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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Serious Accusations Are Made Against
President Joseph F. Smith.
LATTER WOULD BE A MONAR CHI
CHARGED That Leader Specialized with Church
Funds to His Personal Benefit-Accus-
erS Are Excommunicated.
Two Prominent Men Leading Fight Dethrone Al
legged Autocratic Ruler--ais Crimes Against the
Church. His Followers and the Nation.

viOusly in good standing in the church
have made serious accusations against
Mr. Smith.
He has been charged with taking the
money paid as an offering to the Lord"
and using it for speculations to build up
his own private wealth.
He has been charged with taking the
bodies of the daughters of his subjects
and bestowing them upon his favor
ites;" of taking property which be-
longed to the widow and orphan and
having absorbed it into the possessions
of the CROWN" with depressing the poor
members of the church for his own en-
richment; of violating the laws of the
church; of committing crimes against
the government: of reasonable teach
, ing, and of forsaking true spiritual life
for the worship of mammon"
+ Accusers accommodated.
Goaded into anger by these attacks,
President Smith has sought to retaliate
by communicating persons who might
question his acts.
Already former Senator Frank ]. Can
non, son of President George @. Can
non, one of the most celebrated leaders
of the Mormon church, has been cut off
for daring to express opinions in criti-
cism of the Mormon head.
Charles A. Smurthwaite. one of the
leading business men of Utah. high
priest in the church and a man whose
character has been above reproach. has
been disfellowshipped for charging
President Smith with bad faith and de-
handing an accounting of the church
funds.
He is fighting the proceedings against
him, maintaining that, if given an OPP
portunity. he will prove every statement
he has made against the president of the
church.
Furthermore, he has put to test the
various asseverations of the church to
the effect that polygamy and polyga-
nous cohabitation are no longer counte-
nanced by filing charges against one of
the elders of the church. Hyrum H. God
dard, on the ground that this elder is
violating the revelation against polyg-
amy by living with two wives.
The hierarchy is seeking to evade the
issue by raising technical points, but it
is being continually put into the position
Of showing bad faith all around. and is
being forced into this attitude by its own
members.
Discomfort Grows.
According to impartial observers, the
discomfort within the church is growing
rapidly, and it is said this same discon-
tent is manifesting itself in a way to
hurt the president in the most sensitive
place-the pocketbook. Already it is
stated that the tithing is falling OFF
heavily.
Thinking men among the Mormons
are backing up Elder Smurthwaite's de-
mand that an accounting be made for
the tithing. They object to giving up a
telth of their incomes as an Offering to
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11


An agent. n army, . oNe - -
an adder. IN air punp. . -, . egg.
m eartheu vessel. an4idoa. . Indian.
an irksone task. m ocean, - o0ce, ~
orb. an uncle. an Urn.
Examples OF the correct nse q -:
A boy, cat, . dog, . fox, = girl, =
hen, heroic struggle, . historian
Neither the cnangc Of accent nor the
breath should change the -" to ian "
The use OF IAN" In such cases n anti
quated. A JOY. kiss. love. . man.
a novice, pen. q query. . robin.
sister, toy. vase, war, yacht. .
zest
Note--ln pronouncing the word
humble. II the h is aspirated. then
"a humble" il the b Is silent, then
IAN umble."
Don't say land" for TO"
Example: Come and. see me-"
should be Come to see me" "1'll try
and succeed" should be 'I'll try to
succeed"
Note-"Ill try and succeed" Is equiv
alent to saying "1'll try and I'll sue
ceed." One may try, but not succeed.
. .
Don't say "An elastic"
Example: Have you an elastic?"
Should be Have you an elastic"
Note-The word elastic is an adj
jective; Its use as noun is ''collo-
quail"
Don't say another one" for IAN
other"
Example: "He has another one at
home" should be "He has another At
home"
Don't say "antecedents" for "ances-
tors"
Example: Ellis antecedents were
loyal" should be "His ancestors were
loyal"
Don't say anticipate" for expect"
Example: "He anticipated serious
loss" should be 'He expected serious
loss"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

years, and restore to it those
elements of genuine seamanship
which have been so conspicuously lack
ing in the races for the Americas cup.
Every lover of honest spOrtsmanship
owes them debt of gratitude for the
stimulus they have given the game. A
race of Is miles against the wind and
back in racing machines useful for
no other purpose whatsoever certainly
has its picturesque features. and as q
trial of skill between designers and Of
courage in meeting bills between veal
thy yacht owners it has an unques-
toned value and Importance. but COM
pared with the coming race across the
Atlantic from Sandy Hook to the Liz
ard, to be sailed at fixed date regard
less of wind or weather. and by swift
cruising yachts of any nation and of
any number, the former class sinks in
to comparative insignificance in the
popular estimation. In the one case,
the purely theoretical problems of de-
sign, the solution of which is one of
undoubted benefits of the costly con-
tests over the Americas trophy. the ill.,
creasing similarity OF type OF chal-
lengers and the very large element of
luck in the actual races have COM
bined to limit that keen international
interest in the races which once was
manifested. On the other hand, race
for vessels built for service and rules
which put almost. no limit on shape or
rig and which make swift sailing un-
der every condition of sea and wind
the one desideratum contain those ele-
ments of practical common sense
which must fire the popular magma
ton the world over. Entries in the
race for the Kaiser's cup have already
been made from Germany, England
and America. and all the prospects
point to a contest the like of which
has never before been SEEN This trans.
Atlantic race in May will be. OF course,
the spectacular event of the yachting
year; but other contests lave been ar
ranged which will test the seagoing
qualities of the pleasure craft of Amer
lea and the skill of their shippers. Sir
Thomas Upton, who gracefully yielded
the place of patron for the greater
ocean race to the Emperor William
has shown his friendliness to Ameri-
can yachtsmen by Offering cup for
40-foot yachts in a race from Sandy
Hook to Marblehead and back. the
course to be outside Nantucket light
ship. Here is test worthy the most
daring and hardy of our sailors.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

church cOmmotiOn never before
equaled. For this purpose he has an
exceptional equipment. Ever since
childhood he has been on the inside of
the workings Of the church.
Cannon's Large Following.
Canno has built up large following
among the younger and progressive
Mormons, as we'll as among men and
women outside his church. He opposed
the selection of Reed Smoot. on the
ground that it was wrong for the church
to interfere in politics-that it would
bring sorrow to the Mormon people and
woe to Utah. Last fall he announced
that he believed the issues within the
state of supreme Importance to the resi-
'ents of Utah, and he joined the newly
formed American party. which was Or
gained to fight the Mormon church in
politics.
Not long after the presidential cleo
ton he begaa The fight on Smith. For
some time an e..Ort was made to ignore
the attacks, but finally the president of
the church took cognizance of them by
ordering the officials in Mr.. Cannon's
ecclesiastical ward to bring proceed
ings to cut him off from the church.
which were successful.
While the Mormon church has ALWAYS
welcomed any attack made on it's reli-
gion as a religion from the out
side, this is the first time in
it's history that the attack has ben
from within, and the hierarchy is
frightened. Prosecutions from out
siders have only served to make mar
tyrs of the followers of the creed of
Brigham Young and helped to solidify
the people in a defensive attitude.
But now comes a war within the
church, in which the members of the
organization make accusations against
those in authority. while the accusers
maintain their adherence to the faith.
Every move made by Smith and his
followers thus far has only involved
them further. and those who are fight
ing them welcome with glee the increas-
ing feeling against them among the
Mormons.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

the Lord" when it is being demonstrated
that Joseph F. Smith. as the alleged rep
resentative of the Lord, is using funds
to speculate in sugar stocks, for exam
pie; to build up electric lighting, power
and street railway monopolies; to force
the faithful to take out life insurance in
his personally Endorsed company and to
insure their homes in his company; to
buy their salt from him; to patronize his
railroad, to deposit their money in the
banks which he backs with the "offer-
ings to the Lord" to buy their clothing,
groceries, hardware, furniture, shoes,
headwear and, in fact, everything else
which they may desire, from institu-
lions in which are invested, in his name,
these Offerings to the Lord"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

Rumors of fortunes made in stock
speculations and in other ways by Presi-
dent Smith and others ION the inside"
have made large numbers of the faith
full more DESTROYS than ever for an &C
counting of the moneys they have
turned over in all confidence to the self
designated servants of the Almighty.
Having made sacrifices in the divine
interest. they are inclined 10 insist on
figures which will show whether the
dividends from these various enter
prises are being used in the interest of
the Lord
Another Phase Discussed.
Another phase is being widely dis
cussed, so much SO that for the first time
in the history of the church the presi-
dent of that organization has felt con-
strained to make explanations in the
tabernacle.
These explanations have involved him
in contradiction. and therais much won
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
TALE OF WOODEN COOKIES
One That Grandfather Told and After
wards Wished He Had
Forgotten.

"Well, the time we boys got into
the cooky jar the hardest was once
when mother was away for all day."
laughed grandfather, beaming indul-
gently at the small boy on the hearth
rug. relates Youths Companion. "She
left the jar full. but we kept going
back to 1t. until suddenly we touched
bottom. Then Jack proposed that We
make some wooden cookies, and We
went to work with our lathe and turned
out some beauties. They were pine.
you know. and with little -four dust
ed on them. they looked like the real
article. So We ate the rest of the
cookies. and filled the jar with our
kind"
But what did your mother say"
came promptly from the hcarth-rug.
my mother was great woman.
Douglas. She never said a word, but
every meal for a week after that there
was plate Of wooden cookies on the
table, and not another one was baked
until we had owned up like men. BAH"
Grandfather broke off suddenly with
a. wry face. That's not mine!" he
exclaimed. snatching from his lips
the cigar he had Just lighted.
A minute later he had taken from
the decorated jar at his elbow dozen
cigars of the same cheap brand.
There's just one Of mine in the
lot" he declared. who's been med.
dling?"
The grandmother remembered that
she had surprised Huldah. the maid.
giving cigars to young man tho day
before. But she told mo she had
bought some herself for his birthday"
added grandma. sadly.
Eyes, and 80 she did" scoffed grand
father. "And she put them in my
Jar and took mine for that fellow! Out.
is she? Well. I'll see her when she
comes in. We won't keep a dishonest
girl in the house-not an hour! I'll
discharge her"
Grandfather" sounded a voice from
the hearthrug. your mother didn't
discharge you for taking those cook
ies."
For full minute grandfather glared
at his small accuser. Then he dropped
back and chuckled weakly.
Presently, when Douglas had run
away, grandfather said: Mother, I'll
let you do the talking to Huldah about
that matter Maybe you can make
her feel it was wrong without discharg-
ing her outright" Then, after a pause
with another chuckle-"I believe I
won't tell that cooky story to tho chill
dren any m0re!"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

Ter, former representative from Ohio.
who, while in congress, had more than
once strenuously opposed the seating of
Mormons in congress. He has since been
appointed to the federal bench. At this
time the Mormon church was practically
united. And although, as has been stat
ed. there had been some opposition man
ifested to the mixing Of church and poll
tics. there had been no discussions of
which the public were aware.
It was not until recently that the trou-
BILE which had been brewing for some
time became public property, and that
the issue between the two factions in the
church were squarely defined. Ea
Serious Accusations.
AS the case now stands: two men pre-
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
.so as the latter's political representa-.


tive
George Sutherland, Gentle, owes
his present advancement and the
achievement of his ambition to his de-
sertion of the cause of the Gentiles. 10
which he had made many protestations
of adherence. and to his promise of po-
litical obedience to Smoot and all the
interests that Smoot represents. Thus
is the issue defined in Utah
The fighting for the last few months
has been made principally by kearns
and Cannon. kearns. who is possessed
of millions. has furnished the sinews of
war. Cannon has been the man on the
firing line.
BY speech and writing this brillian.
son of one of the ablest of Mormon lead
ers has carried the war into Africa. "
He has kept the church leaders lodging
and explaining, retreating and blunder-
ing, Until he has stirred up within the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

Salt Lake City.-A monarchy within
a republic with Joseph F. Smith. presi-
dent of the Mormon church, as the arch
ruler. Such is the condition at present
in Utah. according to those who are
waging war on the Mormon leader and
who are attempting to displace him
from his high seat.
Charges have been made that Smith
has diverted the flow of tithes from the
Golfers of the church to his own pock-
cts; that he has commanded his follow
under his control so that he may enrich
his private purse, and that he has COM
mitted other transgressions too numer-
Gus to mention.
And the authors of these accusations
are from within the sacred councils Of
the temple. and until their excommuni-
cation for their disloyalty to their lead
er. ranked high in church affairs.
But firmly entrenched behind the walls
of the tabernacle the alleged king is bid
ding defiance to his enemies both with
in and without the state.
Origin Of the Trouble.
The election of Reed Smoot to the
United States senate may be said tobe
the beginning of the trouble. Before
the time arrived for the apostle of the
Mormon church to take his seat among
the country's lawmakers, a popular
vail arose throughout the country that
he should be barred from that body.
There were those of the apostles that OPP
posed the mixing of church with politics
and forecasted the opposition that would
arise from his election. but Smith was
favorable to Shoots candidacy and, as
is we'll known. he was easily elected.
When the committee was appointed by
the senate to investigate the charges of
Mormonism preferred against the new
Neglected senator, many churchmen
in high standing were called to Wash
ington to testify, and among others was
President Smith. The general trend of
though polygamous cohabitation had
been abolished as q rule, those of the
mormon faith were still ruled by the law
of the church, rather than by the law
of the land, or in other words, that the
law of the church is supreme.
Smith Confessed Perjurer.
It was only after the passage of the
Edmund's law that Utah was admitted
into the union as state. Under this law.
which was subscribed to by President
Smiht and the apostles of the Mormon
church. plural marriages and polyga-
nous cohbaitation were forbidden. But
on the stand before the senate commit
tee on privileges and elections in the
Smoot investigation, President Smith
frankly confessed that the pact with the
nation had been broken; that his oath
was travesty; that his obligation as
an apostle and as hierarch of the church
was subterfuge.
The opposition to the seating of Smoot
was ably conducted by Robert W. Tay-
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
First Jewelry Store.

1t may interest women to know that
the first jewelry store was started in
the city of Chang On about 5000 years
ago. The celestial Vanderbilts and As
tors of that period knew nothing of the
fascination of diamonds, because dia-
monds were not in vogue at that B.
c. period. Pearls and jade and coral
and other unpublished mineral sub
stances had to content them, and IL to
make good glitter of rivieres and tiaras
the princess of Chang On employed ar-
tisans to fashion them the most won
derful gold and silver ornaments,
which in themselves were far moro
costly than diamonds-Boston Herald.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

erage eclipses that of the French
man is Arson, who. during his II
years record on the diamond, had q
general batting average Of 1856. But II
must be remembered that during the
years Arson was piling up this record
the art of pitching was In it's infancy
and the grand old man had none OF
the puzzling delivery to confront him
like Lajoie had to contend with. The
spit ball" that Chesbro has made ia
nous had not been discovered, and
famous other inventions of the willy
pitcher were still in embryo. There
fore, everything considered, Lajoie's
performance is quite, If not more cred
liable than that of Arson. Laj0ie's
record for nine years is truly won
derful one. His lowest average during
that time was 1928, which he made in
1896, and mis- highest .422, which was
made in 1901. In the nine years he
went to bat 4,O25 times and made .461
hits. He also scored $40 runs, stole zo9
bases and got 43 sacrifice hits. He has
participated in $40 games, taking part
in 40 last season. The admirers OF
Hans Wagner, of Plttsburg. have at.
tempted to make it appear that he is
the superior of I4ajoie as batsman,
but the figures do not support the con-
tention. Wagner's grand average for
eight years is .S46, and in no single
year has he reached an average of 1863,
which is Lajoie's grand average for
nine years.
It may be news to some Of the base
ball enthusiasts to learn that during
portion of the season Of 1904 DAN
Mccain, the big first baseman of the
Giants, was playing with. broken rib.
Covered with two or three yards of
plaster, he stuck pluckily to his task.
because the team needed his services,
and outside of his intimate friends
there were not half a dozen who knew
that almost every time he swung the
bat he suffered pain that would have
induced nine out of ten ball players to
go to the bench, and tell the club to do
the best it could without him.
Direct, 2:051a, whose death occurred
recently. was one Of the sensations Of
the harness racing game in the early
'9O's. He held the worlds high wheel
record of 2:06, made over the kite
track at independence, Ia.
Joe Bowker, the bantam-weight
champion, may come to this country
after his fight with Pinkey Evans.
frankie Mel, of San Francisco, who
lost the bantam weight championship
to Bowker is anxious for return
match with the Englishman. Bowker
is willing and may agree to box for
a $4,000 purse that has beer offered
for the match by San Francisco club.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Napoleon Lajoie. the giant captain-
manager of the Cleveland American

league team. is
easily entitled to
the appellatiOn of
champion batsman
of the world. For
nine years. service
inthe majorleagues
he has a grand
average of .3S,
and, all things
considered, it is
probablythe great
est achievement in
the way of hitting
the ball on record.
The only man
xvhooo uronfl ov.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

credit for the re-
viyal of ocean
yacht racing in re-
cent years. Large
ly through their
interest and exam
pie the sport bids
fair to be placed
during the coming
summer on a basis
which will make 1t
far more worthy
OF the worlds at
tention than it has
been for many
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Literary Life.

''Molly, has the groceryman gomez"
"No, dear, he's waiting"
"And the baker?"
ION the front steps,"
well, I'll just climb to the roof and
finish my work there"
'That'n never do. There's bailiff up
there, levying on the shingles!"-Chi-
cago Journal.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
Women Porters.

The porters who carry the baggage
OF tourists on the island Of Capri are
fishers, coachmepL cobblers and coral
sellers.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11
SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS

To Emperor William. of Germany.
and Sir Thomas Upton belong the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-05-11

Don't say above for beyond"
Example,: 1T was above his
strength" sit was above his expecta-
tions." should be ut was beyond his
strength" 1T was beyond his expecta-
tons"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-02-25
HAD CATARRH thirty YEARS
Congressman Gives Praise to Pe-ru-r,a for His
Recovery.
Neglected Colds Lead to Ca
taTh--Negiected CatarTh
Becomes Chronic.

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