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WSrE?S,EA,-pUTLRSAEVEllERS I Pkl U U AQ y I SUCCESS, TRIUMPH, VICTORY. . LXXIX, NO. 160. weather today showers; cooler, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1909. 14 PAGES FIVE CENTS 11 irnor John A. Johnson asses Away After 15 rave Fight tor. Life. MADE MAX WHO . WAS WIDELY KNOWN vjrc State Is in Mourning Over the Loss of Splendid g Citizen. j CHESTER, .Minn., Sept. 21 (Tucs Governor John A. Jolinson, three g elected governor of Minnesota. KCli lidato last fall for the Democratic fnation for president of the United JJi c's, and looked ujxm by many as lie W c democratic standard bearer in ' 8; died at St. Mary's hospital here 1:25 o'clock tlii? morning, following operation last Wednesday. ffi oyernor Johnson 's life lump; con-b-' tally in the balance, until tho end ie. "So fre(iiontly did his condition ta;) Dge alternately for better and then tii )worse. tliat his physicians, ever cful, but none too optimistic, were Si I10 sa3 ai 1,0 t'tic since the opera aairwas performed that the governor flmoro than an oven chance for his 2. At his bedside when" the end bj ie were Mrs. Johnson. Miss Margaret livan, her friend, Drs. Y. J. and Tries II. Mayo. Dr. P. F. McNevin. r? ink A. Dn. the governor's private jjv1 retary: Fred D. Lynch, Democratic lipnal committeeman and the Misses if Sie and Schiller, the governor's 56 es. t& Jr.. W. J. Mayo stated that ihcro S, n0 r:iccs of blood-poisoning and fcVthc immediate cause of death was laustion and heart failure. End Not Unexpected. 3 it'being the fifth day after tho op 55 fion, the one when the crisis usually Kg Ives" in a case of this kind, unusual rehcusion was felt by the physicians fterday. Tr Charles II. Mayo coming from the 'ernor's room at 1:30 o'clock yestcr xfe $ afternoon, sa'd that his patient's as adorful resistance indicated an al .'al !jj total abstinence from dissipation ftv form. fHis vitality is almost that of a 1 Id." said tho doctor, "and this has a the greatest factor in prolonging existence. " Dia cnsidorable encouragcnieut was felt vis ipg yesterda.v morning when the crnor took chicken broth and was 5 jj.fo retain it. This ho had been bio to do previously. . . . . .ar Mrs. Johnson Collapses. W fien the governor had breathed his I?2 fMrs. Johnson, who had been in ost hourly attendance al hor hits fi. ifl.'s side," and who bad borne up iicf! vely under the ordeal, collapsed, and Sfc sjtaken to the Sullivan home, ifi? jrovemor Johnson was in a lethargic 9? to during tlie greater part of the ? Ht, but occasionally was aroused, cs- ally after coughing, and would then fttor a few words to Mrs. Jolinson. Itinies he seemed to wish that the If' might come, for on one occasion fsaid: JfJ jly. the time drags slowly. I am uncomfortable." The governor lapsed into nncon misncss at 1 o'clock. Toward the S 3he revived iind raised himself sev- A3? tV times to nat his wife on the cbeeks. iLBlast words were: lWell. Nora. 1 guess T'm goiug; we tkiwo made a brave fight." 901 S&JRDERS WOMAN AND if ' THEN COMMITS SUICIDE m ffSfCAXSAS CTTV. Io.. Sopt. 20. William !obia a real cstatf doalor "f this city, fyoars old. tonlg'it shot and killed Mrp. flStoll at her home and th-n. running MS'ihis own homo, four blocks away, told W ivlfo what lie had done and killed JSfnsclr In hor prosonoo. Mrs. Ptoll was jjRp'wlro of a prondm-nt dniKRist. --rtfrhe shooting followod a series of visit? iUJa(:0,)la t0 ,no Kto" nomc- tfHf Former Mayor Convicted. RtttHIL A U EL Is II I A . Sept. A I) ram C. fPJmy. the' mavor of Burkovllle. Va.. who Wote to President McCrca. Pennsylvania f.lllroart, that unls.s ho was paid the buiii rI-;?45.000 ho would blow up tho property ffSMthp Norfolk &, Western railroad, was SRjnvIctcd by a Jury in the L'nltod States LMfurt here today of uslns the mall to p'Sflltempt blackmail. Sentence wu de- m STATES 81 IUMUIS TAFT Des Moines. Iowa, and Omaha. Nch.. People Listen to Addresses. CHANGES IN IMPORTANT LAWS ARE DWELT UPON incipient Blaze Occurs in the Kitchen of the President's Private Car. OMAHA. Sept. 20. Tho special train carrying Presideut Taft and' party arrived here at 4. 'Jo, five minutes ahead of schedule. .LINCOLN, Neb.. Sept. 20, Although he will not meet President Taft, Gov ernor Shallcnborgcr today sent the fol lowing telegram to the president: "President William II. Taft. Omaha: On behalf of tho people of Nebraska, I extend to .you a hearty welcome to our slate. Wish von a safe and pleasant .journey on voiir trip. "ASUTO'N C. SUALLISNBERGEIJ," DES MOINES, Sept. 20. An incip ient blaze in the kitchen of the May flower, President Tait's private car, shortly after 1 o'clock tliis morning, caused commotion among those on the car who were aware of rhe blaze. The attendants quickly extinguished the flames and practically no damage be yond the scorching of the woodwork. Tho cause of- the blaze is a mystery. The president did not awaken. ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME , IS EXTENDED AT "OMAHA . OMAHA. Xeb., Sept. 20. President Taft, leaving the insurgent states of Minnesota and Iowa behind him, stopped in Omaha for the afternoon and 'eveniug on his way to the Pacific coast. TI e president found Omaha in "The midst of a street car strike. To avoid the possibility of trouble, Mayor Dahl man ordered all attempts to run cars during the president's stay called off. The strike did not prevcui the gather ing of a great crowd in the downtown districts, and there were times when tho president's automobile had diffi culty in making its way through the cheering throng. The president' was taken for an hour'f' ride through the streets and parks, lie passed nearly every school building in Omaha and received a joyous greeting from the children, who stood in front waving, flags and chceiung -their loud est. Guest of Knights. Tonight the president was a guest of the Knights Alc-Sar-Ben at a quiet din ner at tho Omaha club and afterward was taken to the "den"' of the organi zation, where he witnessed one of the famous initiation festivals. Afterwards he made a brief address, in which he expressed his gratification for tho greeting he had received and his en.jovment of the entertainment ar ranged in his hftnor. At Des Moines today Hie president delivered the second of the important 'leclarations of policy he hail outlined for his trip. lie addressed himself to the interstate commerce and anti-trust laws and detailed at length tho roconi inendaf ions for amendments to the stat utes that he will make to congress in his message of December next. At Denver tomorrow nifht Mr. Taft will discuss tho conservation of nat ural resources. FOUR HOURS ARE SPENT BY PRESIDENT IN DES MOINES DES MOINES. Ta.. Sept. 20. Piesi dent Taft spent a little more than four hours in Des Moines today, and dining that time breakfasted with United States Senator Cummins, one of te insurgent leaders in congress, reviewed au iinposing parade of nearly 5000 fed era! troops engaged in a military tour nauicnt here, and made an open air address to an immense crowd galherec from all the surrounding country, in which ho discussed in detail the changes he will recommend in the interstate commerce aud auti-trust laws. The president announced that hev would urge tho establishment of an in terstate commerce court of five mem bers to consider appeals from rates Continued on Page Two. f , pSP' ill 1 ct.- IMS! Kj" , ,,..,.-. ""--"I'- rfJk)K&. X GOVERNOR JOHN A. JOHNSON OF MINNESOTA. SMOOT'S ANXIOUS EFFORT. . Too Thin to Hide Him From the People. ! Three" Aroericao iVlayorafty Candidate' J t .1: JOHN S. BRANSFORD. T Mavor John S. Bransford was .j. not well known to Salt Lakers 4- until after ho had been elected T by the council to fill the va- .i eancy caused by the resignation X of Mayor Ezra Thompson dur-' ing the summer of 1007. Ho had Y been a e.itizen of Salt Lake since the nineties and a successful man j of affairs. Y He was nominated to succeed, T himself in 1007 aud was elected, X along with the American ticket, X by a majority of more than 5000, " and this' popular vote carried hini back into office with a tremen- Y dona prestige. T. Mayor Bransford first voted the American ticket in lOOo. ILo Y had not identified himself active X ly w-ith the parly until chosen X mayo:. , His administration has boon 'V -ucce&sfnl in practically every It! particular, although at times -I- there has been conflict with 'J manv members of tho party, who IT rritieispd the mavor liecauso of X some of his appointments, or be- rauso men objectionable to the, -: partv organization wero retained , 'in office. T In those conflicts, however, the J .j. mavor has been sustained bv the a :ocaIled conservatives, and ho I -!- has defendrd his position on the T grounds that a man should not X. ic removed except for cause. X Mayor Braunford did not yield ,A in pressure to stand as a candi late for ruuomiuatioa until j tirged to do so by many of I ho , trotig men of the party and bv , .). rnisiness men who have not been . known a3 partv men. He pro- ferred to retire with the record Y, he has made. However, his per- iX -onal will was ovoreonse and ho ' j- is now the center of one of the 1 -j- most aetive campaigns for re- IT nnniinution ever witnessed in the : X. city. i J, Praotleally till of the department j J. offk-lals Imvi! joined In the work : .j. for Ilrnnsford'b renomlnntlon. and I this work is largely centered hi an. ' X i f'ort ti boat down the ornnlza- ! X Hon which the Llppmnu forces have I X lHilld-ii duiitiB the past three ' X mouths. t 1 aplliii JOSEPH LIPPMAN. Few men in Salt Lake arc bet :er known than Joseph Lippman, jne of the most aetive candidates for the mayoralty nomination. He has been a citizen of Salt Lako for nearly a quarter qf a century and was active in the old Liberal days, though a very young man. and was one timo recorder of Salt Lako count3'. Mr. Lippman probably canio first iuto general proniinenco in Utah as one of the active organi sers of Thomas Kearns's cam paign for the United States Kcn it o, and ho then demonstrated his ability as a successful cam paigner. Shortly after Mr. Kcarns took ap his senatorial duties at Wash ington, ho persuaded the presi dent to appoint Mr. Lippman United States attorney for tho district of Utah, which place ho held for four years. lie was also general manager of The Tribnno for more than a vear. nnd as such helped to direct tho Amori ?au party campaigns of 190-i and 1905. It was during Mr. Lipp man 's incumbency of the district attorney's office that the Amer ican partv was organized, and this probably led to his official retirement when the Smoot forces 70t in, the saddle and began to build up the federal machine. i-'rom the date of the orwinlzu tlon of the American party. .Mr. I.Ippnian has boon a loading fnetor In every campaign. Bolnp a very ournest enmpalpnor. ho has ex pressed his political opinions In vigorous and tolling stylo In every part of this city and comity, and ho has been In Koneral demand as a nubile speaker. Mr. Lippman Ih the especial Idol of hundreds of the most active- par tv workers, and his championship of tho lnteroHts of friends and h!5 antagonism of men and measures which lie held to bo Inimical to the party's Interests hnvo made him ninny rt.ronp friends, and like wise bitter foes. Mr. TJppman's candidacy Is strenuously oppoHed by the Urans fonl forces and supported by those who criticize the mayor for holding to policies In conflict with those adopted by the stalwart membera of the party organization. j . X henry g. McMillan. j: 'There is no man m L. luh who is more deserving of recognition Jt. Iv the American party than is Jlenrv G. McMillan." -J- This declaration by a staunch y frlend puts the candidacy of Mr.Me- y MUlan square up to the parly's sup- y porters In Salt Lake. And there y are few persons who are familiar y with local history who will dispute y the claim. T Mr. -McMillan Is ono of the plo- Y nccrs of Americanism In Utah. lie "j was a stalwart In the Llboral days, y and he was one of tho handful of Y men who first met to organize the y American party. Ho reluctantly Y accepted the appointment as chair- j man of the board of public works T, at the beginning of iho present ad- ministration, and has servod tho , city with courage, ability and .t. fidelity. Mo incurred the -lis- pleasure of Engineer Kolsey early X in the term because ho believed the X board of public works was organ- X ized to safeguard the public and not to act as convenient lools of the ongln'eer. And by devoting practically all of his time to his .. duties, and with the Intelligent ns- .5. slstniiee of his associates, he has X saved the city many thousands of X dollars that a less resolute or lesa honest man might have been unable to do. Henry C!. McMillan Is one of the best IiVorined men on municipal '- if fairs In Salt Lake. Tie Is pains- X taking and practical. In Hie (lis- y chaige of his duties he has treated y friend and foe alike. And there Is y no man In nil his years who win y lay a finger on an act of Henry y McMIIIuii that has the suspicion f af dlshone.ity. No man standa f lilgher In the esteem of business T and professional men than does he. y He Is cautious, deliberate, thorough- T ly American In every word and act. . t While Mr. McMillan was one of f the signers of the protest against Y, Ttoed Smoot. and while he has con- t4 tiibuted his means and time to his Jt party, ho Is respected by Intelligent Mormons, and Is known to bo T tenaciously fair In nil his dealings. X McMillan Is public spirited In all things. Ho believes Salt Lake Is destiinid to become a great city. J, and If he becomes mavor he will havo an administration that will be J. a record of enterprise, honesty and fair dealing. . .. For many years II. G; McMillan .;. lias been "associated with loading .j. business Interests of Salt Lake. lie X Is a director In Walker ttrothera' .;. bank nnd liolds offlcs In several .j. other Important Institutions. ' -I. COOK il &ATEWAT - OF OIWE cm Explorer's Steamer Is Now An- "chored at South of Fire Island. t GREAT RECEPTION IS PLANNED FOR TODAY Thousands Will Welcome Dis coverer of the Pole This Morning. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. The steamer Oscar II did not proceed to Sandy Hook, but 'anchored south of Tire Island at 3:20 o'clock. SYDNEY. N. S., Sept. 20. Com mander Peaty will make his entry into Si'dncy tomorrow. The Arctic ship Roosevelt auchorcd off St. Paul's island today when the explorer found he could not reach the port before nightfall. This is about sixty-five miles north of Sydney. Mrs. Pcarv and her children undoubtedly met the commander . to night, having sailed north on the steam yacht Sheelah. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. The first of America 's two claimants of premier north pole honors was at the gateway of his home port this eveniug. The Scandinavian-American steamer Oscar If. with Dr. Frederick A. Cook aboard, anchored south of Fire Island at 3:20 o'clock, and the friends of the Brook lyn explorer are putting the finishing .touches to the big demonstration with which they intend to show tomorrow their faith in his assertion that he was the first man at tho "top of the earth." There was a flurry among the mem bers of the Arctic club and the Bush wich club of Brooklyn this morning, when word came that the Oscar IT was only sixty-five miles cast of Firo Is land. Cinching Programme. Although the reception committees had received assurances iast night that the steamer would be delayed so as not to interfere with their plans.' and al though a wireless message from Dr. Cook himself at 12:36 a. m. declared that he would meet them at S:30 to morrow morning, telephones and wire i less apparatus were at once put in operation to make certain that there might be no change in the original ar ia n gem en t a. The local office of the Scandinavian- American line notified tho (eaptain of the Oscar IE that he should, not attempt ! tp dock today, and he "replied by wirc . less that"" he would atfehor off Sandy Hook and spend the night there, stari ' ing up the harbor at daylight. Tho United States revenuo cutter I will leave its dock at 0:30 a. m. tomor row and moot the steamship at Quar antine in time to complete the examina tion of Dr. Cook and leave him free to join his friends at that point, at S:30. Great Welcome Planned. On account of the large number of persons who will participate in the first greeting to Dr. Cook on this side of the Atlantic, il would have been impos sible to carry out any of the original profrnminc had ho landed todto-. Nearly 2000 tickets have been sold for the steamer Grand Republic, on ' which tho committee from tho Arctic club will go down tho bay tomorrow. Slightly in advance of the steamer will to "a tug bearing Mrs. Cook and her children and the explorer's two broth ers, with two or three members of the committee. . The plan is to take Dr. Cook trom the liner aboard this tug. thus enabling him to spend the first few minutes fol lowing his arrival at Quarantine with his t'amilv. Then the tug will go along side the" Grand Republic and the ex plorer will be taken on board for the Inst stafo of tho trip to American soil. Tho neighbors of Dr. Cook 'in Brook lyn wero equally concerned when they hoard that there was danger of his arrival ahead of schedule time. At the Bushwiek club, a neighborhood where the physician used to go. they had planned a rousing welcome.. After a triumphal procession through the streets of Brooklyn, the explorer will reach the clubhouse, where there will be a reception aud a luncheon. GOOD TO BE AMERICAN, SAYS EXPLORER COOK NEW YORK. Sept. 20. "It's good' to be au American; it seems that 1 have been gone ton years." Gazing toward tho lights of Iscv York after an absenco sinco July 4, 1907 ' these were tho first se.ntimoutfc expressed tonight by Dr. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn as he paced tho deck of the steamship Oscar IL. waiting for daylight and his actual return to his native laud. . Dr. Cook was virtually at homo to VMit. for the Oscar II. anchored off Fire island. The ship marked time, as it were, so there might bo no hitch in the homecoming of the explorer. ThoiP'h sixlv miles from tlie city proper. "the Oscar II. was iu easy wire less communication with .New ork during tho day and night. Dr. Cook was on deck almost constantly and as sunset' approached he watched the brilliant panorama and conversed with newspaper men with a brief hail m re ply to their greetings through a mega phone. , , ,, , "1 feel anxious to get ashore," lie said, "but ! dread the ordeal of land ing tomorrow. 1 would much jirefer landing quietly without a repetition of the scenes at Copenhagen. I hope that T shall be left in peace with my family by tomorrow night at least." Papers on Eoard. Some New York papers were brought on board this evening containing long reports concerning Commander Peary's achievement. Dr. .Cook read them care fully, then said: "There is nothing new here aud I shall wait until something nioro defi nite is published before saying any thing further on the matter." Aside from this short reference to Peary, Dr. Cook "s expressions today and tonight chiefly concerned tho .joy of his arrival at home. Dr. Cook left the deck onlj a few minutes during tho entire day, and with touliuued on Pac Ten. NOW IH READINESS I interstate. Commerce CommU 'I sion to Begin Its Sitting in jjH Salt Lake Wednesday. H HIGH UP RAILROAD MEN jl ARE UPON THE GROUNL Commissioner 'Bahcock Says I H Is Most Important Hear- H ing Yet Held. The interstate commerce commission IH will hold a session in the federal court- i room in' the postoffico building, begin ning at .10 o'clock Wednesday morn- 11 ing, to hear the complaint of the Salt Lake traffic bureau that unreasonable f rates are being charged by the rail- j jH roads to all Utah and intcrmouutaiu points. It is predicted by S. H. Babcock, in charge of the case for Salt I Lake, that the hearing will be ono of H Iho most important ever brougbt be- ! fore the interstate commerce commis sion. While the authorities for the various railroads doing business in Utah and neighboring states will not commit themselves; it is understood, because of the careful preparation they have made to fight the case, that the same view concerning the impor- ' tanco of the case, is held by the rail- roads. The various roads will be represented H by an arra3 of legal and operating tal eul seldom .seen iu Salt Lako at am j one time. Not onlv are the railroad's j actually operating lines iu Utah send il ing some of their best men, but other ;! roads whose lines arc many hundred f miles from this territory also have men r ' here to protect their" interests. Railroads Represented. i Practically all the roads running out ' of Chicago, Omaha, Kansas Cit3 St. i Paul, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Galveston, , and many other points over whose line? c'l move goods either to or from Utah and tho interuiountain west, are as ; deeply concerned in the coming case as the lines ending in or pnssing , through this territory. r Various points in the iniermountain ; iH west, such as Ogdcn or Provo in Utah, 'H and other points in nearby states, con tend that the charges from the Missis- ; 'M sippi river and Chicago, not to men- ' tion other eastorn points where traffic originates for the west, are too high ( not only in themselves., but in compari- , son with charges to other cities no , botier situated. Freight from Chicago '' to Ogdcn coming over tho Burlington and the Deuvor & Rio Grande pays i a 'certain proportion of charges to each "''1 road. If the freight rate from Chicago to Ogdcn is changed it affects the Bur- , 'iH lington as much as it does the Denver ' ii Rio Grande, hence the interest of the Burlington in the present cas-o. Manv other roads are affected in prac tfealiy the same way. although their lines do not reach Vest of the Mis souri river. . Details of the complaint to be made to the commission could not be oh tained Monday iron the Salt Lake traffic bureau, nor could any hint be obtained from the railroads "as to the lino of their defense. Although it was announced by S. II. Babcock for the traffic bureau that he and Charles C. Dey of Salt Lake would aloue pre sent the plaintiff's side of the case to the commission, no full list of those for the defense could be obtained from the railroad side. Big Delegation Here. A large number of railroad attorneys and officials are in Salt Lako, presum ably because of the coming case. Among thchi arc C. G- Btirnham, assistant tc the first vice president of the Chicago Burlington & Quiiicy; General Attorne Hale llolden and Attorney EdwS: Spencer, both of the "Q:' Traffic Manager .7. G. Woodworth of the North ern Pacific; Assistant Traffic Manage! JH W. P. Kennedy of the Great Northern; , A. J. Donnelly of tho Northern Pa : cific road; General Passenger and Ticket Agent S. K. Hooper of the Denvor ic f Rio Grande, with Attornoy James O. ' .TeU'ery of the road at Chicago; Judgo F. C. Dillard, interstate commerce at-tonic- of the Harrimau lines at Chi cago; General -Solicitor N. II. Tjoomis , of tho Union Pacific at Omaha; Gen eral Traffic Manager .7. A. Munroe or' the Union Pacific at Omaha; II. A. Jones, freight traffic manager of the ' Southern Pacific at San Francisco: Gen eral Freight Agent G. W. Luce of tho 'H Southern Pacific; Passenger Traffic Manager Charles S. Fee of the South 'H Continued on Pago Two. ' .H findexto Today's 7 Hbune H Departments. Pago -I- Editorial 4 v Society 5 .r. Mines c v -1- Markets 7 '- y Jntermountalu 10 Domestic. 'r Two stales welcome Taft 'l - Great gathering of Odd Fel. - lows Cook at gateway of home 1 .j. Gulf states swept by storm " - IH Getting ready for big celebra- tion 10 :- IH Local, 11 l Everytlilug now in readiness for -.- V hearing of Utah Hate ease 1 - f Irrigation bond dealer visiting -- Harms submits report in Kaiser -i- poisoning caso S v !B in Salt Lake City ....II X Work on Mission theater is tern- -r J- porurlly stopped 1-1 -I- -J- Now eighty cases of typhoid fe- y ver In city 1-1 -I- Sheep conditions in Utah aro IH discussed il4 -!- .f State street fs aodn to be Im- iH y proved 1-1 iH Sporting News. i. Huonn Vista races 'H -I- riilladclphla crowding Detroit.. 'l- George Gano wins -. Fall turf, stakes 0 ' ; WtUlanis aud Demnm lead In ! six-day race 9 -r Tennis at Country club 9 IH Kansas CJiy six-day race 9 y j ll wITw-'vI-lrI,i L il