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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
BERNE IS VICTOR
OVER THEOPHfLUS

William Berne scored two con-
secutive falls last night in the
Berne-Theophelus wrestling match
in the Airdome in Tonopah.
The first fall was gained in 43
minutes and AZ seconds, with a
crotch and arm lock, and the
second in II minutes, with a toe
hold, giving Berne the match.
The contest was rough and ex-
citing from the start, both men but
ting and slapping, as they had agre-
ed to these tactics when they sign
ed articles.
Henry Berne, brother of the vic
tor In last nights contest, challen-
ged Victor Ajax to a Graeco-Roman
match and was accepted.
The contest was witnessed by a
crowded house.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
HAPPY DAYS" TALKS OF
RANCH AND PROSPERITY

Happy Days" is in town from
her ranch in Tule canyon and re-
ports that the ranch is prospecting
to such an extent that in a few
months She plans to purchase a
'%'flivver" to market the product in
Goldfield. Happy" says she has
the coin to buy the car and wen
showed where she keeps it, which
is another story. She dislikes the
kaiser as much as ever and is now
working on another hymn of hate.
Happy was born in Germany, but
would not swap a corner of her
ranch for all Prussia, unless she
could get hold of the kaiser to
boot. She predicts that she is now
on the road to a fortune al a re-
suit of her years of hard work on
the ranch and on her mining claims.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
INCREASED OUTPUT
At COPPER CANYON

The holdings of the Copper Can
yon Mining company both at Copper
Canyon and in the Basin continue
to look good. From the Canyon
shipments of from 40 to so tons are
being made daily which keeps the
caterpillar and four teams busy
hauling to Dillon, the loading sta
ton on the Nevada Central rail-
road.
At present new ore is being de-
veloped from the 1873 and 113 slopes
both of which show fine ore reser-
YES. Together with this e de-
velopment work the management
anticipates reopening some of the
old slopes on the virgin vein in the
immediate future which will mater
tally add to production.
At Copper Basin the old Glory
hole shaft is being sunk from its
present depth of 100 feet TO ITO
feet with the idea of opening up a
body of sulphide milling ore. Twelve
sets of leasers are at work In the
Basin, most of whom are extracting
an excellent grade of ore.
Two 10-horse teams have been
hauling daily from these properties
until last week when the smelter,
on account of congested freight
conditions, imposed temporary res
t~rictions on shipments. However,
such restrictions will be of short
duration and soon the old basis OF
20 IONS per day shipments will be
resumed from the Basin.-Scout.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
MEX|CANS FOUND
WITH DYNAMITE
DEPUTY SHERIFF BOGARD AR
RESTS TWO AFTER
HARD FIGHT

Two Mexicans were arrested last
night in the Las Vegas and Tono.
pah railroad section house lear the
depot and are now in Jail, charged
with illegally having explosives In
their possession.
The two men, Leon Ortiz and
Fernando Tortellon, arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Bogard after they
had put up a stiff fight that nearly
led to one of them being shot by
the deputy. They were taken to
Jail in a taxi.
j. E. Johnson, section foreman
for the L. v. & T., discovered Ia
sticks Of dynamite and three lengths
of fuse with the most powerful,
kind of caps attached in the sec
ton house and notified the deputy
The dynamite and fuse were found
lying on a'table in a dark room.
Where the Mexicans obtained
the explosive or what they intend
ed doing with 1t is a mystery. One
of them Is an old mar and the
other much younger. The older
man, Ortiz, says it was placed on
the table by a Mexican boy, who
knocked on the section house door
and was admitted by him. Ortiz
says he does not know who the boy
was and that he would not recog-
nize him, as he did not look at
him, which the officers say is OBJ
viously a fishy tale,
Tortellon says he came here
from Bishop and Ortiz claims he
came from Luning in December. No
information regarding the dyna-
mite can be obtained from either
of them, except what the authori-
ties believe to be statements far
from the truth.
Ortiz is known in Luning, where
he formerly worked in a lease oper-
ated by a Mexican.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
Libel Suit Dismissed

The libel suit of George o.
Robertson against George d. Kill
born, editor of the Nevada State
Journal, has been dismissed. Over
two years ago Robertson was arrest
ed in Reno on a charge of wife and
child abandonment, but was later
released on habeas corpus proceed
ings in the supreme court. The
State Journal published an account
Of his trial, giving a report of the
proceedings, and Robertson later
sued for $4,000. While the libel
suit was pending, Robertson sued his
wife for divorce, but judgment was
rendered against him in the district
court and later upheld in the su-
preme court.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
"Von" Splits Cal. Town

A little three-letter word has
split the town of Independence, in
California. One side is represent
ed by plain, ordinary citizens AMI
the other by Frederick w. Stein
According to Stein hii. ancestral
zane fol- gener atoms hack was Won
Stein and bo has asi ed to be per-
mitted to restore the won" The
plain, ordinary citizens object,
hence the split. Both sides have
filed petitions in the district court
and a date has been set for hear
ines. The citizens of the town do
not particularly object to the pre-
fix. but believe that as Stein has
worried along for many years as
plain "Stein" he would do well in
the future without selecting this
particular time to claim a German
appendage.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
OFFICIAL CLUB NOTES Nevada
FEDERATION OF WOMAN'S CLUBS

OF Jne NeVeu2 Stabe 1lDTaTy OOm-
mission, has invited the Nevada
Federation of Women's clubs to To-
cate and establish the bureau of in
formation and reciprocity in the
library. A department has been
set aside for the convenience of the
ladies of the committee, and the
$4,000 volumes, pamphlets, clip
pings and reports in the miscellan-
eous department will be easily ac-
cessible. Every club member will
appreciate this honor and will es-
teem it a great and grand achieve
nlent for the women of Nevada.
Miss ellison, assistant librarian, is
chairman of the bureau.
The following interesting pro-
grams we're given at the Twentieth
Century club at Reno last month;
community singing, solo, Mr.. Hal
lack Wagner; address, "Interna-
tional Relations" by DR.. C. w.
Spencer of the university; reading
poem of the day, Mrs. Sam Bel
ford; community singing; interpre-
tive reading of Battle Hymn of
the Republic" by Mrs. B. P. Dens-
more; address on Persian Liter
ature," by DR.. James of the univer-
sity.
The Woman's Club Of Tonopah
held their last meeting at the home
Of Mrs. James Blair. The men,
bers and guests present spent a
pleasant afternoon making cup
covers for use In the European
hospitals. These useful articles are
little hemmed squares OF sheer
white material with colOred beads
sewed on to weigh the orners The
makers are encouraged to make
them as dainty as possible as when
the men are we'll enough to so
home they take the cup-covers with
them as souvenirs. Beads of the
right size are almost impossible 20
get now and buttons may be used
as weights but the club was for
tunate in having a quantity of
bs ads donated by Barbara Horton.
a sum of money sufficient to buy
yarn nongn for six helmets vas
vo.ed and ,.rs. Lloyd Horton voluH-
tered to init the helmets These
VIII be TUNED over !. the Red
c. IS or given to young n,en leav~
ms here to join the CD ~.
The Mesquite Club is devoting a
great deal of time to Red Cross
work. Last week 16 bed shirts
and FL pairs of bed socks were
turned in as the weeks work. Many
CT the members are also enthusiast
tic knitters. The last meeting was
the club birthday and a delightful
IrGgram was enjoyed efter which
tea was served. A yer, succ sssful
ard rarity was given at the hon c
of Mrs. C. P. Squires the proceeds
Of which will be used for paying
the clubs state federation tax and
in purchasing plants to place
around the Library OIL Arbor Day.
The club is preparing to celebrate
Arbor Day by helping plant vines
at the high-school, the grammar
school and around the Library
building.
CLARA M. CRISLER.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
JUDGE WALSH DENIES
WRIT IN MARTIN CASE

At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
NJ. j. Seaman, attorney for Robert
Martin, who had been sentenced
to 60 days by Judge Arnold for
alleged seditious utterances. filed
an application for a writ of habeas
corpus in the district court, alles-
ing that the jury that tried Martin
had been improperly drawn. The
writ was denied by Judge j. Em-
nett Walsh, who ordered Martin
into the custody of the sheriff.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
Inheritance Tax Being Fought

A reply brief in the action
brought in the name of the state
against the Miller and Lux interests
for $4,000, alleged to be due the
state and certain counties as an in
heritance tax, has been filed in the
supreme court by a San Francisco
attorney representing the estate.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02

sey, Beauchamp, Hall and Cook
had sold practically every lot on
the Idols Eye claim and had given
agi eements to secure a patent on
the ground and their deed to the
purchasers, they entered into a slip
ulation with Fox to permit him to
secure title to the ground.
1t is also alleged that a. the time
Fox, Ennis, Oddie and Schmidt sued
In the district court to Gov the
Ramsey Extension this agreement
was on file in the recorders office
here and that, as both plaintiffs AMI
defendants had full knowledge OF
this agreement, they should have
made the lot owners parties to the
suit.
The plaintiffs in the suit recently
filed claim the decree entered as O
result of the suit in the district
court was the result of a fraud
and ask that it be annulled and
that they be given an op%portunity
to defend their rights against Fox.
The attorneys for the plaintiffs
in the present action declare they
can win for their clients through
having the judgment set aside and
gaining a verdict in the United
States land office.
When the complaint was filed,
Judge Walsh fixed March IL for
the defendant to show cause why
a n injunction should not be issued
enjoining him from using the dis
trict court decree, used as evidence
in presenting the case to the Uni
ted States land office, in a rehear-
ing of the case.
Papers in the suit and injunction
proceedings were served on Fox yes
terday in Tonopah.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
G0lDF|ELO BOY
NEARS TRENCHES
CAN HEAR BIG GUNS, BUT
STILL SEEING
MOVIES

In France the name of Durand
is about as common as Smith IN
America. w. T. Cunningham. a
Coldfield boy now in France with
the 161st infantry, in a recent let
ter to his father here inclosed a
list of "Durands'' taken from the
headstones in a Franch cemetery
and asked his father to show the
list to Marius Durand, a French
man in business here, and ask him
IL the list contained the names OF
any of his relatives, which Is some
thing the same as finding Jones
on a headstone in a New York
cemetery and inquiring of John
Jones in Nevada If the Jones OF
New York were relatives of his. All
"beloveds" and dearly beloveds'
on the stones were included as part
of the names, which shows that one
Sammy is "a stranger in a foreign
land"
In his letter Cunningham says,
I'VE are we'll quartered here and
have barracks to sleep in, so we
have no kick coming. Most of the
boys that left with me are over
here, so we are all together and
feeling fine"
The letter is dated January FL
and says: THE weather is much
better and the snow is all gone, but
the mud is fierce"
He says he is not far from the
trenches and that he can hear the
reports of the big guns firing, but
that 1--WE have a nice Y. M. C. A.,
u moving picture show and a bas-
ketball floor, so we can enjoy life"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02

General Federation of Women's
Clubs, to be held at Hot Springs,
Arkansas, Apr. 2S-May s, will be
distinctly a War Service Confer
ence. Every subject considered will
lie presented as related to efficien-
cy in the present national crisis.
Speakers are being listed and al
ready include such names as Miss
Julia Lanthrope, Hon. jeanette
Rankin, and Mr.. Richard Dana.
The food administration and the
general federation service office are
preparing a series of menus con-
forming to war requirements for
various days of the week during
the convention. They are to be in
expensive and are to be concrete
presentation of a balanced menu
in aesthetic value and food value.
The 14th biennial convention will
be opened in Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas, Tuesday night, April 80, 1918,
by Gov. Charles Hillman Brough.
The meeting will be held at Hotel
Eastman, official biennial headquar-
tiers, and will be followed by the
tri-state reception given by Arkan-
sas, Texas and Louisiana to the wo-
men of the general federation.
The hotels committee is assign
ing delegations according to their
size. A state hostess and her aides
are being provided for each state
delegation.
Department luncheons will be
given each day at Hotel Eastman
Arlington and Majestic hotels. The
Pioneer banquet given by Mrs. Tod
Felmuth is to be given at the Ar
lington, the only hotel on govern
ment reservation, on Saturday night
May 14th, and will be followed by
a reception given by the local bien-
NAL board.
At the meeting of the board of
directors of the general federation
OF Women's clubs just held in Hot
Springs, Virginia, it was decided to
raise a fund of $4,000 for spec
ial war service. This fund is to be
administered by a War Victory
Commission" of which Mrs. Del
phine Ashbaugh of Detroit is chair
man; Mrs. A. J. Peterson of Ne
braska, vice-chairman, and Mrs.
Geo. Perkins of Boston, treasurer.
The board members pledged $4,000
as a nest-egg from their W body.
President Wilson's words were
adopted as a motto: ITO this task
we dedicate our lives, our fortunes,
everything that we are and every
thing that we have"
The General Federation Magazine
will be used as the means of ap-
preaching women all over the
try, and the details of the project
contemplated will soon be issued by
the special committee.
Mrs. D. l.. hurry, chairman of
credential and elections for the
biennial, has resigned and Mrs.
Harry l.. Keefe, Walthill, Neb.,
has been appointed to succeed her.
Mrs. c. P. Squires, of Las Vegas.
is a board member of this commit
tee.
Chief Justice McCarren, acting
for and on behalf of the members
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
Novelist Gets Divorce

One of the favorite indoor sports
of Walter Pulitzer, noted novelist
and writer of epigrams and nephew
OF Joseph Pulitzer, founder of the
New Work World, was twisting his
wife's wrists, according to her tes-
timony in a Reno court in securing
a divorce from him. She recited
a long list of specific acts in her
testimony substantiating her charge
OF extreme cruelty. Mrs. Pulitzer
was Lillian w. Hearne, a prominent
New York society girl. She was
married to Pulitzer in 1909 at Pat
chogue, Long Island.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
Rescue Car at Phoebe

For the past week the govern
ment mine rescue car for this dis
trict has been stationed at Phoebe.
A large class received instruction in
first-aid work at classes that were
held nightly in the rooms of the
Phoebe chamber of commerce.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
Former Tonopah Man Dies

Word has been received in Tono-
pah of the death in Arizona of John
Bratton. Bratton was well known in
Tonopah up to three years ago,
when he left, and was a member of
the Tonopah council of the Knights
of Columbus.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-03-02
Attorney to Enter Army

In a few days, Attorney Lance
Deadly of Elko, who has been asso-
ciated with the c. b. Henderson
law firm, will leave to enter an en-
cheering corps in which he has en-
listed. He is the fourth Elko at
torney to enlist in the army.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-28

American sfipyards set q record
during August. turning out 66 ships
aggregatlng 340lI3 dead weight tons.
Foriy.fonr were Of steel. The total
Tonnage built for the shipping boam
has now passed the two million mark.
British merchant vessels completed
during August amounted TO 1868
gross tons. The new construction In
the allied countries Is now well ahead
ofyfhe destruction by submarines.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-28
creyhounds the Oldest Dog.

The greyhounds Of Altcar and Wa
terioo Cup are the Oldest of domestic
dogs, and they can be traced back by
sculptures and frescoes for IL centu-
ries before the Christian era. A fine
group Of greyhounds f0ndling each
other at the British museum Is claimed
to be more than 1000 years old. and
some of the dogs depicted in hunt
ing scenes on the Egyptian monuments
are OF the greyhound type. Grey
hounds have been popular in England
since King Canute's time, but nobody
but gentleman" or freebooter was
allowed to keep them. Even so re-
Gently as 1853 license to keep n
greyhounds cost six dollars in England,
which was nearly treble the tax I'M
posed by the state on other dogs.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-28
onoed to be a Hun spy.

The life of a German spy looked in.
spring to Leslie Gordon Norris. d
small English lad. So he stole SIX
treasury notes from his employers, fit
ted up his room with dummy tele-
phone and wireless outfit and had a
notice up: Morris. Private Inquiry
Agent"
In remandlng him Alderman Sir A.
Newton said he would have TO get a
better ambition or his career would
not be worth snap Of the finger.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-28

Spain has not yel come to the break
Ing point with Germany, but another
Spanish vessel having been torpedoed.
1as decided to seize German informed
ships without further parley. The
tone of the press there and also In
other neutral countries, Is becoming
distinctly proally.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-28

According to dispatches from Mu-
mich by way Of Geneva, Count Won
Hertllng, the imperial chancellor, re-
signed Thursday giving poor health
as the cause of his action.
From Cologne came the news that
the commandment Of the Brandenburg
province had placed the province, IN
Guiding the city Of Berlin. under mar
tial law In order to stop the invention
and circulation of untrue runiors cal
culated TO dlsquiet The populace."
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-28
! held al me Sheepshend Bay

Impressive ceremonies marked the
installation of the fret Victory" siren
in the nation on the roof Of the Evons
building, Washington. The Victory
or "Angelus" siren sounds each day the
signal for MONDAY prayer for victory
for our nation and our allies and for a
peace everlasting. The photograph
shows little Miss Irene Elliott Moore,
who unveiled the siren.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-28

The British In Picardy opened the
week by occupying Peronne after an
Australian force hal captured Mont
ST. Quentin in brilliant operation.
A little 10 the north Haig's men then
took Combles, Morval. Courcelette and
lie Transloy. and Strengthened out their
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-28

on the Ussuri front In eastern 81
IBERIA the allied forces have been driy-
Ing The bolsheyiki nortllward, defeat
ing them In every engagement and in.
dieting heavy casualties. The Aineri-
cans under General Graves Joined 10
these operations.
The suppression OF the Social Rev
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-12-12

Goodness Never Futile.
There is no man 30 bad, but he So
cretly respects the good.-Benjamin
Franklin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-12-12
REMOVING THE WALL

The following authentic story.
concerning the burial of the first Am
erican soldier who died on French
soil is related:
Percy Atkins, a minister of the
Christian church, who went over with
the first contingent, was one of a
committee named to wait upon the
Catholic priest, with a request that
portion off their cemetery be used for
tie American dead.
The aged priest was greatly dis
tressed. Tears streamed down his
cheeks as he replied: Il wish | might
grant your request, but | can not. This
is consecrated ground, and, according
to the teachings of our church, YOU
are heretics. But | tell you what we
will do, We will lay off a part of the
ground adjoining the cemetery for
your use"
Many of the villagers had gathered
for the services and all went together
to the cemetery. AS the priest desig-
mated certain spot for the grave, he
said: Let US put it just as close to
the wall as we can get it,"
When their mission was ended. Mr..
Atkins and his comrades left that
part of France, and it was many
months before they returned. When
they went TO search for the burial,
they failed to recognize it. Flowers
and shrubbery had been planted, and
the spot had been enclosed within the
original cemetery. They sought an
explanation and this is what they dis
covered:
The very night after the funeral
service, the villagers gathered with
their leaders and decided that they
their leaders and decided they would
tear down the wall and rebuild it. so
as to take in the American grave. One
of them said to Mr.. Atkins: eve de-
cided that if you Americans are good
enough to die for France, you are
good enough to be buried with US. So
we removed the wall"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-12-12
BITTINGER.

The weather for the past week was
decidedly varied from extreme winter
conditions with snow blockaded roads,
to very mild spring like days, attend
ed by bright sunshine and mild
breeZes.
The pupils of the public school or
gained literary society last FRIDAY
afternoon and they promise a public
meeting, with the usual literary pro
gram, in the near future.
Sheriff George D. White, Of Oak
Ian, made another official visit to this
section last week and we regret that
our community seems to be losing its
prestage as a law abiding and peace
able hamlet.
Lester Bittinger, of Mt. Lake Park,
came down to visit relatives and old
friends here last week, and we learn
he has secured employment from one
OF The Bear Hill Mining Companies,
and will spend the winter in this sec
ton. He is an excellent young man
and we are glad to know that he will
remain with US during the winter at
least
John H. Stark went to Luke. Nd.
early last week where he will be en-
ployed for some time.
Mrs. Charles H. Wilev of Meadow
Mountain, paid short visit to rela-
tlves on this side of the mountain last
Saturday