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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-08-03

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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-08-03

Thy Associated Press)
PARIS, Aug. 3-The allied advance
toward the Vesle continued last
night.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-08-03

s-4avas News Agency The French took many
prisoners they The Germans who escaped
fled nohMad with the
points declared to be heavy Paris
surpassed the highest hopes
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-08-03

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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1918-08-03
THE WEATHER

Tonight and Sunday Fair
, 1918-07-04

mSHl VI nluTCu HOZl Nl6ItJ- Inc tOEpeuOiuS VI
this hospital ship is included in the list of achieve
ments claimed by U-boats as reported in the Ger
man wireless press message yesterday"
The Asturias didn't sink, although 43 died In
the tragedy, including two women. and 80 were
injured. The torpedo rendered her helpless, as
her rudder had been carried away. Captain Laws
drove the sinking ship for shoal water. As she
was off the rocky shore of Cornwall, If he did sue
cc1d in Bleaching her the chances of saving the ship
would be slight. All Captain Laws thought Of was
to get her somewhere where she wouldn't sink ere
her wounded had been removed.
AS luck would haven't, the Asturias took matters
Into her own hands and In the darkness missed a
reef, rounded a headland and brought up on one
of the few sandy beaches to be found along the
Cornwall shore line. After three years in COM
mand of her, several times a week crossing the
Channel and running the risk of mines. as well as
seeing the agony of human beings he transported,
Captain Laws. like many other hospital ship skip
spers. collapsed. He's made several attempts to go
to sea again, but his nerve is gone.
The nation responsible for the murder of Nurse
Cavell accepted the Asturias incident with COM
posure, If not with satisfaction. For the Germans
stated blandly:
ut would, moreover, be remarkable that the
English in the case Of the Asturias should have
abstained from the customary procedure Of using
hospital ships for the transport of troops and mu-
nitions."
The Asturias was returning from France. That
is a sufficient answer to Germany.
Ten days later the Gloucester Castle was tor
PeNoes 49," :" Nj ~
wounded were successfully removed from the ship
and the casualties were FIVE medical officers, nine
nursing sisters and 3S Royal Army Medical corps
men. On April IL the Berlin official wireless again
cynicaly puDlshed a notification that the Glouces-
Ter Casue was torpedoed by a U-boat, thus re-
moving any possible doubt in the matter.
Then on April II the hospital ships Donegal and
Lanfranc were sunk by U-boats. The British adj
miralty announced:
"The Donegal carried slightly wounded cases.
all British. OF these, 20 men, as well as IL Of the
crew, are missing and presumed drowned. The
Lanfranc, In addition to pa wounded British ofl
GERS and men, carried 1877 wounded German pris-
oners, a medical personnel Of 90 and a crew Of
LIB. OF these the following are missing and pre-
sumed drowned:
1.-Two wounded British officers.
ELEVEN wounded British, other ranks.
Zone r. A. M. G. stan.
give crew.
The sun., 1918-11-22

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: 1t
does make me tired to hear Mr. Wilson
called "Southerner." n "Vlrginlan."
Mr.. Wilson was born in Virginia, but
of Pennsylvania parents. who had been
living only a few years In Virginia when
little Thomas Woodrow was born, so
that there is no sense In calling him a
southerner. because Pennsylvania stood
most stanchly opposed to every shib-
boleth of the South.
AS to Mr.. Lincoln being a Southerner,
any Virginian will tell you that Ken
lucky is not a Southern State. especially
that part OF Kentucky from which Mr..
Lincoln came. SO that OF the three men
named as Southerners in the letter from
Augusta. Ga. only one. Mr.. Washing
ton, IL really n Southerner.
VIRGINIA, November 90. 7, NICK, II.
The sun., 1918-11-22
Utility Of the Mustache.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: TIE
SUNS statement that at Is probabl
that the United States will remain. as
recent visitors have expressed surprise to
md 1t, largely n nation OF smooth faced
men" Is probably true, 1t is a pity,
for tho mustache is not only indicative
OF masculinity but It hides tho mouth,
which IN most cases ia ugly,
An interesting question is: Why does
America elect to be clean shaver? I
believe It is for this reason: In order
that 1t may look young. There Is notn.
ing America breads so much as the ap-
pearance of age This, think, Is due
in part TO psychology and In part 10
the prejudice which exists against en-
ploying elderly men. 1t may be pointed
out to the holders of this prejudice that
all the great deeds in the late war were
accomplished by elderly and even Old
men. Young Napoleons or men who
blossom early are really so rare that, for
all ordinary purposes at any rate, they
cannot be counted upon. ALcIpE.
NEW York, November 81.
The sun., 1918-11-22
When the Cats Away.

President WILSON has pretty thor
oughly eliminated from the Demo-
cratic party all leadership except his
own. Its councils reveal on lnspec-
ton no lieutenant capable of perform
Ing the arduous duties Of direction
and guidance he has uncomplalnlngly
taken on himself. The suspension,
even temporarily. Of his acute super
vision, is more than likely to result In
dlsorganization of the Democratic leg
islative machine in Congress that may
easily reach demoraliza ton.
The final session of the Sixty-flfth
Congress will be the last war session,
unless matters take an entirely unex-
pected turn. 1t will also be the last
session, for two years at least, and
probably for longer, In which the
Democrats will be in control. There
Is nothing In the record hitherto
made by the Democrats In House or
Senate indicative of satiated appctites
for spolls; there Is everything IN the
records OF dying Congresses to sup
port the belief that the approaching
session will be grab bng affair. with
every cross roads Democrat log roll
ing with all his might to get as much
plumber rs he can. In such session,
Il party with strong and determined
leadership is in danger OF becoming
involved in serious difficulties party
without such leadership Is almost sure
to get into trouble.
With President WILSON away, and
dependent on necessarily incomplete
and one sided reports of what his fol
lowers are up to. there are likely to
be partisan snarls and tangles Of the
most intricate kind. Mr.. WILSON will
probably appoint somebody to act as
party leader IN his absence. but, man.
lfestly. his delegate must lack real
authority.
The closing hours of the Sixty fifth
Congress promise to be full Of In.
terest, particularly for Republicans
The sun., 1918-11-22
The Demon in Washington.

A revolving condition was touched
upon In the Senate on the 18th of
this month which seems to have es-
capped much general attention, but
which will be cured when public con-
science is aroused by the facts. A
bill to authorize the County Of Lou
don In the State of Tennessee to con-
struct bridge across the Tennessee
River was up. Senator SHEPPARD
sternly offered an amendment to add
a new section applying provisions OF
an act relating to intoxicating liquors
in Interstate commerce to Washing
tons Ineffective bone dry law.
Vice-Presldent MARSHALL, strangely
unaware that bone dry legislation be-
Ing In place In q bill to teach farm
ers' wives how to make cottage cheese
has more than mere place, II has
reserved seat, on bridge bill, VEN
tured to say: "The pending bill Is
hardly an appropriate place for the
amendment" Senator KING brought
the Vice-Presldent to more proper
state Of legislative mind by crisply
informing him that the Sheppard
amendment was "ln regard to intox-
icating liquors In the District of Co
lumbia." The Vlce-President saw the
light and admitted that II a high
ball was In the mind of the Senator
the amendment did have q certain
relevancy for 1T has to do with
water" he said.
"My amendment" added Senator
SHEPPAnD. sis offered to correct a
shameful situation now prevailing In
the matter Of the shipment of intox-
icating liquors from Baltimore to
Washington" But-and this recalls
the baseless scandal that Senator
REED so modified his famous amend
ment in order TO obtain votes TO pass
,t-the Senate was In so great a
The sun., 1918-11-22
Scrap the War Work!

Comes peace, and the British Gov
eminent Immediately shuts down war
work. If guns In the foundry are so
per cent. completed the Job is stopped.
II shells In the munition plants are 75
per cent. completed the Job Is stopped.
If any Of such war weapons are on
the very edge of completion the job
Is stopped just the same. Merely for
the sake of rounding out contracts
the British Government Is not wasting
an ounce Of material. 1t Is not vast
ing a stroke Of labor. It is not vast
ing a penny of the British taxpay-
ers' money.
War work now is total loss Of ma
terial, loss Of labor, loss Of the tax
payers money. 1t is better to lose
80 per cent. or TO per cent. or so per
cent or 80 per cent. or 90 per cent.
than the whole 100 per cent. 1t is
cheaper to pay the contract forfeits
and put the machinery and the labor
10 work on things which the public
can eat or wear. 1t Is sounder busi-
ness to stop the needless spending
and to scrap partly finished guns
than to finish them only to rust away.
IT Ii truer economy to throw shells
and bayonets into the melting pot,
TO be made over for the use Of man.
kind, than to stack them up as dead
stuff OF no use to anybody.
Unless our war spenders likewise
stop war work dead short, they can
only waste material needed for nor
NAL production, waste labor needed
for normal producing. waste capital
needed for reconstruction Of wealth,
destroyed for this country by the
billions Of dollars and for the world
by the hundreds of billions.
XIII the war business in Its tracks
The sun., 1918-11-22
THE LYNcHERS HOLIDAY.
North Carolina Not the Only State
Tint Needs 1t.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: May
not extend to you for myself and for
others OF my race our cordial and sincere
thanks for your editorial article in which
you say there should be held in the city
OF Winston Salem. ". C. public meet
ing OF all Its inhabitants, at which the
address issued July Is OF this year by
President Wilson 10 his fellow country
men on the crime OF lynching should be
read from the courthouse steps.
Winston Salem should not have a mon
opoly of these public holidays: Georgia.
South Carolina, Alabama. Texas and
other Southern States IN which lynching
is practised should also be invited to
have these holidays TO show the country
and the world at large what wonderful
strides the South Is making toward
brotherhood and democracy. II the peo-
pie of these States do not believe that
what goes up must come down. let them
keep on numbering their black citizens
without due process Of law.
JOHN F. BRUCE
NEW YORK, November Fl.
The sun., 1918-11-22
slngIe-WiIl Treaties.

We quote from the seventy seventh
page Of Mr.. WILSON'S treatise oI.
Constitutional Government in the
United States" this passage of sur
passing and immediate interest:
''one OF the greatest OF the Presidents
powers I have not yet spoken of at all !:
slis control, which is very absolute, OF
the foreign relations Of the nation. The
initiative in foreign AFFAIR.", which the
President possesses without any restric-
ton whatever. Is virtually the power to
control them absolutely The President
cannot conclude treaty with a foreign
Power without the consent Of the Sem
ats. but he may guide every step OF d.
plomacy and to guide diplomacy Is to
determine what treaties shall be made
~ The faith and prestige OF the Govern
rnsnt are 10 be maintained. He need
disclose no step Of negotiation until It 10
complete, and when in any critical mat
virtually committed. Whatever its dis
inclination, the Senate may feel Itself
committed also"
Here Is very plain statement and
a very apparent theoretical disap-
proval, by Mr.. WILSON himself, OF the
very things President WILSON Is now
doing and purposing to do.
He purposes to guide every step of
diplomacy according to his personal
will. He purposes TO determine what
treaties shall be made, without con-
sultatlon either with the Senate or
with the pubAc opinion OF the coun.
try, by means OF his absolute CON
troll of the initiative in foreign af-
fairs He purposes to shape by his
unaided judgment the pegotiation
Of covenants of Unreasonable Impor-
lance to the nation and the world In
such manner that It may be virtually
impossible. as he himself pointed out
in the foregoing paragraph from his
writings on American Government.
for the Senate to reject his self-com.
Dleted WORK.
Yet II Is a fact, though weli-nlgh
forgotten in the practice which has
grown up concerning the milking Of
treaties. that there Is nothing In the
Constitution which expressly confers
upon the President powers Of negotia.
ton independent Of the Senate. There
is nothing which excludes the Senate.
as MT. WILSON seems to suppose II is
excluded. from participation In every
stage Of treaty making; in the initial
as well as concluding processes
The Constitution merely says that
the President "shall have power, by
and with the consent OF the Senate.
TO make treaties. provided two-thirds
Of the Senators present concur"
The required concurrence Of the
senate might well he held to apply as
much to the initiative and to the ne.
COLLATION. as to the conclusion Of the
The sun., 1918-11-22

party has always been In favor Of an
adequate navy. It Is only when the
question Of adequacy Is undetermined
and understandable that the Republi,
cans protest against the expenditure
Of billions upon ships which. partly
because Of the plea Of the President
Of the United States, might become
70 much junk through the scratching
Of pens at Versailles.
President WILSON wrote. on the 25th
Of last month, words which sound
strange under the present circum-
stances:
1T Is well understood there ton the
other side Of the waterl that the Repub-
lean leaders desire not 80 much to sup
port the President as to control him."
Who now is supporting Paragraphs
4 and ID of the Presidents pro-
gramme? Is 1t Secretary DANIELS,
the Presidents own appolntee, or Is 1t
the wicked Republicans?
The sun., 1918-11-22
THE DRAFT BOARDS.
A Chairman Indignant Mt q sugges.
ton Of Over Compensation.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir:
read with great deal OF Indignation
the letter with regard to retaining the
draft boards as demobillzing bodies in
THE SUN of November II.
have been chairman OF draft board
since the start, and think that can
talk lntelllgently not only because OF
that, but because of my connection with
the executive committee of selective SER
vice boards OF New York city.
While 1t Is true that there is a COM
pensation provided for. very few of tho
board members have ever accepted same,
and those that did accept It used that
and more in welfare work In their dis
tricts among the families and the boys
that were affected by their orders. In
my own board, ITO, we have had an eff
cient welfare league since the beginning
and the three members of the board
have been the chief supporters finan-
cially OF that league.
/ know that every member OF a draft
board can feel that he has done his full
measure toward his country's success,
and we all believe that It would have
been n good deal easier for us to have
been in the army than to have held
the Job that we have held down SO sue
cessfully. II was the most thankless Job
that any one could tackle. You were
abused roundly for doing your duty.
All sorts Of accusations were ground
lessly flung throughout the district In
regard to your action in cases. Men
who were physically rejected. ashamed
of this fact, would boast that they had
been able to put one over on the board
and their statements were believed.
Anonymous letters and telephone calls
were constantly coming in.
Hours meant nothing to board men,
bers. In the early days OF the draft
personally served from s o'clock in
the morning until midnight, with fifteen
minutes for meals. neglecting my busi-
ness absolutely. and my case was only
one of many such.
Having gone through with the hard
work. we certainly now deserve to have
some of the honors thrust upon US. and
know that there Is not a board men,
Der In New York city that would not be
glad to serve without compensation as
demobilizing board, thus being enabled
to restore to the bosoms OF their fam
lilies the men that we took away TO
serve their country. 1t will not only
be n great pleasure for us. but It will
serve to wipe out the feeling that now
exists against members OF the board In
the communities in which they reside
and in which they will for some time
continue to reside.
No man better than General Crowder
can appreciate the services we have
rendered, and when he makes this appli-
cation to Mr.. Baker he makes It with
the full understanding Of the class OF
men with whom he has to deal. and we
are sure that General Crowder's PROPOSE
ton will be approved by the War De-
partment as Il should be.
IRWIN KUETz.
NEW YORK, November 81.
The sun., 1918-11-22
STANDARD TIME.
Thlrty.five Years Of Its Satisfactory
Use In America.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
18th OF November marked the thirty
NTH anniversary OF the adoption OF
standard time in the United States. At
noon on that day In 1883 the United
States Naval Observatory flashed the
signal that put that system into oper-
alton without a hitch.
We OF the present generation probably
do not appreciate the value OF standard
time as an aid In simplifying the con-
duct OF the railroads as much as do
old timers, who recall bow the use OF
local time standards on railroads caused
endless confusion. Prior to 1888 there
were half hundred separate standards
Of time in effect. They operated in such
a manner that traveller from one
town might reach his destination stimuli
taneously with another traveller from
n town a thousand miles east or vast,
but two or three hours earlier or later
on the time table.
Through the initiative OF William F.
Allen. a young railroad man who died
in November, 1915. standard time be-
came reality instead OF a theory. He
drew up the specifications and, thanks
to his ingenuity, the country Is divided
into four timo sections, Eastern, Gem
trail. Mountain ard Pacific. The differ
ence in each pair OF adjoining sections
Is one hour.
Mr.. Aliens relation to the present
system OF time was stated by Professor
John K. Rees OF Columbia In 1888:
"Mr. Allen stood in very much tho
same relation TO the standard time
movement as Morse did to the electric
telegraph. The scientific theory upon
which the system was based Is well
known what was needed was the pres
entation OF the system in such shape
rs TO convince practical men of its
feasibility. This Mr.. Allen did, and
the manner in which It has been &C
complished and the results attained have
been surprise to men of science, who
looked for the result eventually but had
hardly expected II In this generation"
Much credit also Is due TO Charles F.
Dowd of Saratoga. who has been mem
tioled as having first suggested Its prin-
ciples. The claim has been made that
Mr. Dowd was the father of the system
and Mr.. Allen the general through
whose efforts It was finally adopted by
the railroads OF the United States. Mr..
Dowd, It is said. worked out the general
features OF the system and continued
the work OF bringing II to public at
tention by discussion and publication.
II was finally brought to maturity by the
patience and industry OF Mr.. Dowd Of
Saratoga Springs. APPRECIATION.
NEW YORK, November 2l.
The sun., 1918-11-22

hurry to grant bridge right to Lou
don county that It could not delay
long enough to strap on the Shep-
pard proposed rider.
Senator SHEPPARD did not admit
defeat. II shall continue" he said,
ito take advantage Of every oppor-
tunity to offer an amendment to cor
rect the situation l have described"
Try as Congress may. though It
grant the blessing Of prohibition to
every State, to Alaska, to our lnsular
possessions, to Panama's lushy strip,
1t fails, try as II may, to Danish the
demon rum from the very spot where
members are compelled to pass most
of their days and nights, from the
Federal Capital.
The sun., 1918-11-22
A NAME FOR HOBOKEN.
Let Future Immigrants Know 1t as
Chateau ThIerry.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Str: In
THE SUN I saw an article headed with
the forever famous name OF Chateau
Thierry. You advocated the Idea to give
that name to some place in the United
States.
May complete your suggestion
Why not give It to that part which
used to be so we'll packed with Germans
and ia now called Hoboken? Select tho
highest point OF that district and set up
huge board as high as the torch OF
Liberty" and write in big letters on 1t {:
Chateau Thierry." II will be seen by
all coming from the other side and will
remind them that from the very instant
the Americans entered that town the
greatest war in history was fought. the
autocracy beaten and the liberty OF the
world safe forever. A. RoMNY.
NEW YORK, November 81.
The sun., 1918-11-22

treaty; for all the steps concern 'the
power to make treaties and belong
to the process of treaty making. And
the partlcIpa ton Of the Senate In the
earlier as well rs in the final stages
Of the process might well he held to
require the confirmation by the Sen
ate Of the diplomatic officers ap-
pointed to negotiate.
And this would avoid the danger
of one-will treaties pointed out by
WOODROW WILSON in his illumina ting
book. It would serve greatly to re-
move the danger which was in Presl-
dent WILSON'S mind when he de-
manded, MS the first Of his fourteen
points or principles, open covenants
Of peace, openly arrived at"
The sun., 1918-11-22

Sixteen employees OF the Committee
on Public Information sailed from New
York Tuesday. constituting THE United
States Official Press Mission to the
Peace Conference" The announced OBJ
Ject of the expedition Is ito interpret
the work OF the Peace Conference by
keeping up a worldwide propaganda to
disseminate American accomplishments
and ideals"-From the nepS
Let's see; what Is the date of the
next bond issue?