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LM F,fty f r.t Year-No 226 OGDEN CITY. UTAH, SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 19, 1922. I
I S. P. EMPLOYES CONFESS FRAUD I
1 1 o o . I
! OGDEN BANDIT SLAPS GIRL TO MAKE HER ROB I
L SIMONOS TELLS
j WHY U. S. HOLDS
I BACK ON GENOA
HI
First Wants to Wind Up
f Arms Parley By Dispos-
I ing of Treaties
J FALL DATE FAVORED
Uncle Sam Also Hesitating
f About Sitting Down With
L Bolshevik Agents
I IU PR M B BTMOND8
WW WASHINGTON. Feb. lg.-i-'Wlllle
QB i sj.. -in
i ntei nation il i onferi ncc at Oi uoa 01
elsewhere has not yet been perfectly
B pressed, the moment has como When
WM i is possible to explain those funda-
KB mental conditions which will In an
D event determine the American decl-
1 B ,loi, n the present article, therefore,
1 mean to discuss, first, the relation ,
JM , ,,, i'Tut.-d Stales to Hi- prop,
f J Genoa conference and. second to any
,, J conference In the near;
H X future.
I I jn of Genoa it js no exag-
B I seratibo to say that the American ad- ,
Pf itlon was taken by surprise In
1 matti r of the proposal made ai
BJ . roi a ni e conference, la pr
, Doxlnc tha ay for the recent Wosn-J
Pi 5 urn reuce the United Stat"
1 .,. ernmenl long In advance of th
1 proposed date conducted ait exchange
ut view with all the countries con
cerned Desiring to have a confer- j
recognizing what questions must
be considered at such a gathering. Mr.
4BS HuKb.M began by conversations Indi-
T . atmg American views and asking the
f European views.
o ONMPKKATION SHOWN
i Now, In the case of the Genoa con
. i i r -idem Harding -net
IBf i I M,l! then li"-
L C1 . of such a proposal by reading ol
& m th newspaper Although It ra
patent that American presence at the
Genoa conference was desired, al-
hOUgtl H was clear that In the view i
i .,i Mr. Lloyd George and M. Briand
I ibkc American presence was essential
5 1 io success, not the least consideration
I .wis shown to the United States In the
I matter.
I Therefore, the United States WSS
I i.uund to conclude and did conclude
I i hat the agreement at Cannes calling
I the Genoa conference represented u
desperate maneuver of three prime ,
ministers. Lloyd George. Briand and j
I'.onoml who saw their domestic po-
I I litical situations excee dingly embar
rassed and sought at one time to for- J
tlfy themselves and placate their par-I
llaments by calling a new conference.
i IJ. s KM INDIGNANT.
In the American opinion the pro
posals for this conference were the
I 1 product of a sudden determination
rather than a carefully measured plan. .
The fact that both M. Briand and Slg
nor Bonoml subsequently fell demon- i
mi rates pretty clearly to the Amcrl
Ban mind the origin of the proposal
for the Genoa conference The Amer- I
lean government still feels if not in-1
dignant at least surprised that Its
, iews and its conditions should have,
been totally Ignored alike In the de
i Ision to hold B conference and In thu I
agreement upon the agenda of that I
conference, and it feels quite as
strongly that the agenda Itself gives
very little promise of useful results.
Now. turning to the American as
pect of the question of the Genoa con
ference the situation 18 thin: Wo have
just completed the Washington i un
ference, which has successfully dealt
with the question of naval armaments.
Hut the treaties which have been!
agreed upon in recent sessions are now
before the 1'nlted States senate It Is
I rue that at the moment when they I
reached the senate there was every '
Indication that they would be ratified
But It was equally true that prior to I
ratification there was and is certain
to be a considerable fight. There lfc I
in opposition in the senate which, If
not numerically strong, includes some 1
of the best fighters. To ratify the 1
treaties, too, It will be necessary to,
enlist Democratic votes.
REASONS 1 (Ut HESI1 1 H
in tins situation the Harding admln
1st ration feels that it is u misfortune
r thai the Genoa conference should
have been railed so precipitately and 1
that an effort should have been made,
to involvo It In a now conference be- i
fore the results of the previous con-
ference have been established by the
action of the United States senate. It
Is quite obvious today that Ifa Genoa
confer, iit i -,re proceeding cuiicom
mltsntly with a senate debate upon
i In Washington treaties. Incidents and
episodes at Genoa mlcht tend to give
: Strength to the opposition to the
Washington treaties, and that what i
was gained here might be lost without
any compensating advantage derived i
I from the Genu, i meeting.
I It follows then thai the United
I states government has welcomed th
I course taken bV M. Polnoars in urging!
I a three-months' postponetm nt of the
Genoa conference The 1'nlted States
government doe-i not desire to partici
pate In any now conference until the
debate in the United States senate over
the Washington treaties is terminated.
it is not hostile to such a conf reence.
' 'a ii is not hostile to such conference
r iimsl.i nee such a conference might
(.Continued ou Page Three )
UNION MINERS VOTE TO STRIKE IF SCALE IS CUT
SEffl MIS II1
URTON TOLD
TO CLOSE
II7ASHINGT0N, Feb. 18.
VV Seven theatres, including
the New National and Poll's,
two of the principal playhouses
in the national capital, were or
dered cjosed tonight by the
board of commissioners, the
governing body of the District
of Columbia.
The order was issued after an
inspection of playhouses in the
district had teen completed by
a board of five engineers The
inspection grew out of the re
cent collapse of the Knicker
bocker theatre which cost the
lives of ninety-eight persons.
I I
NEKMTSIN
POLSTSCAL RING
Special Attention to Be Paid;
to Forthcoming Congres-
BionaJ Elections
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN
i International News Service!
CHICAGO. Feb. 18. The American
farmer tonight thyjw his hat into thej
political arena
A new and militant organization.
"The L'nlted Farmers" National Hloc,"
was formed here with tle announced!
Intention of "putting the right men
In office." Special attention, It was:
declared, will be paid to the forthcom-
ing congressional elections.
The political agrarian organization
was effected at a conference called by i
tin. fMi-ninra n.itlonnl council rind At-1
tended by delecntea from a dozen mid
dle western states.
SCRUTINIZE 1NDIDATES
Candidates coming up for election in
the future will bp closely scrutinized as
to their position on legislation and
other matters relating to the farmers.
If the candidate are agriculturally
okeh they will be supported. If not
a concerted and determined organized
effort will be made to bring about
their defeat.
The organization's policy will be to
i adorns candidates already in the field
It is not the present Intention of the
farmers to put up candidates of their
own but rather exert a tremendous
Influence in behalf of the "rinht men "
The organisation savs it is ''strictly
non-partisan."
Mil . i II! Im.h UtTERS
H Wells Andrews, a farmer of Ge
neso. IU was elected president and
Chicago selected as national headquar
I or.
'rep.tlon of "an overwhelming pub
dic sentiment" in behalf of their po
litical platform will be most of the
most import'iiit ulnis of the "bloc"
The association recognises that the
all -controlling factor in government
is public sentiment ' vml lun.l.iniJn C.
Marsh, managing director of the
Farmers1 National council
"Durlncr th bist three years farm
ers have lost $20 QQO.OQO.000 through
the deflation of prices, high freight
rates and the foreclosing of mort
gages "We propose to remedv this situa
tion "
The new organization's platform. It
was announced. Includes "calling for
the operation of railroads for public
service Instead of private profit, gov
ernment guarantee of cost of produc
tion of staple farm products and tax
imr of excess profits to pay th war
debt."
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ASSASSIN WOUNDS
EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL
t'AIKO. l"eb. 18 (Ey The Asso
ciated Press. ) An attempt was made
today upon the life of R. Alfred
Rrown, controller general of the
Egyptian ministry of education. He
was struck by a revolver bullet and
seriously wounded.
'robber tells
i DETECTIVE HOW
HE OPERATED
Hold Up of Ogden Canyon
Santarium Cleared Up By
Complete Confession
TAKES ENTIRE BLAME
Prisoner Says He Was Des
perate and Emboldened
By Liquor
It. E Btahr, of Grand Junction ar
j rested within a few hours after hold
ing up Jesse Rockefeller, proprlc-tor
' of the figiien Canyon sanitarium and
forcing Rose I-aviile, a French girl, to
rifle the cash register of S42.40. con
fessed to Chief of Detectives Robert
Rurk Saturday to having committed
the crime.
lie did no implicate either the girl
or J. W Allen, the taxlcab driver,
both of whom, however, are being
held by the police for further Investi
gation According to the confession made
by Stahr. he met the girl early In the
evening but did not say anything to
her about visiting the sanitarium The
story of the girl coincides with the
confession in that detail. Chief of De
tectives Uurk said last night.
GOES TO SANITARH M .
Stahr said that he and the girl were
taken to the sanitarium by Allen about
12 o clock and that he told Allen to
return for them about 2 o'clock, after
which, he said. Allen returned to
town
According to stahr be telephoned
Allen shortl) before 2 o'clock and told
him to hring some sandwiches along
and to come and gel him and the i:nl
As soon as Allen arrived, Stahr
Bold he followed him out of the sani
tarium and told him to start the en
gine, and then returned with him to
the office of the sanitarium, pulled
out a revoler. covered Rockefeller
and commanded him to open the cash
register
M IKES GIRL KELP.
When Rockefeller refused. Stahr
said that he commanded the girl to
open the register, first dlroctlng her
to get tho keys out of Rockefeller's
pocket. He said that at first she re
fused to do so, after which he slap
ped her face. She then opened ihe
t ush register and in placing the mon-
on the counter Mpllled some of the
smaller coins on the floor, alter whli h
he again slapped hei and ordered In :
to pick up the money.
He admitted that Allen helped the
girl pick up the money after which be
took a pocket h nlie from Allen a pock
ets and proceeded to cut the telephone
wires.
He said that ho. Alien and the girl
then left the resort
BLAMES His DRINKING
Asked why he hud committed the
crime he answered that he had been
drinking and was desperate.
SUihr w;! halted two miles north
' cf Hec k's Hot .springs, while being
driven toward Salt Lake in ihe taxl-
cab by Allen They were i ire. ted by
DeteQtlVCS Rosencrantz and Mad sen
of the Salt Lake police department
and returned to Ogden.
The girl had left the car when It
reached Ogden and was arrested Inter
by Detectives C E- Lolser and E. J.
McKeon.
NOT OGDEN ST AH R.
J. W Stahr. an engineer in tho em
j ploy of the Ogden Union Railway &
I Depot company, said he had been em
! ba rras d because of the fact that the
bandit gave the police the name of
Stahr and told them ho was a fire
man. Stahr said he wanted his friends
I to know he doesn t go robbing In his
! hours off duty.
Train Robbers Shoot
D.&R.G.W. Employe
ALAMOSA Colo., Feb. 18. Two masked men robbed the express car of
an castbound Denver and Kio Grande V'-Mvrri in'in about 'wo miles
east of here tonight, shot Express Messenger Gomez when he resisted,
, and escaped. Gomez was brought here. He is thought to be seriously
wOunded. '
The amount of the loot taken by ihe robbers is unknown The bandits
; after shooting Gomez hurriedly filled their arms with packages, pulled the
bell rope, Jumped off when the train slowed down and dil ippeared. A
posse under Sheriff John Dauniaster has started In pursuit.
The two robbers are thought to have boarded Ihe train here. When
I the i rain hud proceeded about two miles from town, the robbers broke
through the end ot the expre s car, W hen Gomez attempted to resist, (he
I shot him. it Is believed Gomez Is fatally wounded The train, No 116,
consisted of two express and mail c.irs and three passenger coaches
The robbery occurred about S : 45 p m. Gomez was alone in the express
i car.
After Ihe robbers had completed their work they pulled the bell rope
The engineer stopped the train i.nd v. em to . t , -. . v. hui ,u.d happened
He fouud Gomez on the floor ol the express car in a pool of blood.
Gomez, whose first name is Marquiz. wA shot through the breast At
an AlihlOBa hospital, Where hi was taken, It was said the bullet had lodged
under the breast bone and little hope for his recovery was held out He Is
i married His wife IJves in Durango, Colo.
M G Melchi. railroad agent here announced that a number of rail- I
road pay cheeks and securities worth several thousand dollars are missing.
He said there ns un way in fix the exaet -palue of the loot until a com
plete checkup has been made
set fire in an effort to destroy the
body
She Is believed to have been a mem
ber of a party Of six the remaining
five of whom are being sought
ihe polico. who left New Orleans sev
eral das ago.
I Several clues to th identity of the
victim are being traced The most
promising was furnished by a key tag
bearing the name Ada Barev. Wichita
Vnlls Txuh. Though investigation
disclosed tho fact that a woman by
that name was mlajing from that city
and while it was belieed In some
Quarters that the body was that of the
girl Its identity remained Uo be
! proved.
Another clue was engaging the nt
'tentlon of the police was th request
!of H A. Bombaehor. an employe of
'the Illinois Central railroad that a
I search be made for his wife who wns
n member of the party now being
sought. Bombacher said his wife
was traveling under the assurnd name
lot Nelson.
' HEIR CALL Oil
l DAILY STROLL
Chief Executive Has to Leap
Swiftly to Escape Street
Car
! WASHINGTON Feb 18. President
Harding's alertness tonight saved him I
from being run down by a street car. I
The president was returning from
a half-hour walk down Pennsylvania
avenue and as within sight of the
While House when the near accident
occurred.
At Fifteenth street, one of the most
congested traffic points in the city,
j tho president started briskly across
the Street Ahead of his bodyguards
He had reached tho car tracks be
fore lie realised that a street car wa
coming toward him at fairly good
I d Tic president dashed forward
quickly unci fulrly to tho curb on the
opposite side.
The secret service men who jumped
in behind him. missed being grazed
'by the car only by Inches.
; The president was confused by the
traffic which enters at the crossing
'at five different points,
j The president enjoyed the walk and
kept the secret service men on their
toes to keep up with him.
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RAT WHICH BITES
WOMAN IS STUDIED
NEW Tl ORK, Feb. 18. Health au
thorities are studying a rut captured
In the home of Mrs Mary McCarthy,
I of Iong Island City. 'She tried to
I frighten the rat away wMfeli It ran
aoroSfl her pillow at night and the ro
I dent bit her The rat la being studied
I for sign. of infection.
Officials at Farmington Rule
Out Gambling Games at Lagoon
THERE will be no gambling Karnes
c.nductvd :it L-igonn slimmer
In the nature of candy wheels or any
Other concession where1 chance deter
mines the winner.
These wero tho instructions Issued
a few days ago by city officials of
Farmington and county officials of
I Davln county, according to Sheriff
Joseph Burnett of Davis county, who
was In ogden csterday.
The city and county officials met
With Mayor Armour recently. ' Sheriff
i Burnett Bald, ' arid discussed the mal
Iter of gambling ;t Lagoon. As a re
sult It iraa decided that the gambling
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YOUNG WOMAN
KILLED; BODY
SET ON FIRE
Police Down South Con
fronted By Task of Trac
ing Slayers
NEW ORLEANS Feb. 1. Police
officials of practically every city and
town in the south tonight are search
ing for three men and two women
following tho discovery near Hazel
hurst. Miss., of the body of a young
woman so badly beaten and charred
'that identification is feared Impos
sible. j The victim, about 23, had been shot
! three times through the head, hor
ribi beaten and her oil-soaked clothes
1 which has bi cn allowed for the last
few years will be ordered done away
with The city officers win combim
with the County In ."-eliig that the or
der Is carried out and there will be
dullv arrests If the concessions there
persist In runnlnthe games.
A C Chrlstensen, manager of the
Lagoon resort, was called In at i
meeting and warned against running
ithe games. At that time he hnd just
returned llorn an eastern trip, and
had found that games similar to thoe
played at Lagoon were allowed in oth
er portion-, of the country.
I ' Howeer, he waa cautioned that
the games would not he tolerated at
I.agoon.
"The city and county has combined
to ..mi, nut the order and If the
games open there will be arrests. The
paraphernalia wll be confiscated as
soon as It Is Installed and the games
begin (,.. operate Halda will take
piiice da:l. if nec --Miry, and the game
operators will be arrested "
Sheriff Burnett said that public
sentiment was against the operation
oi the grimes, which in most CAMl
have given but little chance to those
ida;. ing to win and have been a source
of temptation to children.
CEASE WORK IF
WAGES, ORDER
Coal Miners Assume De
fiant Attitude in Face of
Looming Reduction
HOWAT IS DEFEATED
Mother Jones Enters at
Exciting Moment and
Scolds Convention
INDIANAPOLIS Ind.. Feb. IS
General suspension of work by union
coal miners on April 1. subject to n
referendum vote of the union m m
bership, was ordered late today by the
convention of the L'nSUd Mine Work
ers of America unless n"W wage agree
ments are readiusted before that date
In both the bituminous and anthr.i- ItC
coal fields
The convention orders that all new
wage agreements should be for two
years and date from next April.
After announcing that the official
vote in the Kansas controversy stood
2,073 foi the administration to 1 '.i .".'.
for Howat a majority of 1 1 for the
administration the convention ad
journed sine die.
Renew il ot th- demand of union coal
miners for a six-hour day. fire-day
week, a prODOEC.1 that waa made before
the lull strike, was adopted as a part
of the policy the union will seek to
ha e included In Ihe new wage agree
ments, effective April I. Thl demand
hud the united imposition of the un
ions Leaders including all district
president i
The convention action for the short
er working day, however, was the only
radical ohange In th wage policy pro
posed bv ihe union's s ale committee,
which centered the union' policy pro
posals toward retaining present basic
wages for roft co.-.l mmers mid gaining
Increases for anthracite workers under
threat of a general saike The strike
and wage proposJils by the committee
were adopted by unanimous vote. The
strike declaration however, provided
for its submission to a referendum
voto of the union membership before
n walkout is i rdered b: officials.
PITH is W IS HI n I It
In declaring for the six-hour day,
the delegates overrode the committee
recommendations for an eight-hour
day underground and also voted down
a proposal llmltlnu actual work time
lo seven hours a day.
Bitter criticism of the union's of
ficers was made bv delegates In urg
ing adoption of tho sir-hour day, but
several officials took the floor appeal
ing for favorable action on the com
mittee'a eight-hour demand.
Whether tho six-hour day demand
obtains for the anthracite districts was
an unanswered Question, it was point
ed out that the anthracite worker
were not opposing the proposal Presi
dent John L Lewis said he was unable
lo advise the delegates as to the six
hour day as affecting anthracite
workers.
Aside from the fiction of the six
hour day the delegates al recorded
an intention to fjtlften up some of the
minor demands recommended by the
I scale committee by substituting ' de
I mand" for "recomemnd" where it up-
peared In the committee report.
OTHKK DEM VXDS
its other demands is adopted. In
I elude the follow ing
''Removal of Inequitable differentials
' "In wages which would result In In
creased wages in some field, pay and
one-half for overtime work: double
pay for Sunday and holiday work
elimination of tho mi ton-fa tic ponalt
clause of the present agreements pro
viding for finlnrr miners or operator
for violation of contracts and all new
contracts to betain for two years, bc
I ginning next April
Tho official vote rejecting the plea
of Alexander 7-towat and other nxpell
ed Knnsns miners for reinstatement In
'the union, by n vote of 2073 to 1 B6E
' was read amid disorder, which sub
I sided somewhat when Frank Parrlng
; ton. president of the Illinois miner
,,nd the antl-administrnf Ion leader, an
nounced that all Illinois ! I ncf
would hold a separate meeting here to
morrow 'iftrnoon-
Mr Parrlngton said the meeting was
to elect the Illinois members of a
wage scale committee, and refused to
confirm or deny that tho meeting was
i tiled In the Interest of FTowat
TERRORISM CHARGED
President Lewi In a formal state
, ment after the sine die adjournment
of the convention said "extensive ef
, forts" had been made to pack the
convention so thit It would overthrow
the expulsion of Howat.
' The attempt to terrorize and stam
ped .he contention fa'-lod miserably,"
he du led "The organization will now
b able to po forward with its wage
policies and npplv Itself to Its proper
affairs I shall In few days lssufi
(Continued on Pace Two.)
I
TO ROB ROAD
Scores of Southern Pacific f
Men Involved, Investig- I
ator Announces I
ONE IS CONDUCTOR
Many Parts of System Af- j
fected; Names of Guilty
Are Withheld
SAX FRANCISCO, rn . Fm. IS
(By The Associated Press.) Three H
employes of the Southern Pacific
company, one of them conductor on
the coast route between San Francisco
and Los Angeles, made signed con-
lions today that they had particl- H
rated in a widespread conspiracy to J
I rob the company through ticket H
frauds, j H Bheehan, special inves-
tlgator of the company announced. H
Scores of the company's employes are fll
; involved, Bheehan said. flssem
Bheehan said he could not estimate
'the amount obtained by the conspire- tl
tors that it wns big." lie would H
not nam the men who confessed un-
111 fifed formal criminal H
charges against them, he said. H
The practice has boen going on for H
- n e time according to Sheehan. and H
ected ii my parts of the sy&tem I
ERIDE LOST; DENVER !
POLICE SEARCH CITY
DE VEB Feb. is Police tonight H
jwere malcng a at) -wide search for
tt:v i Mi Oklaho i I gin. who B
irrlved In Denver earl) this morning H
to become the bride Of Robert Lyttlo, H
an Oak Creek, Colorado, miner.
Lyttle sent his sister to Denver
from Oak reelf to meet the prospec- H
the bride. Both girls wore "whit H
ribbons' to Identify, themselves to
h other, but .Mis-. Lyttle failed to
see her ef-ln-la w stop from
ends of ih union depot waiting room
effort to locate friends. Just before
station from
The frensled groom-to-be
appealed to police who are making a
dlhgent search for the two girls.
ROBBERY SUSPECT
HELD IN $10G0C0 BAIL
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18. Edward
authorities on charges of being con
j corned in a mail robbery at Toledo.
i Ohio, on February lo, 1921, approxi
mating ;i million dollars, Lived ex- H
tradition before- a l'nlted States com-
I mlulnnar ,,,i wn. i,, i i lr S 1 un ,11111 1
bond p tri
I him
O'Brien, "who, according to postof-
I flee inspectors, was also know u
Eddie Jackson, was found at nn oil
station of which he was the propria? H
tor-in an exclusive residential section 1
i.i Los Angelc W hen H
the .commissioner he said his name
was War roll The commissioner ask- H
led him to spell the name The prls- H
oner hesitated and the commissi! . H
i entered It as "O'Brien." H
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PROMINENT YOUTH
CRITICALLY WOUNDED
BALTIMORE. Md.. Feb. 18 Theo-
Idore Marburg. Jr., son of the former H
minister to Belgium, world war vetr H
'eran am' prominent BOClally, bas aho)
himself in tho head on his ranch in H
I When the shooting occurred Is H
! known. A telegrnm notifying the H
Ifamlly of the occurrence merely stit- H
ed he was in i critical condition. The ffl
telegram was filed at Mugdalcna. stut
I of Bonora, Mexico, by Beokford w H
tlvlbbey. who. with Mr. Marburg, own-
'a ranch near that station jM
On receipt of the telegram tlfl H
oung man's father. Theodore Mar-
burg, left Baltimore on the first train SBBBBBSBj
for the
DIAMOND SALESMAN
LOSES JEWEL WEALTH
ST LOUIS, Feb. 18. Sydney Kren- I
I gel of Krengel Bros . diamond Import
era of New York and Chicago, report
ed to the police that he hnd beon rob
bed of between $1,000 and J150.00H
worth of diamond on nn Illinois Cen
tral train which arrived from Chicago
this morning.
He gave that figure as tho retail
value and said the diamonds had cos'
him S76.S95. They wero insured foi
ISO 000. he said. H
Krengel said he had hidden the dl I
monds under his pillow and that he
discovered his 'ow upon returning H
from Die washroom as the train wi
entering the St. Iuis station. Train jH
crov members and passengers were H
nuesiioiied by the police, i
hhI