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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-08
Dorst Want ,Em Back

An economical young man who was
much bored by the requests of tickle
young women to return their photo
graphs decided upon desperate meas
ures to put stop to the unnecessary
expenditure of time and postage.
He announced his intention of start.
ing a Venus collection to contain the
pictures of the 100 most beautiful wo.
men In the world, and now the girls
never ask for their pictures.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-08
NOT A SUBJECT FOR PITY
title Boss of the School Made Careful
Inquiry and Then Acted
Promptly.

4 suburban youngster who has long
0oen the boss Of his neighborhood has
been attending, temporarily, a school
connected with an orphanage. Very
nearly all The pupils are dependents.
The school has a dozen bright red
chairs which are greatly fancied by
the boys. and there is either a general
scramble for them or else the boys
who live in the asylum are in them
first.
This particular outsider was not to
be denied when all the chairs were
filed. and with his superior strength
and courage would dump one of the
occupants before the teacher arrived.
Her attention was called to this and
the small bully was told that he should
have a feeling of pity for the unfor
tunate
The next day he found all the chairs
filed, one by new pupil. He went
to him and said:
Have you a homer"
Yes"
a good homer"
Yes" 49,
Father and motherf'
YES" -sre~>s''S
Have you always had a father and
mother?"
"Yes."
Well, get out of my chair" and
the intruder was hurled against the
wall.-Chicago Evening Post.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-08
EVIDENCE
TO CLOSE TODAY
Experts Testify That Large Pool of
Blood Could Have TrickIed
Through Automobile.

Chesterfield Court House, Va, Sept
|2.-Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., indicted
for the murder of his wife, did not
take the stand yesterday in his own be-
half as was expected, but the asser-
ton was rlade just before court ad-
jourred that the defense would con-
clude its case late today with the pris-
Toner's testimony.
An argument ensued between coun-
sci for both sides as to whether the
cross-examination of the accused also
could be finished today, as it was
obvious that the defense wished to
have the prisoner rest over Sunday be
fore the attack upon him by the prose
cution could begun.
Thomas Hancock, one of the jurors
however, spoke in plaintive voice to
the court, saying:
please consider us, judge" and the
court Immediately asked H. NJ. Smith,
Jr., counsel for the defense, how many
more witnesses he would Introduce.
"Just a few more" said Mr.. Smith.
But we will surely close our case to-
morrow by placing the prisoner on the
stand"
Judge Watson announced that he
would hold court later than usual to-
day if necessary to finish the case, but
an agreement was reached to suspend
judgment as to the holding of the
night session until the testimony of the
accused had been presented
The testimony was prefunctory in
its character. Several women friends
of the accused and his dead wife testi-
fed that the couple lived together
except for the impromptu admission
of Douglas Beattie, brother of the
accused that he would have destroy
ed evidence of the murder had he
known his brother was to be charged
with the crime, the most interesting
development of the day was the dis
covery of a witness by the defense,
Joseph Casselberg, Of Richmond
Casselberg, it has been rumored for
some time, has had mysterious knowl-
edge of the case. He is reported to
have been on the Midlothian Turnpike
with another person about the same
time the murder occurred, and is sup
posed to be the man who stopped to
crank his machine and was seen by
the group of boys on their way from
the dance at Bon Air. If he is called
as a witness to admit that he had stop
ped to fix his machine at the point
where the boys say they saw the car
with a woman on the running board
and a man in front of it, the defense
considers this would controvert much
of the testimony to show that Mrs.
Beattie was shot while on the running
board and not on the car seat, as her
husband alleged.
1t was rumored last night, however,
that the defense may not call Cassel-
berg because of conflicting reports
concerning his probable testimony. The
question of whether Mrs. Beattie was
shot while standing on the running
board or in the road, or, as her hus-
band insists, while she sat in the front
seat to the left of him, again was
raised yesterday when several auto
mobile experts testified that a large
pool of blood, such as was found at
the scene of the crime, could have
trickled through the machinery of the
car and flooded from the drip under
meath to the ground.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-08
Mixed History.

A university student who was be-
ing examined in history wrote
Queen Elizabeth rode a white horse
from Kenilworth through Coventry,
with nothing on, and Raleigh offered
her his cloak" Another wrote: THE
gods of the Indians are chiefly Mo-
hammed and Buddha, and in their
spare time they do lots Of carving"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-08
Tho Difficulty.

The First Norker-Manner born be
blowed Dioo mean ter say If me an
you come into a bit o. splosh we
couldn't keep our ends up with these
ere docks and people?"
His Doubling Friend-Oh, we should
be orlright; but our missuses'd give
the game away, yer know.-The
Sketch.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-08
A KIDS Internretatinn

Caller-So your sister and her
fiance are very close mouthed over
their engagement?
Little Ethel-Close mouthed? You
ought to see them together!
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-08

in Westchester, and wired transporta-
tion to a couple of handlers in Pueblo.
Morris is working at Allenhusrt and
those who have seen him are circulat-
ing favorable reports as to his condi-
tion and ability.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-08
An Illustration.

The sweet and sour are strangely
mingled in life"
Yes, indeed. Take a bad crowd, for
example, where you're in a pickle be-
cause you're in a jam"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

an academy dance of a young woman
on the ground that she was employed
as a nursemaid. Several members of
congress registered protest wifi Sec
rotary of the Navy Meyer and the
secretary ordered that due apology be
made the young woman. Representa-.
tive Corbly, OF Indiana, is not entirely
satisfied with this order and he In
sists that the secretary of the navy
shall make it known to every one
whom 1t may concern at Annapolis
that a woman's a woman, even
though she does carr her living
through toll.
OF course the rule In private circles
can not be interfered with, but 1t
ought to be true in these public az
fairs just as 1t will in time be true
in all good society, that the woman
or the man who works for a living is
entitled, If anything, to just a little
more honor because of that fact. In
the meantime, 1t should be made clear
that the United States Is not carrying
on Annapolis and West Point for the
purpose of turning out a lot Of snobs.
Those institutions should be training
schools for real lei and a real man
will give honor where honor is DUE
The Commoner.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12
NEW RULES FOR INTER-
COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
None but Faculty Members Eligible
to -Ofice--AnnuaI Trophies
Provided For.


Under the new rules Of the Texas
intercollegiate Athletic Association no
coach or athletic director need apply
when the offices of the association are
handed out. Those who, will handle
the affairs of the amateur athletics III
which Texas colleges and universities
participate will be voting members OF
the faculty of the institution from
which they come, participating from
the standpoint of amateurs, just as the
members of the various competing
teams will be amateurs. The business
of the coach hereafter will be to coach
his team, get the men in fit condition
for the event in which they are to
take part, and decisions of protests,
construction of rules, ETC., will be in
the hands of the faculty folks of the
colleges rather than in the hands OF
the professionals who direct the train
ing of the nner and players.
When the annual meeting Of the
Texas intercollegiate Athletic Associa-
ton met at A. & NJ. college yesterday
p. II. Arbuckle, coach for Southwest
ern university, president of the organ
ization, was in the chair and Secretary
George A. Newton, of Trinity uniyer-
sity, had the minutes. There were
present, in addition to those two, Prof.
McGinnis, of Southwestern; DIR. Rams
dell, of University of Texas; s. r.
Spencer, of Baylor university; E. ].
Kyle, of A. & M. college; j. J.. De-
laney, of Austin college, Sherman; w.
C. Bryant, of Polytechnic college, Fort
Worth; and T. P. Junkin, of Daniel
Baker college, Brentwood.
1t was decided to add section IL to
the laws of the organization, provid-
ing that the association shall annually
award the following trophies: Gold,
silver and bronze medals to the Win
ners of first, second and third places
in each event, except the relay race,
and a banner in the colors of the
school acting as host for the meet to
the school winning the relay race; a
Gun to the individual contestant win
ming the greatest number of points,
and a trophy cup to the team winning
the meet.
On eligibility of officers the bylaws
were amended to provide that mo
person shall be an officer of this asso-
citation who is not a regular voting
member of the academic faculty OF his
institution, nor shall any coach or
physical director be eligible to hold
office; there shall be allowed one dele
gate at each meeting, who shall be a
voting member of the faculty OF his
institution"
The following was adopted as the
order of events of each track meet,
to be effective in 1912: ID 12O-yard
hurdle; (2) 100-yard dash; CD shot
put; (4) mile run; 90 220-yard dash;
CO. broad jump; CD discus hurl; 90
44O-yard dash; co. high jump; QO
hammer throw; I'D 220-yard hurdle;
(12) half-mile run; (1S) pole vault;
(14) relay race.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12
DOES BRYAN WANT
4 BUSINESS COLLEGE

The committee appointed by the
Commercial Club to sell the proposed
forty scholarships of the Bryan Com.
mercial College, in order to put the
school on a paying basis, has been out
today and has met with fairly good
encouragement. The committee ex-
poets to close the matter up within
the next few days.
The proposition resolves itself into
a question as to whether Bryan wants
a business college or not. 1t Is not
the purpose to make a donation of
$40 to the school. When a merchant
agrees to take a scholarship, he pays
this amount on the lnstallment plan
and has as long as he may want to
dispose OF the scholarship or to fur
nish a student to the school. The OBJ
ject OF selling these forty scholarships
now is to put the school on a paying
basis, to secure new equipment and
to offer to the students as good COM
mercial training as can be secured in
any city in the state.
Following lisa list of firms subcrib-
ing for scholarships today and the list
will be published from day to day I'M
til the sale Is completed:
Eugene Edge.
A. NJ. Waldrop & Co.
e. f. Parks.
Eagle Printing Co.
l.. M. Hewitt.
Bryan Telephone Co.
Tyler Haswell.
City National Bank.
First National Bank.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12
CAUSES OF FIRES.

In presenting a statistical bulletin
on fires in 1910 and the leading causes
of their origin, the state insurance
board not only supplies valuable infor'
nation but reads an impressive lesson
that the public should seriously con-
slider and take home. OF the fires in
Texas last year the board says 20 per
cent were caused by defective fiues, IL
per cent by exposures, 13 per cent by
stoves, fireplaces and heaters, and 13
per cent from miscellaneous and I'M
known origin. Sparks on single roofs,
defective electric wiring, parlor
matches, carelessness with lace cur
tains and gas jets, gasoline, fireworks,
kerosene oil stoves and kerosene oil
lamps make up the balance of the 100
per cent-practically all preventable
waste. The report concludes with this
wholesome and quite reasonable APP
peal to the people to look a little out
and save money in several ways:
1T will be noted that the largest per-
centage of fires were caused by de-
fective flues. All old tin or unsafe
brick flues that have been giving
trouble should be torn out and re-
placed by good brick chimneys, built
from the ground up. Srch improve
ment would Immediately reduce the
cost of insurance on property so in
sured from 10 cents to 25 cents per
500, and very likely not only prevent
the destruction of articles priceless,
because of their association, but save
the lives or manning of loved ones in
the home. Be careful with stoves and
screen the fireplaees. Handle gaso-
line, kerosene oil lamps and stoves
with care, and watch the ever present
menace of gasoline stoves. The most
horrible of modern menaces, the de-
struction of a home by fire, may there
by be averted. The recent holocaust
in New York, with its long toll of vic
tins, is but a wholesale demonstra-
ton of what day by day is occurring
in homes throughout the length and
breadth of this state, the crime of
carelessness and the fire fiend taking
levy of the lives and property of our
people. Diminish the fire hazard, safe
guard the home and our Ell -mous fire
waste will be reduced. W pom
sin has done, we of Tex
A witty Missouri doct, Isay-
ing that there are three more
blessed to give than to rec fmedi-
cine, advice and kicks. 7 ind of
advice the insurance board es has
been repeated many, many times with
out any radical reduction in human
carelessness, but, maybe, it will strike
in after a while. Possibly the mill
ionth repetition will make an impress
sion. So there's no use to get discour-
aged and give it up.-Current Issue.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

That Madero is the man of the hour
in Mexico there is no doubt. The whole
republic Is ringing with shouts OF
viva Madero," even the federal pris'
oners Joining in the acclamations,
That he is a true patriot, not only un'
selfish but self-sacrificing, nobody
doubts; but whether or not he is a
statesman with ability to reconstruct
the government now in ruins remains
to be proven. The nations are watch
ing his tryout with intense interest.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12
FRIDAY, MAY u, 1911.

1t is reported that at the Cinco de
Mayo bullfights at Matamoros fully
three-fourths of the spectators were
Americans. There is probably not a
border town that could support a bull
ring If it were not for American pat
ronage. People from all parts of the
United States go to see these disgust
ing exhibitions OF cruelty. This Is a
d~isgraceful fact, for which under ex-
listing conditions there seems to be no
remedy.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12
The EaqIe Is Whooping It Up.

A macadam road from Red river to
the Gulf of Mexico will be worth more
to the people of Texas than a rail-
road, and it begins to look like the
road will be built. Denison has built
ten miles of her part of it, and many
other cities and counties have been at
work. The matter is being considered
by the commissioners of every county
through which the road would have to
be built, and the Herald hopes seri-
ously considered. Every newspaper in
every county along the way ought to
get busy.-Denison Herald.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

The Eagles exchanges all along the
route of the proposed Red river-to-gulf
macadam road are boosting it with all
their might. That 1t will be built there
is little doubt, but the route has not
yet been located. The most direct
route and the one .hat seems to meet
with universal fayCr passes centrally
through Brazos county from north to
south, but it is not the only practicable
route, and Brazos county will not Sc
cure the road without an effort.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12
A PLEASURE AND
COMFORT FOR

The health and comfort OF the
are greatly influenced by its pill
equipment. A standard, moderl
room installed by us means the
of satisfaction and service for
am prepared to do your plumbin
Mr.. Nesk! has charge of my plu
department. His work invites 4
ton. Yours for business,
j. ALIEN MYI
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

The Navasota Examiner-Review has
a half column article on the abuse Of
the school telephone, to such an extent
that it's removal will be necessary if
it is not abated. The abuse of priv
ileges is one of the greatest obstacles
to improving conditions.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

The Fort Worth women who have
taken UP house painting object to
serving a three years apprenticeship.
Maybe they think the experience they
have had in practicing on their own
faces Is sufficient.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12
An Automobile to be Given Away
BY THE
Brazos County Agricultural Fair
Association
Each Contestant will Receive a Cash Prize

Daily ticket, one person, sold to per.
son in Brazos county, so votes.
Daily ticket, one person, sold to per,
son out of Brazos county, 100 votes.
Half fare ticket, sold to person in
Brazos county, 10 votes.
Half fare ticket, sold to person out
of Brazos county, so votes.
Team ticket, sold to person in
Brazos county, 10 votes.
Team ticket, sold to person out OF
Brazos county, so votes.
Single rig ticket, sold to person in
Brazos county, 8 votes.
Single rig ticket, sold to person out
of Brazos county, 25 votes.
Horseback ticket, sold to person in
Brazos county, 5 votes.
Horseback ticket, sold to person out
of Brazos county, 25 votes.
Interurban ticket. sold to anyone, 5
votes.
Tickets will be ready and sale will
begin May 1, 1911, and close at IL
o'clock oon September 10, 1911. The
award will be made as soon as the
reports can be tabulated by the judges,
but not later than the first day of the
fair.
Every contestant will be furnished
with blanks for reporting sales. These
reports must accompany remittance,
which must be made each week. These
reports will be carefully checked and
If any error. is found the report will
be returned1to the contestant for her
approval of correction. These reports
will be in duplicate, each contestant
retaining a copy. The reports will be
turned over to the judges, who will
make the award.
Any lady in Texas may contest for
the automobile, but applications should
be sent to the secretary's office at
once in order to secure supplies.
Names of contestants will be pub
lished weekly. Their rank will be
listed as soon as practicable, and on
August Is the standing of each con-
testant's record, as shown by reports,
will be published.
| earn Good Money, and may
Ia Au+o~oEle
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

The Eagle will publish tomorrow
an article from Judge Board in re-
gard to the proposed Red river-to-gulf
macadam road through Brazos county.
Many of u readers have been eager
ly expecting an expression from the
county judge on this important sub
iect.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

The rain last night delayed the com
pletion of clearing the fields of weeds,
but most Of the crops were clean and
ready for it, and can wait for another
dry season without suffering. Most of
the fields not yet worked will prob
ably be plowed up and r%eplanted.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

A Milwaukee church last year
adopted a graduated income tax upon
its members. The result was a sur
plus instead of the usual deficit at the
end of the first year.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

A San Antonio special yesterday
spoke of a man arriving there to boost
William J. Bryan for a fourth nominal
ton. Mr.. Bryan is no exception to
the rule that a mans fool friends can
do him more harm than his enemies.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

There is a beautiful white-throated
dove indigenous to the Rio Grande
country, but it is not the dove OF
peace. The chapparral cock seems to
be a filter emblem of the spirit that
~nreyails there now.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

The world is always willing to lis
ten to a nan who has a message, but
not to the man who simply repeats
what the world has learned from for
mer messengers
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

Greenville and Bowie report home
grown ripe peaches on the market.
We're just crazy for some. Can't some
Bryan fruit dealer get them?
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

A good many people, whether con-
.sciously or not, under the form OF
praying, simply offer suggestions to
the Lord.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

The st. Louis Globe-D Democrat sug-
gests that an armistice in Mexico is
a very different thing from what it is
in the dictionary.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

An old proyerb says: mo nan is
a hero to his valet" Human great
ness, like the value of jewels, exists
chiefly in the Imagination.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

The only thing wrong with Diaz's
resignation is that there is too much
manana in 1t.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-05-12

On account of delays the tickets will
not be ready to begin the Ticket Sell
ing Contest for the Great Agricultural
Fair, October 2 to Z, until May /. The
Fair Association has decided to change
the prize plan so that every contestant
selling any tickets who do not receive
the capital prize, or automobile, will
receive a cash prize of 10 per cent of
the amount of the sales made by con-
testant.
The great feature of the preliminary
campaign of this fair is to be the
Ticket Selling Contest, and briefly
this is the occasion for giving away
a $500 automobile just out of the fac
tory. The rules of this contest are as
follows:
1. The automobile will be presented
on or before the first day of the fair
to the lady receiving the greatest num-
Der of votes secured in the following
manner
2. Tickets will be furnished to every
lady entering the contest for her to
sell at the following prices:
Season family tickets for FIVE to
seven persons, $40.
Season tickets, n person, 81.
Daily ticket, n person, 90 n
Half fare tickets, n person under
Is years, rs cents.
Team tickets, % cents.
Team tickets, single horse, 10 cents.
Horseback tickets, 10 cents.
I%nterurban railorad tickets, good for
use on any car at any time, 10 cents.
Name and address will be written
on the tickets, and this record must
be furnished with report of sales OF
tickets.
Full reports must be made to the
treasurer every week.
In selling these tickets the pur-
chaser is entitled to votes as follows:
Family season ticket, 1900 votes.
Season ticket, one person, sold to
person in Brazos county, 200 votes.
Season ticket, n person, sold to
person out Of Brazos county, 600 votes.
Get into this Contest, you vii
Secure a Valual