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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-11
SIXTEEN-HOUR LIMIT BILL
E. H. Calister and Other Wool Grow
eTS at Agricultural De-
partment.
Special 10 The Observation-Disclosures

Special 10 The Herald RepubIican)
Washington. d. c.. Feb. 1O.-Fred r.
Gooding Of Idaho. president. and George
s. Walker Of Wyoming, secretary Of the
National Wool Growers association: E.
II. Callister of Salt Lake. Peter G. john
son Of Idaho and President Stillman of
the National Humane society today ap-
peared before Secretary Wilson and So
Ecitor McCabe of the agricultural depart-
ment i'm advocacy of the sixteen-hour
limit bill. This bill was introduced by
Representative Wanger of PENNSYLVANIA
and fixes sixteen hours as the limit that
livestock can be kept continually i'm A
car while being transported in interstate
commerce. The delegation argued in ia
vor OF the bill and told Secretary Wilson
they favored placing this restriction upon
shippers of livestock and upon the rail
roads. From the standpoint of practical
stockmen they We're able TO give the sec
rotary and his solicitor facts that were
convincing and proved the value of fine
proposed legislation.
Tomorrow they will appear before the
House committee on interstate and for
eign commerce and there renew their ar
gument in favor Of the Wanger bill
Mr.. CaifisteT is accompanied BY his
wife, and they are taking advantage of
this business trip 10 visit their son, T. l.
Callister. assistant clerk to the Senate
committee on printing and also a law stu
dent at George Washington university
Mr.. and Mrs. Callister will remain in
Washington for few days and then go
TO New York. !
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Counsel for Minority Stock
holders of Ohio and Indiana
Independent Telephone Com
panies Makes a Statement.
SOME DETAILS OF THE
SALE RECENTLY MADE
Competition Has Ceased in the
Territory Of the Independent
Companies Since Control
Passed to J, P, Morgan,
HEARINGS IN NEW YORK

New York, Feb. 10.-COunsel fol-
the minority stockholders in the Ohio
& Indiana Independent Telephone
companies, control of which was re-
Gently sold to interests yet to be off,
cially identified, said tonight in the
hearing held here that they were sat
isfed they had already proved the
control has passed to the American
Telephone & Telegraph company.
The hearings were adjourned until a
week from today, because western law
yers insisted on next examining PTesi-
dent Vail Of the American Telephone &
Telegraph company, who cannot appear
until then.
Before leaving for Cleveland today H.
3. Mciiraw, an attorney for the minOTi-
ty stockholders who are plaintiffs in the
action, said.
Through Vice President Hall and w
II. Remick. the banker who negotiated
the deal we have already established
that the American Telephone & Tele-
sraph company loaned to Remick's
firm Or. I. Day & Coz, without securi-
ty. s. .2S0, 600 to buy the controlling
shares in the Independent companies of
Ohio and Indiana. They admit that the
American company wanted the compa-
MES and provided the money to make
the purchase. They admit that the con-
tracts, not only between the American
company and Remick's firm, but be-
tween Remick and F. w. Golf and
James S. Bradley. jr., who had the
shares Of stock TO sell. were drawn in
the American cOmpany's Office, and
that Remick was acting for the AmeTi-
can company.
Furthermore, We have shown that
the American company asked ]. P Nor
gan & Co. TO form a holding company
for these Ohio and Indiana companies,
and that, when Morgan & co. took the
holdings over. the American company
Remick from the option so
that the transfer could be made TO
finn.
we believe that this shows COnclU-
siVcly that the American Telephone &
Telegraph company owns the Central
i'm Ohio and Indiana has
quoted all competition there
Remick testified today that his profit
IN the deal has been about $4,000"
Remick said that from the time he
first received the offer from Morgan &
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NICE QUESTION BROUGHT Up

committee t. appear in court and plead
their privilege.
Senator Bacon said the exercise by
the court of such power as it claimed
would overthrow the powers of the leg
islative department.
The Nelson amendment was voted
down IA to As. the original committee
resolution being adopted without di-
vision, as was another resolution direct
ing the secretary Of the Senate to COM
municate the views of the Senate to the
court
There was d greater division of opin-
ion in the House as to whether in this
particular case the court was authorized
to summon its members. The judiciary
committee brought in two reports The
majority report recommended a cOmpIi-
anCe with the summons on the ground
that the committee was not summoned
as members Of Congress, but while act
ing under authority Of a statute enacted
by Congress. The majority, therefore.
recommended that Messrs. Cooper OF
Continued on Page Two.)
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Washington. Feb. 10.-Whether a
court at law has power to summon be-
fore it q committee Of Congress was
the chief subject Of discussion before
the Senate and House today.
The Senate gave positive instructions
to Senators Reed Smoot, Jonathan
Bourne and Duncan Fletcher not to re-
spond tomorrow to the order issued by
Justice Wright Of the supreme court Of
the District Of Columbia, directing
them TO appear before him.
The proceeding grew out of a suit III
stituted by the Valley Paper company
of Holyoke, Mass, as the result of the
committees award Of a contract for
furnishing paper for the government
printing office.
The refusal Of the Senate was based
ON the plea Of the constitutional pre-
negatives Of members of Congress. The
Senate took the position that as it We
a coordinate branch Of the government
the court had no right to interfere with
Its business. incidentally the question
was raised as to whether Justice Wright
was IN contempt of the Senate. or
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Minister Calhoun Yves one OF the large
number of Chicago men and women OBJ
posing the decision who appeared before
the supreme court.
The minister 80 China told the court
that he would confiue his address 10 a
single phase of the case-its humanitarian
or common sense side. 7 am not a radl-
cal or a socialist, or an anarchist. ne
said, and / don't even belong TO the So
called uplift movement of which We
have heard so much recently. But / do
take sufficient notice of some abuses
which exist in this highly and artifiCially
developed civilization of ours, ard which
call aloud for correction.
"In the doctrine of the freedom Of con-
tract there is more Of fiction than theory.
When men and women are dependent
upon their daily wages; when they are
face to face with poverty all the time;
when the loss of a days work and a
days wage means not enough money to
pay rent, or not enough to buy food, it
is not fair. 1t is not common sense to
say that they enjoy any freedom Of con-
tract for the sale OF their labor.
MANY women in their struggles for food
and shelter. yes, and for life itself are
willing, even eager, to work long hours
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-11
SALT LAKE RAILROAD
WILL LOSE CONTRACT
FOR CARRYING MAIL

= Los Angeles, Feb. I0.-January (
4 floods, which put the Nevada di- I
= vision of the Salt Lake railroad I
y out of commission, has cost that 1
= system a fOur-yeaTS' contract with
y the government for the transpor- 1
= tation of transcontinental mails. 4
4 The estimated value of this con I
= tract was $4,000 annually 4
= Weighing of mails on the rail- 1
y roads of the fourth contract sec
y tiOn of the United States will be 4
= begun on February II. AS the Salt 4
= Lake road is not operating I
= through trains between Los An. 4
= geles and Salt Lake City. there 4
= will be no weighing on that line.
= Contracts to be let on the basis of 4
= the weight of mail carried in the I
next few weeks will remain in I
y force until January !, 1914 4
= 49, %%%E%@A$%%{ 4
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every day in every week In the year. year
i'm and year out until their bodies break
under the strain. But the wishes of such
women should not be allowed to initiate
against the welfare of wOmaukind and
of mankind i'm general. When a woman.
be she maid or mother has worked i'm a
factory ten long hours she has tOiled the
limit the laws of this country should al
low.
But should the selfish desire of q few
men to sell more goods, to grind out more
orders. he allowed 10 stifIe the needful
demand of maidenhoOd and of mother
hood
States Attorney Wayman, who aI=o
asked the supreme court to set aside tina
ruling of Judge Tuthil. declared that the
legislature should have power to pro-
tect human beings, as it has the power
to protect animals.
The legislature. We are told has no
right TO protect women from the neces-
sitv of being forced to work twenty-four
hours a day he said. Yet it can pro-
tect quail and grouse and prairie chick
ems. IT is an absurd legal proposition"
Attorney Haynie. representing the I'M
nois Manufacturers association. argued
for the UNFOLDING of the decision 81 Judge
TuthiL
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TO come
when The PROBE HAS
TURNED Up EVIDENCE

= Chicago. Feb 10.-Therc Will be mo- =
y return of indictments on the federal >
= grand jury's investigation into the ,
= methods OF the beef trust until the ,
= entire probe is finished, according TO ,
4 a government Official today. >
= The gathering of evidence concern =
= ing the relation OF the National Pack =
= ing company to the New York .
= Butchers Dressed Beef association y
y apparently Is finished as local Wit y
4 nesses were again called into the 4
= jury room today. +
A department manager of Swift ,G >
y Co.. and the head Of the account =
> ing department and two clerks of =
= Armour d co. were sUbpOenaCd 10 =
appear today y
The inquiry took a new turn to- =
= GAY. when a number OF employees of =
\ Schvarzschijd & SulzbeTger. gen =
= orally believed TO be an Independent ,
y company, were subpOeDaed. Tho >
= summons included employees from =
= Kansas CITY. Kan. and ri Reno. ,
= Okla, as well as from the local Of y
= flee. '
L L L L L L 4
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STRONG CASE MADE OUT.

Albany. y. Y. Feb 1o.-The trail Of
the $4,000 hribe. which the state senate
has heard was distributed among three
legislators nine years ago by a repre-
sentative Of the bridge building COM
bination, led back TO its alleged source
in the village of Grotou, Tompkins
county.
Alter the attorneys Of Senator Jo-
than P Aids, whom Senator Ben Con-
ger Of Groton accuses of receiving 81
900 Of this fund. had done their best to
impugn the character IF COnger's chief
witness, Hiram q. Moe, COnger put his
brother. jay. president of "a Grotou
bank. on the stand TO substanuate Moe
story.
Jay Couger corroborated Noes aSser-
ton that Moe. was authorized to draw
checks over his own signature on Frank
CongeT's account.
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Mystery Attending the Death
of Col. Thomas H. Swope and
His Nephew, Chrisman, in
Fair Way to Be Solved.
CHECKERED CAREER
OF THE ACCUSED MAN
History of One of the Most Re-
markabIe Cases of Alleged
Poisoning in Order to Obtain
Wealth of a Millionaire,
HEARING ON FEBRUARY II

Kansas City, Feb. 10.-As a climax
to the lengthy investigation of the
mysterious death of Colonel Thomas
H. SwOpe on October, 3, 1909, DR.. B.
C. Hyde, husband of the late mil
hOnaire's niece, was arrested today
on a charge of numbering the aged
philanthropist.
The warrant upon which the arrest
was made was issued at the request
of Attorney John G. Paxton, executor
Of the SwOpe estate. First degree
murder is charged. The warrant says
that Dr.. Hyde, with felonious intent,
administered strychnine to Colonel
Swope on the day of his death.
Across the back of the complaint filed
by Mr.. Paxton asking for a warrant,
Prosecutor Virgil Conkling wrote above
his signature, Il hereby endorse this
complaint
DR.. Hyde learned that a warrant was
being sought and. with his attorneys,
went to the prosecutors office to await
the return of Mr.. Conkling. He sub
mitted 10 arrest without demanding To
hear the warrant read. From there the
party went 10 Independence, Mo, where
Dr Hyde was arraigned before Justice
". F. LOar. The physician pleaded not
guilty. He was released on a bond of
$4,000. His preliminary hearing was
set for February L.
Prosecution { FDr limo oT.Fcf111IT ,,4a,,,,-.l
To have the bond fixed at $4,000. But
Hyde's attorneys had arranged for
$4,000 surety, ana, as they expressed a
Willingness TO give this amount, il was
accepted
The bond was signed by +. p. Neal,
president of the Southwest National
bank, and II. F. Hail. president of the
Hall-Baker Grain company: NJ. ID.
CIuggs, a livestock dealer: William
Mclaughlin, a hOTseman, and John G.
Cleary, Frank p. Walsh and Judge
John Lucas, attorneys. These are all
wealthy.
Goodness of Hyde.
The calmest man in the Justices Of
fee in Independence was DR.. HYDE
While attorneys busted themselves
making out papers in the case. and the
few spectators WED with one another To
obtain view Of the accused pHysi-
elan, he sat near County Marshal Joel
Mayes, who made the arrest. and read a
newspaper that told of DEVELOPMENTS in
the SNopa investigation.
By the way, Mr.. Mayes." he said
folding up the paper, Il wish YOU would
call up my house and have my wife in
formed that l viii be home for dinner.
She VIII be worried about me-"
Just as soon as the bond was accent /
ed DR.. Hyde hurried TO his home in an I
automobile
The arrest followed quickly after
Judge Ralph s. Latshaw called a grand |
jury today TO investigate the death of /
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As a result of the new developments
the whole franchise matter was referred
back TO the municipal laws committee
Of the council for new report before
being presented 10 the council.
Options on all Of the land needed for
the new interuTban terminals have been
secured through the firm of Tuttie
Brothers, il is announced. and cash has
already been paid TO the owners of the
land. Ezra Thompson James D. Muir
dOCh and a few others. Plans of the
Saltair people contemplate the con-
structiOn of the terminals on the site
now occupied by McCoys livery stables,
in the rear of the Cullen hotel, on Sec
Und South street.
An option has been given on the prop
erty now occupied by the wholesale
liquor firm of Rieger x Lindley, 'front.'
ing on Second South street and viii
give the SaltaiT company fifty feet
frontage on Second South street. run
ming from the Muilet clothing store to
the Cullen hotel, and taking in both
rights OF way
Leases Have Expired.
Leases ON all of the property have
either expired or viii expire within
~" iiI'iiIl'7' dC''l uiilb 10 joseph Mel
son, one of the chief stockholders in the
Saltair company, last night He stated
that the company would not be far
enough along with its work within a
year to require the present occupants
to vacate, and that all Of the leases will
have expired before that date.
The present plans Of the company, as
outlined by Joseph Nelson and J. Z.
LaugfOTd. are for a franchise from the
city council for a line to branch off
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In broken tones Splitter bitterly ar
laigned the sugar trust.
4 started with the trust in 1850" he
said, as a boy, and by industry worked
my way, step by step, until I became
superintendent of docks at Williams
burg.
1t has been reported that I was re-
ceiving big pay from the trust. As "a
matter of fact, / got salary Of S55 a
week. The expenses of this trial have
cut into my savings and left me prac-
tiCally a ruined man.
In the alleged fraud prosecution the
government cried for a victim and the
sugar trust answered by sacrificing me
and four SIS a week checkers. None
of us was guilty of any breach of the
law, but somebody had to go to prison
10 save those higher up.
They say / had knowledge of the
manipulation of the scales at the sugar
docks. l don't think l was i'm the scale
house once during the last fifteen
years. ] had no occasion 10 enter it,
As to the corset steel said to have been
discovered in hole in set of scales,
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DRANK DEADLY POISON.

Denver. Feb. l0-Edith Seman. the 2I5-
year-old daughter Of II. W. Seman. found
a bottle containing carbolic acid while
PLAYING about the kitchen this afternoon
and drank the contents, dying within a
rev minutes. Other children PLAYING
near her sought TO take the bottle away
from her but she ran behind a chair
and drank the poison before they could
reach her.
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] know nothing about il, and seemingly
no one else except Parr, who claims to
nave found it later.
/ am going to Atlanta today. because
L directed my counsel not TO apply for
stay of execution. / did not want TO
place myself in the same sort Of a DO
sltlOn as Mr.. Morse found himself in.
i am not saying this because I anti
clpate that my conviction will be upheld
by the courts. On the contrary. on an
appeal ! expect the conviction to be re-
Versed and new trial ordered"
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TWO YEARS I'M THE FEDERAL
PRISON FOR POOR SPITZER
Former Official of Sugar Trust Bit
terly ATraiens the Men
Higher Up.

New York Feb 10The sugar trust made scapegat of me de-
serted me absolutely bounded and it faith
fully for Twenty-Five years
Thus declared Oliver Splitter dock superintendent of the Amer
can sugar kehnng company plant Williamsburg
wv" years IN the Atlanta prison imposed him today
Justice Martin Splitter conspiracy to daud by nde
weighing sugar
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whether the senate was in contempt Of
Justice Wright.
Senator Nelson sought to have the
resolution adopted by the senate so
amended as 10 permit the senators TO
appear only to test the courts juriS-
diction. and said if the recommended
tiors of tine judiciary committee were
correct, Justice Wright might be called
before the Senate for contempt.
Nj. Nelson did not defend the courts
jurisdiction, but said that. as the print
ing committee had acted under a stat
ute and not as the ordinary instrument
Of Congress. there was ground for
dOubt-SenatOT Root took the position
that the action of the court was an en-
CToaChment upon the independence Of
the Senate.
Sustaining the action OF the court on
the ground that a printing award was
an administrative rather than an leg
islative act. Mr.. Sutherland advised the
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Business and Political World
Awaiting Decision of the Su-
preme Court in Standard Oil
and Tobacco Trust Cases.
PRESIDENT STANDS BY
HIS ANNUAL MESSAGE
viii Not Be SWeNed by RU-
mOrS or FIurrieS or Other
Manifestations of the Wall
Street Bulls and Bears,
ALDRICH AT WHITE HOUSE

Washington, Feb. 10.-A confer
ence held at the White House last
night between President Taft and
Senator Aldrich is only the forerun-
ner of others in the near future, the
outcome of which probably will be
the publication of a statement deal
ing with the situation that is dis
cussed here wherever two or three
are gathered together, yet which ap-
parently nobody thus far has deemed
it prudent to make the subject Of pub
lie utterance.
The situation relates 10 the possible
consequences, financial, industrial and
political, hanging upon the decisions Of
the supreme court Of the United States
in the cases Of the American Tobacco
company and the Standard Oil COM
pany.
The immediate subject Of last nights
conference between the President and
Mr. AidriCh was the administration
proposed amendments to the interstate
commerce Law, but the effect of the
supreme court decisions IN the tobacco
and oil cases were discussed also and
will be further discussed on Monday.
Meanwhile, the President Will speak
in New York Saturday night on the sub
ject, it is said, Of Party Pledges and
How They Should Be Kept" and he is
attempting no cOncealment or modif-
cation of his intention to make the de-
cision of the supreme court the guide
OF the governments further action in
regard to corporations charged with
violations Of the Sherman antitrust
law.
viii Not SWerVe.
He makes it plain to all inquirers that
he has in noWise changed his view of
what. in his message to Congress. he
described as his duty to investigate the
conduct OF all trusts. Mr.. Taft says he
will not be swerved theTefrom by ru-
moTs OF furries or other manifestations
I'm Wall street"
The general impression here is that
the federal Incorporation bill viii not be
passed at this session. All the talk is
favorable 10 its substantial progress,
and Mr.. Taft recently disclamed any
intention OF attempting to force its
passage.
But even if it We're enacted. in its
Continued on Page g.
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CENTRAL Terminal
FOR SALTAIR ROAD

Options nearly land business heart of Salt Lake
with frontage both Second South and West Temple
been obtained by the Salt Lake company
resentng cash outlay $230000 100000 traction
terminal in prospective with later expenditures OOO
outlined night the meeting council meeting as com.
mttee Of the whole and completely upset the new
franchise for the Satair
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EFFORT TO keep AMERICAN
WOMEN FROM BEING SLAVES
Supreme Court of Illinois Asked to
Overturn Decision of Judge
TuthU.

springfed ILL., Feb 1O-Wam Calhoun United States minister
China appeared the court OF Illinois today IN
neal to have that body decision bearing the tehour law
for women Judge Tuth July held the law limiting the working day
ten unconstitutional the ground that Tng on Woans
RIGHT TO contract for the hire OF her labor
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:: Washington, Feb. 10.-Under pos :
= tive instructions of the Senate, ::
Z: Senator'S SmoOt, Bourne and :
= Fletcher the Senate members of =.
= the joint printing committee of :.
- Congress, will not respond tOmOT- ::
J row to the rule issued by Justice :.
= Wright of the district supreme ::
= court requiring them to appear be ::
- fore him. Their refusal will be ::
= based on the constitutional pre- ::
:: negatives of members of Congress ::
:. as construed by the Senate. ::
- The House late tonight adopted ::
= the majority report of the judiciary ::
= committee. recommending that the ::
:, House members Of the joint COM ::
= mittee on printing obey the sum- ::
- mons of the district supreme court ::
:: to appear before ii in mandamus ::
:: proceedings tomorrow. The House ::
:: adjourned at 11:45 p. IN. ::
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