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-XV1,? NQ' SALT LAKE CITY, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1912. ' 16 PAGES FIVE CENTS. Il
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'4 lil SCENE
M l.
101 and Bulgarians
Infront Each Other
;Tchatalja, but the
ij ing Is Confined to
i rmishes at the Out
ti its; 30,000 Greeks
5l A to Be Coming to
J Bulgaria.
u ;L
IPROMiSE MAY
: It be effected
i 1.
inians to Proclaim
i.
eir Independence
'.
3ay at Durasso, to
lich Place the Ser
iis Are Marching;
etria and Italy to
fce a Joint Naval
monstration
- .
XDOtf. The efforts to
wards peace in the Balkaus mad0
Jio visible progress today. Ex
flanges of artillciy fire and in-MK-rcooDUiiisarH-os
proceeded along
jMfV,a,ia J,"cs 5id iN'aKim Pash;
HMsh commniidci-iu-chiof, in a
H& to Constantinople, claims that
T"try battle occurred in front, of
lcr of his position and that the
?ns left several thousand dead
ijlbc Turkish outor'works. Not
wedemee, however, is placed in
fpott.
Miere iu the war zone the mili
Wuation i unchanged. The .Sor
fwecs ailvanehu; toward the 'Ad
Aromoctiug with hardships iu the
pnouulainoiis country, which is
Weep in .snow. The" Bulgarians
pwupiud tin- import a ut town of
Mali, the terminus of the Sa
railway 0u Un- Aegean sea.
fa Damaged.
tfurkiriu cruiser Jlanicdioh camo
d at Constantinople today dani
" JJiilgarian torpedo. The
ft'diiiinB that tho llamcdiob sank
f llic JBulfjai-i.ni torpedo boats
Wth she wjs engaged yesterday
K'l heen confirmed,
ti'eaec negotiations are believed
P'omals to have only been sus
fM reason of Turkey 'a refusal
l't the first offer of the allies
j tlicm tho Turkish position np
Joljc one of awaiting expectantly
wljiur bid. Tho best, opinion in
li( that a comprouiiijc "will be
!? y the belligerents and that
I. aro using their good ufiiecs
the iccues wiili ijiis end iu
d No Surpri sc.
"to from Sofia i,ay Turkey's ro
of tho proffered tonus for an
"cuiMoncd no surprise there.
Bulgarians, rrprc.onling the
"tlicrn kingdoms, havc started
frout with tho expectation of
I the Turkish peace plcnipoton
saliou of hostilities is not noe
cxpcctcd to follow the depar
ts l'cprcscntalivcH of the nl
niibsion of peace,
aver basis for an armistice may
H it is expected it will leave
ttDcc the amount of territory
ho permitted to retain. The
it is believed, will inc.liido JBul
"nciatiou of iu ten I ion to on
'an Independence.
s from Vienna announce that
118 Will proclaim their independ
""orroir at Oiimzzo; from tins
Jf Servians arc within a five or
' waridi. Viomia. 'reports arc
oro will be a joint Italian and
n aal demonslralioii off that
JBM'Jit of tho Austrian crown
Emporor William, which is
ijB? ' itutcd to bo for tho purpose
aR a Joug'Btanding shooting en--Ki
.a,ld !l l5eriil1 tHMputch saying
S,a" f'cM marshal. Yon Soho
(flfcii, pthc (Uiy there in consnlta
;jWf,t(;tClll Count Von Moltkc,
53Blice.ii, 1,10 (J,-','',"H rniy, keep
Wfi!1' """ccrniiiK tho plans
f'Uic HrtTct, was over 'bet-
Greek Princess Helen in -Red
Cross Nurse Garb
SHOOTS ill
GOiK SHOE
H. S. VVcems of Baltimore
Author of Double Tragedy
in Reno. Divorce Colony.
By International- News Service.
11ENO, Nov., Nov. li. SMootinc Mvh.
ISslello W. li;iRot of Los -Angeles and
New Vork tlirougli tho wrist atifl abdomen
and InlllctlnK probably fatal woundfi. IT.
S. Weems. son of a wealthy Haltlmorc
family, turned his gun to his temple at
Moana Springs. Just outside of Ucno. this
aflcrnoon and instantly killed himself.
The tragedy occurred at- the baths.
V'(!cms hired three private baths the
womsm occupied one and tho man 'an
other. .After hiithlnp. Weenis came from
tils dressini;- room to ' Und tho woman
drying- herself In t ho bat hlny room. As
lie shot, sho ran out Ini.o th-j outer air,
wan cauht and .brought back to Iter
drcsolns vooin by Krank Murray, manascl
of tho baths, who. a hc.w'rapiicd her In
a fchei-t, hciird.a third shot, and, running:
out. found AVccms lying face down in the
water, dead.
Tn a long letter addressed' to the San
Francisco lixaniiiior, containing: ' sensa
tional details of hla life. AVeems tolls of
marrying four women . and divorcing:
throe, the first one dying
Wccms left a letter addressed to. "The
Press of New Vork," In which he declared
ho war. born in luxury to die of a broken
heart by his own hand for a woman. Me
wtid he usia born In Mobile, Ala.. In.lSVii,
and wa taken by, bis parents to Baltimore
when 4 ycara old. ills parents still re:
side there. Ho says he married Cath
crlno Wlieeler in Huffalo. N. Y and fol
lowing marital troubles live years later ho
shot both her and himself. Neither was
seriously wounded, Woctns wan tried on
an attempted murder charre. but sot off
with a court order comptjlllnp: him to pay
her f'Jfi a week for a year. Later he so
cured a divorce and camo to California,
where he met airs. .Kstclle Uaggot, who,
lie says, had ruined her husband's life In
New York. After living with her a few
months, he says, a Los Angeles woman
Induced 3Irs, Uaggot to leave him. lie
way.', lie went to New York ten days ago
in the- hope that he could forget the past,
but found he could not, and returned
WC9t.
JJALTJMOIU5. Jld.. Nov., 211. II, S.
Wccms, who committed suicide at Ucno,
Nev'., today after shooting airs. Eslell.e
Maggot of Los Angeles, was the ou of
Mr" and Mrs. John C Wc-cins or this city.
He was a? years old. Wccms Jert Ualtl
more seventeen years ago and since then
his wanderings have led him around tills
country and abroad.
"Two vcars ago be shot a woman In
Burralo,"' suhl the aged mother when told
of tho tragedy tonight, "and since then
wo have heard little of hlni,"
Bcsldi'S his parents Wcerns Is survived
by two brother.., one living here and the
other In Norfolk.' Vu
Ectato Equally Divided,
N12W1 YOItK, Nov. 22. The value of
the dilate of the Into Cornelius N. l?lia.
ucrrelnry of U'o Interior. In President
McKlnley's first administration and
tr.-asiircr of tbe Republican national com
mittee in 1304, ia $4,851,864. according to
tho appraisal made to ascertain the
amount duo the state o " l rf ' ' t "Ji ' "
horltanco law. The bulk of thf wt alo ls
divided nqunlly among the widow, son
and diiugbtcr.
BY SWF,
Charl es elsooSe nclsuj 1 el
- Into Brain .When About
to Be Arrested.
1 Uather than submit to - arrest-on a
ehurgc of assault " with 'intent to kill, i
Charles NcfSon, ?A years Of age, of Picas
ant Grove, Utah, llrcd a bullet from a
.3-caliber revolver into his brain, in a
barn at -kliJ ISist Fourth South street at
C:-lo o'clock last night.
Though the bullet -penetrated -the right
temple and is lodged somewhere in the
brain tlssno, Nelson did not die, and lie
has: a slight chance to recover, according
to Dr. N. 15. Spraguc, who attended him
at the emergency hospital at police-headquarters,
aiid later performed an, opera
tion at .St. aiarks hospital. .
Nelson -was confronted by Sheriif j
Oeorgo' T. .ludd a;id 'Deputy Sheriff A. J.
Hales of Utah county, ..with a warrant
for -his arrest, shortly- before ho shot
himself. , (
"Walt, until I tie niy horses," lie said.
'AKccond afterward Nelson lay on thp
stable floor between 1ho aulinals, whlcli
wcro shivering with fright at the report
of-the revolver and the smell of the powder.-
.lie did not' lose consciousness en
tirely .until some llmo afterward.
Charles Nelson and his brother, Joseph
Nelson. 17 years" of age, wcro wan tod by
the Ulah county officers on n charge of
h.aving llrcd upon Charles Carlson of
Pleasant Grovo sovoral d.iys ago iu an
altercation that had its -beginning1 In a
farm hvagon raco between Carjson and
tho Nelsons on the stulo road ' north of
Pleasant drove. -
Carlson alleged that after the Nelsons
hud Kuccccdetr" in 'passing lilm, they
slopped and -opened lire upon 'him -with
revolvers, firing idno shots without, hit
ting, hirri.. IL is said 'that' the' Nelsons
were under the . influence of liquor at
tiio-'JIme and that they admitted ' tiring
two .'shots, designed only to scare Carl
son. '
The Nelsons had been peddling apples
In Salt Lalio for aomo weeks, the
fruit being brought from the farm of
their father, aiagnus Nelson, at Pleas
ant Grove. It is said they were wanted
In Pleasant Grovo on a charge of driv
ing their team and wagon criss-cross
through a, funeral procession while in
toxicated there a few days ago. Joseph
Nelson was locked In the "city Jail ' Jast
night and held for the Utah county of
ficers. Charles Nelson is said to bo a peuce
able man when not under tin: influence
of liquor, but once lie Is intoxicated, 11
Is said, ho becomes vicious. Despair over
his inability to overcome tile drink habit
is thought to havc had something to do
with his act. Ho had been drinking yes
terday. "I advised the boys to throw awny
their guns when they. started out to ped
dle yesterday morning," said the father
last nighty
LIKED TO SEE THE
FIRE HORSES RUN
GALTSSBOltfi, HI.. Nov. 2- Because he
"liked to sco the lire horses run." Mosc
ISurlon, a 10-yoar-old nero, suL flro to
throo valuable stables, atl of which burned
to tile ground. The ftrus occurred on dif
ferent Sunday mornings. Uurton con
fessed to the police today.
I'
SSlT
Proposition to Extend Strike
Against Utah Copper Re
ferred to Federation Ex
ecutive Committee.
VIEWS OF GOMPERS
AGAIN SUSTAINED
1,
Recommendations- in Presi
dent's Report Adopted by '
the Convention by Great
Majority.'
Bv International News Service.
J? temperature of the thirty-second
an nu;i I eon veil lion of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor was for
tho second time raised to blood heat
today by a di.soussion of what lias for
years been known as the stcamfittcrs'
case.
Ijas I. week the bl.camfiltors ' repre
sentatives were refused scats in the
convention because their organization
had failed to obey the direction of the
Atlanta convention.
Today tho ooinnfittcc on adjustment
brought, in a recommendation that the
charter of tho International Associa
tion of Steam and Hot Water Fitters
and Helpers lie revoked and that the
members of I hat organization affili
ate with tho United Association of
.Journeymen. Plumbers, Gasfitters
Stcamfittcrs and Stcamfittcrs ' Helpers
of tho United States and Canada, of
which John Alpine is president. A roll
call resulted in the adoptiou of the
committee's recommendation nnr the
revocation, of. tho stcainfittcrh' char
ter. Tho vote was, 1 5.7D I. to l.'JUL
Report Is Adopted"
Tho cotnmitl.co oa president s report
submit tod its filial report. The follow
ing recommendations of Uin committee
wcro adopted by tlte convention:
vecall of judges; old ago pensions;
that tho methods employed by tho
Burns Detective agency in labor eases
be condemned; that stato constitutional
amendments shall not requiro more than
5 per cout of tho votes for the initiation
of a law in state matters and 2C per
cent in local matters. Tho committee
approved tho purposo of tho govern
ment to provide a commission to i.n
(piiro into industrial conditions in the
United States, tho commissiou to lie
composed of thrco employers, three
trades unionists and thrco represent
ing the public. Tho committou pro
posed John li. Lcnnon and James
O'Conuell as tho choico of the federa
tion for appointment on the commis
sion, tho third labor member to bo
chosen by tho railway brotherhoods.
Tho convention unanimously approved
the selections reported by. tho c.oinniit
loo. '
McNamara Fund.
Delegates Gallagher of California of
fered an amendment to fho report of
tho coinmitteo on tho McNamara cauo
to tho effect that the money remain
ing in tho McA'amara dofenso .fund bo
appropriated to tho' defense of their
own workers on trial in Indianapolis-.
Delegate D. A. Hayes, of th0 bottlo
blowers, said that whilo he hoped ho
was right in believing the men on trial
at Indianapolis wero innocent, ho felt
it would bo unwise to adopt the amend
ment; offered by Delegate Gallagher.
A number of delegates discussed the
question. Tho amendment was favored
by Dclcgato Cannon, of the Western
Federation of Miners, Hays ui tho
United JMinc Workers, and charrcn
berg, of the San JFranciseo labor coun
cil. It was opposed bv Lynch of the typo
graphical union. Oouroy. of t'ju foundry-
-workers, Walker of the United
Mine Workers and IjJuriiHOth of the
Sqamcn, who believed it was both un
wise and useless to take the aotion
anticipated in the Gallagher amend
ment. Point of Order Sustained.
After a lengthy discussion, a point
of order raised by Delegate Wall of
the photo-engravers, to tho effect that
tho conveution had no control over
the funds remaining in the MoNnmarn
fund, was declared by Treasuror Lcn
non, in tho chair, to bo well taken ami
tho amendment ol! Delegate Gallagher
was declared out of order.
To the executive council was re
ferred a request by the mining depart
ment that the railway -brotherhood bo
urged to join a strikq( against tho Utah
Copper Company of Bingham, Utah, on
the lines of the .Bingham & Garfield
railroad.
Chairman Mitchell, of the adjustment
committco, was obliged to fake thu
floor in support of its report enjoin
ing the engineers' union from taking
in as " apprentices " firomcu, oilors,
water tondors, boiler washers and firo
meii'H helpers who 'aro not eligible to
the firemen's union. Th0 committee's
report was unanimously indorsed.
$30,000,000 Heir Will
Spend Honeymoon at Sea
on Palatial Steel Yacht
Tdiss Gladys 'Vit-ginia Watson and. WiJJiain Zciglcr. Jr.
Mayor Gaynor's Ward Will
' So'6n?'Wed Miss Gladys
.Virginia Watson..
By International News' Servioe. 1
NEW( YORK, ' iNov. 22. William
Zciglcr, .'Jr.,'. heir to 'tho'.liyo,
' 000,000--estate "left: him by Wil
liam. Zcigler, tho "Baking Pow
der King," -wlio adopted him, is bav
inir a' stool yacht built, in Boston for
his houcymoon cruise.
Tho young man who camo of .age in
July und received a portion of the ci
tato handled by Mayor. Gayiior as one
of the c.vecutors, is very fond-of yacht
ing. Jn this instance, however, it was
not his love for yachting that inspired
tho order for the ucw vessel, but his
lovo for pretty Miss Gladys Virginia
Watson, jWhoiu ho is soon to make his
wife, and they o.vpcct to spend their
entire honeymoon cruising about 'the
Mediterranean on board the craft,
which will be little loss than a floating
palaco when it is completed.
LUCK CHANGES
FOR SWINDLER
"Man AVlio Broke l.lic Bank at
Clonic Carlo" Sentenced for
Five Years.
t . .
PA If rs. Xov. USCharles' Wells, alias
Lu'cien JRivorc, : James' Burns and Dj
villo, and known also as "the man wh'o
broko tho bank at Monte Carlo," was
sentenced today in tho t correctional
court to live years in prison and to pay
a Jlno of .-SHOO for fraud.
Wells was arrested at Falmouth, Eng
land, last January, for a bucketshop
swindle in Paris, out of which ' he is
said to have rcnlizotl 3,000,000 . francs
($200,000). iris scheme was to jiromiso
to pay investors .1 per cout per day on
all 11101103' deposited with him. Wheu
he had obtained a large- amount from
victims, ho decamped. Previously WcJls
had purchased a magnificent steam
yacht ii ud it was on board this vessel
in Falmouth harbor that he and a wom
an companion were arrested. Later he
was brought hero for trial.
Wells is credited with thrico break
ing tho hank at Monte Carlo iu the
early '00s. Two of his coups wore
made in one day. His wiunings were
said to havo ;boon about .-r!100,000,
NORMAL CONDITIONS
ARE BEING RESTORED
KINGSTON. Jamaica, Nov. 2- Nor
mal conditions grnduully are being' re
stored In the hurrlctinc'Uwopt district of
western Jamuica. Hallway communica
tion hns been resumed, but telegraph
lines have not been repaired. Jn the ab
sence of detailed 'reports. It Is Impossi
ble! to state the full damage done by the
hurrlcaiio and tidal wave.
Advices say thoro has been considera
ble looting at Savanna La Aim- and
Montogo Day, and a forcf of armed con
stabulary has been sent to each place.
GREAT GOAL STRIKE
BELIEVED B El
National Bituminous Com
pany, Employing 600 Men,
Signs Wage Agreement.
CIIARLKSTON, W. Va., Nov. -J'J. What
is believed to forecast the end of the
great coal ulrike in the Kanawha coal
fields of West Virginia was announced
today iu a fdgned wage agreement be
tween tho union miners and the officials
of Iho National nituminous Coal & Colco
company. -Tho agreement practically
recognizes the 'union, provides for nn
increase of about 21- per cent In wages,
reduces touuugu, permit! the miners to
organize, provides for a nine-hour day
and giVcs the men now'on strike pcrfcr-encc-if
they should' dust! c to return to
work.
Conditions throughout the mine terri
tory, under martial faw were quiet to
day, except for ha . arrest of a girl
charged with, throwing stones and the
capture of Sam Mussell, alleged to have
boon 'one of the'porsona who rircd on thy
town of ll.'gh Coal o:i,Tuursday night.
'The. miners" are Jubilant tonight over
the agreement, wltli the National, lUlumln
ous Coal & Coke .company. This concern,
owned by. eastern capitalists, was Incor
porated but a few days ago Tor $2,000,000
and 'was granted- a charter in. this city
today. At present the company operates
mines at Crown Hill, W. Vo. It has
practically closed negotiations for the
purchase of - the mines of the Holly
Stophenson company, located at ISsk
dale. The agreement will affect S00 unloji
miners now on strike. With these men
returned to work the end of th strike,
it is said. Is In fight.
GRAFT ALLEGATIONS
PROLONG INQUIRY
LOS ANGELES, Nov. Graft al
legations made today by witnesses who
testified beforo tho senatorial committco
Which Is investigating thu National Sol
diers' homo at yawlelle, caused the mem
bers of tho committee to decide to pro
long their Inquiry. E. L. Grafton, a
piugaKluo pulllshr. and Edmund Nor
ton, a writer, declared they had been
told by veterann that mattresses which
cost ?2 each were sold to the bono for
2S and that exorbitant charges were al
lowed for the shipment of tho bodies of
dead veterans,
I3oth witnesses testified also that tho
veterans who made these stutcmcnts did
so under pledges of strict secrecy, jls
they wero In constant fear of "getting
thu gate," which to the old soldier mcanu
dishonorable discharge f rom tho home.
INSISTS UPON ( I
li TARIFF FOB
fiEBE !Lf I
Speaker Champ Clark De- H
clares Democratic Adminis- H
tration Is Bound to Carry
Out Platform.' M
THINKS EXISTING ' ffi
RATES ARE TOO HIGH ffl
Agrees With Robert J. Walk- Bj
er That the Highest Duties H
Should Be on Luxuries, H
Lowest on Necessities. H
By International News Service. HI
WA SliTNC-TOxV, Nov. 'J2 ' To tho S J
International JN'cwy Service: HI
Answering the' far-reaching WM
inquiry touching (ho duty of HI
the Democratic parly to Lhc people in HI
reducing Lhc luriir. 1 will say that while HI
J have no disposition to thrust my HI
views on auy subject, upon the public, it HI
is my individual opinion and settled HI
conviction that promisos made before flfl
election should be religiously carried H
out after the election is won. .Men H
should say what they mean and mean H
what they say, and they should vpeak H
the plain language of the plain, people H
so I hat all may understand. Tho voters H
of the land have, a right to be Irculcd H
honestly, candidly, fairly and courage- Si
oiibIv. They arc entitled lo that square H
deal of which We hear so much and seo B
"The Baltimore platform, the latest Hi
authoritative Democratic promiucia- BH
monto on the subject of the lariu'. dc Hfl
clured in favor of a tariff for reNOnno HH
only. So let it lie. That wis the Dcm- nfl
ocratic war cry all through tho cam- 111
paign and all ucmg the line. If thu MH
men who made that, plat form did not HI
intend to revise tho tariff to a revenue BB
basis or as cloHc an approximation HH
thereto as possible, they ought uot to Jjfl
have so written it. ffijl
Agrees With Walker. flH
"Robert J. Walker's report on tho Iflfl
(arilf remains to this day tho greatest Will
paper on that subject. In it he laid jffljfl
down this gen era I principle: 'The high- Kjfl
est rates should bo on luxuries; the low- HQ
est or none at all on the necessities of Hi
life.' That should be the basis of our HI
revision of the tariff to which wc are HR
solemnly committed. fifff
"Tho rates should be arranged eo aa Wm
to produce the maximum of revenue, HH
while taking from the ultimate eou- HH
sumcrs tho minimum of money in the HH
shape' of tariff taxes. That statement jsfH
may appear paradoxical, but what it mSt
proposes is perfectly feasible. Thcro is H
a maximum revenue producing tariff jyH
ralo ou each particular item which can jflH
bo ascertained and should bo ascer- nfl
taiucd. Thu moment the rale ou any hH
articlo goes above the uiasimum tcvc- 1HH
Hue producing rate, fhc revenue begins BHI
to fall off and tho mure the rate is in- HH
creased the more the roveuue .dwiudlea MfHI
uutil it disappears entirely and the rate fH
becomes prohibitive (fflfl
Blankets an Example. ttjffM
"Such is tho casu with blankelB nia HB
feet long, worth not over -10 cunts a fifl
pound, an articlo of prinio necessity, oa jgHJU
which the compound specific and adval-
orem tariff rales ivhon reduced to ad- HH
valorem amount to a tariff lax of bo- WB
tween lGii and IS'Jtf- per cent. IkV
"Without going into weurisonio do- HH
tails it is safe to say that threo-fourths HH
of all thu tariff raies of . tho Payne- fiSffl
Aldrieh-Smoot tariff bill aro abovo tho fflHl
maximum revenue producing rates and HH
should be reduced at least to a competi- HnM
tive point, Tho truth is that tho words (gti9
a competitive tariff are moro easily fH
understood than tho words fa tariff for fiHH
revenue only.' A 'competitive tariff jjHH
is one which would give Americans tho HlH
American market so loug as- thej' sell Ignffll
for fair prices but would let in foroign MiBm
prducts if Americans undertake to HJH
gouge Americans.-. 'A competitive tar- HiH
iff would in practice be 'a tariff for HH
revenue. ' Tho revenue can bo in- flHH
creased moro frequently by reducing HKS
rates than by increasing them. WWW
Present Tariff Too High. Ml
"The prcaont tariff, if thoroughly HHj
overhauled, could bo made to prodiico HH
a great deal moro revenue and at the M1N
same time uot cost the taxpayers one- Kulu
fourth of what they now pa for it it- jsftfflj
dor the present system, where one dol- ffitflJjf!
lar goes into tho federal treasury, four Pjlfflj
or five dollars go into the pockets of liM!
the tariff barons, Iu'iIm
"The rates in a now .bill or new bills jfllllai
should bo fully as low as tho Tjltes fmf
in the bills which wc passed during J jfjfWi'
this congress and in sumo cases lower. fSf
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