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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16

tvpically Gifted adaptation OF Ne"
England sittin rooms outfit for an APP
nreciative New York audience TO laugh
at. but also with the hero's mother SO
Iovablv questionable that II seemed
natural that the society girl husgeu
and kissed her upon ten minute S az
dIIaintance. A.
CLYDE Fitch is usually on hand AT inc
introductions of his plays. not oniy 10
direct the performance. but also 10 De
called out and compelled to make
speech, The bill said he had super :,
vised 1.-THE Girl Who Has EVerytnlns'
but he was absent on the opehli5s
night. Few of his personal 1rleIus
were there, and none of them started
the cry of Author 1t was sald tila'
he had fallen out with the manage,
ment because Miss Robson had ueclueu
to travel with a repertory OF plays
after the manner of Mansfield not
using his play any more than ner new
ones by Jerome and ZangwlH. VI
course, that means slower earhi,is Vi
royalties for each piece. When leads
me to fear that our authors IKE our
managers, are imbued with the prevail
ing spirit of commercialism
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16
pARDoN DUE BoTHA.

After the new evidence produced be-
fore the state board OF pardons yester-
day IN behalf OF Charles Botha, there
ought to be little question as to his
pardon and release from confinement.
Botha killed n man for betraying his
wife, and the act was committed under
the stress OF provocation so extreme
hand by any jury unprejudiced if The
facts had been presented properly. He
was hurried to trial. defended by an
attorney who was summoned from Salt
Lake and compelled to appear in court
the day OF his arrival without prepara-
ton OF the case or securing witnesses
Botha's killing OF his wife at the time
he was attempting to shoot her betray-
er, he asserts, was accidental. His
story in this as in other respects is gen.
orally accepted as truth.
Rotha himself spoke English very i'm
perfectly and could not conway the
facts. No evidence was possible in his
behalf and the inevitable result was 4
conviction that left no chance Of sue
cessful appeal TO the higher court
After conviction he refused to take ad-
vantage of a chance to escape.
New that friends interested in fan
play have taken up the case, Botha has
produced witnesses as to the unspeak-
ably bitter provocatiOn he had; he has
learned the language well enough e
make a strong statement iii mis- OWL
behalf and he has convinced disinter.
ested people like Mr.. Newhouse and :
dozen others that he is entitled to &c
free
When a plea for Communication of sen
tenCe was pending The Herald investi
gated Bothas story thoroughly ARK
Joined in urging clemency for him. 1
has no hesitancy now in expressing tn
hope that the board will release Roth;
and permit HIM to begin life anew un
der conditions that insure his frtur
welfare
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.

Are you beginning to feel the Christ
mas spirit in your bones? May heaven
help you if you aren't. For, all over this
big, beautiful country, people are
shedding as fast as wheels will carry
them towards home for Christmas.
They are coming in from the desert
places, where for months on end they
have been toiling in heat and in cold
with all their thoughts upon their loved
ones and the joy of the prospective
reunion. They are going out from the
cities to the little towns and to the
farms to be with the old folks during
the holiday season.
That is the beautiful thing about
Christmas 1t softens tho hearts of
men. humanizes them, makes them for
get for a period the lust for gold the
spur of ambition. and sends them speed
ing towards home. Two men were talk
ing on a train the other day. One had
spoken of his pleasure IN the prospect
of being home for Christmas. The other
said:
when boarded this train two days
ago It was the first time l had seen q
railroad for three years. All that time
I have been en- the desert. far from
civilization. For three successive years
7 cooked my Christmas dinner over
greasewood twigs and laid down ID rest
on Christmas night in little tent IN
which there was hardly room to turn
af
December, instead of Christmas, but
always remembered that It was Christ
mas day, and, though alone and lonely, I
tried to work up a Christmas spirit OF
my own.
This year I am going home for
Christmas. I have about $4,000 which
I can afford 20 spend on the trip. and
I'm going to have a bully Christmas
with the folks if it's the last Christma-
7 spend on this mortal earth. Then it's
back to the desert for me for / don't
know how long" There was a mist in
his eyes, bearded man though he was
and his voice choked just little. But
he was happy, serenely happy, for he
was going home for Christmas.
So it is for thousands upon thousand:
Of others. This is a mighty fne world
after all. We have our other joys
often we have sorrows that are bitter
but there is no joy comparable with the
Christmas Joy when once the Christina:
nicrobe has found permanent loGgmen
in ones system. We never Get too ole
to enjoy it, never are we too young
And how much better the world would
he If we could have the Christina.
shirt all the year around.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16
PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.

Judge Browns warning to parents of
the dangers attending their daughters
at some of the skating Kinks might
than it was. The danger is not in the
Kinks themselves, though some of them
are Indifferent to the class of people
admittd; the real cause for most Of the
evils which he scores lies in the woeful
lack Of parental discipline which per-
mits young girls to go anywhere with
young men unattended or without SUI
pervision OF any kind.
It is not uncommon to see groups o.
girls of school age in the downtown dis
trict at night parading the streets and
permitting promiscuous attention from
men or boys. The public dance halls
IN summer and other places of assem-
bly, in the winter are a standing tempt
alton to dissipation, idleness, extrava-
gance and worse follies.
The mother who countenances such
performances or who, by her neglect OF
duty as a mother, permits her daughter
to associate with undesirable corHpan-
ions of either sex, is not fit for the re-
sponsibilities Of maternity. When tn
parents of Salt Lake discharge their re
sponsibilities properly the unfit place:
of amusement will be without patron
age.
1t may be added also that the city
authorities have duty in this connec'
ton. inasmuch as it is always within
the power of the police to close up :
public place when it becomes a menac'
to the morals of the community.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16

corporations have found ii worth while
to pay big salaries for big men, bat the
United States government, with the
biggest business on earth, is still pay
ing picayune wages and getting, as
might be expected, the services Of only
such men as are independent in means
or willing to take chance of temporary
employment for small remuneration.
When the bill for this proposed in
crease in congressional salaries came
up for discussion this week, a curious
spectacle was presented-the Republi-
cans would not act without an agree
ment of support from the Democrats,
and the Democrats hesitated 70 face
their constituencies with a vote for an
increase. They all know 1t is a fair
increase and that they ought TO have
more money, but they haven't the cour-
age to assume the responsibility for
voting their convictions. Yet any one
of them would vote cheerfully for a
river and harbor grab Of millions If
The action of the house of represent
tives in voting down the proposition
was an exhibition of unadulterated
cowardice. The vote on the question
was very close, 10S to log. showing that
a considerable proportion of the repre-
sentatives he'd the courage Of Their
convictions. Men who are SO afraid OF
their constituents that they will vote
against a measure that the country
generally believes to be perfectly proper
are entirely too timid to continue in the
house. A negative vote On the meas
ure, instead of being a reason Cor the
retention, should be a reason for the
rejection of the men so voting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16
OUGHT TO PAY GOOD SALARIES.

Just as n business proposition there
IL no reason why congress should not
raise the salaries of senators and con-
gressmen to $500. and do it without
apologies or hesitation. With all the
demands on them and with the scale
Of living required by their positions,
no senator OF congressman can make as
much income, net, on his pay as he
ought to make by the same exertion at
home. OF course, there are exceptions
that could be named here in Utah, but
they are so few and inconsicerable that
they do not affect the rule.
The glamour of position, the political
rover and distinction which attach to
the Office attract men, but from a pure
" commercial point Of view very few
can afford to take either office. If P
lawyer is elected to congress he Is COM
PEELED to spend a good part of his time
at the capital away from business, and
the intrusions on his time ut home Sc
riously impair his earning power. He
makes enmities necessarily, he loses the
thread of affairs at home, he cannot
hope 20 retain his practice as we'll as
if he were on hand ali the time and al
the service of his clients. In q word. II
is a sacrifice for a capable man, the
right sort Of man, to accept tho office
of congressman or senator unless he
has independent means.
a good deal Of foolish clamor Ia:
been raised about the election of mer
Of wealth to the senate, when, as e
matter of fact, nobody else can afford
to 60 10 the senate unless he has de-
liberately made up his mind to sacri
fee his earning capacity for the SAKE
of the honor. To a country constitu
ency unfamiliar with the cost of liv-
ing in Washington and the incessan
expensive demands on their represent
atives. s., 500 may look like a big sala
~. but unless the American people arr
willing to see the standard of thei
congress depreciate they viii realiz
that Il is good business sense 10 pa.
wages that will enlist high-class men il
their service.
~. = : &c: only true of cOngrcssmeI
and senators; it reaches into ever,
branch of government employ. Tn
uncertain tenure of Office and the small
compensation are gradually making
next to impossible for the government
to secure and retain able men. BIZ
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16

oean warbng established gain admirers in fastTdenns circles
sweeps ue IN waves o
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16

fects The transition is novel and highly
pleasing. So pleasant is the whole COM
position. I'm fact, that words have been
set TO the music so that it can be sung
while played. We reproduce a few bars
of the refrain words and music, to
give a slight idea to those who have not
yet heard it. lola is the latest emana-
ton from the house Of ]. H. Remick
g. Co., Detroit. the firm that pays such
high prices for good music. Thousands
of dollars for a composition of approved
merit are an incentive to composers, and
this may partly account for the appear
ance of so decidedly tunefu1 an inter
mezzo as lola" The piece is bound TO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16

Eastern offices. W. ]. Morton IN
charge-15O Nassau street. New York; 81
Washington street, Chicago
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16
Terms of subserIption.

DAILY AND sUNDAY-One month, IS
cents, three months $50: one year Sle-Vo'
= SIlNDAY-One year. 500.
MT-VVEEKIY-Gn advance). one
year. $50; six months, 70 cents
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16

Clyde Fitch makes Eleanor Robson
/ hold out her hand TO a boy, and order
| him 10 strike Il with a long paper
cutter, because he has lied 10 her. He
gives a gingerly stroke Harder" she
saws. and he puts a little more force
| into a second blow. Harder" she in
Sists: much harder" The third stroke
/ falls with loud sDat. More of them
-faster-harder yet" she commands;
"I must be punished for not teaching
you not to lie" The lad obeys vigor-
ously and then fiinging his arms
around her neck. bees her to use the
rod on him as hitherto. To my mind,
that is the best incident in the play
" hich Fitch mas written for Miss Rob
zon. To be sure. # relates to but one
of her mimic troubles-the tender care
of her dead sisters spoiled children:
snd for bigger distresses she loses a
| fortune through the infamy of her
brother-in-law. and is grieved by what
seems like sordid perfidy in her sweet
heart; but nothing else affects the au-
dience like her odd punishment OF that
rrchin and his inability to stand it.
There is not a laugh. nor even a smile
but q plenty of tears.
The girl who has nothing but love
has everything. That may be non
| sensicaI as applied to the affairs of real
life. but as declared in 1.-THE Girl Who
Has EVERYTHING" it does not seem IL
logical. The author does not argue for
IT explicitly, but enables the actress to
Illustrate It charrningly. The new COM
edv has little of dramatic potency, but
: plenty of humor. both jocose and pa
thetic. Clyde Fitch Is unrivaled IT
, transferring New York phases or DO
mesticity to the stage. In this example
of his stage work he begins In the
: heroine's Murray Hill drawing room
whore two children's pranks, an ole
t maiden aunt's Juvenile fripperies ano
visiting smart bellies cynical wit, ac-
: company Miss Robson's matters OF
heart. Presently he sends her to hel
{ lovers home in Harlem fiat with Its
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16
A MUSICAL GEM 'TOLA"
Another Tremendous Musical Hit
That is Sweeping the Country
Like WiIdfire.

The furore which attended the publica-
ton of "Hiawatha," the air now known
throughout the world, is likely to he
paralieled by the success of the new
march two-step lola" The composition
is a medley Of Indian rythm and Ty-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-16

The meanest man is the chap who has
decided that he will give his wife a
nice office desk for Christmas. She
ought to give him a sealskin cloak.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-22
RUSSIANS DIFFER
ON LAND QUESTION
ISSUE IN CONVENTION COMES
PREVIOUSLY NEAR WRECkiNG
THE PARTY-MATTER is NOT
YET SETTLED.

st. Petersburg, January 22.-The agra
rian problem and the question of national
ization of the lands were the rocks upon
which the constitutional democratic party
was almost shattered at the continuation
of its sessions yesterday. There was a
bitter discussion between the socialstic
delegates and a large minority of the
zemstvoist land owners. resolution ia
voring the naturalization of land was
adopted. but on the impassioned appeal of
M Putrunkevitch, M Rodicheff and 9TH
er leaders not to wreck the party, the res
olution was nullifed.
The convention decided to stand upon
the resolution of the last zemstvo con-
gress for the appropriation of the state.
crown and church lands, and such other
lands as might be found necessary for
which the owners would be compensated
at a just price.
M Rodcheff attacked the specialization
that the peasants everywhere were in ia
vor of private ownership of land, and
that they would defend their platform by
force of arms Other delegates declared
that they would fight tooth and nail any
party attacking individual property rights
or seeking to rob only individuals of their
estate.
At 2 o'clock this morning the convention
adjourned without finishing its pro-
gramme. The sessions will be resumed
Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-22
Treachery.

From Harper's Weekly.
An officer of the army was one day re-
ferring In a humorous vein to the large
body of professional heroes" producing
by our war with Spain, when he related
the case of a western politician who en-
deavored to make capital of his war
record in Cuba.
This politician, shortly after his return
to the United States after being mustered
out, became candidate for minor
office in the gift of the state of Indiana.
He made many fiamboyant speeches, in
which frequent references were injected
to the effect that he had always been in
the forefront of the fight Furthermore,
he dwelt with emphasis upon his own
bravery in two battles in Cuba that were
fought the same day. At this point some
unfeeling and sceptical person arose and
asked the speaker how such feat could
have been possible, seeing that the battles
referred to had been fought at places
some ninety-five miles apart.
The "hero" Immediately replied: My
friends, there is a traitor in the hall! Put
him outi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-22
NO DISORDERS ARE
EXPECTED TODAY
ST. PETERSBURG SLEEPS TRAM
OILY AND THE ANNIVERSARY
OF RED SUNDAY is EXPECTED
TO PASS QUIETLY.

st. Petersburg. January 21.-There is al
most an entire lack of representation OF
disorder tomorrow the anniversary of the
historic march of Father Gapon and his
followers to the winter palace, which has
now become the most prominent date In
the chronology Of the Russian revolution
ists There Is general confidence that tho
day will pass without serious occurrences
In st. Petersburg and IN Moscow, though
there may be collisions in the provincial
towns. The labor and revolutionary or
CARNATIONS generally have proclaimed
against hostilities. and even against or
ganized demonstrations. The police Of
st. Petersburg chiefly fear attempts at
bomb throwing on the part OF fanatics.
Many of the factories undoubtedly will
close and the strike may affect the street
railroad service and perhaps the electric
lighting plants.
Today passed quietly. although all the
workmen were at liberty and tonight st.
Petersburg is TRANQUILITY sleeping. There
is none of the apprehension of a year ago.
The aspect of the capital is entirely
changed. The palace square which then
troops tonight is entirely deserted, and
a handful of horsemen are patrolling the
Nevsky Prospect, and the main thorough
fares.
Troops are In evidence only in the out
lying Industrial districts, where notices
have been posted by the project announc-
ing that the most drastic measures will be
taken to crush disorder in its inception,
A.. InT in
crowds.
At midnight detachments Of mounted
police took up stations at the Preobra-
jensk Smolensk and other cemeteries
where are the graves of the slain work
men which the labor and student soci-
ties are planning to decorate with wreaths
and red ribbons.
number of theatres were closed this
evening. The Imperial theatre was forced
to abandon a performance of Faust
owing to the refusal of Shallapin, the
great baratone. to appear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-22
DEMANDS BY MINERS.
Preliminary Draft of Proposition to
Operators is Secured.

Pittsburg, January 2.-The Post tomor-
row will say:
Completed draft of the wage demands
that are to be presented by the United
Mine Workers to the operators at the
interstate conference at Indianapolis this
week was secured from reliable sources
yesterday, and shows one decided change
in policy over the former agreement of
these interests. The miners are now ask
ing for only a one-year agreement in
stead of the two-year scale which is to
expire next April. and which was the first
of the kind to be tried by the coal in
terests.
The specific demands to be presented
to the operators are included in seven
propositions as follows:
1. A straight advance of 121s per cent
for all miners and mine laborers.
2. All bituminous districts to be admit
ted to the conference where they are rep
resented by both mine workers and opera
tors.
g. A 7-cent differential must be establish
ed between pick and machine-mining on
the mine-run basis.
A. uniform day wage scale to be PAID
to all classes of day labor.
5. Boys under 16 years of age shall not
be permitted to work in or about the
mines.
6 That the wage agreement or contract
between the United Mine Workers and
the operators shall continue for one year
from April 1. 1906.
T. All other conditions OF the presenl
wage agreement that do not connect WIN
me above demands shall remain in force
for the same period as the new scale
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-22
ARTICLES ARE SIGNED
FOR WRESTLING MATCH
Stone and Murphy to Meet for Two
Falls In Three, Catch as
Catch Can.

Articles of agreement have finally been
signed by Charles G. Stone of Des Moines,
Ia, the challenger, and an unknown, Civ
ing his name as Murphy, and said to have
come from Cleveland, for a wrestling
match.
The articles were signed Saturday, but
no announcement was made because no
definite date had been agreed upon. 1t
was stated last night that in all probable
ity the men would meet a week from to-
morrow, or January 30.
The articles call for a bout with no
time limit, so that the men may wrestle
will be for two falls out of three, at catch
as catch can, the popular American style
of wrestling. Strangle holds are strictly
barred, and nothing but pitfalls are to
count.
There will be a conference this morning
at the Athletic club, with a view of hav-
ing the bout take place there. PROPOSE
lions have already been submitted by both
sides, and a compact will be closed this
morning. Officials will be selected by
the club under whose auspices the bout
will be given, with the consent of the
wrestlers.
The articles set forth the sportsmanlike
qualities of the principals, inasmuch as
the winner is to take all the purse, the
loser therefore getting nothing but the
consolation of his friends and hackers.
Both men have started training, Stone at
the Athletic club and Murphy at Ensley.
Both sides announced last night that
within a day or two they would let the
public know something about their past
DerfOrma noes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-22
Science and Superstition.

From Harper's Weekly.
There is young woman in Washing
ton who is a graduate of seminary
that makes feature of its course in do
nestle hygiene.
One day a friend was walking with this
young woman. and their conversation
turned to the discussion of some rather
abstruse questions which the graduate
intended to present in paper before a
woman's club at the capital. The grad
uate was holding forth in approved semi
nary style on various scholarly themes,
when she suddenly stopped and picked
up a pin on the sidewalk.
"I am surprised smilingly observed
her companion. glancing at the rusty pin
as the graduate stuck II under the lapel
of her coat.
1T is a little superstition have never
been able to conquer" said the graduate,
but" she FASTENED to explain. Il shall
sterilize this as soon as | get home"