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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-30

MlSSOUGA, Mont, May GA Sc
ries of murders, including the assassi'
nation Of General Thomas Francis
Meagher, a governor Of Montana terri
tory, were claimed as his own mis-
deeds, in a confession made by man
known as Pat Miller, who gave his
correct name as Frank Diamon. at
the town of Plains on Tuesday, accord
ing to information made public today.
damon was brought here tonight and
lodged in the county Jail, pending an
investigation OF his self-assumed
crimes. Murders that he claimed TO
have committed near The Dnlles, Or,
nearly forty years ago, are not re.
corded in the official registers there,
and none Of the old residents recall
them.
Diamon s confession was made and
signed in the presence of three citi.
zens of Plains. He was i'll from the
he was dying. He pledged his wit
nesses to silence until he had died,
threatening death to any who di'
vulged his secret. The confession,
however, fell into the hands Of local
newspaper today. the authorities were
promptly notified and Miller was
placed under arrest. When questioned
about the confession, damon said he
would make no statement until ar
raigned in court.
~ A.
the confession reads
81 killed him on steamboat at
Cow island in the Missouri and threw
him in the river. I swan ashore
For that crime, damon claimed to
have received $4,000 from Montana Wig
ilantes. Other murders assumed by
him were two he claimed to have COM
that of man named George Mitch
ell killed in Oregon in 1888, whose
body was thrown in the Willamette
river.
General Meagher was one Of the i'm
portant figures of Montana s. early
history. He served with distinction in
the union army in the civil war, hav-
ing organized a brigade of Irishmen
in New York and led them for two
years, In lSbo he was appointed ny
General Grant on q mission to Mon
tana. Later lie became acting governor
of the territory.
He made a trip from Helena TO Fort
Benton late in 1865 30 secure provi-
sions for a command Of tlYops While
at Fort Benton he visited his friend,
Captain John T. Doran of the steam
boat George A. Thompson there. After
retiring, Meagher was heard TO rise
from his berth. A few moments later
an outcry brought all on deck. 4
splash in the water indicated that
General Meagher had fallen overheard,
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More Army Orders.

Henry MAslE'B1H M BSnkhead May Seventeenth ahpf11n I'm
fantry, having completed duty assigned
tenant Colonel Richmond Mcsohofield
1uartermaster corps. will proceed to
Gettysburg for Temporary duty. thence
rectIng Captain Matthew c. Smith. Four
teenLh cavalry, to Join his troop is
amended SO as TO direct him to proceed
10 Fort Clark, Tex. for temporary duty
Lieutenant James II Van Horn
Eleventh cavalry, is detailed for service
r Dougherty, signal corps. relieving and
alta ched to Fifth field artillery
Captain William NJ. Fassett- signal
corps. viii proceed to Fort Lea,venworth:
First Lieutenant Charles Telford.
Twelfth cavalry. is transferred to Eighth
cavalry aud Will proceed to Manila for
duty
Captain Harry X. Rutherford. ord
nance department. Is relieved from duty
at sandy Hook, n. J., and Will proceed
TO Watcrtown arsenal Mass. for duty
First Lieutenant ], c. Marshal. Fourth
infantry. is transferred to Thirteenth IN
fantry and Will proceed to San Fran
cisco. thence to Manila for duty,
First Lieutenant Guy H. Wyman.
Eleventh cavalry, is transferred To
Eighth cavalry and will proceed to San
Francisco. thence TO Manila for duty.
BY direction OF the president, First
Lieutenant Frederick F. Black, Eleventh
infantry Is detailed for service in sig
nal corps. vice First Lieutenant Walter
Il. ProSser, signal corps, relieved and as
signed TO Fourth field artillery
Second Lieutenant Frank l.. Purdon,
Eleventh infantry. Will proceed to Fort
Ma cke epzie. Wyo. for temporary duty.
thence TO West Point. n. Y, for duty
Changes In ordnance department or
dered:
First Lieutenant Arthur D. Budd. from
Rock Island arsenal, ILL.,, to Watertown
arsenal, Mass; First Lieutenant IL. P.
Councilman, from Philippines department
to Augusta arsenal, Augusta, Ga; First
Lieutenant Charles e. Richardson, from
Watertown arsenal. Mass. to New York
arsenal First Lieutenant J, ], Thomas,
from Sandy Hook to Watertown arsenal,
Mass: First Lieutenant Charles A
Eaton, from Sandy Hook To Rock Island
arsenal. III. First Lieutenant II, c.
Mulhenberg, from Frankford arsenal.
Philadelphia to Watertown arsenal,
Mass: First Lieutenant A. II. Hobley.
from Springfield Mass. to Sandy Hook;
First Lieutenant G. r.. Partridge, from
Watertown to Sandy Hook; First Lieu
tenant H. T. PiIlans, from Sandy Hook
n WaierIo
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-30
LIMIT ON WIVES
PRESSED IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO. May GA fifth woman ap-
peared last night in the strange case Of
the late Homer Edward Morrison. mum
of many widows" She is Miss Eleanor
Ostrander. who asserts she was TO have
married Morrison yesterday as w. T.
Morrison.
Morrison. who died just q week ago.
LETT three widows and two fancees and
the police believe there are other women
who are mourning him as husband or
betrothed,
Miss Ostrapder told detectives she met
Morrison six years ago and during that
time he took her to many places OF
amusement and gave her several presents
Before Morrison began counting Miss
Ostrandcr he had two wives. Two years
after he began 10 pay her attentions hs
married again, He also found time to
pay his respects 20 another woman,
widow. who says she was TO have mar
ried him next month. She gave Morrison
$1,000
Miss Ostrander is the only woman OF
the flve who does not claim to have given
Morrison considerable sums.
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of Underwood.

Chairman Underwood of the house
ways and means committee, when asked
about the probable action of the house
should the tariff bill come back with an
amendment to eliminate the per cent
clause, said that personally he favored
the retention of the provision as one of
the ways of building up a merchant ma
rine.
81 believe in discrimination in favor
Of American ships said he Foreign
nations discriminate in favor of their
own ships and | don T see why we
should not
Mr.. Underwood did not Indicate,
however, whether there would be any
effort to retain the provision IF the ad~
ministration raised strong objections.
Senators of the subcommittee on the
finance committee working on the cot
ton schedule Of the Underwood bill are
said to be ready to recommend some in
creases in the house rates. More than
r. hundred witnesses from the New Eng
land and southern cotton sections are
the senators that some of the cuts were
too great.
The committee also is expected TO
recommend some changes in the chemi-
cal schedule, among them to be the free
listing of certain dyes used in the man
ufacture of cotton which the house bill
has included in the dutihble list
Senator Stones subcommittee still is
working over the wool and metal
schedules. Few changes are looked for
in woolen manufactures. Some reduc.
tions are known to have been decided
upon in the steel schedule. Structural
steel will be reduced, while pig iron and
ferro:manganese probably viii go to
the free list.
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FAREWELL BANQUET
RENDERED ]. {. CA|NE
Continued from Page One.)

people had come TO disregard the old Idea
that the world of affairs is innately bad
and he asserted that we are all placed
here TO prepare ourselves by stress of
life and its pleasures for the heaven for
which we are designed.
Garret Fort, general passenger agent
of the Union Pacific, here spoke briefly
of his association with Mr. Cane. who,
he said. was always willing to ask the
Union Pacific 10 do anything which he
thought II should do and sometimes
things which shouldn't really have been
required of the road" Mr. Fort Init
mated with much humor that Mr., Cainc' s
friendship was not always an unmiXed
blessing.
Fred C. Richmond was the last of the
Business and Friendship" topic which
enabled Mr.. Richmond 10 dilate on the
necessity OF closer relations among men
mutually interested in affairs. Mr., Rich
mond concluded his talk with the presen-
tation Of the watch and chain to Mr..
Ing. Mr.. Caine In his talk told of the
load OF woe which overwhelms the secre-
tary OF the club and he urged that at
least the greater part of the financial
problem be removed, AS means. he
suggested the purchase of 100000 of the
sequent burning OF the bonds.
DR.. p. D. Woodruff president Of the
club. spoke briefly and feelingly concern
Ing the loss OF Mr.. Caine after President
Q. E Hottie. of the Oakland Commercial
club. TO which Mr.. Caine goes. had de-
tailed the JOY of Oaklandites ot the ao-
quisition "of the best commercial club
executive on the Pacific coast
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MORE NOMINATIONS
MADE BY PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, May 2s-President
Wilson today gent to the senate the fol-
lowing nominations:
Consul at Manchester. Bngland-WiI-
liam II. Robertson Of Virginia.
Consul general at Halifax, n. Swan
Young Of South Dakota.
Solicitor for the department Of labor
John b. Densmore OF Montana.
United States attorney for Kansas
Fred Robertson OF Atwood. Kan
Collector OF customs for the district
OF Boston and Charleston, Mass.-Jo-
seph p. Russell OF Boston.
Naval officer OF customs In the dis
trict Of Pnlladelphia-W. NJ. Croll OF
Pennsylvania
Commissioner of Indian afoairs-cato
Sells OF ClebuTne. Tex.
Surveyor general Of We Wasidngton-Ed-
wand a, FltzherHy Of Port Angeles.
Wash.
Register of the lard Office at Buffs
Wyo.-Ralpll II. Reed.
Postmasters-Earle Hughes. Fresno,
CAL: Charles w McCarty. Ottumwe, Ia
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WIRELESS PREVE|V||
BIC Loss Of II

QUEENSTOwN. May 2s.-The a
can line steamer HaverfoId. which
yesterday from Liverpool for ~
phia, with 15i cabin and $50 81
passengers aboard. went on the
westward of Cork's mead this afI1
while feeling her way cautiously
dense fog.
The wireless again demonsfF1u
efficiency. within a few minu{<
ship was IN communication with e
town and great tugs which ply p.
Queenstown and passing liners W}4
sengers end mails went TO the re-
once.
Before dusk all uhe passenger*
light luggage. had been brougnt
shore here. The company has e.
10 forwa ri them 10 their desu1
When the last passenger was "
there were fifteen feet OF water
forehold OF the vessel.
The admiralty station receiye
first MESA ge Of distress. lms =
mitted Immediately TO the. Amerp
office and at the same time ds1l+
the big government tugs Heile1po
Siormcock 10 the liners ae5ietanc~
The compa.ny's Queenstown
soon afterward sent three OF rne
Shipping compony's Jugs;
stranded vessel in n short time ~
rounded by a small fleet,
There was considerable anuety
the American liner. as she wae -
in the denaest fog. but nothing 7
bling a panic occurred The ta!
the tugs was made In perfect ofo
The captain and crew remains =
ship. ~ NJ
nv tugs at midnight and ioveu
She is anchored outside the nas
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LYNCHING OF SLAYER
is NARROWLY AVERTED

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia. May "a
mob numbering several hundred persons.
intent on lynching Henry Wiley. charged
the county jail late tonight, but when the
leaders were told that Wiley had been
sent out OF town the mob began TO dis
perse.
Wiley, who Is an italian, Ia charged
with having murdered Howard Jones. a
locomotive fireman, Tuesday night. The
mob. apparently unsatished. began a
hunt for Wiley. although large number
remained In the vicinity OF the jail,
to an Italian settlement near the rail-
road yards and destroyed considerable
property belonging to Italian citizens and
created panic In the vicinity.
Chief OF Police Groom succeeded In dis
persing the mob two hours later
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ALLIES EXPECTE11|
SIGN TREATY ID
Peace Delegates, II u B
Have Virtually ReaeIl
an Agreement.
sPolLs ONLY DRAwB|
Report of Massacre Al h
Comes From a Tru.
worthy Source.
SPOlLS ONLY DRAWB|

LONDON, May 2s.-Tb.
peace between the Balkan ~: ~.
turkey, which will be snow@s @
- Peace Of London" will Ss
noon tomorrow at ST, .Tamdss r =
some unexpected hitch occmrs
has followed Greece in reluctsn,
To her delegates to sign, Tn,i
Bulgaria indicated their v;;1;'.
some time ago, and it is ass',,n
Montenegro will oppose mn 'oS oSat2
Greece held out for the ~ 81
q protocol until the last morsr@
she was assured by Turkey a Z
conventions prevailing before b.
would resume their effectivrns-
an opportunity was given fc
the issue. The protocol Greeoe n
appended to the treaty .embod,.
ervations by the allies on poinfs
be discussed with the powerE 4
the financial post bellum sat;I
the fate Of the Aegean islands 4
frontiers Of Albania.
Bulgaria and Turkey refuse 4,
anything to do with a protoc;
former regarding it as ton nj
open up fresh and undesirabIs
sions, the latter MS betrayinq
Of Difference to the powers,
While the "Peace Of London
end the war in Turkey, it NAV
signal for strife among the allie
Servia Displeased.
A speech of the premier az
IN the presentation at Belprpde
day, when he declared that Scr'
manded a modification of Ere
with Bulgaria regarding a dtsi|
territory, instead of allayine iYyI
has increased it to such an exfo1
it is not likely now that bis N
with Premier Cuechoff of Bulpz
the frontier Will take place.
AL the efforts OF Russia 10
about peace between Bulgaria 4,
via apparently have failed an
worst is feared, Meanwhile, th,
relsome allies are throwing an
bodies Of troops into Macedonia
cupy disputed territory.
The relations between Bulgar
Greece still are extremely "a
The Bulgars thus far have ref
create a neutral zone at 81
where the Greek premier, NJ
los. is awaiting q meeting with d
garian General Ivapoff, This
ence is expected to check the
militarists, who apparently are
in defiance Of the home goycrnn
Massacre Is Reported.
SALONIKI, May pa d
from a trustworthy source sa5
the Bulgarian troops have de-
the village Of Hadji, between 8
and Series and have massacr
Mussulman population,
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Knocking Together of Bones
Of Ordinary Person Pro-
duces Only Discords.
BY International News Service.

BY International News Service
- Jew YORK. May 29-According
~ to DR.. William Lloyd. the
~ eminent London throat spe-
! calist. Bnrco Caruso, the
famous Italian tenor, pos
sesses physical characteristics that
allow him TO produce musical sounds
in almost unlimited volume, and that
the quality of the structure Of his
throat was just as much adapted for
emitting sound an the shell OF
fine violin.
The doctor declared that tho tenor
had music in his bones. The simple
tapping Of Caruso's knuclsles resulted
In a vibration that was different
from that OF an ordinary mortal. the
sound being a pleasing harmony,
whereas the knocking together OF the
bones OF All ordinary person cause
only a discordant sound,
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TARIFF LOBBY NOW
FACING INVESTIGATION
Continued from Pago One.)

''Or abroad" said Senator Thomas, and
the whole senate Joined in the laugh
Another bill proposing the registration
Of all persons engaged In attempting to
influence or promote legislation was In
troduced by Senator Weeks II would
establish dockets In the house and sem
ate. IN which all persons or firms who
hire legislative agents would be required
to register the names OF these agents.
with a list of legislation on which they
are allowed to appear. lobbyists would
be required TO specify all Of the legisla-
tive subjects In which they were inter-
ested At the end OF each session em-
ployers OF legislative agents would be re-
ouired to- file statement OF the sums
they had spent and the purpose OF the
expenditures,
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GREAT DAMAGE IS
DONE BY FLOODS
Sections of Wisconsin, Mon
tana and Idaho Visited by
High Waters.
RESCUE YOUNG WOMEN
Seventy-fve Taken From a
School Building at SUI
perior on a Raft.
RESCUE YOUNG WOMEN

SUPERIOR, Wis, May 29,-Damage
which may reach 100000 was done in
Superior today by torrential rainfall
which caused streams to overflow and
destroy property.
The 500 line freight yards and ter
minal buildings suffered 100000 dam
age, eight tracks were carried away,
freight cars overturned, the round
house and machine shops flooded and
the entire yards covered with water
for an area OF nearly q square mile,
Traffic was stopped.
Tracks on the Northern Pacific, Chi
cago, Minneapolis & Omaha, and the
Duluth, South Shore G. Atlantic were
smaller.
The state normal school dormitory,
occupied by seyenty-five young women,
was cut off by water and its occu-
pants were marooned until RATS were
built.
Conditions in Montana.
MISSOULA, Mont, May 2o.-Melt.
ing snow caused flood conditions in
western Montana yesterday in the vi,
cinity Of Columbia Falls, kahspel and
the flathead lake. The Flathead river
has risen three feet in the last TWEEN
ty-four hours; at Columbia Falls the
new 100000 steel bridge across the
Flathead is topping and cannot be
saved, and floods Of water rushing out
of the mountains are playing havoc
with property along the lowlands and
threatening heavy damage to grain
fields. Persons living in the lowlands
are preparing for emergencies.
Rattlesuake creek, which traverses
the city of Missoula, last night washed
away one of the principal bridges in the
eastern part Of town.
Cooler weather has caused slight
recession of the water in the Bitter
Root river, but numerous bridges are
covered and may go out. Railway traf
fic has not been generally impeded.
Houses Washed Away.
LEWISTON, Ida, May 29,-The ST.
Joe river. the highest navigable river
in the United States. is above the flood
stage and houses at ST, Maries were
floated from their foundations today.
Boats are landing passengers at the
railroad station. The water level in
the Snake river at Lewiston rose two
feet to 20.5 feet above the low water
level in the last twentyfour hours,
but no great damage has been done
Heavy rains and snow melting in the
mountains caused the floods,
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No Profits, He Says.

Declaring that there are no profits in
mutual life insurance companies and
that they should be exempted from the
income tax just as mutual fire insur.
ance and other organizations will be,
Mr.. Kingsley pointed out that by state
and federal governments life insurance
companies and their members already
were taxed s2s,50o,oO annually, ST.
100000 being the corporation tax
which is TO he re-enacted in this bill.
AS II lies before the senate,'' he
said. "the bill taxes what are mis-
takenly called dividends paid to
members of mutual companies. 1t lev
les the tax, although our own federal
government has declared that such re-
turns under the corporation tax used in
the abatement OF future premiums are
not dividends. To tax them is to levy
q tax on tax; to punish individuals
for effectually doing the very thing
the state is preparing to do when II
levIes a tax"
Representative Cordell Hull of Ten.
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Amendment introduced.

Senator Cummins today introduced
an amendment to the tariff bill to put
tax Of 10 per cent ad valorem on
stock market sales. The tax would be
levied upon the sales Of capital stock,
shares, bonds or other obligations Of
corporations, all sales of products of
the soil. meats or provisions Of any
character made under the regulations
of any stock exchange. grain or cotton
OF provision exchange, board Of trade
or other such institution wherein the
seller is not the owner of the property.
The finance subcommittee, headed by
Senator Williams, already is consider
ing the proposed amendment
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Arizona Women Vote.

PHOENIX, Arz.. May e3.-For the
first time since they were given the
franchise In Arizona, women in Phoenix
and in Maricopa generally participated
today In an election Of consequence by
voting on the wet or dry question.
Because OF required educational qualifca-
tions. few women and men OF Mexican
origin appeared at the polls.
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nessee, author of the income tax, has
urged the senate finance committee to
be careful in revising the section, lest
they leave any loophole through which
holding companies might cvade that
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-30
CONFESSES MURDER,
THEN REPUD|ATES
Frank Diamon Admits Killing
General Meagher, and Then
Denies 1t.

MSSoULA, Mont, May 28.-
Frank Diamon, who was arrested
yesterday at Plains, Mont, as the
result of his alleged confesson of
the murder Of former Governor
Thomas Francis Meagher Of Mon
tana and others. repudiated his
confession this morning.
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Saltair is the big family resort. Take
fare. advertisement }
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Bathing, dancing, lunching, amuse
ments Of all kinds at Saltair today.
Fare 25c. Advertisement.
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Obstacles Overcome.

Although there were difficulties
and obstacles among us as TO how
labor and our competitors should
be treated, for the last eight or nine
years our administration has been
very successful and everything is
very satisfactory, except for the
fact that the government does not
seem to think that we have done
as much or as little as we ought,
whichever it is.
Possibly BOTH interrupted Henry
F.. Cotton Of counsel for the govern.
ment.
"Possibly both, - smiled the witness
"Of course we have made mistakes
from time to time and our subor;dnates
have done things which we would
rather they would not have done; but
7 think that for good many years
their management has been fair and
good,
cit has never been our practice or
policy to disregard or defy public senti,
ment,
Seeking Stability.
Judge Gary testified that the cor.
poration s policy of seeking stability
in prices had benefited the industry
and that as a result of it there had
been no failures of steel firms in the
panic of 1907.
81 do not wish to be misunderstood, -
he said. "I have always been in favor
of the maintenance and stability Of
steel prices and / am glad to have the
government investigate this whole sub
iect''
The competitors Of the corporation
were "never so strong and successful
as they are at present. he declared
and he had never heard any of them
complain that they were treated un-
fairly by the corporation.