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Associated Press Report Published Daily
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
FAIR
TONOPA.
Daily Bonan
METAL QUOTATIONS
SILVER 99 5-8e
SILVER (FOREIGN) 64 5-8e
LEAD $7.20
COPPER . 14
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VOLUME XXII. NO. 160
ROBBERS MAKE
DISAPPEARANCE
WITH MONEY
Denver Authorities Abandon
Hope That Men Are in
State of Colorado
DKWKR, Dec. 22. The Den
v, r police have abaudonded the
search in northern t'olorailo for
tin' four men believed to be
the ones who robbed the Den
ver federal reserve bank cm
pvs of $200,(100. Posses sent
fi i here to the Greeley district
i:iv- returned, having lost trace
of the four men seen by Creeley
man in an abondonded farm
limine.
l'rom 2:30 p. m. yesterday
until 10:10 last night, search
fei the men who claimed to bc-j
coyote hunters was conducted ;
Numerous reports as to thoj
hunt' d men having been seen I
in various sections of the
t,tviey district were run down
without avail. The police have
net definitely established iden
tity of men wJio occupied an
abaudonded farm house and to
prove or disprove theories that
iliese were robbers.
EETURN OF ARBUCKLE
IS GREATLY OPPOSED
LOS ANHKLKS, Dee. 22
Mayor Oyer telegraphed Will
lla s, chief of the movie indus
try protesting against the or
'iir restoring Arbuckle the
right to work in pictures.
SHREVESPORT MAN IS
KILLED BY MEXICANS
T AM PICO, Dec. 22 Kmll
i:: i-
tea formerly of Shrevesport La.
sistunt pipe line superintendent
'In Mexico Gulf Oil compan.
o!
w .s
late
Tote-
shot and killed 'l'rom ambush
yesterday on the road between
lu and Zaraniixtle.
t'ru.
sta'e of Vera
THREE MEN INJURED
IN BIG EXPLOSION
MARTINEZ Dec. 22, Three
men were injured, one perhaps
fatally, in an explosion when
a number of salvage shells ex
ploded which they were leading
into a trailer at the Benecia
government arsenal. Clarence
Thomas, 22. who suffered the
most severe injuries, was taken
to the arsenal hospital.
BANDITS ROB COP
BIG SUM
OF
OF
MONEY
ST. LOUIS, Dee. 22. Five
bandits held up a policeman and
two employes of the Stix, Bacr
and Fuller Dry Goods company,
and escaped with a satchel con
fining $4,980 of collections of
the company. The hold up oc
curred in the central section of
tlie city.
OYSTER MONgVrS HAVE
ADVERTISING SCHEME
LONDON, Dec. 22. England this
fall had an exceptionally lare har
vest of oysters, so much so that there
was fear the public would not con
s uae it ill. So the oyster mongers
f Colchestor started a nations! ad
vertising campaign which in three
weeks cleared their shelves and left
the public stil clamoring for more.
AUTOS MANUFACTURED
BY RUSS GOVERNMENT
RIGA. Dec. 22-T.TIie soviet Russian
government has entered the , motor
cat manufacturing busln ss and the ;
first car to come to Riga attracted
nuich interested attention. It is gray
In color, of 40 horsepower, weighs
2530 pounds, has a speed of 53 mile
an hour and seats seven passengers.
Tho operation of the factory where
the first car was produced is In the
hands of a tsaff said, ot have been
trtained in the United States.
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THE WEATHER
o
o Local observer United
States, weather bureau:
o Temperatures Ba.m. Noon
o Current . 35 42
o Wet bulb 31 34
o Relative humidity 62 46
o Temperature, Extreme
o 1922 1921
o Maximum yesterday 47 40
o Minimum yesterday 36 31
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COUNTERFEITERS
FINALLY CAUGHT
BY DETECTIVES
Had Flooded Contry With
ders of American Rail
way Express
Or-
ASHBL'llY PARK. .V. J., Dec. 22
The long search by federal agents
and private detectives for the coun
torfeff who have been floodiiiiR
he country with Iforged American
railway express money orders, has
ended, with the arrest h rf of Giles
M. Runney an engraver, and the ar
rests in New Orleans" of James Wat
son and Walter R. Melan.
GREAT STRIKE
Four Feet of Ore Uncovered at
Bottom of Winze Now Down
Twenty-two Feet
A - wonderful mineral fiin
is
officially reported by Supt. W.
J. Douglass of the Tonopah Mid
way Mining company. The ore
vein has a width of four feet
and is exposed at the bottom of
a 22-foot winze sunk from the
1200 level about 40(1 feet west
of the new shaft, and average
values of $120 a ton in silver
are contained.
Since the ore was encountered
with the inception of the sink
ing of the winze u total of
50 ,
tons was shipped and the re
turns realized were $20 a ton.
The product was sent the Bel
mont mill for treatment.
The new find created no lit
tle sensation when the facts
were given out officially, as it
is considered one of the most
important discoveries that has
been made in the Touopah dis
trict in quite a long period.
It is believed that sensational
developments will follow in the
immediate territory being ex
ploited. Where the ore was
found it at the point where
George II. Garry, geologist, sug
gested that exploratory work be
prosecufrd.
MURDERER PAYS PENALTY
FOR HIS FOUL CRIME
COLUMBIANS. C, Dec. 22. Frank
M. JEFFORDS was electrocuted at
(the state prison for the murder laai
May of J. C. ARNETTE. his husllness
purtnor.
bills1F
Would Be Compelled to Be
Thoroughly Equipped Be
fore Paying Dividends
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22,
No railroad could declare a div
idend until the interstate com
merce commission has certified
it was adequately equipped, un
der a bill introduced by Sena
.,i. Ilinim Johnson. It would
rtvjtijro
the commission to
i i 1
public hearings and grant per
mits for dividend declarations.
uivir i TW 22. That the next
I house of representatives at Washing-
-.rill fnvnr
Independence for the
a . oonnte will
Philippines anu iu "
likely do the same, was the declara
tion of Representative Dyer, who Is
studying conditions in the Far East
with a view of promoting American
MIDWAY SCENE
OF HIGH GRADE
DIVIDENDS OF
ALL RAILROADS
DEPENDENCE
! OF PHILIPPINES
! ALMOST ASSURED
0
ATTORNEY WILL
MAKE TEST CASE
Of ENFORCEMENT
Wright Act in California Will
Travel a Rough Road in the
Various Courts
SAX FRANCISCO, Dee. 22,
A court test of the Wright pro
hibition enforcement act, which
went into effect at midnight,
was provided tor here today
when .lack Burke was arrested
while holding a glass of whisky
to his lips at Clay and Mont
gomery streets. He was booked
at the city prison on the charge
of illegally possessing liquor.
The test had been arranged by
Asseiublymaif Ilornblower. San
Francisco attorney, who had per
fected plans to have Burke re
leased if possible, on
habeas
j corpus proceedings, based on tin
j contention the Wright act is. un
i constitutional.
BIG
PINE BASKETBALL
TEAM PLAYS TONIGHT
The Big
shooters arrived
ine basketball
in Tonoiiuh this
morning at 11
guests by the
school plavers
o'clock and were
Tonopah High
with whom they
will compete tonight in a game
at high school gym. This game
will be called promt ply at 8
o'clock and lovers of the sport
are assured of plenty of enter
tainment. The visitors, eleven
in number., are a husky set of
young fellows and they have
won every contest in which they
have engaged during the past
two years.
The Tonopah boys entertained
the
Big Piners at a banquet
21 assembled to do justice
ami
this
noon at the Belmont care
to a turkey dinner with the;
trimmings that was served in,
five courses.
The visitors played Goldl'icld :
last night and defeated the
gold miners bv a score of 28 to
14
The visiting team is composed
of the following: Harold Kis-I
pert, Oscar McMurry- Alan Ilall.j
Ben Twist, Albert Crocker.l
Francis I lines, Roy Smith, j
Charles Kispert.
The boys were accompanied h
Robert Logan, J. II. Kispert and
Ralph Mungor. three of the
leadiuir citizens of Big Pine, and
it reauired two autos to bring!
them here.
AS ACCESSORY
IN Ml
Mrs. Dillen Will Be Placed Un
der Bond to Insure Presence
As a Witness
Santiago Rios, the star witness
in the case of George Dillen, con
victed of second degree murder
for causing the death of Wal
lace Williams, must face trial in
the district court as an acces
sory. This action was decided
T. Dunn, following the conclu
upon by District Attorney Frank
Lena Dillen' and as a result
sion of the trial of George and
Rios is held in the county jail
without bonds.
There is a persistent rumor
.. . . .1. - - that a full C.1M-
gOlIlg lilt! luuimn mat. -
has been made by the
' Dillons and that Rios went o-it
iwijh George Dillen on the day
i following the murder of August
! 23 last and helped George Dillen
! bury the body of Williams.
Mrs. Dillen will be placed un
der a bond to insure her pres
ence as a witness when the case
against Rios is tried.
CATHOLICS TO OPPOSE
RETURN OF ARBUCKLE
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 22
The National Catholic Welfare coun
ell, actins on the decision of tue mo
tion picture bureau, will call on its
affiliated organizations of Catholic
men and women to prevent showing
of Arbuckle films. Charles A. Mc.Ma-
tion, director of the bureau said m
a statement today.
RIOS CHARGED
LIRDER CASE
TONOPAH, NEVADA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1922
BELCHER DEVELOPMNT
PROGRESSES SMOOTHLY
Development at the Reorgan
ized Belcher Divide property is
progressing satisfactory. Op
erations are being ju-osecuted on
the 500 level and crosscutting is
in order to tap the vein directly
under that point whence quite
a heavy production resulted two
years ago. It is expected that
when the objective is reached
that the formation will be found
more solid and that a body of
ore of a commercial grade will
be encountered. Scott Jamison,
who is in charge of develop,
merit, expects to be employing
quite a number of men in the
near future.
TRIAL OF DRY AGENTS
IS TO BE HEARD SOON
The preliminary hearing of Pro
hibition Agents Brown, Nash and
Scott, charged with arson by
Henry Schnabel and Fritz Elges
for the alleged burning of prop
erty following a Honor raid on
i their premises near Mina. will
be held in Mina December 2G, it
has been announced by United
States Attorney Springiueyer.
The three men will be de
fended by the federal prosecutor,
who declares that the charges
against the officers are false, in
that the property destroyed was
only that directly connected with
the making of illicit liquor. Both
Schnabel and Elges are now held
under bond to appear in the fed
eral court for the violation of
the prohibition act on evidence
secured during the raid, follow
ing which the arson case- was
filed.
HUSSOLINI CAN TALK
SEVERAL LANGUAGES
ROME, Dec. 22. Hen i to Mussolini,
the youthful legal ( dictator of Italy,
is an accomplished linguist. He
sides his mother tongue, Italian, he
possesses in teh order named knowl
edge of French, German and English.
He learned French at an early
age mid he speaks it without the
slightest accent. For some years be
tore the war he was a pMfessur of
French literature In the University
of Milan.
While an editor of a newspaper
published in Trento and owned by
Cesara Batlstl, the Italian patriot
executed by the Austrians during the
war, he studied Germtan and. while
his pronunciation Is not on par with
his French, he ittap a profound
knowledge of Goethe's tongue.
Seriously wounded during the war
he remained two months in a hospi
tal There, during his convalescence I
he took up the; study of English.
SPEAKER OF HOUSE
HAS LOW AUTO NUMBER
i
MANILA, Dec. 22. Senate Presi
dent Manuel L. Juejjon's automobile
license number today Is No. 2, that
of the governor general being No.
1. as formerly. Heretofore the license
number df the automobile of the
speaker of the house of representa
tives has been No. 2, but the claim
was made that the president of the
senate should outrank the speaker.
At official social functions the
speaker of the house also has been
Riven precedence over the president
of the senate The question of pre
cedence became the cause of much
discussion but it was finally decided
that the following order should pre
vail Governor general, vice grovern
or, president of the senate and the
speaker of the house.
NEW
IMMIGRATION
SCHEME IS
EVOLVED
SYDNEY. N. S. W.. Dec.
tails f a comprehensive
22 De-imn.inra-tp'-i'ii
'ion c'n i e, Inulving the
ture of 36,00,0,000 pounds
sterliri.
have Just been announced by Prime
Minister Hughes.
The plan is an outgrowth of the
agreements reached at the confer
ence of British premiers last year
and provides that the initial cost ot j
settling a new farmer is to be as-1
sumed by the three governments con-1
cerned, the British empire, the com-
mondealth and the state. i
An arrangement has been completed I
with the premier of West Australia j
under which 6000 new settlers are to I
be Introduced into that state at Uie j
joint expense of the three govern-1
ments, with a total loan expenditure
of six million pounds sterling. The
premier has undertaken to introduce "WASHINGTON, Defc. 22 -Chartea
75 000 new settlers within five years. I W. Murse, New York shipbuilder un
A similar arrangement has Beenid' Indictment here on charges of
reached with the Victorian govern-
ment, and the premier has announced
that he is ready to negotiate with
all of the states as soon as they In
dicate a willingness to provide the
farms.
BODIES OF MOB
VICTIMS
M
TO THESURFACE
Believed to Be Men Who Were
Killed at Shrevesport
Last August
SHREVESPORT, La., Dec. 22.
high state decomposition, be-
The bodies of two men in a
lieved to be Watt Daniels and
Thomas F. Richards, missing vic
tims of the Morehouse mob Q.f
last August, were found near the
Eastland ferry on Lake La
Fourghc, which separates the
Morehouse and Richland par
ishes, according to a special cor
respondent of the Shrevesport
Journal. The limbs of the dead
:.! 'in
men were ueu wiui wire, i ut
came to surface as a result ot
a big charge of dynamite ex
ploded last night by unidentified
persons.
MRS. DILLEN WAS NOT
REFUSED HELP BY THE
SALVATION ARMY CAPT.
The report that is in circulation
that Mrs Lena Dillen had been
denied assistance by the Salva
tion Army is denied by both
Mrs. Dillen and Captain U. A.
i Raby
and Cadet Dorman. Mrs.
Dillen never asked for any help,
although she was assured of as
sistance previous to the verdict
in the case being rendered in
the event she was in need fol
lowing th conclusion of the ease.
"Mrs. Dillen never came to the
Salvation Army for help." re
marked Captain Rahy "and I
made the statement that it was
necessary I would go among th
people and secure funds with
which to get her out of town
if the request was made."
HERRIN MURDER'CASE
STILL PROGRESSING
I f .IMlW 11,.. M.tiin
filed by the defense today, ask
ing that all evidence introduced
by state be excluded and court
direct a verdict of ''not guilty"
were denied at the trial of five
men on the charges of murder
in connection with the Herrin
slaying.
PRESIDENT IS
No Clemency for War-time Vio
lations Will Be Given
at This Time
WASHrNGTONT Dec. 22
"Christmas pardons." it is W
derstood, will be given to only
two federal prisoners by Presi
dent Harding. The pardons are
said to have been signed by the
president and announcement as
to receipients is erpected prior
to Christinas day. The president
has been urged to extend clem
ency at this time to persons still
imprisoned for violation of war
time laws, but it is understood
none of these prisoner will re
ceive Chritmas pardons.
WOULD AMEND LAWS
ABROGATING TREATIES
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 22
Pointing out that President Wilson
and Harding had refuse.: to denounce
certain discriminatory treaties as dl-
reeled in the merchant marine act of
1820, Senator McKellar introduced un
amendment to the shipping bill pro-
posingabrogation of treaties by di
jract action of the senate and house.
! PREMIER POINCARE WANTS
! NAVAL AGREEMENT RATIFIED
PARIS. Dec. J2 Premier Polncarefl
appearing before the Iforeign affairs
commission In the chamber of dep-
ae. Insisted the Washington naval
agreement sould be ratified,
The premier was seconded by for
mer Premier Briand.
"
CHARLES W. MOR8E NOT
allowed to ueavs count .
con "Piracy to defraud in connection
with wartime Contracts, was denied
TO GRANT TWO
XMAS PARDONS
permlssion In the District of Colum- rr any other government official had
bia Supreme court to go to Romo j suggested th .appointment of n Am
to consult Dr. MacHlafava, the pope's erlcan commission to Investigate
ohyslclan. Germany's economic condition.
FEUD RESULTS
IN DEATH TWO
MEN IN SOUTH
State Police of States Are
Engaged in Hunt for Man
Who Did Shooting
STEUBEN VILLE, O., Dec. 22 It
Ledson, 25, is dead, and his brother.
William 32, seversly wounded, and
James Pearson, 50, is hunted by dep
uty sheriffs and the West Virginia
state police to face a murder charge
as the result of a fight which cli
maxed a feud between the two fain
lilies existing many weeks.
Tonnage of Ore Being Increased
As Development is Carried
Forward in Mines
Tl. 'IV . i p
me louopan :wining company
mainiaineii its usual production
record during the past week
by shipping bullion to the value
of $,")"),( Mill. This was an increase
over the November output as the
mm was closed down a portion
ot the month, with the produc
tion for the :?il-day period be
ing cut to S(M)iH).
Large development is going
forward on the holdings of the
company and the official report
ot operations tor the week end
ing December IS shows that
21t)."i feet of underground work
was performed at the three
shafts with a production of llioO
tons of on. The heaviest out
put cam.; from the Mipah shaft
with SOU tons. Next came the
Matid urass sliatt with 4o0 tons
of ore mid then eume the .Sil
vcr Top shaft with 400 tons.
The official statement of oper
ations follows:
Silver Top Shaft
Raise WW was started fr.;n
slope 12") for prospect purposes.
Progress of S feet was made .
Raise 1J2 was started from
stope 125 for prospect purposes.
Progress of 12 feet was made.
Crosscut' 380 was continued 'lo
feet with no change. Raise 3
was started from crosscut 307
to prospect ground above drift
381. Progress of 4 feet was
made. Crosscut t37 was ad
vanced 17 feet in flow breccia.
Drift G3!l intermediate was
started easterly from raise t339
on a small vein of ore. Prog
ress of 13 feet was made. Raise
641 was started west of cross
cut 637 from drift G05 for pros
pects purposes. Progress of 10
feet was made. Winze 713 was-
continued 18.f feet on S.
C. fault. Development for the
week, 12S.5 feet. Stuping from
the various veins is this section
of the
property
ore.
produced 400
tons of
Mizpah Shaft
Drift 377 intermediate was
continued westerly 28. 5 feet
with no change to report.
Drift 383 intermediate was con
tinued westerly 11 feet in me
dium grade ore. Raise 40)7 in
termediate was advanced 10
feet in mill ore. Drift 57i) in
termediate was advanced 12
feet in footwall of the Mizpah
vein. Development. SI, 5 feet.
Stoping from this section ot the
property produced i0() tons ot
mill ore.
Sand Grass Shaft
Drift 1025 intermediate was
advanced 2" feet along footwall
of the upper Sand Grass vein.
Raise 1169 was advanced 0.5
feet in mill ore. Development
for the week, 28.5 feet. Stoping
from this section of the property
produced 450 tons of mill ore.
Total development for the week
216.5 feet. Total tonnage of
ore 1650.
HAS NOT SUGGESTED
AMERICAN COMMISSION
BERLIN Dec. 22 It was officially
denied today that Chancellor Cuno
TONOPAH M. CO.
MAKING RECORD
OF PRODUCTION
PRICE TEN CENTS
INCENDIARIES
BELIEVED TO
i
Notre Dame Was One of His
toric Places of Worship of
the American Continent
QUEBEC, Dec. 22. Fire
which destroyed the historic
$1,000,000 Notre Dame church
early today is believed to have
been caused by an incendiary,
according to Daniel Lorraine,
chief of the provincial police,
who said he received a loiter
informing him the "difiee would
he burned on December 2.
Monsignor LaFlamme. curator
of Notre Dame-said the art treas
ures, and documents dating back
to 1(174. which the church held
among its greatest possessions,
had been destroyed. The fa
mous saeivd paint iuirs were lost
FAMILY IS STRANDED IN
WARM SPRINGS DISTRICT
A family consisting
band and wife and four
lllis-
Idivn
was found stranded on the des
ert near Warm Springs, fifty
miles from Tonopah. and the
wife and children weiv brought
to Tonopah yesterday afternoon.
The
liusiiaiiil rcmai
fix their car,
head blew m
niberg annoiiui
to try
the ovi-
and
"Jl
indcr
( '. F.
that he
to bring
o town
Witt,
would sen! out a trio
the man and iiiaclino
OLD SOL COMPLETES
HIS ANNUAL VACATION
This is the
shortest day in
star gazers have
conclusion that
S ocloek ill til"
the year. The
arrived at the
December 22 at
morning is the
c shortest so I'm
concerned in t.ik
point south at
is Hid ;soi is
the fart berest
itig Ins vacation.
lie reached
decided he
work. How
o clock, where up lu
would again get to
ever, tie is going to take tilings
easy for a time and there wiil
no noticeable change in th"
length of the days for at least
another month, although we wiil
have a little more daylight ii"
tieeable after two weeks have
passed.
TASEM HAS "ON DISPLAY
GREAT CHRISTMAS STOCK
I. Taseni. the Main strict jew
ler, can justly be proud of his
wonderful display of holiday
goods. He has on display one
of the most complete stocks of
Christmas rememhnmo'.-s ever
seen in Tonopah, sml was not
neglectful of securing the most
choicest and attractive bargains
ver offered to the people of
Tonopah. Visit his store and
vou will be convinced.
MASONIC CHILDREN'S
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Tonopah Masonic L
will
7:30
oiir-
give a rartv totugiii
at
o ciock in ineir nan to all
Iron of Masons. Present-
be given to all children of
ten years of age and under.
All members and visiting bfeth-
are earnestly requested to sec
it that all the children ..f
Mason's come and have a good
tune. Santa Clans will be there
to make the kiddies happv.
Butler
Theater j
Today :
DOROTHY DALTON
-In
"THE SIREN CALL '
At last a big, human pic
ture of the Frozen Yukon.
A tender love story- with
thrill-swept action every
minute.
Miss Dalton is the north
ern dance hall girl, the
role that made her famous
better than "The Flame
of the Yukon"
Snapshots of Famous
Movie Stars
TOMORROW
Mary Anderson in "Blue
beard, Jr."
Coming Xmas Day Mary
Pickford
BE RESPONSIBLE
q I trade.