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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
GIVES DEFIANCE TO
MEAT TRUST BARONS
Expected Soon to Make This
City Center of Industry
in Immense Western
Territory,

rIrHIN the coming week big
i :; e. !: :: !. Is:
packing center of the entire
west, Firm in the belief that this city Is
the logical center for the handling OF the
great meat industry of the west, group
OF local capitalists is now organizing a
company with 500, 900 capital and at an
early date will launch a packing enter
prise on a far greater scale than was
ever attempted this side of Omaha.
Backed by at least two Utah banks and
having the support OF a strong union of
influential interests. tho new company
proposes TO invade the whole intermoun-
tain and Pucific coast territory, aiming
ultimately 10 handle the entire produc
ton of western sheep and cattle raIsers,
the bulk OF which now goes TO the middle
western markets. Tho facilities and
scope OF the plant will be increased as
rapidly as the field can be developed and
within the next ten years the promoters
predict that this city Will be the point
to which Will come the bulk OF the herds
and flocks from the western ranges and
from which Will go the meat supply OF
the whole western half of America.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
Texas Banker Who Became
Reconciled TO Eloping
Wife IS a Slayer.
HER AFFINITY IN CANADA
Indictments Against Him Dis
missed at His Fathers
Instigation.
BY International News Service.

BY International News Service.
-ORT WORTH. Tex. Jan 15.-The
sensational elopement OF Mrs.
Lena 3. snead. wife of rich
4 banker of Amarillo. with A. G.
Boyce, Jr.. millionaire ranchman.
had its still more sensational ending to-
night when j. y. Snead, the husband.
shot and killed A. C. Boyce. Sr,. fa-
ther OF the man who eloped with his
wife. The shooting occurred shortly aft
er o'clock In the lobby OF the Metro
poitan hotel, crowded with people ut
the time.
Snead fired five shots at Boyce four
taking effect. He used a 80 caliber
automatic and the bullets lodged i'm the
abdomen and groin. Boyce was seated
in the lobby of the hotel a short dis
tance from the main entrance. Snead
entered by the main doorway lie did
not speak TO Boyce, but Instead whipped
out his revolver and began firing, His
first shot took effect. striking Boyce
In the pit OF the stomach. Boycc jumped
forward. but ct the same instant Snead' S
revolver cracked and three more shots
struck In the abdomen. Snead fled by
q side entrance and ran to the central
police station, where he surrendered, He
refused 10 make a statement either TO
newspaper reporters or policemen
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
Takes Established Plant.

To begin with the new company will
take over tho plant OF the Utah Packing
& Provision company In north Salt Lake.
which has been operating during the last
few months under greatly curtailed out
put About $4,000 will be expended at
once in remodeling and increasing the
capacity Of the plant. The old company
will go out OF existence and new money
and new management will take charge.
AS soon as the enterprise is launched
an auxiliary corporation will be formed to
build and operate great system OF
stoekyards in keeping with the ambitious
aims of the parent company, The yards
will be located In North Salt Lake near
the present plant OF the Utah Packing
& Provision company Tney Will be con-
structed with an eye TO the future and
will be large enough to handle any num-
Der OF shipments from the surrounding
territory
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
Artist Dies in Poverty.

BERKELEY, Cal. Jan. l5.-Byak
for years the director Of the Royal acad-
emy az Lcyden. Netherlands, died today
In poverty, after an illnoss OF several
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14

n F. Grant issued orders yesterday
10 all merchants OF the city ex-
cept those permitted by law 10 remain
OPEN to close their places of business on
| Sunday The afternoon shift OF patrol
men was instructed TO notify the ner-
chants OF the commissions action. and
| many places hitherto open on Sunday
will be tightly closed today and each
succeeding Sunday.
In line with the city administrations
policy to secure an enforcement OF all
laws on the statute books. the social
clubs OF the city have acceded 20 the
mayors request that the bars connected
with the clubs be closed. Failure of the
klks club to receive the letter mailed by
the mayor will cause no change In the
conduct of that club today.
For some time the saloon men who
operate cigar stands in connection with
their bars have faced tho prospect OF
having to close these stands IN conform
ity with an order that all doors Of e ga
loon must remain locked on Sundays
They have urged the commission that all
cigar stands should be closed IL some
We're forced TO close II Is said that the
saloon men also urged the Sunday clos
ing OF groceries. meat markets, etc, as
q repr,sal for efforts made by merchants
TO regulate the saloons.
Will Make Test Case.
A test case to determine the const!-
tutionality OF the laws under which ths
closing OF cigar stores and other places
OF business is ordered Will he made to-
day by the Hemenway j. Moser company,
which operates several stores In this city.
Q. G. Hemenway, president OF the COM
pany notified Police Chief Grant OF his
intention to bring Il friendly suit TO
test the law and the chief replied thet
he would welcome such action. as It would
definitely decide the question. Many
think the law unconstitutional. coming
under the head OF "class legislation" as
II permits certain lines of business to
remain open on Sundays and forces 9TH
ers TO close.
The ban Is particularly directed against
smoking material. All retail cigar stores
must close. and while drug stores. hotels
and restaurants may remain open, they
are forbidden TO sell cigars or tobacco
in any form. The order ut first included
candy stores. but this was changed. and
ucelefS III Sweets may CiSpoSo OF tnciF
wares. But meat markets. grocery stores.
fruit stands. book stores. etc. must close
at midnight Saturday and remain so un.
til Monday morning. Drug stores may
sell toilet articles. rubber goods and. In
fact, anything In stock except tobacco
Chief Defines Law.
The telephones IN the police chiefs Of
ice were kept busy all afternoon and
evening Merchants called up to find out
( the order had really been issued, and
strong expressions OF disaDproval were
made when they were told that the order
must be observed No law exists pro-
lihiting Sunday amusements. and the
heaters Will remain open as usual, Sun
lay baseball is not barred by statutes
nd may flourish uninterrupted in season.
1.-The intent OF tho Sunday-closinS law
8 TO prohibit the sale on the Sabbath
Continued oil Page Two.)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
'HlNOOk WIND IN
MOUNTAIN STATES
Train Service Badly Demoral.
lied in Kansas on Account
of Drifts; Another Cold
Wave Predicted.
international news Service.

81 International news Service.
HICAGO, Jan. Is --Shiver,ns Chi
cngo obtained a short respite from
the Arctic weather today when the
" Icy wave swept ON the eastern
states. But by tomorrow night
1e weather prognosticators predict. a
1rT blast from The northwest VIII strike
|hs city and again cause the mercury TO
Nd 10 the zero mark.
Tho blizzard that ragged through the
ngtern states left devastation and priva
||m In It's wake, Telegraph and tele-
hone wires were wrecked, and from
tarly in the morning Chicago practically
6as cut off from communication with the
east.
Brokers in La Sale street transacted
|nsineSs with New York under the great
"a difficulty. and the telegraph com
mics accepted messages with the un-
Erstandng that they are TO be sent
hen conditions made communication
<ssible
The respite granted the destitute OF
3icago and the middle west was con-
psted In the eastern cities, There the
|unicipai lodging houses and charity or
were flooded with appeals
iom the homeless and suffering. Many
Ersons suffering from exposure were
4ken TO hospitals. In Baltimore the sit
Ation became so acute that the aid OF
{aping out food and provisions TO the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
Capital Behind Project.
Two Killed in Quarrel.

SANTIAGO. Cuba. Jan lS-EnriQue
Sanchs and Rafael Pedron. who were
shot last night during a political dispute
among the members of the veterans
ISOLATION, arc dead.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
To Defy Meat Trust.

Once in the field. it is proposed TO
| fling defiance openly in the face OF the
great meat trust in the middle western
states. Some of the largest sheep and
cattle raising companies of the west
are said TO have been approached on
the subject Of abandoning the eastern
markets and are strongly In favor OF
the plan TO make Salt Lake the market.
movement readily recognized as decid-
eddy advantageous to producer, packer
and consumer alike. At present practi-
cally the wnole western meat produce
ton goes to Kansas City. Chicago or
other eastern ceu1ers To be packed, II
Is then reshipped into the west for dis
trbution as the finished product. the
western consumer paying for the cost of
transportation going and coming
1t is asserted that with really great
packing plant. such as the new company
proposes to establish, located In Salt
Lake the sheepmen and cattlcmen could
obtain better prices for the raw product.
the packers could operate with reason
able profits and the meat supply could be
laid before the ultimate consumer, not
only here but elsewhere In the west. at
substantial saving to the family pocket
book. These profits now go to the beef
trust and To the railroads that handle
the raw and finished products in their
long and wholly useless trips to the east
ern market and back again.
Capital Behind Project.
H. H. Harris who has offices In tho
Ncwhouse building. is promoting the new
company He is secretary OF toe Utah
Packing s; Provision company and will
become manager OF the new plant it is
said Among the heavy subscribers to
stock are III. p. Clark, president of the
Merchants National bank of this city
and John Pingree. Ogden capitalist,
connected with soverIl OF the financial
institutions OF that city Other equally
prominent men are expected TO enter the
company Within the next few days. and Il
complete organization will be perfected
before the end OF the week.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
Pair Are Reconciled.

The shooting came as big surprise
10 persons who have been following the
case since the sensational flight OF Mrs.
Snead and Young Boyce from Fort
Worth November II. Snead and his
wife. little more than Il week ago, cf-
fected reconciliation and returned TO
Texas from Winnipeg, where she and
young Boyce were caught This after
noon the elder Boyce had just succeeded
in getting indictments against his son
dismissed by the county attorney This.
1t was thought. would be the end of
the case,
The elopement OF Mrs, Snead and
young Boyce attracted attention through
out tho country. The search for the
missing couple extended 10 ST. Louis,
thence to Chicago, Atlantic City and TO
Winnipeg. Man, where they were ar
rested AS soon as the couple were ar
rested Sncads attorneys had indiCt-
ments returned against Boyce charging
abduction, criminal assault and theft,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
Requisition Refused.

A requIsItion was Immediately applied
for. but this Governor Colquitt refused
to grant as 1t was based solely on the
question whether or not Mrs, Snead was
insane at the time she ran away with
Boyce Canadian alienists found her
sane and refused to hold her after the
arrival OF her husband Boyce was al-
lowed TO go free and announced that
he would go TO Alberta. Western Cana
da, and engage In the cattle business
Young Boyce. when he left Fort
Worth. carried exchange TO the amount
OF $4,000 10 $4,000,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
frigid in the East.

nler thirteen days OF zero weather
2Eagoans were treated TO a tempera-
~ which varied from = degrees TO IS
-Ees above zero. The crest Of the
*d mve passed the city around mid
pstt Friday, sweeping on TO the eastern
l southern states and holding them
'snlly In Its grasp. At Titusvllie, Pa,
~ coldest spot reported In the east, the
-<reury was AT 32 degrees below. At
'ew York it was below. and Phlladel-
pna felt its first zero wea ather for eight
{tars Richmond, Va, covered with a
"autle OF five inches In snow, expert
need zero weather for the first time In
~teen years. Charleston. s. c., had u
'no~storm. the first in eleven years. at
nuanta. Ca, four inches Of snow fell,
lud at Charlotte, n. c.. seven inches. At
VIEW Orleans the thermometer stood at
z above.
h oirect contrast came dispatches from
ne northwest and the central states
'hicn for two weeks have been telling
7 terrible devastation by the invading
'au wave. announcing less severe con-
s'Hons- Nome, Alaska. isolated because
y the Inability OF coast vessels 10 reach
4'e city. reported an impending meat and
T'o' famine. but That the temperature
~ risen 10 ten degrees above zero
eV'o lnines have shut down fcr lack Of
[uel.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
Users of Tobacco Who
Failed to Lay in a Sup
ply Will Not Be Al
lowed to Buy; Test
Case VIII Probably
Be Made of the Law.
Those Who May Keep Open
Hotels Shoe Shining Shops
Baths Boarding Houses
T'aVerns Restaurants
Drug Stores Livery Stables
News Stands Candy Stores
Baker Shops Diaries

A CITING under the orders OF Mayor
~ Samuel c. Park and the corpor-
"A alton counsel. Chief OF Police B.
n F. Grant issued orders yesterday
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-14
Vhlnook at Butte.

AT Butte, Mont, the chinook winds
'uoderaied the cold The thaw has Ioos-
,neu immense masses OF SNOW clingiDg
y tue mountain sides, making railroad
-ttic extremely dangerous. Overland.
'.ehern Pacific and Chicago. Milwaukee e
.uset Sound trains in Montana and
hre creeping along carefully, a
IN. behind time. Several have been
"'nco IN snow slides. A frealish condl-
soh was that at Piedmont. thirty miles
"" bntte. IT, Is eighteen below there.
r'n'e at Butte the mercury is twenty
I'VE above.
=. H'oushout the middle west. Duluth.
rsni and other places in. Minnesota,
'e thermometer showed IA rise of twenty
'erees IN few hours, while In Ne
a"ha and Kansas IL was forty degrees
-fiher than the night previous.
M, ST. Louis the cold wave hung on,
",ieen degrees below cwas registered.
.ouerat'ng late In the day TO four be =
The blizzard has Increased the cost
n'ing there the price of potatoes
ng advanced from 6Secnts per bushcI
"'zo Hortieulturists In that vicinity
mat the EIberta peach crop or the
- mas been destroyed and half OF the
apple crop Is believed 10 be
IN. mo heavy snow. however. IS be-
.ea TO have saved the wheat crop.
''ouSh the temperature rose twenty
~e.ees In lower Missouri and Kansas.
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-11
Hear Express Rate Case.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1o.--.At the
hearing of the proposed reduction in
express rates by the interstate com
merce commission today. G. L. Del
bridge, of st. Louis, who said he re-
presented the people OF the United
States told the commission that he
would not believe any man who had
been in the express business for two
Years providing he had remained
there voluntarily He added that
employees of express companies are
adroitly taught To steel.
James +. Cowles. secretary OF the
Postal Progress league. consumed
most of the mornings session in ex-
position OF his theory that the flat
rate system Is the only remedy for
the conditions being dealt with, lie
contended that a charge OF fifteen
cents for a thirty=tiNe pound package
would be adequate, regardless of the
destination of the package.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-11
ATLANTA NURSES
ARE BACK AT WORE

ATLANTA, october I0.-W omans
tickieness brought to an abrupt ter
min8I1on Tie strike or the nurses at
the Atlanta hospital yesterday. They
are all back at work today. They
found it utterly impossible to go twelve
hours without changing their minds.
On this feminine characteristic the
superintendent of the institution made
his calculations, and they didn't so far
wrong
The fourteen young women struck
principally because the hospital re-
fused To let them have telephone IN
their dormitory. Like all young wo-
men, they had admirers who liked oc
casionally to hear the sound of their
voices over the Wire
The superintendent said no other
hospital dormtories had telephones
and that he would not put any in the
Atlanta dormitory
The young women walked out, de-
claring they would never enter the
hospital again unless the management
complied with their demands.
The superintendent thereupon posted
a notice. in which he referred kindly
Ia all the young ladies, said he re-
GREETED their action. and announced
that all Of them who desired TO do
so Coutd CUTug back 10 work, provided
them came liy noon Wednesday. Al
II o'clock they swore they would never
enter the building again. At noon
Wednesday the whole flock marched
smiling back to their work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-11
SUTHERLAND SURE !
FIGHTING IS OVER
TELLS DEPARTMENT. CTyIL Az
THORTTIES IN NICARAGUA
ARE TAKING HOLD.

WASHINGTON, Oct 10.--American
occu patton of Nicaragua is complete
and while military law prevails, peace
has been restored and civil authori-
ties are taking up slowly the feins
Of government
Admiral Switzerland in dispatches
to the navy department today. stated
that federal Nicaraguan soldiers grad
ually are being paid off ny special pro-
clamd ton of President Diaz. and that
hundreds of them are returning to the
coffee plantations, where an abundant
crop is awaiting the harvesting.
American marine officers are in
nominal charge of Quezalguaque, Po-
saltcga, Chichigalpa and Chinandega.
Lieutenant Colonel Long is in control
Of Leon Railroad communication has
been opened between Corinto and the
furtherest inland town, and supplies
are being rushed to the cities To re-
lieve conditions Lake steamers arc
sailing on regular schedules.
When the American sailors from the
Colorado entered Chinandega, Ii was
discovered that the plaza. or public
square, had been mined with $50
sticks of dynamite. For some unknown
reason the charge was not ignited,
thereby preventing a terrible loss of
life among the Americans, The mine
was connected by wire with an adj
iacent tower,
Admiral Switzerland sent a correct
ed list of wounded at Leon Of follows:
Private Kittsmiller, OF the Colorado;
Lance, ordinary seaman, Cclora 10:
Bladder marine trumpeteT
The wounded and sick will be trans
ferred to the Ancon hospital, at Pana-
ma, on Friday. by the Colorado.
DR.. Castrillo, Nicaraguan minister
to the United States todav sent
note OF thanks to the state depart
nent for the aid given by the Ameri-
can government in auelling the revo-
luton in his country. He deplores the
killing and wounding Of the Ameri-
can marines.
The state department replied. say
ing that If through the death of the
American marines %icaragua VIII be-
come united country. their loss viii
not have been in vain.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-11

NEW YORK, Oct. lon evidence
provided by scrub woman. and hig
claim prosecuted by woman lawyer.
Arthur +. Heinze. a brother of f.
Augustus Hcinze. the copper plunger,
was today awarded sl25, ooo damages
in the New York federal court against
the Barnes King Development com
pany, promotion concern operated
10y the Marcus DAILY estate Heinze
alleged that the Barnes King com
pany sold him $4,000 shares Of stock
ia - mine at Butte. Mont; that It
knew to be worthless. Evidence to
prove the claim were al first futile.
but Miss Emily Bullows. who with
her brother served as Heinze's coun-
sci, finally found a jantress who has
discovered copies OF important letters
in the abandoned Offices of the
Barnes King company. at Butte.
Rummaging through an old cabinet
she found number of copy cloths
from letter press or which were
imprints of letters. These cloths were
passed among the jurors today, and
quickly Influenced them in Heinze' s
favor. One letter. written by r. E..
Lamb. the engineer in charge Of the
San Francisco branch of the mines.
to the Barnes King office, read:
Santiago the very worst OF lemons
We have no regular values any
where"
Another letter. written by En-
gineer Lamb TO President Campbell
of the Barnes-King company. read:
REORGANIZATION proves proposition
hopeless. Hardly a glimmer of light
Very little pay ore. Get your friends
out; ss'.,.~s +: rs ~.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-11
ASSOCIATION HOLDS
STATE CONVENTION
SUNDAY SCHOOL PEOPLE DECIDE
TO MEET NEXT YEAR IN
FREDERICK sBURG.
ROUNDTREE RESIGNS
BOYS Will. MEET UNDER REV.
g.. &. MINOR IN PULASKI
LATTER PART OF THIS
MONTH

A new constitution to be referred
TO the State convention was adopted
last night at the semi-annual meet
ing of the State Sunday School asso-
citation held in the Central Y NJ. c. A
building. Fredericksburg was unani-
mously selected as the place for the
next State convention.
1t was recommended that Thomas
c. Diggs, of this city, State secre-
tary OF the association. attend the
worlds convention, which will be held
at zuric. Switzerland.
The central committee was in
structed to look into the ACCESSIBILITY
of starting a State paper to be de-
voted To organized Sunday school
work.
Rev. @. G. Minor. of Harrisonburg.
superintendent Of the secondary divis-
ion, reported that a boys convention
would he held in wytheyile from Oc-
tober 18th to 10th. He says he ex-
poets to have more than 100 boys pres
ent at the convention.
Rev. IL. +. Roundtree. for the past
five years of the teachers depart
ment, submitted his resignation to the
meeting. 1t was accepted with regrets.
Resolutions Were adopted thanking
him for his long service in the work.
He has accepted passionate at Green's
boro, n. c.
Arrangements are being made for
sectional State convention. which will
be held i'm Pulaski In November. Rep
resent1tives from eighteen counties in
Southwest Virginia will be present
The meeting last night was well
attended and the reports showed that
much progress has been made in the
sunday school work during the past
six months. Financial affairs were re-
ported good.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-11
Diriaibls ExpIodes.

BERLIN. Oct. 10.--Germany' aerial
fleet suffered a severe loss today by
the total wrecking by explosion of one
OF it's immense military dirlgible bal
looms and of the hall In which IL was
stationed at Rainickendorf, suburb
OF Berlin.
The dirigible, which was OF the semi
rigid type, with internal air balconies
10 preserve its shape. invented by Ma
jor Gross. OF the Prussian army. was
being refilled with hydrogen gas by
soldiers Of the Aging corps. The gas.
which is highly infiammahle. was be-
ing passed. into the envelope from
metal cylinders, when the friction of
the gas itself on the filling tube caused
fire 10 break out A violent explosion
ensned. completely destroying the diri-
Chile and blowing the hall to spilnters
None of the crew was injured.