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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-13
WORK OF FINDING
BODIES DIFFICULT
Thirty-Three of Fifty-Five En-
tombed in StarkviIIe Mine
Yet Missing.

STARkNILLE. Colo, Oct 12.-The sit =
uation in the Colorado Fuel & Iron com
pany's mine here tonight may be sum
married. as follows:
Bodies buried and in the morguc. Il;
Ing 33
Threc-fourths of the 6fty-hye miles
oi Slopes. crosscuts and entries ex-
plored by rescue parties.
finding alive any of the men cntombed
by Saturday nights explosion gone,
there WAS no .slackcninc OF effort BIZ
rcscuers to reach tho Innermost recesses
OF the Underground labyrinth today.
Tonight the workers arc dcyotng their
energies TO the removal OF the eight
bodies located at noon. This task is
made doubly hard by the condition Of
the, bodies and the G70O feet or rough
and dangerous trail over which they
not needed in this precarious work are
pushing their way 10 the l. entries,
whcrc fifteen men are believed 10 he
entombed. AS soon as these have been
the huge fan will be turned into the *
entries, where eleven men probably will
be found. Tho remaining seven, in
cludng Pit Boss Luke Upperdine. are
believed to be scattered through the
mine and may no, be located Tor sew
oral days. Today FIVE bodies were taken
to Trinidad for burial AS the sorrow :
iul procession was leaving the grief
stricken camp. and in sight Of the
mourncrs. Fred Foster. an electrician Of
train and killed. After coming out Of
the mine with his shift today. Foster
sat down by the track TO rest.
Foster is reported 10 have been en-
gagged TO a Trinidad Slrl. and the we'd
ding day was set for few months
hence.
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VETERAN MISSIONARIES
TELL OF GOOD WORK

BOSTON. Mass. Oct. i2,-Four veter-
an missionaries tonight reviewed what
the American Board OF Commissioners
for Foreign Missions has accomplished In
foreign fields
They spoke in connection with the cen.
tcnnIal anniversary OF the FOUNDING OF
the American board,
The Rev, Dr. Daniel Bliss told OF his
more than half century OF active serv-
ice I'm Syria during which he has seen
his small mission station develop mo
,hrIvinp college at Beirut. which has sent
out thousands Of graduates. Al present
the college has seventeen stone buildings,
nifty -Hvc professors and $50 students. a.,
Ussbburn who has been ilve years iu
TURKEY: the Rev. DR., Joseph X. keene.
who has laborcd hfty-one years In NE
same country. and Rev. DIR. Jerome II.
Davis. for thirty-nine years missionary
I'm japan,
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Life Imprisonment Worse
Than Execution, Says Court

"Welcome. you committed terrible
crime. Your punishment is to be moro
terrible still.
"The instructive, unreasoning horror
of mankind regards death as severe
punishment. This idea is not correct.
You are now to receive a sterner pun
ishment Your victim died but once.
You will die hundred times; you will
suffer more the day you put on your
prison clothes than she did In her death.
After that there will be only the hope.
less. painful years from d5y to day,
from month to month. stretching out
forever and in agony.
"1n four or five years the eternal
solitude and silence will begin to crush
in upon YOU like an iron weight. You
hear that street car bell ringing in the
street as it passes now3 You will re-
member it in after years as the most
exquisite music. 1t will mean hurrying
crowds that go where they like and do
as they please: it will mean the great
est of all pleasures-freedom.
"You can only dream of it By day
and by night, and your torture win be
lnSpeakable. ~
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PROGRESS AT ASHTON;
GOOD COAL DISCOVERY
Special to The Tribune.


ST ANTHONY. Ida. Oct, 1@..-The lii
tie town of Ashton. twelve miles north
cast OF the county seat, is thriving
little place at present. owing to the
railroad construction now going on there.
Active operations were commenced last
week when tho Utah Construction COM
rany rushed teams and men to the scene
of activities and commenced tho con-
structlon of a wye from Ashton TO Marys-
Vile q distance OF about two miles, The
building OF this wye Will entirely do away
with the present Marysvllc depot. which
Is located at least a mile from the town
and I'm n very inconvcnient place to say
the least. The new depot will he located
at a very convenient place adjoining the
,ownste. together with the various out
buildings. Construction camps are sprin-
klcd along tho right Of way from Ashton
10 Conant creek. and II is the intcn-
tion 10 build two large bridges before
snow flics II possible. one over Fall river.
four miles out. and one at Copant cross
Ing.
John Edmunds. an old miner. brought
TO this city last week samples of coal
which he mined from his claim some
twenty five miles cast OF Ashton. The
coal is OF very fine variety and Mr..
Edmunds says that there arc thousands
or tons OF il within few hundred feet
of the new extension OF the O. S. 7
railroad from Ashton 10 the Teton basuI
The Nor,hwoStern's new survey also rum
within nifty feet Of his claim. II
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CITY ADMINISTRATION
1 NOW UP AGAINST It
0gden SoIons Strike Snag in
Connection With Hartman
Viaduct.
ial 70 The Tribune.

special TO The Tribune
4 OGDEN, Oct. l2.-Members Of the pres
-nt CITY administration. some OF whom
- Responsible for the terms of the
|ranchise granted TO the Hartman rail
nad interests at Ogden for the construc-
/on of a viaduct over the network OF
'<acks or Twenty fourth street by an
.rdInance passed December 22, 1907, are
.op bewailing the fact that the railroad
|onnpanies succeeded In duping the city
sduct
The matter was recently brought UP IN
|6e city council. when the attention OF
&e council was called TO tho litter and
|asl which is allowed TO collect on the
|E bridge The question was then raised
i TO the responsibility OF the city for
De viaduct. The railroad officials when
Med upon 10 keep the viaduct in repair
&fcrrcG the city officials to the section
the ordinance which binds Ogden City
maintain the sidewalk and roadway
Eer the v!aduct. while the structural or
Epporting. portion of the bridge Is TO be
&aintaiucd by the railroad company
Az tho time the ordinance was passed
NE Tribune called attention TO the
.rinsent obligation which the city was
|adertakins, Now, II seems when tho
tst repairs on the viaduct are necessary
|o city officials suddenly realize that a
Eor bargain has been nude
For years before the erection OF the
||aouct Twenty fourth street. crossed by
height. passenger trains and yard en-
|Iues are constantly shifting. had be
'0me a veritable death trap. Farmers
Fcre frequently compelled 10 stand on one
|lde or the other OF the crossing for
'Nentv 10 thirty minutes. waiting for the
sIockade 10 he raised. Cond' ions grew
more unss satisfactory, With IT,. railroad
all OF the time standing pat
Wher the railroads finally agreed TO
crect viaduct over the tracks the city
officials seeing an escape from the di-
|onlnna which had been confronting them
for some time, were glad 10 agree 10 al
most anything. II therefore happened
hat when The railroad companies pre-
.tnted a draft Of the ordinance which
hoy desired passed by the council il
vas accepted without any material
'hanges and the visduct was built.
Ogden City is now in the position OF
,aving 10 maintain the woodwork. the
nost expensive portion Of The big via
Iuct built by the railroad companies.
rhile ibc big bridge was erected phi
naflly FOR The convenience Of the rail
oace
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CHICAGO. Oct. l2.-Life imprison.
ment in the penitentiary was declared
by Judge Marcus Kavanaugh yesterday
to be more terrible punishment than
hanging The iurist. in a remarkable
opinion handed down in sentencing Jo-
seph Welcome to life Imprisonment for
murder, eontrasted death with the tor.
tured soul Of life convict l.. his SOL
ltary cell, and told the prisoner that
it is not correct to regard the death
penalty as the most severe punishment
that can be inflicted.
Welcome pleaded guilty to having
murdered Mrs. Mary Mclean on March
%, 1910, in boarding house which she
conducted, The prisoner changed his
plea from :" not guilty after eight ju
rors were chosen.
1t was shown that he had forced
his wife to become q "white slave'
and shot her for refusing to give him
money. Mrs. Mclean was shot and
killed while trying to save Mrs. Vel.
come.
In sentencing Welcome Judge Kava
naugh said
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BOX ELDER DEMOCRATS:
NOMINATIONS BY THEM
specIal TO The Tribune,

Special 10 The Tribune,
BRIGHAM CITY. Oct l";-At inc
Democratic county convention held nero
TO-DAY. OF which A. ID. Call was chair
man. and Edward Hadley. secretary. the
following ticket was named;
Reprcsentative-M. II. WelIlns' fle'u-
Ing. -, ,,,o.-
Commissioner Qour-ycar term)-James
Cottam CoaVille.
Comrnlssioncr (two-year ,crm)-Brig
ham Wright. Brigham.
Clerk Ralph Jensen, Brigham
Attorpcy-A. ID. Call. Brigham.
Treasurer-A. r, Capener. kiNcrSlde'
Sheriff-I ,orin ID. Reese. Brigham.
Recordcr-Mrs Agnes owen. willard
Assossor-Alma Nielsen, Bear River
Survcyor-David Larsen, East Gar
Justice of the peaco-Enos Chrlsloph-
erson, Brigham.
Constablc-A. j. Fife. Brigham
Tho convention iudorscd the platform
AS adopted by The state Democratic con-
Veution.
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FIERCE ATTACK
MADE ON TEDDY
Continued from Page One,

Continued rage OuPs
deny that for years corruption has run
riot in the official life of our capital
do not know that IT is possible for
any human agency TO eradicate this
evil entirely but | do know that if ]
become governor of this state | will
turn on the searchlight and drive the
black horse cavalry ont of business.
Views on Living Issues.
Mr.. Dix said he favored home rule
for cities and subdivisions of the
state; downward revision of the tariff I;
n state wide system of direct primaries; !;
statewide uniform personal tegistra
ton; popular election of United States
senators. and ratification of the in
come tax amendment to the federal
constitution.
"But above all. - said the candidate
with emphasis, 81 resolutely and ag
gressiyelv take n position against at
tacks and assaults on the courts of the
country They are the very bulwarks
Of our free institutions. Any Amerl-
thority, or having the public car as.
sails and attacks our courts now. as
they have always been, the seat of
Justice and of equity, is TO be regarded
as a public enemy.
Attack on Roosevelt
"Overshadowing AL these questions
and of most vital Importance 10 the
people is the menace offered to the var.
iouS institutions of the country by
the new natlonalism fathcred and ad-
vocated by new apostle of discord and
dissension. We have already had to
our cost ample proof OF his ability to
disturb business, destroy values and
create a condition of panic, country
wide in is evil effects. But if, with all
that. he is to be permitted to succeed
in his campaign TO weaken, or destroy
the powers of the supreme court of the
United States. to take over to the cen
trail government the powers reserved to
the states, to substitute the will of the
president for the will of the people as
expressed through all the regularly
chosen officers of the federal govern
ment and to set arbitrary bounds to
what any man Of ability and enterprise
may legitimatcly secure. then all the
sacrifices made by the founders of the
republic, all the blood shed for its pres.
crvaton, will have been in vain and we
shall see in a time of profound peace
n dangerous dsturber bringing about
the destruction of free people against
whom all the forces of the world in
arms might have been hurled in vain. -
Besides Mr.. Dix, the other nominees
were present at today s notification
ceremonies.
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Pioneer Woman OF Brigham Dead.

Special 10 The TrlDuDc.
BRIGHAM Oct 12.-Mrs. Emma =.
Kelly diod suddenly al her home ON TPG
East street al about $50 o'clock bis
morning Death was caused by old fGe
and general debility. Funeral series
will he held Thursday al the Fourth fttu
chapel.
The aged woman was last seen NJ ncr
rrandchiidren when they were ST fling
10 school. and she was then cnsaGefWiih
her usual housework. 4 ueighbor Mrs:
Sarah Wild. called at the home aanout
floor. dead.
Mrs. Kelly. who was tho first gile ol
the late Charles Kelly, president 4 Bon
elder stake was born i'm LcomlnisW. Ens-
land, March -, 1889 She came 2 bTle-
ham from American Fork in | r. Sns
is survived by fifteen children. tPtE-i9ur
grandchildren and one great grabuchildr
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Death OF Noted RideI
,ciaI Id Thc Trihmnc.

special 10 Ihc tribune.
STERLING. Oct. l2-Ycstcbay after
noon james Larsen Of this cif aged W,
died al the home OF his parNts IN thls
city. after an illness OF only 3few hours,
He went to Nantl OH d buSin5s TRIP sun
day and while there he waf taken Sick
with a terrible plain I'm hls IF,d and was
compelled To return home. DulihS inc
night II grew worse and o. Nelson OF
Mauu was summoned, VIII found thdt
blood vessel had bursted IN his head
and stated that he could live only "A
short time. lie lived, howfer, unlli yes
tcrday, but the pain wa intense ana
death came as great rclT
During the recent racf IN Rlchileld
IL Is thought that he recfed his injury.
AS while riding one OF M horses during
the races nc fell off and pier complained
nf his head being hurt.
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Death of Mrs. G. j. Smith.

SHpNIdT TO INC TIIUUOc.
REDMOND, oct. l2-Mrs. e. i. Smith
OF Redmond died this morning al her
home In this city of typhoid fever. She
had been III for several weeks and u was
thought she was recovering when she
took sudden change for tho worse.
Mrs. Smith WAS the daughter OF the late
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. Nilsson OF Ephraim. and
her many friends will remember her az
Lizzie Nilsson, She was ono OF the good
young women Of Ephraim and had a host
Of friends. who will mourn her loss. She
was married about two years ago to
Mr.. Smith and had since made her home
in Redmond. She leuves a sister I'm this
city. Mrs. G, ]. Christensen aud her hus-
band 10 mourn her loss. The arrange
ments for the funeral have not yc, been
completed.
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Miner Is Arreshd.

Special to The Tribune.
OGDEN Oct. 12.-Bcnjamin Alderman
a miner OF Nevada City. al. was arrest
ed here tonight and is hcLe held Tor the
California authorities. II rs said that
Alderman cashcd a dran for 500 for
which his brother wcW security. His
brother was out of tom when Acker-
draft became susplctus about the
brothers Endorsement. Ackerman asserts
that il Is all a mistakess his brother Is
good for the amount nd will pay. The
prisoner viii proba bly, Be held until these
assertions a re VERIFIED
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BOY BADLY BURNED;
POWDER FIRED IN POCKET
snccInl 10 rhe Trlbune.

SpccIaI 10 INC TTIUuHC'
STERLING oct l0--Yesterdny Ba-
den the twelve -Ncar-od son OF Nh and
Mrs John Thompson, was lerrlply
burned. which may cause his death. He,
i'm company with several OF his play
mates, took a trip TO the Starting coal
mines. about four miles east OF here, ON
reaching Tie tunnel they found some
powder which they lost no time I'm hllinG
their pockets with In order To use later
While nearing town young Thompson who
IA set some aflre. and placed. some upon
a rock. and AS the match touched e. II
at once exploded and he was not
far enough away. so the powder
which was I'm his pocket was also lg~
nited The flesh is almost burned from
his arms, his chest Is also badly burned
and also his face. II Is feared tie boy
VIII die from the effects,
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Special TO The Tribune

SpeCldl 20 ne tribune,
OGDEN, Oct. lo.-Wth a crash which
could be heard several blocks away, a
portion Of the east wall of the Audi
torium skating rink collapsed this after
noon al 2:30 O'Clock. buryine Contractor
William Fl. Crandell beneath a pile OF
brick and heavy tImbers.
BY almost n miracle the contractor
escaped death, but received n broken
nose and bruises on the shoulders and
head. He was able, after he had eXtri
Gated himself from the debris. to walk
TO the office Of a physician,
Fourteen other men at work tearing
down part OF the skating rink. had
narrow escapes.
The south side OF the building COL
lapsad "A week ago and several workmen
narrowly escaped injury at that time, II
was decided hy the owners Of the build
ing 10 move the eastern end of the rink,
and Contractor Crandell and his men
were engaged in this work when the
accident occurred.
At the time the wall fel. Contractor
Crapdcll was fastening n rope TO ono Of
the heavy beams so that the men could
pull the wall down. Before he had fas-
tened the rope securely the. wall gave
way. Mr. Crandell was taken To his
home al Rivcrdale after his injuries had
been dressed.
Tribune Want Ads.
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GOODS FOR REFUGEES
ENTER FREE OF DUTY

WASHINGTON. Oct. l2-Customs bar
riers between the United States and Can
ada were broken down today in favor Of
DONATIONS by Canada for the forest fire
sufferers In the northwest. ColIoctor ~
customs johnson at ST. Paul, Mlnn.. was
ADVISED by telegraph that Canadian dona-
iions Tor the fire sufferers may be admit
teo frce as an act Of international cour-
tcsy. The last similar suspension Of du
ties In such an emergency was nj the
time OF the San Francisco earthquake
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Jurors Drawn for Service.
TH0S. B. CLARK DEAD:
A PIONEER OF PROVO
Special to The Tribnne.

PROVO. Oct, 12.-Thomas 3. Clark. a
pioneer of Provo. died at his home In
the Third ward al 10 o'clock last night
from general debility. The deceased was
born In Cambridge, England, November
%. 1919. He came TO Utah IN 1852 and
after TWO years spent in Salt Lake.
moved 10 Provo, where he has since re-
sided He was an Indian war veteran
and took an active part I'm the upbulld~
ing and development OF this section. He
was "A vigorous and very strong man and
was sick only few hours before his
death. Mr.. Clark Is survived by his
wife four sons three daughters, and
numerous grandchildren. Funeral serv-
ices viii he held Friday al | o'clock In
tho Third ward meeting house.
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Big Chief mountain and vicinity since
saturday is spreading steadily today un-
der high wind. An area OF twenty-five
miies square has been swept and timber
valued at 500. 900 DESTROYED Sevnrai
ranch houses are in the path OF the
names Eighty men. working under ex-
pert fire fighters sent out by the depart
ment OF the Interior, are battling with
the flames. but have made little headWay.
This morning new fire was reported to
have broken out six miles cast of here
and doing great damage The main fire
is believed TO have been started by a
party OF hGnlerH.
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HIGHER
PRICES

Are continually being
charged on all food prod
ucts. While the price of
Japan Tea has gone up,
yet H E w L E T T'S are
using the same high quail
ity of Tea, and the prices
are like the Tea-always
reliable.
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KILLED IN HIS SLEEP
BY FALLING TREE
Special TO The Tribune.

WEISER Ida, Oct. l2.-Lcstcr Thorne.
about % years old. whose parents reside
near Midvalc about thirty miles from
Weiser was killed and another young
man. name unknown. was seriously In
jured Tuesday night by tree falling on
them while they were asleep. a third
man was with them, the three sleeping
together. but he WAS unframed.
The party was at Il sheep camp. tend
ing 10 nocks belonging 10 young Thorue' s
father. when the accident occurred. II
was about twenty miles from MIdvale. A
heavy wlnGstOrm came up during the
night and blew tho tree down. Thorne
lived hut a few minutes.
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Boiled Down News

Ell PAso, Texas. Oct, i2.-,The board
OF army engineers headed by General
William l.. Marshall, now on tour Of
jects, inspected the Elephant Butte pro-
ject today. The party arrived from Tue
son yesterday and departed for Ros-
completed at Garden City. Kan, carly
next week
Ell PAso. Texas, Oct l2-JosePh
TwomtythiTd Gmited nf states m Hfan'Sy. rPSS sta a.
toned at Fort Bliss. near this city. died
today from the effects OF injuries re-
ceived In a saloon row. pesmond's rcIa-
allowed TO lie in the saloon four
hours without attention.
BEVERLY. Mass. Oct. 12.-President
Taft returned TO Beverly late today from
Boston and had luncheon with Repre-
sentative Gardner at hotel. The pres
dentS left foot is still giving him some
trouble and he wore a carpet slipper to
Boston.
LEXINGTON. Oct. 12.-What is be
leycd TO have been an attempt 10 wreck
the fast limited passenger train from
cinnatl New Orleans & Texas Pacific
railroad was discovered last night at 9
poin, thirteen miles south OF here. The
train was loaded with passengers and
had the obstruction on the track not
been seen in time heavy loss OF life
probably would have resulted
NEW YORK. Oct l2,-senator limo,
thy n. Sullivan Big Tim"-has startled
some of the followers of the BoNery by
declaring openly in favor of woman's
suffrage. lie advocates submitting the
question of giving women the ballot 10
a referendum vote.
NEW YORK. oct. 12.-Charles gilbert,
the French opera baritone. died here
suddenly last night AT the Hotel GreSo-
riau. lie arrived here from Europe
last week to sing the coming season with
the Metropolitan Opera company. Mr.
Gilbert was TO have sung one of the
parts in Puccini's new opera. The Girl
OF the Golden West
who were captured in a freight car at
Holyoke September Is and Brought here,
charged with violating Inc immlGrauo1
laws have been started back to China.
the United States being put TO an cXe
pcnse OF $500 for their deportation.
LOUISVILLE Ky. Oct 12.-The open
Ins session Of tho American Directory
Publishers annual convention began here
today. officers for next year will be
elected.
DURHAM. y. c.. Oct. 1.-THE work OF
educating the negro has progressed SO
steadily in the last ten years that only
10 per cent OF the race in the United
States at present arc iliteratcs. accord
ing to Mrs Emma Erskine Hahn OF New
York City. who today addressed the stu
dents OF the national religious training
school here. She pointed out that ten
wears ago SIS per cent OF the negroes of
The country were illterates. over one
hundred students are enrolled at the
school
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Gasoline Tank Eplodes.

Special 10 The Tribunq
LOGAN, oct. L. Harold Ldiount,
manager Of the PdciH Land a. wafer
company, which has r nHices ~ this
city had a narrow cscbc from death this
evening lie WAS rctrning from Men
don in his automobiIeHnd was Just out
siGc The limits OF this ply Whcn The gnso-
line tanl. OF his autoIphiic exploded. lie
WAS hurled about forF rect from The au-
tomobile, where hc Ry, whlle The ma
chino was totally dJtroycd by fire. Al
though Iafouut Is HdIy bruised up, no
bones were broken !
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we VALUABLE MARES
STOLEN FROM PASTURE
|pscial 10 The Tribune.

<perial 10 The Tribune.
OGDEN. Oct. 1e.-Two three wear old
mares. both valuable animals owned bv
&c. McFarland. 219 Thirty-flrst street.
tre stolen from his pasture last week
MO Mcfarland missed the animals sew
frai DAYS ago hut thinking that they
may have stTaycd back 10 the old pas
|prc where they had formerly been kept
'iarted TO hunt for them himself. Later
'o came 10 the conclusion thai the horses
4n been stolen, and so notified the sher-
oHice- Both mares are dark brown
color