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v'W H Fiftieth Year No. 113. Price Five Cents OGDEN CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1920. ' k f STRANGE DII A ENTERS !fl CASE BFlSlGil I9BI Divorced Wife of Brother Is I9B Also Gone, Mrs. Hansen SnM Declares jBHI Leigh Sherman, 23 years old, an eru- flflHl ploye of tlio American Can company oC HHf Utah, drew a ?75 paycheck from the nBI company Wednesday evening and a! HHH few hour3 later disappeared. HHHI A small note book in which he had H kept a record of the hours he worked, HM and an iron bar, whicli had spots re- jH sembling dried blood upon it, were H, found near the Lincoln avenue bridge WEtr oC tlae Utah-Idaho Central Railroad dHKfjj company. ' ML An employe of the Bcc':er Manufac- MR turing company says lie saw a man, jBB$& not Sherman, riding away yesterday HHQgi on a bicycle which seems to have been MNElj leftnear the river. This may have 3flH0 heen Sherman's bicycle, for his bicycle BB has. also disappeared, BHH Despite these things which would HNjl seem to indicate that possibly Sher- HB, man met with foul play, that he was RmU; robbed and his body thrown into the fflP- Stream despite tliose things the po- i dHfj lice do not appear to be or the opinion K1 that he was robbed and slain, i . Strange Dreams. Mrs. J. S. Hansen, mother of the . missing man, says that Lorenc Olm- I stead, divorced wife of Vern Sherman, r left about the samo time thaht Leih j Sherman disappeared. But Mrs. Han- ! sen says sho does not think they aro ! tmrp.Lher. Shp. fplls nf n. atrancre series jEj of dreams "her . -n experienced. IEb "Leigh had-three dreams last week BRftl and tii er -Made ucll; a" strong impres- flrajtf if, siouc-ijJbjtnhh't lie repeatedly talked tohrawTfe'about increasing his insur HHpgMPt1' . --n7icc," Mrs. Hansen stated this morn- IWii "Last. Sunday, he canjc to, 'ma, and H&Fg j said tJiaihof &a'Q. IdreKmeclJ qQr IRnjj&ff dreamM4Fea times-" In-snccessfo'il" arid" flRrMRj in each case awoke beforo completing jHr iLS his dream, but continued until the ccn- wl B- elusion after again falling asleep. H Sees Beautiful Fish nraP Ijc "e sa" at n is dreams he was IKjjMj walking along the banks of a beautiful fiErfml river. On'lhe bank he met a peculiar Krf I 111 looking old man whom ho said he Brow- could have recognized anywhere if he BHtKu P J should see him in real life. The dream XtnVjL ' then changed and he was submerged uKPtfif I in tho water and he described this ex- HSun ! porlenco as being delightful. Beautiful BPcM ' oC every llue unc wonderful rock Nftfl ! formations at the bottom of tho river HbMh j attracted his attention. The water he Bvji' I described as warm and of a beaulful, R'ltfJ transparcn green. He then awoke. Bjfjff Dream Changes. H'JLJ I "Upon sleeping ngain, ho walked IHft along tho banks of the samo stream Hjflf , dream then underwent tho transition Hftg in which ielgh found himself in the . water. This time the water was not PKBg.jjj as clear, the rocks had lost their beau- Rj2!f flp , ful appearence, and tho flbh, floating wSkwKm I belly up, were dead. BJH1 "TI1I3 dream camo to him three E!3 II times during" last weok." DM H i Irs. Hansen stated that tho dream MRS had caused Sherman to bocomc somc- jHjHM fl.j what morbid and he was constantly ( tellinsr hl3 wife that he didn't expect HS ft i to live long. R rl , Woman Departs. Bffl 1 1 Lr- Hanson said that Lorenc Olm- W f Rtead, divorced -vsifc of Vern Sherman, Hn ' had disappeared the samo afternoon ' as Lc Sherman was reported to be j missing. She was at Lee Sherman's Hj ' residence on West Seventeenth street Hj I and said she was going to Nevada for f emplocnt. B "Wo can't believe there is any con nectlon In Uhe disappearance of the! Bl two," 2Jra. Hansen said. "Leo Jiad! j never displayod tendencies of fickle ness ,and his domestio affairs were, M such that they could not bo attributed! ; as reason for him running off with ' i another woman. Lee and Loreno, r while they had never quarreled, had j never displayed affection for ono an- H' j other and I don't think it posslblo for f him to havo deserted his wlfo for B j her." Bffi -" Telejrranxs Scut, ij Telegrams havo been forwarded to is points in Nevada and Inquiry was a made at the depot in an effort to find B J traces of either Sherman or his I brother's former wife. BL 2lrn. F. S. Furniss, mother of ilrs. H 0 Sherman, said that no theory could H be advanced except tho theory of rob-' H bcry. She stated that he was a very H qulot, unassnming man, with not an H enemy In tho world, so far as jhe B Views of Brother. B Sherman's younger brothor, Vern, H Btated -that unless something dcvol- H Perl within the nest 24 hoWs, he was H colng to California, t,o sec if ho could H find any trace of the missing man. H H ls of tho opinion that the murde- H theory is out of tho question. Ha statod that his brother could en. si I v B htlV0 Planned to leave and that the H cashing of tho check was just the H opening ho wantod for throwing H searchers off tho trail. Ho is of the B opinion that his brother could have nB deliberately placed his wheel near tho flB bridge where it was last seen apd that hls opened bank deposit book mmhi mg have been a ruso to tlu-'ow the o-'fi- tho B The missing man's father, Tames Bl Sherman, was killed in a street car A wreck at Uio mouth of Ogden BROTHERHOODS; EXPOSE PROFITEERING I I' Big Battle Looms In Mexico, P : i CARNATION PRICE " FOR MOTHER DAY ; BOOSTED, CHARGE: WASHINGTON, May 7. j Acting- for the Society of Araer I ican, Florists, W. F. Glide, its j ! Wasliing1:oii representative, has issued a denial of the statement' by Miss Anna Jams, president of the Mothers' Day association, ' that florists profiteered in white carnations, the symbols of observance of Mothers' day, last year. Miss Jarvis had called on' observers of the day this year to abandon the carnation and display American flags. All members of the society throughout the country, Mi. I Gude said, have been urged to sell white carnations at the us ual market rate on Mothers' day, Sunday, May 9. Holland Not to Resume Ref lations Until Status Has Been Outlined LONDON, May 7. Great Britain is on the eve of negotiations with soviet Russia, a Moscow wireless niessago to day asserts. Earl Curzon, the British foreign sec retary, the message says, has forward ed to M. Tchitcherin, the commissary for foreign affairs, a declaration in which direct conversations with Gener al "Wrangel, commander of the rem nant o tho Russian volunteer army, aro proposed. M. Tchitcherin, continues the mes sage, replied that tho soviet govern ment was prepared to enter into ne gotiations with the British govern ment. HOLLAND TO DECLINE. THE HAGUE, May 6. Holland will j not resume trade with soviet Russia until the league of nations acta in re gard to resumption of relations with the bolnhevlkl. the foreign minister an nounced in parliament today, in re sponse to questions relative to tho sit uation. , . COMMUNIST PLANS. MOSCOW. April 17. Incorporation j into the communist party of govcrn ' mental machinery, militarization and : one-man control and administration of I industries, is being discussed by the ! convention of Russia trades' unions, in session here. It is believed this step, recommended as the basis of the new labor laws by tho ninth convention of the communist party, held here earlv this month, will not be opposed by tho i trades unions, as it is regarded by the majority of the workers as necessary to secure the maximum efficiency for labor at a time when the rehabilitation of Russia depends on tbe utilization of every ounce of manpower. After pas sage into law It will be submitted to the central executive committee for fi nal sanction. J Specialists At Head. I Specialists would be placed in ad 'ministration control of factories, shops, ! mines, supplanting tho colleges, which would act as advisory bodies. Industries would be mobilized, thus utilizing the country's skilled labor to tho utmost and preventing the loss of production through labor turnover. oo STEAMSHIP LINE WITHDRAWAL SAN PEDRO. Cal May 7. Tho Gulf Mall Steamship company which has been operating three freight steam ships in tho west coast Mexican trade, has announced their withdrawal un til condltioins on the Mexican coast become more settled. July 4, 1913. Ho was the motorman on ono of the wrecked cars. Prior to the time the missing man was employed by tho American Can company, ho was employed at the U. I. C. car barns as a mechanic Boforo her marriage, Mrs. Sherman was Mary Furniss. Her parents live at 555 Seventeenth street. MEETING HELD TO PLAN OPEN IEIIT1MEI Conference Called at Chicago j by Julius H. Barnes, J Grain Director I EXCHANGES DESIRE TO TRADE IN FUTURES ! Government Urged to.. Safe-11 i guard Market From Pool of Foreign Nations y I CHICAGO. May 7. Caiiecl by Julius H. Barnes, United States wheat tflrect OjL representatives of board of trade, country and terminal elevatoivassoci ations, grain buyers, exports and' bank ers gathered here today to plan for ,the re-establishmcnt of an open mar ket in wheat, at the expiration of the wheat guaranty act on June 1. ' The Ghicago board of trade and jO.tlier exchanges made known they I were anxious to' resume trading in fu tures but , desired the government to; 'safeguard their market, particularly! Injti (he6olojf'oxeigri' . pvern menCs wliiclr:ia"'T)ee'n buymg'graiSr" for export. Grain dealers desired that the inter state commerce commission use its power to furnish an adequate number of cars to move grain in season. oo CANADA-U. S. SHIP CANAL IS PLANNED jSJORTH BAT, Out.. May 7. Tne international joint waterways' com mission Jointly opened hearings today on the proposed St. Lawrenco deep waterway. Interests favoring and opposed to the project wero represented at the initial meeting. Sessions will continue through June at various Canadian and American centers. The plan of joint development by Canada and the United States of tho St. Lawrence ship canal is supported by the former country, with the ex ception of the city of Montreal, and . by fourteen western and mlddlo west ern states south of the border. Newj York is leading the opposition, seeing in the scheme a menace to the New York state barge canal and possibly rivalry to the port of New York. oo , JOHNSON NOT FOR U. S. VICE PRESIDENCY WASHINGTON. May 7. Senator Johnson of California has supple mented the authorized statement of two weeks ago by one of his campaign i managers, Representative Nolan of j California, that in no circumstances j would be accept a nomination for the vice presidency by making a formal and direct statement to that effect himself. Senator Johnson has issued the fol lowing: . L'nderno circumstances will I ac cept tho Ropublican nomination for the vice presidency It is amusing to me that tho men who aro suggesting me now for vice president aro those who are most horrified at the thought of my nomination for the presidency." a oo EXTREMIST R. R. MEN IN FRANCE ARRESTED PARIS. May 7. There was no ap-j parent change in the strike situation thrdughout Prance this morning. Dur ;ing the past few days a large number of extremist railroad workers have been arrested, but many of these Lave been released. I The executive commitlo of the Rall way Workeral Federation held a , stormy meeting last night at which, it i is understood there was strong senti jment in favor of calling off the strike If it could be done without appearing I to capitulate to the government, j Miners in the northern coal fields I havo finally decided to strike jaext Monday. ! no GERMAN ELECTIONS LATE IN AUGUST LONDON, May G Germany's presi dential election probably will be held late in August, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Exchange Tolegraph company. - Tho Deutsche Zcitung la quoted as saying President Ebert will not seek reelection. V GREED, NOT LABOR'S FEE, DECLARED RESPONSIBLE FOR PRESENT HI COSTS WASHINGTON, May 7. A , study of profiteering in American industry, made under the auspices of the railway brotherhoods, was presented to the railroad labor board today 3n support of the rail way workers' demands for higher pay and to i6futejjt.he charge that increased labor costs are respon sible for the- hlgt&cost of living. Prepared by W.5i$Ji.auck, former secretary ,of the war labor board, tblf study "sleeks to show that profi teering In.-, industry is the funda mental cause forhigh prices. It -gives many statistics to support that contention. Galling attention to the many war-made millionaires, the study conte'n.dathat thei increase in the wealthjo. tho wealthy is "an un answerable" refutation to all at tempts Vp- charge labor with profi tering. - "For.' if .jnvosted'iwealth gets a larger return," says he study, "the man who gives personal service or labor Is bound to get smaller pro portion." r" t Of extraordinary increase in the price of sugar now amounting to 300 per cenjT, the study says, the increase in-hbor cost paii "by the 'conwineigk$1& "tfenD" The' result of advanced according to the .quoted reports of twelve companies, was pictured in the net profits of these concerns , which it was said rose from an average of $11,000,000 during the years 1912-1914 to 34,000,000 for the years 1916-191S, In tho meat packing industry where profits were said to have increased between 300 and 400 per cent, the labor item was shown so small tnat a wage increase of 100 per cent would add less than 5 per cent to the total cost of the meat The increase in price' between 1911 and 1918 was shown as eight times tho total cost and the 191S price represented 25 times the to tal labor item. Profits absorb approximately one-half tho retail price of certain kinds of cloth, the report declared, while the labor item amounts to from one-fourteenth to one twen tieth of the price.. Similar rela- Vanderlip Declares Financial Help for Far East Depends on Good Security . TOKIO, May 7. Among America's contribution to the economic readjust ment of the Far East will bo some thing more than financial engage ments, said Frank Vanderlip, who is visiting Japan at the head of a com mercial mission, to a correspondent of Router's, limited, today. "I feel," ho declared, "there will b far more important things to do than to make loans and 1 particularly douPt the wisdom of making loans to meet the expenses of governments and mili tary operations. American capital can oarn a large return at homo and tho needs of Europe ar. extreme. There fore, the East cannot expect capital to flow to It unless it offers security comparable to that offered in America and Europe as well as a comparative ly attractive rato of Interest." on OH, BOY! 250 MILES ON GALLON OF THIS ROME. May 6. Dr. Pastricci, a noted chemist, has discovered a hydrogen. It may be used in driving automobiles, one gallon being suffi cient for 250 miles. It also may be utilized in railway locomotives and in declared. nn f "LEAGUE OF NATIONS JOB. TORONTO. Ont, May 0. Dr. W. P. Riddell announced today ho had ten dered his resignation as deputy min ister of labor to tho Ontario govern ment and had accepted a position In the International labor office of the league of nations. I tions were pictured in tho manu facture of men's garments. Shoes, according to the study, for the nrofiteer. The profit ietm furnished a splendid opportunity in 1914, it was charged, absorbed nearly one-half tho price paid, by the consumer, or nearly three j times tho total labor costs, while in 1917 the profit items amounted i to approximately three-fifths of j the total price and over five times tho total labor cost, 1 increases in the retail price of ! bituminous coal were shown at four times the increase in labor costs while the proportion of the proceeds of the industry received by the coal operator was show" as increased from 75 to 400 per cent. Profiteering did not stop with the armistice, the report declared, presenting figures to show that corporation profits in 1919 were 110 per cent over the pre-war av erage which means, the study added, that 12x profits wero more than double the average for the years 1912-1914. An average of $1,200 per fam ily of five during tho years 1916 191S was declared to bo-, probably a' highly conservative estimate pf , JctoialcosjoC corporate profi-.-leering; to the" consumer. Concluding his study, Mr. Lauck submitted the following general demands in the name of tho rail road workers: 1. Labor in general, and rail road labor in particular, must have wage increases proportionate to advances ir living costs. 2. In the present crises, and for all time to come, producers and middle men must be restrained from advancing prices in excess of increases in labor and material costs. 3. Producers and middlemen must refrain from including in come and excess profit taxes in their costs and passing them on to the consumer with an added profit 4. The principle of a living wage must be accepted and estab lished iA order that normal pro duction may he restored and in- creased production hoped for in all fields of industry. French Noblewoman Arraigns U. S. for Performance at Dinner Table PARIS, yfciy 7. American food, as served in restaurants in that coun try, did not favorably impress tho Duchess of Clermont-Tonnorre, who visited the United States last autumn and has written a book on her trip. Tho only American foods that appear to havo made an appeal to tho duchess wero red bananas, California apples and orange3 and "hams of Virginia." "One must admit," she says in her book, "that food in America Is not good- To a Frenchman, the word 'meal' cannot bo applied to the bolt ing down of a club sandwich in five or six bites. The necessity of eating seems to have become' for Americans a sort of monotonous and obligatory annoyance and they aro bending all endcavorsv. toward simplifying the per formance." The duchess says she Is "unablo to comprehend why an American should require less tlmo for his whole lunch eon than one of her countrymen needs to merely scan tho wino list." no 4 CANADIAN CITIES TO BE MADE INTO ONE WINDSOR, Out., May 7. Mayors of four border municipalities, Walker ville, Ford, and Windsor, decided to day to submit a proposal for an almal gamation at the municipal elections in January. The combined population is estimated at 40,000. The groatest dif ficulty appeared in the selection of a nam but tbe meeting favored tho sug gestion that each community retain its present name under one municipal I government. REBEL TROOPS TO FIGHT WITH GENJPLES Struggle for Puebla at Hand With First Clash Already Reported RUMOR OF CARRANZA FLEEING NOT PROVEN Revolutionists Declare They Do Not Want to Receive Villa's Aid WASHINGTON, May 7. General Murgula has been sent into the slate of Puebla to attack tho forces of Gon eral Pablo Gonzales and an engage ment already has occurred between the vanguard of the .Carranzista troops and the rebels at Otumba, between Mexico City ;ind the city of Pubeia. Authoriatlve advices reaching Wash ington today said. General -Gbnzales de clared that, he was not in league with the Obregonistas and t would resist thorn by fbrce of arms." Thuyas. rjvrJ -gadded' as-;cojiiph'oatinfe''Tlfe jiiiUbn' in Mexico. Gonzales has declared mar tial law In Puebla City, according to thoso advices and has exacted a loan of 200,000 pesos from the population. Passenger traffic between Mexico : City and Guadalajara has heen sus pended. A passenger train on this lino was attacked by rebels at Pen joma on May 5 and robbed of a con- i siderable sum of government funds In-i tended to be used in paying the sol-i diers at Guadalajara, where at last ad vices, General Dieguez had S.000 men in his command. I Increased Activity. Increased rebel activity is reported j in tho vicinity of Vera Cruz where1 President Carraira's son-in-law. Gen eral Candldo Agullar, is in command of the federal troops. The state department today had no confirmation of private message re ceived here after last midnight from Mexico City via Laredo that Carranza had left the Mexican capital for Vera. Cruz. Official advice from the American embassy at Mexico City said E. F. Greenlaw, the American, and his son who were 'killed last Saturday near Mexico City were robbed at the same time of a part of the company payroll, amounting to 4,500 pesos, Greenlaw was G3 years old and his son 3-. Mrs. Greenlaw and a minor child aro in Mexico City. Carranza- Manifesto. Rebel agents declared Carrenza's manifesto in which he insisted he would not surrender the presidency was not inconsistent with their belief that he would abandon the capital, pointing out that he might cling to the titlo of presidency from an office In Vera Cruz or from any convenient rofuge. A message to rebel headquarters hero saying the president of the muni cipality of Mexico City was organizing a civilian guard for the protection of the city "in the event of its evacuation" was regarded by the revolutionary agents as significant and had prepared them. for the announcement that Car ranza had quit the capital. Do Not Want AMIla. EL PASO, Tex.. May 7. Mexican revolutionary agents here made publfc today some of the incidents of parleys between envoys of Francisco Villa, tho bandit, and rebel leaders. j Villa, they said, offered to join the I revolution with what forces he could muster, but the offer was refused. He was reported to have asked that after the revolution he be allowed to go to Sonora or another western state to set- ' tie down. I Fear Complications. Fear of complications with the United Stales government led to re fusing Villa's aid, it was said, and revo lutionary leaders wero frank in saying they believed Villa a menace to any Mexican government. However, it be came known that ncgatiations aro un der way looking for tho elimination of. Villa from Mexican politics and af fairs by offering him a ranch In north ern Mexico with the provision ho does not leavo certain well-defined limits. Some Mexican observers said the present revolution would eliminate Villa because of the strength it has gained and pointed to tho smallness of a command ho has been able to muster during tho past 11 months since his failure to capture Jaurez in Juno 1919, with Gen. Follpo Angeles. n'n FALSE NEWS A MISDEMEANOR1, ALBANY. N. .Y., May 7 Tho Betts bill, making a misdemeanor to furnish false news fo a newspaper was signed by Gov. Smith today. ft PROPOSED 1L ' LOAN 0PPGSD Bankers Pour Cold Water or Plan to Get Money From Government ROADS NEED COIN, THEY ALL ADMIT High Prices and Interest Rates Make Equipment Pur chase Big Problem WASHINGTON, May 7. Bankers called before the senate Interstate com-, jH merco committee did not agree with IH the testimony of railroad executives tH yesterday that the government should jH loan $500,000,000 additional to the roads for new rolling stock. The? said, bfiwever, that no great part of tho ?1GO(OUO,000 which the railroad presi dents estimated to be necessary for nefr equipment could be raised from the public. Extension Suggested. Jerome G. Ilanaucr, of Kuhn, Loeb i& Co., New York, chairman of tho IH committee of investment bankers, sug gested that congress extend the period of $100,000,000 loan already provided for the roads from five to fifteen years: that some money be used in tho betterment of terminals and that the roads be so. managed as to expedite ;tJ.tabvemejitof4'cars andTedu6et6 a ufhimum requirements for new" equipment" Chairman Cummins asked the opin ion of the witness on a plan of giving i a government guarantee for tho pay inent of interest and principle on sums borrowed by the railroads for new equipment. Many Difficulties. "The securities issued would then soil entirely on the credit of the gov eminent," Mr. Hanauor replied, "and carrying a much higher rate of Interest jH would badly affect the value of Liberty bonds and- all other outstanding obli- fl gations of the United States. ... In addition, this would make it impossible for railroads to borrow money for their other needs on their own credit" Mr. Hanauer told the committee that "any extended purchases of equipment by railroads at the present high prices, financed by the issue of securities at the present high rates, would natural- ly impose a serious burden on tho 'roads, and therefore on the conimuni j ties they serve." i would oust prince because; of conduct GENEVA. May 7. Inhabitants of the tiny principality of Liechtenstein, situated between the former Austrian crownland of Vorarlberg and the Swiss contons or St. Gallenrand Graubunden, are indignant over the conduct Qf Prince John, their ruler, and thero i? evidence of a movement to bring about to assist his people and has been liv his dethronement, according to advices received here. Complaint is made that the prince, although a reputed multi-millionaire, has done nothing since the armistice JM ing in Vienna. IH DRY SLEUTH HELD ON BRIBERY CHARGE MILWAUKEE. Wis., May 7. Inves- ' tigation into charges of grafting and IH bribery among local prohibition en- forcement officers resulted in tho ar- jH rest of George Cowie, 35 years old, by deputv United States Marshal William McCoiimlck, on a federal indictment. It is charged that Cowles accepted tM two bribes amounting to $60 offered bv two Racine saloonkeepers not to JM report the alleged selling of liquor. . UU- HOLD PRIESTS FOR ART WORK THEFT FLORENCE, Italy, May 7. Two priests were arrested on charge of hav ing stolen a bust of Antonio Canpva, tho celebrated Italian sculptor; an altar by Luca Delia Robbla, tho 15tli century sculptor and other art treas ures from tho Abbey of Arcevia. Cop les of the original treasures were sub stltutod by the thieves. The police havo recovered tho nltar. I oo SECRETARY SPARROW OF N. Y. CLUB DIES NEW YORK, May 7. Harry L. jH Sparrow, secretary of tho Now York American lcaguo baseball club' since 1915, died suddenly at his home to-day.- Ho was 4 5 years old and be camo secretary of tho club when It was purchased by Messrs. Ruppcrt IH and Huston from Frank J. Farrell. mI