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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01

be able TO demand larger re-
muneration.
Consul received $500 week for
his clever work, and when he died,
through natural causes, his owners
collected $4,000 from the tusur.
ance company which had insured
his life.
Charles l., the monkey whose
death precipitated the present legal
fight, was earning $500 a week on
the Orpheum and Keith circuit. He
was very quick to learn, and there
can be littlo doubt that but for his
untlmely death he would soon be
earning considerably moro.
Monkeys, like human artists, oh.
tain certain vogue on the yaude.
vile stage. They have their ad.
mirers. Just like other matinee
idols. and the longer they appear
on the stage the bigger crowds they
draw.
1T Is true that Charles I. wan
earning only $500 a week when he
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01

TT chiId's life is worth only &
dollar. boys legs Ss1 us, &
mans thumb and forehnger
$4,000, and a mans. life anywhere
from $500 to $4,000. what is the
value of the life of an educated
monkey?
According To Charles Judd, who
owned highly accomplished Chin
pansee which he declared was killed
through the negligence OF rail-
road company. the answer 1s
5000, 900.
The question is now UP before
the United States District Court at
Portland, Oregon. whose decision
promises TO add fresh complications
to what Is already very much con-
fused subject
The monkey whose death is re-
sponsihle for the present litigation,
Is Charles the First. who. because
OF his ability TO dress and undress
bimself. hIe perfect table manners.
his skill on roller skates and BIZ
cycle and his intelligence generally,
made a name for himself and money
for his owner on the vaudeville
stage.
He was shipped in a box from
Portland to Seattle on the Northern
Pacific Railroad Upon his arrival
there it was found that he was
dead. The owner claimed that the
animal was cooked to death by
steam that escaped through a pipe
in the baggage car. The railroad
claims that the animal was dead
when shipped.
The interesting point, as far as
the general public is concerned, is
how the court will arrive at the
amount of damages the monkeys
owner may collect in case 1t shall
be found that the railroad COM
papy was responsible for the ami
malls death
In the case OF human beings
killed through the negligence OF
others, the amount of damages
by the courts has been most varied.
This is due TO the fact that there Is
no law which definitely fixes the
value of human life or limb. Each
case is left to a jury to be decided
on its own particular facts and cir
cumstances. the single rule OF law
controlling being that the jury shall
determine the pecuniary loss suf-
fered by the victim of the accident,
1t is fourteen years ago since this
question was brought prominently
before the public as the result Of a
remarkable decision by Chief JUS
tice William S. Gummere. of the
New Jersey Supreme Court This
Judge reversed the verdict Of jury
which had awarded $4,000 10 the
father Of a four-year-old boy who
had been killed through the negli-
genoa of a railroad company, de-
ciaring that no child is worth, pc
cunlarily, more than a dollar to his
parents.
Indeed, the Justice went further
and said that In the great majority
Of cases. as far as the pecuniary
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01

was killed." declared Mr.. ChaY!
Judd, his owner. "but even at u
figure his life would be valued
100000, IL we take into cons!dsI
tion his expectancy OF life and Vi
he would earn during his remainh
years.
"But I am quite sure that ID
this monkey lived he would ba
become tho most valuable simIl
who ever faced the footlighta. d
had an aptitude for the stage whI1
I have observed in no other a
key. even the greatest Of then
in a couple of years Cnd<
ought to have been drawing n
where from $500 to 81 900 a n
for his number, the greatest ssltI
ever paid to any animal on q
stage.
For these reasons, while ssGl
o00 may seem a lot to ask for
dumb animals life when the Id
OF human beings have been vslul
at so llttle by the courts, I tad
the position ! take Is quite logic
In all these cases it is the pecunisl
loss which tho courts try to arrsj
at and Just as the pecuniary u
may be only 81 when a. babys u
1s being considered. monkeys
may very well be assessed
100000"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01
Very Odd Photograph Of Monster Snake
/ ERE is very unique pht
graph. 1t shows a giant

constructor In the acI
crushing a deer in its mighty COLI
The photograph was taken by'|
Sally, an official in the Up2
ooanghi district, South Africa
He came suddenly upon the n
edy OF the jungle. The deer \
drinking at spring. With ING
ceivable swiftness the mighty Z
pent which had LIN hidden In Z
sand, sprang upon the deer.
The snake took a turn with
tail around the deer's hind leg q
IN another instant crushed the 4
NAL TO death. Then the Bqn
caught the deer's throat In !ts Y
and began to suck the warm blo1
Az this instant the Frenchn
took his photograph. The cllrk
the camera caught the snakes
tentton and it raised Its hioq
mead IN an angry manner.
NJ. Sailly's rifle was not loaa
To avoid further trouble with
snake he leapt at it while !s
still ertangled with the dear
broke its back.
With tho aic OF several rnen
dragged tho sake back to the
ton. They found it measures
actly twenty-aine feet three mea
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is claimed that he had earned no
less than $4,000 year in Yaude-
Vile, and that as dis education
progressed and his accomplishments
and popularity increased he would
have been able to earn considerably
more.
The only remaining question,
therefore, will be as to the number
of years he might have been e1-
pected to live but for his untimely
death.
This phase of the matter will
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01

AS far as the earning power is
concerned tho evidence TO be Offered
In the case Of a monkey is not very
different from that which is offered
every day in cases based on the
death OF human beings.
1t will be sufficient for the mon
Keys owner to show the income the
monkey has earned in the past, the
contracts still in existence. and the
demand existing for the services OF
educated monkeys.
In the case Of Charles the First it
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01

Tne Perrin verdict ronr
probably the largest verdict ono.
rendered for the loss of a human
life. What then are the chances Of
the owner oil the educated CHM
panzee who claims S200,OO02
In deciding tho case, the Court
will have to take into consideration
the same elements which figure In
cases where the value of human life
is at issue, namely, the earning
power cf the victim and his natural
expectation Of life.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01

be assease6 at
over a quarter Of
a million dollars,
even without TAX
ing into considera-
ton the fact that
with greater eI-
perience they will
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02
NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS

With all our accustomed watch
fulnrss for the public veal. We pro-
inse, through one of our best
known citizens associations. To nc
ommend to the Commissioners that
IN the estimates TO Congress for the
next year b. incorporated an item
prc'iding 81. go 600 for spittoon-be:
pardon. cusridcrs-to be placed III
prominent positions along Pcnnsyl-
'ania Avenue. between the CaTitoi
and shoomaker's. and in y Street
and our other prcmincnt thorough
fares. at small distance. aTart.
This action on our part has bccD
caused by the recent announcrmI Mt
Of Mai. and Supt. Sylvester. our
W. X. chief # r-Olice. that the anti
splitting regulation. located some
where in the musty files IF our Mu-
nIcipal Bldg. is to he vigorously
entered. Also. that the regulation
prohibiting the depositing IT dead"
matches on the sidewalk Cf our
model city is to be carried out 10
tbs full.
With every thought for the con
venicnce Of the popHIacr. We pro
pose this appropriation. We feel sure
that it will receive favorable con-
sideration at the hands Of Congress.
For what will the Legislators. who
winter in our midst. do il they are
forced TO retain their tobacco juice
all the way from the Capitol to
Shoomaker's:"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02
WYOMING
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of "At Good OLD Siwash."

Wyoming In a large. lonesome State.
situated in the middle Of the great. un-
| crowded West. II has S.60 square
miles divided into thirteen counties
| which are presided over by footsore and
weary sheriffs. who often have to get
up in the middle Of the night and ride
100 miles before breakfast to arrest q
malefactor in the other end of the COM
munity.
Wyoming has 10000 people. many of
whom have TO travel a week in order
to get TO the nearest rural free delivery
mail box. 1t is a green. succuent State.
criss-crossed with mountains and rivers
SO wild that even a Republican Congress
wouldn't try to make them navigable.
These streams are strongly impregnated
with a very fine variety of trout and
dow through a country thickly settled
with bears mountain lions. wolves, PAN
theirs, outlaws. and other noxious fauna
Wyoming is one Of the few states in the
Union in which IL Is still perfectly easy
to walk away from a fairly good hotel
and pace a panther up tree in less than
an hour.
Thus far Wyoming consists Of a crust
of Civilizat ton with q vast and raw In
terror into which railroads are just be-
ginning to penetrate In a timid manner
1t is shy on human population but Is
densely populated by horses. sheep, and
cattle. The State produces hay. WOOL
petroleum. coal. lanky cattle. which are
upholstered later on Iowa farms. and a
poor grade Of Senators. Wyoming In
dians are still fatal when indulged in TO
excess. and when a Wyoming cattle man
begins discussing politics with Wyo-
ming sheep man. the repartee sounds like
the battle of Gettysburg.
Wyoming has been greatly blessed with
curiosities by an indulgent and frivolous
nature and contains all the geysers and
most Of the mud volcanoes. not in poll
tics in the country. These have been set
aside as a natural park with front doors
in Montana and Idaho. Yellowstone
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02
Mr.. Costello's Letter.

Whether as the result of short
sightedness, as he claims, or whethe,
because, with the other construction
he thought the means justified the end
Mr.. Costello, as the Democratic Ma.
tional Committeeman for the District
has laid himself open to severe criti.
cism for the wording of the circular
letter which he caused to be sent ou,
to civil service employees asking foI
contributions to the Democratic cam.
paign fund.
The letter. which set forth that Mr..
Costello was authorized to solicit such
contributions, concluded as follows:
Every Democratic Congressman
will receive a detailed statement
after election of all those contri-
buting having residence in his
district
Whatever the intent of this SEN
tence, it is hard to believe that a
clerk receiving such letter would not
construe it as a veiled threat of i'm
pending hardship to the one who did
not contribute to the Democratic
campaign fund. The pleasantest con-
struction. that it indicated a possible
means of securing material form of
gratitude from some member OF Con-
gress, differs only in the form.
The effort of the best influence in
the country in recent years have been
to remove the civil service as remotely
as possible from politics. This is
looked upon as the surest method of
securing at once justice for the en-
ploye and efficiency for the govern
ment The evident spirit of the Cos
tello letter outrages in every way the
spirit of the civil service system
1t is reassuring to learn that the
Democratic National Committee re-
fuses to permit any responsibility for
Mr.. Costellos act to be shifted to the
party.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02
PLEA FOR RIGHTS
OF AUTO DRIVERS
Says Streets Are for Vehicles and
Sidewalks for Pedestrians.

To the Editor: I have read with much
interest your issue Of this morning rela-
tive to reckless auto driving. and while
I deeply sympathlze with the public in
general and agree that there is a large
number Of reckless drivers. It 10 also
the fact that many persons are Of the
opinion that a driver can stop his ma
chine at a moments notice. and many
walk SO slowly-seemingly in order to
defy the autoist-that they barely escape
with their lives. although the driver
makes every effort 10 stop.
One important thing l wish to gay that
should have the attention Of par. ITS Is
that many children make il a hs Dit to
deliberately run in front Of moving autos,
stop. wave their arms, and just at the
moment that the machine bears down
upon them they step aside. sometimes to
the right and at other times TO the left,
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02
FUNERAL OF VETERAN.
Lewis HarVie FinncS Buried II
Oak Hill Cemetery.

Funeral services for Lewis Harvie Fin
ney, who died at his home in AleNan'
dria County, Va, Wednesday afternoon
were held at the chapel at Oak Hill
Cemetery yesterday afternoon at
O'clock. Rev R. =. Williams officiated
Mr.. Finney was the son Of the late
William and Elizabeth Wood Finney. OF
''ElioCk.'' Powhatan County Va. OF
prominent Virginia family. and was borr
in 1887 in Richmond. He served through
on, the civil war as lieutenant of the
Powhatar Troop. Fourth Virginia Cav
airy. this troop being Stuarts body
guard For the last fifteen wears he
was employed on the labor board at the
Washington Navy Yard.
He is survived by his wife. who was
Miss Ninna Booker. and by four sons.
John II. r. Gordon. Percy w. and
Harry W. and one daughter. Nina
Booker.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02
Common Sense and Religion.

The city destroys religion. says :
scientist. You cannot dodge tn.
church in the country without arous
ing the curiosity of inquisitive neigh
bors or anxious friends. In the cit,
there are no neighbors. You do no
know the man living in the apartment,
adjoining yours. Therefore. the pro,
fessor argues. you can dodge The
church with impunity.
That many city people dodge the
church is true. But that does not neces-
sarily make the city destroyer OF
religion. Religion is inherent in the
city man as much as in the country
man. But the city man must have his
religion presented to him differently
than it is to the man in the rural COM
munity
A preacher i'll New York detected
an apathy toward the church by work
ingmen What did he do to overcome
this? We read that he hired a labor
hall and began to preach religion in
terms of to-day. He made his sermons
vehicle for expressing the needs oi
the masses for discussing their prob
lems And crowds hocked to this
humble church. A similar experience
according to the same authority, was
had by a New York rabbi. He no.
ticed an apathy on the part of the
younger members of his race for the
old type of synagogue and began to
interpret the Bible in jargon of the
Ghetto His free synagogue now COM
mands a wide audience
What the rabbi and minister in New
York did was to apply common sense
to religion The Nazarene spoke to
Nazarenes and he used the language of
Nazareth. The preacher and rabbi of
New York or Chicago or any city
must speak in the language of the
city, and from the viewpoint of the
city.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02

Out Of Of Robert Scott Hume
Of including golf swimmng drorth handkerchief and
boxing The Big Stick this morning this
ceen portrait Of Mr. his farorite diversion Convincing
the which, o Stick
artist drew entirely separate piece Of to be printed only
in the out-oftown editions
Il is nelisently
sive,'' Mr. sad
Suppose they responve" The Big Stick
asked.
Then note appeal" Hume said vigorously
Mr. Hume is said favor tIrors because Of their nei
gent responsiveness. Mr. is unmarried.
He Of the promising youngsters spared with.
Pop
What he playy'' ed stiA reporter.
He par frar Charlie Howe the
What sort Of Is that"
Something Ike Achates." The b. S. reporter told
oh yeseses. sseee. ad The Big Stick trying to
shazpsn his lead pencil to actual Onecai pdnt Il see'
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02
Stamboul Will Remain the Turks

The Herald is so used to see its ma
tional and international political com
ments borne out by events, that ther,
is no further need on our part fo
self-congratulatory references. A ca
bic from London, that acknowledged
pro-Turk center (according to ou
view), confirms in positive languag
that which we have argued and fore
casted since the Balkan war was be
gun, namely, that Europe will not 'tol
crate the entry of Bulgarian troop
into Constantinople." and that Russi;
is in full accord with this veto. TIL.
status quo can only be maintained nov
by action. not by promises on the par
of the powers, who never showed E.;
disposition to keep them.
\ Only a threat by Roumania ant
Russia, and the actual occupation o.
the Bosphorus by British battleship.
now can deter victorious army from
entering Stamboul British warships
alone cannot hinder it, owing to the
great strength of the Bulgarian land
forces and their close proximity tc
the Moslem capital We are not at all
surprised at the statement made by Sil
Edward Grey in the House of Com
mons Thursday evening last :ha,
when the military situation in the
Balkans permitted, the powers would
take steps to insure a durable peace
(Disraeli's very words, so theatrically
spoken in the same chamber after the
treaty of Berlin had been signed) be-
tween the belligerents"
If the reports prove true, the Bull
garians have defeated Turkish army
of 10000 men and driven them to
Tchorlu in Thracia, Immediately in
front of the Tchatalja defenses, the
last fortified protection of Constanti-
nople. This would mean to revise the
worlds estimate of the Turks as
fighters. and the words spoken by Sir
Edward Grey in the House of Com
mons seem near enough at hand This
means also systematic massacre of
the Christians dwelling in that part of
Turkey by the whipped soldiers in
their effort to get away to safety.
And now, were we wrong. when
complaining that all this might have
been avoided if the sisnatories to the
Berlin treaty and the second Hague
conference had done as agreed and
not given the Turk handle by which
to WELD numerically his fanatic sword
of Mohammedanism?
With Contantinople ieftin the hands
Of the Porte, as it undoubtedly will be,
there is bound to be another status
quo" as far as the great powers,
jealous of each other, are concerned.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02
SHAVING BALD HEADS.
Chinese Custom Reveals that II II
Not . Success a. Q Cure.

Sn1nese custom Reveals that 1t II
Not . Success n . Cure.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Bald-headed men, take notice This is
not to be an account of a musical COM
edy. but something more intimately con-
cerning citizens with bald pates.
Experiments repeated several millions
Of times in China reveal the true value
of the cure known as shaving the head
With the passing OF the old Manchu
dynasty. Cinnamon are now legally per-
mitted to cut of their queues and wear
their hair cut according to the style of
the Occident.
An examination Of the heads Of several
Thousand young Chinese students now
studying at Tokyo shows the effect vf
shaving part of the head for generations
On one man in four the hair has come
out more luxuriantly on the part shaved
On one the hair has grown longer on
the crown where the queue used to grow
On two there is no gain in hair on the
part shaved, but the hair has come out
uniformly.
From this it may be inferred that
shaving as a cure for badness is not
what 1t is cracked up to be.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02
4. to Legal. votsr..

4 :
An Indiana judge has, decided that
: man who has not registered is moi
: legal voter, and therefore could moi
serve on the grand jury.
What is legal" voter?
In our opinion he is man twenty
one years of age who has fulfilled the
conditions of residence and who has
not been disqualified. Let us argue this
out. Only legal" voters are permitted
10 register. This being the case, then
the act of registering does not make a
man a legal voter. for he was that
before the registration laws went into
effect. Besides, the provision that a
juror must be legal voter existed on
the statute books long before there
was a registration Law. If the Indiana
Judge is right citizen will be legal
voter at one time, but not at another.
After an election he will be a legal
voter, but failing to register prior to
the next election he would again cease
to be a legal voter.
We say that any man who may fail
to register does not lose his status as
a legal voter. He simply negiects TO
take the steps necessary to enable
him to exercise, at particular cleo
ton, his rights as a legal voter. This
man out in Indiana was a legal voter
up to the very last moment that the
registration board was in session, and
after next Tuesday he will again be
a legal voter.
The matter is one of importance
No doubt that unregistered men are
serving on juries. Should such juries
not be legal then their deliberations
and findings are also illegal. which
opens up a vista of incalculable legal
differences. The Indiana decision is
technical. for it fails to make a dis
tinction between legal and registered
voters. If there is such a distinction,
legal voters. whether registered or not,
would be qualified for jury duty. under
the law.
We say again: ANY man who can
registered or not
is legal voter. for men who are not
legal voters-minors or noncitizens-l
have no right to register at all.
The question is of importance. Why
not try to get ruling on it from the
Supreme Court of the United States?
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02

Park is full Of wonders. and New York
men who have seen II say that 1t COM
pares favorably with Central Park.
The capital Of Wyoming is Cheyenne.
which once had that kind Of a DISPOSE
tion. but is now mild and mannerly ex-
cept on Frontier Day. Other towns
which can be discovered on a fair-szed
map are Laramie, Evanston. and Sheri-
dan. none OF which contain as many
people as first-class steamship equipped
with lifeboats for l.O0o Wyoming can be
successfully crossed by means of the
Union Pacific. but thousands of people
stop OFF each year to hunt for cowboys
and wind up BY coaxing a river into an
irrigation ditch and raising alfalfa.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02
The War and American Securities.

II is difficult for the average reader
to understand why American securities
held by Europeans are being thrown
upon the market at the present time,
and yet the situation is not abnormal.
Military activity in Europe by rights
should strengthen American stocks and
create a demand for them. And this
will be the sequel to Balkan disorder
if it continues for any length of time.
But the speculative European centers.
as soon as the situation along the
frontier became acute, were forced to
adjust themselves to the unusual con-
dition which state of war had pre-
cipitated So suddenly.
Funds were needed to take care Of
securities less salable than American
The most valuable were thrown on the
market. hence the home demand fell
off and the securities receded in value
But the decline is only temporary.
Should the Balkan imbroglio continue
to menace the peace of Europe, Amer
ican securities will be the only securi-
ties in the world to be regarded as
reasonably safe. Thousands of foreign
buyers will put all their surplus money
into our stocks and bonds
The Washington herald., 1912-11-02

by Susan Warner. for Judge Push.
The Pearl Of India" by NJ. NJ.
Ballou. for Gait 4 Brother.
The Lorgnette." by John Ken
drick Bang. for Frank H. Ed.
mouds.
The Rise and Fall Of the Niue
tache." BY r. J. Brudette, for En-
est F. Doyle.
Through One Administration, -
By Frances Hodeson Burnett, for
Chairman Hilles.
Lawyer and Client" By william
Alien Butler. for Charles H. Tur-
nef.
Morning Gl1ies," By Louisa
May Alcott, for William F. Guide.
"Reveries q Q Bachelor" BY 1.
Marvel, for Tom A. Green.
only Common1." By Henry
Morford. for J. Fred Kelley Demo
cfaf).
What to Wear" by Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps. for lsidor 0rosner.
Out of His Head" by Thomas
Bailey Aldrich. for Or. White. su-
psrintendent 81. Elisaheth'a