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UTAH TR E ASU RER DEFAULTER Former Official Fouitd Short In Hit Accounts Over $70,000 SHORTAGE MADE G00DATONCE Put Money Into Mining Enterprise ' to Help Friend, ad Who Prombrf to Pay It Back But Who Ignored Hie Appeal. Coldly SALT LAKE, March 11-Jamea Christiansen, who was State Treaa rer, of Utah, for four year la In the county jail following Jtl arrest this morning on the charge ot being a defaulter of $70.628 94 of the atate'a funds. Christiansen's term expired at the beginning of this year. Ms bondsmen and friends have deposited the amount to the. credit of the State. Although Christiansen admlta the appropriation of the money a year ago, the shortage was not discovered until a few daya ago by checking op the accounts by State Auditor Jewkea and former' Auditor Edward- Christiansen waa in Chafey, Neva da, looking after mining interesta when informed of the turn that his affairi had taken. He returned to this city Tuesday and met bis bonds- . mi ... men ana contenea. me puoiicuy was followed today by his arrest. It appears that Christiansen put $25,000 of the State money into constructing an ore reducing plant about a year ago on the understanding that hia as aociates put in their shsre. These ..... i rt.-!. IlileU 10 raise ine money aim winr , tiansen faced the loss of the State money he had already invested and ; took more money and completed the placing mill. Christiansen haa been promi- DEMOCRATS FAVOR PLACING nent in politics for several year. , PLACING AN INHERIT Previous to his elect'on as state ANCE TAX. treasurer he waa cashier of the bank at Richfield in this state. j Christian:!! late todav placed in " the hands of his successor a check covering the full amount of hia short age and returned to jail to await ac tion of the law. Although Christian sen has admitted the defalcation of this large sum and returned volun tarily from Nevada to auffer the con sequences of his crime, justice is alow to act. No complaint lias been filed by the county attorney and at a late hour tonight the officials were un able to say when the prosecution would actually begin. Christiansen turned over to hia bondsmen all his mining holdings and his wife mortgage her home to swell the amount of the security. The bondsmen claim they lose but little. Christiansen has retained former Congressman King and and his brother as counsel. Attorneys of the state demand a speedy trial but de cline to outline their further course. The county attorney will file a com plaint charging embezzlement to morrow morning, although dcfalca- SITUATION SERIOUS IN GOAL REGION I mm i- ! a in ri "I .itomorrow mgnt it is pianneci to Dina Operators and Miners Fail to Agree and Big Strike the party t0 vote or cannon and May be the Result in Near Future PHILADELPHIA, March 12 Because the anthracite coal mine operators would not agree to recog nize the United Mine Workers of America the conference of miners and operators to arrange a new working agreement came to naught today. Even at that the prospects for a peaceful settlement have not entirely failed. The miners will call lion li admitted,, Christiansen re ceives more sympathy than condem nation. It it the general comment of till acquaintance that he li the vic tim of bis supposed friend who per slutantly urged him to aave their un dertaking! from ruin and who prom ised to return the money on a given date. It is bitterly asserted by Chris tlamen's loyal friondt that his last despairing appeals for the return of the loan were coldly Ignored. BURT THE AMERICAN Death of Notable Figure Affaire of Panama, The mount vernon, n. y. March 12.-George Albert Burt, who was 'general manager of the Panama ! Railway during the insurrection of J8S. I. dead at his home near here , from heart disease- was Mr. Burt, who cabled to President Cleveland from Panama during the lnurrec-'t :tion, "Unlest you guarantee aufficlent; 'protection I ahall withdraw every; j American cltlaen and proceed to the j United States on a chartered vessel." j It was largely due to thta message that President Cleveland called a ' midnight session of the cabinet and later sent a squadron to the isthmus to protect Americana interesta. I Mr. Burt waa a native of Massa chusetts, having been born at Fall River in 1846. He served through out the Civil Wsr as an ensign on a United Statea frigate. After the war he was appointed vice-consul at Cuatemala and later became Identi fied with the Panama Railroad. He made the first diamond drill borings on the Panama Canal and had al ways been a strong advocate of the sea level type. He waa associated with otbera In' the construction of the first electric railway in the Unit ed States, at Richmond. Va. A wid ow and two children survive him. OPPOSE DUTY ON COF FEE 10 STAMP TAX ,. w i li WASHINGTON, D. C, March 12. The house Democrata will oppose the duty on coffee and the provision of the new tariff bill re-eatablishlng a full democratic strength, one mem stamp tax on checks, bonds and b being sick and one vacancy on sinmp ia v" vuw , .,,, f Antk. A lQS. it will he stocks, ta majority, the allied force claim If the Republicans do not provide j vjctory Xha program tentatively for an Inheritance tax In the bill the agreed on by the allies is to vote Democrata declare they will fight to down the previoua question on the have an amendment taxing legacies adoption of the rules on Monday and and It ia said would In this way em- if the amendment to rules providing barrass the Republicans on account committee to select committees is of recommendations of Roosevelt voted down to propose that commit and Taft. Representatives Under- jte on rules be elected by the house, wood, of Alabama a minority mem-1 The Democratic conferrees are said ber of the ways and means commit-, to have declared they could line up tee declared if duties were determin- j the entire Democratic delegation for ed upon a revenue basis there be no 'the latter amendment but are not so need of taxing th breakfast table or imposing a stamp tax. He declared the inheritance tax offers the best means of making up the treasury de ficit. a convention of their union for three anthracite districts to discuss the situation. They will hold another conference with the operators before March 31. Both sides, however, pro fess the hope that radical measures will be avoided. The operators agreed as their final proposition to continue the present agreement for three years. I OOKS GOOD FOR Claim to Have Votes Enough Block Matters In the House to DISPUTED BY THE REGULARS Orgalaatlon Saya They "WiU Win In a Walk" Speaker Cannon Also to Extremely Confident No Serious Attempt to Defeat Him. WASHINGTON, D. C, March It Three Important developments oc curred today in the house against the insurrection of the adoption of the rules of the 60th Congress to govern In the coming Congress. The compromise fathered by Cummings of Iowa an presented to the regulars by President Taft failed to unite the Republicans members. What was pronounced a satisfactory working agreement entered into late today by the insurgents and democrats. The compromise provides for the re-elec tion of Cannon and the adoption of the rules of the 60tb Congress lor a special session. It also authorized the committee -to investigate the rule and report any prospective changes when the regular session convenes in December. It was pro posed that the insurgents be allowed to name four of the committee, Democrats six, and" regulars five. For the regulars, former Represen tative Watson of Indiana, reported !that the compromise waa acceptable ' if amended so as to allow the speaker ,to name the committee, due regard I being given to the insurgents in its composition. The insurgents declin ed to accept the amendment. It la believed Taft will exert his Influence !to bring both branches of the party j together. At the conference between ! the insurgent steering committee and jthe committee of Democrats, this afternoon it is stated the insurgents convinced the Democrats that they could deliver 30 votes to any motion Jhey dcsir.d m M()nday The Democrats promised to furnish 170. This lacks two of being the certain as to the lormer. The 'regulars Idaim to have the promise of sevejal democrats not to vote with their party and deny that insurgents will number 30. Former Representative Watson declaring that he had never yet fallen down on a poll, asserted tonight that "The organization will win in a walk." 1 Speaker Cannon also seemed confi dent and both the Democrats and insurgents declared that no serious attempt would be made to defeat Cannon, At the Republican caucus tomorrow night it is planned to bind i adoption oi me ruies. t me uemu cratic caucus on Monday it is in tended to bind the members to vote against the rules. McGLOIN TO PRELACY CHICAGO, March 12.-A report is in circulation among Chicago Ro man Catholics that Rev. James F. McGloin of Buffalo is to be appoint ed by Rome as Bishop of Peoria. The Peoria bishopric has been vac ant since the resignation of the Right Rev. John Lancaster Spalding on ac count of ill health. ADVOCATES NO CHILDREN. CLEVELAND, 6. March 12 "Let's quit raising children until we can take care of those we have. Let's sboluh senttoientalism and substitute common sense. In race suicide, so called, lies the salvation of the race." Such is the plea of Mrs. Sarah K. Mordith, recording ecretary of the Ohio W. C. T. who has stepped to the front as an advocate of race suicide. Quality, not quantity," is the key stone on which - Mrs. Morditn oases her argument. "I believe it la next to criminal, says she, "to scatter he doctrine marry and raise a family, without taking into consideration whether the man and woman are fit to marry and whether the future of the child renat least in a measure is assur ed." 7 TO JEFF WILL FIGHT FOR NOTHING IF HE CAN GET IN CONDI TION TO WIN. NEW YORK, March J2.-"Why only $50,000," asked James J. Jeffries scornfully tonight when told of Huge Mcintosh's proposal to give a, $50,- 000 for the Jeffries-Johnson fight Jeffries also took exception to the Australian promoter's suggestion that the fight take place in England Jeffries said the offer of $50,000 did nt look very attractive and asked what about "the $200,000 offers- He also called to the purse offered In Seattle of $150,000. He said however that It is not a matter of money with him, and that all the money in the world could not drag him into the world could not drag him into the ring again if he thought he was go ing to be licked. "If I get into shape and thought I could beat Johnson, I would fight him for nothing.H Jeff said he would never go into the ring unless he gets back to his old fight ing form. PUTTING HEDGE SAY PRESIDENT TAFT WILL IGNORE SOUTHERN NE GRO POLITICIANS. CHICAGO, March 12. "The pass ing of the professional southern ne gro politician as an office holder by right of color has been made an es sential feature in the proposed poli cies of Mr. Taft," says the Tribune today, in a news article. "Hereafter southern white Republicans will re ceive the utmost consideration in filling the 'big places in the Federal service below the Mason and Dixon line. The places which have been allotcd to the negro Republicans as a matter of custom will go to north ern negroes rather than to the southern blackman. "News of this complete change in administration policy has arrived in Chicago directly from the White House, The Information was dis closed in connection with the can didacy of Colonel John R. Marshall, commanding the Eighth Infantry, Illionis National Guard, the negro regiment, for the post tf receiver of deeds of the District of Columbia. "Colonel Marshall's candidacy has the tentative backing of Senator Cullom, and he is seeking the sup port of the Republican organization leaders in Chicago as a necessary steps to taking up the matter official ly with President Taft. "The statement is made- with au thority that Senator Cullom had dis cussed the proposition with Presi dent Taft and that the President dis closed his views on the negro Re publicans to Senator Cullom as has been indicated." I A V A L BATTLE IS FOUGHT Nicaragua and Salvador Come Together Off Corlnto With Honors for Former U. S. BREAKS RELATIONS May be Forced to Spank Nicaragua a She Has Deeded it For Some Time Demonstration of Warship Planned Against Her. MEXICO CITY, March 12.-A private dispatch was received here tonight confirms the report that the ships of Nicaragua and Salvador fought a battle off Corinto. Three Nicaraguan gunboats led by the Momototabo on Tuesday attacked the Salvadorean gunboat Presidente. The latter, by a lucky shot, put the Momotombo out of action almost at the beginning of the engagement The Nicaraguana then withdrew. Later the Momotombo was repaired and pursued the Presidente. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 12. Owing to the continued disturbed conditions in Nicaragua and Presi dent Zelaya's failure to make serious efforts looking to the settlement of the Emery claim, the State Depart ment today, by withdrawing Mr. Gregory, the American Charge at Managua, and ordering the legation placed in the hand of the Consul, who will have no diplomatic capa city, practically broke off diplomatic relations with that country. Affairs in Central America have been closely watched by the Ameri can and Mexican governments, both of which have now come to an un derstanding that the time has arrived when drastic measures should be en forced to insure peace in the Central American republics. Ambassador La Barra. of Mexico, spent some time at the State De partment today in conference with Assistant Secretary Wilson, and the determination was reached that if the American warships now in Nica raguan waters and to be sent there are not sufficient to impress Presi dent Zelaya that the treaty of peace entered into between the Central American republics is not to be lived up to, more radical steps will be taken. The impression was given that if need be, ' intervention would be re sorted to. The governments of the United States and Mexico, it was stated, are in full 'accord as to the policy to be pursued toward Nica ragua, and are now ' anticipating Zelayas further moves. So far as could be learned no offic ial information has been received here of a reported naval engagement between gunboats of Nicaragua and Salvador. E.C. HOLDEN DIES PORTLAND AGED ASTORIAN PASSED TO THAT "BOURN FROM WHICH . NO TRAVELER RETURNS" The Astorian received a telephone message from Portland early this morninu saying that E. C. Holden died in that city at 12:10 this morn ing. The deceased was an old pio' neer of this city, having for years been identified with it and its insti tutions and was for many years sec retary of Temple Lodge No. 7, A. F. & A. M., and of the Chamber of Commerce. He leaves a wife and four daughters to mourn his death. No announcement of where or when the funeral will be held could be ob tained at this late hour, bif will be probably given in full tomorrow. CEORGIE IS STILL TALKING- "Non-Partisan," a Usual, he Throw Harpoon Into Republican. NEW YORK. March 12.-Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, presided to night at the meeting of the New York civic forum, the chief speaker being Senator La Follette. The ses sion considers the question of direct primary nominations. Before intro ducing La Follette, Chamberlain spoke at some length on the Oregon direct primary, its history and the event leading to its adoption. "The Oregon law," he said, "made possible one of the most remarkable protests against machine rule on record, the election of a Democratic senator from a Republican state by a Repub lican legislature. The people are so well pleased with the result of their new primary law as well as their in itiative and referendum that there is no likelihood of any change in the law for years to come." RECKLESS DRIVING CHICAGO, March 12. Because of false report that a woman bad at tempted to kill herself, another wo man today lies dead at a hospital, the victim of a police ambulance hurry ing to take charge of the reported suicide. The unfortunate, who is still unidentified while crossing the street in front of the ambulance, be came confused, turned back and was ground beneath the wheels. " GA'iS: Wl'iS OVER EfI8- IISH IIGIT-IWT POOR EXHIBITION FURNISH ED AND A BIG CROWD WAS DISAPPOINTED NEW YORK, March 12. Joe Gans, the former lightweight cham pion of the world, easily defeated Jabex White, the English lightweight champion, in a 10-round bout tonight. It was a tame exhibition and the big crowd was disappointed as the men were slow and lacked force behind their blows. White was knocked down once in the sixth, twice in the seventh when the bell saved him by one .second and once in the eighth. Gans was far from the Gans of the event of two years ago, as he missed several blows, misjudging the dist ance and failing to take advantage of many opportunities that presented themselves. PIONEER MERCHANT DEAD. PORTLAND, March 12. C.v H. Woodard, a pioneer merchants died at his home, 533 Morrison street, to day of heart disease. Mr. Woodard came to Portland in 1862, and has lived here almost continuously since. He was one of the founders of the Woodard-Clarke Drug Co., and of the old Snell, Heitshu & Woodard Wholesale Drug Co., which went out of business some years ago. OYSTER BAY GIVES HEARTY RECEPTION Ex-President Makes Assertion That Might be Con strued to 'Mean he Will be Candidate Again OYSTER BAY March .-Former President and Mrs. Roosevelt were guests of the town of Oyster Bay tonight at a reception in the town hall and for two hours they stood behind the justice railing as the townspeople filed by shaking hands and etxending farewell greetings. For everyone the ex-President had it hearty greeting. Almost every moth JUDGE UlS IB Makes Cheerful Announcement to Crowd In Famous ISurder Trial PROMISES COMPLETE CHANCE Lawyers For Defense Argue That Cooper Had a Perfect Right to Kill Carmack if the Senator At- temped in Any Way to Draw Gua. NASHVILLE, March Uv-'Come back tomorrow, ladies and gentle men, and we will have an entire change of program for you." This was the cheerful announce ment made today by Judge Hart in the Cooper-Sharpe trial after an im mense crowd had been treated to nine more hours of stirring southern eloquency in which the lawyers for the defense sought to justify . the killing of Carmack. The defense will need considerable more argument before closing its case. Former Judge) Anderson talked at a rapid gait today until he got weak and asked the court's indulgence until tomorrow. The court was willing to let him quit and spectators .filed out, looking . to the promised entertainment of the next day. Anderson who "was a close personal friend and political supporter of Carmack confined his argument to supporting the conten tion that Cooper was justified la shooting Carmack, "Upon the law implanted in all human biengs the law of self-preservation." Whether Cooper threatened Carmack's life or not even if Robin Cooper had gone over there and struck Carmack in the face, he would have had the legal and moral right to have killed Car mack if the senator attempted to draw a revolver." '' NOISELESS CARS NOW. CHICAGO, Mrch 12.-The Chic ago Railway Company has let a con tract for approximately 10,000 noise less steel car wheels with the Car- jnegie Steel Company. The life of the new solid steel forged and rolled wheels is placed at 140,000 miles, while the duration of a cast steel wheel the kind now in use has been considerably less than 40,000 miles. Another important advantage in the new wheels is found in their reduced weight. They scale in at approxi mately 800 pounds the car less than the old wheels. WILL KEEP OUT OF POLITICS. .When Asked is he Would Support the House Insurgents. OYSTER BAY, March 12. "I am taking no part in politics." This was the answer made by Theodore Roosevelt tonight when asked if he wouId support the house insurgents. er in the village brought her chil dren and Roosevelt seemed especial ly pleased to see them. A colored youth was one of the rst to come along, he remarked to Roosevelt, "I've carried a Roosevelt banner in two campaigns and I hope to have the honor of doing so again." To this Roosevelt replied, smilingly, "Time alone will tell whether you arer to be afforded that opportunity.