bitten by a
huge RATHER. He reached for a news
paper while seated on the ground
and the reptile, concealed in the
sag brush, struck him in the elbow.
Medican assistance was obtained i'm
mediately and no serious cOnse-
quences are feared.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17

Roy Moore, bantamweight champ .
ion of the Pacific coast. who was
scheduled to meet Bonnie Cohen at
Reno July 16, will fight Jack Doug
las Oh that date instead. Cohen, it
is understood. has fallen into disfa-
vor with the Reno promoters for
having run out of a match with Sal
vador in that city recently. Douglas
and Moore fought a 20 round draw
at Los Angeles about a year ago.
They will weigh in at 115 pounds,
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
INTERESTING DOCUMENT

A. E. Barnes, a local attorney, is
in receipt of an interesting docu-
ment sent him from Haverford, Pa.
1t is a Photographic copy of the
certificate, record and religious pro-
cedure of the marriage Of his daugh-
ter. Miss Helen Wheeler Barnes, to
Charles Kite Brown, Jr. 1t bears
the signatures of over $50 persons
who were present at the wedding.
The ceremony took place at the
Friends meeting house, in accord
ance with the Quaker custom.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
DUTCH FINANCES
AFFECTED BY WAR

AMSTERDAM, June 20. = The
published statement of the receipts
of the Netherlands government,
from all forms of taxation and state
enterprises for the month of April
shows that while the war is not
only increasing the cost of running
the Dutch government, it is also de-
creasing it's This is sad
news for the Hollanders, who al
ready find the burden of the ex-
penses of the mobilization we'll nigh
intolerable when added to the ordi-
nary expenses of life. Long before
the war taxes in the Netherlands
were remarkably high. Every
Dutch child started life with the
handicap of his share in owe $780,
600 per day of taxes for expendi-
lures which are unknown in any
other country of the world. In Hol-
land it is an existence tax; for it
costs that much to maintain dykes
to keep a great part of the Neither
sea.
The actual budget in Holland is
carefully calculated to produce a
certain figure through taxes; when
the revenues fall below that figure,
as in the month of April, extra i'm
posts are necessary and lead to grow
ing dissatisfaction among the peo-
pie who pay the taxes. This year
the month of April exhibits a short
age of $4,992,S04 compared with
the of the corresponding
month of last year. So great is this
deficit in proportion, and SO close
have the figures this year, in the
first three months, run to the fig.
ures of last years receipts Tor the
same period that. With tie April de
felt, the revenue for the four
months of 1915 show a loss of 3d.
183,709 over the same period of
1914.
The principal deficits lie in the
receipts from the inheritance taxes,
and in the excise on sugar. The for
mer falls $1,O65,6O0 short of last
years figures, while the latter fails
by $33S,S00 of touching the sum re-
ceived from that source in April,
1914.
Thes immense increase in taxation
which will be necessary to pay the
expenses of mobilization, and the
large number of laborers out of work
through the suspension of industries
vitality affected or temporarily dis
commoded by the long continuance
of hostilities, makes the outlook for
the taxpayer in the Netherlands far
from bright. Already the three great
cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and
The Hague, aggregating about a mil
lion and a half souls, have estab-
lished municipal distribution of
bread to the needy and issued bread
cards to those in want.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
RETURN TO CAMP FROM
AUTO VISIT TO RENO

A. H. Howe, secretary and treas
urer of the Goldfeld Consolidated
Mines company, with Mrs. Howe and
son, Arnold, returned to Goldfeld
last night from an automobile Wis
1T to Reno. Mr.. Howe also visited
San Francisco while absent from
camp. making the journey from
Reno to the coast and return by
train. The party was accompanied
back to Goldfield by Mrs. Howe's
mother. Mrs. G. A. Jennings of Con-
necticut. whom they met at Reno.
She will spend several weeks in
camp and then accompany the Howe
family on an automobile tour of
California, visiting both exposi.
tions.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Stanford Coach Visiting

Frank Guerna, coach of the STAN
ford crew which leaped into fame a
couple Of weeks ago by upsetting the
dope of experts and giving Cornell
ONE Of the greatest fights in the his
tory of water sports in the annual re-
gatta on the Hudson, is in Nevada.
He is visiting relatives in Winnemuc-
Considered a rank outsider at
the start, Stanford, at the finish, it is
generally considered could have pass
ed Cornell had the distance been 100
yards farther.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Union Is Strength

A picked nine from the Fallon and
Lovelock baseball teams will try
conclusions with the Winnemuccana
on the latter's home grounds Sun
day. So far this season Winnemuc-
ca has lost but n game out of
about 20 and hopes to go through the
seascn with just that one blot. The
defeat was administered by Golcon-
da. Baseball has secured quite a
,hoid in the northern and eastern
part of the state and large crowds
attend the games.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Miner DrOnS Dead

Jack OvertOn, a resident of Tono.
Tah for several years, having been
employed at the Belmont mine,
dropped dead of heart disease at
~Soarchlight recently. He was a sin.
gle man. SO years of age and is sur
vived by but M relative, a sister,
residing in San Francisco. He was
in the Belmont disaster a few years
ago and was confined in the mine or
orators hospital for a long time as
the result of injuries sustained.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Battles with Coyote

Albert Schnitzer, a resident of &C.
noa, had a desperate battle with a
coyote neal that town recently, but
luckily escaped without serious in
jury. He had discovered a den of
coyote pups and was endeavoring
to capture one of them when the
mother arrived and attacked him,
tearing his clothing to shreds. He
returned the assault with stones,
driving the mother away. He man
aged to secure n of the pups.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Reservation Included

According to a decision handed
down by the state sumpreme court
at Carson recently, violations of the
fish and game laws of the state,
whether committed on or off an
Indian reservation, should be dealt
with by the courts of the state. The
decision. which holds that fish and
game on reservations are entitled to
equal protection with fish and game
off the reservations, was written by
Justice McCarran and concurred in
by Chief Justice Norcross and JUS
tice Coleman.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Official Starter Arrives

C. D. Stevens, official starter at
the Denver meet. has arrived in Reno
to assume his duties at the meet
there. According to Stevens $50
horses were shipped from Denver In
one day and he has received word
from Jaurez and California points
that many horses will be entered
from those regions. The officials at
the meet will include the following.
Manager, w. W. Finn; starter. C. ID.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
STATE NEWS


Miss Annie Martin, head of the Ne
vada s~uffragists, is very i'll at Palo
Alto, Calf, according to word re-
Gently received. by her mother, Mrs
w. O'Hara Martin. Miss Martin was
to go east in connection with her
suffrage work, but was overcome at
Palo Alto by a serious attack of ILL
ness. She underwent an operation,
but is now reported to be GONZALES
cent.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Woman Kills Man

Irene Hurd, a colored resident of
Ely's restricted district, shot and
fatally wounded William Bailey,
likewise colored, when the latter,
who had been boarding with her, i'll
formed her that he was going to
leave. When he came with an ex-
pressman to take his trunk she
opened fire without warning. He
died two days later from the effect
of his wounds.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Trial Is On

The trial of Jesus Costilla, charg-
ed with the murder of Squaw Sallie
in Tonopah the night of May 26, was
begun in the district court of Nye
county at Tonopah recently with the
selection of a jury. Costilla was
captured near Las Vegas after a des-
perate attempt to escape. He freely
admits the killing of the squaw, but
says he did it in self-defense.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Near COMPLETION

The Nevada Short inc railway, the
narrow guage railroad from Nenzel
to Lower Rochester, according to A.
A. Codd, manager, will be completed
and ready for operation by July Is.
The road is now said to be in first
class condition.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Bitten by Snake

Commissioner w. G. Mcdonald suf-
fered the loss of a valuable horse in
the Duck Creek region recently
when the animal died as the result
of having been bitten by a rattle
snake. The horse was being used
in conveying ore from a mine car
near Duck Creek when the snake
struck it's fangs in the animals neck.
The horse died a few hours later.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Mathews i'm Trouble

J. o. Mathews, charged with at
tempting to kill Fay Bicknell in
Reno several days ago, has been ar
raigned in the Reno court on a
charge of assault with intent to kill.
He attacked the woman with a
z when she refused to accept an
invitation to walk with him.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
DANGEROUS NATTER

Actual extract from a sailors let
ter to his wife: .
Dear Jane-I am sending you Il
postal order for 10 s%hillings, which
I hope you may get, but you may
not, as this letter has to pass the
censOr.-Punch.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Brown Admits Guilt

Nick Brown, who has been con-
fined in the county Jail at Elko on
a complaint preferred by the Justice
court at Carlin, has confessed, it is
understood. to the misuse of the
United States mails. He obtained
money by forging a name to a mon
ey order. He will be tried by the
federal court.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Faces. Serious Charge

Tom Dobbs entered the cabin of a
woman known as Ollie Bell in Tono-
pah recently and hit her owe the
head with a revolver. The woman's
scream attracted the attention of
an officer and Dobbs was taken to
Jail, where he now faces the charge
of assault with intent to kill. The
woman was taken to the county hos
pital, where her wounds were
dressed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17

The verdict of the coroner's jury in
the case of b. j. King, a waiter,
who died suddenly at his work in a
Reno cafe, states that the unfortu-
nate man anne to his death from
an overdose of morphine admins
tered by unknown parties. Another
Kings death, and the police suspect
foul play.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Land Treasurer Short

Deputy Attorney General Patrick
left Carson for Austin where he
will assist the district attorney of
Robert Hogan, Lander county treas
urer, who is charged with a short
age of $4,000 of county funds.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
RAILROAD RATE DECISION

A Washington special to the Reno
Gazette today says the interstate
commission has decided in the cora
plant of the Goldfeld Consolidated
and other companies against the
railroads that the rates are not ex-
cessive, considering the unproductive
territory and high cost of labor.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
NOT A DOCTOR

While little Dorothy was visiting
her hostess dog zane running up
and stopped before her, painting. See
ing his tongue hanging out. Dorothy
said: Use not a doctor. doggie."-
Boston Transcript.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
PURE CROUCH

Are Belle and Barbara blood re-
lations?
Oh. no. 1t is a purely platonic
crouch they have for each other
Puck.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Plenty of Money

According to the quarterly report
of County Treasurer Harry Hill, the
treasury of Washoe county contains
$307,1S3.39. His report was sub
mitted to the board of county COM
m~issioners at a recent meeting of
that body. This amount includes
100000, representing the second in
stallment of taxes just collected.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Insane Man Caught

Sheriff Ferel of Reno returned to
that city recently with an insane
man, L.. X. Smithers Smithers, il
is said, took possession of a house
occupied by a mine guard near
Lakeview, Ore, driving the guard
away at the point of a gun. When
captured Smithers was in the act OF
shaving himself.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Jockey Nolan at Reno

T. Nolan, jockey, who carries the
enviable reputation of being the
most successful rider in the country.
is at Reno in charge of Frank Rhine
harris stable of racers. He will be
a free lance during the meet at
Reno and will probably be seen un-
der many cOlors.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
IMPOSSIBILITY

Rankin-The editor of a western
paper says he is going to adopt the
policy of running the society page
without adjectives.
Phyle-Impossible. He might as
we'll try to eliminate the capital rs
from the political speeches. Chi
cage Herald.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Stomach Analysis Ordered

An analysis of the stomach of B.
J.. King. a waiter at a Reno cafe
who dropped dead recently, was or
dered by a justice of the peace, It
is believed that death was due to
an overdose of morphine.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
Murderer Convicted

Jesus Costilla, the Mexican who
killed an Indian woman with whom
he was living in Tonopah several
weeks ago, vas found guilty of Sec
nDd degree murder in his trial before
the district court of Nye county re-
Gently.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17
School Teacher WedS

Miss Lucy Rumbaugh, a well
known teacher of Reno, and VIM.
f. EllithOorpe, a graduate of the
University of Nevada and well
known automobile man, were unit
ed in marriage at Reno. The bride
formerly resided at Ely. They will
make their home in Reno.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-07-17

HERMAN ZADIG, president of the
Silver Pick Consolidated Mines COM
pany, and G. F. Dryer of San Fran
cisco, went over to Tonopah yester-
day after a short visit to camp.