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Fiftieth Year-No. 132.' Price Five Cents OGDEN CITY, UTAH WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1920, LAST EDITION 4 P. M.
r. CRIES OUT FOR
GUN IS TROOPS
FlfON REFUGE
Wounded Chief Begs for Car
, bine to Defend Self From ,
Traitors' Attack
ANSWERED WITH VOLLEY
; WHICH ENDED HIS LIFE
J Commission Making Inquiry
i Into Tragedy Returns to
j$'k Mexico City.
rW MEXICO CITY, May 26. Formal!
r' jC? Investigation for the purpose of clari-)
.fZSr fying the part taken in the death ofi
. President Carranza, both by Colonel I
J Rodolfo Hcrrero and members of the
Carranza party, is recommended by
the commission of four, named by
Generals Obregon and Gonzales to In
quire into the tragedy at Tlaxcalan
tongo. The commission submitted its!
report last night and cited ten points!
1 which tho members had agreed had!
been proven from stories ofj
witnesses. -It was added that in aj
number of points many other stories
purporting to tell the actual circum
tances could not be confirmed and
were unworthy of credence.
Story of Killing.
A summary of tho commission's re
port, which is tho first authoritative
j story of tho death of Carranza, follows
in part: , I
"Colonel Herrero joined the Car-
ranza party at Putla, state of Puebla, i
on May 20, following a conference
j with General Francisco do P. Marlel.
17 Lj to whom he surrendered last March.
"General Mariel then left the Car
ta ranza party and did not go to Tlax-
Icalantonco. i
1 "When Carranza reached Tloxcalan-j
, &i2-r - tongo, he was led by Herrero to the .
hut where he was to sleep. !'
' . "Before retiring Carranza- ordered
apta1Tua1reT-li'sf "pfacTngp
Bentinels, all of whom were Herrcro'sl
men. I
Herrero Departs. I
"Herrero later told Carranza that aj
messenger had Informed him "his broth-1
er was Injured, whereupon Herrero
If, morning of May 21. three of Herrero's
fc- 1 men entere'd the president's hut, stat-
ing they had been ordered to report
to him what the situation was, adding
rSta- that nothing new had occurred."
: (The report says this move was
xA probably lor the purpose of ascertain-
, V Ing if all in the hut were in bed and
whether, Carranza had changed his
m$ position.)
Lj;-i. Carranza Cries Out.
MM "Half an hour later tho hut was
Katj attacked from all sides.
Rjl "President Carranza was heard to
Eh, cry 'I can't get up; my leg is broken.'
rSKr lie then begged for a carbine so that
he could defend himself, but was an-
swered by a volley which ended his
li'l life instantly.
Ifc'O "s-1 "The other occupants of the hut fled
J&f nnd there was groat confusion in the
;J village. Herrero, at tho head of his
men, captured many of the party, who
iffij were taken twelve miles away, while
filar others were left in Tlaxcalantongo.
B ' Four or five of these prisoners were
IBB forced to sign a statement that Car-
HTj ranza had committed suicide.
En . Investigation Urged.
BBj , Tho report recommends that a for-
HK; nial Investigation bo ordered to clear
fire up the other points of the incident
ffigj which relate to the part taken by
Hr Herrero's men and members of the
fm a president's party. It was signed by
tj v Roque Estrada and Commodore III-
p'' lario Rodriguez, named by Obregon
and Aquiles Elorudy and General For
tjv" tunato Zuabua, appointed by General
. Gonzales.
HSJ The preamblo to the report gives as
HgvJ reasons for tho recommendation for an
investigation the facts that Herrero
MfcvX fled, that his evidenco was not avail-
S5f. able and that statements made by Car-
fittr , , ranza's companions conflicted in many
wttr particulars.
B; ' ; General Noira and General Sanchez
H ; i both testified that Hcrrero told Gener-
Hpi'.'' ' al Perez that tho men he was "looking
for" were Luis Cabrera, secretary of
'J tho treasury, Ygnacio Bouillas, former
f Mexican ambassador at Washington,
I and General Francisco Murgula and
that "unfortunately Carranza fell."
. Captain Amador declared that when
Herrero liberated his prisoners he
blamed Colonel Marquez Ceron for
shooting tho president.
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I FRENCH PRESIDENT TO ,
REST DURING SUMMER
PARIS, May 26. President De3
chanel is recovering from tho inju
ries ho received. Monday morning
when, ho fell from a tralu near Mon
targis, but must tako a complete rest
which may extend -until lato in tho
summer, according to a statement by
his private secretary this morning.
Tho president will not go to Rani
boulllot but to the estate of his father-in-law,
Rene Brice, near Rennes.
PRINCE AT MELBOURNE.
MELBOURNE. May 2G. The Prince
Mp " of Wales, who sailed from New Zeal
and on board the battle cruiser Re
nowri May 21, arrived in Melbourne to-
V qp. igi S V V fgi aga V F S V "W tH
TWELVE BILLS AGAINST MINERS QUASHED 1
'may be crazy,
but me makes
million a month
NEW YORK, May 26. John
0 'Bannon, founder of the
0 'Bannon corporation of West
Barrington, R. I., and Boston
manufacturers of artificial
leather, whose fortune is esti
; mated at more than $16,000,000,
yesterday was pronounced men
tally incompetent by a sheriff's
jury, on petition of his mother,
j Mrs. Elllinore Reineke of St.
Louis. He was born in St.
; Louis 52 years ago, and is a
widower.
Mr. O 'Bannon related on the
witness stand how he started I
his business career on " a shoe
string" and saved $30,000 from
salaries and commissions. Then
he invented a substitute for :
leather, he said, and marketed;
it, later organizing the O 'Ban-1
non corporation.
It was brought out that dur-1
ing the 55 clays he spent in a j
sanitarium, his capital was in
creased $2,000,000 from stock
dividends in corporations he j
had organized. i
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TIGER THROWS
LIGHT 31 R11H
SIDF IF TREATY
Fixed Sum for Indemnity Was
Anglo-American Idea,
Clemenceau Declares
PARIS. May 26. Light is thrown
on tho financial aide of the Versailles'
treaty with Germany by an interview
with Georges Clemenceau, former
French premier, secured by Alfred
Capus, editor of the Gaulols, and pub
lished in that newspaper today.
"Several persons know," Bald the
former premier, "that In tho peace con
ference discussion of a'fixed Indemnity
lasted for three weeks. We should not
forget that a fixed sum for indemnity
was tho Anglo-American idea from the
very beginning and that our allies nev
er abandoned this viewpoint. They
even made a most careful valuation of
the sum Germany could pay, which
was exactly 75.000.000.0000 marks in
all.
"Out of our share we would have
to pay for the reconstruction of de
vastated regions, and I need not tell
you wo could not agree to such a solu
tion." M, Clemenceau spoke at some length
on tho immense difficulties of peace
making, saying:
"They were much greater than the
most sincero detractors of the treaty
Imagined. I said in the chamber of
deputies that to preserve union among
tho allies I would make every sacri
fice. Well, I didn't make every ono.
I made only some and those princi
pally in form, otherwise an agreement
would have been impossible."
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SEND DESTROYERS TO
AID DISABLED STEAMER
SA2sT FRANCISCO, May 26. Naval
authorities hero ordered two destroy
ers to proceed to tho aid of tho
schooner Oceania Vance when tho
steamer Humbolt readied hero and re
ported havlnp spoken tho craft off
Point Aruuollo, about 200 miles south
of here, In o4 waterlogged condition.
The captain's wife, Airs. Charles Sexon,
and two babies arc aboard tho Vancu
In addition to the repcular company of
eight. The Humbolt reported that the
Vance refused to accept a tow.
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FIRST PASSENGER TRIP
ON COAST AERO LINE
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. The
airplane "Avion" arrived In San Fran
cisco yesterday seven hours out from
the port of Loa Angeles, In what was
announced as tho first trip of a regu
lar passenger service between tho two
cities, She carried six passengers and
Uvo pilous. She touched at EnkcrH
field and Fresno, whero the passengers
disembarked for luncheon.
Federal Judge Quashes Twelve
Indictments Against
Miners and Operators
MOTION OF CHARLES
E. HUGHES GRANTED-
Constitutionality of Lever Act
Challenged on Grounds of
Alleged Vagueness
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 2C
Three sections of the Lever net were
held unconstitutional by United States
District Judge A. B Anderson, in red; I
oral court today, and quashed 12 ofj
the IS counts of the indictment j
against miners and operators based on
these sections 1n ruling on the motion
of Charles E. Hughes to quash tho In
dictment. Counts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 17, based on
section 9 of the Lever law. which the
court held ralld, wore declared oper
ative and were not quashed by the
judge. . "
-' The twelvq-'cbuntsjn. tbe.lndlctmc.nt.-
'irr-Gr'T.'srci. -lorii, 12'. 13, na-6-unu'j
j 18, based on' sections 4. 26 and nmenu-
' ed section 4 of the Lever act were i
j quashed.
The motion to quash the Indictment!
j was made by Charles Evans Hughes,)
former justice of tho supreme couri, '
on behalf of the miners, May 7.
Count 15 of the indictment, based
; on section 37 of the criminal code, was;
; also quashed. ,
j Tho motion by Mr Hughes chal-i
I longed the constitutionality of the
I Lever act principally on tho ground,
that It is vague and Indefinite and J
does not contain sufficient penalty
provisions. Tho sufficiency of tho In
dictment also was challenged on tnc
ground that the coal business during
tho tlmo covered by tho 'indictment
was governed by rule3 promulgated
j by President Wilson.
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MIAMI SHOWS BIG
INCREASE IN CENSUS
WASHINGTON, May 2C East St.
Louis, 111., 66,2-10.
Fulton. Mo.. 5595.
Norfolk, Neb., S63-1.
Increases
East St. Louis, S193, or -1-1.0 per
cent.
Fulton, Mo., 367, or 7.0 per cent.
Norfolk, Nob., 2029. or 43.4 per cent.
Miami, Fla., 29',549, Increase 21,078,
or 440.1 per cent.
Florence, S. C.t 10,968, increase 3911,
or 55.4 per cent.
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WILL RETURN BODIES
OF NURSES FROM FRANCE
WASHINGTON, May 26 Bodies of
Red Cross and other wolfaro workers
who died in Franco will be returned
on the same basis as those of tho
soldier dead, It was announced at tho
war department. Tho responsibility
for the sending out of any question
naires or shipping permits will rest
with the organizations thomselves and
the determination of which bodies
shall be returned and which left in the
fields of honor in France will be made
in the same way as In tho case of
soldiers.
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THREE CHILDREN DIE
IN VARIED ACCIDENTS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 26. Three
chlldron of San Francisco bay cities
lost their lives In accidents within
a few hours today. Electric cars
killed two while one was drowned.
Heber Withan, Jr., aged 9, fell Into
a lake in the Prosidlo and was
drowned. Roy Gustafson, aged 4, of
San Francisco, died under tho wheels
of a street car while police and fire
men were working in Oakland to re
leaso tho body of Harold Peterson,
aged 9, from the trucks of a Southern
Pacific train that ran him down.
SCIENTIST MAKES X-RAYS
HARMLESS TO OPERATOR,
PARIS, May 26. Protection of op
erators against the effects of X-rays,
has been securod by neutralizing ultra
violet rays with a simultaneous appli
cation of lntra-red rays, according to
Daniel Berthelot, who yesterday an
nounced in the -Academy of Sciences
thai his colleague, Dr. Pech, had per
fected this protective system.
$50,000, DEAD OR ALIVE, FOR VILLA (
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Bolshevik Forces Continue to
Pour Into Persia, Daily
Sketch Reports
LONDON. May 2G. Rctchitsa Villa,
on the right bank of the Dnelpor river,
approximately 125 miles north of
.Klov, has been occupied by Russian
Bolshevik forces, which aro also au
vanclng on tho fortified outskirts of
Bobhulsk, on the Boreslna river, ac
cording to an official statement re
ceived here by wireless from Moscow.
Attacks by Polish and Ukranlan
troops southeast of Kiev, alon gthc
Kiev-Poltava railway, have been re
pulsed. Along the upper reaches of tho.
Bereslna rlvor soviet forces are said to
havo occupied a number of villages.
Bolshevik forces continue to pour
into Persia and havo occupied Rest,
from which tho British troops have re
tired toward Tehenan, says the Dally
Sketch.
fho newspaper declares Indian re
inforcements have been landod at
Batum, to bo followed by other troops
an noon as transportation is available.
PRICES OF VEGETABLES
DECLINE, AT CHICAGO
CHICAGO, May 26. Prices of alii
vegetables dropped from five to 35
per cent on tho Chicago market in
the last ten days, according to com
mission merchants who stated today
that cabbages were selling at $3.50 a
crate where they were at $4.50 last
week. Onions, they said, had scored
a 30 per cent decrease, and oranges
havo dropped 15 per cent. New .po
tatoes sold for $1.50 less than a week
ago.
Other slumps reported were rhu
barb from $3.50 to S2.50 a case;
strawberries from $7.50 to $6.50; to
matoes from $S to $6; asparagus from
$2 to $1.50; spinach from $1.50 to
$1.25; market exports at tho local bu
reau of markets of tho United States
department of agriculture, said that
the declino in prices was due to tho
Increase in receipts at tho terminals.
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MAKE ARTIFICIAL WOOL
FROM COTTON WASTE
?
LEEDS, England, May 16. Experi
ments aro being conducted at the tex
tile institute in -manufacturing by a
chemical process artificial wool from
cellulose derived from cotton waste.
These efforts are said to have been
very successful and, although ' it is
only a "substitute" for wool, it is said
to have ': great wearing .possiblies,;
i especially If used with other fabrics, j
OUTLAW OF MEXICO
BELIEVED PLANNING
NEW DEPREDATIONS
EL PASO, May 26. De facto
government officials of Mexico are
awaiting tho next move of Fran
eiBCO Villa, bandit chief, who has
disregarded the ultimatum sent to
him and who is marshalling his
forces, it is believed, for another
of his notorious expeditions of
train wrecking, destruction and
I murder.
The new government offers a
reward of 100,000 pesos for the
bandit, either dead or alive. Thi3
is equivalent to $50,000 in Ameri
can money.
Reports reaching hero say that
Villa is opening a drive for sinews
of war by demanding tribute of
half a million dollars from big
mining companies operating in
southern Chihuahua.
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NOTED FIELD "MARSHAL
OF AUSTRIA IS DEAD
VIENNA, May 26. Field Marshal
Szetozar Boroevic, commander of Aus
trian forces on the Italian front from
lato in 1915 until October, 1918, Is
dead, his deatii being caused by a
stroke of apoplexy. j
Field Marshal Boroevic at the be
ginning of tho war between Italy and
the central empires was sent to the I
Italian front where ho was in com-
jraand of a portion of the army. Later
he became commander-in-chief of all
the Austrian forces fighting against
Italy. He became field marshal late .
in 1917. Ho was one of tho enemy gen-
erals whose extradition on charges of
violation of the laws of war was de
manded by tho allies last February.
GUARDS AND STUDENTS
CLASH IN ITALY, 6 DIE
ROME. May 25. At least six per
sons were killed and more than thirty
wounded in a clash between Royal
guards and students, which marked
tho close of yesterday's celebration 01'
tho fifth anniversary of Italy's entry
into the world war, according to re
ports from reliable sources. Other re
ports place the number of dead at a
still higher figure.
Tho police today took into custoay
all residents of Dalmatia and Flume
who wero In Romo with tho vlow of
repatriating them or sending them to
places where It would be Impossible
to Instigate disorders by urging their
claims.
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TAKE'WOUNDED BANDIT
TO PRISON HOSPITAL
ATCHISON, Kan., May 26 Harry
Ivclly, alleged bank bandit, wounded in
a fight with Atchison officers near
Bean Lake,. Mo., last Friday night, was
taken to v the Nebraska penitentiary
hospital at Lincoln today. I
!LVI P. MORTON
DISPOSES OF 10
HSLLlQSiii lH HULL
Former Vice President Gives
Estate to Members of His
Family and Servants
WASHINGTON, May 26. An estate
ostimated at $10,000,000 is. disposed
of in the will of Levi P. Morton, for
mer vice president of the United
States, which was filed in federal dis
trict court here today for probate. The
document was executed June 29, 1910,
and was modified by codicils of
March 30, 1911, June 4, 1911, and Juno
24, 1911. Mr. Morton died recently at
his home near Poughkeepsie, N. Y., at
the age of 96 years.
Charles H. Allen, of Lowell, Mass.,
Morton Minot, of Brookport, N. Y.,
and Bronson Winthrop, of New York
City, are named as executors and they.
I with the American Security and Trust
company of this city, will act as trus
tees of tho estate.
The money and personal effects are
variously divided among members of
Mr. Morton's family and servants,
either as cash bequests or held In trust
by the trustees for annual distribution.
GEDDES MEETS WILSON,
PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
WASHINGTON, May 25. Sir Auck
land Gcddes, the new British ambas
sador, formally presented his crecton-i
tlals to President Wilson today at the
"White House. I
Sir Auckland had, boon waiting since I
April 21 to be formally received. Hls
predecessor, Viscount Grey! who came
to Washlngtou last October, departed
again without laying his credentials!
j before the president. j
ALBANIAN GOVERNMENT
IS FACING CIVIL WAR
LONDON, May 2G. Messages from
Durazzlo picture Albania as in the
throes of civil war, the ultimate con
sequences of which it is impossible
to forecast, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Rome"' today.
Tho provisional government seems in
capable of dominating tho situation.
ELEVEN INJURED IN
WRECK ON SANTA FE
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., May 26
Eleven .persons were seriously injured
when Santa Fo passenger train Num
ber 808, bound from El Paso to Al
buquerque, struck a stretch of track
undermined by high water near La
Joya, 50 miles south of here late yesterday.
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William rC. Proctor of Cincin- 1 H
nati Says He Advanced I 1
Half Million Dollars 1
HIS CONTRIBUTION WAS IH
$10,000, HE DECLARES JM
j Senator Reed Asserts Too
Many Political Bosses Know
Too Little About Funds
WASHINGTON. May 26. William
C. Proctor of Cincinnati has advanced Hfl
?500,000 to the campaign fund of Ma- H
jor General Leonard Wood, he testl- H
fled today at tho senate investigation
Into pro-convention presidential caur- H
paiprn financing. H
Mr. Proctor said this advance was H
"more than the total contributions" to H
Geueral Wood's campaign. Ho added H
that ho had contributed $10,000.
Contributions to tne fund for Attor- jH
ney-General Palmer's campaign for IH
the Democratic nomination for presl- IH
dent Avere -placed r6Qaysirr5uXBl'0"Tjr IH
; former Representative C. C. Carlin, of
I Virginia, his campaign manager. jH
i The largest contributor was James ll
iMcClurg Guffey, of Pittsburgh, who IH
gave ?10.000 and who was identified
las an oil man and prominent in Demo- jH
cratic politics in Pennsylvania. The IH
next largest contributor was former
Federal Judge J. Harry Covington,
treasurer of the Palmer organization,
who gave $2,000, Mr. Carlin said.
Frank L. Crocker, of New York, was
the second largest contributor, giving
i $2,500, the witness said.
I Mr. Carlin read from a list of con-
. Iribulors and frequently was Inter
rupted to identify the men.
"This man Covington was formerly
a federal judge and resigned to go with
the alien property custodian when Mr.
Palmer had that office, wasn't he?"
'asked Chairman Kenyon. ' JLm
"I don't know exactly," ivas the re-
i "And the size of the fee Mr. Cov
ington got at the time caused public
comment," Chairman Kenyon con-
"I've only heard a little about that,"
Mr, Carlin said.
: Mr. Carlin gave the names of sev-
' eral other men in the east who gave IH
1 amounts ranging from ?500 to ?1500.
Cnairman Kenyon asked for the
' identification of each man, but Mr.
i Carlin said he knew nothing in detail
i about any of them.
I "Who does then?'' demanded the
chairman.
"Mr. Covington is treasurer," .tho
witness replied.
j Commltteo members sought to get
details about the Pennsylvania party - fM
1 fight over the Palmer candidacy. Mr.
Carlin said he had not participated.
"Let mo tell you something, not in IH
a personal way," said Senator Reed,
Democrat. Missouri. "This committee
has had too many managers who havo IH
no information about things like this."
"I would have known, but 1 was in- VM
structed to keep my hands off Pennsyl-
vania because the men there would jH
handle the situation themselves," Mr.
Carlin replied.
When Mr. Carlin concluded, William
C. Proctor, of Cincinnati, general jH
chairman of Major-Gcneral Leonard
Wood's campaign committee, was
called to tho stand. Ho was delayed
In arriving. Before that the commit-
tee announced that former Federal
! Judge J. Harry ' ovington, treasurer
I of the Palmer campaign fund, had
I been summoned.
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PETAIN TO SPEAK AT
j MEMORIAL EXERCISES !
PARIS, ' May 26. Marshal Petaln
will speak in behalf of the French
government at the Memorial Day oxer- mM
cises to bo held in Suresnos cemetery,
near this city. Ambassador Hugh C.
Wallace will represent tho United BH
States and both dignitaries will assist ,ffl
in decorating the graves of American 111
soldiers. Ill
THREE NEGROES TO DIE U
FOR CANAL ZONE MURDER
PANAMA. Mrv 25. Three negroes fl
convicted of murdering a watchman at
the Mount Hope powder magazine on
May .7, were sentenced to death by IH
Judge J. W. Hanan in tho United
States district court here today. The nl
men are the first to be sentenced to 11
execution in tho canal zono since 1012, ffil