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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-10
1.-THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE"

The Colonial theatre will offer for week
after next the beautifully staged musical
extravaganza success, THE Cat and the
Fiddle" The old familiar legend and
nursery rhyme make a delightful story
for q plot in this particular field Of
amusement. The presenting company
numbers over forty people and includes
Charles A. Sellon, the FL More sisters
and their famous travesty on Nearly
Grand Opera; Theresa Miller, as the
beautiful Gree; Florence Willis, charm
ing ingenUe; Corinne Dannett and others
of prominence include George E. Wake
field, Mort Infield, Johann Berthleson,
Claude Lucas and those clever pantO-
mimic artists, the Gotthard brothers.
There are a number of new musical num-
bers interpolated, new dances, jokes, etc,
and chorus of marked ability and
hAqufN
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-10
1.-THE GIRL FROM REcToR's."

Did you ever run a mile at top speed,
stop and try to smile as if you were en-
tering a fashionable ballroom? This is
practically what the PendletOn Sisters do
ten times a week in ''The Girl From Rec
tors At the finale of the third act the
three girls contribute a whiTIwind dance,
in which it is estimated that were the
same amount of energy used on a cinder
path it would carry them that distance.
During the dance they kick above their
heads, height of say six feet. 229 times,
which is equal to a distance of 1914 feet,
or nearly a quarter of a mile. Just try
running around your own parlor several
hundred times, then pause in front of d
mirror and you can easily judge just how
easy a thing it is to be a dancer. At the
Colonial four nights, starting tonight
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-10

stitch believe me or not, as you will, all
the clothes I've got wouldn't bring 500
at a secondhand sale. And that fact
(stitch. stitch. oh, excuse income or
two Jumps and cream? Thank you, as
they say in that dear old England.
Say. never again for me with that
bunch. 1 just perfectly adore London,
but the audiences-well, excuse me
hereafter. Why, they were all crazy
about me in vaudeville at the Coliseum
house packed from pit to dome and all
that-but when 1 offered them a real
play with genuine American authors
and lots of fun-you know, 'Higgledy-
Piggledy,' my great successfully, they
just went back on me and wouldn't even
come to the opening. Yankee they
called it, and that just settled it.
Pay Them7 OF Course!
well. that's why I'm in bankruptcy
today. had to do it. Here am, my
first week at the Fifth avenue on the
Keith Proctor circuit, just out of sick
bed after an operation on my throat,
when they come round dunning me at
the stage door with process servers and
everything. 1 told them I'd pay them if
they'd give me half a chance, but those
fellows wouldn't give a dog a chance.
But I'll pay them all right, If have to
raise a public subscription.
who are they? Well, listen: There's
Gustave Beer Now I just dote on Beer
stitch, stitch-with a capital B, yet old
Gustave bankers after that measly
little $5,3Ss owe him for costumes. AS
if I'd owe it to him if had the money!
Then there's Clarkson, the London wig
maker, 1925, and Nine. Noncham of
Paris, $4,000, and Wilson & Co. of Pic
cadilly, I owe $3.50 to, and Smart, the
costumer sS04. and Schmitz. the scene
painter, S129, and-oh. l don't know
what all. There's sixty-two of them,
and they want, let me see; yes, here it
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-10

Marie Dressler sat on a comfortable
rocker in the front room of her apart
ment at No. East Eighty-seventh
street yesterday evening dispensing
news and tea. In her lap was the what
'ye-call-it-guimpe or something-of a
lovely red dress with gold braid trim
mings, and Marie was busy between
cups putting a new lining in the thing,
says the New York World.
Yep, it's true all right" she began
as the caller put his hat on a chair and
took out a large yellow pad. I'm broke
for fair; not a sou markee, and (stitch,
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-10
Marie Dressler
While She's Trying to
Make an Honest Living
Creditors Pursue Her.

is-S24,S86-and 1 haven't got even my
weeks salary yet.
y give them credit for being on the
job all right The minute they saw me
put my foot back on the stage, and they
fairly had me worn out with their
threats, and suits and stuff; but 1
talked it over with my friends and they
advised me to go into bankruptcy. 1
hated to do it, but it had to be, and to
day Mr.. Klein, my lawyer, filed the pc
tition for me.
Il hope it's all right, but these peO-
pie will just have to wait and give me a
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-10
SALT LAKE THEATRE.

Mrs. Leslie Carriers enga cement at
the salt Lake theatre the entire week,
beginning tomorrow tMOnday) night,
is calculated to arouse new and even
greater interest than that which has
marked all her previous visits to Salt
Lake City. Her hosts of local admir-
ers are to see her in a new PLAY, and
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-10

For the opening performance on next
Thursday night at the Colonial theatre
the International Grand Opera company
Will present Fedora, with Nine. TheTry
as Fedora and COlombini as Louis Ipan-
off. This is the first time that this opera
has been sung in Salt Lake and much
interest is demonstrated. There is also
an added interest owing to the fact that
Nine. Therry was the original Fedora
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
FINE STREET CAR COMPANY
GaIesburg Court Assesses $500 for
Operating With One Man.

GalesbuTg, Ill. Dec. 25.-Judge
Wagner. in the circuit court yester
day, held that the city ordinance re
quiring two men on & street car is
within the police power of the city
and he fined the company $500 for vio.
lating it. The local system is owned
by the Mckinley syndicate. The ordi
nance was passed by the council -four
years ago.
The company contended that IN
other cities one man is allowed and
that the local ordinance is unreasona
BILE and hence unconstitutional. The
city cited the decision of the supreme
court in a Chicago case and in Ohio
and Philadelphia cases to support its
contention
The company announced It win obey
the ordinance. but will appeal from
the decision.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
FLAMES FATALLY
lNJURE A SANTA
wisconsin Man Victim of Accident at
School Festival-Others Suf-
fer Burns.

Neenah, Wis, Dec. 25.-Horace
Clemans, aged 21 years, lies at his
home in the country near here fatally
burned as a result of his clothes catch
ing fire while he was impersonating
Santa Claus at a school Christmas fes-
tiyal. Clemans' clothing took fire
through a lighted candle which ignited
the cotton used for snow, and the
flames caught to the raveled rope
beard with which he was disguised.
The accident caused panic and the
school teacher and two others were
burned slightly in extinguishing the
fire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
ROOSEVELT SHADOW MOVES
TAFT IN BALLINGER CASE

extraordinary strength and stability
The engine is quite radically different
from anything in use today and will N
itself cause something of a sensation
in the mechanical world Also, unlike
other flying apparatus. the machine
does not require a long running start
The engineer making these statements
is a practical man who stands high in
his profession in Boston.
Seen Over Many Towns.
Boston, Mass, Dec. 25.-Following
the report Wednesday night of the
discovery above Worcester Of strange
moving light, apparently the search
light of some kind of aircraft. stories
of the observance of similar lights
came Thursday evening from villages
east of Worcester and even from Bos-
ton common.
Persons in Marlboro, South Franz
ingham, Natick, Ashland, Grafton,
North Grafton, Upton, Hopedale and
Northboro turned out in throngs and
viewed a mysterious light in the
heavens.
Many declared the light had all the
appearance of a strong searchlight,
and, while they could discover no
frame work behind it, such as an aero
plane would have, they were positive
the light could not be that of balloon
because it moved as if under control
and apparently against the wind
Meanwhile Wallace E. Tillinghast,
the Worcester man who recently
claimed to have invented a machine
in which he had covered the distance
between Worcester and New York an6
return and who. it was thought. might
have been the navigator of the sup
posed aicraft Wednesday night, re-
mained noncommittal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
MISSISSIPPI Is ON
RISE; AN ICE GORGE
Stream Coming Up at Rate of Three
Inches an HOur-Water Above
the Ferry Landing.

The Mississippi was jammed today
river rising to 1890 foot stage. OFF
the past week the stream has been
gorged. the longest period in the his
tory of the river at this point~and the
first time that it has occurred at this
time of year. The heavy snow of the
past "a hours is the cause of the big
rise in the river. This morning the
water was coming up at the rate of
three inches per hour The water is
above the Eighteenth street ferry land
ing and almost up to the warehouse
at Nineteenth street. The huge ice
cakes are piled up along both shores
of the stream.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
C. R. |. g. P. ENGINE BLOWS
UP and five ARE KILLED

Shawnee, Okla, Dec. 25.-Five men
are believed to be dead and IL injured
as the result of the explosion of an
engine in the Rock Island shops yes
terday. 1t is known that Robert KaCr
and John Johns were killed and frag
ments of bodies found in the wreckage
indicate that three more met a sim
liar fate. Employees say 20 other men
are missing.
The explosion happened at the noon
hour while most of the employees weae
at lunch. 1t wrecked one wall of the
shops and hurled pieces of machinery
in every direction. Windows all over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
MRS. VIVIAN VOGEL
IS SENT TO ASYLUM
Maynard Young Rapids City Woman
Adjudged Insane by a Jury in
County Court

Mrs. Vivian Vogel. the Rapids City
young woman who was placed in the
custody of Sheriff Kittilsen several
days ago by the sheriff of Scott county,
was adjudged insane yesterday after
noon by jury in the county court
and Judge r. w Olmsted ordered her
committed to the Watertown hospital,
where she was taken this morning
The young woman was removed re-
Gently from a house in Davenport
where negroes lived and she was
thought to be insane at the time. She
was watched for several days while
at the county Jail and yesterday it
was decided that she was really in
sane
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
NO RICHES ON TIBURON ISLE
Explorers Find Alleged CannibaIs
Friendly on California Gulf.

Nogales. Ariz., Dec. 25.-The mys-
tery and glamor surrounding Tiburon
island, Gulf of California, has been
dissipated through the return of sew
an American explorers. They sup
posed the islands to be inhabited by
man eating Seri Indians and to con-
tain hidden treasure and rich mineral
deposits The party was under the
leadership OF Professor Fayette A.
Jones.
At Guaymas the explorers bought
a boat, provisioned it for three
months stay, and proceeded up the
gulf. landing at Keno bay. Here
they were visited by 90 Seri men and
women who proved friendly. They
established a camp and for five weeks
prosecuted their explorations, finding
no indication of anything of value o.
of great interest.
The island is 20 miles wide and
35 miles long and is of volcanic or
lgin. Good grass abounds and there
Is some running water. 1t contains
hundreds OF deer and myriads Of
wild pigeons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
Ex-President OF Nicara-
qua Slips Away Dur
ing the Night.
TAKES HEAVY GUARD
Travels Incognito and Escapes
demonstration by People
. Along Route.

b'oosipto, Nicaragua, Dec. 25.-Jose
ante6 Zelaya, who three days ago
,elinQuished the presidency of Mica
,ag1Ia to DR.. Jose Madriz - the same
lay his army met defeat by the revo-
ufionists at Rama-in fear has fed
he capital and is in Corinto. sur
bounded by his bodyguard and a few
,aithful friends.
Zelaya departed from Managua un-
Ter cover of darkness, escorted by 50
IF his guard of honor and a squad of
lrtillerymen with Maxim gun. At 3
/. m. the party quietly left the former
presidents home and half an hour
later went on board a small steamer,
which sailed Immediately for Mono
ombo. on Lake Managua.
Took Press Representative.
! simultaneously with the departure
If the boat a special train with
mall number of Zelaya's friends and
l press representative aboard left Ma
aagua. also bound for Momotombo.
At a. m. the steamer met the train
1t Momotombo and Zelaya, with his
guard and their Maxim gun, promptly
boarded a special car which had been
attached to the train at Managua. The
rain departed Immediately for Ze-
ayas plantation at Diamantee, where
he party took breakfast.
The entire party comprised about
100 of Zelaya's most intimate friends,
among them Joaquin Pasos, Louis
Coasin. his private secretary, and
lanes Hall. the American partner of
zelaya in Nicaraguan gold mines.
Travelled IncoE.
After hrealIfasting Zelaya and his
party again boarded the train and pro
seeded to Corinto, where they arrived
yesterday afternoon. The trip was
made without special incident. There
were no demonstrations along the line,
the populace generally being unaware
of the identity of the passengers on
the special train. All the members of
the party, including Zelaya himself.
were heavily armed. Zelaya appeared
calm and cheerful.
At Chinandega news was brought 20
Zelaya on board the train that the
United States gunboat Princeton had
left Corfnto to take up its position in
the gulf of Fonseca.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25

They are now told that they may take
leave. and with another 'salaam' to
us all, they quietly withdraw to their
own little rooms, to lie down on a
small palm mat on the floor of earth,
and dream, no doubt, of the morrow's
examinations and the joys of the
Christmas vacation that is to follow.
Mid-Term Examinations.
'"The next day we witness the mid
term examinations, most of them writ
ten, and all in an unknown tongue to
us. though the picture did not look
wholly unfamiliar In the evening. as
sembled in the spacious livingroom,
we hear off in the distance, coming
nearer and nearer, the familiar Christ
mas hymn, Come Hither. Ye Faith
full but now in the Tamil language.
Nearer the music comes until the
brown faces are seen at the open door
way. Two and two they enter the
room and take their places on the floor
in tailor fashion. Each wears his new
coat and loin cloth. The room is
brightly lighted with Christmas can
dies, while a stately Christmas tree,
trimmed and lighted just as we trim
and light them here in America. stands
at one end of the room. There is
scripture reading and prayer, followed
by another Christmas song. DR.. Bauer
and the teachers ask qESstions, and
the boys answer, Ssing in this way
the beautiful Christians story and inter
spersing it here and there with the
same Christmas melodies we are ac-
customed to hear in our own land.
Then follows the distribution of pres
ents. Each boy receives several ghts
and some Sweets as they call candy,
and each seems very happy. And why
shouldn't he? Christianity has done
much for these boys, and tonight they
are entertained by their president and
his wife in their beautiful home before
starting off to their own humble homes
for the Christmas vacation.
Sing Christmas Songs.
"On the following morning we are
awakened before daylight by familiar
Christmas songs. like greetings from
home, just outside the bungalow. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
SOME OF THE LATEST POLITICAL
GOSSIP FROM NATIONAL CAPITAL

ting around the White house was ''the
art of forcing your way into the news
papers" 1t is said, in this connection,
that Loeb has a sufficient number of
canned customs house scandals lying
around his Office in New York to keep
the public in reading matter until
spring.
Had the leaders of the G. O. P had
the least idea of Loeb's prying dispo-
sition, he would not now be collector
for the port of New York. He would
more likely be minister to Siberia.
For if the truth must be told, and l.
ought to be. Loeb. Jr.. is thorn of
thorns in the sides of the Big Chiefs.
And they do not dare remove him,
thanks to the ticklishness of public
sentiment on all matters pertaining to
sugar And wise Mr.. Loeb, Jr., knows
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
SORRY SHE welded JAP
Daughter of Archdeacon Writes
Home for Forgiveness.

San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 25.-Dis-
illusionment, misfortune and disgust
have proved to be the lot of Mrs. Gun
jiro Aoki, daughter of Archdeacon John
Emery of the local Episcopal diocese,
who last spring married the Japanese
house boy employed In her fathers
family at Corte MADEIRA. In piiful
letter received from her by her father.
she begs to be allowed to return 10
him from Seattle and to bring her I'm
fant with her. The archdeacon, upon
receipt of the missive, left for Seattle
to aid his daughter and probably viii
return with her at once.
In her letter the wife says Aold has
proved faithless TO his vows. He has
become shiftless and lazy. she says,
and spends days at a time in the
haunts OF his Japanese associates "a
the city. leaving his wife until he Is
out of funds. when he returns TO dc
mand money from her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
TRACTION, POWER
AND GAS MERGER
Michigan Cities Involved in Deal
Which May Mean New Detroit
Chicago Line.

Grand Rapids, Mich. Dec. 25.-It is
announced that traction, power and
gas interests in Michigan have been
merged by the Hodenpyl-Walbridge in
terests of New York and E. w. Clark
of Philadelphia, including properties in
Grand Rapids. Saginaw. Bay City,
Flint, Kalamazoo, Jackson, Cadillac
and Pontiac. 1t is said the deal pres
ages the completion of a traction line
between Detroit and Chicago, via Jack
son and Ionia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
BY TAV.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, Dec. 23.-Young Mr..
Loeb, who started out as a stenog-
rapher, fell into politics accidentally,
but is now (much to the chagrin of
the party in power) collector for the
port of New York, is laying his wires
to capture the New York governorship.
Mr.. Loeb is an interesting chap, par
ticularly to the sugar trust; also TO
Mr. Cannon, Mr.. Aldrich, and others
of the reactionary group. If you do
not know Mr.. Loeb, you ought to get
acquainted, because his star is only
beginning to rise. He is a politician
of the new school, having learned his
trade under the tutelage Of The Master
Politician. One of the my policies
which Mr.. Loeb picked up while sit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
in UTTER ECLIPSE
Ali Other Flying Machines Dis
counted by New Device,
Says Bostonian.
TILLINGHAST is INVENTOR
Partially Describes Airship That He
Says Has Been Seen Above
Cities at Night.

Boston, Mass, Dec. 25.-That Wal
lace E. Tillinghast of Worcester has
flying machine capable of utterly
ecliIsing anything yet accomplished by
the Wright brothers or any of the
other world famed aviators.- and that
the lights seen above Worcester the
last two nights were thrown from the
Tillinghast aeroplane in a trip by the
inventor, constituting one of The final
flights before the wonderful machine
is publicly shown in daylight demon
stration. are the declarations of a Bos-
ton electrical engineer of well-known
inventive ability, who has been asso-
ciated with the Worcester man in the
construction of number of expert
mental machines. The engineer, who
says he was with Mr. Tillinghast in
recent flights. vouches for the truth
of the assertion that the Tillinghast
machine has made a flight from n
point near Worcester to New York
City, to Boston and back to the start
ing point in approximately four hours
IIIIinghast FavOrs silence.
MIR. Tillinghast," said the engineer,
does not wish to have me talk about
it. He does not want anything said
about the machine until some points
have been perfected. Then he will
show it and sail in it in the daytime,
when anybody who cares to may see
it in action
The Tillinghast eeroplane, he said,
could remain af1oat in the air with the
engine not running for nine minutes.
The wings, he said. were so construct
ed that it was practically impossible
for the craft to capsize. In the case
of an accident he declared it would
"futter easily to the ground" The
question that has long puzzled avia-
tors. that of automatically retaining
equilibrium. he said. had been cleverly
and fully solved.
The lifting capacity of the present
machine, the Boston engineer says,
has proved under test to be 1000
pounds That is not the carrying ca
pacity. but the limit in lifting power.
Made of Thin Steel.
Unlike other flying machines, the
Tillinghast. according to the engineer,
is not constructed from aluminium or
any like substance. but from steel OF
unusual strength. The bars are
pressed to a special thinness and fas-
tened together with a small space be-
tween each bar, giving to the device
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25

town were shattered. Kerr and Johns
were working on the wrecked engine.
The Seriously Hurt.
The most seriously injured are ]. )
Hotter. Jesse Fields, Walter Lyons,
A Hoover and William Taylor. all of
whom were taken to the company hos
pital at McAlester.
The roll of employees has not been
checked up and close surveillance Of
the shops is being maintained by COM
pany officials. Company c of the
Oklahoma national guard is on duty
by order of Governor Haskell TO pre-
serve order
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
CARNEeIE'S OWN MUSEUM.

Cottage Where He Was Born TO Hold
Mementos of His Lifetime.
The accumulation of caskets contain
ing addresses. gold keys and other me-
mentos of Andrew CarDegie's bene-
factions has become so considerable
that their storage is serious prob
lem. Friends of Mr.. Carnegie propose
that the cottage wherein the ironEas-
ter was born at Dunfermline. Scot
land, be razed and an appropriate mu-
scum be erected on the site.
1t is also suggested that the sh:-
rounding property be cleared for the
purpose OF forming n pleasure ground
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
NEW PIE FOR TAFT TABLE
Ninety-two Pound Creation of New
ark Bakers Is Guarded.

Newark. n. j., Dec. 25.-A 92-pound
mince pie. creation of the Pie Bakers
association of this city, has been sent
to decorate the Christmas day dinner
table of President Taft
The piemakers were determined
that no such fate should befall their
product on this occasion as in the case
of their Thanksgiving pie, which mys-
teriously disappeared before reaching
the White house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25

they dare not place the skids under
him-at least not now. And as for
after while-well, Mr. Loeb will look
out for after while, after while. IT.
r. will be here then. That's what M.
Loeb is waiting for, but don't say any
thing)
In the meantime Loeb comes TO
Washington every week or so. throws
out his chest, looks wise, and says 10
the correspondents Just had a talk
with the president and the big party
leaders. They all endorse my work ND
in New York. They want me to keep
the good work going. Get the men
at the top,' is what they all advise
OF course! It would't be healthy
politically 10 say anything else. No
Continued on Page Four.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-25
SATOLLI FAILS
TO GROW BETTER
Condition of Cardinal Causes Increas-
mig apprehension at the
Vatican.

Rome. Dec. 25.-Satolli's condition
grows constantly worse and at inter
walls today he became delirious. The
pope is greatly grieved over the seri-
ius illness of Satolli, and frequently
sends his private secretary to inquire
into the condition Of the cardinal.