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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
GEORGE w. REED is
CALLED BY DEATH
Pioneer and Former Newspaper Man
Dies Wednesday at Residence.

Salt Lake, Dec George w.
Reed, pioneer. former newspaper man
and widely known citizen OF Salt Lake,
died at his home, II street, in this
city. at 3:O5 o'clock Wednesday af-
ternoon, at the age of &c years Mr..
Reeds death is supposed to be the
result OF injuries received in a col
lsion with an automobile at Seventh
East and South Temple streets on
October 10th
AS 4 result OF the collision Mr.
Reed suffered concussion OF the brain
and was unconscious a greater por.
tIon OF the time until his suffering
was relieved by death. For two
weeks preceding his death. he had
been unconscious continually. I'm
mediately after the accident. Mr.. Reed
was removed to the Holy Cross hos
pital. where he remained for a week
after which he was taken to his
home
Mr. Reed was born I'm London, Eng
land. 76 years ago last April and. as
a boy. learned the printing trade. He
came TO Utah In 1862 and was first
employed on the DeseTet News. Later,
he and other prominent men organiz-
ed the Utah Magazine, then the Salt
Lake Mormon Tribune and still later
the Salt Lake Tribune. On the old
Salt Lake Tribune. Mr.. Reed was in
the advertising department. where he
remained until the purchase OF the
paper by r II. Lannan and c, C. Good
win al which time he retired.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
NIcARAoUANs PARALYzeo.

Washington. Dec. 2-Newspspcr
men who visited the NicarRguan lega'
tion last night were not permitted to
doubt that Secretary KnOX's ultima
tum had fallen upon the complacency
Of Scnor Rodriguez. the charge
analres. whom 1t dismissed with pro
found effect Senior Rodriguez, In per
son. me, the visitors at the door and
his protestations OF amazemcnt al the
action OF the state department, were
delivered in a torrent Of mingled Ens-
Hsh and Spanish. TO an accompaniment
floating down the stairway OF sounds
fcemingly indicating that the NlcarH'
aunus on the floor above were en-
deayorine 70 forget all intcrnalional
complications.
Senor RedigJez was soon Joln'd p'
Senior Hazera. the Zclayau minister
designate. whom President Ialt nc
fused TO receive after the reception ol
tho news Of Zela as execution OF tn'
Americans Cannon and Groce.
Senior Hnzcra suggested 10 ms co.
LEAGUE that he would think IT over
before communicating his Views 20 th'
newspaper men. but Sonor Rodis9e'
Insisted that be knew perfectly Nei
what he was saying. Then cnsuel
rapid colIoquy In Spanish. the Pur
r9rt OF which the reporters e'u''
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
NON-UNlON SWITcHMEN.

Seattle. Wash, Dec. 2.-The Great
Northern and Northern Pacific rail-
roads are employing non-union switch
men today officials say that freight
train service will be restored within
a week and that they have the assur-
ance that there Will not be a sympa-
thetic strike of other classes of en-
ployes.
President w. s. Carter. of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
gave the following instructions to Sc
attic firemen:
"Our men should peform such duties
as our agreement requires them 10
perform"
Under the agreement, the fremen
will assist in making up trains If re-
quired
President A. B. GaTetson. OF the
Order of Railway Conductors. sent
this message 10 the Seattle conduc'
tors
Men i'm the train service will con-
tinue 10 do what thew have done up
10 this time. II we have men in yard
service. they must choose for them
selves whether or not they will cast
their lot with the organization on
strike"
Two Great Northern crews and one
Northern Pacific crew handled pas
senger trains at the union station last
night. The switchmen were non-union
men and the foreman a former yard
master.
All passenger trains arc moving
In on time except for delays due TO
high water and landslides
The Northern Pacific will send out
two local freight trains on the Sc
attle-Tacoma run today. The North
ern Pacific superintendent here en-
gagged several former railroad men 10
take the strikers places The new
men are promised permanent en-
ployment at the new scale OF wages.
The railroads have not advertised for
men but are taking all applicants who
have had experience.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
ONLY A REPETITION

From Wednesdays Editorials: "The
State Veterinary. after applying the
tuberculin test, condemned 30 head
Of cows I'm the herd OF 30 furnishing
milk 10 the Utah State prison, and the
animals were slaughtered and buried
In qulckllme yesterday"
Think of II, % COWS out of 3Or Had
these animals been disposed of TO un-
inspected slaughter houses, they
would undoubtedly have been put on
the market 1t makes a meat buyer
study And this lis only one of the
diseases out OF many.
Can you assign any reason why
YOU should lay yourself liable to such
Infection when the government Is an
nually paying out thousands of dollars
In order to protect the public against
such meats?
We have the only L. S. Inspected
packing plant in the city. All our
meats carry the inspection stamp As
a guide for tho public we are publish
ing elsewhere In this paper a list OF
markets where inspected meats may
be purchased A desire has been ex-
pressed to know where inspected
meats are handled. We shall cheer.
fully furnish the information II you
call us over either phone No H.
OGDEN PACKING & PROVISION co.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
II AR R | N AN s
SUCCESSOR
COMING
JUDGE lOVETT AND PARTY TO
ARRIVE FRIDAY.
President A. r. Haywood Of Weber
Club Extends Invitation to Lovett
and Associates.

Judge Robert S Lovett. the success
es president OF the Union and South
ern aPcillc RAILROADS accompanied by
Julius Kruttschnitt, director of main
tenance and operation. J. c, Stubbs.
traffic director: L o. Mccormick. as
sistant traffic director, and f. f. Still
man, of the New York offices of the
Hartman lines. will arrive in ogden
tomorrow morning between the hours
of seven and ten. The exact hour OF
the arrival of the party Will not be
known until this, afternoon,
When the party arrives at Sparks,
Nevada. they VIII be met by Vice
President and General Manager w H.
Bancroft. of the Oregon Short Line.
and Superintendent F.. c. Manson, of
the Southern Pacific.
The trip of Judge Iovett. which Is
Including all the lines of the Harri-
official capacity as president. The
Journey is for the purpose OF familiar
izing him with the present needs and
problems OF the Union Pacific. Ore
eon Short Line. Southern Pacific and
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation
railroads During his entire trip
Judge Loyett has declined to discuss
or express himself on any question
involving the railroads of which ne
Is at the head. On account of his
imperturable silence on questions Of
railroad policy, a writer in an eastern
magazine recently called him. "A smil-
ing sphinx
While in Ogden an effort will he
made to have Judge Lovett and his
party as the guests of the Weber
Club. A telegram was sent this morn
Ing. by President A. r. Haywood. OF
the club, to Mr. Bancroft at Sparks.
Nevada, asking him to convey the
invitation 10 the distinguished visitor
and party II Judge Lovett accepts
and decides 10 stop in the city. he
and his party will be taken for a
short auto ride through the principal
streets of the city and then TO the
Weber Club for luncheon.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
) Q 0 @ ocoo G c @ O @ @ 0 @ 9
UNITED STATES wATcHFuL.

Washington. Dec 2.-Havinc
promptly Informed the Nicaraguan
government in a lengthy cablegram
that the American secretary OF state
had last night presented him with
his passports, Senior Felipe RodTl.
guez, charge daffaires OF Nicaragua
in Washington, today awaited in
structions from President Zalaya as
10 what course he is to follow now
that diplomatic relations between Nj
casagua and the United States haye
been separated. What further repre-.
aentatiOn. If any he may make TO
the United States through the state
department or where he VIII go. will
depend entirely upon the orders
which he expected would be received
during the course of the day from
Zeiaya-
Rodriguez said he had received no
further Information regarding the
progress of affairs in Nicaragua Re
ierring to Secretary Knox's note OF
last night 10 the Nicaraguan charge,
Mr. Rodriguez minated that he
would be willing TO see that gentle
man unofiicially. The permission has
not been taken advantage OF and it is
IS rot known whether 1t is Mr. Rodri.
guez's purpose 10 call at the state
department before taking his depart
ure from the country.
Having broken of diplomatic re!a-
tions with Nicaragua. 1t is understood
90 be the governments purpose at
present TO maintain a position OF
watchfulness and Preparedness, and
81 IS not believed that il is the inten.
tion Of the authorities to land ma
riucs on Nicaraguan soil, for the pres
cnt at least, unless some hostile act
on the part Of the Zelayan govern.
lncnt. directed against Americans OF
American interests, should make
that step necessary.
The roOpship Prairie will sail from
from Philadelphia this afternoon with
approximately seven hundred marines
TO- Colon. The Buffalo, now at Pan
amo, can sail for Corinto at an hour 5
notice. and other warships along both
the Pacific and Atlantic coasts could
land marines or bluejackets within a
few hours Thus the government is
in q position TO seize Cor'nto or 10
take other offensive action should the
situation seem TO warrant
Information received at the state
department during the last few days
indicates that the elayan army. as
we'll as the Zelayan government, is
disintergraunG.
On the other hand. the revolution
lists under Estrada are receiving con
stant acccssions and arms and am
munitlon are being landed in quanti
ties even beyond their needs.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
CLOSING QUOTATIONS OF
WORLDS MARKETS
NEW YORK STOCK LIST.

Amalgamated Copper. S6 1-S.
American Beet Sugar. IS rs.
American Sugar Refining, lis "a.
Atchison, lis SIS.
Atlantic Coast Line. 1872 IL.
Baltimore & Ohio, ia rs.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit. IS Is.
Canadian Pacific, IFS.
Chesapeake & Ohio. So 81.
Chicago & Northwestern, 175 IL.
Chicago. Mil. & st. Paul, 154.
Colorado Fuel G Iron, 40 3-S
Colorado & Southern. Sc IA
Delaware & Hudson. 1872
Denver &c Rio Grande. 49 II.
Denver e Rio Grande pfd., Sc 81.
Erie. 80.
New York Central, 12G Ia.
Norfolk & Western, % IL.
Northern Pacific, III IA.
Pennsylvania. 13S IS,
Pullman Palace Car, b., 100.
Reading. l6S 3-S.
Rock Island Co, 80 S-4.
Rock Island Co. pfd, s5 80.
Southern Pacific. l27 81.
Southern Railway. 81.
Union Pacific. 1873 3-S.
United States Steel. 81.
United States Steel, pfd.. 123 IL
Wabash. q Is.
Wabash pfd., so "a
Western Union. II "a.
Standard Oil. GEO.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
POISONED
HUSBAND
Woman Escaped Detec-
ton Until Sister Had
Body Exhumed.

St Louis, Dec 2.-Aftcr weeks ot
labor and mainly through her own In
divIdual efforts. Miss Kate Erder.
whose brother, William j. Erder, died
suddenly here last July. has apparent
ly succeeded in bringing to trial Err
der's wife, now Mrs. l.. b. DoXey, on
u charge OF murder.
A report TO the coroner OF 81.
Louis by Dr.. William Warren OF
Washington university today. showed
that the chemical analysis of the vis-
ceTa OF Erder established the pres
once Of arsenic IN the vital organs.
Based upon this, an information
charging murder has been issued by
Circuit Attorney Jones of st. Louis
against Mrs. l.. b. DoXey Of Colum-
bus, Nebraska. who was Erder's wife
at the time OF his death Mrs. Doxey
was arrested In Columbus last night
at the request of Prosecuting Attor-
ney Shackleford Of St. Louis coun-
", who issued q warrant against her.
charging bigamy.
Application for eXtradition papers
on the Nebraska authorities was
made by Governor Hadley
The investigation OF DR. Warren TO-
vealed quarter OF a grain or more
OF arsenic In the body OF Erder which
was eXhumed November GOTH after
Miss Kate Erder had convinced the
city officials that her brothers death
might have been caused by other than
natural causes,
Miss Erder started the lnveStiga-
tion TO determine whether her broth
er had died from natural causes af-
ter she had traced Dora Erder, his
wife of two and one-half months, -
Columbus. Nebraska, and found her
living there as the wife of DR. Loren
b. Doxey.,
Brder was i'll only few days and
had commissions at frequent inter
walls In the rs hours Immediately pre-
ceding death in July.
DIR Arthur Friedeberg signed bur
ial certificate, stating that death was
due 10 abdominal tuberculosis and
gastritis He has since stated that
he prescribed strychnine and codeine,
but not in sufficient quantities to
cause death
In the two and n half months they
lived together. Mrs. Dora Erder in
duced Erder to transfer TO her $2.70O
of life insurance. on his mother and
sister who were the original bene-
ficiaries. She also, after his death
went into the probate court and
claimed $500 insurance on the life of
Erder's sister. Elizabeth, who died
the day Erder became H. In order
to obtain this insurance. she made an
affidavit that she was Erder's Wild.
ow
Through the shipment Of furniture
10 DR.. l.. B. DoXey at Columbus Ncb.,
Miss Erder traced Dora to that town
and found that she was living there
with DR., DoXey.
In order 10 gain time and detain
Dora until an investigation could be
made here. Miss Erder had the Dox-
eys arrested on a statutory charge.
Then she hurried back 10 St Louis
and had her brothers body dlsin.
TERED 10 determine whether poison
Killed him.
The hearing of tho statutory charge
Is set for tomorrow at Columbus, but
viii probably be dismissed. DIR. and
Mrs. DoXey having been married az
Burlington. Iowa. in 1906.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
STRIKE BREAKERS FROM CHICAGO
Being EMPLOYED BY Rail ROADS
EXCELLENT SHOWING BY A
LOCAL MINING COMPANY

Secretary and Manager J. w. Burn
ham of the Southern Pacific Gold *
Copper Mining & Milling company Is
in the city today exhibiting some fine
samples of gold and copper ore re-
Gently taken from the properties
owned by the company. Mt Burn
ham is sanguine in the thought that
his company has big mine. and that
1t is question of only short time
before the people of Ogden will real
that he does not contemplate ship
ping ore before next spring
The mining company was formed
in 1894. and since that time there
has been no cessation OF development
work on the properties. There are
twelve claims upon which prospect
Ing has been done. Much of the work
has been done on the Wizard claim.
one OF the group of twelve The
properties arc situated in the Sierra
Msdrc mining district. in Weber
county about two and a half miles
southeast OF the Utah Hot Springs.
Tunnels have been run in different
places and open cuts dug. so as TO
reach the mineral zone of the com
pany's properties. On one of the
claims three tunnels were run a dis
tance of 90 feet, 90 feet and l6 feet
respectively. tapping the vein of ore
800 feet below the surface The av-
erage assays in these places give
So 20 in gold and per cent copper.
The most of the work, however.
has been done on the Wizard claim,
upon which three inclineS were sunk.
Water was encountered in these in
clines and they were abandoned, but
good mineral values were found all
the way down Al a level 800 feet be-
low the inclines the company has
been running n tunnel. The first
vein has been encountered something
like 500 feet below the surface OF the
mountain. and in a 6O-foot drift from
the tunnel an ore chute five by six
teen feet has been uncovered that
gives 4 per cent copper and as high
as $50 in gold A hundred feet far
theT. In the mountain 4 five-foot vein
Of copper has been encountered. The
company has had returns from picked
samples that went as high as 70 ,
per cent copper and $500 in gold.
Since the organization OF the com.
pany from three TO seven men have
been kept constantly at work on the
claims
Deputy Sheriff Thomas s. Feeny
is president of the company, and the
majority of the capital stock Is owned
by ogden people
1t is the purpose of the company
to continue development work during
the entire winter. the expectation be-
ing that as soon as spring opens ship
ments will be made TO the smelters.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
BEFORE THE AWARDING OF BIDS

New York, Dec I'm anticipation
of the definite announcement of when
and where the Je1rles-Johnson heavy
weight championship fight will be
held. crowd OF sporingmen again
assembled at Hoboken. y. J.. today.
But the fact that Jeffrlcs had gone
TO Buffalo and would not appear.
dampened the second days ardor OF
many and the crowds which filed the
streets yesterday were thinned to-
day.
Il was not at the opening OF the
bids said JefidcS before leaving the
city. because I only want TO meet
Johnson once more and that is In the
ring And that Will be the last time
/ Will see him
Before the final announcement OF
the successful bidder for the fight,
all Of the promoters and sporting men
generally were OF the opinion that
Tex Rickard of Nevada. in conjunc-
tlon with John J. Gleason OF Califor-
MIA, would be the winner by his bid
OF a purse of $101 900 cash and two
thirds of the moving picture proceeds.
Other bids were considered better
by some. particularly that of Tom"
McCarey of Los Angeles. but the
control of the moving picture patents
b0 Jimmy Coffroth and the triple al
lance Of Rickard Gleason and Coff-
roth was zoo strong for outsiders like
McCarey and Eddie Graney.
Richard said today that Coffroth
had offered to bet him $1,000 that he,
Rickard, would get the fight Coff-
roth sent a message TO San Francisco
last night. declaring that Rickard had
been awarded the hght-and Coffroth
is considered the best authority here
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02

London, Dec 2.-The House of Com
mons. by a vote OF 349 TO l34. today
passed the resolution OF Prcmic< AS
quith. to the effect that. IN rejecting
the governments budget bill, the
House OF Lords had committed a
breach of the constitution and usurD-
cd tho rights of the House OF Com
mons
Arthur Henderson, leader of the
labor party In the House OF Com
mons. announced that the government
would have the whole hearted support
of the laboHtes.
II is understood that parliament
will be dissolved so as TO permit the
holding Of elections between January
10th and Goth. The prorogation will
take place tomorrow.
Premier Asqulth announced in the
House Of Commons today that the gov
eminent had advised King Edward 10
dissolve parliament and that his ma
jesty had accepted the invitation.
The premier added that. II the Lib
erals were returned TO power. the first
act of the government would be the
rc-enactment OF all the taxes for
which provision was made in the
budget by the House of Lords.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
Strike Causes Closing Of Big Flour Mills,
Throwing 5000 Men Out Of Employment
=:=Switchmen Say Trainmen Will Aid

ST Paul, Dec. with the importa.
tion of strike breakers from Chicago
and other points and the pressing in
to service OF other employees OF the
roads, the railroads of the northwest
that were affected by the strike of
the Switchmen's Union of North
America. which went into effect Tues
day evening. began their first real
work today in trying to restore nor
NAL traffic conditions between here
and the Pacific coast.
Local warehouses we're open today
and the roads accepted limited
freight shipments to points in Dakota
and Montana.
Despite the efforts of the railroads.
there was no noticeable improvement
in business conditions in tho Twin
Cities this morning. In Minneapolis
all of the flour mills. with the eXcep.
tion of one of the smaller ones. were
stopped and the cessation of this In
dustry alone threw about 5000 men
out of employment IL Is stated that
the millmen Will lose $3.50 week
in wages while the mills are closed
and that the loss OF business to the
milling concerns will amount TO
500 600 a day
At the head OF the lakes where
the most important industries are
chiefly dependent upon traffic condi-
tions. continuation for few more
days of the present congestion Will
forc0 10 OuO mon ont Of ON nloCmout
Reports were circulated this morn
ing that the entire Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen will be called ont
in the affected territory. but these
reports could not be traced to an au-
thentic source.
The switchmen appeared to be salts
fed with the situation and were par
ticularly pleased with reports from
the west Of the trainmen joining the
strike
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
DECLARED
TO BE NOT GUILTY
Following Supreme Decisions Against the
City ADMINISTRATION Spectacular Raids of Ten Days Ago
More Testimony to Be Heard in the Frye Case

Judge Murphy OF the Municipal
court this morning rendered a YER
dict of mot guilty" in the case Of
the City vs.. W. H. Van Noy. who was
tried before the court last Monday
Tor keeping a place resorted to for
gambling
The court stated that his decision
was based upon the decisions handed
down by a number OF supreme courts
10 The effect that the proof OF single
overt act in such cases was not suffi-
Client TO establish the fact OF keeping
place resorted 10 for gambling"
but that a number OF acts should be
proven. as the Keeping oil q gam
bling house" means the continuous
use OF the house for gambling puT-
poses- The testimony on the part Of
the city IN this case. the court main
tanned. had not proved this fact.
hence tho verdict Of not guilty.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
LONE HIGHWAYMAN
HOLDS UP SALOON

Salt Lake, Dec. 2.-Coverlng the
inmates with his gun. lone high
wayman held up the Washington sa-
loon at 121 West Third South street,
Tuesday night at 1l:4O o'clock and
GOT away with more than 500 worth
OF loot. After robbing every one In
the place the robber backed out Of
the front door OF the saloon and told
the inmates 10 stay inside IL they
wanted TO keep whole skin. The
police have his description.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02

The court the nadvised the city at
torney that he was ready 10 render
decision In the Gaze of the City VS.
George Frye. tried 70 the same al
lgd offense, Unless" said the court.
you desire to Introduce more tes'
timony. | take Il that. although you
have rested the city's case. IL is with
in the discretion OF the court TO per
NIT you TO furnish further proof In
support Of your complaint"
In tho face of the courts an
nouncd conclusions OF law in the Van
Noy case SAID Attorney De Vine,
Il should like to Introduce further
testimony In the Frye case ! have
the testimony at hand. but cannot
introduce II In court today
The Frye case was then continued
al the pleasure OF the attorneys The
attorneys state that the case will
likely be taken up again next Thurs
day.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
MeN PREPARED FOR WAR.

Philadelphia, Dec 2.-Seycn hun
6red marines. equipped for any even
tuaIity. VIII leave the Philadelphia
navy ward al 4 o'clock this afternoon
on board the transport Prairie for the
Panama canal zone or possibly Mica
Ingua.
The Prairie originally scheduled 10
sail tomorrow. with 400 marines, has
been ready TO loayo for nearly a
week.
The marines arc In high spirits and
eager TO get away.
Besides taking south the 700 ma.
rincs the Prairie will carry two field
uioces 500 1000 rounds OF ammunition
and tents and other equipment ior inc
accommodation OF 700 men.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-02
THE FIGHT IN SALT LAKE.

salt Lake. Utah. Dec Although
the state authorities have not yet
naHc any official expression. there is
a general impression that there will
be no LEGAL interference In the way OF
the Jenr!es-JchnsOu contest II IS
generally understooi that before bid
was submitted. the matter was eau
yaszed With all those In authority and
that assurances were given that there
would be no opposition
The law governing prize hShunS