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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, 24 I I Delegates to National Conference in Salt Lake Will ' Arrive Monday Afternoon ' Program Filled With Many .Topics of Particular terest to People of Utah. t Inasmuch as the state platforms of the two leading political parties in Utah call for Sn income tax, the session pf the National Tax association, to be held next la Thursday morning at the Hotel Utah, to expected to prove of peculiar interest Utahns.' That session will consist of a round table on state Income taxation. Professor Charles J. Bullock of Harvard university, chairman of ths model- - taxation committee of the association, will preside. A draft of a mode! state personal income tax law, prepared for the- - consideration of ths committee end the conference, will be presented and explained by HenryMas-H. Bond, formerly Income tax deputy of the sachusetts. Scheduled as leaders L.In Luts discussion ars Professor Harley of Oberlln college, special adviser of the Ohio legislative oommlttee: Mark Graves, income tax deputy of New York; Irving JU Shaw, Income tax director of Massachusetts. and Prank I). Strader, auditor of Wlaconaln income tax returns. Another session on a subject which pomay become a center of considerable litical discussion In Utah the next two montha. alnce It Is In the platform of one of the parties. Is that of Tuesday afternoon at Saltatr beach, when Inheritance taxes will be taken up. W. M. McCrea of this city will read a paper by Professor Charles W. Gentenberg of New York uniWilHam versity on Inheritance taxes, and B. Belknap of Louisville. Ky., will present the report of the committee of the association on the subject. Large1 Attendance Expected. The sessions of ths convention, accordcommutes on ing to advices to the local bo largely atarrangements, promise to tended. It is Indicated that the number of visitors for the convention will be unusually iargs, though the number ranges as a rul between 300 and BOO persona. In addition, a large number of Utah taxing officials, state, county and municipal, are Indicating their Intention of attending tho sessions of the association. The convention sessions will be open at all times to ths public, and tt Is earnestly requested find that all persons Interested, who can subthe time, attend. Inasmuch as the taxand taxation is discussion of the ject most cltisens are taxing methods, and as payers, directly or Indirectly, it Is Salt that the attendance both from Lake and from all points throughout Utah and neighboring states will be quite rep. resentative, The first session of ths convention will be held tomorrow evening. st the Hotel Utah, and will be taken up with the orwill ganisation of the conference. There be an address of welcome by Governor followed to be Bamberger, and responses, of hy the annual address of the president the association. Nils P. Haugen, chairman This commission. of the Wisconsin tax will b followed by a general reception meeting. . and a Sessions at Saltair. morning sessions wrill be The Tuesday at Saltair, to which resort special rates havs been continued for one day past the to afregular closing data of the season, ford the visitors opportunity to see some of ths beauties of ths resort, and to taks a dip In Jhe Inks. There will be a basket luncheon and for the women a sail on ths In the taks occupying the afternoon. meantime the male delegates will be busy with two sessions. At that In the morn-- ; Ing, ths first western states session, prob- lems peculiarly appropriate to the western tax authorities will be taken up. Gov- ernor D. W. Davis of Idaho will tell someof the admlnlstrartion consolidation thing out In thst state and ths results so tried William Bailey, secretary obtained. far of tha Utah stats board of equalisation, will talk on the enlarged powers and work of that board, under tha law passed In T1H9. Wyoming problems, and especially the taxation of oil properties, will be the subject of a member of tha state board of equalisation of that state. At the Tuesday afternoon session. In addition to ths Inheritance tax subject, Clark already mentioned. Professor A. B. memof tho University of Manitoba and a ber of the tax eommlsalon of that province, will talk on recent tax developments In western Canada, The session at ths Hotel Utah Tuesday evening, on ths return from ths beach resort, will be a round table talk of ths sort which many who have bean frequent attendants at the sessions of the convention say proves highly beneficial, because jt gives aach delegate opportunity to say something and to hear somethin on ths subject which la uppermost in his own mind. , . , FederaJ Tax Problems. ' ' For Wodnssday morplng there will bo a round tabla discussion of federal prob- lems. Leaders wUl be Hugh Batteries, formerly with the treasury department; George E. Clary, formerly assistant to T. d. Adams, at that time chairman of the federal advisory tax board, and a discussion of ths Investigations and activities of the national Industrial conference board on federal taxes, from the standpoint of American Industry, by R. C. Allen, vies president of the Lake Superior Iron Ore Mr. Adams himself la exassociation. pected to be present at this session and U participate In the general discussion. At noon Wednesday ths convention will attend a special organ recital at the tabernacle, when Professor J. J. McClellan will be at the console, and later In tha afternoon will go to Bingham to visit tha mines of the Utah Copper company. The session of the conference of Wednesday evening hss three subjects scheduled for consideration. Thomas W. Page; chairman of the United States tariff la expected to tell of ths work of that commission. The subject of tax exemptions will be taken up by Professor R. M. Haig of Columbia university, and tbs report of ths commission of the association on this subject will be read by Professor Carl C. Plshn of tha University of California. Taxation In a constitutional convention will be ths topic for papers by Douglas Sutherland, member of ths tax committee of ths Illinois constitutional convention, and Joseph 3. Matthews, assistant attorney general of New Hemp- slilra. corn-minio- n, Income Tax Day. v' CELEBRATE1 JAILED BT POLICE Salt William E. Meade Being t Lake Labor Federation Held on Information From Are to Observe Holiday. Los' Angeles Authorities. f' of Members . f William E. Meade, confidence man and Labor day of 1920 will be marked by to the police as the .Christ a real holiday for the 15,000 members known Kid," the third man in the room at the trade! unions form- Roy hotel last Thursday when Ed C. Rice, of the seventy-fiv"sura-thishot and killed a fel- -j ing the Salt Lake Federation of Labor. low crook, man," Ed A. Mayer, alias Moyer, The day will be a day off for th alias Army Sullivan, was arrested at 1:44 oclock this morning on Informaunionists, who will gather at Saltair, tion from Los Angeles to the effect that principally, and also at other pleasure he was a member of the notorious upon their resorts hear by, including Lagoon, tha "buheo" band who turned leader, Robert Norwood, and shot him to death In Los Angeles Cal., Jn Decemcity parks and the various, canyons. The Salt Lake Federation of Labor ber, 1919, Ride. Mayer, Meade, and others to be captured, are members of a decided on omitting the annua) parade yet notorious gang of confidence operators Said Otto E. Aabridge, whose police records extend over the this year, i Intermountain country and through Pa- -' president of the federation, last night cifip coast. With the arrest of Meade this mornThe work entailed iu preparing a pathe Balt Lake police department being of with the the floats, rade, uniforming lieves that if has connected Rice and the various locals and the gathering Meade with crime syndicate Operations Include gun battles and killings In and inevitable wait for the start of th that Los Angeles and specifically- - with the of murder of Norwood. parade, Together with The disbanding Chief of Police Joseph E. Burbldge and the same and- putting the marching Chief of Detectives Riley M. Beckstead, paraphernalia together afterward, be- both expressed the opinion last night that fore the participants could begin to en- the killing of Mayer grew out of a quarrel over the division of spoils realised In joy their holiday, was too great. In which a The day wm be one of real pleas- a recent confidence-operatio- n waa fleeced of 39000. When Rice, victim of members ure, however, for the 15,000. other members of the the federation, who, 'with their fami- Mayer, Meade andmet confidence gang at the Roy .hotel lies, will enjoy tho recreation from Thursday for the melon cutting" Rice start to finish. There will be no set was tendered 600. He In turn thought his share should speeches, no program further than that afforded by Owen Swedens band at have been $2500 and tills led to the slaySaltair and by the various attractioas ing. of the resort, including the bathing. Quarrel Over Spoils. With the families, there should be afternoon, according to .union folk'all told, at the various' Early Thursday po'ice. Rice.- - Mayer, Mender A. W. resorts. The Salt Lake federation .offi- the Watson and others met tn Watson's room cers will be in charge of the days ac- In hotel for the purpose of dethe tivities, which will be marked by their claring Roy "dividend', oij..thelr recent haul. spontaneity and laclr of stilted features. In the quarrel between Rice and Mayer the latter called Rice a cheap ekate" It will be a real holiday for labor. Labor day will be' observed by va- and Mayer la said to have followed this with his artirious gatherings of the general public remark by striking Riceblow caused a ficial right arm. The outside of union labor. on aide of Rice's foreabrasion the slight The Britannie Society of Utah will head and he left the room after being hold its, regular meeting at Liberty quieted by others present Later In the afternoon Rice returned park at 6:30 oclock tomorrow evening. This will be a basket picnie and a pro- to the hotel to visit Watson. When he the door he was met by Mayer. gram will also be given. All fiiends of opened Rice qulcKiy pulled the door cloee and the society are inviteck to attend. It with both hands while Mayer on Salt Lake postal clerks and their held the inside tugged to open It. Holding wives will have a gala day at Lagoon the door with his left hand he reached tomorrow. They will join Ogden clerks Into his pocket with his right hand, drew at- the. resort for a general good time. his revolver, a .38 caliber Smith 4b WesGovernment offices, including the son, and us Mayer came forward fired. police Mayer had a pistol internal revenue department and th Rice told the and that he fired when he thought his postoffice, - will be closed all day Labor life was In danger. day. Detective M. D. McGtnness arrived The Murray branch postoffice and ahortly after the shooting and on Investhe Sugar House and Pioneer stations tigation found a .S3 caliber Colt's autowill also be closed to the public. Regu- matic pistol loaded with five cartridges, lar delivery service will be suspended hut never discharged, lying close toa also found on all city and rural routes, but spe- Mayer's body. McGlnness push button" spring knife on the floor. cial delivery and perishable matter will Meade, who was in the room at the time be handled, according to Postmaster of the shooting, told Chief Burbldge Noble Warrum. that the Colts automatic and the knife e ng - S Into Utah Wrigley Buys Gunnison Valley Bug ax company at Centerfleld, in which Wrigley, Jr, the gum magnate, with W. Harvey Rosa, R. T. Harris and O. H. Egg, ha acquired controlling interest for consideration I of approximately $400,000. . . ", FACTORY of th f"V' ' ' , I $ V ', , v - i ;r V r l,: i " .. "'' - ' ' " ' "r ' x ' t Vs A" ' yklr ' 's v , 'V c ' A. I''" '' ' a ' v ''r - y V.A- j , y J - f -r v ? t t ' , ' ' ' visory Committee Report Highway in Good Repair. Road improvements made this Reason Lambs canyon were inspected yesterday afternoon by the county commissioners and members of their advisory committee on roadbuihliug. The trip took the party as far as iu Lake Salamander by-- automobile, to which point the road has been put in excellent condition for automobile travel. "Besides giving access to the summer homes that are multiplying in tho 'canyon, the improved road is designed to be a part of the scenic route over the top of the mountains into the head of Big Cottonwood and Brighton. Completion of this Btretch of scenic road was contemplated for this year, but the eonstruction of hard surface roads and other road improvement in the valley made such claim upon the county's resources as to crowd realiza- Payment of Insurance on tion of the planned mountain road Murdered Woman Sought somewhat into the future. As it is, the county has built forty-fiv- e miles of road in the Suit to recover $4000 on the insurvalley since it began the roadbuilding ance policy taken out upon the life of launched two a at program years ago, cost of $1,250,000, or at an average Velma Atkins, alias Velma Green, by cost of $27,000 a mile. John Borich before he murdered her at Those who made the trip into Lambs Tooele, September 16, 1919, was filed in canvon yesterday were Commissioners the Third district court yesterday C. F. Htillmsn, Joseph 8. Lindsay, Wilthe Equitable Life Assurance against liam B. Hughes, Countv Surveyor association by J. L, Bratager, adminis-- j George G. Bywater, H. 0. Goodrich, trator of the estate of the woman, or chairman the advisory committee, j The complaint seta forth that Mr. and N. J. Hansen, Dr. G. Gill Richards, Atkins is survived by two' children D. C. Kimball, William Ennis, 6. M. Maxine, 5, and Russel, 3 years of age. Barlow and J. W. McHenry, members It recites that the insurance policy for of the advisory committee. $2000, calling for double payment in case of violent death, was duly' obtained upon the life of Mrs. Atkins by tend a theater party, while the association will hold a local assessors session, John Borich, July 28, 1919, a semiannual n payment of $22.38 being made at the at which Mr. Link will preside. The la to be devoted to the problems of time. Mrs. Atkins was beaten and choked the local assessor, who. In taxation, la the man on the firing line." The to death by Borich on the night of led will be by assessors from Utah September 16, 1919, after he had inand states Immediately adjoining. duced her to accompany him to Tooele, the murder occurring in a field on the Mine Taxes to Come Up. outskirts of the town. Borich afterFriday morning will be given over to ward confessed to the slaying and to another subject of prime Interest In Utah, the taxation of mines. Professor William having planned to murder the woman Peterson, geologist for the state board of at the time of insuring her life. He was at the "state qualtsatton, will talk on the appraise- convicted ment and assessment of nonmetalllferous prison, December 23, 1919. mines In Utah. Paul Armitage of New In the eompiaint filed, the contention York, representing th American Minin is set up that the insurance policy is congress, will discuss the subject of net valid and that the estate of the dead Income as a factor In min taxation, upon which Mr. Allen of Cleveland, previously woman is entitled to the benefit. mentioned, will give a report of the com. " mlttee on taxation pf mines from the Nebraska University Law association. The last Session of the 'convention, Dean to Address Masons that of Friday afternoon, will be - .. ..I. ; over in part to a business meeting, given proProfessor H. W. Wilson, dean of the fessor O. C. Lockhart of the National law school at th University of Nebraska, Bank of Commerce, Now York, will an annual review of legislation of give 1913 will apeak In tha auditorium of the Maand 1920, and thla will be followed by dis- sonic temple, Tueaday night, at S oclock, cussion until time to hold the business on America as a World Poway. Dean Wilson la returning from a speakmeeting comes. The delegates are expected to leave ing tour in California, where hla ada most flattering resame the evening, possibly by special dresses met with Is a past grand master of train, for a trip through the Yellowstone ception. inHe Nebraska and atands high national park. It Is announced that the Masons delegates are already on the way to the among fba craft of that jurisdiction. Tha lecture will be given Under the ausconvention from eastern states In a special train made up In Chicago. Thev pices of the committee on Masonic eduwill be met at Ogden by J. B. Evans of cation and Instruction of the grand lodge the local ' committee of Utah. Invitations have been sent out on arrangements, who will bo assisted by A. V. lllaky of to all the Masonic lodge In the state from several of these tha assessors offico In Salt Lake coun- and delegation ty. The train la expected In Salt Lake bodies are expected to be present. -- bard-surfac- e ses-sto- on . belonged to Mayer. Chief Burbldge said last night that he did not believe that the gun found near Mayer's body was the property of the slain man, but that It had been placed there either by Meade or someone who might have been In the room at the time of the killing In an effort to establish a plea for Rice, se Wife Claims Body. Chief Burbldge and the detectives in charge of the case are making every ef-In fort to trace the sale of the weapon an effort to prove the contention that the pistol was not the property of the dead man. Mayer's body was claimed yesterday by his wife. Mrs. A. E. Mayer, 2S21 Buchanan street. Ban Francisco, Cal. In a telegram to Chief of Police Burbldge she stated she Intended removing if to Ban Francisco for burial. Up until early this morning, however, no request for its shipment had been received by the Joseph establishWilliam Taylor undertaking ment. where it Is being held. Mayer is said at one time to have been a prominent contender for the lightweight world. He boxing championship of the Nelson-Gawas in his prime during the have been runner-up- " battle and would contender, but for the loss of his arm, which he sustained while In Alaska.' na GANGS OPERATIONS -START IN MISSOURI and-execut- ed 1 about 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The convention comes to Salt Lake. It acknowledged, largely through the efforts of William Bailev. secretary of the state board of equalisation, and formerly a member of the executive committee of the association. There Is a movement on foot to make Mr. Hatley vice president of th association, a position which. In the custom of the association, would make him president a year from now. 1 Program Off Press. A program of1 the entertainment feature of th convention, and giving some Interesting Information about Halt Lake and polnta of Interest viewed, came oft th pres yesterday afternpou. ' It show that th reception committee, which will officiate at the general reception to the tomorrow delegates night, consists of Governor Bamberger, aa chairman, arid the following atata, city and county offi, . cials: j. Senators Reed Smoot and William 11. King, James H. Mays. Milton H, Welling, E. E. Corfman, J. B. Frick, A. J. Weber, 8. R. Thurman. Valentine Gideon, Harden Bennlon, Joseph RJrl, Don R. Hhlelds. David O. Larson. L. J. Muir. William Bailey. Brigham H. Roberts, James T. Hammond, Henry Uwlltiam, C. W. B. Hughes, J. S. LindF, Stillman, E. W. James W. Lynch. say, Barton. M. C. Iverson, C. Clarence Neslen, li. H. Green, Arthur F. Barnes, Theodore T. Burton, A..H. Crsbbe, H. 8. McCann. R. H. Young, Dr. J. A. Widtsoe, H. A. Bmlth, O. N. Child, E. O. Howard, j. B Hawley, Nathaniel Jackson, Wesley E King. L H. Harding, Earl Jay Glade! Walter Wright, et Alleged Auto Thieves Arrested at Parowan Alleged to have stolen an automobile belonging to 8. D. Evans of thla city from In front of the Masonic temple last Thursday night, Ralph Jones, Albert Alexander and Frank Piker were arrested yesterday at Parowan by Edward Bently, city marshal. Report of the .catch was received by Deputy Sheriff William M. Hughes, having In charge the Investigation of automobile thefts, and he Immediately telegraphed instructions to Marahal Bently to bring the young men and the recovered car back to Balt Lake. Jonas and Alexander gave Salt Lake as their place of residence, while Piker said that he is from Kansas City. Life and Character Reading SEPTEMBER 8, 1920. The woman" of this tyrth date should man born on any date between marry 23, aa these August 23 and September natures will harmonise, r Is woman This socially ambitious, will be a leader and at the head of many She Is fond of good public organisations. clothes, apt to be extravagant In purchase and rather vain of her personal appearance. She makes an affectionate wife and mother and takes great pride In her children and their success. If an enters Into any work which she finds congenial she will be a success. However, she lacks courage and dose not concentrate on time ana labor. Tha want ade will find the best apartments and flat for you In th coming week. Specie! to The Tribune. LOS ANGELES, CaL, Sept. E. In Kansas City tn 1915 Robert Norwood, or Lee was then using the Thomas Leighton name of Bert Dawton. He had been a burglar and highwayman then for at least twelve years, for In 1903 ha had been caught on one of his first jobs" for five years to the and sent away Kansas state penitentiary. He served the full term and came to Los Angeles. In April, 1908, he robbed a grocery store, for that he drew seven years, serving until the parole board freed him in 1913. He formed a new gang, William was one E. Meade, the Christ Kid. member. Army Bulllvan was another. old man An at 'Faola. waa a third. Rice Kan., was the first victim. He was a pioneer, and from Indian fighting tn the early days had Retired te a happy old age competency with an Income from his lands. But he was gullible, and listened to the stories of easy jprofits thst could be made from stock Investments with an He raised 370.000 and trustful"Insider. ly placed It with Norwood. The money Norwood didn't "split went Into Norwood's satchel and Norwood to Los came wife his with Angeles. For months none of tho other members could trace Norwood. One of the first to make a connection with Norwood In the new Sullivan. Suspicion pasture was Army" He believed came quickly to Sullivan. had patched up with Nortvood that Rice, a peace agreement and that they bad agreed between them to let the real of the gang go begging. Even though th gang. back in Kansas City had mutually sworn to get" Norwood. . 'In the Strand cafe in Venice Sullivan saw Rice with his wife tested at a tabla. He tried to signal to him. Mrs. Rice eaw the signal and nodded. Rice saw hie wife nod and hie hand shot toward hie hip pocket. John Llndlow, a waiter, tried to 8ulllvan stop the Impending trouble, ducked under a table. John Llndlow, in the line of fire, stopped the single bullet. It pierced his heart. Rice was jailed first In Venice, and later In Los Angeles, when the police hearing in the beach city was dismissed, to make way for the grand Jury Indictments that followed. He went to trial. January 24. 1918, Rice won an acquittal. His defence was that Bulllvan had flirted w)th his wife and pleaded the unwritten law aa ground for his attack on Bulllvan. That Llndlow was killed, he said, was an accident, and tb Jury accepted bis vltw. Bulllvan. however, feared for hla Ilf. He determined to tell th rest of th gang to chang th combination between Klee and Norwood and depend on gang member to bring him safety. Christ Kid," was chosen Meade, the to give Norwood one more chance at restitution He was' to meet the gang leader and offer him the one last opportunity to reimburse the members for their work onr the 170.000 Job." He went to Norwood at 900 '9 West Jefferson street. In ths early dawn of December 14 1919. There were words. Norwoods wire was with him at ths tlm. Ths old killIn Norwood returned. There Instinct ing wm a slngls shot and Norwood fled with- i . - Required by Election Law , t Covers Period From Aug ;, -' v r-- ' T ut 25, Day Preceding the Utah G. O.'P. Convention. . t t; ..v., 1 1HL V5" Republican State Commit tee Furnishes Statement V J FTV' FINANCE REPORT Mai FILEDYG. O.P. e The Republican state committee filed; ' g statement yesterday with Secretary of State Harden Bennion concerning the expenditure of $4000 received from the Republican national committee, Thai statement, which was filed under the eerrupt practice! act, was reported by 43are r Bamberger, Bepublican national committeeman, n having been paid over to the atatq committee out of $5000 received from the national com' " mittee. ' 'The statement, which was filed yesterday over the signature of C. Lamar Nelson, secretary of the state committee," carried "this,note with regard to that amount: On August 3, 1920, this committea received $4000 from the Republican na- tional committee. This entire amount was expended to defray expenses incurred prior to that date and for set tlement of bills contracted by the former state committee and for purposes in no way related to influencing voting. Inasmuch as the law requires reporting of receipts and disbursements for political purposes oply that is, for, purposes of influencing voting at a convention, primary' or election the attached statement commences with tha period when the Republican state convention waa held, at which time tha platform was adopted and candidates were named for presentation Jo tha ' electorate. 1 ... Salt Lake Capitalists 'Join Chicago Magnate in Control-- of Gunnison Plant, 30,-00- 0 County Commission end Ad- 'The Thursdajr' mornliT session wilt be given over to ths round table on stats Income taxation. The afternoon will be taken up with ths second western states session, at which Nevada Is expected to be represented by Governor Emmet D. Boyle, New Mexico by J, . Saint, chief tax commissioner .of ths stats, commission; Colorado by Ceisua P. Link of the state commission, and Arisons by Charles R, Hows, member of the stats commission. This session promises to be of Interest to livestock owners, since Mr. Hows will taks up ths assessment of livestock on ths open range. Governor Boyle's topic Is ths taxation of express companies, and that of Mr, Link tho supervision of assessors and reassessment. FILES ON WATER. This session will be followed by a reJ. A. Brundage of Duchesne yesterday ception at tha oapltol, where ths visitors will be guest of Governor Bamberger and filed with the state engineer application Mrs. Bamberger. Ths women will return for the use of 700 acre-feof water from a trip around tha city and vicinity from Somers creek, to fee used as a sup- tn to attend thla session. foment ry storage supply la irrigating Yssraday evening ths women will at- - r100 acres ar ILL 15,000 fa 5, 1920. Gum; Man -- Enters Sugar Field chairman of WILLIAM BAILEY, Lake City committee on arrangements for the National Tax association convention, which opens to narrow night. SEPTEMBER - - WRIGLEY, JR., largest of chewing gum In WILLIAM ! entered the Industry in Utah When a Beats deal was completed, whereby, I with W. Harvey Ross and R. T. Harris, of Revol- Salt Lake capitalists, and . H. Egge of Santa Ana, ,Cal., he secured stock control of th Gunnison Valley Bugar company. The stock Involved represented a cash consideration, it waa aald yesterday, of nearly $400,000. of Two women were victim last night Wrigley, in entering the sugar inbrutal assaults by an unknown assailant. dustry, is said to be desirous of protectOn was Mrs Clarence Miller, wire of a ing the interests of hi Other business by 332 Third Bouth at city fireman, living it sugar supplies, and since the East street, and the other was Mrs. assuring the Gunnison Bugar comps Palm output of L. E. Montgomery, living at th is only sufficient to supply apfactory hotel, and wife of an employe of th proximately half of the requirements of Oregon Short Line. Both women were the gum business, it is believed that Mr. severely beaten. ,f other InvestWrigley contemplates Urge Police officers were summoned to the ments. home of Mrs Miller at 11 oclock by was said yesterday for Mr. Wrigley It been had neighbors, who stated that they .of that the stockholders of the aroused by a womans screams. On ar- which there are more than company, 1000, neatly riving at the home the officers found Mrs. all residents of Utah, will be protected In Miller 'in a hysterical condition, her cloth- full, and that the product of the company ing partly torn from her bddy and suf- ' will be sold at the full market price, no fering from seyeral bruises.' preference In the matter of price being She told the officers that In the earlier given to the chewing gum factories. At visithad been she of the evening a recent meeting of the company's direcpart ing at the home of a neighbor, and that tors a vote of full approval of the change when she had returned to her own home of control waa granted and confidence a noise In the kitchen attracted her at- was expressed In the management now tention. Bhe entered the kitchen to make directing tha affair of th company. an investigation and was seised by a man. Th William Wrigley. Jr., company of He attempted to silence her, and ' the Chicago is the second single contook place in two sumer of sugar In thelargest world. Besides struggle that ensued rooms. She finally was able to break from owning and operating Urge factories In the grasp of her assailant, and, going to Chicago, Brooklyn, Toronto, Canada, and a bureau drawer, seized a revolver, which Sydney, Australia, devoted entirely to the she fired. The bullet Went through the manufacture of chewing gum, the Wrigroof, but had the effect of causing the In- ley interests Inolude plantations In this truder to hurriedly leave tha house. Bouth Amerlcaand Mexico, where country, Mrs. Montgomery was found in an Is th wlntergreenx, peppermint condition In the alley at th! anaproduced chicle used In flavoring the gum. The 460 Second at South street rear of East out 9.000,000,000 sticks ot turns company midnight by Officer E. E. Brown. She chewing gum annually. Th company is had .been severely beaten, and when also tha Urgest advertiser of a single condition product In th wortd. Th company has aroused to a told the' officer that a man had dragged asset of 825,004,000, and In 1919 their net her from the street and beaten her. Bhe sale were more than $27,000,000. Mr. was taken to the Emergency hospital, Wrigley owns the Island of Catalina in where she told a more detailed story of California, and the Chicago baseball club the attack. In league. Like Mra. Miller, she had been to visit Mr. Roes, president of the Gunnison had and a neighbor, the assailant sprung Valley Bugr company, with Mr. Harris, from- - a dark corner as she passed. A passfinancial expert, has been the active she had street car, believed, fright- directing force hi the ing of the ened th unknown man away, but not company for the last management Mr. Eggs Is until he had struck her In the stomach, a beet sugar engineer year. and operafactory after which she lost consciousness. De- tor. He has served In managerial capascriptions given by the women are so sim- cities with the Great Western Bugar comilar thaat the police believe the same man pany of Colorado, the Bpreckels Bugar attacked both. company'of California, the Anaheim Bugar company, and, more recently, the Delta company. out waiting to see what effect bis bullet Bugar The is located at Centerfleld. had made. Mead staggered to hla auto- Sanpete factory county, on th Marysval branch In. and drove climbed started mobile, of the DenVer A Rio Grande railroad In away.- He told police that he had been the Gunnison valley. The management shot resisting highwaymen. says there are more than 20,000 acres of Meade went first to the county hospital Und adjacent to th factory capable of and lay between life and death for weeks. producing sugar besets. The plant at His automobile was .placed In storage in present has a capacity of 4(0 tons a garage. He persistently told police that of beets, and It dally It planned to Increase the he waa an Oregon cattle man and held capacity soon to 50 too. It Is estimated to his story of the attempted robbery. that the yield this year from the 5000 acres Month later, In May of this year, he vis- under contract will be between (6,000 and ited a local dentist and had 31200 worth 80.000 tons of beets, from which It I exof dental work don. He fled before the pected to produo between 120.000 and dentist could collect hie bill and Is still 125.000 hundred-poun- d bags of sugar. Th factory was completed in th fall liable to a civil suit for recovery U he 1919 ever returns to California. of and operated for the first time Christ Kid was moved last year. Th company was a pioneer When the from the county hospital to a private in- In It offer of the sliding scale contract stitution his vengeance had been com- for th payment of beets to its growers, and these farmers will receive a price foi pleted. That'storv goes back t Christmas night following the "kid's" wound. their beets this year based oh the price of members tried the gang Other then of sugar. This company was the first in to get Norwood. He was absent, so the state to give its farmers free pulp they satisfied themselves with turning from the beets they produced. things inside out and taking 334,000 worth I With the changes to be made at the of hie property. meeting of th board of director to be December 27, 191$, Norwood went out ! held Tuesday, th officers and directors to get a loaf of bread. IJls automobile will be a follow; President, W. Harvey stood in front of hlr home. His wife, in Ross; rice president, Joshua Greenwood her room, heard a fusillade of shots, and treasurer, R, T. Harris; secretary and asran to the window. Bhe saw him running sistant treasurer, Lorena Holman; direcup the street with a man following, shoot- tors, W. Harvey Rose. J. C, Cox. treasurer ing a he ran. Bhe went to the street. of th William Wrigley, Jr., company; R. Another automobile, which had come down , T. Harris ; Joshua Greenwood, chairman of the street, turned as the shooting was the state public utilities commission; V. E. taking place. There were several men In King, cattleman and eheepgrower of Teas-dal- e; I. D. Voorhees, eheepgrower of Man-t- l; the car. The killer hopped to th running board Just as Norwood fell. The car disT. E. Wood, vice president of the First license but the was number National bank of Dubois, Idaho; p c appeared. taken. The number, checked up by the Boorup, rancher and merchant, Batina; e' "Christ D. 8orenaon, Mantl; Allen T. Sanford, atpolice later, was that of th Kids license, thdugh th kid himself torney. Th headquarters offices of the then lay In the hospital. company are located In Salt Lake. Two Unknown Man Severely; Firing ver Frightens Assailant us - , Utahns Start Long Journey to Reiach Tropical Paradise equipped for Lake. said Mr. Servle, but If the reports Mr. of the United States government regarding the isle of Pines are correct, (t is the W, Bervls, 402 nearest to a motor, THOROUGHLY journey by left yesterday afternoon for the lel of Pines, about 120 miles south of- Havana, Cuba. They plan to make their permanent home on .Bervls Mr. Pines. of Isle tha Intending to devote hla tlm to th raising of tropical fruit. The start wee made from th home of Mr. and Mra. Gould B. Blakely, 70 West Sixth Bouth etreet, the Blakely being Intimate friends of Mr. and Mr. Bervls. A considerable contingent of friend gathered to see the autolsta off and extend wishes for a ya(e and pleasant trip. Mr. .Bervls has been a resident of Balt Lake for more than twenty years. For th past decade he has been a salesman for the Caqdy company of Ogden, end prior to that waa for a long th of In Sweet Candy the employ period company of 8att Lake. He has disposed home and other holding in this of hla city and says that he and Mrs. Bervls ere now at liberty to seek a new location Wherever they dmlr. "W have no fault to find with Salt - Bhupe-Wlllla- approach paradise that we know of. The temperature Is represented as being that of an Ideal June day here, with a shower almost every noon. It Is also declared by the government experts tljat th soli will grow anything that can be grown anywhere else." For oompanlonehlp on th long journey Mr. and Mra Bervls will have th two family eata, on a small white pusey, the other a giant Maltese. They have fitted out their closed car In Meal form for traveling carrying tent, bedding, camp stove end other necessary utensils. They will drive to Vernal via Park City and Kamil, going from Vernal to Fort Colllna and Denver, Colo.; thence hy the most direct auto rout to New Orleans. From New Orleans they will go by boat to Cuba, driving across the Island, and thence by boat lo th Isle of Pine. Roth Mr. end Mra. Bervl are experienced motorist! and Mrs. Bervla ssys that she expects to drive about half th time, especially when they remoh Havana, where, she understands, there 1 no speed limit. all-ye- ar Records Receipts. ' . ' The statement covers the period from August 25, the day preceding the Re- Eublican state convention, to It records receipts toward tha expenses of that convention of $50 each from L. H. Farnsworth, 0. R. Mabey, J. W. Thornley, George T, Odell, W. E, Rydalch. J. M. Peterson, James H.- Anderson, W. N. Williams, Peter Clegg, 8. Cannon, H. W.- Prickett, W. H. Wat-ti- s and Carl A. Badger: and of $23 each from J. W. Cherry, J . C. Frick, D. -- - - Clayton, H. . Crockett, James F. W. Kirkbam, W. D. Sutton, Mark Tuttle, W. G. Baton, T. D. Lewis, George Thomas, David H. Madsen and Harvey Cluff. Total receipts are $975. Expenses are listed totaling $774.85, the largest item of which is a note to C. Inge-bretse- . s n, t McCornick Co., for $250. No statement is given to show where the money for which the not was given went. Other expense are almost entirely connected with the convention, including $134 for the band, $150 for the theater, $1Q to a porter in connection with a room at the Utah, $5 to a Newhouso porter for similar purposes, $32 for dec orating the theater, $90 for conven-tio- n badges, $36.75 for sprinting, $24 for chairs and several other smaller . . items . Senator Reed Smoot filed a statement showing no receipts and no disbursements. .Francis G. Matson, who designates himself as a publicity representative temporarily detailed to Utah by the Republican national committee, files a statement covering the' period from May 1 to September 1. His receipt were $277.15, which, he says, were all expenditures covered nnder personal expense account rendered to Scott C. Bone, publicity director 'for the Republican national committee. These are detailed under the disbursements account as follows: Other Items. , Western Newspaper Union for preparation of plate material covering Sen- ator Reed Smoot's speech on sugar, $85, expended May 28; stenographic work for Senator Smoot, May 15 to September 1, $75; postage, stationery and of- -' fice expenses, $22.15. and on July 13 an additional $5 to tne Western Newspaper Union for plate material. Tha Western Newspaper Union is a comof patent pany which furnished boiler plate for country paper which do not set th type for their entire issues. Mr. Matson appends this nots: Virtually all work performed by the undersigned is covered in a state- -' meat prepared and ' submitted to the senete investigating committee in Chicago by National Chairman Will H. Hay A , . This .work has to do with all the intermouutain states. Oath is taken that Jt he statement submitted is a full am) true statement or account of ill contributions made or received by. me fob use in behalf of Senator Reed SmoUt and of tha disposition made by myself, to the best of my knowledge. , Stuart P.-- ' Dobbs, candidate on tho Democratic ticket for attorney general, filed a statement showing no reand disbursements for advertisceipts ing and traveling expenses of $54.17. E. O. Leatherwood, who is running fo congress on the Republican ticket in the Second district, shows no receipt and disbursements totaling $2.75. -- . - Democrats Name Morse Speakers? League Manager, 1"" I V B. L. Morse, of the law firm of Stew art, 8tewart k Alexander, has been made manager of the speakers bureau of the state Democratic organization. He will work under the general direction of Herbert Van Dam, Jr., who i chairman of the speakers committee, and iu cooperation with the atate committee. Offices of the speakers bureau are in parlor N, Newhouse bote), opposite to state headquarters ia parlor G, Mr. Mors is a former service man. He enlisted in the United States marines in Salt Lake, Jane 28, 1917, n4 served with the marines during th war. He already has assumed charge of th office ana aspect to have a program worked out within a few days that will cover the entire state. LEAVES WITH PRISONERS United States Marahal Aqulla Nebekei left yeiterday afternoon with Lortn Cae--p- er, Howard K. Johnson and Marcel Van Reeth for th Fort Leavenworth penitentiary. Casper was sentenced to a year and a day by Jutie Tillman D, Johnto for Inter itat transportation ef a automobile and Johnson and Van were each sentenced to two yea; raising $1 bills. MARSHAL jt |