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ILXXXIII., NO. 152. established apeil is. 1871. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1911 weathee today -Fair. 12 PAGES FIVE CENTS.
i S. TROOPS
M PURSUE
BANDIT PI
my Officer Said to Have
jrjved in Cokeville; Whit
ney Brothers Elude
Posses.
'
ends of robbers
mislead officers
read Conflictin.L: Reports I
is to Direction Taken by
Fugitives After Steal
ing Horses.
LBtl to Th Tribune.
jJoKKVIia.K. W-... cpt. 12.
I'uifeil Stairs trumps mnv he or
iMt (lord nut in I'lirsutt d Hugh
li,mW ari 'harlot Whitney, the ban
Bfrho bold up tin' bank bore yestor
IBuid i fccuped with ."", watclicp and
Nr. An army officer who declined
P M! his name, arrive I in t ok ville
ifterneon and is investigating the
ioo. Hi- preseucc here is encour
Ej tlir- great majoi ity ( I he citi
and a distinct disappointment to
iandit' friends, who arc numcr
il quite well understood here I hat
fnco" arc out with tin- poSSCS
ire doing all iu their power to
the pursuers eastrny, The Whit
Ke hosts of'irii ads among theii
kind in Eastern Idaho and West
Riming, and it is not surprising,
(ore, that they are aide to escape
when trailed by numerous posses,
it Ek band 1 1 - have buc ceded In
pursuit f" the present al least la
Bl from Hit' r. purls received here
K One 'report lius H Dial the bun
m northwest and ar making for
mi-.nt ut camp which they have s
bd In th' mountains an of Mont
pWs. Another reporl i thai the
IS arc .-"ut In - of this place If
tiir- case lli v ha vc made .. de
fer lhv in ,i c si inn mil' s In a
leslerlv dlrei lion after leaving here.
KotSC! ;.ir- now ''i riiui; tin- conn
ratlitasi of I: re th. did not :i I
fctlon until several hours after the
mrs hii'i ben reported In dial re--"The
chances, lliercfore, arc lhal
bers will malt, k I theli cscao
re riding to tin southwest.
M Shcepherder.
p the u hitnc - left i oke . it last
k tin n. ::.-! through tin Kinney
Men mlK-s northwest ol hen and
HIM , VI i li a Kin phci dor t.i null
St. retain m camp, climb Into a
ni! remain n while tin look
jv I s t c 1 1 s- nnd best horses He last
ntm speed inn In a northwesterly
fen.
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B lint tlv Whltn. s .if in or n- ;i i
krmsii.-n- i-amn in the mountains
P Month, ! i l " i 1 1 Sheriff J. K.
ill of KorsM. with a small force.
P"'1 of i mountains, u hile
Twlss and .Allermann an
Cokev ill-
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UKy"rd b.-r i... threats
v'lHi w''l-.!.-cs :i it thev would
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of I ii.'' V' ' ' on all nlghl
'JlBs r." menllonert,
'.VBe dr.,,,,", r-P,'"-i this morntng
'in " V;1"' ; '--ii late yes-
P5Ktrr.,,'.r:. M-ilckly . hided
K Hit is '"it "' " mntrv
f.worti ;'lf'v "h'i-lnel. :.iw. and
rrt liUlcy's Victim Here.
, apPr ilfrw!K' w,ls wounded in an
r V 'J ' 'tgl. Whitney I i Mi
nJm tie J ,,1'1 ','' " the Shovt .in-
"JSWih- i, h9w "ft through the cheat
"hnv , ' 11 i- .-..va-.s.
Ohio Senator
Is Seriouly 111
At His Home
Wanton, o.. pj.. 12. The eondi-
Hon of United States Senator
Pomerene, who been setionaly ill
for pe-eral daws with kidney trouble,
was much improved tonight
FRANCE DEMANDS
Mill COHIBOL
Prepares Reply to Germany's
Counter Demands in the
Moroccan Crisis.
PARIS. Sept. 12. A momentous meet
in of the cabinet was held this aftcr
71.... 11 1 r, consider France's repiv to Ger
many's COOnter proposals In tin- Moroccan
negotiations. The meeting lasted three
hours The terms and a rousfli draft of
the document were laid before the min
isters by Foreign Minister de Selves and
were discussed and scrutinized from ex
sry nBpect.
Although tb'e ministers formally refuse
to satisfy public curiosity by making any
statement s to what onss.-d at the his
toiir council) it la said the .".ihlnet ac
corded it. fuih-st anpoovaJ of tbe. reoly
Dreoared bj M de Selves, which Is no
less explicit than that submitted by Ger
man v.
Tlie reply sets forth in the clearest
possible manner France's position with
regard to lhe Question or principle raised
bj Germany, and pays particular atten
tion tf. the necessity or maintaining na
tlonal equality tor all and assurance to
France of en absolutely free hand
politically in Mororro.
The foreign minister will proceed to
Ramboulllet tomorrow to submit the de
cision of the cabinet to President Pal
lertes, Ho will then have drawn no the
definite text of the reply, which will be
dispatched from Paris without delay and
will be In the posesslon of the German
government by the end of the week.
Slight Withdrawals,
BERLIN. Sept 12.- No further devel
opments In the Moroccan affair are ex
pected here pcndillK the receipt of
France's reply to the German note. The
French embassador, M Cambon. - is in
Dresden with hie family awaiting tbe
next move by his government.
Although the pifoii.- anxieties regarding
the differences between Prance and Ger
many have been larstch allayed, stocks
opened somewhat weaker on the bourse
today, owing to th-- unsatisfactory course
of the New V..rk and Paris markets yes
terday A report, printed In the foreign press
that the Russian government had with
drawn great sum- of money from Berlin
Is authoritatively, denied and it 's as
serted that the withdrawal of the French
credits from German houses has been
much exaggerated In the reports. What
ever withdrawals were made were so
slisrhl it is declared, thai they played
no important part In the recent stock
market panic.
Aeroplane Maneuvers.
VlLLERdEXEL, France. Sept 12 -Aei-oplanes
taboul forty are in use par
ti Ipatlng In the autumn maneuvers, add
. inn i t.v i i.e mimic war which win cul
minate tomorrow In a collision between
the two branches of the French army
Each aeroplane usually carries two men.
-.ne to pilot tt :;n.i tii.- other to make ob
servations through specially -constructed
glasses.
Excellent scouting results are expected
bv all the commanders. The th-mar ma-
are so distributed that many are
clsihlr at The laraesl number so
far seen at one time was three. So
serious a'-cidents have occurred
Balioonists Arrested,
VT3RDON, France. Sept. 12 - A balloon
irrylng throe Germans crossed the fron
Ll : and came down todai at Rouvrss.
The balioonists were detained as numer
ous and freshly-made photographs were
found in their possession.
MUTINY AND FIR If
ON BOARD STEAMER
CAPE iiaiti E N . Haytl, sepi is. The
dispatcn boat 16 Septembre lies off Fort
Pals with mutiny and fire oIt board
Th uleamer EclalretlS, which went to
her assistance. returned here today,
bringing sixty passengers One hundred
and tirtv other- remain on the vessel
The passengers in. hide n-.e medical
commission who w-re on their way to
Quanamlnthe when iiir trouble occurred
Quanammtlie Is strh ken with disease and
ihe pis are without proper supplies
end i Th. commission w-iii proceed
by land to the suffering town. Dr James
Donnelly, an American physician, Ii here
and will loin 'he commission.
Arrested Aftor Desperate Fight.
Winnipeg, sept, is. Sam oondrey
who is said to have been Wanted for
yean bi the Montana authorities on the
chance of horse stealing, was arrested
l the northwest mounted police near
Calgary last nlghl aftor a desperate fight,
Gondrey ia alleged ... liave been the ler
roc or stockmen on both aides of the J
border for a Iuiik llm! '
TORBEWTS OF LAVA
FROMJWOUNT ETNA
Peasants Flee From Homes,
Fearing Repetition of the
Messina Horror.
SHOCKS ARE FREQUENT
Volcano in Full Eruption and
Presents Spectacle That
Is Terrifying.
CATANIA, Sicily. Sept 12. The crest
of Mount Etna now presents a terrifying
spectacle Heavy smoke lies over it. with
frequent brilliant flashes and the bom
bardment, which is continuous along a
line nearly two miles in extent, Is like the
rtrinj? of heavy- artillery.
A torrent of burning lava. 2'0n feet
wide and four feet deep, i8 pourlnpr down
tli... slope Everything in its way has
be.en carried before it. Groves of trees
have hcep uprooted and set on fire and
the lava stream is sweeping through the
fields, sending out for miles around hot
waves of resinous smoke.
The peasants have left their homes,
carrying with them the aged, the sick and
the children and whatever meager belong
ings they were able to prei together.
Whole rcKlons covered with hardened
lava from past, eruptions have been torn
open by frequent earth shocks Manx- of
these quakes have been of great violence
and lhe peasants fear a repetition of the
Messina disaster.
The activity of Mount Elna in. teases
Sixteen new fissures have opened, and
from the two nearest the base of the vol
cano a great stream of lava Is pouring.
It is movlnc at the rate of 1260 feet an
hour, and today had covered several milvs
toward Linguaplossa. northeast of Mount
Etna
LilnguaglOSSa and Uandazzo 10 lhe
northwest, aie on the elevations and are
not threatened by the flow of )aa, though
Storms of ashes beat on them. The resi
dents, however, are panic stricken and
some have deserted the towns. Earth
shocks continue
The river of lava has invaded the cen
turies old forests of larch and pine, and
appears about to destroj the beautiful
vineyards and nut WOOdS I. is expected
soon to reach the railway line circling
Mount Etna al a point between Llngua
glossa and RandazSo.
REYES SEEKS TO
POSTPONE ELECTION
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 12. Expressing
the belief that thuggery and kindred
methods wiJ he used by the followers of
Fran. Is.-o 1 Madero If the national elec
tions take place on October I. the Reyes
delegates In convention t.dar decided to
petition congress to postpone the elec
tion for president.
As B protest against an election which
they charge would lie unfair, lhe dele
gates agreed not. to nominate a vice
president As lhe convention was called
In the name of Bernardo Reyes it Was
deemed unnecessary i place him In for
mal nomination. Tomorrow the last ses
sion of (ho convention will he held and
a committee Instructed to draft the pe
tition tO congress will report.
That il Is possible congress will ac
cede to the petition Is conceded i. m..
dero, who. in anticipation of the action
of the P.ovistas. today sent a communi
cation to congress bitterly opposing such
action.
OFFICIAL CHARGED
WITH SEEKING BRIBE
GARY. Ind , Sept. 12. A warrant,
charging John J, Nlhoff former com
missioner of public works of this city.
With soliciting B bribe of SlO.OOOi was
placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff
M-.rri.s today. The harg.s are made by
T. B. Dean who last week caused the
arrest of Mayor Knorts and five alder
men on charges of bribery In connec
tion With granting a heating franchise.
11 is alleged thai Nlhoff demanded
jin.ario of Dean for a coal yard, saving
thai the heating franchise would be
granted If Dean took over Nlhoff s coal
yard.
A statement by A F Knotts, brother
of the mayor, was issued today. In which
It is charged that the nilegeri bribe money
found in the mayor's desk on the day
of his arrest was "planted" there by
Pea n.
WOMAN MAYOR TO
BEGIN DRASTIC ACTION
i KANSA8 CITY.. Sept 1? Victory is
almost In the grasp Of Mrs. Ella Wilson,
the woman mayor of Hunnewell. Kan..
It would appear from statements today
by ' W, Tnckett of Kansas City, Kan.,
appointed by Governor Stubbs to assist
ihe woman executive In her conflict with
the men of the cOUn II. Mr. Trlckett
said d rest 1 1 actions WOUld be taken al
once :o compel the councllmen either to
resign or to support the mayor.
The action of ihe council last niuiif In
refusing U consider Mrs. Wilsons nom
inations for appointive offices, j-aid Mr.
Trlckett, makes further delay unneces
sary. "We tiii K'-t busv in Hunnewell at
on. i he said, "and things will happen
in I hat town."
WHEAT ADVANCES,
WHILE FLOUR FALLS
rrip.Ti.ANr. Or., Bept, 13. The snom
aiv of a reduction in flour prices at a
time wiien Hie wheat market Is rising
Is now before the northwest trade. Flour
Is now quoted at $l ?0 p,vr barrel the
cheapest opening price foi four years.
PrlCS cutting by millers of this city
and Puget Round. Influenced. U Is said,
by th" position of several millers who
have not yet bought much wheat, is re
sponsible for Ihe .situation.
Bought Autos. Now Has Guardian.
MACON, Mo. Sept. 12 -A farmer who
sells his farm In a prosperous community
and buys a picture Show and a motor cur
In a large dtj needs a guardian, decided
a Jury In the probate court here today,
The jury appointed a guardian for a. B.
Cunningham, on petition of his wife, who
sr.ni he who too easily Influenced by
smooth-tongued men With quick money
making propositions.
Sordid End of Winter's Romance.
LAWRENt B, Kan . s.-pt. 1 2. Ending
Unromanticnlly n . .".unship of several
months, Mm. L, J. Bperry, widow, aged
..-nr.--. today riled BUlt here against
lames D, Pexon, fi'j years old, alleging
I breach of promise and asking $10,009
pdamagea
FOWLER MAIMED,
TO RESUME FLIGHT
Wreck of Aeroplane Will Not
Deter Airman From Con-
tinuing Trip.
DELAY OF THREE DAYS
Cross-Continent Tour Will
Not Be Abandoned, in
Spite of Accident.
A ETA, Gal.. Pept 12. "The accident
to my machine has not stopped me. i ll
fly to New York as soon a the damage
has been repaired," said Aviator "Bob"
Fowler, who was wrecked today op the
second stago of his flight from ocean to
ocean.
Explaining his accident. Fowler said:
"The rear control of the plane began
to work badly. The machine kept swing- i
ing around m a circle, j tried to ma
neuver by. warping the wings so that I
could make a landing. An extra h.-.v
gust of wind struck mc and turned the
plane Squarely around. I tried to point
her down, but she would not. respond.
"i was unable to shut off the engine
because ihe switch controlling the spark
would not work. By this time I was into
the trees.
"I was sorry to disappoint the people
at Reno who were expecting me, but I'll
gel my machine together again soon and
be off towards the east The c-ngln. Ic
all right and onlj the skids and uprights
will need rebuilding "
The First Mishap.
Fowler, en route from San Francisco to
New York, met with the first mishap Of
his pioneer cross -country aerial voyage
here at 10:80 o'clock this morning, when
In trying to make a landing, necessitated
by a refractory engine and steering gear,
his biplane collided with two trees rturllng
It to the ground and slightly injuring the
dauntless hlrdman Both planes of the
raft and Its two propellers were broken
and Fowler will be delayed hero for .'H
least two days before he can resume
his eastward Journey. Before leaving Au
burn this morning Fowler had his first
(rouble With his engine, when a wire of
the magneto circuit pulle.i out The wire
was repaired, but It is believed that il
was this defect which caused the laler
trouble
Leaving Auburn at 0 37 o'clock Fow
ler rose tci a height of about ,.J feel
nnd followed the route of the Southern
Pacific tracks through the rolling ap-
nM,.nkAD ,,. f,,, ,,.; .ll.lrl.. l.".,,. . 1
pro Si he.s to the foothill district. For al
most forty miles he sailed along without
mishap, easily distancing the special train
and automobiles which had started from
Auburn at the same time.
As he came Into view in this section,
however. It was apparent that something
wa- wrong with Ins craft About a half
mile from here his course suddenly devl- I
ated sharply lie old not slacken speed J
and his machine dashed. full into the two
trees.
Wrecked Against Trees.
There was not space enough between
the tres to permit l lie biplane to pass
il, rough unscathed.
At a height of aboul forty feet from the
ground the right plane of the machine
struck the right hand tree with a splin
tering sound and the force of the blow
sent the craft careening against the other
tree. This second blow crushed the left i
plane. jin.I with both wings thus (rumpled;
Into 8 useless mass the great bird of
human creation hovered for the fraction
of a second and then turned turtle as It
starte.J on its f:ill to earth.
in falling i lie tail piece was doubled "p
beneath the craft by the force of the
wind, ami ll.e biplane hit the ground with
the tail pi. and propeiers pointing
downward, thus splintering both pro-
pelers and the rudder Fowler remained
HI his seat until the machine struck the
ground, when he was hurled against the
motor and through the debris of the rud
der to the ground.
To Repair Machine.
Spectators by the score who had wit-'
nessed Fowler's fall from a distance ,
rushed to his aid and his Injuries were
quickly given attention. His mechanicians
were soon on the scene, having arrived on
the special train which is following his
COUrSS Some of the broken pieces of th.
aeroplane were replaced with substitutes
aiiled on the train, but others had to
be sent to Reno for repairs.
In explaining his mishap Fowler said
that his Steering gear had suddenly be
come blocked when he was a few miles
from the s.epe of the accident and he
was helpless to direct his course, At
the same time his elevating plane refused
to work and his efforts to control the bi
plane resulted In the disconnecting of ti,ei
defective magneto wire, which had given
trouble earlier in tile morning. Fowler
was not only unable to direct his course
from side to side or up and down, but
powerless to shut down his engine. Had
he been able to shut off the motor h
could easily hav glided down to an open j
held.
Fowler declared tonight that he would
continue his Journey within three davs.
Fowler's Injuries consist only of bruises
and are not of n serious nature
Has Another Plane at Ogden.
Spe, ia to The Tribune.
rn;pr.. Sept. 12. Awaiting instruc
tions for shipment from Robert G Fow
ler, the aviator whose machine was
wrecked when he fell in California to- J
day, an aeroplane which arrived here to
day from San Francisco Is being held J
at the office of the eii--Fatgo Express j
company Th- machine was shipped here
bv Fowler tO be exchanged for the ma-
chine in which be started his flight from
San Francisco when Ogden was reached
Fowlers accident at A t, i in the Sierra
mountains today may necessitate the
shipment of the aeroplane at the local
. spress office to Aha thai the aviator
may continue his flight eastward.
GIRL IS KIDNAPED
RY BRU TAL TRAMP
WINNIPEG, Man. Sept 12. Eleanor
Gladys Bryce a school teacher of River
dale, was found alive tonight north Oti
BnOWflake, Man., after she had been re
ported murdered.
she told h tale of having been assault
ed by a tramp. She s ,ld slv was carried. '
despite her struggles, from her school to
a b.nelv gully, where she whs kepi prls- :
onr She hore evidence of having gun
through a terrible ordeal
Miss Bryce 2 years old and a niece
of Premier Rohlln Hundreds of men
htc scouring the country toward the bor
dot icr ths tramp!
Utahns in Now York
Special to The Tribune.
MEW YORK. S-pt. l, Holland J, B. I
kfpreton; lb raid Square, S T. Taylor. l-
Wright, F W Asper, a. Cnrtensen;
Imperial, W, Spry, j
MAINE IS STILL A
PROHIBITION STATE
Revised Returns Show a Ma
jority of 295 Votes
for "Drys."
TOTAL VOTE 120,72?
Local Option League May
Try to Secure Inspection
of the Ballots.
PORTLAND, Me.. Sept. 13. Revised
returns on the question of the repeal
of the prohibition constitutional amend,
merit at 1 o'clock this morning reduced
the majority against repeal 295. The
total vote stood :
For 60.216
Against , 60,511
Frederick G. Fassett, secretary of the
Maine Non-Partisan Local Option
leaguej tonight said:
"We jo not concede (hat the amend
ment, lias lie.m reaffirmed. There, has
been so much contradiction in the re
turns that wo do not know what the
result is We shall wait, for the of
ficial canvass of the vote, and at. that,
tunc shall decide whether to take steps
to BOCUre an inspection of the ballots "
After a rlaj of almost constant sur
prises, it appeared tonight on the face
of tbe returns from town and city
clerks in all but 198 towns and
plantations, that prohibition was not
defeated in the special election of yes
terday as indicated last night. The result-
thus far tabulated show a major
ity for prohibition of 16".
Most of the towns yet to be heard
from have been unofficially reported
with small majorities favoring reten
tion of the prohibitory amendment in
the constitution, and any change in the
vote of these places is likely to help
dm prohibitionists.
In addition to the 46. i majority shown
by the clerks' returns, there are fifty
more "dry" votes known to exist in
Portland .which arc nol included in the
city clerks' report, because of an ad
m it ted prror.
The change from an apparent, vic
tory by 700 majority for the wet Bide,
to 500 votes in favor of the drys. came
after prohibitionists had conceded de
feat, and reports of those who sought
to repeal the constitutional amendment
had sent out numerous statements as to
what would be done nexl.
On the other referendum questions
before the people yesterday, that pro
posing to make Augusta fprevei the
capital of the state and thai favoring
the direct primaries act, were carried
bv large majorities, according to re
turns at hand tonight.
MACHINISTS BALK
' PLANS EOR STRIKE
CHICAGO Sept. 12. The question of a
Strike of Illinois f'entral railroad shop
men without the aid of the International
Association Of Machinists Will be threshed
OUl by the rank and file before further
action is tak. ii by the International labor
officials in charge of the situation here.
This was decided al a conference today
Ol national officials representing ibo nine
era f Is involved.
It was definitely Known yesterday lhal
the refusal of the International Associa
tion of Machinists to back financial!) the
shopmen iu the proposed walkout Rlde
l racked plans of the Illinois Central Fed
eration system leaders. This resulted In
the calling of another confer nee of In
ternational officers for the purpose of for
mulating an announcement to ihe cm
ployees, setting forth all of the facts,
p. .inline OUt what 'he men would have
to contend with in the event of strike
and asking foi another strike vote.
The communication was drafted by the
conference commit b e this afternoon.
M'NAMARAS WILl BE
TRIED IN LOS ANGELES
t.os angki.es. sept 12. Judge Bord
w. 11. before whom John J and .lames
B. McNamara will be tried October 11
on Indictments charging them with dy
namiting and murder In connection with
ihe blowing up of the LOS Angeles Times
plant, ruled yesterday that John J Mc
Namara must be tried in Koe Angeles
end not at Indianapolis, from which city
it was claimed he had been kidnaped, as
the defendant had requested. The bill of
exceptions filed by counsel for Mc
KSmara questioned the Jurisdiction of the
superior court, but the court held it had
lurlsdietlon. Cyrus McNutt, one ..f the
attorneys for the defense, stated thai
there would be no appeal from this decision.
PASSENGERS TAKEN
EROM WRECKED SHIP
SEATTLE Sept 12. All the passen
gers and crew of the lost steamship Ra -mona.
which was tOtalW wrecked on
Spsnlsh Island, Alaska, hist Sundai are
on the SteampShlp Northwestern, hound
for Seattle, szcepl Captain Tanfe nd
six men. who were ordered to stand bv
the wreck. It is not known how many
passengers the Ramona carried,
fetalis of the scenes attending th
wrtrk cannot be obtained until the North
western arrives at Kethlkan
Tlv wood. n Steamship Ramona of
the Pacific Coast Steamship com
pany, bound from Skatrwav for Seat
tle, with passengers and freight, went
ashore on one of the Spanish
Islands, opposite 'ape Decision, Alaska,
al 8:$0 o'clock Sundae moiiinc and is a
total loss. The passcnKcts and . r-w were
taken off t. the steamshU) Northwestern
and are on the wav to Seattle.
Iietalls of the disaster arc contained in
a message received by the Alaska steam
ship company from the captain of lhe
Northwestern tills morning. When the
no isage was sent the Northwestern was
at anchor near Cape Decision, wotting for
a heavy fog to lift, it if supposed that
the i'.amona struck In a fo A list of
the passengers is not available, but the
numnei is believed to be large, ss the fall
exodua from Alaska has begun, ospe-
T f'o-n the rsjiner) towns, the Ashing
s. u.son being ended: at many of them.
The Ramona lefl Skagway September $ !
and was catling at the various canneries i
t.. take passengers and freight. She car-
rled a tfw of twenty-four. The vessel I
v.as valued at UOO""" J
1
Mrs. Johnstone
Will Attempt
I to Navigate Air j
j
fCgjejMsT-' a
JBStt "s Mm jSrsfl
MRS. RALPH JOHNSTONE
UEMP8TEAD, x. V., Sept. 12. Mrs.
Ralph Johnstone, whoso husband
met his death in an aeroplane last year
at Denver, has decided to take up nvia
tion and this week will begin the firt
of her series of lessons on the Hemp,
stead plains.
SHE NOT LIKELY,
. SIIYS DAVID KEITH
Believes Railroad Controversy
Soon Will Be Amicably
Settled.
David Keith, who has just, returned
to Salt Lake after an absence of a
month on the c.asf. Is of the. belief
that tlie differences between the Harri
man lines and their shop employes will
be amicably settled. Mr. Keith said
that the threatened railroad strike was
causing much apprehension on the coast
and that every effort was being made
to avert the strike.
Mr. Hcith spent much of the tune,
during his absence from Salt L.ake. in
Los Angeles. He also visited San
Francisco and other coast cities, re
turning to Salt Lake from the North
west Monday ni'iit While in
Francisco Mr. Keith called on E. K.
Calvin, vice-president and general man
aged of the Southern Pacific company,
to learn what danger there was in the
Threatened railroad strike. Mr. Calvin
gave, it as his opinion that there would
Be no strike.
"Should the shopmen decide to
Strike." declared Mr. Keith, "every
one would Buffet Both the railroad
and the strikers would be Injured and
business would suffer almost irrepara
ble damage. If a strike comes, I think
that the contest will be a bitter one on
both sides, and I certainly hope that
it may be avoided. The baneful ef
fect, of a strike on business would be
felt generally throughout the country
and particularly in San KrancMO, Salt
Lake, Omaha, Kansas City and Chi
cago. "However I think the outlook for a!
peaceful settlement is a hoifrful one. !
Ilic men have always been treated iu j
an excellent manner by the Uarriman
System. Their wages have been good,
and their relations with the railroad
have been tbe best. My belief is that
the wiser counsels will prevail and al
satisfactory settlement wil be reached.
"Business conditions appeared to ne
improving in all of the cast town-.
Lo? Angeles looked especially good, The
business of that city appears to i-e con
stantly improving, and the pe'ople main
tain that a large number of people are
moving to Los Angeles from all part a
of the country, hi 9an Ftancisco the
threatened railroad strik- was having
its effe.-t on business. With lhe settle
qi en t of that controversy) I look tor
a marked improvement in Ban Francis
CO. Other coast cities were bustling,
i rops in the Nortb.w.-: arc excellent.
With the heavy crop yield and the gen
eral improvement in business conditions
the outlook for fall business is excel
lent, "Ball Lake City looks to me just as
good and a little better than any town
in the Wesi i".sT now. I am satisfied
with the local business outlook and ami
confident that we will experience an
excellent fall and winter season."
Mr. Keith will go to Park City to
day to look into hi mining interests.
AEROPLANES PROVE
WORTH IN MANEUVERS
WOLDE K. Mecklenburg-SteUIts; Sepr
12 The Hohensollern Prince, command
ing the "ESngllah" army of Invaders in the
German army maneuvers, thus far has
proved the euual In strategy of the fa
mous Von Ier '". .Its. Prince Frtederlch
Leopold divined the plan Of Field Mar
shal Baron Von DergOltt to throw the.
guard corps by a ion march against the
flank of the Invaders and ch-"k It hy
moving hi whole army in this direction
The dirigible balloons and aeroplanes
gave goo.l ser'-'ice and proved that In
favorable weather the preat turnlnjr
movements, such as determined the Rus
SO -Japanese battles, were certain to be
detected.
W HALERS MAKE RICH
HAUL THIS SEASON
NETW BEDFORD, Uass.. Bapl 11.- The
best summci for whaling in a generation1
is Indicated In dispatches received by the I
New Bedford board of trade from Knyul.
Asorea islands. Nine vessels of n fleet
that has reached Feyal reporl HMO barrels
of sperm on Besides that the brig Vlels
secun i UO pounds of ambergris valued
m (60,000,
PUN 10 STORE
Bid ITERS
FDR IRRIGATION I
Prominent Citizens of Utah
Launch Big Enterprise
of Importance to
SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL
BACKING IS ASSURED
Undertaking Is Expected to
Make Fertile Quarter Mil
lion Acres of Land
Near Salt Lake.
ONE of the biggest irrigation
schemes ever launched in th
West vva put under way at the
' Ommercial club yesterday aft
ernooD at 4 o'clock, when g large body
of leading business meu and public spir.
itcd citizens endorsed and accepted with
their signatures a. plan to form a large
Corporation for tbe purpose of opening
to cultivation more than 260,000 acres
of irrigable, laud tributary to Salt
Lake. Ogden and Pxovo by tho con
servation of the flood waters of tho
Weber and Provo rivers.
The proposed company will be eapi
talized.. to start with, at $100,000, and
will carry on the work of building im
mense reservoirs in Provo and Web6f
canyons, in which the flood waters Of
the ditfereni seasons will be stored
and released B6 ne-ded to irrigate the
vast anas of barren land Ijing be
tween Ogden on tin- north and Proyo
and I ledar valley on the south i a
der present plans, only $75;000. WOrth
of stock is to be sold, if possible, to
200 prominent business men of the ter
ritory concerned. Of the capitaliza
tion, 25 per cant, or 125,000, will be
Called for in order to defrav the ex
peases of the preliminary work in in
vestigating the project and to enable
the company to further make a prac
tical demonstration and beginning Ol
the scheme. Of the sum required tor
this purpose il IS understood that
twenty-five men ol public standing have
already either subscribed or pledged
subscription to shares in blocks rang
inff up to 11.000 each, while all tnos
thai have heard of the project, have
expressed themselves as enthusiastical
ly in favor of it.
Notables Are Interested.
(leonce Y. Wallace presided Si the
me( ting an I Introduced Thomas H ( ut
ier who. vmiii William R. Wallace of
Sail Iike, Thomas U Allen of Coal
ville Governor William Spry. teote
ust in and oilier prominent business
men figured actively In working out the
details of the big plan.
Mr cutler explained that the Investi
gation into the feasibility of the project
rrew out of a r port made by the i on
servation commission tWO or Ihree years
ago. which laid bare the fad that near
ly i 000,000 acrS-feei of flood water from
ti e "two rivers had gone to waste an
nually during tho lasl twenty-two vea.rs
while in Utah and Salt Lake counties
alone hundreds of thousands of acre or
land In a barren stale .ouid have been
placed under cultivation and made richly
productive through the use of such wa-
"In going forward with our Invesl
tion " win Mr. Cutler, "we encountered
difficulties We w- re (old that the plan
was nol feasible and that we would be
come entangled In many Usurg law
gUlts in tne COUnues connniw. oi
found a system under which i"
in 000 acres of bind at our very doors
I could be Irrigated and cultivated, at an
ultimate expenditure ranging from $.v
000 000 to SIO.000.000, according to the
acreage of land brought Into the scheme.
Outline of Plan.
"The quickest way to get at this would
he to segregate the work Into twri svs
tema The system that might be called
lhe southern system seems more feas
ible to us st present and we think first
attention ought to be directed there
This system Includes th1 building of sn
Immense reservoir at Deer Creek, where
nature's formation make such an under
lakind comparatively eay. Bv mentis of
a canal and siphon system, the flood wa
ter? of the Weber as well as the Provo
COOld be Stored In this reservoir and ta
ken to various distributing points m both
sides of the Jordan river In the districts
referred to. It would irrigate ,-jpout 159. -
i res now barren for lack of ater
in the northern prt of Utah county, in
Cfdar valley, and the south end of Salt
Lake county. Which COUld not posslblv
be reached bv any other scheme. The r
iiortlcrn system dSsil with the building
Continued on Page Two.
ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN BY
WILLIAM C. FREEMAN
When a merchant tolls
vou that he has tried adver
tising and IT HAS NOT
PAID him. you car depend
upon it there is a vm' good
reason why it hasn't paid
him.
The probabilities are that,
he has gone at advertising in
a haphazard way, running
an announcement here and
there, without following any
DEFINITE plan, and. nat-
Couunued ou Pago live.
