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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
MAY GIVE BIRTH
TO A REAL KING
Miss EIkinS Will Be a "Royal
HighneSS" When She Gets
the Duke.

London. March ia news agency
publishes the following dispatch from
Rome:
1.-The Corriere Della Sera claims that
Miss Elklns on her marriage to the
Duke of Abruzzi will be created a roy
al highness' in her own right, and that
the sons of the marriage will have the
right of succession 10 the throne"
Washington, March 19.-The Duke OF
AbruzZi was the guest this afternoon
at luncheon of Postmaster General ana
Mrs Meyer The Italian ambassador
and Baroness Des Planches were
among those invited.
It is stated that the duke probably
Will remain in Washington until 20
morrow or next day, when he will 81
10 New York preparatory to his return
TO Europe. The duke is travelling IN
cognitO and therefore is not making
formal calls on the higher officials OF
the government. However, he has left
cards at the White House for the pres
ident, for Secretary Root and Assist
4 At Secretary Bacon at the state de-
partment, and for Secretary Metcalf
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20

Submarine People Appear to Have Worked Everybody, From
Roosevelt Down to Puget Sound People.

was $525, 600, and the department
agreed to pay S45O,0OO for one of their
boats to approximate 500 tons, no
money to be paid on this contract until
after the boat had been fully tested
and had developed a speed equal to the
speed of the best submarine boat
owned by the government.
Contract Made for Loser.
How was it the contract was made
for a boat that was loser in the COM
petitive trial?" asked Mr.. Olmstead.
"Some question was raised as to the
discretion vested in the department,
and the department referred certain
questions to the attorney general, who
decided that the secretary of navy
had authority to enter into a contract
with the Lake company. The contracts
for submarine boats We're made under
the act of congress authorizing the ex-
penditureS of a certain amount of
money for submarines"
who was it that asked you to sub
nit the questions to the attorney gen.
eral?''
Former Senator Thurston, the rep
resentative of the Lake Boat COM
pany."
Did any member of congress ask
you to submit the questions?"
Il think not"
Visited by Congressman.
DO you remember whether any
member of congress called upon you
in favor of or in opposition to the let
ting of the contract to the Lake COM
pany?"
"A number of congressman called on
me-not with reference to letting the
contract. but regarding the opinion of
the attorney general and the question
of the discretion that was vested in
me under the act"
who called upon you?"
''Of course, / am speaking from
memory. ] think Representatives Rob-
ms, LOundenslager, Lilley, Hughes
and Sperry, and Senators Buckley and
Brandegee. I think Representative
Loundenslager called after the award
ing of the contract, and the others be-
fore the contract was signed
I'm the interest of whom? '
"They asked me about the attitude
of the department. | told them what
l had done and what / proposed to do,
No suggestions were made by them to
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
SULLIVAN GIVES
HIS Version OF
MURDER STORY
Accused Man Subjected to
Searching Examination for
Three Hours.
DEMING is SHOWN UP
AS FAKER AND TRAITOR
TWO OTHER coNVIcTs TESTIFY
IN EFFORT TO DlscREDIT
STORY OF OWEN.
++++++++++++%44&+4++++++++
, POINTS OF PROSECUTION.

Y
y POINTS OF PROSECUTION. y
= Sullivan started out with Joe =
y Garcia on the night of the muir =
= der with revolver in his pocket. y
= owen was unarmed. Sullivan ad- ,
: United walking almost TO the Al =
bany saloon with Garcia and Z
: Owen. Mrs. Sadie Belcher testi- 4
y fed that Sullivan was at her house =
= an hour after the Ford murder. in y
= dicating that his story of leaving y
= the city before the crime was false. =
Z The revolver given to him by Gar y
q cia was found i'm his possession =
= when arrested. =
= POINTS OF DEFENSE. y
= Sulliyan's revolver was a rusty, y
= old weapon, and had not recently =
= been discharged. John Owen and y
y the Belchers had strong reasons y
y for testifying for the prosecution. =
y Fellow -eenvicts say Owen con- =
= fessed the falsity of his statements. 4
= Sullivan did not know Garcia be- y
= fore the night of Dec. 13 last. He 4
= was eager to leave the city that =
= night. y
For four hours yesterday, Joe SulH-
van. the alleged highwayman accused
"a tEAI lAAAAttCA VI bAAOtLidu 4 UIus Edi
in the witness chair in Judge Arm
strons's court. During three hours of
that time he fenced with District At
torney LoofbOurow, passing through
the ordeal without any Of the frantic
Outbursts of rage which guards at the
penitentiaTy who know him had pre-
dicted
Ferocious. domineering and easily
moved to wrath as Sullivan had been
during the five years he was I'm the
Utah state prison, his former keepers
did not think that he would be able to
control his temper under the lashing
of the prosecuting attorney. They
thought that during the cross-exam-
ination some word dropped by Mr.
Leofbourow -wouId goad Sullivan into
an uncomfortable fury and that he
would. in the wantOnness of his wrath.
lay bare to the jury his ungoverned ma
ture.
But the Joe Sullivan in the witness
chair yesterday was a different Joe
Sullivan from the prison rebel, who
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
MADAME ANNA GOULD ANNOUNCES SHE
HAS HAD ENOUGH OF MARRIED LIFB

New York March l9.-Madame Anna
Gould. the divorced wife of Count BOni
de Castellane. arrived here today ON
the steamer Adriatic and took immediate
occasion to stifle the gossip that, shut
ting between two continents. has asso-
ciated her future plans with the name o.
Heiie de Sagan. Posing as her champion
following the divorce proceedings. de Sa-
gan came to be credited with prospects OF
marrying the plaintiff, but no sooner had
Madame Gould set foot upon American
soil today than she declared:
Il have had enough of married life.
1 am not engaged to any one
Nine. Gould was accompanied from
Paris by her three sons Boni. JAW and
George. the custody of whom the French
courts awarded to the mother. The party
was met at the pier by Miss Helen GouIu.
Mrs. George Gould and Mrs Tyler Morse.
All were later driven to the Fifth avsEGe
home Of Miss Could
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20

Washington, March 19.-Secretary of
the Navy Metcalf and Admiral Capps
were among those who appeared today
before the submarine boat investigat-
ing committee to testify in relation to
the charges made by Representative
Lilley of Connecticut that wrongful
methods had been used by the Electric
Boat company to secure legislation in
congress The committee had planned,
sconsonance with the request Of
representative Hobson, to call Mr..
(1IObson's secretary, Edgar ClarksOn, as
The first witness today, but the appear
ance of the secretary of the navy and
Admiral Caps in response to invita-
tons from the committee changed the
plan.
Secretary Metcalf and Admiral Caps
brought documents and records as re-
quested by the committee.
Metcalf Questioned.
Secretary Metcalf was questioned
concerning the section of his annual
report of 1907 concerning submarine
boats, including the report of the board
which conducted the trials of subma-
rines. and which recommended the
adoption of the Octopus type of boat.
He said that in the same annual re-
port recommendation was made for
four additional submarine boats of the
same type as those recommended as
the result of competitive tests, provid-
Fed a more satisfactory type was not
kdeveloped in the meantime. That, he
Mid was the only report he made on
the subject.
Please state your view as TO the
value to the naval service of subma-
Tinp boats suggested Mr.. Olmsted,
and the secretary replied:
Preferred Not 10 Reply.
81 would prefer that the statement be
made by the experts of the department.
tmade recommendations for the yes
se.ls, and would not have done so had
I not thought they were necessary"
Admiral Dewey, he said, signed the
report of the board recommending sub
marine boats. In reply to a question
as to President Roosevelt's attitude.
Mr.. Metcalf said that he did not have
the presidents message with him. Sec
rotary Metcalf stated that the contract
for the Lake eompany's boat was en-
tered into by the department on GER
tain guarantees. That company's bid
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
SAFE AND SANE"
2 IN YORK STATE
Democratic Committee Wants
an UninStruCted Bunch
of Delegates.


!. New York, March 19.-Harry y
:, w. Walker, eastern manager for -
:. William J. Bryan, said tonight =
!. that in view of the action Of the =
:. Democratic state committee IL =
:. calling the state convention tor =
:. April IA. Mr.. Bryan would begin =
:. his speaking campaign in this =
{: state at Rochester on April 10.
New York, March 1s.-The Demo-
cratic state convention will be held III
Carnegie hall, New York City, on
April IA. at 10 a. m. This decision was
reached today by the Democratic state
committee. With but one dissenting
voice. the committee adopted resoiu-
ton recommending that the delegates
to the national convention be unin-
structed by the state convention when
elected.
The Resolution.
The resolution adopted was as fol-
lows.
whereas, In our opinion. the well
fare of the country and of the Demo-
cratic party viii be best served by
nominating July next at Denver the
candidate for the presidency and vice
presidency. VINO Shdil at tnat Time anu
plafe appeal strongly TO the intelli-
ee1ce and judgment of the delegations
gathered from all parts of the country;
and.
whereas. We believe that before a
choice so full of importance to the
people shall be made. the delegates
representing the different states should
receive ard should avail themselves of
the benefits coming from consultation
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20

Following the exchange of greetings as
the steamer was berthed. Mime. GOulI
ADDED to her earlier declaration:
No she said. mot only am I not
engaged To be married but / do not IN
tend to become engaged Nor am | here
in an effort to put a stop 10 stories Of
an engagement or for the purpose of ar
ranging matters concerning my property
interests in Paris. My visit here Is to
repay a visit my sister Helen made me
in Paris a year ago I had often wanted
to visit my country during my married
life. but Count BOu objected.
Il expect to remain two months l
promised my sister Helen when she Wis
tied me that I would come TO see her.
and ] shall be with her at her home ali
the time | am in the country, with the
exception of the time | spend taking the
children to Niagara Falls which they
are very anxious to see. With that ex-
ception ] shall not so out OF New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
GERMANS AND H0TTENT0TS FIGHT
IN KALAHARI DESERT, SOUTH AFRICA

before stopping long enough to cook a
fresh supply of food.
The only water found was a dirty pool.
which was insufficient to queneh the
thirst of the camels.
Captain Erckert finally located the Hot
tentot camp on March IS. He began the
attack next morning at daybreak and
soon there was fierce fighting all along
the line The German commander fell in
the first onslaught and the second Of
ficer in command took charge of the ex-
peditiOnary forces. which drove the Hot
tentots from one position to another, un-
I'll finally they broke and fled In all d.
rections.
Chief Kopper's power has been badly
weakened by this defeat but II will be
necessary for the Germans to continue a
vigilant watch over the approaches 10 the
desert.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
BIG ORDER GIVEN BY
NEW YORK CENTRAL

New York, March Borders for 1886 new
locomotives and 24.0o0 tons of steel rails
have Just been placed by the New YORK
Central Railroad company, according TO
an announcement made today. The order
for the locomotives is one of the larg-
est which has been received by the build
began.
The new equipment is for the company s
lines east of Buffalo. The money for
the purchase. according to an official Of
the company. was provided for in the re-
cent issue of SSQQQ0,oo0 equipment trust
notes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20

Berlin. March l9.-The government to-
night published a eablegram from South
Africa reporting a battle between the Ger
man expeditionary forces and a body of
Hottentots i'm the Kalahari desert. The
German troops had been sent out to find
Simon Koppers. the last of the Hotten-
tot chiefs. who is still hostile. The en-
gagement was a very severe one. The
enemy lost fifty-eight killed Sev8 men
and several women weros captured. The
German losses also were heavy. Captain
Won Erckert commander of the expedi-
tlonary forces: Lieutenant Ebinger and
twelve privates being killed and seven
teen wounded, of whom nine were seTi-
Ously hurt
The German force left COchas on March
$50 strong with four machine guns and
100 ,,amels They made forced marches
BIC the wateriess desert for four days
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
TWO DELEGATES
FOR FAIRBANKS
Most of the Others Selected
Yesterday Branded for
Taft.

Princeton, Ind, March 19.-Republi-
cans of the First district in convention
this afternoon nominated John H. Fos-
ter of Evansville for congress, and en-
dOrsed Charles W. Fairbanks for pres
ident.
Manchester, Va, March 19.-The
Third district Republican convention
today nominated John c. Luce for
congress. Resolutions were adopted
unanimously endorsing the administra-
ton of President Roosevelt and in
structing delegates to vote for Taft
for president.
c. Ridgeway Moore and NJ J. En-
right were elected delegates to the ma
tional convention.
Cape Charles. Va. March 19-The
First congressional district Republican
convention here today elected w. T.
Hopkins of Newport News and c. II.
Smithers delegates to the national
convention. Resolutions were adopted
endorsing Roosevelts administration.
Logan, O., March 19.-The Eleventh
district Republican congressional con-
vention today renominated Albert
Douglas for congress. c. l. Poston
and Zane Burley were chosen delegates
to the national convention and in
structed to vote for Secretary Taft for
the presidential nomination.
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 19.-The Re-
publican state committee, in session
here today, called q state convention
at Lander for May to elect delegates
to the national convention, and en-
dorsed the candidacy of Secretary Taft
for president.
Silver City, N. NJ, March 19.-All
counties in the territory have elected
delegates to the Republican territorial
convention, which meets here next Sat
urday. and have endorsed Secretary
Taft for president. 1t is a foregone
conclusion. therefore, that New Mexico
will send a Taft delegation to the ma
tfonal Republican convention.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
STRIkE-BREAKERS
FROM THE EAST
Rio Grande Brings One Hun
dred to Denver and Twenty
to Salt Lake.

Denver, Colo, March 19.-One hundred
strike-breakers employed to take the
places of the union bollermakers, black
smiths and machinists of the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad, who are on strike
arrived in Denver this morning ana were
taken to the Burnham shops which are
guarded by a large force of special Off
GERS. Many more strike-breakers are
said to be on the way from the east.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
HACK THROWS THREE.

Philadelphia, March 19.-George Hackea-
schmidt. the Russian wrestler IN success
sive bouts here tonight threw Emil Siege
mueller. the German wrestler. Carl Oar
schu of Camden, N j.. and Henry auI-
son of Minneapolis
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
MoroR RoAT RACEs.

Palm Beach. March 19.-The five-miIa
event today for the slower boats was
won by Lamb
The five-mile race for fast boats was
won by the Dolphin with the starters fin
ishing within is seconds of each other
The five-mile race. free for ALL was won
by the Lamb. The Dixie did not race
today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
USUAL RESULT FOLLOWED
Two Persons Killed and Three Badly
1njured-Dynamite Thawed
in a Stove.

Santa Fe. N NJ. March 1.-two per-
sons were killed outright and three others
seriously injured at Los Tanos on the FL
Paso & Southwestern railway early to-
day, by an explosion of seven sticks OF
dynamite, which were being thawed in a
stove.
Dead.
Telesforo Chaves, 50 years old
Eduardo Velarde. 10 years old
injured.
J. W. Zawright, will probably die.
Mrs. Zawright.
Emily Crespin.
The house was wrecked
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
wILHELMINA's "sAsY."

= Lowell. Mass, March 19.-Miss \
y Wilhelmina Crawford, % years old, =
= adopted yesterday in the superior !
y court as her son, James Butler, \
= who is 49, Miss Crawford, who is \
\ well-to-do, says that Buffers par y
\ ents died when he was a boy. He \
= was brought up In her fathers \
= family, and she got to entertain !
<.such a mOtherly feeling for him y
y that she determined TO have him =
= as a son.
%<+%+%%A%%A+%
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
DEMOCRACY
ONLY HOPE Of
THE PEOPLE
Republican President Cannot
Correct the Present Day
Evils.
PARTY OF PRETENSE
NOT REAL REF0RMERS
BRYAN CELEBRATES HIS 4STH
BIRTHDAY BY MAKING TELL
ING SPEECH, IN CHICAGO.

Chicago. March 19.-Declaring that the
greatest of present-day evils is the d0mi-
nation by favor-seeking corporations, ana
asserting that the Democratic party is the
best qualified to undertake the task OF
correcting this, William ]. Bryan tonight
celebrated his forty-eighth birthday b. 1e-
livering a speech on national issues be-
fore a big mass meeting in the SeyeTJt:l
Regiment armOry on Sixteenth etreeT.
Mr.. Bryan took for his subject, "Why
Democracy and after discussing the &c
oTds of President Roosevelt. Governor
Hughes ard Secretary TAFT as regards
corporation legislation, ne answered the
question by saying:
Only Hope of Relief.
Because the Democratic party is the
only party sufficiently large to give hope
of success and sufficiently democratic 10
give hope of relief after a victory has
been wOn.''
Mr. Bryan's speech was the only one de-
hvered at the meeting. Carter II. Harri-
son, former mayer of Chicago and lead of
the Bryan league. under the auspices Of
which the gathering was held, introduced
the speaker after declaring that tie meet
ing had been organized to give Mr. Ryan
Tull opportunity TO express his views on
issues which may be expected 10 come up
in the national campaign. The proceed
ings We're late in starting owing to the
crowded into the big building.
Bryan's Speech.
Mr. Bryan said in part:
There is no question upon which the
people are thinking which does not to a
greater or less extent involve this Ques-
tiOn-shall the government he administer
ed IN the interest of the whole people By
unpurchasable and incorruptible repre-
sentatye5 Of the people. Of shall the ia
vor-seel1ing corporations control the eec-
tions. raise their representatives to power
and through them exploit the cOtRStIy-?- If
the present situation Is satisfactory; il
the people are cOntented with the diStribu-
ton of wealth and with The predOmiaatiug
influence of these combinations, then
there is no good reason why the Republi-
can party should not De continued N pow
err. for IL has created the conditions which
now exist and must have credit or blame
according to whether these conditions are
desirable or undesirable.
Legislation Demanded.
Il think l can safely assert that condi-
lions are not satisfactory and in support
Of this assertion / can point to the fact
that remedial legislation is demanded by
practically all OF the Democratic party
Continued on Page 8.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
NO WORK IN BUTTE.

= Word comes from Butte that the I
\ idle miners and smeiter employees
= in the city number more than 1000, 4
Notwithstanding the resumption of I
operations by the Amalgamated. \
, 1t is pointed out that it will be fu-,<
tile for men from outside to go TO I
Butte In the hope of securing en-
pioyment at this time.
A%k&&k$A% 4 l. 1
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20

You cant speak the truth all
of the time if your advertisement
lies part of the time.
Chat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20

Our greatest glory consists not
in never falling, but in rising
every time we fall.
-Confucius.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-20
Rryan's Speech.
LEGISLATION Demanded.

Il think l can safely assert that condi-
lions are not satisfactory and in support
Of this assertion / can point to the fact
that remedial legislation is demanded by
practically all of the Democratic party
Continued on Page 8.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-26
. DELUGE
AT DALLAS

Dallas, Tex. May 26-The worst
flood in City years is now prevailing
in this city and the surrounding coun-
try.
The Trinity river rose rapidly this
morning, caused by the recent steady
rains, and drove two thousand per-
sons from their homes, many Of which
are washed away A large number of
people got away from the lowlands
Just in time to save their lives.
Scores Of factories have been flood
cd and business is at a standstill.
The Commerce street bridge. the
most important bridge on the Northern
Texas and the Texas & Pacific rail
raads has been washed out.
Thousands Of head Of live stock
have perished both in Texas and Ok
lahoma.
Six hundred feet of the Texas & Pa.
Icifc bridge was washed out at noon
today. Fourteen men were carried In
to the waters, six OF whom were res
cued by boats which followed them
down stream, picking the up as
rapidly as they could be overtaken.
It is feared that eight Of them were
drowned.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-26
RAVACES OF
The FLOOD

Anadarko, May 25.-One dead, an
other probably fatally injured, and
thousands Of dollars Of damage to
crops and railroad property is the
latest known result Of the terrible rain
fall in this section Of the state since
Saturday night. William Lindl4v. a
farmer living twelve miles northwes.
Of here was instantly killed Saturday
night while attempting to cross a wa
gon bridge on Deep creek. Lindley
and Robert Moore started to walk
home from Anadarko. They reached
the bridge and started to cross When
at the middle they stopped to look at
the water, and at the same instant
the structure collapsed in ~" shape
and LIndley vas pinioned down and
killed. and Moore sustained injuries
from which he may die He managed
to crawl out ard reach neighbor's
house. The body Of Lindley was re-
covered.
The Washita river has risen seven
feet and four inches at this place
since two o'clock Saturday afternoon,
and is still rising. A farmer coming
to the city this morning said that the
river rose one foot in an hour and a
half at one place seven miles west Of
the city With a rise Of three feet
more the river here will be over the
lower ground adjoining the city. AT
Mountain View and Carnegie, the river
Is away out OF its banks and going
still higher.
No trains over the main line Of the
Rock Island can get below Duncan
Northbounds trains are being detoured
over the Bridgeport branch, and It is
reported here that the Rock Island
bridge over the Washita north of
Chickasha is weakening.
Crops OF all kinds are badly dam.
aged and the loss will amount to
thousands Of dollars.