Show INFANT PACHYDERM DEA DEATH TH IS MYSTERY I Prince Utah Apparently Well Happy on Thursday Thurs Thurs- day Night Autopsy Is' Is to Be Performed j I Utah Utah the beloved pet of children Is d dead ad The baby pachyderm was found huddled In a corner ot of the big room occupied by Prince Utah and Ills his mother Princess Alice In the rhe elephant house at an early hour this morning Mystery surrounds sur- sur rounds its dEath as It was apparently playful and happy at 10 1030 30 o'clock Thursday nIght Dutch is grief stricken because he lo he lovett the baby elephant and the eyes cf animal experts and zoologists all over the world were upon him And now The Only Baby Elephant Ever Born In Captivity is I dead In spite or of as tender care as was II t ever given la a human lab y born n and 1 cared for in a mansion and under the I eyes of nurses and Prince Utah i was valUEd at I I and when only six months of age the Floto Sells circus offered for him and would probably have ha offered more only Sydney LambournE the thel l keeper of oC Liberty park parI echoEd the sentiments or of Salt Lake children when J I he said Faid Prince Utah could not be purI purchased pur- pur chased at any price I PLAYFUL AND HAPPY I saw the baby elephant Its mother at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon afternoon after after- noon said Mr the park keeper Prince o Utah was playful and happy happ Dutch visited the elephant house at 1030 o'clock Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day night and found the mother and baby safe in bed I had just corn corn- como pI eted the purchase C e of much material to make malc a more attractive corral and andI exhibition place for Princess Alice and her baby Some ot of the material had I already arrIved and Dutch and I were discussing how we wa could make the rived children 1 happy as soon son as spring ar- ar I Dutch went into the elephant I house and worked for about tw two o hours before he e discovered the baby was dead He r e says Hays that ia ho he thought e It was asleep on its pile of straw in the corner corner cor- cor ner ner hen ho he touched it he knew at atone one once that It Gras as dead It may have died of II c. c but said ve are arp going to make malee sure We VC are JO- JO I 1 Continued on p page ge 4 1 PRINCE 11 UTAH DIES SUDDENLY Y IN I NIGHT Continued from page page 1 Ing to have a regular physician of high standing perform an au autopsy toPS on the body thIs afternoon to determine the exact cause or of the baby elephants elephant's sudden demIse NEARLY 1 YEAR OLD Prince Utah would have been 1 year old April 29 He lived longer than any other otner of the three e babIes born to Princess Princess Prin- Prin cess Alice and had he lived to maturity he would have been one of the greatest anImal attractions In the world Princess AlIce was purchased from Sells Floto circus In August 1916 for and installed as reignIng potentate poten- poten I tate at LIberty parle The Telegram prevailed upon the cIrcus people to part with theIr elephant and aided the chIldren of the cIty to raise the purchase purchase pur- pur chase prIce It was a proud day when the kiddies claImed Alice as theIr own but It was a prouder day when it was that a baby elephant had arrIved The baby was born April 29 1918 and weIghed pounds at bIrth Dutch slept in the same room as Princess Alice for months previous pre pre- to the arrIval of the baby in order to gIve the mother every attention had been Princess Alices Alice's keeper keep keep- er for man many years with the cIr circus us and was by the cIty authorities to tend the elephant In her new BABY IS NURSED The bIrth of the baby elephant was an epoch makIng Incident but a greater great great- er event when the mother consented to nurse her young son Princess Alice Allce had always refused l to perform the function when her other calves were born It was the fIrst time such a thing had occurred In the hIstory of the captive wild animal world Two thoroughbred jersey cows a barrel of honey patent baby food In I abundant quantities and other supplies sup sup- plies had been secured in ease case the mother refused to nurse her baby But I the tiny pachYderm thrIved from the start I I At bIrth it stood twenty eight eight inches I high It was perfectly formed and fu full of life and energy For some time the children were undecIded as to what nam name to bestow on theIr new pet so The Telegram held a contest and i awarded a a. prIze to the one selecting I the most appropriate name Prince I Utah was chosen by the judges as the most fitting name for the pet CHILDRENS CHILDREN'S FAVORITE Dutch had taught Princess Prin- Prin cess cese Alice many circus tricks and on almost any summer day hundreds of children gathered about the fence surroundIng the inclosure to watch the huge animal mount her pedestal and perform her stunts PrInce Utah would often attract great attention by suddenly attempting to imitate his learned mother at ogee saw I talent in the little HUle elephant and comI com com- to teach it tricks I When only a few months old PrInce Utah drank from a bottle held heldI In hIs little trunk and would walk I under the leg of hIs I mother when she would arch It in circus style I Lambourne stated that PrInce Utah would be stuffed by a taxidermist and placed In the new zoo building bunding I The body was removed from the elephant house very carefully as It ItI was feared that Princess Alice would I resent the removal The mother seemed to know what had happened and bowed her head In dejection Having lost three other babies she had learned what death was declares She trumpeted mournfully just once and her agonized cry was I echoed by scores of the wild beasts in the other buildings The old jungle Instinct told them all what had happened Princess Alice Allce is ver very r restless and her keeper is watchIng her closely She betrays every sign of the deepest dejection and mourns as a mother mIght for her dead baby he asserts |