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GRAND PRIZES

GRAND PRIZE NO. Anderson
Upright Piano. Purchased of New
York & Western Piano company, Salt
Lake City. where it may be seen on
exhibition. 1t is an excellent instru-
ment with a singing soul" Cost $40.
GRAND PRIZE NO. 2-Woman's
Mehesy, a leading furrier of Salt Lake
City This prize is magnificent and
beautiful, and it will be made to order
to fit the winner. Cost $3.50.
GRAND PRIZE NO. 3-Choice selec-
ton of Libbey's Cut Glass. Bric-a-brac.
Ornaments, artistic Chinawarc, etc.
Purchased of Galloway, Hook & Fran
els of Salt Lake City. Cost $780,
GRAND PRIZE NO. 4-One new 1908
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle, with
lamp and attachments. This fine ma
chine was purchased of the Tom Bot
terill Automobile company of Salt Lake
at cost of S255.
GRAND PRIZE NO. 5-Symphony
Grand Graphophore and choice selec-
ton of records Must Be seen to be ap-
preciated Purchased of the Columbia
Phonograph company "f Salt Lake
City It is on exhibition at their store
Cost $3.50
GRAND PRIZE NO 6-Beautiful
seven-piece Mahogany Parlor Suite
Purchased of Freed Furniture & Carpet
company. Salt Lake City. where it may
be seen on exhibition. Cost 1927.
GRAND PRIZE NO. Highest
grade Travelling Outfit, consisting of
trunk. suit case and bag. Purchased of
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BINGHAM IMPROVEMENTS.
Road Being Improved in Main Can
yon So It Is Really
Passable.

Bingham. oct. 15.-The town officials
are TO be congratulated on the manner IN
which the work on the main canyon is
being carried on. In the past visitors to
the camp in the fall or winter months
have severely criticised the condition OF
the maiE thoroughfare. which has been
so muddy that il was almost impossible
for pedestrians TO go from one side Of
the street to the other During the past
month Supervisor John T. Began has had
a gang of men working. Starting from
the lower end of the town, il is planned
to have the new roadbed finished up TO
Carr Fork. 1t is expected that it will be-
all completed in about two weeks Sla.s
from the Yampa smelter. which has beer
generously donated by the company, IS
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LIST OF PRIZES
CAPITAL PRIZES

CAPITAL PRIZE NO. IA house
and lot in the NewhoUse park for-
merlv Popperton) The lot was pur-
chased in one of the most beautiful res
identiaI sections of Salt Lake City, es-
pecially for this purpose The building
is to be constructed by O. NJ. Engdahl,
general contractor. and one of the most
successful and largest builders in salt
Lake City A. J. Hamilton in the DOOly
block is the architect employed by The
Herald for this building. He will de-
sign a beautiful. unique and valuable
house to be constructed. The lumber
for this building was purchased of
Morrison Merrill Co, a reliable and
leading concern of Salt Lake City. Val
ued at $4,000
CAPITAL PRIZE NO. Zone new
Buick model ID" 1908 Automobile
Purchased of the Consolidated Wagon
& Machine company of Salt Lake City
at a cost of 81, 500 The car may
be seen at their WarerOOms on exhibit
ton. It is a beautiful high-grade ma
chine. with top, glass front and excel
lent equipment
CAPITAL PRIZE NO 3-Steinway
Grand Piano Purchased of Clayton
Daynes Music company OF salt Lake
CITY at cost of 1885. You and your
friends are invited to see the lnstru-
ment on exhibition at their music
rooms. II is a beauty, and a piece of
art within itself
CAPITAL PRIZE NO. 4-Beautiful
Diamond Brooch Purchased of the re-
liable and successful JeWelry hrm or
Leyson & Co. Of salt Lake City II
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HORROR IN THE PINE
FORESTS OF MICHIGAN
Continued From Page I,

Posen they were not to be seen. They
may have persisted in the flames.
There was absolutely no chance TO save
the women and children from the gon-
dOla car. The time was too short. 1t
will probably be a week or more before It
is known definitely how many people per-
ished in the village of Metz. The fire
had gained a foothold in the town before
the train LETT and in all probability many
of the citizens were cremated."
Others stated that when the relief train
left Metz it carried all the inhabitants
of the village except George Cicero. the
station agent, who stayed to handle the
railroad wire and escaped through the
plowed fields when the fire reached the
station. only TO find his wife and three
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WRECK ON PARK BRANCH
Spreading Rail Causes Accident
Prompt Action of Engineer
Saves Passengers.

Park CITY, Oct 16.-This afternoon the
outgoing Rio Grande pdssehsgi lIdIIi , lI ~!
ParI, civ was wrecked by the spreading
of a rail at KimbaH Station. about five
miles from this place. and as result the
train was tied UP for about three ana q
haIf hours uucn to the discomfort of
The nassepeers aboard. The train was
travelling at very low rate Of speed, and
This fact alone possibly prevented serl-
Gus accident. A special engine Was sem
putting the train back on the track. All
Of the hind trucks OF the engine ana the
front trucks of the baggage coach Were ere
of Conductor Langford telephoned the
local agent and informed him that IL was
about the luckiest railroad accident that
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children cremated in the wreck of the
relief train. A fourth child a boy of IL
years of age. had jumped from the burn
ing car and escaped with but slight in
turies.
The first relief train from here reached
the crossing this forenoon and brought
back the bodies of those of the refugees
who wished to come here Some Of them
were so hysteriCal from fright that they
refused to ride on the train. fearing an
other accident.
Every report received tonight from the
forest-fireSwept country to the northwest
of this city increases the extent and
gravity of the fire situation and the death
list which started today with the ere
mating of fifteen people in the Metz re-
lief train, is steadily growing Presque
Isle and ChebOygan counties are all
aflame. and seventy-five miles between
this city and the city of Cheboygan are
reported to be almost a solid mass of fire
Alpena county is ablaze in every direc-
ton. Reports of fatalities are coming in
from many places, but il has been impos-
sible as yet to compile anything like an
authentic list of the fire victims in the
burned district. From Metz township to-
night the cremation is reported Of Henry
Kempfs, his wife and two children in
their farm house, with a third child miss
ing and probably burned to death in the
fields. Bolton, South Rogers and Metz
are among the destroyed villages.
Loroque Threatened.
Laroque is threatened tonight. and it is
expected that it Will be destroyed before
morning. Only one church is left at
Cathro, and 1t is crowded with refugees
A report brought in tonight from Altoona
says strip twenty miles wide from Hub
bard lake to the Au Sable river is burn
ing More than fifty farms are reported
tonight OF have been swept by fires to-
day and their buildings destroyed.
At Presque Isle on Lake Huron Keep
er Clarity was compelled today TO ADAM
don the government fog signal station and
flee for his life.
Sixty passengers on a southbOund De-
troit & Mackinac railroad train which
left Cheboygan last night for this city
spent a night of horror at Laroaue.
Flames surrounded the train. and il was
impossible to proceed or retreat from
them. Huddled in their cars the terrified
passengers spent the night in momentary
expectation that the train would be con-
sumed. 1t was saved however, by hard
work and the passengers came on to AL
pena this afternoon.
Bishop Williams Safe.
II was at first reported today that Bish-
Op Charles d. Williams of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Michigan was either
on the Inflated Metz relief train or in the
danger zone about Metz Later it be-
came known. however. that he went to
Onaway without stopping at Metz.
Both the Cadillac and Traverse. City re-
ports say that the fires in the northeast
ern part of the state have started again
with great force and are threatening those
cities. The fire is only a quarter of a
nile from Traverse City on the south
west.
From the upper peninsula come reports
that the fires in Chippewa and Houghton
counties are very dangerous and spread
ing rapidly.
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BIG BUSINESS
: FOR OFFICE BOY
Brokers Clerk One of Heaviest
Borrowers at the Morse
Bank.
NAME USED BY FlNANCiER
INTERESTING FACTS BROUGHT
= OUT AT TRIAL
NAME USED BY FlNANCIER

New York Oct. IA tow-headed youth
81 10. until recently sl2 week clerk
n A brokers office. was the star witness
AZ the trial IN the criminal branch OF the
United States court OF Charles W. Morse
financial man and promoter. who with
sIfred ~. Curtis. former president Of the
National Bank OF North America, IS
charged with having violated the national
banking laws
IN the testimony of Edward p Mickey,
q government bank examiner. il had been
---ealed that a person named Leslie T..
Whiting had been one Of the heaviest
borrowers from the National Bank OF
North America, al one time owing the
bank as much as $4,000 Hardly week
tvent by ln the year Of 1897. the testimony
showed that Whiting did not borrow $780,
~ or more, giving ice stock principally,
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You cannot afford to overlook the
above opportunities. Some hustler,
man or woman, is going to win the
$1,000 house and lot in Salt Lake CITY
for only about five weeks more effort.
You can win one or more of the costly
prizes if you will make the effort De-
lay in sending your name to the con
test editor viii endanger your success.
ACT AT ONCE,
Already "a great many new caId i-
dates have entered The Herald's great
popular election contest with the firm
determination of winning one of the
special increase prizes which will be
awarded two weeks from tonight. \
great many more have signified their
intention of entering the contest, but
are not turning in the names until
they secure votes to make good
showing at the start. Rivalry fOf
these prizes promises 10 be intense.
Yeu do not often have the chance Ct
winning a 1919 piano or a handsome
500 leather Davenport bed, or one f
the other two magnificent prizes Of
fered, with as little effort as will be re
quired to win these prizes.
The opportunity for new candidates
to enter and win the big prizes are
better now than they ever viii be
again during the contest. In the first
place. there are the four special prizes
to be wons5n two weeks. and as these
prizes go for increase in votes, a NEW
candidate has as good chance to win
as the leading candidate in the con-
test. In addition to that. you Will get
more votes during the next two weeks
than YOU ever will again during the
contest Then. too, candidates and
their friends are hustling from morn
ing until night, and if you want to win
the Sc 900 house and lot or the $500
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Nomination Prizes-Open to All.

one $50 Diamond Ring and one SIS
Gold Watch. both purchased of LeysOn
&, Co. are to be awarded. one to the
woman or man in or outside of Salt
Lake City placing H. nomination the
candidate receiving the largest number
of votes. and one to the woman or man
in or outside of Salt Lake City placing
in nomination the woman or man re-
ceiving the second largest number of
votes by the close Of the contest
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

being used for q foundation, and that IN
connection with a generous top dressing
Of gravel makes an ideal roadbed. The
results at this time are material and
prove that the mud of former years can
be done away with.
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About the best opportunity in th-
contest for a woman exists in district
D. in which the highest vote is 4.915. It
would require very little effort for Il
new woman to take the lead in this
distri-t. The same condition exists
among the women in district F. out
side of Salt Lake. This district in
cludes Park city. Wellsville. Logan
and d number Of other towns in that
section.
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Opportunities

Wonderful opportunities exist for
new candidates in every district of Tie
Herald's great popular election con-
test. IN district II a man candidate
could secure 4 big lead with the votes
Of only one subscriber. This district s.
con posed Of the towns O. Mt. Pleasant.
American Fork. Fairview Salind
Scofield and many other towns south
east of Salt Lake.
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FIGHTING the Flames.

sault Ste Marie. Mich. Oct. l5-Forest
fires have again broken out in Chippewa
county and are threatening IN the eX-
IRENE Fire in the woods between Baltic
~ ri Maintain assumed such proper
tons last night that men fought the
flames all night
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HOW TO VOTE

The following schedule of votes will he
allowed on subscriptions paid in advance
to The Daily and Sunday Herald at reg
uar :ates- No subscriptions of more than
five years on less than three months will
be accepted. The votes are free. and A
saving is made as compared to paying
monthly.
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dren were burned to death IN tins town.
is MISSING The four bodies were found
TO-DAY in the ruins Of the farm house. and
il is feared there is little possibility Of
the child having escaped.
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The votes Of one subscriber wouIl
place new man candidate in the lea
in district \. which is that part of Salt
Lake east Of Main street and south Of
Second South
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Towns Destroyed.

Marinette. Wis Oct 16.-Forest fires are
ana last night serious destruction result
ed. One-haif of the town of Pound was
wiped out. and the little town OF Packard
daSfrovpd
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Another exceptionally good opportL-
nifty exists for a man candidate in dis
trict E. which is that part Of Salt Lake
north Cf Main street and south of Sec
ond South. A new candidate who has
not even been nominated could take
the lead with the votes of one sub
scriber.
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No man candidate in district F has
over 244l votes. Think how easy il
would be for a new candidate 10 take
the lead i'm this district.
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Bishop Missing.

Detroit. Oct. l6.-Reports from Alpena
this afternoon say that Bishop c. w.
Williams of the Protestant Episcopal do
cese of Michigan is somewhere IN the
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Candidates Hustling Votes
To Win the Special Prizes
Bng Hardly BgunExceen Opportunities
Now and Win Two Weeks From Tonight
Contest Notes

Fridays publication Of votes indi-
Gated a very close race between Ellen
Hansen of district A and Mrs. G. d.
Barton of district 3. At that time the
latter was in the lead by less than 1000
votes. Already the race between these
two contenders for the capital prize has
been exciting. and the friends of each
are determined that their favorite will
win.
Mrs. J. r. Shirmer of 37S East Third
South stands second among the women
in dintrict A. with over BLOOD votes
Mrs Shirmer $ very popular among
the large number Of friends who expect
TO see her win one of the large prizes.
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burning section of PresQue Isle county
He was expected to go 10 Metz last hlSht
for a confirmation
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Two subscriptions would put a now
woman candidate III the lead III dis
trict c. which is that part of Salt Laf-
west Of Main street and Canyon Road
and north Of Second South
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Paper Profits Only.

The afternoon session was almost en-
trely devoted 10 tracing the loans made
in the name Of Whiting. Bank Exam
liner Moxey started with loans made in
June, last year, and showed how the
loans were repeatedly renewed. 1t was
brought out that at one time the bank
made profit Of $1,000 on the loans, but
the profit was on paper only, Mr.. MoXey
said. This testimony led up to the testi-
mony of young Whiting. After Whiting
had testified the case was adjourned for
the day. The trial will be resumed to
morrow. a most unusual proceeding for
not in twenty-five years, it is said has a
federal tribunal here held a session on
Saturday.
The jury was kept under guard tonight.
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he had ever seen and ne also stated that
the careful work of Engineer Bywater
was all that saved the lives Of the pas
sengers.
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as security. II always appeared in the
records presented. however. that the
enormous sums of money borrowed by
Whiting were credited TO the accounts OF
Charles w Morse
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is extremely beautiful and may be
seen on exhibition at that store. Cost
$500.
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\ prepaid subscription to The Sunday
Herald for any Of the same lengths Of
time mentioned above will count one-fifth
as many votes.
4 prepaid subscription To The Semi
Weekly Herald for any OF the same
lengths Of time stated above will count
one-tenth as many votes.
Old subscribers in arrears are required
to pay i'm fun to date and then on their
paid-in-advance subscription votes viii be
counted on this schedule.
To induce candidates and their friends
to poll the votes Of new subscribers, until
further notice. 200 votes will be allowed
in addition TO the above schedule for ev-
cry new subscription.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
DAILY AND SI-NDAY-Three months.
$3.50, one year. SO
SUNDAY-One year. 800.
SEMI-W EEkLN lin adVance)-One year,
$50; six months. - cents
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Like Real Transaction.

For half an hour longer the youth was
kept on the stand while a bunch of let
ters bearing the signature of Leslie
r Whiting, and directed TO the National
Bank of North America. We're read. These
letters. cOuched in business-like terms,
gave orders TO the bank for transferring
collateral. charges and renewal OF notes.
A sentence In one letter read:
Enclosed please find my check for
100000. which apply to my account
The witness explained in answer to
questions that ne had been sent To the
bank by his employers to sign the notes
He said he was mourning no obligation
but felt sure his employers would protect
the notes. Whiting testified that he had
never talked with Mr. Morse or Mr.. Cur
tbs concerning the signing of notes the
putting up Of collateral. The boy also
said that he did not think his employers
knew he was not Of age.
Davidson Brown, another broker s clerk,
was also a witness to tell of having
signed notes for loans for more than $780,
600.
Brown had a bad memory and his tes-
timony was of little value.
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Bishop Williams Safe.
Whole Family Perished.

Hurst Presque Isle County. Mich. Oct.
16.-Henry Kemps, his wife and two chill
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Sterling Piano, First Special Prize
Sterling Piano which viii be awarded to the candidate The Had
between 81 inclusive This
o
in
of
oneof the Some
her
be
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Mere Boy Stepped Forth.

Al the conclusion Of Examiner AIoxey-s
testimony Leslie Whiting was called to
the stand. and those in the courtroom.
who had expected to see a dignified
STRENGTHENING business man step forth
We're astOnished to see a smooth-cheeked
boy of under % years walk nervousiy to
the witness stand. A smile swept over
the room. and Judge HOugh raped
sharply for order.
After Whiting had been made to de-
scribe how he had come TO sign the notes
which made him indebted TO the bank for
such large amounts, he was asked:
Gould YOU have paid this note L hold
here for So OO02'
What. me- answered the startled boy.
Mono; / couldn't
Gould you have paid $4,000 note2'
pressed the attorney for the prosecution.
mo, sir responded the boy, trifle
more assured
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FUNERAL TOMORROW
FOR WILLIAM CALVER
Aged Inventor Passes Away After
lllneSss of Five
Months.

Funeral services for William Calver,
inventor and scientist. whose death oc-
CURED Sunday at Providence Hospital
viii be held from the residence Of his
brother, DIT. Thomas Calver. 3I A
street southeast. tomorrow afternoon.
The Rev. Charles Lewis Neibel, pastor
of the Eastern Presbyterian Church,
viii conduct the services. Interment
viii be n oak I'M Cemetery.
William CalyeT was seveuty-four years
old. and died after illness Of i've months.
He was born ia England, but had been a
resident OF Washington for thirty-f.e
years.
Mr. Calver had secured a national
reputation as an inventor Articles rela-
tive TO his inventions have appeared from
time TO time in the leading publications
Of the country. The patents OF Mr.. Cal
yer have perJaiued chiefly TO the utiIiza-
ton OF the rays from the sun The util-
lty or such a mechanism was impressed
upon the inventor while interested in
mining in Arizona. Here the scarcity
OF fuel and the continuous IOrTii rays
Of the sun made Sucn an invention pTaC-
ucable- Although the inventions of Mr..
CalveT have not been widely used his
ideas have been incorporated in many
recent inventions which have proven eE-
pedIenJ and OF use 10 man.
He IS survived by two brothers, DR..
Th0mas Calver and Henry Calver, an
attorney, both Of Washington, and three
sisters, Mrs Mary Whiting. Mrs Frank
Oaks and Miss Amelia Calver. all resi-
dents of New York
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TWO CITIES PREVENT
MARRIAGE OF GIRL
License Refused Here to Rich
mond Couple, Because of
Youth of One.

The public departments OF Richmond
and Washington have evinCed an alto
gether unappreciateC interest in the love
affairs Of Lester Stansburk and Clara
Frost. OF the Virginia City, and have
prevented the lovers from beginning
their marital happiness I'm the city Of
Washington by refusing an. important
document known as a marriage license.
Young Stansburg and his bride-to-be,
the former said 20 be but nineteen,
drove yesterday to the home Of Assist
ant District Clerk Albert Buhrman. OF
the Supreme Court OF the District. and
asked that he would come down and
furnish them with the necessary pa
pers. Suspicious OF the age OF the two.
he delayed, and the police departments
got busy.
Inspector BOardman received tele-
gram from the chief Of police Of Rich
mOnd notifying him that the bride was
under age, and requesting that he notify
the marriage license clerk to refuse the
issuance Of the license. The couple has
not reappeared at the City Hall.