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Show SIX Local Celebrities YES INDEED, WERE ALL HRT RR ry VS acerca i> oa aN RUTH F sh E RUNS 1 Lec C eens Large Quantity of Worthless Interim Certificates Foisted Upon Banks As Genuine French Paper af 250,000 German Citizens Are Recelv ing Daily Military Training; Could Raise Army in Short Time of Many Million Men -G, Whose ruptcy confessed early Friday, according to the police, that he had counterfeited 61,500,000 In interim certificates upon ihe French government and that he had passed $63.000 worth of them on St. Lows banks in an effort to Hquidite his losses. Harry Turner, editor of a bimonthly magazine here, and fe EEF by the Lundendorfs whem, lice, po- "TL ulone am guilty of the' e2™ a affair, Turner and Murphy, under arrest' with me, are merely Incidental ligures in the case, and never had any knowledge of my transactions, Y had he bonds printed and thought It would he easy to Include these tn a $100,000,YOO issue which J. 1. Morgan & Co. had flouted in June for the French covernment." Police say Turner had the plate made for a border of the bonds at Halliday's sugsestion and at a cost of $1000. This plate was later used to make the cerlificates whieh Tlalliday floated. The discovery of the forged certifi. cates was made by a clerk in the Morgan firm's office, authorities here say, and local federal agents were In‘ormed that a plate for the bonds had been made here, The difference between the spurious certifleates and original are deseribed as follows: Border too dark; number" hand stamped in too light a color; those so far presented bear a water mark ‘Stratford deed," instead of "Amert. ein Banknote company" and have a facismile signature instead of hand written, Uncover Giant Race Douglas, Ariz---Recent heavy rains {in the vicinity of Reddington, near here, have uncovered the burial grounds of a race of gaint people who are thought to have lived thousands of years ago, according to August Ealey, a miner, who has been employed in the Redling district. Ealey described parts of ékeletons recovered from the cemetery end declared that the stature of the race must have been twice that of the average man of today. One skull shaw-d a thickness of about an Inch, Taley su-d, and was in a state of perfect preservation. Pieces of pottery, earrings, ranains of charcoal fires and other evilence uncovered by the rains has ted Kaley to report the discovery to the state university with the hope that a (10re intimate investigation would be tide of the burial ground. Can Make You Live 100 Years New York-One hundred and fifty. three years from now, or in the year "O74, health conditions in this country will be so good that the average person will live 100 years, aeeording to several Red Cross statistical experts. rhese statisticians based their 100 years idea on what they ealled pas! passing out performances. For jin. ssanee, fn 1910 in New York persons died at an average of 35 and in 1970 it an average age of 39. This upward trend of Ife, they claimed, has peen in evidence for many years, available S‘at'sties from the sixteenth century showing the span of life to be 18. By the e'ghteenth century it bad iength ened to 28 years. Government to Get and others of the | PLOT AGAINST Mystery GOVERNOR Surrounds Origin FOUND of Flames Found on Ship New York ~Searching Investigation was begun Monday by federal agents of a mysterious fire discovered In the hold of the Bteumship Tanamo, i{mmediately below the stateroom of Governor EB. Mont Reily of Porto Rico, shortly after the liner sailed from San Juan, rovernor Reily refused to comment on the fire, but a member of his party expressed the belief, which he said Was shared by the captain of the vessel, that it had been set as the result of plot against the governor by sympa(hizers of the nationallst party. out that Governor It was pointed Reily had been the object of thre:ttento sailed ‘ng letters, both before he fuke up his duties as governor, and since hig arrival in Porto Rico. The fire in the hold of the Tanamo Was discovered late Tuesday by Govynor Relly himself, but It was not until hursday SENATE that alarming. it became ACCEPTS TAX MEASURE Cxcess Profits and Transportation Levles Now Stand Repealed Washington-Final enactment of the {ax revision bill was accomplished Wednesday with the acceptance by the senate of the conference report on the measure, The bill now goes to the president, whose signature will make it law, The vote on agreeing to the confer. ence report was 389 to 29, with six Re publicuns opposing the report and one Democrat supporting It. The Repubficuns were Borah, Ladd, Lafolierte, "loses, Norbeck and Norris. The Democrat was Broussard. This is the bill which repeals the excess profits and transportation taxes, does awuy with most of the so-called nuisance and luxury taxes, reduces Individual taxes all along the line and increases the corporation income tax from 10 per vent to 12% per cent. ew, if any senators, supporting the measure were entirely satisfied with all of its sections, but they took the view that it contained more good provisions than bad ones. The measure is gener. ally conceded to be only a temporary one and the understanding now is that f& new revision bill will have to be framed wthin a year or so, Rum Runners ‘hiladelph‘'a, Pa.-Arrests and ace. t-on by the United States attorney In Boys New Drink York-Three Wood boys, Alcohol two of them connection 14 and the other 13, were tn a hospital WOO Sunday at the point of death from wood alcohol poisoning. John Turlel- with the alleced $25,000, plot uncovered here, may be shortly, Prohibition Director indicated Friday. A transcrip! rum expected Rutter of evidenee implicating the head of an export firm here, a former high of ficial in the local United States secret service and others in the alleged plot Will be furnished Coles, Rutter said Federal Attorney THE e ; | zi : BIG Jo, the only one who could speak, told detectives that five of them had found a bottle in the street containing something that smelled like whisky and each took a drink. One of those in the hospital was found unconscious fn the street. The other two have not Been heard to dredth commemorate anniversary the one hun- of Brazil's independenca, The movement originated With the American colony in Brazil and 80 highly was it regarded that it was at once adopted by the American chainber of commerce for Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, It is to 80-operate with this chamber that the committee for the United States has been originated, Once the plan was revealed {t cominanded the ready sympathy of men Prominent in internatiofar affairs, many of whom offered to serve on the American committee the officers of Which are: John L. Merrill, president of All-America Cables Inc., chairman ; (. A. Richards vice chairman; Jchn H. Allen, treasurer, and Leslie E. Freeman, secretary. Other members of the committee include such well known men as Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors; United States Steel corporation; Kermit Roosevelt, vice president of the Karr Steamship company;; Lawernce Armour, vice president Armour and company; Dr. John Bassett Moore, president of the Pan-Amertean society ; Newcomb Carlton, president of the Western Union Telegraph company, and Samuel L. Vauclain, president of the Baltimore Locomotive Works. Announcement of the inauguration of the movement here was made by John L. Merrill, chairman of the newly formed committee. "In view of the great and growing importance of our commerctal relations, our traditional friendship and futire ood will," said Mr. Merrill, "tt seems only fitting that upon the occasion of Brazil's centennial the people of the United States should make i substantial and suitable acknowledgment of thelr apprectation of the bdéna existing between the two countries by offering to the Brazilian nation a worthy token of our friendship." Charles Keck of New York, whose sincere and brilliant work has earned him widespread reputation as a sculptor, has been commissioned to create the memorial, the selected design of Which consists of a colssai figure in Bronze, symbolic of Fxiendship, hokl- ing in her right hand a sprig oT laurel and supporting flags of Brazil bound together with her left hand the and the United States by uaurel and palm. The main figure {s supported on a lofty and imposing pedestal of stone, enriched with bas rellefs, and near the base are four standing figures, George ashington and Abraham Lincoln, representing the United States and Jose om'facio and Rio Branco, represent. ing Brazil, Beneath these figures are three bas reliefs, one depicting the signing of the Declaration of Inde pendence, another Dom Pedro I at the Ypiranga river, deciaring Brazil's. independence of Portugal and the third a scene symbolic of the lasting friendship of Brazil and Amertea. Inscribed at the base is the simple statement that the memorial Is the g'ft of the American people to Brazil, New Postmaster At Ogden Ogden-Rufus A. Garner, assistant postmaster at Oxeden = for Sevenfeen years, assumed office as postmaster Wednesday. His first act was the announcement that Edgar A. Stevenson, connected with the local postoffice for eighteen years, would fill the vacancy of assistant postmaster caused Inelstent py Garner's promotion. George Browning acting postmaster, was presented with a set of platinum cuff links bh; the employes upon retirement in favor of the newly commisatoned postmaster. Stand Ship for Totinage In just next attended churefi Increase for recede ent purtly stand crease Cosideration ten tonnage plan for has decided her hitherto insist- she be allowed an per cent in capital under the general limitation of naval the arms conference cuss this situation. Kato, minister of the met to to would the Conference Success Ottawa.-Admira] Earl seatty de Clared here Saturday that if "the Washington conference were to close tomorrow, it would have accomplished something toward rdeasing the world from the great burden of armame nt." He gaid his presence here indicat ed that all goes well at the confere nce, The limits imposed on various countries under the Hughes proposals, he said, "are not derogatory to the dig. nity of the great empire to which we belong," and added he was sure "that the empire on the sea wonk| be great in the future as it had been in the past. -_-_-- ee Bandits Kill Idaho Merchant Idaho Falls.- Stephen A. Browning proprietor of a small gxrocery store in the residence Idaho, was night vection shot shortly sult of an of and after Idaho killed 9 attempt as a bandits to re. ro} his store. At Browning's side lay hres own gun, from which a shot had been discharged, sisted the turbed in taken indicating bandits. the that he had Nothing store, the was bandits re. dis having flight, Names Candidates Ottawa.-Nomination of parliamen tary candidates took place Tuesday {tn electoral Canada. held The n the tion) King party, led also the by Strongly whose formerly placed In Meighen, while Progressives, ture, 6. throughour election W ll be the government field, is Crerar. division genery] December livisions the bv Premier 8 8 Robert Field, 20 years of nge, was arrested by W. B. Wilson, clerk of tht United States marshal''s office, and pluced in the county jail for the U. S. severnment on a charge of selling opifites, eee Sheriff's officers have concluded on the expert opinion of doctors followi ng the exhumation of the body of Mrs. Anna Boyle, that the woman's death Wis not due to self-administered poison but that she was murdered. ses A misunderstanding as to an agreement between the state road commis. sion of Utah and the Tricounty Road association of Carbon, Duche sne and Uintah entered into at a Ineeti ng held last December, has led to the withholding of financial aid from the state until matters ure straightened out and placed on a thoroughiy busine ss basts. ® 8 @ Another big irrigation projec t is now betng considered for the Uinta coun. try in which about 280,00 0 acres of land are Involved and which engineers estimate can he irrigated at an expense not to exceed $10 per acre. The lnitiative for the project is the Vernal Commercial club. Se @ Charges of grand larceny against J. I. Skelton, Jack Wallace and William Bird, of Salt Lake all 17 years of age, were reduced to petit larce ny in the city court and the youths were sentenc. ml to serve county six The American a desire to montis jail, each in the ass Work on the construction of the Timpanogos trail ®rom Aspen Grove to the top of Timpanogos mountain has been suspended on Account of the heavy snow. It will be resumed ag eurly as possible next year, with four miles of the trai] yet to be completed. Two miles hag already been conStructed, eee Funds for the repalr of the bridge Across Green river at Green River city Will be supplied to Gran d County by the state road commission, the advance being made from the state taxes of the current year from Gran d county. The county agrees to repay the commission, many mayest, party, of headed has candidates Liberal (opposi W. L. Mackenzie represented, leader minister cand'a is of ~~ ales, The T. A acricn). Strayed Away. Wifle-I hope you repot ted all the plants while J Was away , Hubby-Yes, dear, all but the Wandering Jew, Wifie-Why not that? Hubby-Couldn't find it. Se for Little the Willle, switch tricity, "Oh, leave Protection. as his mother reac heg to turn off the elea de light ver, So I won't have ers |" on tonight, muy. ta Bay my pray: themselyeg ty te delegation has shown get back discussion when perts permits. to be into the naval the work of the ex. The Americang are well satisfied with the progress in the Far HKastern negotla. tlons, but Impatient to get the naval negotiations out of committee. Another of China's problems reach, ed a virtual "agreement in principle" at a sesion of the committee of the and postal a decision to devoted Saturday, whole of maintenance of foreign sygtems on postoffices Chinese soll, The delegates all agreed there should be a withdrawal of the foreign postal conditions warrant when machinery and a subcommittee headed by Sen. ator Lodge, drew up for later formal of prineple a declaration adoption under which each power would inyes tigate conditions and withdraw when It considered it practical. The report is to be presented to the another and soon, committee full subcommittee will present a resolutlon declaring for a gradual abolition of teritorial rights in China the extra when China's judicial machinery war. It is expected that the dispatch rantg, of an international commission of jut ists to China to study the situation will be recommended in the report and agreed to by the conference. In the discussion of the postal ques. tion, the Japanese are understood to have expressed serious doubt whether of China facilities postal preeent would fully meet the demands made on them should foreign systems with. It was also sald to have been draw. suggested by some delegates that the Pekin government might find diffleulty in enforcing reforms which might bé agreed to here, in view of the unset: tled state of affairs of China. The virtual decision to leave with drawal to the discretion of each Indl vidual power was the result. President Harding's sugestion for 4 continuance of the plan {0 conference international relationships was a ques tion of absorbing interest In private conversations between delegates. Few would comment on it publicly and the only hint as to the poselble attitude of the other nations came from M. Viviant of France, who indorsed the suggestion saying that it was not only "a high thought," but a practical ste and from a British spokesman, ind an "association of nations declared must be approached carefully until i; attitude of the American congress ha been expregsed. Sig most "Great Britain," he said, moveof any in particip ate anxious to ment that would tend to the peace | the world, the eo obviously but dent's suggestion is more oF ea American domestic question on ' le it would not be proper for the de gates to expregs an opinion ™ woh tails have been worked gress has decided scheme that would on out a efintt® seme eull ape the have proval of the American people. ‘ Fish To Be Planted Ont.,-Thre Tae Toronto, e the lion young fish will be placed ying waters spring, of Ontario according during } to |). NreDondd Y aeherte deput y minisfry will of game The young ter chieflsAn" " insist ott of whitefish, salmon Canada vvery s Suturday O'clock by Falls day, The advisability and practicabilfty of Some system for the grading of cream delivered to the crenmertes of the stute by the producers is being urged by officlals of the state board of agriculture. question Says Thanksgiving permit tions relating to auxiliary erat + of collateral Importance only, and can be settled easWy after an agreement on capital ships. declared e*ess deadlock on Japan's demands for an increase of ten per cent in capital ship tonnage over that allowed in the and on it wis afsumed the not put in the position of seriously dg laying progress, The crucial point in the discussio as viewed by the American delegsns tion at least is the "5.5.3 ratio" of capital ship strength, [t War said authoritatively that in the Opinion of the American spokesmen, al] ques at Charges that her husband has re malned away from home all night and that he ts habituasy Intoxicated, are innde by Myrtle Daniel Barker, who filed suit for divorce against Walter ©. Burker of Salt Lake. Sistence on an ratio in increased capital ships will be thrown into the arms conference for settlement. The naval experts of the United States and Jupan have reached a proposal, a dinner indicated Saturday that be ready to report early next weep had no similar an. Japane nouncese mént,experts but Lundberg bridge se3s dis- is expected to announce the Japanese decision at the meeting Wednesday. The entire question of vapan's in- Hughes the @ses Baron navy, Will be taken up In the meeting of the committee on ilimitaton of armament. Ths meeting probably may be a featuring point in the history of tie conference, Despite the fact that naval experts ure at loggerheads, it is officinlly beHeved that a sentiment will be reached on the Jananese eclums to a tonnage of TO per cent us great as that of the United States and Great Britain. A settlement rests in the hands ef Secretary of State Hughes, Admiral Baron, Kato and Arthur J. Balfour, the heads of the Almerican, Japanese and British delegations and it is be. lieved that the authortative predictio n that an agreement will be reached is based on tentive understandings reached in recent informal conferences between these three leaders. The situation is believed to be that Secretary Hughes ts tired of the disCusson of the naval experts and their failure to agree, and has decided to take the matter in his own hands again to force the question to a settlement, from The Volunteers of America gave tickets on @ Salt Lake restaurant eptitling aged and sick men of the city who were homeless and without means program armanent. Admiral Japanese that Mr. fallen street. Inship This was learned on highest authority as the naval armanent committee of indicate Plans to build a cut-off from Morgan to Salt Lake in order to shorten the runnlog time of a train to the coast is reported, ta from that of in Capital Full Meeting of Powers Washington.-Japan body 1D the conference. expertso }. their work virtually completed British tails of the American Plan, and de The body of Alfred Lundberg, 67 yeurs of age, was found in Weber river ut Ogden. Wounds upon the head may have Thirteenth Negotiat the American and the council eee and in Rio de Janciro who Eaetern Far It was Havre, Mont., alleged "port of efft?y," is to cease being the avenue through which liquor {s brought Into Utah as a result of a campaign there by prohibition workers 1n which fourteen prominent citizens were arrested. JAPAN REPORTED READY TO MOD. IFY DEMANDS FOR INCREASE OF SHIP TONNAGE Committee Formed to Enlist Nationwide Support for Memoria! In Bohalf of American People in Brazil supbort for a plan to present Brazil with a memorial on behalf of the American people, {n connection with the celebra- Union left while arms oes BE SYMBOLIC OF FELT BY UNITED STATES Washington.-Committee has been formed to enlist nationwide In the national Presbyterian at Atlantic City, N. J. in limitation, developing the policies of theion § ar toward China, has been advances" toa point were it may SOON eg place of predominating | Interest ees WINTER to be held Washington.-The Utab will share fn the distribution of $14,500,000, the total amount agreed upon by representatives from every STATUE WILL FRIENDSHIP Entire By °@ ducks and were fined $50 each, at Suk AMERICANS PLAN NAVAL QUESTION BRAZIL MONUMENT BEFORE PARLEY tion For Armament pj Lake, state year ene Americans Declared to Be 5 With Progress Made ang . Four parties pleaded guilty to com. plaints charging them with shooting more than the limit of twenty-five 7 PITCHER LEAGUB re- AS uu exainple, M. Briand read seyeral passages from the memoirs of Ludendorf regarding Germany's asPlrations for world conquest. Among these citations was Lundendorf's declaration that the "institution of war Was a creation of God." Throwing the Lundendorf = manuScript dramatically upon the table, M. Braind declared: "How can anyone ask France to dlsarin under such eonditlons?" Reverting to the possibilities that the war parties of the central empires might come back to power, M. Braind recalled there recently was an attemp tod restoration in Kurope which might | set the whole continent on fire, "Fortunately for the entente," he added, "it was averted." Coming to physical aspects, Premier Briand satd it was well understood that some persons took the viewpoint that as Germany was just emerging from the war, she was in no positio n to be dangerous, | "Our soldiers had a place in the fight." said M. Briand, "and they know to what point the German soldier ean carry his heroism. Germany still has 7,000,000 nen who have made war, You ask fs ft possible to mobilize an army there tomorrow? I answer yes, At the present time Halliday is unJer seven indictments based on allega. (ions that he had aecepted money for securities and that he failed to deliver by A CHICK" EAST QUESTi WITH CHINA's c¢PRON BLE LING MAY PREDOMINATs Ms niece peace. licates, out were military caste, ts continulng to preach the old Prussian doctrines. In a dramatic speecn of an hour, the French premier outlined to the conference "what is being sald at the door of France," which he added, wants Friday. Murphy was not namin the warrant and he probably will released, it was sald. In his confesston, police say, Hallilny claims he had placed $48,000 in certificates with one bank and an ad. ittonal $20,000 In another bank. Halliday said he had borrowed approximately $32,000 when he guve out So2,900 of the certificates whieh in turn were secured by $43,000 iu certi. given Germans to peaceful Dursults, the French pre Mier declared another portion, headed ssued confession, as in part states: 250,000 Pik vat - oe | ES 2 3 FAR Utah. eco American Association of Engineers. ly wants peace and is ready to get back Murphy, a magazine solicitor, are ia connection with the case. All three were arrested Thursday night. A federal warrant charging Halliday ind Turner with counterfeiting obligaions of the French government was ed ve ‘a ceiving daily military instruction, he added. Although a part of Germany eviden t- Paul held The least Hig | \ Y AT : the Hotel Licensing and registration of engin. eers in the state of Utah is recommend. ed in the report of the legislative com. mittee of the Ogden chapter of the ye We men. At | oY ; Washington.-Germany, while apparéntly disarmed, Premier Briand told the armament conference Monday could with her present machinery raise ®0 army of six million or seven millio n V. Halliday, a broker firm recently went Into bank wth Habilitles of over $140,000, at rr a ene St.Louis Vas" fo8 -- 3 Ses 2 & i REMEM "DAY YOU WAS BORA / SAY CHICK, Moe 4 ' fARM- GOSH of of The newsboys of Salt Lake enjoyed thelr sixteenth annual Thanksgiving dinner given them by Russell L. Tracy Sy" AS8ESTS§ DISARMED NAHAS MACHINERY FOR ARMY OF MILLIONS Rufus Garner became postmoster Ogden Wednesday upon the receipt his commission from Washington. ees eo BRIAND TION ee ‘DADDY "ed "GREAT PALS DOWN On THE PIKE RO -- THREE MEN COUNTERFEIT CER. TIFACATES UPON FRENCH GOVERNMENT PROBLEW S COMING Ni a -jC7 TTY. 2 SWINDLERS OBTAIN DERMANY SHOWS L_ MILLIONS BY FRAUD bREAT oTRENGTH ] regu Thursday, Decem ber 1, 1921 UTAH MOAB. TIMES-INDEPENDENT, {HE >> PAGE and speckle mene nett Marines Foil Bandits n of the a Wiashington.-Actio ey ae in placing department fice n and truc guards on mail trai ‘oct of preventing & had the desired effect of ved ~ e -projects number of carefully plann _ rd!ng ,acco mails the rob to 'ostmaster to Second Assistant Pos ge of traps la eral O'Shaughnessy, in char "ieu pe in case One robbery came \planned , said, was 1D , holdup naught, it was where preparations for abandoned. portation, where a - |