The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume], October 12, 1918, Page 6, Image 6

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AMERICANS TRAINED TO
OBSERVE HEINS CLOSELY
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Oct. 4. — In the
“quiet sectors" where the American
troops are setting the final touches
to their training, the men are studi
ously schooled in noting the slight
est, the most seemingly unimport
ant activity of the enemy.
Every artillery observer, advanc
ed sentinel and lookout must report
with exactitude and detail all that
he sees on the other side of the
line*. The reports are collected,
compared by the intelligence depart
ment of each division or unit and
transferred to maps. The daily map
is supplemented by the weekly map.
On the maps of one American
division are two clearly defined
lines showing exactly the position
of the German and the American
trenches. On the American side
of the line on the map in the morn
ing there will be pinned numerous
little red circles, indicating the
points shelled by the Germans dur
ing the day preceding. On the Ger
man side of the lines are small
black figures wearing spiked hel
mets indicating troop movements
or crossed spades and picks show
ing where working parties have
been seen.
Scarlet little airplanes likewise
dot the map on both sides of the
line, where enemy machines have
been seen. They bear indications
likewise to make clear at a glance
what happened to the machines —
whether they were driven off by
anti-aircraft guns, whether they
were attacked by allied planes, and
what they were doing, photograph
ing. reconnaisance or bombing.
Other placards of cardboard show
the movement of trains. The pos
session of such indications is of val
ue to the artillery the next time
there is movement behind the lines.
■ANY PUPILS ON
ROLL OF HONOR
The following grammar school
pupils have won the distinction of j
the honor roll for the month of Sep
tember. To win this honor, a
pupil must be neither tardy nor
absent during the month, his de
portment must be 3, or 85 per cent,
and his average scholarship must
reach 3, or 85 per cent.
First Gra<«^
Edna Duncan
Grace Jones
Kenneth Hill
Second Grade
Josephine Arlang
Mamie Brawley
Arlaine Davey
William Dietz
Matilda McCulloch
Catharine Olsen
Third tirade
Edward Redman
Jack Walthers
Wilson Bachman
Fourth Grade
Betty Gilbert
Fifth Grade
May Symmonds
Ruby Shepard
Edgar Dempsey
Isabel Wilbur
Sixth tirade
Margaret O’Keefe
Genevieve Fenwick
Helen Dunn
Hanora Gaillac
Evelyn Fayhin
Seventh Grade
Anna Mann
John O’Keefe
Joseph Pooley
Roberta Roberson
Gladys Standfast
Myrtle Wilson
Eighth Grade
Bernice Bellinger
Henry Carlson
George Dempsey
Helen Welsh
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DIM KT CLASSIFICATION'S
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The local board has completed
classification of nearly all question
naires, although no clasification no
tices will be mailed registrants un
til the master list of the drawing
in Washington has been received.
However, regardless of the master
list, men placed in Class One will
soon receive notice to appear for
physical examination.
AMERICANS CHARGING THROUGH BARBED WIRE
Some American troops nre Here shown charging thro igli hitched wire entanglements In pursuit of the fleeing
iuns.
BT CHAPTER
DEPARTMENT EARNS COMPLI-1
MENT FROM SAN FRANCISCO I
HEADQUARTERS
Mrs. Howard Ullmer, head of the
surgical dressings department of
the Goldfield chapter of the Red
Cross, stated today that 980 3a
surgical pads have beeri shipped by
her department and that it was ex
pected to Complete the chapter
quota lot i800 by Oct. 15. The out
i put has been of exceptional work
1 i
manship and the last shipment earn
ed a note from headquarters in
| San Francisco, complimenting the
department on the excellent prod
i uct.
i Mrs. Ullmer and her helpers have j
lieen making what is considered by j
I
chapter officers to be a splendid 1
record since she took charge of '
I the department and the output hasi
! been first class in both quantity [
and quality.
Five hundred more 3A pads will
I lie shipped next week.
BIG LEAGUE LEADERS SEE.
SMALL HOPE FOR BASEBALL
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — Major
league baseball magnates face a
i knotty problem at the coming an
j nual meetings when they will be
j called upon to decide the status of j
1 the player at present under con- j
j tract or reserve. Very few of the !
! club owners hold the opinion, ap- :
! parently, that it will be possible to 1
i resume league operations next j
i spring. If such proves to be the j
•case, and there are few indications!
to the contrary, it would appear
| that the majority of players who i
| figured in the 1918 pennant races j
.will not receive contracts during he t
! early months of next year.
According to the present system,
: it is mandatory upon the clubs to
'/renew their options or reserve
: clause upon players not later than
I Jan. 1 of each year and to follow
; this action by mailing contracts to
i the players not later than Peb. 1.
I It is extremely doubtful if this pro
cedure will be followed in 1919.
Under the ordinary ruling a player
who did not receive his contract by
March 1 would become a free agent
and upon the resumption of big
league baseball would be in a posi
tion to sell his services to the high
est bidder.
It is understood, however, that
the magnates will hold that the
business of baseball was suspended
under instructions from the govern
ment and that since the right to op
erate was beyond their control all
contracts and other legal phases are
suspended automatically. Under
this construction the contract of the
player carries over until such time
as the government gives consent for
a renewal of the business of base
ball. Thus if the professional
.leagues do not resume until 1920
the year of 1919 would be consid
ered as non-existent insofar as it
might affect a player’s contract.
FRENCH INDUSTRY
RAPIDLY BEING
CENTRALIZED j
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. —
What amounts to co-operative, 3yn
dicated buying In foreign markets
has been adopted as a war meas
ure by French manufacturers who
get raw materials abroad. Commer
cial Attache Pierce Williams, st
Paris points out that French indus
tries, therefore, are rapidly being
centralized in syndicates acting on
behalf of the French government.
These importing syndicates are
known as consortiums. Their capi
tal stoei. is fixed by the govern
ment and each manufacturer re
quiring the raw materia-s is permit
ted to t*»o j- certain n-ount based j
on his pre-Mar imports
The consortium is permitted to
distribute the material to the mem
bers, at a price determined by the
minister of commerce. It is expect
ed that wasteful competition will
bn prevented in markets which also
must supply France’s, associates in
lbe war. and that profiteering by
mushroom firms will be eliminated.
SPANISH INFLUENZA
REACHES RENO;
3 CASES !
Gazette: Four cases of Spanish
influenza, three in Reno and one in
Sparks, were reported today by
County Health Officer J. k. Ascher
of Sparks, who made an official re
port to Dr. S. L. Lee, state health
officer. Ail were reported by the
physician today, although it is
thought that at least two of them
are several day's old. These are of j
traveling men who recently came
from the east, where it is supposed i
they contracted the disease. A di
agnosis was made this afternoon by
City Physician McIntyre and one of
the men from the state hygienic
laboratory to verify the diagnosis
of the attending physicians.
Dr. Ascher said the closing of all
places of amusement, schools,
churches and other places where
people congregate would probably
take place in a very few days.
OR.M’CARTIY MAY
ENTER.ARIY IN
NEAR FUTURE
TAKFS KX AMI NATION IN PRK
SIDIO HOSPITAL IN SAX
FRANCISCO
Dr. J. L. McCarthy has returned
from taking an examination at the I
Presidio general hospital In San j
Francisco for admission to the army
medical corps. . The papers have |
gone the usual rounds provided for.
The doctor expects to learn the re
sult of the examination in two or
three weeks.
During his absence from Gold
field Dr. McCarthy attended the ;
democratic state convention in
Reno, but the main object of his
trip was to take the first step to
ward joining the army medical
corps, something he has been anx
ious to do for some time.
ROOSEVELT RAPS
THE N.-P. LEAGUE
COMPARES LEADERS OF PARTY
WITH LEMXE AXI>
TROTZKY
BILLINGS, Mont., Oct 6. —
America cannot afford to accept the
lead of any party, nor any organiza
tion calling itself aon-partisan, but
really acting as a party, which is
not first and foremost American,
and nothing but American, declared
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt here in
an address in which he outlined
various phases of the war and its
many sidelights.
I emphatically disbelieve in any
party, and especially if that party
calls itself a non-partisan party,
which organized a single class
against other classes. I object just
as strongly whether such a political
organization claims to be in the in
terest of townspeople or country
people, of merchants, lawyers, farm
ers or wage earners.
“When the non-partisan league
first appeared 1 was inclined to
welcome it, and it was with real re
luctance that I was obliged to be
lieve that the leadership that con
trolled it was of such a character
as to threaten this country with
evils analogous to those which came
from Bolshevism abroad and from
I. W. W.ism at home.
“Finally, the meeting of the
league at Minneapolis about a year
ago was turned into a ghost dance
of the Huns-within-our-gates, and it
became evident to me that, insofar
as they dared, the most prominent
leaders of the league were playing
the game of sedition and disloyalty
and that they were seeking to ac
| quire power by pandering to and
influencing the base spirit of greed
and envy and ignorance and class
| hatred. They were trying to do
what Lenine and Trotzky have done
| to Russia.
“The I. W.* W. leaders have been
I convicted of disloyalty and yet it
| was to the head of this organiza
j tion, W. D. Haywood, that the sec
retary of the non-partisan league
wrote, on April 5, 1917, a letter in
which he spoke of 'this damned war
business.’
“There isn't a German abroad,
or a pro-German at home, who does
not wish success to the non-partisan
1 league as at present controlled and
| to the I. W. W.”
In connection with Germany’s
proposal to enter a league of na
tions. Mr. Roosevelt vehemently de
clared that until Germany has been
/’beaten to her knees and just so
long as Germany is under her pres
ent government, to allow her to join
such a league would be like asking
; outlaws, train robbers and gunmen
to join a sheriff’s posse as guardi
ans of the peace.”
To Dismantle Sugar Factory
j A few days ago, before the fed
eral court at Carson, R. A. McKay,
acting for the Detroit Trust com
pany, filed a complaint asking for
the foreclosure of a mortgage on
the Xevada-Utah Sugar company
at Fallon. The suit to foreclose is
the beginning of the end of an in
dustry that promised much for west
ern Nevada and which at the start
promised success. Last season the
farmers refused to enter into con
tracts with the sugar company, ow
ing to scarcity of labor and unwil
lingness of the farmers to devote
their labor to beet culture.
II. S. FLYERS ARE DOING
GOOD WORK IN FRANCE
WITH AMERICAN AVIATORS
IN FRANCE. Oct. 4. — American
aviation in France has gone ahead
rapidly of late. Men who a few
months ago were still in civilian
life in the United States have been |
trained and formed into ever-in
creasing pursuit squadrillas to har
ry the enemy. American bombing j
aviators are now almost daily har- |
rassing the military and railway es- j
tablishments of the Germans. Ev
ery day brings news of fresh vie- j
tories in the air.
i he Germans certainly have not ]
the mastery 'of the air, often claim
ed by them, where the Americans
are concerned. With the steady in
crease in the United States air
forces in France the enemy is due
for increasing defeat, if past per
formances count for anything.
The work of several pursuit
squadrillas is controlled from an
“operator’s office,” located at a fly
NEGRO PREACHER HAS
TWELVE SONS IN
ACTIVE SERVICE
RAYVILLE, La., Oct. 4.—Twelve
sons in active service is the record ’
of R. H. Windslow, a negro preach
er of this parish. Eight sons en
listed before the enactment of the
selective service law and the other
four are in the national army. Two
of the soldiers are twins, the last
three triplets.
Because of the remarkable rec
ord plans are under way for a pub
lic demonstration for the preacher.
REGISTRANTS CLASSIFIED
William M. Chiatovich and Vin
cent J. Ruse, Esmeralda county
draft registrants, have been placed
in Class 2 and 3, respectively, by
the district board. Ruse is assist
ant postmaster at Ely.
Bad Season for Sheep
Western Nevada sheepmen say j
this has been a bad year for sheep,
as feed dried out early and water '
has been scarce on the range. They
say that recent rains will he of ben
efit, but that they came too late for
the fattening of market sheep.
ing field not far from the froi^
At rude wooden tables sit enli^|
men engaged always in making newr
maps that show just where the en
emy is, where his aerodromes are
located, tables of past performanc
es, wind charts and the like. The
officer in charge is a youthful lieu
tenant, wise with air here.
In the corner is a field telephone
operated by an officer who can
speak French.
Sooner or later the inevitable
warning arrives.
“Enemy machine observed over
- at 4000 meters, headed
south,” it may say.
The warning is repeated many
times daily. A similar proceeding
is going on on the German side of
the line, for the American aviators,
like the British and French, are
the aggressors and persistently car
ry the fighting into German-held
territory.
PUKING INTERESTS
USE TO FINANCE
SI CHI MEN
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. t. —
A banking and investment company
has been formed in Argentina by
the Swift packing house interests,
which will introduce American
methods of financing cattlemen
The new organization has been
authorized by presidential decree
to do business for 100 years and is
authorized to engage in many ac
tivities in addition to a general
banking and loan business.
REHEARING IN FOX OASE
DENIED BV GOVERNMENT
On July 11 the department of the
interior rejected the application of
Samuel Fox for a patent to the
Ramsey Extension lode, covering
the heart of the Goldfield district,
for failure to show a valid mining
claim at the time of townsite entry
on the land in 1909. The applicant
then filed a motion for a rehearing
and a recent decision received trj
J. S. Thompson, who was attorney
for the lot owners in the proceed
ings, denies the motion for a re
hearing.
THE MARSEILLAISE
Ye sons of France, awake to glory,
Mary, liark. what myriads hid you rise.
Your children, wives and grandsires hoary,
Hehold their tears and hear their cries!
Hehold their tears and hear their cries!
Shall hateful tyrants’ mischief breeding,
With hireling host, a ruffian hand.
Affright and desolate the land,
While peace and liberty lit1 breeding?
To arms, to arms, ye brave!
Th' avenging sworn unsheath!
March on. March on. all hearts resolved
On liberty or death!
With luxury and pride surrounded.
The vile insatiate despots dare,
Their thirst for gold and power unbounded.
To mete and vend the light and air!
To mete and vend the light and air!
Like beasts of burden would they load us,
Like gods would they bid their slaves adore;
Put man is man, and who is more?
They shall no longer lash an dgoad us.
To arms, to arms, ye brave!
TIL avenging sword unsheath!
March on. march on, all hearts resolved
On liberty or death!
O Liberty. can man resign thee?
Once having felt thy generous frame.
Can dungeon bolts and bars confine thee?
Or whips thy noble spirit tame?
Or whips thy noble spirit tame?
'Poo long this world has wept, bewailing
The blood-stained sword our conqu’rors wield:
Hn,t freedom is our sword and shield.
And all their arts are unavailing!
To arms, to arms, ye brave!
Th' avenging sword unsheath!
March on. march on. all hearts resolved
• On liberty or death!