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The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
MORE T RAU[)
D|SC[ OSED
Sugar Trust Must Make
Another Payment to
Government

New York. Dec. 24-The American
Sugar Refining company will short
ly hand to the United States govern
ment a check for 100000 In settle
ment of 4 further series OF customs
frauds, according to the New York
Herald today. This will bring the to-
tai amount recovered from this COM
pany up TO nearly S3.000000.
This latest settlement Is In connec.
ton with the socalled drawback
frauds. which have been under in.
vestigatlon since the original customs
frauds were detected two years ago,
as result of the disclosures made by
Richard Parr, The drawback" cases
grew out OF the abuses OF the tariff
provision whoreby the government
pays back TO Importers all but one
per cent OF the duty paid on imported
sugar when the sugar is imported aft
er being manufactured.
1t was alleged that the government
has been paying back to the company
more than it should during the last
nine years. 1t is expected that Il
formal offer from the sugar company
OF the 100000 agreed upon by Collect
or Loeb viii be forwarded to the treas
ury department following 4 meeting
Of the sugar companys directors next
Tuesday.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
TRY TO BLOW UP A
HUGE SMOKESTACk

Salt Lake, Dec. 2i-What appears
TO have been an attempt to blow up
the huge smokestack OF the American
smelter at Murray. said TO be the Sec
ond tallest in the United States, has
come to light
A box containing so pounds of dynn-
mite and a fuse seven feet long was
discovered in time to prevent an ex-
plosion by James Martin. an oller In
the power house. who, observing two
men lettering near the stack, decided
to investigate.
Martin was about to peer into the
box when he was felled 10 the ground
and while OH his back he was stabbed,
but fortunately his gold watch re-
celved the force OF the blow and he
was not injured. He cried for help
and his assailants took to their heels.
Further investigation showed that
one of the iron doors near the bot
tom of the smoke fue had been re-
moved, indicating that the men were
about to push the box into the space
and touch off the fuse.
The men. according to Martin, are
foreigners No reason for the appar.
ent attempt to blow up the stack can
be given.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
SOUTH AFRICA
HAS ITS PROBLEMS

Now York, Dec. 2i.-After a jour
ncy Of about 1900 miles. A Weir Ma
son. one OF the justices of the supreme
court of the new union OF South AT
rica. is in New York TO spend Christ
mas with his son. who is a student at
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. Justice Mason left Pretoria
on November l9. He will return ear.
" in January.
II doubt very much whether the
American population of South Africa
q increasing" said Justice Mason in
answer TO a question. "One reason Is
tuat we are now growing our own
men, The big lines of development
have been laid down. Tho American
engineers who were responsible have
done the big work and many have left
the country. Naturally there are few
e. coming In.
South Africa Is an interesting coun-
try We are more especially concern
cd over a problem with which you
have had to deal In this country
What are the proper relations be-
tween blacks and whites for in our
country the former are nearly five 10
one. They represent all ages. We
are always looking TO America TO see
how you arc progressing toward the
solution of this difficult problem. In
many parts OF South Africa, polygamy
between the blacks Is recognized by
statute"
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
CONDITION OF
STOCK MARKET

New York. Dec. 24.-Business in
tho stock market this week was char
acterlzed by its narrowness and un-
certain price movements. Its purely
professional character and the eX-
tremely small volume of operations
call for little comment.
Net price changes were unimpor
tant for the most part. but losses pre-.
dominated and the tone towards the
end was heavy. There was some
slackening In the demand for bonds.
but the outlook in that market is en-
couraging on the whole.
General conditions. so far as they
have to do with the industrial and
commercial development OF the coun-
try. are practically unaltered Fur
ther contraction is shown in the steel
and iron industry. This movement
has spread and now affects copper
and allied lines,
Mercantile business. more particu-
larly the retail trade. shows the nat
ural Improvement due to the holidays,
but in wholesale lines caution and
conservatism prevail
Money is now abundant at this CEN
ter. and financial Institutions are buy
ing freely of commercial paper at
reduced discounts
Railroad reports in numerous in
stances continue to show reduced
earnings and retrenchment in cxpen.
ditures is likely to hold pending re-
adjustment Of freight rates.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
D. 'AULBYS
EXONER ERA TED
Duchess Now Anxious
to Have the Whole
Case Dropped

Tours. France, Dec. 24-At the open
Ing Of court today, in the case OF the
Count and Countess" D'Aulby De
Catchy, the attorneys for the Duchess
De Cho!seul-Praslin, formerly Mre.
Chas Hamilton Paine OF Boston, au-
Nounced that they withdrew tho COM
plaint and would retire from the case.
The public prosecutor, however, In
slated that the trial be continued.
This move Afforded another surprise
ia proceedings that had been marked
daily by unexpected episodes. drama
tic situations and quick changes in
the sympathies of the spectators.
When the duchess instituted her
suit against the D'Aulbys. charging
that they had swindled her out of
$500 600 In connection with the sale OF
pictures alleged TO be spurious, she
brought an expert to court, who cir
culated the supposed master pieces.
and aSsailed the character of D'Aulby
Yesterday business and professional
men of standing testified to the homes
Is and charitable practices OF the de-
PENDANTS with a conviction that
brought tears to the eyes of the crowd
in the court room.
DAulby, in his own defense, assert
ed he had acted in good faith. He
had not guaranteed the authenticity
Of the art works and, OF they were
copies, he. too, had been deceived in
their purchase.
D'Aulby added that he had befriend-
q the Paines when they were strang.
ers In Paris. acted as a confidential
agent for them In the purchase of pic
lures and wines and eventually be-
came an intimate friend OF Mrs. Paine.
This statement caused Madame D'Aul-
by 10 rise before Judge Roberts and
denounce the complainant as one who
had sought TO destroy the happiness
CT her homo.
The Dc'AUlbys were successful In
winning the sympathy of the fashion
able folks, who have attended every
session Of the trial, and today there
was noisy pro-D'Aulby demonstra-
ton whom NJ. Streubal, addressing the
court. said the duchess wished to
abandon tho prosecution, Nothing he
said, had been proved against the
DAulbys.
NJ Berncrd, of counsel for the de-
feAse, asked the public prosecutor 10
abandon the prosecution. saying tho
defendants had promised that the
letters alleged to have been written
by the Duchess and which he said
formed the inspiration of the COM
PLANT. would be destroyed.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
DENVER & RIO GRANOE
ADMITS ITS NEGLIGENCE

Colorado Springs. Colo. Dec. 81
For what is believed to BE- the first
time on record. railroad took upon
itself in court the responsibility for
wreck I'm which there was loss OF
life. when attorneys for the Denver
& Rio Grordc railroad yesterday ask
ed permission TO amend its reply in
a damage suit BY the admission that
said collision wns the result of ueE-
ligence on the part of the railroad
company. its agents. employees and
servants. as charged in the com
plant.
The case Is one in which Mr. and
Mrs. George Frederlcks OF St Louis
seek 10 recover $4,000 for the death
of their son, Frank G Fredericks, who
was killed In collision near Hustled,
Colo, in August of 1909
The railroad is fghtIng the case
on the contention that the company is
absolyed from liability because Young
Fredoricks was riding on a pass.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
HAGTIAN EXILE DIES
IN NEW YORK CITY

New York, Dec. 2I-General Pierre
NJ. F. Frederique( one OF the leading
spirits Identified with the progressive
party in Hayu. who for years was
Identified with General Flrmin, is
dead at his home in this city OF pneu-
monia. He was IA years old.
General Frederique was born near
Portau-Prince and became a lawyer
and Journalist, rounding rImparcial a
newspaper in Port-au-Pr,nce.
In the revolution of 1902. against
Nord-AleXis. Frederique was forced In.
to exile and came TO New York
where he was the representative of
the revolutionary party. He returned
10 Hayti I'm 1909. but did not remain
long. returning to New York about
three months ago with the announce
ment that he would make this city
his permanent residence.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
WRECKAGE
TOOK FIRE
Passengers On a Train
Bound For Scotland
Burned to Death

Kirkby-Stephen. England. Dec, "a
Eight passengers were killed, some Of
them instantly. and the others burned
10 death, and twenty-five more injur-
ed in the wreck of the Scotch eX-
press. near Hawas Junction today.
The express carried 500 persons
bound for their home in Scotland to
spend Christmas. II was running at
It's ordinary speed when. near the
junction. 1t collided with a pilot en-
gine and was derailed.
Fire broke out In the wrecllage and
the whole train, with the exception Of
the locomotive and a rear baggage
car was reduced 10 ashes II was
thought at first that but two persons
had been killed and that the others
had had time 10 escape before the
flames swept through the coaches. A
search OF the debris. however. result.
ed in the discovery OF charred bodies
and by the time that the whole wreck
age had been gone through. eight
bodies had been recovered
Most of the bodies were burned be-
yond recognition.
Parents Saw Child Perish.
Among the dead was a little girl
who perished in the flames before the
eyes of her parents, who were help
less to save her
The scene OF the accident was high
up in the Pennine hills, the loftiest
section trayereed by railways in Ems
land. The isolation of the wreck
caused some delay before physicians
could reach the place.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
GOING BACK
I 0 GE ERNANY
Woman is Taking With
Her the Remains of
Her Dead

New York. Dec. 24.-Aiter living
iorty-nine years in America. Alma L..
Schmidt of Terre Haute, Ind, is jour
neying back to Germany In desert
Ing the country which had been for so
long her home. Miss Schmidt took
with her the remains OF all her rel
Otlyes who have died in this country
This she did because she did not want
TO be separated from them in death.
On board the liner with her. placed
in large coffin, are the bodies of her
father. mother. brother and sister.
which Will be buried in a plot close
TO the old home in Germany.
Miss SchmidtS father was Carl F
Schmidt. who went to Terre Haute as
n pioneer. and accumulated wealth i'll
real estate After his death and the
death of her other relatives on this
side, Miss ShcmIdt became lonesome
and decided to return to her native
land.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24

Fort Wayne. Ind, Dec 24.-In a
bead-on collision at Nevada. O., early
today between weetbound passenger
train No. 10 and eastbound express
train No on the Pennsylvania rail,
road. six persons were killed and n
half dozen others injured none, 1t Is
believed. fatally.
The Dead.
CHRISTIAN G. CRAIG, engineer OF
eastbound train. Fort Wayne.
CLARENCE c, MILLER, engineer
of westbound train, Fort Wayne.
DEWITT c. BEEBE, basgageman.
Fort Wayne.
WILLIAM A DOWLER. passenger.
Chicago.
GEORGE Fl. HORTON. baggage
man, Fort Wayne
- FRElDSTEIN. passenger. Chi
cago.
Signal Oisreearded.
The wreck, 1t is reported, was caus-
ed by the engineer OF the eastbound
train disregarding the block signals.
1t is said they had run three blocks
when the crash came
Miller was n student engineer and
about TO be promoted from freight to
passenger service. and was making a
trip with Engineer Craig.
The injured were brought to Fort
Wayne
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
WIDOW AND ORPHAN
TO BE CARED FOR

Chicago, Dec. 2i.-The relief com
mlttee organized to collect money for
the families OF the flremen who lost
their lives in the stock yards fire
Thursday have fixed S250,0Oo as the
goal
The number Of dependents resulting
from the disaster is about 100. Il
the funds suffice. therefore, the ar
rangements for financial aid will pro
vide $4,000 to each widow. to be in
vested so that she may enjoy the In
come therefrom during her lifetime.
after which It will so 10 the children
or other dependents of the dead fire.
men. For every child left fatherloss,
the same sum is to be invested, the
principle to be paid when the benefic-
iary has reached the age Of Il years.
Money Tor present needs VIII be-
given at once, debts will be paid and
if any fireman home has a mortgage
it viii be lifted. so that his family
may begin life anew and without In
teTest burdens.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
BIGGEST CHRISTMAS
MAIL IN NEW YORK

New York. Dec. "a. - While late
shoppers were surging through the
crowded. sloppy streets OF the retail
districts in pouring rain today. I'm.
Gle Sans mail men were busy deliv-
erins what Is said to be the biggest
Christmas mail ever handled by tho
local postoffice.
The general postoncc. with its so
branch stations, was the real holiday
storm center, IL being calculated that
upwards Of 100000 pieces of mail
were being handled
Records were broken also. it is be-
lleVed. In the volume OF Christmas
mail received this year. The calcula-
,ion Is that more than 10000. 900 let.
ters and post cards and about sc, ,OoO.-
QUO pieces OF the lower classes of mail
were brought here in the q $50 sacks
carried by the five late arriving trans
Atlantic liners.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
I HERE Will |
Be NO 5 RIKE
Unde rstand ding Been
Reached in Engineers
Grievances

Chicago, Dec, 24.-"No strike on the
railroads west. north and south OF Chi.
oago by the engineers"
This was the brief announcement
given out today nj the close of the
midday conference between the rail.
way managers. the engineers, repre-,
sented by Grand Chief Warren S.
Stone of the brotherhood or Locomo-
tive Engineers, and Charles p. Neill,
mediator.
None of the details of the plan of
Mediator Charles P. NeiT was given
out with the first announcement. 1t
was explained that the features of
the agreement would have TO he drawn
up and would be given out later
The statement provides for a gener.
al increase for the employees of 10 l-S
per cent. which, on normal service.
amounts to about forty cents day.
Continued on Page Seven)
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
HELD BY ONE HAND
UNTIL RESCUED

Denver. Dec. 24.-Plunging from the
eighth story Of building, upon which
he was at work, H. w. Tatton, car.
penter, yesterday stopped his fall by
catching a steel gIrder on the floor
below and hung suspended by one
hand for twenty minutes before he
was rescued from his perilous posi-
ton, seventy feet above the pave
ment.
Tatton kept his head and directed
his rescuers, finally placing the moose
of a lowered rope about him with his
free hand
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
KID MCoY'S THIRD
MATRIMONIAL VENTURE ENDED

New York, Dec. 2i-Judge PIatz,
In the supreme court today, signed an
interlocutory decree Of divorce In ia
vor of Mrs Lillian EstalIa SeIby
against Norman Selby. known to the
prize ring as Kid Mccoy. Mrs Sci
by charged her husband with a statu-
tory offcnsc
Mrs. Selby was the widow of Edw.
c. Ellis, also known ao Bud" Ellis
Ellis left her fortune estimated at
a million dollars with part of which
Selby embarked in the diamond busi-
ness shortly after he married Mrs.
Ellis Selbys matrimonial ventures
thus far number five.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
AmERlCAN-CHlNESE SCHOOL
IN Annoy, CHINA

Washington, Dec. 2I.-Amoy, China,
is probably the headquarters of the
only secular Americana Chinese school
in China, according TO consular re-
ports. This was erected in 1898 at
cost of $4,000 gold, the money being
contributed solely by Chinese, and
since its erection II has been sup
ported entirely by Chinese subscrip-
tions, The officers of the institution
are Americans. The American consul
Is eX-oficlo chairman OF the board Of
directors.
A majority of the Chinese In the
Philippines come from Annoy. OF the
G5.000 In the islands, it Is estimated
that IS per cent are natives of that
city.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
Entered Second Class Matter at the Postoce Ogden Utah

the title winners. The loving cup Is
twelve inches high. made of sterling
silver. with gold-washod bowl anl
mounted on an eishtlnch base OF eb-
ony-
The league meeting, which VIII not
be he'll until the middle of January.
promises to be the most strenuous
affair In the history OF the circuit,
The matter of Qulncy's admission has
already broken the league into two
rival faction. the four southern clubs
pavoriHg franchise grant TO the for
Elcr Central association team. while
the four northern clubs are opposed
10 such action.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
METHODIST GOVERNOR
REFUSES TO DANCE

Omaha. Neb. Dec. 2i.-There will
be no inaugural ball at Lincoln when
Chester H. Aldrich. governor-elect, is
inducted into Office Jan. 5. That has
been settled by Mr.. Aldrich himself.
who said yesterday:
There Will be a reception. but
there will be no dancing"
Mr. Aldrich Is a member OF the
Methodist church and says he cannot
countenance dancing The reception
Incident TO the Inauguration will be
held at the state house.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
DIED AT 100 YEARS.

Appleton. Wis, Dec. 2i.-Mrs. Anna
Lehman died this morning at the age
of 100 years and six months She
was born In Germany and last Febru.
AIRY celebrated her Tooth birthday an
aiversary, with a big German picnic
at which she danced the Minuet and
sang German songs. She Is survived
by three children. thirteen grandchil-
dren. seventeen great grandchildren
and one great great grandcAild
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
SEVEN MILLION In
PITTSBURG PAYDAY

PIttsburg. Dec. 2i.-PaySnasters IN
the Industrial plants in the Pittsburg
district completed their work today
when the last of s7000,000 was dis.
tributed 10 the men.
II Is one of the largest pay days
In the history of the district and in
cludes the men employed by the steel,
coal and coke industry as vel as the
river interests. One corporation paid
seven thousand men on Friday in or
der that their families might have
the money for shopping carly Satur.
day. Others have been distributing
funds throughout the week.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
!RE. I'LL
UNSUb[)UED
Flames Still Continue to
Shoot Up from
the Ruins

Chicago. Dec 2i-The stockyards
fire, in which twcnty-four lives were
lost, was still unsubdued today.
Flames continued TO shoot upward
through thick clouds of smoke from
the ruins or Morris and Company's
beef warehouse but no additional
spread OF the fire had occurred and
none gas expected.
Dozens of streams Of water were
being poured on the smouldering mass
and probably viii be ior some days
to come
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
Chill DRE=N
ARE F ROzEN
Neglect Causes a Most
Distressing Tragedy in
Grand Forks

Grand Forks. n. D., Dec 24,-That
the flye-year-old son of Michael OFT
of Richardson, y. D.. froze to death as
the result of his parents neglect, is
the verdict of the coroner's jury that
investigated the case today. A sister.
years old. who WAS with the boy,
will probably die.
The children disappeared from the
house about noon and IL was evening
before neighborS weer called TO help
search for them.
They were found at the rear of
their home, one dead and the other
with her legs frozen from the knees
down and both arms frozen.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
NO FLAG RAISING
FOR SPRINGFIELD TEAM

Chicago. Dec. 2i.-There will be no
flag raising at the Springfield "Three
L" league park this season. despite the
fact that the Springfield team cap
tured the pennant last season. IL
there is any KIND of lifting. it will
be a cup lifting. for the Springfield
magnate Will find large loving cup
/ nhiS stocking tomorrow. President
Tierney will begin 10 fight shy OF the
time-honored precedent this year and
award something more substantial
than piece OF bunting as a reward for
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
OPIUM FOUND STORED
AWAY ON A SHIP

San Francisco. Dec 24-Customs
inspectors yesterday discovered rs
tins OF opium. valued at $4,000, on the
liner Asia The drug was concealed
between the lining and wall of the
dining room. A small crack In the
molding surrounding a panel was no.
ticed by a searcher. and closer in.
spectlon revealed that the panel had
been tampered with.
When 1t was removed dozen cans
Of opium fell TO the floor.
This is the first large seizure of
opium made at this port since last
February. The drug will be destroy
ed.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24

conversion of North Adams from the
ranks of the license cities to those
of the no-license. indicated by the
vote at the annual city election last
Tuesday. was short lived, for a re
count has Just shown i majority of
votes for licenses,
When the votes were first count
ed they gave a majority of / vote for
no license. The discovery OF four
defective ballots practically decided
the result The vote as recorded
gives; Yes. 1.iS0; no. 1,473.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24

be no Christmas tree at the exccu.
tive mansion this year for the pleas.
ure of the little children of jefferson
Clp.
An epidemic of scarlet fever pre-.
yqSls in the city, and physicians have
requested Governor and Mrs. Hadley
TO abandon the annual Christmas
tree. The governor says. however,
that the children shall have tree at
Easter
Last year an epidemic of measles
was raging in the city during the hol.
idays. The Christmas tree at the
mansion that year drew q great crowd
of children, and as a result the three
Hadleys fell III with the measles.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-24
TEN DOLLARS A MINUTE

New York. Wee 24-Ten dollars n
minute is the value a New York jury
has attached TO the time of Lawyer
Samuel c Z. HERMAN, who sued the
owners OF a downtown office building
Tor damages for false Imprisonment
because he was locked In a room ten
minutes by janitor The jury gave
BIN a verdict OF 500.