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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27
IN
LARGE VEINS

An important sale of mining prop
erty was made here today when l..
C. Bateman of Alameda Cal. and as
sociates acquired what is known as
the Pomona antimony property from
Palmer Woods and Wilson. The
property consists of a group of four
claims situated on Pass creek, in
the Pine Forest range, and only a
few miles northwest of Quinn River
Crossing. This property has been
under development for a number OF
years, both by the owners and by
leasers, and considerable ore has
been shipped.
Bateman, who is a competent min
ing man, before completing the pur-
times and with others interested
made a thorough sampling of the
different veins of ore exposed. The
property is opened to considerable
extent and from what al be learn
ed there are fine shOwings Of anti
mony ore exposed in a number of
workings.
Bateman states that he intends to
start work on the property at once
and is now getting in supplies and
ore extracted is to be shipped from
Jungo station, on the Western Pa
cific.-Humboldt Star.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT

Edward, the 1~3-year-old son of
Frank Davidson, was accidentally
shot yesterday evening by Robert
Durnez, with whom he was playing.
The boys were using a wooden wa
ter tank in imitation of a submarine.
Young Dawson entered it, and his
companion, not thinking the bullet
would penetrate the side of the
tank, fired at it with a 22-caliber
rifle. The missile entered the tank
and hit the boy in the mouth with
force enough to knock u three of
his teeth. The bullet glanced and
made an exit through the upper lip.
His injuries are not serious.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27
NORTH STARS
NEW MANAGER

A. E. Lowe, foreman of the
North Star, has been promoted to
the position of superintendent to
fill the vacancy created by the
death of John w. Chandler. The
mine will continue to run as at
present until the first of the
month when Mr.. Lowe will de-
eide what changes to make. 1t Is
probable that the place of fore
man will be dispensed with and
the working force put in charge
of a shift boss.
Mr.. Lowe is one of the best
known mining engineers in the
Tonopah district having served in
an executive capacity with the
Tonopah Mining company before
receiving the appointment on the
North Star in October, 1913. Be-
fore that Mr.. Lowe was general
manager of the Liberty mine. He
came to Nevada from Colorado
where he had experience in the
San Juan country and also served
as chief clerk of the mineral di-
vision of the interior department
in the surveyor generals office in
Denver. From that position he
went to the Leyden Coal COM
pany, situated eight miles west
of Denver and vas largely in
strumental in developing that
property from the smallest mine
in the state to one of the great
est Ignite producers.-Bonanza.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27
Swiss Captain Tells Congress of
Benefits of Military Training

the spirit is very good want to
think highly of tit is inadequate.
cit provides for inadequate train
ing, for absolutely no eserv
These units are practically in the
air; they are not attached to any
division; they are not attached to
any army corps; they never see the
a who would eventually lead the
whole body of them. They have a
great many other intrinsic weakness
es which can not be eliminated by
the voluntary system. The volun-
teer system, unfortunately, has in
herent weaknesses to which / will
not refer"
Volunteer Plan Unfair
Former Mayor Henry T. Hunt of
Cincinnati who Immediately followed
DR.. Christen, emphasized the chief
weakness of the volunteer plan. The
Swiss system, he said, is democratic,
but "the unfairness of the volunteer
system must be obvious to any man.
why" asked Mr.. Hunt, should
| expect another man to volunteer
and risk his life and expose his fam
lily to want, while l remain at home
and amass perhaps a fortune, leav-
ing my children we'll off, while his
children perhaps are reduced to pow
erty? 1t strikes me that every man
who is an American citizen, every
man who has the right to vote and
control or affect the policies of his
government, should bear his part of
the responsibilities; he should be
willing and he should be trained to
meet whatever may offer. A part of
what is sure to offer is the agrees
sion of some foreign power.
THE volunteer system is really
most unfair. 1t takes the most pa
t%riotic, the most intelligent classes
in the community. the most unself-
ism, the most enthusiastic, the verv
blood we ought to try to retain in
being, and sends them forth, while
the Indifferent, the careless and the
ignorant remain at home to reduce
the efficiency of the succeeding gen.
erations."
Training Increases Efficiency
Mr.. Hunt dwelt upon the eff
cheney phase of universal training
and quoted from Henry c. Emery,
who was a member of the tariff
commission appointed by President
Taft, as follows:
"The efficiency of factory labor in
Germany has been greatly increased
through the military education, and
the young men who have been
through this military training be-
come much more efficient in later
years than they would have been
had they not been obliged to take
this training"
Advocates of compulsory training
in this country want the benefits of
German discipline without the evils
of Prussian militarism. They on
tend that the Prussian caste system
can not be propagated into a repub-
lie; that German militarism Is a
product of the Prussian type of alb
solutism in government and does not
spring at all from military training,
And in proof of that belief they
, point to Switzerland, to France and
to Australia, and to Jul own e
p%erience when we went to conscrip-
ton in the civil war. = Spokane
SpOkeSman-ReVieW.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27
University Graduates %

diplomas we're given % grad
yates cf the University of Neya-
da a. the annual commencement ex-
ercises. Miss Ruth Miller Of
Reno was awarded the gold medal
for excellence of scholarship during
the fouI years of her course. Hon.
Charles A. Towne of New York was
the speaker of the day. His sub
iect vas Progress" Following
the commencement address, Lieu
tenant Governor Sullivan present.
ed the officers of the cadet bat
talon with their commission.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27
Coyote Bites Boy

A mad coyote in the Reese river
valley recently hit Peter Dory, the
son of a rancher. through the lower
lip, and slightly over the eyes. The
err, who had a narrow escape when
the coyote attempted to enter the
house. He was armed with an axe
but missed the animal when it
sprang at him. He grappled with
it and finally succeeded in break
ing loose and killing it with the
axe He has gone to Reno to take
the Pasteur treatment.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27
Frost Does Damage

The recent heavy frost in the
state did great damage to the
fruit crop for this season. The
loss in the northern part of the
state has been particularly heavy.
Ranchers in the South Fork and
Starr valleys in the vicinity of Elko
report that the cold cut the alfalfa
down to the ground and that but
one crop of hay will be cut this
season, and that the loss to fruit
haisers will be heavy. Not only the
fruit in the orchards suffered, but
all the wild fruit in the mountains
killed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27
Three More Take Treatment

A sheepherder and two small boys.
all living near Reno, have arrived
at the state hygienic laboratory in
the past two days to take the Pas
teur treatment for rabies. The herd
er was infected while marking
sheep, and the two boys were bitten
by a pet dog. Since Jan. 1 there
have been 33 cases treated in the
laboratory.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27

The three-fold strength OF the
Swiss system of obligatory military
training is that it provides adequate
defense, that it increases the indi-
vidual's efficiency beyond its cost,
and that it does not cultivate a
militaristic spirit in the nation.
To give it further light on the sys-
TEN, the senate committee on mill
tary affairs called as a witness DR..
Theodore Christen of Cincinnati, a
former captain in the Swiss citizen
army.
What, if any, effect does it have
upon the efficiency of the man in
Industrial and commercial life?" in
quired Senator Beckham.
81 think, senator, it has a good eff
feet" answered DR.. Christen. "a
man in the army gets his rating.
An army, if it amounts to anything,
is a training school for the individ-
ual. If he makes good it is &C
knowledged; if he does not make
good he shows it. If he does nos
make good in the army his rating in
civilian life is inferior considerably
docs this system interfere much
with Industrial life injuriously?"
asked Chairman Chamberlain; that
is, does not take men out of the
business and industrial life and in
t~erfere with b~usiness?"
mo, senator, it does not. The
fact that the original training serv-
ice of 67 days is in one year-tha,
is, the goth year-and that there
fter the mar has for about sever
years only 10 days, lessons what
might be an interference"
Does Not Disturb Industry
ut takes him out of industrial
life, really, at a time before he be-
gins?"
Eyes; before he begins; hat is, he
knows years before that he has to
put aside 677 days a year and all the
ARRANGEMENTS are made. He is not
very far advanced at 20 in any pur-
suit. If the man is an employe,
many employers pay them part of
their wages. All employers keep
their places open There is really
no hardship and it does not disturb
in any way the industrial fabric of
the country"
Does this Swiss system have the
effect of cultivating an aggressive or
offensive military spirit, or is it a
policy which creates a patriotic spirit
and one of defense simply" asked
the chairman.
ut does not create that supirit of
aggression. | think it curbs it to a
certain extent. A man who has been
an actual soldier-that is. has had
training and seer the effect of weap-
ons and seen the difficulties and
dangers to which a soldier is ex-
posed-loses the desire to expose
himself. if he does not have to, to
any such danger. 1t has a soberina
effect, according to my knowledge"
Compares With National Guard
DR.. Christen is especially capable
of comparing the Swiss compulsory
system with our American plan of a
volunteer militia, for he holds an
honorable discharge from the Obi
national guard.
81 entered that some years g to
see what it amounts to-" he said. Il
have seer what it amounts to aftei
having been a Swiss officer. While
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27
Coyotes Die

j. l. Cazier, a rancher at Trout
creek, in Elko county, recently
counted 10 dead coyotes lying in the
sage brush. They died of rabies and
it is said that being unable to pro-
cure the Pasteur treatment. coyotes
are dying all over the county.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL

In the district court Saturday a
motion for a new trial was argued
in the case of S. F. Fitchett
against the Darms Coal Mining
company by Adams F. Brown for
the defendant, and opposed by w. u.
Hatton for the plaintiff. Judge
Walsh took the motion under ad-
visement.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27
Mining Institute Installed

The Nevada section of the
American Institute of Mining liz
lgineers was installed at Reno by
William L. Saunders. vice chair
man Of the naval advisory board
and past president of the institute.
among the speakers were Charles
Buffers of San Francisco, ProA.
j. c. Jones and Whitman Symmes.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27

Write D. G. Doubleday, suite 43S
market sheets showing all actual
trading in Oatman stocks. Free.
-adv-tf.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-05-27

Wingfield Buys Control of Bank
II is announced that negotia-
lions whereby George Wingfeld
will acquire a majority of the
stock of the Churchill county bank
at Fallon have been practically
closed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-26
The Days War Nesss

THE PARIS OFFICIAL statement,
on the other hand, says the Ger
mans have halted In Iheir often
sIve, for the moment RS least. NO
fresh attack was made during the
night on the French lines, says
this announcement, and the artiI-
Iery fire has diminished in vio-
Ience.
IN OTHER war fields
are OvershRdOwed by the great
German offensive. in the west, but
there IL interest IA the Turkish an
nOuncemnt of RnOthr attempt by
the british advance below Kut-
EI-AmRrR, On the TiErIs. The at
tacISInE forces were repuIsed with
heavy losses, COnstantinOpIe de-
clareS.
stiI further on the defenAes of
Verdun I'm the face of the great
German drive for the fortreas,
The German war office today an
nOunces the capture OF all French
positions north OF veFdun as far
as the ridge of LOudemOnt, aOuth
of beaumont. The announcement
says the number of prisoners
taken has been Increased by more
than 1000 40 more thaA 10000.
The fortified villages and farms
of ChamPheuvtIIe, COteIlate, Mar
mont, beaumont, ChRmbrettes and
Ornes have fallen into German
hands, it says.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-26
NEW AUTOMOBILE
ROAD PROPOSED
Meeting Called for Omaha to Con.
slider Highway Cross Country
from Savannah to Seattle.
MANY DELEGATES EXPECTED

The convention which will effect
working organization for the new
highway which 1t is proposed to run
from Savannah to Seattle passing
through Omaha, will be held In this
city April 2425. This was decided at
meeting of joint committee of
the Commercial club and the Auto
mobile club Friday noon. Principal
cities along the way will all be asked
TO send delegates to this convention
and two deegates from each place
will have the power to vote. It is
believed that practically every city
invited will send delegation.
Some twenty cities have already con-
sldered this highway ard are ih favor
OF pushing the road, as II covers q new
territory, extending from the southeast
to the northwest II was left TO the
Omaha committee to settle on he date
OF the convention.
AS there are roads connecting all OF
the towns which have been developed
as state or sectional highways 1t is as
organization. with road marking. and
some improvements. to make the pro-
posed road one OF the best cross-country
highways in the United states.
The towns on the road as originally
laid out tentatively. and which will re-
ceive invitations, are:
Seattle and Spokane, Wash; Livlngs-
ton and Butte, Mont; Cody Wyo.: Dead
wood Mitchell and Sioux Falls. 8. D.;
Sioux City, Ia; Atchison. Kan; Kansas
City, st. Louis and Cape Girardeau, Mo-.
Memphis. Tenn; Decatur, Ala; Atlanta
and Savannah, Go,
The following Nebraska towns will be
invited to send delegates II was decided
at the meeting yesterday; Fremont,
Columbus, Norfolk, Neigh. Long Pine,
Chadron, Blair. Tekamah Oakland,
Lyons and Craig.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-26
Germans Believe Verdun viii
Soon Be Menaced on All Sides

ruary 81, and 700 yards westward OF Held
weller on the day of the commencement
of the Verdun advance. Thees gains were
preceded by large advances at Vimy in
January,
German officials say that the Germanl
gains have ben scored at virtually every
point where an earnest effort at advance
was made and that in no case has Il
been necessary to precede the attack
with a seventy-two-hour cannonade such
as preceded the September offensive OF
the entente allies.
The importance OF the gains northward
Of Verdun is evident. II Is not alone the
strongest French fortress. but IL offers
direct communication with Paris and has
been a thorn In the flesh OF the Germans
for eighteenth months. Military observers
90 sider that II is now likely that Nerdu1
soon viii be menaced on all sides. The
German line Of communication north o.
Nerduu mas been greatly improved
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-26

BERLIN. Feb. "A (yia London). Feb 25,
(Delayed)-The report OF German gains
northward OF Verdun has strengthened
the feeling Of confidence here in the out
come Of future events. The news has
provoked no noticeable furry in Berlin
where no flags have been exhibited.
Naturally it is impossible to hazard a
guess whether the latest drive marks the
beginning of great offensive OF Is only
a continuation OF the evident feeling-out
process Of recent days.
Except as to the number Of prisoners
taken, the victory OF the Germans Is one
fourth as great as that achieved by the
entente allies in September where three
days gUnfiTe preceded the attack.
To the gains northward Of Verdun
must be added 500 yards taken by the
Germans southward OF Ypres. February
"a. $50 yards northward OF Ypres. Feb
ruary 70, so eastward Of Soutchez, Feb
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-26
.Mexicans Seek to
LassO Young Woman
Teacher Upon Border

BROWNSVILLE. Tex, Feb. S.-An
attempt by three Mexicans TO lasso
Miss Gertrude McClelland. a young
school teacher. on the border road in
Hidalgo county. fifty miles west of here.
yesterday. nearly led to a lynching last
night
American soldiers arrested one of the
party before a posse of citizens could
reach him. The Americans demanded
possession OF the Mexican. put were re-
fused. The posse is searching for the
two Mexieans who escaped.
Miss McClelland was going home from
school when overteken by the Mexicans.
Several attempts were made TO lasso
her and the Mexicans followed her a
considerable distance continuing to
harass her. Finally she darted into the
brush at the roadside and escaped.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-26
Justice Hughes
Once More Says He
Is Not a Candidate

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-In a letter to
Henry A. Wise Wood, former member
of Secretary Daniels naval advisory
board, made public here today. United
states Supreme Court Justice Charles
f. Hughes reiterates his declaration
that he Is not a candidate for the
presidential nomination. MIR. Wood had
requested statement as TO Justice
Hughes position on preparedness. JUS
tice Hughes replied in part:
I'm view OF my judicial office / do
not feel that / have any right TO take
part In any political discussion or TO
make statements Of the sort that would
be expected from candidates for office.
Il am not candidate actively or
tacitly."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-26
Germans HaUe Dress Rehearsal of
Battle Under Direction of Kaiser

PARIS, Feb. 25.-The Petit Parisien 5
correspondent at the front says that the
great German offensive against Nerdun
is under the personal direction OF En-
peror william. who arrived at general
headquarters on saturday last and who,
In order that nothing might 20 wrong,
Immediately ordered that a sort OF dress
rehearsal OF the coming attack be held
At a given signal, the correspondent
says, every infantry man and gunner
took the post assigned to him In advance
and the motions OF general attack
were gone through behind the lines. The
emperor seemingly was satisfied and gave
the word 10 begin the offensive ON SAT-
urday night.
The French losses are declared to be
ms gnlflcant in comparison with those
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-26

OF the Germans. The German artillery
preparation. which reached It's height on
Tuesday. was OF unparalleled violence.
Every inch Of ground was searched out.
every point where II was thought guni
might exist was Uttered with shells. but
the French infantry was so well shell
tered under the ground and the French
guns were so well hidden that when the
German batteries grew silent and the
German infantry advanced to the attack
Frenchmen sprang up from the holes In
the ground and opened deadly fire
with machine guns, while shells from
the 75-milimeter guns blew overhead
and moved down wave after wave Of
the Germans as they plodded doggedly
over the snow-covered ground. urged on
from behind, the correspondent adds, BY
their officers. revolver In hand
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-26
AMERICAN NAVY 80
YEARS BEHIND BEST
Winslow Says it Would Take Half
Century to Put U. s. Alongside
Britain on Sea.
DECLARES SYSTEM is WRONG

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. -- The
United States navy's whole system
Of government and operations, from
education of officers to questions OF
ship and gun construction, was
sharply criticized before the house
naval committee today by Admiral
Cameron MGR. Winslow, comman-
der-in-chief OF the Pacific fleet.
Without radical changes. the ad-
miral declared, a fully efficient fight
ing force, comparable TO the British
navy, could not be produced in fifty
years.
Yesterday Admiral Winslaw told
the committee the establishment OF
a general staff composed OF active
line officers was vital necessity.
Today he amplifled this view, de-
claring the system OF education at
the Annapolis Navy academy was
wrong. He urged restoration OF the
old grade OF midshipmen In the fleet.
should Enter at Fourteen.
Boys should enter the service at from
IA TO 10 years OF age. he said, spend two
years In preliminary schooling ashore.
then go TO sea to acquire the "sea habit
from actual contact with things OF the
sea before compleating their edueations
ashore. The polytechnic education now
given midshipmen at the academy Is ut
terly unsuited, the admiral declared. to
the training of men to handle ships and
combinations OF ships at sea. lie could
see no value TO be gained from making
all navy officers experts In higher mathe-
MATES. and thought constructors. engi-
neers and ordnance experts should be
trained as specialists and never be called
upon TO command ships.
From the day boys enter the academy,
he said. system Of selection should be
applied TO govern promotions. eliminat-
ing men untitled for the daring nerve
racking tasks that would be theirs In
war He added that fellow officers
should determine these qualifications and
that plan Of this sort was being
worked by the Navy department.
No Time for Hesitation.
with opposing fleets sweeping toward
each other over the sea for an actior
10 ne thEFltu OUT n Hpttu bA ANtHAe
knots or more. the admiral insisted
there would be no time for hesita tfor
by any ship commander. lie told OF how
he trained a squadron of four dread
naughts he commanded two years age
until his orders were carried out within
six seconds OF the time he gave them
sixty maneuvers being carried out In a
single forenoon. Even this, he declared
| represented only encouraging progress
/ on the road toward complete efficlenc,
and application OF such intensive meth
!, DDS TO the fleet as whole could neve
be accomplished unless men were Sc
| lected to command the ships because o
/ fitness not because OF seniority.
! Asked how many flag officers in tn
navy he thought were capable Of devel
| opment and complete fitness for higl
/ command. the witness said:
II do not think any Of US in the uppe
| grades have had sufficient experiences
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