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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
SUNDAY CLOSING CASE.

Chicago, Dec. 14.-After being out for
a little more than twenty-four hours
the jury in the trial of Thomas Cham
ales, tried for violation of the Sunday
closing law, disagreed. The final vote
stood four for conviction and eight for
acuuittal.
The case was the first brought under
the new Sunday closing movement, and
was bitterly contested.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
OWEN ADMITS
COMPLETELY IN
FORD'S MURDER
Says He Took Part in HOIdup
Which Resulted in Killing
of Officer.
THREE SUSPECTS ARE
PLACED UNDER ARREST
GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD or
$500 FOR ARREST OF MAN WHO
FIRED THE FATAL SHOT.
$500 Reward Offered

q BY the Governor of the State of 2
g Utah. Proclamation: g
@ a reward of $500 is hereby Of &.
o fered for the arrest and convic- 6:
9 ton of the person who shot and s.
@ killed Charles S. Ford in Salt &.
9 Lake City on the morning of Dec. Z.
(. II, 1907. 9
% IN witness whereof l hereby 9
g set my hand and the great seal of &:
- the state of Utah. Q
= (Sisned) JOHN c.. CUTLER, 4.
. Governor of the State Of Utah. 4.
g o o . g g (. 9 . . . o {: @ 8 . q 9 @
Closely following the death of Police
man Charles S. Ford at st. Marks
hospital yesterday afternoon. the po-
.lice arrested two men and a woman on
information obtained from a confess
sion made by John Owen. They were
Tip Belcher. a bartender in the JU-
bilee saloon at IS Commercial street;
his wife, Mrs. Sadie Belcher, and Jack
McGibbon of $50 North Main street.
McGibbon was released after he had
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
PRESENCE OF MIND OF MAN AT WHEEL
SAVED AUTOISTS FROM AWFUL FATE

saw no signals indicating the ap-
proach of a train After slowing up
moment he started across the track
at full speed. When the track was
reached he saw the passenger train al
most upon him. Instead of trying to
pass directly in front Of the engine,
he, with remarkable presence Of mind.
circled the machine.
The automobile was caught upon the
fender and carried some distance with
the two men in it. As the train was
running at the rate of ten or fifteen
miles an hour, it was brought to a stop
quickly The automobile was partially
wrecked.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
TRIAL OF THE IDAHO.

Philadelphia. Dec. 1.-THE battleship
Idaho, built at Cramps shipyard in this
city, returned today from an official
trip at sea off the Delaware break
water. II was anticipated that the
battleship reached a speed of 17.14
knots an hour and that the trial had
been successful. The speed contract
calls for seventeen knots.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
GLAD HE'S GOING.

Reading, Pa, Dec. 14-Frank Pal
mer, aged 36. was convicted of muir
der in the first degree here today for
killing Mrs. Gertrude Clinton, his ''af-
finity," three months ago, by cutting
her throat. Palmer thanked the jury
when the verdict was rendered and
added:
THANK God I'm going"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
BANKING UNDER
WALSH SYSTEM
Some Interesting Facts Are
Brought Out at Trial of the
Chicago FinanCier.

Chicago, Dec 14-C s. Bosworth,
formerly president of two of the Walsh
railroads, was again on the stand when
the trial of John r. Walsh was re
sUmed today.
Yesterday he had testified that he
found no overdue paper in the Chicago
National bank. Today, however, he
declared that he had found a number
of renewals of memorandum notes. He
further declared that il was not Gus
tcmary in good banking practice for
the president of the bank to have notes
discounted and allow it to be shown
on the books that the money went to
somebody else, while he had used it
himself.
The cross-examinaticn of Mr.. Bos-
worth did not change his testimony in
any material respect.
Letters in Evidence.
The assistant district attorney intro
duced letters written to Mr.. Walsh
from the office of the comptroller of
the currency in Washington calling at
tention TO excessive loans amounting
TO $4,000, 900. The reply of Mr.. Walsh
to one of these letters was also intro
duced. In it he declared that the loans
mentioned would receive immediate at
tention. Some of them, he said. had
been paid. and others reduced to near
the legal limit.
Letters from Comptroller Ridgley
were also introduced in which the
comptroller declared that the improve
roent in the condition of the bank
promised by Mr.. Walsh had not been
effected and ordering that the memo
randum loans be adjusted Immediately
John NJ. Smythe, one of the directors
of the bank, testified that he knew
nothing of the various loans on memo
randum notes, which were called to his
attention by the district attorney.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
Smears Whitewash All Over Wholesalers, Re-
tailers, Butter Men and Everybody
Except Lorenzo Jensen.
Sale of Local Salt and Sugar at Distant Points For Less
Than Here Is deliberately Explained
Result of Grand Jury Investigation.

and
OF
of by the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
CHINA ROBBED
IN MANCHUR|A
Russ and lap Dividing Up the
Spells While the Other Ma
tons Look Calmly On.

Pekin, Dec. 1.-THE policy of Japan
in China is threatening to bring about
new crisis i'm Manchurian affairs and
as result of the course taken by the
Toxic government there is danger to-
day of Russia cancelling the Russo
Chinese telegraph convention signed
last October. The failure of China to
conclude a corresponding agreement
with Japan will have the effect of
annuliing the agreement made by
China with Russia, and it may result
in a RussO-Japanese convention under
the terms of which China viii be ex-
cluded from the Manchurian telegra ph
traffic in the same way that the Russo
Japanese postal agreement resulted in
the possession of the Manchurian pos
tai service by these two powers, Japan
today has ten telegraph stations in
Manchuria in violation of the treaty
and she has also committed other acts
of aggression.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
CARRIERS APPOINTED,

Washington, d. G, Dec 14-George
e Walton has been appointed regular
and Jesse A. Walton substitute rural
carrier on route at Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
City Market Suggested.

The report recommends one thing
which the council has never attempted,
and that is the establishment of a city
market where farmers can bring their
produce and come into actual contact
with the consumers The present
license of S22 a quarter charged ped
dlers and other produce vendors is not
considered eXorbitant
There is a very lengthy and laboriOus
dissertation as to present and past
prices, but no reason is given for the
advance and no method is suggested
for making produce and other staple
articles cheaper.
The Inland Crystal Salt company is
absoIved from any attempt to do the
public by selling its salt cheaper in
Denver than in Salt Lake. This is
done because lin order to run fac
tory economically a surplus is made
and that surplus goes into the market
where it meets competition and sells
either below actual cost or at a very
small margin above cost. And the
further reason that If these Utah com
panles should cut the prices in the
home market the large companies else
where would inaugurate fight upon
the Utah companies in their home ter
ritory and destroy the market"
This explanation must be self-evi-
dent, If any one can understand it
The jury states in addition that this
discrimination should be investigated
by the legislature, but does not pre-
sumo to hand in any indictments.
The report in full is as follows:
The grand jury empaneled on Octo-
Der 9, 1907, makes this report of its
investigation into alleged combinations
among merchants, and into the prevail
ing prices of food stuffs in Salt Lake
City and vicinity:
We have, as far as was possible, in
the time we have had. investigated the
methods of the wholesalers and job
bers, the manufacturers who sell then
product through the local wholesalers
and retailers, and the retail dealers.
On May %, 1907, the Salt Lake Fruit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

No insult offered to man can
ever degrade him; the only real
degradation is when he degrades
himself.
-Dinah NJ. Mulock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

Remember one thing, the ad-
vertising bar may pull off one big
coup, but he cannot repeat. He
must seek new pastures and new
DISCUSSES for further exploitation.
-Salesmanship.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
GENERAL LAW
BEING FRAMED
Congress viii Not LegisIate to
Remedy The Present Finan-
cial Condition.

Washington, Dec. Alt can be stat
ed on the highest authority that if the
subcommittee of the house committee
on banking and currency now dealing
with the subject can have its way, no
effort will be made by the present con-
gress TO adopt legislation remedial of
the present financial condition. All the
energies of that committee will be di-
rected toward the framing and passage
of laws more general in character and
which will be intended to preclude
shrinhage of the circulation, entailing
widespread financial distress. Assur-
ance of elasticity by the adoption of
the credit currency system may be
recommended, or some different meas
ure toward the same, and may event
ually be decided by the committee for
the correction of the present conditions.
Committee Meeting.
The subcommittee held four hours
conference today with its chairman,
Representative Fowler of New Jersey,
at which the bill which the sub-com-
mittee has undertaken to draft was
earnestly discussed but no decision as
to its precise character and scope was
reached. 1t is not likely the sub-eom-
mittee will be ready to report on the
bill until after the holidays. Men high
in the world of finance will be given
an opportunity to appear before the
committee to present their views on
the proposed measure. Much time will
be spent in both the house and senate
in considering the bill when reported
and it is the hope of the members of
the banking committee that the
finances of the country will have sc
adjusted themselves by that time that
there viii be no necessity for legisla-
ton looking to the correction of pres
ent conditions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
SOLDIERS HAVE
NOTHING TO Do
RumorS Sent Out From Gold
field in Daytime Proven
False at Night.
STORIES LACK FOUNDATION
FUNSTON HEARS OF FORMER
TROUBLES.

Goldfeld, New, Dec. delegations
from the woman's club of Goldteld
and from the chamber of commerce.
Merchants association and Mining ex-
change, called on General Funston this
afternoon to further acquaint him with
the conditions which have prevailed in
Goldfeld previous to the coming of the
United States troops and the situation
which led to the sending of Governor
Sparks dispatch to Washington asking
that troops be sent here.
sThe visit of these delegations doubt
less was because of the efforts that are
constantly being made to have the
troops recalled.
General Funston said after the con-
ferences were over that the statements
made to him were a revelation, espe-
ciaily those made by the ladies, who
are wives of prominent citizens of
Goldfield.
Nothing In Story.
The statements, he said, showed that
for days the women of Goldfield had
lived in a state of constant terror, I'M
ill the coming of the troops, though no
instances OF anything more than
trivial annOyances were cited. Inves-
LEGATION of the story of the beating of
a woman early this morning by union
pickets revealed that the affair was
nothing more than an attempt of the
pickets to prevent the wife of one of
the men who have gone to work in the
mill from passing through the line of
pickets. A young man who claims to
have been threatened with violence by
the union men was brought to General
Funston, but this case also proved to
be of no consequence. No men have
yet arrived in the camp from other
mining districts to take the places of
the strikers of he Western Federation.
The mine operators report today that
more of tbs Western Federation men
VINO formerly worked in the mines
have returned to work after signing
the agreement TO renOunce the Western
Federation. The federation men deny
this
On the Quiet.
If any considerable number of strike
breakers are to be brought here it is
becoming evident that the plan is TO
quietly bring them in in small lots,
and provide places for them and put
them to work with the least ostentation
possible
me CHiltu states :dbor commission
eTs are due here tomorrow, and al
ready better feeling is beginning to
prevail. Both the mine operators ard
the labor leaders say tonight that they
welcome the commissioners and the Of
fiCers of the miners union are positive
I'm their statement that no violence will
be attempted. and that the strike will
be settled quietly. Tonight Secretary
Erb of the GOldfeld Mine Owners as
sOeiation, said that arrangements have
been made to bring a number of
miners from California, Utah, Mon
tana, Arizona, Idaho and Wyoming,
and that about $50 viii arrive soon.
No information as to their move
ments or the time when they will ar
rive can be obtained. however, and the
union men characterize the statement
as false.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
Expected to Give Up.

The Toxic government maintains
that China should concede it's original
demands: these embrace the recogni-
ton of the stations outside the railroad
zone and the independence of the en-
tire system of communication, the
waving of telegram royalties. the rec
ognitiOn of the Dalny-Sasebo cable, the
granting of cables right between Dalny
and Cheefoo and special rates on the
Chinese connecting lines; this last a
special privilege.
Japan has not even taken China s
arguments, which are based upon
claims of sovereignty, under considera-
ton and she has not replied to the
communications of the Chinese gov
eminent in the matter. 1t is thought
that Japan desires TO bring about the
annulment of the Russo-C Chinese agree
ment by restraining herself from enter
ing upon a similar agreement with
China.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
No Outside Help.

In connection with this dispute it is
interesting TO note that the powers
have persistently discouraged China
from expecting any intervention in the
premises. China's plight in Manchuria
is aggravated by the commercial dis
turbances due to the lack of Chinese
currency. The Pekfn government is
being urged by Japan to relieve the
Manchuria financial situation by means
of loans to the native banks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15

The grand jury summoned for the
purpose of investigating the alleged
food combine reported to Judge Arm
strong of the district court yesterday.
and its findings virtually exonerate all
the combinations which exist among
the retailers and wholesalers from any
wrOngdoing. The report indicates that
the Butchers & GrOcers' association,
the Utah Wholesale Groeers' associa-
ton and the Salt Lake Fruit & Pro-
duce exchange are real benefactors
and philanthropists and that their
members would rather lose money than
see the common people" suffer
The jury, however, after diligent re-
search, discovered that Lorenzo Jen-
sen, secretary of the Butchers & Gro
GERS associa ton, is really a bad man.
He is the scapegOat offered by the jury
to a long-suffering public.
The report says that in his capacity
he has undertaken to meddle in mat
tiers foreign to his duties and entirely
outside the scope of the association"
The grand jury actually condemns
Mr.. Jensen and his predecessor, w. j.
DCnnellan, saying:
In several instances they have acted
unwisely and in a way that justities US
in condemning them in the strongest
terms"
Death-Bed Repentance.
Another curiosity of the report is its
approval of the action taken on Dec
. 1897, by the Butchers & Grocers' as
ISOLATION in amending its bylaws so
as 10 prohibit those who attempt to Tx
a trust price shall be prohibited
from membership in the association.
This terrible penalty was agreed upon
unanimously by the association. says
the report. and in commenting upon it
the following is said:
This amendment settles beyond all
question the purpose of the assOciA-
tinn as to tie regulation of prices, and
puts the association in complete accord
with TIE laws of the state"
Thus is trust declared a philan-
tnrophy N this connection It will be
noticed that the amendment referred
to was pa -sed while the grand jury
was I'm session. That it made a hit
with the jury cannot be doubted.
The report remarks, in passing. that
the articles of association of the
Butchers & Grocers' association were
copied verbatim from the articles of
the Denver association. Leaders in
this association are now beeing vigor-
Ously prosecuted.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-29

fendant. and for what? I do not UndervaIue life.
but there is something sweeter to all Virginians-
the honor and the purity Of women. We have
written in our laws that il attempt to as
saut of our daughters he has forfeited his life
You. gentlemen of the jury, have nothing to do
with the truth the falsty of the story Miss
Loving told her father. His daughter was his
pride. He admired her beauty and her purity.
When he heard that this daughter. to whom he
was bound by affectionate and devoted ties was
brought home drugged and unconscious by q young
to whose courtesy and chivalry she had been
intrusted he labored against his passions and re-
manned away from the sight OF young Estes until
he heard the story OF her ruin from her own lips
Mr.. Strobe discussed Judge LOvins'S struggles
against the whiskey habit, the buggy ride and tha
testimony OF the insanity experts. He appealed TO
each juror place himself in the same position as
Judge Loving, and not to let "Old Halifax go
back that established precedent that OF our
cheerful and best duties Is the protection OF
the honor and the virtue OF our women
During Mr. Strode's address Judge Loving oc-
caslcnally lifted his handkerchief TO his eyes but
displayed little emotion. His wife wept and with
bowed head covered her eyes with her handker-
chief.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-29
FRENCH CLOSE SCHOOLS
On Island of Madagascar-Lutheran
Missionaries Protest.
Lny Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Milwaukee. June 2S.-France has ordered the
schools in the island of Madagascar closed
which is Il severe blow 70 the United Norwegian
Lutheran Church of America, which has several
important educational institutions there in con-
nection with its missionary work.
The Rev. Gustdve Stearns. of the English
Lutheran Church of the Ascension. has just re-
turned from the annual meeting of the church
body in NOrthfeld, Mimi, where the action of
the French government came up for discussion
I'VE have sent one of our ministers TO WASH
ington,' said Mr.. Stearns. Ito report the matter
TO the government Of the United States, as
nearly all of missionaries are American
citizens. Our work in Madagascar begun
before the French government gained control.
1 am not a statesman but cannot believe that
flag is too small TO protect the property of
American citizens"
New-York tribune., 1907-06-29
JUSTICE PITNEY's SON THROWN.
Auto Frightens Horse-Fall Causes Concus
sion of Brain.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

Morrstown, n. J., June 28-Frghtened by an
automobile this afternoon. horse ridden by Guy
Shelton Pitney, fifteen years old, son of Justice
Mahlon Pitney, of the Supreme Court threw his
rider under the wheels Of the machine, knocking
him unconscious. A physician who happened to
pass after the accident found the boy sUf-
fering with concussion of the brain.
The doctor advised his removal to a hospital.
but carriage was called and the boy taken 10
his homo in COLES avenue. There 1t was said to-
night that he had regained consciousness and
would recover. No bones were found broken
George Darymple who driving the auto
mobile, when he saw that young Pitney was
losing control of the horse ran the machine into
the gutter. The horse took fright at distance
and bucked like a Western pony.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-29
WHY CASSATT RAIL IS COSTLY.
Manufacturers Must Cut 25 Per Cent from
Top of Each Ingot
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune.l

Pittsburg, June 2s.-Pittsburg steemakers told
to-day for the first time what caused the United
States Steel Corporation to demand 50 a ton ad-
vance for the manufacture Of the proposed Cas-
satt rail-.
Under the specifications furnished by the Penn
sylvania railroad for the Cassatt rail the steel
makers were compelled 10 cut off % per cent
from the top of each ingot from which the rail
was made President Cassatt always declared
that air holes formed at the top Of every ingot
and that the rails weakened by their pres
.nce.
Heretofore the steel men have cut off about 2
per cent of each ingot. but the specifications for
the Cassatt rail call for % per cent
New-York tribune., 1907-06-29
PUBLIC TO PROBE u. P ACCIDENTS
IBy Telegraph 70 The III

Iby IeIegraph 70 The Tribune.
Omaha, June 2s.-There will be no more "vhite-
washing of Union Pacific employees in charge of
trains when accidents occur. To-day the general
managers Office issued notice that herea fter
"nen IL became necessary TO make an official in
oury outsiders Of local reputation were to be in
vited to take part In the investigation The pur-
pose is 10 establish in the public mind the sincerity
OF the railway company's desire 10 reach the exact
cause or the trouble regardless of the RESPONSE
bility.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-29
BLACK HAND IN LOVING CASE

Houston Va. June 2S.-Judge BarksdaIe to-day
received letter pOstmarked New York City pur-
porting 10 have from the Black Hand, threat
enIng his life IL Judge Loving IS acquitted. judge
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-31
Colonial Class Legislation.

All who daily in the shore realms
of Neptune during the heated term
whether at our luxurious Wash
ington bathing beach or the stern
and rOckbound coast of New Eng
land-will do well to read and in
wardly digest the recent decision of
the supreme court of Massachusetts,
as to the beach rights of private
owners.
Some people at the town of New
Bedford objected to the use of their
property by bathers, and demanded
the registration of their title to the
beach, which is covered by the tide
at high water. The respondent in
behalf of the public claimed the
right 70 use the beach for bathing,
fishing, and kindred purposes. The
learned court in finding for the
plaintiffs said:
In the seashore the entire property
under the colonial ordinance is in the
individual, subject t. the public rights.
Among these is, OF course, the right Of
navigation. with such incidental rights
as pertain thereto We think there Is
a right TO swim and float IN and upon
public waters as well as TO sail upon
them. But we do not think that this
includes a right to use for bathing pur-
poses, as these words are commonly I'M
derstood. that part of the beach or
shore above lOw-water mark where the
distance To high-water mark does not
exceed 100 rods, whether covered with
water or not. We think il better to
hold that it was not.
This is a decision for great swim
mers only, for it means that so long
as a person natates over the land of
private owners without touching his
feet to the ground beneath, he may
disport himself without penalty. He
may anchor a boat just away from
low-water mark and proceed to go
in swimming 10 his hearts content,
but he mustn't let his legs, his arms,
or his head strike soil beneath or he
is a lawbreaker.
1t would seem that class legisla-
ton existed even for the colonies.