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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
DIGGING UP AND
EATING THE DEAD
Horrible Story From Famine
District in China-GreateSt
Agony to Come.

Washington, April 6.-To correct an er-
roneeus report that has found general cir
culatIOn with harmful results the Red
Cross today issued the following state
ment in regard to the Chinese famine;
THE famine in China is unprecedented
in severity and the period OF greatest
agony Is yet to come. Many weeks must
pass before there viii be relief from new
crops, and millions today are kept alive
through the contributions of the Ameri-
can people who have sent their dOna-
tiOns to the National Red Cross at Wash
ingtOn and to the Christian Herald of
New York. These two great Organiza-
tons are working together for the com
mon cause. and have furnished over two
thirds of all relief supplies sent to China.
The large amount of money and ship
ments of supplies already made have only
partly relieved the situation. while hun
dreds of thousands of lives have been
saved hundreds Of thousands must yet
die unless large additional sums and
vided
THE following cabiegram received by
the editor of the Christian Herald from
the editor of the North China News, ter
ribie as it may seem, speaks only the
truth:
. Shanghai. April 6.-KIopsch, New
York: Approaching period Of severest
pinch Authenticated instances Of
cOrpses exhumed. Cannibalism. Foreign
relief working effectively. maintaining
whole districts until harvest
when a people have been reduced TO
such straits that they will dig up and
eat their own dead the severity and wide
extent of the famine can be realized
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
INCUBATOR BABY
GOES TO MOTHER
Kansas Supreme Court Settles
a Case Which Arose at
St. Louis Exposition.

Topeka. KAN April 6.-The state su-
pTeme court decided pday that Mrs.
Charlotte Z. Bleaklev of Lawrence. Kan,
is entitled TO the Incubator baby ex-
hibited at the St. Louis Worlds fair.
This reyerses the decision of the Douglas
county. Kansas, district court and up
holds the decision of the circuit court of
Illinois. which held that Mrs BlcakIey
is the mother of the child.
The decision today ends a most inter
eSting fight for possession of the baby.
James g. Barley and Stella Barley. his
wife. who were in charge Of an exhibit
at the St Louis fair. saw the baby in
the incubator concession They traced its
supposed parentage TO Mrs Rleakley of
Lawrence. who was persuaded to sign a
deed of adoption TO Mrs. Barley. The
baby had been placed in the concession
by a St Louis midwife, VINO. it developed
later, haG told Mrs. Bleakley that it had
been born dead. Mrs. Bieakley, uncertain
that the child was really hers and wish
ing to aid Mrs. Barley to gain posses
sion of il from the midwife. signed the
adoption papers. Later Mrs. Bleakley,
becoming satisfied that the child was
her own daughter. sought to reclaim it.
The case was tried in Illinois and Mrs.
Bleaklev given custody of the child. The
Barkleys made another effort. however.
to regain possession through the district
court Of Kansas. The Kansas district
court finally gave judgment for the Bark
leys. but Mrs. Bleakley kidnapped the
child. escaped to Illinois and placed her
self under the Jurisdiction of the court
which had decided in her favor.
Eugene Ware. former commissioner of
pensions finally took Mrs. BIeakley's case
before the Kansas supreme court, which
gives her the custody of the child and CO.
incides with the decision of the Illinois
court that she is its mother
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
HEWED CLOSE TO the Line
Popular Preacher Who Published a
Book Has Ordered the Plates
DESTROYED.

New York, April Ga preacher rising
to apologize to 800 of his fellow clergy
men for a book of fiction of which he
was the author. and then amid the plaud-
its of the gathering, Selling his hat and
overcoat to hurry to his publishers to
suppress the volume, created sensation
at today's session of the New York Meth
odist conference. Rev. DR., Benjamin =.
Warren, pastor of Centenary Methodist
church of this city, was the preacher in
question His book. which was published
some months ago. was strongly criticised
In many churches il having been &c
clared that it contains a burlesque on
dozen or more preachers of the New York
conference. Conditions described in the
book are said to be strangely like those
existing in a certain Hudson river town.
Today when most of the regular confer
e1ce business had ended, Mr. Warren,
after explaining about his book. said:
1T appears that l am guilty in having
drawn certain characters too close to life
if [ have animadverted on any man or
woman of this conference I am heartily
sorry for il. | think l IAN have that book
suppressed and the plates destroyed, I
am going to bend my utmost endeavor in
that direction. l do this not in hope OF
Re ward or fear of punishment, but be-
cause of the honor and esteem in which
/ hold this body"
As the minister concluded and started
Down the aisle for the publishers, ths
gathering rose and cheered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
FIGURES WERE
MANIPULATED
How Superior Board of Trade
Improved on Minneapolis
Price of Wheat.

Minneapolis. April "a W. Harris, for
mer telegraph operator at the Superior
board of trade. today testified in the fed
eral inquiry now on here that grain quo
tations were there manipulated and then
telegTaphed to st. Pau, Cincinnati, Kan
sas City and Omaha
This evidence was brought out today in
the taking of testimony in the suit of the
Minneapolis chamber of commerce against
the Superior board of trade to restrain it
from using the chambers market quota
tons.
If the Minneapolis market was 76h
the operator receiving the quotation would
so indicate to the brokers in the pit, by
a system of finger signals.
They would Immediately run the price
up to 1872 and then back 10 1914. That is
the way they were posted on the board, 9"
said Mr. Harris.
Mr. Harris stated that he telegraphed
all these board prices to the cities named
How many brokers were in the pit? -
asked Attorney H V. Mercer for the
chamber.
AT first there would be five or six"
And what did they do when the OPP
orator siSnaled"
..They would offer to buy or sell 10000
bushels of wheat and then laugh
Were there ever more than five OF six
brokers there at once?
NO and unusually these would all leave
but two. soon after the market opened.
And at times for a few minutes they
would all leave the floor.
Mr.. Harris further stated that he re-
ceived instructions to keep his mouth
shut at anything he saw or heard.
rigid crOss-eXaminatiOn failed to
shake his testimony
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
LOOT|NG BEGAN At ONCE
Clarence S. barrow Testifies Con-
corning the Failure of the
Bank of America.

Chicago, April 6.-In the trial of former
Judge Abner Smith and other officials If
the defunct Eank of America in the Grim
inaI court. Clarence S. DarrOw, who was
a stockholde- and depositor. testified to-
day that the bank was looted h +. 2
Creelman aud Abner Smith within ten
DAYS from the date on which it opened
for business.
Mr.. Darrow also testified TO having
warned Jerome V. Pierce against Smith
and Creelman and of having demanded
that Smith he forced out of the bank
He also stated that he bad told Smith
personally to get OUT and that Smith
had refused to do so.
Mr. Darrow testified that Just before
the failure of the bank he had drawn up
a report which contained the result of
The examination of the banks affairs
and which made reference to some of
its officials. An attempt was made by
the state to introduce this report as evi-
dence. but objection was made by the de-
Tense.
David 8. Lan,sden- trustee of the estate
of the defunct Creclman Lumber & Man
ufacturing &C mpany, testified that he
total amount of the claims filed against
the estate vas S1.250O00 and that the
estate would be unable to pay more than
per cent upon the claims filed. He also
stated that there We're claims aggregat-
ing 100000 which had been eliminated
for various reasons.
CreeIman is said to owe the Bank Of
America $4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
SMOOT GIVES RULES OF
CONDUCT FOR FAITHFUL

ton OF the young. Tou know if. and 7
know it. and Il is time that the world
knows It.
Mr.. Smoot Loves Utah.
"J feel that there is no place for ms
to live il except Utah. There is no
place SO dear TO me and no place that
1 love so we'll / love the state and [
love her people. I am proud that l
am q member OF the Mormon church.
and 7 thank God that l was born a
member Of that church. / pray that I
and all Of you may be loyal to the
teachings of the church. Our people are
honest i'm their belief and honest in
their opinions.
The church courts an enlightened in
vestigation of its teachings. There has
never been such an investigation which
has not reiounded to the credit Of the
church. and I hope TO see the day when
an investigation complete in every de-
tail VIII be made and the result pub
lisbed To the world. for I am positive
that it will greatly enhance the power
Of EJOrmOnism for good. Hundreds oe
the leading men and women of the ma
stion know nothing concerning our
faith Their ideas have been gained
from the wilful misrepresentation and
distortions Thank God, I have had
the privilege of bearing testimony as
10 you and your lives to many Of them.
Women Are Sorry.
Il have met many of the leading wo-
men Of the nation. They have asked
me concerning my belief and the doc
tTines Of the church. I have talked u
them and tried TO tell them what our
principles are. Many Of them have
told me that they had signed a petition
against me. but that they had signed IL
under misrepresentation, and that they
would do all they could to undo the
wrong they had done.
I'VE invite an honest investigat ton o.
our teachings, and if it is made both
the investigator and we will be the
gamers.
Some Of the thinking men Of the
country are deplOring the fact that
there appears 10 be something wrong
in the present day religion, and that it
seems to affect peoples lives on Sun
day only I would not give a 'shuck'
for any religion which is not a seven
day religion and does not enter into
the everyday life Of the man who
claims 10 believe in it."
In conclusion. Apostle SmOOt said:
God is al the head of the old shin
Zion and ne viii guide It. 1 want to
live in such a way that my life viii
be worthy of emulation
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07

was large In the evening, also, there
was q meeting of the general stake and
local officers Of the primary assOcia-
lions i'm Assembly hall A large num-
Der Of missionary reunions were held
in the evening. all of which were well
attended. As a rule, no set programs
were followed at these reunions, but in
some cases there were singing, music
and other pleasant features.
At the general conference the re-elec-
ton of the present officers Of the
church was co1cUrTed i'm. The auditing
committee reported that il had exam
ined the accounts Of the trUstee-in-
trust and found that the books were
kept in excellent form. Under the iu-
diciOus administration of President
Smith, the committee reported, the fin-
arcial affairs of the church institutions
were i'm splendid condition.
Today the general conference viii
continue 1t is certain that there will
be overflow meetings. One Of these
Will be held in Assembly hall and The
others on the lawns of the temple
grounds. The prediction is that, wea-
Their conditions being favorable, the
throngs that will attend the afternoon
services today viii number between 81
600 and 10000 persons.
All of the conference visitors have
not yet arrived, but the early morn
ing trains viii carry a number sUffi-
cient 10 bring the total Of outside at
tendants up to 10000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
PRISONER LEFT THE TRAIN
Detective Sergeant Of San Francisco
Suffers Nervous Collapse From
0VerWOrk.

Los Angeles, April 6.-WOrn out from
constant work and loss of sleep, Charles
Taylor a detective sergeant Of San Fran
cisco. en route from Bisbec, Ariz.. to San
Francisco. with Alvin Siewiski, a pris-
u1er I'm his charge. suffered a nervous
collapse. allowed his prisoner TO escape
from the train and is now in the re-
celEing hospital here under the care Of
a physician. Siewiski was treasurer of
the Brewers union of San Francisco and
was wanted to answer a charge of alb
>conulng with funds of the union A 5000
reward had been offered for his capture.
He was taken i'm custody in Arizona a
Few DAYS ago and Taylor was sent from
san Francisco 10 bring him hack. The
Train on which the officer was travelling
with nlS prisoner was late and Tavlor
was compelled to remain awake for two
oayS while travelling from Bisbee to the
California line. He was finally overcome
ana sleWiski left the train unnOticed.
The train crew noticed Taylor acting
queerly. and when he failed to leave the
IRAN al Daggett to transfer to San Fran
cisco they took him in charge and turned
nm over 10 the hospital authorities here
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
MORE TEACHERS DESIRED
Over 100 Will Start for the Philip
pines Before June Another
Examination to Be Held.

Washington, April 6.-One hundred and
twenty American school teachers will sail
for the Philippines before June l. The
first Of the new teachers will go upon the
Korea, sailing from San Francisco or
April g. Another party will leave upon
the American Maru on May 9. and the
third party Of teachers will sail on the
Siberia May 10
Most of the new school teachers are
men, as the Philippine commission pre-
fers them 10 women, because of the heard
ships which must be endured at interior
towns All of the teachers sent to the
islands are subject TO civil service ex-
aminatiOns. The certified list of teach
ers has not been sufficient to supply the
full quota required this year and another
examination viii be held soon to fill the
remaining places. There are about $40
American teachers and 5000 Filipino
teachers employed in the insular schools.
The new school year opens there on
June !.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
WILL APPEAL THE CASE.
Great Northern Fined $4,000 in
Federal Court for Rebatinq.

Minneapolis. Mimi, April 6-Agreeing
to a stipulation of facts in fifteen counts
involving illegal rebates, the Great North
ern railroad was today found guilty and
fined $4,000 by Judge Page Morris in
the federal district court. This handling
of the case is to facilitate an appeal by
the railroad to the federal circuit court
of appeals upon the question whether it
is possible to bring prosecution under the
FIkins law on charges which defendant
alleges are covered in the new Hepburn
law. With the appeal in view, the pro-
ceedings in court today were perfume
tory Rebate cases against the Chicago.
ST Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha road
were taken up b. the court following the
disposition of the Great Northern mat
or
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
Shoots Rules of Conduct.

Shoots Rules of Conduct,
Pray TO God for guidance and &:
&. blessing.
{. Take for your motto: Faith in ;
:. God. self-reliance, honesty and in :
(. dUstry." .
= Inscribe in your homes this mot d.
(: to: Luck is a fool; pluck is a +.
hero" .
% Be careful from what source you (.
g: take your advice. 9
G: Rise above the enyious and will .
{. full liars s.:
F. Place your ambitions above the q:
Z. goal You intend to reach .
:. Remember that energy and de- .
e. termination are the levers that .
p move the world. g
. Don't drink, chew, smoke 9:
:, swear. deceive, read trashy books G.
.. or pay attention TO vicious and 9.
o lying newspapers. .
% Be in earnest. Be generous. Be 4.
. civil d"
d: Love truth and virtue. Love 9
. your country and pray for its sue q.
% cess. d"
. Be strong. Shun not the strug d"
&: gle. .
I: Stand CD ami speak out bravely !.
6. in Gods name .
d. . {, 3 o o . . .. . o o . . o 4. . g .
These twelve rules of right living
dere enunciated by Reed SmOot. the
apostle and United States senator, at
the Mormon church conference at the
tabernacle yesterday forenoon.
The man whose name is known in
every quarter Of the nation. who for
four years struggled to maintain his
seat in the United States senate. who
was opposed and condemned by nearly
the combined religious influence of tho
country, who was denounced from the
pulpit and by the press as represent
ative of nOxious faith, ard who final
" triumphed over his enemies and ac-
cusers, delivered the principal address
of the session. He spoke in a quiet
way, referred only slightly to turmOils
of his past life declared that the DeO-
pie were beginning to realize that nc
had been misunderstood, and that he is
devoted to the interests Of the church,
the state and the nation.
i am not ashamed of the teachings
of Jesus Christ or the fruits of Nor
mCnism," he declared. The church
has been badly maligned by its enc
mics. They have said that il did not
foster education. I tell you. my
brethren in Christ, that the tithing
fund which you pay for the support Of
the church of which you are members
in great part goes towards the educa-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
Persisted IN FLAMES.
Insane Patient Rushed Upstairs in
Burning Sanitarium. Y

South Windham. Conn. April 6-Mrs
Laura Backus. an insane patient. lost
her life in a fire that DESTROYED the
Grand View sanitarium here early TODAY
The other patients were taken out of the
building without harm, although there
was no time 10 clOthe them.
The sanitarium was a three-stOry frame
structure formerly used as a summer
hotel There were sixteen patients and
several Of them had to be removed by
force One man refused to leave his room
on the third floor and was taken out Of
p window and down a ladder after a hard
struggle
Mrs Backus, vino had been taken from
her room and left in a lower hall, could
not be found and the house physician be-
Aeves she rushed up stairs again and
vas burned.
The loss is placed at $4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07

An auditing committee has exam
ined the books of the Mormon church
and has declared that the account
ing in the various departments is prop
erly done" that every dollar received
has been correctly entered and THAT the
disbursements under the regime of
President Joseph F. Smith have been
economically and judiciously made for
the exclusive benefit of the various in
terests of the church
The management of President Smith
is heartily endorsed and the people are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
ROOSEVELT AS
SEEN BY ODELL
Former Governor of New York
Pays His Respects to the
Chief Executive.
GRILLERS' ANNUAL DINNER
SPEECHES BY A NUMBER OF
PROMINENT MEN.

New York. April 6.-The annual dinner
Of the "Grillers' club was held III TINS
city tonight and was made the occasion
for speeches by a number OF prominent
New York state persons, lncluulhS iuI-
MeC Governor Odel. ID. Cady Herrlck ana
others. There was many qGlDs ana Jokes
and humorous songs. MI OdeH III lhe
course of speech said;
Every age has its foibIes. its vagaries,
IFS strenuous men and times when the
voice of the Tef1Tmer. Ike Jhdt OF tha
turtle, Is heard in the land The time
comes when there are fewer diseases than
remedies. more charlatans than physi-
clans and more apparent faults than yir-
Encircled in Egotism.
some men who have been become IA
nous .uclrcIc themselves within the bOUn-
DIARIES of their own esOtism-
Give TO me the simple man in prefer
euce to him whose constant haukeTing for
power and pelf has distorted his magma
lion and led him to the belief that his
honesty Is the only simon pure article
and that an other members Of society arr
cheats. frauds and liars
1T takes something more than the
rover TO inflict personal of political chaS-
lisCmcUt TO climb hills and TO shoot. To
make brave man. The bTavcst man is
bee who can discern his own faults and
make both confession and reparation for
them. Dignity is the characteristic of
gentleman Responsibility should bring
with it respect for judgment. but when
there is a sacrifice of both dignity Ond
responsibility through utterances that are
Incompatible with either or both that
WaU is not a great man who thus in
5uIgeS ND matter If the ignorant aDDlaud
him for these utteTances.
injury to Community.
"TG8t paternalism i'm government which
seeks To- take away from the individual
tne power OF initiative and performance,
which aims To safeguard him i'm the same
manner in which we protect the infant
r1t only fails i'm its purpose. but is a
positive injury to the community.
"It is much better for us to disagree
with the great and the intelligent to be
tenacious of our rights, than to be like
dumb. driven cattle, acuuiesCent because
o. IS easier to he followers than lead
trS; followers of those who. like our
elves are bat human and liable TO error
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
COMMISSION IN NO HURRY.
Some Time VIII EIapse Before Harri.
man Case Is Decided.

W Washington. April s.-Chairman Knapp
OF the interstate commerce commission
sdld today that the commission would not
ne IN a hurry about rendering a decision
ln the Hartman case. the arguments in
which were concluded yesterday He said
mat the record was very voiuminous and
me me matters involved of great Importance.
me commission, therefore, would pro-
coed deliberately
=, When the decision OF the commission
iinaliy is reached it will be announced to
ne public but the indications are that 1t
action is taken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
SENATOR CLARK UNINJURED
No Serious Results Attended a Fall
While Returning From Colo
RADIO Coal Property.

The following telegram was =
= received by The Herald yester- \
= day morning: :
Trinidad, Colo, April g. =
= Last night, while returning =
y from his coaI>.property near \
\ here, Senator Clark fell from a =
= wagon, but sustained no in =
4 juries beyond the shock. and =
4 shaking up" \
= \ 4 \ y = \
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
JUDGE POWERS QUITE ILL
Eminent Salt Lake Lawyer Threat
ened With Pneumonia and in
Los Angeles Hospital.

Los Angeles. April Judge o. ".
Powers of Salt Lake. who has been at
the Hayward hotel for the last month.
was today taken to the Good Samaritan
hospital where he is i'll with a heavy
cold and IS threatened with pneumonia
Judge Powers came to Les Angeles for
defense of Mrs. Anna Bradley, who shot
Former Senator Arthur Brown of Utah
in Washington. He contracted a severe
cold and has been cared for at the ho-
tel until today. when the physician at
tending him advised that he be removed
to the hospital where he can receive bet
ter attention. 1t is believed that his ill
ness will not be serious.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
HELPED
SEND OUT SOLDIERS
special to The HeraldD

Washington. April 6.-FoTmer Governor
William A Richards of Wyoming was in
itiated into membership in the Gener ii
Andrew t5urt camp of the Spanish War
Veterans at special meeting last night.
General Burt and Past Department Com
mander Major f. S. Hodgson were pres
ent and delivered addresses. Ex-Governor
Richards gave an interesting and anus
ing account OF the part he played in the
Spanish war when through his efforts a
battalion of volunteer Wyoming infantry
was sent to the Philippines in the early
days of the struggle in the far eastern
Islands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-07
PRESIDENT SMITHS POLICY
FINDS HEARTY ENDORSEMENT

congratulated on the fact that the
church bonds have been redeemed and
that the church Is now entirely free
from debt
The report was read to the confer
ence yesterday forenoon Immediately
after the conclusion of the morning
session. 1t is signed by Rudger Claw
son, Reed Smoot, w W Ritter, c. W
Nibley and A. W. Carlson, who COM
pose the general church auditing com
mittee. The report was unanimously
adopted by the conference.