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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Around the World and Back Again

children and things which are to him ne
cessities of life, which are not to be found
in the agricultural sections OF these coun-
tries.
For the big industrialists or captains
of industry the doors are wide open. South
America needs new municipal plants. new
dock works, railroads to penetrate the in
terror, banks, mills and manufacturing en-
terprises of almost every kind.
at cannot be reiterated too strongly that
Latin America is no country to-day for the
poor man. He who goes there to seek his
fortune must not go with empty pockets
nor with any get-rich- quick ideas.
knowledge is power, and the ability TO
speak Spanish Portuguese. learned from
some school in the United States will help
the prospective business man sailing south
of the Rio Grande but. unless his equip
ment is also founded upon a bank account
plus patience and adaptablity to conditions
alien to his own, he had best remain in the
United States"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Teasing God

a NE of our correspondents in writing
~ of membership in the League Of
lntercession asks that we should put
clearly before US the difference between
teasing God and the right kind of inter-
cession. He knows we have need and it
is sometimes pulling to pray rightly"
The phrase is striking one and we'll
worth considering. 1t calls up the pict-
gre of persistent child asking for some
thing which at the moment is at the front
of its desire or nagging wife who
drives her husband to other company
than that of tie home.--From The CON-
gregatjonalst and Advance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Movie Car Brings Health
Lesson

THE educational possibilities of motion
Il pictures find fresh illustration in arr
itinerant outfit which the Board of
Health Of North Carolina sends through
out that state, exhibiting films that teach
disease prevention. The equipment,
which is described and illustrated in
popular Mechanics" includes an auto
mobile truck costing $3.50. and an extra
gasolene engine that drives a direct cur
rent generator for motion picture pro-
jector. The protector is set up in hall
or school and is supplied with current
through a STAGE cable stretched through
door or window from the car. =.
The cost of this very effective educational
work is about 500 week. A camping
outfit is carried in the automobile
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
A Bit of Finnish History

= INLAND. which has declared its in
Il dependence from Russia, has long
been a buffer state between the latter
and Sweden. After Peter the Great con-
quered Finland in 1921 and annexed its
easternmost province. Viborg, Sweden
made repeated but unsuccessful efforts
to regain this province. Finally Alex
ander l. in 1909, brought all the Finnish
territories under the Muscovte yoke.
Since about 1890, however, Finnish lib
critics have been greatly curtailed. The
powers of the Finnish Diet were can
celled and its constitution practically
abrogated In 1908 a Russian dictator
was appointed and the country flooded
with Russian spies; arbitrary arrests
and banishments became daily occur
rences; no means of classification was
left untried The Firms are of Mon
golian extraction and number about
5000, 000.--Tbe Marine Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
in Popular Mechanics" for March.

in popular Mechanics" for March.
When a British seaplane recently
emerged from mist and ran into the
tall slender radio tower
"the impact was 80 great that the mast was
bent far out of line, the aerial engine
wedrcd between the interstices 80 that the
plane was suspended almost Mt right
angle, and the pilot catapulted onto one
Of the wings, where he lay unconscious.
"a strong wind added terror to the sit
uation, swaying the damaged mast until its
collapse seemed q matter of seconds. AS
luck would have it, three sailors were at
the time painting the steel work some dis
lance below, and one Of them, named Rath,
with characteristic nimbleness, climbed up
the inside Of the tower to the point, nearly
800 feet above the ground, where the craft
was fast. Crawling out on the wing, he
reached the senselcss airman and prevented
him from falling until his two comrades,
named Knouiton and Abbott, were able to
pass him a rope. Tying this about the in
jured mans body he lowered him to the
ground. The three sailors then made their
own descent. Medals, it is understood, arc
to be awarded to the seamen in recognition
Of their work."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

\ NEW non-ricocheting shell that
Z a will not skip along the surface of
the ocean is helping keep the U-boat's
nose under water, according to 1.-THE Sci
entifc American" This shell has been
devised in view of the fact that shells
which strike fairly smooth water at an
angle of less than nine or ten degrees will
often fail to "bite," but will ricochet, or
bound from the surface into the air.
Sometimes the glancing shell will travel
in great parabolas, and perhaps travel
mile before it hits the water again. At
other times it. will travel under and near
the surface of the water, raising a line
of numerous small geyser effects. The
range and velocity of the she'll and the
condition of the sea also affect the like
lihood of r;cocheting. The writer adds:
"For these reasons much attention has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
A Strenuous Sunday

H'THE LIVING CHURCH." with ex-
clamation marks, quotes the fol-
lowing advertisement from Los Angeles
newspaper:
TEMPLE BAPTIST-5th and Olive Streets.
Rev. j. Whitcomb Brougher, D. D.. Pastor
IL A. M-"THE RELIGION AND THE
CHURCH FOR TODAY
Soprano solo, Helen Newcomb. Anthem by
Great Chorus Choir.
MARGARET MCKEE. Girl Whistler. Gives
Two Numbers. Beautiful Baptismal
Service
1880 P. M.--"THE MAN OF THE HOUSE
How to Train a Husband and Bring Up
Father"
Fourth in series. How To Be Happy
Though Married"
BILL STINGER" 70to'
Billy Sunday Trail-Hitter, reads his huYnor
Gus poems.
Temple Male Octette Sings Rodeheaver
Songs.
DR.. Ray Hastings. Temple Quartette and
Big Choir.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Soldier Preference

g. ONE interesting figures on religious
~ preferences expressed by soldiers
are given by The Oklahoma City Okla,
homan," with reference to Camp Travis,
Texas, where the Goth Army Division is
being prepared for the trenches. Ac-
cording to this paper, more than sew
enty-five religious denominations are
represented there:
"Baptsts led in the membership with 81
200, Methodists are next with 6,l44. Other
denominations with more than 1900 mem-
bers are Christian, 2,T21; Roman Catholics.
2,325. and Presbyterians, 1886 The COM
paratively small proportion OF Roman
Catholics, it was said. was due to the fac,
that the membership of the camp was drawn
chiefly from small rural districts in TIA
Southwest"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Learning Things About
South America
llTHE AMERICAN who wrote re-
Gently to q friend in Rio de

Gently to friend in Rio de
Janeiro saying that it was his
intention to bring down his hgh-powered
automobile in order to motor from Rio
to the coast of Peru evidently possessed
zeal, but lacked knowledge" says a
writer in "The National Marine" And
he goes on to point out few of the
things that the American in question
didn't know and why he should have
known them:
"Ostensibly he unaware of the fac.
that much of the country through which ne
planned to motor had as yet never been
traversed by white men. He must needs
climb snow-capped mountains, ford
brdged rivers invade the intricate jungles
in the steamng tropics, and through some
sections at least, for such journey, an
automobiles would need formidable body
guard as protection against Amazonian
bushmen and Indians who have thus far de-
fed all attempts of adventurous pioneers to
entice them from their impenetrable jun
giles The honesty of the answer given to
the enthusiastic automobiles was commend
able
"'There are seven reasons why you can
not do this: the first one is, there
roads: the other six don't count
"If all those who propose tos go to South
America for the sake either of travel or in
vestment of their money possessed a friend
would be fewer dsllusioned ones and
less formidable array of unfultilled hopes
rega riding these republics
"Those who represent South America
the unadulterated Land of Promise and
Eldorado wherein fortunes be had for
the asking should also show the other side
of the shield making their readers GER
tain Of the obstacles and conditions of
cess as of the attractive possibilities
"South America is waiting for population,
but this does not mean that every kind OF
an American is needed down there, or that
men sent down there promiscuouslv, with
out careful preparation, succeed. The list
of South American failures is a long one.
If one doubts this statement let him talk
with any American Consul who has served
any length of time in this country whose
sympathy. ingenuity and pocketbook have
been thoroughly exercised in the attempt
to get we'll meaning but misinformed
Americans back to the States
"South America is indeed an Eldorado. 1t
has untold wealth in mines, in agricu tural
lands. in forests, in cattle and sheep, in
tropical products of almost every kind and
description. Its matchless resources have
hardly been discovered as vet in many sec
tions, but the reason for this, it should be
stated plainly lies in the fact that there
are huge walls of difficulty to be climbed,
and without capital. brains and indomitable
courage the door to these riches cannot be
unlocked.
"The pioneer American finds in South
America as he has found in the Philip
pines, that, no matter how rich in natural
resources may be the section of his selec-
ton. without means of transportation his
investment is absolutely without value.
First of ali. national shipping service is
required adequate to the needs of an ever
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
God, the Invisible King

'TNHlS is the Age of Water Toll, sad bells.
The fiery faiths are dead without
regret.
Jesus and Pan are slain by Fl. G. Wells;
Wellthought-out Faith is here $3.50 metz.
Forget the fierce, the epic, bitter-sweet
Things that we loved though they were
false or true,
Skater the white gods with the winged
feet,
Contemn those who in Hebron wore the
Henceforth by casuistry must we live.
each system diving with each casuist)
Our instincts to the Social Thinkers give.
Our passions to the psyche analyst.
by 'earnest-ninded men" shall we be led.
Who show deliberately The Host is bread!
DAVID Gordon, in The New Republic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Putting Out to Sea

4 LONDON surgeon has testified that of
a the thousands of deathbeds he has
stood by he has found, with few exceptions.
The dying ready to 90. The rich and the
poor, those who have had hard and those
who have had easy lives, he reports, put
out to sea gladly when the time comes. An
old woman who had been in the service of
one family from youth to old age was cared
for in her last illness by the daughter Of
the home. She said: Il have made my
will; have seen the minister and accepted
his comfort, and now | am going to take
my time about dying. and go cheerfully."
From The Christian Register.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
ing Allied Airp]anes
BY NIGHT
Bassggiing

CTEEL nets slung between kite bal
~ looms to entangle Allied airplanes
on night raids are now being used
by the Germans, according to "Aeronau-
tics" Iondon). AS a matter of fact
"the idea is not so fantastic as may appear
at first sight. net of thin gauge piano
wire, very widely spaced, would prove quite
an effective barrier against an aeroplane,
since single wire wrapping itself around
the propeller would suffice to place the
machine out of action. In addition, small
balloons carrying a small charge of high ex-
plosive are stated to be dotted at intervals
about the net. net Of this description.
though it cannot, of course, be spread at
any great altitude, may nevertheless serve
good purpose by compelling rading craft
to remain at fairly high level, thereby
lmpairing their aim"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

AoV1uS ceOlS
at was Africa. The night was dark and
stormy. The hunt was over; grim and pow
erful black warriors swarmed from jungle
paths; armed and silent they gathered in
their village stockade. The fires blazed
brightly.
The scene struck terror to the heart Of
the American explorer. He and his party
had been searching that wild region for
pygmies but he had become separated from
his main caravan and had taken refuge in
native village.
"He found himself prisoner surrounded
with naked savages. Barbarous men corr
tinued to gather from the bush, eash savage
clasping a wicked looking spear or a long,
heavy knife. Danger was in the air. The
explorer believed himself trapped He
would die fighting, backed up against the
wall, that no stealthy savage could stab him
in the back. His guns were ready, although
he knew that the spears and terrible knives
would finally win.
AT this dramatic moment the chief ap-
peared with twelve stalwart warriors He
ordered his braves to sit. They obeyed.
The chief then slowly approached the ex-
plorer with a small bag in his hand, the kind
in which the Africans kept their deadly
posons for arrowheads and spear points
The explorer now expected to be poisoned.
but he alert and ready for the struggle
He raised his gun.
On deathlike stiffness the chief stopped,
put his hand into the poison bag and slowly
drew out-a New Testament Could the
explorer believe his eyes? Yes, the colpor-
teur had been there before him.
"The automatic was lowered The ex-
plorer was in the house of his friends.
SLOWLY the chief told how he had secured
the Book from white who had taught
him the Story of Stories, and how he was
trying, best he knew to pray
The watch fires burned out in she night.
but the explorer slept without fear"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

thousands of alright boxes inserted
within her cargo space next to the outer
walls. Now comes an invention from
England providing for air tanks attached
to the outside of vessel.
The accompanying picture illustrates
this device. 1t is a system of large re-
sistance and expansion chambers, which
act like an air cushion, by which the
force Of the inrushing, exploding gases
is smothered and robbed to great ex-
tent of its destructive potentiality.
The inventor, according to popular
Science" proposes to construct these
notwithstanding chambers along the sides
of the ship for suitable distance for
ward and aft. He suggests various
forms, all showing a decided bullying
outward beyond the normal contour of
the ship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

charging interchange of goods. Then good
roads, railroads, county highways, even OK
carts and cattle roads, are among the frs
necessities throughout Latin America. In
many parts of these countries the oppcr-
tunities at present are chiefly, if not entire
ly for men of large capital. 1t must be re-
membered that the American will find more
than his match in small shopkeep in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

Portuguese and the Spaniard, who are natu-
raj born shopkeepers, and satisfied with
a smaller gain. A big department store,
like big hotel, would have an excellent
chance in nearly any one Of the larger
South American cities. The only city in
South America which possesses a depart
-ment store to be compared to the greater
ones of North America is Buenos Ayres,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

and virtually the same thing could be said
concerning hotels.
GAS to agriculture and colonizing, the
average American feels decidedly out Of
place in trying to compete with the Euro
pean peasant either on the rolling hills of
Rio Grande dc Sui or on the fat levels of
Argentina The American farmer demands
a standard OF living with schools for his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Putting Alright Boxes on
the Outside of the Shin

M ANY devices to make vessels proof
against torpedo attacks have come
10 hight IN the past year The non-sink-
able Lucia is said to be provided with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Hairbreadth Radio
Rescue

THAT deed of heroism was connected
with the accompanying picture,
which was widely published in this coun-
try, is disclosed by an account published
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Ethics
and
Trapped!

4 WESLEY WELL, in "The
q World Outlook" tells the fol-
lowing story:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Medicine
and
Surgery
Ills of the Amman

~HE fact that prospective aviators
are rigidly examined for physical
i defects is generally well known,
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-14
Hint to Mothers.

Let us never be like the mother who
said her boy was not interested in any
thing. For the boys teacher when
she called noticed that he had a box
which he seemed to take care of, and
it was not long before she learned
that it was a collection of caterpillars.
Yet the mother said that her boy was
interested in nothing. The teacher at
once showed her pupil that she, too,
was interested in his collection. She
learned from the boy a great many
things about caterpillars that she did
not know, and in turn taught him
things he did not know. Teacher and
boy became great friends; through
this common interest others Sprang up
and the boy changed from a sullen
%inattentive boy to a broad-minded.
wide-awake man. If the mother could
only have shared her boys interest,
how much more helpful they would
have been to each other.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-14
DRAFT RULES SAY
NEW AGES ARE
INCLUSIVE
1T AND NOT FORTY
FIFTH

The new draft registration be-
came confused in the minds of many
Goldfield people through statements
from an outside source yesterday
regarding the age limits fixed for
the new draft.
In this connection it would be
we'll for men who will register next
Thursday to thoroughly understand
that men who have not attained
their forty-sixth birthday must reg
lister. This is absolutely correct,
other reports Notwithstanding.
With certain exceptions stated in
a recent issue of the Tribune, all
men who shall have attained their
eighteenth birthday and shall not
have attained their forty-sixth birth
day on Sept. IL must register on
that date and reports that only men
who have not attained their forty
fifth birthday must register should
not be needed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-14
NO TRUTH IN TRADITION
Old Legend of the Drowning Of Prin-
cess In Petrograd Fortress Proved
to Be Without Foundation.

The fortress of IS. Peter and Paul,
in P%etrograd, has an evil reputation
as the former place Of Imprisonment
of many of Russia's idealists, includ-
ing Prince Kropotkin and Madame
Breshkovsky; but one blot on its
'scutcheon is removed by an illustrated
article in the London Sphere. The
article reproduces a painting by the
Russian artist Flavitsky, showing q
beautiful woman standing on her bed
in a cell in this prison, seeking to es-
cape the rising waters of a flood that
threatens her life. This was the Prin-
cess TarakanOva, who had incurred
the enmity of Catherine the Great. The
tradition is that she was drowned, by
order of the empress, during the in
undation of 1777. The Sphere, how
v shows that she died of tuberculO-
sis two years before the flood swept
through the fortress. Thus this gloomy
prison and the great empress are re-
lieved of one of the tragedies with
which they have been associkvAd.~
The Outlook.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-14
FATHER CRON|N TO
ENTER SERVICE
AS CHAPLAIN
FORT RILEY TUESDAY
MORNING

Father P. c.. Cronin, since Faith
or Dermody left Goldfield, pastor of
Sacred Heart church, has received
from the war department a commits
sion IS first lieutenant and has
been ordered to report for duty at
Fort Riley, Kansas, where for the
present he will be stationed at the
base hospital there. He will en-
ter the service as a chaplain. Faith
er Cronin will leave Goldfield rnes-
Cay morning and will report at Fort
Riley Sept. 10.
Father Cronin has been in Cold
field one year and in that yea has
made a host of friends among peo-
Die of all denominations. His :es-
ignation would be generally regret
ted we're it not for the fact that
he is leaving to enter the service of
his country on the field of battle.
The American army contains
many Catholic priests and the part
they are playing at the front is in
dicated by the wide publicity one
received recently when he was dec
Grated for conspicuous bravery dis
played during the course of an &C
ton on the west front. Many have
died fighting in the allied armies,
particularly those of France and, in
general, the part they have played
in downing the Hun has been a big
one. Father Cronin is generally
known in Goldfield as a man of
high intelligence and it is felt that
he will be a valuable addition to
the forces of his Uncle Samuel.
He made application for admis-
sion to the army before coming to
Goldfield, but, owing to a scarcity
of priests in the Sacramento. dio-
cese, he was not released at that
time by Bishop Grace.
No information has been received
here regarding his successor, but
priests of this diocese will meet in
conference next week at Grass Val
ley and it is believed his successor
will be named then.
Until the arrival of another priest
the property of Sacred Heart church
will be in care of j. p. Murphy,
CLYDE Canaan and j. r. Daley.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-09-14
In Praise of Music.

Music adds nothing but good; sub
tracts the evil multiplies that which
we already have; discounts our all
ments and compounds all of u inter-
est. If you believe this is true, "push'
music. Aid the choir, choral and or
chestral societies. Sympathize with
and in every way support public
school music.
A foreign traveller in u country
said he was deeply impressed with our
silences. He heard no reapers sing
ing in the field, he heard many a bird
carol, but no human songs. That re-
minds me of the old saying: BLESSED
is the man who sings at his work
Take an interest in creating Il musi-
cal atmosphere in the home, and soon
America will be singing and we shsN
be able to take in music not Only by
the small channel of the nn.. but
through every pore of Il bodies
straight to the root of u sOuls.-.The
Musician.