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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04

0utburst of Crime in New York
Which the Authorities Seem
Unable to Handle.
WORLDS SMALLEST BABY
ELEPHANT INDUCES IN $500
LUNCH.

New York, Aug. S.-Chain mail prom
ises to become the popular attire here,
and armored automobiles the only safe
means of conveyance, if a sudden end is
not put to the city's reign of terror.
Three cold blOOded and dramatic muir
ders before the eye of thousands in the
center of the city in three successive
days have served to accentuate grimly
the fact that so Ear as the safety of hu-
man life is concerned. New Y rk is about
on a par with the widest mining camp
of fiction, and as regards organized muir
der and terrorism by DidckInalllnS SO
cieties closely akin TO conditions prevail
ing ing the middle ages. The aStunis hinS
pass to which things have come is in
stanced by the lack of notice accorded 70
any but the most dramatic crimes. -Four
days after a doctor was strangIed to
death on q DODul0GS street the matter
had been forgotten and the depredatiOns
of the Black Hand society, to whose
door at least one murder a week has been
laid for months. only became worthy OF
notice when eliminating in the blowing
up of u tenement house containing 10
persons. Battle, murder and sudden death
seem to be sweeping through the city ike
a pestilence. Man hunts for assaulters of
children are of daily occurrence in the
suburbs, no less than four occurring in
one day on Staten Island. The past week
shows twenty-five murders ana murder
Gus assaults, and deaths labeled as ViO-
lent, exclusive of accidents approach
close to the hundred mark. On top of ali
this comes the startling revelations of
the workings of the Hunchakist, the Ar
menian secret society, which brought
about the murder of prominent Ar
menian millionaire because he refused to
be blackmailed, and since his death has
in letters to others of the same race in
this city openly acknowledged causing
his murder and promised the same fate
to others unless they gave large sums of
money. LoOting banks has become
joke Only this week robbers held up the
teller of a Broadway bank during the
noon hour with masks and guns in true
desperate fashion for the sum of 81 600.
Respectable citizens are planning to take
matters into their own hands and to de-
fend themselves by meeting violence with
violence Altogether it makes a very
pretty picture of hot weather conditions
prevailing in the first city of the land.
and lends weight to the charges that
something is rotten somewhere. One
thing seems certain, however, and that
is that the limit has been reached. New
York is ripe for crusade against crime
and criminals which should be long re-
membered
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
DIVIDENDS BEGIN SEPT. |
Consolidated Mines Company of
Goldfield to Distribute Velvet"
Regularly.

Goldfield, New, Aug. 3.-The Con-
solidated Mines company directors to-
day announced that the company will
be placed on a definite dividend basis
Sept l, disbursements to be made
quarterly. 1t is announced also that
Barney Baruch, who loaned the COM
pany s1,O00.000 to make the required
cash payment on the Combination
mine, and who was present at the
meeting. had agreed to take his pay in
stock. Baruch has an option on
100000 shares at S7.75, and takes a
portion of the option stock 1t is the
belief that he viii exercise his option
on the entire block later on.
The company is now free from debt
and has a substantial cash surplus es-
timated at $4,000 600. The official an
nouncement was made that work on a
big mill Will be rushed.
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No Immunity Bath.

Riverside, Cal. Aug 3.-In an address
delivered tonight before the chamber OF
commerce, James r Garfield, secretary
of the interior, alluded to the fine inn
posed upon the Standard Oil company al
Chicago today. In the course of his
speech he said:
THE decision and fine are the end of
a long fight and will teach people of this
country that no man. big or little IS
above the law. The Standard Oil COM
pany and others like that great corpora
ton, have gone ahead on the theory that
they were so powerful that they could
do things the ordinary citizen could not.
We are showing them that they can
not"
Asked if the prosecution could collect
the fine, Secretary Garfield replied:
You may be assured we can. There
are 10000 more counts hanging over
them in which similar fines can be lev
led 4"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
Bandits Win Battle.

Iansier, Aug. 3.-RepOrts from Tetuan
say thac mountain tribesmen last night
attacked ard vanquished the government
force under General Bagdadi, the chief of
the suitanS army, who is conducting the
operations against the bandit Raisuli
Several caids are among the killed. Gen
eral Bagdadi had his leg broken
Relnforcemerts have been dispatched.
rfhere IS no truth in the report that
bank at Casablanca has been pillaged and
the story that the servants Of the British
consular agent at Elksar had been muir
dered by tribesmen is discredited. Beyond
sending two agents to Casablanca with
back pay for the government troops there
the governing beard has taken no action
IN the present situation
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Elephants Costly Luncheon.

Gunda, the famous elephant at Central
park, who drops the pennies given him
by admiring throngs into a box or bank
in it's cage, ringing a bell after each de-
post enjoyed a $500 luncheon this week
and almost broke up honeymoon. Gun
da does not frown on matrimOny, for be-
ing an elephant he is necessarily a good
Republican; but having become famous
through his bank, of which he is presi-
dent board OF directors and receiving
teller, he is naturally interested in money
since the proceeds of the contributions
which go into his bank are applied to the
purchase OF sweets for his consumption.
when a newly married couple arrived
thew naturally. while visiting the Zoo,
a penny in the fulness of their
ioy to Gunda's bank. But after seeing
the easy way in which the elephant
grabbed the preferred COIN the bride, re-
membering all she had heard of pick
pockets advised her lord and master to
transfer his roll Of bills 10 his inside
pocket This he started to do. He never
finished, however, for Gunda, who was
right on his job. catching sight OF the
500 roll during the process and doubt
less realizing its value, put forth MS
trunk. snatched the bills and. in spite Of
the shrieks of protest, proceeded to de
your them. Enough was rescued, accord
inc to the keepers. to take the doWncasJ
couple back to Pawling, but their honey
moon was over and their money gone.
Sadly they left the animal house, unable
to enthuse even over the monkey when
had lust tried to commit suicide. or the
python which, having swallowed a lot OF
dye stuff, rapidly turning blue
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four killed, TWO INJURED
Automobile in Criterion Cup Race
Collides With Touring Car While
Going at Full Sueed.

. Bordeaux, Aug 3.-Four men @
q were killed and two mortally 4.
9 wounded in an automobile acct 9
= dent today. One of the cars was =
9 competing in the Criterion cup G.
q race. 1t collided while running at 4.
q full speed with a touring car. 6
o Among the men killed are the g
o editors OF two newspapers. The g
Q racing car left Paris this morn &
q ing. 1t is said dust over the road G
o prevented the riders from seeing Q
9 the other car. G
q On account of this and other g
o accidents resulting from the eff 9
e forts of the contestants to make g
q speed, the government had or g
3 dered that the Criterion cup race (:
q come to an end. The cars had 9
o still 434 miles to go. G
g g g 9 q @ @ g @ 6, @ q o @ @ @ @ q 9
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
DIES FROM HEART DISEASE
Miss Jennie Johnson, Estimable
Young Lady of Ephraim, Passes
to the Beyond.

Ephraim, Aug. BIN the death of Miss
Jennie Johnson, which occurred at her
home in this city this morning the city
was cast into deep gloom. She was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John G John
son The cause of her untimeIy demise
was disease Of the heart The deceased
was p years of age and had a very large
circle of acquaintance in this part of
the state. She leaves a father. mother
three sisters and two brothers to mourn
her death. The sympathy of the entire
community is extended to the family in
their sad bereavement. Funeral services
will be held in this city Monday.
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Didn't Get a square Deal"

I'VE further insist that whatever may
be ones technical view relating to the
above questions, every equitable cOnsid-
GRAFTON is with the defendant and if the
only desire was to give this defendant ii
square deal this prosecution would new
er have been instituted.
THE American public not only believes
in fair play in the abstract, but with all
the facts before it, it has the capacity TO
determine whether a defendant, rich or
poor, has received a square deal
For all these reasons, the Standard Oil
company asserts that it is not even tech
nically guilty and that it ought never to
have been prosecuted. because of the
claimed failure of a railroad company
which has neither been indicted nor pros
ecuted-to file its tariff, and that the
prosecution of this defendant under the
circumstances of this case is a prostitu-
ton of the spirit and the high purpose of
the interstate commerce act"
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Temporary OCCUPATION.

Paris, Aug. "A semi-Official note is
sued tonight announced that in view Of
the absolute pOweTlesSness of the Mo
roccan government to repress the dis
orders at Casablanca, France and Spain
are negotiating on the matter of send
the security of all citizens of all nations
and the punishment of the guilty
The note adds that the proposed occu-
patton, which should be temporary. is
quite in conformity with the spirit of the
Algeciras agreement
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Golf Loses Its Charm,

Cleveland. Aug 3-John d. Rockefeller.
upon leGrniIg of the fine imposed upon
the Standard oil company by Judge Ian
dis at Chicago today, said he had no
comment whatever to make concerning
the matter
Mr. Rockefeller did not play golf this
morning as has been his daily custom
since his arrival at Forest Hill
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
Silence at Oyster Bay.

Oyster Bay, Aug. 3-President RoOse-
welt received with great interest the news
from the Associated Press that Judge
Lands in the United States district court
in Chicago had decided against the Stand
ard Oil company of Indiana and had i'm
posed fines aggregating SO, 100000
The president had no comment to make
upon the decision
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ONLY BUTTE TIED UP.

q Especial to The Herald.) g
q Butte, Mont, Aug. 3.-Generaf @
q Manager Murray of the Rocky @
9 Mountain Bell Telephone compa- .
q ny said today that operators in @
&. eleven Montana cities ordered out @
q By the State Federation of Labor q
q Thursday disregarded the order %
q and are still at work. Thus far 9
q Butte alone is tied I'd in this .
g state. 2
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VALUABLE INFORMATION.

baltimore American.)
T.awyer-You are the head of this cor
pOratiOn?
MultimiliiOnaire-Yes
Iawyer-What is the business in which
your corporation is engaged?
MultimilliOnaire (vaguely)-I believe it
makes money. but not Just exactly like
the mint.
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and the probability that proceedings
would be comm snced against the Chicago
& Alton Railroad company. The prece-
dent indicated by this recommendation
of Judge Lands was generally regarded
as of the greatest inheritance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
ROGERS Busy THINKING.

Bedford. Mass. Aug. 3.-In response to
an inquiry as to whether he had any
comment to make on Judge Lands de
cisiOn in the Standard oil company case,
II. II. Rogers. who is at his summer
home at Fairhaven, said ne had no COM
ment to make
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
Troops Beinu Massed,

Gran, Algeria. Aug. 3.-French troops
are being maSsed here and at points in
the interior in readiness to embark for
Morocco. The French cruisers Condo and
Duchayla arrived here today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
Automatic Checker Player.

Chess players and the public in gen.
eral who remember EurOpe's famous "au-
tomato chess player" around which sci
entific controversy ragged so ffercely and
which many experts dubbed fake or gen.
uine before it was finally proven that
the autOmatOn was no autOmatOn at all,
but clever piece of deception, will find
an interesting parallel in the automatic
checker player which came into notice
here this week. AS in the case of its
European prototype, much discussion has
arisen from it. The automatOn was in
vented by a contractor named Mansfield
who found money making in his line Of
business too slow. So he constructed a
checker player which much resembled
an automatic weighing machine with q
checker board in front of il and a rub
Der hand projecting from a copper sleeve
over the board. According to the inven-
tor it was operated by electricity and all
that any one wishing to play against it
had TO do was to drop a dime in the slot
when, accompanied by a great whirring
of wheels within, the hand would move
the pieces against those of its human OD-
ponent, and, as it happened, invariably
win. Mansfield figured that at least one
person out of ten played checkers and
that out Of these half figured that they
were masters and could beat any one or
anything The results justified his con-
illusions, for once the machine was set
up at pleasure resort. people fell over
each other in their anxiety to contribute
a dime for the privilege of being beaten
by it A silver flood poured in until
skeptiC noticed that the rubber hand had
a curious way Of twitching even when the
machine was not in operation. With
MaChiaVolian cunning this rude person
dropped in his dime sat down before the
autOmatOn and in the middle of the game
suddenly exclaimed. Take back your
men and we will begin over" The au-
tomaton Obligingly took back its men
and skeptical of the ability Of any ma
chine even if it could play checkers, TO
act on verbal orders. the investigator
smashed it open and dragged from its in
sides a human operator. Now the peO-
pie who paid their dimes to be beaten by
an automaton are suing to get their
money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04

MAYBE.

cleveland Leader)
Her-Will you love me when I'm old2
Him-MoTe than ever. You'll know bet-
ter than to ask silly questions then
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
MARTIAL LAW THREATENED.

Rome, Aug. 3.-The anti-clerical agi-
tation in northwestern Italy continues
and the government threatens TO i'm
pose martial law.
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SAW THE AK DESCENDING.
Statement Given Out by President
James A. Moffett,

New York. Aug. 3-President James A.
Moffett of the Standard Oil company of
Indiana made the following statement to-
day in reference to the judgment BIZ
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tors believe that she will grow into
woman of normal size. While such a mi
croscopic baby would seem TO be enough
for one city, New York to firmly establish
a record. also boasts the smallest dog in
the world. The canine weighs less than
a pound and a half, although full grown,
and is said by it's owner to be an excel
lent watch dog, except for the fact that
it must almost be held to ones ear 10
make it's barking audible
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
GREAT INTEREST EXCITED.
Maximum Penalty Not Expected by
New York Financiers.

New York, Aug 3-News Of the unpre-
cedented fine imposed upon the Standard
Oil company by Federal Judge Lands at
Chicago today was received in New York
with excited interest The general ex
pectation has been that the decision would
be unfavorable, but apparently no one
looked for the imposition of the maximum
penalty.
An official Of the Standard Oil COM
pany said the amount of fines evidenced
the injustice against the company.
THE amount of Judge Lands fines"
said the official this afternoon, authoTi-
tatively for the company, 'is fifty times
the value of the oil carried under the in
dictment. The total value of oil was
about $3.50. we have been fined $4,000.
An appeal will be taken in the United
States circuit court of appeals, but
whether it will be entered at once or
whether the full time allowed by law will
be taken, will be determined by our coun-
sci in Chicago"
Few of the Officials of the company
were at their offices today. Mr.. Rogers
had been absent for several days.
Attorneys Were Stunned.
Attorneys were generally stunned by
the fine imposed. 1t was pointed out that
nothing approaching the sum which the
Standard Oil company of Indiana has
been sentenced to pay has ever been ex-
acted before in a proceeding for VIOLA
ton of a statute, and the appeal of the
company Will De watched with the CLOS
est interest, not only by the attorneys di-
rectly interested, but by all lawyers.
The decision became known just three
minutes before the stock market closed.
Whatever the effect of the announce
ment might have been at any other than
Saturday moor time, it had almost none
at all today. The market has been ex-
tremeIy dill all day and the final trad
ing was without interest. In Wall street
there was more discussion of the prob
able effect of the decision on railroad
shares than Of the effect on Standard Oil
stocks. which are inactive and traded in
upon the curb market and not upon the
stock exchange itself.
Special attention was given by Wall
street men to the recommendation of
Judge Lands that call be issued for
special grand jury to consider the other
parties to the operations of which the
Standard OIL company was found guilty,
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The Courts instructions.

1.-The court. however, instructed the jury
that the shipper must know not only
what the rate was, but also that such
rate was actually filed with the inter
state commerce commission; that is to
say, that the view of the court was that
a shipper must know absolutely what was
the legal rate at the risk of suffering
enormous penalties in the event either
that he was misinfOTmed by the railroad
company or that in the event that he did
not exercise as much diligence in the
judgment of the court he should have eX-
ercised in ascertaining what the rate re-
ally was.
IF this is the law, every shipper of
freight is in danger of the penitentiary or
confiscation of his property by way of ex-
cessive fines every time he undertakes to
make a shipment from one state to an
other.
Knowing that the rate on the Eastern
Illinois was but cents, having no reason
for shipping over the Alton in preference
to the Eastern Illinois, and able to ship
all of its oil over the latter road. we in
sist that the facts, many of which the
court did not permit us to show, not alone
demonstrate innocence, but inherently
forbid the idea of guilt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04
WILLIAMS LIKELY TO Win
Both Sides Claim Election in Missis-
sippi and Official Count May
be Necessary.

New Orleans, Aug. 3.-John Sharp VIII
liams has won the United States senate
rial primary in Mississippi, according to
returns received here from Jackson
Miss late tonight With but one county
yet to hear from Williams plurality is
unOfficially placed at y41. The county
still unheard from has been conceded to
him by the Vardaman forces.
New Orleans. Aug. 3.-Comp1ete returns
from Mississippi gives Williams the cleo
ton with plurality of 2,259 votes. This
count is unofficial, but is based on the
official returns made by individual coun-
ties.
Jackson. Miss. Aug. 3.-With three
counties yet to be heard from, Congress
man Williams is leading Governor Varda-
man tonight in the Mississippi senatorial
small margin. While indications at this
hour favor Mr.. Williams the result after
more than fOrty-eight hours after the
close of the polls is considered in doubt
and that the official review of the vote
will be necessary TO finally decide seems
probable.
r. B. Wells. chairman Of the Williams
campaign committee. at 10 o'clock issued
the following statement:
Complete returns authorize US TO
claim John Sharp Williams nomination
by a majority Of Lilo votes. We feel no
doubt about Mr.. Williams election
At the headquarters of Governor Varda-
man no statement was made other than
that the governor was nominated by
small majority.
Governor Vardaman expressed conf
dence that he will win.
In the contest for governor Brewer IS
leading on the face of the official returns
thus far received. Noel is second and
Scott third. The vote of the leading con-
testants is very close and it will require
the official count to decide the election.
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Tangier. Aug. S.-Another steamer has
arrived here bringing 400 refugees from
CasablaLCa. These refugees were not per-
mitted by the natives to leave in peace.
In spite of the presence in the harbOr of
the French cruiser Galilee, a large body
Of MOors attacked the Europeans as they
were embarkng. They appeared, how
ever. to fear reprisals. for they soon
desistCd and proceeded to the Christian
cemetery. There they dragged out a
number of corpses from the vaults and
began TO burn them. A body of troops
arrived and fired on the MOOrs. A mum
Der of them were killed and the band was
dispersed.
At the request of the consular corps
here Tho Galilee desiSted from lombard
ing the villages and re-embarked her
landing party. The consuls feared repris-
ais.
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MOORS ATTACK
+. THE REFUGEES
Europeans Not Permitted to
Leave CaSabIanCa in Peace
Cemetery DeseGrated.
.GH0ULS SOON DISPERSED
MORE FRENCH WARsHIPs START
FOR MOROCCO.
GHoULS SOON DISPERSED



TOulOn, Aug. 3.-It is announced y
= that the cruisers Gloire, Joan d ATc 4
y and Guerydon,. comprising the sec =
! ond naval division, are to leave to- =
= night for Morocco.
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It's a Poor Prospect

To watch ones home devastated by
fire. It is a still poorer prospect to be
burned out of the house and have no
Fire Insurance to cover the loss. Do
not be caught in this way. It may
crush your hopes or rob you of your
ambition, which is Indispensable in
ambition, which is indispensable in
Considering the tTifing cost, il is fool
ish to be without the protection grant
ed by q ROYAL Policy. You will
never miss the small payments. Let
US write you j Policy in the WORLDS
GREATEST FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY
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Not Intended as Oil Rate.

The 1S-cent rate was class. and not
a commodity rate, and the chairman of
the Chicago & st. Louis Traffic associa-
ton, the association issuing the 1S-cent
class rate, under oath, testified that il
was never applied and never was intended
to apply to oil
Thousands of tons of freight have been
shipped from these points during the past
fifteen years under the same circum-
stances as the Standard shipments, ara
II the Standard is guilty in this case. so
Is practically every other shipper in this
great manufacturing territory Is there
a purpose in selecting the Standard as the
victim?