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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-17
Mayor Weaver Emphatic.

MAYOR Weaver in his address this even
ing stated that the programme mapped
out by the organization included the eX-
hausting of the borrowing capacity of the
city. the increase of the tax rate and fin
ally the stealing Of the WaterWOrks.
Concerning the assessment OF place
holders for political purposes Mayor Wea-
yer said:
From this time forward no city en-
Dloye shall ever be assessed one dollar or
one cent for political purposes
The Investigations that have been start
ed bv the administration, the mayor said.
would proceed. Every boOdler, every
corruptionist and every CRATER shall and
must be stopped" he declared.
Tn resolutions summoned all honest
citizens without distinction of party to
unite against the grafters and to stand
for the defense and maintenance OF clean
government"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-17
T. M. SCHUMACHER
HAS RESIGNED
Leaves Oregon Short Line for United
Fruit Company.
NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS
WILL HANDLE ENORMOUS TRAF-
FIG ON SEA AND LAND.

T NJ. Schumacher, general traffic
manager of the Oregon Short Line,
resigned yesterday. He viii go to
the United Fruit company, and will
serve it in a similar position at COM
pensation more than twice that he is
now receiving. Mr.. Schumacher will
leave Sept. %.
The news of the resignation became
general yesterday and ca used some
thing of a sensation among local rail-
road men, as we'll as among business
and professional men of Salt Lake.
These have known Mr.. Schumacher
during his four years residence in this
city, and have come in that time TO
warmly esteem him. Among railroad
men he has made the reputation Of a
shrewd and broad-gauged traffic man
ager. a man who makes friends for his
road
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-17
IRRIGATION IN
EASTERN UTAH
Engineers Plan for Strawberry Val
ley Project Approved
NO ESTIMATE OF THE COST
CONTRACTS FOR THE SHosHoNE
PROJECT, WYo., LET.
NO ESTIMATE OF THE COST
Especial to The Herald.)

Especial TO The Herald.)
"a ASHlNGTON, Sept. 16.-ThC secre-
w tary of tho interior has approved
preliminary plans of the engin-
GERS of the reclamation service for the
strawberry valley irrigation projects in
northeastern Utah, and as soon as
water users through the water users
association formed for the purpos
make proper adjustment of water
rights and guarantee return of the
reclamation fund, construction win be
promptly undertaken.
Long investigation.
Investigations by the reclamation
service have been in progress in the
state of Utah for over two years.
These have extended to reconnaissance
or several localities and possibilities OF
reclamation therefr0m and more de-
tailed studies have been made OF Utah
iSke and possibilities Of its develop
Inent, but these failed to develop a
feasible project
Tunnel and Reservoir.
In Strawberry valley, on one of the
\ ibutaries OF Duchesne river, it is
l0und that water can be stored and
taken To Spanish Fork by tunnel The
capacity of the reservoir viii be ap-
proximately 100, 0OO acre feet and the
tunnel Will be about 19,0O0 feet in
length. Behring'S have been made along
the line of the tunnel and no unusual
difheulties have been discovered which
might threaten the success of the
project.
Lands All Taken.
Lands which can be covered by
combination of stored water from
Strawberry valley and the natural flow
OF Spanish Fork consist of about Sc. 600
acres Approximately One-half of this
area is already irrigated, but received
an insufficient supply Of water. The
land 20 be benefited is all in private
ownership. Owing to uncertainties Of
estimates Of the tunnel project, il is at
present impossible 10 state with anv
degree Of accuracy the cost of the
projects.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-17
company,s Big Business.

The United Fruit company is one Of
the biggest marine trade corporations
in America. It's steamships ply be-
tween Atlantic ports and ports of Mex
leo, Central and South America. and
Cuba. 1t operates ninety steamers,
carrying cargoes and passengers. They
sail between Boston, New York. Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, Mo-
bile. the West Indies, Central and
South America. In addition to these a
line of steamers plies between the West
Indies and England. Another line will
be put on between the West Indies and
Germany this winter.
The headquarters of the corporation
are IN New York. Mr.. Schumacher will
make his home in that city. and he will
seldom be called west of Chicago.
MIR. Schumacher's Career.
T. NJ. Schumacher has been with the
Hartman lines since 1887 excepting in
1893 and 1900, when he was with the
Continental Fruit Express. He began
with the Union Pacific as chief clerk IN
the general agents office in st. Louis.
Thence he went TO Omaha as chief clerk
in the general freight department. From
Omaha he went TO San Francisco as
general agent, and from San Francisco
he came 10 Salt Lake Sept. /, 1901. He
took the position of traffic manager of
the Oregon Short Line.
other Changes to Follow.
1t is altogether probable that no sue
cessOr to Mr.. Schumacher will be
named. d. Z. Burley, general passen-
ger agent, will probably get another
assistant and viii have charge of the
passenger end Of the traffic department,
while John A. Reeves, as general freight
agent, with two assistants, will have
charge of the freight end. At least it
is so stated unofficially through sources
connected with the geperal offices and
close in touch with them.
The extent of the traffic of the United
Fruit company may be seen in the fact
that it handles 45, 600 cars a year from
different ports of entry in this country,
to say nothing Of its maritime traffic
and its passenger lists. Those railroad
men throughout the country who have
come in contact with Mr.. Schumacher
will not be slow to express their Opin-
ions that he is entirely capable of
handling the management of this traf-
fic
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-17
Doremus Against Project.

A. F. Doremus. who has been consult
ing engineer in the Big Cottonwood plans,
presented his opposition TO the flowing
well proposition in Il lucid ten-minute
talk. He said that he was opposed to
the city spending money for the utlliZa-
ton of the we'll water because for the
same expenditure il would get TIRES
times the return from Big Cottonwood.
He urged that impotence should not be
allowed to disable the whole great water
project
I'VE mustn't disable the project already
under way By slicing off here and slicing
off there. This Will at least delay it.
Let the proposition rest until Il has been
given more mature elaboration. II viii
be two months anyway before you could
Continued on Page 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30

on the score of their time promises, which
were invariably better than those of the
outside contractors. In no case were these
pre- misses fulfilled. In some instances the
contractors were allowed to press the pre-
linirary work for four months before re-
ceiving the official notification to proceed,
thus saving that much time to the contract
hol6ers. Even with this advantage the time
was exceeded. but out of an aggregate of
S532, Zoo In penalties permissible under the
contracts the city assessed only So. 255.
There is no reason to doubt the accuracy
OF this report. 1t Is entirely harmonious
with the known methods of ring procedure
in Philadelphia and elsewhere. 1t squares
with the established character of both the
Philadelphia gang and the Philadelphia ad-
ministration in the days before Mayor
Weaver's revolt. 1t squares also with ma
chine tendencies In municipal affairs the
country over. There was wide opportunity
In Philadelphia, with an overwhelming re-
publican majority. short-sighted adher-
ercc to national party lines on the part OF
the mass of respectable voters, q brazen
front on the part Of the grafters. Phila-
delphia has undoubtedly known of these
things. or at least suspected the graft. But
1t has required repeated disclosures to
arouse the civic conscience and courage to
the striking point. Next week will tell the
tale OF how far this stimulus will carry the
good people of that city. They have the
case plainly spread before them, and the
assurance that a failure on election day to
Gust the whole Of the corrupt gang Will re-
suit in continued looting OF the public purse
and formidable strengthening Of the ma
chimes entertainments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30
PHILADELPHIA.

Good-by to that old gag" that Philadel-
phia is a sleepy town, where people go to
bed with the chickens and get UP with the
birds; where the pace of even the horses
Is measured and slow; where the spirit
of Penn is still an influence for brotherly
love, and even business is conducted on an
altruistic basis. Let no man use 1t more,
even for joking purposes. Under calm
mask, and in an atmosphere thought to De
the drowsest on the continent outside OF
Brooklyn, there is shown now to have ex-
listed a state of things which for compli-
Gated and far-reaching cussedness chal-
lenges both New York and Chicago at their
worst for first place. Instead of sleepy
town, Philadelphia for the grafters seems
to have been a sleepless one. where every
minute of both day and night has helped to
turn some rascars wheel. VIII. the people
vote next week to clean house?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30
Rockefeller and Hall cains.

Hall Caine addressing a Bible class on
the invitation of John d. Rockefeller at
forded droli spectacle. but some OF his
remarks were, In the circumstances. even
droller.
Take this:
'Mr. Caine spoke on the perils OF ma
tional progress, and, referring to recent
disclosures of the way wealth is acquired.
asked IL 1t was not as true of the nation
as Of the individual that 1t is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter the kingdom
Of heaven. National progress and pros
perity are often bought at the cost of
every Christian principle. as was shown
by the policy of the great nations In re-
lation to the drink traffic and the settling
of international disputes by war;
What recent disclosures of the way
wealth Is acquired? There is some dis
pute in this country as to whether Charles
e. Hughes, the lawyer. or Ida Tarbell. ine
historian, has recently made the more in
teresting disclosures of the way wealth is
acquired Both have performed service
much appreciated by the pubAc, and
thrown a white light on many remarkable
transactions. The people unmasked by Mr..
Hughes have piled up considerable money
in many queer ways, blu. II must be adj
mitted that those who figure in Miss Tar
belts narrative have dollars to show for the
cents OF the others. The chances are that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30

one of Miss Tarhelrs cameis would have
greater difficulty than one of Mr. Hughes
in trying to go through the eye of a needle.
As to statesmen and present-day rulers
take this
Mr.. Game paid high tribute to Presi-
dent Roosevelt as one of the few states
men since Mr. Gladstone, who approached
public affairs first from the ethical stands
point and said that the King of England
was recognized throughout the United
States as one of the wisest and most potent
factors in the sphere of public affairs. on
the other hand. the German emperor, Mr..
Caine said. while a Christian as man. was
a pagan as a sovereign and q peril to the
peace Of the world in his faith in the power
of the sword
We should all be guarded in appraisfng
those who occupy the seats Of the mighty.
What Mr.. Game says of the kaiser has
been said In q comparatively short time OF
both King Edward and President Roosevelt.
Paganism was the cry while the Boer war
was in progress, and only this time last
year our own country was ringing--for
campaign purposes-with the charge that
tile President was, in office, dangerous to
peace and Christian progress. The big stick
and the sword. 1t was said. were his favor
tie tools. Christian in personal profession
but a pagan in authority and influence
Mr.. Rockefeller is probably well pleased
now to know that Mr.. Caine does not medi-
tate story dealing with American mil
LCnaires and the society which they domi-
nate Truth Is both severer and stranger
than fiction, but fiction, with truth as
basis, can be made exceedingly uncom-
Portable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30
Cleveland and Jerome.

The New York Globe. in some observa-
lions on Mr.. Clevelands letter to Mayor
Mcclellan, says:
Upon one important subject Mr.. Cleve-
land did not touch, and his silence VIII be
noticed and take from his letter the full
force 1t might have had. The man whose
fight against the self-appointed bosses of
his party Is historic might have dared TO
say a word for Jerome since he felt con-
strained TO take hand in our local ana1rs.
Then. indeed, his Endorsement of Mcclellan
would have been of the sort known 10
our fathers as a clarion blast
But Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Jerome are
not in the same class as reformers. The one
submits to. and works with, the bosses up
to a certain point. The latter will not deal
with bosses as bosses at all. Mr.. Cleveland
probably regards Mr.. Jerome as a fanatical
and impractical Individual
Look at the record. A protection demo-
crat, Mr.. German. managed Mr.. Cleveland $
campaign in 1884, and another protection
democrat Mr.. Whitney, sat in his first cab
met as Secretary of the Navy. Neverthe-
less Mr. Cleveland in December. 1887. sent
q fiaring free trade message to Congress.
The most powerful of the men who had
helped put him in office were ignored In that
matter and their views antagonized. BY
the next summer. it Is true. they had
brought him around and he wanted COM
promise tariff plank in the national plat
form. but Henry Watterson as chairman
OF the platform committee in the national
convention held him to his message.
In 1892 hundreds of thousands of silver
men voted for Mr.. Cleveland. upon the as
surance OF his friends that 'if elected he
will do the fair thing by silver What he
did in office we all know. He knocked the
last prop from under silver. and in doing
so disrupted his party and sent it naked
and empty handed into the wilderness
where it IS still roaming and groaning.
The silver democrats exhausted the vocab-
ulary of denunciation in describing his
treatment OF them after accepting their
sufrrages. If they had known his real in
tentions they would never have supported
him at the polls.
Mr.. Jerome IA different sort. of man. He
will not dicker for Office with bosses or any
body else. He had only to say to Johnny
Ahearn, Leader Murphy's confidential man.
that IF elected will do the fair thing
by Tammany, and Tammanys support was
assured. But his platform Is that If elected
he will do the fair thing by everybody and
he would not deal particularly with Tam
many whose purposes in Ahearn's approach
were wholly selfish. If elected Mr. Jerome
will be open to nobody's reproach of bad
faith and ingratitude.
There are reformers and reformers but
the Jerome type Is the highest that has
yet appeared In our affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30
Witte.

Sergius White left these shores after the
close of the Portsmouth conference loudly
proclaimng his own greatness and the
magnitude and wonder of his- accomplish
ments at the peace meeting. He set up
the claim that he had outwitted the Japa-
neSe at every turn. He asserted that.
thanks to his remarkable powers as a
buffer Russia had come out of the war a
winner instead of a loser. AS he progressed
toward st. Petersburg his own estimate Of
his services increased. He proved to be an
eminent success in the role of his own press
agent.
Car Nicholas evidently took White at
his own valuation when he reached st.
Petersburg. Here was a man who could
turn a humiliating defeat into a glorious
triumph. a man who could do what all
the armies and all the navy of Russia had
beer unable to do, one who was greater than
Japan, greater-could such a thing be pos
sible-than the car himself. Surely, the
man and the hour had come together.
For Russia was even then trembling from
the effects of the latest public agitation,
and there were signs Of recurrence Of
radlcalism. There was demand for a strong
hand and a wise head. 1t required no
stretch of the Russian imperial Imagination
to conceive that there would soon be urgent
need of a buffer to stand between throne
and people. White is big. He was in
way, exceedingly popular when he reached
his home He was suspected in imperial
circles of liberal tendencies. He might
easily be regarded by the mob as the savior
of Russia.
Hence the promotion of White. He could
expect no less. could ask no more. He
had earned the honor by dint of his ex-
traordinary achievements at Portsmouth
He had incurred the responsibility by his
successful proclamation Of his own virtues
The imperial scepter touched the sturdy
shoulder and the bulky figure of the cham
pion diplomat doomed large between the
car and his restless subjects.
Those who felt irritated at the persistent
self-laudation of White cannot be blamed If
they now regard his plight with satisfac-
ton He is faced by Job commensurate
with his own estimate OF his powers. Ii he
can bring domestic peace to Russia with
think. he brought international peace, he is
entitled to great applause. But Russian
domestic peace is different from the KIND
that NJ White contrived at Portsmouth. 1t
must stand more severe tests. 1t Is &C
complished by no mere signing of paper.
The true peacemaker in Russia must do
more than suppress this present uprising
and all that will surely follow repression
nv force He must be a constructive states
man building up a new system of govern
mont that will meet the needs of the period
ba
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30
Graft in PHILADELPHIA.

Revelations of the stupendous frauds that
have been practiced in Philadelphia against
the public treasury by the gang that has
ruled the city for many years are now
made in the form of a report by expert en-
gineers who have Examined three great
works constructed under contract between
the city and members of this gang. operat-
ing under more or less deceptive desiena-
lions. 1t appears from this report. the
non-partisan character of which Is evident
from the fact that It was largely the work
OF an army engineer, that the taxpayers Of
Philadelphia have been mulcted to the ex-
tent of at least $90SO. 900 In point Of the
excessive cost OF the filtration plant and the
construction OF two boulevards Further
more. the city has lost, through failure to
collect more than $500. 900 in penalties for
overtime which under the terms of the con-
tracts were assessable against the contract
ors. But worst OF ALL the delays on the Al
tration plant work. permitted by the city
authorities. have, according to reliable proc
esses of computation. been responsible for
fully 1900 deaths from typhoid fever.
There has been for years virtually no
competition for the public works In Phila-
delphia. Contracts have been let to the va
riously styled firms and corporations formed
OF members of the ring headed by Israel
W.. Durham and State Senator James p.
McNichol. The bids were published quietly.
almost surreptitiously with so short Pc
Rod for estimation that responsible firms
that would ordinarily have undertaken the
work could not possibly frame satisfactory
bids in time. When there was danger or
the undertaking of the machine contract
ors ths nnal award would be givsn 80 them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30
The People and the Armv.

General Answorth, the military secretary
Of the army. believes that one reason why
soldiers desert is that the people do not
properly esteem the recruit to the ranks
and do not sufficiently condemn the de-
serter. In other words, the man who goes
in is regarded as a worthless chap who
can find no other berth, and the man who
takes French leave is honored for his
crime.
This is indeed a peculiar condition, and it
deserves serious thought Is It indeed true
that army service is held in such low es-
TEEN? If so, why? There is today q wide
opportunity for the enlisted man to become
an officer. Many young men have, during
the past few years. gone through the proc
ess to secure commissions. high state
of public enthusiasm over the men In the
ranks was developed during and after the
Spanish war. and ii is not to be questioned
that there remains warm spot in the
American heart for the man in khaki
General Ainsworth adopts a very serious
and perhaps unduly pessimistic tone In his
comments on this state of case, saying:
1T is safe to predict that desertion from
the army will continue TO be excessive
until there shall have been radical
change of public sentiment toward the
army and until the deserter shall come
10 be regarded as the criminal that he is,
to be ostracized and hunted down re-
lentlessly any other transgressor of the
laws. There is no reason to look for
such q change of sentiment in the near
future, and there are some who believe
that the change will never come until our
people shall have learned, through ma
tional disaster and humiliation. that the
effective maintenance of an army of pro-
fessional soldiers is asolutely essential
to the preservation OF the national honor
and life. and that the trained and disci-
plined troops OF a modern enemy cannot
be withstood by hastily organized armies
OF unframed or half-trained civilians
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30
Courage.

They tell me it's a risky thing
To eat expensive food;
That terrapin and quail will bring
OF aches a frightful brood.
A life of ease will cause distress
And lead your nerves a dance.
But none the less l must confess
I'd like to take chance
I'm told that sorrows often Turk
Within palace grand
And that deceivers smile and smirk
And cheat on every hand.
You'll envy, when with govt you're lame,
= d. The poor folks who can dance;
But. just the same I'm downright game
I'd like to take a chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30
King Oscar at His Best.
From the Kansas City Times.

King Oscars formal REIMBURSEMENT of
the crown of Norway and his denial of the
request that prince of his house be per-
mitted to become the first king Of the now
independent country have been accom-
plished with great dignity and an impressive
regard for the future relations of the two
Scandinavian nations. His address to the
Norwegian storthing is a brief. but admir-
able, document, characteristic of Oscar s
life and aims and setting forth in convinc-
ing terms his past and present wishes for
the welfare of the once allied people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30
Just at This Time.

From the Charleston Is. c. News and Courier.
THE letter e. is brought into requisition
more frequently than any other letter of the
English alphabet" announced Boston
professor to his class. That depends upon
circumstances, professor. We believe we are
reading some speeches every day In which
the letter "I' is brought most frequently
into reQuisition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30
Trouble Ahead,

From the Baltimore American.
Two million women are going to ask Con-
gress to unseat. Senator Reed Smoot. 1t is
the part of wisdom for him to resign
without further ado. What chance can one
mans eloquence have against 1900, 900 fem
mime tongues, and probably all of them 60
ing at once? Congress will be stunned into
acQuieScence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-30
Whites New Task.
D the Columbus pispntch,

From the Columbus Dispatch.
Count Witte has new task and perhaps
even a sterner one at home than he had at
Portsmouth. He has this time not Japa-
nese. but Russians, to convince-not diplo-
mats under the pressure for peace, but ag-
grieved workingmen, under the influence of
leaders who may not be always wise