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H "'WEAHER FORS ' j U Quite often the most mterestlnc
Fiftieth Year-No; 108. " OGDEN CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1920. PRICE, FIVE CENT3 H
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I William R. Hearst Urges Re
duction in Size of All I
Dailies j
FRANK A. MUNSEY j
GIVES HIS VIEWS
Says Sunday Journals Should!
Be No Larger Than on
Other Days j
WASHINGTON", May 1. Five and I
even 10-cent daily newspapers were
predicted J.oday by Frank A. Munsey,
New York publisher. Appearing before
the senate committee investigating the
news print paper shortage he urged
drastic reduction In the use of news I
print and governmental regulation!
both of the paper and the wood pulp j
William Randolph Hearst, another
New York publisher, in a letter to the
committee, advocated a 20 or 25 per
cunt-cut in the size of newspapers, but
said he believed the time for govern
mental regulation had passed. Mr.
Hearst urged that publishers double
both advertising and circulating rates,
saying such action would automatical
ly cut down the. size and number of
copies without reducing revenue;
Not For Government.
The government could not reduce
news print consumption by regulating
the number of pages of papers admit
ted to the mails, Mr. Munsey told the
committee because none of the large
city dailies rely for their revenue on
mall circulation.
Both publishers agreed that the Sun
day editions of the papers'wero Impor
tant factors in the situation. Mr.
Munsey advocated regulations limiting. ,
the- Sunday edition tfrtlld size' of the
week day Issue "not more than 2-1
' Hearst Cuts Size.
Mr; Hearst wrote that he .had cut
xhe-slzo ofhis papers 20 and '25 per
cont without' adversely affecting his
revenue or causing complaint from
subscribers.
Chairman Reed announced that a
number of paper brokers would appear
before the committee Monday. Ke read
a telegram from T. R. Williams, Pitts
burg, president of the American News
nnnpr PiihlJsVif-.rs nKsnmntfnn. savinn
I he could net appear before the com-1
mittee in his official capacity because
the association had decided to take
no part in the congressional investi
Cause of Trouble.
The fundamental cause of newspaper
recklessness in the use of print pa
per, Mr, Hearst said, is that publish
ers conduct their newspapers on the
ygQ basis of high print paper and the cheap
dollar exlstiug today.
Senator Underwood's resolution, au
thorizing a commission to confer with
the Canadian government regarding
existing embargoes on wood pulp ship
ments to the United States, was or
dered favorably reported today by the
houso foreign affairs committee. Un
der a committee amendment the com
mission would report to President Wil
son instead of congress,
I CUT WAR ACTIVITIES j
TO REDUCE EXPENSE!
WASHINGTON, May Nl. Approxl-j
I mately $1,500,000,000 has been saved
for 1021, Chairman Good of the ap
propriation committee today told the
: The reduction v'Ul net rovont the
1 "healthful and vigorous functioning
of every needed government activity,"
ho said, however, that they did mean
retrenchment.
"It will mean the cutting of certain
war activities that ought to have been
eliminated long ago," said thof chair-
I TRY TO BUY ARMS; ,
f0 MEXICANS ARRESTED
ST. LOUIS, May 1. Two Mexicans
who wero under arrest hero on sus
picion of having attempted to purchase
arms for the antl-Carranza. forces,
wore rolcased this afternoon on orders
from tho department of Justice.
Government officials, after ' ques
tioning the men reported thero was no
reason for holding- them.
Tho men said they were Manuel
M .Prieto, former mayor of Juarez,
and Raymond It. Morfln, of El Paso.
Prieto, according to police, admitted
ho had attempted to purchase arms
and.ammuiiillon for the armies revolt
ing against, tho Carranza government.
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H PLUMBERS REFUSE
H $8.50 DAILY WAGE
CEDAR RAPIDS, la.. May 1. Re
mr using to accept a wage scale of $8.50
a day, fifty union plumbers went on
strike here this morning. The mun
have, boen receiving ?7' per dav and
H demand
ORGANIZED LABOR SUPPORTS REBELS I
9 9 . . BP y 9" W
LIVES AS MODEL
HUBBY TO PAIR
OF HAPPY-WIVES
MILWAUKEE, May 1. Har
old Morau, a railroad engineer,
has lived a dual life for three
years, having1 two wives and
two homes in Milwaukee which
he maintained and shared on al
ternate days, it developed in
district court today where he
was brought on a bigamy
charge. Moran's case was con
tinued to May 7 and he was held
in bond for $1000.
The , charge of bigamy was
preferred by Anna Hoffman
Moran, 23, who is wife No. 2.
She is also suing for annulment
of her marriage performed on
October 20, 1917. Wife No. 1
is Fannie Vandrase Moran, who
was married November 16, 1909.
For two weeks the two
women have been comparing"
notes. The little circumstances
of mystery in the married life
of each one which their fond
"husband" so glibly solved for
them unsuspecting have now
dovetailed into a straight intel
ligible story of "why and
show;"'- Moran's explanation' to
each Was that on alternate
nights he was forced to "lay
over" in Chicago.
The alleged bigamist seems to
have been model husband in
both cases. Each woman had a
good home. Each loved her hus
band. Neither suspected thatr
another woman was sharing her
place until a short time ago.
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California Doesn't Know
Which Favorite Son She 1
Will Support
SAN FANCISCO, May 1. Final ap
peals to California voters, who will de
cide Tuesday whether tho slate's del-1
cgation to the Republican national
committee shall bo pledged to Sena-!
tor Hiram W. Johnson of San Fran
cisco, or Herbert Hoover of Palo Alto,
are made by their respective support
ers LOUISVILLE, Ky May 1. Returns
received late tonight from 94 out of
the 120 counties in Kentucky, in which
conventions were held today to elect
delegates to tho Democratic state con-j
vention to be held hero May -i, showed)
1,187 delegates had ben instructed fori
Gov. James M. Cox, of Ohio, for the j
Doftiocnltic presidential nomination. '
Uninstructed delegates totalled 1,080'
Fifty-seven counties instructed for
Gov. Cox, while 37 voted for unin-j
slructed delegates. ;
HELENA, Mont., May 1. The state '
board of canvassers after completing
the canvass of returns from fifteen
counties in Montana's presidential
preference primary held April 23, an
nounced tonight that Senator Hiram
W. Johnson was loading Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood by 1,192 votes and
that Gov. Frank O. Lowden stood
third; Herbert Hoover fourth and Sen
ator Warren G. Harding fifth.
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DETECTIVE IS GIVEN
LETTER OF WARNING
SPOKANE, Wash., May . A letter
signed with a skull and cross bones
and the "committee" was received
hero today by T. T. Mitchell, city de
tective, 'who has testified in several
parts of the slate in cases against al
leged Industrial Workers of the
World.
The letter was headed "May Day
warning.",, it read: "I give you fair
warning. Don't mnko any more wob
trips. You are wise and better lay
off for we got your number."
Detective Mitchell said ho intended
to go to Pasco and Walla Walla next
wek to testify in 1. W. W. cases.
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ATLANTIC FLEET
IITHOSI
Officers and Sun Tanned Gobs
Rush Ashore for Little
j Vacation
' SECRETARY DANIELS
j TALKS BY WIRELESS
j Admiral Wilson Praises Men.
! for Success Gained Under I
I Difficulties
j NEW YORK, May 1. Headed bl
ithe flagship Pennsylvania, with the
broad blue flag of the secretary of the
'navy flying at the main masthead,
, nearly three score ships of the At)an-
j tic fleet dropped anchor In the Hud
I son river today, home from three J
months of drills and maneuvers in Cu-
ban waters. j
I Eight great superdreadnaughts and
ja swarm of swift destroyers rode
sleepily at their moorings tonight, fair
ily filling the river anchorage for
j miles; but more than half of the, offi
cers and of the sunburiey-pungters
I of-the" crews went ashore, epjo'ying 45?
i hours of well earned liberty,
j Daniels On' Board.
I When the fleet steamed in past Am
j brose light early in the morning the
J Pennsylvania carried the three highest
officials of the naval service. Besides
1 Secretary Daniels, who boarded thej
j ship off the Virginia capes yesterday
(morning for the last lap of tho home
1 ward cruise, Admiral Koontz, chief of
J naval operations, was a guest of Ad-j
miral Wilson, commanding the Atlan
tic fleet, and senior sea commander of
the navy Mr. Daniels and Admiral
Koontz stood with Admiral Wilson on
the flag bridge as the great sea force
1 made its stately progress through the
crowded harbor and river to its an
chorage. 1 Speaks By Wireless.
I On the way up the harbor, Mr. Dan
iels spoke by radio telephone to a
crowd gathered in Times square
I where amplifiers had been set up. At
(first, constant interference by amateur
j wireless operators broke up the novel
greeting from fleet to city, but ulti
mately navy radio experts made good
1 their promise and the secretary's
, words wero plainly audible in tne
square, while he was still on the mov
ing ship down the river.
In a statement regarding the work
of the fleet during the winter, Admiral
Wilson said he felt that much of value
had been accomplished.
Many Difficulties.
"Officers- and men," he said, "were
confrontod with many difficulties not
I usually met. An unusually large pro
portion of the crews wero compara
tively untrained and to carry on the
work of the ships and the fleet and to
train these men brought an excessive
amount of work upon the officers and
the older men.
"It is with pride that tho commander-in-chief
looks upon the results ob
tained by the earnest, conscientious
efforts of these officers and older men,
as well as upon the spirit with which
tho new men have entered upon their
duties.
"The target practice was, in most
respects, all that could be expected un
der theso conditions. The stenmlng
I trials nave resulted In steady improve
:inent in the ability of the ships to
I steam."
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LLOYD GEORGE ILL;
ORDERED TO BED
LONDON, May 1. Promior Lloyd
Goorgo has been ordered by hl8 phy
sicians to remain In bed for a few
days becauso of what Is described as
a mild attack of bronchitis and fa
tlguo from his San Remo activities.
The prcmlcr'3 indisposition first be
came noticeable at yesterday's Irish
conference at tho conclusion of which
ho cancelled his appointment to visit
tho king last night at Windsor Castle.
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PROHIBITION AGENT
NAMED FOR WEST
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1. W. J,'
Jordan, of San Francisco, was named
today as acting federal supervising
prohibition agentfo r California, Ari
zona, Oregon and Washington, W. A.
Kelly, tho retiring v agent, today as
sumed his duties as Internal revenue
collector for the district of Nevada,
Jordan was a clerk In Kelly's office
hero.
PRESIDENT CARRANZA
-BALKS WHEN ADVISED ,
TO RESIGN POSITION
MJEIELS
Executive Refuses to Listen to
Lengthy Arguments of
His Generals
FEDERAL GARRISONS
REPORTED IN REVOLT
Compan' Which Stays Loyal
Is Arrested Intact by
Revolutionists
WASHINGTON, May 1, President
Carranza was-udvlscdh'by hta generals
at a confcrcrico iteld ti,-fcw flays aw
to resign In favor ot a president ad
Interim whom ho or congress should
appoint, according to dispatches reach
ing Washington tonight through offi
cial channels.' Carranza refused to ac
cept tho recommendation! the dis
patches said, but agreed to the with
drawal of the presidential candidacy
of Ygnacio Bonillas, ambassador to
the United SUtes, and to the sending
of a commission to,negotiate with the
revolutionists.
Arguments Advanced
The conference, which was partl-
Cinatfid in hv nil tlm frvnr.ivi Ic Iti tlm
vicinity of the capitol and by acting
Minister of War Urquizo, the advices
said, was -called by direction of Car
ranza to discuss the situation growing
out of the secession of Sonora. Lengthy
arguments for Carranza resignation
were presented by some of the officers
it is said, one of tho chief arguments
being that surrender of tho presidency
by Carranza would eliminate any
danger of Intervention by the United
States in Mexican affairs.
Tho names Of the generals taking
part In tho conference wero not given
In tho dispatches.
Federal garrisons at Parrak, Jlml
nez and Camargo, in southern Chi
huahua, have revolted and Joined tho
revolution, according to a telegram
tonight from tho general headquarters
of tho rebel army to Sonora agents
here. The defecting forces, tho mes
sago said, included G.000 to 7,000 In
fantry and cavalry, 100 machine guns
and 14 cannon of various calibres.
The C2nd Infantry battalion at Chi
huahua refused to Join the movement,
tho message said, and was thereupon
attaclced by the other units and "was
captured and Imprisoned intact.
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Labor in Mexico
Joins Revolutionists
AGUA PR I ETA, Sonora, Mexico.,
May 1. Organized labor throughout
Mexico has cast Its lot with the revo
lutionisis, according to a statement re
ceived from Sonora military author
ities tonight.
Already 6,500 armed workingmcn
have joined thenew movement and it
was expected that within two months
the number would be increased to
15,000.
It was intimated at military head
quarters hero that official confirma
tory delnils of the labor revolutionary
movement would be available in a day
jor two. Revolutionary leaders here
emphasized the fact that the decision
of tho worklngmen of Mexico to join
tho antl-Carranba forces was not part
of any May dny demonstration, but
that it was the result of a seasoned
plan to obtain greater liberties for the
people.
Few Developments.
There wero few other military de
velopments received today by General
P, Ellas Calles, commander of tho rev
olutionary army of the northwest.
It was reported thaht General An
gel Flores, commander of tho first di
vision of tho revolutionary army of the
northwest, had reached La Cruz, Sina
loa, in his march to the seaport of Ma
zatlan. While developments in Juarez, Chi
huahua, were being watched vith in
terest, no nows that the garrison
there had definitely joined tho revo
lutionists had been received here at ff
late hour tonight. ,
I REFUSES TO QUIT I
,
V OAr ran, Z'A
!F SLAIN lilFEi
Los Angeles Officers Will Test!
Story of Murder on !
u I
noneymoon
LOS ANGELES. Cal., May 1. Wal
ter Andrew Watson who is alleged to
have married a score of women and
confessed that four of them died vio-"
lent deaths, protested today to offi
cers that he had told them the truth
as to the location of the grave of Nina
Lee Deloney with whose murder he Is
formally charged.
"I hope you will believe me," he
protested to officers who have been
searching in vain for the grave In a
desolate portion of eastern San Diega
county. "If I were stronger I could go
to the plnco with my eyes shut," he
added. Watson then told the officers of
the trips to the grave made after he I
killed the woman with a hammer on
the fir3t day of their honeymoon, ac
cording to alleged confession made
Thursday nighL j
Tho first, he said, was to bury the !
body, -which ho declared, he stripped j
of all clothing. , '
The second, he said, was to burn tne
clothing, a precaution- ho said he had
forgotten on tho first trip so eager
waB he then to lenve tho spot.
The third, he added, was to make,
certain ho had obliterated all signs of j
a garve and all the ashes of the cloth-1
1 ins- !
I When this additional data had been
obtained officials arranged to take ,
Watson to the eastern part of San j
Diego county, near the Lower Califor-'
nla line, the latter part of next week, I
so that ho could locate the grave. !
Physicians at the county hospital
whero Watson is under guard and held I
practically Incommunicado, said they
thought he would be sufficiently recov
ered from two attempts at suicide to
make the trip at tho time planned.
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U. S. BUDGET SYSTEM
BILL IS PASSED
WASHINGTON, May 1, Senator
McCormlok's bill to establish a nation
al budget system was passed today by
tho senate and now goes to conference.
Under tho senate plan tho budgot
bureau would be under tho supervision
of tho secretary of tho treasury,
whllo tho bill recently passed by tho
houso places It dlreotly under tho
president. Both moasures l-equlro tho
president to submit a budget to con
gross each year and proposo many
limitations on expenditures.
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SEATTLE ATTORNEY
GUILTY BY JURY
VANCOUVER, Wash., May 1. Geo.
convicted by a jury in tho superior
F. Vnndervoer, Seattle attorney, was
court here tonight of having violated
the law which prohibits persons from
talking to prisoners in jails without
permission.
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GOSTOFSItl
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
" Advances Pdce From 13
to 22.75 Gents
AMALGAMATED FIRM
DISTRIBUTES NONE
Cup of Coffe Sells for More;
Steps Taken for Relief
Here
SALT LAKE CITY, May 1. The
Utah-Idaho Sugar company, -largest
producers in the inter-raountain region
today announced an increase in their
price of refined sugar from a 13 cent
basis to 22.75 cents per pound. This
has caused a jump In retail prices of
beet sugar here froni 10 cents to J1S
cents per pound to the consumers. The
company has. declined to state the rea
son for the advance. r
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No allotments were made to Ogden
'jolib'ers today by the" Amalgamated
Sugar company and officials stato that
for the .present they have withdrawn
their supply from the market. It is
expected that the situatiion will be
eased up during the course of a few
days. Meanwhile, however, the retail
price of sugar in the local stores took
a leap upward and diners in the city
restaurants found that the price of a
cup of coffee had taken an upward
leap at their favorite dining room from"
5 cents to S coats a cup.
Retail men found here today that
the sugar which they bought yester
day at 1-1.50 a hundred pounds had
danced its delirious way up to ?24.90.
Utah canners are nf lli nnininn-ih.il
the great increase in the cost of beet
sugar will have a marked effect on the'
canning industry in the state and may
mean decreased production.
1 The sugar price increase is likely to
mean that housewives will bottle 'far
j less fruit than formerly and this wnl
be a blow at the grower of fruits for
! canning.
What canned goods are packed will
showed a decided increase in price, it
is declared.
Would Curb Speculatioin.
WASHINGTON, May 1. A bill
designed to prevent speculation in sug
ar was introduced today by Represen
tative Howard, Democrat, Oklahoma.
It would prohibit re-sale of sugar by
dealers without "reasonable justifica
tion." x .
The department of justice, Mr. How
ard told the house has been unable to
meet the present emergency because
j of inadequate legislation.
I More Sugar Seized.
I OMAHA, Neb., May . iodoral
agents last night seized a ot sugar
containing S0.000 pounds, as it wasi
j about to be sent to Des Moines. They
said the sugar was sent from San!
! Francisco on March 22 to a Chicago
firm( and diverted at Savannah, 111,,
to Omaha. The sugar belonged to a
sugar brokerage concern. Seizures
j hero now total 250,000 pounds. I
SOLDIER RELIEF BILL
, MEETING OPPOSITION
WASHINGTON. May 1. Elimina
tion of tho sale lax provision of tho
I soldier relief bill will bo discussed at
I meetings lato next week of tho houso
waya and means commlttco. The call
for tho sessions was issued today by
Chairman Fordney.
This decision yas tho outatandlng
development today from last night's
conferenco of house Republicans, at
which bitter opposition to tho sale
statistics was expressed.
Whllo the date of final action on tho
reliof bill is Indefinite, committeemen
said that Mi. Pordney expectod to re
model tho bill in committee and havo
it passed by both houso and senato
bofore the end of the present session.
SULTAN'S DAUGHTER
MARRIED TO PRINC
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 20.-
(By Tho Associated Press.) The sul
tan's daughter, tho Princess Sablha
Sultana, as married today to Prince
Omar Farohk Effendl, son of the heir
apparent, Prince Abdul Modjld Effen
dl. The .princess la 22 years old.' The
brlddgromm was educated in Vienna. 1
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Incendiary Speeches Uttered
Without Much Effect in ,
Many American Cities
NUMEROUS CLASHES H
OCCUR IN PARIS H
Three Persons, One a Woman ;
Killed; Many Are ;
Wounded j
WASHINGTON, May 1. Plans a "
radical leaders for nation-wide May JH
Day demonstrations, involving strikes JH
and plotted assassinations of more H
than a score of federal and state offi- ,H
cials, fell flat, reports to the depart- H
mem of justice tonight indicated. il
Extra precautions taken by federal ll
and state authorities to block the jl
radicals' widely disseminated appeal ll
for "a May Day show of power" were '1
. described at the department as- decid- il
cdly successful. '1
Reports to the department men- j
' tloned a number of strikes institutaW VH
; during the day, but in nearly, ir?ery " ll
; case the reporting agent empt feed ,
; that walkouts 'were local in nafu,. : and -!
due to the regular May-TJay expiration
' of wage contracts; ' ill
Results Negligible'.-!'- H
L The appeal of 'the radicals Jfor. a flH
Wmonstratton to Hie 'government in H
- behalf of soviet Hassia also was with- IH
1 out avail, tho reports indicated. v In- H
; c en diary speeches and demands that Hl
the United States resume relations Sl
- with Russia were made at meetings 1
in "several cities, Assistant Attorney- 1
: General Garvan declared, but the net fll
result was negligible.
1 Despite the fact that there wero no ll
reports of attempted assassination or 9
( public officials, it was said tonight H
that the government intended to main- ll
. tain its guard over the persons threat- H
- cned for some time. 'H
Few Arrests Made. H
CHICAGO. May 1 May Day pass? '1
quietly 111 the central states and iI.vj
west, virtually no disorder being re- H
ported, although federal, stale an!
city forces had made elaborate prep-
orations to deal with threatened dis
turbances. Strikes were called in a
number of cities and mass meeting-.
were held in Chicago and elsewhere.
but all were conducted peacefully.
Radical literature was distributed In
some places and a few arrests were ' Hl
A strike of cooks and waiters in a ' '1
number of Chicago hotels and restaur- JjH
ants and the general confusion inci- ,
dent to the annual spring moving day, r'll
when scores of tenants refused to va- fl
cate their apartments, largely, over- 'il
shadowed May Day developments. I'l
Roundup of Criminals. lil
The police continued their roundup 1 J
of criminal suspects but Chief of Po- '1
lice Garrity said the arrests had no H
connection with expected May Day H
disorders. More than 1,000 were in -JH
custody today. H
A red flag discovered flying from ;H
a pole in a school yard was removed jH
by a former lieutenant and the Star IH
and Stripes substituted while a crowd IH
cheered.- j jH
Debs in Prison. IH
A storekeeper who had built oat-
side his shop a representation 'of a '
prison wall, with a photograph of Eu- ?
geqe V. Debs behind the hars, was or-
dered to dismantile the display and a !
crowd that had gathered was dis-
persed by the police. 1
Clothing workers on the west side LH
participated in what they termed "a lH
24 hour strike against the imprison- H
mcnt of political offenders," but cloth- jH
ing manufacturers said the holiday H
was recognized in all union contracts. Ijl
' Two-thirds of Kansas 'miners were H
reported idle today. H
Riots in Paris. H
PARIS, May 1 May day passed H
wilh a series of small riots and disor
ders In which at least throe persons
were killed, one of them a woman, and
many wounded, but without the' decla
ration of a nation-wide general jstrike,
which the union workers expected
from the General Federation of labor. flH
The federation issued a 1,700 word
statement urging nationalization, but IH
not referring either to a continuation IH
of the strike or a return .to work af- H
tor May day. The situation this ove- El
ning remained as muddled as it has 'H
been for tho past few days, tho labor
element awaiting orders which did not
come. .
The railroaders announced that their H
strike, which is to be devoted after :'H
today to enforce nationalization is al- jH
ready 50 per cent complete. Official 'H
reports from government sources say
that the operations today wero not far H
from normal on cortain lines, the most
important trains moving in and out 'H
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