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Show Tiie Herald Republican Receives the -- Lead. $6.19. METALS j Silver, )?c? Try) A 1 02. 66-V.- iais irisnBr- - Salt Lake Smelter Settlements llll'j Hour Report of .the Associated Press, the Only Reliable Hews Senice Twenty-Fou- r ?22k IT THT) TCVTHTTT iTV JUL Jfitr-Mount!- n Republican. Vol. II. No. IT. Presses Aero Charges BOURBONS WANT FUGITIVE SPY Robinson Tells Things TO BOOST RATE RECAPTURED IN Seeks Thorough Probe NEW YORK CITY OF INCOME TAX -- AVIATION ORDERED K m:atoh ROBINSON WANTS INQUIRY BY PERSONS OUTSIDE ARMY GATHERED APPEAL Compromise Rejected by Republicans for a r Mom TtAt& ( military eonuatU-- of re-Jl'- , ator h v, resolution for an investigation. Introduced ny resolution sail Servitor Robinson. "I waited untSi yesterd.y for the warto act. For months the debad at! this In formation. As partment a result of irlrncv, several men who believed the machines were unsafe, were compelled to fly and wer ktltd. Now I tlunk th Inquiry should be rna'lf by per?on outside the army." Obtain Farther Data. The senator nahl further data regarding the servico had been laid be. fore hint today ly frsoiu claiming to information. This", hive authoritative toxf Hit with rtumf nts prented to the military committee yesterday. n t l'j'!!n the photographic cfpics of let-t- r nnrportlnc to have passed between l.ieut. t'ol. Samuel Iteber. In charire of the aviation eervlce. aui fa pi. Arthur S. fowari. In rharsre of the San Diego efatlon. will Ne pt.tcetl at the disposal ji of any in etlra tine committee ni y appoint. The dafa mf! ptjbll- - tonight ten eiven out tn the form of a statement by Snator ItoMnson. rpjotlnrf from additional ltterit he said had been written by atat!on officers. ln on" letter," mM Use statement. -Colonel wrote. "The House committee, which ts Mr. Hay. military for reason best known to himself, m.ide tip his mind to ntlck to 1300,009 fContlnuel on Tape S. ) I Sn.De-tfmbir- - ln-f- ," de-j'lrtrn- J -- t J Con-cres- It-e- t - f I il cf ing 5100.ooo.000 solely by an increased the Kepuhilcan state central comuilttee Income tax rate are being: discussed and at mcftlns here today. will soon be offered in committee. 11. Walter of Kan Francisco, One of the Democratic leaders who of t.'.e executive committee, told the committee that Moyer will be active In framing the" adminisJroirre.!.ilv le;ider had oTrd tration bill al l tonight ie would sugthe ii; nominate th!.''cn of gest x doubling' the present 1 per cent the twenty-iiIlepublleart deleRates. If a like number of 1'rosfreftd ves would rate on Incomes below 120.000. and posbe acceptable. make the tax on incomes above it was decided by'the committee that sibly as hlKh as S per cent. He that amount th California delegation to Chicago also might suggest lowering the minishould so rninstructed. The committee voted unanimously to mum income subject to the 1 per cent indorse : referendum petition on Die rate to IIS.OO. he Mid. Married men, amended at a direct primary law recent special sessionhj of the legisla- according to this plan, would be given ture. The amendment to be attacked the advantage- of an additional $1000 provided for the elimination of party exemption as In the present law. Alregistration. though neither the naval nor military affairs committees has indicated what itrau and A IIUIdmod Indormnl, amount of money will be needed to New York. Feb. 19. Oscar H. Straus meet the expenses of it of this city and Horace S. Wilkinson of generally is understoodpreparedness, for the that Syracuse were recommended as dele- first year it will be close to 193,000,000. gates to the Progressive national con- Tentative plans. It is said, will provention at Chicago at a meetinir here ceed therefore on the theory that about todav of the county chairmen of the $10f.ooo,noo will be needed. The pencral impression Is that active Progressive party in New York state of an income tax bill consideration Committee Dldiamln. lroitrele will not begin in the ways and means San Antonio. Tex., Feb, lf. The ex- committee before some t!me next ecutive committee of th Progressive month, but In order to facilitate the Texay dhsbanded at work the committee clerks now are party of soitthv.-e.-a meet in ir, hre today after adopting busy gathering data. It will be ready resolutions declaring that the party to place before the committee upon had paed its r.sefulness as a dlstlrict convening and thus. It is hoped, a bill few weeks. political orKanization. The committee will be reported within Wfttt on record l"flarln that the Pro- No hearings will be made on the raisgressive partv t bein kept alive by a ing of preparedness revenue, however, few who have been activ an leaders until after the military committee refor the sole purpose of uslitcf the nam ports to the waytf and means commitand claim to control the vote for a tee on the amount of money it will nation- need. trading basis at the llepubllcan It meets In Chial convention. wh-; Aititisov cago neM Jur:. The committee ;i:ts ci.ii:nt. the administration 6f Cecil A. New York, Feb. 13. Lindley M. GarrisLyon as state chairman and national on,-former secretary of war, it was committeeman. announced tonight, has been retained by the Flatten protective committee for the common stock of the Interna tlonal Mercantile Marine company va-to asffist in the legal fight to have cated the receivership of the company and restore it to its normal status. to-le- unn which Mr. Robinson testified yfster-dasaid he woul.l nk the committee t vote on Monday on the sen- n r con-flsni- nd APPAM SEIZED IN LIBEL SUIT INSTITUTED BY HER OWNERS Action Expected to Result in Prize Court Ruling That Will Aid U. S. to Decide suit institute! t..lay by Hritih own- WASni.VnTON. Ajpam to recover the ship from the German prize cn.-vthat brought it into Hampton Komi oxp etel by state ilepartmcnt officials to result in a priz eourt rtilinr that vvi!i clear away many perplexwilli t'ie ease. ing feature which have confronted them in Wlla Germany asking that as a prise i though t!' state department takes the the ADJ. an t allowed to remain Ir.defi- - ground that it Is Mill at liberty to deal nitely in American waters under the Wuy wh!le court vrovctllnKn are Prusfiari treaty of 121. and Great going on. Ilrltain n!tfr.i; that the liner mmi be I.lbel otlec Tnrkoi to .Mud. restored to her ownffn under The of Norfolk. Va.. Fib. 19. Federal Judge department Jfagu convention Waddill issued the usual libel process officials would welcome a judgment by; a competent tribunal, not only for guid- - today and the Apparri was seized by a nee In the present case, tut as a pre-- . deputy t'r.ited States marshal, who j went to cedent for the future. Newport News on a tvrg for the The department, in the absence of purpose. Two guards from the office uch a precedent, ban held tentatively of the t'nlted States district court were s a Germ n prize, but? t f t In charwe of the Appam. that the Apr-aWhen ieputy West and his party upon t;er- nevr ha rassed formally be at- - rechd th the that Appam, Lieutenant Uerg many's request ved lowed to remain Indefinitely In Arr.eri- - attempted to prevent the posting of the i libel notice. can waters. A reply t that "If I had known you were the United row t in tours of preparation and Indication have been that It would be States marshal." he said. "I would not grranted. It was sail today, however, have allowed you aboard." The personal process was served and might wait until the that the responseacted the deputy tacked the ifsual libel notice court had prltt w.m iisrsrcsted that tinder the on th of th vessel, over strcitu 112 German prises In Arr.eri- - ous objection of the German comtnan-va- n of treaty porta are exempt fro ft uch letral tier.It Is understood here that the processes as that served on Cie Appam their rae but officials pointed out that t?i. ants basePrussian-Americaupon the provision n state department has not yet officially of the treaty that fixed the status of the veel. There- in order to claim the benefit of the If no dlsposiicn to question the Juris- j neutral port the prize must have been diction of the court In any case In- convoyed In ty a warship. Tills was th construction w a treaty, 'not done In the case of the Appam. veivic 10. A Iihel c ilt-alint- r j !'.. J re-.i'- st f j -j leader n the. L Democratic by t;?e executive coaiatI't-- nr.: regional inves- T.amlwrlnin when - tigation, despite flu announcement of ti:o war department today that it wnuM make an in piirv into the stU- ,;.iirTunn nicrlit, Kitchiu declared n'ainst ehnncrini; the present minimum of .3000. Since then protectants acrainst all re19 Feb. CI AN I liANClSCO, duction plans have become more outlO prornl between tin- llepublicatis spoken daily. and J'rorc.xMvc of California tn the Leaders declared tonight that virtunomination of California, delegates to ally the entire preparedness revenue thj l:"pibllca n national convention, to burden would be met with Income be held In Chicago June 7. was taxes. Tentative bills looking to rais; 'evidence in support of his charge that the army aviation service H "contemptibly meff ict'nt " was mad puhfie touirht by Senator inori, wfu de hired he would continue IN CASE M'CORMICK GETS MENTION Feb. 10. The NEW YORK, Feb. 10. Ipnatius WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The WASHINGTON',amend of charges that the income Lincoln, former member of Makes Public More Letters Showing Alleged Deception on. Part of Col. Reber, Head of Corps, and Capt. Cowan, Commander of San Diego California Progressives to Name Half of Delegation WILL ASK VOTE .MONDAY to National Convention. bis effort INVESTIGATION iifiiiXMi. tax law so as to include smaller incomes is virtually certain to Ik; abandoned in favor of an increased rate on those already taxed, it ua3 declared tonight by Democratic House leaders. Sentiment against hnverin? the exemption limit in order to provide additional revenue for the preparedness Asked program crystallized, it was aid, in the Democratic caucus Thursday Hi. PENDING mt libel-toda- y, ROOT'S SPEECH GOES IN RECORD Senator Smoot Takes Advantage of Opportunity Given in Attack by Senator Lewis. Washington, Feb. 19. Senator Lewis, Democrat, of Illinois, In a speech in the Senate today on the "hypocrisy of Kllhu Hoot statesmanship," assailed for his address before the New York state Itepublican convention uttacklng the administration's foreign policy. "Mr. Hoot says It i necessary in this International crisis to have a. President who means something more than' words." Senator Lewis said; "that we should follow words with action. What action? There can be but one thing and If he means that he that I war. wants war with Germany, why doesn't he say war? If Mr. Jtoot. speaking for his party, expects to pledge the purty to war, let him declare it with courage and the democratic party will meet the issue." Referring to Mr. Hoofs declaration that the government had neglected its duty in not acting more forcefully with regard to Mexico, Senator Lewis read from the former New York senator's upeevhc In the Senate opposproposal for intering a democratic vention In 1011. and the occupation of Vera Cruz In 1914. When Senator Lewis had "concluded. Senator Smoot had Inserted In the record Mr. Itoot's entire New York convention speech. the British parliament, and German spy, who escaped on January 15 from the custody of a United States deputy marshal after his arrest here on August 4. 915, at the instigation of the British govat 7 ernment, was o'clock tonight in front of a Broadself-confess- ed re-arrest- ed way restaurant. He was taken to the offices of the department of justice, where he was questioned behind closed doors for more than two hours. Tatcr he was removed to Kavmond Street jail in Brooklvn, where he had formerly. been a prisoner. Lincoln declared his capture was due to the fact that the proprietor of a lodging house where he had engaged quarters learned hla identity and attempted to extort $230 from him In return for the surrender of his bapgage. He declined to make a statement to newspaper men, but assured those who questioned him he would never "have run away if the United Ftates government, which was aware of attempts or: the Pritish government to. persecute him. hnd treated him fairly.V When Lincoln, who had his mustache shaved off since his escape, entered the offices of the department of justice, he was greeted by Assistant United Slates District Attorney, Dunham of Prooklyn. "Well, well, I certainly am glad to see you once more, Lincoln," said Mr. Dunham. "I'm glad to see you," replied Lincoln. The door of the Inner office was then closed, but Lincoln could be heard telling Mr. Dunham how his arrest came about. "The Washington officials knew what is behind this persecution." he was heard to say. "This is nothing but a political affair, but still they did not treat me fairly. I would not have run away If they had, but 1 am only human. I'll be game, though. I'll take what's eomlng to me." Saw Fugitive on Streett The government agent who arrested Lincoln is attached to the Ualtlmore office of the secret service and has been working on the case since Lincoln escaped. When he saw the fugitive on the street tonight, the detective decided to take no chances. He pressed a revolver against Lincoln's body and advised him to submit to arrest quietly. "You needn't do that," said Lincoln smilingly. "I'll go along with you quietly enough." After his escape, Lincoln told his questioners he went to South Am boy, N. .1., where he disguised himself as a farmer, and went about with no fear of his Identity being learned. lie made frequent trips to New York and rented a room In the vicinity of the spot where he was arrested. Defied Government. Lincoln escaped from the custody of United States Deputy Marshal Francis J. Johnson on January 15, while the two were dining together in a restaurant In Brooklyn. He had been a prisoner In' Raymond street Jail, awaiting n decision of the United States circuit court of appeals on the application of the British government for his extradition to Kngland on a charge of forgery. Lincoln wrote letters to local newspapers, defying the government to capture him. He asserted that he would not surrender unless given assurance that he would be treated as a political (Continued on Page 8.) . I Utah Can Furnish U. S. Vith Potash Says Senator fSr-v!- l t. Tlie He 19. Senator Washington, Feb. Smoot today called attention In the Senate to the fact that there is no United Stages being danger of unable to supply itself with potash. te In Marysvale, Utah, he pointed out, ten thousand tons are being produced annually and from the waters of Great Salt lake can be extracted sufficient to last this country over three hundred years at its present rate of consumption. There Is a movement on foot now to do this. The senator will request the superintendent of public instruction In Utah to hold an examination immediately to fill the vacancy in Annapolis created by the recent act giving senators and congressmen three midshipmen instead of two. Congressman Mays Introduced a bill providing $3,500,000 to build a government railroad In the Kaibab national forest. American financiers have attempted to monopolize the sisal crop of Yuca tan, Mexico, was broadened today to include an inquiry into whether the International Harvester company sought by intimidating American bankers to prevent sisal planters obtaining money to market their crops. The agricultural committee, conduct- ing the investigation, decided to call as witnesses President Cyrus II. McCormick and other officials of the harvester company, and Arthur Reynolds, vice president of the Continental & Commercial National bank of Chicago, and to ask the bank to submit a record of the balance maintained there by the company during the last three years. Officials of the National City bank of New Youk will be asked to testify, too, regarding charges that the" harvester company also exerted influence upen that institution. The committee adjourned until next Thursday, after hearing testimony by Dr. Victor A. Rendon, head of. a commission created by the Yucatan government to market the sisal crop, and Sol Wexler, a, N"ew York banker, president of the commission corporation organized in this country to finance the Yucatan planters. Objection Made to Ioan. Wexler, whose corporation guaranteed to lend the planters $10,000,000 a year for five years, testified that he had been told by George M. Reynolds, president of the Continental & Commercial National bank, and James Perkins, a vice president of the National City bank, that the harvester company was unwilling for them money to the corporation. "George Reynolds Is an old both in business and personally,"friend, Mr. Wexler said, "and when I first explained the corporation to him he was favorable to It and sadi he would be glad to lend it large amounts. The harvester company then had on deposit about $1,000,000. The following day, he said that Cyrus McCoymick had threatened not only to decrease the deposit, but to withdraw a representative of the harvester company from the bank's board of directors if loans were made. "James Terkins of the National bank also said his bank was willingCity to lend the corporation large ' amounts, and later said Mr. McCormick had endeavored to prevent the bank doing business with me. Neither bank was Influenced by the threats, however, and we made arrangements for loans from each of them and now have a substantial deposit with each." Questioned by Walter L. P'isher, counsel for the harvester company, Wexler. said he had offered John J. Mitchell, president of the Illinois Trust fc Savings bank, a chance to participate in the corporation and had talked with Reynolds and other bankers about taking stock. Mitchell had questioned the propriety of being a stockholder, inasmuch as he was a director of the harvester company, he said. Growers lMeaised With I'Inn. One of the terms on which the corporation agreed to lend money to the it was brought out, provided planters, a commission of 5 per cent of sisal sold in addition to the regular rate o interest on the money lent. pan-Americ- an to-le- pan-Americ- Salt Lake Herald. 17. nd an DUTCH PROTEST Vol. 173, No. . Broaden Probe's Scope c 's - , 0 w.- i 7 H . C YIIUS IS BEING WEATHER. Sunday Generally Falr Warmer in N ort !i Portion. Slonday Probably Fair. . One Per Cent Tax on Incomes Prisoner Says U. S. Officials Head of Organization Formed le. WU"f . Below $20,000 May Be DouTreated Him Unfairly, as to Finance Yucatan Interests bled and Rate on Those Over He Is Wanted for Political Testifies About Opposition I I I That Sum May Be 8 Per Cent and Not Criminal Offenses Encountered by Enterprise J . intuit DATA I Vli. OF SISAL TRADE Premium Coupon 23 It's on Page McCormick to Testify Called In Sisal Case NEW YORK AND CHICAGO NEW RATES EXPECTED EXTRADITION IS SOUGHT BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT BANKERS TO BE QUIZZED TO YIELD $100,000,000 War Department Takes Action on Information It Has Had for Months After Charges of Inefficiency. Are . Made . to Senate Military Committee VXT ASH I NGTON. IROADEN SCOPE Leaders Against Lowering Ex- Ignatius T. Lincoln Recognized Senate Committee to Inquires If Harvester Company Sought emption Limit, but Plan to in Broadway Throng by Secret Service Agent Who to Prevent Planters Getting Raise All Preparedness Revenue by Higher Assessment Had Been Looking For Him Money to Market Their Crops SERVICE T X 1 T) PRICE FIVE CENTS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1916 PPfn BE OF W J TTroTr CT fw ..v Grand Duke Nicholas' Troops Follow Up Vigorously Recent Success at Erzerum and e"-- . j hit. x Warships II. M'COIIMICK. Ottoman Tribune Yarn Denounced as Wholly False Senator ARMENIA LANDING Dominating Black Sea MADE Coast FIFTEEN MILES FROM TREBIZ0ND Conquest of Kamerun, Africa, Completed With Capture of Mora by the Franco-Britis- h Forces British Beaten in Attempt to Cross Tigris River Brands as Amusing Story Smoot Are . Fanciful of Political Deal. GERMANY MOVING TROOPS "The Salt Lake Tribune story jf t:1i at at a and oth- meeting of in ers in Washington an agreement T ONDON, Feb. 10. The Russians was made to turn Utnh to ltoose-vel- t, ' are following up with vigor their to support Xeuhl L. Morris for recent success in Turkish Armenia, coventor and t give Progressives balf (state tieUet is without foundaConstantinople reports a reverse for tion and is absolutely false." Senthe in British Mesopotamia, while ator Heed Smoot. London announces Die completion of the conquest of the Kamerun, the imin western Feb. 19. Senator portant German WASHINGTON, today branded as aquatorial Africa. colony The immense forces massed in the false in every particular a story printed ih the Salt Lake Tribune, of which European war areas are just now several of his friends had advised him 2ompai-ativelinactive. by Wire. The story in the Tribune was The pursuit of the Turks, who fled said to. have represented Senator from Erzerum with the fall of the Smoot and others as having met in Is being continued by the conference hers and made certain ar- fortress. Russians. The a of stand possibility rangements touching Utah politics. by the Ottoman forces a short distance These reported plans the senator de- west of the city is being considered clared to be wholly without foundation by but no reports of such Tetrograd, and absolutely false. resistance the defeated army have by to the advices received been received. According from Salt Lake the Tribune article set Two Towns Captured. forth certain statements as the terms The latest official statement by the of a political agreement which Senator Smoot and the other conferees were Russian war office reports the capture of the towns of Mush, in Asiatic supposed to have decided to make. The article is understood to have almiles south Turkey, lying eighty-thre- e leged that Senator Smoot agreed to do southeast of Erzerum, and Ahlat. The pursuit of the Turkish forces everything possible to deliver the vote of the Utah delegation In the Repubwho retreated from Erzerum is being lican national convention to Colonel continued, and the Russians have taken Roosevelt for President. prisoners what remained of the Thirty-fourt- h Turkish division, with a large Nephi L. Morris was represented as agreeing to aid in amalgamating the quantity of war spuplies. Progressives and the Republicans of Landing Made Xenr TreblKontl. Utah and to work for the renomination The Russians meanwhile are active and of Senator George the Black sea coast and have realong Sutherland. a landing on the Arcently reported It was also alleged that Senator fifteen miles east of Smoot and the others promised to sup- menian littoral, which Trebizond, city is considered port Mr. Morris for the Republican one of tlie next objectives Russian nomination for .g'overnor. Another al- land forces by a march of of 100 about legation in the article as reported here miles northwest from Erzerum. was that the remainder of the state The completion of the Kamerun conticket was to be evenly divided, the quest forces was by the Franco-Britis- h Republicans to take half of the state effected of the with Mora, a capture reoffices and the Progressives the in the northernmost section of position mainder, colony, the last held by the GerTo all this Senator Smoot said: "The the southern forces having remans, Salt Lake Tribune story that at a cently their over tlie border retreated meeting of myself and others at Wash- Spanish Guinea, where they were into inan to turn terned. The entire protectorate of agreement ington Utah to Roosevelt, to support Nephi L. 191,130 square miles and a population Morris for governor and to give the of 2,540,000, including about UOO'J Progressives half the state ticket is whites, has thus been wrested from without foundation and is absolutely German control after a campaign that ' false." lasted nearly a year, having been bein the spring of 1913. gun G II A FT FItOG SKIN FOIl HURXS. British Beaten on Tigris. Des Moines, Feb. 19. Frog skin was on to No recent the Mrs. British report of the chest of Samuel grafted Sport at Mercy hospital today and it operations is at hand, but was announced she probably will re- Constantinople announces that when a, cover from severe burns received in a British force down the Tigris from fire at her home here January 2u. (Continued on Page 8.) y -- on was-ma.d- e . an RUSSIA PAYS BILLION RUBLES MONTH WITHOUT STRAIN MAIL SEIZURES Finance Minister Declares Empire Can Safely Prosecute War Indefinitely Netherlands Declares Britain's T Act Is in Violation of The Hague Convention. The correspondent of Reuter's Telegram company at The Hague says that the Netherlands gov ernment has Issued a report concernLondon, Feb. 19. ETEOGU AD, Feb. 19. Contrasting Russia's increasing prosperity with financial and economic condition, the Russian minister of Germany's L. in a Pierre to the Associated Press today, exstatement finance, Bark, the could Russia that opinion pressed prosecute the war indefinitely "without serious menace to the financial stability of the country. "Russia'3 finances rest upon the most crease in deposits of 120,000,000 rubles. solid foundation in the world," said he minister, "the economic prosperity of the Russian people, which is now ing the controversy with Great Brit- greater thar? was ever conceived posain over the seizure of Dutch mails. sible before the beginning of the war. The report, it is said, cites various Thus, while tlie masses of tlie German protests already made and wherein it people are reduced by war to poverty, was contended .that all such seizures fcvery month of the war has enriched were in violation of The Hague con- the Russians. "The .optimistic statements concernvention, which guaranteed inviolability of overseas mails without restric- ing Germany's financial status have deceived but few. On the- other hand, tion. Replying to the contention of the there is nothing illusory or specious - British government that the seizures of Dutch malls were all made in British territorial waters, which are subthe Dutch ject to British sovereignty, government pointed out that the British government had laid mine fields over an area of the open sea, which forced vessels to pass through British territorial waters instead of remaining in the open sea. about Russians' prosperity. It rests upon the incontrovertible fact of the Russian people"s increased earnings and savings. "When a year a?ro the savings banks showed a monthly increase in deposits of 50,000,000" rubles, it was "regarded as phenomenal. But that was only the beginning. During January the savings banks alone show an in j ; ; ! j i ' i : : This is accounted for principally by the growing thrift and economy of the peasants since the enforcement of prohibition, by their greater earning powers and the higher wages they command and by the government pro- vision for the families of soldiers, which materially increased their ante-- i bellum income. "This marvelous prosperity, makes Russia capable of raising a large num-- ; ber of successful internal loans and it is by this means chiefly that we hope to defray tlie expenses of the war, which have now readied 1,000,000,000 rubles monthly. Germany can call for internal loans with no such confidence of their success. "Since the' world recognizes that Russia's financial difficulties are only temporary and the result, of inability quickly to mobilize her vast wealth, we expect to go through the war with our credit unimpaired." |