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The Washington herald., 1908-04-15
GAMBLERS GO HOME
Quit Benning at Close of the
Spring Meeting.
FAvoRITEs HAVE GOOD DAY
BOokieE Under Painful Suspense
Await Next Move of Gov. Hughes.
John z. Madden Has Three START
ers in Race for Two-yenr-oIds,
Lady Karma the Lest Winner.

Washington breathed a sigh Of relief
yesterday when the curtain was rung
down on the orgy OF public gambling
at the Benning race track. Il all seemed
as if something uneIean had passed out
Of the citys life.
The final event on the card had hardly
been run of before the horde OF gam
blers, blacklegs. and tOuts. who have fat
tened of the toilers of the District had
boarded the train northward bound for
dear old Broadway"
Just how good the going viii be around
New York is a question yet 10 be de-
cided- Despite their biuff and buster the
race-track gamblers live in ala atmos-
phere Of doubt They are awaiting with
almost painful interest the next move OF
Gov Hughes.
When the last race vas run and the
winners and losers were homeward bound.
there were not few willing TO admit
that after all the District would be much
the gamer with the departure Of the
gentry who have cursed the sport Of
kings.
Five favorites and a second choice
went over the plate successfully, and all
OF them were solidly backed.
Taboo Takes Feature.
The feature was the Jesse Brown Cup
for wo-year-olds. at four furlongs, which
proved easy for Taboo. coupled with In
somnia. at II to % Hawkwing, coupled
with Cheek. at TO 1. set the pace 10 the
head of the stretch, where Taboo drew
away and won by a length and half.
with Hawkwing easily beating Al Busch
for the place.
John E. Madden had three starters in
the race for maiden two-year-olds, and
one Of whom, Witching Hour, hot IA
vorite az 1 TO 3, led all the way, and beat
Claiborne by a head
Simple Honours, an equal fsvorite with
Servile. at TO >. beat the latter a head
In the second race for platers. The lat
ter would probably have won with better
racing luck. Bob Callahan, Jr., was
poor third
Aiken, an even money favorite' was
successful in the steeplechase al about
two and one-half miles. He followed the
pace 10 the last jump, where he went
to the front and gauoped home an easy
winner. Banner. backed from 10 down
10 9. though badly ridden, took the place
from Yama Chr.sty.
Howard Shean made all the pace in the
handicap and came home on the pit
Poauessing closed strong and beat
Smoker. a IS to 10 favorite, IN a hard
drive for the place.
Lady Karma. a 10 favorite, got up
in the last furl0ng 10 win the sixth by a
length from Banker Peter knight was
third Brookdale, a supposed good thing,
led for about a mile and then blew up
Fairbrother rode two winners and
third.
Right after the races we're over tho
lCayanaugh special train. with all cars
crowded. left for New York.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

NAVY YARI
Totals. 49,. 6s2 rs go
DISTRICT DUCK-PIN LEAGUE.

mark rogers is easy 10 remember
easy 10 say mighty easy 10 gel
good whiskey simply say, "a lit
tie mark rogers. please" the bar.
man knows II.
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

Announcement is made that Mrs. Kate
Waller Barrett viii on Thursday night
next deliver a lecture in the Young Peo-
The Washington herald., 1908-04-15

Resolved by the Washington Cham
Der of Commerce, That it heartily in
dorses and urges the enactment by
Congress. at the earliest day possible.
of the sims-Carter bill for the pro-
hibition of race-track gambling in the
District of Columbia
Arizona republican., 1908-04-12
THE EVIL WIDESPREAD.

To the Editor of The Republican: Sir:-An article on the delicate sub ject. 'Drunkards' Graves" recently published in an evening paper. em- phasized the comparatively unimport- ant fact that only few thousand poor inebriates die directly of alcoholism, and attempt to prove that this num- Der is not decreased by prohibition But mortality statistics of alcohol are incomplete unless they cover the following items:
 l. The number of useful lives shoH- ened by moderate" drinking.
 2 Accidents caused by drunkenness. 3. Lynching and the crimes that cause .t
 1. Death of children caused by ne- glect and abuse.
 2. Plain common killing"
 Let us be given more light on these things by some friend of the liquor traffic before we vote. Respectfully.
 z. B. SMITH.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-12
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Arizona republican., 1908-04-12
THE FIELD OF APPETITE.

To the Editor of The Republican:
 Sir:-Plesse do not limit us to the two material phases of the prohibition questionable financial" and will Prohibition Prohibit for these. inn portant as they are seem snall to us mothers in comparison with the whole subject.
 Saloons cannot exist without making drunkards. How many fathers in Phoenix are willing to sacrifice their sons? They must not flatter them selves that their sons are strong and can resist the temptations. for we know that many of the brightest and apparently the strongest have been the victims of the unsuitable greed of the liquor traffic. The trade" takes special pains to allure the boys. At one time, when representatives of the liquor dealers were discussing their plans. one of the men closed his ad7 dress with this infamous suggestion:
 ..The success of our business is de- pendent largely upon the creation of appetite for drink. Men who drink like others will die and if there is no new appetite created, our counters will be empty. as well as our cOffers. Our children will go hungry. or we must change our business to that of some other more remunerative.
 The open field for the creation of appetite is among the boys. After men have grown and their habits formed. they rarely ever change in this regard, and I make the suggestion, gentlemen. that nickels expended in .I,o ;,, dollars to your tills after the appetite has been formed"
 We mothers must fight such in fanny. no matter what the financial loss might be-no matter whether ab- sOlute prohibition never be gained.
 The Night might not be so strongly aroused in us if the saloon keepers were content with catering to mems appetites. and killing off drunkards; but, as you see, they must create ap- petites; they are determined to take our boys and degrade and ruin them that their coffers may be full.
 Mothers must fight and sacrifice when children are in danger
 But we are confident that ours is not a losing fight. Prohibition will win. and from the testimony from other cities, we believe that Phoenix will gain financially when prohibition comes.
 May God pity the mothers whose sons are already down, and who will cry Too late!" If prohibition fails in this campaign. there will be many such. Fathers, We plead with you. Don't let it fail
 LCELLA F. THOMAS, Supt. Press Department, w. C. T. U.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-12

than were the Roman soldiers for the
 death of Christ; for they had to put Christ to death under the penalty of
 the law, while on the other hand the saloonists wilfully and deliberately go l into. the business, knowing that they are taking money for that which is not 1 bread, or apparel. or shelter or pro- tection, but poison to the body. death ! 10 the soul and destruction to the home. Certainly those who sell rum are not intending to be as bad men as they are, but they are particeps crimi-
 his in every instant And the moral
 conscience of society is just now
 awakening to this fact Several sa-
 loonists have been declared guilty of
 murder by the courts simply because
 they sold licuor to those who com
 mitted crime. These judgments are
 becoming more and more frequent.
 III The Officials Who Make the
 Laws and Those Who Stand to En-
 force Them are Not Alone Responsible -Pilate was in part to blame for the
 death of Jesus. With all Rome behind
 him and with full consciousness of the
 innocence of Jesus, he weakened be-
 fore a few bowling Jews who were saying. He is not friend of Caesar" and delivered up Jesus. What moral right has any man to allow another to be put to death when he knows he is innocent, and is not obliged to convict him? Any man who licenses a busi- ness that he knows blights and kills. simply because the people vote for him to do il, is himself a party to the crimes of that business and I have less respect for him than for the men who wear Hhe white apron and do the work Society is learning where to place the blame. We give officials credit for good deeds they do while in office. and blame them for the mis- takes. The American people are do- ing pretty clear thinking on the prob lens of responsibility, and this fact alone means death to the liquor traf- fic
 ". The Men Who Vote for the Licensed System Are the Greatest Criminals in the Whole Series of Re- sponsible Parties.-Who murdered the Christ? The whole world answers, ''The Rulers of the Jews" This judg- ment has stood the test of moralists for centuries. How did they do it? They simply voted for him to be put | to death and the permission was granted by Pilate and the Roman sol 1 diers carried out the command. Back | of the drunkard is the saloon keeper: back of the saloon keeper is the off | cial; and back of the official are the l people who vote him in. fully con scious of the fact that he will stand l by the licensed saloon. Voters are not ! responsible for what officials do which 1 they did not expect or intend, but they are directly responsible for everything l which they expected and intended that 1 they should do. Since it is possible for us to take a pledge from those whom we support in favor of. or against the saloon. we become respon- sible for what the- do, and if crime comes oc their actions. we are the greatest criminals.
 1SvnonSis of a- sermon. by | Allen
Arizona republican., 1908-04-12

synopsis of a- sermon. by J. Ale Canby. Traverse City, Mich.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
AMERICAN STRENGTH is INCREASING

Editor The Tribune An analysis of
the facts shown by the election returns
in Salt Lake City shows that the Amer
lean party is stronger today than ever
before. Had there been no presiden-
party would have polled at least 10000
votes In the city
The fact that the Americans, not
withstanding the great presidential is
sues at stake, cast IL 900 straight Amer
lean ballots in the city, shows
strength, devotion TO principle and a
vitality truly remarkable.
The campaign for 1910 begins now.
Let every citizen, man or woman,
who is opposed TO union Of church
and state voice his sentiments. Let
every citizen who is opposed to the open
and declared policy of the Mormon
church to set apart its high officials for
high civil Offices, voice his sentiments.
Let every citizen who rs opposed to
mon church to engage in practical poll
tics in practical way voice his senti-
ments.
Let every citizen who is opposed to
the open and declared policy Of the Nor
mon church TO coerce Its members TO
give ecclesiastical matters their first
thought in casting their ballots. and to
dice before civic duty in exercising their
suffrage, voice his sentiments.
These sentiments are Amerlcanism
church matters arc now so mixed in
Utah that it is impossible TO separate
one from the other.
Smoot and Smootism. high church
official using his ecclesiastical powers,
his religious persuasion and the piety
of his people as a means of forcing his
way into high civil office. This is
union of church and state; this is the
first step towards an actual hicrarchical
form of government /? Smootlsm is
good for Smoot it is good for all the
apostles, presidents of stakes and pre-
siding bishops. Smootism, or hiernrch.
ical rule, its synonym and equivalent, is
odious to all American ideas Of civil
government, 1t is subversive of the
freedom of the people 10 choose their
representatives
1t is antagonistic TO and destructive
of the right of men who are not hie
rarchs or high church officials TO aspire
to civil office. Carried out in all its full
ness Smootism would ruin and destroy
our representative form of government.
How far has Smootlsm progressed in
Utah nowi Look and see. How much
did the people have to say about the
selection Of Smoot for the senate? What
did the people have to say about the
nomination of Spry for governor and
about the nomination and election of
the various Mormon elders. who are
pledged to return Smoot to the senate?
Nothing at all The apostles, presidents
Of stakes and bishops Of the Mormon
church handled the affair and 'coun-
seled il from beginning to end,
Right now, while You are reading this,
there is no representative government
in Utah. The government of Utah is
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
REAL ESTATE DEALERS REPORT THAT
THE LOCAL SITUATION is EXCELLENT

Real estate men report business ac
tiyity increasing with the passing of
election time and the approach Of win
ter. One prominent dealer said this
week that he had sold more property
during the past week than he had sold
during the same length of time for
many months. The demand for lots,
home sites, new houses. farms and small
properties for investment is reported un
usually large by many of the dealers.
There appears to be goodly number of
sales also, and there is a demand for
small houses that cannot be supplied
Builders report large operations going
on in different sections of the city,
Those real estate concerns which carry
on business Of erecting houses for pur
chasers report that it is all they can do
to supply the demand.
The sale Of building lots and the erec
tion of houses in Federal Heights and
along the east bench has been excellent,
and progress on the improvements being
carried out in Newhouse park as rapid
as the size of the undertaking will war
rant. The whole tract has been plated
and the southern portion of the place
has been surveyed. Work is being done
on the electric railroad tracks through
the property and the line will be COM
pletcd by the first Of the year. As far
south as Westminster Heights many new
buildings are being erected and numer-
Gus sites for new homes have been sold.
Several real estate firms report that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

are at the Kenyon. They arrived late
yesterday from Deep Creek, where they
own a large gold and copper mine. They
arc here for the purpose of attending
the annual meeting of the Woodma,11
Mining company, which will be held
Tuesday. All the gentlemen expect
that the price of copper Will go up
steadily aud state that operations are
to be begun in Deep Creek at once by
ton tom and and Irtah Mining company and gev-
eral others. The Western Pacific rail
road will put in q railroad to Deep
Creek as soon as they open their main
line and the Western Utah Copper com
pany is contemplating the erection of a
smeltcr there in the near future.
j. H, Tuttle, n prominent shecpman
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
TWO GIRLS COMMITTED
TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

Pearl Matthews, II years old, and
Florence Paulk. 10. were committed to
the State Industrial school at Ogden by
Judge E. G. Gowans of the juvenile
court Saturday for immortality.
Four boys who placed rocks in the
road between Bluffdale and Rlverton to
wreck bicycle, but instead almost de-
mo]ished q rapidly moving automobile.
were before the court on charges of ma.
licious mischief, but promised ''never to
do it again" and were allowed to 90
on probation, after they had been ad-
ministered q stinging lecture,
a newsbov known as Rusty was
before the court for cursing and other
wise abusing persons who failed to, buy
papers from him, but he was prolific in
his promises OF better behavior and was
let out on probation.
Three truancY cases were heard.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
LEASE Of THE STATE
DRAWING TO A CLOSE
This Will Have Effect of In
creasing Capitol Building
Agitation.

With the expiration of the lease of
the state upon the rooms occupied by
the state officers in the city and county
building rapidly approaching, the agita-
ton for the erection of state capitol
building is being vigorously renewed,
and it is likely that definite action along
this line will be taken by the coming
legislature. Governor,elect Spry has
declared his intention of working to
this end.
The present lease expires January l.
The rooms occupied by the state offices
are in tho county part of the building,
and the lease must be renewed with the
county commissioners. For the use of
the rooms for the governor, state fish
and game commissioner. superintendent
of public instruction, secretary of
state, auditor of state, the state coal
mine inspector, the state food and dairy
commissioner, the supreme court and
the state land board, the state pays
heating, ianitor service and repairing
and maintenance Of the offices. In addi-
tion the state pays for the legislative
quarters in the city part during the ses-
sicus of the legislature. and rental for
Offices for the state treasurer and engl-
neer uptown,
There is no law library of any conse-
quence in the city except the supreme
court library, and the building of CAPT
tol upon Capitol hill means the removal
of this library there, which attorneys
probably will not welcome. With the
district courts in their present location
the library would become virtually un-
available to the lawyers. The state law
library has $4,000 volumes, and absorbs
$4,000 a wear in appropriations from the
state to add new books.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
In Hotel Corridors

Charles Hobberd, prominent furni-
ture man Of Portland, Ore, is regis
tered at the Knutsford. He says that
during the panic Spokane did not feel
the hard times in the least, while Port.
land did. This was owing to the bad
rather than to the panic itself. To
day, he says, business is picking up and
things are beginning to boom. Lumber
interests, after a period Of quiet, on ac-
count of the advanced rates, have now
returned to a normal condition, and the
victory of the lumbermeu has affected
all other lines of business. There is
moro building in Portland this year
than last, and money is more plentiful
for Investment purposes. lie believes
that with the completion Of the Seattle,
Portland e. Spokane railroad, which will
open traffic into Portland this month.
that city will become one Of the great
export cities of the Pacific coast He
says that central Oregon is wonderfully
rich, but undeveloped. This railroad
will open it up, and in FIVE years he ex~
poets there will have been a great de-
velopment of the entire district
-Four prominent railroad men were
registered at the Knutsford yesterday.
They were John Y. Callahan of Chi
cago, general western agent of the
San Francisco, II, a Bonn of Seattle
and C. A. Melin of Denver Mr.. Gala
han is making tour of the west and
the other three gentlemen are in charge
of various western territories. They met
here for brief conference, which was
held yesterday. Mr.. Mehn is new in
charge Of the Denver territory, succeed
ing c. e. johnson, who was killed in a
railroad wreck last September. Mr..
Bonn is also new man, being placed
in charge of the Seattle office which
was opened on Sept. !. Mr.. Callahan is
showing him about the territories over
which he and his colleagues have juris-
diction. Mr., Callahan said that both
freight and passenger business is look
ing up and that tho number of "emp-
ties' is daily become less. The rail.
roads believe that better times are com"
ing in the immediate future and the
Nickelplate is getting ready for the
return of good times and to participate
in the prosperity along the northern
Pacific coast.
Adele Verne, the famous English
pianist. is at the Knutsford for brief
stop. She has been giving recitals in
New York, Boston and other cities and
is now on her way to the coast. She
will return here later for recital un-
der the direction of Mr.. Graham. She
is accompanied by Mr.. Joubart,
f. F. Woodman and John Woodman
of Boston, George E. Woodman of Port
land, Ore; c. II. Archer of Deep Creek
and A. w. Woodman Of Eastport, Me,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08
MRS. TAFT DRESSES
QUIETLY AND PLAINLY

NEW YORK. Nov. Now that the
presidential election is over. New York
ers and particularly New York women
are discussing the coming first lady
Of the land" Mrs. William Howard
Taft Mrs. Taft is not well known III
New York. but New Workers have dis
covered that she buys her hats here
and the city's womankind is interested.
1t develops that her latest hats, those
she has worn during the CAMPAIGN, were
obtained here. Two Of them, purchased
a short time before the election, were
simple hats, for Mrs. Taft is woman
who dresses quietly The president
elect does not like pronounced styles IN
any kind of wearing apparel, and 1T was
to please him as well as herself that
one of Mrs. Taft IS hats was in toupe
and amethyst shades and the other in
black and white. The first hat was of
mushroom shaped felt in the toupe or
mole color, trimmed with amethyst vel
vet and wings to match. The second
hat was Of black beaver on the order
of a small sailor and trimmed with
fancy black and white wings.
One of Mrs. Taft S reasons for liking
New York millinery is that the woman
who sold her the hats is an old school
friend, who lived on the same block in
the same street with Mrs. Taft in Gin
cinnati. This is tho street on which
Charles p. Taft, brother of the presi
dent-elect, lives and where the press
dent-elect's g family made their homi
during the campaign.
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

within short time there will be a
number of additions opened in the
southeastern part of the city,
Apparently people are coming to
see the advantage Of living on the high
ground Just a little outside of the press
of the city, and the demand for homes
in the new districts is very large This
statement was made by one of the real
estate dealers and it is confirmed by the
demand for property on the east bench
and as far south as Fifteenth South.
The following sales were reported
during the week: The Halloran~ Judge
company, the property at 124 NJ, street
from j. j. Whitaker to C. II. Sternes;
the property at $685. Seventh avenue
from Mary j. Thompson to Carl j. San.
ders; the property at 65 | street from
Ellen Quinne to Charles Montgomery
the total consideration being nearly
$1,000.
The Mahan Investment company re-
ported the sale of sixroom house Mt
Fourth East and Eighth South to John
Mooney for +. Banting, and the sale of
a double seven-room house On West Sec
ond South to Mrs. Stringham for L. II.
Gray, the total consideration being
This firm reports excellent progress
on two fouTroom apartments being
erected on Sixth South between Sixth
and Seventh East. The foundation is
completed and the buildings will be
ready for occupancy by the early spring.