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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
Daring Iron Workers
Resemble Squirrels
Agile Men Who Are Raising Walker Skyscraper
Fit About Girder and Beam, Knowing
No Such Word as Fear.

n 5 THE big steel frame of the
~ Walker skyscraper rcars itself
N upward, the crowd of specta'
tors that gather to watch thc
rapid progress of construction daily in
crcases, Yesterday several hundred per
sons grouped themselves at the street
corners or lined the curbs near Main
and Second South streets, following
with mixed feelings of awe. anxiety
and woudcrment the agile movements
Of the structural iron workers i'll mid
air, who walked. shinned.' climbed
or jumped from point to point in the
open network of steel beams and piers,
apparently ahlivious to the dangers ms
seen from terra frma far below.
Throughout the dav those workers,
known in the trade as connecting
men, assumed positions or engaged in
work that required but slip, false
step, a lost hold or "A careless poise TO
dash them down 20 their death thir
teen stories below. The throngs was
often held spellbound. or waited in
breathless suspense during what ap-
Gus job, but the human squirrels high
above went about their risky work
with an ease and nonchalance that
come through wears Of experience,
coupled with the kind of grit aud nerve
that knows no fear.
Conspicuous among the workers were
the foreman, Henry c. Aslsew, better
known among his fellow workers as
''Slim.' and his assistant .'copuect-
ing men Murphy and Harris. 1t is
upon these men that the most hazard
Gus work falls 1t is they who straddle
the big s..eel girders as they arc bauled
up through space by the big derrick.
or cling on 80 the side Of long steel
pier that is being hoisted to its place
at the topmost point of construction,
To them falls the task Of connecting
the ends Of a big steel girder in hori-
zontal position to the piers. or Of ad-
1usting and fitting pier upon pier
Yesterday the steel frame reached
the thirteenth story. with &hrcc more
10 be constructed in frame work
Slim aud his men made the excit-
ing ride astTidc piers or eirders not
once hut many times from the ground
to the top, which is higher than any
point 90 other big buildings in this
part Of the country Standing without
hold on a narrow beam or girder. sit
ting across Steel frame pieces, poised
on the end OF pier and always active
these inca continuously swung about in
md air. held by \ cable that looked
ron ron far below to be mere string.
" Shining up pier from the ninth
to the thirteenth story. or letting them
selves slide down a cable, rope or beam.
was a common sight. The mon ap-
pcared az pigmies. but their small fig
urcs stood out In dark relief against
the background made by the sky.
Once yesterday "Slimn - stood on n
narrow board spanning two of the top
most giriers of the frame. It was
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
JURY PROMPT IN
CONNECTING ROBBER

\ Jury in the criminal division of
tho Third district court Yesterday sf.
tternoop found Tim Long guilty of rob.
berry Judge +. c. Loofbourow fixed
the time for passing sentence at 10 a.
m. Saturday, February z.
Long is accused Of holding up sam
uel Frame August %, 1911, and steal
ing 81 Long is alleged to have struck
Frame, who is an aged man. over the
head with club or 'black jack
The jury in the case was out less
than fifteen minutes, the verdict being
unanimous on the first ballot. Under
the new law, the court NAV sentence
Long to life imprisonment at hard Ia.
Dor in the state prison. the last state
legislature making this the maximum
penalty for the crime Of robbery.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
PARENTS CLASSES
TO HEAR ADDRES

Which is the more desirable. r, ~,
dioua habit without a college ,Ss ro
or col!cse education Tilnout sIsr5s< AZ
Gus habit" IL the subject lot sr n
lu tlic parents classes OF Eis,rnsd ,n ~
this morning. commencing az ~ lin
The following named speakers
in tn" discussion. II, Nh
Eleventh waro DR.. George 81
Ton. Or. Jane Sito'fi~'d ana W.
lord c,.,,ss
-Thlrteenth Narc-eh
HARDY. 81. 81
Eighteenth warn -Frankl'n M
ards, John II Coombs and ANN
Wig. cste<
twentieth ward susa 1ouEs Tsn 81
Twenty first ward-Oscar srous1
Tweniy-sevsntE wsrd-Mar! "a, "a
operations arc already upo., .n 10 [
special programmes Z" % IL, hoH5f
various wards February u 'hh,,shdp'
Abraham Lincoln. whose
February I2.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
Liberty Is Brief.

Dan 1arkin, An eX-convict, who was
released from the state pcnitcntiary
onE last Thursday. after serving three
and oue-balf wears for burglary. was
arrested IN Commercial street rcster-
day morning by Iatrolnan Phillips or
charge of carrying concealed weap.
ons. A 32-caliber revolver was taken
from Larltin- Larkiu was tried in The
police court. found guilty and sen
fenced 10 sixty days in the city Jail,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
Will Tell of Greece.

The Eculiemcns meeting or the Wa
satch Literary club will be held Tues
day evening al the home of W n,
Prcsser. 95J East Eleventh South street
sty OF Utah will give AN Informal talk
on his recent trip through Greece Vocal
and instrumental music will also be
given during The evening.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
Man Hit by Car Improving

was struck b. car Friday evening
and painfully injured. was reported
bighiy. improved last night Mr., Smith
was driving north. Just below Ninth
South street, when a Murray car ran
INTO his vehicle from the rear. Tho
vehicle was wrecked and Mr.. Smith
suffered broken rib and "a number Of
bruisG.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
Noted Divine Coming.

The Rev. George W. Grapni', III,
York is expected TO arrive nr,s ~ i
about February -. Rev. uIsnpg u;ng n
originator of the SUNDAY c'EniIS eI orol,
ment for postofiices, and wiz Ihis
deliver several lectures during
in the city.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
Burglars Make Hanl.

The residence OF Harold Trembley. 4
Newman court, was entered bv burg.
lars Friday night and siiverware and
cutlery valued at $50 was stolen, ac.
eording to report received by the 20.
lice yestcrdav.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
Elks' EHcursion.

Secure YOUR ticket returning West
ern Pacific railway, the Feather River
Route.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

Highly important meeting Wcl
Ianthc Myrtle lodge No. | ness nesd h
evening. Every mcmocr urs''
tend.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
Not Afraid; Merely Cautious.

Mr.. Florence brings the information
that Gisbert Bossard. who IS in the
employ Of . large electrical firm IN
New York city as designer and
draughtsmap. viii return to Salt Lake
within six months and will 70 into
business here with his father as his
associate. Mr. Florence himself IN
tends again to embark in the motion
picture business and will continue TO
maxi his home in this city,
II was sincere in asking The Trlb-
unc som. DAYS ago il it would be safe
for nc tc return to salt Lake said
Florence last night. Il did not know
he state of public feeling and thought
that possibly some degree Of feeling
against ME might exist on account of
my acquiring the pictures taken OF the
interior OF the temple ! have no Tear
Of what enemies might do--tbey might
Nil nc. but they cannot scare me. j
merely wanted TO know what 20 expect
ON my return tu my home.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
Expects Good Offer.

An carly adjustment Of the matter
j. cXPec ted by the motion picture man,
He saws that be anticipates . salts
factory return from his Investment
and adds that no public presentation
cf the views Is likely.
The Interior of the Mormon temple
was photographed last summer by
Bossard, who was ono OF the Gus
jojians of the cdifice. These photo.
graphs wcrc acquired by Max Florence,
who sent 4 few specimens TO President
Joseph r. Smith Of the Mormon church,
but that official declined 10 enter into
negotiations with Florence, The latter
said he WAS delugcd with offers from
motion picture companies aud period
months in the cast failed TO close with
any bidder.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
McCord Still Missing.

According TO Mrs. John Meyerhoter,
$40 Elizabeth street, a next door neigh
Dor OF the Elders in 1909. McCord has
never been heard from from tho date
OF his disappearance until the present
time
At the time of the disappearance
EdIer told nelghbors that McCord had
left ..he city owing him a $75 board
bill. It was reported at one time that
McCord had been found, but that in
formation has never been subst3ntiated,
In the present instance of bis
arrest, Edler is alleged to have used
the mails TO defraud Richter ont OF
Sl375 by means Of making take real
estate transfers and by selling real
estate which be did not own
Government officials believe that an
investigation info the operations Of
Edler will reveal farrcaching swim
ding system and that fake transfers
of real estate IN other portious Of the
west than Salt Lake will be laid at
Elders door.
Firm Gets Suspicious.
Ashton & jenkins. Main street real
estate dealers, notified Mr.. Richter
vest aday that some months ago cor
rcspondence was entered into between
themselves aud Daniel Wilson Of Los
Angeles, tal. wilson wired the real
estate firm that he had for sale ten
lots in Arlington Heights, which he
wished to dispose of in order to make
:: deal in the coast city. lie offered
the property for sale at 5000 cash.
As the lots were worth much more
than that the dealers became sus-
picious and asked Wilson for more
particulars on the property. Ashton &
Jenkins never received q reply TO their
letter asking for information. The ten
lots in question are in reality the prop
erty Of George w. Peterson. George r.
Mason and Edward ellis. all residents
of Montana. Other fraud transactions
IN real estate arc being investigated,
According TO information received
from San Diego last night, Elder, who
is i'll the county Jail at that place,
admits his identity, but refuses to dis
euss the charges against him. His
bearing before the United States com
missioner at San Diego will be held
next week
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28

A ) THE big steel frame of the
~ Walker skyscraper roars itself
~ upward. the crowd of specta.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
PRATT HEARS DR.. BLACK
Simple Services Held at Emman-
uel Church, Brooklyn.

Tho baccalaureate sermon to the SUI
dents of Pratt Institute, BrooKlyh' "ao
delivered by the Rev. Dr. Hugh BLACK q
professor I'm Union Theological seminary
Manhattan. and a writer OF religious eS'
so,s Yesterday afternoon at Emmanue,
Bgntisf church The former pastor VI
Emmanuel Baptist Church, the KEY W
John Uumpstone. presided. lie was pas
tor Of the church when the founder OF
Pratt Institute was an active worker
there The service was simple through
ont The favorite hymn of the ate
Charles Pratt, founder of the Institute
"Jerusalem. the Golden" was sung.
Dr. Black. using as his text, "Ne kno"
m, what manner OF spirit We are or
touched upon three points In rela'on u
the work Of the institute-truth' cooper
alton and service lie said the institute
brought ALL things to the light II $1,000
for truth 1t made for cooperation Inc
students embodied the spirit OF FAIR play
,,,,t I'm practice, as they were taught &c
Stand for truth They were made 10 zee
that service to mankind was pre-emlhenI
In speaking of conditions in the eco
nomic world Or. Black pointed out th"'
while there was a spirit OF unrest IN tht
world to-day It was healthy sign ol
progress.
While he admitted that there was
strong irreligious feeling existing a'coru
inc IN those who were making churcr
conditions a study, IL was nevertheless
true that the spirit Of Christ prevailed II
all things. Men might think they were
working for themselves, but 1t was
truism that the leading men of the ousl
ness world stood for cooperation, DEFEND
ed il for their own good and that cooper
alton was the ruling spirit in commercial
life. To-day it was not the income ina
was being considered; it was the outpu
that counted Things were enjoyed mos
when done together Team work ruled
DIR. Black said that in his own expert
ence at the seminary his most enjoyabl
moments as teacher were when he gath
cred his students about him and they al
cot together to work things out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
LOWELL ON PROPERTY EVILS
Danger in Absentee Ownership,
He Tells Harvard Seniors.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, July l6-Bellevng that
most college graduates own or manage
property, President \. Lawrence Lowell.
in his baccalaureate sermon to the Har-
ward seniors to-day. pointed out the evils
of absentee ownership.
"Al corporations involve absentee man
aGement so far as the stockholders and
managers are not identical, which never
osn he the case in any large concern" no
said The moral questions involved in the
management Of a corporation do not
thrust themselves upon the stockholder
The manager, on the other hand, knows
that the stockholders. while very keen
about the amount of their dividends are
Indifferent about the mancr I'm which they
are earned
Mr.. Lowell continued:
These dangers can be lessened only II
both owners and managers feel that prop
erty involves obligations that II is not
held for purely selfish qualification, but II
affected with q trust for the community
at large 10 be discharged with a consCien-
tious regard for the public welfare; that
II is not merely the size OF the dividends.
but the service to our fellow men which
we must account for.
Most college graduates own or manage
property to a far greater extent than tho
average of tho community, and therefore
IL is important for them TO think clearly
upon these subjects. The first duty Of tho
owner OF property is TO manage II himself
so far as he can. So far as he cannot. II
is his duty to see that 1t is managed as
he ought to manage It himself; and a man
who manages tbs property OF others ought
10 10 so with as largo a sense or moral
obligation as II II were his own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
BOMB" WAS A TOBACCO JAI
Timorous Mr.. Derrick the Victim Of a
Practical Joker.

Arthur Derrick, of No 964 Jefferson ave-
nue., Brooklyn, received yesterday from a
messenger unknown TO him pasteboard
box wrapped in light brown paper. Within
was round object with what looked like
two fuses protruding from hole In the
top
Trembling lest he be blown into atoms
before he reached his destination, Mr.. Der
rick made all haste 10 the Ralph avenue
station, where he carefully handed the box
to Lieutenant Carey, who let 1t soak In a
bucket of water. Then Patrolman Maitland
carefully removed the round object.
The supposed bomb proved to be only
plaster skull, evidently intended for to-
bacco Jar. Inside was a package OF to-
bacco fastened with a cord. the two ends
of which had been mistaken by Mr.. Derrick
for fuses. On the skull was the inscription
Better to Smoke Now than Hereafter"
Mr.. Derrick told Lieutenant Carey he
had had trouble with some OF his former
tenants, and he suspected some one OF them
had sent him an Internal machine. He was
chagrlned to find he had been made the
victim of 4 practical Joke.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
THAW HEARING ON TO-DAY
Whites Slayer Will Make New
Attempt TO Gain Liberty.

FyorvthIng IL ready for the hearing TO-
dav before Justice KcoEh in the Supreme
Court at White Plains, when Harry n
Thaw. the SLAYER Of stanford White VIII
make his third attempt t. gain his liberty
nh a writ 81 habeas corpus. The sole queS-
,lon ~ be tried before Justice Keogh with
ont . iurv. will be whether he is now sane
Tbaw contends that he IL perfectly ra-
tio,aI md that he is being kept I'm the
,syIun through n conspiracy % his enc
mics.
The hearings will he held In Part H. IN
The new section Of the White Plains court
bouse. and. as the courtroom Is not
largo one. tho doors will be closed every
dav az soon rs the room Is filled. Sheriff
Dovle will have an extra stan or court
officers on duty 10 preserve order as II IL
believed that there will he rush Of spec
tators 10 hear tho testimony.
Although considerable testimony Will be
read II Is believed that the case VIII oc-
.urv AT least two weeks. Then Justice
I<eogh will start on his vacation and I
IS thought he will not give decision un-
III his return from trip to Europe. Thaw
has expressed an opinion to several friends
that he will gain his freedom this time,
and with that end In view, brought all his
luggage from Matteawan 10 the Jail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
PURIFIERS DECLARE FOR STRIKE
Demands To Be Made To-day on Vote
of 81 Per Cent of 5000 Workers.

Isaac Cohen, buhness agent of the Fur
riers' Union, which has been taking a Sc
cret ballot on the question OF declaring n
strike to enforce demands which have not
yet been made announced yesterday that
81 per cent OF the members voted for a
strike. The demands, which involve eight
thousand workers. include an elght-hour
workday, q Saturday half-holiday, time
and half for overtime no overtime except
during October, November and December;
pay for legal holidays. no overtime on Sat-
urdays. recognition Of tho union. raising
the wages in ell tho shops to the union
standard, recognition OF the union and san
itary shops.
He said tho demands would be submitted
to the employers to-day and forty-eight
hours would be allowed TO reply. In case
the demands are refused there Is 20 be a
strike tho day on which It IL TO 80 into
effect to be fixed by the executive board of
the union.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
COAL INQUIRY BEGINS SOON
First of Hearings on High Prices To
Be Held This Week

The special committee appointed from the
Merchants Association to investigate con-
ditions of the coal supply Of New York eX-
poets to begin its hearings this week in the
rooms of the association, No. 81 Lafayette
street An important phase of the inquiry
will he devoted to freight rates. which are
higher on anthracite than on soft coal.
on this point a representative of the coal
trade said Yesterday that the rates average
about 81 81 a ton TO New York. but as the
soft coal is brought much greater dis
lance this makes the actual cost mile
for anthracite higher than for soft coal,
and the freight is source OF profit to the
coal roads
AS TO the anthracite situation this au-
thority said:
Last weeks shipments to New York
showed a large improvement compared
with any Of the preceding weeks since work
IN the collierles was resumed, and this
week is expected TO show a still further
gain. There remains a shortage, however
of between 100000 and 100000 tons, ano
It will require mining on large scale 70
overcome this, as during the last four OF
Ave wears the miners did little more thar
produce enough anthracite to supply the de-
nand, owing 10 its increasing use. The
miners will not work holidays, even stop
ring work on all saints days, and II the
shortage is overcome before winter they
will have TO work harder and more con
stantly than ever before"
II was said that the operators would be
likely TO argue that the freight rates de-
pended largely on the value OF the mer'
chandise. II will be contended that the
prepared anthracite is two and half times
as valuable as soft coal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-17
BOY HELD FOR FORGERY
duplicates Two Others in Passing
Worthless Postofice Orders.

Richard Suppe a beardless youth, OF No.
1877 West 136th street, was prisoner In
the Harlem court yesterday, charged with
forgery. The complainant against him was
Peter Eckert, a grocer, OF No 1866 Lenox
avenue, who told Magistrate Corrigan that
Suppe gave him a forged money order on
Saturday for $40 Two postoffice inspectors
were in court when Suppe was arraigned,
and after they had held conference with
the boy in his cell he gave them the names
OF two men as being implicated with him
in the forging Of money orders. They were
arrested few hours later
suppe was held for examination, while
his alleged aocomplices, Clyde Earl Of No.
1877 West 136th street, and John Benz, OF
No 517 West ll3d street, were held on
charges of stealing and forging money
orders
Detectives Lagarenne and Collinge. OF tho
East l26th street station, were walking on
Iyenox avenue yesterday morning, when
Bckert came out Of his store and showed
them the forged money order, which had
been returned 10 him as no good. He told
the detectives young Suppe had presented
It to him and had received in cash the
amount called for. The detectives went
around to Suppe's home and arrested him.
Although he at first protested he was inno-
cent. they say, he finally confessed his part
in the forgery. Lagarenne and Collinge
then communicated with the postoffics In
spectors. and suppe is said to have told
them the names of Benz and Clyde. They
were arrested at 15ist street and Eighth
avenue later in the day.
According to suppe. Earl was formerly
employed at a sub station Of the postofice
at l5sth street and Broadway. and stole
seventeen money orders on the day he was
discharged last week.