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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12
LABOR LEADERS
SPEAK FREELY
Even Commissioner Neil De-
cIineS TO Coincide With
Secretary Straus.

Washington. Feb 11--At the confer
ence OF leaders of organized labor with
Secretary 'Straus of the department Of
commerce and labor, which was contin-
ued today, criticism of present imnligra-
ton laws was made by nearly every
speaker, including President Samuel Com
pers Of the American Federation Of La
Dor. Warren 5. Stone of the Locomotive
Engineers and President Valentine of the
holders union
Mr.. Valentine declared that conditions
affecting unemployed workmen were
worse than in the panic years of 1873
grafton.
Secretary Straus pointed out that the
United States had international obliga-
tons as old as the country itself which
could not be abrogated, even when it
might seem temporarily advantageous to
do so.
IF we were to undertake that said
the secretary. from the standpoint OF
smity and international intercourse our
action might be tantamount to a declara-
tioH Of war with foreign power
Commissioner of Labor Neil. who had
been called to the conference by Secre-
tary Straus, corrobOrated Mr.. Valentines
statements
He criticised. BY intImation. the direc-
ton of the work Of the division of in
not in the conference TO skin anybody's
skunk" He was there, he said to state
the facts. and without reference to any
body.
While Secretary Straus had little to say
regarding this development, he was evil
IDENTIFY not pleased at the attitude of the
commissioner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12
GUILTY OF kANSLAUGHTER
Verdict in the Case of Burbette Bell
of Denver, Who Shot and
Killed Actor Dury.

Denver. Colo, Feb. I1--Within less than
two hours after argument Of counsel had
ended this afternoon. the jury in the case
Of Burbette Bell. who shot Cuvfer Dury
to death a month ago returned a verdict
OF guilty of voluntary marslaughteT. Con-
traTy to expectations. Bell did not plead
the 'unwritten law" but justified the
shooting of Dury on the ground that he
was defending his own life.
Bell is from Cincinnati and is the son
Of a well known scientist. Dury hailed
originally from Dayton o.
During the trial Bells wife told the
story of her relations with Dury. saying
that she was attracted to him By his
promise of a career on the stage The
shooting occurred in the hallway of a
roonling house where Dury and Mrs Bell
had been living together.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12
CHICAGO BANKS DECEIVED
Manager of the Booth Company
Acted Without knowledge of
Head of the Concern.

Chicago, Feb u--Frederick r Robbins.
formerly assistant treasurer of A. Booth
& Co. testifying under oath at the hear
ing being held by Master in Chancery
Booth, said that tbs books of the COM
pany were properly kept, but that in a
statement presented in 1907 to the Com
mercial National bank. the Continental
National bank. the Corn Exchange Ma
tionsl bank and the First National bank
the bills payable by the firm were scaled
down 100000 and the bills receivable in
creased by about the same amount a diff
ference of about 8, 900, 900 in ALL Previous
erroneous statements, he said, had been
made The following year, witness said
he had several conversations with w Yer
non Booth, head of the firm. relative to
the statements and Mr.. Booth expressed
surprise at the state of affairs Finally
it was agreed to make statement of the
true condition Of affairs to the banks con-
cerned-
Did any one state to the bankers who
was responsible for the false statements? p
Robbins was asked
There were suggestions made as to
who was responsible" he answered.
who was the man.
Il VI. Smith. general manager Of the
Booth company"
Where was Smith at the time of this
Interview
EN- route to Oregon from Seattle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12
INVESTIGATION SMOTHERED

Especial to The HeraId)
the
providing andbo
of
in
Democratic of
@ o the land board The resolution tabled following
n
levitt made take from the table his resolution
committee be appointed investigate
aiority
to 1 Of
rants drawn
on
'l ot Hart who
e'e of The determine whether
questioned
was given until Feb IS which investigate charges
capitol building
under
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12
HENEY CONFINED TO HOUSE
Trial of Patrick Calhoun Postponed
in Consequence.

San Francisco. Cal. Feb. T.-Francis
J. Henev, assistant district attorney OF
numerous defendants involved in the mu-
nicipai bribery scandal Of 1906, is confined
to his home by illness. and the trial OF
Patrick Calhoun. charged with bribery
was today postponed until next Monday
because of his condition
Mr. Heney. according to his physicians
Is suffering from a severe cold. and II
was deemed unUise to permit his de-
parturc from his home during 2 down
pour Of rain prevailing during the day.
Il is officially stated that the prosecu-
tors condition IS not in the least alarm
ing. but some Of his associates are IN
clinsd to believe that ne may suffer some
renewal of inflammation Of the throat be-
cause of the wound inflicted last No
vember. when Mr. Hsney was shot and
seriously wounded in the court room by
an ex-c0nvict.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12
FIGURES OF THE FARMER.
Society of Equity Says II Cost
s1.tek to Raise 5usheI of Wheat.

Washington. Feb 11.-Declaring that
the farmer. should receive as much profit
on his business as the manufacturer or
the merchant. and that the minimum
price of wheat on the farm should b.
81 . per bushel. the American Society of
Equity has transmitted a paper to CON
cress showing the cost Of the farm. ma
feriafs and machinery. and the amount
OF capital which it X necessary for a
farmer to invest hefc-s lightning the rails
ing of wheat
Figures which were compiled from the
books OF a businesslike farmer in the
Red River valley. and which have been
certified to by expert accountants. place
the cost Of producing wheat at s1.1s5z per
bushel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12

Following presidents proclamation;
Of
in
and
February 1903. a special holiday
OF by
holiday
in witness whereof heve hereuno
United
February,
and Of the independence United
(SiEned) ROOSEVELT
by Secretary Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12
KILLED THE BILL.

y Washington. Feb. 1f.-Ail attempts =
= to pass at this time the census bill =
. over the presidents veto were absn- \
y doned today by leaders of the house =
y and senate The house committee sd- =
. joUrnsd to meet at the call OF the y
y chairman. A hastv poll of both =
= houses was not encouraging to the .
> passage OF the bill over the veto =
= quickly. particularly in the senate ;
= The enactment of census Law for .
+ the taking Of the decenniaf census \
3 probably viii be made the subject =
> Of legislation at the special session =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12
KILLED WIFE AID HIMSELF
J. F. Mccarthy, a Denver Maehinist,
Committed Crime While Suffer-
ing From Insanity.

Denver, Colo. Feb. III r. Mccarthy
some time this morning shot his wife
through the body and then blew out his
brains. The motive of his action is not
known The discovery OF the suicide aud
murder was made by J. p. January. who
occupied a room at the Mccarthy home.
and who returned from an early visit
down town
Mrs. Mccarthy died shortly after the
tragedy was discovered
Mccarthy came to Denver from Mar
tins Ferry. O., about a year ago He
was a machinist and is said to have suf-
fered from occasional fits Of insanity due
Martins Ferry. o, Feb III T. Nc
Carthy Was a contractor at Martins
Ferry and Mrs. Mccarthy was promi-
nent socially. The bodies will be brought
here for burial
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12
FiIibusterins Begins Vigorously.

titions on the prohibition question read,
including names. As there are about So
900 names. to say nothing Of the text
of the petitions, it was declared to be
impossible to do this, and McMillin's mo-
ton was lost
Ciegg moved to amend by changing the
terms of penalty. This was lost. He
then moved TO include drug stores. This
also was lost.
Mr.. Holman said the majority was
manifestly tending toward haste, and he
denied the charge that the minority was
trying to delay action As between
haste and delay" said he, Il think the
virtue lies for delay"
McMillin moved to amend by inserting
the words following liquor land other
beverages"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12

.
y In casting my vote on this measure. =
y Mr.. Speaker, I have 10 apologies to y
y make for my attitude in opposing the =
y bill, and in fighting the progress Of =
= the bill through the committee and =
= on the floor Of the house Everything >
\ that has been done IN favor Of the =
y bill has been done with motive be- =
+ hind it. There are members on this =
y floor who are sincere in their advo- =
y cacy IF the bill I respect them I =
4 have tried to be sincere in that which =
= / have done There are other mem .
y bers who have not been sincere, but =
= who have been eggeG on to do that y
y which they have done. =
y / do not refer to church influence, >
y but to the use that has been made OF =
= the petitions that have been caused =
, to be signed in various places y
When. next Monday. I move for a y
b reconsideration Of the vote on this =
\ bill 1 shall attempt to read an ad- =
= dress which / have in manuscript y
= ] shall try to give history Of this y
, business from its beginning. This =
! will include the alleged deals be y
3 tween theybrewers and the politicians. =
= the history OF the bill IN committee 3
= and in the house. Ny remarks viii =
= not be especially personal but ! shall =
3 attempt to place the whole transac- y
: ton before the people With this. ,
b Mr.. Speaker. I desire to vote No y
1 but before the vote is announced 7 y
3 shall change my vote to Aye, and .
: give notice of q reconsideration.-T. =
4 I Holman. Salt Lake county. y
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12

He that neglects his work robs
his master. since he is fed and paid
as if he did his best: and he that is
5ot as diligent in the absence as in
The presence of his master, cannot
he a true servant.
William Penn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12
Amendments Are Defeated.

In the course of the debate, which last
ed three hours and was at times vigor-
GUS numerous amendments were offered
but all were voted down The bill as
amended by the majority report 81 the
committee, therefore, stands II provides
for absolute prohibition
At the beginning the minority reports
OF Holman, recommending that the bill
do not pass. and of Clegz. that druggists
be permitted to sell liquor under certain
restrictions were voted down, and the
bill was before the house.
Cannon, the author Of the bill. moved
an impci tant amendment, providing for
the establishment Of .'disDensaries." not
more than one in any city, under the su-
Tervision OF the county commissioners.
After a long discussion in which q
number of pro" prohibitionists declared
that they would rather have bars than
"second-class saloons made out Of drug
stores" the amendment was lost.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12

For little ono, the filibustering force
in the house yesterday did valiant serv-
ice from its viewpoint against the over
whelming majority when Cannon's house
bill No. 81, the prohibition measure. came
up for consideration The filibuste~s
consisted Of three, Holman. McMilIin and
Russell. of these Holman and McMil-
lin were the chief ''obstructionists" with
Russell an able ''seconder of the mo-
ton"
Bishop Daniel MeRae voted with the
minority when the bill was put on final
passage. and in an earnest speech tod
his reasons for so doing. Incidentally
he sought to Justify the federal bunch in
its acts during the last campaign. This
Is taken by good many to mean an in
cljsIOn Of the compact between that no
torguus quintet and the brewers, where
by $4,000 or $4,000 was paid over to the
Republican party. or at least the dOmi-
naut wing of it, by the liquor interests
in consideration of a CesSa ton of Should
Utah Adopt Prohibition
Holman talked straight from the shout
der, and at no time was there any con-
SuuctiCn to be placed upon his words
other than the clear meaning of the
words themselves. Holman voted first
mo- on the bin and then. for the pur-
poee of the privilege of moving a recon
sideration, ch. nged his vote to ave
He gave notice of a motions for recon
sideration Monday. McMiilin did like
wise The two standing no votes are
those Of Russell and McRae. Dyreng
and Thornley, were absent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12
HOUSE FOR PROHIBITION
BY OVERWHELMING VOTE
Cannon's Sweeping Measure Passes 80 to 4
After Stubborn Efforts by Opposition
to Stem the Tide.

Bishop MCRae Says Rank and File Have No Right to Rise
Against Political Leaders,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-12

Divide the days WORKER
rands to boys-routine to clerks
for yourself only vital, worth
while things.
System.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-12-24
Our prohibitIon amsndmeat has

Our prohibition amendment has
been most carefully drawn up BY
expert lawyers. Every single
provision OF It, both in substance
and wording. has already been
passed upon and upheld BY the
Supreme Court. !.
The red tape of these four steps
is not hard TO comply with. Once
done, and weh doas, and II Is oil
over with. Then we can bend our
energies toward making Missouri
dry.
And Missouri win go dry Nov.
8, 1910.
Mrs. LoRA LA NANCE,
State Press Superintendent Mis-.
souri, W. G. T. U., Joplin. Mo.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-12-24

l
A man in Stoddard county,
ten years ago, paid $3.50 per
acre for a twenty-five acre tract
of land. This year. he made
/, 800 bushels Of corn from this
tract OF land. Last month he
sold 300.acresifor SIS, 200, which
originally cost him from S5.25 to
s14.75 per acre.
| A travelling man named Weber
fell down the stairway at the st.
Charles Hotel in Cape Girardeau
the other day, turning complete
somersaalt. and landing upon his
head near the street door. Aside
from some painful bruises on the
body and face. he was compara-
lively uninjured.
It is reported that two boys at
Pascola we're earelessly swapping
guns at each other, when one
fired, the load Of shot striking
the other boy in the lover part
Of the face. badly mangling him
and instantly killing him. We
are unable as yet to learn their
names. Pemicot Argus.
Young "Pat" Spurgeon ol
Farmington' is under arrest
charged withSblackmaii. He Il
charged with writing letters t.
severalE Farmingtonfpeople 'de-
manding that they leave money
) in different places for him in
sums from $50 up to $500. H,
, was released u n d er bond O
81, 900.
The nomination OF Bob Grow
as postmaster at this place waI
= sent to the senate on last Tues
day and confirmed without op
!, position. His commission viii
a arrive within few days. Boil
Mr.. Grow and the patrons OF th
D office are TO be congratulated OF
4 his selection. .--Caruthersvill
n Democrat.
Attorney General Major ha
completed his brief in the qu
warranto proceedings heretofor
instituted against seven domesti
and nine foreign railroad com
panies. Charging them with be
ing an unlawful conspiracy to d
!. freight and passenger rates i
Missouri. The brief contains II
! pages and isshighly regarded b
lawyers as q comprehensiv
ata kanscnf AZ iha -. n ttara a 4 ;aat,,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-12-24

| RI iUND ABoUTTHE STATE.


- : u =
The net earnings Of the Mis-
souri penitentiary for The month
OF November was but set "A.
The ia counties Of Missouri
this year sent surplus commodi-
ties to market 70 aggregate sS11 :
473, 3,52s in value.
The Christian church ct Mary
vile has installed . $4,000 pipe
organ, one Of the finest in that
part Of the state.
A Nevada man placed . stick
of ntpowder in his mouth with
suicidal intent. A coroner's jury
agreed that he made . success of
it.
Graham, Nodaway county, is
trying to build . city hall 70 cost
between 5000 and $500. The
enterprise is in charge Of .
woman's club.
Two inmates Of the Confeder-
ate Soldiers Home at Higgins
willie, aged 70 and 70. eloped and
were married THE week. The old
Rebs are always yop.ppgng.
Al LAGRANGE school marin and
her brother-inrlaw were arrested
and tried for hunting on the
Sabbath day. She 10 teaching q
country school near Quincy.
Ex- County Clerk Miles Nicho-
Las, Of Nodaway county made q
settlement with the county court
Monday by paying the sum Of
s137 The alleged shortage was
s8o6.73.
The Democrats of the Sixth
congressional district will hold q
convention at Butler. on Decem-
Der 2i, to nominate q candidate
20 succeed the late David A. De-
Almond.
Ambrose Collins of near Skid
more has 5000 pounds Of tobacco
which he raised on his farm this
year. that Is considered ap ex-
cellent grade. It Is bis first at.
tempt with tobacco.
George Harp, Of Wsshburnr
Barry county, was sentenced the
other day at Cassville to P term
Of two ysarg in the penitentiary
for killing his neighbcr's milcf
COW to get her hide TO sell.
Guy Nicely Of near Christopher
q boy II years, is serving out hi
fine In the Newton county jai
for smoking cigarettes. This i
The firss case in Newton count.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-12-24

a
Reports from Jefferson City are
being sent out broadcast over the
whole state to the effect that the
penitentiary now 10 . model in
ever respect electric lights, hot
and cold water in every cell,
stripes abolished, turkey and
quail twice o week, ell modern
and up to date reforms and inn
provements installed by the new
warden, etc., eto. This is, we
pres u m Q, 10 encourage the
thievee, burglars and murderers.
When the criminals learn of what
q soft snap awaits them, there
will be more crime than ever
throughout the state BY people
who will take this course to get
q few years free board at our
model state boarding home and
health resort, at the taxpayers
expense.
An old hotel register from
Boonville has been given to the
historical society. The entries
cover the years 1s43 and 1874.
Besides the names OF guests the
register contains notes on all
current happenings. The famous
food Of 1874 from which many
pioneers dated later events is
described. Underneath q list Of
guests the clerk wrote on Jan. 0,
1876: "The above nine names
are for Henry Clay, he being the
first, last and only choice" Al
the bottom OF one page appears
an offer to bet $500 that Henry
Clay would be elected president,
Another guest recorded his ac-
ceptance Of the wager.
French Robbins, q Howard
county farmer, residing north ol
Glasgow, shot and instantly kill
cd Geo. Sharpe, his farm hand
Sunday night. Robbins had
separated from his wife and taker
the baby. Sunday night wher
Sharpe return . d home sai
knocked at the door Robbins de-
mapded to know who II was ant
hearing no IN sw er he firet
through the door, killing Sharp'
instantly.
Rhese are some of the pc
names proposed for Missouri
The mortgage litter, the centri
lpetal state, the good cheer state
the promised land, golden rod
the mysterious stranger, OIL
glory, show me stats, possur
state, the mistress Of the plains
the queen OF the hearthstone
apple blossom, rising star state
milk and honey state, the all
: around state,
The controlling interest In th
Christian Publishing Compan,
et. Louis, has been purchase
by r. A. Long Of Kansas city
! Tor si00, 900. Most of the stoo
was owned by DR.. 8. H. Garrison
iwho win continue as editor Of th
{ Christian evangelist. Mr. Lon
! promises to donate the pfoperl
1 70 the church ct the end Of ~
elyssrs.
: VIM. Estes and Chas. Dosb'
attendants in the Nevada asylu
tIfor the insane were discharge
Z Saturday. - the result oi 4
81 death Of John Riley, patient
4. the asylum. Riley died Noven
= Der 2S as = result Of injulls
+ Ten Of his rIba we're broken,
E The oiioisI board ol the Co
ledsrste home met q Hbert
!. Thursday, snd elected the io,lo,
Ding officers Tor the rsxt ~
'sl Captain James +. Walton, supe
Intendenl Captain r. H. Benlo
zasirtept superintendent; Dr. J
= Webh, surgeon; Hiss Lou
II.chelI. stsnozrspher
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-12-24
The initiative and Refer
endum-

The best governed country IN
the world Is New Zealand. She
holds that the crown Of her achi-
eyements is the Initiative and
Referendum. Several Of our
American states have now adopt
cd the same system. Missouri
one Of the last Of ell. This new
constitutional Law is much talked
about. 1t is the medium through
which The temperance people win
force a vote In Missouri, Nov. 8,
1910, on constitutional prohibition
Of the liquor traffic.
Political trickery and corrupt
influence in the legislature often
thwsrt the will Of the people. We
had an illustration Of this In our
last Missouri legislature in this
very year. In spite of good and
true men in that body, coercion,
political knayery and lucre COM
bined to absolutely defeat the will
Of the people. The legislatures
Of Texas, Arkansas, Iowa, Utah,
and West Virginia this same year
defeated In the same way the
expressed will Of the
people, for prohibition. The
court Of last resort of the dema-
gogues and morey- bags Of the
land has always been the iegis-
latures. They cooly plan to whip
into line, through party measure,
honest men that they cannot buy,
and then buy enough more votes
outright to defeat any measure
that would hurt them.
4 The purpose Of the initiative and
referendum is to prevent this very
thing. 1t puts into the hands Of
the voters the power to bring be-
fore the body Of the people any
measure Of state wide Importance
whether the legislature acts In the
matter or not. There Is enough
red tape and labor attached tc
getting up the Initiative that nc
one is going to invoke It, unless
ii is indeed a matter Of real ant
far-reaching interest. But thes'
restrictions are only a spur t.
those interested, body and soul
in getting 3 measure before tn
people. There are four definat'
things to be done, but each o
these. when accomplished. is
milestone won.
First comes the drafting of tn
form of the petition bill, ono
circulated, it cannot be changed
no, not by the dotting ct an ''i'
or the crossing Of q "t". Th
keenest legal wit Of expert consti
tutional lawyers has been used t
put this petition into shape SO ths
/ the enemies of the measure ca
find no loop-hole of escape an
tina. there can be no chance OF
revision by the Supreme Court.
The next step Is to get 3 certai
per cent of bons fide voters |
sign these petitions, No slip
shod work will do. Every ma
must be known to the circulate
and sign iD his presence. So
cannot be q mass meeting affai
but . msn-to-msn canvass, n
one can sign . mans name K
him. His postoffice must be 81,
en- and bis name signed either
link or with an indelibIe penci
There must be no repeating. a
criminal, pauper. idiot, minor
woman's name can 60 on this p'
ltition. The signer must not III
,lout Of the state and all on Il
! same petition must live In u
same Congressional district.
! The third step ia to swear as Z
> circnIatoF must. before Nots'
} Public, (nos . Justice Of =
j Peaos) that be believes each
. sheae signers to be a lawful vots
hlAnd then send It ONCE % Villa
riH. Wsllaes. Kansas CITY. No.
el The last step Is to Ole these 2
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