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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-27
Venerable John E. Parsons,
One of the Defendants in
Sugar Case, Takes Stand
for the Defense.
COURT REFUSES TO
DISMISS THE CASE
Defense Pleads Statute of
Limitations as Bar to Prose-
cution by the Depart
ment of Justice.
BY International News Service.

BY International News Service
r EW YORK, March IS 6--ln a clear
mi ringing voice. without the slight =
est tremor deno,ing his SO years.
John T.. Parsons today denied
under oath every allegation In
the governments Indictment charging
man law.
The venerable lawyer, FOR more than
forty years an acknowledged leader Of
the American bar and for half a ceu-
tury one of the most prominent Pres
byterian lsymen in the United States.
took the witness stand in his own be-
half late in the afternoon. He will con-
clude his direct testimony tomorrow
morning. Then he Will be taken i'm hand
for cross examination by United States
District Attorney Wise
Whether any OF the other defendants
Washington B. Thomas. Arthur y. Don
ner and George II. Frazier, will be placed
In the witness chair has not yet been
determined by their counsel
Judge Hand today dashed the hopes of
the jury and the indictments quashcd on
the plea that the statute of limitations
barred the prosecution, This forced the
sugar trust lawyers TO produce evidence
TO combat the strong case made by the
government, which is based mainly upon
hundreds OF exhibits OF documentary evil
depce taken chiefly from the files OF the
sugar trust itself, Every letter and 9th
CT memoranda thus presented by the
prosecution bears directly upon the gov
orDment's main charge that through
loan OF 81. i.25o.000 OF sugar trust money
made secretly 10 Adolph Segal, the big
combination was enabled 10 seize con-
troll OF the Pennsylvania Sugar compsnys
new refinery in Philadelphia and restrain
Interstate trade by no, permitting that
plant 10 produce refined sugar.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-27
Adiourns Court.

After three quarters of an hours cX-
animation Mr.. Parsons was relieved OF
further strain for the day by Judge
Hand suddenly adjourning court until
tomorrow. After leaving the stand, the
aged lawyer laughed mcrrily with his
counsel. Turning TO the newspaper men,
he said:
"A little thing like criminal prose
cution can't hurt me"
III this thing keeps UP il will be ex-
tremey dangerous FOR lawyers TO serve
their clients faithfully volunteered his
son, former Representative Herbert Par
sons, who had preceded his father In the
witness chair He had told Of a talk with
Henry Havcmcycr just before the date OF
the Scgal loan.
The founder OF the sugar trust. lie said.
requested him TO inform his father who
was chief counsel for the trust that hc
had decided to make loan OF sl,250, 900
TO Gustav Il. ksseil and for the older
Parsons to take charge OF the transaction.
Herbert Parsons also testified that as
late as 1906 he had personally. at the d.
rection of his father. demanded payment
Of the note from KisselI. IT was through
kissell that the loan 10 Sessl had been
made.
MIR. Parsons, please take the stand -
said Delaney Nicoll rs soon as the son
had left the witness chair without be
ing cross examined by United States At
toroey Wise, With quick. steady steps
and head held high. the S:-year-old de-
Icndant walked to the stand after taking
the oath,
"Is there any truth I'm the charge that
you helped TO choke the Philadelphia re-
flnery and consplrcd to keep Segal in
debt so he could not pay the loan?" was
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-27

THE WOMAN in the UPPER bhOtograbh is
Mrs. Floyd ANen w,fe of the leader of the Allen
gang In all of his INTERVIEWS his bture Allen
has asserted the of his SON Victor Thegroub
picture sho.os the family of Victor Allen, wh0 is
also in JAIL The 1oaoer picture of mountain hut,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-27
OBJECT
TO APPOINTMENT

PHOENIX Ariz.. March 26.-The Ari-
Zona legislature by an Overwhelming ma
jorty today adopted resolutions object
ing to the appointment Of former Terri
torlal Governor Richard L.. Sloan 10 he
United states Judge for the district OF
Arizona
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-27
Cost of Conventions

Major Richard w. Young. chairman OF
,, tr,.I.,tion executive committee. spoke
,.,..,.,t,,c thc cost OF previous conven-
- 90 tho congress. He said that the
-, ,.onyentIon cost that city S2S,0
',,1 ,h, cost In other cities had been
,a,,a,a. sacramento. $4,000; Sokane.
sno ooo, Pueblo, $4,000. and Chicago
co., ooo ue said that at some OF these
,,,i,d,rps and oxpositions had con-
,'',,,cd - large part of the cost
m " Armstrong and the Rev. T. n
...,,i George o. Helf, &, q, aeeiye'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-27
VlQS Confusion.

a Primaries opened at 3 p. m.
l Great confusion. owing 10 the de-
dclivering the ballots In many vot-
dtstrcss,
one case ON tile west side the po-
'u'c'aily reported that The ballots de-
ior use al eighteen polling places
'o' arrNc until about 6 y. III. and In
'areo hours wait some carly comcrs
>ne polls. The polls closed at p. IN.
"as further cmba rrassmcnt because
'cen ballots Tor the Democratic pri-
were delivered 10 many places in
/" Inc Republican pink ones. II was
n" the evening before the miXups
Nraighteped out.
ueht Britt Of the board OF cleo
pec'ared that the delay was due
10 the eleventh hour litiga ton
INC Roosevelt committee began
we position Of delegates on the bal
RESULTING IN court orders which
apped the printer.
mo polls had closed at o clock.
instances only abou; half an hour
+" ile delivery of ballots. Roosc-
Ppor'ers said that the miXup would
ground for a contest as TO the
W OF the election.
B Ballots.
e0 'he first trial OF the new prl-
and the working Of 1t had been
F" Win special interest on this
Ballots In many OF the dis
sahged from ten To fourteen feet
'o great mad been the haste To
~" oul that in some cases they
oecucns. there having been lack
10 paste them together.
"ocfatS. who elected delegates
'heir state convention and mem
V'eanization committees had lit
nut Republicans. Indepcn-
cue voters and prohibition vot-
"e instances were unable to
Outstanding the confusion. there
|o- uiaorders OF Importance. voters
'"''r complaints in ridicule oi
r'mary system.
- chairman Koenig said tonight
organization Is in nowise tc
vi The ballot mixup, as the ballot
,s,,." !" III the hands Of the board
"epnblican county committee is.
''owIng statement on the mat
N. case where il WAS reported
,,.s Hhcial ballots had not beer
NV the inspectors were advised
mO'ielal ballots might he used. Foi
'posc' inspectors were advised t,
silo,e nearest polling places sam
|ae,. 'ohtainlne tho names of tll'
|hst ana TO use thom in the SANE
aS official ballots. No person
aSe lost his vote by reason o
OF the official ballot
a s Republican county hcado,,artcr
~as described az betwcei
snu Roosevelt This is bccaus
~~2 Organization has indorso.
nueu on Page ThreeJ
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-27
|THER STATES
/ ALSO LINING UP
! Doubt Of the Execu-
ive's Popularity in In
lana, Where c. w.
'airbanks Is One of the
)elegates.

LEW YORK. March 26,-Eictory for
crganization delegates to the Re
4 publican national convention who
were opposed in seventeen con
gressional districts Of New Yorl;
Z at today's primaries by candidaLes
20 by Roosevelt supporters, WAS
ned an hour after the polls had
a tonight by state and county chair
the primary elections in this city
y Of the contests were made chaotic
be Of the worst ballot mlNups known
Many years and returns from the cleo
were delayed considers
|lulam Barnes, Jr., chairman Of the
2b'ican state committee. claimed at
'flock that the opposition by the high
possible estimate would not win more
p seven out OF the ninety seats in the
lpAal eonvention 10 which New York
e Is entitled.
y sIatement ON tho result had been
~ from the Roosevelt headquarters
nours after the polls closed.
+7nIy Chairman Koeuig claimed vic
~ MS own district by a vote Of $50
and declared that The returns from
lo per cent OF the election districts
'1ied ratio Of voting Of about eight
against the opposition.
c'aimcd the election OF organiza =
'1elegatcs In every district.
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A'inued on Page Three.J
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Continued on Page Two)
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25

The most intensively cultivated re
gion in Europe Is that part Of the
province OF Valencia. Spain. which
lies between the mountains and the
Mediterranean. II has a rainfall OF
only about seventeen inches n year.
but so fertile Is the soil and so skilled
are its workers that II produces crops
worth an average Of 1856 an acre, ac-
cording to a report sent TO Washing.
ton by Consul Robert Frazer. Jr.
There are districts. he says. where
100 acres support 100 families, and
where single families live on the prod.
uct Of four-tenths OF an acre. Farms
are rented for so an acre. and the
tenant pays 45 cents an hour for
pumped water. which flows in a
stream Of 200 gallons per minute.
Almost all farming Is done by hand.
as minute attention is given to crops
and even to individual plants The ay-
erage production Of the principal
crops is as follows. in metric tons OF
2.2O4 pounds: Oranges. 400. 900 tons:
olives. $4,000; carob beans. 10000:
peanuts. 13.500; melons. $4,000:
grapes. $1,000; peppers. 1900: toma
toes. $4,000; wheat. 90. goo: barley, is
600; corn. $4,000: rice. 200. 900.
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25

EARM]NOTES

A harrow. like other tools. does bet
ter work when sharp.
More care should be given to the So
lection OF brood mares.
In selecting a dairy COW particular
attention must be paid TO the udder.
Don't allow your mares or cows to
deliver their young In a dirty barn
yard.
Pigs need exercise. for their sole
purpose and use In life Is to produce
muscle.
II Is a safe rule at all times TO feed
she will eat
Limesulphur cannot be safely used
20 replace bordeaux mixture In spray
ing potatoes.
Colored milk may be produced By
bacteria or by a mixture OF blood
with the milk
The birds are your bes, friends
Help save them by keeping the city
hunter OF your place.
As TO whether IL pays TO cultivate
alfalfa. this is not very positively dem
onstrated by experiments
The claims OF some poultry raisers
sound stranger than fiction. Perhaps
they are based on a few facts
II is a slow process grading up
horses. and the best way is TO buy q
pure bred mare and breed 70 a pure
bred stallion.
The colt well treated will take lotS
OF education the first year. II will
save much grief to man and colt at
breaking time"
Every farmer should raise his own
horses. Mares will do as much work
as the average farmer needs and
raise colt besides.
Cut OF the upper two-thirds Of an
old wash tub. put poultry netting over
It and you have good feeder for
bran or dry mashes for mature birds.
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25
USE ALFALFA FOR PASTURES
Any Field May Be Prohtsbiy psssured
~ Proper Precautions Are Ia
ken-Fine for Hogs

Considerable difference Of opinion
exists regarding the pasturing of al
faIfa. and for this reason the following
advice from the Nebraska station Will
be OF interest;
An alfalfa field may be profitabiy
pastured II proper precautions are
taken. II Is especially valuable for
hogs. is good for horses. and II mixed
with grasses can be safely pas;ured by
cattle and sheep. Some farmers prae-
tice pasturing with cattle and sheep
and state that their losses from bloat
are not great enough to Offset the
value Of the pasture. II pasturing is
attempted. great care should be taken
to see that the cattle are not hungry
when turned on the pasture and that
they have sufficient supply OF other
forage available. The danger from
bloat is always present.
Alfalfa should never be pastured
the first year. and should never be
pastured heavily. 1t is better to pas
ture lightly enough to allow at least
two cuttings to be made during tho
season, and better results can be Sc
cured II the noTmal number OF cut
tings are made. Stock should not be
allowed TO pasture Immediately after
a cutting. unless there is a portion OF
the field which has not been cut"
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25
LOOKING TO HORSES TEETH
Digestive Disturbances and Other
Troubles May Be Traced to
Molars-Arects the Eyes.

Many OF the troubles with both
young and old horses may be traced
to bad teeth. Digestive disturbances
and often the eyes are defective
through a bad condition of the teeth.
The colt between two and three
years is getting its permanent teeth,
and during this time the milk teeth
often become entangled with the per-
manent teeth which crowd out the SUI
perficial ones. and in doing this the
mouth often becomes sore and sensi-
tive. thus interfering with the eating
The writer's attention was forcibly
called to a case OF this kind. when a
farmer brought In valuable colt
which was out OF condition and would
not eat or drink without considerable
difficulty. Upon examining the mouth
II was found that several OF the super
fetal or milk teeth were partly dis
lodged by the permanent teeth, and
the flesh was badly infiamed by the
irritation thus produced. Upon re-
moving the loose teeth and feeding
the colt on soft food few days. the
trouble soon disappeared. and the
animal soon became healthy and Wig
orous again.
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25
COTTON CROP IS
POOR IN THE EAST
BUT MADE EXCELLENT pRocnEss
IN THE WEST.
is FRUlTlNG VERY POORLY
Crop West of the River Made Splendid
Development. Deterioration in East.
Texas and Oklahoma Report
Favorable Conditions.

The cotton crop duplicated is perform.
ance of the previous week and made
progress west OF the river and lost
ground east of the river during last
week
Western progress was at least bal
snced by'eastern deterioration, and prob
ably outweighed.
In some parts Of the section east of
the river progress was made, due TO the
scattered nature OF the ruins which have
visited that section during the last three
weeks. In large portions Of states near
est the Mississippi river the precipita-
tion has not been excessive, and in thesc
districts the crop made good advance.
But the deteriorations in the portions Of
these states where rainfall va. too
heavy added to the almost solid dete-
rioration farther east overbalaneed the
gains made in the good sections and
caused general deterioration on the
whole. The plant in this section il
generally gone too much TO weed; is
s&ppy and tender and poorly prepared
to withstand the dry weather. Cultiva-
ton has been arrested and fields are full
Of grass and weeds, many acres having
been abandoned on this account.
West of the river progress was excel
lent, especially in Oklahoma and Texas,
where the splendid conditions OF the last
fortnight were maintained.
Complaints Of boil weevil are rather
few, with very little damage so fAs.
Complaints of grass worm and kindred
insects were made from some sections,
considerable damage from this source
having been reported from the Esst.
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25
RACK FOR SOY BEANS
Handy Device for Supporting
Crop While Being Cured.
Hay Is Allowed to VIII and 10 Then
Raked Into Wlndrows ard Piled
Over Frames-S2aee for Air
Is Made in Center.

For hay. soy beans are cut with the
mover, and as soon as wilted raked
into small windrows. They are al
lowed to dry here for n short time
ard should then be put into small
shocks and allowed to stand until
well cured. says Kentucky bulletin.
Experience Is necessary in curing soy
bean hay, but those who have made
cowpea hay will find less trouble in
curing that OF soy beans. A CORE
sp0ndent writes in regard 10 curing
cowpea hay that he sets posts about
one foot into the ground. nails cross
pieces near the bottom and knocks
the hay over the posts as soon as cut
The forkfuls Of pea vines are
slipped over the post. which Is sharp
ened. a good-siEed shock Is made. No
further attention is given until the
hay is cured He claims that the hay
cured in this way Is of extra fine
quality. but does not say how much
time II takes to handle the hay in this
manner. 1t would probably not prove
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25
BROWNS ON BUILDING TOP
Friends See New Yorker Die in Foot and
Half Of Water.

New York.-Robert kiIseli was
drowned on the top of a twelve-story
building when he went - the roof TO
release a foot and half of water which
had collected there when the drain pipe
became clogged up fsm the heavy rains.
Kinsela ran his right arm down into
the drain pipe after he had cleared away
the rubbish from the mouth of the hole,
when the suction OF the rushing water
caught aim. He was drawn into the
pipe up to the shoulder.
Despite the efforts of three companions
to pull him out. the suction held him
firm. and his head was drawn into the
water, which still remained on the roof.
In plain sight of them, looking up at
them through ths few inches Of water,
which cow ed his faee. he was drowned.
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25
When Work Beats PLAY.

You weren't here yesterday. Alger
non" said Mr.. Topfoor the other
morning as he got into the elevator
Il hope you were enjoying yourself
somewhere"
Was yo' eve TO a Sunday school
picnic. Mistoh Topho'?" responded Al
gernon- Dat Were I was went
wifi my broder-in-law an his family
Dere was bout 600 head o. chinuns
went, and a lot o people. young an
oil Oh. no. sab. We didn' hab no dan.
Gin. De minister O. dat chu'ch he don
b1ieve in dancin'. He say IL hab a
remortalizin' fec: an any o. de
mem'ers o. his chu'ch dat redulges In
II mus leave de denomination. But
dere was plenty ice cream an sam
wiches an coffee an 'musments an
sports O. dat kin An dere was a
ban dat play mos all de time. an de
grass was nice an sof TO waller in.
'W'ot de ban play tink IL was de
Star Spanglum Banner dey's perform
In. Oh. yas. sab. we all has 4 good
nun time. specially de ehiIluns: but
does yo' know. MIstoh Topic. I t1nk
I rudder be runnin' de eiebator; it's
cooler an dere's mo- 'citemen' an less
critumcism"
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25
TAFT CAMPAIGN
FUND SI,6S5,5IS
HITCHCOCK DENIES ANY coNrRI
BUTTONS FROM CORPORATIONS.
REFUSED DUP0NT'S MONEY
1afts Manager Declares That se2o, $50
Was Collected in Various States
and Handled by State CON-
mittees-

Washington. - President Taft's cam.
Paign fund of 1908 was the subject Of
inquiry by the senate committee investi-
eating the political war chests of that
campaign and that of Alton b. Parker
four years before.
PostmAster-General Hitchcock, chair.
man Of the Republican national commit
tee in 1905, told the senators no contri-
button was accepted from any corpora
tion. and that the committee had de-
elined $4,000 from T. Coleman DUPONT
because the government was then at
taeking the powder trust. and besides,
congress had forbidden corporation coz
tributiOns.
The total Of the Republican fund was
si,6S5 ,51s-27, Mr.. Hitchcock said.
Charles P. Taft, the presidents broth
er; Larz Anderson, ambassador to Bel
GUM; whitelaw Reid, ambassador to
Great Britain; Andrew Carnegie, Frani,
Munsey and others were among eontribu-
tors whom Mr.. Hitchcock named.
Some stockholders of the steel cor
poration and some of the international
Harvester Company, among the latter
Geo. W. Perkins. gave 70 the fund
Before the system Of collecting money
BY finance committees organized in each
state was put into operation, Mr.. Hitch
cock said. friends OF the party came for.
ward with large contributions.
The frat -friesds- he mentioned in
that connection were Charles p. Taft,
brother Of President Taft, who contrib
uted $4,000; William Nelson Cromwell,
s25, coo; Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson,
$4,000; Andrew Carnegie. $4,000;
William Smith Cochran, $4,000; Frank
Munsey. $4,000; Whitelaw Reid, s1O,-
600; VI. C. Borden, $4,000 and Cen
Corbin, for a number of persons, $4,000.
Mr.. Hitchcock stated that s62O,1 so
was collected in various States and dis
bursed by local committees.
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25
OXFORD. MISS, THURSDAY, JULY, 25. /
GOOD ROADS BONDS
IMPORTANT RULING FROM THE AT.
ToRNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Applies to the Issuance Of Bonds BY Dis
tfieta and Is of Especial interest
to All Counties.

Jackson.--The present era Of good
road building in Mississippi is bringing
many questions relating to the bonds be-
ing issued for the work TO the attention
oi the attorney generals office, and a
recent opinion by Assistant Attorney
General Frank Johnston is OF general
interest at this time.
The question was propounded by Yaxoo
county. that where a district had elect.
ed to issue bonds, were the bonds 10 b.
isued in the name of the county, or
merely of the district General John
ston holds that where any one or more
road districts of county come within
tie operation of the road law, the bonds
are 70 be issued in the name OF the
particular district, and not in the name
of the county. In such cases they are
TO be district, and not county bonds.
This view was held by the supreme court
in the case Of Lee County vs.. Thomas.
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25
Las, co.Ed. All lake honors.

The passing of co-education at Wes-
leyan University is made notable by
the fact that every young woman in
the graduating class this year. which
is to be the last class OF women to re-
ceive diplomas from the university.
has been awarded honorary member.
ship in the high scholarship society OF
Phi Beta Kappa. Only a small proper
ton of the men received this honor
One of the arguments which the
men students have advanced against
co-education. which becomes extinrt
at Wesleyan this year. is that. ths
young women have :Sken scholarship
honors which otherwise would have
gore to men.-Washingtnn Evenirs
Scar.
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25
DLD NATIONALlzE
The LEvEE SYSTEM
eG PLEA MADE BY REPRE-
SENTATIVE RANSDELL.
E Joe CANNON APPROVES
|ty Leader Mann Says Levee Work
Exempt From Eight-Hour Day
kcsuse 1t Is Task of Extraor.
dinary Emergency.

Phington.-The naturalization Of
e. system Of the Mississippi river
4vocated in the house by Repre-
kve Ransieil Of Louisiana.
per Speaker Cannon not only ap-
everything tnat had been done,
fteTed the realm OF prophecy by
that probably in thirty years the
luvial country between Cairo and
\ Il viii ee the most thiekly settled
Of the country. lie asked the
trs from that part of the country
\ to it, however, that the people
pot nislst into asking the govern
p DO everything, while they placed
elves on downy beds Of ease.
lcrlty Leader Mann called atten-
: the fact that the sill. a. amend
onierenee, exemPts the levee work
iae operations of the eight-hour
declaring it to be a task of extra
y! emergency.
lPPeal to your sense of justice to
p liberal with the Mississippi than
ave been. and a. | am convinced
Pnh BE-, said Mr. Ransdell after
r. ont that the states of Louisiana,
|s.PPi and Arkansas have spent
Dos for levees, while the govern
has spent less than hall that sum.
tee ls65.
Oxford eagle., 1912-07-25

practical on large scale. but is
worth trying with a small crop.
Another contrivance often used in
curing soy bean or cowpea hay is H.
lustrated here The hay IS allowed to
wilt and is then raked into windrows
and piled over these frames. Being
held up from the ground and having
an air space In the center OF the
shock. the hay. OF course. cures quite
rapidly. This apparatus appears to be
more practical than the one described
above.
Neither soy bean nor cowpea hay
keeps well in a stack unless given a
good covering OF timothy or other
grass. because the coarseness of the
stems allows the water TO penetrate
so readily. The stacks should also be
made on brush. rails or boards to
keep the hay from becoming damp
and moldy at the bottom.