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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
FOR AFRICAN MISSIONS

NEW YORK. Dec. l2.-Thr Motho-
dist EpiscopaI churches of Greater New
Yorl. aud vicinity today began their
African diamond jubilee, with special
services aud collections for mission
work IN Africa 1t is expected that
announcement will bc made tomorrow
that the fund OF SSOu,u0O, which the
jubilee commission asks, has been raised
The Jubilee viii close Monday night
with nm address by President Taft on
Africa and her missions.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
Twenty. Six Executed.

CONSTANTINOPLE. Dee. l2.-
Tvcnty-six Noslcms were executed at
Adaua yesterday and today in conncc-
tion with the April masSacTcs. Great
crowds witnessed The executions and
relatives Of the condemned men and
thousands of others, joined in mauifcsta-
tions of grief.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
Troops for Panama.

COLON. Dec I2.-'rhc United States
transport Pinto, with 700 marines
aboard. which sailed from Philadelphia
DECEMBER 8. arrived at Il O'Clock this
mbrUing. Tho Dixie proceeded 10 dock
il. Christobal, where care wore in wait
ing 10 transport the men, provisions
and ammunition to Panama
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
CORPORATION TAX
LAW IS EXPLAINED
Secretary of Treasury Issues
Statement Giving Details of
Excise Statute.
ARE DIVIDED
INTO SIX CLASSIFlCATl0NS
Prosecution viii Fol
low Attempt TO Return In
accurate Figures.

WASHINGTON. u. G.. Dec. l2.-
Moro than 100000 corporations in the
United States viii have TO make their
returns in couformaucc with the new
corporation tax. Secretary Of the
Treasury MacEcagh has issued very
comprehensive statement for the gov
Icrumcut of these corporation officials.
Tho statement is calculated to cover
any question of classification aud dis
tinctiou which might arise in the max.
ing of he reports, aud it sets forth
in tcrsc language what The government
expects.
Secretary MacVcaghs statement
plainly begins with the statement that
the government expects returns 10 be
made 10 conform with he intent Of
the law and that tho law had two in
lcntS-Grst. that IT should bG q rcl Cuuc
producer for the government; and, Sec
Und, 10 levy a tax of | per cent on
tho net income OF corporations as pro
Nidcd in tho law. After II concise def.
milton of what is considered net income
with the law the statement says:
at Is clear That he purpose of
the law WAS not 10 put u tax on re-
ccipts. but tax on profits and that
the terms net income and gross in
come are used because while they arc
practically Identified with gross profits
and net profits, they arc vet more cm.
brasINc and consequently permit more
comprehensive administration OF the
law.
Into Five Glasses.
For convenience and facility i'm classi-
iicHtion, corporations have been divided
into five classes. They are insurance
companies, transportation companies,
manufacturing companies, mercantile
companies and miscellaneous corpora
tiuns
The statement makes detailed cxpla
nations of what can be considered gross
income, net income and defines what
other terms used in tho statements are
held 80 be within the law. Iuaccu-
turns, the statement says. and il is
The first * honest error and the sec
Bcut, Honest errors win be corrected,
with vigorous prosecution.
The regulations do not call for spc.
citic methods Of Keeping accounts or
keeping, The requirement is simply
chat the business transactions be 50
recorded that accurate returns can be |
made aud verified WHOM necessary
Ia part the statement SAYS.
"'rhc opinion was advanced that be- |
cause gross income WIS not gross prof !
its IL must bc gross receipts and thaL |
Continued on Page Two
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Returns Open Verdict.

PGTTSBURG. Kan, Dee l2.--An
open verdict was returned today by the
coroucr'S iurv that inquired into the
death oi Goldic Ingberg. who died De.
cembcr :, is = result OF carbolic acid
poisoning. il was ut first supposed that
the vouug woman WAS murdered. Re
ports that the jury returned verdict
of suicide have proved erroneous.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
Frozen TO Death.

PALACIOS. Texas Dec. IA storm
h. y. Clark in a small gasoline bunch
iu Tres Paiacios bay. TWO miles from
Paiacios They anchored until TINS
morning when a ~cScUc boat was sent
after them. The SON had frozen "a death
and the father was Unconscious. Tho
water I'm the bay Is only "a few feet
deep and the men could have waded
ashore.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
Five Victims OF Skating.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. l2.-l'lvc deaths
have resulted from tho Inauguration OF
th" Ice skating season today in this
state and New Jersey. -Four wore OF
BOYS who had yenturcd on thin ice and
the nth, a father was drowned after
YcsCuing his l9ycar-Jid son.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
Uolped Nominate Lincoln.

JANESVIflE. Wis. Dec I9.-Nyilllam
II. Tripp. IS years old. member OF the
rrsi Wisconsin legislature and a delegate
10 the Republican national convention that
nominated Abraham Lincoln for president
died today.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
Trains Crash Topethcr.

SPRINGFIELD, H.. Dec. ia north
bound passenger train and a southbCuud
freight train ON the Illinois Contra!
crashed together hcaduu ucar paua today
Engineer Philip May of Clinton was in
IuTrd intcyu9lly
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
TRAINED EXPERTS
KNOW EVERYTHING
Researches of Department of
Commerce and Labor Take
Wide Range.
CURIOUS FACTS GATHERED
ABOUT HABITS OF SEALS
Some Are POIygamOus, Each
With Many Thousands of
Loving Wives.

WASHINGTON, d. C.. Dec. IL
About this lime every year there comes
from the government printing Office i
host of rather dry-looking documents
annual rcports-sctting forth the rami-
Gcations aud results Of the activities of
hundred, of government officials In
every corner Of the national territory.
Behind the long columns OF figures, I'M
derncath the scuicd dollar.marlIs and
other forms Of statistics, between INC
lines Of bare and often cUmbTOuSl y-writ-
ten official statements of men whose
forte is not literary stories which, If
ono had time TO dig them out would
be as interesting as Robinson Irusuc
or any other of the famous tales of ad.
venture.
Take for instance the report Of the
secretary of commerce and labor
Charles Nagel. addressed TO the Prcsi.
dent and first made public tonight The
following paragraphs Indicate the scope
of the activities Of this department.
and somo oG the entertaining material
with which il deals in the course Of
q year $ work.
Seals are Married.
For example, who in the world east
Of the Rocky mountains would have
suspected lNlt SONIC S'dlN bIt NldIEltu
and somo are bachelors, and SO rccog.
niIcd officially By Uncle Sam3 Yet
il seems that there arc at least 1000
bachelor seals on ST. Paul S and ST.
George : islands. Some 1000 of the
seals there are bcncdicls OF polvga-
nous temperament and have among
them about 10000 wives, classified by
the government experts into harcms,
and spoken Of that way when they are
officially talked about 1T also appears
that there are only 100000 seals left
now on The Pribilof islands. and tho
deduction must follow that at the rate
Of decrease in the last ten years, it is
only question Of time when tile seal
viii be a memory and another Of the
mammal family will have become cX-
tinct by The greed OF man.
The question arises. who knows all
this! Up on the barren reefs Of the
Pribilofs there is q band Of men callcd
the - 4 laskau Fur Seal service - These
men counted the married seals last year
aud found there were 1911 happy fami.
lies on st. Paul island, where one patcr
famrlias lives in serenity with dozen
wives. They found 1000 little bachelor
seaIs and promptly tagged them rs inn
muue from the hunters, because Uncle
Sam wants to encourage every bachelor
10 get a 'harcm - OF his own.
Mysteries OF Deep.
So much for the top OF The seas The
bottoms do not escape investigation.
Down at Woods Hole, Mass, and at
G-G=-1G3I ~ Pa-e Three.
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SPIRIT MEDIUM TOLD
VISCOUNTESS CHURCHILL
TO LEAVE HER HUSBAND

LONDON, Dee. IA Scnsa-
tiun has been caused i'm society by
. the mysterious disappearance of
ViscounteSs Chmchill, sister Of the
Earl Of Lousdalc. Lady Churchill
: arrived at 81 Paucreas station
with her son and two daughters on
November 2S. She has not been
seen since, although advertise.
ments bavo been published to trace
> hcp whereabouts.
According TO rumor. Lady
Churchill recently consulted Il spur
il medium. who assured her il was
her duty to leave her husbaDd, VS.
count Churchill, and take her
children away.
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Nine Workmen snffocatcd.

NAPLES. Dec, r3.-NInc worl<meu were
sufrpc1tcd to death wien working in u
compressed air compartment in tho bar
hpr today. TGrCC others were rescued.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13

Park city visited by disastrous
Nro ............... -..-........ :
Battle iu Nicaragua is imminent. ] .
CClayh OF armicEJ
Ninc bodies of wrecked ferry
lpnnd ......-... ...-..-.-........ !
Forecast of congress .............. .
Utah copper deal not part OF gen
Cral merger plan ............... /
Incorporation tIN law explained. I .
Interesting facts gathered by gov
eminent experts ................ .
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CLASH Of ARMIES
DAILY IMMINENT
ReyOIutiOnists in Nicaragua
Feel Sure of Capturing
Enemy at Rama.
WILL TAKE No DEFINITE
ACTION WITHOUT SANCTION
Wishes of State Department
viii BE Consulted in Fu-
ture Course.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Senor Cas-
trillo. representative of the Nicaraguan
iusurrcctionists IN this city, today re.
ccived cablegram from General Es
trada, head of the rcvolutiouist move
ment which declares that the revolu-
tionists are strongly cntrcnchcd at Rama
and that the forces of President 20
laya are two days march from the city,
The cablegram asserts that rcvolu-
tionary victory is certain, buJ that, fol-
lowing it, the revolutionists Will take
no dcfuitc steps until thcir program
is approved by the American State de,
partmcnt.
This is presumed To refer especially
to any decision that may be made in
The case Of President Zelaya. should the
insurgents win. The cabicgram as
translated by Seuor Gastr;l!o follows:
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Position Is Impregnable.

"RAMA, via Bluchclds, Dec. r.
Castrillo. Washington; We occupy our
impregnable position mt Rama town,
with an army more numerous and more
decided than ever. Enemy is two days
march from Rama. From there he asks
MS for parley. We are disposed not
TO conccde anything and arc sure of
victory, That is our true si;uatiou. and
our plan from the beginning has been
TO capture the enemy ~ Rama.
We are disposed not 10 take rcSo.
lutte action without approval OF the
state department, TO whom yol must
communicate this. Whcu tho battle is
expected We viii advise YOU.
ESTRADA.
The state department announced that
IL was without official adviccS from Me
aragua today. Any action the depart
ment contcmplatcs viii be taken only
upon official information.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
"A Great Newspaper. !"

Is the general opinion all who
follow the course Of Tho Tribune.
And it is "business gc.ter" for
those who patronize its ad columns,
too.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
Local.

Apostles Mckay and Smith talk at
tabernacle .................,.
Long sought-for fugitive arrested If
James Savage laid at rest. Ill
Saving of boys, theme uf address II
Church burglar rcpCuts ..........li
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
Every Man at Last
Receives His Deserts.

The weak man goes down, and on
his body the strong man asccnds- That
is fust. Would you have the weak
man ascend on the PROSTATE form OF
the strong man? Should the weak sur
vive and breed and build your race?
None OF Us geek justice. IT IS n fine
word and VIC use II to mask our real
purpose.-Elbert Hubbard.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-13
DISASTROUS BLAZE
VISITS PARK CITY
Loss in Buildings and Con-
tents Is Estimated at
$2S,200.
EXCELLENT WORK DONE
BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Entire Town Threatened, but
Heroic Action 0verc0mes
Flames.

.r.sss. s:ss:....;:';,...s'
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CREEK FLAG NOW
FLIES IN CRETE
Cretrns Lose No Time in Testing
Powers, Who Promise to Pro-
tect Turkeys Rights.
Outcome OF Movement Will be
Watched With Interest.-Powers
Had Interfered After Almost
Seventy Years of Instruction.

CaRea, Greece.-The Greek flag has
been run up at the fortress and the
Cretan militia barracks here. AS the
evacuation OF the international troops
only was completed Tuesday, the Gre
tans lost no time in testing the dis
position of the powers, who have
promised Turkey that they will pro
tect her rights. The outcome Of this
assertion of the Cretans determination
to join Greece is awaited with some
concern.
After more than seventy years of
almost continuous instruction. Great
Britain, Russia, France and Italy in
tervened in Cretan affairs and, in
1898, constituted the island with the
adjacent islets an autonomous state
under high commissioner of the
powers subject to the suzerainty Of
Turkey, but paying. however, no
tribute to that country. Since August
Of 1906, the right of the king Of
Greece to propose the commissioner
has been recognized by the protect
ing powers, under whose sanction
piSNh nave lcihtu ONGI tlC III
rection Of the gendarmerie. In May,
1908, the powers decided to withdraw
gradually the international troops
from the island, and when this fact
was announced, Crete declared fd.
union with Greece and public feeling
became intense Early this month the
diplomatic representatives of the
on = =
note to the porte in which it was
said the time was inopportune for the
discussion Of Turkish proposals rela-
tive to the future of the island, but
as the protecting powers were to sta
ton warship in Suda bay the SUI
preme rights of Turkey would not be
affected by the withdrawal of the
troops
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Car Visiting Germany.

Eskernfoerde, Sohleswig Holsteln.-
The Russian imperial yacht STANDARD,
with Emperor Nicholas, Empress AL
exandra and their children on board,
and naval escort. anchored in this
harbor early Tuesday The emperor
and empress landed and went to
Prince Henry's country place at Hem
melsmark. Extraordinary precautions
have been taken to guard the Russian
sovereigns from attack German tor
pedo boats are picketed around the
Russian squadron to prevent the ap.
proach OF any unofficial craft.
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The Philippine Bond Issue.

Observation-Disclosures public i'm
provement bonds to the extent OF ST.
100000 are to be fioated by the war
department. Bids inviting proposals
will be opend at 2 O'Clock on August
II. They will bear interest at 4
per cent and are redeemable in ten
years and payable in thirty years, and
are exempt from taxation. The bonds
will be accepted at par as security for
deposits of public money of the Unit
ed States should further deposits be
made. The bonds were authorized by
congress by act of February G, 1905,
which provides for total issue of S..
100000, of which S3,500.000 already
have been floated.
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TRAGEDY In Court Room.

Little Rock. Ark--Shooting over
the head of United States Senator
jeff Davis, w. Y. Ellis, resident of
Pine Bluff, instantly killed Nathaniel
p. Willis of Indianapolis. In the cir
cult court room here Tuesday. The
shooting was the tragic ending of a
lawsuit brought by Willis against his
divorced wife, who had subsequently,
married Ellis. The suit was Tor the
possession of Willis child. Ellis is a
nephew of John f. Rutherford, a mil
lionaire lumberman. That Senator
Davis had close call is declared by
those In the room at the time.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-29
Balloon Dropped Two Miles.

Conway, Mass Parachutlng his bal.
loon at the height of more than two
miles by loosening the appendix cord
and allowing the lower part of the
balloon TO rise into the netting. DR. S.
S. Stowell of Pittsburg, on his first
trip as pilot dropped to earth in the
balloon Pittsburg, effectlng perfect
landing. With him as passengers
were John T. Manning and Miss
Blanche Hulse, trained nurse, With
but one bag of ballast left, Dr.
Stowell conceived the idea of para.
chuting the balloon.
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WHO|,'S|YSZI)E|gll|!AINlS!6l VNHl
MAYOR GEAR OF DENVER

Robert w. Speer. Municipal Socialist ana
Mayor of Denver"
That is the way the cards of Mayor r. w.
Speer of Denver would read IL he put his full
title them.
He-or rather, the city of Denver under his
drecton--runs public bathhouse, where soap,
towels and other accessories of bath are fur
nished free of charge electric fountain, which
runs for the amusement of Denverites every
night in the summer, while they listen to the
music of the band employed by the city at City
park; a free band concert every Sunday after
noon and evening during the winter at the Audi
forum, one of the largest halls in America which
was built by the general taxation of the Denver
tics, n weakly neWsnaner distributed free to tax.
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KNIGHTED BY a KING

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, who has just been
knighted by King Edward VII. in honor of the
official royal birthday, is generally conceded to
be the greatest of living English playwrights. He
began his career as lawyer, but when clients
failed to recognize their opportunity he gave up
his profession and became actor Thence
it was a short step to play-makng and his sue.
cess in this work has been pronounced almost
from the outset.
The Pinero plays are of infinite variety, but
his greatest popular successes have been his
lighter works such as Sweet Lavender" Tire
'lawney of the Wells" The Amazons" and "Prin-
cess and the Butterfly" Perhaps his real repu-
tation as a play-writer may be said to rest upon
that rather remarkable series of social studies
acond Mrs. Tanqueray" and continued with THE
erhe Cav ord Ouex Girls" and ettv HE
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-29
TWELVE KILLED IN RIOTS
Mexican Government Looking for
Rlngleaders in Affair.

Mexico City.-Reports of the num-
Der of dead and injured in the riots
at Guadalajara vary, and the officials
seem reticent about giving out the
real figures. A conservative estimate
places the number of dead at twelve,
and the seriously injured at thirty
five. Many of the rioters carried their
dead and wounded to private homes
and have concealed them, fearing i'm
prlsonment.
Eighty-nine rioters were tried Tues
day. They were sentenced to from
fifteen to thirty days Imprisonment
each. The secret service agents are
hunting for the ringleaders of the
movement, who will be severely dealt
with when caught.
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service
in Balt
more in public
Delaware college, Del
Hitchcock when first
Mr. Rek
erred
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MINISTER FROM SPAIN

The Marquis of Vialobar, who succeeds Don
Ramon Pima minister to the United States
from Spain, has been secretary of the Spanish
embassy in London for several years and is a
great favorite of King Edward VII. He is highly
accomplished and 1t Is expected that he will be
a valuable addition to the social life of the ma
tional capital The marquis is AZ years old is
handsome a bachelor and the possessor of one
of the oldest and noblest names in Spain The
marquis is not unknown in Washington, for he
spent year there as attache at the ministry in
1887 and another year as second secretary in
1895 For the last 10 years he has been first sec.
rotary at the embassy in London He also
served as a diplomat in Paris before going Ia
London His recreations painting and the
DRY and he belongs to several of the most exclu.
S a chamberlain to King Alfonso, whose close per-
5 a grandson OF the Duke de Rivas one of Spain S
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MAY TAKE WILSON'S SEAT

Prof Willet NJ. Hays said to be already select
ed for the portfolio Of agriculture when Secretary
Wilson leaves the Taft cabinet is the present
assistant secretary. He is known the expo
nent of the agriculture for no man, per-
haps, has successfully harnessed science to
the pillow he. He came to the department from
the University of Michigan, after graduating
from the Iowa Agricultural college, and he has
devoted much time and effort to the study of the
art of breeding as applied to crops BY scientific
methods he has increased the yield of standard
varieties of grains from 15 to % per cent and
he has greatly improved the quality as well.
Prof Hays was born Iowa homestead
farm in 1859 and with brother took up the man
agement of the place at his fathers death, when
as thus from the outset trained to deal with farm
titles for the study of the science of farming in
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Tanqueray
Ebbmth The Gay Lord Qux Iris" and Lefty
English
in lite OF ais
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the science farming
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MFR. t-llTCHCOcK'S AID

George w. Reik who has been appointed pri
vate secretary to Postmaster General Hitchcock,
has been in the government service about 10
years. He was originally appointed temporary
employee at the headquarters of the department
of Cuba at Havana in August, 1899 but was com.
PEELED to resign account of illness in Febru.
airy, 1900.
He was appointed to a clerkship in the war
department in August, 1900 and resigned to &C
cept position at 81 400 in the postofIice depart
ment December l. 1905. He steadily rose in rank
through the various grades to be the assistant
chief clerk of the postofiice department, post
from which he promoted to be private sec
rotary TO the postmaster general.
Mr. Rek was born in Delaware, but was APP
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he CT
Also the
civic
lace
trio features to a stadium
Mayor
nothing
a
He the public utilities;
to string their wires their pipes under should
rental
yearly treasury