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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08
Romance Began Here.

The romance of the Duke of the Alb
ruzzi and Miss Elkins dates back to May,
1907, when the duke was visiting WASH
ington. They met at a dance, and the
pair danced together SO often as to oc-
casion comment from their friends. The
duke became intensely attentive to Miss
Elkins. and his attentions were not dis
couraged. He returned to Italy, but
came back to America the following
March, and Immediately renewed his at
tentions to Miss Elkins. They became SO
marked that q report that they were
engaged was not denied. The rumors
crystallized into something approaching
certainty in the following months. and 1t
was said that the date Of the wedding
had been settled upon.
Then came reports from Rome Of bitter
opposition to the match on the part OF
the dowager queen and the king. At
that time 1t was not generally known
that the seat of the hostilities lay with
the Duchess of Aosta, but 1t was evident
that the Italian royal family would not
countenance a match between the duke
and an American heiress. There were
frequent conferences between the duke
and Senator and Mrs. Elkins, and late in
1908 the senator issued an emphatic de-
NAL Of the engagement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08
WEATHER.

Unsettled weather, with show
ers tonight or Tuesday; lower
temperature light variable winds.
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Duke Became Discouraged.

The duke became so discouraged over
the situation that he applied for an as
signment to command the Italian flying
squadron, which would keep him at sea
for q number of years, and out OF the
society of women. His request was de-
MED. -.
by her father to be taken for heart
trouble" The senator always said this
with a straight face, and no one ever
knew whether or not he intended It as
joke. Reports that the duke and Miss
Elkins met in various European resorts
were FREQUENT. In November OF last year
1t was reported that the duke hid denied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08
Silent as to His Suit.

The duke held to his never broken
policy of making no public statements
He has never been interviewed for any
publication, not even concerning his dar-
ing explorations. This was given as a
reason for his failure to deny the en-
gagement. Senator Elkins' denial did
not stop the rumors Of an engagement.
Above all things, it did not prevent the
duke from continuing, at every oppor-
tunity, his attentions to Miss Elkins.
There was talk of a morganatic mar
riage, and also of rumored renuncia-
ton by Abruzzi of his royal rank SO that
he could marry the girl of his choice.
The italian royal family selected young
women of royal blood For the duke to
choose from. Among these was a prin-
cess, and it was reported that the duke
had given up all idea Of marrying Miss
Elkins. These reports, it is said. how
ever. emanated from those opposed to
an alliance with an American girl.
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PARIS. August S.-A special from
Rome to the Petite Republique says
that the hostility Of the royal family
to the marriage of the Duke of the
and Miss katherine Elkins has
been withdrawn, and that the official
Of the engagement will
be made shortly.
Miss Elkins and her mother have
been in Europe for several months.
Latterly they have been staying at
Toblach. Austria, and recent reports
have had it that the Duke Of the Alb
ruzzi, who is now director general OF
the arsenal at Venice, has made many
motor trips from his headquarters to
the Austrian retreat Of Miss Elkins.
A dispatch from Rome to the Repub-
lique Francaise says that an official
announcement Of the betrOthal is only
a matter of a few weeks time. The
asserts that the opposi-
tion to the marriage on the part OF
the royal family has ceased.
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Went Wooing in Open.

1t was thought then that either Miss
Elkins and her mother would leave Tob-
ZACH or the duke would discontinue his
visits. But neither eventuated. The
duke continued his flying trips across the
frontier and made no secret OF them.
There was no Interference from Rome.
and this was taken as evidence that the
hostility to the match was not as in
tense as it had been. Indeed. the king
and queen must have had full knowledge
that the duke was visiting Miss Eikins.
From Venice to Toblach is about 16O
miles, 1t was possible for the duke TO
make the trip by railroad but this plan
would always have disclosed his dest1na-
tion. That he made the journey IRE
quently in his automobile was taken Is
proof of his devotion to Miss Elkins. he
departed from Venice after nightfall ana
was always back at the arsenal before
da yhreak
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-05

ance was distastcful to the polygamous
cult, because il put the brand of immor.
tality upon their practice and the shame
of Illcgitimacy upon the issue Of that
practice. Therefore it was cast out.
The alleged revelation commanding the
practice of polygamy was not printed in
the Doctrine and Covenants until the
edition of 1876. when il was inserted
IN the stead of the homogeneous docu-
mont from which we quote They have
taken away and added TO the "word.
as they pretend to recognize il.
Yet these same men arc all the time
proclaiming to the world that the other
-ects arc IN constant state of chang
ing. so far as their doctrines arc con
cerucd. but that the Mormon church
never changes its doctrine or belief. In
which they simply add TO the many 9th
or falschoods they tell
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-05
PAULHAN's CLOSE CALL.

II is evident that Pauhan. the
French aviator. had close call for his
life at Denver. In his flights he had
less success there than he had in Salt
Lake; and at the last he almost came
to grief.
Denver is about 1000 feet higher than
Salt Lake City. One would have sup
posed that his experiences here would
have warned Pauhan that he must be
very cautious in undertaking TO navi-
gate the air at that high altitude After
he had tried it here, he announced il
as his definite opinion that special aero
planes would have to be built for those
who undertook TO make ascensions in
high attitudes like this. And yet, unde-
TERED by his own experiences and opin-
ion, he undertook ascents in Denver in
q higher altitude than this, IN an aero
plane made for sea-level atmospheres.
He was fortunate to come of without
serious injury Undoubtedly his expe.
rience should he used by others who
may try aeroplsnc work at this eleva.
tion. There should be special machines,
light, yet strong, and the power should
be very much increased over the power
used at lower levels Paulhan s expert
cnces should be both Il lesson and a
warning
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-05
THE TARIFF PEACE-PIPE.

+, is gratifying to know that the
United States and Germany have come
to a harmonious agreement on tho tariff
difficulties which threatened long
wranpe There does not appear ia
! have been much difficulty in settling
the general run OF exports from this
country to Germany. and those from
Germany here but when the meat sche-
dule was reached. there were very seri-
Gus difficulties These difficulties arose
from the peculiar and rigid inspection
provisions Of the German laws and rcgu-
lations. These were made ahnormally
strict and as far as possible exclusive,
by reason Of the uproar raised by Presi.
dent Roosevelt in his galleryplay ar
raignment of the Chicago packers. IT
was shown at the time that all of the
conditions which he stigmatiZed had
been done away with. II was also
shown that at no time were there any
unfavorabIe conditions with respect TO
the meat that was designed for export.
AS TO those meats, the Department of
Agriculture had had thorough inspection
not To be exported. there was no Fed
eral authority at that time for inspect
ing them That inspection, however,
was fair by the State OF Illinois. Since
then, of course, the Federal inspection
has been extended TO all, and the same
rules now apply TO meat for domestic
consumption as that intended for ex-
port.
But yet. in spite Of the fact that
there was no occasion for the uproar
made by President Roosevelt on this
matter, and in spite Of the fact. dem
onstrated at the time. that the uproar
that he made had no application TO
meats exported, the German government
in rather an unfriendly spirit seized
the occasion 10 make stricter its in
spections and regulations with respect
to American meats, That is, American
meats were made the occasion for the
further restrictions. Those restrictions
were general in tone and terms, how
ever, and applied TO all meats imported
into Germany. There is no doubt,
however, but that the animus in the
stricter regulations was directed against
the United States; and the drastic mes
sage of President Roosevelt was cited
as sufficient cause for the stricter regu-
lations IT was mere subterfuge, how
ever, but the German government clung
to it tenaciously and adjustment was
very difficult,
But, that adjustment was possible at
all, shows that the regulations adopted
in a hostile spirit by Germany towards
the United States were not considered
even by the German government as
tenable, but were used merely rs 4
leverage to get such concessions as
were possible under the reciprocity
clause of our new tariff law That af-
fected horror of American meat was
used for all it was worth, and great
deal more, and this is practically con
ceded by the German government in
making the final adjustment; for it is
not possible that Germany would agree
to any importations that it really con
sdered TO be harmful 10 the German
people. II is a good outcome, however,
from an intricate situation.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-05
LOCAL HISTORY
WHAT HAPPENED FEBRUARY S.

: - Throughout Utah. In Salt Lake city
the thermometer registered 50 de-
Grees below zero.
1sse@tTtah legislature adjourned. but met
again on February l6.
1S53-On honrd the ship Jersey. sailing
from Liverpool. were 3li MnrmonS.
bound for Salt Lake via New Or
leans, which port was reached March
~ George Halliday was In charge Of
the party
1S5i-Seventies quarterly conference.
Mormon church. held in Salt Lake.
and thirty-eIghth and thlrty-nintth
Benjamin F Cummings and Daniel
Mcintosh az senior presidents
l855-Dr. Garland Hurt OF Kentucky ap-
pointed Indian agent for Utah. ar
aHEdward samueis and william
Hampton killed in anowslide in Big
Cottonwood canyon. , g..
traffic between Ogden and Brigham
1SS6GGovernor ELI H. Murray vetoed the
jury bill passed by the Utah iegisla-
1ss7@Mary Bishop. a resident OF the
Tenth ecclesiastical ward OF salt
Lake City. dies at her home. at the
advanced age OF l0l years. She WAS
England. RI's ID in iSss.
lSSS-Olc A. Jensen and Alfred Atkinson
of Charleston. Cache county arrested
for unlawful cohabItation.
IsS9-Jens G.. l.. Breinholt and Mons Nil
son discharged from Utah peniten-
,ary
lS9O-Peter l.. Qulst discharged from The
penitcntlary.
lS9l-Richards street. in salt Lake.
opened, the old Deseret Museum
building being removed for this pur-
1S9e-Henry Yates discharged from the
Utah penitcntiary.
lS9S-Thc flrst presidency OF the church
prints n fulsomc culoGy In the Des-
erct News and commends Isaac
Trumbo for United States senator
lS99-Oregon Short Line shown TO be be-
hind Incorporation OF Utah, Nevada y
California.
l9ooSBodies Of three members OF the
Utah batteries. killed In Philippines.
reach Salt Lake. b II, Roberts
pleads by at5oTnsy f, not STI,Xi ion 10 'n'
new saloons shall be licensed.
1902-Removal OF three policemen caused
sensation in Salt Lake, Extensive
Manager Herbert OF the Rio Grande
Western. Three boys injured by
by street car while coasting. q IL
Whitlock OF revenue department criti-
Cises practices of Salt Lake brokers
and stock companies.
loo3-Suprenie court decides that law
compelling barber shops 10 close on
sunday Is constitutional.
l904-GreaI snowstorm visits city, con-
tnuing all day.
l9O5-Ed Hanna and Henry Martin: two
alleged wholesale bounty thieves,
were arrested,
1906-City officials inspect Bic COTTON
wood conduit Thomas Turner. col
ored expressman. falls dead.
loo7-Big washout on Union Pacihc IN
Weber canyon. Three days ram
causes muddy water supply Forty
five carloads Of coal arrive Masons
celebrate anniversary,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-05
is THIS YOUR
BIRTHDAY, TOO?
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5

Miss Maxine Elliott who has been in
turn Mrs. George A. McDermott and Mrs
Nat c, Goodwin and Is again free to
make Her Great Match in Her Own
Way Is 81 years old today. She was
born in Maine and was educated In a
convent. making her stage debut in 1890.
Alonzo E. Wilson. who hands out more
prohibition copy" than any man In the
world for the newspapers. was born in
Madison Wis, forty-two years ago this
morning He has been secretary OF six
state and three national conventions Of
his party.
Bryant r. Brooks, who is at present
holding down the job OF governor OF Wyo-
ming is 40 today. He was born in
Massachusetts and has been raising cat
tie and other livestock in Wyoming for
nearly thirty years. He has taken
thirty-threc degrees in Masonry.
John w. Smith, United States senator
from Maryland and native of Snow
Hill, where he still lives, is So. He was
orphaned at five years OF age and began
making his own way al eighteen, being
governor Of Maryland a decade ago.
Charles B Law. congressman from
Brooklyn, graduate from Amherst college
and the Cornell law school, is 3S lie is
a lawyer thus living up TO the family
name.
James Carew. actor and former cashier
in n Chicago book store. who became the
husband OF Ellen Terry three years ago.
is 80. He is n musician OF ability.
Richard l.. Ashhurst. lawyer, who has
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-05
CONTRAST BETWEEN EDITIONS.

The Tribune has been permitted TO
nants of the edition of 1854. As be-
tween the contents of that book and
the present edition issued by the Nor
mon church here we note some diff
ferenccs. For instance, here is the
wording of the title page of the old
book:
The Book OF Doctrine and Covenants,
OF the Church. OF Jesus Christ of Latter
day Saints: selected from the revelations
OF God. BY Joseph Smith. president.
Fourth European edition. Stereotyped,
Liverpool: published for Orson Pratt. by
The title page OF the most recent
edition issued in Utah reads as fol
lows:
The Doctrine and Covenants. of the
Saints. containing the revelations given
TO Joseph Smith. Jun. the prophet. for
the building up OF the Kingdom OF God In
references, by Orsou Pratt, Sen Salt
Lake CITY. Utah The Descret News,
printers and publishers. 1908.
Of course, the mere change Of title
page, as indicated in the above, amounts
W HoIulup III pdILiculdts Dul we give
their respective workings more for the
purpose of showing that both editions
are authoritative publications of the
Utah branch Of the Mormon church than
for any other object. But there are
other changes that are interesting TO
the investigator, and that should carry
some weight even with those who are
members of the church. One of the
principal Of these we note In the fact
that SECTION CIX, MARRIAGE, -
as il appears in the edition of 1854. is
omitted altogether from the edition of
1908. But there was an important
reason for the expurgation of that sec
ton, which upon examination we find
was included in all editions issued by
the Utah church up 10 the edition of
1876. That reason is represented in the
following, taken from the old book and
not appearing in the new:
"lnasmuch as this church OF Christ
has been reproached with the crime of
fornication, and polygamy; VIC declare
that we believe that one man should
have one wife; and one woman but one
husband, except in case of death, when
either is AT liberty to marry again.
That formerly authoritative utter
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wHIsTLERs, GOOD AND BAD.

As TO the chronic whistler. We no.
ticed that the Dcseret News the other
evening made approving editorial com
mcnt upon an article in a Washington
newspaper dealing with this subject,
That paper had gone through the va
rious stages of denunciation of the in
dlvidual who apparently never stops
whistling except to eat or to sleep, from
mild reproof 10 consignment TO the
realms Of the damned.
OF course, there is all to be said
against him who whistles in forbidden
places; but there are also few things
10 bc said of the man with the habit,
And being somewhat minded TO give
the under dog in this matter "show
for his white alley we are going to
say 'em,
No footpad announces his presence
with tuneful whistle, and information
at hand is TO the effect that the sand.
bagger steals up from behind with a
bludgeon in his hand and no whistle
in his mouth, Nor does the burglar
disturb the repose of the somnolent
householder with CHEEKY whistle while
in the act of burgling. Safebreakers
use all sorts of mufaers TO stife any
possible sounds made during their oper-
ations, and one Of these mufhers NAV
safely be assumed to be applied to the
whistle. And he is n mighty cheerful
and reposeful defaultcr who can whistle
while he defaults; and an extremely on
timistic bank wrecker who can emit
the trilling notes while vet he wrecks.
No; the chronic whistler is totally unfit
for such occupations.
Then there are some excellent men
who whistle. We have heard em do
il oven while they prayed and preached.
True. II is sometimes Just mere sus-
picion of a lisp, and always Of one
note. but it is whistle lust
the same. and occurs almost every time
they pronounce a word containing the
letter "s,' Yet they are good men
Just as are the reverent individuals
who mix and vary their snoring with
a long whistle of moro or less tuneful.
ness and volume
So, YOU see. not all whistlers are bad
nor is any whistler totally depraved.
But whistling may bring to the Des.
eret News some painful memories. In
Nauvoo the hierarehs of the Mormon
church had gang of fellows who were
banded together under the name of the
"Nauvoo Whittlers.' Whenever an
''outsider' appeared in the town. and
the chief priests of Mormondom dc.
sired TO drive him out, the wink was
given to the ''Whittlers. A group of
these would gather each good sized
scrap Of lumber, and each drawing n
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long bowie knife they would surround
tho intruder Never n word would they
utter. but they would shave Off long
shaving Of the wood at ono long sweep
OF the bowie, the stroke Of the knife
being always directed toward the body
Of the intruder, and each stroke accom-
panied by a whistling sound from the
mouth Of each OF the whittIers, begin
ming somewhat low in the musical scale
and gradually sliding up TO higher
pitch. II was highly disagrceablc to the
intruder, and in nincty.nine cases out
of ninety.ninc he got out of the town
in a hurry.
But this is going into the graveyard
Of Mormon memory; and if the News
would accompany MS there II might be
necessary for even the church organ
TO whistle TO keep M it's courage,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-05
TODAY IN HISTORY
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5.
THE DlscovERsR OF PIXIES PEAK.

Today is the birthday Of many no 9,
tables. OF especial interest is that Of
Iehuon Montgomery Pike, soldier of
teenth century. who discovered the fa-
nous peak In the Rocky mountains bear
Ing his name. Pixies father lived In
New Jersey and was captain In the
Revolutionary army and ''Zeb' was
born In that state i'm 1879. He began bis
career at an early age, and had ALREADY
attained considerable prominence when
the government made the purchase OF
Louisiana from the French. Lieutenant
Pike was appointed Ia conduct an expo
source. and. leaving st, Louis on August
2. 1906 he returned after nearly nine
months Of exploration and constant eX-
posurc 10 hardship. having satisfactori-
" performed his service.
In 1so6-I he was engaged in ceograph-
ical cNploTat tions In the Louisiana terri
discovered Pixies peak. This was In No
vep1ber. 1906. \ little more than three
years ago the centennial celebration OF
this event was flttlnCly celebrated AT
Colorado Springs, as well as other sec
tions OF Colorado.
The name Pixies peak was never Of
ficially sanctioned by the government.
but was informally adopted after the
carly settlers had refused to desienat"
the mountain as James peak, tho title
Erst conferred by the war department
The carly maps never alluded TO tho SEN
tine" OF the Rockies as Pixies peak, and
~ was not until years after that the
government followed the lead OF the trap
pers and accepted Pixies peak
when Pixies party 'eaw the peak, on
November Is. 1905. rthey gave three
cheers for the Mexican mountain. but II
was not until twelve days later that Pike
climbed Cheyenne mountain, eighteen
miles from the "biG white mountain.
and found the peak so terrible of aspect
that he did not even attempt to ascend
II and declared, further that no human
being could do so. The first person 10
reach the top Of the peak was Or. Long.
in August 1915. The Pixies Peak rail
road. which now climbs the mountain
TO the distance OF 1917 feet, was COM
plctad in the autumn OF 1890.
Pike was rapidly advanced as SOL
dcr. and he was about IS years of age
when. as brigadier general. nc command
ed the forces that attacked York. Can
ada, April 27. 1913 The explosion OF a
powder magazine mortaliy wounded the
young commander. who died as the
cheers OF his soldiers told OF n victory.
The captured flag of the British was
placed under his head 10 ease his dy-
ing agony.
One of tho few monuments that has
been erected in honor of the soldier-cx-
plorer is \ statue OF heroic size in front
OF the Antler5 hotel In Colorado Springs.
Today, in 1884, was fought the famous
battle OF PlasSey. and In 1883 Thomas
Carlisle, the famous historian. died,
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been postmaster Of Philadelphia since
ia0s ts 7o Ills gallantry at Gettysburg
cost him a severe wound. which ncces-
Stated his discharge.
Hiram s. Maxim. inventor OF the Max
syaaTon serve as a power in Tcloadlng. ~
70 ue was born In Sangcrville. Me.
Among the distinguished dead who
celebrated on this date We're; ole B. Bun
Gs10j Norwegian composer and riolinist !;
Dwight L. Moody Gs31) evangelist, who
started missionary work In Chicago in
sts1csmau from whose name the word
.ncelcr' as applied 10 a policeman is
taken: James Otis t725), the American
netriot; John Withcrspoon tI22). clergy
man and educator.