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Show i ; I C 'I :v TMt WEATHER. Generally fair Saturday and Sunday; ne Important temperature change. Lecal Settlement Prices. Stiver ; :.. IS M Lead .12 liS Cower (cathodes) Sundry little business ai- fairs may be carried out successfully through The Tribune Want Ads. ' --lP- VOL. 108, NO. 111. SALT LAKE CITY, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1924. McAdoo and Gregory Oil Concern Counsel, Magnate Doheny. Says DEFE Also .Employed One Time - After Cabinet. Quitting WASHINGTON, Fob. 1. Rumblings ATLANTA, Ga , Feb. I. Trial of the breach of promise suit brought by of dissatisfaction among houe Repub-Hcan- s over the action of the majority Mr. Cnezima De Bouchrl against Asa G. Candler, Sr., today developed into members of the house ways and mean a battle of letters in the I nited States committee in deciding to report a tax bill carrying the income rates prodistrict court here. posed by Secretary Mellon cry staRixed Attorneys for the Atlanta millionaire closed presentation of direct tes- today in an announcement by Reprethis without offering sentative Frear, Wisconsin, a leader of timony morning a witness and relying upon the evidence adduced through the Introduc- the Republican insurgents, that his tion of thirty-tw- o letters written toy faction would not support the meaIn sure. Mrs. De Bouchel to Mr. Candler. one of them she (woposed a secret In announcing he stand of the inmarriage to be announced after the divorce proceedings from her former surgents, Mr. Frear revealed that a husband were assured of a Arm legal compromise on the Mellon rates had been virtually agreed to The plaintiffs counsel imstatus. by with rebuttal evi- some Republican members yesterday mediately opened of the comfort-one which whe Utters dence, and mittee. including Chairman Green and received- from Mr. Candle' had been The proposed read when court adjourned at 2 the Insurgent group compromise rates, which a ere upset o'clock for the day. The validity of the divorce decree by the decision of the committee maincluded, it is understood, a obtained at Reno, Nev , toy Mrs. De jority, in the normal Bouchel from Adolph FUwquet, as it 59 per cent reduction of a 25 per cent cut as sugtax instead of affected the legal merit her engageby Mr Mellon and a maximum ment to marry Mr. Candler, will be gested surtax of about 40 per cent instead argued tomorrow in the federal court of 25 per cent Eleven members of before Judge Samuel H. Sibley. This the committee Insisted will be the principal feature of the ion rates, which were upon the Met adopted. case. of s session the fourth day MELLON SUBMITS ESTIMATES. Mrs De Bouchels divorce has been While the Republicans of the ways attacked by attorneys for Mr. Candler and means committee worked on furCon-ditio- n on the ground that she was not legalther details of rate sections, pre ly domiciled in Nevada at the time So taking th Mil up agirtn the decree was granted. This will be pacatory next, week in full committee, SecreSecre- another of the legal phases rf the case tary Mellon Issued estimates showing to be reviewed tomorrow morning, beThe jury- - has ths rats reductions proponed by Repginning at 19 oclock. been excused until 10 oclock Monday resentative Garner of Texas for the Democrats, would cost the government $347 9 SI. 491 In revenue against a loss Cestiaeed ea ?tf Few I of $2ft7,8l4.?61 In the Mellon rates were (Golems Feer.) He made no comment on th aocepted. B. a WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. William McAdoo, candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, and Thomas W. Gregory, the Democrat selected toy President Coolidge to assist in the prosecution of the oil lease cases, have had employment as counsel for oil interests, Edward L. Doheny, California oil magnate, testified today before the senate Investigating committee. Mr. Doheny said he personally had retained McAdoo after his retirement as secretary of the treasury; that he thought his company had paid him all told about $350,000 in fees, and tha h now pays him a retainer of His company and a $50,000 a year. half dosen other oil companies employed Mr. Gregory after he quit as attorney general, Mr. Doheny stated, for the purpose of appearing beforfc President Wilson or the state department In connection with Mexican oil ' LANE MADE ASSISTANT. Mr. Lane was assistant to the president of the Petroleum end Transport company, Mr. Doheny associatwas said, while Mr. Garrison ed with the New York banking firm of Blair A Co. The committee also was told by Mr. Doheny that he had advanced $5000 to Leo i. 8 tack of Colorado, who told him he wanted the money for George Creel, chairman of the committee on public information during the war. who was employed, Mr. Stack said, in connection with efforts to prevent the leasing of the naval reserve to Republicans after the change of administration. This waa in 1&0, ha added, when he and Mr. Stack were seeking to get a lease on the Teapot Dome reserve from the then Secretary Daniels. E' idenee relating to the employment of former Democratic officials by oil interests was brought out in response to inquiries Chairman Lenroot, put as a result by of a demand made in the senate yesterday toy Senator Reed of Mieaourl. Mr. Reed insisted that the committee gie Mr. Doheny a searching examination as to whether be had paid any money to men while serving as public officials or afterwards. Doctors Report That of Former, tary Not at All Serious. an FALL ALONE GOT LOAN. Mr. Doheny declared that he had not advanced any sums to any public official other than the $100, (KS) which he ha testified he loaned Albert B. Fall, then secretary of the interior, on November 30, 1921, nearly a year before his firm obtained the lease for California naval reserve No. 1, which the government now seeks to annul along with that to the Teapot Dome reserve rranted to the Sinclair Interests by Mr. VtM. As s result of the testimony of Mr. Doheny that Mr Gregory waa employed by a number of oil companies and that he has been counsel for the Island Oil company, President Cool-tdg- e has definitely made up his mind not to retain him as counsel In the oil rasee. The executive talked over the latter tonight with Chairman lenroot pd Rena tor Curtis of Kansas, the as- CoettaeM m Page Hum (Ootuma WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Albert Fall, former secretary of the interior, Is in condition to appear for examination in the senate oil inquiry, the investigating committee as told today by the special medical commission appointed to examine him. The committee of physicians which was appointed after Mr. Falls doctors had reported him unable to go a before the committee submitted wntten statement which said that the former secretary was under a nervous strain, but that his general appearance was fairly good. Chairman Lenroot announced that on the basis of the report a new subpoena would be issued for Mr. Kali the requiring his presence before committee at 10 oclock a. m. tomorrow This statement submitted by the doctors follows Mr. Fall shows the effects of nervous strain, but hu general appearance is fairly good. He is somewhat anaemic looking and his muscles are flabby. The radiaJs are soft, the pulse 92 to the minute and regular. The blood pressure Is 170 systelic and 90 dvastolic. The heart Is normal as to size and sounds. The lungs are apparently normal The abdomen is negative except for slight tenderness in the gail bladder region We are told by the attending physician that there is no evidence Ha in in of disease of the kidneys an anxiety state, but there Is no evidence of organic nervous disease and no psychotic symptom. In our opinion, Mr. Fall is In condition to appear before the committee. (Signed! THOMAS A. rTJtYTON. DANIEL V. gTUART, JR. 8TERUMG RUFFIN One.) booklet for Children and Advanced Students There Is hardly anything to be learned In anhooi that is more important to us, all our lives, than how to talk and write correctly and efficiency CKy, Slate ,. ...i.. u. ....... N FORKS, Feb D.. 1 first-degr- near brother-in-la- N. --1).. Kloien, to life yesterdav. He Inwaa sentenced the state penitenImprisonment at Bismarck by Judge C. H. tiary Schooley Funeral services for his four victims will be held Sunday at the Norwegian church near McVille, N. D W. Va , Feb, 1 for ten years in connection with the slaying of his wife and four children with a razor in h.s cabin near Payette' tile. N C . Octavu i Smith, arrested at Beech Bottom, was on his wav to the south today In the custody of a deputy sheriff. WHEELING, Bought . V Double Tragedy in Lot Angeles Hotel Assn-date- d Presa government of soviet Russia hav been accorded recognition by Great Britain and, according to the text of a note given out at the foreign office tonight em-- ! communibodying the government cation to the soviet, diplomatic relations after A suspension are to be Resumed. i unconditional The eecognitipn and leaves all questions of trestles, debts, claims and othew obligations to be settled later by agreement between the' two governments. Russia t Invited to send representatives 6 England to negotiate a new treaty settling all outstanding questions it is understood that the soviet government ha already Indicated to the Us readme to 7 British government appoint a mixed commission to ar- six-ye- ar I fcestinseS . rCshuaa Fsge Twt fin.) estireaten Commenting on the compromise pro posai for rate reduction, Mr. Frear said It waa generally demanded by fMifnc Republican members of the ways and meant committee for its fairness WILL DEFEAT RATES. Of course every member of the house and of the committee, ,Sir. Frear said, understand that When the bill reaches the houpe the rate will be snowed under. As a polity's) proposition, the Mellon bill Is drained to be a teapot tax that will rival its namesake before it gets through congress' of the committee The Republican today rejected Mr. Green proposal for a gift tax, which he urged aa a complement to the estate tax to prcvnt evasion of the latter The Democratic national committee issued a report today showing that 6 641,262 prons would he benefited under the Garner plan foe tax relief 9413 under the Mellon plan. against The statement also said it was estimated that either plan will raie an adequate amount of revenue" for the government. EIGHT OF CREW MISSING. ST. JOHN. N. R, Feb 1. Ejght members of the crew of the British Feb 1 -- The body schooner Maul of Scotland aie missTX)S ANGELES, of a voman believed to be Mr. If. ing, following the sinking of the craft with the Peruvian H Hopkins, with a bullet wound In In a collision the head, was found In a guest room steamer Perena near Partndge island. here house and officer three men of the at an apartment today The chief and In the adjoining bathroom waa perena were lost, it was reported to man a be Flaxen believed found Word of Dying Chieftain Armstrong, with throat cut and knife wounds In the body. The man was identified a Haxen D. Armstrong, formerly of Ravenna, Ohio. He died at a hospital. Police Investigation revealed Armstrong had heen brooding over the separation of his mn from the Womans daughter. He was 65 years old and the wo- i. up and Washington. down the steep, narrow street to Woodrow Wilson a home since he laid aide the presidency for tne peace of private life there flowed today a curious traffic marked by the buah o' an impending sorrow. It was not very great aa numbers go, for S street, where the Wilson home stand shoulder to shoulder with a half dosen other mansiors, fa a byway of city traffic. Bit as word spread that the former president lay close to the end of his llies journey, a police cordon was necessary to free the street of motor cars that turned that ay for word from the sick room. Admiral Grayson aa the spokesman from the house of sorrowful watting. Once, early in the dav, he came out, weary with hi long igil and hi own emotion, the reporters while clutered close about him cn the He could give them no word of encouragement. The end was only a matter of hour, it seemed, and Mr Wilson himself knew that i was near. The other doctors who had counseled with Dr. Grason in tbe morning hours would not talk of the condition of the patient when they came out. Kbit they were grave when they said the former president waa sleeping and in no pallia. It waa pigln they enter, tained no hop 2. FRIEND KEEPING VIGIL Opposite the Wilson hom, whers a high,, hank stands fronting It stretch o I n a line of l&gd vacant1 paeere-b- y grew and thinned and most the For again. part they grew were' people of the neighborhood. wer little them groups of Among chiMren caught la the midst of their of the silent watchplay by the sighy er and come, to look curiously on seen otner crowd Most of them have before that Rouse crowds of cheering, laughing folks oome to wait jatieotly until the bent figure of W'vjdrow Wilson should emerge at the doorway and send back a smiling answer to the cheers and applause that greeted him. There were bands to play and orators to speak those other times, and the children who came tonay seemed at first to expect such another moment! of excitement and pleasure. But they caught the sorrowful expectancy of the gathering very quickly and drifted silentl) away. It waa not necessary that anyone should caution them to be quiet. man 50. 1 stepped of the downtown business district today. thrust a hiny gun Into the riba mesof Leslie Williams, senger of the Town National bank, wallet he the carried and aped grabbed away in an automobile The wallet and all its content were found this evening bv police. The wallet contained $565,009 In canceled checka One Dead , One Hurt in Shooting Match STILLWATER, Okla., Fob. 1. Dn woman Is dead, two other persona slightly injured and three atudenta of the Oklahoma A. and M. college are in the Fayns county jail hers to night as a result of a large shooting match staged In the rear of a fratershots killed Mr nity house. Random MwcMidar Hodge. TXT a widow," and Initired Mrs. Claude Davis sllrhtly nd her daughter, Pearl D is ' - ' - - Exhausted Patient Fails to Respond to Treatment for Attack of Indigestion Seizing Him Monday. President Coolidge Expresses Sorrow READY TO GO, SUFFERER SAYS, SENSING APPROACH OF END Prl-- , WASHINGTON, Fb. dent Ooolidge, speaking of the illness of former President Wilson at his semi weekly conference with tne newspaper men todir, said. am very much disturbed to hear of ths illness of President Wilson. I met him moat pleasantly when he returned the first time from France He landed in Boston. A public reception was tendered him there, at which he made an address and I extended the welcome of the commonwealth. I have always recalled with a I great deal of feeling that when was chosen governor for the second time, though hs was very 111, he sent me a message vf congratuBo that learning of ths lation probable nearness of his end Is a matter that yuches m deeply 1 m. no change in th Feb. 2,At 2 WASHINGTON, condition of former President Wilson was indicated. All was quiet at the 8 street home. . 1 brush-grow- SORROWING CALLERS- In the afternoon there began to arwho stopped only to leave friends rive cards at the door. There were many of these, and many times messenger bovs came speeding up or down the hiilv street to leave messages of symfor Mr. Wilson. pathy and hope Among those who came afoot to leave a card was Ambassador Alencar of Brasil, and shortly afterwrd a small Philippine group of Filipinos from the Independence delegation now in Wash- ington The room where Mr Wilson lav CostiDved (Cel as Pact Twe Das.) Feb. 1, Woodrow Wilson is fighting WASHINGTON, j against death at close quarters. With a tenacity born of the old indomitable spirit that car ried him through so many desperate battles in the momentous days of his service in the White House, he clung to life tonight 'after those about him bad practically abandoned hope of his 0 't But Wilsons Physician Gives No Hope of Recovery From Relapse. Labs TrtNnw Wife. Feb. L At It. 15 President Wilson wu still aJtve. All Admiral of the physicians exempt Grayson had left ths sickroom. Ths been unconformer president ha scious for most of the evening and hts life la slowly ebbing awfty. He Is kept alive by oxygen and morphine, which ars being administered driest Trifesss-ftal- t WASHINGTON, ' his ee been pain. The kidneys bare functioning properly and uraemic poisoning slowly but surely deadening the lul functions. Ths however, is showing greater sustaining powers than hts As physicians thought waa possible. the morning hours approach the time when the vitality la lowest, the physicians do no! see how he can continue to Uve. Despite his weakened condition the former president is holding out better than could be expected unW the circumstances. There is no hope of recovery Admiral (iraj sons voice trembled a he read the official bulletin to the several hundred people who crowded Home of them door. around th mounted the steps and the copy which Admiral Grayson attempted to retain waa tom in two, as arioua persons it from his hand attempted to seise pr. Grayson said In response bul-to after giWng out the questioning letin "Mr Wilson is not suffering any to Dot I MELLONS CASE FOR TAX REDUCTION. "Mr proposals would mean lower rents, lower food cos', lower av Sec- Ohio and Michigan Towns Scenes of Fatalities; Two Families Victims. A mr.th.r AKRON. Ohio. Feh, 1 and three children were burned to death and a fourth seriously injured e.arly today when fire destroyed their THE STORY OF BUTCH CASSIDY. Brave, roistering,' hardy desperado; Butch Casrtdr, the most notorious horaethief in the whole west, i the suhiect of an interesting etudy by a member of The Tribune staff. home. The dead are Mrs. Arthur Bmith, 22, Anne. 3. Kathleen, t, and Arthur, 10 months old. David Hanes.'a brother of Mra Smith, la in city hospital with serious burns All Were trapped In their bed when the house caught fire. RICH WOMAN, POOR WOMAN. Kathleen Norris discourses entertainingly on the woes of possession of great wealth, and she recognizes, too, the misery , often spread by Lady Poverty, H)ne fort to UTAHS CANDYMAKERS. Utah holds an envious place in the indnstry of catering to the nations sweet tooth. Lapge manufactories, aided by a favorable climate, produce some' of the finest candies made in The industry is reviewed in an illustrated article ap: pearing tomorrow, . afltlllilintt Its for-him- GROWING UPHEAVAL PLEASES LLOYD GEORGE. mini attempted an unsuccessful save hi sister and, her ef- Mich.. VNIONV1LLE. Feb. 1 A man, hi wife snd thetr two children In their farmwers burned te death house five miles west of here early can of kerotoday when a five-gallsene being used to atart a kitchen are Edward fire exploded. The-dead Bowie. X; hi wife, who waa Iv paralyied, a boy of, t and a girl of -- . When he reached Washington yesterday Dr. Grayson found the patient although he had cancelled his daily automobile up and around the hou. ndes about the city. The physician ordered him to bed, but there were stomach further upect, accompanied by violent bleeding at ths nose. Bo rapidly had the new. complication developed that l3r. Grayson pent last night at the Wilson heme, and toward morning he found symp tom that told him an alarming situation was likely. Boon afterward Mr. Wilson suffered a sudden collapse, and at 8 o'clock this morning the doctor summoned other medical aid anj announced that the former condition was very senobL president Among Ihe numorons pmal article announced for tomoredition of The Tribune arc the following: , CAUSE Or XSLAPSB. cause of hia relapse was a minor digestive derange, immediate The j ment which first appeared last Monday, la the beginniag it was sot in itself alarming; but it waa enough to undermine the slender and tottering support by which his vitality has been sustained since lingering iilnese first took a grip upon him four years and four months ago. He took a suddea serious torn ia tbo early hours of today, and over since has lain between ' . life aad dpeth. t While the greet personage of Washington, and the lowliest of hit followers far and soar, wore pduring in a flood of messages of sympathy er calling at his horns to express their concern, he spent the long hours of. the day and night sleeping fitfully and awakening to speak ia faint whispers to those who were with him. During the afternoon he was abls to take some nourishment; his heart seemed a trifle stronger; his mind remained for the most part clear aad alert; he suffered somewhat, but bore it stoically. The sinking sun aad the twilight hour saw him still fighting, but there were no signs his physicians to believe that a material change for the better was io prospect. CONSCIOUS OF FEB EL He himself understood that the battle through which he was passing ' probably would bo his last. "Im ready, he said to bis friend and physician, Dr. Grayson. better that I'ouve done all you could. J am a broken machine I should go than remain a bebdees i valid. Mra Wilson, who ba been j!i constant companion since his long illneea began, remained silent at hie bedside as the battle went on. Miss Margaret Wilson of New York, tbe former presidents daughter, aad Joseph Wilson of Baltimore, his brother, joined her late in the day. Other members of tbe family also have been summoned by telegraph. The digestive trouble that led to tbe r resent grave condition resulted from some injudicious choice of food tasen Monday. Dr. Grayson was ia , North Carolina on a bunting trip, but Mrs. Wilson sent becausa. out of her long experienre with the delicate constitution of the former president, tbe saw there must be real danger ahead. BUFFIN SUMMONED. Meantime, Dr. Sterling Ruffin, who had helped care for Mr. Wilson in the White House, made an examination and prescribed a course of treatment. Authoritative Comment The former prime minister of Great Britain point out in a article that the adrent of Norialism rapable and ha caused no undue ujieot in the even tenor of the English way. (lilt edge securities are buoyant, he point out, despite the fact that the eo called deatroyer have replaced the tranquillizers. . By nightfall he had witched back a little of the strength that had ebbed away ia the earlier hours, but his condition remained grave and the watchers at bis bedside realized how insignificant a turn for the wore it would take to snuff out the flickering flame of his earthly being.' As the evening hours passed the broken remnant of kit vitality reached the etage in which both friends and physicians were powerleee to do more than hope for ths best. No ons knew at what moment th"J supreme prim might come, or whether he again would emerge vietorloua. A conviction Uy npon all of those closest about him that the end would be oaty a question of hoars. Oeatiaeed es Fas Twe (Celsaa Tear.) lower clothing costs and transportation costs,' retary Mellon, in an interview in which he makes a strong case for hi lax reduction program. , recovery. Spendid Features. row' a , aide-wal- k. The Sunday Tribune Thorough News Service ' Only Question of Hours, Sick Room Report Says Feb WASHINGTON, "Ton have done the best you could. said Mr. Wilson to Dr. Grayson just before he fell asleep today. But Im a broken machine' Then he added with a rally of his waning strength But 1 am ready Feb. O Recognition of Soviet Government Is Announced Bandit Gets $565,000 by Premier MacDonald. in Canceled Checks DBS MOINES, la.. Fob. l.A bandit LONDON, Feb 1. (By the out of an alley in the heart skillfully. Name".. Stfeet .. GRANT) Jute today 35, Theodore Iairson. pleaded guilty In district court here murder charges, to four following the slaying of his estranged wife, with her two sisters and his BTtRSTiAU. Germany, Feb. 1 candle by forty-fiv- e lighted in memorv of the persons he had beheaded. Paul Spaethe, public executioner. was found dead today In his shot hlmiwlf. having apartment, Spaetbe had been public executioner for eieht year, and hi nerve waa unshaken until the death of his wife a few weeks ago HI friends noticed that he waa morose and he was heard to say that it would be his turn next, hut t he was not afraid to die A Free Word Frederic J. Ha akin, Director, The Salt Lake Tribune Information Bureau, Washington, D C. I Inclose herewith two cents In rtampa for return postage on a free copy of The Word Booklet. Quadruple Slayer la Given Life Sentence Public Headman Ends Life With Pistol Shot BRITAIN GIVES Anything that will help us attain in these two accomplishments merit tir careful attention. This bureau has for free distribution a new authoritative booklet on words. It deals with words we mispronounce, words we misspell and words we misuse. You need this booklet in your school work. Send for your copy today. Inclose two cents in stamps for return postage. " Am Ready Whether Salutation Was Frear, Insurgent Leader, Stream of Callers at ResiSweetum Sweetie or Predict Rates Will Be dence Attest Grip of on Affections. Sweet One Is Argued. Snowed Under in House at matters. His companys share of the fee paid was $2000, he said. Testimony also was given that companies in which Mr. Doheny has an interest had given employment to two euur members of the cabinet in the toiitver edminietmtfoft after they quit office, Franklin K. Lane, former secretin' of the interior, and Lindley M. garrison, former secretary of war. ? MELLON BILE Defendant Aver Mr, de Committee Minority Dis- Impending Death of Wilson Hushes Washingsatisfied With Measure Bouchel Failed to Establish Residence in Nevada Reported by Majority. ton; Silent in Tribute. and- - Garrison FIVE CENTS Hope of Recovery From Most Recent Collapse .Is Abandoned by Physicians b. 0, P. BEDELS TO E William G. McAdoo Recalled to Testify, Millionaire Adds to .Hectic Chapter of Naval Reserve Probe Lane LETTERS PAGES 18 EXHAUSTION. During the evening Mr. Wilson remained conscious a part of the time, but there were frequent lapses into sleep. He was able to talk with those near him only In a whisper, and then with greatest dlfflculty. Some of the old symptoms that had yielded to the careful treatment of month came back upon him. but (or the most part he was free from complication and had to fight only with the languor of a growing exhaustion The new o( the serious turn In hie condition. spreading quickly over Washington, aroused many echoes throughout the machinery of the gov-he ernment over which for eight years President and Mra. had presided. Coolidge were among the first to send a message of sympathy and express a hope of recovery to Mrs. Wilson. Chief Justloe Taft called alone and on foot at the 8 street home and left hia card. In the house, at the motion of Republican Leader an impending part lean debate over the Teapot Dome disclosures waa adjourned. WEEK! I CALLER. Another of those who called In the constant flood of humanity that transformed the quiet residential trsaiand throughout the day kept it crowded was John W. Weeks, secretary of war. There were several of the former Long-wort- me suuuca cuuause e sue h. ignur league of WATCH, na- - . I In the flying trip across aeonO nent to Washington she .'hared yriUx Dr. Grayson the constant watch be- aide htm, and It was only after he had been taken more gravely at the. White House and had begun to win' back hia strength again that she one. s rented .to leave him evta tor that shortest Intervals. Ndt only In the higher place pel the government, but among the rank;' and Ole of the ritlaens of Washtngtoai, waa further news from toe sick bed awaited anxiously. In the days of hu residence here, and particularly dur- the time he has resided ahnoeg , seclusion at the house to which he from the Inaugural ememonl-- e Ilnff ' Cm timed m Nn Tv " 111 .(Celnaa j - Tw . ' Is |