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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-10
To Wed American,

Special Cable to The Tribune.
LONDON. Nov. o.-STho Morning Post
announces that n marriage has been ar
ranged between Sir Wllfrld Peek. OF Rous-
don. Devon. and Miss Edwine Thornouryh.
second daughter OF the late ". II. Thorn
burgh and Mrs. William Strlblng. OF st.
Louis.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-10
Want War.

\ Aust not be forgotten that
D tlipeS and interests in Ger.
h want war. It sounds IN
1t our old landed conserva-
military castles are finding
Z prestige is going. They are
uiih the kaiser, and they
cNfaey.
~ significant thing in modern
Yehtics is the decline in the
Vi the kaiser. it had been
ieT some time before the IA
.rusE with him was published
k;dcu Daily Telegraph, but
7 hn 3 shattering blow. In
sr social democrats had not
,tIrg in the clouds Of theory,
Esd any hold whatever on
nH, they at that time could
lfn constitutional government
lF One Of ny friends who
Gl vas going on from the i'll.
lniteIs' cabinets said to me:
veg, our social democrats will
idyautage of it.n
J anstoerats are really fright.
ee he'd Peril, and they sec
Mnining 1t except by war.
l wants peace, the nristoc,
ny NY zoe possibility OF war, the
.sa interests do not want war
maing and the people-welI
q 4, want a9 peace. But can they
That Is the great ques-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-10
i,1|I(RE BY TURKS
ii AROUSE EUROPE
Victory of Sultan's
Expected to Upset
Baulony of Powers.
EAGER FOR WAR
4 b, Austrian and Rus
\ Atistocracy Seeks
81 Conquest.
/ frederick Werner.

fit,s to Tho Tribune,
N, Nov. 9.-"Wbat are the
! Germany, Austria and Rus
sahg the Balkan warS'' an
friend asked me the other
n d fully aware of the fact
iumOny between tho powers
ingle. Leaving aside the
ts clash between Austrian
Ia interests in the Balkans,
|kze over our heads like a
( Damocles, We realize that the
ndns between Germany and
q i very frail.
3IRSs win victories and begin
III, Is undoubtedly they will,
riFnsn Of Byron and Glad
n tsl their hearts stirred with
s szaiust the Turks; German
"a feel The same way but Ger
4il opinion will become pro.
d ths neu German ambassador
% vii have a position which
Wi envy.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03

quiet road where her inn stood. The
banking facilities Of that time were
not rs they now arc, and some of the
travellers on their way to buy furs
lumber or other merchandise, car-
ried large sums Of money. Sophia
picked out such travellers when
they stopped at her coz caravansary,
and made herself agreeable to them
and treated them to wine which she
had drugged with much skill. and
the travellers vanished from the
face of the earth. She did not always
kill them in the inn, however. She
was a. woman of Two gen.
tlcmen from Quebec who were On Il
fur buying expedition visited the inn.
and Sophia soon learned that they had
a large sum of money in gold. She
WAS hoping they would stay for the
night. but they had AN unreasonable
desire to push on and started away IN
their sled. Sophia, seeing they could
not be detained, sent a couple Of her
deputies up the road to waylay them.
The deputies stretched Il rope across
the road. and when the travellers
horse ran into it the murderers did
their work. and Sophia came up just
in time to see the victims die and
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03
Machines Almost Think
VAST AMOUNT OF MENTAL EFFORT NOW SAVED BY INGENIOUS
MECHANICAL DEVICES.

of error which even tho most prac-
iced accountants are liable to make.
There are. We will suppose. Il hun-
drcd checks to be added. They are
handed to the operator Of an adding
machine. by whom the various
amounts arc registered on a roll of
paper by the manipulation of keys as
in the case of the typewriter, and
when the whole hundred checks have
been printed "a lever is pulled and the
sum-total is shown instantly. Among
the greatest fcats performed by Che
%clevcrest Of bank clerks in the old
days was Ii running up of a column
Of money by Il single process: that is,
taking in columns of dollars and cents
at the same time. The adding machine
does that. in some instances. with any
number of checks. not only by a single
operation for both columns, but by
one motion Of it's mechanism. 1t beats
the greatest achievement of the old
bank clerk hollow.
The work of these machines is quito
elemental compared with that of some
other mechanical arithmeticians,
There are machines that calculates to
fifteen places OF dccimals. and will
carry out the most formidable compu-
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GKansas CITY Star.)

In tho brave days Of our great
grandfathcrs tho langnlan enjoyed no
sinccnre. There were no sentimental
objections to the Eallows tree. and the
procedure of the courts was beautiful
~ simple. When 81 gentleman was
charged with murder the purpose of
his trial was to discover his guilt or
stuck to with Il persistence hat would
seem ridiculous in these days of alien
lists and hypothetical questions. and
legal alarms n excursions. If the
gentleman accused was found guilty
he Immediately began to get his house
III order, and left hope behind. A
conviction, as a. rule. was final. and
the execution of the death sentence
followed hard upon the trial
Vet the condemned man was not
without his consolation. lie knew
that when he appeared upon the gal
lows it would be before IL large and
enthusiastic audience. and that he
would nave IL chance to make a hit as
an orator. Also, he had the soothing
and sustaining knowledge that the
story Of his adventures. crimes. trial
pamphlet form. possibly with apprn-
pirate illustrations. and would he
read at winter fresides for years to
come. His name would be a house
hold word throughout the country
side. and children would utter it In
an awed whisper.
Such pamphlets were always pub
lished Immediately after the hanging
Of celebrated murderers. Usually they
were true to the facts, but In some
instances yellow pamphleteers de-
pended upon their Imagination Tor the
final and sometimes when an
urban murderer appeared upon the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03
The Hangman's Halcyon Days
WHEN "NECkTIE PARTIES" WE'RE CONSIDERED A BIG EVENT
IN a TOWNS HISTORY.

scaHold for his punishment, he could
near the news vendors offering their
'~hroadsides" describing his death be-
fore it occurred.
These pamphlets have become rare.
Now II then may he found in
an old bookstore. hut the authentic
ones have been in demand for many
years. and are hard to- find. They are
curiosities and are interesting as
showing how fashions have changed
IN reporting. as in other things. The
newspaper man Of the present day
VINO would write up n hanging in the
style ct 3 century ago, mixing up the
horrihle details with tedious moral
homilics. would be slain by his city
editor. rho pamphleteer usually
wrote a turgid preface, in which he
urged parents to guard their chill
dren that they might not end on tho
gallows. Many of the broadsides Gas
they were called in these days. were
cmbelltshed with drawings almost as
bad as the crimes Of the condemned.
and pamphlets containing such en-
cravings command high prices.
Hang,nan's day In tho carly part of
the nineteenth century was a gala oc-
casion. and attracted such crowds as
a first class circus draws to town
nowadays. A town in which a hang.
ing was to occur was considered for
tunate and elaborate preparations
were made for the event. Tho pro
gressive business men stocked up their
stores with such things as would be
called for by a hungry crowd and
watched h armament closely, hoping
that no untimely storms would maj
the festivities. The authorities used
fine discretion in selecting u site for
the gal!ows. usually choosing q knoll,
so tina everybody might have an, un-
"bstructed view. The hour Of tho
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03

The revolutionary provinces oil
China have chosen DR.. u Nat Sen
as the first president Of their republic.
,r,e process Of selection Was made by
what may be called a constituent as
sembly, so that 1t presumably is Il
provisional choice.
IL IN 81 question whether DR.. u
has the capacity and balance of iudg-
lncnt to carry through the gigantic
experiment OF establishing n repub-
lean form OF government in China.
1t may he that those personal rival
ries which revolutionary proceedings
usually produce made 1t advisable TO
select. him to get the new system into
some kind Of operation. Those who
knns* him speak we'll OF him.. He
has certainly shown talent in nrous-
ing patriotic sentiment among the
Chinese outside OF China n in get
ting them to contribute mone for
the . Of o~verthrowing the ra-
pacious md rotten Manchu rule. Of
course the kind OF ability required
to establish a new government i'm
China on an enduring basis must be
larger and different from that. 1t
must include patience, the ounde
Judgment, a degree of perception
which feels the difference between
essentials and non-essentials. and
commanding personal authority.
Government must be government.
sven II 1t is republican in form;
and this ia radically true in China.
where no one has any but theoretical
knowledge Of any other than despotic
government. We should say tina DR..
Sun has not yet been so tested as to
show that he possesses these neces-
sary qualifications.
1t must be remembered that the
tutelage to which the Manchu regime
has been subjected by foreign powers
for something like half a century does
not leave south China wholly free in
setting up Il new government. No for
cign power objects. SO far as appears,
to tho government OF a republican
FORM Of government: but it must ac-
uuire stability and efficiency very
soon in order to maintain for China
such freedom Of action as IL now has
In this matter. DR.. Sun has the good
wishes. no doubt. of most of those
who are Interested in China: hut
their full confidence cannot bc given
to him until he has shown an admin
istrative ability in some degree level
with the task before him.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03

relieve them of $4,000 in gold. Up
on another occasion she waited upon
Il guest at the breakfast table with
her own fair hands. and took occa-
sion to stab him in the back while he
was commenting upon the excellence
Of the coffee.
Finally Sophia became too bold and
reckless in her operations. A Quaker
named Morse was known to have
gone tn her inn. from which he APP
pcarcd no more. Officers questioned
her and she denied that he had ever
visited her place. This was obviously
false. and the officers searched the
place. They found nothing until they
forced their way into the cellar,
against the desperate resistance of
Sophia and her young men. and there
they found 81 charmed house. The
body Of Morse was lying among
skeletons of other unfortunate travel
ers. 1t VAS " known how many
were slain in that shambles, but
Sophia confessed to eight personally
conducted murders. She was tried at
Fredericton and sentenced to death,
but some of her friends managed to
convey poison to her a few days be-
fore the date set for the hanging, and
she died in her cell.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03
CNcw York Free Prcss)


Ten thousand bibles arc to hc dis
trlhut"d this week and additional
thousands arc to he distributed later
among the hotels of New York. The
Hotel Aston receives the biggest sup
ply, having asked for 500. Tho Plaz IA
Is 4" have 100 II 600 go TO the BEL
mont. Practically every hotel in tho
city will have "A new bible on the table
of its every transient guest room, and
II of the great hotels in uppcr Broad
way expressed IL wish for enough
scriptures tn he placed not only I'm the
transient rooms. but i'm those occupied
by permanent residents.
These bibles are bound in black
cloth with The nanc of the hotel to
which they arc consigned printed upon
them i'll gilt. These arc furnished
free. If h management prefers to
have tho binding of a superior quality,
leather for instance. Il charge of thir-
tN-fNc cents is made. that being the
cost of the owe -Four hotels in New
York have made request for these
leather bound bibles. Not a. single
hosiery in the city has declined the
offer of tho bibles. only one having
suggested that it would be preferable
10 have the books placed i'm the office
with printed slips for each room, stat
ing that copies of tho scriptures may
be had upon request.
1t will be an unusual sight to the
froadWaEite to see Il bible delivery
wagon drawn up before some of the
hotels i'll the white light district-espc-
rlally those that to the initiated stand
particularly for sportiness and frivol-
ltN. Not n of Thorn is to be over
looked. Neither arc the managers Of
the hotels overlooked personally since
q leather bound, gilt edged bible is pro
scented 4" each individual one for his
OWN use.
If he New Yorker cntcrtains amy
doubt that these good hooks are an
|lreriat"d and read there arc MANY true
stories tn convince him otherwise. The
manager "f the Hotel Belmont recently
asked that n bible he sent to him
printed in French. adding that scarcely
n wcck passed without some guest
making n request to him for a French
bible. Three copies were supplied to
him by tho New York Rib'e society to
he kept on call at tn" hotel Office. An
officer nf the society received a let.
ter tho other day from a mar in
Texas who had inst returned to his
southern state after a sightseeing trip
=" New York. This man had put up
at one "f the big broadway hotels
and in his room had come across a
copy of the bible. 1t may he that the
great white way looked barren to
him without a friendly face in all it's
motley crowd or possibly tho man from
Texas gave way to encouragement
from SOM" other cause. Certain 1t is
however. that he tonk tho trouble to
write Il letter to the Bible society
telling of his amazenent To find a BIZ
bile on his hotel table. of his picking
it M moro from curiosity than any,
thing else. or reading it. first casually,
then with growing interest and final
ly becoming absorbed and warmed
with hope and cheer at every page he
turned. He wrote simply to express
his thanks.
In another hotol bible the nyleaf ia
covered with the scrubbed sentiments
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03

II they have not. their preiudiccs sit
prcttilS on them. . old
people. too. are often referring to a
different standard or principle. as
when they complain of "A lack of rev.
crencc in children towards their cid.
crs. not observing that the spirit IF
c~o,nradcship niny be- Just as good Il
thing as tho spirit NJ discipline. As
an asctng person myself, I think 1t
far moro agreeable. and trust that my
age at least will never be r~evcrenccd."
Discipline and comradeship are two
words which define Very we'll the old
family life and tho new family life.
Parents II children in these days
probably clasp cach others hands
upon some sort of equality earlier
than they used to. but with no essen
tial loss of respect M the part of the
child. and with a marked growth vt
good will and love. OF course foolisl,
and tricky parents arc tho amc mis-
chlcNous IL not ruinous influence at
all times When the spontaneous sin.
certify of tn" child is finally broken
by the in%sincerity of the parent the
family ship is on tho rocks.
IT VIC wer" going to dogmatize on
the matter VIC should say that stage
coach children arc likely to le less
alert-less forward than automobile
children. Both tho automobile pa
rent and the automobile child have
less tim" for mere formalitieS than
those of tn" stasc-roach period: and
Why? Because hotl, have To he keen
or about real things. IT is II Weakening
up and a coming together on both
sides: IN" compensation in this pro-
cess being that If the young ones arc
thereby made Older, tho old ones are
thereby made
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03
THE FAM1LY BUNCH.

1t Is an old saying that children
should be seen and not heard. This
was a mosE-grown proverb in 1742. 1t
probably originated in the large FAM
lilies that We're the rule i'm those early
days. In order to get half a chance
those prolific parents had to fall hack
upon some such maxim. IT is still a
useful maxim at certain ti,res-that is
to Say. the human family has not Yet
reached that stage Of growth whore
the younger members of tha family
a he adv~antaKeously heard at all
times.
Nevertheless. there has been a
change between parents and children
since this proverh got going. Some
think that the children arc getting
the better If their p~arents-tl1at is
to say. that the parents have lost in
authority. and that the children have
gained In self-conndence and pcrtnass.
Those who are of this opinion say
that the youngsters of our day no
longer respect age as the children Of
earlier days did. and hat they very
early indulge in the practice NJ think
Ing n speaking for themselves.
Large generalizations on this point
arc dangerous. especially as those
quiet and self-repressed children of
the early days are all dead. We re-
call that early fiction and contempo-
rarE reports contain instances enough
Of children who wero SO much for
themselves that they were turned out
Of the house n disowned: so that
II may be that time has softcncd their
faults and magnified their virtues in
the usual fashion. Perhaps IT is true
that the family is not 80 much of an
absolute monarchy as it oncc was.
with the father "a the ruler. and he
mother. If she followed this tribal
rule, as his loyal assistant. That sort
OF parental attitude made obedience a
duty and love a command. Put com.
manded love is q myth. Love, if it
comes at all, must come of itself. and
love makes respect and obedience
pleasures and not duties. Probably
1t is true that the democratic impulse
OF II day has got into the family,
just as 1t has got into the public life
of every nation where it is not held
back by superstitious ignorance or
brute force. 1t is not a weakening
of authority, but it is authority that
depends upon intelligent assent more
than upon n dog,natic assertion OF
right. This notion without much
doubt has got into the family life of
u times. making it less formal. moro
free. and in seven cases out Of ton
much happier.
A writer in the Nineteenth Gem
fury has something to say on this
point =. old people tell lis. he says
shat manners were better when they
we're young, and when We observe
'what charming old people
iaave. We arc ready to agree. Eut. in
Ibis opinion:
ut is an illusion. Old people have
good manners because they are old.
not because their manners were bet.
Ter than ours when they were young.
they r no longer obsessed as are
young people with their " pas.
Eions and ambitions. and they have
learned tolerance and to be merely
amused by e~xtravagant opinions: or.
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tations in cvcr so man, modes of no.

tations in ever so many modes Of no.
tation.
The clerical STATS of many of. the
big insurance companies have of late
years been considerably reduced by
the employment of mechanical calcu-
lators. Ono of these, the invention Of
a German. is Il compact little affair.
resembling a music box. 1t may be
made to perform almost ins%tantane-
ously the most ~portentOus sums in ad"
dition. subtraction, multiplication 10y
one or two factors. division, squarine
stance, to multiply 531,955 by 924
The first factor is set by touching lit
tic knobs representing 531.975. Tc
multiply by the other factors o turn
a handle four times. push along Il
slide n place. and turn the handle
twice, then push the slide another
place onward and turn tho handle
is o done without the possibility of
error so far as the machine is con-
ccrned. and the dial shows 491,544.-
9O0. In the same mechanical way
nay be done all the other arithrActi-
cal processes.
Among the latest of the applications
of mechanism to work is that which
has hitherto required the exercise of
some little brain power. such as the
cash register: but Il still newer and
far more remarkable piece of mcchan-
ism is one intended to do away with
the necessity for any brain cudgcling
over many shop counters. This is GER
tainly a very interesting piece Of work.
though tho makers are careful not to
explain or exhibit the internal work.
ing Of it. 1t is a scale which not only
shows the weight OF goods put into
it.. but the exact value Of the goods
at any price per pound to which a
rate pointer may be set. Thus, il this
pointer be set at eleven cents per
pound. and two pounds seven e
Of meat or anything else be put into
the scale. the indicator on the dial
will instantly show tic correct charge
to the customer: or il a customer
should wish to spend "A dollar on n
certain article at so much per pound,
the scale will show precisely the
weight that the purchaser should
have for the money.
The mathematical faculty has often
been said to he the lowest of the in
tcllectual powers. and it is certainly
curious to sec its functions being thus
taken UP by mechanism iii so many
directions.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03

bright and exceedingly witty %librctto,
hut ais" owing to the tu%ncfulness Of
the music.
The company that is Ia he seer here
is Il Very clover one and includes one
of the people who have made distinc-
tive marks i'm the theatrical world.
n patrons can rest assured that they
will find an evenings entertainment
fairly huhblins over with mirthful ef-
fcrNeScense.
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Tic Talk nj New York.
George NJ. cohan's tuneful musical
play. TIL Talk Of New York." is to
I've seen at the metropolitan thcater
tomorrow evening. Wherever this
merry musical melange il makes a dis
tinct impression among tho theater-
XOers not only on Of the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03

DIR. Cook didn't receive the same
cordial greeting in his recent appear
ance at Copenhagen as when he
landed there with n correct imitation
of the north pole in his grip. But
probably he made the venture nav.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03

Up TO tho hour of going to press.
anu was enjoying life in England.
and the cohwcbs remained unmolcst-
ed on the Portuguese throne. Com
parativcly few of them ever come
back, even when they try.
You have a right to change your
mind, of course, but don't fall into
the habit.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03

Cuss words never seem as funny to
us as some of the playwrights seem to.
think they are.
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THE CHINESE PRESIDENT.

WEDNESDAY,, JAN. 3. 1912.
The Springdale news., 1912-12-20
IMPORTANT.

We had not intended making a reduction m the subscription price of The News any time soon, bat having received so many requests from present subscribers and other friends of the paper for Il reduced rate during the holidays. we have decided to accept subscriptions at the rate Of one dollar per year dur ing Christmas week only, beginning next Monday, December 23, and continuing until Saturday night. De- cernber 2S. The reduced rate will be in effect for this one week on- ly, and after Saturday night the regular rate of Sf.5o per year will prevail, so if you want to take ad- vantage of this offer you must do So during next week. The offer is open alike to old and new subscrib- CTS, and no difference how far in advance your subscription may be paid you can hayye the privilege Of renewing at the reduced rate. Tell your neighbofs and friends about this offer so that they may take advantage of 1t If they wish.
The Springdale news., 1912-12-20
EXHIBIT GAR COMING
New Agricultural Car of Frisco to
 Be Here Next Tuesday

The News is advised that the new agricultural ar Of the Frisco railroad, containing splendid ex- hibit Of products Of the soil RiIl be in Springdale Tuesday. December 24 The car will be ln charge or Agricultural Commissioner S White. and a lecture will be given at f:30 D. m In addition 10 tae lecture valuable. booklets on agri- culture will be distributed free Farmers and hortieultufists are in vited to be present and inspect the exhibit and hear the Iectur.