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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27

NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-Grover
Alexander, OF the Cubs, forced OPP
posing batsmen to work hard for
every run made of him during the
1919 season.
The official pitching averages of
the National League for the recent
season show that the great Alex led
all rival hurlers in the matter of
effectiveness. He allowed but 1.72
earned run per nine-inning game
and was credited with 10 victories
and IL defeats.
Fred Mitchell believes Alexander
will be just as great a pitcher as he
ever was in 1920.
ALEX did not get started till the
latter part of the season. said
Mitchell during the National League
meeting here. "He found himself
after we had dropped too far be-
hind to figure any longer for the
pennant, but he has demonstrated
to my entire satisfaction that he is
still the great pitcher he was when
he came to the Cubs, and expect
to see him win at least 25 games
next year He may do better than
that"
dutch" Reuther. the star
moundsmap of the worlds champion
Reds, was the highest percentage
pitcher during the season, finishing
with a percentage of 100. Jess
Barnes of the Giants turned in 25
victories for McGraw's men, and
took rank as the biggest winner.
Lee Meadows, the bespectacled
hurler who was traded to the Phil
lies by the Cardinals. pitched in 40
games and lost 20 of them, and
Lefty Cooper, of the Pirates, went
through 81 complete games.
The shut out record for 1919
shows Alexander sonce more leading
the list with nine such victories to
his credit. Jim Vaughn, Alexis
southpaw team-mate. pitched 3O7
innings and struck out 141 Aatsmen.
A feature of the National leagues
pitching records this year is the col
umn which gives pitchers credit for
games finished. Gene Dubac of the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27

there will be an aquatic pageant in
Rotterdam, the visitors travelling in
the morning from Leyden to Delfts-
haven. IL possible, by boat along the
way the Pilgrims went. Then there
will be trips to the religious Ravens
of Rotterdam, a memorial service in
the church at Delftshaven and at
z p. m. the English and American
contingents will depart for South
ampton.
The celebration in England will
start in May, 1920, with meetings
in Schooby. the home Of Robinson,
Austerfield, Boston and Sheffield.
From August 4 to September 30
there will be ceremonies in Cam
bridge, London, Southampton, and
other places, eliminating in the
sailing of the new Mayflower, which
will carry the returning American
committee and British and Dutch
delegations who are to participate
in the program on this side of the
Atlantic.
Main events of the American cele-
bration will be in Plymouth, Mass.
and Boston,, where historical pa
geants will be held. followed by a
big reception in New York. Vice
President Marshall is h~onerary
chairman of the committee having
the local program in charge. The
foreign visitors will then be taken
on a tour of the United States. On
November "a. 1920, there will be a
universal observance of Thanksgiv-
ing day in England, Holland and the
United States.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
REDS OF EUROPE
PLAN MING TO
REVOLT
MANIFESTOS SHOW THEY HOPE
TO STIR INTERNATIONAL
RADICALS

LONDON, Dec. 19.-Extreme So
cialists of France and England hope
to stir up action with other interna-
tional radicals for a March revo-
tion," according to manifestos cir
culated. The Morning Post points
out that Frank Hodges, miners Sec
rotary, has declared that a crisis
over naturalization of the British
coal mines may arise in March
w. GALLAGHER, president of the
Clyde (Scotland) Workers Commit
tee, states in the current issue of
The Worker:
1.-THE railway crisis with all it's po-
tentialities of revolution, found us
u%nprepared and the opportunity
passed. Now the miners are gath
ering their forces for a big fight
with capitalism. Between now and
March we must gather all our
strength and be ready to throw our
whole weight behind the iiiaers
(This would tie up British ship
building YARDS.
Capitalism has got 70 go. and
when it goes Well give the king an
opportunity OF studying industry
from the inside. A week or two Ia
boring in a foundry and he'll never
want to talk about industry again.
(He has called for greater prodnc-
tion).
Down with monarchy.
Down with capitalism
Forward, workers, TO the social
istic Republic"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
TtUTON MINE FIELDS
ARE STILL DANGEROUS
HAVE BEEN SWEPT
CLEAR

LONDON, Dec. 22.-Until the
Germans complete the sweeping of
mine fields they laid in the North
Sea there will be considerable dan
ger to shipping in waters adjacent
TO the British Isles, say British and
American naval authorities Even
after that work has ended. which
will not be earlier than next sum-
mer. there will be some danger
which. they predict, will gradually
diminish.
THE American barrage is swept
as completely as is humanity pos
sible," Admiral Harry S. Knapp. OF
the American navy, said to the As
ISOLATED Press correspondent. after
our area had been pronounced 100
per cent clear we re-swept $50
square miles of it (about Is per
cent? and found only four mOfc
mines. These were at a buoyed spot
where the sweepeps believed they
had missed some"
The greatest now" said
Lieutenant Commander Benson, of
the international mine destroying
committee, lis the unswept German
area. Until that field has been
cleared there will be a good many
drifting mines about. Afterward
there will be some danger but it
will rapidly diminish as the ele-
ments destroy the effectiveness of
the Mines"
He said the committee accounted
for mines as follows: Five per cent
explode when laid, five percent are
defective; 10 per cent soon become
useless through leakage and so per
cen of the total number laid are
destroyed by the different systems
of sweeping employed by the British
and Americans.
Committee members believe that
a great many of the other 80 per
cent will be carried by the natural
northward currents of the North Sea
into Arctic ice packs and destroyed,
others will go ashore on the Nor
wegian coast, as have many already,
a great many will become harmless
through long presence in the water,
and a certain number will be de-
stroyed by patrols which the British
navy still is maintaining.
Also the British navy has just
armed all merchantmen, except those
calling at Irish ports, with high
velocity rifles that they may de-
stroy any mine sighted. So many
ships calling at Irish ports have
been raided for arms that the ad.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
MEX BANDITS TAKE
PROPERTY FROM
AMERICAN
LATE ADVICES SAY FREDERICK
HUGO WILL HAVE TO PAY
!. RANSOM

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 22.-
Frederick Hugo, an American ranch
manager captured by bandits at
MuZquiz, Mexico, recently, and later
liberated, was released under an
agreement to pay $500 ransom
within IL days, according to infor-
nation reaching the department of
state. The raiders took from Muz-
quiz American owned property val
ued at $4,000 pesos.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
AGED COUPLE DIE SAME
NIGHT AFTER "a YEARS

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 23.-Happiness
,reigned in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
August Boettger. On January IA
they were to celebrate their Saith
Hear of married life. Boettger
1ked into the kitchen. Suffer
IN acute attack of nephritis. he
hconscious. Mrs. Boettger ran
!. The shock was such that
ELAPSED in a chair. Mrs.
a Weise, a daughter, found
Bo,h were unconscious.
Boettger died at 1880 o'clock
Boertger a few hours later.
husband was 81 years old.
Vie IL.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
MISSING BABY DEAD IN WOODS

PROCTOR, Okla, Dec. 20.-Cecil
Smith, two-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. C. Smith, who mysteriously
disappeared from his home two
miles south of here, and who his
parents believed was kidnapped. was
found dead in the woods several
miles from his home recently. The
child, according to physicians. died
of hunger and exposure.
Officers and farmers combed
three counties for the missing tot
without avail
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS IN
PACIFIC NORTHWEST

MONMOUTH, Ore, Dec. 23.-The
Pacific Northwest is badly in need
of teachers. The supply has been
short throughout the last year, while
the demand has been growing. High
salaries in city schools are held re-
spOnsible for the decline in the
number of teachers for the rural
districts. The same is said to be
true of instructors who choose to
enter the business world today in
preference to remaining teachers.
The schools are increasing in num-
Der of pupils and the demand for
teachers is becoming a frantic one
in this section Of the country. Z
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27

miralty believed it inadvisable to
add to this danger.
Two Irish fishing boats off Cork
recently sighted a drifting mine.
The Captains mistook it for a cask
of rum or wine and made a race
for 1t. The winner was the loser.
His boat was sunk.
The admiralty has had several re-
ports Of a drifting mine about 600
miles southeast of New York which
officers hope some of the newly
armed merchantmen will destroy II
1t has not already been rendered
harmless by the elements.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
WOMAN DISAPPEARS FROM
SHIP OFF CALIFORNIA

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 19.-Mrs.
Helen Ferera, a well known must
clan, disappeared from the steamer
President while off the California
coast Friday, according to Frank
Ferera. her husband, who was with
her on the boat. He said be be-
lieved that she had been swept from
the deck during the early morning
hours.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
U. s. TEAMER BURNS

NEW YORK, Dec. 22-The Amer
lean steamship Firwood was burned
of the coast of Peru and the crew
was rescued by the steamer GORE
.dyk, according to wireless advices
received here today. The latest re-
port of the Firwood shows her ar
rival at Callao. Peru from San Pc
dro on December 2.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
COAL STRIKE SETTLEMENT
DECLARED GOVT VICTORY

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 10
The termination OF the coal strike
was not "A settlement, but a govern
ment victory, Attorney General Pal
mer told the senate subcommittee
investigating the strike today. 1.-The
men and union officers complied
with out demands and returned to
work." he said.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
MINNESOTANS CANNOT
MAKE RAISIN WHISKEY

ST. PAUL. MINI. Dec. 19.-The
manufacture of intoxicating liquors
or beverages near intoxicating"
even for personal use, is unlawful in
Minnesota. the state supreme conrtI
decided today in sustaining III
validity of the state prohibition q
forcement law.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
BOLSHEVIKI CLAIM
FURTHER VICTORIES

LONDON, Dec. 19.-Severe fight
ing in the vicinity of Narva on the
Esthonian front where the bolshe-
Wiki broke through the wire defenses
and captured several villages is re-
ported in an official statement issued
by the soviet government at Moscow
today.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27
SOLDIERS OF KOICHAK
FREEZE IN RUSS HOSPITAL

LONDON. Dec. 22.-Seyen hun
Id soldiers of the army COM
nded by Admiral Kolchak in ST.
la have frozen to death in a hos
near Omsk. according to q
eless dispatch from Moscow.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-12-27

ing his opponents every morning be-
fore breakfast.
Wilde. however, is a good sport,
and he has shown by coming here
that he is not afraid of being robbed
of any glory hal is justly his. That
he will not be disfllusioned goes
without saying, for the American
boxing fan is ever willing to give a
and Jimmy will get his. If he wants
to give away weight, why, that's
Jimmy's business. That he is going
to be popular and a big attraction in
a majority of his ring appearances
is a certainty, even though the
house at Milwaukee was not as large
as had been expected. Sharkey's
good showing against Wilde will do
Jimmy NJ harm in a financial way,
for where American fans may have
over-rated the little Britisher prior
to the Sharkey bout, they are now
of an opinion that he may find
the going too strenuous at most any
time and they will watch his Gam
paign with more interest because he
had not shown up as a world beaten.
New York fans are looking ahead
to the coming session of the state
legislature with red-hot interest.
The boxing bills before the 1919
legislature went by the boards. The
lawmakers decided to give the pub
lie Sunday baseball and figured that
would be enough at one sitting. But
mex January there will be a new
boxing bill presented and with the
army, navy and civilian board OF
boxing control, not to mention hun
dreds of influential friends of the
game outside of the board, working
for the legislation of ten-round
bouts, it is believed that the game
will be reinstated.
The passing of a boxing bill in the
state Legislature lex rear will mean
that New York will be the real cen
ter of the boxing world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
TIME TO BUILD GRANT
MEMORIAL is EXTENDED
Unavoidable Delays Cause Addition
of Year in Which to Com
plete Work.

Because of delays alleged to have
been unavoidable, the time allowed
for the completion of the Grant me-
mortal in the Botanic Garden has
been extended another year. That
action was taken by the Secretary
of War on the recommendation of
Col. Ridley, the engineer officer in
charge of public buildings and
grounds, executive officer of the
Grant memorial commission
The contract is held by Henry M.
Shrady. sculptor, and Edward P.
Casey, architect, both of New York.
Eighteen years ago Congress author
ICED the erection of the memorial and
liked the limit of cost at $3.50, 900.
The completed work consists of the
marble superstructure, the setting of
bronze cavalry and artillery groups
on the end pedestals, the setting of
four bronze lions and eight bronze
lamp posts and the partial clearing
of the approaches
What remains to be done is the
casting of the bronze equestrian
group, including the figure of Gen.
Grant. its setting on the high central
pedestal the placing of two bas-re-
liefs. representing the infantry arm,
in panels near the base of that
pedestals and completing the ap-
proaches. The equestrian group may
be ready for setting this fall. but the
entire work will not be completed
and ready for formal dedication be-
fore next spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
BAGGAGE TRANSFER
COSTS TAKE BIG JUM
Companies Tariffs Unchanged, But
Drivers Collections for Going
Up Steps Increase.

Vacation-bound residents of the
capital are discovering that the cos,
of transferring baggage has skyrock.
eted along with all other costs for
service of every character. There
have been no recent changes in the
tariffs of the transfer companies
which are regulated by the Public
Utilities Commission. But drivers, IL
is stated, add varying increases Ia
these stated rates through private ar
rangements for handling baggage that
is located above the first floor of
apartments and houses.
The increases generally range from
SO per cent up. According TO the
utilities commission, the rates Of the
transfer companies apply only to bag
gage transferred to and from the first
floors of apartments and hotels. 1t is
up to the owners to deposit or collect
the baggage on the first floor, and the
companies as well as the utilities COM
mission do not interfere with the bag
gage wagon drivers making private
contracts to render the additional
service not covered in the regular
tariffs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
MANY WAR CLERKS LOSE
Jobs AT END OF MONTH
Large Reductions in Temporary
Force in the War Depart
ment Is Ordered.

Large reductions in the temporary
war force in the War Department
have been ordered to take effect at
the end of the month. They are
caused by the fact that the available
appropriations are only half as large
as those of last year. The reductions
are mainly in the office of the adju-
tant general and in the purcha Sc,
storage and traffic divisions of the
general staff. Many of the employees
of those. Offices have resigned and 9TH
ers are following suit.
Wherever it can be done the dis
charged employees are being given
employment in other departments of
the government No figures are given
out as to the number OF employees to
be dropped at the first of the month.
but it is admitted that lit is large"
Further reductions will be made in
practically all bureaus of the War
Department during the remainder of
the present fiscal year to bring ex-
penses within the appropriations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
INTERNATIONAL PATENT
. BUREAU AGREED UPON

BRUSSELS, July % (by the Asso-
ciated Press) The members of the
patents section of the international Re-
search convention now meeting here
reached an agreement on the establish
ment of an international patent bureau
for the protection of inventors who are
now handicapped by costly and widely
differing laws of the various countries.
Under the new arrangement none of
these laws would be changed SO far as
native inventors are concerned, but
each country would subscribe to an in
ternational arrangement protecting for
eign inventors. Thus an American in
ventor would take out a patent in
Washington to protect him in the
United States and then would apply to
the international bureau for protection
in every other country instead of hav-
ing to apply separately to each of the
forty-five nations now having patent
laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
.MR. HITCHCOCK SAYS
SENATE WILL RAI|Fy

BOSTON, July 26.-The Senate will
ratify the league of nations covenant
without amendment, but may qualify
Its Endorsement, Senator Hitchcock of
Nebraska, ranking democratic mem
Der of the Senate committee on for
eign relations, asserted today He
was addressing informally a group of
friends and newspaper men at the
Union Club, having stopped here on
the way to his summer home at
Swampscott.
The senator said he represented
forty-siX democratic and five or six
republican senators who stood against
any amendment. He felt certain that
every amendment proposed would be
beaten by from six to twelve votes.
The only doubt about the Senate's ac-
ton, in his opinion, was the question
of the phraseology of the resolution of
ratification. which might contain
qualifying terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
Mr.. TAFT TERMS HAYS
LETTERS CONFIDENTIAL
Asks Associated Press to Publish
Statement That He Did Not
Give Them Out.

NEW YORK, July 26.-The Asso-
eiated Press has received the follow
ing message from ex-President Taft:
Your association yesterday gave
but two letters written by me to Will
Hays on July 20 last. These letters
were personal and confidential and
were so plainly marked and were pub
1ished without the knowledge or con-
sent of Mr.. Hays or myself. / ask.
in fairness to Mr.. Hays and me, at
once to give this the same publicity
you gave the letters.
civilian H. TAFT"
1t SHOULD be said that the Associated
Press was furnished the letters re-
ferred to by one who received copies
of them and felt himself under no OBJ
legation to regard them as confiden-
tIal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
ID ALSACE-LORRAINE
SENATORS TO SIT IN PARIS

PARIS. July 25.-Fourteen senators
from Alsace- Lorraine will sit in the
French parliament, it was announced
by Rene Viviani. president of the
chamber of deputies peace commits
sion. at a meeting OF the commission
this afternoon.
In accordance with the French cleo
toral laws Alsace-Lorraine with 1880, 900
population would nave twenty -four dep
uueS-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
CROWDER SOON TO RETURN.
General Has Completed Drafting of
Cuhan Election Toue

HAVANA, Cuba, July 26.-Maj. Gen.
5,noch H. Crowder, who came to Cuba
10 draft new election laws, has made
separations to return to Washington,
with his work completed. on August Z.
Gen. Crowder has drafted three laws,
s,arnely, the census law, already APP
loved by the Cuban congress-: an
q 'ectoral law and a statute controll-
z executive pardoning power. He
3as been assured that congress will
. pprove the remaining two measures
Arior to his departure,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26

Ireland. May %, 1917, soon after the
first patrol of destroyers.
She Immediately became the flag
ship of Admiral SIMS, commanding
the American naval forces in Euro
pean waters, and flew his flag until
she started back home in January
1919.
The ship. a 7,150-ton vessel, 400
feet long and 81 feet beam, carries a
regular personnel of 500 officers and
men, more than one-half of whom are
skilled mechanics. During her service
overseas the Melville was a repair and
supply ship for thirty-fiye destroyers
operating from Queenstown.
Commander John S. Irwin is the
Melville's commanding officer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
AMERICAN SOLDIERS MARRYING
GERMAN GIRLS AGAINST ORDERS

terms. Officers say that a number of
marriages took place before this belief
was corrected by a special order from
headquarters calling the attention of
officers and men to the fact that until
the United States ratified the treaty
Germany and America technically were
at war and the regulation prohibiting
determination was still in force.
At headquarters it is said that even
after the United States ratified the
treaty marriages with German girls will
be prohibited by an Army order.
Inquiries continue to reach leadQuar-
ters regarding marriages. the applicants
being referred to the judge advocate or
to the civil affairs officers, who investi-
gate all cases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
POLISH CATHOLIC PARTY
SENDS PROTEST TO ALLIES

WARSAW. July 25.-The Polish
Catholic Israelite patriot party today
published an open letter addressed to
the allies protesting against Jewish
autonomy in Poland and particularly
against the schools. which, it saws.
raise a Chinese wall between citi-
zens of the same country"
1--WE are deeply grieved at this. -
the letter continues, "both as Poles
(for it is an insult to our country
and as Israelites, since the hopes we
had formed concerning our relations
at home have become vain. We ap
peal to your consciences to remove
this restrictive clause"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
POLES CEASING ATTACKS
AGAINST UKRAINIANS

VIENNA, Thursday. July "a (by the
Associated Press) The Poles appear
to be ceasng their offensive against the
1'krainians. The latter are using all
their strength against Kiev. intending,
ST successful against the bolsheviki
there, TO return and contest Polish paci-
Goation of eastern Galicia.
They declare their artillery. is stopping
the Hungarian advance, but the Hun
xarians claim fresh successes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-26
PLAN AERO RELIEF STATIONS.
Chain to Extend Across Continent
Backed by Flying Club.

NEW YORK. July ga movement
to establish chain Of radio stations
across the continent to bring aid to avn
ators in case Of distress has been started
by the American Flying Club, ii was
announced here today.
officers of the club said the guvern-
ment had started a series Of stations in
connection with its aerial mail service
and tho club would cooperate with 1t.