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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
IMPROVEMENT BILL
IS NOW IN DANGER
Governor Spry Intilnates That
He May Disapprove the
Measure.
ARE HEARD
Prominent Residents of the
State Appear for and
Against Enactment.
ARE HEARD

AT a hearing yesterday at which
the opponents and proponents OF the
city improvement bill spoke at length,
Governor Spry expressed hls opposition
to several features of the measure and
gave the impression that there was
strong probability that he would veto
it. He suggested that he WAS not
adverse to the provisions of the Dill
for the paving Of street intersections,
but indicated that there were features
of the bill that did not appear just. he
announced that he had determined TO
veto companion bill TO the improve
ment measure, which stipulated the IN"
terest to be paid on Improvement war
rants.
Representatives OF the city govern,
mcnt and Of the salt Lake Commercial
club appeared in behalf of the improve
ment bill and several property owners
spoke. urging the governor to veto inc
measure. Mayor 4. G., Fell of Ogden
and Mayor H. G.. Hayball OF Logan
were at the hearing TO urge the gov
ernor to sign the bill, while kilograms
were received by the governor from
the Commercial Clubs of Provo and
Manti, urging him TO veto IT.
The principal objections Of the gov
cruor To the bill appeared to be re'a..
tive to the assessment OF the cost OF
the construction of storm drains against
abuttjng property owners who would
be benefited only Indirectly by their
construction, and to the provisions for
the payment Of Improvement warrants.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
BIG ORDER FOR
METAL PLACED
Fluming Will Be Used to Con
struct Culverts Throughout
the County.

An order for $500 feet OF corrugated
metal fiumins 10 be used In constructing
culvcrts throughout the county was
placed with the Utah Culvert company
OF Woods Cross b. the county commits
sioners Yesterday, at cost OF $4,000 ap-
proXimately,
The fuming viii be delivered at an
early date and the work of constructing
culverts Will be undertaken under d.
rection OF the county road supervisor
as soon as the weather permits, Gull
verts are 10 be installed at a score or
more places throughout the county az a
part OF the road Improvement programme
adopted by the board OF commissioners
The order calls for 500 feet of l25-inch
pipe 1850 feet of 16-inch culvert. $50 feet
OF 1S-inch culvert and 500 feet of oi-inch
culve-t.
The advisa bility OF assuming charge
OF the bridges across the Salt Lake e
Jordan canal where Il traverses county
territory was considered by the commits
sioners yesterday. Heretofore these
bridges have been maintained by the
city. Seven new bridges are to be built
this year, at a cost OF S2o00.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
MIDVALE MURDER
JURY SELECTED
Testimony Against j. A. Hill
Will Begin in Court
Today.

Selection OF jury to try j. A. Hill
on charge OF numbering Marshal Frank
a. Colclough at Midvale last August
was completed In Judge F. c. Loofbou-
rows court shortly before closing hour
yesterday afternoon. Less than TWO
days were required to choose the Jury
and no more than thirty venirenen were
examined IN the selection.
Taking OF evidence will begin this
morning by the state. 1t is believed the
case can be disposed of within a week.
Tho defense will rely on an allbl and
VIII attempt to prove that only two men
took part IN the holdup Of the Vienna
saloon. where the killing occurred, One
OF these having, been killed and there
being TWO men held now for the crime
one OF these latter must necessarily be
Innocent. the defense will argue The
other man ACCUSED OF the murder Is
jack Callahan, whose trial will fol-
low close upon that of Hill,
The jurors are David G. IIill A. G,
Mcintyre. John II. Breeze, r. Leslie
Pickering; Charles Howard. Ernest A.
DanEerheld. Farley II, White, Andrew
Grundfor. Samuel Edwards. Mathew NoaI.
George NJ Tucker and Alfred c. Gum.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
VETERANS AFTER
MORE MEMBERS
E. A. Wedgwood Camp. Decides
to Move Into More Commo-
modious Quarters.

A membership campaign was begun
by the United Spanish War Veterans
last night, when f. A. Wedgwood camp
No. l formed into companies y and D
for the prosecution of bitter warfare
upon all eligible veterans who are not
members. ]. II. Hall was appointed
captain Of company A and Harry Smith
captain of company b. Both sides got
busy at once and from now until June
Is there will be likely skirmishes, ma
neuvers, pitched battles and other mill
tary tactics and engag gements until
June 10, when peace will again be de,
clared. The company that shall have
enlisted the greater number of recruits
by june Is is to be feted by the los
ing company. A smoker has been prom
Used by the losers.
Owing to the increase in membership
in both the Wedgwood camp and the
auxiliary, it was decided last night to
engage more commodious and more cen
trally located quarters. For that rea-
son the camp decided to use the hall
over the Bamberger office In Main
street and will meet there hereafter
on the second and fourth Fridays in
each month instead of the first and
third. as heretofore.
While the veterans are having mem
bership campaign, the Priscilla J. Ritter
Ladies auxiliary is busy with a sim
liar work, the opposing sides being
called the stars and stripes.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
MANTT PROTESTS
AGAINST MEASURE

Special to The Tribune
MANTI March 21-The city council
met In special session last evening and
passed II resolution urging the governo,
to dissapprove senate bill No. %, relat-
Ing to the cost OF paving street inter
sections to be borne by the abuttlng
property owners.
The commercial club also took the
matter up and the following Joint resolu-
ton was today wired Governor Spry:
BY joint and unanimous resolution,
Yoicing the united sentiment of pub
lie opinion In this part OF the state,
we hereby petition and urgently re-
quest that you disapprove the act
compelling property owners to pay
cost Of intersections in paving dis
tricts.
The enforcement Of such a law
Will virtually paralyze the future
progress and extension OF paving Sec
lions In the smaller cities and towns
ana retard for many years contem-
plated Improvements now undsr con-
sideration. We believe the bill en-
bodies vicious. if not unconstitu-
tlonai. principle, entailing unneces-
sary hsTdships upon bona fide home
owners and users. who, in many
lions OF the larger cities, cannot
afford to bear such eminently un-
fair and unjust burdens as the bill
proposes.
MANTI CITY,
J. Is. Jacobson, Mayor,
BG Christen Axelson. Recorder.
MANTI COMMERCIAL, CLUE,
y. D WoolIey. President.
BY j, III. Hornung, Secretary.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
A. Fred Wey Talks.

A Fred Wey, proprietor OF the Me-
Wilson, said last evening in regard 10 tn
new law:
/ think the legislature did a fair
and proper thing when IL passed the
bill. The hotel business is one OF a
citys most important businesses and
IT should be protected. j say the
hotel business is very important
part of ciry's enterprises because
when the hotel business is not good
you will find everything else ON the
down grade. Time has been when
the hotel business was looked upon
as sort of outlaw business That
view has always been wrong AS a
matter OF fact, its hotels may be said
to be a city's chief asset in that which
relates to the estimate OF a town
formed by strangers.
A hotel cannot be run without a
bar. Moreover. when people come to
Salt Lake and stop over Sunday they
want a glass of beer or a glass of
wine with their meals. They are ac-
cusromed TO that In the places whence
they come, and they deem il mighty
strange when they can't get it here
II means knock for the town.
The law permitting service bars is
a great convenience to hotels whose
regular bars are remote from their
arcEltecturally so situated. may
say that II is particularly true OF the
Hotel Utah, II IL were for no other
reason than that the Utah should
have the benefit OF 1t. I would say the
law was a good one. The Utah is
our principal hotel. and It's business
should be protected
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
DRAINAGE BILL
BECOMES a LAW

The governor yesterday signed house
bill No, 1872. the new drainage law The
bill was introduced in the house by Rep
resentatlve Heber c, Christensen OF Sc
yier county. II is regarded as one OF
the most important measures passed by
the recent Legislature,
The ACT provides for the method OF Or
Sanizing drainage districts under the d.
rection OF the county commissioners A
drainage district may be created upon
petition Of the owners OF property within
the district When the district Is or
ganized. its administration Is placed In
the hands Of board OF supervisors.
which board acts under the direction OF
the board OF county commissioners.
Drainage districts are given power to
Issue and sell bonds and to build drain
age works Of q character necessary for
the reclamation OF the land to be
drained.
There are said to Zoe hundreds OF thou
sands OF acres OF land In Utah that could
DE redeemed by drainage and transformed
into fertile tracts, Almost every county
has Its low-lying sections. the sell OF
which would be OF the very best were II
properly drained. Indeed. il is said that
as rule. the land which Is submerged,
either periodically or at all times, is
richer than the ordinary run OF land
The drainage act passed by the legis-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
ASSOCIATIONS JOIN
FOR CITY BEAUTIFUL
CLEANUP" Week Will Be
Held as Part of the
Campaign.

The Commercial club, the Salt Lake
Real Estate association and the Asso-
citation Of City Clubs have now joined
hands iu furthering the proposed gen
eral "cleanup week" early this spring
as an important part of the city
beautiful campaign.
Next Monday forenoon at the Com
mercial club a joint committee repre-
senting each Of these three organiZa.
tions will meet to formulate plans for
the movement, in which the city com
missioners and the city superintendent
of schools will cooperate.
This was decided yesterday forenoon
at meeting OF committee OF repre-,
sentatives Of the Commercial club and
| Mrs. Elizabeth Cohen presided.
Freeman Morningstar, representing
the Real Estate association, said that
the only way to get results would be by
inculcating sense of civic pride into
| the minds of all citizens, interesting
them in the proposed movement and
securing the hearty assistance of city
officials and schools.
Mrs j. T. Beless declared that speak
ers should be sent to the schools Of
the city. on Friday preceding the
"cleanup' week to get the school
children interested in the work. She
paign through the press, pulpits and
public meetings.
Mr.. Morningstar said he was sure
real estate men of the city would be
glad to ask their clientele to authorize
| the spending Of reasonable amount
Of money to clean up their property and
assist in the movement in that way.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
ALL UTAH TOWNS To
HOLD CELEBRATIONS
Utah Development League Is
Urging Citizens to Have
Boost Meetings.

If the plans of the Utah Develop.
ment league are realized, every city,
town and hamlet in the state will have
its ''Greater Utah. celebration during
the week of May 12-17, when the Com
mercial club will conduct its big
Greater Utah excursion
The itinerary of the trip includes
more than r score of the larger cities
Of the state. Details of the programme
to be carried out at each stop are now
being worked out. The project is meet
ing with enthusiastic support and the
indications are that the excursion will
be the most far-reachIng and success
fnl of any undertaken by the club.
However, there are many live cities
in the state that Will not be included
in the itinerary, owing to lack of time
are Just as far along in the boosting
nne as those of any other place. In
order that these cities may join in the
week S celebrations, the league board
OF governors at a meeting yesterday
appointed q special committee to ar
range public meetings and exercises in
those cities not included iu the itinerary
OF the excursion
The men who will handle this phase
of the undertaking are Secretary Jo-
seph e. Caine, Will G. Farrell, Henry
Welsh, George B. Greenwood and p. G.
Peterson.
Fred G. Graham, assistant secretary
Of the league, returned yesterday fore
noon from four days trip through
Utah county IN the interest of the ex-
cursion. Mr.. Graham co-operated with
the commercial organizations in Provo,
Lchi, Payson and Spanish Fork in Vre.
pairing royal receptions for the boost.
ers. In American Fork and Pleasant
Grove arrangement of local details has
been left in the hands of the mayors.
Next week Mr.. Graham will com
plcte his work in Utah county and will
then meet with commercial organiza-
tions in Juab county.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
Hospital Striqe Averted.

The guard at the isolation hospital
at II O'Clock last night reported his
charges contented, and Furthermore de
clared that the talk of insurrection had
subsided.
"Grable is in room by himself, -
said the guard, "and that room is not
near the others. I told the patients
that they did not have to 60 near him
or TO speak to him, if they didn t want
to. The whole thing has been stirred
up by one man, but even he is now
convinced that there is no danger of
Infection Cradle can stay in his room
or can walk about the grounds, if he
wants to, and if the other patients
don't want to go near him they don t
have to. 7 take his meals to him IN
his room, and there is no need of con-
tact between him and the smallpox pa
tients unless the other patients want to
go near him.
Completion Of the ARCHAEOLOGICAL
tests made in the case Of Cradle proved
conclusively yesterday to Dr. Harry
Lynch, city bacteriologist, that the
mans affliction is genuine case oil
Oriental leprosy,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
Study Blood Cultures.

The bacllli found in the tissues from
the mucous membrane of Grable 's nos
ltrils were plainly distingushable under
the microscope yesterday morning. Two
large groups Of the bacilli were found
on one plate, corresponding in every
detail to the plates describing the dis
ease in the medical works used by DR..
Lynch in guiding his examination.
Blood cultures, prepared yester-
day for artificial reproduction of the
bacilli, are expected to develop today.
DR.. Lynch is satisfied with his exam
ination, however, without awaiting the
outcome of the blood test.
Cradle is pronounced by DR.. Lynch
to be a man of powerful constitution
upon which the inevitable inroads of
the disease are likely to be slow. The
present early stage Of the disease may
continue without perceptible develop
ment for years, according to the au-
thorities, although in view Of the fact
that it has remained almost stationary
for several years, it is possible that it
may develop into virulent, progressive
form at any time.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
Little Liquor Served.

As for the Wilson. our dining room
Is run mostly for the family trade
and the liquor we serve In the dining
room would not reach a high total.
However, other hotels supply that
class Of trade which demands re-
freshments with meals, and they
should have the right 10 serve the
wants OF their guests.
think the hotel men Will see to II
that the privilege is not abused. The
suggestion that the rubber sand
wich'' may make it's appearance in
Salt Lake Is ali bosh. The character
OF the men who run hotels in this
city and In Ogden is sufficient guar
antee THAT neither the spirit nor the
letter of the law will be viola ted.
The, law specifically states that the
service with which liquor may be
served shall be meals and the
county attorney can very quickly
reach anybody who tries to evade
the Intent of the act
In every place where there has
been a law of this kind and evasion
has been attempted by means of a
teu-cent sandwich. the practice has
always killed itself, because Viola
tions can always be rea ched
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
Smelternan's Case.

Unless J. P. Gordon, a susSsl
Garfield, pays his wife $50 b,
mony by next April 10, k Z
sent to Jail, Judge Mons q
Gordon yesterday tha. nel q
came into court he should slIls
with him proof Of having ~
money or else be prepared . |
lay-off long enough 10 p0nts
deficiencies in the county qI [
the pleasure OF the court
Nine interlocutory dsns
granted by Judge Morss yaE1
dissatisfied wives and husa's.,
dinary stories of failure 10 pr''1:
desertion were the best ne g
forded.
Elizabeth Rossiter teshlI5
had not seen her husband, Jsa !
sitter, for nine years, and y
idea where he might be- Sass|
r decree. Anna Rance SN
decree from Albert Rance ~
port. Teresa Miller Bishop VI n.
cree from Frank Blshop %
grounds and Adaline c. AoT'a7
Melvin Mortensen.
John Voelkcr was gisen
from Josephine Voolker 10;
and Lizzie G. Smith was no
Glenn L. Smith on the A.
Matilda Olund was divorced = =;
olund and Edna ROBBINS s.
Robbins, all by default Oh =
ants.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
HEARS ARGUMENT
ON FREIGHT BILL

Several coal dealers and railroad Off
cials were heard by Governor Spry yes
terday relative to the executive action on
the senate bill relating to the freight
charges on lump coal. The coal dealers
are hoping TO have the bill become a
law, while the railroad officials do NOT
bill requires the coal to be weighed at
destination and the freight charges to
be fixed In accordance with the destina-
tion weight.
The only railroad company affected Is
the Denver & Rio Grande company
Waldemar Van Cott. attorney for the
company. spoke at length al yesterdays
meeting, while II. S. Woodruff spoke
In behalf OF the coal dealers, The gov
ernor did not intimate what his action
might lg be With rGfers2cs - IIbs bill
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
WALKER BROlm
INCREASE CApl'
Previously Announces
Will Be Put Into ~
To-day.

According to plans 1.T;1 nj :
nounced by Walter c. p.s1 lS'S y.
of Walker Brothers pry j a'
pany. the capitalization t,,a q
Will today be increased Nv
to $500,000. .,. in,s
plan, immediate PrepaI,sst,s0Iss: ,ss n
made for remodeling 'Is I"sorSsl
camille block, southwest. west. 'Vi Vssi
and Third South stree s nsst. 2
annex adjoining on inc sr'Iis III 81
will eventually occupy :"
floors and the basement, s3|
To avoid interfe1sn's. +, ,ed 80
trade, material will DC oads5rfl
about July 4, when rslaSa1 aSeon1
provements will Do . as 10
quickly as possible, 70 ;,ss, - Il
business. It is e1peS,,su,srss
modelling and imprSSiita pr, later
will be completed not ''
ber /. o;,o ,sraIs
None Of the once ss,nrbsir
upper floors will be dp1ss;;uutirs
or opppt possibly later. l,,E psIDsiiIi Vii
and other outside wofHN HNrap4
bee1aisi been fully carried ,o,ant,1i",sli out lns
enc of the finest oep'
the west,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
Watts Is Present.

Richard s. Watts. pext !. u:
was the star Of. Yesterday;
matinee; He was called q, Z.
cause why he had failed 10 ot.,,
junction prohibiting him ~
to the home Of his wife, lliIs,
pcndlpg her action for diyOr,;
Jumped into the Iinelight n h,
beginning BY standing no Il NJ
room and singing out HPrs,s.s'
ms case was called, and N q ,
voice that even the conn W, /,
Before the tittering had subsds'
broke out afresb by attenlptir,
minister the oath to him:sll (
the assistance of the court elsI
on the stand he proceeded b 4.
deliver his answer in lo,3
every time q question was %. Z
Asked why he had seen fithj
the injunction, Watts deel,rd {
went to his wife's home 10 =
his babies were all fed. Ia d
could not trust his wife 10 q
them. Besides" he said. N
got nothing against nv vii
don { see why ! should siyI \
and let some other fellow q
up, Y
Watts was irreprcssibls ~ 4
fruitless half hour of trying b
connected story from hin q !;
domestic troubles, his wifsf d
gave up and the court eosfn
order one week with :he urle
ing that Watts should stay Ipi
home during that time. y
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
CHECKS 70 PlllI
PAYMENTS 1ll|
Husband Presents "a
dorsements in An,q,,.
Accusations.
COMEDY IN THE ID
Watts Visits Spouse d
Injunction, and c. T.
Reasons.
COMEDY IN THE q

kemarking that he ,on,.
10 pay attorney fees and
m,nlleld B. Hubbard appa,.' any
voree court before Judos spIS's1 2 =
Yesterday as his own counsel I
slted 10 show why he ,bo,, :
held in contempt Of co,,, a
to pay Lila Thompson Hohh'','
ahmony. Not only did Ss ~
that but he succeeded in = s'ss &
something of a sensation i, ~ 4
ing Cancelled checks pusportj,, y 7
the signature Of his er.s.s'
very amounts she claimed !.
inquent. ~ g
The checks were shown /. II.
bard who promptly denied b,,''
received them. They ge,s !,
the court, along with otne, ,s.,'
ing signatures that Mr5. yI,,sf''
initted to be her Own and +.
while modestly disclailniug =
aollltles at Judging hspans.''
marked that the sigpatu,a,' ~
checks appeared To- he a., z {
eordlngly he absolyed N, j.
from the order to show Cam !.
lowed the plaintiff one wssp
to solve the mystery of ,ha ,s ,s.,t,'
ing her name. '' 'AS''
Hubbard testified thai I.
ms wife aliTnouy right alons i.
she had spent It for Iiorn, ! y Y;
Injuries rather than for gr,....
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-22
Manager Relf's View.

George o. Rclf. manager of the Hote
Utah. had the following TO say in dis
cussing the new law:
The bar OF the Hotel Utah is In the
extreme southeastern part of the
building. The cafe and grill room
are on the northwest corner Unless
we we're permitted to serve the
liquors ordered with meals from a
small storeroom or pantry located
In our kitchen, the walters would
he obliged TO bring all drinks a dis
tance or It's feet directly across the
lobby. The main bar at the Semloh
was also very inaccessible To the
walters from the dining room. We
could see no reason why the city or
the state should care whether our
walters went to the kitchen or TO the
main bar for drinks ordered in the
dining rooms, and after very care
ful investigation OF conditions the
legislature modified the old law so
that the large hotels OF Utah would
be enabled to give their patrons the
same sort OF service that guests re-
ceive in other large hotels OF prac-
tically all OF the other cities OF the
country.
With the possible exception OF sa-
loon men, [ am satisfied there is
nothing about the law just passed
the least bit obiectiona Bile to any
ella SIS OF people in the state