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COMPLETE BREAKDOWN OF
MEDIATION IS EXPECTED
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I American and Hurta Delegates Hold Firmly to Opposite
) Views of Man for Provisional President Both Sides on
Record Neither Will Give Way More Names to
Be Submitted by Delegates Mediators, as
Last Resort, to Present List of Five.
CONTROVERSY DEVELOPS OVER ELECTIONS
U. S. Delegates Claim Constitutionalists Control Majority of
Population, Mexicans Stoutly Deny It Bi-Partisan Elec
tion Board Impracticable Suggestions That Presi
dent Wilson Would Break Down Electoral
Liberty of Mexico Repudiated by
Americans.
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' Washington, D. C. June 19 Medi-
; atlon Btands today on the brink of
i failnre. Only concessions by PreBl
f dent Wilson or Huerta can save It.
While the Niagara conference halt
y ed, Minister Naon of Argentina, one
j of the tbree South American media
tors, returned to Washington for a
conference with Secretary Bryan and
f probably to see President Wilson. He
planned to start back to Niagara Falls
1 lonlfcht carrying word whether the
conference shall proceed or disband
No Break in Deadlock.
Announcement at the White House
i that the president stands squarely on
the principle enunciated in the state
I ment of the American delegates, seem
ed to make It certain that the United
States will not be satisfied with any
I thing less than the choice of a man
i approved by the constitutionalists to
;i head the new provisional government,
i The firm attitude of the Huerta dele
gates for a so-called "neutral" seemed
to hold out no hope of a break in the
i deadlock
S The situation, admittedh another
crisis. Tas discussed In the cabinet
' meeting and some sort of an official
statement from the president himself
informing the public fully, in case
mediation fails, was promised
Officials closest to the president de
clared that all talk of further armed
intervention or of recognition of Car
ranza or Villa at hie stage was un
founded
iacarn Falls Ont., June 19 The
American and Huerta delegates hold
firmly today to the opposite views
expressed by them in public state
mcnts explaining the type of man de
sired by each side for provisional
president of Mexico.
Both sides having gone on record.
! the prospect Lb that neither will give
way and that there will be a complete
breakdown of mediation
Word was received toda from Mill-1
ister Naon of Argentine that he would
QO return until tomorrow from his
trip to New Haven and Cambridge
.t where he received honorary degrees,
i The conference that was to have been
held today was therefore postponed
until tomorrow. Tr may be deter
mined then whether any common
;; ground remains for an agreement.
I'l More Names to Submit.
" The American delegates still have
some names to submit hut the Huerta
delegates have opposed energetically
all p.rsons suggested thus far and
ihrre Is little likelihood that any
name emanating from the American?
will be considered seriously The
mediators, as a last resort, will sub
mil a Uat of five names There is a
faint hope that one of these will b
acceptable, but even the mediators
; do not profess optimism
Aside from the inabllit to seleci a
man for provisional president, a con
troversy has di eloped between the
American and Huerta delegates as to
I how the elections for permanent prea
to ident. to jie conducted by the pr"
skunl government fliouWl lc super
vised Likewise, the American dele
eaies in Insisting on a constitution
alist for provisional president have
argued that the constitutionalist party
not onlv dominates the country from
a military point pt Mew. but Is nu
t merlcalta in the majority
Rsbasn Denies Carr?nza Major. ty.
Emilio Rahasa, the head ol the Mea
lean delegation, emphatically denies
toda thai the constitutionalists con
trolled the greater population, savins
millions of people had been passive
and had not indicated in an) wa tb.'t
j l her fored the revolution H-
argued also 'i- impracticabl ty or
a bi-partisan electlop board, such as
har 1,-en proposed by the Amencan
delegation.
The Mexican delegates were m con-
? ferenro early todaj discerns:
whether they should issue anotlu
statement In answer to the American
delegates' utterance of last nighi
"The American representatives ui
lerlv repudiate any suggestions tna
the American president has any in
tent of destroying th electoral line-
ert of Mexico." was the reply "iarlf
I to the sncRestlon of Mr Rabnaa thai
putting the oonstltutibnaHsts 1" ron
trol of the provisional government
was ' tantamount to abetting and even
exacting fraud, at the election."
Nlagirn Falls. Ont,. June 18 The
American delegation to the mediation
conference tonight made public s
- statement issued with th- . onsent of
? the Washington government, in reply
tn the statement piven out last night
by Hie .Mexican delegation, critlcis-
lng the American plan for the estah
llshmenl Of a provisional povernment
J In Mexico, with B constitutionalist at
V its head.
Suggestions that President W llson
had any Intent to destroy the elec
toral liberty of Mexico are "utterly
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repudiated" by the American repre
sentatives. The statement covers
the whole range of criticism made by
the Huerta delegates.
Coming on the eve of the full con
ference tomorrow of mediators and
delegates, at which 1b to be determin
ed whether there is any chance of an
agreement through mediation for a
settlement of the Mexican problem,
the statement stirred the mediation
colony. It was interpreted as fore
shadowing the unalterable and un
yielding position of the United States
in future.
Statement in Full.
The statement says:
"The American representatives do
net think it Is conducive to the in
terests of mediation to publish during
Its pendency the various plans or the
contentions of the parties, but as the
Mexican representatives have given
out a formal statement of their ob
jections to the appointment or a con
stii utlonalist provisional president
because among other things, an elec
tion conducted by such a provisional
government would not represent the
will of the Mexican people, it has
been thought necessary to give a part
of the answer to the letter written by
Mr. Rabasa.
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ENVOY NAON
IN WASHINGTON
Washington, June 19. Romulo S
Naon minister from Argentina and
one of the mediators at the Niagara
conference, arrived here unexpected
ly today. He did not go to the le
gation but took quarters in a hotel
I near the White House
The return of the mediator to the
capital, undoubtedly for conferences
with Secretary Bryan or President
Wilson, or both, at a time when the
Niagara conference is marking time
1 and threatened with complete failure
I was regarded as highly significant. If
I It was known among officials that i
Minister Naon was returning, news of
I it was carefully guarded.
I At the White House it w as said if I
I President Wilson knew of Mr Naon's i
visit to Washington he had not im-1
parted the information to officials
there
I It was thought, however, the media
. tors visit had been one of the sub
ject discussed at an early conference
between the president and the secre
tary of Btate The Argentine legation !
professed not to know ot the min
ister's arrival
Wilson Backs U. S. Delegates.
President Wilson stands squarely
on the statement given out at Niagara
Falls bj the American delegates and
will accept no settlement of the Mex
t lean problem which is not based on
the principles outlined therein
This was made clear toda by of-1
ficiais after the president had an
early conference with Secretary
Bryan
It' mediation fails the president
plan-, to issue a statement fully in
forming the public on the position
of tli- administration ami outlining
this future course
The president has no plans for go-
ing before congress with aUJ phase
ol ti' Mexican question and all talk
of further armed inter entinn Is
groundless t the present time, ac
cordlng to officials The same, they
say, may be said of reports that the
'United States plans to recognize Gen
eral Carranza. General Villa or any
other taction In Mexico.
The issue of the note of the Mex
ican delegates by Senor Rabasa, and
the reply of the American delegates
published last nlcht after it had been
approved by President Wilson, ad
mittedly had brought the mediation
conference to a point where it gener
1 ally is expected to fail unless one
j side Rives way
Umost al the hour of Mr Naon's
arrival, a long message was received
! at the White House from the Amer
ican delegates Secretary Bryan, after-
its receipt, said he understood
there WOUld be a meeting in Niagara
Falls at 5 o'clock this evening.
The cabinet assembled at the
White House a the news of Minis
ter Naon'S return became known
TWO HUNDRED ASK
TO BE RECEIVER
Chicago, June 19- Anticipating that.
I Judfce Windcs in the circuit court
I would appoint a receiver for the La
I Salle Trust &. Savings bank, as a re
suit of the hearing today on the petl ,
tlon of P J. Lucey, state attorne
general, it was said that nearly 200
persons had applied In one way or
another for the position.
Charles E Ward, whose name was
signed to a personal unsecured note
for $169,925, found among the bank's
assets, asserted today that he never
borrowed the money. Ward was
Lorlmer's private secretary when the
former occupied a seat in the United
States Renate He was a director of
the bank
GILL FIGHTS
HIS OWN CASE
Makes Speech in House Sup
porting Claims to Incum
bent Republican's Seat
Washington, June 19. The House
today pressed toward a vote the elec
tion contest for the seat of the twelfth
Missouri district between L C Dy
er, the Incumbent Republican, and Mi
chael J. Gill, Democrat
The house was treated to the rare
scene of being addressed In his own
behalf by a man not a member. Gill,
the contestant- who under the rules,
has the right to speak for himself,
took the floor, and made a brief
speech supporting his claims to Dy
er's seat. He declared he had been
an "honest, lifelong, hard-working
Democrat," and resented any Intima
tion that his representatives had tarn- I
pered with the ballots.
Although many election contests
have been tried in the house, it has
been several years since a contestant
has availed himself of the right to
speak for himself
FRISCO BONO
ISSUE ILLEGAL
Receivers Will Refuse Pay
ment of $26,000,000
Prolonged Litigation Is
Expected.
St. Louis. .Tune 19 Receivers of the
St. Louis & San Francisco railroad,
through their attorneys, toda an
nounced their Intention of contesting
the liability of the road for bonds ol
126,000,000 issued by the New Orleans,
Texas - Mexico railroad.
It will be alleged that the purchase
of the southern road was illegal be
cause the New Orleans line has no
direct connection with the Frisco.
Such a connection, it is contended,
is necessary under the lavs of Mis
sourl to make legal the purchase of
one railroad by another As the pur
chase was illegal. It is charged, the
bond issue which made possible the
purchase was also illegal
It is said to be the plan of the re
celvers to refuse payment of the $2i,
000.000 bonds. Prolonged litigation
is expected to follow thi stand on
the part of the receivers
BANKERS DENY
BOND STORY
Claim No Excessive Profits ;
Were Made in Nicaraguan
Deals by Their Firm.
Washington. .lune 19. -A telegram
from Hrown Brothers and Selignian
fi- Co., New York bankers, read In the
senate today on presentation by Sena
tor O'Gorman and denying they had
profited excessively b Nicaraguan
bond issues, brought out a demand
from Senator Smith of Michigan that
the bond issues be investigated
I he telegram declared Senator
Smith's resolution charging the bank
era with large profits was Incorrect
and a baseless accusation
After slating that he had thorougbh
Investigated the Nicaraguan bond Is
sues before he Introduced his resolu
Hon. Senator Smith said:
"On m own responsibility to the
country as an American senator 1
allege that the indebtedness now
Rought to be validated and Imposed
on the republic of Nicaragua, is In
the main fraudulent and ought not to
receive the approval of the senate "
MOYER DOPES TO
RESTORE PEACE
Rutte. Mont.. June 19. -Charles H.
Moer, president of the Western Fed
eration of Miners, arrived here today
from Denver and will attempt to bring
about pea e In the disrupted Kutle
' miners union James Lord of Wash
ington accompanied Mr Mover
The Federation president went into
consultation w ith J. C. Lowne . the
only federation official who has been I
here since Sunday.
Mr Lord Is chairman of the mining
j department of the American Federa
tlon of Labor
President Moyer said he expected
to prevent the Rutte local being reor
ganized as n uuiou independent ot
other bodies
THIS CONGRESSMAN f
IS FOND OF "PORK"
Congressman Claude Wearer.
Congressman Claude Weaver of
Oklahoma has sei a new record for
public building requests for one con
gressional district. A few days ago
he introduced ten bills in the lower
house, each one asking' for a publie
building for a town in his district
The total amount asked for these
proposed buildings is $800,000.
STEAM SHOVEL TO BE
EMPLOYED IN
EXCAVATING
Trogress is being made In razing
the buildings on Twenty-fourth street
where the Dee-Eccles e6tate6 will
erect a modern social hall and busl
ness block and the contractor. W. A.
Larkin. says excavating can be
started in about en days and a large
steam shovel will be used
The contractors of the city are
pleased to know that the can factory
is to be built next month and many
of them will bid on the job It is
Baid by contractors that factories are
desirable contracts as there Is not
ranch Inside finishing and permits of
construction on a large scale With
the can factory, the cereal factory,
the A.lhambra theatre, and the Dee
Eccle6 buildings in course of construc
tion at the same time, together with
extensive street paving, Ogden build
Ing will be brisk during the remain
der of the season.
K W Altman Is building two resi
dences on Crant avenue, between Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets, to
cost In the neighborhood of $1500
each
J R and C S Watson are each
erecting a residence on Madison ave
nue, between Tw ent -seventh and
Twenty-eighth streets, to ( ost $1500
D. O Minnock has begun the build
ing of a residence on Jefferson ave
nue between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets, to cost $1700.
JURYMEN ARE NOT TO
BE WARNED THROUGH
NEWSPAPERS
Hereafter jurymen will not be ad
vised bj the newspapers that they
have been called to the service of the
court until the officers have sum
iuoued them. The reason for this Is
that the officers have discovered that
where the papers publish the names
of veniremen before service is had.
that mauy evade service making It
difficult at times to summon the re
quired number.
The matter was brought to the at
tenllon of Judge J A Howell, who or
dered the county clerk to withhold
the list Trom the newspapers until the
officers have made their returns.
The officers sa It is quite Interest
ing at times when they undertake to
get service on a talesman who knows
beforehand that his name has boon
drawn, to note the methods of eva
slon. The telephone is used exten
sielv in summoning jurors and the
way members of the family have of
advising the sheriff that "papa is not
at home and won't be for some time '
is amusing Often the officers know
that the person wanted on the jury
is at home and they have to go to the
trouble of making personal service.
GEN. CABALLERO
TO TAKE FIELD
Tampico, Mexico. June lb (Via La-
Delara has succeeded General Cabal
lero as militarv governor at Tampico.
General C'aballero left today for
Monterej. where it is stated, he Will
resume active military duties in the
, constltutlunnJlbt army
VILLA LEAVES
FOR ZACATECAS
Will Have Clear Road to Mex
ico City Without Interfer
ence by Carranza.
PECULIAR AGREEMENT
Chief Will Direct Obregon and
Gonzales Villa Will Work
Out Own Campaign.
El Paso. June 19. General Villa
will leave Torreon today for the front
abo Zaeatecas It was announced
this morning Thus will begin the
peculiar arrangement between him
and General Carranza which will al
low Villa full command of the zone
In which he dominates and of any
further territory which he can take
to the south. No announcement has
been made concerning the status of
general Xatera appointed by General
Carranza as the head of the central
zone, which Villa by his Insistence
has taken over.
The general plan of the campaign
now is alone the lines drawn up be
fore Carranza put Xatera in command
of the new zone Villa, who has
taken Juarez. Ojlnaga, Chihuahua
City. Gomez Palacio, Torreon and San
1 Pedro in northern Mexico, all within
I the last few months, now will have
i a clear road onto the national capital
so far as Carranza is concerned, ac
cording to the arrangement which was
I made after Villa had tendered his res
ignation Villa's zone roughly will
Include Chihuahua and western Coa
huila, which his troops already have
taken, and any territory directly south
w hich he can capture General Pab
lo Gonzales, commander of the east
ern division, will proceed south as
best he may along the east coast, in
vesting points to the south of Tampi
co. General Alvaro Obregon. In the
west, will move along the Pacific sea
board His troops now are investing
Mazatlan.
By reason of the geographical sep
aration of these three divisions it Is
expected that the three leaders will
not Interfere with one another. Gen
eral Carranza will remain at Salt illo
for the present, directing Obregon and
Gonzales, but it is said on authority
that Villa, as commander of the north
and center, will work out plans for
his own campaign, buy his own sup
plies and supervise the civil offices
established along his route. He now
has a large supply of ammunition,
which was amplified by the receipt at
Torreon of the entire cargo of the
steamship Antilla. which unloaded re
cently at Tampico.
ElMATTSONINDIIIS
SON IN BUSINESS
IN NEW YORK
E W Mattson, latelj manager of
the Utah Canning company, is now In
Ww York City, where he expects to
reside permanently Hays lateh
1 graduated from Cornell university,
taking the degree of B A in the busl
! ness department, is associated with
his father, they having bought a con
trolling Interest in an important im
porting firm dealing in foreign goods
It is a going, prosperous business, ami
the Mattsons expect to enlarge it con
siderabl v
Havs leaves the 2rith of this month
for London to buy his fall and win
ter goods
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RATE DECISION
IS POSTPONED
Washington, lune 19 The inter i
state commerce commission s decision
in the eastern advance rate case will
not be announced tomorrow, as had
been expected in some quarters, and
the indications today were that U
would not be made public for seeral
davs at least
Some of those best informed on
the commission's procedure would
not he surprised if It were not an
nounced for at least two weeks.
MAX DAVIDSON AT
READ OF THE EAGLES
At the annual business meeting of
the Tri-state Aerie of Eagles, held
In Salt Lake City yesterday, Max Da
vidson of Ogden was chosen presi
dent of that organization The oth
er officers elected wero John W eber.
Sr Ely. Nev., vice president; D. J
kllrod, Pocatello. Ida., secretary. Al
fred C. Christenaen, Idaho Enlls, Ida .
treasurer; W A Peters. Jerome, Ida.,
trustee; C A. Boyd. Pocatello, Ida.,
representative to the Grand Aerie
convention at Kansas City. Mo., Aug
ust 3. and Parley P Christensen. Salt
Lake City, alternate.
Yesterday was occupied almost
BH "''.jr,r,
wholly with business meetings, the
day before having been passed In a
brief meeting ln the morning and a
visit to Saltair in the afternoon.
While at Saltair, the visiting dele
gates from Idaho, Nevada and Utah
were banqueted by the Salt Lake
Aerie In the evening the annual com
petitive drill of the degree teams took
plaee. In this, the Ogden team, un
der the command of Captain E R.
Gelger made a splendid showing, but
the scoring finished ln favor of th
Salt Lake foam under the command
of Captain Otto Webber. This made
the third consecutive victory for the
Salt Lake team and it now becomes
owner of the silver loving cup
Following the election of officers
yesterday, a big parade was held ana
nearly lfinn Eagles marched through
the business district of Salt Lake.
When this feature of the program was
completed, the delegates and their
ladles boarded trains and were taken
to Lagoon, where a big program of
sports took place. This feature waff
closed at 6 p. m with the presenta
tion of the loving cup to the Salt
Lake degree team. The evening was
passed in dancing
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RE SLIPS AND FALLS
UNDER MOID
TRAIN
Word was received ln Ogden yester
day that H. W. Nalsbitt, a former res
ident of this city, was seriously In
jured at Troy, Nev , several days
ago He was taken to a hospital at
San Francisco and It was found nec
essary to amputate one of his legs,
just below the knee. His mother, Mrs
Helen Nalsbitt of Thirtieth street, has
been sont transportation to the bed
side of her son, by the Southern Pa
cific company
Nalsbitt Is a nenhew of Fred Nais
bltt of Ogden At the time he was
hurt, he was attempting to board a
moving train at Troy. Nev , when
he slipped and fell under the wheels
of a car He Is 23 years old and had
been an agent for the Southern Pa
cific at Troy, Nev , for about a year.
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HARVARD WINS
0PENING RACES
Defeat Yale Juniors by Seven
Lengths and Freshmen by
Four in Annual Regatta.
New London, Conn, lune 19. Har
vard crews opened the annual regatta
against Yale today in a most auspi
cious manner from a Crimson stand
point b winning both forenoon races
from the Blue oarsmen in an impres
sive fashion. The Cambridge row
ing scholars of Coach Jim "ray won
the elght-oared event for junior crews
by seven lengths and the Freshman
eight-oared contest by four lengths of
open water. If the Harvard's 'varsity
could continue til- victory through the
four mile event late this afternoon It
meant another clean sweep for the
Crimson crews.
The Harvard second eight leaves for
England tomorrow to compete In the
English Royal Henle regatta.
The crews for the 'arsity four
mile race were scheduled to go tc
the starting line at the railroad bridge
at 4 4f o'clock and row up stream
to a finish point off Gales Ferry the
Yale training quarters.
Veteran river men stated the con
ditions were ideal for a record break
ing race if the crews hud it in them
There was little indication of any
wagering on the result.
The regatta committee announced
the following official times:
Second 'Varsity.
1 Vk
Crew Hair Mile Mile Finish
Harvard . L':4H 5 4T, 8:c0 11:34
Yale 2:45 5:55 9:114 12:02
Freshman Eight.
Harvard .. 2:80 5:4T, 9 07 11:49,
Yale 2 38 5:58 9 58 12:04
NEGROES DRIVEN
FROMjSHOSRONE
Citizens Take Action After
Town Marshal and County
Treasurer Are Shot.
Boise, Ida.. June 19 Citizens of
Shoshone. Ida., drove all negroes out
of that town last night after Jack
Edwards, a negro, while resisting ar
rest on a charpe of drunkenness, had
shot James May, the town marshal,
and E. V Bower, treasurer of Lincoln
county Bower's wound may prove
fatal, according to surgeons.
After escaping from Marshal May,
the negro olimbed to the top of a
moving freight train and shot Bower
when the latter demanded Ms sur
render. Edwards was caught early today at
American Falls and taken hack to
Shoshone.
WILSON TO SPEAK JULY 4.
Washington. June 19. President
Wilson has accepted an invitation to
speak at an Independence day cele
bration at Philadelphia on July 4 He
may return to Washington by way of
the Virginia iapes on the Mayflower
EMPRESS CARRIED
300 EXTRA OOATS
Shipbuilder Testifies as to
Construction and Equipment
of Wrecked Liner.
TESTS MADE AT QUEBEC
Life Boats and Belts Found in j
Perfect Condition May 23
by Captain Staunton.
Quebec. June 19. The Empress of
Ireland wreck inquiry opened today
ith explanation and apologies by C.
S. Haight of counsel for the ownerB
of the collier Storstad. which sank the
Empress He said that he had not
meant to imply yesterday that the I
Canadian Pacific railway, owners of
the Empress, had tried 'to spirit wit
nesses away.
This whb the impression made bv
Haight yesterday when he placed on
the stand James Galway, a quarter
master of the Empress, who testified
that the ship's steering gear was de
fective Percy Hillhouee, of the Fairfield
Shipbuilding Yards of Glasgow, where
the Empress was constructed, testi
fied the ship was carrying boats to
accommodate 300 more people than
6he had on board at the time she
sank. The bulkhead extended all
through the ship to the upper deck,
he said, and with even the two large
compartments ln the middle of the
ship filled, she would have floated.
Water must have got in somewhere
else.
Captain Staunton, life saving super
intendent of the Canadian Pacific rail
way, said that the Empress' lifeboats,
belts and other equipment had been
tested at Quebec on May 23 and found
to be in perfect condition
Ixird .Mersey said that he had heard
it suggested that the bodies were
found with belts on, but with the
heads under water Captain Staun
ton replied that the belts would keep
the heads above water If put on rlghV
TWO HUNDRED I
MINERSJILLED I
Men Trapped by Explosion in
Hillcrest Coal Mines Four
Hundred Escape.
RELIEF TRAINS SENT
Government Mine Rescue Car
With Trained Men Leaves
for Scene.
Calgary. Alberta June 19. Two
hundred men are believed to have
been trapped and killed as the result
of an explosion In Hillcrest collieries
mines at Hillcrest. near Frank, on
the Crows Nest line, this morning.
About 600 men went into the mine
'Ins morning before the explosion oc
curred. More than 400 men escaped,
but 200 were left and It is said there
Is no hope for them
I anadlan Pacific railway com phi'
officials directed the equipment of
a special relief train here The spe
cial, carrying surgeons, nurses anil
a number of company officials, with
a large amount of hospital supplies
was expected to reach the Hillcrest
mine this afternoon. Private mes
sages received here from the wrecked
mine stated that dense clouds of
black smoke continued to issue from
the pit mouth A government mln
reacue car with trained rescue nien
departed from Blainnore tor Hillcrest
on H
DENIES lOiflllY I
WITHHOLDING THE I
MIL MONEY I
In the case of W M Harcomhe
I against Ocden City in the district
court, ln which the plaintift is suing
the municipality to recover $150, a:- I
leged to have been collected as bail, I
I the city attorney today filed an an-
swer denying that the money Is being j
I w rongfullj held ln the city treasury
Rehearsing the case, the city in Its
answer states that on March 13, 1914.
Officer O H Mohlman arrested Mag
gie Ellis and J E. Johnson and tool:
them to the police station, as Is the
custom in such cases, and that the
parties voluntarily deposited with the
desk sergeant. Walter Wilson. $150 to
Insure their appearance In the muni
cipal court to answer to any charge
that might be placed against them
bv the officer. Maggie EHIp deposit-
ing $100 and Mr. Johnson depositing
$60, but that they failed to appear v
In court, thereby forfeiting the ball.
The answer further states that the
Ellis woman acknowledged that she
was guilty of an offense but that she
would not appear In court, either to
defend herself in the action or to re
cover the money she deposited as
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