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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-11-10
Mail Carrier Sentenced

G.. F. Eberhart, a Washoe county
rural mail carrier who recently
pleaded guilty to a charge of open
ing mail and extracting the con-
tents, vas sentenced to 13 days in
jail, dating from Oct. 20, by Judge
harrington in the federal court at
Carson. The sentence was made
light so that Eberhart, who is
drafted. may leave with the next
contingent from Washoe county.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-11-10
MED|COS APPROVE
SMOKING IN ARMY
TOBACCO SAID TO BE GREAT
SOLACE TO FIGHT
ERS

Here is an extract from the Medi-
cal Journals current issue:
Some of the clergymen of Los
Angeles objected to the distribution
of tobacco among the soldiers at the
front by the Red Cross society.
While the grounds for this objection
are not stated in the newspaper re-
ports they can easily be inferred.
1t is hardly likely that they will car
ry any weight with the Red Cross
authorities. The intense nervous
strain imposed by the conditions at
the front in the present war requires
that everything possible be done to
allay nervous irritation.
"Amusements for the men when
relieved of duty at the immediate
front are recognized as an import
ant factor to preventing neuroses.
Many of the men in the army are
confirmed smokers, and to deny
these men tobacco is to induce a de-
gree of nervous irritation which
will materially initiate against their
efficiency.
1T would be the height of folly,
both from a medical and a military
standpoint, to deny tobacco to the
men at the front. Much to their
credit, the women of Los Angeles
who are prominent in relief work
practically unanimously favor pro-
viding tobacco along with other COM
forts for men at the front"
Major General George w. Goeth~
ais, who probably knows the needs
of soldiers as well as any man in
the country. said yesterday:
Tobacco will be the greatest
solace during the long vigils OF
trench warfare, and it is almost as
essential as food itself"
Take it from Corporal Jack Tur-
ner of st. Johns, now serving with
his Newfoundland regiment in the
trenches of France. flags" are the
greatest soother to a man called
upon for the supreme sacrifice. Here
are his views on the subject with
thanks to the Imperial Tobacco
company, which holds the copy
right:
When the cold is making icecream
of the marrow of your bones,
When you're shaking like a jelly and
feet are dead as stones,
When your clothes and boots and
blankets, and your rifle and
your kit
Are soaked from hell to breakfast,
and the dugout where you sit
Is leaking like a basket, and upon
the muddy floor
The water lies in filthy pools, six
inches deep or more;
Though life seems cold and miser-
able, and all the world is wet,
You'll always get through somehow
if you've got a cigarette.
When you're lying in a listening
post, way put beyond the wire,
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-11-10
PATRIOTIC PIUTE
is PUT IN JAIL

Brimful of patriotism and other
things inspired by the demonstra-
ton this morning in honor of the
drafted boys, "One-Eyed Riley" a
are specimen of Piute, was found
by Chief of Police Morrison on Main
street shortly after the parade, do
ing a war dance and singing Rally
Round the Flag Boys" to the &C
compartment of many "hurrahsN
and the waving of his hat. The chief
put him in Jail, another victim of
the war.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-11-10

of fuel you have on hand. both coal
and wood, also advising us. as TO
the additional amount required for
your winters needs. If you have
none, or very little on hand, you
will be one of the first to receive
a supply to relieve your immediate
wants at least.
No particular good can be ac-
complished by becoming excited
over a situation which does not
really exist. Much good can be done
through quietly cooperating with
the local committee and conserving
the fuel which is available.
If it is feasible to secure wood
locally in addition to the supply
already on hand, by all means take
such action as will make the supply
available for consumption this Win
ter. This can be accomplished
through your local fuel committee
or by community action il such
wood is obtainable.
We have had our Good Roads
Day; why not a Fuel Day? There
There is probably considerable fall
en- timber in many
which property owners will allow
t be removed either without charge
or for a nominal sum-. There is
practically no person in the state
who would not offer his services
voluntarily for performing a public
service of this kind. Every cord OF
wood saves one-half to three-quar-
ters of a ton of coal.
With respect to the coal situa-
ton, your state administrator has
already asked for a large number
OF cars of this commodity, for i'm
mediate delivery under priority or
Gers through the United States Fuel
Administration, at Washington. and
also through the central bureau of
Salt Lake City, which is taking
general supervision of fuel d%istribu-
ton for the eight western states of
Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada,
Idaho, Oregon, Washington and
California.
These cars are for delivery at
rlany Nevada points, to be furnish
ed in addition to the ordinary
Il. ovement of fuel to such pointsM
Action has already been taken froms
both Washington and Salt Lake City
to afford the relief asked for.
Looking at the situation as a
whole, l am firmly of h opinion
that there is no reason to believe
ti,at a calamity is about to befall
the citizens of this state on account
Of the fuel situation.
do believe, however, that it will
be necessary for everyone to be
careful in the use of coal and wood
for both domestic and industrial
purposes. Any shortage which may
occur will not be of such a character
as to cause actual suffering, in my
opinion, and will be borne by all
communities throughout the United
States equally.
l therefore urge every citizen of
the state to cooperate to the fullest
extent possible by assisting the
state and local fuel committees in
the manner suggested above. Deal
ers in fuel throughout the state are
doing everything in their power to
help the administration, and much
will be accomplished through their
efforts.
Remember this,-that no COM
munity is going to suffer through
lack of action by the United States
fuel administration. and your local
and state committees will keep in
touch with conditions in every COM
munity at all times.
E. H. WALKER,
Federal Fuel Administrator
for Nevada.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-11-10

most serious recent depreciation has
been the firing of grain and feed
in the San Joaquin valley in Cali
fornia.
The yield of grains is below nor
NAL, except in the case of barley.
The hay crop is about normal, with
decreases in Oregon and Washing
ton and increases in California,
Idaho and Utah.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-11-10
NIXON NEVADA
GETS RICH ORE
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE TO
TREAT A SUBSTANTIAL
TONNAGE

RENO, New, Nov. .. A ma
terial increase in value of the rich
copper ore being mined at the Nixon
Nevada mine has taken place in the
last few days and much of that now
being hoisted from a drift on the
No. 2 vein at the 300-foot level will
run at least rs per cent copper.
Heretofore the ore from this drift
and the stope at this level has been
sorted into two grades, the first-class
going about 40 per cent and the sec
ond-class better than 20 per cent
copper. in addition to substantial
gold and silver values.
The second-class ore will be kept
at the same grade, but the richer ore
now being mined will bring the
first-class up to better than SO per
cent. The product is about evenly
divided between the two grades so
far as bulk is concerned, but the
metal content of the higher grade
gives a bigger tonnage of the first
class ore.
Two shifts we're started last Fri
day, extending the north drift on the
No. l vein. 1t is from this vein thai
most of the past production 1T thu
Nixon Nevada has come, ard the
first ore-shoot encountered was 200
feet in length. 1t is expected 'tat
another one will be picked up
shortly.
Two shifts are also at work eX-
tending the cross-cut which is going
out to tap the No. 4 vein at a depth
of 500 feet on it's dip. Owing to the
fact that this is the largest of the
seven veins, both on the surface and
in underground workings, and shows
the same improvement with depth,
this development is watched with
more interest than any work in
the mine.
George w. Lloyd, a mining engi-
neer formerly of Arizona and Colo
RADIO, but now living in Reno. has
Just completed a survey and maps
both of the underground workings
and the surface. AS a result of his
observations Mr.. Lloyd is of the
opinion that the veins will come to-
eether Doth at depth and or their
strike.
In this Mr.. Lloyd agrees with 9TH
er engineers who have examined the
property, and when is taken into
consideration the width of the veins
in the present workings, the charac-
ter and values in the ore, the amount
of ground owned by the company
800 acres-the big possibilities of
he Nixon Nevada can be readily
seen.
The original plan of development
was fer the purpose of ascertainlng
two things; first, whether the veins
would increase in width and ore
value as depth was gained; and sec
ond, whether the veins would come
together at depth. The first two
have already been proved and If the
last is also proved with further
work, a comprehensive plan o. per-
manent development will be laid out
and a new shaft started.
AS Mr.. Lloyd puts it. it is an ideal
situation for a mine. The new right
of-way of the broad-guage railroad
of the Western Pacific passes the
south end-lines of the NiXon-Nevada
and the shipping station will be only
a mile from the present shaft.
This nsures not only economical
TRANSFORMATION of the ores to the
smelter. but fuel oil and other sup
plies can be laid down at the mine at
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-11-10
Fruit Going East

The Southern Pacific company has
announced that in the last 80 days
the Pacific Fruit Express has carried
$4,000 cars of fruit and other per-
ishables out of California for the
east.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-11-10

While a blasted Hun, behind a gun,
is doing rapid fire;
When the bullets whine about your
head and splutter on the
ground,
When your eyes are strained for
every move, your ears for every
sound
You'd bet your life a Hun patrol is
prowling somewhere near
A shlver runs along your spine
that's very much like fear;
You'll stick it to the finish-but I'll
make a little bet,
You'd feel a whole lot better if you
had a cigarette.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-11-10
TOnOpah Man Ordered Out

George Hammer, a we'll known
character who has been in Tonopah
for several years, recently was OIL
dered from there by the chief CT
police. Several mysterious robberies
that have occurred in Tonopah led
to the authorities becoming sus-
picious of him, although they we're
unable to secure evidence that wodld
connect him with the crimes.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
BRITISH DRIVE BACK FOES.
Six Hostile Air Machines Reported
Brought Down.

London, March 6.-British headquar-
ters in France reports: Monday
morning the enemy attacked posi-
ton east of Pouchavesnes gained by
us. but were repulsed with loss. leav-
ing some prisoners in our hands.
East of Gommecourt we have i'm
proved and strengthened the positions
gained. We carried out two success
full raids to the southeast and north
east of Arras respectively. Many cas-
ualties were inflicted on the enemy:
forty-two prisoners and one machine
gun were captured.
I'VE also entered trenches to the
southeast of Ginchy and took prison
ers. In every case, our casualties
were slight.
Sunday there was considerable &C;
tivity in the air; many combats took
place Six hostile machines were
brought down, two falling in our lines.
Eight were driven down damaged"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
Japs Urge War Against Germany.

Tokio.-The Japanese press has for
some time been urging the. United
States to declare war on Germany and
expressing wonderment at what its
describes as "the hesitancy of Presi-
dent wilson, who, the newspapers
say, may be trying to avoid the re-
sponsibility Of beginning hostilities.
An additional statement issued by the
Japanese foreign office refers TO fire.
quent attempts Of Germany ito sow
seeds Of distrust between Japan and
Great Britain and to cause the es-
arrangement of Japan and the United
States"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
villa Reported Dead in Hills.

Ell Paso. Tex.-One faction of the
Villa junta is authority for the state
ment that Villa has died from pneu-
monia in the mountains near San An
dres. The other faction says this re-
port is given out to cover Villas
movements, and it is added that Villa
is so short of ammunition he is un-
able to carry out an offensive. For
the same reason, Carranza troops in
the north are said also to have aban-
doned the offensive. The report of
Villas death received no credit.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
ATTORNEY GENERAL TELLS WILL
SON THAT HE HAS AUTHOR
ITY TO ARM CUPS.
CABINET is TO DECIDE
SENATE EXPECTED TO ADOPT
cLoTuRE RULE TO PUT END
TO FILIBUSTERING.
Western Newspaper ualon News Service.

Western Newspaper Uaion News Service.
Washington, March 6:-President
Wilson, having proclaimed to the
world in his second inaugural ad-
dress the principles that will guide
the United States II 1t becomes In
volved in the world war, Is consider
ing what steps he will take to protect
Americans and American ships from
the German submarine menace. The
question of arming American ships to
repel submarine attacks, notwith-
standing the failure of Congress to
confer upon the President this spe-
cific authority, will be discussed and
possibly decided by President Wilson
and his cabinet Attorney General
Gregory has given the President an
offhand opinion that the executive
possesses the authority in his own
right to supply American ships with
defensive armament and that the al
most forgotten statute of 1919, provid-
ing that American merchantmen might
defend themselves from attacks by
any vessels except the warships of a
friendly power. creates no bar to the
provision of defense against German
submarines.
Cabinet members contend that Ger
man submarines are now guilty OF pi-
ratical attacks on American ships,
whereas the statute of 1919 contem-
plated that the warships of friendly
powers would observe the rules OF
maritime warfare. The prohibition OF
defense against warships, therefore. is
said not to apply to German sub
marines.
Upon the decision of the Cabinet on
the arming of American merchantmen
will depend to a large extent the Presi-
dents conclusion as to the necessity
= OF. calling an extra session OF Con-
gress. II the President decides to pro-
ceed on his own authority he will be
disposed to postpone summons or
the new Congress pending his effort
to establish cloture rule in the Sen
ate preventing n repetition OF the fill
buster which killed the armed neu-
trality bill.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
state Land Title Give. Ore RIGHTS.

Denver-The Supreme Court hand
ed down thirty-three decisions Mon
day morning, the most important of
which was ruling that the purchaser
OF state lands acquires title to every
thing in the land from the surface to
the center of the earth and that the
State Land Board under the present
laws cannot reserve the mineral, oil
and stone rights. The decision was
in the case of N. S. Walpole against
the State Land Board.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
Mexico and Japan Exonerated.

Washington, March 2.-In regard to
the German plot, Secretary Lansing
authorized this statement:
I'VE do not believe that Japan has
had any knowledge of this or that she
would consider any proposition made
by an enemy"
AS to Mexico the secretary said:
1--WE have confidence that Mexico
would not be party to any such
agreement. in view of the friendly
relations existing between this gov
ernment and the de facto government
of Mexico"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
Chicago Live stock Quotations.

Chicago.-Hogs-Bulk $13.15@13.4O;
light, $12.5O@13.3O; mixed, s12.s5@
13.4O; heavy, $12.95@13.4O; rough,
$12.95@13.1O; pigs, $1O.OO@11S5.
Cattle-Native beef cattle, $4,000
1915; stockers and feeders, $4,000
9.25; cows and heifers. $5.3O@1O.3O;
calves, $S.O0@1125.
Sheep-Wethers, $1O.75@12.0O; ewes,
$8.50Q12.O0; lambs, $12.OO@14.50.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
40 900 soldier. Under Quarantine.

Ell Paso, TeX.-Thirty thousand reg
ular and national guard troops sta
toned at Ell Paso have been quaran-
tined in their camps here because of
an epidemic of pneumonia among the
troops The quarantine will last two
weeks but will not affect the move
ment of militia organizations ordered
home.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
Have II chIidren In a1 Years.

Hagerstown, Md, March 3.-The
seventeenth child, girl, was born to
Policeman Adam Hawbaker and his
wife, Williamsport. Hawbaker is 49,
Mrs. Hawbaker SO. and the couple
have been married twenty-one years.
There are no twins in the family.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
Report Royal Mail Liner Sunk.

New York.-Advices received here
from Rio Janeiro and London indicate
that the Royal Mail Steam Packet
liner Drina of ,4S3 tons, with pas
sengers and cargo from Rio Janeiro,
has been sunk between Lisbon and
Liverpool. and the passengers landed
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
Mexico Issues Denial.

Guadalajar Candido Aguilar,
the provisional minister of foreign re.
lations formally denied that the Mex
lean government had been approached
by Germany with the object of form
ing an alliance hostile to the United
States.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
Cannot Store Intoxicants.

Jefferson City, Mo.-The House of
the Missouri Legislature passed a bill
prohibiting the storing of intoxicants
in dry territory.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08

release OF four American consuls be-
ing detained in Germany was asked in
note sent the Berlin government
last night by the United States.
Washington.-Four American con-
suls are being detained in Germany
while the Berlin government awaits
official advices that all German con-
suls in this country. ordered to Cen
trail and South America. have been
permitted to proceed.
The German governments action is
based on circumstances which.
through no fault OF the United States.
detained Consul Mueller at Havana,
Cuba. while he was on his way from
Atlanta to Quito. Ecuador.
The American consuls detained in
Germany are Consul Henry c. Z.
Damn, transferred from Aachen to
Harput. Turkey; Consul John Q.
Wood, transferred from Cemnitz to
Messina; Vice Consuls w. Bruce Wal
lace. transferred from Madgeburg to
Constantinople, and Vice Consul C.
Innes Browns. transferred from Mann
nelm TO COnStantlnople.
Two notes have been received from
the German government on the sub
ject, the first week ago. charging
that the United States had detained
Mueller at Havana, and a second Feb
2S. asking for reply to the first and
also containing statement on charges
that American consuls and their
linz od
been subjected to indignities. 1t ad-
ded that so soon as Mueller had been
allowed to proceed the American con-
suls could go on.
That the German government has
been misinformed regarding Consul
Mueller and other German consuls.
formerly stationed in the United
States, is certain. The departure OF
none has been hindered by this gov
ernment. Mueller was forced to re,
main in Havana because OF temporary
lack of transportation and failure to
receive passports from the Ecuado-
rean government. He left Havana for
his new post several days ago.
The House foreign affairs commit
tee upheld President Wilson's request
for power to meet the international
situation.
Meanwhile many happenings have
brought the United States closer to
| war than for weeks past
The Berlin report II at Germany still
holds the Yarrowdale American pris
oners, after weeks of misinformation
on the subject; the apparent immi
nence of break with Austria; Chan
cellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg's bellig
erently interpreted speech against the
United States, and, above all, the
clear-cut, overt act in the Laconia
case, all served to make Teuton-Amer
ican relations more dangerous than
for long time.
Coruna, Spain.-James w. Gerard
former American ambassador at Ber
lin, sailed Feb. 81 on the steamship
Infanta Isabel for Havana The steam
er is expected to reach that port
March 8 or 9.
Mr.. Gerard was escorted to his boat
by the mayor OF Coruna in place o.
the governor, who is Ill; the British
vice consul and the Cuban consul. The
Infanta Isabel was filled to capacity
carrying $50 in the steerage.
William H. Gale, formerly American
consul general at Munich, arrived here
and with difficulty obtained passage
on the Infanta Isabel.
Nine Mexieans Executed.
| nouplas Ariz-Nine men all sait
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
France Stops Express Trains.

Paris.-An express trains through
out France, with the exception of pos
tai and long distance trains, have been
ordered discontinued.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
Chicago Grain and Provision Prices

Chicago.-Wheat-N 3 red, 1850
1.88; No. 2 hard, $1.92k @1.93k.
Corn-No. yellow, $1O2k@1.O3;
No. yellow, $1.O1A @1.O2A; No. 4
yellow, SShc9$1.01.
Oats-No. 8 white. 5S@59c; stand.
ard, 5S1a q 591ac.
Barley-S1 -S1OO@1.22.
Timothy-$3.50@6
Clover-$1200@1
Pork-$32.OO.
Lard-$18.45.
Ribs-$165O@17.12.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
Release Yarrowdale Prisoners March !

Washington, March 3.-Germany, in
a note delivered to the State Depart
ment BY DR.. Paul Ritter, Swiss min
lister, promises the release of the Var
rowdale prisoners on March Z, saying
quarantine regulations will have been
complied with by that date.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
Schooner Is DESTROYED.

Mobile. Ala.-A cablegram was re-
ceived here from Bluefields. Mica
ragua. saying the schooner Oscar G.
had been destroyed by fire at sea
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-03-08
Governor of eaIieia Appointed.

Amsterdam. A Vienna message
states that Emperor Charles has ap-
pointed Gen. Count Karl Huyn COVER
nor of Galicia, replacing Gen. Won
Diller.