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Show I GEORGE N. IFFT, consul ' to Stuttgart, whose silence si-lence as to whereabouts is causing some apprehension. n '5 x ' if Lijt,x,sWi -)u si. i'Oit:. i IFFT'S SILE1E IS a CEJF WORRY Consul to Stuttgart Not Heard From Since Reaching Reach-ing Swiss Capital. RELATIVES ANXIOUS Think, However, That Interruption In-terruption of Cable May Explain Matters. Utah and Idaho friends of George N. Ifft, American consul at Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg, are considerably alarmed over the fact that Mr. Ifft, who left Stuttgart for this city on February 21, has not been heard from since he reached Berne, Switzerland. -Xe uneasiness un-easiness also is shared by Mrs. W--' who has for some time past been the'Vj guest of her sister, Mrs. H. K. Klin- gender, at the Plandome hotel. With a largo number of other consuls con-suls in Germany, Mr. Ifft was recalled to this country early in February, after af-ter the break between the United States and Germany. He was conducted conduct-ed out of Stuttgart by German officials of-ficials and a few days later, on February Feb-ruary 25, wrote a Jong letter to his wife here from Berne, Switzerland. He said that he expected to leave Berne within a few clays for Paris and from the French capital intended going to Madrid, Spain, and from there either to Cadiz or Cordova, to take a steamship for home. No Word Since February. Since February 25 no word has been received from Mr. Ifft, and his family and friends are naturally somewhat alarmed, although the fact of the disturbed dis-turbed condition of the lines of communication com-munication reassures them to a large extent. In his letter Mr. Ifft mentioned men-tioned that it was next to impossible to obtain accommodations upon a steamer bound for America. In conclusion con-clusion he said that be would cable when he sailed. Mr. Ifft, who, in addition to having a large acquaintance in Utah, is owner of the Pocatello Tribune and widely known in the Gem state, has been in the consular service for thirteen years. His first post was at Chatham, Ontario, j Canada, and he has sinco served at Annaberg, Saxony, Warsaw, Poland, Nuremberg, St. Gall, Switzerland, and Stuttgart, Wuerttemberg. I Mr. Ifft, bv reason of his excellent education and diplomatic attainments, is said to stand high at Wiliington, having rendered particularly ble service to his country since the -break of the war. "JV German Tongue an Aid. Jt The fact that he speaks German. ently has been a great aid to hjTV in the performance of his duties. vi. Ifft was born in Butler, Pa., and was graduated grad-uated from the FTanklin and Marshall college and the University of Pennsylvania. Pennsyl-vania. He then went to "Leipzig, Germany, Ger-many, and took a post-graduate course. His father was1 a German and fell while fighting for the Union at Gettysburg. Gettys-burg. After his graduation Mr. Ifft entered en-tered the newspaper business, and for a time was a reporter on the Washington Washing-ton Star. Later he came west and entered en-tered the employ of a paper at Boise, where he was a close friend of Fred T. Dubois. At the time of Mr. Dnbois's first election to congress Mr. Ifft was i one of his most active lieutenants. I Later he came to Salt Lake City and . entered the emplov of The Tribune. In the fall of 1892 he purchased the Pocatello Po-catello Tribune, then a weekly publica- ) tion, which has since grown into one of the leading daily papers of Idaho. j |