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Tonopah Daily Boi
METAL QUOTATIONS
SILVER $1.13i
QUICKSILVER .. $96
COPPER 23"2o
LEAD $5.70
VOL. XIX. NO. 58.
TONOPAH, NEVADA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1919.
PRICE 10 CENTS
2 1 0.0
WEATHER FORECAST.
TONIGT AND WEDNES
DAY; FAIll AND
COOLER
REM A
N
OUT
FROM LAS
MINERS ORGANIZE
MEET OPERATORS
The conference between mine op
erators and representatives of the
trades council and newly formed un
ion adjourned shortly after 3 o'clock
with the announcement that there
was nothing for publication at this
time. Both sides appeared pleased
with the progress of events and it is
inferred tnat the union was accepted
by the operators as the first step
toward getting together.
The mini' ami mill workers mei
hue yesterday afternoon In reeelve
reports from column h-os regarding
1 1 re ;u i .at am if a local union lor the
purpose' ol' dealing at all times with
the employers The el aftsinen are
already tiu'uiii.ed in their regular
trades affiliated Willi the American
Fed, -ratteen of Labor which operate
I li i i iu )i a Irailes coiiiieil and it was
dei'idi'il to orgaui.c the Tonopah
Divide niinoulirkers imion composed
of mine and mill workers in the
ToiiopaliThvuie districts. The con
stttntiiin was adopted and taken up
again at a second meeting of mine
and null workers held this morning
when It was arranged to no hefore
the operators at 1! o'clock this after
noon
PITTSBURG CALLS
THOUSAND POLICE
I - Inlr il tr)
riTTSlll' ItCili. Aug ;ti--A call tor
a thousand emergency policemen to
aid the regular police force in bate
Illy AMut'lnlril I'rrpal j
SANTA Ckl'Z. Cal., Admiral Hod
man announced that he has ordered!
six naval vessels to the Lower Call- I
fornia coast to assist hi the scan
(or Lieutenants Waterhouse and
I ouncl.y, army aviators who have
been missing for a week. The vessels j
were ordered lo establish fuel and j
communication bases between San
I). ego and Sun t arlos. Lower Cali- j
fornia. i
AMERICANS WILL HUNT
MOSQUITOES FOR IVORY
(Correspondence Associated Press)
K KM I'ussiun Luij.i'i."', J y 4-
Ain i : n railway af -..Hi
il t i .n;.-, operutl
ii .in. k :ci' this suir .
Arctic mosquistoes worse
the Bolsheviki.
"After the war is over,
.Itel .III ! I
He Vt . i
. I 1 lie- '
foes than
one Yank
recently told the correspondent, j
"we're going to come up here an 1
organize an expedition to hunt these
uiosquitos for their ivory. They're j
not like ordinary mosquitoes They
buzz ud. bite a piece out of your leg.
and then fly away into the treos to
eat it"
SNOW IN NEW YORK
WITH SUN SHINING
i Mr eai.lal lrt
HORN ELL, N. Y., Aug. 26 Al
though the sun was shining, snow
fell five minutes today and melted
as It struck the ground
WEATHER REPORT
NAVY ORDERED
TO JO N SEARCH
Current 66 75
Wet Bulb 46 0
Relative Humidify 22 17
Maximum yesterday ....SO S5
Minimum . -. 66 63
VEGAS, NEV.. TO COAST ALL
The committee of the trades couu
' ' i . . mine and mill workers and mine
opetators of the Tonopah and Di
vide districts met at the appointed
t.me when the committeeH of work
ers pro .-.on ted their side of the case
in the ciperators. this making the first,
appearance as an organized body.
This conference was brought about
through ilie activities of the Totio
pah lihide chamber of mines which
ilee'ded last evening at a full meet
ing of fhe executive committee to
lake action. At this meeting a rum
ti illee of two was appointed to wait
upon the mine operators with a re
quest that the latter recognize a com
niiitee from any union formed in
the Divide Tonopah mining districts
that consists of loyal, reliable and re
sponsible workmen heretofore em
ployed in or about the mines of either
district. The mine operators gave
their consent and in this way the
mediation committee of the Cham
ber of Mines arranged for the confer
ence of tills afternoon.
Joseph Lord the federal mediator
from I'eorta, III., who was last heard
(Continued on page 6
tiling the trolley strike situation here
was issued by the mayor in an effort
to prevent a recurrence of rioting.
coaT cheaper
than year ago
ll tM'lntrl Prraal
WASHINGTON. Aug 2ii J. I). A.
Morrow, vice-president of the Na
tional Coal Association, before the
-cenate coal investigation committee,
clenieil that combination exists among
bit'iininous coal operators to fix
prices. He said a combination would
be impossible if attempted. He tes
tified that prices declined under pre
vailing competition and are lower
than a year ago.
ALLIES OCCUPY ODESSA
AFTER LONG BOMBARDMENT1!1 "' t,,H!. T T'LTt
im iMkiM-tateil rrctM)
LONDON, Aug. U6. A Bolshevik
wireless from .Moscow admitted to
day that the allied forces have occu
pied Ode ssa, the chief Russian Black
sea port Occupation was said to
have been effected after thirty ves
sels bombarded the city two days.
MEAT ROTS IN STORAGE
eel Vncoffnlrtl l'r
WASHINGTON, Aug 26. From
Philadelphia there has come out the
astounding story that in the last
three months over 107,000 pounds
of meat, fish and poultry have been
permitted to rot In Philadelphia
storage houses because the owners
wire keeping up the prices. The
entire amount of meat, fish and poul
try thus nllowed to decay was sold
el n trifliiitr fiVnrft for fertiliser.
Nothing in way of punishment to
the offenders has been meted out
iind.-r federal law tnougn tne exist -
ing law is ample to meet it.
BOLSHEVIKI PUTTING UP
FOR RACE WAR PROPAGANDA
.1. ..M-leA Peub
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. The de
pirtiuent of justice has Information
that Russian soviet interests appar
! ently are supplying funds for a prop
I aganila to cause race antagonism In
the United State
My taiMtPlatrtf PrrMI
U)S ANUEl&X. Aug. 2li. -The
striking steam railroad men will ig
nore the instructions of their na
tional chiefs to resume work. This
decision was reached today follow
! ing meetings which began last night.
i The men based their action on the
I phrase of the orders which said they
j need not submit themselves to the
j danger of mob violence. They said
lo return now would he dangerous.
, The strike zone has gradually ex
j tended until now it reaches Harstow,
j Santa Harhara, llakersf ield. San
j 1 iego and Las Vegas, Nev.
j local developments induced the
announcement that the federal grand
jury will meet with an Intimation
ihnt delays in the mails will be in
vestigated. The Pacific Electric announced to
I day that it will have? normal day
light service by tomorrow. The Los
Angeles railway said it was restor
ing uonnal daylight service tine
Santa Fe train reached Los Angeles
yesterday. brotherhood members
bringing it in before joining the
strike. Another is expected today
under, similar conditions.
Kail road yards are choked with
j freight and pershahle foodstuffs are
j rotting in cars. The docks are cov
ered with shipments. Postal author-
' Hies are working feverishly to re
route a mountain of mail by motor
! truck and boats.
i Hy .lMwla(r4 I'rrtwl
LOS A.ViKLES auk-
Uti. The l.os I
(Angeles Kail way company lias re-1
!(juested employes now working to '
name a committee to confer with the
compuny about reinstatement of strlk j
ers. 1 he company previously an
nounced that it would re-employ
strikers only as new men.
i iir A4ia I
LONG UKAC.ll.--A crowd stoned a
t'.ieilie electric car loaded with ship
yard employes. The windows were
shattered None were injured se
riously.
- IIJ 4MHIMlrl lrf-M
KKKSNO, Aug. liti . -llepresentatives
of union passenger and freight train
men employed here by the Santa Ke
and Southern Pacific voted to strike
at ,i:t0 o'clock today as a protest
agaJust discharging union members
In Los Angeles for refusing to han
dle cars nonunion meu placed on
the track. y
ctl AccefMlBt4 Prm)
WASHING TON, Aug.
f, The
shopmen's committee informed Ad
ninisttator Hines that they couldn't
icept the settlement the president
proposed yesterday. They communi
cated the results of their negotiations
to the local unions w'th instructions
to take a strike vote on whether ihe
proposal be accepted
The committee said Mines told
I ion WUS lllllll aim ijip-uu mc nine w
teinain at work pending a decision
FALLON IN DANGER
OF POWER SHORTAGE
The foreboding relative to the pos
sible shutting down of the Uihontan
plant and the consequent stopping
of electrical servicer in Fallon is well
founded- It is asserted that bv ex
ercising the utmost economy the
plant may he operated until the
cooler weather certain to occur soon
will Increase the flow of flow of fhe
Truckee and make possible a more
liberal division of water than can
now he had. Churchill Standard
SECRETARY DANIELS ON
HIS WAY BACK HOME
i Hv laawltifi i-timT
j inn ART) it. S. S NEW YORK,
A(l(? 26 Secretary Daniels is re-
1 tnrnlng to Monterey to join the main
fleet. The dreadnaught has been
making seventeen knots since leav
ing Hilo yesterday.
RETURNS WITH HIS CAR
C. A. Llddell returned with ' the
car that was stolen from him by E.
J. Franklin and left at Fresno. No
trace of the rufUive m feud.
OWNERSHIP Or
R R G R TO
CAR I D
elly AsHOCIntrd I'rrMI
WASHINGTON, Aug ;;. The fed
eral trade commission has recent
mended to the president the opera
lion of refrigerator cars and that
cars used for the transportation of
meat animals he declared a govern
ment monopoly. The board declared
this step necessary to control the
business of the five1 big packers,
which own '.'n per cent oi the re
frigerator equipment of the coun
try, according to the report, which
leconiuieticleri that the government ac
tin ire cars, icing stations and othei
facilities and license ihe operation
by railroads.
The report said "The volume of
traffic of the five big packers en
able! thein to secure from railroads
.chantages over competing shippers
Prompt and efficient handling of
traffic in meats and other perishables
is of great public concern It is im
pottant that all shippers should have
eeptal a'nl adequate service Kecoiit
nieudations are made to correct pros
out inequalities of service anil rales
as we. l as to prevent da Hirers of tun
nopolistie advantages."
CONGRESS TO CHECK UP
SHIPPING BOARD WORK
llT tuMorlMlcril I'rcoejiMl
WASHINGTON. Aug. :ii The s"1
rial committee of the house ereateeej
to conduct nil investigation of the
administration of the United Staler
Shipping Hoard and the Kmertrencv
Fleet Corporation has left Wash
ington for the purpose of inspect itur
all ot the principal shipyards and
subsidiary plants erected at irovern
lucent expense Representative Walsh
of Massachusetts, chairman t' the
c cinimitiee, has announced that public
hearings will be held in most of ihe
'tiiportant shipbuilding centers
Kvicleticc already in the hands of
Ihe
om in it t ec
indicate
i hat the
Lrcatc
it vxt rava-L'ancr was
ih shipping hoHi'd. titul iliai miu'li
of its program resulted in complete
failure, he committee will be away
for one month going, first, tee the
I'a.'ifie const Ii will be ac e ompan
ied hv a clerical force, and bv a
representative of the shipping hoard
TO SCRUTINIZE ALL REQUESTS
llr AliwlHIrA flrBl
WASHINGTON. Aug :.--The up
uropriation e'onimiitee of the house
.vill shortly take up the recptest of
In- federal trade commission and
'ither branches of the government
lor additional appropriations for use
in fighting the high cost of living
There is no disposition upon the
part of the committee to oppose any
proper requests for money, but as
the departments have at their dis
posal large sums of money, Chair
man Good insists that all requests
b given close scrutiny before action
is taken.
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
OF WELLINGTON COUPLE
"
Mr and Mrs W K. Reading of
Berkeley. Cal. .will celebrate the
golden anniversary of their wedding I
tomorrow at Wellington, Nev, the'
old home ranch where the familv
'
kcuciieieu nuiii taiioun reee. nous c'
wish the old folks n continuation of
their placid lives Mr. and Mrs
Reading, who are aged, respective!
78 and 72 years, were married
Halifax. N. S., and spent the early
part of their married life In A'irginia
Ctiv. FOUR KILLED IN RIOT
The celebration will be at the home I DURING CAR STRIKE
of W. P. Reading and the other i RALEIGH, N, C, Aug 25 Four
members of the family In attend companies of state troops have been
ance are: A. Q. Reading, president of ordered to Charlotte where disorders
the Butte Divide Mining company In connection with a car strike re
of Tonopah; A. D. Reading of Reno; j suited in the death of two and the
D. C. Reading and Mrs. F. J. Corde, j Injury of a doien other persons, last
the ealy daughter, from Berkeley. lalbL
TRAINS STAND STILL
BOYS MAKE BIG MONEY -COLLECTING
DEAD FLIES
lH MIH'tHtrll I'tCMI
ST l.oiTS Aim
Two
boy liichard Shaw and Rich-
anl I'olirr. have collected JlVi.",
for flies I hey delivered to the
health department. 4
At the c ity's market quota-
tions on dead flies which is t0
cents a quail Ihe hoys brought
in '''' 1 4 epiaits of the pests.
"A quart of flies i .lay would
be an easy i.isk for any boy or
girl.'' says Health Commissioner
('!. A Jordan
E
MAY BE CALLED
Hi 4nMtM'lnlrt I'rraai
SAN KliA.Nc. IStU, Aug Miss
Nellie Johnson, international vice
president ol the telephone eip. -at.iiv
announced today that the ccimprti
mise offer which ended the recent tel'
'phone strike on the ,. if coa-M
would be rejec ted by the referendum
i vote now be ing can... . u It i
said that n un- iations will be reop
I cued with the ompany and if these
i.ire uu-atisl;p : ry a strike vote will
' he taken
FOREST FIRES
II v A Mticieii re Prraat
SAN Kb .v ISc'o. Aim 2i The
forest survey announced today that
the fire near Sisson deestroyeil Ne-ys
Springs p'sorr and sanitarium A
number of pat ents were removed to
liunsniiiir All buildings of Kerry
r itic'h near tin- resort were re-portc-cl
cle-ct ro eel Tile fire which swep!
mHiii acrc-s is under control.
Th.
latest reports were that fire in the
I'lu'inas forest is doing great damage-
to timber
I EIGHT IN FAMILY
CARL FUETSCH REPORTS
(ail Fue'sch is all smiles this
morning over the arrival of a nine
pound girl in his household which
gives lien the largest and handsomest
fatailv in Tonopah According to
the latest census, Mr and Mrs.
Kuetsih boast of three girls and
five boys under the parental roof
tree The father is kept busy en
larging his home and only recently
changed to a larger house to ac
commodate the growing demands of
his family.
MISSING AVIATORS
HON
WORKERS
DESTROY HOME
FOUND IN MEXICO j has a,,oard slrik" tk,rs bo,,d
,lir a l,d IT-... for Los Angeles
EL CEN'TKO. i'i?l . Aug ;'ti Col ! - -onel
Hipolito Ituranca. commander I
of tin Mexican fores in Uiwer Ca!
tfornia, has reported that the missing
American aviators were found alive
in the vicinity ol Ojas Negras. Lower
j alitornia
I received.
particulars have been
FRENCH PARLIAMENT
Ttvce nn tbpitv
TAKES UP TREATY
. 7" 7.
: I ARIs. Aug 2t. Ihe French pari
lament began the final stages of its
, consideration of the German treaty
'today. Committees of fhe chamber
'and senate have been examining the
document some time and objections
i to some clauses have been voiced
MAY ESTABLISH
GOVERNMENT
)L(
i 111 4Miemlitlrl I'renal
WASHINGTON. Am.'. :V
food store s will be estab L '
September J.". for he sab
'ir depa I'tlio tit i bis. to
ated at war d, pot centers a
urge cities T: oy will ac ,
ill mail oiib-rs H is uii'i
'he department s cotisidc .:
0 olllileil paie h.l.-e- of eortil'l,
'"es !..e -,:e . ,.(, ,. ;
ndel'initely during the euu.p i
reduce livine costs.
The prices ,.f aji - .mmoiii
lie so fjvpd ;is to prevent (te
al ion between purchasers v. 1
-v.-r :h.- cuit! r .....I those a
by mail. Mail orde rs will '
ered by parcel p,,st but tl
'' '"Me 'he ''-actl.V 1' -
Ihe sale s be itlp iicde thr.-u.
postoffice department as n
done
i: frill
el on
i the
I- lo
i other
I" and
r tood
1,:: the-
n-'Ces-ated
-:l tee
Olllel
:inm
e. buy
I.uy
lehv
ores
.1 of
' the
I e W IS
BELA iN WAS
pi
e llv .Nnrlatrd rrriceBl
HASI.K. Aug i, - The V.:,
military authorities have e
in the archives of the, II,
ministry a telegram fr- ..
.l.iuer. former Austrian st ' -
.. e-'ltrilsll-el rt.tll thee cm. ,.;
f 'he s'ate teiireui of f.r.
fairs to liela Kun. former h.-a.l
Hungarian communist gov
asking him io destroy all ci..e'
relative to the delivery f
AUstiia to Hungary, aecor.lii,!
Iluda I'est dispatch
lii. in
erced
man
otto
i af-
f the
merit
nents
to a
OF ALLIANCES
IH 4(M'laiil lrrMeji
WASHINGTON, .ug The s. :i
ate foreign relations commute',- to-lav
agreed to amendments to the uva'v
to eliminate. American r.pe-esetita
tion from various commissions whi. h
.-re to supervise Kuropeati construe
tion. with exception ,,f n,( reparation
commission ai d such others as are
to be appointed by the league of na
t ions
STRIKEBHEAKERS HELD
' "' iHleil l'rr.e.1
NEEDLES. Cal., Aug. 26. A Santa
Fe train is being held at F.ast liar
stow Strike svinn!iilii..r o
BUTLER
THEATRE
I 0 D A T
GLADYS BOCKWELL
In
'THE FORBIDDEN HAND '
Stirring Romance of F-minine
Nerve and Wit
PATH E REVIEW FORD EDU
CATIONAL WEEKLY MUTT
JEFF COMEDY
Tomorrow
FLORENC REED
in
"HER CODE OF HONOR"
A tale of two great cities New
York and Paris
Monday Navimova Monday
FOOD STORES
AUSTRIAN TOOL
KEEPING OUT
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