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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
California State Institution at
Whittier, in Los Angeles Coun-
ty, Scene of Fierce Tumult.
SEVERAL INMATES JAILED
Incorrigibles Arm Themselves
With Knives and Hatchets;
Deputy Sheriffs on Guard.

Los ANGELES, June 30.-Follow
ing day OF uproar at the Whittier
state school reformatory institution,
several girl inmates of the school were
brought here tonight and locked up in
the county jail.
Search for knives and hatchets with
which some of the girls had armed
themselves is being conducted at the
institution.
Most of the guards have been with.
drawn from the boys department OF
the school 10 reinforce those assigned
to watch the girl inmates, and seven
deputy sheriffs have gone from here to
increase the boys guard
Trouble started when Rose Driscoll
declared to be an exceptionally incor.
rieible inmate, escaped Tuesday night
and was brought back. Upon her re.
turn other girls, claiming that she had
been handled with unreasonable rough
ness by Night Watchman f NJ. Bart
ley, who caught her. started demon
stration, arousing the neighborhood
with cries and howls, which continued
until after midnight.
Today the girls became unruly again
Windows were smashed. the dishes the
girls of the department were broken
and the kitchen range was reduced to
scrap iron. Watchman BARLEY re
signed.
Efforts are being made to keep the
boy inmates IN ignorance Of the situa
tion.
The school is about forty miles south
east Of here.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
Head of Mormon Church Reported
to Have Made a. Number of
Interesting Statements.
PoLYGAMY TOUCHED UPON
Always Tell the Truth and You
Will Have No Trouble in This
World" Says Smith.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, June 30.-The fol-
lowing is part of reported interview
with President Joseph F. Smith, print
cd in today's Washington Post:
|'Seated in the library in the home
of Senator Reed Smoot, the aged Nor
mon prophet last night stated his con-
nection with Mormonism and explained
his ideas on polygamy With him at
the time were the senator from Utah
and Mrs Smoot. herself an ardent fol-
lower Of the Mormon faith,
In regard to polygamy, President
Smith said: Let me say this, and let
my words be taken as gospel truth, for
| am willing to make oath to them.
Since I have been president Of the
Mormon church l have tried in every
way possible to stop the custom of
polygamy among mS people and shall
continue to fight the custom as long as
I live. The people are firmly convinced
that the custom must be Wi ped out, and
they have worked to such good ends
that it has been wiped out. That is my
reply to the people who claim that the
custom is still winked at. tt has boen
charged that I still live with my plural
wives That is absolutely untrue, us
everyone who knows me can testify. |
still support my plural wives. because
it would be manifestly unjust for mo to
do otherwise. Who would have me turn
them adrift to suffer and be in needl
I support them, but I have not lived
with them since the manifesto went
into effect. My youngest child is 20
years old,
'The number Of active Mormons
who still have plural wives whom they
married before the manifesto was is
sued does not reach more than fifty, 1
should say. and is steadily growing
smaller. None Of these-m men live with
their plural wives. They simply sup.
port them. When these men die the
last evidence of polygamy in the Nor
mon church will have been wiped out,
'' 'The stories about tho Mormon
women living lives of slavery and of
humiliation arc untrue Mrs. Smoot
said. They are Just rs happy and as
free as any other women, Their lives
are pure and their homes and family
life is beautiful.
president Smith concluded his in
terview by saving; always tell the
truth and you will have no trouble in
this. world. I will leave Washington
today, but have enjoyed my stay here
and hope to come again soon. [ hope
the people will learn the truth about
the Mormon church.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
HAMMONDS ARE THE
GUESTS OF HONOR
Society Of American Women in Lon
don Give Luncheon at the Hotel
Cecil; Notables Present.

LONDON. June So.-Special Ernbassa-
dor John Hays Hammond and Mrg. Ham
mond were quests of honor today Of the
Society OF American Women IN London
at q luncheon given at the Cocil hotel.
The affair was attended by 200 women
and a score OF men. In the receiving
party wero Mrs w, l.. Comings, presi-
dent Of the society: Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
the vice president: Mr. and Mrs, Ham
mond and Mrs. Whltelaw Reid.
Besides these. at the head OF the table
were Major General A. w, Greedy, u, S.
A., and Mrs. Greeley Consul General
John IT, Griffiths and Mrs Griffths
Secretary OF the American Embassy VIII
liam Phillips and Mrs Phillips. Com
mander Edward Simpson. naval attache
of tho American embassy. and Mrs. Simp-
son.
Among tho other guests were Lady
stanley Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gordon
SelfridRe. Mrs Lindon Bates OF New
York, Mrs. Clarence Graft. Mrs Theodore
Hoover and Mrs. Leslie Ralph, The
president introduced the Hammonds. who
wore enthusiastically oheered.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
TWO WOMEN PERISH
IN SHIP DISASTER
Steel Excursion Steamer Spo-
kane Strikes Ripple Rock in
British Columbia.
HELP QUICKLY SUMMONED
Vessel Beached and Survivors
Rescued; Excursionists on Way
Back to Seattle.

VICTORIA, B. c., June 30.-Twt
lives were lost when the steel excur
sion steamship Spokane of the Pacific
Coast Steamship company, bound from
Seattle on twelve.day cruise of south
eastern Alaska, struck Ripple rock in
Seymour narrows. B. c., 125 miles
north Of Vancouver, shortly before mid
night last night. The dead are:
Mrs. j. Z. Strauss. Philadelphia, Pa
Mrs. Gardner f. Williams, Washing
ton. D. c.
Conflicting accounts of the cause OF
the women S death have been received
in the brief wireless dispatches sent by
the steamships Admiral Sampson
Prince George and City of Seattle, that
tressed steamship. One message as
serted that tho women died of fright
in their staterooms, where the bodies
were found. A private dispatch said
that they were drowned.
Mrs. Williams was accompanied by
her husband and two daughters, all OF
whom escaped uninjured.
Accounts of the wreck received by
wireless say that the Spokane, in com
mand of Captain j. w, Guptill
swerved in the racing ebb suTglng
through the narrow channel and struck
on Ripple rock, where many vessels
including the United States warshir
Saranac, which was lost in 1875. have
been wrecked. The Spokane struck on
the starboard side. tho sharp rocks
tearing large hole through the double
bottom Of steel. The water rushed
through In large stream.
With the engines working at tor
speed, she was steered into Plumper 8
bay. small harbor north of the treach-
crous narrows, where she was beached
the water rising to the hurricane deck,
Wireless calls for assistance were
sent out by the operator on the Spo.
kane and the steamships Admiral
Sampson, Prince George and City OF
Seattle responded and hurried to the
aid of the shipwrecked people.
The passengers on the Spokane were
taken off in the life boats IN good
order. When all the survivors were
ashore an inspection showed that Mrs.
j, r. Strauss and Mrs, Gardner r.
Williams were missing. Search was
made and their bodies were found IN
their staterooms.
Arrangements were made for any. of
the passengers that desired to continue
their Journey northward on the City of
Seattle.
None of the 100 passengers, all OF
whom are tourists from eastern and
southern points, desired to continue TO
Alaska, and arrangements were made
to bring them south on the Steamship
Admiral Sampson. All the passengers
part of the crew and the bodies Of
the two women were taken aboard the
Admiral Sampson today and are or
their way to Seattle, where they will
arrive tomorrow morning. Several OF
| the officers and crew OF tho Spokane
are standing by the wreck,
Salvage tugs have been sent to the
scene of the wreck and an examination
will be made at once TO ascertain
| whether the vessel can bo raised,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
LABOR LEADERS PLAN
DEFENSE OF M'NAMARAS

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. June, $o.-Eyery
member OF "A labor union In this country
r. To- ha asked to contribute 20 cents
toward the defense OF John j. and James
D. McNnmara. charged with dynamitlng "a =
outrages in Los Angeles acCoIarns ,res ,o a
Ident Of the American Federation OF La :, :,
bor. and other labor organizations ~ IS IS
expected in this way 10 ralse oeienso
f,,nd nf $500 600 this summer.
"McNamara stamps bearing por
trait OF ]. j. McNamara. also are 10 be
introduced by the federaIioni 70 ne De Sota irto
The defense fund
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
EDITOR MUST PAY
HEAVY DAMAGES
Horatio Bottoinley. Member of British
Parliament, Assessed s25o,O0o by
Lord Chief Justice.

LONDON. June 30.-Horato Bottom
ley editor. newspaper proprietor finan-
cier and independent Liberal member
of parliament for South Hackney. was
condemned by Lord Chief Justice Alvey
stone today to pay $25o.000 damages to
the estate OF the late r. E. Master, a
retired Madras civil servant.
II was claimed that Bottomley had OBJ
tained SS5 900 through Misrepresentation
by selling TO Master worthless shares in
numerous undertakings promoted by Bot-
tomley himself.
The plaintiff was Mrs, Curtis. daugh-
ter Of Master. The lord chief Justice
granted a stay OF eXecutcn on condition
that the whole s250000 be paid into the
court within week.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
, Clerk Fatally Shot,
,ductor Hit With a
,.,o and Brakeman
Is Wounded.
|.srNGER THROWN
INTER- EMBANKMENT
motions Placed on the
d to Stop Train; Els
NJ Of Robbers With
Much Loot.

|,E Pa, June 30.-A fast mail
nd passenger train or the Phil
4 ,islphia s. Erie railroad was
Ma up tonight FIVE miles from
y Twelve masked men. The mail
rz,,ss cars were rifled and three
4 aex. C. H. Block of Erie, mail
Eg D. Rooney of Erie, conductor,
fr. Bsmis, brakeman. were in
/ vas shot in the right side and
|-fe 10 a hospital in a diving con-
Rooney received serious in
. yhpn he was hit with a stone
4 by 3 lobber. Bemis was shot
hun.
1 ,faiu was due here at 1910 to.
A few minutes before 10
a when the train was rounding
u, the engineer saw an obstruc-
bad He stopped with all pos
rssd, hut not before the train
+ INTO ties aud telegraph poles
j Krpss the track.
81 the train hit it was at first
u BY the passengers that there
|le= q collision. However, the
h d Yeyolvers acquainted then
! lf real cause. AS the train
several passengers alighted to
De ihe trouble. Their presence
|lh Ere Of the masked men and
M a stampede to re-enter the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
STATE RESTS ITS CASE
AGAINST WAPPENSTEiN

SEATTLE Wash, Juno 90.--The state
rested It's case today In the second trial
OF former Chief OF Police Charles w,
Wapponstein, accused OF accepting bribe
OF $1,000 from Gideon Tupper and .Clsr-
ence j. Gerald for permitting the oper-
street vice district No evidence was in
troduoed by the state that was not pre-
sented at the previous trial. when the
jury disagreed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
POLICE BLAME
SHERIFF SHARP
FOR CHARGES
Murderer Morris's Story
That They Robbed Him
Denounced as Politi-
cal Frame-up.
MONTANAN RELATES
INTERESTING TALE
Says Sharp Assisted Nor
ris to Get Publicity;
Morris Says
So, Too.

II j. NORRIS. under sentence ot
death for the murder of j. W.
~ Axtell on May 3, has again
succeeded in placing himself In
the limelight of Dotoriety. Ia a signed
affidavit the murderer yesterday accused
the police Of stealing from his clothes
$500 in diamonds. iewelry and cash.
The police blamed Sheriff Sharp for
the charges, insisting that it was
" frsmeup'i. for political purposes. In
apparent substantiatlon of this view.
George Beaumont, a former guard at
the Montana state pcnitentiarv. who,
on Thursday, identified Morris as
George NJ. Hammond. at ono time
convict in the Montana prison, told an
interesting story of what happeBed
while the identification was being
made.
while Morris andiI were talking" lie
stated. the sheriff said "a Morris Do
YOU still want to make that affidavit
and Morris replied: Yes, | insist upon
1t Sheriff Sharp then said All right.
l will have man up here this after
noon T"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
Senses Political Plot.

Beaumont as he explains, took away
with him the impression that there was
a fight on between ihe sheriff and the
police department..
Murderer Morris admits that Sharp WAS
present when the accusing affidavit Was
draw wn up.
Sheriff Sharp, when seen yesterday by
q reporter for The Tribune. declared
that lie would not believe Morris under
oath.
In all effort 10 substantiate his
charges Morris stuted thai the diamonds
and jeweiry had been shipped to him at
Ogden by the American Express COM
pany from Portland. Morris took This
package from the depot Office of the
American Express company in Ogden ON
May /. He had placed a valuation of
500 on IT, although he says it contained
nearly $4,000 worth of jewelry and dia
monds.
Morris charges that when he was
rested after he had robbed the Uncle
Sam loan Office and shot down AXtell in
cold blood on the street, In an attempt
to escape. his clothes We're taken from,
him at the police station and when they
were returned TO him, after he had been
taken to the county jail. diamonds and
other articles OF jewelry valued at about
$500 were missing.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
COAST SENATOR'S PICK
DOCTOR FOR president

wAsHINGToN. June ,,ss,od 3omraSafnff prasiSanf
goas' co., 10 detail Dr. George w. Mccoy OF
ibe ns' pnplic health and marine hosp,tai
service To aid the HaryaId IN feiesiu" iba in :
anVi n",iaafiSn = Of diseases prevalent In the
orienf which at times threaten the ia
cific coast, a.,,.. nbvsIcIan in
the c' service probably will be detailed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
SAYS CONTROL
WAS SOUGHT BY
STEEL MERCER
Herbert Knox Smith, Com
missioner of Corporations,
Submits Partial Report
to President Taft.
FINDS MUCH WATER
IN CAPITAL STOCK
Profits of Twelve Per Cent
Shown on Merger Val
ue";; Question of Public
Policy Raised.
FINDS MUCH WATER
IN CAPITAL STOCK

TAT ASHINGTON, June 2a.-Re
NM striction of competition is de
Wv clarsd to have been the prime
object of the Organizers of tho
United States Steel corporation which
capitalized at II .402 ,o00,0 900. had tangi,
bic property worth only S6s2 100000
The corporation having concentrated its
efforts to secure ore properties now
owns rs per cent of the lake ores, upon
which the present steel industry is
based. These are some of the concll-
sions reported in the long expected re
port of Commissioner of Corporations
Herbert Knox Smith on the steel IN
dustry, part one of which was submit
ted 10 the president today.
Discussing how "the impending
struggle of the giants was averted. al
most over night, by the formation of
the great combinat ION taking in ESQ sub
sid;ary companies controlling 60 per
cent of the total crude and finished
steel production of the country, the re-
port says:
"Until 1898 the bulk of the business
was distributed among very consid-
erable number of concerns. There was
sharp competition modified by frequent
pools of greater or less duration and
effectiveness.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
'u0o On Page Sixteen.
wtRTlSINC TALKS
|, WRITTEN BY
|NsAM c. FREEMAN

T. |sllc |, OPINION is
y itself felt in the
Ir(aR q RELIABLE AID
s. |'%slNG. There is no
y ss,tla The fact that peo-
GIap GIsapect to read the
A i In advertisements,
\ tssey t@sey do not find it
4 iI'y raise a howl
n,,tl ~ the state of Colo
SOllc protest pene-
Saasd 0u Page Four.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
laArlateurs.

ae 10 opinion here. it is not
YM expert robbers would have
" is believed the bandits
~; iew moments after word
s1p was received here every
oalser was called into action.
Ss.gnS Ss the surrounding coun.
,Ssd sV!Ied with officers searching
.tss yDosrs, while others with Ian
M 5sd for the contents of mail
a, a'oSole packages taken from
,,ssanp occurred on the sharp.
~. 70 the division and at one
4 ~ n ,as Deserted places, The dis
= lne division office here re
hS l'g l.sgoft at 1910 O'Clock that
81 ssa .ta,l, passed Bellevay, the last
AL ;sIlon before this city.
was then On time and due
s,.ed adqoutss uts later. Fifteen min.
IS s, una then thirty without
y, .,,iving, irving, and then train of
so;ss grew anxious. At II O'Clock
'' called by telephone and
\ h,vSsn vSsn robbed, we've beer
d ~ e many are shot"
/ o. 20 oa report of Conductor Roo
! Il tba tbnelals and their first init
Nalh stopped Engineer Al
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
Dividends Are Large.

During the ten years Of it's opera
tions. the report says, the trust has
paid average annual profits of IL per
cent on the money invested. Atten-
tion is called to the fact that a CON
siderable part Of the investment is in
undeveloped or unworked property,
showing that dividends from paying
properties must be much larger than
the average would Indicate. Insisting
upon computing profits upon a tangible
property value basis. the report says
that the steel corporation in defending
its book valuation undoubtedly would
claim that there was "merger value.
AS to this the commissioner says:
"It is probably true that the vari-
Gus properties acquired by the steel
corporation taken together with the
organization Of this company as O. going
concern do have value in excess of
the sum OF their values as separate en-.
titles. The coordination and integration
made possible by the combination of
such properties under single control
undoubtedly tend to reduce costs either
through economy or through removing
the necessity Of paying profits to 9th
ers, ...
"Further, IN 80 far as the concentra.
tion of industry under the control of a
single concern gives to it moDopolis,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
Era of Combination.

Then came an era of great combina-
tion, the report continues, with capital
izations ranging from $30,000,o00 to
Sl0o.000,o00, mergers of many smaller
companies, which, instead of eliminat-
ing competition, threatened to begin
price-cutting on a larger scale than ever
before. In lS99-lo00 there was three
great companies-tho Carnegie com.
pany, Federal Steel and National Steel
dominating the production of crude
and semifnished products, and six con,
cerns-the American Steel and Wire,
American Tin Plate, American Steel
Hoop, American Sheet Steel, National
Tube and American Bridge-controlling
the lighter finished products.
This was the period when "the
struggle OF the giants was impending
and when the formation of the United
States Steel corporation was brought
about All nine OF the companies named
were combined, and alter the Union
Steel company. the Charlton Steel COM
pany, and in 1908 the Tennessee Coal,
Iron & Railroad company were taken
over. The promoting syndicate putting
the denl through netted $62, 500 900
cash
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
Murderer's Affidavit.

Following is the text Of the murderer
affidavit:
Utah State Prison. June -, 1911
l. j. j. Morris. do solemnly swear
noon of May g. 1911. in connection
with the holdup OF the Uncle Sam
loan Office and the killing OF Joseph
Walter Axtell, had In my posses
were not taken from the Uncle sam
loan office nor obtained within the
state OF Utah:
One 81 karat straw colored diamond
set in ring. valued AT $500.
One smaller diamond set in ring,
valued at $500.
one II karat steel blue diamond set
in lady's ring, valued at $500,
One steel blue diamond s,ickpin,
valued at Sllo.
One pair of lady's ear drops With
diamond settings. valued ut $SoO.
Three diamonds two straw col
ored and one steel blue. valued at
One fifteen jewel watch. valued at
One square link gold chain. valued
al s46.
Also $72.iO in money.
, i solemnly affirm that these ar
ticles were In my pockets when | was
brought to police headquarters, and
were IN my pockets when ! was
stripped of my clothes, The dia-
monds. rings and watch and ,chain
were shipped TO me by express when
was AT Ogden prior to my coming
10 Salt Lake City and prior To my
arrest J. j. MORRIS.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before
me this 29th day of Juna, 1911. My
commission expires November 90,
1914. ADOLPH ANDERSON.
ISeall Notary Public
In this affidavit Morris states that
all of the articles enumerated were in
his pockets at the time of his arrest,
but in the published story in which
the affidavit was elaborated upon it
was declared that some Of the jewels
had been sewed in the lining of his
vest
Morris admits that in shipping tho
jewels TO Ogden, where ne says he re-
ceived Jhem he placed a valuation OF onIy
$50 on the contents OF a package which lie
claims was worth nearly $4,000. Hence
II the package had been lost In transit
he could only have recovered the amount
OF the admitted valuation.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
Sharp Makes Statement.

When Sheriff Joseph C. Sharp was aues-
toned last night as TO what he knew OF
tho matter, he said:
'T would not believe any statement that
Morris might make under the most SOL
emn oath. Il never in any way at any
time promised him any Immunity. con-
sideration or privileges. either before or
after his conviction, I have done every
thing In my power TO bring about his
speedy conviction.
"The day after Norris was brought To
the county jail he wrote out and signed
an order which 7 hhve preserved asking
that the police turn over To me for him
his clothing money and other stun whtcf
he described. This contained descrip-
tion OF the jewelry the same rs was
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-01
n Over Embankment.

sfidsntided passenger, who,
ban the rest, caught hold of
he robbers, Was picked up bod
= thrown over 300.foot en-
- The mans head, face and
|sFs badly cut. He was taken
ssptal IN an unconscious con-
sa selected by the robbers WIS
= thalr work, On one side is a
9nie and on the other dense
!! vas from this point that
ihslr appearance. Almost be-
faln had reached the obstruc,
sasEed bandits had taken up
MlIons at practically every
10 the cars.
= the cars there was a panic.
women tainted.
nam arrived here about mid
i9 passengers were dazed from
nd could give no connected
wat had taken place. Many
snm were hysterical and re-
edcsl attention.
mh vas made up of four day
aad two Pullmans. It meets
gn philadelphia and Buffalo at
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Continued on Page Eleve,
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Continued on Page Two.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-12-08
PIT Sis oIris Trying
TO shoot One Rabbit

John GLENN fastened 10 HIS yard
at McI.oush. Kan. with his shotgun
to shoot a rabbit hopping around
the yard. and six Girl guests stood
on the porch 10 watch. lie mlsasd
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