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onopah Daily Bonanza THK WEATHER FAIR WARMER TUESDAY THE METAIi MARKET SILVER 51 VOL VII. NO. 31 TONOPAH, NEVADA, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS. -WOLGAST " WASr GIVEN OVER POWELL DECISION OHIO SHERIFF IS HILLED ON LINE OF DUTY By Associated Press GREENVILLE, Ohio, Nov. 29. Charles Weaver today shot his own mother and the sheriff when officers came to arrest him today on a sus pended court sentence. Fleeing frem the house after killing his mother, he drove to the home of neighbors and shot them for bar ring him out, and then suicided. It was a case of "exaggerated ego." MAY REVISE THE COMMERCE LAW AT NEXT SESSION By Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. It was announced after a conference at the White House that the administra tion will use its utmost influence to secure a revision of the interstate commerce law in the next congress. The attorney genaral, Senator Cum mins, and Frank Kellogg, the "trust buster," were the advisers of the president.' It is not known who will present the bill in congress. Milwaukee Lad Comes Out Victorious in Fa Twenty Round Bout. C MAX OF TWO WIVES HAS COME TO GRIEF By Associated Press ST. LOUIS, Nov. 29. Samuel H. Buschman is in jail on a warrant issued in Milwaukee at the in stance of Mrs. Bertha Llers Busch mann of Milwaukee, charging big amy. He was taken from his home last night, where he was living with Mrs. Annie Juergens Buschmann, whom he married in 1892. Buschmann does not deny the charge. Last June his St. Louis wife confronted him in Milwaukee, where he has been living with his other wife. As neither wife would prosecute, they agreed to abide by his choice. Buschmann chose his St. Louis wife and came here to live. The Milwaukee wife stipulated that she should be paid $16 a month, and It is said these payments were made. Buschmann told Detective Louis Krause of Milwaukee that his St. Louis wife's boasts to his Milwau kee wife caused his arrest. REWARD FOU RESCUE OF MISSING MARINES PROTEST AGAINST COOLIE CREWS By Associated Press NEW YORK, Nov. 29 The In ternational Seaman's Union of America, now convened here, will denounce the coolie crews on the Harrinian Pacific Hail line and Hill lines. Andrew Furuseth of San Francisco will be the leading speaker. ABOUT STREETS OF WASHINGTON TAFT PROWLS By Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. President Taft is developing into a real "Haroun al Ras chid," and prowls about the streets of this city at night with no detectives guarding him. After the interstate com- merce consultation he took a strool In the Potomac bottoms with the attorney general. By Associated Press COLON, Nov. 29. Nine men are missing from the United States gun boat Marietta, which is, lying off Port Limon, Costa Rica. The gun boat today sent out a general alarm by wireless and a request that ships in that vicinity keep a lookout for her gig and whaleboat. The gig, manned by a crew of four, and the whaleboat with five men aboard, were carried out, to sea in the heavy weather on Friday night. Nothing has been seen or heard of either boat. A .reward is offered by the commander of the Marietta for anyone finding the boats or rescuing the men. Powell is Dazzled With the Speed of his Opponent and was Unable to With stand the Whirlwind Rushes. It is Now Conceded that Wolgast is the Next Legitimate Fighter to go up Against Champion Battling Nelson, (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29. Ad Wolgast of Milwaukee was given the decision over Lew Powell at the end of 20 rounds of furious, and at times bloody, fighting, tonight.' Wolgast had the better of the contest from start to finish and his whirlwind rushes and aggressiveness in fighting proved a combination that the Californian could not overcome. Powell was a favorite at odds of 8 to 10 and was backed for thousands. It is conceded , that Wolgast, after his showing tonight, is a legitimate opponent for Chamninn Kelson The hnnt tnnlpht won rarnQrliaMn fr ha T terrific clip tho fighters maintained and their disinclination at any time to break ground or shirk punishment. Wolgast fairly dazzled Powell with his speed and drove his right and left to Powell's jaw with piston-like regularity. The following rounds were re ceived at the Tonopah club last SEVERE SLEET STORM DOES GREAT DAMAGE By Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 29. The worst sleet storm in four years in Lincoln and southeastern Nebraska early this morning worked havoc with telegraph and telephone sys tems, demoralizing street lighting and stopping street car traffic. A heavy rain last night was followed by freezing temperature. Trains en tering Lincoln were from two to ten hours late. MAXY JAPANESE KILLED IX A TRAIN WRECK 1 Bv Associated Press NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C, Nov. 29. Twenty-seven Japanese were killed and 15 injured yester day in the wreck of a Great North ern work train. A flood had under mined a bridge. Many of the men were smothered In the mud. Naval Reform to be Inauaura by Secretary ed Or, . By Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Heed ing the cry for naval reform, Secre tary Meyer inaugurates Wednesday one of the most sweeping navy de partment changes since the estab lishment of the bureau in 1842. Himself a manufacturer, Secretary Meyer hopes to put the department on a basis beyond the dreams of his predecessors. The keynote is subordination of bureau chiefs. A summary of the changes includes: Four advisers, aide for material, aide for personnel, aide for fleet op erations, and an aide for inspec tions. The last named does away with inspections by biased chiefs of departments. The oureaus are 10 e grouped into two amsions, ma terial and nersonnel. A modern sys tem of bookkeeping, the separation sistant secretary. of navy yard work into hull and ma chinery divisions, and the abolition of the bureaus of construction and equipment, are other changes. The line officers are ft) have more in fluence than formerly. Rear Admiral Wainwright, com mander of the third division of the Atlantic fleet, is to be the aide for operations; Rear Admiral Potter, aide for personnel; Rear Admiral Swift for material, and Captain Aaron Ward for inspection. Secretary Meyer found much con fusion from conflicting plans of the former chiefs. The bureau of sup plies, of which Rear Admiral Cowles Is the head, is performing duties like those of the equipment bureau. The marine corps and yard bureau will now be under the as- CAN A FOREIGNER RE NATURALIZED TWICE By Associated Press DENVER, Nov. 29. An interest ing question before the federal court is, "Can a man be naturalized twice?" David Ellsworth was born In Canada, and served in the civil war. and was naturalized in isio. ;ip returned to Canada and became u Riitlxh subject again. Now he wants American re-naturalizatlon. MOUND llt'll LOVER AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE lv Aimneliiteit rrrnn WEST PLAINS'. Mo.. Nov. 29. In n sweetheart Qiuurel. Maeslo Tiivrif ithot al mortally wound ed Everett lleiitt and then commit ted mili-Lle today, li.nii U unable M make a stmemetit. MAY ACCEPT l"OST OF MINISTER TO CHINA By Associated Press WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. Fol lowing a short visit of Frederick De lane, president of the Wabash fail- road, there Is a report among cup loniats that he may be asked to re consider hi refusal of the post of minister to China. WOMAN MURDERER TO FACE SECOND TRIAL STOCKTON, Nov. 29.-I'hvlc. inns lU'i'Uire that Emma l.eiloiix U not suffering with i-oiiKiimptlon. :u claimed, nml she will b tried ti steenml lime on tin- rhuri: of mnr il.rltiK MrVliknr Mid ilacln hit timly in a t-nntc for shlpim-nt. evening and were read to a large crowd: Round 1 Powell opened the bat tle with a stiff left punch to face and the men sparred furiously at close range, Wolgast peppering his opponent's face with short arm lefts and rights. The men then fought at close range, clinch following clinch, during whjch Wolgast drove Powell's head with left and right swings delivered at close range. Powell drove a hard short arm right to the head but Wolgast alniost drove his opponent through the ropes by landing half a hundred slashes to the face that started the blood to flowing from the nose. It was Wolgast's round. Round 2 Wolgast flung his right five times over the kidneys and as the men locked arms he fought al most evasively at close range. Pow ell did not seem to be at home with the short punch and Wolgast swung left and right tf face and kept up a constant chatter with his seconds. The Milwaukee lad waded in with hard lefts and rights to the face and jaw. Powell was forced back against the ropes with a serious ex pression on his face. The round ended with Wolgast landing almost at will. Round 3 Wolgast continued to force a hurricane pace and fairly bowled the California man with his rapid fire drives delivered at close range. The men locked heads In the center of the ring, Wolgast land ing time and again over the kidneys. Powell sought to protect ' himself and the referee broke the men from a clinch. Wolgast forced his man around the ring and advanced to the ropes, landing right and left swings at close range. Powell ap peared to have . great difficulty in solving his weightier opponent's mode of attack. Round 4 After an exchange of blows Powell drove in two vicious lefts to the jaw that forced the east erner to a clinch. The men contin ued to battle with arms half locked and head to head. Wolgast then smashed Powell s stomach with a powerful right and then brought his right around the kidneys with great force. As the men broke Powell planted his right on the face, forcing Wolgast against the ropes. The latter then cut loose and closed in with the right solidly on the jaw. Powell's stock went up a trifle in this round. Round 5 Wolgast came up like a jumping jacK but was met witn two straight rights and two lefts to the face, then they clinched, and af terward Wolgast swung two hard lefts to the jaw, forcing Powell to the ropes. A mid ring rally fol lowed, each landing left and right short arm punches on the face. Wolgast shot a straight left to face and swung a right over the kidneys. The easterner shot two straight lefts to the face and took in two left punches on the mouth. Wolgast's round. Round 6 Powell looked very fresh as he ran to the center of the ring. He forced the fighting -and had Wolgast slatting about as they closed in. A series of clinches fol lowed, Powell contenting himself with letting Wolgast batter away at his cloves. As the men separated Powell sent in two lefts to the face and some furious close range bat tling followed, with the crowd con stantly shouting .for the referee to break the belligerents. The round ended in a clinch with Wolgast forc ing matters at close quarters. Hound 7 Woljrnst rushed in and lunged out with his left. rowel! s!i:L"cnl to tli." floor, largclv, Itow evi'f, from the effects of Wolnst's rush. Fighting head to head, Wnl u.it swung relentlessly with rlcht and left, frequently ontchlui! Powell on the Jaw. H'oml neinSti spurted from th" Cnlifuvnlair mouth a thev broke from the clinch. W.-il-Kuct foil k lit constantly at clnyt" raitRi and kept Powell on the (l"fll kIv until th round ended Round A Wolsia-H honked his left to the stomach with great force. He clearly out fought the Califor nian, particularly in the close work. Wolgast chopped right and left to the jaw and sent three lightning left jabs to the mouth, forcing Pow ell to clinch for protection. Sudden ly Powell swung his left and it hit Wolgast on the ear with great im pact. Powell followed it with a straight right to the face, and the round ended. Wolgast had the ad vantage. Round 9 The men rushed in close and fought at a furious pace. Wolgast swung a hard right over the kidneys, for which he Was re warded with a stinging left on the face. Wolgast taunted Powell con tinually and then smashed him at close range with an avalanche of r'ghts and lefts tj the jaw. Powell broke ground rather unsteadily. Wolgast covered up carefully and invited Powell to mix it, which the' latter declined. Wolgast then took matters in his own hands, landing time and again with short arm jabs to the head. Powell's face looked like the proverbial beefsteak as he took his seat. Round 10 Wolgast merrily ham mered at Powell's face as they rushed in, and drove the Califor nian against the ropes with a suc cession of right and left chops. Powell returned with a straight left, to which Wolgast replied with sev eral powerful rights and lefts, de livered at close quarters. Wolgast, as the men stood at arm's length, drove in two left hooks to the jaw, and tho round ended in his favor by a good margin. Round 11 They rushed at each other like angry bulls, Wolgast wrestling his man to the ropes. As they fought to mid ring, they ex changed heavy rights and lefts to the jaw, Wolgast's punches doing the greater execution. Wolgast started the blood spouting as he delivered a brace of right uppercuts to the mouth. Powell closed in covering up, and then rushed the Milwaukee man .Jo the ropes, land ing solidly twice once on the Jodv and once on the face. Wolgast',". round. Round T2 Powell surprised Wol gast by landing two vicious lefts straight on the jaw. He followed this up with two right arm punches and Wolgast seemed content to clinch. Powell then brought the crowd to its feet by landing right and left with great force on the law. Wolgast, however, fought back savagely and landed a telling right swing on the mouth, starting another stream of blood. A fur ious rally followed, both men land ing often. Powell drove a straight left to the jaw as they clinched, and an uppercut with the right on the jaw. Wolgast retaliated with a straight left to the jaw. Round 13 An exhibition of blocking opened the round and con tinued for a minute, until Wolgast landed a solid left on the solar plexus, causing Powell to wince. Powell waded in and was met by another solid body punch. Wolgast chopped fiercely with right and left, landing repeatedly on head and body. Wolgast drove his left with great force to the head and body as the round ended. Wolgast's round. Round 14 Wolgast slashed with his left time and again, catching Powell on the face. He followed with two vicious rights to the face and a lumn began to show over Powell's left eye. Wolgast then up percut with terrible force with a right on the jaw and head, and fol lowed with straight lefts to face. Powell fought hack with consum mate pauiencsn and never for a min ute broke pround. Powell smashed ft Wolirpst repeatedlv with hli left but th" blow larked steam. Hound 15 Wolgast hiinunerpd away unceasingly, his Mown litn.l In with great fore on the body and h"d. Thev were In mich rlos n miteri that Powell didn't seem Im nilu.l ttiein much So fleref nt th' Mlmri "aiU f h;tt Powell mi compelled to clinch to defend him self. Wolgast battered his man over the heart with two short arm rights. The round closed with Wol gast constantly the aggressor and having the advantage in a feature less round. Round 16 Wolgast as he rushed in appeared to be as fresh as at the start, despite his aggressive bat tling. They clashed in mid ring, Wolgast rocking Powell's head with left and right. Powell appeared groggy at this stage but fought back with all his remaining strength and Wolgast was compelled to de fend himself from the Californian's swings, several of which reached their mark with great force. The round ended with the crowd cheer ing wildly. Wolgast's round. Round 17 Powell opened with two left punches to the jaw, but Wolgast fought every inch of the way and planted several rights and lefts on the body and head. Wol gast swung a hard left on the jaw and then peppered with right to the same place, forcing Powell to clinch. They exchanged long range lefts to the jaw and then went in close with Wolgast landing right and left on the jaw. As the round ended Pow ell drew cheers by sending an up percut right straight to the jaw. Round 18 Both came up danc ing and Powell rapped Wolgast's face with two lefts at close range. Powell shot his left to the jaw and followed to the face with a right. Powell seemed to be reeling, and realizing that his only hope lay in a clinch, he sought desperately to force a clinch. Powell swung a powerful left but Wolgast avoided it. Then Wolgast smashed with right and left to jaw, Powel coun tering with a left to the face. Pow ell took his seat with a badly dis figured and bruised face. Round 19 Wolgast came up as fresh as ever and forced matters 'n a series of clinches that followed. Powell swung his right to jaw and Wolgast uppercut with right to jaw, following with two stiff lefts to toe mouth and nose. Wolgast fought Powell to a corner, where he land ed ceaselesslv with short arm left and right swings. The Californian was forced to clinch desperately to his man to escape punishment, Round 20 The men shook hands and went at it hammer and tongs Wolgast wrestling his man around the ring. As they broke Powell de livered a straight right to the jaw but Wolgast forced him across .the ring bv sheer force and backed him up against the ropes, where Powell slipped to his knees. He was up in a moment, clinching. A long clinch followed and as they broke each sent in a right to the jaw. Wolgast got in a left to jaw and Powell fell over against the ropes. but still fighting. The round and fight ended and Referee Jack Welsh immediately awarded the verdict to Wolgast. , By Associated Press LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29. The sheriff's and coroner's deputies to day took a body out of a well on the Crinklaw ranch, near this city. which was discovered yesterday, it is believed to be that of a man and the deputies think there is a bullet hole in the head. The body is bad ly decomposed and apparently had been in the well a year. HD BODY IS COVERED NEAR LOS ANGELES ve? FIVE MEMBERS OF BOAT GREW ARE RESCUED By Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Five members of the deck crew of the gunboat Marietta, who were adrift in a gig off Port Limon, Costa Rica, were picked up by a rescue party from the Des Moines today. The men had made their way to the coast. The five men adrift In the whaleboat of the Marietta have not yet been heard of, but it is believed they will be rescued. MRS. CHRISTY WILLING TO LIVE WITH HUSBAND By Associated Press NEW YORK, Nov. 29. The wife of Howard Chandler Christy, the artist, will he glad to make up if she can live in the east and if her husband will "take me In his arms." She started habeas corpus proceed ings to gain possession of her daughter, and says if her husband deserts Zanesville "We can have a happy Christmas." ZELAYA IS KEFUSED AID BY MEXICO By Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, Nov. 29. It is reported that when Zela ya learned of the bellicose In tentions of America, he vainly appealed to Mexico. The Ital ian minister here has received a cablegram saying that Zelaya has offered to turn over the presidency to his congress. Sealed Orders Await Gunboat at Mare Island B Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29. It was learned tonight on apparently reliable authority that Rear Admiral Phelps of the Mare Island nav.v yard, has received one of the long est telegrams since the Spanish war, which it is believed may be sealed FRANK GOTCH IS LOSIXG HIS GRIP By Associated Press DETROIT, Nov. 29. Dr. Roller, the coast champion wrestler, held Gotch for fifteen minutes tonight without a fall, and broke most of his holds. FOUR BROTHERS MEET WITH TRAGIC DEATHS By Assoeiated Press , FOREST, Miss.. Nov. 29. Dr. Clay Henderson was shot tonight oy his brother-in-law. Ho is the fourth of five brothers to meet a tragic death. orders to be opened December 1. On that date the gunboat Princeton arrives at Mare Island to take stores and ammunition and will then pro ceed to Corinto to join the Vlcks burg. The message was preceded by a smaller one saying not to open the orders until December 1. JACK JOHXSOX BARS THE SUXXY SOUTH By Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 29. Jack Johnson today telegraphed the are na manager here that he will not fight Jeffries south of the Mason and Dixon line. POXTIAC, THE FAMOUS RACEHORSE, IS DEAD By Associated Press NEW YORK. Nov. 29. Pontlac, the famous racehorse, winner of the suburban handicap and one of the thoroughbreds that made a fortune for Loilllard, Is dead. OF INTEREST TO TOXOl'AII Jlv Aopocillteil Tr"5 NEW YORK. Nov 29. A For. was born to Ethed Harrymore. the actress, who is now Mrs. Rural-II Colt, today. CATCHER Bl iss OF THE ALI-AMEUICANS INJURED Bv A iiiiii Intel I'm STOCKTON. Nov. 29 Catcher Minn of the All-Ani.-rleatm had liU leg broken here today In a Kann with the Phlladclphlan. MOTORCYCLE RECORD BROKEN' By Associated Press SAX JOSE. Nov. 29. The mile record for motorcycles, 7 4-5 sec onds, was beaten here today by W. G. Collins, on a seven horsepower machine. II U time was C3 4-." seconds. Pur, fresh apple fl' quart or gallon at the Liquor conipanv. by th J. lit.' I J It