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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-02-08
CABINET MEMBER WILL
REPRESENT THE PRESIDENT


WASHINGTON, Feb. s--President
Wilson plans to arrive in San Fran
cisco ON March 81. He has prom
ised to send cabinet member to
attend the formal opening Of the OK
position.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-02-08
LusITANlA REPORT SENT
BY AMBASSADOR PAGE


LONDON, Feb. S,-Ambassador
Page has forwarded to Washington
the report of the Lusitania flag Incl
dent 1t reviews informally the al
legged use of the American flag by
the Lusitania as described by the
passengers. Mr. Page has received
no report from the British admiralty.
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PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
TO PREVENT ACCIDENT

LONDON, Feb. S.-As safeguard
against accidents at night In the
darkened streets. the authorities have
begun whitewashing all curhstones.
poles and mail boxes in the outlying
districts.
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STARS AND STRIPES
At LUS|TANA'S MAST
OCEAN GREYHOUND is TRANS
FERREp TO THE coLoRs OF
THE UNITED STATES
ny lAa.ocIated Press.l

LONDON, Feb. S.--News OF the ar
rival at Liverpool under the Ameri-
can flag of the Lusitania has been
given much space in the newspapers.
The incident is regarded as OF great
Importance, but the government is
not expected to take action unless
Washington requests an explanation.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-02-08

VERNE n. HART, representing the
International Smelling company, Is
here from Salt Lake City.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-02-08

NJ b. ASTON, a pioneer mine
promoter Of Goldneld. is here for the
day.
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. o Q o . . . . = . .
TO-DAY AND A YEAR AGO.

Official readings Of the Their
mometer by the United States
observer at Tonopah:
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to avoid them and to prevent trouble.
After leaving the Armory Hall, he
said that he went to the Y. M. G.. A.,
where he roomed, and waited On the
portico there for several minutes for
Arthur Haynsworth. but as Arthur
did not come, he went peck to look
for him. He stated that he did not go
to his room at this time, but that he,
had the pistol in his inside overcoat
pocket, where it had been since he
returned from a trip q week before
He failed to tell why he wanted to
see Arthur Haynsworth that night,
although he was repeatedly asked the
question on cross examination by the
solicitor. On being told that Hayns-
worth was in the pool room; he went.
in there and called for Arthur, ask
ing him to come outside, as he wanted !.
to see him. He then turned and
started out the back door, and it was
not until then that he knew Jones was
in the room, he having left him some
minutes previously at the Af1nory
Hall. He did not say anything to-
him, but Jones got up and followed.
him outside. He started toward the
Y. M. c. A., but Jones got ahead OF
him and commenced to abuse him.
Tho otbarc Of Io,o,y f,.;n,,a IA. l.. ux..xSt
then came out and he started to leave
in the direction of Main Street.
Again Jones cursed him, he said, and
stated that he would 'fix him." He,
turned and saw Jones advancing with
both hands up and his knife in his
right hand. Trippett says that he
stepped back against the wall of the,
store and as Jones was close UP on
him. he fired at his leg. Jones; con.
tinued to approach and cut at him
with the knife, catching him with his
left hand at the same time Trippett
said he then fired the second shot and
Jones fell. His pistol was knocked
from his hand and he stopped, picked
it UP and gave it to Julian Scale. He
then went to give himself up to an Of
ficer. In answer to questions by hts
attorney he stated that he was very
sorry that he was forced to Kill w. s.
Jones, Jr., and it was only because he
believed that his life was threatened
that he shot Jones. ..-
Little more than two hours were
taken by the arguments Of the So
licitor and counsel. when Judge MAUI
din made full and impressive charge
to the jury on the law in the case:
The jury retired at sos and it was al,
few minutes before To- O'Clock that
court again convened and the verdict,
iof mot guilty" returned,
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try OF this vicinity. His research
work made possible the rapid growth
of the industry to first place among
the enterprises of Charleston.
1t Is believed that DR.. SheTards un-
tiring efforts in behalf of the phos-
phate industry contributed to some
extent to his death. lie had been all
ing for a considerable time, but his
death was sudden. His condition be-
came serious about a week before the
end, the crisis coming only two days
before the death Of the distinguished
Charlestonian.
One of the reasons for DR.. Shepa, d 8
removal to Summerville about twenty
years ago was his failing health. He
attributed his condition to i certain
degree to the work in the phosphate
beds of the world, which impaired his
digestion and thus contributed to his
general weakening.
No immediate family survives DR..
Shepard. His wife, who was Miss Mel
lie Humphrey, of Brooklyn, died
shortly after their marriage, and there
were no children. DR.. Louis s. de-
Forest. of New Haven, is a nephew of
DR.. Shepard, and Miss James and Mrs
Richard Wallach, daughters Of Judge
c. p. James. are nieces who survive
him.
In addition to his works for the
phosphate and fertilizer industry and
the tea farm at Summerville, DR..
Shepard was public-spirited citizen,
who always manifested a desire to
help in the maintenance and begin
ming of worthy public enterprises.
The st. Barnabas' Episcopal Mis-.
sion at Summerville was founded
largely through the efforts OF DR..
Shepard. and he was always one of
the principal supports of the institu-
ton.
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From the Daily Item, July 7.

From the Daily Item, July 7.
The Trippctt case was called on
Tuesday afternoon and after consider
able difficulty the jury of twelve men
were drawn to try the case. At the
completion Of the drawing of the
jury the court recessed until Wednes-
day morning. ..
Today DR.. S. c. Baker was the first
witness for the State. He told Of the
wounds inflicted on the deceased, w.
s. Jones, Jr., and of statement made
by him on the morning after he was
shot and repeated that afternoon. One
objection Of defendants counsel this
statement was not admitted as evil
denos.
j. Arthur Haynsworth, A. Lou
Bradford and Julian II. Scale were
other witnesses who told of the Incl
dentse just preceding the killing and
at the time the fatal shots were fired.
The testimony was practically the
same as that given heretofore at the
coroner's inquest and already publish
ed in this paper. Words were passed
earlier In the night at the Armory
Hall. Trippett later called out w. s.
Jones, Jr, from a cigar store, and,
after words had passed, shot him
according to the witnesses testimony.
Following the completion Of it's
case by the State, the defense put up
number Of witnesses who testified as
to the bad character Of the deceased,
w. s. Jones, Jr.. and to the good char
acter of the defendant, Boggan c.
Trippett. The case was at this stage
when recess was taken for dinner.
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LIBRARY WAS NEEDED.
Sumter People Were Not Slow to Take
Advantage OF Free Reading.

That the public library, recently
created by reason Of the citys dona-
tion to the Civic League for that pur-
pose, was a needed factor in the civic
life of Sumter has been amply demon
strated by the amount of patronage
given the library during the past
month. During this period over 1876
new subscribers were taken into the
library, and nearly 500 books were
loaned out Patrons of the library
are becoming more numerous each
day. and there Is no doubt but that
the action on the part of the Civic
League Ia having City Council make
the donation Ia have the library made
a free one was n step I'm the right di-
rection aud one that should, and evil
IDENTITY is, meeting with the approval
Of the public as a whole.
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Or. SHEPARD DEAD.
'k'xPERr ON ANALYSIS OF PHOs-
PHATE BEDS AND HELPED TO
DEVELOP BUSINESS.
Was Owner or Widely known Tea
FsSnL the First In Amcrica-Intcr-
ment I'm Brooklsn.

Charleston News and Courier.
When Dr. Charles Upham Shepard
died sunday night at his summsrville
home there passed away the man to
whom Charleston and South Carolina
are indebted more than to any other
for founding and promoting the only
successful tea farm In the United
States and the one man to whom the
fertilizer and phosphate industry In
this STATE owes It's growth.
The funeral services over the re-
mains OF Dr. Shepard Will be held at
81 ranis Episcopal Church. at Sum-
msrvills this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock.
The body viii be shipped to Brooklyn
for interment In Greenwood cemetery.
by ths.side OF the wife of DIR. shep-
ard. who preceded him to the grave by
many years. The body will be brought
here by the J. NJ. conneiiey Com
pany before shipment to Brooklyn.
pr. shepard was born In New Hav-
en-. Connecticut. October 4. 1912 thus
being In his 73d year at the time of
his death. He was the son of DR..
Charles Upham Shepard. an eminent
mineraIogist. who hiied the chair of
chemist at the Charleston Medical
College before the war. afterward iec-
turing at the college.
After being graduated from Yale
university In 1888 DIR. Shepard went
90 Goettingen. where he was graduat-
ed with the degree Of doctor of medi-
cine I'M iss7. taking very high honors
In his class. II Is said that had his
,nai thesis been written I'm Latin in
stead OF German. an It was. DIR. shep-
ara woshd have had conferred upon
him the highest degree that was pos
able FOR German university to be-
sow. He received a degree only
slightly lower.
In the year Of his graduation from
Goettingen Dr. Shepard was elected to
the chair OF professor of chemistry at
the Charleston Medical college. He
was on the faculty of this institution
until shortly after 1890. when ne re-
tired to devote his time to his research
work In the phosphate beds of South
Carolina. later doing similar work in
Eurcpe ana Canada. as well as in va
rious sections OF the Uuited states.
vcrypoon after scverins hts 'connec-
lion with the Medical College DR..
shspsra became Interested In the
growins of tea. Prior to that date
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the fact that tea could be grown in
this state successfully had been known
for fully hundred years, but it had
never been thought that a CONNER
cially profitable industry could be
built up. what tea being produced be-
ing grown in small gardens and in
tended for domestic use.
With view to demonstrating that
tea could be produced on large scale
DIR. Shepard began his tea farm at
Pinehurst. Begun and continued by
the proprietor for most of the twenty
years at his own expense, i'm recent
years the tea farm has been given
some attention and assistance by the
United States department of agricul-
ture.
While there have been other tea
plantations that were successfully
started and which throve for a time
the Pinehurst tea farm. at Summer
VILE, Is the one farm In the United
States that has proved to be Of any
consequence In the commercial world
IL Ia known far and wide, and for the
last several years has been a magnet
for thousands Of summer and winter
tourists. who would not think of visit
ing this section without paying visit
TO the tea farm.
DIR. Shepard's work makes him
stand out as the most prominent figure
In the development of the phosphate
industry in South, Carolina. He was
never connected directly with any Of
the Industrial concerns springipg out
of the growth Of this industry, prefer
ring to refrain from making any par
ticular attachments of the kind for
fear that they might interfere with his
larger usefulness to the phosphate in
dustry generally.
His work in the phosphate beds be-
gan shortly after his retirement from
the faculty Of the Medical College.
He established the first complete lab
oratory to be used for the upbuilding
of the phosphate Industry. He eN-
plored the phosphate beds Of all the
South Carolina rivers producing this
rock and made the map Of the phos-
phate regions Of the State which is
now used by the United States gov
ernment. and furnished by it as au-
thoritatiye. He examined during his
services in. behalf of this industry
practically all phosphate deposits in
the State. ,.
DIR. Shepard's work in this region
spread his reputation abroad. and he
spent number of years in doing sim
liar work in Europe. becoming wide
ly known In the countries Of that
continent. At times he made investi-
cations OF phosphate deposits in Can
ada. $3.50, S.- '---
1t was the work OF this eminent
chemist that produced the foundations
OF the now important fertilizer indus
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NOT GUILTY." SAYS JURY.
VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL IN THE
CASE AGAINST BOGGAN c.
TRIPPETT.

Case Completed With Unusual Swift
ness, Commenced on Tuesday Al
ternOOn. it Went to Jury at 8.O5
Wednesday Night and Verdict Was
Returned at 9.5O-Tsig Crowd I'm the
Court Room When Defendant Told
His Side of Affair Which Resulted
In killing of w. s. Jones, Jr.--Says
That He Is Sorry He Was Forced to
Kill Other Man.
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read the verdict acquitting Trippett
of the charge which has been hanging
over him for the past four months,
but this was speedily silenced by the
court officials. Court was adjourned
and the crowd, which had hung
about the court house and gathered
dict would be announced, gradually
withdrew from the court room and
building. Many of his friends made
their way to the side of the defendant
to extend their congratulations. An
order was issued by the court dis
charging the defendant and the case
which has elected more interest in
this county than any other in recent
years was at an end.
All day long the court room was
thronged with friends of the, defen-
dant and other interested spectators
Many times the constables and sheriff
had to make the crowd stand back
from the rail, where they gathered so
that they would not miss a word Of
the testimony, as it was given by the
witnesses, who We're called in rapid
succession and allowed to give heir
testimony and leave the stand with
very little cross examination. The de-
Tense seemed mainly during. the first
part Of their evidence to place depen-
dence on the testimony Of numerous
witnesses that the deceased was of
bad character and that the defendant
was of good character. The morn
ings testimony was mainly by the
State, which closed it's case shortly
before the time for the usual midday
recess. Several witnesses were put up
at this time by the defendant to tes-
tify to the characters of the two men,
BOggan c. Trippett and w. s. Jones,
Jr, Several other witnesses were put
up later in the day to tell of words
having passed between the defendant
and the deceased and of alleged
threats made by the deceased against
the defendant. Interest reached it's
keenest when the defendant took the
stand late in the afternoon as the last
witness In his own defense. He told,
in halting manner, Of various meet
ings with the deceased prior to the
time of the shooting when Jones ask
ed him about certain things, which he
endeavored to settle satisfactorily to
the deceased. These meetings con-
cerned something said to a third
party and there were a number of
them, all OF which. according to the
defendants statement, ended in an
amicabIe manner.
Coming nearer to the time of the
killing, he told of threats made
against him on the night Of the kill
ing by Jones IN the Armory Hail. He
told OF the alleged manner Jones asd
Gregg Wright had of going together
rand fighting together, and his efforts
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Griiiins Resentenoed to Death.

Chester, July S.--The GriFr ...oth-
ers, Crosby and Bryce were resen-
fenced to death here today.
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From The Daily Item, July 8.

FrOm The DAILY Item, July 8.
With almost unprecedented rapidity
the case against Boggan c. Trippett,
charged with the. murder Of w. s..
Jones. Jr.. on the night of March. 9Th
on West Liberty Street in the heart OF
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!, ,uiIty dt V.UV Itts5t HIB III.
r There was applause as the clerk
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-10-14
WORCESTERSHIRE
County Auditor AsksFor Mahaska's
Share From State.

County Auditor Roy Il. Rowland
has sent letter TO G. G. McClaugh.
cry, warden at AnamOsa, making APP
plicatiOn for ten car loads of crushed
rock, to be used ON the new repair
work of the Skunk river, and the
Glendale road pavement. The appll-
cation is made in accordance with the
following section from the code Of
Iowa;
Section 57O8-36th General Assem-.
bly,:
In any county, township, town, city
or road district desires such stone
for such purpose, the road supervisor
or other officer having the supervls.
ion of theH streets and roads shall
notify the county auditor, who, if sat.
isfied the stone is needed for said pur.
poses, shall issue his reQuisition upon
the worden of the pententiary de,
sired, but this shall not exceed ten
car loads to any county, township
town, city or road district, per month
until ali other like orders are filled
upon receipt of the reQuisition for
stone the warden shall cause it to be
loaded upon the cars, free of all
charges but the transportation there
of shall be at the expense of the par
ty In whose favor the requisition is
issued, and all such acquisitions shall
be filed in the Office of the warden
and filled in the order in which they
were received, and the stone thus
broken shall be used or disposed o.
for no other purpose except by the
State, or such other purposes as may
be named in this chapter"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-10-14
REVIVAL
Montezuma in Line for One to Mus
catine and Iowa City. j.,

Fred Bloch, A. D. Bowen, D. 5
Hyde, Mr. Papes, also c.. D. Van
Hecky, connected with the Rock Is
land Of MusCatine, were in Montezu
ma recently securing data relative to
the proposed interurban service be-
tween Iowa City, Muscatine and Mon
tezuma. A company is in progress OF
organization with a capital Of $3.50,
900, 100000 Of which is to be com
mon stock and the balance preferred
prospectus of the Company's pro
posal says that the following well
known citizens of Muscatine will be
directors: George NJ. Titus, F.. d.
Block, w. f. Bishop, II. f. Geisler
and A. ID. Bowen, while William Mus
ser and Sam Mercer of Iowa City,
will also be members of the board.
The plan as given out by Mr.. Hyde
is to lease the Rock Island from
MonteZuma to Muscatine and probab
ly from Muscatine to Iowa City, run
what are known as gasoline-electric
passenger trains. That means a coach
with a gasoline engine with which to
generate electricity to operatethe car
These coaches are said to be suc.
cess. The plan takes in los miles OF
track Mr. Hyde says the new com
pany has assurance from Rock Island
officials that satisfactory lease can
be secured. He carries with him a
statement purporting to be the in
come and expenses of this branch OF
the Rock Island and showing a good
profit. He says the promoters contend
that there is no question that the
project will pay, since it proposes to
take over the Rock Island branch, a
going concern, and establish interur
ban service, trains about every two
hours. 70,
The Representatives of the company
are out feeling the pulse of the peo
pie along the line. They say it will be
necessary to dispose of about 5000,
900 of preferred stock to citizens in
the towns and farmers along the pro
posed route and say they believe the
proposition will be a 60
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-10-14
The REVIVAL MEETING
An Enthusiastic Opening at the
Christian Church.

The revival meetings at the Chris.
tian church started off with enthusi-
asm Splendid audiences greeted
the evangelist and singer both morn
ing ana evening.
Mr.. Paris struck a high note in
both messages of the day, and held
the closest attention of his dis
courses. The people were inspired
by his sermon and charmed by his
pleasing personality. The church
feels that he is just the type of man
to lead them in a high class revival.
MIR. Hickmon gripped his audience
and chorus in the evening chorus.
A large company of singers assem-
bled on the platform to support him
in his work. All formalities we're
broken up, so that the people were
in q genial mood, without feeling
that any violence was done to the dig
nifty of the service. Mr.. Hickman
is a young man of such delightful
personality, as to work in splendid
fellowship with his chorus. They
will thoroughly enjoy working with
him.
In the afternoon a fellowship visit
alton, for which the board has been
preparing for some months, was TAX
en- up. Many groups of visitors went
out and enjoyed a genuine fellow
ship in the homes Of the visited mem
bers. The day was a success, and
prophecy of a great meeting. There
will be services every night, begin
ming at 1880.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-10-14
At The EXPOSlTIONS
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kirk Tell of
Some of the Things Seen.

Los Angeles, Calf, Editor Herald:
May be a few of the things that inter
ested MS will be of genedal interest.
We left San Francisco Oct. at 4:30
p. M, got here at 1855 next morning.
They had a slight earth quake there
the morning before we left but the
papers did not mention 1t. Then Sat
urday morning they had one a little
horder. So. may be We got out In time
We saw many interesting things at
the fair, first among them the Iowa
exhibits and the horn of plenty com.
posed of 400 bushels of corn on the
ear with | O w A spelled out with
dark red earsg The post card pictures
give a very faint idea Of the beauty OF
it. We say Kisor's and Imigs display,
We saw two large planks of pine
from Washington SX10 and inches
thick; another one 9X1O,% inches
thick, and large bunch of shingles
i3 feet wide. go ~1.
A large twist of,etobacco from Mis-
souri, weighed 3201pounds.
A large cheese, afrom New York
state weighed 1,l09 pounds. They told
US they had one there weighing III
tons
We saw a beautiful round table
made from one solid board 913 feet in
diameter | think it was from the
Philippines.
The flowers and fruits every where
were beautiful to behold.
We are leaving here today for San
Diego.
We saw SingmaBters horses carry
off several ribbons on September 3Oth
in the draft stallion class.
Mr.. and Mrs. RObt. Kirk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-10-14
FIRST STUDY CENTER
Program Is Announced For the
Teachers Meeting.

The first Study Center Of the Ma
haska County Schools win be held on
October 16, 1915, at the Oskaloosa
High school in the Assembly room.
Glasses and their time will be as fol-
g.: 80 a. m.-Rural Teachers--Geogra-
phy-Macy Campbell
Town History Sara
Rice.
1920 a. m-Rural TeacheTs-Histo-
ry-Sara Rice.
Town Teachers Geography -
Macy Campbell.
1870 a. m.-Noon lntermission, and
at this time lunch will be served
at the High School, and every
teacher is urged to stay.
100 p. m.-Rural Teachers-Geogra.
phy-Macy Campbell.
Town Teachers-History Sara
Rice.
300 p. m.--Rural Teachers-History
Sara Rice.
Town Teachers Geography -
Macy Campbell.
300 p. m.-Conference conducted by
the County Superintendent.
Superintendent of City Schools, o.
p. Flower, urges that every teacher,
every prospective teacher, and every
one interested in the work of the
teachers attend these meetings, and
take advantage of this excellent OPP
portunity to better themselves along
these lines. He also urges that ey-
cry one be in place at the proper
time, that they all be on time, and
thus avoid the Interruptions which
are usually attendant upon such oc.
casions.