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Show ,, I , THEJORDANJOURNAL,MmOVALE,UTAH Minister MacMurray and His Staff in Peking fiil ~~1 I~ News Notes i~ I I It's a Privilege to Live in Utah Boiler Explosion on Steamer Many I J~liilf~fi~I!!!I~lli~ffi!l~fi!!Ii~ijil~fii!fiil~l£1 This imposing looking ~oup is made up of Dr. John Van A. MacMurray, the new American minister to China, with the entire sta1f of the legation and three Chinese officials. The photograph was made as Doctor MacMurra1 was about to leave his residence in Peking to present his credentials. Early Work on Christmas Stockings for Fighters ... The American Red Cross, which plays Santa Claus to American ~oldiers, sailors and marines wherever they may be stationed In odd corners of the world each Christmas, has to get on the job early in order to reach every man on Christmas day. Some of the Christmas "stockings" have to be sent thousands of miles. Photograph shows, from left to right, Misses Edna May Howell, VIolet Jacarine and Elsie Drury, making up gift stockings in Red Cross headquarters 1n Washington under the direction of Mrs. William S. Spencer. chief of the hostesses and recreation <llvtslon. ' HEADS U. OF CHICAGO Putting New Propeller on Bowdoin T~ Bowdoin, 1lagsh1p of the Mac· Millan polar expedition; dama.ged her propeller 1n the early skirmishes with ice and heavy seas. It was necessary to put Into Hopewell, Labrador, where the cargo was shifted to raise the stern and a new propeller was ln· stalled. Ogden.-The first mayorality candi· date to be entered in the race in Og· den is George E. Browning, former postmaster and prominent business wan. Mr. Browning was waited up· on by a large group of citizens, chiefly business men, who asked him to enter the race for mayor and pledged him support. Mr. Browning con· sented to their request •nd entered the race, It was announced following the conference. Salt Lake City.-As a result of the rigid system or economy inaugmated by the city commission, city expendi· tm·es for August were $43,600 less than they were d,uring the corresponding month of 1924, according to the monthly report of the city auditor. Murray.-Stringent measures to curb speeders and in other ways to enforce observance of the traffic rules are being put Into effect by the Murray City authorities, especial· ly on the state highway as it passes through the city. Price.-A thorough chlorination of the entire Price City water system has been effected as a safeguard against possible spreading of typhoid in this community through contaminaJ tion of the drinking water. There are eleven known cases of typhoid fever in the city. The first was drawn to hte attention of health authorities on August 16, and the total bas slowly mounted since that time. Mt. Pleasant.-A threshing machine belonging to the Thompson brothen of Mt. Pleasant was completely de molished by spontaneous combustion caused while threshing smutty wheat at Indianola. Two hundred bushels of wheat belonging to Peter Simpson was also destroyed. James Thompson who was operating the m:tchine, had left it just a few minutes before the explosion and no one was injured. Salt Lake City.-Carlos Ariza, for several years consul of the Mexican republic in Salt Lake, notified Governo;r George H. Dern that he has been relieved of his duties here, and bas been ordered to assume a similar post at Calexico, California. Mr. Ariza, in his letter, also told the governor that his successor, Carlos M. Gaxiola, has arrived in this city and will assume charge of the local Mexican consulate immediately. Ogden.-The park commission of Ogden has recommended to the city commissioners that an offer of $40,000 cash be tendered to Sanford Harrup and Chris Aadneson for the sanitarium property at the muutk of Ogden canyon, according to Mayor P. F. Kirkendall. It is expected that the city commission will do this soon. St{'~\mer Ma<'klnac whose bo1ler exploded as she was carrying a load of excursionists through Narragansett bay, kilHng about fifty men, women and children and Injuring many others. Most of the victims were kllled by inhaling llve steam. Plebes of West Point Get Field Work Practice Fourth-class men of the mUitary academy at West Point, usually called "plebea," are seen above setting up camp during a week's hike taken :for the purpose of field practice. They learned a lot about road dlsclpllne, camp sanitation, field cooking and the care of the feet. Blackbirds Ousted by Firemen HER COUNT NO GOOD Ogden.-Because of the financial condition of Ogden city, the city. manager form of government is all the more desirable, Mayor P. F. Kirkendall told members of the Exchange club in an address upon city affairs. The poor financial condition is due to the "passing of the buck" from one administration to another, the mayor said. Salt Lake City.-Apparently crazed with jealousy, Dr. Allan D. Bentz, young local del).tlst shot and probably fatally wounded Miss Melba Brown, slightly wounded Harvey Kirk, and then killed himself by firing one shot from a small caliber pistol through his left temple and three into his breast. Ogden.-Building permits issued during month of August amounted to $101,550, according to the monthly report of City Building Inspector Carl C. Gariff. The total for the cotresponding month of last year was $113,200. Max Mason, just elected president 1 .of the University of Chicago. He was born in Madison, Wis., forty-eight I sears ago, graduated from the University of Wisconsin and has been a professor of mathematics In that Institution. During the war he in vented the hyqropbone for detecting and locating submarines. IN MARITAL TANGLE • Architectural Gem m Davenport ( Mammoth.-Tbe the return for tax· ation purposes made by the Chief Consolidated Mining company to the state board of equalization in 1924 was not a return at all within the meaning of the Utah law, is the charge made by Mammoth City, a municipal cCJrporation, in action in· stituted in the Fifth judicial district court in Juab county. The suit virtually asks for a court definition of the terms "mine or mining claim" as it is found in the present mine assess· ment laws passed in 1919. Ogdeu.-Movement of grain, prln cipally wheat, from Idaho points and other sections through Ogden, is much heavier than usual, according to E. R. Alton, president of the Og· den Grain exchange. According to information received by Mr. Alton from railroad officials approximately 1000 carloads more have passed thru Ogden to date than bad passed tbru at the corresponding date of last year. It is estimated that this is 1,· 500,000 bushels ahead of last year. • Mrs. Marie W. Calhoun, who <livorced the late D. R. Calhoun, a weal hy St. Louis resident and society lender, says that she is married to Lui;;-! Signornl-but according to the ~tallan authorities she is not, for a elvll marriage was not performed, and tn any event It could not be performed In Italy Utltll ten months after the death of her former husband, who 41ed last l<'ebruacy. The couple Is UvWg In Rome. 1 1 1 I ' 'Illi;; u.·uolic lJavmon; believed to lie .the most artl::;tlc in any Jl.ul!!i(' park in America, has just been dedicated at Davenport, Iowa. It was presented tr the city by W. D. Peterson as a memorial to his daughter Wilma, a talented musician, who died recently. The pavlllon, which cost $50,000, is built ot Indiana Umestone aDd polychrome terra cotta In Spanish renaissance -'ltyle Salt Lake City.-Butler B. Ramey, proprietor of the Semloh hotel and well known hotel man, died at a local hospital following a brief and sudden illness. For more than twenty years he was connected with a number of hotels of Salt Lake. Salt Lake City.--Andrew Garbi!l, 36, suspected bootlegger and narcot· ic vendor, was shot and killed; Patrolman S. H. Neve, 35, was wounded in the left breast and Albert Lewis, 15, a bystander, was shot through the left lung in a battle between officers and Garbis at the latter's home. Mrs. Constance de Urbina, formerly Mrs. Archibald Gracie, wife of the late Col. Archibald Gracie of New York who died when the Titanic went down; succumbed to the wiles o:f a Chilean, who calls himself Count Humberto Aguirre de Urbina. After a tempestous wooing Mrs. Gracie married the "count," only to find out that he was a sUck adventurer. Now she 1s seek· Ing him, with the help of the pollee, and will try to have him extradited from Chlle, as she charges him with In a certain quarter of Washington, lJ. C., so many blackbirds have been forgery and grand larceny, and also gathering 1n the trees at night that the residents could not sleep. The fire avers that he tried to choke her when department was called out and the birds were driven away by powerful she remonstrated with him for forpng her name. streams of water. ot architecture. LEADS CRIME WAR "Great Music Chief" Sousa I I II • I I I Al!ilemblyman F. Trubee Davison or county, New York, who has When John Philip Sousa arrived the other day at the File Hllls Indian been chosen chairman of the National reserve near llf'gina, Canada, the Star Blanket tribe conferred on him the (!rime commission, newly formed to name 1\:ee-'l'oo-Che-Kay-Wee-Ol>imow, which means Great Music Chief. He 1s fight against crime thl'O'Ughout the llll• sho\\ u shal;ing hands with Chief Ohoo. tlon. . • 1 Nassau |
