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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-01-19
Nevada Legislature Convened Last Monday Al Carson Civ
Luce, Of 1onopah, Elected
Speaker Of the Assembly

Railroads-Summerfeld, Thatcher
and Campbell.
Mines and mining-Thatcher and
Lemaire
Public lands-Keddie and Huss-
man.
Federal elations-Fernald and
man.
Engrossed bills-Stewart and Fer
nald.
Hospital-Campbell and Penrose.
Mileage-Lemaire and Keddie.
Education and public morals
Chaplin, Summerfield and Penrose.
Rules and joint rules-stewart
and Chaplin. ....
Banks and -Keddie, Stew
art and Lemaire.
Fish and game - Thatcher and
rose.
Agriculture and irrigation-Huss-
man, Bradshaw and Keddie
Taxation-Fernald and Stewart.
Labor-Fernald, Chaplin and Le-
maire
The minority membership of all
the senate committees is to be an
nounced later by Lieut.. Gov. Maurice
j. Sullivan, president of senate.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-01-19
Special to the Record.

CARSON CITY, Jan. 15.-The
twenty-eighth session of the Ne
vada legislature convened at
high noon today and organized
pursuant to the caucuses held
last night. The officers and
attaches chosen by the Demo-
cratic caucus of the assembly and
by the. Republican caucus of the SEN
ate were all chosen without a hitch
Recess was taken until 2 O'Clock and
adjournment will extend until II
o'clock tomorrow. The majority
members of the committees of the
senate were named by the Republican
caucus and it remained for Lieuten-
ant Governor Sullivan to supply the
minority representation.
With the entire membership pres
ent at noon, Secretary of State
George Brodigan called the assembly
to order and c. H. Duborg from Wa
shoe county, member of a past
legislature, was chosen temporary
chairman. E. A. Stewart of Washoe
was chosen temporary secretary.
Both are Republicans and the DEM
ocrats who are in the majority were
caught mapping.
Ben Luce of Tonopah was chosen
speaker of the assembly when it con-
vened this morning. j. Fl. Fulmer
Of White Pine county was nominated
by the Republicans and received six
teen votes while Luce received 10.
Fulmer then moved that the election
of Luce be made unanimous. r. NJ
Hardy of Lovelock was elected
speaker pro tenn by a unanimous
vote.
In accepting the chair Luce made
a speech that was we'll received. He
concluded by saying that he would
work for the legislation that was for
the welfare of everyman, woman and
child in the state and that he wanted
business session on business lines.
The oath of office was then admin
istered to the assemblymen by Chief
Justice McCarran and a committee
was appointed to inform Gov. BOYLE
that the assembly was organized and
ready for business.
A committee from the senate re-
ported that body organized.
With two-third majority con-
trolled by the Republicans the DEM
Gratis in the senate are not in posi-
ton to carry on much partisan &C
tivity, but beyond the customary d-
vision of the spoils there does not
seem to be much likelihood of par
tisan division in the legislature. The
division in the house is closer, al
though the Democrats are in the ma
lority. Owing to the new apporton-
ment it would be possible for five
counties to get together and control
legislation but so many diverse sub
Jects are on the program that no gem
Siui SySlelH Ol COnITOl promises TO
be effective.
The governors message is awaited
with interest by the legislators as an
indication of the leanings of the adj
ministration and summary of need
ed laws. 1t seems fairly sure that
the activities of the present. session
Will embrace consideration of pro-
hlbition, gambling, an investigation
or the university, road building on a
large scale in conjunction with the
federal gov ernment and extensive ap-
propriatlc rs for prison and university
building purposes. On these oues-
uons there is diversity of opini IN
among Eepu.licans as we'll as DEM
ocrats and the outcome may rest in
the personal convictions of the mem
pers or the particular demands of
their constituents affected by local
not Il a
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-01-19

The continued cold weather has
resulted in the freezing of many
water pipes in town-and Of course.
uncomplimentary things are being
said about the water man.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-01-19
GOVERNOR BOYLE
WILL RUN AGAIN

A few days ago Governor Boyle ad-
mltted to few friends that he will
be a candidate for the Office at the
next election.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-01-19

w. l.. Powell left last Monday for
st. Thomas where he will be engaged
for several weeks.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11
EAST IN GRASP z OF W|NTRY BLAST
 WORST SINCE 1880
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 10-Relief from the cold wave which now has the greater portion of the country in it's grasp is in sight. The weather bureau announced tonight that temperatures will rise Wednesday in the Ohio valley, Tennessee and the east gulf states but that no material change is anticipated in the Atlantic coast districts before Thursday.
 Present low temperatures are un- usual for December over a wide belt extending from the upper Ohio valley westward to the plains states the tenn peratures today ranged from 30 to 3o degrees below the seasonal average.
 Despite the unseasonably cold wealth CT there have been no appreciable in- crease in the demands upon the fuel administrat tion for relief in the form of coal
 Queens couaty. New York. appeared to present the greatest coal demand in the east said q fuel administration statement tonight, with the whole state of Kansas occupying a similar position in the west Zero -tempera- lures added to the difficulties in Kans- as and state officials indicated that they were seriously considering asking for a proclamation in that state order ! ing the closing of schools as d measure
 to conserve the coal supply. The fue administration was eXerting every ef- l fort to take care of emergency eases l in many parts of the country.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11
ROY GOODRICH |S
 MADE COUNCILMAN
 RED CROSS WORK

Announcing the appointment of Roy Goodrich to seat in the Pacific divi- sion council of the Red Cross, Mar shall Hale. head of the division, speak Ing at the meeting at the high school auditorium last night. said that Ari- yona should consider itself well repre- Nented in this most important branch of the governments wartime ma chinerN.
 In the Pacific division council. with headquarters at San Francisco, are one representative of Arizona, who will he Mir. Goodrich. one from Nevada md several from California. These Vouncilmen act principally in an ad- Nisorv capacity. recommending meth udS and policies to be adopted by the organization. The present moment of Red Cross work and the scope of the field which will be represented by MT. Goodrich. combine tO make the post Dne of prime import.
 Mir. Goodrich is one of the heaviest realty holders in the Salt River valley besides having held number of local offices of importance. He was a mem- beif of the city charter commission and was al one time one of the leading attorneys of the district before the presence of private business necessi- lated his abanGonins much of his practice
 His appointment to the position was recommended by Governor Campbell
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-Mail and freight carrying. the locating of vessels in distress 1t sea. the destroying of derelicts menacins navigation and the mapping of the United States are some of the duties to which the government proposes to put airplanes after the' war
 Dr. w r. Durand. chairman of the national advisory committee for aero nautics, in statement tonight on the origin, scope and plans of the civil aerial transport committee, said this feature of aviation is of vital import ance because upon it depends the
 possibility of salvaging the present investment in aviation expressed in terms of human energy. skilled work men, trained aviators time and capi tal''
 Peace will find this country with an immense air capital on hand, com prising skilled workmsn factories, ma chnery and industrial organization in effective operation, said Dr. Durand. This capital must be so conserved and directed that. if possible. not a man or a dollar will be wasted in the hiatus between war and peace.
 'The first and more obvious use of airplanes in the future lies in the de livery of mails Already congress has appropriated sl00,000 for the initial steps in aerial mail delivery. Plans must be laid for the specific routes, the airdomes. quarters. personnel, etc l Abroad both France and Italy have de- veleped aerial mail service in a pre- l liminary way to great advantage.
 ''In addition extensive plans are al ready under way for coast guarding bs airplanes and mapping the whole l United States fromthe-air. Vessels i
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11

The capture of Jerusalem by the British forces marks the end, with two brief interludes, of more than 1900 years possession Of the seat of the Christian religion by the Mohamme dans. For 67S years the holy city has been in undisputed ownership of the Turks. the last Christian ruler of Jer- usalem being the German emperor Frederick H., whose comination lasted from 1929 to 1244.
 Apart from it's connection with the campaign being waged against Turkey by the British in Mesopotamia, the fall of Jerusalem was the definite collapse of the long -protracted efforts of the Turks to capture the Suez canal and invade Egypt. Almost the first move made by Turkey after her entrance into the war was a campaign against Egypt across the great desert of the Sinai peninsula.
 In November. 1914, a Turkish army. variously estimated at from 75,0O0 to 750, 900 men, marched on the Suez canal and succeeded in reaching strik ing distance of the great artificial waterway at several points. For sev eral months bitter fighting took place. the canal being defended by an Anglo Egyptian army aided by Australians and New Zealanders and French and British forces.
 For the greater part of 1915 conflict | ing reports of the situation were re- ceived from the belIigerents. but in December of that year definite infor- nation showed that the Turks had been driven back as far as Fl Arish. | about S5 miles north of the canal A | hull occurred then which lasted for six months and in June, 1916, the Turks | again advanced as far as Katieh | about 15 miles east of the canal. Here, | they were decisively defeated. losing more than 5000 prisoners and great | quantity of equipment.
 | Another period followed in which the | situation was greatly confused through the vagueness and contradictory char acter of the official statements, but ir December 1916, the British stormed E Arish and 8 few days later severely de- feated the Turks at Maghdabah, about six miles to the south on the same
 front. Two weeks later the invader:
 had been driven out of Egypt and tn.
 British forces crossed the border int
 Palestine.
 On March last. the British captured
 Fl Khulit, l5 miles south of Jerusalem
 El I<hulit is the modern name of an
 cient Hebron.
 Early in November they took Beer
 sheba. 40 miles south of Jerusalem
 Simultaneously coastal column be
 came active By November the cit,
 of Gaza was in their hands and in
 British were pursuing the Turks north
 ward after having inflicted casualtie
 estimated as in excess of 10000.
 By this time the British inland fore
 was again mp in the neighborhood a Hebron. where the Turks were report
 ed organizing for the defense of Jern salem General Allenby. the Britis
 commander, meanwhile kept his force
 (Continued on Page Twol
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11

 GOES UP INSM0KE

Starting from an explosion believed | to have been caused by the back-fire | of the engine in the lower plant, the | Mesa cotton sin was completely gutted | by fire early yesterday afternoon. Be side the plant, which is a complete loss 1 save for the seed warehouse. II bales | "f Yuma cotton were burned. three l wagons were destroyed and Engineer Fuller, who was in the engine room when the explosion took place, was so overcome hy gas that he had to be rushed to the hospital to save his life.
 E. Guy Attaway, manager for the Mesa Egyptian Cotton exchange, oWn- CT of the plant estimates that replace ment of the machinery will take an expenditure Of $20,000. To this must be added the loss in cotton. nearly s4 1000 at present prices, the loss in Wag- one and so forth and, greatest of all,
 perhaps, the loss of ginning power. for
 there are awaiting ginning l 400 bales | in the district.
 | The wind was favorable for saving l the newly erected seed cotton storage | building and it escaped This struc-
 ture and the detached office building ! are all that remain of this once re-
 markedly complete gin
 ] One of the hest stories of the origin cf the fire is told by trainman of the Arizona Eastern railroad who was
 standing on a car watching the gin
 when the fire started. He states that great volume of black smoke was belched from the windows. followed by
 flames. then came an explosion and all
 most immediately the whole building
 was in flames. This statement is borne out by Manager ,Attaway, who says he ,,f in
 cendarism but is at total loss to ac-
 count for the origin of the fire. There
 are no fire plugs in the immediate vii
 cinity, and any attempt to fight the flames was futile. though water played from small hose upon the seed cotton
 warehouse doubtless aided in saving 7 that structure
 Engineer Fuller was in the engine room and two of the employees had to 5 jump from the upstairs windows to save themselves. Several bales of cot ton in the gin were destroyed. as were like number unginned and yet on the
 wagons. Three wagons were burned There were some 30 wagons loaded waiting in the yards for their turn
 and these were moved out by hand ant !. with the help of automobiles This i: | the second serious fire occurring al
 tio 4nesd SlH tiils season, the last ne ing the seed cotton storage warehous, II and contents, with loss of around ' $12.00U
 The present loss is fairly we'll pro tected by insurance. though the owner Will suffer financially from both tn :. lire and the loss Of business. the gin u ming season being now at it's height The gin will be rebuilt. but not in tim V. for any work this season
 n Much of the machinery in the Mesi
 sln was new last summer. Five stand
 were put in at that time at an eNpens ' of s6,000.
 if One aspect of the matter has direc
 bearing upon the war, for it is said tha s the government contemplates usin goods made from Arizona long stapl
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11
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GERARD. Kas., Dec. 10.-The Appeal to Reason, pioneer socialist organ in the United States. has espoused the 'war of defense of the United States and the allies against Prussian mili- tarism. according to a statement here tonight by Louis Kopelin. editor of the paper. President Wilson's clear and definite statement of war aims before congress last Tuesday is mainly re- sponsible for the Appeal to Reasons espousal of the war" the statement said
 Beginning with the issue. of Decem- her 22 the name of the paper will be changed to "The New Appeal "to more distinctively conform to its broader national and international policy the statement said.
 Socialists are vigorously opposed to imperialism" continued Mir Rope lin's statement. and while they never suspected the motive of America they were not sure of some of the influen-
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11
"OPEN SHOPS" ARE
 LEGAL DECLARES
 us. SUPREME COURT
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-Decisions defining in general terms the rights of both organized labor and the employer were announced by the supreme court today. While the right of workmen to organize for lawful purposes was re- affirmed. the court held that employers legally may operate their plants as open shops" and prevent conspiracies to bring their non-union employees into labor organizations.
 The opinions were made in the cases of the Hitchman Coal and Coke com pany and the Eagle Glass Manufactur- ing company of West Virginia, the court deciding that both were entitled to operate their plants as ''open shops" and upholding injunctions issued by Judge A. q. Dayton restraining union officials from attempting to organize their employees. Lower court decrees holding that the Union Mine Workers of America and the American Flint ] Glass Workers union, where illegal organizations and that under the Sher- man law they were secret conspiracies i in restraint of trade. were ignored by | the supreme court opinion.
 | In the Hitchman case the ma iorty of the court held that the officials oi 1 the miners union deliberately and ad- viscdly selected that method If enlarg- ing the union membership, whicl would inflict inflict injury upon the company and it's loyal employees anC 1 declared that the conduct in so doinS
 was unlawful and malicious" The l court also declared that it is errone
 ous to assume that all measures whicl may be resorted to in the effort tt unionize mine are lawful if they ar, peaceable-tha is. if they stop shor
 of physical violence or coercion
 through fear of it.
 It added that the purpose of thu
 defendants to bring about q strike q
 the mine in order to compel plaintiff
 through fear of financial loss to con
 sent to the unioniZation of the mine a
 the lesser evil was an nunlawfut pur
 pose"
 , The court divided in the Hitchma , case, six to three, Justice Brandie:
 Holmes and Clark dissenting. No form al dissenting opinion was announced except a brief statement made by Just ice Brandies, who said he believed tn
 union had a right to do the things [ which ihe other members of the coui
 objected
 Contempt proceedings instituted las month by the Hitchman Coal and Coli company aga.nst President Frank .. Hayes of the miners union. and fiftee other officials and members for allege
 violation of the injunctions, are pend z ing and according to the company counsel, will be pressed. The coul
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11
Appeal To Reason Comes
 Out For War. Ot Defense

tial clements in the allied governments Until the president made his address there was no specific statement as to the purpose of the allies after Prus- sian miitarism had been crushed.
 The Appeal to Reason stands for democracy and to be consistent it must uphold the present world battle for democracy.
 T cannot understand what excuse there remains for the German social ists to support the kaiser, now that the defense of the fatherland argument has been so neatly disposed of by Presi- dent Wilson. The only nations that are supporting a war of defense are the allies. A glance at the military map will easily prove that
 The Appeal to Reason was founded in 1895 and long has been one of the strongest mouthpieces of socialist sen timent. It. according to Mg. kopelin has d greater circulation than all the other American socialist papers pub lished in the English language com Lhined-
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11
The War In Brief
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 The counter revolt against the Bolsheviki regime in southeastern Russia apparently is gaining mo- mentum. Already the movement is spreading fan-like from the chosen bases northward, northeastward and northwestward. while preparations are hastening to extend it southward into the Caucasus. Meanwhile the Bolsheyik government continues to issue manifestos calling on it's fol- lowers to resist the attempt that is being made to overthrow 1t.
 From his base in the river Don region, General Ilaledines, hetman of the Don Cossacks, is moving toward the borders of the Ukraine. which already has declared it's indepeud- ence of and hostility to the Bolshe- wiki elements. and at the same time is forming a menace to Moscow, where the Bolsheviki are in control. In the center others of the revo- lutionaries are making their way northward while from Orenburg. near the Siberian frontier. General Dutoff is proceeding in a northeast erly direction with the object of capturing Chelia5insk, the junction point of the trans Siberian railway. in order to prevent food and other supplies reaching European Russia from Siberia and Pacific ports.
 i Although it has not definitely | aligned itslf with the revolutionary movement, the new republic of Si- | beria has issued an order that primises materially to aid the Kale- | dimes forces. This order forbids the shipment of food supplies into Euro pean Russia. the ground being taken that they may reach the Germans | From the Baltic sea to the mouth of the Danube the armistice betweeI the Russians and. Rumanians and | the Austro- Germans is still in opera ton. The agreement for the cessa- tion of hostilities between the Ru- manians and the Teutonic allie. covers the region running from thu Dniester river to the mouth of tht Danube, according to the Berlin wal office. An unofficial dispatch iron Jassy. the Rumanian capital. say, the armstice is to continue fo three months and that the Teuton have agreed to all the proposaI made by the Rumanians. except tha
 providing that troops shall not b removed to other fronts. This pro
 posal is still under discussion.
 That the Austro Germans are re
 lieving men from duty on the west
 ern front and throwing them int
 the lines in France and Italy dail grows more apparent by reason O
 the almost continuous augmentatio
 of their forces in these regions Tn belief prevails that the enemy is pre-
 pairing for a great offensive on tn
 western front.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11
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CINCINNATI, Dec. lo.-A hoarded dollar is stacker and dollar spent for an unnecessary thing is an ally of the enemy" Frank A. Nanderlip, national director of the war savings campaign, said here tonight in one of the first addresses of a two weeks speaking tour of the middle west and south. He urged purchase of war say ings stamps and certificates for the double purpose of directly assisting the government to finance the war and economizing on materials and energy devoted to producing non -essetials.
 TO hoard d dollar is to make it an idle dollar, an unemployed dollar said MT. Yanderlip, "A dollar is not
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11
HOarded Dollar Is Stacker;
 Wasted, Is Ally Of Enemy

at work is almost as truly a drain upon society as an idle man and in the time of this crisis when the world urgently needs every dollar, the boarded dollar is stacker.
 There Is something worse than a stacker though. A stacker is only a negative quantity. But d dollar spent for an unnecessary thing today be- comes an ally of the enemy. It is a traitor dollar because the labor of men and women is employed needlessly to make useless things. when the govern ment needs that labor 10 make things that are essential for our soldiers in winning the war-so we must see that the dollar spent for unnecessary things is menace to our country, a menace -in~this world fight for ,freed~-.,i
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11
PLAN MAIL DELIVERY AMI MAP
 MAKING FORA|RPLANE FLEET

distress at sea can be located and derelects destroyed more easily through the air than through a heavy sea The ten coast guard air stations recently authorized by congress will undoubtedly spring into being as soon as men and planes are available.
 These are some of the problems re- quirng early consideration. It should be understood that this work has no direct relation with the present over whelming war emergency, except as in- directly it may show the air service to be d permanent career for the man en- tering il and permanent investment for the nation supporting it'
Arizona republican., 1917-12-11
SO SERIOUS |S HOUSING PROBLEM : :7sse;:I[!R]!CT ;:[!R] EMBARGO |S ON AGAINST
 VISITORS NUT [ NGACED IN RELIEF

HALIFAX, \. S., Dec. 10.-Figures officially given out tonight of the casualties in the munitions explosion disaster in this city follow:
 Known dead, l2S0; identified, $40; unaccounted for 1920 wounded. 5000; homeless. 25,000
 An embargo against the admission to this city of per sons not connected with relief or construction work issued tonight. Military guards were instructed to stop passengers at Truro