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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-16
BANK MESSENGERS
BEATEN AND ROBBED
Band of Automobile Highway
men Secure 5000 in New
York Financial District,
By international News service.

EN International News service.
NEW YORK. Feb. lo.-Twcnty- 20
thousand dollars In small. untraccahlc
bills was stolen from two bank mcssen- =
gers this morning by band of antomo-
bile highwaymep In one or the most
thickly populated sections of tho down
town financial district.
The robberG. after boarding a taXicab,
In which were the TWO messengers, beat
them into inscnsibility, fled In a touring
car of their own with the money and
vanished before an alarm could lac raised.
Although hundreds of detectives Mere
at once put on the case, The police To-
night admitted that they are without The
shadow OF clew.
It, was near Rector street, on Trinity
place and only one block from Broadway
and We'll street that the highNaymen.
five in number. attacked the taNicah
From below Rector street To Park
place. a. distance of nine blocks, three
of the bandits rode on the taXlc9b they
had pirated, lead piping the bank mos
sengers and forcing the chauffeur TO
past dozen policemen who saw nothing
TO excite their suspicion,
At Park place, within sight OF the
city hall they spranc from tho taxi into
q; big black car. evidently waiting for
them, and were of In an Instant.
The money was being taken from tho
Produce National Exchange bank ai>No.
n Broadway. near the Battery. 10 mo
East River National bank at $50 Broad =
way. near Third street The messengers
were Wilbur r.. Smith, 81 Years old and
thiriy years in the East River Banks
service. and Frank WaTdle, Is an office
boy in the same institution for a month
Smith WAS go badly cut by The smuggling
Weapons OF the highwaymen that he had
TO he taken to the Hudson street hos
pital. Wardle escaped with some slight
ga ashcs on his head.
Both were eNoncrated from all susDi
cion by the bank officials and the police
So. too. was Gcnspo Mantini. the own er
and driver OF the ta,Xicalo. who had been
doing the banks business for more than
a year. Alantni summoned the police
whom the bandits had escaped in their
own car.
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.PROTECE OF HAWLEY
FIGHTS FOR ESTATE
Miss Margaret Cameron Sc
cures Possession of Private
Papers of Magnate.
BY International News Service.

By international news service.
NEW YORK, Feb. l5.-HeDry Peter
son, former chauffeur for Edwin Haw'
lev, admitted today that Miss Margaret
Cameron. who has been known varl-
ouslv as the niece, housekeeper and ia
vored protegc of the railroad wizard,
has in her possession documents which
she believes cutitlc her to q substan-
tial portion of tbc S35.000,000 estate.
These documents Miss Cameron secured
from among Mr.. EIawley's private pa
pcrs during flying visit she paid to
Mr.. Ilawley's country place at Baby
Ion, l., l., on February j,
1t is known that the abstraction OF
these papers and the subsequent dis
appearance of the young woman, fol
lowing a very wordy quarrel with VII
liam ?. HawlcY and Walter S. Crandell,
has temporarily halted the work of the
administrators Of the estate.
Peterson, the chauffeur. together with
John Williams, superintendent Of the
BABYLON estate, arc said TO be wit
nesses on tho documents which were
drawn up and signed last September.
Since Mr.. Hawley's death Peterson
has been living in handsome apart
mcnt in the Roosevelt court I'm West
Siytv-niuth street. Seemingly he has
been in sfbuent circumstances.
According TO Peterson, the servants
at Babylon still regard Miss Cameron
as their mistress, having been told
that she expects to take possession of
the place very soon.
Concerning Miss Cameron s position
in the household, Edwin Hawley Van
WICK. godson Of the fraucier, and A
claimant 70 a share in the estate, SAID
tonight;
"She was never introduced TO me on
[ he same social level [ knew her only
as the housekceper and she was always
kept in the background when was
there, Whether Mr.. Hawley considered
her as protegc or merely house
tccpcr.I do not know
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GUELZON' SLAYERS
GIVE UP ALL HOPE
Wild Scene in Chicago Jail
When Condemned Men Bid
Farewell to Families.

CHICAGO. Feb I5.--rhc four slaycra
OF Fred Guclzow who Will he hanged to-
morrow, gave up all hope when they re
ccIved word from Springfield That Tic
governor and tho pardon board had re-
fused 10 commute their sentences.
With several score OF relatives. who
visited them for the last time, The four
men gave wsy 10 a food Of hystcrIa that
boro cred upon mania.
Not since the hanging Of the Hay
market rioters III 1887 have such scenes
occurred at the Cook county jail.
the -four, Ewald and Frank Shiblaw-
ski brothers. Philip Sommerling and
Thomas Schultz. finally threw themselves
on The floor of tho Jail corridor. They
dragged back 10 the death chambers.
Mrs. Shibawslti. mother Of Ewald and
Frank, tore her hair aud fought with
ce1S sTe VINO sH%Shi wS TO- gustt st. her
Cant anyone save them for their
mother oh, God. How car tho world
and the law he SO hard"
Julia Kline, is years old. Ewsld' s
iiancee. threw her arms around his neck
and refused 10 let go.
They shan't hang you. they shsn't
hang YOU, she repeated.
The hystoria was intensified II possible
when Frank Shibawslli bade farewell TO
his wife and two weeks old son. To-
night was the first tlme that Frank bad
guardsd feared he would hurt the child
Tho mother tainted.
Schultz. who is but 10 wears old, WAS
visited by his father. mother and two
little sisters. The sirls. IL an years
old. appeared not In realize II was the
last time they would see their brother
They seemed concerned with comforting
their mother.
Don't cry. mamma don't cry" tho
girls implored as the sobbinc mother was
led from her SON.
SommcIlng saw his mother. three SIS
tcrs, two brothers, his wife and baby
and several other relatives. The mother
bent and gray. constantly muiLcred
prayers in Polish and was so deeply en-
gagcd in doing this she did not talk to
her son.
Quiet was not restored until the Tcla-
tNCs had been led from the Jail late to-
night and the Rev. Father O'Brion and
the Rev. Father H. T., Mcdonald arrived
from tho Holy Name cathedral. Even
the priests found IT difficult To calm the
slayers.
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GIVES THRILLING
ACCOUNT OF WRECK

HARRISBURG. Pa. Feb. ia train
bearing some OF the passengers who
escaped unhurt or with minor injuries
passed through here late this after
noon.
Among them Were Congressman Mon
dell Of Wyoming and Congressman
Sloane OF Nebraska They were in the
rear car and we're thrown from their
seats but were not injured. They pro-
Mrs. Gertrude Fleischer OF Arizona
and Nathan Epstein OF Fort Worth,
Texas, en- route TO New York. said their
car turned over three times.
They crawled through a window to
c. c. Hamli1l. Colorado Springs. a
nephew OF Senator Clark OF Wyoming.
was slightly injured but continued on
his way. He was hurried over several
seats.
Congressman Mondell who was in the
rear car. tells a thrilling story OF the
accident.
II was sitting in the observation car
With Congressman Sloane, when there
was a f,ightful JarrinS and the next car
uuiyorcd as though come terrible torce
had struck st." he said. The cars ahead
went over. AS soon as | saw what had
been done. T started to work;
Other passengers say that Mr, honoeli
who had been in charge OF railroad con
Sanized a relief corps and helped out In
jurcd passengers.
z. T.. Schellenback OF Winnipeg, Man
was algo in a wrecked car and slightly
bruised.
Conductor Patterson said all he knew
hon, tho vrecl; was that he looked
back and saw three cars overturning.
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ATTITUDE OF GERMANY
IS OPEN TO QUESTION

BERLIN. Feb. 15.-The bitterness
against Great Britain evoked by last
summers events has not vet passed
away. References In the Reichstag to-
day 10 the mission oc tho British secre-
tary OF war Enthusiastically We're cool. ex-
cept on the part Of The Socialists, who
warmly favor better relations between
Germany and Great Britain.
Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollwcg, In
a statement respecting the conversations
between The German ministers and Wis
count Hsldane: said they had been eS-
haustive and frank and would be con-
tinued. The spokesman for the Conser-
vativeS Center and the National Liberals
while declaring they would welcome a
rapproachement. commended very re-
served action
The National Liberals speaker said:
We all will support the peace efforts
as heretofore. but the chief assistance
must come from tho English"
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ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETING
OF the Stockholders of the Castle Gate
Coal. Coke & MIninq Company,

Notice lz nercby given that pursuant
10 the articles of incorporation Of the
above named corporation. the annual
meeting of said corporation. as provided
for br article H. will be held on the sec
ond Thursday in March. 1912. al the
conpany's office. Goa Judge building.
corner Third South and Main streets.
Salt Lake City, Utah. at 10 O'Clock in
the forenoon OF said day for the purpose
of clecting directors and officers Of said
corporation for the ensuing year
Notice is further given that a special
meeting or said stockholders will he held
at the same time and place. the object
and purpose OF which is TO consider
whether or not the stockholders Of said
corporatlon will vote for a dissolution
OF the same.
(SiEncd)
H. A. SMITH
Secretary Castle Gate Coal. Coke s: Min
nK Company
+. n. CAMERON.
FRANK p. STEPHENS,
BENNER X SMITH.
ROBERT r PORTER
G. f SUMMERS.
Owners OF more than two thirds of the
outstanding capital stock OF said cor
poratiop. xl5go
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FIGHTS To ESCAPE
FROM ROCKEFELLER

ST. LOUIS. Feb. lj.--ln q bitter
fight which ragged today at the stock
holders meeting for annual election.
Henry Clay Pierce and his associates
cbeckmatcd tho efforts of Johu ID,
Rockefeller and .he Standard Oil com
pany interests TO take absolute cou-
troll Of the WatersPicrcc OIL company,
The prize at stake is shown by sworn
testimony in recent suit that the
Wsters-Picrco concern in one year de
clared a dividend of S240, 600, The
capital stock is 100000.
Although STANDARD interests own Us
per cent of the stock of the company,
the Pierce interests refused to count
the ballots Of John ID. Rockefeller,
John d. Archbo]d and their associates
on the ground that they were attempt
lug TO perpetuate the STANDARD Oil
trust under Il new system in contra.
Vention of the decree OF the United
States supreme cour. dissolving the
Standard Oil company. aud the decree
of the Missouri supreme court oustlDg
il from this state.
Although the Rockefeller STANDARD
Oil Interests filed maDiamus suit to
compel the tellers appointed by Pierce
TO count the STANDARD Oil ballots, the
tcllers refused to accept them and de-
clared the Pierce slate OF directors
elected
The controversy between tine con
flictiug interests will be fought out in
court. beginning before Circuit Judge
Kinsey Saturday. when the alternative
writ of maDdamus comes up Tor srgu
meut
The move Of the Rockefeller-Stand
ard Oil interests to exercise control
over tbe Waters-Pierce company, ac
cording to a statement given out by
one OF Pierce s representatives, is part
OF Countrywide plan TO perpetuate
the oil monopoly.
The good faith of the Standard Oil
people in complying with the decree
of the United States supreme court
dissolving the Standard Oil trust was
attacked in the Pierce statement.
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WOULD REDUCE COST
IN HANDLING WOOL

MADISON Wis. Feb. l5,---To reduce
tho cost incident to the trading IN wool
the Wisconsin wool department OF the
American Society Of Equity. 10 be held
al Chippewa Falls on February 20. 1t
is proposed TO arrange for central store =
houses in order that The wool may be
received in larger punches, thus avoiding
tie cost of storage and the payment OF
insurance and tho lessening Of the e&-
pense OF handling and showing the wool
fo hi,1t.Ie
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Wickersham's 8 Programme

WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-Attorney
General Wickersharn left Washington to-
dag 10 make three political speeches in
the middle west At st, Louis tonnor-
row night tho attorney general will make
an address on Business and Law and
Saturday 1T luncheon will speak on ma
tiona! Stability" dealing primarily with
1.-THE Administration Antitrust Rec
ord" Will be set forth in a speech Mon
day at Milwaukee,
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Lumber Dealers Meet.

SEATTLE. Wash. Feb. 15.-Reports
OF officers and addresses occupied the
attention today Of the Western Retail
Lumbermcn's association in convention
here, The principal address was made
by John w. Barry or Cedar Rapids. Ia.
who spoke OH The Mythical Lumber
Trust
The blame for the trust talk was laid
by Mr. Barry at the door OF the mail
order lumber dealers. He declared that
the mail order concerns We're behind a.
congressional investigation OF the So
called lumber trust
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CONTRACTORS.


IND. 1015i FOR CATA-
logue OF Milwaukee concrete mixer. A.
Il, Judo. agent. X1SSI
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Negroes Lynched,

MARSHALL, Tex, Feb. ia mob
lynched George Sanders and Mary Jack
son, a negro and a negress. hanging
them to the same tree Just across the
Pamela county line. II was learned here
today, The negroes had lived In the
same house with Jennie Sneed. a young
negroes, who shot and killed Paul
StranSe. " white man. on January %.
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Nine Cars Roll Down.

The first car passed over the cbs;ruc-
ton but nine succeeding cars Jumped
the track and dropped down the en-
bankmcnt to ihc brink Of the Juniata
river. The observation Car remained ON
the rails. As the steel cars dashed down
tho bank, the telegraph poles were
snapped off like pipcstems. With tele-
graph facilities thus crippled. the teie-
phone az the 1unIata Power company
was pressed into service and woro was
sent To Altoona. Tyrone and This town
FOR physicians and nurses
Nj OF those Killed were in the first
dining car. Harry A Mass and Mrs
J. r.. Tayeurer. two OF the killed, were
diving at Tho time the train was de-
rsiei. The impact throw them INTO the
forward end OF the diner and they were
crushed TO death. Mrs. NJ. e. Han. the
,oiored maid thrown through
window and her skull crushed.
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BUGS DIFFERENTIATED


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GROCERY SPECIAL,

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PLUMBING g. STEAM HEAT

RANGES MOVED AND CONNECTED
$3.50, water Jackets cleaned. stoves and
ranges repaired 8i5 Pacific ave. f. r.
Morrison. Wasatch 2277-Y 114b0
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NICELY FURNISHED CLEAN ROOMS;
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SAFES AND VAULTS.

a COMPLETE LINE OF SAFES AND
vaults always on nand 4 few second
hand cafes for sale. Write for circular.
Shealy Safe &: Vault Co., II p o. place
oo6TS
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MIDWIFE

PRIVATE HOME FOR CONFINEMENT
cases. Mrs. Lizzie Geisler. 326 VI. 3rd
Nolth. Bell l493-X. 1917
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PLUMBING AND HEATING

DAVIDSON &c HARRIS co, PLUMB
Ing and steam fttcs; jobbing work q
tpecialty: all work guaranteed. Both
Phones lS2. 143 East End South o125
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MASSAGE

MISS HELD. 263 MAIN ST, APART
ment Upstairs ssage. electrical.
vibratory and steam baths; new atten-
dants. Phone Ind. 25S5. Nl5a5
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CARPENTER, JOBBING

S. NJ. JAMTSON. CARPENTER AND
East nIaOa
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SIGNS AND SCENERY

~--~----~--
CHAS. PETERSON. 20 RICHARDS ST,.
brass. chipped glass and painted. Both
phones. S1S
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CAFES

BEST MEALS IN TIE CITY; HOME
COOKING: Feery hotel cafe, ia West
ora 90. Samu2l G. Spencer. prop, 1882
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Observation-Disclosures

WATCHES CLEANED. s1.00: MAIN
springs. s1.00. S. Erickson, formerly
with Reiser. 109 Main. s2542
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CASKET FACTORY
MONUMENTS, TOMBsToNEs

LARGE STOCK TO SELECT FROM R
Mckenzie. Display yards. 422 So. State.
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BOARD AND 80o1

EXCELLENT RoOM eli "
two. Wasatch 2i0V'h
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SADDLE STABLES

HIGH CLASS SADDLE AND BOARD
ing stables. rear 167 South 10th East
H. H. Kercher. Mgr Ind. 1866. NS4g
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sixty-seven Injured.

f-f,y-one cf the injured were given
st',uiou i'm tho local hospital, while the
maiuiue sixteen wore looked after by
ilic volunteer physicians. or the sixty
seven injured "ortr-two were pssscn- :
GERS end twenty-five WIRE railroad en-
p,nyccS
rhie is said ln he the first time on
record that a train composed ol all steel
cars has been wrecked on the Penns-
,sylVauia The steel cars were badly
visited hut there were no spintcrs or
fire 10 add 10 the horror.
Conductor n. B. Patterson OF Harris
burg who was in charge Of the wrecked
train, said there were io2 persons OH the
rain.
OF the fitfy-one persons treated At the
local hospital today, three are said 10
he fatally injured, They arc Frank
Gardner cook; j. H. Jones. porter,
and s. J. Wood. a dining car conduc-
or.
r.. e. Brownell Of Philadelphia. con-
suItne electrical engineer. had in his
possession a small suit case containing
nearly $500. 900 worth OF stocks and
bonds IN his esgerness TO escape he
overlooked the suit case. but 4 few min
utos later lie crawlcd back and recov-
cred the securities.
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PUBLIC sTENoGRAPHERs


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YUAN SH| KA| WINS
NOTABLE TRIUMPH

NANklNG, China. Feb 15.-Thc ma
tionaI assembly This afternoon unani-
mously elected Yuan Shi Ksi president
of the republic and then decided that tho
provisional capital shall nc NsnkinS
After Yuan Shi Kais inauguration,
majority OF the members arc willing for
the temporary removal OF the capital TO
Pekin for convenience.
NANTiING, China Feb. 15.-Dr. Sun
Vat Sens resignation OF the presidency
OF the Chinese republic has been accepted
by the national assembly here on con-
dtion that both he and tho present
cabinet hold office until the new Dresi-
dent and cabinet take over their duties.
In the letter to the assembly in which
he offers to lay down the office OF chief
executive. Or. Sun says
YUAN Shi Kai has declared that hc
adhercs Internationally to the national
cause. He would surely prove loyal
servant OF the stale, BESIDES this, Yuan
Shi kai is a man Of constructive ability
upon whom our united nation looks with
the hope that he will bring about the
pipess OF our country depends upon your
choice, Farewell"
The national assembly afterwards
passed p resolution paying great tribute
TO DIR. Sun. follows.
"Suc1 example OF purity OF pUr-
pose and self-sscrifice is unparalleled In
history. It was solely due 10 his mag
naninnity and modeSty that northern
China was won over"
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DRESSMAKING.

FASHIONABLE DRESSMAkING AND
ladies' tailoring; prices reasonable. 30S
East End South KITS
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THREE MEET DEATH
IN LIMITED WRECK
Nine Cars of PennSylvania's s
Fast Train Roll Down En-
bankment to River.
SIXTY : SEVEN INJURED
Victims Mostly From Eastern
States; Congressman Mon
dell Tells Thrilling Story.
SIXTY : SEVEN INJURED

HUNTINGTON, Pa, Feb. l5.-Three
persons were killed and siXty-two were
injured today when the Pennsylvania
limited No. ,, castbound jumped the
track at Warriors Ridge. > short dis
lance west or this place. and nine OF the
eleven cars rolled down au cmhankment
to the edge OF the Juniala river.
The dead and injured mostly were from
eastern states.
The train. consisting OF ten passenEer
cars aud postal coach, left Altoona
thirty miles west of the scene ol the
accident, moro than an hour earlier
AZ the lime OF the disaster. ii is said,
ilc limited was going al the rate OF hfty
miles AL hour
As the Train. which WAS drawn by two
locomotives nearcd Warriors Ridge. the
onualiziug bar ON tho second locomotive
dropped 10 The rails.
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The Washington times., 1912-02-16
PLAN IS STARTED
TO HONOR MEMORY
Of NAMES DEAD
Spanish War Veterans Enlist
Aid of President Taft
In Movement.

Members of Miles Camp, No. !, with
the cooperation of President Taft, to-
day started a campaign among the
Spanish war veterans of the city to
hold exercises next year on February 1j
to properly commemorate the officers
and men of the battleship Maine who
persisted in Havana harbor in 1898.
At a meeting of Miles Camp, No. ].
last night at Custcllo's Han, SiIth and
G streets northwest, resolutions were
framed to be presented to all the camps
Of the Spanish War Veterans in this
city, urging them to plan a proper OBJ
scrvation of the day next year.
Resolutions will be presented to all
the commanders of the camps, 80 that
preparations can be made at once 10
arouse interest in the movement. Miles
Camp pointed out that other cities OBJ
serve February - with proper exercises,
and that. Washington had no special
mass meetings to take cogniZanCe of the
day
William A. HickAy, Pete J. Brennan.
Joseph N; sReuter. John J, Kane. John
Perkins, jeremiah x. Hare, John o,
ton, d. X Herbert and j.. A. Costello
representing the sailors soldiers, and
marines of the Spanish War Veterans,
signed the resolutions.
+ A letter from President Taft express
ing regret at his inability TO be present
at the meeting last night was read
The President indorsed the action of tie
camp, and stated he was in sympathy
with the movement.