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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-07
SOCIETY AND STAGE
At TITANIC BENEFIT
Daughters of Two Presidents
Among Smart ASsemblage
i'll Century Theater.>

BY international News Service.
NEW YORK, Dec 6.-Bcsides being
hugo financial success, the woman S
Titanic memorial benefit at the Cen.
tury tbcatcr was social triumph. The
performance was brilliant and so was
tho audience.
Mrs. Taft occupied box and rccciv.
ed many callers during the afternoon.
Among those who sold programmes were
Miss Helen Taft and Miss Esther
Cleveland. Mrs. George j. Gould aud
Mrs. Stuyvcsant Fish chapcroued the
yourg society women. who acted as
usbers and flower and programme girls.
AS head of the woman S Titanic mem
crisl committee; Mrs. John Hays Ham.
moud made a short address, thanking
the audience, the players and the public
generally. Several thousand dollars
were realized by the affair.
Daniel Frohman was responsible for
the programme and seldom has such an
entertainments been offered 4 won
dcrful allegory III pantomimc and IN
seen chorus was one of the features II
was written especially for the memorial
by Charles Ram Kennedy and pre-
sented an impressive picture Of sea cav
crns and their uncanuy occupants.
Mmc. Nazimova and her company
| produced one-act comedy and one,
act play, Mrs jack was presented
by Mrs. Henry b. Harris S company,
including Alice Fischer. "Cissie -
Lotus and William Favcroham enacted
the balcony scene frow Romeo md Ju-
let with great effect The lovers
sceue from 'Tbc Daughter Of Heaven =
was presented 10y Viola Allen. Other
artists present were Edith Wynuc
| Mathisou. Ruth st, Denis, Nine. ST.
moue. Billie Burke, Ada Reeve, Fran
| els Cameron, .Johu Mason Francis Viii
son. George Cohan, Frank Mcintyre,
Fred Walton and William Collier. Spe-
calties from the Count Of LuNcmburg
and "Oh. oh. Delphinc, were pre-
scuted.
! \ number of army aud navy officers
! IN full dress uniform were present.
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Many Request the Royal
Ruler to Fuynish Names
and Addresses of Probable
ChriStmaSleSS Children.
ARE YOU GOING TO
BE A KRIS KRINGLE? ?
Chief of the Association MOI
Connected With NeWSpa-
per and Will Not Divulge
Identity of Member.

<l A RI. YOU going TO be anybody s
" Kris Kringle for Christmas
~ This question WAS asked
frequently yesterday in the
streets, on cars, in hotels and business
establishments and workshops through
out the city. 1t came as Il sequel 10
the appeal from Good Fellow, the rcul
Santa Claus of Salt Lake and royal
ruler Of the Order Of Good Fellows.
His proposal 10 Tighten the hearts of
children whose Yuletide might otner-
wise be cherries, prcscntless and full
OF disappointment. has awakened the
spirit of ood-fcllowship in many
breasts
Tho desire to make the little ones
happy has spread with n rapidity un-
expected to some who have affiliated
themselves with the local branch of the
order, but it did not surprise Good
Follow himself He has not been in
this city long, but for sufficient
length Of time TO judge its people. Yes
tcrday, he said he had run across more
good fellows To the square foot In Utah
than he had in many other states and
that it was this apparent humanepes5
OF -tbe men and women here that led
him TO believe it would not bc diff
cult to establish ono Of the most mag
unanimous lodges in the country.
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Y TALLEJO. Cal. Dee. Ga naval
" board was convened at the
v Mare Island navy yard today to
investigate an affair on board
the United states gunboat Vicksbura
late last night, which resulted in the re
moyal of Mrs. Andrew Muller wife Of
Vallejo saloon man. in an unconscious
condition from the vessel. Ii was re
ported last night that Mrs. Muller had
fallen down the gapgway Of the Nicks.
burg. Hcr skull is fractured and she
may die.
Today's session Of 4hc naval board
was held behind closed doors, with Com.
mandcr Richard Douglas of the supply
ship Glacier presiding. AL of the OFF.
GERS OF the Nicksburg were questioned
and a report of the findings OF the board
was forwarded to tho department. in
Washington
1t is alleged by the police Of Vallejo,
who conducted separate investigation,
that they have evidence TO show that
Mrs. Muller did not fall down the gang
way as at first reported, but that she
was struck on the head by beer bottle.
hurled by the wife of an officer with
whom she had been dining.
A second woman, included in the mid
night dinner party, it is said by the 20.
lice, is an employee of candy store in
San Francisco.
The identity of the two officers al.
legged to have entertained the women on
tho gunboat has not vet been made
public.
The first news Of the affair received
by the police came through telephone
message FROM the cruiser South Dakota,
docked near the Vicksburg. A woman
telephoucd from the South Dakota to
Dr.. Doran Of this city TO send an ambu-
lance TO meet launch, carrying m IN
iurcd woman across Vallejo channel,
The person who couversed with the
doctor over the telephone said she was
Mrs. Emil Swenson, wife of the chief
gunner aboard the South Dakota.
The visit of the women TO the gun
boat is said TO have resulted from an
acquaintance formed at a ball given on
the Nicksburg Thanksgiving eve by the
officers and crew.
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WOMAN SLOWS AWAY
ON BATTLESHIP KANSAS

GALVESTON, Tex" Dee, Ga woman
was a passenger aboard the United states
battlCship Kansas which. with other vcs-
sells OF Admiral F'letcher's fleet, arrived in
Galveston haroor today from New Or
leans.
The woman. whose name could not be
ascertained. was found hidden In the
bunkcrs clad IN mans clothing. She said
she was pcnnllcss and boarded the bat
tlcship just before II left New Orleans.
in tho hope that she might remain in
hiding until the fleet was headed Tor
Philadelphia, where she said her rela-
tiVcs iiSc.
Jackics aboard the Kansas made a
pure To dctray tho expenses OF her jour
ncy 10 Philadelphia,
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Busy at His Desk.

Good Fellow was found al his desk
with pile of letters before him. They
had beeu sent by applicants for mem
borship, These responsive good fellows
Offered congratulations to the royal
ruler and told him how glad they would
be TO purchase toys and candy for kid
parents we're too poor TO fill the Christ
mas stockings appropriately. Good
Fellow sent them the names and ad-
dresses Of little ones who needed a
Santa Claus The good fellows viii
now make their purchases and, either
on or before Christmas eve, they Will
deliver or send the packages TO those
Christmaslcss homes.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-07
MAY
DON TROUSERS
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait Tells
Women Chinese Females Have
Most Sensible Garb.

BY International News Service,
NEW YORK, Dec. G.-Suffragettc
trousers promise To become the latest
addition to the movement here,
When Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, the
international suffrage leader, told a
gathering Of suffragists today at the
Hotel Astor how the Chinese women
led the women of the world in their
way of dressing, which she said. rs
sensible, sanitary and artistic,' her re-
marks were greeted with a storm OF ap-
proval,
"Mauy of the Chinese women of the
North wear skirt over their trous.
ers, explained Mrs. Gait. who recent
ly visited the orient. but in the
south the women merely wear trousers
aud coat. J think il would be a good
thing il we copied their dress. While
We believe VIC arc the most independent
women in the world, we arc the great
- slaves 10 fashion,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-07
Takes Rat Poison.

DR.. John Il. Hill. 46 years of age,
linguist, mctaphysician aud globe-trot
ter, mcmber of rich Chicago family
but known to salt Lake only as a police
court character, died at the emergency
hospital at police headquarters at &
o clock last night from the effects of
poison taken with suicidal intent.
Yesterday morning DR.. Hill was re-
leased from the city jail after serving
thirty days for vagrancy. The cup OF
his dependency was made TO overflow
when he was refused entrance to sew
cral clothing stores ut which be tried
10 buy clothes. Finding that because
Of his tramp-likc appearance he could
not spend his money with the clothiers
he tried The saloons with better success.
Finally he purchased bottle Of whisky
4 bottle of chill sauce and bottle of
rat poison and drank them all. Then
he applied for ticket to picture show
but was stopped in the lobby by an
usher and turned over To the police
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Good Fellow Talks.

Good Fellow has quit his task of
garneriug shckels in the marts Of trade.
From now until December - he will
devote his whole time and attention to
being good fellow. lie will make his
vacation of doing this work and con
tributing thousands of postage stamps
and the salaries of clerks and assistants
in carrying on good fellowship mail
order business. His example logged
the humanity of so many all.the-ycar-
round souls of commerce that cmu-
lators aud imitators arc entering
the field He welcomes them. He be
ljevcs that there cannot be TOO many
good fellows. that there are enough
toylcsS firesidcs for all who care 10 en-
ter and spread JOY. Good Fellow added:
And i'm writing that matter about us.
please be careful not TO give your
readers the impression that they can
overworl< US. We have nothing else
la do, and We wish TO do IL now. Re
member, also, that this is great
secret organization. The watch
words are secrecy and silence Tell
all the good scouts that they can
play Santa Claus without anybody's
ending 81 ont except themselves and
me. and 7 won't tell Their names are
not spread around and never go near
q newspaper office.
You know. there are thousands or
good fellows at heart who seem TO
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-07
VIEWS VERDICT NOT
EGAL, LAWYER SAYS

'ernhtsonai News Service.
pRADO, Kaus.. Dee. 6.-Thc
y of Eldorado's jury of women
ttacked in a motion for "A now
~ the case of II. ii, Boeck VS.,
4 oehrelbcr, filed bv Schrcibcr s
'Ss today. The motion alleges
1e court, on its own motion, aud
'nc objections Of the defendant
iist Of women aud caused Jury
Itmpapelcd from that number 10
case. According to the motion
Hs MAS drawn without warrant
and the members were no,
~ TO sit AZ jurors by law. as
<pifS were not in the Jury box
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-07
COUNCIL SENDS IT'S
MAYOR TO SCHOOL

Special Gable to The Tribune.
PALERMO. Dec. 6.-According TO
the request of the town council, Count
Pistolfi, newly elected mayor OF San
Stefano near here, has consented to
learn to read and write. and is taxing
lessons from a tutor employed by the
council.
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Philosopher, Genius
and Brilliant Doctor, Was
Son of Rich Chicago
Family.
SWALLOWS RAT POISON
AND EXPIRES IN JAIL.
Inquiries From Former ASSo-
clates Reveal Drunkard as
Eminent Man; In Salt
Lake Two Years.

uTA7 ELL. Doc Hill is dead; took
Mf poison and died few min
" utes ago in tho emergency
hospital, WAS the Iaconic
comment that went the rounds of police
headquarters last night at 6 O'Clock.
Such was the casual notice taken Of
The death of police court character
who had spent most Of the nights dur
ing the two years that Salt Lake has
known him in Jail or In the basement Of
the old city hall where tramps are given
beds to keep them out Of the cutters.
Such ordinarily would have been
tho final comment upon The pass
ing of one of the many
pieces of human hotsam that
the murky eddics of life swirl finally
into the potter field. The remark,
however, was caught up by knowing
one and flashed across continent. Back
from many cities in the United States
came the question, "What of the death
of DR.. John r. Hille''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-07
DEMOCRATS HOLD UP
TAFT APPOINTMENTS
Partisan Row Breaks Out in
Senate, With Threats Made
on Both Sides.
HN lnternational Nows seryiee.


NM brewing row over patronage
Wv IN the senate broke this after
noon when Senator iIokc
Smith Of Georgia deliberately prevent
cd an executive session in which the Re-
publlcans intended to confirm a big list
of brand new Taft appointments. In.
side of three minutes senators on both
sides were promising war TO The kuifc
and there is every indication that these
promises viii be very scrupulously kept.
Democrats complain that President
Taft, now that the sands of his admin
istration are running low, has arranged
TO put 800 or 400 Republicans in Office
| for four years terms. where, safeguard
| cd by the civil service they can fling
defiance at the incoming president and
form the nucleus Of the new Republican
party.
The Democrats in tho senate have an
uouuccd that this would not bc permit
| ted. Today byrcfusiug to allow su cx-
ccutivc session they put the first skids
under the Taft arrangements,
! Senator Smith headed of the cXccu-
| tive session by raising the point Of no
I quorum. He was acting, not for him,
self alone, but for the Democratic lead.
crs and the Rcpublieaus knew it. As
the Archibald session had concluded
there was nothing to do but adjourn
! Tho Republican senators Immediately
got their heads together on the floor
aud from them presently issued tho
threat that il the Democrats wanted
war thcy should have it.
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Admits Suicide Intent.

At the emergency hospital he told OF
his debauch and said he had planned
that it should be the last. lie wss at
tended by DR.. II. =. Sprague, who found
that the poison had burned his throat
and stomach fcarfully. He lived only
two hours.
Hill came here about TWO years ago.
He was well known to several members
Of the medical profession and was rec
ognizcd rs man of most brilliant
mind. He bad studied in the Baltimore
Medical college, the Bellevue Hospital
college of New York and the Northwest
crn university of Chicago. He spoke
four modern languages flueptly and had
visited almost every land on tho globe.
Though be was hopeless drunksrd, he
denied that nc was drug 6cnd.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-07
VIII Retaliate.

You Will not have much OF a ma
jority yourselves after the Ath Of next
March, Il Republican senator told the
bclligercnt Democrats. ''lf YOU are 90
ing through with this plan to keep all
of Mr.. Taft's appointces from getting
the offices they have been given, we
will do the same thing when President
Wilson begins to make appointments. -
To this threat the Democrats listened
attoUtiycly but said less. One of the
leaders annoupccd before leaving the
floor that the objection 70 Taft appoint
meuts would 20 right along. no matter
how much the Republicans clustered.
cit is one thing" said this sena-
tor, ''for il Republican president who
has a minority of votes in the electoral
college to try 10 wish on the whole pco.
pic of this country lot of his minor.
| ity office holders, who have been re-
pudiatcd as distinctly as he has been
1t is quite another thing for an incom
lug Democratic president TO mako ap
pointments which he is justified in
making by the overwhelming vote by
which he was put into Office. II Tho
Republicans try TO stop Mr.. Wilson
Continued OH Page Three.
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Father Is Rich.

The father Of the unfortunate man is
the rich Judge W. y. IIiil OF IA East
Chestnut street. Chicago. FiiIl received
money from home regularly, never hav-
Ing practiced his profession here. though
he is said 10 have done so at Buffalo.
y. Y. and at Chicago While he was
prone to tell little about his personal
affairs. he IL said 10 have intimated that
his wandering was brought about
through trouble between himself and
stcpbrothcr living at homo.
Several doctors OF this city who be-
came interested In TIil and came 10
recognize his remarkable gifts. did every
thing 10 save the man from himself. bu,
he could never be Interested in anything
except tho workings OF Nis own analytic
mind and seemed satiseed with every
thing that life had TO offer except his
own intensely pcsslmjstic philosophy He
was broadly read. indulging oftentimes
IN ironic criticisms OF such authorities
as Huxley and Spencer. lie was undonb,-
edly acquainted with many Of The strange
and weird corners OF the earth. and with
the habits and customs of people. hiSR
and low, OF many lands and climes.
His was by iar the most brilliant
mind that / have ever known, but was
a hopeless paranoiac. self-centered and
unable 10 take a healthy interest in
ANYTHING but problems of the most alb
s,ruse nature" WAS the remark laet
nigh, OF a physician who knew him
well.
While he had not ;hr desire TO prac-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-07
Westerners in New York.
Q The Tribune

YORK. Dee. C.-The following
'eTs arc registered at New York
ISt Parh Avenue. y. H. Biescit.
y L. Bissctt; at Hotel Aator, 4.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-07
ALLIES
q g DIVIDING SPOILS
j + ding Assembling Of
a. aa ace Confab in Lon
Nm, Bulgaria and 9th.
!, D
n, = n Are Cutting Up the
italisT
as wards of Their Vic
.alries Over the Turks,

.In b
or he Special Correspondent Of the In
~ hatlonal News Service and the Lon
alrsr Chronlcle)
no 4 fIENNA, Dee. 6.-The report Of
,,y Consul General Prochasba on
al I'll ihc alleged Scrvian outrages al
|. r. " Prisrend. which was to have
's d pubIishcd on Monday, has not yet
.-l Its appearance and no explanation
T TIe delay is given.
M the other hand it has become
~ IN that the insults at PriSrcud tO
= Austrian consul and the flag were
lie 4e1traordiuary nature and that al
= \, d,e humiliatiuc satisfaction will be
Mis- from Scrvia.
MI nj "a demands, 1T is said. will include
.rlnoyal Of General Jankoyic as q
commander and the degradation
.; officers who took part in the out
''''' THAT a ScrViaD regiment shall
Iusrsh past the Austrian consulate aud
s,yhf The Austriau Nag, and King Pc
- ID full dress, shall visit the Aus,
minister at Belgrade and apollo
Brow
Il. In
- g believed that the foreign minis
Bfofl touDt Nou Bcrchtold. is still cX
NJ TO arrive at an understanding
.. fR principle i'm question with Ser.
~ which case the question Of sat.
hon might be solved by less dra
,Yomrst measures.
I9s ding Spoils.
MNDON, Dec. 6.-Pcnding of tho
n' Voiing of the peace delegates in
.-.e pp, The Balkan allies arc occupied
pta,i ,,y fcparing a joint draft Of the dc,
~ 10 be made upon Turkey and il
ATlu}aerstood, exchanging communiea
-cc with view to arriving at an
~ meut defining their own mutua
.rils Atious,
d ~ FORMAL acceptance Of all tho pow
,scutf> send delegates 80 the ambassa
eSp. eonfcrcncc to be held in Loudor
IN retpot yet been received. but there
n coz reason to suppose there will h,
,,nor "e Clay in the assembling of the con
accoS e.
,.,rs opposition OF Greece in refusing {,
ut ~ nc armisticc remains UNCHANGED
Ell .S,r freeks arc said TO DC con,iuuip.
dciys campaign on the island of Chic
a. as.s - .janina and their ships are close
custS' Frhine foreign steamers found bc
nss, nsss, p.Ithc DardaucIIes and Smyrna.
line y reported from Vienna that Ser
nc nc 'Sit set up several batteries on th
mad. Pauk OF the Danube, opposite tb
'sSdis ssnis krinu town Of Orloya.
Nspateh TO the Times from SoG
ANS perc is reason TO believe that
49, Ptory disposition prevails n
o00 ! aud that Greece viii sign tb
uee before the peace conferene
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TREASURE

Read in Tho Sunday Tribune
about Hunting Ancient Treasure in
Deep Sea Automobiles.
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Continued on Page Three .
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Salt Lake Metal Prices:
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NAVY OFFICERS WIFE
INJURIES HER RIVAL
Court OF Inquiry ConyeneS to
Solve Mystery of ARRAY
on Gunboat.
ONE VICTIM MAY DIE
Beer Bottle Hurled With
Great Force Breaks Skull
of Woman.

Y TALLEJO. Cal. Dec. Ga naval
board was convened at the
v Mare Island navy yard today to
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-26
PersonaIs,

Miss Bessie Myers. who has been
the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Car
penter, Of Pittsburg avenue Tor seys
eral days. returned tcs her home A.
New MartinsYllle Wednesday.
Miss Grace stealey Is spendIpg this
week with friends at Grafton. \
Mr.. Lloyd Borgess. who has been
in Pittsburg since the first of the
year, came up Wednesday and feturn.i
ed the same day
Mr.. Austin Stealey made a sbustiless
trip to Grafton yesterday
Mrs. Thomas Carpenter, OF Pitts.
burg avenue, was the guest ess MRS.
Jennie Nuzum Of the Fifth ward, yes
terday. ~ ~
Miss Lessle Jacobs, Of the Flats.
near Morgantown, Is the guest otsrel
atiyes in the city.
Mr.. Samuel Horner, Of Glover's Gap,
is spendln ga few days with his sis
tiers, Mrs. Brpmmage and Mrs. Myers.
Miss Myers. OF Moundsyiile. Is here.
to see her brother, who is very III at
the home of Mr.. +. H. Brummage
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S THE SANE HELEN TRFF
Wholesome Nature Of tie Presidents
panahts j LInafieeted ~ Lime
liabt 81 Publicity.

The place that mnHic occupie n the
life OF Mrs. TAFT bids fair 70 he flled;
for her daughter, Helen. by literature
and the languages. Her special gift
for the latter was manifested as a
child in the Philippines, and her keen
enjoyment Of the Latin and Greek
studies has grown with the progress
OF her education. Miss Taft has
crossed the Pacific four times, and
during her residence in Manila she
learned to speak Spanish and the ma
tive jargon known as Tagalog. Shells
also a good French and German schol-
ar. Though much Of a student, Miss
Taft is fond Of out Of door sports.
She is sturdy and an optimist. Her
smile comes readily to her lips and
even more readily to her deep blue
eyes. She is just the natural Ameri-
can girl without fFills, a good, strong
mind in a sound body. She is moth
erly person TO her small brother,
Charles P. Taft H., who looks with awe
on his tall, stately looking sister, and
he expresses more admiration for her
than he does for any Of his exalted
relatives During vacation times she
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-26
By H. L. RAM
The PRIMARY LAW

The primary law benehcen enactment designed
Of the millennium makes it crime for candidate 10
the face OF an incorupbe cleo
the certified check Under the p
the the office usually seeks
his life and printing bill that
be able to deceive his neghDos by
his and mea and joining the y NJ u A. u
candidate primary election his family VIII eaHe
they been harboring crook in the nome CIR
Gle This mans friend because OanKups
candidate who awed his way
congress primary election without morsas"g the family
1863 and accrued interest IN m
requirements flow OF burning words ana
gedged rating candidate have the words but he
helpless grandma on roller skates Inc
primary has the odhoned political boss
with the neck and board OF
relieve Of the trouble OF naming the candidates and writ
PLATFORM primary popular in money is
delivered for six bits enearest poll
ling places 8 h5 fs|Y5t.S qstl,s f-e4 s. ttsa