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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-03
HARVESTER COMPANY
ROBBED IN RUSSIA

ODESSA, Russia. Aug. 2.-The local
office OF the International Harvester
company was entered by armed men,
who seized $500 after wounding Man
ager Olander today The robbers shot a
policeman who attempted to block their
flight One OF the robbers was arrested
later =
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DAUGHTER BORN TO !.
SLAYER OF HUS

sAULT STE. MARIE a. Ms
daughter was born today 70 o,.rs
line NeopolItan. convicted ~
husband, who was sentence
Wednesday next, but sgv ss
was committed 10 life 'mpnNS7
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Roosevelt's Letter Read.

Mr.. Littleton read from a letter writ
ten In November. 1907 by President
Roosevelt TO Attorney General Bonaparte
IN which he related that Judge Carr and
Henry G. Frick had been 10 see him and
told him that a prominent New York
brokerage house would fan within week
unless the United States Steel corpora
tion took over the Tennessee Coal g. Iron
company and thus come to the rescue.
"Did you know that Mr. Gary and Mr..
Frick had gone to Washington TO see
President Roosevelt?'' Mr.. Littleton
asked.
II did not know anything about IL un.
til the day following, Monday"
Did you tell any one before that ex.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-03

Bucking broncos. wild steers and The
west 8 two cleveTest riders in contest at
Sultair Saturday night.
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Gary's Testimony Cited.

Mr.. Littleton cited Judge Garys testi-
mony that he had offered to loan five or
six million dollars TO Moore & Schley.
Mr.. Schley said he had an ndistinct
recollection OF an offer of that kind as
to certain collateral Mr.. Ledyard he
said told him five or six million would
be loaned on certain collateral.
MY recollection is said Mr.. Schey
that the percentage OF collateral de-
mand was too great / am not very clear
about It,
Was there this offer by Judge Gary
OF five million loan?i
'As I said. the only offer ! remember
came from Mr. Ledyard"
Mr., Schley. told of refusing an offer
OF $4,000. 900 by John w. Gates to aid In
the trouble. but he refused II because he
did not want 70 accept a gratuity
Regarding the negotiations for the
transfer OF the property Mr. Schley said
he suggested that Bedyard cali on j. P
Morgan and tell him about the desire to
sell Tennessee to the steel corporation.
Later Mr.. Gary and Mr.. Frick called on
rhe witness.
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Knew of Conference.

81 knew OF the conference at Mr.. Nor
eans house and that there was a ques-
lion as 10 whether they should go to the
rescue Of the Trust Company of America
or Moore & Schley FIRST
well, are you prepared to say that the
failure of Moore & Schley was prevented
by the sale of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
company stock 10 the United States Steel
corporation?'
mo"
In the long examination il developed
that the Tennessee Coal G Iron company
stock was only small portion OF indus
trial collateral put up with other high
grade stocks for Moore g. Schley loans.
No loans were made on the Tennessee
stocks alone.
In response TO Representative Young
as to why loan from the steel corpora
tlon would not have sufficed to save
Moore & Schley, Mr.. Schlcy declared that
IL would have necessitated the payment
OF the money In short time and in
volved difficulties. AS IL was they con-
verted assets regarded as the weakest
collateral into cash and with s12 .00o, 900,
realized Immediately, cleared up the sit
uation.
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Don Philippini band will play at
Motordome arena for the races tonight.
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Haggled Over Stock.

Mr.. Gary said to me that he did not
mink Tennessee stock was worth over
60. Mr. Schley said. II agreed with him
and he said that was about all he could
do. ] told Mr.. Ledyard about Il and
later. after other negotiations We were
offered 80 in bonds"
Was the first offer OF so in cash2''
II don't think IL was specifically
stated; The offer of 80 in bonds was not
enough. The dag was Sunday and Mr.
Gary said they wanted to seq the board
before they acted On Monday after
noon / learned that the steel company
had decided that they would pay par
MIR. Littleton again pressed the wit
ness Tor an explanation as TO how the
sale OF the Tennessee stock saved Moore
q Schley from failure and Mr.. Schlcy re-
piled
Perhaps the sale of stock did not
save IL: perhaps we could have gotten
through
is that your opinion?''
That would be my opinion II I had
known what might have happened 81
Just how did the transaction help
you. them"
Because II put us in possession OF a
lot OF money TO reduce our debts"
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Don Philippini band will play AT
MotorSomc arena for the races tonight.
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petition that Moore 6 schley would fail
the next week?
''I did not" Mr. Sch1ey answered.
''Dld YOU know that Mr. Gary and Mr..
Frick were going 10 tell President Roose-
Welt that a brokerage firm In New York
was about to faH?"
II certainly did not.
"Did you hear OF conference OF bank
ers In New York planning TO come to the
rescue OF Moore & Schley?'i
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Don Philippini band Will
arena for the isee
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Free Board and Lodging.

A PROPOS Of the pension OF SO weele
"A that the English government has 1,sa
granted to the splendid English now
elist, Joseph Conrad. q Chicago poet. said
the other day:
1.-THE trashy novelist rides In a French
motor car and drinks champagne with
his dinner, but the good novelist Is thank
ful for a meal OF macaroni Our bad
taste is to blame.
Listen to this terrible story:
"A wealthy Chicago publisher visited q
lunatic asylum one autumn afternoon
and among the lunatics he noticed a man
who sat counting his fingers and muttsrs
ing:
Tnty, minty, cutey. corn.
Apple seeds and briar thorn!
THE publisher regarded the man atten.
lively. About that massive brow abouA
that glowing eye there was something
strangely familiar.
Inty, minty, cutey. corn!
Apple seeds and briar thorn!
O-u-t-out-'
1.-THE publisher laid his hand on the
maniac's shoulder and said sadly:
MY poor friend, Is 1t not true that in
you l recognize the pitiable. wreck OF
what was once the heaven-born genius,
A. Fountain Penn, author OF that immor.
tai masterpiece
"'Shut up! the other interrupted in q
fierce whisper, and he glanced cautiously
about the room. Shut UP. you old fool!
Do you want to ruin me? II none Of the
docs get onto who / am can stay here
all winter
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OnE. M1111oN hnmaRArrs, Last. YEAL

Last year our exports were just about
Las million dollars, or almost six million
dollars for every working day OF the year.
Our imports were about the highest they
have ever been In the history of the
country. and they amounted all told to
almost $5,OCO.OOO for everyssuch working
days These figures are SO great as to
be beyond comprehension. but they give
one some idea of our foreign commerce,
which is still at it's beginning and which
is bound to increase from year to year"
Your department has much to do
with navigation, has 1t not?'
Yes, indeed, we are the friend OF the
mariner, and Of all those who travel by
sea. We have number of marine bu-
reaus, which have come to us from other
departments. We have a bureau of navi-
cation, one of steamboat inspection, one
of lighthouses, and also the coast and
geodetic survey. You might not call the
ton as to the exact nature of our coasts
for ships all over the world The waters
of the United States are much more care
fully surveyed even than the land. We
know the depth and character of every
bit of sea which washes our shores, and
head Of tide water for ship navigation.
We furnish such maps to sailors. We
also give information as to the tides, and.
by a recent invention, the coast survey
any port of the world and at any hour
Of the day. For instance, IL you want to
know just how high the tide will rise this
afternoon in the Bay of Chemulpo, on
the west coast Of Korea, this machine
will tell YOU
How about your lighthouses, are you
putting up new oneS?'
Yes" replied the Secretary. I'VE are
adding hundreds of lights and light
houses to the service every year. The
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States is to hold It's own in the trade of
the world it must have equal advantages
with other nations as to that trade"
Here the Secretary spoke of the bureau
Of fisheries, saying:
Another feature Of this department.,
Indirectly connected with the marine, is
the raising of cheap fish for food for the
nation A few years ago it was almost
impossible to get fresh Holsters, or shad.
but owing to the protection afforded and
the paintings of the bureau OF fisheries,
they are now to be found in every large
market. We are propagating fish Of many
kinds. all over the Union. We raise the
spawn and send 1t out to the states. and
in addition do a great deal OF planting
ourselves. Our total output Of fish and
eggs last year was more than three bill
lions: and this will be greatly extended.
The commercial fisheries Of the country
are now bringing In a product OF some
thing like sixty-two million dollars
year, and from oysters alone we are an
nually getting something like sixteen
million dollars. The salmon Of Alaska
bring In nine or ten millions, and the fish
which come from the forest waters fur
nish a supply of food which annually
sells for something like twenty-one mil
lions. We are doing great deal for the
salmon both along the Columbia river
and in Puget sound and Alaska. As to
the fur seals, they are under the depart
the robbers who, contrary to law, try to
catch them on their way to the Pribalon
Islands, we could materially increase the
herd. As it is, the sealskins now bring
in something like four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars year. In the past
they have been worth a great deal.
The conversation here turned to 1mmi-
grafton. Of which the Department of
Commerce and Labor has charge, and
asked tho Secretary as to the character
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OF BEEF
GIRLS

extent of the Japanese. During the
past year we have passed in twenty-six
hundred Japanese, and during the same
time something like fifteen hundred
had something Of an immigration OF
Hindus."
What are you doing along labor
lines?"
I'VE are gathering information Of all
sorts not only for the government and
the scientist. but for the laboring man
himself and those who employ him.
We are getting information as to child
labor and woman labor, as to wages
and strikes and as to accidents and
how the laborer may be protected from
them"
Il suppose that a great part Of your
work is connected with the corpora
tions?"
Yes. that was one Of the main rea-
sons for founding this department. It
terests of the country and to give in
formation which would lead to the
maintenance of the honesty and sta
bility of the vast machinery of our
of corporations gathers information
for the use of the administration and
others as to corporations of all kinds.
So far. we have been dealing chiefly
with the great corporations or trusts.
and we have investigated a number Of
steel trust. We have about completed
our work on the steel trust"
Il should think such report would
be very extensive?"
1T is SO. 1t would take several
volumes to contain It,"
will it have as many words as q big
family Bible
II should say so.'
How do you go about investigating
trust of that kind?"
I'VE have to begin at the bottom. We
want first to know the purpose OF the
organization, to learn what its charter
gives 1t the right to do and then find out
whether it carries on its business in ac-
cordance with that charter. We want to
know all about the methods OF the or
ganization, it's profits and losses, the
wages and prices. the cost OF materials
and everything concerning it. We want
to know whether it has combinations with
the railroads by which it gets unfair adj
vantages over its competitors. and to
know whether it is in a conspiracy to con-
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home was furnished in magnificent style,
and there was wealth Of handsome
gifts presented by admirers from every
part of the world. OF these there were
the sixteenth century. which hung in
the spacious hall, commingled with
swords and guns and trophies OF the
hunt gathered during the leisure after
the war had ended
Gen. Sheridan died in Washington the
9Th Of August. 1883, less than ten years
after his marriage to Miss Irene Rucker.
daughter of Gen. D. H. Rucker of Chi
these, three, the twin sisters. Louise and
Irene, and the only son, Philip Henry
Sheridan second, were born in the Rhode
Island avenue home. although the brave
commander met his last grim enemy,
death, at Nonquitt, Mass. His obsequies
also took place from this mansion The
funeral cortege was one of the most
stately which Washington has ever be-
held, not excepting even those OF the
three martyr Presidents. Lincoln, Garfield
were held in the old church of Saint
Matthew, on the corner Of 18th and H
streets. which church the dead warrior
had attended for many years. The SOL
emn requiem mass was conducted by
Cardinal Gibbons and the chancel was
filled with distinguished prelates and
priests. President Cleveland and his
cabinet were in attendance, together
with the 6HIlre OIQClal WOFlu IueH III
Washington, and a representation from
the army and navy. Gen. Sheridan was
buried in Arlington and he is the only
one of the great trio of generals-Grant,
Sherman and Sheridan-who rests near
the National Capital.
* y
Mrs Sheridan has resided in Washing
ton continuously since the death of her
iIlustriouS husband CONGRESS allowed
her a generous pension. and she gets
good income from the personal memoirs
written by her husband during his last
days. Otherwise. she has no great for
tune. The preface OF these recollections
by Gen. Sheridan, which are considered
one Of the most valuable and graphic
human documents ever penned, bears
the date Of August 2. 1888, and he de-
parted from life August 8 The book he
affectionately dedicated to his comrades
in arms, and left it as a heritage to his
children and as an aid to the future
historian of the war between the stateA
Reserved in his dealings with the public
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main lights along the Atlantic and Pacific
were erected long ago, but we are estab-
fishing new lights and signals between
them. We have put up about fifty new
lights, sixteen fog signals and 751 buoys.
We are greatly extending the lighthouse
service of Alaska, and are building light
houses there. We are also putting lights
upon the Yukon and other rivers. We are
improving the lighthouses of Porto Rico
and Hawaii, and we have officers of the
Engineer Corps Of the army who are in
spectfpg the lights on the Mississippi
river and its tributaries.
s..s 4s-- e.se"
And then as to the bureau of naviga-
tion.'' continued the Secretary. I'VE are
doing what we can to make. our merchant
vessels better and to take care Of the
sailors We are inspecting the steam
boats and insisting that they be properly
equipped with life.saving appliances.
Il should like to see measures under
taken to increase our merchant marine.
vessels with gross tonnage Of more
than 100000. but nearly all this Is de-
voted to our domestic trade. a large part
Of our shipping being on the great lakes.
THE most Of our imports and exports
now come and go in European bottoms.
Last year We carried less than per cent
of them, and we paid many millions of
dollars in freight to other nations. Our
great European competitors for the COM
merce of the world find that it pays them
to aid their merchant shipping, and I be-
lieve that we should do the same. There
Notwithstanding all the proverbs to the
contrary Trade does follow the flag, !"
and the American flag in foreign harbor
is great advertiser. II the United
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were serving in the same capacity. u. s..
Grant, Sd, son of Gen. Fred Grant, ana
young Robert q. Lee. grandson OF the
converted nearly all her valuable SOU
venirs and curios into cash. She sold
her handsome tapestries and much OF
the splendid old furniture which adorned
her home. Her three daughters had mace
house, and 1t had been the scene OF much
pleasant hospitality. These young ladies.
Miss Mary, the eldest, and the twins.
Irene and Louise. are among tho Well
known army girls OF Wasn'ng1on. Al
their spirited Virginia bays riding on the
Mall and In Rock Creek Park Mrs.
Sheridan, formerly the constant COM
panion Of her husband, seldom takes the
saddle now. The home o pre ssarsd. Dy the
sold to clifford Pinchot, and for a time
the famous forester made his headQuar-
tiers there He also used It as an over
now for the social side OF the forestry
young men interested in conservation in
the fine salon. where Gen. ana Mrs.
Sheridan entertained the official world
while the former was COMMANDMENTS Chief
Of the army.
X
Mrs Sheridan is an interesting woman
apart from her intimate connection with
the history of the brave cavalry officer
whose chief exploit. the ride from Win
chester, has been immortalized In his
tory, song and art. Her father, Gen.
Daniel H. Rucker. U. S. A.. lived for
many years in Washington. and died
about a year and half ago at his resi-
dence on Jefferson place. at the venerable
age Of ninety-eight. Mrs. Sheridan was
q child OF Gen. Fuckers second mar
riage to Miss Jane Curtis and her early
life was passed amid the stirring
scenes connected with the reconstruction
period. She passed much Of her youth in
Chicago. and attended convent there.
1t was during her fathers official resi-
dence in the western metropolis that she
met Gen. Sheridan. also there In the
service of the army. She was a blooming
young girl less than twenty when the
marriage occurred, and Gen. Sheridan
should have been. according to all prec-
edepts, q battle-scarred veteran, for he
was almost fifty. But he showed no
sigma Of his heK0ic deeds and tho We'd
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THE SECRETARY 81
cor1hERcE AND LABOR

charge of the Philippines and our other
island possessions: and 1t is doing all
sorts of creative work there. 1t is even
building the Panama canal The Treas
ury, which was once only machine for
the collection of revenues, is now the
foundation Of our national banks and 1t
is also erecting public buildings through
out the country. The Department of Jus
tice is watching your interests in the
restriction of the corporations and trusts,
and the Department of the Navy has
many creative features. AS to the Int
rior, that has become great conservation.
bureau, which is conserving our coal
lands. retaining our deserts and drain
ing the swamps. 1t is also watching over
the safety of the men in the mines. And
last, to the Department of Agricul-
ture, that has so largely to do with
creative work that it is impossible to
describe its ramifications."
But how about your own department.
Mr.. Secretary" / asked. You, too, are
not idle. Give me an outline of your
work in a nutshell .
1T is difficult to put the Department
OF Commerce and Labor in a nutshell"
was the Secretary's reply. "A year or
so ago we were employing more men than
there are soldiers in the United States
army. That was when the census was
in full swing. We had last year over
1000 enumerators and also temporary
force OF clerks numbering three or four
thousand. In addition to the census, we
have dozen different bureaus here at
Washington, each of which has its own
work.
This department. which was originally
organized to deal with commerce and Ia
Dor and especially with the corporations
and the business interests of the United
States, has taken in many of the bu-
reaus of the other departments. The bu-
reau OF manufactures, for instance is an
offspring of the Department of State 1t
is devoted to the development of our do
mestic and foreign trade, and it pub
ishes information gathered by the con-
suls, who are under the State Depart
ment. We have also our own special
agents who travel over the world looking
up trade and trade openings. They are
gathering gathering information as to certain
for them in each country and telling
how they should be handled and mar
keted. We publish daily reports from
other countries as to the opportunities
offered for American manufactures. and
in time We shall have a corps of such
experts going from trade center to trade
center in the United States and advising
the people how and where to market
their products abroad.
In the same way we have inherited the
bureau of statistics from the Department
OF the Treasury. This has also to do
WIN our foreign commerce and, together
with the bureau of manufactures, it gives
a vast amount Of valuable information
as to Uncle Sans business and how it
may be spread to every part of the globe
With other things we are now making
a directory of the names of business
houses which handle imported merchan-
disc in all foreign countries. The mater
ial for this has already been gathered,
and the book will be published some time
this year.
AS to what our foreign trade is the
bureau OF statistics will give you figures.
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THE Various Celebrations

THE Various Celebrations
l of the Fiftieth Ami
versary of Famous Battles in
the Civil War Recall That
the Widow of the Great
Leader on the Northern Side,
Mrs. Philip Henry Sheridan,
Resides at the National
Capitalize Not Marry
Little Phil Until 1879, But as
the daughter of a Distin-
guished General of the Regu-
lars, She Was Thoroughly
Tmbued With Army Tradi-
tions-Has Of Recent Years
Led a Retired Life in Her
Home on Sheridan Circle,
Where the Handsome Eques-
TRAN Statue of Her Husband
Stands in Full View Of Her
Drawing Room Windows.
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as Mrs. Sheridan herself il, the general
said not q word Of his marriage In this
complete record Of his life But he wrote
very reluctantly and mainly to leave an
estate Of some value for his wife and
little ones, and he gives only the public
part Of his life. The part In, which he
relates his personal experience in serv-
ing as representative OF his country
during the Franco-Prussian war is Of
absorbing interest, and the book has been
translated through several editions in
French and German.
After residing in tho Rhode Island ave-
nue. home endeared through the memories