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TONOPA
H
Bonanza
METAL QUOTATION
I SILVER J1.00
QUICKSILVER $90
;j COPPER 19c
f LEAD $8
VOL. XX. NO. 31.
TONOPAH DAILY BONANZA, TONOPAH, NEVADA, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1920.
vunLnoi. vim i w imusjiu ML
WEATHER FORECAST
Tonight and Wednesday
Increasing Cloudiness ,
Daily
600
0
SHAMROGK IV DEFEATS AMERICAN DEFENDER " OF
UPTON YACHT IS
WITHIN STRIKING
DISTANCE OF CUP
mi. lasoclftted rmi
SANDY HOOK. July 20. The
ainrock IV today won another race
in the American defender Resolute
,.! needs only one more victory lo
I', i the Allli'l ii'llll clip.
While the Shamrock and Resolute
,i running a close race toward
the finish, line on the last leg a big
Iwiie appeared in the Shamrock's
ballooa Jib.
AROUND SECOND TURN
i laattctatcif PrHsi
.DY HOOK July 20. -The Sham-
;. was first ,io round the second
n. Her l ii ruin u time was 4:2ti:2',
Resolute, was more than a mile
in. The Resolute rounded the
uid turn at 4:l:i:H0. For both
ii L m it hecame a race against the
limit, which expires at six
o.k.
n'cl
BEHIND TIME
in. aaiiirail PrMt
: WHY HOOK, July 20 With ten
miles of the thirty mile trinnguUir
uiiir-ie covered the challenger, Sham
. k IV, rounded the first mark ahead
. i he American defender Kcsolute
today's international cup race
li,.' Shamrock IV turned the first
iv ;. at 2:28:20 and was saluted by
..v. M'ursion fleet which blew great
I. on their whistles. The Resolute
'100 yards astern. The Uesolute
' 'i d the mark at 2:112:41
s
AliSON CITY, July 20. School
-;s reiHirts for the five missing
i it's arived at the stale superin
: tit 's office yesterday, compb't
'in record for the year HO.' The
..I imputation for F.lko county
1M
is year is 1541'.. Washoe county
h.
U'ls the list with a total of .'.Ii
oT coun.lv l'HDorts H14 persons of
ml age; Nye county has i 10 ami
ncoln 56a. Clark county shows a
' '-ease of 54 from last year's total;
eoiinty nai( fallen off 77 The in
wen;. Lincoln 86; K'.ko H
i! Washoe This is a net gain
-'vS for the five counties reported
'-nltiy, and brings the total 1!C0
I.
ii
i "f the stute to 11. This gives
Hal school census of 14.412.
a t
CAR IS STOLEN
CHOOL CENSUS
REPORTS GIVEN
THIEVES
OWN
Tun automobile of Louie Uubhaidt
itolen last evening by it party
1 "Uig men and driven to Uoldfield,
being returned to Tonopah and
abandoned at the head of Dry an
"line. The identity of the yuan
n,ii has been established by L'ht,ef
" i Police J, I), Oraut and he asks the
)"ing men to cail at the police sta
it once. Kindiug the car and id
wt. tying the nieo who tKk it tost
''" police considerable money in
"' way of telephone tolls and the
'"l of police takes this means ol
" u the young men an opportunity
'" "Port at the station and avoid
tubarassmcut of being placed
arrest hy an officer.
1 IIKXKY (JOODMAS and wife
"d from Arrowhead lat even
Mr Ouodman rpru rr.wh.s.
'''in ahead rapidly.
TMt WEATHER
Oba.r..f Valla itaua
-tr Bwrwaa
r"Vn.iur I a a Soon
' " tml . t
n' Wh i!
humidity I t!
TamiMraturva ( .val-ta
im III
.aaK.v4.tv ft)
yMdav i t1
I
VOLSTEAD GETS
COURT DECISION
Prohibition Advocate Is Given
Primary Nomination In
Election Contest
illr 4aMMlatr4 Kajal
lSKNSON, Minn., July 20. lie
O
Kvale
of llenson is disuualified a
a republican candidate for congress
in the seventh Minnesota district in
a decision filed here today by dis
trict judge Albeit Johnson, who
heard the suit contesting Kvale's
nomination. Congressman A. J. Vol
stead, author of Hi" prohibition en
forcement act. who was defeated by
Kvale. in the June primary, is de
cleared in the decision to be the
"duly nominated candidate of the
republican party." K.ile was endors
ed by the non-partisan league.
uirlM, I'rrul
SAN FRANCISCO, .In I'" People
of California were urged to be, pati
ent in regard to the Japanese immi
gration problem, "until a nal diplo
matic solution can be r. ached," was
the cammetit made In Chairman
Albert Johnson of the h.mse com
niittee which is conducting a hearing
on the problem heie, Thomas Me
Manns of Rakei-sfielil testified the
Japanese appear to be surrounding
the soldier farm colony at Delhi
Merced county
COST OF FOOD
II) Aaaut-lurvd I'rtaaf
WASiil.N'l'lii.N. July 20. Ketail
lood prices iintititie to show a
steady incieasc. according to a sur
U'j of tin- 1 1 budgets of the aver
age family for la':, ami made public
today by the I'.uicau of Statistics
of the Department of Labor. An ad
vance of two per tent was noted
on June 11 out pin.- r. 'he same
day the month before. This was an
increase of nine per cent since the
first of tile year
Tile Deert Forwarding Company
Tonopah bus been awarded the cot
tract for carrying the mail between
Tonopah and Arrowhead, according
to word receive.) from the posloffio
department today The contract be
cornea effective August 3 and con
tinues t. June .in. I.i22 Tile contract
call for a 71 mile triweekly sen
edule.
Mail will leave Tonopah on Tuea
day, Thursday! and Saturday and
ill av Arrowhead on mutay.
Veili!e.la ard Fridnj
urkc nits
John XV Murk deiiix rt. f..-l er
ihorf l-rm county rommiiiir with
Ci.i.nl I'brlt H'a late Ui rff'r
tl.aB
TOUXINO TMMOUGM WVOMINO
John Connor r tru tan lH
T.w paH i'cii ! !, ! Mailt
Ian an.l K-ri ( f( X is.Uv
a :)i.t f..f a i..-S .t i th !
V a 4 tJid '
PATIENCE URGED
N JAP PROBLEM
L SOARING
LET ARROWHEAD
MAIL CONTRACT
FRANCE DETERMINED
10 PROTECT POLAND
MILLERAND SAYS ALLIES WILLIE.
GET BEHIND ULTIMATUM IN !
FULL MILITARY STRENGTH
'lit AaaM-lttlril lresat
I'AKIS, July 20. Referring to I're-j
tiih't' Lloyd Oeorge's ultimatum to the!
Siiviet-Hu.ssia that if the armistice !
pioposuls ur. not accepted llreat !
llritain and her Allies would defend'
Poland with all their forces and in '
every way. Premier Millerand told
the chamber of deputies today.
"France will keep tier word, as 1
am sure Oreat
ful to hers."
llritain will be faith
TO DISPATCH REPLY
Illy Aaaerlatcd rriwl
LONDON. July
The Hritish
g.n ei limelil 's reply to the note of
mieigu minister Tchitclierin of Sov
iet. Russia regarding an armistice
with Poland will lie dispatched lo
niglit. It intimates that if the Iltis
sians advance further into Poland
all negotiations for trade between
(rent llritain and Russia will he
broken off.
POLES REPULSE
lit 4airinlrtt rrraal
WARSAW, July 20. -The I'M!
awaited general attack by the Hoi j
sli. viki along the line on the River ;
Styr comenced Monday and tins been i
icpnlsed hy Polish divisions, an of j
fain statement declares
ACTIVITY SEEN
Jj
Will McClure in From District
With Good Report on
Mines of Camp.
William McClure. publisher of the
Manhattan Magnet, is in Tonopah to
day and reports activity in the mines
of ins district. "During the past
week," said McClure. "the While
Caps force has been increased and
work is now lteiug accomplished in
five faces. Charles Wittenberg has
pulled his pumps on the Big Pine he
.ails., of caving ground on the glory
aol which makes further operations
impossible without prohibitive . v
petise. Dahl McFarland has resumed
sloping on the Union No. 9. when
he lias a large body of $."i0 ore in
sight. The Thanksgiving mine is be
ing inspected by California mining
men who are looking for a large b id;,
of medium grade ore."
"The War Eagle- mill." McC'iin
continued, "has started treating tin
April Fool ore. of which it Is re
ing an average of 25 tons a day
Matt Cucish and associates h.iv.
opened up a body of $S ore. which
,s a profitable grade, in the Sevlei
Mnephrey ground. Messrs Ka-ini
ii d Coop ure preparing a milliir.
tn 'he Mavflower."
JAPlTfEMPfS
TO HAVE VOTE
m aa.llf rraa
S i', vi 1" July iO. The pel
ilion of I !. ' Sato, Japanese, f. r
nier inenit" a .soind Infantn
reriment. t -e. county clerk by
writ of niandit.. f renter him a
a ,ur of Sj, .im.-nt.i w dene-d
hy oupenor ' i'!'" !' ""
a. ,-.tiinil I '' tt s. o i In-lig'b'-ii
.11 mhip
CUE" TMf ffT
TV firw depart m.t.. ealu
ti in l ! .s-4.i ef tii'.mi..'. I
4nr and p-ttrtiia 1.' t tear
Hn-f u hn the tin- "'
ta iiutff'M a rl! II '
flrw trvck a!m-a ' an t' ''
Vtk kJ a.vt kaMit -i t
f wka watMsa tm,ta4
STRONG ATTACK
IN MANHATTAN
COX CHIEF REFUSES
PARTY MANAGEMENT
H. MOORE DECLINES CHAIR
MANSHIP OF ' DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
il. iMNut'iuted I'rvaai
COI.CMHCS, July 20.--liovernor
James M. Cox. democratic preaideu
tial nominee, announced today that
Kdmiind II. Moore, the governor's
convention manager, , had definitely
and finally refused election to the
nice as chairman of the national
committee with its duties of munag
itig the national campaign.
HARDINGRESTING
Illy Aaaurtaiea rrmi
MA 1(1 ON, ().. July 20. Refreshed
by an afternoon of golf. Senator
Harding was at work ahead of time
today clearing away correspondence
that had a cumulated during his
week's work on his speech of ac
ceptance He also expected to see
a number of cnllers whose appoint
incuts had been postponed anil
hoped to get caught up with his
schedule again before the formal
notification ceTemony.
CONFIDENCE VOTED
Illy Aanolntrl I'rraai
PAWS. July 20. - Chamber deputies
voted confidence in the government
today as the result of the confer
etices at Spa between chiefs and rep
resetitativcs of llerinuny
Negro Pugilist Crosses Inter
national Border To Meet
The Officers
l lly Aaaut-lal4 Prraaf
SAN U1KUO, July 2o. Jack John
son, former champion pugilist and
for eight years a fugitive from jus
tice, crossed the international bound
ary line from lower California today
and was immediately placed under
arrest by deputy United States Mar
shal George Cooley.
Without any preliminaries the
fighter stepped from an automobile
on the 'Mexican side of the line
and, after shaking hands with sev
eral officials of the Ixwer Califor
nia government, walked direct to the
American customs house, where he
presented his Mexican passport and
then stepped across the line When
told by Cooley he was under arrest
Johnson said, "all right but it is
sure good to be back in the United
States again."
NO LENIENCY
lit- taaoelnfed Praawl
CHICAGO, July 20 District At
torney Clyne said he will vigorously
oppose any move to pardon Jack
Johnson, who surrendered today at
Tia Juana.
SURPRISE FUNCTION
FOR ALICE GILLIAM
MISS ALICE GII.LAN was honored
with a surprise party given at her
home last evening, a large company
.it friends spending a delightful even
ing with cards, prizes being awarded
the winners. The ladie's prize was
taken by Miss Hose Toohey. Francis
Wash capturing the prize for boys
Those present were: Alice Gilliam.
Margaret Griffin. Lou Askin, Lol
M.I,..,Mt. Lucille Askin. Margaret
Kennedv, Kim Toohey, Pauline Me
G ilre Irene Critchfield. Letitia Sawle.
Verda Luce. Jinimle Kervin Lloyd
Swas.n. Uui IHoust. Walter An
il.T4.T.. Francis Walsh. Willie Sawle.
Chris Sneerin Rov Clarke and Char
It-t A:kln
PROBABLY DEFECTIVE WIRE
The fire itrBartment "a called
JACK JOHNSON
UNDER ARREST
I .i-H it 11 lV. merntnc to extia
I ih a hl.iif m th rit carhago "H
a!ne .t' 4.-o In th load on the
nth ij.. 4 a whn th t-ut k
i,i.!t( tii V -Hand ir X'txii
,trt of tie rf if "I t t!
f rm nl h 'tccix'de.l in da'itpmt
!i Nl in ("i tfat ( ' ett
J ,.-' a raal trvm Mk
Wklra war f Om r-tl
LABOR BOARD APPROVES
HIGHER RATES TO MEET
ADDED OPERATING COST
FULL REQUEST
AS PRESENTED
History Of Controversy For
Higher Wage to Employes
Of Nation's Railroads
illy aaatieiated Pramal
WASHINGTON. July
20.
Demands.;
for substantial wage
increases lor
tiearlv all classes of the Hon linn
,. i..' , , ,
railroad employes have been pond
mg since late last summer. These
demands, first presented at different
tunes to tn.- uailroail Admmistra
tlon's Board ou wages and working
government operation of the rallruuds
was ended, and in turn were referred
lo the Railroad Labor Hoard, which
was created
under the Transporta
tiou act
Some few of the classes of organ
ized employes have not pressed for
mal demands but hiiie insisted that
their wages he increased if advances
wre granted other related classes
of workers The pi incipal demands
of the leading unions follow:
llrot herhood of Railroad Trainmen'
I'asetiger loakemen be increase d
from $120 a Ho-day month to 1..0
for 2'i day month: baggagemen be in
creased frote 124.NO for llo ilay month
to $lt0 for 2ti-duy mouth; assistant
conductors be increased from $111
for ;!u-day month to $17:' for L'tl day
month; freight biaketnen in alley
territory be increased from .fl.OS to
$m II a day with tell per ceil, in
crease over these fates wherever the
grade exceeds l.s per cenl; yard
foremen or conductors be increased
from ii.".'. to $7 20 a day; yard help
ers or brakemen be increased from
$.".()0 to Jti.iu) a day; switch lenders
he increased from $4.00 to $.190 a
day; also lime und one half for all
Sunday and holiday service and a
guaranty of 2H days a month for reg
ular employes in all classes of ser
vice
CONDUCTORS
Order of Railway Conductors: Pas
senger conductors be increased from
$180 for :hi-ilay month to $22.1 for
2G day month: through freight con
doctors be increased from $5 40 to
$7(15 a day in valley territory, with
increases in the mountain rate from
$.1.S1 to $S.::; a day; local freight
conductors be Inereasod from 5.i2
to $S.3S a day in valley territory,
with increase in mountain rate from
$G 2ti to $H 1" a day
Brotherhood of tocoiuot iv e Fire
men and Knginemen: Road freight
firemen to be increased an average
of $1 S4 a day over present rates;
yard freight firemen he increased
an uverage ol $2.21 a day over pres
ent rates; passenger firemen to be
increased from present average of
$4 .'tl u day to $t 50 a day
Brotherhood of locomotive Kngln
een: Wlibe presenting- no specific
requests, notice was served that the
engineers desired increases proper
tionate to any increases granted to
other employes
All road employes, as distinguished
from yard employes, in (he four fore
omg organization, genera'lv group
n as the Big Four Pro'rterhoods
n, i gft proportinnatelv tucreaied I
.lad piy when they m ike uiilenii-!
in cr4 of I'M) mile and in freight j
ii'iiu'p g I time ami on.-half for
time runaitmeil in ece4 o( h it
it r.iii rs on a guarttttte..,! apevd
Ii4 heh is tin .md one half mile
vol Hour
SWITCHMEN j
s" it'i nee I'll. .til of N.tf ' m
nea I'er"iii4tt or eond i.-fer r. m
raal frora i It . ' SI .1.,,
a4 It a f M . ha'para or hrtk
TURNED DOWN
a laffiaai 4 fn.i li . 4av '
CUP IN CLOSE RACE
BROTHERHOOD HEADS
UNDECIDED WHETHER
TO DECLINE AWARDS
illt'AtiO, .Inly Six hundred million dollars was added
to the pav envelope of til.- nation's two million railroad workers
today in the I'u-.st award handed down hy the United States rail
way laiinr hoard. hVjectine. d,.miiids of organized rail unions for
increases totaling' billion
ullars.
,.,..i,.i.. ... .. . . i .
u i '" ""ii
i present living costs. An
j '"' '"'''s'Nsar.V to meet the
M per
lib' r.'iill'odil employes. I-
n, tin- hearings liet'oi
ruilruinl.s
plan, it is said, to file
commission as soon as
collltnerce
I lie a ward
will stave off the threat of tret . I e;ir..u.l t;i...
remains to he seen. Leaders of practically all the sixteen his;
railroad unions were present when Judge li M Barton, chairman
if the hoard handed down the decision
Hold Conference
They left immediately to present the award to a thousand
i .1... : t it .i . .
g-.'oei.u riiiui-men who nail gatllefe,! Iictv to pass on its
lty. I nioti presidents refused
meet ing
j Approves
j "The hoard assumes as a
ance m mil torce of the rules, working conditions and agreements
in force under authority of the Cnited States Railroad Administra
tion." the award said. Th- intent of this decision is that the
am''l increase, except as otherwise stated, .shall he added to
rates of compensation established hy the railroad administration."
fncreases included passenger service engineers, motoniien. firemen,
and helpers, eighty cents a day ; conductors, ticket collectors, hug
gage men, flagmen and hrakenien, thirtv dollars a month
and $7.50 a night; switch tenders
to receive same rate helpers; time
and one-half for Sunday's nnd holi
days. Maintenance of Way and Kngine
house Laborers: Rate for ail median
h - in the maintenance of way de
partment to 1
increased from basic
rate of
cents an hour to uniform
rate of Us cents an hour; rate of all
.1... niii.-n ..on o.uei lanoreis to oe in
creased trom rates running from 2Sjhnlf for Sundays
cenis id io ccnis an nour to uniform
rates throughout the Cnited Stales
oT .10 (en's an hour Most of these
employes now receive 111 Mild 10 cents
in hour
CLERK'S DEMANDS
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
of America An increase of approxi
inate'y In cents an houi for each
BABE RUTH HITS
320 HOME RON
I II I .4 aaatvtala rrtaal
NKVv YiiUK. Jui
Babe Ruth,
crac!
:i e
leint
batsiu.in
can leaiii'.e
ran to his
when In
of the New Yoi k
lull, added another
major league record
knocked out hi-
tlv'v ...cmi lioini' run of the season
POPULAR TONOPAM COUPLE
WEOOEO IN RENO
Ueiginan. the ptpulai ton
i-' is now i la sued nrjth ih.
h.tvont become a benedict
i t - it in; is Reno H. Was
e..., k m that t ilt to Mm
ttlu'i'i "!w..kk-e.er
M " ( i. ,( Ton cpih
i.
, M.,,u
n u
Marf trse
ii
Beth br'de u4 (mom
'Ms . 'l LI -I IS..- lie
reiklntlic t ft h.
are pipa ur '
t ai.ha ..f
'.in Th- h. p to will jtad
tre.r h.i..-rneu in C! fota
adl return lo T-tn sjsati la attatm i
lit,.:
the hoard decided that annroxi-
...
hoiiui oe a just increase to meet
cent inefease in Ireioht rat.,.s will
1 I"'1' l'i'Ht avera-ie watfe award granted
I. T Whiter, representative of the roads
the lahoi' hoard, untiuiinceil toil.ii- Tb
new tariffs with the interstate
they can he prepared. Whether
aeceptlhil
to make any
comment he fore the
Rate Decrease
basis for this award the continn
c a-s of signal employe.
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks:
An increase of at least 2" cents an
hour retco.lctiv- to .lanuniy 1, liiJO.
and in addition the reestablishment
of diffenentials between certain class
es of employes: a'so immediate elim
j inalion ot the eis,:ng i, cent an
hom- mvit..i.... ....... .-........
I ..... s. ic'llllH UHI1U-
j i,.,-,- um, oth.r :.,ir , r,.Hjl;lll Ih,U!H,s
storerooms, etc., and
time and one
and hoiidavs
I Order of
Railroad Telegraphers:
That rates received by telegraphers
on the Southern Pacific system,
which were said to he practically the
highest in the country on any im
portant railroad shall be taken as a
basis, the rales of all other telegraph
ers put on the same basis and then
an increase of 17 cents an hour ad
ded to the rates so established:
also increase to ;.pproimately g.',
cents an hour for employes row gen
erally receiving ',7 and 72 cents an
hour
BUTLER
THEATliE
-T0DAY-
pal'line rki:w:kia
in
"The Woman in Rimm 13"
Ctr th I'tttnl tuccrit
nf hr taretr
A THRILLING DRAMA
also
FORD WEEKLY and
VUTT A jEr COMEDY
TOMORROW
BRYANT WASHBURN in
A VERY COOO YOUNQ MAN
4 tLNSMlNI COMtOV
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