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The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
DELEGATION GOES
TO SEE PRESIDENT

Washington. June ia delegation
of citizens OF Spokane, Wash, headed
by II. NJ. Stephens, the attorney who
represents the commercial bodies of
that city in the so-called Spokane
rate case was presented to President
Taft today by Senator Jones and Rep
resentative Poindexter of Washington.
Suggestions for amendment TO the
Interstate commerce act were dis
cussed briefly. one OF them being that
commissioners be named TO hear COM
plants from different districts in the
country. appeals being allowed TO the
full commission. 1t was also contend
ed by the callers that a freight rate
should not be increased. II objection
were entered to il. until after It's rea-
sonableness had been passed upon
The suggestions discussed by tho
Spokane people with the president are
not new, but IL Is known they are un-
dor consideration by tho president. by
tho commission and by congress,
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13

ney VIM Day today, at the close of n
conference with postal inspec,ors
The conference was the result of tho
ten arrests that have been made in
various parts of the state this week.
The men, taken into custody. arc be.
neved by the federal officials to be
the leaders of the blackmailers in
Ohio. Pennsylvania, West Virginia, In.
diana and Illinois The prosecutions
will be conducted by Attorney Day
Tho postoflce inspectors turned
over TO Attorney Day scores of let
ters found In possession OF Sam Tina
one of the Marion, Ohio. suspects
These letters" said he today. lead
me TO believe that there Is an actual
organization among italian blackmail-
ers, with It's headquarters at Marion.
and that it had branches reaching as
far as Rochester. n. Y, Buffalo Ma.
CARA Falls. Pittsburg, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Toledo. Columbus, Indian
apolis and Chicago. with minor agen.
cies In the smaller intervening cities"
Mr., Day said tho letters would lead
to other arrests,
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
TAFT PLAYS BIG
GAME OF GOLF

Washington, June 12.-President
Taft added another notable golf game
to his credit today when. playing as a
partner in foursome with c. A Lard
of the Chevy Chase club OF this
city. he helped defeat Vice President
Sherman and Walter j. Travis. inter
national champion. 6 up and s to play.
II had been intended that the presl-
dent should play with Mr. Travis and
the vice-president should he paired
with Mr., Lard but on the way TO the
links II was decided that the president.
a self-styled Bundle puppy had a
shade the best of the vice president.
Self-announced dub" and that as
Travis was rated higher than Lard, it
would he TOO easy" for the president
and Travis 10 play together
II was the president who won for
his team. Travis and Lard had equal
scores of rs, leaving the result OF tho
match TO the play Of the president and
vlco-president- Mi Sherman was de-
cidedly off in his game. and ran up n
total OF 1l6 strokes for the Is holes,
The presidents score was not ans
nouncod. but 1t was we'll under that
turned In by the vice president
Mr. Lard. rated as one of the best
amateurs in the country came from
Chicago especially 10 play in the pres.
ident's game. Mr. Travis came from
New York.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
MAX NORDU CALLS
FOR UNDERST AND|NG

Now York, June 12.-Max Nordau
the author OF Regeneration" has
written letter TO the Federation of
American Zonists. which opened It's
twelfth annual convention in Cooper
Union tonight, 1t said; THE time for
words has passed; the day for acts
Is dawnlng. The new Turkey opens
before our people. Her government
invites directly Jewish immigration
and promises II liberal welcome, 1t
Is now our business 10 enter into an
understanding with the Ottoman au-
thorities in order to secure for Jewish
settlers such legal rights as will en-
able them 10 till in peace and freedom
the soil OF the land OF our yearning
and to become in Palestine the constl
tutlng elements Of a revived Jewish
nation.
"At this momentous turning In the
history OF our movement and OF Juro.
ism In general We must be financially
strong Our own assigned work is the
laying OF the foun dation stone, and
even this imposes sacrifices far be-
yond our present means"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
SECRETARY OF M'kiNLEY co.
TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION.

Eureka June 11-At the regular
monthly meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Mckinley Mining company,
held here Tuesday night, the secre-
tary, William j. Tregoning, rendered
his resignation. which was accepted
and Charles +. Hush was elected to
fill the vacancy. The report of the
secretary shows the company's af-
fairs 10 be In good shape, with a sur
plus In the treasury after paying all
outstanding warrants. a survey of
the grounds has Just been made by
Arthur Miller and shows that the
large amount of development work
done In the past year was performed
in cearful and Industrious manner.
The stock Of the company will be list
ed on the Salt Lake stock exchange
Next Tuesday the board of trustees
of the Eureka public schools will open
the bids for the erection of the school
house at Knightyille. and the building
will be completed by the beginning
OF the next term of school
Walter Henry and Paul Ludlow
have sixteen boy musicians gathered
together in Eureka, and VIII form a
juvenile band. Mr.. Ludlow will act
as instructor of the new organization
Mrs Angus Mcdonald of Silver City
received the sad intelligence this
week that her sister had been instant
ly killed at Geneva, Neb, by a stroke
of lightning. Mrs. Mcdonald left i'm
medlately on receipt OF the telegram
from Geneva.
Eureka lodge, No. IL, I o. o F, has
elected the following new officers:
Noble grand. A. J. Whitehead, vice
grand, John Church, secretary, Bert
Hanks treasurer, John w Hurd; trus-
tee EphraIm Frisbee
The members OF Tintic tent No. 3,
Knigh5s OF the Mafabees, at tholr
last review elected the following new
officers: Past commander. Jacob
Muntz, commander, William Thur
good; lieutenant-commnnd Wesley
Morton, record keeper. John Ivoy; a.
nance keeper, Conrad Kopman,
chaplain. William u. Meyers: physl.
clan. Or. a. j. Howell. sergeant.
Harry Batcs; master at arms, Andrew
Johnson; first NJ Of G.. GustaVc
Holmes: second M. of G.. L. V. Bell
ingon; sentinel, John Il. Holmes.
picket. William Eustice captain of
the degree team. Harry Bates The
local tent is growing rapidly In men,
bership and great interest was taken
In tho election.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
BILL READY FOR
THIRD READING
Important Period in Progress of
Tariff Measure Passed
in Senate
Number Of Items on Free List Dis.
posed of-FIeht Made Regard
ing Works of Art.

| Washington. June I2.-Having com.
| pletcd consideration of items of the
tariff bill that had been passed over
under objections by senators during
Its second reading, the adjournment
! OF the senate today marked an i'm
| portant period In the progress of the
| measure.
When the bill Is again taken up 1t
VIII be upon Its third reading for the
hnal disposition of Items upon which
the most pronounced objections have
been made.
In completing the second reading Of
the bill, a number OF items In the free
list were disposed of. Works OF art
over 20 years old. and collections IL
Illustrating the progress of tho arts
over 100 years old, which were placed
on the free list by the committee on
finance, wore retained there by vote
of 53 TO Is. A fight was made on this
amendment on the ground that IL
would allow wealthy men to decorate
their homes with European oil paint
ines and other artistic productions
of the old world without the payment
OF duty. and that 1t would permit tho
entry of many art collections now
stored abroad without any benefit To
the revenue Of the government. The
amendment was defended by both Re
publicans and Democrats on the
ground that Its result would be both
educational and refining. and that
works of art of the age indicated
could not come Into competition with
the products Of American painters and
sculptors. This will permit the great
art collection made by j. Pierpont. 4.
Morgan at an expenditure OF many
millions of dollars and now stored IN
London. TO be brought here
Tho starch industry received pro-
lection by a reversal of the recon-
mendatlons made by the committee,
by which tapioca and sago would be
subject TO duty OF one cent pound
when not imported for food Senator
Nelson opposed the fight upon the
free admission OF these products on
he ground that they were used large
ly by tho cotton cloth and oil cloth in
dustries in competition with starch
made from potatoes and corn.
He was supported by Senator Cum
minis. Both senators were taken to
task by Senator Aldrlch for attempt |
ing TO revise the tariff upwards. the |
Rhode Island senator claiming that
Ii the committee had suggested a
duty on products that could not be |
raised In this country for the purpose |
OF protecting other products when /
they came IN competition, IL would .
have been roundly denounced for |
such action, He also suggested that
there was combination In the starch
industry.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
HER |NFATUAT|0N
CAUSED SUICIDE

London. June 13.-"Infatuation for
A. G. Vanderbilt caused Mary Agnes
Ruiz TO kill herself"
Thus declares Lloyd's Weekly In dis.
cussing the mysterious case OF the
American woman who committed sui
eide In this city May 16. Other pa
pers also devote much space TO the
case. They lay particular stress on the
suppression OF the news of tho inquest
and her relations With an American
mulu-millionaire. Eloyd's Weekly In
sists that the English, reporters at the
Inquest were brlbed to refrain from
mentioning the case
Reynolds newspapers say that ex-
traordinary efforts W0rc made to pre-
vent the stan at the private hospital
where Mrs. Ruiz died four hours after
the shooting from discussing the case,
and the servants OF the Grosvenor
street house wore hurried TO Paris.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt can not be
found in London. He has not ap-
pesred at tho horse snow since the pa
pers first mentioned the suicide on
Thursday
The verdict of the coroncr's Jury
was suicide while of unsound mind"
Charles +. Williamson of Paris, who
settled the affairs and paid n large
STAFF at Mrs. Ruiz's establishment. was
the first witness at the inquest He
identified the body and testified that
he had acted as her agent. She was
the wife of a wealthy Cuban. from
whom shc had separated Lately. he
said, she had been In iii health and
depressed and had declared that she
was tired OF life.
Miss Elizabeth Caney. the compan.
ion OF Mrs. Ruiz since last January.
testified that Mrs. Ruiz had been very
depressed at times and took tablets
for insomnia. She kept a revolver
according TO the witness. who further
stated that her mistress was looking
very Ill on the evening of May l. Miss
Canny declared that she had no idea
that Mrs. Ruiz had shot herself until
the doctor arrived
DR.. J, B. Sutton testified that nc
had found Mrs. Ruiz had been shot In
he breast, A revolver with one empty
chamber was lying on the bed Ser.
wants testified that they heard no shot.
rhere was no doubt whatever that the !
,ase was one Of suicide.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
MEN MAY Be STILL
ALIVE IN SUBMARINE

Sebastopol. June 12-Hope, al.
though it is light, is entertained that
the twenty men who went down In
the Russian submarine Kambaln.
which was sunk In collision with the
battleship Rostislav during maneuv-
ers last night. are still alive.
Desperate efforts are being made
by the officers and men of the Black
Sea fleet, with the assistance of div
ers and salvage workmen from Sc.
bastopol To raise the submarine be,
fore the imprisoned men succumb to
the yitiated air. Admiral Bostrem,
commander of the naval forces In tho
Black Sea. has taken personal charge
of the pontoons, one of which is
equipped with a powerful hoisting
crane, assembled at the scene OF tho
catastrophe. All through the after
noon divers and techniclans were busy
In an endeavor to fasten chains
around the hull, which lies in an awk-
ward position. about 2S fatboms
down, in order 10 haul II to the sur.
face. SO far their efforts have not
been successful. but reports reaching
shore indicate that there Is a good
chance of raising the boats. Appar-
emily the sub. marine was not crushed,
as bad as had been feared
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
IAkAH|RA TALKS
At ANN ARB0R
Commercial Invasion of America
Discussed Before University
Students
Ambassador Points Out Fact That
Rivalry is Simply an Outcome of
National Development.

Ann Arbor, Mich. June 12.-Baror
kogoro Takahira. Japanese ambassa
dor. In an address at the Universit,
OF Michigan tonight. discussed the so
called commercial invasion of Amer
lea. He declared it impossible 10 avoid
commercial rivalry, which. he said. Is
simply an outcome of the deyelonmcnt
OF international relations.
While our trade has been so rapjd.
~ increasing" said Ambassador Tara
hira, L hear sometimes rather hard
complaints against Japan for starting
cotton mills and cigarette manufactur-
ing establishments and no longer I'M
porting piece goods and manufactured
tobacco. which we used TO buy from
this country. but 1t must be bronze In
mind that in making cotton goods and
cigarettes in our own establishments
we are buying raw cotton and tobacco
leaves from the United States
also hear some reports TO the
effect that since Japanese merchants
became energetic. certain American
houses have been losing their business
In the far eastern trade Painful as is
that report | cannot help concedIne
That In this age OF rapid communlca.
tion and transportation. which is no
doubt great agency to facilitate the
progress of civilization. II Is impossi.
bic 10 avoid commercial rivalry, which
is simply an outcome of the deyclop.
ing oil international relations"
The total amount of Japanese trade
has been steadily and largely increas-
ing. said the ambassador.
The United States opened Japan
TO foreign commerce by sending there
the famous Perry expedition, and
helped her TO rise to the less modest
position OF the present day. The
United States reorganiZed the Philip
pine islands in late years by introduc-
ing an improved system of govern |
ment and securing a permanent peace
for The inhabitants These friendly |
and humane achievements. together |
with many other noble and generous !
actions taken towards the far eastern |
, mntTles by your government, has
most Unreservedly endcared the Amer.
leans TO tho peoples of these regions.
"All these circumstances taken into
doubt not your particI.
patton In the coming exposition of the
arts of peace in Japan viii tend TO
create new era for the commercial
of the two borders OF the
Pacific"
The ambassador said the unpleas.
ant. unthinkable stories which were
In some quarters in recent
years consequent upon unfortunate in
cidents have now entirely disappeared
before making much mischief
There can be no stronger evidence
10 prove the genuine friendship of the
United States and Japan than The sey.
7ral compacts exchanged between the
-wo countries In the course of the last
year.
Il am only echoing the sentiment of
he Japanese nation when | say that
We owe great debt of gratitude 10
he University of Michigan for the
'lucation of our young men"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
IcemAN BECOMES OWNER
OF A GUSHING OIL WELL

New York. June 12.-Greal good for.
tune has come 10 Anthony Mayer, the
struggling iceman OF the Bath Beach
section of Brooklyn. in the last few
days. He will start for Seattle next
week as the owner of a gushing oil
well In Ohio. and to become the part
ner OF his newly-dtscovered million.
aire brother in Seattle and Alaska.
Myers brother Charley was adopted
by western family many years ago,
when their parents died and the
brothers lost track OF each other An
thony Invested 500 in oil well stock
ten years ago. and until few davs
ago he considered the money lost But
new bill oil well has been located on
the property. and the same day that
he was offered $4,000 for his stock,
he received letter from his brother
Charley. saying he had more than
Sl.OOo,O00 in the ALASKA gold fields and
inviting Anthony to join him On his
way west Athony Will stop at Chicago
to visit his grown children
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
NORTH OGDEN NOTES,

Lucern naying Is now In full swing
and the yield promises TO be better
than was anticipated earlier In the
spring. Grain is doing nicely, but
the fruit crop will be very light some
orchards being practically barren.
Several buyers arc already on tho
ground and fancy prices for fruit arc
being offered.
Father Martin II. Cooley celebrated
his elghty-frst birthday last Monday.
Quite a gathering of his friends and
poSterlty met at his home and paid
their respects to the old gentleman.
A hotly contested game OF baseball
was played on the North Ogden dia.
mond yesterday, Liberty and North
Ogden crossing bats. The score was
a clean victory for North Ogden. being
three to nothing In their favor, Tho
next league game will be PLAYED at
North Ogden between the local organ.
izatlon and Hooper. June % Tho com.
mittee Will endeoyor To have a grand.
stand erected by that time.
The boys of North Ogden presented
a drama 10 a good sized audience Fri.
da? night In the Annex hall. The pro-
eceds were donated TO the Sunday
school
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
TO ELIMINATE SALOONS
FROM CACHE COUNTY

Logan. June l1.-On the request of
Bishop p. G. Thatcher and President
]. Z. Carbon, the county commissions
ers have issued call for a meeting
10 be held at the court house Satur-
day, June 10, at l y. m. Those invIt-
ed TO attend are the presidents Of
the Cache, Benson and Hyrum stakes.
tho various city mayors and town
boards OF the county. The purpose OF
the meeting is to get an expression
as TO the best way of eliminating the
saloons from the county. The object
is to bring about this reform by Jan.
1 1910
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
FLOOD SITUATION SHOWS
BUT LITTLE IMPROVEMENT.

Denver, June 12.-With heavy rains
reported south into New Mexico and
north as far as the Black Hills of
South Dakota, the food situation In
the Rocky mountain region shows lit,
lilo improvement to day.
The most serious situation exists at
Folsam. n NJ. where cloudburst
yesterday was followed by floods that
threaten TO wipe out the town, Al
ready many business houses and res
idences have been swept away and
the inhabitants have fed to the hills
for safety. Unless conditions rapidly
improve there NAV be repetition
Of the flood that swept the town last
August In which many persons were
drowned.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
BERG CLAIMS
OVERWORk AT ASYLUM.

Los Angeles, June 12.-Matters
were at temporary standstill today
In the Patton insane asylum scandal
growing out of the violent death of
Henry GraSsmee, patient at the In
stltution, pending further proceed
lDgs against Attendant Berg, now in
jail It was stated at the Patton asy-
lum today that an official investiga-
tion of the management of the asylum
probably would depend upon tho re-
suit OF the proceedings against Berg.
No complaint has yet been filed
against Berg. who tells and apparently
straight story of the affair, in which
he says he was overworked, having
too many patients to look after and
therefore no opportunity TO prevent
them doing violence to each other.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
THOUSANDS At
PORTLA AND RACES
Californian Wins Wemme Cup
in Almost Mile a Minute
Clip
New Yorker Wins in Race for Three
Thousand Dollar cars-oinsIey
Makes Magnificent Time.

Portland. Ore, June 12-Thirty
thousand persons witnessed the Port
land Automobile club races over the
Base Line course near this city this
afternoon and saw Bert Dingley of
Merced. Cal, win tho big race-thc
Emile event and the Wemme cup
In 1'4i:1S. almost mile minute cIip.
Dingley made a magnificent race, driv-
lpg consistently from start to finish.
In the race for ree-thousand-d dollar
cars Charles Arnold of New York, IN
Pope Hartford. carried off the hon
oFs, driving the 43.S miles in $3.50.
Howard Covey of Portland repeated
ms performance OF last year In the
race Tor sixteen'hundred-doll cars by
again winning tAis event in a Cadl-
lac His time for the 1879 miles was
d7.OS.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
THREE MEN DROWNED.

Kalispell. Mont. June 12.-Throe
men we're drowned In the North Fork
according to telephone message
received here. this afternoon The
dead mon are c. l.. Lacy. w. P. Powell
and Andrew Parker. Tho men. who
were members of Milwaukee railway
engineering party. are said to have
been crossing the river with one Of
the engineers when their craft was
demolished. The engineer managed
10 reach shore.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
STARVATION WOULD NOT
REDUCE MANS GREAT WEIGHT

New York. June 12.-Not even star
yation or fatal Illness could reduce tho
weight Of James Mills, who died In
Bellevue hospital last night. weighing
5I0 pounds. Mills had been in charge
OF The dining room at the municipal
lodging house, apd his friends said
his pondcrous proportions were due to
the excessiblity of food, But this wal
disproyen, after he had been in the
hospital three weeks. suffering from
heart disease, and durins Which time
he ate almost nothing, but his size
continued to Increase. Before going
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
DANCING PARTIES IN A
UNiVGRSALIST CHURCH

Atlanta. Ga. juno 12.-Danclng to
the sound of piano music In the First
Uniyersalist church Is 10 be the week
ly diversion of number of young peo-
pic OF the church
Rev l.. Dean Ellen Wood tho pas
tor, said today OF the dancing:
81 consider dancing an innocent and
healthful amusement. | do not believe
in letting the devil have all the good
things"
The church is planning TO arrange a
stage where amateur theatrical per
formances may be given frequently by
the players club of the church, which
is already organized.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13

TO the hospital Mills said that he had
never been weighed In his life and
that nothing could induce him to get
on the scales. AT the hospital the doc.
tors and orderlles had a severe fight
with him to get his weight, which was
necessary for the hospital record.
Tho physicians were unable TO I'm.
derstand the cause of the increase in
his SIZE when he ate comparatively
nothing.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-13
FIRES DESTROYING
TIMBER IN MAINE,

Houlon. Me. June 12.-Fires con-
tinue to sweep through the timber In
Aristook county and are destroying
large tracts of valuable timber The
town of PresQue Isle, which suffered a
heavy loss by fire on Monday. was
again seriously threatened and the
men Of the town worked throughout
the night to hold the flames from the
village, Early today the town was cut
off from telephone or teleGraphlc com
munication.
The inhabitants of other threatened
villages were alert today TO prevent
the fires from attacking outlying mills
and houses.