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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-22

before the house. One of the men got
out and entered the house, where the
child was playing.
AS he ran toward her the boy inter
fered and the kidnaper shot at him. but
missed. He then knocked the boy down
with his revolver and carried the child
to the buggy and drove away. The po-
lice were Immediately notified, and a
large posse is now in pursuit
Marion Bleakley, the kidnapped child,
has had a stormy career. She was
born in a hospital at st. Louis and was
placed in one of the incubators shown
at the exposition. While there she was
formally adopted by Mrs James G.
Barclay of Moline, III. Ers. Bleakley
Continued on Page ,.
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ORA JOLEFFE, Trafalgar, Ind
AN UNIDENTIFIED man.

Kellum had not started the first race
in the same car with Merz. He had
been Athens machanician in another
National. Aitken jumped into the lead
at the start, heading the nineteen staTt-
eTs anC remained there until a cylinder
head cracked, after ne had covered 1O3
miles, when he was forced to drop out.
Aitken covered 100 miles in 1:31;4 $40,
setting new record for the track and
breaking the one made by Chevrolet in
the 259-mile race Thursday. Kellum
wept Ike a child when he found this
car would not be able 20 continue the
race.
Mechanieian Collapsed.
The zIerz's first mechanicfan. Robert.
Lyme, collapsed in the National repair
pit, and Kellum was substituted for
him. Merz's car had gotten into trOu-
bic on the far side of the track and
Lyme bad run across the infeId i'm the
sun, and this, combined with the emo
tiOnal excitement of the moment
caused him to fall into a dead faint.
Kelium, eager 10 get back into the
contest, started of across the field. He
and Merz were soon able to get the car
going again and continued the dizzy
grind Ground the track, which was be-
coming more bumps ever minute.
a policeman, and a great favorite.
Despite the tragedy the six cars left
in the contest continued the race until
the accident happened TO Bruce Keeue.
His car crashed into q post near the
side of the track after fl had. for some
unaccOIntable reason. slidded Schil-
Ter the mechaniciau, sustained a slight
fracture of the skull Keeue was not
seriously hurt. After this accident, the
off a.rsa Ta ID. la
In the race was in danger. stopped the
race.
When the race ended Lee Lynch. fin
a National was leading and had COW
cred 23j miles IN Abb 40. De Palma
was second, three-quarters Of a lap be-
hind. Stillman, in a NarmOn, was
third, and Harroun, in another Marmon.
was fourth. heeue. to whose car the
accident happened just before the race
was stopped, was awarded fifth place.
De HyneL in Stoddard-Dayton, was
the sixth man.
Statement by Referee.
After. the race a statement was Is
sued by referee S. B. Stevens to the ef-
feet that he had stopped the race owing
to the physical condition of the con-
testants. ruled that il was no race and
no awards would be made. He recon-
mended, however, that suitably en-
graved certificates of performance be
presented to all contestants who fin
ished.
Homer toilette, one Of the spectators
killed, was a farmer living at Trafal-
gar, Ind, 26 years old, and unmarried.
KeIlum was a resident of this city and
had been working for the National
company for several years. He was IS
years old, and leaves widow and two
children.
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WELLMAN FAILS I'M SECOND
ATTEMPT TO REACH POLE
PARTY of -Four Makes Safe Descent
but Giant Balloon ExpLOdeS at
the Point of Landing.

Camp WeIman, Spzenbergn Aug Is Hammeres Aug 81
Walter Wemans second attempt sail the North pole
has resulted failure The giant digie balloon America which
Mr. Welman and his party Of three set proceeded about wo
miles from the starting point
Mr. Welman and his party eded making landing
returned to this point board the Franz towed
the disabled balloon
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Plans to Entertain Mr..
Taft Going Along Well
Utah Towns Are Struck
by q Great ClOudburst
DANCERS SAVE FAMILY

Nssoua Mont Aug A special to the Msouan from Wallace
arrived at the Isolated home Of e. Finch Wallace just in time to
which alleged to
Z
by Mr. Finch who alleges that Reund had made numerous
said insult offered
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Besides the three deaths, there were
two serious injuries during the day.
Henry Tapking of Indianapolis suffered
a compound fracture of the right arm,
a broken nose and several scalp wounds
in the wreck of the National car. Bruce
Keene, driving a Marmon, in the same
race, crashed into a post shortly after
the wreck Of the National car and was
badly cut about the neck and head.
After the second accident the officials
decided to call off the race. The lead
ing cara Jackson, with Lee Lynch at
the Wheel-had then covered 235 miles.
Ralph De Palma, in a Fiat, was sec
Ond, and Stillman, in a MaTmOn, was
third. The race will be declared no
contest and the Indianapolis Motor
speedway trophy will be raced for
again.
Car Driver Escapes.
Merz mfraculousIy escaped from the
wreck of his car with hardly a scratch.
He fell under the machine when il
turned a s0mersauIt through the air
and down into gulley near the side
of the track. He seemed in imminent
danger of being burned to death, but
managed to shut off the engine and
out of the car and landed in the guIey
some distance away.
The three deaths today raises the
speedway fatalities to seven. William
A, Bourque and his mechanician, Har-
~ HOlcOmbe Of the Knox racing team,
were killed in an accident I'm the go
mile race Thursday. Cliff Littereli, a
StOddard- Dayton mechanician, was
killed by being hit by a big racing
machine while on the way out to the
speedway. On Thursday, Elmer c.
Champion, a six-yeaT-Gld boy, was
killed by the automobile Of DR.. Clarke
z. Day Of this city, while the latter
was on his way to the races. The meet
ing, therefore, has closed in gloom, the
glory Of broken speed being dimmed by
the tragic attendant circumstances.
The fatal accident today occurred on
the south turn Of the immense ellipse
and near the open stands that contained
more than 5000 people. The thousands
in the grandstand did not see the aC-
cident, although they knew that one
Of the cars had crashed through the
fence. A few minutes later MeTz was
brought to the officials stand and a
mighty shout Of joy went up when it
was seen he was safe. It was not for
some time that the majority Of the
had escaped, others lay dead or in
jured.
Car Beyond Control.
After Merz finished more than 200
miles and was running fifth in the race,
the tire on the right front wheel came
off and the car tore away from the
control of the driver. 1t crashed through
the fence near the foot Of a bridge
across the track and plunged into a
crowd there. The car tore through the
group and into the gulley, turning a
complete sOmersault before it reached
the ground about ten feet below. KEEL
lum was thrown into the water and
was bleeding from innumeTable injuries
when he was picked up, Great gashes
were torn In his abdomen and the blood
had begun to pour into his lungs and
he was nearly dead. He lived for some
time without regaining consciousness.
The unidentified man was instantly
killed and Joleffe died as he was be-
ing lifted into an ambulance. Quick
work by the physicians saved Tapking's
life and he has a fair chance to re
cover.
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UTAH WELCOME
TO Be GIVEN HIM
Chic Society and Yale Alumni
Each viii Tender Pres
ident a Reception.

Further plans to welcome and enter
tain President William H. Taft on his
visit here were made at the meeting
held in Governor William Spry's office
yesterday. The committee voted unani-
mousIy to appoint Jesse F. Turner
national organizer for the League Of
Republican Clubs, member of the en-
teTtainment committee, this action
being taken at the request Of Governor
Spry.
The plans for entertaining the Presi-
dent, as they now stand will be for the
committee to meet the President at the
railroad station on his arrival in Salt
Lake at $3.50 in the afternoon, and con-
duct him Immediately to Fort Douglas,
where he will review une troops Of the
post at 4 o'clock. Some details of the
evenings program remain to be COM
pleted, and the president will be con-
suited directly regarding these
One of the biggest events of the pres
ident's visit to Utah, as practically de-
cided yesterday viii be a monster mass
meeting at the tabernacle at s o'clock
Sunday morning. The children of all Of
the Sunday schools of the city will be
reviewed by the president, and the liv-
ing flag drill viii be repeated, under
the direction of Professor W. A. Wet
zell and his assistants.
Program at Tabernacle.
The program for the tabernacle meet
ing Will include a number Of special
Continued on Page 2,
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THREE MORE KILLED
AT SPEED CARNIVAL
Seven Lives Sacrificed at
Opening of New Auto
Speedway at In
dianapOIjs.

Indianapolis Ind, Aug 2-Three lives sacri.
feed today in the speed carnival which has marked the OPEN
ing of the Indianapolis Motor speedway.
One mechancan and two spectators Oday death toll
when National car driven by Charles Merz the threehu
dredmle race lost tire and crashed through fence
group of spectators
DEAD:
CLAUDE KELLUM, of Indianapolis mechanican in the
National
ORA JOLEFFE, Trafalgar Ind
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its head was turned to the northward
and it get out at a speed Of twenty-five
miles an hour.
Suddenly, after having covered some
thirty-two miles, and when everything
seemed. to be going sp.endidly. the
leather guide rope, to which was att
tacbed "a thousand pounds OF provisions
and stores, broke away. The accident
occurred just as the airsnip was near
ing the pack ice of North SDitzen-
bergen.
Continued on Page 2.
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FRANK H. TIeeETTs DEAD.

Chicago, Aug. 21.-Frank H. Tibbetts,
assistant general freight agent for the
Chicago Great Western railroad, died
today, aged So years,
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-22
FAMOUS INCUBATOR BABY is
KIDNAPPED, THEN RECOv Erred
Another Chapter in Stirring Career
of Child Born at st. Louis
Fair.

City Aug 2-Marn Beaey the famous baby
from the St Louis fair who kidnapped Topeka today
cred by officers here tonight of alleged Hdnap
with the child in custody.
ugitves taken from passenger train upon its arrival here
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-22
BIG FIRE IN MONTEREY.

Monterey, Mexico, Aug. 21.-Botice
Leon, a large wholesale drug store, is
on fire and threatens the business CEN
ter Of the city and the Nuevo bank.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-22

Kansas City, Aug. 21.-'T know of
no traffic in Indian girls here" said
Frank F. Snow, chief of police, today.
THE traffic could not be very extern
sive here or we would know about it."
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-22

The term yellow" is old
as the eternal hills. a live
newspaper always gets
this appellation from
competitors who condemn
what they cannot attain.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-22

Ali the News All the
Time, Fearless, Frank and
Honest, Is The Herald
Republican Slogan.
If You Don't Read The
Herald - Republican, How
Do You Know2
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
THE RETURN OF THE FLEET

the ceremonies with
which the will be welcomed home
OF heet already
the sixteen big battle
uniform bun ana whe proDaDy De
president of the
United the thousands of visitors
to welcome oce and
fleet batthips
Never before
ships fleet visited SO many
received hearty
thousand miles
ports fourteen months
Hampton roads Rear
of leg of the the
gratifying 1t found that
Magdaena pay on coast IN
all the newnes fresh repairs
The practice last spring. showed
American sailors was " superior or
additional practice
increased their former reliability
as to
and yet probable exceed what
including the
dollars, about
the fleet had remained in American
had be carried to the various ports at
WIFI scheduled to CALL
ubricatng big fighting machines
thousand dollars
what the course,
with precision
has powers
there disposition
a
realize the full meaning the United
The discipline
assertions
gentleman
Qualrough
ranger when ships journey.
efficient
supported by the people reasonable
appropriations make for new batleships
stimulate feeling The nations of the
we'll enough fight it,
have the men, have the money too
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
CRITICISMS OF THE CANAL.

The ACCESSIBILITY from the lock to
weeks and from the
public confused notion
our old friend NJ in
and who undoubtedly
OF ABILITY ana experience continues u SUM Inc ~, "i
He believes
particularly he believe this to be true
his contention the foundations of the Gaun dam
will responsible
He
that it will take fifty years to complete
by dry excavation
carried under
rapidly
completed.
He figures that
eighty millions of dollars while
quoted the committee
estimate high three hundred
andt enty-nve
rhis is little startling
engineers whose views favor of the lock type
adopted staked their PROFESSIONAL reputation at tne
undertaking exclusive of sanitation and the
expenses OF the zone government would not De more n one un0F
dsposes of one of the objections to the sea
level by the
height the Pacific side He
on ont that there is merely NO tide ON the Atlantic side of
sthmu approximate difference of twenty feet
Pacific This he explains
mouth of the river Thames
difficulty 1t
entering the mouth of the Thames the Seine
has being
type provisional
provisional while the channel being
deepened to sea level he tnat orsa cost would De
excavation would another
additional excavation making the actual outlay
only about onehu millions
RMS very type,
is very
his
claiming at the time to express the sentiments of
the floor of the house
All this is very different from the opinions expressed by Mr. Taft
with him.
Birmingham,
"buncombe
political effect The wind
exploit
the
Of
n
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
GOVERNORS REPLY TO MAI HANSON

Governor aoke gave interview which
the earnings Of the
o panic
railroads much in net earnings
june 1905 the average loss OF net
earnings on the part of
and the wisdom of the
which could not be denied
Among with his statements in regard
President Hanson himself VINO
income of the Central OF Georgia
a dencit.
BY way of reply the governor for
what meant by met income
profits from the operation OF the
with june 1908 were two million
dollars and that these net
Georgia alone during panic year were TWO anu
hundred and seventeen thousand dollars in
previous fiscal year
referring
to income but
nothing but cash account showing the
hand after various expenditures me net u ~
nearly and half million dollars although
President Hanson that this not true
gets income by dducting
paid for interest the Cntra
securities on the betmnts or permanent improvements Oh ~ ~
n was one the abuses OF the old system of bookkeeping-the
change frequently by those who have
challenged governors
charged mani
testify investment The most
prosperous world net earnings from
operation brokendown branch ine load
improve It, and at
extraordinary items deducted
net earnings the net income or cash Wo 0"
officers might choose to spend
prosperity of the road and would
road to have to suffer
inferior excessive charges while such
still more striking point Smiths interview
the reduction in the gross
reduction In wages to
gross the fiscal
thrs THOUSAND
President Hansons confeson ne
employees hundred and eight
operatives and
But
to earnings and then OF
three hundred dollars besides
slaughter of the innocents
For specific discharged and their
dollars
as the entire of gross it politics.
Perhaps will explain the matter for the
satisfaction of the
interview, which is one
and mos given out
unchaenged
that the panic
half the railroads
better than the railroads OF the
as VIII
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
THE ROOSEVELT LIBEL CHARGES.

editors of
of the District OF
Columbia criminal libel agant Theodore Roosevelt
the District of Columbia will be
Indictment be sufficient and
the onense for which the defendants may be appear
Yokin the
aw indictments found
chamber subsequently embodied
since the esOn of that district by the state OF Maryland to the united
a law which Mr. quoted
be the arbitrary odous law against which Erskne fought
consummaiOn OF
personal highest
in usurpaion of
freedom of the which one OF the
institutions government rhe wholesome
preserving unmuzzed and
citizen that the defendants
instituted the nstgaon OF Roosevelt are
the slightest
was impossible his admin
sraon further had already before he insisted upon
pushing If the
would deserve well at his hands
his unoignlned ana unresuaneu acroOdUs hau aeau ILL
and even
before bench and bar of the United States by making
appointment of to the bench The mar
Republican convention for an hour last
summer was ALREADY going out OIL 0mce l0o"eu W INC ~ " MS
His these prosecutions have had reactonary
body of
nvoate They have
the public to an alarming
the constitution
and reckless Of the consequences may adopt all He = gbS
daring aute Intelligence may some day gmPy in
overleaped
which such lays hold upon the
all dramatic
a the
of nothing
in
IN to
ofense unknown to the
distinct uris
which there than two thousand
president OF the United
into of those
them
jurisdiction
without
than
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
The Governors Omission

FITZGERALD, Ga. Feb. 16. 1909.
Editor The Atlanta Journal: The Ss-
vannah News Is evidently disturbed about
the statement of the governor in the pa
pers OF the state last Sunday. relative to
railroad earnings. When the governor
prepared the article for publication he
probably realized that the railroad organs
and the anti-administratiOn press general
~. would seek 10 destroy the effect OF the
astounding statements of facts, based
on the sworn statements az the railroad
companies The Morning News today,
seems TO fear that the governor will again
become a candidate for elective Office.
IN "Old Guard" on this particular ques-
ton. But we must not permit politics to
interfere with facts. 50 important TO ev-
cry taxpayer In the state.
The governor did fail to give all the
facts: for instance, he did not state that
the Central railroad. which the Morning
News feels called on to defend. was pay
ing thirty thousand dollars TO a nominal
president. who IL IS undsI stood, holds
one share OF stock in the company that
pays him the princely salary and furn-
isles him private cars and special trains
over the country.
The governor failed TO state that the
Uc5spauy.s earnings were to be divided be-
tween fifty millions of stock. irstead Of
ten millions. a legitimate capitalization.
He might have stated many other i'm
portant facts. but the fact that the rail-
roads in Georgia are ten times better OF,
IN the matter OF net losses. than the
average railroad i'm all the states Of the
union the year OF the panic. IS the one
fact In which we are all interested.
The News complains that the governor
did not call attention 10 the fact that the
accounts were rendered under the new
system. promulgated by the interstate
commerce commission. The News Itself
fOrgets TO mention the still more import
ant fact that the other railroads In all
the other states OF the union rendered
their accounts under precisely the same
system. adopted by the same interstate
commerce commission. and under which
1t is clearly shown that Georgia railroads
suffered one and one-half per cent de-
crease in net earnings during the panic
year. while the railroads OF the other
states averaged a decrease Of fifteen per
cent The Morning News forgets to state
that the railroads OF Georgia Jared better
than the railroads in the other states in
the union.
The News should not omit so many i'm
portant facts II has the space to burn.
and all the time there IS.
I. E MERCER.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
ROOSEVELT,S LATEST BREAK

IL he
a position on the bench
municipal
court OF the
to the Angoaxon whole by OF the
Washington
himself
n to
onciae the
like the Independent give him the manly
like
thought of who places the bench
n a
judicial duties will bring him direct
people?
fol
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
THE EXTRA SESSION.

The date of the extra session Of
congress has now been definitely
fixed for Monday. March Is, just
eleven days after the adjournment
OF the regular session and the inau-
guration of President Taft.
This will be the special session OF
the si&ty-frst congress.
IL has been understood all along
that the special session was to be
convened primarily for the revision
OF the tariff and with that end in
view the ways and means commit
tee has taken a great deal Of evil
dence, much Of which, like that of
Mr.. Carnegie and Mr.. Mills, has
been OF very disconcerting char
acter.
But we have been hearing very
little of the tariff question OF late.
In fact, there have been indications
that the program Of revision was
not to be pushed with the zeal fore
told during the campaign.
The public will await with a con-
siderable degree of interest the
formal call OF the president. They
wish to know whether he will in
clude any other matters except
tariff revision in his call and what
the nature OF it is to be.
There are a great many questions
with which the present session has
not dealt-questions which insistent-
ly demand solution. Many of them
are suggestions Of Mr.. Roosevelt's
and perhaps Mr.. Taft will not father
them all.
Eleven days is but a short inter-
regnum, and our old friend, the
Congressional Record, will scarcely
be missed.
The spring months promise to be
full OF interest.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23

President Taft. by barring negroes
from southern appointments. couldn't
have pleased Georgia more II he had
put Ty Cobb in his cabinet.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23

Reform is needed In the senate. says
an editor. co slowly. brother. The coun-
Try is digging a canal now. One hercu-
lean task al a time.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23
The Retort Conciliatory

Cleveland Leader.
Mr.. Meek-Dfd you trump my ace7
Mrs. M-Yes What of II?
Mr.. M.-N-nothng, my dear. Pm glad Il a
was you. II one Of our opponents had done It.
we'd have lost the trick
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23

With prohibition spreading as IL is,
Carrie Nation had better hurry home to
get in few parting shots at the saloons.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23

So far as the records show. Major
Hanson's net salary stood up pretty well
under the Central's net losses.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23

Major Hanson, Of the Central. was not
among those discharged.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23

The governors veto doesn't seem Il
count much IN Tennessee.