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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-03
They Think It Will Be Most
Successful Advertisement
Utah Gould Have, and Bring
Millions of Dollars to State.
SALT LAKE WILL GET
BIG BATTLE IF DESIRED
If Utah Refuses Offer, Then 1t
Seems Certain That San
Francisco VIII Stage Meet
ing of Great PugiIi8tS,
LARGE FUND IS SECURED

News that Tex Richard had been
successful in l}nding the Jeffries-
Johnson fight for Salt Lake was re-
eeived with qualification by the local
business men who have subscribed
to the guarantee fund of 100000,
and already put up $4,000 as a guar
antee of good faith in procuring the
contest for Salt Lake.
RumOrs that San Francisco had
landed the bout were rife during yes
terday afternoon, and these were only
dispelled by the receipt of the word
from Tex Richard to The Herald-Re-
publican early in the night giving as
surance that Salt Lake would have
first call.
Richard under his bid can hold the
fight IN Utah, Nevada OF California.
He viii give Salt Lake the first
chance.
If, for some reason, Salt Lake is
not available, Their Ely or San Fran
cisco viii get it, chances favoring the
latter.
Richard took John J. Gleason and
James COffroth in with him on his
bid, and both these men favor San
Francisco.
A. Fred Wey one of the local business
men who has been working to get the
fight for Salt Lake said last night that
il it was held here it would be without
trouble or controversy.
IF the people OF Salt Lake do not want
the contest here, it viii go to San Fran
cisco or Ely said Mr. Wey. Il do not
want to stand in the light Of a fight
promoter, but ] do want to stand as a
booster for Salt Lake and Utah in every
sense of the word, and ] am in favor
of holding the Jeffries-JOhnsOn contest
in Salt Lake because it will he the big
best and best thing that has ever hap
pened To the city to advertise Salt Lake
and to promote its growth.
In the matter of raising the guaran-
tee fund for the fight in Salt Lake. 1
have taken it up simply as a business
proposition, ana prominent business men
investors and real estate men of all de
grees are interested in bringing the con
test to Salt Lake, in that they have agreed
TO post the necessary cash to make uD
the 100000. When Mr.. Richard went to
New York to put in his bid for Salt
Lake, ne had the money in gold which
was subscribed for no other purpose than
to advance Salt Lake and promote the
Continued on page I, part 2.
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ENORMOUS LOSSES
BY MEANS OF FLOOD
Railroads in Northwest Wash
ingtOn Out of Commission
for Several Days.

Bellingham, Wash, Dec. 2.-FOr three
days northwest Washington has been
cut from quick communication with the
outside world. boat service alone fur
nishing a connecting link
No trains are moving except between
this city and Burlington, twenty miles
south and service cannot be rendered
inside Of a week. Telegraph wires were
restored today.
Twenty miles of railway track in Ska
git and WhatcOm counties have been
destroyed. The loss to railways will
exceed 81, 600 900. Whatcom county lost
100000 in bridges alone. Ferndale's
losses aggregate $4,000 There two
mills, a school house and eleven resi-
dences were destroyed.
Five miles Of Northern Pacific track
in this county has disappeared, even the
grade being Obliterated. The steel
drawbridge on the Great Northern at
Ferndale must be replaced. South Of
Mount Vernon twenty miles of track is
still under water.
The AnacOrtes branch of the Great
Northern has lost half a mile of grade
at Avon. while a mile Of track has been
washed away at Whitney. About foEty
miles of the ROckport branch OF the
Great Northern must be reconstructed.
The right of way between Lyman and
Hamilton must be relocated for a dis
lance of five miles
Laconner is under seven feet of water.
The towns loss is placed at $3.50, 900 in
stocks of goods destroyed and two ware
houses filled with grain and hay, which
collapsed and slipped into the flood.
In the country north of LacOnner !, 900
head OF cattle were drowned while
400 600 sacks of oats and 5000 tons Of
baied hay are a total loss. SlOughs and
bays for miles from LacOnner are COW
cred with drifting hay and sacks OF oats.
A barn filled with hay was found float
ing in Puget sound by a uorthbound
steamer yesterday The loss to the
farmers is estimated at 100000 in live
stock, hay and grain.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-03

The resolution was passed by vote of
349 TO 1884, BY this vote the opposing
forces. Of the lords and commons are
placed in battle array for one of the
greatest constitutional struggles that has
come before the country for centuries
Scenes Of enthusiasm which accompanied
the voting Of Mr.. AsquitTs resolution
were in marked contrast TO those wit
messed In the recent debate i'm the house
Of lords. No prominent members OF the
government side arose in the house of
commons to utter solemn warnings
against the course the ministers were
pursuing. The ministerial ranks were
closed in a complete unanimity of protest
against the action of the upper house.
Mr.. Balfour, leader of the opposition
evidently was suffering from effects of
his indispOsition and did not speak at his
best. His speech lacked the ring of sin
cerity and conviction that characterized
the prime minister's. The latter had an
easy task in pouring ridicule upon what
he DESCRIBED, amid the rOusing cheers Of
his supporters, as d 'new-fangied Cae-
sarism." this arrogant usurpati0n' Of
the lords.
The premier's ironieal reference to the
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SUFFERS
FIRE LOSS OF S3OO,OOO

Baltimore. Dec. 2.-FIre broke out to-
night in a building in South Sharp
street, within a block and a half of the
point of origin of the great fire of 1904
1t spread rapidly and within a short
time had done damage estimated at
from $4,000 to S2O0,00O
In its spread the fire involved the es-
adjustments of many shoe dealers and
house furnishers. The flames jumped
a narrow alley and gained a mOmentaTy
foOthOld in a big building occupied by
dry goods firm. Later the total loss was
estimated at $500, 900.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-03
TELLS STORY
Officers and Crew of the st. CrOix
Made No Effort to Save the
Burning Vessel.

San Francisco. Dec. First Officer
Frank Mills of the steamer St Croix,
destroyed by fire off southern Califor-
MIA. was charged today with having been
intoxicated on the beach, after the land
ing from the burning steamer, and with
having insulted one of the women passen-
gers The charges were made by II. Cum
mings. d passenger on the steamer, who
testified before the federal inspectors in
vestigating the destruction Of the vessel
The witness further charged that the
officers and crew Of the St Cr0ix made
no serious effort to subdue the flames
and said that he believed the steamer
could have been saved had they shown
any desire to do SO.
Inspector Bugler asked the witness if
he had stated. in a conversation with the
federal officer, that he had heard that
Peters the quartermaster,. had been of
fered $1,000 not TO appear. The witness
said he had heard such a statement, but
that the inspector might be mistaken as
to the language in telling Of it.
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FROM CONVENT
Hazel Robertson Dillon Said to Be
Suffering From Mysteries in
Chicago.

Chicago. Dec, Z.-HaZeI Robertson Dill
lon. the 1S-year-old girl found uncon-
scious yesterday in Lincoln park and
who later told how she had escaped from
a convent near Tarrytown, n. Y, was re-
ported TO be suffering from hysteria to-
day.
The police learned that the young wo-
man had appealed TO two young men on
a street car ,ast Friday night to direct
her to a downtown hotel, telling them
that she was in serious trouble. They did
so and later she telephoned one of them
and induced him to pose as her brother
to obtain for her quarters in a North
Side hotel. He also telegraphed for her
to her father, said to be Walter Dillon, a
member of a real estate firm at Glenms
Ferry, Ida, for money Whether she re
ceived money from him or not is not
known.
The girl today reiterated her story that
she had run away from a convent, and
an investigation showed that she had
been wearing q pair of gymnasium bloom
ers. This gave credence to a report that
the young woman had escaped in d dress
taken from another girls room, which
she had worn over a gymnasium suit In
escaping she is said to have fallen on a
fence and sustained injuries which at
first was diagnosed as appendicitis.
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RICHARD, APPARENTLY, is
IN EARNEST ABOUT IT
San Francisco Seems Conf
dent Richard Must Bring
Fight There, but Nevada
Man Says "SaIt Lake First,
BIDDERS IN. AN ARGUMENT
FROM W. D. RISHEL,
Former Sporting Editor of the Salt
Lake Herald.

New York, Dec 2.-"Say for me
that have landed the Jeffries-J ohm
son fight in competition with all the
leading promoters of the world. The
fight will be one of the greatest ad-
vertisements any city ever had, and
it will bring thousands Of people to
any city in which it is held, and will
mean over a million dollars to the
business interests Of that city. When
left Salt Lake, I promised a delega-
ton of Salt Lakes leading business
men that Salt Lake would have first
consideration if I was successful, and
I will keep that promise. It is up to
Salt Lake"
The above is the message Tex Rick
ard. Ely mining man, sends to Salt Lake
at the close of two weeks work, day and
night, TO secure the greatest battle in
the history of pugilism. Tonight the
Gotham press has placed Salt Lake on
the map, and ali about town the sole
topic of conversation is the story of how
Tex Rickard slipped into New York and
captured the fight of the century. The
announcement at HObOken that Rick
ards bid had been accepted came as a
complete surprise to all but RiCkard.
whose carefully laid plans could not so
amiss.
Coast Wants Big Fight.
Los Angeles and San Francisco pro
motors 1T once besieged Richard with
offers to take the fight there, both prom
Using to give him a bonus to do so, but
Tex says he will keep his promise with
Salt Lake. According to the judgment
Of New York sporting writer's, there viii
be at least d solid train from this city
To the fight. Richard has been be-
sieged with requests for ringsiGe seats,
no matter what the price. He has also
received a wire from Minneapolis saying
a train viii be made up from that city
if the contest is held in Salt Lake. 1t
is not generally known, but Richard is
backed by some of the mOneyed kings
of America ON this proposition, all of
whom viii make it their business TO
have business in and around Salt Lake
about the time the fight comes off
Both Jeffries and Johnson We're glad
tonight that the fight goes to Richard,
believing the record established at
GOldheld makes him the best man in
America to handle the big contest
Bid Is Accepted.
The bid of Tex Rickard of Nevada
and John J. Gleason OF San Francisco
offering s101, 600, and two-thirds of the
moving picture privileges to the con-
testants, was formally accepted i'm
stormy meeting at HobOken, \. j.. this
afternoon Final articles viii be drawn
Continued on page /, part 2.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-03
BOTH SIDES
PROFESS To
Be CERTAIN
Railway Managers Claim the
End Of the Strike Is in Sight,
While the Switchmen Say
They Are Gaining Strength.
MEN BEING IMPORTED
TO FILL POSITIONS

-:
= New York, Dec. Representa- =
= tives of trainmen on all the east =
= ern roads of the country, compris- ::
= ing 100000 employees, issued a state =
:" ment tonight declaring that they =
= soon will present a demand to the =
= railroads for 10 per cent increase =
= in wages. ::
St Paul, Dec. 2-Chief John J. O'Con-
nor of the police department practically
admitted that he considered the strike
situation serious today when he ordered
that all members of his day force stay
on duty at the central station until 1880
o'clock tonight.
The order goes into effect tonight and
will continue until all danger of a clash
between the strikers and stTikebreakers
is ended.
The chief also issued orders recalling
all patrOlmen and officers absent on
leave Sub-statiOns were notified not to
permit any men to stay off duty except
for the most serious illness.
Several conferences between the chief
and officials of the railroads have been
held today According to railroad Off
Gals the beginning of the end of the
switchmen's strike is I'm sight. A prOmi-
nent official said today that the railroads
were handling 30 per cent of all business
offered.
I'VE are employing new men as fast as
Continued on page seven,
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But. although tally sheets. were miss
ing. the government was able 70 introduce
testimony showing that every eale on the
Williamsburg docks of the c0bpany had
been tempered with.
Conrad Heller, a carpenter. 0stified TO
cutting out a portion of the wooden
starchion. of No 1 scales. Thnugh the
hole thus cut. the government pntends,
was operated the steel spring thai mauip-
uiated the weights recorded on IN beam.
Thomas D. Hyatt, a tweigh-
or. was asked if he had inspected tl six
teen scales on the dock in compam with
Treasury Agent Parr.
Yes" he answered, land 7 foud all
the scales fixed the same way
with springs ia them?' asked the
judge,
there lust the same.
Large discrepancies in the WelghtsOf
various cargOes of sugar weighed at be
docks by both the government and ae
company weighers We're shown from tie
dock records Of the company.
The weight of one cargo was shown Il
the c0mDauy's record to be 5000 pound
greater than the government weigher
had found it, Thomas kehOe one of the
defendants. checked this shipment. on
another cargo, checked By Boyle, anothel
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-03

instinct of dlvinauon7 OF the peers on
reaching manhood dissolved his hearers
i'm laughter. He quoted with treucbant
effect the speech OF Mr.. Balfour less than
a year ago. in which the eX-premier de-
scribed himself as a "hOuse Of commons
mar,' and said:
1T is the house of commons, not the
house Of lords. which settles, uucCn-
tr0lled, our financial system. 1f the
house of lords could touch the money
bills. the whole executive machinery Of
the country would be brought to d stand
STILL
The amazement with which the liberals
listened to the quotations from Balfour
against himself was only equaued by the
chagrin depicted on the faces sf Mr. Bal
fOur's followers. Altogether Mr. Asouith
surpassed himself, and his elated follow
ers declare that he never made q finer OF
a more effective speech.
Mr. Henderson speech for the labor
party has also given the liberals great
encouragement for the coming campaign.
as showing that the whole party IS OF one
mind In the lobby, after the sitting adj
5ourned. election prospects were discussed
~ the liberal members with the greatest
satisfaction.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-03
SULLIVAN REFUSED BAIL
Chain of Circumstantial Evidence Is
Strong Against Alleged Murderer
of Lucy Miller.

Especial to The HeTsld-Republican)
POCatellO, Ida, Dec. 2.-Tim Sullivan. a
railroad grader, charged with the muir
der of Mrs. James BOseIand alias Lucy
Miller. a woman of the underworld, in
this city, today waived examination and
was bound over to the district court with
out bail. The chain of circumstantiaI evil
dence is strong against the prisoner.
A sister OF the murdered woman. Mrs.
Lucy Sherrod. lives at AS West Fourth
South street. Salt Lake, with a little son
of the deceased
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-03
SAMUEL NEWHOUSE TO BUILD
THEATRE FOR IdDEPENlDE is
Papers for New Playhouse In State
Street viii Be Signed
Today.

Rumors Of new Salt Lake will become reality today
when Samuel Newhuse and representatives Of
William York. whereby playhouse viii be erected
in State street al the Of Exchange place.
Representatives CT Morris have been Salt Lake for time in
endeavOr to location but until yesterday the matter
brought the deal looked like would be closed Morris
with Mr. NwhOuse for several hours
day and the conference resumed this morning. when the
tails of the deal will arranged and the papers signed
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Of the accused men, the difference was
1900 pounds in favor OF the company.
Auditor ". G. Foster of the American
Sugar Refining company was called to
give evidence against James r Bender
nagel, the cashier of the Williamsburg
plant. He identified as BendernagePs the
writing on one of the certificates of city
weigheT's returns.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-03

Robert Fitch has been i'm Salt Lake
for several weeks trying to find a suita-
BILE site for the new theatre. He ap-
preached Fred Wey and received an
offer on the site between State and Sec
ond East streets, on Second South, but
the principals were not as well pleased
win it as they were with the offer
made by Mr.. NeWhoUse for the State
street site. The result was that Wal
ter Seely hurried here from San Fran
cisco. and with other representatives Of
Mr.. Morris, went into the matter thor
oughly with Dir. Newhouse.
The new theatre will no doubt be
among the finest in Salt Lake, as it will
be a part of the agreement that only
the best shall be built on the NewhOuse
properties, the high standard of excel
Ience and taste TO be maintained in or
der to harmonic perfectly with the
other buildings that have gone up on
that block. 1t will rank i'm size and
beauty with any playhouse in the west,
ana, like the neighboring structures and
those that are to be built by the Auer-
bachs, It will be the very best that
genius can design.
Out of Beaten Path.
The new playhouse will be out Of the
present beaten path of playgoers, but
with the erection OF the new Auerbach
department store and the construction
of new business blocks across State
street. the cutting through of new
streets. and the general upbUilding of
that section, it viii soon be in the heart
of a popular district, and viii come to
be regarded as a place ''where the
crowds 60"
While Mr.. NewhOuse and the Morris
Representatives have arrived at the
terms upon which the building viii be
constructed, there are several details to
be arranged which prevent the publica-
ton Of actual figures at this time How
ever, it is known that while Mr. New
Continued on page six,
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-03
PREMIER ASQUITH POUNDS
Home PARTY'S PRIMO lies
By a Vote of $40 to 134 the House
of Commons Sustains Lib
er0I Leader.

London BY majority 25 commons today
recorded its claim exclusive control the naOn pua claim
before challenged in modern times
The taken resolution offered by Premier Asquh
which declared that the action Of the house lords refusing
law the financial provisions made by the expenses
year. breach the constitution usurpson Of the rights
of the hOuse of
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DOCUM tents And WITNESSES
BADLY WANTED ARE MISSING
Government Handicapped in Its
Effort to Convict Sugar Trust
RdscdIs.

Dec 2The government encountered check today
the American Sugar Refining company when developed
documentary eVdeice and many witnesses the governments
disappeared The missing documents records kept by city
weghers neither tn the who kept them could
he fouudto
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Cruiser Runs Aground.

Philadelphia, Dec. carrying a rear
of the United States navy, two
Continued on page seven.
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Rear Admiral in Command,
With the probability Of many deli
cate questions arising in Nicaragua, the
navy department decided to send a flag
officer to Nicaragua to take command
of the American naval forces. Rear
Admiral William NJ. kimball was
chosen. He sailed for Colon, Panama
today on the Prairie. He viii make his
way from there to Corinto doubtless as
rapidly as possible.
Admiral Kimball is a member Of the
naval board of examinations and retire
ments and Of construction.
No marines have been landed at any
point in Nicaragua. That statement
was made to the Associated Press to-
night by Brigadier General George f.
Elliott, commanding the United States
marine corps.
Neither are there any marines on
board any United States war vessel in
Nicaraguan waters" said General Ell
lott. "The marines nearest Nicaragua
tonight are at Panama"
Have they been ordered to Nicara-
guar" General Elliott was asked
Not yet" replied the commander.
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Rear AdmIraI in Command.

is endeavoring to make her way from
the Bremerton navy yard Washington,
to COrintO.
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CHANCES to find private
pupils are offered, to /
those who can teach, I
through the use Of the
want ads. /
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-12
THAT TARIFF BILL.

WASHINGTON, July 1O.-The tariff
bill has gone to conference, the house
by a vote of 119 TO 1853 refused TO
accept the Aldrich bill. The house
conference was not instructed but Civ
en- clearly to understand that the prin-
cipal OF reduction applied in the Payne
bill was the only revision acceptable
to the house. The Aldrich bill with its
adyance rates cannot pass the house
The conference met on The part of
the house and senate TO outline the
plans for the consideration OF the mat
ters in the dispute today. This confer.
ence included Democratic members.
Republican members will enter active.
ly on their task Monday. Their SEES
sions will be continuous until some
agreement is reached or they finally
disagree. Democratic members will
take no further part in the conference
until the Republicans invite them in to
pass on the completed work.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-12

Senator Teller appeared before Gov
ernor Shafroth Wednesday and re
quested the governor TO supply con,
Wet labor for the building of the road
over what is known as the Santa Fe
trail. The road is being built for the
purpose OF marking the old Santa Fe
trail and Senator Teller believes that
the convicts could be used to good ad
vantage In that work. He was told
that the supplying of convicts was en-.
tirely in the hands OF the warden
But Governor Shafroth promised ia
write the warden and ask II eonvicts
could be furnished.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-12
One THOUSAND
DRIVEN FROM HOME
Souix City Visited by Worst Flood in History
Of the Place and People Desert
Homes in Hurry

and Jane Dunphey. milliners of Den
yer, came very near not being able to
sail for Europe today on the steamship
81. Paul. While shopping in Broad
way. Miss Kate lost through a hole in
her jacket pocket a gold watch. 5000
and three tickets TO Europe. They
advertised and an envelope containing
the tickets was found in store where
they had been left by man who pick
ed ii up in the street. Another reply
to their advertisement told of boy
giving his address who had found some
money. With detective Misses Dun.
phey called on the lad and he return
ed the $500 and gold watch. which
lie had concealed in his cellar, await.
ing reward. He was given $50.