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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-10-17
CONGRESSMEN
OFF To VISIT
FRONT OF WAR
tI,y Associated pres..I


WASHINGTON, Oct. 17-Ten mem
bers of congress travelling in unof'
ficial capacity, but carrying special
passports arranged for by the state
department. are on the way to Eu-
rope to visit the war fronts ard fra
ternize with the parliamentary rep
resentatives of the allies. In the
party are Representatives Dalt OF
Vermont Taylor and Undertake OF
Colorado, Hicks of New York. John
son, Din and Miller of Washington
Goodwin of Arkansas, Stephens of
Nebraska and Parker of New Jer
sey, former Representative Stout OF
Montana. Ross l.. Hammond, a Ere
mont, Neb., editor and others.
The visit is development Of the
recent cabled personal invitations for
closer affiliatiOn Of the parliament
tary bodies of the allied governments
through personal conferences at the
British, French and Italian capitals.
President Wilson did not favor con
gress officially accepting the invita-
tion at this time and neither house
took action, but the ten members
arranged their trip informally Other
representatives are expected to fol-
low soon
Members of the party are armed
with letters of introduction to Am
bassador Sharp at Paris, to General
Pershing and others. They will visit
England, Belgium, France, Italy and
Switzerland and hope to be back in
Washington in time for the opening
of congress in December.
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EXPENSES NEARING
THREE BILLION MARK
MONEY ADVANCED TO THE
ALLIES is THE PRINCIPAL
ITEM NOTED.

WASHINGTON Oct 17-Goyern-
ment expenditures since the begin
ming of the fiscal year, July /, are
nearing the $S,OOOOOO,OOO mark The
total, reported in the daily treasury
statement OF yesterday was $2,921,-
O75.S4l This is nearly $S0O,OO0,00
more than receipts during the period,
including that portion of the first
Liberty Loan paid since the fiscal
year began.
The greatest single item of ex-
penditure was S1,571,2O0,OOO ad.
,anced the allies. Ordinary disburse-
ments, including military and naval
expenditures and the cost thus far of
the shipbuilding and aircraft produc-
tion programs, totaled $l,O29, ,976,541.
A total of $2S6.711.722 had been ex.
pended in the retirement of short
time certificates of Indebtedness.
Receipts from ordinary sources, in
Guiding the income tax tpaid, for the
most part, just before the end of the
fiscal year,, customs receipts and
taves on liquors, beer. tobacco and
other direct taxes, totaled $269, ,S42,-
s93. A total Of $5l2,67O,9OO ON the
first Liberty Loan was paid in this
fiscal year. while 1880 100000 was
realized through the issuance of
short time certificates of indebted
ness. which will have to be retired
out Of second Liberty Bond receipts.
Receipts and expenditures for the
corresponding period last year were
about S220. .529,36O and $302.5O3, ,2S5
respectively, or about one-tenth OF
his years figures.
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CENSORSHIP PLAN
OUTLINED IN FULL
MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD is TO.
DAY APPOINTED BY THE
DEPARTMENT.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17-Ameri-
can censorship of mails, Postmaster
General Burleson explained today,
will be limited to mail passing be-
tween the United States and certain
countries to be designated by the
president and will not duplicate any
phase of the elaborate censorship
system already operated by the Brit
ish and French governments This
means that mail for European neu-
trails will give the censors here lit.
tie trouble, as virtually all channels
of communication with those coun-
tries are very completely controlled
by the allies.
Members of the new censorship
board associated with the trading
with the enemy act were appointed
today by the post office department
and the committee on public infor
nation. Robert L. Maddox, superin
tendent of foreign mails, was named
by the postmaster general and Edgar
Sisson, former magazine editor anc
now head of the information commit
tees advice division, by the presi
dent. Mr.. Sisson has made a specia
study Of European censorship meth
DDS.
Appointment of representative o
the war trade board will complete th'
list of censors. Major General Nc
lntyre, for the war department. an'
Lieutenant Commander Gelknap, fo
the navy, were named yesterday.
The board is charged with censor
ship of cable, radio and telegraph
communication. 1t probably will con
tinue in effect with few changes tn
censorship already maintained by tn
war and navy departments under tn
espionage act.
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COAL MINES CLOSE
FOR WAGE ADVANCE
FIFTEEN THOUSAND MINERS IN
ILLINOIS QUIT THEIR
POSITIONS.
my Associated Pre-sJ


SPRINGFIELD, H., Oct. IL
More than forty coal mines in Cen
trail and Southern Illinois, employing
between 1900 and $4,000 miners,
were shut down today and the coal
mining industry of the state faces
practical paralysis, operators here
stated, as a result OF the pending
strike of miners who demand inn
mediate wage increases Miners say
they were given to understand that
the new war agreement, reached at
Washington, in the contract wonld
be effective without delay. Operators,
on the other hand, limited to a clause
making the increases contingent up
ON an advance by the fuel administra'
tion in Illinois coal prices, declaring
nresent prices are prohibitive of
wage increases
The Washington agreement pro
yided for an increase Of 10 cents a
ton for mining coal flat rate OF
IS a day for day work and Is per
cent increase for yardage and dead
work.
Mines near Peoria and in Other
upstate sections are expected to b'
shut down tomorrow.
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CATTLE AND HOGS
DIE BY THOUSANDS
RUMoRs THAT STockYARDS
FIRE WAS OF iNcENolARY
ORIGIN.
tug Associated Press.J

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Oct H.
Reports that the fire which early
Yesterday destroyed larger portion
of the Kansas City stockyards and
resulted in the death of approximate
liz 1000 cattle and $500 hogs was
of an incendiary origin, persisted to-
day. though discredited by officials
Of the corporation owning the stock
yards.
Insurance adiusters place the loss
at approximately $750.OOO of which
5000 600 represents the buildings
pens and ehutes destroyed and 55O'-
600 the livestock burned.
Heavy insurance was carried both
upon the buildings OF the stockyards
and upon the live stock.
J. r. Marvin fire warden, and
Chief Egner Of the Kansas city lire
department. after an investigation
expressed the belief that the blaze
was started by some individuals hu'
declare that the fire-swept area l.
so devastated that no indication o.
an incendiary origin could have
escaped the flames
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RUSSIA READY TO
MAKE MUNITIONS
MILITARY FACTORIES CON.
sTRUcTED AND IN CONDITION
TO TURN OUT sUPPLlEs.'


STOCKHOLM, Oct. l7.--An en-
eouraging report as TO the mill.
tary factories in the interior of Rus
sia comes from the commission,
headed by General Germonius, OF
the Russian army, and an English
general, which has just finished a
tour of inspection OF all the factories
newly erected or Under erection for
the manufacture of airplanes. arms
and ammunition.
The Associated Press correspond
ent talked al the Russian legation
here with man who had partici
pated in this tour Of inspection He
reports that Russia's new factories
The erection Of which became neces
sary through the diminution of sup
plies from other countries, were
found to be the most modernly
equipped and efficient factories OF
their kind in the world.
The new plants include a great air
plane factory now nearing compile
ton. large machine gun factory al
ready working to full capacity and
artillery factories at various places
A further encouraging feature noted
by the visitor was that at all the fac
tories where the electrical and me
chanical had predominated over
purely manual labor the capacity and
output have diminished only neg
ligibly, Notwithstanding the anarch
istic tendency prevailing throughout
the country.
The capacity of the new Murmar
railway, it appears, has been great
ly increased but there is sac
shortage of rolling stock. This will
be somewhat alleyiated by transfers
from the Archangel line when tha
port becomes ice-bound.
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ATLANTA CUP GOES
TO EARLY DREAMS
BAY GELDlNe WINS IN THE
FIFTH HEAT IN RACE AT
ATLANTA.


ATLANTA. Ga, Oct 17.-Ffve
heats were required to determine the
winner of the Atlanta Cup, the sec
ond racing event on the card yes
terday at Lakewood track, the hon
ors finally going to Early Dreams, A.
McDunald's bay gelding, driven by
the owner
Lu Princeton, piloted by Cox,
fought hard for the first four heats,
winning the first and third and com
ing under the wire in second place
in the second and fourth.
The other events were the 2;0s
pace. won by Mary Rosalind Parr in
three straight heats; the 2:1S trot
won by Measles, and the Matror
stakes for Syear-olds, won by Donna
Lola against Evelyn Rea Watts, sec
ond. and Ahbie Dryad. third
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tBy As.oclated Press.l

NnL ANHVChMkeu EECAAsy
Apparently there has been no
cessation in the rapid program of
the Germans to seize in its entirety
the Russian island of Oesel at the
head of the Gulf of Finland But
although their troops now have taken
the greater portion of the island,
the aid they had expected from their
fleet in putting down Russian op-
position in adjacent waters is meet
ing with considerable resistance from
the Russian warships
The Russians are disinclined to
throw their naval vessels into a
general engagement with the inyad-
ers, but in a small battle with tor
pedo craft and possibly light cruis-
ers the Russians have sunk two Ger.
man torpedo boats and damaged two
others in Soela sound, to the north
of Oesel island, while the Russians
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INTENSE ARTILLERY
DUELS IN PROGRESS
Entente Allies Remain in
Their Trenches Awaiting
Better Conditions

themselves lost torpedo boat de-
stroyer. The German vessels, which
were accompanied by a battleship,
put to sea after the engagement.
The German land forces now are
driving hard against the Svorb pen
inslla, on the southwestern portion
of the island OF Oesel, with the OBJ
ject of capturing the batteries at
Serel, which dominate the eastern
entrance of the Gulf OF Riga Ac.
cordlng to the Berlin war office, the
Russians in this region are isolated
but are desperately resisting.
Berlin reports also that Abro is
and, off the southern coast of Oesel,
and Runo island, in the middle of
he Gulf of Riga, have been oc-
upied by Teutonlc troops 1t is
asserted that 2,4O0 prisoners, thirty
guns, twenty-one machine guns and
several airplanes we're captured by
he Germans in Oesel.
The troops Of the entente allies are
till keeping to their trenches in
Flanders, probably awaiting better,
nent OF soil conditions. Possibly.
loweveE Field Marshal Haig and
the French commander on his left
ave not yet sufficiently pounded the
German lines with their big guns to
warrant the turning loose Of the
infantry for further gains. Day and
night the British and French guns
are showering the German positions
with the usual mass Of steel and the
Germans are replying vigorously.
To the south along the Aisne
ront the Germans, after lively
bombardment, have again attacked
he French and succeeded in pene-
rating their entertainments The
French Immediately counter-attacked
and regained the lost ground
There is every indication that
shortly along the Isonzo front in the
AustroItalian zone another big bat
lie will begin From the head Of
he Adriatic northward to the Balm
lizza plateau intense artillery duels
IRE in progress. Considerable actiyi-
ty also is in progress on the Carso,
Aerial rainds in force have been
resumed by British naval ayiators
on German positions in Belgium. ghe
Bruges docks and several airdromes
have been successfully bombed.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS SHOW
DECIDED INCREASE


NEW YORK, Oct l7.-Suhscrip-
lions TO the second Liberty Loan in
The New York federal reserve dis
irlct took decided upward swing
today placing the total at SS93.S42,'
$50. With the Guaranty Trust com
pany heading the list for the day
with subscription Of sl5,s93,s50,
there followed the Merchants and
Metals National bank and Brown
Brother & Co, with s5,O0O,OO0 each
the Delaware. Lackawanna & West
sTp Coal company. sS,5OO,OOO; the
Corn Exchange bank. $S,OOO,OOO, and
ten other subscriptions totalling sl2,-
100000.
The ten thousand schools OF New
York state were called upon in a
PROCLAMATION issued by John II Fin
ley commissioner OF education, to
observe October "a, the day set aside
b. President Wilson as Liberty Loan
day. with appropriate exercises
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PROHIBITIONISTS IN
IOWA WIN BALLOT

tny Associated PresS.D
DIES MONIES, Oct 16 Returns
from Mondays special election to
decide the question of constitutional
prohibition in Iowa give a majority
for the prohibitory amendment Of
slightly above one thousand, with
nine counties remaining to be heard
from. The large dry" majority
shown early in the return had been
gradually reduced and at times It
seemed as though the "wets" might
take the lead The counties not re-
ported are classed as being equally
divided on the question and it is
believed the final count will not ma
terially change the result
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BALL PLAYERS KICK.


iiiy Associated Press.l
NEW YORK, Oct. l7-Protesting
against the action OF the national
baseball commission in holding out
$1,000 of the individual shares OF
prize money Of each worlds series
player until December as a guar.
antee that they will not participate
In exhibition games. members OF the
Chicago Americans and New York
National league teams addressed a
petition to the commission today
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IMPORTANT STRIKE FROM OHIO
SHAFT Of WEST END COMPANY

The vein at the last point where
the footwall was cut in this drift
was from u to Is feet in width In
the last hours crosscut from the
intermediate level below the 500
level has intersected the same vein
at point nearly 500 feet distant
from the drift above referred to. The
erosscut entered the vein from the
footwall side and the hanging wall
has not yet been reached There
is showing in the face from five TO
six feet Of very high grade ore. AS
says from this face have not yet
been received, but IT is safe TO as
sumo that this face will assay at
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cALlFoRNlANs, SUBSCRIBE.


my Associated Press.l
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct. 1.-THE
governor, in a proclamation today.
urged the observance of a holiday
on the afternoon of October "a,
designated by the president as Lib
erty day, urged public officials to
cooperate in making California's sub
scription far in excess Of the allot-
ment. The ten-day loan drive in the
Sacramento valley was begun with
Glen, Colusa and Butte counties re-
porting the minimum allotment sub
scribed
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RUSSIANS RESIST GERMAN THRUST NEAR RIGA
Butler
Case Postponed

. Owing to the war TIE pres =
. sure of government cases in =
= the supreme court of the United =
= States is so strong that all civil =
= matters have been put over =
= until March That will cause =
. further delay in the settlement .
. of the West End-Jim Butler =
= case, which is now before that =
. august body =
. . 80 . . . = AS - =
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IN the course Of development Of
4. vein which was opened by the
Vest End company in Ohio ground
M April two specially rich strikes
nave been made recently About two
,sohs ago drift 5t2, which had been
blowing good milling rock for some
distance entered zone OF greatly
increased values.
For the last 45 feet in this drift
ne values have been ranging from
,be minimum of 500 to IN the
psghborhood of 300 ounces. These
,ssays have been from grab samples,
car samples and cut samples ayerag
ng the full height OF the drift
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RloTlNe IN HONDURAS.


tny Associated rresnl
GULF PORT. Oct IA number
Of people we're killed or wounded
IN recent riotlng Of striking dock
workers at several ports Of Hon
duras. according To passengers erriv
ing here today Troops wesc sm
ploysd 10 queli the outbreaks.
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ASKING FoR RELIEF.


twY Associated Prens.D
WASHINGTON, Oct IT, Eastern
railroads are asking the interstate
commerce commission for relief
through increases in certain freight
rates. They gave notice they viii
soon formally ask for general In
creases OF an extended nature.
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MANHATTAN MINERS BACK ON JOB

all back on the Job with the excep-
tion OF those who left camp in ex.
pectation that the walkout would
mean long term Of idleness. The
new wage scale Is practically the
same as that adopted in Tonopah
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SOCIALISTS MAY VOTE
AGAINST WAR CREDIT


AMSTERDAM, Oct H. Unless
Michaelis resigns the Socialists viii
vote against the new war credit OF
10, 900. 100000 marks, which he sub
mitted TO the reichstae to be acted
on in December according to German
Socialist newspapers.
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RUSSIANS SUFFER Loss.


BERLIN. Oct i7-lt is said that
The Teuion naval forces encountered
with the Russian deseroyers and
eunboats north OF Oesel u resulted
fa,orably for the Germans, The Rus
SLAMS were compelled to retire The
Germans suffered no losses.
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PRACTICE DISCONTINUED.


WASHINGTON, Oct 17-General
Bliss has discontinued the practice
of commissioning officers from civil
life to staff corps in the various
branches because OF indications that
the practice has grown out OF all
bounds, particularly in the medical
signal and quartermaster corps.
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ARRESTED FoR STACKING.


tBy Associated PressJ
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct IT,
Leading detail of armed soldiers
into United States Commissioner
Krulrs office, Colonel John Hams OF
the coast artillery arrested three
men who were undergoing examina
ton for alleged evasion of the selec
tive draft.
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GERMANS ENCOUNTER NINE.


sly AnsnelRted presa.l
PETR0GRAD, Oct IA 6erman
dreadnaught entered the mine field
defending Oesel and struck a mine
on october 2. Il made for the coast
after the explosion
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CANNED GERMANS.


wy Associated Press.D
BOSTON, Oct. 17-Twenty Ger
man walters and servants employed
In the Boston City club have been
discharged for alleged breaches Of
discipline
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CASUALTIES ON PATROL SHIP.



WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.-Dennis
Sheehan. a seaman, was the sailor
killed in the boiler tube explosion
reported last night aboard the
American patrol ship Homewaters.
Vance Parkinson, chief boatswain
mate. was probably fatally scalded.
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FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT.


REDLANDS. Cal, Oct II Col, T.
NJ Boyd. publisher Of the san Pedro
News. was killed and Major Newton
constructing anartermaster az Fort
Macarthur. hurt slightly when an
automobile In which they were rldin
rolled DOVE the canyon side yesier
Ia4y-
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CONGESTION REDUCED.
Thy Associated Preas.i

tHy AsS0elnteu ffeas.l
PETROGRAD, Oct H. More effiei.
ent railroad operations as a resalt
Of the work of the Stevens commits
sion have reduced the Nladiyostok
freight congestion twenty-five per
cent
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Greater Demand
For Silver Coins

= WASHINGTON, Oct IL y
= Every mint in the country has y
= been placed on 24-hour basis =
= in order to meet the demands =
= for silver coins. This was never .
= necessary before. Director of .
the Mint Baker announced today =
= that the total subsidiary coinage =
= thus far this year totalad sl6 =
= $4,000 The increase is 500 per .
= cent over last year. =
. . = = = y . = = . = = .
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least 200 ounces of silver with the
usual proportion of gold.
Specimens from this face examined
by the writer show the typical
rhodonite ore OF the western portion
of the camp, containing all the famil.
lar silver minerals. including step
hanite. argentite and ruby silver.
Taken in connection with the large
body of excellent grade milling ore
that has been developed in the past
five months in this vein, these two
exposures Of high grade ore at points
widely separated indicate that the
Ohio vein will take its place with
the best producing lodes of the
camp
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FIRST TOUCH OF WINTER.


tus Aa-aelated rr~Aa.l
HELENA. Mont. oct. Il, -Four
inches of snow fen here last night
There was more Or less SNOW
throushout The state. giving Montana
is first touch n winter.
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Special to eonan1a.l

l0pttIaI 70 bVHdHA"'T
MANHATTAN. New. Oct II
The strike here proved OF brief dura
lion and the 275 men who went out
for an advance in wages are now
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TO-DAY AND A YEAR AGO

Official readings OF the ther 4
mometer by the United States 4
observer Al Toponah
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GERMANS TAKE ISLAND.


eny Associated Pve.a.l
BERLIN Oct ~ The war office
has announced that the Germans
have entirely captured Oesel island
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THE WEATHER

Falr and Cooler Tonight.
r.,r and Warmer Tomorrow.
klIllno Frost In Morning.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-10-27
WORTH MILLIONS
LIVE STOCK IN THE DAkOTAS,
WYOMING AND MONTANA.

Aberdeen, Oct 27.-In connection
with the second annual Hereford
banquet, given. here Monday by the
raisers of the Dakotas some interest
ing statistics relative TO the increase
in the live stock industry in the Da-
kotas, Wyoming and Montana, where
the farm paper circhlates, have been
compiled. According to these fig
ures, diversified farming is rapidly
supplanting the old practice of devot-
ing most of the farming areas of the
northwest exclusively to wheat rails
ing. In 1915. according to state and
government statistics, the value of
the farm crops produced in the four
states was $412. 2.6S2,000, while the
valued at S445, 100000, this being
the first year that live stock values
surpassed those of other farm prod
ucts. At the beginning of the pres
ent year, the value of the live stock
had increased to $56S,7S7.000 while
the number of cattle in the four
states had increased 100000. There
is also $4,000 more hogs in the four
states than in 1910, and while thou
sands of horses have been sold to the
government for war purposes from
the Dakotas. Wyoming and Montana
1t is still estimated that most of the
good draft horses still remain in the
four states.
Remarkable evidence :. of the in
crease in interest in live stock, espe'
cially cattle, is furnished by the fact
that while in the October Is issue oi
the Dakota Farmer in 1910 there ap-
peared but two and three-fourths
pages of live stock advertising, in
the same issue in October, 1915
there was five and three-fourths
pages, and in that issue this month
2SA pages.
Statistics also show that the farm
ers of the Dakotas, Wyoming anc
Montana are going in for bloodet
live stock, good prices being paid fol
registered bulls and cows.