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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-02
TAFT DEFENDS
SHERMAN Law
AT. .P|IISBURd
LAW is ON THE STATUTE BOOKS
AND WILL BE ENFORCED
TO THE LETTER.

PIITSBURG, Pa, Nov 2.-Pres-
ident Taft defended the Sherman
antitrust law Tuesday night in an
swer to an address made by Colonel
Martin V. Littleton, of New York,
who earlier in the evening attacked
the provisions of the law at a
banquet of the Pittsburg Chamber
of Commerce. It was nearly mid
night before the president started
to speak.
This question has been eloquent
ly considered by my friend Lit
Teton" he said. 81 regret the
matter has come up here. 1t savors
of harshness to have a difference
of opinion on an occasion of this
kind, but l must say what l think.
"The Sherman law has been on
the statute books 20 years and been
construed and construed and con-
Istrued-finally by the supreme
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MAN
Is KILLED
BY ROBBERS

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. Edgar
H. Farrar. Jr., son of the former
president of the American Bar as
sociation, was shot and killed at
10 o'clock today at Pension and
Magnolia streets by two unientified
highwaymen. The robbers made
good their escape
Mr.. Farrar was on his way to
his office when he was told by a
neighbor that two men standing on
a corner opposite probably were
the pair who had broken into the
Farrar home yesterday.
Mr.. Farrar started in pursuit of
the men across the street, one of
whom fired. Farrar fell in the
street dead
Less than two hours after the
shooting Mr.. Farrar's assailants
were captured and made a con-
fession to the police. They are
Leon Canton and Lucien Canton.
brothers, of this city.
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ITALY IN GREAT HURRY TO
END WAR WITH TURKEY

Mediterranean will be seized unless
she submits to her fate.
This decision was reached at a
series of secret conferences on Tues
day between Rear Admiral Aubrey
and the members of the cabinet.
admiral Aubrey arrived in Rome
suddenly and secretly Tuesday morn
ing. Long interviews with the pre-
mier and the ministers of war, navy
and foreign affairs followed.
Definite arrangements were made
for sending the Italian fleet into
action against Turkeys Mediterran-
can possessions.
It is understood that the new
plans will be set into action as
soon as the Marquis di San Guiliano,
minister of foreign affairs, can reach
the necessary understanding with
the interested powers. 1t is eX-
pected that Italy will continue to
spare the Albanian coast in order
to avoid complications along the
| Adriatic and in the Balkan states
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RICE. .SHEFTELS OFFICE RECORDS
EXPOSED BY FORMFR EMPLOYE

NEW YORK, Nov. . The trial
If George Graham Rice and b. H..
Scheftels and associates, who are
charged with using the mails to de-
fraud and conspiracy, was resumed
yesterday in the United States cir
cult court Wallace l.. Durant a
bookkeeper for the concern, was re-
called and was on the stand for
the greater part of the day, telling
of alleged inequalities in the book
keeping department of the business.
Chief among these was the record
ing of checks paid on commissions
on curb transactions, wherein no
record was kept of the individual
sums represented by the checks, and
the failure to strike a balance Of
the cash on hand every night. The
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LOS ANGELES PRIMARY
WAS GREAT SURPRISE.
Alexander Defeated By Over 5000 Votes
Socialist for Mayor Leads the Ticket
Women Hold City Government In Bal
ance--Can Cast 10000 Votes

plurality in total vote greater than
any ever cast before in the city.
There are approximately 10000
women in the city eligible to vote,
and Hartman claims he will have
4 majority Of these. On the other
hand. women supporters of Mayor
Alexander already have organized
to coax their sisters to vote their
way.
Alexander men expressed conf
dence yesterday in the final cleo
ton in December the mayor would
receive practally all of the 1900
votes that were cast Tuesday for
Mushet and Gregory. But the So
cialist managers maintain that they
will acquire ninety per cent of the
Mushet strength. Mushet was cred
tied with having been supported by
the so-called 'liberal element" and
as prohibition in all probability will
be a collateral issue in December,
there were strong indications yes
terday that those who opposed the
extension of saloons would not vote
for the present year
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A. 4. SMITH MEETS
WITH AN ACCIDENT

Last Tuesday, while helping to
load hay at Ed Wheece's lumber
yard, A. H Smith, an employe, met
with painful accident. Mr. Smith
was standing on the stack of hay
showing the bales over to a team
ster, who was standing in his
wagon. His right hand was rest
ing on a bale of hay when the
teamster made a grab at it with
a hay-hook. Not seeing the posi-
tion Smiths hand was in, the team
ster drove the hook through the
unfortunate mans hand. Mr.. Smith
continued with his duties at the
store until this forenoon, when the
injured member became SO painful
he was forced to quit work and
seek medical aid.
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CHINESE GOVERNMENT
MAKING CONCESSIONS
New Cabinet Has Been Named---Many Off
cials Have Lost Their Titles---New Premier
Named Who Will Immediately Hold Con
ference With Rebel Leader.

PEKIN, Nov. 2 Yuan Shi Kai
has been appointed premier of Chi
ma and he will organize a new cab
met as soon as he assumes his post.
Meanwhile Prince Ching, whom
Yua Shi Kai succeeds, will continue
his duties as acting premier and
have as associate premiers Ma Tung
and Hsu Shih Chang, who, up to
the present, have been vice presi-
dents of the cabinet
Prince Chang has been made pres
ident of the council and Ma Tung
and Hsu Shih Ching, vice presidents
Wei Kuang Tao, formerly yiceso
Of Kwnag Tung province, becomes
Wceroy of IIupeh and Iluan PROV
inces, to which Office Yuan Shi Kai
was elevated when he was recently
recalled from official Punishment tc
restore the imperial authority in the
southern provinces.
New Officials.
In the redistribution of Offices
tile present minister of war General
Yin Tchang, who was in supreme
command of the imperial troops
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. with
but five small precincts missing, the
total count in Tuesdays municipal
primary shows:
Hartman, 1883.
Alexander, 16,21S.
Mushett, 5000.
John S. Meyers, present city au-
ditor, also was given a majority and
elected in the primary, according
to the practically complete returns.
The entire socialist councilmanic
ticket will have place on the
final ballet, as will the majority, if
not all of the socialist candidates
for the board of education.
With the probable exception of
City Attorney John w. Shenk the
good government" candidate for
reelection who polled an apparent
majority over all opponents, Tues
days primary resulted in no cleo
ton. Although the record total OF
more than 5000 votes were cost,
the primary, the first non-partisan
nominating election held here, prov
ed only an elimination contest to
reduce the ticket from ninety-nine
candidates to twenty for the final
struggle over the question of wheth-
er or not Los Angeles shall have
a socialist city administration dur
ing the next two years
The final election is set for De-
cember 5, when Job Hartman, one
of the lawyers in the defense OF
the Mcnamara brothers and socialist
candidate for mayor, will again con.
test with George Alexander tho
present incumbent.
y With the fight thus to be fought
all over on the socialist issue, the
great question that confronted po
litical workers yesterday was: Wha
will the women do? The newly en-
franchised citizens can muster a vot
ing strength nearly equal to thC
men. Admittedly they hold th,
balance of power and can elec
either Hartman or Alexander.
The uncertainty hinges on tn,
point of which they will choose, ant
beth socialist and good government
campaign committees are centerin!
all energies in the effort to per
suade the women to vote. The so
cialist vote amazed even those VIII,
had voted the socialist ticket.
The Alexander campaigners ac
counted for the result by the state
ment that supporters of their can
didate had been SO sure of th
mayors reelection that they ha
not taken the trouble to vote, Will
the socialists, with a remarkabl
organization, had gotten out the fu
Hartman strength. This did nc
lessen the surprise that attende
contemplation of the Harrima
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MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov Six
masked men held up westbound
Rock Island passenger train No. 43,
known as the Arkansas-O Oklahoma
express, midway between Memphis
and Hurlburt, Ark, early yesterday,
ransacked mail pouches and fired
seven nitro-glycerine caps in to
the safe Of the express ear, which
not only tcre away the safe doors,
but wrecked the car. The BAN
dts were frightened away when
switch engine, searching for the
overdue train. approached from the
town of Hurlburt,
The robbers boarded tho train
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train crew and the passenger cars.
The robber having charge of the
express car selected the larger of
the two safes for his attack This
one, it happened, contained only
the less valuable packages. When
the charge was fired the ends and
sides of the car were splintered
and the entire front of the safe
blown away.
Just ut this point in the hold-up
the switch engine steamed into sight
and the robbers took to their heels
with only what they could hastily
grab as a reward for their daring
Ia Is believed that what they got
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NORTH STAR
TRAMWAy soon
TO Be BUILT

The directors of the North Star
Mining company have secured the
permission from the Tonopah Mon
tana company to erect an aerial
wire rope tramway system from the
North Star hoist to the railroad
track, which traverses the Montana
locations. This will be great
saving III transportation of the ore
to the smelter. The North Star
expects to commence shipping ore
inside of a few weeks. The tram
way will be constructed at once.
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until he was superseded by Yuan
Shi Kai, is made chief of the gen
eral staff
This much Of the program hastily
constructed by the throne in the
appeasing of the revolutionists was
made effective by an imperial edict
promulgated yesterday. Earlier in
the day telegram had been re-
ceived from Yuan Shi Kai in which
he asked that he be appointed acting
premier and set forth his imme-
diate plans for restoring peace.
Plans for Peace.
PEKIN, Nov. , Yuan Shi Kai
yesterday sent a telegram to the
imperial government outlining his
plans fer bringing about peace in
China. He asks first that he be
Immediately appointed acting pre-
mier, to hold the Office temporarily
until the crisis is past.
He intends to halt all the i'm
perlal forces and order all aggres-
sivo campaigning against the rebels
stopped at once Then he proposes
to enter without delay into nego,
tiations with General Ii. the head
of the revolutionary forces, with a
view to establishing permanent
peace. He plans to make his over
lures directly to General Ii, and
If personal parley is unobtain-
able in any ether way he will visit
the rebel headquarters at WI
Chang.
Yuan's proposals amount practic
ally to a union between the gov
ernment and the revolutionists.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-02
CHARLES READE'S
NOVEL IN FILMS
foul PLAY" DRAMATIC STORY,
is FEATURE ATTRACTION
At THE BUTLER.

Charles Reade's most dramatic
and powerful novel, Foul Play"
will be the feature attraction at the
Butler theater Friday, November 3,
presented in an extraordinary photo
play by the Edison players. The
story will run forty-fiye minutes,
three times the length of the aver
age photoplay.
Foul Play" is so widely known
that a synopsis of the story is un-
necessary. The tale is one of alb
sorbing interest from beginning to
end and one that is made doubly
interesting by its presentation in
photoplay because of its variety of
natural settings Edisons press bu-
reau heralds this production as most
realistic, and the nearest approach
to the speaking drama ever at
tempted
Marc McDermott, the Edison star
who takes the role of Robert PEN
field, was formerly the lead in the
support of Dennis O'Sullivan, and
is well-known to atrons of the leg
itimate drama.
The regular price of admission
will be charged. No one should
miss this special production, as it
is enc of the biggest productions
ever portrayed on any screen. This
feature will be shown for Friday
afternoon and evening only.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-02
WINGFIELD MAKES RICH
STRIKE AT JARBIDGE

A special telephone message from
Jarbidge, says Mondays Elko Free
Press, says that George Wingfield' 5
gang of men working on the Sue
cess group of claims in Jarbidge.
made a rich strike recently in the
lower tunnel.
The tunnel is being driven in on
the ledge and the ore has been
getting better with every foot The
last rcund of shots last evening
opened up a body of exceptionally
rich ore. and when the men went
to work they found the shots had
broken into a body Of what appear
cd to be the richest ore vet found
su tbe group.
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government contends that the wit
ness. Durant, has proved that the
stock sold by the defendants to
customers came out of their own
pockets and was not purchased on
the curb as they represented to
customers.
Thousands of kilograms from the
various branch offices of the CON
Germ in Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit
and other cities were introduced.
Many of them were from dissatis-
fed customers clamoring for stock
they had paid for but never re-
ceived. When these customers be-
came insistent Mr. Rice would give
an order for the stock on some
curb house, buying the latter for
immediate delivery
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court. The two decisions last
spring, in my opinion, give it the
definite meaning that any combina-
ton in restraint of trade with a
purpose of controlling price or sti-
fling competition, is in violation Of
the statute.
Men know whether they intend
to stife competition and control
prices, and all that is necessary in
court of law is to prove the in
tent. | would cut off my hand be.
fcre | would injure business, but
one course is open only. The laws
on the statute books must be en-
forced.
Taft's second swing around tht
cricle," came to an end here yes
terday. He has travelled distance
of 1900 miles.
Pittsburg celebrated the eenten
NAL of steam navigation on west
ern rivers, and Taft was to star
the attraction.
According to the police there wer,
100000 persons at the wharf OF
the Monongahela river when Taft
aboard the steamboat Virginia, re
viewed the fleet of river boat
and pleasure craft anchored there
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when it slowed down near HurI-
burt, IL miles from Memphis In
timidating the engine crew by
display of weapons. the men forced
the engineer to back the train sew
eral miles. Then the robbery was
executed. In the meantime other
members of the train crew as well
as express messengers and mail
clerks, We're brought TO submission
by the robbers.
When the detached ears stopped
one robber began gathering regis
tered mail and another set the
charge of explosive In the safe,
while other stood guard over the
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-02
NEW REGISTRY STAMr.

4 special 10-cent registry stamp
is being prepared for both domes-
tic and foreign postagei It will
bear an engraving of an eagle with
out-stretched wings. T. will be
ready about January /. but IL will
still be permissible thereafter to
use the ordinary stamp for reg
istcring letters and parcels
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Six Bandits Hold Up and Rob Mail Train

was of comparatively little value.
CHICAGO, New. 2.-F. o. Melch-
er, vice president of the Rock Island
railroad, said that the robbers got
nothing but the registered mail; that
safe blown open was practically
empty
Al! the yaluables were in the
small safe in the combination car.
which was not attacked. The safe
that was blown open contained
nothing ef value
The passengers We're not molest-
ed. except the ones who ventured
too close. These were warned
away with rifle shots.
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ACTORS Wife
IS CALLED To
FINAL REST

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, n. j.,
Nov Mrs. Marie Booth Man
tell, wife of Robert Mantell, the
actor, and herself famous as a
star with her husband, is dead
at her summer home at this place,
Brucewood Mr.. Mantell arrived
at Brucewood yesterday, few
hours too late to see his wife be-
fore she died.
Mrs. Mantells death was due to
illness from which she had suf-
fered since last June. Her debut
as an actress was made in 1894.
in The Avalanche" and she joined
Mr.. Mantell's company three years
later They We're married in 1900.
Her Shakespearean rolls included
Lady Macbeth, Juliet, Ophelia and
Desdemona.
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GOOD TIME MADE IN
THE M'NAMARA TRIAL

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2.-Three
more talesman are needed to fill the
I1ury box before opposing counsel
can begin exercising peremptory
challenges. Five of the nine now
accepted so far as challenge for
cause is concerned, have been Sc
cured in day and a half This
burst of speed has greatly en-
couraged court and counsel.
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FROM EUROPE.

Senator Nixon who has been
spending the past couple of months
in Europe, has returned to his
home in Reno, The senator is in
his usual good health and reports
having had a splendid trip.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-02
INDICTMENT IN
AGAINST PREACHER
FOR KILLING GIRL

BOSTON, nov. 2.-On charge
of numbering Miss Avis Linne1l of
Hyannis, Rev. Clarence V. T. Richie
son, pastor of the Emanuel Baptist
church, was indicted by the grand
jury of Suffolk county yesterday.
The indictment is on five counts.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-02

Farmer George Swasey arrived
from Yerington this morning. He
is now a genuine farmer, being the
owner Of eighty acres of fine farm
ing land
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-11-02

Mrs. James Coop and daughter
eft for San Francisco this morning
to make that city their home.
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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Nov. p
Reports of Turkish victories at Tri-
poll were echoed here during the
night of Tuesday in a tumult that
at one time threatened to be seri-
Gus. - 4--N --S~--'N'-
The natives turned out in thou
sands calling upon Allah to con-
found "the infidels."
Shots were exchanged between
Moslems and Europeans. One ma
tive was killed and fourteen Others
were wounded before the police had
suppressed the rioting. Scores of
arrests were made.
CHAISSO, Switzerland, Nov. q
With a view to bringing the war
with Turkey quickly to an end, the
Italian cabinet decided that the porte
must either accept peace immediate
ly or lose more territory
This means that some of Turkey s
valuable island possessions in the
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Ep WHEECE Keeps an Kinds Of
clear and common lumber, hay and
grain Rock SPRINGS and Hiawatha
coal 1l-s-lm
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Louis A. Parkhust arrived from
Butte this morning, where he went
TO attend the funeral of his friend
and associate, MALCOLM Macdonald.
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was of comparatively little value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-30
PARTISAN WARS IN
PHILADELPHIA ARE
FOUGHT OUT TODAY
Primaries to Settle Struggles
Between Factions for
Control.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 50-Sharp
division and internal discussions in
every political party make ioiay's pri-
mary election for the nomination for
mayor and other local Offices the hot
test this city has seen since the passage
of the State primary law
The fight over the mayoralty nomina-
ton in the Republican party is most
intense. The organization IS split into
two sharply defined factions, the lead
ers of which are fighting for political
control of the party in the city.
On one side are United States Senator
Boies Penrose and State Senator James
P. McNichel. who have supported as
their candidate George, II. Earle, jr.,
financier and enemy of the American
Sugar Company; The other Is led by
brother, Recorder of Deeds William s.
Ware. is the candidate.
A third ard smaller faction, repre-
scented By the Republican Nomination
League, which Is seeking reform with
In the party" has put forward DINNER
Peeber. bank president, as Its candl-
date
Two candidates are fighting for the
OF the keystone party, the
organization, and the DEM
ocTatic party, which also has split, has
picked these candidates:
Rudolph Blankenburg, for several
years an advocate of reform. In the
Democratic party he has the backing
of the Donne!ly RYAN or machine
faction d. Clarence Gibboney, mill
tant reformer. and candidate Tor lieu
tenant governor a year ago, is the other
candidate Supporting his candidacy are
the progressive" Democrats.
Serious trouble is expected.