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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15
CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION MAKES ATTACK
Charles smuhwaite Representing People Publishes
an Letter Which Is Filled With Slanderous Ref
to VIM Glasmann

- Charles A. Smurthwaitc, chairman
of the Democratic City convention
which nominated Alex Brewer for
mayor, and who. therefore. must be
accented as the mouthpIecc OF his
nominee has issued an "Opcn Letter
To William Glasmann. which appear
cd in the Examiner this morning and
Is here reproduced for the purpose OF
disclosing, frst. the character of the
men who are leading the Democratic
campaign; second, the desperate
straits to which they are driven; third.
the moral mrpitude of man like
Charles a. Smurthwaite who, the head
of little family stoop5 so low and
becomes so vulgar and coarsely insin
uatng as TO make woman OF the I'M
derworld the sole topic of his public
utterance, coupling her name with
that of another man, also the head of
family. and doing so on nothing but
the low, evil prompungs Of a mind
steeped In nasty conceptions and base
creations, without one known or sub
stantiated fact on which TO establish
his filthy libel
The article taken from this morn
ings Examiner is as follows,
Smurthwaite's Open Letter.
In addressing to you what follows.
BIZ. YOU Will no doubt be astonished
10 note the entire absence of the
word ''liar" The reason IS obvious;
your reputation in the community Is
so distinctive that 1t is not necessary
to so describe any of your statements
Let me say at the outset, Bill that
| am not an Issue In this campaign
Notwithstanding you are doing Your
best to make out that l am. in har-
mony with your favorite pasIme of
desperately attempting to establish
the false that the true may be over
Sbadowed
In thinking over your waterworkS
campaign. and Your failure to get
them. and some other things, try and
remember what David Copperfeld
said TO Uriah Heepe: ''lt may be profit
able TO you to reflect, In future. that
there never were greed and cunning in
this world yet that did not do too
much and oyerreach themselves II
Is as certain as death" Exactly as
II describing you, Bill
Charles Dickens. In Hunted Down.
again fairly describes you, Bill. as IL
comparing you to Brewer. In the fol-
lowing words: Dishonesty will stare
honesty out of countenance any day
of the week II there is anything to be
gained by lt"-for instance. the mayor
atty of Ogden and the advertising pat.
ronage. etc. etc. etc,
And this leads me TO say, Bill that
It would be an honor to be Friday to
Alec Brewer, q man OF pure personal
life and whose commercial and public
life Is equally blameless. But what
NAV be said of you. Bill. who are Fri.
day" TO Belle. "Ogden's Queen" by
your grace, .uf
You know, Bill. thatlt never owned
salt farm, so could not have offered
one for sale 10 the church at any prico
or at all II you Will prove that
did, | will give you $1,000. Say, BIZ,
here's a chance to crafty your well
known love Of money My money is
Just as good as Bellies, Bill
AS to that new church, Bill, 1t Is not
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15
FAVORABLE.
I 0 DR.. COOK
Prominent Mining Man
Had Correspondence
With BarriIl

Hartford. Ark. oct. l5.-James A.
Bolen. a coal mining operator well
known In the southwest and who says
he has hunted With the companions
who made the Mount Mckinley tGip
with Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Is cred
tied with declaring here today thar
he did not believe Edward Barrlll had
signed the Mount Mckinley AFFIDAVIT
credited TO him In the story sent out
from New York yesterday
Mr. Bolen is president OF the Bolen-
Darncll Coal company of McAlestcr.
Okla. and was in Hartford today ON
business. He formerly lived IN Kan
sas City. When Or. Cook lectured at
Kansas City on October 7. Mr Bolcu
met and talked with the explorer MI
Bolen was credited with having. dur
ing that Interview, told Dr. Cook a
story of the Mount Mckinley trip Of
exploration that had been related 10
bin by DR.. Cooks guides. BarTlll and
ia 1 Prince, To representative
of the Associated Press here today,
Mr.. Bolcn declared he did not believe
Barrlll had signed the affidavit cred
tied 10 him Mr. Bolen agreed TO fur
nlsh n statement of the story he had
told DR. Cook at Kansas City and "a
related TO him by the explorers
guides.
Mt Bolen said TO the Associated
Press
'T have on file at my office either
I'm Kansas City or McAlester, Okla.
correspondence with Barcill and Fred
Prince. Cooks guides In his two as-
cents Of Mount Mckinley. Until
sec the pictures which Cook has Of
these two guides. and can verify their
signatures. / Will not believe that Bar
rill signed that affidavit denying
that they reached the summit
Until | examine that correspond
ence | can talk from memory | as
sociated with Prince and Barrill In
1906 and correspoDded afterwards,
My recollection IS. that these letters
told OF the attempt TO scale Mount Nc
Kinley I'm 1904 which failed two thou
sand feet from the summit The let
terS describe the successful ascent IN
1906 and state positively that they did
reach the summit and that Barrill
claimed TO have reached the summit
few feet ahead Of Cook.
Fred Prince was an attache of the
federal survey party that surveyed
the line between Montana and Idaho
and recommended by officials OF this
party TO Cook as guide"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15
cOoK.PEARY CONTROVERSY
CAUSES SOME IMPATIENCE

Washington. Oct. 15.-The Unlversi-
ty of Copenhagen was today requested
by the National Geographic society to
renounce its first claim TO an exam
ination of DR. Cooks observations
made during his search for the pole.
Tho message. signed by Willis T..
Moore president OF the National &c
ographic society. said
National Geographic society re-
quests waiver your first claim TO Cook
observations of latitude and longi-
mde American scientists impatient
at delay and feel that this is a mat
ter that should be settled in America F"
A message was also sent TO Com
mander Peary at Eagle Harbor. Me,
saying:
Board OF National Geographic socl-
ETY. wishes TO act upon your eNpedi-
toin at regular meeting next Wednes-
day. Canyon not Immediately for
ward us sufficient records to justify
action them"
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tlcle had been published and did not
sec I; until the day after he reached
Washington 1t Is deeply significant
that none OF the scores OF newspaper
men whom he met on his journey men-
toned this article or am 'canords'
concerning an American protest to ia.
pan.
The Importance of the article may
be Judged from the fact that it was
not suspected OF being the cause until
the tip was given In Washington. and
not from Mr.. Crane.
1T is due TO Mr.. Crane also to note
that in carrying out the presidents
wishes that ne should do some Wig.
orous public speaking and In the alb
sence OF instructions in the state de-
partment Crane carefully confined
himself 10 lines laid down by Mr. Taft
himself in tho famous Shanghai speech
ringing with vigorous Americanism
and so definitely friendly to the Chi
nese that II onded all talk OF the dis
membermcnt of China
when he let them have it hot Mr.
Crane talked only OF the common in.
tercsts OF America and China and he
received no criticism from the state
department
Those who are so concerned about
whether he was proJapanese or anti
Japanese seem unable 10 understand n
man who has been first, last and all
the time simply pro-American: and
as the American minister 10 China.
also pro-ChiDe5e. his only thought in
connection with the offending ncws-
paper article was that If the Ameri-
can government should decide that
its interest in the open door demand
ed "A protest. the American press
! should then be prepared to discuss It
intelligcntly and effectively.
The possibility of a protest was
so much a matter of common knowl.
edge that the offending article iu
which it was mentioned, attracted no
particular attention. 1t was not until
after its connection with Mr.. Cranes
recall leaked out in Washington, that
the Japanese embassy sent to the
newspaper Offices for a copy of the
| article.
THE effort to involve Mr.. Milard
| as the real cause of Mr.. Cranes re-
| call is equally unfounded Mr.. Nil
lard had commission to write some
magazine articles on the Far East and
asked If there was any objection to
his travelling on the same ship with
| Mr.. Crane, who consented, with the ap.
proval of the president. with whom
! Millard had once travelled
1T will be recalled that Mr. Millard
also addressed that celebrated Shang
hal meeting and that Mr.. TAFT then
publicly spoke Of him as one who has
written much and well on the Far
East and has given close attention 10
the statistics of the trade between CHI
ma and the various countries of the
| world
The fact that because Mr.. Millard
Is vigorously pro-Chinese. he is puI
down as anti-Japanese, may throw
some light on the present situation
But the entire matter can he under
stood and discussed more intelligent
ly and safely as the facts become
public property in the future"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15
GLASMANN'S REPLY TO
SMURTHW AITE'S ATTACK
One Thousand Dollars Deposited Bank Proof of
situations -Smurhwaite Lost to All Sense of Decency

Charles A. Smurthwalte: Do YOU
mean to insinuate that ! ever received
a dollar from Your Belle. Queen of
ogden" or that | ever spent n dollar,
directly or indirectly, at her place?
Can you show that | ever visited her
place other than on two occasions
when / accompanied preachers on
trips of inspection?
Speak out! You have my permis.
sion to make public any act of mine
in connection with Belle. Queen OF
Ogden" or with that of any other
public woman.
Cbas. Smurthweite. YOU know that
my moral life Is clean, Why then
do you lnsinuate that / have relations
with Belle, Queen of Ogden?' You
squirm and whine because called you
a "liar,' when. few days ago in
the Democratic convention, You as,
sailed my character. What better
word could | have used for such ma
licious, false and contemplate as
saults as you make? Have you no
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15

respect for your own family. even If
You have none for mine?
have deposited $1,000 at the First
National Bank to be paid to YOU on
presentation of the proof that | ever
had any dlscreditable or any other re.
lations OF any kind with Belle London
or with anybody representing her.
Now. If you still object to being called
a base liar present your proof and re-
ceive $1,000,
(Signed) VIM. GLASMANN.
| leave for Plain City this morning
and Will give your salt farm my at
tention tomorrow.
October is 1909.
Received from William Glasmann
the sum of $1,000 10 be paid 10 Chas
Smurthwaite on receipt of the legal
proof that William Glasmann ever In
all his life had any dishonorabe re-
lations with the woman referred TO in
Smurthwaites attack on Glasmann"
First National Bank. Ogden.
JOHN PINGREE. Cashier"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15

likely that Divine Providence, or any
other providence viii set YOU aside 10
start new church. but rather fancy
Satan might, If he could trust YOU.
but he couldn't as YOU well know. But
If You felt sure you could set ono up
Yourself thore Is no doubt YOU would
do 1t, BIZ, and any old seer could fore
shadow what your commandments
would be. Chief among them would be
this: Thou shalt have no other gods
before Bill, him only shalt thou serve.
whether In heaven above. or in the
earth beneath, OF in the water under
the earth. thou shalt not tnke tho
name OF Bill I'm vain for BIZ Will not
hold thee guiltless II thou taketh his
name In vain. thou shalt bear false
witness against thy nelghbor ii there.
by thou canst help Bill."CIn arrang
Ing your Sacred" services. you would
command that tho 'DoXology" TO he
sung at tho opening and closing of all
services (called by the profane Repub-
lican primaries, conventions, and poll
teal meetings) shall be
Praise Bill from whom all blessings
flow Ito Bib
Praise him, ye creatures down below
Tin the alley)
Praise him above. ye gambling
hcSts
Praise Bill, Praise Bill. Praise our
Bill.
And they are doing It already in an
ticipation oh. what power their
praise" and prayers" would have II
the promise was. the prayers of the
wicked avalloth much"
You know. Bill. that I did not testi-
fy against any man at Washington,
but that. In answer to the command
of the United States government I
related, under oath. on incident In
my lie. II Is printed In full and COM
pletely refutes your-my, Bill. l was
almost tempted TO use an ugly epithet, ,
bat IL isn't necessary, You under
stand. Bill. don't you2
But really, Bill. YOU know that all
these things are immaterlal TO the is-
sues in this campaign You know
what the real and only issue Is, Bill.
| gave II 60 YOU Saturday night II
is this: "Wlll you govern Ogden, IL
elected mayor. like You did before o.
That Is all there is TO II ] challenged
you to answer that categorically but
you entirely ignore IT, Why. Bill?
AS TO the $4,000 YOU so kindly offer
for proof of the charges | made in my
speech at the Democratic convention,
I suggest to you. Bill, more effective
and economical way. and the cheap.
ness of IL (while not as cheap as
yours) ought to commend itself 10
you. that is. invoke the courts. which
are the only competent and proper
tribunals to pass upon the proofs. TO
find my Saturdays speech libelous-
Say Bill. Dickens In his Plckwick
Papers. says. IF your destiny leads
YOU into public life and public sta
ton, YOU must expect TO be subject.
ed to temptations which other peo.
pie are free from. So we must. after
all. Bill, be charitable toward You.
We know you succumbed before, but
We must really take into considera.
tion your extra temptations. But that
Is not saying. Bill. that We should
tempt you again, does It?
c. A. SMURTHWAITE.
Ogden. Utah. October 18th. 1909.
p S.-Pardon my forgetfulness. Bill
but | almost overlooked that little
matter of being mayor II Brewer is
elected. Be II so, If YOU will, BIZ
But who Will be mayor II you arc
elected ed?-Belle, Bill?
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15
RANDOM
REFERENCES

Ladies' OF the Presbyterian Church
Rummage Sale. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, Oct Il. 15. 16. at 2522 Wash.
Ave Room donated by courtesy of
Orpheum Management.
Plated In county JaIl.-E. O'Calla-
han, Il well-known member OF the
sporting fraternity. was arrested and
placed in the county Jail yesterday by
Deputy Sheriff Naylin. on complaint
OF people on lower Twenty-hfth street.
who said O'Cnllahan had been acting
strangely at John F. Smiths saloon.
O'Callahan viii probably be given a
mental examination before board Of
insanity.
IT'S a good thing for tnis town that
our men have a chance to wear such
Clothes as Hart Schaffner & Marx
make Wrights Clothing store are
selling lots of them.
Good Templars Meet Regular
weekly meetings of the Good Tenn
plars are held every Friday evening
in the knights OF Pythias hall. Mem
bers of the organization arc urged TO
attend the meetings.
Buy your coal from Aseal Farr Coal
Co. Dealers In all kinds of coal Ind
141. Bell 256
Married In PocatelIo-Georse Phil
lips. a well known resident of Ogden.
was married TO Miss Alberta Meliord
OF Boise at Pocatello on october 81
cOAL-Rock Springs. Castle Gate
and Clear Creek Gillette Coal Co.
l53 West 9th St Phones 1914
Deposited Cash Bond-H. Z. van
Horn, arrested several days ago py
Patrolman Crompton on the charge oi
Irobbing Jap on the tabernacle
grounds. was released from the county
jail yesterday after depositins $"VV
cash bond for his appearance wnen
his case is called In the district court
E.Z.Money kelIy-Money to loan on
Ieny sooo real estate. Geo J. Kelly.
Ma.Saae Licenses-Licenses 10
marry were issued by the county cleII
YESTERDAY TO the following. Ed%ar,
iii. Baxter and Susie V Johnson po'i
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15

New York, Oct. 15.-Charles r.
Crane who was appointed minister TO
China and who was recalled just as
he was about TO sail for his post. de-
clined today to reveal what his friends
declare are the real reasons for his
retirement. One of these friends,
however. Walter l.. Fisher. OF Chi
cago intimated that the incident was
far from closed and that revelations
which would be made In due time.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15
MISSING MAN Is BEING
SEARCHED FOR BY POLICE

New York, Oct. 15.-Since Howard
F.. Conger, son of Colonel ]. w. Con-
ger. one of the wealthiest residents
of Cleveland. boarded a Metropolitan
line steamer at Boston last Monday
night. nothing has been seen of him.
When the steamer reached here Tues
day. he did not leave the boat and
when the door of his stateroom was
unlocked, his suit case was found in
side but the berth had not been occu-
pied. Mr. Conger's family In Cleye-
land were notified and the police OF
New York and Boston were asked to
help find the missing man Mr. Con-
ger was 81 years old and unmarried,
He was engaged in the automobile
supply business here.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15
WORK ASBESTOS MINE
ON WESTERN PACIFIC

From C. e. Trimble and F. T. Ray
mond. who arc IN Quincy today from
the Cromberg section. 1t is learned
that a fine showing is being made on
tho asbestos deposit discovered and
located about two years ago near the
eastern portal OF the Western Pacific's
long Spring Garden tunnel The To-
cation. which includes five claims. Is
now owned by C. E. THmble of Crom-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15
GRANDSON OF HANNA TO
SEPARATE FROM WIFE

New York Oct 15.-Mrs. Edmund
X. Stallo, mother of Carl Hanna. d
grandson Of the late United State
Senator Marcus A. Hanna, said to-
day that she would begin the neces-
saTy legal proceedings to annul the
marriage of her son and Miss Ger
trude Leavltt without delay.
Friends of young Hanna said today
that he had declared no one would
ever separate him from his wife. Mr..
and Mrs. Hanna arc now In Boston.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15
DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN LIBERIA.

Washington, Oct. 15.-Discovcries Of
precious stones and gold in Liberia
have been reported to the state dc
partment by George W. Ellis, United
States charge d'afIaiFes. at Monrovia.
capitol of the Liberian republic. Ac'
cording 10 Mr.. Ellis one company has
already begun TO mine gold deposits
and he believes that American capi'
tai might be prohtably invested in tho
interior of Liberia.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15
CHIEF BROWNING TO
Deliver IN ADDRESS

Chief OF Police Browning Will speak
to the parents OF the Fourth Ward
Sunday morning, October 18th. next,
under the auspices of the Sunday
school.
His subject win be along the line
of his former talks. The public gen
orally is invited.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15
CHARGES OF FELONY
AGAINST PORTLAND MAN

Portland. Ore, Oct. 1i.-Informa-
tion of felony against C. C. Vaughn.
a real estate dealer. now serving a
four months sentence In the county
jail hero for assault with dangerous
weapon was filed yesterday In the
municipal court today by District At
torney Cameron. charging Vaughn
with attempting TO iujure by poisoning
Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin of the woman's,
auxiliary of the Portland police de-
partment. The information charges
Vaughn with sending through the
mails quantity of tea containing suf'
0cIent strychnine to kill Vaughn Will
be arrested before his present term
expires. The Tea was received by Mrs.
Baldwin In a package mailed at Seat
tie ten days ago.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15

WANT ADS BRING BIG RESULTS
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-15

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-17
BASKETBALL,

Tonight at Armory Hall the A. L. |.
basketball teams will play the CUNTS
from the Y. NJ. 8. L. This arrange
ment Ia a little out Of the ordinary, oW-
Ing to the fact that there will be two
games played during the course of the
evening. The frat game will be between
the A. l.. /. second quint and the 7.
NJ. s. L. Jrs., and is expected to be a
very fat game, but the second game be-
tween the frat teams OF the A. l.. /.
and Y. NJ. S. L will be the game that
will attract the attention Of the basket
ball fans. Both teams are very evenly
matched aud 10 their practice game
few weeks ago the score was very close
aud the possibility OF another close game
is expected to attract very large crowd
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-17
MASONIC.

A large number of Alexandria Mssons
last night psid fraternsl visit to Ma
tIonsl Lodge, No. II, of Washington
The occasion Was the annual visitation
Of the officers of the Grand Lodge Of the
District of Oolumbis. The Master
Masous degree WAS conferred upon a
candidate By the officers Of Alexandria
Washington Lodge, which II Is said was
done In 8 most impressive manner. The
degree work conformed in every detail
to the ritual OF the Virginia jurisdiction,
dispensstious for the purpose having
been granted by the grand master OF
both Virginia and the District OF Co.
lumbis. After lhe work the visitors
we're handsomely entertained at buffet
supper. The Alexandria MasOns re-
turned home after midnight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-17
WOMAN's AUXILIARY.

A well-attended meeting OF the
Woman's Auxiliary to r. E. Lse Camp
was held in Confederate Veterans
Building last night, the president, Mrs
E. Fl. O'BrieD, presiding. The meet.
ing wss 10 the interest Of the annual
oyster supper given by the association
and the reports from the members we're
most encouraging. The supper will be
held In Confederate Veterans Building
on the evening of Thursday, December
Q, and the proceeds will be devoted 10
the monument fund, which fund keeps in
condition and repairs the monument. 1t
is hoped that all interested will attend
The affair where they will not only en-.
Joy delightful supper, but will aid the
Woman's Auxiliary In the care OF the
beautiful monument which Is such a
source Of pride to all and an ornament
10 the city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-17
ANOTHER GU FTING.

A ore ,rmsd nrg'o named Noah
Green Yesterday afternoon became H.
ceased ct c0l0red womsn named Alice
Redd'ck because she refused TO COOK
some oysters for him snd attacked her
With 40 oyster kDiie 10 a house In the
nor hesstern section OF the city. The
woman Was cut so seriously on her right
ann % to require the services Of Dr.
Hopkins, who took Eve stitches in the
wound. Officers Ferguson, Talbot aos
8 4mpsou, sitter several hours search,
located q cen and locked him up. This
morning be WAS brought before the Po-
lice court and fned $50 aud given six
months 10 jail.
Wm. Williams, another negro, was
before Police Court this morning charged
with welding an oyster knife aud St
tempting to use 1t on Charlotte Will
Ilsms, also oolored. Williams bad pre-
viously assaulted colUred msn named
VIM GoIngs. He was 6ned $40.
There have been two cutting cases 10
10 two dsSs, Frank Brooks,
rUlored, havings cut LorenD Ohase,
coIored, and 9 white man In south Pitt
street saloon on Monday night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-11-17

A largely attended and interesting
meetiog Of the Young Mems Sodality
Lyceum WAS held last evening when the
question, The advantages and dissd.
'antsges of borrowing money!" was de-
bsted.
Messrs. NJ. @. Boone and Frank
JJugent took The affirmative side, and
Msssrs. NJ. j. Mcfarland aud james
Roche the negative side Of the debate.
Each debater was allowed ten minutes
snd st the end a vote was taxed, the al
titmstiye side being given the decision.
Two new members we're elected and
arrangements we're completed for the
minstrel show which will be given by
the Y. N. S. L Minstrel Club, under
the direction of Tom rrodden j. st the
I,ceum Hall 90 Monday snd Tuesday
roe 29sh and sob insispt