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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
GOMPERs, AND OTHERS
GET WRIT OF CERT|ORAR|
U. S. Supreme Court Grants Their Pc
tition, Which VIII Bring Entire
Record Before Tint Body.

Washington. Dec. 6.-The United
States supreme court today granted
the petition for writ of certiorari
in the contempt cases of Samuel Com
pers. Frank Morrison and John
Mitchell. officers of the American
Federation of Labor. The effect OF
the decision Will bo to bring the en-
tire record in the Buck Stove &
Range company case against these
three men to the supreme court for
review.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
PLOT TO ASSASSINATE
EMPEROR WILLIAM

Berlin, Dec 6.-An anarchist weekly.
The Frcic Arbeiter, says the sudden
arrests at Breslau last week on the
occasion OF Emperor williams visit to
Cardinal Kopp, was due to the discog-
cry OF II plot to assassinate the emperor,
In which plot one Noack was supposed
to be ringleader.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
NEW YORK ACCEPTING ALL
FREIGHT FOR NORTHWEST

New York. Dec. 6.-The New York
traffic officers of the Great Northern
& Northern Pacific railroads today is
sued bulletins stating that they were
accepting all freight to the northwest
without any restrictions. officers OF the
Chicago Milwaukee 6 ST Paul railway
state that their whole line is clear and
that freight is being accepted for all
points Including ST Paul. Minneapolis
and Duluth.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
DIES OF HEART FAILURE.
Prosperous Preston Farmer Succumbs
To Lingering Af0iction.
Especial to The News.)

Preston, Idaho. Dec. G.-Charlcs c.
Peterson, 40 years old, prosperous
farmer of this place. died at his home
at o'clock Sunday morning from
heart failure, He had been affected
with heart disease for Is years He
leaves wife and two children and a
large number of relatives. His family
is left in prosperous circumstances
Funeral services will be held at
Preston Tuesday at D. m.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL
CONGRESS CONVENES

Washington, Dec. ga greater ma
tion will come Into being through a
greater south"
This is the slogan of tho Southern
Commercial congress which convened
here today.
TSe congress has announced that IL
has two objects-to hasten a clearer self
knowledge throughout the whole south.
and to compel the balance OF the United
States and of the world to set cor
rect valuation on the south as a region
Of opportunity.
Ambassadors Bryce of Great Britain
and Jusserand OF France were in at
tendance today.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
VIII be Convened in Extraordinary
Session December II.

Chicago, Dec. 6.-Thc Tribune this
morning says:
Gov. Deneen announced definitely last
night at Springfield that the date for
the convenlng of the forty-siXth gen.
eral assembly in extraordinary session
VIII be one week from tomorrow Dec
IA.
Tho official proclamation will be is
sued this afternoon, the governor let
II be known, The details of the sum-
mons to the legislators he did not dis
close. however, beyond the admission
that primary election legislation. gem
eral election law amendments, deep wa
terways legislation and changes in tho
state mining laws will be asked by him
from the senator's and representatives. ="
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
DECEMBER

he left New York DIR. Cook was suffer-
ing from overwork but could not be de-
scribed as broken down." He added
that. when he had delivered the docu
ments to the University of Copenhagen,
he would be ready to give information
concerning DR. Cooks future plans.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
STATE TEACHERS INSTITUTE.

The program for the state teachers
institute which will convene on Dec. q
is being arranged Dr. Henry Suzzalo will
lecture Monday afternoon and evening,
Ada Van Stone Harris Will lecture Tues
day morning and Thomas NJ. Ballet Will
deliver a lecture Tuesday evening.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
ERNEST GREEN ON
ROAD TO RECOVERY

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. ernest
r. Green who was shot OH Friday
at the Green-Tungsten mine. south
of Searchlight. Nevada, his alleged
assailant being 7. j. Fitzpatrick.
was reported today as Considerably
improved In the local hospital to
which he was brought after the
shooting. Danger of peritonitis has
about passed and the surgeons pre-.
dict his recovery.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
UTAH HAD FINE DISPLAY.
Chicago Show Ono Which Attracted
Much Attention.

The United States Land and Iriga-
tion exposition closed at Chicago
Saturday. and this morning Governor
William Spry received a letter from
]. Edward TAYLOR, secretary OF the
state horticultural board. In which he
says that the Utah exhibit was one
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
SUPREME COURT DENIES
BANKER M0RSE'S PETITION

Washington. Dec 6-The supreme
court of The United States today denied
tho petition OF Charles w. Morse. the
New York banker. for writ OF GER
tiorari The result OF the decision Is to
leave In effect against Morse the SON.
tencc of 10 years Imprisonment.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
SECRETARY MACVEAGH
SUBMITS ESTIMATES

Washington, Dec 6.-That there has
been a careful scrutiny of the estimates
of appropriations for the finance year
ending June 30. 1911, is shown by the
figures submitted TO the house of repre-
sentatlves today by Secy OF the Treas
ury MncVea3h.
Tho grand total of estimates for 1911
is s732, ,075, which is $1032I0.3 3O3 less
than the appropriations for the current
fiscal year and s12s, ,o66,4e3 under the
estimates submitted year ago for
1910. A general cut has been made
wherever possible and new work au-
thorized only where regarded as abb
solutely necessary.
Heretofore It has been the practise
of departmental officers to pad the
estimates with the expectation that
they would be materially reduced be-
fore finally passed by Congress.
The estimates in detail for the var
Ia IA
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
JUDGE CALHOUN OVERRULES
PIERCE'S EXCEPTIONS

Austin. Tex. Dec 6.-Judge Calhoun
today overruled all exceptions offered
by II. Clay Pierce in the proceedings
against his charging false swearing,
and ordered the trial TO proceed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
HUNTING FATALITIES.
Ten Persons Killed Tllrty-ninc Injured
In Ohio During the Season.

Cleveland. o. Dec s--Ten persons
were killed and 80 injured. ak probably
hunting season. which closed Saturday
night.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
STORM is GENERAL.
All Localities Above Thirty fifth Par
alIel Having Downfall.

There is quite a weather story today.
For the first time within a long period,
the entire country north of the 35th
parallel of latitude is under storm
OF varying intensity. thus leaving only
mere fringe of the southern states
exempt from storm conditions The
record OF the local weather office shows
only "a trace" of precipitation, as the
record was taken at a. m. before the
snow of the day began. The thor
mometer has been more reasonable for
the last two days, the minimum of yes
terday being "a degrees, and the wealth
er Office predicts fair skies for the NOR
row. Reports from Tooele indicate is
inches of snow in the town, with nearly
four feet OF snow along tho foothills.
While the day was only cloudy In this
valley Sunday. it was showing hard
most of the day. back In the mountains.
so that there must be considerable
depth accumulated there. The railroads
have not been much inconvenienced
except the Rio Grande whose trains
Nos. l and today have been annulled,
owing to blockades back on the Colo
RADIO mountains. So only a stub train
came through from Grand Junction this
afternoon.
Section Director A. H Thiessen OF
the local weather bureau has made a
valuable improvement on his weather
map in the introduction of precipita-
ton table for this city. showing the
monthly rainfall compared with the
normal for such periods, The normal
precipitation for December, 1905, was
! .33 inches as compared with -S5 OF an
inch for the precipitation In the cur
rent December. up to date. Another
good feature introduced is indicated
in the following tabulatlon;
TEMPERATURE SALT LAKE CITY.
UTAH.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
SUGAR REDUCED.

New York, Dec. 6.-All grades of re-
lined sugar were reduced 10 cents q
hundred pounds today
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
DR.. COOKS RECORDS.
His Secretary. Walter LonsdaIc, Ar
rIycs nj ChristInstcd With Them.

christlanla. Dec. 5.-walter Lonsdale.
secretary to DR.. Frederick A. Cook, ar
rived today at Christinsted on the
steamer United States. He said he had
with him all of DR.. Cooks records and
reports concerning his north pole ex-
pcdition. Mr. Lonsdalc said that when
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06
M. FERNANDEZ,
AVIATOR, KILLED

Nice, France. Dec. 6.-M. Fernandez.
tne aviator, was instantly killed today.
Following tho explosion of the motor
~hen his acroplane was being meneu-
yered at an estimated height of 1850
ieet The machine crumpled and with
lis pilot, dropped to the earth.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-06

NJ Fernandez participated In the
aviation contests at Rheims last August
out his performances there attracted
no special attention. At that time he
was operating a biplane.
Fernandez is the third won to be
Killed In a motor power aeroplane. Tho
nrst was the death of Lieut. Selfrldge.
while flying az passenger with Orville
Wright at Fort Meyer In Sept 1905. e.
Lefevre. the French aviator, was killed
Sept. Z. last. when his aeroplane turned
turtle two minutes after his flight had
been made. Lcfebyrc was using a
Wright machine.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31

Beauty and the Beast '.Humpty
Dumpty'' and Mother Goose"
'Humpty Dumpty." which was given
at Klaw & Erlanger's New Amsterdam
theater while Phillips was stage man
ager there in 1904. included a very re-
markable cast Maude Lillian Berri,
who comes this week to the Princess.
was prima donna. and her husband.
Frank Moulan. formerly a Princess
comedian. was chief fun maker. Lii
liam Coleman. J. H Powers. Arthur
Conquest. Fredericka Raymond and
others well known to musical comedy
and comic opera fame. took part in the
performances.
Phillips has severed his theatrical
connections in San Rafael where he
has been associated with w. A Pown-
ing. and proposes to remain In the
east and resume his New York career.
which was cut short by his trip to
Tonopah to build theater in the
desert
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31

sary; it is only necessary for those of
us who have ambitions to achieve
things who are willing to give to the
work the time and, energy. The. rest will
follow as a natural result-just as
stored footpounds have force locked up
in them Neither my wife nor myself
are much at banquets and we are poor
Bohemians, but we do believe in this
theory of work and energy. / came
hack to California to live and 1 would
be sorry indeed if anybody thought me
i'll natured enough to become personal
in my play to the end that any Cali
fornian be lampooned. Such thought
was far from my mind
eBut," said TT suppose some sawdust
genius insists on seeing himself in
your esoteric poet in Cupid. the Cow.
Punch?"
I'm that case. said Tully. Il could
not quarrel with him; only 1 didn't an
ticipate him. He discovered himself. :.
IF the west is going to speak with
an Individual. voice, 1 believe 1T will
come from tHdt spirit Oh independence
and frankness which is abroad here.
Keeping close to the simple and the
true; remembering the principles of
common honor and the relations which
have been regarded as sacred for a
thousand years; these are the truths
which the west should hug close to its
art. Forget the Ibsen philosophy while
absorbing his art; show the healthy
things and the uplifting. Don't be
afraid of sentiment; don't forget ro-
nance and love and youth and inno-
cence; these are some Of the pfecepts
which / believe. rightly followed. will
help leaven the gloomy and the sordid
in dramatics which America is i'm
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31
The Actor Who Looked
But Did Not Act
Like GIendinning

~ MOST peculiar experience has be-
Il fallen Harrison Ford. juvenile
comedian at the Alcazar. In the
first place he has been given the regu-
lar two weeks notice. That OF itself.
novel circumstance in the life of a
player. but it becomes interesting in
this instance because of the psychoI-
ogy which casts significant shadows
on the art of the actor.
Ford bears a striking resemblance
to Ernest Glendinning. who was the
former Juvenile at the AIcazar. as all
Alcazar maidens very well remember
The physical similarity between Ford
and Ernest. is more than strikings 1T
is brotherly. Smiles such as alike
as two peas" or bullets Of the, same
mold" become weak before such inti-
mate resemblance. Hereafter we
should say. for comparisons sake. "as
alike as Glendinning and Ford" A
photograph of one would be an excel
lent likeness of the other; indeed
heard some one say that Ford looked
more like Glendinning than Glendin-
ming did himself.
Now this is the psychology OF the
situation Ford looks like Glendin-
ming, but doesn't act like him. and
that is no aspersion on the thespic art
of either To have succeeded at the
Alcazar 1 will say that Ford should
have possessed not only the acting
virtues of his predecessor. but the
faults as we'll. Instead Ford displayed
virtues of his own and faults too. as
characteristic as all men-whether
actors or just ordinary bankers or
merchants or railroad presidents-ex-
hibit. But the fatal physical similar
ity to the former Alcazar favortte did
the trick. and Ford got his notice last
Monday night
~ COMPARISON Of their work at the
n Alcazar may be interesting.
Ford made his San Francisco
debut a Captain O'Hara in Sweet
Kitty BeIlairs' That was one OF
GIendinning's last fmpersonations and
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31

porting from Europe and will help to
keep clearly before US that the great
est plays are those which appeal to
the consciousness of truth which all
of us harbor. whether we admit it or
not.
FULLY expects to take his latest
play back to New York. where it
has already been tentatively ac-
cepted. Its undeniable success in Oak
land encourages him greatly, and justly
so, but he is rewriting act l and part
of act II, and because it was finan-
ciaf success in the transbay city he
is by no means persuaded that it is
without room for Improvement.
"As soon as the alterations and
emendations are made" said he. 4 am
going to start east with it. Then I'm
coming back 10 write a better play"
4 q q =
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31
California Writer
Gets Play Produced

"A ARIE COE. author of "All Due to
MA DIANA, has written another plav
which has been accepted for east
ern production. The Governor of Ell
dorado" j. r. Stirling. owner of isis
Hopkins has taken the play, and
Thomas Phillips. who has been manager
of the Garden tffeater in San Rafael.
has been given the job of staging the
piece, and departs for New York with
the book under his arm and hopes in
his heart The play concerns comedy
principally. Two of the acts are laid in
Washington. d. c.. and one in Edo
.rado. mythical state carved out of
the borders of Arizona and New Mexi-
co. In action. the. play suggests The
Gentleman from Mississippi" and there
are several glimpses at the inside of
politics as played at the national capi-
tai.
Phillips. who takes the play east to
stage it, came to the coast from New
York in 1906 and built the Tonopah
theater. opening it with Constance
Crawley. the exotic actress. The te-
merity exhibited in giving a mining
camp an Ibsen and a high brow.
actress was JUSTIFIED by the results. and
Miss Crawley was a success in the Ne
vada bonanza camp.
As stage manager for Tim Frawley
at the Columbia theater Phillips is
well known to theatrical people here.
He was with Frawley for five years.
He produced Last Appear for Henry
B. Harris in 1901, was also stage man
ager for Grace George. Other pro-
auctions which have given him a
standing in dramatics were Sleeping
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31
tIf SHOULD like such persons to see
David Belasco in action. There's

kkf SHOULD like such persons to see
David Belasco in action. There's
mistaken notion about him
Everybody nearly calls him wizard.
He is that. Of course. but he's worker.
III never forget the nights in his studio
when he and I worked over The Rose
Of the Rancho. he acting every part;
repeating every line; describing to me
how the scene would appear and visual
izing every animate and inanimate
thing on the stage. I'll never forget
the way he assumed the roles. the
pathos he got into them and the truth.
That was work. and If David Belasco
were not one OF the greatest play
Syrights in the world he would still re-
main in belief as one of the great
Ast actors. But with him it was work
<foot pounds Of energy! And it makes
ne wearied and blue to see the talent
that is frittered away in self-admira-
tion and which is lost to the world be-
cause the possessor is unwilling to
work
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31

kkT-HERES not much room for am
bilious writers at the head of
banquet tables" went on Tully.
'Only one man may be the idol of the
Bohemiahs. But there's lots Of room
for him in the Offices Of the publishers"
Tully does not aspire to the role of a
''sawdust Bohemian" as he expresses it.
i have a theory" said he, which I
think is q good one. A writer or an
artist or a composer puts in hours of
labor and thought on his work. He is
like hod carrier packing bricks I'D a
ladder. He is storing up foot pounds
of energy He keeps at his task; he
struggles with thought and he works,
complies, erases, strives and studies.
In the end the conservation of his
energy counts and he produces some
thing 1t is part inspiration, part
work, and the greatest part is work.
Now. in this play. Cupid the Cow
Punch 1 have satirized the genius
which thinks itself immortal because
it dashes of something that the
thoughtless ana the enthusiastic de-
clare is perfect. I have taken lab
at the genius who is Uniformed and
without frank friends, and who knows
he is great poet because sawdust
Bohemian has said he is. have
been accused Of making caricature
Of this person and that, when, as a
matter Of fact have bad no person in
mind at all have merely had the
type in mind. You have met that
kind of genius that thrums harmonic
inaccuracies and writes unintelIigible
words. encouraged to the commission
Of the crime by the fact that he has
an audience Of those similarly minded.
and with the ability to do everything
but work
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-31

~ ICHARD WALTON FULLY has
a right to feel elated that his
play across the bay was a sue.
cess. and that il drew full
houses for a week to the great
surprise Of all his friends. You know
it is ones friends who are always sur
prised when success is achieved. Gu
pid the Cow Punch" managed to in
terest audiences every night and on
the evening that I attended the per
formance the authoress of the book
from which the comedy drama was
drawn and her husband. the play
wright were sitting on the orchestra
steps of the theater unable to get seats
for the performance without financial
sacrifice to theater and author No one
was so surprised at the hit which the
play made as the friends of Dick
Tully. Even the writer OF this story
squinted at the play, determined that
no element of friendliness should In
terfere with q perfectly impartial re-
view, which review, by the way,
brought out standards of excellence
which, il universally applied. would
keep half of our theaters empty-not
of audiences. but of plays.
7 had a good friend once" said
Tully in the course of congenial
chat, whose forbearance I could de-
pend upon even to the extent of bor-
rowing money during college days. He
was the only friend I had on any of
the papers when the original of The
Rose Of the Rancho blossomed into
full production. Everybody but him
praised the play and gave it more
than it was worth of fiattery.
Jimmy said to him when I met
him some days after, you surely gave
me the worst of it; didn't your"
He naively assured me that when
he wrote the criticism he thought he
was treating me beyond the merits of
the matter.
The fact is that il San Francisco or
this community approves of a new
play II is certain that it is good. And
this is the reason: There is a terrible
long leap from New York to the Golden
gate; only the best survive. A city
which has had such wonderful stock
companies as first did missionary work
al the old old California is surcharged
with a critical stlmulant not easily
measured up to. You. yourself,
complained of Cupid the Cow Punch
that the action OF the story was not
advanced in the second act; yet Cameo
ylSirby.' which came here and conquered
fhrough a splendid impersonation of
The leading role. doesn't advance
through three acts. The main point is
to tell an interesting story and TO un-
fold it in an interesting manner; to
have characters that your audience
recognize as being true to life and
20 give them lines that interest the
hearers and do not belle the character
who speaks them. If a playwright
does all this. and it isn't an easy
task, he will succeed
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-06-14
BIDS WANTED

Bids are wanted for the cOnstruc-
ton of a on Sixth street, Car
City, Nevada, for the cOnstruc-
ton of a cewer on On Seventh street,
Carson City, and for the construction
of a W on eighth street. Carson
City, plans and specification for
each piece and for all three on file
at the office of the clerk OF the board
of city trustees, at Carson City. Bids
will be received up to four O'clock
p. m. June IA, 190o.
E. O. PATTERSON,
Clerk of the Board.
First publication June L.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-06-14

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