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Show THfc Augustus TELEGRAPHIC TALES FOR BUST READERS Lukeman of New York has been employed as the sculptor of the Stone Mountain Confederate memorial. It was announced at Atlanta, Ga., by the executive committee. He euceceds Gutzon Borglum, who was discharged some weeks ago. Walter Biskup, 15, a caddy was in circuit $6000 damages court at St. Louis for Impaired sight in his right eye sustained when be was struck by i ball on a suburban Important Events of th Last Stvon golf course July 4, 1922. The judgment wae returned against George Days Reported by Wire and PreBluemnyer, club member, and Homer pared for the Benefit of the Hoffman, hts guest, for whom the Busy Reader A RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS IN THIS AND OTHER COUNTRIES WESTERN A second expedlion into the unknown ration of British Columbia lying north of the Striklne river, included within which is the mysterious of the far north, "Tropical valley will leave Vancouver, B. C., the latter part of the month headed by George Platxzer, a prospector. He is backed by wealthy Americans, one of whom is expected to reach Vancouver in time to accompany the expedition by airplane, it Is said. More than $500,000 in gold was stolen from the deep mines of California during the past year, Governor Friend W. Richardson announced In singing a "high grading bill similar to an act In effect In Colorado. The measure Is designed to throw greater safeguards around ore and provides a direct law under which mine thefts may be prosecuted. last year at this time. $15,-00- two-maste- d e d heavvwelght wrestling title by Stanislaus Zbyszko Is confined to a hotel bed In Philadelphia, Pa with tonsolltis and Influenza. Gabe Kaufman, his manager, said that all wrestling engagements have been cancelled. The Utah Power & Light company has applied to the federal power commission for a license for Its constructed Olmsted power plant on Provo river in Utah county. The primary capacity of this plant is approximately 6500 horsepower. This power Is being used for public utility purposes. The Utah Light & Traction company have applied for a joint license for their constructed stairs power plant on Big Cottonwood creek in Salt Lake county, which also is being used for public utility purposes Must Accept His Increase in Salary d are, according to the report, that the tery. flood stage of the river this year will A square meal was the sentence Imbe very moderate, though it Is too posed by Municipal Judge Sullivan early to forecast accurately the sum- at Chicago, on eleven men charged mer and fall flow. taring near a restaurant, enjoying Charging that there was a conspir- free aromas. The judge ordered a acy In one Denver precinct In favor with vagrancy, after being found taken from court attendof Juvenile Judge Ben B. Lindsey, to ants finance the meal. E. M. Sabin, representing Royal R. is who Graham, Echoes of the Russian revolution contesting Judge Lindsey's election last fall, made a were heard in the supreme court of motion before District Judge Julian New York at the opening of the trial II. Moore that the entire precinct be in the suit brought by the Prince Fethrown out and the vote In it disre- lix Yousssoupoff, one of the most garded. picturesque figures of prerevolutionary Petrograd, to recover from Joscam$200,000 newspaper advertising E. Widener of Philadelphia two eph to tea designed popularize paign Rembrandt paintings worth between drinking on the Pacific coust will be launched at Los Angeles next year $750,000 and $1,000,000. by tea growers of India and Ceylon FOREIGN It was announced by T. T. Trueman The permission granted the explorof Calcutta, representative of Indian Donald B. MacMillan, by the Daner tea interests. ish government, it was stated comAn efficiency test, conducted by prises the right to visit and photoemployees of the Atchison, Topeka graph the old Viking settlement in A Santa Fe railway, near Verdemont, western Greenland. The explorer, pine miles east of San Bernardlon, is prohibited from making excavaCal., resulted in the spreading of a tions or removing matters of ethnolreport that an express ogical interest. tiain, running from Los Angeles to Many persons were killed and inPhoenix, Ariz., had been held up jured at Sofia, Bulgaria, by the exthere. plosion of an infernal machine in the W. H. Silvertooth of Prairie City, cathedral during the funeral services Ore., has a tale of a lamb with one of General Georghieff, who was murhead and two bodies, and he shows dered recently. the stuffed skin of the freak as proof A Norwegian woman The animal he said, was born on the of science, ranch of Mrs. L. Austin of Austin, Professor Dr. Christine Bounevie, Ore. It has one head, three eyes, claims to have evolved a method to three ears, two bodies and eight determine by means of fingerprints legs. The extra ear and eye are at the identity of the father of a child the back of an otherwise normal in cases of doubtful parentage. She bead, and the two bodies Join at the asserts that certain characteristics forequarters. invariably recur in the fingerprints Ml of individual families. ; GENERAL Grettir Algarsson, the young BritA study by treasury officials of the ish Columbian explorer, who plans of the government's paper problem to make a dash to the north pole by money expense has led to the tentaRoald Amutive conclusion that the public Is be- airship, racing Captain ndsens airplane expedition has arrivmore with denominations ing supplied at Liverpool, England, and is In the various kinds of such money ed the blimp to be used by his awaiting than it needs. party. The day of the start has been Western railroads may join In ask- postponed from May 1 to May 3, but ing federal court relief by Injunction Algarsson is still confident of reachagainst the Interstate commerce com- ing the pole before Amundsen. mission from present freight rates in Gerhart Hauptmann, the German the northwest, F. W, Sargent, general solicitor of the Chicago & Northwest- poet has just completed the festival ern railroad, Indicated at the annual play which will be given at Munich, stockholders meeting of the road, Bavaria, on May 6 and 7 at the opening of the German museum. The being held at Chicago. music for the play has been written Importers of southern Idaho, thru by Herman Zilcher, a professor at the 6. E. Brady of Pocatello, recently ap- Munich Musical college. More than pealed to Congressman Smith to have 2000 persons from all parts of the Pocatello designated a port of entry, world have been Invited to attend the through which goods from abroad opening of the museum. may pass to the distributors of Idaho. At present Great Falls is the Reports have been received at port of entry for both Idaho and Managua, Nicaragua, from Honduras Montana and Salt Lake City Is port that General Gregorio Ferrera, with 800 followers, has started a revolufor Utah and Nevada. movement and that the govVayne (Big) Munn, who was shorn tionary ernment has declared martial law. of Ins world's east-boun- MANY Here is an portrait of Henry St. George Tucker, Democrat, of Lexington, who represents the Tenth Virginia district In the nationwas caddying. boy al house. He declined to accept the Jack Dempsey, prizefighter, and $2,500 Increase in salary which confilm actor, his actress wife, Estelle gress at the last session voted to give itself. Doubtless he felt a hit loneTaylor Dempsey, and Jack McDersome, for so far as known only seven mott, the champions director, are to other members of the house and no make an extended tour of England senators turned down the Increase. France and Germany, It was anoun-ceAnd his refusal was all in vain, for at Los Angeles with the issuance Comptroller General McCarl ruled that of passports to Dempsey and Mcthe increase must be accepted. Dermott. The salary bill increased the salAt the New York race track Mrs. aries of members of congress from Ada G. Wells lost all her money and The cabinet mem$7,700 to $10,000. all she could get from relatives, but bers were raised from $12,000 to in a legal acticn she has recovered also the vice president and the $7865 from Philip S. Abrahams, the speaker of the house. The bill was bookmaker who she said took her passed without a roll call In either chamber. The President hesitated a bets. bit over signing It, but did sign Uncle Sams rum chasers added Of with restrained enthusiasm." $250,000 to the value of recent liquor course many members voted against the bill and nearly all the representatives seizures in the vicinity of New York managed to get Into the Congressional Record with an explanation of their with the capture of the vole. Johnson of Kentucky casually remarked that at the salary of $7,500 the British ton ninety-fivauxiliary only ones who could afford to go to congress were those who could draw upon schooner Madeline Adams, twenty their private resources and those who were incapable of earning anything at miles off the coast. home. A man has circumstances, across his lap Ogden Persons A inesasge reaching Pekin from the China inland mission says that the Brutish Missionary Tomkinson, who was held as hostage for the safety of the town of Shenkiu, in the provinc of Honan, has been released. King Boris of Bulgaria has a narrow escape from death at the hands of alleged communists, while General Gheorghieff, one of the leaders In the movement which overthrew the Stamboulisky government In 192o was killed In the streets of Sofia. Mumtaz Begum, the former dancing girl favorite of the Maharaja of Indore, receives a lakh (10.000) of rupees from the state of the merchant Abdul Kadlr Baula, under a ruling handed down by the high court at Bombay News Notes From All Parts of UTAH tlROMlKENlPPlj: awarded a right under certain to place his wife and spank her, Judge ruled in superior court at Moultrie, Ga., when he directed a verdict of not guilty in the case of Fred Bannister, a young farmer, inIndications dicted on a charge of assault and bat- The pack of snow along the Colorado river and Its tributaries In Colorado Is but little more than 80 per cent of normal states a report issued by the statistical department of the bureau of reclamation at Yuma, Ariz. It Is decidedly less than was reported SAUNA SUN. SALINA, UTAH Woodlock Given Recess Appointment President Coolldge has given a recess appointment to Thomas F. Wood-loc- k of New York to be a member of the Interstate commerce commission, following refusal of the senate to con-filthe nomination. Woodlock will he obliged to serve without pay until December. At that time, If his appointment Is approved by the senate, he nmy be granted back pay. If he Is rejected again he will have no claim for remuneration. Mr. Woodlock is a opposition to Mr. WooSTock, ns puo-llcl- y expressed by the Democrats, is due to the fact that they felt the South should he represented In the particular vacancy of the commission being filled. The President offered it to two men In the South who declined for prixate business reasons. Having tried the South and having also rend the statute which does not specifically hind Mr. Coolldge to pick a man from the South, the President went ahead with the appointment of Mr Woodlock. There are other things besides southern representation involved In the controxersy. Mr. Woodlock has been a financial writer in Nexv York, and has spent a good deal of time in Wall Street. The Democrats think he will naturally relied the viexvs of the financial and railroad world rather than the shippers and farmers. m Leiter Grandchild Becomes Baroness International marriages bring about odd things. Mary Irene, eldest daughter of the late Lord Curzon, and granddaughter of Lexl Z. Leiter, Chicago merchant, Inherits the baronies of Scarsdale and Raxendale and becomes a baroness through the death of her father. She Is a daughter of Mary Leiter, whom Lord Curzon married In Washington in 1895 when he was parliamentary secretary to the He later became British embassy. viceroy of India and his wife the vicereine. She died in 1900. By the marriage settlement draxvn in Chicago, Lord Curzon and his bride were provided with an Income of $200,000 a year. Once Lord Curzon and his wifes relatives had a dispute over $10,700. , JoIn June, 1923, his seph Leiter, was made defendant in a suit seeking to remove him as one of the trustees of Levi Letters estate. The suit was started by Leiters sister, Lady Marguerite, widow of the earl of Suffolk, but it later was settled. Joseph Leiter once failed to corner the wheat market In a crash Involving millions, occasional echoes of which are still heard. In the meantime Joseph Leiter and several employees are under Indictment In Massachusetts under charges of Volstead act violations. brother-in-law- Secretary Mellons Treasury Changes Patriotism must be responsible for the filling of the post of secretary of the treasury by a man like Andrew V.. Mellon (portrait herewith), who is one of the xery rich men of the xxorld and gets more criticism and abuse than salary. With the coming of Lincoln Andrews to succeed Assistant Secretary Eliot Wudsxvorth, a general realignment of duties is being made among the secretary's assistants Undersecretary Winston will become secretary of the World war foreign debt commission, and will have Jurisdiction in handling all foreign debt matters, two functions carried on These will he In by Mr. Wadsworth. addition to the regular duties assigned to the undersecretarys oflli-e- . Assistant Secretary Dexxey will superxise all railroad loan questions, heretofore under control of Sir. Wads-xvortIn addition to his duties as as slstant secretary In charge of fiscal affairs. Assistant Secretary Moss will be relieved of Jurisdiction over the internal revenue bureau, which will be given to Mr. Andrews. Sir. Moss, however, will retain supervision over the bureau's prohibition unit, thus keeping enforcement efforts centered In one office, xxhich will continue in charge of the division of customs and the coast guard, both of which are active In the prohibition program. Mr. Andrews, In addition to the internal rexenue bureau, which usually Is Job, probably will be given charge of the supervising regarded as a one-ma- n architect's office also, together with continued control over the public health service ARM AMONG OFFICERS DEAD; 200 ARE IN LI8T OF BiaraiaraBfaiaiBiafe!ia,aiarafEaiiaRaraiai5refi8iaraia Pleasant. Alta Simpson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simpson, died from cholera in fantum, thought to have been brought on by dyea used in coloring Easter King Boris Rushes to Scene; Prison eggs. Direetor le Stain in Streets; Nationwide Martial Law is Provo. An open meeting of the Proclaimed court of honor of the Boys Scouts of the Timpanogos district will be held fn the Utah stake tabernacle Thursday, May 14, acording to an announceLatest figures Safia, Bulgaria. ment made by officials of the court. 140 persons, including show that twenty women and ten children, were The meeting designed to acquaint the killed in the explosion of an infer-ne- l people of Provo and vicinity with the machine in the Cathedral of progress made by the local scouts Krai Sveti during the funeral of Gen- within recent years and to encourage eral Georghieff. Six generals and them in their work. thirty other officers were among Salt Lake City. A catalog of courthose killed. ses for the University of Utah sumSofia is now in a state of ferment mer school courses has just been Isthe greatest excitement prevailing. The sued at the state institution. Martial law has been proclaimed school will open June 10 and close throughout the country, while the August 28. Dean Milton Bennion of military authorities have ordered a the school of education will be direccurfew established, the Btreets to be tor of the school. The school will cleared at 7:30 p. m. have a twofold purpose In that it Although all the members of the will enable the teachers of the state government were present at the fun- to fit themselves for the obtaining of eral service in the cathedral, none higher certificates and students who was seriously injured. Premier f desire to use the summer months for was one of those injured. the working off of their group reGeneral Georghieff, whose funeral quirements or taking master degree was being held when the explosion work will be enabled to do so. occurred, was assassinated in the H. D. Bayles and eightParowan. street here. The assassination closely followed an attempt upon the life een other farmers and ranchers livof King Boris as he was motoring ing near Parowan, Iron county, hav near Sofia. petitioned the public utilities commission of Utah for an order permitting The bomb was apparently detonated by clockwork mechanism. It had the construction of a power transbeen concealed under the roof In the mission line from Parowan to their southern part of the cathedral, and farms, so that they might use power spent most of Its force upon the created by the municipality of Parowan to pump irrigation water for crowd in that part of the edifice. In addition to the large number of their lands. fatalities, it is estimated that about Ogden. Ogdens mayor, members 200 persons were wounded. Upon of the city commission, bankers, learning of the disaster the king im- storekeepers, business and profesmediately went to the scene. sional men, and the rank and file of The director of the central prison baseball supporters are overwhelwas assassinated in the street here, in favor of at least one coast mingly but otherwise there were no baseball game In Ogden each league in either Sofia or the provinweek. They believe it will solve th ces. perplexities of the game which have Passengers on trains are being arisen here each year through Ogden searched rigorously. Citizens are enjoining in a league. rolling and forming patrols to mainSalt Lake City. Subject to approvtain order under the direction of the al by the state racing commission, war minister, General Voulkoff. which may not begin to function until Farmers Will Meet In Kansas City the law creating it becomes effecKansas City. An attempt to unite tive, May 11, the state fair board acall middle western farm organizations cepted terms offered by Fred Dohn-Keon a program calculated to insure and W. P. Kyne, covering the farmers a profit on their products racing privileges at the state fair will he made at a meeting in Des grounds for the next ten years. Moines, la.. May 12. The meeting Provo. The police of Provo are was called by directors of the Farmvandals who ers Cooperative and Educational searching for the in Provo havoc the Union of America, which concluded cemetery. wrought sevto a According police investigation here. Invitations meeting to attend the conference at Des eral hundred dollars' worth of propMoines will go to all important farm erty was destroped. In several cases the headstones were mashed to pieces organizations in the Dakotas, Minnesby the marauders. ota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas Oklahoma, Misosuri, Illinois and Indiana, it Logan. A survey of snow condiwas announced. tions along the entire Logan river watershed has just been completed by Wills Five Dollars to Wife Los Angeles. Five dollars to his the Utah experiment station, and the result as a whole is not so satisfacwife, Fredia, and more than $200,000 to James A. Watt, described simply tory as had been hoped for, judged as a friend, are among the bequests from the initial survey at the lower, or Spring Hollow, station on its three noted in the will, filed for probate, measurement levels, it is said. of Henry G. Voeckell, eccentric drug store proprietor, who was murdered Ogden. E. P. Ellison of Kaysville, in his shop here last month. hairman of the executive committee of Voeckell8 estate of the board of directors of the Na$350,000 goes to his son, Charles Voeckell. tional Bank of Commerce has filed Voeckell was found beaten to death suit in the Second district court behind a counter in the shop. against thirteen of his associates and former associates in the bank to re Copper Chiefs Daughter Weds quire them to pay him their proporNew York Dorothy Kelley, formerly of Butte, Mont., and the daughter tion of $65,000, which Mr. Ellison alof Cornelius F. Kelley, president of leges he advanced April 29, 1921, to ieep the bank from liquidation. the Anaconda Copper Mining comwas pany, married by Cardinal Hayes H. C. Davis of Delta, Colo., is apin St. Patricks cathedral to Henry plying to the public utilities commisThe couple re- sion of Utah for permission to operDonnelly Keresey. ceived 300 guests in a hotel after the ate an automobile r freight and ceremony and a wedding breakfast line between Vernal and Grand was served under a canopy of red Junction, Colo. He proposes a $10 rambler roses. passenger fare and $1.25 a hundred freight rate. Fire Leaves Many Homeless Warsaw. The little town of Ryki, Salt Lake City. The state road near Lublin, was nearly wiped out commission has received from Sanby fire. Two hundred stores with pete county a check for $3000 to covtheir stocks, were destroyed and 257 er preliminary engineering expenses houses were burned, only sixty-onn conection with the proposed highremaining. More than 3200 persons Chester and Mount way between are homeless. Ryki was visited by a Pleasant. Davis county has also forsimilar disaster in 1922, when 137 warded $500, which is an advance housese were destroyed by fire. on its 1925 state road tax revenue. Gasoline Bootlegging Salt Lake City. Quarterly receipts St. Louis. Otto Weisert, drix'er (or the secretary of states office for for the Perfect Motor Fuel company the first three months of the present of East St. Louis, 111., was arrested year amounted to $549,546.44, of by state oil Inspector Robert Hanna which $397,177.48 was from the gason a charge of bootlegging gasoline. oline sales tax. General fees were The arrest was the first of the kind $7045.75 and corporation taxes, since the Missouri law imposing a 64. The figures exceed those for road tax on gasoline the correspouding quarter of last Mt. INJURED Tsan-kof- distal-lienee'- s n two-da- y One-thir- d pass-snge- e $9,-16- 6. became effective. year. Sued For Excess War Profits Philadelpria, Pa. Suit for the by the government of $11,000,-)0- 0 to $15,000,000 from the Bethlehem Steel Interests for alleged overpayments for war construction work was ntered in the United States district 'ourt. The defendants named In the ictlon by the government are the Bethlehem Steel corporation. Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation. Ltd., Bethlehem Steel company, the Fore River Shipbuilding corporation and he Union Iron Works company. Salt Lake City.-rCo- al production of Utah last month was 301,977 tons, It sas reported by B. II. Dyer, district engineer, United States Bureau of n mines. The total, which includes of mines on the railroad only, jompares with 300,640 tons for Feb-uar- y and 259583 tons for March. 924. Figures for March in preceed-nyears were 338,801 tons in 1921, 434,022 tons In 1922, 284 573 tons in 1921 and 527,606 tons in 1920. The year 1920 as of great industrial activity. The coal strike of 1922 was called in April. . pro-luctio- g |