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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
Maeo9 Kl1S, Sherbrooke Quebec

Are you worrying about coal
shortage, Mr.. Manufacturer? Does
The outlook spell shutting down"
for you? Do not be discouraged. A
remedy is at hand; a remedy tried
and proved by many manufacturers.
Use water power.
Where is this water power, do you
ask? Good sites in the United
States have been pre-empted pretty
generally. you say. Granted, then
why not cross the border into
Canada and use some of that seven
teen million horsepower water
power going to waste over there?
Why do the Canadians not use it,
you ask. They do use some, but not
all. Canada has an available water
power of almost nineteen million
horsepower of which she uses about
1919. This small percentage sup
plies, with a few exceptions, all the
principal Canadian cities and a great
majority of its towns and villages,
and not a few farms, with hydro
electric energy. Further, this 1919
yields a considerable surplus which
Is exported. New Brunswick's sur
olus goes to Maine. Quebec's to New
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
BOND CONVERSION
IS MADE CLEAR

There has been more or less con-
fusion in the public mind over the
privilege of conversion attached to
Liberty bond issues already out
standing. Many have Supposed that
the 3 " and 4 per cent bonds already
issued could be converted into new
1O-year 4 IA per cent bonds. This
is not the case, however. All the
outstanding issues may BE- convert
ed into new 4 IA per cent bonds.
but such 4 Ii PER cent bends will
not be Third liberty Loan tonds.
The 4 IA per cent bonds issued on
conversion will have the same dates
of maturity of principal and the
same terms of redemption as the
bonds upon the conversion of which
they have been issued.
The tax exemption feature at
tached to the original 81 per cent
issue, however, is lost in conversion,
and the 4 Ia per cent bonds issued
in exchange for 3h per cent and 4
per cent bonds now outstanding en-
Joy the only exemption attached to
the Third Liberty loan 10-year A Ia
bonds. They will be receivable for
estate and inheritance taxes when
owned continuously for six months
prior to death of holder.
Holders converting first-loan 3ks
will receive new first-loan IA
per ZEN bonds. Holders of first
loan As will receive the same. Hold
ers of second-loan As will receive
second-loan 4 IA per cent bonds.
Holders of the first and second
Liberty As have the right of con-
verting their bonds into 4 las on
or before Nov. 9 of this year.
The holders of the 3ks have the
privilege of converting them into
any subsequent issue made during
the period of the war, except short
term obligations.
New Third Liberty loan 4 las
are not redeemable before maturity,
first-loan 3ks are redeemable on
or after June Is, 1892, first-loan
As the same and second-loan As are
redeemable on OIL after Nov. Is,
1927.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
RED CROSS SIGNS
TO LEAD WOUNDED
FROM BATTLEFIELD
MARKERS WILL SHOW WAY TO
NEAREST DRESSING
STATION

PARIS, Sept. 81. - The Ameri-
can Red Cross has just taken steps
to overcome one of the greatest
hardships suffered by the American
soldiers during a battle. Many men
in the course of an action receive
slight wounds which render them
incapable of continuing in the ranks
and they are at once sent to the
nearest dressing station on foot if
they are able to walk.
Everything on a modern battle
field is generally turned into an un-
recognizable heap by the terrific ar
tillery fire which precedes an as
sault, and the wounded, whose
nervous systems are rapidly Slapped
by pain and loss of blood, have diff
ficulty in finding their way back
over the ground they have stormed.
To alleviate the sufferings of the
wounded boys. the American Red
Cross is furnishing thousands of
small signs made of white cloth
with a large red cross at one end
and a red arrow at the other to
indicate the direction which the
wounded must take. These signs
are to be fixed to trees. bushes,
posts or other objects in the wake
of advancing troops, and We laid
on the ground when no other meth
cd is to hand.
Army officers have told the Red
Cross officials that these markers
will probably save the lives of a
large number of men and avoid
grave consequences to many, as the
seriousness of the wound depends
greatly on the prompt treatment it
receives.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
GUN
OF HUNS TAKEN

WITH THE AMERICAN Fore
ES IN FRANCE, Sept. 80. A Ger
man anti-tank gun was captured re-
Gently by the Americans. The
weapon had only been used a short
time and the stock and rifle barrel
had the appearance of just coming
from the factory.
The gun fires but a single shot
and is of the ordinary Mauser mod
ell. When in action the gun is fired
from a bipod mounting, n man
doing the shooting. The gun
weighs 81 pounds, has a length of
five and one-half feet and a caliber
of 1874 millimeters.
German prisoners say the anti
tank gun is at it's best at about 22O
yards. American officers say the
German invention does not compare
with the American anti-tank gun in
any of it's features and that the
American gun can outshoot it.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
AMERICAN TROOPS LEARN TO
CHERISH PICKS AND SROVELS

and their coats, but until the last
they chung to their rifles and their
picks and shovels and went ahead
to victory.
The pick and shovel r often
brought into action in a hurry
when it is necessary to dig in to es-
cape fragments of gas shells or of
shrapnel. 1t often happens, as 1T
did time and time again during the
recent French-American drive north
of the Marine. that the nfantryman
during an advance is too far be-
hind the enemy to make use of his
rifle and that when the enemy's big
guns are turned loose his only de-
Tense is to dig a hole in the field
or along a roadway or wherever he
may be and make this his shelter
until the attack is at an end or I'M
til he is ordered elsewhere.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
OF J.. S.
WANT REVENGE
FOR TEUT0N
OUTRAGES
AVIATION INSTRUCTOR SAYS
AMERICANS ARE WONDER
Full PUPILS

PARIS, Sept. %. = Leon Daudet,
son of Alphonse Daudet and editor
of the Action Franchise, recently
visited some scenes of American ac-
tivity behind the lines and his en-
thusiasm is unbounded.
What cordial %frankness they
show" he writes of the American
soldiers. ITO the inhabitants they
offer their bread, preserves and Gig
arettes with a charming gesture
which seems to say Are we not
brothers?' They are full of polite
ness to every woman, no matter
what her age, and of kindness to
every child.
"In a station, in the middle of
the night, l saw some poor little
kiddies, the family of refugees,
sleeping on the floor. Two Ameri-.
can officers passed. They stopped,
looked, shook their heads, then
without a word threw over the
youngsters their overcoats which
they were carrying on their arms.
They themselves sat down nearby
and waited for two hours in the
cold air for the dawn.
"a French aviator, instructor at
a flying school for Americans, said
to me, They are remarkable pupils,
their docility and modesty are Won
derful. They learn rapidly and re-
tain everything, and their gratitude
to their teachers is extreme. They
burn to avenge the devastation of
France"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05

WITH THE AMERICAN Arm
IN FRANCE, Oct. 1. - Next to his
rifle the American infantryman in
action in France has learned to
cherish his pick and shovel above
everything else. BY experience he
has learned that his pick and SHOW
ell will have him from injury
or death at times when his other
implements of war are useless.
In the thrust against the Ger
mans in July and August on GER
tain days the Americans advanced
so rapidly that the infantrymen
were on the go hour after hour. AS
their packs became heavier some
left behind piece by piece parts of
their equipment.
Even in some instances dough-
BOYS tossed aside their mess kits
and emergency rations and canteens
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
government COMPLETES LOCK
FOR USE BY CARGO CARRIERS

ed, started in 1912, and in 1915 the
first concrete was poured for the
walls, which are 1900 feet long. Is
feet high and taper down from
eight to 26 feet in thickness.
There are four other great locks
at ST. Mary's rapids. three on the
American side and one on the Cana
dian side. but none compares in size
with the new one.
The cost of handling freight
through these locks is but 1.72 mills
per freight ton. Last year freight
valued at 196,922,1S3 and total
ing S9,S13,S9S tons passed through
the canals. There were 22,SS5 pas
senger vessels.
The locks are protected by 20
coast guard boats plying the river
60 miles below and 20 miles above
the rapids. Companies of soldiers
equipped with rifles and machine
guns patrol the district.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05

York, Ontario's to New York and
Minnesota, and British Columbia's
to Washington.
The bearing which this exporta-
ton of power has upon the imports
of coal into the provinces of Ontario
and Quebec, the source of t%wo-thirds
of the available current, may be sur
missed. Since the war resulted in a
scarcity of vessels for transporting
coal up the St. Lawrence for the in
dustries of Montreal, there have been
converted to the use of electrical
energy in that vicinity, no less than
one hundred and fifty private steam
plants with a demand of about as
many thousand horsepower. Others
are considering a like transforma-
ton.
Hydro power being the one neces-
sary commodity which decreases in
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
NEGRO SOLDI ERS
TAKE TO WAR
THEIR FEAR
OF DARK
NATURE MAKES
THEM 'SEE THINGS AT
NIGHT

WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS
IN FRANCE, Sept. 80. - American
negro troopers are regarded by
their officers as exceptionally good
at patrol work, as raiders and
scouts. They seem to have some
quality lacking in the white man
which enables them to stink and
crawl across No Mans Land in a
way that defies detection.
But the negroes w lose their
latent superstition and fear of the
dark. Without white officers to
support them morally their value Is
said to deteriorate quickly. They
"see things" with ease.
The negro troopers timidity at
night is best illustrated by the ex-
p%erience of a captain, who found
one of his men at work after dark.
The negro was talking violently to
himself:
"Niggah, pick up that wheel
barrow and push it over there"
Nov put that barrow down" "Tip
it over and empty it," Now wheel
it back and fill it up again."
To all of which the negro answer
ed Eyes, sah," and suited the ac-
ton to the word. He explained to
the astonished captain that he felt
less lonely and scared in the dark
If he pretended a white officer was
there to give him orders.
Let the average negro soldier
halt and be forced to lie down for
a time, and he goes to sleep almost
Immediately, unless he is forcibly
kept awake. The leaders of at
least one regiment have had to
adopt a plan whereby all the mem
bers of a patrol, when they lie
down, join hands. with the white
officer at one end. He keeps the
squad awake then by pressing the
hand of the mex man to him, who
repeats the pressure to his right or
left and receives an answering pres
sure as evidence that his compan-
ions are awake.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05

Austrian frontier, the queen. &C
companied by the king and the roy
al family, received the regiments OF
officers and soldiers who had
fought so bravely during the Is
months that Rumania faced the
four formidable foes that surround
ed her.
AS each division passed along
the line of march there were re-
peated demonstrations, shouts OF
acclaim and many marks of Of
lection on the part of the troops for
their beloved queen, whom they
revere with a devotion almost as
fervid as that shown by the French
soldier for the memory of Joan of
Arc.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
DRAFT REG|STRAN1S
WILL DRILL IN
GOlDFKLD

Seventeen draft registrants at
tended a meeting held last night in
the court house to discuss plans for
the starting of drilling here. Sun
day night was considered an unfav-
orable time for holding a meeting
and, following the appointment of
j. o. Walther as temporary chair
man and R. T. Armstrong as tenn
porary secretary. the meeting ad-
journed until Tuesday. when furth-
er plans will be discussed in the
court house, starting at Z O'Clock.
1t is expected that there will be a
good attendance then and an at
tempt will be made to form a per-
manent organization. At this meet
ing a captain and other officers
will be appointed.
At the meeting last night it was
decided that men under and over
draft age would be admitted to the
organization and it was the gen.
eral opinion that competent in
structors could be found in Gold
field. 1t developed that Professor
McKeown of the high-school knew
more regarding strictly up-to-date
tactics than any of the others Pres
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05

cost in proportion to the increase ir
demand and use, makes it clear
" the manufacturing force of the
future, and as coal is not at al
likely to revert to pre-war prices
many industries supplying the
worlds markets will take advantage
of this fact by locating in Canad:
where raw materials are plentiful
The vanguard is already there ant
reaping benefits.
Canada is blessed with almosi
eyery form of the basic elements OF
manufacture and the natural powers
by which these may be developed;
It has lands suited to diversified
agriculture sufficient to sustain q
greatly increased industrial popula-
ton. Canada is crossed by great trade
routes over which Canadian products
travel to far distant markets.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
Pro-Germans Working

Charles E. Wharton of Canton,
Ohio. said to be active in the or
ganiZatior of branches of the mon
partisan" league, is now in FallOn
and the attention of the county
council of defense has .een called
tC his presence. His propaganda
has been condemned Jy ~e,ternment
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
SEAMEN WANTED FROM DRAFT

WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 1. =
The president today requested all
men who have seen sea service to
give full information about their
rating and experience in filling out
missionaries, so that local boards
may properly classify them and in
form the government where expert
enced seamen may be obtained
when needed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
Father. Finds Son Through Magazine

A picture in the official Red
Cross magazine told M. H. Hanley,
a recent arrival in Reno. that his
son, Henry Paul Hanley, is serving
with the American army in France.
His son disappeared last November.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
REPUBLICANS ELECT CHAIRMAN

At a recent meeting of the repub-
lican county central committee ]. B.
Humphrey was elected chairman;
Bert Ward. secretary. and L. F. Det-
weller. treasurer. The state plat
form was adopted at the meeting.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-05
Mad Dog Killed

Elko had a genuine mad-dog
scare a few days ago, when a mad
animal spread terror in several
parts of the town. The dog was
killed by a wOman as it was trying
to enter her house through a screen
door.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-12-12
FIGHTING IN BERLIN
Allies to Demand That Soviets be
Disbanded Before Supplies
Will be Furnished.

London, Dec. 7.-Fighting has
broken out again in the streets oil
Berlin following the arrest of the
members of the executive committee
of the Berlin soviet. Shots were ex-
changed outside the reichstag build
in0, presumably between soldiers re-
turned from the front and members
Of the Berlin soviet, according to an
Exchange issls.. Telegraph dispatch from
Troops have occupied the univer-
sjty building in Berlin. A serious
situation has been precipitated by the
arrest of the soviet executive COM
mittee. The Spartacus group is
greatly excited, according to advices
reaching Copenhagen from the Ger
man capital. - Announcement was
made in Berlin that the government.
did not order the arrests and prom
Uses were made that the men taken
into custody would be released.
Baron Rosen, German minister to
The Hague, is to succeed DR.. Solf as
foreign minister of the German gov
eminent. according to Die Friheit.
Reports have been current for sew
efsl days that DR.. Solf was to be
forced ont of the German govern
6ent He was former colonial min
ieter Of the late imperial German
government, bat became foreign min
istes shortly before the downfall Of
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-12-12

Electric lights were installed and
extra shifts of men kept the concrete
mixer going "a hours day.
The new dam of reinforced con-
crete is located a few feet below the
old wooden one. 1t is ten feet high
with the bottom anchored into the
solid rock below the creek bed. At
the base it is four feet thick and IS
inches at the top and is braced with
three buNtresses on the lower side.
Its total length is 100 feet with each
end extending some distance into the
bank of the creek and protected with
rock rip rap to keep the water from
washing it out.
1t will require about ten days or
two weeks for the concrete to harden
SO that the frame work can be re-
moved and later the old wooden dam
will be removed. 1t is thought thai
Butler will have nothing to fear in
the future from a water famine as the
new dam will hold enough water to
supply the city through the most
rigorous drouth.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-12-12
Death of an Old Citizen.

Mrs. Susan Hukel, one of the old
est citizens of this county, died at
her home on South Mechanic street
Friday evening, December E, 1918, af-
ter an illness. of many years.
Susan Stone was born in Virginia
December 12, 1928. In 1881 she, with
her parents made the long overland
trip to this state. They ssettled in
Boone county, where her girlhood
was spent and where she was united
in marriage to R. l. Hukel. She pro-
fessed religion and united with the
Christian church in I847. Just at the
close of the war, in 1866, they came
to this county and located Oh a farm
in Summit township, where they
lived until about twenty years ago
when they retired and came to But
Ter, where Mr.. Hukel died many
years ago. She is survived by two
sons, John Hukel and Thomas
Hukel. --.--
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. S. R. Moore, of the Chris
tian church. at the Oak Hill cemetery
where interment took place Saturday
afternoon. FL.
Few leave such record OF good
deeds behind them as did this good
woman. In the early ayds when
in Bates county were
very primitive there were none who
would go further or oftener to help |
a neighbor or friend who was in dis
tress. \ man who had known her
we'll for nearly half a century said |
that il made no difference how cold |
or wet the night was she never hest
tated to go to the help of those who
were sick or in need.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-12-12
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Aucioneers: R. H. CALVERT HARRY RAYBOURN
he imperial government.

the imperial government.
The allies intend to demand that
the German government dissolve all
of the soviet councils or go without
| food from the outside world, accord
ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch received here today, which
quotes the National Zeitung of Ber-
lin.
The rumor still persists that the al
lies will occupy the whole of Ger
many, the dispatch adds, and there is
little opposition to the rumored plan
because it is believed in Germany
that the move would prevent anar-
chy.
The Belgians have occupied Neuss,
on the left of the bank of the Rhine
river, opposite Dusseldorf, it was Of
ficially announced this afternoon
The Belgians now also hold Gladbach
and Heilbarg. There have been no
untoward incidents in their occupa-
ton.
Documentary evidence of energetic
preparation to launch an information
al revolution affecting the entire
world was unearthed at. Stockholm,
according to the Dagblad. The rev.
olution was to have the Swedish city
as its center. According to the Dag
blad, the gigantic conspiracy was dis
covered through the examination Of
. Swedish vessel.
British troops today entered Co
logne, the important German city on
the banks of the Rhine, according to
m Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Copenhagen.
The president of the soviet of
Hamburg declares he has positive in
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-12-12
IIOMER w. 1HI0Is oDY III U Ss III
I'M BROUG CHIT 70 FOSTER
Bates County Farmer Slain lin Fl.
! Scott-Robbery Supposed vi
Motive. ST

The body of Homer Seig, ST., well
known Bates county farmer, who was
slugged and fatally injured in Fl.
Scott on the night of Wednesday,
December 4th, was brought to Fos-
ter today (Friday) and burial will
probably be made in the Foster GEM
etery on Monday.
From relatives who returned
Thursday evening from Fl. Scott it is
learned that Mr.. Seig was found in a
leaning position against a telephone
pole on the Belltown or North Fl.
Scott road about IL o'clock Wcdnes-
day night, and was taken to Mercy
hospital in an unconscious condition
and where he died soon after enter
ing the hospital. He suffered frac-
ture of the skull. The amount Of
money secured is a matter Of con-
lecture, although, it is supposed he
had been slugged and robbed of pos.
sibly $l2oo or more, as he had been
in Fl. Scott for about three weeks
disposing of car of apples and had
brought in another shipment and
placed i'll cold storage.
In an inside pocket of Mr.. Seig's
vest was later found 5000 in bank
drafts and his watch, which his as
sailants failed to secure. Strange as
it may appear, the sheriff at Fl.
Scott was not notified of the case I'M
ii Thursday morning. No clew has |
been obtained up to this writing Of
he perpetrators of the crime, the
motive for which is supposed to be
Hill Review.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-12-12
The New Dam Completed.

About midnight Saturday night the
last load of concrete was dumped
into the new dam that has been un-
der construction for the last few
weeks at the waterworks plant on
the Miami. The work of pouring the
concrete was commenced Tuesday
and from that time until the job was
the work never stopped.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-12-12
100 Reported Killed in EARTHQUAKE in
Chile.

Buenos Ayres, Dec. s.-One hun
dred persons are believed to have
been killed in an earthquake yester-
day which destroyed the town Of
vallenar and virtually DESTROYED
Copiapo, in Chile. Reports from the
devastated district today said the
bodies of men, women and children
still were buried under the ruins.
The shocks, which lasted four min
utes, were unusually severe and were
plainly registered in Buenos Ayrcs.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-12-12
Opponent to Try to Keep Berge,
Out of Congress.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. Con
gresham Joseph P. Carney, Repub-
lican, who was defeated by Victor
Berger. Socialist, in the November
elections. yesterday announced he
would ,fontest seating of Berger.
Notice served on Berger charges
that he had interfered with the op-i
Grafton and success of the military
and naval forces of the United States
in the world war. Ii