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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
POLICE CHIEF HAS THE BOY
Sensational Fight of Shaw Family
for Ten ear-0ld Son
Suspended.

Santa Barbara, Cal. May MATTERS
are at a temporary standstilI in the af-
fairs Of James F. Shaw, the wealthy
Boston railroad president and state
senator. and his wife, who are enga ged
in a sensational fight for possession Of
their 10-year-Old son. The boy is now
in care Of the chief of police in this
city. and habeas corpus proceedings in
stituted by Mrs. Shaw and directed
against Shaw's detectives for possession
of the son have gone over by mutual
consent of the attorneys for both sides
until next Thursday.
A telegram from Shaw to his attor-
ney, Lewis Smith. of Fresno and the
detectives acting for him. directs them
to leave the boy in the custody Of the
police until after the arrival of the
father of Mrs. Shaw. H. Fisher FL
bridge, a millionaire Of Portsmouth. n
II. Mr.. Eldridge left Portsmouth for
Santa Barbara as soon as he received
word Of the trouble here. and is due to
arrive in the city next Wednesday
Shaw's representatives here believe that
he and Eldridge have reached some sort
of an agreement
Mrs. Shaw was at the ticket window
of the moving picture show conducted
BY herself and Marble. the tOrmer fam
lily chauffeur last night. selling tickets
a. usual. She does net APPEAR per-
turbed over developments. and refers to
what she calls her husbands bluff
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
MAJOR HAINES ON STAND
Indicates That His Brother Was At
fected Mentally by Wife's
-. Misconduct.

Flushing. n Y. May THE cross
examination Of Thornton J. Haines was
concluded today at the trial Of his
brother, Captain Peter Q. Haines. jr.
Major John Powell Haines. another
brother Of the defendant, was next
called by the defense.
Referring to the talk the major hal
with the defendant after his return
from the Philippines, the witness said
he asked his brother to tell him every
thing, and the captain replied:
50 When [ reached San Francisco from
Manila I found a big bundle of letters,
and after reading them was convinced
there was something wrong. and I hur-
ried east as fast as I could The cap
tain bowed his head in his hands and
said.
u can't remember. I can't think.
This man Annis is making me crazy
Finally ne went to the fort and met
Claudia. his wife. She expressed sur
prise at seeing him, and asked him
what had brought him back.
I've come back to protect your good
name the captain told her
What DO you mean% she asked
him.
@ Why. about you and Annis.' he
said.
Why. that is all foolishness.' he
said she told him,
~ may have been indiscreet, but
Bill Annis and I have been good
friends. and that's all
Don't you worry. little girl he
said TO her. III show these people how
I trust and believe in you. Wen have
Billy Annis up to dinner
Then he went to the telephone and
called Annis up and asked him to come
out to dinner. Annis declined, but came
later. and Mrs. Haines. the captain and
Aunis and his wife went to COney
Island in the automobile and were ar
rested for speeding. Annis drove the
car"
The witness said his brothers actions
were rational while ne was telling him
about his family troubles.
After brief cross-examination court
adjourned until Monday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
REAL WILD WEST
IN old WYOMING
Man MORALLY Wounded While
interfering With Execution
of Condemned Woman.
Especial to The Herald)

Cheyenne. WyO., May because
Chris ArhOutes did not consider il the
right of Harry Curtis TO execute Mrs.
Curtis for alleged favors bestowed on
Arhoutes, he will die He interfered in
the impending execution, and received
two bullets intended for Mrs Curtis.
Falling, he fired twice at Curtis. but
missed both times. The shooting oC-
CURED at Sunrise, Z. F & l. mining
camp, 100 miles north Of Cheyenne. and
the Greek population, numbering sew
eral hundred, is greatly excited over
the affair. All the principals are Greeks,
and their countrymen have formed into
factions that threaten further trouble.
So serious were threats made against
Mrs. Curtis today, and against her
friend. Martha Nelson, that il was
thought advisable to take them out Of
Sunrise. and they arrived in Cheyenne
tonight. Curtis is in the county Jail
here. and ArhOutes is dying at Sunrise
The shooting occurred when Curtis,
who is d bartender, suspected that Mrs.
Curtis and Arhoutes, laborer, were
unduly familiar. He procured a gun
and undertook to kill his wife. But Ar
hOutes. rushed between them and took
two bullets intended for the woman. He
then fired in seIf-defense, unavailing.
however. A bullet took him in each
shoulder and penetrated to the groin,
the paths of the two missiles crossing
in his abdominal cavity.
Curtis made no effort to escape, and
was arrested by a Sunrise deputy sher-
if and was held until the arrival of
Deputy Sheriff Ed School from Chey-
enne. School Immediately brought him
TO Cheyenne, as feeling was running
high in Sunrise arno77ur tho frzordc Of
ArhOutes.
One of the bullets was extracted from
Arhoutes body. but the other is so
deeply lodged that an operation for its
removal would hasten death. which is
believed to be inevitable. Pending the
outcome of his victims wounds. no in
formation will be filed against Curtis
ArhOutes is said not to be the only
man suspected by Curtis, and other en-
emies Of the prisoner are reported To be
fomenting trouble at Sunrise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
SUGAR TRUST TO
Be PROSECUTED
Criminal Action to Be Brought
Against Human Beings"
Guilty of 0ffenSeS.

New York. May Criminal prosecu-
tons by the federal government will
be begun as a result of the disclosures
in the recent suit of the government
against the American Sugar Refining
company. This announcement was made
today by Henry Stimsen, who is acting
as special attorney for the government.
Mr. Stimson's statement followed a
conference with United States District
Attorney Wise in. the latter's Office.
S of course, there will be a criminal
of the guilty persons Mr..
StimsOn declared. There will be no
let up. but on the other hand, the case
viii be prosecuted to a finish
The corporation has already been
punished criminally by the S134OOO pen
alties imposed" he added. That was a
punishment for criminal acts. The 9TH
er S2,000.000 was restitution of back du-
ties accruing from false weighing The
thing for us to do now is to get at the
human beings behind the corporation.
either officer or empioye, who have been
guilty of criminal acts. and punish
them. We cannot tell when the prose-
cutiOn will begin, but it will be as soon
as we get our testimony ready to pre-
sent"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
LESE MAJESTE CASES ON
Delevan Smith and Charles r. VIII
Hams Formally Arraigned
in Indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Ind, May l.-DeleNan
Smith and Charles r Williams, pro-
prietors of the Indianapolis News. in
dicted by the grand jury of the District
of Columbia, with the proprietors of the
New York World, on the charge Of
having committed criminal libel in pub
fishing certain statements bearing on
the purchase of the Panama canal by
the United States government, were
formally arraigned late this afternoon
in the United States district court room
before Judge Anderson. They were re-
leased on 5000 surety each, each Civ
ing it for the other.
Each of the defendants took an oath
that ne would appear in the United
States district court in Indianapolis on
May 81 to answer to the charge Of
criminal libel Numerous prominent
business men. friends OF Messrs. Smith
and Williams, were present ready to
sign bonds for them, but Judge Ander-
son required only the surety of the lie
PENDANTS for themselves.
The defendants will resist removal Tor
trial in the District Of Columbia. and
the court will hear evidence as to the
merits OF the case
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
MAY-DAY STRIKES
ARE NUMEROUS
Seamen on Great Lakes
Against Lake Carriers AS
ISOLATION in Effect.
MISSOURI MINE TROUBLES
LEAD MINERS MAY TIE UP THE
PROPERTIES.

Chicago, May 1.-The strike of labor
unions on the Great Lakes against the
Lake Carriers association, OF, more
correctly, their formal refusal 10 ship
on boats controlled by the association.
was put into full operation today at all
ports. 1t is estimated that probably
1000 seamen of all classes are involved
III the great struggle. Almost 5000 are
now said to be employed on boats con-
trolled by the carriers, and these were
scheduled to leave the vessels this
morning if in port, or as sOoD as they
came in from sea.
Thousands are idle today in Chicago,
Cleveland, Buffalo and other centerS.
The next movement of the leaders will
be to request the general officers of the
International Seamen's union to come
to the lake district and indorse the
strike. General Secretary of the Inter
national w. II. Frazier is at East Bos-
ton, but will get in touch with the stu
alton. He probably win join George
Hansen, agent of the lake seamen, at
Buffalo, and President Andrew Furu-
seth Of San Francisco will come to Chi
cagO.
About 400 boats are controlled by the
Lake Carriers association.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
FRUIT GROWERS AT
SEA ABOUT DAMAGES

Ogden. May Fruit growers are all
at sea as to- the extent of the damage
20 the fruit crop by the recent heavy
frosts. One man VIII say that the en-
tire fruit crop of the county has been
destroyed ard perhaps q man living
Just across the street from him viii say
that little real damage has been done.
Z g. McGridf. one Of the largest fruit
growers iu the state. fl is said. viii
have half n crop. He lives in North
Ogden. J. NJ. Forristall is Of the opin-
ON that there. win be half a crop Of
peaches. cherries and other pitted fruit
i'm the northern part of the county
on the other hand it is generally
conceded that through the Riverdale
and Roy fruit belt. in the sOUthern-part
Of the county everything has been
frozen solid. so that there VIII be prac-
ticaHy no fruit az all in those sections
stray berries have been injured Boz
al parts Of the county. R3spbeTr es
Continued on Page ?.
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eLosE ESCAPES DESTRUCTION.

Globe, Ariz.. May AFTER a desperate
fight the fire department extinguished
blaze which this morning seriously dam
aged the building and stock Of the Old
Dominion Commercial company. one Of
the largest mercantile establishments Of
the city. The loss is about $1,000, fully
insured. a sensational feature was the
fact that the town narrowly escaped be
ing wrecked by q dynamite explosion.
A large quantity of explosives was stored
I'm the building and the boxes containing
the dynamite caps were partially burned.
Had the caps been set off the resultant
explosion would have wrecked the great
er part of the business section and must
have caused a terrible loss OF life among
the hundreds of spectators in the vicinity
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
NEWHOUSE PLANS
REORGANIZATION
In Boston Making Effort to
Strengthen Beaver COun-
ty Property.
Especial to The HeraldD

Boston, May Samuel NewhoUse,
president of the NewhOuse Mines &
Smelter company, is back in the east
from salt Lake. During the past few
days he has been in conference with
interested parties in an attempt to
strengthen the property through a re-
organization or otherwise. This mat
ter, says Mr.. NewhOuse, will probably
not be completed before next week.
when the stockholders will be informed
as to the decision made. The company
owes the United Metals Selling COM
pany a substantial sum for advances
made it by the selling agency at the
time of high-priced copper. but Mr.
Newhouse has given the United COM
pany his personal notes for the amount
involved.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
MoNTANA sREWERY MEN.
Strike of Employees Reaches Over
Entire State.

Helena, Mont, May 1.-The strike of
brewery employees throughout Montana
inaugurated last night, is complete
throughout the state so far as advices
received indicate. PrOprietOrs of Helena
breweries were this morning doing their
own delivering, the Transfers union
having forbidden this by its members.
The prOprietOrs Of one of the Helena
bTeweTies, in an interview today, takes
exception TO the story telegraphed last
night from Butte to the effect that the
Miners union had endorsed the strike,
holding that the contrary was the case.
The sole issue is as TO the jurisdiction
over engineers. the Brewers union and
the Butte Engineers union both claim
ing this. The engineers are at work
and the brewers profess to believe that
they can operate their plants despite
the strike of the other employees
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
GOVERNOR FOLK
SHOWS C0YNESS
Believes No One Gould Refuse
Nomination for President,
If Called Upon.

Spokane, Wash, May II don't
think anybody would refuse to become
a candidate for president if called
upon" stated Ex-Governor Joseph Folk
of Missouri today. ''Tbat is a matter.
however. to which have not given any
thought. l. think the Democratic party
has a good chance TO win in 1912 The
pa ers dc William J.. Bryan a great in
Justice by insisting that he has SIMS ter
designs upon the nomination do not
think Mr. Bryan win be a candidate.
though he is very close to the hearts
of millions of men, Personally, 1 think
Mr. Taft is a good man. Outside Of
politics, no fault can be found with
him"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
BANKER is CONVICTED.
r. =. ParkhUrst of Seattle Found
Guilty of Embezzlement.

Seattle. MAY 1.-R F. Parkhurst. for
merlv assistant cashier of the First Ma
ticnsl bank. charged with embezzlement
of $4,000 from that institution. was found
guilty 5v a jury in the federal court to
dav His pecula tions. as shown BY the
evidence. extended through fifteen years
and were covered up by manipulation of
the banks balances in San Francisco.
Chicago and New York. Bank officNs
from those cities were witnesses against
Psrkhurt and brought records that
showed his operations Parkhurst was a
man Of family and stood high in bank
ing circles
Parkhurst was convicted on one of the
sixteen counts Of the indictment. which
charged embezziament, false entries on
the banks books and misapplication Of
funds. The penalty is not more than ten
wears nor less than five years in prison.
Sentence has not been passed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
CARBON BONDS At PREMIUM
Issue of $4,000 is Sold to Denver
Man for the Sum of
S41.650.
Special to The HeraIdl

Price, Utah, May Carbon countys
special court house bond issue of 0.O00
was sold today in competitive bidding
to James H. Causey & Co. of Denver,
Colo, at premium of 1855. The next
best bidder was the Harris Trust &
Savings bank. which offered premium
of 81, $50 followed by Z. II. Rollins &
Sons, who bid S1,510.
The court house is almost completed,
and will have cost when done and fur
nished in the neighborhOOd of s65. O00
1t has been carried thus far out of the
revenues of the county with a loan
from a Salt Lake City bank Of $4,000
There is now due the contractor but
$4,000 on the building. When this and
the Salt Lake Indebtedness is paid
there win be left better than $4,000 for
furnishings and improvements of the
grounds, including Jail fixtures.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
SONS OF REVOLUTION.
Judge 5esrdsIey of Connecticut Is
Chosen President.

Annapolis, Nd. May 1.-The annual
election Of officers Of the Sons of the
American Revolution was held today.
resulting as follows.
President General-Judge Morris 3.
Besrdsley. Bridgeport. Conn.
First Vice President GeneraI-C. NJ.
Geyer, Denver.
Second Vice President General-Peter
F. Pescard, New Orleans.
Third Vice President General-Wil-
lard SecoT, Iowa.
Fourth Vice President General
George G. Seargent, Missouri
Fifth Vice President Generalization
Moses Veale. Philadelphia
Secretary General and Registrar Cen
eral-A. Howard Clark, Washington.
d. c.
Treasurer General-JOhn H. Bur
roughs, Brooklyn, n. Y.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
LOS ANGELES PRISONERS UNATTENDED
GUESTS AT CHAMPAGNE BANQUET

LOS Angeles. May More than q
or prisoners i'm the city jail accu-
.'l-aied a fine high-priced vine jag
.asl night and fuzzy tongues and
nroonins heads constitute the regular
order Of business around the CITY hos
- TINS morning. The police them
7' We're the lavish hosts Of the oc-
aston although they did not know it
until afterwards.
--as' night the order was given to
"a" out the basement store room.
s5e large quantity OF champagne
~ A-lng ourgundies. sauternes. ciarets
M. o1ner costly wines were stored
-s, e'sccumuiated product OF many raids
10 pour the liquor into the sewer. A
49, number of TRUSTEES" were put at
b. "a 70 help open the bottles and pour
'N'o drainage trough which emp
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tied into the sewer. The temptation
proved too much.
Some of the TRUSTEES" damned up
the trough and backed the sparkling
mixture Of costly wines into a nice
pool in the ROOM Then bucket was
brought into requisition and the ban
qust began. In a comparatively short
time there was a Bacchalanfan revsI
taking place which surpassed anything
of the kind ever before undertaken at
the city jail The hilarity soon rose to
such a height that the police were at
tracted and discovered the source of
the good time. but not until after s
large number Of ''jagS' had been sue
cessfully negotiated by the delighted
prisoners. These were led away to their
cells and locked up to mediate on the
evils of intemperance- The blocked
sewer pipe was opened and in q short
time the rest OF the forbidden liquor
was poured away.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
LEAD MINERS OUT.
Employees of One Missouri Company
Stop Work.

Bonnie TeTre, Mo-, May 1.-The strike
of lead miners in Leadwood spread to
this place today, when the underground
employees of the St. Joe Lead company
quit work. The big mills of the COM
pany here were forced to close, and l.
200 men are now idle.
About 5000. other wOrkmen are threat
ening to Join the strikers, who are ask
ing a partial establishment of the
wage scale prevailing before the finan-
cial panic of 1908.
The st. Joe Lead company, against
which the strike is directed thus far,
is capitalized for s2O,000,000. Its presi-
dent is Dwight A. Jones Of New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
DETECTIVE IS ATTACKED.
Back Hand Attempted MurdsrFEs
Reported From CHICAGO.

-MeaSo. May What Is believed to
-ase been an attempt by Italian black
a.-liers Co kin Detective Gabriel Longo-
80 one oI the most active police Black
t..ll sustained 81 severe stilettO wound in
~ wrist The detective today described
assailsuts as vel dressed and ap-
iafellI Siciliaus
at ms nome his suspicious were aroused
- we continued watching OF the rear
ms home He went to the allev and
ssAea Tire men their business. Instead
~ answer. he says. he was attacked
i, sltetto. he grappled with the
Ye. or the weapon, but was rendered
unconscious for Gftean nir71t,s nv a bi.,,--
.Al .ne ear delivered By the secorAi
----- LIS assallants then ran AVA
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02

san Francisco, May Mrs. Otto
Mackroth. wife OF one Of the jurors in
the trial of Patrick. Calhoun. president
Of the street railway system in this
city. on the charge of bribery, is in St.
Winifried's hospital in q critical condi-
ton as a result Of injuries received to-
day during an alteration with a street
car conductor over a transfer. Accord
ing to attending physicians. she is suf-
fering from cOncussiOn OF the brain.
and numerous bruises on the body. J.
NJ. Law, the conductor, is under arrest
at the city prison.
Juror Mackroth, who has been locked
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
PURE-FOOD ACT UPHELD.
Test Case Is Decided in Favor Of the
Government.

Chicago. May Federal Judge san
born. in a test case questioning the con-
stitutionality Of the government pure
food and drug act. today upheld the
validity of the law.
The case was that of the government
against the Crescent Manufacturing
company Of Seattle. makers Of Maple
line
The government alleged that the use
of this name constituted misbranding.
inasmuch as this substitute for maple
syrup contained no maple juices. The
defense aside from attacking the con-
stitutionality Of the law. alleged that
the name wds justified by the favor OF
the product.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
WIFE OF JUROR IN CALHOUN TRIAL
INJURED BY STREET CAR CONDUCTOR

up at the st. Francis hotel with the
other members OF the jury. Tor some
weeks, was given permission by Trial
Judge LaWlUr to visit his wife Ac-
companied by deputy sheriff, he spent
some time at the hospital
II is rumOred that as a result Of the
incident the defense may ask the court
to dismiss Mackroth from the jury and
seat in his place the thirteenth Juror
on the ground that MackrOth may be
prejudiced against the defendant as a
result of the injury to his wife by one
OF Calnoun's employees. Mr.. Calhoun.
however, said tonight that he did not
believe such action would be taken
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
New York Bakers Out.

New York. Nav More than I 900
bakers Of the lower east side were on
strike in this city today but as it was
the Jewish Sunday, when few Of the
bakers are at work, the real effect will
not be felt until tomorrow. The bakers
demand closed and sanitary shops, a
scale Of wages ranging from $50 to $40
per week and a ten-hour day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
FUNERAL OF EMPEROR.

Pekin. May 1.-The body Of the late
Kwang Hsu. the emperor of China. who
died last November. today began the long
Journey to the Western tombs eighty
miles away. for final interment. The cere-
mOny was one Of unusual Oriental splen-
dor and dignity. 1t was witnessed bv
large number Of foreigners. The dowager
empress will not be Inferred until the
fall In the meantime her body viii re-
main I'm Pekin. The United States was
represented by Minister W. ". RockhiIl.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
Rochester Carpenters Stop Work.

Rochester, n. Y, May MAY day
opened here with a strike. of all union
in the city. The union de-
mands an eight-hOur day and an in
crease in pay of 80 cents a day. The
minimum wage now is 50 a day By
night the labor leaders say there will
be 400 men on strike
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
FERNANDEZ REsleNs.

Nfukee. May Henry L. Palmer.
'.,eraIgn grand master Of the Supreme
ps..-. Ancient and Accepted Scottish
- d Masons Of the Northern jurisdiction
-ae TINTED States. has resigned owing
I -edltn. This IS the highest Ma
I-t ONCE n the United States and has
y 7l Reid by Mr Palmer since 1873. I'm
s-.. successor has been elected Lieuten-
d, ~. e'eien Grand Commander Samuel
lawrence Of Boston viii occupv the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
Pittsburg Trouble Avcrted.

Pittsburg. Pa. May 1.-The danger of
a street railway strike with which
Pittsburg has been threatened for sew
eral weeks has passed. A settlement
was effected today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
MONTHLY COINAGE STATEMENT

Washington, May 1.-The monthly
coinage statement shows that the total
coinage executed at the minis of the
United States during April aggregates
S31. ISL ,614, OF which SS0,641 900 was gold.
s., IL. 900 silver and S3S614 minor coins
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02
NEeRo Is LYNcHEp.

Tyler Tex. May IA mob of 900 per
sons broke into the jail here today and
lvnched Jim Hodges, a negro. charged
with assaulting and seriously injurng
Miss Winnie Hafman near here last
NIGHT