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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-02-11
MOTIONS IN CITY COUNCIL
we're PUT IN WHISPERS
lodge Ryan Of Fargo, North DAKOTA, Tells How He
Termed Canon City Upside Down BY Reporting
the Deliberatons Of the Board of Alder
men Back In the Easly Eighties

sibility Of any disturbance ut wash
ington. Among my auditors was the
editor Of the local weekly paper. who
became 10 impressed with my talk
that he then and there clinched . deal
with me whereby for $40 . week /
was to contribute column . week on
current issues of the day. besides do
ing special work.
That was where / parallsled for
. few brief months the life Of Mark
Twain. who got his start doing news
paper work for the small dailiso and
weskliss Of Nevada and Colorado. On
my nrst assignment I nearly turned
the little town upside down and In
side out I covered . meeting Of the
city council. It had never besa Gov
ercd before and consequently the city
fathers were not very guarded In their
remarks and made many breaks. They
did not treat me with an considers
don. not even offering me . chair. I
had to stand near . counter.
"The story that I turned in on that
meeting was 4 verbatim transcript Of
everything that had transpired. II
was as long as the moral Law. but It
made good. spicy reading. Among
other things I featured the fact thar
half the motions were whispered to
the chairman and voted ON without
being repeated. / made II . point to
catch most OF the whispers. Nearly
every member of the council had his
finger In nearly every enterprise in
the borough. It was three weeks BE-
fore the last echoes OF the story died
away.
-Another time debtor Was arrest
ed without warrant. thrown into the
calaboose and treated to . shake down
In he sweat box until he had salts
fed the claims OF his creditor. after
which he was turned loose. In writ
ing the story I gave all the narrowing
details and incidentally implicated .
notorious gun man. He camped on my
trail with blood In his eye but took to
the woods when told him that I
would disarm him and chuck him in
to . nearby ditch. II was . question
OF who got the bluff first and I won.
I foreswore the newspaper business
few weeks later and located at Den
yer. where prac,iced Law for . few
years. am still wondering whether
the old timers at Canon City have q
soft spot In their hearts for Martin
Ryan" s.s.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-02-11
W0l1l3 CLUB
HElHkTlY ENTERTAINED
on TUESDAY

The msmbers Of the woman's Club
and = number Of special guests were
pleasantly entertained at the home
OF Mrs c. w. Talbot on Rudd avenue
Tuesday Afternoon. There was about
twenty-five ladies present and the af-
fs.- was voted to be one Of the most
delightful gatherings In the social
chronicles Of the club. Features Of
the program were piano solo by Mrs.
c. H. Whitmore: reading. Mrs. Paul
Davis: vocal solo, Mrs. R. 8. Lewis:
reading Hrs. McCandless; vocal solo.
Mrs. SaU1erstine: instrumental duet.
MHa. Cartfs and Mrs. Duncan. Re-
freahmeafs were served.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-02-11

lag daily until April 3oth. the Colora-
do q Southern viii sell one-way eol-
oaist tickets 10 many points n the
rates. For rates and other partica-
lars. call On the agent. or address r.
= Fisher. general passenger agsat.
DsAvsr. Colorado. leee711
Mr.. and Mrs. 2. A. Clark Of - Ool-
legs avsaus are viaiti1g seeAeivsa q
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-02-11

emily. been brought about by differ
ences between Mr.. Hulit, general man
ager OF the company. and MI. Bourne.
Of the board Of directors. which has
led to factional trouble among all con-
cerned. Mr.. Hulit says he Is able to
60 ahead and build the western diyis-
ion OF the road to Canon City accord
ing to his own ideas and Mr.. Bourne
makes the same claim for himself, al
though he would proceed along differ
ent lines to do SO.
1t is understood that the Bourne fol-
lowing are desirous Of obtaining .
Reorganization of the directorate and
the elimination OF. Mr.. Hulit from the
active management Of the company.
but whether 1t will succeed or not re-
mains to be determined. 1t Is impos-
sible at this distance from the scene
of strife to discuss very tntelligently
the merits Of the warning factions, but
1t seems probable that II the creditors
and stockholders can get together
upon some common basis that the
company will go ahead under the
leadership Of Mr.. Hulit and complete
the Turkey Creek branch. and. possi-
bly,. build the road into Canon City.
A meeting of the stockholders will
be held In Pueblo In 4 few days ak
which the pending trouble will b.
thrashed out and differences OF opin-
ION in relation to the construction Of
the road given q public airing.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1909-02-11

rry . Daily Rssord Want Al
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
HOSE TURNED ON
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
Trouble Makers in Spokane Dis
persed by Fire Department
in Short Order.

SPOKANE. Wash. Nov. 4.-Thc fire
department was called upon today to
dispcrsc a large number of Industrial
Workers of the World who had re-
fused TO comply with police orders 70
move on. Some of the NOR showed
fight, and the whole crowd was given Il
cold water shower bath
There was sudden scattering when
the hose was turned on them, the ma
Iority quickly taking shelter in odin-
cent saloons and stores.
Tonight 4 large body of the men
went to the Masonic temple, where it
had been announced that mass meet
ing would be held. The hall was en-
gagged several DAYS ago, the official III
charge not understanding what the
meeting was 10 be. When it. was
learned that IL was for a demopstra.
tiou by the leaders i'll the so.callcd
free speech crusade The contract was
cancelled.
The members Of the order, however,
made 4 show Of insisting upon having
the hall and several hundred Of them
assembled in the vicinity. The pres
cncc of large body Of police prevented
trouble.
Only thirteen arrests were made to-
day.
Those previously arrested aud sen
fenced TO the rock pile refused TO work
and have been put on bread and
water diet in jail.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
OF CLEVELAND STRIKE

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 4.-The
strike Of the pupils of I ho West high
school against both morning. and after.
noon sessions and the high price OF
lunches continues today, When school
convened not more than 100 pupils
were in the building. The other 400
held a meeting and adopted resolutions
10 prolong the Sight. II was decided to
invite the pupils Of other high schools
to Join IN the strike,
During the last ten years only morn
ing sessions have been held in the
high schools. At the beginning Of The
present year the double session was re-
vivcd,
II is said the pupils in South high
school arc making preparations TO Join
in the strike.
4 committee was chosen 10 confer
with Principal Lynch of the West high.
Principal Lynch says he can do moth
ing, not even cxpel the strikers, rs the
whole matter is IN the hands Of the
school board.
West high strikers assembled IN the
Lincoln high school yard and gave their
veil and blew horns. but the Lincoln
pupils refused 10 walk ont. The West
Liqh bows Withdrew, but LEFT ten 10
picket the school yard, The pickets
were driven away by Principal Smiley
and a policeman.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
OLD MURDER MYSTERY
Of DENVER RECALLED

DENVER. Nov, 1.-The unsolvcd
mystery on Denver s stranger"
murders in the fall of 1894 was again
Drought into prominence today by the
reeeir' by local paper of d letter
trom ". F. Wilkins, of Schenectady,
IN. \. in which he announces he can
give information in regard 10 the per
son who committed the crimes.
The writer concludes with T. state
meat:
~ shall expect adequate compcnsa-
lion for tho same
The letter was at once turned over
10 Chlcf of Police Armstrong, who has
wired the authorities at Schenectady to
get in touch with Williams
ln September. October and Novcm.
per. 1891, three women in the under.
world OF Denver vcrc Stranglcd To
meath. I'M each ease. signs of terrible
|siTngSIe we're evident. Richard Dem
ady, lover Of one Of tho women. Was
I'fird for her murder but acquitted.
jand from that time ne crimes have
1remalncd mystery.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
HAS RIGHT
TO BECOME CITIZEN

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov; 4--The
right of a native syrian to become 4
citizen of the United States was upheld
today by Judge Hutton III the superior
court Of Los Angeles county against
ihc efforts of the federal authorities,
The court ruled that n Syrian was not
4 monaghan but OF the semitic or Aryan
white race and hence could not he bar
red from citizenship
The federal attorneys had cited mum
erous authorities and put upon the wit
ness stand several chronological experts
in efforts to prove that George Shish.
him. syrian born in Lebanon, was of
the Mougolian race and must be classed
with the japanese and other orientals
who arc refused the right of citizen
ship.
The government will appeal TO the
federal courts,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
MRS. ARR0GAST CLEARED
OF MURDER CHARGE

ST PAUL. Nov. 4s-Mrs. Minnie Ar
bogast. who for two weeks had been on
trial here on charge Of having mur-
dored her husband, Louis ArboCast, q
wealthy hutchcr on the morning of
May l3. was acquitted this afternoon
Louis Arbogast was murdered while
with an axe and the bed was soaked
with gasoline and set on FIRE. Mrs Ar
hogast was badly burned ut the time.
and was iii tho hospital for many
weeks,
Mrs Arhogast and her four daughters
werc in the house when the crime was
committed and none of the daughters
red.
Louise Arhogasi, the eldest daughter,
is under indictment on the same charge
ds thai preferred against her mother
and viii be tried in week or two.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
DOCTOR COOK BUSY
PREPARING HIS DATA

NEW YORK. Nov. f--Dr Frederick \.
Cook began today TO assemble the data
ot his polar exploration, which he intends
Ia submit To The University OF Copcu-
hagen.
Dr, Cook said he would devote his on
tire timc To- The preparation OF his re
port He hoped to get lt ready within
q week hr said. aud in tn" meantime he
did not wish 10 enter into = discussion
of any collateral topics IN regard 10 the
north pole controversy or his proposed
tyip 10 the summit Of Mount Mckinley.
H. regard 10 tho resolution adopted
yesterday hv the National Geographical
society. referring IN" question ot priority
at the pol" 10 committee for inVcstiga-
iiOu. Dr Cook declined TO comment. lie
would take tho matter up, he said. when
II had been brought to his attention Of
nrlrllN.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
RtBBER COMPANY MERGER
INVOLVES FORTY MILLIONS

TRENTON. y j.. Nov. .l,-Papers
were filed with the secretary Of state
,ppnay merging the Inter Continental
ppupper company aud thc Continental
nnooer c"upnny OF America. The
merged company is TO be known as the
inter'continental Rubber company and
~ !, capitalized at 10000. 900, Of which
9iv,ooo,ooO Is preferred stock with :
!er cent aceumnlatiye dividends. Prior
20 ths merger tho Inter Continental
.vmpany owned practically all Of the
s'ock OF the other company
aA'noug tho names signed 80 tho ccr-
rxernle Az OF merger arc Senator Aldrich
~ hoode Island; Edward b. Aldrich,
t"Inan Il. BsTnch, Henry :. Eng
mam' Daniel GuGgcnheim. Is. q. Grc.
tsnhrtm, Paul Morton. Allan 4 RYAN.
'nd William Sproulc
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
GOVERNMENT WILL
NOT Be PARTISAN
State Department Officially Re-
fuses to Enter Into the Cook
Peary Controversy.
GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY TO
MAKE AN INVESTIGATION
Will Name Committee to Go to
Copenhagen and Examine
Cooks Records.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 4.-RcfusinG
10 be drawn into the CookPeary north
poIe controversy, the state department
today declined request that it cable
American Minister Egan at Copen-
hagen 10 request of the university of
Copenhagen permission to examine the
records Of Dr. Frederick \. Cook when
they arc submitted to that institution.
The request was made by delegation
from the National Geographic society,
which will appoint a committee 70 visit
the foremost Danish scientific lnstltu"
ton to which DR.. Cook is to submit his
records. The desire 10 have the re
quest 90 through The official channels
was made st conference between AS
sistant Secretary Of State Huntington
Wilson and Mcssrs. Gannetts, the gov
ernment chcif gcographer: Edison, for
mcr president OF the Board Of Trade Of
Washington. Grosvcnor. editor OF the
official organ OF the society; Gore and
Colvilc. all prominent members OF the
National Geographic society.
Grounds for Request.
The request was made on the ground
that the examination would be by sci
entists of attalnments particularly val
uable IN the adjustment of the polar
problem.
The department took The request un'
der adyisemeut and later decided ii
could not accede to it, 1t was felt such
actiou would constitute official rccog
milton of Commander Peary against DR.,
Cook that anv unusual action on its part
might be interpreted as an indorsemcnt
OF the claim ot Que or the other OF the
two explorers as TO priority of discovery.
The dcpa rtmcut has notified Secretary
Grosvcnor Of its attitude.
Plan to Be Followed.
Members Of the committee which will
20 10 Copenhagen for the Geographic
society. Will he provided with the usual
letters OF Introduction. from the state
department 10 tho American diplomatic
officers abroad asking that tho commit
tee be given all courfcsies or assist
acce possible consistent with the Off
cial duties of the diplomatic character.
Letters of this kind arc frequently is
sued to, citizens travelling abroad.
Determined effort viii be madc by
thc comnittec to secure the Cook data.
Dr Cook will be afforded every oppor
tinity 10 place his record or any in
formation bearing OF the trip, by the
committee, which soon after its appoint
meut will communicate with him direct
ly This committee Will advise DR.. Cook
Of the recent action of the society>s
board Of managers in awarding 4 gold
medal To Pcary aud medal 10 Captain
Bartlett. who navigatcd Peary's ship
ia the far north and back and of its
Virtually ''markiue time as to other
polar claims pending investigation and
Tcsearch
il will advise him of The committee s
desire to have any data he may be will
ing 10 present,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
MENTAL MALpRACTiCE'
CHARGES NOT SUSTAINED

NEW YORK Nov. l.-Mrs Augustus
Stctson. formerly reader of the First
Church rf Christ, Scientist. in this city.
WaY cNDncrorcd TO-DAY o; charges Of
mental malpractice" In tho report Of
special board OF inquiry presented TO the
congregation Of two thousand pCrsous
Th" c&Oncrntion was indorScd by the
members. hUl portion OF Ia" boards
report which concerned Virgil G. StriCk-
Ter. b@r successor ms first reader. WAS re-
f"rrcd back tor furthc: Considcra ton.
Tho meeting Of the congregation was
stormy. II lasted siN hours and IL was
only after "A heated debate that the con
voted it's Endorsement by -
close margin Of the report in Mrs. Stct-
son s. favor.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
BRIDE OF SEVENTY
EVIDENTLY NEEDS GUARDIAN

HARTFORD Conn. Nov. i.--Judge
Marvin, of the probate court, annoupc-
cd today that lie would appoint con
servator for Mrs. Lucinda Treat God
dard, the 70-year-old bride of Charles
Goddard, a Yale student, who but re-
Gently reached hls twentyIhrst birthday
An appeal has been taken.
At the incoming term of the Grim
inal court Young Goddard Will be ar
raigned on 3 charge of perjury in Civ
ing his wifo's ago as 3a instead OF 10
when procuring the marriage license.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
INCREASE IN SUICIDE
RATE IN SALT LAKE
Special to The Tribune.

Special To The Tribune,
NEW YORK. Nov. A.--Frcdcrick l..
Hoffman, statistlcian Of the Prudential
Insurance company, says that there -
no doubt that suicides arc on the in
crease. In fifty.four of the cities the
rate for 1908 showed an increase in the
suicide rate over the previous year
against foriy.eigbt such cities in 1907:
in only eleven cities during 1905 was
there Il decrease. In other words, the
increase in the rate was practically gen
cral, although not uniform throughout
the country. The increase in the ratc
was greatest i'm salt Lake City, but the
cured in Oakland, Cal. Inc same as in
1907 The average rate for tho ton
year period, lS9S-l9O1 was highest for
San Francisco. 50.o6. followed by Oak
laud, SO; llobokeD. 29.l; ~. Louis
2S.@. and Denver. @4I.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
REORGANIZATION OF
NEWHOUSE CORPORATION
nccial Ia The Tribune,

BOSTON, Nov. i-Af'cr rcorcani.
rcrs companv, which VIII succeed The
Newhousc Mines aud Smeltcrs, VIII
start Off with ali debts paid. its min
rcmodcled and brought mp 10 1000 tons
capacity and about s350 200 cash in its
treasury, Tn" old company has pro.
duccd rs high rs l,0OO,0O0 pounds Of
COPPER per month End its stock has sold
as hlSh as 50 pcT shnrc. II paid div
deuds of s. per share per aunUm when
copper was selling At % cents per
pound. After the closing Up Of details
cffcctine reorganization, Tho nrw com
uany viii start upon productive ca
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
NHITLA kIDNAPER
ASKING FOR FREEDOM

PITTSBURG. Nov. 4.-Attorney
stephen G. Porter today fled au appeal
in the superior court OF Pennsylvania
in behalf OF Helen Boyle. asking for a
reversal of her sentence of % years
to the Western PcniteDtiary for com.
plicitv in tho kidnapping Of Chilly"
Whitla, the son Of Attorney Jamei
Whitla, of Sharon, Pa.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
Orville Wright Returns.

NEW YORK. Nov. 4.-Orvillc
Wright, returning from Il stay Of sew
eral weeks in Germany, where be was
engaged in iustructing the German con.
cessiouaires Of the Wright patents in
the operation of aeroplancs, WAS a pas
sengcr ON the Adriatic which arrived
here today. Ny Wright was accompa
nird by his sister. Miss Katherine
Wright, and spoke with pleasure OF his
visit 10 Germany.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
Lnna Safe On Snin.

NEW YORK. Nov. l-Rohbers
boarded thc Hamburg American liner
Prince Joachim, lying 1t her pier here
two DAYS ago, forced open the safe ia
the pnrsers office and got away with
$1,000 i'm gold. The news of nc rob
berry became public this afternoon.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
NORTH DAKOTA IS
GREAT BAT TLESH'P P
First Test Develops Highest
Speed of Any Vessel of
This Type.
ONLY ENGLAND HAS
A POSSIBLE RIVAL
America VIII Soon Have Great
est Sea Fighters of Whole
World.

ROCKLAND, Nc, Nov. 4.-The
North Dakota is the fastest battle
ship of tho Dreadnaught type ahoat,
as well as one of the two most power
fuI ships in the world, Her screw
standardization tests over the Rock.
land measured mile course today de-
veIoped maximum speed Of 1925
Knots, an average of 21,s33. Both
marks are in excess Of the best per-
formances Of either her sister ship,
the Delaware, or the Bellcrophon, the
leading Dreadnaught of the British
navy.
In attaining this surprising speed,
the turbine engines of the North
Dakota were forced TO the development
of more horse. power than has been
reached by any battleship ahoat. \
maximum of 5,l50 horse power was
recorded, while 33,S75 horse. power was
the mean amount. The maximum num-
Der OF revolutions OF her nickel com.
position propcllers was 2S6 minute. It
was found that 263 revolutions III this
time were sufficient to maintain the
contract speed of twenty one knots.
All Others Surpassed.
The North Dakota, by her perform
ance today, takes precedence as Il gen
eral first.class battleship. Tho fig
ures recorded for the North Dakota
today surPass those of any other
Dreadnaught.
There is only one such ship afloat.
the attaiumcnts of which may exceed
those of the North Dakota. This is
the Neptune, Just launched for the
British navy. The Neptune, however,
Will have TO attain figures much in ex-
cess Of specifications to accomplish this.
The Belleropbon of the British navy
has made but 22.l knots.
Comparisons OF the trial perform.
anccs of the North Dakota and Della
ware, sister ships, are as follows:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
Veteran Editnr Dies

KANSAS CITY. Nov. TT. H. Muir
dock editor Of tho EldprHdo C[auSas)
Republican. died hcro today of multiple
ncurlis. aged GS years, lie had been IN
,hrce months Mr.. Murdoch was one ~
tho carly Kansas editors and came Of
family OF newspaper men. Tjc was an
uncle OF Representative Victor Murdock.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
Jury Justificg KILLING,

|, ,,E,ALlLATlN, Mo. Nov. i.--Belicyinc
NY 49,. lsycomh; u Young farmer. was
~nnI.iied srniied IN Killing the man who had
l,-hed ,s, his homo. six members OF thc
60 az county grand jurv refused 10
~ attachments against him for kin.
ix vohn Ward, n wealthy land owner.
NH. ,is iih - last. Claycpmb VAS giyer
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
Kings s Official Farewcu

,,.oSDoN: NOV. king Edward 10.
~ 'sg, received 4. l.. Carter. rotirina ser.
LnrF OF the American cInbassy in
,.weil audience. Tho kim expressed
|.ss.gt NJ his departure. but congratu,
,e;nu pr' oartnr upon his prospects Of
ser,,f uppomied minister TO Rounrania.
'eisia and bulgaria ~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
Domestic.

rcary CoutUoN crSy -. ,.,.....s
North Dakota is one of world )
greatest battleShirS .... .--.,..
TAFT. in sunny south. turns down
mint .luIep 80. s.-: :.........
Industrial Workers given shower
bath .,.. -. ...... ....,..,s.
stole girl ...,.. ,...,..s..,s....
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
FOREIGN

Stcinhcu ease has stirred Paris
Body of Prince Ito is buried with
much ceremony .... .s.......
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-05
RUNNING UP THE SCORE
Inde@ 10 TOdQy'S Tribune
!; =: -. :. ;-s-..:,
Oepartn1ents.

Society ................. . .
Editorial So. .................... 8 :
Railroads ..,.s. ........s,s,s,p,s.
Mines ...... ..,... ............ $ .
Markets .... ........ .
!ntclmouutain .. .... ..........ll !
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Local.

Splendid work OF police depart
me0i ,.,.,, --...sB .......,.r.s. .s.s..
Mormon system scored by pas
tor -....- ,.,..-.,.ss,... Il
Story Of killing told TO jury. ..... !
American banquet is held ,s......l