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Show hnl Th merchant whose ad appears In this paper can depend ' on reasonable If the ad Is right the returns X ( Dont - wait for - our collector to come to .tell of poor delivery r service.' Dont have re-turn- s. ire sure.- - V r wn w "" service poor 7 - V"" n" Phone this office. ROOSEVELT WAV LEAVE INDORSES FOR FRONT M THURSDAY 99 9 , -- 9 9 99 The Utah 9 ' ' 9 - 77 " ?9 9 9-- 9 nr. 9 $ Situ 9 6 OFFICER f. N.DAK. j9 -- 9 9 j o rvizrHnr . '-- 9 ,y 227 OFFICERS V WINN f 67cmcEA r.,, jLi If , J Chicago,1 June-- i 29. vz SX280' (1 S.OAK. JVhem ; rM i OFFiceas' neb. IOWA 3l092HC' z. 9 - l:u , c'olo, .U57m x. xHe Captain . Bassett baa at last been able to announce to the adjutant . general that Provo and Utah oounty 9 will have Its assignment of cavalry - men ready for. the call by Wednesday or. Thursday night and the bays are to secure working night fqd-da- y to recruits guarantee a troop 'enough ' for this city; when they return from . the front. . The , recruiting 'of the past two day has beenmoft satla-factory to both officers and men, bnt they are still working to Increase the riz T-- . k ! OVPICERS U-O- J.T50 h"t KY. 0.3Z9-- 69 orrxtM ! t yvrwrtfsr, , u c. MET Z SLigr5uop'tt' Jr V.eo9 ZT10VVi IftfornttiS uii I . 11 U- - -- V . I ut o for nests HCH ! l-- ' J L607 '168 32 to 6, with nine members declining, to vote the national committee of ttoi ' 1 Progressive party .today, tot the of a, stormy session, endorsed hrv El Hughes for , president, and t Bull f Moose' party practically ' wc of existence aa a national poC cal organization.' ; , - The fight In 'the committee, to dorse Hughes was led by George Perkins of New, York,, Jas. H.How3 field or Ohio and Chester H. HowsS ! I if California. ? - ' ' The1 radical element to the by Matthew. Hila of Massachusetts. Balabridge Cey of New York, Henry F. Cochems 2 Wisconsin, A. T. Moon of Utah, John . M,. Parker ef . Louisans, protested: against the endartA-men-t of any candidate for preshtod ' and fought the majority at ' step of the proceedtoga. - ' move was The minority first insist upon an, open meeting of ti commlttee. whlcto it won, after ' number of the committeemen, led John M. Parker of, Louisiana, boltal X the meeting. I-o- w 1MEH HEH . KAHSi I I. . hS - 5.V9 , TND-- I ILL, ... list. I. i lts9 with strength( will, eavq for the .Mexican border tonight at 11 oclock. They are the first of the Utah troops to leave for the front. " Battery Tull OF. CANADA I m lwH j On CoRpcg - rtl y vlgzato-ousl- I ' James Clove,Jt the first man to sign ths cgli for the National Guard to , ws the first man to leave ' for the front,, toa yesterday af--' ternoon to join the battery-l- a Salt Lake. The recruiting officers found that he was tqo heavy for ths pavalry, o placed, him with the battery? 77 ' Captains passett and King and Prf--' ate W. C Stark came to Prpvo yea-- i terday miming and opened a regular jpecruiUrig office at' The Provo Port. : Later a .meeting was held Daniels, Col. C. E. Loose and the recruits 'already signed sp for the cavalry. After speeches were made the boys were divided into squads to canvass the town for recruits. All dur- ' fng the day the boys were- - busy- and Received - many promises to join. Ralph Archbold, James- - Carter,- - Marcus 8. Johnson, Jilbert H. Hickman and - Roy Boshard signed, bringing 'the Provo list up to 19 men. - . big meeting was held at courtroom last night and the room the was pascked with recruits and their friends. " Captain Bassett gave the - boys much valuable Information ; army organization explaining details that were new to the local men. Later Captain King and Private Stark returned from the south with glowing from Salem, Sprlngville, Span-- , f reportr ish Fork and Payson. ; - 'When the call for recruits came, Mo- following boys responded: "T t&rt BoshaTl, Orval Singleton, Frtonk . Schwab, J. Frank Halladay, Jr., Hubert Mooney, Hugh Brown, Leo Far-rLeslie Kimber, Norman Nelson, Milton Roberta and DeLoye McDonald from , Provo; Arnold Randall - came tn from 'Sprlngville, - Lawrence Snarr Arnold, 'Rex A. Roach and Francis R. 'Hamilton frqm Spanish Fork; while Salem had Lynn Pendleton, Joseph B. Peterson, Arvill Zenos Tiffany Leo Wllford Davis and Arthur 1 Hatch. . There were exciting scenes around the roll the recruiting officers and .of honor was called the boys were cheered wildly "by their comrades. . O D be-lef- t ' -- with-May- - -- - up-o- n the e, Tr.::?zns she ;:3 czdTii in CEXiCf.:) CATTLE . Field Headquarters, Mexico, by wireless to Columbus, N. M. American negro troop.June ers faced ' almost certain ' death at Carrlzal with smiles in their' eyes and slang on their lips and they burst Into song once or twice as they tough their way - 9' against odds. This was the story told by Captain Lewis S. Morey, when he arrived at field head: ' . quarters today. "For forty five minutes the men fought. Joking among them- - k Belves fjijajwhlle, eyen though they .realized they. realized they had been trapped and had 'little chance of 'getting outallve, he "said ' Captain i Morey . . , priGVflPiflii- letter BIG PARADE. Death in Mysterious Way t said that he - e of : o ! 1 mid asserted that almost immediately afterward a detachment of Mexicans circled to the rear and drove off number of American horses, that a few men had been left to hold, gun-tren- After- - juMtirp Oaimr Cfllonel Theodore : In Ktng-Z'xO,-re- ch- " while 'the" cavalrymen 'dismounted in a line of skirmish. Captain Morey was brought here by troops of the Eleventh cavalry, sent to rescue Carrlzal survivors, after having led a band-- . ful of starving, panting troopers forty miles over a sun baked desert to relief. The few crumbs of food they had were carried to their handkerchiefs and to their first aid kits, while what water they bad was carried In a baking powder can which they had pickup on the road side. - city. The first news of the accident came when Mr. Alexander received the following telegram: Bancroft, Idaho, June 24, 1916. Frank Alexander, Jr. , Provo, Utah: ' Terrible accldem on train. Helen killed at Bancroft. Body taken to Pocatello for coronet's Inquest Break news to mother and wire me ttt Montpelier any instructions or information regarding yourself , or anyone coming to Pocatello. Win Tetuni to Pocatello tomorrow atfer heating from you." mans family in Provo- .- The body was takes to the funeral parlors of the Geo. Larkin ft Sons company, aad Frank Alexander and Frank Alexander. Jr father and brother of the girl, arrived here this morning. Ths girls mother to reported to he in a serious condition and unable to come. The accident had no witnesses and is almost a mystery, as at first it seems almost Impossible that the girl could throw herself under the train from the car window. The case, how"STANLEY. ever, has been ..carefully Investigated The i sender was Stanley Bird of by the authorities and the opinion is Montpelier, Idaho, who left Provo That after' opening the window the With Miss Helen. M. Alexander Sat- young woman must have hung out urday to go to Montpelier, Wuere Miss and allowed herself to fall under the Alexander intended to Ylrilt Miss the wheels, lone Bird, sister ot Stanley "Bird. she fell track and was run over by a "freight The Pocatello Tribune of Monday train, but fids has . been shown to gives the Tol lowing account Of The sad have bpen erroneous. accident: j Miss Alexander has many. friends and melancholia, j'here and the mews of her tragic death Deependeney was a severe shock, She was a very brought on by a long period of sees Is impposed to haws been the Ibeautlful youag woman an had1 been cause of the snlclde ef Miss Helen ('employed as stenographer - at the Alexander', a bemtrtlfml yemtg woman Knight bank to ( Prove. She twenty two years old, who threw her-- 1 wu previously employed to the from ths wtadow ef at that city. For some Bril east of Lava Hot Springe : at,j time Miss Alexander had been" nine oclock Satarday evening- - fering from a nervous breakdown, Helen Alexander . was . traveling j gj,ft visited her sisters ranch at from her home to Provo, UtaV and j Redriver, as her family thought that was bound for Montpelier. She was the outing would be beneficial te her. e accompanied by FV- Stanley 'Bird, her she also 'spenT some UmeTIn." and his sister. Miss Iona B'rdjj fornla, but on her return her c Midland the party expected to go to Din- - yon was not much Improved. Stanvillage south of Montpelier, jey Bird, the young man to whom the gle. where Mr. Birds family live on a j engaged suggested that she company hbn to Dingle, and spend s "Hear Lava Hot Springs Miss Alex- - fev weeks at that place. Mr. Bird Is ander went to the toilet room on a graduate of Stanford university and the car. After a long absence the has been working the past Summer other members of the party became with the Phoenix Construction comworried and went to look for her on pany at Grace. Miss Alexander was the train but were unable to find her. traveling with Mr. Bird and his sister At Bancroft a search party was sent and the party was bound for Dingle 4 ' out and the railroad officials at Lava when the tragedy took a were also notified and The inquest was held this afterparty sent out from that place. The body was noon at two o'clock before Judge found near the tracks by the party Knowles Is the Larkin funeral parfrom Lava. JThe right arm had been lors. Frank Alexander, the father of severed from' the body and the right the young woman, la a prominent conleg was cut off above the hip. The tractor at Provo and the family Is young woman's face and body were well known in that city. Stanley Bird i 111-- 1 tele--el- T "traSn-aphoM-of- fice euf-abo- ut Call-fianc- J . fy so-ranc-h. 9 . PRIZES OFFERED FOR 4 . BICYCLE. RACE BIQ ' ' - . - i piesldential nomination of and urged that , Charles , E. Hugke be supported to order to 'defeat, President Wilson, the committee vot-,ed to accept the colonels 'decllasr tion and took a recess for. luncheoa. At the beginning of the afternoe gession. Chairman Matthew Hale of Massachusetts ruled that the next order, of business (was to fill tip vacancy ' on 'tbe ticket caused by . refusal of Colonel Roosevelt Bralnbrldge Colby of 'flow YwR k presented the name Of Victor of. Kanfis, Chfrirman of pb national committee, who la now am bis way to China, as the p&rtj candidate for president - This led to a clash between Ray- mond Robbins of Illinois, and Mr. Colbyi In which the lie. was passe. Mr. Robbins said Mr. Murdock baft told him he would not accept 'tb presidential . nomination an4 Hfto" proposition , to run a third party ticket was defeated after, n spirited debate by a vote of 31 to S. James R. Garfield of Ohio then introduced a resolution endorsing Hughes far president and directing the executive committee of the Progressive psrir with the Republicans to ' te the campaign.-- Henry - F. Cochems. of. Wlscomd raised the point that the committee had no authority to indorse any didate and Its power was limited' is the filling of the vacancy on - tie ticket caused by flhe zefus'al cf (Caenel Roosevelt to ran. Chairman Hale ruled that Ibe-nss tlon to 'endorse or, recommend Repablican candidate for preside was out of order and a debate far several hours followed. Finally James R. Garfield appealed from the decision of the chair aed was sustained .in his contention, by a vote of 33 to 14. During the discussion Raymond Robins opposed making any endorsement and ,ldS- cated that he would support President Wilson to case the Progressives did 'not pot any ticket in ths Bald he exfield. Mr. Cochems bad Mr. vote for to Hughes, pected did not want the committee to tabs any action. He declared that ths Progressives should he permitted Is go to any party they desired. Brata-rid go Colby argued it would be m mistake to attempt to deliver ths Progressive vote to any candidate and that tbe method used might defeat the very object of his action. . John M. Parker declared many Z the Progressives were former Demscrats and if the party was not T--l i tg 1 . FOR, FOURTH The people ' of this city received also, badly scratched and bruised, a very painful - shock 8ouday when ihe body Was put on a train and a they learned of .the sudden death of special rushed it to this city and Misa- - Helen Alexander, the daughter the authorities tried to get' into 9frfrankJ). Alexander,,., of., this communication with thepyoung wo- ad RooeevtU which he finally declined the .the-par- .. -c- hine-' s-. ' had never seen such valor aa was displayed by. Captain Charles T. Boyd in leading a handful' of dia-mounted skirmishers through gun fire and into the .ambush of death. H added that It was not until their ammunition was exhausted that the troop was finally cut to pieces, and he told of the heroic death-Lieutenant Henry A. Adair of Portland, Ore., in an attempt to replenish It. Lieutenant Adair died fighting. his last words being, . Go on, sergeant, to a non.commisslon-offlce- r ' at his side. Captain Morey said. The two were on their way-tthe pack animals carrying the ammunition, when they were In- tercepted near a small irrigation ditch by a detail of Mexicans. - Lieut. Adair had already. been. wounded and had lost his pistol In the previous fighting, but' he had borrowed another and , was fighting a hand to hand battle when he was killed. He fell back unconscious and was caught by the negro sergeant The ser- geant held Adair in his arms un-til he died, the wounded officer only reviving long enough to whisper order to leave him and finish the mission. Captain Morey, said that Cap-- ' tain Boyd warned the men before i the fight that they were advan-tog Into the greatest danger. He reiterated that the Carranzistaa opened fire' furst from their mar -- 4s K, ! ... . : v to.-rn-n, . . ;of The first prize for the 4th -- 9 July Road Race came this 9 9 morning from the U. S, Tire 9 company and was a fine pair 9 9 lot ltres.- - The Archbold Bi-- . 9 cycle company will give a gold 9 9 ' al for a time prize. Other - , 9 companies are. giving 9 9 9 9 9 prizes 9 and all will be collected and exhibited to the windows - of one of the local store. Boys are now entering for the race 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9,9 9 9 9 9 9 9 JThe preparedness parade will , be one of the big features of the Fourth of July celebration - and parade next Tuesday and the Commercial club members will have to be responsible for the success of the' big undertaking. The plan to bring the outside cities to Provo failed to materialize as each had arranged a celebration, (Continued on Page 8.) is also known to this city and was a roommate of ; Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ray at Stanford university r . last year. ' . L. 8, Maya of the Revelers Secret Service agency, after a careful Investigation of the affair stated that he thought' It was accidental. He absolutely disproved the theory of the young woman's despondency and stated that. Just., before, the disappeared she wa sin excellent spirits and was admiring the scenery. He stated he thought Bhe was leaning out of the window and in tome way lost her balance and fell out of the dar. Mr.- - Mays advances Athe - accident theory on account of the' young woman's cheerfulness just before her disappearance and stated there could be too possible motive for suicide. The verdict by the coroners Jury which held an inquest at Pocatello yesterday at two oclock was that Miss Alexander had either jumped or fallen from the train. ' Nobody witnessed tbe accident so It must remain a mystery. ? Tbe funeral services will be held at the family residence Wednesday at two oclock and the public Is Invited I to attend. ";- . -- - . Mar-doc- . J -. e- - b ' - (Continued on Page 8.) . -- |