| Show c A AND D UTAH STORM M ST Salt Lake lawyers Commence In Investigation i estl allon Into Whole of The Flit Case CaseTO 10 TO INVOKE FEDERAL AUTHORITY Jiter Widespread In Inter ten ter Frauds Francis Again Agala cst st President Telegraphs Cutler I JOSEPH GIVES LONG INTERVIEW 51 t Louis LoIS Paper raper Quotes Him as Saying That Tbt Went and Whereabouts Unknown ent David DovId K U Francis of ot the St SU Louis JouIS Purchase commission It II 1 eIther going to make mako it tropical for tOl certain gentleman or cleg cIe he ho Is Ii Those MB bIg 1 a I 1 with ith whom hom he ie is ts in communication soy ah ui at there Is I no flO element of blurt bluff In what hat bt ha hG G Is t doing On thu tho contrary they the that he means business Ills His iii jr Inquiries would th that t much Then he has tho the reputation cJ of doing when ho starts Martil out Among tho the telegrams he has liau sent pent to city l Is iii one asking lI a 0 friend to delg designate nate a 0 strong firm Onn of ot attorneys Tho Information asked n Jd for tor was given and anti now noli oY Mr Francis St Louis attorneys attorney hiv have taken tho the matter up with ft a 1 local law lw firm und and Jointly they propose to toe eee ee e If i It Is It 1 not possible to fasten a 0 case olse cf ef criminal libel on tho men mon who have hAvO ctt the names namos of President Fran Francis cis ria ct anti and other fair officials om with fraudulent nt work worl In the way of ot at ho tho issuance and sulo UIt of ribbon M In tt Violation of law and public morals Therefore within next few lelY divi v there Ih r should bo hn some omo Interesting If any any iiri tl lire ir made madeth ji dt th they jr will come como tinder federal authority that n wil II 11 probably bo ho brought Into re requisition in T the tho meantime thero there are Arenal teraI nal rt 11 m 1011 n members of the Leg who are aro Just juet a 1 little bit nerv flery CUB eu and an apprehensive as ns fl to the tho outcome fm 7 It 11 1 Is la I evident lIt tha t Salt Snit Lake Is III not lr It rity in 11 which thero Is 18 i Interest t li IJ ih th cost cnn St has been get Bet Bettin getting tin ting information and misinformation on the subject l For a 1 Ht lIt aper h to have hl 0 secured on all from 1010 Representative Harry HarlY delares de larel that thit Whitaker OOOO more mol titan limn fit ie was wa that thal his hi conduct of 01 affairs was waa under In III and that his ill whereabouts tere ere unknown nf if course no one ono seri serl seriously believes that Mr Joseph Joeph ever eer eert told t ld this tin wild tab Mr hItaker eun if his hi love lovo Is h not as nil warm arrn for the ther r from Utah as aB fl It might to i for tor orne come subject l of personal pariona adom lion Hon It IL Pimply hows ho how ho sensational awny from flOm home homo have got the snowball beaten to a n In ilk the ra ro o of rapid enlargement HAnny NOT harry Joseph Ph Is i not hot among those Iho n ho ha fer Ioen Iu nl arrest for tor criminal II It 11 Iti tel Ill The surely Burely he declared to the tho NOWa Nolis to It vl wn was Emitted to tho the whole committee u hy by till the committee mid lilli adopted Then It was sa adapted by th the tho house huke of ot r In jn open BOB eOR Be Eon and na V o became i II privileged 1 re ro port Tort i we wo did lid not state our ron or r ns Il facts fact but hut II true to 10 the bOil belt of ot our knowledge tn end and IM PIli p jP r COMMITTED Inta Inlo iri Mr thic th Josephs hn of ot l t which went scent Cory overy movement of t h e r In In ilk Ht Loul contained In that ll It fl not ot President i Who Introduced l the he to t hilt but Mr Page j ho hn M t I kl Mr tank hank Pago Inlo md rn t Ih thin bank with the Ule COI eoin Elue alII fl tl they n v agreed to call on I T w MM i i nt with iti a a tr Ir Self goj jut hut this the they broke broko after ilIA th 1 in the tho bank This ItI telegram h h quotes Mr lr 08 C h he had hd ar i Itt Is visitors anti nm cC I r meeting ru men no book hamul with him him and IS a Vage lie ho fran q I hell ei recognizing him liS n fl e of tho the ribbon con hIe 11 J who had been biu barred from Ome antI M whom he Ike was Wan a 1 milt 1111 It Tilt E TEn Mr tory atory of time tho meeting In III Is o t Wh he W got to St at Lonin we haIr With U U n a number of nf newspaper irti cl s on tIe the I ribbon business Wo Woof S e out OItt In the tho first to hunt the th I up halt h but Cut We Wf met toot Mr Me Mei arty ii of mt Ih lit Ht i 1 ous Star Itar who hud a i letter M r to Mr flundry from H It L I Cut Cill n rr r of t R tiIt i t Lake bon We e to him mInd nd thA ll 10 hill ng f amul exhibit exit Ii it in ti went to Ben Bes ee I Lange anti I They hey the Io t of th 1111 1 tin g nicely it over eC 11 railroad tracks and 10 hn end nd 11 ii til till W wo found foul 1 r tr Ihen In I t to nd the tho Utah build fi fir fr th r w found th Ih I time tho policeman nt at rt In tito tho inn and sov nev sovi se erl ernI r i i p opt Op i li n row ml there thero If It they thoy tho II ho IO I kp It Tho The gate DH Jato that tho the Chicago lit it king bought It II Ve e this thin was WM not so no R kd 18 n another policeman It If 1 i nurn Miller ha IRI we hat heard hall had bought the bUI n h Wild th In In the thet nl J hI department man worked We As AN Went over to thIs building look we ve Id I u Me It t n who vho wan I pur I v ho h xe boughs It om anti found n Mr hd 1 hn Murlo n c nt Rt whose that ho had to t gone ono t to IC Ihu thu York d y have Wo Vo o Ired l him thero there but never hover received any We hint then went over to tho tima man Ua nod the tho met reI Ie JI know Miller Miler but hut ho he Imo ome timber from the he Mil Milto Mu 1 e kIng titia company Wo We wont vent to ton li it bu but wo w found the they rot bus the m uW n We to 1 IH Ce then went vent e le who wan waa book bonk II tOky d 4 h to pee nee Mr taL oa I a at non anti give him tho the nm ALL IN fl WITH PAGE AB w e went un UI tho the treet we ww BM In n a I an Ito In open letter loter front from trOI Thou Thos Thol Page to ta President Pre Francis accusing Francis of being Implicated In n ribbon frauds fraud Wo We then ther thel called caled on Mr Page nt at his home borne und ld found him absent Just Junt Juntas as M Wu wo were leaving he stepped up anti and upon Mr Ir Stokey stating our mission ml lon hu hl h told toll of 01 tho tIme award ribbon frauds anti and that ho had had been selling nelling Boing these ribbons for tor a n commission end was WIS now publish publishing h hIn tag ing In the tho facts because he ho had not got the full Cull commission due duo him Ha Ito wanted UH UN 11 ful to meet Mr Humes of tho the award committee I 1 left at th the beginning of ot tin the conversation cLod was WI looking at a an award ribbon In the window of a f cigar store aloro next door when they called caled me over Oler and Introduced me 00 to Mr lr lage lale He lie tout told mo me how ho he and anI Homes Barnes were hooked loll up In the time business anti of ot alt all al their connections I 1 said sid I would go over to tho the Dem nl building where tho the ribbon concern was 11 doing business and try to buy a n prize prise WITHOUT INTRODUCTION So I 1 went and entered without In Introducing Introducing introducing myself The Tho boy In tho time of ot office fice fico fco Bald zaid to me Mr tho the thoman thoman theman man whom you yo want to see Bee U in out out 0 do I 1 replied I would like to procure some somo medals medal which Director General l r stated In his hie report ho he was entitled to for dividend paying mines The boy took tok out n a long list of awards made by b the tho fair What did Ild receive I asked He lie Ie look looked ed 41 1 Ion down the tho list hInt l t answered n n A sit sil sl ver medal nn Have they th y received It yet et l I asked No he ho replied they have not paid for It I 1 sent them thema a I circular telling I them for tor what they could coull have hlo them theta but wo so have had I no answer So I said paid wil iIii you kindly I put that down what they are entitled to I 1 Iam am urn 11 connected with another company which should have pot ot a ft prize the tho Carisa Copper Gold Mining company He lie looked over tho time lint and then gald No I 1 cannot find It but It Il may have been beon In iii collaborated exhibit exhibit or Halt Bait falt Lake Lako ake mining WANTED A mOnON ii Well Vell I mo me 10 n oRle anic k like Wol to get a n ribbon that would show that thA Carin Carila company received a fl agold 1 of ot collaborated gold cold medal us part ed eti exhibit and he said Well Vell Ill show you OU how that Is done Ilone He Ito Jo then took out a showing that one Brown Shoe company had lil received a Brand gramli prize ribbon I sOld said Just what I want ant something that will help to advertise e our stock He lIe le wi assured assumed me le that tho the ribbons were genuine and amid had harthe the out 01 cial signature of at Francis anti and that he paid pall sr ar 3 vet per pel cent Cent commission to the Worlds World Fair company on the rib ribbons bonn bons I 1 told him hll to write a 1 letter leter to B I II iII 11 II Mead Menu secretary of the Carisa MIn MInIng Mm Ing lag I company offering a n sold gold ROII medal ad addressed ld addressed dressed sed to Ball Hal Lake City CI Utah The Tho clerk replied d Alright sir and andI I 1 came away awa without giving him him my m name namo The name of ot the clerk was Se Another gentleman was Wil In 11 the tho afire ono at atthe atthe atthe the same time and helped hel od to show tha th samples I When I returned to tho the other com cam commissioners commissioners missioners Representative hall had secured Kleins l affidavit In tho the Shinier matter and lie ho went over oer to the tue ribbon office and arranged for a prize for tor the thin Park City Superior mine mil Mr Page offered to take us un ni down and show us a 1 grand prize he had sold soll for JM nO OO to a local loca firm and nd he I did FO sti FOWe We a nw w several other prizes 1 town WITH Mr Ia Pg n took bk us tul t the tha th Third National bank timid lii Introduced us to toMI Mr MI He lie was WIS a h very ery elegant gen gem and said ho he had a soft spot In lu i ihil hil heart for Utah as ns the tho people hero heto him well when he had bud hiI been h b eu en here bere hereon on a U hunting trip We Wo spoke to him of the Investigation that hat woe was WI going on oil and In tho the midst of ot It In walked milked a gentleman whom Mr Page Introduced to us tie U ns ma lS Gov Francis I I 1 said Im Im glad to nee mice you OU and then ho lie turned away to talk to President Rut Hut Huttig tig tG That was the last ye we saw of ot him except his hl back which ho he was carrying away with him as ns fast tilt as ns he ho could caul Mr noticed 11 tho the abrupt leav leaving lug ing and turned to apologise to us Wo We Wethen then left lett time the bank and III discussed the th proposition of ot Mr Insult and came Caine to tho the conclusion that he lie WM wan W not very ery anxious to see Hee us tin Wo Ve talked It over and I 1 said sall theres therol time the biggest money ioney making scheme ever perpetrated It I heats beats raining mining nil all nl to pieces Then we called on Colin Cohn Coln M Self Relf who had bad left lef hlA lii card nt at out our headquarters uter and we ve had expected that he ho would In Introduce introduce us to President Francis After this thin happened however we made up our minds to po go ro to him huh and tell tIl him wo we did 1111 not care to meet mett tho the gentleman We e como away from Bt St Louis LOlis feel feelIng lug Ing hll that representatives tram vei of ot a n sovereign state like Utah should have been moro morn courteously treated by one who was Vil willing to allow alow the tho state to spend In St Rt lull FRANCIS TO CUTLER The Tho decision of President Francis Francin to follow un tin lP the mutter matter of ot tho the report Is II contained In the following telegram to lay Gov 00 Cutler Cuter received last night lion Hon J 1 P C Cutler Governor of Utah I and Chairman Utah Commission No reply to hI my IY of ot March 21 Is quoted here hor ns eu defending his bin hl failure allure to rail mil on ou me inc by h saying ho met mo moo In Third National bank Upon Inquiry I lenin learn today toda there thero were several leverl gentlemen In his President President dent office train from whom I asked him to excuse himself a I moment I hail had short talk with and Ind left lef He Ito le told mo me ln today tOIa they the were vero mem mom bern b f lt of f the Legislative committee hut but that ho did not Introduce me ns as ni they hall hail called upon him solely to Investigate gate bank account of ot Utah commis cummis commission 1 1 sion slon My y recollection was wAn that I 1 was wn Introduced to several men meu but did not hear Mar their names and their Identity was Wil not nt known to me tile I remember that ono one oneat of at the tho unity party called caled mo me 10 by b Mme maine anti shook hands before lefore I 1 recognized him himlie Ha lie Page voluntarily told toll me le his bin name was IS 1 Or I then recoiled recalled r him him an na a 1 discharged of or award all ribbons concession nire Ha lie II huts has been loii denied to lily inv office atTire Cor or two months amii I 1 shah have havo him hin hi prosecuted 11 If there Is In any law to roach reach him bUn ns ni mm I 1 have havn finally os en s 1 proof Iroll In ono Instance of t hIl having ribbons to purchaser not entitled thereto to NOT INTRODUCED BY RV I I should hoult have expected that thata a I committee WOH In iii II the com coin company 01 pony pany of Pug PURI says soya committee did thu not hot ask to see ceo me hile and 1111 lie he Ie did not Introduce inn Inc 10 to them because o he saw SI IO hurry end supposed they I 1 was ns In a It 1 would call ni nt at my m office olle If jf desirous of ot Conferring woul with whim mo me officially I object to subcommittees report being on re rc records records cords lords of your our Legislature und mud request that you Ou demand for or mo me the expunging of as ns it it contains charges and il In Insinuations against myself nun other exposition officials which aro wholly hol c w alne tal e and libelous If the report Is I not miot a n privileged com coin communication I I shall hall take tako steps to toun pun Vun Ish ishi Us its author Have Ino Instructed my nt mit Is here to submit entire matter to attorney there thereDA DA DAVID VIP n II FRANcIS THE TIE GOVERNORS REPLY nErry Gov Cutler wired n a I reply to this thIn telegram Cuter stating that the Legislature had adjourned and anti acknowledging re me receipt T of both hoth telegrams Later ho he ro re received another short hort from President Fronds Francis thanking him for tor his |
