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Show v- - GOA ,v MLS RULE NOW NEAR QUESTION DEMOCRATIC SENATORS BELIEVE SUCH ACTION NECESSARY IN INTEREST OF HARMONY. DRAINAGE CONGRE88 FUNDS ON EVE EXPECTED DESASTER. Perkins Predicts British Parliament ie Expected to to Finally Grant Ireland After Thirty Years' Struggle by Liberals. h London. King George, with the customary state ceremonial, on Tuesday opeued the momentous and historic session of parliament, which, according to all reasonable probability, will see the victorious conclusion ot-4thirty of the liberal party to give to Ireland. The home rule bill, which is to be presented -- in the house of commons for the third time, will, If carried, receive the royal assent, with or without the consent of the house of lords. Whether the bill will 'pass as it stands or whether it will be amended to meet the susceptibilities ot Ulster will depend upon the nature of the concessions which the prime minister announced be would make in behalf ot the government at the propel time. The kings speech, in a grave passage, expressed the earnest desire of his majesty to attain a settlement by consent, and thia desire was fervently echoed by Premier Asquith in the house of commons and Viscount Mor-le- y in the house ot lords in their opening speeches. The scene in the lords was brilliant in the extreme and in the commons decorous. The appearance ot the assembly gave no indication ot the passions surging in the opposing sides or that the aeaaiona so quietly commenced might, lead to everts t Financial starvation efforts of the national drain ftfess to guard against a re iitt'W the floods which damaged 4 die and southern tar I Ait iiopvrlght-- 4 PASSENGERS MEET DEATH IN DEMOCRATS TjjE CUMBRE TUNNEL WERE I6N0RANT -- Herald-Republica- e for Washington. The provision free passage for American ships through the Panama canal was injected into the Democratic platform without the knowledge of the majority of the resolutions committee at the Baltimore convention according to the assertion on Saturday of Rep Adamson resentatlve of Georgia, chairman of the interstate and foreign commerce commission. He had met but three or four members ot the convention, he said, who knew of the existence of the tolls plank. th THatifEnTas promulgated, Branding the tolls exemption provision as "heretic doctrine," Adamson issued a statement paring the way for congressional debate on a repealing bill to be introduced In accordance with the determination oi President Wilson that the United States should recognize the claim of American ships is In violation of the Hay Pauncefote treaty. r- ROUND-U- P n Arctic 8urvlvor Dead. Washington. Wiliam IL Bell lived through the hardships and privations of the Greeley arctic expedition of 1882 to die in a bed at his home here Monday. He was one of the two living survivors of the gallant ... A 'iyr party. Zamor Forms Cabinet Port Au Prince. Gen. Orestes Zamor, who was elected president of Haiti by congress In succession to Michel Oreste, who fled on the outbreak of the revolution, formed his cabinet on Monday. The capital is quiet. Broken Rail Cause Wreck. Sioux City, la. A broken rail wrecked the Twin City Limited passenger train on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad at Bigelow, Minn., early Monday morning. J. Bloomfield of Surprise, Neb., was killed and fourteen injured. AT LOGAN Ct-08- T. Perkins, president of the jMijon Sunday notified Ernest atlis, national director of the society, of his inability to Mbperatlons because of lack k'hnd warned the Red Cross Spared to cope again in a f with flood havoc such as year which cost the Amer nearly a thousand lives ty to the value of $200,000, - Pltlns asserted that the ab U liter, with light snowfall, jtrjpd to expect the Red Cross praiba set to the alleviation of 'ertwhich the American repub-- i ntyet decided to avert " The Nlexico and foreign coun- triesllekld, has overshadowed the thre ail calamity in the United State ; agrees has failed to act and such mbits as reclamation of western ;id bids had been allowed to eclipt tn pressing demand for flood preve Jotneasurea. i SUIT i u IfERESTS THOUSANDS. May Resui 'hey Judicial Pronouncement AHat IYovc,Lah- - 8uit which may affect the nilre sy stem of water diver-ionire Kbe Provo river and which nay rMB in judicial pronouncement of the fiery of the beneficial use of tater, governing rights of appro-priatorihls section, was filed In the district oi rt here Saturday by attorneys fj he Provo Reservoir company aii st all persons claiming right oin erest in water of the river or Its t Laries. of Defemi ta include the cities Provo id Heber, the towns of Mid way ai Charleston, about fifty canal cm antes and corporations, in eluding t Utah Light A Power com interests holding pany id other power along the river, and about a thoum Individuals. Of the persons nn 1 as defendants, about one half aric tizena of Utah county, one third of1 aaatch county and one sixth ofS i mm it county. The rivers sources tie in Summit and Wasatch u ' 8. Gathering was Most Successful One Yet Held. Utah The most successful Logan, roundup in the history of the Agriculture college closed February 7. Between 1.200 and 1,400 people have availed themselves of the opportunity of hearing an instructive course of lectures on farming and hdme economica Many have attended every session. Notebooks have been numerous at eve meeting, and men of years of experience in farming could always be seen noting down the things they heard in order that they might take the instructions home and put them into practice. The roundup now moves to Richfield, where a similar gathering will be held beginning Tuesday and continuing until February 21. counties arm Damonatration Bill. ton. The house agrlcultur n bill passed the senate oi Saturdsj vjthout a dissenting vote The bffl! rovides for the demonstra tioni os he farm of approved meth ods tnd Scientific discoveries as to farming spd some economies made in Will Test Law. the stati Agricultural colleges, expert San Francisco. Not satisfied w ith a menetal ttatlons and in the federal state supreme court decision which departwnt ot agriculture. denied her the right to vote In this MBS state because she is' the wife or an JESSIE H. STUBBS alien, Mrs. Ethel C. Mackenzie, wife of Gordon Mackenzie, the singer, has taken her case to the supreme court of the United States with the intention of determining the validity of the federal statute which says that an American woman who marries an alien thereby takes the nationality of her husband. Pae WasMi al extesii Misguided Girl Murders Woman. Newark, N. J. Hazel Herdman, an innkeeper's daughter, confessed, after taking a fatal dose of poison late Saturday, that it was she who Friday night shot and killed Mrs. Harriet Manning, wife ot Charles I. Manning, garage owner. She said, on her deathbed at a hospital in Montclair, that she had killed the woman in order that Manning might marry hep. Millions for Fortifications.' The Washington. senate haa passed the fortification appropriation and materially increasing "the house appropriations for artillery and Ammunition. years-jttrugg- he i OF PLANK REGARDING TOLLS Nine Americans and Forty or More Georgia Congressman Declares That Mexicans Perish When Train x Provision Was Inserted In PlatRune Into Bandits Trap. form Surreptitiously. rtrx. $G, 895.200 Hav-i- i8ton o bill, carrying Flood aa That of Last Year, Cost the American Peo- PNearly a Thousand Live. Juarez, Mexico. The nine Americans and forty or fifty Mexicans whose late has been a mystery since the destruction of the Cumbre tunnel on February 4, were suffocated. This information was received here Saturday evening at the head quarters of the Mexican Northwestern railroad. The tragedy is laid at the doors ot Maximo Castillo, the bandit leader. Railroad men here and in El Paso CONFESSES CAREER OF CRIME. are furious at Castillo's act On Tuea-da- y twenty-twof his men were capAged Counterfeiter Says He was Once Notorious Bandit tured and executed by the rebels and rub tainx.iUy,theapparentlr in revenge, freight train, ran tt ghg6frTPtured on a charge of having counterfeit dies into the south end of the tunnel about In his possession, in a signed confes 300 feet and there set Are to it The passenger train entered the sion has admitted, according to the that he Is the death trap from the north unsuspectonce notorious Gentleman Bandit of ingly, probably traveling at its usual ' miles an the Yosemite, who for more than rate of about twenty-fivhour. When the terrorized the desert discovered engineer twenty years towns of southern California, and the trap it was too late. Nothing but charred bones and butwho has committed stage holdups and robberies by the score, and served tons were found by the rescuing party twenty-seveyears In various prisons. which, with the aid of oxygen helmets and pulmotors, succeeded in penetratAsks Meeting of Governors. ing the Cumbre tunnel on Sunday. Denver. Governor E. M. Ammons has received a communication from Called to Happy Hunting Ground Watonga, Okla. White Secretary of Interior Lane suggesting Antelope, that a meeting of governors of west- 85, a former war chief of the Cheyenne ern states and individuals interested Indians, died Saturday. He was one In reclamation projects be held with- of the seven Cheyenne chiefs who in the Immediate future to discuss signed the treaty with the Cherokee In detail the irrigation and reclama- commission thirty years ago, ceding tion of arid lands of the west. Sec- the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands to retary Lane suggested that the meet- the government ing be held simultaneously with the western governors' conference, which JACOB JOHNSON is to convene in Denver, probably in April. us. KING GEORGE EXPRESSES EARNEST DESIRE FOR SETTLEMENT OF LONG STRUGGLE. f'lOUT Claim That Fact That Party Indorsed Toll Exemption Policy at Baltimore Convention Should Not Be Subject of Controversy. Washington. Repeal of the provision of the Panama canal act exempting American coastwise ships from tolls, favored by President Wilson, Is to be made a subject of consideration and action by a Democratic caucus of the senate That this would be a wise and necessary course in the interest of party harmony and the nation's foreign policy Is the conclusion of administration senators who have discussed the subject with the president. iHow Boon the caucus will be called has not been determined, but several senators on Monday asserted the to Democrats would get together weigh the situation as presented by the president and settle for themThe selves the whole controversy. fact that the Democratic party indorsed the toll exemption policy at the Baltimore convention, these senators and President Wilson hold, should not he a subject of open controversy at this time because conditions involved in the tolls question have changed since that time. The point to be settled is If the policy of toll a adopted by the nation through the action of congress should be reversed regardless of the declaration in the Baltimore platform. THE UTAH BUDGET F ON LINCOLNS - BIRTHDAY le criiitjrr oHnvirvrrr MOB ATTACKS JAPANE8E DIET. A Law and Order league was or ganized at Payson last Sunday at a meeting attended by 400 cltizena. George Carter, aged 10, met witn painful accident while coasting at Eureka, breaking bis collar bone. Charles Combs, about 45 years oi age, a laborer, waB found dead in s rooming house in Salt Lake, death being due to acute adcohollsm, A new bank has been organized at Falrview with $25,000 worth oi stock already subscribed and appllca tlons from many others for stock in the institution. Twenty-fivhundred mourners from New York's Ghetto turned out for thi funeral of Zlgmund Mogulesko, familiarly known among the Yiddish as so actor and comedlan.- The union cooks and waiters oi Salt Lake are on a strike for a six day week and shorter hours. 'They have been working twelve hours a day and seven days a week. Ida Scarlettl, 18 months of age, was fatally burned at her home in Salt Lake.wheq she attempted tc light a piece ot paper at the grate in the parlor her, clothing catching lira Agents of the United States government are making arrangements for purchase of the land on Spring creek, near Springville. proposed as a site for a fish hatchery on that creek. Establishment of a public market under municipal control in Salt Lake is the next important improvement contemplated by the commissioner of the department of parks and public property. Thomas Miclntyre, one of the handcart pioneers of Utah, having arrived with company in 1859, was stricken with apoplexy at bis home In Salt Lake and died within thirty minutes He was 81 years of age. ' After he wae said to have severely cut the tongue of his horse by pulV ing and Jerking on a heavy aaw bit, J, W. Raker, 86 years ot age, a team- ster, was arrested at Salt Lake on e Elmer L. Dewey, now serving four- teen years in the atatj penitentiary for the murder of J. Henry Johnston, formerly a sergeant ot the Salt Lake police department, ia defendant in a suit for divorce by his wife. Officers of the Police Mutual Aid association of Salt Lake estimate that the society has expended more than relief $2,500 in death benefits and work during the three years that the organization has been in existence. Twenty-fou- r farmers of Salt Lake county have, filed suits for damages aggregating $52,398 against the United States 8 melting company, alleging that fumes from the smelter had damaged their crops in that amount Salt Lakes average death rate per 1,000 during 1918, waa 9.90, including deaths of all classifications occurring within the city. The rate pertaining to actual residents was 7.60, ona oi the lowest death rate recorded In the . $10,-000,0- well-attende- d rr! 'intends to Free Convicts. Columbia, S. C. Gov. Cole L. Blease expects to clear the South Carolina penitentiary of some 400 prisoners by August, accord'ng to his state-n- t during an inquiry into the Indorse Supreme Navy Policy. Ldndon. Unqualified and unanimous indorsement of the British policy of maintaining a supreme navy" waa voiced Monday by a great mass - . - mee ting - of- re pregen tat i ve business con-dltio- insane. meir of thg bRTorXondon. Oldest Banker Dead. Terre Haute, Ind. Preston Hussey, Jacob Johnson, one of the Republican dean of local bankers, and said to at targe from DtaJi, was congressmen oldest banker Is the United be the born In Denmark hi and earn to States, died at his home here Monday. the United States In 1M7, 1SS4. He has held He started in the banking business - ha many public positions of a judtelet 183T.' character 1 In Utah - - at the farithe firiy-seve- Missionary Priest Killed. Antonio, Texas. 8. Virum Spanish missionary priest, Mrs. Hardy Stubbs, chief of was shot and fatally wounded at the the publicity department of tho country home of Charles Union of tho equal suffra n wealthy San Antonio Baumberger, manufacturer. gists, hai appointed pres agents In on surrendered every sta o and told Them tj keep the to the sheriff. preaa asp died with live newt San Jel - ' Fitrce Riot Following Many Hurt Discussion of Graft Chargee. Toklo. A riotous mob attacked the Japanese house ot parliament on Tuesday. It was driven back by the police only after the entrance gates had been broken down and scores of people injured. The rioting followed a mass meeting at which resolutions were passed to impeach the cabinet for its attitude in connectlon with the graft charges against Japrnose naval officer. were made, and Numerous frequent clashes between the police end the mob followed ln various parts of the city. There gs also a free fight on the floor of thefliet Fifteen persons were pusbed lnto the canal during a fight near the offices of a government newspaper, World. but all of them were rescued. Twenty thousand pounds of fresh fish from Utah lake, sufficient to supFOUNDATION. NEW PEACE ply two or three thousand famlliei to for several Aaya, have been donated Carnegie Givea Two Million to Salt Lake county by the state fish Churches for Promotion of Poaco. and game department for distribution on New York. Andrew Carnegie among the poor,' x Tuesday gave $2,000,000 to be used It was learned last week that H. through the churches fob the promo- C. AyletL a woolgrower of Salt Lake tion of international peace. The incentf had been offered 16 county, be will a year, come, about $100,000 of hts best a for the grade pound e expended by a board of twenty-ninwool for this season, but acting trustees, representing all the leading on theclip from other woolgrow-er- s advance religious denominations in the United . bad declined the offer. States. Filla R. O. Huntsman, Charging This gift is in addition to the with 'Violation of the foundation established by Mr. more merchant, A. I Toone, dep minimum law, wage hasto Carnegie December 14, 1910, of commissioner immigration, la uty ten the abolition of International bor and statistics, has filed two com war." plaints against him, following an InCASTILLO CAPTURED. vestigation lasting several days. James Brandow, 63 years of age, Murderer of Amerlqane Will be Pub- died at a Salt Lake hospital as the . licly Executed. result of injuries received last week El Paso, Texas. A dispatch to the while working in the mill of the Ohio Times from a staff correspondent at Copper company at Lark. Brandow, Cumbre carries the report that Max- was standing near a large belt when ' imo Castillo, the bandit held reapon-slbl- e it broke and he wae struck by one for the Cumbre tunnel disaster, end of the belL- and the remnant of his band, have After several weeks gooS rustling The capture ia aald on the part ot a few enterprising men, been captured. to have been made aLGaballn ranch, action was taken at a a few miles east of Pearson. The mass meeting which Insures an indereport adds that the prisoners will pendent telephone system for ML and Pleasant, A careful estimate glvei -be brought to Casas Grande the sum required for the enterprise publicly executed.. as about $10,000, !! PAINTER8 BRUSH HALTED. -- Announcement-la made. oUlhe re. from active law practice of tirement L. A. Culmer, Artist, Journalist H. Judge Charles S. Zane, formerly chief and Business Man, Suddenly Called. justice of the supreme court of Utah. Sait Lake City. Henry L. A. Cul- Jtidge Zane will be 83 years old next mer, aged 60, one of the toremoat month, and he has been for nearly artMJolt!m ::UnltedrStatg.rknowh yean etfgaged ln' the for his canvass, productions portray- live practice of law. It la now believed that Hugh J. ing the natural wonders of Utah and the intermountain states, died Tues- Kelley, who left his home in Salt day in this city. Death followed a Lake, leaving a note saying he. insudden attack of diabetes. Mr. Cul- tended drowning himself in. the Jormer was a man, rising dan river, haa simply disappeared , from Utah after having gone through from poverty to one of the most business men, a publisher, an with an illegal marriage .with Alice Shafer who' now charges him ith-adultry. expert accountant, and an artist In a' self-mad- e suo-ccssf- , , 2 , . , ' - , ,, i f |