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W' I WEATHER ,FORECAS1V fti W.J 1 fo'ifk VL T'i Vfe' M Wy' jfo ' ' U.U,.d; po..,b,y .How. to. II Jlpfil PT I f I 1 111 1 I 111 7 YfJ IlTITI P olZ night; Sunday fair. J fj CL IV V V W VIoVV CVV ! I I' A' the want-ad section. jH Fiftieth YrNo. 121. Price Five cents OGDEN CITY, UTAH SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1920. ! LAST EDITION 4 p. M tT Arlington Scene Of Solemn Ceremonies I I DANIELS DENIES if NAVY IS NOT J REM IS t " Attacks Admiral Sims' Charge 3 That Department Lacked i Plans for Conflict BATTLES IN ATLANTIC HAD BEEN ANTICIPATED Cites Roosevelt's Statement in m 1 1905 to Show Attitude t on Preparedness ! WASHINGTON. May 15. Secretary Daniels today attacked Admiral Sims' ; ; chargo that the navy department lack- ; ed plans and otherwise was unprepar- ed for war. The charge was "unin- I formed and unwarranted," ho told thei senate committee which is investigal- ' ing the so-called Sims-Paniels row, I and testimony of Rear Admiral Badger ; and other members of 'the general r board had proven such statements un-1 . founded. j ' j . Mr. Daniels described in detail the j organization and operation of the ; general board to show that for years hpfni-fi Dig war the board was engaged It j in preparing and revising plans for naval battles in the Atlantic. Admiral r - Dewey had studied the situation from i tho beginning of tho European war i and in March, 1015, had forwarded n i I o statement, of preparations necessary, .y The navy department followed the ' '7 Dewey outline as "far as congress' "j- appropriations .would permit,J,JNIr. v W' 1janTels'declaecnlv-.A . V ' Mr. Daniels reviewed his recommen- datlons to congress from 1913 on. In .jsA " cide'ntally he told tlie cdminitlec that-, frlffi the navy" under president Taft had - "fallen back" as the United States flRft which had advanced to second' place k among naval powers in 1907 dropped Li, back to third in 1911. I. :. "Between March, 191C, and Septem- h '" ' ber, 1916, the navy was increased in personnel, material and efficiency k- k more than in any similar peace period R" in our history," said the secretary, r iv The pre-war attitude of the UniLed ;. U- States toward preparedness, was !" . shown by President Roosevelt's mes .' ; sage to congress in 1905, declaring - that "it does not seem to me neces- V sary that the navy should at least in the immediate future be increased with the present number of units," : , " ' " said Mr. Daniels. - AIR EXPRESS LINE TO 4 ; THE WEST NEXT JULY t;?' NEW YORK, May 15 Operation of - J nn. airplane express and mail line be Qi tween New York and Chicago, begin II., ning In July, was announced here to- day by the. Aerial Transport corpora - R Lion, of Delaware. Lf. is planned to k' i extend, the system to Omaha and later K " to San Francisco. Ri'i At the outset of the enterprise, it W was staled, tho machines to be used K -will' be picked from the surplus of 3.- K ; 000 British planes left over from the W war. These will be supplanted even- k , ually, by American manufactured. m ' planes. No passengers will be carried . ' thisyear. I IDAHO'S INCLUSION IN t H, MOUNTAIN TIME ASKED I" Washington. -May 15. On peti- fj ' ' ' tlon of the public utilities commissionj . of 'Idaho, tho interstate commgrcej j Y . . commission today ordered further, r' hearings to determincGwhcther Its or I ' dera defining' the boundary line be V -tvi:een tho standard mountain timo :- "Jzono and the standard Pacific zonej should be modified so as to include' 'Idaho and portlona of Oregon audi Washington in the mountain timoj :!- OO 5 i ' '(Hands off policy of . LEGION IN DISPUTE ; . '.INDIANAPOLIS, Irid., May 15 A policy of "hands off" for the Ameri can legion as an organization in all disputes and controversies between I employers and employes, or between capital and labor, is outlined by Franklin d'Olier, national commander of. tho legion, in a letter mailed today to ..Tlioinas Goldingay, state adjutant of New Jersey. 'MASTER MIND' OF BOND THEFT IS ARRESTED NEW YORK, May 15. Julius W. (Nicky) Arnsteln, putative "master mind" of; New York's $5,000000 bond plot, was arrested here today in the H district attorney's office when he ap- H peared there with his wife, Fannlo L,'-' Bryco, the actress. Arnsteln reported, ho had beea'in Pittsburg all the time the police have' H been looking for hlmv ' i KH ;JUDGES MINGLE I ; WITH 'GUNMEN AT I 'I BIG JIM FUNERAL j 1 1 CHICAGO, May 15. Promi l nent politicians, a judge and , leading business men, mingled Uvith gunmen and underworld characters who had acknowl edged "Big Jim" Colosimo as one of their rulers, in serving as pall bearers at the funeral this morning of the murdered cafe proprietor. A big brass band headed the funeral procession past the fa mous cafe which bore his name. Word was received here to day that his first wife was en route from Los Angeles to Chi cago. She has declared that she can throw no light on the mys tery surrounding his murder last Tuesday evening in his res taurant. Four suspects are being hold by the police. v ! a I Believes He Would. Be Shot For Leaving Camp to i See Family ii CHILLICOTHE, O., May 15 Stories .of how a neighbor deserter from the union army during the civil, war had been brought to bay and shot brought visions of a similar fato to Carl Am-1 erine, and impelled him to hide inl the hills for almost two years. j Ameiine when he was drafted into' the army, lea a wife, and two-year-old baby at his home in the quiet hlljs. He could neither read nor write and the largest village visited in his twenty-four years had numbered less than a thousand people. The bustling thou sands at Camp Sherman, military re straint and customs weighed heavily on him . and an impelling desire to see his wife and baby boy led him to quit camp without permission. Visions of Death. At home his father, a tottering wreck of the civil war, told him he was a deserter. Visions of the firing squad flashed through his mind. Kiss ing his wife and baby goodbye, he took to a cave in the hills. He ventured forth only at night. His only fare was such scanty food that his .wife could get to him, herbs, wild berries and such wild gamo as he could catch. Military authorities had abandoned the search for Amerlne. Three weeks ago an attorney friend of the family .became interested and implored tho .wife to have her husband return and give himself up. She steadfastly held J that her husband would be . shot if captured and refused to have him re turn. Gives Self Up. Last week Clarence Stone, of Adal phi, managed to get word to the youth jthat his Avas not a case of desertion land thero was no danger of a firing 'squad. He left his plding place last I Monday night and isited Stone's I home where he agreed to give himself up. ' Early Thursday morning he again 'went to Stone's home. His Avife brought his uniform which she had ineatly pressed for tho occasion. With Stone and an attorney Am erlne Avent to Camp Sherman and sur rendered himself to the adjutant. He made no commont except to express himself as being well pleased that "it Is all over." oo oo OPEN CHICAGO-OMAHA AERIAL MAIL ROUTE CHICAGO, May 15. An aerial mail plane carrying 500 pounds of letters, left for Omaha at 10.05 this morning. This Inaugurated the first AvestAvard extension of the service from Chicago. It js oxpected to maintain tho service dally except on Sundays and holldavs. Officials say that the trip Avill take about five and one-half hours. oo PRINCETON BUILDINGS f ARE LOST BY FIRE PRINCETON, N. J May 15. Dick inson Hall, the oldest recitation build ing on tho Princeton campus, And Mar quand chapel, were destroyed by fire late last night. G. 0. P. Secretary Warns States Not to Send Delegates With Fractional Votes CHICAGO HOTELS BOOST RATES NEARLY DOUBLE Fifty Thousand Applications j for Seats From the Gen- : eral Public j CHICAGO, May 15. Instruc- ! tions from the convention commit tee in charge of the Republican national convention here next month, notifying national com mitteemen to cut down their dele gations to the authorized number were on their way today. In at least six states extra delegates have been chosen with fractional voteG assigned to them. Illinois has two extra delegates at large ana Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkan sas, Nevada and Virginia also have chosen more than their al lotted number. "No nprc than 984 delegate seats can or will be placed," said L. W. Henley, secretary of the convention committee. "National state committeemen have been In- j formed that the state delegates must decide within their own ranks who will occupy the state's I , seats.ii .-r - - - - I " - '- .- j " By EDWARD M. THIERRY N, E. A. Staff Correspondent, CHICAGO, May 15. If the Republi can national convention lasts a Avcek, something like S3.000.000 Avill be spent feeding and housing those Avho help to pick the Republican nominee and those who Avatcl,the big show. It is estimated more than -10,000 visitors. Avill be in Chicago 'during convention Avcek. Ac an average of S7 a day, hotel rooms Avill cost $300, 000 daily. At half that much for meals, food bills will run about $150, 000 dally. , Hotel men have established a clear ing house for the reservation of rooms. Prices have gone up from 50 to 200 per cent. There's no such thing as making reservations and cancelling at the last minute, contracts have been signed, convention visitors taking, rooms from Sunday, Juno G, tAvo days before the circus opens. They are en titled t,o hold them until June 13, or second Hveek. Suites Take Jump. Suites T.hat ordinarily rent for. $25 a day. are contracted for at $40 and more. Average rates in dq.wntOAvn ho tels for $4 and $5 rooms and bath give Avay to convention prices of $13 and S14 a day for tAvo persons. "All hotel rooms for convention week are rented on the basis of tAvo' occupants," said George E. Avolf, chief of the hotel bureau. "This is to pre vent congestion by room hogs. If one person insists upon paving a room to himself he can have it by paying the double rates;"' The convention hotel bureau has listed 32g hotels and 200 apnrlment houses to accommodate convention visitors. In addition ad3 avIII bo in sorted in newspapers for roonis in private houses. Anybody qomlng to Chicago for the big politicaU,ch'Ciis Aho hasn't got a room nailed,' do,wn already Avill bo out of luck, All doAvntoAvn hotels are contracted for and the outlying hotels are filling rapidly. Shake Down Visitors. Wealthy visitors will bo shaken down for all the traffic will stand IT they insist upon lavish comfort and privacy. The bureau has listed scores of people willing to rent for froin four days to a week entire houses and anartmonts In f.hn ovnlimlvr. "finiri Coast" section. They Avant a mere ?200 to $2000 a week. This Includes everything, even servants everything except the key to the wine cellar. Fifty thousand applications for seats at tho Republican national convention have already como Into J. W. Henley, secretary of the arrangements commit tee. Henley has been beseeched, ca joled, kidded and threatened Into promises of ringside, positions. And before he Is through he Avill bo blessed and cursed because Thero avIII be only about 10,000 seats for the curious public Avhen the big meet opens Juno 8. Henley's little Job is to divido 50,000 Into 10,000. Doughboys aa Guards. Ho is organizing a force of 200 door keepers, composed mostly of men used to "holding tho line." They aro ox soldlers. "No more politically appointed ser-goants-at-arms, rushing their friends Into an already packed house," says Henley. Four stalwart doughboys will be on guard at each of the 15 doors to tha Coliseum, beat holders will be armed i INTER-CHURCH WORLD i MOVEMENT FOUNDER i TO WRITE FOR PAPER i I Dr. James I. Vance To Discuss Things Nearest Heart and Home The Re A'. James I. Vance, D,. D LL. D., has. been engaged to Avrlte a daily article for readers of this newspaper. Dr. Vance ifl the father of the "inter church movement," and now is chair man of the executive committee of the Federal Council of Churches, a mem ber of several college boards, and au thor of almost a score of books. All this in addition to duties as minister of the First Presbyterian church of Nash ville, Tenn., tho largest congregation of that denomination in the south. Dr. Vance avIII Avrlte in The Stand ' aid-Examiner things nearest, the heart and home, of problems of daily life, of questions that perplex and often are solved not wisely. He writes briefly and to the point saying what he has I to say in the best possible Avords. The Standard-Examiner is pleased to have this opportunity of introducing Dr. Vance to its readers. You will find his first article Mon day on the edito'rial page. ' He writes: "For the Sake of Home." Read it. Convention to Hear Report on Result of Request for Amnesty NEW, YORK, May 15. A majority of the delegates to the national con vention of tho Socialist party, which closed last night, lcfb-by special train this morning for Lshington AVhcre the convention wllrrocoivvcne" today to rccoiA'e reports of ..cqmmlttces named to confer with Attorney General Pal mer and Secretary Tummulty relative to tho release of political prisoners and conscientious bjectors. An amendment, to tho party con3ti- tuiiun jjiuviujiia tj.a.1 ueicgaics 10 au conA'entlons as avoII as members of important committees must be citizens of tho United Stato's Avaa adopted last night. Tho possibility of aliens galn InfT'completo control of tho party was ono of tho points on which the party was attacked In the trial of the five Socialist assemblymen at Albany. op' OPENING OF CHICAGO BRIDGE IS CELEBRATED 'CHICAGO, MaN 15. The opening Friday of tho Michigan aA-enue brklgo over the Chicago' river joined tho north and south ' side boulevard sys tems and marked-the realization of a plan brought forwurd twenty years aco. Ten thousand decorated auto mobiles paraded, whllo airplanes dropped confetti. Tho i bridge cost $10,000,000. ' Occupants of five automobiles had a narrow escape from death last nignt in crossing tho now bridge. As tho bridge Avas being raisod tho automo biles slid doAvn the south leaf, nearly a score of women in the five A'ohlcles screaming In. fright. Policemen Avarncd tho bridge operator by firing their rcvolVers, and tho raising of tho bridge was stopped. with badges and tickets. Nobody en ters AA-ithout both. They Avlll not be disturbed until the last minute, to pre vent forgery. National committee tickets are all located according to delegate repre sentation, AVlth 'corresponding de creases and increases according to size of states, distance from Chicago and "loyalty to Republican standards." States Penalized. "States that have strayed from the straight and narroAV path of Republi canism will bo penalized in ticket dis tribution," says Henley. Chicago gets 3000 tickets In ex change for coughing up the money to stage the convention. On a pro rata basis, a $50 contribution" to the con vention entitles tho donor to one? seat. Tho Coliseum AV.JU have a total of 13,289 seats. This is 1015 more than have over been available before. Secretary Honley, former newspaper man, comes from IndianupollB. He Avas secretary of the Indiana Republican state committee in-1914 and Is right hand man to Will; Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee. : Soviet Heads Confer Powers on Provincial Officers to Carry Out iheir Decrees WARSAW, May 15. (By the Associated Press) The rout of the Tenth Bolshevik division in a battle In the region of the mouth of the Beresina river is reported in an official communique issued today. In attempting to escape across the Dnieper the remnants of the division were killed or cap tured. MOSCOW, May 12. (By the Asso ciated Press.) A desree issued by the central executive committee, dated May 11, proclaims martial laAV in the provinces of central and northern Rus sia and Archangel. Tho provincial executive committees are given full power to protect rail Avays, military supplies, magazines and depots and to control telegraphic and telephonic communication. A tAventy-four hour work day in the -administrative offices is decreed, and means are to bo taken to stimulate tho production of Avar material. Until tho abolition of martial laAV, the executive committees are given the Bame powers as military tribunals to secure the carrying out of this pro gram, including punishment for diso bedience. nn AUTO CITIES BREAK ALL CENSUS RECORDS WASHINGTON, May 15. All rec ords for increases and population as reported in the 1920 census Avero brok en today by the' tAvo Detroit suburbs, Hamtramck, and Highland Park Avhich since 1910 have increased 1,226 and 1,031 per cent respectively. x Automobile factories' Avorkers brought tho towns and today tho cen sus bureau reported a population of 48,615 for Hamtramck and 46,599 for Highland Pnrk. Prior to today, Kcnmore, Ohio, with an increase of 713 5 per cent, held the rocord for population growth. MINNESOTA SHERIFF ADMITS 'RUM RUNNING' MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.; May 15. Oscar Martinson, -who resigned as sheriff of this (Honnipen) county, has pleaded guilty to a charge of com plicity In tho Illicit transportation of liquor from Canada Into tho United States. District Judge Pago Morris deferred sentence on motion of the federal district attornoy. . ZBYSZK0 WINNER OF DULUTH MATCH DULUTII, Minn., May 14 Stanis laus Zbyszko defeated Sulo Habontaa, of NeAV York, Jiero last night in a wrestling match in tAvo straighU falls. Tho first came in 37 minutes and the second In 14 minutes. Zbyszko used a combination toe hold in gaining his falls. BBIGflT (J. S. Honor Memory of Soldiers and Sailors Who Fought Battles of All U. S. Wars RESULT OF 18 YEARS' WORK BY THE G. A. R. Structure of White Marble Was Built by Government at Cost of $825,000 WASHINGTON. May 15. To the memory of-, the soldiers and sailors Avho fought tho battles of the United States In all wars, a great memorial amphitheatre Avas dedicated today in Arlington National cemetery. Tho ceremonies wero attended by A'eterans of three wars, members of the diplomatic corps, cabinet, senate, house and other government officials and a largo gathering of people. A procession of army, naAT n.nd marine corps detachments, A'eterans of tho Grand Army of the Rcpubilo and allied organizations, Spanish War vet erans and World veterans led by Ma jor General Nelson A. Miles retired) precedod tho ceremonies. In Charge of G. A. It. The dedicatory pxerclses were under the auspices of tho Gran'd Arrny; of th e Ren ub I Ic.' toipvh' qs. e ",ejf drts.' ,ci&d& .$si4rta-' mom-, lOriM and" for" IS'"ycarV of work for "It Secretary Baker, Socr6tary Daniels, both members of the commission ! which Jiad chargo of the construction of the memorial; and Colonel D. M. Hall of Columbus, O., commandcr-in-chiof of the-Grand Army of tho Re public, were tho principal speakers. The great structure of white mar ble, built by the government at a cost of $S25,000 stands in the southern part of Arlington National cemetery amid the graves of thousands of the Nation's dead. Near It are the Maine Memorial, where tho battleship Mine's fighting top stands sentlnol OA'cr the graves of the men who lost their lives when the A'cssel was sunk in HaA'ana harbor, and the Confederate Memorial surrounded by tho graves of south nercrs. Besides commanding a A'low of tho cemetery, the memorial oA'er looks tho Potomac rh'cr and the city of Washington. It contains a chape and seats 5,000 people. Beginning of Arlington Fifty-six years ago yesterday, Ar lington National cemetery Avas first ally witnessed tho burial thero of 12 soldiers who died In the hospital on the Arlington estate abandoned by Gonoral Robert E. ELee's family at the beginning of the civil war and bought by the United States at a tax salo for hospital purposes. Later the government paid the Lee heirs $150. 000. 'Soldiers' Home cemetery A-as filled and Quartermastor General Meigs, with President Lincoln's con sent ordered tho soldiers burled In Arlington. That was tho beginning of Arlington National cemetery which has beoomo ono of tho shrines of the Nation's soldier and sailor dead. For years a little A'ine-clad amphi theatre served for ceremonies on Memorial days, when tho president of the United States usually AVas tho orator, but the gatherings outgrcAV this and tho Grand Army of the Re publyic IS years ago began a move ment for the memorial amphitheatre. Authorization for construction was given by congress se'cral years ago. and a commission appointed to carry I out the plans. Besides the secretary of Aar, Avlib is chairman of tho com mission and the secretary of the navy, the commission was composed of El liott Wood, superintendent of the United "States capltol building and grounds; Colonel John McElroy. rep resenting tho Grand Army of tho Re public: Fred Bcall, representing the Charles W. Newton, representing Spanish AA'ar A'eterans. Only Memorial of Kind The Arlington Memorial amphi theatre is said to be the only memor ial of Its kind in the Avorld, monu ments and memorials of all kinds having been erected to generals and other leaders, but none heretofore has been erected to the soldiers and sail ors who f ougjU all" the battles of tho country. DIPLOMATS TO MAKE FORMAL CALL TODAY WASHINGTON, May 15. Tavo more foreign diplomats whoso formal pre sentation of credentials to the Ameri can government has been delayed by Presldont Wilson's Illness Avero on the White House calling list today. They Avero Kijuro Shidehara, the Japaueso ambassador Avho had boen Avaltlng since November 3, and Prince Caslmlr Lubamirski, minister of the neAV Polish republic, Avho came to j Washington November 1. 1 K Deposed President and Small Band Fleeing Into Moun- fl tain Fastness GRIM BATTLE FOUGHT H WITH REBEL FORCES Carranza Declared to Have Destroyed Material Before H Running to Hills H WASHINGTON. May 15. President Carranza's escape from the reA'olu tionary forces which attacked his troops near Esperanza Avas reported today by General Obregon. In a message to revolu tionary agents on the border Avhich Avas forwarded here Obregon. said the deposed presi- IH dent had succeeded in bcraking through the revolutionary lines, and accompanied by a small escort, was moA'Ing southward Into the mountains, Fight Grim Battle. VERA CRUZ, May 15. (By the As soclated Press Prrsiflpnf- Vpnnal1nTif Carranza Avho, Avith loyal followers, has been fighting a grim battle against revolutionary forces near San Marcos for the past five days, has escaped capture, at least temporarily,, accord- Ing, to, dispatches from -the batleSftJne .-Accompanied by'iO'OO' of - his men" :tho -president" has brokenrrthettfsur- ' gent lines near Chalchicomula and Js believed to be between Puebla and IH Oaxaca. He left behind him govern- IH ment soldiers who still are fighting to delay pursuit of the fugitivo chief. Generals Higenlo Agullar and Guad alupe Sanchez, at the head of large units of revolutionary troops on Thurs- jH day, Avero preparing for an attack, ac cording to a captain who arrived here yesterday. Before taking refuge in flight Carranza is said to have dc stroyed trains still held by his troops, together Avith Avar material too hea'y IH to be carried aAvay. Serious fighting probably has oc curred since Carranza left tho battle zozne, as dispatches say prisoners have been captured by the attacking Working Southeast. Reports from Chalci Comula yester day showed that Carranza's men were Avorklng their way southeastward. It would seem this movement may have been a part of the president's plan of breaking out of the trap, for it was IH Carranza escaped. Fighting Avas re ported about six miles from Chalci Comula Avhich meant an advance down the railroad toward this city of about nineteen miles in the last few days. General Wounded. General Sanchez threw his forces into the struggle Thursday afternoon, but Avas repulsed. General LIberato Lara Torres, one of the chief lieuten ants of General Sanchez, Avas injured fatally, - receding a sword Avound in The necy. He Avas taken to Orizaba, AA'here lie died yesterday. Carranza troops Avere Avell supplied with artillery and machine guns and revolutionary infantry and cavalry met a perfect barrage of shells and bullets as they advanced. Two of Carranza's trains Avere burned, but after four hours of fighting tho insurgents re tired. Heavy losses Avere inflicted on both sides during the combat, it is .reported in dispatches to El Dictatem. iH U. S. Transport Arrives. iJ The American transport Portland and the British cruiser Cambrian ar- tH rived hejc today. Advices from the battlefield are si lent as to the safety of W. A. Body, British consul in this city, and two American citizens Avho are believed to have been Avith President Carranza Avhen the fighting started early this oo SOUTHERN OHIO OIL " I GOES TO $4.25 BARREL PITTSBURG, Pa., May 15. Corning crude oil Avas advanced 25 cents a bar rel to ?1 25, by tho principal purchas ing agencies here today. Corning cnule , Is the grade- produced in southern Ohio. 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