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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
LEAVES PILES OF CORPSES
Paris Reports RepuIse of Pow
erfuI German Attacks On
Verdun Front-French Ma
chine Guns Now Advancing
Columns BY Hundreds.

PETROGRAD, June 16.-Russian
successes along the southern portion
of the eastern front continue, says
the Russian official statement today
An additional hundred officers and
fourteen thousand men have been cap
tured, the report asserts.
A violent attack on Italian positions
on Asiago Plateau was made yester-
day by Austro-H -Hungarians, according
to the Rome war Office. 1t is estimat
ed that $4,000 troops attacked in
dense formation. The attack was re.
pulsed The Teutons left piles OF
corpses before the Italian trenches.
PARIS, June 16.-Powerful Ger
man attacks made last night on the
French position southeast of Thiau-
mont farm on the Verdun front broke
down under the French machine gun
and artillery fire. according to to-
days statement by the war office.
began their assault at o'clock in
the evening on the right bank of the
Meuse from Hill 321 to the edge Of
Hill 800. AT the same time another
attack was launched at the south
err edge of the Caillette wood. All
attacks were fepulsed
The rench captured by the French
yesterday on the southern slope of
Dead Mans Hill was also the object
Of several German counter attacks
during the night, all of which failed.
It is announced that the total
number of prisoners taken by the
French at the time of the capture
of the trench is FIVE officers and 180
soldiers.
The statement follows:
"On the left bank of the River
Meuse the Germans last night de-
Iivcred several counter attacks upon
the trenches on the southern slopes
of Dead Mans Hill, which were oc-
cupied by us Yesterday All their en-
deavors failed under the Frencn fire.
The total number OF German prison
ers taken at this point reaches five
officers and 180 men.
"On the right bank Of the River
Meuse the enemy at o'clock yester-
day evening directed powerful Of
fensive movement against our posi-
tions north of Hi! 32l as far as the
sides of hill No. 800.
"The successive attacks of this
movement broke down under the fire
of our machine guns and our
infantry and it resulted in
heavy losses TO our assalants
Further east, following a violent
bombardment with large calibre
shells, the Germans undertook an at
tack at about 10 p. m, upon our
trenches on the southern side Of the
Caillette wood Our curtain of fire
at once brought into play, prevented
the enemy from coming out of his
trenches
"On the remainder of the front
there have been intermittent artillery
exchanges"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
DARlEN HANDLE FACTORY
REMOVES TO HAWKINSVILLE

Darien's little handle factory, which
has been located in that city for a
number of years, and which furnish
people, has been removed to Haw-
kinsville. where, it is understood, the
plant will be materially enlarged.
1t is claimed that the advantage
which Hawkinsville enjoys over Da-
rien in the matter of freight rates
was responsible for the removal of
the industry. Brunswick negotiated
with Darien people for the plant. but
for some reason failed to locate it.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
MUCH REPAIRING
AT LOCAL SHOPS

Brunswick is not only rapidly be-
coming ship.building center. but is
also becoming ship and steamboat
repairing point. The marine ways
at the plant of Parker and Hensel
company have been kept busy dur
ing the past few weeks and consider
able more work is booked The stern
wheeler, B. c. Phillips, is now under
going a complete overhruling and re-
fitting, while the steamer, Admiral
Dewey, Is lying off the docks await
ing her turn. The company has two
or three more vessels on it's lists
and expects to handle them as rapidly
as possible.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
PASSES NEW BILL.

HAVANA, June 1E-The senate
last night passed Senator Mazayar-
tola's bill providing that any presi-
dent who is a candidate for re-elec-
ton shall retire from Office sixty
five days before the elections. dele
eating his duties for that period to
the vice president. The measure has
been supported by the liberals in or
der to procure the retirement Of
President MenocaI and so nullify the
influence OF the administration in the
November elections.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
NO LOCK FOR BURGLARS.

PITTSBURG, June 16.-Resldents
OF Oakdale are alarmed because Of
the numerous robberies in the Dor.
ough within the last few months. The
borough has no police force. The
drug store of w. j. McGill. Jr., was
entered for the fourth time within
three months. After the third rob
berry McGill, feeling that the cost of
buying and placing new windows in
place of old ones broken by the bur
glars had been too great, placed a
placard on his window, reading:
please do not enter through the
window; the door Is unlocked"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
BRUNSWICK COUPLE AT HOTEL
JACKSON ON HONEYMOON

The attractions of Jacksonville and
nearby resorts are proving the hon
eymoon entertainment of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. II. Rust, who arrived here
from Brunswick, Ga, for a stay Of
several days, says the Jacksonville
Times Union
Mr.. and Mrs. Rust were married
in that city a few days ago and,
while in this city, are making their
headquarters at the Hotel Jackson.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
TLAL TIZAPAN BEEN
TAKEN BY GONZALES

MEXICO CITY, Jun 15.-Tlaltiza-
pan, state of Morelos, which for a
long time has been the headquarters
for Emeliano Zapata, was captured
by constitutionalists under General
Pablo Gonzales yesterday after 48
hours of severe fighting, according to
a dispatch received at the war de-
partment today. The followers Of
Iapata escaped into the mountains.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
AUSTRIANS REPULSED.

ROME, June 16 (Via London) .--Au
ssro-Hungarian troops estimated TO
number $4,000 attacked in dense for.
nation the Italian posistions on the
Asiago plateau yesterday. but were
repulsed. leaving plies or corpses be-
fore the Italian trenches, says an Off
cial statement issued by the war Of
fee TODAY.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
EARTHQUAKE FELT.

ROME, June 16 Via- Paris) "A
heavy earth shock was reported at
1925 O'Clock this morning at Forli,
a town Of Central Italy, having a pop
ulation of $4,000 and at Rimini. a
town with the same number of per.
sons, 2S miles further east There is
no casualties.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
LAREDO WANTS MARTIAL LAW.

LAREDO, Texas, June 15.-Amer-
lean Consul Garrett. at Nuevo Lare-
do, Mexico, has wired the state de-
partment recommending that this city
be placed under martial law, accord
ing to a seemingly authentic report
here.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
FLORIDIAN KILLED.

OTTAWA, June 16.-The list of
wounded received last night from the
Canadian Overseas troops contains
the names of James Hume, Boynton,
Fla
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
euLeARlANs WITHDRAWN.

ATHENS, June 16 (Via London) -
It was reported in Athens today that
the Bulgarians were withdrawing the
majority of their forces from Saloniki
TO the Rumanian frontier.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17

TO head the committee which is to
notify the president of his nomina-
tion, and former Gov. Glynn. as tenn
porary chairman, was named as head
of the committee to notify the vice
president.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17

It can be said in all seriousness and
without doubt that Brunswick is
on the eve Of one OF the greatest
eras of prosperity In her history A
look about will convince the most
skeptical.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-17
GERMANS BEATEN.

PARIS, June 16.-Powerful German
attacks made last night on the French
positions southeast of Thiaumont
farm, on k-e Verdun front, broke
down under the French machine gun
and infantry fire. according to to-
days statement by the war office.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-08
NO WONDER SHE WONDERS HOW COPETTES
MANAGE TO PICK OUT THE FLIRTS


ton that should be of interest to
you," said the chic, tailored girl as a
silence fell between her and the sob
writer. 81 have resolved never to be-
lieve anything 1 read in the newspa-
pers any more"
The S. W. elevated her eyebrows in
naughty, questioning manner and
prepared to fly to the defense Of her
calling, but the girl held up re-
straining hand.
when you have heard me through |
you will not be peeved,' said the C. t.
girl. For quite few months past
l have been reading in the paper
glance through on my way to work |
accounts of wicked men who make |
the lives of policewomen one con-
slant horror because of flirtatious |
tendencies either let loose in movie !
shows or on the street or in some ex- |
elusive suburb, and each time have |
so read l have felt like hundred |
other james that it was mighty funny
that men didn't bother me with their
fiirtatious attentions, because my |
comparison with the pictures of the |
victims always convinced me, as it |
does the other james, that in the par
lance of the street, I amt no SLOUGH
81 have not been annoyed by men
trying to f1irt with me. In fact, when,
as an experiment l tried making soft
eyes at an occasional man in the ele-
waited train the man looked uneasy or
so annoyed that l grew afraid he
would report me to the guard, and
in one case when a man with that
shade of auburn hair l adore sat
across from me and l let stray into
my eyes the feeling l had in my heart
that would like mighty well to know
man with such beautiful hair, he
got up and changed his seat.
"The more thought of it the more
l became convinced it must be that
there was something wrong with me.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-08


and l concluded it must be that l
did not have the proper come-hither
look or else l was un1ucky in the
places 1 chose to experiment.
"Then, to add fuel to the flame, a
policewoman who few times before
had to nab a flirtatious male, again
used strong-arm tactics on a brute
in nickel show, according to the
newspapers, and that night 1 re-
solved to find out for myself if there
was any truth in it at all
'It must be the sleuth instinct in
policewoman that enables her to
sit down plump beside a flirtatious
man. To tell from the back of a
mans head as you march down the
aisle in the dark whether he will f1irt
with you is a task requiring the in
stincts of a Sherlock. Men who
looked real romantic from the backs
of their heads were sour grand
fathers when 1 grew sufficiently &C
customed to the dimness to make out
their features and they never even
realized that had glanced their way.
81 spent two night wandering about
in this fashion, mystifying my family
regarding my going out and coming
home alone with apparently no par
ticular destination, but it was no use.
One man gave me such Disguised
look that changed my seat. A man
of about 25 very courteously moved
as far as he could to the back of his
seat so might glance along the row
in front of him. Even a dark, vii
-
more than frown when he became
conscious that 1 was attempting to
carry on Irritation.
Pshaw!' 1 told myself the third
night. 4 cannot pick them out from
the back of their heads. l will sit in
the back until the show is over, then
walk all the way down the aisle and
walk slowly back in the light and
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25

If the rural communities of the
Southern states made the same prog
res IN crime as the official records,
just made public. reveal at the
centeTs of population. last year was
the bloojiest and most d~isorderly
that the South has eve experienced.
Crime at certers of population shows
ar increase of fully twenty-five per
cent o0er the previous wear. I'm
portant Southern newspapers. in
censed at the lawlessness. have taken
up the question which they attribute
to the Illicit traffic in liquor under
the prohibition laws.
Memphis is reported to lead the
cities of the United States in serious
crime. This statement is not dis
puted by the Memnhis press and local
public officials. No other city in the
country is said to have so high a
record for murders. There were,
approximately. $4,000 arrests in
Memphis during 1915, against about
$4,000 in 1914 Some surprise is oc-
casioned by this large increase of
arrests in view of the fact that dur
inc the year 1914 the saloons were
open. whereas during 1915 they were
eiosed, yet in that year the number
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25

That the Utah Condensed Milk
company, a big Salt Lake corpora
ton that conducts two condensed
milk factories in Utah, is contem-
plating building a factory in Reno
il shown by a letter recently re,
ceived by a Reno grocery concern.
Representatives of the company
visited Reno two years ago to plan
for the construction of a factory
there, provided they could secure
enough milk from the farmers in
the vicinity to supply the factory.
1t was found that $500 COWS we're
available to supply milk. The com
pany is now ready TO build the
factory if it is found that the on
ditions at the present time are the
same as then, as it figures that
$500 COWS VIII provide enough
milk for the factory to start oper-
ating, but 5000 cows will be neces
sary when the company is operas
ing to capacity.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25
JARB|DGE DISTRICT
FAST MAKING GOOD
SERVES PRESAGE GROWTH
OF NORTHERN CAMP

Progress in the camp has been
steady for the past few months,
but without much outward show
except in the town, where the
tents are rapidly giving way To
frame buildings. About $50 men
are working in the mines and some
30 are working on buildings in the
town.
A local company is being organ
led to pipe in the water from Bear
creek for fire protection; less than
d mile of pipe will give a pressure
Of over 200 feet.
The Long Hike company is open
ing up a lare ore reserve. 1t has
built a gasoline power plant on the
river, and is putting in an electric
hoist on the winZe in the lower
tunnel, which will be sunk to a
depth of 500 feet. A boarding and
bunk house is to be built near the
tunnel.
An inclined surface tramway is
being built to take up supplies fer
the mine and boarding house, from
the river. A Fulton Iron Work.
gasoline hoist is being installed ri
the top of the tram, A Delco cleo
trio light plant has been establish
ed at the office to furnish lights
for the company buildings in he
town.
,. @.o @.l@I
the Ajax group of claims at the
head of Bonanza creek to Tacoma
parties, and are now busy packing
in supplies for the winter work.
ElkO Independent.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25
New. PACKARD PAYS
INITIAL DIVIDEND
PER CENT DISTRIBUTION
TO BE MADE ON
DEC. Goth

h first dividend to be paid by
an operating company in the Roches-
ter mining district was announced
today by the Nevada Packard Mines
company, which will distribute the
sum of ~$5S,234.6O upon it's 1.164,-
692 shares of outstanding stock in
the form of a five per tent dividend.
Notices to all stock holders will be
mailed tomorrow by Secretary Frank
Margrave. Payment of the divi-
dend will be made December goth
to all shareholders of record Deem
Der 1st.
The discovery of the Packard
came about a year after the first
Rochester excitement and shortly
after it's location passed into the
hands of Mark Walser and Frank
Margrave who have controlled its
operations w since. Both Wal
SCI and Margrave had mined with
varying success in Rawhide and
other Nevada camps and fortune mad
run against them with discouraging
persistence until they took over the
Packard group from which they
took sufficient surface ore in a few
months to pay for the property and
begin it's development on a systema-
tic scale.
Last year a 100-ton mill was
placed upon the property which has
been in constant operation since.
Present production is at a rate OF
from $500 to $1,000 daily. -
Gazette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25
MINING
ON COMSTOCK

The Union mine continued work
the past week on the 1900, 250C,
260O and ZOO levels, and actively
extended the development and pros
recting work. Favorable conditions
continue to prevail throughout yhe
mine, and on the $500 level a good
tonnage of ore was extracted and
stored on the surface. The orc
from No. 8 stope averaged $28,32
per ton. Sierra Nevada north drift
No. 1 on the $500 level is in quartz
and poIphyry, and the old north
drift from the incline station has
been reopened to the 368-foot point.
Ophir north drift, 200 level, is
in porphyry and quartz, giving low
assays, and Con. Virginia south drif
en- this level shows porphyry in the
face. Mexican west crOss-cut 10.
. on tho quartz, Andes saved SO
cars of ore. Hale & Norcross south
west drift is in porphyry, clay and
quartz, of low assay value. Alma
and Exchequer north drift is in
porphyry and quartz, and CONT
observation-disclosures south DRIFT
No. l in clay and quartz.
The Jacket mill received 451 tons
of dump rock during the week.
The Comstock Pumping Association
continued it's usual work, and at
the Ophir and Mexican Wine, nave
nade necessary alterations to botn
sinking pumps. and No. l pump
has had a trial run. Preparations
are complete for the installation
OF stave pipe on the 27OO level
Virginia Chronicle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25
GOLDF|ELD LOSES
CONV|V|AL BURR0
ANIMAL WITH LIKING FOR
BOOZE WILL SUFFER NO
LONGER

"Toughie" took Smokey" put on
the desert last night and shot him;
shot him because he was a defect
i've, in that he had a club foot.
Smokey, not the county clerk; no.
body would shoot him for having a
club foot, also suffered from mans
inhumanity to animals and was a sa-
loon bum and confirmed %drunkard.
Had Smokey been human he would
have a finer obituary, but as an
obituary filled with praise on the
death of a man is merely custom
airy, regardless of his worth, and
seldom speaks the truth, Smokey
loses nothing when the truth is told
after his death. Everyone knew it
"Toughie," a Goldfield youth, was
given a dollar by Clyde Johnson to
shoot Smokey, a burro, because
Smokey was suffering, and the bur-
TO died on the desert he was Great
ed to inhabit in true old-time west
ern style, with a bullet in his
brain. Had he boots, he would
have had them on.
In life he had many friends;
booze was his only enemy, and many
regret his end.
Smokey was a black burro with a
split ear. TIE ear had been
slashed with a knife and as it hung
down on n side of his head when
he was in his cups it gave him the
appearance of a drunken man with
his hat on the side of his head. He
was noted for the totally human
attribute of entering the front door
or a saloon, walking up to the bar.
being served with a drink and free
lunch, walking out again. spinning
aroun like a top on the street and
teen lying down to sleep it off.
Smokey was two years of age
had no known relatives and there
VIII be no formal obsequies.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25

cent in 1915 over the previous year
and 1921 persons we've arrested for
various offenses. In spite IF the abb
sence of saloons, drunkenness showed
an increase of 33 per cent over ne
previous e when there were 100
beer saloons in operation in Chatta-
nooga.
The prohibition State of Georgia is
having the same trouble with crime.
Atlanta and Macon experienced their
"most bloody Christmas" to quote
local dailies. In Atlanta. Christmas
morning, four men were dead at a
hospital. as a result of shooting. and
about thirty-five were suffering from
gunshot wounds. Some fifty men
were victims of stabbing affravs.
The number of arrests in Atlanta, on
Christmas even, broke all previous
records, amounting to cbout 600 At
Macon. nineteen men were taken to
hospitals in one day during the holi-
day season suffering from gunshot
wounds Macon's arrests during the
holidays appropriated 300
Alabama and North Carolina. as
shown by local newspaper reports
and police records, were not far be-
hind Tennessee and Georgia in the
matter of crime and general disorder.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25
LESSEES DEVELOP
WALLACE DISTRICT
SAMPLES OF HIGH GRADE ORE
COMING FROM NEW
WORKINGS

The new mining camp discovered
some few weeks ago by Robert Wal
lace and located IL miles from Win
nemucca in the Silver range, is at
tracing mining men from over the
state. Several leases have been let
and work is going ahead in an ear
nest manner. Among the more adj
vanced is the lease owned by Whit
taker and Newlands, their shaft be-
ing down to a depth of 80 feet and
the ore assaying from 500 to 1000
nee in silver on a 12-inch vein.
l.. N. Abel, who owns the adjoin-
ing lease, has picked up the vein
which shows high-grade values ard
has started to sink a shaft.
Albright and Wallace have dis
covered an 18-inch vein on their
claim that shows considerable free
gold and also high silver values.
E. d. Rogers, of Sulphur, has
taken a lease and is building a good
commodious camp and will start
work Immediately.
Floyd Hartman and James Truitt
have opened up a two-foot vein on
the surface for 200 feet, which
shows some h~igh-grade samples and
which looks like a winner. The
formation is lime and diabase con-
facts and porphyry and diabase con-
facts.
Those who have visited the new
camp say the surface shOwings are
the best that have been seen for
some time.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25
Low Dives and Blind Tigers.

of arrests increased by four thou
sand
Low Dives and Blind Tigers.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
has called for a mass meeting of
citizens to discuss the crime increase
ano to formulate some plan of re-
ducing it. The newspaper admitted
the growth of crime in Memphis and
charged it directly to illicit traffic in
intoxicating beverages. following the
enforcement of a prohibition law
which closed licensed saloons, and to
low dives where "blind tigers" were
operated.
There has been more crime and
secret vice in Tennessee since the
attempted enforcement of Prohibition
laws upon Memphis, Nashville and
Chattanooga-laws that were OPP
posed to the controlling sentiment of
those cities-than ever before" de-
clares the Chattanooga Times.
EVERY offender arrested and punish
ed becomes an enemy to law and
order and the number of such in
creases daily"
Chattanooga broke it's highest
crime record i'll 1915 This city OF
rs 900 showaA an increase of 90 per
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25
Aged Woman Beats Way

A woman giving her age as 40,
hut who appeared much older, re-
Gently beat her way On the blind
baggage from Sodaville to Tono-
pah. She was thinly clad and was
exhausted on her arrival. She said
she was on her way to Needles. Cal.
where she had relatives. and that
as she had to work for her living
she did not propose to pay the rail-
roads for transportation.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-11-25
More Cows Wanted

Demand for more butter than the
creamery association "a supply has
been the condition for several
months past at Lovelock and is be
ing particularly felt this month,
according to a report from the as
ISOLATION executives. The Lovelock
valley is becoming more thickly
populated and the town is becoming
q distributing center for a large
tel ritory.