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t V Fiftrfffft Year-No. 229 OGDEN CITY, UTAH, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1922. LAST EDITION 4 f. M
1 AIRSHIP ROMA EXPLODES; 35 DEAD t
1 1 BODY OF LIVESTOCK BUYER FOUND IN jWEBER I
I1 FUMES LEAP
AS HUGE BAG
STRIKES EARTH
Men Leap From Airship as
Ponderous Dirigible Falls
on Trial Flight
LARGEST IN WORLD
Hospital and Undertaker
Reports Indicate Big
Death List
NORFOLK. Feb. 81. Exploding af
ter crashing down ward during a trial
flight, the nrm's Italian built alr
i ship Roma was destroyed today Dear
'the naval haio here with the 1or3 of
nn undetermined number of Uvea Es
tlmatea en hour ud a half alter lh
disaster placed the dead from half a I
dozen to nearly 40 out "f the more
than half a hundred persons on
' board.
DEATH LIST i : I
The naval hospital at Portsmouth
vis officially Informed that 38 of
those aboard the airship, the largest
B I . . mi-rigid d:i hi world, n i
i Hied while undcrtaki ra In Now i" i
L s i wt i a offli la.ll notifli d tho
1W cr more persons i - i lo l theii Uvea
W The Roma was between "U0 and
T l.ooo feet In the air when ahe fell
I officers Bl the Hampton Roads naval
f haRo stated. Komf of the passengers
' aboard the slilp were virtually unhurt,
flj nlthough all were shaken up A nunv
B ber of the m n Jumped from 'he ears
of' the Roma sh fell Otherswere
i caught under her and these, it is be
lieVed, were killed almost Instantly
( Ml FROM ll i
The Roma was placed In commis
afl .--.on only several weeks ago after hav-
1 ing been assembled at Langle) field
She was the largest dirigible owned b)
ihe United Stales government and wan
purchased from Italy Her mammoth
I 1 1 ba g had i capo II ol more than
flft
jg Observers Old Polnl howi ei
l y ated th I thi Roma set mod -
w veil beyond the nu al base when she
k i..ok fir.- ind ' '' h -. ! Hi i thai
m , she fell' on land.
n i m.i - v 1 1 ' i : -1 1 ! -Slfe
Reports from Portsmouth whl h I
flfl near the naval base, said the Roma
after a slanting plunge of hundreds
HB of feet struck one of the barracks
flB buildings at the base and then explod-
ed with a ripping crash. Sheafs of
flj flame leaped from the gas bag and
flj the passenger compartments Slung1 un-
jflj derneath dropped twenty feet to the
SflJ ground.
EASTERN SUPPLY
I OF APPLES SHORT
I
E.S
am NEW YORK. Feb. 21. A large de-
ply of ap-
vfl. i lea i Indicated b rigures given dui
liere by the United State' bureau f
SB markets. The decrease was ottrlb-
iflj mod primarily to the shrt crop lest
H ear in the east, particularly N v
Total holdings of barreled apples
flfl on February 1 were 1.422.000 barre.i:.
Bjp on the
3 five i
H decrease was offset partly by an ln-
flflj boxes, which were S.C45.O00 boxes on
BV F( bruary l as compared with 6,266,-
HHh 000 OH lh corresponding date last
flflfl cur and a five year average of 5,-
HJ 350.000. The boxes contain approxl-
flfll mately one-third of a barrel.
KU KLUX TARRING
I ON COAST PROBED
FRESNO. Calif.. Feb. 21. Reported
flflg activities of an allege, u Klux Klnn
HBl organization In this section Is under
Hflg investigation, according to a story'ln
flfl the Republican today, by the police a:
Hflg Taft and the dletrlrt attorney at Bak-
Hflg rsficld. following the complaint of
IBg Ell Andrews, s rent car driver, that
M i" irred and feathered by im-
BflB masked, unidentified men.
HBb Shortly before the alleged mlstreat-
flHl mem of Andrews, printed warning
jflHj
"Wi itrlbuted m TafL The
1 city authorities said Andrews was fln
ed on charges of bootlegging and drug
PPJ celling and" once served ix months in
jail for vagrancy.
I LOWER CALIFORNIA
L ON WAY TO PROGRESS
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 21 Jose In-
PPH ocente Lugo, new governor of th'
PPPJ northern district of Lower California.
PPH on a visit here from his capital, Max-
PP ball, outlines the development pro-
PJ gram he has conceived for the ler-
PPJ ritory ho governs It Includes:
PPPJ Abolition of gambling in every form.
PPPJ Expenditure of millions in Wldtn-
i pV ing. deepening and Improving tho har-
IPH bors of Ensenndn. San Quentln, San
BpH Fellp and Los Angeles bay.
PH Perfection of a basis of exchange
UPJ between Lower California and Cali-
f furnla
i' I Construction of a boulevard between
i Mexlculi and Snn Fellp
O v
'Riot Guns Fired On Shikars
i
STREET CAR STEHOG
nE WINNER II
LYING CHEST
EAST ST. LOUIS, Dl., Feb 21.
The assertion that a local
:treot car compcuy had never
received a complaint on its
service won Miss Winifred
Love, a stenographer of the
street car company, first prize
in ' lying" contest held here
today by an organization of
buriress women as a feature of
a George Washington celebra
tion Misi Bess Thompson, a sten
ographer in the prohibition en
forcement office, was voted the
second best "liar" for assert
ing all Volstead act violators in
East St. Louis were under arrest.
jl. C. PE1LETSER
IS OUSTED BY
HIGHER COURT
Nationally Know Lodge
Man Declared Guilty of
Malfeasance in Office
DOSTOX. Feb. 21. District Attor
ney Joseph C. Pelletier of BtStfork
county was removed by the supreme
court today. The court found him
i guilty in several counts, under ohargres
1 of malfeasance, slfeasancc and non
I feasance In office.
I Tho court's rulSig was on charge
: brought by State Attorney Genera?
'Allen that Pelletier had been a part;
lo conspiracy to extort money under
threats of prosecution and to suppress
indictments 1 1 is relations with Dan-
I lol II Coaklfv and other local at
torneys were characterised by the nt
tory general as a "partnership 'n
crime "
United States Senator James A Iteed
of Missouri, as counsel for Pelletier
prevented no testimony In dejnstr
,1, .Jt ih mMmm nhnrvail him
I with no wrong doing and that the!
'charges were merely the outirrowth of
a fonpira-y tie:s,,n.il enemies.
sTORV OF TR1 Mi
Tho trial of DlStrlOl Attorney Joseph
C. Pelletier of Suffolk county, before
the full bench of the Massachusetts
Supreme court, which began on De
cember 27 last and ended January
: l .at the aecond hearing ol the kind
In tho state's history and Involved 32
! apei kflcaUons of alleged "malfeasance,
misfeasance and non-fensanco In of
I flee" formulated by the grievance com-
nilttee of the Boston Bar association
and by Attorney Cfendral J. Weston I
Allen. Io.vs than a year ago Nathan A
Tufts was removed as district attor
ney in Middlesex county In a similar
pr N eeding.
Evident e presented against Die
district attorney however, in only 21
of the charees- In 10 of those he was
accused f conspiracy to commit black-;
mail. Improper action In handling
ISSS In his office was alleged to 10;
others and one specification attribute I
I ed "misconduct" in two campaign ad-'
i dresses In which the state Quoted Pel-
'tier, while speaking as a candidate'
I for mayor, as having promised Im-1
niunitv from prosecution to anyone
vho got into trouble through defending;
i hrm from reports that ho intended to
! resign as district attorney. Pelletier
1 withdraw from the mavorallty cam
paign before tho election
PARTNERSHIPS OF GRIME
Attorney Gonoral Allen alleiced thai
I the acts of Pelletier as district attorney,
Islut t- Nov 13. 19o. when he took of-'
I flco down to the .late of tiling thej
charges, as unfolded by witnesses,
proved that the accused prosecutor'
had conducted his office In an "unlaw-'
fill ami reprehensible manner." None
of th p barges. as originally filed speci
fied thit Pelletier had received money;
In return for his alleged misconduct:
but evidence to this effect was pre-j
sent ed in five cases The attorney
general offered this evidence In con-1
nectlon with a claim that Pelletier had'
"participated In the profits of a part
nershio of crime."
The action of assistants of Pelletlerj
(Continued on Pnge Two.)
ONE IS KILLED
2 BADLY HURT
AS POLICE SHOOT
Guns Fired After Several
Patrolmen Are Knocked
Down By Strikers
MAYOR IS ONLOOKER
Women Pulling and Maul
ing at Girls Seeking to
Enter Mills
PWVTL'CKET. R. I . Feb. 21 Ono
. mnn was killed, two were serlouslv
' wounded and six persons were hurt
when the police used riot guns today
nn r frnn-H nt one rhnilMMSd nerSOHM
who gathered .it tho plant of the
Jenekes Spinning company, where a
strike is in progress. The guns wen
brought into play when several pi
; trolmen had been knocked down after
! the arrest of several sTfrkrs.
The dead man is Juan D'Assump
cau of Valley Falls. Joseph Diaz and
Tony ElegOSB of this city were taken
to B hospital in a critical condition.
RIOT ACT it I ID.
Mayor Robert A- Kenyon witnessed
the shooting. He had arrived at the
gales of the plant eaily in the morn
ing to observe the crowd that has
customarily gathered to watch work
ing opera tl es enter the mill. Th?
mayor, believing that there was dan
ger In tho crowd, read the riot act.
: He then told the patrolmen to be
careful and calm but to do their
I duty and to 'shoot If necessary "
Meanwhile women wore pulling
and mauling at tho girls who were
) attempting to enter the mill and sev
eral were knocked down. The police
put their shoulders to the crowd anil
were countered with fist and club
blows Three patrolmen were knock
ed down and the irrests followed.
BTOXES Ml RIiED.
A passing furniture van was com
mandered as a patrol wagon, but
j when the patrolmen attempted lo
hustle their prisoners aboard it. thy
I were stopped by a bombardment of
stones. Then riot guns swept the
crowd. Eight persons fell all but
two of whom got up and ran away.
The crowd dispersed.
Tho eighth coast artillery com
pany which was mobilized in tho
-late armory last night, left the arm
ory St six o'clock today. Its desti
nation was not made public.
FLAGS VR1 WA ED
NATICK, R i, Kelt 21 Striking
textile workers and Sympathisers
i jammed the streets of thit village to
I dny waving small American flags, but
preserving silence. Meanwhile!
iiiuuiiu'u uavaiij uu": i iouce
kept strict patrol, forcing tho throngs
to keep moving.
In tho village of Pontlac, eight
miles away, people remained In their
houses with the blinds drawn. Or-'
ders to remain indoors were Issued
last night by the military authoriti?a
after disturbances at tho B. B. and
R. Knitting company mills.
In Vatlek hundreds of children,
each bearing a tiny American flag,
swelled the ranks of tho strike sym
pathizers. I " 1 1 Rl PATROLLING
PROVIDENCE. R. I.. Feb 21.
Two troops of state cavalry today pn-j
trolled the mill village of Pontlac,
whore striking cotton operators yes
terday besieged tho mill and offices
of B B. and R Knitting companj I
The cavalry dispatched last night at
the order of Governor San Soucl was!
to be augmented today by a detach-I
ment with machine guns and possi
bly by a coast artillery company.
Pontlac, cut off from phone com-1
munlcatlon. was ipilet all night, ac
cording to reportM from the nelg -boring
tow n of Arctic I
Londoners Eagerly
j Gobble Up Latest
on M ary s Wedding
Every Detail of Elaborate and Expensive Cere-'
mony to Be Rehearsed Carefully Before Ac
tual Event on Tuesday; Britons to Forget Ev-
I erything Else on Big Day
LUDU. Feb. 21.-(Bj the Associated Pfcss i Plans for the wed
ding of Princess Mary and Viscount Laseelles are ready for com-!
pletion. Early frequenters of London's streets will see some morn-j
mg this week empty carriages esi orted by cavalry in rehearsal of the
procession from the palace to Westminster Abby, so nothing may go;
wroncr on the allSmnortani rlav.
j There will be to processions on
j February 2x. the day of the wedding j
'andra with the;r escort ,in,l attend
ants Will form the first, the iueen
(following shortly afterward with the
I bride and an e i ra
I Tho route through the Mall, White-
CHURCH MERELY
LUMP OF FLESH,
LAWYER SAYS
Slayer Suffers Complete
Mental, Moral and Physi
cal Disintegration
CHICAGO. Feb. 21 Another nr
gument whether Harvey W. Church
should be admitted In court room 1
while a Jury to decide on his sanity
was to be selceOod. was scheduled to j
come up in Judge Scanlan's court
today, fhurch was con!eted of slay-I
ing two automobile talesmen Attor
nej Bartel for the defense said latt
night
'We have a case-to prove. We de
mand tho right to present our svi
dence And exhibit A of our evi
dence Is IIarey W. Church.'-
Meanwhile physician who had ex-1
a miffed Church said that his case is!
extremel) singular, "There has been I
.nmnleto mnnt! mr.r"l nnH nhvnlrr,! I
disintegration." said one "One can
not think of him In terms of human
kind What lies there Is merely n
lump o." tlesh. Onlj the fundamental
organic processes are functioning'
j Church went on a hunger itrike
when sentenced to hang
hall and Parliament street will not!
be decorated throughout, but thero
Kill k tn Iplnmnk il 1-r h i 1 anil
near the abliey th.' road .v.v, will ts;
adorned with festoons of flowers sup
ported h pillars with intermediate or
namental devices boating portraits of
the bride and groom.
KKY DETl Ml PUBIilC
Every new detail of the ceremony
is displayed by the newspapers and
avidly seized upon by the public
Which thus learns the hat In which
.he bride will start her rooneymoon Isj
of 'mole and larkspur blue georgette. "
the mole to match her moleskin wrap
and the blue georgette to match her
dress.
Further details are that the mar
rlagS knot will be tied by the Arch-,
bishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop:
of York the bishop of London, thai
bishop of Oxford, the dean of West-!
minster and Canon Laseelles, the
bridegroom's uncle.
A new flag the Abbey flag will
be flown from one of the Abbey's tow-j
ers during the wedding, j has espec-i
ial designs by heraldic experts and 1
embodies historical symbols from the
time of Edward tho Confessor.
BAIT FOR TOLBISTS.
Preparations also are under way for
popular celebration of the wedding ac
tivities. Tho "Brighter London so
ciety " an organization composed
mainly of business and theatrical men.
aim at making thb week of the wed-i
ding - brighter London week" In hen-1
or of the prlni t-s;.. The society hope.ii
to make the dtv more attractive for
American tourists and other trans-i
Lenta who recently have shewn an in-1
cllnation to avoid stop-overs here ,
preferring Paris or other contaYiental !
cities with their greater variety of
am usements.
In social, court and diplomatic cir
cles such a round Of dances and din
ners and receptions has been planned ,
as London has not seen slnco the cor-
onatlon. For the general public a
number of "Princess Mary' wedding)
balls have been planned
Hotels and restaurants are arrang
ing gay dinners and (lances. Clubs
and various societies will have house
warmings and home comings The
railroads are running special excurs
ions from all parts of the kingdom
and giving special service from the
chmnel ports for the benefit of con
tinehtal visitors. Nowspapere and
magazines are issuing special Princess
Mary numbers.
LONDON I S I i RESTED,
A suggestion for making the wed
ding dav a bank holiday has ben
negatived, but 1" the city's offices and
shoos it is expecti-d that suddenly de
veloped cases of flu and other timely
excuses will be numerous, for the
wedding will be of dominating inter
est to executives and office boy alike
and London Intends doing its best to
el. i rate the event properly.
A precedent established by Princess
Patricia in displaying her weduMng
gifts to the public probably will be
followed by Princess Mary. It Is un
derstood they will be shown at St.
J nmes palace, a small fee being charg
ed for admission, the proceeds to be
donated to some charity
Mary Garden Decides To Retire
From Stormy Post of Director
NEW YORK, Feb. II. tBy the As-I
soeiated Press ) Mary Garden in
tends to resign her position as direc
tor of tho Chicago Opera company at
the close of the current season If some
onu can bo found to take hPT place,
but she expects to continue with the
company aa an artist 'where sho be
longs and knows she belongs.' It was
announced today b Secretary Howard
E. Potter.
Mr Potter :i, Miss fiardt-n would
rnak no definite decision until she
had conferred next month at Chicago
CHIEF TAKES BATH;
GYPSIES CELEBRATE
v
NEWARK. N. J.. Fob. 21 Four-1
teen Gypsy families who make their
homes near here, are making holiday
todav for their chief, Ben Moyt. has
taken a bath and changed his linen
This is the first time the ceremony
has occurred in at least 4 0 days, for
i he chie.j was forbidden by the tra
ditional tribal laws to touch hlr-. body j
with water, .ihave or even c hange his
clothing, until that time had elapsed i
after the death of his wife. This Is
the da) and the chief's followers are
giving c.very evidence of happiness. I
with Samuel Instill the new president
of the Chicago Opera company.
Tho diva had received a 5250.000
offer from a New York manager for
a concert tour and xhe had many oth
er interests which she had found
it impossible lo carry out h ld, be
cause of demands on her time exacted
by the position as director of the epora
company, and the attending "respon
sibilities annovances. troubles and em
barrassments." of that position.
MIsm Garden was out of the city to
day. s
Her secretary said that If Mr. Instill I
insisted tho imprcasarlo was needed
and must remain at the head of the
I Chicago organization, she would do so j
I but that she felt it more worth while
I to quit-
Iast year the demands of the posi
tion cut her vacation to six weeks and
that Is not enough rest for an artist
Mr Potter said Besides, he added.
Miss Garden receives no pay as direc
tor her salary being only lhat foi
her slnglnx- I
MISS UATHItkDE McC UM1CK.
1G. daughter of Harold F. Mr
I'ormlck, Chicago harvester mil
lionaire, and granddaughter of i
John P. Rockefeller engaejed to I
Max fser, riding master, of Zur- j
lch. Switzerland
HIBBhl MBA ff 1
JOHN D. GIVES
HIS CONSENT
TO MARRIAGE
CHICAGO. Feb 21. John D. Rock
efeller has given his approval of the'
engagement of his granddaughter, j
Mathllde McCormick. 1 8-year-old.
daughter of Harold F. McCormick to
Mux Oser, Swiss riding master Ap-I
proval was given In a brief telegram,
t was said, and it was reported alsoj
thnt he had expressed a wish that
Osor become an American citizen. On
this latter point there was no Infor
mation forthcoming from Ihe McCor
mick family.
New alleged relatives of Oser ap
peared in Chicago yesterday in the
persons of Mrs. August Pol; her.
,loi,l,l.r I ntHa I irtar-r- linr and ! rS I
L'oerchner's nine-months-old baby.)
I Doris Mrs. Pol say's that her hus-j
band was a first COUSin of Max User.
Emll Burgy. the first Chlcagoan to
announce his relat ionship to Ciner. I
called at tho McCormick home yestor-.
day .but was informed 'hat Mr Mr-i
i Cormlck and his daughter Mathllde,
were not receiving on Monday, it ww
said
SPENDS DY IN BED.
Miss Mathllde spent Sunday in bed.
resting from the excitement attend
ant to obtaining her family's consont
I to wed Oser.
From the old Cyrus Hall McCor
mtck mansion where Miss McCormick
i living with her father, who moved
there following his recent divorce from
Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick.
further details of the International ro
mance were gle-med.
First and foremost tho family fixed
Mr. Oser's age at only 40 years, cun-
tradlctipns of Emll Burgy. a Chicago
Interior dt-corator, who claims to be a
f.ousin of Mr I ser Burgy tojd news
papermen thut Mr Oser was 57 years
'of age, although previous dispatcher.!
'from abroad had fiT d age al 48.
GUESSES DEI LARED WRONG
Both guesses were wrong, the Mc-i
Cormlck family contended today
Howard A Colby a friend of Mr Mc-
Cormlck, who gave the facts to thol
Associated Press; said:
'Mr. McCormick knows Mr. Oser
personally He is only 4 0 years old.
and full "f mustard and P"P This
stuff .il.wtit his being an old man Isl
all balderdash. He Is really a young
man and Miss Mathllde Is a very' ma
ture young lady It Is not like mur
rying the average 16-year-old girl.
ESverybody is much pleased with the
ongagemept-!'
Miss McCormick who was born in
1 905, will be 17 years old on April 8
next
The date of her return to Switzer
land has not been decided. Mr. Colby
said.
Asked whether she would wait until
she Is 18 to marry Oser. Mr. ColbJ
said
"That point has not been decided.
Of course he can marry whenever
?he wants to." '
CORPSE FOUND I
IN RIVER NEAR I
PACKING PLANT 1
Body Identified as That of
Sig Degen, Livestock i
Buyer i
iIN WATER TEN DAYS I
Wounds Found on Head; J
Left Marion Hotel I
February Fifth
The body of Sigmund Degen, Uv- j H
stock speculator, who is said to have f H
lost approximately S60.000 the past $H
year In II . estock speculations, was nK- 9H
en out of the Weber river this morn-
The body was removed to the Kn- fl
j Kendall undertaKing parlors pcn'l.n
I the holding of an Inquest this after
noon. Or. Roy H Wilson, city and
county physician wr.o viewed the bod)
Ion the banka of the river was unable
I to say whether wounds on the he:,d
had been caused atter the body wu-. '
In the river or before. This will be H
determined at the inquest.
jjegen nas oeen missing sin. e r n uK'H
S at which time he left a note lu his H
room at the Marlon hotel telling the. '. H
h 1 1 i" ;i i e 'id.: the room until Bl
he returned. He nad a few day? prior TmHI
i ') his departure been given a state- Hj
ment by the hotel clerk.
RAD BEEN DESPONDENT I
According to livestock men at the WM
hotel lhat knew Hegen he hnd been PVfl
in a de!ondent mood for about three bVfl
weeks prior to his departure. t
Ho was seen at the l.'nlon stuck
yards about February 5 by John Gal- 9H
higher a livestock man of Denver
Cold, who positively identified the
body this morning, by Jack 1ee of the fl
l.'nion Livestock company by lo ll
Peck of Logan, by F C. Erw'n. a hv- jaB
Stock man of Ugden an I Ux M R, Hb
Bryan, 282 Patterson avenue. "flH
Mi Bryan stated that he was quite HI
sure he had seen Degen in the stock- AVJ
vards about ten days ago
TRQVGHT IT WAS WI.MAI, I
Tlie body was first seen In the water
on Sunday about 280 feet below the
wagon bridge that crosses the Weber fivj
river just to the south and west of Ivfll
the Ogden Packing & Provision com- BJ
pany's plant It wa-s seen by Slbcrt f BJ
Johnson. 'if0 Reeves avenue, employ BJ
ed as a blacksmith at the. Ogden Pack- BJ
Ing fc Provision company tBj
Johnson said that It appeared to be
hi i ol B dead animal and thac BBJ
It was so far from the bank and so I I
deeD In the water that he paid no
more attention to It. B
Ho noticed it this morning and upon fl
further investigation djacpverel that fl
It was the bodv of a human. He Im- fl
mediately informed G. P. Madsen, su- j fl
psrintendent of the Ogden Packing fl
Provision company, who In turn called j H
the police. f
BODV IS RKMOVEl) ,
The body waa removed from the ,H
water with a grappling hook, by Polics 4m
Chauffeur Bert Crites end Detect lTC
W. A. Jones. Before it w.m removetl
to tho undertaking iiaiiors it was :u-
spected h Dr. Wilson and County At- flfl
'r.rnrv Dxvld J. Wilson. flfl
When searched on tiie bank the body flfl
woicn was wen aressej contained in
the pockets of the clothing a bank flfl
book on the Delta National bank. ,iej- flj
ta ' o!o. H 2T in silver and a new flfl
memorandum book of the Ogdn Live- afl
stock Commission company, a pip" flfl
and tho usuM assortment of odds and fl
ends carried In a man's pockets Ther fl
wa.s also a card bearing the name of fl
Sldnej I . Rosl, Grand Junction. Colo
Degen was about 'iv feet eight
inches in height weighed about 14".
pounds had blue oves his teeth gold I
filled md was about 48 years old' fl
He is said to be a brother of Wi4- H
liam and Morris Degen, a prominent
livestock firm operating at the Union ;.H
livestock yards at Denver. Colo. Degen Wm
pas i single man. according to his SH
acquaintances hero. His friends said flfl
he was not a drinking man. gfl
Tho Inquest to determine the cause flfl
of the death will be held this afternoon l
at the council chamber in the city sffll
DENVER. Colo.. Feb. 21. Sig Do- Kfl
gen. whoso body was reported found all
in Ogden today, formerly was a live-
stock speculator in Denver He led
here a voir ago Relatives sold they BJ
had beard from him about a month I
ago Hi sras not mmbr of I .
firm of Degen Brothers. Denver, which
Is composed of his two brothers hen
In Cclorido. Dgn managed a stock
ran-h for his brothers at Parker. He
was 4fi vears old and unmarried.
LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES PROSPER
'KW YORK. Feb 51 The finan
cial, industrial and commercial de
pression of 1921 seemed to sxercls.
little adverse effect upon the opera
tions of the leading life Insurance
companies, although lapses were hea
vy and many policy holders were BH
obliged to borrow money on thoir poll flflj
teles, says a report Issued today. i
A lower death rate, higher lnte,i- I
rate and Increased returns on d:
dendi endowments and surrendered
policies ar among the outstanding
feature of the report.