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VOL XVII No. 242
TONOPAH, NEVADA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1918
PRICE 10 CENTS
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MONSTER PARADE A TMUIE TO PATHIOTIO SPIRIT
0 0 0 B S B B B B E B B B El S 51
American Arms Will Dictate Peace When Peace Comes
NIG AIID HIED STATES
II WILL DICTATE PEACE TERMS
Hamlin Says That Compared
Kaiser Sitting Bull Was a
Philanthropist
IH; Assselatea' Press.)
CHICAGO, April 11. Speaking to
more than fifteen hundred delegates,
assembled at the sixth annual meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States, Charles S. Ham
tin of the federal reserve board, said
last night there would be no victory
in the world war until the entire
atrength of the United State army
and navy had been transferred to
Europe. Mr. Hamlin spoke in the
aNence of Secretary MrAdoo.
"Don't let this talk of a premature
peace mislead you," he said. "The
only peace that we shall see will be
dictated in large part by General
Pershing atp) the United States
army."
The speaker dwelt upon German
atrocities as a prime reason why
American businessmen should see
the necessity of exerting their full
energies in prosecution of the war.
"Some people say there were
AMERICANS REPULSE ATTACKS OF
GERMANS. I
Catch Charging Huns Under Terrific
Counter Barrage; No
Prisoners Taken
(ll a,-lad Prml
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Wednesday, April 10. The
German attack against the Ameri
cans northwest of Toul has been
completely repulsed. Two German
prlsouers said the enemy planned
the attack with 800 men. Effective
American artillery checked it. The
Americans lout no prisoners and one
German prUonor died from wounds.
The attack followed three days of
violent artlllerylng and It Is ta
ttered that a large number of the
enemy was killed and wounded. The
Infantry climbed from their shelters
and attacked the enemy with ma-
SH WITHDRAW
FROM ABINTIERES
Mr AssMlatea' Crm,l
LONDON, April 11. The war of
fice has announced that the fighting
' continuing imm the Lu BaBse
canal to Yprea and the Cmin?s
canal. It is severe In the neighbor
boo1 of Lawe and the Lys canals.
The British hive withdrawn from
Armentlerea. There was heavy fight
" late last night in the neighbor
hood of Ploegsteert, Messlnes and
Wytschaete,
The Germans pushed on yeste.day
from Croix Du Baev south and west
of Armentieres. A party of Germans
ere reported in the neighborhood of
Sleanwercu, five miles west of Ar
nantleres, according to Reuter'g cor
jwpondent. The enemy occupied
Ostium, but was evicted and driven
cross the Uwe by the British.
PEACE TREATY DRASTIC
rETHOGRAD, Wednesday, .April
""-Under tha " of the German
treaty the commissioner of
"erce announce, Russia lost
' ,r 1ure kilometer, of territory
Wtk JJ.000,000 Inhabitants or 32 per
Bt of the entire population of the
country.
to
atrocities practiced by the Indians
against the whites," he said, "but
compared to the kaiser, Sitting Gull
was a philanthropist."
The estimated cost of the war,
Mr. Hamlin said, has been placed
at $18,000,000,000 annually, but has
run slightly below that figure for
the first year. He laid stress upon
the part played by the federal re
serve banking system in the financ
ing of the war.
At present there are lu the federal
reserve banks $1,800,000,000 In gold
which, he said, Is more than the
gold reserve of the bunks of Italy,
Spain, France and England combined.
He urged national saving as a most
important fuel or In the financial
welfare of the nation.
Speeches were also made by Harry
A. Wheeler, former president of the
chamber, and now United States
food administrator for Illinois, and
Waddcl! Catchings, chairman of the
war committee of the chamber.
S
chine guns and rifle after the Ameri
can barrage had been lifted' repulsing
those that had not been dispersed by
the artillery.
Seventy-two hours before the at
tack the Germans fired an increasing
number of shells at the Americans,
using gas extensively. At 5 o'clock
this morning the German Infantry
signalled for a barrage and. started
toward the American line. The
American gunners laid a counter bar
rage and immediately caught the Ger
mans before they reached the Ameri
can entanglements. Several bodies
were seen banging on the wire after
the enemy had retired.
S !
ESTABLISH NAVAL
STATION AT AZORES
illl iMKtud Press.)
WASHINGTON, April U.-Ouns
have been landed on the Azores
Islands where the United States,
with the consent of Portugal, has
established a naval base to protect
the Atlantic route to northern Eu
rope. It will be used as a base for
American submarines, destroyers and
other small craft and a homing sta
tion for American airplanes, a num
ber of which have already assembled
there.
Negotiations are in progress to In
sure the full co-operation ofthe Por
tugal authorities on the Islands and
the American forces. The value of
the station has already been dem n
t rated.
another"peace move
i Mr Asrlal(l Tress!
WASHINGTON. April 11 The fact
that some Austrian official sought
open peace negotiations with the
United States, was made known to
day. Serretary Lansing said he
recollected a man named Anderson
whose first name he didn't recall,
had been approached In Austria for
the purpose of learning If America
would hear of proposals.
CMS EAGER
FOR GERfJAN ATTACK
llr utHr Press.!
CANADIAN ARMY HEADQUAR
TERS, April 11. Foiled In their at
tempt to outflank Vlmy ridge In the
south, the Germans are now attempt
ing the witne maneuver from the
north of Bethune. The anniversary
of the "date that Canada victorious
in winning back so much of the coal
lands of France finds those lands
in battle again. The Canadians won
Viray ridge and behind it waits for
Germany's forces to attack.
All Tuesday afternoon, evening and
yesterday morning our guns answer
ed those of the enemy. Throughout
the area from the Scnrpe to Souchez
little villages have known again the
blood price of battle. Women and
children are evacuating homes. Death
has visited men. War broods over
the ridge. From Lens to Arras ruin
Is being added to ruin. Smoky by
day, rimmed in fire by night, our old
brittle grounds are alive again.
Constant crumbling ' of. shells In
l.levlen, Arras, Acqurolvres and other
big and little centers Is announced
by the roar of our guns, sweeping the
enemy front assembly and rear areas.
Everywhere there Is confidence
and sure fore knowledge that if the
enemy attacks our heights his price
for that attack will be terrible.
The temper of our forces Is mag
nificent. HUNS START ANOTHER
POLICY OF INTRIGUE
III? Asset-tales' Press.)
WASHINGTON. April 11. Warning
of a new German policy of Intrigue,
far overshadowing Zimmerman's ef
forts to embroil Mexico and Japan
with the United States, and designed
to cause a demoralization in the al
lied countries similar to that in
Russia, was given to the national
conference of American lecturers
here yesterday by William English
Walling of New York.
Declaring that the recent inter-allied
labor conference at London had
for Its real purpose the arranging
of an International socialistic con
ference to which German Socialists
would be Invited, Mr. Walling vigor
ously attacked the Socialists of the
allied nations. He asserted their
purpose Is to bring about peace of
their own dictation and that unless
their efforts are frustrated "the dem
ocratically elected governments of
France, England and America might
as well abdicate."
GERMANS GAIN GROUND
i llr Associate Press.!
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, April 11. The fighting
continued today north of Armen
tieres. The British are holding Mes
slnes ridge and Wytchaete, which
changed hands several times yester
day. Vigorous counter attacks have
forced the enemy from Lacreche,
Nieppe and Hollebeke.
The Germans are In possession of
halt the village of Ploegsteert and
Ploegsteert wood this morning.
WILL AWAIT REPORT
Hr Aseeelatee) Press.!
WASHINGTON, April 11. The
president will take no action on the
senate military committee majority
report recommending the reorganiza
tion of the government's aircraft
production machinery until he re
ceives a report of the speciar Inves
tigation commission headed by
Snowden and Marshall, It became
known today. Marshall's report Is
expected soon.
BESSARABIA JOINS RUMANIA
Mr Asseelatea' Press.!
BASEL, Switzerland, April 11.
The Bessarabian diet has decided In
favor of the union of Bessarabia with
Rumania, according to th Bucharest.
The northern part Is almost wholly
Inhabited by Rumanians and Ru
mania has long desired the people of
the Russian province to be united
with her.
OFFICIALS ARREST
ALIEN ENEMIES
illy Asssrlaira Press.)
MILWAUKEE. Wis., April 11.
Federal officials yesterday In an
opening drive for the rounding up
of some 350 enemy aliens accused
of violating the enemy alien act, In
various ways, gathered In about ?00
who failed to comply with the regu
lations. 1
Some were taken 1 for violating
their permits, some tor falling to
register, some for pro-German ac
tivities and some for participation In
election activities.
The raid was a complete surprise
to most of the men. At the federal
building finger prints, and other
methods of Identifying the men were
taken. A few were freed after a
preliminary examination while others
were locked up until their records
can be examined.
FINNS II JOIN
WITH THE ALLIES
"Mr 4ssselsls Press.!
STOCKHOLM, April U. The
Swedish government has received in
formation that 15,000 German troops
are operating In southern Finland
and that they already bad several
pmall "battles w UK' the" Finnish re
serves.
The entente diplomats have re
ceived reports that thirty or forty
Russian submarines, destroyers and
four or' five battleships are still off
Helslngfors. Their capture is prob
ably a part of the German aim. It Is
believed the warships all were ren
dered unserviceable by their crews.
The American minister, Morris, had
a conversation with M. Linda, a Fin
nish capitalist, and a brother-in-law
of General Mannerheim, military lead
er of the Finnish government forces.
When asked what America should
consider as the attitude of Finland
toward Germany, Linda declared em
phatically that Germany merely had
been asked to assist In restoring the
government's power and tha: no
vassalshlp was Implied. He said:
"Our whole history has been one
of hardship and bloodshed, and now
when freedom ' Is In sight nobody,
neither Germany or any other coun
try, will be permitted to dominate
Finland."
HOT DEBATE STARTS
ON AMERICAN LABOR
III) Assuiiiili'il Press.!
WASHINGTON, April 11. Ameri
can labor in its relation to the prose
cution of the war, was attacked and
defended in the senate yesterday dur
ing .debate on a conference report
on a bill making it unlawful to ob
struct the manufacture of war ma
terials or to damage war factories
or their products. Objection cen
tered on a house amendment, ac
cepted by the conferees, exempting
from the measure's provisions work
men who strike for higher wages or
better living conditions. The debate
had not been concluded when the
senate adjourned.
INDIAN EXCITEMENT
i Mr Asawlatrd I'kmI
RENO, April 11. Indian service
officials believe the excitement of
Indians In eastern Nevada and west
ern Utah is caused by unidentified
white men and will abate soon, Fort
Douglas troops are ready to entrain
if needed.
CA8UALTY LI8T
Hr Asseelale Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 11. The
second casualty list contained the
names of twenty-two killed In action,
one died from wounds, two from ac
cident, four from disease and three
missing. Eleven were severely
wounded, and sixty-eight were .light
ly wounded.
CONFESSES LEADING
HOB TO PRAEGER
HI? Assactate Press.!
COLLINSVILLE, III., April 11
Joseph Rietgel, 28 yeHrs old, a Col
lincvi'le miner and formerly In the
Ui.lted. States army, told a coroner's
Jury here yesterday that he was
the leader of the mob which last
Friday morning hanged Robert P.
Praeger, an enemy alien, aco-ding
to Information given out by persons
at the hearing. He described in de
tail the events leading up to the
tragedy and during the course of his
reported confession Implicated Wres-
ney Beaver in the leadership, It was
stated.
He is quoted as saying he and
Beaver were the men who found
Prager hiding in the basement of the
city hall and dragged him out.
Rietgel's confession was made
early in the day to a St. Louis news
paperman', but persons admitted to
the inquest, which had been made
secret, asserted last night Rietgel re
iterated before the Jury every tie
tail previously mentioned. i
URGES WORKERS
TO SPEED UP
IHr Aaeeetatea' Press.!
BOSTON, April 11. Couies"orri
letter from Vice-Admiral William S.
Sims, commander of the United
States naval forces In European
waters, urging workers to do their
utmost to speed up ship construction
are to be placed today in the pay
envelopes of the 15,000 men em-
polyed In the shipbuilding plants at
Qulncy and Squantum. .
The letter Is addressed to Vice
President Joseph W. Powell, of the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding company
and the writer declares that the mat
ter of supplying more ships, par
ticularly destroyers, is one of the
greatest Importance.
COUNCIL' OF DEFENSE
llr Assselalea Press.!
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11. Evi
dence In support of the charge that
"for the last eight months there has
been a conspiracy in the San Fran
cisco office of the state council of
defense to hamper and delay the war
work entrusted by government to
bureaus," will be laid before the
United States district attorney, Leo
Owen, formerly assistant secretary
of the council, announced. Owen
was dismissed by Vice-Chairman
Naftzger but said he had previously
sent the governor his resignation.
Owen said he was forwarding the
council ot national defense a tran
script of the facts regarding the
California state council and its ad
ministrative heads."
INTERCEDE FOR CLANCY
Hr Asesetalea' Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 11. Sena
tors Phelan and Johnson and Rep
resentatives Kahn and Nolan have
requested the president to commute
immediately the sentence of Eugene
Clancy of San Francisco, serving
a six years' sentence for conviction
in the' dynamite conspiracy.
CASUALTY LIST
i llr Asawlatnl Press!
WASHINGTON, April 11. Today's
casualties were one killed In action,
two died of wounds, five of acci
dents, thirteen of disease, four are
missing, sixty-nine severely wounded
and thirty slightly wounded.
EXTRA LATERAL LAW
llr ssseelelea' Press.!
WASHINGTON, April 11. Sena
tor Pittman has Introduced an amend
ment to mining laws which will per
mit miners to mine ore only from
the reins within the vertical lines of
their claims.
GRAVE CHARGES ABOUT
THOUSANDS OF PATRIOTS E1ARCH III
MOIISTEB PARADE HELD LAST IIIGRT
Subscriptions to Third Liberty Loan
Mount When Citizens Turn
Out En Masse
"Over the top" Is the slogan that
Tonopah demonstrated last evening
in the great parade opening the
third Liberty loan drive, and over
the top we went with a parade that
was six times as large as any parade
over held in Tonopah. Conservative
estimates of the number of people
In the parade place the figures at
over 5000. rt was at least one mile
in length. Few people stood on the
sidewalks, and had the nerve to face
that crowd of patriotic citizens as
mere spectators. While the dense
line of marching patriots was passing
along the street several boys on
bicycles rode along the curb crying
"Slackers" at those who were stand
ing on the sidewalks.
It is well to comment upon the
fact that two of the principal cafes,
nearly mil the saloons, business
houses and the Butler Theater sus
pended business and elosed their
doors during the demonstration.
. .!Clle Parade , started ' from upper
(Main street and Florence avenue at
8 o'clock, under direction ef Marshal
M. R. Averill, with W. T. Cuddy,
E. H. McMurray, Chief of Police
Grant as aides, and President H. R.
Cook of the Nye county council of
defense,- leading in his auto.
Immediately behind the marshal
TO REPRESENT BRITAIN
r tBsoclati Press.!
LONDON, April 11. Andrew Bonar
Law announced that Major-General
Sack.still West has been appointed
acting British military representative
to the Versailles war council.
GET HONOR FLAG
it
ll AsKOrlalea Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11. The
Liberty loan campaign executive
board has announced honor flags for
sixteen additional California cities
which reached their quotas. Nevada
reported that allotments of Esmer
alda, White Pine and Lincoln coun
ties had been subscribed, making six
counties that have passed their
quotas.
KILL MEXICANS
Hj Associate Press.!
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas, April 11.
Four Mexicans were killed and at
leant five wounded yesterday near
here when Americans returned a fire
from the Mexican side in the vicinity
of a camp with a large force of
Mexicans, who are holding three
American ranch employes as host
ages. MAY WITHDRAW MARINES .
llr Associates' Press.!
LONDON, April 11. The foreign
consults at Vladivostok has officially
announced that anarchy caused the
landing ot allied marines and that
the forces are to be withdrawn when
order Is restored, according to Rou
ter's Petrograd correspondent.
A Moscow dispatch says the Bol
shevik! government has opened ne
gotiations with Berlin tor a tempor
ary suspension of the Brest Lltovsk
treaty regarding the demobilization of
the Russian army in view ot a pos
sible necessity of defending Rus
sian territory against foreign in
vasion.
TODAY AND A YEAR AGO.
Official readings ot the ther-
mometer by the United States
observer at Tonopah-.
1918 1917
5 a. m 38 39
9 a. m 45 49
12 noon 68 57
Maximum April 10 ....... 54 50
Minimum April 10. 34 27
Relative humidity at noon
today, 6 per cenL
.
and his aides came the Tonopah
military band, then the color bearer,
Ed Harmer, a civil war. veterans,
the Q. A. R., Spanish War Veterans,
Woman's Relief Corps, Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine and the Boy Scouts.
Following the Scouts was a beauti
fully decorated truck on which was
built the arched throne for the
Goddess of Liberty. Under this
electric lighted arch stood Miss
Helen Mitchell as the Goddess ot
Liberty appealing for aid to liberate
humanity with John Delk represent
ing Uncle Sam at the wheel
Following the Goddess came the
Tonopah National Rifle club, with
which organization over 200 armed
riflemen marched. These are the
Tonopah Minute Men who marched
in a dense column of fours, like vet
erans, directed . by Chris Dowler,
John Serventl and Al Kelllher ma file
clOBers.l
Behind the armed brigade came .
the colored mens' organisation in
column of fours like the rifle men
ahead. " "
Then came Wells-Fargo float, an
old Concord stage coach, filled top
and bottom with passengers. The
stage carried a big banner bearing
Continued On Page Four.)
MAY PAY IN BITS
(llr Associate Press.!
WASHINGTON, April 11. The
treasury department is considering
the endorsing of legislation author
izing, installment . payments on in
come excess profits taxes due June
16, the Internal revenue commis
sioner told the delegation from the
State Manufacturers' association.
HALEY DROPS DEAD
Illy Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 11. S. N.
Haley of Brooklyn, N. Y., dropped
dead last night while addressing a
gathering of fish dealers in confer
ence at the food administration.
CONVICT SOCIALIST
Br Associated Press.)
MINNEAPOLIS, April 11. J. O.
Bentall, Socialist candidate for gov
ernor, has been convicted of violating
the espionage act. He will be sen
tenced Friday.
TAKE OVER VESSELS.
(Br Associate Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 11. The
president will make a proclamation
tonight that will order all American
coastwise vessels to be delivered to
the railroad administration.
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