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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03

FIGHT IN SENATE
Question of Federal Control of
Water Powers and Power
Sites Coming Up,

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-The whole
question OF federal control Of water
powers and power sites is 10 DC brought
before the senat this week. Efforts
Tfll be made TO pass the first oil es-
tablishine the governments right 10 IL
ceGse, control and tax a water power fur
nishcd by a navicoble river,
While tho bill in question involves
only the rights of a power company at
Windsor Mills, Conn. the controversy
over the measure mas becom" so keen
that conservation forces are lining up be-
hind IT and VIII endcavor 10 force It's
passage through the senate.
Senator Boral ana other western SEN
stors arc preparing to offer amendments
affecting the entire subject of federal SUI
perylsion over power sites and water
powers. using the Connecticut river bill
as 4 means 10 secure changes In The
conserva ton laws which VIII permit
freer use OF western water power re-
sources.
While the bill now before the senate
received the Endorsement OF the senate
committee on commerce, majority OF
that comInittc. headed by Senator Bank
head and Nelson, since have signed q re-
port protesting against giving the gov
erument control oVer water powers. Their
OPPOSITION ccuteTg on tho argument Of
States rights" and the contention that
the federal government has no moral or
legal ground 10 demand compensa ton in
any form"
President Tafrs administration IL
behind the Idea of federal control as now
embodied In tho bill.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
Moral Suasion Advised.

Moral suasion is what the strikere were
instructed TO use In dealing with any
who may geek to return 10 work tornor-
row. Flynn was asked II nothing moro
emphatic than moral suasion was to be
employed and said he thought that that
would be sufficient IN most cases
President William p. Palmer and Cen
eral Manager George ". Jewett OF the
American Steel e Wire company declined
TO make any statement except to repeat
what was said yesterday. Palmer said;
I'VE will start the mills tomorrow and
we expect some OF the men TO come back.
But this scheme OF placing 1000 pickets
in the streets ls merely to intimIdato o
those who might come back
IL Is probable some court action will
De taken tomorrow ny the steel corpora :
tion TO stop the picketing. The inde-
pendent steel manufacturers are showing
nervousness today. Morrison announced
he intended TO put his organizers among
the thousands employed In the Jones and
Laushlin steel company, the biggest com
pettors OF the steel corpora ton
Strike pickets stopped number of
workmen on their wav 20 the mills to-
night but there was no trouble. A for
eign boarding house. the property OF Bur
CESS ]. Knox Miligan of Rankin. was
destroyed by FIRE tonight. the members
OF sixteen families narrowly escaping In
jury. There Is no evidence to connect
the fire with the strike.
The home OF Charles Carr Justice Of
the peace OF Rankin. Is being guarded
following the finding Of a noto on his
doorstep threatening the death of Carr's
baby
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
TOURIST HOTEL At
AIKEN, s. G.. IN RUINS
Forty-four Guests Escape
With Their Lives, but Lose
Personal Effects.
By Inte.national Newg Service.

BY International News Service
AIKEN s. c., Feb. In one of the
most spectacular fires Aiken has even
secn and i'm which upwards OF a quar-
ter OF million dollars in property. jew
elry and personal effects was destroyed
Che Park In the Pines hotel. Aikcn's IA
nous tourist hostclry was burned to the
ground this morning
There were many narrow escapes, but
all OF the forty-f four guests were gotten
safely out. Most II them lost everything
they brought here with them, leaving
their personal effects behind as they ran
down the fire escapes.
Colonel a. Il. Dick, manager OF the
hotel. was overcome by the dense smoke
when he rushed down Into the basement
as soon as the fire was discovered, and
but for the assistance OF some OF the
help who followed. would have been suf-
focated. He was dragged out in semi
conscious condition.
The building was a rse-story frame
structure, containing III rooms. The fire
which was discovered ut II o'clock, orig
| mated In a storeroorn IN the basement
where about q thousand feet OF lumoel
had been placed preparatory to the maxi
ing OF certain improvements on the build
ing.
BY / o'clock this afternoon all tina,
remained OF the building was 4 mass oil
smoking debris and rows Of bare brick
chimneys. SO rapid was the spread o
the flames that as soon as the office
force hurried the guests out or the
building and returned to the office tneJ
were met with an thrush OF smoke
through which tongues OF flame darted
and which made u Impossible to save
the contents o. the open safe IN Col
Dicks office. which contained over $1,000
deposited by guests.
The building proved TO be d veritaolf
fire trap and the fire department was
practically helpless because OF the Low
water pressure
The hotel was owned By Mrs. Near.
thur OF Detroit, Mich. II was bull; X
1908 at a cost of about sl50,0oO. The
/ insurance.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
APARTMENT HOUSE
GOES UP IN FLAMES
Four Persons Known to Be
Dead, One Dying and Ten
Are in Hospitals.

SACRA AMENTC, Cal, Feb. -Four per,
sons are known 10 be dead. another IL
dying, ten are In hospitals suffering from
burns or broken bones. and tho search
for bodies continues tonight In the ruins
OF the st. Nicholas apartment house
which went up In flames while some OF
the guests were at breakfast this morn
Ing and others were In their rooms All
explosion OF fumes OF oil which had es-
capped from defective burner in the base
ment started The fire, which quickly EN-
velopcd the building. The dead:
MISS NORA LAWRENCE, 4I years old
clerk for Wells Fargo Express company
body found in ruins,
ALBERT FBHR Go years old. penstoned
Southern Pacific machinist; body found
W, j, DUNN. so years old, local man
ager of Underwood Typewriter COM
UNIDENTIFIED BODY. found In the
ruins.
Fatally injured:
Harold ProtZmaN. engineer; back bro
ken; internal injuries.
Dunn and Protzman jumped from the
windows. as did Charles T. Cox. minute
clerk OF the state assembly; r p. Can
neil, clerk OF the state fish and game
commission, and many others
That nearly all OF the eighty persons
occupying rooms In the house were not
burned 20 death was due to the heroic
Mary Courtwright. mattresses. who ran
through the burning. halls, awakenin"
every one and assisting those who were
overcome by smoke. After dragging 10
safety Elmer Sorensor, who had col
Iapsed within a few feet OF the front en-
trance. Miss Reddtck rushed back into
the burning building. aiding and direcLi
those who bad become confused. She was
rescued by fireman when she fell eN-
hausted.
Mary courtwrlght saved the little son
OF Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Driver by snatch
Ing him from his mothers arms. Mrs.
Driver barely escaped with her life.
Dunn was an artist OF considerable re-
pute He had drawn a number Of cover
designs used by magazines and weeklies
of national circulation. brother lives
in Denver.
The property loss Ia about 10000
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
Second-class Mail.

The report directs attention 70 the
approval OF the commission, headed by
Associate Justice Hughes Of the United
States supreme court Of the postoffice
departments recomm endatlop that the
postage rate on second class mali be in
creased from ] cent TO : cents q pound.
In the opinion OF the postmaster General
favorable action by congress on the re-
port OF the commission would be step
towards the proper adjustment OF postal
charges.
There is q widespread popular inter
est" the report says 'in the plan to
lower the postage charge on letters from
cents to ! cent an ounce. The pro-
posed Increase in the second class rate
would pave the way for this change,
making II possible to reduce the first
class rate without departing from the
present policy OF a self-supportIng pos
tai service.
During the fiscal year 1912 more than
BOO. 100000 pieces OF mall. having an ag-
gregate weight Of about 81. 900, 000 pounds,
were carried free through the mails und er
the franks OF congressman and OF varl-
Gus government establishments. Had
postage at the ordinary rates been paid
on this matter the revenues OF the de-
partmeut would have been Increased by
more than 100000 Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock declares that "it Is mani
festy unfair 20 give ths postoffice de-
partment no credit in the governments g
fiscal accounts for the expense OF per-
forming this service, The department,
therefore. renows its recommendation
the use on official mall of special stamps
TO be furnished by the postoffice depart
ment on the reuuisltlon OF those entitled
To them"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
WEEKLY BULLETIN
OF WEATHER BUREAU

WASHINGTON. Feb 2-lndicatSons
are that in the coming week Temperatures
VIII be near the seasonal average in ali
parts OF the country, with well dstribul ed
precipitation. according to the weather
bureau bulletin. "A disturbance that now
covers the southwest says the bulletin.
will move northeaStwsrd crossing the
great central valleys Monday or Monday
night and the eastern states Tuesday or
"wednesday. This dlstul'ba nee will cause
general rains and SHOWS Monday In tho
southwest and Monday and Tuesday In
the region between the Mississippi val
lev and the Atlantic coast
Another disturbance will appear IN the
far west about Wednesday, move east
ward over the middle west Thursday or
Friday and the eastern states near the
close Of the week. This disturbance will
be attended by general precipitation and
In ali probability Will terminate the pro
longed period Of dry weather in the Pa
ciNc states. a change TO considerable
colder weather will overspread tho north
western states about Thursday
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
Possible Device.

From some OF lhe things that Mr..
Maxim said and left unsaid. II .appca re
the device Will probably be based on the
principle OF reflection Of light by para
strument which can be placed between
the source of tho noise and the person
affected by II. With such 2 device as
sleep next door TO boiler factory or for
a business man to work in silence. AL
though he Is surrounded by an army o,
noisy typewriters The public service
commission Of one OF the largest cities
IN the country told the inventor recently
that Il he could perfect "A practical de-
vice silencing the "chugging' and puf
AnE OF trains within city limits tho com
mission would see TO II that an ordinance
was passed requiring all locomotives run
ming within the city limits 10 be eouinpod
with the device
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
HEAVY FIRE LOSS AT
SAVANNAH, GEORGE
BY International News Service.

SAVANNAH, Ga. Fec. Fire TO-DAY
IsA'r1.ytd me docks aud warehouses OF
the Merchants and Miners Transporfation
company, Il large amount OF freight and
five blocks Of small houses in the Yama-
GraW section near the river front No
ives were lost so far as known Tho
loss VIII be between $500 600 and $3.50 900.
Ihe flre originated on the Baltimore
pier oi The Merchants ana Miners Trans
portatlon COMPANY There was q loud -
plos!on, followed quickly by two others
which sGool. buildings In a radius of q
quarter OF mile. The flames spread
WIN sGch rapldty that before the fire
men arrived the greater portion or IRIS
dock was sflre The wind sent the Flames
up Into the Yama ere " section. living a.e.
tue river. and destroyed several blocks of
small houses and business buildings
Many persons were rendered homeless
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
INCREASE IN WA@E||
FOR STEEL WDlIl|
welve Million Dollars sA,]
to Payroll, Divided Auo,.
200, 900 Employees !
BY International New, S.-,,..

1y International News Sevi.
NEW YORK. Feb e-T,.
Si2,ooo,ooo to The annua, p,v ' ~
United States Steel copon,,sa ~.
Into effect yeste.day '
This Increase in wages vn +. -,
among about 100000 employees , S
greatest advance will go to ts,.. : :. !
ers who are paid the lowe,t -. -'1
BY this adjustment Of II, raw :.
steel trust turns over to II, .,s.''
d sum That is equal TO abou, d !
cent on the outstanding s,ocs A, - :
cally half ot the $25. .4l5,lss MA {, =, .
dividends to the Etockholderr I.r -.
u Is also equal to about n -
on the total sum paid IN vas., - l. = :
corporation in the year iaii ~ y, y
pay roll amounted 10 SIS, ,IIs M "
1t Is expected that this act,ns :. /.
part OF the greatest corpont,,. !.
Kind in the world vii! haye ss--s.a
effect on stocks. For tina -szr,s q.
argues a very optimistic atsItuIs : :.
gard 10 the future. on the ran ii n.
rectoTs OF the steel trust vSo y,
turned this vast sum over 20 ts.b =
ployees in the face OF threa,s,s +
eminent prosecution and az the lh,a';
OF 9 new national administration
The largest annual pay rol b, a.
corporation ever rad was In l.ll n
sum paid In wages that year EaI hi,
80. .l39. compared with lsl,rpM 1
1911, the last figures available
IL IS thought the new increase q 1,
900, 900 will bring the pay rua .
about the 1910 level.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
Silence for Noises.

The one great silepcer / hope Coz
and one that The world Will see Invented
and established within five years. IS a
general sDencer for noises, q device for
sick rooms, hospitals. hotels offices fac
tories and a hundred other places, which
will shed silence in the same way that a
lamp sheds light. Horace Wells with his
anestbetic first produced painlessness IN
Hartford. Let us hope that Hartford
within few years will also produce
noiselessness
This is no idle prediction and ] have
progressed so far toward the solution
OF the problem that I have patent ap-
plications, the pendency o. which pre-
vents me from talking as rnuch as
would like TO do.
THE noise made oy an engine ex-
haust and 2 gun report IS caused by the
sudden liberation OF the gases and oy
one other thing which ! at first lid not
even dream or This noise advances
through the air and while its velocity
of advance is always practically the
same It's suddenness determines Its noise
value. II Is like boat breaking through
the water and causing wave. II the
wave Is sudden Il breaks and causes z
noise. but ii Il Is gradual Il glides away
nolselessly Our ears are built 10 detect
vibrations OF certain sudden noise and
A certain frequency. Any noise outside OF
our limit OF suddenness passes Unheard.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
Makes a Discovery.

"If the gases from g gun can be made
TO come out slowly. they will not be
noisy. and here was my problem. The
old method OF reducing the gases was
to eXpend them into large chamber
with an outlet so crooked as to make
exit difficult and slow, always thought
this a crude way. On a gun l had to
leave hole for the bullet and the gas
always persisted In going out through
this hole, For two years I searched for
hole through which tho bullet could
pass while the gases could not, One
morning when watching the water run
ming out OF bathtub I noticed the little
familiar whirlpool over the drain hole.
and this com mmonplace obscrva tion caused
the world TO link my name with noise
reducing devices. for I found that by
treating the gases so that they would
whirl as the water IN bathtUb whirls.
a hole would be left IN the center
through which the bullet could pass,
and / made a gas whirler and put IL
on the end OF one OF my rifles
Later ! discovered that. although |
could eliminate tho noise OF q gun all
most entirely under some circumstances.
under others q persistent crack was
heard This 1 learned after long ex-
pertinent and study was bullet flight
noise, which begins at velocity OF 100
feet n second This showed that strictly
noseless shooting Is not possible. This
unavoidable noise Is made in the wake
OF d bullet and starts out In the air be-
yond the muz5le OF the gun
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
Revenue for Railroads.

In connection with establishment of
the parcel post, Mr.. Hitchcock recon-
mende that legislation be enacted looking
railroads for the transportation Of mail.
He points out that many OF the roads
Will DO entitled to increased compensa-
ton on account OF the increased volume
OF mall. He renews hiB recommends
ton that payments 20 railroads ca FRYING
the malls shall be made on a car spa &C
basis and the cost 70 the roads OF the
mall transportation.
The report recommends that "civil pen
sicns based on length OF service should
be granted by tho government to postal
employees when they become superan-
nuated. II is likely that the expense OF
such system would ne more than Off
set by gains IN efficiency"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
RICH MAN ACCUSED
OF Staying WIFE
CONTINUED from Page one.)


ant. Mrs. Beach described the man
making the assault as negro oil med,
ium height, but stated that she. could
give no detailed description ot hlm o"-
ing to darkness.
The attack so inceused both the
northern visitors to Aiken and the
citizens OF that town that c. Ollver
Iselin, Aiken S founder as a winter
resort. Offered q reward Of $1,000 tor
the capture OF Mrs. Beach s assail-
ant ard stated in 0n open letter thar
he would be glad TO participate IN the
lyuching OF the malefactor. This re-
ward was quickly increased by the
municipality and private donors and
NJ. S, Baughn, detective, was called
in by the authorities TO solve the
mystery.
Baughu S findings in the case were
made public in O warrant for the ar
rest OF Fred Beach. sworn out on
April s. In this warrant Baughn al
legcs that Mrs. Beach left her, home
on the night Of the attack and that
Beach, becoming anxious over her
failure TO return, went out 10 LOOK
fny
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
Predicts Noiseless CITY.

TT IS too early to go into details as
l have much to do yet before II is per-
fect. I ca say, however. that there Is
no doubt that the noiseless city is close
at hand
You know a boiler shop Is as quiet
as tomb TO q deaf man II there are
no responsive drums this is silence. 1t
certain kinds of light only Many KINDS
OF light are absolute darkness 70 US For
example, an x-ray In dark room is in
visible. And yet. II will Photograph
your bones on z plate. 1t gives enough
OF certain kind OF light to pass through
mans body.
with sound it is the same thing.
Our ears are built 10 detect certa In
kinds OF sounds. air vibrations If these
vibrations are outside OF a certain limit
or suddenness our cara cannot detect
Them. Again, II they are beyond g. GER
tain limit OF frequency they are silent
TO US though they may he so intense
as 10 be OF agony 10 a cat or bird
Now, II l were simply to cha nee the
vibration characteristic OF my voice as
! am speaking TO you now, YOU would
suddenly notice a. silence, although my
lips would go on forming words And
th!s silence would be only in YOUR neigh
borhood To the man across the room
my voice would go on usual. but to
you there would be no sound.
This IS all coming Just as sure az
rate. with general noises. which make
NE In our cities almost unbeara BILE, IL
VIII be the same except perhaps for
those noises which pass through fhs 6oCr
and up into our brains through the bones
Of our body, This Will alWays produce
absolute silence, which I can imagine "a n
be verJ good thing.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
DISABLED STEAMER Z
ABANDONED BY CREl
BY international News ssvis..

BY international News sevk.
NORFOLK. Va, Feb. 2.-Ihe r,a,s
Esperanto Of the Ward line rti1<
IN today that she had sighted ths ta-'
ship S. P. Blackburn or Cars Hn.z
early today, apparently IN distress q
Esperanto made her way to iss E14
burn as quickly as possible. tui o Y
rlyIng alongside found that he -,
had been abandoned. The aFt!,
the Esperanto thinks the c'ez q y
Blackburn deserted her last rEst
tho lamps were still burning a,5 z
clock IN the cabin was going.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
States Idea of Attack.

Passing around the side of his own
house 10 an opening in the hedge,
he bad an unobstructcd view between
his house and that Of Joseph Harri-
man He then pulled a fence palinS
from the fence there, according, to
the complaint. and walked TO dark
spot near the laundry and stood III
the shadow, According to Baughn,, be
then stepped out from the shadow
aud suddenly confronted Pearl Hamp-
ton. the negro maid, exclaiming:
Don boiler I'm not going. to
hurt YOU. Where is Mrs Beach 80
Baugban says that the girl pro-
fessed ignorance. whereupon Beach
told her that il was "a dirty lie''
and struck her with the fence pal
ing lie then dashed behind the
laundry and found Mrs, Beach, but
ran after white man dressed IN q
gray suit of clothes. who ran out On
the opposite side through the front
gate Of the Hartman cottage and up
the street
Mr.. Beach, Bauehp adds, turned
and followed his wife through the
driveway gate Of their residence to a
point midway between the front fence
and the house There If is alleged
that he attacked her and cut her
throat II was here that Mrs.
Beach S combs aud earrings were
picked up and not in the front yard,
where she said that she was attacked
by the negro.
Before the warrant was sworn out
Beach had left Aiken and had gone to
Paris where be received the news
of his alleged assault with indignant
protest. He stated that he would i'm
mediately return to the United States
to fight the case. The trial was first
scheduled for September /, but was
postponed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
Postal Savings Income.

On the basis Of the present monthly
net increase OF deposits. IL Is estimated
that the gross income of the postal saw
ings system for the fiscal year ending
June 80. 1872, will amount to $500 900,
and the interest payable to deposltors TO
$500. .o0e. The income OF the system for
,he fiscal year will meet the interest
payments and the total expenses OF the
central office. but Will be approximately
$4,000 less than enough to cover the
entire expense OF tho service.
However. the postmaster generals re-
port says. II Is expected that when the
deposits have increased TO $50, ooo. 900,
which at the present rate they will do
soon, the system will be sustain
.ng"
The report contains no references to
subjects which have developed since De-
cember I, and. consequently. tho post
master generals consideration OF the
parcel post has 20 DO only with the pre-
llminary work OF establishing the new
systen1, which went into effect on Jan
uary /. Tentatively. however. he rec
ommends not only that the parcel post
rates be reduced. but that the weight of
packa ges DO increased 10 a point above
the maximum weight OF eleven pounds.
On this subject the report says:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03
SCHOONER RAMMED
AND SENT TO BOTTOM
5y international News Service.

NORFOLK. Va Feb. 2.-Tho Ham
bUrg~Americar liner, Princess Osksr.
ranrned and sank the schooner City OF
Georgetown near Five Thousand shoals
bank early today no lives were lost
although the force OF the impact was
so great that the Georgetown sank in
seven minutes after being struck.
The Princess Osksr LETT Philadelphls
January 81 for Ham burg. She was so
badly damaged by the collision that she
is returning to port for repairs.