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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
MRS. DUKE DISAPPEARS
Warrant For Her Arrest Said
to Be on the Way to New
York From Texas.

New York, Jan 16--Mrs- Rrodie J..
iCuhe. whose recent marriage 10 half
brother OF the president OF the American
TOBACCO company was followed by the
sending OF her husband 10 santa rum
Tor inquiry into his mental condition. was
sald 10 be III at her hotel today A ply
stefan visited Mrs Dukes ana rtrnents
early in the day and il was later reported
ln8t she would be taken 10 a hospital.
There was no evidence at the hotel to-
day that Mrs Duke was under sUrveil-
lance No detectives. either public or
private, were seen, and the hotel people
said they knew Of no one stationed there
TO watch Mrs. Duke
Mrs. DuEe lest her hotel suddenly
Her baggage was not removed and it was
supposed she would return later The
first known of her absence was when a
physician called 70 see her. and her room
employees or "A large number of newspaper
men around the hotel had seen Ser go
out.
After Mrs Duke had disappeared from
the Union Square hotel a woman who
said she was Mrs. D=ke called M the
hotel by telephone and notified the man
agement that size had left New York
City. She refused to say where she was
staying but declared that she would send
for her baggage, which had been left at
the hotel.
When asked why she had left the hotel
so suddenly she declared that she had
been bounded TO death and wanted 10 get
away
Mrs. Duke has been indicted in Texas on
charge Of obtaining money by raise
pretenses. and a warrant for her arrest
is reported to be in the mails on the way
to New York City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17

willing to reduce the bounty but
would favor no bin abolishing it. as
that. he said, would rob a great state
industry Of protection.
Thompson explained. however that
his bill was intended only to put stop
TO payment of bounties until the frauds
could be thoroughly investigated. He
stated that he had a new bounty law
in preparation which he should offer
during the legislative session pro-
Vided his bill for the repeal of the
present laws was successful.
Upon being put to vote. the motion
to suspend the rules found no support
ers. Thompson. himself, taking refuge
with the majority when he saw that il
was LOST.
Action by the Senate.
Bennion, Gardner and Larsen were
named as the investigating sub-com-
Hittee of the senate. Immediately
after the session the joint committee
met to discuss the matter. 1t i6 not
likely the committee will recommend
I the abolition of bounties entirely, but
new form of bounty law is certain TO
result The investigation viii doubt
less be Continued and will cover a wide
field Vague rumors of irreEula rites
III other public offices have been afloat
Tor some time and these are likely to
receive attention from the legislature
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
TIkGEY EXPLAINS
STATE AUDITORS SIDE

Secretary of State c s Tingey. who
was state auditor under the last admin
suspicious were first aroused DIS to the
irregularity Of the bounty proceedings.
He stated in effect that his suspicious
had never been aroused, although the
large quantity of peltS that came in with
the close Of the past year WIS noted.
There was no system OF classification
in use at the state auditor office by
which ] could trace from just what cOuB-
ty each consignment Of hides came" said
his the nCrsOn Cl9insil1or hoIlnty wo1IId
make affidavit that the wild animals
whose pets he presented to the county
clerF ha1 been killed within the past
daries- The county c-erk or his deputy
then punched the ears of the coyote. or
Won or Wil2teNcf II Hlfht De ana save
the c-aln'nt certificate r.oH the state
auditors cffice These certificates were
usually discounted by brokers and others
at - cents o. % cents on the dollar Upon
verifying the .enuineness of the certifi-
cate we issued The bearer warrants di-
rect upon the state treasurer for the sum
not been exhausted. After the funds had
been used uD we issued receipts co. the
Certificate showing that they had been
NV suspicion was never aroused
against any bearers of certificates. al
though since October. 1894. and up until
the end of the year my son. then dep
uty under me, called attention TO the IN
crease in De.ts However. as the $1,000
appropria ton had been entirely used up.
there WAS investigation made. as
knew that the warrant holders could not
obtain .&cir money until another appro-
priatiOn had been made.
The laws under which bounty has been
paid was enacted in 1903 and during that
year all claims were paid. there being no
deficit until Noveub Der. 1853 This de-
ficit and the claims presented in January.
1894. LEFT the state treasurer without
funds for the payment of bOIntieS before
the end of that month. After that time
the claims came in regularly until DC
tober when the great increase began"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
WEBER COUNTY PAYS
$4,000 FOR PELTS
(special to the IIerald.l

Ogden Jan. 16.-It now turns out that
the amount of money represented by the
bounty certificates issued By the county
clerks office OF Weber county viii ap-
proXimate So. 600. about S2.00G having been
issued since Jan. !. The total for the
year 1901. as published in The Herald
about two weeks ago. was nearly $4,000.
OF this sum Charles Jones the man first
arrested on the charge of collecting bOun-
ties by fraud, has secured about 5000.
Since Jan. ! the sums collected by him
will probably approximate $1,000
backed up by a valise full of pelts. ag-
GregatinE from $40 to $3.50 Toward the
end of the year he came with much great
eT frequency than earlier IN the season
From an inspection of the records il is
seen that another man named Hicks
nearly always appeared on the same day.
visit with large stack of scalps and
a claim FOR bounty. Three other men
for large amounts are Mitchell, Miller
and Andrews. On one occasion one of
these men became angry because his claim
was turned down, and he was lodged IN
the county Jail for a short :ims and
threatened with prosecution for the fraud
of trying to palm off coyote skins for
those OF wolves. He finally dropped his
claim for bounty and was released.
The claimants used to bring the scalps
and skins to the court house in bundles.
Usually they carried them in a telescope.
valise or bag. and the contents were
not nice TO handle clerk or deputy
would accompany .he man TO the base
ment, where the scalps would be counted
and the pile Of stuff then burned. After
returning 10 the clerks office the GER
the number of pelts counted. Those who
usually attended to the counting We're
VIII r. Swan, Joseph Evans or Thomas
b. Farr. MIR. Farr is a deputy, but the
other two are not.
Farr and Swan were seen tonight, but
ms,nx Ro,b Fsrr on and srnsn ts,l TO ep-
1 rsscrvediy and frankly about the method
of the men IN collecting the oounties.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
PACKING HOUSE FIRE.
May Take Several Days to Extin-
guish Blaze.

Chicago. Jan 16.-Despite the united ef-
fCrts of the greater portion of the fire
department of Chicago. the fire which
broke out last night in the beef storage
department of SchWdrZSChiid & Sulzber-
ger company packing plant at the stock
yards. is still burning tonight. During
the day thirty-three firemen and helpers
were overcome by smoke heat and am
rionia gas. All of the men were rescued,
however. and none will die from the ef-
fects Of the gases The loss 10 the pack
ing company on the building and beef
stored in the place which has been dam
aged by smoke is estimated at 100000. Al
though smoke continues TO pour out OF
the burning building in clouds. no sign
OF a blaze has been seen by the Iremen
since the first alarm Sunday night The
fire may continue several days yet
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
INNOCENT PURCHASERS
MAY COLLECT FROM STATE
Innocent Purchasers NAV ColIec

innocent Purchasers May Collect.
The procedure OF collecting state
bounty on wild animals merely REQUIRES
the county clerk to inspect the hides,
punch them, swear the applicant. and en-
ter the description of the hides and the
clerk then becomes an order on the state
auditor, who is required, when every
thing is regular, to draw a wa Trant on
the state treasurer for the amount IN
the cases under investigation IlanY GER
titlcates were not presented to THE state
auditor; but were sold to banks, brokers
and other innocent parties. Attorney
opinion that innocent holders OF these
fraudulent certificates would he fully
protected. which would throw the loss on
the state.
The question has arisen shall the in
nocent holders of demands on the state
treasurer or of warrants from county
clerks to the state auditor be protected?
That is, shall purchasers of such war
rants or orders from the alleged crooks
be unable to collect on the State2
Attorney General NJ a. Breeder, when
asked for an opinion on this last night,
said:
The innocent holders or purchasers
must and shall be protected. There is not
the slightest doubt in my mind that il IS
an obligation on the state to see that
bounties in such cases are paid How
ever, before such payment Is made the
innocence of the person must be fully
established There are many claims
against the treasury. L understand, and
where holders can prove that they are
innocent Of collision, these must be paid.
II may be that the courts Will have
70 be called in to settle the question of
innocence or n-coIlusion. but in any
event this must be clearly eSta blished.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
F FORMER COUNTY CLERK
JOHN JAMES EXPLAINS

I have always been careful about the
eXantna lions of the hides that have been
brought IN, former County Clerk John
James said last night, and good many
applications have been turned down. A
great many of the hides have been mi
nus one ear, but excuses have been made
that the ear was shot or the head
badly mangled.
Deputy Clerk Davies has looked after
this work more than anybody else con-
nected with the office and he has called
ON mo repeatedly TO come ana examine
the hides The change of color of the
hair Of the animals i'm the different sea-
sons has caused considerable trouble ana
made il hard to distinguish them. My
attention was called to the fact that
great numbers of hides were coming in
some time before Christmas. and 1 in
Quircd about il from one Of the men
who were bringing them IN. He told me
il was on account of the cold weather
coming on and that the animals were
eaSil.- fond
IF Davies was implicated in this mat
ter. l know nothing ABOUT it. He always
seemed to be very careful about the eX-
aminations. and also about the certIff-
Gates issued for the bOunties-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
NEW MASONIC BODY
ORGANIZED AT OGDEN
Especial to The HeraldD

Ogden. Jan. 16.-The Council OF Auoint--
ei High Priests of Royal Arch Masonry of
the state OF Utah was organized at
meeting held here tonight The following
officers We're elected: Most excellent
president. Walter Scott of Salt Lake; ex-
celient vice president Dr. Ned Hewett OF
Salt Lake: excellent chaplain. Rev. T. W.
PtnkertOn OF Salt Lake; excellent treas
ureT. John s. Scott of Salt Lake. excellent
recorder. w. NJ Rash of Salt Lake: ex-
cellent master OF ceremonies; S. w. Bad
con of Ogden; excellent conductor, Free
man Mccarthy of Park City: excellent
herald Archie Van Mcintosh of Ogden:
excellent steward. c. s Brown of Ogden;
excellent sentinel Frank Emery OF Park
City The organization has an enrolment
OF twenty-five membCSs.
Before the organization was considered
eleven candidates for the order Of the
Past High Priests of Royal Arch Mason
ry were confirmed by Walter Scott Dr.
Ned Hewett, John S. Scott and r g
Schramm. Nine of the candidates were
from Ogden and two from Park City
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
MORE CONTEMPT CASES.
Colorado Supreme Court Sends More
Men to Jail

Denver, Jan 16.-The supreme court
announced its judgment today in the
cases Of six election officials tried on
charges of contempt in connection with
the election on Nov. s in Denver pre-
cincts over which the court has as
summed jurisdiction. Guy w Wheeler
and Charles 3. Revue, election judges
were found guilty OF refusing L allow
Republican watchers to examine the
registration books and Of permitting
persons to vote on registrations from
vacant f-ts, and were sentenced to jail
for six and three months. respectively
George w. Hubbard. special constable
was sentenced to jail for one month
for preventing Republican watchers
from examining registra lions. James
Rowan and Charles Munford. Judges.
were fined SIS each fer permitting a
man to vote from vacant lot. Eugene
Cummings, policeman. accused OF in
reference in the election, was dis
charged.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17

other large creatures that exist in that
country.
What thrilling tales Of adventure
these men could tell,
IL should be remembered where the
word lion" is used the mountain Hon
rs intended. not the African variety.
although an examination of the thirty
two pelts recovered by Sheriff Emery
from one Of his prisoners proves little
as to the nature of the animals that
first bore them They might be coyote
and wolf hides. or they might not 1t
depends upon what you prefer to call
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17


ent." he said. ne was not. in any true
sense, compensated fer the services al
legged to have been rendered in viola
ton OF the statute, until the checks
sent TO him were paid by the St. Louis
bank and he thereby was relieved OF ali
liability 10 the Riggs National bank
arising from his endorsing the checks
to it.
1T seems &c me-" he added. that il
reversing the Judgment upon the
grounds stated in the opinion the court
has sacrificed substance TO mere form"
Opinion of Attorneys.
Attorneys who have read the opinion
OF the supreme court in the Burton case
are united in the opinion that if the
government attempts 10 maintain it's con-
teution on the checks it viii be neces-
s-ry 20 remove the case from st Louis
70 Washington and begin proceedings
The case grew out of a charge of vio-
latiOn of the United States statutes max
ing il criminal offense for senator's or
representatives TO receive money for rep
TeSentiug claimants or other in proceed
ings against the government in prosecut-
ing their cases. Burton was charged with
taking fec after he had been elected
TO the United states senate. as the at
torney of the Rialto Grain company of
St, Louis in its effort to resist "A fraud
order which -aS @bout to be issued by
the postoffice department. The federal
court in St. Louis found him guilty and
sentenced him TO pay a fine of s., go and
to serve term of six months in prison
Burton Would Not Talk.
Senator Burton was not in the court
room when Justice PeCkhdm's opinion
was handed down, but he soon afterward
visited the office of the clerk for the
purpose of reading the opinion. which he
did with eagerness. He refused 10 dis
ouss the decision or to give an opinion
as to whether a new trial would be
ordered. His friends say, however, that
the senator will stake no steps TO pre-
vent trial. and in this connection they
state that he has cOurted the utmost
dispatch in the past proceedings against
him. They also point to the fact that
four OF the justices unite in the opinion
that the senator WAS in nOWiSe guilty OF
the OffenSe charged against him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17

Representative Q. L. Thompson of
Willard county introduced a bill in the
lower house yesterday afternoon, fol-
Loving the reading of the governors
Joint communication relative to the
bounty frauds, in which he asks for the
repeal of the bounty laws of 1901 and
1903. Thompson asked for suspension
of the rules I'm order that the bill might
be put on it's final passage and voted
upon, but this was defeated. The bill
was referred. along with the governors
communication to a special committee
of three to act with d like committee
from the senate and investigate the
fra uds completely.
\ communication from Governor
Cutler brought the frauds to the atten-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
AT GOVERNORS REQUEST, LEGISLATURE
WILL INVESTIGATE The BOUNTY FRAUDS

ton of both houses of the legislature
yesterday. Governor Cutters COM
munica ton follows:
Salt Lake city. Jan. 10. 1904.
To the Senate-In ny MESSAGE TO the
legislature l called attention 10 tho de-
ficit of $4,000 incurred in the past two
years under the operation of the law Civ
ing a bounty for killing wild animals. in
addition TO the $4,000 paid out during the
same period. Since the delivery of the
message il has developed that certificates
TO a much larger amount than $4,000 are
outstanding against the state. It is evil
dent very many OF these warrants and
certificates were secured by a system Of
harefaced fraud. and that the state is
being systema tiCally robbed through tho
bounty law. TndiSputable evidence TO this
effect has been secured within the past
few days. I submit below statement.
taken from the official record Of the
clerk of one of the counties. showing in
a manifest way the perpetra ton Of fraud.
Doubtless the records Of other county
clerks will show Il similar condition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
VIII DC Tried in ST Louis

81. Louis. Tan. I'D. 2. Over. district
attorney. who prosecuted Senator Burton
- ~ rial ~ta+ed tonight that the case
would be retired in st. Louis. He
said.
While the supreme court found that
the Missouri court did not have iIIris-
diction in the case a. regards the check
payments which were raid TO the som
ator in WASHINGTON tho oUnte i'm the
indictments which charge 900 cash
ma vmcnt still hold AS the a~t'-2' pavment
was made in ST. 7 0UtS. ami the Missouri
courts hcvc Jurisdiction. The O. 80 viii
hn -ia~ed or the docket for the Nav
term aDd ,InleSe souc dfla-- IS granted
~ the defense the case will probably he
djSnOsed IF ueyt ~-'riue--
NJ Over rod the Coinic1 Of the SUI
ureIsle c0Ur' crsn''ro tho ~rnatOr a now
triaL Fl-t made no comment on IL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
FOSTER WILL LEAD.

Olympia. Wash Jan. 16.-Tomorrow at
noon the house and senate j. separate
session viii ballot for United States SEN
ator and will meet in joint session every
day therea far until senator ia elected
The probable vote the first ballot is
indicated toni-ht as follows:
Addison @. Foster, as: Samuel II. Piles,
30; JOHN l. Wilson, Is. Charles Swee-
ney. q.
The first ballot is not. considered a real
indication of the strength OF any candi-
date. IL is understood that VIXEN the
contest reaches the danger point several
Democratic votes can BE- called upors b
The different Re9r6lican candidates II
needed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
MORE WOE FOR BURTON.
Kansas Legislature May Ask Him to
Resign.

Topeka. Kan. Jan. ia resolution
asking Senator Burton to resign was in
PRODUCED in the Kansas house and SEN
ate this afternoon Cyrus Leland. leader
OF the depOSed Republican faction IL
Kansas and Il member of the house Is
author of the resolution. The matter will
come up fOr consideration tomorrow. An
effort viii be made TO table il on the
ground that the case of Senator Burton is
yet before the courts and therefore not a
subject for legislative action.
The Leland resolution recites that the
decision OF the United States supreme
court today i'm the Burton case ncCcSSar-
lily deprives Mr.. Burton of his usefulness
a representative Of The state of Kan
sas in the United States senate
1t is by no means certain that the reSO-
lnti0n VIII pass tomorrow. but a great
effort viii ne made by BUrcOn-s enemies
TO push IL through
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
THREE MONTHS RECORD OF BOUNTIES
ALLOWED BY CLERK OF SALT LAKE COUNTY

Bounty certificates which have the
appearance of Legitimacy on their face
nave been ignored i'm making up the
following table only cases where an
extremely large number of animals. an
unusual number Of wolves and noun
tam lions or a regular recurrence of
names appears have been taken into
consideration There may be one or
Two legitimate claims included in the
table, but the officers believe not. The
table embraces only claims presented
since Oct. 1, 1904. An examination Of
the bounty register shows that up to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
"ALFALFAS" TO ORGANIZE.
Country Members Of the Legislature
Will Meet Tonight.

Alfalfa member of the state Iegis-
lati.Te are called to meet at the Wilson
hotel at 100 this evening 10 organize.
Tho orga MIA ton is. according to present
pIaus 10 be defensive anyhow. ard Of
fenSivc if necessary. A steering commit
tee composed of members from each sec
ton &C the state viii be appointed to
soc that the mCit from the outside do
not suffer fr)m tho raids cf the Salt
IaTo deIegatiu~ Tho Unit rule on all
measures Mil likely be adopted.
Eve are not arranSins to make war.
exclaimed ono of the 'Alfai faS'' last
ni;srt ''''l.t We are going to get in shane
- fight. II LRCeSgarv- for what's right
~ dun II more than QUE share, but
we want that m-ch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17

Oct 1 the supposedly fraudulent en-
tries were not made oftener than once
or twice a month. and for but small
amounts Beginning with October.
however. they were rushed in rapidly
one name alone appearing nineteen
times during the three months.
A fact that causes all the more won
der that suspicion was not aroused
earlier is that. during Mr. James first
term as 'clerk-which was prior to the
change in the bounty law-the amount
Of bounty claims for the two years was
less than S4OO.
The BILE follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17
Signed JOHN C. CUTLER.
Investigating Committee Named.

The legislature had been discussing
the demands on the treasury before the
afternoon session convened, but were in
no measure prepared for the revela-
ations which the governors commune
cation made.
Immediately after the reading in the
house. kuchler of Weber moved that
d special committee of three be ap-
pointed TO confer with a like commit
tee from the senate to investigate the
matter. There was no opposition TO
the motion and Speaker Hull appointed
Kuchler. McCrea and Painter Josephs
contention that the proper committee
was that of appropriations, was not
sustained.
Thompson's bill repeating chapter
1877, session laws, 1901, and chapter AS
session laws. 1903. was introduced
shortly after the committee was ap-
pointed. The request of Thompson
that rules be suspended and the bill
put to a vote found a ready second and
surface appearances at first indicated
that the house would take THE action
The proposition TO suspend rules, how
ever, was fought successfully by Aus
tin. Tolton, Wootton and Stookey
Tolton Of Beaver maintained that the
sheeDmen favored the bounty laws and
that they should be protected. He was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-17

them One southern man who saw them
yesterday declared he saw two raccOon
skins among them, while another spec
tator said he recognized the coat Of
bulldog he lost early in the fall. These
facts are indisputable; They are hides.
they have some kind Of hair on them.
they are seriously mangled. have been
treated with camphor and they are
better suited to the barn than the par
lor.
Mr.. Eldredge was justly incensed
yesterday when a man appeared with
a lap robe and asked what the state
was paying on it.