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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
B 0 Y G @ E s
TO STATE
PRISON

Charles Riley. the youthful box car
robber, who was sentenced to the
State Industrial school a number or
months ago, and who subsequently,
was ringleader in the break for lil.-
erty which a number of the inmates
attempted, was returned to tho dis.
trict court this morning and sentenced
to one year In the state prison by
Judge Howell.
The career OF the young criminal
reads like the stories OF the heroes
of the nickel novels. Several months
ago Riley. In company with two 9TH
ers, WAS arrested upon the charge OF
burglarizing Union Pacific box cars
When questioned Riley exonerated the
others. and they were released and he
was sentenced TO the State Industrial
school. During the time he was con-
fined ut the school Riley WAS under
special guard and was the leader In
all revolts and attempts to escape.
The authorities OF the school pre-.
sented the matter to the board OF trus.
tees OF the institution and they or
dered the return of Riley TO the dis
| trict court.
Riley was taken TO the penltentiary
this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff
Burke
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
@ Q Q Q O Q @ . O Q 0 Q 0 ;
WEATHER FORECAST.
RAIN OR SNOW AND COLD. ;
Err TONIGHT AND TUESDAY {
, O O 9 Q 0 9 @ Q Q 0 Q o @ {

Mr., Hunton himself died the next day
October Mr.. Gentry said that each
teaspoon OF the medicine contained one
one-hundredth and eightIeth of a grain
OF strychnine, and that each bottle
contained four fifteenths OF a grain
The witness testified that he had not
sold more than four bottles OF the
medicine to the Swopes In tho year
before Colonel Swope died
Frank p. Walsh announced today
that a sheriff would guard the en-
trance to the grand jury room next
Wednesday while Dr. Hecktoen was
testlfying. and that the physician
would be served with the writ as he
emerged from the grand jury room
hearing. and be taken to Mr.. Walsh's
office 10 give his deposition In DR.
Hyde's damage suit
DR. Hecktoen was subpoenaed tc
give his deposition while he was here
for the coroner's inquest. and Mr.
Walsh asserts that the specialist ig
nored the summons.
Miss Pearl Kellar. the nurse who at
tended Colonel Swopc. was among the
witnesses summoned by the granC
jury todya.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
CASES OF TIMBER LAND
FRAUDS ON TRIAL IN BOISE

Boise, Idaho. Feb. 14,-Judge Diet
rich In the United States district
court today overruled q motion for a
separate trial of the case OF William
+. Kettenbach. the Lewiston banker,
charged With conspiracy to defraud
the federal government out of TIM
Der lands along the Clearwater riy-
or. The court at the same time sus-
tanned the motion Of the government
for consolidation OF the cases
against Kcttenbach. George II. Kes-
ter. William Dwyer and Jackson
O'Keefe
The tria! OF all four defendants on
an indictment returned Ia 1906 Will
begin tomorrow in Boise. change OF
venue having been granted from the
northern division of Idaho district
In former trial. Kcttenbach. Kes'
ter and Dwyer were convicted on two
counts OF the indictment but acqult-
ted on three others.
An appeal was taken to the United
States circuit court OF appeals and
the case was remanded back for q
second rital. Other indictments on
the charge were returned against the
defendants last year, but the trial be
ginning tomorrow will be u new one
Kettenbach and Kester until recent
ly were officers OF the Lewiston Ma
ticnal bank. They are also under In
dictment for ombezzlement of fund:
Of the bank. Dwyer was a timber
cruiser and is alleged to have been
employed by Kcttenbach and Kster
Mr O'Keefe was indicted as an ac
comDlIce
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
P R EP A R IN &
FOR FLOOD
SEASON
CITY ENGINEER eosTAPH WILL
MAKE LAMENTATIONS,
Sewer Outlet Must Be Protected from
the High Water In the
Weber River.

Tho "thaw' of yesterday and today
has started prophetic tongues wag-
ging, In the language of most OF the
weather prophets, this is the regula-
ton February thaw," and the winter
Is broken, Spring Is surely upon us,
and it Is nearly time for the farmer
TO prepare the plow for immediate use.
1t Is said that many time, when the
winer has been like this one" plow-
Ing has begun in February and the
crops have been planted before the
end of March, 1t is also said that just
such conditions as this. coupled with
the winter weather OF the past two
months, presage early spring, and
much high wator. big crops and plenty
of money next fall.
BE that as it may. yesterday wos 4
thawing day, and the south wind of
today IS cutting the snow and ice from
tho streets
Since Sunday morning the thermom-
eter has registered near the 40-degree
mark. and at no time has II ap-
preached anything near the freezing
point, The temperature In the can
yons has risen perceptibly. IL the
temperature continues at the 40-marlt
for few days the waters OF the riv-
erS win greatly increase in volume.
AT present, however. there is no per-
ceptible rise In the streams.
High water is anticipated, and prep
arationS arc being made against It.
Residents of the lowlands along the
Weber and Ogden rivers are re-enforc-
ing the dykes and leyies that protected
property against the floods last year.
The committee OF the city council
on streets, in cooperation with prop
crty owners, has force of men at
work at the north end OF Lincoln ave
nue.. where they are building a strong
dyke to prevent Ogden river over
flowing the banks. At this particular
point the river takes sudden swing
2orthwOrd, turning almost at right
angle, The city engineer advises that
unless dyking is done there in such
way as to materially change the angle
of the turn in the river the river VIII
overflow tho lands to the westward
during the high water season.
The city engineer will recommend
to the council tonight that precautions
airy measures be taken against the
damage that might come to the sewer
system at the intersection Of Twenty
first street and the Weber river by
the overflow of the river In high water
time The engineer states that the
main body of the river at this point
strikes the bank with great force. and
has washed IL out to within few feet
of the sewer pipe, and that the pipe
will be washed away II the channel of
the river Is not chaneed
Mr.. Bostaph Will recommend that a
solid dyke OF rock and timber be built
around the turn Of the river. so as to
protect the pipe, or that log cribs,
filled with stone. be placed in the river
at that nlaop
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
A GOOD THING
When Il Comes Along Don't Let II
Get Away From You.

"T really feel that 1t is hardly poss-
ible 10 say too much in favor oi
Grape-Nuts as a health food. writes
a Chicago woman,
For 19 years | had suffered from
indigestion and chronic constipation
caused By the continued use OF coffee
and rich, heavy. greasy foods My
ailments made my life so wretched
that | was eager to try anything that
held out a promise of help And that
Is how I happened 10 buy a package
OF Grape.Nuts food last spring
'"Phat ended my experiments. For
in Grape-Nuts | found exactly what
| wanted and needed. From the day
| began 10 use Il noticed an improve
ment and In very few weeks |
found my health completely restored.
MY digestive apparatus now works
perfectly and my chronic constipation
has been entirely relieved | have
gained in weight materially, and life
is a very pleasant thing to me SO
long as use Grape-Nuts once or
twice day. L have found by expert
ment that II leave 1t off for few
days my health suffers.
"a physician In our town has great
SUCCESS In treating stomach troubles,
and the secret Of 1t ia that he puts
his patients on GrapeNuts-it always
brings back the power OF digestion.
There's a Reason"
Read The Road TO Wellv'lle,' In
pkgs
Ever read the above tettor a new
one appears from time TO time. They
arc genuine. true, and full OF human
Interest
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
THE STORY OF THE PEANUT
SHELLS.

AS everyone knows. c. W. Post of
Battle Creek, Michigan, Is not only
! maker OF breakfast foods, but he
is strong individualist who believes
that the trade-unions are n menace 10
the liberty OF tho country
Believing this, and being "natur,
al born scrapper for the right. as he
sees i. Post, for several years past.
has been engaged in n ceaseless war
fare against "the Labor Trust" as he
likes to call II.
Not being able TO secure free and
untrammeled expression OF his opIn-
ions on this subject through the reg
ulnr reading pages of the newspapers
he has bought advertising space for
this purpose. just as he is accustomed
to for the telling of his Postum
story" and he has thus spent hun
dreds of thousands OF dollars in de-
nouncing trade-uuioniSm
AS q result of Posts activities tho
people now know whole lot about
these organizations, how they are
honcycombed with graft. how they OBJ
struct the development of legitimate
business, curtail labor's output, hold
up manufacturers, graft upon their
own membership and rob the public
Naturally Post Is hated by the trades
unionists, and intensely.
He employs no union labor so they
can not call out his men. end he defies
their efforts at boycotting his prod
ucts. The latest means OF getting"
Post is the widespread publication of
the story that car which was re-
rDnIl1- pyrarlrpH In To m " Q
found to be loaded with empty peanut
shells, which were being shipped from
the south to Posts establishment at
Battle Creek,
The canard probably originated
with President John Fitzgerald of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, who. 1t
Is said. stated II publicly. as truth
Post comes back and gives Fitz-
gerald the lie direct. He denounces
Fitzgeralds statement as n deliberate
falsehood. an underhanded and cow
ardly attempt 10 injurc his business.
having not the slightest basis in fact
AS such an effort it must be regarded
1t Is significant that this statement
about "the peanut shells" is being
given wide newspaper publicity In
the patent inside" Of an eastern coun-
try paper / find It. and the inference
naturally Is that labor-unionists are
insldlously spreading this lie.
An institution (or a NAM which Will
resort TO moral intimidation and TO
physical force that Will destroy ma
chinery and burn buildings. that will
MAIN and kill If necessary to effect
its ends, naturally would not hesitate
to spread falsehood for the same pur-
poses.
We admire Post While we have no
enmity toward labor unions, so long
as they arc conducted In an honest.
'1ive-and-letliye" kind of a way, we
have had enough of the tarred end
of the stick to sympathize thoroughly
with what he is trying TO do. He de-
serves support. a man like Post can
not be killed, even with lies. They
are a boomerang. every time. Again
we know. for hasn't this weapon, eve
cry weapon that could be thought Of,
been used land not simply by labor
unions) to put us out Of business too?
| am going to drink two cups of
Postum every morning from this time
on. and but myself on diet of Grape
Nuts Bully for Post.-Editorial In
The American Journal Of Clinical
| Medicine.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
THIRTEEN NARROWLY
ESCAPE ASPHyX|AT|ON

Chicago, Feb. 13.-Thirtcen were
overcome by Illuminating gas and a
woman was killed by inhallng gas
today
At the residence of Henry Kolkey.
twelve people. who remained over
night. after attending a party were
saved from death by the cry OF baby.
The family and the visitors had re
tired after dancing until almost day
light While they slept a defective
gas pipe poured fumes into the
crowded quarters. The gas became
so dense that they still we're asleep
at o'clock in the afternoon At that
time baby sleeping in another room
by window. became hungry and be-
gan TO wall loudly This aroused
Henry Kolkoy. the only ono In the
house not completely overcome. In
dazed condition he managed 10
crawl to a window and call for help.
Outsiders soon battered open the
doors. They found members OF the
family and visitors al unconscious
some apparently dead. They we're
taken TO a hospital where 1t was
thought they would recover.
In hotel the police found Annie
Miller, "a years old, dead from the
effects OF gas and Annie Evans. 20
years old In the same room. dying.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
DEA Z II CAME
W HiLE lie
JOKED

The many friends and acquaintanc'
es OF William John Pickett will be
panied to learn of his death, which
occurred at his home. 1i1 Paterson
avenue. at s;30 o'clock Saturday al
'crnoon. after an illness Of paralysis.
MI Pickett was among the stalwart
members OF the Mormon church, ana
had been identified with Utah inter
ests for the past twenty-five years,
He was well known in Ogden and has
many friends, besides numerous rel
atives.
MIR, Pickett was born In England,
June 2Sth. 1893, and came to this coun-
Try about twenty-five years ago, first
settling at Yernal. Utah, where he
resided with his family for about
eleven years when he removed his
family TO ogden, where they have
since resided He was baptised into
the Mormon church at an early age
and remained faithful and firm In the
Faith during his entire life.
The deceased Is survived by q wiie
and six children and seventeen grand
children Following are the names
and residences of the children.
William Pickett, David Pickett.
both OF Ogden; James Pickett of Poca-
tello. Idaho. Mrs. NJ. D. Linderman
Of Lon Angeles, California; Mrs.
George Wansgaard and Mrs. H l.
Grant of Ogden.
Mr., Pickett was II years of age
when the grim reaper called him
During his life, up TO five years ago
he had enjoyed good health. At that
time he was stricken with paralysis
and he never recovered. Recently
however. he had been feeling better
and. during all Saturday morning, he
was cheerful and joked with his wife
and other members of the family. be
ing apparently In fairly good health
and buoyant in spirits Al about 3 3C
In the afternoon ho fell over with a
paralytic stroke and did not regain
consciousness.
Funeral services will be held Wed
neSday afternoon at o'clock from tho
First ward meeting house. under the
auspices OF Bishop D. II. Ensign OF
the First Ward.
Special music will be feature of the
services, and will be render ed In con
nection with the choir of the ward
Previous TO the funeral the casket
will be open at the residence, l41
Patterson avenue. on Tuesday evening
and on Wednesday morning until II
o'clock, Relatives and friends of thu
deceased are invited to attend Th'
burial Will be In the ogden city ceme
tery
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
OLD MAN STRUGGLING TO
KEEP AWAY THE WOLF

A letter from George c. Reade,
signed old Timer" has been received.
and il tells a tale OF hardships en-
countercd In Indian fighting and also
reiterates a pitiful condition of want.
Reade was born I'm New York city
In 1885 and spent his boyhood In and
around his native city At the age
OF 24 he married and emigratcd to
Colorado III 1859 with his wiic. MT.
Reade engaged In tho livery business
Ia Denver and nearby Colorado towns
and served in innumerable Indian
wars both in Colorado and Utah. Al
ter his wife died about Il years ago.
the aged veteran. unable TO console
himself for her loss while living In
the vicinity where every familiar
scene brought back memories of his
happy married life, started rowing and
in the last II years has been practic-
ally all over the western states.
That he acquitted himself nobly
when called upon to defend his own
ard his neighbors homes against the
savage and hostile redskins Is proven
by the paper he carries, carefully
wrapped In a a heavy envelope, from
the secretary of the society of Ma
tlonal Indian War Veterans. This
letter advises Mr. Reade of the fact
that the society, In consideration OF
the invaluable work he had done In
the Indian wars, and his advanced
axe, has decided TO cancel all dues
end elect the aged New Yorker an
honorary life member of the organ
iZation.
After rowing all over the country,
Reade came to ogden on the chance
OF finding work. about month ago.
Ills scanty supply OF money soon be-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
DAIRYMEN OF UTAH
TO HOLD CONVENTION

Dairvnlen OF Utah will hold a con-
yentIon in Salt Lake. February IL, fol
lowing the Utah State Horticultural
convention to be held on the two pre-
vious days. Arrangements for this
convention were made as an after.
thought and only completed yesterday
by ]. Edward Taylor. state horticul-
tural inspector. Mr.. Taylor said that
the plan for a meeting of the Utah
state Dairy association had met with
enthusiastic approval among the dairy
men. inasmuch as many of them are
also members of the horticultural as
sociation, and by holding the meetings
tho same week all will be able TO tnhe
advantage OF the special railroad
ratets. -,
The horticultural convention will
convent at 10 q. m, February Is, and
continue for two doys. The program
for the dairymens convention opens
M 10 o'clock Thursday morning and
the program will be as follows:
Morning Session, 10 O'Clock.
address by President Of the Asso,
ciatiou." Lorenzo Hansen. What the
Doirv Cow Can Do for Utah" Prof. l.
A Merrill. Keeping Cows for Prof
a." A. n. Holloway
Afternoon Session, 1 o'clock.
Future Dairy Development In
Utah" II. Z. Cain. THE Production
of Sanitary. Mills."' Ben R. Eldredge
"some Feeding Suggestions" Prof r
F. Woodward. practical Dairy Leg
Islation." w F. Jensen.
This will be followed by a busines.
meeting.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14

Y came exhausted and. unable 10 find
employment, the hardy old timer was
forced to throw himself on the char
| ity OF pedestrians He has now been
begging on the streets OF Ogden for
! moro than two weeks and boarding
at the Ogden roomlng house on Twen-
tS-hfth street IL seems hard, In this
era OF pensionine of old employees
ana veterans, that 4 man who mas
rendered his country as much service
as has Readc should be forced TO
peg Tor living on the streets oil a
western city. a reporter looked up
the aged veteran OF many battle
yesterday afternoon and found him
IN the yard back OF the Ogden ROOM
ing house doing chores for his bed
Yes, times are rather hard with me
just now" he said. but / guess some
thing Will turn up soon. | am still
able TO do almost any kind of work
except heavy laboring. and have had
lots of experience In janitor work. II
there is anything can get 10 do for
awhile | think things Will start up
pretty soon. and | would be willing 10
work for board and lodging Just
now | am forced To beg for living
Some days l eat and some days /
don't
Readc has had family of eight
children. He has heard nothing from
any OF his children for more than 10
years, although several OF his five
sons are married and extremely well
To do In different parts of the coun
Try
Although "A years OF age, Reade
carries his years with an optimism
any bouyancy, In spite Of his pitible
phght. that would do honor to a man
nan his years He has the straight,
stately carriage of the hardy from
tlersmen who made the west
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
ENTERTAINED AT kENslNeToN

Mrs. A. c. Barber entertained at a
kenslngton Tuesday afternoon. Her
rooms were beautifully decorated with
palms and carnations. The guests Of
the afternoon were Mrs. Phillis K.
Knisely, Mrs. Ralph 2. Bristol, Mrs
Richard T. Kane. Mrs, Ambrose P.
Hibbs, Mrs Albert G Horn. Mrs. Jas,
II. Devine, Mrs. S K. Brick, Mrs. II.
S. Joyce. Mrs. O. NJ. Runyan. Mrs ].
C. Cooper. Mrs. John e Carver, Mrs.
John S. Lewis, Mrs. r. r. Lewis, Mrs,
George NJ, Mccormick. Mrs. VIscher
Mrs. P. A. Hardti. Mrs. ]. C. Nye, Mrs.
Harry Bayard, Mrs. Meek. Mrs, Geo
II. Halyerson. Mrs ], H. Rhine, Mrs.
Rudlger. Mrs. Gleason. Mrs. Harry
True. Mrs. Frank NJ. briggs. Mrs. j.
T. RuShmer. Mrs. Cantz, Miss Mon
ogue and Miss Short
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION
OF THE SWOPE MYSTERY

Kansas City. Feb. 14-1n this city
today a grand jury took up what prom
ises to be a most exhaustive investi-
CATION of the Swope mystery.
simultaneously at tho office of
Frank P. Walsh, leading attorney for
DR.. b. c. Hyde, the taking of dcposl-
tions In the civil suit brought by DIR.
Hyde against John G. Paxton for al
legged slander was resumed o, H.
Gentry, a druggist OF Independence,
Mo. giving his deposition today. testi-
fed that he cent bottle of medicine
containing strychnine to the Swope
home for Colonel Swope's use just one
week before the millionaire died.
Mr.. Gentry said he was almost GER
tain that it was on September 3oth
that Miss Hunton telephoned for a
bottle of medicine for Cousin Tom. "
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
EXHAUSTED JURY is
AGAIN LOCKED Up

Portland, Feb. l3-At IL o'clock to-
night, no word having been received
from the jury in the case OF BinSer
Herman. Judge Wolverton ordered the
Jury TO be locked up for the night.
The jury was still arguing the case
at Sis but about $50 the lights in
the Jury room wore extinSuished
Portland, Ore, Feb 13.-After thir
ty-one hours spent in the considera-
ton OF the evidence In the case OF
Mr. Commlssione rof the General
and Office Binger Hermann tried for
conspiracy to defraud the government
in connection with the establishment
OF the Blue Mountain forest preserve
in this state. the jury at $50 o'clock
tonight still was unable to reach
verdict.
Judge Charles E. Wolverine an
nounced at that time that he would
answer any call from the jury room
ND 10 IL O'Clock and that II verdict
had not been agreed upon at that hour
he would lock up the jurors for the
night.
The Jurors, haggard and worn from
their ordeal, made but one appearance
ia court today. Shortly after 10
O'Clock today they asked TO have read
to them again the instructions OF the
court as TO what constituted reason
able doubt and conspiracy.
Following a consultation with the
attorneys, Judge Wolverton re-read
from bis instructions the portions
asked for and In addition also read
that portion OF his instructions bear
Ing upon the credibility OF witnesses.
Tho Jurors again retired.
II was rumored that the jury stood
Q TO 9 for acQuittal.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
FUNERAL SERVICES IN
THE THIRD WARD

Impressive funeral services were
held over the remains OF John Stalker
at the Third ward meeting house. Sat.
urday afternoon. Bishop f. A. Bing-
ham presiding. Music was furnished
by the Wilson ward choir, and many
relatives and friends gathered to pay
their last respects.
There was an unusually large at
tendance of relatives and friends OF
the deaed man. Solos were rendered
by Mrs. Mary Jones. the first being
"The Christians Good Night" The
speakers we're President C. F Mid.
dIeton. Hyrum Belnap. Bishop Robert
Mcfarland and Bishop Bingham Of the
Wilson ward The floral Offering was
exceptionally abundant and beautiful.
b. A. Larlin presided at the dedica,
tlon of the grave and burial was in
the city cemetery.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-14
CHILEAN CRUISERS RUSHING
TO RESCUE OF IMPERILEO

Ancud. Chile. Feb. 1.-THE Chilean
cruiser MlniStro Zenteno and five
steamers of the Pacific Navigation
company are racing south soday In
the desperate hope that they may save
the 6s persons who. when last re.
ported. were clinGing to the stern of
the British steamer Alma. as the yes-
sci was pounding herself to pieces
on reef in the Huamblin passage in
the Strait of Magellan.
Two hundred and five persons were
taken from the wreck by the British
steamer Hatumet. under difficulties
which finally compelled the Hatumet
to abandon the work OF rescue. -Four
OF the Hatumet's crew sacrificed their
lives before their captain commanded
his crew to cease their efforts.