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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-06
lover the Top"
By An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
| Machine Gunner Seroins in France
.tCopyrighI isiT. By Arthur Guy smpsyl


other end, the barbs are cut off and
Tommy slips his wrist through a loop
to get a good grip on the wire. If the
prisoner wants to argue the point, why
just place the large loop around his
neck and no matter If Tommy wishes
trot, or gallop. Fritz Is perfectly agree
able TO maintain Tommy's rate OF
speed.
We were ordered to black our faces
and hands. For this reason At night,
the English and Germans use what
they call star shells, a sort Of rocket
affair. They are fred from a large
pistol about twenty inches long. which
is held over the sandbag parapet of the
trench, and discharged into the air.
These star shells attain a height OF
about sixty feet, and a range Of from
fifty to seventy-five yards. When they
hit the ground they explode, throwing
out a strong calcium light which lights
up the ground In q circle OF a radius of
between ten to fifteen yards. They
also have a parachute star shell which.
after reaching a height of about sixty
feet, explodes. A parachute unfolds
and slowly floats to the ground. light
ing up a large circle in No Mans Land.
The official name OF the star shell Is
a "Very-light." very-lights are used
to prevent night surprise attacks on
the trenches. II a star shell falls In
front of you, or between you and the
German lines. you are safe from detec-
ton, as the enemy cannot see you
through the bright curtain of light.
But If 1t falls behind you and, as Tom
my says, "you get In the star shell
zone." then the fun begins; you have
to lie fiat OF your stomach and remain
absolutely motionless until the light OF
the shell dies out. This takes any
where from forty to seventy seconds.
II you haven't time to fall TO the
ground you must remain absolutely
still in whatever position you were In
when the light exploded II is advis-
able not to breathe. as Fritz has an
eye like an eagle when he thinks you
are knocking at his door. When a star
shell Is burning In Tommy's rear he
can hold his breath for a week.
You blacken your face and hands so
that the light from the star shells will
not reflect on your pale face. In a
trench raid there is quite sufficient
reason for your face TO be pale. II you
don't believe me, try II just once.
Then another reason for b%lackening
your face and hands is that, after you
have entered the German trench at
night. white face" mean Germans.
"black face" English. Coming around
a traverse you see a white face In
front OF you. With a prayer and wish
ing Fritz "the best o. luck" you intro
duce him TO your ''persuader" Or
knuckle knife.
A little later we arrived at the com.
.munlcatiOn trench named Whisky
which led TO the ire trench at
the point we were to go over the top
and out In front.
ITO be C~ontinued)
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-06
Here Comes the eo.hawk.

A warning to sportsmen and othors
that a dangerous migration Is In prog
ress from the arctic regions has been
Issued by the Iowa fish and game com
mlssioners.
The present invasion is said to be
the most serious since that of eleven
years ago. when the birds driven south
ward by a scarcity of hare and ptarmi-
gan, came to this state and devoured
grouse by the wholesale.
The goshawk, which, unlike other
hawks, flies straightaway, instead of
in circles, is somewhat larger than a
pigeon.-Exchange,
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NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE
SET FOR PROVING WILL

In the Sixth judicial District Court
of the State of Nevada. in and for
the County of Humboldt.
In the matter of the Estate of Bur
well w. Stewart, Deceased.
Whereas, Sarah f. Stewart, Roberi
Burr Stewart and John II. Carter die
on the 9th day of May, AID. 1918
duly file herein a petition praying
that a certain document, duly pre-
scented and filed herein, purporting to
be the last will and testament of
Burwell w. Stewart, deceased, be az
mitted to probate as the last will ana
testament of said Burwell w. Stewart.
deceased. and that letters testament
tary thereon be issued to the said
Sarah F. Stewart. Robert Burr Stew
art and John II. Carter. the said petit
toners;
Now, therefore. notice is hereby
given that Saturday, the Sth day of
June. AID. 1918. at the hour of 10
o'clock I'm of said day, and the
court room of the above entitled
Court, at the court house of said
County, at Winnemucca, said County
and State, have been appointed as the
time and place of proving said pur-
ported will and testament. and for the
hearing of said application of said
Sarah F. Stewart. Robert Burr Stew
art and John II. Carter for the issu-
ance to them of letters testamentary
thereon; at which time and place all
persons interested may appear and
show cause, If any there be, why the
said purported will and testament
should not be admitted to probate,
and letters testamentary thereon be
issued. as prayed for in said petition.
Dated, May 2Sth. 1918.
j. w. DAVEY. Clerk.
L. G. Wilson. Attorney for Petitioners.
Date of first publication. May 2S, 1918,
Date OF last publication. June Is. 1918.
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Application No. 5e14
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PERMISSION TO APPROPRIATE
THE PUBLIC WATERS OF THE
STATE OF NEVADA

Notice is hereby given that on the
22nd day of April. 1918. in accordance
with Section SO, Chapter 140. of the
Statutes of 1913. one Ethel Bernard,
of Gerlach, County of Washoe, and
State of Nevada, made application to
the State Engineer of Nevada for per
mission to appropriate the public
waters of the State of Nevada. Such
appropriation is to be made from
Crazy Quilt Spring. at a point in Lot
Q. Sec. 8, T. SO ~. r. "a f., M.D.B.&M..
by mean OF O dam, and LIS cubic feet
per second is 10 be conveyed to Sh
NEA, aad Lots 1 and 2, Sec. 3, T. 81
n. r. "a r., Mb.B&M, by means OF
bitches, and there used for irrigation
and domestic purposes, from March
LIST until October LIST OF each year
Water not to be returned to stream.
(slgned) SEYMOUR CASE
State Engineer.
Date of first publication. May Is. 1913
Date Of last publication. June .. ASlS
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tlllery has bombarded that section OF
the line for two days and personally l
believe that that part of the German
trench Is unoccupied, so Just get a cou-
pie of prisoners and return as quickly
as possible"
The sergeant on my right, In an I'M
dertone, whispered to me:
"Say, Yank, how are we going to get
a couple Of prisoners If the old fool
thinks personally that that part of the
trench Is unoccupied, sounds kind of
fishy, doesn't 1t mater"
/ had a funny sinking sensation In
my stomach, and my tin hat felt as If
1t weighed about a ton and my enthusi-
asm was melting away. Old Pepper
must have heard the sergeant speak
because he turned in his direction and
In a laundering voice asked:
what did you sayT"
The sergeant with a scarlet look on
his face and his knees trembling,
smartly saluted and answered:
Nothing, sir"
Old Pepper said:
wei, don't say II so loudly the next
time"
Then Old Pepper continued:
I'm this section of the German
trenches there are two or three ma
chine guns which our artillery, in the
last two or three days, has been un-
able to tape. These guns command the
sector where two of our communica-
ton trenches join the front line, and
as the brigade is to go over the top to-
morrow morning l want to capture two
or three men from these guns crews,
and from them l may be able to obtain
valuable information as to the exact
location of the guns, and our artillery
Will therefore be able to demolish them
before the attack, and thus prevent
our losing a lot of men while using
these communication trenches to bring
up re-enforcements."
These were the instructions he gave
us:
Take of your Identification disks,
strip your uniforms of all numerals,
insignia, etc, leave your papers with
your captains, because l don't want the
Boches to know what regiments are
against them as this would be valuable
information TO them In our attack to-
morrow and / don't want any of you
to be taken alive. What / want is two
prisoners and II l get them l have a
way which will make them divulge
all necessary information as to their
guns. You have your choice of two
weapons-you may carry your per-
suaders' or your knuckle knives, and
each man will arm himself with four
Mills bombs, these to be used only In
case of emergency"
A persuader is Tommy's nickname
for q club carried by the bombers. 1t
is about two feet long. thin at one end
and very thick at the other. The thick
end is studded with sharp steel spikes,
while through the center of the club
there is a nine-inch lead bar, to give
1t weight and balance. When you get
a prisoner all you have to do is just
stick this club up In front of him, and
believe me. the prisoners patriotism
AOi DcutSSiiduu ueDcT Allies IdueS
away and he very willingly obeys the
orders of is captor. If. however, the
prisoner gets heightened and refuses TO
follow you. simply persuade" him by
first removing his tin hat, and then
well. the use of the lead weight in the
persuader Is demonstrated. and Tom
my looks for another prisoner.
The knuckle knife is a dagger affair.
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Paradise and Willow Point Line

Leaves Winnemucca land Opposite
points, daily, exceptp Sunday, at 7
am, for Paradise, Willow Point and
way stations. twenty-five pounds of
baggage allowed; &c ID. for excess.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-06

From The Daily Silver State

r. 4. Slaudiger, one of the former owners of the Blackbird mine in g
Central district, recently sold to an Eastern syndicate, has made n 9
other rich strike O a gold-bearng ledge near the Blackbrd. 9
Winnemucca has been suffering all the horrors of a beer famine for 9
the past three days, caused by a quarrel between the railroad COM 9
panies yer the freight charges ON several carloads of beer which g
were sfdetracked at Ogden pending a settlement of the dispute. I'm 9
less the beer arrives within the next "a hours something horrible 9
Will happen. One of the principal causes of the famine is said to be g
the impetus given to the beer trade by the demise of the recently 9
organized Good Templars Lodge. q
9
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-06

hands with Atwell, and went to the
rear to give my name TO the officers IN
charge of the raiding party.
l was accepted. worse luck.
At 9:45 that night we reported TO the
brigade headquarters dugOut TO receive
instructions from Old Pepper.
After reaching this dugout we lined
up ~ a semlcircle around him, and he
addressed US as follows
"All | want you boys to do is TO go
oyer TO the German lines tonight. sur
prise them. secure a couple OF prison
ers. and return Immediately. Our ar
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-06-06
McDermitt-N National Line

Leaves Winnemucca land opposite
points, daily, except Sunday, at Z
am, for McDermitt, National and way
stations.
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
Cats Save Many in Fire
in Which Five Are Killed

New York. -Four men and n woman
were Killed and three others were in
irred la a fire which swept a sailors
! oarding house ut | Peck slip. Two of
the dead were unidentified Polish sail
ors. The others who perished were
Gaspar Russell, proprietor of the house:
his wife Elizabeth. and Charles Ben
nett, an oyster opener. Those who
"ere injured suffered by jumping from
the windows.
The tenants were awakened to their
danser ny the. shouts OF, John Sigel and
Ills Wife who lived with their three
children on the second floor. Sigel was
aH akened by the mewng of cat out :
side his door ON opening the door he
WAS driven back by an immense VOL
ume of smoke. He slammed the door.
rushed into the room where his chill
dren were asleep. and lowered them
and his wife to the roof of 4 fruit
stand and jumped after them.
BY the time the engines arrived sew
eral Of the tenants We're jumping out of
the windows. Fireman q. j. O'Dono-
hue of hook and ladder company 10
ran up to the second floor of the ad =
Joining building at Sls Pearl street and
tut Il scaling ladder against the third
iloor of the burning house.
He made an entrance with several
other fireman and rescued several
tenants who We're leaning over the sill
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
# HAIR IS TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Here's Grandmother's Recipe to Dark.
en- and Beauty Faded

That beautiful even shade 1T G.,ll,
glossy hair can "mlv W.. uad by b1t-W-
ing mixture "f ~a4,. Tr uul s,n}-
ph@r. Your halr i~ yuu. charm. II
makes ur mars the ruco. N-n,.t 1t
fades, turns gray OF a'r,aN,l. last am
application or tWo vi ~r-o ;AiH Ssl
phur enhances i*s aFR"alHnce il lap-
dredfoid
Don't bother II Il... are t'.,- mi>-
ture; you can get Ills fam"u~ cid
recipe improved by the addition Of
other ingredients at At smalI cost, .ii
ready Tor use. 1t iH called Wyeth's
Sage and sulphur Compound. This can
always be depended upon t. bring lack
the natural color Stnd hrstre of Your
hair.
Everybody uses "Wyetl4's" Sag, and
sulphur Compound now because it
darkeps SO naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell il has been applied. You
simply dampen IL sponge or soft brush
with II and draw this through the hair,
tafing one small strand at a time. by
!. morning the gray hair has disappeared,
and after another Application il be
comes beautifully dark and appears
glossy aud lnstrous. This ready to- use
preparation IL q dolightfuI toilet reaui-
site for those who desire dark hair ard
= youthfnie eappearance. II Is not in
tended for the cure, mitigation or pre-
,yenti0n Of disease.Ady.
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
CONSUMER HAS RIGHT
TO GET COAL DIRECT
Province of Jobbers Is Set
by Fuel Administration.

Helena, April 24.--Fuel Administered
tor Garfield will allow no coal job
bing. Jobbers must have written re-
quest from dealers and consumers to-
act as purchasing agents il they collect
Is cents per ton.
Operators who refuse to sell coal di-
rect to dealers and consumers will mot
be allowed to collect the Is cents per
ton commissions through their favored
jobbing concerns.
State Fuel Administrator Swindle-
hurst has received communication
from the legal division of the United
States fuel administration, which left
him in doubt as to the course to be
pursued. A recent ruling provides as
follows:
II there Is an agreement or an ar
| rangement between mine operator
and n jobbing concern whereby the
| former refuses to- FIJI orders received
directly from dealers. and consumers
except through jobber or purchasing
agent, the latter will be presumed t.
control the mine operator and therefore
no purchasing agents commission car
be charged.
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25

overcome by smoke. Others who were
asleep were dragged to safety.
Running up to the fourth floor, they
found David Vinenna, watchman.
overcome. In another room they found
John Degrot. In other rooms the fire.
men stumbled over the bodies Of Cas-
par Russell, the proprietor. and his
wife. Both were dead. as we're the
sailors In an adjoining room and Ben
nett in the room beneath.
The tenants who were injured in
jumping from the windows We're Otto
Riedel. an American sailor, whose skull
was fractured; Anseimo Fernando, a
cook. who broke his leg in drop from
the second floor: and Ricardo Antello,
who suffered from internal injuries.
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
PUT OLD ENEMY
TO UTTER R0UT
Tells how to lift off that touchy
corn without hurting
one particle

Hospital records show that every
time you cut n corn you invite lock-
jaw or blood poison, which is needless,
says a Cincinnati authority, who tells
you that quarter ounce of Il drug
called freeZone can be obtained at lit
tie cost from the drug store, but is
sufficient to rid ones feet of every
hard or soft corn or callus.
YOu simply apply a few drops of
this freeZonc on a tender, aching corn
and the soreness is instantly relieved
Shortly the entire corn can be lifted out
root and all, without pain.
THIS drug is sticky, but dries at once
and is claimed to just shrivel up any
corn without inflaming or even irri-
tating the surrounding tissue or skin
II your wife wears high heels she
will 1he glad to know of this
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
BRITISH EXPOSE
LIE ABOUT YANkS

: london Nprif "a. The admiralty
has issued the following.
- "lr toagSs German wireless lle
following statement appears:
From papers found on Ameri-
can ayiatnrs who were shot down
II has been proved that for their
OWE safety many of them crossed
over on hospital ships certified as
members of the American amhu-
lance service in France
"Tbr secretary of the admiralty
makes the following statement:
"'Nu hospital ship, British or
American. has ever carried any
body but inNalids and the necessary
m"dicat staff. Further. there are
no hospital ships working on the
cross clatnueI route. The whole
statement therefore. is fahrico
ton
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
May Give National Banks
All Fiduciary Privileges

Washington, April 2s,-under an
amendment to the federal reserve act,
passed today by the house. national
banks in the federal reserve system
would be authorized to engage in fidu-
ciary business in competition with
trust companies regardless OF state
laws to the contrary. Such business
is done by the banks now where state
laws do not forbid.
Another amendment carried by the
bill passed today and sent TO the SEN
ate would extend penal provisions for
emhezzlement and other offenses
against banks to officers, directors
agents or employees af federal reserve
banks.
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
THERE WAS A DAY.
NOT LONG AGO
When Few Women Used Face Pow.
ders, Creams or Cosmetics.

Now, almost every woman uses them
and without con6ealment. It is con-
eeded that she has the right to retain
her youthful look IN long as she can,
For this reason. rnany women Of un-
questioned refinement now use Q-bnn
Hair Color Restorer TO retain the
youthful beauty of their hair. II your
hair is gray. streaked with gray or
faded. You too, can bring back all its
natural color with this simple, harm-
less preparation. s
Q-ban is not a dye. You can prove
this by trying in On your combings.
Dyes will color them but G ban leaves
them unchanged. II Is Il wonderful
and delightful toilet requisite which
keeps the hair glossy and youthful.
Does not stain the scalp. or wash or
rub off. and does not interfere with
washing or waving the hair. Removes
dandruff and keeps the scalp healthy.
Easily applied.
Sold by all good druggists every
where on Money. Back Guarantee.
Price 75c.
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
Doctors to BE Dispatched
Where Services Are Needed

Helena, ALrIl -. The medical as
suciaion OF Montana has been re
1uested by the government to nrt-lngr
for the transfer OF doctors from point
to point during thu war time when the
demand for ! by sicIans for the army
stall hay" exhausted the supply in Ger
tain communities.
committee composed of Doctors
t.anstrum. Watllin. Titus, stevens and
Cogswell has been appointed To ar
tend to the distribution.
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
FOX FuRs SELL At HIGH PIRcE.

st. Louis. April 24.-The largest col
lection of silver fox offered in the last
IL years swere the only furs auctioned
today at the April fur sale. Twelve
hundred Of the pelts were sold during
the day for total of $4,000. Buy
ers from the east paid top prices, the
prices ranging from $3.50 to $1,000 for
eaehspelt.
Total sales for the three days of the
auction amount to more than 81. SOC, 600
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
Shipping Board Promises
More Ships in 1919, 1920

Washington, April 2i.-The shipping
board has decided on substantial in
crease in its ship building program for
1919 over the tonnage planned for TINS
year, it has been announced Indica-
tions are that the increase will be cons
tinued In 1920.
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25

'wicd considerable power hut the black
AmaZons of the South Seas could give
them a lesson or two in handling their
men.
One of them Is the Bachelor taboo
against the ogling street corner and
cafe gallant
I'm Thinking seriously. OF Organiz
Ing a Washers Taboo club.
"WhOll be thr FIRST to join"
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
Contracts Are Let
for % Steel Ships

Washington, April 2i~-~Contracts f%
70 steel freightcrs Of 4 total OF 2O4,6OO
tonnage. have been let 10y the Elmer
gency Fleet corporation. 1t is ans
nounced today. The ships will be built
ut San Francisco and Wilmington.
South Carolina, !
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25
Ninth Loses Liberty L0an
H0nOl's on q Technically

Minneapolis, April 24.-The coveted
honor of being the first federal district
to go ''over the top in the third Lib
erty loan has. been technically lost by
the ninth district. a. II. Rogers, district
director. said tonight. The 1t. Louis
The Daily Missoulian., 1918-04-25

district has been recognized by the
rational headquarters as having won
that distinction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08

shells. 1t Is used as paint and the
bauxite ore Is employed to make
brick for furnace Innings. The metal
rusting qualities, and for its resist
ance to the action of acids and es-
pecially sulphuric and nitric acids.
We are now getting the most of our
nickel from Canada. and that country
will supply us with all we need for
the war. It has great deposits at
north of Georgian bay. and these be-
long to the International Nickel Com
pany. whose headquarters Ia at New
York city, with refining works In New
Jersey. not far away. / visited the
% eaaS osn ysaTs age o They nsva s an
than would make solid block as big
as the National Capitol at Washing
ton, and the deposits seem to be prac-
tically inexhaustible. The ore there
looks much like iron; 1t Is COM
iron. It is mined like iron. and
smelted into the matte which Is sent
to New Jersey. The smelling gives
forth an enormous amount Of brim-
stone fumes and the men employed
have to wear gas masks or rubber
nose caps to Withstand the burning
sulphur. g
When the war with Germany began,
OF nickel except to the British pos
sessions. but Canada had then no re-
nning plant of its own. and q special
license was given to the Interna-
tional Nickel Company to send the
metal into the United States. provided
have practically no nickel deposits,
and the bureau Of mines suggests
that the government ought to accu-
mulate a reserve supply OF something
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08

a cargo largely made up of tungsten.
Before the war the Germans got most
OF this metal from the British pos
sessions and they owned also mines
IN Argentina. The ore was smelted In
Germany and sold to the rest of Eu-
rope. The most of the product went
to the Krupp steel works at Essen.
Today the United States is the
largest producer of tungsten ore in
the world. making about one-fifth Of
an that is mined. Our principal de-
posits are in Colorado. California.
Idaho, New Mexico. Nevada, South
Dakota and Alaska, the richest and
most valuable of all being in the
Mojave desert of California. The
mineral Is produced also in Burma.
Bolivia, Portugal and Australia 1t
takes but a small amount of tung-
stem to each ton of steel, and the
world supply is not large. The metal
IS used also in ignition systems in
biography, and as a substitute for
platinum as electrical contact points.
AS 70 platinum itself, this is now
one OF the most valuable metals on
eaFtn. It was worth twice as much
as gold before the war began, and it
is now worth five times it's weight in
tnat metal. The most of the worlds
supply has come from Russia, and
oeIore the war the Russian output
was controlled by French syndicate
Wnich brought the platinum to
france and sent it out from there.
When the war came the Russia mines
broke down, and from now on they
Will be IN the har11s Of the Germans.
We shall have to get our additional
supply from Colombia and from Cali
iornia, Nevada and Wyoming. where 1t
Ia known to exist in small Quantities,
We are indebted for our present
supply largely to one of our Army
on1cers who was travelling through