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I VOL LXXXV NO. -IS. SALT LAKE CITY, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 1, 1912. 14 PAGES FIVE CENTS I
1 MURINES WILL
I LAND ON CUBAN
I SOILflMMORE
President Gomez Instructs
General in Command of the
Army in Otfente Not Id
Oppose Americans.
INSURGENTS ABE
MAKING HEADWAY
Special Correspondent Stans
berry Reviews Situation and
Shows Utter Failure of
Cuba as a Nation.
It yAVANA, Ma- 31. Presideui
L I Gomez tonight telegraphed Gen
I I eral Monteagudo, the comma n
der-in-chief of tbe Cuban army.
who i8 al the Bcenc r"' the bostilitiea
33Hi" i li- province of Oriente. slating that
iSflthr general nit-ht permit nieri-an ma
rin.-s to land nn Cuban bo I to guard
foreign property.
'I he dispatch added that the Cuban
l'IB tone? t In n might retire from guarding
Hauch places and devote themselves to
I pursuing the insurgents.
interest in Havana today centered on
tiio question whether i, 1 1 1 United States
1 Runboal Paducah would land marines al
I Daiquiri to protect the property of the
Spanish-American Iron company. This
I question overshadowed completely the
I reported occurrences Erom the theater
-T3i " I hostilities
I Insurgents Driven Off.
.-:?: The American legation today re.
I ceived advices from Daiquiri that I he
a planl .i the iron company had boon at
I tacked, but that u - assailants were held
I in cheel by forty guards, who later
Bivrrc reinforced by one hundred other
H ii" i ( Dbs. combined . force drove oif
ln' insurgents ;'n on the n r i - i v r 1 1 of
It I''- Paducah the fighting was over and
apparently there was uo necessity for
i ctendiny the aid of American ma
JH rines
9 Later in the day Colonel Marti, chief
- iH"' staff ..I t h o iilrni army, and Lieu
i ivmi Colonel ('onscugra sailed from
H s.i in ii(l the gunboal Elatuoy for
I I ' quiri lo explain to the commaudcr
lei 'hi I'edurali Hie situation on Bhoro
' 1 to inform him that there was do
it; for landing American forces.
Tonight, however. President Gomez coa-
H sell I r. I 'n f,i landing nl
I Rumor of Battle.
There was greal excitement this even-Bin-.;
in Havana win n several newspapers
iMic extra -'Jit ins announeing thai
I Initio had taken place not far from
I Kit ni .i no in which in;:n, rebels had
I I' ' killed ly he fire of the I ubar.
:M : r 1 '"rr.v- 'f il'- ernment tonight said
there had been no battle but that .-, col
I ' ion had taken place between national
Bond rebel forces in bich the former's
artillery was brought into play, ap
Bparentlj with good effect The extent
o Hi,- , .-.-u ut ie-. it wa announced, was
unknown.
J General Mputcagudo comjuandor-in-thief
oi the army, still is bnsj in Ori
H'1"1' province disposing of Ins forces
ioi .i decisive movement against the
Ben em.'-'.
:; This is expected to take place to-Bin-ii
roc . Meanwhile his army coutin-Biie-
t.i suffer Berious depletion by ron.
Hmiii of i he necessity of furnishing
l-iki I 'l- for foreign porpoTty. Many
Hriantations remain unprotected and
Biiumv depredations by rebels are re
I port ' ' I . The purpose of those appears
ti be tn secure arms, ammunition, food
; r h-irtCM.
I Protection Demanded
J rhe Ponupo Mangatez company to
I l:iy demanded protection of its mines
at Cuero ami General Monteugado im
I mediately ordered an attachment ol
I 1 o t. i lint town
Skirmishing continues between the
iim -. ;,,) insurgents but
without important results, Quiet is
reported in all the provinces except
BOriontc lui numerous arrests are being
made of persons suspected of eomplic
SjH ' ' In
'm ' ""vrm"ent continues to receive
nany offers ti raise volunteer corps,
iini difficulty is experienced in finding
I iini, r'r them, order- have bean
i laced in the United States fur a quan-
r it of arms to be shipped to Havana
immediately, . regiment of 700 volun-
tcers under Colonel Pierda is ready to
leave Havana Sunday to rem tori-..- jen
-nil Monteagudo "s army.
WFk A rumor was current in Havana to-
tbat the negroes In the capital
mteiid t.. rise hut apparently tin sre is
no I.HKis i.,r the rumor -:nd DO fiolice
Bjrntccl ion has boon ordered.
e.j4''',wi'leMl i.'oinr , t - --en ;i rue.-.-
(Continued on Page Nine )
(the line of march for juneI
By John T. McCutcheon.
Copyrtfibt . 1811: By John T McCutcheon.
BOMBS ABE THROWN
in mwm
Three Explosions, but No One
Injured, and Very Little
Damage Done.
SA N" tTRANCISCO, Mac 81. Three
lieavy explosions sliook tire downtown
district of San Francisco tonight Ths
first two w ere located at Tom Corbett s
poolroom .uni saloon, Fourth and Steven
son streets, ami -a Broyer's saloon, Sic
venson street. The third came aixut
leu minutes later
Tom Corbett Is n brotlter or James J.
Corbett, nmi t ante known in sport
ing circles all over Hip Country as bet
tins commissioner in the .ioffries-john-son
heavywelgihl championship tight at
Reno. July 4, 1IH0.
.Stevenson street a narrow thorough
fare paralleling; Market street, the main
artery n Ity, ;n.i running Just be-
hlnd the Palace hotel, Tt la practically
deserted after nightfall. Nd one was
hurt in any of the explosions.
Both Corbett's and Broyer's are small
wooden houses in ihr cheap downtown
dlslrli-l known as "SOUth of Market
Htre?t.'' Neither waa o-cupied at the
time or the explosions.
At Corbett's, the bomb had been loi'.-cd
through a window pane broken to per
mit Its entnfnce. It lay there sizzling
from Itv fuse, before anyone realized
what It wax.
At Broyer's the bomb was tied lo the
front doorknob. In rnrri caseft donie
was confined to breaking windows and
shaking fotuidatlona already Inseeure.
While id,, police -tvere Investigating the
first two explosions, a ihlrd wa-.i heard
After some search It was found to bare
been on the opposite Hide or Market
street, In the downtown wholesale dis
trict, In a storeroom on P-uf), street.
Recently the Btororoom baa been cut
up into soiali miscellaneous brokerage
offices, many of whirl, are untenanted
and all of which were vacant at the
time Of the explosion. The bomb was
tossed on to toe roof of the .storeroom
an tore an open hole, bin did no other
da mage.
SAN DIEGO CITIZENS
ASK -SPECIAL SESSION
SAN dikgo. Cal., May Jl The city
council of San Dleyo unanimously passed
. resolution today asking Governor John
son to call an extra session of the legis
lature to consider the Industrial Workers
ir the World situation here and to confer
as to the advisability of the establish
ment of a state constabulary "with un
questioned police authority as broad a
the state "
The county prand jury, which Attoiney
General V. F. Webb desired to have i8
ohargedi ankln that a new probing body
be assembled, met today and adjourned
until June 5.
Raymond Benjamin, chief deput attor
ney genera!) said that his chief probably
wonui return here next Tuesday Mr
Beujamln declined to talk about ii" a--tlon
of Attorney General Wlckershain at
Washington In ordering a federal grand
Jury to investigate Lbs local disturbances,
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
AFTER Ml! GIRL
Ex-Soldier Infuriated Because
13-Year-Old Maiden Re
fuses to Marry Him.
nrnLirsBURG, x. J., May M. In
furiated because pretty thirteen-year-old
Annie Lyncli refused to marry him and
jealous because She went to a circus yes
terday with a rnal. fred J. Rrown, aged
'.'S, of ESaston, Pa , today shot and killed
ttie crlrl and then turned the pistol on
himself, with perhaps, fatal results
Rrown was recently discharged from
the army after three years' service. He
mil ih girl at a church entertainment
shortly after his return to ESaSton and
became bo smitten with her charms that
he proposed marriage pn the evening of
their drat meeting. Annie's father; when
he learned of the proposal, ordered
Brown to keep away, but Brown eon
tinned to see--, the Kirl at every oppor
tunity. Today he went to the parochial school
that Annie attended and told the slater
in charge that Mrs- Lynch had been
stricken with serious Illness The jflrl
was excused from her studies and hur
i led toward homo. Brown walking With
her. He repeated tbe story of his love
and repeated his proposal of marriage.
Worrlerl about her mother's reported
Illness, the child grave htm a short, an
swer and ran toward the house. The ex
soldler followed, overtook her, and. plac
ing the revolver to her breast, fired the
shot. As neighbors who witnessed the
shooting lushed toward him, Brov n sent
a bullet Into bis own chest. Annie died
a., stir- reached her own doorstop, sinking
lifeless intn the u mis of her mother, who
was attra'ted by the shooting.
After Brown arrived at the tSaston hos
pital he signed n complete confession,
giving Jealousy as the motive for the
depd. He is under police guard at the
hospital.
Two unmalled ietter.i andressed to the
zU I were found In Brown a possession. In
one was the statement:
"If I can't have you, no one else can ,"
In the other was the following;:
"We are fcolng on a long Journey,
AnAte; pray for us."
WARRANT TO BE ISSUED
FOR THOMAS WATSON
By International News Service.
MACON, Ga, May 31, A warrant
charging Thomas 10. WatSOO, former
Populist leader, with wending obscene
matter through the t'nited States mails
will be Issued by United States District
Attorney- Alexander Akesman as soon as
a postoffice Inspector trom Sumter, S
arrives to make the necessary af
fidavits The article which the district attorney
holds to be obscene Is printed in Wui-
soii'k tnuguzinc for May. It i-- p;nt of n
attack on what Mr. (VetSOU calls the
"Catholic hierarchy,"
HAPPY LITTLE BOY
IS ITIMFOR AUTO
Pursued by Playmates, Dashes
in Front of Car Going" at
Modei ale Speed.
Romping -joyously homeward wilb his
playmates tiftcr a day of picnicking at
Wandamere, little Rulond Horsleyi
aged 10 years, son oJ D. W. rJorsley,
0OJ Wesl North Temple street, went
down under tin3 wheels of b big auto
mobile at First South mol Main Btrceta
last mclit and was bo badly t rushed
thai he may die.
L. U. Webber of the Hamitlon-Bcach
Sales company was driving the car. He
bad just cranked it in front of liis of
fice at L5 Wct First South street and
had not, gone more than flftj yards
when the Eorsley boy, chased by two
companions, darted around the front of
a street car and ran squarely into the
path of Hie auto. The mud guard Btruck
him, knocking bim to his knee? Me
tried to scramble to one hide but the
reft wheel caught bim. Cl passed over
his abdomen, inflicting injuries that
make rccover doubtful.
The accident happened just al 8
o'clock. The streets were filled with
school children returning from the field
day outing at Wandamere. SToung
Horsley had nisi gotten off s Btreet car
wntli his companions. One of then ex
claimed boyishly thai he could beat the
others across the street. Awav they
went, unmindful of the traffic, the
Hersloy boy in i he lead.
Webber stopped lps car in less than
its own length, thus saving the boy
from Hie rear wheel. Eager hands
picked up the unconscious little form
and hurried with it to Schramm's drug
store. Later the boy mis taken to the
office of lr I. Clarence Smullyan i
the Mi iniyrc building, where at a late
hour his condition was reported exceed
ingly grave it was deemed best to
keep him al the office during the "'i,'bt.
Mr. Eforsley was notified at "U'-o of
the accident He Wafl almost hcart-
broh en.
- Thia i- the (irst time I ever let I he
Rttle follow 'o off for a pieni with
out me," he .-aid "But lie begged so
hard that I finally gave in. I have felt
all day that something was going to
happen." Mr. Horslev conducts B uro
eery store at North Temple ad Sixth
West streets, jusl beyond the viaduct.
Those who saw the accident said no
blame attaches to the drier of the
machine It was una voidable, they
said. The car w;is going at a moderate
rate and Mr. Webber had it under per
fect control.
Salt Lakers in New York-
Special to The Tribune
N19W YOT.K, May 51, -Van Cortland
Mis3 Edith Dufou, lmpciul. A. g Kos
JOB HARRIIVIAN
BROUGHT INTO
BRIBER! CASE
Bert Franklin Swears Darrow
Insisted Name of Socialist
Leader Be Mentioned if He
Himself Was Accused.
ALLEGED PART OF
LFCOMPTE DAVIS
Surprising Testimony Intro
duced Before the Witness Is
Turned Over to Defense
for Cross-Examination.
Fy riifM'nalional News Service.
LOS &KGELE8, May 81.- Assistant
District Attorney W. J. Ford com-plnti-.l
(tif- direct ixa miiiH tion of
Bert Franklin in Darrow's trial
this afternoon at t o'clock aftr
a pro ess of Interrogation which devel
oped surprise aftr surprise and brought
tho names of half a dozp.n well-known
citizens into more or less intimate re
lationship with t lie main events of the
alleged bribery plot.
Here arc some of the allegations set
forth in Franklin's testimony:
That Darrow personally gave him the
84000 used In the Lixkwood bribery af
ter going into an adjoining room with
Job Barriman, an associate counsel for
the McNaxnaraSi and coming back with
the roll of bills
That after his arrest, !ceompto Davis
tried to arrange that he should plead
guilty and take a fine of ?500Ci. to be
paid by the McNamara defense, Franklin
to receive $3000 and in return to protect
Darrow.
Harriman Mentioned.
That Darrow at one conference In
sisted that If Franklin ever used Dar
row b name he wanted him also to tell
all he knew about Harrimaa's connec
tion with the case, and that in the pres
ence of l.ecompte Davis.
Thai Franklin Fowler, an Investigator
who gave his evidence for the F'aeific
Electric Railway company, went to n
prospective juror and asked bim if he
did not want to bn a M Namara juror,
at the same time laying four matches on
a table, and, as lie pointed to each, said
it represented $1000.
That he himself had offered a bribe to
A K. Krugrer of ralins, who took It under
consideration.
That, be had also offered bribes to three
other inpn who indignantly refused the
offer. They were- Guy Tonkin, a well
known cigar dealer; Frank Smith of Co
vin and lohn Underwood, a Los Angeles
ci n t. rat-tor.
Rogers Opens Up.
l-'arl Rogers, chief QOUnSel for Darrow.
began Franklin's cross-examination at 4
o'clock. Rogers had come Into court
wearing a long-tailed coat, and an array
of friends of the defendant and bis coun
sel, both men and women, sat in eager
(Continued on Page Two.)
" i
Lawyer Who
Is Implicated
With Darrow
JOB HARRIMAN.
3mSj iIBBBBBBbBBBShH
MM IS BEATEN !0
DEATH WIllljUMMER
One of Her Lodgers Shot and
Killed as He Sits at Head
of the Stairs.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 31. Mrs.
Effie Laason, 45 years of aj;e, was
beaten to death with a carpenter's liam
mer; George Felton, 'J6 years old, was
shot to death, and Joseph Miller, 35
years old, is in jail, charged with mur-,
der, is the culmination of a l'ijrht be
tween Miller and Felton Wednesday
nipht over I'eltoui's attention to Mrs.
Lasson.
Mrs. Lasson, who conducts two ioilg
ing houses, wa? killed some time during
the day at one of them. Her body was
found tnuiht by a lodccr.
Felton, who was a magazine agent,
was shot tonight as lie sat at the head
of the stairs at We other hotel con
ducted by Mis. Lasson, Miller was em
ployed thete. Miller fled alter hilling
Felton. but wa? arrested half an hour
later. He. asserted that both Mrs. Lar
son ajtd Felton had threatened to poi
son him,
Mrs. Lasson, who was divorced from
Fred H. Lasaou, had a sister. Suzette
H. Murphy, in Kansas City. Felton 's
father is a cigar dealer in Milwaukee.
Trouble between Felt'ou and Miller
had been brewing for sonic time. Wed
nesday Miller attacked Felton with a
p;iir of scissors, cutting him severely.
Both wore arrested. In police court to
day Miller forfeited his $50 bail which
had been supplied by Mrs. Lasson.
Mrs. L.i -son was in court ai)d seemed
chagrined that Miller caused her to lose
the money
tslie went directly from police quar
ters to one of her boarding houses,
( Continued on Page Two.)
!j THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE jj
AMERICAN GIRL The firs! to fly thp English channel !
I Remarkable photographs of Harriet Quimby's trip by aero- J;
i plrine from ICncrlaucI to Prance ?
! SUN SPOTS low the sun spots control our weather Sci-
ence's newest discovery that solar cyclones cause our floods, j
tempests, late sprincrs and other unseasonable weaiher. Ex- s
j plained ly fVolVs.sor Garrett P. SCTvisa. !
i DETECTIVE STORY The experiences of M. P; Goron, ex- !j
I chief 0.f the Faris detective poliee. Tins week's COUtHbu- !
tion is entitled "The Lotus Flower.'" and is rife with las- !
s eination.
J CATCHING CROOKS How . rooks are caught 1 by their i
? wrinkles. Bertillon goes his wonderful Fingerprint system I
one hotter.
AUGUSTUS THOMAS The celebrated playwright, in an in-
s tervieWi discusses the American drama and its prospects.
TY COBB Was he right or wrong in hitting an abusive fan?
Naughton cites opinions pro antl con. Biacbeth lauds Han
Johnson. Murnane wants players' union.
i BOX SCORES All the box scores of the important hall
games and the only telegraphic race news printed in Sail
I Lake.
THE PROPOSAL This is a dainty illustration bj Nell Brink-
ley, showing the proposal as the sweethearts dream il and
I as it often is.
i SUMMER FASHIONS Simple pannier garden party cos- !
I tumes. a bolero evening gown and an elaborately embroid-
c ered dinner gown of sapphire net described by Lady Duff- ?
I tiordon, the famous "Lmeile " ?
5 OTHER FEATURES The Hearst ooittica by Powers. MeCay.
) Opper. Tad and Herriman, and articles by Mabel 1'rner,
J Mary Champion, Ada Patterson, the Rev. Thomas B. Greg-
ory, Sidney Dark and Thomas Tapper.. S
GHIKANNEW I
STANDS PUT ON I
SEAT JJUESTIQH I
Declines to Enter Into Any I
Controversy With Senator I
Dixon, hut Will Hoi- I
low Precedent. l
MORr; CONTESTS ON I
COMMITTEE'S FlLLr I
Roosevelt Confers With Vari-
ous Political Leaders and jl
May Turn Up in Chicago jl
Convention Time. I
CHICAGO, Ma 31; -Colonel Barsgr II
S. New, "-liairnian oi tbo sub H
oommittee nn arrangemeiiti for H
the RepoblicSu DAtionsl conven- H
tion, :iici (onigHt thftt, despite various H
reports ;nid oontroversics, hi romrait- H
Icr- wonlil follow the system of seat H
distribution in vogue four years ago H
nni previously in hanillitm applications H
for sat? at this voir .-. I'ouvention. H
olonrl few al.-o said tin would de- H
i line to fitter intn further discussion H
with hq. one nil this point; hut, in nn- fl
nouncing this determination, be deliv- H
ered the following shaft at r-.iitel H
latcs Senator Dixon, f.'oloael Boose- H
velt'o campaign manager H
' ' Regarding the Roosevelt seat tnei- H
dent, so-called, 1 simply wish to say H
that T will make no attempt to match I
' Joe Dixon in billingsgate or insult, ;H
and therefore will have no controversy H
with him. 1 H
Equitable Treatment. I
In explaining the system f seat dip- H
tribution, Mr. New said that no arbi
lr:ir- numln'r of seats would given H
to any LadividnaJ rtationai committee H
majB but that caefa committeeman H
would receive tm equitable proportion I
of a ailable seats. ifl
"No committeeman can get all the H
.-'"its he wants," said t'olonel New. H
"Hut, with the limited number at our
command, each will get a just proper' H
tion. These will go out in the CUB- H
tomary manner thnt has obtained at H
Republican national conventions for a H
good many years."' H
Considerable inotrest in Chicago to- H
day centered in the departure for Oys- H
ter Bay (,f Beveral of the fifty-eight H H
linois delegates to the national conven
tion to meet t'olonel Roosevelt, touior- H
row, In the p:'rty aw B. McCormiek H
of Chicago. Alexander H. Revell ofl
Chicago, chairman of the western dp
partmenl of the Roosevelt national com
mitti-e. went with tbe delegates. iH
More Contests. H
At the headquarters jf the Bepub;
licao committee contests from the fol
lowinti districts were added today to
the list of 204 -ontc.stK mads public yea
terday, making B total of contested M
Beat iu the convention to date:
Beats
htalo. Contested
Missouri, district 13
NOrtn Caiottna. district ?
Tennasseei district 9.
Texas, at large and districts 5. 9
and 1 1 H
Alaska, at huge 2 1
. Totals
Claims Them All. H
XKW YORK, .T- 31. -The sugge H
tion of a compromise between the Taft 'H
and the Koosevcll lone? at the Ohio
convention, which is to elect six dels
gatfe al larpe to Chicago, was !- H
OOUnced today by t'olonel Roosevelt.
Tito ,-olonel sent this telegram to Wal- H
rer P. Brown, his Ohio manager at Oo
iu minis: 'M
"1 have just -(,en the telegrnm sent
b Mr. Taft to Mr. Ynrvs about a com
promise in Ohio. T.'ntil I saw this tel- -M
eg ram I had never heard a suggestion
thur there should be any compromise,
Ittd of course assumed that any such
BUggestiOo tame from the Taft forces.
In the first place I would not consent
to a compromise anyhow, and in the H
next place we carried (Jbio by over jM
30,000 on the popular primary.
"Any attempt to gi'e Mr. Taft
Single delegate at large would mean te 'M
sanction B deliberate effort to defraud JM
the people and bv a trick to nullify
their expressed wiir. Mr. Taft has la
morals and equity no claim whatever
on the delegates at 'targe front Ohio, 'M
and an attempt to secure him so much
as one delegate at lurge is committing
an net of treachery to the people, and
any man who con. tones or approves 11
such act is louduniug and approving
treachery.
'THEODORE BOOSEVELT." H
Colonel Cbaunoey Dewey, Roosevelt's
Illinois manager, and Medill McCor- IH
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