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about In the order named. The South
American republics are making valiant
efforts to provide themselves with big
fighting ships, but they are as yet fee
BILE folk" on the water despite the pos
session of a few Of the biggest and best
uf battleships.
What shall it avail all these nations
to sink milliona and scores and hun
drecs of millions in battleships which
will in a few years become almost as
obsolete as the old wooden ships? The
problem of deterioration and progress
sive uselessness of naval vessels is one
that is vexing seriously the whole
world Of statecraft at present. It Is a
live issue in every country which has
a big navy-more so in some than in
others. OF course, since its seriousness
is proportioned to the length of time in
which each nation has been engaged In
the launching of ironclads doomed to
rust out their lives in inglorious ways.
A few years ago Great Britain inaugu-
rated the policy of selling her old war
ships for whatever they would bring.
The United States Is following the Brit
ish lead In this matter, and the others
will fall into line. A few years will
see the biggest battleship Of today cut
down and altered into a coal barge or
reduced to other ignominious service.
Sad end for vessels each termed in
her turn the thunderer Of the seas"
the invincible Dreadnought!"
Doomed by Development Of Science.
It is the advance in naval science
which dooms these ships, big and lit
tle-or perhaps it would be better to
say big and bigger-to the fate of dis
mantlement and disuse before ever
having a chance to measure guns and
exchange projectiles with an enemy in
battle. They are built to carry and
fight a certain number of guns of a
certain size. Along comes q designer
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Seest thou a man dfllgent in his busi-
ness, he shall stand before kings; he shall
not stand before mean men.-Proverbs
xxii, q.
- o 1t is with John Hays Ham
mond Of New York, London,
Gloucester, Mass. and any
~ where else on the earth's sur
face or under its superficies that val
liable mines are to be found. He has
been dingent in his business; therefore
he shall stand before kings, or, at any
rate, before one king. The place and
the occasion of the standing will be
the coronation of King George V. of
Great Britain and Ireland, ETC., IN
Westminster abbey next June. Mr..
Hammond will be there in virtue Of his
appointment by President Taft as spe-
cial ambassador of the United States.
John Hays Hammond has stood be-
fore kings on prior occasions. and he
has not been abashed Indeed, why
should he be? To let of a little fam
boyant patriotism he is an American
citizen and therefore as good as any
king And he is king. or at least king
pin, in his own profession. which re-
quires at least as much brains as being
Sarawak or any other out OF the way
principality. When a man is the best
known, most experienced, best educat-
ed, highest salaried mining engineer
in the world he does not need to bow
his head before any mere hereditary
king or emperor. Honors and money
and position and other desirable things
have come to him in too abundant
measure for that
Let's dig up a little ancient history
about Hammond OTIS got to be done,
for every mention Of him in connec-
ton with the special ambassedorship
has told Of his involvement In the Jane
son raid, and we might as wen follow
the lead. It was really an important
incident in a career crowded with i'm
portant things.) He happened to be In
Johannesburg in 1895 when DR.. Lean
der S. Jameson (now Sir Leander
Starr Jameson by grace OF King
George) conceived the idea OF over
turning the government OF the South
African Republic with 600 men, enter
Ing with lightress of heart upon a task
which required most Of Great Britain's
army and some Of fits navy q few years
later. Jameson believed that Ham
mond, then in charge Of Cecil Rhodes
gold mines In South Africa, was In
sympathy with his movement. as the
American engineer was one OF the four
leaders for reform government in the
TransvaaL Contemporary records show
that Hammond wired to Jameson as
follows, Experts report decidedly ad-
verse: I absolutely condemn further
development at present." and that he
lined up his men and made them swear
allegiance 70 the Boer government.
Notwithstanding this old President
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s, 900. 900 a year salary. and the Gug-
genheim payrolls are not open to in
spection by the public. 1t is quite
likely that Hammond works for the
Guggenheims for no salary at all, but
on a percentage basis which yields suf-
ficient income for him to indulge in his
few hobbies. such as aspiring to such
high offices as vice president of the
United States, neighboring with Presi-
dent Taft on the north shore of Massa-
chusetts. running the National League
Of Republican Clubs, of which he is
president. helping to run the National
Civic federation, lecturing before uni
versities on abstruse mining problems,
etc.
Here come the biographical details
Mr.. Hammond is fifty-six years old, q
The Washington herald., 1911-03-12
By CHARLES N. LURE.


Y HERE'S a problem in proper
If the cost of a warship
twenty years ago is to its
present worth as S1,23S,o3s is to $4,000.
how much will be the value Of the ships
of the United States navy one year. five
years or ten years from the present
time?
We are spending millions each year
for new ships. The latest navy bill
calls for an expenditure of more than
s34, 900, 600 for vessels, with other appro-
priations bringing the total Of money
to be expended on the navy in one year
to more than S125, 5,00o,0 900. That is a
considerable heap Of cash even for a
two billion dollar country" especially
when il is considered-and hoped de-
youtly, of course-that the ships and
men and armaments for which II Is to
be given out may never be called upon
to fire anything more terrifying than
salute to the assistant secretary of the
navy or a visiting admiral Of the Hal
tan feet.
Rating of Nations In Naval Power.
We are building Dreadnought after
Dreadnought on the latest approved
lines of naval architecture in the ef-
fort to retain our place as the second
greatest naval power Of the world II
Is well known that we are second in
the race to Great Britain and that she
has no intention of permitting US or
any other power to pass her in the con-
test which she deems Of vital impor-
tance to her national safety and the
preservation Of the empire Close in
our wake comes Germany. taking very
seriously the kaiser's dictum Of sew
eral years ago that "Germanys future
lies on the water" France, Japan,
Italy. Austria and Russia trail along
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name, the victim Of Havana harbor:
the Oregon. Clark's famous ship which
got around the Horn in time to fight at
Santiago; the st. Louis. the Charleston
and the Milwaukee, crack armored
cruisers OF the beginning OF the present
century; the Alabama, the Kearsarge
and the Kentucky, famous battleships
OF a few years ago, which went on the
famous around the world cruise"-
these and many others, some costing
over 5000, 900 apiece. are headed for
the port Of obsolete ships. destined new
er again to hear the thunder of big
guns IN battle unless II be that they
shall be sent to certain doom as last
desperate hopes Of the nation.
List Of Obsolete Ships.
Here is a list OF American naval ves-
sells which have been noted possibili-
ties as sea fighters and which are re-
garded no longer as good fighting
units:
BATTI IESEIPS
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whose footprints flowers sprang up.
only his footprints are not marked by
flowers, but by quartz crushers and
stamping mills and smelters and other
but extremely useful things.
In finding gold for others Hammond
has found fortune for himself. He is
the famous "man with the $1,000. 900
salary" which figure made the world
gasp several years ago. He Is said to
have received and to be receiving that
amount yearly from the Guggenheim
Exploration company for finding new
mines or passing judgment upon those
found by others. But Hammond has
never admitted the facts about the
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native of San Francisco. a graduate Of
the Sheffield Scientific school Of Yale
university and of the Royal School Of
Mines at Freiburg. .Saxony. He was
married thirty years ago to Miss Nata-
lie Harris Of Mississippi. She has been
with him in various parts Of the world.
notably in South Africa when Kruger
and his advisers dangied rope over
her husbands head. Mrs. Hammond
resembles her husband mentally. She
shares his interest in economic mat
ters and has Just been elected national
chairman OF the woman'5 welfare de-
partment OF the National Civic feder-
alton. WALTER II. JOHNSON.
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Seest thou a man dfligent in his busi-
ness, he shall stand before kings; he shall
not stand before mean men.-ProverOs
xxii, q.
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GREAT PRIZES OFFERED
FOR LONG DISTANCE
AERIAL FEATS THIS YEAR

. PROFESSIONAL flying Of today
- is less a sport than business.
That is why the great prizes
~ ~ tho ajr Offared for extended
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-04-18

Hear Earl w. Fields and his
Casino orchestra at the Musicians
semi-annual ball. 4-12 to 10
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Mining man
OF The SOUTH
VISITS COMSTOCK
MALCOLM l.. MACDONALD EN-
THUSIASTIC OVER POSSIBILI-
TIES OF COMSTOCK.

RENO, New. April 1S.-Malcolm
l.. Macdonald, the former Southern
Nevada mining man. who is inter-
ested in the East COmstock MIN
ing cCIlpany at Virginia and who
paid the Comstock camp a visit
Saturday was enthusiastic over the
prospects of Virginia City on his
return to Reno. Preparatory to his,
departure for San Francisco Mr..
Macdonald stated that in company
with Manager Sims of the Mexican
mine he had paid a visit to the I'M
derground workings of that famous
property and had been given an
opportunity to inspect the new bod}
of ore than resulted in the stock
going skyward
The discovery OF this great body
of ore" said Mr.. Macdonald, will
undoubtedly cause keen activity and
interest to center in the old Com
stock section during the summer
months, as we'll as to stimulate the
work that is now being carried on
in adjoining properties in which
stockholders are already entertain.
ing the hope of participating il
future profits when the days Of
assessment will give way to the
days of dividends
Mr.. Macdonald, with Lewis A
Parkhurst and former Congressman
George A. Bartlett, is heavily inter
ested in the East Comstock corn
pany, and on his trip he was &C
ompanied by the last named as
sociate The property was acquired
lest summer and a large force o
Len has been steadily employed
Ore has been encountered, bat tn
| principal work now under way
, principally in the shape of eXp'ora
ton and the development live.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-04-18
HALE PENNSYLVANIA
TOWN Is SCRATCHING

WILK ESBARRE, Pa, April 1S.-
A practical joker has had half the
residents of Cunningham, a country
town near here, scratching continu-
ously. A special committee of the
school board suspects that the joker
is one of the older schoolboys. IL
he is found, by Heck he'll suffer.
A public flogging is none too good
for him, one of them intimated.
"Cowitch, that rural Scream ,
has been distributed in the school,
in two lodgerooms, the postoffice and
at a horse sale. The school ~.
rectors heard enough to convince
them that they will be able to
catch the joker. They understand
that he bought the stuff by mail
for the purpose of "having somf
fun"
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YERINGToN BOYS SELL NINE.

C. A. Mcleod, Charles Bovard
and Andy West, of this place, made
a sale of the Bethania mining prop
erty in Rawhide this week. The
property goes to John B. E. Bell
Of Chicago, and the figure is $685.
900. The papers for the deal were
all signed up here yesterday and
are to be sent to Mr.. Bells bank
in Chicago.
The sale is practically a cash
proposition, $4,000 being paid
down and the balance on short
time. This property consists of
three claims on the north side of
Grutt Hill, known as the Queen
Bethania, Crystal Queen No. / and
Crystal Queen No, 2.
The claims are located just over
The hill from the Mint ground, on
which a strike of considerable i'm.
pCrtance was made a week or sc
ago. The ground was located by
Mcleod and Bovard about the frs
of any in the camp of Rawhide
and quite a little work was done
on the property by leasers during
the boom days, and some very fai
showings were obtained. Yeringtor
Times.
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MANHATTAN
MINE TO SINK
To GREAT DEPTH

There is hustle and activity
about the No. II shaft on Union
No. 9 these days that is rather
pleasant to note.
During the past few days the
installation of the new compressor,
hoist and pump was completed and
he shaft was started downward
yesterday morning. This will be
continued until the 5O0-foot mark
is reached and it is probable that
still greater depth may be attaired
before stopping. This will drain a
considerable portion of the terri
tory now controlled by the new
War Eagle company and make the
operation of those properties fur
ther up on the hill less expensive.
In the Little Grey the work has
pending the competition OF the
placing of the machinery on the adj
joining territory. AS a consequence
he water raised on the lower levels
but a couple of days will suffice
to bring it down to its norma
condition and with the sinking Of
the shaft on No. - it is not prob.
able that further cessations of oper.
ations on account of water in the
Little Grey will be necessary.
While the mines of this particu
lar locality have not been active
during the past week, the manage
ment has been having the mill a
work on several hundred tons o
ore lying on the surface and whicl
was assorted year ago or so from
that hoisted from the upper level
of the Little Grey and adjoining
ground, and as its cost represent
practically nothing but the loadin
and hauling to the mill, it afford
a good margin of profit, eve
though its value runs only fror
81 to $40.
Tanks are to be erected on tn
! hill east of the No. II shaft 70
the storage of water for the Wa
E Eagle mill, which will be supplied
in the future, from this point il
e stead of the Jumping Jack, as here
e tOfore. Manhattan Mail.
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CALENDAR RE-
VISION IS Scheme
OF The ENGLISH

NEW YORK. April 1S.-The
opinions of university authorities IN
America are being sought by the
hackers of a new British scheme for
the revision of the calendar. The
plan as outlined is as follows:
The first day of the year shall
be bank holiday, called New
Years day, which shall not count
as a day of the week, of the month
or of the quarter. This leaves 1854
days for the rest of the year, 4
number that divides exactly into
quarters of ninety-onc days each
and into fifty-two weeks If seven
days each. Each quat r would be
divided into two months of thirty
days each and one mona of thirty
one days
This revision would make cal
endar in which a given date would
always fall on the same date. II
would be a great convenience in
MANY ways, Sdy > d IlOlVHoOl VI W
lumba university, commenting or
the subject. Each calendar would
serve you for a lifetime, and after
a few years of practice with it yor
would hardly need to refer to The
printed form. The day on which
the first of each month fell sooI
would be unconsciously memorized
But there is also a vital objec
ton. The odd day, which is to b.
called New Years day, really mean
that the Sundays on either sid
would be eight days apart. Thi
would involve a violation of tn
fourth commandment and 20
would find the churches against il
AS soon as the clergy realizes tina
such a calendar would cause sue
a violation you would hear thei
protests"
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CONNECTICUT PUPILS
HOANED BY TEACHERS

STANFORD, Conn. April 1S.-
Harold Higgins, son of General
Manager Higgins of the New Haven
railroad, was reading an original
humorous poem hitting off his
teachers at banquet given by
Headmaster l.. D. Marriott of the
Manor school, when a policeman en-
tered with a message to the effect
that a mother and four children
had disappeared, and the students
were suspected of having concealed
them in the school. The message
created great excitement. When the
last sentence was read, explaining
that the mother was cat ana tne
children kittens, there was a huge
laugh The hoax had been arranged
by teachers.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-04-18
ROTARY CLUBS WILL
CONVENE IN SPOKANE

SPOKANE, Wash, April is
Another convention has been Sc
cured for Spokane this year. 1t is
the National Association of Rotary
clubs and it will convene in Spo-
kane July 3, 1911. The National
Association of Rotary clubs is an
organization of tremendous influ-
ence in the automobile and motor
world. Its membership embraces
% states and includes a great va
riety of organizations in the manu-
| featuring, marketing, advertising,
recreation and commercial lines.
Paul p. Harris of Chicago is pres
ident. 1t is proposed to have the
Spokane chamber of commerce en-
terrain the delegates at luncheon
and after a brief program the Wis
itors will be taken on trip
! through the Spokane valley by the
members of the Spokane Motor
club, who are enthusiastic upon
learning that the convention has
ben secured for that city. The as,
ISOLATION will stop at Spokane fol
its one-day convention while en-
route to Portland, where a two
day meeting will conclude the bust
ness of the year. By stopping IL
Spokane and taking up preliminar!
organization here, more time viii
be given to arrange the necessar.
details of the two days meeting il
Portland.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-04-18
BOY ORDERED DEPORTED
BY FEDERAL INSPECTOR

A special dispatch to the Sacra-
mento Bee from Washington, says:
The immigration inspectors at Phil
adelphia have debarred Domingo
Galgoicha and a boy named Joseph
Astigino and ordered that they both
be deported. Galgoicha formerly
resided in Elko county, Nevada,
where his brother conducts a hotel
The boy is related to Balbino A.
Chabel who owns a store at Jack
creek. Representative Roberts OF
Nevada, upon the proper afiidavits
and bonds being furnished. has had
both parties released.
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A. w. Carll's orchestra in tune
full tunes at the Musicians ball on
Wednesday, April 10 4-12 to 10
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Paul Mcclure and peerless
bunch viii be heard at the Musl-
clans ball 4--12 to 19
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Our ads bring results.
NOTICEI

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, |
That under and by virtue of AN
act to empower the County Com
missioners of the several counties
of the state of Nevada to grant a
right-of-way for the construction of
telephone, telegraph and electric
power lines, underground pipe lines
street car lines and other railway
lines across and along the public
roads and highways of the state of
Nevada, and matters relating there
to- Laws of the state of Nevada,
approved March 30, 1907, the West
End Consolidated Mining company,
a corporation, did on April 8, 1911,
make application to the Board of
County Commissioners Of Nye coun
| ty, state of Nevada, for the author
| ity and franchise to construct and
operate, and for right-of-way for
such construction and operation of
a railway line within the confines
of the township of Tonopah, Nye
county, Nevada, said railway line to
be supplied with either gasoline,
steam electric or other motive
power.
The said right-of-way desired
is ten feet in width and
commences at the point of inter
section of the center line of South
street, as projected on its present
course with the east side line Of
eddie avenue, thence along the CEN
ter line of said South street, con-
tinued to its intersection with the
center line of eddie avenue, thence
along the center line of Oddie
avenue northerly to the intersection
of the center line of eddie avenue
with the center line of Water street
thence along the center line oil
Water street on its course toward
the Midway mine plant, to a point
! of intersection of said center line
: of Water street, projected on its
course with the boundary line oil
the Midway Mining company'E
ground, where said railway line or
the public highway will stop, bu
! which railway line will continue OF
to what is known as the Midway
mill.
The purpose for which such au
thority, franchise, and right-of-wa,
: is desired is to transport ores from
6 the ore bins of the West End Con
solidated Mining company, or from
1 it's dumps on the West End Min
4 Reserve in the vicinity of Oddi
avenue and South street, to tn
o said Midway mill, in order that tn
ores mined in the said mining prop
critics of the West End Consolidate
T Mining company's ground may b
|, milled at what is known
: Midway mill in the said Tonopa
Mining District.
BY the said Board of Count
Commissioners of Nye county, afore
said, the County Commissioners
room at the Nye County COURTEOUS,
@ at Tonopah, Nye county, Nevada
. and May 18th, 1911, at 10 o'clce
in the forenoon thereof, was on til
IS Sth day of April, 1911, designate
Is las the place and time when til
\ aforesaid application of the We!
y End Consolidated Mining compan
e corporation, shall be heard. A
e persons interested in granting {
refusing to grant such authorit
- franchise and right-of-way sha
have a right to be heard, eitht
a in person or by attorney, at II
aforesaid hearing of the aforesai
application before said Board
70 County Commissioners of Nye con-
" ty, state of Nevada.
u WEST END CONSOLIDATED MI
ING COMPANY,
IS BY S II. BRADY,
l. Superintendent
a i-S-30t
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Fresh milk and cream at Palace
Market. 12-12-tf
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RECEIVES PROMOTION.

Our jim" Gliding has been pro-
noted from ensign in the navy to
junior lieutenant and has SUPER
vision of the submarine service to
which he has been attached the
past two years. He is stationed for
the present at San Diego Carson
News.
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GRAND OPENING!

Next Sunday night big time
is promised at the YOU-AND-I sa-
loon, below the Casino. Free dance
and free lunch. Everybody well
come. Best board in town.
4-1S-5t PETE and MATT.
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TRAVEL WESTWARD is
BREAKING ALL RECORDS

CHICAGO, April Statistics
issued by transcontinental railroads
show that $1,000 persons travelled
from eastern cities to points on the
Pacific coast during the thirty-fve
days ending April 10.
The figure exceeded by $1,000 the
number going west in 1910 and
broke all previous records.
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Julius Goldsmith's Butler orches-
ira. Dance the new two-step,
Lemons and Lines" Ca sour rag),
at the Musicians ball. Julius
has it. 4-12 to 10