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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
GIRL OF EIGHT HELD
AS "BABY SH0PLIFTER'

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 2S.-An eight-ycar-
old girl is being held by the police as The
baby shop-ifter
She is Annie Pavlinski and has been
arrested three times for theft Sho spent
two weeks In the Industrial school and
escaped. has run away from home dozens
of times, and makes practice OF SIP
ping out of bed after her family Is asleep
and pilferIng money from her father and
her big brother. Tony
She was found asleep I'm hallway
scantlly clad, and, was blue with cold.
4 policeman took her 10 the police
matron. where II was learned she had
run away from home Tuesday after
rlning her brothers pockets OF $3.50.
Annies first exploit was robbing no.
tlon store OF 50 cents worth of toys. She
was arrested. but the proprietor refused
TO prosecute.
Two weeks later. on July %. she en-
tered a grocery store, concealed berseli
under n counter and stole $l3 from the
grocer's till Her investments In candy
and toys caused suspicion; she was ar
rested again and sentenced To The Indus
trial school.
Fourteen days later she reappearcd at
home having escaped,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
RHODIUS LEFT FORTUNE
TO IMPROVE PARKS

INDIANAPOLIS Ind. Dec 23.-After
relatives Of George Rhodius had pro-
tested in court against the opening OF
his will on the allegation that he was
OF unsound mind and under the control
OF woman known as Elma Dare, the
VIII was filed In the probate court today
and was discovered TO bcQucath to the
city OF indianapolis S75o,000 for improve
ment OF its park system. Rhodius died
in II sanitarium last Monday. He left
an estate valued at $1,000 900.
Three years ago he and Elma Dare were
married at Louisville. II was alleged
that she abducted him from his hotel
here.
Tho court annulled the marriage, but
Elma Dare appealed to the supreme
court. where the matter awaits final de-
cision.
Elrna Dare, but the codicil Cancelled the
beQucSt
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
EACH SIDE MAKES
ITS PROPOSITION
Railroads Offer TO Take Back
Men at Old Terms Pending
Settlement.
STRIKERS WILL ARBITRATE
UNDER THE ACT OF 1898
Men Object to Chicago Negotia-
tiOns Entering Into st.
Paul Affairs.

ST. PAUL, Dec 2S.-At a conference
today in the office of Governor EberharI,
attended by representatives OF the rail-
way council OF the American Fedcratlo
OF Labor, and OF all Twin Cities lines
affected by the switchmens strike. A
proposition was made, both by the rail-
roads and by the swltchmen's union, for
n settlement OF the strike.
No agreement was reached and IL was
agreed to meet again tomorrow morn
inE.
The conference was attended by Gov
ernor Eberhart, by his secretary. Ralph
w. Whcelock: by members OF the state
railway commission and by State Labor
Commissioner McEwan,
The proposition of the railroads is to
employ as many former employees as they
have room for under the present agree
meut until the termination OF the con-
ference now going on between switchmen
and railroads in the Chicago district.
when the Twin Cities roads Will agree to
meet any wage Increase or any work
ing conditions granted the switchmen
OF the Chicago lines
In their proposition the Switchmcn agree
to arbitrate under the arbitration act Of
1895. but insist that separate negotiations
be conducted with the Twin CITY lines.
Proposition of the Railroads.
The proposition of the railroads 10
Governor Eberhart follows.
"a conference between representatives.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
SUPPOSED PENNILESS,
BUT LEAVES SNUG SUM

KANSAS CITY. Dec. 23.-Ip the trunk
OF Miss Margaret Sullivan. who died re,
Gently after having worked In a hotel
for twenty-seven years. more than SoVOv
wns found today The woman was
thought to be penniless. She was DO
years old.
When Colonel Kersey Coates, an old
ago he left Miss Sullivan. who had
worked for him. $1,000 She placed tho
amount and her savings In bank, u
failed Her friends supposed she losl
all OF her money, -,
But with the opening of the TRUNK
came the discovery OF a certificate OF de
posit for $4,000 from another bank. snow
ing Miss Sullivan had an account besides
her unfortunate one About $4,000 in cur
rency also was in the trunk
The woman never took vacation
tere Miss M sullivan of Ogdensburg
y. Y. and Mrs. C. L. Helbing oil Chi
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
Railway Notes.

In a recent rear-end collision between
heavily loaded oil train and a work
train loaded with gravel. near Topeka.
Kan, sixteen Mexican workmen were al
most instantly killed and twenty-five Sc
riously injured. The engine OF the oil
train cut IT'S way through SioI the ,ho trailer ep
killed and injured were riding, and
breaking away from Its train ran over
the tops of six OF the fiat cars. drag
cling It's tender after II. II stopped on
top OF the seventh car, and the engineer
who had stayed at his post. stepped from
his battered cab uninjured.
The 4-foot Sa-inch railroad gauge.
called STANDARD gauge" in the United
States, came originally from horse-oper-
ated tram roads In England. One OF the
earliest of these TO use iron rails was
built in 1776 for the Duke Of Norfolk 8
colliery near Sheffield The rails were
foot gauge inside TO inside OF the wheels
OF the vehicles. These rails were OF cast
iron and Hanged. The odd dimension OF
4 feet 81 inches is the result of a change
from nanges on the rail- 10 nanges on the
wheel. The first locomotive built with
the fanges on the wheels was construct
cd by George Stephenson in 1914. AS his
engine was only an experiment he adopt
cd the Aft. shin. inside gauge, so that
1t would ht the existing tracks and from
that time TO this II has been generally
adhered 10.
Edward EntwhistIe, the fireman OF the
|
at his home in Des Moines, Ia. He was
| born In England in 1915, and early In life
| was apprenticed TO the Duke OF Bridge
waters shops IN Manchester, where he
| helped in the construction OF Stephen =
sons engine. Chosen from hundreds Of
other young mechanics. EntWhistle, then
! 10 years old. WAS selected fireman and
| accompanied Stephenson on the famous
| Rocket when II astonisbed thousands
| oy making the high speed OF twelve
miles an hour. He later emigrated to
the United States, becoming one OF the
| first steamboat engineers on the Hudson
| river.
wooden trestle on the Klamath Lake
railroad in Oregon Is protected from fire
| In the iry season by "A system OF sprink-
| lers. which keep IL continually wet. A
| pipe runs the entire length OF the tres
| tie between the tracks. and at short
| distances are holes through which the
| water is sprayed over III structure.
tramp cat wandered into the Port
| Townsend Wash. wireless station. ac-
| cording TO a story In n California pub
lication, and before Il was detected had
! walked across the transformer wires re
ceiving nearly $4,000 volts OF electricity.
| The contact completely extinguished the
| spark OF the receiver ard temporarily in
! terrupted service, but the only effect on
| the cat was to make II howl piteously
while every hair on It's body stood out
| like the quills OF porcuplne. 1t at last
dropped helplcssly from the wires to the
| toor, distance OF nearly twenty feet,
but an instant later sprang UP and darted
out through the open window II was
| seen again a few hours later In appar-
entity good condition.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
DOOL|TTLE IS AGENT
FOR both THE ROADS
Rock Island and the Frisco Will
Continue to Use Joint r.
Offices as Usual.

Mr.. ]. G. Doolittle. general agent for
the Rock Island and the Frisco. has just
returned from trip to headquarters In
tho east where he had his first official
advice regarding the splitting up OF the
system lines which he has Jointly repre-
sentcd in Salt Lake City as the Rock
Island Frisco lines.
He states there win be no change In
the work or the personel OF the Salt
az al present constituted, will continue
to represent the Chicago Rock Island &
Pacific railway, with its allied lines, and
the St Louis & San Francisco railway
system.
Mr., Doolittle will be the general agent
for each road In Salt Lake City, which
indicates that the two roads are to re-
main upon the most friendly basis.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24

of the railroads in the Chicago district
and representatives of their switchmen
is now in progress to determine a scale
Of wages, and the establishment of work
irE conditions for that district.
"Fates of wages in the Chicago dis
trict and In the Minnesota cities Tor
switchmen have been Identical and the
working conditions similar.
Representatives OF the Twin Cities
lines In conference this date have con-
iirmed by majority vote, the report 10
sented will agree 10 re-employ such OF
their former yard employees as the roads
and under working conditions in effect
November !. 1909. and that at the ter
mination OF the Chicago conference the
lines here represented Will meet any ad-
ditIons in rates OF pay or working con
ditionS that may be granted by the
Chicago lines TO their switchmen. and
that. as heretofore announced, the dii-
fcrential of cents per hour In the wages
of swtchmen Will apply IN the territory
OF Billings and west on the Northern
Pacific railway and in the territory Of
railway"
The Switchmen' s Side.
The switchmens counter proposition
follows;
For the employees. We are aware that
conference is being held between the
representatives Of certain railways In inc
Chicago district and representatives OF
their switchmen We have no informa-
tion relative TO the question between the
railroads and their employees in the
| Chicago district being likely to be sub
nitted to arbitration.
Representatives of the switchmen en-
ployed upon the Twin Cities lines are
willing that differences between the EN-
ployees and the employing companies be
submitted to arbitration under the terms
of the arbitration act OF 1898, with the
| stipulation that both sides agree &c
| abide by the award given by the arbl-
| traitors. Furthermore, that the hearings
shall be conducted by representatives OF
| the employees and the employing com
panies without the aid of attorneys. as
| far as it is possible.
| I'VE are not satisfied to leave oul
| questions to be settled by any function
| in Chicago. whether by arbitration oi
| otherwise, claiming that our questions b'
settled locally and kept separate anc
! distinct from ALI other questions; that
as we are ready 10 agree 10 arbitratc THU
| evening. and the negotiations in Chicago
| have not reached that stage. 1t seems tC
us II would he better TO agree to arbi
| trate here and proceed as If there were
| no negotiations going on In Chicago,
I'm this question and the subsidiary
| questions as TO the men returning u
| work and agreement to meet the com
mittees after the award is given fo
| the purpose OF amending the existing
| schedules and wage scales. IN accord
| ance with the award, we contemplate
that 1t may be possible TO put an end Il
the strike within n few hours. and In
dustrial peace will be assured in tn,
| tendency Of the arbitration proceedings
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
COURT DECIDES IN FAVOR
OF BARONESS VAUGHAN

PONTOISE. France, Dec, 2S,-The court
today decided in favor OF Baroness
Vaughan and orders the removal OF the
seals which had been placed upon her
property at Balincourt. Attorneys for
the daughters of the late King Leopold
had sought 10 seize the residence given
TO the baroness by their father. and as
II first step had placed seals indicating
the claim OF ownership upon the property.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
MARK TWAIN DENIES
HE is ABOUT TO DIE

REDDING. Conn, Dec. 22.-Marll
Twain today gave out the following
statement as n result OF various reports
concerning his health. following his re-
cent return from Bermuda:
II hear the newspapers say am dying.
The charge Is not true. / would not do
such a thing at my time OF life. I am
behaving as good as ] can. Merry Christ
mas TO all. MARK TWAIN"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
KING WILL SETTLE WITH
CREDITORS OF PRINCESS

PARIS, Dec. 23.-A special from Brus-
sells says that In order To avoid future
scandals King Albert viii settle with the
creditors of his cousin Louise, and also
take steps To prevent the proposed litiga-
ton OF the other princesscs over the es-
tate OF the late King Leopold,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
RAILWAY BREAKS STRIKE
AND THEN RAISES WAGES

OMAHA. Neb. Dec. 23.-The Omaha &
Council Bluffs street railway. which
three months ago successfully resisted the
demands OF its employees for an increase
in wages spending many, thousands OF
dollars to break the strike, To-Day an :
nounced an Increase OF cent per hour
In wages for all its motormen and con-
ductors. beginning January /. The maxi
mum pay Will then be 81 cents an hour
and the minimum % cents.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
Fate of Grew Unknown.

SEATTLE. Wash, Dec. 23.-Mystery
wells the fate OF fourteen men composing
the crew OF the four-masted schooner
Susie NJ Plummer. which is drifting
abandoned In the ocean south of Cape
Flattery, a menace to navigation. II
is supposed the crew was taken off by
passing vessel. The Plummer was
carrying lumber from Everett to Cali.
fOrnia.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24

$500 Guitars for $1,000.
Consolidated Music Co, 1913 Main.
Today only.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24

John K. Hardy. secretary to the gov
crnor. Thursday received a telegram from
Governor Spry. dated ut Camden, n j.
where the launching of the battleship
Utah took place at IL O'Clock in the fore
noon The telegram read,
Everything moved without hitch.
Pronounced by all to have been the most
successful launching in the history of
the company. a thousand people wit
messed 1t. Hundred from Utah, Contin-
gent from navy included Lieut., Com
mandcrs Pearson and Snow and friends.
All we'll
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
BATTLESHIP UTAH
FORMALLY LAUNCHED
Continued From Page One.

observer of everything, and asked many
questions OF the guides. Later the party
reboarded their automobiles and were
whirlcd back to the Bellevue-S -Stratford
in Philadelphia. with arrangements To
leave IN their special car for Chicago
tonight.
The Utah is not completed by any
means, and it will require three months
more work before the details are done
which will turn the vessel into flag
ship fighting machine for Uncle Sam s
navy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to curt
any case OF Itching. blind, bleeding or
protruding piles in TO Ii days or money
refunded. soc.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24

Mayor John S. Bransford Of Salt Lake
was on the list Of invited guests, but
owing to pressure Of official duties was
unable to attend
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24

one-Third Off Band Instruments.
Consolidated Music Co, l09~l3 Main
Today only.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-24
KING ALBERT NOW
BELGIUM'S RULER
Continued from Page One.

IOHtTnUed 1rOW TaEG OHU-
Monslgnor F'alconio, apostolic delegate,
assisted and gave the bcnediction.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29
EARTH IS QUITE SAFE.
Prof. Lymer of Lawrence Faculty Says
Missouri Scientists Prediction Is
Altogether Too Dire.

APPLETON, Wis, Oct. 26.-[Spe-
cial. Prof. Lymer of Lawrence college
faculty, and one of the greatest authori-
ties on astronomy in the country, says
as to all predictions of what will hap
pen when Halley's comet and the atmos-
phere of the earth collide this winter:
'All bosh"'
A Missouri scientist predicted serious
ly the destruction of the earth by fire.
This prognosticator is a churchman and
authority on the stars. Prof. Lymer,
however, says:
"Halley's comet will be nearest the
sun April 16, 1910. This comet is COM
posed of dust even more attenuated than
attitudes. Father Chapperrin of ST.
Louis believes the comet is solid enough
to destroy itself and the earth.
Charles \. Young's works are stand
ard with colleges and universities. He
says: AS regards collisions with com
cts there is no question of the POSSIBLE
ity. If the earth lasts long enough it is
sure to happen. As to the consequence
of such a collision it is impossible to
speak positively. If the particles of COM
cts weigh tons, there would be serious
results. Ii, as seems more likely, they
are smaller than pinheads, the result viii
be simply splendid shooting stars. In
1861 the earth actually passed unnoticed
through the tail of a comet
A different danger is suggested: That
soned by the gas of the comet. Here,
again, it is probable that the density Of
the matter is not enough TO cause mis-
chief
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29
FIVE CHILDREN DIE
IN ORPHANAGE FIRE.
Lives Are Lost When Girls College of
Lynchburg (Va.) Institution
Is Destroyed.

LYNCHBURG, Va, Oct 26.-Five
children, all inmates Of the nursery, were
incinerated in a fire which totally de-
stoyed Shelton cottage, at the Virginia
synod Presbyterian Orphans home early
this morning.
The children were all on the second
floor of wing of the building and were
caught by the fire in manner that made
rescue impossible. Ruby Moorefeld, one
of the victims, had been taken out of the
building, but she ascertaining that her
back. Both ereAlost.
The fire was discovered by Mrs Priest,
the cook, who was aroused by the roar
Of the flames. When she saw that it
was then impossible to get the children
out by the stairway, the entire basement
and first floor at that time being envel-
oped, and that it would be only a few
minutes before the whole building would
fall, she rushed to the third story and
brought fifteen children down to the sec
ond floor, leading them to the veranda
top, where they were taken down lad
der, several of them dropping into the
outstretched arms of the older boys in
the institution.
When these children were all safe.
Mrs. Priest had to jump for her life
and in doing so dislocated her shoulder
and received a scalp wound and an in
jury to her back. She will recover.
Only one of the twenty-four rescued girls
was injured. She sprained her ankle in
jumping.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29
REVEALS LADD RECORD
WAUSAU PROSECUTOR LOOKS UP
BANK ROBBER.
West Bend, Appleton, Schleisingerville
and Other TheftS Laid to Man Who
Gets Twelve-Yea Sentence.

WAUSAU, Wis, Oct. 2S.-L Special
The capture of Joseph Ladd, who has
pleaded guilty to robbing the bank ut
Athens and got twelve years, reveals
that he has been arrested eight times
and served in hve penal institutions.
Ladd bears an ugly designation, re-
ceived in an attempt to rob the home of
Clark Fish IN Appleton three years ago.
when Mr.. Clark shot a charge of buck
shot through his lower jaw.
The following record of Ladd is COM
piled by District Attorney +. Z. Regner:
As Edward Prentice. sentenced To Joliet,
February. 1892, one year.
John Hasgood, May !. 1891, to Marquette,
Mich, prison, compound larceny.
Tony Little Chicago, october >, 1882 on
suspicion of being a safe blower.
Edward Little, Chicago, February -,
1900, burglary and safe blowing ut the fac
tory OF h. Il. Clark X Co. one year
Dan Ramsey, SchleSingerville Wis. bur
glary OF postotice at Reedsville, four and
4 haif years at Saltwater, Mimi, prison
James Adams, West Bend Wis. June %
1906, got into Il pistol fight but escaped
from county Jail September n, 1906.
Edward J. Slade, Appleton. Wis. for at
tempting to rob the home of Clark Fish
November Is, 1906; pleaded guilty: three
years at Waupun; discharged May l. 1908
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER,
Dr.. Haldane Cleninson Is Accused of
Having Killed Wife-Declares
She Committed Suicide.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct. 25.-Dr. Haldane
Cleminson, charged with the murder of
his wife, was placed on trial before Judge
McSurely today.
On the morning of Mrs. Cleminson' s
death DR.. Cleminson telephoned to a
physician that he and his wife had been
chloroformed by q burglar; that Mrs.
Cleminson was dying, and that he was
very sick. Silverware which DR.. Clemin-
son said had been stolen by the alleged
intruder was later found by the police
in Cleminson's kitchen.
Twenty-four hours after Mrs. Clemin-
sons death the physician admitted that
he had invented the burglar story: He
said he had done so to save his children
from the stigma of their mothers suicide
That she died by her own hand will
be the defense. Mrs. Cleminson was a
daughter of John Morgan of South
Haven, Mich, who has since died, sup
posedly of broken heart.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1909-10-29
DEPERE DEPUTY
Is SHOT DEAD.
DEEP MYSTERY
WATCH AND REVOLVER GONE
WHEN BODY IS FOUND AT
DAYBREAK.
WOMAN Is HELD BY POLICE.
Jail Key Broken in LYock Is Found
Fight Over Reappointment
Is Ended.
DEPERE. Wis. Oct. 26-Tspecial

DEPERE. Wis, Oct. 26.-[Special.l
Deputy Marshal Otto W. Zimdars
was found dead in front of his office
early toda = with a bullet wound in his
back.
His watch and revolver were gone and
the key of the Jail was found broken off
in the door.
The town is aroused over the tragedy
and rumors of all sorts are prevalent.
The police are inclined to pursue an
investigation further. before saying
much.
Woman Is Arrested
During the forenoon a woman who
is sometimes called Mrs. Gigarre, and
who is known here and at Green Bay,
was arrested. No charge was lodged
against her at that time.
Zimdars, it is SAID, had been in Green
Bay during the evening and returned to
Depere on the North-W estern train at
1:L0 a. 10.
The woman reached town by the
same train, it is said, from Green Bay.
Just what happened after 20 is not
definitely known now, but officers be-
lieved they would soon have a complete
story.
1t is known that the shooting took
place at about 2 o'clock this morning
although the body was not found until
5 o'clock.
Death was probably instantaneous
The first Investigations did not reveal
any other wounds than those in the
deputy's back, caused by a bullet.
Zimdar case excites all the more at
tention because he has been the central
figure recently in a bitter fight over
his reappointment.
Kept Place as Holdover.
He was east side marshal for several
years. Five years ago he was given the
west side district, where this mornings
tragedy took place. He was reappointed
without opposition from time to time,
but this year the council refused to con-
firm him. AS no other name was sent
in. Zimdars kept the place as a hold
over.
Zimdars was about 40 years old and
married and had two children. He was
known as an efficient officer. He was
member of the Odd Fellows and the
Eagles.
The bullet which killed Zimdars lodged
in the stomach, it is believed. There was
evidently no struggle, and it appears that
the person who shot Zimdars shot at
close range.
A postmortem examination was held
this morning and the jurors were to view
the remains later.
The man whom the police suspect and
whom the Martel woman claims muir
dered Deputy Marshal Otto Zimdars,
was arrested at noon today. He was
located on farm near the Oneida In
dian reservation, three miles west of
here.
Hears Woman's Screams.
Marshal John Shea of Depere, while
not admitting that the Martel woman has
blamed Will Gegare for the murder of
Zimdars, limited at it.
1t is said that a young man who re-
sides near the scene of the tragedy heard
screams early this morning, but paid no
attention to it. as he is said to have re-
marked he often heard noises.
A woman's handkerchief was found
near the body and burnt matches and
package of tobacco, partly used, and
cigarette papers were also found nearby
His watch and revolver were not on
Zimdars' person.