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Show " , THE WEATHER. Tuesday fair and warmer. . Local Settlement Price. Sliver Domestic. 99c; foreign. Copper (cathodes Lend d get whats in home, office cr . shop, use The Tribune T, .Want Columns., To . He, ' gll.lo 22.00 k- YOh: 105, NO. 4. Texas Burros Trained to . Warn of Dry Agents Missouri Senator Has Forfidence, nt Con- Says Denies Complimenting Him; Southron Responds With Facsimile of Earlier Note To GRIMTOLl 2I PAGES FIVE CENTS ..ING,, APRIL 18,i 1922. sV Russ and GermansConclude Secretly Negotiated Pact; Allied Conference Amazed ilf , Tribune-Sa- v - TO ST. L feited Ail Claim to COLLINS LIFE IS lt Lake Tribuna Leased Wire. WASHINGTON, April 17. In they hare burros that point United State prohibition agents, according to Prohibition Commissioner Haynea who also ia authority for the story that hia men base been led to illicit stills by the strange conduct of intoxicated plga and aloes of light and frivolous behavior. , Tba burro ia a tiny donkey, all activity and voice, lie ran outbray the --best Missouri mule, of whose alas and weight he represents only a fraction. Mr. Haynes says the Texans who want and will have their liquor first feed the herd of wild burros on thus" winning their confidence. suiar, Then a stranger approaches and feeds the burros something to make them sick. As a burro uses hia hand to think learn to distrust with, the burros Thus, when .dry agents stranger approach a place where burros are on guard, a noise like an overtime sawmill in the grip of a cyclone is heard and Lbe burroe stamped. - Thla gives , time to hlda the moonshine .. equipment. Chicago - - SALT LAKE. CITY, TUL I REED Id LETTER most-neede- Tuu SOUGHT BT FOE , . . Treaty Brest-Litovs- k Genoa Abrogated; Meeting Thrown Into Dead, Damage Uproar by the News; : Head of Provisional Free A State Government Tar-i j get of Would-b- e Assassin Twenty-fiv- e . f s . Amounting to Millions in Central West States. Reds and Teutons ASH Jacs t urn f, a Chairman Kelley Proposes to Force Record Vote r on Proposal for - Increase. i Ar-riv- e at an Agreement One; of Assailants Captured; Kaiu&t, Indiana and Illinois Peace Rest on Meeting of Denver Gripped Dublin Parley Tomorrow. bgnc:R$cqvd::g jioWf all. y ' Herr Rathenau i Friend and Opponent' of ' ' Larger Personnel r Make Which May Contravene Previous Stipulations. iJMizwfiaawaisedCi.gi.'r'&.ptw-agiar- eT - , - GENOA, hprit (By the Associated Press.) A jtre&ty between Germany and Russia w listened at Rapallo yesterday, the slmatjrie being th foreign ministers o th 4 two countries, Osorge Tchjt. chertn for Russia end Dr. Walter Rathenau for Germany.- The treaty- - nullifies the.- treaty ami r establishes fuu diplomatic relation ,on aa t r Carman faadep whe signed treaty equality jiasis. J ,f k tha engagement well . Tha pact cancels all, war claims, a aa claims arising from th nationalisation of property. The- - treaty negotiation began many months ago, It was aald. This action by delegates to tha Genoa economic conference. In meeting independently and negotiating a treaty outside the scop of the conference Itself is pointed to a establishing a striking precedent for the nations who are tn the discussion ot the Russian problem here. a R4ylor Final . Grapple, . IT. ST. LOUIS, 310., April 1,7. A letter from Woodrow Wilson, former president, tonight dented a recent statement printed in the Globe --Democrat that he had thanked Senator James if. Reed, Demo- cratto candidate for nomination and reflection. for .great service .which, .the sonatof rendered him in perfecting and passing the federal seaerve bill, which was Issued by Lee Meriwether, attorney and supporter of Reed, here, the Aocompanytag . Wilson's letter, prints another from Senator Keed In which, a purported copy of the letter from Wilson to Reed is given. The letters from the former president and the senator follow: The former president's letter to the under the editor of the . date of April IS, 1923, at Washington, ."X note in your issue, of April 12 that one Lee Meriwether is quoted as saying That he had seen a letter from me to Senator Reed, 'warmly thanking him for the great service the senator rendered in perfecting and passing the federal reserve bill. I have no recollection of ever having written any such letter. the AsBELFAST, April sociated Frees.) Seven houeeg yver burned tonight In Antigua street. In the old park district. Tha firemen were kept busy In their dfferts li put out. tha. fires. There alee was firing in th same area, man wars wounded. 17-(- . Globe-Democr- at -- an-tw- Dilemma of Transportation Systems Declared Due to Numerous Delinquencies. .Globe-Democr- Called Inconsistent. By GRAFTON S. WILCOX. TrlbansSatt take Tribune htttti Wlr WASHINGTON, - April J7. Admitting that labor costs of operation of the railroads are too high, W. JLauck, t ratifying today- - before the senate Interstate commerce committee as consulting economist of the railway employees department of the American Federation of Labor, declared that thle excessive coet .was not dus to unreasonable wages, but to delinquencies In , railway managet ment. , "Their properties are depleted, he their efficiency is seriously insaid; jured; their credit Is undermined; - their profit are dwindling. It Is hopeless to ask for higher rates, because the traffic cannot stand higher rates, and, caught in this impasse, the railroads find themselves between the horns of government control or bankruptcy. This actuation has largely arisen th- - railroads have been dominated by men . who knew bow - to .manipulate stocks and bonds, rather than by men whs knew how to carry on the service 5f on the basis of a maxitransportation mum pf ' load for a minimum of energy. CUk-ag- On the contrary, I clearly remember that 'Mr. Reed, as a member of the committee on banking and currency, interposed every Possible objection to the completion and adoption of ttie bill, His objections, indeed, were so many, so varied and so inconsistent with one another, that 1 recall speaking to him about them in conversation. Having spoken of n reudlng a certain parody on a novel, I told him that his course In the of conduct me the committee reminded of the hero in that parody, who. when .ejected by the heroine. rushed from the house, mounted several horses and rode off irr every direction.such as' the one 'quoted ' from Mr, Meriwether appear to be intended to create the Impression, that Mr. Reed and I have held the same principles and advocated the same policies, and that ha is entitled to and may be assumed to have my indorsement as a Candidate Rates. Too' High-- -. 1 for raolectiori to the' senate. ' Ibis is faf from being the case. To those who have Organized labor. Mr. Lauck declared, recognized that freight 'and passenger closely observed Mr. Reeds career In Tgtfg-mgbe too higtirdnK "tttdfiot W Halting ton he has shown himself lncapa-hithat wages paid to mroployees wars of sustained allegiance to any person " or any cause. He hae repeatedly forfeited responsible. We acknowledge," he said, that' labor any claim to my confidence that he may coats of operation of the railroads art ever have been supposed to have, and I tmall never willingly consent to any fur- excessive, but we wish to take thla opporhim. with association tunity of shewing that this ia due to the ther I bog that you will do me the courtesy delinquencies of railway management and policy, and not to unreasonable wages, to publish this letter.. working standards or Inefficiencies of Very truly your. - railway employees. Wa will even admit 'WOODROW WILSON, that too much has been paid for labor an a whole, and that, while the Individual Reeds Reply. A letter and statement given to a sufficient, labor costa of operation havq Washington representative of the- - Globe been too gTeaL Ths hag aot been due, Democrat by Senator Reed is printed as however, to any lack of productive effifollows: ciency of railway workers, but to ths In"1 did have a difference with the presiand impaired facilities of the over the fed- adequate dent, entirely railroads, which are acknowledged' oven The kernel of by railroad official to b a generation eral reserve bank bill. that controversy was that the president behind the commercial and industrial re- -' insisted that the bill, which had originat- quirements of the nation, ed in and been passed by the house, should he reported out of the senate comMake No Charges. mittee and passed very gpeedllv without Mr. Lauck explained that the railway 1 inan . giving opportunity lor hearings. sisted that hearings should te granted workers want it clearly understood thats As a result of they do not bring charges of wasteful-neeund they were granted. and extravagance against present the hearings, the bill was amended hun- -' railway executives, who. ha said, art dreds of time. It was after these hearings and with struggling under a handicap they cannot reference to them that the president overcome, but that their stricturee are directed aganist those who, made and diwrote me the following letter,. - I hand rected the financial policy of tha railroads you a facsimile pf the letter. Senator Reed here produced a printed in years agone and who today ars encircular ending with a photographic copy deavoring to foist upon labor and the public the burden of tha financial re of the president's letter, wnlch read: habllitation of the railroad. , se i bt e- con-ce- good-nature- d, -- Copy of Letter. The White House. Washington, October 28, 1912. My Dear Senator: I hesitate to ask you to brek in upon what must be one of the busiest wseks vou hare had by requesting you to come, to the White House In order that t may say w at is perfectly possible for me t.o say In a letter. I want to thank you very warmly and sincerely for your state- r. ment made through a New York newspa-peI have felt all along the sincere honesty and Independence of judgment you were exercising In this whole matter and you may he sure that there has never been In my mind any criticism, except an occasional difference of judgment. I thing that things are now shaping and T am quite willing processes" uporrwhtrh you- haw Insisted - have contributed to that result I feel that I can count on you from this time out to play a leading part in bringing this whole matter to a satisfactory issue, and I want you to know what satisfaction it gives me to feel that I can do this. Cordially and faithfully yours, WOODROW WILSON. "I. R Pray call upon me at any time (list youof would tike to confer -about any the matter. W.W.- , mature v,' -- - Dry Leader a Life Is Under Death Threat V NEW YORK. April 17. John L. Sutherland, a newspaper man, was held in $10,900 hall for a higher court today When William H. Anderson, state superintendent of the Antlsaioon league, had him arrested on a charge of writing a letter threatening the prohibition worker's life. Sutherland admitted ho wrote the letter to Anderson, but said he had no Intention of fulfilling the threat of death. ' The letter read: If your words and actions henceforth are not silent and if you do not take your place quietly m the great wt eltlxonoblp, iody of American mean to kill you without the. sitght-ecompunction. Magistrate Simpson, in fixing bail, said he warned to protect Aside reon, because he believed Sutherland . was suffering from a temporary aberra-iton.- 1' Hutheilond. who was said to have suffered injuries durlua the war, wav not able to furnish bond et Holt Presents Argument. . CHICAGO. April 17. Presenting statistics intended to prove that signalmen employed by railroads ware receiving less than men employed in similar lines of work in the building craft David Holt, presldsnt of the Brotherhood of Signalmen, today before the United State railroad labor board pointed out that men In the organisation he represented were receiving 19 cents an hour less than those outside railroad employment. Statistics were gathered from 247 cities In the country. The mechanics are getting on an average of 82 cents an hour, he pointed out. and electricians 7 cent At present mechanics employed In ths signal division are receiving only 77 cents - that "the signalmen should not be desubjected to the proposed crease asked by the railroads. nt Reach Wage Agreement - - DUBLIN, April 17. (By the Associated Press.) An - attempt on the! Ifo of Michael Collins. Head of the provisional free state government, 'was made here shortly after midnlglit "this - morning, coming almost' simultaneously with an assault on tha Beggars Bush headquarters of the Irish republican army, says an official army statement. , Mr. Collins waa on hia ay home after having- - addressed - a meeting - at Naas, County Kildare, when the attack occurred. i A group armed men 'rushed at the Collins partys car and opened fire, the free state leader apparently being the The Ctolllpt men reespecial target. turned the fire quickly aM one of the at. tack ere waa captured. A revolver and a live bomb were found on him. Flood Menace Greater. During the fighting a general headquarThe flood menace In th Illlnxs and ters car from ths Beggars Bush barracks upper ReMississippi river increased. waa dtaablsd by rifle fire and captured. ports from Beardstown, 111., tonight said water was pouring through a break In e Barracks Attacked. levee, flooding the country for miles in The headquarters barracks Waa at- every direction. Every building in the tacked by rifllemen on all sides at mid- city la flooded. One railroad was being night, about twenty shots being dis- operated today, trains running over Commandant General Ennis flooded tracks. Another inch or two would charged. waa fired at outside of the gatet Tha stop traffic by flooding th "firsboxes of A tra.n - the thst left rakedgarrison surrounding territory th locomotives. with bullets and the assaulting party Beardstoem - toda? waa . crowded with . .. c ,. refugee withdrew.,. Th storm that swept across tha An army transport also was attacked, airly today was totasslng eastbut without results, the besiegers fleeing the weather ward tonight, U according , after a sharp exchange of shots. . . Shota were fired on the premise eceu bureau. ' bad fallen In Eight Inches ef snow guard at Bali's Bridge, tome Rled by the rivto no cold ef th western etatee and war redamage and wav, that devlop?dyesterd!UtJSr9 seatith great lakes" tonight. in hia speech at Naas, County Kildare, ng Th snowfall today waa almost gsn- yesterday, Mr, OeHIna charged the oppoi Mnnlane nil Hie Is Cnhw. nent of the provisional frectats gov on the south,1' said th weather bu eminent with netting barriers against tha rado . The snow and cold Is extending reau. onward inarch ot tha nation. Nebraska and Iowa, He declared that Eamona de Valera eastward,beenveloping icf felt east the great lake hod adopted methods of anarchy" be- and will cause the people of Ireland were not willing to allow him to decide the treatv Levees Overflowing. question for them. De Valera regarded Reports from the lower' Mississippi thla attitude of the people as an un- river, where levees are nearly overflowand for were it to forgivable eln, ing, Indicated a disaster would be evertthey be deprived of their right to choose a ed. Ths- - Arkansas and 'White rivers, , tributaries of the Mississippi, were regovernment. j. , ported falling. Dublin More Hopeful the flood Thursday, although it was InAsaocl-ate17. d LONDON, April (By the a second rise be expected Press.) Easter Monday was looked dicated a few days. Leveesmight in that district forward to with little trepidation by the in reported holding. citizens ef Dublin. Reports to the morn- were A dangerous situation waa reported deindicated there was ing newspapers near veloping City. Ark. , A nothing to justify an assumption that the levee protecting Arkansas the Arkansas side of th day would bring such an explosion az the river threatens to go out. One hundred rebellion of ltl(. state convicts have been rushed to the The Dally Malis correspondent says: scene scores of laborer have been and ."Anything, or nothing, may occur In work reinforcing the dike. the next few day and, notwithstanding putTh to flood Is bearing down on New the existing menace to order, many reLevees of the Crescent were port suggest that" ths majority of citl-te- reported in good condition, but city 1004 men are inclined to believe It will be have been employed to reinforce weak nothing." points and. prepare for .the onrush of - Tbs Timess DuWn correspondent say ths statement by Rory O'Connor, head of water. Every town on th Mlss'sotppl .river the troops which seised the Four Courts, faces a flood problem, according to re- that his fore did not contemplate a Csatisaed c P Tv coup, bears the stamp Of sincerity, and (Csloms Three ) the city has become quietly hopeful. he adds, It Is, of Neverthelesa," oourse. Well understood that with Irish armies watching each other through th andhagred windows of different public Moscow Osstimwl m Thne Colons gvia.) BERLIN, April 17. Frits Nolde, a German business man, mho has Just been Commission released from Butlrka prison in Moscow and returned to Berlin, declares that ' no modification of the Begin Today there has been treatment of prisoners there since tli WASHINGTON. April 17. The allied Moscow government announced that the debt commission will hold Its 71 rat meet- deaded Click and its methods were ing tomorrow to organise for the task of things of tba post. 9 Nolde said that from hie cell window, negotiating ths funding of the war debt owed this country by looking on th prison courtyard, be saw The personnel consists 'naked men branded kith hot irons and foreign nation of Secretary Mellon, chairmen; Secre- heard tha crie of th victims. His extaries Hughes and Hoover. Senator periences in tha soviet prison were so much more horrible than the shellfire end Smoot, Republican, Utah, and Representative Burton. Republican, Ohio. hardships that he endured in the world The commission S (tret act. It was said at -- the treasury- - today, probably --wth be decisred." asof Reveral Hungarian officiate " feJeaaed sistant secretary of th treasury in with Nokia bore out hia assertions concharge of foreign loan, aa executive cerning the cruelties inflicted upon prisoner secretary of tha organisation. . - tf , pt cultiea fm nm-tO- ! Or-le- -- Frightful Tortures Charged Reds Against Fe Allied Debt to Labor th, ROCHESTER. N. T., "April 17. Rochester clothing manufacturer and their employee, represented bv the Amalgamated Clothing reached aa Workers, agreement hoday to cover wages and conditions for the year beginning working the ratification at May 81. Pending group meetings of the t nlon members tomorrow and Wednesday, the terme were not announced,-b- ut it was said authocD twtlvely that thev provide, among other By tjslveisal karrte IS e for cent per wage reduction. things, SAN FRANCISCO, April 17. A sleeve Thirteen thousand workers will be affected. placed around th arm of David W, At the beginning of the negotiations this year the manufacturers asked (or a dark the Mm kind of sleeve that is wage reduction of 5 per cent and de used in connection with blood pressure manded more freedom In the managethe and which register kmtruments ment of their working forces. heart . action wa responsible for th reconciliation of Charles Wesley Reed and 1210 Miles , hie father, wealthy Tuba county fruitgrower. . Minutes Toung Reed had been branded a burin 9 glar and forger byot hi father. His name 17.r-(cleared Is no the stigma through By the NEW YORK. April and a convict's handwriting. Press.) Flying at an averaaa science now Read faces the world with a emit, speed of ISO miles an hour through tha etorma. a seaplane carrying a total load and hie father, sorrowful and repentant, of 1990 pounde today made a flight from has welcomed hie son home and pleaded k Palin Beach, Fla., to New York, a dis- forgiveness. A former employee of Reed, Sr., David tance of 1319 mile, in nn hours and W. Clark, now serving an Indeterminate f.fty-el- x minutes. One stop wss mide.t SoifUiport, N. t! sentence for burglary end forgery, has at 11.11 o clock. error taking off at Palm been proved guilty by science. It was Just a case of mistaken identhis morning. The fiver Beach at took off at South port at 12'81, landing tity Identification based on handwriting North in club Yacht Columbia ths tha at comparisons that fastened ths guilt upon river st 6 C o'clock. Clifford L. Webster, Reed; and by a queer coincidence it waa United States marine oorpe aviator, pi- handwriting comparison coupled with a loted the seaplane, ond s said to have scientific lie detector" and commie-io- n ly vf slmar crimes thnt established u : (scorn. proved Lie Detector Proves Innocence of Suspect and Reconciles Father, Who Believed His Son to Be Guilty of Burglary and a Forger Seaplane Flies, Hours 56 Aaeo-clat- - Brest!-Utova- isl . f . Clark's guilt,- according to Chief of Police Auginu.AVfgGr ef Berkeley. It was' In November, 1920, that th - Read 'home in MaryevtHe was looted and blank check stolen, among other thing ' The check was subsequently forged with the name of Howard Reedr and cashed for 21(8 through a Sacramento hank - Young Reed was accused. Early last Deoember David W. Clark waa arrssted In Oakland while ransack, H ing doctors office pleaded guilty and recently made application for probaname the of Reed, his former tion, giving employer, as reference. Investigation was made of the handwriting of Clark and the writing on the oheck. The investigators then announced that tha writing waa done --by Clark. In order to make doublv sure, Chief Vollmer had Clark brought from baa Quentkv prison to Berkeley, where he was examined by th lie detector." He denied the Reed charge, but the detector revealed Clark waa Ring and waa guilty.. Clark's heart action," Mid Vollmer, proved beyond a doubt that Clark was lying. He sew for himself the action of his heart es the dial of th lie detector have stopped at "lying.' and refused snythlrg m.oie to . ;' . a tj k sbr-gati- Breet-Lltevs- 1 Allies Are Amazed. ' , r Brest-Litova- Governor Lawyer Requeit Csecho-Rlovoki- at Springfield. 'Meeting a, ia Pchan-zer-ro- e -- , n. fie'-tio- 1 r. Resented by French. S p' vet, hi , Postponement Becaue of WAUKEGAN, HI., April 17. (By. the Associated Pres) Trial , of . Governor Len Small,1 again postponed today, this time until next Monday, positively will start on that date, kcoordlng to a promise C. C. Leforgee, chief counsel for th defense, made to Judge C. C. Edward Todays postponement wa taken after tha state had accepted a proposition mad by- - Mrr Leforgee for a stipulation oover-lng the Introduction of documentary evidence. A a - result of th stipulation the actual trial, will be shortened by at senst a month, the attorneys estimated. Tl week' delay wlU permit the governor to he present in Springfield during the Republican stats convention Friday, -- Judge Edwards dicmlssed-th- e seventy-fivJurors eurmnoned for today and also 17J a of the remaining panel of ISO from which they had been drawn, and ordered gate tearnel of thy treaty their program a new drawing of 300 names from th waa changed, and which la special jury box prepared for this trial. te report considered extremely grave, wa fully dis- One hundred will be summoned ' - s next Mn(iay mprnlng. . - . cussed.' "to The ent'r 'panel drs'tyn tht week M. Barthou. heed of th Frenrh Is seeking further Instructions from ws dismissed as a precaution against hia government at Paris snd declared attempts by friends of either Hide to apthat he would not alt -beside Russians in proach and c sound out the prospective i ( jurors during the week's intermission. semiofficial meeting Jugo-81av- WASHINGTON, April 17. The fight over the 1922 naval budget, te be renewed -tomorrow In the. house, brought today from th opposing sides an outline of the policy they intend to pursue the re- - j I raakitng stages of the struggle. : .' Supplementing hi announcement,' that ? x rollcaU would be demanded and eb - , talned in tha house proper on the ,Yarf amendment, including tha enlisted force s4 from 27,000 to 82,000, Chairmen Kellejl In charge of the measure, declared 1: also would demand a record vote on all amendment ready for presentation. which aeek to lacre&ae the amount polnUd for bureau of ngineerln, ord-- 1 j nance and construction and re pa tr. , Bahinc to thoae who put through th- - 4 M,W proposal. Representative McArthur,, j Oregon declared a chock showed it Would sixty ynn sby compared -- with forty-ev- n majority in commute of tht ? whole Saturday, , Chairman Madden ef the appreprta Uena commKtw- -- mid Representative Barnee joined in the demand of Chair man Kelley for a record vote on the en, listment and other amendment. MOur upporters unabje to to here lent ll be yjn hand wtien the next showdown comes fig- - l and the ure advocated by Freaident peraoan Harding wttf of sixty JJto aa Lh margin vote. f Mr. McArthur. H iMaJdng no prediction a to the final: ; vote on the disputed section, and refer? 5 ring directly to effort te obtain ether i tnerense in the bill. Chairman Kelley aid; If the onslaught on the treasury , for naval pur;oeea ia not stopped, the good faith of the conference on limitation. of armaments wiU.be open to aerioue i uueation by the people of the word. v . 1 . (By th Associated The signing of a treaty between Pres Germany and Rusal which nullifies tha k treaty and reestablishes full dtplomstlo relation between thesa two countries on a basts of equality, ha caused profound astonishment and resentment an,ong ths allied delegations. The minister of the powers whkh convened the conference decided at a meeting held tontgnt to have a committee of experts examine this treaty tomorrow, to determine whether It conflict with the Canne resolutions or tha treaty of Versailles. Subsequently the convening powers will Rumeet with Poland, mania and to ascertain Mi views of the lesser powers and dsal with th report of the experts, The British and French delegates declared tonight -- that- they considered th s'gnsture of the treaty a disloyal set. conferApparently It may imperil the, - ' ence. It i 'stated that eh signing of tha took which at yesRopaUo place treety, terday, was unknown to the allied leadens when Lloyd George, Barthou. Theunys met thla afterneon te consider --Ah reply wklehtbeRueski ne might make "Ip the condition Imposed 17. GELVOA, April The French delegation. In rn offlcini sletertenTT denounced IK treaty "NUeflf and decVvrrd thst France would Ytot exact from change her attitude the eevlet recognition of debt and restitution of confiscated proportv. The Italian snoheanian also- alluded lo the action of Russia and Germany a dishonorable, snd expressed the conviction that It was deplorable from the German viewpoint and not calculated to bring about --a happy result In th conference. The general opinion is that the Russians snd Gorman overturn'd a beehive when thev pro looted the treatv Into th Genoa eon'wrenee. When th shock mine, intis' expert ami big experts and ententes of every deecrtnelon began swarming through th streets clamoring for copies of the dooumen. Even Mr IJovd George hod not ecru it ht 8 o'clock, although It had been officially communicated to Signor Soh-nibefore that considerably There had been no ceremony st time. th sgnlng of the treaty on Sunday, and and-wou- OKMULGEE. Obit., April if. Arraign- meat of Governor 1, B, A. Robertson of Oklahoma and .tweJve other men. Indicted after a grand jury investigation Into tat banking affairs In th s county was set for May t by Judge Mark L. Boxarth in ' Tha proth district court ceedings orig Hilly hsd been scheduled for today, but esriv Inst week Judge Bo- ners-toda- Tea Csutinsed es Pa (Oetwaa 3Zufrt.i WELLS URGES DEFENSE OF ISLAND INTERESTS .'".HINC.TON. April defense program in Hawaii nd the Panama Caps! cone ai an integral, defense of continental fcatujy United fitate wan urged the en- 5 appropHatlon committee today la Colei uj-- a . mxr IV Welle, ha4, ef Plans dlv'xlon of the goncral staff, . Cokuiri B etts critic I he pending army bill a. inadequate end tend mg to w.r,'!ck V10 PWree already mad in pro- , filing for national defense. that tha defonte ..,n cf th sbislblbg Hawaiian group had ben cantered orr the island of Oshu. which contains Psri harbor end Honolulu haibo v. Colonel V sa d inane waters war seen as ''bases from which th fleet may protect the west coast of th United 6 tales, Alaska and th Panama renal. , Oahu hi the meet Important Island., strategically,. gflh PacUle ocean.'!, the witness said. f.eeervs supplies,' reserve ammunition, etc., to be maintained there are based upon computed requirements for a defense for m per od ef four month. In order to prop-tri- y prp-- e the island for this defense, the authorisation of construction requested In these estimates should unquestionably he mads, aa the amount I small compared with It Importance In connection with the whole plan of defense." Referring to th Panama canal. Colonel Wel declared that It value boril commercially end from the standpoint of ns- -' tional defense wa such that Its fus. in th onlnlon of tnlllanr experts, would te x greater Mow a Kan the lose of xar other of our possessions " The present harbor defenses, he sld must be supplemented by adequate force ot arms. Including aircraft." The department also, he sit'd. h been "alive to th weakness of the fixed defense of Panama and has 'announced the purpose of Instating a nunmer nt sixteen-inc- h funs at - either entrance. Thee guns, th wltneae added. Are to any poasesxed by rang of. i2.000 having ait - approximate , yards. near of Putting the ofthe th. xr 11 , ed -- Maryland City F . .. Troops Placed on Guard ire-swe- pt; t POCOMORE CITY, Md April 17. With ten cre in th heart of this elty burned over, causing so estimated prop23,000.000, erty damage of more (Han v Governor Rltohle fonlglit ordered a of th - First regiment. Maryland national guard, at Salisbury, lo proceed here. at once to protect property which escaped the flames. Wire Tonight th town is no on waa invited. It gras a new diplo- are down. Ths heart of the business In Both bank have la section rukt. macy' from (he east. been destroyed, and m addition to bul-neflftw home fell prey t structur Came as Surprise. with th the flames. Communication GerAlthough negotlstlore between outside has been established by tapping ' ' in and Russia been have progress on many ' wire th outskirts. for earns months on various subjects, Rrallz'ng that- - after nightfall there Ceatiaaad ea Paga gws mostlv relatn to trad matters, there would to Illuminate, the be no ' (Col tuna Dt.) had been no Int'met'.nn that signing of streets, Mavor Cull trlephonsT to Gova formal treaty superseding the historic ernor Ritchie for troops. , Bros' LUovsk nart of eortv 1912 was oon- VbVniinrkViniVMViivriiViiYrirnriiVTViV com-pan- mu-bi- er fifty-calib- M re any-powe- mnt -- ' tll.900,-000.00- eve-.fta- J By Universal Service. llv .. CHICAGO, April II. Twenty-fiv- e were lost, more than 200 injured and hundreds rendered homeless by 'storm and floods In tha Mississippi valley The" properly damage mounted into- - hundreds of thousands of dotlars, Thd death list ia expected to grow as wire communication Is restored. Not in fifty years, according to weather bureau 4nd private reports, has the country suffered so hesv-il- y from the element. In Nebrask. Kansas and Colorado a bltaaard raged. To the east, in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri, floods are sweepRailroad service ing over th country. has been crippled, towns and villages Inundated and huudreds of families driven from- their home Tornadoes have swept through eastern Illinois and Indiana and it was in this district the heaviest loss of Ills .was reported. Ten persons were killed and 100 Injured at Hedrick, Ind , and In "tha immediate vicinity. Buildings ware demolished. Eight were killed at Irvington, lit., and approximately fifty InCentral! jured. Four were killed at UL. and two at Hidalgo. I1L. A score were Injured at thesa places. ThrM Nfi Two ) b Column City ' Air Passenger Line Opened s Chicago-Kanta- 'emu A Gur TorT I T fr tVaveToVr the "new'ChfcagOiKanlsk City tsassengcr line waa begun today with an Initial trip from Monmouth. 111., to Chlnsgo. The trip was made in 91 minutes, eight tnln ite ahead of schedule, and at the rate of fi3 mile an hour. Riding In the paseeneer Compartment of the airplane was Chester Smith, mayor of Monmouth, the ftret "pay passenger of the air line, end a Chicago newspaper omn.w The far for the service ha been ret ot at at IS cent a mile, with towns between Monmouth and Chicago. Aecordlngta prnt4lan-.-aB- airship will arrive and one will depart every other day on the trip between Monmouth The asms schedule will and Chicago. le kept up on the Kansas 1 Plot to Kilt Lenine Is x and . Reported in Russ Center Intelligence Care Needed in Associated the R)GA, April amofifc Russian Press ) A conspiracy monarchists, in central end eastern Euf he "dares rope to ,kU Nlkoifti J.enm--)to step outside Russia, tx paid by service men her to have mote or lees bearing on the fact that Lecind ha net started for Genoa to attend the economic v conference According to the secret service men. th s assa-s'nIs from Lenine to oread plot the Mediterranean ' to the BaHia sea a J ws'l organ ,ed They declare th plot th arrest one, and that tvotwlth-tandi- n of white Russians In Italy. Grmnv and In the conspiracy elsewhere, the leaders still sre at large. lT.-rB- y t at nl Sixteen Are Killed in Cuban Theater. Cave-i- n . By rlverl Berrlee. ?. : HAVANA. Massacre of Christians by ' Turks Is Reported LONDON. April 17. (By the Asaecl-ate- d Ghiba. April persons are reoerted to hava been killed lata tonight y a roof cave-i- n at a the thiroter In Arrovo Arenas - Matlano, - - - teen ml1 from this ciy.-onlv At midnight mesyre and oonfiiVng reports were available from the econo pi tha catastrophe. bquala of police ai'd ambulances witr ruehed to the scone from Havana. The disaster recurred dur.ng the celebration of the feast of the resurrection, an Faster holiday, and theater was crowded with men, women and children. - great fire and a masse, ore of Christian at Ramsoun, on th Black sea coast of Asia Minor, ware ia dues nine ago. when th Ital.an progress steamer Barbita left there, th steamers on her arrival at Patras, officer reported Grace says an Athena dispatch to ,th ' London Time dated Hundav. CHINESE GROUPS UNITE. national! Turkish PEKING. April 17. (Py th Aesoei-ate- d headed by Turkish officers, surrounded th Greek quarter and set it ablar Pres.) American diplomatic agents shooting all who attempted to escape, the here have been Informed that s union between Sun Tat Ben. head of the south officers declared. hen the steamer sailed, th large Oiineae government at Cnnon, and GeneraTsao Lin, governor of ManGreek church st ftemsoun was abtase snd l-Ghana thousands of Oree't women and chlldien churia, hai bean effected for tbs purwere rushing to th waterfront, seeking pose of defeating General Wu Pel Fu, leader of central Chinese foroet. Ibis refuge on steam . h therlo opposed. Is The Kartlta sent a wireless tneasag to alliance of force an American warship In the neighborhood considered likely to precipitate Impendf ing changes In the Peking government. jtj ne hoc to hasten t the risen. Press ) A Bsehi-Bssouk- s, : , ',V- . r - ' ' Storing Food. ' "' The for' the famllv. ones ta- - kHt properly until lima. serving - Ths householder has many enemies always at work with which to bat- -, tie. Flies, duet, pet animals,, yeasts and molds, must be guarded against lent they taint and spoil food. Th health and efficiency of the family ia well worth the intelligent core of the housexreper. geientife investigations have thrown light on many of the processes ot caring for food in th home, end the result ef these Investigations should be at ths housewife. dlapoul of Any of our readers osn secure the on booklet of Agriculture Department caring for fondIn in the home, ahlch If authoritative every rrapect. This la a free covernment publicaInformation tion. Our Washington Bureau will secure a copy for any of out fill snd malls our readers who the coupon below, enclosing J cent tn stamp for return postage. Be sure to write your name and address clearly on th line of th coupon ,, , food Frederick J. I Director, The Salt Lake Tribune - k Information Bureau. V Washington, DC. 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