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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23
SUMMONS

In the District Court of the Seventh
Judicial District of the State Of
Nevada, in and for the County
Of Esmeralda.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23
rnE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED
MINES co.

wyoming corporation. Authorized
Issued capital 3,6ss.Iis shares, par
value $40.
Transfer office: Home office. Gold
Asld, Nevada.
Geld, president; J. d. Hubbard. vice
D~rssident; A H. Howe, secretary and
treasurer. Directors: j. w. Hutchin-
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
NO SENTENCE YET IN CASE
NARCOTICS TRUST HEAD

Tampa, Fla, Feb. 23.-Pending re-
quest for a new trial, Federal Judge
Call has not yet sentenced Peyton
Hammers, found guilty here yesterday
OF completely with his brother, Dr. r.
C. Hammers. who is held in New York
in the belief that he was a principal
in one OF the largest combinations in
this country for the illegal sale OF mar
cotics.
Peyton Hammers was arrc-ted at
Memphis last winter, after he had fed
from Tampa when he learned of the
arrest of his brother in New York.
Revenue officers rs..ded DR.. Hammers
place here and found thousands of dol
lars worth of narcotics. Peyton Ham
mers and DR.. Walter Rogers were ar
rested at the same time. Rogers had
been DR.. Hammers assistant, and, it
is said, supplied the federal authorities
with evidence. 1t is understood he will
not be prosecuted.
DR.. Hammers viii be tried either
here or in New York.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
ITALIAN LINER
DODCES U-BOATS
Whole Fleet of Submarines Ly-
ing in Wait for Passenger
Ship EIuded.

An Atlantic Port, Feb. 23.-How the
master Of the Italian passenger liner
Dante Aliahieri lodged fleet Of sub
marines lying in wait for him in the
Mediterranean by vsnturins a mid
night passage through an uncharted
channel between 4 small island and
the Spanish coast was related by pas
sengers Of the ship on her arrival
here today.
The wisdom of the captains move
was demonstrated the following morn
ing. they said, when lifeboats were
sighted carrying passengers and the
crews Of three torpedoed vessels out
of convoy OF five which the Dante
Alighieri had passed only two hours
before the captain decided to risk
wrecking his ship in the channel
rather than take chances with the
U-boats.
The names Of the three ships were
the Duca Di Geneva, passenger ves-
sci; the Vile De Verdun and the Ca
prera, all Italian. The, presence Of the
submarines in their path, was learned
by the master of the Dante Alighieri
through wireless warning.
Passage through the etiinliehted and
dangerous channel only 800 feet wide
was made after the master Of the liner
had notified all his passengers of the
danger. The steerage passengers,
comprising the majority, were brought
to the cabin decks. life belts were dis
tributed, boats partly lowered and all,
preparations made to abandon the
vessel should she strike the rocks.
Capt. D. M. Nicoll and several menu
bers of the crew of the American
steamship Suruga, torpedoed Dec. 20
off the italian coast, were among the
Dante Alighieris passengers. He said
his ship was one of four torpedoed
within twenty minutes out Of a convoy
of five. He succeeded in beaching her
and when he left Italy the task of re-
floating her was under way.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
SPANISH VESSEL
SUNK BY U-B0AT

Madrid (Friday), Feb. 22.-The
Spanish steamer Mar Saspio has
been sunk by . submarine, on her
way to New York with cargo Of
cork. The crew was picked up BY the
Spanish steamer Claudio Lopez y lo-
per, which also was stopped by the
submarine, but later was allowed to
proceed. @ ~
The cartain of the, Claudio Lopez "
Lopez had the greatest difficulty in
inducing the commander of the sub
marine to allow him to continue the
voyage. The submarine commander
wanted to sink the liner because she
was carrying number Of cars con-
signed to the Spanish northern rail-
way, which Is partly French owned.
The sinking Of the Spanish steamer
Mar Caspio makes the third such
occurrence in less than four weeks.
On Jan. 2S a German submarine sunk
the Spanish steamer Giralda. and on
Feb. 3 the Spanish steamer Ceferino
was destroyed by a U-boat. On Feb.
10 the Italian steamship Duca di Ge-
nova was sunk within Spanish terri
torial waters. Madrid advices Thurs
day reported that the Spanish gov
ernment would publish the text of
three notes sent to the German gov
ernment concerning the sinking of the
Giralda, Ceferio and Duca di Geneva.
In the case of the Italian steamer,
Spain demanded that Spanish terri
torial waters be respected.
Destruction of Spanish steamers by
German submarines has become more
frequent. The extension Of the sub
marine war zone takes in all the
Spanish routes to North and South
America.
The Mar Caspio was a vessel of
2.723 tons gross, built at Newcastle in
1899 and owned in Bilbao.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
WAS GROSS STUPIDITY ON
PART AUSTRIAN AGENCY

London. Feb. 23.--The publication by
the Vienna official news agency of the
Polish manifesto rejecting upon Ger
many has given great offense, says the
Zurich correspondent of Reuters, linn
tied. According to the Munich Neuste
Nachrichten, the German ambassador
at Vienna has been instructed to de-
mand an explanation. The newspaper
adds that the reading of the manifesto
in the reichsrath gave immunity to it's
publication, but that it was a piece OF
gross stupidity on the part Of the off,
cial agency to publish it broadcast.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
BALL SEASON
0PENSAPRIL IS
One Hundred and Forty Games
as Against 154 Last Sea-
son Scheduled. :
DATE FOR CLOSING SEPT. 18
Chattanooga Opens Game at
Atlanta, Nashville at Birm-
ingham, Memphis at
Little Rock.

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 23.-After two
days Of work, maenates Of the South.
srn Association of Baseball Clubs to-
day adopted playing schedule for
1918 selected New Orleans as the place
for the next spring meeting and ad-
journed. The schedule this year calls
for 14o games, as compared with t54
games Of past seasons. The season
opens April 1s and will close Sept. 8.
Opening games were awarded as fol-
lows:
Chattanooga at Atlanta.
Nashville at Birmingham.
Now Orleans at Mobile.
Memphis at Little Rock.
Tho probability Of Sunday baseball
at Little Rock caused practically re-
drafting Of the schedule as prepared
by the schedule committee of the
league.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN
: HELD FOR ESPIONAGE

Charleston. w. Va. Feb. 23.-Herbert
p. Beck foreman of construction for
the contracting firm engaged in erect
ing the government proJectile plant at
South Charleston, was taken before
United States Commissioner Thayer
here today to answer to a charge of
violating the espionage act preferred
by special agent for the department
Of justice.
1t is charged that Beck while in a
Charleston restaurant made remarks in
the presence of young men of draft
age tending to hinder the operation of
the selective military service law.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
Baseball Magnates Adopt Playing Schedule for 1917
RAISING OF SALARIES
RESTRICTED BY McADOO

Washington, Feb. 23.-A gem
eral order, restricting the crea-
tion of new official positions
by railroads, or the raising Of
officers salaries, was issued
today by Director General Nc
Adoo.
Director General McAdoo to-
day also directed railroad pres
idents to furnish him detailed
information on the salaries or
officers and employees, rentals
and other expenses OF financial
offices maintained by. most
roads in New York. 1t is I'M
derstood this information may
be used as a basis for determin-
ing to what extent overhead ex-
penses involved IN financial
management may be curtailed
or eliminated under government
control.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
ALLIED GAINS IN
EAST IMPORTANT.
Capture Of Jericho Deprives
Turks of Chief Point in De-
fensive Scheme in Palestine.

London, Feb. 23.-Much importance
is attached to the arrival Of the Brit
ish on the banks Of the Jordan, Reu-
ters learns from an authoritative
source. Gen. Ailerbys advance from
Jerusalem was carried out under great
difficulties. II was made during heavy
rains, and when the British had to
march over hills comparable only to
masses Of slippery soap.
Occupation of Jericho is an impor-
tant step toward establishing touch
between the British and their Arab
allies. The British will be in direct
contact with the Arabs for the first
time. Gen. Allenby's force Is now en-
camped along the Jordan, which prob
ably is fairly high. 1t is swift, deep
and narrow stream with a. very treach-
erous current, and is in a country
which will supply food and fodder.
Position Wall Defined.
With the latest advance the British
position Is quite well defined. The
right flank rests on the Dead sea and
the left on the Mediterranean, so If
the enemy wishes to attack he can
only make frontal assault. The
British now control the Dead sea and
have access to the rich lands east OF
the sea. They also menace the rail-
way running toward Damascus, while
the country has better roads than that
around Jerusalem.
Capture of Jericho, the military
correspondent OF the Daily Telegraph
says, deprives the enemy Of one of the
chief local points in his defensive
scheme in Palestine.
"The advance" the writer adds,
SHOULD result in the clearing out of
the enemy from west of the Dead sea,
since it gives the British line right
across Palestine. 1t endangers the
enemy's motorboat flotilla which has
it's base at the mouth Of the Jordan,
and cuts off from any Turks now left
west of the Dead sea as we'll as from
those on the east, where they are ex-
bosed to the bold raids OF the HedjaZ
Arabs, their means Of support from
this source.
Turk Forces Scattered.
"Tt must not be forgotten that the
Arabs are working their way up the
Hedjaz railway and already have been
in action directly east of the Dead sea.
Turkish forces acting in Hedjaz and
southern Arabia already virtually are
cut off from the outside world. Gen.
Allenby having scattered the Turkish
'orces concentrated west of Jericho, is
low free to choose a line for an ad
vance northward by whatever route
seems best"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
KITCHIN NONE THE WORSE
FOR AUTO ACCIDENT

Washington. Feb. 23. - Representa-
tive Kitchn, of North Carolina, was
back at the capitol today apparently
none the worse for his experience i'm
an automobile accident last night
when n machine driven by his secre-
tary was demolished by a street car
and Mrs. Reilly, wife of a former con-
gresham from Connecticut, was pain
fully cut and bruised. Mr.. Kitchin es-
capped with no more than shaking up
and was back at work as usual tod ".
Mrs. kitchin, who also was a member
of the party, was uninjured.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
CANADIAN LEADERS TO
ATTEND LONDON MEETING

Montreal. Feb. 23.-Sir Robert Boy
den. prime minister of Canada, and
Sir Wilfrid Laurier. leader of the op-
position party. will attsn an imperial
conference to be held in Duniion in
March for the purpose of consulting
representatives Of the overseas do
minions in connection with the allied
spring drive on the western front,
according TO La Patrie. a local news
paper. on the authority of a high
political parsonage"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
JOB TO SUPPORT
THREE BELGIAN ORPHANS

Washington, Feb. 23.-Miss Jane
Gregory, daughter Of the attorney
general, applied at the food admins
tration this week for an $50 a month
job, giving as references Col. e. NJ.
House and the attorney general him
self. In response to eperfunctory
question by the employment clerk,
Miss Gregory said she had three de-
pendents.
Three dependents?" gasped the
clerk incredulously.
"Oh. yes" she replied. 1--WE adopted
and am supporting three Belgian chill
dren."
Miss Gregory got 'the job
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
BRITISH FORCES DRIVING
TURKS BEFORE THEM
Enemy Forces Dislodged by Capture Of Jericho
in Palestine, Retiring to North and East,
War Office in London
Announces

London, Feb. 23.-The Turkish forces
disIodeed by the British by the capture
Of Jericho, in Palestine, have retired
to tho north and east, the war office
announces. The statement follows:
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
MORATORIUM BILL TO BE
PRESENTED NEXT WEEK

Washington, Feb. %. - Senate and
house conferees on soldiers and sail
ors' civil rights. or moratorium bill,
virtually reached an agreement today
and next week the bill will be pre-,
sented to both houses Of congress with
prospects of prompt final approval
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23

"The enemy. disIodeed from the Jer-
icho area, retired north Of the Wad;
Auja, on the northern bank Of which
he left posts on high ground, and east
ward across the Jordan, on which he
holds a brideehead at El Ghoraniye."
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
HAWAIIAN VOLCANO HAS
PASSED DANGER STAGE

Honolulu, Feb. 23.--The lava in XII
lauea volcano, after rising twenty two
feet to within a foot of the ridge, has
receded three feet and has apparently
passed the danger of overfiowing.
latest reports stated. The lake of
lava is building up in the center so
that the level OF the lake proper was
above visitors feet, IL was said
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
EMBASSIES WILL
AID DRUSSIANSM
FIGHTING HUNS
Allied Stats Decide Not to
Break Relations at Petro.,
grad in Any Event.
TROOPS APPROACHING KIEV
Army Composed of Austrians
and Ukrainians Advances.
German Airplanes Active in
Propaganda - Bolsheviki
Perturbed Over Events.
CAST FORTUNES WITH
BOLSHEVIkl GOVERNMENT

Washington, Feb. 23. - Am-
bassador Francis advised the
state department today of the
intention of the diplomatic
corps in Petrograd to leave the
city with the bolsheviki gov
ernment if the Germans menace
the city.
The American ambassador
gave no details as to the plans
of the diplomatic corps, but
added that the Soviet govern
ment was planning to make
defense of the city, if neces-
sary.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
GERMANS APPEAR IN NO HURRY TO
RESUME PEACE TALK WITH RUSSIA

leaders are placing their faith in the
red guards and guerilla warfare by the
inhabitants of the invaded districts.
The Russian commander Of the north
ern front reports the Germans advanc
ing in detachments of from 100 to 200
men and not as regimental units.
Except for artillery duels there has
been no fighting activity on the west
ern front. on the American sector the
bombardment by the big guns con-
tinues. German raiders were dispersed
by American fire, while rain has put q
temporary halt to the intense aerial ac-
tiyity. A trench mortar shell mas
caused the death of three Americans
and the wounding of four others. Brit
ish airmen have accounted for nine
more enemy airplanes,' bringing their
total for the past six days to nearly
100. There has been no let-up In the
intensive bombing of German air.
dromes and other targets.
Capture of Jericho by the British
gives the Palestine army continuous
front from the Mediterranean to the
river Jordan. Gen. Allenby is now in a
position to cut the railroad running
south from Damascus as well as to join
forces with the Arabs marching north
ward on the eastern side Of the Dead
sea.
Another Spanish steamer. the third
In less than q month. has been sunk
by an enemy submarine. The Mar
Caspio bound for New York, was oe-
stroyed in the Atlantic. The crew was
picked up by the Spanish liner Claudio
Lopez Lopez, which was halted by
the submarine. which threatened to
sink her because she carried cars for
a railroad partly owned by French
capital. The liner finally was permitted
to go on her way.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
FRENCH SHtPPiNS HAS
WEEK WITHOUT LOSSES

Paris. Feb. 2S.-No French
merchantmen and no fishing
vessels were sunk by German
submarines or mines during the
week ending Feb. 16. Three
merchantmen successfully es-
capped submarine attacks.
Steamers entering French
ports totaled 619 and depart
ing. S76.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
WARM, SAYS BILLY 'POSSUM

Neither col d
nor hot nor blus-
terry, neither fog
nor blazing sun,
neither winds nor
sitting silence as
this day enjoys
its run; gentle
little m ur m u r
zephyrs. XII e s
that mingle blue
with gray just
t h e sort you
would hdve or
d red - fair and
warmers what I
saw.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
ASSOCIATED Press Review.)

Peace negotiations with the Russians
will not be resumed Immediately by
the Germans, and guerilla warfare
probably will be instituted by the boil
shsviki to impede the German advance,
which, apparently, is not not moving
as swiftly as in the first days Of the
week. The Germans, however, are meet
ing with little resistance on the long
line and Austrian and Ukrainian troops
are approaching kiev.
1t is announced semiofi1cially from
Berlin that DR.. Won Kuehlmann, the
foreign secretary. has gone to Buch-
Arrest tod discuss peace with a Ru-
manian emissary and therefore re-
sumption of negotiations with the boil
sheviki will have to be postponed.
Leon Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign
minister, is reported to have left Pc
trograd for Dvinsk to seek an early
conference with the Germans.
Bolshevik resistance seemingly de-
pends on whether the Germans will ac-
cept readily the capituiatlon of the
government. 1t is apparent, however,
that the Germans, with the Rumanian
negotiations AS an excuse, are going to
push their campaign in the Baltic
provinces before answering the Rus
SLAMS. In the region east and north of
Dvinsk and along the Gulf of Finland
the Germans have advanced further
from the south, while east of Minsk
they are nearing the line of the Bere-
sina, in crossing which in 1872 Napo-
leon suffered a serious defeat while re-
treating from Moscow.
With the regular army and navy Sc
riously demoralized the bolshevik
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23
VERNON BOOTH BRINGS
DOWN GERMAN AIRPLANE

Paris. Feb. 23.-Vernon Booth. of
Chicago, of the Lafayette flying corps,
brought down German airplane in a
fight several miles inside the German
lines.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23

Berlin, Feb. 23.-In their new
invasion of Russian territory the
German forces have reached
Walk, in Livonia, ninety miles
northeast of Riga, it was an
nounced today by the German
general staff.
In Volhynia the Teuton armies
marching from Lutsk have
reached the town of Dubno.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-23

northeast of Riga, 1T was an
nounced today by the German
general staff.
In Volhynia the Teuton armies
marching from Lutsk have
reached the town of Dubno..
Petrograd, Feb. 22.-The allied EN-
Tbassies will leave Petrosrad in the
event that the German advance
gttrsatsns the city. They are ready,
however, to aid Russia to fight the
Germans.
The embassies are virtually unani-
nous in a decision not to break rela-
tions in any event. " Petrograd is
actually threatened the embassy stats
probably will proceed inland with the
boi.hevik government wherever it may
move.
London, Feb. 23-Austrian and
Ukrainian troops are approaching kiev,
the Ukrainian capital, now held by the
boIsheviki, according to dispatches
from Petrograd in the late editions of
tho morning newspapers. 1t is said
that Polish Iegonaries aided the Ger
mans in occupying Minsk.
Petrograd newspapers, 1t is added,
report that Russian soldiers on the
northern front seized twenty seven
trains. which are being used to carry
40 900 of the soldiers to Moscow. The
Germans are taking no prisoners.
merely disarming the Russians and
liberating them.
Distribute ProeIamations.
German airplanes, the Petrograd
correspondent of the Times says. are
distributing proclamations calling on
the Russian people to remain calm and
keep order, as the Germans are COM
ing to suppress anarchy and to bring
food as soon as possible. The bolshe-
Wiki are greatly perturbed and de-
pressed. Foreign Minister Trotzky is
reported to be sick in consequence of
renewal of hostilities and is unable to
attend meetings of the council of peo-
pies commissaries, which are being
held constantly.
Anxious to Get Away.
The Times correspondent reports
some anxiety in the British colony in
Petrograd and the consulate there be-
ing crowded with persons wishing to
get away. A military order directs all
Englishmen of military age who have
been exempted from service up to this
time t. hold themselves ready to start !
home at six hours notice. !
Other British subjects, especially |
women and children, have been ad |
vised to leave Russia without delay.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-24
Chas. Milne

mahd at Messines ridge) is quite con-
fident. We have lost territory, but we
have lost nothing vital.
II have just seen General who has
returned from the front. and ] must
ask the House to excuse my leaving
the House Immediately after the
speech because he has to lay ques-
tions before me on which have to re-
ply tonight, and / only detained him
a few minutes to get his Impressions, -
said the Premier. He told me he had
seen Generals who are fighting.
'That gallant old General, Gen. Plu>
mer-one of the doughtiest warriors
this country has--is facing great odds,
but he is quite confident. We have
lost territory, but we have lost moth
ing vital. That is the view not merely
of our Generals. 1t is the view of Gen.
Foch, who is equally calm and equally
confident. He was seen also this after
noon by a distinguished General, who
now is waiting to see me. He is abb
solutely confident.
THE Germans are aiming at des-
troying the British army and they
feel that If they can only get this army
out of the way the path would be clear
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-24
1879 AND 1918

~ HE feature of the present
VI war that is peculiarly
American is the way in
which the instrumentalities of
business have been placed at
the service of patriotism. The
time is past for discussion as to
whether the call of country is
stronger than the call of profit.
1t is now not a question of put
ting business above your patri-
otism; it is a matter of putting
business into your patriotism.
Though our Revolutionary
ancestors accomplished great
things in making America free,
they had not learned as much
about subordinating business to
patriotism as we have learned.
Writing to James Warren in
I1779 Washington censures Sc
fverely the business morality of
his time. "Our conflict is not
to cease so soon as every
good man could wish. : : : =.
Unless we can return a little
more to first principles, and act
a little more upon patriotic
grounds, / do not know what
may be the issue of the con-
test. Speculation, peculation,
engrossing, forestalling, with
all their concomitants, afford
too many melancholy proofs of
the decay of public virtue"
The moral principles of men
change but little from genera
ton to generation, but the
ways in which these moral
principles are put into prac-
tice change. radically.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-24
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
I'm ADVANCE,

have inflicted much harm to
the nests from which swarm
the submarines. The work
may not be over. If by taking
the initiative in this manner
the allies can thwart the u
boat menace cat its source" a
big step towards winning the
war will be accomplished. 1t
is a step that will be as pleasing
to America as to the allies be-
cause this country will be us
ing the seas very heavily in
sending troops to the fighting
zone and the safer their path
way can be made the better.