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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-23

( dead; and nobody seemed to have the
faintest clue to the solution of the
problem. The county records disclos-
ed the fact that Fred Vollmer had
been the notary and a communication
from him stated the fact that Mr.
Borgia was last heard OF in Tono
pah. Some inquiry and hunting To-
Gated the pioneer in his humble cabin
back of the Extension new shaft He
proved to be very old gentleman
who had follow the lure of gold for
half "a century and was quite unable
to comprehend the subject matter OF
the affidavit which the attorney for
the company had prepared for him
to sign. He did not understand the
name tom Egan" pronounced in
English, but as soon as II was fused
into one word thus "Tomegan" he
frightened up and recalled the trans
action OF long ago from which his
possessions were increased fifty dol
lars. He put his name TO the affi-
davit and readily accompanied the
party who called upon him* to a
notary's Office where countryman
Of his, who had been provided for the
purpose, acted as interpreter.
The interpreter inquired II he had
sold the ground and II he wished to
go back on his act OF long ago, now
that Il was question OF honor with
him as TO whether through techni-
cality he intended to cause subsequent
purchasers untold trouble by not fix
ing the matter requested of him With
the earnestness of offended honor he
held up his hand and swore that he
owned none of the ground and that
the error of the amended certificate
should not militat against the Montana
company In any manner, for small
terest in the distant past IT was duly
/ paid him and he freely accepted II
/ and nothing at this late day would i'm
| pei him to deyiate from the path Of
honor and right, even II It woult
without doubt gain him financia
reward now. Honor and honest,
are right and common, but a brillian
and specific instance like this one il
indeed refreshing.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-23
THE HONOR OF A PIONEER
AN INTERESTING EPISODE UNITING

Fifteen years ago Tom Egan, ms
brother, j. b. Egan. and Noah Borgia
located the Afterall claim, now one
of the locations which are comprised
by the estate of the Montana Tono-
pah Mines company. and within few
days after the location Noah Borgia
sold his third interest to Tom Egan
for the munifcient sum of $4,000.
Egan had the deed recorded after
having Fred Vollmer the old timer of
Silver Peak, then a notary public,
take the acknowledgment of the ven
dor.
During the time the negotiations for
the purchase and sale of the above
interest were in progress between the
two. now pioneers of early Tonopah.
Johnny Booker who did all the work
pertaining to surveying and patent
matters for the claim holders in the
early days, had prepared an amended
certificate of location of the Afterall
claim which set forth the fact that
the original locators were the amend
ing locators and signed his name to
the paper, which was duly recorded
on the county records before the deed
from Borgia TO Egan The date Of
the amended certificate was subse-
m ..f al. a INT.
interests We're taken over by the
Montana Tonopah Mines company and
in the course OF years the claim with
several others was before the com.
missioner OF the land office for HIS
approval as to its title prior to
patent The ferrets OF the office back
in Washington found that Johnny
Booker, who has been dead many
years, through an error or not being
taken into the confidence of Egan anc
Borgia as TO their financial transac
tons, said In the amended certificat,
Of location that the amending loca
tors were the original locators," ant
held that Borgia acquired third in
terest In the ground again and there
fore IL was necessary TO find the gen
tIeman and have him set the matte
Alright.
The task looked hopeless. Fifteei
years had elapsed; the name was no
familiar among even the old timers
both Egans were dead. Booker wa
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-23
CALIFORNIA MOTOR OIL
IN COLD WEATHER

II is reported that in some localities
on the coast where the mercury hud-
dies pretty low in the tube, motorists
have been troubled by their oil get
ting thick in the crank case.
This has been the experience most.
ly with motorists using an eastern oil
of paraffine base. On account of the
nature of paraffine-base crude, it has
always been one of the worst problems
of eastern refiners to manufacture an
oil that would not CONCEAL at zero
temperature.
Motorists who use an asphaltbase
oil, especially one made from Cali
fornia crude, have no difficulty with
their oil in cold weather. The oil
contains no paraffine or other sub
stances that can CONCEAL at low tenn
perature. The zero temperature has
no effect on California asphalt-base oil.
1t is practically the same in winter
and in summer.
and the crops need the large market
that would be afforded by the use OF
a feeder. 1t is also possible that the
Southern Pacific company may enter
the field and make bid for the farm
er's products from the northern part
of the state and the southern part OF
Idaho.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-23
RENO WANTS FEDERAL PLANT

The recommendations OF d. IT,.
Norton, who is attached to the for
eign bureau and who has made an
exhaustive study of the nitrogen situa-
tion In this country and in Germany,
includes among other things a plant
of the Pacific coast and he stated in
his article the site must have ample
water, power and facilities for trans
portation, as well as be reasonably
free from anger of invasion. Renoites
claim their city possesses all the re.
quirements necessary for the plant.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-23
RENO BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT

"The city beautiful is the goal of
the Reno city council and the bust
ness men and residents of the city.
The movement was recently launched
after the matter was carefully consid.
cred from every angle. The new cluster
liessts will be step in the right direc.
tion and the new 10.inch water mains
will provide water sufficient for the
needs of all Renoites expect big
building boom this summer and spec
ial efforts will be taken to keep the
standard for the construction of the
houses at high plane.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-23

Advertise in the BONANZA.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-23
VOTERS. ATTENTION.

The registration of voters for the
school election to be held Saturday,
April 1, 1916, will take place Wednes-
day. Thursday. Friday and Saturday
of this week from to IL "A. m. and
from | to and TO 5 p. m. Regis
tration will take place in the Office
of the National Realty and Invest
ment company
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-23
TO EXTEND RAILROAD

Plans for the extension of feeders
OF the Western Pacific railroad in
Nevada this year include a proposed
line to Boise and other points in
Idaho. The demand from the pro
ducers in Idaho, especially the south
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
Neither Austrians Or the
Russians Make Claim To
Decisive Results
HEAVY BATTLES ALSO
ON ITALIAN FRONT
Artillery of the Warning
Nations Is Doing Great
Damage In Valleys
e AssocrATUp PREsa.

London, Jan 22.-BoEh Russian
and Austro- Hungarian official State
naents today tell of the resumption ID
fighting at all points along the Bees
sabarian frontier and In east Gahcia.
Russia declares desperate fighting Is
proceeding around the craters of four
mines the Austro- Hungarians ex-
ploded near the Russian trenches.
Neither side makes the claim TO de-
cisive results and both seem attack
ing at various points.
The Russians announce that the
Germans were using gas bombs IN
the Tennenfield region and made an
Intellectual effort to capture the hill
north Of Czartorysk
Both Austria Hungary and italy
describe desperate artillery encourt-
ers along their front. italy declares
the Austro- Hungarian artillery caused
some damage in the Suganna valley
and the Italian artillery has de-
molished the Austro Hungarian
headquarters at varone and disposed
of the Austro- Hungarian detach-
ments in the San Pellagrfno valley
and Corvara- Italy also declares that
small Italian infantry actions were
successful.
On tas Erlrsch front violent az
tllery actions continue.
The situation IN Montenegro is stfTI
cIouded by conflicting statements
from either side. The Austro-Hun-
garian officials declare the disarma-
ment Of the Montenegro army Is
proceeding and Montenegro officials
assert the Montenegrins win die
fighting and viii endeavor TO join the
Serbians In Albanina with base at
Scutari.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
PRESIDENT IS
ON YACHT FOR
CRUISE
Trip to Occupy Two Days,
To Give Mr.. Wilson
Desired Sec1usion
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington, Jan. 22.-President
and Mrs. Wilson aboard the naval
yacht Mayfower were cruising leis-
urely today down the Potomac, bound
for the waters of Chesapeake bay.
The trip, which is to occupy two days,
was taken to enable the president TO
prepare in seclugion the address he
Is to make In New York January 81
at the Railroad Business Associa-
toms banquet and to tentatively draft
others he is to make on national pre-
paredness ON his middle western trip.
The president carried with him a
mass of data from the navy and war
departments which he was to use in
debating the addresses to his stenog-
rapher. He is keeping in wireless
communication with the White House.
Plans for the presidents western trip
which he finally approved just be-
fore starting on the cruise last night
calls for stops at Pittsburg, Cleve-
land. Milwaukee, Chicago, Des
Moines, Topeka and Kansas City. The
trip is to begin January %.
The president plans to return here
Monday morning. It is possible he
may stop at Fortress Monroe for a
golf game.
Neither Secretary Tunrulty nor Dr..
Cary T. Grayson, the White House
physician accompanied the president.
Besides the secret: service men the
president took only his personal ste
nographer.
The mornings news was commune
Gated to the president by wireless to-
day and he win be kept informed of
all important official business by the
same means. He viii be disturbed as
little as possible, however, because Of
his desire for seclusion-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
GOLD WAVE IS
SWEEPING IN
FROM WEST.
Believed VIII Bring Relief
From Flood Condition
In Many Localities
e AssocIATEp PREss

Chicago, Jan PA cold wave, said
by the weather bureau to be sweep-
ing eastward from the Rocky Noun
tain region today, was held out as
bringing hope for relief from flood
conditions which prevailed in North
ern Illinois and neighborfng states
yesterday as the result Of heavy rains
following a rapid rise In tempera-
ture.
Thousands OF persons temporarily
were made homeless, and the prop
erty loss estimated at hundreds of
thousands Of dollars. Several cities
are also facing a possibility Of cpl
demic as the result Of pollution Of
their drinking water by the food
Reports reaching Chicago today
told of extensive damage in the ter
ritory within a radius of fifty miles
of Chicago. Hundreds of farms IN
the Fox, Des PLANES, Rock and other
river valleys are inundated. Joliet,
Aurora, and Elgin, H., suffered most
Streets and Easements were flooded,
much low land inundated and resi-
dents driven from their homes, while
IN a few cases houses were carried
away by the waters.
In Chicago, sewers overlooked and
hundreds Of basemer~s were flooded,
telephone service suffered when the
conduct tunnels were filed with water
and subways under railroad aqueducts
were flooded so that traffic through
them was impossible. Firemen were
kept busy all day pumping out flooded
territory.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
VIR GINlANS
ARE AGAINST
LARGER ARMY
Resolution Declaring People
of That State Opposed
Increase Taxation

Richmond, Va, January 2zs-Land-
say Gordon, delegate from Louisa,
caused a. connection In the house
today by offering without warning
a resolution declaring that the, people
Of Virginia are opposed 10 increased
taxation to support q larger stand
ing army; declaring that "the nor
NAL growth OF the navy under the
Democratic administration Is ade-
quate and entirely satisfactory"
Delegate Gordon asserted that
over so per cent Of the country's
revenue now is spent on the army
and navy, and that ought to offer
profit enough to supply contractors.
He declared he was not opposing
President Wilson but the war spirit
rampant just now.
Delegates Browning, Reed and
Leedy opened sharp opposition.
The resolution finally was referred
TO the committee on federal rela-
tons, where il is said 1t win repose
indefinitely.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
Levers Warehouse Bill Is
FavOrably Reported In House

handling and marketing farm prod
ucts.
Cotton, grain, wool, tobacco and
ike farm products furnish the very
best security for procuring credit, yet
collateral based on farm products Ia
rated as secondary. We are seeking
in this bill to put farm products In
such position az to assert their fun
value and strength through a system
affordfng negotiable investment, by
the use Of a warehouse receipt Of
such undOubted integrity that it VIII
flow into the genera system Of Sc
curities and become realizable upon
at any time in the general market.
The bill purposes to bring all parts
Of the country into the closest com-
merciaI and financial relationship"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
ONE MEMBER
PAR TY
COMES HOME
Says Tine for Neutral Ma
tons to Move For Peace
Not Yet Arrived
= AsaocHATTD -.


New York, Jan. 22.A-kndrsw 7.
Bethea, lieutenant governor Of South
Carolina, returned from Europe today
on the American liner New York. He
was a member Of the Ford peace
party.
The time for neutral nations to
move for peace has not yet arrived,
Lieutenant Governor Bethea said on
his arrival.
'In Germany the cry is for conser-
walton of resources" he said. '"They
say they have sufficient men and
means for military equipment. In
England I found the cry was for men
and proper equipment
The South Carolinian left the Ford
party in Copenhagen, and made his
way into Germany, from there going
to Switzerland and thence tosEngland.
The New York experienced one Of
the toughest passages in her history.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
TWO MEXTCANs CONFESS
AND WILL BE EXECUTED

II Paao, Jan. 22.-Mexican Consul
Garcia announced here today that
Bernardo and Federico Duran, Mexi-
cans, arrested by Carranza officials
on the charge Of killing Bert Akers,
an American, Just across the border,
have confessed and will be executed
tomorrow. Alzers was killed while
seeking stolen cattle. The United
States provost guard today fired on
Mexican soldiers who crossed the
border rounding up horses. The Mex
leans fed. Customs officials fired in
the direction Of some Mexicans at
tempting to smuggle rags across the
border. The importation Of rags is
barred by health officers.
Teodore Prieto, claiming to be o
major IN the Villa army, arrived here
today and declared he was sent by
Villa 10 announce Unat villa had
nothing to do with the Santa Ysabel
massacre, and that Villa win punish
his men If he found they did it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Jan. 22.-The Lever
bill for license and inspection Of
warehouses for staple and no per-
ishable agricultural products was
favorably reported to the house today
by the agricultural committee. Chair
man Lever said he expected the house
to act on the measure within two
weeks.
''The farm marketing machinery in
this country has been demonstrated
by the war to be seriously weak, T"
says the committees report. "The
inauguration under this bill of a sys-
tenn of warehouses under federal
license and bond would go far in the
direction Of standardizing warehouse
construction storage conditions, in
surance, accounting, financing and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
PENSAG0LIAN
A PRISONER in
CAMP
Ernest Walter Close Is Held
At Ahmednagar, Near
Bombay, India.
WANTS TO PROVE
HE Is AMERICAN
Says He Lived Near Klon-
dyke and at One Time
Employed by City
WANTS TO PROVE
HE IS AMERICAN

Ernest Walter Close, Of Pensacola.
is a prisoner Of war IN far Ahmed
magyar, India, where the British are
holding him in a detention camp. He
is in a predicament for ne cannot
prove he is an American citizen and
has written TO VIM. H. Knowles Of
this city, requesting the latter 10 aid
him IN proving this fact to the salts
faction of the British authorities.
The letter was written on Nov ~.
1915, and has just reached Mr..
Knowles. That it was thoroughly in
spected by the British officers ia
shown by the numerous signatures
and stamps, for besides the address
written by Close, the following APP
pears on the envelope:
E-Prisoners Of war lstter-No
stamps required; censorship stamp;
passed by commandant prisoners on
war, Ahnnednagar, II Dec, 1915, c. II.
A.; passed censor, Bombay; from Do.
". Close, Ahmednagar, Camp Al, sec
ton g."
The letter is rs follows
"Ahmednagar, Nov. ne, 1915.
ITO W. Fl. Knowles, Esquire, Penso-
cola.
'Dear Sir: ! respectively beg 70
address you on the following subject:
Il, r. W. Close, late Of Pensacola,
Florida, lately employed by the Bur
ma Mines Co., of Namtu, Burma, have
been interned here as a prisoner Of
war.
"As you will remember my father
was a citizen Of the u. S. A. and
lived in the settlement Of Klondyke,
about one and a half miles behind
Pfeiffer's mill would be much
obliged to you If you kindly would
try to effect my release and I give
you the names Of the following gem
tlemen, who are well known 20 mo
and my family: Messrs. Thyssens
(evidently Thiesen), Eugene Herring
and g. Kiss, Stewart and the mu-
Of Pensacola for which I
worked there. I hope that this should
be witnesses enough for the establish
nent Of my nationality
Thanking you in anticipation I
beg 20 remain,
yours faithfully.
ERNEST WALTER CLOSE.
'Ahmednagar, India, Camp A, Sec
ton g."
z. J.. Herring, who is mentioned as
1ne Of the persons known by Close
said last night that he could not re-
sau the man, but would look into the
matter. Any person knowing Close
10 be an American can address Mr..
or else make an affidavit and
forward TO him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
Plus DEMANDS
THAT BELGIUM
Be PROTECTED
Win Never Consent Other
wise to Offer His
Good Offices
ALL TERRITORIES
MUST BE RESTOED
Indemnify Also Will Be
Paid That Will Cover
All Damage
ALL TERRITORIES
MUST BE RESTOED
III Associated PRESS.

Washington, Jan. 22.-The British
embassy today issued q statement,
based ON its dispatch from London,
quoting "a distinguished Belgian
Jesuit, Father Benusse, lately re-
ceived by the Holy Father" as stat
ing to a Dutch chaplain IN the Bel
gian army that the pope had told
Father Benusse and told him to tell
the Belgian soldiers and king that
the pope considers Belgium has a
right to complete PREPARATION from
Germany and that he will never con-
sent to offer his good offices for the
re-establishn1ant of peace unless Bel
GUM has all her territories in Europe
and Africa restored b her with q
plentitude for her liberties and inter-
national rights as they existed be-
fore, and this witho1t prejudice to
her claims for an axequate idennnity
70 be fixed after e mute inquiry and
inventory of all pubic monuments
destroyed, AFTER rebu sing factories
and private houses and restttutioa OF
all private properly"
The embassy also announced that
a London Times dispatch from Sa-
loni6 included fifteen hundred copies
Of long Arabic proclamation to the
chiefs of Senussi Tribes, near Egypt
melting them TO war on nsn-Germanic
Christendom, and saying that Allah
has made arrangement with Germany
for the protection of the Mohamme-
dan religion
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
An American Arrives From
Oaxaca, Mex, and Says
Conditions Unbearable
CARRANZA'S MEN
ARE POWERLE SS
Entire State of Oaxaca Is
Overrun With Bands of
Bandits
BIZ ASSOCIATED rRrss.

Douglas, Ariz., Jan 22.-The state
of Oaxaca, Mexico, is overrun with
bandits who are killing and robbing
Americans, despite the Carranza off,
Gals efforts to preserve order, and
near Ejutla eight bodies were seen
hanging TO trees, Andrew j. Trumbo,
> wealthy mining man, of Los An
geles, declared In an affidavit here to-
day.
Trunnbo said he was told the bodies
were those Of Americans. Trunbo
exhibited passports to show he had
had been in the parts of Oaxaca he
spoke of, and declared he left because
conditions are becoming UNDESIRABLE.
Trunbo came here via Eel Paso, where
yesterday he told Of the railroad
wreck near Tehuacan, which was
caused by dynamite and killed % or
"a. Mexicans. His affidavit also de-
clared the bandits are commanded by
q former federal officer, General
Aguillar, aided by three hundred for
mer federal soldiers armed with can
non and machine guns, and on account
of the conditions of the country, can
stand OF twenty thousand soldiers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
King LutdlOi9 Pays
Visit To ARM es
and Praises Them

Berlin, Jan. 22.-(By wireless)-
King Ludwig, of Bavaria, says the
Overseas News Agency, has just
paid visit to the Bavarian troops on
the west front. Addressing the ter
rftorials who are stationed in the oc-
cupied French district, his majesty
praised their correct deIneanor to-
ward the inhabitants and told them
always to remember their military
discipline and morale so that the
inhabitants would speak of the SOL
diers with respect even after they
had left those districts"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
Trial of Mrs. e.
MOhr Goes OUer
to Third Week

Providence, R. L, Jan. 22.-Mrs.
Elizabeth Mohr, who has been on
trial for two weeks with Cecil Brown
and Henry Spellman, the two negroes
whom she is accused of having hired
to kill her husband, DR.. G. Franklin
Mohr, last August, rested over the
Saturday court recess today in the
assurance that next week would see
the beginning OF the introduction of
evidence In her defense. The prose
cution is understood to have ended its
testimony.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-01-23
DESPERATE FIGHTING is
CONTINUED ALONG ENTIRE
FRONTIER OF BESSABARIA
Flood Causes a
Panic In Yuma.
Arizona
. AssocIArEp PRRss.

yuma, Arizona Jan. 22.-The
overflow from the Colorado river
cauDed panic here this afternoon
when a number of buildings were
washed away. Mayor Charles
Moore died Of heart failure, super
induced by efforts 90 preserve
order. Water several feet deep
rushed through the main streets,
and the Yuma valley was flooded
from one to four feet, the result
OF the breaking of government
levees.