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1-710.132. SALT LAKE) CITY, FRIDAY MORNING, 3?EBRUAE.Y 23, 1912. 12 PAGES FIVE CENTS Igl
I1,1 OKLAHOMA
WLfi Session of Demo
Kjc State Convention
Hfyjichls to Choose Dele
gates to Baltimore.
SvERNOR CRUCE
IB SUGGESTS A PLAN
JHf
SnonMan Elected Tempo-
Chairman; First Vote
SWallenged and Found to
HB Be Incorrect.
-frSBflmKOMA CUT, Okla., Fob.
:JJBj5tl:30 this morning the Ok
ilReiDBUocraticconvenUon wis
Eb nidzt of a heated debate
yt minority report of the com
ie' Ke ca resolutions which de
EiHj that Governor Cruce call
lilEcul session of the legislature
JErrfa state election laws.
liauB&od a preliminary skirmish
.ttBfjii jfUraoon no vote has been
.HcfUch might indicate the in
fi 'jKn cf the convention with re
iEitt the presidential uoraiua-
imEu trpected tlio election of
rj,:l(Eil!s to the Baltimore conven-iJ-JErtl
pot lie taken up for sev-
iU News Service.
K CITY. Okla . Fob. 22.
Isht session of the Demo
latc convention, with the
forces Flictiib' in the lead,
outlook on the floor about
hh The credentials com
l about 11:30. dividing the
delegation evenly between
Q and Galbreath delegates,
Glddlnge. (Wilson) dele
tnma county and the Gal
lon from Tutea. Tho re
imittcc was adopted unan
fcatures of tlic evening
i address made by Govcr
;o ttiok occasion to state
:n malting for months for
v to see who were his
to his enemies, lie Jn-
AH not admire bin ad
3 tome out and right in
'fated thai fee best way
dark and Wilson ffcht Is
tor Thomas Marshall of
jjakcr said that he bc
"e men mentioned could
J Tiruldencv Tie annealed
to elect John Doolin
mltteeraan.
J" occurred thus far tbc
no oaent to suggest
J crowd largely js back.
3r vzaMwMi com
ikS?.1'0 -Harmon
t0" and nail for
Z?ni U,C ot the
a! 0nJet' of busi
S'wcncc uosUoii be
'Mn preference
t on the lln.
Z&HSSft. open untit 1
UREAfhi"o,Whr? tale com-
-fAffBr! With i.m W cnteatr.ri
rFAVIOThomaa Doyle.
gSMUHiK . temporary
the method
rfiB S.,acUDn
'n nKw; ,tuM on L ?at 11,0 cc"
HHfthaicUi 5i ,ll,aal5 of ro'-
i,,e aark
StfSaS fJS,'00' '-cr of
WMm'to' 20 llou,,e '
KNOX BEGINS DIPLOMATIC TOUR TODAY
' S &
SAILS FIRST TO INSPECT THE CANAL
i Secretary fCnox, TJ. S. Cruiser ,W ' asliington, uliicli will take liim on his cruise, anal ma$
of his i outc through Central American Republics. )
POISON PLACED II
MILKflTHOSPITAL
Eight Tiny Lives Extinguished
in a Semi-Public Institution
at Brooklyn.
CORONER IS CALLED IN
Autopsy Shows That Stom
achs of Little Ones Bore
Traces of Corrosive Acid.
By International Xclvs Service.
N13W YORK. Feb. 22. Two ir.fa.nts
died la.st Stjnday of what appeared to bo
spinal meningrltis in the infants honpital
of the Brooklyn nursery, a Kcmi-public
Institution.
Two more perished on ' londay with
the sa-me symptoms. The authorities of
tho place wcro puzzled, but seemingly
not alarmed.
On Tuesday two more tiny lives ware
exUnsulEhod ajid on "Wednesday another,
makins' seven.
But not until thlK morning-, when Jlvo
more babies were found uufrcrin? in the
same iniinnor ami likely to die at any
time, was' the matter reported to the
coroner, or a. close iixamlnation ma.de of
tho oirciimslance.
Acid Found in Milk.
Tonight just when the eighth infajit
died. th6 hospital physicians and.outsldo
experts came to the utarUmf," conclusion
that the dozen d?ad and dyiiuj babies
had been poisoned. An autopsy per
formed upon aeveraP'of them ahowed'that
their stomachs 'bore traces of Dome cor
rosive acid, nrobably oxalic, which TrniJ
plveii thorn with their milk.
Investigation by a squad .of detectives
provod t hat orally acid "was the only
polnon Jto whloh ,oax.v ncc.'SB might be
had in ths hospitAl, .Alao they leurnwl,
a ttiKntlt.y of -that deadly -drug was pur
chased a. short tlmo ago, and thern wna
a bottle of atronjr .solution of it stand
ing In a closet by a gallon ;lug of Unio
water, which Is put into all the milk
consumed by fh infanls.
Woman Suspected.
For about nine hours, until wll into
this evening, the detectives Interrogated
every prraon hi the hoapltoJ. When thoy
wore s through they declared that they
had learned of some things that were
"mighty (nicer," but they had noL enough
nvirJcnce to arrest anyone. When they
departed a couple of policemen were
placed on guard to sn that no one went
away from the place, A woman em
ploye, of the hospital, crazed by the
dati of her own child some time ago,
is en id to bi under suspicion.
"It's pretty oortain that tbe pla:lng
of the poison in the babies' milk was
not an accident," said one or" those In
charge of the Investigation "But we
can not act definitely until we tlnd out
from a chemical analysis of the stomach
contents Just exactly what poison was
used."
The hospital lakes-: both pay paticnta
and children who are committed by the
courts. The Infants, however, are most
ly those of poor parents.
CLEI ACCOSEO OF
WEIGIIC0C1E
Detectives Arrest Arthur Ed
wards and Seize SI 000
Worth of-Drugs.
In the arrest of Arthur 13. Edwards,
shipping clerk for the Smith-Bailey Drug
company, who was taken Into custody on
Pierpont street last night, just after he
bad sold worth or coeaino to an op
erative of the Maylon "Detective agency,
and in the subsequent seizure of more than
f 1000 worth of cocaine and morphine in
ISdwardB's rooms in the Willi cy apart -
mcuts, the police boliovc that the priu
! cipal source of the Illegal tralflcking in
drugs in Salt Lake has boon uncovered.
At U o'clock this morning Howard. AJlcn
and J. R. Wright, roommates of Ed
wards, who are also employed at the
samo drug company, were arrested as
they entered their apartments by Pa
trolmen Jeuke3 and Roc. It Is alleged
that thoy are Lmpllcnled In the embez
zlement of the. drugs, a.nd that they
ated a.i Edwards's lieutenants in tho
disposal of the booty. ,
Tho drugs confiscated completely filled
a trunk found in Edwards's rooms. They
were contained hi bottles and boxes bear
ing labels of the Smith-Bailey Bnig com
pany. . In addition to Uic charge of sell
ing cocaine, Kdwnrdn may be charged
with cmhczzlcmcnt from tho drug com
pany. AA. Ub city jail last, night. Edwards con
fided to "Luke fa, May. lmaJ of the Mnylon
Detective agency, tha.t ho was willing
to' plead guilty to ' tho charge of Illegal
aelllng or drugs. Whnn booked at the
desk Gorgeanl's office Edwards said he
was a maga?ine writer connected with s
number of large eastern publications.
Walks Into Trap.
The arrest followed a lorn; investigation
"by tho'Maylon agency Into the disappearance-
of drugs from the Sm Hi) -Bailey
Drug company. Suspicion fell upon Ed
vards three days agci and a clever plan
was laid to verify tho suspicion and bring
about his arrest.
O, TL Kelly, one of the operatives of
tho detective agency, formed an acquaint
ance with Edwards and opened negotia
tions for the purchase of cocaine, prom
ising Unit ho wouhrfurnlah a oleady mar
ket for all tho drugs Edwardii could sup
ply. Kelly arranged to meet Edwards in
fronL of the Wilfley apartments at a cer
tain hour and buy from him three, ouncos
of cocaine at 5-1 an ounce, which Is $2
less than tho lowest wholesale prico of
tho drug.
Taken Into Custody.'
At the appointed hour Edwards came
down stairs from his apart monts and kept
the engagement. Just across the street
Luke S. M;o't chiof of the detective
agency, and Policemen .Teukos and Olsen
were hidden behind a billboard.
After the drug had changed hands
and Kelly had paid Edwards u
$Ts bill, ?2 bill and five silver
dollars, all of which had been marked j
" (Continued on Pace Two.)
Secretary Will Be Closely
Guarded in All Spanish .
American Countries.
By International News Service.
PALM BEACH, Fin.. Feb. 22. Secre
tary uf Slate , Philander C. Knox
will begin his live weeks' diplomatic
trip to tho Spanish American
countries that border on the coasts
of the Cnraibcan sea a.nd tho Gulf of
Mexico tomorrow afternoon.
Accompanied by hla wife and a party
of friends, as we'll as a number of news
paper men, Mr. Knox will sail on the
United Stales cruiser Washington, which
is now laying at anchor several hundred
yards from the beach, having arrived here
this morning, direct for Colon, where ho
will begin a. trip across the Isthmus.
L'ne oojeot oi &ccrctnry ivnox s ,iunuet
is to more firmly cement the friendly re
lations between the United States and the
Central American countries that are in
cluded In his route, and also to investi
gate the causes of the continuous strife
which has been the curse of these nations
for years.
First Stop at Colon.
The first stop on the trip will be at
Colon, where tho secrotary and his party
;wlll disembark and make a journey of
Inspection along the route of tho canal.
Tho party will proceed from Panama
northward, visiting Costa Rica, Nica
ragua, Salvador, Guatamala and Hon
duras. The Washington will pick up the parly
again off the Hondnra-n coast and sail
across the Carribcan sea to Caracas,
"Venezuela, whence, nfter a short stay,
the journey will be continued by boarding
tho Washington and saJUng to Porto
Rica, then to Santo Domingo and Ha
vana., where Mr. Knox will probably en
deavor to discover the causo of the re
cent trouble in Cuba which resulted in
throats of Intervention by thn United
States. The return trip will end here at
Palm Beach.
Will Be Closely Guarded.
There have beon a good many rumors
afloat thai Mr. Knox will run into quite
a little trouble on his visits to the capi
tals of the Central American countries,
owing to the Intense haired thnt baa been
frequently manifested by the lower classes
against. Americans and tho American gov
ernment. Fears have been expressed for
the sa.foty of Mr. Knox in exposing him
self to attack by these people who aro lit
tle more than fanatics In their prejudice
against Americans. There 13 little possi
bility of tho accrctary'a experiencing any
bodily harm, however, as ho will be con
stantly attended by military and naval
aides, and the fin-t demonstration of vio
lence would undoubtedly result In a de
tachment of; marius or sallora being or
dered ayhore from the Washington to act
ps a bodyguard.
Although it was not announced official
ly, llicro is a. possibility that Secretary
Knox's northward trip through Central
America may he extended Into Mexico so
as to afford him an opportunity to become
thoroughly familiar with -the conditions of
American interests and Americans living
In Mexico, and to what extent thoy have
been effected by the recent troublous
times In that country.
PAYS HOMAGE TO
FIRST PRESIDENT
Head of 1.1 le Nation Mufces Pil
grimage l.o Mount Vornou
With Floral Offering.
WASHINGTON. Fob. .'.President
Taft eclebratud Washington's birthday
by a pilgrimage to tount Vernon with
a stop at Alexandria, Va., where Wash
ington used to stop on his way from his
Virginia plantation to tho capital.
At Al:candrla the president sat In
tho chulr that tho first president used
at the first, master of tho Alexandria
lodge of Masons. At Mount Vernon he
walked between hundreds of sightseers
to the tomb of Washington to the click
of cameras and whirr of moving picture
machines. He placed a wretch of white
roses and carnations on tho tomb of
Washington.
Senators Swcnson and Martin, Repre
sentative Carlln of Virginia, Grand Mas
ter Andrews of the Virginia Masons and
several representatives of the George
Washington Memorial association ncconi
Viinlcd him. He wa away from the cap
ital only a few hours, traveling by auto
mobile and a cpeolal train-
SHUSTER CALLS
HIS SUCCESSOR
COMMON THIEF
Young American Arrives in
New York With His Family
.After a Strenuous Time
in Persia.
ANCIENT EMPIRE
AT MERCY OF CZAR
Contemptible Part Played by
Great Britain "in the Inter
est of Civilization and
the Cross."
By International News Service.
NEW YORK,. Feb. 22. "England's
knees shake with fear every time"
she contemplates the supposed
desisns of Germany," said W:
Morgan Shuster on Ills arrival to
day aboard the North German Lloyd liner
George Washington. Mr. Shuster had
come diroctly from London on his return
home from Teheran, where since last July
he had been lighting, with his back to
the wall, "to make good," as he put It.
against the combined' power of Russia
and Great Britain in his position as trcas
urergcneral of Persia.
The young American, typical in
physique and viewpoint of the men in tho
United States who are in the forefront of
affairs discussed his experiences and
trials In Persia, with the utmost freedom.
His mission to the capital of the ancient
empire was not a diplomatic one He had
been employed by the Persian authori
ties to leave his homo at Washington
for the gigantic task of modernising the
thousand year old revenue system of Per
sia. He entered upon the undertaking
with characteristic American energy and
directness. He did ills work so well that
he soon fell afoul of both Russia and
Great Britain.
Partition the Object.
He discovered at tho outset that two
powers smugly felt that any revision of
the age-old Persian system of taxation
and expenditure must be made only in ac
cordance with their niatured purpose ul
timately to partition Persia between
themselves "in the Interest of civilization
and tho cross." lie says that from the
inception of his work he encountered at
e.vcry turn the combined opposition of
St. Petersburg and London. Mr. Shus
ter finally had to yield to this influence
and resign.
Accompanied by. Mrs. Shuster and their
two little daughters, aged 7 and 5, Mr.
Shuster went from tho Hoboken pier
to tho Pennsylvania, railroad station,
where the family embarked from their
old home In Washington.
"Without England's support," doclarcd
Mr, Shuster, "Russia could not havo
bulldozed its way through the Persian
tangle and supplanted me with the pli
ant Belgian, Monard, who is nothing less
than a secret agent of the czar's gov
ernment. Wlille In Persia I realized as
never before the hysterical stale upon
which Great Britain is bordering because
of tho palsying dread In the foreign of
fice under Sir Edward's Grey's admin
istration tha.t Germany will moke some
sudden move on the chessboard of Euro
pean politics that will put Britain far
among tho tailende-B in tho game.
England's Secret Aid.
"Sir Edward Is playing aJong helpless
ly and desperately with Russia In Persia
'lest England lose a point that would dis
rupt her hopeful policy in the far east.
Rusria.'s tactics toward me and my worK
were so coarse and brutal that T prob
ably could have enlisted the active sup
port of the world had it not bcou for
England's secret aid of Russia.
"Tho upshot of it. all 1b," added Mr.
Shuster, "that Persia Is now more at
the mercy of the czar's determined and
headlong policy of ruthless aggression
than beroro the Anglo-Russian alllanco
there was exposed by the sheer force of
circumstances."
Shunter's keen even and heavy jaws
that click out the cmphnsiu.of his words
bespeak the moral and physical courage
he displayed all through the trying days
of tho latter part of his service at Teher
an. Mis framo Is knit as closely as an
athflletc trained for a championship con
test. Although for wceka subjected to
tho gravest dangers, ho moved about, tho
streets of the Persian capital as though
no mcnaco lurked. His muscular dovelop
me.nt seems to proclaim his confident be
lief that "nad be been attacked by ene
mies with bludgeons or guns he could
hnvo vanquished them with Ids bare
handt?.
Contempt for Monard.
For Monard, the Belgian with whom
he was supplanted by the ezur's cos
sacks. Shustor expressed the most pro
found contempt.
"That man is a thief," he said calmly
when speaking of Monard. "Nothing but
th plainest kind of American talk can
describe him. and being an American, 1
am accustomed to calling a man a thief
when I know he Is. England and Russia
ai-H only too willing for Monard to glut
his greed on the Persian revenues so
long as ho oboy their Joint behest."
Mrs. Shustor stood bv her husband's
eld i) ns he dlscusdcd 'nis experience- In
Teheran. So thoroughly did her husband
Infect her with his contempt of the dan
ger that dally threatened hlni that aba
permitted the nurse to escort the c'hlldrn
on thilr dally walks through tho city
ovnn at the very height of the excitement
General Who
Finds Brother
Dying in Park
GEN, MILES FINDS
HIS BROTHER 0Y1
Rides by in Auto and Stops
When He -Sees Man Fall
in Park.
By International News Service,
WASHINGTON. Feb, 22. A trick or
falo brought Lieutenant General
Nelson A. Miles, United States
army, to the side of his dying
brother, Daniel C. Miles, as he lay
gasping out his breath on a gravel walk
in Lafayotto park bore tonight. Tho gen
eral was passing in ins nuiomooiie wncn
he saw a pedestrian crumble In a heap and
sprawl upon the pathway. General Miles
sprang from his machlno, and upon push
ing his way through the curious crowd,
found that the stricken man was his
brother, a sufferer from heart trouble.
Daniel Miles died' while his brother was
carrying him to his waiting machine.
Daniel C. Miles, who was born In West
minster, Mass., In 1S27, was extensively
engaged Jn the lumber and mill business,
his Interests covering a largo field In New
England. He retired many years ago. He
leaves three sons and a daughter, George,
Henry and Arthur, who arc now in. Mon
tana, and Mrs. Parker of California.
EIGHT DEAD IN
OKLAHOMA MINE
Score of Others Entombed and
Believed to Have Been Killed
as Result; of Fire.
LEHIG IT, Okla.. Feb. 22. Eight miners
aro known to be dead and possibly a
scoro of others are entombed and be
lieved to have been killed as the result
of a fire, the causo of which has not
been determined. The blazo started
shortly after noon in mine No. G of the
Western Mine & Coal company, a Gould
property.
When the flic 'broke out 300 feet be
low the surface, nearly 200 miners, most
ly foreigners, were in the workings.
Most of them escaped through an aban
doned shaft, the outlet to which was
more than two miles from the entrance
to the main shaft.
The fire soon spread all through the
I main drifts. Thirty cars of coal In these
helped to feed the flames. It Is believed
by company officials that from fifteen
to twenty men arc entombed with no
chance of escape.
Rescue parties from the government
station at McA tester reached the scene
lalo today and began exploration of the
workings near the mouth of the mine.
The disaster is the most serious -in the
history of mining in Oklahoma. Bosldes
tVie loss of life the damage to- the mine
will aggregate thousands of dollars.
TONG TROUBLES" ARE
REVIVED IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Or., Fob. 22. Sold Wing,
cousin ofSeid. Blng, the wealthy young
Chinese recently murdered here, was shot
in the 'hip tonight while standing-' In a
doorway In Chinatown. The police say
the shot was fired jby a Hop Sing man
nnd reopens the quiescent -tong war. Seld
Wing has been active -In-attempting to
run down the murderer of bis cousin..
Shue Ding, a .canncrynmn, was shot
down In a Chinese kitchen tonight nnd
died later. The police are holding Jong
Wah on charge of murder. The shoot
ing is not connected with tong troubles
and the police aro unable to find a mo
tive for it.
ROOSEVELT MOVEMENT
IN WASHINGTON STATE
SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 22. Repre
sentatives of the Rooefvolt movement In
Washington met at a public dinner here
tonight and took stops to obtain a Roose
velt delegation to the national Repub
lican convention. Mayor George W Edit
ing of Seattle presided. Among tho speak
ers at the dlnnci were ex-Governor
Henry McBride of Washington, and ox
Congressman Charles McOavin of North
Yakima, Wash.,, who formerly . re-presented
a Chicago district. In tho house.
It was decided to open Roofievelt state
headquarters in Seattle tomorrow under
the direction of Kufus R. Wilson.
STORM STREWS 1
NEW YORK CITY I
WITHJWflECKAGE I
Metropolis Is Littered With
Ruins of Toppled Chim- iljB
neys, Unroofed Homes
and Broken Wires. j
GREAT WHITE WAY ll
IS IN DARKNESS 11
Damage Amounts to Millions; 19
Wind Ravages the Eastern U
Coast From Carolinas Igl
to Quebec. jBH
By International News Service. flj
N1DW YORK, Feb. 22. The 06-mile ; IB
gale that has held the eastern j Hk
seaboard from the Carolinas north I Big
to Nova Scotia In Its Icy grasp Sfl
for the past twenty-four hours, In
swept out to sea tonight, leaving behind I ffifj
a new record' for wind velocity In the ; fi
cast and a list of properly damage that ' nffi
will reach into the millions. The low jHw
pressure area I3 now central over Que- ' jfim
bee, and the local weather bureau prom- j IMA
ises diminishing winds and a slightly Wnm
falling temeprature. ( fjraj
The great gale lert this city littered 991
with the ruins of toppled chimneys, un- j SB
roofed homes and broken electric wires. 1 9H
The Great White Way, Broadway's show- qfii
place from Thirty-third street to Fifty- $B
ninth, is strewn with hundreds of elec- ifsBI
trio signs and tonight is as almost dimly iSW
llehted as the main street of a eomilrv ZmI
Menace to Life. ijfjw
Great squares of plat glass, broken !
from the show windows by the gale, lie 9k1e(
In heaps in the gutters, whole blocks Ifjfll
are without a single electric light, while nun'
wrecking crews are working over the jn j
roped-off streets to free tho buildings 5Jj I
of the damaged signs that menace pc- 1K j
destrians as th-ey swing in the flfty- jjSf
mile wind that Is still sweeping tho i
In Long lsl&nd Sound and New YJork gj I
harbor thousands of men are busy re- ' Jg D
pairing the damage done by the gigantic ,i
waves that battered the -wharves and ' JS 5
shipping, and the sound liners which ran l(
for a safe anchorage when the gale ap- ! j& (j
preached Its height have advised their Iwl
offices that thoy will get under way some- ; fffij
time this evening cn route for their va- j KM
rlous destinations. The list of those in- iiH
.lured by falling debris is expected to jjJ
roach a score, while the property damage sj Sj
to shipping and the city will probably ; ffj V
be well over a million. ; B
The galo reached as far south as Sa- jjj S
vannah, Ga,. where reports from the In- its
terior of the middle southern states tell SfS
of wrecked homes, ruined crops and fruit jj 5
trees, crippled telegraph services and de- Ml
layed mails. w I
Great Damage Done. W
Atlantic City reports S50.UUI) damage. W
Mouses wero unroofed, chimneys blown 3 I
down, windows broken and tho bozrd PHuS
walk undermined in places. Reports from ; iSS
other points in . south Jersoy indicate
heavy damngo lo orchards and farms. ..gl
Similar, reports havo been received from $BJ
Delaware. SjfaSP
At Hampton Road3 salvage crews hav AjSl
gone to work on six steamships wrecked tojJ
by the gale. The loss to cargoes and vos- JgH
sele will reach a quarter of a million. feif
At Washington, Pa., the Washington
and Jefferson college was wrecked by th? jjSI
wind, the college roof being lorn from Its ftjSr
moorings and blown to the 3trcot. Laic "ifi
reports tonight estimate the damage in wv
this state at well over a half million vm
Along tho northern New England coast , IB
the high wind was accompanied by hcay . WR
(Continued on Page Two.) y gtt
ADVERTISING TALKS 1 1
Written by 11
WILLIAM C. FREEMAN 1 1
A CLOTHING MJSR- If
CHANT, operating in a city m
of 50,000 inhabitants, is W h
doing a business of $50,000 M 1
a year, on an advertising ex- ffl
pfinditurc of about $1300 a M
Ho wants to expand his I J
business nnd asked me how i
I would go about it. AVheu
he flashed that $'.1300 yearly ;gj
expenditure for advertising ijig
on me which is LESS Sffl
THAN THREE PER 0 EN T ffi
of his gross business l ac.- glffi
vised him to multiply his ll
advertising expenditure by
In the general talk we
had, I asked him about the
chances of increasing his ijjjp
(Continued on page Bight.) f '
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