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ra. B ft a? W W 1 A 9 Ills ra 1 1 weather will be gener- fi R M, , tow' Hi H w WL m. m nk m 41 , fit ft B VL Jh I- ML H ally fair, except local W-it'--a fifv Fiifinn V MV -V rjs vvv vv ? . vssstrx &sst, -ass m V i'jff HaMlFl f 1 IN NORTHERN PORTION TO- Pic' '' V W NIGHT. Ef' I FEARLESS, INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER. ' I Forty-third Year-No. 107 Price Five Cento, OGDEN CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1913. Entered ao Second -clac3 Matter at the Pottofflce, Ogden, Utah MV"."1'-1 . i CUT THROATS 0F BABIES Young Woman Becom ing Suddenly Insane Arises From Bed and Murders Two Children Without Disturbing Her Slumbering Hus band Philadelphia. May 8 Arising from I the bed in which she, her husband , and two infant daughters were Bleep ing at their home in the southern sec tion of the city, Mrs. Mary Kulasa, -'4 years old, early today obtained a long batcher knife and cut the babies' throats. She accomplished the deed so quietly that the slumbering man was not aroused. The woman had been 111 and it is Supposed became suddenly insane. oo TARIFF BILL I IS DELAYED Underwood Measure Is Engrossed For Presentation to the House May Recom mit Bill to Ways and Means Committee Senate Preparing For Measure Washington. May 8. Delayed in its passage last night bv a parliament) technlealitv . the Underwood tariff bill was engrossed today for presentation " to the bouse at its hour of meeting - 2 n m. Because of the Democratic insist ence on a point of order against the Republican motion to recommit the bill to the ways and means commit tee, with a view to forcing a tar-ff commission provision, the reading of the bill in its engrossed form was made necessar The parliamentary tacticians of both the majority and minority pre pared today for the final fray over f the point of ord-er. but the result in ' vlt-w of the large Democratic major- Ity. in the house, was a foregone con clusion Meantime the Democratic leaders in the 6enate were prearing I j" for the consideration of the bill thi re There is talk among the house leau ; ers of taking a recess of about 30 ' days, during the senate consideration I I of the tariff Willie there have been Individual conferences on the BUbJect, the fact that the president has not vel , j communicated his views regarding 1 b question of currencj legl - ation at this or the regular session of congress, has precluded any formal consideration so far as to what the house shall do when it dlsioses of the tariff Consider Tariff Bill Washington. May 8 A confereni of managers and producers called b; the Illinois Manufai turers' asso. la tlon. met here today to talk ovei the tariff situation and formulate plans for pressing for sonic amendments I when the senate considers the ln j derwood bill. President Kirby of the National Manufacturers' association, and 1 res ldent Wilder of the National Associa tion of Tanners were among those ' lending the movement The object of the confer Ql B .is set ! ! out in a statement by J M Glenn, sec retary of the Illinois association ia to deal with the general proposition of tariff revision as it Is presented in the Underwood bill and to look particu larly to the working of the paragr ph of the proposed b. w l.i U the president to negotiate trade agre1- f meuts of mutual concession with for eign countries The manufacturers contend that If the president Is given power to negotiate concessions in tar iff rp.tes. he also Is empowered to ne gotiate increases, if they are war ranted oo ! GOVERNMENT i CROP REPORT i I Data on Condition on May 1 of Winter Wheat, Rye, Meadow Lands and Pastures Washington, May 8. The first of B ficlal estimate of the size of la- crop B of . inter whent was made today in H the May eroo report of the Crop R? W. )c rr ' boa r d. I' .n .in oi st: I - B U'nited Stutc3 Department of Agrlt a! B ture. Issued at 2:15 p. m. The report II abown the coudltior on May 1 ol win- B ter wheat, rye, meadov, lands and pa. B turcs, the percentage of spring plo v B In?: and opring planting completed, th B acreage of winter wheat to be bar B vested, the estimated outturn of the B wint.or wheat crop and the Stocks ol B bay on farms Ma. i The figures arc "I NVlntcr wheat The average cond! JM ticn of v. inter w heal on May 1 was EH ill .9 per cent of a normal; compared SB w ith VI '. per eni on pr:l 1, T'. 7 pel cent on May 1, 1912. and 85. 6 per cent the average for the past ten years on May 1. The area of winter wheat remain ing on May 1 to be harvested was about 30,938,000 acres, or 1,449,000 acres less than the area planted last autumn, hut 4,367,000 acres more than the urea harvested last year (20 -571.000 acres ) The condition on May 1 is Indica tive of a yield per acre of approxl tnately lt6 bushels assuming aver age crop variations to prevail thcreaf ter On the estimated area to ix'1 harvested this would produce D final crop of 513,571.000 bushels, compared with 899,919,000 bushels in 1912, 480, 656,000 bushels in 1!11 434,142,000 bushels in 1910, and 417,780,000 bush els in 1909 The outturn of the crop probably will be above or below the figures here given according as the Condition from May 1 to time oi harvest is above or below the aver age change Rye. The condition of rye on May 1 was 91 0 per cent of a normal, com pared with 89.8 per cent on April 1 87.5 per cen; on May 1 1912, and 89 G per cent, the average for the past ten years on May 1 Meadow or Hay, Lands The nvor age condition of meadow or hay, lands on May 1 was 88.6 per cent of a normal, compared with 85.7 per cent on May 1. 1912 and a ten-year aver age on May 1 of 88 5 per rent Hay on Farms: The stock of hay on farms on May 1 were estimated to bv 10,828,000 tons, compared with 4.744 000 tons on Mav 1, 1912 and 8 678, 000 on Ma) 1. 1911. Pasture The average condition of pastures on May 1 was 87 1 per cent of a normal compared with 81 7 pr cent on Mav 1. 1912, and a ten-year aerage on Mav 1 of 86 1 per cent Spring Plowing Of spring plowinc.. 67 2 per cent was completed up lo Ma 1. compared with 62.8 per cent on May 1. 1912. and a ten year aver age on Mav 1 of 65 7 per CCTll AUTHOR OF AXE GRIMES Federal Inspector Be lieves Henry Moore Committed the 25 So called Axe Murders in Last Three Years in the Middle States Leavenworth. Kan. May 8. Twen-ty-flve murders committed in the last three years in Missouri, Kansas. Colorado. Iowa and Illinois by means of blows from an axe are ascribed to Henry Lee Moore, now serving a iife term In the Missouri penitentiary, according to a theory announced to day by M V. McLaughrey. special agent of the department of Justice, after an exhaustive study of the so called axe murders Henry Lee Moore went to the peni tentiary at Jefferson City after beinc found guilty of the murder of his mother and grandmother, Mrs. Man1 Wilson and Mrs Georse .Moore at o lumbia Mo . In December lust year. Moore on trial made many damaging admissions and contradict lng state ments, He p-ild he had mad. B Itudj of tamout murders. Including the Dr Crippen cane m England, List of Crimea The axe murders ascribed to Mo in by McClaughey are1 H. C Wayne, wife and child. Mrs. A J Btimham and two children, Colorado Springs. Colo. September 1!11 William E. Dawson. wife and daughter, Monmouth, 111. October. 1911. William Showman, wife and thrpe children, Ellsworth, Kan. October. 1811. kollin Hudson and wife, Paolo, Kan . June, 1912 J. B. Moore, four children and two girl guests, VUllsca, Iowa. June 1912 Mrs Silson and Mrs Moon- al Co lumbia. Mr. McClaughey was called to as ! sisl in the lu estlgatlon of the VU llsca murders and since then has de voted much time to the mudy of axe crimes He calls attention that the I first of the scries of murders did noi occur until Moore's release from the state reformatory at Hutchinson Kan where he served a term for forgery. 1 He statcu further that each of the 25 persons murdered, half oi them (liil ; dren. were slnin In their homef ind that traces indicative of the most I gross brutality were left In each I ease the bloody axe was found though Left as the murder's fiend ish Insignia. Moore s admission thai for years his mind had been immers ed In the study of terrible crimes. McClaughey savs, Influenced him greatly in the formation of his theory. Mr McClaughey said the strange ly similar circumstances in the mur der series could lead to no other con clusion. McClaughey ih a non of War den McClaughey, of th federal peni tentiary here, and has charge of the Iiiipmu of criminal Identification ot the penitentiary ATTACK DR. FRIEDMANN Berlin Doctor's Vac cine Is Termed One of the Adverse Factors That Are Retarding the Prevention of the "White Plague" Washington. May 8 One of the adverse factors thai are retarding the prevention of the "white plague" was the characterization applied to Dr. I F. F Priedmann's tuberculosis vac cine by President Homer Folks In his opening address today :it the meeting of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tu berculosis "Nothing like the series of events,' said the speaker which followed the announcement of the Prledmann 'cure' in Berlin has hitherto occurred In the tuberculosis ampaigu Only those who have been engaged from day to da in Inducing state and lo cal authorities to appropriate funds can appreciate how vasth more diffi cult this task has been made In the last few months bv the extreme press agents of Dr. ITriedmann Thus far It has not been evident to me as a layman that any of those who have had to do with the subject In this country have won much credit. "When the Friedniann "cure" has taken Its legitimate place, and per chance has been forgotten, we shall remember those processions coming from everywhere whom the announce ment of the cure' summoned to our vision " fr JAPS WAIT j FOR REPORT Bryan Reaches Wash ington But Does Not Confer With Wilson Washington. May 8. With Secre , tary Bryan's return from California early today, where he went as Pres ident Wilpon's personal representa tive to confer with Governor John ' sou over the anti-allcn land laws . which the Japanese government con 1 Ktrues as offensive. the diplomatic sta;e of the negotiations between ' Japan and the I'nited States over the Question actually was reached. The Japanese embassy had been withholding Its formal diplomatic ' protest on th1 Webb bill for the sec ! retary's return and It is now be lleved to he that governments plan to withhold it still longer until in quiry can be made of the I'nited States as to just what this govern ment proposes to do if Governor John son sign ihe bill and It becomes a law Cndcr such a plan of action, thei protest probably will not be delivered loda The protest will open the formal diplomatic negotiations which may not be delivered today The protest will open the formal diplomatic negotiations which may j lead to a lest in the supreme court: whether such a law Is in contra- j I vention of S treaty with Japan The negotiations also may lead to a pro posal of arbitration at The Hague tribunal for a determination ol the anthropological status of the Japan -c-se race to settle whether they nre i eligible to citizenship In the Unitod States When Secretary Bran got to his desk, however he found such an ac , cumulation of routine business that he was uncble to confer with Presi dent Wilson as he had expected and the Japanese question was not taken up before the secretary left for Bal timore, where tonight, he In to he the ruest of Charles II Qrasty, of the Baltimore Sun Tomorrow night Mr Bryan will attend a banquet In New ork to visit the national (ommlsslon arranging lor the ctntcn.iry celebra tion of the treaty of Ghent. At the last moment a brief confer ! ence was arranged for late this af l ternoon at Which Mr Bryan expec ted j to lay a general report on his mis , slon before the president From Bal Itimore Mr Bryan expects to continue to New York t.i speak tomorrow at n dinner to the International commit tee arranging the centenary celebra tion of the treat Of Ghent oo Transfers Fred Q Taylor and wife have transferred to the Wetter county board of education, a part of ihe Southeast quarter of section fJ, town ship 6 norih range l went of the Suit Lake meredlan Consideration $460 The deed was placed on file In the COUnt recorder's office to da LABOR MEN I FILE APPEAL Attorneys For Gom pers, Mitchell and Morrison File Petition Asking For Stay of Execution in Sentenc ing Leader to Jail Washington, May 8. o for Samuel Gompers, John i, and Frank Morrison asked u, district court of appeals today to stay Its mandate sentencing Gompers to thir ty days in jail and fining Mitchell and Morrison '.""" each In affirming con tempt of cmiri nidgments against the labor leaders in the Bucks Stove Range case Counsel asked for the sia. an nouncing their Intention to appeal the case to the supreme court of the United States The court granted them leave to renew the motion If the I appeal can not be prepared in the ! fifteen days allotted by law DIVORCE OF ARMY COUPLE Captain Merriam Agrees to Amend His Complaint For the Sake of Ten-Year-Old Daughter Wife Suf fers Nervous Collapse San Francisco. Cal , May S Mrs Bessie C. Merriam suffered a com plete ncryous collapse last night and was unable to appear In court today, when the divorce suit brought against her by her huHband ('apt II (' Mer riam. I'nited States armj was called for a further hearing Counsel repre senting Mrs Merriam told the court she was unconscious when he was called to her house late last night, and that her condition todn remained se rious. Captain Merriam affirmed his wil lingness to abide by a suggestion of Judge Graham, who Is hearing the te? timony in the superior court, that the original suit be withdrawn, and Mr: Merriam file an amended answer, bringing herself a suit c harging de sertion, which would not be contested This suggestion, made with a view to suppressing further unsavory evi dence which would work an unneces sary wrong to Charlotte, the 10-year-old daughter of the couple, was agrc able to counsel for the defendant, but he could not formally acquaint tho court with his client's decision urn I! she was in better health With this understanding the case was conCn ued until next Tuesday Captain Merriam charged his wife1 with misconduct at Jackson barracks. I La., naming Clarence Murphy, then a major on the staff of the governor of Louisiana. TRAIN IS DESTROYED Rebels Use Dynamite in Bringing Death to 250 Federal Soldiers U. S. Army Officers Searching For Aero planes and Aviators Nagales, Ariz. Maj -A trooo train bearing 250 federal soldiers wan destroyed with dynamite and most of the passengers killed, said ! an offlcinl state report received here todav The disaster occurred near the Soiiora-i oahiilla state line The iedrals were on the way from San Bias to Alamos when intercepted j by the Insurgents, who hud planted mines along the tra Nearly 2000 uncivilized Yaqul In dians have joined the state troops, said the report United Slates army officers here I today heard nothlm; oi the reported capture of the war aeroplane beUw Tucson and continual their Bearch for the missing machine Aviators Are Involved Los Angeles. Cal. May R. Eight men. including several American aviation enthusiasts, are involved In 1 the alleged plan to furnish Mexican rebels an aeroplane corps, which re--u I ted yternay in the arrest of Dld ler Masson and his machinist. Thorn-I as Dean, at Tucson, on charges of i violation of 'he neutrality laws Thla WBi the statement today of Dudley W. Robinson, assistant United States attorney, who ordered the arrest of the French aviator aud Dean, a Brit ish subject. According to Robinson and Mexi can Conml Plna Cuevas, the plans of the rebel agents have been known lo the federal authorities here ever since they opened negotiations to purchase flying machine for use in the wai against lluerta The rebel agents including several Americans, laid their plans In Pasa dena, It wa6 stated, and had offered 165,000 for the services of an aivator and an aeroplane for three months In Sonora Robinson declared that there was no complaint or suspicion agaitiRl Glenn Martin, the aviator who sold the machini Which was captured yes terday by I'nited States deputy mar fhah '.'i mil s south of Tucson lie said, however, that more arrests might be xpected today. -iii M Griffith, secretary of the Aero club of Southern allfornin re ceived a telegram today from Mas son In which he said that he would appeal lo the French ambassador at Washington SENSATION IN CHICAGO Lieutenant Governor O'Hara of Illinois Is Alleged to Have Reg istered at Hotel With ' Young Woman as His Wife Chicago. May X. The missing reg ister of a Chicago hotel which figures In the secret affidavit presented in the state senate yesterday attacking the moralitv of Lieutenant Governor O'Hara, chairman of the vice commis sion, was found todav The affidavit was presented by Deputy Sheriff Richard M. Sullivan, but it was made by another person hose identity is somewhat obscure so far as the public is concerned 11 was produced upon he Insistence of the lieutenant governor, who declares i hat it Is part of a conspiracy formed In the underworld by persons whore 'nc onus were threatened by his cm sade against vice The affidavit is said to state that last January O'Hara and 8 prominent young woman of Springfield regis tered at the Hotel Sherman as "T. 1). Duncan and wife" A Springfield millionaire and another woman, said "Duncan" suite A handwriting x wife." are alleged to have shared '.h to hae registered as "J J Miller and pert will compare the signatUK cf "Dunhan" with that of O Hara. UN MERGING DIFFERENCES Southern Pacific Op poses Giving Up the Central Pacific to the U. P. as in Govern ment's Original Plan Washington. May I Serious dif ffrences have developed between the Union Pacific and Southern Pnclflc railroads regarding plans for dlssolv inug their merger The Southern Pa cific Is opposed to giving up the Cen tral Pacific, one of Us subsidaries. to Ins Union Pacific as contemplated In th original Wickersham plan of ths roiution and would prefer thai the disintegration be confined to the Un ion Pacific dispossessing Itself of the 1126,000,000 Southern Pacific stock which the supreme court said was held In violation of the Sherman law 1 Qfl particular phase ol i li. situa tion now Is receiving the close atten tion Ol Attorney General M Re noldS who has not made up his mind whether he will Insist thai the Cen tral Pacific be acquired b th- Un ion Pnclflc Maxwell Kvarts. counsel for the Southern Pacific, will file a brief with Mr McRej nobis within fe days ,,,; iiu ibe c i r.-n l-i Not Improving Mlla Hayes. the woman who has been ill at the city Jail for the past few days. Is not im proving and the county commisslon are taking up 'he suhject of bav in her removed to a place where she cs ii be ' a red for. NO CLOSING ON SUNDAYS; California Legislature Votes Down Measure Which Would Prohibit the Sale of Liquor on Sundays Committee Made Favorable Re- t port Sacramento, Cal . May 8 The Suu- day closing bill prohibiting tho sale ' of liquor on Sundays and holidays. wns beaten In the senate after a short I debate today by a vote of six ayesi and 2n noes. The measure had come; from the committee on public morals I I with a favorably recommendation oo FOWLER WILL PITCH FOR I OGDEN Fowler and Perkins for Ogden and Duffy and Cibsou for tJreat Falls are I the batteries at the league game this afternoon si Glenwood park. Manager Hester's other catcher, I Buck Weaver, has been ill for the past few days and will probably not be able to appear in the present series Willi OKdcIi "Kitty" Knight declared today that he will get a pitching staft for the lo cal team if it is necessary to send to New York. No word has been re ceived from Thomas at Clobe. Ariz, and Knight has not yet located an In t lelder. For the benefit of business and pro fessional men who wish lo be called while attending the ball game, Secre tar Kennedy has had an additional phone Installed at the grounds Th number is V ' Tomorrow and every Friday is la dles' day and the grounds and grand stand will be free to the lady fans Saturday is c hildren's day All DO s or girls uuder 10 years will be admit ted free oo PLANS FOR BANK AT BR1GHAM CITY I L Madson of the firm of Shreeve A Madnen, has returned from a trip to P.ox Klder county, supervising the opening work on some new buildings The Ocden firm drew the plans for the $4ii,nii'i Tabernacle which is belns built at Garland ami also for the school at Penrose and the business blo k al Tremonton Plans have been drawn for the re modeling ol the bank at Brigham to double Its size When the remodel ing Is completed, the building will bo the largest business bio k In the cltj GRANT INCREASE IN FREIGHT RATES Washington, May 8 The Interstate Commerce commission held today that It would not prevent an increase of Interstate freight rates merely for the purpose of Influencing Intrastate rates This principle was announced In j connection with an application by car rlcrs for permission to ndvance the I joint rate on cement from produc inj; points in Pennsylvania to destina tions iu New Jersey and other states The application was granted oo APPOINT WOMAN ASSISTANT CLERK Washington, May S Overturning century-old traditions, the supreme , court of the District of Columbia to da appointed a woman to be assist ant clerk of the court, empowered with all the duties imposed by law ' on such an official The distinction l was conferred upon Miss Elisabeth M. Meigs, who for 22 years, has been do- J Ing service for the court as a copy ist. She 16 the first woman since tho organization of the district's highest tribunal to hold an official position in ' that body. oo RESCUED FROM SUICIDE'S DEATH New York May 8 Chief Officer Plain jumped overboard In mid-ocean from the Steamship Majestic on Tues day list and rescued W. Keown. a coal passer, who had attempted aul Clde Keown apparently regretted his act as soon as he hit the water, and began struggling. Blair promptly, sprang after him and held him up vrntll both were picked up by a boa' i League Baseball Every Day This Week GREAT FALLS vs. OGDEN al GLENWOOD PARK GAME CALLED AT :'M) O'CLOCK WEEK DAYS -SUNDAY 3 P. M. LADIES FREE FRIDAY 1 CROWD HISS 1 BLACK PUG I Chicago Does Not Li ke 1; Johnson, Now on Trial R For White Slavery Censorship of Attend- If ance Negro Discards -M Loud Clothes Chicago. May 8. The effect of fed- JL . eral Judge Carpenter's censorship of attendance at the trial of the uegro x - prize fighter. "Jack'' Johnson on ;i k white slavery charge, was apparent in W the empty benches at today's session 0 I 'iiirt A few negro friends of t i he defendant and a half dozen white C men constituted the audience. ft For appearance in court, the fighter R has discarded his diamonds and other 8 Jewelr;. aud presented himself In a E subdued shade of blue apparel. At V the union depot, where Johnson went 1 to meet a friend before court opened, he was hissed by the crowd Estelle Henderson alias Paintci. J proprietress of a resort at Pittsburg. testified that she had dismissed Belle. I Schrelber, the "white slave" of the H present case, from the house The H government had honed to show thit r this action was due to the Schrelber t woman's association with Johnson, but H objection of Ihe defense to this linn of examination was sustained H Belle Schrelber on Stand H Belle Schrelber. the woman for f transporting whom from Pittsburgh p, in Chicago, the negro prize lighter 1. "Jack" Johnson is being tried under f the Mann white slae act, was a wit- I ness in federal Judge "arpenterSs jH court here today iH A slight, rather pretty brunette. lf vhe sank into the witness chair and iJ faced the big negro whose associa tlon with her is admitted by the d- 'f fense She wore a thin veil, but pushed this up over her hat as her examination began. Previous witnesses testified to rent- H Ing an apartment in the tenderloin district to Johnson which was oc cupled by Miss Schreiber and lo hav- ing sold furniture for the apartment J lo the pugilist iH Miss Schrelber testified that she H first met Johnson in 1909. while sho was nn inmate of one of the most notorious resorts in Chicago, when H she was 22 years old. Johnson went to New York but called her up by telephone and sent H DOT money through his manager, she i said. She wont to New York to vti it the fighter, paying her expenses trom money scut by Johnson's man- H When Attorney Paxkln. represent- ini: the government, attempted to ,H j bring out details of the young worn- an's relations with Johnson. Judge H Carpenter ruled that Inasmuch as iH ' these were admitted, he would re- train from polluting the ears of the iH jury with them. The woman was ifl still on the stand when the noon re cess was taken AMERICAN GIRL MARRIES COUNT Baltimore Mil.. May 8. Miss Lou- H ise Wnrfleld. daughter or former Gov ernor Kdwin arfleld. and Count Via- dlmir Ledochowski. of Poland, were married today at the residence of the i bride's parents, by the Rev. Dr. Wll- iH Ham A Fletcher, rector of the ca- iH thedral. Cardinal Gibbons was pre3 H ent and gave the young couple hi i blessing after a few words of advice and admonition upon the sacreduess of matrimony and the marriage tie. The wedding was a simple affair. iH the guests being mostly relatives of H the Wnrfleld family ou i TODAY'S GAMfS Tigers Beat New Yorks. Detroit, Mav 8. ( morican) Nnr York 1 7 1 Detroit 3 8 1 Batteries Scbulz. Mct'onnel! as I i Sweoney, Hall and Stanage I Naps Beat Red Sox. Cleveland, Mav 8. (American)--K Boston Cleveland 3 Batteries Bedlent and Oadj Gregg and Cariach Reds Shut Out Giants. New York, Mav 8 (National) R.H. B Cincinnati i 8 1 New York 0 6 2 Batteries Johnson and (larke. j Tesreau. Wlltse aud Meyers, Wtlsn. Braves Defeat Pirates. 1 Boston. Mav 8 ( National ) U ii Pittsburg 1 Boston 6 10 Batteries Adams. Robluson and Kelly; Dickson aud Whaling, Rsrl Cardinals Beat Quakers. I Philadelphia, Maj 8. (National)- Philadelphia 518 : Philadelphia 4 8 Batteries Harmon. Sallee. Pcrrio aDd McLean. Wingo; Chalmers and f Dooln. Dodgers Beat Cubs ; Brooklyn, Ma 8. (National) i Chicago ' Hrooklvn Batteries Lavender and BreSIUi ban. Rucker and Miller i Additional Sports on Pag Two.)