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Show WEDNESDAY MAHCII 1GKS 1G 10 ECO SALT LAKE ITA1I CITY SEVENTIETH ARTIC UJ ATY VKAIl U -- OPENS ON RAIL ISSUES 1CONFERENCE Mind Master MO COMPACT Arnstein, Alleged c& c& $3 . dft In $5,000,000 Bond Thefts in Committees Acting For Recognized Labor Unions and Association Meet New York, Arranging Surrender cSs COAL tlSME Til MINERS WORKERS AND Will COMMITTEE TO , March W Ael I IN iTUN, U Ailble X. cin y March I Thai Julea W, (Micky) AmMrtn. of amrUIri In the New York financial of plotting enormous ttw-ft- a itharM. would wfrmdrr to tin New York pniioe when ball aw prorwed. wee llie opinion i preened hrte today by Eugene F. Mrbto one of - Am-M- i la'a counsel, wlto waa hi till city on .prltale buiUnewa. MOo left for New York where Arwstrln'a aetrewa-wrlfFanny Bryce, la endeavoring to make arrangement with tlxs authorities la the maitrr of bail. Mriiie denied any knowledge Of Aroatrtna w breewbouU. Several detect I tea from New York have been In ltd vicinity arwrehing for the alleged nii4cr mind In the 1, 00,000 bond I heft. They failed to locate Armor I a 'a hiding place- - ft hih of th the peace lrvt) again I auapended sentences e in the jul tVeof compact an 0.000 word document: milt "The member of the league undertake to respect and preserve aa against external aggreaaioit the territorial In trgtity and exciting political Indeof the pendence of all member bf in Kurh sgfret-Io- n league. ' fnc of any threat or or In of guch aggreaalon. the council hall advlee upon the mean by which i hi obligation thall be fulfilled.' 1" ' VII1A BANDITS Papera Give tittle Space to Letter TO March 10. Preaident Wilaon' letter to Senator Hitchcock regarding reeervatlona to the Versatile Slten little apace and a treaty rhlnor poaltlon In moat of thla morn-lng'- a neaapapera. The Caulola print lt comment n the find page' under the caption 'Warning of Wilaon.' '.Mr- - Wilaon, It says, "t.ake for the silence Imposed upon him by lllne-e- . In less than twenty-fou- r hour he presents ua with two document In which he affirm .In a singularly aggressive manner that he I hr recovered full possession of his faculties. lie finishes the weakening of gov- crmircntal-framewoof order - and discipline which he already, has so thoroughlyshaken. His antl-i- per-- . iallst formula will bring new to international bolshevism. "The Paris Midi says the accusa-'"lio- n of France as militaristic is "Impudent," and It refers to Mr. Wilson's Insult to this country. "gratltous - It adds: "Mr, Wilson accuses Prance of being militaristic, and at the same time Josephus Daniels, secretary of the American navy, is the only minister in the world who announces an jmllmtted program of armament.'" L' Information says: "Today there are men conscious of the evident necessities of France, but there la no longer a militarist party, properly speaking. PARIS. ' EL, PASO, Texas. March 10. Jos eph Williams of El Paso, an employee of the American Smelting and Refin lng company, captured and held for ranaorh by Franclaco Villa when the bandit wrecked a train on the MexI can Central railroad Thursday, last, has been freed, according to a - telegram from Williams to his employers received today. rk Arthur Not Kidnaped m WASHINGTON. March 10. James - manager of the Mexican Consolidated Mining company, has andits, not been kidnaped but Is safe near Nogales, Mexico, the American consul there reposted today to the state department. Mrs. Arthur, who is in Nogales, Arts., telegraphed her father. F. E. Every, at Columbua, O., . yesterday saying that her husband needed and (bis was said to have led to the reports that he had been kidnaped. M. Arthur,- -b- , Miainter preted Telegram ' Ariz.. March NOGALES, telegram- - from-- J traet M 10. A Arthur, Consolidated Mexican manager of the who Mining company, to Mrs. Arthur, conlives here, asking for 12,000 In nection with a business deal, caused her to conclude he had been kidnapransom by ed and was being held for Mexican bandits, Mrs.- - Arthur said today. Upon receipt of the message from her husband, which was garbled In transmission, Mrs. Arthur telegraphed her' father in Columbus, O., Where a -- report was given out that Arthur had been kidnaped. . The American consul at Nogales, Sonora, advised Mrs. Arthur not to communicate with federal officials in Washington, she said, because he believed there was some, mistake, British Coal Miners , To Force Nationalizing .Of Mines by Strike -- March 10. The Natloial Conference of Coal Miners at Us today declared In favor of a general strike as a means of enforcing the demand for the nationalization of LONDON, n- mines. w ns , American laKUled ct Service Men Against Military Candidate . March 10. A DAVENPORT, widespread poll among returned soldiers of this Vicinity brought an oyer whelming decision against a military man for president, The soldiers al are against prohibition by a large vote and the score o- -. military training was close. Ia-- I Rail Engineers to Meet - I 5 CHICAGO, .March 10. Ninety per cent7 of the railways in the United Slates wiii 'be represented at the flat annual convention of the American i association Engineering will be held here March 10, 17 10, It was announced today. Railway rid On Dry . Law Is Due Before June March - 19. Determination ofthe validity 'of the prohibition amendment and and parts of the enforcement set now rests with the supreme court Arguments were completed today In appeals brought by the Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse company following the presentation yesterday of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts cases. A decision by the court la expected by court officials before adjournment early In June. WASHINGTON, Arthur Not Kidnaped, Ac cording to Latest Report Wife Misunderstood Tele gram and Gave Out Story, ly The decision of the miners' body will be referred to the special trades union congress which meets tomor-,rowhich have been expressed by leaders give rise to the expectation that this body will decide on the continuation of constitutional means for achieving the end desired, instead of a resort action. J. WILLIAMS s re-ter- the Court Decision GIVE LIBERTY Of Preaident Wilaon - ac-nu- rd e, re oomntlaafon. Claim Is Mtde Thsl Mens Demands Will Cause an Increase in Price oPProd uct; Six Hour Day la One Of Issues to be Met hYRtCM', Texas. March HOUSTON, cablegram sent by P. J. Blackmon, manager of the Magnolia Petroleum company, at Tarripleo, to- S. J. Bying-to- n, of Houston1; today states that "Pat, Foley, . an employee of the company had Magnolia Petroleum been killed by Mexican bandits. Use Airplane Bombing To Break Ice Gorges Potsdam Citizens Blochs Vote May Tta CHARLESTON, W. Va- - March. 10. State Senator Jesse A. Bloch of Wheeling, completed his 3,000-mlhurried trip across the con- -, tlnent from California to Charleston early.thls morning In order to vote on the federal suffrage amendment In the senate of the West Virginia legislature. Senate forces favoring ratifies- tlon anticipated Immediate action this afternoon and with Benator Bloch's vote hoped to break the deadlock, which has existed between pro and forces since the special session Of the legislature was called. le , anti-suffra- London Sending Gold to America NEW YORK, March 10. announced Kuhn, Loeb & Co, that goIi valued at $1,190,000, was shipped to the firm hefe today from Londott. This is in to a shipment of $1,259,900 to the same firm made a few days ago. ad-diti- teeri wikn innHotrd twt t ieb the form of e to rrwtrala tie romanMon lie -- mm from requiring monthly report showing nnsai, Inrome and tonnage and an mutual rrparl of gmanc4al raafldoea It waa reviled that the rtsawlnkst Rawed fait larinstioM for the preparation of lie repnrta, whMt In fad prrorrtbrd tyatrm of orronwtlng for ooaj mining oporaltawa d (Bering banikJly timao mmsMaly in oar. . Naval Departments Delay Responsible For Immense Losses in Lives and in Preotdent Wilton Will ProL-M- r Deliver Metufe v Through Director General Hinei; Executives Claim Revenue Must he Basis of Settlement. Properly, Is Charge of Admiral Sims WASHINGTON, March 19. Wag negotiation among th railroads and their organised employee were foreommlWaaa mally epoaad today-whafrom the unions and th Association owner of Railway Executive th organization met to begin the formation of a joint board to hsndlo all labor conlrqveriio. Each -- eld wss understood to be definite program prepared to ley, before tbo conference v US yeapeet to ' Hu union (he wage demand last August laid before President Wil- operator. It wss Mid today no final decision ill be mad until th soff coal miners' wag diapute has been disposed of. Unofficial opinions wer oxproasod wages asked by the miners would mean a rise in th pries of coal to ths consumer, If grantad. Each aid admitted that no deft nitp decision would bo faaehad until the award ofthe bituminous coal com s mlaelon In demands of th soft eool minor Ir handed down ot v Washington, Basis of Agreement. The basis of tbo agreement in ths anthracite Industfy, It was stated would depend largely upon ths amount of th Increase tobe given th soft coal miners, and naither side la ready to commit itself until the bftuminoue award Is announced: 'The principal demands which wars formulated by a convention of th anthracite men last August, Included the following: That the contract wags scales be Increased sixty per cent and that th increase secured in ths supplemental agreements of19l7 and 1918, , shall bo Included in th wag Seals hs a basis: upon which the sixty per-cent y men shall be added, and that be granted an increase of two dollars a day. Six Hoar Work Day. That a work day of not mors than six hours from bank to bank be 'established for all classes of Inside and outside day labor and monthly man five days per week with time and a half for overtime and double tim for Sundays and holidays. ths-wag- A closed shop-contract.- That wherever coat practicable shall be paid for on the legal ton basis, which Is 2,240 pounds In Penn sylvania and that dockage be elltn inated. Th demands call for a two year The present contract agreement. was made for four years and expires March 2t. CoIbyHearmg Is Kept Secret Half Million Live Sacri-fleet- !, $15,000,000,000 Lost of 2,500,000 Ex-pen- e, Tons of Shipping and Victory Delayed Five Months - Cost of JProcrxstination in "Naval Program,' - Senate Committee Told.' i- WASHINGTON. March 19. Failure of th nary department to fully cooperate In the war during the first six months after Americas entry, coot half a million three, $1$, 9999,900, 099. 2.509,000 tons of shipping and prevented' a victory over Germany by July, Hit, Rear Admiral films told the tenet Investigating committee today la presenting documentary evidence In support of his chargee of delay against th department Th officer read to committee rec ommendatton ho had made to the department immediately upon his arrival In London in 1217. A cablegram eent late In April, 191T, said th critical area where the war would be won or lost waa In the eastern Atlantic at th focus of all lines of ocean com municatlon to England and France. Admiral Bims told the committee that although he repeatedly urged that every deetroyer and email craft thdl could be sent to tea bo despatched Immediately to ihle'gres his recom unmendatlon wa not compiled with til about six months later. He also recommended.h said, that two divisions of th American be sent to base on Brest-tguard against raid in the English channel by German cruiser forces, but this recommendation waa entirely . disregarded. Enumerate Results. Failure of the department to throw th full force of the navy into (the struggle, he said, resulted In the "unnecessary -- loss --of 1,500,000, tons of shipping bf submarine attack ln 1917 and 1,000,000 tons In 1911. "If the tonnage lost in 1217 had been saved by th prompt of the navy, he said, "America, could have had a million men in Franc at the beginning of 1918 Instead of 200, dread-naugh- 000. -- PORT DEPOSIT. Md March 19. The aerial bombardment ofthe lee Jm In' the Susquehanna river which extends Several miles below here, will be resumed this afternoon by the army aviators who all day yesterday dropped bomb after bomb .In their attempt to the gorge.-- ' dislodge - The army officer today expressed themselves as satisfied with their work thus far. NEW YORK, Mari h 19 Negctts-Uuti- s looking toward the working out of a new age agreement for anthracite coal miners to become effective April l, will be started her tomorrow by a of operators sod miners. There srs eight men os the committee, four miners and four all-da- BERLIN. March 19 Eight men said to be members of a French mllltarjr aviation commission w hod rove Into Wernits, near Postdam In a. motor car., front-- . Berlin today, were attacked by the Inhabitants who accused the men of poaching and summoned them to surrender. ' . Four of the mkn obeyed, but 'the others tried to escape, one was wounded and later died. Two others later surrendered and the fourth man escaped. , A report on the Incident has been transmitted to the French charge d'affaires here by an " Allied officer. Hank . Senator er H- - kail to IM I be nm of Im federal lawkainl Mt) In lie wpmna iwstt of Ik iWrt4 of C'uUmbte bf lb Marnard Cual tnmpaajr f CWtSikM, Da Ihe Irat of antwi legal otkea ptaroed bf Ibe National foal aaort. lion to determine be tar Ike ontMlwiM may go in rrqairlng private nopunliaai to feroMv IntormaUon 4 Ibrir batainraa, In feudal aaaoawratml by lit awadalion said tin ltt were kartell In friendly kitrtl and In ne nay rtMMSliulo mm olUwk on tbo UltItIxiV ON NEW BASIS lv.-ll- WAGES be Tested in Suit Filed by Coal Men trade KMUsMua n DRAFT SCALE Gird Loin For Finl Struggle and Deci live Vote; Injection of I lue Into Campaign I A ured a Prediction I That Favorable Ballot Cannot Be Reached. DEBATE ' tSb eSfc Federal Trade Commissions Powers OPERATORS ON PEACE PACTS tGs WASHINGTON, March 10 Brig. Gen. Marlborough Churchill, chief 6( army intelligence appeared before the senate foreign relations committee today during its consideration of the nomination of Balnbrldge" Colby to be secretary of, state and was understood to have given the' committee certain , evidence requested by it. . ji Committee members were unusually secretive about the matters discussed, but it was said additional witnesses would be called before a recommendation was made as to Mr, Colbys confirmation.--Another meeting will be held tomorrow, , , State department officials hold that unless Mr. Colby Is confirmed by Monday, the tenure of Frank L. Folk as acting secretary will lapse under a limitation, and that the department technically will be without a ' r head. -- 30-d- ay iWootton Jury Named. Ariz., March 19. The'Jury to try Harry E, Wootton, on a charge of kidnaping in connection with the deportation of 1198 striking copper miner and their 'sympathizers Blsbee, was announced today. TOMBSTONE, ts Admiral Sima said the German offensive of 1918 waa due to the failure of the German submarine campaign and, that in all probability It never would have been taken and the morale of the German people would have broken If the American troops had been more promptly despatched to France. He estimated on the basis of what happened when the American forces did arrive that victory could have been achieved by July, 1918, K the tonnage had been preserved. First Heal Decision. The navy department's first real decision as to participation Id the war, Admiral 81ms said, was contained in a cablegram to him 27 days after America entered the struggle. The intendmessageeaid the .department ed to send 29 destroyers, one tender and a mother ship to the British Isles and asked for minute information repossibility of obtaining garding the necessary-suppli- es at Berehaven. th base. probable "All of these plans should have been worked put long before we entered the war, said Admiral InBims, ef"and should have been placed fect, the day we entered the war. Invoked Aid of FagO. t "Admiral 81m aald that when' he found that hi own efforts to impress upon the navy department the ser- eioueneae of th situation inVoked Availing aid of the un-th- (Continued on page eight.) Stock Dividend a Decision Costs U. S. Half Billion W tsHIN OTO Y, March 19. The loos lo the (virfwarul as a recall of the Mprme coon's OwMos Occ taring stock dlvlrtcmla Mot taxable a Inontoo will be nearly half a bUlkm doBara. aocord I nm to an today by (bouaMoanr of Internal Revenue Roper. Mr. Roper said a haaty search Indicate tint Il.OOO.IM paid la 1917 and ItiB win have to be returned while the loss in nnooitect-r- d tales In 1919 will bo 9IOS.OOO.-90- 9 son. i Three distinct propositions to be considered by tbs joint board tre the union demands, th reported program of th railroad executives and , tbs suggestion mad by President WUeoo. Th first work of th Joint Colrd when permanently organised will b to deal with th demand foe a wags insad that for 1929 $200,099,909. crease by all rail workers which has Mr. Roprr raphadmi that call autos of the government's lorn are been before President Wilson and not official and that the looa might which wss th ubjct of negotiations bo found to be larger than now eo- - between the labor representatives and , lima led. Director General Hlnoa for a month immediately prior to .the termination ot federal controL As a basis for this discussion th board will have - the suggestion of Preaident Wilson that consideration should be given th advene in th cost of living and th re-laUonship of railroad labor pay to that In other lines of industry. Mr. Hines saw the president yester10. March WASHINGTON, and there wer reports that day The Allied governments will reHines would deliver1 a message to tbo the ceive no further loans from conference from th White House, but American government. Secretary there wa no confirmation. Houston announced today. Predicated on Revenue. Loans made to the Allies . to While declaring that they would Of date total $9,859,824,(49.94 enter negotiations, "with a spirit of railroad officials exthe ten billions Authorized by that any plained wage increase must and Houston said,' Mr, congress, bo predicated of course, on the revadvisable it was not deemed to, enue. they can gain through increased rates. It was evident tonight that . utilize the remainder of the auth' neither committee desired to allow . orization. the disputed questions to be taken from the joint board to the railroad labor board created by the transportation act, on which th public will have representation, it aucb could bo ' avoided. All the labor groups were said last night to have made their nominations to the railroad labor board, the three groups into which the 19 affili- - . ated organizations were divided by the Interstate commerce commission, ELKHART, Ind., March 10. being required to submit fhe names f -. carA government airplane mail a least two men from each group. The shop crafts, comprising the third rier, identified by marka on hia group, have chosen A. O. Wharton, clothing aa Lieutenant Clayton president of th railway employees Federa- - , Btoner, of Chicago, waa burned to. department of the B.American M. Jewell, who. death In his airplane when It fell tiou of Labor and been serving hlle Mr. Wharton has near-Ne- w Farls, Ind.,' about 10 on the wag adjustment board under a. m. today, Stoner probably behas been administration, the railroad rail- - , came lost in the mist and was acting president of the affiliated Spokesmen for th -road employees. seeking the Wabash railroad, two other groups refused to divulge which the rdall carriers follow the names of theif nominees but - daily In their to" over this flight probably will make them public -i . morrow. v section of the country. , America to Stop Loans to Allies El Ah; Mail Carrier Burned to Death 1 -- Proclaim Egypt. To be Independent . LONDON, &arch 10. Fifty- members of the Egyptian legislative, assembly recently met at ; the house of Said aglout " Pasha, a ho headed the Egyptian mission to the peace conference, and adopted a resolution pro-- 4 claiming the independence of . Egypt and the" Sudan, according-- to a dispatch from Cairo. two 7 akWhe Uak Sterling Rises to Higher -- Levels on N. Y. Exchange NEW YORK, March 19. Rates on demand bills for the English pound sterling opened today at 88.(8 cents above yesterdays dotior 4 ' 1 ng figures. During th first hour demand sterlthe highest rat ing rose to $3.79 since the slump of last month when it tell to 83.19. Demand sterling wa quoted at 1- -4 2. noonat 13.78. Reports to large goM im ports pending from London to the United States has added to the' strength of sterling exchange, bankers said, forcing a lot of short covering created recently when traders thought that the marge waa da for a relapse. . - |