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Show - V 4 VOL. XIY. RANDOLPH, RICH COUNTY. UTAH. SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1910. HEWS OFA WEEK 7 111 GOIIDEIISED FORM RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POS8IBLE. Happening That Are Making History Information Gathered from All , Quartera of the Globe and Given In a Few Lines. INTERMOUNTAIN. Because his discharge from the army shows that he was one of the two men who captured Jefferson Davis near Savannah, Ga forty-fiv- e years ago, John Wolf, aged 70 years, jras released from the Seattle jail on d spended sentence. Wolf was of TMSJury in the trial of Walter H, Moore, jresldent of the defunct Ore gon TruiXaud Savings bank, of Port-ncharged with accepting a after hk knew the bank to be insolvent, returned a verdict of not guillty, but recommending that Moore hef most severelyNensuted by the con-lcwf- boot-legging- d, de-pol- urt. Vtoples of a letter signed by J. J. Tobias, 'Chancellor of lje Chicago LaV school,", and advocatm Gifford Plmehot as a candidate for Resident of the United States, have betoi in Denver. Wilson Peterson, a rancher, livlij near Marshfield, Ore., became sudden ly insane and shot his wife twice and attempted to kill his daughter, aged 20, and Bessie Hope, aged 18, who was lsiting his family. When the girls to disarm him, Peterson then mmitted suicide. atisfying the decree of his chief .conforming to the laws of. his fee and v paying the doctor ng 'the.rjide coffin Jo.vthe man" he had stabbed to death Henry Dickins, a Modoc county Jndlani surrendered to the authorities at Altnggs, Cal., was given a preliminary examination and acquitted on the ground of DOMESTIC. f . Vreesweck & Valdermans, one of the most Important firms on the oil exchange aX Amsterdam, tailed on are reportSaturday. Their liabilities ed to be between ' $1,125,000 and d 12,000,000. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is .the latest New York millionaire to find place on the peisonal tax assessment list. His assessment was fixed at $250,000, and was ,not disputed. Four persons were burned to death In a prairie fire In McPherson county, , Nebraska. With a cfeep gash in the side of his head, Hugli McFall, a prominent business rafa. of Mansfield, Ohio, was found' dying on his doorstep. It is he was assaulted by robbers. More than 3,000 white and negro - i men, women and children, employed In the American Tobacco companys stemmeries at Louisville, Ky., struck n Thursday for higher wages. Miss Martha 'B. Blackstone, daugh- ter of C. J. Blackstone, was murdered by. a masked burglar in the home of Mrd, Sarah . J. Dow, at Springfield, Mas& Miss Harriet Dow, daughter of the bouse, was shot in the head and removed to Springfield hospital, dying. The murderer escaped. George WGrKtin, a negro porter, was awarded $1,0W damages for false arrest aid imprisonment from Daniel M. Brady, a manufacturer, by a jury In the supreme ccAirt at New York, reversing, the actirtn at a previous 'trial when the court' laid down the dictum that a colored man could not auffer shame to the sameextent as a white man as the result of false ar- rest. I Chicaof Beseeching Judge Dupuy go to sentence him to life imprisonment as an Incurable morphine user, Christian E. Makers, pleaded guilty of larceny and was sentenced to the penitentiary for an Indefinite term of from one to ten years. Commander Robert , EX Peary, in an Interview in Chicago, declared he was positively through with polar exploraI am absolutely tions for all time. at the end of my career as an explorer, Bald he. Reports that I am to lead sn expedition into the antarctic regions are not true. Judge ISdward T. Sanborn of the circuit court of the United States at Nashville, Tenn., has handed down an opinion granting to the Postal Telegraph Cable company an Injunction against the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company (a Bell company) discriminating against the Postal In the way of use of telephone. Announcement of a $50,000 gift by Andrew Carnegie to build a library to be called the Frances Folsom Cleveland library, in honor of President Cleveland's widow, was announced at the seventh annual reunion of the Wells college alumni In New York. Sylvanius Johnson, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Roswell, N. M., is dead from the effects of a blow on the head from a monkey wrench hurled at is chauffeur a week previous by tn infuriated farmer, after Johnsons autoipobile had frightened the farmers team. Three hundred thousand organized miners of the bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas have quit work, the last shift going on duty Thursday night, pending settlement of a new wage scale. Two negro murderers who were in the Portsmouth, Va jail awaiting the date of their execution, have escaped by cutting a hole In the roof of the building. Even his sentence to eight years In the Nw Jersey state prison for bigamy ha? not shaken the loyalty of two of the wives of Emil Karl von Mueller, ths marrying count." One of the women bas sent him money, and another has called on him at the prison. Dr. James R. Cummings, director of the Pasteur institute of the Univer sity of Michigan, has announced the discovery of a new method of the treatment of hydrophobia, which he claims has proven a cure in several cases. WASHINGTON. , Representative Sims (Democrat) of Texas has introduced a resolution in the house prohibiting the election of any special or standing committees by secret ballot In caucus. The proclamation of the president granting the minimum rates of tariff act to Canunder the Payne-Aldricada, Australia and a number of countries less important commercially, igned Wednesday of last week, competes the extension of the countrys minimum rates to the whole world. A bo uV 180 nations and dependencies are inclWted in the list. That corporation tax law will be amendeJyO restricttfte operations of Its publicity feature assurred on Frltj', when tie house pmybjjpqladopte slightly amendert by the Senate 'for that purpSe. Widely diverging yiews on (control of common carriers, including ja split minority' presentation, are expressed in reports that accompanied tjie submission of the administration railroad bill to the house by the interstate commerce committee' bn Friday. Representative Nichols (Dem.) of Pennsylvania bas introduced in the house a resolution requesting the attorney general to furnish full information relative to three prominent Mexicans now In the federal penitentiary in Arizona under sentence for violation of the neutrality laws. During 1909 theie were 3,395 births and 3,x78 deaths among 101, 7a i Indians. This shows a birth rate per thousand of 33.4 as compared with 31.2 deaths. It was estimated that there were 300,345 Indians in the United States, exclusive of Alaska, during the fiscal year. . FOREIGN. Fifty soldiers were killed in a train when wreck near Mulheim-Am-Rheia train ran pafct the danger signals. The French chamber of deputies has voted to lay down two battleships in the present year designed to equal the latest type added to the navies of Great Britain and Germany. h te was-virtuall- BALLOON FEU INTO THE SEA i Three Men Killed and One Injured When Balloon Was Caught in ' Storm and Dropped Into Water. The German balloon Pommern, which made an ascension here Sunday afternoon, met with a series of accidents which ended lit a disaster in the Baltic sea under most tragic circumstances. Three men lost their lives, including the radical Werner member of the reichstag, ij Hugo del Brueck. Herr Del Brueck and another memj her of the party were drowned, Aj third occupant of the car was picked! up unconscious and died from bis juries, while the fourth was rescue in a serious conditon. The Pommern, carrying Del BrueckJ who was acting as pilot, a banke( Herr Sommelhardt, an architect, Herq Benduhn, and a man named Hein,, ascended early In the afternoon at the gas works. The wind at the time was blowing a hurricane, and the Pommern broke away before she had been completely ballasted. The chapter of accidents began immediately. The balloon collided with telegraph wires, which broke, almost overturning the basket. It then dashed against the roof of a neighboring factory, destroying the smokestack. With the basket swaying wildly and half of its ropes cut, the balloon, soared to a great altitude, and disappeared in the clouds at a terrific inspeed. ' Thousands of onlookers, cluding a detachment of soldiers', which had assisted in the ascent, ran along the roads, expecting the basket to break away. The balloon, however, was not seen again until it reached miles northSwlnmunde, thirty-siwest of Stettin, over which it passed at a height of 6,000 feet, in the dl rection of the, sea. Tuys followed in its track, and one of them, which had outdistanced the others, was almost directly under It when suddenly the? balloon fell into the sea. - The tuf eiyneiLxiuirljty. hul the woik of rescue was difflcult.Already Brusca and Bendhun had disappeared, but Sommelhardt and Hein were cinging tc the ropes, and they were dragged aboard the vessel. Stettin, Germany. t . x RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA. Representatives of Two Countries to Settle Details. Meeting of Within two months, Washington. according to the present plans of the administration, there will be a gathering In Washington or Ottawa of representatives of the American and Canadian governments for the purpose of, negotiating a reciprocity treaty between the two countries. The felicitous exchange between Secretary Knox and Minister Fielding of Canada, which concluded the recent tariff agreement, contained an implied promise that an effort would be made to reach an understanding on broad lines that might settle for all time the various issues regarding land and water boundaries, the fisheries, the preservation of the seals and finally the tariff relations. Newspaper Men in Contempt. Jackson, Miss. Several subpoenas were served on local newspaper men on Saturday to appear before the senate and explain where they had been Frank A. Perrett, the assistant di- getting' their reports of the testimony rector of the Royal Observatory on given in executive session in the Mount Vesuvius, thinks the volcano The bribery investigation. still contains a considerable quantity newspaper men held a conference and of lava and a cessation of the erup- agreed they would decline to answer. tions piobably would be only tempor- Word came from the senate chamber that some of the members would deary. men be The hostile natives appear to be mand that the newspaper refused to to sent if Jail testify. they getting better of the troops whose excesses when they were sent to stop Land Drawing Lynn, Utah, April the native trade in French territory 11th, 1910. in Liberia caused the recent ouibreak. One fare for the round trip via Salt Details of the great storm of March Lake Route. Tickets on sale April 13, on the Japanese coast, shows that 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th. You cannot more than 1,100 fishermen perished. afford to miss this. See your local The tempest was most Bevere off Chi- agent for particulars or address J. H ba and Ibaragi prefectures. Manderfieid. A. O. P. A., Salt Lake. The scout cruiser Burmingham bas been sent from St. Vincent, Cape Mrs. Sage Completes Long Journey New York. After a trip covering Verde, to Monrovia, Liberia, it having become generally understood that nearly 8,000 miles by rail, traversing England and France have warships on twenty six states, Mrs. Russell Sage the way to the seat of trouble in Li- is back at her home in New York beria, and the American government feeling better than she has felt in a fears they may seize some excuse for long time. It is said she gave away Intervention, .which may lead to per- $500,000 and plans to give away anmanent domination. as a result of the other A sensation has been caused In Listrip. She celebrates her that the bon by the assertion of the Seculo by the announcement that the government has discovered Sage foundation is ready to sta.t loan that many sergeants In the regiments agencies in the principal cities, which the poor on reagarrisoned at Estremoz and Elvas, will loan moneyandto drive the loan near the Spanish frontier, are affiliat- sonable terms ed with secret revolutionary organiza- sharks out of business. tions which are plannng to overthrow Hot Time Coming. the monarchy. The battle ground for Washington The fiercest tornado in years, acwomans suffrage will shift to Washcompanied by a heavy snow, has this month, when the caused immense damage and loss of ington annual convection of the Na life in southern Austria. A passenger tional Womans Suffrage association train was blown off the rails near convenes here on the t and' Bilbo-Perc- half-millio- n home-comin- forty-secon-d P.es-iden14th, without politcal significance, welcomes the delegates. Fiv eighteen. later the judiciary committee of days men of the United States Eight in cruiser Charleston were killed at sea the senate will receive argument esbehalf of suffrage from delegates off Olongape, P. I., when the breech pecially appointed to appear before block of a three-incgun blew out. congress. Muggia, and rolled down an embankment, killing four people and injuring 'r.V 'v$ Taft, h X Gatherings of State Bodies Are Especially interesting at This Time. TARIFF QUESTION UPPERMOST President Anxious That Republican Meetings 8hall Indorse the Measure-Income Tax Chances Root's Lotter to Roosevelt Third Term Issue. Washington. Within a short time good many states that are normally Republican, or In most of which at least the Republicans have more than a fighting chance of victory, will hold conventions for the adoption of platforms and the nomination of state officials. As President Taft showed in his letter to the Republican editors In Illinois, he Is anxious that his administration as a whole, shall be Indorsed by the conventions, and that specific mention shall be made in words of commendation of the Payne-Aldric- h tariff bill This desire of the president to have the Republicans of the different states to indorse the measure officially which be gave his own sanction when he signed it, and later in his speech at Winona, Minnesota, is likely to be provocative of trouble in perhaps a majority of the conventions. The Indiana state convention will be held soon, and there perhaps. the question of whether or not to Indorse the tariff act is the most crucial. Not All Pleased with Bill. It is not at ail a partisan view, for the facts are too plain to be denied, (hat there is in the Republican ranks fn some places, decided dissatisfaction .with svjm eftlie provisions of .the Payne-Aldrictariff ,Tne aafom istration knows this, and all the members of the administration's party know it. There are several high-tarif- f Republicans who formerly were members of congress, and whose terms of office expired last March, who have been in Washington to tell the president that while it Is possible that they were defeated because they were high tariff men, It is nevertheless true that the standpat element of the party, even In the states where downward revision principles are popular, is still strong, and that this element would resent at the polls any attempt to sidetrack resolutions indorsing all of the acts of the administration, including, of course, that which led to the signing of the tariff bill. The revision-downwarRepublicans, especially those from states where the situation is such as it is In Indiana. say that If the Payne-Aldrictariff bill is indorsed in the state conventions, thousands upon thousands of Republicans either will stay away from the polls or will go there to vote the Democratic ticket. So it is that the president has had both sidea of the matter put up to him and he has been forced to determine what to do. He apparently thinks that because the tariff bill was a Republican measure, the i members of the party, even though they do not like the tariff law, should smother their dislikes and be willing to have the measure indorsed as one to which the party has given Its adherence. ' The Situation In Indiana. In Indiana when some of the Republican district conventions were held for the purpose of choosing state comwas mitteemen, the administration given support In resolutions, but as far as the tariff was concerned the delegates contented themselves with commending President Taft for his earnest efforts to secure a real tariff commission. The Democrats and some of the high-tarlf- f Republicans, say that this was simply beating the devil around the stump, and that the singling out of the tariff commission efforts of the president for approbation, simply resulted in calling sharp attention to the fact that words of praise for the main tariff act had been withheld. It la Impossible yet to tell what tbe Indiana State Republican convention will do in the matter of the tariff. The Democrats say they do not care much whether the Hoosier Republicans indorse the tariff act or not, for if it is indorsed tbe Republicans will be disgruntled and if it is not indorsed the dlsgruntiement will be that of the high-tarlf- f The Republicans. Democrats seem to see victory for themselves either way. On the other hand tbe Republicans declare that their party always has bad the ability get together when the danger of , being split asunder seemed most imminent, and they express the belief that history will repeat Itself in the near future. Chances for Income Tax. South Carolina recently ratified the proposed amendment to the ronstltu- - a h d low-tari- tlon of the United States which will allow the Imposition of tax on incomes. Virginia, another southern state, declined to ratify the provision. Representatives in congress are keeping close watch on the action of the various state legislatures. There are both friends and foes of the income Income tax proposition in congress, but even among its friends there is sharp difference of opinion as to whether such a tax law ever properly could be enforced, because of the proneness of men to hide the facta concerning the amount of their income. The proposed amendment to the constitution which will make legal beyond all question tbe laying of the tax on Incomes has been ratified already by the following states: South Carolina. Kentucky. Oklahoma, Illinois and Alabama. It bas been rejected by Virginia. The legislatures of the following states are either now in session or have just adjourned and as yet no action has been taken by them on the constitutional amendment: Rhode Island, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Maryland Why It Waa Submitted to States. It will be remembered that during the tariff debate early last spring tbe administration and tbe Republican leaders suggested that the income tax amendment to tbe constitution should be submitted to the state legislatures for action. This unquestionably waa done in order to discourage Income tax debate and the introduction of amendments to the tariff bill. Of course It is not Intended to say that the administration waa not sincere in its desires to have income tax legislation, if it ever should reach a legislative form, put on safe constitutional grounds. It la believed that President Taft is in favor of tbe income tax pro-- , vided it can be shown that it is necessary in order to raise revenue, but his friends say his "judicial mind is such that he does not want any legislation to go on the statute books unless it is absolutely certain that it has the constitution baclt of IL As has been said, there are many friends and many foes of the income tax amendment proposition in con- gress. Most of the frieada of the ftrar the west and from the' east And hBrthfesL. Jhree- fourths "of the state legislatures must ratify tbb proposed amendment before it can be put into form and be given a place in the constitution of tbe United States. Within the next year 21 states through their legislatures will have a chance to ratify the amendment The states that have ratified it and those whose legislatures are now in session but have taken no action, already have been named. The legislatures of the following states will meet and either sanction, reject or ignore the amendment within tbe next year: Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, North Caroline, Michigan, Georgia, Colorado, Oregon, North Dakota', South Dakota, Wyoming, Washington, Wisconsin, Texas ' and Tennessee. Roosevelt Well Informed. It Is a pretty thoroughly established fact that Theodore Roosevelt bas In his possession an exhaustive letter written to him by Senator EUhu Root of New York and giving In outline an account of the Taft administration from the fourth day of last March' up to the time that the letter was penned early In February of this year. There cannot be tbe slightest doubt that the New York senator, who was Mr. Roosevelts secretary of state, wrote the letter in the hope that it would offset the statements of a number of people who had gone out to meet Mr. Roosevelt to tell him that from their point of view, that of "progression the Taft administration has been a dire failure. In several speeches made recently by Democrats of prominence and In one or two letters by men of that party of almost equal prominence, it has been held that Mr. Roosevelt himself is likely to be a big figure in the next national election. In these Democratic epistles there has been lacking something of specific detail, and opinion Is pretty evenly divided as to whether the present minority party hopes that the former president will again be a candidate or that tbe hope is he will sanction the Taft administration and continue to support it through its present term, including the time when the present president may be a candidate for Rely on Third Term Issue. There are many leading Democrats In Washington, Champ Clark among them, who seem to believe that if Mr. Roosevelt should be nominated again for the presidency, tbe feeling against a "third term on the part of. the American people would be sure to defeat him for office. The Democrats also are maintaining that if Mr. Roosevelt indorses tbe Taft administration and continues to give it sanction, and by the force of his support, brings about tbe (nation of the president for another the Progressives term, among the Republicans, who to some extent already seem to have deserted Mr. Taft at times, finally will desert Mr. Roosevelt and will pay no heed to his voice or bis writings. GEORGE CLINTON. NO. 48. ADVISED TO STAY AT HOME Younger Members of Mormon Church Are Warned Against the Wanderlust by President Smith. Salt Lake City. Iu spite of the dts-- , agreeable weather, the April conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints convened on Sunday with the tabernacle filled to overflowing and large crowds In attendance at the overflow meetixgs in the Assembly hall. At both general sessions on Sunday the speakers dwelt especially on tbe matter of borne building, and tbe desirability of the young people remaining at home, rather than scattering to the four winds and seeking locaIn this connection tions elsewhere. stress was laid upon the Important resources and possibilities of Utah and the adjacent states, and the several speakers exhorted their hearers to stay In the community and lend their aid in the upbuilding of the state and western ebuntry. At the opening seselon President Joseph F. Smith made an eloquent plea for home building and the providing of homes tor the children, the remaining at home rather than migrating to foreign countries, and for the patronizing of home industry. He told of the many advantages offered the Mormons right at their very doors and deplored the exodus of many to distant lands. He asked for the cooperation of labor and capital to develop the resources of Utah and the adjoining states, and .pointed out that the rights aud privileges of the home people were being usurped by others. The president declared that it is wisdom to study agriculture. We ought to produce out of an acre of ground as much as the heathen Chi- I nese can. There Is no reason why we cannot cultivate the soil as well as others. It is a well known fact that we have been backward, but now we can, by the aid of schools, learn the nature of tbe soil and of its conditions and possibilities. "Another thing Is that we must cooperate and combine onr energies and MtahllHliipfnt pf give employment to- ",home ourselves amf children Rid provide our own things." President SAith deplored the use of intoxicants, After which he spoke of the flganclhl condition of the church, telling of assitance lent in the building of meeting houses and called upon tbe people to contribute liberally to the funds. President Smith took occasion to pay a marked tribute to the late President John R. Winder, whose death occurred a week ago. In a quavering voice President Smith alluded to him , as one of the best men it has ever been my lot to know. I lost a father, a brother and a counselor,' one In whose judgment 1 never failed to have implicit trust. He never shirked his duty. Always vigilant in the performance of every duty, Iij was a choice spirit, a noble soul, a wise, pru- dent man, Just .and honest." President Anhon H. Lund followed President Smitb. He also paid a tribute to President Winder, and said be hoped that when he and the others present were called hencecsuch good words, as spoken by President Smith, might be spoken In their behalf. Bishop Lund told of the prosperous year enjoyed by the Mormon church In general. The missions abroad, he said, have prospered, Great Britain leading, with Germany a' close secoud In the greatest number of converts, and all report excellent progress. The missionaries, he said, have tailored assiduously to bring the gospel among -men. At tbe afternoon session, over which President Smith presided, the speakers were President Francis M. Lyman, r Elder John Henry Smith, Apostle J. Grant and President Melbln J. Ballard of the North testern Mission; all of whom sounded tbe same slogan of back to the farm," or advising the young people of Utah to seek for material prosperity and advancement in their own state, where opportunities were more numerous than In other states. President Lyman declared that: The country is fruitful and deal: able. If not occupied by Mormons it will be occupied by others who are not Mormons, and people coming in with capital. We do not object to their coming, but we want to share the benefits with them." Apostle Grant declared that he had always been Interested in home manufacture, and hoped that In the futuie he people would be more loyal in sustaining and building up manufacturing Institutions at home. He said that preaching home manufacture without buying the articles meant failure. lie believed the majority of the people failed to realize what waa manufactured in Utah. If the people insisted on home manufactured goods, he said It would make a wonde.'ful improvement. The overflow' meeting in tbe morning at Assembly hall was presided over by Apostle Anthony W. Ivins. Music was furnished by students from L. D. S. university. Remarks along general religious lines were made by Apostle Ivins, Seymour B. Youug, first president of the council of seventies; Itulon S. Wells and Charles Hart. Apostle Orson F. Whitney presided at the afternoon session, other speak-- ' ers being President David H. Caunou of the St George temple, Prtideut J. G. Kimball of the first council of seventies and Frank Y. Tavlor. y iudi-auK- He-be- |