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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-13

supply for litigation. Alleged in
fringement of patent rights by the
government in it's manufacture OF
war materials as we'll as similar
claims arising from private manu-
facture of war supplies on the cost
plus arrangement, also puts litiga-
ton on the shoulders of the de-
partment's staff.
The department policy of resum-
ing prosecution of trusts has re-
stored to activity other investiga-
tions and crime proving machinery,
the attorney general added.
In addition to these, Mr.. Palmer
said. the department will be bur
dened for months to come with it's
prosecution of violators of the sedi-
ton and selective draft acts. Under
the latter, the number of cases runs
high, he said. Department agents
| are engaged now in gathering all
necessary data through records of
local draft boards which have been
asessembled in Washington and
prosecution of the cases will proceed
Immediately upon completion of
that work.
Investigations and trial argU-
ments during the year have shown
leopholes in many statutes. Mr..
Palmer said. He called attention to
the fact that, under existing law, it
is not a crime to send threatening
letters through the mails unless in
furtherance of a scheme to defraud
or as a means of extortion. Point
ing out that letters threatening per-,
sonal injury or destruction of prop
erty may be sent with impunity. he
urged revision of the law to cover
such cases.
Mr.. Palmer said also there was
great need for. a statute providing
punishment for an individual at
tempting to defraud the United
States. Present statutes, he said,
provide punishment only in the
event that two OF more persons con
spire to defraud the government,
Recommendation also was made
that criminal procedure be changed
to make more simple the removal of
indicted persons to the districts
where the indictments were re-
turned. He described the present
system as "g%rievously defective"
and as making removal proceedings
Infinitely more cumbersome" than
extradition.
The attorney general recon-
mended creation Of a pardon and
parole board of three fully en-
powered to handle all pardon and
parole cases thus relieving the at
torney generals office of duties
(which are becoming increasingly
heavy and onerous." Jurisdiction of
penal institutions also should be
vested in this board, he said.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-13
BAN JOHNSON WINS IN
AMERICAN LEAGUE ROW

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-The lin
s~urgents" in the American league
were ousted from the directorate to-
day and a board favorable to Presi-
dent Ban Johnson was elected.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-13

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The Tomahawk., 1919-02-20
GREAT IMPORTANCE OF ICE
Appreciated More In Country Home
Than In city-lndlspensabie for
Dairy Products.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture)
An ample supply Of ice Is Of greater
economic Importance in the country
home than in the city home. City
people can purchase perishable sup
plies as needed, but the remotcness of
country homes from markets often
renders 1t necessary to use canned.
corned or smoked meat products dur
ing the season of the year when the
table should be supplied with fresh
meats. Not only is ice appreciated be-
cause of its use in the preservation
of fresh meat, butter, and other table
supplies, but the production of high
grade domestic Dairy products is al
most impossible without it. Many
markets to which milk Is now shipped
demand that 1t be cooled before ship
ment to a degree not attainab&e with
out the use of ice.
The Tomahawk., 1919-02-20
PREPARATION FOR SOY BEANS
Coll Free From cIods ENSURES Best Re-
suito-Work 10 Quite Similar 70
That for Corn.

Corepared by the United States Depart
ment Of AgTiculture)
The preparation Of the soil for the
soy bean is similar to that for corn,
and It, like corn, readily responds to
any extra preparation. The land should
be plowed early and deep, fitted. and
then narrowed ut intervals until the
beans are planted; otherwise, weeds
are likely to choke out the young
plants. Disking will give the proper
preparation after q crop Of early po-
tatoes or peas or for stubble land after
wheat or winter oats, provided the soil
Il moist and mellow. A firm seeded
with . IieAs loose covering Of fine soil.
we'll smootAed by the harrow, Is con-
ducixo to Uniform depth in planting
and 70 q good stand Of plants. A soil
tree from, clods insures the best re-
sults, ei1ecislly - sseding broadcast
The Tomahawk., 1919-02-20
lNBREEDlNG TESTS
WITH GUINEA PIGS
Valuable Facts Collected by b.
reau of Animal Industry.
Certain Disadvantages, Formerly Dit.
f7euIt to Explain, Sometimes Ap.
peared in Experiments Con-. r..
Quoted at 1eltsviiie.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Breeding facts valuable to live stock
raisers are being collected by the bu-
reau of animal industry through ex-
periments on it's farm at Beltsville,
Md. Experiments on the effects of in.
breeding in guinea pigs, begun in 1905.
already have been carried to the
eighteenth generation wholly by mat
ing brother and sister. Inbveeding Is
a practice frequently used BIZ i've stock
raisers in their efforts to fix ind rem
der prepotent desirable family traits.
With the practical results hoped for.
however, certain disadvantages. for
merly difficult to explain, sometimes
appeared.
Present progress Of the government
inbreeding investigations with guinea
pigs has developed the following points
of interest:
The mere fact that the closest In.
breeding can be carried to the eight
zenith generation without any very
obvious degeneration is noteworthy.
There has been, however, some de.
cline in vitality, size, and, especially.
fertility.
The young produced by crossing diff.
ferent inbred families show distinct
Improvement in all respects.
The inbreeding hes brought to light,
and automatically fixed in q inbred
pronounced differences in fer
tility, size, vitality, color and pattern.
There is Independent heredity OF
these traits, with no correlation be-
tween the vigor of a family in one 70
spect and Its vigor in others.
The chief effect of inbreeding, rs In
dictated by the experiments, is the
fixation Of hereditary factors. The de-
cline in vigor on inbreedlng and tho
Improvement on crossing appear to be
merely very likely, but inevitable. con-
sequences. If breeders use great care
In the selection of breeding stock, there
appears to be no cause which prevents
a satisfactory degree of vigor from
being combined with the uniformity
and prepotency which can only be oh.
tanned through close breeding.
The Tomahawk., 1919-02-20

100000 club members. Many farm
boys under the age of eighteen are
being instructed by club agents and
county agents in doing mans work
on the farm. The emergency enroll
ment is an effort to get hold OF all
boys who are taking on the added bur-
dens of the war time and to give them
credit for their extraordinary efforts.
The average yield of corn raised by
the members of the boys clubs
throughout the Is southern states was
47.97 bushels per acre. There were 40
boys who made more than 100 bushels
per acre, and some good records were
made by boys In other farm crops.
Results Of Pig Clubs.
Pig clubs conducted In cooperation
with the bureau of animal industry
of the United States department Of ag-
riculture are popular. Thousands OF
purebred pigs have been distributed
among the boys with excellent results.
Purebred hogs are becoming well dis
tributed throughout every part of the
South.
Short. practical courses In agricul-
ture for club boys are held in each
county, where oil the club members
attend and receive instruction. In ad-
dition to the short courses held in the
counties one Is also held at tho agri-
cultural college where the prize win
ners are brought for a week or two
weeks instruction. The boys clubs
are stimulating farm boys to enter the
agricultural colleges to continue their
agricultural training. In one state In
1917, 21S club boys entered the agri.
cultural college.
The Tomahawk., 1919-02-20
UNUSED WATER FROM SPRING
May Bs Made Valuable u Brought -
Watering Trough, Cooling 1ank
- Or Harvested 40 Lee.

PREPARED BY the United States DEPART
ment Of Agricu1tufe)
The unused water from q spring -
flowing well may be made valuable Il
brought to q watering trough, coOling
tank, fish pond, or swimming pool, a
harvested as ice. A saving may -
effected by laying two lines Of pipe N.
one trench. The engine which drives
the pump may operate other usaeG -.
planes such 40 q dynamo. soW. Woooe
ing machine. cream sepaEsNsf. -
ebufR
The Tomahawk., 1919-02-20
Valuable Means Is Provided for
Increasing Food for Human
Consumption.
TAUGHT FARMING PRINCIPLES
Many Youths for First Time Have
Taken Interest In Raising Crops
or Stock - instructed by
Agents in Doing Mans
Work.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
In addition to furnishing valuable in
struction the boys clubs in the south
ern states provide a valuable means
of increasing food production. Unor-
ganized, the boys probably would have
done little to help the South feed it.
self; but through the clubs they have
been taught the principles Of farming,
and many Of them for the first time
have taken an interest in raising crops
or stock, and have been started on the
right road to successful farming.
Boys Enrolled.
The boys agricultural clubs in the
South are carried on by state, district,
and county agents cooperating with
school officials and business men. The
number of boys enrolled in 1917 was
115,746, classified by clubs as follows !:
Corn, 4O,394; potato. 3,441; cotton. s.
297; grain sorghum. 2,126; peanut, s.
157; calf, 2,98S; pig, 1875; poultry,
1853; and miscellaneous, 4.0S7. The
enrolment has been greatly increased
in 1915, and it is expected that In I'D
dition to the regular enrolment there
will be an emergency enrolment of
The Tomahawk., 1919-02-20
Gate for Cattle Lots.

Farmer. Put them on the gate post
with long lag screws and null a strip
Of old iron to the lower edge Of tho
panels that are to run on the wheels.
Strap iron from the top of an old
wagon box will do for this purpose.
An iron rod placed as shown in the
drawing keeps the gate from being
dismounted and thrown OIL. This
makes q handy gate for the cattle lots
but - too insecure for hogs.
The Tomahawk., 1919-02-20

uv0SLOCA Ou MIuAc0OI0 A~AAA0 S~NO-
ary 1, 1919, was $342,954, 900, com.
pared to $306, us, 900 as. OF January 1,
1918, according to the report issued BY
Paul H. Kirk, state field agent. The
number of horses and mules on Janu-
airy 1, 1919, il estimated ut 956, 900,
with q total value of $93, $4,000. This
is the same number as reported one
year ago. The mich cows show an
increase of 10000 over 1918, the total
number being 100000, whose total
value is $10S, 100000. All other cattle
show an increase of $4,000, the mum.
Der estimated at 1,632,000, with to-
tai farm value OF $54!S72,000. Sheep
show quite an increase, $4,000. The
total number being $4,000, whose
farm value IL $s,474,o00. Swine show
an increase Of 1884, 1000 over . year ago,
the number on farms January being
2, $4,000, with . value Of $79, 344, 600.
Observation-Disclosures Eugene Will
SON, 81 years old, son OF Frank Will
son and grandson Of Abel Wilson,
both of whom lived before him on the
Wilson farm at Richheld, where some
of the finest hocks of pure bred Shrop-
shire sheep in the Middle West are
said to have been raised, died in the
Abbott hospital, this city, following an
operation for appendicitis.
Thief River Falls.-Among cases to
BE tried. this term of court II that OF
Olaf Hd..en vs.. the 500 Railway Tor
S30, 900, to which he claims he IL 81
titled on account Of injuries receives
while in its employ In this city. "
The Tomahawk., 1919-02-20
FARM GATE EASY TO HANDLE
Two-FIaneed PuIleys Can 10 Made %
Serve ~ Hanosrs-Is Quite Handy
for Cattle Lots.

II there are any Unchanged pulleys
about the place they may be made 20
serve as gate hangers quite satisfac-
torily. Two old well pulleys win do.
writes D. II. Van Horn In Oklahoma
The Tomahawk., 1919-02-20
.pr.ss DeeentIy," Wemsn,s Slogan.

"Dress 0eeently," Womsn's slogan.
New York, Feb. S.-Assterttng that
designers of women's evening gowns
have led fashion to the extreme limit
of indecency," which is having q most
demoralizing influence upon the youth
of the country" the New York City
Federation Of Women's clubs at
meeting here adopted . re3blution call
ing on women to dress modestly" and
on designers and shopkeepers ito con-
troll indecency In dress" A committee
was appointed to push the war On
scanty evening gowns.
The Tomahawk., 1919-02-20
state Insurance for Settlers.

state Insurance for Settlers.
st. Paul-Senator Bessette's bill to
nrovide state insurance for settlers ID
the fire-swept regions. where old hne
insurance companies have refused pol
icies was introduced yesterday and re-
ferred to the committee ON insurance.
Another measure dealing with settle
ment problems in Northern Minnesota
w.s a bill introduced by Senator Fred
vibert of Cloquet to provide for the
erection of school houses on state
forestry parks Of more than S.eVs
acres IN extent.
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Lieut.. J. B. Duke. Jr.. D. S. C..
arrived recently in the George
Washington. He was several
months in Hun prison camp hav-
ing been lost in a fog over the
German lines.
Copyright. Internatio nal Film.
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-07-21
" Story-By Spy for the Interests
No. 3Pot Pack Farmer Meeting Blocked Frame Ups That
Faied-League Organizer Attacked by Mob

had left, Palmer said he was rather sorry he had
told Richmond who I was, as Richmond was
reliable and had altogether too much to say. How
ever, he hastened to add, he was sincere in his
fight against the League, but he wasn't very ca
pabe, and he didn't see why the council of defense
confidence.
Palmer was still very much depressed over the
failure of his scheme to pack the Farmers War
council, which he said he had helped to organize.
He informed me that he expected to return to
Omaha on the morning train Before giving me
any new instructions, he said he would have to
study the matter over thoroughly and formulate
some plan of action. He said the fight would
practically have to be started over, as they had
great hope, before the League carried the council
meeting, of banishing the League from the state
through it's action. He instructed me to keep in
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-07-21

close touch as to the whereabouts of the organiz-
and told me that would hear from him again
in few days.
Not long after this, Mr.. Palmer telephoned me
from Omaha and asked me to be at his Office in
that city on the following Sunday morning. fol-
lowed instructions and, on arriving at Palmer's
Office found Palmer, Senator Oils, who was con-
nected with the Federal Land bank; H. M. Davis,
postmaster at Ord, Neb.; R. L. Metcalfe of the
state council of defense, Mr.. McClelland and two
other gentlemen whose names I have forgotten,
but who Mr.. Palmer said were insurance men.
AS soon as I had reached the Office was asked
to report in full any irregularity had found dur
ing my investigation. I told them that had been
unsuccessful in finding anything disloya out of
the ordinary concerning Olson, Evans or any other
of the League officers or organizers.
Thereupon one of the men present, MIR. Davis
believe, suggested that they would have to
PAGE EIGHT
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-07-21

get together and manufacture some evidence
which would convict one or more of the organ
izers or officials of the League of dislOyalty.
He said it was their only hope of putting the
League out of business in the future.
Another of the men asked me just what kind of
man Olson was to talk to. I told him that Olson
was inclined to talk freely with any farmer who
came to the League Offices.
It was then decided at this meeting that they
would try to "get something" on Olson. The plan
decided upon was this:
Two men, whose names I do not remember, were
to call on Olson at some time when there was no
else in the Office. These were to represent
themselves as farmers, and one of them who, un-
derstood, was a Judge, and who, they said, acted
and talked just like a farmer, but who really was
very smart lawyer, was to ask Olson number
of questions about the Liberty loan, Red Cross ac-
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-07-21

tions to report to him the number of League men,
bers who were planning to attend the meeting of
the council
If I remember correctly, the meeting was held
on Tuesday Wednesday and Mr.. Palmer came to
Lincoln day or two before and registered at the
Lndell hotel. He got into communication with me
oftener if necessary, the number of League farm
who were arriving and gather their names, if
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-07-21
BY RALPH A. MOORE

R. PALMER told me that the
business men and his clients
were behind the plans for a
meeting of the Farmers War
council, the purpose of which
was to pass a resolution bar
ring the Nonpartisan league
from further operation in Ne
braska. He gave me instruc-
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-07-21

Lynch law political argument common during the several
Nebraska Not did the leaders fight
the told incite
public against League farmers
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-07-21

tive from the st. Louis office by the name of Aspry.
Upon his arrival in OMAHA he reported to Palmer,
and Palmer, so Aspry informed me- instructed him
into saying something disloyal or to try to involve
him with young woman. Palmer gave Aspry a
letter of introduction to me and told him to stop
off in Lincoln on his way to Lexington and ask me
where Jensen was at the time. told Aspry where
he could find Jensen, and the detective started on
his way.
Some time later Palmer told me that Aspry
had failed. He said that the detective had put
in seven days riding with Jensen, but that he
was unable to get anything whatever on the
organizer. Shortly after this Jensen came to
Lincoln and reported that he had been bothered
in his work in Dawson county by Gilen and
others. was present at the time that Attor-
ney Sorenser and League officials advised Jen-
sen to work somewhere else for a time, to avoid
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-07-21

Lindell hotel. He got into communicat
and told me to report by telephone
oftener if necessary, the number of Ii
ers who were arriving and gather thei
possible. The meeting was presided
over by Mr.. Gustafson of the Farm
ers' union. I carried out these in
structions to the best of my ability.
Shortly after the meeting had begun
Palmer informed me that my estimate
of the number of League members at
the meeting was practically correct,
but that his outfit had fallen down
and that farmers who had promised
him and other business men to attend
the meeting and vote in favor of the
business men had failed to appear.
He said that from his standpoint the
meeting would be a failure, and that
the League would dominate it and
carry the session. This was what ac-
tually happened.
After the council meeting I went to
Palmer's room in the Lindell hotel.
Palmer expressed deep regret that the
League had succeeded in controlling
the council. He said it had upset his
plans temporarily, but that he would
'sget them yet"
He assured me that my work had
been we'll done, and that the fault lay
with the anti-League farmers who had
promised to attend and pack the meet
ing and then failed to do so.
During this interview with Palmer,
Henry Richmond called at Palmer's
room. The latter introduced me first
as League organizer" Richmond
assumed a naughty attitude and gave
me the "once over" Palmer laughed
and then told Richmond who I really
was. At that the visitor dropped his
"holier-than-thou" expression, almost
leaped from his chair to come over
and pump my hand. He gave me one
of his cards and urged me to call on
him any time.
SOUGHT CHANCE TO USE
GUARDS AGAINST FARMERS
Palmer then told me that Rich
mond was very bitter against the
League, and that he held a COM
mission in the Lincoln Home
Guards. Some time before this
meeting, Palmer had expressed
the hope that the League farmers
would start some kind of demOnstra
Farmers War council, so that Richn
have an opportunity to bring in
guards. -.-. ,5
He told me that Richmond was i
chance to get after these farmers wi
guards. Richmond told me that night
"tickled to death" to meet me, and tn
I would inform him of the exact locat
that any speeches were to be made by
a League lecturer, or any other of
He said that Wood in particular was a
in the grass" and that if would infor
Wood was to speak he and other me
home guard company would go out
ing and break it up.
"And the way we'll break it up won
for Wood" he added.
VI AS he left the room, Richmond rep
quest, saying that he was "sure am
a stop to the League meetings. Aft
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-07-21

tlvlties and economic conditions, in
the hope that Olson would answer
them in such way that would give
them chance to cause his arrest on
a disloyalty charge.
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-07-21
EVIDENCE MAKERS PLAN
TO INVOLVE Lacquer

My part in this was to inform the
two evidence manufacturers upon their
arrival in Lincoln as to just when o.
son would be alone in the office. It
was explained that would be notified
as soon as they arrived in the city,
and that was to stay in the League
Offices until found Olson to be alone,
when I was to hurry to the nearest
telephone and notify them that Olson
was alone in the Office. This plan was
never carried out, however, because
Palmer was afraid he could trust none
but an experienced detective to carry
out this job. They also decided at
this meeting to "get" Organizer Jen-
sen, who was then working near Lex
ington, in Dawson county. They in
formed me that they had considerable
information from a Mr.. Gillen, an at
torney and chairman of the Dawson
County Council of Defense, to the ef-
feet that Jensen was signing men,
bers right and left, and that something
would have to be done at once.
1t was suggested by two or three
of the members there that I 60 out
to Lexington and frame up deal ON
Jensen to trap him into saying some
thing that might be construed as dis
loyal. I told them that, as far as /
knew, this would be impossible.
Then it was suggested that go to
Lexington and attempt to frame up
proposition to involve Jensen with a
young girl
In answer to this, I told them that
could not make a trip to Lexington
without creating suspicion in the
League Offices, and that furthermore
refused to have any part in their
plan to "frame up" young Jensen.
Then they decided to put another man
on Jensen's trail at once.
They employed another Thiel detec-
e St. Louis office by the name of Aspry.
rival in Omaha, he reported to Palmer,
New-York tribune., 1919-08-30
Tells Court Arm Grew
Numb Waiting at Phone
Clerk. However, Says Irate Man
Had Strength Enough to
Jerk 1t Off Wall

Edward P. Myers. of 242 West Sew
enty-second Street, was arrested last
night because, according to his own
explanation, his arm got numb holding
telephone receiver. The clerk in
drug store at 3S4 Manhattan Avenue.
who caused Mr.. Myers's arrest on a
charge of malicious mischief, averred
however. in the West 123d Street police
station that the prisoner had used
abusive language and had pulled the
receiver from the telephone with such
v,ehemence as to yank the wires out Of
the wall
This was denied by Mr.. Myers. He
had had scarcely chance to use anv
language at all, he declared in the
thirty five minutes he had spent irving
to get connection. After twenty min
utes, he said. a feminine voice re-
sponded to his earnest queries with
Number, please" and he then decided
to call the exchange manager. Inside
of five minutes he got supervisor. !"
who hung up in silence after listening
to his plea. He was still waiting. he
said, when his arm got numb and the
receiver was dragged down accide entallv.
He was released in $500 bail