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Silver, today-91 7-8; a year ago, 73 3-8c
rm
'ONOPA
Daily
METAL QUOTATIONS
Silver 91
Capper -23 ao
LMd
Quicksilver $1.08
THE WEATHER
Teniae and Saturday Fair
PRICE 10 CENTS
VOL KVIl
No. 243
TONOPAH, NEVADA FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1918
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10 OBSERVERS SEE 110
lilfi III LOSS (HHIIIIEfiES
Town Was Under Constant Gunfire
. and Had No Strategic
Value
,a,Ateied Preaa)
WASHINGTON. April 12. In yes
terday's reports from Franc on the
battle in the ArmentiereB region mili
tary observers here read with satis
faction of the successful Blrtleh
counter attack which overcome much
of tie Initial advantage sained by
He Germans In their first rush. The
,ituation was not sufficiently clari
fied, it wa sa'd however, to de
termine whether the effort was a
ieparate movement aimed at the
channel ports or ao extension of the
Amiens onalaught designed to widen
the base of the wedge aimed at that
town.
In any case the British have not
allowed the new thrust to gain any
treat momentum, despite the evacU-
FIGHT DEFINED ON
THE IBHIZI GILL
1D7 AuiH-latrd l're
WASHINGTON, April 12. Senator
Overman' declaration . that he will
InsUt upon the passage unamended of
tbe bill granting the president au
thority to reorganize government de
partment! for war purposes, has
firmly fixed the issues In the contest
over the measure.
Alter a conference with Postmaster-General
Burleson who often
ipeaka for the administration. Sena
tor Overman said he bad rejected
the amendment proposed by the bill's
opponents for specific exemption of
certain bureaus. The opposition has
been Insisting on exemption of the
Internals commerce commission, the
federal reserve board and the federal
trade commission.
HUNS KILL CHILDREN
1T Aaaimlailxl Pwi I
PARIS, April 12. A ahell from
the German long range cannon
truck a foundling asylum yesterday
killing a baby, a patient and a nurse.
It Injured three Infanta, six patients
tnd two probationer. Another ahell
Mled a man. a boy and wounded
'en in an open air bowling alley.
SILENT REGARDING LANDING
(Br Assorts FnMt
WASHINGTON. April 12. The
ittte and navy departments are not
in cil'c'ally advised of the landing
of American marines at Vladivostok
to aid the Drltisb and Japanese. Of
'Iclali declined to say whether the
eommnnder of the Asiatic fleet was
Inntrucied to lund marines If Aneil
tB il'lerests were endangered.
TO COIN 15-CENT PIECES
j.V""""' Preaa)
WASHINGTON. April 12. Coinage
of 15-cent pieces, to facilitate the
handling of crowds at moving pic
lure theaters on account of the war
is proposed in a bill Introduced
yenterday by Rep. O'Shaughnessy
Rhode Island. Moving plclure
"imagers presented a brief recently
t0 the director of the mint In favor
of 15-cent piece.
TODAY AND A YEAR AGO.
Official readings of the ther-
' "ometer by tbe United Stale
observer at Tonopah:
4
1917
43 4
1918
.. 43
.. 51
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44
52
12
noon
60
Maximum Anrtl n a?
59
37
Minimum April 11 3S
Relative humidity at
Way. 4i p MBt
noon
atlon of Armentieres Itself.
The town ha been under gunfire
constantly and had no strategic ad
vantage. Its evacuation was made
certain by the extent of the Initial
penetration of the British lines on
both sides, leaving it at the apex
of a narrow and dangerous wedge.
Officers believe the whole move
ment in this region t designed by
German strategists to offset a simi
lar danger on a far greater scale
to their own main front of operations
to the south.
The advanced Uerman troops in
the Amiens region are roughly 25
to 30 miles beyond the geueral trend
of tbe line which they assaulted when
the drive began three weeks ago.
The width of the break in that line
is from fifty to sixty miles.
PROMINENT EDUCATOR
VIOLATES CO ACT
(Br Aaauelate) Preaa)
CHJUAUU, April li. uepariineui
of Justice agents announced today
ihnt thpv innk into custody Dr. Wil
liam Thomas, a member of thejtn
University of Chicago
faculty, and
woman said to be the wife of a
Texan in France with Pershing. It
1b said they placed before the United
States district attorney evidence re
garding a violation of the Mann act
and the law forbidding false regis
tration at hotels.
Thomas Is 55 years of age. His
wife Is one of the founders or me
Woman's Peace party. He has grown
children. The woman gave the name
of Mrs. ft. M. Granger, said she
was 24 years of age and had a 3-
year-old child. Thomas said: "I
love her and don't care if the whole
world knows It. My arrest Is a tre
mendous Injustice." The woman said:
Dr. Thomas was kind to me.
After my husband loft for trance
he was most solicitous for my com
fort. ! Just liked him at first, later
it grew Into love.
GERMANS SUFFER LOSS '
(Br Aaaoetated Preaa)
LONDON, April 12. Router's cor
respondent says the Germans gained
some ground in a determined attack
along the Messlnes ridge, but were
evicted later by a British counter
attack. Three German attacks in
great waves near Vllie Chapelle yes
terday were repulsed with immense
loss.
SHELLS WIRELESS STATION
, u. I I.,... t
WASHINGTON, April 12. A Ger
man submarine of the largest sea
going type appeared on April 10 at
tha nnrt of Monrovia, capital of
Liberia, on the west coast of Africa
nnt bnmbarded the wireless and
cable stations, according to an of
ficial dispatch received by the state
denartment. Liberia declared war on
Germany last August. The sheila ex
tenslvely damaged the wireless sta
tion.
HEAVY FIRE LOSS
r ok i nuiuti, Apr li. ri
caused $350,000 worth of damage to
tha business section of 8u!phur,
Okla.
STRIKERS GO BACK
Hy AiMMK-latra Prml
I'TICA, N. V.. April 12 The strik
ing employes of the Savage Arms
plant In this city, which has been
given over to tha production of the
Lewis machine gun, voted yesterday
to return to work last Bight.
Attacks Overcome Advantage o
INT HERS TO
MINE WAR MINERALS
(U Aaaot'lated Preaa)
WASHINGTON, April 12. Legisla
tion to encourage the raining in the
United States of minerals necessary
In the manufacture of war materials,
but now largely imported from South
America and Europe, was recom
mended to congress yestcrlay by
Secretary Lane. Ho sent to Senator
Henderson of Nevada, chairman of
the mines committee, a draft of a
bill carrying an appropriation of $50,
000,000 from which financial assist
ance would be given to prospectors
in developing the mining of these
minerals.
Minerals the quantity production of
which the administration hopes to
see developed are manganese, pyrlte.
antimony, platinum, mercury, tung
sten, tmlphur, tin and graphite. All
are found in this country and espe
cially In the western states.
Development of such mines would
release thousands of tons . of ship
ping now used In Importing the min
erals, it was suld, and also would
tend io keep down the rapidly in
creasing prices of thf commodities.
Senator Henderson yesterday called
a meeting of his committee for next
Saturday to begin consideration of
the bill with the view to an early
report to the senate.
MENEY WILL RUN
By MOlHl frM)
SAN FRANCISCO,
April
12.
toduy
begin
Francis J. lieney arrived here
and announced that he would
an active campaign for the guberna
torial nomination on June 1. The es
tabllshmetn of a state institution for
reciamai.on oi soiuiers
l service will do one oi me pianaa
In his platform.
FIRE KILLS RACE HORSES
(Br Aaaovlated Preaa)
BALTIMORE, April 12. Nearly a
score of race horses are reported to
have perished in a fire that de
stroyed the stables on the Bowie
race track last night. The fire was
confined to the stables.
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HON, BEN O. LUCE
Peinoeratic Candidate for Governor of tha State of Nevada
t. .iii Hn Bonn's candidate nv good for the politicians there
abouts to circulate the false report that Ben D. Luce of Tonopalt. Pern
ocralic candidate for governor,
not tha sort to "back and fill "
be does It. He will postiveiy ue a
tries In September and believes ha
HUNS PRESS BACK
LINE OF BRITISH
(By A-tm'tat-1 Preaa)
LONDON,. April 12. The Germans
pressed the British back In the vi
cinity of Neuve Eglise in an attack
yesterday in tho neighborhood of
Ploegateert. The German attack be
tween Loisnc untl the Lawe river
was repulsed. The Gonnans cap
tured MrviHe. Heavy fighting Is
In progress In the neighborhood of
Mervllle and Neufberquin. The Brit
ish in a counter attack regained
ground north of Festuberlh.
DECLARE STOCK DIVIDEND
(Bj- Aaauelnttfrt Preaa)
CHICAGO.-April 12.-The board -if
directors of Swift & Company, pack
ers, yesterday decided to declare a
stock dividend of $50,000,000. half sit
par and the rest free, increasing the
capital stock from $100,000,000 to
$150,000,000.
ASKS
5
FOR DIVORCE
(Br Aaaoelated Preaa)
SAN DIKqo, April 12. Divorce
proceedings against Governor Harri
son, governor of the Philippine Isl
auds, were instituted here today by
his wife, Mrs. Harrison. An Ely
(Nevada) attorney filed the papers.
The nature of the charges are kept
secret.
GOOD HEALTH IN ARMY
fir AHaoolafrlt Preaa) -. -
WASHINGTON, April 12. Health
conditions throughout the army at
home continue satisfactory, says the
weekly report issued yesterday by
the war department, although the
hospital admission rate increased
over the preceding week. Influenza
and mumps are the chief diseases
noted, the latter frequently compli
cated with pneumonia accounting for
the rising admission rate. Ailments
among drafted men contracted be
fore they entered camp have swelled
the sick rates. The total number of
deaths for the week ending April 5
was 290 as against 237 the preced
ing week.
V
;
has withdrawn. He was in first and in;
When he says he is going to do a thing
candidate ior gotemur ai
erUI qualify for the final "heat '
prim-
BRITISH PRISONERS
HORRIBLY TREATED
(By AaMot'tated Preaa)
LONDON, April 12. The govern
ment committee report made public
today says that British prisoners in
Germany have been employed con
stantly under fire. Many have been
killed by British guns. They have
been kicked and beaten, denied cloth
ing, adequate shelter and often have
been shot. Deaths from starvation
and overwork have been constant.
It says it would be hard to find a
parallel in history of the "unjusti
fiable suffering brought 0n these
prisoners." French prisoners have
been similarly treated.
HOLD WAITERS
(fir Aaaoclated Preaa)
SAN FRANCISCO. April 12. Seven
members of the Geneva Association,
a waiters organization, are held for
examination by the federal authori
ties In connection with a war ac
tivities investigation.
PRAISE EFFICIENCY
OF THE PRESIDENT
(By Aa04lat-Ml PreaM)
CHICAGO, April 12. Unreserved
praise ' for the high efficiency ot
President Wilson's "business bat
talion" w-as voiced yesterday by A.
C. Bedford, president of the Standard
Oil "company of "New ' Jerey7"Tir''
speech before the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States.
"There Is too much ' for each of
us to do to listen to the wild stories
of the alarmist kind that seem to
be invariable accompaniments of
every war in every country, he de
clared. "I am not a defender of the
men who are handling the work of
the government. But I would be
lacking in fairness if, after my own
experiences at Washington, I with
held a tribute to those men, those
triod and proven generals of our in
dustrial armies who have grappled
with the government's problem and
who are silently, quietly, and I say
here and now, successfully working
them out."
While declaring that the petroleum
industry will meet every demand
made upon it by war time conditions,
Mr. - Bedford - urged the Imperative
necessity of conservation In the use
of gasoline.
BEHIND WITH REPORT
(By Aaaoolated Preaa)
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. April 12.
First figures made public yesterday
for the tenth federal reserve district,
showing the amount of sales ot bonds
of the third Liberty loan actually
reported to reserve banks, although
they represent a tenth of the quota,
do not give a complete indication
of the progress that has been made
in the district, It was announced
last night at the headquarters here.
It was said that the district's reports
are a day behind and represent only
such sales as have been reported
to the reserve banks. The total re
ported i yesterday - was. $13,267,750.:
COMMUTES 8ENTENCE
(Br AaNoelatrd Pra
SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 12
Governor Lowden yesterday com
muted the sentence of "Chicken Joe1
Campbell to life imprisonment on
recommendation ot the division of
pardons and paroles. Campbell was
convicted of the murder of the wife
of former Warden Allen of the Jollet
penitentiary and was sentenced to be
hung at Jollet today.
SEAPLANE LEAVES
fflv AfeMulll4PrMil
SANTA BARBARA, April 12
Seaplane F-l left for San Diego to
day. There were four passengers
aboard.
SEAPLANE ARRIVES
I Br Aaaorlatrd I'mnl
. . V i.i I -. 1 V 4 .,-11 in TK rx 11 .1 .
iolane has arrived. It covered 190
miles in three hours and one mm
ute. It will undergo government
tests here,
tbe pilot
Malcom Loughead was
BRITISH MID HIS SE1TLE DOI'JII
TO OH RAGE OF
Fight Passes Beyond All Question
. of Loss or Gain of
Territory
( Bj Aaaorlated Pma
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Thursday, April 11. The
enemy continued his determined at
tacks against strategical points north
and south ot Armentieres today.
The Germans pounded the defenses
of Oivenchy which place changed
hands several times. North of Ar
mentieres the Germans gained a
footing at Messines but the British
were clinging to the west ridge and
keeping the enemy from Wytschaete.
The battle has gotten beyond such
considerations ' as the loss of a
stretch of territory and has settled
down to a grim race to determine
whether the German man power is
BRITISH ARMY IS
FULLY EQUIPPED
(By Aaaoclatcd PrMa)
OTTAWA, , April 12. The British
Krmy-- m ""Franca- !- thoroughly
equipped today as when the Picardy
battle began. England has replaced
all lost guns, and has. increased the
quantity of machine guns, according
to the British parliamentary secre
tary of the minister of munitions
who said: "The tanks the Germans
captured are being replaced by su
perior models. The ammunition con
sumed has been more than made
good while men are steadily being
released to fill the gaps caused
through loss of man power. Great
Britain continues as strong, if not
stranger. In the air."
BOMBARDmTnt" RESUMED
(.By Aaaoclated Preaaf
fAKts, April iz. ine nomoara-
ment of Paris has been resumed.
LEADS PARADE
( By Aaaoolated Pre i
chico, cai., April iz. James
Pershing, brother of the American
commander, headed the Liberty loan
parade of 3000 school children held
here.
PAPER IS SARCASTIC
(Br Aaaoelated Preaak
AMSTERDAM, April 1Z. The
Koelnische Volks Zeitung says the
strategy of tbe German supreme
army command is still unrevealed
and will be recognizable only In the
course of further operations.
U. S. MARINE8 LANDED
(By Aaaoriated Praia)
HARBIN, April 5. American ma
rines have been landed at Vladivos
tok, as well as British and Japanese
forceB, according to advices from
that place. . The Americans are In
control ot the docks, while the Japan
ese are guarding the railway and am
munition depots.
CLAIMS OF BER-LIN
(Br Aaaoriated Preaa)
BERLIN, Thursday, April 11. Gen
eral headquarters announced today
that the fighting has been limited to
artillery duels and minor infantry op
erations on both sides of the Somme
and on the southern bank of the
Oise.
START OFFENSIVE
(By Aaaoelated Preaa)
LONDON, April 12 Turkish tad
German forces in Palestine opened
an offensive on Wednesday near the
coast.
CHICAGO PITCHER DRAFTED
(Itv 4aao-laed Praaat
ST. PAUL. Neb.. April 12. Pitcher
Alexander of the Chicago Nationals
was drafted Into the national army
today.
f IHlims
EXTERHAII!
enough to accomplish the threat to
annihilate the British and force
capitulation. It Is now a cold propo
sition as to which side can kill the
most, and at tbe same time find re
cruits enough to fill the depleted
ranks.
( By Aaaariated Preaa)
LONDON, April 12. A wounded
machine gunner describing tbe Ger
man attack said: "You could lvs
shot ih'.'m down with your eyes
shut," according to a Daily Mail cor
respondent. "We fired straight Into
tbem. They went down Id heaps, yet
we couldn't stop them. It was one
Sown and another coming on."
OREGON LEADS
N LIBERTY LOAN
(By Aaaoriated Prcaa)
CHICAGO, April 12. Iowa la the
first - state to fill its quota of the
third Liberty loan In the seventh
federal reserve district, It was of
ficially announced last night.
In Chicago subscription suffered
a slump and up to last night only
$2,500,000 had been reported as the
day's progress making a total of
$26,532,000.
Oregon is the first state officially
to report oversubscription. Iowa
claimed the honor but bas not filed
substantial reports.
TO RAISE FUNDS
(By Aaaoclatrd Prsaa)
WASHINGTON, April 12. The
Catholic archbishops of tbe United
States and tbe national Catholic war
council, meeting here yesterday, ap
proved a nation-wide campaign at an
opportune time for funds to aid the
war council in Us varied activities.
War councils were suggested for
every diocese, to assist local authori
ties in preserving decent camp en
vironments, caring for soldiers on
furlough and providing amusements
for tbem within tbe camps.
GET CONFESSION
(By Aaaoelated Prcaa) .
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12. Two x
are arrested here In connection with
the robbery In March ot the Yoko
hama Specie Bank following an al
leged confession in Los Angeles, the
police said, of Archie Frazer, the
bank watchman, had made after his
arrest last night.
BUTLE
THEATRE
TO-NIGHT
KITTY GORDON
In
"HER HOUR"
Kitty Gordon's regal beauty
framed in the smartest of new
frocks. An Intents story acted
by brilliant company and mag
nificently staged.
Also the Four-Star Feature
"THE HIDDEN HAND"
Standing of Candldated
Announced Today
TOMORROW
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN
BEVERLY BAYNE
in
"RED WHITE AND
BLUE BLOOD"
Matinee 1:30
Evening 7 and S:M
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