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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
Justifies Himself.

derellct In my duties, I would have shown
myself a timid and unworthy public Of
ficcr. II In that extraordinary crisis
had not acted as I did act. In every
such crisis the temptation to indecision.
always be found for non-action and ac-
ton means q risk and the certainty OF
blame to the man who acts. But II the
man Is worth his salt he will do his duty.
he will give the people the benefit OF the
doubt and act in any way, which their In
atively prohibited by law. unheeding the
likelihood that he himself. when the crisis
Is over and the danger passed. will be as
sailed for what he has done.
Every step I took In the matter was
open as day and was known in detail at
contained full accounts OF the visit to
me OF Messrs. Frick and Gary. and her
aided widely and with acclamation the
results OF that visit. At that time the
relief and rejoicing over what had been
done were we'll nigh universal. The dan
ger was too imminent and too appalling
for men to be willing to condemn those
who were successful IN saving them from
IT. But I fully understood and expected
that when there was no longer danger,
when the fear had been forgotten, at
tack would be made upon me.
''If were on a sail boat should not
ordinarily mcddle with any gear: but II
sheet jammed so that the boat threatened
to caDs!ze I would unhesitatingly cut the
main sheet, even though / were sure that
the owner. no matter how grateful TO me
at the moment for having saved his life.
would q few weeks later, when he had
forgotten his danger and his fear de-
eide 20 sue me for the value OF the cut
rome"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
Policy of Corporation.

''Thoy further informed me that as
matter OF fact, the policy OF the company
has been to decline to acquire more than
so per cent OF the steel properties ana
that this purpose has been perseyered In
for several years past. with the object oil
preventing these accusations, and as
matter OF fact their proportion OF steer
properties has slightly decreased, so that
il is below this 60 per cent and the acquI-
sition OF the property in question VIII not
raIse II above so psr cent But they feel
that II is immensely to their Interest as
to the interest OF every responsible busi-
ness man. to try to prevent panic and
general industrial smashup at this time
and that they are willing to go In this
transaction, which they would not other
wise 60 into, because II seems the opln-
ION of those best fitting 10 express luds-
ment that It may he an important factor
in preventing break that might be
ruinous; that this has been urged on
them by the combination OF the most re-
sponsible bankers In New Yorks who are
now thus engaged In endeavoring 70 save
the situation. But they asserted they
did not wish TO do this II stated that II
ought not TO be done. / answered that
while of course l could not advise them
| TO take the action proposed, l felt 1t no
public duty of mine TO interpoae any OBJ
/ jections.
! fs!rncd5 ''THEODoRE ROOSEVELT,
"UON. CHARLES J. BONAPARTE,
I attorney General"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06

An ordinary case Of diarhoea can,
as rule, be cured by single dose of
Chamberlain 8 Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy This remedy has no
superior for bowel complaints. For
sale by all dealers.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06

the dismcmbered body of woman was
found yesterday by rauch hman whose
attention was first attracted by a
woman's s shoe from WINCH protruded
the bones of the foot
There seems to be little doubt that
the woman was murdered about year
ago
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
ssociated Press.

BY Associated Press.
LIMA, Peru. Aug 6.-The Chilean min
lister OF war declared today that Chile
had no intention 10 occupy Tiacao. which
Ia In the disputed Tncna and africa re-
gion. Political circles recently have been
discussing rumor that chile intended
a move would result In hostilities with
Peru
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
Arrival of Frick and Gary.

Late one evening I was informed that
two two representatives OF the steel corpora-
morning. the precise object not being
named. Next morning. while at break
fast, / was informed that Messrs. Frick
and Gary were waiting at the office, 30
at once went over. and as the attorney
general. Mr.. Bonaparte, had not yet ar
rived from Baltimore where lie had been
ing the secretary OF state. Mr.. Root. who
was also a lawyer, to join us, which he
did; Before the close Of the interview
men named i dictated g note to Mr..
Bonaparte, setting forth exactly what
Messrs. Frick and Gary had proposed and
there might be no possibility Of Inisun-
derstanding, This note was published In
a senate document while I was still
president, and is already spread on the
follows:
"Shall read It gentlemenr"
The chairman; ;, Just as you ike.
Mr. Roosevelt: with your permission
will road 1t.
Text of Letter.
The White House. Washington, Novem-
MY Dear Mr.. Attorney General:
Judge z. II: Gary and Mr.. H G.
Frck. on the behalf OF the steel corpora
tlon, have just called On me. They
state that there is n certain business
firm (the name of which have not been
told, but which is OF real importance IN
New York business circleB). which will
undoubtedly fall this week II help is not
| given. Among It's assets are majority
of the securities OF the Tennessee Coal
company. Application has been urgently
made to the steel corporation to purchase
the stock as tho only means OF avoiding
| failure. Judge Gary and Mr. Flick IN
formed me that as a mere business trans
action they did not care TO purchase the
stock, that under ordinary circumst tances
they would not consider purchasing the
| stock because but little benefit will come
to the steel corporation from the pur-
chase: that they are aware that the
purchase will be urged as handle for
| attack upon them on tho ground that they
are striving to secure a monopoly OF the
| business and prevent oompetition-nol
that this would represent what could hon
and untruthfully be said,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
For the General Good.

from the best information at my dis
posnl / believed (and belieye) that the
addition of the Tennessee Coal and Iron
company property would only increase
the proportion of the steel company 6
holdings by about per cent, making
90 per cent OF the total value in the coun-
try. an addition which by Itself, in my
Judgment (concurred In, I may add, not
only by the attorney general, but by every
competent lawyer with whom I talked.)
worked TO change the legal status OF the
ieved that the action was emphatically
for the general good, that IL offered the
only chance for arrestiDg the panic, and
that II would probably arrest the panic
as IT did. I answered Messrs: Frtck and
Gary as get forth in my published letter
duty TO interfere-that Is. to forbid the
action which moro than anything else In
actual facts saved the situation.
'"The result justified my judgment, The
panic was stopped. public confidence IN
the solvency OF the threatened institu-
ton being at once restored.
Incidentally may mention that when
was in Birmingham last spring every
man I met, without exception. who was
competent to testify, informed me vol
unfairly that the results OF the action
taken had been for the most benefit to
Birmingham, and therefore to Alabama.
the industry being prohted to an eNtraor-
dlnary degree not only from tho stand
point OF the business. but from the
standpoint OF the community at large and
Of the wage workers, by the change in
ownership. The results OF the action /
took were beneficial from every stand
point. and the action itself at the time
when II was taken was vitality necessary
to the welfare OF the people Of the United
States,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
BRIBETAKER FEARED
HE WOULD BE KILLED
Rv Associated Press.

BY AssOciated Prcss.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Fears that he
might meet with foul play following his
exposures in the Lorimer case, accord
Ing 10 information given by Charles a,
White, confessed bribe taker. caused him
TO write a farewell letter 10 his pa
rents. I'm which he said he had told the
truth In his story. White claimed this
letter WAS stolen from him in Chi
cago hotel AZ was n copy OF letter he
wrote 10 Senator Frazer OF Tennessee.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06

dence Of the people of New York. not
only the business people, but the immense
mass OF men and women who owned
small Investments or had small savings in
the bank and trust companies. Mr.. Nor
gan and his associates were, OF course,
lighting hard to prevent the loss Of conf
dence and the panic distrust from In
creasing to such a degree as TO bring any
other big financial institution down, for
this would probably have been followed
by a general. and probably world wide,
crash. The Knickerbocker Trust com
pany had already failed. and runs had
begun or were threatened as regards TO
other big trust companies. These COM
panles were now on the fighting line and
II was TO the interest OF everybody to
strengthen them. in order that the situa- :
tion might be saved,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
DISMEMBERED BODY
OF WOMAN DISCOVERED

BY Associated Press.
DENVER, Aug, 5.-Scattered for
quarter Of mile along a lonely noun
tain gulch. twelve miles north of here,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
Securities Valuless.

cit was matter OF general knowledge
and belief that they or the individuals
prominent in them held the securities of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron company
which securities had no market value
and were useless as a source OF strength
In the emergency.
the contrary, were Immediately market
able, their great value being known and
admitted all over the world, as the event
showed. The proposal OF Messrs. Frick
and Gary was that the steel corpora ton
should at once acquire the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company and thereby substi
tute, among the assets of the threatened
institution. which by the way they did
not name 10 me. securities Of great and
immediate value, for securities which
at the moment were OF no value. 1t was
necessary for me TO decide on the instant
before the stock exchange opened, for the
situation In New York was such that
any hour might be vital and failure to
act for even an hour might make all sub
seQuent effort to net utterly useless.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
pes he Won Gary Over.

~ Bartlett suggested that with
|I!nee TO the proposition of more
ia control Of large corporations
ne had won Judge Gary over to
y ','de' Mr- Roosevelt replied, ~ hope
ryDoee Gary's SUGGESTION said
f'banleit, "was that the Sherman
rsuSf law had remained dormant
asaily twenty years and had never
sought to be enforced SO drasti-
Us IN recent years.
IT, y had been during my admins
sa said Mr., Roosevelt, sharply,
ing forward and smiling his broad
GcGie; =" do not know what was
:. 1arys mind, whether he was
~, 70 seek harbor of safety or
y advocating government con
ON as sure AS l can be of any.
= .aal the course / advocated re.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
|IIS He SAVED
||1UNTRY FROM
| GREAT PANIC
|, Roosevelt Appears Be.
=. House Committee and
y,nlains His Part in
rsunessee Absorption.
r,,,inued from Page One.

,he steel corporation just what
T ,sarpe Ar other people. We must
rebate which Is against the
Fsw I; +he law as well as a rebate
!; !. IN violation Of the letter OF
y - p Il that is done and il in addi-
r.
lies Laughter
pJuseo Landis tried to do that and
y sSIf y Interrupted Mr., Roosevelt, his
r,st causing loud laughter.
~ chairman then went on to say
l,s would prevent director of
Tr;,ed States Steel Corporation
b,soming 4 director of railroads
d asoouuced the system of interlock-
!Tr. NJ stanley" said Mr.. Roosevelt,
4, ,oure | do not wish to commit
~ offband as to details. With
\ s,usral purpose of what you pro,
an in hearty sympathy, and l
"a a. farther still in exercising di-
,c.irol over these big corporations.
IA allow me 10 saS, 9iIJ you ~"
- .bem at some distance. / have
y near them and know them well, -
4 responding to queries directed to
4 Tennessee Coal & Iron transaction
4 IN the testimony of Grant B.
|,l.y that be did not know whether
Tauld have failed had 1T not been
sss sale of the Tennessee company
d, steel corporation, Mr.. Roosevelt
rsN the committee with the state
N that if Scblcy did not know 1T he
4 NE only man who dlddn I,
'i'Nr schley testified" said Repre-
rt,tiye Young of Michigan, THAT
4 Sil not know he would have failed
I his action that you approved had not
=, taken"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
|gsr Had any Doubts.

III never had any doubt as to the
<5sn Of my action, - said Mr..
|,,1yelt. "not for moment. And If
sebley SAYS he did not know that
vuuld have failed without the ac-
,,sing taken that was taken. then
|. iha only man in New York that
3 not know It.
h response to Representative Stir
4 Of Illinois. who asked if he had
Iri,ed information since the Tennes-
absorption which caused him to
,t his approval Of the deal was wise
rvise, Mr.. Roosevelt said:
Eyery particle OF information
Id lDce had has confirmed me that
gnly was my action absolutely wise
sbsolutely -Droper, but that it would
ID been well-nigh criminal for me,
n'the standpoint of the representa-
b of The people of the United States,
b have done exactly as [ did. ]
nci state that too emphatically, y
|s'tbe same subject, responding TO
prsaniative Bartlett Of Georgia, Mr.
ssrclt again emphasized the gravity
ilt situation,
The battle was on" he said. "The
rPislration won in working in aid
tis busy men who were trying to
out the situation. We would win
rl,l victory after partial victory
u |, after any one of these partial
ZONES, had sat supinely down and
entthat victory was won, we would
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06
Denial by Chile,

Two band concerts at saltair toda.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1911-08-08

cred that this Board sitting as a
Board of Equalization do now
adjourn.
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Continued on fifth page
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
OPPOSE TACOMA OFFICIALS
Petitions Out for Election to Recall
Whole City Commission.

Petitions Out for Election to Recall
Whole City Commission.
DEMONSTRATIONS are out for the
recall of every elective officer in the
City of Tacoma except the city con-
troller. The petition for the recall
of Mayor A. V. Fawcett, with approx
imately 5000 signatures attached,
probably was filed with the city
clerk Monday and an election called
to decide his fate.
Preliminary to the circulatio of
petitions for their recall, charges of
incOmpetency, failure to enforce the
laws and general neglect of duty
were filed against Commissioners w.
L. Roys, Owen Wood, Nicholas Law
son and Ray Freeland by a commit
tee of the reform element. These
men, with Mayor A. V. Fawcett, form
the municipal commission that gov
erns Tacoma
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
WOMEN INFLUENCE
SENATORIAL ELECTION
Mite of New York Governor
Persuades Him To Become
a Passive Candidate,

New York.--The spirit of Paquin has
become the occult control of theS SEN
ttorial situation, according to gossip
n Tammany Hall. The husky dis
rict leaders, most of whom would not
know a redingOte from hobble skirt,
ieclare that the question is no longer
whether William F. Sheehan or some
one else shall be the next United
States Senator from New York, but
whether Mrs. w. F. Sheehan or Mrs.
John A. Dix shall wear handsome
Paris gowns as the wife of the next
Senator.
The story goes that long before the
sturdy voters of the state had the
most remote idea that w. F.. Sheehan
aad any design upon the senatorial
toga, Mrs Sheehan had been taken
into her husbands confidence. Mrs.
3heehan promptly ordered several
magnificent gowns from the leading
Paris dressmakers.
Mrs. Sheehan made many friends at
Albany among the Legislators, and
her costumes aroused much admira-
ton among the Legislators ladies.
So that it is reported in Tammany cir
cles that Mrs. Dix determined to hand
in a carte blanche order to her own
dressmaker first and finally to urge
her husband to sacrifice himself if
need be to end the deadlock by &C
cepting the election to the Senate
for himself.
Governor Dix could be coaxed to
accept the election as United States
Senator right now" said one of these
leaders, because his wife has real
lied that handsome and intellectual
woman may be of more importance
as the wife of United States Sena-
tor than as the wife of a Governor"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
DILLlNG TAKES OFFICE
New Mayor and Chief of Police As
sumo Duties.

New Mayor and Chief of Police As
sumo Duties.
Seattle-Mayor Hiram c. Gill, re-
called by the electors for alleged mis-
conduct in office, retired at noon Sat
urday without ceremony, and George
w. Dilling, chosen to succeed him,
took the office With Gill there went
into retirement also Charles w. Wap-
penstein, chief of police, and Richard
M. Arms, superintendent of the mu-
nicipal light plant, whose alleged mis-
conduct was an important issue in the
recall campaign
Police Captain Claude Bannick took
charge of the police force as acting
chief of police. He has been instruct
ed to close the gambling places and
disorderly houses, and in general to
clean up the city. Mayor Gill had
wished to remain in Office until Feb
ruary 20, but Mr. Dilling would not
assent to this.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
RAISING MAINE DELAYED
Lack of Funds Makes Completion of
Bio Job ProbIematical.

Havana-Work of raising the
wreck of the battleship Maine is prac
tically at a standstill now for lack
of funds The commission still has
100000 of the original 100000 ap-
preparation, but $4,000 OF this is held
up for salvage on the steel piling
furnished by the Lackawanna Steel
Company for casing the cylinders OF
the cofferdam and $4,000 is being
saved to bury the sailors whose re-
mains are supposed to be still within
the wreck
Memorial services We're conducted
Wednesday on the scene of the wreck
by the Havana camp of Spanish
American War Veterans and the Ha-
vana chapter Of the Daughters of the
American revolution.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
Tax Dates

|. Taxes are payable on and after
the first Monday I'm February sue
ceeding levy.
.. Taxes become delinquent on
June LIST, and draw Il per cent in-
terest until paid.
3. Three per cent rebate is allowed
on full payments made on realty on
or before March 10
4. Ii One-half of the taxes are paid
OH or before the 3Ist day Of May. the
remaining half shall be due and pay
able on or before the 10Th day of
November, but ii the said remaining
one half be not paid on. or. before
November Both, it shall be delinquent
and interest at the rate OF fifteen per
cent per annum shall be charged
thereon from the first day of June
preceding until paid.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
REBELS GET TOGETHER
Create Strategy Board to Put End t
Petty JeaIousies.

Ell Paso, Tex.-A strategy board,
which has been talked of, has been
created for the insurrecto army and
is now in the field with Oronzco.
The board is to direct the movements
of troops but none of the insurgent
commanders is to be removed. All
will be required to operate in har-
mony under the direction of the STRAIT
egg board, which is merely to pre-
vent jealousies among the various
rebel commanders, according to the
junta here.
General Navarro, with his 1900 re-
large measure the fate of the revo-
Inducements for the relief of Juarez,
is still making steady progress north
ward The general belief is that up
on Navarro's progress depends in
luton II Oroco can stop the federal
advance. or destroy Navarro. the rev.
olution will become very formidable.
II Orozco fails. the rebellion will be
discrediteA by many Mexicans.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
Funds in Bad COMPANY.

Seattle.-That former Adjutant-
General George B. Lamping misap-
propriated between $4,000 and s2O,.
600; that he kept no adequate rec
ords of his transactions, and that the
deficiency In the guard will be be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 by April 1,
the beginning Of the fiscal year, is
the result of the investigation by the
Landon legislative investigating com
mittee. The figures are not taken by
the legislators to mean anything 9TH
er than General Lamping misman-
aged the affairs of the guard.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
Men and Girls Get Duckinu.

Wenatchee-In a miraculous man
ner more than two hundred persons
escaped drowning near Chelan falls
when five acres of ice broke loose
from the shore of Lake Chelan and
carried its human freight away from
land. The crash came without a mo-
ments warning. The skaters rushed
toward the shore and plunged into
the icy waters of the lake to reach
safety. Several girls were hurt, and
scores were wet to the skin.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
South Honors Lincoln.

New Orleans Publicly honoring
Lincoln for the first time in the his
tory of this city, both the board of
trade and the cotton exchange ad-
iourned in honor of his birthday Mon
day In proposing the closing the ex-
change. former President Black said
1--WE realize that there is now neither
North nor South. 1t is, therefore, fit
of and give recognition to the natal
day of one of Americas greatest citi-
zens."
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM OUR STATE
Chronicle of important Events
OF Interest to Washington
Readers.
Centralia Man Arrested.

Centralia.-With her face covered
with blood and one eyelid gashed by
a broken piece of glass, Miss Sophie
Hanson, a pretty 17-year-old girl OF
Centralia, rushed into the office OF
Chief of Police Roberts, asking pro-
lection from her step-father, John
Hanson
The girl complained that Hanson
had returned home drunk and struck
her over the eye while she was wear
ing eyeglasses. The glass broke and
the pieces narrowly missd binding
her. Hanson was arrested.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
Arnold Believes Daughter Dead.

New York.-Francis B. Arnold
father of the missing Dorothy, in
sists that his daughter is dead. "Mr.
Griscons has been pestered to death
and is likely to say anything" was
his comment on the statement of G
G. Griscom, Jr., in Atlantic City, that
he expected to marry Dorothy. Lo-
renzo Armstrong, counsel for the Ar.
nolds. said he did not think the mys.
terry of Dorothy's disappearance would
ever be solved.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
No Mccormick Will Left.

Tacoma.-Robt. L. Mccormick, sec
rotary q the Weyerhaeuser Timber
Company, left no will. 1t has been
estimated that Mr. Mccormick was
worth between 100000 and $4,000
900. He is quoted as saying the law
was sufficient guarantor of the prop
er distribution of his property.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-02-17
Empty Gasoline Tank Explodes.

Pasco.-While workmen were en-
gagged in repairing a gasoline tank,
said to have been empty, at the
Northern Pacific roundhouse, the tank
exploded. killing one man and in1ur-
ing three others.