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VOL. XVIH No. 184
No League of Nations Until Backbone of Bolshevism Broken
SHIPYARDS
SHUTTIGHT
BY STRIKE
(My AstiM'Inteil PrcMl
SEATTLE, Jan. 22. The gates of
all Washington' steel shipyards and
many wooden yards did not open to
day, having !een closed yesterday
by the strike of 35,000 metal workers
ho ask a basic wage scale of $8 a
day for mechanics and $7 and $B a
day for helpers and laborers.
PROVES HIMSELF
SOCIAL LEADER
tltr (.m-tuiril CrMl
WASHINGTON. Jau. 22. Examina
tion if Thomas Logan, representative
at Washington of SwiCt & Co.. re
Starting Ills social relations with con
gresMnen and executive officials was
continued today before the senate
agriculture committee considering
legislation to regulate, die meat in
dustry. lxgan said Chairman Hur
ley, or the shipping board; Secretary
Tumul: y. Federal Trade Commis
sion Davlen and members of the
house and senate attended a large
hall g'ven by him at the hotel at
which he livid.
AMERICAN RIGHTS
MUST BE GUARDED
IBr Aaitirlmrd I'rrut
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. A decision
to send a commltte" to Parts to
Place before the ipeace conference
tafonnation showing what steps are
ntedid to protect American Interests
in Mexico was reached at a meeting
her yastarday of the National As
sociation for the protection of Ameri
can rights in Mexico.
WOMEN ASK TO
BE REHEM
PARIS (Tuesday). Jan. 21. The
claim that women be given a place In
whatever bodies that may be created
" Putting into effect the idea of a
l8aue of nations was made in a
"solution presented to the peace con
fiace by an organization of French
omen under the presidency of
Juliette Adam.
r .iuuay AND A YEAR AGO
Official readings of the ther-
momster by the United States
observer at Tonopah:
1919
5 a. m ; 33
a. m st
, It noon 43
4 u..i... ... IT-
1918
19
25
' 29
30
16
soon
.
-m, jan. zi i
Minimum, Jan. 21 .... 2
Rd(ti . .
. uuuiiuuj
SI per Mot. .
at
1
r
ONOPAH
ft
Peru and Chili
Still at Outs
(II, tBii-lul-U rrt-l 0
LIMA, Peru (Tuesday), Jau.
21. Persecution against Peruv-
iuns Is continuing in Chile, ac-
rolling to refugees, TOO of
whom arrived a! Mollendo yes-
tenia y.
',
DULL YEAR
II, ANit,alHri' rrrai
WASHINGTON .Ian 22.-- Director
licner.il llines said today that pres
eut indications pointed to a reduction
in freight traffic this year, conse
quently he did not expect any great
reduclion in the general level of
f; eight rates during the year.
AMERICANS
IN FREIGHT
PREDICTED
TRANS-SIBERIAN LINES"1""
u .... iiiir.i Hr.-.i "
VLADIVOSTOK cruesday). Jan "1
-Agreement for control, oi me
Trnnssfbcrian railroad lias given
Americans control of the line from general, no. .-.,. .-u.. "
Porgraulchana to Omsk, a distance ienns will guard the line.
t nntt" ,.,mmt''"
BERLIN PASSES BUCK
ON POLISH OUTBREAK
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 22 A reply to
he British note requesting the Ger
man government to refrain from fur
ther iprovocation of the Polish popu
lation iu east and west rrussia.
Posen and Silesia, the German gov-
i -
eminent, accordiug to a un.pau.ii
from Berlin, expressed In agreement
with Britain that the future of tne
iwma.. eastern frontier aepemis
upon the peace conference The Ger
ASSESSMENT TAX
(IIt Aaani'lnlral lrrl
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 -Taxes on
amusement admissions will not be in
creased bv the war revenue bill. The
conferees agreed today to rescind
their previous decision to increase
the rate from 10 to 20 per cent.
TOWN T
TO KING MANUEL
PARIS (Tuesday, Jan. 21-a,em.
a mall town on the Mlnho river in
1 ...riuirid to the
RERED RESCIND ACTION ON
URNS OVER
ao if aero roww
' monarciiUti this mwniir
Divldoid, ,B6S,578
TONOPAH, NEVADA,
SOI GOOD
CAME FRO
OWNERSHIP
4, -fmril I'rrul
WASHINGTON, Jan 22. The use
of water routes to relieve crowded
railroad lines, consolidation of ticket
offices, unification of terminals and
;he pooling of repair shops were
among the reforms instituted by the
railroad administration and endorsed
as worthy of continuation by Julius
Kruttschnitt, chairman of the South
ern Pacific, in his testimony today
before the senate interstate com
merce committee.
FARMERS BORROW MONSY
ill, ,'lil.l I'rraM
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 .- 1'nder
the farm loan system $157.oul).uUi
was lent to tiS.lRMI farmers to Janu
ary Is', the farm loan board report
ed today.
DIRECT
of 3000 miles. Jolin Stevens, head of
(he ralwaj. commission to Russia, is
administrator with the Russian
man note expresses surprise at the
request to refrain from provocation
and declares dial Germany has done
everything to redress Polish griev
ances and accuses the Poles of con
tinually provoking Germans
TAKES ACTION TO
HELP SOLDIERS
ill. a .aulnall PfMII
SACRAMENTO. Jan. 22. Oovernor
Stephens announced today that a
bill creating a state committee of
niue "011 soldiers' employment and
readjustment" would be introduced
during the atiernoon session of the
senate, today as an emergency mea
sure. The bill carries an approprla
tlon of 150,000 to defray the ex
penses of the committee, which will
be a volunteer organiiatlon if the
hill passed.
BULLION TAX WIPED OUT
BY PAYING PENALTIES
The county commissioners have ac
eepted a settlement In full of the
bullion tax claims of the county
uKBlnst the Tonopah Mining and Bel
mont Mining companies by axknowl
eiteine the payment of penalties and
entering into n instrument agreeing
rlUST
. to cases all otbas
Daily
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
Nevada Needs
Similar Measure
I ll Ahh.m-Ini-iI 1'reNM)
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 22. A
Mil aimed lo speed the counting
of ballots at election will be In-
iroduted probably tomorrow by
Senator Can1.
MERCHANT
ll A HMiH'inlt1! I'renn i
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. Disaster
was predicted as certain to follow
continued government operation of
the merchant marine by Charles
Pag meinber of the shipping board,
at the opening session of the mer
haut marine conference here to dis
cuss how to further American ship
ping Page asked advice of the con
ference on problems which, he said.
I he (shipping board must face im
mediately. lly Annoi-IiiIpiI l-rmal
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 22. Piemen is
lrtually in the hands of the working-
men, according to a dispatch to the
Herlin Lokal Anzeiger from the Ger
man seaport. orkingmen occupied
the barracks, town hall, telephone
office and banks and posted machine
tuns in the market place and public
buildings.
ARMY OBJECTORS
ARE TURNED LOOSE
WASHINGTON, Jun. 2:' -Secretary
Baker today ordered the release of
110 conscientious objectors held at
Port Leavenworth with remission of
the unexecuted portions of their sen
tences. "honorable .restoration to
duty" and immediate discharge from
the army.
Secretary Haker instructed that
discharges granted these coiucieu
tlous objectors should he in special
form which includes the following:
"This Is a conscientious objector
who has done no military duty what
soever and who refused to wear the
uniform."
SOCIALISTS FAIL
TO GAIN CONTROL
lly AaNWlnlrd TreMY
AMSTERDAM. '.Tan. 22 Although
tin majority Socialists have obtained
an absolute majority in Herlin, ac
cording to a dispatch to the Handles-
Mad, they cannot consider the re
suits satisfactory as the bourgeoise
parties found more sir.tnort than had
been expected. The iLokal Anzeiger
of Berlin estimates the Bourgeoise
parties up to TtMwday afternoon had
rained is many seats as the two
Socialist parties combinsd.
MARINE IS
W DYING
LIULUI Ulin II LU
Stiver,
Bonanza
JANUARY 22. 1919
ULTIMATU
SENT
F
illy .m-lnlt-d I'l-riiO
i 'A HIS. 'Jan. 22.- -The supreme
council of the pence conference this
morning considered the Ruli-h ques
tion and decided to send a mission
to Poland. This announcement was
made in an official statement of the
proceedings of the conference. Wli'U
the council met there were present,
in addition to all members of the
council, Mar,-hiil l-'oeh. General Wey
gand. his chief staff and Hear Ad
tirral Hope, deputy f ist sea lord of
he British admiralty.
A proosal from President Wilson
0
i
OLSHEVIST POISON
INTHE ALLIED ARM ES
iiy Anmefnirii rre! ,
STOCKHOLM .Tuesday 1, Jan. 21. 1
Max Litvmoff, former Bolshevist ;
ambassador to lndon, in a state-
men 1 to the Associated Press today !
admitted that a Bolshevist propa-
giinda had been carried on In Ger- ;
AMERICAN U
HOTBEDS OF SEDITION
lllv A HMiti'latFil FrB
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 Archibald
Stevenson, representative of the mil
it.irv intelligence service, testifying
day nefore the senate in the pro
paganda investigating committee, de
clared that a large number of pro
fessors lu American universities had
uliserihed 10 radical, and paclfi t
views This, he said, was particu
arly true of several professors in
sociology, economics anil History,
OF COLORADO IKS
III, ( VNIM'tll !r.l l-vp.,1
DPRANGO. Colo., Jan. 22 -Pour
hundred and two thousand, five hull
dred and six dry tons of Colorado
ore were treated in the plants of the
American Smelting anu Refining
company during the last year, ac
cording to a statement from Mana
ger I!. P. Reynolds of the local plant.
Tils brought 120.027 oun-es of gold:
.',.2f!H.:ilS ounces of silver; 34.1:11.
ti'fi pounds of lead and 6.:i"iS.0!i4
pounds of copper. This brought a
total oi si::.n"),581 to Colorado rain
ing men.
In spite of possibility of decreased
prices for ores, the outlook for min
ing in the future is considered
bi-ght by mining men.. Manufacturers
of mining tools are rwarning to this
business instead of war work and
"the release of many mine experts
from army service Is expected to
bring new miniur activities.
today-ll.Oi i'Scj
UMMJEP
M FROM P
APPR0V
i t-gni ding the Russian question will
lie discussed t fi i afternoon, the
statement added.
illy taMOi-tnlril l-r-;
PARIS. Jan. 22. President Wilson
and l.loyd (ieorge have reached a
complete agreement on the Russian
sii nation, according to the Paris edi
tion of the London Daily Mail. They
legiud a sett lenient of the Russian
ipiesl'on absolutely necessary as pro
j liminary to the formation of a
'league of nations and are anxious to
I secure the evidence of accredited
llolsheviki representatives as to the
iiuiuy but denied any such aothity
u -My neutral or entente country.
"Now when the entente nations are
waging war on Russia in Russian
territory," h said however, "we fee!
justified in engaging in propaganda
work among the allied troops."
The witness said he would give the
names of such professors to the committee.
l(IIIMI((tMI((l
NIVERSITIES
NEVADA LAW MAKERS BEGIN
ROUTINE LABORS OF SESSION
(Special to the Bonanza)
I ARSON CITY, Jan. 22. The in
troduction of the governor's message
in both houses yesterday did not
bring forth the ovation expected In
stead of being a snappy paper filled
with suggestions ami recommenda
tions urging radical changes In
methods of government as forecast
in Interviews the paper was a dreary
recital of the happenings of the past
two years to the extent of nine eol
11101 of solid newspaper type. Three
thousand words were used In describ
ing war activities and urging an ap
propriation that the historical so
ciety might maintain complete rec
ords of these happenings. War con
ditions in Nevada industries were
described as highly prosperous Noth
ing is said about taking action for
-ecuring employment for the return
ng soldiers and sailors although the
uldress referred to the "problems of
he next yeaf or two will be difficult
of solution."
It is set forth that the expenses of
he stale have only increased 10 per
ent in the last two years compared
with an average increase of 41 per
ent in county government.
"In the minds of most student! of
the readjustmeat problem ther ex
ists the belief tbat the lratrurtlOD
ft year ago, .89 i-8c
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status of Russian affairs. "CreucU
opinion," continues the newspaper,
"does not at present faor even this
admission of the Ho'shevil.i regime "
THREE CHOSEf,
DELEGATES FROM
IRISH REPUBLIC
111, Mttlltf it I'll",. I
IH'lll. IN, Jau 22 A.i.rUnu to the
provi-iuiial constitution of the Irish
republic now before the "Hall
Kireann." legislative powers will ba
vested .in deputies elected tnun the
existing offices secret, u-ies of fi
nance. Home affairs foreign affairs
and national defense Ml revenues
w iil be raised on a volt: of 1 he "I lull
Kireann." Count 1'lunkeit. professor
Kitward De Vaiera and At-liur Grif
fiths probably will be appoitred
Irish delegates to the peace congress
today.
YANKS IN RUSSIA
Tl
lly AknocIhIpiI I'reMKl
ARCHANGKI., Jau 22 Hol.-hevlki
forces on the northern Russ'nn front
attacked American and Russian por
tions Sunday last. Defensive out
posts were withdrawn but the Bo!
sheviki attack on the main position
was repulsed.
of a period of large public expendi
tures to care for the serious condi
tion;, of imetujiioyi'ient has becoue)
(Continued On Page Four 1
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