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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-24

Colonel Clowry, in his letter OF res
ignation. says:
7 hereby tender my resignation as
president OF your company. 10 take eff
feet today. Having been continuously
engaged in the telegraph business for
more than fifty years. / feel that l am
entitled II retire from the service and
take much needed rest"
Mr. Vail. who succeeds Mr.. CloWry,
began his business life as an operator.
The Vail family was connected with the
earliest development Of the telegraph.
Alfred Vail. uncle of the new head OF
the Western Union, was partner Of
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only cabinet officers and others with
whom the President desires to consult
regarding his message viii be formal
~ received at the White House The
document viii be ready either the night
or the 2Sth or early on the 29th. The
President Will deal in the message
with his visit TO Panama. making rec
concentrations on a number of sub
jects which he desires considered with
view TO early legislation.
COincident with the Presidents re-
turn il was learned there is not the
slightest prospect for an extra session
Of Congress following the coming short
session.
President Taft had an interesting
day in Richmond the most important
features of which were an informal ad-
dress on the Panama canal at the
luncheon given in his honor and an ad-
dress before the Virginia educational
conference.
Aroused Much EnthuSiaEm.
The President in his Panama speech
attempted in a way 10 describe the con-
ditiOns he found and he aroused in
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lantie Seaboard Shippers. In summing
up the scientific management testi-
mony, reiterated his request that the
commission conduct an Independent in
Vesugatiou if il believed that the rail-
roads have not introduced such scien-
rific methods and he believed that he
had produced evidence 10 show they
had not, lie said the use of the recent
wage Increases as an excuse for rate in
creases pointed 10 an Increase OF the
burdens of the American public.
He called attention TO what lac de-
scTibed as a prediction Of the heads Of
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great trunk lines. that the pending in
creases We're only an earnest of what
is TO come-that the public is TO ex-
pect and became accustomed 10 a pro-
gressive rise in rates throughout the
country.
Mr. Brandeis assumed that the burden
of proof was on the railroads TO show
whether they have put into operation
economies which he did not believe ex-
listed and that those economics should
first be practiced before making ad
Vances.
Charles b. Going. managing editor Of
Continued on Page Eighth
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Professor Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor
Of the telegraph.
NeWcOmb Charlton Of the British
Westinghouse company was TODAY
elected a Western UniOn vice president.
Colonel CloWry continues as a direc-
tor and a member Of the executive COM
mittee of the Western Union. He was
a farmers boy By birth and a man Of
the wires by instinct.
When he was years old he left tie
farm in VIII county, Illinois, on which
he was born seNenty-tWO years ago.
and worked without pay for six months
CONTINUED ON Page Eighth
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Exchange place blazed with all the
glory OF a miniature Broadway from
the early evening hours until midnight,
while upwards of 5000 guests alighted
from motor cars and carriages and
waited in long lines for entrance to the
club. During the first hour of the
opening, the lines extended from the
club entrance 10 Main street.
Inside the building a spirit of ele-
ganee was everywhere. From the main
rOtunda a tide OF humanity at its best
swept upward 10 the tNpmost floor,
perYading all available space and NOV
ing in bewildering eddies through the
maze OF beauty that makes the club
rooms unsurpassed.
Feminine beauty graeed and FREEDOM
mated the entire affair. Attired with
the taste and elegance that only Salt
Lake women can assume. they turned
out in thousands, bringing TO the gath
ering a dash of brilliance and beauty
that made il the premier social event
OF the winter
Reception a Success.
The reception was 4 success from
every standpoint. Nothing was left UNI
done 10 welcome the thrOngs from first
10 last. and when the last echo had
fled With the last carriage from EX-
Continued ON Page FOurteenD
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ALL RECORDS
ARE SMASHED
j. Armstrong Drexel Climbs
$3.50 Feet in the Air and
Sets New Altitude Mark for
Future Ambitious Aviators.

n PHILADELPHIA, Nov. III. Arm
strong DreXel broke all aero
plane altitude records here today
when he climbed above this city until
his BieriOt was unable 10 make further
progress In the rarifled air. The Ink
needle of his barOgFaph was al 1870
feet, which was accepted new
worlds record tonight by Clifford II.
Harmon, chairman of the National As
ISOLATION of Aero Clubs of America.
and james King Duffy, the secretary of
that body.
The instrument is the same one which
tombstone carried when he made the
former record of S,714 feet at Belmont
park on October 81. Ii was brought 10
this city today under the seal of MIR.
Duffy In order that the record made
would be official.
Mr. DreXel left the aviation field at
Point Breeze. in the extreme southern
part of the city. at 1928 He landed at
Oreland, about twenty miles north of
the spot where he had started. at 4:46.
In his climb he had Travelled at least
thirty miles TO the nOrthWard, for
when he started 10 descend, after try
ing for fifteen minutes to force the
machine higher, he glided down for a
distance which he estimated tonight at
about six miles.
So swiftly did the mbnoplane descend
that the aviator was nauseated. How
ever, he reached an open field, and
brought his machine to the. ground
without injury. He at once notified the
officials at the aviation field of his
landing. Clifford b. Harmon and Ora
hame- White left for Oreland in an au-
tOmObile and brought the aviator and
the Paragraph, still under the seal, TO
this city.
Tried for 10000 Feet.
NFp naval cold fonfc~Frf fhar 17a rt-o1r1a
fly the machine back to the aviation
field tomorrow morning. He was
greatly disappointed when he found
that the Paragraph had failed to regis
ter an even ten thousand feet.
THE air was so light il was impOs-
sible to make the machine ascend an
other foot he said. The engine would
not carry il any further, and l was up
at the extreme altitude for more than
fifteen minutes, jumping the machine
in an effort to secure a greater height"
Mr.. DreXel tonight said that. while it
was very cold, yet as he was warmly
clothed he did not suffer as he had
when he made his previous records of
$3.50 feet at Lanark, Scotland, and
$50 feet at Belmont park.
When DreXel began his flight a light
breeze was blowing from the south. As
he rose, the aviator pointed his ma
chine toward the north, and in less than
five minutes was only speek in the
sky.
When the monoplane finally disap-
peared from view, the curiosity of the
crowd was a fever pitch for more than
an hour Finally, when word reached
the track that ne had landed safely at
Oreland, twenty miles to the north, a
mighty shout went up, to be renewed
when it was announced that. a new
worlds altitude record had probably
been made.
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,Indrrn.. PrnclnmntIon.

Ciudad PorfiFio Diaz. Mexico. Nov. 23.
Francisco ]. MaderO has proclaimed
himself -preSidenI ~ the provisional
ishes his followers not TO commit overt
acts against Americans nor do damage
co property of foreigners. Madero' 5
proclamation is being generally circu-
lated today throughout northern Mex
len
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-24

Francisco I. Madero who according
20 dispatches from Ciudad POrfiriO
DlaZ has proclaimed himself president
Of the provisional government OF Mex
leo. Is a fugitive from justice, having
been convicted in the Mexican courts
on November 10. of melting the people
10 rebellion. His WhereabOuts recently
have been in doubt, though reports
placed him I'm the vicinity OF the fam
lily estate az Coahuila. He was a can
didate al the last election for the pres
ldCncy In opposition 20 President Diaz
ard Ricardo FloreZ Magon.
When DlaZ was continued in power.
Madero disappeared.
MaderO lis credited with being the
head OF the revolutionary movement.
The importance of the reported prOcla-
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PRESIDENT intends TO
BEGIN WORK ON MESSAGE
viii Make No Engagements in the Next Five DayS-Re-
turns Full of Enthusias m Over Early Compile
ton of the Panama Canal.

XXTASHINGTON, Nov. 23-Pden Taft Washington
w night after having stopped day at Richmond Va his
the of Panama.
The President after his
the five days In that time he hopes
his to COngres
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CONTEsT ovER EsrATE.

Chicago. Nov. 23.-Heirs OF the late
Mrs. Harriet Suydam Usell. the widow,
house here, bequeathed $4,000 of her
1856. 1000 fortune to Edgar H. Accetta,
a young Italian. who previously had
sued her in New York for alleged
breach of promise. today asked the
probate court TO set aside the probating
of the win.
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NEW COMMERCIAL Club Home
OPENED TO BRILLIANT THRONG
Reception Turned Into HouSeWarming by Five Thousand
Well Dressed Persons, Who ChriSten New In
StutOn in Blaze of MagnfiCenCe.

MID spendo unrvaed Uahs
"A hrong well mustered
together before the home of the Salt
opened its doors last night the occasion of the formal
the institution.
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ROBERT C. CLOWRY RESIGNS
AS HEAD OF WESTERN UNION
Theodore ". Vail, President of the
American Telephone Company,
Succeeds to the Place

NEW YORK Nov 2SRobert Clowry
~ Telegraph today resignation
directors and Theodore n Vail president
telegraph which controls the appointed
fill the vacancy.
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RAIL Way PRESIDENTS ARE
WILLING TO BE NSTRUCTED
Louis BrGndeiS Receives Telegram
Following His Scientific Man
Ggement' Testimony

ASHINGTON 23Todays
w commission consisted mostly discussion
of railroads by This testimony
afternoon adjourned Friday.
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Want-advertise - when
you need help "-finan
cial or humanl
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
DECLARE POVERTY
MENACES INDIANS
witnesses Predict Danger if the
Valuable Lands Are Con-
verted Into Cash
FARMS NEED CULTIVATION
Congressional Committee Hears
Testimony on Proposed Dis
position of Reservation
FARMS NEED CULTIVATION
(Associated Press)

SULPHUR, Okla, Aug. 13.-Wit-
nesses testified before the congress
sional Indian land investigating COM
mittee today that If the Indian lands
were sold, and the $30,000O 900 proceeds
were turned over to the Indians In
cash, the state within ten years would
be flooded with paupers.
1t was asserted that many of the
Indians who signed the McMurray
contracts, allowing a 10 per cent "at-
torney's fee to j. f. McMurray and
his associates, were irresponsible in
financial affairs. They would soon
suuander the cash, it was declared,
and within a few years the country
would be confronted with the problem
of how to take care of them.
Except for appearance on the stand
of Cecil A. Lyon, natioanl Republican
committeeman of Texas, the witnesses
today were all Indians.
INTEREST HELD IN CONTRACTS
Mr.. Lyon told of his financial inter
est in the old tribal McMurray con-
tracts, which provided for a 10 per
cent fee, but which were disapproved
bv President Roosevelt In 1908 He
said he had talked with President
roosevelt in regard to the contract.
Asked II he had been invited by
NcMurray to join in the deal because
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
UNDERTAKES HAVE NEW
EVIDENCE IN RICE CASE

CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 13.-Four
witnesses were called to testify at to-
days session at the inquest into the
death of William Rice.
They were Manager c. T. Harwood
of the Euclid club, where Rice passed
the evening prior to his death; Ernest
Myer brother-in-law of the private
secretary to John Hartness Brown,
Rice's former client and the chief wit
ness yesterday, an employe of the Eu-
cid club and a street car conductor.
The coroner has promised to make
public Monday the result of secret
session he had yesterday with William
Miller and Eugene Pallardi, employees
at the undertaking establishment
where Rice's body was taken. The
coroner declares this testimony places
an entirely different aspect on the
case.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
ROBBERS LOOT SINKS
IN SWAMP QUICKSAND
SiIverWare and JeWeIry Thrown
Away by Thief Who Was
Chased by Police

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-Somewhere in
four-acre swamp which faces on
Featherbed lane, an old Dutch thor
oughfare in the outskirts of the Bronx,
is a packet of silverware and jewelry
valued at $4,000.
The valuables are working downward
through the mud and quicksand, and
probably never will be recovered. No
body but the man who threw them
there knows the exact spot where they
were flung, and he will not tell
The little packet of treasure is the
loot of a burglar who yesterday jim
mied his way into an apartment house
near by and carried away everything
he cared to from the fiat of a real es
tate man. He had an easy time be
cause the family had gone out of the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

of his political influence and of his ac-
quaintance with the president, Mr..
Lyon said he supposed he was, but
he also attributed the invitation to
his business ability. 1t was his pur-
pose, he said, as soon as the contracts
were approved by the president, to in
duce the money interests of New York
and London to buy the property, which
includes about 100000 acres of coal
and asphalt lands. AS soon as the
president disapproved of the contracts,
said Mr. Lyon, his connection with
McMurray ceased, and he was not in
terested in the present contracts.
Although he had signed the present
contracts and was willing that Nc
Murray should receive $3,00O000 as a
fee for selling the land and thereby
rendering service which the govern
ment had promised to do without cost,
j. f. Myers, a Chickasaw Indian by
intermarriage, declared that in his
opinion many Indians would soon
spend their share of the money and
become dependents. OF the $4,000
Choctaws and the 5000 Chickasaws to
share in the proceeds many would col
lect from $4,000 to $4,000 each.
MONEY WOULD BE LOST
Instead of using this money to i'm
prove the farms on which they live
ana WHICH lHey Sllll WOulu retain dIIer
their surplus lands were disposed of
a great many would soon be parted
from their cash. Is that not SOP"
asked Representative c.. b. Miller.
"Yes; in ten years a lot of them
wouldn't have anything" was the
reply. "They would become paupers
and with the government no longer to
look to they would become a charge
on the state.
"In disposing of the lands congress
ought to consider that probability. At
the same time there should be a dis
tinction in favor of those Indians who
have become thoroughly civilized and
are as able as white men to take care
of their affairs"
Many Chickasaws said they were
willing to give McMurray as high as
25 per cent attorneys fees If it would
sell the land within year.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

dence The report to congress will
then be formulated This report will
deal with two subjects.
The first will be the charges of Sen
oator T. P. Gore that he was offered a
$25, 900 bribe to withdraw his opposition
to the McMurray cantracts which pro-
vided for the sale of the 30,000000 to
$50, 100000 worth of Indian lands on a
10 per cent contingent fee basis to a
private attorney.
The other feature of the report will
be in the form of a recommendation to
congress for legislation to prevent any
future conditions similar to those which
brought the present investigation.
1t is the belief here that the govern
ment hereafter will take a more arbi-
trary hand in enforcing its treaty with
the Indians
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
MAY HAVE REPAIRS MADE
ON THEIR PARIS GOWNS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-Amerlcar
society women henceforth may take
their wearing apparel and other per-
sonal effects, including gowns, jewelry
ETC., and have them remodeled or re-
paired in Paris or London or else
where and on their return pay duty
only on the alterations instead of on
the entire effects, as now. This news
gratifying to a host of more or less
rich people, is conveyed in a decision
of the treasury department signed by
Secretary MacVeagh and made public
today.
Returning passengers will be required
to specifically declare such articles,
with the cost of repair and the bills
therefor, if they have them.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

E Our Windows the Style Criterion
MNl for Women of Southern California
~ THE styles introduced by this
HM played Broadway windows,
M determine will Indeed
X(
charming
which Dame Fashion INDUCES satisfy the hms and capces of her ardent
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
CHINESE ARE CAPTURED
UNDER CARGO OF VESSEL
StoWaWays Live in Poisonous Air
on TranspaCific Voyage

SEATTLE, Aug. 13-Twenty-three
Chinese stowakays who had eluded the
inspectors at Vancouver, B. c., were
captured aboard the British steamer
Kumeric, recently arrived from Hong
kong, by immigration officers yester-
day. The Chinese had walled off a
room twenty feet square under the
cargo of the Kumeric. They had been
confined to this den since the steam
ship left China early in July, and
planned to slip ashore when the Kum-
eric reached Portland.
In their little den they cooked their
food, ate and slept. A lantern used
in the search was thrust into the room,
but the poisonous air instantly extin-
guished the flame. The men were half
clad and some were i'll from their long
confinement and scant provender of
tea, rice and water.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
SIGHT METCALF COMET
At LOWELL OBSERVATORY
Wanderer of the Skies Shows a
Well Marked Nucleus and
ParaboIic Hood

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Aug. 13.-The
new comet discovered by Metcalf on
August was observed here last night,
August IL, at 16 hours Greenwich
mean time in right ascension, 16 hours,
minutes and 18 seconds; approx
mately north declination Is degrees,
191s minutes, about 10 degrees south
west of Beta Hercules.
1t is a conspicuous object in 6-inch
finder and in the 24-inch it showed a
we'll marked nucleus and a parabolic
hood which will eventually form the
tail.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
ASTRONOMERS WATCH FOR
REMNANTS OF AGED COMET

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Aug. 13.-
Astronomers were greatly interested
in the meteoric display which was
scheduled to take place in the heav-
ems tonight, and arrangements were
made at the Harvard observatory and
elsewhere to take photos of the dis
play.
The meteors are supposed to be what
Is left of an aged comet that dissi-
pated itself over the skies centuries
ago.
Some of these meteors occasionally
stray. off the orbit and come in con-
tact with the earths heavier atmo-
sphere, take fire and are burned to
ashes. The earth has been within the
influence of the tail of the dissipated
comet for the last two days.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
CORNISH SILENT ON CHARGES

COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 1S-
Melville Cornish, former law partner of
J. F. McMurray, declined last night to
discuss any connection with the Okla
homa Indian land case now under in
vestion by the congressional commit
tee. He said it was too big subject
to be discussed without a thorough
understanding of the facts.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

city for two days and the servants had
received a holiday.
But while he was at work woman
across the airshaft saw him and called
the police. The burglar heard her call,
however, and fled with a policeman a
block or two behind. He ran into the
swamp and hid in the tall marsh grass.
When the policeman found him stuck
fast in the quicksand his booty had dis
appeared
''I threw the stuff into the swamp"
he said. Nobody will ever get it."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
STANDARD OIL ASKS TAX
ASSESSMENT INCREASED

CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-At the request
of the Standard Oil company it's per-
sonal property tax assessment in Chi
cago was increased 100000 yesterday
by the board of review.
In actual taxes this means that the
corporation will pay about $3.50 more
into the county treasury than If it
had allowed the assessors estimate of
$3.50, 900 to stand.
Last year the Chicago Telephone
company took the reviewers breath
away by requesting an increase of
So, 100000
It's as easy to secure bargain in q used
automobile, through want advertising, as it
used to be-and still is-to secure a horse
and carriage.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
REQUIRES ANOTHER WEEK

SULPHUR. Okla, Aug. 1S.-It is
probable that the select comittee of
the house of representatives which is
conducting the investigation of charges
by Senator Gore will require another
week to complete the gathering of evil
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
METEOR FALLS. STARTS FIRE

WAKEFIELD, Mass, Aug. 1S.-
Sweeping down out of the sky with
sharp hiss, small meteorite last night
crashed against a blind on the house
of Alfred H. Richards in Montrose
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14

and set the house on fire. The viii
lage hosemen were called out and no
serious damage was done. The me-
teorite glanced off from the house to
the ground and it was found today.
1t weighed about five pounds and is
almost perfectly round.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
HARD TO SATISFY

Jeffries was sore because Gillett
Tried to kibosh the fight. We read
That he is even sorer now
Because Giilett did not succeed.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-06-30
NAV Sue oklahoma Roads.

Washington, June 30-The interior
department asked the attorney general
to bring a friendly suit against prac-
tically all of the railroads in that part
of Oklahoma which was formerly In
dian Territory for the recovery of
taxes for the fiscal year 1907-0S, levied
under the acts granting rights of way.
The law provided that the roads
should pay a yearly tax of $15 per
mile to the Indian funds as long as
the red men held title to the lands
through which they passed.
Oklahoma was admitted November
16, 1907, and the roads claimed that
they should not be required to pay
taxes from the beginning of the fiscal
year in which Oklahoma became a
state. The government contended that
as the tax for the year ending June 30,
1908, was payable in advance on July
/, 1907, it had accrued on the latter
date and should be paid by the rail-
roads. The amount involved is about
$4,000.