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Show WOMAN WITNESSES IN 1 1 SENATORSMOOT CASE I label Kennedy of Sevier and Mrs. Charles Matthews f I of Marysville Expected to Tell Inside Facts to In j 1 1 vestigatorsOf Interest to the West. I (Special to Tho Tribune.) I (By A. P. Philips.) j' I WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. A local paper this evening prints a list of wit- ,j ( ncsses summoned In the Smoot case under the head "Mormon Chief Is Sub- poenacd." Besides the apo3tles already named there are two other witnesses jj ' whose testimony It la expected will have a strong bearing on tho case, especially , as regards the extent to which polygamous practices are sanctioned by the j jH Mormon church, namely, Mabel Barber Kennedy of Sevier and Mrs. Charles Matthews of Man'sville. i Senator Smoot has not made out his list of witnesses and will not for tM some time. Two Wyoming men were reappointed to ofllce today, Frank M". Foot to be J ( receiver of public moneys at Evanston, Wyo., and J. Blair Shoenfelt of Douglas I tM to bo Indian agent at the Union agency, Indian Nation. i IH Senator Kcarna was at the bureau of forestry today regardinsr the crea- jl IH tlon of the Tooele forest reservo petitioned for. This reserve will not be created t IH unless the citizens who have purchased landB by agreement from the Stato of , IH Utah within the boundaries of the proposed reserve will release His iand to l tho State. If this Is dorm the State must release said lands to the Government j 1 IH and select in lieu thoreof a similar number of acres of public land in another IjH part of tho State. . The result therefore rests with the people themselves, It is probable that Congress will at this session doss a law which will permit the homestcndlng of agricultural lands now Included In forest reserves when experts from tho IH land ofllco declare said lands to be agricultural lands. This will materially yM benefit many people In the lntcnnountaln country. 'H I H Senator Kearns will Introduce bills , prodding perrsions for Eugene H. Ban- I t ntng and James Veatch of Salt Lako at per month each. The Senator to 1 also at tho War bureau today in behalf of Bertie Dcuvall, a private in the '( Twelfth Infantry, who enlisted when under age. His father asks his discharge j ' on the ground of illegal enlistment. As the department will not discharge a A soldier while the regiment is in transit the parents must fllo a certificate to j j pwo tho date of tho birth of the boy to be sent to the War department. ' ' and wheni the regiment arrives at Its destination tho soldier will bo court- NH martlalcd and discharged without honor. ( IH Senator Hcyburn has introduced a bill in -the Senato gi-anting to Coour 'H . 'Sl (Continued on Pago 3.) WOMAN WITNESSES IIS SENAT0RSM00T CASE (Continued From Page 1.) d'Alene City a portion of the abandoned Ft. Sherman military reserve for park and cemetery purposes. The soldier dead have been removed to Ft. Wright, Spokane, but the citizen dead are still In thc cemetery. " ' Senator Heyburn held a prolonged conference with the Secretary of Agriculture Agri-culture today presenting protests against the extension of forest reserves and creating new ones in Idaho and insisting that no land suitable for mining or agricultural purposes be embraced in forest reserves. It is said the Secretary agreed with these views providing the forest reserves are not wasted. The Senator has offered an amendment to the agricultural supply bill on the lines siated. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Miller of Salt Lake are visiting here en route to New-York. |