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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-12
TAFT POSES FOR THE
MOVING PICTURE MEN

BEVERLY, Mass. Sept. 1I-PresIdent
TAFT posed for the moving picture men
today. He planted a hickory tree while
the shutters whirred hundreds Of feet Of
fllm and sat with Mrs. Taft on the vcran-
da or Parramatta while the machine es
were pointed at him, and then learned to-
night that II all must be done over again.
A light fan OF rain and overcast skies
spoiled the films. Another try will be
made tomorrow II the weather IS good
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-12
Allowed TO Gross Line.

JUAREZ. Mex. Sept. 1.-THE Mexican
federal troops today began entrainlng
20 proceed through portion OF the Unit
ed States IN order TO enter Mexico on the
Sonora border. The first train late to-
day crossed the international border 10
e Paso. Texas. after a half days prepa-
rations.
Although permission was granted from
through the border states only 500, all
that can be spared from Juarez Will 90
sent by General Vlctoriano Huerta, COM
nan6er OF this zone.
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Hepburn Improving.

WASHINGTON. Sept. li.-Senator
Hepburn OF Idaho, III here for some time.
has so improved that preparati tions are
being made for his removal TO the west
Mr. and Mrs. Hepburn will probably leave
ior the west Friday The strain OF the
congressional session accentuated a heart
trouble from which the senator has sur
fered
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-12
Free Moving Picture Lecture.

Assembly hail. Temple square, Fri
day evening. September 13. 500 D. m.
Subject, Utah, California and the north.
west. Three thousand feet moving pic
ture film and several hundred stere-
opticon views Public cordially invited
JOHN 2. CLUM. Lecturer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-12
MOTORS COMPAW /
ABOUT TO CDLUR
Bankruptcy Of Project Said
Form One of Worst Scau|
dals in Wall Street
By international News ssrlc.

By international News Service
NEW YORK, Sept. lit was i,,
from inside sources tonight that IN. +,
ed States Motors company, a t,rs
corporation. viii he thrown int, Z
ruptcy. The collapse OF this -,
forms ono OF the worst scandals IA 4
street finance. Some OF the mos, y
sntial banking houses OF the ri
States were behind the formation N
combination In 1910. and the pubNe
compl etely misled concerning the stssI
OF the concern
George W. Perkins was reputs3 h.
one of tho inspirers OF the arnalgzrs1
while Morgan institutions have fr,
prominently In its financing.
Last year the preferred stcck
collapsed TO only S625. The common 4;
last yeer went 10 SA2 per shars, N
quoted at only 81 bid this afterpoo.
Last fan the Issue of s5.o60,0c9 hc
was disposed OF a, ~. notwiihstan,
that the condition OF the COMPANY =
have been known 10 the insiders
then, however, many investors "A.
shy OF the offering and the undersu,
syndicate headed by Eugene Msye,|
& company was left with lasgs 1ln
" on their hands.
The unfortunate stockholders ert
likely to get a cent. There Is ou,rl
Ing s11.4g3, 900 Of preferred and Slsi2
of common stock. II Is understood
tentative proposals were made that d
tors accept a settlement on a bailI
part cash and part securities In th<
organized company, but certain h'
II is learned, refused To become ~
holders in 2 venture Of so doubtful n
REORGANIZATION without calling In a
ceiver having proved impossible. no:>
was left but 10 lay the whole nen h,'
the court.
on Monday next the ninety day C'
sion granted by creditors expires
company has found that !, cannc,
slbly meet all the obligations the,
ing due-the amount, " Us undsrsto1t
not far short Of $4,000, 600.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-12
Steal Texas Horses.

Ell PASO. Tex. Sept. ll.-CrossinS the
line today. rebels ran of a bunch OF
horses within twenty miles of this city
and escaped with the loss OF ono man cap
tlrcd by tho state rangers
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-12

Salt Laker in New York.
Special to The Tribune.
NEW YORK, Sept. l1.-Navarrs.
Daynes.
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Excursion North
Septembcr IL

Via Oregon Short Line. Low rates 70
northern Utah and Idaho points, See
agent City Ticket ofiee, Hotel Utah.
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Portola Cafe-Special merchants
lunch for ladies and gentlemen, 12
till 2:30.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

The Durham dam gone! The chief
groaned. Sixty-one miles above the
bridge 1t had held back the waters of
the North Fork. Now in two hours
the crest Of the greater flood would be
upon the scene of the battle where
already there was scant seven feet
between the muddy foam-crested
waves and the ties.
Could he come? For ten minutes
he fought 1t out with himself Hol-
comb was already on the way. Down
there at the river they needed him.
His bridge needed him. Yet dearer to
him than all his beloved bridges were
the little lad overhead and his mother.
He owed them more than he did the
road. Then for one illuminated in
slant he saw with clearness the con-
sequences to thousands OF others, the
suffering bodily and mentally that would
follow the breaking of the railroads
line He recognized the immutable
law of the rails, that come what may
they must be kept open; only to feel
anew that he could not leave at such
a time. Don't go away, Daddy. I'm
afraid" were the child's words when
he had left him few moments before,
and now his brain was filled with
their piteous appeal
Back and forth he wrested for lit
tie space and then he mounted the
stairs. OF railroad stock for two gen
erations was the woman who met him
at their head. Bred in her was all the
quiet herOism Of the women whose
men are the servants of the Traffic.
She knew something Of the havoc be-
ing wrought, and in his grave eyes she
read the answer to the question In her
own.
Tell the despatchers office every
hour how he is" he said, land they
will let me know. II the worst should
come can get back in an hour or two.
Goodbye, little girl" And in great
rush of tenderness he bent over her.
To the very fullest she understood
For one passionate moment she chung
to him, then she looked up into his
fine strong face. "I'm proud Of you,
my own big man." she said softly
Now go. Laddie and ! will come
through beautifully" Then she
helped him into his great rubber coat
and he was out in the night
Limbs torn from trees by the gale
impeded his prOgress, street-lamps
were out, their wires down in the gen
eral wreckage Climbing over oh
stacles. bending his head against the
driving rain, stumbling and cropping in
the darkness. he reached the station
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

was carried far out over the river by
the gale. Immediately men appeared
fighting their way back into the teeth
of the storm to regain the shore. A
sound like the soughing of the wind
through a thousand, thousand pines,
not loud yet seeming to dominate all
others. grew and grew. Another light
ming flash revealed the peril. Just
above the bridge, stretching from bank
to bank, a great wave bore down on it.
The Durham flood had come.
Clean and bare it swept the bridge
The heavily loaded cars were whirled
and tumbled about and smashed
against the Orders. The water poured
over the embankment. tore resistlessly
at the earthwork and flooded the rails
far back from the bridge. Fires we're
put out and the men driven to the
higher ground. The previous flood
stage had been as spring freshet to
this one. Four times its usual width
and flowing three feet above the tracks
on the bridge, the Crazy made its
final assault upon the thing It hated.
Grim and awful was the struggle now
in which the human allies of the
bridge could only watch and wait. It
must make its fight alone and the
WORKOUT men slept wherever they
dropped down on the rain-soaked
ground, sprawling grotesquely like the
dead on a battlefield. Against the
fast-graying sky in the east Shelburn
doomed large as he waited for an en-
CINE to be sent down to bear him
home. The downpour had ceased and
the wind was dying away. New fires
blazed and smoked feebly because of
wet fuel The Chief found his mus
Giles rigid and his jaw aching with
his sympathetic tension at the strain
he knew the bridge was enduring. 1t
was as though he beheld the agony Of
WEAKNESS of some vast dumb animate
Thing.
Relentlcssly the swollen river hurled
itself against me structure. Never a
seconds rest did it gct as the swirling
waters strove to overwhelm and rend
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

Noticed into backing over on 1t to help
hold It down while Fifty-four was
crossing, was hurrying back to safer
ground. The workers on the tracks
scattered again before the approach Of
the cars of stone that shot through the
light Of the fires and out on to the
bridge, and the scarce-interrupted
fight was in progress once more
On the storm-swept bank Shelburn.
with anxiety for his little lad gnawing
increasingly at his soul, set his face
like a mask to hide his suffering and
watched the battle, directing the re-
pulse Of the enemy. More cars OF
broken stone were pushed out on the
embankment where muddy half
drowned men fought the raging stream
desperately with earth and rock and
huge mattresses of brush.
A hurrying, anxious figure struggled
through the press, seeking the Chief.
1t was the operator, with news that
the wires were gone to the south.
Message coming for you when they
failed" he added 81 only got two
words of it, Laddie u.s. before they
were lost
Better no word at all than those two
which meant the scales had turned,
but gave no hint of whether they
stood for life or death Everything
faded from the big engineers vision
except a woman who was needing him
as she bent over a child in whom
their very heartstrings were bound up.
Allah. be merciful to me coward"
he groaned 81 can't stand this. I've
got to go back to them and know"
Heaven and earth careened and
rocked and were split asunder by a
bolt of lightning that made all things
lighter than day Balls of blue fire
skipped over the windlashed waters
and from point to point of the steel
work Of the bridge For one little
moment the wind died and a great
far-off murmur was heard that carried
a monstrOus nameless menace in its
sound Then came the thunder, peal
on peal, booming. echoing, rumbling,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

men Landslides threatened where
they did not fall. washouts came with
out warning. Boyd. Of the Mantle
nance Of Way. had slept four hours In
eeventy-two: Shelburn, Chief Engineer.
not at all. At his great bridge over
the Crazy, Mahoney, his young assist
ant, had been working and watching
for two days.
Three other bridges had the river
wrested from the railroad. With the
loss of the third Holcomb had brought
from the west tall bronzed man who
had tunnelled the Rockies, spanned
mountain streams in the Himalayas.
and put a pair of rails through the
desert past the cataracts Of the Nile.
This was Shelburn, and he had held
the river bound and helpless between
the piers of the bridge he had thrown
across it. Spring after spring it had
gone stark raving crazy, tearing tooth
and claw at abutment and pier, foam
hng, frenzied. swirling. yellow demon
of stream gone utterly mad But
never in the memory Of the Oldest
crossing-fagman had there been
week like the past one. Never had the
big bridge battled for its existence as
ut was doing now. And the reports
from luc uppcT IcdCucS VI tuc AlNcI
Ioreboded ominous things.
The chief himself should be there;
only one thing could keep him away.
but overhead was that one thing
The tiny son whom Gods finger was
almost touching. The crisis would
lprobably come this night the doctors
fmaining at home. watching the stu
fntinn nv Wira hv VARYING l.
cites. yet outwardly calm. master Of
himself and his emotions. Every few
minutes there came to him echoes of
1.-THE fight with the elements without
land of that with a greater enemy in
the room above. Again the bell rang.
"Six.thirty. 354 Still rising. Ma
Money" was the message. Scarcely
had the door closed before the tele-
lphone was calling him. 1t was Nc
kelly with word that In Pine Creek
gorge six miles of track that had been
under water all day had gone out
along with a high wooden trestle
That meant that the Mineral division
was cut in two for a week to come.
But II Shelburns bridge held the main
line would be kept open.
At seven o'clock came the news
"36 feet. Still rising. Have ordered
more men and twelve cars of stone
from Pilot Junction" Along with II
was q note from Bancroft saying that
the wires were still good as far as the
bridge. but we're gone beyond Pilot
junction, north of there. Outside the
rain fell ceaselessly, dripping. splash
ing, driven against the window-panes
by furious gusts of wind. The wet
branches of tree creaked and beat
against the house as though in agony
Overhead were soft footballs and an
occasional little cry of pain that cut
the man like a knife.
Hourly the river rose and the fury
Of the wind and rain increased. Every
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

beneath the yellow river. A tremen
dous wave spread out over II and as
though in mockery, It's edge Tapped the
boots of the man whom the water had
beaten. His head and shoulders bowed
beneath the bitterness of the blow. In
addition to his benumbing WEAKNESS
there settled upon him like a leaden
cloud the conviction that down under
the food lay part of his best work and
OF a still more priceless thing. his
reputation. Only an engineer can
know in the fullest the heartsickness
Of such loss. Instinctively the others
drew back from him as though II were
indecent to look boldly upon the
strong mans helplessness and defeat.
The Crazy swept on through the
great gap in the rails. The sun burst
through the clouds and the crests OF
the river hills were touched with
glory. but Shelburn did not see. His
face was gray beneath the CRIME as
he swung up into the cab of McCul-
lough's engine and the little engineer,
peering into it. knew how he would
look when he was old. Oliver said
nothing-there was absolutely nothing
to say-and he reached for throttle
and sand-rod. Twice the steam had
shot kissing out through the cylinder
cocks when the Undiscovered unkempt
figure Of the operator bore down on
the engine. leaping the PROSTATE forms
Of the weary sleepers a he ran Mes
sage for Mr.. Shelburn. he called as
he grasped the hand-hold on The
tender
Yes, I know said the Chicf dizzy
as he took it. "The boys dead He
couldn't have lived through the night.
I knew that when came"
The telegrapher gave him a curious.
searching glance as he dropped or
Better read it," he suggested
When Shelburn looked ND from tn
paper he discovered that it vas the
most beautiful day since the world
began. For the first time he noticed
that Oliver and his fireman were the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

tance into the wind-ridden deluge
ahead and the soaking road-bed was
none too good; but 1t was a race be-
tween Shelburn and the flood and the
stake was great. Oliver took chances
he never took before He prayed to
the saints that Vlnson in the des-
patcher's chair, had a wire with which
to clear the way for him and strove
intently to see further into the lumi.
nous wall of gray that steadily re-
treated before him. For the rest he
could only trust blindly to the STAND
ing luck of an Irishman." Ninety
minutes the three men in the cab
rode through the storm with death
never far away. but the wires and the
luck and the rails held. and as they
rounded curve the first signs OF the
struggle lay before them.
For long distance back from the
bridge the tracks we're congested with
stalled trains, while on the sidings Of
the little storage yard their engines
had been pressed into service to han.
die material cars. Atlantics. Pacifics.
moguls. consolidateds, and little four
wheeler from a local. worked Impair
TALLY at their lowly task
Carried along almost without effort
by the gale at his back, Shelburn
walked rapidly past a freight train,
then the local passenger, another
freight, train of frightened bawling
cattle. and a long string OF sober ued
Pullmans. Just back of these last was
the private car Of a great singer Art
lists, passengers. brutes. and freight
awaited alike the mad will of the river
that would not let them across. As
Shelburn hurried down the tracks he
caught above the roar of the gale and
the angry waters the wonderful voice
of the singer in her car. Something
of the spirit of the night was in her
soul as she sang die Walkiire" on
the river-bank in the storm where men
and Nature fought in primeval rage
for the possession Of a bridge! The
engineers head went up as though he
heard a call to battle and, half believ'
ing, his eyes swept the inky clouds
for sight OF the Valkyries riding In
thunder.
In sheltered spots ahead hres
cleaned where kettles of coffee for the
workers were kept boiling. Swiriine
smoke from the engines drove hori
zontally from their stack through the
deluge Men hurried to and FRO
breathless. tense-faced. mud-spattered
from head to foot, their eyes red from
loss of sleep and burning with the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

Here the big passenger engine that he
had asked Bancroft for was waiting
to take him to the bridge
praise the Virgin, the winds be.
hind us on this rum" said the wiry
little engineer, oliver Mccullough. as
they sped out through the great yard
that covered dripping and almost de-
serted in the storm. The headlight
only sent its ray half the usual dis
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

six p NJ. 34.6 feet. Still rising"
'ead the brief report that was handed
% Shelburn by dripping messenger
rom headquarters. 1t was the night
pf the seventh day of almost unremit-
Tent rain, the night Of the Storm on
khe Blue Ridge division. Since noon
the Crazy River had been justifying
Ms name, rising in leaps and bounds,
FED by raging tributaries in the hills.
There was gloom in the sky, gloom in
he hearts Of the bridge and roadway
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

train possible was annulled and the
sidings began to fill to overlooking. At
eleven o'clock Mahoneys report read,
1875. Rising faster. Am putting
steam-shovel to work at Monica get
ting out rock. Need more men. Looks
bad"
On its heels came another: "Durban
reports dam Just gone out on head
waters. Can you possibly come? Ma
honey"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

shaking the solid ground beneath II.
But In that moments comparative
calm Shelburn caught the significance
Of the mufiied roaring
whistle the men off the bridget"
ne yelled to the engineer of a passing
locomotive, and. as other engines
Joined in. wild chorus of warning
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

handsomest men ne had eVak h<held
and that the big engines thunderous
exhaust were singing exultantly, Lad
die is safe, Lad-de n safe."
God! What h1Nsous nightmare
1t all was" ne said = himself as they
fed homeward thsGEsSh the gloriour
freshness - %eA eRnmer's morning
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-06

limb from limb this man-made Great.
ure that ventured to oppose them.
Down beneath the surface there was a
mighty trembling OF truss and beam.
Like an artillery fusillade came the
swapping OF bolts and rods, The Sill
perstructnre parted from the piers,
poised for a moment, and slid slowly
The Yale expositor., 1912-03-07

Uncle Jimmy-Jawcd jupiter play his
'coriun an sing:
Rabbit up the gum tree. Coon is In
the holler
Wake, snake: Juney-Bug stole hall
a dollar"
I'll sing You hymn" said Miss
Minerva patiently.
II don't want to hear YOU sing no
hymn" said Billy impolitely. Il wants
TO see Sanctified Sophy shout"
As his aunt could think of no sub
stitute with which TO tempt him in
lieu of Sanctified Sophy's shouting.
she remained silent.
An | wants Wilkes Booth Lincoln
10 dance clog" persisted her
nephew.
Miss Minerva remained silent. She
felt unable to cope with the situation
till she had adjusted her thoughts and
made her plans.
Presently Billy. looking at her
shrewdly. said:
Gimme my rabbit foot. Aunt Mi
nerva. an I'll go right off to sleep.
When she again looked in on hon
he.was fast asleep. a rosy flush on his
babyish. tear.stained cheek. his red
lips half parted, his curly head pill
lowed on his arm. and close against
his soft. young throat there nestled
the left hind foot of a rabbit.
Miss Minerva's bed time was half
after nine O'Clock. summer or winter.
She had hardly varied a second IN the
years that had elapsed since the run
away marriage of her only relative,
The Yale expositor., 1912-03-07
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"What Done Now?" Asked the Boy InnoceatIy.

Pearline sec q man churn with his
toes; lemme git chair an see IL
can't churn with my toes"
Indeed you shall not" responded
his annoyed relative positively.
"Sanctified Sophy knowed a colored
oman what had little dog went
roun' an roun' an churn fer her." re-
marked Billy after short pause. IF
you had billy boat or little nanny
could hitch him to the churn fer you
ev'ry day"
William" commanded his aunt.
don't say another word until you
have finished your work"
Can | sing?" he asked.
She nodded permission as she went
through the open door into the dining
room.
Returning a few minutes later she
found him sitting astride the churn,
using the dasher SO vigorously that
buttermilk was splashing in every di-
rection, and singing in a clear. sweet
voice:
ne ii leeu you when you Hakeu,
The orphans tear he'll dry,
He'll clothe you when you's hongry
An take you when yUu die"
Miss Minerva jerked him off with
no gentle hand.
What done now?" asked the boy
innocently. faint no harm as |
can see jes' to straddle churn.'
60 out in the front yard" COM
manded his aunt. ''and sit in the swing
till | call you. I'll finish the work
without your assistance. And, VIII
Ham," she called after him. there is
a very bad little boy who lives next
door; want you to have as little to
do with him as possible"