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Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 17, 1918.


BERNE MATCHED TO MEET GREEK AT AIRDOME IN FINISH MATCH

  Late this afternoon a conference was held in Harry Greir's office to consider the holding of the match on January 22, the Business Men's club to promote it. The match has been on again, off again 57 times today.

  William Berne, the Russian wrestler and Crith Theophelus, the Greek who comes mighty close to being Berne's equal on the mat, will meet in the Airdome on the night of January 26, catch-as-catch-can, three falls to a finish.

  This is the final decision, after a good deal of backing and filling, decision and reconsiderations. Harry Greir, matchmaker for the Business Men's club, signed up the Russian to meet AJax next month. The next night Tony Barragage signed up Berne and Theophelus for the 26th. When Greir heard of it he held that Berne had agreed not to engage in any match before the AJax date. Berne was anxious to do the right thing and last, at a conference in Greir's office, said that he would call off the Theophelus match, and pay out of his own pocket any expenses acquired by the promoters. It looked at midnight last night as though everything had been fixed, and there was some talk of Berne meeting the Greek after the Ajax match. Theophelus, however, opined that it might prove difficult to bear the expenses of the long wait for the match. Berne told him briefly that he might learn to "poosh the car" at $5 per, and Crlth replied with some heat that he (Crlth) would break Berne's neck for him.

  This morning Berne discovered to his dismay that the interpretation placed on his decision by the fans was that he was afraid of the big Greek and was running away from him. It made him angry and decisive at the same time. He cancelled his trip to Los Angeles, explained to Greir that he would have to meet Theophelus this month and, if the business men so decided, would have to forego the Ajax match.

  The contract signed by the Greek and Berne is a unique one. It stipulates that the first fall of the go shall be "rough stuff," with practically nothing barred in the way of holds and tactics. The remaining falls are to be "clean."


BRIDE OF VERN SMITH, TYBO MAN, WANTED IN S. F. TO TESTIFY IN THE TRIAL OF HINDU REVOLUTIONISTS

  Vern R. Smith, timekeeper for the Louisiana Mining company at Tybo, and his bride, who was Miss Camille de Berri before her marriage to Smith in Goldfield on January 5, left for San Francisco this morning to testify in the trial of the alleged Hindu plotters, charged with fostering a revolt in India, before United States District Judge Van Fleet.

  United States Marshal Gray of Nevada came up from Carson Saturday and Sunday served a subpoena on Mrs. Smith at Tybo.

  Smith is a graduate of the University of California. He was suspended in 1915, a few months before his graduation, on a charge of stealing a knife from the clothing of a fellow student.

  He claimed that his difficulty was due to the fact that he belonged to the Cosmopolitan club and was active in this organization. 

  Mrs. Glllingham, known as Miss Camille de Berri, since her divorce from W. B. Glllingham, headed the committee appointed by the Cosmopolitan club to investigate the charges against Smith. She at the time was a special student in the university and a writer for a French publication.

  It was through her efforts that the matter was finally brought before the faculty, which exonerated Smith and overruled the student body, which had suspended him.

  Mrs. Smith has had a spectacular career. She was sued for divorce by Giillngham, a wealthy mining man, and was later the central figure in an alienation-of-affection suit in which Glllingham asked $100,000 damages from William B. Shooler, attorney and politician of San Francisco. The suit was later settled out of court. The husband withdrew his divorce complaint, she then filed an action for divorce in the Alameda county superior court and secured a decree.

  Mrs. Smith figured in the Hindu conspiracy case when evidence was introduced by the government showing that Taraknath Das was using a safe deposit box rented by the then Mrs. Glllingham, in which he kept formulas for making bombs and infernal machines.

  Mrs. Glllingham was questioned by United States Attorney John W. Preston. She promised to testify and tell all she knew of the plot. Then she disappeared. Since then the marshal has been searching for her. She will be used as a witness at an early date by the government.

  When the couple were married in Goldfield on January 5, Mrs. Smith gave her maiden name as Miss Camille de Berri and said her home address was Los Angeles, Cal. Smith gave his address as Tybo, Nev. Mrs. Smith is a woman of striking appearance. Smith has been time keeper at Tybo for six months.


JAMES C. ROBERTSON IS GIVEN JUDGMENT IN DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS RECENTLY HEARD BEFORE DISTRICT .JUDGE AVERILL.

  Judge Averill today in the Fifth judicial district court rendered a decision in writing in the case of Arna Fecht Robertson, plaintiff, versus James Cuthbert Robertson, defendant. This case was tried before Judge Averill without jury. He briefly states in his opinion the facts found and the conclusions of law reached, as follows:

  Facts found: The facts found are as stated in the amended answer, except as otherwise indicated by the opinion attached hereto, filed herewith and made a part hereof.

  Conclusions of law reached: The defendant is entitled to judgment in accordance with the prayer of his amended answer.

  The defendant is entitled to a judgment in his favor for costs.

  Wherefore; let judgment be entered accordingly.

  Counsel for defendant is hereby directed to prepare findings of facts and conclusions of law in accordance herewith and to submit the same for approval. The formal findings should by reference thereto adopt the opinion filed herewith to the extent that the same passes upon the facts of the case.

  The defendant, according to the decision, will have to pay the sum of $225 and interest, which amounts to about $12.


OF NOTE:


JACK GRANT, chief of police, is rapidly recovering from his operation for appendicitis, and it is thought will tomorrow afternoon be able to be removed to his home from the hospital.


WITH the appearance of new cases of scarlet fever, the public schools were today closed so that the rooms could be fumigated, by order of Health Officer Masterson. The school will reopen tomorrow morning as usual.


AFTER a general survey of the "undesirable" crop in Tonopah last night, the officers notified three of the gentry to report at the office of the chief of police tonight at 7 o'clock, as he desired a little conversation with them. They will be gently advised to leave town if they show the usual inability to prove "visible means of support."






Lord Grantham

QuoteAFTER a general survey of the "undesirable" crop in Tonopah last night, the officers notified three of the gentry to report at the office of the chief of police tonight at 7 o'clock, as he desired a little conversation with them. They will be gently advised to leave town if they show the usual inability to prove "visible means of support."

Good thing vagrants don't read the paper.

Wikipedia has more on the Hindu Revolutionists. It has a suprising conclusion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu%E2%80%93German_Conspiracy_Trial

Google Books has an entry as well
https://books.google.com/books?id=x_D8AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT182&lpg=PT182&dq=Camille+de+Berri&source=bl&ots=X3GI8ingxc&sig=vgg2yrospztjDliJZAIs0QA_q7o&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjej4OS9N_YAhUBhOAKHa0tDfQQ6AEIMjAD#v=onepage&q=Camille%20de%20Berri&f=false


albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on January 17, 2018, 03:48:34 PM
Well that certainly was a surprise ending to the trial!  Thanks for the info, Lord G.
The intrigue also involved Fenians (Irish Republic Brotherhood) a precursor, sorta, to the IRA. If only the "Blackhand" and some Chinese Tongs were also involved! The Indian-German Trial was, at the time, the longest and most expensive in the country even! More on it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Larsen_affair

Great news update! I look forward to the match, especially that first fall with "no holds barred!" And glad the beloved Chief is going to full recovery!

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum.


QuoteRoyal Field Artillery horses are sheltered near a ruined church in Ytres, 18 January, 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205216096 © IWM (Q 8446)


QuoteA horse of the Royal Field Artillery stalled in a ruined house at Ytres, 18 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244308 © IWM (Q 8440)


QuoteSalvaged steel helmets captured from the enemy are collected by British troops and stockpiled awaiting disposal at Metz, 18 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244311 © IWM (Q 8444)


QuotePrivate Ernest Edward Turner 491230. Unit: 2nd/13th Kensington Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 18 January 1918 Died of wounds Egypt. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Turner, of 3, Byton Rd., Tooting, London.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205389985 © IWM (HU 119376)

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 18, 1918.


TONOPAH MAN IS MURDERED BY HOLD-UP IN GOLDFIELD
MURDERER OVERLOOKS $340 IN GOLD; JAMES HUGHES, SUSPECT, IS JAILED

  This morning at 1 o'clock, in front of the Athletic Club in Goldfield, a holdup occurred and the victim, John Graf, was shot three times and instantly killed by the man who ordered "Hands up!"

  John Graf had been an employee of the Tonopah Belmont Mining company since last March. In June he left the company's employment and went to San Francisco on a vacation. In September he returned and again resumed work with his old employer. On the 16th instant he drew his time, and went to Goldfield yesterday morning.

  During yesterday and last night, while taking in the various resorts of the gold camp, he exhibited a handful of gold coin. During the day and evening James Hughes, a Goldfield lad who has a police record, in company with Caspar Stelner and another resident of Goldfield, accompanied Graf on his rounds of pleasure seeking. About 1 o'clock Stelner and Graf started for the red-light district and when in front of the Athletic club they were accosted by a man with a white handkerchief over his face.

  "Hands up!" he ordered, leveling a gun at Graf.

  It is presumed that Graf made some remonstrance. The hold-up fired three shots into Graf's body, killing him instantly. The murderer then ran from the scene. The shooting was witnessed by several men, who saw the hold-up running up the street.

  Stelner says that he does not know who the hold-up was, explaining that he was very intoxicated. He remembers, however, that the murderer had a white handkerchief over his face.

  James Hughes was arrested shortly after the killing and placed in jail. A pistol was found in a vacant lot a few feet from where the crime was committed. It is said to be a known fact that Hughes took this gun from a saloon where it had been behind the bar for several days just prior to the time of the killing.

  When Graf's clothing was searched $340 in gold was found in his pockets, the holdup having been unable to take the money, owing to the fact that the sound of the three shots brought a crowd and officers immediately to the scene.

  John Graf is well spoken of by the people of Tonopah as a quiet, industrious man, who, at times, was addicted to drinking. An inquest is being held today in Goldfield and a chain of evidence is being wound around Hughes.


MINER DIES IN JAIL AFTER PROLONGED DRINKING BOUT

  Charles Gravel, a Belgian, who had been employed in local mines for some time, died at 3 o'clock this morning in the county jail. He had been drinking heavily since payday, buying liquor by the bottle and taking it to his cabin. Last evening he was taken to jail, where proper treatment could be given him.


BERNE-THEOPHELUS MATCH FEBRUARY 22

  William Berne, the Russian wrestler, and Crith Theophelus, the Greek ditto, will meet on February 22, it was at last decided late yesterday. Berne will meet Victor Ajax February 12. Both matches will be promoted by the Business Men's Athletic club.

  This apparently ends the on again off again business, and everybody is satisfied, except, perhaps, the promoters who thought they had Berne and the Greek matched for this month.

  While the articles were being signed Theophelus acclaimed his conviction that Berne had "yellow feet" an original way of saying yellow streak and cold feet at the same time. Berne didn't appreciate the originality and cracked Crith a wallop on the jaw, but bystanders separated 'em. That was no stage punch either.


MRS. FRED HUBER IS CALLED BY DEATH

  At 11 o'clock this morning the hand of death, was laid heavily upon the home of Fred Huber, at Summit street, near McCullough avenue, when it robbed him of his wife and helpmate, Emma Huber, and the mother of two little girls, Martha, aged 11 years, and Mildred, aged 9.

  Mrs. Huber had been ill for about two weeks, the physician diagnosing the trouble as uraemlc poisoning, but her condition was not considered serious and her death came as a distinct shock to the little family.

  The deceased was born in Germany on March 2, 1879, and had resided in Tonopah for twelve years, Mr. Huber being employed as timberman at the Belmont Mine. She was a most devoted wife and mother, all her interests being centered in her home, she taking exceptional pride in her garden, which in the summer was a veritable beauty spot in the desert.

  Besides her husband and daughters, she is survived by a sister, who resides in Seattle. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.




Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum.


QuoteThe Pilot and Observer of a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b night bomber putting on their flying kit. Aire Aerodrome, 19 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247669 © IWM (Q 12138)


QuotePilot of a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b night bomber examining a 25lb bomb about to be attached to his machine. Aire Aerodrome, 19 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247508 © IWM (Q 11959)


QuoteThe Observer of a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b night bomber checking his Lewis gun. Aire Aerodrome, 19th January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247668 © IWM (Q 12137)


QuoteTwo officers struggling through a muddy field near Arras, 19 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246306 © IWM (Q 10626)

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 19, 1918.


WALKER TRANSFER CO. OFFICE IS DESTROYED - DESPITE STRONG BREEZE, BLAZE IS CONFINED TO BUILDING BY DEPARTMENT

  The fog horn at the Mizpah shaft sounded an alarm at 12:15 this afternoon. The fire originating from an overheated stove, was in the office of the Walker Transfer and Express company, at 312 Valley View avenue. The building was gutted but the department, in spite of the wind, held it to the one structure, two streams being played. The building was owned by Mrs. Bertram. She had no insurance.


OUT OF THE HOSPITAL

  Chief of Police Grant, who was operated on several weeks ago for appendicitis, is so far improved that he was able to be removed to his home yesterday.


A NEW PARTNERSHIP

  R. A. Belcher and wife, who have resided in Round Mountain for the past two years and who went to Reno for a short visit, returned yesterday. Mr. Belcher has purchased a half interest in the Brokers' Barber Shop and, with George Rumsey, will continue to conduct this popular tonsorial parlor.


CAFE CHANGES HANDS

  Mike Bielich has purchased the Pot Roast Cafe from Mr. and Mrs S.R. Nulley. Mr. Bielich has been engaged in business in Tonopah for a number of years and is an expert caterer.



MOONEY'S SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER - Sunday January 20, 1918.  4 p.m.

SOUP
Consommé Julienne
Chicken Gumbo

RELISHES
India
Celery

SALAD
Fresh Lobster

FISH
Raw Toke Points on Lettuce
White Fish, Hollandaise

ENTREE
Sweet Bread in Patties

ROAST
Stuffed Bishop Turkey, Cranberry Sauce 
Loin of Mutton, French Peas
Leg of Veal, with Dressing

Vegetables
Mashed Potatoes
Sugar Corn
Baked Potatoes (5 p.m.)

DESSERT
Assorted Pies
Sponge Cube, Rum Sauce
Black Coffee

albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on January 19, 2018, 02:45:42 AM
From the Imperial War Museum.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246306 © IWM (Q 10626)
You just know how this is going to end. Two stuck boots in the mud and a two people, one bootless, down in the mud with some Benny Hill-esque music playing in the background.

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum.


QuoteRuined houses at Noeux-les-Mines, 3 Corons de la Fosse and 54 Rue de Bethune, 20 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205323408 © IWM (Q 78648)


QuoteRuined houses at Noeux-les-Mines, 3 Corons de la Fosse and 22 Rue de Boulogne, 20 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205323406 © IWM (Q 78646)


QuoteA ruined house at Noeux-les-Mines, 19 Rue de Boulogne, 20 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205323407 © IWM (Q 78647)


QuoteRuined houses at Noeux-les-Mines, 3 Corons de la Fosse and 22 Rue de Boulogne, 20 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205323405© IWM (Q 78645)


From the Europeana Collection.


Station Stara Dubrovna. (20 / I.1918).
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200291/BibliographicResource_3000073601525.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=api2demo http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/Search/Result.aspx?p_eBildansicht=2&p_ItemID=1 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum.


QuoteDirectorate of Forestry. Men of the 9th POW Company sawing through a tree. Eawy Forest, 21 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245953 © IWM (Q 10240)


QuoteDirectorate of Forestry. German prisoners of the 9th POW Company loading felled trees on to a lorry. Eawy Forest, 21 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245941 © IWM (Q 10228)


QuoteDirectorate of Forestry. Saw mill in Eawy Forest, a place of employment of the 9th German POW Company, 21 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245950 © IWM (Q 10237)


QuoteDirectorate of Forestry. Prisoners of the 9th POW Company taking felled trees by light railway to saw mill (seen in background). Eawy Forest, 21 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245945 © IWM (Q 10232)

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 21, 1918.


GIRLS' TEAM TO PLAY BANKERS AND BROKERS - INDOOR BASEBALL GAME FOR THE BENEFIT OF JUNIOR RED CROSS

  The girls' baseball team of the Junior Red Cross is to play a game of indoor baseball at the Airdome against a picked team of men from the banks and brokers' offices. It promises to be the best athletic event of the year. The girls are in the pink of condition and the men have promised to do their level best to beat them.

  Fred Brown, captain of the men's team, has bet $5 that his team can beat the girls in the first half, and the girls have vowed that the brokers shall not have a "look in" in the first half.

  Of course, in the very nature of things we are naturally rooters for the girls' team and it is our private opinion that the men will have to "go some" to make even an impression. The girls are out for victory. The writer had the opportunity of witnessing a practice game the other night, and while he has not forgotten the prowess of such valiant "knights of the 'bag" as the Brown brothers, Bill Cain et al, he is still of the opinion that the high school victory is safe money.

  The proceeds of this game will go to purchasing materials for Junior Red Cross activities. The Bonanza says, "More power to the Junior Red Cross!" It's a citizen-building movement. Come on, men and women, let's give them a bumper crowd. The admission will be 25 cents, and you'll get your money's worth.


INQUEST POSTPONED

  An inquest into the death of John Graf, who was killed in a hold-up last Thursday night, was held at 2 p.m. today, having been postponed from 2 p.m. Saturday. An autopsy was performed by Drs. McCarthy and Liggett.

  Funeral services for Graf will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Dunn's undertaking parlor, Goldfield, and interment will be made in the cemetery there.


DEATH OF DR. MACK

  Dr. Winfred Berdell Mack, director of the stale veterinary control service and professor of veterinary science and bacteriology at the university and for several years one of the most prominent educators at the institution, died at Reno Saturday night, following an illness of three months.


DEATH OF JACK McGEE.

  John McGee, one of the best known residents of Goldfield, died there Saturday afternoon, after a prolonged illness. He suffered from cirrhosis of the liver. The deceased was aged about 50 years. His wife resides in Missouri. A son was recently killed in action in France.


AUTOPSY PERFORMED

  Dr. Masterson and Dr. Cowden performed an autopsy Saturday evening on the remains of Charles Grevelle, the Belgian who died in the jail Thursday night. It was thought that death might have resulted from a fractured skull, he having been hit over the head with a plate while fighting in a Chinese restaurant, but it was found that death was caused from alcoholism.


FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON

  The remains of the late Charles Gravelle were borne to rest in the Tonopah cemetery at 8 o'clock this afternoon. The funeral took place from Wonacott and Cuvannugh's undertaking parlor.

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum.


QuoteDirectorate of Forestry. Dump of felled timber at a saw mill, Brotonne Forest, 22 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245960 © IWM (Q 10247)


QuoteDirectorate of Forestry. Saw mills and Decauville Company railways, Brotonne Forest, 22 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245957 © IWM (Q 10244)


QuoteIndians troops burning charcoal in the Forest of Brotonne, 22 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205244349 © IWM (Q 8495)

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 22, 1918.


BANDIT HOLDS UP CLUB SALOON

  A holdup that in all its details bore the earmarks of professionalism took place at 2 o'clock this morning. The Club saloon, in Brokers' Row, on Main street, a place conducted by P. J. Maguinuess and P. H. Toohey, was the victim.

  Mr. Maguinness was engaged in closing the house. He had locked the front door. There was no one else present except Dick Williams, the Western Union line chief, who was sitting at a table reading a newspaper. Mr. Maguinness went to the back door to lock it, when a man in the hallway stuck a gun in his face and admonished him not to say a word, but to do what he was told. The holdup man had on a black mask, which covered his entire face. He was about 6 feet 10 inches tall and weighed about 180 pounds. He had on a round cap, a blue jumper and a pair of dark trousers. He wore needle-toed shoes. He apparently was not a stranger to the place, for he spoke in a disguised voice.

  As he entered the back room Mr. Williams got his first intimation of the holdup. Instead of holding up his hands as ordered, he picked up a chair and attempted to strike the man holding the gun, but Mr. Maguinness, to save his life, stepped between them and told Mr. Williams that he had better comply with the order.

  The proprietor was then forced to turn over the contents of the cash register, amounting to $65. He was then compelled to open the safe, where he turned over an envelope containing $50, the property of Ed Maguinness. The holdup man also secured the house money from the safe and the punch board prizes, consisting of $127.50 in gold coin.

  Altogether he secured between $500 and $600. No arrests have yet been made.


GAVE TESTIMONY

  Mr. and Mrs. Verne R. Smith of Tybo, who returned from San Francisco this morning, were important witnesses in the case which the government has been prosecuting against the conspirators who were charged with fomenting insurrection in India, a movement that was instigated and fostered by the German government.

  Mr. Smith said: "Both Mrs. Smith and I knew many of the Hindu conspirators, even before the war broke out. Practically all the Hindus in the United States joined the revolutionary movement. Naturally, as they were opposed to England, they received every aid and encouragement from the German government.

  "The native who had been leading the revolutionary movement in the  United States, Har Dyal, went to Germany and became a member of the Hindu branch of the foreign office. This is commonly referred to as the Berlin committee.

  "One of the Hindus we knew who was implicated in the case was Tarak Nath Das, He went to Germany to take his doctor's degree in the University of Berlin. He returned to this country and then went to Japan, where he wrote a book that was intended to bring about a closer relationship between Germany and Japan. The nature of the book may be imagined when you are informed that it was denied publicity, even in Japan."


FUNERAL OF JOHN McGEE

  The funeral of the late John McGee took place this morning at Goldfield. There was a large attendance, although the funeral was held at 6:30 in order to catch the train on which the remains were shipped to the wife and daughter at St. Louis: Mo. The pallbearers were: Clarence Sage, George Dickson, Charles W. Taylor, Del Hammond, Frank Malley and Walter Drabnlck.


LAST SAD RITES

  The funeral of the late Mrs. Huber took place at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Services were conducted by Rev. Harlan Bailey. The interment was in the local cemetery.

Little Hater

Quote from: Rix Gins on January 22, 2018, 03:22:41 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 22, 1918.


BANDIT HOLDS UP CLUB SALOON

The holdup man had on a black mask, which covered his entire face. He was about 6 feet 10 inches tall and weighed about 180 pounds.

6' 10" and 180 pounds - shouldn't be hard to pick him out, especially in 1918.

Rix Gins

Good eye, LH.  I revisited the paper and the text feature was wrong. It translated 6'10" but the paper actually says 5' 10".  That happens a lot when a page is rather faded, as this one was.   

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum.


QuoteDirectorate of Forestry. German prisoners of the 115 POW Company at work in Lyons-la-Fôret, 23 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245912 © IWM (Q 10199)


QuoteDirectorate of Forestry. German prisoners of the 115 POW Company working at the Lyons-la-Forêt, 23 January 1918. Some are repairing a road and others transporting logs by light railway.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245915 © IWM (Q 10202)


QuoteDirectorate of Forestry. A saw mill at Lyons-la-Forêt, a place of employment of German POWs from the 115th POW Company, 23 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245931 © IWM (Q 10218)


QuoteMen of the 115th POW Company working in a saw mill in Lyons-la-Forêt, 23 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245934 © IWM (Q 10221)


QuoteDirectorate of Forestry. Sawmill at Lyons-la-Fôret, place of employment of many German POWs. 23 January, 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245924 © IWM (Q 10211)

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 23, 1918.


ALL IN READINESS FOR BIG C0NTEST - BANKERS AND BROKERS EXPECTED TO MEET WATERLOO THIS EVENING.

  Play ball! Have you seen the line up? Some big guns! The big game is on and it's a real game. Tonight at the Airdome you will see the best athletic event that can be pulled off. This is no farce game. This is the real thing and the public is promised a real thriller. Every girl on the team is a Red Cross worker and that means business.

  Judge Averlll will throw the first ball, with the Brokers at the bat. Harry Grelr is official caller and Hugh Brown will umpire for the Bankers and Brokers and "Prof." Chapman for the school team, and the decisions will be right. Athletics is on trial at the Airdome tonight. The public is promised a game in which all will be interested from start to finish. The girls especially, want to demonstrate their athletic ability, so that the public will patronize them when they play other teams.

  Go to the Airdome tonight. First ball at 8 o'clock. Admission 25 cents. Funds to be used for Junior Red Cross.


albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on January 23, 2018, 03:33:51 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 23, 1918.


ALL IN READINESS FOR BIG C0NTEST - BANKERS AND BROKERS EXPECTED TO MEET WATERLOO THIS EVENING.

  Play ball! Have you seen the line up? Some big guns! The big game is on and it's a real game. Tonight at the Airdome you will see the best athletic event that can be pulled off. This is no farce game. This is the real thing and the public is promised a real thriller. Every girl on the team is a Red Cross worker and that means business.

  Judge Averlll will throw the first ball, with the Brokers at the bat. Harry Grelr is official caller and Hugh Brown will umpire for the Bankers and Brokers and "Prof." Chapman for the school team, and the decisions will be right. Athletics is on trial at the Airdome tonight. The public is promised a game in which all will be interested from start to finish. The girls especially, want to demonstrate their athletic ability, so that the public will patronize them when they play other teams.

  Go to the Airdome tonight. First ball at 8 o'clock. Admission 25 cents. Funds to be used for Junior Red Cross.
I say the gals win it! But who knows with the skulduggery that can be done by bankers and brokers.

albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on January 21, 2018, 03:09:03 AM
From the Imperial War Museum.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205245953 © IWM (Q 10240)
Goldbrickers. Or just inefficient types. Get some back and legs into men and reps in sequence. In that case, go to the ground and rowing motions and don't fight each other causing blade to bend. Though I would rather cut if off higher and let stay as small barrier or if wanting to clear the high cut allows a tractor, or tank in his case, to take out the stump easier by leverage.

Rix Gins

Quote from: albrecht on January 23, 2018, 09:51:05 PM
Goldbrickers. Or just inefficient types. Get some back and legs into men and reps in sequence. In that case, go to the ground and rowing motions and don't fight each other causing blade to bend. Though I would rather cut if off higher and let stay as small barrier or if wanting to clear the high cut allows a tractor, or tank in his case, to take out the stump easier by leverage.

At least they are making sawdust instead of eating it.  I read somewhere that it got so bad for the Germans that they had to make bread out of wood pulp.

WhiteCrow

Quote from: albrecht on January 23, 2018, 09:45:17 PM
I say the gals win it! But who knows with the skulduggery that can be done by bankers and brokers.

I say the bankers win it.

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum.  


QuoteMen of the 8th/10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders outside a shop kept by a French woman for the use of British troops in Ste. Catherine, Arras, 24 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205246311 © IWM (Q 10631)


QuoteTroops of the 8/10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders in Arras, 24 January 1918.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205239092 © IWM (Q 7260)


QuoteGroup of escaped POWs, left to right: Sergeant T A Bloomfield, Suffolk Regiment; Sergeant V W Davies, Border Regiment; Lance Corporal F G Green, Middlesex Regiment; Private A Robertson, Royal Scots; Private A C Duller, Royal Fusiliers; Private H Grimshaw, King's Own Lancasters; and Private A F Chiverall, Norfolk Regiment.
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205129657 © IWM (HU 91339)


From the Europeana Collection.


Italian gunnery in Monfalcone. Date: January 24, 1918.
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200291/BibliographicResource_3000073604311.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=api2demo http://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/Search/Result.aspx?p_eBildansicht=2&p_ItemID=1https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Rix Gins

From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 24, 1918.


TOO BAD! THE MEN WON THE GAME

  Those who failed to attend the match game at the Airdome last evening between the Junior Red Cross team and the Bankers and Brokers missed an hour and a half of real excitement. It sure was some game, full of pep from the minute Judge Averill threw the first ball over the plate until the tenth inning, when the men's team squeezed out one run that gave it a hard-earned victory.

  One broker said: "I tell you, we earned that game. We promised that we'd play to win, and those girls made us earn every point we made. It was simply great and a perfect delight to see them in action."

  Another said: "Why, I thought we'd beat them two to one, and it was simply wonderful the way they held us down. Their team work was perfect. They have reason to be proud and Mr. Cross deserves an immense amount of praise for turning out such a team. It was just great."

  The girls made fewer errors and fewer fouls than the men, but one less run, and the men are willing to admit that they had the surprise of their lives. The game was splendidly umpired and the score of 14 to 13 in favor of the men was a fair but hard-earned decision.

  It is to be hoped that this is the forerunner of other athletic events of equally high standard. The public certainly got its money's worth and now this money will be turned into new lines of activity through the Junior Red Cross.  (Good call, WC!)


SCHOOL SPIRIT SHOWN

  At 1:45 o'clock this afternoon a special assembly of the high school students was held in honor of the Junior Red Cross girls who so gallantly upheld the honor of the school in the game last evening with the Bankers and Brokers. Speeches were made, school yells were given and the players were made to know that the student body is appreciative of their fine playing and the spirit back of it.


IN SERIOUS CONDITION

  James Forrey, who was injured a week ago at the Mackay dairy, north of town, by being struck on the head by a windlass handle, and who has been at the county hospital as a private patient, is reported to be in a serious condition. Blood poisoning has resulted.

  His brother, J. E. Forrey, came over from Goldfield today, and later Dr. McLeod and Dr. McCarthy performed an operation.


Now Playing at Tonopah's Butler Theatre:

https://youtu.be/z7qCmBGPFYw



albrecht

Quote from: Rix Gins on January 24, 2018, 04:07:01 AM
From the Library of Congress.  The Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 24, 1918.


TOO BAD! THE MEN WON THE GAME

  Those who failed to attend the match game at the Airdome last evening between the Junior Red Cross team and the Bankers and Brokers missed an hour and a half of real excitement. It sure was some game, full of pep from the minute Judge Averill threw the first ball over the plate until the tenth inning, when the men's team squeezed out one run that gave it a hard-earned victory.

  One broker said: "I tell you, we earned that game. We promised that we'd play to win, and those girls made us earn every point we made. It was simply great and a perfect delight to see them in action."

  Another said: "Why, I thought we'd beat them two to one, and it was simply wonderful the way they held us down. Their team work was perfect. They have reason to be proud and Mr. Cross deserves an immense amount of praise for turning out such a team. It was just great."

  The girls made fewer errors and fewer fouls than the men, but one less run, and the men are willing to admit that they had the surprise of their lives. The game was splendidly umpired and the score of 14 to 13 in favor of the men was a fair but hard-earned decision.

  It is to be hoped that this is the forerunner of other athletic events of equally high standard. The public certainly got its money's worth and now this money will be turned into new lines of activity through the Junior Red Cross.  (Good call, WC!)


SCHOOL SPIRIT SHOWN

  At 1:45 o'clock this afternoon a special assembly of the high school students was held in honor of the Junior Red Cross girls who so gallantly upheld the honor of the school in the game last evening with the Bankers and Brokers. Speeches were made, school yells were given and the players were made to know that the student body is appreciative of their fine playing and the spirit back of it.


IN SERIOUS CONDITION

  James Forrey, who was injured a week ago at the Mackay dairy, north of town, by being struck on the head by a windlass handle, and who has been at the county hospital as a private patient, is reported to be in a serious condition. Blood poisoning has resulted.

  His brother, J. E. Forrey, came over from Goldfield today, and later Dr. McLeod and Dr. McCarthy performed an operation.


Now Playing at Tonopah's Butler Theatre:

https://youtu.be/z7qCmBGPFYw
Darn Bankers! I wanted the gals.

WhiteCrow

Quote from: albrecht on January 24, 2018, 08:38:44 PM
Darn Bankers! I wanted the gals.

Darn..I should have bet some serious money on the Bankers to win.

Rix Gins

From the Imperial War Museum.


QuoteA Caquot kite balloon leaving the ground. Note a motor winch and infantrymen hauling on ropes. Near Metz, 25 January 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247450 © IWM (Q 11900)

QuoteA Caquot kite balloon ready to ascend. Note a motor winch and infantrymen hauling on ropes to hold the balloon down. Near Metz, 25 January 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247451 © IWM (Q 11901)


QuoteAn Observer, who has jumped from a Caquot kite balloon, nearing the ground after his parachute descent. Near Metz, 25 January 1918.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247457 © IWM (Q 11907)


QuoteKnee-deep in slimy mud in the communications trench in an exposed front line area. Near La Brasse Ville, 21st Battalion. 25.01.18.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205223606 © IWM (E(AUS) 1497)


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