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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-17
MAY CHANGE DATE OF
INAUGU.RATING PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-The oft
discussed proposal to change the date
of Inauguration of the president of the
United States from March to a later
date was before the house committee on
election of president, vice-presidcnt and
members of congress today. 1t was pre-
sented in the shape of a constitutional
amendment offered by Mr.. Gains, West
Virginia, at the special session. Tho
last Thursday in April is proposed in
place of March 4
Commissioner Mcfarland Of the Dis.
trict Of Columbia was before the COM
mittee today, and for an hour or moro
sought to show why the date should be
changed. Mr., Mcfarland was kept mod
erately busy answering questions of
several members who pertinentlY want
ed to know if the Inauguration was not
largely District of Columbia affair,
in which the rest of the country took
no part except to pay high prices for
hotel accommodations and grand.stand
seats along Pennsylvania avenue.
The sentiment of nearly all the com
mittee is said TO favor a change in the
date.
The senate committee Oh privileges
and elections also will give hearing
on the subject
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ers in the Congo had the double ca
paelty of soldier and merchant. They
had to get rubber Nevertheless many
stories of abuses arc absolutely un.
true.'
The senator championed King Leo.
pold as the great bcnefactor Of Bel.
gum. He had developed cities and
erected monuments and public buildings
at his own expense. He supported archi
lecture and advanced the prosperity OF
the people. The senator did not care
TO say much of the kings private life
Perhaps, he suggested, the king had not
been good father. but his character
IN later life was explained by the fact
that IN youth he had been held in check
and ruled with rod of iron by the
old king. Stories Of the kings gal
lantries, he added, had been absurdly
exaggerated.
Sentiment in Brussels has taken a
new turn, and the people arc heatcdly
position of the Baroness Vaughan in
the royal household as the result of a
sensational article published in the
sun. Thefpaper charges that Baroness
vaughan was constantly at the bedside
of the king, even being present when
extreme junction was administered
whereas the kings daughters and his
nephew were not admitted
Before the king died the question was
put by. the Soir to Mgr. Cooreman, the
venerable royal chaplain, if the. king
had married Baroness Vaughan. accord.
ing TO provisions of the religious ccre.
mony, adding that Belgium was aston.
ished and scandaIzed that the church
would sanction the presence of the WON.
an near the kings couch when the
priest came on his sacred mission.
The chaplain intimated that the mar
rage took place and said that his con.
science was clcar about his visit to the
KING The. church code of morals, he
for the people; and, in conclusion' he
said: "From the standpoint of the
church the kings situation is regu-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-17
SWELL SOCIAL FUNCTION
AT THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Dee 16.-The in,
of the formal social functions Of n,
season AT the White House was n,
dinner given by President Taft touiei.
in honor of his cabinet. More than 1
score of guests were invited 10 meet Il.
cablnt officers and their wives
Mrs. Thomas *. Laughlin of Piils
burg, n sister of Mrs. Taft. TOOK d.
latter s place at the table. Az
Laughlin probably will represent y
sister at all the state dinners and rs-
ceptious this season.
OF those who attended tonight's diI:
ner, President Hadley OF Yale and Nn
Hadley, Mayor L. G. Rhett and NIs
Rhett of Charleston, S. c., and Andres
Carnegie and Mrs. Carnegie are hous'
guests of the president and Mrs. TAT
The other guests were:
Vive President and Mrs shermah
Secretary of State and Mrs. Knox So
rctarv of the Treasury and Mrs ais
Veagh, the attorney general, the pH'
master general, Secretary of the NsEl
and Mrs. Meyer, Secretary OF the u
terror and Mrs, Ballinger. the secreiaI!
Of agriculture, the secretary OF coz
merce and labor. the secretary to ~
president, Senator and Mrs Root, GOV'
ernor of Virginia and Mrs. STa1;eh
Assistant Secretary Of War and aIs
Oliver. Solicitor General and Mrs. BON
ers, Mrs. Otto T. Barnard, MI. "a
Mrs. William Loeb, Jr,; Mr., and M:
Larz Anderson, DR.. and Mrs. 7; WEI
Mitchell. Mrs. Townsend, Miss Boata'
man. Colonel and Mrs. Spencer C@ey,
II. V. Jones. Lieutenant CommasdWy'
Leigh C. Halmer and Captain A. "
Butt.
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SOME INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS
UPON CAREER OF LATE MONARCH

BRUSSELS. Dec. 16-One of the
most powerful men in Belgium who
knew King Leopold better than any one
man, is Senator Winer, the late king g
trusted friend and confidential legal ad.
wiser. He assisted Leopold in drawing
up the Congo project and probably will
handle the disposition of the king s for
tune.
Senator Winer welcomed the Asso-
clated Press correspondent most cor
daily tonight, He insisted that Leopold
was greatly misunderstood by the
world. He pictured the king IS intense
admiration for the United States, which
his majesty was anxious TO visit, but
was prevented by the Congo criticism.
However, the king had prevailed on
Prince Albert TO go. as he considered
this most useful preparation for the
future ruler of Belgium
The king had a marked respect for
Theodore Roosevelt. He never liked
photographers, but placed President
Roosevelt, IS autograph picture in his ia.
vorite office in the Brussels palace be.
side those OF Princess Clementinc and
Prince Albert. Continuing, the senator
said:
A Slave to Work.
"The king was slave TO work and
business 1t is fact that fifteen min
utes before the operation he dictated
documents relating TO certain negotia-
tions and insisted before going under
chloroform upon correcting the type.
written sheets. II was this marvellous
intellect and doggedness which con.
ceived the Congo project. He lost money
ut first, but emerged rich
''The whole trouble in the Congo
Senator Winer went on, twas that the
system was bad--worse than the king
thought. The eternal cry was, Rubber,
and vet more rubber and it must be
remembered that the military command
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SENATE WILL PROBE
HAZING OF CADETS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Wearied
by pressure from political influences
for the reinstatement Of cadets dis
missed from West Point military acad-
emy for hazing. the senate committee
on military affairs will investigate the
whole subject of hazing at the acad-
envy.
The plan is to suggest an amendment
TO the general law prohibiting hazing
department final when cadets are dis
missed for infractions Of the rules. A
sub. committee will consider the cases
now pending, as well ms the question of
submitting amendments to the general
law
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Foreign News in Brief

Twenty- three deaths in ten days have
resulted from bubonic plague In the prov
ince OF Uralsk, Asatic Russia
Harriet Smith OF Hyannis, Mass, was
instantly Killed in Honolulu Wednesday
night by the overturning OF an automo-
bile; She was making A tour of the
world.
The Paris police yesterday arrested an
american postal employee named Cohen,
who is accused OF having stolen regis
tered letters from the San Francisco
postoffices Cohen denies the charges
He will be eXtradited.
The first annual report ever issued by
the National Railways OF Mexico came
from the printers hands yesterday. For
receipts we're SIS s55,5sa. Mexican SaGTs cgTs
The surplus Is s9,sl9,3l4 gold
A dispatch from Harbin. MancbvrIa
SAYS The administration of the Russian
railroad zone has issued a notice refusing
leases Tor sites for storehouses and simi-
lar buildings in the vicinity OF railroad
stations except for Russians, unless thew
VIII sign an agreement TO submit TO Rus
sian regulations
81 The Swiss parliament yesterday elect
cdr ed fate Robert IT, Confess president Of the
was chosen vice president Of the federal
council In succession to Comtesse, who
mas held this office during the. present
confederation In 1905. The retiring presi-
dent is Adolphe Deucher
The Chinese naval commission, headed
py Prince Tsai Chun, brother OF the
regent, which has been In London for
nearly a month studying naval construc-
ton, left last night .cr France. The
commission will visit the continental
countries, returning to China by way OF
siberia In January, The proposed Visit
to the United States has been abandoned.
The prominent feature CT the election
campaign continues to be the strong feel
ing displayed against the peers and the
amount OF disturbance and disorder TO
winch even meetings addressed by promi-
nent UnionisIs are subjected Austen
Chamberlain, eX-chapcellor OF the eX-
chequer. at a meeting OF his own con-
stltuents at Bromsgrove last night, was
compelled To resume his seat before he
had half finished his speech. because of
constant and noisy Interruptions.
The art treasures of the late George
Sailing OF London, the eccentric con
noisseur, are bequeathed by his will TO
the nation. The total value OF the col
lection, the making OF which occupied
many years, is estimated at from nfieen
to twenty million dollars. Sailing is
known to have entertained a reluctance
toward making a Will and IL had been
feared that the works might be lost 10
the national gallery because Of this
The obstruction resorted to by the Slav
union In the Austrian reichsrath. in sun
port OF their demand that no bill shall
be passed until the cabinet has been re
continued Yesterday, and ar |
midnight the session was still on The
mouse presents an extraordinary scene |
especially at night. when members are |
provided with pillows. dressing gowns |
and slippers. The loud snoring OF some
drives many deputies who are light sleen- |
ers TO the card tables.
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of the shrewdest and ablest men Of the
time. He was essentially a man of bust
ness. cold, reticent and calculating. He
was of particularly Independent spirit,
and more than once has sand to have
told other sovercigns who attempted TO
advise him in connection with his pri-
vatc affairs TO mind their own business,
For this reason King Leopold had been
cstranged from many courts Of Eu-
rope.
Baroness Vaughan, who is said 10
hive been the king s morganatlc wife,
occupies chateau close 10 the paw.
lion where Leopold died. The baroness
is the daughter of parents of the name
of DelacroiX, who were concierges, or
Janitors, first ut Liege and afterwards
in Paris. Her mother is dead and her
father is an inmate of an asylum for
tho insane. She is the mother of two
children. King Leopold spont much
time with the baroness and gave his
ministers much concern on this ac
count. At one time there was talk of
his abdication, but his subjects appa-
rently become accustomed TO his ways
and abdication became thing of the
past.
King Leopold s recent illness dated
from about two weeks ago, when he
was compelled TO take to his bed, suf
at the time that he had stroke of
apopleXy, for he was paralyzcd on one
side and the paralysis seemingly spread
over the entire body. His confinement
brought about an intestinal obstruction,
for which an operation was performed
on Tuesday.
Cause Of Death.
The kings death, it was announced
by DR.. De Page. was due to embolism,
a small blood clot probably being car
RED to the heart.
Baron Gofinet said death occurred ex-
actly at 2:+I o clock.
Yesterday the king was in capital
humor He talked with Baron Goilinet
about going. few weeks latar. to the
Riviera, and, although his old trouble
Of oedema of the foot had reappeared
in aggravated form, be was hopeful,
as also were the doctors TIE latter
were anxious, however, because of the
weak condition of the kings heart.
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ONE MORE FURRY
In POLAR CIRCLES
Continued From Page One.


Loose by which to check hls own cal
culatiops, >,
Neither Loose nor DunlSle could be
found tonight.
George DunkIe made the following
statement tonight;
Yesterday Captain Loose showed
nc n copy OF a letter he had received.
inviting him to make n clean breast or
it. i told him that he ought to remem-
ber that he had already made one arm.
davit and that any, contradiction OF
that affidavit over his Signature woulu ' nr
make him out liar in one instance or
the other.
"He told me that he had never made
any verbal confession, and therefore,
of course, he did not intend to make n
written one. although he had been IN
formed that there was $4,000 on de-
posit that would be turned over to HIM
the minute he put his signature TO
confession
Dunkle gave the name Of the man
whom. he said, had made this offer to
Captain Loose.
Was offered Money,
Can't. Loose, in his statement, said;
~ have refused an offer of between
$4,000 and $4,000 to repndiatc my afii'
davit with regard 10 the observations
| furnished DR.. Cook. The offer was
first made to me verbally on December
10, | refused it. On December il |
received n letter from the person who
made me the offer, asking me to come
to his Office ] paid no attention to 1t,
and on December l3 / received sec.
ond letter, nrgiug that ] come forward
with the whole truth, and make clean
breast of it. To this, also, ] paid no
attention I understand, however, that
Capt. Osbon has seen copies OF these
letters. They are the only basis for his
accusation
Capt Loose volunteered further de
tails of his dealings with DR.. Cook
which were not published in his first
narrative. "The observations / made
for DR.. Cook, - said Capt. Loose, ''were
calculated on the basis that they were
taken at Q o'clock in the morning |
told the doctor to take these records
and figure out from them what the OBJ
servations would be at 3 o clock in the
afternoon of the same day.
''1n that way, ] explained, it would
be necessary for the doctor to submit
to the Copenhagen commission the ac-
tual records that | had faxed for him.
81 did this that / might, as far as
possible, lay at rest any suspicious DR..
Cook might have Of me and any fear of
his that / might have too great hold
on him.
"'You can use the observations You
make from mine / told him, and so
you can repudiate any statement |
might possibly make AT some time IN
the future about having furnished you
with your observations.
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LONDON FINDS CAUSE
FOR VARIOUS QUERIES

LONDON, Dec 17.-Although, be.
cause Of his advanced age, there was
! little expectation of ultimate recovery,
news of King Leopold's S death came as
a shock, Much comment has been
aroused here by the laconic character
of official bulletins and the general air
OF secrecy maintained on the technical
side regarding the kings death.
No details were given out by attend
ing physicians which would enable
medical man, much less a layman, to
form any opinion OF the real nature
OF the malady, while rumors were not
wanting that the operation had only
been partly carried out, the patient IS
extreme weakness compelling the physi-
clans hurredly TO curtail their work
for fear of IA collapse. 1t is recalled
Baroness Vaughan bad been NOR
ganatlcally married in 1906, was Off
clallY denied at the time, and specula-
tion is busy whether the alleged mar
rage was an actual deathbed cere-
mony.
More of the Scandal.
PARIS, Dec. l1.-Reports from Brus.
sells that Leopold s morganatic union
with Baroness Vaughan was regularjzed
by a religious ceremony confirms the
belief long entertained here. as the
king bad taken every precaution TO in
sure an inheritance to the baroness and
her son. who was born early in 1908.
After the baroness had divorced her
husband. five years ago. the king be-
came infatuated with her, and installed
her in chateau, on which he spent
lar"e sums. Il was there that the baby
was born, and the king is reported to
have bestowed upon him the title OF
"Duke OF Tervuerem, - the name of a
domain of Belgium
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QUESTION OF WHICH
COMMITTEE WILL RULE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Tbe efforts
of the immigration committee of the
house to patch up the disagreement with
the committee on interstate and for
eign commerce on the subject of juris.
diction over 'fwhite slave traffic. leg
islation failed and the sub.committee
Of three members of the first-name ed com.
mittee appointed yesterday for Informal
conference purposes, reported hack TO-
day that there was no hope of com.
promise,
They stated that the committee pre-.
sided over by Chairman Mann wss bent
upon considering and probably report.
ing the Mann bill, and that there was
no disposition there to admit that the
committee had any more
jurisdiction over the "white slaveD bill
than the interstate commerce Commit
tee.
Accordingly. there is to be "show
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Declared Legally Dead, Girl
Reappears After Eleven Years

ST. LOUIS, Dee. 16,-Miss Nellie
Burns, missing eleven years, and three
days ago declared legally dead by the
st, Louis circuit court, today proved
that the court Is decree was wrong.
Ever sInco her disappearance the
glrl has been living here, though her
foster mother, who also lives in ST,
Louis, did not know it.
As result of the discovery that the
girl was alive the foster mother. Mrs.
Anne Besse, resigned letters OF ad
mlnistration granted her by the probate
court, and caused to be dismissed suit
in which she had already won a iudg
ment against a life insurance company
The two women met today for the
first time since October is, 1898, when
Miss Burns disappeared on her way TO
school She was years old then but
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that develops at once.
Problem for Scientists.
cup to this time the Investigations
have not been carried so far as to
determiHe what happens in the second
generation of immigrants, but it seems
likely that the influences at work
among the first generation born in
America will be still further accentu-
ated.
The commission has also made the
discovery that as a rule there is a
falling off IN the size of families after
their arrival in the United States, and
coincident with this discovery has come
the more important relation that rs the
number Of children decreases, the size
of the individual increases. This fact
is discoverable among the children of
the well-to-do as well as those of the
poor.
Another result of the investigation
is the development of the fact that
while removal from Europe to New York
has had a beneficial effect upon the
physique of Eastern European Hebrews,
the result has been just the opposite
on the Sicihans, the conclusion being
that. bad as they are, the surroundings
in New York are better for the Jews
than in their city homes in the old
world while the cramped quarters which
the Sicllians occupy in New York are
not so desirable as their rural surround
ings in Southern Italy,
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ZELAYA RESIGNS AND
BOWS TO FATE
Continued from Page One.

Continued from Page One,
cics his bravery has stood him in good
stead.
Agitator When Young.
When comparatively young man
Ielaya began an agitation against the
government, and his actions become SO
violent that he was expelled. He went
to Guatemala, then ruled by Barrios
and there received the training that
fitted him for his subsequent career In
the army of Barrios he obtained ser.
vice, and, after fighting for number
of Years, he reappcared in his own
country at tho head of band of in.
surgents,, He gathered strength as he
went and his final battle won for him
the presidency
Zelaya's wealth is said to be enor.
nous. He owns coffee plantations and
collects on exclusive rights TO many in
dustries. The present revolt in Mic.
aragua began early last month and
came rs n climax Of n series of perse.
cutions inaugurated by Zelaya. in which
The execution of the Americans, Cannon
and Groce, was the most serious fea-
ture.
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Condensed Telegram

, The body Of Mrs. Shall
nvsni,@ ,.vssn DioTn on. was found 10 with N.
c,nan IN her home near "edneij,,
lieyed Thai ibat tbc bt idnannnlbal, Wis Iqnb,
One Of Tba ~ ~ mo'nah was musdAM,lk = =
has experInoc@S 10 .ag worst storms south thNe'A n
progress Tor twenty-fo,r mas been
~ sun railing and ia .cr,o noura. "a
lraihc. The snow is frousiy impsjI..
rect deep around Deadwood two 10 ~
pde5 R3bners blew open the y.,,
isehR Of Exeter, Cal. and ,auN o. h.
In cash, Wednesday night 'eTrgared ri
tbSc %sn,, %as hiauc when the olc,ESee dIsoor.
capped In = IS,{{erday. Ia,{eday. The robS. optsa
lf5o the evening and which "; Was s'Vlen St duii,,
burlington passenger ,rot-
into nNe cars which had hna. NO M,
Inc, Ine S(orTn from a switch at w. nolosn =
WrecEing the engine. No eaB ~
{id {Ia@u, inc runaway cars was q,
StrIni, HtDm!t e,snt miles before The nan nan tssa
wind have not gr been fou Gar3 started b. ais, s:
,rS, storms rms were general throuphon,
Stockmen In southern CO Co, yesterair
northern New Mexico fear dorado al
IN New Mexico the earlier rucGvy lofss
iylne on the ranges, covered IVY are 20,
crust and II the present stoyyy. Wy asa1
ues IL VIII mean staryatIon eolul.
SANDS OF cattle and sheen. 70 h5s.
y man known rs Jimmie pru
I1q Iaq served terms In the penItcn,,s sh.
GV'uGIss""S; - Gn " lansing, Kan. and adI,5 ta. !,
safes. was one OF the two ana cFaekil,
bodies were blown 10 nInco. "en xhos,
OKLA, Wednesday, accordIn. a. Tuln
mony given yesterday to tbes 70 usu
jury by the chief Of police. II 4 V9qrEon.fI
The proposition to extend o..
chlse OF the metropolitan ssrs. me lfer
company Of Kansas CITY wbIns IiIse' q
,,oHIs ,oo the traction rights OF The c,,v .. ,.
,'o.r 10 30. -, I"gnty-slN years-or for,y.,s y
years from The prescnt-was dcfs,y.,,ts'
q special election YESTERDAY USsrelld H.,
Jority of 1901. This was H.. IA
ton he!d under the referendum ~. i, 10
Pleas of not guilty were en,sr.s
by w, IL Moore. presIdcn,u sosf
Moore: director. and i. =. Ly,ti. aMenr
tor OF The .defunct Oregon Tr,,,,@ @trt
savings bank OF Portland, which AZ rs
IN August. 1907. Tho bankers a.. s..' ~
der indictment in cnnncctIon III ~
failure OF the institution. Icro,a;a. ~na n
their attorneys they will demand ~
rate trials. s'pe
Inspector Church. head of ,hs D..
Northwestern Mounted police ar p.s;..s: n%.s
Sask-. died yesterday. inspector Ic;is.a, csS,l;
was chosen by tho Prince OF Wales sis's ~
the latter's companion during the nrs,.,
last visit to Canada. Hc was ,tesri. 49,.
as the best horseman In the ns,,,
police service, and trained for ,ha POS p-.a
OF Wales his charger. "Georgeo ", h
received many valuable gifts from e, q
prince. =
The transport Prairie. with 10, =.
rines and 100000 rounds Of smmpuI,.,
on board, yesterday made rs 800
start from Philadelphia for Colon Z,
Thursday, December .. thc Prairie III
similar cargo. started for The ~.
port, but when about forty miles sor,
the Delaware river. the vessel sturS !
the mud of Pea Patch island. AMI r.
mained there for nearly ten days '
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HAWAII ASKS US
TO KEEP HANDS OFF

Off Hawaii in E nnor pur matters - i; smb.
stantially the protest received by con
gress today from the Hawaiian legis-
lature.
The secretary of Hawaii transmitted
to congress a resolution adopted by the
general assembly at Honolulu, declar.
ing that any legislation to prohibit the
sale of intoxicating liquor in that ter
rltory, as proposed in pending bill,
government.
IT sounds a note Of warning against
congress, taking from the Hawpiian peo-
pie the right to prohibit or regulate
the liquor traffic there, cor any other
matter exclusively affecting the welfare
Of the territory