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I SECRETARY OF eOLDEH I SjjjTE Joint Legislative Committee Ef' Files Report Charging Frank C. Jordan With Malfeas ance in Office. H ACCUSED DECLARES NO H WRONG COMMITTED H He Adds That the State Has Not Been Deprived of a H Dollar to Which It Is H Entitled. SACRAMENTO. CaJ.. May 10 Frank C Jordan, secretary of stato of California, is unanimously charged with malfeasance in office by the joint; leg islativo cominittoo which recently in oslipated the payment of fees into his department, and in its report to the legislature this morning the committee recommends that the case bo turned over to the attorney general. The collection of monoy for copies of automobile registrations" furnished to insurance companies and others during the time Jordan has been at the bond o the department is the basis of the finding against him. According to the report, the invosti fation brought out the fact--that at least $7700 was collected in this man ncr during the first sixteen months of Jordan's incumbency and that none of it was turned into the state treasury, where it properly should have gone. Details Set Forth. fl ' Kvei-y detail . of the business of supplying automobile registrations Is set forth In the commltteo re port, which declares that Mrs. Anita A. Ilrewer. stenographer In Hccictary Jordan's office, nold carbon ropien of dally reports she. mado on bc half of the secretary of state to the stato controller and that tho practice was car ilel i.n "with the knowledge and con .vent of Fr.iti Ir C. Jordan, who, In some instances, solicited certain persons or corporations to purchase said reports." The Infonu'jtlou furnished In this way. t'li.- icport says, was valuable to those uho were willing to pay for It. (only . when obtained on the day that the ap- plication for motor licenses were tiled, nvd It Id charged that the original rcc oids were taken by Mrs. Brewer Into tho private office of Secretary Jordan on tho day th'.il they were filed In order that cite public might not sec them. Like condlllons were found to obtain In the branch office of the registration i urean In Los Angeles, conducted, by Jordan's son. Frank M. Jordan, .where approximately $2100 was collected in a .similar manner. Report lo Be Printed. Tho report was ordered printed in the journals of the scnato and assera Hj blv and will be considered Mouda.'. Hj "Lato today the board of control, Hl which also made an investigation into the affair of Secretary Jordan's office, reported its findings to the govornor. Secret ar Jordan said: - J do not fear the outcome. Tho testimony docs not warrant the conclusions of tho committee and statements made in the report aro not warranted by tho records. I know' that I have dono notk ing wrong. I know that the stato lias not been deprived of a dollar to which it was entitled. Yhat I havo permitted was permitted by in predecessor for seven yearsaud is permitted practical!' and right fully in every public officein tho Control Board's Report. The state board of control, which In j stltutcd an Investigation Into the affairs of Secretary of State Jordan's office be fore the. legislative committee took up Its work, submitted Us report late today to Governor Johnson. Substantially, the findings of the board of control arc similar to those of the log Islatlve cnmmlttcc, except that tho board openly charges Jordan with profiting dl . rectly through the sale of records. The report says: "The opinion of the board, based on H tho evidence. Is that every dollar of the profit secured front the traffic In public records found Its way into the pocket of 1 Mr. Jordan and was used by him for his personal benefit." I MONUMENT UNVEILED IN HONOR OF SCHURZ NEW YORK, May 10. A. bronze me morial monument to Carl Schurz was unveiled on Morninpside drive today in the presence of many distinguished German and American citizens and members of the family of the former cabinet officer and first German-born citizen to enter the United State sen ate. Count von "Bcrnstorff, the German em bassador; Joseph II. Choato. former em bassador to Great Britain; Mayor Gay nor and other cilv officials, and Repre sentative Bartholdt of Missouri were among those who addressed a large throng gathered at the monument's base and reviewed a military wirade in which army and navy and "slate wore represented. I, THREE PERSONS MEET DEATH IN EXPLOSION By International News Sorvlco. UNTONTOWX. Pn.. May 10. Three pnrons were hilled and fifty injured when weral tone of dvnamito exploded in a storehouse at tho 8nnhine miuo No. 3 at Mnsontown. near here, today. A number of tho injured will dio. The cause of the explosion has not boon de termined. It is thought to havo oc- ' cufrcd -whilo boxes of mvoder wore be ing placed in tho storehouse. . The con cussion was so grent that three cars of merchandise Tvoro lifted from the , track and thrown through tho com pany tore. The store was crowded with men making nurchajs- for Sunday and it was here that the majority wore injured. Exhibits to Be Free. WASHINGTON. May 10. A. bill pro H !dlng for the admission to the United States free of duty, exhibits at tho San B Diego Panama-Pacific exposition in H 1915, was paaaed today by tho house. Woman Detective Is Out Terror of Lawbreakers MRS. SARAH W. H. CHRISTOPHER. Civil Service Rules Compel Her to Retire After Many Achievements. By International News Service. N'EW YORK. May 10. Through the promulgation of the civil service list of applicants who havo qualified for places as permanent inspectors In tho New York Fire Prevention bureau, Mrs. Sarah W. II. Christopher, who has been doing wonderful work as temporary fire Inspector since last September, was forced from her po sition. During her service in the capacity of "flro detective." Mrs. Christopher was Instrumental In collecting ?3000 In fines and helped make the "anti smoke law" a success. Mrs. Chris topher was a terror to men who violated the anti-smoking ordinance In factories. Flood and Flame By ELBERT HUBBARD. WHEN death and disaster, in the form of flood and fire, swept Dayton, John H. Patterson arose with tho tide to the level of events. Itesponsibilitios gravitate to the men who can shoulder them, and dire diffi culties aro taken caro of by men who know how. Patterson is tho man, more than any other, who brought cosmos out of chaos. When the flood wrs rising and no body know wh.t tho result would bo, John H. Patterson began to wire for motor boats. Ho did not ask, he do rnanded. And tho motor boatB came. Patterson took all the carpenters from the National Cash Register 'ISO skilled woodworkers and sot them to work making flatboats. Tho entire forco of tho great insti tution -was at the disposal of tho peo ple who needed help. And not a man or a woman was docked or dropped from tho payroll. Everybody had timo and a third. As for John H. Patterson himself, ho worked in three shifts of eight hours each; and for forty-oight hours ho practically neither elept nor ate. And then-, by way of rest, ho took a Turk iah bath and a horseback rido, and forty winks, and was again on tho job this man of 70, who hns known how to brcatho and how to think and who carries with him tho body of a wrest ler and tho lavish heart of youth! And yot I am ashamed to sav It. but I must, for what la the need of writlnir this, anyway, if thoro is no moral in If And yot. If the government of the "United States of America had had Its way, John i H. Patterson would not have been allowed to take charge of tho rescuo work, got ten families together, fought flame and flood and lator foucrht disease In a thou sand threatening forms. No. If this government under which we live had had Its way John H. Patter son would have been locked in a cell In tho county jail at Troy, O. Is that the best way to utilize strong men? Tho man is out on ball, on legal suf ferance In, 000 ball the price on the head of a hero. I was going to say that I wished that John H. Patterson had been dumped Into the roaring Hood from tho deck of one of his Improvised rafts, gone down Into the dirty, yellow waters, pushing ubove his head as he sunk for the third time nushlng abovo his head some llttlo girl Into the hands of Us mothur. This would have boon n fitting end. The men wTio live as saviors of the world are those who havo had the good luck to die at the right time and In the right way. Tho hemlock, tho cross, the noose and tho knife are all sacred to the memory of heroes. Here's to L.enoIdas nt the bridge, with his body full of spearheads, trampled on by the mob until his flesh was ground into the mire. Here's to Galileo, who said, "It moves, Just tho same." Here's to Jim Bludsoe, who held her nose to tho bank until every galoot was ashore. Here's to tho band on tho Titanic, that played In water waist deep. Herd's to Nathan Halo, for the rope that tightened and cut oft his breath did not destroy his soul. Here's to old John Brown In tho round houso at Harper's Ferry, fighting against Insurmountable odds. Here's to the last of the Old Guard at Waterloo, who, having fired the last round of his ammunition, stood with broken sword in hand and hurled at the enemy the only weapon ho had to offer a word unprintable. So my heart goes out to the mon who are men when emergency calls men Ilko John Jacob Astor, Archie Butt, George B. Hnrrls. Charles Melville Havs faulty men, of course, for didn't Sheridan swear like a pfroto until streaks of profanity trailed tho air on that ride to "Win chester at tho break of day? Grant drank whisky? Sure. But he did something else. The question still Is: Can we afford to destroy men of Initiative? There is plenty of precedent for It. God knows. History Is only the record of abuses and tyrannies and misunder standings and rjunlshments. So hcre'3 to John H. Patterson and tho county Jail at Troy, O. If the covern rncnt sends him there, It should, he a place for pllcrlmoge. We will all ho dead day after tomor row, and only those will live enshrined In human hearts who have been able to rise to the level of events when tho floods of dlsnstflr enmo and the flames shot their lurid tongues athwart the sky. To Honor Mothers. WASHINGTON'. Mny 10 MothrV rliy ttm of flrMlly rrrocnlzod h7 tho Iioti today In a rt o lutlnn CAlllnif upon the preIl-nt. his r.nblnrt, Bonitor. renrctAntitlvrs And oihcr fwlcril off I-rlnl-l lo wear ft white flower toniorrotr "im k M:n ot our lov inil reverence for our moth-tir." I Thj resolution wiw prcpoctnl by Sir. Heflln nnd idopleil TTlthout rictiftto. . i A SPECIAJj MEETIXG OF THE STOCK- j holders of tho Clark Metal Tie & Rail Co. will be held nt the company's office. J 325 Kearns building, on Saturdav May? 24th. at 2 o'clock p. m., for the election; of a board of directors and for the trans action of such other business ns may pronerly come bforo th moetlnrr. (Signed) JOHN W. CLAP.K, JR.. President Attest: H. Ij. Cummincs. Secretary. Salt Lake City. May 10th, 1918 bl525 CBEICY QUESTION UP FOR DlSiUj i i President Wilson Holds a Conference With Chairman , Underwood. EARLY ACTION DESIRED Banking and Currency Com mittee Has Virtually Been Agreed Upon, WASHINGTON, May 10. President Wilson today discussed with Chairman Underwood of the ways and means com mittee and majority loador of tho houso tho general situation in congress and tho prospbets for currenc.3' legislation, which tho president is anxious to havo considered and passed at tho presont session if possible. Tho president was pa-rti' inter ested in tho organizational the com mittees of tho house. Ho was anxious to Jcarn tho complexion of tho Demo cratic sido of tho banking and cur rency committee, which tho wa's and moans conimittco, acting as a commifc teo on committees for tho Democratic caucus, is now propariug to select. Mr. Undorwood told tho president that Itoprcsentative Carter Glass of Vir ginia, ranking remaining member of tho banking and currenc3" committee of tho last houso, would bo selected as chair man. Representative Glass was chair man of tho sub-committee on, banking and currency which made an oxtensivo investigation last session of currency reform measures, with particular atten tion to tho so-called "Aldrich currency plan" indorsed by tho national mono- Attitude of President. tary commission. Tho president believes the makeup of the houso banking and currency commit tee should bo finally decided upon as soon as possible, in order that the mem bers may begin work on a currency bill to be brought in soon after the house resumes activo sessions earh' in Juno. Tho banking and currency commit tee has been ten tali vely selected by Mr. Underwood' "and his colleagues ot the ways and means committoe, but tho names aro subject to shifting boforo being finally anuounocd. As now shappd the members who wcro on the commit tee in tho last congress wil'l remain: .Representatives Glass of Virginia, chairman; Korbloy of Tiuliana-. Bu'lkoley of Ohio. Noeley of Kauas. Byrnes of South Carolina. Brown of "Wost Vir ginia and possibly Stevens of Mississip pi. Democrats, and Hayes of California and Guernsey of Maine, Republicans. Representative Talbot of Maryland prefers to remain on tho naval af-fairs rather than sacrifice that assignment for a place on the banking and cur rency, and Taylor of Alabama prefers tho rivers and harbors committee, while Stevens of Mississippi is said to bo slated for a place on the good roads committee. Petition for Caucus. A petition for a call for an oarly caucus of tho house Democrats to creato tho good roaus committee was circu lated in the houso today, Tho final approval of tho new men on the banking and currency committee will not be vouchsafed, it is understood, until their currency reform views are mado clear, the object of the leaders being to secure as effective currency re form legislation in tho houso as quickly as possible. There will not bo many changes in the important chairmanships in the house though thoro will havo to 'bo now heads of the agricultural, for which Lo ver of South Carolina is slated and for immigration in tho event Burnett of Alabama elects to change to tho public buildings and grounds. Tke Drug Habit. THE injurious and demoralizing habit of taking certain drugs, in order to produco pleas urable sensations, appears to be on the increase. Ouo has only to no tice the number of advertisements of institutions and romcdics for the cure of the habit, both in tho medicnl and lay press, to realizo how widespread it is. The con firmed drug-taker is nioro often a woman than a man, and generally a woman of nourotic temporamont. In the daily papers ono reads from timo to time of wealthy worn on of good social position brought boforo tho magistrates charged with objectless thefts and other misdemeanors. When theso casos aro examined, it is usually found that the woman has been addicted to tho drug habit in somo form. In the divorce courts, too, it now and then comes out, in tho course of a trial, that all was woll and happy until the woman began to take drugs, The drugs abused in this way aro opium in various forms, morphia, chloral, and co caine. Theso aro all most valuable drugs when used for tho legitimato relief of pain and disease. The usual history is, that having takon tho drug in ho first instance as a medicine, and having found that relief from pain followed its u&c. tho unsuspecting woman kccp3 it for all emergencies, whether suit able or not, and by dogrces, as its fascination becomes stronger for hort she "mnkes every trifling pain or imaginary worry "an excuse for a dose, until the time arrives when she ceases to make any excuse, and becomes that pitiable creature, tho drug-slave. The alcohol habit is degrading enough. The spectacle of a drunken woman "is loath some; but the morphia or cocaine habit is worse, if possible, and j nioro insidious. Tho medicinal dose I is gradually increased, until tho amouut tolerated by the habitue ; would bo fatal to a normal indi vidnal; but tho risk of an over dose i3 always presont, and death is due in a number of casos to an overdose of cocaine or chloral, or whatever the particular drug may be. The continuous abu3o of theso drugs is, in time, ruinous morally nnd mentally, as woll as physically. It gives riso to disorders of tho circulation, of the digestion, and of tho nervous system. Constipation RftTES 01 LOIS TEND TO IIUSE LOCALLY i 1 Financiers Say Condition Will Exist Until Tariff Matters Are Settled. Although domands havo been strong for all kinds of industrial and commer cial activities during tho past week, closeness in money matters and a de cided toudoncy towards an increase in rates has been noted in local financo. Thoso who aro host informed aro in clined to think conditions aro duo pri marily to tariff agitation, and that they "will continuo as at present until tho tariff bill now boforo congress is definitely settled.. Tho actions re cently takon by la"bor unions in mak ing demands for increcased wagos and tho lack of necessary rainfall also act as a general local drawbek. A source of suppl' which has helped, tho fund for ccdinary requirements of local results, with all its attendant. Ills; thero is loss of appotito and defec tive nutrition, which, in timo re acts on the appearance. Thero is omaciation, or soniotiracB flabbhioss; tho face becomes wrinkled, parchmont-likc and dull; tho oyes lustorlcss and sunken. Tho nor vous symptoms aro various. At first, depression, insomnia unnat ural oxcitomcnt, attacks ot nerves; thon eccentric, behavior, and finally mania and suicide. It takes sorne time, longer or shortor according to the suscepti bilities of the individual, and tho amount of indulgence boforo tho final stages are reached, or ooforo symptoms develop, which arouso the suspicions of the unhappy wom an's friends. Women who tako drugs solely for gratification Hko to .enjoy the effects alono, and thoso who tako a doso or infec tion, as a pfek-me-up before making any special offort, proi'or to do so unseen. This inclination to socro c' and deceit bogina almost at once, and increases with tho dose. Tho victim sometimos develops a most extraordinary cunning and in vention in procuring and secreting (ho drncr. in spito of all precautions, and will deny brazenly that she takes anything, so that tho habit is well-established beforo hor friends suspect tho cause of her ill health. Wbon well established, aclf-curc is impossible, liven when the victim doclares she is willing to bo cured, sho is probnbty taking tho drug steadily. Sho must bo removed from lier home, and un dergo a special treatment under skilled and constant supervision. In the. beginning, the exerciso of the will, and of solf-control will suffice to check tho tendency. Tho wisest course is to leave such dan gerous( drugs alono, unless prop erly proscribed for a special pur pose; and to beware of recommend ing such romcdics to others. trado and which has not as yet beon forthcoming, is the salo of tho bull: ot tho wool clip and tho deposit ot the money in local institutions. Very lit tle wool has as yet been 3old, ami tliat disposed of has boon at a low figuro, which naturally acts as a burden on tho banks rather than a relief of the sit uation, inasmuch as woolmon are com pelled lo borrow from tho banking in stitutions to pay expenses of shearing and other incidentals. In this wcqk's trade and finance lotter Henry Clews pf Wall street says: Tho process of readjustment and liquidation iu the stock market still goes on, the growth of the short interest being tho priucipcal source of occasional recoveries. Condi tions in tho money market aro still unsatisfactory. On tho sUrfaco rates aro easy nnd loanable .funds fairly abundant, and aro likely to continuo until tho fall when crop and tradu demands again assort themselves, but so far as invest ments are concerned tho reverse is true. . Tho throo great nations of tho world tho United States, GermaTvy and England havo "boon investing enormous sums of moncv during tho last few years, and though tho supply of money has by no moans been exhausted, it hnH consequent ly diminished it greatly. Intcrost ' rates on permanent investments havo increased in tho past three or four ycarB 25 or 30 per cont, such a change necessainly naving a marked effect upon values. Tho partial oxhaustion of the supply of capital or tho ailvance In intorost ratos moans the postpone ment of many loans and issues which will necessarily cnuso delay in a. number of now enterprises. As tho demand for constructive matorials "will bo noticeably' af fected by tho dolay, a general slowing down of business will en sue ana will, in course of timo, les son tho demand for labor. Optiuiistio conditions aro Teportod by tho local hardware trado, tho sot tied, warm weather having boon the causo of considerable activity. The current mouth shows a percoptiblo in crease over the corresponding month in 1912, although collections are unsatis factory. A. ste'adily good business is re ported by tho lumber trade, the lumber going out being mostly for now build ings and general construction, strikes not having as yot affected this branch of tho trade. A fair trado, with calls for ratines, poplins and plain and fancy voilos is roportod by the local wholesale dry goods market. Job bers Bay that importers aro not agreed as to the tariff outcorno, aomo believ ing that American mills can- compete with European mills. Extra fino fa brics, such as crepes, voilos, fancy dob by or box crepes aro reported as boin very active, silks soiling above the normal this season. Department store managers claim that although business is not as activo as could bo desired, it is fairly good. Silk crepes and brocades are in great demand, Persians, chnrmouso and mos salines in plain goods being anion c the leaders for tho coming season. Gen erally speaking, the local dry goods trado compares favorably witi that of tho same month Inst year. Alanson D. Brown Dead. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. May 10. Alan son D. Brown, 60 ycar3 old, a millionaire manufacturer of St. Louis, died today after an Illness of sovoral weeks. Mr. Brown suffered from leuohaomla, a rare Incurable disease. IN THE DISTmCTW . Lake county. bLh L0.U5Vr (yH , & division 'tho ,?f UtatfWf of B,,am A fee? U " 1 Under authority tt l!f thet(probat? Joiirt f SMtlifcHJI estate, will t YftVJW Inn implements. xfijMMffi the .MOuthwcstrtJypBB quarter of section hir.- 'He ?ouih..a:it quarter of' feSBE tur (if section fourteen ivujHHfi the northeast quartVlVywHH beslnniwr nt the northK thi. northeast quarts !rMEI and runn up; thence fourteen and tw? ffib thounndtha UU.28G1 ?2?red E ! fifty-six (56) rods? ticn1?'!- "SB I four and two hutidnvi 5i0rB sandths (H.fcsr) rodK twonty-four (24) roda- tl' tb (10) rods; tlUco UJ SftBK to tho Place of bSnS&frJBfc about forty-six (4fi TnSVoMfc township two (2) 3on.h5'IMSfe cast. Salt Lake merffi. ""SH' n Tho sale will be n m u ' . - 22 1013, and bids w i bKB& at the office of Stcnh. iSB1 " tor. 140G-10 Walkw & UiK A Lalco City. Utah k buIB. rms of'the Eai,, utJmM Not lesa than one-thrrS 4HH balance secured by ifM mortgage running not fo.!SI Dated May g, igi3. wH Administratrix of thaH A. Green, deceased. Synopsis of the annual ststiJP' year ending Docerabei JlIHl of tho condition ot MKt Aegis Life Insuranct'HB The name and iSaUon' ot tbBP Name of president, vr wniET Namo offset-rotary, J. F. vffiB? ' The amount of Its assets' Yt l. W Tho amount of Its HabllltlM ' ;B (Including capital) is - 'iHi The amount of Its Inwmi vBM during tho preceding , XHi c-ndar yoir tB Tho amount of Its di'sbursU -'?K? rnents during the preesdhTc calendar year 6 Km Tho amount of losses aii'il tK( dowments paid durltie tha preceding calendar year 'HtlT' (Included In foregoing Item) .. 9 VK. The amount of rlsk3 wrlttVa" 'B during the year .IM'iRi. The amount of risks In forco B, ' at thu end of the yoar tijft'g( f Stato of Utah, Office of the Ccm'oiB of Insurance ss, llff I, "Wlllard Done. comralasIontrflJB ance of the slate of Utah, dVHf r certify that the above vmti laHm company has tiled In my offlcJMr tailed statement of Its condltinjV- which the foregoing statement tZK " prepared, and that the said ctotH'L In all other respects complIcdBtl8 laws of the stato relating to IsVfc In testimony wlfereof, I h&ve"'5Bl7i set my hand and affixed the wtHf' Insurance department, this !t.Bfcii (Seal")' WILLARD. Dd'Hxi