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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
GETTING A JURY
TEDIOUS WORK
Six Men Secured to Try Thorn
ton Hams for Completely
in Annis Murder.

Flushing, n. y. Dec. 14.-When court
adjourned tonight after two long ses-
sions consumed in examinations of tabs
men, six jurors sat in the jury box to
try Thornton ]. Hams, author, on
charges of being an accessory in the kill
ing of William z. Annis. shot down at
the Bayside Yacht club last summer by
captain Peter c. Hams, jr. The difficult
ty of securing jury because of opinions
tice Crane decided that night session be
held The court hopes that the trial may
be concluded by the end of the week
The questioning of talismen by Hams
counsel indicated that the defense will be
based principally on the proposition that
Thornton. fearing his brothers life was
in jeopardy from the crowd at the club
house, drew his revolver and held the
crowd back His act was one of defense,
and not of offense, according to his coun-
sci.
Jo.;n F. Mcintyre. of counsel for Hams.
announced that Hams would take the
stand in his own defense. He likely will
tell of those events at Fort Hamilton
which led to the separation of Captain
Hams and his wife, and to the tragedy
Mr. Mcintyre will also offer in evidence
the alleged confession made by Mrs.
Claudia Hams to her husband
Counsel for the defense We're subpoe-
naed by District Attorney Darrin tonight
to appear as witnesses in the cases. Mr..
Shay. of Hams counsel. said Mr. Darrin
desired to SECURE certain letters written
by Thornton j. Hams to Captain Hams
last spring. asking him to return from
the Philippine islands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
COAL MAY GO ON
THE FREE LIST
Pennsylvania and Ohio Steel
Men Working to That End
With House Committee.
lspecia.l b 4she Herald.l


Washington Dec. f5.-The hearings
before the ways and means COMMITTEES
of the house and the gossip of the capt.
toll corridors seem to indicate that de-
terrnined effort VII be made in framing
the proposed new tariff bill to put coal
on the free list. There seems to be a
decided sentiment among certain Penn
sylvania and Ohio iron and steel men,
who, il is suggested, are themselves in
terested in Canadian fields. 10 have
either a reciprocity agreement with
Canada or have coal admitted free of
duty. In the opinion of representatives
from Utah, Montana and Wyoming,
placing coal on the free list or re
ciprocity agreement with Canada would
work great injury and loss to the coal
interests. of those states which have
either markets in Montana or adjacent
states. Representative Mondell stated
today that before coming TO Washing
ton he wrote to a number of western
coal operators, sending them a fist, of
questions bearing on the present coal
tariff which is 81 cents per ton. He has
not received general responses to these
these inquiries and today he telegraphed
several of the large coal operators OF
the western states, suggesting the adj
visibility OF sending representatives TO
appear before the house committee with
view of calling attention TO the i'm
portance of the tariff on this industry
1t is Mr. MondelIs opinion that # de-
termined effort should be made on the
part of the coal operators coal will go
on the free list in the new bill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
PULLMAN COMPANY MAKING DEFENSE
BEFORE THE COMMERCE COMMISSION

chicago, Dec. Alt being the inten-
uoa Of the complainant to summon Of
hcials of the Pullman company to tes-
ufy as to the cost of operation of sleep
ing cars, the hearing begun by Inter
state Commerce Commissioner Lane in
-. Paul was resumed in Chicago today.
The original complaint that sleeping
car berths were disposed of at too high
rate and rec uesting that the Pull
mar company be compelled to sell upper
Derths at smaller prices than lowers
was made by George s. LOTUS of St.
Paul. Mr.. LOTUS was represented to-
DAY by Attorney James Mahahan and
me Pullman company by Attorney G. B.
Fernalds.
William Hough, second assistant au-
dltor of the Pullman company, was the
hrst witness on the stand. His testi-
mony consisted mainly of statistics
showing the number of cars owned and
operated by the company and the cost
OF administration, the operation and
maintenance. He testified that of Also
available cars in the United States,
canada and Mexico, the company, dur
ing the last fiscal year. had in actual
service 1904. The cost per car each
year, exclusive of repairs and mainte-
nance, he said. was 81 1905. Maintenance
and repairs cost 81, f26 per car.
Mr.. Hough asserted that during the
iast fiscal year the Pullman company
suffered a loss of S332, goo from the mis-
Use Of sleeping cars whose condition
was beyond repair.
TO meet further losses and be pre-
pared for emergencies. the company, he
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
MURDER AT IDAHO FALLS
Waldo H. Setback Killed by I'm
known Man With an Ak
lEscape of Murderer.

Idaho Falls, Ida, Dec. 14.-Waldo H
Setback. a stranger in the community,
was killed at an early hour Sunday
morning with an ak. The crime is at
tributed to an unknown man with
whom Setback came here from Mon
tana. Setback carried a certificate of
deposit from the State bank at Helena.
Mont, for $500. When the body was
discovered this was gone, together with
other valuables known to have been IN
Schlacks possession.
The marder was committed in a room
in a lodging house and in a very brutal
manner. After Setback was asleep his
companion went to the kitchen of the
house. secured small ak and dealt
his victim five blows on the head.
Setback must have lived between ten
and twelve hours afterward, as groans
were heard by other roomers from 8
o'clock in the morning until in the
afternoon. The supposed murderer got
twelve hours start and trace of him
has been lost. He was nearly six feet
tall dark complexioned, stoop shouI-
dered and smooth shaver. He wore a
black suit and a crush hat.
Setback had family in Columbiana,
Ohio
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said, made an appropriation of SO, 900, 600
which would be provided annually.
Our company is dependent for its
returns on the railroads" he said, land
any road may at any time withdraw
and leave US with our cars no longer
needed on our hands"
DO you mean to tell u.s." asked At
torney Mahanan, that your company
fears the withdrawal of the railroads ?''
Il certainly do" declared the witness,
who added that, while the company had
contracts with the railroads covering
periods of at least twenty years, most
of the contracts had a clause granting
the railroads the right to withdraw on
a six months notice. The Pennsylvania
Railroad company's contract has such
clause, he said.
Mr.. Hough informed the commission
that the average life of car is twenty
years, and the company introduced SOC
cars in the service as new railways were
erected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
.cH|cAGO's SOCIAL SEASON
First Ward Ball a Huge Success
Police Present to Stand
off Dynamiters,

Chicago. Dec. 14.-With an attack on a
newspaper photographer and the smash
ing of his camera as a prelude, the First
ward ball, the annual affair presided over
by Alderman John COughlin and Alder
man Michael Kenna. was held in the
Coliseum tonight, all efforts OF the church
people and law and order organizations
to prevent it having proved unsuccessful
A large guard of police surrounded the
building, extra precautions being taken
because of the explosion of a dynamite
bomb in the vicinity last night Photog-
raphers were forbidden to attend the ball,
rule an attack was made on him.
II was estimated that the receipts from
the sale of tickets amounted to almost
custom. will be used toward electing the
alderman of the ward whose term ex-
pires next spring.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
NO ATTEMPT TO DICTATE
Mr.. Bryan Will Not Act in Advisory
Capacity So Fas as Nebraska
Legislature Is Concerned.

p Lincoln. Neb., Dec. H.-That William J.
Bryan will not attempt to dictate the
action of the Nebraska legislature this
winter. but will act only in, an advisory
capacity. is indicated by a statement
made public here today. ,ge q
Il have only one interest in the legis-
lature," said Mr.. Bryan, and that is to
see every pledge of our platform carried
out ~.
Mr. Bryan said that he would speni
part of his winters in Texas hereafter.
but that he had no intention of changing
his residence.
Regarding his interest in Democratic
newspaper ventures, Mr.. Bryan entered
a denial to the report that his support
extended to other ventures than his own
paper.
Named as the logical candidate as SEN
ator from Nebraska, Mr.. Bryan explained
his position by saying merely that the
election did not occur for two years and
that one could tell what might happen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
TENNESSEE LIQUOR FIGHT
Governor Patterson and His Friends
Will Try to Beat Statewide
Prohibition in Legislature

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 14-Indications
multiply that the liquor question will be
burning one before the legislature which
meets here in January. Advocates of a
statewide prohibition law are making
sweeping claims and today opened head
quarters here. with former State Sena-
tor l. L. Pendleton of this city in charge.
Tonight Austin Peay. chairman of the
Democratic state committee and a close
friend of Governor Patterson. announced
that. as Democratic state chairman, he
had opened headquarters here to oppose
statewide prohibition legislation
Chairman Peay has also issued a call
for the Democratic state committee to
meet here Thursday. Dec. II, Ito con-
slider the situation
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
CITY EXTENDS
A WELCOME TO
GAR. OFFICIALS
Commander in Chief Refers
FeeIingIy to Deaths Havoc
Among Old Soldiers.
NOTHING IN THE WORLD
LIKE BIG ENCAMPMENT
VISITORS WILL TAKE UP THE
BUSINESS IN HAND
TODAY.

o g Z. o O. Z. q % o % 4. g q o 8 (. q g @
{: The board of governors of the %
g Commercial club request that flags %
9 be raised on all public buildings %
g and business blocks in honor of @
g General Henry w. Nevius, COM @
@ mander in chief of the Grand .
9 Army of the Republic.
General Henry M Nevius Of Red
Bank. n. j.. holding the position of
commander in chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic, an honor looked upon
by the old soldiers as second only to
that of being chosen president of the
United States, with his staff officers
and others interested in the work OF the
G. A. r. and auxiliary organizations.
arrived in Salt Lake yesterday from
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15

New York, Dec. 14.-President-el
Taft found this the quietest day he has
had since leaving Hot Springs During
the morning and afternoon he received
number of csllers at the home Of his
nre Their, Henry w. Taft, ald tonight
went to a theatre. During the day Mr..
Taft found time 20 sit for several pho
t0gra phs and gave the first of a series
Of si.tings to 4 portrait paintec.
Mr.. Taft's most pl Otractei conference
was with Franz F. Kellogg, the prose-
cutting attorney or the government in
the Standard Oil and Hartman cases.
MI. Kellogg frequently has been men
toned Cor attorney general in Mr.. Taft's
cabinet. The president-elect said that
he and Mr.. Kellogg had discussed a
number of subjects, among them that
of antitrust laws and legislation.
Mr.. Taft said the name of former
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
PRESIDENT ELECT GIVEN OVATION
WHILE ATTENDING PLAY In NEW YORK

Governor Franklin Murphy of New
Jersey had been presented 70 him for
a cabinet position by the New Jersey
senators.
Congressman Fowler, who is chairman
of the house committee on currency,
discussed financial legislation with Mr..
Taft. The president-elect will leave for
Augusta, Ga, Thursday morning.
MIR. Taft was the object of a hearty
demonstration tonight at the AstOr the
atre, which he attended with a number
of friends, making up a box party. At
the end of the first act. the entire audi
ence rose and cheered the president
elect while the orchestra played the
'Star-Spangled Banner" There was a
similar demonstration after the third
act, coupled with cafts for a speech, to
which Mr.. Taft responded by smiling
and bowisg.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
MUTINoUS SOLDIERS.

Organ, Algeria, Dec. 14.-Soldiers of the
foreign legion, numbering about fifty,
with fixed bayOnets. held up a train re-
Gently on its way to this city. General
Charles L. Vigy, the French commander
of infantry, who WIS aboard the train,
alighted and addressed the men. urging
them to remain loyal No attempt was
made to rob the train or modest the pas
sengers. and the motive of the strange
escapade is a mystery.
The men listened to the general and
then departed. Some have since been ar
rested and others are wandering in the
country districts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
LOOT CAME FROM PORTLAND
Charles Price of Ogden May Have to
Give Up the $2,410 Which
He Now Possesses.
Especial TO The Herald.

Portland. Ore. Dec. H.-From descrip-
lions of the bills found in a newspaper
wrapper by Charles Price of Ogden. local
detectives and officials of the East Side
hank have positively identified them as
mart of the plumber secured by the three
rohbers who held up the bank, securing
az e00 Included in the &, 40 sent the
ogden man, there were two $500 bills and
fourteen 500 bills. These. have been
identified not only by their numbers, bus
Inv necuIiar marks which makes the iden-
tifjcst ton doubly positive To plant a
norton of his loot, the suspected robber.
according to postal inspectors. mailed IL
to himself at Ogden under the name of
Charles Price a Portland detective. who
is after him Strangely enough, it fell
into the hands of a real Charles Price
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
MORE MONEY NEEDED.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE secretary of
the treasury today recommended that
five hundred thousand dollars be appro-
priated for irrigation projects on Indian
reservations for the coming fiscal year
instead of two hundred thousand, the
amount included in the regular estimates,
and that the appropriation be made con-
tinuing so thar if unexpended at the
close of the fiscal yea. the balance need
not be turned back iIito the treasury.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
NOMINATIONS SENT IN.

= Especial to The Herald)
+ Washington, Dec. 1.-THE president 4
i today sent to the senate the nominal 4
j. lions of J. L. Eldredge. jr., as as I
\ saver of the proposed assay office at I
j. Salt Lake City: Jonathan s. Page. 4
l. postmaster at Payson, Utah, and 4
\ Nellie B. Carpenter, postmaster at I
\ Grangeville, Idaho. I
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this evening at the Wilson hotel.
the east. The purpose of the visit of
the national officers is TO confer with
the board of governors of the Com
mercial club and the convention COM
mittee of the club with reference to the
arrangements for the big convention
next summer.
Accompanying General Nevius on his
trip are Mrs. Nevius. Frank o. Cole
of Jersey City, n. J., adjutant general
of the G. A. r., and Mrs. Cole; J.. Cory
Winans of Troy. o., chief OF staff OF the
G.. A. r.. and Mrs. Winans; Thomas l..
Scott of Springfield, ILL.,, member of the
executive committee of the G. A. r.:
Captain William H. Armstrong of In
dianapolis. member of the executive
committee; Colonel Phil Cheek of Bar
aboo Wis, member of the executive
committee: J. L. Bennett of Chicago.
official stenographer; Mrs. denevieve L.
Long of Chicago, president of the Ia
dies of the c. A. r.; Mrs. John L.
Gilmore of Boston, president of the
Women's Relief Corps; Maria w Going
of Sommerville, Mass, secretary of the
W. r. c.
The party was met at 1880 O'Clock
yesterday morning at Provo by Colonel
Frank L. Sterrett, director in general
OF the next encampment of the Grand
Army; William J. Halloran. president
of the Salt Lake City Commercial club,
and Colonel 1. 4. Benton of the Denver
& Rio Grande railway. A stop of TWEEN
ty minutes was made in Provo, during
which time the members of the party
were the guests of the Provo CONNER
cial club and of Colonel c. E. Loose
and James Glove. They were taken
about the city on a brief automobile
trip and to the rooms of the Provo
Commercial club.
Met by Reception Committees.
When the train reached Salt Lake, it
was met by reception committees from
the different c. A r. posts and the
Continued on Page -
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USED STATE FUNDS.

: Lansing, Mich, Dec 14.-Frank P. Gla-
zier of Chelsea. who resigned as state
treasurer soon after the failure of the
Chelsea Savings bank and the Glazier
Stove company a year ago, was placed on
trial here today charged with appropri-
ating to his own use and the use of the
Chelsea Savings bank. OF which he was
president, $S65, 900 of state funds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
AMOUNT NEEDED RAISED.

Chicago. Dec. Alt was announced to-
day that four hundred and twenty-seven
stockholders out of six hundred of the
A. Booth & Co, the fish concern which
of the $500 coo needed as capital for the
new company, twas stated, had been
raised.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
House Will Not Consent.

Whatever may be the merits Of the
dispute, the fact remains that the house
of representatives will not consent to
the passage of any kind of homestead
bin which viii enable the settler TO OBJ
tain title to 800 acres of land unless he
is required to reside on it, Senator
Smoot believes that he can secure the
final passage of a nonresident dry farm
bill applicable only to Utah, and if this
could be done it might open the way
for an agreement upon the general 800
acre bill. he probabilities are, however,
that Senator SmOot will not be able to
pass a nonresident Utah bill, for the
objections raised in the house last SEES
sion would be raised again, and Utah
| having but a single congressman, the
bill would stand little show OF getting
through.
From the present indications it would
seem that the dry farm homestead bill
would have to go over until the next
regular session of congress, one year
from now, when an entirely new meas
ure, lacking the Objectionable features
of the one now pending, could b intro
duced With some show of favorable
consideration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
DEMOCRATS DID
NOT HOLD FAST
Appeal of De Almond From the
Speakers Decision Tabled
by a Big Majority.

y Washington Dec s14--When the house
convened today Republican Floor Leade-
Payne brought in joint resolution,
which was agreed to, providing for the
adjournment OF congress from Saturday.
Dec 10. to Monday, Jan. f.
Mr.. Payne also called up the appeal of
Representative De Almond of Missouri
from the decision Of the speaker last Sat
urday holding that the speakers vote
which broke the tie on the bill to pro-
tect aliens was legal. The New York
member moved to lay the appeal on the
table In anticipation of the proceedings
both sides mustered their full forces The
appeal was laid on the table, 10 to 9S.
The following Democrats voted to sus-
tain the speaker: Webb of North Caro-
Texas, Macon of Arkansas, Moon of Ten
nessee. Hammond of Minnesota, Humph-
rey of Mississippi, Kitchen (Claude) of
North Carolina, Garner of Texas, Bartless
of Georgia.
District Business.
While considering bills dealing with af-
fairs in the District of Columbia, the
house today passed a measure providing
for IS cent gas in Washing ton.ra The
bill now goes to the senate, as well as
another bill abolishing bucketshops in
the District. A bill providing for free
lectures in the public schools was voted
down.
An attempt by Representative Henry of
Texas to obtain change in the reference
of bill prohibiting the making of future
contracts Oh agricultural products
brought forth the promise from Chairman
Scott of the agricultural committee that
his committee would soon grant hearings
to farmers unions and others on this
subject
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
SOME MISTAk ES.

Make a patron wait unnecessarily for
attention.
Regard our competitor as a personal
enemy.
Can make a sale and do not.
Insist unduly TO accomplish Il.
Ask questions just to make talk
Show partially in the treatment or
customers Michigan Tradesmar.
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Blocked by smoot Amendment.

According to Mr.. Mondell, the oppo-
sition to the bill hinges on the so-called
Smoot amendment, which permits en-
trymen, under certain circumstances,
TO acquire title without residing ON the
land. his amendment was adopted to
meet conditions in Utah, but for some
unexplained reason the Utah senator
would not consent to confine his amend
ment to his state alone. but insisted
that it should be general in its effect
and applicable to alharid and seni-arid
states.
Friends of dry farm legislation have
appealed to Senator Smoot this session
TO withdraw his amendment. or at least
redraft it so as to apply only to Utah.
Senator SmoOt has replied that Score
tary Garfield is responsible for the gem
eral character of his amendment. and
has virtually insisted that the amend
ment be made applicable to all parts
of the arid west, rather than to the state
of Utah alone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-15
CONGRESS STILL
LOOKS ASkANCE
Outlook for the 320-Acre Dry
Farm Bill Said to Be De-
cidedIy Gloomy.
SMOOT AMENDMENT IN WAY
UTAH SENATOR WILL NOT
AGREE TO HOUSE MEASURE.
fspecial TO The Herald.O

Washington. Dec. 15.-The outlook Tor
the 32O-acre dry farm homestead bill Is
decidedly gloomy. When congress as
sembled the friends of this measure en-
tertained hope that the objectionable
features might be eliminated and the
bill as amended agreed 10 before the
4th of March.
Representative Mondell. chairman of
the public lands committee. who las
charge of the bill in the house. has been
cauyassing the situation, and as re-
suit of his inquiries believes that It Will
be impossible to secure any further ac-
ton from this congress. Members of the
house generally are inclined to view
this measure with suspicion, for the i'm
preston was created during the consid-
Grafton of the conference report last
session that the bill contained joker,
and that it could be so construed as to
permit the entry of almost any vacant
public lands of tracts of 800 acres, and
under terms much more lenient Than al
lowed in the present homestead law.
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A. christmas time more than al any
.her time of the year the merchant
S,re+ do his utmost to make his store
convenient and pleasant place to
trade.-Brains.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-09-11
Gov. Stuart's Story.

Gov Stuart, Of Pennsylvania, ap
proaches public speaking with diff.
dence. This feeling never left him.
despite his four years as mayor Of
Philadelphia. However, his long and
hard gubernatorial campaign gave him
greater confidence in himself, and to
day he makes strong and powerful
public address. But he never attempts
even short address without first re,
ferring to the fact that he Is not an
orator, and thus prepares his audi.
ence for surprise. The other day,
introducing himself to the students at
Pennsylvania State college. he told this
story:
There was loquacious Scottish
dominic VINO always had something to
say to his Practitioners. It was a rainy
Sunday. Mrs. Mcpherson found her
way through the rain to the church.
The preacher, coming down the aisle,
approached the regular attendant, and
said: It's a wet day, Mrs. McPher.
son. Never mind said she, 1T will
be dry enough when you get in the
pulpit" J.. |