The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-29
1 Face Question as to the
Mountain Meadows
Massacre.
MIR TO PRINT CARLETON
IMPORT BRINGS NATTER UP
h Report Declares That I'm
Migrants We're Butchered
by Mormons."
nv RALPH M. WH1TESIDE.

<,,sAi Wire to The Tribune.
risgINGTON, May Ex-senator
! snoot, an apostle of the Mormon
IN NAV soon be called upon TO pass
-sst on a resolution providing for
|rintiug of report which held the
,rms from Brigham Young down,
,,flr or indirectly" responsible for
|,rsuntain Meadows massacre of 1897.
roOrt was written by Major ], II.
,,op of the United States army In
1859. A few days ago Represen-
|. Hughes of West Virginia pre-
Va resolution in the house author
print of 100000 copies of the
An report. MIR. Hughes offered
.,nution at the request of persons
IA Virginia, who desire to use 1T,
i aid TO combat Mormon prose
n According TO Mr.. Hughes:
rEpious publications are asking
ras 10 print the Carleton report.
rport on the Mountain Meadows
~. Major Carleton said there
sut be nthe shadow Of a doubt
~ immigrants were butchered by
|rrons themselves assisted, doubt
4 Tho Indians. II the measure
be house il will 90 to the senate
y referred to the committee on
q OF that body, Of which Senator
Is chairman.
Uncle Sam Not Tagging.
~ you think your Uncle Samuel
c|lnq behind in the matter OF SUI
! /sldnoughts. If you so think you
mother think coming. Not only
n ships of the Florida type the
/,1Serful but the plans for the two
hips which the present congress
h to the navy are to be as far
= znce of the Florida type as the
3 are ahead of the Connecticuts.
FiH have a displacement OF 97,-
g and carry ten fourtccn-lnch
liking the lead Of all the dread
in jte world, is presagcd by
= re designs already being consid-
the naval general board. 1t
uIElsd that ten fourteen-inch guns
y prded as better than twelve
M lrch guns, but ii is also recog-
= taI advantage gained one way
- times lost another way, 1t
"A i possible to have more four
Z, y guns, but it is altogether a
ri d weight. Anything added IN
l1Ie must be Offset by reduc-
n Feight on another feature.
Fneral board expects TO increase
"a ing power of the new ships,
~ The speed, and. il possible,
The steanling radius. The lat,
bs brought about by increased
!. Tor the storage of coal. EN-
e zoe best features in construc-
- In a military way, the pro
: -lp, in addition to having the
~ nuctive batteries in the world,
W. iole to keep the sea longer than
y In existence or in course OF
j 'lcu. Some Of the most thought
~ 10 the navy are beginning TO
p me advisability Of calling a
~ ,e race for hugeness of battle
kH uns Of these men suggested TO
,rvl 'ther day that it would be well
lub general board to consider re
Y slze Of the ships, increasing
3 steaming radius and the size
tlns he suggests that for the
gne OF tho latest size of ships,
- u two ships could be built,
n. glhg half the number Of guns
~ OF heavier which would be
8 ~ with greater bunker capacity.
~ 70 reason, he says. that two
J. :, -lnylng FIVE fourteen inch guns
= ~ more effective than one car
ms guns OF that caliber. Per
10 q Will be the next line Of devel-
F navy building.
- at Democrats in House.
,nr@ pest Democrats in the house
: " " service are Representative
80 LIes OF the First Virginia dis
n o> representative Leonidas +.
snd oi Georgia. Each has been
tss n about twenty years. Each
'r Tlye IN the house at the open
'stt ~ arnty,second congress. They
! 'rs,sf su continuously since. March
~eh will have rounded out
q ~ tnucd on Page Three.
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