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Show is BESmiT EVENING TRUTH AND : 10 PAGES . TlIUHSDAY llECEilDER Commission Interstate Commerce Undue . No Was Finds There Discrimination. . OECURED TO BE PROPER. Special to The New) Inter-iU- te D. C. Pec. commerce commission today prothe cnee of the mulgated an opinion In Fair Weber, club and Intermountaln the Oregon Short Line ,ssociation ,nd other.. Bristly ths optalonof the commission la: ec. H of the j The provision of act do not entirely exempt the of eacuraton ticket from the operation of the undue discrimination pmvhlon of Jhe act but the statute perM(f autborlxea discrimination-I- n mitting the teeuance of excursion tidieta and it I only In cases where thW privilege has been plainly abused that the commission would be justified v. - a dreate Amazement pea-toi(- er nr one-thir- " t-- -- s Tom to Pieces. GIRL ASTRONOMER w ac-ce- ust 1 the penitentiary. They said my brother had committed grand larceny, and that are, knew the- - daimonds belonged to Kxander, and that my brother bad not found them, and that he would be sent to prison for stealing the stones,. My mother had- - been driven tit desperation by the police, and she feared their threats I wasafrald that they awful to .my lit-r-ie would do aotnethlug borther.- - Htnear my brother-ha- fie movement to Ogden In attendance ape the Intermountaln fair, and the autiitlcs do not Indicate that any great er eudu prejudice Is being worked egeinet the locality which complains at present. It Is possible that under Ihe guise of excursion rate,tka thoOe attacked Salt Lake -- Oty. might bo given preference of such proportions aa to be termed undue, but we are not satisfied that such baa been the result f those rates up to the present time.' "The passenger rates upon the Unes f defendant are I cents per mile, the d found the diamonds, but I was scared, and the police frightened n all. so badly that I thought It would be bet-to ter to give np the diamonds than have the police after my mother and brother. "My mother never went to the po'lce station Wednesday night. On the It s as the police who came to tt. Chief of Police Barlow accompanied by out to our a Tribune reporter, cameBarlow asked home last night, Chief my mother to deny the story printed in refused The News and she absolutely to do it. He tried to make my mother, my sistqr. Lillian Whatcott, my brother Lnn, and meTmiike written statements denying the story to Ths News We said that wa had given up the diamonds because wo didnt want to be hounded by the police any longer, hot that w would not deny Interview which we had given and' which we knew to he true In every detail. We are standing by what we said, and are and willing to go before a notary public xwven to everything printed to The News." " MR. LLOYD STATEMENT. got bold Mr Lloyd aaldt The polled Whatcott sad -- bullied her rt Ml that sbs again until she waa so seared my returned the diamond without enhad I it. about knowing anything Dsvl to fight th gaged Atty. Moses case, sad we wees determined to see It out to the bitter end. But the police frightened thogtri 0 that she ran home and got the diamonds and gave them knew up to the ponce, before w waa in Garabout ft. Her father and been he ha working, where field, 1 have dak-In beher mother waa stateof the made no denial whatsoever ments which The New quoted 'tne as the police saying. I am satisfied that swindled the Whatcott out of those diamond. I know that they never ware identified by a good description. I know that Loo IVbatoott found , them. This affair has opened my eyes aa to ward by the police to dealchildren, ing with helpless w (knelt and contempt foe and 1 have the greatest I tnal 4m tells what he boy waa aotia jail, be Detecof Chief wartime. know to be prestives George Sheets, in 'Well. I guess ence, said to the boy care for don't Iks anything that your fa yon. and they think yos am guilty of let wifi you stealing the diamond and go to the penitentiary, or they would com to see yon. The boy waa arrested and placed In the city prison, although, no' complaint had been filed against him. on, a charge of mM hrmi, when the police knew that he had found the diamonds. Chief Barlow know that be refused to release toe brother gave ll.K boy until I and my Whitaker. ' ! apent, bond before Judge several hours walking through the raid. hUk finding a Tuesday night. " Capitol to get the boy lawyer and trying usdervtaiM now Tm not can Tribune could print welt falsehood In defense ot the policed lwn that paper con-lrar- y. rate acoorded the Mormon 1"' 3 cents per mile both .way or 1 cents per mile each way. The commission suggests that tht - isle would be sufficiently high aa am excursion rats to state and county lain, and that vth establishment of this uniform rate, would remove mound of complaint and would probably stimulate 'the movement of txaf-- k to uch an extent as would make to carriers any .loss in revenue fra a reduction la the rate ttadf; but IHf te matter upon which we have n authority to jmke any requirement, the complaint must be dismissed." excursion conference .. ' ill N katok bsahsfoio) xetumts. John 8. Brmnaford returned last '(ht from Los Angeles where he has ktn for the pest 1 days on pleasure ml buslnea. After after hia affatrs In law Angel e looking he spent n few to t the beaches. Be took hold of ? affair, this roomink which been handled, during., hi abatnee rWXncilman Thomas R. Black, who rhoaen mayor pro tem. . Kaye any-thif- ig . k Y ' Aims FOB tvmr.inrfrBg (SueelaJ to 'The News.) Washington. D. c.. Dee. I Patent 07 BentogefTT 811 LaarVi,. tor tp!ftlin urea: rw wV o L ,H CUvlroa heated JLBectricity; H. H. Kinsey, Ogden, Jdaho-- J. j. Webb. Oakley, ddor step. J-e- earlycopy r Forllic Qtfistass Kews Owing u the ernah which at- - ! ,h hhOction of the farina Nrw. local adrenlo-- . awpectfpBy toqnnted to intended foe that 1U'TER THAN "TT "tor ni5jiw JHh livut. In Copenhag- en Where Scientists Are Inclined to be Credulous.'7-- " -- Inlerferring. make a The defendants .rate of one 'far for the round trip to the spring and fall of each year to Exit take City, Utah; from the territory to order that persona may vlatt that, city for the Mormon conferences and the Utah state fair, but It laauee passenger rate of d the round trip ooiy tnevmt. tut tor excursions to the Intermountain fair held to the fall of each year at Ogden. Utah. Complainants do not attack the reaeonableneae of the rates to Ogden,but they com plain that the defendants Unduly dlaHeld that criminate agstoat Ogden. the commission la not satisfied from the weald that Balt Lake City has been fives by these excursion rates preference of such proportion as to b term' - "" . ed undue. commlaaloo suggests that de- -, r, should establish a uniform fnviant paehtcr ratr uf 14 Tcentapermtl wdi wwv to all stats and county fairs; M this is a met ter upon which the ccamtssiott has no authority to make ; ear requirement. The opinion continues; The excursion ctabHshcd to Salt Lake City on of these conferences of the Moras Church natural and proper. We have required defendants to furnish' a atatement showing the movement of ,Meusrra..,througb .Chfdep.tq attend- - . -- Depart- Organ The statement to The Tribune this shown The morning that ."when Deseret News containing the story, both ths mother an daughter said that they were shocked "al the atorj. and said that, their alleged statements In print were ridiculous," was denounced as unqualifiedly false today by the two worn eh referred to, namely, Mia Krmina Wbsteott and Mra- - Anna Whxtcott. of ST north Ftrat Weal street, slater and mother respectively of Jlttle Lon Whatcott, the boy who was arrested on a charge of grand larceny on order of Chief of Police e- Barlow becase his mother bad fused to give up d the police a diamond ring and a diamond stick pin which the boy had found on the street, last Monday morning. The atatement attributed to Chief of police Barlow was declared a falsehood by Mias Whatcott and George F. Lloyd, a welt knbwn business man. Who is manager of the Cache Knitting Main Works company, at 41 south street. to The statement attributed Chief of Detectives George Sheets that the account published to The. Kawa evening wax a tissue of lies was also pronounced false by the same i persona Miss Whatcott and Mr. Lloyd stated that they would swear to the authenticity of their statements which were printed aa Interviews to The News yesterday. They declared that the following statement of Chief of Police Barlow, printed to-- The Tribune this morning. Is false; When Mrs. What cott, who lives at STS north First West street, was' assured that we intended to protect her' Interests, after we had explained matters to her, she readily turned over the diamond. After they have been identified they will be returned to the rightful owner. The story about the boy being placed in a cell was entirely false. There was not a man In this office or connected In any,' way with - the department, who wished tq pnt ths child in jalL WHAT GIRL SAYS. Mias Whatcott said this morning mother and I never said that w "ily were shocked at the story in Tbs News and that our alleged statements were ridiculous. The statement in Ths Tribune that later In the day the parents of the boy called at theIs police false. station and released the gems My mother has been COhnneo to ner bed for two days, and Is seriously 111 as a result of her treatment at the hands of the police. My father waa in Garfield at the time. It wsa I who took the Jewels to tne 901100 station, I did not do It. either, as Chief Bar-losays, because I was assured that the police intended to protect our Interests I released, the jewel, because I had been told that unless I did so within sn hour, my little brother would be sent to the reform school J o;di us xy niri' iW' WM '2i' jrrohington, - f f 9 1900 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH FIFTY-NINT- YEAR H OF LOST Oil LAKE ERIE PRESIDENT ZELAYft Hendersons Store at Sixth South Members of Crew of the Steamer And Coombs Drug Store Clarion Which Was Burned. i Looted Last Night NO HELP BURRAUS VIEW. ATKALAMAZG3 , ,1 ' pfi rr s!. CAPTAIN LOOSE'S VERSION OF AFFAIR New .York. Dec. . Capt A. W. Loom. the master pilot and navigator, whose affidavit stating test he bad formulated a king series of observation and data for Dr. Frederick A- - Cook at Dr. Cook's request since his return from, the arctic region, waa published today, talked at his horn to Brooklyn, concerning the statements made te the affklvlL. '!- - went- - to"Dr. Cbok." said Capt Loose, "thinking I might he of some assistance' to hi rtf, but I never expected when I approached him to do such extended work aa I have dong A Short talk with Dr. Cook convinced me he knew almost nothing about navigation He waa Ignorant of some of the essential of the science. "At first 1 considered it at least likely that Dr. Cook bad got near to the pole, say to SB degrees or within ft) miles of the pole. Even hie obeervatlons would have given him that accuracy. Later I wat forced to schknge. tlisl - M rei ,i. - -- rerew. -- flour. "MAKINGS FOR SOUP. The "yeggs left s fuse, about a foot long, will! a large cap on the end. half a her onof soap, and the "makings for soup top of the sate Thev are after me, all right, said J. B. Hendervn. "snd I its prepared for them. Lieut John Hempel and another police officer came down to ray store this morning, when I notified police headquarter. They looked things over, but said they could do nothing, and that tf I wanted to recover my stuff, 1 would have 0 hire private detectives. POLICE PROTECTION A JOKE. "The polio protection In this city is a joke. Thieves, oaf crackers, holdup, men have burglars and second-stor- y been after me and my family during the last two months. Two days ago, a couple of burglars robbed my hrnie at HI ht Lowell place in My wife was not at home, but Mrs. A. C. next our was, door, neighbor Kersey., snd she saw them leave, but no trace could be found of them by the time the police were notified. They ransacked every room In my house and turned everything topny - tnrvy, but my wife had not left her- jewels In the boose, and the thieves- apparently didn't cere to steal anything except very valuable stuff and money, aa they knew attract at tear tipo II, Duty, left, jfcltK ktrgn btiarlio . "V HIRED MAN HELD UP. "Floyd Young, one of my drivers, who lives at my place, was held up two nights ago, as he was walking home. He had nearly reached our house, and waa turning Into Lowell place from around the corner, from Fifth EaststreetWhen k high stuck. hlm.up Jtist- - a sthat moment, a couple of our neighbors happened to pass, and Young hurried back to the street from the court, while the holdup took to his heels and escaped through the dark, after s' hard chase by several men. "My barn has been robbed time and again during the last twq months. ' LEFT SAFE OPEN. '1 bread-daylig- - d -- not espedUTy sccuril. might have thought himself at the when pole, only within W miles of It; when 1 got deeper into the matter, I began to suspect that Dr. Cook waa never out of sight of land. "Please notice that I have never said that Dr. Cook is able to submit my calculation to the University , of Copenhagen aa Ms own obiwrrvgtlpjis. never cook Intimated such' to met In, T was working for pay then and was Indifferent on that point. Now 1 haven't received my pay. I don't express an opinion about when or how Dr. Cook wrote up his record hooks. "Dr, Cook never allowed me to Inspect hi original records or Indeed, any mime of them than has been te the newspapers. -published down Capt-- Lsmae. aaid- Puniliy' ttfbrti1hg; i 'Cme dowrf of seconds In Dr. Cook's reports ot ""List tq the More to clean tip some extra! hts observations did not shin " a skilwork, and I found two large ham-- 1 ful attempt to deceive. and a chisel under the hayshed The limits of error were so great jners the rear of my building. 1 knew that the recording of seconds Would in had been there. ut not be of the sl'ghtest Value In adding then that robbers thought they had probably been scaraccurately, declared the .captain, by" someone Who had sur"toil I. of course. he. added. "Dr. ed awaythem while they were trying prised Cook could have looked at his Instruto want I Into f!ace. didn't my get ments, seen the seconds and pot them my aafe blown all to pieces. So I left down conscientiously If to. Ignorance most banked of and cash. It my open or their lack of importance.". - DRUG STORE BURGLARY. As to whether he thought, it possible for Dr. Cook to declare now that daring burglary, committhese calculated observations by Capt. tedAnother between midnight and 1 o'clock this Loose were simply for comparison of was That In Harry Coombs morning, his own, Capt. Loose said: store, at State and Fourth "Dr. Cook probably. brill say this, but drug 8euth streets. The robbers entered by why does he need eiry such calculaback way. First they broke a wintion and reckonings backwards ss I the dow glass, and reached through and made for him? Why did be need anythe door. Then they Went one to make calculations for him If unlocked another Inner door, cutting through be Is s navigator ana mathematician a panel. They opened this door and if he went to the pole and took out out. on The burglars broke open going care of the observations on the way the ate taking $40 In ' pbstofflce to and from the pole. I" funds In cash, 150 In currency betonbe store, and two check knew they were untrue. I want to say longing one .drawn by D. EL Christensen for pubtidy that I admire the aland stick The News took te this matter. It shows that It Is the only independent news-papIn Ralt Leke Clty. 'YTe saw to It that the other paler were given the .abcorrect version of the case, but they never printed our side of the story. I don't wondar that the police dare to do such eutragsemw things, when they are defended by dishonest newspapers. In my opinion, the tiro Is fast coming ween the people flf Salt Lake City aria rise np against the abuses of the police department.' The decent men of the community are awaking to the fact that Barlow Is not fit to be chief of police, and a tor Sheets, he Is unIf so or speakable. UeaL Shannon te another man who Is a disgrare to the depart- -' meat. He Insulted Atty. Davis and n outrageously. -- way-me- er Have you an sent friend inter ested in U tah or -- send him STATE FATS BACK f 100,000. The state loan commission met Wednesday afternoon te the governors office and an order was mad to pay the state board of land commissioners I1M.MI which had been borrowed by the stole to meet current expense of the government The board of 'examiners checked the slat treasurer's report snd found ths figures correct her THE i l UTICA, OHIO, BURNED, Columbua. O., Dec.' The village ot Utica was practically wiped out by fire one man. a guest of the today and Hotel Vance, wa burned to death. TnlriC-fiv- e other guests had a narrow escape. PERISHED. HAVE W. C. ItMiaril-o- NEWS Saturday - Dec. w Cleveland, Dec. 9 Two men lost their live and the fate of 13 others is unknown h a result of the burning ot 8. IT, RAGED -- 1 FiremenDvercome. boat. The mate wa fro sen to death A vain effort Waa made by the six sor. vlvor' to enter another lifeboat. One sailor fell overboard and war drowned in hi efforts to launch the lifeboat The men were forced to remain in the Clarion until the Hana rescued them. Th Buffalo. Dec. W. C. Ricbard-ao- n, a big steel freighter, sank early today st a point, five, miles op th lake from Buffalo harbor and five members of the crew were drowned. The remainder of the crew of 14 were rescued by the steamer Paine, which with the Richardson, had anchored off Waveriy Shoal early In the night, fearing to enter the harbor because of the prevailing storm. The sea waa high and early today the Richardson shifted her cargo, listed ahd foundered. 9. LAURA JOHNSON BOOKMAKER ENTERED PLEA OF GUILTY Chicago, Dec. 9. Laura Johnson, the only known woman bookmaker in Chi cago, pleaded guilty yesterday before ii and Judge Beltler, She, waa fined Miss Johnson, also, known as Laura Nelson, admitted that a number of women of Kenwood and Hyde Park be daily on horse race. costa. COLDEST SPOT IN s THE UNITED STATES St. Paul. Dec. 9. The coldest spot In the United States today was Devils Lke, ,y. D-- . where the mercury registered 22 degree below aero, according to the'weather office reports. Moorehead, Minn., wa next, with a temperature of 2V' " w innlpcg,. Ma .repskd. 39 .degress below aero. The weather forecaster says that the temperature will be appreciably warm. er.. , XAXEBS ABBESTED. BTTTTEB A Rtcks, man.ufaitJtrsr.f butter, were arrested this morning on a complaint Issued by County - Attorney Job , P, Lyon charging them with selling butter under weight te violation of the pure Willard Hanson, Mato food laws. food and dairy commissioner, gathered 19 up pounds of butter at random on the market and found that It fell abort In wetght an average of ll$ ounces. Nelson-- ' "Golden Nugget AQBICUXTTJBAL COLLEGE LABES The land office haa received notice of the action of the secretary of the Interior in approving the clear list No. II. comprising 3.790 acres In ths Salt Lake City land district, selected by the state tor the use of the agricultural college. This grant almost completes the alo"-meof 2M.990 acres made for this purpose, other grants having been approved before. nt HflJ and the other drapn In favor .of Harry Cdombe, for 3jJ, on Walker Bros. bank. NelthercheCk -- was endorsed. OVERLOOK LOT OF MONEY. $w . The thieve evidently worked in a hupry. 'jut they pulled severM hundreds ot dettars worth of postage' stamps of different 'denominations out of the safe, but allowed them to drop on the floor and didnt pick them up again. They also overlooked a lot of money In- tire poetoftlca nioney drsir- -' - or. DEAL WITH STERNER STUFF. Although the police tell victims of burglars that they "will have to hire private detectives if they expert Ju tbetr staff," yie yeryr" who pulled off the Coomb drug store trick witt hkve to deal with a sterner set of official officers this time, as Uncle .Sams secret Service agents are working on the case to recover the pcetof-fic- e funds, It appears that tha t;sited States government sleuth and the Sait Lake City police under direction uf ehief Bailtt snd - George Sheets are two different propositions,' when At eomes to their methods of dealing with "yeggs end other dangerous criminals. POLICE SUTPRtfiS NEWS. The police gave out nothing on these burglaries and safe robberies tor this morning. This hi In accordance with. Chief of Mica Bartows avowed pbHcy of suppressing an- - news of crimes committed In thm city. Nothing would 4 learned by tbs people of the save of crime that has swept over 's Salt Lake City because of Chief tneompetency. war It not tor' the tort that be victims, driven to desperation by the lock of poUo protection and the callous indifference of the potlce te trying to find the crim Inala, make the robberies public themselves. Hi hope that the people wtjl aid bl the detection and capture of the guilty er -- partle. ' . . ALL NIGHT 't I V i LONGL- - ir Aid Wa Sent From Battle Urerk and Grand Rapids to Assist In Getting It Under Control, Kdiamaioo, Mkh., Dec. 9. One life . r Washington, Dec. t The statement L . f telegraphed from Nicaragua to London probably uaa lost, many firemen were tM-tliovercome by smoke, SOT United State fcaddemaaded the TtRmtlon of 'President Zeljijra and were driven, scantily clad, into the ley I that he had Indicated bis purpose to streets and property valued at approxl- i -retire by the end ot thevpreeent month, mately 31, 009,004 sag lie troy 4 by a is declared at the state depurttfhent to tire shivlr started here st 14 nlclock be without foundiiion last night and wa only extinguished - ' The after an morjr frrrnHrP'ana mg Vta New Or struggle by the com- - r" tHtns that some' time ago President blnd fire fighting forces of Kalsmaxoo,.. Zetaya had trueT. ari ordef fhat aTI Battle Creek and Grand Raplda. Amer!eanT7!tpturei ahiie serving with Starting te the base man t of th Star the revolutionary army should be put to death. Is discredited here. The officials Bargain house, if S snd store, at do not believe President Zelaya would 113 West Main street, the flames, fanned Hmr court bis own undoing and the by a strong southwest wind, spread certain overthrow of his government. along the north side of Main Developments In Nicaragua are eastward street, totally destroying the Burdick awaited lth great interest by officials here for tt Is not doubted that within Houa. a fin four story hotel and store ' the next few days or weeks at the building, covering more than half a city . farthest, a crisis will be reached which block On an arcade running north will determine the fate of tl0 ZWayatt through the Burdick building to Water street were located half a dozen smalt government. commercial establishments and these i were burned out. Sweeping eastward on DEATH TO AMERICANS i,Main street from the Burdick, th LATEST ORDER OIT flames ate their way through the Post-- al Telegraph and American express of- - . New Orleans. Dec- - 9 A cable, to the flees and other smaller buxines places. Picayune from Panama ears: The fieunee made Sue rapid pi ogress - '.ree .. "Death to Americans Is thwwrtnrTsv , that It soon became apparent that th Posisued to army by President Zelaya. ;I , local fire department would be unable tive information received here tow to ' 1th cope th situation and aid waa f day that more than a month ago Ze-!'4 ', issued instructions to his military summoned from Battle Creek. 23 miles commanders to hoot every American east, and Grand Rapids, 60 miles north. Guests In the Burdick Mouse were - ' caught fighting In the army of the revolutionists. Some of Zelaya's military warned of their danger and hastily fled. - ,; to the street, many of them scantily , officers protested against the order and ' warned him that trouble ,1th the I'nll-e- d clad, and as other hotels In the dig were crowded, some of these persons Htates would result. were compelled to remain out In th The, gunboat Vicksburg which has been 'stationed at Coiinto ever since biting cold several hours before finding shelter. the Nicaraguan trouble assumed an -- Whlle-rire ftames were raster hrttrir acutePVta'ge, has been reinforced anil i hotel, a man suddenly appeared at there re now four American warships an window and cried for helpi. Upper In the Corinto b arbor. a ladder could be put In posiThe Vicksburg needs coal snd now Before tion to rescue him, he disappeared that reinforcements have reached It and it - believed he perished te- thw she will probably come to Panafir. ma to replenish her fuel supply To the tow pressure. te the water mains can principally be attributed the great extent of the fire. The city deSWITCHMENT STRIKE AT pends for Us supply on artesian yells . ST. PAUL AT STANDSTILL jjnd the water fromAthis source wa entirely Inadequate. large standpipe with the as the ssvlum was connected St. Paul. Dec. I The switchmens but afforded only temcity main strike in the Twin cities is at a stand ahort-ag- e was 80 the relief. great porary still. The strikers continue Ur inslvt of water. tbat st.Piie lima. anly Dull they havethe traffle of the- rstl- directed be streams two could upon roads tied up while the railroad offletais 4- are equally earnest In declaring they are the fire and throe barely reached at-te floor. an 6:30 m. the At third gaining on the strikers every day. The extreme cold weather, it being I to 14 tempt was. made to connect A city, mem wlth a nearby creek. In order" degrees below aero today. will undoubtedly handicap the railroads and wilt to secure ammunition tor fighting the make the work of the new switchmen advancing fire. The Battle Creek fire- - , more difficult. men arrived on the scene I President Hawley of the switchmen's but owing to tack of water were of union left last night for Cincinnati, service. The Grand Rapids fire- -where b will hold a conference with little men arrived at 4 oclock and joined f the American President Clampers In the attaek. With their aid th Are Federation of Labor to learn definitely switchwas soon under control. of the kind support , just what men will get from the 'American FederThe temperature was about I de- - -i ation. f greea above sero and th fire fighters . suffered severely from , .. . exposure.. -. ' .r,, 'CONDUCtDR COOKSCASE-- rf 1totetguetC?Ci4 -- V - u " f aa -- The operator at the United Wireless station here picked up a message thts morning saying that six men had been taken off a burning vessel near Point Pelee and taken to Cleveland. He could not get The name of the ship nor the sender of the mesragw. Ohio. Dec. Toledo. OF, AMERICANS. B the steamer Clarion near Point Pelee in Lake Erie, early today. , Six members of the crew were taken from the Clarion by the steamer L C. Hana and Brother. These say all attempted to leave the Clarion as soon as It was discovered she could not bv saved. Capt,. E. J.I.tcll nf Ositeny-bur- g, X. Y., and '13 other members ot the crew took to the lifeboats It is feared they may starve or freeze before rescued High seas are running on account of the recent storm. Survivors say one of the crew fell overboard when attempting to enter the life boat, but was rescued by those in the - Bar-low- 1 EXECUTION "ot 5 Guests pr iveiv' Scantily Clad, Into Streets-- Exe-rati- on pub-Ucsti- CHRISTMAS Hundreds Rrttort' Tliat Zriayi Had Ordered of All Captured In Revota- tioiuiry Army, Discredited. u, Sunk Near Buffalo, JFUe of Crew Being Drowned, , Two more daring burglaries acre committed In the heart of the city at an early hour this morning, and at leaXt oo of the jobs was pulled off by ex perienced "yeggs." who. on finding a safe left open, left their "soup, or nitroglycerin, the cake, of Soap with which they had Intended to calk pft the stocks for thb explosion, the fuse and cape, right, on to)j of the ante, in ' plain view. robbed "wereTheTHen-derse- n , The two ptoce Commission company's store at Sixth South and State streets, and the Coomb drug store, at fourth South ' and State streets. , Ths "yeggs" entered through the rear of the Henderson store. They first bored a hole through the bark door with a small brae and bit, and then cut out a panel with A .tiny keyhole saw. J. ft. Henderson, the owner, stated that be did not keep the combination of the safe fastened- - as robberies have been attempted In his store recently, and he left the Safe 9 pen because be d4 not want the door cracked open. The"yegg opened the door inside of the safe, and r.fled three drawers. The cash drawer had also been Jeft open but. the robbers broke open the other two drawers with a chl)t The cash register had also been left open, and the burglars secured but 1& pennies out of It. A number of memorandum slips were taken, as- - the yeggs probably thought they were check. They mtim have used a wagon, as they got sway sacks of the best with -five tery-wete- MAY toed Freighter, Big -- a v THEY if - Ohio. Story Emanating From London That United States Had De- .mandedit Denied. .re t . THE POLICE er Copenhagen, Dee. f A summary of the nth davits of presons claiming to have aided Dr. Frederick A- Cook to the p repartition ot his polar data, published te London and New. York, wa road, brew with amusement.today, Scientific circles ere Inclined to bs Incredulous regarding ths charges and some persons Ilk Dr. Carl , Bureau, the astronomer, consider them so thttf their effect , will be to strengthen confidence In Dr. Cook. . In an Interview Dr. Burrsu arid: ' "Passages te the story telegraphed hero give me the Impression that the matter (s thoroughly ,.un trustworthy. Take. for Instance, the statement about Capella. Capella neither rise nor seta In the polar regions but remains fixed over the horixon.- - In order to make observations at the north pole more extended and a more detailed knowledge lx necessary than is enjoyed by th average ship's captain. It will, however, be easy .for the university to determine the truth or otherwise of the charges The committee of six under the presidency of Prof Ellis atromgren, the are tronomer, which is to examine the north polar records of Dr. Cook on behalf of the University of Copenhagen, will begin Its work at the end of the present week Affidavits of two men asserting that Dr Frederick A. Cook hired them for 14,000 with promise of an additional bonus of tMO to one of them, to fabricate astronomical observations and calculations of latitude and longitude for submission to the University of Copenhagen, were published in the New York Times this morning. The men who say they helped Cook te preparing record- -! a Journey to the north pole George H. Dunkle, an Insurance broker, and Capt. August WSder Lodie, a sol? man admit that their reason for making tne affidavit known to the public .was that the ex plorer only paid them ISO for their work. ' gpmlOPx. FROM Near Point Pelee, Victims Advised to Hire Private Detective If They Want to Recover Ftun--dUnde 8am te Case. a. n.i Tr 'TI SUte and Conn- il Cmnplolnt ,j Fair Sogge-tcMust be Dfeunlw. S. ment in American -' rl She Cave Diamond to Police tui Save Thinks Passages to N. Y. Times Mary A s She Brother, Thougiit From Thoroughly Unworthy Capt. Loose r- " nrivna School, . Explains to lenient. Was Given Salt "fa Hi FRIGHTENED -- UTTLE Lake City Over Ogden- -" As Charged. ' : t ' Uq Preference. 1 A4-Th- L Barlowi Defense of RE Without Qual-ft- y o Tala to tbo Kewa Offers Both. Util tlBIKTI, 'BUI7 RATES WISE Cbnhllb H-- MB FMEnnis M BURGHS Ill THE1IBUHE -- QwMHf ef a' t,i't o, -- it a a, , -- Texas Railroad Angry at President Because Hasnt Answered Appeals. Dalhart. Tex., Doc. 9 Angry because their they have received no answers toSecreappeals to President Teft and tary of State Kpox ln behalf of James. . A Ooofc tbe AUWrieati ewjduet'ff. la jail at Guadalajara. Mex , railroad men here have appealed to Gov. 'Campbell and Texas congressmen to Interest themselves In Cook's case. men declare that If , Local railroad not action for the relief of Cook taken soon they will retaliate by maklaborers Mexican for ing tt to come Into thla'sectlon as they can. Five hundred dollars hSve been raised to defray the expenses of s campaign wontitrbehwr or Cfiok.' W hd Tormerty - ed here. Cook was a' conductor of a freight into Guadalajara snd 'was arrested after the train was robbed, charged with complicity In the robbery, but has been refused bond, although his Mexican brwkemsn snd several foreigners arrested at the same time accused of receiving stolen goods are out on bond Cook declares he wsa In the caboose making out bis reports when, the moving train was robbed, and that hi Mexican bralteman was on the train. 1 , LAUGHED HIS . JAW OUT OF JOINT New York. Dee. 9. While several porter were amusing themselves cracking jokes at each other to a hall in'an office building hers yesterday afternoon Emil Williams laughed no heartily that he, threw hi Jw, out of place. A nearby physician was summoned and he put Williams's jaw In commission. -- N:Y.FltfEMENA$K' FOR INCREASED New York. Dec. 9. New York City's firemen have appealed to the board of . tinrated for an increase of 1309 a jreer ift thefar p THey aeeert that Xtted bled their expense since the present stikiries were fixed to year afro.- - They received from $69 lo per year et present. The ranting of the petition would roet the city about $a60.- -' 90 a year. New'York, Dec. 9 Records continued to go by the bwyd .today In the six-dbicycle" race. at Madison Square Garden. This morning. Seven of the 13 surviving teams had covered 1,613 3 miles in- - 79 hours, which Is 16 6 miles ahead of the world's record f year ay ago. The officials declare Frank Galvin out of the contest. His partner, Keegan, who la laid np with congestion ot the Tfifilf, ansa doctored out of The race four hours prevkmely.' snd Gelvte could not get a partner within the time limit , Rutt and fiULHn also officially lw dared out of th race as a teem. BUri'a leg waa in bad shape and it was Impossible for him to continue The MacFariand-Clar- k team was another of the leading coiribl nations broken np during the morning. hteoFarlaad suffered so much pain from a broken finger that lie retired at 1163 o'clock. This left hia partner, Clark, free jo form an alliance with Butt, left by the retirement of Ptol. Score at o'clock: ; ATTENDED P.RAYER SHOTGUN WITH MEETING 8 breve. O., Iec. 9 A posse is in 9ur tult of O. E, Boley. who created a of terror at Boa Prairis near here test night and today shot end kitted Sheriff Jnub Belt .Holey escaped from the Maiflos stats v hoepitai yesterday bait night he attended prayer meeting at the Methodt church, sitting la ths with aibotgua standing crngregatlon between his knees, Se. went to the betpe ot Roy Ltler Kefe, Early today Sheriff Bell was eep for. After he shot the sheriff Boley Lewsoo-Dwtisf- Root-Fngt- hour-C- ol ltna. L3L3. Rutt-Clsr- Wal-- a, e. Halstead-Lawrenc- I Pre-Heb- ir. Anderson-Vanon- t, k. Cameroon-Kreb- s, Hlll-Steo- n, George --Qeprge t, 1.4&1.I; ' 1,690 4. Previous recced end of eighty-itxt- h boar, 1.474.4 miles, made by MscFar-lan- d sad Mora in 1IM. 1.434.4; 1 - I " rtn - 4. f ' c A - escaped. i - ,4 ERDER MUtUlER INQUIRY. "fit Louis, Dee. I When ths grand Jury resumed today Its fovestigattaa tetd the murder of William J. Grder, ef which . Doxey is accused, more than 29 witnesses wars left from the M summoned yesterday. Among those who testified today whs Dr W J H. Warren, the- - Washington university chemist, who found arsenic In Erder's remain. Ths grand Jury, mfiy oa the ease fenUl not complete Its work ' lata tomorrow r 3f-- L -- JZ. ! - 3 ' . ' t AVERTED Bedford, Hid., Dee, 9. Th danger of rioting in ths striking of the General Union of fltoo Cutters te tbs great quarries here was eliminated, today a ben th mill owners sent bock to Chiworkmen cago the Imported Snd the detectives that guarded tlMrn- in mills are full the stone Many of by members ef a rival organtsa-tlo. Tbs owners plan la to enforce against tbs striker prosecutions for tempt or'Rie 'Vrotralnlng order panted recently In ths county court restraining the national officers of ths general unim from paying "strike benefits" to " the Bedford membership. Today affidavits charging violation of filed aatnf Joseph' hts Trtause-weEvans, national president snd ths local officers of the unlop- -- non-uni- - n. -- rs CHBISTMAS XEWS POBX COJTTEST. The author of th poem entitled The Faradls Quest. submitted for the Christmas News com petition. la ' requested to can oa er telephone the silty editor this evening or tomorrow morning aa early as possible. - -- i "I ! f '1 .j -- pert-nsrt- - -- nr 9 DANGER OF RK)TING 7 AT BEDFORD, IND BICYCLE RIDERS ARE BREAKING RECORDS ir 'iJ PAY ! V Z ? I x |