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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
FIRE DESTROYS
TWO RESIDENCES
FLAMES AND WATER DID SERI-
Gus DAMAGE THIS
AFTERNOON

Fire at two o'clock this afternoon,
said to have started in a shed in
the rear of the residence of w. E.
Zoebel in the 100 block on North
Sundog, badly damaged the Zoebel
residence and the large house next
to it, on the corner of Sundog and
Elliott. owned by w. M. Stansbury,
a former Goldfield mining mar now
at Venice, Cal. The S%tansbury house
was completely furnished. but was
unoccupied.
Will Zoebel and wife have been
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on an auto
mobile trip and are expected to re-
turn here Thursday. Their house
has been occupied by Mrs. Zoebel's
sister, Miss Merle McAneny, and lit
tie Laurence Zoebel.
Neither house was burned badly
on the interior, but the fire caught
under the roof Of each and the in
teriors were ruined by water poured
into them to extinguish the flames.
The furnishings we're removed with
little damage.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
Negro Murderer Receivers

One of the most remarkable recov-
eriesever seen by Nye county physi-
clans was that of Spencer Wright,
who on Sept. 10 shot himself through
the head after killing his wife.
Despite the fact that a bullet a
been extracted from his brain and
that he had lost a portion of his
gray matter and n eye, Wright
walked steadily into court a few
days ago and listened to the reading
of a warrant that eventually may
lead to his execution. Wright Is a
drug fiend and while in a hospital
the attending physician found it
necessary to give him morphine.
When arrested a quantity Of NOR
phine was found in his grip.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
WILL BUY CONTROL OF
BUTTE & ELY COMPANY

The conclusion of a long-standing
controversy between Butte stock
holders of the Butte & Ely Copper
company, a subsidiary of the Con-
solidated Copper Mines company,
was reached this week when Colonel
T.. A. Wall of Salt Lake City, a
large stakeholder in both the Ely
and the Consolidated, purchased all
the stock held by the Butte inter-
ests, amounting to $4,000 shares. at
s2.25 per share. equal to approx
mately 40 per cent more than if
the stockholders had availed them
selves of the offer of the Consoli-
dated to exchange Butte & Ely
stock for the Consolidated on the
basis of six and a quarter shares of
Butte & Ely for one of CONSOLE
dated.
The control of the Butte & Ely
lies with the Consolidated, and a
breach arose when some years ago
the Consolidated borrowed the trea-
sury of the Butte & Ely. amount
Ing to $25O,OOO, and the pleas of
the Butte stockholders for recogni-
tion fell upon apparently deaf ears.
Ely Record.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
Finds He Is Not Citizen

DR.. Donald Maclean, one of the
most prominent citizens in the state
and one of the leaders of the demo-
cratic party, has applied for citizen
ship papers in federal court at Car
son. For the past "a years DR.. Mac
lean has been enjoying all the rights
and privileges of a native-born citi-
zen and a few days ago made the
discovery that he is a British sub
ject. Under the law if a man I'M
knowingly u citizenship his
first and second papers may be
waived and he may give notice of APP
~plication for citizenship for a period
of 80 days. Maclean's father was
born in Canada and took out his
first papers in 1880. His final pa
pers were granted in 1896. DR.. Mac
lean became of age in 1898, three
years before his father became a
citizen, and consequently still is a
British subject.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
CONTINGENT
WILL ENTRAIN
OCTOBER I
LOCAL MEN WILL HAVE INNING
WHEN NEXT GROUP
LEAVES

The local exemption board receiv-
ed orders late yesterday afternoon tc
send Is more men from this county
to American Lake on Sunday, Oct. z.
Fifteen men will now be selected
by the board, as was done when the
first two contingents were sent.
These Is men make 33 registered in
this exemption district to be sent to
training camps and will account for
all but six of the county's quota
of 80.
This. the third state contingent,
will consist of 420 men, divided
among the counties of the state as
follows, according to announcement
of the adjutant generals office:
Churchill. Is; Clark, ~; Doug
las. 8; Elko. so; Esmeralda, 80;
Eureka, Z; Humboldt, 80; Lander,
6; Lincoln. Il; Lyon, IS; Mineral,
8; Nye, 80; Ormsby. 4; Storey, 9;
Washoe. So; White Pine. 81.
In previous ccntingents man from
outside Goldfield have predominant
ed, so that there would be a plentiful
supply of local men easily obtained
in case any of those from outside
districts failed to report and so that
men from outside districts would not
be called here merely to act as sub
stitutes.
The supply from these districts
has been almost exhausted, SO that
the next contingent of Is will con-
tain about II local men. it is esti-
mated. Even if some of these leave
here to visit relatives before leaving
for the training camp, as is fire.
quently the case. with men from 9TH
er parts of the county, who will
come here to entrain, the sending of
the next contingent will, it is
thought. result in more than twice
as many men e%ntraining from here
as were included in the second con-
tingent.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
Jarbidge Case on Trial

Ben Kuhl, who is alleged to have
shot and killed the driver of the
~Jarbidge stage last December, is
o on trial at Elko and the case
is proving one of the most interest
ing e tried in the state. 1t is
the first case to be tried in the state
where the finger print evidence
bears an important part. Kuhl is
alleged to have stolen and rifled
a number of mail bags following
the murder and the state is attempt
ing to place the crime on him from
the bloody marks found on the
bags. One interesting feature con-
Germs the admissibility in evidence
of the bloodstained bags. as it is
claimed the stains are from the
palm of a hand and not from fin
gers. The defense admits the re-
liability of finger prints. but main
tains there is no authority for the
contention of the state that palm
prints are reliable.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
Haymaker Hurries

. Charles Lewis of Deeth. who had
a contract for harvesting the hay
on the Mary's River Land and Cat
valley, started to harvest the crop
on July A with "a men, including
cooks and helpers, and recently fin
ished the job. 1t is estimated that
5000 tons of hay was handled, the
crew averaging over 65 IONS per
day. Six moving machines were
kept busy. With hay selling at SIS
the crop is worth SIS. 90, but every
pound will be fed to the company's
stock and it will be necessary to
purchase more.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
Bio Turkey Ranches.

Exclusive turkey ranches are founG
in the unsettled foOthill regions of Cali
fornia and in parts of Arizona and 9th
or western states where 1000 or more
turkeys are raised each season. The
establishments are located where the
range is unlinlited and the natural food
of the turkey. such as graSshoppers
and other insects. green vegetables and
the seeds of various weeds and grasses.
is abundant. Advantage also is taken
on these ranches of the turkeys relish
for acorns. and where these are plen-
tiful but little grain need be used for
fattening in the fall. The large fiOckS
of turkeys are managed much like
herds of sheep. being taken out to the
range early in the morning and brought
home to roost at night. They are
herded during the day by men either
on foot or on horseback and by dogs
especially trained for the work.-In-
dianapoliS News.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
FATHER DISS
NOW IN ARMY
GOES WITH RANK OF COLONEL
TO ACT AS IN
TERPRETER

Friends of Rev. Father Jerome
Diss, who served as pastor of the
Catholic church in Tonopah for 4
long period, will be gratified and
pleased to know that he has re-
ceived an appointment an interpre-
ter in the United States army.
Father Diss bears the rank of col
onel, and will probably be sem to
France at an early date to render
assistance to the fighting forces of
the allies.
Father Diss only recently left for
Bingham Canyon, Utah, to assume
charge of a parish with a member
ship of 1900. 1t was while in that
city that he received notice of his
appointment, the instructions in
forming him that he was to report
for duty at the Presidio, San Fran
cisco, on September II.
Father Diss speaks French, Ger
Liam and Italian fluently. He was
borr in Alsace-Lorraine, and pre-
vious to 1870, when the Germans
took that territory from the French,
his family was considered among
the richest and most well-to-do in
that country. All their possessions
were confiscated or wiped away.
and the fact that the Teutons were
responsible for bringing on misery
and poverty has ever ranked in
his mind.-Tonopah Times.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
Keeping Up the Tone.

Ute neat and even elegant appear
ance Of the American soldier isn't
maintained" said the secretary of war,
without hard work. Yes, the work
is hard, but doesn't the result more
than justify it:
'On a train the other day a private
sat with his tunic unbuttoned, for the
temperature was high. a sergeant
strobe up to him and said:
Button up that tunic. Did you
never hear of bylaw 217, subsection
u? I'm Sergeant Jabez Winterbot-
TONI
"A gentleman in the seat behind tap
ped the sergeant sternly on the shout
der.
How dare o issue orders he
said, with a pipe in YOU mouth! &c
home and read paragraph Ia. section
NJ. part o. | am Major Eustace Car
roll
Here a gentleman with Il dropping
white mustache interposed from the
other side Of the aisle.
IF Major Carroll, he said cOldly.
will consult bylaw 81 of section X he
will learn that to rerrimand a sergeant
i'll the presence of IL private is an Of
Tense not lightly to be overlooked -
Washington Star.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06

and Faber, both right handlers, more
frequently than the White Sox
southpaws. For this reason they
are particularly interested in the
delivery of these two pitchers es-
pecially the so-called "shine BALI
of Cicotte. There is a wide differ
ence of opinion among even the
American league batters regarding
the methods or e a by which
Cicotte gets the wierd curves and
breaks which has made his delivery
so effective this season.
1t is certain that the Giants will
scrutinize both the ball and breaks
with extraordinary care in the com
ing contests. Faber''s moist balI'
delivery is also certain to bother
the New York batters, especially if
the pitcher can maintain control.
Russell and Danforth are the for
midable left handlers likely to be
used against the McGrawites.
The Giants strongest box quartet
will probably be composed of Sal
lee, Schupp and Benton, all left
handlers, with Perritt the leading
right handler. Anderson, Tesreau
and Demaree will form the second
string and any one of this trio may
prove Unexpectedly effective under
certain weather and sky conditions.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
MORE CLOTHING
FOR DRAFT MEN
THEY ARE NOW URGED NJ
TAKE PLENTIFUL
SUPPLY

A letter received by the exemp-
tion board from Marion Russell,
who vas in charge of the last con-
tingent to leave for American Lake
urges that the next contingent take
plenty of heavy underwear, flan-
ne! shirts, socks, a pair OF Khaki
rouse and one extra pair or
shoes. A recent letter from Ber-
nard Gaffney, who was in charge
of the first contingent, also urged
tEis, as uniforms are not received
ptil some time after arrival.
Russell stated that Nevada's men
arrived at Camp Lewis in a manner
that is a credit to the state.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
PITCHING STAFFS
IN SERIES A
PROBLEM
GIANTS AND WHITE SOX BOTH
HAVE GOOD LEFT
HANDLERS


NEW YORK, Oct. 2.-No single
factor has a greater bearing upon
the outcome of a world series than
the pitching staff of the two teams
involved. This is an accepted AK
iom of professional baseball which
is particularly true of the two clubs
which are scheduled to begin their
battle for the premier honors of the
diamond at Chicago on Saturday.
While neither the New York Ma
tionals nor the Chicago Americans
quite equal the machine-like per-
lection in balance and play which
has distinguished several preceding
combinations in the series, they are,
nevertheless, strong a~ggregations
which appear to be evenly matched.
Under these circumstances any edge
or advantage which may develop is
likely to appear in the work of the
hurting forces.
So far as numerical strength in
concerned there is little, if any,
choice as both the White Sox and
the Giants have seven twirlers who
have worked in the box with rea-
sonable frequency during the sea
son. The records show that man
ager Rowland sent Danforth into
46 games; Cicotte into A; Faber
35; Russell 80; Williams 80; Benz
II and Scott "a. Wolfgang, al
though rated as a pitcher, had done
but little work on the mound
against opposing teams having been
used to pitch to his team mates
during practice.
For the New York Nationals De-
maree has figured in "a games, in
Guiding his Chicago National 1917
record; Anderson SO; Schupp 80;
Perritt 81; Sallee 20; Benton and
Tesreau % each. 1t will be seer
from the foregoing figures that the
Giants have shifted their hurlers
more frequently than the White
Sox, but the results do not appear
to indicate that this had any out
standing effect upon their winning
ability. In the matter of right and
left hand twirlers the situation is
again a stalemate, for each club
carries and uses four right-hand de-
livery boxmen and three portside
or southpaw pitchers.
How these right and left hand
ers will fare against opposing bat
wielders is p~roblematical. Eddie
Collins. Weaver and Jackson have
all shown ability to hit portside
pitching which they and other mem
bers of the White Sox team are
likely to face in a majority of the
games if McGraw's plans do not
miscarry. Felsch is another Chi
cago player who has shown that
left handlers have no terrors for
him. The team batting average
against portside hurting is close to
$50, which appears to give them
an advantage . over the Giants in
this respect.
The New York players, however,
believe that they will face Ciotte
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
More Summoned i'm WaShOe

Five hundred more men have been
summoned to appear before the
Washoe exemption board. This
call will make 1926 men summoned
to appear before the board since ii
started work and will leave but $50
to draw from among men registered
in the county. Washoe was called
upon to furnish 213 men. 1t is be-
lieved the quota will be secured with
the examination of a small proper
ton of the 500.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
HORRORS
ARE DESCRIBED
CAPTAIN TELLS OF MEN KILL
ED BIZ A CHANCE
SHOT

MANCHESTER, England, sept.
13.-'There is no romance left in
war: it is a dirty business. and
every one of us who is in it is de-
termined that when we finish this
war, it shall be so thoroughly fin
ished hat nobody will ever start
another"
Thus writes a British transport
captain in a letter to his local
newspaper, describing how he had
Just lost 20 of his men, although
they we're nearly a dozen miles be-
hind the front, through a shell from
a German ~long-range naval gun Is
shot. Here is the captains story.
I'VE have descended on a war of
stink-pots, of specialized chemists
leering horribly in Obscure labora-
tories while they concoct the tor
lures of the damned, of medieval
poisons, of flying death from the
clouds. 1t is less like war than
some elemental devilishness which
man is as powerless to control as
he was the volcanoes which over
whelmed Pompeii or st. Pierre. 1t
is not alone in the forefront of the
battle. where men stand face-to-
face, but in quiet places far back,
where death filings himself with
outrageous violence and suddenesS.
The dead men have never seen their
foe; there has been no contest, no
combat.
Il witnessed an incident today,
the like of which | have seen be-
fore, the like of which is happen
ing every day along 800 miles of
battle line. 1t is as well you should
hear of it who have a quiet ROOF
over your heads, who wait placidly
under your umbrellas at the street
corner for your tram car.
81 was at a cross roads, and a
vast amount of traffic was moving
by it, guns and wagons and painting
motor lorries and officers on horse
back and ambulances. Far in front
hung motionless in the air the long
row of balloons that marked the
circle OF the front.
at endured perhaps but two
seconds before it precipitated that
frightful tragedy towa1 DIS which it
was moving, but every second was
an age. Every man who heard it
held his breath.
Now the whistle changed to a
sudden plunging roar. A quarter
of a ton was falling headlong
through space and yet invisible. A
rocking crash, and up from the
road leaped a volcano of black
earth and smoke and stones. The
whole air filled itself with shrek
ing bits of metal, whirling swathes
of dust and choking fumes. Horses
we're plunging, men cursing. Above
all rang the cream of mortal
agony.
81 gazed with horror towards
the spot and saw a wagon lying
with it's wheels up in the ditch, it's
horses lying m~otionless nearby. In
the grass by the roadside lay some
inert figures of men whose absolute
motionless told it's own tale.
Zone thought of the homes sud
denly emptied far away, of mothers
and wives and children that would
wait in vain. And it has all been
done by the unseen hand that had
just pulled a string Is miles away"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
Mail Carrier Indicted

Twelve indictments charging m
blezzlement have been returned by
the federal grand jury against
George F. Aeberhard. whose SER
vices on a Reno rural route were
terminated three months ago as a
result of Investigations begun be-
cause of complaints of people whose
territory he served. He is charg-
ed with juggling funds entrusted to
him.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
FIELD DAY FOR
TROOPS OF J.. S.
AMERICAN MILITARY ENGI-
NEERS ARE GUESTS OF BRIT
ISH SOLDIERS

AMERICAN ENGINEERS TRAIN
ING CAMP IN ENGLAND, Aug. 81.
A large delegation of the Ameri-
can railway engineers spent a day
recently as guests of the British
troops encamped at Aldershot, where
the king and queen with other mem
bers of the royal family were present
at the largest program of field sports
that has ever been held on Sails
bury Plain.
The Americans brought with them
a tug-of-war team which provided
one of the features of the afternoon
in a long-drawn contest with the
championship team of British engi-
neers, the result being finally de-
clared a draw.
The big fete was arranged by the
British garrison at Aldershot as a
CELEBRATION of the bringing in Of it's
harvest. For months past men of
all ranks and regiments in the gar
.rison have been practicing, in addi-
tion to their military duties, the pa.
triotism that seeks to defeat the enc
my by providing the nations with
homegrown food. Turf that had
never before known the plough
share vas %ploughed and sown, and
men who had never learned the first
rudiments of farming toiled siren
uously in their spare hours under
the guidance of their more skilful
comrades.
The result exceeded all efforts.
The Aldershot harvest was SO boun-
tiful the men and officers simultan-
eously agreed that a great harvest
festival was eminently the thing,
and that nothing would satisfy them
short of the attendance of the king
and queen.
The king, who knows a thing or
two about farming himself, accept
ed the invitation, and a committee
of arrangements representing every
unit in the district began work
forthwith on a suitable program.
was a huge tent with tables laden
with samples of the Aldershot har-
vest. There we're fruits, vegetables,
grain, shrubs and roots of various
kinds. The royal party motored
down from Windsor. arriving early
in the afternoon and remaining for
three hours.
The arena in front of the harvest
tent was surrounded by a great cir
cular grand stand" composed of
a double line of ancient and modern
transport wagons which afforded
seats for the soldiers and their
friends. For siXpence, the gate
money all going to local war chari-
ties, the American visitors found
tnev could have their choice of a
number of desirable positions, either
i'll the drivers seats of big army
l~orries, or on benches alongside
friendly delegations of British Tom
mics and non-commissioned officers.
1t was like a many-ringed circus.
While the field sports were in prog
res on the ground, there was a
continuous performance of high
diving, somersaulting, %trapezing.
and all varieties of aerobatics by a
squadron of British airplane men
up alOft. Relay races and tugs-of-
war were the most popular items on
the program, but there were many
unusual and very spectacular types
Of field sports, such as a mounted
wrestling competition, in which both
horses and men took part in an ex-
citing struggle, the team from the
royal engineers finally defeating
the army service corps on points.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
How Watches Vary.

Theoretically, says Il jeweler, the
best watches OF today are perfect, but
actually they both gain and lose time
every day. Even If the good watch
does not vary II second at the end
of the twenty-four hours, the expert
insists, it has both gained and lost in
that time. If it is wound in the morn
ing ii runs fast and toward the next
morning runs slow. thus equalizing the
time. He says the best watches should
he wound twice Il day and then at only
two-thirds of the caHacity of the main
spring. thus preventing either binding
or extremes of strong or weakened
spring. The balance wheel was eX-
pected to equalize differences of main
spring tension, but really this is not
the case in what is called perfection.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
New Flour Mill

]. c. Riordan and J. L. Whipple
of ~Sunnyside and f. A. Hendrix,
Sr.. of Lund were in Ely a few
days ago to complete arrangements
for the erection of a flour mill at
Lund. The mill will have a capa-
city of 25 barrels a day.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
Maurice Working Full Shifts

A railroad man stated recently
that in preparing for the movement
of Nevada men to American Lake,
Adiutant General Maurice Sullivan
worked from Z a. m. to 2 a. m. for
q month.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06
Some Pumpkin

At the Fallon fair there was ex-
hibited a pumpkin that measured
five feet. six inches in circumfer-
ence.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-13
Health of Prisoners.


Those who study prisons and try to
find out why men get there will be in
terested in this news ION New York
city. Out of 1000 meg of military age
registered on June 5 IN penal institu-
tons of that city less than 5 per cent
we're physically fit for service. In
Blackwell's Island prison not one was
fit for the army. Every n was a
physical discard. A great many per-
sons who have studied such things
much will say that perhaps the physi-
cal condition of these young men may
be the chief reason for their presence
In prison. And most of us feel quite
sure that fine, healthy bodies and nor
NAL minds are most likely to keep their
owners out of prison. 1t is with some
satisfaction that we reflect upon the
fact that this war will do a great deal
to make human bodies stronger and
healthier-and to that extent make
prisons uscless.-Illinois State Jour-
nal.