The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-26
ENGLISH PAPERS
IN TIME OF WAR
ARTICLES SHOW THAT LIONS
TAIL Is BEING
TWISTED

bune receives copies of the n d
Times, Globe and Chronicle and
frequently they contain illuminating
articles and striking paragraphs on
the war and conditions in general
in England.
From one of these it is learned
that eff Carranza wished to con-
quer Arizona, New Mexico and
Texas, he did not need the permits
sion of Germany" Anyway 'he
would first have to deal with Cen
eral Villa" which is something the
kaiser evidently overlooked.
That some fighting in the air has
been taking place IN the west front
is evidenced by the statement that
"717 aeroplanes were brought down
on the west front during April"
This includes French, English, Bel
gian and German machines and is
a high figure for one month.
An article under the head of
Eat Less Bread" says hat "the
organization required for the COM
pulsory r~ationing of the United
Kingdom cannot be completed be-
fore the middle of July" and that
it may be avoided if the people
not less than o~ne-fourth.
"A Plea for the Dance" ends
with "but shall we ever as a ma
tion dance again." The inquiry is
apparently answered by an ad in
another paper, which shows that
whether we" shall or not, I'VE"
are preparing to. The ad says hat
Miss Alice Hall will for four pounds
and one shilling teach "Bostons,
hesitation waltz. saunter and fox
trot."
The archbishop of Canterbury
wants to know if any statement re-
garding reprisals for the sinking
of hospital ships is possible. Lord
Curzon, answering him, said in the
house of lords, the Germans glad
ly applied to others" treatment that
made themselves "Cquall like
babies"
A little unpleasantness at sea is
described. One German seaplane
attacked an armed vessel and fail
ed. "1he second seaplane swooped
down extraordinarily low and
launched the torpedo, causing a vio-
lent explosion. | today passed the
spot when the Gena went down.
Only the tops of her masts are WISH
h1a An AnctrnIinn trancnnrf
carrying a large number of the
Australian imperial forces" was
summarized. Patrol boats came to
the rescue. THE troops upheld the
traditions of the British army" and
there were no casualties of any
sort"
The sale of whiskey in Scotland
on Saturday should be prohibited.
More than 80 percent of the con-
victions for drunkenness are attri-
buted to Saturday drinking" The
Scotch, like many Americans, are
evidently in the habit of holding
Saturday night celebrations.
"Today's roll of honor contains
the names of 34S officers, 10 dead,
and 1872 men, 348 dead"
Ramsgate was bombarded. From
a hole in the roadway an unexplod-
ed shell was traced to a church.
yard. 1t made a battle-ground
hole in the roadway, bounded up
ward over a wall six feet high and
cracked a tombstone. and still fail
Il 1911 =, 80.
bombarded by "a hurricane of shells
for a little owe five minutes and
three people were killed, which is
considered miraculous.
The dogs are in bad. They are
10 be cut Off from their biscuits,
which will be tough on the dogs.
Valuable grain is used in the man
ufacture of the biscuits. Their
manufacture is to be stopped.
"There will be a slight increase"
in taxes and if three dogs are
owned a stiff price is fixed for a
license for the third dog. Anyone
who wished to own a new dog"
would have to pay a very high
tax"
The Ribblesdale buckhounds have
been put out of business. Lord
Ribblesdale writes to nnoun the
decision of members of his hunt to
do away with wild dear" The
land is needed for farming and
consequently the hounds, which
"have already been reduced to the
vanishing point" will not longer be
needed. There will be no hunting
during the season of 1917-1S.
An aeroplane landed in a hurry.
The especial correspondent" found
the pilot with a leg so badly shat
tered that "it would not stretch out
straight on the ground" However
the pilot 'lay smoking a cigarette
ond tryinu oallaptIy IN nretand that