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Show text Chn Job Prietiof An At Uring prices. Let us hare your next order for anything you want print ed. Rich In a fcbt&r? Knot please make Ef sarong a dds thing necessary for an unsurpassed County News printing is synonymous wfch art and efficiency. marrirt BU Villa BEACHES EYEBY 3fOOH AJTD, COBWEB OF BICH COUNTY TWENTY-SIXT- H RANDOLPH, RICH COUNTY. UTAH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1922. YEAR. NUMBER 4. PEACE PARLEY IS News Notes From AU Part t of UTAH L DARDANELLES, GREAT PROBLEM VITALLY INTERESTING TO POWERS PROGRESSIVE BLOC WINS FIRST LOSS OF VAN ALEN CORPORA. BATTLE WHEN 8ENATE AT OGDEN ESTIMATED AT , COMMITTEE REPORTS MORE THAN 150,000 AltUm taw raw njM Taken on Resolutions While Firs Which Breaks Out In Early Eve Judicial Body Considers Reort nlng Requires 8ervlee ef All Fire Embodying Similar Aot Fighting Equipment ef the Salons to Take Seats City Troughout Night Action MW MS A. MU Washington. Members of tbs now progressive bloc In congress won their Brat legislative victory Tuesday by cb--t t&lnlng from the senate agriculture committee a favorable report on a resolution to amend the Constitution to provide for direct election of the president and ! The amendment also would change , presidential . inauguration day from March 4 to the third Monday in January, and members of the senate and house would begin their terms of office the first Monday in January after the biennial elections. Congress would meet in regular session annually on the first Monday in January. , ' The eenate agriculture committee, whose membership includes a number of members of the new progressive bloc, won a race with the senate Judiciary committee in the movement to amend the Constitution so that a newly elected congress would meet soon after congressional elections. While a Judiciary subcommittee was holding hearings on a resolution with such provisions offared toy Senator Ashurst, of Arizona ,the agriculture committee authorized its chairman to report a resolution aa a substitute for one by Senator Caraway, of Arkansas, to prohibit defeated members of con gross from voting on other than rout ine legislation In the session of the old congress meeting after elections. . The Caraway resolution was sent to : the agriculture committee when Intro vice-preside- , ' . ' 1 - . .. . thor, who said that if sent to the Judibe would committee it probably clary allowed to die. Files Petition Asking Ballet Recount Salt Lake City. Malconduct, fraud and corruption in various voting districts and polling places are alleged by Joaeph Wlrthlln, Republican county commissioner, in his petition filed with the Third district court seekng a recount of the ballots. The petition sets forth that certain votes were erroneously and illegally counted for Samuel J. Lindsay, Democrat, ay a result of the actions charged against the election official a. Wirthlin and Lindsay are Incumbent commissioners and in the recent election Lindsay apparently won by only 130 ballots. Judge M. L. Ritchie has fixed December 16 as date for hearing the Wirthlin! petition. Sleuths to Try New Stunt" Scare em stiff, San Francisco. then grab the liquor. That is the new slogan of San Francsco federal prohibition agents, it was announced here. Under plans made by T. L. Har-villassistant to C. H. Wheeler, chief agent, agents raiding a place suspected of keeping or selling liquor illegally, will, on entering utter such bloodcurdling yells that proprietors and employes will be so badly frightened that they will forget to dump into the sink any liquor they may have. Before alleged violators regain their composure the agents are to hurdle the bars or tables, seize the liquor and place persona under arrest. Booze e, Kentucky Steer Wins at Chlcage Chicago. The blue bloods ef cattle-domonopolized the big Judging arena of tha International livestock exposition Tuesday. Several champions already picked strode proudly about the grounds exhibiting their ribbons, symbols of world leadership In their class. Chenoweth Jock, pure bred Kentucky Shorthorn steer, carried his honors proudly. He was named grand champion of the show, the highest honor of the livestock world. Chene-weth'- s honors will be ahort lived, he wiH soon be cold to tbs highest biddsr " for Christmas beef i, President Delays Mpssags Washington. President Harding has decided to delay for a few days his legislative message to congress, it was learned at the White House. Usually the mesages of tha president ara delivered on the seoond day of a The president probably will net appear before the last of the week. t set-eto- Turkish Sultan to Reside In Mseoa London. The Morning Posts Cairo correspondent says that Mohammed VI, the former Turkish sultan. Is reported to have accepted the Invitation. of King Hussein, sovereign of the Had-lazto live In Mecca. Blowhard't nptttai M Would Close Ogdon. Losses In a fire which dea. troyed tha large canning factory and warehouse of the Can Allen Canning corporation on West Twenty-firs- t street Wednesday night, was estimated at $130,000 to $200,000. The fire broke out at 6 :30 oclock in the evening and all the fire fighting equipment of the city was pressed into service. At 11 oclock the fire had eight streams of water still playing upon tha structure. , . Gage B. Rodman, president of the Van Alen company, said that he would be unable to estimate the loss and probably would not be able to deter, mine anywhere the loss until after a survey of the property. He said the new warehouse, which also was destroyed, was packed full of canned to. matoes, peas, catsup and canned fruits of this seasons pack. He added that this ,would be a total loss. Only a small portion of the product Is said to have been covered by insurance. A survey of that portion of the structure made showed that the brick Jfflce was intact and a small portion of the canning machinery near the office was partially injured, but the canning machinery on the second floor, and the old and new warehouses were burned, with only the charred walls remaining. ) It is believed that lass than 1000 cases of the several thousand eases of canned goods will be , sale vgadjft-.vt'- . The fire was discovered in the north, west corner of the building, when a little smoke was seen arising from the roof. Within less than ten minutes the fire had broken through the roof and the flames shot into the air a distance of about 100 feet Almost In. stantly the flames spread over the two warehouses, but were prevented from reaching the main floor of the Imcanning department or office. mediately upon the arrival of the department, Fire Chief George A. Graves called In the day platoon men and the equipment from station No. 3, as well as using all available equipment In the Central station, the new tire hydrant which was installed at the corner of Reeves avenue and Twenty-fris- t street was pressed into service and the large pumper was used to add force to the stream. In addition to the loss of canned goods and the building, the new ware, house contained several dollars worth of furniture belonging to Thomas Keogh and mother, Alex M. Daggett, Cage Rodman and others. Illinois Governor Frees Radicals of WilSentences Springfield. liam Bross Lloyd and six associates, serving sentences in Joliet penitentiary and the Cook county Jail for violation of the state antlsyndacallsm law, were commuted to expire at once by Governor Len Small. The commutations were Thanksgiving gifts to the prisoners. They were to be released upon ar. rival at the penitentiary of Attorney W. A. Cunnea of Chicago. La Follatta May Head New Bloc Washington. Tha purposes of the new progressive movement inaugurated by tha organization of the progressive bloc in congress were declared formally to be legislative and not political in resolutions adopted Saturday at a general public conference. Senator Lafollette, Republican, Wisconsin, who with Representative Huddleston, Democrat, of Alabama, called the conference under the auspices of the peoples legislative service, presided over the general public gathering which was attended by more than 100 members of congress, governors and other leaders. Representative Woodruff, Republican, Michigan was elected secretary. Tha first resolution adopted declared that the moveand would ment was devote itself to consideration of devising methods and means for cooperation and support" of the general legislative program adopted by the new progressive congressional bloc. At the suggestion of President Gomp-erof the American Federation of the resolutions had been Labor, amended to declare the movement nonpartisan" Instead of non-partis- a $Tnirtni ,im CITIZENS III STREET FATAL CLASH RESULTS IN MEXICO CITY AS THOUSANDS PRO- TEST WATER FAMINE 4 ALLEGED LEADER IN HUGE BANK COUNTERFEITING SCHEME IS BAGGED NOTE Rioting Last Over 6 Hours, During Three Men Under Arrest in Various Which City Building Is Osm Sections of Country In Conneo-- ) aged; Government If tlon With Operations of ? Asked to Act The Gang jj Mexico City. Federal troops a badly battered municipal guard-e- d build- New York. With the arrest of John Popovich of Lod Angeles, carrying $93,000 in conterfeit notes or more than $450,0000 face value. United ing while the city counted te.caJuaL ties of a pitched battle beta W; the police and a mob which ttes;.teJ to States secret service agents said they storm the building Thursday n&hL had captured the third of a gang of Xhe.jfofr.mj fighting stood at seventeen, while eighteen persons are known to have been seriously injured and thirty-thre-e slightly hurt It was thought that a closer check might reveal further casualties. The city, after a night of great ex. cltement, found its main plaza before the municipal building a shamble of broken glass, timbers and stone. The trouble, which lasted for more than six hours, started when a crowd marched to the city hall to protest against the aldermen who are held responsible for clnditions leading to the water famine. The demonstration was intended by the labor unions that organized it as a peaceful protest, and a parade was held before the marchers proceeded to the hall to voice their ad. veres sentiments against the city gov. ernmenL Several sporadic attempts to continue the demonstration were made In the succeeding hours, but several hum. dred soldiers protected the building and the crowd contented itself with jeering and hooting officials In gen. eral, including some of the members ofthe federal government Several small groups of citizens marched througlr the streets committing minor depredations. They called on all newspaper offices and hooted and yelled before the residences of the city officials. The chamber of deputies adjourned when It received news of the sanguin. ary encounter in the main plaza and a heavy guard waa thnvn round the building. James R. Mann Giant of House Dlee Washington. Death Thursday end-e- d the legislative career of Representative James R. Mann of the Second Illnols district, long rated as a gaint of the house. News of Mr. Mann's death was a shock to the house, for few of his most intimate friends knew of his illness, beyond the statement that he had been confined to his home by a cold. Minority leader In the house during the eight years of Dem. ocratic control. Representative Mann saw the Bpeakershlp go to Gillette of Massachusetts when his party again came Into power there, but If the fail, ure of his party In caucus to select him as speaker left any tinge of bitterness with the veteran member, his friends never saw an indication of it. Declining then the proffered leader, ship of the magority, Mann thereafter continued to exercise a power equal to it not greater than that of the speaker himself as chairman of the committee on committees, which controls the makeup of the house waa heretofore considered almost impo- and passing bogus bank of England notes. The other two alleged members of the band reported to be under arrest In Los Angeles are Oscar A. Simon and Ivan Glavandonovic. Popovich was checking out at a Broadway hotel when secret service agents, who had been registered at the same hotel arrested him after he had paid his bill in United States They said he was about to leave for Canada and in his battered traveling bag they said they found 535 counterfeit bank notes of 100 denomination and 800 to 150. The secret service agents said that about $30,000 had been obtained by e the gang in California through notes. They ascribe the success of the counterfeiters in part of the fact that since the war many Inexperienced dealers in foreign exchange have set up in business. Twenty thousand dollars worth of the bogus English bank notes have been accounted for, it was said. ssible-making cur-rnec- y. pass-tagth- Chicago Stock Show In Full Swing annual The twenty-thir- d Chicago international livestock exposition swung Into action at the Union stocs-yard- s bere Saturday with 10,000 head of blooded cattle, horses, sheep and Stock hogs competing for honors. raisers from nearly every state in the union and many Canadian provinces were Included among the exhlbitois and a number by Europeans had stock scheduled. The hay and grain show held in connetcion with the exposition includes entries by the Duke of Sutherland, the province of Ablerta, Canada and other Canadian provinces as well as most of the grain producing states of the union. J. W. Lucus of Cayley, Alberta, who won last years oats championship and W. Kraft of Bozeman, Montana, last years wheat sweepstakes winner are back seeking further honors. Judge Authorizes D. A R. G. Bonds Denver. Federal Judge J. Foster Symes signed an order authorizing the issuance by Receiver Joseph H. Young of the Denver A Rio Grande Western railway of $5,000,000 in receiver's certificates, bearing 6tf per cent interest, the money to be used in making improvements an the road. He also considered the Issuance of $5,000,000 In equipment trust certificates to be secured by rolling stock purchased. Pays With Lift Walla Walla. James E. Mahoney was hanged at the state penitentiary here Friday for the murder of his aged wife, Kate Mooers Mahoney, at Seattle, In April 1921. Mahoney Utah-Ideb- o Hot Controversy Waged as to Whether Greeks Have Been Ordered Out Of Asia Minor; Turkey uufjuaw player lewWSMMi. , CenBrigham City. The tral Railroad company has installed a bell signal at the street crossing on Fifth West end Sixth North streets. This crossing has heretofore been considered quite dangerous to the travel-- ' tag public. 8tralts Salt Lake City. Suit Lausanne. Tha dosing of the Dar danelles to all warships except those f Turkey and giving Turkey the right to fortify the straits were advocated by Foregn Minister Tchltcherin of Russia at Mondays meeting of the conference called to discuss the straits Ismet Pasha, leading Turkish dele gate, asked for absolute Turkish control of the straits, without demilitan lzatlon. The preliminary exposition of the question by the representatives of the great powers had not been completed when the meeting was adjourned. Tchitchein insisted that Turkish sovereignty could be guaranteed onlj Turkish warships by the presence-e- f In the straits, while the warships ol other powers should be prohibited from entering them. He contended also that Turkey should have author lty to fortify the straits as a means of safeguarding her independence and particularly for the protection of hei capital, Constantinople. All delegates to the Near East conference approached Mondays session with the conviction that the critical moment of the discussions was al hand. The great problem of today ths Dardenalles is vitally interesting tc all the 'powers, including the United States. The Russian delegates were to make their first appearance. For eign Minister Tchltcherin anLM. R dose with, the, Turks the last to Turkey wants the straits open tc Turkish warships alone, but Europe and America desire the waterway free to the naval craft of the entire world The treaty of Sevres for which Lausanne must find a substitute opens the straits to the merchant men and war ships of all the powers In peace and war but no blockade or act of war Is permlsable unless authorized by the league of nations. The treaty also provided for an international commission ot control Sunday Blue Laws are Enforced Wabash. Sunday blue laws were here for the first time as a result of a fight against Sunday movies being waged by the ministerial society. Charles Bolte, ,chlef of police, closed everything except restaurants and garages when Sheriff Summerland re fused to act against them without affidavits being filed. Last Sunday the sheriff arrested moving picture theater managers without warrants after breaking down the doors when the managers refused to open them and submit to arrest No action was taken against other places of business which were open. Next Sunday street cars will be stopped and everything closed Including restaurants and garages. to recover $2698 from Salt Lake City was insti- tuted in the district court Wednesday by Salt Lake county. The claim is for money alleged due the county be. cause of work in removing weeds from city streets during 1920 and 192L NephL The Local poultry associations are now successfully transporting eggs by automobile trucks to Gunnison where they are graded prior to shipment to the New York markets. Salt Lake City. The unknown man whose body waa recovered from the Jordan river February 27, 1922, may have been John Orifino, 48, an Italian merchant of Toledo, Ohio, according to Information received by the senff s office. A circular issued by the department of pustice, Washington, D. C., describes Orifino, who is a fugitive from justice. Brigham City. The car which was abandoned at the side of the road near Tonoph, Nev., by O. C. Jacobsen, the Brigham jeweler, October 27, when he wandered off into the desert and disappeared, was brought to this city No trace of Jacobsen has yet been found, and the parties who have been scanning the desert for several weeks have given up the search. with Provo. Deputy Sheriff Birk, J. J. Bushman in custody, left tor Sweet Grass, Mont, where he will tlon authorities. Birehman Was arrest- ded here several weeks ago on the request of D. A. Plumly of the immigration department on a charge of bav tag smuggled his way into the United States. ' Ogden. Motion picture films of Ogden canyon, which were taken last summer by C. J. Blanchard of the lnited States reclamation service, will he shown in Ogden according to the advices received by Jesse S. Richards, secretary of the chamber of commerce The Ogden films are now being shown in Omaha by the Union Pacific corn, pany. Salt Lake City Appointment of a receiver for the Baldwin Radio com pany of this city, manufacturers of radio telephone equipment was asked In Third district court by attornejs representing the latter firm Midvale. One woman was killed Ihree men badly bruised and two ba. hies escaped with but a few scratches Wednesday night when an automobile driven by Grant Mortenson of West Jordan struck a cow on the main street of the village and overturned. iSalit Lake City. The Utah Light A Traction company was fined $25 for the city ordinance prohibitCongress Opens Its Regular Session violating one-ma- n operation of street cars ing Its closed Washington Congress In a test case heard before City Judge two weeks extra session and started itts regular session Monday with an In- N. H. Tanner Wedensday. tervening period of only ten minutes Ogden. A total of $370,00 was disBy resolution the end of the special tributed by the U. S. Bureau of pubsession, which began November 20, lic roads within tire past few days, was closed at 11:50 oclock, and the fer road work done in Utah and Idaho aew and final session of the during September and October, accongress began at noon. Pro- cording to District Engineer B. J. ceedings were largely the routine of Finch. The amount is the largest the winding up the tad and beginning rite government has paid ont since the bu. new session, which runs nntil March reau was established in this city. Ot 3. The senate met at 10 oclock and the amount $160,000 will be for roads tha house at 1L In its brief sitting In Utah and $210,000 for road w .i k In ths senate formally dropped tha Dyer Idaho. anti lynching bill and confirmed about Salt Lake City. Following the lead 1700 nominations. of the national department, the Amec lean Legion, department of Utah, hus Beaten Victim Sues Klan Fort Scott Theodore Schlerlman of taken a determined stand to stop the pest of war beggars end peddlers Nowata, Okie., former mayor of Libthat for three years now have, Injured erty, Kansas, filed suit for $80,000 the reputation ot men who proudly court here against wore the uniform of the United damages in federal the city of Liberty and the CoffeyvlUe States. The Ku Klux Klan organlaztlon. suit Is the result of the flogging of Farmington. The Utah Power sad Mr. Schlerlman by a masked band Light company will furn'sh the' Installation of five special light rerecently. flectors on the overhead crossing's at Seventeen Subsidy Bill Passed In Lower Chamber Farmington, next week. hundred pounds of cable srs being The administration , Washington. i shipping bill, around which was waged used in the work. the most bitter partisan fight of the ' Salt Lake City. The highpaved present congress, was passed by the way through oalt iake and Utah corn-tie- s rotes to spare. house with twenty-fou- r will be kept open all winter. Ro'h The final count was 208 to 184. Slxty-nln- o counties have joined in tire cost nt Republicans broke away from erecting a series of snow fences in the their party organisation and opposed region ef Jordan Narrows to prevon the bill, while four Democrats suport-e- d the heavy drifts at ths point rr- a 1L covering the road this winter, Sixty-sevent- ' 'v 1, h - v J JA V |