The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume], November 16, 1918, Page 6, Image 6

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DEPTH BOMBS ARE SOURCE
OF DANGER TO DESTROYERS
ON BOARD AN' AMERICAN DE
STROYER IN FRENCH WATERS,
Xov. g. — An American destroyer
with her depth bombs ready to be
discharged is indeed a dangerous
craft to monkey with. She is a
menace not only to the enemy but
to any other craft with which she
might collide in the darkness, run
ning without lights, and to herself
as well. If one of her depth
bombs loaded with its heavy charge
of T N T should be accidentally
exploded there would be little left
of the destroyer.
The deadly depth charge which
is proving to be the conclusive an
swer to the submarine menace
now is being released from every
quarter of the destroyer. Two of
these big cylinders of high explo
INFLUENZA MUSKS
ARE ROW IR STYLE
DKEAI) DISEASE GRADUALLY
WORKING WAY INTO
GOLDFIELD
Signs are being erected in Gold
field business houses to warn peo
ple to wear masks.
The signs read:
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x WEAR YOUR MASK x
x OR DO NOT ENTER x
x THIS PEACE , x
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x WE WAIT ON THOSE x
x ONLY WHO COMPLY x
x WITH THE ORDERS x
x OF THE HEALTH AU- x
x THORITIES BY WEAR- x
x ING MASKS x
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All communities of the county
where the health authorities de
mand that masks be worn are hav
ingtreuble with persons who for
various reasons do not want to
wear them. These persons are be
ing dealt with in various ways and
will be dealt with here, according
to reports. People have been dealt
with severely in eastern states,
where there have been horse
whippings administered and tar
and feathers used by persons try
ing to protect, themselves from oth
ers who endanger them by refus
ing to wear masks.
Delinquent police officials have
also been dealt with in the east.
There is no doubt that influenza
is gradually working its way into
Goldfield and that the fact that
there have been comparatively few
cases to date is ascribed to
the wearing of masks. It is the
general opinion that if the ordi
nance is not rigidly enforced noth
ing will prevent the epidemic from
gaining a footing here.
To Remove Rust.
Steel needles which had been put
away in a box for some time had a
number of rusty spots on them, so
were wiped first with kerosene, then
pumice stone and rubbed with it a few
times and they were as smooth as when
new—no trace of the rust was left.
CREWS OF DESTROYERS WORK AT
HIGH TENSION WHILE ON DOTY
ON BOARD IT. S. DESTROYER,
AMERICAN PORT IN FRANCE,
Nov. 9. — Two days at sea, two
days in port; this is the sailor's
life, week in and week out, day
and night, in the convoy service of
American destroyers which has
achieved such marvelous results—•
an army of 2,000,000 men landed
in Europe with the loss of a few
hundred.
The destroyer fleet was just
back from the last cruise as we
went aboard today. They had
brought in six big transports, in
cluding three former German lin
ers. Already the soldiers were
marching to camp, and on board
the destroyers things were being
made shipshape for the brief stay
in port and then for the next ad
venture out beyond the capes, for
with submarines off the port there
is ceaseless vigilance, with always
the chance of something happen
sives can be dropped from the
| bridge by the pressure of a button,
and midships Thornycroft throwers
drop a charge from either side of
the destroyer, forming a barrage.
“Y guns” are stationed amid
ship with two barrels, each of
which throws a depth charge, one
to port and the other to starboard.
Finally, astern, there are two long
lines of depth charges running on
miniature railway tracks, ready to
be dropped over the stern.
With all these depth-bomb
charges ready to be let loose for
ward. aft and amidships, a com
plete enveloping barrage can be
put in operation at any time. With
the destroyers completely envelop
ing the transports the water bar
rage extends its protecting sweep
entirely around the fleet.
OLD RESIDENT OF
GOIDFIEID DIES
OF PNEUMONIA
J. M. Evans, proprietor of the
Grotto rooming house on Main
street and employed for many
years as a hostler by the Tonopah
& Goldfield railroad, died at 10
o'clock this morning in the Grotto.
Death was from double pneumonia.
Deceased is survived by his
; wife and a daughter, the latter in
! California, where she is attending
j school.
Evans was a member of a San
Francisco aerie of Eagles. No fu
neral arrangements have been
made.
Proofs of Wisdom.
The first characteristic of a good
and wise man at his work is to know
that he knows very little; to perceive
that there are many above him wiser
than he; and to be always asking
, questions, wanting to learn, not to
! teach.—Ituskin.
many influenza masks
ARE MADE BY CHAPTER
Mrs. Howard Ullmer, chairman
of the surgical dressings depart
ment of the Red Cross, stated to
day that 1100 influenza masks had
been made from nine-inch strips
of gauze remaining after the mak
ing of 3-a surgical pads and that
$105 had been turned into the
chapter treasury from this source.
Many of the masks have been giv
en to persons unable to pay for
them and Mrs. Ullmer said the
chapter would continue to do this.
TWO DIYTORCES GRANTED
i
———
Two divorces were granted by
Judge J. Emmett Walsh yesterday
in the district court. A decree
was granted Alta B. Morris from
Jonathan M. Morris, and Laura G.
Lathrop secured a divorce from
John L. Lathrop. Arthur E.
Barnes was attorney in the former
! case and Thompson & Thompson
in the latter.
I
' Bee as Good Example.
If you would add to your wealth,
and contribute a delicious, healthful
| product to the world of consumers,
i consider (lie busy bee.—Exchange.
ing, and everyone on the tiptoe of
I expectation.
The reports brought back of the
I last cruise were of the best. It
had been comparatively quiet and
| the transports had been brought
through without sign of a subma
rine. In fact it was so promising
the previous Sunday that the com
mander of the fleet remarked they
were going to have a quiet day.
But at 9 in the morning there
was an alarm, with all the gun
and torpedo crews springing to
ther. posts, and after tnat four suc
cessive alarms through this quiet
day, though none of the alarms
developed into an actual attack,
i It showed, however, the steady
tension even when conditions look
ed best, for it was known that hos
tile craft had been lurking off the
beach rocks near the mouth of the
harbor, and one of our big repair
ships had been attacked as it came
in a few weeks ago.
HUGE HIES
(0 SE LEVIED
11IEI1 YEAR
K even lie Commissioner Roper l*re
paring fw Drive in .January
aiul February
KDl'CATIONAL MOVEMENT
IH NOW BEING PLANNED
Eight Billion Dollars Will Be Haised
From Ten Million
Persons
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 12.—
The same spirit ot enthusiasm and
co-operation which attended the
Fourth Liberty loan and much the
same methods, including advertis
ing in newspapers and local propa
ganda campaigns, are planned as
features of the nation’s next great
financial task, the collection of
about $8,000,000,000 in taxes next
year.
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Roper is making preparations for
| a great drive in January and Febru
ary to get the 10,000,000 persons
| who probably will be subject direct
' ly to government taxes to file their
returns early, accurately and wil
lingly.
"Even with our great tax gath
ering machinery already built up in
collection districts throughout the
country,” said Commissioner Roper,
"we cannot gather $8,000,000,000
of taxes without the hearty co-op
eration of the people who pay. It
must and will be their job as much
as that of the government authori
ties.”
On this principle a great educa
i tional movement Is being planned,
without waiting for congress to
enact finally the revenue bill which
will determine just how much tax is
to be collected, and from what
source it Is to come.
Business men in every communi
. ty, banks, chambers of commerce,
trade, farmers’ and labor organiza
tions, churches, lodges, schools and
other organizations will be asked to
undertake to show citizens precisely
lirw to figure their taxes, what de
ductions for income are permissible,
how their business records should
j be kept to provide the best guides
for tax reports, and how to make
intelligent returns, giving neither
less nor more than is expected un
|der the law.
By such a system, officials hope
to minimize tax evasions. But to
guard against the inevitable slack
ing, information will be sought
through these channels to be used
in checking up returns and ascer
taining beyond a doubt when re
turns are true.
Newspapers will be relied on to
publish informative articles on how
to make returns ,to be supplied
both from Washington revenue bu
reau headquarters and by district
collectors.
There will also be considerable
display advertising appealing to
individuals and business enterpris
es to pay taxes with the same spir
it the nation displays in making
wer. These advertisements will
be paid for by business interests,
atcing voluntarily, and not by the
government, and advertising clubs
will assist. This is the method
employed during the Liberty Loan
campaigns.
■O’"
ONE DEllIH FROM
INFLUENZA TODAY
Another death from influenza
occurred in Goldfield early this
morning when Mrs. Anna Richter
died at her home on Broadway.
Airs. Richter nursed J. H. Evans
for one night during his illness
from influenza that resulted in
his death.
Mrs. Richter was 54 years of
age and was born in Germany. She
; has no known relatives in this
country except a step-son, suppos
ed to be in California.
According to J. L. McCarthy,
county health physician, there are
eight cases of influenza in Gold
field now, but no new cases were
reported today.
(
Cure for Hiccough*.
Small pieces of ice applied suddenly,
so as to surprise the patient, will stop
j persistent hiccoughing. Also hot drinks
i of weak coffee and milk taken fre
quently has the desired effect. A lump
of sugar saturated with vinegar will
' often relieve hiccoughs.
U. S. NURSES IN ENGLAND ON THEIR WAY TO PERSHING
i-.VAV. iM
Those American nurses have just landed in hugluna and are on tlieir way to France to nurse the wounded an
lick of General Pershing’s army.
SURGEONS HANDLE
U. S. WOUNDED
IENDEREY
WITH THE AMERICAN ARM
IES IN THE FIEL/D, Nov. 9. —
War has not calloused or dulled
the sensibilities of the American
army surgeon. Nothing stands
out finer or nobler than the ten
der care and earnest solicitude
with which American military doc
tors handle their soldier patients.
In a three-day trip through the
Saint Mihiel sector the correspond
ent of the Associated Press had
many opportunities of observing
the work of the American medical
men. He visited a number of
field dressing stations and also
several hospitals just back of the
battle line, through which hun
dreds of wounded Americans were
passing.
Disabled American soldiers, from
the time their wounds are dressed
at the advance casualty station to
the time they arrive at the last
base hospital, receive the most
sympathetic and tender care at the
hands of the army doctors. They
get better care and more attentive
treatment than an average person
would in peace times. To render
the soldier free from pain, to make
him comfortable, to cheer his
spirit, the American military doc
tor will exhaust every recourse,
will sacrifice sleep and food and
all personal thought of himself.
LAST SOLDIER IN
IASI WAR LEAVES
Billie Jacobs left this morning
for Jacksonville, Fla., to enter the
army quartermaster corps. Ap
parently the movement of draft
ed troops into cantonments was
cancelled by Provost Marshal-Gen
eral Crowder as soon as news of
the signing of the armistice was
received, but nothing was received
here to stop the entrainment of
Jacobs, who enlisted.
He was escorted to the depot by
the Home Guard and Eagles’ drum
corps. While the war ended be
fore he left, he applied for enlist
ment a long time ago and had an
excellent opportunity to apprehend
William until the latter quit.
(M)LDF1KL1)KR IK)KS NOT
LIKE NEW YORK
It Is customary for representa
tives of newspapers to interview
prominent citizens on their return
from journeys, and Jean McMa
hon, a widely known citizen, was
interviewed this morning regarding
his opinion of New York, from
where he recently returned. Mr.
McMahon, who has reached the
height of several feet, said: “r
did not like New York.” Wlien
asked why, he said: ‘‘It was too
big.” When asked why he did
not like New York because it was
big, he said: ‘Because it was not
little.”
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR PNEUMONIA VICTIM
The funeral of Bernard Hugh
es, a victim of pneumonia follow
ing influenza was held this after
noon. Owing to health regula
tions, services were held only at
the cemetery, where Father O’Sul
livan officiated.
TEUTON OFFICERS
OF FRENCH WIN
WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN
FRANCE, Nov. 9. — Officers of
the German army who occupied
Thiaucourt until they were driven
out by the Americans in the smash
ing of the St. Mihiel salient enliv
ened their stay in the little French
village by consuming large quanti
ties of French wines which they
confiscated from the cellars of the
French proprietors. From the
wine cellar of one Frenchman
alone the Germans took 5000 bot
tles of champagne, 10,000 quarts
of red wines in bottles and drain
ed 30 enormous casks each con
taining more than 6000 quarts of
various kinds of wine.
The advance guard of the Ger
mans helped themselves liberally
to the wine. Later the greater
part of it was shipped back to Ger- '
many as the loot of the German j
army.
None of the civilians of Thiau-'
court was ever searched for valu
SOLDIER SELECTS
UNUSUAL “BANK”
PARIS’, Nov. 9. — A tanned
doughboy on holiday recently
stepped up to the counter of a ca
sino on the coast of Britany and
asked for a bathing suit. He de
posited the five francs required of
all patrons.
“You get the money back, you
know, when you return the suit,”
said the Y. M. C. A. girl at the
counter. ’£ure, I know it,” said
the soldier, grinning. That’s why
I’m hiring this suit. I’m not go
ing in swimming. I’m just going
to hang on to the suit until it’s
time for me to return to camp.
Then I’ll turn it in and have at
least five francs in my jeans. Get
me?”
His five francs went on deposit
in this unusual “bank.”
Optimistic Thought.
If the people praise us we should
examine ourselves the more.
HAD PLENTY
E IN THIAUCOURT
ables, and owing to this fact all of
those who remained in Thiaucourt
when the Americans entered the
village still had jewelry and other 1
articles of gold and silver. Many
of the women had sewed material
over the French gold pieces and
wore them upon their outer cloth
ing as buttons.
Many of the keepsakes and piec
es of jewelry and French gold coins
were offered to the Americans by
the villages, but the American re
fused to accept them.
The villagers said that two years
ago the Germans stripped the
churches of Thiaucourt of their
bells and even took the metal of
the pipe organs, all of which was
shipped to Germany to be turned
into material for war. The elec
tric light plant likewise was dis
mantled of its machinery, and ev
ery bit of metal obtainable was
sent back as fast as it could be as
sembled.
THREW DISK MM*
DIES OF INFLUENZA
Tonopah Times: The other day
Frank Harma stopped a miner on
the street who was without a mask,
and called his attention to the or
dinance requiring the wearing of
one. The man, who was a strang
er to Mr. Harma, accompanied him
to a drug store, where he purchas
ed a mask. Hernia left him after
seeing him put it on.
Mr. Hernia learned yesterday,
however, that as soon as the man
left him he discarded the mask,
saying, “To hell with it.”
That man is in the undertaking
parlors today.
Moral: Wear your mask.
Llamas Burden Bearers.
Llamas are employed in transport
work in Feru. These animals work in
herds of about a hundred, and each
carries a load equivalent to a hundred
weight. After two weeks’ work each
llama has a week’s rest.
CZECHS AND BOLSHEVIKI MIX IN
NAVAL BATTLE ON LAKE BAIKAL
—
VLADIVOSTOK, Nov. 13. — A
; naval battle on Lake Baikal, SI
j beria, and a land battle near Maso
vaia on the eastern shore of the
lake, broke the Bolshevik resist
; ante along the Trans-Siberian rail
, way, at one time virtually clearing
the route of the Czecho-Slovaks
| from the south of Russia to the
; Pacific. In the land battle Colon
el Oushakoff, commander of the
; Cossacks co-operating with the
| Czechs and Slovaks, was killed, ■
, but the Bolsheviki and the Hun- ;
garian war prisoners co-operating
with them were so badly beaten
! that they were never able to rally
' again.
! The Czechs and their Cossack
allies were moving eastward along
the railway line toward Irkutsk,
■ but were blocked at the southern
end of Lake Baikal when the Bol
sheviki blew up one of the railway
| tunnels running through the moun
i tain there.
While the Czechs and Slovaks
went around the southern end of
the lake, Colonel Oushakoff cap
tured two lake steamers, fitted
them with guns and started across
the lake, towing barges filled with
Cossacks. Several Bolshevik craft
attacked the expedition, but a shot
from one of the Cossack vessels set
afire one of the Bolshevik craft
and the others fled.
Landing at Masovaia on the
east shore of the lake, Colonel Ous
hakoff attacked the enemy as they
were massing for the expected as
sault upon the Czechs and Slovaks,
approaching from the south at#
of the lake.
The battle which ensued was
the most desperate of all those at
tending the eastward progress of
the Czechs. Colonel Oushakoff
fell a victim to his own error in
mistaking a group of Bolshevik!
for his own men. They shot him
down as he walked up to them
holding out his hand.