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Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03
GOOD LUCK STAR
 SHIELDS THIS GERMAN (From Fridays Dailv)

Learning of the disaster that over took the German battle cruiser Blue cher, in the North sea fight of last Sunday, Herman Manns, of this city is congratulating himself that he is in Arizona and on dry land.
 This resident is an electrician, with the Mountain States Telephone Com- pany, and produces his credentials to show that he was discharged from the naval service, and was on duty on board that ship. He mentions the fact of his efforts to go abroad a few months ago, to again be on that ship in his former capacity as chief cleo trician, and his inability to secure passage from New York, when he returned to the west.
 He says: The Bluecher was my iavorite cruiser, with which I serv- cd for many months in the electrical department, and this discharge cer tihcate will identify me in that ca pacity. When the war broke out 1t was my duty to return home, and accordingly I made every possible effort to comply with the rules laid down for all German subjects. On reaching New York a few months ago, I and other subjects of the above country were disbarred from sailing, when 1 returned west. However, had been successful in reaching the homeland, the Bluecher, undoubtedly would have been my assignment, from my familiarity with the electri- cal arrangement of the ship, and it is also quite probable, this craft would have been my tomb" Manns will remain in this section for the DreSeut
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03
NOT WORRYING OVER
 THE COST OF LIVING

TUCSON, Jan. 28.-The settlers of the McNeal basin near Tucson are not worrying about the high cost of living. Every farmer has his cellar well filled with home preserved fruits and fresh apples and pump kins, squash, potatoes and vegetables of all kinds, the products of his ranch, while his barnyard is filled with stacks of feed for the stock. With plenty of fresh milk, chickens, eggs and turkeys the McNea1 far mer is living like a little king, with out the war feature.
 With much of the family supplies raised on the farm there are few gro ceries that need be bought from the store. A fattened hog or steer fur nishes the meat for the family and a few neighbors for many weeks of the winter.
 With the high price of flour, the farmer is now enabled to do without this article by using a meal made on the farm from kafir corn and feterita one of the staple crops of this basin. This corn is ground by the housewife in the family coffee mill and then used as corn meal and made into a pone or corn bread. Many of the farmers use 1t as breakfast food, cooking 1t like cream of wheat It also makes dandy hot cakes and when used with homemade sorghum molasses, makes a breakfast worth while. The farmer is not the only one using this new meal as the hotel at McNeal is serving to their guests at breakfast kafir corn hot cakes and corn pone in all styles.
 The new meal is very similar to what the Indians and natives Of Mex leo have been having for flour for centuries called "pinole." This pin ole" is the staple bread stuff of Mex ico and Is made from native corn parched, then ground in the stone metate. The Indians and Mexicans make it into tortillas and pone and by mixing little pinoche, which is sort of lump sugar, with it to make a cake. This pinole Is very nourish- ing food Indians make gruel of it by mixing with plain water, al though it is made more palatable by adding milk and sugar Indians will put few quarts of pinole in sack on the back of their saddles and be gone for weeks on long trip across the country on a hunting trip, with nothing else to eat except possibly fresh meat.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03
BIG OPERATIONS
 START ON THE DAISY
(From Fridays Daily.)


 James Douglas, Major A. J. Pick rell and w. H. Brophy, who returned yesterday from an inspection of the Little Daisy at Jerome imparted the important information that the line of development authorized some time ago, has been carried out, and the 400 foot level had been reached.
 The setting of the big pump at that station completed preliminary work for starting a system of levels to be run, which was now going on. The object of this exploration is to interscct large known ore bodies de termined on the 1,200, from which condition the showing was so attrac- tive that the large work decided up on. Is the outcome.
 Mir. Douglas was quite free to eX- press himself over this undertaking and unequivocally stated the future of the property was beyond specula- ton. The exploration from this deep point is to be conducted as energeti- ca1ly as heretofore, and there IS but little doubt that ore bodies will be found in place at the depth attained by the main working shaft, the deep est yet reached All were satisfied with the examination made, lasting for two days. Messrs. Douglas and Brophy continued to Douglas.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03
HUMBOLDT PLANT MAKES
 HEAVY PRODUCTION (Ernm Thursdays OailvO

Arrivals yesterday from Humboldt stated the Consolidated shelter was making a remarkable production in the red metal, and one of the Condi- tions noticeable was that the Swan sea ore receipts are attracting very much attention. fifteen carloads to date being received from that prop crty near Bouse.
 The Blue Bell continues to ship in its usual quota, and 1t was reported that next month the DeSoto in the Bradshaws would begin production. Local ore receipts are again coming in, including those from gold mines solely. The plant Is running to its full capacity and there Is but little doubt but that it IS success from a financial standpoint. Improvements are being added as occasion demands, and a complete service is now install- ed.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03
KINGMAN HAS
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
(From Fridays Dailyl

J. A. Hess, a Kingman man, who was in the city on a hurried trip yes terday, said there was evidence of in- crcasing prosperity in that place. The latest advance movement noted is the organization of chamber of commerce for the town and Mohave county. This was accomplished last Saturday evening at meeting of rep resentativc citizens. Judge Carl C.. krook was elected president, J. E. Perry secretary and w. H. Watkins treasurer. A finance committee was appointed to raise funds for the new organization, composed of l. M. George, Allen F. Ware. H. II. Wat llins and J. F. Perry. Another meet ing was held Tuesday evening at which was elected directorate of Is members and the committee on fin ance and membership reported that prospects were extremely bright for a thrifty growth.
 From statements made it is plain that the mining industry of Mohave county has a more promising out look than usual It Is reported that the United Eastern Mines Company has struck a rich vein of ore on the 30O-toot level, the same being similar ln quality to that of the famous Tom Reed mine.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03
MURPHY GOES EAST.
CFrom Fridays Daily.)

F. NJ. Murphy and his associate. l.. B. Mulhearn, left last night for New York City, where the former expects to be for the next month, on matters pertaining to his mining interests in this and other sections of Arizona. He was not inclined to go into de- tails of certain holdings, but stated, however, his mission is very inn portant one. and under consideration are material propositions, that prob ably will be closed up on this trip. He is in short, quite optimistic over the outlook for this section, in mines and mining.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03
STARTS MINE WORK.
From Fridays DaiIy)

]. F. Pawley left yesterday for his silica mines, near Kirkland valley, on which he begins development, hay ing a contract to fill for a Phoenix firm which is erecting new building. This article is to be used for orna- mental purposes as well as for re- fecting light, and will be manufac- tured i'll the above city.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03
SEES BROAD SIDE
 OF SILVER LINING
(From Sundays Daily.)

NN VIII O~'--NN@y NNA-J 7
 J. s. Stockwell of Evansville Indiana, prominently connected with the Dalton Mining Company, has moved his permanent residence to Yavapai county He arrived Thurs day evening and yesterday went to the Dalton mine, twelve miles south of Prescott, after having become ac- quainted with many Prescott people and invited them out to the mine at their convenience, where, he told them, they could give the fine cuts a rest for a while and tone up their system on bacon, beans and corn | bread
 | Mr. Stockwell was a business man in Evansville, and appears to be possessed of the proper material to make an ideal southwesterner and good mine manager. He says he made a trip to Prescott last August and was so favorably impressed with the city and country that he deter mined before ever reaching his home in Indiana on the return trip to make this place his home. Consequently he closed up his affairs and "migrat- cd" about ten days ago.
 Don't Believe in Spasms.
 "We think we have a fairly good mining proposition in the Dalton" :" he said, and are going to conser- vatively develop the property to its full limit. 1 am not one of the class who believes in spasmodic activity. 1 have learned that conservation in business is a quality which wins nine times in ten, and 1 believe the min ing business is peculiarly adapted to this rule. This is a great country, and it is a foregone conclusion that the bowels of the hills in this sec ton are grooming with wealth of an unconceivable vastness which only awaits the turn of the years and proper human manipulation to make it second to none in the entire coun- try. 1 think the trouble with the mining industry as a whole is that mining companies have spent too much time and money working the people and not enough energy in ,,,orI,;,or +ba ,,,ir1aS
 Mir. Stockwell said that had only ike men are working the Dalton at the present time, but that they would put on more as circumstances justi- fled. He expresses himself as hope ful that this time may come in the very near future. The company with which he is identified has no enor- nous amount of capital, according to his statements, but believes the mill will pay large ratio of a conscrva- tive management until the large ore bodies which he says arc contained therein are encountered
 Business Brighter in East.
 With reference to business in the cast, he said that there was ray of permanent prosperity in sight; in fact that it had already manifested itself in the factory districts of his section of Indiana Money Is easier, capital has commenced to peek from its rendevouz into which it skulked simultaneously with the firing of the first guns in the European war, he said, and business men everywhere are restored" in that confidence so necessary to the industrial welfare of the whole nation.
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03
cnecial to the Tournal-Miner.

PHOENIX. Jan. 27.-Sensational was the meeting this morning when a majority of the finance committee iammed through the senate their re port on the mine tax bill.
 This measure was framed by the big mining companies and provides for the valuation of mines for assess mcnt purposes on basis of four times the net proceeds. plus one eighth the gross. Ii does not en- courage the investment of capital in the mining industry, but on the con trary is entirely in the interests oi the big mines that are dividend pay CTS. Should this bill pass, the state tax rate would be materially lncreas- ed.
 Senators Goldwater and Munds both clearly perceived the injustice of the bill and voted against the adoption of the committee report.
 The first test of the strength Of the
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03

PHOENIX, Jan. 30-At 3:15 this afternoon the senate finally passed the mine tax bill by vote of fifteen to four.
 Senators Claridge (Graham) Colter (Apache), Munds (YavapaD and Webb (Maricopa) voted in the mega tive.
 The senate committee on enrolling expressing and compilation presented all amendment to the bill providing that as part of Section 3, pro vision be added that any metal not regularly quoted take the average price during the preceding ten years. This takes care of the "Bessemer Pig" product which comes only from one district.
 The amendment was adopted by vote of IA to ,; Claridge, Colter, karns, Munds and Webb voting in the negative
 Senator Webb (AIaricopa) renewed
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03

PHOENIX. Jan. 28-The mine tax bill was reported out of the senate committee of the whole this morning with the recommendation that it do pass" The vote was viva voce, Sem ators Webb (Maricopa) and Claridge lGraham) voting in the negative.
 The opposition centered in Senator
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03

Claridge, who offered a long series of amendments all but one of which were promptly voted down.
 The only material change in the bill as originally introduced was the adoption of an amendment introduc- ed by Senator Munds (YavapaD which meets an objection raised that a tax should be levied for such DOT ton of a year that mines are oper- ated, and the state thus receive an adequate return for such partial ac tivitv
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-03

a motion made while the bill was under consideration in committee of the whole that it be re-referred to the finance committee with instruc- tions to draw a general bill includ- ing all classes of property. The mo tinr u,as lost h,t the same vnte
New-York tribune., 1915-02-22
NINE.YEAR.OLD CALM
AS BULLETS SPATTER
"It's All Right" She Tells the
Police After Saving Father
in Street Shooting.

Annie Lore, nine years old, took
charge of her father, Vincent, last
night when shots began to fly on East
Thirteenth Street. The first one caught
her father in the leg. Annie gave him
push which sent him sprawling. As
he lay fiat on the sidewalk three more
bullets hummed over him.
Many people were on the street. They
fed blindly for shelter, colliding with
each other and jamming in doorwayss.
Siti Vindazo, of BIB East Thirteenth
Street, fell down a cellarway, cutting
cash in his head. Through the few
exciting seconds Annie sat quietly on
the curb, clasping her fathers hand.
When Pstrolman Smolleek ran up
from Avenue B, half block away, II
was Annie who confronted him.
"Who did this?" cried the patrolman,
peering around the small figure at the
PROSTATE man. "IIave you been getting
Black Hand letters?"
That's all right" replied Annie
placidly. Everything will be all right
soon. My father has no enemies"
mo enemies; no letters" agreed her
father
lie is a grocer at $50 East Thirteenth
Street. No trace was found of his as
sailsnt Vindazo was taken TO Belle
vue Hospital Lore refused to 60.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-22
TWO END LIVES
BY INHALING GAS
Man Leaves 80 Cents to Pay
for Gas Used-Woman Takes
Mercury: Nav Die.

Ruined by war, John Meyer killed
himself by inhaling gas at II West
lOSth Street yesterday. In a note ad-
dressed "To whom it may concern" he
asked that his clothing be given to
some poor person. Besides suffering
reverses in fortune, Mr.. Meyer was
paralyzed on the left side and was
victim of insomnia.
He wrcte that he had come to New
York from Europe and had no friends
here. He had written to friend ap-
prising him of his intention, the letter
added. Mr.. Meyer had mentioned in
yestments in Mexico. On taking the
room he gave as reference Hanson &
Orth, bankers. az 27 Cedar Street. He
was about fifty years old.
John Spade, who killed himself in
his room at 239 East Seventy-eighth
Street, left 80 cents for his landlady,
explaining in note that II was TO
nav for the gas he used. He left no
explanation of his act.
~ am tired of living" was the only
reason given by Mrs. Hazel keithley,
who took bichloride Of mercury. she
was taken TO Bellevue Hospital IN a
serious condition. Her home IS at LOO
West Sixty-fifth Street.
Ellen Nopoli. fourteen years old, who
fell down two steps, about sixteen
inches. on Saturday at her home, 2l2
Fast il9th Street, died yesterday in
Harlem Hospital She broke her neck
hut not a cut glass bowl she was
CARRYING.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-22
PANAMA TOLLS
TO BE REDUCED
Present Rate Found Greater
Than That Sanctioned by
the Canal Act,

Panama, Feb. 21.-Under instructions
Of Secretary of War Garrison changes
arc being prepared in the regulations
for computation of Panama Canal tolls
which it is estimated will result in
decrease Of approximately 20 per
cent in the revenues Of the canal from
the classes of freight affected.
II was discovered that the fixing Of
tolls under the Panama Canal rules at
81 20 ton was illegal, the rate being
greater than that sanctioned by law.
This arose from the difference between
a ton as defined by the canal rules and
a registered ton as measured under
the United States statutes for ship
registration. The latter definition was
applied in the Panama Canal act,
which provides for miximum charge
Of 81 25.
The new rules will provide that the
aggregate tolls paid by a vessel at
the rate of 81 20 a canal ton must not
exceed the aggregate tolls as computed
on the basis of 81 25 registered ton.
Contrary to expectations, both tolls
and tonnage of the Panama Canal for
January showed an increase over any
previous month since the canal was
open for traffic, on August 10. During
January the canal earned S4l9,037 in
tolls, derived from a total canal tom
mage Of 4IS,957.
Since the canal was opened IL has
earned S1,966,137 in tolls. The total
tonnage from August IS to February l
was 2,192,S56, carried in Asa vessels of
all descriptions. In January ninety
eight ships passed through the water
way, Of which six did not carry any
cargo.
An analysis of the canal traffic indi-
Gates that United States coastwise
shipping continues to make the larger
share of canal tolls payments, although
traffic to the United States and Europe
from South American west coast ports
is increasing rapidly. Traffic from the
United States to the Far East is max
ing slower headway than either of the
other two large trade routes through
the canal.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-22
ONCE RICH, HE ASKS AID
Suicide or Soldiers Home,
Says D. D. Brinkerhoff.

Daniel D. Brinkerhoff, who lost $780,
600 in Wall Street, has been compelled
to seek support from the property Of
his brother, Edwin o. Brinkerhoff. who
Is eighty-four years old, blind and an
inmate Of Bloomingdale Asylum. The
needy brother, who Is seventy-six years
old and a veteran Of the Civil War,
will receive 500 IL the report Of Will
lam VI. Byrne, referee, is confirmed by
the Supreme Court.
Edwin o. Brinkerhof has property
valued at S290,000, from which four
other relatives are already receiving
$3.50 a month The income from the
property is a little more than $4,000 a
year. Daniel, in his application. said
that he is living with his daughter, 70
whom he gave $4,000, and he paid $4,000
for an operation made necessary by q
wound inflicted in the war. He has
been married several times and is now
paying his last wife $50 a month ali
mony. He had an interest in cracker
factory, for which he received $4,000.
ut is suicide or the soldiers home" q"
said Brinkerhof, unless his application
was granted.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-22
NAN, DOWN AND OUT,
RISKS LIFE, GETS So
Starving, Rescues Two Boys
from Icy Hudson and On
locker Rewards Him.

Herbert, DrinSn, down and out, was
walking along the West Shore Railroad
tracks just below Highland Falls yes
terday. wondering how he could earn
the price of a meal. Suddenly he heard
shrieks for help.
Looking down into the Hudson River
he saw two boys floating out on cake
Of ice. Facing death, Henry De Forge,
Of Stony Point, and Lucius Mesnick,
eleven and twelve years old respect
lively. were clinging desperately to each
other and shouting.
Drinan plunged into the icy water,
and. swimming 20 the cake, took De
Forge off. Urging the other lad 10 lie
down quietly, Drinan swan TO shore
with De Forge. Then he swan back
and got young Mesnick.
Robert Nugent, who saw the rescue,
gave Drinan 81 as reward This en-
abled DrinAn, whose home is in Ron
dout. not alone to get a meal, but TO
get to Rocklsnd Lake 10 look for work.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-22
COTTON GOODS
TRADE IS DULL
Total Sales In Fall River Mar
ket $4,000 Pieces for
the Week.

Fall River, Mass. Feb. 2l.-Trading
in the cotton cloth market here con
tinued small last week, while prices
generally remained unchanged. As far
as trade is concerned, it has gone back
The fine goods manufacturers are no
better off than the manufacturers OF
goods of prin. cloth yarn construction.
The prices offered and accepted af-
forded very little margin OF profit. The
situation in fine goods is the same as II
is with coarse and medium count goods
very little business being done in any
construction. Early last week there
WAS a noticeable boom both in fine and
medium count cloths. and manuiactur-
ors were rather optimistic as TO the
future, but this demand has died down.
and business conditions may be de-
scribed as being dull.
With machinery running in larger
measure than was the case some ie"
months ago. mills cannot help pillng up
goods, and Just what measures Will Dc
adopted later cannot be stated just noW'
but something must be done to relieVe
the congestion OF goods and make mer-
chandising easier. The market LOT
print cloth yarn goods is gu let and
BUYERS have shown very little interest
in business.
The interest that was shown was con-
fined to wide and medium wide goods.
The narrow division Of the market was
dull. The total sales for the week are
estimated at $4,000 pieces. Of which 2o,-
900 pieces were spots.
Quotations: 28-inch, 64-64. 2s nom
iral; 2S-inch, $3.50, IN; 27-inch, o4-6o,
2ll-16; 27-inch, $3.50, 2h;. 27-inch,
56-52, 2A; 3si4 inch, 64-64, An.
New-York tribune., 1915-02-22
ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGES.
FEBRUARY 90
Manhattan.

Benjamin Winter to Jacob sheven. 72o Riverside
Drive EsseI St. lOA stiys. suasboug.T $.
Samuel zirlnsky TO BENJAMIN Winter. $40 y
lii,h o. Essex 81. lo4 same attysi 81
5th Av, 2247: atty W McDougsld. I5g W
Barnett iiSsa Freedman to wyhelmnA Fuhr. 82es Hui
az. Canal st. g. TO II. atty. l. IL Levin, $50
Realty MORTGAGE Co to Title Guarantee and ySi Tiusi
1910: atty. New YORK Title Insurance Co; 81
New YORK Mortgage and Security Co 10 Church Of
vs.. 5l5 li5th St; atty. New York Title lnsur
II NJ wiant TO Jeanette NJ wiant. 500 W Ii5t6
st: lijth st. 5Ol W atty Gusts1e Frey. !i2g
Tile Guarantee and Trust Co to Coruandt d, ?
ton st, 6j5: atty. Title Guarantee and Trust
Same to same: Madison ay. l76S; same atty;
Johanna steinses,er ct al. eIrs. to Elizabeth 5
Steinsesier. 2l0 Hooper 81, Brooklyn; 18th ST.
IS SS5.ii sth sv 2j.sIlO8.S: sitys. Ra6o 4
Same M to 70 same; sih st. g. Ilsll ist 4" i9iis
same to b + sieinge,ter 2lo Hooper st. Brooklyn;
vh Hsaey W "a and '1 aRo eSrs TO NJ Partridge S02
Bwsy ios,h st. 6s w atty Van w,inke; WI ss;;
= ~ y McGu,Is err. to Agnes o'sulli,an. S2s "
lOoth st; l7sih 81. Jsj w atty. McGuirs
sussB 0hfg9SiS Tesefmsn to womans Hospital in the
s;ste OF New YORK iii " lOaih s.. Columbus
"' S25 900
/ de y Foster and auo. cNrs. 20 American Mort
gags Co. lG Cedar st Amsterdam ay. 1852 st,ys.
Boyyers :. A. Cedar a.
same 20 De = Foster and Gao trustees Tuxedo
PARK y J. same property; same siYs; 49,, 81
Same 70 same same property: same atDs' AlzVVO
= De = Foster 20 Sarah sands. Amsterdam ~.
lG52 sans Htiyf. Si2 600
same 70 same. same property. same Attys: $4,000
The Bronx.
lslst Street and Brook Avenue Co 70 Louis Fend
rich. 81
Fre,leHcks Jarks 20 Lawyers Title Insurance and
Trust 60. 500
New Yors Trust Co 70 CITY Mortgage Co: 81
City Mor,Eagp Co 10 A kurschedt. $4,000
Philip Leiefet 90 Fannie Leleret. 81
YORK Cous.ructiOn 60 10 Henry Morgenthau Co: 81
Alice Connoly. cHtrN. 70 Lawyvrs Mortgage 60;
same 10 same. 81 900