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jog $26,901,164
Silver, today--99 3-4c; a year ago, 74 3 -4c
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METAL QUOTATIONS
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Copper 23'to
Laid 1 MOe
Quicksilver $1.08
ONOPAH LP ABLY BONANZA
THE WEATHER
, u. fair and oooler with light
f h'Jy frost. Friday f.r .nd
probably warmer.
TONOPAH, NEVADA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 25. 1918
PRICE 10 CENTS
No. 254
VI
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SES LUrtN WORKERS 10 KEEP
HE GOING FOR THE IXIi
ense Bombardment
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SAILORS DESCRIBE
Over Wide Are.
McAdo
o Asks Committees to do Their
Utmost for Soldiers at
the Front.
WASHINGTON, April 25. Loan
lubKcrlpitona todliy reached H.837,-
S88.350.
WANUTON, April 2B.-Anothcr
plea (or local campaign committees
joi to !op working after communi
ties reach their Liberty loan sub
ifriptlon quotas went (orth yesterday
from Secretary McAdoo prompted by
recurlrng reportH that workers In
iora towns are satisfied with 100
per cent records.
"If we atop fighting when we have
reached the minimum of the Liberty
loan," said the secretary, "we are
not comparably sustaining our ion
to Trance who are Hunting not for
ihe minimum, but for the maximum
of America's rights and world lib
erty.
At the rate the country is sub
scribing this week, the loan will be
slightly oversubscribed but treasury
officials are hoping for a total of
at least $5,000,000,000. The aggre
gate of reports up to the opening
of business yesterday Is $1,790,478.
150. which la $132,000,000 more than
the total announced Tuesday night.
The average daily subscription
necessary until the end of the cam
paign are $120,000,000 to make the
three billion and $H20,000,OOl) to make
the five billion.
fhe Minneapolis and St. 1-ouls fed
eral reHcrve districts were officially
reported lust night as having sub
scribed 103 and 102 per ceut respec
tively of their Quotas and headquart
ers recognize the claim of the St.
Toula district of having gone ovor
the top first.
Bill Rl HI, COPPER 1GIUTE
10 DIRECT KRAFT PRODUCT!
Il aawetalc Pnn I
WASHINGTON, April 25. Direc
tion of the army's great aircraft
production program has been placed
li the hands or a civilian, John D.
Ryu, copper magnate, rnilroad m m
and financier.
Secretary Ilaker announced the
itep last night, disclosing at the
stmt time a reorganization of the
signal corps under which the aviation
aectlan virtually ia divorced from
the corps proper, heretofore supreme
on ill questions. With actual pro
duction turned over to a civilian
division headed by Mr. Ryan, Brigadier-General
W. Kentley la made chief
of a new division of military aero
nautlca, to control training of avia
tor! and military use of aircraft.
Major-General Squler, chief sign.il
officer, will confine his activities in
the future to the signal branch. How
ard Coffin, chairman of the aircraft
board and under whose direction the
aircraft production has been devel
oped to Its present stage, retires
from the board and relinquishes the
chairmanship to Mr. Uyan. The air
craft board Itself, created by con
gress, will continue as an advisory
body.
Throughout all the agitation over
delays and mistakes in getting quan
tity production of aircraft under way,
all critics have agreed that the great
fault lay In the absence of concen
trated control. The power of Mr.
Coffin and his board was subject
to the signal corps, and this divided
responsibility has been blamed large
ly for the fact that the program Is
about three months behind.
TRAINING HIPS 10
WHICH MEN WILL 60
iHr Aaauelat'd Prrsa.)
WASHINGTON, April 25. Tralu-
Ing camps to which the 150,000 draft
ed men ordered mobilized next Fri
day will be sent, were announced
here yesteday by ProvoBt Marshal:
General Crowder.
The camps with totals assigned to
each and the state from which the
men will come Include:
White Camp Dodge, 9900; North
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois.
Camp Custer, 7849; Michigan, Wis
consin. Camp Funston, 9675; Kan-
i, Missouri, North Dakota, Ne
braska, Colorado, New Mexico, Ari
zona. Camp DIx, 9130; New Jer
sey, Delaware, New York, Rhode
Island, New Hampshire, New Jer
sey. Camp Grant, b&Wh; Wisconsin,
Illinois. Camp Travis, 652 ; Okla
homa, Texas. Camp Mead, 6201;
District of Columbia, Maryland, West
Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania. Camp
Pike, 1814; Arkansas, Louisiana. Mis
sissippi. Camp Taylor, 8164; Ken
tucky, loulsiana. Camp Lewis, 9920;
Washington, Oregon, California, Ida
ho, Nevada. Montana, Wyoming,
Utah.
Negroes Camp Sherman, f3l;
Ohio. Camp Funston, G05; Oklahoma.
Missouri, Kansas. Camp Grant, 3010;
North Carolina, Illinois. Camp Pike,
7474; Arkansas, Louisiana, Missis
sippi. Camp Taylor, 1350: Indiana,
Kentucky.
NO ISSUE
OF BONANZA
TOMORROW
No paper will be Issued by the
Bouanza tomorrow. Owing to
the proclamation by President
Wilson declaring Friday, April
26 a national holiday for the
second drive on the third Lib-
erty loan bond and asking the
people of this government to de-
vote their time and energy to
procure and wind up this bond
4 issue, the Bonanza asks one and
all to devote all of their ener- 4
glos tomorrow to this end. Any
important dispatches from the
battle front or national news
will be posted la- front of the
Bonanza office.
BRITISH REPULSE
ATTACK OF HUNS
GERMANS HURLTERRIF G ASSAULTS
BATTLE RACES ALONG
ENURE SOIffiE FRONT
II) Aartetrd I'rmi
PARIS, April 25. The battle on
the whole front south of the Somme
and on the Avre lasted all day and
still continues, according to the war
office announcement last night. The
Germans gained a footing In the
woods to the northward of Hangard-en-Santerre
and also in the eastern
outskirts of the village, which the
French are desperately defending.
Several enemy assaults were shat
tered near Hallles, and attacks at
Seneoat wood and Hill No. 62 also
failed.
WILL TAKE WOOL
11 LIGHT ON THE
T Aaaarlatrd Pra
WASHINGTON, April. 25. Lens
than a dozen Americans were killed
and about twentr were wounded In
the
DEATH RATE LOWER
in luwlil PrMl
WASHINGTON, April 25 The in
flux of new men to the army train
Ing camps In this country resulted
III- AMMMlat4 Piml
WASHINGTON, April 25. The
wool growers' conference with tne
war industries board ha agreed to
deliver the government the entire
wool output of the United States ou
the price baslH of prices prevailing
tor washed wool on July 30, last, thus
voiding the possibility of having
the product commandeered. The gov
ernment will take all wool produced
and now in warehouses.
German attack on the twentieth In an increased rate of admission to
"ear Belcheprey. These figures ap-
lared to support the German claim
that 183 American were captured.
Previously it was admitted that
American caiualtlps were around
lo hundred. Today's casualty Hat
tonuined the names of two killed
't action, six died from woundB,
'our from accident, seven from
"lease, one from other causes, five
ere severely wounded and twenty-
'our were slightly wounded.
ROTHEMERE RESIGNS
ar A..,(,. prm)
LONDON, April 25. Lord Rothe
"", brother of Lord Northcllffe.
b resigned as secretary of state for
"a lr forces due to Increasing III
health.
TODAY AND A YEAR AGO. 4
' Official reariln nf the lhar-
norneter by the United State! 4
ooaerver at Tonopah:
?91
s a. m 4g
i m 62
12 noon So
Maximum April 24 68
Minimum April 24 45
Relative humidity at
dy. (4 per cent.
1917
49
58
68
9
43 4
noon
4
4
hospitals last week, yesterday's re
port to the division of field sanita
tion shows. Epidemics of influenza
prevail In national guard cniups In
the south as well as national army
camps, and, as a result, pneumonia
continues with a high Incidence, al
though the number of new cases Is
lower than the week before.
In the regular army some 800 new
cases of pneumonia were reported
The total deaths for the week were
278 againHt 285 for the week before.
There were sixty-ninth deaths in the
regular army; forty-nine In the na
tlonal guard and 160 in the natlonul
army.
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MORE EARTHQUAKES
iHt Aaaorlatrd Preaal
SAN JACINTO. April 25. Two
more earthquake were felt last
nUhi Thnre was no damage, but
u .f,'. v. - -
the recollection of the earlier tremor
caused many people to vacate build
ings. Marked progress Is being
made in wrecking and salvaging
j.. htiiidinza here and at
Heme.
A survey is being made of Indl
vldual losses to aid in the distrl
butlon of funds already contributed
and which are expected to be raised
i Mr Aaauflalrd Preaa.1
LONDON, April 25. The BritiBh
have repulsed three Oerman attacks
east of Amiens today. uermans
were repulsed In an attack on French
positions northeast of Bailluel. They
renewed their attacks early today
after an Intense bombardment. They
talso attacked the British positions
further to the east. . The British
by a counter attack regained the
ground around Vlllers and Breton-
neux and captured many prisoners.
Severe fighting continued and the
enemy has suffered heavy casualties.
Reuter's correspondent said the
Germans appear to have obtained a
footing in the d'Aqucnne wood west
of Vlllers and Bretonneux hut that
the British counter drove the enemy
back to the front of the wood. The
British have retaken the ground at
several places and their general po
sition 1b Improved considerably. Brit
ish and German tanks- are partici
pating in the fighting. The British
are doing great execution among the
massed Germans.
The Germans determinedly attempt
ed to rush toward Kemmel hill yes
terday without any appreciable ef
fect. The French counter attack re
stored their position before daybreak.
The Germans put down an Intense
gas barrage on the Anglo-French
front in Flanders. Two hours later
waves of Infantry delivered assaults.
The fighting Is still in progress.
MARINE CASUALTIES
(Bj AwiOTlalrd Pruwl
WASHINGTON, April 25. Marines
fighting with France have suffered
274 casualties. This Is the first
official announcement that they are
actively partfhipating.
Aaaorlalra) Frcaa.1
DOVKR, England, April 25. Crews
of the ships which took part In the
raid on Zeebnigge have many thril
ling stories of their adventures. One
of them has described how, despite
the fact that the Germuus discovered
their presence while they were still
outside the harbor they made their
way in through heavy gun fire, the
Vindictive reaching the wharf where
she remained for an hour and a half.
"A landing party was put ashore,"
the seaman said "and we captured
the German guns on the breakwater
and turned them around, firing them
on the German fortified positions.
As far as we could see, there was
not a place of any military import
ance left we destroyed a lot.
"We had to leaver many of our land
ing parties behind, but they were
taken off by motor boats. One cf
our destroyers received a salvo of
shellB In her englneroom and had to
be beached. She was blown up after
the survivors had been rescued.
'Those of the landing parties who
remained behind to conclue the work
of smashing German guns knew they
would either lose their lives or be
taken prisoner. They were volun
teers and a brave lot of fellows."
SOUTHERH BUTTLE HIT
British Artillery Smash Enemy
Infantry as Fast as
They Appear
(Br Aaaorlatrd Prraa)
WITH THIS BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, April 25. The German at
tack against the British and French
lines along the Dranoutre-Kemmel
sector Is continuing. The capture
of Kemmel hill la the Teuton objective.
KILL HOLDUPS IN
RUNNING GUN FIGHT
ill; A-Iilrd lrmal
LOS ANGELES, April 25. Two
were killed and three wounded, one
dangerously when three masked ban
dits unsuccessfully attempted to hold
up a saloon last night at Vernon,
adjoining Los Angeles. The dead in
clude a bandit and William Griffin,
a bartender. l:aaet jmarni ana ine
proprietor were wounded seriously.
Apparently the other two bandits
were wounded in the fight with the
city marshal. The first shot by City
Marshal Harris killed one of the
bandits. The two remaining bandits,
firing continuously, backed, out of
the saloon and ran to an automobile.
Marshal Harris followed, shooting
Another bandit fell screaming as
he was about to enter the car. His
companions placed him In the auto
mobile as Harris fired again and the
third bandit staggered backward, ap
parently shot In the leg, but he re
covered his balance and jumped Into
the automobile. The bandits ap
parently used an automobile stolen
earlier in the evening.
LOUtSlfttlA lillHG COM
IS SHIPPIII6 HIGHGRADE ORE
Yesterday the five-ton trucks of the
Louisiana Mining company of Tybo
started delivering $125 galena ship
ping ore from the company's mines
to the T. & G. railroad. This ia vir
tually a new discovery, and Is taken
from a sixteen-foot ledge. It is the
intention of the company to deliver
the ore to the railroad company
twenty-five tons dally for shipment
to Utah smelters. These shipments
verify the statement of 8am New-
house, the I'tah mining magnate,
when he said to the Bonanza reporter
yesterday morning that the Louisiana
Mining company property at Tyoo
were possessed of one of the biggest
lead and sliver mines In existence
today, and that this property would
continue to be the greatest producer
of a-alena ores In thl state for many
vears to come. He also said. "I have
made the company a proposition to
ON FOREIGN TRADE
work, and a financial result for each
and every stockholder, and should
I not become associated with the
Louisiana Mining company, I would
still make this same report that this
company has one of the greatest
galena properties in the state of Ne
vada, and I believe of the entire
coast."
Today reliable information sayB
that Mr. New-house's proposition had
been accepted by the company, and
that he will become a director and
also will become an active factor In
the supervision of the new develop
ment work which he has mapped
out. It Is believed that a smelter
will be erectod and also a power line
will be run to Tybo, this being
necessary for the deeper develop
ment of this property, power being
required to pump the water. Mr.
Newhouse becoming associated with
the Louisiana Mining company speaks
become aasoclated with them and volumes for the mining Industry for
should It b accepted 1 predict . southern Nevada, a he mine, for
arte R4 Croaa. Imoat
kctlv- unpIT dovetonaaiMt'rtotH aadoaa large scalex
iHy Aaaawlatca Prtaa.1
NEW YORK, April 25. "Unless we
continue to evelop our foreign
trade after the war, we can have no
enduring prosperity," was the warn
ing given last night by Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board, in
discussing at a testimonial dinner ti
Isaac K. Marcosson, a magazine
writer, the future of the vast mer
chant marine which America Is build
ing. Mr. Hurley paid tribute to the ser
vices of writine men in the war
factors in the conflict."
'If there are any men among you
who doubt that we are going to
have a vast fleet." Mr. Hurley said.
"I will simply ask you whether you
have heard of a well-known man in
our organization wliose name is
Charles M. Schwab?"
"We are building ships not alone
for the war, but for the future of
world trade," the chairman continued.
"The Immediate problem Is first to
transport men and supplies to Eu
rope, but It must not be forgotten
that the lines of supply do not origi
nate wholly in the United States
but from the great streams of ex
port materials derived chiefly from
the markets of Latin-America and
Alia."
lit Aaarlalr4 Prcaa.!
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, April 25. Hard fighting
developed yesterday morning on the
southern' battle front, the enemy at
tacking south of the Somme atpug
the line of Vlllers-Bretonneux, Han
gard en Santerre, Hailles and Castel.
Early developments indicated that
the Germans were trying only tor
limited objectives.
On the British sector Villers-Breton-neux,
which nestles on a ridge over
looking the long stretch of the
Somme valley, was the storm center
and here the enemy for the first
time since the war began had tanks
Mn action. Three of these engines
of war accompanied the storming In
fantry, which at latest reports had
battled forward Into the eastern out
skirts of the town, where severe
fighting took place.
From the French sector came
word that the Germans had made
very slight progress.
The assault was preceded by
heavy bombardment about Vlllers
Bretonneux. At the conclusion of
this preparation the Germans surged
forward along the whole British front
south of the Somme, although it
seemed that they had Villers-Breton-
neux as their ultimate goal because
of Its dominating position.
The first attack was thrown back,
but the enemy immediately came for
ward again and this time met with
more success.
In the face of heavy machine gun
and rifle fire the Germans pushed on
toward the town, their three tanks
leading. The British gave way slight
ly, and the enemy got a footing In
the eastern fringe of the town.
Further north a little above the
Albert region the British infantry
put up an S. O. S. for artillery pro
tection about 4 o'clock this morning
and what appeared to promise a seri
ous attack began to show. It turned
out to be nothing more pretentious
than an attempted raid, however, and
the British artillery smashed the
enemy infantry as fast as they left
their trenches.
Between Robecq and Givenchy-Les
Raise there was also considerable
enemy shelling yesterday morning
and the Germans made a . small at
tack in an attempt to take a post
near Glvenchy. But this movement
was quickly stopped by the British
fire. The British carried out minor
operations at Glvenchy which re
sulted in the re-capture of a strong
post which the enemy held.
South of the Clarence river, four
German companies which essayed a
local attack were repulsed.
Trouble has been brewing In the
Somme sector for days, the enemy
maintaining a bombardment of more
or less Intensity over a wide area.
Throughout Tuesday VIllers-Breton-neux
and surrounding places were
heavily shelled and yesterday morn
ing the bombardment was greatly in
creased.
On the northern battle front the
German artillery pounded the en
tente allied position Tuesday, espe
cially In the Robecq and Mervtlla
sector and yesterday morning an In
tense bombardment was put down
In the British positions on both sides-
of the river Lowe. Thus a large
section of the northern battle front
waa seething yesterday.
An attack above Albert came after
a halt hour bombardment by the
enemy. As the Oerman Infantry left
their trenches the British deluged
them with rifle and machine gun
fire and forced a hasty retirement.
A British operation Tuesday over
a 2000-yard front In the RIes du
Vinage sector was a complete success
and greatly Improved the defending
lines. A nasty salient about 1500
yards wide and about the same depth
had bulged Into the German territory
Just north of Rlez du Vinage. By
their attack the British drove the
enemy from this salient and straight
ened their line.
SEVERE FIGHTING
N
T
(Br Aaaoclated Preaa)
ROME, Italy, April 26. Quite se
vere fighting In the Aslago basin,
west of the Brenta river, Is reported
in the official statement Issued by
the war office yesterday. The state
ment reads:
'In the Aslago basin British re-
connoitering parties attacked enemy
detachments which attempted to op
pose them. Before our lines at
Canove the enemy was forced to re
tire, leaving behind a number of
dead. Later on hostile groups ad
vancing toward BJount Kaberlaba
were repulsed In disorder by our
rifle fire. Another party approaching
our lines south of Stoccaredo was at
tacked and dispersed by hand gren
ade fire.
"On the other sectors of the front
there was patrol activity on both
sides. Our forces captured machine
guns and rifles In the Alano district.
"Four enemy airplanes were shot
down by British aviators."
4B- AnHorlated Prraal
PARIS, April 25. The Germans
have captured Hangard southesst of
Amiens. The battle continued vio
lently throughout the night. The
French lost then recaptured Han
gard but were finally forced out
again. The French are holding the
outskirts around Hangard. The ar
tillery fighting continues and la
violent on both banks of the Avre.
The French made successful raids
on Laslgny and south of Couchy La
Chateau and In LorraJn.
The
iraph
Bo nana
reports.
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