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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-02
ST. THOMAS PORT
REGA|Ms PRESTIGE
DOCK AND FUEL FACILITIES
CALLED TO ATTENTION
OF UNITED STATES

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, July
29.-This American port is begin
ming to regain some of it's former
maritime importance. Owing to the
war, improvements iii this direction
have been slow since the Virgin
Islands were purchased from Den
mark but now, after considerable
agitation by business men of st.
Thomas, American steamers are be-
ginning to call here. This is the
result of representations which have
been made to Washington in behalf
of the. inhabitants of the islands.
The islanders feel that American
steamship owners and especially the
shipping board at Washington have
heretofore overlooked the facilities
of the harbor of st. Thomas for pro-
viding coal, fuel oil. and other
stores. While few American
steamers have been calling at st.
Thomas for supplies, many have
called at the neighboring British
islands where facilities are not as
good as here. The price of coal
is cheaper at ST. Thomas than at
the British islands.
To bring this matter before the
shipping board and to obtain all
the help possible from the American
people and congress, a meeting CT
the inhabitants of the Virgin Islands
was held here. Resolutions were
adopted calling the attention CT the
shipping board to the facilities OF
the port, such as a pier 5000 feet
long with 81 feet of water along
side and all up to date appliances,
for the quick dispatch of vessels
wanting coal, water. fuel oil ani
other stores.
The resolution was carried to
Washington by Darwin D. Curry,
collector of customs, who LAID 1t be-
fore the shipping board. Mr.. Curry
has since returned and reports that
that board, members of congress,
and American business men have
promised to do all they eau for the
island.
Another oil depot is being built
here to meet increased demands
The people of st. Thomas believe it
possesses far better facilities than
most other West India islands and
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-02
LIVING COST TO STAY HIGH
SAYS PHILA. TRADE BOARD

since 1914, depriving this country or
several millions of workers who
would normally have come to us
and thus have relieved the labor
shortage which confronts American
industry upon the resumption of ca
pacity operations.
Retention in the government mill
tary service of nearly 100000
workers, which, it is declared will
doubtless continue an indefinite
period.
Creation of new industries such
as shipbuilding, manufacture OF
chemicals and dyes.
Urgent demand for building and
construction of every class due to
their having been forcibly held back
for several years.
Shortage of food supplies and uni
formly high prices.
Proportionately higher levels OF
commodity prices existing through
out Europe.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-02

mtnts to an aggregate audience OF
$500, 900 at a cost of ~S1,t66,7S7.
In addition, free motion picture
shows In tine nome camps necessi-
tated an outlay of $~2,32S,271
Erection of $50 huts for men in
training camps on this side cost 81
$685. and the outlay for main
tenance was S3,965,736. These
buildings" the report says, were
centers of religious, educational. en-
tertainment and athletic activities
for all men who passed through the
camps on their way overseas or who
used the centers through the period
covered by the report and are still
using them"
Overseas, the statement says,
! work of even a "vaster scope was
accomplished. The 1900 or more
'Y" huts and tents built or leased
for the use of the A. r. : cost
S4,S1O,271. we're equipped at a
tcost of $2~,9650,421 and operated
and maintained at a further expense
of ~$1,014,337.
Writing materials and newspapers
for the overseas men, including
400, 900, 900 sheets of letter paper,
half as many envelopes and 10000
600 postcards, cost $2,29,S60S. For
motion picture shows, in which 49,
600. 900 feet of films were used in
France alone, and spectators ag-
gregated $4,000. 600, the "Y' paid
$1,066,757. More than $4,000 con-
certs and entertainments increased
the expenditure by $S5O,969.
The cost of the "Y's" oversee re-
~ligious program was $467,oS4, or
approximately ,two-fifths of one per
cent of the entire operating funds.
Educational plants, literature and Ii
brary work cost $991,932 and the
A. e. F., athletics cost $1,9o7,30l.
The organization also operated, it is
explained, more than 20 leave
areas in various parts of France, at
an expense of $831,601 and a chain
of hotels for men on leave at a cost
of ~s4T7,956.
In the United States, it is shown,
the organization expended $2,1Oo,-
SIG upon its religious program in
the six military departments, which
included the holding OF meetings
and Bible classes, the distribution
of literature and the maintenance
of religious secretaries and musical
directors. Educational literature
together with lectures, instruction in
the French language, and library
service, was provided at home by an
expenditure of $1,192,737 and for
sex hygiene education and litera-
ture the "Y" spent $73,704.
Y. NJ. c. A. stationery for the
home huts, together with the fl
nancing of camp publications, re-
suited in a further expense of $923,-
629, including the purchase of 27O,-
600 900 envelopes and twice as
many sheets of writing paper. The
"Y," it is said, also spent for its
territorial war work, in the Canal
Zone, Porto Rico, the Philippines
and other territories, $26O,634;
in the munitions and wal indus
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-02
MAJOR D. A. TURNER
BACK FROM FRANCE

DR.. d. A. Turner, former physi-
clan for the Goldfield Mine opera
tors association and one of the very
first Nevada physicians to enter the
army, returned here yesterday IN
civilian clothes and registered at the
Goldfield hotel as I'D. A. Turner,
Goldfield." However, Goldfield's
only major in the army Will not be
permitted to escape in this way, and
according to his friends, he will be
compelled to don his uniform and
give his home town a look at him.
The doctor was given a warm wei
come. He returned weighing 10
pounds less than when he left, Dut
by way of compensation he now
wears liz shoes instead OF the IS
worn when he enlisted, which shows
that his training period at Camp
Dodge and Camp Riley was a strenu-
Gus one.
Major Turner says those training
DAYS were at least strenuous and
that after many a IL he has sat on
his cot and held a "cOOtie inspec-
ton" to see if he could find the
yellow streak.
With the exception of two weeks
in England, he was with the 249th
infantry, consisting of Illinois. Iowa,
Minnesota and Dakota men, for the
entire time he was overseas. He
fought the war with the ~doughboys
and from reports that have reached
here he was one of the most popular
medical officers in the army.
Before leaving for France he was
chief examining officer at Camp
during the formation of three
divisions.
The doctor, always a good talker,
has many interesting tales to tell OF
his IL months overseas service.
When the armistice was signed he
was in the Toul sector in front OF
Metz, with the ninth army corps,
which was ordered to take Metz by
the 18th. He says the Americans
would have ''pipched off" Metz by
that date as they did st. Mihiel and
that had the val continued they
would have been in Berlin in six
weeks and been the first troops to
enter the German capital.
He says the days before the amir
istice saw the American army as
the greatest aggregation of fighting
men in history and that nothing
could have stopped it.
DR.. Turner's plans for the future
are indefinite, but he will remain in
Goldfield or in this vicinity.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-02
PRESIDENT TO PRESENT
FRENCH PACT AFTER TOUR

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July %
A White House statement says the
president does not rlan to present
the defensive treaty with France to
the senate till after he returns from
his tour of the country. When he
presents the treaty he will deliver an
explanatory address. No statement
was made regarding the charges
made in the senate yesterday that
the president violated a section OF
the treaty by not presenting it
simultaneously with the Versailles
treaty.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-02

NEW YORK, July %. First de-
tailed accounts of the receipts and
expenditures of the Young Mems
Christian Association, made public
here today by the organizations ma
tional war work council finance
committee, show that $125,2S2,S59
was received by it between April 20,
1917, and March 81, 1919. Total ex-
penditures aggregated $9~7,S17,OO5
in the period named, it is stated.
leaving a balance of 27,465,S54 a
sum estimated to be sufficient to
carry on the work here and abroad
until next December Is.
According to the figures, which
appear over the signatures of George
w. Perkins. chairman of the COM
mittee. Cleveland H. Dodge, treas
urer of the war work council, and
II. w. Wilmot, comptroller, slightly
more than two per cent of the total
funds contributed by the American
people were expended for religious
in the United States and
overseas, while approximately 50
per cent was devoted to the pur-
chase, transportation and distribu-
ton OF canteen supplies and to en-
tertainments. education and athletic
sports.
In addition to the provision of
free athletic supplies, which in
Guided, among other things, in the
United States camps alone, oo1,096
baseballs and 10000 sets of boxing
gloves, the report says, the \. M.
C. A. distributed S36,SS2,449 worth
of merchandise. Of this merchan-
disc S1,794.771 worth, or approx
mately > per cent, was given r ee to
the soldiers.
OF the $91.S17,005 expended, it
is shown, more than $4,000, 900
was snent in the home camps, more
than $4,000. 900 with the American
expeditionary force abroad and $14,-
409,l75 for work with the allied
armies and prisoners of war. The
balance went for transportation and
other pen The statement en-
plains that the ~" suffered a loss
of $~1.97S,0S4 in the operation of
army post exchanges and c%Onteens
which. owing to the depreciation III
values of French and English eur
rency and conversion of the over
seas figures at market rates. re-
suited in a book loss of $2,4o2,0S".
The report, the committee makes
clear, is not final because the war
service of the Y. M. C. A.. which
this year. is being continued in the
United States and foreign countries.
Three war work compaignS for
funds, it points out, brought from
the American public S123.2"4.O5
and this amount, the report states.
was augmented to ~$125,2S2,S59 by
sums from other sources.
Some idea of the magnitude OF
the work accomplished by the or
%ganization is :hown by the state
ment that more than $1,000 con
certs, vaudeville performances and
other entertainments were staged
nv the ~" ir American ca ton
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-02
TEUTONS CHARGED WITH
PLOT TO DEFRAUD U. s.

COBLENZ, July 25.-Six Germans
in Cologne, Berlin and other cities
have been arrested by army intclli-
.gence officers in connection with an
alleged plot to defraud the govern
ment of millions of marks by elm
mating competition at auctions Of
government supplies.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-02

are determined to make known its
availability as a port OF call for
supplying steamers.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-08-02

Don't save for a rainy day"
Save, and there will be no 'rainy
days" Buy w. S. 8.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29
PRETTY LEGEND OF GARNETS
Apache Indians Believe Spirit Of
Chiefs Daughter Imparts Tails
manic Power to Stones.

There is Il garnet mine i'm Arizona so
rich in gems that the owners some
times say the whole mountain in which
II Is located is a mountain of garnetS.
The Apache Indians. near whose reSpr-
vation the mountain stands, have a
strange myth concerning the garnetS
One night centuries ago, they say. the
little daughter of great chief died
As her spirit passed out, the Indians
gathered about saw multitude of
sparks fly up from the tepee and drift
ing through the air i'm a shining cloud
settle on the mountain side. where they
shone like star dust making the noun
tain bright. Later. they declare. the
sparks which continued to shine. never
growing cold or dead sank into the
earth and became garnets.
The Indians believe that the spirit
of the chiefs daughter still stands
guard over the mountain and imparts
to all the garnets found there tails
manic powers to bring good luck to all
who wear them. These garnets are
mined now and sold all over the coun-
try In rings, necklaces and bracelets
for pale-face maids. Many of the gar.
net rings are made in Swastika design
the Indian gOod-luck sign-and any
who happen to buy one may be sure of
fortune ever afterward.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29
Hymn Strong Men Loved.

AT memorial service in honor Of
Roosevelt at st. Nicholas church, New
York. which he attended as n boy, the
pastor remarked that the dead mans
favorite hymn, from his childhood. was
How Firm Foundation" That. also.
was the favOrite hymn of General Lee.
1t Is notable that the same words ap-
pealed to these two men, whose fates
were so strangely difrerent-the one
successful and triumphant practically
all his life. the other defeated soldier
and victim of many SORROWS. Yet the
dilettanti will tell us Scornfully that
tie verses loved by these strong hearts
and moving them through years of in
tense action are not poetry" and are
"crude. "-RichmOnd Timcs-Dispatch.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29
HAD AIMED A LITTLE LOW
Gunner's Error Probably the Only
Thing That Saved Flock of Black.
birds From Annihilation.

A party of gentlemen at a hotel
were telling stories one night recently
of famous shots and how many
quails. cartridges, ducks and other
birds had been killed at single dis
charge. After listening to what
seemed willful exaggeratlon by dif.
ferent narrators, stranger who was
present volunteered his experience Of
his only Use of the fatal double
barreled gun as follows:
81 went into the field one day to try
cunning. The only game discovered
was an immense flock Of blackbirdS
/ should say there were 10000 In the
flock. Slowly I crawled up to them.
and when not more than four rods
away the birds rose In solid mass
/ fired both barrels. and how many do
you think I killed."
Different gueSSeS were made by the
party. ranging from 90 TO 100.
Not one" said the stranger, "bu.
/ went out with my brother TO look
for the results, and picked up four
bushels Of legs. I had shot little
under"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29
Getting the Most Out of Life.

With the growing mind the minutes
pass unnoticed. To the stirring soul
life is so full of action that the min
utes count only in the total of achieve
ment. For the man of action there Is
no time for dragging hours. Ever
minute has its task, and all too fasr
fly the hours-the minutes scarcely
nave existence. 1t is different with
the laggard. He waits the passing
d time. And time waited for seldom
gratlfies the loafer. To prove times
worth you have only to crowd the
minutes with Worthwhile efforts AMI.
before you are ready for It. the gong
Will ring. And every minute well spent
,ures the toiler into new realms of
effort, shortening the minutes and add
ing to their charm-Grit.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29
Marriage Customs in the Sudan.

In Sudan Notes and Records" Mr..
w. Nichols describes a remarkable
marriage custom i'm the SEMINAR prov
ince which Is known as stealing the
fire." On the final night of the fes-
tivities the bridegroom goes to the
brides house escorted by a band of
youths bearing torches. These torches
can he lit only by fire taken from the
brides house, and this the relatives of
the bride fake every possible method
10 prevent. Some of the bridegrOom's
friends creep in secretly Mt night. or a
body Of them forces its way into the
house To carry off the fire The editor
quotes us parallels the custom record
ed by Sir James Frazer ("The Golden
Bough." 1.-THE Magic Art" vol. ii. DID.
2l6-32O, in which fire is used as n
fertility charm in marriage ritual. But
ibis is not an exact parallel, and, as
Stunning that the charm is in the inter-
est of the bride. it does not account
Tor the resistance made by her friends
when the bridegroOm's party endeav-
0rs to procure fire from her home
hearth.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29
EXPLAINED ONLY BY THEORY
Origin of Sand Called the Weddirq
Ring is Wrapped in the Deep
est Obscurity.

Why * y wedding ring? WHY does
a man slip Il ring on the finger of the
woman who becomes his bride: Why
doesn't he give her bracelet cor "A .r.rk-
lace. or pair of earrings? Why = Il
ring the universal symbol used AT wool
dingS? And what j. it Il symbol OF:
Ever stop to think about all this?
Probably not. When you were ready
To marry, you hustled off To the near
est jewelers. and bought Il ring for
your bride. and. AZ far aS You were
concerned, ;hat ended the matter.
The origin of the wedding ring is
wrapped in ubScurity. \ number of
theories have been advanced 10 ex-
plain il. one hanks back to ancient
Egypt. Before the time of minis and
coinage in Egypt. gold money was
made in the form of a ring. and the
fingers of Il mans hands were his
most convenient bank. He wore his
money. When an cnamurcd swain
slipped one Of these money rings on
his brides finger. he did il 10 SYM
bOlize that he gave her not ONLY him
self, but his fortune. He meant. in fact.
just what the modern bridegroom
means when he says in the ceremony
OF the ring at the altar. "With all my
worldly goods thee endow."
The styles toGay are bands of gold
or platinum, plain or engraved for
unI1inpr ~ N,
rings of any kind of gems. preferably
diamonds or pearls, for engagement
rings.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29
Put Character Into Your Work

Those who reach the highest and
best in any sphere of life must seek
1t. Whatever the work they have 10
perform, they must put earnestness
and energy into 1t. Character COUNTS,
and the individual who achieves the
highest must put personality in his ee.
forts.
When asked to mention one thing
above all others that had contributed
to his success. leading merchant
said:
whether working for myself or for
others, ! always took an interest in my
work. and tried to put part Of myself
INTO it."-Girl's Companion.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cure

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There IA
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafnesa
and that Is by a constitutional remedy
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE act,
through the Blood on the Mucous Surface,
of the System. Catarrhal Deafness n
caused by an inflamed condition Of thu
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube
When this tube Is inflamed you have |,
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when II Is entirely closed, Deafness il ths
result. Unless the Inflammation can be r.,
duced and this tube restored to its nor.
NAL condition, hearing may be DESTROYED
forever. Many cases OF Deafness are
caused by Catarrh. which is an inhamsd
condition OF the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case OF Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE.
All Druggists TIC. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29

signed pledge cards. Returns so far
al hand for the month of January
show the boys secured 74.795 subscrip-
ti0ns for total Of SI,479. T2l.75. This
was without any street solicitation or
active campaigning and merely re-
suited from the scouts habit of con-
slant alertness for sales opportunities.
The champion for the United
StateSsupon the face of the returns so
FAR ut hand. Is G. Schuyler Tarbell. Jr..
OF Ithaca, N. Y. He sold in 1918 ST.
1870 worth OF War Savings and
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29
Not Overly pIe,ee1

Il don't know that I'm particunrt
pleased with the fact that women %,
vote"
you're not. Why"
"The wife insists on knowing whor
| intend voting for"
well, what of that"
IL find its just another cause for ri
argument"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29

uae ana name the place They
MAJ that
oas oeen aahed TO army hospital
including the three
the small
circulation OF these In
des read these the
head THE Port Missing Men" N'''' inc
one he men reported missing the column
company ana knew where the
instances ne Is even likely to know what
event. he apt be able
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29
GENERAL INFORMATION

In 1909. 81 per cent of the coke in
the country was prepared in beehive
ovens, and the remaining l6 per cent in
by-product ovens. In 1916 the output
of by-prOduct coke increased to $3.50
per cent.
Consul General Skinner has cabled
from London that the British import
restrictions on leather gloves hav
been removed and that they may now
be imported without permit or
license.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29

Electrical apparatus invented to test
persons hearing shows the differ.
ence between the sensitiveness of his
ears.
An Englishman has invented steel
trough decking for concrete floors or
roofs, so formed that it can be riveted
from one side to make vatertipbt
joints.
curtains operated automatically in
event of collision to protect automo-
bllists from flying wind shield frag-
ments have been invented by a Mis-
sOurian.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29
No BoIshevlki

They had been married three
months and were having their first
quarrel-which shows that they were
u remarkable couple.
Evidently" she said icily "vou 70
greet that you have married me The
step is not irrevocable. however. If
you care to be released from your
bonds"
Now" he interrupted. imDatieptlv
I'm no ninety-day recruit. | enlisted
for the term of the war;
She couldn't think of any retort q
sue maintained a scornfu silence.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29

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ing it to my friends. - Mrs. n nj
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Women everywhere in Mrs Ars,,
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plications write Lydia E. Pinkhsm','
Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass., for advice
The result of their 40 years experienc.
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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29

Secretary Baker pinning the United
States Distinguished Service Cross on
Miss Beatrice Macdonald of the re-
serve nurse army corps. Miss Mac
Donald was decorated for extraor
binary herOism on duty with the sur
gical team at British casualty clear
ing station No. 81. British area. Dur
ing a German night air raid she con
tinued at her post until she was
wounded by bomb. thereby losing an
eve.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29

the numbcr given 10 any other dlvi-
sion. went 10 the Second regulars
mIarineS). The First division of reg
ularS came next with 300 crosses. The
Third regulars. with 233, came thIrd.
The Tvrntv-slNth (New England
National Guard), the fourth in the list
with 22g awards. led all National
Guard and National army divisions.
The Forty-second Niainbow) came
next with 2UJ and then the Thirtieth
CTcnnc-SSee. North Carolina and South
CurnIiun National GuardS) with Ia.