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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23

crs, Americans interested in their fam
lily history, or ambitious of social dis
tlnctlon, who have come back TO the
old country TO establish the links
of race and tics Of blood that bind them
TO her even though for two hundred
yeas they have exchanged the name of
Englishman for that Of American in
tho new world which is their pride.
a very prominent member Of this
class Of readers "A year or two ago was
Mrs. Potter Palmer, widow of tho mil
lonalre, whose grace and elegance of
dress made her a conspicuous figure in
the great domed library Before she
took her place in English society, Mrs
Potter Palmer WAS determined to un-
ravel the links that connected her TO
the great Anglo Norman family of
ID 'Arcy. She might have gone to a
genealogical society expert and ordered
tho whole business to he done for her
in return for substantial check. But
She preferred to work the matter out
for herself, TO run the risk Of no trick
cry, such as is too often practiced upon
wealthy Americans in this country. She
made up her mind to test every link
posoually, to go through ali those blot
ted, almost illegibe records of the
MARYLAND and Nirginian emigrants, and
satisfy herself that the founder Of the
therein. II was a long business, but
her perseverance did not fail.
Exquisite)y Cownnd in white. or pal
est blue, her hands shielded from the
dust by white kid gloves. every morn.
ing renewed, she sat, day after day,
through Il sultry summer. poring over
these records of the beginnings Of
America TO help her she chartered
The services of slim, dark eyed Irish
nj hn .nI ix oh.
asm and ran hitber and thiihcr all dav
long, consulting the catalogues, copying
the manuscripts. or carrying bulky vol
uples Of county histories And then
when the quest was finished. when
every link in the chain had been iesle.l
and found perfect. this strange. at
tractivc pair vanished, The reading
room knew them no morc-and Mrs.
Potter Palmer took tho position i'm Brit
ish society she has maintained ever
since.
Was Eea! Problem.
To the museum officials the hand
hing of tho milliopairsss.g genealogist pre-
sented itself as Il real problcn, Mye
Potter Palmer was always perfectly
suave and polite. And vet. by GER
tain smiling imperturbability, a certain
imperious nonchalaucn she managed to
convey clear impression that she con
sidered herself entirely cnfranchiscd
from the fcttcrs of pettv routine bv
which the ordinary British reader is
bound. The little secretary remoustrai
ed timiily. warned her Of the risk Of
Il reprlmapd from the librarian, hintcd
even at the dread possibility Of total
exclusion from the reading room that
hangs over the head Of the reralcitrant
reader. All was in vain. Mrs. Potter
Palmer continued to send for impos
sibc quantities Of books, TO occupy
three desks instead Of ono with lor
papers. 10 go away IN the evening lcav
| lug numbers OF valuable books strcyyn
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23

axrs Potter Palmer's Long Search for
Family Links Connecting Her With
the Great DARCY Breed-lntlmate
Sketch Of Her Experiences as Gene
,alogist.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23
Refused to BE Searched.

The chief Librarian was sent for. But
the American persisted in declaring
he had returned the book. and when
asked to turn out his pockets as
proof of his innocence. refused abso.
lutcly 60 do so He would not allow
himself to be searched nor do anything
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-01

Some one over in England has dis
covered a lot of records which go to
show that if certain things had been
said and done by the government
when George the Third was king
there would have been no revolution
in America and what is now the
United States might still be British
dependency. Perhaps so. But some
things also happened on this side of
the ocean which had an effect on his
tory. There was the Declaration of
Independence, the pre-eminent mill
tary ability and statecraft of George
Washington, few battles and Ameri-
can victories, such as those at Ben
flington, Saratoga, Trenton and York
town, and several other occurrences
that had bearing on the case. And
American patriotism and determine
ton against overwhelming odds had q
little something to do with the out.
come.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-01
FEMININE HIGH filters.

When the heavier-than-air flying ma
chine was proved to be a mechanical
possibility it was predicted that avia-
ton would soon become a fad similar
to that of automobiling or, In the
earlier days. bicycling. Despite recest
mishaps in the air which have cost
the lives of several experimenters,
this forecast seems likely to be veri-
fed. Already factories are turning
out airplanes to order both in this
country and abroad, and soon 1t Will
be possible for anyone who fancies an
aerial career to equip himself with an
up-to-date machine of any one of half
a dozen or more types. Indeed, there
are now at work several thousand
skilled artisans making airplanes for
public use, and in all probability next
season will see an airplane owned pri-
vately in every large city. while pos
sibly the town that does not possess
a sky pilot among its followers of
VeutuTeSOne sport VIII ASSA ouSSi0oSO~
and distanced in the race of progress.
1t has just been announced that three
French monoplanes are now on their
way across the Atlantic, having been
manufactured especially for the Amer
lean feminine market. They are In
every respect the most ladylike ma
chimes that have been turned out thus
far, and 1t is the hope of the French
manufacturers that after they have
been demonstrated by a trio of exceed
ingly attractive Parisiennes there
will be almost a competition for their
ownership, and the American market
for these machines will have been es-
tablished.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-01

Texas continues to raise some
things which are very much to her
credit and advantage. Among them
are big crops. This year the Lone
Star state will distinguish herself
especially by the corn yield. The
latest estimate by the Texas agricul-
tural bureau is 210,000,OOO bushels,
against 122, 100000 bushels last year
and 201 100000 bushels in 1908, the
latter being an exceptional output.
The agricultural resources of Texas
are enormous, and the grain harvest
is but one part of the business. The
state is beating Bermuda in early
onion growing, raises some of the best
and earliest potatoes in the market
and supplies other vegetables In
fact, it is doing it's part in showing
that the natural resources of the
United States are far from exhaustion.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-01

Capt. Ivan de Kavousky of the Rus
sian army, who is now on his way to
Rotterdam, was busy every hour of
the time he spent in New York. While
in this country he purchased five mo-
tor boats for the use of the Russian
navy and also placed an order for a
nickel-plated motor boat to be pre-
scented to the czarewitch by the Off
GERS of the Russian volunteer fleet.
The captain said that the Russian
government considers small boats Of
American manufacture the best and
speediest in the world. 1t is not alone
in this view. Wasn't it to American
builders that the German kaiser en-
trusted the construction of his yacht?
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-01

AS yet the "hobblev skirt is known
to most people only through descrip-
ton and pictures. That it may never
be better known is the petition of the
sane Mere foolishness often has
found expression in odd raiment, but
imbecility has but seldom taken mate
rial form as fashion. That woman
who hobbies her limbs with one of
these absurdities has had first to hob
BILE her intelligence is certain. Every
woman owes to herself such dress
as in a mouse emergency will permit
her to mount chair
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-01

After riding all night in a taSicab
man paid the chauffeur two dollars
and then tipped him five cents. Such
hypertrophied nerve should be In bet
ter business, such as. for instance,
ceiling de luxe editions of dead and
1efenseless authors.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-01

BY screaming louder than her com
petitors a Chicago woman the other
day won money prize in shrek
contest. Perhaps she saw a mouse at
the psychological moment
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-17

Oh, dear! Is there now to be another ''in-
vestigation" added to the long list of personal
record probing that at present
JEFF, OF consumes nine tenths of the
ARKANSAS, time of all our deliberative
IN TROUBLE. bodies? The latest aspirant
for whtewashing honors APP
pears to be Senator Jeff Davis, of Arkansas,
the hitherto unwashed, unterrifed and unsi-
fenced perpetual machine gun which has been
guaranteed to fire pyrotechnical oratory in
seventeen different directions at once. He is
charged with accepting fees for some of this
matchless rhetorical shots, having particular
reference to securing to some private citizens
of his State rights to certain tracts of swamp
land there, or rather, he is said to have let it
slip in committee that if he secured those
rights, he would receive the reward due a
faithful servant for his success. Realizing
a bit too late that these things are to be I'M
derstood, but not admitted, between gentle
men of the committees, he tried to have the
record of his ndiscretion expunged from the
proceedings, without success.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-17
Summary Of Events as They Happen

Whether the Senator is guilty or not is a
matter for proof, not opinion, but if this thing
of graft charges keeps up at the rate it has
been going on of late, Court of High Laun-
dry will be needed to keep tabs upon the va
should have a fraction of time left in which
to do something other than wash the dirty
linen of our Great Ones.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-17

All the railroads between Chicago and the
Pacific are threatened with fremen's strike
which, if carried out, will
A GREAT amount to absolutely paralyz-
RAILWAY ing the service west of the Mis-
STRIKE Sssippi. AS usual, the Difficult
PROBABLE ty has been prolonged, and the
present tension results not from
refusal of the fremen's demands, but to re
fusal on the part of the railroads concerned
to meet with the representatives of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men and discuss these points of controversy.
In Georgia last summer we experienced the
discomfort that can be caused by strike on
STR p of railroad only about two hundred miles
long, and the result of tie-up of the great
transatlantic lines may be imagined It is a
serious thing and we trust that ere the week
has passed the managers of the roads will
have seen the imperative necessity of taking
a sane and reasonable view of the difficulty,
which is simply industrial and about which
men should confer. The refusal of railroads,
traction companies and big manufacturing
concerns to realize that labor questions have
two sides, and that they are not creatures of
any divine right to rule as autocrats has
brought about the present condition in Phil
adelphia, and the threatening aspect of the
entire industrial world.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
has membership composed of men who
know just what it means to the public if
schedules are dsarranged, and who realize
fully what it would be if passenger and
freight cars did not move. Business would
suffer, foodstuffs would increase in price.
loved ones could not even respond to the call
to come to the bedside of the sick or the dv-
ing These men do not fail to consider the
interests of the great third party" Their
hours are long and hard; their responsible
ties those of life and death, their lives are
shortened by loss of sleep, exposure, lack of
the Sunday rest It would therefore seem
that when they have been patient so long, and
have put the question of arbitration squarely
up to the managers that they, and not the
railroad men, will be to blame if the strike be
not happily averted.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-17

DR.. X. G. Matheson, of the Georgia School
of Technology, is a good man and an able
teacher, but it does not speak
MATHEsoN's we'll that State institution
MISTAKE. should be so grateful a recipi-
ent of Standard Oil money
that its President must pay Rockefeller an
ambassadorial visit to give thanks.
Tn order to obtain the $4,000 gift from
Rockefeller, Georgians will have to raise an
other $4,000. AS our State hasn't more
than a hundred plutocrats per square mile,
these other simoleons will be supplied from
the plain, but patriotic citizen, who wants
the Tech to succeed. BY little more effort.
the $4,000 could come from just few more
of these homefolks and the Tech be I'M
smirched by gifts from a source that can not
but make us blush.
The use to which this money will be put is
stated to be to construct Y NJ c. A. build
ing of three stories, which will have an Gas
sembly hail. gymnasium, pool, lunch room
and dOrmitories besides a students club,
with all the necessary equipment thereto.
"When completed the Y. NJ. G.. A. will
offer to the students most attractive place
both for study and recreation, as we'll as a
home and this promises to counteract
the distraction of living near large city"
1t sounds very nice, indeed but proper dis
cipline at the Tech ought to be able to coun-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-17

Nine Paladino, another world famous
"spiritualist" whose exploits puzzled some Of
the greatest savants of our time,
SAME OLD has, like all the rest, been dis
HUMBUG. covered guilty Of deliberate
fraud. There was the usual cur
tanned cabinet, the dark room, the mysterious
rappings and knockings, etc. In addition to
this, wierd zephyrs blew about her as she
moved and came apparently from her hair.
It was very simple, after all. Her mus
cles were powerful and wondrously flexible,
and by the crude, but shrewd device of put
ting her feet on the feet of Investigators, then
slipping her feet out of the heavy shoes and
playing tunes and doing other tricks with her
toes, she succeeded in battling some of the
most skeptical. She could likewise manipu-
late a bellows, with rubber tubing leading to
any point from which she desired draft to
appear, so as to produce the cold and awe
inspiring current. Tt is sad, indeed that
such charlatans periodically grip the conf
dence of those whose pathetic search for
message from loved ones gone before leads
them to congregate around frauds whose pal
pability should be certain SO soon dark
ness is necessary for their work and whose
'proofs" consist of fitting tables and rafting
chairs or giving illiterate spirit letters from
those who, in life, knew how to spell. But
the marvellous medium never fails to have
his or her little day, no matter how often
such methods are exposed.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-17
BY ON OIL a ~

teract the aforesaid "distraction", and if the
youth of Georgia are to be taught to revere
a man who has been one of the greatest ras-
Gals of his time their education will be OF
little worth DR.. Matheson did good piece
of 'business" when he successfully begged
money from that vile old hypocrite; but the
people of Georgia would do themselves honor
by repudiating the transaction utterly, and
giving to posterity the proud heritage of
moral backbone.
The South was overwhelmed, not conquer
ed, in the Civil War. When it grovels at the
feet of dirty Yankee money, it has met its
Waterloo.
The revolution" in Nicaragua has ended,
at least for the present. Mr.. Knox's game
was too open and the true in
PEACE wardness of handing over the
COMING TO government to INSCRIPTIONS
NICARAGUA foreign investors became evil
dent too early to permit the
happy consummation. Hereafter, IT any dis
interested South American people rebel
against the oppression of a dictator, they
should have moral support, or intervention
in the right manner, to give them relief from
ills that press upon them with undue heavi-
ness; but games of fomenting instructions
merely in order to exchange President, who
is attempting to guard his country from for
eign domination, for one who will crook the
knee to the interests that prey upon it, have
been too frequent to be borne with liberation.
American capital must learn to make its for
eign investments subject to the laws of the
country it chooses as a field of operation, and
not with the idea that United States gunboats
are to be used to further schemes in contra
vention of such laws There was never any
hope of successful conclusion for the so-called
revolutonists except in Specification" by the
United States, winked at by Mexico Mexico
didn't care to give the wink, Mr. Knox
couldn't we'll push the matter, and, left to
their own resources, the insurgents went to
pieces. Not, however, without numbering and
being murdered to the number of several
thousand men who had no grounds for en-
nifty against each other, and causing unnec-
essarv woe to fall upon the little country.
Mr.. Zelaya has been fully indicated, so far
as present indications 90, and it will require
more proof than this highly artificial insur
rection has furnished that he was the dictator
and brigand Mr.. Knox and others were anx-
iOus to make him out
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-17

For Our argument being used that the
MosT expense of maintaining prop
FRAGILE er standing at foreign courts
ORNAMENTS. makes it almost imperative
that rich men be selected for -
these posts, and that the difference between
the moderately ll-to-do official and his
wealthier predecessor creates embarrassment
to the former that could be eliminated to a
great extent by acquiring one home that
would serve each in turn.
All of which is piAie. The honor of being
an Ambassador to a foreign court will con-
tinue to be dealt out as pie with the chances
in favor of the slice going to that friend-of-
the-Party which could help it in it's hour of
campaign extremity with large wad If
the homes were purchased that would not al
ter in the least the right of the richer man to
set social pace his poorer successor couldn't
afford, and the next issue would be to vote
money for the purpose of entertaining roy
atty, racing horses or breaking the bank at
Monte Carlo What actual services does an
Ambassador render, anyhow, to justify the
continuance of the ancient custom of sending
him forth? They must be far too subtle for
the average mind to grasp. So long as he
doesn't do any particular HARM and doesn't
cause more than a comparatively nominal ex-
pense he may as we'll be tolerated the money
would 90 for something just as superAuous,
anyhow. But to increase the cost of the Of
fees at this iuncture is a suggestion that
gives one the Willies.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-17
PAGE FOUR

All the railroads between Chicago and the
Pacific are Threatened with firemen's strike
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-19
WOULDN'T THIS MAKE YOU
DIZZY?

on page 6, column 8. OF the Tribune
party organ yesterday morning, the
following statement is found:
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-19

the Tribune establishment IS well eX-
emplified from the excerpts thar are
taken from its paper of yesterday and
which are reprinted above. A half
dozen men in its plant are feyerishly
rushing TO the defense of the police de-
partment. from Moist Mr.. owen to
amusing Mr.. Gibbs, and including the
unspeakable Sefrit. and its still more
unspeakable utilization editor None
Of them sees what the other writes,
and nobody sees what they all right
except the prOOfreader, and we feel
sorry for him. The Typographical
union should be slapped on the wrist
and severely reprimanded for forcing
any Of its members TO read proof on
the Tribune. Some day that man VIII
go mad and the union will be respon-
sible.
We venture to predict that some
real newspaper man win some time by
some chance get on the Tribune pay
roll. It will be awful hard on him, but
it would be an awful good thing for
the Tribune.
As an evidence of a newspaper in
a squirting furry we commend you
to the salt Lake Tribune just now.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-19

That many (criminals) have come
via Salt Lake this year-is not sur
prising for several reasons. The
prizefight at Reno between JeI-
fries and Johnson attracted an
enormous assemblage OF every
character, who. after the fight
scattered themselves over the
west, many Of them coming TO
salt Lake. Another reason is
that the race tracks of the east
have been closed and the race
track tOuts and hangers-on have
come west, where racing with
bOOkmaking Is permitted. and
with the race track comes the
train of attendant evils, in the
form of drug fiends, women OF
ilI-repute and criminals of all
descriptions.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-19
NOT "HURTING," But HELPING
SALT LAKE.

Charles f. Hughes, one Of the best
governors the state OF New York ever
had, has resigned the office and
mounted to the Supreme bench of the
United States. He is admired every
where; we all believe he is thoroughly
honest, capable and sincere, a true
friend Of the people. and an enemy
of wrong wherever It can be found.
Do you remember how Mr.. Hughes
gained the popularity which enabled
him to be elected governor Of New
York? Do you remember where he
got the reputation for honesty, and
fair dealing. for legal acumen. for
personal Integrity. which prompted
President Taft to elevate him TO the
greatest court in the world? When
the committee of the New York legis-
lature began its work OF investigating
the great insurance companies which
have their general Offices in New York,
and which handle millions upon mil
lions of their stockholders and policy
holders money, they looked about
them for a capable attorney 10 repre-
sent the committee as legal adviser.
and as counsel to examine witnesses.
Lawyer Hughes had no reputation
at that time. He had not been in
court very much, but he was known
among his fellows as a clean man, a
student, with wide knowledge OF the
law, and unhinching courage. The
committee employed him. The whole
reading world knows the result.
Prominent men, men with worldwide
regulations as financiers. men who
gave their thousands every year to
charity, 10 the cause of education, to
the churches. were placed on the
stand and their secrets laid bare by
the mereiless probe OF Charles E.
Hughes.
The newspapers that represented
predatory interests were aghast at the
lack OF tenderness which Mr.. Hughes
used in handling the ''malefactors OF
great wealth" These newspapers de-
clared that he was hurting the ma
ton" that he was destroying the ma
tons confidence" in its great men
that persons OF eminence in the bust
ness world were being publicly pill
loried" Mr.. Hughes continued thu
even tenor of his way, and his work
was so good that it made him gov
ernOr OF New York. man many times
mentioned for President. and has
finally brought him TO the supreme
ambition of every lawyer of note II
the United States. a place in the great
est tribunal known 10 man, the su'
preme Court Of the United States.
His critics had 10 acknowledge h'
was right. Instead Of his exposure in