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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-25
THISTLES PAY
BURNS TRIBUTE
Celebration Of Bard s Birthday
is Largely Attended and
Pleasant Function.

The Salt Lake Thistle Social club held
its annual Robert Burns celebration in
the Arcadia banquet hall, l4S South Main
street last night. About go membors
was passed with feasting. speech making,
singing and music. One OF the hits OF
the event was a woman piper, Miss Janet
McNiel Harris, in native reGala. She
and Angus Craig were the plperS of the
night.
William Nisbet. president OF the club,
delivered an address of welcome and in
trodticed w. Crawford Anderson. mast er
OF ceremonies. The master read tele-
grams from Mayor Samuel C: Park.
king OF England, Andrew Carnegie and
others
The programme included a song by J.
Donaldson, piano selection by Jeanie
Thomas %. Nisbet toast by W. d Liv-
ingstone. solo by William Cook. original
poem by Davie Henderson song 10y Cath
crime Henderson song bv Ciarabel Gardi-
ner. toast by William Service and songs
by the assemblage.
present were Lizzie Robinson. vice presi-
dent: Robert Gordon, scrgesn t-at- -arns
lanes McGrath, vice president, Jeanie
Proudfoot, vice president; Simon Grieve,
w. Crawford Anderson. chaplain; Judge
James McMaster, Duncan McAlister.
William Wilson OF Ogden, r. Fl. Roberts,
James and David l." Murdoch. Piper
Ben McPhie, David Anderson, William
Gray. A. Gardner. \, II. F'indlay OF Seat
tish clans; #. Z, Lyman, chief OF the
Scottish clans DR.. y, l.. Barnard, past
chief Of the clans; Charles Craig. secre-
tary OF the clans; James Irvine, flnan-
Hood. James Fulton. Craig Robert Mar
shall and Thomas Sprunt
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-25
JEWISH SOCIETY
WORK DISCUSSED
Stanley Bcro, Social Worker
and Writer, Tells Of Help
to immigrants.
TAKES IN WIDE RANGE
Making Of Good American
Citizen Is First Thought,
lie Says.
TAKES IN WIDE RANGE

STANLEY Bero. social worker and
writer. and national educational organ
izcr for the Hebrew Sheltering and I'M
migration Aid society Of New York
city. arrived in Salt Lake from the
east yesterday. and will lecture az the
3 mai Birth hall on Third East street
tomorrow evening. The subject Of his
lecture will be ''Tbc Making of an
American The lecture will be free
and the general public is invited The
lecture VIII be illustrated with stere'
opticon slides.
When seen at the Hotel Utah last
night, Mr.. Bero talked entertaining
Of the work in which he is engaged.
The Hebrew Sbelterine and ImmigTa.
lion Aid society is en- organization
which for years has looked after the
welfare OF Jewish people arriving from
the old world at the various seaport
cities Of tho country For example.
irn1r ediately after his arrival the im-
migrant is met BY one Of his own peo'
pie. who is delegated to do all in his
Dowcr for the newcomer in the way Of
advising him as TO whore TO go. what
10 do and how TO do It. The society
does not advertise itself as a chariia
bic organization, but if anything re.
Scnbling charity is needed it is cheer
fully given
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FRUITGROWERS
WILL MEET TO-DAY
Special Committee Of Reprcsen-
tative IIorticuIturists Out
line Plans for Work.

Tie present needs OF the frtdtgroHlng
Industry in Utah and plans for The de-
vslopmeni of the industry on large
scale will be discussed AZ the Commercial
club this forenoon. when special COM
nlittec of twenty eight hortlculturists,
appointed at the annual convention OF
the State Horticultural society at Og-
den VIII hold its flrst meeting.
drawn up by J. Edward Taylor. state
Horticultural Inspector, who Is also Sec
retary OF the organization. will be dis
cussed al length. The committee is rep
resentauve OF the different fruitgrow-
ing districts OF the state. A perma-
nent chairman WIN he elected at the
meeting. Following are the members Of
the committee:
Salt Lake county. J. G. Stay, j. W.
Fox, Jr.. Charles @. Plummer: Davis
county, E. j.. Hanson. 4. n. Miller. G,
W. Palmer; Weber county, NJ. p. Brown
NJ Jacobs II. II Thompson; Cache
county, l.. a Ball. Ras Rasmussen. r
L, Campbell: Boz ElGeI county, o. II.
Ward J. P. Christensen, Moroni Nor
tensen. Utah county w. II. Homer. Jr,.
j. Is Walton j. s. Page; members at
large, DR. A. G. Goddard, Spanish Fork
]. NJ White Ogd en-; j. Il. WIigh Ogden
W IT.. Crasun, Ogden; Orson Cazier.
Nephi: L. G, Miller Murray. j o, Smith,
Calderparll: r. W Musser, Salt
Lake; u. i, Smith. Pennington; Lewis
Schoppe. Woods Gross; J. Edward Tay-
lor, Salt Lake.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-25
SWEAR COMPANY
CAUSED CAVE-1N
Miners Who Worked Utah Apex
Under Lease Sue for
$20.450 Damages.

sur To collect $40. 40 damages said to
have been suffered through the wrongful
acts Of the defendants was filed in the
district court yesterday by NJ p. Kirk
and John B Sewell. mining engineers,
against tho Utah Apex Mining company
and Vernon S. Rood. its superintendent
Rood Is alleged to have deliberately
caused certain raise In the company q
mine at Bingham to cave In so as to
prevent the plaintiffs from extracting ore
during the period OF their lease Accord
ing 10 the complaint, Kirk and Sewel
obtained n fifty-tour day lease on the
mine, under which they were to extract
all ores developed by them. Proceed
Ing to work the mine, the engineers un-
covered valuable ore bodies, il is de-
clared, but were prevented from realiz-
Ing on their plans by reason Of the cave
in. which barred them from entering the
property. The lease expired before the
caven was repaired.
The. company and, it's supsrintendent
are charged with having deliberately
caused tho cave-in to hinder the plain
t!ffs. The net value OF the ore that
might have been extracted is placed at
$50. 900, and an additional damage OF $3.50
Is sought 70 cover the expense incurred
in clearing the cave-in.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-25
SALT LAKE Y. ". GIL
HAS BRIGHT RECON
Reports Made at Celehr.,.)
of Seventh Birthday Giv,|
Cause for Congratulation
ALMOST lNDEPENDEN,
Commercial Club VIII {,
tend Support by Actiy,
Work of Efficient Men.
ALMOST lNDEPENDrsI

Surprising all records as ,.a
thropy which is filling a ,.,l '.-
The Young Women S Christian
ton celebrated last night il, -.
birthday as a local organizat;o, II
a report Of which all those co,,...
with 1t were justly proud .l,t.
by reason OF the various line, ~
attempted, there must be much ~.
diture, yet so well have the v,,;,-
partments been managed that n. !
cal organization shows itself Ia i
per cent self sustaining, two =, \
departments having more lila, ~
their way for the past. twelve mo:a'
Added to this record come. Is. !
surancc made last night tb,oro, 3
Rev. p. A. Simpkin that the Con,s
cial club stands ready 10 back 8, i
work OF the organization az a ~
and twenty of its best men will ,a:
raising the necessary funds h r..
paying for Gordon academy. gbish i
association purchased last wear asd',
put the buildings there in ,hsn.
carry on the work. The sum m,IS !
ready was donated BY three sss,'
women who were interested : n
work: so that SO far Salt Laler. ,
of whom profit by this local mil =,
ropy, have not been asked 10 oSs !
HarI the nmrrhasn lt ILL N'e
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Good Work Is Done.

Now. what We try 10 do for the
.IcTiah immigrants the y. NJ C A.
and the American Immigration
league are end ca vorine 10 do for other
immigrants. OF course. the step has
been a recent one. and even the
,Daushtcrs OF the Connecticut Chap
ter Of the American Revolution,
through John Foster Carr. have late
L. issued n guide book in Polish. Yid-
dish and Italian, each aiming to give
special outlines and interpretations
Of our country.
This Is good work II broadly ap-
plies Americanjsm and ] am Glad 10
say that so far as tho Hebrew
Shcltcr'inc and Immigrants Aid So
',icty Is concerned under the able
leadership OF Judge Leon Sand ers.
and men OF the highest type. like
fudge Julius Mack. Judge Meyer
Sullzbcrger. Louis Marshall. Herbert
Elkins. Max ]. Kohler, Oscar s.
Straus and Jacob IT. Schiff: is do
ing tho work in hand IN a manner
that has received approval from The
leading men OF the country and
Soros0
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-25
CITY AND VICINITY

ALLEGED TO have stolen $3.50 while
home OF TT. S. Knight, II Twelfth East
street. j. c. Wilkinson, a laborcr. 50
years of age, was arrested at his home
at the corner OF Fifth avenue and X
street. yesterday by Detectives Gillespie
and Lyon. and charged with petty lar
ccny.
GEORGE e. M'cARN, general superin-
tendent of the Mountain States Tele-
phone & Telegraph company'S plant at
Denver. and DR. John A. Widtsoe. presi-
dent Of the Utah Agricultural college at
Logan, Utah. were yesterday admitted to
nonresident membership in tho Com
mercial club,
o. C, ssEBE, cashier OF lions Saw
ing bank. will leave today for Los An
seles, where he Will remain several days.
the trip would be one OF pleasure.
THE COMMERCIAL clubs committee
on sanitation and public welfare held il
short routine session yesterday, as did
also the executive committee Of the pub
licity bureau.
PREPARATIONS ARE being made by
the ladies of the First Methodist church
for their annual membership banquet,
which will be held in the church parlors
February l2
THE SALT LAKE Real Estate asso-
citation met yesterday in the Commercial
club and discussed proposed legislation.
The next meeting Will be held in two
weeks.
JOSEPH SILVER OF Silver Brothers
iron works has recovered from n serious
operation. He has been confined TO his
bed about two weeks.
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INTERNAL, PERHAPS.
BUT NOT MACHINE
Frightened Citizen Calls Off
GERS, to Find That Danger
Is Not External.

'.HelIo. is this the police station?''
asked an agitated voice al 8 O'Clock
last night.
eyes. What's the troublc' y
rumblcd Captain john J, Roberts.
"Why, a-say," resumed the agi-
tated voice, "there 8 an internal ma
chine up hore. Some one left it on
our porch. and it's apt to go of any
minute and blow lie all to kingdom
come. / don't know what TO do with
it. and a-apd-'
"All right broke in the captain.
''give me your address and will send
q man up to look into 1t.
"Send him up TO 5l6 Fourth East
street, but we would rather your
man would tako it away from here be
fore he looks into it. =
The address proved to be the home
Of +. r. Barrel, a clerk at the Gala
han book store. When Motorcycle
Patrolmau A. G.. Husbands and Chaut
feur Dennis Sullivan arrived In the
auto patrol they found that Mr. Bar
rel had coaxed the internal machine
into q scoop shovel and translcrred II
carefully to the roof of the coal shed
1t was a small wooden box-like affair
about 6xSxl4 inches.
Patrolman Husbands examined it II
the glare Of his fash lamp, Next h'
vrcnched off the lid. Inside were
dozen neat little pasteboard boxes
Evidently here was A collection or in
formal machines, Chauffeur Sullivan
ripped one open and tasted the con
tents,
"Gce whizz, look at the cop ca
that dynamite; sure it's dynamite
don 4 it look like sawdust?'' howlcd I
youngster as he disappeared aroun'
the corner of neigbboring house.
'Tnfernals is right, gTumblc'
Chauffeur Sullivan as he spat vigorous
ly. "Ipfernal poor breakfast food i,
sample packages. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-25
TO KEEP
TAB ON SCHOOLS
Inspection Schedule For Outly,
ing Districts Arranged by
Health Commissioner

d.. S g Paul. city health commls-
sioner YESTERDAY completed a schedule
for school inspection under the district
nurse department, lie has arranged the
various public schools in geographical
groups, and each OF the two district
nurses recently appointed by the city
commission viii be assigned certain
schools TO be visited on day and hour
designated by tile schedule.
The schedule goes into effect next
TUESDAY morning. Monday DR., Paul will
deliver lecture at a meeting of school
principals, In which he VIII acquaint
them With his plan OF dlstrct nurse
supervision. Full co-opera ton has been
assured the health commission in this
work by the school authorities.
Following is the schedule Of school IN
specuions. II viii DC noted that only the
outlying schools are included. Those
more centrally loca ted VIII be banded
ss usual by the health department, cN-
elusive Of the district nurses
Monday and Wednesday. at S:SG q. m .
the Emerson. Hamilton Webster En-
sign and Irving: Monday and Wednes-
day. at i2:to p. M. the Hawthorne.
Whittier. Forest Dale; Tuesday and
Thursday, $40 n. m. the Franklin. Pop
lar Grove. Jefferson and Riverside; Tues
day and THURSDAY, l2:i5 p m, Jackson
and Onequa (Jordau school will obtain
permits and undergo inspection at the
Onedun); Wednesday and Friday morn
inss, Lincoln school. Tuesday and Fri
day mornings. Washington school: Fri
day morning al 10 o'clock, Bonneville
school
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Purpose of Visit.

Mr.. Bcro's visit 10 sal. Lake City and
the wcst Is much in the nature OF a pre-
c7utlonary nature. ASIDE from his desire
10 aequaint his people with the splendid
work that his society Is doing IN the
way Of assisting Immigrants. On this
point inc said:
!; will only 6c a comparatlyc,v
short tlmc until mo Panama cana
wiz DC opened. Wnne we do not
know. IL IS reasonable 10 suppose
that many or our people coming here
from the old world vii, take the
iJthnIn route and innd at Pacific
coast ports. lf So VIC desire 10 ue
In position 10 give them evcT1- aid
In orr power. il Is al littlc far ahaud
30 decide Just what We viii do. o.
iust how sc vii, DO t. but NO ;'-
tend - be IN i position 10 assist
i'lcnl IN cveIt Hnx nnssihlc
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WIFE WANTS DIVORCE
DECREE SET ASIDE
Charges Husband With Fail
ure TO Keep Promises That
Induced Her Suit.

Charging that she consented TO oripg
divorce proceedings against him at his
nsii gait and on his promise to pay
her $3.50 alimouv and buy her rail-
road ticket back to her parents in New
York Cora l.. Griffith yesterday filed
suit i'm the district court against wal
ter +. Griffith, asking that the decree
entered in her favor several weeks ago
be declared null and void,
IT, j. Robinson, an attorney. IS sc'
cused hy Mrs. Griffith of having con-
spircd with her husband to persuade her
10 institute divorce proceedings by
making false promises. Having re
ceivcd no alimony nor railroad ticket as
promised, she asks to have the decree
set aside on the ground that 1T was
obtained on false pretcnses.
According 10 the compliant, MIS-
Griffith was served with n copy OF n
divorce suit her husband had planned
to file against her last September. SeV-
eral DAYS later, il is declared, Attorney
Robinson called on her and represented
TO her that il would save scandal and
would look better on the public record
if she brought the divorce instead oil
her husband. Further, he promised
that Griffith WAS willing 10 pay the
alimony and buy the railroad ticket as
soon as the decree was entered. Con
senting TO this arrangement. Mrs. Grit
fifth allowed Robinson TO file the papers
for her.
1t is further alleged that Mrs
Griffith WAS suffering from nerVoue
prostration when she signed the papers
conscntine to the divorce procedure
and Was not in fit condition TO realize
II
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-25
PEDESTRIANS ESCAPE
EXPLOSION IN STREET

An explosion Of accumulated gas
bursted off the lid OF conduit manhole
opposite the east entrance of the new
Keith O'Brien store on State street
throwing the broken pieces nearly a nun
dred feet in the air. at 5:25 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon
Pedestrians who were within seeing
distance were startled TO see the heavy
cast iron lid start from the ground In
many pieces and start skyward, followed
second later by tho detoDatlon Of the
explosion. For n moment they stared
then remembering the axiom OF youth
that What goes up must come down, !"
they began dodg1ng into doorways to
escape literal hall OF scrap iron
Though several people In the street had
narrow escapes, no one was struck by
the descending pieces. An accumuIa ,lon
OF gas IN the conduit Is thought to have
been ignited from some distant point
from where The blowout occurred.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-25
LITIGATION Likely
OVER CITY WAIE1
Irrigation Companies Claim Sn'
of Flow Mining Concern 1
Would Sell,

Should the city decide to aSam
offer of the Canton Mining coMpsa'
sell rights to water deyeiope9n n,i. -
Hecla, tunnels at the head OF L',p'Sh
tonwood canyon, near Ana, -s
come involved With various ,,,,a MI 4
companies claiming rights III LAW
tonwood canyon. ,,,, eo-5t1
The Union Jordan irrisauon . .stiss
yesterday addressed cominun,SSsusIS, Sss.S,
lie city commission claiming Ii;
teenths of the primary Ta'eL ~ ~
Cottonwood and warning tne e"i L
attempting 20 acQuire rights. ~ IN
clared that by talking the NAJ .I,y n.
oped In the mining tunnels tne "a Ssr
be robbins the regular creek I'M % d,
". II. Rorne. city water I,,n. cyi Il
er. does not consider the oAet 81, NJ
Canton company worth while ru ssId h
bio from any standpoint. ne ,unrts
terdaJ that by developing the he,',m .w' Ssll
question the water obtained woi isssS :
sarily drain largely from 'ns ,ror. s
ters OF Big Cottonwood - v wCn3
owned by the city. and nus c,pply
but robbing one source oa ihs p,gI
another. II is not likely tnio,sls tnao , Is {
sition will be considered serious"
commission
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-25
ROOM|NC HOUSES
DENIED LICENSES
City Commissioners Stand by
Chief of Police; Will Close
Eight Places,

Concurrn= with the recommendations
OF the chief of police, the city ccm'nie-
sion in executive session yesterday
afternoon. denied the apr,lca lions Of
eight roonling house proprietoTs FOR rc-
ncwal OF licenses. The effect OF Inc
decision Will be the abolition OF ihe
houses In question unless legal procedure
depoSed proprietois.
The applications were denied on INC
showing Of the police department That
thc roominr house Keepers were violating
the la by selling liquor illegally and
By conducting resorts Tor fallen women
For more than week the comm sslon
has been sitting in almost daily sessions
as q board OF inquiry. festtmon! has
been taken on bot, sides. Startling
revelations Or vice ana depraritT were
n,ade by the police department. but the
testimony was categoricaly denied o.
witnesses for tho rooning houses. \
host OF lawyers have appeared on behalf
OF the roonlng houses and the city at
torncy has acted FOR the city in the
capacity OF q prosecutor
The roo'ninc houses that Will be forced
out of business as n result the de-
cision are as follows:
Palace. 32e South West Temple street,
sial7 Bruna. AZ west First South street;
St. Cecile hotel. 23S South State street.
4. c. larsen. proprietor; Imperial hotel,
30 South State street, Fred Paulsen,
proprietor, i]Otel EcS, ZSl SOutn Slalc
street. James Metcalfe proprietor; Gift
house Third South and Mai streets,
Della Schaaf. proprietor: Mrs. A. Eek
stedt. 50 East Second South street; Nellie
Campbell. 8 West Second South street
Appeals TO the district court urdoubt-
edy will be taken or behalf OF these
rooming houses. II Is declared by their
legal counsel. The power of the. city
questioned on the ground that such ac-
ton amounts TO conhscation Of property.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-25
SUPREME COURT
DENIES MOTHERS PLEA

BY denying her petition for refearing
tue supreme court yesterday shattered
Mrs. Belle Hansnn's last hope OF regain
ing possession OF lIer babe through pro-
cess or Law. The last recourse OF the
law j. now eXlra listed and her child is
lost forever to her,
Mrs. Hanson is tho wite oe q prominent
san Franciscan. She surrendered her
babe 10 an orphanase in 1909 and the
orphanagc gave the child 10 Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. B, Gray Of Salt Lake To rear
and adopt. Later. finding herself in
better circumstances. the mother sued
10 recover possession. Sne won in the
district court, but lost in the higher
court. which ruled aside all Law on tho
question and decided the case on the
question OF tho child's best interests.
Recently Mrs. Hanson applied 70" re-
hearing.
In denying the petition the supreme
court stands on It's original decision.
namely, that The mother must furnish
the burden of proof to show that the
child Is not better Off where il IS than
would be the case Il 4, were returned
~
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Society's Main Idea.

The main idea of the society is 10
take the immigrant in haud. arrange
for him to go TO school, where he may
learn the English language and as soon
rs possible fit himself for admission 10
citizenship. 1t Is the proud boast Of
che society in this connection that 30
400 Jews from the old world have be-
"ome citizens of the United States
within the past ten years. Aud, il Is
added by Mr., Bero, they are good citi
zeu5.
The society publishes a monthly pa
per called the Jewish Immigration Bul-
letin. and from tho December number
% The Bulletin IL is learned that 65i2
Jewish people arrived at the port OF
New York during tine month. OF this
number, 1885, were males aud 2Sl9 were
females. These immigrants came from
tWeuty-oue foreign points. and were
distributed throughout thirty five
states. New York getting s7s1. Some
were en- route TO other countries and
were given whatever assistance and
advice Was deemed necessary.
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WEST LOOKS GOOD,
SAYS RICHMOND

e. c. Richmond. O prominent local busi-
ness man. has returned from a two weeks
trip 20 the east more convinced than ever
that "tliIs is the place" Mr. Richmond
Gays that the further west ne travelled
on the return trip the better things looked
TO him both from farming and business
s;andpoints. In the east he says business
conditions appear TO be somewhat unset
tied owing 70 the impending change in
administration. while The great west Is
optimistic throughout in anticipation of
a prosperous year.
Mr.. Richmond left Salt Lake just before
the annual election at the Commercial
club. and returned TO lind that the mem
bers OF The organization had elected him
q. member of the board OF governors for
the ensuing wear
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Hold Annual Dinner.

The reports OF the work Of III, -.
year were given as q close of lbs !,
nual dinner Of the organization uts
affair TO which more ;hau 500 .at dss'
in the parlors Of the First Presbyie.s'
church. The delicious dinner. esair
and served by the women OF N,
church, ended. the brief busipes,
the annual meeting was taken no =
few changes made in the lis Of n
directors. Mrs. j. r. Bowdle, Mr.. n,
Weir, Mrs. A. T. Moon. Mr., " h
Lyme and Mrs, II. T. Sappiugton N,
re elected, their terms to expire ia ISjl
Mrs. w. r. Tyndale was named 10 4
the vacancy caused by the dea,6 Z
Mrs. P. a. Simpkiu, and two new {
rectors, Mrs. j. r. Marshall and N
Leo Charles Miller, we're named.
The report of the treasurer. ",
Mary A. Caffall, showed that tht /.
sociation had handled more than 81
600 IN the past year, exclusive 4
money donated in the east 10 be ID
in the purchase of the new propsiy
Mrs. j. II. Rowdle. the president. "a
brief report of the work in gess1
way and similar reports were giye1 b
the secretary and the auditor.