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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
The Persia Disaster

The survivors of the British steam
ship Persia, which was torpedoed
in the Mediterranean last Thursday,
reached Alexandria, Egypt, according
to the account sent by Reuters cor
respondent at that port, all bearing
traces of shock and hardship. Most
of them had badly bruised and ban
daged limbs. One woman is in the
hospital with a broken leg.
The tragedy was enacted so rapid
ly that the survivors say they had
little to tell. The passengers were
sitting quietly at luncheon, everyone
in good humor. and an atmosphere
of gayety prevailing. Five minutes
later those who escaped were in boats
or clinging to wreckage and the lux
urious diner was completely gone.
Luncheon had just begun when
there came a terrific explosion. The
liner trembled and a moment later
listed TO the port. Only those who
left their seats instantly and those
who had not yet come down to the
dining room had any chance to es-
cape.
But two children were saved.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
Ford Leaves ..Peacer Ship

Henry Ford, who led the peace ex-
petition from New York December 4
on the steamship Oscar II. for Copen-
hagen, arrived Saturday afternoon on
the steamship Bergensfjord. He con-
firmed the cable reports that his re-
turn was fastened by illness.
Ford declares that his views re-
garding the of the wal have un-
dergone a marked change. When he
left, he said, he was of the opinion
that the bankers and manufacturers
of munitions and armament we're re-
sponsible, but he returns with the be-
lief that 1t p the people themselves
those now being slaughtered, whe
are responsible. He said those doing
the fighting hsd been too content to
let those wi ale do their thinking
Ford's future AS in repsect to the
peace expedition are uncertain.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09

81. so an ounce, where rs cents was
the standard for many years. Salt
petre has jumped from Is to so
cents a pound while salol has ad-
vanced from "a cents to $10.50 per
pound. Guaiacol, which for many
years was wholesaled at around
$50, is now selling at $40, and
bromides show q gain in price Of
about 1000 per cent, that of soda
commanding IS. as against the or
binary figure Of As cents.
Explosives Advance Because Of the
European War
The war conditions Of Europe are
affecting mining operations more
seriously than most people realize.
sage the Tonopah Times. For ex.
ample. the price Of dynamite i'd
vanced sA cents a pound last week.
This was the second advance In
price in "a days.
Blasting caps OF 81 grade have
doubled in price, till they now cost
practically 2 cents each, when pur-
chased in 5000 lots. Fuse has IN
creased fully so per cent in the
last few months and a further ad-
vance a be expected at any time.
In the manufacture of fuse 1t re-
quires rs pounds of black powder
to make 5000 feet of fuse. Only
one powder company in the United
States has any %saltpeter, one of the
materials used in making black pow
der. All black powder works in
the United States have been shut
down for some time except the Du-
pont plant, which was blown up
last week. The supply of linen tape
is nearly exhausted, and but two
factories in the country are making
fuse at the present time.
Dynamite has advanced so per
cent in price in the last year.
Caps have advanced nearly 100
per cent in the same time.
Fuse has advanced around 30 per
cent over its former price.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09

cost of materials, value of products
character and quantity of power
used, and quantity of fuel consum'
ed from every manufacturing estab-
lishment in the United States. The
canvass, which began In January,
l1a15. was carried on more rapidly
than at any preceding census. and
was brought to practical completion
early in August. Already more than
200 press summaries have been is
sued giving preliminary figures for
Individual cities and States.
An important inquiry completed
during tho fiscal year was that relat-
ing to public and private wealth,
public debt, and taxation for the year
1913. The results we're published
In the form of eight sparate bulle-
tins, the contents of which were lat
Ter bound together in two volumes
having a total of over 1900 pages
The aggregate wealth Of the Nation
lis estimated at nearly $1S8,000,0 00,-
Goo.
A 200-page bulletin was issued, in
which were brought together the
principal census statistics relating to
the Negro race. A more carefully
prepared and complete report will
follow.
New work undertaken during the
year includes the collection of finan-
.cial statistics of States, dealing with
revenues, expenditures, assets and
liabilities, assessed valuations of
property and tax %leyies; the prepar-
ton of a series of life or mortality
tables showing for each principal ele-
ment of the population-male and
female, white, negro, urban, rural,
etc.,-in certain states the death rate
and expectation of life at each age;
the preparation of a statistical mon
ograph on cancer; and the taking
of special censuses of cities and vii
lagos at local request and expense.
Important work planned to be be-
gun in the coming year, if the nee
essary legislative authority is pro-
vided, will include inquiries relating
to religious bodies, marriage and di-
vorce, transportation by water, and
forest products, and the collection of
birth statistics. The Census Bureau
has a permanent force of approx
600 officials and employees.
The report calls attention to the fact
in no other Federal office of
equal or greater size are average sal
for the official and clerical
forces so low as in the Census Blu
reau.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
Gompers Sees Menace From Unem.
ployment

compefS sees from tnem-
ployment
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, in an
address before an open meeting at
the Union Labor Temple at Los An.
geles, predicted that within n year
possibly in six months, the subject
of unemployment will prove to be a
serious. perhaps a disastrous prob
lem in this country.
He founded his prediction on the
war, stating that while before the
war the country was manufacturing
and sending to Europe a good por-
ton of its products. the factories
stopped abruptly when the war broke
out and their workers we're thrown
out of employment. Then the demand
for food and clothing as well as mu-
nitions of war. gave a new impetus
to the situation, and the factories
once more were running full blast.
But when the war ends, he ex-
claimed, when our factories and
workshops and fields are cut off,
twelve to fifteen millions of men OF
these warning countries will return
to their former places of work: they
will not find it. They will feaye
their own countries and come to
America. | think the investigation
OF the proposed six-hour workday is
a most excellent thing but first prob
lens should come first. There are
too many of our fellow workers
denied the privilege of an eight-hour
day"
He then took up the discussion of
temperance, declaring that there was
more %sobriety, more self control,
among the union men since the adop-
ton of the eight-hour law than
during the fifty years before.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
Increased Dividends Declared on
Copper

The prosperous conditions attend
ing the copper industry we're fur
Their indicated Wednesday by the
declaration of various increased
dividends.
The Utah Copper company in.
creased its quarterly rate from 81
to $l.50, with increase in allied
companies. Ray Consolidated Cop.
per company from 37h to 80 cents
and the Nevada Consolidated Cop.
per company, 37h cents and 12h
cents extra.
Chino Copper company increased
its dividend from rs cents to 81.
The Butte and Superior Copper
company, in which New England In
t~erests are said to be dominant. de-
clared in addition to its regular
quarterly dividend of 70 cents an
extra dividend of $3.50 as against
the extra dividend of IS in septem-
Der.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09

-
The bill providing for compulsor,
military service was introduced II
the house of commons at London
"wednesday, by Premier Asquith, and
nsxt day passed first reading by q
vote OF 403 for to 105 against.
The largest assemblage of mem
hers since the war began faced the
premier. Many members had OBJ
tanned leave TO return from the front
"a that they might be able to vote
en the compulsion bill.
The Earl of Derby who conducted
the recruiting campaign was in the
peers gallery.
Under the terms of the bill, all
nAiss between the ages Of Is and
81, who are bachelors or widowers
without children dependent on them.
are liable for military service.
Ireland is excluded from the terms
of the measure.
Mr.. Asquith said no cas- had been
made out for general compulsion and
that the bill he was introducing could
be supported by those opposed to
conscription.
Mr. Asquith opened his address
with an analysis of the figures in
the Derby report. He emphasized
the fact that during the Derby cam
paign nearly 3,000,0O men had Of
fered their services. Even deducting
those rejected on the ground of ply
steal disability, the total was still in
excess of 100000.
"These are wonderfully encourag-
ing figures" the premier continued.
"They ought to convince both our
allies and our enemies that the peo-
pie of this country have their hearts
in the war"
Mr.. Asquith said he was unable,
after making the largest possible
hypothetical deduction, to consider
the number of unrecruited single
men as anything but substantial, and
even considerable amount. He added
that Sir John Simon, whose resigna-
ton as home secretary was
ed yesterday, thought the foreigners
may be reduced to an estimable
quantity.
If he had shared this view, Mr..
Asquith said, the present contingent
cy would not have arisen, but he
could not think that. The primary
obligation was to keep faith at all
costs with the married men.
The prime minister said exemp-
tons from service could be claimed
under the terms of the bill on the
same grounds as the case of men ex-
empted in the Derby plan. The
grounds OF exemption include con-
scientious objection to performing
military service.
Other grounds for exemption from
service. the prime minister said, in
Guided i'll health, physical infirmity,
the necessity to support dependent
persons and the fact of being engaged
on work of national Importance.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09

subsidiary Of the Southern Cotton
Oil company, will at once begin the
erection of the machinery which is
on the ground at Saltair, to extract
potash from the waters of Great Salt
Lake. The corporation is capital
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09

lied at $40, O00, 900 and the Laboratory
tests which have been made by the
chemists In charge OF experime nts for
the Southern Cotton Oil Co. show
that the waters OF the lake hold pot.
ash in solution and that by a simple
process il can be recovered.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
American Investors Must Show
Interest

Whether the foreign trade of
South America reverts to European
markets after the war, will depend
largely upon the interest shown now
by American investors, said George
E. Roberts of the National City
Bank of New York, in a paper read
Monday at Washington, before a sub
division of the Pan-American Scien-
tific Congress. He said that for the
last six months South American
countries had imported more heavily
from the United States.
THE exports of South America
have not fallen off as much as the
imports" he added, and are COM
ing more largely to the United
States than heretofore. This APP
plies particularly to coffee, cocoa,
hides and wool"
Mr.. Roberts explained that the fl
nancial crisis in a number of the
South American countries at the time
VIZ ~huiopSuH "dI DeSdu was large
ly responsible for the difficulties of
business men in those countries. The
war prevented them from receiving
the financial assistance they perhaps
would have received, especially in
Argentine and Brazil.
But, as it was" he said, 'all the
countries of South America suffer-
ed by the curtailment of credits to
which they were accustomed, the in
terruption of regular trade and the
stoppage of construction work. I'M
portations have been largely reduced
in all lines.
South Americas trade with Ger
many practically has ceased and i'm
portations from all countries except
the United States have been largely
reduced. 1t is probable that a fair
share of the new trade diverted to
this country by the var will be per.
manent. Much depends upon the in
tefest taken by the United States in
the development of South American
enterprises. Trade will be created
by investments in South America"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
NEWSo OF TIE WEEK

w. j. Bryan conferred with Ford
for more than an hour after which
he declined to reveal the nature of
the discussion, but said he came to
New York on receipt of a telegraphic
request from Mr.. Ford.
About one-third Of the Ford peace
expedition, mostly students, will
leave the party at Copenhagen. The
remainder, about 100 Americans. are
going to The Hague.
The reason assigned by the stu
dents for their action 10 that it Is
undesirable to risk the North Sea
voyage.
The members expressed q desire
to reach The Hague a. they were
unable to obtain publicity or hold
meetings at Copenhagen. Mayor
Lindhagen of Stockholm Joined the
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
Drugs Soaring as Result of the
Present War

Indications are that II wal does
not stop throughout the world short
ly, people In the United States will
be Obliged to go without many drugs
that have come to be regarded as
household necessities, according to
the Winnemucca Silver State. Not
only have prices gone soaring. but
many items in everyday use that
were formerly "a drug on the mar
KetP can now only be obtained in
small quantities.
A year ago carboilc acid could be
obtained in unlimited quantities al
IL cents a pound. Today 1t is job
bling at 1921, with orders limited to
one pound, Glycerine, which wal
formerly purchased in 50-pouad
lots, san now only be obtained ten
pounds at a time, and the price has
l1umned from % TO 70 cents. Out
nine. which 10 considered Q staple n
many sections. IL now Jebbing 81
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09

Tn visitor from the United States
can not fail to be impressed with
the absence of flies in Habana. A
fly is a real rarity-so is a mosquito
and screens are not at all a neces-
sity. The absence of these pests is
simply the result of municipal clean
illness and care.
Illustrating the general under
standing of the necessity to watch
out for breeding sources, Mounted
Officer Pedro Sierra reported No
vember 80 to the chief of sanitation
that he had observed a plant in the
yedado PRESIDENTIAL district that ap-
%parently was a source of flies. The
plant has a fruit resembling a fig,
in which, Sierra asserts, larvae are
to be found. He conducted some ex-
periments himself, becoming convinc-
ed that the plant afforded a breed
ing place for the pests; then he so
reported. If the experiments of the
Department of Sanitation confirm
him. undoubtedly an order will be
issued for the destruction of all such
plants in and around Habana; and
incidentally, Officer Sierra will be
rewarded.
There is no need for 'fly-swatting
around the clean capital
of Cuba. The s~anitarians make flies
an impossibility and confirm abso-
the doctrine that municipal
cleanliness will prevent the appear
ance of flies altogether. = Special
Agent Garrad Harris in Commercial
Report.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
But two children were saved.


kaiser's Illness Said to BE Serious
The press dispatches from Switzer-
land and Italy continue to affirm
that the illness of Emperor William
is serious. 1t is said he was oper-
ated on last Wednesday successfully
but the nature of the operation is
not specified.
1t is said the emperor is suffering
from a deep-seated affection OF
which the cutaneous eruption is mere.
ly an incidental symptom, and that
the malady is complicated by the re.
appearance of his old throat trouble
which has extended to the mouth.
1t is ever asserted that it will be
necessary to provide him with an
artificial palate made of silver.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
Thomas A. Edison Offers to Build
Plant

Plant
Thomas A. Edison, at a meeting
or the navy consulting board. Of
Tered to furnish at his own
plans and specifications for a labora-
tory of physical research to cost
Sl,4oO,O0 for s in the development
OF naval inventions.
In announcing the purport of the
offer Vice Chairman Saunders said
he had referred it to the other
members Of the board and they had
received 1t with enthusiasm. The
members OF the board inspected the
submarine E-2, which was recently
equipped with the Edison battery
intended to preclude the POSSIBLE
ity Of the s~uffoSation OF the crew
from the generation OF chlorine
gas.
To Extract Potash From Great
Salt Lake
The Union Pacific system estab.
lished a freight rate Of $3.50 q ton
on potash from Saltair to ChaDago,
ana the Utah Chemical company, .
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
Report of the Director of the Censu.

According to the annual report of
Director Sam. l.. Rogers, of the Unit
ted States Bureau of the Census. to
Secretary of Commerce Redfield, COW
ering the fiscal year 1914-15, which
has just been made public, the Cen
u Bureau carried on a dozen lines
of work during the year and issued
3S reports and bulletins having a to-
tai of over $500 pages. Until March
Is, 1915, the Census Bureau was un-
der the management of Hon. William
j.. Harris, a member of the Fed
eral Trade Commission.
The largest single task undertake
en- by the bureau during the year
was the quinquennial census of man
ufactures, relating to the calendar
year 1914. This work required the
services of more than 1900 special
agents to collect reports eoncernins
sapital Invested, persons employed
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-18

este nabia agotadO los rrcursOS de
81 imaginaci6n. ferundizada Dor rl
Tenor lie sci. conoridO Y rcrlamadO
Dor Ia iusticia. r. pobre c~onSrric.
fugitive. trorG su trair DE- cuero de-
rnncirrro Dor otro negro complete.
aba0donado in lilo tcmpora en- cl
Snladgest Dor lin famoso gramati-
ca d. DrOnthcim. 1uc So arroj6 al
mar descsperadO de no haber pO-
dido descubrir par que raz6n Jnpi-
ter iaba J0viS cn gcnitivo. \ sus
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-18

~csralcra ncgra. alberta I'll a faado
H. Ia rStancla.
FL anciano trmhlaba. i~nvoranA"
bain todoS Il nOmbruS I'll g.GriuS"
san Iiospicio. y ma!irria con t"da
ST alma. y rn Voz baja. Ia lnpru-
drnria de >u iovrn compaHrro: "sjr
cogi6 In luz y - puSo a r"r"rr"r Ia
yran plea circular IN Ia que ;"
rncon;raban. LO luc Vi" Il: ar'rcar-
Sc a Ia pared lr tIizo rctrocrdrr de-
cSpanto. ' e. vicio. Que con IA vista
Sr2uia Ia inspection de- 81 scil"r. "
cIanG:
-;Dios mic. una horca,
ina horca grand" r>taha. cn ctrt-
10. apoyada contra Ia pared.
-Si-dijo FL joven:-aqui hay Sic
rras de MADEIRA y de- uirrro. cadrnas
Y argolIaS..... aqui hay I'M cabalic-
to Y unas tenaZaS dr.=adaS sobrr
cI.
-;Ciclo Santo. ;DGndr HS;amcS,-
rxrlam0 II anciano.
+. .iovcn Sisui6 friamcntn 81 r.
conocimiento.
-.Aqui So We un ro!lo de cuerdas he
canamo. hornilIos y caldera>: esta
parte De Ia pared cstd cubicrta de
pleas Y De cScalpclos; tstos son Ia
tisos de cucro guarnecidos de pam
tas de acero. una hacha, una maza.
-Esto eS, pues, To- guardarropia
de- infierno-diio 81 ancIan0. at"cra-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-18
FIG3GET1N No. p
Han De lSLANDIA
0 Ell HOMBRE FIERA
o VICTOR HUGO

m han ~IIo .o- hombrr> los III" -
ian >"ualado ">tas ruinaS como a>I-
c. porqur ,..'a< hubirraR iicho ,lue
mas al >u,ri- .o> .rlampa=o> liz
"a ;rmD">,aL HE rrpaSa" III Il no
"a de- n to."- ,ir Ny@ia. FL inlro
vyirntr Gur aqui rnjHa no tieue
ilcrrSo IN Ia mansionrs he los otrn>
~viy.entes. No drja n Solrdad mas
,Iur por "a mucAriumDre. no Niye
mas que para IA murrtr. Los Iom-
bars solo - ocupan d. Il para mai
deci-le: unicamEentc >lrvr para suS
no existe mas que por Sus
rriminrS. Y Il mas informr mai
yado. IN Ia nora del caStl=o. dos
rar.a sobre Il q iesprecio univrr-
sal So cree ION derecho 4 DIES
prcciar.o. SoiS extranjeroS, porque
no habeis vueIto con horror 4 Ia
puerta de esta TORE: no pertucbeiS
por mas tempo q Ia looa y a los 10
Demos: volvad al canine por donde
van los demas hombres Y 81 no que
reis que huyan de v~osotros vueS-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-18

ria cstar loco: p~roSc=uir uur>tro
canine con tempo semejantr.
Mis- locura Is albergarSc IN -
t. silio-contrSi6 a virjo.
-.D,sJi,,haJo,-aycIamG In mm-
i,r diriaiIndns, =, iovcn.-po IIanrs
y, - nncrto del nua no abrr mas due
n del sepuIrro.
,rr,,,. +, mart, 5eI srnul,ro
i.bj-ra abrirsc para mi, no So dira
nunca luc rrtrocrdo AMI Il pa!a-
bra atrgrad0ra. Nj sable ne r"s-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-18

~. h..r1,,Dn. NJ - Ii-;ii. ,Tur na
.rnyhrad, ,ucStros s,.pblautrs a
..;,n.,,o !, ,os bIi,sncj,s da n To-
-. a. yv.,,,
p..,.,.,,3 ...o, ,,l,hc,s IL
,i.,,5 , -. ,.i,i,ros -.6ofanJ..r. Ia
,,,arts TarbIando 81 anciau o
,i..d.. "a ,.ab,.za lasta 10, p..,<, M
raDdo con air.. S~upIicant,. a. jovrn.
q que no c~omprcudi6 10 luA SigUI-
licaban laS palabraS de aqur.ia mu-
jer, : causa de Ia extrema volubilidad
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-18

tj!aGS tCDublitU-
Sc creaT& un cuc"po dc pClici"
(constahu!ary) urbana Y rural. Gem
pucsto dc haiJianos, pero ~orgaEizada
y mandada nor oficialcs americanos
noElbrados por al P~residente de Hal
Il 4 pr0Ducsta del de los EstaGoS Uni
dos. Es;u goi:cta tendra IL vieilan-
cia Y control-jicc el texto del ira
ta&c-do L. "smas y munic:oues V
dc ST ~trifico en- TODD e p"is...-
-: cstipu,uc!ones de este "rticuio
I-an"de-son ncccsar!as para impa-
di. las lucHas d" las facciones : los
dl.,urbios."
NJ - iba tan lejos en c! convenio
con S"nto domingo hetho nor Mr..
Roosevelt = que ei Scn&Go cXtrangu-
10: O. (! 10 figuraba fucrza pub!ica
y.@aGa orzanizaG@ ; mandada 20: Off
~cta!ea aDc~lcunos y a~ugoriZada para
coatrolag Q. uso ' c, ur;fico de ar
ma: cont"o. que seg:! sin duGa de
b@sg"..tc cficacia para disminuir las
posiyilijaGos de rebellion.
Hay. adcmas. en- este trataGo con
Haiti. una pUr.c sanitaria que hacia
muchisim" fa.ta en- aquel pals. Sc
es,ipu!;, que bajo Ia inspection y di-
r~cc2ijn dc an ~ingenier5 0 de mas.
Pvo?ucztos por eI Prcs!Iente de los
E.taGos UniGos ' ncmbraGos por el
coJierHo de Haiti. sc "emprendera V
ciccUtara las meAiI@a que Sc considc-
II u~cccsariaS &c aaneamiento Y pu-
b.ica mcjora." 10 cual augura IN
prcgiuma Re reiormas cientilicas Y
uti.cS cue uansformaran las po5la-
r~cioacs haitianas. CT cuarto 10 PERM,
u cI G~incrJ; : cUando Sc adm;nisrra
con sentido sicmnrc Sc di-ponc de
~rccursos pecUnia"ioS.
Como - We. 10 que Sc cstabiece en-
aquel!" "gruh.ir@ c& un v~c.tadeso
protcctoGado. ma p&rccido n que
i'.arcia c~jerco en- Tlncz que al re.
sirt.a p.@taado Dc Cuba = a "modu,
vivcadi' addancro dc Saato Don'in,
&. {! Cue los politicos haitianos !c
hayun an:%itido. dcsputs de una lige,
IA resistacia. sc Gcbc. p:obaJ!emcn
tc. p.im~r,. = que 50 hi rucsto III
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1916-03-18

Sc solicitan Agentes para la
verta de LA PRENSA en- las
poblaciones de Santa Paula,
Cal, Duncan, Ariz., y demas
lusares donde no los haya. Las
personals que Sc interesen pue-
den dirigirse soiicitando precio
condolences a LA E N
Dolorosa ST., San Antonio, Tex.
Departamento de Ageates, COZ