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Railroad Law Oddities.

From an Exchange.
Montana requires its railroads to main
tain a station at plotted townsltes of 100
inhabitants or more.
Thirty states have state railroad COM
mlssOners. twenty of which have power
to fix rates on purely state traffic.
mtoXieation while on duty IL d misde-
meanor for a railroad employe in Cali
fornla and If death results a felony
California makes the wrecking Of a train
or an engine a felony punishable by
death or life Imprisonment at the option
Of the jury.
Railroads running within three miles OF
n county seat in Oklahoma must build a
line through the county seat and estab-
fish a station.
In South Carolina II Is a misdemeanor
for the conductor OF Il trolley car To re-
fuse to separate negroes and white
people.
California has made It a misdemeanor
to transport cattle, sheep or swine In
car load lots for more than thirty-six
hours without stopping for ten hours
rest
Virginia has found 1t necessary 10 pass
a law declaring that for all legal purposes
words railroad" and railway are to
be considered synonymous.
In Massachusetts, the Illegal sale of
street railway transfers is made punish
able by fine not exceeding $50 or I'M
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written statement made to him by Mrs.
Holman.
She did not tell me-" said the witness.
Did you ever hear of it?''
Yes, but it was not true"
Did you know that about that time q
cablegram was sent to Stanford White
about your mother2" asked Mr.. Jerome.
Yes"
CabIegram From White.
Did not this cablegram request STAN
FORD White TO use his influence with the
American embassy in London TO keep
your mother from raising a fuss and in
tefIerlng with your going on with
Thaw?"
ut was not the American ambassador,
but another man. said Mrs. Thaw
"Mr. jerome had the witness whisper
to him the name of the American"
Did you not know who sent the cable
gram?"
NO"
''Who told you about it?"
MIR. Thaw told me and showed me two
cablegrams.
What was in theua?''
Il do not remember all that was in
them"
did Thaw send them"
II do not know whether lie sent them
or not
ITO whom were they addressed?"
stanford White
"They were about your mother weren't
they?"
Yes, and there was something about q
man and something going on in London"
What was going on In London?'
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moment OF the disaster there were 100
persons, all of whom were hurled In the
sea.
Rotterdam. February 2l.-A disastrous
steamship wreck, attended with great loss
of life, occurred today off the Hook Of
Holland when the Great Eastern Railway
companys steamer Berlin, bound from
HarWich to the Hook of Holland, was
lost. All on board, III passengers and
crew, of whom ninety-one were pas
sengers, were drowned, except one. The
wreck occurred off the north pier of
the Hook of Holland. The wreck occur
red at o'clock this morning during a
terrific southwesterly gale. The steamer
struck the north jetty while trying to
enter the new waterway at the Hook of
Holland She broke In two, the forward
part Immediately sinking, while the Jas
sengers and crew gathered on the stern,
where they vainly attempted 10 use the
lfeboats.
One person was saved from the wreck.
Bodies to the number of twenty-five have
already been washed ashore.
The Berlin left Harwich at 10 o'clock
last night upon the arrival there of the
London train with the greater number
OF passengers, who subsequently lost
their lives. The steamer should have
reached the Hook of Holland at o'clock
this morning and would have then pro-
ceeded for Rotterdam.
A great gale was blowing in the North
sea when the Berlin started.
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wrecked steamer Berlin did not slip into
deep water, as at first reported but seems
to be firmly embedded in the sand bank
There are still a few persons on board
clinglng to the wreckage, and 1t is hoped
it may be possible to effect their rescue
at low tide.
During high water, at the height of the
storm, the waves shut off all view of the
wreck, which led to the belief that no
trace Of the Berlin had been left. The
receding tide, however, revealed the re-
mains of her stern with handful of sur
vivors.
The only person who thus far has sue
ceeded in reaching this port Is Captain
Parkerton of Belfast, Ireland. He is now
in a high fever as a result of his ex-
perience.
The life boat again put out this after
noon to reach the Berlin, but did not
succeed in getting near the wreck
Thirty-three bodies have now been re-
covered.
The bodies recovered include FIVE men,
bers of the crew of the wrecked steamer.
The position of the aft part of the Ber-
lin is unchanged. Thousands Of specta-
tors ashore are watching the work of
recovering the bodies of the drowned
passengers and crew.
The life boat Captain Jansen, which has
a record of 1886 lives saved, made desper-
ate efforts all day long to reach the
wreck, and rescue any possible survivors.
Many times the life boat and the tug
that had accompanied it were flung back
on the shore Three times communca-
ton with the Berlin was established, but
each time the life boat parted her an
Choir and hawser and was swept away.
Once she was within ten yards of the
wreck and her crew could hear the cries
Of the survivors c{inging to the stern of
the Berlin.
The boiling sea, however, made n closer
approach impossible and the life boat
was compelled to put back. Many doe
tors are waiting on the shore here and
have made attempts to resuscitate every
one of the thirty-three bodies so far
washed ashore, but their efforts have
been fruitless.
As fast as the bodies are gathered
they are sent to the dock yard of the
Holland American line which, has been
transformed into q mortuary chapel.
Catholic priests are performing the last
offices over the dead. The'life boat will
make another attempt to reach the wreck
at II o'clock tonight
The steamer Amsterdam of the Great
Eastern railway has just arrived here.
Her passengers also heard cries from
the wreck as they passed.
According 10 stories related by eye
witnesses the Berlin took the channel
entrance correctly and was making he.
way between the piers when suddenly
she was seen to turn around as though
her engines had stopped and moment
later she was dashed against the jetty.
On the foredeck Of the Berlin at the
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The Modern Rip.

From Life.
Stretching himself and yawning, Rip
Van Wrinkle awoke from his twenty years
nap and asked:
what is the Attorney General doing
now?"
''fIe Is announcing that he will move
against the trusts the bystanders an
swer Turning back, Rip takes another
nap.
Twenty years later he awakeps and in
ouires what the Attorney General is do
ing. A brand new set of bystanders re-
ply:
'He is saying that he will at once move
against the trusts"
Rip goes to sleep again and arouses in
twenty years. Again he makes inquiry
about the Attorney General. This time
there are no bystanders.
II thought" he muses., that eventual
ly they would see what a cinch it is and
get out and organize trusts of their own"
So saving he prepares to be drama
tized and swallowed up by the Theatre
Trust.
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STANDARD OIL DETECTIVES
The Trust Employs Professionals and
Non-Profe ssionals.

"The Standard Oil group of financiers
do not depend upon outside agencies for
their detective work" says David Fer
guson in '"fhe Shadow In High Finance"
in the March Everybodys. They have
their own force, chosen for exceptional
ability and highly paid. Frequently one
Of their men employs agency detectives
to do certaiy kinds Of work. but the
chiefs of Standard oil are never known
In the transaction. An immense amount
Of valuable Information is brought 70 the
Standard Oil leaders gratuitousy IF bank
directors. railroad officers, mining ex-
perts. and others who hope in thht way
TO acquire the friendship of 26 Broadway
This gratuitous service reduces the
amount of detective work to be done by
the Rockefeller-Rogers crowd"
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Woman Wins The 81 Prize
In Missing Word Contest

The prize of 81 offered yesterday in the
missing word contest was won by Mrs.
c. e. Bowron of 2231 Fifth avenue, Whit
field Apartment c. The guessing is be-
coming so spirited that the Guessing
Editor has had to call In some assist
ance. When the guesses were opened
yesterday the first thirteen were wrong.
Mrs. Bowron's correct guess was No. IA.
Here is her solution:
s. Spiro. missing word, "Stove."
The Typewriter Exchange, missing
word, "20th.'
Highland Java Mecca Coffee, missing
word, "grocers."
Seals Piano and Organ company MISS
Ing word, sell"
Joe & Lee Slaughter, missing word,
snew."
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Roberts Printing company, missing
word, tout"
II you have not tried your hand at
guessing you should get busy. Read over
the advertisements and supply the MISS
ing words. A prize of 81 is given each day
to the first person sending in correct an
swers. Answers are not received at The
Age-Herald office except between the
hours of u and p. m. each day. IL
you get your correct answer In first this
afternoon it will be an easy way to pick
up 81. They came in streams yesterday
and the earlier you come the better
chance you have of winning. The con-
test runs every day and il you can't try
today try tomorrow. The words missing
are different every day.
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Missing Word Contest
By AusilI, Elsvood
CONDITIONS OF CONTEST.

In several of the advertisements
on this page there has been word
left out purposely. Read each ad
carefully and see IL you can find the
missing words.
TO the first person who finds those
and brings or sends them to the
Age Herald office we will give two
dollars In cash.
Write on one side of the paper,
giving the word and the name of
the firm from which the word was
missing.
Write your aame and address
plainly on the paper. Seal in
plain envelope and bring or mall 1t
to tho Missing Word Editor, Age
Herald. No answer received by
telephone
No answer will be received be-
fore IL o'clock nor after p. m.
on the day of publication OF these
advertisements.
The name of the winner will bs
published in this column daily.
Yesterdays winner; Mrs. c. r.
Bowron, 2231 Fifth Ave.
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BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE.

$3S00-Two 5-room houses at West End.
$3000--Nice 5-room house with hall;
North Highlands.
S2250-6-room, 2-story house; Woodlawn.
S40O0-6-room house and store; corner lot;
in city.
$19OO-6-room house on oath street, south.
Modern, 7-room, 2-story house; Rush
avenue: lot 100x115 $1,000.
Lot 5Ox14O on 4th avenue, with houses;
$500.
s1600-Half cash: new Groom house with
hall; corner lot; North Birmingham
s95OO-Two cottages on lot 80 feet front;
rented for $3.50 per year; North High
lands
Lot 1O2x2i0; 10th avenue, north, with
one broom house and one Groom
house; 5000; bargain.
l0-room, modern, South Highlands home;
18th avenue; $500.
S-room, modern home; furnace heat; ser
wants house; corner lot; on block OF
Highland avenue; $4,000.
For terms call at Office. List you
NJ. +. WEBB RE
Peoples Phone 1854. Room
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~~--~---~-----------------
ANY letter of credit from Stanford
White?"
81 had one from Cooks
Whites Letter of Credit
"stanford White gave 1t to you, did he
pot?'
Eyes, but ! had given the letter to Mr..
rhaw."
where was your mother all this
time?"
"In London"
"Who told you SOP
''Mr. Thaw."
s'When you went abroad in 1903, did
you tell Stanford White that Thaw was
advancing the money to you and your
mother for the trlp?'
mo"
GLOW much was the Cooks letter of
rredit?'
about $500. think
"Didn't you know that your mother
was left in such need in London that
abe had to go to live with chamber
maid in a hotel?
THAT is entirely untrue said Mrs.
Thaw, with stamp of her foot.
Did your mother ever tell you so?''
NJ jerome was reading from the type
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Lot 50x14O; 6-room house with hall; 9Th
avenue; $4,000.
Lot 50x190; % rooms: two halls; servants
house: rented for $50 per month; on
9th avenue s12, 500; bargain"
Lot 50x140; on 4th avenue, between I'D
and I'D street; rented for $40 per
month: $4,000.
Alley corner 90x100 14th street, north.
Corner of 2d avenue and 25.h street.
5Ox10O; $4,000.
200 feet fronting on 18th street, north.
with Groom brick house and servants
house: $500. Bargain.
sS00-Corner lot on ear line; West End
S2500-Lot 50x150; Groom house and hall;
cabinet mantels; on car line; Wood
lawn.
s550O-6-room house and two servants
houses; rooms each lot 5ox1S5, on Goth
street, north
$16O0-5-rooms and hall; lot 5Ox160; North
Highlands
property with us--we can sell II
AL ESTATE co.
OG jefferson County Bank Building.
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SI0no.
The most difficult work solicited. Hsrmi.
taGe, Of course.
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14O GO DOWN WITH
STEAMER BERLIN
ON HOLLAND COAST
CONTINUED FROM PAGE H.

| Indicate any more people have been res
| cued.
Some Clino to Wreck.
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Hook OF Holland, Holland. February
2.-Q2:30 p. m)-The after part of the
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CONFESSIONS WRUNG BY
RACKING QUESTIONS ARE
TOO MUCH FOR MRS. THAW

CONTINUED FROM PAGE -
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moment OF the disaster there were 100
persons, all of whom were hurled in the
sea.
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FAY-SHOLEs TYPEWRITERS-
Call Bell phone 1885 for demon
stration of the points of advant-
age in 1907 model, also for the
new prices. We rent machines
and sell for cash or on time.
Fay-shoIes Typewriter Agency,
2211a N Goth st.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-01

in DESCENDANTS iv tn old Vikings, de-
manded their rights by B. Yonson B.
intrepid leadership iv B. Yonson B.
Yonson-if Hogan give me tn name
right-an' Dock hansen an others they
thundered at tn gates iv tn palace,
did tn king dhraw his soOrd an at
timpt to defind tn possessions iv tn
great house iv Barney Dot? Faith, he
didn't do anything iv tn kind. He
laid down a glass iv limonade he'd been
sippin' an called Catch A fine hos
pitable old fellow, says 1. TIL Norwe-
gyans havin' got their liberty. whit off
an hired Dane to be king over Thin
Tn king had to marry so he looked
over tn Norwegian ladies an married
an English lady, as most kings do an
will always do while England holds tn
supremacy iv tn sea. If England liver
blows up yen read iv a good nanny di-
voorces in high circles. There's wan
marryin' into other rile families. It's
putin tn governmint iv tn wurruld
into tn hands iv tn plain people.
80 tn old king stint Wiglum over
here to study dimmycratic institutions
an he's havin' tn time iv his life Since
Left Erickson he's tn first Swede.
bet We, that iver wint into a Newport
house through tn front dure or with
out a bundle. An there's no place in
tn wurruld like Newport to study dim
mycratic institutions firm. Ye can look
right down on thin. Firm Newport our
firm Ar-rchy Road not so much so, if
at all. Ye can say what We like about
Newport, but to me, Hinnissy, it's tn
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fee FIR kings. If amy proud nation
wanted wan Nv tn anointed iv tn Lord
as Hogan says, to bend it's head to, Ma
polyon was tn boy they whit to see
Havin' met a good NANNY kings, or
.Overtaken thin as we might say, he
had an idee that anybody that wasn't
good FIR much else was good enough to
be a king. He was mighty careful
about who he picked out FIR cooks, but
whin it come to kings he'd just as leave
shut his eyes an pull sthrange name
out iv a hat. He showed how he felt
about it be maxim kings iv his broth
ers. Whin a customer turned up, says
he: I can't spare so-an'-so, he tells
good story; or so-an'-so. he can spell;
or so-an'- so, he knows all about dogs.
But 1 can let We have me brother Joe
if We can wake him up, or that old
mutton-headed gin'ral standin' in tn
corner He'd be a gr-reat king f'T We.
His ancestry is all right. His father
was a tailor So whin tn Swedes come
lookin' FIR a permanent boss he gave
thin Barney Dot because he didn't like
him or tn Swedes ayether. Au' thus
was founded tn dynasty that rules
over proud people that has done much
iv tn heavy homework iv tn wurruld
rubbed tn roomaticks out iv our backs
an give tn name iv Olsen to tn entire
population iv tn state Nv Minnesoty.
AN there We ARE. TIL prisint king
of Sweden seems like a dacint sort iv
an old Ia-ad. It's aisy come aisy go
with him. If anybody wants part iv
his kingdom all they have to do is to
cut off a slice. He keeps open house.
Whin tn Norwegyans. thin liberty low
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alimony. Blessed spot. where gather
tn signs Nv our premachurely old FAM
lies to revel in tn pleasures iv refined
wealth an belt each other over tn
heads with tn fiowin' wine bottle.
1T was there that Prince WiIlum
thraveled nachra1ly an Newport made
up it's mind to rayceive him as become
back. It's too bad We didn't read it in
tn pa-aper I've read nawthin' ilse FIR
a week. Glory be, but it's been a fine
ginteel scrap. An so excitin'. TIL shin
dig started whin Mrs. Slosh, tn ac-
knowledged queen Nv Newport s'ciety
handed it out that anybody that want
ed to larn whittier tn Prince ate with
his knife or not would have to look
pretty good to her. TIL challenge was
bravely took up be Mrs. Splosh, another
acknowledged queen iv Newport scie-
ty, who passed back remark to tn
ginral effect that though she'd known
Alfalfa Slosh since her father dealt
faro bank in Butte she'd have to in
form tn wurruld that no lady with a
cast in her eye an much Nv her hair
rented wud liver see Prince Willum on
less she peeked through a hole in tn
Spiosh fence. Well, sir, that started it,
An now 1 skip ivrything in me daily
pa-aper to get down to tn fight news
'Tis tn On'y readin': 'Mondah: Mrs
Slosh SCORED a signal victhry yister-
day be sIndin' her former husband to
Prince Willum to tell him that If he
didn't appear at tn Slosh mansion
Thursdah mornin' at nine o'clock He'd
have his head punched 'Choosdah:
Mrs. Splosh had tn better iv yister-
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faireSt flower iv our civilization. 1 read
about it iv'ry day in tn palajeemses iv
our liberties, as Hogan says, an it
thrills me to tn marrow iv me bones
I've niver been to Newport; be tn way
tn bumper counts up iv'ry night I'll
niver get nearer to it thin Saint Joe,
Michigan. But I'm proud iv it just tn
same Lave amy insolent Euro-peen
ask me what this country can show
but coorse an vulgar mateeryalism an
I'll pint TO Newport. Look at that
says 1. an tell me that we're sunk in
commercyalism! Look at that an tell
me- says I, that wealth in tn right
hands an tn left can't projooce Gull
ture an refinement akel to anything
tn capitals iv Europe can showl Why,
says 1, 'whin it comes to culture, an
refinemint Newport cud give tn court
iv Louis Cans cards, spades, little an
big cazop, slam tn deck in it's face an
bate it FIR amy sum firm three to three
millyon dollars. Ye bet ye'er life on
THAI says 1.
It's tn grand place. 'Tis there tn
great Caps iv Finance hurry whin
wearied with tn chumult iv tn mart
an tn grand jury room to relax their
minds be a meal with a blue-nosed
mandril, ehimpanzee or an ape. 'Tis
there tn fair DESCENDANTS iv tn heroes
iv tn revolution an tn steel merger
come to an arrystocratic clinch an roll
on tn f1ure in a deadly embrace. IT'S
there that tn rude rebate, the over
charge an tn short change, thin
coorse but nicissory factors in our in
dusthreel divilOpment ARE turned as
if be magic into tn autymObill an tn
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dah's manoovers. Be some means she
managed to convey to his rile highness
a hint that the pie-plant at tn Slosh's
house was full iv Paris green Wins
dab: A tur-rble affray took place in
front Nv tn readin' room this afternoon
whin Mr.. Splosh and Mr.. Slosh. tn d.
voorced kings Nv tn acknowledged
jumped into each other. Ali Newport
s'ciety is wurruked up over tn dreadful
affair. TIL socyal capital Nv tn coun-
thry is divided into two rival camps.
Fight are iv daily occurrence in tn
streets. In siv'ral instances hat pins
have been dhrawn. So far it is amy
body's battle 'Thursdah: The Princes
boat appeared in tn offing this morn
in an in tn prisince iv a tumulchuse
crowd iv cheerin', shriekin' arrysto-
to meet his rile highness. Both ladies
are sthrong swimmers an they were
over tn rail about tn same time. A
furious battle ensued between tn
queens, but tn SUPERIOR socyal ad-
dress Nv Mrs. Slosh prevailed. Afther
fifteen minyits Nv in f1ghtin' she put her
right acrost to pint iv jaw. Then seiz-
ing a belayin' pin she moved down a
body iv marines that guarded tn
princes cabin an offered a spirited re-
sistance. Manetime tn craven officers
an crew had jumped overheard an
drowned thimsilves. Although tn
prince fought with all his might. he
was no match FIR his lovely hostess.
who swan ashore with him an carried
him more dead thin alive TO tn Slosh
mansion, where he is now closely con-
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MAGAZINE SECTION.

well, sir" said Mr.. Dooley, they're
givin' that there Prince iv Sweden tn
time Nv his life in Newport
What are they doin' to him." asked
AIR. Hennessy.
What amt they dom to him?" said
Mr.. Dooley otis tn lucky boy he is.
Ye see his grandfather, that's tn old
King iV Sweden, stint him over here to
study our dimmycratic institutions. TIL
old boy wanted him to look at thin
near by so that he'd know how to act
If anything happened that'd sind him
back to wurruk at his great-great-
grandfather's thrade. Willum's great
eat-grandfather was a lawyer, a
F'rinch lawyer, at that, an not much
good, be tn name iv Barney Dot. l
have tn whole story firm Hogan Will
lum's at-great-grandfather was a
lawyer an he wanted to make Willum' s
great-grandfather a lawyer, too, like
himsiIf; an if it hadn't been that Will
Ium's great grandfather was wild tn
beauchous ladies iv Newport wud no
more be haulin' at Willum's coat tails
this blessed day thin at Counsellor
Noonan's. But Wiilum's great-grand-
father was a tough; he was TIL dis
grace iv a dacint family; he listed in
tn army an got to be wan iv tn GIN
rails iv Napolyon, Impror iv tn
Fr-rinch. By an by Napolyon got so
he cudden't bear tn sight ov his face
an it was a thousand to wan that he'd
ayether kill him or make a king iv him.
About this time tn Swedes come
around lookin' FIR a king. tn king they
had havin' givin' notice. In thin days
NapoIyon was a kind iv intelligence Of