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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER, HYRUM. UTAH 013 Letters Throw New Ltohi ofWashington and Franklin almost in wrecking the struggling cause . succeeded LAST - - - hi ( W hav not a word of News, nor Nnt!th nS 11164 1 know ot worth your XCept that thl8 Country will heJ aSLE3Tple 1 hope t0 the rest of ount! lermS ate8 by sendln her full Troops, and raising as much th People can hear. If all rL? the re.st d0, 80 we may once again meet fU countenances and Cheerful Hearts rebnr' M William Stabble, aged 8, was killed BE FOUND TO PUT WEAPONS AT THE DISPOSAL OF OWNERS. Serbia.1 The number of rabies cases handled now by the state bacteriologist average two a day, compared with two a week last September. Fred P. Rightly, aged 54 years, veteran traveling salesman, was found dead in a Salt Lake hotel on Sunday, from rheumatism of the heart. A lone robber entered a Salt Lake saloon in broad daynight, struck the bartender senseless and escaped with $3,000. No arrests have been made. David Morrison, aged 24, was instantly killed at Castle Gate by a runaway trip of mine team cars on the Utah Fuel company coal tram- Enemies ; STATE NEWS at Salt Lake when he was run down by an automobile. A group of prominent Salt Lake women are making efforts to provide for the unfortunate war victims in NAY WILL on American RevoluLioa year during the In Philadelphia, week some descendants of Robert Morris, the financier of the Revolution, worked their way to an unused attic. Having decided to dispose of an old desk, curiosity caused them to search Its drawers, with the result that a pile of yellow and faded letters, written by the men who created the nation, was uncovered. A glance through them showed their great importance, says Joseph Jackson in the Public Ledger. A reading of some of the letters shows that there will have to be a rearrangement of values of some of the leading characters of the Revolution. In the letters we see how cabals and Intrigues and backbiting ranged through the whole governing and official classes. Washingtons place as commander-in-chief was resented by some, Franklin was alleged by his companions In France to be too old and too indolent, one who should be sent home. Congress was removed to Baltimore before there Was any necessity for the change, and the delegates murmured at being compelled to live In a town where there were such poor accommodations. Morris evidently was regarded as the true friend of both Washington and Franklin, and to him came the tales of the intrigues against them and how the fate of the war hung in the balance for a time, for had Washington been deprived of his command the whole campaign would have been thrown into confusion and Into the arms of the British commander. Had Franklin been removed from France at the instigation of his companions, the support that eventually made the nation free would have been withheld. It Is very well known, of course, that John Adams had declared that he was sick of the Fabian system and that he thanked God that It was another and not Washington that received the glory for the Saratoga convention. But, In a- letter written by Benjamin Harrison, one of the signers of the Declaration, under date of Williamsburg, Va., December 18, 1777, It is found that both Samuel and John Adams were in league to get rid Of The R. H. L. noted Washington. in the letter is, of course, Richard Henry Lee. We have a story circulating here, Harrison wrote, that there has been a motion made In Congress to divide the command of the army and- that R. H. L. was at the bottom of It. It makes much noise, and If true, will effectually do his business. We are also Informed that Genl. Washingtons character has been attackd publicly by S. & J. Adams, and that the Genl. has been so informd. Your being sent to me Camp some reason to feat that thesegives reports niay be true, and that my Friend resents such treatment, Iworthy know his Value & would not loose him. If we do, America will It by the loss of her Liberty. repent The Confederation is unanimously agreed to by both Branches of the Legislature. There is one part of it I confess I couldnt have wishd to have alterd, which gives the Congress power of regulating the Trades, and of course granting a monopoly of the whole, or any part of It to any Nations it pleases, tho some of our connoisseurs say they have no such power, there being no express grant of it, which they say is necessary to constitute the right, and that It cant be obtained by Implication. I shall be glad of your opinion on the matter. The Men of War still keep us Blocked up and I dare say will do so all the Winter, In which case many Vessels will rot with their Loads in them, and yours amongst the Rest, and y Ships I fear will share the same on the stocks, which 5" will be a most deadly stroke to me. If they do 11 w111 be on fh Bcct i,Wlnter of rlgate at Baltimore which they seem determined not to let proceed to UTAH Enforced Idleness of American Mer chant Fleet Viewed With Diiqule-tudand Government May Take a Hand. e, way. benjamin franklin Sj It gives one great pain to be certainly informd that there are . some In the Senate who dislike our General. I have long suspected it, nay, I something more than suspect It, but had my hopes that his continued Labours and the. situation lie has ever been In, of always being Inferior to the Enemy In numbers, and his men In want of every necessary, circumstances well known In Congress, would In the end have made every man his friend, and have satisfied them that more than he has done would not have been done by any man, and that we have no one that could In any degree have equald him; I am as confident of this as I am of my existence that the favorite of the day Charles Lee? Is as far inferior to him, as he Is Inferior to any officer in the army, and this truth America will experience to her cost, if ever he should be placed at the head of her armies. Certain I am of one thing, that If this measure takes place a great part of the strength of this Country will be immediately taken off. The General Is fully informd of all these Cabals, they prey on his Constitution, sink his Spirits, and will in the end I fear prove fatal to him. If this should be the case excuse me for once more repeating It, America will loose perhaps her only prop. He well knows bad consequences would follow his resignation, or he would not leave It in the power of the wicked and designing, thus to insult him. With a few words more 1 shall finish this painful Subject, Be Ware of Your Board of War. I am truly sorry for the conduct of your brother, and the disagreeable Scrape he has brot you Into, tho it certainly can not operate to your disadvantage with thinking men. If you should be under the disagreeable necessity of removing your family this way, and you think I can in any Manner be Serviceable to them, I beg you will command me without reserve; and I think on this occasion you should not depend too much on what you expect Providence will do for us. Such Enthusiasm Is very commendable in the Statesman, but may be carried too far In the Husband and Father. Let me earnestly recommend the Immediate removal of your Family for It is my opinion Gen. Howe will open the Campaign by the first of April well knowing that our recruits cant join the army till May, in which case our Worthy General will once more be Induced to the mortifying necessity of retreating. There are several letters by William Hooper, one of the North Carolina delegation, In which one gets the idea that, more than even moderns do, the country then believed Its fate depended upon the efforts of Washington as commander In chief, and that to change horses or to divide responsibility with another commander would be fatal to the American cause. Three letters from Franklin, two of them written while the philosopher was in France, give a very comprehensive view of the difficulties he encountered through the jealousy of his companions. The first letter is dated at Paris, December 21, 1777, and shows that harmony was lacking among the American ministers sent there by congress. I remember that long before I was ordered here, he wrote, you did me the Honour to say, you should not dislike being sent to France with me. Since being here, I have frequently wishd that Appointment had taken place. I think I should have passd my time more comfortably. We are now five of us in this City, all honest and Capable Men (If I may Include myself In that Description) and all mean Georye Washington ing well for the Public, but our Tempers do not suit, and we are got into Disputes and Contentions that are not to our Credit, and which I have sometimes feared would go to Extremes. You know the natural Disposition of some of us, how jealous, how captious, how suspicious even of real Friends, and how positive, after suspecting a while, that the Suspicions are certain Truths, Confirmations strong as Proofs from Holy Writ. You will, therefore, I am persuaded, if Complaints of one another should come to your hands, make due Allowance for such Tempers, and suffer no Man to be condemnd unheard, I do not write thus on my own Account, as I am not apprehensive of your receiving any Complaints of me; for tho It is difficult to live in peace with such Characters, how much soever one esteems them for the Virtue and Abilities they otherwise possess, I have, however, done It tolerably hitherto; but as I am not sure it can last, I wish most sincerely that we were separated ; for our being together seems of no Use, and, as we hinted formerly in a joint Letter, is attended with many incon venlences. Such Inconveniences being formerly experienced by other States, I suppose the Reason, that no Power in Europe, for a Century past, has sent more than one Person to one Court, Possibly this desirable Event may soon take place, for If France & Spain acknowledge us as Independent States, the other Courts will follow, and receive our Envoys. I have the Pleasure to assure you, that all Europe is of our side except the King of England and his Placemen and Pensioners, Contractors affd There is, however, a furious Ferment In his Parliament about his Measures, and if you could be fortunate enough to treat Howe as you have done Burgoyne, he would be In danger of the old House falling on his Head.' In the next letter, which Is dated from Passy, June 3, 1780, Franklin ex presses himself upon the subject of free ships and free goods. What he had to say must be Illuminating in the present European struggle and Its effect upon neutral commerce of the world. We are Impatient to hear from America, no Accounts of the Operations before Charlestown later than the 9th of March having yet came to hand. Everything here In Europe continues to wear a good Face. Russia, Sweden, Denmark and Holland are raising a strong Naval Force, to establish the free Navigation for Neutral Ships, and of all their Cargoes, tho belonging to Enemies, except conIs, military Stores. "France and Spain have approved of it, and It is likely to become henceforth the Law of Nations, that free Ships make free Goods. England does not like this Confederacy. I wish they would extend It still further, and ordain that unarmd Trading Ships, as well as Fishermen, and . Farmers, should be respected, as working for the common Benefit of Mankind, and never be interrupted In their Operations even by national Enemies, but let those only fight with one another whose Trade It is, and who are armed and paid for the purpose. The last Franklin Item consists of a contemporary copy of a letter In cipher to Franklin acquainting him that Congress had passed a resolution expressing the sense of that body that he was not exerting himself with the Government of France In a manner to benefit America. On this Franklin added a line to Morris, saying, I need not tell traband; that you that Messrs, Lee, Ac., are among the foremost to make these Washington. Shipowners who have been holding their vessels in port because of inability to obtain guns for defense against submarines, probably will have their difficulties solved in a few days. Strong intimations were given In official quarters that, while the government will not actually arm merchant craft or even formally advise arming, a way will be found to put weapons at the disposal of owners who desire to prepare for defense against Illegal attack. The enforced idleness of the American merchant fleet is being viewed with growing disquietude, and the general view here is that not only the export trade, but the nations standing before the world demands that American vessels continue to ply the high seas without regard to the German proclamation which the government has repudiated with the most severe means in its power short of war. . The Second squadron of Utah cavalry, now on border service at Nogales, Ariz., will entrain for Salt Lake within a few days, after nearly eight months of duty. According to information received by state officials, the Sevier Land & Water company, which has 3,000 acres In its project in the Millard basin, is rushing work at this time. Through consolidation with eastern interests, the General Roofing Manufacturing company of Ogden has become part of a $25,000,000 paint and roofing manufacturing merger. A mass meeting called for the purpose of protesting against this country entering into war with Germany was held February 9 at Salt Lake under the auspices of the Socialist party. The continued mild weather has much to do with a decided improvement in the coal situation, of Salt Lake. Dealers and producers nlike claim that all fears of a coal famine have disappeared. B. Vanderschuit was shot by his wife at their residence in Price and is not expected to survive. Friends state the couple has had trouble heretofore and that the shooting probably was caused by jealousy. G. B. Sutton and J. C. Setzer, alleged to have stabbed Thomas Park to death with bread knives in Bingham on January 13, have been ordered held for trial in the district court on charges of first degree murder. Members of the Greek community of Utah declared last week that every Greek in the state will pledge his unqualified support to President Wood-roWilson, should war develop between the United States and Germany. Believed to have been despondent from fear that he was a victim of heart trouble, Lawrence B. Barton, aged 34, a qarterinaster sergeant of the First Utah battery, committed suicide by shooting at Salt Lake City. revolver Placing a .32 caliber John his Moork, right temple, against whose a 33 machinist, years, aged home is believed to be in Fresno, Cal., pulled the trigger and blew out his brains in a coal shed at the rear of a hotel in Ogden. The epidemic of measles which came to Milford after the holidays is even more abundant than ever. Though the local health department has endeavored to control the matter the disease seems to be running its course. The Rev. Archibald Stewart, pastor of the Provo Baptist church, who went with the Idaho national guard to Nogales as chaplain last summer, has offered his services as chaplain or in any department of the army or war office to Secretary of War Baker. Members of the Utah Canners association announce that the growers throughout Weber county are signing contracts at $11 per ton, this price being a compromise between $10 offered by the canners and $12 demanded by the Weber county farm bureau. Given one months time, C. L. Christensen of Monticelo, San Juan county, who says he has been an interpreter among the Indians for forty years, wrote Governor Bamberger last week that he could raise 10,000 Navajo Indians to protect the Mexican border in case of war. As she was waiting to view the remains of her husband, who had been killed by a train, Mrs. Uno Buckland, aged 20, attempted suicide in a Salt . . w GREECE APPROVES ATTITUDE. Favors Freedom of Navigation of Seas and Against Blockade. to the London. The reply Invitation of the United States to join it in its attitude toward German has been handed to the American minister at Athens, the correspondent of the Exchange TeJExaplvCompajij'v.at tha Greek capital telegraphs. The reply, he states, affirms the sympathy of Greece with every effort to accelerate peace and her approval of every effort to maintain freedom of navigation for the worlds shipping, adding that Greece has already drawn Germanys attention to the grave consequences of the proposed submarine blockade. In view of present conditions, however, the dispatch states, Greece explains that she is not in a position to contemplate concerted action for the protection of the national shipping. GERMANY NAVY TO COME OUT. Teutons to Unite Land, Sea and Air Forces, It Is Said. Paris. Combined land, sea and ail attacks will mark Germanys titanic effort to end the war this spring, ao coring to Admiral Lacaze, thePvtcb minister - of marine, in an' "interview' on the outlook for the entente sines Germany announced her poueyjbf urn restricted sea warfare. I should not be surprlged,Jhe said, "if the Germans accompany attacks oi land with combined Zeppelin, aero plane, submarine and naval attacks. They can hardly refuse to send out their fleet once more, after having told their own people that the Jutland defeat was a great victory. KAISER CALLS CONFERENCE. of Modification of Terms Recent Memorandum. London. An important conference at headquarters has been called by Emperor William, presumably to discuss the submarine question, says the Exchange'- - Telegraph companys Amsterdam correspondent on Sunday. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg- , the imperial chancellor, and high army and navy officials will attend, and it Is reported, adds the correspondent, that the possibility of negotiations with the neutrals for modifying the terms of the recent German memorandum will Possibility of be discussed. Investigate High Cost of Living. Washington The broad, comprehensive investigation of the high cost of living ordered by President Wilson will get under way without delay. Both the federal trade commission and department of agriculture, which will conduct the probe, began Sunday to receive suggestions as to the line of inquiry to be followed. It Is probable that during the coming week the Lake establishment, undertaking shooting herself in the abdomen. Her president will receive estimates to be transmitted to congress demanding condition is critical. at to One hard labor funds to finance the inquiry. twenty years in the Btate penitentiary was the senHome for Lepers Established. tence given Ray Hall and Edward President Wilson has Washington. both of Salt Lake, when they act a national the signed establishing to burglarizing the pleaded guilty home for lepers and the public health High school recently and robbing service is drafting regulations coverthe safe of $266.20. the apprehension, treatment and ing memcouncllmen and Mayors, city bers of the Utah County Highway as- letention of inmates. sociation met with the county commisDuke of Norfolk Dead. sioners at Provo last week to petition London. The duke of Norfolk, rankthat body to call an election to bond member of the English nobility ing Utah county for approximately $750,-00- 0 to build a permanent concrete and the foremost English Catholic, died Sunday. The first announcement miles long. highway of his Illness was made on Saturday. n, Og-ge- n sixty-thre- e |