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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21

General Fukushima was the first
Japanese to cross Siberia. The feat
was accomplished on horseback an
alone. Doubtless this is the expedi-
dition referred to.
He was military attache to the Jap
anese legation at Berlin in 1892 and
1t was on his return from Berlin that
he crossed Siberia.
Fukushima was leader of the Japan
ese contingent during the Boxer revo-
luton and was knighted by King Ed
ward.
He died at the age of &C.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21
ROAD BILL READY FOR PEN.

Salem, Ore. Feb. 21.-The 100000
road bonding bill-the biggest piece Of
financial legislation ever adopted by
an Oregon legislature-is ready for the
signature of Governor Withycombe to-
day.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21

OHIO sLAYERs ELEcTRocUTED.
Columbus. Ohio, Feb. 21.--Frank Mo-
zano and Rosario Borgia, Akron, Ohio
were electrocuted at state prison early
today following a vain attempt In the
legislature to save their lives.
The two men were convicted for the
murder of an Akron policeman.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21
GEN. FUKUSHIMA, NOTED
JAPANESE FIGHTER, DIES

Tokia, Feb. 20-General Fukushima,
famed for his Siberian expedition,
died suddenly this afternoon of con-
gestioh of the brain.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21
RUM RUNNERS RUSH
UNCHECKED BY LAW
Huge Caches of Booze Continue
to Be Autoed Into Michigan
From the Gases in Ohio.

Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 21.-Judge
Root, of the circuit court at Mon
roe, Mich, today granted an in
junction to prevent any person
from carrying liquor into Michi-
gan. The grounds were that it is
against the constitution and the
dry laws of the state. State con-
stabulary officers and deputy sher-
ifs were dispatched to the state
line to arrest all liquor runners"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21
BERGER AND SOCIALIST
AIDES GIVEN FREEDOM
PENDING NEW APPEALS

Chicago, Feb. 21-victor L,
Berger, Socialist congressman
elect from Wisconsin, and four
other Socialist leaders, sentenced
to 20 years in Leavsnworth prison
for espionage act violations, were
free today on bonds pending ap-
peal.
The five men-Berger, irwin 81.
John Tucker. Adolph Gsrmer, J.
Louis Engdahl and William kruss
will be free only SO long as they
refrain from repetition of state
nsnts or deeds for which they
were convicted, Judge AlschuIer
OF the court Of appeals, warned
them.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21
MEET WITH clEMENcEAU.
BY FRED s, FERGUSON.

Paris, Feb. 21.-The meeting Of
the supreme war council called
for this afternoon will be held at
the residence of Premier cIensn-
oeau, who was wounded by an as
sassin's bullet Wednesday. This
was accepted as revealing an op-
timistio feeling regarding the pre-
mier's condition.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21
Wounded Premier Confident Of
Returning to Work in Four
or Five Days; Condition Re-
garded Highly Satisfactory.
RUMORED PLOT REVEALED
TO ASSASSINATE WILSON
Supreme War Council to Re-
sumo Sessions Despite Glenn
enceau's Absence; Wish to
Clean Up Minor Matters.

Paris, Feb. 21.-L'intransigsans
announces that IL hears an inter
allied army soon will be formed TO
keep the fisld until Germany
makes complete financial settle.
ment. The army, according to the
newspaper, would include CSC, 900
French, 45o,o00 Americans, $50, 900
British and 900 BeIsians.
Paris, Feb. 21.-A Geneva dis
patch received by Information to-
day reported . plot to restore the
monarchy had been discovered in
Berlin. II was said that "hiqh-
personalities" were implicated.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21
|DOCHE ASSEMBLY To RETURN STOLEN LOOT
Materials Taken From France Belgium to Be
Sent Back; Hostiities Against Poland Suspended in
Compliance With New Armistce Terms.

AMSTERDAM FEB 21-kuRT EsNER sAvARIAN PREMIER HAS
BEEN ACCORDING DISPATCH
MUNICH TODAY
ElsNER HAVE. BEEN LIEUTENANT
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21
RETAINS soLoN,s SEAT.

Washington, Feb. 21.-ssntenc-
ing Of Victor Berger, Socialist con.
sressman- elect from Wisconsin,
does not automatically exclude him
from the 66th congress.
The house under the constitution
10 judged OF its own membership
and so will have TO pass on Bsr-
gers fitness to hold his seat whom
his credentials are presented.
No member would predict the
houses action.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21

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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-21

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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17
VALUABLESBEING
DISCOVERED IN
FRENCH RUINS
FINDS ARE TURNED OVER TO
FRENCH FINANCE
MINISTER

Paris, May 1O.-American troops
who have been working in the she'll
torn areas of France have been re-
covering many valuables Of various
sorts buried in the ruins. All these
finds are turned over to the French
minister of finance which is n
deavoring to discover the original
owners or their heirs. All un-
claimed treasures go to the state.
Members of the American Second
Army corps recently unearthed at
Ayoucourt a large number of
French and Russian railway bonds
which had lain in the cellar of a
demolished home since the Germans
first invaded the sector. The bonds
we're all in good condition and bore
coupons which had not been clipped
since July, 1914. Whether the
owner is dead or alive will be de-
termined by the ministry Of finance.
Among the valuables recovered
are many belonging to ruined
churches Not infrequently when
several churches in a town have
been destroyed and each of them
has lost similar treasures it is i'm
possible to say who is the owner of
the wealth recovered. In this case
1t is divided among them.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17
BECOMES FAMOUS
AS BUILDER OF Mine MODELS

result that a communication came
from this school asking Mr.. Lin
forth to reproduce for it models Of
certain mines and shelters of the
United States. AS a result South
American mining students at this
university have before them in their
class rooms, among other models,
the Great Falls, Mont, smelter in
detail with every piece of machinery
in place, and the reproduction faith
full to the minutest detail.
In the Montana federal court a
law suit involving millions of dol
lars is at issue and Mr.. Linforth's
services have been sought to repro
duce for examination in the court
room, small models of two of the
largest mines in the Butte district.
When the case Games to trial the
court will follow the argument,
which involves title to various veins
by having the points mentioned in
the testimony pointed out.
my hobby never can become a
business" said Mr.. Linforth. There
is not enough mine construction to
make it a commercial proposition
because in a few weeks l can re-
produce the miniature of a plant
---A.-- ---- l-
Several of Mr.. Linforth's associ-
ates work with him each evening
in his little home factory which is
known in most of the technical uni
yersities of America and to the ma
jority of the mining men of the
country.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17
BANDITS HOLD UP
SACRAMENTO BANK

SACRAMENTO, May 1.-two
military service robbed the Oak
Park branch of the Sacramento
bank of $1,000 in gold, silver and
currency and escaped in an automo-
bile today. They asked r. E. Re-
leigh, cashier, to cash a cheek.
Releigh said they would have to be
identified and the bandits then
thrust a revolver into the cashiers
face and demanded the money. The
robbery t%ranspired SO quickly that
another employee, j. L. Morton, sit
ting in a real room, did not realize
what had happened.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17
government REPORT Tells OF MUNITIONS OUTPUT

lishments into factories for making
other weapons; but we had them
continue the manufacture In which
they were engaged, giving them
orders which would enable them to
expand their facilities in their par
ticular lines of production"
1.-THE first 10 American divisions
to reach France the report con-
tinues, "were armed with Hotchkiss
heavy machine guns and Chauchat
automatic rifles by the French gov
eminent. More than 1000 vickers
heavy guns produced in the United
States were traded to the French.
as they were needed in French air
craft. During May and June, 1918,
IL American divisions sailed, all
equipped with vickers heavy guns
built in the United States, and re-
ceived Chauchat rifles in France.
After June all divisions to sail were
equipped with the standard Ameri-
can weapons the light and heavy
Browpings."
The work of the light Brownings
is declared to have been so spec
tacular as compared with any ex-
listing weapons of this character
that when they were demonstrated
in France the officers of the Ameri
IAN expeditionary force promptly
decided to increase the equipment
of infantry troops by so per cent
adding enormously to the produc-
ton burden at home. The heavy
Brownings functioned so well that
an official report is quoted telling
of the work of II guns which were
tested Immediately after they had
been engaged with the enemy in a
severe action and while they were
still encrusted with rust and mud
and bearing shrapnel scars. With
out being cleaned in any way each
gun fired a belt of $50 cartridges
without a malfunction.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 13.-
Machine guns and small arms pro-
duced by the millions, ammunition
turned out by billions of rounds and
tanks built by thousands when the
armistice ended hostilities. furnish
the subject of chapters made public
today of the war departments his
tory of the material" side of win
ming the war.
The story of machine gun pro-
duction, about which such a hot
controversy waged in congress as a
result of the failure Of the Ameri-
can army to adopt for standard
general use the Lewis weapon used
successfully abroad, is told as fol-
lows:
"The manufacturing facilities for
machine guns in this country we-e
much more limited in extent than
the public had any notion of then
when the United States entered
the war; or today. We had at the
outbreak of the war only two fac
tories which we're actually produc-
ing machine guns in any quantity
at all.
"It was therefore evident that
we had to build up almost a COM
pletely new capacity for produc-
ton. Nevertheless, We took advan-
tage of what facilities were at
hand; and at once, in fact within
a week after the declaration of war,
were placing orders for machine
guns. In this connection the reader
should bear continually in mind
that throughout the development of
machine gun manufacture we util-
lied all existing facilities to the
limit in addition to building up new
sources of supply.
Elm other words, whenever con-
Germs were engaged in the manu-
facture of machine guns, whatever
their make or type, we did not stop
the production of these types IN
these plants and convert the estao-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17

The demand for light Browninss
was so heavy that when the arms
tice was signed the department was
driving forward products to the end
that British. Belgian and French
troops might be equipped with this
weapon, these three nations having
asked for supplies Of this latest
American addition to the fighting
equipment.
Considerable attention is devoted
to the production of automatic pis-
tolls and revolvers for the troops. l..
the Colt AS" the standard army
automatic developed as a result Of
Philippine experience by the army
and which also vas an invention
by Browning, the United States
forces had a weapon which all
Europe could not match for eff
ficiency in action and which brought
terror to the Germans when Ameri-
can troops reached the front.
European countries failed to ap-
preciate the value of a large calibre.
hard hitting WEAPON of this type
and the chief use of pistols and re-
volvers in European armies had
been as ornaments for officers uni
forms, It is said, rather than for
active fighting.
1.-THE result of Europe's neglect"
the report says, twas that the small
calibre revolvers of the Germans
and even of the French and English
were toys in comparison to the big
Colts that slapped the thighs of
American doughboys."
With this weapon, it is stated,
''any average soldier with average
training can hit what he shoots at.
In almost the first skirmish it
proved its superior usefulness in
trench fighting. Such incidents as
that of the single American soldier
who dispersed or killed a whole
squad of German bayoneteers which
had surrounded him struck the
enemy with fear of Yankee prowess
with a pistol"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17
j. 5. PLANS TO Defeat TEUT0NS With GAS TOLD

the United States was chlorine and
even with that the supply was ut
terly inadequate to the demand.
A statistical table shows that
1899 tons of chlorine in liquid
form; 1903 tons of chlorpicrin; 420
tons of phosgene and 100 tons of
mustard oil were actually shipped
overseas from January to Novem-
Der, 1918. In addition $780, IT,
nm shells loaded with c%hlorpicrin
and 10000 loaded with mustard
oil went abroad, the shipments in
Guiding 224,O00 phosphorus gre
nades al smoke bombs and 1860
phosgene bombs for Livens O
tars. The capacity for filling shells
and bombs on the day of the arm
istice exceeded 100000 a month.
At that time the practice of ship
ping gases abroad in bulk to be
loaded into projectiles on the other
side had been abandoned.
Taking up the defensive side of
gas warfare material, the report
shows that the American troops had
"the best and most protective gas
masks the world had seen; and they
brought these with them by the
millions" A total Of 5,25O,0O0
masks was produced of which A.
100000 We're sent overseas and the
report states. that these masks
gave 20 times the p~rotectir- Of
forded by the best German gas
masks"
mo American soldier was ever
gassed due to the failure OF an
American gas mask" he report says.
land such gas casualties as did oc-'
u were due to the fact that the
masks were not quickly enough
utilized when the gas was thrown
over. or because the soldier was un-
aware Of the presence Of gas"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17

BUTTE, Mont, May 13.-To have
the toys" which he started making
as a means of diversion during his
leisure hours, come into demand in
remote of the earth, and to
have them figure in the courts in
important litigation is the expert
ence of F. A. Linforth, a geologist
and mining engineer.
In a little engineering mining
shop in a corne of his home Mr..
Linforth, a graduate Of the Univer-
sity of California, ten years ago
began moulding, or folding, to be
more exact, miniature models of
mine plans and mining machinery
out of various kinds of paper and
cardboard. 1t became a hobby
with him, and he became so pro-
ficient that he was able to repro
duce on almost a watch charm"
scale. the vast and complicated in
ner works of mining plants. He
made models of the largest mines
of Butte SO precisely that miners
could point out the various Slopes
or raises in which they worked.
An exploration company which
is building a large smelter in Chile
recently requested Mr.. Linforth to
make a papier mache relief map of
the location of the proposed plant
and to build on it the smelter.
Without even having seen the
ground, Mr.. Linforth by means of
surveys sent him, made a reproduc-
ton of the site, hundreds of acres
in extent, and built on it the minia-
ture smelter on which the company
since has actually begun eonstruc-
ton work on its South American
property. This model was made on
a scale of 100 feet to the inch.
Miniature Implications of mines
have bsen ordered by mining men
to be sent to New York and ..oth9S
large cities in order to interest lin
anciers an properties for which CAPT
tai was sought. The model of a
smelter found it, way to the Uni
versity hf Santiago. Chile, with the
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17
OF H|ADUS.
MYSTtRI0USLY LEAVE.
DISTRICT.
NATIVE PRIESTS ARE BELIEVED
TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
DISAPPEARANCE

ELL CENTRIC, Cal, May 13.-
Hundreds of Hindus who have been
employed picking cotton and at
other tasks on Imperial valley
farms, have mysteriously disap-
peared. Several large colonies have
been depleted and the few remain
ing Asiatics are those who hold land
leases which do not expire for sew
eral months.
Observers of conditions in the
valley believe the concerted exc
dus was the result of orders trans
mitted by native priests who have
labored among the Hindus for sew
eral months past. A score of Ia
borers are known to have departed
for jobs in the Salt River valley in
Arizona but the destination of
others who left or the reason for
the hegira is unknown.
Several months ago, local resi-
dents say, a native priest appeared
in the Hindu colonies here and at
Imperial, Cal. These priests held
services for their countrymen,
which they told valley people were
for the purpose of teaching them
Americanism. They soon disap-
peared, quietly and without any
announced destination.
Soon the Hindus in the valley,
oven those who could read NJ Eng
fish, started purchasing copies of
a coast daily paper. Often as many
as 800 copies of this paper would
be sold in one day, where the mar
ket before never exceeded 10. AS
suddenly as the buying started, it
stopped, and the hegira COM
menced.
That a cryptic message of some
sort was conveyed through the daily
newspaper, advising the Hindus to
leave the valley, or perhaps calling
them to work where they would be
paid higher wages, is the only
theory advanced for their strange
action.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17

day, while the United States was
producing more than so tons a day
and employing methods of produc-
ton far more modern and efficient
than anything attained by the
enemy.
There were three plants at work
on mustard gas, the Elgewood. Nd,
arsenal which was manufacturing
80 tons a day by November IL and
had turned out I'll tons up to that
day; the plant at Hastings, N. Y,
which was to have a capacity of so
tons a day and was ready to operate
on November II, and the 50-ton
plant of the National Aniline and
Chemical company, at Buffalo, N.
Y, which was so per cent complete.
The chemical name of this COM
pound is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and its
popular name of mustard gas comes
from its odor.
Another element of the program
was the production of tear gases,
not deadly under ordinary circum-
stances but designed to produce
blindness, thus forcing the troops
to use masks extensively, impairing
their military efficiency. The foun-
dation of these gases was bromine,
the main supply of which is OBJ
tanned from subterranean solutions
found chiefly in the vicinity of Mid
land, Mich, where the government
financed the sinking of II brine
wells under direction of the Dow
Chemical company, which was pre-
pared to supply $4,000 ton a year.
The other chief gases are the So
called KILLERS" the gases SO deadly
as to bring death unless safeguards
are provided, chlorine and chlor-
jicrin and ~phosgene. The only one
of these produced commercially in
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17

WASHINGTON, d. c., May ~
An official narrative of the part
American industry played in pro-
viding munitions for the American
army in the great raj is unfolded
in a book being prepared under the
direction of Assistant Secretary
Crowell of the war department, who
was director of munitions up to the
close of hostilities, when he was
specially assigned by the president
to direct the rehabilitation of ma
terial.
Advance pages of two sections of
the book, those dealing with the
chemical warfare material. offens-
i've and defensive, and with the
equipment for the signal corps were
made available today, telling for
the first time officially and COM
pletely not only of the stupendous
scope of the projects; but Of the diff
ficulties and delays encountered and
of the patriotic support of the war
program given by American bust
ness generally.
The chemical warfare section
tells of the original work done by
the ordnance department toward OBJ
tanning toxic gases and anti-gas
devices for the use, of American
troops. subsequently this service
became a separate branch of the
army under the direction of Major
General W. L. Skert.
Among other secrets disclosed is
the basis of frequent statements
that at the time of the signing of
the armistice, the United States
alone vas producing gases for mill
tary use at a rate of 10 times in
excess of the best production Ger
many could obtain. The Germans
produced with all their facilities
about six tons of mustard gas per
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17

announced, have been successful,
mines being located and exploded
much quicker than when the usual
mine-sweeping ship is used.
While the airship has the ad-
vantage of height in locating mines,
the mere fact that an airship can
not hit a mine adds so much to the
element of safety that it is expected
that much of the 5000 square
mile-strewn waters which remain
will be cleared without loss of lie.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17
MOTORCYCLE KINGS
TO MEET IN colo.
THE HOLDER OF THE FIFTY
MILE RECORD TO
RACE

GREELEY, Colo, May 15.-Speed
kings of the motorcycle world from.
all parts Of the country are ex-
pected to compete in the Rocky
mountain championship races to he
held at Island Grove park on Dec
grafton Day. Inquiries from well
known riders indicate a wide in
terest in the event.
Among the probable entries are
Ray Crevison of Converse, Ind, who
recently shattered the 50-mile rec
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17
PLANES BEING USED
IN MINE SWEEPING
5000 SQUARE MILES STILL TO
BE CLEARED-DANGER-
Gus AND COSTLY

LONDON, May 15.-Sweeping up
the thousands of mines which strew
the seas in the neighborhood of
the British Isles has proved such a
costly and dangerous job when car
ried ON by the ordinary methods,
that the admiralty has turned to
the airship for relief. Experiments
conducted in the North Sea, it is
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17
SIR ROBERT BORDEN is
RETURNING TO CANADA

PARIS, May 13.-Sir Robert BOr-
den,. the Canadian premier, is re-
turning to Canada, according to
Reuters Limited, because the po-
litical situation there is reported
to require his presence. Sir George
Foster probably will take the pre-
mier's place as head of the Cana
dian delegation.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17
T. CUNNINGHAM ON WAY
TO HOME IN GOLDFTELD

A telegram was received Monday
by Mrs. Louis Woodward from her
brother, w. T. Cunningham, say
ing he had arrived safely in the
good old U. s. A. Private Cunning
ham, who was the first Goldfield
boy to be wounded, is now at Camp
bell, Va, and is expected here in
a short time. Previous to sailing
he was stationed at Coblenz.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17

Next T. takin' your business wor-
ries home, tn wost thing Is bringin'
your domestic troubles down town.
No mother ever loved her children
so dearly that she didn't dread tn
spring vacation.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17
ELECTRICAL WORKERS VOTE
FOR NATIONWIDE STRIKE

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 10
The result of the referendum vote
upon the question of calling a ma
tion-wide strike of electrical work
ers was announced today by the ma
tional secretary Of the Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers. and shows
the question carried about s to 1.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-05-17

ord on the Pacific Coast; Bob
Perry, well known rider now in the
navy aviation service; FRANKIE
Kunce, of Loveland, Colo, recently
discharged from the army, ami
Kunce's old racing rival, Floyi
Clymer of Denver.