The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-06


France have led to heretofore I'M
heardof news appearing in English
newspapers. Among these things
is complete daily results of Nation
al, American and Eastern league
baseball games, with the percent
age tables of the two big leagues.
The king and queen are interest
ed in baseball. The London Times
says, The king and queen, accom-
panied by Prince Albert and Prin-
cess Mary, witnessed a game be-
tween the Canadians and a team
from Orpington hospital" The
royal party enjoyed the afternoon
and alluded to the enthusiasm of
the Canadians and the excitement
they exhibited during the game"
At the conclusion of the match
the royal party was. of course, en-
tertained at tea.
The English are learning the
game. because another issue of the
Times says, EPSON Champions de-
feated London Americans at EPSON
by five runs to three"
As England is always filled with
troops, crimes among soldiers are
frequent, and they almost invariably
excuse their acts by saying they were
irresponsible at the time owing to
some injury. One Tommy, a SER
geant. recently married twice with
in a short period and was hailed
into court on a bigamy charge. He
claimed he was a victim of shell
shock and had no recollection of the
first marriage, in which he swore
allegiance to a nurse. The magis-
trate had no faith in "shell shock
as a cause Of bigamy and held him
for trial.
ment. a battle or a raid on enemy
trenches a SHOW" A man 60
years of age was arrested in Lon
don and charged with being an alb
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sentee from a war hospital. He
said. "My colonel sent me back
from France because l was too old.
My white hair gave the show
away" He did not like being sent
home and said. "I think they have
done me a great injustice" He
produced discharge papers that
showed he had been IL years in
the army and the magistrate COM
mended him.
Peace a~gitators are as unpopular
in England as they are in this
country. The London Chronicle
says, police stopped an open-air
peace meeting at Manchester. The
organizers were hooted and took
refuge in a police station"
A wal letter tells of the Ger
mans erecting a sign over their
trenches on one part of the front.
The sign read, "We are Saxons.
You have killed our major. He
was a Prussian. Thank you"
The German submarine, U-53,
which bombarded and sunk a num-
Der of merchantmen off Nantucket
before the declaration of war by
the United States, is now interned
in Spain, according to English
papers.
The farmers rail at the food con-
troller when he is strict, but it does
not shake him. In fixing prices on
feeds the farmers claimed he made
the price too high on linseed and
cottonseed. He said he sympa-
thized with the stockmen, but all
they gained was sympathy, because
the controller said, "As have be-
fore pointed out, this is a matter of
getting ships to carry the linseed
and cottonseed."
When the London weather fore
caster promises a clear night, on
that day the sales of liquor jump.
The people know there will be an
air raid that night and they buy
the liquor to consume at home dur
ing the course of the SHOW" They
have a little party while watching
the German machines bomb the
city.
A Conscientious objector dressed
as a woman and claimed he was
deaf. He was discovered, fined
heavily, and turned over to the mill
tary authorities.
For taking two matches into a
high-explosive factory, a discharged
soldier was fined 10 pounds.
A woman was fined five pounds
because she fed her IA dogs on
bread and milk. She lived alone
and bought 90 pounds of bread
weekly, which excited suspicion, as
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