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cred, then, to be a nifty player, may get back into the game this year. He has
 gained some weight and apparently is as speedy as last year. He did not try out for this years eleven on account of paren- 1 tai objections. The coach is making every effort to get Stockmar into the game, and it is thought that he will join on account Of the injuries sustained by Strange. Gill,
 a newcomer, is working out with the team and the Coach feels that he can be trained into an end nicely. Morton will possibly play right half, With Wingo as the substitute half. Nor ton has had some experience at this posi- tion, having played half on the team last year toward the latter part of the season. But one of the most encouraging events of the last week has been the return of V:ctorine. the regular center. Victorins has been out of the game for the last two weeks with bad throat and during his absence bowman has filled that position
 satisfactorily. Victorine, although ne 1 has not been seen in any regular game. is what Coach Courleux terms nifty" man. He is accurate in his passing and is in the game at all moments. His return has been a great encouragement to the team.
 bowman will either play guard or cen 
 ter.
 The Highs are facing a hard struggle toGay when they meet the Birmingham
 Medical college team, but they feel that they will be able to down them on ac- count of the manner ill which the Pre- destinari rians defeated them last week. They will outweigh the Highs by 15 pounds. but they will not have the speed erd this will, perhaps, count the most. l The probable line Up is: | Left End--Stephenson | Left Taekle-Tribble. | Left Guard-IIowman or Antwine. l Center-victorine or bowman. 1 Right Guard-Tate or Neal .a Right Taclsle--Neal or Weir. | Right End--Lathem or Bowron. Quarter-Wood. tit l Right Half-Morton or Wingo | Full-Barller Left Half-Morton or Barker. l The game with the Medicos will pe | played at West End park, beginning at a:30
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HIGH CAPTAIN,
 .s.a DISLOCATES HIS RIGHT ARM

The outlook for successful team seemed exceedingly bright but two days ago at the Birmingham High school, but with the injury of Strange, half and cap tain and one of the heaviest men on the eleven, on Wednesday, which will keep him out of the game for at least three weeks, has changed the outlook some what.
 Strange was one of the three heaviest men on the High eleven and was looked ,ipon to be one of the stars of this years team. He weighed over 150 pounds and in the games which were played this year showed that he could be depended upon On both the offensive and defensive.
 Wednesday, while scrmmaging with the second eleven, he was attempting an end run and was just speeding around right end when, one of the players on the scraps attempted to down him. Strange threw cut his arm to stiff arm the player but he missed, and when the player on the defense tackled low Strange was thrown to the ground, falling upon his right arm djscoating it just above the elbow.
 Medical aid was soon given him, but he will be out of the game for three weeks CT more. Coach Courleux and the mem bers of the team were grieved muchly by the accident.
 But the team is determined to fight the larder Every day this week, with the exception of Monday, has meant hard workout The first team has been scrlm- maging with the scrubs every afternoon from 3 clock to nightfall and the Highs have been taught many new plays during the week. They seem to be working well. As the result of the accident to Strange, Coach Courleux has been forced to make 2 somewhat radical change and many players will be attempting to secure Fthe new vacancies. Stockmar, who played on last years team, and who was consid-
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ing the presence of everybody who knows anything of the case.
 Autin Testifies Again
 MT. Austin on returning took the stand and had in his possession a copy of pr. Fields letter which he read. He said: "I have never had any con- versation with Dr. Fields. These are names of men said to know something of the matter: F. l.. Fulton, Moody Wray, OGara. Smith Eidge, Tom Ell lard and the Smith brothers" By con- sent an issue of the Recall was made a part of the record.
 MT. Letcher, following the conclu- sion of Austin's testimony, suggested that Lee Cowart, immigration commis- sioner. be sent for. Such was done. MT. Uowart testified: "Of my own per- sonal knowledge l know nothing of tho matter The only men who talked 10 me about the matter were Metts and Wrenn."
 Cowart Cross Examined q was not sent into this county to make an investigation. I told Bow man that the only thing I knew of the matter occurred some three months previous when Dr. Grove and MT. Oak ley endeayored to sell me some stock. am not counsel for the excise com mission. l have never received a fes from the excise commission. I never told MT Lasseter that 1 was in the employ of the commission and there fore could not receive a fee to get q license for man named BoWers' MT. Bowman asked the witness how many six shooters he had on his per son. This question was overruled.
 After the testimony of MT. Cowart adjournment was ordered until 9:3t o'clock this morning. It was. then } o'clock
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crested in the local option campaign and iged exclusively for that purpose.
FOntell and Lanning


 Paul Fontell testified: 'I have not bought any stock. I was spoken to In this regard by Bowman and McCord. l was Iot an applicant for a saloon license. MT. Oakley was not present at that meet ing. Nothing was said about the grant ing of a license.' He was excused after explaining the report about Tuscaloosa buying stock. A recess was then taken on account of the absence of witnesses. A spectator who arrived on the scene at this time was W. c. Agee, chairman of the Birmingham excise commission.
 Shortly thereafter w. O. Lanning arr rived. He testified follows:
 ''I am in the stable business. I know all the principals. l have some stock in the Alamo Gas and Oil company. know nothing of the alleged efforts to sell the stock save what rumors I have heard. I cannot recollect the names of any of those who told me of the alleged efforts, save Moody Wray. l. was in room 215 when sales of stock were dis orssed. Colonel Bowman, McCord and Fields were present I was present but a sfort while and cannot remember what vas said. l was there on no other oc- casion. I know nothing else about the natter
 Mr Tanning was excused and time was called again because or the absence or witnesses.
 c. VI. Austin, editor of the Recall, was tEen called to the stand. He testified: T am editor of the Recall. l published something in reference to these rumors. know nothing of my own knowledge. l What l published was based on the statements of other people. I got some information from Metts, Thompson and i l.anning, G. B. Morean, Moody Nrav and Toney Frank of Ensey were names given to me as men who knew something l Of their own knowledge"
 l MT. Austin was then excused with the Understanding that he would procure a i list of names of men said to own stock in l the company and a copy of the letter said to have been written him as editor of the l Recall by pr. Fields.
 l During his absence c. E. Morgan was | put on the stand. He testified: q live in Birming gham and am engaged in the
 saloon and drug business. l own nl stock in the Alamo Gas and Oil com pdny. I have mover heard anything
 of the deals in stock. I have never ] been solicited to purchase stock l MT. EVins here renewed the request that anybody in knowledge of any l facts come forward and testify. Colone Bowman suggested that a card signel Jointly by MT. Evins, the attorney gen eral and the four principals be pub
 lished in the morning paper request
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Bakers "Oper tue Fence' Drive in tue Sixth Inning
 Keeps Quaker City Awake

The shining lights Philadelphia and which ended defeat for the
  tir,s the lon ice"
  New York Devoted baking their that the should begin outside the grounds were graft hati purely private and e Philadelphia to prevent it.
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Morris hotel by Fields. l cannot say whether Oakley was present or not. Dr. Seay told me that Bowman would be Up soon and he did come I met Bow man and he said the object of the meeting was the sale of gas and oil stock. He said they wanted to raise s25.0o0 to meet Tuscaloosa s $100.000, and that If Tusca- loosa did not raise that sum, our stock would be returned
 q was told that if any one thought that by the purchase of stock they would get a saloon license. they were mistaken and could get their notes back. Dr. Fields did not urge me to take the stock l don't think AIcCord was present.
 W. ]. Lasseter was then placed on the stand by Colonel Bowman. He said: T live in Birmingham and have a family here l am engaged in the cigar business l have never made a statement that the purchase of stock would aid any one in securing a license.
 MT. Higgins previously had stated that a man whom ne thought was I.asseter told him that by purchasing stock it might felp." Colonel Bowman then explained that he was certain that MT. Higgins is | ali honest man, but was simply mistaken. l Mir Lasseter then stated that he owned ro stock in the Alamo Gas and oil com 1 rauy. lie stated he heard Bowman tell l some buyers of stock that if they were
 under the impression that by buying they | would be helped to procure licenses to l go and get the notes back. as their buy ing could serve no purpose. He testified that room 2lj was engaged by people in-
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EXPERT CHECKING
 OVER PETITION
Judge Burke Will Call Election in Cullman If Suffient Names
 Are Found

Culman, October (SpeciaD -
 William E.. O'Brien, an expert account-
 ant has been employed to check over
 the list of names contained in the pc 'tition filed by those who are interested
 in the local option election. MT. O'Brien
 has been working on the petition for
 The past few days and will complete the
 work soon. It is presumed that Judge
 Burke will call the election as early
 as it is possible to do under the
 law, providing that the petition is found
 to contain sufficient names of quail
 fled voters.
 It is believed that should the local
 optionists carry the county for open saloons, the law would hardly go into effect before the first of next year, as three months is the shortest time for which a license could be granted, and it is not presumed that any one would care to take out a license for a shorter length of time. The prohibitionists of the county will make a strong fight after the election is called to maintain the present prohibition law. Adverse reports coming from places where they lave the regulated saloons that they
 are not satisfactory will be the prin- ciple slogan of the prohibitionists in this county and they strongly believe that they can defeat the local option ists in their plans. Many prohibition lsts claim that the blind tiger is the best regulated saloon that can be de- Yised,"
 Cotton sold in Cullman yesterday the lowest that it has for some years. All the entire day the streets of the city were lined with wagons loaded with the fleecy staple, and were forced to accept as low as SA cents per pound, although in some cases the farmers
 were paid as high as S.90c.
 The -year-old child of MT. and Mrs. John Priess died at their home in this city yesterday. The child had been sick for the past several weeks. The funeral services were conducted from the St. Paurs Evangelical church
 this afternoon. after which interment
 took place in the Protestant cemetery.
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New York, October 19.-The national commission today censored John McGraw, manager of the New York National League Baseball club for his conduct dur ing the Philadelphia-N New York game here last Tuesday, and notified him that repetition of misconduct would result in removal from the field, disbaiment from all further world series. and a heavy fine. First Baseman Merkle of New York also was fined s10o for improper language.
 The national commission made public tonight this letter to MeGraw, dated Oc- tober IS: "In the discharge of it's duty to main tain order and discipline in the series now in progress for the championship, as required by the rules and regulations jointly enacted by the National and American leagues on February 16, l905, for the control of this event, the national commission has taken official cognizance of your unwarranted conduct and lan- guage while passing from the coacher's 5 line to your teams bench during the last few innings of the game played on the Polo grounds on Tuesday, October +, 1911.
 Notice is hereby served on you that
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Hirsch Didn't Buy
Bowman Warned Meehl

Toney Meehl, next called testified that he was in the saloon business. He swore: S1 know Dr. Fields and Colonel Bowman. About the gas stock. I had conversation with MT. Bowman after the local option election. ] was telephonea to come to the the Morris hotel. Bowman explained the stock proposition to me, that Tuscaloosa would raise sl00,000 if the company raised 25,GOO. l told MT. Bowman that the re Dort was that the buyer of stock would be the one to obtain a saloon license. He re- piled that that was untrue, and that if stock was purchased under that impress sion, the buyer. could get his money back at once. It was stated to me that if Tuscaloosa failed to raise certain sum. the notes of buyers would be refunded. !" He testified that he had never seen Oak ley and knew McCord only by reputation.
 Gates Next Witness
 T. M. Gates of Ensley was next called He is engaged in the wholesale liquor business. He testified that he knew Fields and Bowman, but the others only casually. He said: ''I was called to the
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25
PRISONER IN
JAIL AT RENO
TRIES ESCAPE

RENO, Aug. Sheriff G. P
Ferrel nearly lost one of his board.
ers last night and, if it had not
been for the excellent system EN-.
ployed at the county Jail, the fellow
would almost certainly have gotten
away. A key-to-Indians" pris.
oner named Berry, who is AWAITING
action by the United States grand
jury, made a slip when the men
were being marched in from the
jail at O'Clock for supper.
There were 70 prisoners in line
and were properly accounted. but
one OF them, after the tally, climbed
up TO the outside of the second tier
OF cells and remained there until
O'Clock, when the second account
ing took place for locking I'm and
lights out.
Deputy Sheriff Dickey found he
mad only IS men in line and he ecot
ousy at once. He called in another
deputy, who was standing at the
wicket with a sawed-off shotgun and
the two officers made the circuit Of
the corridor, travelling in opposite
directions.
Berry was quickly located and ia
Ken before Sheriff Ferret II was
round that he had made rapid nro-
gress during the three hours and
mad attacked the fiue aperture He
nad only one more course of brick
70 remove, when he could have
squeezed out and dropped one story
to the ground.
In the opinion of the sheriff Rer-
ry planned to overpower the denutv
sheriff when the counting in took
place and release his fellow nris-
oners.
Berry is now doing duty in the
black bloody hatch" on a crackod
diet. He said to- Sheriff FerrAl.
IF you don't put me in the dun
geon, I'll pay you for the DAMAGE
did to the WALL"
iouh pay for it, all. right" the
Snerin replied, "but net in coin {"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
p E r S ON AL s
Comings and Goings o. Our Local
People and Others

Ray Lyons returned to Goldfield
this morning.
Mrs. E. S. Grigsby was a passen-
ger this morning for Santa Cruz.
w. d. Forester was an arrival
on the morning train from Gold
field.
Harry Stimler and Billy Marsh
leave tomorrow for their Pine
Creek ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Everett were
passengers this morning on the
north-bound train.
Mrs. A. r. Parsons was pas
senger this morning for Salt Lake,
where she will visit.
Charles Blake left Wednesday
morning for Virginia City, where
ne will sojourn for a few weeks.
Eugene Howell left this morning
for Carson and Lake Tahoe. Mr..
Howell will return in few days
accompanied by Mrs. Howell and
children.
me Misses Emma and Elsie Bow
Ter arrived from Peavine yesterday
ana will visit with their raother
and father a couple of weeF; be-
fore returning 10 their seuocls at
Lucky Boy and Fish Lake.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25
scApEGoATs FOR REAL cULpR1Ts.

As Il result of the investigation of the wreck
Of the steamship Santa Rosa on the rocks near
Point Arguello down the coast two of the Of
tcers, Captain Faria and Mate Thomas are to
be put on trial
Such an outcome of the inquiry instituted by
the United States inspectors in San Francisco
appears to lis to be gross injustice. 1t is quite
obvious that Faria and Thomas are being made
the scapegoats of their employers greed and
that they alone will have to suffer for the terri
BILE disaster
But let us recall the circumstances of the
wreck and some Of the testimony given at the
hearing before the government inspectors The
captain was plainly trying to please the com
pany for which he worked when he haggled over
the expense of taking the passengers from the
vessel Undoubtedly he erred in Judgment in
several ways, but that he was practically acting
under orders was the gist of the statements
made when he and other officers of the Santa
Rosa called to testify Indeed, the public
needs no stronger evidence of the company's
culpability than the wireless messages which
passed between the master and the headquarters
OF the company in San Francisco while the
steamer was breaking to pieces and the lives
OF all the passengers in imminent peril
The investigation, to be worth anything
should, be directed against the entire
coastwise steamship traffic, and it would then
show, we believe that the captain of passen-
ger vessel is under such parsimonious policy
that he IS encouraged to take every chance cal
eeu;ed to save dollar He holds his vessel
close t" shore in order to make time and con
Serv" tue, and in time of trouble is most re-
luetant to do anything that mean expense to his
company. The disclosures along this line made
while the federal inquiry was under way were
Suhlclent to have brought about startling reve-
iatlons had there been inclination to punish
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25
UNDER AN EVIL SPELL.

mat graduates Of high schools or even of
more advanced institutions of learning do not
know now to spell seems in itself remarkable
dact' When the scence OF pedagogy has to con-
Tess that 1t is to blame for this the fact is ex-
Planned, and becomes remarkable in another as
pect 1t is strange that educators commit so
Grass and palpable folly
According to a prevalent fad children are
taught to read but kept in ignorance of their
letters Phonetic sounds have no meaning to
tlem. .Ihey recognize words and not letters as
the paste symbols OF written speech When call
ed upon to write a word, they are able to do so
only IL they remember the appearance of that
particular word. They write exactly as thew
would draw from a model or from memory in
the absence OF the model The effect of this is
TO reduce English to the status Of Chinese # IS
most deplorable fallacy the comfort living IN
inc fact that 1t must, from it's very stupidity be
short lived. Children are entitled to the rioht
TO learn, and the schools, in Withholding tbis
right are not fulfilling the purpose of existence
Graduated from school and in a position
where requirement is the writing of English
the boy or girl is-at utter loss Their trainino
has not fitted them to meet the reouirement
lhey are unqualified for the position. Inundated
at losing it. and Realize the outrage that has
been committed against them when thew have
TO learn III their latter teens the Fundamentals
that should have been drilled into them at 10
earlier
Parents often are invited to take an active
interest IN the schools Certainly thew sbouId
do so, IN which case they would soon formulate
an active protest against system that places
youth IN touch with knowledge but fails TO ac
tually impart the knowledge
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25
v1RGINIA's WOMEN SET EXAMPLE

The Associated Press dispatch from Chester
field, Va, bringing news Of the opening of the
trial OF Henry Clay Beattie, Jr, for the MUIR
der oil his young wife, makes this significant
comment:
To Virginia credit it was noted that
not one white woman was in court when
the prisoner arraigned on the indict-
ment and, barring those who may be
called as witnesses, it is believed that few,
if any, will attempt to gain admission at
the trial.
Indeed the absence Of her women from such
I scene and such an occasion is to Virginia s
credit. 1t is only few weeks since the country
Was ,lisguested to read of the morbid crowd of
women that fought for places in the Chicago
courtroom when the trial of Evelyn Arthur
See, Absolute Life faker, was in progress And
generally i'll our state sensational criminal
or divorce trials likely to be characterized by
the introduction Of grewsome or salacous evil
dence have had a strange fascination for the
women.
Now the women of Virginia have set an
example that should appeal to all true Ameri-
can womanhood and overcome any tendency to
yield to curiosity under such circumstances They
have again exemplifed the real gentiity of the
Old South.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25

1t is gratifying to know that the University
of California Glee club has made such a fine
record in Europe This may lead to the dis
carding of a few professors Of the sciences and
arts and the substitution of some high-class in
structors OF ragtime at the university Glee
clubbing is much easier to learn than the dead
languages and the sciences. Why not enroll all
the students in the Glee club and discard al
the excess education?
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25
GOOD PROGRESS BEING
MADE IN HALIFAX SHAFT

Excellent progress is being made
IN the new Halifax shaft, each "a
hours finds the shaft about seven
and one-half feet deeper, and at
the present time the three compart-
ments are down 1862 feet. There
has been no change in the forma.
ton, the shaft still being in the
tufa.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25
WILLIAM MBETH is DEAD.

Word has been received in this
city from Los Angeles that William
McBeth, who was employed for sew
eral years in this city as a miner,
had died in that city of miners con-
sumption.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25
CELTIC HOUSE TO
OPEN IN FEW DAYS

Mr.. and Mrs. P. V. Meyers, Mrs.
f. Meyers and Mrs Gould came in
yesterday from Bellehelep. Mr..
Meyers has taken the Gel house,
on Florence avenue, and has started
to renovate it, preparatory to open
ing a rooming and boarding house.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25

Governor johnson has been contributing to
the cause of good government and honest and
efficient public service in his selection of men
to the various commissions and other posts of
duty. He has now selected a state highway en-
gineer of ability and wide practical experience.
CALIFORNIA; highway outlook now inspires con-
fidence and enthusiasm
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25
NEW HEAD FOR SPANISH.
AMERICAN WAR VETEp

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, Aug.
25.-Maurice Simmons of New York
City was yesterday elected COM
mander-in-chief of the United Span
lsh-American War Veterans. Allan
tic City was selected for the next
convention.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-08-25
COAST CHAMPS WIN.

NEWPORT, Aug. 25.-The third
round of singles in the all-comers
tennis championship was completed
yesterday. There were no upsets
Bundy, Long and Mclaughlin, the
three Pacific Coast experts, won
their games, defeating Mathey, Wal
der and Cole, respectively.