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Carson City Is the Gateway to Lake T ahoe Lairs OB- TO MAKE KNOWN THE RESOURCES OF NEVADA VOL. LVII 25 cents per week CARSON CITY, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 12, 1920 Mllil fills Hitchcock Ridicules Republican Ef forts to End War By United frcss WASHINGTON. May 12. Senator Hitchcock, in opening the debate today for the Democrats on the Knox peace resolution, poked fun at the Republican efforts to end the war by legislation. He said the mountain has labored and brought forth a mouse and that sup porters of Knox's novel plan have stag gered from side to "side over a zigzag course for nearly 'six months. Ill i on mm II Mi Admiral Sims as Early as 1917 Was Hypnotized by British Mi fe My u i ir Ann muau way mw at me Carson City Theater Tonight By United Press ! WASHINGTON. May 12. "Great J Britain was helpless to the point of pan I ic in the submarine crisis" according j to the president in a cable criticising the British admiralty and sent to Ad miral Sims July 4, 1917, and read to the senate naval affairs committee today by Secretary Daniels. This cable was strictly confidential and declared the British admiralty was failing to use its great naval superiority effectively and I urged Sims to send a complete report j to Washington of what the admiralty This latest World release, starring the well known actor, Montagu Love, will be the attraction at the Carson City theater tonight. It is a comedy with all sorts of funny situations. ' - - 1, f i L . judgment of any one on that side of the water. Secretary Daniels testified that Sims' reply was a long telegram Republican Plan Will Make Bid for Junkers' Support was would demand that the United Stares tooiitt 1 Coitlifftw The story is a new one that of a young fellow from the country who comes to New York and doesn't fall a victim of the bright lights. But when he returns to the country on a SMALL POCKET OF OIL IS STRUCK AT ILLIPAH visit to his neonle. the fact that bp was doing, together with his own rec- has lived in New York gets him into f ommendations, without regard to the ' in a democratic form of government. all kinds of trouble. There's a laugh every mmute in this picture. Be sure to see it and give yourself a real treat Montagu Love has demonstrated in "A Broadway Saint," the latest World picture, written by the well known nov elist and short story writer, Forrest Halsey, .that his great histionic ability is not by any means confined solely to drama. His latest .picture is a rollicking comedy,' and in it Mr. Love's work as a comedy actor ranks as high as his big dramatic ceations in "Through the Toils," the recent World release. To be a clever dramatic artist and a real comedian at the same time is a I severe test of versatility. Mr. Love's J ability to play serious as well as light ! comedy roles, both on the legitimate stage and on the screen, has won for him a very high place among the great actors of this decade. Added Attractions "The Five Dollar Plate." from the Chief Flynn series, will be an added number to the program. This picture is said to be a brother story tou the "Miracle Man." Two shows 7 and 9 o'clock. Admission 15 and 25 cents includ ing war tax. tB United Press WASHINGTON. Mav 12 It stated today on high authority that the P g'VCn the r'gbt t0 proteCt America .u... .u. t.:.: u ! proposed Mexican plank in the Repuh-' vcs and property m Mexico tf the admiralty was doing and that his mindjlican Platform tQ writtcn at Chicago Mexican government is unable to do it. was closed to plans for bottling up the submarines. Sims also cabled, regard less of any future developments, "we can always count upon the support of the British navy." This statement, Daniels said, showed that Sims was hypnotized by British influence and was willing to lure the president to re ply on assurances not worth paying the tolls to transmit and which any school boy would know could not be binding"! Will Use Care In Organizing New Government Slayer of Constable St. Clair Brought Here From White Pine Leonard W. Fristoe, who killed Con stable Arthur St Clair of Elko near Ely a couple of months ago and who was sentenced last week to life impris onment by Judge McFadden of the White Pine district court, was brought to Carson this morning by Sheriff W. S. Ensloe and Special Deputy Don Gritton of that county and turned over to Warden Henrich to begin his term in the penitentiary. In transit Fristoe was heavily man acled and given no possible opportuni ty to plan an escape. He is undoubted ly a hard character and from facts ties because the death penalty was not inflicted on Fristoe by the jury which convicted him, but this was explained by the foreman who said that the mem bers of that body to a man believed that life imprisonment would be a more se vere punishment to Fristoe than death by hanging or shooting, especially in view of the fact that the prisoner had declared he would rather suffer death than be confined within prison walls for the balance of his life. Fristoe is now about 33 years of age. Joseph W. Bell, who was associated with Fristoe in the killing of St. Clair, has been sent to the reform school at learned since he has been under arrest I Elko. He pleaded guilty to manslauRh It was not an oil strike yesterday, but looked awfully like it for awhile. Some oil was struck, buf not enough to talk about a flowing well. Visitors to the Illipah district were numerous yesterday, and it was an op portune time, as the Illipah Basin Oil and Gas company struck a pocket of oil in its well just before the visitors ar rived. Some of this oil was baled out during the day, and it looks very fav orable, according to those who saw it. It was found at a depth of 435 feet. Ira MacFarland, who has charge of the drilling operations, gave it as his a Hie IBv United Tress SAN FRANCISCO, May 12. Feder al Judge Dooling today set the trial of Jack Dempsey, heavy weight champion, ! fBv United Press UNDATED, May 12. The revolu tionists, headed by General Obregon and in control of practically all of Mexico, are prepared today to estab lish a new government. General de la Huerta will take charge of the new regime in Mexico, establishing a pro visional government and making ar rangements for national elections to le held in July. The revolutionists evi dently have , established heavy censor ship over developments in the interior of Mexico. Only meager advices con- on the Texas border. not stated. The outcome was ! for the killing of St. Clair it has de veloped that shortly before coming' to Nevada and after his discharge from the army he killed a deputy sheriff and sheep man in one of the southern coun ties of Arizona and is also reported to have killed a woman in Colorado. There has been considerable comment J throughout White Pine and Elko coun ter when arraigned in court. It devel oped in his case that he was but 19 years of age and !iat while he was :n Fristoe's company when the crime was committed he took no part in the kill ing. Leniency was also shown him be cause of his surrender and confess;. -n to the officers and giving information that led to the capture of Fristoe. Four Gunboats On Guard IBv United Press! WASHINGTON, May 12. The ar rival of the United States cruizer Dol phin off Tampico has been reported to the navy department, making four American war vessels now in that vicinity. Selr-Preservation Is British Policy, Declares Lord frencb Passing Through U. S . iBy United Press DOUGLAS, May 12. Five hundred cerning developments following Car- j women and children whose fathers and ranza's flight from the capital have reached this country. Representatives of the Obregon government in the Unit ed States declare that every effort "will be made by the revolutionists to safe- i guard Carranza's life. The rebel lead- and his manager, Jack Kearns. charged j crs feared disfavor wiin the United with conspiracy to evade draft, for June 7th. husbands are in General Calles' Mexi can revolutionary army are being trans ferred through the United States from Agua Prieta to Naco, Sonora. Indiana Republicans for Wood IBs United Press INDIANAPOLIS, May 12. Regular Republicans in the state convention to day came out flatfooted for General Wood as their candidate for Republi- rtnininn that thi iL-n oil rtrnncitprl in . it - u'can nomination for president, a vug in the limestone through which j r the drill is n ow passing. No attempt was made to save any of the oil, as it was mixed with sludge. Mr. MacFar land thinks the formation is now chang ing, growing more favorable as depth is gained. Ely Times. 00 CAUGHT IN COLORADO According to wires received by Sher iff Ferrel of Washoe county, Howard Mitchell, the federal prisoner. who re cently escaped from the Reno jail, has been apprehended in Red Cliff, Colo. Mitchell had been convicted of rob bing a till belonging to the ; Western Pacific company at Gerlach. His sen tence would have expired on October 1st, next.- According to Sheriff Ferrel, Mitchell will now have to serve an ad ditional term for jail breaking, which means a term of from one to fourteen .years in the penitentiary. Russian Airplane Bombed Kieff By United Preis LONDON, May 12. A Warsaw dis patch today stated that the Russian Soviet armies had started a violent counter attack in the Kieff district. A Russian airplane bombed the city of Kieff. States government in should be mistreated. case Carranza Fighting Still Reported DOUGLAS, May 12. Advices to rev olutionary leaders here said that fight ing has occurred between the Carranza and revolutionary forces at Matamoras Will Take Matamoras Bv United Press BROWNSVILLE, Tex, May 12. Reports that General Alamazan, the (Webb Miller, United Tress staff cor-' respondent at London, recently visited Dublin where he obtained an audience with Lord French, viceroy of Ireland, and had interviews with Arthur Grif-fi.-h. vice-presioent of the ' Irish Repub lic" and founder of Sinn Fein, and Des mond Fitzgerald, Sinn Fein minister of propaganda. His first stories, printed herewith. portray most vividly the precarious sit- i uation in the Emerald Isle and for the first time sets forth authoritatively the revolutionist leader will take Mata- j basis of Great Britain's Irish policy moras, opposite here, shortly were re- i and the viewpoints of Irish republicans, ceived calmly in that city. It is be- The stories will appear from day to nevea tne ieaerai garrison wm sur-iday.; render without figthing. The rebel troops reported enroute are meeting with no resistance along the way. LEISURE HOUR TONIGHT GIVES-$500 TO STUDENT LOAN The Artemesia club of Fallon has sent a check of $500 to Mrs. E. F. War den, chairman of the Student Loan fund of the Nevada Federation of Women's Clubs. . ! It was the desire of Miss Emma Van derlieth, originator of the Student Loan fund, and chairman at the time of her death, to bring the fund up to $10,000. At the present time the amount is $8,030. T It is hoped that other clubs belong ing to the Federation will respond and as a memorial to Miss Vanderlieth bring the fund up to or beyond the amount she desired. DO "' SALARIES RAISED The. school trustees of Winnemucca have raised the salaries of teachers of WHITE CAPS DEVELOPS AN IMMENSE ORE BODY The last regular meeting of the. Leis ure Hour club before the summer vaca tion will be held this evening at the club house, commencing at 7:45. Election of officers for the coming club year will take place; also a dis cussion of a program. The president, Mrs. Castle, urges the members to be present at this meeting and to be prepared to offer suggestions for next year's program. that district 15 per cent Next Wednesday evening the annual The salaries heretofore paid averaged club supper will be held. $125 per month. - It developed yesterday that the White Caps ore body on the 800-foot level, huge as it had already been proven to be. still possesses new elements of ex pansion. The Magnet's original esti mate of the length of the shoot, 265 feet, must be amended to read 3U0 feet, or the full length of the lime block, which has a width of seventy feet, about one half of which was dissolved and re placed as ore. At a distance of ISO feet from the vertical fault the drift entered realgar mingled with the black ore. It will be continued for 110 feet further. Prog ress of ten feet is being made daily. Ore shipments during the past week were of the usual tonnage. Manhattan Magnet. ize anything." The correspondent decided that his moral courage was equal to the field marshal's in this instance. So Lord French is hereby relieved of responsibil ity for whatever appears in this report of the "conversation." But to the lest knowledge and belief of the corres pondent this is a faithful report :.f what transpired. In a remarkably frank halt-hour con versation the field marshal discussed the underlying reasons for Britain's present policy toward Ireland. He c- n vcytd the impression that the British policy is dictated by that strongest uf human instincts self "preservation, and while the policy from the physical st:.ftd- ! point is based tip the geographical p:.-M- tion of Ireland upon the iiat.k of F.i'.s land. Replying to the correspond! i's . j statement that many people in the Unit ed States probably knowing little of the I real situation were unable to un!tr- (By Webb Miller. United Press staff correspondent.) DUBLIN, April 20. (By mail.) This is a report of a conversation not an interview with Field Marshal French, viceroy of Ireland. Lord French in sisted upon making the distinction. The viceroy is evidently a brave man j u t- i j u . 'it .. , ". . i stand why England would not grant lall morally as well as physically, because ,. . . T . , . ' ' . , ' , self-determination to Ireland, the v:ce- oniy a tew minutes Dciore me convtrsa- . . , , . , , . ...... r iroy explained whv England was forcid tion he had drafted a repudiation of a!. ...... " , . ,, . . V . similar conversation with the corres-j pondent of a London newspaper as being t unauthorized and a misrepresentation Latest telegraphic news in the Appeal cf what passed." Despite his previous experience with j "conversations." the doughty old field marshal consented to discuss the Irish question for American newspapers sad dling the responsibility for whatever was published upon the correspondent. You know, I never give interviews," he said. "Of course, I. have conversa tions with pressmen and whatever they write is their own affair. But I am not responsible for what they say I said or did not say, and do not author- to withhold complete self-determina tion. "We can't grant Ireland full self determination," he said emphatically. They're too clwse to us. Self-deter mination has its limits. It must lie r-p- plied within reason otherwise the na tions of the world would break up and eventually revert to something like the ancient feudal system if self-determination were carried to extremes. For instance, the city of Dublin might say 'we will have nothing to do with the rest of Ireland,' and the city of Bel fast might do the same. I might sit Continued on page four