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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
BASEBALL COMMISSION
ADOPTS A NEW RUl E

Cincinnati Aug. 19.2The National
Baseball commission has adopted a
new rule to cover what rule Sc failed
10 do. as ii has been shown that the
old rule can be and has been evaded
The new rule is: Whenever a major
league club has sold a player to a
minor league club with an option TO
repurchase. and such option has been
exercised by the major league club
selling the player. and the same club
then sells the same player a second
time on a straight sale, and then re-
purchases the player. the purchased
player must report to the major
league club on or before the 23rd OF
August. and II such players do not
report they will be. subject TO major
or minor league draft. during the reg
ular drafting season from the club
with which they are found playing,
As an Illustration, the Brooklyn club
last year sold FiDleyson to the Brock.
ton club with an option TO repurchase.
which was exercised. Under the rules
this PLAYER could not be sold this year
by Brooklyn the latter retaining an
option to repurchase. The records
show that this year he was sold out
right and again repurchased by Brook
lyn. In this case the player Will have
TO report on August % or be subject
TO draft
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
HEROIC CLERK SAVES
VAlUASlES OF GUEST

Colorado Springs. Colo. Aug IS
The nerve and quickness of James
NJ. Morrow. night clerk at the Cliff
House at Manitou probably saved the
valuables of many tourists and may
cost Edward Clark. fireman OF the
house. his life. Early this morning,
Clark. In company with Peter Web.
ster said to be from Salt Lake. went
to Morrow's room and at the point
of gun forced him to accompany
them TO the hotel office. where they
demanded that he open the safe
One of the robbers laid his gun on
nearby desk and Morrow instantly
Jumped for It, securing II after strug'
gle. In the shooting that followed
Clark was shot throngn tho head and
probably fatally T0aaded. Morrow
got bullet hole through his clothing,
The would-be robbers fled Clark be-
Ing assisted by Webster, but later
were captured near Colorado Springs.
There were seYeraf thousand dol.
lars In money and jewels in the sate.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19

mining towns. where floods have oc-
Cured, houses are protected by gates
which can be dropped into place In
front of doors and windows, but the
power OF the 'cloudburst" often Is so
great as TO batter down strong build
ings and sweep everything In front
OF IT.
A cloudburst is invariably accom-.
panied by heavy electric discharges,
and the bursting is bu. sudden pre-
cipitation of moisture In heavily
ladened clouds caused by these cleo
lric influences. The tops of noun
tains. acting as conductors. draw
down the electric bolts. and with the
flashes OF lightning there descends a
sheet OF water. which. being confined
TO narrow outlet. gives wonderful
demonstration of the mighty power OF
water Boulders weighing hundreds
of tons have been displaced by these
mountain storms. and mighty trees
have been uprooted and broken into
splinters.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
REMOVAL OF
I he CAUSES
Would Tend to Lessen
Number of Criminals,
Says DR.. Phelan

Seattle, Wash. Aug. l9.--"Thc In
diana plan" OF preventing the procre-
alton of imbeclles and cG1irmed GRIM
inals was heartily approved by Dr..
Daniel Phelan of Kingston, Canada, IN
his annual address as president of the
Prison Physicians association. before
the American Prison association here
todGy DR.. Phelal said.
Net only do | suggest the adoption
Of energetic means to lessen the nur1-
ber of the alreedy existing criminals
and degenerates. but also the removal
a.: much rs possible OF the more re-
mote sources of tie evil. mineral lii
egSture. plays, exhibitions. pictures.
ana such like, without fail have an
evil effect upon The young mind, and
especially upon :,aturaIly weGl< ones"
DR. Theodor, Cooke. ot Baltimore.
read paper on the visibility Of
laws compelling the examination of
all prisoners before trial by ply
slcian."
The delegates spent the afternoon
at the Worlds Fair.
At 9 p. m. they Will be guests Of
Governor NJ Z iIay Of Washington,
at an informal dinner at the fair. 4
final session In one Of :ho fair build
tnGs VIII lie held tonight
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
POPE MAY MAKE REPLY
TO EMINENT PROFESSOR

Chicago. Aug. "A special from
Rome TO the Tribune says:
-- '-"-'o~od w Professor
Charles Eliot before the Harvard
= ---- ----~oI ..se becH translated
by the pope's order. that he might
thoroughly comprehend IT,
The translation was read with great
care by his holiness. who expresses
profound regret that a man OF such
authority and culture. as DR.. Eliot
should spread theories that. he said.
are not. In fact, the basis of a new
religion of the future. but a negation
OF the faith and principles which arc
the foundation OF Christianity and
modern civilization.
The pope is reported TO have said
II would be easy TO refute and destroy
DR. Eliot's argument and highly
praised Archbishop Ryan of Phila-
delphia. Bishop McFaul of Trenton,
and other American ecclesiastlcs who
fastened to defend their church and
faith.
1t Is believed that a semi-oficlnl re-
ply TO DR.. Eliots address on the lines
suggested by the pope himself, will
appear in the Ciyitta Catholica, the
most representative Catholic maga
zine
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
G Q @ @ @ @ @ @ @ o o G o @ C . !:
HARTMAN GLAD HE
IS COMING HONE

Cherbourg. Aug 1S.-'Now I am
better, My cure Is finishing and |
am very glad l am going to see the.
soil of America again. My only hope
Is that the voyage back will be as
good as that coming over"
Thus said e. H Hartman today in
reply 10 question about his health.
just as he was boarding a tender es-
pecially assigned to convey him and
bis party from Cherbourg TO the
anchorage in the roadSted of the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II, which viii
convey him TO New York The steamer
started late tonight
A crowd of curious persons had con
gregated at the maritime station when
Mr Harriman's special arrived from
Bais. A rolling car was placed beside
the car DR. Lyle. Mr Harriman's
PHYSICIAN. offered the fnancier his
arm, but although he was pale and
appeared feeble he declined assistance
and slowly descended to the platform
He also declined to use the rolling
chair and walked without assistance
aboard the tender.
The late arrival of trains delayed
the sailing of the Kaiser Wilhelm r
three hours.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
HER ESCAPE FROM DEATH
is ALMOST MIRACULOUS

Salt Lake. Aug. 19.-Miss Glenn
Boigegran. prominent young woman
OF Grand Junction, Colo, who Is visit
ing in this city with Mrs Thomas j,
Maropey at her home, 1144 Eleventh
East street, was run down and ser
lously injured by an automobile We'd
nesday morning at the corner of
Eleventh East and Twelfth South
streets. The young woman was TAX
en- into the Clark drug store immedi-
ately after the accident In an uncon-
scious condition, and was there given
preliminary medical attention. She
was later removed 10 the home of
Mrs Maroney, where DR.. Van Cott at
tended her, and In the afternoon she
was taken TO the l.. d. S. hospital.
Though she is badly hurt, her injuries
will not necessarily prove fatal. Her
head, right shoulder and left leg were
badly crushed and bruised, and she
suffered intensely from the fearful
shock she received.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
LOST $4,000 BY HAVING
FRIEND BET FOR HIM

Saratoga, n Y. Aug. 19-ThomaS
Mcdowell a grandson of Henry Clay
and a prominent horse breeder of Lex
ington. has returned 30 discover that
he lost $4,000 by goinS to Lexington
on August IL to exhibit several ami
mails in horse show. When Mellow
ell left for Kentucky he gave a friend
$205 with instructions to bet the mon
ey on Louise Wells, the first time she
started, and when, in Lexington, he
read that the horse had won her race
at 100 10 /. he congra ulatcd Li~'s"' r.
that he was $4,000 ahead But. on
his arrival here, he has discoyereI II
that the friend with whom he left the
$500 decided that Louise Wells did not
have a chance in the race and there
fore, did not bet the money.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
VETERAN MUSICIANS ENJOY
TRIP OVER THE CUTOFF

Salt Lake City, August l9.-The
last musical organization TO break
quarters at the Lafayette school
OF those that attended the encamp-
mcnt viii be the seyenty.6ve vetcr-
ans of the National Association of
Civil War Veterans. They left the city
this morning. They came from all
parts Of the country. The association
numbers In all nearly 500 members
and the youngest man in the lot Is
slXty-two years OF age They leave
with the feeling that they have been
well rewarded for the time and money
spent In visiting Salt Lake. and during
the last three days they have been
we'll entertained through the efforts
OF Prof j. j. Mcclellan. chairman of
the music committee for the encamp-
ment
Saturday the veteran musicians In
special sightseeing cars, toured the
city. serenading the governor and other
prominent state city and church of
hcials. and visiting Fort Douglas,
where the entire delegation was ban
quoted at the clubhouse by Major
May. commander On Sunday by cour.
tesy of the Saltair Beach manage
ment, they were taken TO Saltair on a
special train. given a special orches-
tTal concert by Mcclellan orchestra
of forty pieces, provided with fine
banquet at the Leviathan. and treated
TO the freedom of all amusementS at
the beach.
Yesterday the musicians were given
the final and crownlng treat They
were taken by special car over the
Lucin cutoff across the lake by the
Oregon Short Line, going to Lakeside
and returning last evening.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
INOlAONAPOLIS SPEEDWAY
OPENED FOR AUTO RACES

Indianapolis. Ind. Aug. 19-The
100000 indianapolis speedway was
formally opened today with five auto
mobile races, 4 250-mile grind ending
the days sport
When Fred j. Wagner started the
contestants In the fiye.mlle stripped
class race at noon. the big grand
stand was comfortably filled. Hun
dreds of automobiles were massed In
the immense parking space Just lit
tie way from the finish line on the
home stretch. 1t was here the real
contests were expected. as the mile
straightaway offered many tempta-
tions for tremendous speed. The track
was alive with machines In the early
hours before the races opened. but
shortly before noon the course was
cleared by force of 100 police and
100 members of the local militia.
Experts predict that the records for
practically all the standard distances
will he broken before the three days
of the dizzy dashes around the big
track are finished.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
DOES NOT REMEMBER
KILLING WIFE AND BABY

Toledo. o. Aug. l9-"If killed my
wife and baby | do not remember any
thing about it I have no recollection
OF anything of jthe kind. ! have COM
mltted the crime only when I was
walking In my sleep. My life has been
full of mysteries"
This was the statement made yes
terday by James Pltter. a McComb
poperhanger. after he had been ar
raisned before Squire Sours at Find
ley, pleaded not guilty and was bound
over 10 the grand jury. Ritter Is
charged with the murder of his wife
and baby. whose bodies were found
in an abandoned well in the rear of
their home week ago.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
RIO GRANOS RAILROAD HAS
A HARD STRUGGLE.

The Rio Grande railroad officials
arc Sorely afflicted. They have felS
the shock OF half a dozen collisions
within the last three months. and to-
day they are suffering nervous pros
tration from washouts, Bad luck
and the elements have combined to
make life miserable for them at a
time of year when they should be re-
ioicing over heavy passenger traffic
with its rich return of profits to their
company.
For the first time In years, Rio
Grande trains are being detoured from
Denver over the Union Pacific to OG-
den Passengers for Salt Lake and
points further south In Utah are pass
ing through Ogden, being transferred
TO Rio Grande trains at the Union de-
pot
The Rio Grande has been under un-
usual strain during the last three
years That road is financing the
building of the Western Pacific, call
Ing for a heavy drain on the treasury
TO meet the interest as it falls due on
bonds. The panic came in the middle
of the Undertaking, and since then all
kinds OF misfortune have befallen the
road, not the least of which is the
present disastrous washout and block
Ing of all trains.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
HALF A POUND OF MEAT
PER DAY PER PERSON

Washington. Aug 19-Half pound
of meat per day per person Is the es-
timated average amount consumed by
the 10000 people in the isthmian ca
nal zone during the fiscal year 1909,
Meats of various classes, delivered on
the isthmus in the year for canal work
ers and their families, aggregated g.
9GS. .66i pounds. but this does not rep
resent the total meat consumption, be-
cause Panama and the canal zone mar
kets supply small amount to the la
borers not In commission quarters.
About 80 per cent was sold TO famil-
les and the remainder was served at
the hotels, messes for European labor
ers and kitchens for negro laborers.
Poultry Is brought TO the isthmus
frozen and kept in that condition un-
til delivered Chicken comprises the
greater part. but turkey, duck, goose
and squad meats also are imported.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
BODIES OF MEN LOST ON
MT. RAINIER ARE NOT FOUND

Tacoma, Wash. Aug. 19.-The
search for the bodies of Joseph Ste
vens of Trenton. y. j.. and T. F. Cal
laghan OF Seattle. lost on Mount Rain
Ter, has been temporarily abandoned.
Guide Jules Stampfier and party have
returned and are OF the opinion that
the bodies never Will be found They
discovered tracks leading toward Z
500-foot ice cliff at the head OF White
glacier. and it is possible the men
lie in the depths below The search
cannot be made from above. owing to
the danger. and 1t Is doubtful wheth
er there Is a route TO the foot of the
cliff
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
AGREES WITH MATTHEWS
THEORY OF TER-MARRlAGG

Los Angeles. Cal, Aug 19-After
reading the statement of Professor
William Matthews. of Chicago, that a
little American Indian blood. mingled
with that of our race. would produce
a strain which would be hard TO equal,
Professor Rockwell ID. Hunt, OF the
department of sociology in the Uni
verslty of Southern California and a
student of Indian Life. said today that
he agrees thoroughly with the Chicago
professor.
While there are wide variations
among the different tribes" said Pro-
fessor Hunt. by choosing the better
Indians. | believe that the inter-mar-
riage OF Indians and members of our
race would result in good. Some of
the best families of kentucky have a
strain OF Indian blood in their veins,
and In Oklahoma and South Dakota
know of marked examples of their
lnter-marriages that have been made
there"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
CASUALTY COMPANY
is GIVEN DECISION

Louisville, Ky. Aug. 19-The Ken
lucky court of appeals has handed
down decision In favor of a casualty
company in a bank burglary case.
The policy exempted the company
from liability unless the money were
taken from the safe by felonious en-
try by the use OF tools or explosives
In the case In point. the cashier OF
the bank was forced by the robbers To
open the safe at the point of gun.
and the bank sought 10 collect from
the insurance company. holding that
the contract was complied with be-
cause the cashier was. In sense, the
tool OF the burglars. The court ad-
mitted that this point was correct.
but held that the term tool was dit-
ferent from that involved In the con"
tract. which referred 10 burglars
tools
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
MARY MANNERlNG WILL
NOT BE RECONCIlEO

London. Aug. 19.-Mary MannerIng.
wife Of James K Hackett who has
just returned from the continent, said
last night,
THE report that my divorce pro-
ceedinGs have been Withdrawn sur
prises me. They certainly have not
been withdrawn by my instructions.
placed the entire matter In the hands
of my lawyer. and IL he has taken
such action, l should think he would
have cabled me to that effect.
Any talk about a reconciliation be-
tween myself and Mr.. Hackctt Is
futile"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
CloUD8URSTS IN THE
WEST,

This is the month of cloudbursts
There is not bed of canyon in the
desert ranges, OF what was years ago
known as the Great American Sahara.
which may not become roaring
stream during the sultry days Mining
camps built In these canyons, are
subject 10 floods which form in a
lie" minutes and tear along at speed
which permits of little or no prepara.
lion Tor escape Of tho inhabitants
Of those places. In some of these
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
HETTY GREEN'S SON TO
BUY AN AEROPUANE

New York. Aug. l9.-Hetty Green 5
son, r II. r. Green. who runs a rail
road system. cattle ranch. a cot
ton plantation and life insurance
company In Texas. Is in New York to
buy an aeroplane. He owned the first
automobile in Texas.
| am not anxious to try to ny. per
sonally. just yet" said Mr.. Green
because | doubt whether my weight
900 pounds) would be In sympathy
with the carFying ability of an aero
plane But I'm extremely interested
In the flying-machine from a sporting
standpoint We are going to form an
aero club In Texas"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
MONKEYS VICTORIOUS
IN FIGHT WITH POLICE

Chicago, Aug. 1.-TWO monkeys de
fed efforts of three policemen. who
tried to dislodge them from the seat
Of hand organ grinders wagon yes
terday afternoon after their aged mas
ter, Tony Condraya, and his wife, Eli2-
abeth. had been Injured by being
thrown from the vehicle in a runaway
accident With their clothes torn aud
faces scratched the bluecoats were
forced TO retire In disorder The chat
tering monkeys then rode home In tri-
umph. still on the seat Of the wagon.
which the policemen as last resort,
towed at the rear OF a patrol wagon.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
HARRIMAN's FIGHT AGAINST HILL

The story Of the ten years struggle
between Hartman and Hill for the
railroad supremacy of the West is the
leading feature of the September Am
ercan Magazine. It's author. George
II. Gushing, devotes the first part OF
his article TO the account OF Harrl-
mans Sudden rise in power. Of his
securing control Of the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific Railroads and to
the strategy of the proposed sale OF
the ST. Paul railroad 10 Hill by Har-
llmans hackers. under cover of which
Hartman was able TO buy stock of the
Northern Pacific TO perilously endan-
ger Hill's control Of II. The Wall
street battle in which Hartman and
his hackers fought Hill and his oppos-
Ing forces. driving the Northern Pa
cific stock to $1,000 a share marks the
end of the first half of the titanic strug-
gle
Harriman's second effort at the chas-
tisemcnt of Hill In desperate effort
to recover lost ground, Mr.. Gushing de-
5cribes aa follows:
BY this time Hartman had dis.
covered that Hill was too clever TO be
outwitted by craft, too nlmble to be
overcome by superior force merely and
entirely too courageous to be daunted
by display of financial power even
though that same exhibition had sent
chill TO the heart Of many another
strong railroad man, In fact. Harri.
man did not seem to appear at all In
this movement and many an astute
person believes today that he had moth
ing TO do with the next move In the
strategy Of that great western trl.
angle. The admitted facts are that
Hartman Is the accredited railroad
representative OF the STANDARD Oil
syndicate and that the same syndicate
owns the controlling interest In the ST
Paul railroad. 1t would not be much
of an argument TO say that because the
face smiled while the hand struck. the
head was not responsible for the as
sault.
With It's palm resting on northern
Illinois. southern Wisconsin. and east
eTn Iowa, Its brawny thumb extendiDC
up into the lake region and It's fingers
doubled at the second joint-point.
Ing into all sections, lay the ST. Paul
road BY some physical effort those
giant fingers could he extended until
they gl1pped tho soil Of Old Mexico
the sand dunes OF California. the min.
eral resources of Idaho and Wyoming.
and the vast wealth of the north Pa
cine coast drawing the commerce of
an empire into the palm Hartman
ineditaied on that picture. The index
finger, blunt and aggressive on the
Missouri river, pointed directly into the
Hill country its projection would cut
In between the Burlington and the
Northern Paeiilc. while further west 1t
would drift In between the Northern
Pacific and the Great Northern and
drop With unpleasant force into the
heart OF Seattle. That par, of The pic.
lure was worth thinking about. When
the engineers threw trestle over the
tho Missouri at Monridgc aud the con.
slruction gangs began grading a thin
right OF way across the prairie, TIurri-
man was again in tho Hill country
with no one to hinder hIs movement
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
DEATH OF HIGGINS
II Is Laid at Door Of West Oisinfect
ing Co., Through Its Agent.

Salt Lake, Aug. 19.-The coroner's
jury, composed of William Edwards.
H. D. Watson and E. Pickering, who
were impaneled to investigate the
death of Croydon w Higgins. found
dead in apartment OF the Oxford
flats Tuesday afternoon returned a
verdict "Wednesday evening 10 the ef.
feet that Higgins came to his death
from cyanide of potassium poisoning.
the death being due to the criminal
negligence Of the West Dislnfecting
company, through their agent, A. NJ.
Rice
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19

man IN the United States navy during
the Civil war and his body bears the
scars of five wounds received while
fighting under the stars and stripes on
Mississippi gunboat Because OF his
age. he Is now entitled TO pension of
$40 a month for his services, and has
declared that be will apply for II al
once.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
CHlNAMAN STRIPPED OF
ADOPTED NATIONALITY

San Francisco. Aug. 19.-KwanG
Lee, a Chinese who has held citizen
ship papers for thirty-tive years, was
stripped of his adopted nationality
yesterday by the action of the United
States district court. which cancelled
the certificate OF naturalization Is
sued by the court of criminal correc-
lion of St Louis in 1874.
Despite the fact that he Is now de-
MED by his adopted country. Kwang
Lee, who Is 50 years of age, is likely
10 become ono of its dependents. for
he served hoporably as an enlisted
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
LIQUID OR OESICATE
EGGS ARE CONDEMNED

Washington, Aug. l9-LlQuid egg. or
desicated egg, does not meet the ap-
proyal of the pure food exports OF the
agricultural department. They main"
taia that the egg must reach the con-
sumer IN its original package-that is
the shell The seizure was made here
Of six drums of deslcate eggs. on
September is. hearing Will be held
to determine whether eggs in this
form. as found in a local bakery. can
be used for food
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-19
ReeELLlous SUBJECT TAKEN.

Tangier, Aug. 1S-A courier who left
Fec August Is has arrived here and
confirms the reported capture OF
Roghl, the rebelllous subject OF the
sultan of Morocco, and saws he prob.
ably will be brought into Fee. Roghfs
chamberlain and many of his follow
ers captured In the recent encounter
with tho government forces. were de-
capltated. while others were tortured.
Large numbers of Rhoglan prison
ers are being taken to Fee The head
OF negro general was carried into
the city, impaled on an officers sword.
and it is rumored that the head of
European was among those exposed on
pixies.