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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-21

force, who happened to be in Ogden. The
letter warned Beers not to follow Mrs.
Walker to Los Angeles. Mr.. Walker. ac-
companied by Mr.. Lawrence of the Og-
den branch of the Salt Lake Electric Sup
ply company, made search of the town
for Beers Tuesday night. They went to
his rooms and waited for him to come in.
but were unable to locate him. Wednes-
day morning Beers phOned to the office of
the company, asking who was looking for
him. He was told that Walker was there
and came right down. The result was
the fight which resulted in his death and
which has been fully described in the dis
patches from Ogden.
The best evidence is that the fight did
not occur in the yard, but in the rear
room of the store; that the prOVocation
was the admission by Beers in bra gga-
docio manner of his relations with Walk
er's wife.
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TWO MEN SENTENCED.
Three Years for Grand Larceny and
Six Months for Assault

Emil Carron was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary yesterday
morning by Judge Armstrong of the dis
trict court. after pleading guilty to a
charge of grand larceny. He stole Iis-
mOnd ring. three watches. two chains
and eight gold rings from w E. Tynes
of Bingham. Sept. last
Jack Hill pleaded guilty to assault with
deadly weapon and drew a six months
sentence in the county Jail. On Aug. p
he stabbed Sandie Mertala at Bingham
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HE Lost Papers

Which were OF no use TO any one else
but which We're invaluable to him, and
which he cannot replace" How often
have you read something like the above
after a fire? Provide against such an
occurrence in your own case by getting
a safety deposit box at the Salt Lake
Security & Trust company, at 32-4 Main
street. The cost is less than a cent a
day, the safety is absolute.
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Those Who Attend Our Opening
Next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday

Will find that inferior goods and ex-
oTbitant prices are not to be found at
our store. Our highest point is quality
and value. Mehesy, the Furrier, KnUts-
ford.
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MUST HAVE TITLE,

Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. so,-The Nebraska
supreme court has handed down a de-
cIsion holding that a person cannot de-
wise an interest In a timber claim unless
a patent has been issued,
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JOHN D. IS CHIEF
OWNER OF STOCK
Continued from PAGE ]

company, and that it purchased the oil
from subsidiary companies of the stan
dard. Mr.. Kellogg developed from Mr..
Tilford that an understanding had been
entered into in 1903, with several indie
pendent refining companies situated
along the Standards pipe line, where
by the Independents were to furnish a
maximum quantity of oil each day to
be divided among themselves, and the
Standard was to take all the export oil
refined by these independents.
rs it not a fact that before this
agreement was entered into, the supply
of oil being furnished to these indepen-
dents was materially Teduced?" asked
Mr.. kellogg.
Il think it was" answered Mr.. Til
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EIGHTEEN MEN
DROP ESQ FEET
hEleven Instantly Killed and
Seven So Terribly Injured
They Cannot Recover.
MICHIGAN MINE ACCIDENT
BRAKE FAILED TO HOLD THE
CAGE.

Megauuee. Mich. Sept. 20.-By cage
plunging 100 feet down the shaft of the
Jones & Laughlin steel mine, eleven men
were killed and seven fatally injured
The cage with its human freight was be-
ing lowered on its first trip of the day,
when the brake suddenly failed to hold.
Two other men sprang to the assistance
of the one at the brake wheel, but their
efforts did not avail. and the wire cable
continued to unreel from the drum like
thread from bObbin- The cage shot
down a couple of numbered feet before a
kink in the too-rapidly paying-out cabla
caused it to part and from that point
the cage had a sheer drop to the bottom
of the shaft.
Failed to Work.
The safety clutches with which it was
equipped failed to operate. The surging
of the cable in its mad flight tore out
part of the engine house and ripped out
several of the sheaves in and about the
shaft house WOrkmen at the bottom OF
the mine Immediately set about the TASK
of removing the dead. The bodies lay in
one pile, mass of Efeless flesh and
blood. The bones of the bodies were 50
shattered that the men when they Tell
We're piled on top Of each other like 50
many pelts of leather. Seven men were
found still alive.
Weeping and WalIing on Top.
Thousands of people soon congregated
about the mine shaft. In the crowd were
the wives and children of the two hundred
men who are employed in the mine. Each
thought that husband or parent or son
was in the cage. There was no way OF
relieving the suspense as the fallen cage
blocked the exit 1t was fully two hours
before the cable was adjusted so that the
cage could be raised to the surface. Dur
ing all this time. women with babies in
their arms cried Historically or tainted
When all the miners came from under the
ground and many anxious wives and 9th
ers failed to find members of the fami-
lies who worked in the mine, the scene
was pitiful- Priests and ministers moved
among the people. conSoling them and
begging them TO be calm.
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List Of Independents.


The only logical way is to visit Salt
Lakes leading and favorite furrier.
Opening next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. Knutsford Fur Store.
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COAL COAL COAL

Your winters coal supply can be as
sured by buying, Consumers Coal min
ing stock Will start shipping next
month. Preference given to stockhold-
ers. Apply P. Z. Lamar. 262 CONNER
cial club. Bell phone 1890.
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COLD WAVE NEBRASKA.

Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. PA cold wave
invaded southern Nebraska this morning.
the mercury going to 10. No frost was re
ported.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-21

When you want good printing call on
the Century Printing Co., Salt Lakes
printers. 165-167 South West Temple ST.
Both phones 604.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-21

Characterizes our fur display, and is
arousing a world of interest Attend
our opening next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. Mehesy, the Furrier,
ISnnfsfnrd
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Agreement Never Signed.

Mr. TilfOrd was asked why it was
hat the agreement between the Stan
Hard Oil and the independents was
never signed. though it was drawn up
The witness said ii was a verbal agree
ment and the written form served as
a record. Mr. Tilford said that a do
nestle trades committee in the Stan
dard had charge of the market in the
United States, and that the country
was divided into sections. The witness
said that the Standard company &C
quired control of the Pacific Coast COM
pany of California. in 1900, when the
name was changed to the Standard Oil
company of California. The Pacific
Coast company Mr.. TilfOrd said, had
been a competitor of the Standard COM
pany, because it manufactured a lower
grade of oil Before the Pacific Coast
company was acquired, the witness tes-
titled, the Standard distributed refined
oil in California through the Standard
Oil company of Iowa and Indiana. In
Utah. California, Montana and New
Mexico. the Standard distributed its
products through the Continental Oil
company, which obtained oil from the
Indiana company. Mr.. TilfOrd said
that the Waters-Pierce Oil company
sold oil in the southern part of Mis-
souri, Arkansas and Texas. The Wa
ters-Pierce company obtains its oil
from the Standard Oil company of In
diana, which has charge of the market
ing of oil in Minnesota, Iowa, Wiscon-
sin. Illinois. Indiana, Missouri and
Kansas. The Standard Oil company of
New Jersey markets its products in the
vicinity of its re1neries, said Mr.. Til
ford Oil is shipped from the refneries
to the distributing stations in tank
cars owned by the Union Tank Line, a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-21

Salt Lake Photo Supply Co., Kodaks,
Finishing. Framing. 142 South Main
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-21
Unusual Richness

ASK your grocers for the Vienna
Walnut Bread.
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Oil War to Finish.
Mr.. Kellogg asked Mr.. Tilford if he
remembered the war between the Con-
tinental and the Florence Oil company.
'It was not the Florence Oil COM
pany, but some other company whose
name I don't remember" said Mr.. Til
ford.
And the Continental put the other
companies out of business !
mo. sir, the company put itself out
of business replied Mr.. TilfOrd, who
stated that during the war the price
of oil dropped one-half, but rose again
when the trouble was over. Mr.. Til
ford said the oil firm of Schoield
Schumer & Teagle Of Cleveland, which
refined and sold oil, was sold some
wears ago to the Republic Oil COM
pany. which he said belonged to the
Standard Oil company. The oil works
of the Schofield company were disman-
tied and the marketing was taken in
charge by the Republic company. Mr..
Tflford was asked if the Standard OIL
company had purchased the Hazelwood
Oil company and the Gilbert & Parker
company of Pennsylvania, but he said
he could not recall.
''They appear to own 400 shares of the
| Gilbert & Parker company" said Mr..
Kellogg. reading from a list DO you
own that stOck?"
Memory Very Faulty.
"Oh, 1 may. but 1 don't recall" re-
piled Mr.. Tilford.
| Mr.. Kellogg showed Mr.. Tilford a list
| of companies which they transferred
/ from the National Transit company to
/ the Standard Oil company of New Jer-
sey on Dec. 8. 1905. The list was as
/ follows:
Carter Oil company, Crescent Pipe
Line company, Clarksburg Light &
| Heat company, Lawrence Natural Gas
| company MahOning Gas Fuel COM
pany, Marion Oil company, Mountain
| State Gas company, Peoples Natural
| Gas company, Reserve Gas company,
River Gas company, Southwest Penn
| sylvania Pipe Line, Taylortown Nat
ural Gas company, Washington Oil
company.
Mr.. Kellogg asked when the transfer
was made. Mr. TilfOrd said he could
not say.
! Mr.. kellogg asked if the transfer was
not made to separate the business of
the National Transit, which was pipe
/ line company from the main cOmpa-
MES MIR. Tilford thought that might
/ be the reason. Mr.. Kellogg excused
! Mr.. Tilford. and Mr.. Milburn asked
leave to cross-examine him on Monday.
The hearing then adjourned until Mon
| day morning.
List Of Independents.
1 This is the list of the independent re-
| fineries that entered into the verbal
| agreement with the Standard Oil COM
pany:
Pittsburg Refining company; 4. d.
Millers & Sons, of Pittsburg; Seneca Oil
! Works, of Warren. Pa; COrnplanter Re
| filming company. of Warren, Pa; Cone
| wanga Refining company. of Warren,
/ Pa: Glade Oil works. Of Warren, Pa;
Warren Refining company, of Pennsyl-
vania: Levy Smith of Clarendon. Pa;
| Lake. Carrier Refining company, of Ne
VILE Island. Pa: EmlantOn Refining COM
| pany of Emlanton, Pa; Beaver Rein
| ing company, of Oak Grove, Pa; Island
| Petroleum company. of Neville. Pa.
/ Garfield. of Pennsylvania; Sterling oil
works, of Marietta, o.; Trona Oil COM
! DaQV.
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A Profusion of Charming Styles

viii be shown in furs at our grand
opening Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day. Mehesy, the Furrier. Knutsford.
Try the Vienna Walnut Bread Fresh
every day. Ask your grocer.
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Oil War to a Finish.

subsidiary company of the STANDARD
Oil cOmpaUV
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-10

do this way, we should spend much
of our time mobbing the courthouses
and telling the taxing officers what
we thought of them
But it is not a direct tax. 1t is
merely an intangible part Of the cost
of things we buy so we only realize
the burden in vague way. We do
not even realize, perhaps, that through
it we are enabling our millionaires
to wax richer and our milionaires
sons to indulge in "brain storms"
and scandals, and our nlillionaires'
daughters to buy titles encumbered
by misery and shame.
Another foolish tax, equivalent to
nearly $S per head each year, comes
from our fire losses. Part of this goes
in the gamble we make with The fire
insurance companies to reimburse us
for part Of what we lose, but the
greater part of it goes up in smoke,
not to mention yearly sacrifice of
5000 lives. Fires involving losses ag-
gregating over $1O0,OCO,OO0 are due
to incendiaries or to gross negligence.
A very large proportion of the losses
are due to putting human lives and
property into structures that are lit
tie better than tinder boxes. Much of
the loss could be saved by greater
care, and by closer attention to IRE
protection especially in young and
growing towns. We have had two
recent serious examples of lack Of
fire protection, and Adams will wake
up some morning to find itself in
ruins if some fire protection is not
soon considered and provided.-Mrs.
Doherty in Adams IN. d. Budget.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-10
A SPOOL OF THREAD.

The estimable Textile World Rec
ord is in quandary. It finds that
the American consumer pays six cents
for two-hundred-yard spool of
thread, while the British consumer
pays only three cents for exactly the
same spool. Both spools, of course,
are made from exactly the same
American cotton, and, what makes
the case most puzzling, beth are made
by exactly the same trust.
We must allow for higher wages
in this country. The tariff does al
low for that, and the trainers of the
Dingley schedules have never, so far
as we are aware, been accused of un-
derestimating the difference between
American and foreign wages. The
duty on the spool is one cent, and un-
less we are to adopt the startling
hypothesis that the tariff-makers
guessed short, we must accept that
as amply covering the item Of high
er wages on this side Of the sea.
Why, then, the other two cents
per spool? Upon what theory does
the thread trust, deriving its raw ma
tetrial from the United States, charge
its American patrons fifty per cent
more than its British patrons over
and above the increased cost of man
ufacture here due to higher wages9
Well, we recall an English trust
which joyfully followed approved
American methods-up to the time it
began marketing its wares. Then
there was radical departure, in the
form of 50 strenuous o public pro-
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-10
LOOSE TALK ABOUT GOOD
TIMES.

All sorts of people are being inter
viewed concerning the country's
claims of special prosperity and the
financial situation generally, and
their opinions are being telegraphed
around the country whether the au-
thors of the opinions are wise or ig-
norant on the subject.
AS an example, an opinion of John
Mitchell, President Of the United
Mine Workers, was telegraphed to the
papers and printed by the Picayune
yesterday. Mr.. Mitchell is credited
with having settled the national
financial situation as follows:
"The only thing, in my opinion,
that would bring on a business de-
preston would be overproduction,
and there are no signs to indicate
that at present. Labor IS employed
and the people are continuing to
spend money, and as long as these
conditions prevail there is no danger,
III my OpIuIOus VI udIu JULIUS. l. VII
see no reason why we should not
have a continuation of several years
of prosperity"
There was lot more Of this sort
of talk, but what is given is sufi-
cient to show Mr.. Mitchell's ignor-
ance and the general ignorance of
what produces financial panics. They
never were caused by the overproduc-
tion Of necessaries, such as coal, iron,
grain, cotton and other such articles.
In every case they have come sud
denly out of overspeculation.
When times are reputed to be good
and capital is easily got to carry on
all sorts of enterprises, and particu-
larly new ones in which it is believed
big profit is to be quickly obtained,
all kinds of schemes, good and bad,
from reasonable and practicable, to
the worst sort Of "wildcat" games,
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-10
COTTON GOODS AND THE NEW
CROP.

Spinning cotton in the eastern
mills is now based on cost of Ii Ia
cents for middling uplands in New
York. In the mills, however, that
turn out finished products stocks are
small, goods are sold far ahead, and
deliveries are hard to secure on old
orders. Prices have been advanced
since August / from IA to 1-2 a cent
a yard. Every article that the mills
turn out, be it ginghams, print cloths,
staple prints or pleased cottons, is.
quoted "strong." Bradstreet's says
the agents of the leading lines have
announced that they will not make
any prices or show sample cards for
the spring Of 1908 until the middle of
September at the earliest, when it is
expected the old business will be
cleaned up. The problem appears to
be how to distribute limited pro-
duction over an almost unlimited de-
mand, there being practically wait
ing list now."
This is the situation in New Eng
land, where the cotton mills are pay
ing large dividends and have substan-
tial surpluses. No doubt a similar
state of things exists in England and
also on the continent. In England
many new mills have recently been
built.
The goods situation goes to show
that a crop of 13,OO0,O00 bales is
needed, and any deficiency must mean
an increased price for new cotton.
The farmers are better organized
than they ever have been in the his
tory of cotton cultivation, and the
chances largely are that the staple
will bring its full and true value
throughout the shipping season.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-10
National President of the Farmers

National President of the Farmers
Union C. S. Barrett said recently m
a speech at a meeting in South Car
olina, that the Farmers Union WAS
growing at an average rate of 5000
a day. That its present membership
was more than one and half million,
and that it would soon reach 2,000,-
600. The day is not far distant when
they will own and operate oil mills,
factories, packing g-houses, banks and
be prepared to handle all products of
the farm, producing, manufacturing
and margeting them. They are going to
quit being slaves for the gamblers
and work for themselves, become fac
tors and masters in commerce and en-
joy, as God intended that all men
should, the fruits of their labor
Union Gazette.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-10

1t is blessed thing to be an Amer
lean. Everybody--in America at
least-admits it. But it is also cx-
pensive. There are many advantages,
and many costs as well, but few COM
plain, because there is nothing really
worth while that does not cost some
thing, either in money or in sacrifice
or in effort.
One Of the items of cost is taxa
ton. The mere running expenses of
a city like New York amount to $3l
per head per year, though very likely
taxes do not average so high, thanks
to large corporate interests that re-
luctantly accept large share of the
burden, though often it is but a small
part of what they should pay. That
figure is high, however.
Crime costs the nation a perfect
toll each year. 1t has been esti-
mated that the care of prisons, the
detection and prosecution of crimi-
nals, ETC., COSTS YIOU,UUO,OUO annual
ly.
Then for the better profit of our
friends that are interested in trusts,
we pay large tariff tax every year.
We pay this on pretty nearly every
thing we eat, wear or use, and if we
paid as much in direct taxes as we
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-10

find somebody to back them up, and
thus all the available money on hand
is put out in such speculations.
All goes on swimmingly, and every
body talks Of the unusual good times
until some Of the schemers are called
on to pay what they owe. They can
not do it at moment s warning, and
probably not in a month or at all.
Then commences the failure Of such
operators, and soon general scare
ensues which induces loud calls for
money. Capital which periodically
loses it's proverbial timidity and puts
out money right and left, calls in all
its loans and shuts it's vaults against
all comers no matter what are their
merits. Then panic reigns and busi-
ness of every sort suffers for the reg
ular accommodations to which it has
been accustomed, while collections
are difficult to make.
The panic is caused by the bursting
of the speculative bubble, but the
final result is that it causes shrink
age in all legitimate business, and
everybody comes down to hand-to-
mouth basis. Factories stop or come
down to short hours with reduced
forces, and thousands of work people
are turned out Of employment.
Today money is very tight, and it
is doubtful if the grain and cotton
crops could be easily moved but for
the assurance that the Secretary of
the Treasury at Washington will fur
nish the cash. Fortunately there is
a surplus Of nearly ninety million dol
lars in the vaults over and above the
reserve and guarantee funds to pro-
tect the gold and silver certificates.
It is therefore believed that the
business of the country will be saved
this fall from threatened panic, not
by the alleged good times, but by the
money in the National Treasury. But
for that there would be serious sit
uatfon to fear.-N. o. Picayune.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-10

The Louisiana Planter says edito-
rally in its issue of Saturday last:
Considerable rain has been had
during the past week throughout the
sugar district, and while this has been
welcome on those plantations where
there has been lack of moisture Of
late, it is interfering somewhat with
the saving Of hay and where sufficient
rainfall had previously been had some
mild complaints are registered against
it on this score and unfortunately the
rainfall is a little too late to material
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-10
AS TO R. R. RATES.

t'The 2-cent railroad rate law in
Ohio has been success" said Ell. D.
Warrington, secretary Of the railroad
commission Of Ohio, at the Raleigh
recently. "Returns for a full year
under the law are not available as
yet, but our information shows that
the earnings of the trunk lines have
increased more than per cent over
those of the previous year. In some
parts of the State, where the railroads
run through sparsely settled commu-
mites, / believe the roads have suf-
fered, and the interurban trolley
lines, in some instances, also have
shown a decrease in their earnings.
We have one narrow-gauge road In
Ohio, ITO miles long, which, l be-
lieve, will suffer a net loss under the
new law. Generally, however, the
railroads have increased their profits.
This is because of increased traffic
and the fact that they have taken
some Of the business away from the
trolley lines.
"In my opinion, the railroad rate
question might be solved more salts
factorily if State commissioners We're
given larger power. The problems in
transportation are numerous and
complex, and it requires the best
thought and judgment of able men to
solve them. I believe that if legis-
lature were to pass law fixing
maximum rate for railroads and Civ
ing the State railroad commission dis
cretionary power to fix rates to be
charged in different parts of the
State, it would prove more satisfac-
tory. I am satisfied that a general 2
cent rate law may work hardships on
some of the smaller lines, and per-
haps prove confscatory. In such
cases, if the commission were to be
given power to fix rate that would
make the operation of The road profit
able, there could be no complaint and
traffic would not be disturbed"
Mr.. Mannington,s whose home is in
Columbus, was a candidate for the
Republican nomination for secretary
Of state in 1900, but was defeated
Washington Post.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-10

test that the trust capitulated.
Possibly the answer to the conun-
drum which battles the Textile World
Record is that the American public
doesn't mind being soaked, while the
British public does.-Saturday EveN-
ing Post.