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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
FLASH LIGHTS IN UNISON
Eirefiies Seem to Have an Understand
ing as to When to Begin
an illumination.

Various observers testify to the fact
that myriads of glow worms very &C.
casionally indulge in synchrOnOus flash
ing with very beautiful effect. 1t is
thought by some that this phenom-
enon is accidental, although in this
light some cases would seem incred-
ible.
John v. Purcell of Washington,
D. c., records that in the town of CO.
tabato, island of Mindanao, p. l., a few
years ago there were two trees about
the size of apple trees and perhaps a
hundred yards apart, and every eve
ming these were filed with fireflies
which flashed in unison, first one tree
lighting up and then the other. There
must have been several thousand in
sects in each tree, yet the s~ynchrOnism
was so perfect that rarely or never
did a single freely flash at the wrong
time.
"To the best Of my recollection the
illumination period lasted about two
or three seconds and the dark periods
perhaps twice that long. I can posi-
lively vOuch for the accuracy of the
foregoing, for it seemed so strange and
produced so beautiful an effect that I
thought it one of the most remarkable
things in the Philippines, and it made
a deep impression On me-"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
NAVY CHIEF MAKES ANNUAL REPORT

created for their manufacture met
all urgent needs. The Linderman
Steel & Machine company of Mus
kegon, Mich, the report stated, de-
livered $50 mounts for four-inch
guns 2S days ahead of schedule
and established a record for other
manufactures.
Only brief reference was made
to two of the most striking ac-
complishments of the bureau, the
designing, building and shipping
of the 14-inch rifles on railway
mounts which effectually hammer
ed the German rear positions in
the closing weeks of the war, and
the development of a tractor mount
for rifles up to seven-inch caliber
from which the guns could be fir
ed. This latter achievement, new
err attained by the allied armies,
the report said, was hailed in
France with even greater s~atisfac-
ton than was the arrival of the
first of the 14-inch monsters COM
pTising the naval batteries.
Failure to obtain a sufficient
supply of depth bombs used by
American destroyers hampered eff
ficient operations against enemy
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
Colonization of Large Land Tracts
Advocated to Solve Labor Problems

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. H.
Colonization by returned soldiers
and sailors of large tracts of land
under the direction and with the
aid of the federal government is
recommended as a solution of many
of the labor problems arising from
rehabilitation by Secretary of La
Dor Wilson in his annual report,
made public today. The govern
ment should, in the opinion of Mr..
Wilson. establish and equip indi-
vidual farms, which would be link
ed into community groups.
The war has demonstrated the
patriotism and loyalty of American
labor, the report says, and in the
continuance of the spirit of sac
rifice'" on the part of employer
and employe shown during the
war. Secretary Wilson believes
Lies the hope for the further at
tainment and development during
the days of peace of that democ-
racy for which we have taken w
arms"
The right of collective bargain
ing, long recognized by the depart
ment of labor, Secretary Wilson
declares, has been more widely es-
ta%blished by reason of the war.
He adds that eff the principles
upon which that agreement was
founded can endure the stress OF
war, it is fair to suppose that
even greater success will attend
their application during the ca!mef
periods of peace"
To solve the labor problems aris-
ing from reconstruction, Mr.. Will
son recommends the continuation
of the labor adjustment agency OF
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
ON ITS WAY TO SCRAP HEAP
Dialect Known as pennsylvania
Dutch" Bids Fair Soon to Be q
Thing of the Past.

pennsylvania Dutch" that curious
combination of German, English and
Yankee, which since Revolutionary
times has developed in parts of Penn
~sylvania and Ohio, is going into the
discard. For more than a century 1t
has been growing just as languages
always grow, with use. 1t has cor
rupted words, made words, created
forms, one might say a grammar of
it's own. 1t has not, 1t is true, pro-
duced a literature. But it has been the
speech of a considerable number of
persons in their homes. 1t long since
ceased to be recognizable as German,
and English it never was. In it, stu
dents tell us, are mingled German,
English, Welsh, French and even Gaze
lie words.
pennsylvania Dutch" has been the
dialect of those German disciples of
Peter Memo who came to America,
some of them in pre-Revolution days,
seeking religious liberty and political
freedom. Some of these went into
Ohio during Revolution days, others in
to Canada, some as late as Civil war
days. Their religious beliefs contrib
uted to isolation. And they were large
ly an agricultural people.
Now the word has gone forth among
the Mennonites that it is no longer
patriotic to speak pennsylvania
Dutch" and as fast and as thoroughly
as possible these unbelievers in war r
discarding the speech of childhood and
home associations. The task is not an
impossible one to them, since all or
nearly all of them have had some ex-
p%erience in the common schools. From
among them 5000 young men have
gone overseas to fight the oppressors
of their ancestors and the barbarians
who threaten their own liberties.
The banning of pennsylvania
Dutch" is an impressive object lesson
to all Americans. Let's all resolve to
speak English.-DetrOit Free Press.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. IL
Development of arid, swamp ana
c~ut-over lands to provide farms
for returning soldiers, and i'm
provement of the public school sys-
tenn to provide for the American
ization of foreign-born citizens ana
the education of illiterate noun
tain white population and negroes
are two big reconstruction prob
lens, Secretary of the Interior
Lane says in his annual report
made public today. Schools, ne
added, should lay more emphasis
on teaching trades.
Of immediate importance is the
proposal that the government sys-
tematically go about the work OF
providing work for soldiers on ex-
listing irrigation projects in the
west. Later, Secretary Lane sug-
gested, more extensive reclamma-
ton of waste land should be put
under way, and small farms sold
to soldiers by the government
on a long-term payment plan.
Mr.. Lane outlined in detail his
proposed methods of carrying out
this. program, which he character
lied as part of the looking ahead
work. of the nation.
Referring to the returning SOL
diers, he said:
Being Americans and being
young, they will not ask or expect
pensions. They will want work
They will want, if possible, a
chance for a home of their own
By systematic government de-
velopment of idle lands, said Mr.,
Lane, there will be provided imme-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
DOCTOR URGES MORE
CLOTHES FOR WOMEN

CHICAGO, Dec. IL. - 1t is our
patriotic duty to put on more
clothes, save coal and improve
health" was the substance of an
address before the public health
administration section of the Amer
lean Public Health association to-
day by DR.. Jeanette F. Throck-
morton of Cralitan, Iowa.
"There are fashions not only in
dress, but in trend of thought and
morals" DR.. Throckmorton contin-
ued. ''The impulse which moved
our primitive ancestors to adopt
dress were, first, vanity; next, pro-
lection and lastly modesty. OF
these, that of protection seems
most often disregarded by the gen.
tier sex. The custom of wearing
summer clothing in winter is a
pernicious one, and the continual
chilling of the skin cause conges-
ton of the internal organs with at
tendent ills.
Erect carriage and gait are i'm
portant qualities and are influence
ed by the style of corset and shoes
worn.
Dress and morals are intimate
ly associated and modesty in dress
appears in demand but little at
present. Our adolescent daugh-
tiers often use poor judgment, not
only in dress but in conduct"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
Secretary of Interior Recommends
improvements for Public Schools

date Jobs for these men, labor
markets will be protected against
possible collapse by being swamp
ed with a surplus of labor, re-
established industries will be sup
piled with an immediate demand
for their products, the movement
of population to cities will be
checked, many "best proven Amer
leans" will be affixed permanently
to agricultural occupations and
great areas of land now neglected
and valueless will be brought into
use.
"As an immediate program"
said the secretary, I'VE should first
offer an opportunity upon our pres
ent irrigation projects for all who
wish work at clearing and levei-
ing the land not now cultivated.
but for which. water is available,
or to which water can be brought
under the present irrigation sys-
tenn, and that such tracts shall be
developed under an appropriate
lland-settlement plan. This we can
do at once and meet whatever Ia
Dor problem may be immediate.
"As a second step I would urge
an appropriation for n or more
of the largest irrigation schemes
for which surveys are in an adj
vanced state. Concurrently it
would seem to me wise to under
take the draining of the most
promising projects, government
owned land preferred, but, if pri-
vately owned, the land to be
bought at an appraisement made
by the farm loan board and sub
lject to the approval of the depart
lment of agriculture.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
COAL DUST BLAST
KILLS SIX ON
BROOKLYN

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 12.-
Six of the crew were killed and so
injured as the result of an explo-
sion of coal dust on the armored
cruiser Brooklyn at Yokahoma, ia
pan, on Monday.
Among those on the Brooklyn
reported injured is Charles r.
Laird of Canon City, Colo. The
navy department announcement
said the Brooklyn was not damag-
ed.
A court of inquiry has been call
ed to investigate the explosion,
which was in several compartments
on the berth deck and the ships
bunkers.
The Brooklyn had been station
ed at Vladivostok since the Ameri-
can expeditionary force landed
there to participate in the Siber-
ian campaign.
She was the flagship of Rear Adj
miral Schley at the battle of San
tiago and is one of the famous
ships of the navy.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14

submarines. By strenuous efforts,
however, the shortage was over
come and before war ended Ameri-
can destroyers we're using depth
tombs freely, and this, the report
said, aided in curbing German sub
marine operations in the closing
months of the war.
The fire control equipment used
on American war craft is on a a
with that in any navy, Admiral
Earle said, and range finding and
sighting devices of the fleet have
been greatly improved.
The efficiency of our gunnery
assisted by these new instruments"
he added, should find our ships
in the next sea battle at least equal
in gunnery to any enemy"
The first of the 16-inch, 5O-caii-
Der main battery rifles for new
dreadnaughts have been tried ous
with a success that exceeds expec-
tations, fixing this monster of
naval warfare as IAN exceptional
ly splendid piece of ordnance"
Another new naval weapon. an
eight-snch bomb-throwing howitz-
er, is being delivered to ~destroyers
or larger craft.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
HOLLAND FEARS LOSS
OF LIMBURG PROVINCE

AMSTERDAM, Dec. IL. Peo-
pie living in the southern part of
Limburg are excited over the re-
peated reference in Belgium and
French newspapers to the possible
severance of the province from
Holland. Forty-nine burgomas-
ters of the region have te~legraphed
Queen Wilhelmina expressing in
dignation and assuring her OF
their firm allegiance.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14

the national war labor board.
Agreements have been effected be-
tween labor and employers through
this agency, the report says, by
which certain principles have been
placed above further dispute.
Agricultural areas should be
purchased by the federal govern
ment and added to the public do
main to provide land for the carry
ing out of the proposed colonial
ton program for returned mem
bers of the military forces, the re-
port asserts. 1t is proposed that
administration of the program be
directed by a board consisting OF
the heads of the agriculture, in
terror and labor departments.
Legislation needed to carry out
the plan, Secretary Wilson believes
should include these provisions:
The possibility of commercialized
speculation must be mlnate
Colonists must be given access,
not only to land, but to farms; not
to the bare soil, but to fully
equipped agricultural plants ready
to operate.
The farms themselves must be
welded together into genuine COM
munities, by provision for roads,
schools and markets, under the
general supervision of the federal
government.
Arrangements have been com
pleted, says the report, to care for
demobilized men who do not care
to take up farm work SO far as
possible through the United States
employment service, a branch OF
the government.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. r.
Some idea of the great work con-
fronting the navy when the Unit
ed States entered the war is set
forth in the annual report of Rear
Admiral Earle, chief of ordnance,
made public yesterday. To this
bureau alone fell the task of eX-
pending during a single year more
than $500, 900 900 for guns and
equipment.
In discussing seemingly impos-
sible problems, Admiral Earle dis
closed that the navy was called
upon not only to arm all American
war craft, auxiliaries and the mer-
chant fleet, but to provide arma-
ment for British, French, Italiao.
Belgian and Russian shipping.
Guns of three to five-inch caliber
were at a premium and the de-
mand for them was 10 times
greater than the existing capacity
for manufacture. A total of 937
craft of all kinds, not in the reg
ular navy, we're armed between
July 1, 1917, and July /, 1918.
Gun mounts formed a separate
knotty problem. The facilities
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
PERSONAL

MRS. NJ. j. CANAAN has re-
turned from Ely and reports that
her daughters, who have been i'll
with influenza, have entirely re-
covered.
BENJAMIN j. HENLEY arrived
today from Reno.
MR.. AND MRS. HOWARD E.
LOvENIS entertained at a Thanks
giving dinner at Lark, Utah. Gov
ers were laid for eight. The in
vited guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis L. Downey, Miss Ruth
Richards, Mr.. Grovenor and
Charles Taylor.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
Use Wireless Lamp.

A wireless signal lamp has been de-
vised for various kinds of war work
which enables the users to Keep up
communication under conditions where
1t would be difficult or impossible to
stretch telephone or telegraph wires.
A barrage fire, for example, would be
no hindrance to signaling by this new
apparatus. 1t can be used between
a ground station at the battle front and
an airplane a considerable distance
away, flying w enemy territory.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
Cost Of Enrolling a Soldier.

Figures compiled from the records
of the first draft show that it cost
the government almost exactly 50
for each man drafted, according to
Popular Science Monthly. All but z
cents of this amount represents the
expense of the draft boards. In COM
parisOn with this, it is interesting to
learn that the volunteer system of
recruiting cost $24.4S per map in 1914,
$19.14 in 1915 and $2S.95 between July,
1916, and April. 1917. These latter
figures, however, included the recruits
travelling expenses and the cost Of his
subsistence prior to acceptance.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
TREASURY TO ISSUE
LOAN CERTIFICATES

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 12.-
The treasury department announc-
ed another bi-weekly issue of loan
certificates of Indebtedness of
$500,O00.OO to bear four and
one-half per cent interest, to be
dated Dec. 10 and to be payable
May 20 next. The subscription
books will close on the twenty
sixth.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
TWO Ex.PREMIERS IN CABINET
Situation in British Politics That Has
Never Before Occurred Is Among
the Possibilities.

Herbert Fl. Asquith, former premier,
is often mentioned as a possible addi'
ton to the present cabinet. The Man.
chester Guardian points out that If this
happens Lloyd George will have two
former prime ministers among his sub
ordinates. There is no former instance
of this state of things in modern his
tory, and it is q long time now since an
English government contained in a
secondary place even n former pre-
mier.
The classical case occurred about the
middle of last century, and is furnish
ed by the game of see-saw which was
played by Lord John Russell and Lord
PalmerstOn. In the government OF
1862 Lord John Russell was prime
minister and Lord Palmerston foreign
secretary, and in the government OF
1S59-65 their two positions were ex-
actly reversed.
It was Lord John RusselPs excep-
tional fate to be prime minister from
the age of fifty-four till that of sixty,
to be in and out of subordinate office,
under Lord Aberdeen and then under
Lord Palmerston, from sixty to seven
ty-three, and at that age to be prime
minister again.
If Lloyd George gets Mr.. Asquith as
we'll as Mr.. Balfour he will have all the
living former premiers except one, the
exception being Lord Rosebery, whose
period of Office-15 months-was so
short as to compare with the mete-
ORIG premiership Of the age of Can
ming.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
TRANSPORTS CARRY
RETURNING TROOPS

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. ~
Tho war department announced
today that army transports have
sailed from France with about
5000 soldiers. The 11Sth field ar
tillery, complete, sailed from
France on the ninth, the depart
ment announced later. Their
transport also carried other artil-
lery and a number of consuls.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
CRACKER JACK TO WORK
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the north drift on the 320-foot
level. Raises are also being driv-
en- on this level to cut the Cracker
Jack vein and it is planned to run
other drifts from these raises both
ways on the vein and then drive a
series of raises through to the 800
foot level, where large bodies of
lwo-grade ore were found in previ-
GUS work.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
Planes Smaller Than Birds.

The smallest British airplanes now
being manufactured are actually Of
less span than the largest birds. The
great albatross has been known to
measure nearly eighteen feet from
wing tip to wing tip. A certain type
of midget" airplane recently exhib-
tied in London is only fifteen feet in
width.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
LET THE KAISER LIVE

AS long as flowers their perfume give
So long I'd let the kaiser live;
Live and live for a thousand years
With nothing to drink but Belgian tears,
With nothing to quench his awful thirst
But the salty brine of a Scottish curse.
| would let him live on a dinner a day
Served from silver and golden tray,
Served with things both dainty and sweet,
Served with all but things to eat.
| would make him a bed of silken sheen
With costly linens to lie between,
With coverts of down and pillets of lace
And downy pillows piled high in place;
Yet to his comfort he would yield
Let it be with the rot of the battlefield.
And blood and bone and brains of men
Should cover i>im-smother him-and then
While Gods angels their vigil keep
And while the waves the white sands sweep
He should never, never, never sleep.
Through all the days and all the years
There should be one anthem in his ears,
Rising and ringing and never done
From the edge of light to the set of sun:
The moaning and wailing wild
OF a ravaged French girls illicit child.
In No Mans Land, where the Irish fell,
I'd start the kaiser a private hell
I'd jab him, stab him, give him gas,
In every wound I'd pour ground glass.
I'd march him out where the brave boys died
Out by the lads-the crucified.
In the fearful gloom of his living tomb
There's one thing I'd do before | was through:
| would make him sing in a stirring manner
The wonderful words of the "Star Spangled
Banner"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
Hard to Explain.

Has it ever been fully explained
why it Is that a man on a cold, raw
day will sit four hours uncOmplain-
ingly on a hard board in a rowboat
and hold a fish pole. yet squirm and
fuget and fume If he is asked to sit
more than an hour and fifteen minutes
on a cushioned seat in a well-warmed
chureh3
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
One Result.

HAS your son had any success with
this aviation experiment."
"Oh, yes; he has succeeded in max
ing my money fly"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
MAPS SHOWING sPEARHEAD

Large colored maps of the Gold
field district, showing Spearhead
and other properties. Price 81.
F. M. Hertzer, Goldfield, New.
Adv.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
Independent.

Suppose all the doctors have to go
to WARP"
"I don't care. MI. Hoover doesn't
let me eat anything that disagrees
with me-"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
The Attraction,

The Attraction.
Slacker-What is there about a uni
form that attracts a girl?
Girl-Nothing. IT'S what the uni
form Is about that attracts her. A
real man, you know.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14

Loose Soil Dries Rapidly.
Soil heaped up around plants has a
higher average temperature than the
level ground, but 1t becomes colder in
the night, as it dries more rapidly.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-12-14
WORLD ALMANACS

Tribune Book and Stationery Store
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-03
KEYSTONE MINE AT RUTfES
TO HAVE MILL THIS SUMNER

A mining deal Of considerable Inn
portance reported from Crested Butte
II the transfer Of the Keystone pro-
perty, some three miles above Crested
Butte, on Coal Greek, to the Orion II.
4 n. Co., Of Denver. ]. A. McAlpine,
superintendent Of the company, did
some work and made investigation Of
the property last season. and proposes
to ut once erect . 6fty-ton mill. II ID
planned to operate the mine BY tun-
mel under 1t. Emnsons. Tho present
workings extend for 1000 feet Of tun-
nels and levels, and there are reported
to be 10000 tons Of ore available for
milling even now. The Floresta
branch Of the Rio Grande railroad
runs close to the tunnel and mill site,
70 that transportation problems will
be light.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-03
AFTER THREE YEARS

Many men and women are sick and
don't know it. Some never discover
they have kidney trouble until they
apply for life insurance. The kidneys
are working all the time, filtering the
poisonous wastes out Of the blood
stream, and when they become weak
ened or deranged, backache. pains in
sides and groins. so-called rheuma.
tism, languldness, swollen joints, and
other symptoms develop. w. B. Moss.
Ogden, Ark, writes: "Foley's Kidney
Pills relieved me Of severe kidney
troubles Of three years, standing"
fiR Dr.. Walkers Drug Store.