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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
CARPENTER MAY TIE
THE KNOT FOR AST0R
Former Baptist Preacher Willing
to Earn the $1,000 Offered by
the Millionaire.
NO CONSCIENTIOUS QUALMs
Miss Force Accompanies Her In
tended on Another Weekend
Yachting Cruise.
NO CONSCIENTIOUS oUALMs

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Sept S-Al-
though he declared he had not been
definitely engaged TO officiate. Edwin s.
Straight. a carpenter and joiner II East
Providence. who is a venerable retired
preacher of the Baptist denomination. to-
night said that he believed he would
riage Colonel John Jacob Astor and Miss
Madeline Force of New York.
Mr.. Straight, in discussing the subject
on his return home from his days work
al the carpenters bench, said he was
called on last Tuesday by Richard B..
Comstock of Providence. a lawyer. who
has sounded several preachers In Rhode
Island as 10 their willingness to offclate
at Colonel Astor's wedding Mr. Straight
told Mr.. Comstock. as he informed re- e.
anybody with a license" and he had
no objection to performing a marriage
In case where one of the parties had
been divorced.
Mr.. Straight is 20 years old and his
beard gives him somewhat OF a patri-
archal appearance. Thirty years ago he
was pastor OF small Baptist church in
Warren, and at times since then he has
supplied various country pulpjts. Re-
Gently he has devoted himself almost
wholly TO carpentering, though be has
occasionally offclated at marriage OF
a funeral.
It was his custom. Mr.. Straight said,
never to set any price on his services for
performing marriage. He thought that
the Rev. +. Lewis Brooks Of Little Comp
ton and the Rev. Edward a. Johnson of
Newport who are said 10 have turned
down offers OF $1,000 TO perform the cere-
mony, were foolish.
Despite many reports 70 the contrary.
1t was learned definitely tonight that
neither Colonel Astor nor anybody acting
for him has taken out a marriage license
In Newport.
No information regarding the. expected
marriage could be obtained tonight from
anyone representative OF Mr.. Astor
Special dispatches from Newport to-
night were definite In declaring. although
on unquoted authority. that the marriage
ceremony would he performed At Beech
wood. the Astor home. tomorrow morn
ing al 10 o'clock within a few hours
thereafter the report said. Colonel Astor
and his wife would sail on the Mona for
Il honeymoon In southern waters. later
going 20 Europe and not returning before
next spring
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
Obey the Mad Monk. "

AT most towns the pilgrims were re
celved by large crowds and in a man
ner satisfactory to the exacting Hello
dorus. However reluctant to lend theil
countennnce to $50 much street noise
and downright rowdiness, priests, bish
ops and governors did the ''mac
monk So bidding.
Venerable bishops and archbishops
were overawed by him; governors hav,
been known to kiss his hand.
At all hours of the day and night ep
trance was obtained 10 cathedrals and
churches. while bishops and arch
priests We're dragged from their homes
and forced to put on their vestments
and celebrate solemn mass, Any fail
ure or hesitation or delay in doing him
homage evoked torrents of curses and
iiaprecatlons from Heliodorus.
Complaints of the conduct of Hello.
dorus have been pouring In all month
from the secular clergy that was thus
terrorlzed. The holy synod, which has
had unpleasant experiences with Hello.
dorus on two former occasions, is anx-
ious enough 10 discipline the insubor.
dinate monk and even put him in hos
pital. When Heliodorus was received
in audience by the emperor last June
he took back with him present of
10000 small crosses which the empress
hao given him for distribution to his
followers,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
Mayor, City Engineer and Five
Members Of Gary, Ind, Coun-
Gil Under Arrest.
GET MONEY FOR FRANCHISE
, Trap Laid and Sprung by Ken,
lucky Man to Whom Fran
chise Was Granted.

GARY, Ind, Sept. s.-Mayor Thomas
e. Knots, five of the nine members
or the city council, City Engineer w
A. Williston and son of one Of the
aldermen were arrested today on
charges of accepting and soliciting
bribes In heating franchise deal,
The arrests were made on complaint of
7, B. Dean of Richmond, Ky, to whom
the franchise was granted. Dean said
he mad given evidence OF the attempt
cd bribery 10 attorneys in Chicago be-
lore money was transferred.
AT the same time steps were taken
IN Chicago to protect funds said to be
involved in the deal auG said TO be
deposited in a safety deposit vault
there, This money, Dean said, was
gwen by him to councilman, placed
in an envelope and signed by Dean and
each OF the men involved, each keep.
ing y key until the deal was com.
pleted.
Mayor Knots. who was arrested in
his office by Sheriff Thomas Grant,
gave cash bail of $4,000. He secuted
the bfibe charges and said he would be
able 10 prove his innocence.
a dIctagrapb said by Dean to have
pcen pia'eu III MS room at noueJ ana
one surreptltiously placed in Mayor
Knots S office are expected to be used
IN the prosecution of the city off.
cials.
Mayor Knots was arrested last Nav
on charges of embezzlemeut perjury
and malfeasance in office, The charge
was dismissed,
Dean charged Mayor Knots with
having received $4,000 as his share of
the deal. The amounts said by Dean to
have been given the others were from
$3.50 to $4,000.
Dean said that former city officer
would be involved as result of the
dlctagraph records. He charged this
man with having asked $4,000 for ar
ranging the entire transaction,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
DEPLORE ACTION
OF STATE GRANGE

BEVERLY, Mass. Sept. S.-Cnexpcct-
ed support OF the Canadian reciprocity
agreement from d part OF the Connecti-
day. Recently the executive committee
and the officers OF the Grange declared
that they did not agree Will. the presi-
dents reciprocity idea and refused the
proposition Of state fair officials to call
yesterday. the day on which MT Taft
visited the fair at Hartford. Grange
dny.
10 the summer White house today from
Orange Grange No ITS In the shape OF a
resolution which reoited that Orange
Grange deplored the action of the offl-
Gers of the state Grange in treating so
discourteously the frat citizen OF the
snnd, and deprecated such attitude.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
REWARD OFFERED
FOR THE MURDERER
State Of Oregon Will Pay $4,000 for
Apprehension Of Man Who Slew
Mrs Daisy Wehrman.

PORTLAND. Or, Sept S.-Although
the detectives OF three counties and
scores OF civilians are searching for the
murderer OF Mrs. Daisy Wohrman and
her four year-oId son at Scappoose some
time between Sunday and Tuesday even
ing no clcw has boon discovered and no
arrests have been made.
Governor West today offered reward
OF $4,000 for the arrest OF the murderer,
He also offered rewards for the Hppre-
hcnsion Of the murderers Of the Hill fam
lily, the little Hoffman girl and other
murders which have occurred In this
state recently. the total aggregating
SIS, 900.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
Ordered to Be Ready.

CHICAGO. Sept. S.-Aside from the
announcement that Illinois Central
shopmen had been notified by their
union heads TO hold themselves in read
mess for a strike, there was no devel-
opment in that railroad s labor situa
tion today,
Union officials maintained that the
issuance OF the warning TO the en-
ployees did not necessarily portend
strike. The officials said that as a
walkout was possibility, they thought
it best to have the men in a state of
preparedness Now that the order has
gone out they said the shops could be
cleared in few hours.
According 10 W, +. Kramer, chair
man OF the executive board, which has
the local situation in band, there is hit
tie likelihood of further action by his
committee until Sunday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
LEADS PILGRIMS
TO SAROV DESERT
Whole Volga Region Star
tied by the Crusaders, a
Majority of Whom Are
Childless Women.

TsARITSYN. Russia, Sept. g.
Heliodorus, the mad monk of
Tsaritsyn," today publicly declared
that attacks on Jews and the Rus-
sian Intelligent classes would be
commenced after the holding of the
Forthcoming congress Of the Black
Hundreds.
The declaration of the parish
priest whose fantastic methods have
startled the whole Volga region, has
created an impression of semi-panic
in the city.
Talk Of probable massacre of
Jews Is current at the bazaars.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
Homeless and Destitute.

HANKOW, China, Sept, s.-The
floods resulting from the Yang-Tse riv-
er overfiowing ITS banks, which trans,
formed hundreds of miles of the Yang
Use valley into an enormous lake and
caused great loss of life are gradually
subsiding
In addition 10 the heavy death list,
many thousands of the natives have
been made homeless and destitute.
The rice crop in the provinces of
Hupeh and Human probably will be an
average one, but other cereals have
suffered heavily.
The rice crop in Mgan- Hwei, another
province watered by the Yang-Tse riv-
er is of all exceptionally poor quality.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
Head of Irterior Department
Makes Statement Concerning
Alaska Coal Fields.
GIVES HINT OF HIS POLICY
Declares Controller Bay Neither
the Only Nor the Best Outlet
for Coal Fields.

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept S.--Secretary
of the Interior Walter L, Fisher. at a
dinner given here tonight in his honor
declared Controller bay TO be neither the
only nor the best harbor for the output
Of the Bering river coal fields. pronounced
the extent and character of these fields
grossly exaggerated" and announced
his policy to be the opening and develop
ment Of the fields. but not under unrc-
stricted private ownership.
The plan of leasing the coal lands, Mr.
Fisher said. deserves consideration be-
cause It has the approval OF the presi-
dent
He read abstracts from reports showing
the successful workings Of this system In
Australia and New Zealand and also cited
the leasing law OF Yukon territory,
Government Control.
THE third remedy" he continued. lis
that the government shall own and op-
crate the mines. A great many thought
full men In the United States are Of the
opinion that the time Will come when 1t
Will become necessary for the. govern
ment to regulate the sources Of power
fuel and waterfalls--upon which Industry
depends.
However the opposition which gov
eminent ownership and operation would
encounter In congress must be conSid-
cred"
or the coal lands he said.
II am seriously disappointed in what
/ saw In the Bering river coal fields. Re
ports Of their extent and character have
been grossly exaggerated. J regret this
eXaggeration, because IL may have been
the means of leading persons 10 invest
in these fields. However. there is valua-
BILE coal. and the district is one OF con-
siderable importance
The Mntauska coal fields. tributary TO
Seward, he did not visit he said, adding,
1T Is reported to contain better coal than
the Berlng river field and more of IT,.
However, II Is farther from railroad
and farther from seaport
Not the Best Harbor
IF any foot OF Contr bay is more
valuable than another do rot know IT, :;
he said. speaking OF outlets II am not
violating any confidence when ] say
believe, Controller bay is not the only
possible harbor for the Bering river coal
fields. and is far from the best harbor"
Secretary Fisher and his party left
for Ellensburg, Wash, on n special
Northern Pacific train late tonight. after
n bnnquet at the Commercial club where
he was the guest Of honor. Tomorrow
he Will make n short stay at Elensburg
10 inspect irrigation projects and then
20 To North Yakima. where he will over
see the allotment OF lands In the Yakima
Indian reservation.
From North Yakima Mr. Fisher Will
proceed 10 Yellowstone park,
After his park trip the secretary will
go from Boise To Ogden and Salt Lake
and then to California.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
HEPBURN WILL NOT
BOLT HIS PARTY
Idaho Senator Declares He Will Sup.
port the Republican Nominee,
Stand Pat OF Insurgent.

SPOKANE. Wash. Sept. ST will
nght for the Republican nominee for
president In 1912 whether he is a stand
patter or an insurgent." said Senator
w. 3. Hepburn on his return 10 his home
In Wallace. Ida. today.
On September 20 the senator will 60
to Boise 10 attend the meeting OF the
Republican state central committee and
will attempt. he says. to dispel any
doubt In the minds OF the and-pattsrs
as TO the future OF the Republican party.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
MISS MATILDA M0ISANT
LEADS WOMEN AVIAT0RS

HEMPSTEAD. N Y, Sept. S.-Miss
Matilda Moisant, sister OF the dead avia =
tor, John IL. MoisaDt. nscended in her
monoplanc here this afternoon TO q
height OF nearly 1000 feet. IL is believed to
he the greatest altitude ever reached by
woman aviator. The flight was made
In puffy wind. which impclled other
aviators TO advise Miss Moisant not TO
make the attempt
Miss Molsant volpiancd to earth from
a height OF 500 feet and made a pretty
landing,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
PINCH0T EXPLORING
PARTY REACHES ALASKA

SEWARD. Alaska, Sept s,-The Gif-
ford Pinchot exploring party. composed
OF the former chief forester, Senator
Pinchot's secretary and two newspaper
men. arrived on the steamship North
western last night. and started today for
the Matanuska coal fields. Before his
departure. Senator Polndexter said he IA
yored home rule for Alaska.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
ARRESTED ON CHARGE
OF SLAYING HIS WIFE

JACKSON, Mich, Sept s.-Dr. Jo-
seph f. Sudman, veterinary surgeon,
whose wife was found dead In bed yes
terday, was arrested today on charge
of murder, An autopsy is alleged to
have revealed cyanide Of potassium in
the stomach Of the woman and bottle
of the same poison, it is said. was
found on the person Of the doctor when
arrested.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
HIGH COST OF FOOD
FELT IN GERMANY
Government Asked to Cut Duties on
Potatoes 80 Per Cent: Other Re-
lief Measures

BERLIN, Sept. Sin view Of the great
increase In the cost OF living, owing 10
the summers drouth the Berlin chamber
OF commerce and the merchants guild
today petItioned the government to re-
cuce the tariff on grain. fodder. etc, by
applying a special classification TO these
products. and To cut the duties on po-
tetoes by so per cent, the new rates 70
be effective until August /, 1912.
The minister OF agriculture has ordered
the sale OF fodder 10 needy persons at
reduced prices
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN By
WILLIAM C.. FREEMAN

There is a LAW on the
statute books of the State of
New Jersey which reads in
part as follows:
No person shall demand, solicit,
ask or invite any candidate for
nomination, or for public office, OF
party position, to subscribe for
the support of any club or organ
ization, or to buy tickets to any
entertainment or ball, or to pay
Continued on Page Three.
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Famine Riots Spreading,

SHANGHAI Sept. S--The famine riots
in ChaneZeh are spreading, and the
American Baptist chapel near Quinsan
has benn sacked by marauders from Su-
chau. with large areas under water, the
wretched populace IL desperate IN the face
of prospective starvation. In the Shang
hal market the visible supply of rice Will
last about ten days.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-09
Portrayal of Crime.

|nd nd'nl,statc l,stt,atc ride home with q bIsed :
place IN =, oody crushed into the
4 and ~ ~, INC front part Of the ma
~ inc IN NJ husband coldIy sitting
Here ooa-coNered head of his
OnIy graphically detailed 10 ibe
h nSSssSing attention was given
pn by po9ts po,u Ia the purchase of
a. = reul Bsattic. =. cousin OF Of ,Sa pa
|nPn s," had asserted h. s,,1 ,,,a,
prosecn,, alohe was built the cass
stained u; cin out he held aiort the
he mu,o clothing OF the prisonar
|sked: evidence of the crime j
4 @US iI.ekaaG1 Wka1t any other eviaeuo.7~
d ei,bdp,. black blots. moi q me III II,
|gisoncr sleeve OF shirt or 60
with tbn b'n one hand and stcered
"a On tha he other, bul the absoncs
gave "g fh arms. The prosecutor de-.
With tha Tue lie TO his storv Nc,
<Isenta clothing did tho 6rosecv'
past fabrS what he termed >tbo
~" hu, scation OF the choopan, .,t.
|or for q" shouted shame ~, pjs ,,s.
"a Of n n relations with 81 yirI ~,
ID lie yeArs until within b,s o,r W
y for and held her fnr.,, "ls owl
a H. inc crime. 'of'n as th'
,slon, said i1y wendaatnrtuh admits that i wa'
Con<,,
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'riul Plea for Justice.

uose OF powerful address b..
m mehdeuourg. the voluntary assist
uE commonwealth in the case. the
~ was felt not alone In the court
MI ye' III Richmond. where thousands s
~ awaited the outcome. The Jury.
Ssrs s'even days heard evidence; for
;<rx speeches. but the words Of
b.'urg rang In their ears as they
A ,sou''room 10 find their verdict.
I, imat man go frec?" he cried,
mt mat man go free? WHY, the
'oWi OF Virginia. the womanhood
se,,rt,o rtslon will shudder In terror AS
nsn lily OF lis life is threatened, Let
NJ 5" 90 Tree? The man who baslled
"a ,h ,dhGgraded sunshine OF anotler
i Mn wn''e al mis- home a Young wife
cor ns child? Gentlemen. I merely
DUTY" ""'iie oi Justice TO do
&ife :, aetail the prosecutor pIctured
lbe caS, az she started on her iournev
1rr SH Sool air Of a summer night II To
\ sos @%s portrayed the automobile In
|is s s,sr rode besIde her husband how 81
d sspped into the darkness of The The
counaa .ound the shotgun. which he had
rife ''eealed, and deliberately slew lev,
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Unwilling to Predict.

If there Is any way 10 avert col
lision. the general officers of the union
who from the first have hoped TO avoid
strike, declared themselves ignorant
OF 1T tonight. although they said no
one could predict safely what might
happen at tomorrow S meeting
Pressure Of strike, it was said. is
insistent from points east of the Sierra
Nevada mountains, but it is more ipsis.
tent up and down the coast
4 report that the advisory commit
teemen had held meeting today with
out the knowledge of their general Of
ficers was denied fatty tonight by In
terna tional President j. W. Kline Of
the Blacksmths' union. who said be
had traced it to unfavorable sources.
81 was asked about the meeting and
advised it, said Mr. Kline, "Later
In the day we met together. We find
that the strike sentiment among the
men is stronger even than when the
so-called strike vote was taken. That
vote came near being unanimous.
'We hope TO see some way by which
this strike can be avoided, but we are
prepared to insist upon recognition of
the federation. -
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Against Public Policy,

ALBANY. n. Y. Sept s-Secret8ry OF
State Lazansky has refused to incorpor-
ate hell proposed concern 10 conduct
cafes end restaurants In New York City
Secretary Lazanaky held that II would
he against public policy to permit incor-
poration under such q name.
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Officials of the Five Shop
Craft on the Hartman
System Will Hold Meet
ing in San Francisco.
NO ONE WILLING TO
HAZARD PREDICTION
Shopmen on Illinois Central
Ordered to Hold Them
selves in Readiness
to Walk Out.
GAN FRANCISCO. sent s-nf.

q AN FRANCISCO, Sept. s.-off
Gals of the five shop craft
unions comprised in the Fede-
ration of Shopworkcrs on the
Hartman lines probably will deter
mine definitely at meeting tomorrow
what they will do about the refusal
of Julius Kruttschnitt, vice president
and superintendent of maintenance of
the system, TO recognize the federat ton
as such.
No one could be found tonight who
believed that Mr. Kruttschnitt, who
acted under full authority from Judge
Robert s, Lovett. president of the Har
riman system, will recede in the leas.
from his position. That is considered
one of the certainties.
IL was regarded tonight as almos'
fully determined al meeting today
between the general advisory commit
tees of the unions and their genera
officers, that the union men neither Will
recede from their vote, already taken
authorizing strike. nor are they will
ing to temporize either by preferring
minor demands, or by letting the ques-
tion of recognition of the federation go
over for six months, three months or
any other time
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q T. PETERSBURG, Tuesday, Aug.
ga fantastic pilgrimage of
~ 1900 persons, mostly women, uu-
der the leadership Of Heliodorus,
startled the entire Yolga region this
summer and drew popular attention to
the "mad monk - to a degree unequaled
by any of his previous exploits.
The objective Of the pilgrimage was
the Sarov desert. where are the relics
of st, seraphim The emperor and the
empress made pllgrimages to Sarov in
1908, year before the birth of their
only son. So the place is well known
and the following Of Heliodorus was
large, particularly among women who
were childless.
Material, patriotic and worshiping
instincts were all appealed to in organ.
izing this crusade, which was designed
to fan the religious flame in this part
Of Russia.
The fervent longings of childless
women and the unquestloning faith of
every member of the band kept the pill
grims In state of excitement that fire.
quently was marked by hysterical out
bursts.
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rising, the Twelve Men
belibsrate for Nearly an
Hour and Then Record
Their Verdict.
MEMBER "a THE
OF EXECUTION
Does Not Blanch in
lhe Face of Death, and
Will Ask Circuit Court
for New Trial.
|HESTERFIELD COU r T.

/ 5HESTERFIELD co u r T.
4 HOUSE, Va, Sept. s.
4 Twelve Virginians, mostly
|mers. knelt at dusk tonight IN
obscurity Of the small jury
b Of Chesterfield Courthouse.
|yed fervently that they might
B Judgment Alright on Henry
y Bcattle, Jr., indicted for the
Fder Of his wife, arose from
|'r,knees. dellberated nearly an
F and silently, one by one, re-
He'd q verdict Of guilty.
lter weighing carefully the mean
/ of their verdict and once more on
led knees beseeching divine assist
sgainst possible error, at the end
1fty.eight minutes the jurors filed
| the hushed and crowded courtroom
With startling suddenness twelve
q, instead of the usual one of the
1ln, spoke the word guilty. in
n- 1t was almost a shout.
suner Stoical.
te spectre Of death that stalked on
othlan turnpike on July 10, when
Louise Owen Beattie was slain,
q hard at the Young husband,
a to claim It's victim by electrocu-
on Friday, November "a. But the
ne; returned the gaze, unswery-
md unafraid.
court of appeals will he asked
ant writ of error and a new
Young Bcattie, cognizant of the
Weapons yet at his disposal, did
1Yrender.
ean he consoled his broken hearted
shd oomforted him as he whis-
nave not los, yet, father
snhi ~, rs was the tragedy. the jury-
1ia not hesitate to admit 10 their
.nat they stood In Judgment not
sr the cold -blooded murder. but on
matrimonial Iuadelity as well.
hps was a drastic continuation OF
- Justice, which in the last half
nds sent 10 death such similar
eis as Philips and McCue.