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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-30
RAILWAY BONDS
AS SECURITIES
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Forwards Necessary
Data to Senator AIdrich.

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Aldrich
today received a letter from the inter
state commerce commission giving in
formation concerning the commissiOn's
undertaking in regard to railway prop
act to regulate commerce. The letter
sets forth a great many points concern
ing data on railway securities and gives
an almost complete exposition of the
methods now in use or soon to be used
by the commission in collecting infor-
nation The letter was prepared at the
instance of the senate committee on
which desired certain assur-
ances as to the safety of the plan of
accepting railroad bonds as security for
the ultimate payment Of circulation
notes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-30
STATE BANK SUSPENDs.
Mechanics G. Traders Refused AS
sistance by Clearing House.

New York, Jan. 29.-President D. A.
Sullivan of the Mechanics and Traders
bank announced shortly before midnight
tonight that the institution would not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-30
FAR BELOW ZERO.

Superior Wis, Jan. 29.-Superior Their
mometers today registered as low as 8
degrees below zero.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-30
Possible to Select.

Henry c. Adams. statistical expert of
the commission, who writes the letter,
expresses the opinion that it will be
possible for the secretary of the treas
ury, from the records in the possession
OF the interstate commerce commission,
to select classes of bonds which it would
be safe for the government to accept
as security in the newly proposed cur
rency plan. 1t is no longer the case
with the commission that data concern
ing the revenue or expenses Of railroads
is not obtainable.
Monthly reports are required of the
railroads in this connection and these
are made public. The letter states that
the commission has made investiga-
ton into such inteT-cOrpOrate owner
ship of railway securities as were re-
ported outstanding in so far as they
were the property of other carriers and
made the basis of other issues. This
investigation is now complete, and
shows that the amount of stocks and
bonds heretofore reported as Outstand-
ing in the hands of the public will be
reduced $4,000 per mile.
Mo Longer Private.
The letter sets forth what principles
and rules have been made relative to
operating accounts and what principles
and rules are under advisement pertain
f1g to capital accounts to be covered
by subsequent orders of the commits
sion that will tend to give security and
stability to railway securities.
Under the law" the letter says, "ac-
counts of railway corporations are no
longer private matters. They will be
subject to public control as the ac-
counts of the United States treasury
when the machinery is completed, and
there will arise a confidence in railway
securities which will give them sound
and stable value, provide the enterprise
with which they are connected is
SOund''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-30
SUFFRAGE DEFEATED.

Lansing. Mich. jan 29.-The constitu-
tional convention today voted down q
proposal <Or Woman suffrage, Il to ga
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-30
SONG SERVICE ANNOUNCED.

Charles Kent and some of his pupils
will give a song service Sunday evening,
February > at the Third ward chapel.
Seventh South and State streets, COM
mencing at $50 O'Clock:
1.-The Lord Is My Shepherd" .Koschat
Kent'S male chorus.
20 SalutariS'' ...-....-...-.--....... Gilbert
Myrtle Brown.
Courage ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Petrie
V. r. Savage.
Letters from members of NJ. l. A. now
on missions. TO be read by Myron W.
Phillips.
Lillian Branning.
Holy CITY .......-.---............. Adams
Gus BaclNman.
Rock of Ages ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Barrie
Gladys Whitehead.
Beautiful Isle" ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS earis
Kents male chorus.
In Dreamldnd .Dennel
Drucie Parker.
Watch Ger Me" ........................G Golf
T. IT. Burton.
Sketch of life of Eliza r. Snow
Anita Eardley.
Sweet and Low Lewis Carey
Edna Morris
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning" -.
--.-.---... $500 r. r Bliss
Kents male chorus.
The nubliC is cordially invited
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-30
TWO BIG BANKS
GO TO THE WALL

Continued from Page 1.
United States/deposits, $4,000; total,
81, 49,, 016.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-30

HANNA HAS A CHANCE.

Kent's male chorus.
The public is cordially invited.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
INTERSTATE ENTRIES
CLOSE ON SATURDAY

Entries for eight of the big races
at the Interstate fair close on Sat
urday, among them the famous
Spokane derby" Entries close for
the 2:18 pace and relay race. The
latter starts Monday. October S.
opening day. The pace is on Mon
day.
The derby will be run ON Tues
day, October 6, and entries for 1t
and The 2:14 trot close on Tuesday.
The Inland Empire handicap OF
six furlongs to be run Thursday.
October Z, also closes; also the
third race on Friday, galloping
event, and the 2:35 pace and cham
Der of commerce handicap, a mile.
on Saturday.
One thousand dollar purse races
are offered on each of the six days
of the fair. The relay race is for
a purse of $500.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
PROHIBITION REDUCES
CRIME IN BIRMINGHAM

ing the police most of their work.
From violations of the liquor law
arise most of the arrests now. AS
result of the daily raids the police
have all their spare storage room
now piled full of beer, whisky and
other plumber seized and to be con-
fiscated and destroyed as soon as
the cases are disposed of.
The streets of Birmingham have
a peculiarly quiet air, especially at
night. There is no open sale of
drink, and practically no public
drunkenness.
1t is claimed by local authorities
though there are no figures to
prove it-that there has been a
marked increase in the number of
shoe stores and butcher shops since
the saloon disappeared and it is
further claimed that this is the log
, ical result of the enforced saving
among the poorer people, who for
, merly spent the bulk of their wages
at the corner drum"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
SPOKANE APPLE SHOW
NOW WORLD EXHIBITION

The Spokane apple show sched-
uled here for this winter has
evolved itself into an international
affair through the efforts of Secre-
tary H. Nicely as result of his
recent trip to the apple congress in
st. Louis. He met the German con.
sci and received assurances that
Germany would send an exhibit of
her apples. A prominent Japanese
who was here not long ago agreed
to take the question up in his
country, and although with no hope
OF winning a prize, for the purpose
OF acquainting people of this coun-
try with the Japanese apple. The
Jap exhibit will be on the freak"
order. The crowded condition of
that nation has resulted in the
raising of dwarfed horticultural
products. and dwarf apple trees
and fruit will make up their ex-
hibit.
Eight Canadian provinces heard
from will send individual and col
lective exhibits. British Columbia
growers claim they raise larger
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02

and better apples than are pro-
duced in Washington.
England will also be represented,
Importers have agreed to have
Englishmen exhibit apples from
the oldest orchards.
Theh apple show committee will
meet Friday afternoon to discuss
the international phase recently
brought into the matter. Assistant
Secretary Bond this morning
stated that 10000 copies of the
premiums have been sent out and
that the issue must be doubled.
Since the premiums were sent out
500 requests from those who saw
them but received none have come
in. Yesterday requests came from
SO people.
To show the proportions to
which a small idea will grow, Mr..
Bond this morning said:
LAS originally contemplated the
apple show was to be state affair;
it grew to a Pacific Northwest af
fair, then national and now inter
national"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
HOW TO FIGHT A WAR ALRSF1LP:
IT'S MAKING NATIONS NERVOUS

is desired to attack ship, a tor
pedo or bomb is lowered by the
wire to within few feet of the
object of attack, and when the ex-
plosive is directly over the mark
it will be released by electricity
operated by the artillerist on the
airship half mile overhead. This
operator presses the button at the
precise moment when looking down
he can see the explosive in direct
line between him and the mark To
insure success the artillerist will be
the officer who is steering the air.
ship.
This same Major Moedebeck, in
discussing battles in the clouds,
says that in the case of airship
against airship attempts will be
made to cut at each other with
suitable apparatus, a somewhat APP
palling development of the ram
ming that used to be a part of naval
warfare. But, according to the
major, so far from increasing the
horrors of war. the airship will tend
to lessen them. The results of the
use of airships in war, he says, will
be that much of the effect of artil-
lery fire will be more accurately di-
rected toward the destruction OF
the enemy's artillery and other ma
chinery of defense rather than at
human lives, and there will be less
accidental destruction. There will
be much greater accuracy and econ
omy In the case of destructive
agents.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
THE BABY SHOW

Nelson, Peter and Augusta Mae,
White Bluff prairie, August rs, a
girl
Grasser, II. B. and Ora. E2514
Boone avenue, August 30. son.
Kienhallz, J. B. and Bertha,
E1008 Thirteenth avenue, August
80. a girl.
Comerford, George w. and
Frances M, 1920 Mallon avenue,
August 20, boy.
McReynolds, John w. and
Katherine, 07101k Maple street,
August 20, boy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
CALL COMPANY
'FAKER"

J. T. O'Brien. member of the
board of works, in his talk to the
city council last night. stated City
Engineer Ralston telegraphed to a
responsible eastern party the day
the bids on the new Olive avenue
bridge were opened. inquiring as to
the responsibility of the Burrill
Construction Co, the successful
bidders on the bridge. The tele-
gram in reply contained but one
word, "Faker."
The Burrill Construction Co.'S bid
was $4,000. The next lower bid
of $4,000 was disqualified because
of an improper check accompany
ing the bid. This leaves Huetter
& Zirngibl's bid of $69, 800 the next
lowest steel bid properly presented
after the BurriH- company. These
bids hays-all been referred to CITY
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
BY gibson GARDNER.
Special Correspondence to The Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 2.-As
means for reducing ordinary city
crime, there is no question that
prohibition is a distinct success.
Here in Birmingham the expert
ment has been tried, and the re-
suits speak volumes.
In general it may be said that
the work of the police has been
reduced by half. Figures compiled
from the monthly reports of the
police courts show that in the
seven months during which the sa-
Ion has been abolished in Birming-
ham "drunks" fell off three-fourths,
"disorderlies" one-half, assault and
batteries one-half, murderous as
saults over one-half and arrests for
all causes one-third.
AS might be expected. the fight
now is to make prohibition effec-
tive as against the omnipresent
"blind tiger" and this fight is Civ
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
! MEDICAL EXPLANA TON OF
DEADLY EFFECTS OF CICARETS

And this condition is the greatest
bar to clear and connected thought.
The will suffers most of ALL
Now, the will power is the force
of individuality.
The failure of the will power
means eccentricity, hallucination,
criminality. Even insanity can in
one sense, be regarded as nothing
more nor less than a failure of the
will power. The stories of young
men and young women being
driven to crime and insanity
through the habitual use of cigarets
are quite credible, and often very
probably true.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
SAGE ESTATE |
PANS POORLY.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-Further
probing into the affairs of the Rus
sell Sage estate reveals a large as
sortment of worthless securities.
Executors today are making an in
ventory Of bonds and stocks upon
which they are unable to realize.
The total par value Of these hold
ings as shown by Sage's financial
register was $1,071,00. Now they
are not worth the paper they are
written on. The executors expect
to realize little on M Aof Sage's
open accounts. Two railroads he
owned have been sold at loss.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2.-Bitten
by a rattlesnake in the calf of the
right leg in the Santa Ana noun
tains last Saturday, ohm McCor-
nick, rancher of Grapeland,
saved his life by making an Incl
sion with his pocket knife and in
sorting a piece of the reptiles flesh
in the wound. He bandaged it
tightly and walked seven hours be-
fore he reached his ranch, where
he could receive medical treat
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
BOOTY BOOZE BECKER

Charges of fraud and deception
are the basis of the complaint filed
in the county court this morning by
Charles Reys against r. r.. Nc
Croskrie and A. e. Livingston. Reys
alleges that the workings of his
mind were seriously interferred
with by quantities of booze supplied
by the defendants on June 3 last.
when the transfer of the Angelus
saloon, Ala Sprague avenue, was
made to him In exchange for prop.
erty worth $1,500.
Representations were made, ac-
cording to Mr.. Reys, that the net
profits from the liquor emporium
averaged $12 daily, when, in fact,
S. day is necessary to run the
place in excess of the receipts.
Reys asks judgment for $500
and costs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
GOLD MEDAL CONTEST

The w. c. T. L. holds a gold
medal defamation contest this
evening at Lidgerwood Congrega-
tional church, Standard and Cor
don. The contestants are Leland
Argall, Myrtle Bradley, Jennie
Mortensen. Beatrice Bradley. Lii
liam Espby, Ethel Hindman. A
musical program will be rendered
and the public is invited.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02

in war?
An airship loaded with bombs,
nitroglycerin, blazing projectiles?
How would the Connecticut or
Maine or any of the other great
naval monsters of Uncle Sam S.
navy protect itself against deadly
danger from above?
The experiments in aerial naviga-
ton during the past two years have
made it certain that airships will
take a leading. if not the leading,
part in the next war, and all the
civilized nations of the earth are
working like mad on the problem of
defense against offense from the
clouds.
A hundred naval suggestions
have been offered the naval depart
ment at Washington. slipping
shields that would toboggan the
shells off into the sea have been
discussed. but as high explosives
raise Ned at the moment of contact
this would not solve the difficulty.
The best so far is strong wire net
entirely covering the ship.
How about shooting at the sky
cutters? Could you hit em. The
German artillery fellows, who have
studied the subject deeply. say
there's a chance with shrapnel, The
shrapnel thing is a she'll that ex-
plodes at a regulated distance and
then spreads fanwise, its crowd of
small bullets carrying destruction
over a large area. And SO one OF
the Germans has invented a range
finder for use against balloons.
They say also that as far back as
1870 Krupp made a cannon to put
aeronauts on the blink
Shells exploding at contact or
containing poisonous fumes will. &C
cording to Major Hermann Moede-
beck of the German balloon divi-
sion, be the missiles generally used
by the fighters who fly. The ques-
ton of discharging them accurately
has been solved, but in a manner
that does not even yet enter the
drill books. 1t Is the discovery of a
Frenchman. According to the drill
books, the airship artillerist will
have to consider the height of his
vessel and its speed. For certain
special projectiles the rate Of fall
ing has been estimated and tabu-
lated How important this is will
be appreciated by anyone who has
attempted to let stone fall from q
cliff 80 or 100 feet onto given
object. This is task that requires
great skill even on perfectly still
day How much more So then,
when you are 1000 feet up, and in a
moving vessel, trying to hit NOV
ing object?
But there has been no practical
test of this form of warfare, and 1t
is certain that many of the projec-
tiles sent down would fall wide of
the mark were it not that new light
has been thrown on the subject and
the airship rendered far more eff
cient as a war vessel by a French
mans very simple discovery.
This can be described in a few
words. The airship will carry one
or more long, strong wires wound
on reels. The wires will be any
thing up to 5000 In length. When it
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02

ment. III
DR.. S. J. Quiut was caled hom
Los Angeles to attend MtCorHck.
When he arrived he, foun hi pa
tient was suffering from sight
poisoning. He declares tbht NC
Cornick saved his life BY bis own
treatment. Mccormick, aftyr bling
bitten by the snake slew it with
the butt of his gun and cut q piece
of flesh out of its back and bound
it to the, wound on his leg.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
BY w. r. C. LATSON, M. D.

Cigaret smoking Injuries the
bodies, minds and morals of many.
In the first place the smoke
breathed into the lungs forms a
thin coating over their delicate sur
faces. This prevents not only the
intake of oxygen, but the escape of
poisonous body gases.
1t is the retention of these body
poisons that is the most common
cause of disease
Retained poison means that both
the brain and the nerves are
starved and poisoned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
PENDlETON NEEDS WATER

PENDLETON, Ore. Sept. q
Practically all the water from
which Pendleton could draw a sup.
ply has been appropriated during
the past 10 days by private corpora
tons, so that the city is now in
position where it will be neces-
sary to purchase from private own
ers water for gravity system
should such be installed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
JAPS FIRE PRESIDENT

TOXIC, Sept. I'm an effort to
placate business men and CONNER
cial bodies of Japanese who threat
ened to refrain from participating
in the exposition because it was
postponed, the cabinet today pre-
vailed upon President Kaneko to
resign. His decision was reached
after a stormy session.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02

PRINCESS COLONNA, FORMER
LY MISS MACKAY W
with the Colonnas the royal fam
lilies of Europe are too new to be
entitled to consideration. In the
matter of blue blood the nearest
approach is to be found in the Ro.
mans of Burgundy, who are de-
scended from the old Burgundian
kings. ~ an
The head of the Colonnas,l Prince
Maffeo, is the husband of the hand
some American, who was Miss
Mackay. His ancestry is clear
ly marked from one prince, to an
other back to Julian the Apostate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
FORTUNE KILLED HIM

FINDLAY, O., Sept. 2.-Andrew
Pape, go, recently fell heir to a
fortune in Germany. Rejoicing at
his good luck, Pape started to
drink heavily and his mangled body
was found along the interurban
trucks. with the skull crushed and
one hand cut off
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
IMPROVEMENT FOR
LIDCERWOOD

Property owners on Thirteenth
or West avenue in LidgerWood
have prepared a petition for the
improvement of that street by grad
ing, graveling and building cemnt
curbing. The Improvement will ex-
tend from Lidgerwood street on the
west to Nevada street on the east.
The larges owner of real estate af-
fected is DR.. P. S. Byrne
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
HORSETHlEF'S WORK.

DIR. A. M. Mclean of Post Falls,
Idaho, notified the police today that
last night his horse and buggy
were stolen from in front of his
home. He believes the thief drove
to this city. The police are in
possession of good descriptions Of
horse and buggy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
TWOHY BROS. GET CONTRACT

SEATTLE, Sept. 2.-The con-
tract for the construction of the
Oregon & Washington railroad, by
the Hartman interests, has been
let to the firm of Twohy Bros, of
Spokane. The contract covers
eight miles.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
Blue Blood NolU

Special Correspondents to The Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.--In a dis
cussion of old families it has de-
veloped that the Mackays made
an alliance with the very oldest
when their daughter became the
wife of Prince Colonna. Compared
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
FLOOR FOR HIGH BRIDGE.

Street Commissioner Wither-
spoon has the lumber on the
ground for a new floor for the high
Hangman creek bridge. The con-
dition of the floor was such that
kicks to the street commissioner
were made until he concluded to
fix it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
RUSH NEW CREMATORY

Work is being rushed ON the two
new furnaces at the city crema-
tory. The old furnace is being
used night and day to keep up. The
new furnaces will furnish FIVE
times the capacity of the old one
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02

ferent in age, race and habits OF
life? But one is suggested here now
that seems at all plausible-money.
But what financial entanglements
or financial prospects could have
led to the deed, no one here at
tempts to explain. The mystery is
as deep as ever.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
DON'T WANT OiLEROlD

Property owners on Seventh ay.
enue yesterday filed remonstrance
against oileroid paving on Seventh
between Monroe and Division. The
protest is signed by E. o. Conner
and % others.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
$4,000 SPOKANE
VOTERS REGISTER

The registration total today pass
ed the $4,000 mark and the rush
still continues. 1t is expected that
the grand total will run close to
5000. The books close Saturday
night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
CHICKEN THIEF SHOWS CLASS

There was some class to the
chicken thief who broke into T. ID.
Ewell's coop at 02829 Minnie last
night. Although there were
score of chickens to select from. he
picked out four black Minorca
roosters of considerable value.
Ewell notified the police this
morning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02

officers to order the detention of
Mrs. Stein and her mother at Des
Moines.
Notwithstanding the evidence
seemed sufficient to order the ar
rest of the two women, nothing was
disclosed to cast light on why the
murder was done. What motive led
to the deaths of these two, so diff
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02

PORTLAND, Sept. 1T. S. Nc
Grath of Portland has announced
a combination of coal interests in
southwestern Washington, which
will! handle it's entire output
through Portland, this will amount
to 1000 tons daily.
1t is believed that the combina-
ton is in the interests of the Mil
waukee road, which is coming
westward at rapid rate. Among
the mines in the consolidation are
the Gales Creek, South Willis and
the Haskell & Co. interests, to-
gether with other smaller mines In
the same field. The value of the
mines in the consolidation is said
to be $15,000O00.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
DRY GOVERNOR NAMED.

SYRACUSE, N. Y. Sept Rev.
George e. Stockwell, Fort Plain,
was today nominated for governor
by the prohibitionists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
SLEEPING ON SPIKES HIS SPECIALITY

This man, photographed in front
of the Golden Temple, at Benares
India, lie actually reposing ON bed
of sharp iron spikes.
There Is no deception about his