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Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-22
PEARY'S PROOF.

Commander Peary has at last made
public the basis upon which he made
his charge that DR.. Cook has "gold-
bricked" the public. 1t consists Who'll
ly OF statements said to have been
made to members of the Peary party
by the two Eskimos who accompanied
Cook. The process of obtaining these
statements is said to have been the
taking OF one Eskimo after another
and having them describe and trace
Oh a map the route Cook had covered.
According to the Peary report this
route agrees with that of DR.. Cook
from Anoratok to Cape Hubbard at
the outset and from Ringnes Land
back to Etah on the return. But where
Cook says he left Cape Hubbard and
made his dash to the pole and back
Peary's statement says his rival went
but short distance north Of Cape
Hubbard to about eighty and one half
degrees or so miles from the pole and
then turned south to Cape Northwest
and SO to Ringnes Land and back to
Etah.
The value of this "proof" depends
upon the reliability of the Eskimos,
their ability to trace Il route on map,
and. of course. the manner in which
the statement was obtained. Cook
has said he had warned the Eskimos
not to tell Peary how far he had gone.
When they made this statement to
Peary's party the question is, there
fore, whether they were telling the
truth OF Obeying Cook S orders not to
tell. Whitney and Pritchard. the
Roosevelt cabin boy, whites, respected
Cooks instructions. Why not the
Eskimos? And being pressed for def
mate statements what more likely
than that they should have equivo-
Gated? The valueo Peary's supposed
proof is consequently nil.
1t lacks convincing power. Even
Peary's himself INDUCES in the suppo-
sitiOn that if DIR. Cook became mixed
and did reach the pole he would have
had to travel $40 miles in twenty
DAYS. This is but twenty-one milesa
day. Besides. to make this cOmputa-
ton Peary insists on disbelieving
Cook s statement of where he went
after leaving Cape Hubbard and de-
ducts five days for him to go back to
Cape Northwest, where Cook says he
did not go. What would be the Eecs So
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-22
new SERVICE ON 6. n.
1t is Reported That Time Table on Butte Di.
vision Will Be Altered Considerably.

While no official information has
been received in this city, it is gen.
orally known among the railroad cir
Giles that a decided change will take
place in the freight and passenger
service between Shelby junction and
Billings by the LIST of November. 1t
is rumored that another passenger
train will be put on, probably local,
and that the present passenger train
will be changed to limited. After
the 1st of November, all the Burling-
ton freight vii! pass through this
city, instead as now, over the North
ern Pacific. This change will mean
much for Judith Gap.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-22

ity of his going back sixty miles away
from the pole before starting on his
dash to it?
If Peary is so confident of the state
ment of the Eskimos why should he
vitiate it by supposing that Cook did
something which the Eskimos' state
ment says he did not do namely reach
the pole? 1t has been charitably sup
posed that Peary had something that
resembled proof that would have fur
nished at least an excuse, if not JUS
titlcation. for his bitter assaults upon
his rival
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-22
to elect United States senators by di
rect vote of the people.

to elect United States senators by di-
rect vote of the people.
1nasmuch as there are only forty
six states the action of the thirty
legislatures brings us to the verge of
the requisit twO-thirls, and if, as is
reported, the legislature of Alabama
last August adopted resolution
similar to that enacted in other states,
which resolution will reach congress
in December, it is evident that the
question of assembling constitu-
tiOnal convention must soon receive
serious consideration. The import
ant questions are involved in the sit
uation. The first is whether there is
time limit upon the period in which
the legislature can act. No such
limitation is imposed bv the consti-
tuition, and it will unquestionably be
insisted by the advocates of the sys-
TEN of popular election of senators
that when a legislature has spoken,
it's action cannot be questioned until
now under discussion, no legislature
has yet revoked it's previous aflirma-
tive resolution. The record is clear
and unimpeached. The opponents Of
the new scheme may point to the
fact that the first resolution was
adopted by the Idaho legislature in
1898. but it also is true that there is
nothing in the constitution to outlaw
this action.
There also seems to be some uncer-
tanty whether the convention, when
it assemblies, can restrict itself to the
consideration Of the one proposition
which inspired its origin. The best
constitutional authorities agree that
any and all subjects may be laid be-
fore the convention. The constitu-
ton declares that when the legisla-
lures Of two-thirls Of the states shall
have made petition, the congress
"shall call a convention for proposing
amendments. The plural character
of the phrase makes it certain that
the score or more Of subjects which
have been suggested as topics, a con-
stitutional amendment will be offer
ed for consideration. The federal
marriage and divorce law, the federal
liquor law, the federal regulation of
trusts, and every other phase OF legis-
latlon now restricted to the states by
strict construction of the constitu-
ton will be advocated.
1t is beyond the mind of man to
prophesy what will be done with the
constitution the moment that it's
mantle OF involability is Raid aside.
1t is this fact which gives Il profound
and almost anxious significance to
the fact that under the very terms of
the constitution itself the congress of
the United States may soon be COM
PEELED to call constitutional con-
wont inn
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-22
He's Thinking.

From the Forsyth Times.
We don't believe there's any such
place as Etah. Somebody suggested
that we spell it backward, and since
then we have been MISUNDERSTANDING
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-22
Walter Hard, Proprietor

Plenty Of room for everybody in the County
when they visit Judith Gap. Don't forget to
see the old range rider when in town. :. =.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-22
A REMEDY FOR TECHNICAL APPEALS.

There is one Judge in Indiana who
has evolved out OF the judicial author
ity vested in him under the statutes of
that state very adequate remedy for
the evil of appeals designed to wear
out litigant not possessed of wealth,
and based OH pure technicalities that
dO not go to the merits of the case.
This is the way the Philadelphia
Press recites the facts in that particu-
lar case:
Judge Hadley of Indiana has found
a way under the law of that state to
discourage the use of the appellate
court to defeat justice. Reversals on
mere technical grounds, that, do not
touch the merits OF the case, are de-
nounctd by President Taft as dis
graceful and wrong. Judge IIadley
holds that an attempt to secure a re-
versal on such grounds is so clearly
wrong that the party who attempts it
should be penalized. and the Vandalia
railroad company, for this otfense,
has the original judgement against it
affirmed and ten per cent added as
punishment for taking the case to a
higher court without sufficient usti-
tication.
"This would seem almost revolu-
tiOnary in this state. but the Indiana
law allows it. Judges have shrunk
hprAf ut IA,
of this coercive power granted by the
legislature, and appeals and reversals
on technical grounds have been as
common in Indiana as elsewhere.
Judge Hadley is Of sterner stuff, how
ever. He imposed the ten per cent
fine on the ground that the appeal
was based upon technical proceedings
III the court below, none of which go
to the substantial merits of the ease
In lis judgement. the case presented
an illustration of veNatiOus litigation
that crowds our courts to the detri-
ment of meritOrius actions that should
not 60 unrebuked The rebuke there
fore administered is the atirmance of
judgement with ten per cent penalty
added.
'Sueh a law, so administered, would
be an effective check on trivial ap-
peals taken for delay or inspired pure
~ by persistent spirit of contention.
The evil which called this act into en-
isttnce in Indiana and moved the
strong condemnation of the court is as
wide as the continent. The bench and
bar find it mere easy to condemn it
than to suggest Il cure. The Indiana
method is one which offers cure that
will be effective where the Judge
chooses to take advantage of it. 1t
seems to bea wise grant of judicial
power, well worthy of consideration
and emulation elsewhere.
We do not know how the constitu-
ton and statutes of Montana would
tit in with such judicial procedure,
and Judging from the records of our
own supreme court which seems to
delight in hair splitting technicalities,
the Indiana procedure would he most
repugnant to them. However. the
Indiana Judge has certainly hit on IA
very efficient measure for discourage
litigation based on technicalities
which have no bearing Oh the merits
of the case, and one that would put
some of our lawyers out of business.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-22
Just Human.
From the Yellowstone Journal.


1t is something of shock to the
admirers OF the inimitable J. NJ. Barrie
to learn through the medium of the
divorce court that he is common clay,
just like the rest of us. 1t would be
impossible to find in any of his mas
terful and exquisite books the slight
est trace of the doctriue of "atin-
tiles" and yet confessedly it is to le-
gally possess another woman that he
has instituted divorce proceedings
against his present wife: at least it is
openly stated that if he succeeds in
severing existing matrimonial ties he
will at once enter into contract to
love, honor and cherish" Il Miss
Pauline Chase described as an ador-
ably pretty American actress. Per-
haps he has been forced to this step;
there is Il correspondent named;
friend at the family, Of course, but
the frank publicity given to Mr.. Bar
rie's subsequent intentions, in this
case he is successful in procuring
divorce, would seem to indicate that
by the exhibition OF his marked pref
erence for the "adorably pretty"
American actress, he partially opened
the door for this convenient co-respon-
dent. 1t is distinct smirch on the
altar OF social purity for high priest
like Barrie to exhibit the traits of the
unregenerate. 1t leads to the suspi-
ciOn that we are all human and that
deception, if it be in a worthy cause,
is eXcusable until discovered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08
Attack on the Standard.

bitter attack on the Standard Oil
company was made by Mr.. Cooper Of
Wisconsin in fsvOring the amendment
bv Norris of Nebraska placing d duty Of
4 per cent on crude petroleum and its
products.
Seeing the wave Of sentiment in Ia
vor of the amendment. Speaker Can
non took the floor and warned the
members of the dangers ahead. He made
a plea for the American producer Of oil.
The amendment. ne declared was
designed to punish the wicked stand
ard Oil company.
Gentlemen" he said, lis it not well
enough to see when you seek to punish
somebody. that you claim is bad, that
you do not, like Samson, pull down the
pillars and have the temple fall upon
yOu2"
The adoption of the Norris amend
ment. he said, would let in practically
free refined oil from Mexico. and still
the gentleman from Wisconsin and 9TH
ers clap their wings and crow and cru
city the people while they demagogue
in denouncing the wicked Standard
Oil"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08
RATES ON COAL STAND
D. & R. G. Declines to Make Rates
Asked for by Commercial Clubs
Traffic Bureau.

The effort made by the Commercial club
traffic bureau TO secure a reduction in
coal rates within the state OF Utah from
the officials of the Denver x Rio Grande
has not been successful.
The following communication received
Yesterday closes the correspondence in
connection with this matter. which has
been maintained for several months:
Commercial Club Traffic Bureau-Gen-
tlemen; Again referring to your letter of
Feb. -. wherein YOU request a rate q 81
cents per net ton on slack. and S1.05 per
net ton on all other kinds Of coal. car
loads from mines on the Denver x Rio
Grande railroad i'm Utah 60 Utah common
points, 7 beg to advise that these rates
would not compensate us for the service
involved. and I do not believe that upon
serious reflection ycu viii urge their es-
adjustment
You are acquainted with the fact that
late in the year 1903 our company reduced
its coal rates - cents per ton. but you
may not know that in 1907 another Teduc-
ton Of . cents per ton was made &c
Provo and intermediate points; still fur
Their within the last sixty days a reduc-
from the mines at Helper and 10 cents per
ton from Price and Sunnyside to Utah
common points Hence YOU will see that
some very substantial concessions have
already been made. which. TO the best of
my knowledge. have been fully appreciat-
ed by all concerned.
.'RegTetting that your request is one that
our company cannot comply with. 7 re-
main. with kind regards. respectfully
yours :. Y. DERRAH
Assistant General Freight Agent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08
SOUTHERN PACIFIC STOCK

Louisville. Ky. April THE annual
meeting Of the stockholders OF the South
ern Pacific company was held today in
the office Of the company at Beechmont,
q suburb. Directors were elected and the
stockholders voted to authorize an issue
Of $1,000 900 worth Of stock consisting of
100000 shares at SEQ par value each
The meeting was attended by \. Is.
Nandeventer Of New York. treasurer of
the company: +. r. HiXson of New York.
Judge A. p. Humphrey. general counsel
Louisville. J. X. Weaver, secretary.
Louisville, and A II. Humphrey. jr-.
Louisville
Practically all Of the stock was repre-
scented personally or by proxy.
The fifteen directors of the corporation
for the ensuing year were elected as fol-
lows: Charles a. Peabody. New York;
". Bsyard Cutting. New York; W. Il.
DefOrest. oyster Bay, y. y; Maxwell
Evarts. New York: Robert Goelet. New
port, r. T.: Edward II. Hartman, New
York: Marvin Hughitt, Chicago; II. =
Huntington. san Francisco, Robert ,.
Iovett New York. Clarence II. Mackay,
New York; Ogden Mills. StaatsburE. \
Y. William Mahl New York, ". Y. ;.
Thorne, New York: Frank A. Yanderlip,
New York. and Robert Walton Geolet,
Newport. r. ].
The additional stock mentioned viii be
600 600 shares OF 800 each and may be
had by the boudhoiders Of the company
in exchange for their bonds at $3.50 a
share. The transfer books of the COM
Uany will be reopened al 10 O'Clock tOmor-
row morning for the transfer Of stocks
having been closed for the purpose Of the
annual meeting since p. m on March /.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: THURSDAY APRIL s 1909

day DE the distributing center for the
Puget Sound cities. as il now is for the
intermountain district. Reno. Los Angeles
and San Francisco are just the right dis
lance away to prevent any serious ieal-
ousies between the cities. and YOU can see
for yourself that your city occupies a cen
tral position as FAR as our agencies are
concerned among the westernmost OF our
representative.
= am glad 10 see the new buildings
that are being built here. and am glad to
know that more are planned. Build city
ON conservative lines. as has beer done
here. and you have d lasting. vel ordered
and highly desirable location for the es-
adjustment of mammoth industries when
the proper time comes. I predict great
future for Salt Lake and was telling Mr..
Engstrom. our local agent only this after
noon. that he ought to be glad OF the OPP
portunity to represent our road in such
city as Salt Lake is bound to be.
Manager Dawson. Superintendent Bor-
ton Agent y. T. Kenney and Leon Eng
strom viii leave this afternoon for Butte.
From there they will go to Spokane and
open the new Washington headquarters,
after which Messrs. Dawson and BOrton
viii go TO Seattle and Portland. thence 10
Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08

General Passenger Agents T. .. Peck Of
the San Pedro and 5. K Hooper of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroads were in
conference ia this city yesterday with Of
ficials of the Denver < Rio Grande and
Oregon Short Line.
As result OF the days work il was de-
cided that during the period between Aug.
and IL inclusive, tickets between Salt
Lake and other state points or incoming
traffic within the state limits shall be a.
rate of one fare for the round trip. II
was also decided to establish a rate for
that time from Colorado points on a basis
of cents a mile All sales Of tickets
under this arrangement viii carry with
them an expiration date set for Aug. -.
we want the people to see as much
of Utah as is possible during the en-
campment. and for that reason have made
an especially low rate said Mr.. Hooper
yesterday. The sale of tickets will COM
rnence on the Sth of August and all tick
cts are good returning up to and including
the Goth
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08
PENN LINE MAY HAVE
PASSENGER OFFICE HERE

1t is reported among railroad circles
that the Pennsylvania System is now
planning to establish a passenger and
ticket office in this city in the near fu-
ture Arrangements are said to be under
way now for securing necessary quarters.
The Pennsylvania has mainta med d
freight department here for several years.
but the passenger end of the business has
been allowed TO go. owing TO the fact that
there is no actual Pennsylvania terminal
here.
Freight Agent Leon EngstrOm refused
TO either DENY or confirm the rumor yes
terday. stating that he was satisfied TO
get along with the freight work without
bothering with the affairs Of the passen-
ger department
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08
Great Faith of Taft.
ON TO WASHINGTON.
Chicago Woman Bearing Petition
Containing $4,000 Names.

Chicago. April "A new supply of
ammunition against the Payne tariff
bill as it applies TO hosiery and gloves.
tO-Wit.
A petition containing approximately
$50. 600 names. which. when bound. will
make twenty-five big volumes. was
started for Washington from this city
today.
The petition is the work of women.
and il left Chicago this afternoon in
the care Of Mrs. Nathan 3. Lewis. pres
ident OF the League Of Cook County
clubs: Miss Helen Norris. secretary of
the petition headquarters; Mrs. r. N.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08
MORE AMENDMENTS.
Several Changes Agreed Upon by the
Ways and Means Committee.

Washington. April THE ways and
means committee today agreed to sew
eral important amendments to the
Payne tariff bill.
The duty on crude cocoa was reduced
from to 3 cents a pound.
Barytes was raised from 30 cents to
$3.50 d ton.
Paragraph AZ, relating to toys. was
stricken out and a new one inserted. eX-
cepting toys Of rubber and porcelain
which are taxed at 50 per cent ad Va
loren. provided that only those arti-
cles should be taxed as toys which are
manufactured as playthings for chill
dren.
Paragraph 32S was changed so as to
tax tire fabrics. or fabrics used for
pneumatic tires. at - per cent ad Va
loren. This meant to tax long staple
cotton used I'm the fabric. The steel and
iron schedules, steel ingots, blooms and
slabs were reduced from I cent to
eigbt-tenths Of a cent and from four
tenths to three-tenths Of a cent a
pound. The ad valorem duty on boiler
and plate iron or steel was stricken out.
Some of them were made specific and
others were slightly reduced.
The paragraph of the Dingley law
providing a duty Of 50 per cent ad va
loren on silk bindings, which had been
consolidated with the paragraph of the
Payne bill which provides duty of So
per cent on Iaces, was restored.
The dra wback feature Of the bill was
so amended as to provide that grain
must be manufactured at the same
place where the imported grain is milled
and within twelve months. This pro-
vision is intended to guard against
speculation in grain by providing that
grain intended for drawback purposes
{ can only be manufactured subsequent
to the importation against which it is
/ TO be checked.
Great Faith Of Taft.
Washington. April President Taft
[ told Senator McCumber of North Da-
kots and other callers today. that he
/ believed the new tariff as finally passed
! by congress would fulfill the platform
/ pledges made at the Chicago convention
I last June, and would be a revision
downward.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08

Held IN the oil world. and, therefore.
not competitive.
cir. Mllburn told OF the care with
which the firm of Rockefeller & Co.
even in its earliest days. studied the.
economies of the oil business. est4b-
fishing warehouses and lighterage "a
elites i'm New York that they might
be independent of the local conditions
As early as 1859" said MI Milburn.
the young firm made its own barrels
at S1.5O each. instead of paying s. 40
i'm the market. This care of detail gave
the bankers confidence in them ana
enabled the young oil merchants to
borrow capital
Dramatic Recital.
Telling then of the fight made against
Cleveland as . refining center by
the Pennsylvania IA lroad in an en-
deavor TO dominate the oil world MIR
Milburn. pausing dramatically, with
uplifted hands. exclaimed:
Instead Of sitting in the night.
burning their midnight oil and con-
cOcting this so-called conspiracy about
which we have heard SO much. Mr..
Rockefeller and his associates were Al
that very moment fighting for their
own lives and commercial existence"
The Standards lawyer denied that
I Mr.. Rockefeller was one of the organ
izers of the famous South Improve
ment company of Pennsylvania. In
stead. he said. the embryo oil king de-
nOUnced the plan as impracticable MI.
/ Rockefeller and his associates saw at
that time that preservation exist
ed only in strengthening their business.
Faith of Rockefeller.
Mr.. Rockefeller had faith in the oil
I business then. greater than any Other
man ON earth had. There are stock
/ holders Eow in the Standard Oil who
/ from It's earliest days have never in
/ crea sed their holdings a single dollar.
Even when these defendants ac-
quired a refinery in Cleveland that
/ brought Oliver II. Payne into the
Standard Of company. many mev-
chants Of that city subscribed for
+ stock. but allowed their confidence to
ooze out and declined to accept the
stock"
MI NiIburn, discussing next the al
! lesed coercion of refiners by the stand
ard in purchasing properties denied
I that q single witness in the case had
I even limited of such coercion on the
stand. Mr. Nitburn said.
In all we have heard of the stand
ard Oil. we have never heard of any
/ Standard OF man being not loyal 10
his fellow men i'm the company. Never
has there been the breath of suspicion
/ against any one of them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08
Colonists for Northwest.

Ogden April -Four sections Of a Rio
Grande passenger train arrived this after
noon crowded with colonists for California
and the northwest. Two cars of the train
carried Greeks ticketed through 10 Seattle,
who are the vanguard of a small army OF
Greeks to displace japanese on the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern roads.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-08
NEW OFFICIALS FOR
NJ, K. & 7. RAILROAD

Dallas. Tex. April AT a meeting OF
the Missouri. Kansas & Texas railroad d
rectors today, these officers were elected:
Adrian p Joline president; A. 4. Allen.
vice president. r. y. ROaChe, treasurer,
c :. Sherwiu. secretary.
All OF the other old officials were re-
tanned. This election affects the Texas
lines only.