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Show THE TROOPSMOVING BURIED ALIVE IS TOWARD PEKIN FIRING BY MANCHURIAN FORCES IS REPORTED IN MESSAGE Is Within One Hundred Mile of Chinese Capital and Grower Closer Daily Ether - NEPHI, UTAH FORMER GOVERNOR Waves OF UTAH IS DEAD UTAH YOUTH MEETS DEATH ORE BIN AT BINGHAM MINE ARTHUR LLOYD THOMAS, TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR ANSWERS CALL AFTER BUSY LIFE IN Was Postmaster of Salt Lake For Sixteen Years; During His Governorship Signed First School Law in Utah Fatality Not Discovered Until Body Clogs Chute; Investigation Will Determine Cause of Accident i Two messages from Shanghai. Mukden, given out by Secretary Loh of Chekiang defense headquarters here reported that firing has begun at Shanhaikwan, in Chihli province, at the Manchurian border, and in Jehol district in the heart of Chihli, 125 miles northwest of Shanhaikwan and about 100 miles northeast of Peking. The second message reported the capture of Tsaoyang, near Jehol. These messuages, if confirmed, will indicate that Chang Tso-Lithe Manchurian field marshal, is moving his troops on Peking from two directions in his effort to overthrow the government there. Meanwhile, the civil war about Shanghai brough sharp fighting here. According to a communique by Loh the Chekian forces, allied with Chang Tso-Li- n in the opposition to the Peadvanced from king government, Kiating, thirty miles northwest of Shanghai, toward Taitsang. They also were said to have scored advances near Anting. The major operations, however, were west of Tai lake, where the Chekiang artillery were turned on Yihing after the Chekiang commander had withheld fire in response to a petition of the townspeople and discovered that this was a ruse to enable the Kiangsu army to bring up reinforcements. It was admitted that Chekiang troops suffered unimportant losses when junks on Tai lake transporting them were subjected to a heavy fire. A report from a Kiangsu source said a flotilla of these junks had been sunk by artillery. . An attached to the Kingsu army reported that it had been attacking near Tsingpu, east of Tai lake, with Sunkiang, twenty miles southwest of Shanghai, and the Shanghai-Hangchorailway as objectives. Advances were claimed. It also was said that the Chekiang advance against Yihing had been halted. Another witness, here returning from Hwangtu, fifteen miles west of Shanghai, reported that he saw heavy fireing with many casualties. The Chekiang line between Hwangtu and Antin was holding firmly, he said. There waa renewed firing in the Liu-h- o sector, to the northwest, near the town of Kiating mentioned in Low's communique. Bingham, Sail Lake, Joseph Ira Barker of 23, mining engineer grad- uated from the University of Utah in 1923, met death in a mysterious accident at the Apex mill here when he was smothered in the fine ore bin. An investigation is being made in an effort to determine just how was working alone, Barker, who came to fall into the bin through the narrow comparatively aperture In the iron grating cover. Literally buried alive in the pile of granulated ore, Barker smothered to death while other workers at the plant within a few feet of him knew nothing of the aecident Only when the feed to one of the ball mills choked was the tragedy uncovered. A mill employe investigating cause of the stoppage found two human feet protruding from the mouth of the chute. the plant Immediately was stopped and a rescue crew went down into the bin. They removed Barker's Body. Young Barker was on his eleventh shift at the Apex mill. He had worked here during summer vacations- in previous years and returned about ten days ago to accept the mill position. During the past winter he was employed at the Ophir smelter. 9 Month Old Baby Arrested Sioux Falls, S. D., Minnehaha county has in custody the youngest prisoner in its history. It is a baby girl, arrested by the sheriff at the order of the juvenile court. The court upon complaint that the child was not being properly cared for by its parents issued a warrant naming the baby as a defendant and calling for its arrest when it was determined that the service of summons on the child would be ineffectual because the baby could not answer the document. The baby was taken by the police matron and is being cared for pending issuance of summons to the parents and disposition of the cas in county court. ld Zeppelin to Carry Mail Friedrichshafen, Germany German air post stamps for mail being sent to the United States on the ZR-- have been going like hot cakes lately, the government postoffice department having given notice weeks' ago that "it would be wise to do your Zepple-li- n Soldiers Die in Flames mailing early." Stamp collectors Monterey, Calif. Four soldiers of were hopeful that special stamps the Thirtieth infantry stationed at would be issued for the trip, but these the Presido were killed, many persons were not forthcoming, the department most of them soldiers, were silghtly advising customers to use the ordin"Deutsche injured hundreds- of thousands of ary air postage dollars worth of property, including Flug Post" Letters cost one gold five homes, was damaged, and the mark (24 cents) and postcards fifty entire countryside menaced for a pfennigs. while by a fire which started when lightning struck a 65,000 barrel tank ' Japs Stop "Peace Day Parade" A "Peace day parade" and Tokio. of oil here belonging to the Associatdemonstration intended by its promoed Oil company. Nearly forty officers and men were treated for minor ters to contrast with "Defense day" burns and injuries at the camp hospi-a- l. observances in the United States, was Two of the men killed were idenprevented by the police. Groups of tified as A. B. Boles and E. F. Pet- pacifists spread hand bills-- , however, and paid calls to the American erson. The others were not identified. Japanese nationalists assailed the advocates of the "peace day," calling the movement Ships Move Mysteriously Warsaw, Mysterious maneuvers of The nationalists demanded a "Japthe combined soviet and German anese day" to "show to America the fleets occurred last week near the spirit of Japan." One Tokio newspaPolish Baltic sea coast. According per reports a movement for a "mobilto official reports, the soviet govern-men- t ization day" on October 23. notified Poland of the forthcomCarloads of Tobacco Burns ing maneuvers staling they would be Warsaw, N. C. More than 100 emheld In "neutral waters," but filers discovered one dreadnought and two ployees of the L. C. Jenkins Tobacco destroyer squadrons In Polish terrl company here lost their jobs when torial waters, while the German fire destroyed the steaming plant Twenty carloads of tobacco were concruisers and torpedo boats cooperated with the red fleet The Incl sumed by the flames. Damage totaldent Is regarded by Poland as a man-- I ed $100,000. Testation of comiina Woman Leaps to Death claims to the Baltic. New York. Mrs. George Rigby, Trade Excursion Meets Delay 42, former resident of Yonkers, N. Y. Mexico City, The St. Louis trade leaped to her death from the sevenexcirsloa to Mexico net delay here teenth floor of the Hotel Belmont wren the special train In which they Mrs. Rigby had suffered a nervous wtre traveling ran into a washout breakdown. fetch had derailed train shead of Tribes Are Threatening t'tem. Another train, was derailed Gibraltar. Report received here ft Guadalajara, overturning three from the Tangier are to the tars and Injuring twenty eight per- that the Andjaders and Wad raseffect tribsona. The trad excursion train was es in the vicinity of the Tangier ennot damaged. clave, or foreign settlement, are becoming threatening. Western Chambers te Meet 8an Francisco, The second annual Leopold-Loe- b In Prison- -. conference of the western division of F. Leopold Jr. Joliet IIlNathan Commerce of the and the Chamber of Richard Loeb Friday last bid United States will be held In Los December 2 and 3, according to the world goodbye with a smile and received at the started a lifetime behind the prison telegraphic advices In what they were told would from bars. regional headquarters here with newsThis conference be their last interview Washington, D. C of young will follow similar gatherings In the paper men, the slayer declared they had three other regional divisions the Robert Franks astern division at Washington, V. C, been told not to talk, said they were middle western glad their contact with reporters was tha October division at Indianapolis. over, and smilingly backed out of the presence of the press. - erj-bass- Itusso-Germa- n An-pel- es 22-2- , FATE OF ENGINEER FROM MUKDEN Fight j TIMES-NEWS- MISSING JEWELRY WORTH THOUSANDS STATE OF MAINE GOES REPUBLICAN OF PRINCE OF WALES "PINE TREE" STATE GIVES REPORT LOSS OF P. LARGE VICTORY OVER VALUABLE JEWELRY POSING PARTY MEMBERS PARTY G. O. OP- Insurance Company Detectives Search Ralph O. Brewster Overwhelmingly In Vain For Clues in Raid Upon Defeats William Pattangall, Rich Families of U. S. Democratic Ticket alnd England Leader Fort Washington, L. I., More than a score of private detectives are at work on the Count Mountbatten Jewel robbery, in which upwards-- of $150,000 in gems were stolen mysteriof the wealthiest ously from two families in the United States and The losers were Mrs. J. England. S. Cosden, wife of the multimillionaire head of the Cosden oil group, and Lady Mountbatten, British noblewho is- a member of the woman, Prince of Wales' party. So far as could be learned no great progress toward solution of the mystery has been made, althouhg the jewels were stolen early September ninth from the palatial Cosden estate, The Cedars, near Post Washington. Mrs. Cosden was the heaviest loser. The jewelry stolen from her wasi said to include. A black pearl ring valued at $40,-00- Pink pearl ring, $25,000. Diamond bracelet, $8000. Ruby bracelet, $5000. Pigeon blood ruby ring, $30,000. Charm bracelet, $1000. Diamond bow knot pin, $400. In addition Mr. Cosden lost a pearl stud, making the total loss to the oil family $110,000. Lady Mountbatten's loss was only about $15,000. A score of servants, twelve of them women, were questioned by detectives for Lloyds, the big London insurance firm, and detectives for an agency representing the Federal Insurance company. All the jewels were insured. Council Urged to Intervene Great Britain, France and Belgium have introduced a joint resolution in the league of nations, urging the league council to intervene in the revolution in Georgia whenever the opportunity affairs, in conformity Geneva, with international law, for the pura peaceful settlepose of securing ment. Premier Herriott and Prime Minister MacDonald agreed upon the resolution when they were here and were of the opinion that neither Germany or Russia would take offense because the league's intention had the specific object of halting bloodshed. Moreover it was the league's duty to take up any question menacing peace. Kilts Lawyer With Shotgun Dallas, Texas, Paul M. O'Day, attorney, was fnot and killed as he entered a bank Four building here. shots were fired from a shotgun. William Lester Crawford, another attorney and son of the late Colonel W. L. Crawford, was taken into cusHe insulted my mother, was tody. the only statement made by Crawford Colonel Crawaccording to officers. ford, one of the best known criminal lawyers in Texas, died several years ago and his son, William Lester, took ever his father's practice. Evacuation Begins The first move towards Berlin, military evacuation of Dortmund was mad there September eleventh by the French and Belgiums, who also freed more political prisoners. Federation Out of Politics Paterson, N. J., The annual New Jersey State Federation of Labor convention waa adjoumed'sine dine when a resolution indorsing the La Fol lette Wheeler ticket was tabled by a vote of 20J to 65. Two other resolution involving presidential candidates also were tabled. One provided for a denunciation of the Coolidge administration and another called for an approval of the candidacy of John W. Davis. Portland, Me., Ralph O. Brewstei of Portland, Republican, a member of the state senate, was elected governor of Maine by a plurality of more than 35,838 over William Pattangall of Augusta, Democrat. With returns received from more than 600 election precincts out of 633 in the state, the vote stood: Brewster, 142,-220; Pattangail, 106,382. The missing precincts included a number of towns which have too small a total vote to affect the result materially. With practically the same precincts United States Senator Bert Ml Fernald, Republican, received a revised vote of 145,563 to 95,792 for Fulton J. Redman, Demo- asyt. The four Republican congressmen were 'reelected by safe margins. Pattangall, a former attorney general of Maine, conducted his camBrewster principally paign against on the issue of the Ku Klux Klan. In the primaries Brewster was indorsed by the klan for the Republican nomination, although he asserted that he was not a member of the klan and never had sought its supOn the face of the primary port. returns Brewster was defeated by President Frank G. Farrington of the state senate by a small margin, but on a recount Brewster was given the nomination. Brewster spoke chiefly on state issues during his election campaign, Remaking no mention of the klan. publican speaker of national prominence who came into the state in supFernald and port of Brewster and the four Republican congressmen, however, laid their emphasis on national issues and joined the Republican state committee in insisting that a vote for Brewster meant indorsement of President Coolidge. Democratic Pattangall was the nominee for governor in 1922 against Percival P. Baxter, Republican, and was defeated by a plurality of 28,457 in a total vote 60,000 less than that cast Tuesday. In 1920 the Republican plurality for governor was 0 and the total vote was about smaller than that cast this year. Salt Lake. Arthur Lloyd Thomas, governor of the Territory of Utah from 1889 to 1893, died at his home here early in the morning of September fifteenth. The former governor is known to have been in ill health for a considerable time, but his death was unexpected inasmuch as many of his friends had seen him on the street a day or two before his death. Governor Thomas, as he was generally known, was born in Chicago, August 22, 1851. He moved with his parents to Pittsburg, Pa., when a child, where he was- educated in the public schools. He became a telegraph operator at the age of 17 and attended night school. At 19 years of age he was appointed as a page in the White House. Soon after he became a committee clerk. In 1877 he was made chief clerk of the house In 1879 he was of representatives. appointed secretary of the territory of Utah and in 1880 supervisor of census for his state, in connection with his secretarial duties. He held the position until 1886, when he was appointed a member of the Utah Commission by President Grover Cleveland. He continued this work until 1889, when he was-- . appointed governuor of Utah by President Benjamin Harrison. This position he held until 1893. In 1896 he was appointed postmaster of Salt Lake. This position he held for sixteen years, until the election of President Wilson. Governor Thomas was a personal friend of President McKinley, havirig been his committee clerk while in the national capi' tai. In 1816 he was appointed as a member of the mint commission by .President Wilson. He was reappointed to this-- position in 1923 by President Coolidge. He held a commission under every president from President R. B. Hayes to President Coolidge, the only exception being president Harding. While governor of Utah the free school bill was passed with his influence by the legislature and signed by him. In 1890 he called the first national irrigation congress to meet in Salt Lake. In 1891 he called and was chairman of the first international Ha congress held in Los Angeles. was one of the organizers and president of the Cambrian association in 1892. He was also a charter member of the Alta club. In 1890 in conneeton with P. H. Lannan, Fred J. Keisel, Howard and Governor White of Montana, he formed the Idaho Irrigation and Colonization company, which built the first irrigation canal from the Boise river toward the Snake river. This project developed a large section of Idaho. Se-br- f News Notes From All Parts of $ I UTAH j 5 - Salt Lake City. Enlargement of the grandstands- at Cummings field, has been started at the University of Utah. The contract for the project of adding 900 reserved seats to the stands was awarded to the Jacobs-eConstruction company, which is to da the work at a cost of $1744, with the stipulation that it must be completed in fifteen days. The new addition will increase the stand capacity to. in6600, and temporary bleachers stalled at the ends- of the field will add another thousand to that total. Salt Lake City. Prison-mad- e articles manufactured under the states' use plan and sent here for use of Utah institutions will be inspected by J. H. Glenn, state director of finance and purchase, it was announced. A shipment of shoes made at the Idaho state prison is expected to reach Salt Lake in a few days. Bingham. Less than one mile remains to be paved on the Bingham-Sa- lt Lake highway, according to H. W. Christopherson, county surveyor, and the entire road will be completed within ten day. A three and one-hamile strip will be opened this week, Mr. Christopherson announced and the road will be formally opened October 20. Richfield. At a special meeting of the board of education bids were opened for the erection of a school building at Venice and the award to Oscar Lundquist of Salt Lake City for the sum of $14,844. Salt Lake City. The Rt Rev. Bishop Joseph S. Glass, bishop of the Utah diocese of the Catholic church, has left for Rome to pay his first official visit to the pope since his consecration as bishop in 1915. It is a requirement made of every bishop that he visit the pontiff every ten years, and Bishop Glass goes not only to pay his respects to Pope Pius XI, but also as a representative off the people of his diocese. Dr. N. C. Moab, Spalding of Castlegate, deputy state veterinarian, who was sent to Moab by the state-boarof agriculture to investigate? a disease among horses and cows of the valley, says, in his report, that the affliction has no relation to the hoof and mouth disease. The animals afflicted suffered with sore mouths and were unable to eat pasture or range forage. - lf was-mad- Duchesne, Irrigation of 20,920-acre- s of land with water from lakes-iDuchesne county is planned by the Upper Blue Bench irrigation district of Duchesne. Filings were made at the state engineer's office by M. D Morrison as president of the district- n Suit to restrain Sandy Sandy, City, Midvale, and Union from constructing a water pipeline across was filed in the district court by Leland II. Kimball. The property is located near Little Cottonwood canyon. Salt Lake, Following an illness- - of six only days Alfred Best, 47 years of age, Salt Lake tenor soloist, concert and operatic singer, teacher of voice and choir director, died at his Mr. Best home, 775 Scott avenue. had been below normal in physical condition for several months, being a sufferer from what physicians termed "Addison's disease," an obscure and little understood affection. Major Hlnes Assumes Army Duties Washington, Major General John L. Hines, who until last Saturday was deputy chief of staff, has taken over the duties- of chief of staff of the United States, relinquished by General Pershing, retired. Brigadier Salt Lake, The estimated tax reGeneral Dennis E. Nolan, former assistant chief of staff, becomes deputy venue of Boxelder county for 1924 is $25,000 more than in, chief of staff, taking the vacancy approximately 1923, while that, for Millard county-icreated by Hines promotion. Hines $9000 less than for the pieceding has a gallant record of service. Bom at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., in year, according to reports filed with the state board of equalization by 1868, he entered West Point and graduated in 1891, being commissioned in auditor of the two counties. the Second cavalry. He fought in the board of county comMoab, Indian Maidens Bob Hair Spanish-America- n war and in the missioners pie has authorized the exRedding, Cal. Score another tally Philippine insurrection. In the penditure of $1000 on the road leadfor the bobbed headsl Shorn treaeei war he commmanded the First World infaning up the Colorado river from t have invaded the Indian reservations. try brigade, receiving Both the D. S.' bridge three miles from Moab. When Indians held their pow-woC. and the D. S. M. for his This road leads to Castle valley and services. Creek recently. It at Montgomery gives a short cut to Moab for resiwas noticed that all the women, Firpo Must Fees Charges dent of that part of the county. and wore noncommital, young, old New York, Canon William S. their hair after the fashion of the Chase of Spanish Fork. Warner Thomas and Brooklyn Bernard S. who was working on the repairing King Tut bob. The old squaws have Sandler, his attorney, accompanied of the Strawberry project power spreading paint however, and or a private detective, went to Ellis by isto the old style. plant was injured when a large land to press their charge of perjury against Luis Angel Firpo, Argentine amount of dirt caved in on him. H and managed to extricate himself Sugar Field Clashes Costly heavyweight boxer. They found th was given first aid by fellow workNineteen persons are pugilist already at the island. Honolulu, Mr men. dead at Hanepe, Island Kauai, as the Sandler explained that the detective result of a clash among strikers and was present to "safeguard the witDelta As David Tanner Workworkers on the McBryde plantations, nesses who have been threatened sevman, 16, lifted his hand to remove-oneral word received The to here. times." Canon according Chase alleges that end of a halter rope from around death list reached nineteen when two Firpo made false statements to the his neck, his mount, to which the Filipinos succumbed to injuries. One special immigration board of inquiry other end of the rope was fastened, company of national guardsmen and which examined him on his arrival became frightened and ran away, untwo squads of machine gunners have her several weeks ago. seating th youth and dragging him been sent to the trouble cone. to death. Pogrom Death Tell Hesvy Stephana Otto Pronounced Bogus Wanhington. Receipts of the Salt Kharkov, Ukrainia, According Ut 3, Stephens Otto, Belgium the findings of special commissions Lake City postoffice for Auguat, Paris, fell $7761 below the receipts for who while representing which have been investigating the Koepenick, August of last year, a drop of 7.9 himself as a special envoy for the los of life and property caused by per cent decorated of the an Intervention and the Belgfuns, king Russian civil Salt Lake City. Noel E. Whit American general In the presence of war, 1236 Jewish pogroms occurred in end Joseph Marenger, confessed acCoblenie some at time ago, the Ukraine region, In which 79,000 complices his troops of Ralph W. Seyboldt, in has been sentenced to six months In persons were killed, 50,900 driven the killing of Police Patrolman Davcorrectional court from their homes and 20,000 children id Crowther, pleaded jail by the Pari guilty to mar. on charges of swindling, theft, fraud rendered destitute. Large numbers der in the second degree before Judge The evi- of small towns and villages were des W. M. McCrea in the Third district and other minor "offenses. court and were sentenced to twenty dence showed that Otto operated all troyed. over France. years each in the state prison. - s 65,-34- 0 35,-00- he-ste- $S9-44- |