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INTERIOR OF TANK IS
HOT PLACE IN BATTLE
LONDON, Nov. 22. — Machine
gun bullets sprayed against the
sides of a tank produce a queer ef
fect within it. says a British army
officer who has spent three months
fighting with his tank in France.
The bullet, he says, cannot pierce
the armor, but it does knock off
on the inside a thin flake of steel
that pulverizes and flies in all di
rections. It gets into the faces
and hands of the crew and stings
them like a strong wind on a cold
day. The surgeons have found
that a simple bath of iodine solu
tion will heal the pain and prevent
infection. Describing the • scene
within a tank which is being hit
by machine-gun bullets the officer ,
said:
"As the bullets strke the tank,
t
simultaneously with the sound of j
impact and the creation of the
fluke, a blue flame is seen, and j
when a machine-gun is playing up |
and down the joints in the hope of
finding a weak spot, the interior |
looks much like a demonstration 1
of cheap fireworks.
"While there is no danger from |
machine guns to tank crews, there
is real and pressing danger from
armor-piercing or explosive shells.
‘‘Unless it is possible to get with
in a mile of the guns before being
discovered one is liable to come
within range of shells that will
wipe the tank off the face of the
earth. A direct hit means that
everybody is going to get hurt,
with the chance that somebody is
going to be killed. The Germans
were always trying to make such
a hit. Once within a mile of the
enemy the tank is comparatively
safe, for the guns cannot be de
pressed to get the range. Then
the only thing the tank has to deal
with is the machine gun. When
this is accurately located the tank
quickly runs it down. The ma
chine gunner was Germany’s best
fighter. Generally he would hang
on to a position, peppering the
lumbering tank until he found it
was nb use and fled or was run
over.
‘‘One of the tricks we learned
was the tremendous value of tanks
against masses of enemy troops. At
first we were content to use the
ordinary machine guns in tanks,
but in the latter months we used
the shell timed to explode as it
left the gun, scattering its scores
of leaden bullets like a shot gun.
Troops without artillery were un
able to stand such fire.”
SERVICES ARE HELD
FOR J. A. SHMUELSON
Funeral services for J. A Sam
uelson were held this afternoon
under the auspices of the Goldfield
lodge of Eagles in front of Dunn’s j
undertaking parlors. The usual
impressive services of the lodge |
were held in front of the parlor J
and there were brief services at
the grave in the Goldfield ceme-1
tery.
The procession to the cemetery ;
was led by the Eagles’ drum corps, i
of which the deceased had always
been an active member, and a
large gathering of friends were
present when the body was lower
ed into the grave. A number of
beautiful floral t fterings were the
i
gHts of friends and organizations j
ADAMS AND GIBBONS
STIED IK) TEAM WOHK
The Reno Gazette says that Rev. •
Brewster Adams and L. A. Gib
bons returned Saturday from San
Francisco, where they attended a
conference of food administrators;
and war workers of Nevada, Cali
fornia and Arizona, at which Pres
ident Wilbur of Stanford university
spoke on reconstruction. Mr. Wil
bur returned from Washington a
few days ago. Mr. Gibbons spoke
Sunday night at the Baptist churoh
on “The Problems of Reconstruc
tion.” He is United States public
ity director for Nevada and went
to the coast to procure some offi
cial information.
GOVERNMENT REPORT ON
COTTON GINNINGS ISSUED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 21.—
Cotton ginned prior to Nov. 14
amounted to 8,681,005 running
bales, including 127,812 round
bales. 6S73 bales of American
Egyptian and 24,14 5 bales of Sea
island.
Ginnings in Arizona amounted
to 13,226 and in Califonia to 25,
013 bales.
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GOLDFIELD XIMRODS
REPORT GOOD LICK
Harry Ernest returned Sunday
night from Paranagat valley with
Ed McClain, Will Orcutt and Henry
Stanard, after a nine days’ hunt
for duck and quail. They brought
back 74 ducks, but there was no
statement for publication concern
cerning the number of quail. Ern
est said his party met Del Ham
mond. Joe Weylep and Tom Ken
dall, who were said to be having
very good luck. The valley is in
the district lying west of Caliente.
ALL CONSTRUCTION1,
MAY NOW PROCEED
The Tribune is in receipt of the
following from the state council of
defense:
“Washington revokes all restric
tions on construction. The state
council of defense was notified by
the non-war construction section
of the war industries board that
all restrictions heretofore enforced
on construction projects are re
moved.
“Construction of every kind may
now proceed without permits.”
AMERICAN SUGGESTS METHOD TO
BLOCK GERMAN ENCROACHMENTS
ROME. Nov. 23. — David Lu
1 bin, American delegate to the in
ternational institute of agricul
ture. has suggested to Italian and
British government officials and fi
nanciers a plan to block German
encroachments in foreign markets
j by teaching the backward peoples
; of the world how to manufacture
their own goods. It is proposed to
send a commission to the United
1 States to advocate the adoption of
this method.
Mr. Lubin’s plan is to organize
! an international industrial league
which would establish commercial
bases in zones in foreign trade and
I to teach the people of those zones
j important methods of business and
manufacture. It is pointed out
that this would eliminate the ne
cessity for them to purchase manu
factured articles either from Ger
mans or from any others.
“At a first glance, it would seem
inadvisable for the English or
American exporter to help build
up industries in a foreign mah
ket,” said Mr. Lubin. “They
j would feel that they were, by
teaching raw labor to become ex
pert, destroying their own trade,
I and even running the risk of hav
i ing that labor return to compete
i in their own home market,
j “I think reflection will show
| that there is really little to fear
from the legitimate competitor. In
fact the competitor is. as a rule, a
customer, and the stronger the
competition the more valuable the
custom. Both the United States
and Great Britain are competitors,
but they are also each other’s best
customer. Neither has much to
fear from Morocco, for instance, as
a competitor, but likewise they
have little to gain at present by
her custom. However, if Morroc
co should be converted into an in
dustrial center it would become a
customer.
"Under the present sample-trunk
method of increasing business,
there is no business worth while
for anybody there, but if Morroc
co were taught to use her raw la
bor, she would start to manufac
ture and, right off, could be sold
raw products and machinery. There
would be a gain on financial in
vestments on banking transactions,
on her increased volume of ex
ports and imports.
“Also, once this intensive plan
of development were started, we
would have a block to the German
method we have complained of,
which was always dangerous, be
cause German business was accom
panied by political meddling in the
country involved, and her profits
carried back home to help build up
her armies and her armies used to
bulldoze the world.”
DISTRICT COURT
DEEDS REPORTER
BUSINESS TEMPORARILY SUS
PENDED! FOR LACK OF
STENOGRAPHER
The circuit court is idle for want
of a reporter. The two cases of
Brown vs. Aston were set for trial
i this week, but the court has been
, unable to proceed on account of
the absence of Mrs. Malone, who
was called to Los Angeles last
week by the illness of her mother.
There are two of the Brown
j Aston cases, one for attorney fees
* and another based upon a charge
of slander. E. T. Patrick of Car
i son is in Goldfield representing the
plaintiff and H. R. Cook of Tono- j
j pah was to have appeared for As
I ton.
NURSE REPORTED ILL
Miss Bertha McClain is confin
ed to her home, but her illness is
not believed to be influenza. Miss
McClain is a professional nurse
I and has been in attendance upon
Mrs. R. M. McLaughlin. Mrs. Mc
Laughlin’s condition is reported
i to be very much improved.
( ANNAN SISTERS
OUT OF DANGERi
Word was received here today |
from Mrs. Cannan, who left Satur-1
day morning for Ely, stating that I
the condition of her three daugh
ters is much improved.
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WAR TO CHANGE ITALIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
NEW YORK. Nov. 21. — Chang
es in the public educational system
of Italy, based upon methods in
vogue in the United States, are one
of the indirect possibilities of the
war, according to Countess Maria
Loschi, envoy of the Italian gov
eminent to the United States, who
is obtaining data in this country
regarding betterment legislation in
Italy for women and children.
"The 500,000 American soldiers
who went overseas in the first con
tingents, l am told, included many
boys of German parentage or ex
traction. Their splendid loyalty
and brilliant fighting was the ul
miration of all,” said the countess
"Only the principles of democracv
taught in the public schools of
America could have brought it
about and that is why I believe
Italy will adopt the American ed
ucational idea.
"Teachers in Italy are poorly
paid and overworked. It is one of
the aims of the suffragists of Italy
to improve their condition.
"The war has given an impetus
to education in Italy. Every
young person is more than ever de
sirous of learning new things, in
the hospital 0-30, between Palaia
nova and Cormons, near Gorizta
where I served for a time as a
nurse, educated young women
taught the illiterate young soldiers
during their convalescence how to
read and write. The government
has supplied the nurses with mil
lions of primary school text bool s.
“The American Red Cross and
the Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation have done inestimable good
in Italy. They have dealt bounti
fully with our impoverished peo
ple in giving them food, clothing
ECONOMIC WEAPON
10 BRING JUSTICE
LONDON, Nov. 21. — The aim
of reconstruction in France and
Belgium will be to restore the
means of production, asserts Dr.
Christopher Addison, British minis
ter of reconstruction.
“The textile trades in Germany,”
he said, “may have counted upon
the advantage which the destruc
tion of looms would give them in
the markets of the world. The
burden of the restoration of the
machinery must fall upon those
who destroyed it.”
Dr. Addison said it would be
within the power of the allies to
withhold from Germany cotton or
other goods until the Germans
have made good the machinery
they had destroyed. In the eco
nomic weapon, he pointed out, civ
ilization had a great means for ob
taining international Justice.
and shoes. I am hopeful they v'll j
introduce the idea of the American i
public playground in Italy, also
public baths and dormitories such I
as you have here. It is for im
j provements such as these that the j
| women of Italy, if ever they are er.- |
[ franchised can be depended upon i
to secure for the people.
. “In Rome we have the Lyceum,
a great woman’s club, where un- i
der the stimulus of war needs, j
hundreds of women of such type as |
Madames Orlando and Nitti, the i
wives, respectively, of the premier1
i and the minister of the treasury, !
| gather to discuss music, charity, j
j art. literature and economics. Both i
are suffragists and you may be
! sure their famous husbands are,
I too. Next month in Florence will
I be held the big suffrage conference
at which many vital reforms will
1 be discussed.
"Premier Orlando at one time
| was opposed to suffrage, but since
j the war he is reported to have
said: ‘The war has revealed that
ithe women of Italy deserve the j
| trust and friendship of man.’
i Furthermore, the premier declared
that ‘the conscience of Italian wo
: men is so near to the national con
science, they should have the same
political rights as men.’ This is
almost a warranty that in future
our women will be protected and
helped and many bills are being
drafted for presentation to the!
chamber of deputies.” I
CON. MINES CO. TO
MOVE OFFICES
TO BENO
Early in December the offices of
the secretary for the Goldfield Con
solidated Mines company and the
Wingfield companies wll be moved
from Goldfeld to Reno. This
change was decided on by George
Wingfield, president of the Con
solidated company, in order to re
duce operating expenses.
The offices of the Red Hill Flor
ence and Wall Street companies will
be mantained in the Goldfield ho
tel and, as usual, will be in charge
of A. H. Howe.
W. E. Zoebel, assistant to Mr.
Howe, will go to Reno and continue
in the employ of the Consolidated
and Wingfield companies. It is be
lieved now that A. H. Lawry, gen
eral manager of the Consolidated,
will move the operating offices
from Jumbotown to the Consolidat
ed building on Columbia street.
TEACHERS REMAIN
ill IHEIH HOMES
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WILL NOT RETURN FOR WORI |
UNTIL AFTER THANKS
GIVING
0
It is believed that all the teach-;
ers who have been requested to re- j
turn to Goldfield for the opening
of the schools yesterday were
reached by the second telegrams
sent to them advising them to
await further instructions. There
is no definite information obtain
able from the board as to when
the schools will reopen and no'
action is likely to be taken for
several days, or until the influenza !
epidemic shall have finally disap- j
peared.
Word was received yesterday j
from Miss Chase, at Chico, to the
effect that she is recovering rapid
ly •from her recent Injury sustain
ed by a fall in the elevator shaft
in the Goldfield hotel. It is un
derstood, however, that Miss Chase ;
will not attempt further school
work this year.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
RUSH BOLSHEVIK I j
Reno Gazette: F. M. Manson, !
manager of the Western Ore Pur- j
chasing company, has returned from
New York, where he was a wit
ness to the great celebration of the
declaring of the armistice. "I i
was standing on the corner when
the red flag which precipiated the
riot was exhibited by some 500 j
Bolsheviki,” he said, “and saw. the j
fight of my life. A regiment of
soldiers was marching up the
street when they saw the flag and
with one thought the whole body
broke ranks and rushed the Bol
sheviki, with the result that sever
al hundred were badly hurt.
"It was the wildest night New
York ever experienced.”
GREEKS AND SERBIANS
HATE BILGAR NEIGHBOR c
SALONIKI, Nov. 22. — Greeks
i and Serbians in eastern Macedonia,
| who suffered pillage, persecution,
! deportation and murder at the
; hands of Bulgaria before the arm
| les of the former King Ferdinand
1 quit the country under the tern s
I of an armistice, are exhibiting dis
! satisfaction over what m they term
! the indulgence of the entente pow
I ers toward Bulgaria.
With fully 42,000 of their num
ber deported, half of whom, it i;
believed, died under the hardships
imposed upon them, the Macedon
ian natives are demanding, accord
J ing to a Reuter correspondent who
I toured the liberated territory, that
! the Bulgarians be crushed by tra
ditional Balkan methods. During
the period of occupation the Bulgar
ans proved themselves "brutes and
past masters in acts of spoliation
and violence," said the correspond
(ent, and when appeals for relief
were made to the German authori
ties no attention was paid to them.
Entering Macedonia as friends,
| under an understanding with for
mer King Constantine of • Greece,
the Bulgarians established a reign
of terror which has been character
, ized as a disgrace to civilization,
j They imposed upon the popula
1
tion by a rationing system which
resulted in the starvation of many,
following this with assessments of
taxes and seizure of provisions to
an extent that impoverished the
country. Then followed Wholesale
executions and crimes against men,
women and girls of the most re
volting character, the survivors de
clared.
At Seres only 5000 persons re
main of 25,000 living in the city
when the Greeks turned it over to
the Bulgars. The population of
Demir Hassir fell from 12,000 to
2300, and in Kavala 8000 to 9000
persons died of starvation alone in
1917, while in 1916 deaths num
bered 30 a day, largely from mal
nutrition. In these and smaller
cities the Bulgars not only confis
cated the bulk of the foodstuffs,
but forced the able-bodied inhabit
ants to work for the invaders and
carried away vast quantities of ag
ricultural implements and furni
ture.
Joy in Macedonia over the with
drawal of the Bulgars is exhibited
by inscriptions on many street cor
ners reading, “Christos Anesti”
(Christ is Risen), while the Hel
lenic army of liberation is received
with enthusiastic acclaim.
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JAPANESE AND RUSS
CAPITALISTS TO
AID SIBERIA
TOKIO, Nov. 23. — The Japan
ese economic relief commission for
Siberia, headed by Baron Megata,
intends to organize joint enterpris
es with Rusian and Japanese cap
italists on a plan similar to the
Sino-Japanese Commercial corpora
tion. Its object will be to obtain
mining and forest concessions from
the Russian authorities and exploit
! the natural resources of Siberia
j The shares of the concern \fill be
1 subscribed by Russians, the Man
churia railway, The Eastern Asia
j Industry company, the Sino-Japan
' ese Commercial corporation and
other allied interests,
j The economic commission has
further plans for giving assistance
to the development of Siberia, but
j the details are not announced.
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Clean Ornaments.
i To clean plaster of puris ornaments.
| cover them with a thick coating of
! starch, and allow it to become per
i feetly dry. Then it may be brushed
off, and the dirt with it.
SIBERIAN REFUGEES
RAISE POULTRY
IR TRAINS
TOKIO, Nov. 23. — Many refu
gees are living and raising poultry
or keeping cows in trains in Si
1
beria, according to Shinyro Tana
ka, a councillor in the Japanese
railway board, who has been trav
eling in Siberia on an investigation
of railroads. He said:
"As one travels westward in Si
beria train regugees are found in
! greater numbers/ They have con
verted railway compartments into ^
quite comfortable homes which are
provided with all the necessary
household requisites. Although
the rolling stock is by no means
| plentiful, the authorities are not so
heartless as to drive these poor
people from their newly occupied
abodes and they are allowed to
live in the trains.
“Every station swarms with
dirty, ragged beggars. They in
vade passenger trains and some
times they follow their intended
victims over several stations.”
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