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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
SEEMINGLY PREFERS
DEATH TO ARREST
Man Charged With Neglect
of His Children Drinks
Poison and Expires.

After hearing that a warrant had been
issued for his arrest on n charge Of neg
lect OF his three minor children, Edgar
Johnson. II years OF age. drank poison In
rooming house at 1921 South State
street shortly before O'Clock last night
He died in the emergency hospital at po-
lice headQua rters an hour later.
Johnson had been employed as team
ster for a contractor. F. III. Luce OF S5l
East Fifth South street. For some time
Johnson had been separated from his
wife, who with her three little children
lives on Lake street, and supports her
self by working in a laundry
johnson engaged a room where he LOOK
the poison several days ago Last night
Mr.. Luce accompa MED Johnson to the
room. The proposal was made that they
should send out for bottle OF beer
johnson agreed. then suddenly DIRE"
forth a bottle and drank half the con-
IL and knocked 1t out OF Johnson's hand
Suffering from the effects Of the drug.
johnson was removed TO the emergency
hospital by Police Inspector c. A. Carl
son and Detective w. c. Geese. who an
swered an emergency call. DR.. Hardie
Lynch was called but found that the
man was too far gone to respond to slim
ulants or antidoteS. The body was re-
moved to the undertaking rooms of Jo-
seph William Taylor TO be prepared FOR
burial.
Johnson was a native of Salt Lake,
having been born here July 10, 1882. He
was a son Of James and Christian john
son.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
EDITOR RIDICULES
HERALD EDITORIAL
Mark Sullivan, of Golfers Weekly,
Comments on Recent Praise of
Slnoot Senatorial Career.

F'ulsome praise Of Senator Smoot
which appears almost daily in the Sail
Lake ald~Republican amuses Marx
Sullivan, associate editor of Collier ;,
Weekly. In the current number o,
Golfers Mr.. Sullivan under the cap
tion, every Statesman His Own Ed
itor,n quotes at length from recent
editorial in the Herald Republican
praising Smoot e senatorial career, anC
adds:
Having read this, turn now to
an official list, fled with the post
Office department. at Washington,
showing the owners of that paper
in which the panegyric appeared:
creed Smoot, Provo, Utah; d.
c. Jackling, Salt Lake City, Utah:
H. T.. Booth, Salt Lake City, Utah;
E. Fl. Callister. Salt Lake City,
Utah; E. NJ. Allison, Salt Lake
City, Utah: e. +. Jenkins, Salt
Lake City. Utah; James Fl. Ander-
son, Salt Lake City, Utah; George
Sutherland, Salt Lake City, Utah. -
Do the people of Salt Lake City
know about the proprietorship of
their local statesmen in the Her
ald.RepublicanT Hardly, for, if
they knew, its laudation Of it's po-
litical owners would seem as hu-
morous to them as it must to the
rest of the country. AS to the sense
of bumor Of a senator who would
hire a man to write this sort of
thing about him there can be no
question,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
GIVES GRANT RIGHT
To IGNORE HARPER
District Judge Holds Justice
of Peace Lacks Jurisdic-
tion Over Police Chief.
CONTEMPT CASE ENDS
Court Declares That Com
plant Was Necessary to
Give Authority to Act.
CONTEMPT CASE ENDS

In an oral decision rendered yesterday
Judge NJ. J.. Ritchie of the district court
holds that B. f, Grant, chief OF police,
not only had the right 10 disregard an
order by Justice Harry S. Harper for re-
lease OF a prisoner, but that ii was his
duty TO disregard it.
Grant and other members of the police
department were cited for contempt by
Justice Harper for failing to obey the
order. The chief OF police applied for
a writ of prohibition In the district court
alleging that the justice court had no
jurisdiction over the prisoner inasmuch
as no complaint had been Issued against
the prisoner.
Judge Ritchie sustains the contention
OF the chief OF police and al the same
time rules that the application for a writ
of prohibition was not the proper pro-
cedure. He declared that the chief OF
police should have lemurred TO the con-
tempt proceedings and then II neces-
sary, appealed to the district court The
effect of the decision will be 10 put an
end to the contempt proceedings. how
ever.
Nearly month ago c. W. whitman
was arrested for having an opium pipe
In his possession. Ills attorney, Harry
J. Robinson. went before Justice Harper
and by putting up s100 bail secured an
order Of release. The chief of police
declined to release the prisoner and was
cited for contempt
In the hearing in the district court
counsel for the Justice Of the peace ar
gued that the justice had Jurisdiction by
reason Of the fact that an assistant coun-
" attorney was present when the order
for release was issued and gave the
court his word that n complaint would
be issued against Whitman.
In regard 10 this argument. Judge
Ritchie held that there is no more dan
gerous doctrine than that judicial Of
ficer may assume 10 exercise his powers
before the provisions OF law which In
woke his Jurisdiction have been com
piled with These provisions have not
been compiled with. II Is ruled, until
the complaint has been issued In writing.
sworn to and filed with the court. Until
that was done Justice Harper had no
authority to Issue the order Of release,
said the court.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
CITY MAY SHARE
WITH CONTRACTORS
Municipality Should Take Pro Rata of
First Assessment for improvements,
Says Attorney.

A resolution will. be presented by
Commissioner Henry W.; Lawrence at
the city commission meeting this. morn
ing inaugurating new system for ap-
portioning the money collected on a
first assessment for public improve
ments.
Heretofore the city has been in the
habit of taking out Of the first partial
assessment it's entire bill for engineer
ing and other work incident to the i'm
provement done by the city, thus leav-
ing little or nothing for the contractor
doing the work Complaint was made
against this system Of distribution by
local contractors. The city attorney
rendered an opinion, on request, to the
effect that the city had not the right
TO appropriate the full amount for its
own expenses, but should take only its
pro rata percentage.
Accordingly, the resolution to be in
troduced today will provide that from
the first partial assessment the city
shall take an amount in direct ratio to
the amount due the city as compared
TO the amount due the contractor.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
"U." STUDENT BODY
FUND DISTRIBUTED
Athletics Gets Lions Share; Small
Amount Left In Reserve for Gen
eral Expenses

Yesterday at the University of Utah
the board authorized to apportion the
student activity fund made distribution
of the $3.50 at its disposal, giving
S2100 to athletics, $500 to debating,
$500 to dramatics, $400 to music, $3.50
to the Chronicle and $500 to the Uni
versity Pen. The sum of 5000 was re-
tanned in the treasury to meet general
student body expenses
Every student who registers in the
University Is required to pay So toward
the support Of student activities. This
money is turned over to the student
body treasurer, who issues to each stu
dent a card which admits him to all
athletic contests and dramatic produc-
tions, and entities him to one years
subscription to each OF the student pub
lications
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
NEW TERMINAL FOR
ROADS AT SPOKANE
Passenger Station for Milwaukee and o.
W. R. & N. Company Will cost
S65O,00O.

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway will this week inaugurate pas
senger and freight service on its new
Spokane branch running north from
the main line at Plummer, Ida, and
will, in the near future, establish
through sleeping car service from Butte
and Seattle to Spokane. Entrance to
the Milwaukee road into Spokane will
necessitate revision of passenger tariffs,
as they will be the short line from the
east and west to Spokane, reducing the
distance twenty-one miles from Butte
and twenty-five miles from Seattle. Pas.
senger fares will have to be based upon
the new short line mileage,
A new passenger terminal in Spokane
is being erected Jointly by the Mil
waulsee road and the Oregon Washing
ton Railroad G. Navigation company at
an expense of $650,000.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
LADIES WILL GIVE
BENEFIT FOR BLIND
Committee to Handle Details of Next
Monday Nights Event
Appointed.

Committees to have charge of details
of the vaudeville performance to be
given next Monday evening at the hall
of the Ladies Literary club for the
benefit of the blind were appointed yes
terday. They are as here named;
Programme-Mrs. Lewis B. McCor-
nick, Mrs. G.. r. PearsalI,
Stage manager-Mrs. O, !. Salisbury.
Ticket committee-Mrs. Daniel Alex
ander, Mrs. G. P, OverGeld.
Press commttee-Mrs. Russell c..
Schulder, Mrs. Arthur II. S. Bird.
Home made candy-Mrs. Arthur II.
s. Bird, Miss Webber, Mrs. o, j. Sails
bury.
Usher committee-Miss Daisy Ray
bould, cbairmsn; ushers. Misses Vir-
ginia Beatty. Gladys Richmond. Mar
garet Richmond. Margaret Mcclure,
Margaret Walker, Margaret Dunno,
Yvonne Moon, Dorothy Bamberger.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
WILL SELL LAND
IN PIUTE PROJECT
One Thousand Acres to Go at Auction
November "a; Good Price
Expected.

It was announced from the state
land board Office yesterday that 1000
acres of land under the Piute project
in Sewer county will be sold at auction
by the state November "a. The land
is expected to bring as high as Slj an
acre, and the water rights will run to
$35 an acre.
Practically the entire tract lies under
the Piute canal, and is capable of cult
walton. The sale will be held at Rich
field, and in case all the land is not
sold at auction the board will conduct
private sales until it has been disposed
of.
A heavy demand for land has been
received by the board, mostly, though,
from persons seeking large tracts for
colonization purposes.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
Total cost
Start Work in Spring.

with the approval Of Senator
lann recommendations BY the
partment and by congress work
Immediately begun oil the new
reconinl for the fort II IL
ed that the actual CONSTRUCTION
begun not later than the eariv
The new double set of barracks
quartermaster's department at
Is made necessary by the crowd
dition OF the other barracks ana
sanitary condition Of some of
buildings, which have been sian
fifty years. The new barracks
occupied by the men In the olIa,
ters department and by the >Ot
tached men Of the regiment.
The old adobe buildings used
long as quarters for the non,
stoned officers will all De torn dr
In their place will be erected Ell
sets OF quarters. The old quartz
insanitary and unservlceabIe
winter they have always been d
conducive 10 Illness.
Temporary frame additions ia
fcers' quarters, which have been
servants quarters and for 9th
poses. are TO be replaced soon d
and stone additions to match th<
lecture OF the buildings. The oI
tons were unsIghtly and cold
these additions will be recomme1
Spnatpr Sutherland
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
To Build New Corral.

a new stable and corral. mado
and concrete. will be built on chi
tion to the south OF the forth,
some distance from the other b
on the reservation, II will be ca
housing comfortably $50 animal
present barn and corral Is old Rn<
ing only 100 animals and the 0tr
left at different places about th(
walton. The new stable has l0r
needed and the officers are elat
the prospect of getting 1t soon.
A large coal storehouse has i0|
needed at the fort and Senator
lands recomm endatlons include
stantial coal house with cap
1000 tons. t
Relative 10 the reported dsngeI
department abandoning Fort
Senator Sutherland said:
do not think. there Is the
est danger Of the war deper
abandoning Fort Douglas.
the strategic value Of the posi-
event Of war is 80 evident to %
department officials and to The
tary authorities Of the coun14y
they would never consider ADJ
ing It.
Many years ago, when a mum
small posts were established tar
out the country and esp
through the west, there
constant danger Of Indian upI!
The policy Of the goyernmenr
tablishing so many OF these pos@
a wise one. When there was
dian outbreak II was necess4
have troops close at hand 70 o.
On uapera1 rpaSS1 ere
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
SEEKS UNIFORMITY
in NAMING STREETS
c. A. F. Orlob Presents to Street Com
mission Plan to Avoid
Confusion.

A plan for the remaining Of all side
streets and avenues in the city so as
to make them conform with the princi-
pal street system was presented to the
city commission yesterday by c. A. f.
Orlob and was referred to the commit
Mr.. Orlob called attention TO the fact
that literally hundreds of streets in the
city are named without regard to their
locality or relation to the main streets.
This is highly confusing and the cause
of endless trouble, he said
The plan is to change the name of
the side streets, such as Commercial
street, for instance, to East Main
avenue. Edison street, under this plan,
would become East State avenue, Ex
change place, Third South avenue, and
so ON throughout the city.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
Romantic, Yet True.

The story of the sea gulls and their
visit 10 the pioneers of this valley forms
a beautiful page in the romantic history
of Utah. The authenticity of the story
has been frequently vouched for by a
large number. of ye-witnesses whose tes-
timony is corroborated by the records
kept at the time. A letter dated June
9. iSiS. and signed by John Smith. then
president of the Salt Lake stake, will be
read today by President Joseph F. Smith.
John Smith, an uncle OF Joseph Smith,
the founder of the Mormon church. and a
great uncle of President Joseph +. Smith,
wrote the letter to President Brigham
Young. who was then In the east, telling
in graphic detail the story OF the de-
vastatlng visit OF the crickets and the
almost miraculous Intervention of the
gus.
Other evidence Of the euls preserved in
writing is contained in the daily diaries
OF Mrs. Eliza r, Snow and Mrs. Patty
Sessions. Mrs. Sessions was In the sec
ond company OF pioneers TO arrive in the
valley, She was a busy woman, acting
as nurse to the sick and caring for the
children. Every day she kept a faithful
record of what transpired, recording. all
births and deaths and other happenings
Of interest In the little colony,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
Veterans Will Attend.

Thousands of visitors. in addition to the
people of Salt Lake, Will be present to-
day at the unveil;ng Of the monument.
On the programme in connection with
the unveilng ceremonies are four per-
sons who, as children, watched the gulls
come down and save the crops OF their
parents by destroying the crickets tina t
would otherwise have devoured the crops.
They are Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells the
beloved president of the Relief societies
OF the Mormon church. who will arise
from sick bed to unveil the monument
to the gulls, the story of which she has
often told; President Joseph F. Smith
and W. W. Ritter. who will deliver ad-
dresses, and President Francis NJ Ly-
man. VINO will pronounce the benediction.
Though all four were children at the
time OF the visit OF the gulls to the val
ley, the incident produced such q Vivid
impression on their young minds that the
details have always remained with them.
Music for the unvelling ceremony will
be rendered by Held's band and the tab
ernacle choir. The choir Will sing several
selections, including a hymn composed
by Director Evan Stephens especially for
the occasion. John Il. Hand will sing
tenor solo
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
Gulls Held as Sacred.

With an almost sacred veneration
the gulls have always been regarded
oy the people Of Utah. For a long
time II was the unwritten law of the
colony that the gulls should never be
molested, And they never have been.
The legislative assembly Of the old
state OF Deseret made Il felony to
kill sea gull. This law was rs-en-
acted by the territorial assembly OF
Utah territory and afterwards incor-
porated Into the state laws OF Utah
where II now stands. Only very
few gulls have ever been killed and
those only by those igorant of the
beautiful story OF the service OF the
gulls to the pioneers
Visitors to the eighty-fourth semi-an-
nusl conference of the Mormon church
which opens Saturday are coming to Salt
Lake early In order TO be present at to.
days unveiling. All trains yesterday were
crowded with conference visitors
Preceding the conference will be a num-
Der of meetings and reunions of mission
airy societies. The principals and presi-
dents OF church schools with the church
board Of educa tIon will meet In the Bish-
ops building Friday morning and after
noon. A reunion OF the New Zeala nd
mission will be held at the Twenty fifth
ward assembly hall at 1880 o'clock Satur-
day evening.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
FAVOR MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP PLANS
Without Political Signifi-
canoe, Permanent Organi-
cation Is Effected.

Permanent orga niZatlon Of the NUM-
cipal Ownership league. with the excep-
ton OF the election Of officers which was
postponed for one week, WAS completed
In the Commercial club last night. The
meeting was well attended and was en-
thusiastlc and OF public spirited nature.
feeble attempts TO turn 1t into a political
meeting being frustrated In the begin
ming.
Prominent among those who attended
the meeting last night for the first time
were Mrs w. f. Ada ms. president vi the
Ladies' Literary club. Mrs. Il, i, Root
signed the constitution and bylaws OF
the organiza don. Allen r. Sanford chair
man OF the meeting, placed the names OF
Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Root on the mem
Of which were appointed at the last meet
Ing.
After discussing the different phases OF
the work as outlined and adopting the
was adjourned to Thursday evening.
when a membership meeting will be held
preparatory to the regular meeting, at
which there will be an election OF Off
GERS for the ensuing year. Tuesday night
October Z.
Reports were heard from the cllairmen
Of the different committees of progress
and Of Investigations made. Culbert l..
Olson read the constitution and bylaws
prepared by a committee OF which he
was head and they were accepted with
few minor changes.
Interesting reports were heard from c..
T., Rood on municipality owned light and
water plants, and by A. Fred Wey on
municipality owned heating plants: Mr.,
Rood offered some interesting infnrma-
ton regarding successful experiments in
municipal ownership In many OF the larg-
er cities of the country. mentioning Chi
cago. st. Louis, Cleveland, Fort Worth.
Lincoln, Topeka. Wheeling, Little Rock.
Galveston, Seattle and San Francisco.
The report of Mr.. Wey was also full of
interest He told OF Investigations made
here and said that further examine tions
would be made.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
URGES PACKING
PLANT FOR ZION
S. w. Mcclure Argues It Is Waste of
Money to Ship Cattle East and
Dressed Meats West.

packing plant for Salt Lake city
was advocated yesterday by s. W. Nc.
Clure, secretary Of the National Wool
growers association, who has Just re-
turned from trip through the stock
raising districts of Idaho and Wyoming.
Mr.. Mcclure argued that it is an
idle waste Of money to freight cattle
and sheep to Chicago and other pack
ing centers and then have the meat sent
back here for consumption.
He said that he believed the time
near when some Of the larger packers
would be looking for location in the
intermountain country, and in his opin-
ion the ideal place was Salt Lake
CITY.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
|vORTHLAND'S SONS
REMEMBER ZION"
Sixtieth Anniversary of Scan
dinavians' Arrival i'm Nor
mon Land Observed.

Scandinavian members Of the Mormon
church residing in this city held a gem
eral meeting In Assembly hall last night,
with Anthon II. I,und OF the first presI
dency Of the church In charge. There
was good singing by the Scandinavian
choir of the Salt Lake stake, with NeIs
Morck directing and Miss Levon Johnson
at the organ console.
The meeting was held In commemora-
ton OF the arrival here sixty years ago
OF the first emlgrant company from Scan
months on the way from their native
land, They had encountered heavy storms
at sea and endured many other privations
while making their journey to the edge
trip of 1900 miles by OK team, reaching
Salt Lake September 30 1853.
These men and women went down to
Sanpete county, settling first at what Is
now Spring City, then called Allreds set
tement Afterward II became known as
Little Denmark; but the Indians drove
them out from the place and they shifted
to what is now Ephraim. These events
were described by the speakers.
Principal speakers were President Lund
and Andrew Jenson, In his address Pres
ident Lund related. In Danish, the eX-
perlences of himself and many OF his fell
low Scandinavians from their first asso-
citation with the church, going over scenes
attendant upon the early settlement OF
Sanpete and Sewer counties and other
portions of southern and central Utah,
Andrew Jenson was introduced as one
Of the early church emigrants from Scan
dina via to this territory. Mr.. Jenson
spoke In the Danish tongue and reviewed
the history Of the Scandinavian mission
and that OF the Mormon church generally,
describing the advent Of the pioneers In
this valley and the march OF the Mormon
battalion to California. The speaker
showed the prominent part taken by Seam
dinavian in all the important events
which he recited as characterlzlng the
history of the church. He read excerpts
from Morgenstjern (Morning Starr. the Of
ncial Sea ndinavian mission publication, In
combination OF his presentations.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01

crickets. flying back to the fields to
attack the crickets again. Time ar
ter time did the gulls fly back and
forth from the fields to the creek.
They seemed possessed Of an inspira-
tlon to Kill off all the crickets in the
nelds and they naver rested until ,they
had accomplished this end,
In few days the cricket pest was
wiped out No longer was there the
grim fate OF starvation staring the
pioneers In the face. The gulls flew
back to their Island home in Great
Salt Lake and never again were the
settlers of Salt Lake valley visited by
an insect pest.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-01
WORKMAN SAVED BY
APPLYING PULMOTER

Suffering from the effects OF breathing
Illuminating gas while at work in a
trench where some notifications of the
gas main are being made at the corner
of First South and Main streets, Frank
Anderson: one Of the workmen, was
taken to the emergency hospital al po-
lice headquarters. The new pulmotey
was applied for administering oxygen to
the lungs OF the man,
Asked II II helped him any, Anderson
replied. 'Well. It didn't hurt me any, OF
course. they walked me around In the
fresh air some and 1 guess they both
helped. | feel all right now" he said
as me went about his work.