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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
C0NVICTS SCORE FELLOW
WHO ATTEMPTS ESCAPE

RENO, New, July 1s.-When Jim An
tone. embezzlcr. escaped from the road
gang of conYicts near Carson this after
noon. w. a Wilson serving twenty years
for murder; A. B. Nelson. serving eight
years for horse stealing. and James Lyle.
serving ten years for manslnughter head
ed a posse and captured him in the
mountains. Antoine, when captured was
roundly abused by murderers. horse
thieves and burglars for breaking his
word OF honor given TO Warden Baker not
10 escape. The convicts swore "A month
ago that they would capture the next
man who escaped, fearing their liberties
might be curtaIled,
Antoine escaped from a quarry four
miles from the prison camp. Wilson, the
convicted murderer jumped on work
horse and rode 10 camp 10 inform the
warden
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
TO SEND ANOTHER eoAT.
Uncle Sam Proposes 20 Protect Americans
and Their Interests.

WASHINGTON. July 1s--At the re
quest OF American Minister Furniss at
Port all Prince, the United States VIII
send another gUnboat TO Haytien waters
10 protect Americans and their inter-
ests, now seriously threatened by the
revolution against President Simon. The
second warship will go TO Port au Prince.
the capital Tho gunboat Petrol Is al
ready nj Port Liberte. on the north
coast.
Mr. Folrniss regards the situation as
acute and fears that the government cam
not control conditions II the movement
continues to grow. The reTolutlonIsts
captured Hnelu and Maissade on sun :
day and yesterday Geuaves fell into their
hands The rebellion previously had been
largely confined to the northern part or
the republic. but now seems TO he mainly
along roads 10 the south. where the cap
ital Is located. The principal danger lies
IN the possibility of an uprising In Port
GU Prince. President Simon having been
NJ Fort Llbertc for several days direct
ing the government locations. He has
now chartered German vessel TO take
him from that port to either Cape Haytien
or Paup
AS the navy department has no vessel
in Latin american waters now. available
for duty at Paup the gunboat Des
Moines at Boston which Is under orders
TO sail 70, the West Indies. probably will
be rushed TO the Hayten capital.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
CABINET DISCUSSES
THE WILEY CHARGES
Matter Comes Up Informally
However, and No Decision
Reached at Meeting.
SHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. July is.-While DR..
Wiley's answer to the charges against
him was discussed informally by oros-
dent Taft and Secretary OF Agriculture
Wilson. and later by the cabinet today.
no decision was reached as to tne dispo-
sition of the case Secretary Wilson took
the papers back with him to his depart
ment after the cabinet session and prom
sed to make his recommendation as soon
as possible,
DR.. WIlcy's answer to the charges
made against him by the personnel
board of the department of agriculture
was presented to President Taft today.
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson re-
ceived the papers from DR.. Wiley just
before he left the department for The
regular cabinet meeting.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
AUTHOR OF "DICK"
LETTERS TO TESTIFY

WASHINGTON. July 1s.-Richard S.
Ryan. the promoter OF the Controller Bay
Railroad e. Navigation company. who Is
alleged TO have written the DICK TO
Dick" letter which cannot be found but
which is said ny Miss NJ. F. Abbott. a
writer TO have been in the interior de-
partment files. has been summoned TO ap-
pear before the house committee inVeso-
eating the Alaskan land controversy
Mr. Ryan is now In New York, where
he was served with "A subpoena 70 appear
here next Thursday, although he VIII not
testify until later. Chairman Graham
said that Mr.. Ryan would be held under
the committees discretionary authority
until his testimony is desired. Delegate
Wickersham OF Alaska will testify Thurs
day.
Captain James P. Adams; assistan,
government forester, testified regarding
President Tafts order Of October %.
1910. restoring 10 public domain the
shore lands OF Controller bay. He said
ne knew the thirty or sixty days notice
before any claims could be filed, missing
In the final order. was in the original
draft. The elimination OF the notice is
claimed to have given advantage 10 Ryan
claimants on account Of their presence on
the scene.
Captain Adams said he did not know
why this notice was eliminated and that
It was not required by law. but was Gus
tomary In order to prevent persons who
might have advance information from
gaining undue advantage.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
EXTENSIVE GAME
OF WAR NOW ON
Two squadrons Fighting Theoretically
for Possession of Eastern Entrance
to New York's Back Door.

BLOCK ISLAND. r.. l., July ls-Fleeting
glimpses of torpedo boat destroyers and
submarines as they scudded about on the
watch for Invaders" were the only indi-
cations OF mimic war visible TO residents
OF Watch Hill. Block Island. Newport
and other places within the war zone tc-
|day.
The destroyers remained near Block is
land the greater part OF the day, but
disappeared in the afternoon. while the
submarines We're seen of Point Judith,
Brenton's reef and elsewhere in the Mar
ragansett bay district. All kept well OF
shore so that their identity could not be
Iasccrtained.
Following the rule laid down by the
war department that the use Of wireless
be eliminated the ships OF both attack
ing and defending fleets did not answer
calls.
The southern shore OF Massachusetts
and Rhode Island residents are keeping
wake tonight watching for the flashing
OF the searchlights and other indica attons
that the enemy" is near and that the
expected battle" is on.
Although II has been generally under
stood here that the war was not TO be-
gin until midnight Il was learned off
cialy that the hour Of starting the ma
neuVers was within the discretion OF the
commanders of the fleets,
Navy department officials stipulated
that the war should start some time be-
tween dawn today and noon Friday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
BONDING ELECTION
HELD NULL AND VOID

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. Mont.
July 18-Judge F.. X. CheatiIc of the
Tenth district has rendered decision In
the special election case held in Meagler
county May % for bonding the county FOR
100000 for a new court house at Whuc
sulphur Springs. declaring the election
null and void On the face of the elec-
tion the bonds were defeated by small
majority.
The election was contested on the
grounds of fraudulent voting in three
precints in which seyenty-cight electors
voted who had not registered at the pre-
ceding general election. The Judge holds
the Montana registration law az an un-
reasonable and unnecessary regulation
and H. conflict with the constitution
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
CALLS TO MURDERED
WIFE WHILE DYING

BEAVER. Pa. July ls,-Charles Hick-
man, who was to have been hanged here
today for the murder OF his wife Molie.
In February 1910, collapsed in his cell
In the county jail during the night and
died this morning Hickman escaped
from jail twice after his conviction and
Saturday night last attempted TO take his
life by inhaling gas. He repeatedly told
the guards he would never live to be
hanged.
Hickman was found to be III by guards
early In the night During his delir!um
Hickman was heard to whisper. II am
going TO Mollie." and the last word he
uttered was the name of the woman for
hanged
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
GERMANS EXPELLED.
Charged by Haytlcn Government WIth
Giving Support to Revoutionists.

Charged by Haytlcn Government WIeh
Giving Support to Revoutionists.
KINGSTON, Jamaica. July 1S.-Mail
advicee from Hayti state that several
prominent Germans have been expelled
from the country on the ground OF al
legged support given by them to the revo-
luton President Simon Is said TO be
attempting TO pacify the rebels by pro-
claiming that the United States Will In
teryene unless the railway construction
across the island Is permitted 10 pro-
ceed.
The southern section Of Hayti has been
drained OF troops for the campaign in the
north.
The daytien nayy's new warship An
tome Simon Gormerly the Consul Gro
stuck) is crippled. leaking badly and un-
fit for service. She is being towed here
for repairs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
CLASSMATE OF TAFT
RELEASED FROM JAIL

OAKLAND, Cal. July lS,-Thomas P.
William III. Taft, and who. while in the
county jail here. received An invitation
TO the presidents silver wedding, was
given his liberty today, following a deci-
sion OF the superior court reversing the
conviction OF the lower court. Wickes
was convicted OF obtaining sl6 on a check
drawn On a bank in which he had no
money
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
JUDGE is MISTAKEN
FOR MOUNTAIN LION

BEBLINCHAM. Wash. July 1S-Mis-
taken for mountain lion. Judge Robert
w. Prigmore OF Seattle was shot and
seriously wounded by his hunting COM
panion. II. H. Evans. former law part
ner OF the jurist, according to information
received here today The accident oc-
Cured near Mt Baker
Judge Prlgmore was born at Sedalia,
Mo-, attended the University of Missouri
and was graduated from the law school
there In 1859. He returned TO Sedalia,
Ehere he practiced law until 1898. wnen
ne moved IT, Colorado because OF his
health He came 10 Seattle in 1901. r.
II. Evans. who accompanied Judge Prig-
more on the hunting trip and fired the ia
tai shot, was formerly Judge Prigmore s
law partner and Is Low a deputy pros
ecutlng attorney OF King county.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
T0N0PAH- BELMONT
IS REDUCING TAXES
Special TO The Tribune.

PHILADELPHIA, July lS-At the spe
cial meeting Of the Tonopah Belmont De-
velopment company today the stockhold-
ers approved the proposed reduction In
the capital stock from 1000, 900 shares
to 100000 shares. par value 81, This
is being done only to save the tax on
the extra stock. which has been kept In
the treasury, The financial condition OF
the company is such that there is no pros
pect OF needing this treasury stock 10
raise extra funds,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
LITTLE HAYT|
|sENCACED IN
REVOLUTION
Government Troops Routed
at Trou and Have Re
turned in Disorder to
Cape Haytien.
AMERICAN GUNBOAT
REAssUREs PUBLIC
Minister Furniss, Who Is
Stationed at Port all
Prince, Considers Sit
uation Acute.
AMERICAN GUNBOAT
REASSURES PUBLIC

~ ORT AU PRINCE. july ts.-Thc
revolution progresses. The gov
ernment troops were routed al
Il Trou and have returned In disor-
der to Cane Haytien. The situa-
rion is calm here. but ii the governmen'
falls II is feared that there VIII be DIS,
orders on the part OF the popuiece, us al
the disciplined forces are In the north.
CAPE HAYTTEN. Hayti, July lS-The
arrival off the cape of the United states
gunboa, Petrol has served somewhat to
rcassure the public. but feeling or ap-
prchensIon Is general Business here Is
practically suspended The merchants
have put up their shutters and anHiously
await the outcome of further lighting be-
tween government troops and the rebels.
Communication with the Interior is IN
teTrupted.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
Children Cry
FOR FlETcHER'S
G CASTO RIA

Spanish festival at saltair Saturday
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19

For summer diarrhoea in children
always give Chamberlain IS Collie, Chol.
era and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor
oil, and a speedy euro is certain, For
sale by all dealers.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-19
AMERICAN [

Take a bath at Saltair today.
AMERICAN DAY
Thursday, July 20, at Lagoon. You are
going to be there7 This is the big day.
Snanish festival at Saltair SATURDAY,,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09

Wall street through many ventures.
notably the coup by which he obtained
control of the Louisville. & Nashville
road.
Interested in Texas OIL
Mr. Gates had for years been inter-
ested in the Texas oil fields through
his company, The Texas company. He
practically established and built Texas
City, Texas.
He was director of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad Western MARYLAND
railroad, Tennessee Coal, Iron & Rail-
road company, American Salt company.
Republic Iron & Steel company of New
Jersey, and other concerns
The Wall street house or Charles G..
Gates & Company, of which the son
was the ostensible head, did a great
business for some time preceding the
banking troubles of 1907. In common
with many other financiers Mr.. Gates
suffered some reverses and soon after
ward retired from the market and the
firm was dissolved
Possessed Great Energy.
In politics Mr.. Gates was a Republf-
can and was a colonel on the staff Of
governor Tanner of Illinois in 1897
1900. He was man of great energy
shrewd and resourceful, a hard fighter
and g. good loser, and one whose will
ingness to take a chance" on a reason
able proposition gave him wide popu-
larity in the realms of finance and
sports In middle life he was many
times millionaire and at the time of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09

Gates had been at the bedside alomst
constantly since Mr.. Gates's illness was
pronounced serious
An official statement issued by
doctors Gros and Reeves says the i'm
mediate cause Of death was heart fall
ure, that the lungs stopped their func-
lions and smothered the hearts action.
Gates's Business Career.
Mr.. Gates began his business cal cor
as proprietor of a hardware store at
Turner Junction, Illinois, near the
farm where he was born in 1855 His
parents were Asel A. and Mary Gates.
At St Charles, Illinois, in 1874, he mar
ried Dellora r. Baker, who with their
son, Charles G. Gates, survives
The family had maintained a home
in New York city for some years:
From a hardware merchant Mr.. Gates
became interested in barbed wire first
as a salesman and later as a manufac-
turer at st. Louis. Following the
Southern Wire he organized the Brad
dock (Pennsylvania) Wire company.
which in 1892 he combined with other
wire concerns as the Consolidated Steel
and Wire company. Six years later this
was sold to the Federal Steel company
now a subsidiary of the United States
Steel corporation.
Primarily interested in steel. and
later in oil, the financier was also
identified with many large operations
of railway and industrial stock. He
was known as shrewd Spectator in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09
The Noted Financier With
Meteoric Career Passes
Away in France.

Paris, France. Aug. s.-John w
Gates, the American oil magnate and
financier, died at $40 this morning.
Death came while Mr.. Gates was prac-
tically unconscious and the end was
peaceful and painless. Mr.. Gates died
in the arms of his wife and son, Charles
W. Gates.
The usual restoratives failed in the
last crisis.
sides the members Of the family were
doctors eros and Reeves.
His iron constitution and courageous
resistance, backed by every resource
of medical science, failed to save Mr..
Gates.
He hai batt1ed for weeks herolcany
with the disease of the kidneys and
when it was believed he was almost
sure to recover, he contracted pneu-
monia-
Several times he was represented to
be at the point of death, but with the
aid of powerful stimulants rallied The
pneumonia and kidney troubles had
ameliorated somewhat Monday, but
early Tuesday morning there was a re-
currence of the congestion of the kid
neys which was. followed by a further
attack Tuesday noon.
Tuesday night Mr.. Gates suffered a.
general relapse and gradually sank I'M
til death interviewed.
Mrs. Gates and his son, Charles G.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09

ander. Seeing no other way to prevent
IT, he killed Charles Gates in cold blood
one winters day, cut a hole in the ice
Of the river, and showed the body Of
his victim through.
He was arrested. but escaped. John
W. Gates swore to hunt him until he
drove him to the gallows or the grave
and spent much money in trying to
trace him. Nevertheless, % years
elapsed before he was located at Te-
Cumseh, Okla, where he lived under
the assumed name of W. A HILL Gates.
when he got the information by tele-
graph, was at the Oriental hotel Man.
haitian Beach Without an hours de-
lay he boarded train, went to Tecum-
sch, confronted the man, identified him.
and had him arrested. The murderer
died, after serving a term in the peni-
tetiary-
His Arrival In New York.
When John W. Gates blew breezily
into New York he was described as be-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09

Deming, n. NJ, Aug. 9.-The cham
Der of commerce is in receipt Of COM
munications from 40 or so persons in
the east and north saying they are
either now preparing for a trip to
Deming, or that they expect to visit
Deming this fall. 1t is anticipated that
there will be great activity in taking
up of Deming agricultural and llorti-
cultural lands this fall and winter.
At the Mountainair, N NJ, Chau-
tauoua conference an address, Illus
trated with stereopticon Slides was de-
Evered by R c. Ely, of Deming on
THE Magic of the Pump" The Deming
chamber of commerce had a special
representative at the conference who
was supplied with half a hundred
large photographs and g dry goods box
full of booklets and other printed mat
ter, and while nearly every town in the
territory was represented there, Dem
ing was the only town which had ad-
vertising matter for distribution.
The Deming noise was farther &C
centuated by the election of W. E
New Mexico auxiliary board of the Ma
tional Irrigation congress of which
II. B. Hening. of Albuquerque, was
elected secretary.
AS the meetings of the board will be
at call of the president, they will be
held In Deming, and the governor has
promised to honor this town with a
visit as soon as president Holt calls a
meeting of the board, which will be
very soon, preparatory to the meet
ing of the National Irrigation con-
gress to be held in Chicago next Oc-
tober.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09

ing "as hopeful a sinner as ever came
out of the West" His millions were
variously lifted into high figures, few
of the professional accountants being
content to round the fortune out at
less than SIS, .000 Gates did no
dillettante waiting He did things; did
them right away. To know in the
morning what Gates intended was to
know how the market was bound to go.
The money he started with fructified
after a fashion that puts mushroom
spontaneousness into a dreary desue-
tude. OF course, he made enemies
Envy is Wall streets surest applause
Gates had the talk habit His rhetoric
wasn't too reverent- Saying something
nice to somebody else would in a Gates
conversation have seemed about as
natural as metaphor in a time table.
Mr.. Gates made stock exchange
firm for himself. In its first five
months Of business was netred ST.. 000,-
600 from brokerage commissions and
underwriting participations. This did
not include, Of course. the profits of Mr..
Gates's individual speculations. They
were larger When he went on a
European vacation last Fourth Of July
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09

Gates could feel personally patriotic To
the tune OF $4,000. 600. A new fortune
nad never been made so big, SO fast.
AND he made every cent Of IL all
nlmset, vociferated an evening ap-
plauder at the Waldorf, in challenge To
cynical critics He made II all him
seH-not one cent was ever broupb+ -,
him on a silver salver"
Good reason wEy,"-response of ~
preJudiced one-"good reason WV
after johns around a minute or two
tnere amt no silver sa1vers Left
by all the art and strenuousness az
MS command, John Gates ever since hi.
arrival in Wall street had invited evsrv-
oouy not In his encourage to make hfr,
get ana as IT wasn't expensive the
invitation forthwith found pouuIar &C.
ceptance. 49,
His Late Illness.
Two weeks after Gates a--sv.. =,
Paris early this summer. he s,,rfa-a9
from pains in the throat and NJ. -
ported 10 have undergone several onar-
atoms Tor this trouble. Relfa< 49,
Iorded, but later it was stated bv -.
puSslcaans that poisons from the throat
aocess mad affected the kidrievs re-
IN serious complications. Soon
sSne-", a Us II became known that the
iihdncler was seriously III At one +,-,,s
IL was widely reported thar Mr. C.
mad died This followed a prononrcss
snAAns speH. from which he Later
rallied, his fighting spirit comf1S- -
MS AID al a critical moment
ms congestion OF kidneys was "a
HeVeu, out later pneumonia anoeare5
anu the combination OF kfdnev +ro,,-
DIE and congestion OF lungs was TOO
much for the wasted strength OF ths
patient. :" u 1ne
shortly before the end. Mr. ca+a.
!apsed into Inconsistencies ana his
oeatn, which followed at $40 o'clock
was peaceful. Mrs Gates ana Charles
Gates were at the bedside wfth TIA
doctors. The official statement OF fha
physicians said that the tmmediats
cause OF death was heart failure. tha
lungs having stopped their functions
and smothered the action of the heart.
MIS- Gates accompanied her hus-
oand to Europe and so had been with
MIN throughout his Illness Before her
marriage she was Miss Dellora r.
BAKER OF ST Charles. III In recent
years they had made their home IN
New York.
The body OF Mr.. Gates win ha nlacaa
in vault at the Interdenon national
American church in the Rue De Rerri-
where II will remain until taken aho.rd
a steamer for removal TO the United
states. The funeral services viii be;
held at this church Saturday.
Buried In West Chfcsgo.
Auraro. Ill, Aug. st is stated here
that the body of John w. Gates win be
given its final resting place in the
little cemetery at West Chicago In the
lot where his parents are Inferred.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09

MILL "A,' Los ANGELES
MILL 3D." COTTON
MILL or Ell PASO
Claiborne Adams, Mgr.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09
Buried I'm West Chicago.

Auraro. Ill, Aug. Sit is stated here
tnar the BODY or John W. Gates viii be
given its final resting place in the
little cemetery at West Chicago In the
lot where his parents are Inferred,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09

MILL "C,1 SAN FRANCISCO
MILL 3D." WOODLAND
MILL "F,o SAN DIEGO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09
WOMEN FIND THE
LOCKERS ARE TOO SMALL
Government Fails to Take Into Ac-
count the Size of Hats of
Female Clerks

Washington, D. c., Aug. 9-aTTncle
Sam" apparently made a mistake in
not consulting a milliner as well as an
architect before establishing a new
system of lockers in the treasury.
Among the thousand or so employees in
the building are about 400 women.
When the latter arrived for their DAYS
work and made their first inspection
OF the new conveniences just thrown
open Tor their use. many in the crowd
Immediately became insurgents
Look at those horrid little boxes /"
exclaimed one young woman, ,nodishIy
skirted and HATED, as she surrepti-
tiously visited the receptacle provid-
ed for hats. She, as did many others
found some other place for hers.
The lockers are Is inches wide. Just
how they are to be made to hold a
two foot hat is yet to be determined.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09

In most mems live there occurs
tragedy of some kind. With Gates 1t
was murder. His brother, Charles,
the companion of his boyhood. loved
young woman named Cornelia Jester,
of Warrensburg, Mo. They were to be
married. and nobody disapproved the
match, except the girls brother. Alex
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-09

Both the premier and his mid man
nered little wife. the parents of eight
children. are strong advocates Of wo-
mems suffrage Let wogmen have the
vote" said the premier during an in
terview in New York where he is visit
ing after having seen the conoration in
London Women have made a model
state out of New South Wales, and the
American women will solve the prob
lens of government for you if you will
let them; they make admirable citizens,
as 10 years Of the ballot has proved to
us of New South Wales"