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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23
OFFICERS OF ARMY CORPS
LIVE IN AMAZING DUGOUTS

might have been old shell craters
or anything else.
In reality the mud and grass
covering vas nothing but a con-
cealment of a 3O-foot ceiling" of
reinforced concrete, the black holes
we'll camouflaged entrances lead
ing down a sloping runway to the
brilliance of the electrically light
ed interior. So stoutly was the
whole constructed that an enemy
shell of big caliber would scarcely
do more than chip off a piece of
the top, and no aviator's bomb
could ever, even hitting directly,
do much damage.
Inside, parallel with the road and
traversing the length of the dug
out, was a wide corridor, the main
street. of the institution, in which
the commanding general rubbed
shoulders with the orderlies and
messengers as they went from Of
flee to office. Off this main street
led minor streets running to the
rear and being used, for economy
of space, as sleeping rooms for the
the enlisted men at night. Arti-
fetal ventilation provided for the
constant publication of the whole
dugout, and the smell throughout
was clean and sweet.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23
LITTLE STEAMER TAKEN
FROM DANGEROUS ALASKAN RUN

Children of the westward we're
named after the boat their parentd
had come to love. 1t is said there
is hardly a town or fishing village
on the run that cannot boast of at
least n girl christened Dora.
For over 35 years the Dora's
run has been in northern waters.
1t has been claimed she operated
on the most northerly winter route
in the world, leaving here on the
18th of each month on a 2000-mile
trip to Dutch harbor, Unimak Pass
and other points and back. Once
in a while she would venture north
into Boring sea with supplies.
The log Of the Dora was n
thrilling event after another. Oc-
c~asionally in the winter she would
pull in here with ice from her
topmast to water line. Gales drove
her ashore scores of times and fire.
quently forced her to run for shell
ter, but never sent her down. She
bore but few scars of her many
battles with the elements.
Once the Dora was lost for 80
days and nearly the entire world
watched the progress of the search
for her. 1t happened in 1906.
Gales blew her off her run and
carried her south over the Pacific
nearly to Honolulu. Ultimately
she limped into Puget Sound after
what was said to be one of the
most remarkable of the many re-
markable experiences of the brave
ships of the north Pacific.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23

Uf them it was possible to locate
within 10 meters anything on a
map where the reference lines were
1000 meters apart, or more &C
curately if the reference lines were
closer together.
For instance, "657473" was re-
ceived as a point to be reached by
artillery fire. The officer receiv-
ing the message found reference
line No. 6. Then he mentally, or
even with a scale divided the space
between that line and the next line
to the right into tenths and noted
the fifth one. IS" being the second
digit of the combination received.
Next he mentally divided the space
in the tenth to the right of the
lire so fixed into tenths, and locat-
ed the line of the seventh one, the
digit az" being the third in the
received combination. Somewhere
On this line, running from the top
to the bottom of the map, was the
point at which he was to fire.
Looking down the side of the
map the officer found No. 4 refer
cree line running horizontally. Up
from it he measures seven-tenths
or the next tenth. A horizontal
line through the point so found in
tersected the vertical lines previ-
ously found as the target. Know
ing his own battery's location on
the map, it was a simple matter
for the officer then to find the
data necessary for firing at the
target.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23

guest of it's chief of staff. The
experience was a liberal education
in the technicalities of conducting
war.
The entire corps staff was up
and awake virtually all of the first
night, occasionally going out to
listen to the advance preparation
by the artillery, listening to adj
vance telephone reports about the
effectiveness of the firing, and in
general on the qui vive for the
infantry action to come.
AS the rumble of the artillery
preparation ceased and the more
distinct thunder of the barrage
sounded the tension became obvi-
Gus. At the first tinkle of the tel
ephone everyone started and then
a tremendous silence e%nveloped the
room as an officer from CO listen
ed to the first reports, repeating
them aloud so the rest might hear.
This process, with only a slight
lessening of the taut interest, con-
tinued hour after hour.
1t was somewhat later in the
day, however, that the reports had
to be followed by instant action.
1t was then that it became most
fascinating to watch the operations
of a corps. Then the calls began
to come in for a barrage to pro-
tect a unit under fire, for REIN
forcements, for the cessation of
fire that, according to schedule.
was still being directed at a point
already occupied.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23

WITH THE AMERICAN
ROOPS IN FRANCE, Nov. IA. =
An amazing underground shelter or
dugout equipped with. many luxur-
les was the home of the staff OF
n American army corps which
took a prominent part in the st.
Mihiel fight. 1t was little less
than an underground city club,
with offices, sleeping quarters,
baths, restaurants, kitchens. cleo
trio lights, telephone and bell boys
in the persons of orderlies and
messengers and many other appur-
tenances of hotel life.
It's occupation permitted the
staff of this corps to operate in
touch with the fighting troops
much more closely behind the lines
than such a corps ordinarily ven
lures.
From the outside the place was
so inconspicuous, standing about
200 yards from the road, that SO
out of 100 motorists would have
driven by without seeing it at all.
The one hundredth would have
seer merely a slight elevation in
the muddy plane with two or three
dark holes in the ground that
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23

WITH AMERICAN TROOPS
NORTHWEST OF vERDUN, Nov.
10. = Hello; this is Lakewood
10. Who is calling?" Water
cress IA. The I'D regiment is
advancing according to program
and has reached F-2, c. S. 16. Pa
trolls are in Malancourt and report
the Boche ~retreating toward Mont
faucon. 1 have a message for
Sunnyside 4. Tell them we have
effected liason with their extreme
right"
Or again:
pigeon messenger just arrived
with message from st battalion,
I'd regiment. We are being she'll
ed from DIG R145. Need counter
barrage."
To sit, or better still, to be able
to work in CO of an American
army corps during an infantry &C
ton was to hear a constant sue
cession of cryptic messages such
as the above. G-2 was the intel
ligence section of the army, where
information, news, rumors, reports
of every nature came in as fast as
telegraph and telephone lines,
hastily laid by engineers following
in the footsteps Of the infantry, by
swift and indefatigable motor cycle
dispatch riders, and last, but not
least, by the humble carrier pig
con, could convey them.
Lakewood, of course, was the
advanced Pc, or post of command
of a regiment, a battalion or a di-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23
STRIKE. RICH ORE
AT KNOXVILLE

Salt Lake Tribune: At the
property of the Unionville Mining
company, which has large holdings
in the once-famous camp of Union
Vile, New, President ]. A. Spiker
reports some sensational and high
ly encouraging developments in the
opening up of a rich streak of
high-grade gold ore, with some sill
yer, on the hanging wall and be-
tween the upper and lower levels
of the property.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23

vision. "Watercress" may have
been the corps headquarters to
which the report was made, and
"Sunnyside" was probably anoth-
er Pc adjoining. The names, of
course, we're fictitious.
1t was the privilege Of the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent to
spend a portion of the last two
pushes" northwest of Verdun
with an American corps as the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23
MEN IN OFFICERS CAMPS
MAY SECURE DISCHARGES

WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 10
Candidates for commissions In Of
ficers' training camps may elect
to attend schools and be discharg-
ed Immediately If they desire, the
war department announced. If
they elect to complete the course
they will be commissioned upon
graduation into the officers re-
serve corps and placed on the act
i've list.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23
PARIS PAPER ESTIMATES
TEUTON DEBT TO FRANCE

PARIS, Nov. 16. = The Matin
estimates Germany's debt to France
to be 10000, OOO,O 900 francs. The
Matin declares France must secure
acknowledgment before examininsa
the way in which it will be PAD,
and says Germany and Austria
should return to the allies a mini
mum of 100000 tons of ship
ping in payment for that destroy
ed in the war, but that the Ger
mans have only 100000 tons at
their disposal.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23
ADVERTISED LETTERS

The following Is a list of un-
claimed letters in the Goldfieid,
called for up to and including the
week ending November 8, 1918,
a. advertised" when call
ing for same.
Elmer Burke
E. w. Bryson
F. j. Dorothy
Roy A. Mccall
Joe Proskey
Fred L.. Seybolt
Young Mines Co.
John Van Dorm
623 North Fifth avenue.
HELEN ROSENTHAL, P. M.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23
AGED WOMAN PASSES AWAY
IN SISTERS HOSPITAL

Mrs. Sarah A. Butler, aunt of
Mrs. c. w. Webster, died this
morning at the Sisters hospital.
Mrs. Butler was "a years of age
and made her home with Mr.. and
Mrs. Webster until taken ill. She
a native. of England and was
known to many Goldfield people
for her pleasant disposition.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23

taking the children with her.
Jackson said he waited between
Tonopah and here until last eve
ming, taking his car behind a hill
where it could not be seen from
the road, and passed through here
at Z o'clock. He said he was GER
tain to escape but for the car
breaking, as the police at Big Pine,
for where he was headed, had not
been notified.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23
TELLS
WAY TEUTONS
USED BRITISH
Prisoners Compelled to Work I'm
der Fire of Allied
Artillery
LETTERS MAILED HOME
NEVER LEFT GERMANY
Men Whipped and Mistreated I'm
til Even TeutOns Were
Ashamed

DAN rNANNClOCO, NoN. ~. =
Systematic, deliberate exposure of
British prisoners of war to the fire
of their own and their allies ar
tillery on the part of the Germans,
while employing these prisoners at
forced labor close behind the west
ern front, is described in an Off
cial report of the committee On
treatment by the enemy of British
prisoners of war, made public here
yesterday through the British in
formation bureau.
Not content with this brutality,
with its involved mental torture,
the Germans also kept these pris-
oners on rations less than half
those allowed German soldiers, de-
prived them of adequate clothing,
overworked them, deprived them
of mail from home, including food
parcels; struck them, whipped
them and generally treated them SO
badly that even some Germans
we're ashamed of the conduct of
these in charge.
Publication of the report, called
forth by the recent address of Sir
George Cave, home secretary, in
the house of commons, saying that
all British prisoners must be lib
Grated as a prerequisite for any
armistice being granted to Ger
many, brings to light an appalling
record of inhumanity. AS usual,
this carries the interlineation of
trickery and double-dealing which
has come to be expected in any af-
fairs in which the German govern
ment figures.
Evidence in the hands of the
committee forces it to the conclu-
sion, that as early, at the latest,
as the month of August, 1916, the
German command was systematic
ally employing British as we'll as
other prisoners in forced labor
close behind the western firing
line, thereby deliberately, it must
be said, exposing them to the fire
of the guns of their own and al
lied armies" Later than this, the
report says, on Jan. "a, 1917, to be
exact, the German government in
a note verbale alleged that Ger
man prisoners were employed be-
hind the British lines in France
and threatened reprisals, to begin
Feb. /, 1917. At the time the
threat was made, the threatened
measures already were in force,
the report shows.
In an appendix the report gives
both the text of the note verbale
and extracts of statements made by
escaped prisoners showing the Ger
man statement to be false.
The report shows in detail, back
ing up the showing with docu-
mentary evidence, how the Ger
mans failed to report the names
of prisoners detailed in labor
camps near the front lines, as re-
CURED by International law for all
prisoners, thereby causing needless
anxiety on the part of their fami-
lies and friends. At some prison
camps the British were allowed to
write letters and post cards home,
but, as one escaped prisoner said,
1--WE gave up doing so because
after a week had elapsed from the
time we wrote our letter or card
it was returned to us with the in
formation that the address to
which a reply should be sent had
been altered. This happened week
after week. until we got tired of
writing letters"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23
OLD SEA DOGS IN NAVY

SEATTLE, Nov. 16. - Grizzled
old sea dogs of this section who
have been accustomed to gathering
once each year about New Years
day, will not meet this season.
This year it was discovered that
about 100 members of the Ship
masters association are scattered
far and wide in the service of the
country's merchant marine or in
the navy. With the probability of
only a handful being available, the
annual banquet was called off and
the estimated cost of it, $500, was
invested in bonds of the Fourth
Liberty loan.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23

Many Speak Portuguese.
The Portuguese language is used By
about 10000. 900 persons.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-11-23

New Food for Horses.
A new substitute for oaiS made with
coarse treacle is given to horses ii
Paris.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-03-08
Panama Canal Amoeba.

The men who went to work on the
Panama canal learned good deal
about the amoeba, for when they
drank water containing these micro
scopic creatures they developed dis
ease which staggered the physicians,
and one which required months and
months to cure. The popularity OF
the amoeba is that they reproduce
themselves like many other very low
types of creatures. An amoeba at
first consists Of but single cell-an
outer coat or membrane, inside of
which is a globule of protoplasm and
at the center harder portion, termed
the nucleus. One fine day this little
single cell begins to divide and pretty
soon there are two complete cells, each
with its outer membrane, protoplasm
and nucleus. And then, in time, each
of the two cells splits up again, and
SO on, always reproducing its kind by
splitting itself into two sections.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-03-08

The scriptures make us more famil-
,ar with tents than with huts. They
were invented before the deluge and
appear from the first to have been as
ISOLATED with the pastoral life to which
a movable habitatiOn was necessary.
The patriarchal fathers of the Israel
ties were dwellers in tents, and their
descendants proceeded at once from
.ents to houses. We find the same
true with the Assyrians. The first
tents were undoubtedly covered with
skins, of which there are traces in the
Pentateuch; but nearly all the tents
mentioned in the Bible were doubtless
of goats hair, spun and woven by the
women, such as are now In western
Asia, used by all who dwell in tents.
Tents of linen were. and still are, only
used occasionally for holiday or trav-
cling purposes by those who do not
habitually live In them.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-03-08
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Probate Court on Clear
water county, State of Idaho In the
matter of the estate of Washington
Bonner, deceased Notice is hereby
given by the undersigned admins
traitor of the estate of Washington
Bonner. deceased, To the creditors
of. and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first
publication of this notice. to the
said administrator at the Office of F.
f. Smith, his attorney, at the Court
House, IN Orotino, Clearwater coun-
ty, Idaho. the same being the place
for the transaction OF the business
of said estate, in the County of
Clearwater. State of Idaho. Signed
and dated at Orofino, Idaho this
23rd day Of February, A. D., 1918.
DOC BONNER,
Administrator OF the Estate OF
Washington Bonner. Deceased.
March ! times.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-03-08
Entertain When Delayed.

When train Is held up in South
Africa the passengers readily adapt
themselves to the situation. One con-
genial custom is to elect an entertain
ment committee. On one occasion a
very successful concert was given by
the passengers and staff at the Rail-
way Institute, Beaufort West by which
$35 was released in aid of the Red
Cross fund. A somewhat uncommon
turn to the Beaufort folk was an ex-
hibition bout by Harold Butler (stew-
ard on the train), who gave Chief
Steward McMickan three sharp rounds
and took on soldier directly after
wards for the same period. Some very
original comic songs were well appre-
ciated. An incident worthy of note
was an amusing absurdity, called "The
Waiter" written on the spur Of the
moment by two stewards and fair
"damsel" who afterwards turned out
to be Mr.. and not Miss. The eve
ming concluded with dance, and II
helped to pass pleasant few hours
while waiting for the line to be
cleared.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-03-08
Japan's Many Knots.

There Is an appeal to the imagina-
ton even in the knots intended by the
Japanese for common use. There are
plus blossom, cherry blossom, iris,
chrysanthemum, and pine-tree knots.
There are fujiyama knots. turtle ana
stork knots, the "old mans" which IS
easy to tie, and the "old womans'
also. There is one way of knotting a
cord when sending New Years or
birthday gift, and another for doing
IN a funeral Offering. There is one
way to tie the brocade bag OF the tea
lar when 1t is full, and another wneh
it is empty. A sword-bag, nag OF
spear bag, dispatch bag. or the pox
containing some precious piece OF
porcelain or lacquer, must each DC
tied in q certain way.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-03-08
ALIAS SUMMONS.

In the District Court of the SEC
ond Judicial District of the lte IF
Idaho in and for the Cour of
Clearwater.
Margaret Mcfarland. Plain in vs..
James Mcfarland, Defendant.
The State of Idaho sends gree :
ings to James Mcfarland. the above
named defendant.
You are hereby notified that a
complaint has been filed again, YOU
in the District Court of the Second
Judicial District of the State of Ida
no. in and for the County of Clear
water. by the above named plaintiff
of the nature and in general terms
as follows:
To obtaiA a decree dissolving the
bonds of matrimony now existing
in, and awarding the custody of the
minor children benjamin Mcfarland
and Marie Mcfarland to the plain
tiff, upon the grounds that for more
than one year last past you have
failed to provide for the plaintiff
the common necessaries of life, be-
cause of your idleness. profligacy and
dissipation. All of which is more
lullN set loftH Ill TIE complaint OI
file in this action, which is hereby
by reference, made part of this
summons.
! And you are hereby directed tc
appear and answer the said com
plant within twenty days of the
service of this summons, if served
within this judicial district, an6
within forty days if served else
where. And you are further notified
that unless you so appear and an
swer said complaint within the tim'
herein specified, the plaintiff will
take judgment against you as pray
ed in said complaint.
Witness my hand and the seal o
the District Court of the Second Ju
dicial District of the State Of Idaho
in and for the County of Clearwater
this 2Sth day of February, 1913.
(SEAL) JOSEPH KAUFMAN,
Clerk
F. E. Smith, residence and post-of
flee address, Orofino, Idaho, Attor
ney foy Plaintiff. Mar-1-Apr
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-03-08
ALIAS SUMMONS.

In the District Court of the Sec
ond Judicial District of the State of
Idaho in and for the County of
Clearwater.
Mary McGraw, Plaintiff, VS..
George w. McGraw, Defendant.
The State of Idaho sends greet
ings to George w. McGraw, the
above named defendant.
You are hereby notified that
complaint has been filed against you
in the District Court of the Second
Judicial District of the State of Ida
no, in and for the County of Clear
water, by the above named plaintiff,
of the nature and in general terms
as follows:
To obtain a decree dissolving the
bonds of matrimony now existing
between you and the plaintiff here
in upon the grounds that on or
about the Sth. day of September,
1916, you willfully and without
cause deserted and abandoned plain
tiff, and ever since have and still
continue to so wilfully and without
cause desert and abandon plaintiff
and to live seperate and apart from
her, without any sufficient cause or
any reason, ana against ner Will anu
without her consent.
All of which is more fully set
forth in the complaint filed in this
action, to which reference is here
made for greater particularly.
And you are hereby directed tC
appear and answer the said COM
plant within twenty days of the
service of this summons, If served
within this judicial district anc
within forty days if served else
where. And you are further notified
that unless you so appear and an
swer said complaint within the time
herein specified, the plaintiff will
take judgment against you as pray
ed in said complaint.
Witness my hand and the seal o
the District Court of the Second Ju
dicial District of the State Of Idaho
in md for the County of Clearwater
this first day of March. 1918.
| (SEAL) JOSEPH KAUFMAN,
Clerk
F. e. Smith, residence and post-oi
flee address. Orofino, Idaho. Attol
ney foy Plaintiff. Mar-1-Apr
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-03-08
Some Historic Markers.

LVienna boasts the possession OF the
bencil with which Napoleon l. marked
the localities of coming battles dur
Ing the Austrian campaign. Other pens
of international renown are treasured
by the Empress Eugene and the fam
lily of Lord Bangor. That in the keep
ing of the empress was used by the
IA plenipotentiaries who signed the
treaty of Parts in 1856. 1t was made
from quill of golden eagles wing
and is richly mounted with diamonds
and gold. The Bangor quill-pen was
used oy the high contracting powers
In signing the treaty of Vienna.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-03-08
When Are They Haifsteins2

A well-known New York artist WIS.,
tied n farmer friend of his who hau
among his stock number OF hoi-
stems. the first he had ever seen 10
know by sight. He vastly admired
their distinctive black and white color
scheme and rambled along looking ut
some other breeds. Presently he came
to one all black which riveted his at
tention. "Say, John" he inquired Sc
riously. "if they are Holsteins when
they are half black, are they Half
stems when they are all blackr'-
Judge.