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United Stated S wyVapwnpube 1 I II r Jf ' i 1 7f I sOl I ' ! ! I il I i i ' the indications are that the K umns arc worth more for adver- v tif night and slightly colder; E FEARLESS, INDEPENDENT, PkOGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER. I H Forty.third Year-No. 2Q.Prlce Five Cent,. OGDEN CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1913 EntcSecond-s, Matter ,t the Poff.ce, Ogden, Utah. H WOMEN MAY WIN VOTES Chancellor George Hopes Franchise Reform Bill Will Pass London, .Tan. 2". "I hope we shall win on Monday," Daid Lloyd George, chancellor of the exchequer, today told a committee of Suffragettes rep resenting the working women of the British Isles, whom he and Sir Ed ward Grey, the foreign 6ecretarv. re ceived at the treasury department "I certainly shall do my very hest to see that the amendment to the franchise reform bill eliminating the word Truth is passed by the house. Since I have been in the cabinet I hav become a more convinced sup porter of woman's suffrage than pver 'M experience during the passing of the Btate insurance legislation bus persuaded me that one of the most gross pieces or Injustice in public life It is that women have no voice in the determination of matters which af fect them more closely than men. Convinced of Victory. "I am ronxinced that we shall Win and win very soon " The chancellor of the exchequer then said that the Liberal government was willing to stand or fall by Pre P mier Asqulth's pledge that if the house of commons approved the ex tension of the franchise to women the government would support it ir Edward Qrey gave similnr as surances to the deputation but warn el the women (hat 'he opposition to be overcome was verv formidable and that it could not be overcome by menace or personal annoyance. PARIS HAS A PROBLEM Homes Must Be Found For 120,000 Evicted Tenants P.irf. "Tab 7T tT ic problem r 1 finding accommodation for 120,000 ift people who ate to be evicted from I their dwellings owing to the sale ot Sr. the antlqauted fortifications oi I'arls f to the city authorities by the French goernraent is now before the muni 1 clpal council lor solution. The space occupied by the 21 mile wall encircling Paris and the "fir ing zone," r.OO yards in width fac ing it, is to be converted Into public parks. This space is now coveied by many thousanJ ramshackle houses occu pied by the poorer working people. There is not sufficient occupations for the families In other parts ; the city. The amount of money expend ed o nthese old fortifications erected ; In 1840 and now to be razed exceeded $200,000,000. JJ DESERTION CAUSE OF FOUR DIVORCE SUITS Salt Lake. .Ian. 23. Four abancioneu ft wives filed suits in the district court t yesterday against their respective 1 husbands asking to be relieved from W- a husbandless state of matrimony. tjlm Each charges that "hubby" has gon to parts unknown and lefl the familj J exehcrpier enipl H VV S. Smith went hence 20 years 5 agn and has not come back, avers r Melissa II. Smith, who was married to him 34 years ago. The children are ( fljl all prow ii up. the property is all gone j and all she asks foi is' a divorce. Cora Parks seeks treedom from a profitless union with .1 K. Parks, and M Ruth A. Hazlett wants a divorce from Qb Ludwig A. Hazlett, both on the Bame H grounds of desertion Eliza Pi ei is W suing Almon Peer on me same I Wilfred R Buzzo alleges that Ida Buzzo took the two children one j bright morning in the summ r pi L905 H and decamped and has never tome back to him. He wants a divorce H Ida Morgan has filed suit -in the district court for divorce from Ed H ward Morgan on ground- of deser- H t0Beulah Stevens seeks a divorce I from Edward Stevens on the same !' grounds. I ARRESTED AS COPPER WIRE THIEF. Pocatello, Idaho, Jan 23. Roy Barnes of this city, an electrician for- merly employed by the Independent Electric Supplj company, was arrest ed psterday on the charge of steal ing 500 pounds of copper wire from the Mountain States Telephone & Tel- j egraph company. It is charged that Barnes hired a I rig and drove to McCammon, where ! he obtained the wire. He has been released on ball to answer soon in preliminary examination. Barnes was arrested about a year ago on the charge of bootlecging. When taken to the city jail he had two bottles in his boot tops By breaking the bottles with a pair of nippers he al- i lowed the evidence to escape. uu PIRACIES FREQUENT Chinese Authorities Un able to Cope With Disorderly Bands nioy. China. Jan. 23. The disor der!, elements in the province of Fu Kten have become so formidable thai i he authorities are unable to cope with them In the neighborhood of riinghwa traffic has become unsafe except for very strong parties and I these are compelled to keep to the principal roads Piracies are very frequent on ihe River Dragon, even large vessels be ' ing attacked. A junk c hartered h an American oil company was board ed bv pirates today and the captain killed. 00 CALIFORNIA CRACKS SAFE Forcible Possession Tak en of Continental Vault By State San Francisco, Jan. 23 The state of California "cracked" a safe today The "loot" consisted of books and papers of the Continental Building & Loan association, but no cash and no ledgers weie found in the strong box. The inner door of the associa I tjon' office .vaulL-wat 'ji.mmi,od" hx fan" expert employed by ( ',eofg. S Walker, Mate building arid loan com missioner, to whom access to the safe had been denied by Attorney Gavin McNab. representing the association Walker yesterday gained forcible entry to the offices with the aid of the sheriff, and McNab brought suit for damages against the latter today for $50,000, the amount of the sher iffs bonds He said similar suit would be filed against Walker on the ground that there was no war rant of law for his action The question Involved is, Who shall liquidate the Continental. Walker or the directors'? Both say depositors will be paid penny for penny The as sociation was declared solvent by the I ' ni ted States court n few days ago . and McNab contends that, pending ai tion by the superior court on the state'6 application for authority to take over the association's affairs, Walker was without legal right to in ( terfcre forcibly. COTTON GROWING TO BE ENCOURAGED London, Jan. 23 -The introduction! Into parliament of a bill guarantee ing a $15,000 loan for the develop ment of cotton growing in the Sou dan was promised by Premier As qulth this morning In an address to the British Cotton Growing associ ation. on BIDS FOR COUNTY PHYSICIAN Pocatello, Idaho, Jan. 23 Physl i ana In Bannock count, must enter a formal bid for the position oi count) physician before they will be eon fibred by the new board oi commis sioners. Blanks have been senl bj the county clerk to all the doctors in the county and the best bidder for the position will receive the appoint ment Estimates will be made on care of the county sick, contagious disease cases, county health work anc emer gencies. no ISHOWERED WITH ATTENTIONS "Now that you are rich, I suppose everybody is anxious to serve you?" "That's the way, it seems I'm on , the lookout all the time for sub , poenas " ! K Look in the National I Show Window Every Day SI You know how interesting it Is to look into the well-trlmmed show W windows of stores. Such windows S are so inviting that you have an Impulse to go in nnd look at the new and interesting merchandise Did ii ever occur to you that there is a big national show win fj dow which you should LOOK into every day? This show window is W I the daily newspaper. Vjl Manufacturers display their lH goods in Till. ST NDARD day al ii 1 ter day for your benefit Pb y show you the newest things, the ' most serviceable and most relia ble goods to buy They stain i 1 your mind lhe marks of quality by which you can identify their goods. i ook Into THE STANDARD'S mi. advertising display window closely and constantly every day. These advertiaements invite your confidence They feature only ihe in. i dependable makers' goods 10 be had from the dealer at the most, reasonable prices NEW CABINET llS FORMED Former Turkish Minis ters Resign After Ac cepting Note Constantinople, Jan 23 The Turk ish cabinet resigned today in conse quence of public demonstrations and protests auainst its action in acced ing to the Wishes of the European powers Mahmoud Shefket Pasha; I formerly war minister, h?js been ap i pointed grand vizier In place ot Ka I mail Pasha. Talaat Bey has been appointed minister of the interior, :i position he held in a previous cabinet. In a statement after his appointment, he said : Will Not Give Up Adrlanople. "The change In the cabinet means that we are going to save the national honor or perish in the attempt "We do not want a continuation of the war but we are determined to keep Adrianople at all costs. That is I an indispensable condition of pe oo SECRETARY IS UPHELD Deposing of Osage Council Called "Great Moral Victory" Washington. Jan. 23 The "great- ! est moral victory in the history of the Osage tribe" was the way Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ab bott today characterized the election of a new tribal council to succeeJ that deposed recently by Secretary Fisher on the charge that "undue in fluence" had been exetted over U by the I'ncle Sam Oil company in trying i to obtain leases on the Osage lands. Fred Lookout, who, according to ( ommiS8ioner Abbott, the uew chief is a hard working and honest farm er. He and his wife are graduates of the Carlisle Indian school. He is one of the Osages who do not refuse to uork because of the linear ire J ln- rr-mrir- ra -m rijt'-nryrmTrW: Osages enjoy. The district supreme court here, to ; which the old council appealed against Secretary Fisher's action in deposing ) them, has refused to reinstate them The report of the house committee which in vesligateil the matter as a result of charges by the Uncle am Oil company that Secretary Fisher was trying to aid Standard Oil inter ests is expected to be made in a few days. on WORLD'S MARKETS OGDEN WHOLESALE PRODUCE (Selling Prices.) Ogden. Utah. Jan. 23. Butter creamery, extra, in cartons. 35; reamer, firsts, 33; cooking, 30; ranch. 29. Cheese Eastern, 21; Utah, IS; Y. A . 20 EggB Per case of 30 dozen. $7 00; ranch. $9.00. Sugar Beet. $fnn. cane. $6 20 PRESSURE ON STEEL HEAVY New York. Ian Revelations growing out of the dissolution pro ceedings against United States Steel, especially the admission of a former president of the corporation concern ing an international rail pool, were responsible for heavy pressure againsi steel shares today. The de cline of steel exerted a depre-ing In. tlii"nee on the general market and offset the good effects which were Xpected from announcement of the irtnal settlement of the Balkan war. London sent over only a slightly higher range for Americans and the whole market failed to hold the pace set at the close yesterday This hes itancy encouraged bears to put out shori lines on a laruor scale Steel. Reading. Union Pacific, Amalgamated and Canadian Pacific were all de presssd materially. Bonds were easier. New York Exchange New York, Jan 2'-'. Prime mercan I tile paper, 1 1-2 to 7, per cent. Sterl ing exchangi strong, with actual bus liness in bankers' bills at 1483.75 for 1 60-day bills and at $187.75 for de mand Commercial bills, $IS". I Bar silver, 02 G-Sc Government bonds, steady Railroad bonds, Irregular I Money on call steady 2 1-4fr3 per k-pnt: ruling rate 2 '5-4; closing bid, j 2 7-8. offered at Time loans weaker: f..i das 3 1-2 per cent and 90 days : : 4ffi 4 ; six i months. I " 1 -4, Metals. New York. Jan. 2 Copper Firm : standard spot and January, 15.62 bid. Bebruary to May . S16.62016.12 electrolytic. H,y,i; lake. $1 1; -,uf, u,.; casting. $16,000 1C 2.V Tin Weak: spot. $80,00060.2.5; January, v sfi ,i -,o 25 February, j $49.60'?? 49 75; May. $49.:;0849.60 Lead Steady, $4 25!fr4.35. j Spelter Weak: $7.0007.15. Antimony Quiet; Cookson's $9 75 W 1U.00. Iron Unsettled . unchanged Chicago Grains. Chicago, Jan. 23. Drought in ln Idia. reflected In higher wheat prices at Liverpool, brought about momen tary steadiness at the opening of the market here today. May being l-$C up to unchanged at 9;: i-Sc to 93c ri he settlement of the Balkan trouble and expectation of heavy world s shipments started a reaction which carried May down to 92 3-Ke. Yailous reports chronicling rain In the Argentine, and one of them from Rosan'o to a local firm stating that the precipitation was general, de prcssed corn -May opened l-4'3-8c to l-8lfc4(t down at 52 18c to :2 l-4c. ' A recovery' to 52 0.-8'?;l-2c followed. Oats were quiet and a shade easier Mav opened a shade to 1-Sc down at 01 1-S;r-4C to 34 l-8c and sold at 34 l-8c. Provisions were dull ami lower with hogs M'd pork opened 5c to 7 l-2c under vcstoidav at $1X .85 to $18.82 12. Ma lard l-2c lower at $10.15 and May 'lbs. 2 i-25 do-' pressed at $lfi 10 10.12 1-2. The wheat close was weak, with' Mav 3- 1 lowear at 92 1- c. The close in corn was weak, Ma ::- he down at 51 6-8A3- Lc New York Stock List. (Last Salei Amalgamated Copper . 71 1-8 American Beet Sugar :i7 1-4 American Cotton Oil 50 Amer. Smelt. & Refining . 52 5-8 American Sugar Refining ....116 1-2 , American Tel Tel 133 1-8 I Anaconda Mininc Co s Atchison 104 7-8 Atlantic Coast Line ....... 129 5-8 Baltimore & Ohio 106 1 -1 Brookhn Rapid Transit . 89 1-2 Canadian Pacific 243 6-8 Chesapeake & Ohio , .. 77 5-8 Chicago A- Northwestern, bid l 15 Chicago. Mil. & St. Paul ... 112 1-4 Colorado Fuel & Iron Colorado & Southern, bid ... 31 Delaware & Hudson, bid 164 Denver & Rio Orande 21 3-8 Erie 31 1-2 General Electric 142 3-4 Great Northern, pfd 128 1-2 Greal Northern Ore Ctfs . 4" Illinois Central 127 Interborough-.Met 17 7-S Preferred . . . . 61 Inter Harvester 107 Louisville & Nashville 138 Missouri Pacific 11 1-2 Missouri. Kansas & Texa6. bid 27 Lehigh Valley KM 1-2 National Lead 49 7-8 New York Central H7 3-8 Norfolk & Western .112 1-4 Northern Pacific 119 1-8 Pennsvlvania ...122 1-8 i People s (las 113 1-2 Pullman Palace Car. bid 163 Reading . . 16"! r'-S Rock Island Co 22 7-8 Preferred 10 1-8 Southern Pacific ln5 3-8 'Southern Railway 27 1-4 il'nion Pacific 159.3-8 iSWWSir.: ?'";" ...:.::.v: I Wabash, bid 1 1.-2 Western Cnipn 71 1-2 Kansas City Livestock. Kansas City. .Tan 23 Cattle Re ceipts 3.500, Including 1.000 south erns Market steady Native steers, $6.9utfi 8 25, southern steers. fc5.5irfi 7 2,5. southern cows and heifers, $3.75 g'G25. native cows and belfers, $3.75 C 7 5i stockers and feeders. $4 50 0.75; hulls. $4.0605.75; calves. $6.50 10.25. western steers. $' 0(?j 8 00 , western cows. $&756.50. Hogs-Receipts. 11,000: market weak to 5c lower. Bulk of sales, $7.2607.37 1-2; heavy, $7 "-UJ -packers and butchers. $7.2o7.37 1-2: lisht, $7. 157.30; pigs. $i;00Ti7.0.i 1 Sheep Receipts. 5,000; market steads Muttons. $4.505 5 75. lambs. S7 5'iTiV75, tanfce wethers and eail Ings. S5.notfr7.5n; range ewes. $3 5orff 5 35. Chicago Livestock Chicago, Jan 23 Cattle--Receipts. 6,000; market slow, steady. Beeves. '$f, O.Kfrn I 5 Texas steers,. $1 70fi i.70; i western steers. $5.50Tj 7.2o ; stockers land feeders. $4.8007.65: cows and heifers. $2 70fT 7 35: calves. .7 oiK, n" Hogs Receipts. 2.4.oOn. market slow weak to 5c lower than Wednes day's acrage. Light. $7 1 ."'? 7.45: i mixed $7.20tfi7R: heavy. $7 on J 7.60 rough. $7.0007.15: pigs. $5.00j 6 76 bulk of sales. $7.407.46. Slieep Receipts. 17.000: market 'weak to 100 15c lower than Wednes day's average Native $4.8506.35; western $5.006.35; yearlings. $6.50 08.26; lambs, native $7 noft .2n ; western. $7.00(Ti f.20. Chicago Produce Chicago Jan 23 - Butter Steady creameries. 23(53:3 12c , Eggs Steady; receipts. 5.864 i eases; , j Bgg8 Stealer: receipts 5.864 cases fresh receipts at mark, cases Inqlud ed 19022c refrigerator first-. 16 1-2 fl 17c. "firsts. 22 l-23-4c Potatoes Steady: receipts 20 cars Michigan. 4706OCT Minnesota. 4.,'.; ; 48c : Wisconsin. 44w4v.c Suoar New York. Jan." 2?,-Raw Sugar Easy; muscovado, so test $2.98; mo lasses so test. $2.73; centrifugal, 96 test. V Refined Steady Wool. St Louis Jan- 23 Wool Steady; territory and western mediums. 21 T7 it fine mediums. 18020c; fine. 13 '17c -oo TWO AVIATORS ARE FATALLY INJURED Berlin. Jan. 23 Anoth-i falal Hv in' accident occurred todn during the military maneuvers nasi Burg l.i. rut Otto Schlegel was killed by lallinc to earth irom a consider .tide hed-'ht. , His pilot, ueut A. von Scheele, was fatally injured- IS ENTERTAINING Mrs Dr R. A. McCune is entertain mg a number of ladies at her home this afternoon. A dainty luncheon will be served. FARMERS ARE1 AGAINST WAR Canadian Naval Policies Aggressively Oppos ed in Alberta Calgary, Alberta, Jan. 22.. The I nited Farmers of Alberta are op posed to war and ninth against Ca nadian uaval policies They would hav Canada lead the world in the In ternational disarmament movement, and so declared n an anti-naval res olution adopted yesterday. In all the delegates there were but twelve dissenting votes. Tills convention, representing 14. 000 farmers of Alberta," the resolu tion says, "places itself on record as firm opposed to anj expenditure whatever of public moneys for the consolidation of naval armament, but it decidedly in favor of f'anada en couraging to the ulmost the move ment towards international peace and disarmament and the settlement, of international difficulties by arhitra tlon. such as is proposed by the I'nited States." PROMINENT MEN CALLED Nation-Wide Pass Hear ings Begin in Colorado Capital Today Dener, Jan 23 With more than 60 witnesses, Including shippers and rallro;id officials, under subpoena, the sta;e was set early today tor the opening of the nation wide hearing h.-friri' 1 1 1 1 rs t a I ( ouiiiien . ( Duiinis sioner Harlan into the alleged illegal and improper use of railroad passes. Krom the text of the uuestions ask ed at the beginning of the day's hear ing, it was evident that the hearing would be confined mainly to the charges that Colorado railroads ha'e given passes t'olorado shippers to influence their interstate freight ship- iucute.-.- . . PrWcjt.ons Will folio". This investigation will not stop with s mere report," said Commis sioner Harlan, "but prosecutions will tollow wherever we tind there has been a violation of the law There will be a recommendation for addi tional 6tate legislation against the use of passes if we find here what we have been told exists. " Prominent Men Called Among the prominent witnesses who were subpoenaed to appear be fore Commissioner Harlan are offi . ,ais of the Denver Rio Grande, IS L. Brown, vice president: J. B An draws, secretary; F. a. wadieigh. gen era! passenger agent; Fred Wild, en eral freight agent, and E H. Clark, attorney for the Atchison, Topcka A Santa Ke; E H Morehouse, general freight agent for the Chicago. Burling ton & Qutncy; John F Vallery. gen eral agent of the Union Pacific. F B Choate. general freight agent, and George W. Martin, general agent of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific lines oo FORGER COULD NOT SUPPORT HIS FAMILY George Jones, the young man ar restt d Tuesday afternoon after he had cashed one forged check and was attempting to cash another, was ar raigned before Judge W H Reeder this morning on the charge of obtain ing money under false pretenses. To this charge Jones pleaded guilty, but said he was led to cash th check when he was unable to secure work II.' stated that he is a graduate i imI engineer, but has neer worked ;iT Ins profession, having been engag ed in vailotis lines of railroad work since leaving college. When he was i unable to support his wife and baby ill, Salt Lake, he said he had sent them to the home of his wife's broth er and had come to Ogden to get a position. The only work he was able to flud was a Job as dish washer on i a dining car and he expected to take that work when be arrested. He wanted the $1 76 which he received from the check to wire to his home In Oeorgls and purchase a ticket to Sail i ake '"lgc Reader took the , ase under advisement I The name of Bl J. V au Nes was forced and the name was 10 i everly v.: ..ten that Mrs Van NeSa was de. clved Charles leron ol Oak saloon cashed the check under the impression that lonas jvas an em ; ploye of the Van Ness hotel - -uu WISE BOY 1 told Dim I 'dn 1 XTi,n' t0 se b,n' 'am more..' W hat did he do Turned out the Hgb' GUGGENHEIM CASE MAY BE HE-OPENED ,m !.,.-,. Tan 23-An ln est Igai lou .neSmeny pre-entetd before ' j , , -,i of the ' rcuH court, n ,iV,nlt Brown Her 1 bert-Quggenbeim-Wahl, in her suit tor the setting aside of the divorce of William Guggenheim, may be taken up by the grand Jury. The suit was recently dismissed. Chief Justi' G Jesse Baldwin ol the circuit court is said to have mailed yesterday a letter to State's Attorney McLay Hoyne, asking such an Investi gation. Judge Baldwin admitted today that he had sent a letter to the state s at torney regarding the Guggenheim suit land said the contents were of suffl i lent importance to demand an ines tlgation, but lie refused to further discuss the case. FIRE BURNS A FAMILY Two Dead, Two Fatally Injured, One Little Boy May Recover Cleveland O , Jan 23. Two people were burned to death, two probably fatally burned and one suffered se vere injuries in farm house fire two miles from here early today Pho dead are Curtis Shafer, aged 3". and his daughter, Effie. 14 Mrs Shafer, 33, and another daughter. Evelyn 12, are believed to be fatally injured A son, William, 10. was painfully hurt, but will recover. The boy is able to talk, but can not explain the cause of the fire He v. as awakened by the flames and bare Iv succeeded in effecting his escape oo CAPTAIN AND CREW ABANDON VESSEL Mobile, Ala . Jan 23. Captain Ma son D Cogswell aud his crew aban doned the British bark Alexander Black, waterlogged, in the Gulf of .Mexico, and safely reached Progreso. ! Mex.. according to wind received here today The bark of Si Johns X B . reg istrv. left Mobile lanuarj s with a full cargo for Cienfuegos. oo BOY WANTS TO BE CHAMP ! Youngest Son of Gov. Hiram Johnson Weighs in For Bout I San Francisco. Jan. 2.1 "Archie" Johnson, youngest son of Governor Hiram Johnson, appeared at the Olym jit club at noon toda to weigh In j for his bout tomorrow night with Ernie Clark of Los Angeles, welter weight amateur champion of the Pa cific coast Young Johnson informed the direct ors of the club last night that he Weighed 14" pounds, four pounds o er the welterweight limit, and he doubt ed if he could take off the cxira poundage without weakening himself Whether the fight takes place or not rests with DeWIti Van Court of Los Angeles, representing Clark who must decide whether the champion ship is to be risked against a man j who is not a welterweight within the rules oo SUIT AGAINST SALT LAKE COMPANY Joseph Krepsek has commenced SUit iu the district court against Zion s Co-Operatlve Home Building and Real Estate company tu recover SF'.b:: foi stock iu the company, alleged to haxej bet-u sold to the plaintiff under mis represent at Ion s Fred Breming. in the district court i today, filed a suit against the Zlon'l Co-Operative Home Building & '' Estate company for $47:'. for certain Mock of the company claimed to have been sold to tho defendant fraudu j lently and by misrepresentation. In Judge Harris' division of the dis trict court the case of the Lindsay Land & Livestock company against Thomas Smart is being hoard The suit was brought to recover abou $7 noo alleged damage to 600 sheep by disseminating "scab" among them FRAGILE ARTICLES SENT BY MAIL Assistant Postmaster Rufua Garner States that he never advised against the sending of frasi'e articles by par ctd post, but called attention to the regulation which provides for the se cure wrapping of fragile packages be fore being sent through the mails Trouble hits resulted when patrons have ent packages Uiat were not carefully wrapped As evidenced by the shai.e In wbb h paika-'ef; are deliveied. the poiol lice has handled fourth class matter in trusted 1o it in a careful manner, and ' fragile articles can be sent as secure ly bv mall il Wllj wrapped as b e- prb COTTON RATE UNDER FIRE Southern and Northern HE Men Disagree on Tar- 'B& iff Cutting K Washington, Jan 23. Proposed re- IBk ductlon of the cotton tariff was again HR under fire at the hearing today before Hr J the house committee on ways and f ' means There were a number of I6& witnesses left over from yesterday's iGtt program and a short li.t of suppie- flB I mental witnesses. HH Southern and northern manufac- HB- turers do not agree on the extent to Bs which ihe committee should go in HSl t utting the cotton tariff. It has been HB Indicated that the committee might IHSl drop tiie minimum ad valorem rate Hn on cotton cloths to 10 per cent, 5 Hnt per cent below the present Cnder- Hslr wood schedule While the southern iHlS men are disposed to concede com- iHi promise reductions, the northern men HP are fighting for retention of th" tar- HP Iff at approximately the present fig- TURKS LOSE I THREE FORTS I With Conclusion o f Hp Peace They Will Be B Surrendered HP London. Ian 23. The Immediate consequences of the decision of the Hp Turkish grand council to conclude K'1 peace with the Balkan allies will be Bg .'; the cessation of hostilities between BpV Greece and Turkey and the surrender Br ol the Turkish fortresses of Adrian- ople, lanina and Scutari. At all three Est' fortresses the Turkish garrisons will KU withdraw with the honors of war. ft'' Difficulties may arise concerning I the fate of Scutari as no one knows Bp! tu whom it is to be surrendered, W . ,' whether to th .Montenegrins, to a 5- provisional Albanian government or i to the representatives of the pow. KK King NtchoUs Ci.mSjBars ' Bt' King Nicholas of .f Orf liintft 7? MT'- sists that he must enter Scutari at K the head of his troops. Otherwise, he Ba says, the reign of his family in Mon- BjL tenegro is doomed, as he, contrary to Bri the adice oi hiv generals, refused Bi ' to try to take Scutari by storm at Wb the beginning of the war In order to aoid the certain heavy losses which RiV his small army would have suffered. He preferred the temporizing policy mL of laying siege to the fortress, and shonltl Scutari for this reason be lost Wpi t the Montenegrins, he alone will be considered responsible. H Turkish Envoys Depressed. W The members of the Turkish eace delegation in London show signs oC depression, but they are determined that the era of concessions must now be regarded as finally closed They say they are convinced 'hat the powers will support them in re jeering the demands of the allies for ,i n ar indemnity. W; All fears of a resumption of tho K war having been removed, the allies f. are planning the withdrawal of large l bodies of troops at an early date. The h. delegates In Ejondon, however, t hi n I-: p that a month may pass before tQe I final signatures are put to the peace E?. treaty, a6 the settlement of exact i frontiers, the questions of indemnity W and the guarantees in regard to the f mosques and sacred places of Adrian- r ople still have to be arranged Is. oo iiil SETTLEMENT I PROGRESSES I Union Pacific and South- I ern Pacific Plan With Federal Officials I New York. Jan 23 Some progress toward settling the differences be tween the Inion Pacific and South ern Pacific interests respecting tho Central Pacific railroad was made at a conference here today between rep- I resentatlves of the interests Involv- Robert S. Lovett, chairman i the Cniou Pacific board of dn' im,- mud.- this statement after the meeting, but added that theie was no assurance I that a final satisfactory agreement would be reache Jud;:e Lovett I that the discus slou had now i w a triangular on with the fede ..vernment one Ol the principals The only Information obtainable re tarding the conference between ludgs Lovett Pranl A Vanderllp and Morti mer L Schlff and Attorney General W'lckersbam was that the federal of ricialS were ofleriug some assistance In t bo plan of dissolution HIS BUSINESS I "She's a married woman aud ye sho lets another woman s husband Shocking! Tell me, who is the sbbbbbbj "A photographer." Pl