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I ieth Yoar-No.240 OGDEN CITY, UTAH FRIDAY EVENINgTsEPTEMBER 24, 192a LAST EDITION 4 P. M. H
BANKS AT MORGAN AND SALT LAKE ROBBED
jl a m m A A A m A a ' I BBBBBfl
,f V ? 5? V V V W V V
L Office Holders Under Fire
1 TRIPS TO S. F.
1 CONVENTION IN
I JULY PROBED
"Stars and Stripes" Secretary
Brings Charges Against
' w Senator Edge
PAPER UNABLE TO
4 GET ADS, IS ASSERTION
Committee Wants to Know If
U. S. Money Paid tor
Political Visits
. f.l WASHINGTON. Sept -t The
1 M Stars an.l Stripes a soldier publica-
' lh "on is controlled b the Democratic
national committee and the American
, : J Legion Weekly, another soldier pu I'll -
'A'l cation. Is controlled by the Etepubll-
''Hfcjfl an national committee, Joseph L.
T Heffernan. secretary-treasurer of the
r Stars and stripes Publishing companj
r testified today before the senate catn-
H PBjfen ln .stlgating committee
Ileffernan also testified that a man
na rhe.l Waldo purporting to represent
t hi Du Ront Interests, had sought to
' 4 obtain control of the Stars and Stripe.-
and when he failed to do so he threat
ened that the publication would re
liisii" celve no advertising from large In
terests The witness added that tho
;i paper had been unable to obtain ad-
l; rrttsing from suth interests.
Heffernan told the committee that
') "ten of uh who got out the paper on
j 3 the other side" had organized the pub-
M lishlng company here and owned most
mmM-. t.t il). h'
mr made .o prevent the use of the uame.
f among others oppoclr.g it being Seen. -
y f larv of Wnr Baker.
gi f to DEMOCRA1 S
A"' When organizing the paper, the wlt-
)' ness said, he went to Democratic na-
;i tlonal headquarters as he wanted to
'' '- get some assurance that congress
I would not pass a law prohibiting the
Oil use of the name
ijj! 1 saw there Mis. E. M Parks, told
JK her of the situation and asked for
A some help." he said. .
.chc .vas the secretin. . I W. D
i$$m .lamleson, director of finance for
Democratic national committee, wasr.'i
shc',: asked Senator Edge. Republi
J i .. n of New Jei bi
3R 1 think so," Ileffernan continued
tiv: ' We came to an arrangement b which
Jgj J00.000 shares of the corporation stock
iJf.P were Issued. The ten of us engaged
In the publication took 49.000 shares
'7t3& and 61.000 were assigned to her She
has no far furnished $& 000 for the
IkS publication.'
PAPER CONTROIiLiED
'Does that come from Mrs. Parks
personally or the natlunal commit
tee?" Chairman Krnyon ;.-kcd.
:'U 'I have no way of knowing," Heff-
ernan replied
5 , So we have a situation by which
parf u this1 paper Is controlled by the Icmo
cratlc national committee" asked
hairman Kenyon.
H "Yes."
The witness then declared the
American Region Weekly Is controlled
by the Republican national . ommlt
tee. MtM "How can you make- that state
ment ?" demaneiod Senator Edge
Heffernan mentioned Theodon
Kooseveli. Jr , and other organize ol
l the American Legion and declared
1 that Scott C Bonn, director of publi
city for the Republican national com
mittee, had stated that 'be Republl
gtt can committee controlled tho lesion
Ejfl weeklv
KM WASHINGTON, Sept 2 The right
mJfi of Senator Edge. Republican, of New
Jersey, to participate In any luyeatl'
m.. gatlon by the senate Investigating com-
mlttee Into tho political activities of
mm . the "Suus and Stripes, i soldli i pub-
wGft llcatlon, was rhulleuj;ed before i he
committee today b) Joseph L. Heffer
nan, secri-tary of tip- publishing com
pany He- said be had information tluil
m Senator Edge was Involved in some
.scheme, whatever it if-, i. gainst ns
Heffernan previously bad testified
ji'H thst his paper, despite a bona fide
circulation" of lOO.OOo. had been un
P ,-ibl' to obtain advertising. He Kaid
K'lfclP be had Information thai Senator Bdgfl
,lf0V " a :jt -
I lii,! Ing the ' SL-ir;i arid Stripes" from ob-
'alnliiR advertising.
Senator Edge demanded the name
of the person who bad Informed Hef-
fernan and was finally told that R,l I -31JI
ard S. Jones, an associate In the Starr.
,ud Btn 'iii''. was the man Jom-n
was ordered subpoenaed
f WASHINGTON. Sept :4.--R P.
Stewart, assistant at.ornev general,
whose name wj mentionc yesterday
before the senate -campaign tnvesttgat
ifM lng committee In connection the
i "-mocratlc national ponvention at San
p-s' Francisco and his travel to that city
at public expense, told the commltt--'
ijj, toda that lie went to the Pacific coast
IX,' In connection with the prosecution of
' , lraul cast's He was heard ;ii his own
M i I ouest
Wt had B number r.f shipyard cases
' " In the northwest." Mr. Stewart said,
? J "involyiug frauds and frequent re-
; jll quest came from attorneys In charge
;J locally for assistance I talked It OVl
J: J j w ith Jurlge Ames and he eb-clded It
j was necessary for me- to go "
I MOVE fLQMS&l GKUNAQ
' ' The witness also mentioned the pto-
' 1 1 ceedlngs started against John Grunau,
'Tm of Chicago, leader of the switchmen's
It fm- ' ' : I ' . ,, LI-. : i ll' li' .id i,i .t"i." '
in Chicago, went to Seattle ond later
"'w'oi arrived at San BranclsCO conferring
(Cuntinuod ou Pau Twelve.)
sLsl
NEGRO SLAYER
HANGED; BOASTS
j OF MANY CRIMES
SAN QUENTIN, Cal., Sept.
24 Mose Gibson, negTo slayer
! of Roy G. Trapp, rancher of
Fullerton, Cal., and of Jacob
Erhardt and wife of PhoeDiz,
Ariz., was hanged at the state
penitentiary here at 10:19 a. m.
today. He was pronounced dead !
Ji twelve minutes. FoLlowinrj
hii arrest Gibson stat-ed that he
killed lour other people, but th
authorities could not prove this
statement.
inn
TAKEN Bf L A.
j MURDER CASE
Cause of Death and How
Buried in Sealed Room
Both Mysteries
LOS ANGKI.KS. Calif.. Sept. 24
A preliminary post mortem r-.vamina-!
tlon of tho body of Jacob Charles
I Dentfen. found burled in a sealed roo.n
In the cellar of his home, having
.disclosed i.o m.irks of violence, oe
i tectlven searched today for evidence
, ns to how the wealthy mining pro
moter eame to his death
I Officers previously had expressed
I the theory thst Denton had been shot
oi stabbed. The shooting theory was
'favored because a revolver, full; loan
ed, but with one cartridge "f a w:nn;
calibre, hud been found In a room
which Penton had reserved for his
own use. leaning the rest.
BTORUSS DIFFER
Stories by Los Angeles friends as
! to when Penton was last seen differed
i as to the date Some placed It at
I June i'. while others named August
19 as th'" time In- dropped from sight
JudKc Kuss Axery. of the Los An
geles superior courl. friend and attor
ney of the dead man. made public
portions of a recent will elrawn by
I r.ton. This document disposed of
the bulk of his propcrtv to Trancls
Denton daughter of his first and dl-
oced wife now going to school In
I'hoenlx, Arlr.
U HITFS TO JUDGfi.
He also wrote Judge Averj If
anything should happen to me or In
case of death, which must sometime
happen to all of us, I hereby appoint
you my nttornev in fact, and. togeth
er with Joel Denton, Law son, Mo., the
administrator of my estate."
Joel Denton Is a brother of the dead
man the police said.
DENVER, Colo . F-ept. 24. Mrs. R
C. I -f-te, who occupied for two months
the I. op Angeles house where the body
"f lacob Qharles Denton was found
yesterday, said today that he would
start for Los Angeles tomorrow to tell
the authorities nil she knows about
I D nton and the house.
I She said that she rented the house
Ma 24 and remained lero until Aug
ust 17. when she came to this clt
I where her husband and little daughter
j were staying.
M V ST ERIOU8 W ARK 1 N G
June 6. Mrs Peeto 6ald. she receiv
ed a mysterious telephone warning to
remain out of the cellar. She said
that she saw little of Denton while
I living In his house.
"He occupied a room in the house,
I but seldom was there. Un June 2 he
agreed to give me power of attorney
to sell his house He failed to appeal
'on that daj but 1 received a message
saving he had been injured in an ac
cident. Pour days later I saw him In an
nutomoblle with four other men Hi
arm whs bandaged. A few days later
j 1 saw a man enter the house whom
I thought was Denton He had a
patch oer his eye and another on his
i left cheek
FINDS ITIS WILL,
U hen he did not return I Institut
ed a search for him. Wo found his
I will, which left most of his property
! to his daughter, who lives in I'hoenlx,
Arizona Then 1 got the mysterious
lU'Uphone call 1 belteed that It was
Mil a little room off the basement that
Denton'8 body was found That room
was never opened while I was in the
house Mrs. Peeto said today,
Mi- Peete smd thai Denton was
I friendly with a Spanish woman w ho
called at the house twice while she
I was th'-re it was the vole of this
I Woman Mrs Peete declared phe was
confident, who gave her the warning
over the telephone t0 stay out of the
' liaicni'-nt.
FOUR MONTHS SLAKt h,
PHOENIX Aril., Bept 23. Finding
I of th bod) of Ja ob Charles Denton
ends search for him whli h had been
j made for nearly four months, ac
cording to Attorney P H Bayes of
this city, who said he represonted M r.
Sarah Denton divorced ifi- of tha
mining man, and the i 16 -year-Old
daughter, Frances Denton. ' Mother
it n I daughter live here.
Hayes said Denton was last beard
I from May 81, last, when his daughtei
I to whom he had bpen writing daily,
1 (Continued ou I'ugc Two.)
PAGEANT TO BE
FIRST FEATURE
OF LEGION MEET
.Governor Cox and Senator
Harding Send Messages of
Welcome to Veterans
ICLEVELAND PREPARES
FOR HUGE THRONGS
Three-Day Convention of
Great Organization to
Begin Monday
t CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 24 Indica
'tions todav were that the largest
i rowd thul eer visited Cleveland will
be here for the parade of the Amerl
'..II J.-t.'ion Oiich will be held Monday
afternoon, the opening da) of the
'three-day convention
I Thi parade 1U be more of a pa
geant, typifying the spirit of the legion
and Hie spirit with which the Onlted
(States went into tho war, Franklin
id'Oller. national commander, declar
ed. Mayor Fitzgerald has proclaimed a
half hollda during the parade
Approximately 20,ii00 men and wo
men are expecte-d to march
, GREETINGS FROM NOMINEES.
Messages of greeting were received
itoduy from Senator Warren G Hard
ing Republican presidentla I nominee:
'Governor .lames M. Cox, Democratic
; presidential candidate; Secretary of
War baker and Secretary of the Nay)
' i lahleTa
After welcoming the lrlon of Ohio,
Goverpoi Cpx's message read in jurt
"It is my hope thitt nwrv request
and recommendation made and to be
mad.- t. your bod. will receive the
serious onslderattoti of all parties In-,
terested. Nothing would displease me
iiion- than to se our government and
jour people forget the great serVlOf
l rendered b your members In the suc
jcesHful uorld struggle In behalf of ei -llizatlon
l hope the activities of youi
lorganlzatlon will assist in keeping
fresh in ill,- minds of our people tin
duty and obligation our country owes
to those who sered In time of need,
STRl I . FOR IDEA1 3.
"I sincerel) trust that your orgnnl-:
ration will continue to maintain and1
strive for high Ideals and that it will
lit grow and flourish, and . .-r as a
guide and Inspiration to our future
I generations."
Senator Harding expressed regret at.
being unable lo be here rind i ontmu- 0
In part;
ur soldiers, sailors and marines'
fought not .as Republicans or In-mo-crats.
but us citizens for the preser-l
iatlon of American rights and perpet-!
luation of American Ideals.
"Adhering to the non-partisan spirit
,of cooperation shown by all Americans
Muring the war, the American Lr-glon
happily has expressed the determina
tion to remain free from party poll
tics. ou cast your ballots not col-i
lectiVCly but as individuals, but your
servlco with the colors has made you
e1. en more conscious of the necessity
for preservation of our nationality To
the spirit of the mer1can Legion. Am
erica now looks for leadership In
maintaining the rlghis and Ideals for
which you fought.'
BORAH'S ANTI-PACT TALK
HEARD BY LARGE CROWDS
LAWRENCE, Mass., Sepl 24 The I
I league of nations won denounced bv
Senator William E. Borah In an "i
i drcsa last night. Later he spoke ut
i an overflow meeting. He xald that
the league was wholly un-American
j and entirely European not a league
for peace, but a league for war. dv
; pendent for its strength on its war
run kin' powers."
According to Its oting principles.1
r he added. Europe will control it in
less than twent) years The people
of the United tSates have no voice
and ctnnot seior; the country's repre
sentatives It is s league of diplomats,
an auocratlc power, dependent upon
I secret diplomacy and military force.'
-act- .
'LIFER' OF SAN QUENTIN
CAUGHT IN IDAHO FALLS
SAN QUENTIN, Cal Sept 24
William Wickhain, serving a lift- term
in Ban Quentln prison from Alameda
county for murder, and who escaped
July 14. has been captured at Idaho
Kails. Ida, Warden Johnston an
nounced yesterday
MAKE GETAW Y
RENO, Sepl 24. While the state
; prison commissioners were inspecting
; the state penitentiary al Carson City
terday atfernoon two convicts
I Frank i'rlce and Manuel Revere, ap
propriated Warden Kufe Hendricks'
automobile and drove through the
gates lo freedom. Both men were
serving Indeterminate sentences up to
fourteen years.
COAL UNDER CAPITOL AT
CHEYENNE IS BURNING
CHEYENNE, Sept. 24 Coal In the
bunkers of thc state capltol here had
boon burning for Seventeen hourw lust
' night and laborers were removing
hundreds of tons of coal from the
.storage chambers just outside the- cap
ltol a walls. The- building Is not ,on
sidcrcd endangered The in.- is said
to have resulted from spontaneous
. combustion.
BABE RUTH HITS
, OUT HIS FIFTIETH
HOMER OF YEAR
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.
"Babe" Ruth, heav3r hitter of
tho New York Americans, made
his 50th home run of the sea
sou in the first inning of to
day's game with the Washing
i ton club at the polo grounds,
Ruth made another home r.
his fifty-first in the first in
i ning of the second game. The
: ball went into deep right ficfd
j oleacbers. Shaw of Washington
was pitching against him.
FRENCH LOOK
ON U. S. PLANES
K DEATH TRAPS
Machines Entered in Aviation
Cup Race Viewed With
Apprehension
PAK1S, Sept. 24 No elimination
trials of American entries for tho
forthcoming .lames Gordon Hennett
International aviation cup race will be
held, the special commlttrn of t:ir
Aero club of America, decided 'ml ".
The three machines which win fry th
Stars and fctrlpcs during the raCS will
be selected by the committee on the
field Monday moi nine The eommlt
tee's decision will he final So appeal
from It will be permitted and no otiiei
American machines except those Bi -lected
will b ;llowed to take the
air.
MAK1 JEST IMA.
Five Krench ma hlnes will go over
the course tomorrow. The three
French representatives will b- select
ed from them Pilots Barault, flying
a P.orel machine Captain de Komalne:
and Jeun Casale. In Spads; adl le
colnle. the favorite of the race, and
Klfsoh, fiing Kleuporta, will compete.
All five machines iue 30 horsepower
Hispano motors, theii wing Spread
Varying from six metres for the NlCU
ports and six and a half metres for
the Spaus. to 7.10 metres foi the
Borel
HAW K I It IN DOUBT.
The three British entries apparent
ly are dwindling down to a Martvn
side with Captain F P Rvnham up
neither Harry C. Hawker nor L. P.
Talt-Cox having yet arrived with the
formers Bopwith or the latter s Xlcu
port Hawker and Tait-Cox have ix't
been scratched officially however, and
It Is possible they will compete.
The French arc sanguine concern
ing their chances of winning.
Lecolnte yesterday Inspected tho
American marhlises He expressed
great admiration, not unmlngled with
a certain pessimism ns to llv possi
bility of making sate landings with
the heavily laden machines, which
hal'e n narrow wing spread.
I.ecolnte asked one American pilot.
"Are you going to fly this? If so.
you are a greater daredevil than I
am and I have that reputation.'
LIMITED DUTY FREE ZONE
ALONG BORDER PROPOSED
MEXICO IT Y . Sept 23. Estab
lishment of a limited duly free .one
along the United States frontier is be
ing considered by the government, ac
cording to a treasury department an
nouncement. The project contemplates
making Mexican Cities and towns near
the frontier, where the government
has customs agents, part of this lim
ited zone. The former duty free zone
w ill not b.. established along I In en
tire frontier, it is Bald.
90-YEAR COUNTERFEITER
WANTED EASY JAIL TERM
SAN FRAN"' ISO . Bept 24. A Jail
Bent nee of ono v-ar and a fine of 1
wns Imposed in the United StatCB dis
trict court here today on William
Smith. albiH Robert Hossom, a 90 year
old counterfeiter, following his plCO of
guilts'. Smith was captured In San
Jose. Cal , where it Was alleged he
tried to pas'? counterfeit $10 and $20
bills
Smith said he had passed bad mone
In the hope of getting Into jail, as
be v-as well (raated there"
. wkJ
NO QUICK PRICE DROP IN
MEN'S CLOTHES EXPECTED
CHICAGO, Sept 2-1 Prices for
I men's clothing will not come down
! more quickly than the high COSI of
materials ad labor and therefore no
violent changes may be expected, de
clared ion Btrouse, president of the
National Association of clothing Man
ufacturers, before the .National Asso
ciation of Heiati clothiers' convention
I last nigh I
Mr Btrouse promised that the 20 to
. 25 per rent price cut announced by
I tho textile manufacturers would be
' reflected in .spring prices.
NEW HEAD OF
CABINET HAS
! RECORD IN IR
Premier Lezgues Served as
Minister of Marine Under
"Tiger"
OFFICIAL KNOWN AS
LAWYER AND AUTHOR
President Millerand Cheered
by Throngs Following
His Election
PARIS. Sept 24 (By the Assoctat
erl Press ) Georges Leygues. minls;er
I of marine In the Clemenceau cabinet
I has accepted a call to the first pre-mlTt-hip
under President Millerand's
administration. It was announced thin
i afternoon. He will likewise act as
foreign minister
It Is understood the other mlnls
t rs of the Millerand cabinet will re
i tain their posts
Georges l..eygues. who became min
ister of marine when Premlei e""iem-
1 ncenu formed hip cahinel In Novem
ber. 10 17. a few months after tne
entry of the United States in the war.
served in that part throughout tne
remainder of the world conflict, con
tributing notablv to the sneoess of inn
allies in the long struggle they wacil
afd the curbjnfc of German subma
rine warfare. FI retire. 1 from minls-
' rial office last January with tie
; resignation of M. Clemenceau,
M LfVgueS began his political
carebf s a member of the cffgmbei
Which be entered In ISM. Subs-
in--. rh-, fie held posts In the cnhlneis
of Dftpuy, Rlb'.t, W'aldecV-KouRseau
:ind Sarri n He Is a lawyer ond a
wlter of considerable prominence on
historical, political economic and lit
erary subjects. His political affilia
tions have been with the (?rojp of tb
Republicans of the left. He will he
02 vears of acre In N'ovemSe ' '
mi LI rnNr iii.kki;i
PARIS. Sept. 2.T (By trie Associ
ated Press.! The Bols de Kouloerne
was filled with crowd thst cheered
as the presidential procviion, nearlv
three miles long, moved toward tne
Klysee Palace In acknowledgement
.f the greetings of the crowds, the
president kept bowing and smiling
,M Millerand takes office for full
V n years. In his election. M Mliler
ind received tho third hisrhet vote
, clven a French president the election
; of M. Thiers being unanimous. ;ind
M Deschanel receiving '4 votes. Mil
lerand's vote was C9S
Out of sympathy for the Deschanel
family, Madame Millerand did not
attend the c-remonv
rui Ing his brief stay at ni seo, M
Millerand was decorated with the in
slgns of the Grand Cordon of the
I . -Hit. n nf Honor and the collar of the
Grand Master of the Order, the duties
j of which devolve upon him as presd
I dent.
-oo
EX-EMPEROR DELIGHTED
BY CHEERS OF DUTCH
VMKItnNUKN, Sept 23 (By The
Associated Press. The former kaiser
to. lav t irn.d over to Milage' authori
ties the lltth hospital he had ordered
j built as n memorial for the asylum
which Amer'ongeu gave hUn when he
fled German v
He motored from the solitude of the
house of lioorn, where he resides, to
Amerongen which was gaily deco
rated. For the first time slncP he
r:ime to Holland, he was the er-ntr.il
figure in a little scene of pomp.
T)"1 people, who hertoforc had been
without B hOspltal fairh bombarded
tho formei ,-.mieror with bouquets and
Words of th inks when his automobile
1 left on the return to Doom His
bearded face bore a continuous smile
of d llRht
This was the first enthuslastl. pub
lie demonstration whidtl William Ho
henxollern ha. I rece I -d Mime he ga e
UP the throne
All cheered the presentation speech
of the former emperor.
In. the reception room of the hosJ
; pital hang pictures of VN'llhelm and his
wife wearing their crowns, and also
! a llkenr.-- of Queen Wllhelmina
The structure- built and com
pletely furnished by the ex-emperor at
a COSl of 100,000 florins. It contains
, e Ight heds.
DESTROYERS COLLIDE IN
SAN DIEGO MANEUVERS
SAN DIKGO, Cal. Sept .24. The
i nited states destroyer PaUfay was
laid up here for repairs us the result
I of a collision with the destroyer Swa
lej during maneuvers off this port
The Ballcv was moving nt high speed
I when the crash occ urred and her bow
i was curled buck nearly 3T. feel. The
ISwasey was only slightly damaged
None of the crew on either vessel was
. Injured.
DECIDE MEXICAN RULER
DOESN'T NEED OPERATION
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 24 Physl
clans attending provisional President
d la Ilneita found hlrn considerably
Improved yesicnl.i.i uml afl.T a con
nl'.itlon. decided an operation f)r np
Ipendlcitis would be unnecessary at this
time.
Rich American
Woman Trusts
Friend; Loses
Pearl Necklace
LONDON. Sept 24. Solicitors
representing Mrs John Spreckels.
li . of California, have Instructed
the police to inaugurute extradi
tion proceedings for Villlam Bar
i rett. an American, who is report-
erl to be under 9ur Slllahce Of the
police of Los Angeles Cal A War
irnt charging Barrett with the
theft of a pearl necklace valued :it
1 1ft, 500 was ISSjlied ou llie appll
catloh of Mtb Spreckels in the
Marlborough poiic- court Septem
ber 17
Mrs. Spreckels Is at a West Knd
hotel, has cancelled her, passage
on a liner tomorrow for New YorK
and will await the return of her
husband who is in Norwaj
Her secretary said today that
Mrs Spn.ckcls met L5rr-tt Whom
she had known several '-:ns, at
tile Pandown race course some
months ago and as she- was not
aco.ua Inte. I in London he offered
i to Introduce her to his frlen-.'.s.
, The secretary declared Mrs
1 Spreckels requested him to attend
to some dealings for her with Jew-. .
elrrs and row him the necklace,
which she wanted cleaned and re
strung Tim.- elapsed but Barred
avoided discussion as to the
whereabouts of the necklace, the
secretary said, and eventually
London. His t ontlned sib nee de
termined Mrs Spreckels lo Inau
gurate proceedings which re.sulte.l
i In the issuance of the police courl
I warrant
LOS ANG BLEB, Ca. Bept 2'4.
William Barrett, for whose ar-
r rest a warrant was reported to
have been issued in London u
tcniber 1 1 in connection wUh the
theft of B p arl necklace valued
at Jtl6.oio. Hp- property of Mrs.
John BpreCKleS, Jr , was said la be
.Isiting friends in a suburb of
Lob Angeles toki.
Barrett visited ihe district at
torneys office here Wednesday
i accompanied by a dctcctlve, who
. then passed the night with him at
a downtown hotel. It was de
nied at police headquarters he
was under arrvd Yesterday aft
ernoon Barren parted companj
from the detectlvep;.
"There Is nothing criminal In
my connection with Mrs. Spicu
les and her Jewels and as soon as
m London solicitor can investi
gate anel wire. I am sure that I
will be cleared of Implication "
ENGLISH MINERS DELAY
STRIKE AC l ION FOR WEEK
j LONDON, Sept. 2. As a result
;of a further conference with it. mi"
Lloyd GeuTK,' uuiicrnlni; the threaten
ed coal stni'.e. the miners featecutlvc
bodv decided today to recommend to
the delegjtes of tne mime.- who arc
meeting the afternoon, that tin a rlke
notices, which are 0fC0CtlVe H.iturdav
be suspended one ftu-li 'o eaablv the
miners to meet toe owners as ui; ; t
'ed by the premier.
The premier's proposal was thai a
basic line he fixed for coal output al
la sufficiently low level to Insure a
wage Increase if any reasonable rale
'of produ.tlon is maintained
The recommendation of the execu
tive body was followed by the miners
delegates, at their meeting latt r In the
afternoon and it was decided to sus
pend the strike nol-ec:. one week as
requested b tho premier.
LEGATION OF OLD CZAR
FINALLY LEAVES CHINA
plking. '-j.t. ZJ. Termination of
official relations with the Russian le
gation, announced by the foreign Office
'here today, followed an exchange ot
communications between the legation
and the foreign office lifter the lattCJ
had suspended the tonne. B privilege
rwf Mending cipher messages Prince
KOudacheff, the Russian intinister. was
willing to leave Peking onl upon s
formal reque-st from the government
holding that be could not take the
Initiative in leaving Id view of the con
tinued recognition of the legation by
the foreign office
The Chinese government desired the
minister to leave of his own volition
I In view of n peculiar situation here,
the legation having no authority over
Russian consuls and not helnft con
sidered lo hold the position of a real
legation
N. Y. BROKERAGE HOUSES
INDICTED ON OIL SWINDLE
NEW YOKK. Sept. 21 Three New
York brokerage houses were Included
In a supplementary, Indictment unseal-
ied by federal court order today which
alleged mall frauds exceeding 20,
; 000,000 in connection with the sale
of stock In Ihe Tuxpant Star il cor-
poratlon. supposed to have wells at
TamPlCO Mexico! Members of tho
'three firms O'Brien and company.
! Low brothers ami Samue l S Campbell
.and company have bepn summoned
to appear for pleading before Federal
Judge William P Sheppard
I'nder the original Indictment, found
Un June, 1919. Louis Roumagguck
I president, and Francis Imandt, presi
dent of the Tuxpam Oil company,
w.-re :nr. st'.d and put under ball
TEXAS LAWMAKERS STUDY
STRINGENT STRIKE LAW
Ai STIN, Tex , Sept. 2i. The house
'committee on military affairs of the
iTexas legislature bcr.jn .onsidetut Ion
I of a bill submitted bv Qpyernor Kobbj
' proposing mo;.- 8l ringent dv.il
lng with Industrial troubles at Texaa
ports Several members have an-
InonnerU thai 'bey would offer amend-
; uu nts lo the measure.
BANDITS USE I
URGE CAR TO I
IKE GETAWAY I
Robbers Get $6000 From H
Sugar Bank in Salt Lake H
Suburb H
LOSS AT MORGAN IS (H
LARGE, POLICE BELIEVE
Nash Automobile Stolen in H
Ogden May Figure in H
Robberies H
Just a few minutes after city and
county peace officers received word
that bandits had blown their way into
the First National bunk of Morgan and
had robbed the locked boxes of vulua
ble securities, word came from Salt
Lake that three armed bandits had mm
held up the Sugar bank at Sugar mMM
House and escaped in u.n automobile LbbbbbI
With 16000 mMM
Sheriff Brig Robinson of Morgan
Count) was of the opinion that them
Connection between the two rob
beries large automobile Is said to MM
ilgur. In both cases mMM
KOBBttm in MORGAN
In Morgan th robbers entered the
bank i removing bars from a win
dow Then I hey forced then w ay Into
leposlt box room through
the use of explosives- mm
Many of tno boxes were forced open
and their contents either taken or scat- MMM
tered o.r the floor. Sheriff Robin- mMM
son .is the bank officials were c0n-
fronted arith h huge task of checking ,
with tn owners of the boxes to learn
whal la missing and lo whom the sea;-
tered securities on tho lioor belong UmM
KsriM.M . m vdi:. K
1 mil the depositors make out a list
of their mlssmg prop. ru no estlmato
was available as to the amount ths LbbbI
, i obbern obtained. rM
"1 BTuesa they .'ot .piitt- a bit," Sher- LH
.Iff iiobl.ison r.ti.l H- was trying to ' MMM
get a list oi missing securities to uld mMS
in tne capture pf the robbers. rLssBB
Reports from Salt Like lndlente the WMM
Sugar House bank robbery was sensn- I WMM
tlonal The ihr.-o handit.s lined em- kfM
ployes and others along the wall and km
while one stood guard the others pro- ibbbbbI
cured the loot 1
LAKGI CAR STOLEaH WWl
There is a local aiigie to the two rob- km
l-erles. The sugar Hons bandits arc mWM
(reported lo have left In a large Noah kwM
car. The description given local p.-
lice of thl.- ear lends them to believe WMm
II is the one stolon In igden a few j kWd
days ago from the Pacific-Nash Motor WMM
MM
I Sheriff Robinson of Morgan county ;
said he u.is informed that a large car
,"" Morgan li direction of Ogdeh WMM
at about I o'cloi k tins morning kmm
S M i i IKE t:ni:i!Kin
s.L'i LAKE, Sept, 24. Six thou- l
Bana dollan cash was .taken bv thr.-o MmWw
armed bandits .shortly before eleven
o'clock this morning when thev held i
;up the Sugar bank .t ugar House, ;i I mfM
suburb of Salt Luke, according to re. , Wk
ports received by the police The ban- L mM
dits escaped In an automobile. f
Tin- robbers overlooked $16,000 in I
bins which was secreted in a drawer f mM
. 'M lo th on. troni which the $61100 I
taken The bank employes were J I
I lined up ag.-ilnsl Hie wall while tho 1- bbbH
robbers made 0 search for the money.
immediately upon finding he fUOOO
the) disappeared, after threatening
violence to the people- in the bank If
I they made an outer;. .
COX IGNORES OFFER OF if
PROHIBITION CANDIDATE If )
ALBUQUERQUE, V. M . Sej.t 2
Qovernor Cox will Ignore proposuis
. from tho I'rohii.li ion party for retire-
ment of Aaron 8 Walk in.-. Prohibition
j candidate, from the presidential race I
If the governor would pledge himself
; to certain measures regarding the
Volstead law. Governor C" hjia.de this lH
announcement upon his arrival here
! last night. 11 Was understood that a
similar proposal was made to Senator ibbbbbI
The Prohibition party's proposal,
I Qovernor Cox state, came In a letter
about two weeks ao from Virgil Q.
I Hlnshaw, who said he acted officially.
, The letter WtLB in the nature of a (Urg JH
tlonnalre regarding action upon the
V'Olitead law and other prohibition
questions Mr Ulnshaw, it was said.
expressed confidence.'' that Mr. Wat-
kins would retire from the presidential
arena should Governor ( ox reph fa-
vornbL to the ucstionr.ulre.
No reply has been or will be made.
, GOverhor Cox .ald. and ho declined
I also to comment Upon a similar offer Bw;
by Mr Catkins.
CHICAGO GUN-MAN KILLS H
FORMER UNION OFFICER
CHICAGO. Sept. 24. Another vie
tint yesterdaj was added to the toll
of gun-men killed, when, Richard
hltey ' Forbes, former official of
tho Auto Mechanics union, was shot
to death ' Before death canto the vie
tim refused to reveal tin name of his
assailant. Bgylng his pala woulel taka
care of the party who shot him. 'iBtc
Forbes wis said to have been a
member of Ihe tang headed by T0111- H
mv Knrlght, brother of Moss" En- 0
right, who was murdered last Spring
1 WOMAN JUMPS TO DEATH K
FROM. ELEVENTH FLOOR B
SAN IRA NCI SCO. Sept. 24 Mis. ;:HS
Annie B. Jones, 39, of Siin Jus. w ,s BsBs)
killed In a fall from tho eleventh iBBsSir
floor into a light well of th Plood siBs
building here yesterday, and e.- wit- IbmI
nesse.s sjild she jumped to her death! BE"
according lo morgue authorities. She
had been treated by a doctor in the
building for a nervous disorder a few H
I moments buiuu ibbsbbh