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BfrSg1 NO. 37. established april is, i87L SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY MORNING-, MAY 21, 1911. weather TODAY-rair. 50 PAGES FIVE CENTS
Whem of His Plans to
fed a New Mexico"
En He Reaches the
B Capital.
fc BANDS WILL
Eich SOUTHWARD
Bernardo Reyes, Now
avana, Being Looked
Kq as the Mexican
fan on Horseback. ' '
fried Press.
Kz; Mexico. May 20. Standing
Borstal of a monument near
Hftio the smoky ruins of the ro
Btle, Francisco 1. Madero, Jr.,
Kfe farewell to his soldiers and
Bo of his plans, when he goes to
Bxitv. to modernize the govern--the
country and "build a new
The occasion was the ,rc
Rioa of the lnsurrccto "army of
comprising the forces, large
Bed from Chihuahua stHte which
lt revolution and lived to cn
Kniits of victory.
Bd hundred insurrcctos tomor
jda)hglit will leave for Casas
wonder command of General
HOrozco anil Colonel Villa.
Hew Troops Wijl Kemain.
Bfeoops will leave for other parts
fclcrior and with t.ho departure
Byrorieional governors in a few
Mr 500 men under Colonel Jose
Kriil stand guard in Juarez.
BS'Gardjaldf, a grandson of. the
Hjlioerntor, also will soon leave
Hrring been an active participant
campaign which led to the fall
Be. At Cains Graudcs 1 lie main
Bribe insurrcctos will still remain
Brros. possibly marching to Chi
BjCity after President Diaz has
Bnovcmonl of the insurrcctos
Brd also is significant because it
Hpure frohi the United States
B- miia fighting strength of
Bp!ationi$ti3. Casas Graudcs is
Bs south of Juarez. It is the
Hn of Orozco to camp there for
B'scveral weeks, or until Abra
Btoulcs formally assumes office
Bisional governor of Chihuahua,
Bia Governor Ahumada.
B Impressive Farewell,
cue of Madero 's farewell to his
B: impressive. About the plaza
Slackened walls of the new
B&l palace and library building
Bjixen blown up in last week's
Btrurther on stretched acres of
BjaldinRs, mutilated and knocked
Ble$que shapes by the combined
Bfcddrab and insurrcctos.
Bp. rode from his headquarters
"Blued bv his cabinet and ascend
Bfp3 of a monument of Benito
Br. adcr appeared above the
Bio was greeted bv shouts of
Bpvo tho liberator of Mexico,"
B?r nost president. ' ' Orozco and
fptaml beside Madero and were
B oy tbeir followers. Tri-colored
B ere displayed by the soldiers
jje. mussed in' a semi-circle about
B of the inonument. In the
BjW b 12-year-old boy who was
B ."Edited with having been in
"""RWles aud skirmishes.
K-as he spoke, stood beneath
JJ static, typifying justice, from
uplifted hand had been shot
BSTBE the battle.
I j Madero's Address.
" the provisional president's
adnas to his army.
W' said Madero, "you sec
Vyoii the torriblc consequences
beautiful buildings have been
r?,an.d people have fled in tor
,i"clr nomcs. Many of you per.
ffln v ,ho bittcr sufferings
MrM i iU IUVC f-'011e !n'uSr.vi
J""ied hundreds of miles over
fc v otcu without vater
r have sniffed the smoke
(fund bome of you have had oil-
contemplate death.
ii IlVcrs,.it has been a iust
InL- tIlc s"l'fcnng that 'has
KtM 1? as ut"ing to the suf
Jch the result of this war will
iti"liffiyWBr agaiuat t'r:,lir,3'I
fW'ora.'l'bid you farewell. It
,lI1"Kht..'r liearts than when you
rS5 or s0 1 sh:i11 lc:iv for
KaSpli t n ,ll8iko Permanent tho
B&ann i0lov.-cd our triumph here.
He fi.i f,nall-v Bccurc. you will
Hike i ii Re of leaving the army
B7b' , c ,J0 no conscrip
Ul ,VMy,.wliicU in the future
K 1'berty guaranteed bv
K & of xh'" will be coin-
Hnv : 0 vv,n receive good pay.
J nr? a 10 'loe be-
H ,,Ios for v1l we fought
our crnsD We are going to
f t the lines which
Woe ?! VfP,L' U,e 'lemocraric
Withe ,; J'ueht and acts that
jWSttJ. ,IcIs of tlle liberators oi
iB,esl iUll,,v?- Vo hnve fought
ic-atrf,, 1,1,1 ,!1 VOiU homes aud
B!!ijrsuit with your fcl
Madero at Head
oi Insurgent Army
. i
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JUDGE W. H. B
LAYS DOWN LI
Salt Lake Attorney ViEits Wash
ington in the Interest of
Minidoka Settlers.
MAKES VIGOROUS DEMAND
Threatens Congressional Investi
gation Unless Relief I- Granted
by the Service.
Special to The Tribune.,
WASHINGTON'. May" 20. Judge' W. H.
Kin? of "Utah, who is lioro in tho inter
est of settlers of the Minidoka, reclama
tion project, says that if tho reclamation
service doesn't srunt the settlers relief
from the burdensome vcgulailcms which
have lieen imposed upon them, he will
endeavor to have the house of represen
tatives make a congressional Investiga
tion of conditions arising1 out of the ad
ministration of the project by the recla
mation service. Under that administra
tion Judge IClmj states the settlers are be
ing: charged three or four times the
amount for maintenance rates originally
promised by the officers of the service.
Charires for water arc "0 to 50 per cent
higher than settlers were led to believe
they would he and the project has been
constructed and handled by Incompetents
with the consequent results that the set
tlers have been subjected to burdensome
hardships.
Judge King has filed a vigorous pro
test with Director Newell of the recla
mation service, telling him that unless
conditions wo.re Bpeedlly improved a con
gressional Investigation would follow. Mr.
Newell has directed L.uw Ofllcers Morris
Bien and Philip P. Wells of the service
to meet the settlers at Minidoka on
Wcdnesdav next to hear their complaints.
DECLINES TO SUBMIT
TO MORE "BEAR HUGS"
South Dakota Woman Applies for Divorce
From Her Too Affectionate
Husband.
By Leased Wire to Tho Tribune.
OKATON. S. D-. May 20. Charging
cruel tv. that she had to submit to "bear
hugs"" until her health has become per
manently Injured. Mrs. WInnefrcde ln
galls lias sought a divorce from her hus
band, Nicholas Tngalls. In her petition
Mrs. Ingalls explains the "hem- hugs,
describing them thus:
"Nicholas, before he went to work in
the morning, and In the afternoon and
whenever he returned to the house, would
throw his arms about my waist, crush
ing me at limes until the breath almost
left niv bodv. At one time last winter,
as ho was leaving home, he forced me to
submit to a 'bear hug'' that resulted in
tho fracturing of two- ribs., while at an
other timo tho hugging was so severe
that the circulation was slopped and my
nose bled a. stream."
REFORMED MAN FALLS
HEIR TO A FORTUNE
Pledges $50,000 to the Mission Where He
Was Shown the Error of His
Ways.
By Lrascd Wire to The Tribune.
N13W YORK. May 20. One year ago
William h. nalston of Pittsburg wan
dpnnl Into the rescue mission in First
avenue, Elizabeth, N. J.. physical
wreck and without a cent in his pockets.
Todav ho pledged 350.000 to the mlKslon
in recognition of the successful efforts
of the superintendent, Howard r.
Shrcr.klcr. to make a man of him. Ho
Is able to make the gift through the
death of his aunt, Mrs. Jennie rialston.
who leaves him SnOO.000. Itnlston i re
turned l Elizabeth today from I'itls
burg, where he hud been to settle Hie
various business matters necessary be
fore he could get the lrgacy The money
will b turned over to him within a
month-
DRANK MUCH BEER AND
PASSED CENTURY MARK
By Leased Wlro to The Trjbunc.
HKKSHEY. Neb.. May 20. Lawrence
Phillips, who died' near here n few days
ul'n Vit i.e. aire of 10G yours, attributed Ills
oi i J l" fnct that ho drank In-
to"lcauts from childhood, although ho was
nCphlllI(p"had resided In Nebraska fifteen
vc i -8 hnvlng como from Virginia. Lrj
to thfc" weeks prior to his death all of
hk far ltles wore as acute as of a man
! ( yXaVs of ago. Th.-n he went to nieces
He had drunk beer all his life- "ring
"it tr' n years of hf-s life hp had drank
I ot inarlV daily, one quart immed lat-ly
af!" tin' Urst aflfinoou meal and the.
third iust before retiring-
SENTENCED TO DIE
AFTER BABY 1311
Great Interest in O'ase of Canadian
Woman Who Chopped Off
Husband's Head.
DATE OF EXECUTION AUG. 9
Makes No Plea for Clemency ; Pe
titions Being Circulated in
the Dominion.
By Leased Wire to The Tribune.
SAULTE STE. MAltlE, Ont., May 20.
Prom all over Canada letters of sym
pathy and inquiry are pouring in re
garding tho case of Angelina Ncopoli
tana, who is in tho lockup under sen
tence to be hanged as soon as her child
is born.
The execution has been set for Au
gust 0. Tho date was determined af
tor a calculation by the .jail doctor. Sho
chopped her husband's head otT with
an ax on April 1(5, this year. If pub
lic interest in tho womau spreads at
the rate it has been growing, it is con
sidered lik'el3' the governor-general at
Ottawa will soon find tho case one
worthy of his attention.
Word has been received here that
petitions for clemency arc in circula
tion in different, parts of the Dominion.
There is a pronounced state of interest
in this community on tho subject. Most
of tho letters express astonishment
that a woman at this day, no matter
what the degree of her mental or moral
degradation or guilt, should be ordered
into eternity so soon after the birth of
her child.
"The middlo ago barbarity of judi
cial procedure in this case is niado even
more appalling," says one protestant,
"by the coin-blooded calculation the
oQiccrs of the law have now had to
make in determining the probable date
of the advent of the unborn child."
The Neopolitana woman is a prob
lem to the alienists who have examined
her. They do not know whether to as
cribe her extraordinary indifference
over her fate to blunted mentality and
moral pcreoption or to what might be
expected to bo tho terrible palsying
shock to which her mind was subjected
vheu she slew her husband.
"I am ready to die," is the expres
sion the woman keeps repeating to all
with whom she comes in contact.
Even with the vision of tho gallows
growing closer, she steadfastly refuses
to make any plea for clemency or to
consider an" inquiry as to hor mental
conditon. She asked no favors since
she was put into the cell. She reads
the Biblo constantly. If tho prospect
is terrifying to hor of having licr new
born baby torn from her breast in or
der that sho may be put to doath in
duo form of law," she (iocs not show it
in her manner.
"I am ready to die and must meet
my maker," sh'e said today to the keep
er of tho jail.
BOYS WANDERING ON
DESERT JN ARIZONA
Hundred of Citizens Aided by Indian
Trailers Searching for the
Missing Lads.
By Associated Press. 1
GLOBE, Aria., May 20. Sidney and
Frank Kichards, aged respectively f and
8 vcars, are tonight somewhoro on the
desert In the vicinity of Rico station on
the Arizona. Eastern railroad. A Kpcclnl I
engine carrying a carload of searchers
and many automobiles left Globe this
evening In an endeavor to llnd thi? young
sters. The little fellow's were members of a
school picnic hold at Itlce today anrl when
tho special train returned they wore not
on board. '
At midnight no trace of the boys hotf
been found, though .a hundred or more
searchers. Including cowboys and tho best
trailers among the Apache Indlnns of
the S:in Carlos reservation, on which the
picnic was held, aue looking for them.
MORE AID FOR FAMINE
SUFFERERS IN CHINA
By Associated Press,
WASHINGTON. May 20. The state de
partment has transmitted to China $1000
ri'c'lved today from the Christian Herald
for the rullif of the Chinos" famlno euf
ferniTx. This makes a total of SH2.000 con
tributed to Die fund of that publication
by more than 2S.000 pcrhonr
Daring Break for Liberty by
Joliet Prisoners Working
' in Quarry.
TERRIFIC STORM AIDS
THE DESPERATE MEN
Two Recaptured as They Were
About to Enter Woods;
Others at Large.
By Associated Press.
JOLT EH, 111., May 20 Six convicts
under sentence from one to, twenty
years escaped from the guard at the
state penitentiary here in the darkness
caused by n sudden storm today. Two
of them were recaptured two hours
later hiding in the woods: Tho other
four, all wearing the gray convict garb,
are being hunted by posses.
Tho men who escaped were:
William Buisch, Winnebago .county,
sentenced in 3911, one to ten years;
confidence game.
R. A. Adlcins, La SaUo couuty, re
ceived in 3910, one to twenty years;
burglary.
Ocorgo Connors, Cook county, rob
bery; indofinitc.
Joseph Folke. Cook county, received
1909. one to ten years.
Ed Miller, Jo Diivics county, burglary
and larceny.
Henry Johnson, Cook county, rob
bery. This afternoon 240 men were at work
in the prison quarry a block from the
prison. They wore marched to and
from the prison under guard.
The storm came up about A o'clock,
suddenly and with unusual sovcrity. The
lines wore formed for tho march to
prison 'ard, but before tho men could
start it became as dark as night.
No count was made of tho prisoners
until the storm had ceased and the
men assembled in tho yard ready to
return to the quarry. Then tho count
showed six missing.
All the prisoners Were lakon to their
cells immediately,' but a complete roll
call was necessary before tho names of
tho missing prisoners could be learned.
By that, time the h.d gained two
hours' start.
Miller, the only one tf the convicts
garbed in stripes, was captured in the
woods by a negro, Joseph Pryor. The,
negro had not hoard of the escape, but
recognized the prison suit and ovcr
powerod Miller after a fight.
Henry Johnson was taken h- Andrew
Saxon "and Henry Dcmniond, railroad
detnutives, just as he was about, to en
ter tho woods. Pryor, marching Miller
into Joliet, his arms bound, met the two
detectives and turned his prisoner over
to them.
The Joliet: police force and most of
the prison guards at once began the
search for tlio others. The men eluded
their pursuers, however, and no trail
of them as yet has been found All
cities within 100 miles were notified.
TRAMP'S PRAYERS FOR .
MERCY ARE UNHEEDED
John Sorkcy, After Confessing Crime, Is
Hanged to Cross on Church In
West Virginia.
I3y Leased Wire to The Tribune.
I BLUEl'MELD, W. Va., May 20. Pray-
I Ing vainly for mercy at the hands of a
determined mob, John Sorkcy. a tramp,
after confessing to having attacked Mrs.
Harvey James, wife of a. miner, was
hanged this morning to the cross on a
little church In tho suburbs of tho city.
It was In the shadow of the church on
which his body was hanged that he lay
in wait for his victim last night. Im
mediately after Mrs. .funics told of the
crime, dogs veto put on the trail and
in a short time Sorkey was run down.
He was taken before his victim and
t when he was Identified confessed the
i crime.
I The sheriff vainly tried to get tho mob
I to give up the criminal. The man's
prayers for mercy were cut short by
! the rope, which had been thrown over
j the cross over the little church.
DEPOSED KING MANUEL
BECOMING ANGLICIZED
Takes Up Sports and Wears n Monocle;
Will Make World Tour After
Coronation.
By Associated Prc3S.
LONDON. May 11 fSunday). Pom
Manuel, the former king of Portugal,
who lost his throne last year, is fast be
coming Anglicized.-
After a short slay with his undo, the
Duke of Orleans, at Wood -Morton, he
took up his residence with his mother.
Qucon Amclle. at Richmond, and around
the exiles there has grown up a small
colony of Portuguese royalists.
Whllo Manuel naturally spends much
of his lime with his . countrymen, his
pleasures are largely those of an 13n
gllshma.n. He is frequently at events
of a sporting nature, but Is particularly
keen on aviation. Like 'his friend, King
Alfonso. Manuel takes part In most out
door sporln. but he Is not as accom
plished a snor,t.man an the Spanish king.
Lately tho exiled king has taken to
wearing a monocle.
Ills friends say lie never expresses a
desire to rotiirn to Lisbon. It Is now
said that after the coronation, which he
will attend "unofficially" as a guest of
King George, Manuel will make a world
tour.
NEW YORK WOMAN LOSES
LIFE IN PACIFIC OCEAN
By Associated Press. '
VICTORIA, Ti. C. May 20. News was
i brought by the Empress of India of the
loss ovorbrjard by the Japanese steamer
Tamba Maru of Mra. X v. Sneed of New
York bctAvcou Shanghai and Mojj.
Mrs. Snci'd was on her way home to
Amerloa with hor huuband and four children
Sail to Vie With Britons
45 5 i & Q
ArmyMenTakeJumpers
j
Eussian Troika for International Horse Show. Mr. Walter Winans, tho Amer
ican Owner, Who Is Seen Riding in the Vehicle, Has tho Only Specimen in
England.
English Horse Show Is Sec
ond in Interest Only to
the Coronation.
KING AND QUEEN
WILL BE PRESENT
American Women Whips
Are Expected to Take
Part in Exhibition
BY HOMER DAVENPORT.
By Leased Wire lo The Tribune.
NEW YORK, May 20. The sailiug
today on the Mlnncton'ka of Major F.
Poltr., Fifteenth cavalry; Captain
Gcorgo Vidmar, Eleventh cavalry; lieu
tenant Gordon Johnston, Seventh cav
alry; Captain Guy V. Henry, Twelfth
cavalry; Lieutenant IL. M. Graham,
Tenth cavalry, and Lieutenant A. R.
Chaffee, Fifteenth cavalry, is a mat
ter of more than usual importance to
army men particularly and to all horso
men of tho country in general. These
officers, who take" with fheni twelve
carefully selected American thorough
breds, 'will officially represent the
United States in the Olympian military
horso show in London in June.
Tho team of horsemen is the first
ever sent by the United States to take
part in the Olympian competitions.
Thev will be pitted against the best of
F.ng'land. Germany, Italy, France, Bel
gium, Austria, Spain, Russia and Nor
way and should they win the honor
would be tremendous.
This is in line with tho policy of tho
war department to devciop a supply of
first-class cavalry horses. No pnrt oi
the army maneuvers in Texas is being
more carefully followed than the work
of the cavalry horses, the army officials
recognizing the importance of having
the very best animals available. In
the same line is the establishment and
strengthening of the government's
breeding farm for Morgan horses in
Vermont.
Plans aro now being discussed for
ono of tho most remarkable tests of
the stamina and general quality of the
different breeds of horses which has
ever been undertaken. It is no less
than a raco to cover more thau o000
miles from coast lo coast, open to all
horsemen and to all breeds of horses.
Such a race would give a decisive
answer to the question as to what breed'
of horses will best slaud the strain
of service conditions in timo of war
for cavalry mounts and -would be of in
estimable 'value to the government in
bri lining. its cavalry to tho highest state
of efficiency so far as its mounts are
concerned.
While (ho plans for the contest are
not far enough advanced to make any
announcement. 1 am confident, they will
be carried lo, completion in good time.
ALL ENGLAND IS
H OR SE SHO W MAD
Special Cable to The Tribune.
LONDON, May -20. Though the au
lobiobile fits best, into the whirl of the
socioty season, tho horse has by no
means' lost the support of British no
tables. Horse racing, a draw to every
class of Britisher, is an ull-the-year
round sport, but hunting is conlinod lo
a few months in winter and early
spring. And when hunting people have
run their last fox In oarth, the owners
of thoroughbreds begin to think of the
international horse show, which now
turns the London conter known as
Olvmpia every Juno into the very hub
of" the social wheel, iust; as the MndiBon
Square show is tho big Now York draw
every winter.
As a matter of fact, as cars got
cheaper enthusiasm for splendid horse
flesh increases, partly because tho
craze is an old tradition of the-titled,
land owning class of England. It may
be said that real knowledge of horses
is limited lo a small circle, but (ho men
composing it are so influential and inde
fatigable that it has become the fash
Continued on Pago Three
totSgi
Arrangements Made by Which
Association Will Hold Its
Property.
TEMPORARY LOAN WILL
TIDE OYER DIFFICULTIES'
Permanent Relief, It Is Stated,
Will Come From New
. York City.
Negotiations which have bcen"on for
several da3ws have been concluded,
whereby tho Y. M. C. A. is to be tided
over the danger point of losing the
valuable property on State and First
South streets. The association is with:
in a week of the last day of the timo
given to redeem the property from the
sheriff's sale of several months ago.
While the arrangement docs not mean
that tho necessary funds have been
raised lo liquidate the indebtedness
against tho association building, which
amounts to nearly $50,000, it is certain
that temporary accommodations have
been gained to tide the association over
to such a" time when , definite arrange
ments, it is asserted', will be made,
leaving no dou.bt as to the association's
holding its property.
The temporary loan, which will .be
used to satisfy thc holders of a judg
ment, was made in New York through
tlio national association. After the
expiration of .this tcmporaiy loan a per
manent loan will bo secured through
New York financial agencies finally
relieving all danger of the homo's being
lost to the local association. The dc
tails'of the loans, the amounts and who
will make the second and permanent
loan have not been given out- How
ever, it is a sett-led fact that the Salt
Jake Y.-vM. O. A. will not be compelled
to abandon its substantial quarters.
Judgment was rendered against the
association six months ago. Under the
.judgment the association had six
mouths in which to redeem tho prop
erty following the sheriff's sale. This
term expires next Saturday. Efforts
were niado to raise the amount needed
for the redemption by popular sub
scription, but this failed to a measure,
although a large part of the amount was
scoured.
AMERICAN DELEGATION
TAKES A LEADING PART
Closlnn Session of General Assembly of
International Institute of
Agriculture,
By Associated Press.
kOmiS. May 'JO. The general assembly
i of tho International Institute of Agricul
ture closed the most successful meeting
In Its history today. -Forty-nine coun
tries wore represented. The American
delegation took a leading part in the dis
cussions and won all the points they
sought.
The assembly decided to request the
governmonts adhering to tlu principles of
the Institution to send to tho Institute
conditions permitting to the principal
crops for the three mouths preceding tho
harvest, and selected tho American sys
tem or "single numerical statement," for
tlH'Ho reports.
The assembly also voted for tho In
auguration of a system of commercial
and price statistics of.CNports and Im
ports, recommended file ; Campbell sys
tem of dry farming, -tint organization of
a permwient commission for the study
of plant diseases and a department of
meteorology which probably will be mod
eled on the American system.
Delegates to the nnsombly appeared
generally to acknowledge that tho united
Slates was further advanced thau any
other country in all thbgs relating lo
agriculture, and llic American delegates
expressed themselves as being impressed
with the thorough and practical work of
the Institute. The next assembly will
be held 'n 1013 I
PETITION ASKS I
F0RJLECT10N I
County Commissioners Re- .
quested to Order Ballot on iH
Liquor Question.
MORE THAN 3000 NAMES H
ATTACHED TO DOCUMENT H
Asserted That Number Repre- jH
sents Forty Per Cent of
County Voters.
Providing a! persons signing a peti- j
tion presented to the county commis-
sioncrs Saturday afternoon aro bona i
fido voters and that other legal tech- F
nicnlitics do not ensue, indications aro K
that there must be called a special elec- jj
tion in Salt Lake county outside of in- f
corporatcd cities and towns to deter- ?
mine whether or not the sale of intoxi- f
eating liquor will bo permitted. A pe-
tition signed by 3470 purported bona,
fide citizens of the county was received
by tho commissioners asking that an
election be called.
It is allcgod, however, ,by some or $
the persons signing .this petition that ,
they were induced to attach their sig-na- !
tures through fraud and misrepresen- J
tation of facts concerning the new law, j
as was set forth in the counter peti- !
tion presentedV to the commissioners on
Friday. This counter petition, which
was for the purpose of asking the com- 2
missioncrs to strike off the names of
the signers from the petition asking ;i
for an election, was signed by 210 citi- jj
zens of the county. ij
Sufficient Signatures Bemain, i
With these names stricken off, how- j
ever, there would still bo sufficient j
signatures on tho petition presented ,
Saturday to require an election. Both J
petition's will be taken up and consid- j
crcd at the regular meeting of tho i
board of county commissioners on Mon- J
day. Members of tho board Saturday I
declined to discuss the matter, it being
stated that there are several points of ''
law involved which will probably result
in a complicated situation. t
Under tho terms of the liquor law. it ii'H
requires 2u per cent of tho bona .fide ) Bl
voters of tho County outsido pf incor- f
novated cities and towns to petition
the count' commissioners for an elec- 5
tion. if such, is to be held. Otherwise 1
the law provides that the county will j
go dry" as a unit. 1
Jt is alleged- in tho counter petition U
filed last Friday by 210 persons, that j
their names were secured on tho rep- M
rcscntatiou that they would have to t1
call an election aud vote dry if thoy '
wished the county to bo dry. In this i
manner they alleged that they wero in- Is
duccd to sign a petition, tho purpose j
, of which really was to defeat thpir j!
own wishes and desires. if
Forty Per Cent Claimed. jj
It is claimed that' tho number of H
names on tho petition presented Satur- t
day represents approximate- 40 per ,
cent of the bona fide citizens of the
couutv outside of incorporated cities
and towns, and even with the names 1
on the counter petition stricken off, j
ther would still be 25 per cent loft, )
which is sufficient, providingr.il of
the names aro in compliance with the 1ttH
legal requirements. j
The petition presented to tho com ill
misioncrs Saturday afternoon is as fol- ; H
lows: 1 ' jH
"We, the undersigned legal voters of 'J
tho count' unit of Salt Lake county.
Utah, as defined by law, respectfully kH
petition to tho .board of county com- ?H
missioncrs that on the last Saturday in v
June, 11)11. an election be held to de- u
tcrmino whether the sale of intoxicat- ll
ing liquors shall be allowed or prohib- (
itcd in the county unit of Salt Lake 3
county, Utah. Each petitioner for him- ',1
self says: 'J. have personally signed l
this petition, and 1113' residence, post- fv'l
office address and voting district are iVI
correctly written after my nnrae," fl
GEORGE B.- COX RETIRES ,
FROM POLITICAL ARENA I
Means It This Time; Announcement
Comes on Eve of Municipal H
Election. 'M
1
By Associated. Press,
CINCINNATI. May 'JO. In an official j
statement which will bo published to- jH
morrow morning George B. Cox an-
uouuecs his retirement from politics. Ho
says In part; H
"I lake this opportunity to announce ;
publiclv my withdrawal from active poll- 'H
tics. 1 have faithfully served the people
through the Republican parly for twenty-
six years. Henceforth I shall devote my- tl
self" to business and my own comfort." l
On two previous occasions, at least. Mr. j
Cox linn made similar announcements, .
but subsequently returned to the lead- J H
crshlp of his party. When questioned
on this point he said: .
"Other announcements of my retire- L
mcnl were made In absolute good faith t'l'IBH
In so far as I myself was concerned. On r
both occasions political exigencies, dr- l
enmstanecs over which I had no control,
compelled me to reassumc a eadorshlp ,
which 1 would gladly have laid down on U
those occasions." ii
The retirement of Mr. Cox a few J
mouths In advance of an Important lm-
pending- municipal election will uudoubt- f H
edlv caufo a. great scurrying about In rtJH
the Republican party. fl
KILLS HIMSELF AFTER !!
FORTY YEARS SERVICE j
By Associated Press. 't'l
NEW ORLEANS, .May 21). Following Iff
an lllnecs of several months. Thomas I
O'Connor, for forty years chief of the II
New Orleans tire department, tired a bid-
let Into his bruin today, dying a few '
minutes later. He was 72 years old.
Mr. O'Connor wns the oldest lire chief
In tho United States, both in point of 'H
service and age. He became head of 1 -
the New Orleans fire department In tho '
spring of 1S(I0 and had served In that .H
capacity ever since.
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