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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-27

Washington. Nay 26-General Per-
sling's commurique for Sunday, is
sued tonight by War Department, tells
how an American patrol of an Of
ficer and twenty men in the Lorraine
sector last night drove back an in
ficted los jes urCn an enemy patrol
armed with light machine guns and
assisted by 'cachine gun fire from the
enemy lines.
The commu, ique for Sunday de-
lsyed in transmission, says:
Yesterday IN Picardy our troops
executed :. successful silent raid and
inflicted on the enemy number OF
losses in killed and prisoners. There
Is NOTHING else of importance to re-
port"
Following is today's statement:
In the coarse of patrol encounters
cur troops fIove back the enemy and
inflicted a nnmber of casualties. Last
right in L.orrrire one of our patrol
consisting of an officer and twenty
n en- GAINED contact with an enemy
patrol of afcrt equal strength which
was supplied witt, light machine guns
and as ,ist T. by machine gun fire from
its own lines In the fighting whi'!
ehsue! our patrol drove back the enc
my killing several of them "
Still another week has passed ant
| Il @ German rave not begun their eX
pected new offensive against the Al
led forces il, Flanders ard Picardy
And, as yet. there is no where an!
indication that t. is the carly inten
ton Ir I've enemy again to try t
break the battle front and reach tn
channel ports.
1t t. not Improbable however, tina
blow will Je lau2ched at any moment
Ayiato.s wi1ring their way in recon
raissance3 behind the German line
still report a cor inuation by the Ger
r,ans tf their work of bringing u
fresh troops. guns and stores TO
what is believed everywhere will b
their greatest attempt to win a de
c,sive victory
Every hour is being utilized b
them to strengthen strategic position
and every hour finds them the bet
ter prepared to withstand an enem
onslaught TIE morale of the troop
is of the highest and confidence reign
among the men of the unified com
mGnd Of General Foch that the enem
will not he ellie to carry out his pre-
gram 20 the iull and that whateve
erounl he may gain will be dearl
paid i,r
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-27

Mrs. Woodron II. Taulbee entertain
ed Saturday afternoon with a war
brides party in honor of her guest,
Mrs. Knight.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-27

All Union Barber Shops will close
Decoration lay at noon. 27-3t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-27
.JOHNa;:S:DEER
; SPREADER
The Spreader With the Beater On the Axle

Easy to Load from the front
to the rear-only 38 inches to
the top Of the box. You see
where every forkful goes. A boy
can load it.
The Drive WheelsA Are High.
The draft is not sacrificed. High
drive wheels save horseflesh.
The Beater Drive is durable
and strong. 1t has the same
principles, and is as simple as
the triple-geared horse power.
Gears are inclosed in a dust
proof case. They run in an oil
bath. No dust or dirt can reach
them.
Simplest Spreader Built.
Only half the castings on it nee
essary on other spreaders. No
clutches or chains. Main work.
ing parts mounted on the rear
axle. They can't get out Of line,
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
TUBERCULOSIS TO
Be SUBJECT OF
MEETING n
SPOKANE
PROBLEM OF THOUSANDS RE-
JECTED AT CAMPS TO BE
CONSIDERED

NEW YORK, Sept. 16. How to
solve the problem presented by
thousands of men rejected by the
draft boards or at camp or dis
charged from the army on
of tuberculosis, will be the chief
question taken up at the northwest
ern tuberculosis conference to be
held in Spokane. Wash, on Sept.
81 and 2S. That announcement IA
made today by the national tuber-
culosis association, under whose
auspices the conference will be held.
The seven states of Washington,
Oregon, Montana. Wyoming, Idaho.
Utah and Nevada will be represent
ed at this gathering. at which army
officers, federal, state and local Of
ficials and tuberculosis and Red
Cross workers will lay out the ON
crete measures needed to restore
these rejected and discharged men
to health, self-support and useful
ness.
The northwestern states, the an
nouncement points out, must as
sumo responsibility for the condi-
ton of large numbers of these men.
At present, boards of health, tuber-
culosis associations and the civilian
division of the Red Cross in these
states are receiving from the sur
g~eon-general of the army, through
the medium of the national tuber-
culosis association, the names and
addresses of all men rejected or
discharged at camp as tubercular.
Following a cooperative plan,
these several agencies are endeav-
oring to get into touch with all
such men and to provide treatment
for those who need it.
Though substantial progress is
being made, this tier of states, the
association declares, is still m
what backward in attacking this
problem, so far as the tuberculosis
societies are concerned. At the
Spokane conference the difficulties
in the way will be considered and
practical means of obtaining maxi
mum results in future will be work
ed out.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
FRENCH WILL CHANGE
METHODS OF BUYING
FOLLOWING WAR

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 49,
American manufacturers who plan
to supply materials for the indus
trial reconstruction of France should
prepare for cooperative selling, for
a revolutionary change in French
methods of buying is to follow the
war.
A small number of central pur-
chasing agencies, representing
groups of French manufacturers en-
gagged in related industries and as
sisted by the credit of the French
government, will deal with those
supplying the material.
Scattered American selling eff
forts will not be able to meet the
requirements of the huge buying
power of several thousand French
consumers, in the opinion of Pierce
G.. Williams, American commercial
attache at Paris, who reports that
unless American manufacturers pre-
pare for cooperative selling that
they will be laboring under a seri-
Gus handicap.
The central bureau for industrial
purchases for the invaded regions,
a French stock company composed
of many manufacturers, has empha-
sized in a report that the task of
restoring the destroyed industries
is too large for individual and COM
petitive buying. It's directors are
reported as equally certain that it
will be out of the question for iso-
lated . American firms, no matter
how large or we'll equipped, to meet
the demand.
1t is with groups of American
manufacturers, each group being
able to supply a certain industry
with all materials and special equip
ment for the restoration, that the
central bureau wishes to establish
relations.
Although the French manufacture
er in the past has been regarded as
more individualistic among business
men, the size and complexity of the
task of reconstruction has caused
him to accept such a radical
change in his business methods as
collective buying.
The industrial reconstruction in
France alone is more than n ma
ton can properly attend to, so the
| pooling of American interests in
wolves solution of the question OF
whether American manufacturers
will be able to hold their own in
competition with other nations
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
CARRIER PIGEONS
ARE VALUABLE
n ENTENTE
WARFARE
QUICKLY BECOME ACCUSTOMED
TO SHELL FIRE AND
GAS

BEHIND BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE, Sept. 16.-For the Amer
lean soldier newly arrived in the
lines in France there is always a
great interest attaching to the now
widespread use of carrier pigeons.
Little crates of the birds are
found in many a front-line dugout,
and they become great pets of the
men, who watch their work with
close interest.
Normally information in war
time is transmitted by wire, but
sometimes occasions arise when the
wires prove insufficient or break
down altogether. Every front line
unit must be prepared for such an
emergency . So the pigeons are al
ways kept handy, and from time to
time are tried put to be sure that
they are ready for their work.
The pigeons quickly become ac-
customed to shell fire and they will
carry important messages through a
heavy artillery barrage and through
gas clouds when no other method
of communication is practicable.
Pigeons were first employed by
the British army in October, 1914,
when an experimental shipment of
SO birds was brought to France.
Their value was Immediately rec
ognized and the service rapidly
grew to enormous proportions.
Under present war conditions, the
pigeons are most largely employed
for two purposes: To bring back
information from the front-line
trenches and, during an advance, to
bring messages from the advancing
tanks and infantry. Generally
speaking. a 100-mile flight is the
outside limit for military purposes,
even when messages are sent in
duplicate. For distances of 10
miles, single birds are relied on
constantly and there are few fall
ures.
In war, mobile lofts must take
place of stationary ones. These
are usually small automobile trucks
and contain from 60 to 70 birds. An
important feature of the truck is a
good lookout cage" on top so that
the birds can easily learn the topog-
raphy of the neighborhood before
being liberated for their work.
In the battle of the Somme in
1916 about $500 operation messag-
es we're brought in by carrier
pigeons over a period of three
months.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
AMERICA STARTS
PREPARING FOR
WARFARE IN
BELGIUM
FRANCE WANTED BY WAR
DEPARTMENT

NEW YORK, Sept. IS. - Old
picture post cards and photographs
of France or Belgium of any of the
territory now, occupied by the Ger
mans are needed by the war depart
ment, according to an open letter
written today by William Guggen-
helm, chairman of the army and
navy committee of the American de-
tense society to the American poo-
pie. This letter, which is written at
the request of Major A. G.. Camp
bell of the military Intelligence
branch of the wal department,
reads:
Il urge patriotic Americans to
forward any picture post cards, pho
tographs and prints of any of the
towns and of the country now oc-
cupied by the Germans in Belgium
and northern France to the Ameri-
can defense society at IA East 23d
street, New York city, from where
they will be sent to the war depart
ment, as they will be of value to
our officers abroad who can famil-
iarize themselves with the appear
ance of localities toward which they
are advancing which will undoubt-
eddy be a distinct aid in military OPP
erations.
81 especially urge people who
have travelled abroad and who have
collected postal cards to carefully
sort them with a view to their be-
ing used by the war department.
Written descriptions of the terri
tory already mentioned will be OF
considerable value"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
AvIATORS ARE
EXPERT IN USE Of
MACHINE GUNS

SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, Sept.
10. Accurate machine-gun fire
is the chief requirement of the sue
cessful combat aviator, allied avia-
ton experts agree. Fortunately for
the allies that is one department in
which their aviators excel.
1t is interesting to note the prog
ress made in the weapons used by
aviators. At the opening of hostili-
ties airplanes were used mainly for
observation work. Their pilots were
armed generally with carbines and
sometimes only with an automatic
revolver. Then came the fighting
airplane and the single and double
machine gun.
But these and more deadly
weapons are useless unless properly
aimed, and this is no small task,
as the pilot must aim not his gun.
but his whole machine. He must
use his airplane as a gun mount.
1t is easy to conjure some of the
pilots difficulties when the gun
mount is m~aneuvering and travelling
twice as fast as n express train,
while it's target is in similar action.
The successful air fighter must
be a good pilot; but ever the most
brilliant trick flyer, the "stunter"
who can throw his machine about in
the air and make it a supremacy
difficult target for his adversary, is
nevertheless incompletely equipped
brilliant flying with brilliant gun
merry. Foch's rule that "offense is
the best defense" applies even more
in the air than on land. and it is
by following that rule that the al
lied fighters have won their ascend
ancy over the Germans.
! 1t is important that no ammuni-
| ton shall be carried which is not
absolutely reliable and all is select
ed and tested. Guns are vigorously
inspected, for a jam at a critical
moment might prove fatal. In
training, on the other hand, ammu-
milton is carefully selected for it's
business; the object being, by
means of frequent gun jams, to
make the clearing of a %stoppage
automatically simple to the pilot.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
ESTHON|A HAS
CRUSHED
BY HUN RULE
Diplomat From Former Russian
Province Says Country Is An
other Belgium
BUT GERMANY is ONLY
s'POLICING" COUNTRY
Private Enterprise Is ParalyZed and
Banks Refuse to Make
Payments

LONDON, Sept. IA. - Esthonia,
the former Baltic province of Rus
STA, now dominated by the Germans,
is another Belgium, asserts Profess
sor Antonious Pup, an Esthonian
diplomatic representative in this
country. Esthonians, he declares,
are maintaining a resolute struggle
against pro-German plans to unite
Esthonia with Germany and stand
ing firm in defense of Esthonian
independence.
Summarizing information from
what he described as his unhappy
country" Professor Pup said:
1.-The position of Esthonia is in
t~olerable. Arbitrary rule is the or
der of the day. The press of all
the Esthonian parties has been
crushed. All political life is sup
pressed, all meetings forbidden.
Many of the politicians and ordinary
citizens are arrested and shot. The
German barons and the pan-Ger-
mans are ruling the country.
. Democratic self-government has
been dissolved. In place OF 1T
new German bodies are created.
The German language is the official
one. 1t is compulsorily introduc-
ed in schools. Russian is absolute
ly forbidden, as also is correspond
ence in Esthonian.
OF the town councils those in
which the majority before the rev.
olution was German have been re-
stored. In Reval a German town
council and mayor have been nomi-
mated, and they have sent an I'M
authorized telegram to Berlin in the
name of the population.
THE Esthonian troops have been
broken up. The post does not
work. Every sort Of passenger
traffic has been curtailed. There
are no law courts. Crime is in
creasing, especially on account of
the general lack of work. The Ger
mar barons have received the mo-
nopoly of judicature and censorship.
The factories are closed.
"All private enterprise is ~paralyz-
ed. The banks refuse to make pay
ments, having no money. In the
rural districts the authorities who
were in office before the revolution
have been restored.
people out of work turn their
steps to the countryside, where,
however, it is impossible to get land
because the land owners are wait
ing for the Germans to buy up land
at a high price for colonizing Sup
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
IRELAND PARADISE
OF BUTTER AND
FANCY STEAKS
ONLY THING SCARCE IN EMER-
AID ISLE is
SUGAR

LONDON, Sept. II. = Although
only a three-hour boat trip separ-
ates England and Ireland there is
as much difference as between day
and night in the two islands as far
as food is concerned.
For the person who has lived in
England for a time and whose hab-
it's have led him to believe his sys-
tenn needs more than the number of
food calories science prescribes, Ire
land is a wonderful place to dine in.
1t does not follow that sufficient
food is not available in England,
for there is sufficient to healthily
maintain the system, but there is a
difference between that and eating
a large steak properly decorated.
That can be accomplished in Ire
land at reasonable cost, but not in
England at any price.
lily or otherwise, and there is plenty
of everything with the exception of
sugar. In respect to food it is
more pleasantly situated than the
United States or England because
prices have not advanced as they
have in America and are no higher
than in England where the ministry
of food not only rations but con-
trolls prices. Ireland always has
sent quantities of meat and dairy
products to England and still is
doing SO.
Americans who have been in Eng
land and tried to become accustom-
ed to the four ounces of meat at a
meal and an absence of fat in cook
ing wherever possible, on arriving
in Ireland fairly gorge themselves
for a few days on meat, drink quan-
titles of milk and do not spare the
butter. They had not been getting
milk at all except with a physicians
prescription and butter was limited
to less than an ounce a day.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21

plies of provisions, scanty as they
are, are rapidly growing less.
There are no imports; need Is
growing from day to day. Requisi-
tions are very harsh.
"In Reval there have been in
stances of school children being
carried home unconscious through
hunger. The Esthonian educated
people are also out of work, be-
cause all the places are filled with
Germans. All classes of the popu-
alton are in absolute dependency.
1.-The Germans treat the Esthon-
JAMS as enemies in conquered land,
while really they are in the coun-
try only as a policing force
What will the imperial chancel-
lory, Hertling, say to this? What
will the reichstag say? Where is
the right of the EsthoniaE people to
self-determination, which was guar
anteed by the peace treaty The
Esthonians ask in vain"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
ANNE MARTIN SPEAKS AT
OPEN-A|R MEETING HERE

Miss Anne Martin, Independent
candidate for United States senator
from Nevada. spoke at an open-air
meeting in Goldfield last night.
Miss Martin explained her plat
form in detail. She declared her
self to be in favor of the develop
ment of the mining industry and
said she believed the government
should fix low rates for shipments
of ore and should reduce smelter
charges.
The candidate said she was in
favor of a basic eight-hour day in
all industries and concluded her
speech by saying: eff the labor
ing people and the ome of the
country would exercise as much
care in the election of representa-
tives to protect their interests as
the corporations exercise in electing
to represent them we would have
better laws"
An informal tea vas given in the
Goldfield hotel yesterday afternoon
for Miss Martin.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
CHARLES S. SPRAGUt
RETURNS FROM COAST
SPEAKS WITH ENTHUSIASM OF
WORK OF RED
CROSS

Charles S. Sprague has returned
to Goldfield after an absence OF
two months. When Mr.. Sprague
left early in July with Mrs. Sprague,
it was only for a To-day visit to his
daughter, Mrs. S. A. McCandless,
then at La Jolla. near Camp Kear-
ny, where her husband was sta
toned. but Mrs. McCandless was
taken seriously i'll and was in a crit
ical condition for many weeks.
Mr.. Sprague says she is now re-
covering and gaining strength rap
idly, although Mrs. Sprague will
remain with her daughter another
month. Meanwhile Mr.. McCandless
has gone to France with his regi-
ment, the Hath field artillery,
known as the 'Griz&ies."
Mr.. Sprague visited Camp Kear-
ny several times, where there are
$4,000 soldiers; they are nov u
ling the size of the camp and ex-
poCt 10 take care OI dUOuL tV,oVO
men. making it the largest canton
ment in the country. He says
Camp Kearny is one of the model
camps of the country and that ev-
erything possible is done to 'allevi-
ate the rigors OF amp life. He
met a number of acq%uaintances
there from various parts of the
country and twice addressed large
aAmblies at Y. NJ. c. A. and
Kf1ghts of Columbus cantonment
houses, where frequent entertain
ments were held, more especially
for the new recruits, or develop
ament companies" as they are
known, the object being to keep the
men from inconsistencies and low
spirits while they are getting used
to camp and army life. Mr.. Sprague
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
STARTS ON LONG
TRIP THROUGH
TERRITORY

JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 14.-Gov-
ernors who can traverse their COM
monwealths in a few hours probably
would enjoy a trip which Thomas
Riggs, Jr., governor Of Alaska, is
now taking from Juneau, the CAPT.
tai, across the territory to Nome,
not far from Siberia's east coast.
Governor Riggs will travel, in all,
about 5000 miles by ocean steam
er, railroad, automobile stage, river
steamboat and probably launch. 1t
is not believed he will have to
'mush" any of the trip on foot. He
will touch nearly every m of the
larger cities and towns of the
northern territory.
The first lap is an easy steamboat
journey nearly 1000 miles across
the gulf of Alaska and up Cooks
inlet to Anchorage. At Fairbanks
he will strike the Tanana river and
board a stern-wheel river steamboat
for st. Michael, on the Boring Sea,
| about 1000 miles away. Thence an
ocean steamer or a launch will car
ry the executive across Norton
sound to Nome.
Mrs. Riggs is accompanying her
husband. Governor Riggs has gone
on the trip with the object of learn
ing Alaska's needs and meeting the
people.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
LEAGUE Of ARTISTS
TO PROVIDE FOR
THOSE INJURED
INSERvICE

NEW YORK, Sept. IA. = An or
ganization called the artists war
service league is being founded here
Tor the benefit of artists of all pro-
fessions, who have been wounded
or incapacitated during the war.
Mark Twain's home in Redding,
Conn, has been offered by his
daughter, Madame Clara Clemens
Gabrilowitsch, for the use of the
artist-soldiers as a convalescent
home and President Wilson has
given his approval to the plan.
One of the principal aims of the
league is to help artists to regain
positions lost through the vicissi-
tudes of the war, and for that pur-
pose an office will be established in
New York city. The initial men,
bership committee is composed of
such artists as Rudyard Kipling,
representing literature; Enrico Ca
ruso, representing music; Daniel C.
French, representing sculpture, and
John Drew, representing the drama.
Membership in the artists war
service league will be open not only
to professional people, but to all
lovers of the arts. There will also
be charter members.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
FRED P. MOORE
is KILLED ON
WEST FRONT

A recent issue of the San Fran
cisco Bulletin says: News has
been received here that Captain
Fred p. Moore vas killed in action
on the western front July 16. Cap
tain Moore was the son of Fred P.
Moore of Pittsburgh and was a min
ing engineer by profession. He was
educated at Cornell university and
at the university of California"
Captain Fred p. Moore formerly
was widely known in Goldfield,
where he made his home for several
years. After leaving here he went
to the Atlantic coast and, after en-
tering the army and for several
months before leaving for France,
was stationed in North Carolina
with an infantry unit in the regu-
lar army. He enlisted shortly after
war was declared by the United
States.
During the period he was in
Goldfield he was employed for a
time in the office of the secretary
for the Consolidated Mines COM
pany and later in the engineering
department. He was a brother OF
Edward Nee. Moore, purchasing
agent for the Consolidated Mines
company and the Aurora CONSOLE
dated company and manager OF n
mercantile department of the Con-
solidated company in Goldfield.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-21
FRANK MALONEY is NOW IN
OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP

Frank Maloney, who left here
July % with a draft contingent, is
now in training at the field art1l-
lery officers training camp at
Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky.
Maloney went from Goldfield to
Fort Riley, Kansas. Having been
trained in an engineering school. it
was almost a certainty that he
would quickly reach an officers
training camp and predictions made
by his friends here that he would
rise rapidly in the army apparently
are coming true.