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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
NO CALENDAR FOR 500 YEARS
to Customs of Nations to Which
They Belonged.

History tells us that for 500 years
the Christians had no calendar of their
own, but reckoned the years according
to the customs of the nations to which
they belonged. The Roman Christians
used the "Anno Urbis Conditae," or
year of the founding Of Rome, to count
from; others counted from the reign
of Diocletian, calling 1t "the Era of
the Martyrs :" and still others used the
calendar of the Copts of Egypt. In the
sixth century Denis the Little, a Greek
monk living In Rome, made a calendar
counting from the Incarnation, the
date of which he fixed at 1853 A. d. G.
So we commonly say that Rome was
founded 753 b. G.
At the beginning of the eighth CEN
fury the venerable Bede pointed out
that this was an historical bLnder.
But no general notice was taken OF
his criticism and the error has contin-
ued to this day. Historic facts have
enabled modern scholars to determine
without much possibility of doubt, the
exact year of the birth of Jesus, and
to place 1t at what we call 5 b. @.
at should be noted" says the great
French astronomer, Camille Flamma-
rion, shat the birth of the Savior re-
manned totally unperceived at the
time. No register of birth, no contem-
porary historian has ~bequeathed us
any sacred parchment registering the
event."
Moreover, although we are actually
approaching the year 1923 A. D.. there
is little probability that our calendar
will ever be reformed to show the fact.
The confusion of dates hat would re-
suit from q substitution of the more ac-
curate designation would be too great
to make such righteousness worth
while.-Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
Lock Of Millions Hair.

What is reported to be Doctor
J%ohnsOn's lock of Millions hair Is to
be sold by Messrs. Puttick in London
this n"rth. Johnson, according to ira.
ditiOn, laimed that his lock of Mil
toms hair formerly belonged to Addi-
son.. Johnson relieved Millions daugh-
ter when she was in distress and it is
thought she gave him the lock in graft
tude.
The lock was subsequently divided.
n half being given to Leigh Hunt, and
it inspired Keats "Lines on Seeing O
Lock of Millions Hair" Leigh Hunt
shared his portion of the lock with
Browning, and the portion he retained
cannot be traced. Some years e
Browning's portion was sold in Lon
don, and later, resold in New York for
nearly 81, O00.-London Mail.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
Inquiring Into Nevada Incomes

There is activity in rounding up
Nevadans hat have sidestepped
their income tax and it is believed
these people will hear something in
a short time. During the past few
months revenue officers have been
Investigating valuations and check
ing reports made under oath to
Uncle Samuel. In one instance the
revenue men are said to have dis
covered that a Washoe county man
who failed to pay an income tax
had loaned about $4,000 and it is
said similar cases have been found
in Lyon and Ormsby counties. Re-
turns from the entire state are be-
ing checked and it is said the re-
suits in some instances are startling.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
THIRD GOLDF|ElD
WOMAN IN SERVICE
HOSPITAL TRAIN
ING

Miss Helen Johnson, daughter Of
AL Mccoy, a well-known Goldfield
mining man, left today to start
training in st. Francis hospital in
San Francisco under the call re-
Gently issued for volunteers for the
nursing service. Miss Johnson Is
the first from Goldfield to answer
this call and n of a small num-
Der who have responded in the
state.
Although she will enter a San
Francisco hospital, her enlistment
will be credited to Nevada.
The call for this branch of the
service was issued some weeks ago
and at the time an urgent appeal
for the enlistment of young women
was made, to start training SO that
in months to come they may be able
to fill the places of the highly
skilled nurses whose services are re-
quired with the army in France and
England and gradually acquire
enough training to fit them for dutj
overseas.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
SURE CURE FOR INSOMNIA
Eat Pint Of Peanuts and Drink Three
Glasses of Milk Before
Retiring. q

Recently a friend who had heard
that l sometimes suffer from insom-
mia told me of a sure cure. "Eat a
pint of peanuts and drink two or
three glasses Of milk before going to
bed" said he, "and I'll warrant you'll
be asleep within half an hour" 1 did
as he suggested, and now for the bene-
fit of others who may be afflicted with
insomnia l feel 1t my duty to report
what happened, so far as 1 am able to
recall the details.
First, let me say my friend was
right. I did go to sleep very soon after
my retirement. Then a friend with
his head under his arm came along and
asked me If I wanted to buy his feet.
I was negotiating with him when the
dragon on which I was riding slipped
out of his skin and left me floating in
midair. While 1 was considering how
I should get down, a bull with two
heads peered over the edge of the wall
and said he would haul me up if l
would first climb up and rig a windlass
for him. So as 1 was sliding down the
mountainside the brakeman came in,
and l asked him when the train would
reach my station.
w passed your station over 400
years ago." he said, calmly, folding the
train up and slipping it into his vest
pocket.
At this juncture the clown bounded
into the ring and pulled the ce~nterpole
out of the ground, lifting the tent and
all the people in it up, up, while 1 stood
on the earth below watching myself
go out of sight among the clouds above.
Then 1 awoke, and found I had been
asleep almost ten minutes.-H. B.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
SalyatiOnists to Raise Funds

Ten cents per capita is the Ne
vada quota for the war-service
drive that will open in this state
Sept. 6 and close Sept. Is. The
Elks are in charge of the drive,
which will be made for funds for
the Salvation army, and they are
going to conduct an active campaign
all through the state to raise Ne
vada's quota of $4,000. The saliva
ton army is doing extensive work
in cantonments and at the front in
France. 1t has 10 huts at the
front and gives food and shelter to
many soldiers daily. 1t also has
equipped and maintains As ambu-
lances.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
JAP SPEAKS FOR
LIBERATION OF
OPPRESSED
SAYS HIS COUNTRY HAS SAME
IDEALS As AMER
ICA

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 80. -
Japan has the same ideals as those
to which America is dedicated, de-
clared Tsunejiro Miyaoka of Yoko-
hama in an address he delivered
last night before the annual meet
ing of the American Bar associa-
ton. I'VE stand for the rights of
humanity" he added. Mr.. Miyaoka
formerly was charge d. affaires and
counsellor of the Japanese embassy
in Washington and is regarded as
one of the prominent lawyers of
Japan.
"In this great war;" continued
Mr.. Miyaoka, lit is whispered here
and there whether Japan has not
misplaced herself in siding with the
allies against the central empires
of Europe. When President Wilson
declared that this was a war of
democracy versus autocracy, mani
testify he did not mean that this was
a war of republicanism versus mon
archism.
THE people of the United States
are the last people on earth to deny
to another people the right to
choose for themselves that form of
government which the latter thinks
is best adapted to themselves. Is
not Germany's denial to some of
the unfortunate people under her
sway of the right to choose their
own sovereignty one of the crimes
for which we hold her responsible?"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
A lovinu Word.

A loving word is always a safe word.
1t may, or 1t may not, be a helpful
word to the one who hears it; but
1t is sure to be a pleasant memory to
the one who speaks it. Many a word
spoken by us is afterward regretted (;
but no word of affectionate apprecia-
ton to which we have given utter
ance finds a place among our sadly re-
membered expressions. Looking back
over our intercourse with our fellow
workers, we may regret that We were
betrayed into a harsh or hasty or I'M
loving word of censure or criticism in
this intercourse; and we may wish
vainly hat we had the privilege of
saying all loving words that we might
have spoken.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
Won HUSSAREK HAS
DIFFICULT TASK
ON HANDS
NEW AUSTRIAN PREMIER SAID
TO BE SECOND
HERTLING

AMSTERDAM, Aug. /. = The
new Austrian premier, Baron DR..
Max Won Hussarek-Heinlein, is de-
scribed by the Vossische Zeitung's
well-informed Vienna correspondent
as IAN Austrian Hertling without
the latter's parliamentary expert
ence, but with analogous political
shading and ~adaptability." He was
appointed premier July rs.
Won Hussarek enters upon his
task under peculiarly difficult cir
'cumstances. 1t is generally ex-
pected that he will sail in Germany's
wake.
ut could not be otherwise" Ger
man commanders put it, almost
threateningly, although so far he
has not made any binding declara-
ton to that effect.
Won Hussarek's appointment is
largely attributed to clerical influ-
ence. He belonged to the late Arhc-
duke Francis Ferdinand's set from
which Emperor Charles already has
chosen several ministers. 1t is
therefore expected he will enjoy the
support of catholics.
To place the country's internal
economic situation on something
like a sound basis, If such be posi-
BILE, will be Hussarek's most diff
cult task. New taxation will be
Immediately required to meet the
service of three and one-half mil
lizards of wal debts and the reorgan-
ization of the disorganized food dis
tribution system will be equally i'm
perative.
How he proposes to extract furth-
er revenue from the tax-ridden pop
ulation is a secret not yet disclosed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
AMERICANS BEING
MURDERED IN
. MEXICO
FIVE OIL COMPANY EMPLOYEES
KILLED IN SIX
WEEKS

LAREDO, Tex, Sept. 8. Be-
cause five American employees of
British and American oil companies
in the gulf oil fields of Mexico have
beer murdered within six weeks.
while two others have been serious
~ wounded, the other employees IF
these companies threaten to strike
unless protection is afforded them.
This information comes from
travellers who have just returned
here from Tampico.
After the first four of the muir
ders, the travellers say, the oil en-
ployes held a meeting and formulat-
cd their demand for protection and
threatened to go on strike unless it
was provided. A representative of
the oil interests was sent to Wash
ington, but the result of the mis-
sion was unknown in Tampico when
the travellers left that city.
Four Of the murders referred to,
according to fragmentary reports
that have been published, were COM
mitted at the same time, June 80,
at La Cajeta, a point near Tampico,
where is situated a terminal of the
Mexican Gulf Oil company.
The victims were: L.. A. Dunn,
Oklahoma City; R. M. Cooper, Port
land, Ore; L. R. Willard, Beaumont,
Tex; Alfred Esparcia, San Francis
co, Cal. In addition, a Mexican
employee of the company, Natividad
Flores of Tampico. was killed by
the same bandits when they robbed
the company's office at La Cajeta
of 10000 pesos.
The fifth murder was committed
July 81, at Tepetate, south of Tam
pico, and claimed the life of A. w.
Stevenson, cashier of the Texas Oil
company. Stevenson was murdered
when he refused to turn over the
company's funds to the bandits.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
CITY IN DIANA
SAYS WOMEN
IN PANTS
ARE OK.
OVERALLS SAID TO BE MORE
MODEST THAN PREVAIL
ING STYLES

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Aug. 30
Overalls for I'M workers have
been officially approved by the city
council which held a special session
to pass upon the propriety of the
use of these garments by m
This is the home of a large fur
niture factory. When the army
called many men workers to the
colors women took their places. The
state factory law prohibits the
wearing of loose clothing near ma
chinery and overalls we're adopted
by women workers.
Their appearance on the street
going to and from their work caus-
ed a protest to be filed by the city
council by the women leaders of a
reform organization. The protest
was published.
1t was answered by mothers of
working girls, who held that the
overalls were much more modest
than the prevailing styles in wo-
mems dress to be seen on the streets
of his college town. The male en-
ployes of the factory rallied to the
cause OF the overall girls" and the
general superintendent issued an
open letter approving of o%veralls
for women
Finally Mayor Weaver called a
special session of the council. 1t
was attended by workers
and society women After much
discussion the overalls were Off
cially approved.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
ENGINEER
ASKS MORE USE
Of LABOR
MANY HUNDRED MINING EX-
PERTS WILL ATTEND DEN
YER MEETING

DENVER, Colo, Sept. ENG
land is today the worlds most eff
cient country, not even excepting
Germany" This is the statement
of J.. Parke Claiming, one of the
country's leading mining engineers,
in connection with the program of
the American Institute of Mining
Engineers, which holds a war-work
meeting in Colorado this week. Man
power must be the solution of Unit
ed States efficiency, according to
Mr.. Claiming.
I'm the United States" said Mr..
Claiming, /" We certainly have been
efficient so far as machines and
methods have been concerned, but
not in the utilization of u man
power" He said that, if this coun-
try is to carry the war to a success
full conclusion and to have increased
efficiency after the war, methods
must be introduced which will
Americanize our foreigners and
give them a national point of view,
just as English labor is now at
heart British.
According to Mr.. Charming, there
never was a time when it was so
necessary to impress upon business
managers the Importance of the hu-
man side of engineering, for they
are now in a position to solve the
labor problem. 1t was pointed out
that the engineers duty now is to
convince the employer that in the
long run he is going to be better off
if he improves the conditions of his
laborers and educates them to pro-
duce their maximum output.
Many hundreds of the 1000 mem
bers of the American institute will
register in Denver today to multi
ply their effort in increasing the
mineral output of the country and
in conserving mineral at
the mines. Seven hundred mem
bers of the institute are now in act
i've government war service.
Today the engineers visited the
ferro-alloy plant and other points of
interest in Denver, and later in the
day took a trip by automobile to the
top of Lookout mountain. A din
ner was held at the Denver country
club, followed by addresses made by
officials of the institute, including
a number of representatives of the
war committees at Washington.
Early tomorrow morning the en-
gineers will entrain for Colorado
Springs, which will be the conven-
ton headquarters throughout the
week, and from which side trips
will be made to other points.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
CLAIMS by the Square Mile.

Any new source of food supply is
important in these days, and the gov
eminent fisheries bureau is greatly de-
lighted at the discovery of the vast
and hitherto unknO ~n beds of clans
off The coast Of central Alaska. not
far from Cor|aov One bed is GU
miles long a ad from three to five miles
wide.
The cams are quite different from
those common in our Eastern mar
ket They are "raZor clams"-a kino
IT bivalve that derives its name, ap-
. propriately descriptive. from its like
ness I'm shape to a razor.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
THREE THOUSAND
PORTO R|CANS
LEARN TO
SWIM
NATIVE SOLDIERS TAKE FIRST
BATH IN SALT
WATER

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug go
Three thousand native soldiers of
Porto Rico have had their first taste
of salt water at the beach near
Camp Las Cacas, the national army
cantonment at San Juan.
When the general order that ev-
cry man in the camp must learn to
swim was issued by Colonel Town
shend, company and platoon com
manders Immediately began plan
ming to teach the men the aquatic
art.
The instr action was begun with
five companies OF, student officers.
two provisional companies of select
ed men and a company of the sani-
tary corps. as new recruits were
added to the camp they were taught
the rudiments of swimming immedi-
ately. The first part of the instruc-
ton is conducted ON terra firma,
the units lining up on h beach
where they practice the various
strokes.
Recently the entire battalion was
taken to the beach and taught swim
| ming. The results from this expert
ment were so successful that now
the troops are given swimming les
sons i'm regiments.
According to the report to the
training camp commission, the offl-
GERS felt a little apprehension as to
the safety of the men when they
we're taken to the water for the
first time, but their fears were
soon dispelled, for the soldiers took
to swimming like ducks.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
SOLDERING iron and Steel.

For soldering iron with steel, use a
f1ux composed of equal parts of cast
iron filings and calcined borax. Pull
verize this black, CLASSY mixture, and
spread the powder on the a
For soldering steel, melt in an
earthen vessel three parts of borax,
two parts of colophony, n part of
carbonate of potash, n part pow
dered hard soap, to which three parts
pulverized glass and two parts of steel
filings have been added. Run the
melted mass on cold sheet iron. When
completely cooled break in pieces and
grind fine. Apply to the surface to be
Joined a few minutes before uniting
them.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
ON PUTTING THINGS Off
There Are Times When Waiting a
Little While Helps a Whole
Lot

"Procrastination never got anybody.
anywhere, but" said Mr.. Gratebar,
"there are times when putting things
off q bit helps a lot, as, for instance,
in the matter of answering certain
letters.
II get nee In a while a letter that
is cross, i'll tempered, sarcastic or that
maybe sets up some proposition that
the writer himself would have known,
wouldn't hold water if he had stopped
to think about it.,
snow, my natural inclination would
be to answer that letter right away.
l could shoot his proposition full of
holes easily and make 1t look foolish.
His sarcasm I could answer much
more bitingly. But what 1 do now
in my somewhat ripper years is to smile
and say to myself:
whats the user
"What / do now before answering
such a letter is to wait a day, to sleep
on it.
"There's a habit that 1t would be
worth any mans while to cultivate.
Sleeping on it will iron the wrinkles
out of any sort of trouble, solve for US
any problem; it soothes and clarifies.
1t brings back u courage and our
sense of humor. And then, in the
morning, when 1 come to answer that
letter I answer 1t in a spirit that
makes not al enemy but a friend.
"This sort of putting things off l
don't call prOcrastination it is just
waiting a little to give all hard feel
ING time for pyapOrotiono
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
TONOPAH SERBIANS ENLIST

Three Serbians form Tonopah.
volunteers for the Serbian national
army, were escorted to the train
for Los Angeles at 1890 today.
The men arrived here this morning
and will enlist in Los Angeles.
While the crowd that went to the
depot with the recruits was small.
the Serbians we're honored by the
presence of Adjutant General Sulli-
van and Secretary of State George
Brodigan in the procession.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
His Iona Life Assured.

"Your cobra is quite a card" SAID
the visitor at the circus.
eyes, sir"
"But where are you going to get an
other cobra in this country in case
that one dies?"
swell, / expect this one to last a
long time" responded the performer.
"As Won see. he leads a charmed life"
The Peoples Home Journal.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
SULLIVAN, BRODIGAN AND
DJSKIN VISITORS HERE

Maurice Sullivan, adjutant gen.
eral; George B~rodigan, secretary OF
state and M. A. Diskin, assistant to
United States Attorney William
Woodburn, are visiting Goldfield.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
TO SAMPLE ORIZABA NINE

Tomorrow j.. X. Turner, consult
ing engineer for the Sprague com
ryanies. will leave with a crew or
men to sample and examine n
Orizaba mine, controlled by the
lex Butte, four miles from Glow
erdale, in Nye county.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
Heavy shipments of beet cattle

are being made from Nevada now
and shipments of lambs also have
a marked improvement, ar the
drought has been broken in. seve -,
districts by hard rains a'od ir .be
southern part of the sts| te tn 4 rang.
es are in excellent COY ditto
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
Wants Sugar; Gets Black Eye

Because he tried to bride a wait
err on a dining car to slip him a
little more sugar" a traveller on an
e~ast-bound Southern Pacific train
recently was given a black eye 0y
an army officer who was sitting at
ia nearby table.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
AAiiah inuA ted fer Murder

~ county grand jury re-
inS .Icted Willie Jack, an In
an, Ter the murder of Mrs. Mil
dred Williams at Hicks station a
short time ago.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-07
WORLN ALNIANACS

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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-12-26
-(keep Your Pledge
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RETURN
ED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

The Home Service Department OF
the Red Cross wishes to bring to The
attention of all men discharged from
the service the following points
Advantages of Government
Insurance
1t is impossible to over-emphasizc
the advantage of keeping this insm-
ance in force. If the right to continue
it is lost, the holder cannot again OBJ
tain insurance except from private
companies, at an increase in cost
Moreover, many of the men may have
become uninsurable as a result of the
war through physical impairment and
if they drop this insurance, they will
lose the last opportunity for TIER
families to have such protection
Insurance VIII Lapse
Unless premiums are paid within 81
days after the insured ceases to be in
active service, insurance will lapse.
Checks or money orders should be
made payable to the Treasurer of the
United States and sent direct to the
Bureau Of War Risk Insurance, Atten-
tion of Insurance Section Treasury
Department, Washington, d. C.
The War Risk Insurance Bureau
will grant reinstatement under certain
conditions if application is made with
in six months after the date of lapse.
When insurance has been allowed TO
lapse in any instance. the insured will
be assisted in being reinstated by the
Home Service Of the Red Cross.
Every person holding this insurance
may keep it up for period Of five
years after peace is proclaimed by the
President, upon regular payment Of
premiums.
Not later than five years after the
termination Of the war, this term in
sufance may converted without medl-
cal examination, into such other forms
Of insurance as may be prescribed by
regulations and as the insured may
request. In accordance with the pro
visions Of the law, these regulations
will provide for the right to convert
into ordinary life, 20 payment life, en-
dowment maturing at age Of 62, and
into other usual forms Of insurance,
but il will continue to be Government
insurance.
Consult Your Home Service
Before allowing your insurance to