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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11
Net Revenue of All Railroads in
Country Last Year SS45,216,654

The total net revenue of all steam
operating revenues of more than
500. 600 for the fiscal year ended
June 80. 1914, vas given at $S45,-
216.654 in a report made public
Saturday night by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Operating ven for the same
period were SO, 047,019,90 COS and OPP
Grating expenses s2,200.313.159,
with a net deficit from outside oper-
atoms of s1,490, 095. The net cor
J porate income was given at $347.-
zoe, 900.
Operating revenues for the same
period in 1913 were $3.125.135.79s
with operating expenses of $2,169.-
968,924.
There were ~1,695.4S3 persons on
the pay rolls of the railroads at the
end of last June, a decrease, COM
pared with the same day in 1913 of
1875 persons. The wages paid
last year amounted to $1,373,422,-
472.
The par value of the outstanding
securities of all the companies on
cerned amounted to $20,247, 301.-
257. and dividends paid by all steam
roads irrespective of revenues
amounted to s451,263,197, being
equal to 7.97 per cent on dividend
paying stocks. On s3.019. 020,981 of
stock no dividends were paid.
The average rate of dividends on
roads with 100000 income was So
per cent. There was an increase in
dividends for the year of sS2,656,-
$50, which the commission reports
was accounted for by increased div
idends OF the Union and Central
Pacific companies.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11

Bulwer, Defoe. Scott. Dumas. Dau-
Provost.
or the total number Of orden
from the German soldiers at the
front. As per cent calls for fiction.
10 per cent for serious reading. COM
prising philosophy, religion and the
arts. II per cent for poetry and
drama and Is per tent for light mis-
c~ellaneous stun, including humorous
works.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11

s~ioners that the big Rockefeller TAX
he abated on the ground that It ID
unreasonable and that inquiry into
tho Rock efeller holdings upon which
the assessment was made was not
thorough and complete.
The tax comissioners' next move
would be 10 invite Rockefeller to
come to Cleveland to go over mis-
~property In C%uyahoga County with
the new commissioners n assess
II on a basis that will be fair both
m Mr. Rockefeller and the county.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11

which so many of the battles have
been fought, the writer believed 1t
vas doubtful that FIVE per cent OF the
cartridges used were recovered for
remelting.
Not even Germany's huge prep
arations could have provided for
snch a waste of copper for any
length of time" he declared.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11
Germans Fire Twenty-six Million
shots Every Twenfy.four Hours

Germans Fire Twenty-six Million
shots Every Twenty-four Hours
Tw~enty-six million shots are being
fred daily by the Germans alone,
according TO estimates credited to
"one of the worlds foremost author
tiles on copper" whose discussion OF
the Importance of this metal Is be-
ing published in the Times, with his
name withheld.
His estimate of $4,000 600 Ger
man shots every t~wenty-four hours,
is based on the belief that the Ger
mar firing line extends In all about
$50 miles and the conservatives"
guess that 10000 Germans are
taking part in the engagements daily.
70 the extent at least OF firing TWEEN
ty shots each. This would be a low
average, he believes. as during real
engagements hundreds of shots are
fired by each man.
Since a rife cartridge, unloaded,
weighs 1S4.5 grains. the total vast
age of brass in this form would
amount to 6S7,57S pounds, or round
ly 305 tons a day. These figures
made no allowance for the machine
guns, which spit out bullets every
second.
Owing TO the mud and water in
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11
James J. Hill Expects War to End i'm
Autumn

James ]. Hill, who has just arriy-
ed from ST. Paul. believes with a nu
Der Of prominent Wall street men
that the war will end this fall, not
later than October 1. Wall streets
viewpoint is that there would be no
reason TO continue the conflict be-
yond October unless both sides we're
prepared to fight through the spring
and summer OF 1916.
1.-The e of one side or the
ether will not settle the fight" Mr..
Hill said, but the physical, fnan-
eial and industrial exhaustion of the
belligerents will end the war next
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11

autumn. At least. that is my be-
lief.
Mr. Hill is of the opinion that our
heavy exports to Europe will contin-
ue. with new high records still to
come. We can't kill best Gus
TONER'S he said "and II they can
NOT pay rs with gold, why we shall
have to give them credit. That is a
matter for our bankers. and they
may be expected to prepare ade-
quately for what financing is need
ed"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11
May Engage in Battle

Word was received in Boise, Ida,
the effect that DR.. James Alex
ander Mclean, former president of
the University of Idaho, may join the
European conflict as a fighting sol
der under the colors of England.
He resigned the presidency of the
University Of Idaho nearly two years
ago to become president of the Uni
versity of Manitoba. DR.. MacLean
volunteered some months ago and
has been drilling with regularity and
frequency in the company formed in
Winnipeg. The first three regiments
of volunteers have been called for,
and as DIR. MacLean is a member of
the fourth regiment, it seem not
improbable that he will be summon
ed.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11
Dickens Is Fayorite Novelist of tn
German Soldiers

Dickens is the German soldiers
favorite novelist. He stands first In
a list of fifty authors. prepared by
the great publishing house OF Rec
lam. famous for its cheap reprints.
The German soldier Is Catholic In
his tastes when 1t comes to fiction.
for not only does he top his list with
Dickens. but includes 81 other for
eign noyelists. among whom appear
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11
Alaskan Building Operations TO h
Begun in June

Definite announcement of plans
for construction of the Alaskan rail-
road is expected TO be made by Pres
ident Wilson within the next few
days. The subject will probably be
taken up at tomorrow's cabinet meet
ing.
The plans of the president and Sec
rotary Lane contemplate beginning
actual building operations in June.
The president has given careful study
to the report of the Alaska engineer
ing commission, which investigated
possible routes and made surveys.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11
California Woman Held i'm Shaver,
BY beaumont Ranchman

Escaping barefooted and clad In a
nightgown, after being chained many
days to a bed in the home of F. Nj.
Meek, a Beaumont ranchman, Mrs.
Rosa Witlock. 81. was caught and
brought back by Meek to slavery
again, according to her testimony In
a justice court. Constable Lovren
told of finding her chained to a bed
in the Meek house and released her.
Meek was held in $4,000 bail.
Meek's 12-year-old son. Louis,
substantiated Mrs. Whitlock's state
ments. He said his father shot at
her once. She had been employed
as a housekeeper BY Meek.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11
Congressman Paid Quarter Million
Dollars for Vocation Work

More than a quarter of a million
dollars sent out OF the capital last
Tuesday will not only gladden. the
hearts of old members of the house.
but will give q large number Of the
approximately 40 new representa-
tives their first experience in receiv-
ing salary checks from Uncle Sam
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-11
Leader of vagabOnd Society Charged
With Numbering Government

With Mufuer1ng uOSerHiiieht
Witness
Frank Ammirata. alias Antonio
Scandale. said to be the leader OF a
so-called Society of vagabonds" In
West Virginia, vas arrested last
Tuesday in New York on a federal
charge involving him in the murder
OF Leonardo yicenzo at Paramount,
West Virginia, last Christmas eve.
Ammirata, according to the feder
al authorities. is also implicated in
an effort to extort $4,000 from James
Butcheri, described as a wealthy bus
mess man of Harding. West Virginia.
by NEAR of black hand letters.
Vicenzo, whose home "a in Von-
da, y. Y, was murdered shortly after
his arrival at Paramount to testify
as a government witness against a
member of the Society of Vaga-
bonds"
Ammirata was held for the West
Virginia authorities.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-12-18

liberty to take any tIsE, r1 dgbF Mf. Muldr0ugh with knives twelve inches long oa condition that the hgRt be transferred 10 me and hr, Osborne have nothing further to do with 1t"
 "Thars fair" was the unanimous eT- clamation, and Muldrough unwillingly consented to the change.
 A couple of carving knives were pre- duced, each a foot long; a ring was formed, two of the cattlomen were made seconds and a third umpire. Marlborough, who was a large man, lowered over his antagonist, who was Of medium height MacKnight ad- vanced, retreated, adYancsd again. danced about his opponent, his knife Jumping about as glibly as himself. IL flashed ln the sun and left 6 cut in AIuIdrough's cheek, from which blood rushed. The knife flashed again, and the tip of the big mans nose came oh' Marlborough went for his opponent as a bull after a tOFeadoE, but hncKnight Was not there -NeYeRtheisS5 10 S0Ab a gash in Muldroughs 0theF cheek. While NIuldrough was wondering how 1t came his knife flew, up ln the air, described a semicircle and fell at his feat, He was aboUt to pick ie up when his adversary put his foot on fl and held the point of bis own knife at the disarmed mans. left breast The fray was ended.
 AIuldrOugh let Osborne alone after that, for Mcknight bought ranch in the nelghborhoOd, married Rosa Os- borne and was a perpetual defense for his father-!n-laW. His, skin with the short sword had been acquired at a German university when no was cham. pion of his corps.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-12-18
EDITORIAL PACE

yelopmcnt in every sense, not de- structicn Of the wage earning pow CT of a people who have blazed the trails of this new and mexplored portion of the United States; a peo- ule who have isolated themselves from the Iuxuries enjoyed by those living in tae states in order that It's products of foOd stuffs and minerals can be secured for the enrichment of the whole world. It is our aim to see changes made In the direction that will benefit the old settlers referred to, and that they not be ignored and cast aside as has-beens and neYerwasers, TOT tnas have played their parts well and deserve better treatment at the hands of their own government We do not desire to see our nome people acs in a selfish, monopolS- tic manner toward the newcomers for every new country needs and wants all classes of good citizens to fill its broad eXpanse of moun- yains and valleys, inhabit It's new mining camps, till Its virgin Soil and probe into the undiscovered gold laden streams and mountains and the fac; that they "hayent got no money, but will have some should not figure in the matter as this territory has plenty for aj! corners if a few do not insist on carrying the mOuntams and valleys back east and deposidng them on the parlor table, to be examined at their leisure,
 Give everyone a hearty welcome to the land of opportunities ana they will make good in time.
 We desire to see the Alaska en- gfuesring commission meet and tre" all people alike, and advocate that line Deople who come to this coun- try 10 develop its resources and make this their home be given the preference insofar as government development and construction work is concerned; not a class of for | cigners who come here to get the money ani immediately send 1t back Ito their native land, and then fol- How tc enjoy it's purchasing power in their own countries, all at the expense cf American citizens, or the Lnes who think this country i tsood enough to live in and enjoy it's 1 freedom.
 We appeal to the justice of the 1 American people for a recognition of our merchants, who come here
 with stocks of goods to accommo- date the public in their many wants
 The commission tries to handle
 goods n order to save the consum- | ier," but it is questionable, at least
 i3 many transactions. In order to build a city and staple business | community, not sharks, we must have merchants and lend them our support.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-12-18
The Cocoa Bean.

The cocoa is a native of Venezuela. It is a pod bean the size of the hrst Joint of the finger, six or eight or these beans to the pod. The wet beans are sheued from the pods and then fermented in heaps for six days until cured. During this ferment heat is de- veloped that will cook an egg,- 30 It IS said. The cocoa bush begins bearing at five years, grows into a tree thirty feet high, and, like the olive, the older the tree the better. The beans hang from the trunk and the under side of the limbs, sticking out on stems.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-12-18
But They Can.

Mrs. Muggins-When a girl is mar ried she is apt to think her troubles arc over Mrs, BuggIns-Yes; she does not seem to realize that things can go very much amiss with a Mrs,-Phila- delphia Record.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-12-18

uearuest greetings, Brother ana Sister, and a good day to you.
 Thus wa extend the hand of fel- l5wshfp to Hazel Hunter owner and R. R. Hunter, editor and manager of the Weekly Alaskan, volume l. No. 1. of which paper lays open be- fore us today.
 The new Alaska publication pro- claims It's birthplace as Anchorage Alaska. and it's advent Saturday, De cember 1. 1915, aud with one eNcep- ton is a very choice and artistic piece of Art Presevative.
 The paper is a four page, four column sheet, and the one exception to it's Icing 8 beauty" is the fact that it is prined on thin wrapping paper" but then, this only goes to cement the ties of f-ieutsaio more secure. for we feel that We know why the wrapping was used-tbe real news" failed to connect, and it was 8 case of utilizing the resources at hand to which all frontier newspaper men laud woucu) are at times forced to resort. Before reprinting the edi- torial in their Introductory bow to a most tasudious and not over ap- preciaave public, we will again wish them all success in their uDdertak- ing:
 BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION
 In introducing ourselves to the reading public tn general, and the good citizens of Anchorage and vicinity in particular, we make our bow for your patronage, and it will be our ann to please all by fair and impartial methods. It is our desire to deal far and get fair deal iu return, and will appeal to no es- pecial class for fayo.s. The long sboreuau will get the same consid- eratiou as the miner, merchant and the Alaska engineering commiS- sion. None will be too high and none will be too low in the scale of life when good and b2d acts are to be considered. All are equal by birth if net by elective or appointiyl powers, and We will consider it our duty to icaIously guard the rights Of every class.
 We Io not assume to bear the burdens Uf everyone who is wrongel nor do we intend to try bringing a5out all the reforms necessary to make a ,yaite-winged world, but shall endcavor to helD the ones who have no public press to air their grievances when being piled high on their already Overbwrdened and stoopiug shoulders, and desire to see a strictly live and let live pol icv. rather than live and let the other feIIcw starve system
 And we are going to advocate a wage for all who labor that will enable them to at least put a few dollars away for future emergencies not 9 wage that barely enables one to exist and not even live in hope of better or more contented days on earth. Let the employer as well as the emDIoye be satisfied with the work to be done, and let them understand the true meaning Of justice from both sides, thus eliminating the ill feeling existing between capital and labor.
 This should apply more especial ly to Ire government. owned rail- road, whose representatives have come t1 Alaska to develop it's great resources. It should mean a de-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-08-28
GERMANS CAPTURE BIELSK
Teutons Gain Control of Four Rail
roads by Victory Over
Russ.

Amsterdam. Aug. 23.-The Tage-
blatt's correspondent states that the
Austro-German forces are within six
miles of the outer forts of Brest-Lit-
ovsk.
The Russians are experiencing diff
ficulty in retreating across the Bug.
They have been thrown back to the
swamps near Rokitno.
Berlin, Aug. 23.-Capture Of the
Russian fortified city of Bielsk, 80
miles northwest of Warsaw, was an
nounced by the German war office.
Bielsk was one of the chief obstacles
in the way OF the German forces ad-
vancing toward Brest-Litovsk from
the northwest. The Russian defend
ers were driven across the Biala.
Bielsk has been under FIRE from both
artillery and aeroplanes for some
time. The fortified city lies 40 miles
north of Brest-Litovsk.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-08-28
C0NSULS ACCUSED BY U. S.
British and German Agents In San
Francisco Aid Neutrality VIC
lations is Charge.

San Francisco, Aug. 20.-Auega-
lions that the imperial German con
sulate and A Carnegie Ross, British
consul ~ San Francisco. furnished a
quarter OF a million dollars. directly
and indirectly to men under indict-
ment for violations of the neutrality
OF the United States are made in in.
dictments made public by John w.
Preston, United States district attor-
nev.
Washington Aug 20.-Attorney
General Gregory reported to President
Wilson that investigation into charges
Of activities Of German agents in
this country had so far disclosed moth.
ing to lead to action by the depart.
ment of justice.
The attorney general discussed the
alleged activities of German agents
in this country generally with the
president. Later he said no general
investigation had been ordered bv
the president, but that any charges Of
violRtion Of the neutrality Of the Uni
ted States would be carefully looked
into by the department Of Justice
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-08-28
KILLS SELF IN PADDED CELL
Insane Prisoner Commits Suicide by
Setting Fire to 5lanket-Suffo-
Gates to Death.

Fond du Lac.-John Spellecy, 43
years old, committed suicide in the
padded cell of the county Jail by SET
ting fire to a blanket, death result
Ing from suffocation.
Spellecy had been found insane
and was left in the custody Of rela-
tives pending his transportation to
the northern hospital. He was taken
into custody but partially clothed and
in a violent condition.
Using a match which escaped a
close search by the Jail officials he
made a smudge from a blanket
Neither officials nor inmates of the
institution heard any noise from the
cell, and the tightly fastened door
prevented the fumes from escaping.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-08-28
RUSSIANS SINK H
GERMAN WARSH|PS
IN BATTLE At RIGA
Petrograd Says Dreadnaught
MoItke Was Destroyed.
FOES FLEET LEAVES GULF
Three Cruisers and Seven Torpedo
Boat Destroyers Also Reported
to Have Been sunk by
Cars Warships.

Petrograd, Aug 23.-The president
of the duma announces that the Ger
mans lost the superdreadnaugh
Moltke, three cruisers and seven tor
pedo boats in the battle of the Gulf
of Riga. An official announcement
last night adds that the German feet
has left the Gulf of Riga.
The Germans tried to make a land
ing near Pernau bay. Four enormous
barks, crammed with soldiers, took
part. They we're rapulsed by Russian
troops without the co operation of the
artillery. The Germans were extermi-
mated and the barks captured.
The announcement added that Rus
sian destroyers in the Black sea had
sunk over 100 Turkish boats.
Greatest Naval Fight of War.
London. Aug. 23.-The greatest ma
val battle of the war, with a decisive
victory for the Russian feet opposing
the German naval advance upon Riga,
is officially reported from Petrograd.
Military and naval authorities here,
who had deduced from Saturdays Of
fetal German report on the battle that
the Germans had been victorious, were
stirred to high pitch of enthusiasm
for the cars sea forces by the report
which revealed that while the Rus
SLAMS had lost two gunboats and a
torpedo boat and suffered damage to
several other naval craft, they had
inflicted much more serious losses
upon the Germans and had driven the
attacking fleet from the Gulf of Riga.
Ger vans Lose Dreadnaughts.
Chief Of the Russians victims was
the German superdreadnaugh MOltke,
which was sunk.
The German official statement on
the same battle was received Satur-
day. AS it announced the destruction
of three Russian warships and de-
clared the German losses were slight,
it was interpreted to mean a great
German naval victory, though such a
claim was not actually made. The
German announcement follows:
Our naval forces in the Baltic pene-
trated the Gulf of Riga after making
a passage through mine fields. This
task required several days.
During the preliminary fighting
the Russian torpedo boat Emir Buch-
arsky was destroyed.
Other Russian torpedo boats, in
Guiding the Warwick and a much larg-
err ship, were seriously damaged dur
ing the Russian retreat on the eve
ming of August 10.
The Russian gunboats Seiwutsh
and Korejetz were destroyed after
bravely resisting the gunfre of our
torpedo attack"
German Cruiser Torpedoed.
Petrograd, Aug. est is officially
announced that a British submarine
has successfully" torpedoed a Ger
o-,,ycor in,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-08-28
HEAVY TOLL ENACTED OF U. S.

Following is q table of ships at
tackled by German war craft in which
American property or American lives
were menaced. With each is given
its nationality. the date OF the attack,
number of lives. and nature of the
attack made:
EVeIyn--Unlted States, February 10;
one American lost; sunk by mine.
carib--United States, February %;
three Americans lost sunk by mine.
William p. Frye-United States,
February %; sunk by torpedo.
FaIaba-5rltlsh, March %; ono
American and III others lost; sunk
by torpedo.
Observation-Disclosures States, April
8; sunk by torpedo.
cushine-United States, April %;
bombarded by aeroplane.
GulflIght-United States, May /;
three Americans lost torpedoed.
Lusitania-5ritlsh, May 7; 1f5
Americans and f,14t others lost; sunk
by torpedo.
Nebraskan-united States, May 25;
torpedoed.
Armenian-Canadian, June 20: %
Americans In crew lost; torpedoed.
Anglo alifornian--8ritish, July S;
two Americans and seven others lo.4I
torpedoed and shelled.
Leelanaw-UnIted States. July IS;
torpedoed and shelled.
lberian-5rltlsh, July 81; three
Americans and three others lost; tor
pedoeu and shelled.
Arabc-5ritish, August 10; torpe-
doed; lost, 48.