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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-02

Is the weatherman going 10 let the
dry wheat crop go up the spout because
ho sends so little rain down out of it?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-02

But if it were impossible 10 fool
people. what would our bogus prophets
do for a livingl
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-02

OF course. on Saturday father will
90 to the circus Just to take the
children
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-02

New Polygamist Peter Lennon will
find that The Tribune is no Lennon
aid
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-02

on June .. 1913, occurred The battle Of
Lake Champlaln, 1t Is the birthday OF
John Randolph (of Roanoke) in 1113 ,
Maj.-Gen. Philip kearney (1Sl5. John
g, SAKE. the poet GSi6); George II, Cor
llss the inventor GSID: and Willard
Salisbury, the Delaware statesman
QS20).
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-02
Thursday, June 2, 1910.

Dry farmers want rain. a Tribune
want ad. might do the business.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-02

cent kelsches may not be suspected OF
having tho polygamous disease.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-02
STORIES OF SUCCESS
JAMES A. GARFIELD

OF indomitable
e n e r g y. great
d re a M S, a n d
lofty id c a I S,
James A. Gar
field began life u
. poor boy In the
wilderness o f
Ohio, where he
was born in 1881.
Schooling in that
day was scant,
the school term
short, but James
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-02

was rare pupil for one of his age.
and his progress was rapid He
earned his first dollar planning one
hundred pine boards, and gained for
himself the title of "the boy car
penter.3
He loved work, and when mule
driving on the canal boat Gwen
ing star" fell in fourteen times.
and nearly lost his life.
He earned his wav through
Hiram College, rang the bell, SWEPT
out, carpentercd on SATURDAYS, and
all the time was careful of his
money.
Not all of us can be presidents,
but every one can be saving and
spend less.
Open a savings account with this
bank and you will become earnest
TO save regularly and add to il as
you can.
We pay per cent interest on the
principal, and the whole of il or
any part of it is ready any time for
your instant demand.
UTAH SAVINGS G. TRUST
COMPANY.
Salt Lake City, Utah
In the Business Heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10

PIANOS REPAIRED STORED HAULED.
hacked and shipped to all parts Of the world.
HUGO wORCH, no G.
my21-1y.6 Pianos for rent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
PALMISTRY.
OVERLAPPING DRY DOCKS.
Are to Be Widened to Width of Pan
anna Canal Locks.

Secretary Meyer is making a personal
inquiry into the progress of the work Of
enlarging the dry docks under the recent
appropriations, which have just become
available. He stated that 10 foot
width would be the basis of all future
dry docks to meet the same width in
the locks on the Panama canal.
The New York dry dock. on which
third contractor is now at work, the
others having failed to meet the govern
ment's requirements, will be wtdened
10 10 feet, and heightened to 100 feet.
The increase in cost of that dock will be
81 600 GOo0 Much trouble has been found
in the New York work. bottom having
feen finally found below the boiling
springs and on the actual glacial rock.
The Norfolk dock, which Secretary Mey-
er hopes will be eventually replaced with
an entirely new one Will be heightened
to 732 feet. but will not be widened. BY
putting in a partition at the end the
department proposes to have uninter
rupted use of the dock while ii is being
heightened under a maximum expense of
Sos0G0D.
The Bremerton dock will be widened
from 10J feet to 10 feet, but its 500
feet of length will not be disturbed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
MILLIONS FOR MARKsMANsH1P.
Costs Lots of Money to Teach Sailor
men How to Shoot.

Between one and two millions a year
is the cost of the best naval marks
manship on the earth. Just after the
Spanish war the Americans began to
realize fully the truth of the epigram:
Its the shots that hit that count"
In 1903 the yearly cost of target prac-
tice. per battleship. was about $5O. 900: at
that time it was estimated that when all
vessels then building were completed the
target bills would foot up $2,69O,OOo.
There were then no dreadnoughts with
ten or a dozen twelve-inch guns to eat
up money. What the bill will be when
there is a fleet of 21,S25-ton monsters
like the Utah is problematical.
There are so many indirect expendi-
lures connected with target practice that
it is almost impossible to get at the
real outlay. One of these is the deterio-
ration of the guns. The life of an ordi-
nary twelve-inch rifle is about $50 shots.
After they have been fired, If the piece
is not altogether useless. 1t has to be
thoroughly overhauled to render it fit for
service.
Another item not figured in the naval
appropriations is the life-size targets
the old vessels like the ram Katahdin,
which are battered to pieces to ascertain
the effects of the shells on armor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
GEN. WOOD Is COMING.
Army Chief of Staff Sailed Yester-
day From SOUTHAMPTON.

Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. chief of staff
Of the army, who represented the Unit
ed States government at the Argentine
centennial celebration, sailed from
Southampton, England, yesterday, on
the American liner ST. Paul, due in
New York next Thursday Or Friday
Information to that effect has been re-
ceived at the State Department.
Gen. Wood will Immediately take up
his duties as chief Of staff, Of which
appointment he had been barely ap-
prised when he had to leave on his
South American mission. One Of his
first tasks will be to go over the es-
Inmates for the next fiscal year and
the plans of the present year with
Acting Secretary Oliver. The work Of
the head of the army has been kept
up to date by Gen. Carter. the acting
chief of staff, SO that the new head.
who was but few years ago physician
to President Mckinley, will have to
wrestle only with the current matters.
On Gen. Woods arrival in Washing
ton, Brig. Gen. T. H. Bliss. who has
been assisting Gen. Carter at the War
Department, will go. to San Francisco
and assume command Of the Depart
mont Of California. He will relieve
Maj. Gen. Barry, who wilr be trans
ferred to West Point, N. Y, for duty
as superintendent of the United States
Military Academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
AUCTION OF PUBLIC LANDS.
President Orders Opening Of Valua-
BILE Tract in Oklahoma.

BY proclamation of President Taft
1876 acres of land near Ell Reno. Okla.
which were formerly within the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe Indian reservation
have been opened for settlement. These
lands are said to be the most valuable
ever offered for sale by the government.
The lands will be sold at public auc-
ton at Ell Reno November Is, in tracts
not exceeding eighty acres each. to per-
sons qualified to make homestead entries.
One-ffth of the purchase price and the
usual homestead fees and commissions
must be paid on the day of the pur-
chase. and the remainder in six equal
annual installments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
SUGAR REFINERY CLOSES.
Caused by Activity of Thirty Dis
contented LaborerS.

NEW YORK, July 9.-Thirty truculent
laborers caused an indefinite shutdown
today Of the Hayemeyer & Elder re
finery of the American Sugar Refining
Company, the nucleus around which the
so-called sugar trust grew up and which,
when running full blast, employees 1900
men.
Less than a fortnight ago the thirty.
chiefly Poles, Lithuanans and Hungar-
ians, went on strike for higher wages.
Since then they have succeeded in So
terrorizing the entire working force that
the plant has been greatly hampered
When 100 drivers refused to go 70
work today Supt. Poole gave up in 6lS.
gust.
We'll just shut down. he said. The
loyal employees will be transferred 20
other refineries of the company. This
one will stay closed until these forty
trouble-makers learn that the company
can get along without them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
WASHINGTON POSTAL INCOME.
Receipts for June $16,275.08, and
for Year $123.233.77.

Receipts of the Washington post Office
for the month Of June amounted to $16,-
273OS, and for the fiscal year ending
June 80, to $1o3 .23377
The receipts for June are the largest of
any month of the year except July of
last year. when they amounted to $22,-
1924, and November. when they amount
ed to S19.5o3. s. For the last quarter Of
the fiscal year ending June 30 theA
amounted to $32O19.S7
They were derived from the following
sources: Sale Of stamped paper, $11S,-
22.43: second-class postage. $4,696. 81 /:
third-class postage on purely printed
matter, such as circulars and unbound
books. $116.43; box rents. $11O63; sale Of
waste material. $1O564, and surplus de-
rived from sales of stamped envelopes
and newspaper wrappers in fractional
lots, $24.9O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
GOATS PULL HIS CARRIAGE,
Frontiersman Taking Novel Trip
Across the Continent.
pecial Dispatch to The Sta

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WILMINGTON. Del. July Capt. v.
Edwards arrived in Wilmington today
in a carriage drawn by angora goats
over a 3.00O-mile route. He is en- route
to Washington. He is frontiersman
and a cripple. While he. cannot walk
he can ride any horse. He is interested
in goat raising and decided at his home
in San Diego. Cal, to go to Washing
ton and see the government officials.
Edwards wants the government to
take up the stocking Of the deserts
with angora goats. He is accompanied
by four men who will pull the carriage
on the return from Washington to San
Diego. The goats will be placed in a
light van and hauled with Edwards
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
ROBERTS WANTED HERE
CHARGED WITH WORKING A
CLEVER SWINDLE.
Will Be Rearrested as He Leaves
Maryland Penitentiary
This Morning.

When William II. Roberts walks out
Of the Maryland penitentiary In Baiti-
more this morning after having COM
pleted term Of eighteen months for
swindling he will be rearrested by De
tectives O'Dea and Evans of this city
on warrants charging him with working
clever little con game in this city
upward of two years ago.
Miss Bertha Patton, cashier for the
Elite Laundry, 2l17 14th street: Miss
Mary E. Hunter. cashier for the Reming-
ton Typewriter Company. 1910 New York
avenue; Miss Helen E. Moore. cashier
for Miller Bros, coal dealers. Oil III
street northwest, and Mrs. Isabelle S.
Kelly. wife of a real estate dealer, are
four of his victims. 1t is believed that as
many more charges will be filed against
him when he is returned here.
The. game operated by the prisoner was
one in which few persons would have sus-
pected the operator Of being a crook.
Roberts, according to the statements of
his alleged victims. operated IN this
city between February and June Of last
he operated similar game in Baltimore
and was caught.
Roberts Clever Methods.
Roberts, who is forty years old. would.
it is charged, enter a business place
carrying an envelope already addressed
and containing a special delivery stamp.
He would make the statement that he
wanted to send a twenty-dollar bill away
by mail and asked for a bill for twenty
one-dollar notes. At some places he is
said to have represented that he had
been sent by neighbor. so that it was
an easy matter for him to get accommo-
dated.
When the twenty-dollar bill was handed
to him he would pretend he was placing 1t
in the stamped envelope, although he really
secreted 1t in his sleeve or pocket. and
about the time he had finished sealing
the envelope the person who had &C
commodated him would realize there was
but $40 in the roll handed over the
counter and call his attention to the
shortage.
Il guess you are mistaken" said the
apparently surprised man, counting the
money and admitting the mistake.
Il don't want to spoil the envelope" he
would tell his victim, holding the $40,
and you just hold it until I get the
other dollar
In each instance he walked out with
the twenty dollar bill and the $40 in bills
leaving with his victim the stamped en-
velope containing a worthless piece OF
paper.
Shortly after his arrest in Baltimore
copies Of his photograph were sent here
and they promptly identified him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
SURVEY OF PUBLIC DOMAIN.
New System Authorized by Congress
Is Being Inaugurated.

Four parties already have started work,
five will go out this week and seventy
soon will be put in the field by Com
missioner bennett of the general land
Office, under the new scheme by which
the public domain is to be surveyed by
employees of the government, rather than
through the contract system. The parties
now in the field are working in Ne
braska.
Arthur D. Kidder of Indiana and Frank
M. Johnson of Wyoming have been ap-
pointed supervising surveyors These two
officials will examine the work of the
surveyors as it progresses 1t is expected
they will meet In Denver Monday for
the purpose of formulating plans to push
the work.
Chief Du Bots Of the division of SURVEYS
Of the general land office left Washing
ton yesterday for the field to assist In
mapping out the plans and getting the
new system installed.
The new plan was authorized at the
last session of Congress and it is said
will eliminate enormous delays heretofore
encountered under the contract scheme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
NEBRASKA CITY COMPLAINS.
Declares the Railroads Discriminate
in Favor of Rival Towns.

A commercial contest between three
cities of Nebraska was instituted yester-
day before the interstate commerce COM
mission by Fremont. Neb.
complaint was instituted by the Ere
mont Commercial Club against the Chi
cago. Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Company and several other Interstate car
riers. alleging that the rates on coal from
points in the states of Kansas. Missouri.
Arkansas and Oklahoma to Fremont were
unreasonable. preferential and discrimi-
natory as compared with the rates from
the same points of origin to Omaha and
Lincoln. Neb. The commission was re-
quested to adjust the rates on an eQuita-
BILE basis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
STILL HAS FAITH IN PERU.
State Department Discredits Reports
of Warlike Activity.

Another rumor Of alleged Peruvian
activity on the Ecuadorean frontier has
been brought to the attention Of the
United States, which joined with Brazil
and Argentina as mediators in the boun-
Diary disputes between Peru and Ecuador.
This government it was said at the
State Department, cannot bring itself to
believe that any warlike activity exists
with the knowledge or sanction of Peru.
The American government is understood
to be satisfied that Peru, like Ecuador.
has been scrupulously observant of the
first condition of the acceptance of the
mediation. the withdrawal of forces from
the boundary and the rehabilitation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
HELD ON KIDNAPPING CHARGE.
Accused Man, Aged Thirty-Six, Is
Second Husband of Grandmother.

NORFOLK. Va. July an. C. Pierce,
aged thirty years, who was arrest
ed last night upon the charge Of at
tempting TO kidnap Gladys B. Wood
house. his six-year-old step-grand-
daughter. was arraigned today. and his
case was adjourned to July IL. Pierce
was released on $500 bail
1t was charged that Pierce was about
to leave for Philadelphia with the child
when taken into custody. The defend
ant is the second husband of the child's
grandmother. aged forty-eight. whose
daughter, and mother of the child, ia
twenty-five years Of age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
ARMOR PLATE DEFECTIVE.
Some One Must Pay for Repairs to
New North Dakota.

Bubbles or "spalls'' or the armor
plate of the battleship North Dakota
were noticed by Secretary of the Navy
Meyer when he made his recent inspec-
ton of that vessel. he said yesterday.
The substitution of new plates was or
dered Immediately. and there was no dim
mutton Of the vessels usefulness on &C.
count of the rectif1cation. Whether the
present methods in relation to furnishing
armor plate attain the highest effective
ness is conjectural.
The question Of fixing the responsibility
for the defective plates. involving the
broad question of who should bear the
cost of taking Off and replacing any of
the faulty ones. rests with Assistant Sec
rotary Winthrop. Mr.. Winthrop is due to
return here early this week. and the re-
port on the whole matter will be SUBJ
mitted to him by Solicitor Butler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
LOOK OUT FOR METEORS
UNUSUAL FLIGHT PROMISED
THIS MONTH AND NEXT.
Astronomers Declare They Are Frag-
ments From the Tails of De-
caying Comets.

If astronomical predictions are fulfilled
there will be seen during this month
and next dense crowds. Of meteors equal
in luster to the brightest stars, darling
from east to west across the sky, with
enormous apparent velocities. They
are said to be by the best astronomical
authorities the dust of decaying comets
Halley's comet has just passed out OF
our solar system, and has left in its
wake a disintegrated tail from which
fragments will revolve independently IN
parallel orbits, first as swarm family,
then developing into slower moving par
ticles, similar to the August meteors
that moved in the same orbit with the
bright comet Of 1862, thus verifying the
prediction that the comet would ap-
pear under another form, that star
shower might have sprung from and
would commemorate its dissolution.
This month there is to be an active
display from Aquarius which, appar-
emily, reaches its maximum from July
% to 81. although the meteors may con-
tinue to fall from the same center
during the first half of August Many
early Perseids are displayed this month,
although the latter are different class
of meteors from the Aquarids.
Difference in Meteors.
Those which are directed from Perseus
are of the swift streaking order, while
those from Aquarius are Of the slow
trained variety. with long flights ra-
dating from low altitude.
This year astronomers say that both
the Aquarids and Perseids may be OBJ
served to advantage, as the moon Will
offer little interference, as August II.
when we are led to expect the greatest
abundance of meteors, the moon will
set at 1000 pm, and leave us with
the darkness of a starlight sky, time
In which meteors may be seen at their
best
What is required is a series of beautt-
fully transparent skies, such as is often
seen during the first half Of August.
Observers should seize such opportuntie:
as are available and determine the place
Of the radiant and horary rate of me-
teoric apparitions on every clear night.
The individual path OF those meteorS
equal to or brighter than first magni-
tude stars should be carefully recorded.
Unusual Display Expected.
The last five years have furnished
average display Of Perseids. and it i:
now the consensus of opinion from the
leading astronomers Of the world that
there is some reason to expect richer
shower of midsummer meteors than there
has been for many years.
They say that countless thousands OF
those meteors are but the minute frag-
ments of the masses of decaying comets
passing through our solar system, anc
when the earth encounters swarm OF
these fragments meteorio shower Is
produced, thus proving that loosely ag.
glomerated mass such as there is every
reason to believe cometory nuclei to
be- are but the aftermath of dying COM
cts, of which science does not pretend
to track their further wanderings through
space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
CHANGES IN DEPARTMENTS.
Commerce and Labor Appointments
designations and Promotions.

Appointments, reinstatements, promo
tons and designations in the various bu-
reaus of the Department OF Commerce
and Labor have been announced as fol-
lows:
Appointments-Patric L. Collins. New
York; Stanley r. Lynn, Connecticut;
Michael A. Donnelly, New York: Joseph
A. Springer. New York; Israel H. Bloch,
New York, clerks at 5000, bureau of i'm
migration and naturalization; Joseph c.
Pearson, District of Columbia, assistant
physicist at $1,4OO per annum; Raymond
L. Sanford, Vermont, laboratory assist
ant at 81 200 per annum; Floyd c. Wea-
yer, Indiana, laboratory assistant at ST.
200 per annum; Orville s. Peters. Mon
tana, labOrat assistant at $1,000 per
annum: Ernest f. Weibel. Kansas, lab
oratory assistant at $1,000 per annum;
Harry 8. Quackenbush. jr., Oklahoma,
laboratory assistant at $1,000 per annum,
bureau Of standards.
Reinstatements-George E. Hartshorn.
Maryland. messenger boy at $3.50 per an
mum. office of the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor; Lafayette l.. Lyon. New
York, laborer at $500 per annum bureau
of standards.
Resignations-George r. Putnam, Iowa.
assistant at $4,000. coast and geodetic
survey, following appointment as COM
missioner Of lighthouses; James H. Gun
bingham, Massachusetts. car laborer at
$72O per annum. bureau of fisheries.
Fromotions-Howard NJ B!andy, New
Jersey, from 81. 400 per annum to clerk
at 81, COO per annum; Leo B. Russell, LIS
trict Of Columbia, from $1,000 per an
mum to clerk at $1.400 per annum: ].
Louis Bixler, Pennsylvania from $1,000
per annum to clerk at $1,000 pr annum:
Charles E. Booth, jr.. Nebraska, from
$500 per annum to clerk at $1,000 per
ann,,rn hllreau Of Immigration and nat
from 81 600 per annum to assistant at
81 800 per annum, coast and geodetic sur
Vey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
SICK MIDSHIPMEN BETTER.
Have Been in Hospital at Plymouth
With Typhoid Fever.

Word reached the Navy Department
YESTERDAY from the commander of the
Naval Academy practice squadron, now
on a foreign cruise. that Midshipmen
Glen \. Smith and Richard E. Byrd who
are ill with typhoid fever at the Royal
Naval Hospital at Plymouth, Eng, are
progressing favoraby.
June 10 the date of this report, Smith
was practically convalescent and Byrd
had passed the crisis These nddshipmen
have been ordered TO proceed to the
Naval Academy at Annapolis on dis
charge from the hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
RAIN CHECKS FOREST FIRES.
Burned Area in Wisconsin Extends
Many Miles, With Heavy Loss.

CHIPPEWA FALLS. Wis, July o.
Rain this morning temporarily checkea
the forest fires which have been raging
for several days in the pine woods north
Of this city. which have already caused
losses aggregating more than a million
dollars.
The burned area extends about fifty
miles north Of Prentice and about forty
miles wide between Stanley and Thorpe
Several farmers in the district have been
burned out and scores are Frustrated
fighting to save homes and crops. The
heaviest losers are lumber and logging
companies Twenty-Five villages mar
rowly escaped destruction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
BATTLESHIPS TO BE RUSHED.
Bids for Contract Vessel to Be in
October /.

Plans and specifications of the two
new battleships authorized by Congress
must be ready, according to decision
reached by Secretary Of the Navy Meyer
yesterday, in time to receive bids by
October 1. for the one to be built by
contract. The other will be constructed
in the New York navy yard
It was decided also that bids on the
six new destroyers authorized should be
ready by September 1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
ARE NOT FOR v1vIsECr10N.
Surgeon General Wyman Explains
Why He Is Buvinp Rabbits.

Fear Of an nti-vivisection crusade caus-
ed Surgeon General Wyman OF the public
health and marine hospital service to ex-
plain yesterday that large quantities of
live rabbits. which the service is buying
at Is cents each. will be used only for
making serums and antitoxins. None Of
the Dummies" are to be dissected alive.
The rather unusual price for rabbits
attracted attention and the surgeon gen.
eral FASTENED to make clear that he has
no quarrel with the anti-vivisection So
ciety.