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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-02
WAS CONDUCTED
MERELY AS A BLIND

NEW YORK, Dec. I'm the
RiceScheftels trial the govern
ment put forward one of its star
witnesses in the person of A B.
Levison. Levison testified that
through George Graham Rice, Vice
President Miller of the Nat C.
Goodwin company, hired him to
open a brokerage Office across the
street from the Goodwin company
under the name of Alfred Levison
& Co. The witness said his office
was only a blind for the Goodwin
company. He said he sent out
circulars booming Rawhide Coali-
tion and Offering stock of other
Rice-Goodwin promotions and Of
fering to make loans on the stock.
He never had any stock to sell or
money to loan as the circular stat
ed he had. The witness stated
that the circulars which were mail
ed under his name were prepared
and paid for by Goodwin e Co.,
who paid all the expenses of his
Office.
Levison had to take all the in
coming mail to the Goodwin office
and also secure an o. X. from that
office on all outgoing mail So far
as authority or discretion was con-
cerned he was only an office boy
Circulars and much other mail
matters was required to be person
ally approved by George Graham
Rice. The defense objected to this
line of testimony, claiming that it
had not been proved that Rice was
an officer of the Goodwin company.
The letter declared that a letter
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AUSTRIANS GET
QUITE BUSY At
OLD HORSE SALE

NEW. YORK, Dec. 2.--At the
Old Glory horse sale at Madison
Square garden yesterday AL Stan
ley, 2:OS IA, was sold to Austrian
buyers or $4,000. He will be ship
ped to Austria at once.
Bidding on Kinney Lou, the
great brown stallion, brought here
from San jose by Budd Doble, was
disappointment Kinney Lou,
with race record of 2:O7 3-5,
was expected to bring not less than
$4,000, but the best bid that
could be obtained was $25O0, for
which he was sold to R. S. Stader
of Lexington, Ky.
Fourteen Of the first get of the
famous General Watts, owned by
o. o. Watts, of Charlestown, w.
Va, brought the best average thus
far obtained for any one consign-
ment. They sold for an aggre-
gate of $1O,970, or an average of
$776.50. They were scattered
among purchasers in many parts Of
the east and south.
The three-year-old bay filly,
Baroness Helen, with a half mile
track record of 2:1S, went for
$4,000 to Charles Dean of Palatine,
Illinois
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CON. DIRECTORS
Meeting DEC. I
QUARTERLY GATHERING Al
THE WALDORF-ASTORIA
NEXT MONDAY.

GOLDFIELD, Dec. John H..
Mackenzie, consulting engineer
and managing director of the Con-
solidated Mines company, left this
morning by the Las Vegas & To-
nopah railroad on his way to New
York to attend the quarterly meet
ing of directors, which will be held
at the Waldorf hotel on the sew
enth. Although reticent regarding
interviews, Mr.. Mackenzie express
ed the greatest satisfaction at the
splendid condition of the property
and the warmest qualification over
the manner in which the present
management has conducted the
company's affairs, being highly
gratified over the success of the
management in reducing the oper-
ating costs.
A. H. Howe, secretary and treas
urer of the company, left this
morning to attend the meeting and
will be joined by II. M. Hoyt, chief
counsel Of the company. President
George Wingfield left Reno for the
east several days ago and is now
in Chicago, where he will join
other members of the directorate
On their way to New York.
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SUBSTITUTE Is
SURELY THERE WITH
FREDDIE WELSH

. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1.-Willie
Ritchie, lightweight from the
training encourage Uf Packey Me
Farland, achieved an international
fistic reputation Thanksgiving by
staying twenty rounds with Freddie
Welsh, the British lightweight
challenger who was to have gone
on with Ad Wolgast in a Thanks
giving championship battle at Ver-
non Ritichie, on twenty-four
hours notice, substituted for VOL
gast, who was bereft of his YER
inform appendix at hospital the
day before. Welsh was given the
decision, but Ritchie had him grog-
gy on two or three occasions, and
after the mill the one topic of
conversation among the fans" was
centered on the question; How
long would Welsh have lasted
against Wolgast, il the latter had
been in the ring?"
After an all-night train ride
from San Francisco, Ritchie enter
ed the arena somewhat heavy.
Welsh appeared trained to the min
ute. The Briton excelled in ring
generalship and did most of the
leading, but his blows lacked
steam, while Ritchie, when he
landed, generally stopped his oppo-
nent.
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five YEARS.
TINE GIVEN IS
FAR TOO SHORT

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.-Governor
Richard E. Sloane of Arizona,
speaking before the National Wa.
ter Users association here yester,
day, declared for a liberal extern
sion of time to homesteaders in
paying back to the government the
money loaned them to carry on
irrigation work.
THE five years they are allow
ed is far too short" he said. 1T
should be extended to 0years or
at least Is. The fve-year require
ment imposes too great a burden.
Setting the land requires many i'm
provements necesistating eXpendi-
ture o money and with the yearly
payments to the government make
tCo hard a struggle for existence to
the homesteader.
Fulton H. Sears of Fallon, New,
president Of the association, said
the association would formulate a
petition to be allowed to take some
part in the governments irrigation
schemes.
THE government has spent
about twelve million in irrigation
and will eventually spend two bill
lion dollars. AS we have to repay
this money eventually we wish to
have some voice in the spending
of it,"
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previously introduced by former
customer, dated April 18th, 1908,
bore the signature of Rice and the
Goodwin company.
The cross-examination of Moritz
Scheeline was concluded. OF l.
100000 shares of Rawhide Coali-
ton, Sheeline testified that Good
win 4 Co. sold all but 100000
shares, which are now in the treas
ury. The defense had Sheeline ad-
nit that the Goodwin company
dealt in securities other than their
own promotions and had him iden-
tify copies of the Mining Financial
News containing advertisements OF
the Goodwin company, recommend
ing Rawhide Queen, Rawhide Goa
lition, Goldfeld Florence, Goldfield
Consolidated and other outside
stocks as good things. The pur-
pose Of this was to show that the
Goodwin company did legitimate
brokerage business.
Scheeline stated that Goodwin
bought Rawhide Coalition treasury
shares in blocks of 10000 on
which he held option and split up
the amounts as required. To expe-
dite transfers Scheeline sent blocks
of both treasury and option shares
to the Hanover National bank of
New York, with instructions to de-
liver to the Goodwin & ScheftelS
companies upon order and agreed
payment. Jacob Neiman, cashier
of the Scheeline bank at Reno,
inentified records showing receipt of
money and the delivery of stock to
the Nat c. Goodwin company under
contracts
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. flames
B. Mcnamara probably will get life
Imprisonment; John J. Mcnamara,
it was rumored, will get IA years.
Each pleaded guilty on the charge
of which he was extradited from
Indianapolis.
Within 15 minutes after court
opened yesterday afternoon one of
the greatest criminal trials of mod
ern times had ended so abruptly
that many officials supposedly in
the heart of the case did not know
it was going to happen.
The prisoners were taken back
to Jail, Judge Bordwell returned to
his chambers and opposing counsel
went to their rooms.
The McNamaras have pleaded
guilty because they We're guilty.
was District Attorney John d.
Fredericks crisp comment
IF I'd seen any way out of it
we would not have done it," said
Attorney Clarence S. Darrow after
court. We've had it under con-
sideration since a week ago Mon
day."
Attorney barrow stood around
the room after court adjourned
and newspaper men crowded
around him.
I'm glad it's over with, said
barrow with sigh. I'VE have
been working on this for two
weeks and it has been the great
est strain of my life. The Times
building was blown up by James
b. Mcnamara with nitro-glycerint
to be sure, but the bomb touched
off the gas and gas really did it,
Did you have to wrestle hare
with the McNamaras to get thar
admission?" he was asked.
Somewhat, but the facts were
overwhelming. Every loophole wal
gatherelNn by the state, AS fa
as / anksroncerned I felt that soon
q or later it had to come. Thing
were happening in which big peo
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bearing on retail prices or the re-
lations of the companies of the
Standard Oil group with independ-
ent producers. Increased compe-
tton is expected, but the public
will be obliged to bide its time be-
fore finding out if it will have
cheaper oil.
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NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of Nye County Bar associ-
alton will be held Monday evening,
December a, at 1880 p. m, at the
Office of ]. S, Dennis. A general
invitation is extended to all men,
bers of the bar.
]. +. DENNIS,
President.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-02
FLEUR PLEADS
GUILTY OF FORGERY

This morning at 10 O'Clock Felix
his attorney, H. r. Cooke, &ppear-
ed before Judge NJ r. Averill to
plead to the indictment charging
him with forgery. AS stated in
the Bonanza yesterday as probable,
the prisoner plead guilty, and as
the law allows two days to inter
vene before sentence can be passed,
it will be Monday morning before
the prisoner will learn his fate and
undoubtedly by Tuesday evening
he will enter the prison gates at
Carson to become a useful member
of the state prison. There has
been quick action in the case of
Fleur, Sheriff Malley arriving with
the accused from California on
Thanksgiving day, and inside OF
two days the prisoner pleads gull
ty, obviating jury trial. There
was excellent and speedy work
done in this case by Sheriff Nal
ley, owing to the fact that Fleur
had flew the coop and was out OF
the state, and as usual in cas-
of this kind, there was a woman
and then two more women, whom
the fugitive was bound to cores.
pond with, and he did, thus prov.
ing that the female is more dead.
lier than the male
1t is safe to predict that check
forgers will give this county {
wide berth in the future and thai
business men will be more alert il
cashing strangers paper.
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WILL BE HEARD TONIGHT.

The new song composed by ].
NJ. Jones of Blair, "In the Markets
of the World" will be sung at the
Butler theater tonight, 1t is a
patriotic song and will be appreci-
ated.
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DEATH OF MARINER.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Cap
tain John Birmingham, inspector
of steam vessels on the Pacific
coast, is dead, aged 81.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

st. Patrick street. Evening serv-
ice at 7:45. Subject, Gods Call
and Your Answer Popular serv-
ice of song. Strangers welcome.
Morning service at IL o'clock.
The Spread of the Kingdom" is
the subject. Bible school at 9:45
a. NJ. A good school which you
can help by attending Come
with us and we will do thee good.
Y. P. S. C. e. Prayer melting at
$50 p. m. You are invited to the
different services of the church
HERMAN L. BURNHAM,
Minister
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Soldiers May Be Sent
From the Philippines

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2.-Ac-
cording to the officers of the Jap
anese steamer Ehinyo Maru, ar.
irving here today from the orient
via Honolulu, a wireless message
was received from the flagship
California, of the Pacific coast
squadron, reading: Bound for
Honolulu to coal, then full spead
for Shanghai" The Shinyo was
two days out from Honolulu when
it received the message.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. q
Rear Admiral Murdoch telegraphed
that he sent two ships, the gun
boat Quiros and the collier Pom
peii, up the Yangtse river to Nan
king, where General Chang, with
the flower of the imperial army, is
now besieged. These boats make
four American ships in the Nan
king harbor. There are also four
other foreign boats there. If the
bombardment of the city is not
prevented, all foreigners in the city
will find refuge on board the war
ships. 1t is not expected that
troops will be sent from Manila to
China until another meeting of
the council of ministers in Peking
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gan Shuster, the American who
has for several months occupied
the post of Persian treasurer gen.
eral. A further demand was for
cash indemnity from Persia to cover
the cost Of the despatch of Russian
troops to that country.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. I'm
consequence of the rejection by the
Persian national council of the
Russian demands, Russia has or
dered the Russian troops now con-
centrated at Resht, capital of the
Persian province of Ghilan, 16
miles from Enzeli on the Caspian
sea, to advance on Teheran.
Washington Dec. 2.--W. Morgan
Shuster, Sr., father of the young
American treasurer general of Per-
sia, conferred with the state de-
partment officials yesterday regard
ing the position of his son. The
officials decline to make any state
ment
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LONDON, Dec 2.-The reply to
an inquiry made at the foreign Of
flee today said Great Britain, the
United States and Japan we're in
close touch regarding the situation
in China, and they would be glad
to offer mediation should the op-
portunity arise. For the present,
however, all were maintaining a
strict neutrality. The British gov
ernment is now in communication
with Sir John Jordan, British am
bassador at Peking regarding the
desirability of sending troops, but
it does not appear that foreigners
are now in any more danger than
hitherto
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is held at which American Minister
Calhoun is to inform the ministers
that the American government is
ready to act under the terms of
the Boxer treaty.
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LONDON, Dec. "A despatch
from Tien Tsin states that addi-
tional American marines were land
ed there for the purpose of pro-
ceding to Peking to reinforce the
legation guard. They will arrive
at Taku December and proceed
at once for Peking
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SAFE AND SANE.

Minot is advertising a safe and
sane celebration for July 4. Now
the question arises, What is consid
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-06-01
NEARLY AN
inch OF rain
Thursday Night and Friday
Eighty.sixth Hundreths Of an Inch Of
Rain FeII-Fields are Thoroughly
MISUNDERSTANDING Smiles.

A steady soaking rain started to
fall about midnight Thursday night.
and continued all of the next day, with
number of good showers on Satur-
day. John J. Bates, the government
weather man, reports that during that
time SO of an inch of rain fell. The
rain came down so gently that every
drop soaked into the ground wettinG
it thoroughly. Up to noon Friday
just half an inch Of rain had fallen.
Farmers are losing no time break
ing up new land and the nax acreage
will be large. The ground Is in a
perfect condition for breaking. Past
ures are growing nicely and we are
assured big hay crop this year.
The farmers are now planting corn
which will grow very rapidly. There
seems to be absolutely no question
but what We will have fine crops this
year, for we do not need a great
deal more moisture.
Business in all lines is picking up
since the rains and farmers as we'll
as merchants are smiling.
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cred safe and sane in Minot?-Wil.
liston State.
DR.. sELYEA WAS NEAR DEATH

Wfliston. N. D., May 20. DR. q
II. Beyea, the pioneer physiciau, vas
found unconscious in the lot in tho
rear of his ONCE at eleven o'clock last
night. Had the discovery been A
short while later tho death Of DR.,
Belyea would be recorded today.
"Neeny" Harries, who resides at tho
physicians home, was searching for
DR.. Belyea at the time, and accidentlv
stumbled across the insensible form
as it lay on the ground.
DIR. Wandell was summoned and in
short time DR.. Belyea was convers.
ing with his family and friends.
The result Of the preliminary exam.
nation Of DR.. Belyea whom he was
charged . few days ago with having
performed criminal operation on
Mrs. Irene Hepner Of Buford has
weighed heavily upon him and his
health may have been impaired.
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Minot Boosters
ontinued from page |,

procession of boosters who inspect
ed every place of business at Ryder.
The Mayor of Max visited Ryder
too. ......
J. A. Roell met an old German
friend at Douglas who assisted HIN
in singing the popular German airs.
-Four cars came directly from Ryder
to Minot Friday as pressing business
engagements necessitated hurryins
back Those were the cars of R. E :.
Barron, G. w. McManus, Chas. Wea-
gent and Henry Auslander. The
others went on.
Judge Palda's auto was stalled a
short distance this side of Berthold
Major Person left his auto at Bert
hold and came home on the train
! Saturday morning.
The first car to arrive in Minot was
| the Vehle owned by E. G. Warren,
which carried Mr.. Warren, Secy. Ellis,
F. w. Youngman, Hart Swalstead,
and A. M. Thompson. The party
arrived at $50 p. m.
The cars which made up the line
were owned by F. l.. Sherman, DR. i.
A. Carr, E. E. Ellison, Charlie Wea-
CANT, H. L. Halvorson, Chas. Nc.
Manus, Lawrence Eby, r. E. Barron,
f. S. Person, Axel Lindquist, E. G..
Warren, John Lowe, J. G. Smallwood,
w. Fl. Reighart.
Everybody was delighted with the
| first Get Acquainted trip and twice
as many cars will participate in the
next one.
! The Minot races and the Fourth Of
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-06-01
Devine Address
Not Thirsting for Blood.
Continued from page l

We have not come down here from
our prairie state with chip on our
shoulder; We have no complaint to
make other than to say that this re-
ciprocity pact is un-American, i'll ad
vised, and We are against it with all
our might No great leader of the
Republican party has ever given to
this country reciprocity pact of this
character. No platform has ever pro-
mulgated such a one. 1t is the abso-
lutte reverse Of any proposition this
country has ever had in connection
with international trade Blaine and
Mckinley talked reciprocity, made
and secured agreements, but it was
with those counties that by reason
OF climate conditions produced things
that We needed and could not pro-
duce, and that we produced in abund-
ance what they needed and could not
produce. But Canada produces what
we produce and has in abundance
to sell that We have In abund.
ance and to SELL and President Taft
calls that reciprocity forces the
farmers of this country to sell in op-
EN- competition in free trade mar
ket, and buy in protected one, plac-
es the farmer in direct competition
with the great Canadian empire, his
only menace on tbs continent.
wish I had more time to elaborate
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you live near the borded line.
Mr.. Deyine: Yes, sir.

Senator McCumber: What Is the
difference, il any, paid at Portal. N.
D., on wheat, flax and barley to the
farmers on the American side Of that
town, and the Canadian farmers at
North Portal?
Mr.. Devine: am very glad, SEN
ator, you asked that question. During
part of the month of December, 1910,
and part of the month of January,
1911, the average between prices
paid in that town was as follows:
On Canadian side for wheat Us "a
On the American side ..... SO
On Canadian side for flax ..... 1.S9
On the American side -. ....... 2.35
On Canadian side for barley 49,. 95
On the American side $3.50. 65
Senator McCumber: Is that all you
desire to say, Mr.. Devine?
Mr. Devine: Yes, sir, am through.
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July celebration for Minot were well
advertised at every point.
Dewey Dorman and his air ship may
pilot the next bunch of boosters.
POULTRY NOTES IN
STANLEY PROMOTER,

Now that the radishes and lettuce
and other truck is peeping above the
ground, and the neighbors chickens
persist in wandering far from their
own fireside, the Aollowinia advice
from an exchange is very seasonable.
ITO prevent chickens scratching up
the garden beds, procure some hne
Portland cement, mix with water, and
spread a six-inch layer over the gar
den. When this settles firmly It 10
impossible for even the most deter
mined hen to scratch thru It.
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USED A PITCH FORK.

Bowbells, N. D., May pa law.
suit quite unlike any other justice
case ever held here, was pulled Oft in
Judge Kopriva's court last Tuesday
1t appears that two families living
near Niobe, had not been as friendly
as the law allows, and the family who
live just over the line in Ward county,
were careless enough to let their
cattle wander over In Burke county on
their neighbours grain fields and they
were shut up The head Of the FAM
lily advised his wife not to give up pos
session of the cattle until the payment
of 81 was paid. Sure enough when
the old man was absent the Ward
county lady came for her cows and II
did not take her long to run up
against the strong arm of the Burke
county woman, who in return was
struck with a pitch fork. To sum tie
whole thing up, the Ward county wo-
man got her COWS and the other got
500 and costs .-Bowbells Bulletin.
WILL TRY 1IckFoRD
49,. At WAsHeURN.
Washburn, N. D., May 27.-An an.
np11cement was made Wednesday
evening in Bismarck by Judge W. H.
Winchester that the Bickford case
would be transferred to Washburn
and that the case would be tried by
jury with Judge w. C. Crawford Of
Dickinson on the bench.
The trial of ex-State Treasurer G.
L. Bickford, on the charge of en-
bezzlement, will be watched with in
terest. 1t is alleged that he deposit
ed state funds In excess amounts in
the FIRST State bank Of Bowbells, OF
which he was president, and thai
there is shortage of interest amount.
ing to more than $4,000.
Attorneys Engerud and Smith are
the prosecuting attorneys in the case
while George Bangs with Niles & Kof-
fel are the defendants attorneys.
Sixty jurymen have been drawn and
it is thought this case alone viii con-
tinue from ten to twelve days"
SAFE AND SANE.
Minot is advertising a safe and
sane celebration for July 4. Now
/ the question arises, What is consid
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ALFALFA IS INCHES TALL.

Herman Nelson, the Alfalfa King
from the Nesson Flats showed the In.
dependent editor bunch of alfalfa
pulled on his farm, that was Just 10
inches high when he came to Minot
and it must have grown several inches
since this rain. Mr.. Nelson has so
acres in this field, which looks splen-
did, and he will have about $50 acres
of alfalfa all together this year. He
plans on adding to his alfalfa field
every year.
Stickley in his Kenmare Journal
says:
There is considerable complaint
about parties throwing bottles and
stones in the country roads. There
is a state law against this aid no
good citizen should do it. Both are
dangerous to automobile and many 4
road horse has been crippled by glass.
$4,000 to loan on farm property. Bee
me before making your loan. Matt.
hew g. Olsen, Brausr block, Minot
s II Il.