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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
DRIVEN FROM HOME BY WATER
Floods Cause Great Damage at Pitts
burg and 10000 Men Are Thrown
Out of Work.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Spreading ruin and
disaster in it's path, the annual food
of the rivers and small streams of this
section holds Pittsburg in it's grasp.
The record flood of last year, when
the water reached a stage of thirty.
six and one-half feet, caused damage
estimated at $10,000,0O0, but sufficient
warning was given this year to save
much property
A conservative estimate places the
number of men thrown out of work by
the flood here at 10000. This great
increase to the army of unemployed is
expected to result in much suffering.
For weeks charitable organizations
have been soliciting funds for the un-
employed, and now additional ap,
peals have been made for contribu-
tions to assist the flood victims.
A great number of families have
been compelled to move their house.
hold goods to upper stories. They go
to and fro in skiffs.
On the north side of Pittsburg the
policemen are patroling their beats in
skiffs
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL Be
PROSECUTED FOR REBAT|NG
Government Will Institute Suit, the
Existence Of Extensive System
Of Preferential Rates Be-
ing Alleged.

Washington.-Pros are to
be instituted by the government
against the Southern Pacific company
and against certain officials of that
railway organization on allegation
that they paid rebates TO shippers
Information which is to be basis
for these prosecutions was obtained
by Franklin X Lane, of the interstate
commerce commission, last autumn in
the course of an extensive inquiry
made by him into the affairs of the
Southern Pacific company.
By direction of the interstate com
merce commission, Commissioner
Lane visited the Pacific coast and for
several weeks conducted his inquiries
into the alleged charges of rebating
which had reached the commission.
Commissioner Lanes report of his in.
vestigation, including a transcript OF
the testimony taken by him in a for.
NAL hearing as an interstate com
merce commissioner, was made pub.
ic on Saturday. The report has been
approved by the commission and a
transcript of the report and of the evi.
dence adduced at the hearing has
been transmitted to the department of
Justice for such prosecutions under
the law as may be warranted"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
EXPRESS COMPANY IN TROUBLE
Accused of Carrying Mail in Violation
of the Postal Laws. \

Cincinnati, O.-Violation of the pos
tai laws by carrying tirst-class mail
matter was charged against the Amer
ican Express company in a suit filed
in the United States district court
here Wednesday by District Attorney
Mcpherson.
This suit was the first gun in
campaign which the government pro-
poses to wage against common car
riers for carrying first-class matter
contrary to law. In the information
which Attorney Mcpherson filed he
alleged that the American Express
company on January 6 carried let
ter from Bolton, Texas, to Cincinnati.
The letter was from Mrs. Will Brown,
of Bolton, and in it she ordered from
a glove company twelve pairs of
gloves and enclosed an express order
for $247 in payment. Attorney Nc
Pherson claims the letter did Iot re-
late to the business of the express
company, and that the envelope did
not bear postage stamp, as required
by law.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
STAIR IN POLITICS
VERSATILE BUSINESS MAN EN-
TIERS NEW FIELD.
Is Theatrical Magnate, Financier and
Publsher--Likely to Be Michi-
gan Deegate-at-Large to
G. o. p. Convention.

New rk.-Wanted-The transfer.
nation of versatile business man
into Republican leader. Apply to Ed
ward ID. Stair of New York and De-
troit, newspaper proprietor, theatrical
magnate and financier.
This might we'll be the form of an.
nouncement adopted by Mr.. Stair If he
desired to be entirely frank in the
publication of his aspirations to be the
delegate-at-large from Michigan to the
Republican national convention. Now
as years old, Mr.. Stair has been stead
lily progressing in the business world
since he was 13, when he began his
fight for the attainment of his ambi-
tions. In finance and business he has
reached the goal at which he aimed.
But it now appears that there is some
thing more which is essential to MIR.
Stairs happiness and to the real
quintessence of bliss.
The indefatigable little political bee
has recently got extremely busy with
the newspaper Theatrical financial
man. The bee has stung him once, to
common knowledge. making Mr.. Stair
desirous of applying salve in the shape
of the position of delegate-at-large The
bee has also begun to sting him, by re-
port, second time. If the bee com
pletes the last bit of work Mr.. Stair
will be seeking additional salve in the
guise of even higher political honors
This, at any rate, is the gossip among
men who announce that they are ia
miliar with the topic they are dis
cussing.
If Mr. Stair succeeds as well in poll
tics as he has in business he certainly
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Four Killed at Tyler.

Tyler, Tex.--A tornado swept over
the principal residence portion of Ty-
Ter at o'clock Friday morning, caus-
ing the death of four persons. The
dead are: G. A, Francis, aged 2S; his
wife and one-year-old child. Nose
Lee, a negro, aged 80. Francis was
agent for the Dallas News. His dead
body was found 100 yards from his
wrecked home, and the body of his
child was found in the street. Mrs.
Francis body was in the wreckage OF
the building. Six persons were seri-
ously injured. They are irwin Frank
lin, Mrs Franklin and four Franklin
children. One of re children is eX-
pected to die. ~ were caught in
the wreckage OF their home. Twelve
buildings were wrecked The tornado
came up from the southwest and tore
a path through Tyler 10 feet wide
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Moral Effects of Athletics,

Aside from it's physical effect. the
moral effect of athletics, in the case
of the soldier at least, is of no small
value My experience has been that
men are less likely to drink in the
football or baseball season, even
though they may be addicted to the
use of intoxicants. And thus no spe-
cial effort may have been made along
these lines by those in charge of the
sports. The class of men who go
in for athletics and excel in such
contests are the most desirable sol
diers and the best all around men,
Still another advantage of athletics
Is that good athletic teams and the
reputation for post of having cham
pion teams draw good recruits ana
soldiers to enlist there.--Army and
Navy Life.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
TRAIN HITS STREET CAR.
Motorman Disregards Signals, With
Disastrous Results.

Toledo, O.-Seven persons were
killed and a dozen injured when Big
Four passenger train struck a Toledo
& Western electric car at the Michi.
gan Central crossing in West Toledo
Saturday night.
According to an eyewitness of the
wreck, which occurred shortly after s
O'Clock, the conductor stopped at the
crossing to flag the car across. See.
ing the train coming, he motioned tc
the motorman to stop, but this signal
was either misunderstood, or not seen
or disregarded, for the car came
ahead, with sickening results. The
motorman was among those killed. AL
the ambulances in the city were hast
lily summoned and the scene of the
wreck was soon thronged with excited
people, impeding rather than aiding
the work of rescue
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
COULDN'T FIND THE REMNANTS
Remarkable Disappearance That Pu,
zled the Hired Girl.

A woman who goes in for the higher
art has miniature Venus de Milo
standing on the piano, just to show
the casual caller that she's wise as to
what's what.
This woman has the Venus and she
also has new hired girl who comes
from furrin shores
In busting the piano the other morn.
ing, while her mistress was out do
Ing the marketing, the girl bowled
over the Venus. She picked it up,
picked up also a chip or two that had
been knocked off the statuette, and
then set 1t in place and sized it up
to see If 1t looked all right. When
the mistress arrived home an hour
later she found the girl down on her
knees peering under the piano, look
ing over the floor and looking in var
GUS other directions, all of which sug
gested that she might be looking fol
something.
And what is the matter?" asked
the mistress of the home in surprise
"Oh, I knocked over the statchoo'
lamented the girl, pointing to Venus
But it doesn't seem to have dam
aged it any
"Yes, it did," insisted the girl, al
most tearfully. 1T broke off botl
arms, ma'am and I haven't been abl
to find the pieces"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
SOLDIERS SET TO
GUARD MINERS
Company Of Infantry Will Attempt
to Preserve Order at Fairbanks,
Alaska, During Strike.
Trouble is Outcome of Demand for
Hiqher Wages and Shorter Hours,
and Attempt to Operate Mines
independently Of Western
Federation.

Washington.-By direction OF the
president, Acting Secretary Oliver on
Thursday ordered company OF In
fantry from Fort Gibbon, in Alaska
to Fairbanks, in that territory, to pre-
serve order during the mining strike
in that section. kilograms from FAIR
banks to the attorney general stated
that open air mass meetings are be-
ing held by the striking miners, and
that threats of violence have been
made.
The distance from Fort Gibbon to
Fairbanks is 1856 miles, and the troops
will be carried by sleds over the
route, which is said to be very good
one. If there is urgent necessity for
the presence of the soldiers at Fair
banks they can get there in four or
five days. But under ordinary condi-
tions the trip takes six or seven days
Fairbanks is in the center of min
ing country, with population OF l.
600 or 5000. Persons in Washington
familiar with the conditions existing
at Fairbanks say the trouble is the
outcome of strike year or more
ago for higher wages and shorter
hours for miners This the operators,
however, refused and their determi-
nation to operate their mines inde-
pendently of the Western Federation
Of Miners may, it is feared, lead to
trouble.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Thinks of Valentine for Sister in Face
of Death.

Chicago. stretched out on an oper'
ating board in the Englewood Union
hospital Saturday night, where two of
the staff physicians were cutting off
his lacerated little legs in an en-.
deavor to save his life, Hermann Hill,
a newsboy. 8 years old, demanded OF
the doctors: Say, whichever one OF
you guys that's got my nickel go out
and buy valentine and send it to my
sister. | promised her one and she is
waiting for it," The little fellow had
been run down by street car while
selling papers.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
BUYS A NOBLEMAN.
lsthman Canal Commission
Gets Title.

New York.-Miss Theodore Shonts,
daughter of Theodore p. Shonts, for
merly chairman of the isthmian canal
commission. was married Saturday at
noon to Manuel Theodoric Bernard
D'Albert De Luynes, Duke De
Chaulnes, of Paris. The Duke De
Chaulnes is 30 years old and mem
ber of one of the most aristocratic
families of the French nobility. He
has house in Paris and an hereditary
castle in one of the French provinces.
Theodore P. Shonts, the brides ia,
ther, is now president of the Inter-
borough metropolitan company, which
operates the New York elevated rail.
roads and subway.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Should Keep Their Mouths Shut and
Obey Orders.

West Point, N. with plain
words of advice as to their future du.
ties-the advantages and hardships of
an army career-Secretary of War
Taft on Friday presented diplomas tc
the 108 members of the graduating
class of the United States military
academy. The secretary impressed
upon the young men who were COM
missioned as second lieutenants in
the various branches of the army
that the military service must ever
be subordinate to the civil govern
ment, and that it was their serious
duty Ito keep their mouths shut and
obey orders"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20

will let the country know that another
live one" has come to the front The
business versatility and success of the
New Yorker-Detroiter, whose business
headquarters are in New York and res
idence in Detroit, are shown by the
fact that he is:
newspaper man, being large
owner of the Detroit Free Press and of
the Detroit Journal.
A theatrical man. the firm of Stair
& Havlin controlling 15S theaters in
the United States and Canada.
A financial man, being director of
several banks and trust companies and
a heavy dealer in real estate.
And now he wants to shine with
equal brilliancy in fourth armament
and become political star of the first
magnitude.
He Is a comparatively newcomer in
the New York business world, having
moved his headquarters here from De-
troit only in 1900. 1t is in Michigan
that he has spent most of his life, and
it was in Michigan that he laid the
basis of his fortune.
Mr.. Stair started his life struggle
with newspaper ambitions only.
Through all his success in the the
atical field he has been true to his first
love and has always been connected
with newspapers in one capacity or
another. He is moreover, more prom.
inent as theatrical magnate than as
newspaper proprietor. His firm
owns all or part of every popular.
priced theater in the United States.
Every theater Mr.. Stair has bought,
according to his admirers, has paid
from the moment he took control of 1t,
as though there were magic in his
touch. In the theatrical world he is
considered marvel for another rea,
son-that is, because, with all manner
of temptations to take a prominent
part in the gayeties Of great white
way" he leads most abstemious life,
The sparkle of champagne is not for
him. Not even does he smoke Meth.
er does he chew. Whether he swears
or not his biographers do not state.
Morenci, Mich, was Mr.. Stairs birth.
place, and it was here, at the age of
II, that he first became a newspaper
proprietor, having established The
Morenci Review. Later he published
the Midland Review and the Maple
Rapids Dispatch. Then, at 21, he
turned westward. He edited the Daven.
port Dispatch and then the Coopers.
town Courier. Then he turned back
again to Michigan. There he bought
the Livingston Republican and made
it a power in state politics. Afterward
he went into the theatrical game. at
which he has thus far held winning
hand
The present announcement of the
Stair candidacy for the post of dele.
, gate-atlarge follows the withdrawal
from the race of Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Truman II. Newberry.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
TOWNS WIPED
OUT BY TORNADO
Windstorm Strikes Mississippi and
Texas, Ten Being Killed and
Many Injured.
Districts Visited by Disastrous Twis.
ter Were sparseIy Settled or the
Loss OF Life Would Have
Been Much Heavier.

Meridian. Miss.-Three small Mis-
sissippi towns were practically de-
molished by a tornado on Friday. Re-
ports of the number killed range from
six to ten. with the smaller number
probably correct. Mossville, Service
and Sovo are the towns destroyed.
They are all in Jones county, and all
are very small, being merely hand
ful of scattered dwellings. The tor
nado struck them about noon, and in
most instances is reported to have
carried the buildings in its path COM
pletely off the lots on which they
stood. Nearby fields were covered
with wreckage, and the branches Of
trees were Uttered with small house
hold articles.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Fighting Bob Evans in Better Health

Washington.-The navy department
has received the following from Ad-
miral Simpson of the Chilean navy, on
board the cruiser Caacabuco, which
riloted Admiral Evans fleet partially
through the Strait of Magellan:
"Talcahuano, Chile, Feb 12.-Ad-
miral Evans requests me to inform
the department from the fleet, at sea,
Tuesday, p. m, bound for Callao
via VALPARAISO:
Everything going on well. Ad.
miral Evans much better in health. -
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20

New York.-Miss ]. Trabellini, a
singer from the La Scala grand opera
house in Milan, Italy, who, she said.
came to this country hoping to secure
an engagement at the Metropolitan or
the Manhattan opera house. will be
deported. This action was decided
upon by the immigration authorities
on Friday. The singer had twice been
admitted to this country, but when
she arrived for a third visit, two
weeks ago she was sent to Ellis
island and an investigation OF her
case ordered.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Lectures Club Women.

New York.-Mrs. Cora F. Trow
caused CONSERVATION in a meeting of
the West End Women's Republican
Slab Friday by stating that until
women had learned how to hold legal
elections in their own clubs they had
no right to demand the ballot. She
said that women voted for the officers
Of their clubs because they liked the
way candidate dressed her hair, or
because they disliked the woman who
placed the opposition candidate in
nomination. Women should study
civics, she said, and become qualified
to vote intelligently
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Stockmen in Conference at Washing
ton

Washington. - Representatives of
western livestock associations held a
meeting Saturday afternoon to discuss
pending legislation regulating grazing
on public lands No conclusion was
reached, but it was the sentiment of
the meeting that no legislation could
be passed at this session. Among
those who attended were Nudo Nc
Kenzie, A. e. Desicqules of Colorado,
j. C. Underwood of Wyoming, S. II,
Cowan of Texas, Messrs. Pinchot, Pot
ter and Byrnes Of the forest service.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Insurance Company on the Rocks.

New York.--Attorney General VIII.
liam S. Jackson announced Friday
that he had decided to ask for the ap-
bointment of a receiver for the Mu.
ual Reserve Life Insurance com
pany. The legality of certain liens
imposed upon policies has been ques,
toned by the authorities. Attorney
General Jackson said his decision to
ask for a receiver was based on the
report of State Superintendent OF In.
surance Kelsey, who contended that
the company is insolvent. with de
icit of $l717,1l4,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
WELCOMED BY CHlLEANS.
American Fleet Passes Valparairo, is
Saluted by Entire Chilean Navy.

Valparaiso-The great American
feet of sixteen battleships, under the
command of Rear Admiral Evans,
passed Valparaiso Friday afternoon
and continued on its voyage north
ward to Callao, Peru, the next stop
ping place. All Valparaiso and thou
sands of persons from every city in
Chile witnessed the passing of the
fleet. President Montt and the other
high officials of the republic came out
from shore to greet the battleships,
and almost the entire Chilean navy
exchanged salutes with them as they
swung around Curaumilla Point and
into Valparaiso bay in single file,
headed by the Chilean cruiser Chaca.
buco and five Chilean torpedo boat
destroyers.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
LIABILITY OF RAILROADS.
New Bill Introduced in Congress by
La Toilette and Sterling.

Washington.-A comprehensive en-
ployers' liability bill was introduced
in the senate and house on Thursda"
by Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
and Representative Sterling of Illi-
nois. The authors say the bill has
the endorsement of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers. the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen and the Brotherhood of Rail.
road Trainmen, and is intended to
meet the recent decision of the sll.
preme court by which the employers
liability act of June II, 1906, was de-
clared unconstitutional
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Youthful Smoker.

Henry Twele, three and half years
old, of Greenock, near McKeesport, is
probably the most youthful smoker in
Allegheny county and probably in
Pennsylvania. The boy has been using
tobacco for more than year. His
father is miner. The boy cries unless
given a pipe or stogie once or twice
a day, and nothing else will pacify
him. Milk and medicine are spurned
and he falls asleep soon after smoking.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Farmers Are the Victims.

Springfield, O.-The Farmers Co.
operating Harvesting company of
America, corporation organized by
William n. Whitley, known as the
Reaper King, has gone into the hands
OF receiver. C. S. Olinger of this
city has been named in that capacity
by the court The concern was incor.
porated five years ago, following the
organization of the so-called binder
trust. known as the International Har.
yester company Large amounts OF
stock were sold by Whitely's agents
all over the United States, principally
among farmers.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Bomb Placed for kinn.

Llsbon.-lt has been learned that a
bomb was found under the landing
stage where King Carlos landed on
the day of the assassination. 1t had
failed to explode because of a defect
in the fuse. A number of persons
have called at the late home of Buica.
one OF the dead assassins, to give
money to his mother-in-law for the
support OF his children. The proprle-
tor OF department store has opened
subscription for them with $1,000,
also giving them free use OF their
house
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Killed In Queer Accident.

A somewhat remarkable death took
place recently in one of the large
ovens at Tunstall, Staffordshire, Eng
land used for firing pottery, the de-
ceased being Albert Cotton, aged "a
A man named Enoch Goodwin went
up a ladder to the top of the oven
when he fell and alighted on Cotton
killing him on the spot.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Ostrich EARNS for italy.

In view of the Importance of the com
merce in ostrich feathers, Vice Consul
H. M. Byington of Naples states that
Italians are being urged to start os'
trich farms in southern Italy, Sicily
and Sardinia. The successful results
obtained in California and at Nice are
citad
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Perfectly Truthful.

Il really don't believe that you par
ucularly wanted to hear me sing"
said a young lady coyly. II did, in
deed" her admirer protested. 81 had
never heard you before Pick Me-
Tin
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-02-20
Monarch Was Not FastIdious.

Frederick the Great made a salts
factory meal on salt beef or york and
cabbage.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-16
Shot By Train Flagman.

jacksonville, KY, June 13.-Flag-
man Weird Stodghill, of the interur-
ban train, was compelled Saturday
afternoon to shoot and kill a negro.
After the train left Madisonville,
and before it had scarcely gotten
outside of the city limits, Charles
Osburn became obstreperous. When
asked to behave himself he became
Infatuated, grabbed Stodghill around
the neck. was dragging him to the
door of the coach when the flagman
managed to get hold Of his pistol.
Firing at close range, he shot Os-
born through the bowels. The ne
gro was taken to Darlington, where
he died.