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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
pUBLIcITY OF ACCIDENTS.

Julius Kruttschnitt, director of opera
tions for the Hartman systems, ha.
suggested that full publicity in ali ac-
cidents would restrict the carelessness
of employees and limit the number OF
accidents on railroads. The idea is a
good one, not only because of the eff
feet publicity would have upon railroad
men generally. but because it would &c
far to abate the antagonism of the pub
lie toward such railroads as make a
business of suppressing news Of acct
dents.
New spaper men. who naturally have
most to do with reports of collisions and
other accidents. particularly where ca
suaities are involved, know that il is
most difficult on some systems to Sc
cure any information at all. Part of
this, as the railroad men themselves
would admit, is to prevent knowledge
of trouble from reaching the heads of
ize in the public mind the impression of
.carelessness in operating departments.
AS matter of fact, such reticence only
magnifies the disaster. since the public
Invariably believes the worst If it thinks
the company officials are trying to con-
ceal anything. On the other hand, such
roads as have tried the experiment
have found that they are treated with
absolute fairness and the public is per-
feetly satisfied if reports of casualties
and other details of accidents are made
public promptly and fully.
Some years ago the Burlington Of
ficials in Chicago made a departure
from what had been the practice of all
the Chicago roads. and issued instruc-
lions to operating officials that the press
should have access to the official re
ports of every accident. The immediate
result was a confidence in the road and
a friendliness- on the part of the press
and public that proved heewisdom of
the plan.
Not only is publicity a protection
from carelessness in employees, but il
is a check upon mis-sta tements by SEN
satiOnalists, a guarantee Of a desire to
protect its patrons that reflects favor
ably upon the railroad following such
a policy. 1t pays in more efficient SER
vice. and it pays in the added good will
which is so large a part of every first
class railroads assets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
CITY Government BILL.

Some of the citizens of Ogden who
have been bordering the Galveston
System seem to- have gathered the I'M
preston that the adoption of the sys-
tenn would place the appointment of
city officers in the hands of the gov
eminent. They have confused the Salt
Lake measure with the proposed fire
and police commission bill which orig
mated with. Cailister, Snry, Hull and
Others of the Republican machine, and
which is intended to give. the fire and
police departments of cities into the
custody ofthe governor. advised by the
originators of the scheme
The so-called Galveston bills, which
have passed the senate. make no change
in the method of nominating and elect
ing city officials of Salt Lake On the
contrary. by limiting the number of
nominations and concentrating authori-
ty in the hands of few men, the plan
would produce greater care both in
nominating conventions and in the vote
at the polls.
Instead of five ward conventions and
city convention. there would be only
one convention. and that would nom-
mate only four officials-three commits
sioneTs and an auditor. There could
be little of the promiscuous trading
which now characterizes the ward and
city conventions, because there would
be so few offices to fill, and the men
chosen would be selected by the whole
city, instead of by various sections OF
the city
The simplification of government is
one of the chief advantages of the Gal
weston plan. and this simplifieation ex-
tends TO the nominating conventions as
well as to the administration of city
affairs. There is no doubt but that the
people of Salt Lake demand an i'm
provement in both regards, nor is there
much question but that the Galveston
plan would effect a betterment wheth-
er it achieves all its trainers hone for
it or not. A business man under the
same conditions would not hesitate to
adopt. such a plan. nor should the leg
islature hesitate to give Salt Lake what
il asks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
HIGH SCHOOL FRATeRNITIEs.

Principal Eaton of the High school
has pronounced against fraternities
and suspended thirteen boys who re-
fuse to comply with his decision. Mr..
Eaton is right and the boys are maxi
ing two mistaken. one in defying school
discipline and the other in thinking a
fraternity in the public schools is worth
all the fuss they are making about it.
When college days come and the boy
has reached some degree of discretion
it is another matter, but at high school
age the secrecy of a fraternity, its ten
dency toward caste distinctions and its
encroachment on the pupils time all
affect the efficiency of the school and
its general morale. The refusal of these
boys TO submit to the principals judg-
nent and subordinate themselves TO his
discipline is of itself evidence that they
fail TO understand and appreciate the
real purpose of the school. Discussion
Of the question is one thing. refusal 10
accept the verdict is another. and even
il Mr.. Eaton were disposed to consider
the question further he could not af-
ford to do so while the boys maintain
their insurreotionary attitude
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Try. Against them was an army com
handed by men OF the most exceptional
military talent. an army that lacked
nothing the knowledge of the art of wal
could secure for 1t. an army in which
every soldier was willing. even anxious
to die for his country.
OF course the Russians lost. Nc
country that cannot command the de-
votion of its citizens can hope to win
a conflict in which the opposing forces
approximate equality. In the Begin
ming Of the RussO-Japanese conflict the
Russians apparently had every advan-
tage. In men. in money. i'm ships
viewed from the merely numerical
standpoint, the japanese were far out
classed 1t looked as IL they would be
crushed before the war had progressed
sixty days. But the Japs were not
crushed, and this was so both because
they were willing to fight and because
they knew how to fight.
They showed the world that a little
man who knows how to shoot a rife,
and who is not afraid to die. has a tre-
mendous advantage over big man who
does not know how to shoot and who
stands in mortal fear of death.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
PASS THIS SIT.

Pending In the senate Is a measure
winch, If passed. will make it possible
TO levy tax of one-third of A mill for
public library purposes in Salt Lake
City. instead of one-fourth of a mill
the present limit The measure is to
come up for action. either favorable or
unfavorable, tomorrow. 1t seems hardly
necessary for The Herald to saw that
II is heartily in favor Of the bill. The
addition amounts TO one-tweIfth of a
mill.
The assessed valuation of salt Lake
city is approximately $4,000, oOo. The
increase of one-twelfth of a mill wouI6
yield the library about 50. 800. The .es-
timated population is S0.0e0. so that the
increased tax would amount to a little
more than cents per CAPITA Thar
doesn't seem like great deal of money.
viewed from the standpoint Of even the
most INDECENT. A very large majority
of the population will spend more than
that foolishly every day. And vet #
means in the aggregate a great deal for
the public library.
- 1911 Ael4i To IN taxation
on per capita basis. for the very OBJ
vious reason that some people paw out
very much more money in taxes than
others. But if you pay taxes on anAs-
sessed valuation of 100000 the in
creased library tax would cost YOU
$50 II you pay. taxes on "a million it
would cost you $3.50 More. if you are
worth 100000 or over you can very well
afford to stand this small increase in
your annual contribution to the run
ming expenses of the municipal gov
eminent. And If you are worth only
sieG you are still able TO do your part
by the library.
In all the city there is no more I'M
portant Institution. II is the greatest
factor. aside from the schools them
selves, in the education of the boys AMI
girls of the community The public
library makes it possible for men and
women to educate themselves, to keen
abreast Of the times. to study history
and literature and art. The city would
be Immensely poorer il there were no
public library.
And ever since the library was moved
to the handsome new quarters made
possible by the generosity of John O.
Packard it has been hampered by
back of funds. With the limited means
at the disposal Of the directors it has
been impossible to maintain this insti-
tuition as 1t should be maintained. In
the children's department, for example,
there are only 800 volumes for L. 600
children of school age. II the Increase
asked is granted the public library viii
become an even greater factor than it
has been in the uplifting of Salt Lake
citizenship
And in comparison with the benefits
sll Of US viii derive. how little is the
individual cost,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
THE KURoPATkIN HISTORY.

General KuTopatkin's history of the
Russo-JapaneSe war is an interesting
contribution. Kuropatkin was in a bet
ter position than anyone else to know
the real reasons for the defeat of the
Russians. Generally speaking. the
whole world knew that the Russian
cause was lost because of the ineffi-
cheney OF the cars officers. because of
inability to set men and supplies to the
front in proper shape and, most of all.
because the army lacked the esprit du
corps. the devoted. passionate love of
country that all soldiers should have
when they fight under the banner of
their native land.
Kuropatkin assigns all these as rea-
sons. and he adds some details that are
new. Among them is the failure of
Kaulbars. upon whom the commanding
general placed great reliance. to obey
orders at crucial moments He points
put that if Kaulbars had followed the
instructions that were given him his
iefense of Mukden might have been
successful, instead Of being an inglo-
rious failure. But Kuropatkin does not
place all the blame for the Mukden de-
feat upon the shoulders of Kaulhars
Some of it he assumes himself in the
statement that he did not insist suffi-
.iently on a strong reserve force to be
,sed at the decisive moment.
After all is said and done. though, the
act remains that the Russian cause
Nas hopeless almost from the outset.
There was 8 great army Of men incom-
eetently Differed, poorly supplied with
,ood. poorly equipped with the para
>hernalia Of war. without love of coun-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
BELIEF OF THE BUDDHISTS
Chief End OF Man Is Held to Be Mir
vana OF Non-existence,

Burma is the home Of the purest form
of Buddhism, the religion which some
once thought originated in a biunderinR
attempt to copy the Christian religion
so striking are the many points OF re-
semblance. says the New York Tribune
At the same time there are many things
about this religion that seem odd TO the
Occidental mind because of their strik-
ing contrast Ranking next to Chris
tianity in point of numbers. il is now
known to be older, the supposed date OF
its foundation being fixed at about the
middle OF the sixth century B. c. II
is what might be termed an atheistic
religion, for IL recognizes no God.
The founder of the religion, according
to the Buddhist books was a prince
named Siddhartha. son of a petty rajah
living on the southern border of the
district of Nepal. He was a person of
oontemplative, ascetic disposition. His
father anxious to prevent him from
deserving his high station and taking TO
religious life. married him to a beau
tiful princess and surrounded him with
all the splendors of which the mind
could conceive.
It was of no avail Siddhsrtha con-
tinued TO think OF all the evils 10 which
flesh is heir and of ways of eyadins
them. He had his long hair. the mark
of his high caste. cut off as a sign of
his severance from all secular ties. The
shortened hair turned up and, there
fore, his images represent his hair as
curly.
After much thought upon the subject
of old age, misery and death, he reached
the logical conclusion that If one was
not born one would not suffer the ills
Of life. He reached the further conclu-
sion that ignorance is the ultimate
cause of existence Therefore. if a man
becomes wise he will have fewer and
fewer desires as his wisdom grows. and
in his repeated reincarnations will an
proach nearer and nearer to the goal
of non-existence, nirvana, or complete
obliteration.
According to the manner of a ner-
sons life. when he died he would he
reincarnated in higher or lower form
of life. birth being only a passage from
one form of existence to another. In
each form of existence the being had an
opportunity to struggle toward perfect
wisdom and annihilation
Siddhartha was said to have at
tanned his perfect wisdom, his final tri-
umph. one night while sitting under a
tree about five miles from Gsys. near
Patna, India 1t Is said that this tree.
known as the DO tree. or tree of wisdom
was standing 1900 years later, or in the
seventh century. A young tree now
stands in its place Oddly. while Budd-
hislu originated In India and spread all
over Asia, the monastery at Gava IL
the only home of the faith in India
proper.
"Buddha" Is title applied to sidd-
hartha in his state of perfection. II
means enlightened" or .'he to whors,
truth is known" The worship OF
Buddha. who is supposed to be nom
existent. having attained nirvana. is
really the veneration of mernosy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
KEPT PLEDGE TO HIGHWAY
Lord Stanhope's LOAN" Foundation
of London Magnate's Wealth.
london Evening Standard.


The fourth earl of Stanhope, when on
his homeward way late one DARK night
was held up by the most gentlemaniy OF
highwaymen. who presented his request
for money or the noblemen's life, In quite
the incest way. Ii happened that Lord
Stanhope had not any money with him,
and was disinclined 10 yield to the al
tentative.
Your watch then" suggested the gen
tleman at the opposite end Of the pistol.
That watch the earl explained. was dear
to him. He valued Il ct 100 guineas. and
would net surrender Il. What | will 90.
he said, lis to bring ard deposit In this
tree the worth NJ the watch in money,
and you can call and get it tomorrow
night"
Ozone. nj Lord" said the highwaymsn.
The Law knew nothing about this ar
rangement and the earl did as he had
promised. He placed the 100 guineas where
the highwayman might at his leisure col
lect. And there, so far as he knew, the
matter ended
Years afterward he attended great
banquet In the city and found himself
pleasantly entertained by an extremely
well-known man. whose signature was
good for a sum in several figures. Next
day came to Lord StGEhope letter en-
closing the sum of 100 guineas. Accom-
panying II was note begging his accept
ousiy to the man WHO now forwarded It.
That loan said the letter. had enabled
the sender to gain new start In life. to
make a fortune and to renew acduaint-
ance at dinner on the previous night with
his Iorcshfp. The magnate and the high
wayman OF earlier days we're one and the
same.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17

ern tendency is not toward increased
armament, but toward DISARMAMENT
He pointed out the fact that the sent.
ment for arbitration of internationa
disputes has grown tremendously II
recent years and that the time seems
near now when war and It's attendant
horrors VIII be but an unpleasant
memory.
1t was a good talk that Mr. Burton
made. but the house of representatives
was not convinced by 1t. President
Roosevelt must have his big stick
Without # he would not be the pic
turesque character he is.s Roosevelt
without the big stick would be like a
capitalist without capital. He would
be like leading actor with a thinking
part. HIS chest measurement would
shrink terribly and his strut would de-
generals into shamble.
Seriously, though there is a glamor
about the navy that makes all Amer
leans want to see Il maintained at the
highest standard of efficiency. regard
less of the cost. The history OF the
navy forms one of the brightest chap
tiers in ali our history. From John
Paul Jones to George Dewey. from the
Bonhomme Richard TO the Oregon. all
Of our fighting men and fighting ships
have risen grandly to their country 5
need. More power to the navy. May
it always be used for displays Of peace.
but may it always he ready for war.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
THE AMERICAN oReADNAueHT.

REPRESENTATIVE Burton of Ohio made
strong fight against the appropriation
in the naval bill for an. American bat
tleship of the type of Great Britain's
Dreadnaught. but he lost The big
fighting machine is to be built and it
is easy to believe that a great majority
of the American people will be glad of
it. None of US likes the idea of Great
Britain being ahead Of us on any prop
osition. The fact that the efficiency OF
battleship such as the Dreadnaught
has never been tested does not count
for anything.
We VII proceed to invest ten or
eleven millions of dollars in vessel
that may go to the bottom like a stone
through the explosion of sneakins
little torpedo. And with her may go to
watery graves some thousands of
American sailors and marines. But we
are not looking forward to any such
catastrophe. BY ali means let us have
the big fighting unit. to the end that
we may proudly point to it and say
there is none bigger or better in the
wide. wide world. Also to the end that
We may use it to brighten the nations
of the earth cut of any notion they may
entertain of their ability to whip US.
Mr.. Burton spoke of the increased
cost OF our navy. an increase that
makes the total annual expenditure five
times as great as 1t was twenty years
ago He declared tina there is not
war cloud on the horison. that the mod
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
COUGAR AFRAID OF MAN.
Net a Brave Beast and Wrongly Re-
garded as Dangerous.
sports Afeld.)

Regarding the cougar, the largest
member of the feline family in the
United states, it may be said that it is
blessed with more than a rightful
share OF names. In one section it is
the panther, somewhere else it is
termed mountain lion, in another local
ly 1t is called a puma, and the old time
backwoodsn1an will tell you blood
curdling stories Of the painter In
northwestern Washington IL is general
~ spoken of as the cougar
The writer. i'll long life spent with
rifle anr trap, has hunted and killed
these animals In their native haunts.
and can bear witness to one truth re-
gardink them ali-wherever found or
under whatever name, their habits are
Identical.
Among many people-and this in
ciudes those who should know better
this animal is looked upon as very
dangerous Awe-inspiring stories are
told OF the cougar springing from a
rocky ledge or an overhanging tree and
rending the hapless wayfarer passing
beneath These anecdotes have been
heard by all and believed by many.
nor VIII l deny that such things may
nave occurred, but It is safe to saw
that practically all these stories are ex-
aeEerited and many of them are down
right lies.
Thirty years ago, in company with an
old and experienced frontiersmsn. I
was shooting deer, elk and bear and
selling the meat to a gang of tie cut
tiers in the Rocky mountains. Cougars
were more abundant than I ever saw.
elsewhere; yet 1t was perfectly safe TO
roam the woods at will. Rolled in nv
blankets. / have passed many a night
under the sheitering branches of some
big trees without even a fire to soar
these animals away.
| was never attacked by one unless ii
was cornered or perhaps so badly
wounded as TO be unable to get AWAY.
Under these conditions nearly all ant
mails will fight
The cougar. when followed BY the
hunter on foot, Will often double on its
trail. make long loop and hide until
its pursuer passes. and then perhaps
take the back track for miles. After a
long chase The man with the gun comes
along. still hanging to the trail. and
discovers where the animal lay and
watches. him go by-possibiy upon some
overhsnging rock from which. had II
been 50 disposed. 1t might have
bounced upon its enemy and torn him
70 sFreds. or perhaps behind a log, un-
der which IL had stratched a peephoie.
There are many old trappers living in
the haunts of these animals who have
never seen cougar except in a trap.
All the large cats are affsid of man
Kind, and retire quietly at the approach
OF their enemy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17

The ex-soldiers of the Twenty-fiftll
infantry continue to assert that tn
citizens of Brownsville shot each other
and were guilty of all the rioting tina:
resulted in the discharge of the soldiers
without honor. They'll tell that tale
singly and in concert so often that
they'll begin to believe it themselves.
But they won't get anybody else to be-
lieve it. except. perhaps. Senator For
aker. and it wouldn't be very safe 10
bet that he believes it.
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shorter Than Mr.. Raynsr's Speech,

New 1Ork WorldI
OF the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt tbs dts
tinguished John /. Sullivan says: He
still has the punch"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17

If Abraham Lincoln was really re-
sponsible for all the stories that are
credited to him on or about the ami
versary of his birth. we don't see how
he ever found time to be president of
these United States.
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Julius Kruttschnitt. director of main.

Julius Kruttschnitt. director of MAIN
tenance and operation for the Harri-
man lines. believes that complete
publicity might be a preventive of
railroad accidents. Wonder if Mr..
kruttsehnitt will now give orders to
all employees under him to give the
newspapers the fullest details of any
wrecks that may occur on the lines lie
controls That would indeed be a new
departure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17

The Colorado senator who was ex-
PEELED for accepting bride says he
cant understand it. Well, the senators
who voted for his expulsion can. and if
he can't he had no business in the
senate, anyway
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17

The Kansas senate barred represent
atives of Kansas City paper from its
floor or press gallery. Do those asses
think they will thereby prevent that
paper from getting and printing all the
news about them, and then some?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
THE NERVE OF HIM!
Houston Post)

Mr.. slopay. understand you have said
that nothing could be more unsatisfac-
landiady .AS
= said that, but I have changed my
oh: then you think there are more
tabief" my
yes. ma am; two meals.