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Show , WEATHER. Thursday, elaarlng and warmar; Friday, partly cloudy and warmar. Local Bettlemant Silver Domestic, Lead Copper (cathodes) VOL. 102, Mc; Buyer and seller get together promptly- through the medium of Tribune Wants. , - Prices. foreign.i . . .76 'ie5 $7. .....US. , 75 SALT LAKE CITY, THURSDAY' MORNING, NO. 7. OCTOBER 21, 1920. 22 PAGES FIVE CENTS BRITISH RAILWAY MEN DISCUSS STRIKE VOTE; SEVEN KILLED, SCORE INJURED IN RAIL CRASH JAMES HENRY THOMAS, secretary of the British This Mailmans One Big Idea Causes Trouble Cen- tral Road Reported From Western Pennsylvania City ASKS lt Lake Tribune Leased Wire. 2k Because be CHICAGO, Oct the public Is not interested In what political candidates have to say, Georgs Klatt, mall car. rler, mads a bonfire of 3000 pieces of campaign literature Intrusted to hit cars, to lighten his sack. Georgs got Into trouble.-Foeta- l Inspectors today arrested George after they had trailed him to tho Everett school, whore ho admitted burning the burdensome second-dat- e Chicago Disaster on New York Railwaymens union, strike order. mall In Crushed Like Paper. The westbound train had just left the depot and the eastbound train, a express, was coasting Into the station when the crash came. A car on the ..eastbound train suddenly leaped from the rails and crashed Into the Pullman, tearing its steel sides away as If were paper. The occupants of the they car were hurled from their seats and thrown into a mass as the heavy Pullman toppled over with the open aide up. Police and firemen were forced to use ladders In taking the dead and injured from the wreckage. All of the dead were badly mangled and It Is almost Impossible to identify three of the dead until the Pullman list can be checked up. The crew of the eastbound train declared that the switch was all right when they looked at 1L Road officials are of the opinion that a member of the section gang, believing the switch open and seeing the rapidly moving train, threw the lever. Others are of the opinion that, as the section gang was working on the switch, they may have loosened the bolts. New York Central officials tonight announced that an Investigation would be made Frldav morning. Coroner Cardot , will also hold an Investigation. EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE. TOULOUSE, France, Oct 20. Earthfelt yesterday In quake shocksIn were the Pryenne department places eev-Vt- al A Free Booklet on How to Save Coal The price of fuel is so high this year that all most learn to save it. Here is a government bulletin which tells bow to stoka a furnace, to arrange its drafts and how to leave it at night to get the maximum of heat from each ton of coal. The average householder gate about half the heat from his fuel that ha should get'' Thie bulletin will ehow him how to get the full return from every shovelful. Even the man who is furnace-wismay get an idea here which will save him more eoel. The bulletin is free to all who send two cents in stamps for return post, age. Use the coupon. (In filling out .the coupon, print name end address, or be sure to write plainly.) , e . Frederle J. Haskin, Director, The 8alt 'Lake Tribune Information Bureau, Washington, D, C. I enclose herewith two cent in stamps for return postage oa a free copy of the Fuel Booklet. h sms , Btreet , Oily State ,.,. ,,, ,,,,, , Fill FOR Tribune-Sa- the school IP A "fssi V furnace. Several Injured Declared to Be in Dying Condition in Hospital; Probe Ordered. ERIE, Penn., Oct 20. Seven persons were killed and twenty Injured, three probably fatally, when New York Central train No. 60, eastbound, sldeswiped train No. 23, westbound, 200 feet west of the Union depot here at noon today. A switch, thought to have been thrown by members of a section gang, working at the scene of the wreck, la believed to have caused the accident The dead: Gaspar Deschamps, Missoula, Mont Algot Carlson, 14, Sebeka, Mini). Anna L. Tokla. 76, Norway. Anna Tokla, 20, Grlnnell, Iowa. Ida Rosenthal, Chicago. Mrs. J. P. Monaud, Los Angeles, or Montreal. Clara Miller, .Chicago. The Injured: Mrs. Jack Hanson, 32, Seattle, Wash. Leroy Hanson, f, Seattle, Wash. Mrs. 8. L. Secord, 31, Chloggo. Alma Foresmack, 24, North Shipping, Sweden, dying. Walter Richardson, 27, New York City. George W. Andrews, Buffalo. Mrs. Ida C. Meyers, (3, Chicago. Mrs. Findley Wood, 20, Palatine, HI. Mrs. C. C. Flagg, 36, Indiana Harbor, Ind. J'C. C. Flagg, Indiana Harbor, Ind. A. H. Breler, 66, Waterbury, Conn. William C. Halllcon, 7, South Bend, Ind. Paul Koaskodon, 53, Wyoming, Penn. Unidentified woman, dying. Christen Emmett and Chris Carlson, Sebeka, Minn. , Gideon. Carlson, 44, Sebeka, Minn. Mrs. Laura Schmaldfelt 61, Davenport, Iowa. Bert Tokla, 40, Grlnnell, lowa. Lieutenant Accused of Murder of Wife Claims Story Wrought Under Duress. Oct. 20. Carl Wanderer, CHICAGO, testifying In his own defense In the trial for the murder of his wife, today declared he waa Innocent and repudiated the algned statement in which he confessed slaying hla wife, their unborn child, and a vagabond he said he hired to stage a mimic holdup and thus divert suspicion from himself. He said the confession was wrung from him by bullyragging and violence and that he made It so the detectives would let him alone and let him get a little sleep. He was beaten and mauled in his cell until he confessed, he testified. Dr. William Hickson, head of the psychopathic hospital, previously testified the defendant was Insane and had the mind of a child. He waa Insane at the time of the murder and Dr. Hickwhen be made the confession. son said he believed. Wanderer entered the court room humming an Irish love ballad. At no time during the three hours he was on tha stand did bs hesitate in answering questions. Tells Original Story. Hs repeated the original version of the shooting of his wife by the tramp and the slaying of the hobo, telling almost word for word the story given the police the day of the affair and which made him a hero until he was arrested charged with murder. "Ruth (his wife) and I went to a picture show, he said. On the way back I noticed a ragged stranger following us, but thought little of It until later when I recognised him as the man I had shot. Ruth went Into the vestibule In the hallway ahead of me. I could see the outlines of a man, but before I could do anything, he began firing. I drew my revolver and emptied It tn his direction." Did you shoot? asked one of Wanderer's counsel. I shot In ths direction of the man, he replied. "Did you shoot your wife? "No, sir; 1 did not shoot my wife, said Wanderer. Wanderer then told how his mother-in-lahad come to the door and found him astride the stranger, beating him with a gun. w Duress Is Charged. He then told of his arrest and tha confession. Coroner Hoffman, he said, threatened him and tried to work on my emotions He toM me the spirit of Ruth waa Wanderer. He hovering over me, said asked me If I could not see Ruth, and the baby there above me. Other officers shook their flste under my face. One broke a bone stamped on my foot and In It Another hit me In the pose until It bled. Hoffman repeatedly Bald to mo: 'Carl, you know von shot your wife and this that you paid him to stage stranger and had a holdup so It would look like you acciand killed her shot In were tired of know Tou you dentally. married life and wanted to go back Into I wantIn. the army.' Finally I waa all I thought of ed rest, peace end quiet. the fake holdup Idea and towove my atory I confessed escape their around It bullyragging and violence. Cross-examine- d. ,& Democratic Candidate Al- Challenges Cox to Name Question of Throwing Lot leges False Statement in Instance of Changed AttiWith Coal Miners in Great onNations tude Speech by League. Struggle Long Considered U. S. District Judge T. D. Says New Yorker Has Mis- Addresses Tristate Gather- No Decision Yet Arrived at; represented Nominees Poing at Barbecue in the Division of Opinion Exists sition on League Issue. Southern Part of Ohio. Among Triple Alliance. One Case in Litigation Decided in Fayor of Utah NEW YORK, Oct. 20. Governor Cox, in a telegram from Boston mads public at Democratic headquarters to- Is dlicuising day, declared that we have ths on ths run and It now looks Ilka a Sweeping victory. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Oct. 20. Governor Cox today sent a telegram to Ellhu Root asking him to correct what the Democratic candidate declared waa a false statement In Mr. Root addreas yesterday regarding the governor's position upon the league of nations issue. The governor denied Mr. Roots statement that he demands the league "just as Mr. Wilson negotiated It, and called upon Mr. Root for a retraction. In making publlq. hts telegram to Mr. Root, Governor Cox published a statement declaring that Mr. Root and thirty other prominent Republicans signing the recent statement tn behalf of Senator Harding, the Republican nominee, were attempting to deceive the voters because they are permitting their partisanship to rise above their patriotism and trusting perhaps that the last wobble of Senator Harding may be in their direction." Governor Cox restated his proposal to accept any reservations helpful to the league and contended, therefore, that Mr. Boot had mad a statement .."jxhiah the reoorda show Is false. The governor's telegram follows. -- Telegram to Root. Ellhu Root. New York City. I have before me a quotation from your address on the league of nations delivered in New York City October 16, which reads: Mr. Cox declared that he will insist upon the treaty just as Mr. Wilson negotiated it.' I am addressing you with recognition of most respectfully your Integrity of purpose and the sigwhich nal service you have rendered as a public man, mindful of the fact that you may have fallen Into error through ignorance of the situation owing to your absence from the United States during a part of the presidential campaign. Your statement, however. Is not In keepare asing with the facts which you sumed to know by perusal of the dally in my stated I have Invariably papers addresses, and restate here, my wholeUnited to 8tates make the hearted desire a member of the league of nations, and that consummation of the that, to secure purpose of America when she entered the war, I will accept reservations that will clarify, that will be helpful, that reassure the American people; and that, as a matterourof good faith,In will the associates clearly state to and congress alone league that congress that has the right to declare war, aud our constitution seta up limits tn legislation or treaty making beyond which we can not go. I have stated further reservations from sny that I will accept hirh are offered In sincerity source to be helpful. and with a desire 111 Cojistrued as Mandate. have also stated 'that If I am elected president, my election can le construed only as a mandate of the American people; and that to- roar ratification of the treaty and the league, I would of the Unit-e- d sit down with the member States senate; I would confer with Mr Wilson and with you. Mr. Root, as well as with Judge Taft and all others who hate a sincere purpose and whoso especialservice In the past equips themYou know ly as advisers in this work. HarSenator well that full know and Inam not ding very recently said: I 'Iam Interested In clarification; terested As I have stated at the In rejection conbeginning. I am placing a charitable struction upon your statement, that perhas prevented haps your partisanship and your vour reading mv addresses from realisyou prevented has prejudice attitude of your ing the destructions a made have but you own candidate; statement concerning me I which the recreflrmlv but ords show Is false, and to correct this upon you spectfully callonce. statement at honorat arrived have "Mr Root, you people trust able Station In life. Many You have no right to deceive them. vou In thle the truth campaign. They want Your conscience will tell you that duty to It should be superior to duty to your I bv the state Under Wanderer said he did not remember sayconfession was tha he making ing that of his own free will or saying he understood It could be used against him. In reply to questions from his attorbeen hit In neys. Wanderer said he had the head with a baseball while overseas and badly hurt and that his head also had been Injured when he fell off a horse. Questioned about the two pistols found an at the scene of the shooting, each be had Med at army revolver, hs said when he denied tha coroner's Inquest stranger' weapon. He knowledge of the cousin's, he said, recognised It as- his Cousin "JAMES Girted) Fred. and "lied to protect ownership It was through tracing thswas arrest- Coxs Statement. of this pistol that Wanderer ed. His cousin said Wanderer borrowed Governor Cox's statement commenting murder. the before It several days said; Wanderer la expected to continue hla upon the Root message a telegram to "I am today addressing him testimony tomorrow. for an ImF.tlhu Root, calling upon in of a misstatement retraction mediate hla New York address as to my position 400 Chinese the of rstlfUstlon treaty securing Killed in Explosion toward and ths league. 'T am doing this because It la gow apto me at least, that Mr. Hoot and FEKINO. Oct. 16. (By the Associated parent, Republicans who are thirty eminent An explosion and fire In the ths Press ) for the league associated with him In a Tong-Cha- n coal mine In Chl-L- I province statement Issued to secure support for killed upesrd of 406 Chinese laborers on Senator Harding, whom they know by Thursday last, hut naws of ths accident his own words la against tha league, are reached here only today. There were lit attempting to deceive the voters. They survivor. are permitting their partisanship to rlaa An official report by the mining comabove their patriotism and trusting, perpany plaree the dead at 423. The exhaps, that tho laat wobtde of Senator plosion occurred In the next to the lowest Harding may bo In their direction. I am level, smoke causing most of the deaths. trying to bo charitable to theao men, In n crowd surrounded the view of the fact that In their parllnan-shi- n mine, carrying off the victims as they they may not be reading my public ere brought to the surface addressee, In whl'-- I have Invariably said Hperlal religious set vices In honor of ths vica Uoliuaa LI tims have been arranged. iContljiuad oa Laborers Orlef-atrtcke- Fa JACKSON, O , Oct, 20. Replying to Governor Cox's charges of Inconsistency on the league of nations Issue, Senator Harding offered In a speech here today to "give a reward to anyone who would produce specific evidence of a change of position since he accepted the Republican nomination for the presidency. Mr. Harding also asserted that If he had no specific plan for a world association, the same was true of Governor Cox, . who had not told the people what reservation to the Versailles covenant he was willing to take I do not believe In very much of the president's league, said the Republican nominee. "And If the Democratic candidate wants to regard this as my thirteenth change, I give him notice that I have one more yet to give him, because, you know, I am entitled to fourteen. But, as a matter of fact, I will give a reward to any man In America who can takq my utterances on world politics, from my speech of acceptance down to the speech I am making at this hour, and point out any Inconsistence or change of position. National 20. The Oct. LONDON, Union of Railwayman, the executive of the transport workers and the parliamentary committee of the Trades Union- - congress all held meetings this morning to consider their attitude toward the coal strike, but thus far no decisions have been taken. . After approximately two hours of discussion, James Henry Thomas, general secretary of the r&llwaymen's union, said the whole situation had been reviewed and adjournment taken until Thursday. The executive of the transport workers an) the trades union committee continued their meetings this afternoon. A sharp difference of opinion prevails among the railroad . men. Mr. Thomas personally desires peace, It la declared, but has a strong minority of the organization's executive working against him. The national council of the Independent Labor party adopted a resolution today expressing grave apprehension over the attitude of the government toward the miners, "conveying, as It does, an aggressive challenge to the whole workThe resolution ing class movement. No Wilson League. requests the Labor party to con ene a I have said from the beginning that special conference. we wouldn't have the Wilson covenant, Cost Boosted. and I say that to you now. But I have Living One effect of thd coal strike will be said repeatedly thaV America will gladly an Increase In the cost of living owing to play her part in a suitable association In the value of the pound of nations which does not Involve the the decline Increased cost, of Inward-boun- d and the sterling surrender of American sovereignty, which caused by the diminution freights, is built upon tha ideals of justice, rather of exports, declared Austen Chamtfferlaln, than force; and I say that again. I have not, of course, specified Just chancellor of Xhe exchequer, In answerhow we would do It. because I am going the house of commons to be called upon to make good. But, ing a question in my countrymen, never with article X, the today heart of the league. That Is a heart of Official estimates of the number of persteel, under a coat of mail, while we sons thrown out of employment In other want a heart and soul of Justice for a Industries as the result of the coal strike better order in the world. are lacking, but newspapers place the I hope that does not leave you in number at 100,000 at least, with the total any very great doubt Let me ask you growing steadily. a question: Have you heard anyone ho Reports from Morris ton. near Swansea, la insisting upon specific plans? Have State that many of the steel work-er- a you heard of anyone who tells us they Wales, there, who have been made idle by will take the Wilson league, with interthe strike, have decided to emigrate to pretations and reservations, and have you Canada at an early date. heard any of them, with their gllbnesa Thomas Ashton, general secretary of of tongue, tell you what reservations In a speech at Manchester, miners. No, you Jiave the they are going to take today said that If the premier cal'ed the not." mine owners and the mine officials Into conference with regard to getting more Speaks at Barbecue. production out of the mines, the first The senator s reference to the league meeting would give the premier all the was made In the course of a speech at guarantees as to Increased output he a Republican barbecue here, attended by needed. The miners' leaders were willseveral thousand people from southern ing, Ashton said, to attend such a conOhio and neighboring states. Immediference. ately afterward he left on a special trail) for Kocheater, N. Y.. where he will speak Vote to Strike. tomorrow, before winding up hla campaign The London branch of the Commercial trip with a night meeting at Buffalo. Workers' union him alBesides ths league Issue, the Republi- Road Transport out of sympathy can nominee dealt with many other sub- ready voted to strike but the strike order the with miners, He attacked was held jects In kts barbecue speech. up until after today's meeting a party of the Democratic party-as- A walkout of this union body. and praised the Re- of that Involve phrase making, of 180,000 men In would publican protective polity as an example Various parts ofupward England. of constructive performance. under Reof Further curtailment shipping service He also again aspublican guidance. On dally boat Instead of sailed the Interstate commerce commis- Is Impending. between Dover and Calais sion for failure to pro-racoal cars threethewill run service between New Haven and dally under the provisions of the will be supplanted by a triand Dieppe act, declaring that were he presiIn addition, at least weekly schedule. dent he would set aside" a commission one lino of steamers plying between eastwhtch pursued such a policy. and ern Hamburg, RotterEnglish ports In his discussion of the tariff the candidate made particular reference to the dam and Antwerp will be suspended enIron and steel Industry as an Instance tirely. of helpful development under protection. He called attention to the southern tariff THRONGS JOBLESS congress, recently held at New Orleans, and added: OUTBURSTS te -- OF CONTINUE Ready for Tariff. They werent quite ready to accept the Republican covenants, but thev were good and ready to accept the doctrine of the tariff protection. They took tha from first step toward emancipation paralysing democracy." of the Detailing the provisions law. Mr. Harding said It not only' contained a new hill of rights for labor. but offered a means of improving the coal situation by authorising the Interstate commerce commission to insure an equitable distribution of the cars. hill," he Thsts.the (Continued on Page IS, Column 5.) Peggy ONeill Is Victim of Drugged Candy . Universal Sstvlce.) Oct. to. Peggy ONeill, York actress, playing Savoy theater In Paddy, near we Best Thing? death five week ago, when eh wee poisoned by eating sandy which we loft In her dressing room. Tho candy Her pot dog at contained arsenic. on piece of tho candy and died. Maa ONeill has now fully recovered. It wet announced today that slap are being taken to discover tho tender ef tho poisoned candy, tfty LONDON, hero at ths ths Next . I By ROBERT J. FREW. (Universal Service Cable.) LONDON. Oct. 20. Demonstrations by the unemployed continued todav near the administrative center of the British empire. Throughout the day Scotland Yard waa busy maneuvering with strong police detachments In the neighborhood of Whitehall. Strong forces of police were also posted about Buckingham palace. Harry Goallng, one of the leaders ot the worklesa men, declared "These men are not going to stand still and starve all winter." Britain's total unetntdoyed, aside from the misers who recently went on strike, and without estimating other worker made Idle by this week's strike, now numbers 158,006. 'These figures Include 16J,0uW demolilUsed soldiers who are still drawing tha unemployment donation from the governmenL Most of ths remaining 188,000 are engl dork workers, texneers, shipbuilder tile workers and men from the leather Londons quota of these Idle Industry. people Is lox.ood. The Whitehall rioters ar merely Insisting upon their right to work. Fee' mler Lloyd George, treating the uprisings a a purely economic argument, la planning to nlr men to build great new and suburbs to main roads In cost fifty million dollars. He also plans to override the objection of the building union to labor dilution, and proposes to set unskilled men at work building house for poor people. This plan Involves ths establishment of great camps. Ilk army ramps, where the untrained worklesa men will be taught the different branches of the building trades. At ths present moment the unemployment riot hav nothing to do with the miners strike, although tt seems certain that the two great problems whkh now confront l.loyd Georgs s government unless the oust strike will meig a on la settled wtlhtn 4 fortnight. . Johnson Hands Down De- cisions in Bingham Suits. Consolidated Company. Judge Tillman D. Johnson of the United States district court la Balt Lake yesterday handed doom three decisions In ths six cases pending between the " Utah Apex Mining company and tho Utah Consolidated Mining company, whereby five of the suits were decided In favor of th Utah Apex and one was decided In favor of tho Utah Consolidated. .r The cases, said by those familiar with mining laws to have been among the most Important of their kind ever tried In Utah, had been pending about two years. During the course of the trial, said by ths Interested parties to has coat upward of 3600,000, some of the leading mining lawyers, engineers and geologists of th country were called by th opposing parties. New Statement It Expected Conditions Set Forth, Th contentions of th Utah ConsoliFrom Mrs. Peete at dated, which were denied In Judge John. Door Locked Session. LOS ANGELES, Cat., Oct. 20. An examination tonight of tho body of Jacob Chariot Dontsn, murdered mining promoter, showed hi nock had boon broken. It was announced by Dr, A. FT Wagner, county autopsy surgeon, wh oondueted tho txsmlns-tle- n. -- By Ualversxl - Service. - ' - vKSES Oct 30. Renewed ANGELES, waa taken In the Jacob Denton murfeF mystery tonight when It became known that Mrs. R. C. Peete, known as in tha case, had the enigma woman appeared at the district attorney's office lata this afternoon and entered into a conference behind locked doora with Doran and Deputy District Attorneya LOS Interest Turney.' Mrs. Peete's appearance was unexpected, and It was reported that ah was prepared to make a completely new statement of what happened at the Denton The district attorney's office, home. however, refused to divulge anything of what occurred during the conference, Mrs. Peete was accompanied by her husband, their daughter, Betty, and Mrs. Halbland, Investigator for th district attorney, who has been her constant companion. Denton, now alleged to have been fatally shot while In th kitchen of his homo by a murderer who acted without accomplices, was buried allv In th basement crypt where his body was found under a pile of earth, according' to a disclosure made shortly before Mrs. Peet appeared at tho district attorney's office. The reconstruction of th crime and the disposal of th body, on new and established evidence, shows that Denton, mortally wounded, was dragged to th basement room,' wrapped tn quilts and oilcloth, tied with ropes and placed tn th crypt while he was unconscious but breathing. It was learned also that, tn addition to th large bloodstain found under th linoleum In the kitchen, other steins war found on the stairway leading from th kitchen to the basement. According to concrete (eats In tho possession of the officials, Denton was murdered whlls he was at a table In the kitchen some time before noon on June 2. Bullet holes found In the shirt and undershirt taken from the body, show that the bullet pierced of Inch an fraction above th a the body waistline on the right aide. Physicians declared that Denton did not die Instantly from his wound, but that tt would have caused death within two hours. An Indictment charging a woman now tinder surveillance with murder In th first degree In connection with Denton's murder will be returned by th county grand Jury soon after tt resume! It Investigation next Friday, It wae reported today. It was understood that the only cause for the postponement of th arrest of this woman la ths absence from th city of District Attorney Woolwln. of Dentons A reputed "confession" murder ny J. B. Claudius, and towas from discredited fugitive justice, day by Mr L. A. Kellei, to srhem. It was reported, the confession had been mad. RESTRAINING ORDER ASKED. KAKHA8 CITY, Mo, Oct. 26.A tern, to stop Investipetery restraining order gation of coal prices. Instituted by Fran, cla M. Wilson, United titate district attorney. wss ssked 1st todayL In a netl-tlo- n filed In federal court by N. Nelson, attorney for four wholesale companies. MURDER MYSTERY DISCLOSED.' SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct 30. The body of an unidentified woman, about S3 years old, with th hands tightly bound stuffed Info hr mouth, end a pillow-sliwaa found In a hotel room here today. A man who accompanied her to th hqtol la being sought. All marka of Identity had bean removed from th womans clothing with tho exception of a cleaner's mark on bar glove. Her body showed a brulee over on or. Blood flecks on her hand Indicated that alio bad struggled with her assailant, p son's decision, wars set forth laat night by R. H. Channlng, Jr., president of th company, as follows: , These decision involved the ownership of or bodlsa In th Highland Boy and Tampa limestones la th Bingham district, where the Utah Apex and th Utah Consolidated mines adjoin. These mlnaa ar located in an area constating of a sari of quartslt and UmeStOn beds striking cast and west and dipping at a comparatively low angle to ths porth. Ths two most important bads arc, rs- spectlvely, tha Highland Boy limestone . and ths Tampa limestone. . "Th litigation Involved an or body In the Highland Boy limestone heretofore worked by tho Utah Consolidated Mining company and various or bodies tn th YaYmpa limestone heretofore worked by tha Utah Apex. Th Utah Consolidated first brought suit against th Utah Apex, claiming tha or bodioq In th Yampa limestone by reason of tt extra lateral riant ihe t tab Apex then brought suit against th Utah Consoli-- t too above mentioned or dated, claiming body In the Highland Boy limestono. j Geology Explained. '"All th or bodies In th controversy occur vertically beneath the surface bounds of tb Utah Apex and, therefore, presumptively belong to iL Th outcrop of both limestone beds, however, is within claims owned by tha Utah Consolidated, and that company believes that It acquired th extra lateral rights on them. They further claimed that these limes tone beds themselves constituted under tha law brood lodes and that by reason of the extra lateral right they were entitled to follow tnese lodes to th deep and extract th or bodies contained therein. ; Judge Johnson did jot uphold th contentions of our company and his decisions were favorwul to th Utah Apx. n Utah Consolidated will at once move to take the cases decided against It to tha Unltsd States circuit court ot appeal "The litigation did not Involve any of the important copper or bodies of the Utah Consolidated and will hi no way affect Its copper mining operations. Decisions Called Sweeping. ' An attorney familiar with the case last night characterised the decisions as moat sweeping, especially In that tha brood lode contentions of ths Utah Consolidated are Counael for tha Utah Conrepudiated. solidated had frequently referred throughout the trial to th decision rendered on this subject by former United States District Judge John A. Marshall of Salt Lake tn th cnee of Lawson versus th United States Mining company. Judge Marshall, who In th litigation decided yesterday represented th Utah Apex, held that his decision In th other case was In this he waa upheld not applicable. by Judge Johnson's decisions. Th decisions of Judge Johnson likewise hold that this case was not analagous to ths decision In th famous Rlchmond-Eureka Hill esse of Nevada, on which attornes for th Utah Consolidated had placed reliance. Title to the two mala ore bodies, tb Highland Boy and th Yampa, Is quieted by the decision which deny ownership to th Utah Consolidated. Th only exception to the favorable decision rendered th Utah Apex was In th lateral right to the Dana fissure. In which th Utah Consolidated la favored. It being held by Judge Johnson that the Apex company did not present a preponderance of testimony which would have justified a decision In its fkvor. Ore Highly Valuable. , During ths Introduction of tsettmonv evidence was Introduced to ehow that th Utah Consolidated had taken upward ef 11.000 000 worth of ore from th ground now held to belong to the Utah Apex. While th decision of yeeterday do not make any sward ot Judgment or recommendation for such. It I considered probe-by mining men that an effort will he made by th aurreasful litigants to obtain a Judgment for this or Attorneys for th Utah Consolidated Included John P. Gray of Idaho, th firm of Dickson, Ellis A Lures ef Balt lake; for th Apex company. Curtin H. IJndley and William K. Colby of Ben Frandeco. Judge John A. Marshall end W. W. Ray ef Balt Lake. Expert engineers, geologists and mineralogists who testified Included Professor Andrew Lawson of tha ef California. James F. Kemp of 10, Column 0.) (Continued on Fa bl |