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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-19
CURRENT EVENTS IN
LOCAL SOCIETY

The Country club was crowded yes
terday afternoon with many members
and guests. The tennis game of the aft
ernOon drew q large number of spec
tatorS, and number of small parties
enjoyed the table d'hote dinner in the
evening. Tea was served during the
late hours of the afternoon, Mrs. Wind
sor V. Rice, Mrs. Ernest Bamberger,
Mnss Keogh and Miss Katherine Ged-
des acting as hostesses. T he usual mid
weekIuncheon will be the order next
Wednesday.
Mrs. John c. Cutler entertained a
party of twelve at the matinee yester-
day. followed by a supper at The Alta
club. The guests were Mrs. b. C. Lock-
wood. Mrs. Briant H. Wells. Mrs. Paul
Brockman, Mrs. Henry =. Clement ir.,
Miss Frances Borden, Mrs. w w. Ritter.
Mrs Kinnison, Miss Clare Ritter, Mrs.
Joseph Geoghegan, Mrs, Feogh and
Mrs. w ]. Lynch. The table was laid
in the red room, and dark red peonies
were used for decoration. Place cards
showing a water color sketch of wild
flowers were at each place.
Miss Ethel Paul was the hostess yes
terday morning at breakfast given in
honor of her cousin, Miss Florence Rob-
bins. whose marriage takes place next
Wednesday. The table was decorated
with yellow tulips and bridal wreath
and place cards showing miniature pho
tos of the bride-to-be. A honeymocu
box was made I'D for Miss Robbins
each guest putting into il something
significant to be opened during the
honeymoon
X x x
Major and Mrs. G. L. Iluh1 of JET
ferson barracks. Missouri. are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Smith, and will
probably spend several weeks with
them before going on to the northwest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
FIERCE TORNADO is TEXAS.
Village of Hemming Wiped Out and
Five Persons Reported Killed.

l. Fort Worth. Tex, April 2--One
= town is destroyed, extensive damage
= done to property and crops at other =
J. points and eight lives are known to =
i have been lost as a result of storm =
4 which was general over this state TO =
J. night and at some points assumed the \
/ proDortions of a tornado, according =
J. to a rneager report received here to- I
y night. :
= The village OF Hemming. in Cook =
/ county was practically wiped out 4
+ and five persons are reported 70 have =
J. been killed, at this point. The dead \
/ include W. Alexander. a young child 4
, named Wilkinson, two men and a lit =
\ tie girl =
! Communication is interrupted and 4
J. only meager reports can be secured. =
i The field of the tornado was about =
i 500 feet in width. At Valley View \
! several houses were blown down and I
+ Bob Nichols was killed. Two other \
J. men were killed IN the same neigh \
1 borhood, but their names cannot be !
\ learned.
! At Sulphur Springs hail banked IN =
J. drifts and stalled all trains. At Co. 4
\ leste, a big cotton mill was blown =
+ down.
i The fruit crop in the neighborhoed !
J. of Sulphur Springs was destroyed: 4
J. cotton and corn was beaten to the \
\ ground and the damage will amount \
i to many thousands Of dollars.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
TAFT WILL MAKE THE RUN
Candidacy of the Secretary of War
for Republican Nomination
Is Announced.

Columbus, o., April 27.-That William
H. Taft, secretary of war. is in the cam
vass for the Republican nomination for
president to stay is, in effect, the an
nouncement made tonight by A. l.
Vorys, state commissioner of insur-
ance, who is managing the Tart can
vass in Ohio. Mr.. Vorys went to Gin
cinnati today and had a conference
with Secretary Taft. He returned to
Columbus tonight and gave out the fol-
lowing statement:
II have talked with Secretary Taft
and submitted to him convincing evil
dence that the Republicans of ONO IA
,vor him as the Republican candidate
for the presidency. He was gratitied at
the information. He said that some
months ago he had announced that,
while his ambition was not political,
he would accept the nomination if IL
came to him, and added that in view of
the fact that his name had been used
and support for him invoked by his
friends, good faith requires that he
should not alter his position until the
question of his nomination is settled.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
MEMBERS OUT OF HARMONY
Indications That the Russian Cab
met Cannot Exist as at
Present Constituted.

St Petersburg, April 27.-The lack of
harmony between Premier Stolypin and
the reactionary wing of the cabinet
eliminated last week in an almost open
rupture and reorganization of the
ministry appeared imminent. Comp
troller of the Empire Schwanebach. who
has favored the immediate dissolution
of the douma, received an intimation
that his resignation was desired. He
has, however, appealed to the emperor,
declaring he would resign only at the
express command of the emperor.
It is reported that Prince Vassilchi-
koff. minister of agriculture, contem-
plates retiring. He accepted his pres
ent portfolio for family reasons.
The retirement of NJ. Won Kaufman,
minister of education, has been ru-
mored for some time past. His duty is
to control the universities, which now
are the centers Of q non-academic re-
evolutionary movement, and a man of
more frmness is desired. The reorgani-
cation of the cabinet would bring no
change in policy.
The emperor is dissatisfied with the
douma for not passing a resolution con-
demning terrorism. Every time this re-
solution has been brought up the Con-
stitutional Democrats have succeeded
in shelving it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
CARRIED THEIR BEDS.
When Straw Ticks Were Sold to
Railway Travellers.

An old man approached the Pullman
office window, says the Kansas City
Star.
"A lower to st. Louis" he said, dis
playing his transportation.
The little red slip was stamped and
handed to him.
The old man stood at the window a
moment looking at the clock.
Twenty-Five years ago. he said, 81
bought berth from Kansas City to
California My bed cost me 70 cents"
The clerk looked astounded.
You're mistaken, / think" replied the
ticket seller. ''Berths are as cheap now
as they have ever been"
no" said the traveller, they are not
They're costlier. And I'll tell you why
Travel nowadays is different When
went to California then I paid rs cents
for straw tick bought it on this
street, right opposite the depot. 1 DOM
remember what 1 paid for my place il
the car But in reality my bed cost me
Just IS cents. There used to be a sigr
on one of those little buildings over
there which said:
Get your straw bed here-5o and z;
cents
twenty-five years ago that meant
luxurious travelling. There were simply
curtains to pull down over your seal
and you provided your own bedding
You took your sheets (if you wished
them at alb and your own blankets
Kansas City was looked upon as the
supplying point for all western travel
ers. Those men who owned the straw
and the ticks in that room across or
the avenue did a flourishinng business
L. s. Banks, general ticket agent al
the depot, said that probably 0,00t
straw ticks were sold to travellers from
that room on Union avenue. Ticks
were q sort of luxury" he said. tween.
ty-five or thirty years ago. They were
in demand, too. The majority of per.
sons who Travelled to California did moi
use the sleeping cars"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
PRATT ISSUES STATEMENT
SAYING PUBLIC Is UMPIRE
Representative of Street Car Employees Reviews Situation, as
He Sees 1t, and Charges Company With
Breaches of Faith.

AT 3 o'clock this Sunday morning
c. o. Pratt, chairman OF the internal
tionaI executive committee of the
Amalgamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees o. Ameri-
ca. in whose hands the local division, at
a meeting held last Monday morning,
placed the direction of all matters con-
nected with the street car situation, is
sued the following statement:
salt Lake City. Utah. April IS.
ITO the General Public-It has been
my earnest desire that might be
SPARED the necessity of replying to the
repeated insinuations made by your es-
teemed citizen, Mr.. W. II. Bancroft,
president of the Utah Light & Railway
company, through the language of his
attorneys insinuating that I stood in
the way Of an amicabie adjustment of
the present controversy between his
company and their employees; also the
emphatic statement accredited to him
in public print that have in any way
'garbed' the issues that are in contro-
Versy:
'.,Fhe action of the company in again
breaking faith after basis of settle
ment along the lines of propositions
made by them and submitted to us
through the honorable Mayor Ezra
Thompson, ana accepted by both par
ties in dispute as a satisfactory settle
ment, and III less than twenty-four
hours aftere'ard serving notice on us
through his honor, the mayor, that they
had again turned a complete back SOM
mersault and refused to abide by the
agreement they had entered into With
US through the mayor.
Where Pratt Came In.
III was after the representative of
the company and the committees of
their employees had utterly failed to set
lie their differences, and Mr.. Wells,
general manager of the company, had
stated positively that the company
would not arb:trate even the wage
scale. that was sent for by the en-
ployes. as they had no further recourse
but to strike
Upon my arrival convened meet
ing of the men and they explained the
entire situation. After acquainting
myself thoroughly with all OF the facts,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
RAIDERS ROUTED.

Athens, April PA detachment of
Turkish troops and a band of Greek
brigands had sharp fight April %
near Torihoven, in Macedonia The
Turks ultimately routed the raiders
The Greek chief. seven of his men and
twenty Turks were killed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28

I advised the local committee to again
go before Mr.. Wells of the company and
ask If they would further negotiate with
them with a view of effecting a settle
ment- This they did one week ago last
Thursday, and MIR. Wells assured them
that he would meet the committee on
the following Saturday afternoon,
which he did AT that conference the
committee explained to Mr.. Wells that
the motormen ant conductors. as well
as barn and shop men, were very much
dissa tisfed with the wage scale as pro-
posed by the company, as it did not ef-
feet the great majority of employees.
Mr.. Wells finally told the committee
he would grant a raise of 1c an hour to
the motormen and conductors who had
received no increase, but further stated
the company would reduce the wages
OF barn and shop men by not allowing
them pay in the future at the rate of
time and one-half for all overtime and
holidays, as had been the custom. He
stated positively that that was final
and that the company would not arbi-
trate anything. The committee called a
special meeting of all Of the employees
for the following Monday morning at l
o'clock.
AT that meeting the men decided not
to accept the eompany's offer, and vot-
there being only eight votes out of over
400 to the contrary. Then a unanimous
motion was made that the entire matter
be placed in my hands. in accordance
with our constitution and laws. with
full power to settle or notify the men
when to cease work.
Steps Into Breach.
Consequently 1 used every honorable
effort to obtain an amicable adjust
men1. and 1t was only when a strike
was imminent that / stepped into the
breach at the request of over 400 men
who were involved. The company's
statement that I stood in the way of
settlement is positively false, for I have
only stood in the way of allowing a
lockout TO take place. / communicated
to Mr. Bancroft the action of his en-
ployes and asked him to cooperate to
the end that serious trouble might be
averted. His attitude toward that
proposition is past history. of which the
public is fully Informed.
The committee of the employees also
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
SUCCESSOR TO SMITH.

|, Grand Rapids, Mich, April e7.-Ger-
rett J.. Diekma of Holland, Republican,
was elected to congress today, 10 I'LL the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
William Alden Smith. recently chosen
United States senator
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
LIVES CRUSHED OUT.

New York. April 27.-Four men were
instantly killed. three. others were bad
ly wounded and fifteen persons more
a brick wall at the De Ia Mar copper
works at Chrome. n. J.. about eight
miles from Perth Amboy, this evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
NEW YORK NEEDS 1T.
Washington Herald.

why can't I get my number?" de-
manded the man.
Lines busy" replied the telephone
girl.
81 don't believe it,
ITS So Just the same Some cowboys
have borrowed it to hang a horse thief
with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
REGRET.
(Chicago Post. /,

tCn1cagO POSt.1
Said q man who had shaved off his
beard:
20 I feel so excessively weird
With my countenance nude
/ feel brazen and rude
And as shy as a sheep that is sheared.' n
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28

| Rejuvenate everything about the
home. JAP-A-LAC will do it. You
can apply 1T yourself. Call at Bennett
Glass & Paint Co. for color card-67 w.
First South street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28

Mr.. Baneroft's Reply.
salt Lake City, April q.
Hon. Ezra Thompson, Mayor.
Salt Lake City.
Dear Sir: Supplementing my letter to
you OF yesterday, and referring to the
communication on behalf OF the employees
which Won presented 70 me, / have 70 adj
wise you that I have given the said coun-
ter proposition careful consideration; and
in addition to what IL contained in my
communication of yesterday. and with
reference to the future, | am willing TO
say, consistent with the policy that 1
have always adopted under such condi-
tons, that while connected with the Utah
Light & Railway company. SHALL in the
future. be ready and willing at all times
to discuss with its employees or a com
mittee OF the same representing the en-
ployes. any questions of difference that
shall hereafter arise regarding their re-
lationship with the company. with a view
20 amicable adjustment OF any such diff
ferences.
'Tf. as such questions arise. the COM
pany and its employees may not be able to
amicably adjust the same. such action
viii be taken following such disagree
ment is the company may then deem adj
Vi5able; but to attempt to say In advance
that all questions that may arise and we
may not be able TO amicably adjust shall
be submitted TO arbitration. would in
VolTe the necessity of arranging the
terms upon which such questions should
be arbitrated provide for appointment of
arbitrators, and II would subject the COM
pany to the arbitration of any question
that might be presented. and deem ii in
advisable to enter into any such an
agreement for the future. because future
questions can better be determined in the
light of the surroundings they may
arise than by any agreement in anticipa-
ton of questions that have not yet
arisen.
Therefore as I am advised. and 1t is
my opinion that any such agreement for
the future could not be enforced by
either party. and that being so. the ques-
ton of arbitration would depend upon
lions arose.
I'm this connection request. If you can
procure il. final reply TO this communi-
cation, 1t being treated as supplemental
10 my communication of the 18th inst. as
] am under the necessity of being absent
from the city next week. and possibly
longer.
Yours very truly.
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Our Grill Room at the Royal Cafe Is
open daily from to IL p. m.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28

Held's band concert at Liberty park
this afternoon at o'clock
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
STREET CAR STRIKE WAS
DECLARED THIS MORNING
Mr.. Baneroft's Reply.
Continued from Page I.

of communication. I'm written form. to
Mr.. Thompson. That communication
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28

morning and informed him officislly OF
the action taken at the mornings meet
ing. stating that the employees had de-
cided not TO instruct any more new
students who might be hired after that
date pending a settlement of the pres
ent controversy. They also Informed
him that the meeting had placed the
entire matter in my hands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28

The committee informed Mr. Thompson
that the conditions suggested by Mr..
bancroft could not be accepted and that
so far as the men were concerned. the
end seemed 10 have been reached. The
men, the committee stated, were ready
to accept the terms which Mr.. ThOmp-
son understood Mr.. Bancroft to have ac-
cepted on Friday evening, but they would
not accept the terms specified in Mr..
Bancroft's written note.
Mr.. Pratt yesterday afternoon said that
the committee was extremely sorry that
the worst had come to pass, but that
there was no other course open except
TO submit TO meeting of the men the
report of the action taken by the execu-
tive committee and himself during the
week.
The Mayor Is Positive.
Mayor Thompson is positive in his as
Sertion that Mr. Bancroft stated TO him
on Friday evening that the proposition
submitted to him by the committee would
be acceptable to the company.
Mr.: Mayor, do you desire TO make any
formal public statement with reference TO
Il is mStter?' was the question put to the
mayor at O'Clock last evening.
mo: 1 do not believe there is anything
necessary to be said tonight. My seere-
tary has told you all that has trans
PRED
Mr.. Thompson's secretary, Alexander s.
Fowler. informed the representative of
The Herald that the mayor had been re-
quested 10 call on Bancroft. Mr.. Thomp-
son did So" said Mr.. Fowler, land he
was handed the communication which you
have. Mr. Thompson then informed the
committee of Mr.. Bancrofts letter. The
committee declined to accept its terms.
The committee requested Mr.. Thompson
to inform Mr. Bancroft that a further
pected up to O'Clock. That hour has
passed and no further communication has
arrived from the presidents office.
Mr.. Thompson is firmly convinced. ;"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
Pratt Ready to Retire.

The mayor assured the representa-
tives of the newspapers of the amicable
adjustment that had been brought
about, and gave out the printed COM
munications that had passed back and
forth through his hands. Everything
seemed to be harmonious, and at the
meeting of the car men called Cor the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-28
Pratt's Ray of Hope.

:" Did Mr.. Bancroft say that?' inter
rupted. He replied that he certainly
did and / said: That again throws a
ray of hope into the situation. and If
accepted by the company it is agreed to
by u.s.
Il had the mayors stenographer type
write the statement that the mayor
said Mr. Bancroft had suggested TO
him. The mayor read the statement
carefully and said:
That is exactly what Mr.. Bancroft
told me, and I will take it I'D to him
again and notify him of your approval.
This the mayor did, and upon his re-
turn notified our committee through his
private secretary that Mr.. Bancroft
had read il over and said it was salts
factory to him. Upon the strength of
this acceptance and our assurance from
the mayor that all that was now ne
cessary to do was to name our arbiter,
we agreed to Immediately call spe-
cial meeting of all the employees to ra-
tify our action and agree upon our ar
bitter. l also went before the delegates
of the Utah Federation of Labor Fri
day night and made a full and complete
statement of the satisfactory settle
ment that had been reached, and they
were unanimous In their approval of
,off nr.
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At End Of Resources.

Yours very truly.
"W. II. BANCROFT.
, 1907-09-26
Bert and Viola

Saturday night the McCleary's
held forth in Jensen's hall to a
good audience. Irish specialties
and negro limitations were given,
all interspersed with most excel
cent music, both vocal and instru-
mental. The fun was kept up for
nearly two hours and every one
enjoyed the entertainment given
by these two people alone. Nc
Cieary is something of a wonder
with the mouth organ. He gave
several representations on that in
strument that could not we'll be
beaten, one of which was the "Chi-
cago Fast Mail,'' which represent
ed all the movements of a train in
a marvellous manner. The Sun
can commend this man and his
wife as being artists and their
show is we'll worth patronizing.
, 1907-09-26
First National Bank Of Saratoga.

The Sun is informed that Sara
toga will soon have another bank,
a national bank, and that applica-
ton has been made for the name
The First National Bank of Sar-
atoga." This new bank will open
it's doors for business sometime
during the next thirty days. 1t is
understood hat Hon. Geo. NJ.
Winkleman is one of the men
connected with this new business
institution and that several Raw.
Inns men are associated with hin
in the enterprise. Saratoga bids
every new business welcome, fol-
there is room and to spare in this
live, wide awake burg.
, 1907-09-26
Moving Picture h o

Bert Martin was here this week
with his moving picture and illus
trated song show and held forth
to good houses both Monday and
Tuesday nights. Mr.. Martin is
we'll equipped with moving pic
lures and his entertainments gave
entire satisfaction to every one
present. The Monday night pro-
gram was excellent. and on Tues
day night an entire change of
program was put on, which was
splendid. Among the pictures
shown Tuesday night was "The
Prospectors'' a drama of the gold
fields, and "The Montana Train
Robbery" Judging from the
scenes in both of these representa-
tons il must have cost consider
able money to get them up. For
two hours each night the people
were alternately convulsed with
laughter a, some of ludicious ex-
hibitions, or deeply interested in
the scenes taking place on the
canvass.
Mr.. Martins return will be
looked for with interest by u
people, and he is sure of crowded
houses.
, 1907-09-26
Remains OF Eddie Handley Found

Word reached Coroner Bennett
this morning of the finding OF a
skeleton near Dinner lake in the
vicinity of Bell Springs which is
believed to be the remains of the
young men, Hanley, who was lost
in a blizzard nearly a year ago.
Hanley was herding sheep for
Middlewood d Fites when early in
the fall there came a severe snow
storm. He was never heard from
after that and his disappearance
was discovered only when the
sheep were found to be wandering
and scattering over the hills.
A search was made of the entire
country but no trace of him could
be found. The skeleton was
found by a Mexican herder yester-
day and word was Immediately
sent in. Mr.. Bennett went to the
scene this morning to bring in the
remains. 1t is said that some
papers and other effects in the
clothing indicate that they are
young Hanlev's remains.-Rawlins
Republican.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Tichenor,
who went to Rawlins last Monday,
returned yesterday evening.
There was no doubt but what the
remains found we're tnar of Mrs.
Tichenor's brother, Eddie Hand
ley, as was proven by letters found
in the pockets. The remains
were buried in the Rawlius ceme-
tary.
, 1907-09-26
New ~Encampment Bank

Encampment is to have a new
bank. The articles of incorpora-
ton, creating this new institution
will be filed in a few days and it is
expected that it will open it's doors
for business in the course of ten
days or two weeks. The incorpo-
rators are T. A, John B. and
James E. Cosgriff and A. R.
Couzens, r. P. Fuller and l.. G.
Davis.
The capital stock has not been
named as yet, as the present law
governing state banks requires
that the capital stock shall be reg
ulated by the number of the in
habitants in the town where the
business is conducted.