THE SALTEstablished June 6 1870 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28 1905 Price live Cents

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ion developed only a ew isleuJ beforu adjournament ot theArmstrong committw today whenTheodora 35 Santa cashier of tho NewYork Llfo Ineunutca company testiJiO that at the beginning of 1W1 131-

jiiimd T Randolph treasurer of theiompany opened the vaults of thet inpany removed New York City

valued at 700WO and put a-

t Heck of tho Central National bank forH5000 in its place Mr Banta said

J helped to open the vaults at thei nivr of Mr Randolph and that heMijposed Mr Randolph acted for theVuixti committee rho stock was kept

u for a few Clays and was then rened and the check withdrawn The

atsaclion wan not recorded on the

1 nta knew The effect of the opara-ttru would be that any one having thatMurk would have J7WOW worth of uni r xable property at the end of tho

ar Mr Banta did not know whos reived the stock Mr Randolph is

to be one of the witnesses totuorroW

The Missing 40193Oiorge V rerkins vice president ot

tn New York Life Insurance companyiil member of the inn of J I Mor

VW Co bankers today describedT the committee the transaction which

ulted in his receipt of 40195 fromviider Co of Boston as-

liilf the profit of the sale of 12000000orth of bonds of the Mexican Cen-

tral Railroad company Milton M MatTiui a bookkeeper of the New YorkLifo Insurance company had provloua-K testified that H80008 of the lift int I uice money was used intho transaction and that Mr PerkinsKfC Uw proftc

Mr Perkins said today that he wentinto the transaction for the Nyllc-

nml xhich is owned by the agentsf the New Life Insurance com

lany and that he invested the profits

ir that fund The life insurance com-pany he said profited to the extentif r per cent interest on the loan of

i OOP He stated that the companyliii no right to the 40198 profits

Hamiltons NotesMr Perkins said also that J P

Mga C had tokenVulrew Hamilton and ifcCall-

nueriy JuaUoa oC the Y2stati-i ivme eourt tnotmtiat to

tmpany and that the amount withit rest was paid to Andrew Hamilton

V the New York Life Insurance comfrom the proceeds of a syndicate

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iifprudent John A McCall told theornmlttee today that he told the

iVntral bank and E B MeCaU thatHamilton was good for and

sVnt McCall said the New York LifeInsurance company owed Hamilton Use

05310 and took the syndicate profitspay him The was

dW not appear on the booksi tho company The reason was that

1x anted to keep Hamiltons expenses

PROBE GOES DEEPER

Perkins and McCall Again Under

Searching Examination

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tf J P Morgan Co was the ftrstcalled before the legislative in

iitita that he was insured In theork Life Insurance company to the

mount of S1 M Some of thehe held were taken out when

uus of the company On sixof them the commissions amounted to

31 and be received these commissionslioin the

Mr Perkins maintained that the comon his own poUches were re

tuned to bbs as trad discouato sect

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iv pt them as suchNot Much of a Mistake

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Turbeil was mistaken In saying he wasinsured in the New York Life for 50-

f o through Mr Perkins Tho policyvas out through an agent hef u l He iknew that Tarbell gut the-

m tininls loiiv but it was not arrangedvUh Mr Perkins

At this point Chairman Armstronginvestigating committee asked

To what people are rebates al

They ought not to be allowed at allM pferktns replied They are aHowed-

ta peopPbJn the insuranee buslnwwIf any were detected in rebat

to be would be punIshed4 the witnesS said It never struck Mr

Perkins that this laB discriminationjlr did not believe h ever that there

vjts any statute allowing officials to getrfc Syndicate

The New York Lifes partly pat Ion In2 i York Security TrustTartklpation in United State Stel-

J syndicate was next touched ux byMr Perkins Mr Hughes asked aboutthe withholding f M720 and payrrt nt to Andrew Hamilton Mr Perkins

l that in l 0l President McCall toldi J n he McCall had asked the Central

itloua bank and New York SecurityA Trust company to make loans of cer

K ta in amounts to Edward E McCall andAndrew Hamilton since 18W and wanted 10 get them together in one accountPerkins therefore in 19 advanced forJ P Morgan A Co to the Central bankand to the Security Trust companyS 6720 rendered a statement of

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r i Denied Signing the LetterMr Perkins said he knew nothing

riUout the expenditures by AndrewHamilton for the New York Llfo IncurPufe comiNUi Mr Hughes read a

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JVrkins name directing an employe ofthe York Life how to rrepare aptatement of Mr Hamiltons expinseet the Prussian government Mr Per-kins said he did not sign the lotter andthat sOme employ must have used hisflame The HamOtqn matter he saidwas always arecount J P Morgtvn A Co nevsrhad any other account with

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Mr Hughes asked why tho New YorkLife did not pay the bills of Hamiltonand E E McCall Jf it was Now YorkLife business Mr Perkins said MrMcCall said he feltit was a good wayto do It to pay it out of the profits

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In that way It would not get on thoNew York Lifes books said MrHughes

YesMr Perkins said voluntarily that tho

plan of syndicate participation dis-closed was made by him He addedthat tile Now York Lifes profits by itwere more than 86000 or eighteenttmes bit salary as vice president Hedeclared It was not a devious way asdescribed by Mr Hughes and said hewas perfectly willing to stand on hIsrecord Mr Perkins said PresidentMeCall had sent a letter to Hamiltonsaddress in Europe and to his Albanyoftice to b forwarded and asked himto testify Mr Perkins didnot know whether Mr McCall askedHamilton to send an accounting if hecould not return to New York

Story of the CashierTheodore P Banta cashier of thQ

New York Life Insurance companynext testified Mr Banta said he knownothing about the check for 40193

was paid to George W PerkinsThe cashiers department had no vouch-ers of money paid out on order fromthe comptroller or an executive officerHe knew about campaign con-tributions Mr Banta said that for fif-teen years he had not been in a positionto discover irregularities in the affairsof the New York Life Insurance com-pany He recalled an alllduvit hesent to Texas that the New York LifeInsurance company had not paid cam-paign exrwrtUM Asked what he hadbased that on he said he did not knowof such contributions The affidavitwas brought to him by Stuart Brownconfidential man of President McCallMr Banta said that the statement thatsome years ago he had paid 30000 toThomaa C Platt was absolutely falseHe had not seen Mr Platt Once anattempt was made to collect 30000 forthe Republican party but he had refused to pay it in the absence of theotiieers of the company

TaxDodging SchemeIn reply to other questions by Mr

Mr Banta said that aboutJanuary 1 01 700000 worth of Newcity stock was taken from the

vaults of the New York Life InmumuMrny check on tK t fttml

National baNk was substitutedThe stock ctn r in a few

The transaction was recorded onthe books of the company to his knowledge No receipt was given for thestock The ownership of New York citystock would have been important forpurposes of taxation

The New York Life Insurance com-pany 1 not taxable and this transacthou would have given someoneof Mr Banta saidhe thought there had been a similartransaction before but none since Thestock was delivered on the order ofBdmund D Randolph treasurer of theNew York Life Insurance companyand Mr Banta supposed he acted onthe order of the finance committee MrRandolph had since intimated that hedid not approve of such transactions

Profits Were DivertedMr Hughes then read the notes giv-

en by Edward E McCall and AndrewHamilton to the Bank Trust cornr Perkins did not knowamount was for legal

expensed Ho said the debts to J lMorgan A Co were liquidated fromthe profits the New York Life receivedfrom a steel syndicate participation

M Hughew read from a blotter ofthe New York Life Insurance companyshowing the payment of 5 310 to Andrew Hamilton Asked It tho paymentappeared in the report to the stateInsurance department Mr Perkins saidlie did not know but understood

McCall settled the matter Askedwhy E E McCall and Andrew Hamilton got money on their notes from

Central National batik and theNew York Security Trust companyMe Perkins said he did not know but

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Mr Hughes then asked Mr Perkins-to explain why he Perkins recelxed

profit of 40193 which was paid byOdder Peabody Co of Boston tothe New York Life Insurance companyfor a loan of 90000 in 1904 Mr

said that Robert Winsor of Kiddoe Peabody Co of Boston calledat the office of J P Morgan Coin June 184 and asked them totake up a joint account with his firmin connection with the Mexican RailLoad company

Did Business for NylicMr Perkins told him that J P Mor-

gan Co could not do It but hePerkins would take care of it Mr

Perkins said further that he took upthe business for the Nyllc fundwhich Is owned by tho agents of theNew York Lifo Insurance company ofwhich is trustee Part

the proposition was that the Mexican Central Railroad company shouldM supplied with 2000000 at once TheNyllc fund did not have so much

and Mr Perkins did not wishdisturb its investments so he

with Edmund D Randolphtreasurer o the New York Life

company to take 10 000 worthMexican Central bonds at S

Interest Tho New York Life Inmrancti company said Mr Perkins

Kidder Peabody Co 910000-

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whet the Boston firm repaid the loanmerest on 1000000 and 40193 profit

the transaction to the life insur-ance company The profit of 4fcl93

paid to Mr Perkins a trusted ofthe Nylio fund Mr Perkins said

i paid the mOtley into the Nyllclint The profits were sent to the

York Lift Insurance company hebecause the company the

party known to Kidder PeabodyCo In the transaction and the

check was cached and tkc cash paidMr Perkina because if it had been

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ST PETERSBURGSe-

cond Secretary of American

Attacked by Rowdies

RESCUED BY THE POLICE

RUSSIAN CAPITAL UNSAFETHE NIGHT TIME

T Nov 27 p mRobert Woods BUss second secre-tary of tlr American embassy

who has just returned here after threemonths vacation In Paris was tho vic-tim of an outrage by rowdies in one ofthe most fashionable streets of the cap-ital last night and only escaped beingbeaten to death through the timely arrival of the police

Second Secretary Robert Woods Blissof the American at St Petersburg comes from New York and wasformerly American consul at Vienna

Charge DAffaires Eddy has reportedthe affair to the authorities at Wash-ington hut as the incident was a plainease of rowdyism he probably will notmake official representations at the for-eign office here unless instructed todo S3

Set Upon by Two MenMr Bliss was returnlnsr to the em-

bassy on foot from the Yacht clubwhere he had been dining On theHorse Guard boulevard opposite thebarracks of the Chevalier Guard thesecretary was suddenl set upon bytwo men who sprang out of dark-ness of the trees Mr Bits knockeddown one of Iris assailants but wasseized by some sympathizers of therowdies who had been attracted to thespot by the disturbance and he wasgetting the worst of It when threepolicemen and a house porter came toMr Bliss rescue and seized his assail-ants The rapidly gathering crowdhowever which promptly sided againstthe police rushed to tho officers andrescued the prisoners The policemenmanageu to stand off the crowd andcover the retreat of Mr Bliss who wasbadly cut about the face but not seri-ously injured

Apology OfferedToday a police captain visited the

embassy and apologized for the attackon Secretary Bliss but the warnedthe members of the embassy that thestreets were very unsafe specially theboulevard which is the rendezvous ofrowdies and soldiers and sailors incivilian clothes The captain advisedthe members of the embassy to goarmed in future and not to venture intile streets at night except In carriages

Charge dAffaires Eddy this afternoonsent a note to Count Lamsdorff the for-eign minister calling his attention tothe assault on Mr Bliss but makingno demands

RETURNING HASTE

Absent Ambassadors Hurrying to StPetersburg-

St Petersburg Nov 51 mOn account of the critical nature of thesituation all the foreign ambassadorswho were absent on vacations are hast-ily returning M Bompard the Frenchambassador arrived today and theSpanish and Italian ambassadors areon their way here Hon Von Schoenthe German ambassador will arriveDec 10 and the AustroHungarlan am-bassador is cutting short iris leave ofabsence and will return immediatelyAmerican Ambassador Meyer who isnow in England is expected to arrive

is understood that the Russiangovernment hits Hven an Intimation tothe foreign powers of the advisabilityot the presence of their ambassadorshere during the present crisis

BOSTON BANK GOES UP

American National Pails to Liquidate-and Is Compelled to Close

Its DoorsWashington Nov 27 Thecomptrol

of the currency today received atelegram to the effect that by order of

directors the American Nationaltank of Boston has closed its doors It-s said that the has not been in

good condition time and efforts have been made to liquidate butapparently without success It Is notexpected that any of the creditors will

anything by the failureNational flank Examiner W B Neal

been appointed receiverTime following Is a of the

resources and liabilities of the bunk atclose of business Nov 0 1305 the

date of the last report made to theomDtroIler

Resources Loans and discounts8S6034 United States bonds 370000

due from banks and bankers 56034checks and other cash Horns 32714redemption fund 10000 total 754803

Liabilities Capital stock 200000surplus and undivided profits 24548circulating notes 200040 due to banks

bankers 8373 individual deposits256881 United States deposits 45000

payable 80000 total 754803

Boston Nov 27 The American Nabank which failed to open for

today is not one of the largefinancial Institutions of the city itscapital being 200000 It was not amember of the Boston clearing house

bank was In 1900 Theofficers are President H G

vicecashier H A Libby

It is understood the bunk was heavinterested in transactions of Bur

ictt Cummings Co railwaywho failed last spring

BULLET KILLED HIM

Marshall Field Jr the Victim of anAccident

Chicago N6v 27 Marshall FloW jrat 5 oclock tonight at the Mercy

Mr Field who was the only son ofMarshall Field the multimillionaire ofthis city was accidentally shot on theafternoon of Wednesday He

examining a new revolver he hadpurchased when it was Uncharged thebullet striking him in the right sideperforating the liver and spleen and Injuring the spinal cord He was hurried

Mercy hospital where tin operationta performed and the nujlut removed

physicians from the first entertamed but slight of ultimate

although tho for tuodays seemed to hold

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DEFENSE NEARLY THROUGH

RESULT OF AUTOPSY

A NNiAPOLIS MQ Nov S7 Nf progress was nuuta today

trial by courtmartial of Midshipman Minor Meriwether on charges thatembrace one of manslaughter in connection with the death of MidshipmanJames R Branch jr utter a fight between him and MIdsbfpman Meriwether Perhaps the most important developments of the day were the decisionof counsel to put Midshipman Menwether on the stand in his own defenseand the appearance of Dr L W Glazebrook of Washington who was presentat the autopsy held on the body ofBranch yesterday In the role of adviser-to Meriwethers counsel Most of thetestimony offered today was by mid-shipmen and men and related to detailsof the fight and events that led thereto

Animus ShownCounsel for the defense offered Mid-

shipman W W Bradley 6f the secondclass to testify Bradley said that hebad been detailed for duty with Branchshortly before the fight Branch hadtold him that they must try to get areport against that man Meriwether When on duty Branch had triedto induce the witness to make a report against Meriwether which haBradley did not think was justified

and which he refused to makeMidshipman Leigh Noyes who was

the timekeeper in the fight testifiedthat Branch and Meriwethor had fallen together In clinches three timesBranch had fallen In three other in-

stances and two of the falls had beenhard He had always risen promptlyand did not appear to be stunned

Testimony of RefereeMidshipman A W Fitch who ref-

ereed the fight was recalled and testi-fied as to the falls during its courseHe said Branch had not received muchpunishment up to the seventeenthround when Meriwother offered tostopLieutenant Commander Deckerfled that the floors inwhere the fight was held have a

base then a layer of rough boardsand then the smooth surface boards

Midshipman Ralph Yeager who wasMeriwethers second said the latter hadslipped in the fifteenth round spraining his ankle and that he was almostdisabled thereby but said he couldcontinue the fight though he could dolittle to defend himself

The defense will close tomorrow unless the medical testimony relating tothe autopsy consumes more time thanis now expected

The court will meet on ThursdayThanksgiving unless an order to the

contrary is from the secretary-of navy and the probability Is that thecourt will finish Its work by Friday

The court adjourned shortly before 3

p m until tomorrow morning

WYOMING DESPERADOESSEND NOTE OF WARNING

Special to The HeraldThermopolis Wyo Nov 27 Un-

known persons in Thermopolis proba-bly the same men who blew up AsmusBoysens diamond drill outfit on theWind River Indian reservation senthim a note at his homo In Iowa warn-ing him to to the reserva-tion either before or after the openingnext June under pain of death A hugeskull and crossbones were drawn atthe head of tho letter

A majority of the leading businessmen and ranchmen believe that Boysenshould be to prospect In thereserve according to the concessiongranted himby congress an he re-

turns here ho will be protectedmeantime an effort is beingthe postal authorities locato Ha Ukthor of the note vurninff l

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Thompson an Eccentric Old Woman Who Diedr

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aged and eccentric woman has revaalad a ghastly secret in her little cottage on Boyle Heights In a store room-o the cottage covered with rubbishwas founda Ijermotically sealed box

0S alnms tWfe C HP or iuftr dauahterwho died twentyseven years ago Thebox is but three feet long and the bodyof the young woman had been dismem-bered The following inscriptionengraved on a silver plate and

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of the statetonight by George Ryan one of

the convicts recaptured after his escapefrom tire penitentiary last Friday incompany with three other convictsduring which three men were killedseveral injured

Ryan told the warden that H ESpencer who was discharged from thepenitentiary Nov 9 agreed to furnishthe pistols and nitroglycerine whichwas used to blow the hole In the stock-ade He was to purchase the pistols-In Kansas City with 40 which theygave hint and then gO to CarthageMo and steal dynamite and nitroglycerine from the mnes there Thesewere to be brought here last Mondaynight and taken up on the stockadewhich Is not guarded at night He wasthen to let himself dQwn by a rope onUte Inside and take the material andplace it under the bench which Vaughanused in the factory Spencer was thento climb back over the wall and makehis escape

Weapons Were ThereNothing was beard from him but

Thursday morning the supplies werefound said ho putthem Thursday and nightthe prisoners had a consultation and

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taker and a disinterment certificatesigned F R Boutolle undertaker

Mass Nov 7 1881 found Thebody had been disinterred for shipmentto Lodi Cal but was brought to Los

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beef kept in her ootttfg where shelived all alone

Amherst Mass Nov far au-eouW b learned here tonight Mrs LioreThompson and F R lle never

here Old residents and local undertakers say they never heard ofeither

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everal Towns in Arizona Under Water and Great Damage Re

ported So Far As Known There Has Beens

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JHOEN1X Ariz Nov 27 PhoenixI was very much depressed tonight

over flood conditions and in somequarters there is anxiety concerningdamage to property and possible loss oflife Salt river is higher than overknown but once up to thelimit of the flood of 1891 when the lowerpart of the city was inundated Tworailroad bridges at Tempo eight milesfrom here are now out of commissionThe new Maricopa Jrhoenix steelbridge Is still intact at thebut the water is within three feet of thepier tops and still rising Should Itcontinue and more of the old bridgejust above give way It Is feared thebridge will be knocked down Thewater Is eleven feet over the site of theArizona diversion dam which undoubt-edly is all gone

Wires Went DownTelephone reports from Roosevelt

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eight feet the highest stage oflast spring and the suspension foot-bridge was gone The telephone wiresthen went down which time therehas been no telephonic communicationThe present at Is sup-posed to come mostly from the Verderiver above the Arizona dam If itcontinues and is swelled by water fromRoosevelt the results may be very dieastrous before morning

Tremendous RainfallCave creek flowing across the desert

north of Inundated Glendale There has been only slight dam-age as yet but more is feared It hasrained nearly two Indies here in thelast thirtysix hours and a total ofnearly twenty Inches since Jan 1 morethan three times the animal rainfallhere

The first Arizona territory fair setfor JJac 4 has been ostponod until theweek commencing Dee 25 which wjasmade necessary by the disastrous soaking of the railway track and Interfer-ence with transportation

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NitroGlycerine and Pistols Used in the Attempt to Escape Furnished by H F Spencer a Former Prisoner in the

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them open the gate and let them out orthey would blow their way out

They propOsed to capture n enginemake the rQn to blow up theMissouri Pacific bridge at that place-to prevent pursuit until they could getto a safe place

The Attempt to EscapeFriday they started to put their plan

in operation when they found that onlySee was In the office They startedwith him and two strangers they foundthere to get through the round gateWhen the big gate was opened theychanged their plan and started through-it Officer Clay appeared with a drawnweapon and they killed him Theyfastened the gate and ordered See tolet them out He said he could not butould let them out through the officeThey called for some one to open the

gate and when Captain Allison ap-peared with his gun they killed himThey then blew open the gate and madetheir escape

Warden halt has sent telegrams all-over the country asking for Spencersarrest Governor Folk isis offered areward of 800 und evccy effort will bomade to capture Win

BUZZARD IN MONTANA

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Button and label Chosen by the Mer-

chants and Manufacturers

WILL ORGANIZE TONIGHT

FACTORIES KNOCKING AT

GATES OF THE CITY

tonight the MerchantManufacturers association of SaltLake City is to be of the vital

factors in the upbuilding of the Industries of tire intermouatain country Amass meeting wilt be held In the Com-

mercial club tonight at which the per-

manent organisation of the associationwill be effected Officers will be elected a board of flfteea directors will bechosen and a constitution and bylawswill be adopted

After the organization is madework will be started at once to

induce factories to locate In Salt LakeCity It is announced that importantinstitutions are for an In-

vitation to locate in title city that assoon as they are assured that they willreceive fair treatment from the rail

Official Button of the MerchantsManufacturers Association

roads in the way of freight rates andthat they will receive the proper en-couragement from dealers In all manufactured goods they will invest theircapital here and boost for Greater SaltLake

Citizens in general but particularlymerchants manufacturers and profes-sional are invited to the Commer-cial club meetiij tonight It will beheld in the large assembly room bf theclub and nothing will toe left undone togive the association the right kind of astart

Design for the Buttoni

There was a a the clu Jutnight of the steering committee of theassociation There ere present C O-

3J Hewjfttt J B Jenson-Georgfe S MeAilwter J Mr liwrendfeJcAdolph ftfefttar awtl Lear flo Thechief bnslrfaaB of meeting was theselection of a button and label for theassociation Miss Florence Shafer whosave her address as 307 Security Trustcompany building was the winner inboth contests tier design for the button is given herewith The colors areto be blue and gold with the letteringin black The button is to be of thesize of a nickel The letters M MAssn are to be added to those shownIn the out

The design for the has the gen-eral desiern for the button in the centerwith the same coloring Around thecircle is a cluster of sego lilies It willalso contalnvthe words We guarantee-all the goods bearing thishigh grade M M Assn Miss Shafer submitted a number of designsmost of them worked out artistically incolors She will receive 30 as the re-

sult of her artistic taste and her industry

Many Bright Ideas SubmittedThere were many ideas and designs

submitted In the competition Some ofthe designs were decidedly uniqueOthers were elaborate and displayedartistic talent of a high order as wellas originality Some of the best de-

signs were too elaborate and complica-ted td be worked out on a small buttonMiss Shafer had the advantage of hav-ing her Ideas worked out in colors giv-ing a definite idea of what the buttonwould look like when ready to wear

Communications are already rollingin upon the committee especially from

points in Utah The mem-bership of the association will not beconfined to Salt Lake City It wilt in-

clude the entire state Men in othercities and town are offering valuablesuggestions and expressing a

to help fri every way possible inboosting Utah by boosting this organ-ization

HEARST AND JEROME

Justice Geigerich Renders an Opinion-

as to How Certain Marked Bal

lots Should Be CountedNew York Nov 27 Justice

in the supreme court today handed downan opinion on the question Of countingballots which have a mark in the circleof the Republican ticket aud the circleover name and also in the

space before W R Hearsts nameand in space before Mf

name the Question being whetherthe additional mark in aboveJeromes name affects the ballot Jus-tice Gelgerich decided that it did notthe intention of the voter being clearlyshown to vote for Hearst for mayor forJerome for district attorney and for theRepublican candidates for all other of

it appeared that the markwas made for the purpose ot iden-

tifying the ballotGeigerich further decided that

all the ballots In dispute should becounted for Jerome for attorneyand for the candidates for other officeas mentioned in his opinion

ANOTHER WYOMINGMAN LANDS FAT JOB

Special to The HeraldWashington Nov War-

ren of Wyoming who arrived here lastevening was at the department of Justlcfe today In behalf of Judge J A VanOralel of the Wyoming supremebench who has been an applicant for afederal position in that departmentAs a result Senator Warren s jt H mes-sage ib Van Oredel this evening notify-ing him that it had been decided to ap

point him United Statue attorney forthe court of claims to succeed Louis APradt of Wisconsin who has tenderedhis resignation to engage in privatepractice Mr Pradts resignation willgo ifSst 1 rht PJSitluu Jworth a year 1

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ooal Weather Bureau Calls TurnWith Aid of Barometer

WILL BENEFIT BUSINESSS-

TORM SIGNIFIES OPENING OFWINTER TRADE

jLOW barometer which as early u

8 p m yesterday had descentUdto MH coaxed the first real snow-

storm of season to Salt Lakelast night first flakes falling juribefore 7 oclock The storm wasevery sense a splendid one there btinJust enough of a cold blast at intervalto remind winter is at huruiFollowing as it did a rainstormless than twentyfour hours the sruvdid effective work in clearing the at-

mosphere Early In the evening thodir imparted chesty vigorous feel jigtar different froni that of the duiladen atmosphere of a few days

snow came not unheralded-the weather bureau had bulletins ulong before noon announcingtonight anti snow The register vhiHishows the atmospheric pressure shova steady fall from Saturday to 6 nlo klast night and there are few rev rston form when the barometer ydown

So the weather office was onGeneral in State

At 11 oclock last night reports fromall over the state indicated thatfall was general and heavy The SanPedro Los Angoles Salt Lake naareported that it wa snowing from tviLake to Callente and that befvvef-iMoapa and Las Vegas a heavy mmwas falling No damage had been donto the wires of the Salt Lake Rout uto midnight

Time Rio Grande Western oxperiernwith its wires fr m 0

m through the night The snow ugeneral over the system and fart insouth the fall began earlier than it illhere Consequently most of the vvjrwent out of service before the jstoiiKstruck this portion of the state At I1p in intermittent telegraphic commu-nication with southern points was nrorted

The Oregon Short Line was m V

fortunate although the entire sysunwoe in the tom belt Front this r

clear to the Idaho line and beyond thsnow fell

From many mining camps came re-

ports that ranged all the way frontgood flurry to a storm having the prportions of a blizzard

There was a heavy fall at Perkwhile Alta experienced a blizzard

Good for BusinessFrom a business standpoint time sir

h just the thing as the comparativemild wea iher thus far has greatly rtarded tan tr de This is true in afurnishings lines With the combiiwi-preewtee of coW weather and Thankgiving retailers are confident that tit

By favor at Kfctaie tft stormoff until a sufficient coal supply lu ibeen obtained by local dealers tofamine unlikely A large quantity arived yesterday and was distributeWhile there may be no superabimuance there will be enough say deal rto supply all during the presentsnap

One more encouraging bulletin fromthe weather office and the medalyouth of Salt Lake will have vision ofsledding and skating for Thanksgivingalthough the outlook is not so good ffrfootballLittle Trouble Caused

Although incandescent lights begatto waver shortly after the flakes begsfalling there was comparativelytrouble during the night either wit ithe electric lighting system or thstreet car service-

A feature of tire storm early In tlevening was the brilliant flashes oflightning which now and then light 1

the skies and the peals of thunJ runusual phenomena to accompany

Skaters Get Busy

With the first snowfall Salt Ltskaters are beginning to get busy Ainterested in this sport are invited tmeet at the Strollers club at 8iO rm next Friday for the purpose ot oganizing a skating club

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says Richard A McCurdy presidentthe Mutual Life Insurance company l iresigned date of his r igntUdepends only on the time required hthe trustees to find his successor ym-ly following the retirement of Presia ii

his son Robert H McCurugeneral manager of the Mutual and h s

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era agent for New York have resignedA tentative offer to head the

was made to James Bof the First National bank of Chiwho once was an Equitable director jbank is one of the leading financialstituttona of the middle Mr 1gsa declined to accept Ute offer

New No sumont wee at tile Mutual eInsurance companys offices today a tthe report that A Mciurspresident of the company had resigvUnofficially was leari

finance oommittbelieved to have McCurdys reslgnaiunder consideration It was learnedthat the connection of A ThicbuMr soninlaw with i

is expected to cease aJan 3

Nov 27 James B Forpresident of the First National bank

celvea and declined to bercuthe Mutual Ufo Insun

company to succeed Richard A M

New York Nov 27 Dr Walter Elette vice president of the Mutual TifInsurance company denied p-

Ushed reports that Richard A McCurdhad resigned the presidency of the Mtual Life and that H McOurihad retired from the general managershipof tits company said how-ever A Thiebaud soninUvof President had relinquishthe positions of the companys generagent for New York be satno in the report that theLife presidency offered J IForgan of Chicago

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