Salt Lake Tribune, The (Newspaper) - March 23, 1929, Salt Lake City, Utah The Weather U or rain Saturday colder southwest Sunday unsettled strong winds snows southeast lem below normal freezing at II if I I If VOL 118 NO 139 SALT LAKE CITY SATURDAY MORNING MARCH 23 1929 30 CENTS Freak Storm Rips HOOVER SIGNS Sleuths Get Warning Through South Causing Death and Heavy Loss FISCAL HEADS Colvin Faces Arrest Three Children Perish in Demolished Church 10 Others Badly Injured Tornado Lifts Crowded hut AH Pupils Unhurt School Escape Peril ASK HIS HELP U S Senator Hob crt Wagner to whom Tammany lead ers turn for advice IMMIGRATION Establishes ATLANTA Ga March 22 Freakish spring storms swept the south today and left four dead near ly a score Injured and heavy prop erty damage From Texas northeasterly a wide belt was drenched last night and to day and a tornado swept the Coosa river valley from Alabama across northwest Georgia arid into North Carolina dipping at widely separated V points Hailstorms and high winds were reported from various points The tornado at Ala near Anniston demolished a negro church used as a school building killed three of the pupils and injured ten others two seriously One of those killed John Henry Lee was found half a mile from the church and died a short time later in a hos pital Twister Next Strikes Town s Two miles East of v The twister next struck at Max wellborn Ala two miles east of Mer i and damaged a number of houses but no one was injured nor Continuing northeasterly the twister dipped at Ga three houses and the Southern Railway station and in jured five persons none seriously The tornado struck again two i miles west of Calhoun Ga turned p school building crowded with chil dren around but none was injured In that vicinity three houses were demolished The storm next struck In the vi of Wilson N C where many farm buildings were blown down JL trees uprooted power and transmis sion lines severed So far as could bs learned there were no casualties Kills Fanner But Small Daughter Escapes The charged to the storms was at Alpharetta Gm near s Atlanta where Allen 52 farmer by light ning The rear home was de abolished by the bolt and his small daughter Courtney and his house keeper a Mrs Christian suffered se vere shocks Rainfall was continuous along the Coosa river in Alabama from late yes until this afternoon Damage of was done by hail at Augusta Ga last night by heavy rains and high winds N C March 22 child was killed and at least ten persons injured in a tornado which struck this city shortly after 6 oclock tonight Tha body of Floyd Stevens about 10 years old was found near his home five miles west of here af ter the storm passed Both his parents Mr and Mrs Ar thur Stevens were injured seri The storm lasted only a few min utes but reports of heavy damage were received from all sections It was reported that the roof of a two story brick office building in the business section was lifted and car ried almost 100 in the wind MINE DEATHS 41 16 STILL MISSING National Origins Al lotment Basis On Diplomatic Liquor Treasury Issues Off Instructions to Dry Agents and Police By WILLIAM P WASHINGTON March 22 President today issued a proclamation declaring the immigra tion quotas as defined in the na tional origins act to become effec tive July 1 He did so with a dramatic and frank statement that while he was opposed to the national origins plan arid disliked the duty of issuing the the president must be the first to obey the law At the same time it was intimated that congress at the extra session may take action to either repeal the act or to postpone the date of the op pending further study The presidents statement in con with the proclamation fol lows The attorney general lias advised me that in failure of congress to sus pend action it is now mandatory upon me under the immigration act to issue the proclamation establish ing national origins as the basis of immigration quotas The proclama March 22 Federal prohibition agents customs officials and local police were warned by the treasury department today that they must henceforth adopt a policy where diplomatic liquor accompanied by an accredited attache of an embassy is being transported The treasury confirmed the issu ance of instructions to the proper au settling the question of just what requirements the foreign em bassies and legations in Washington must comply with to make their liquor shipments free of police inter I f Ever since the Washington police seized 60 cases of liquor consigned to the Siamese legation last week while it was being transported by a private truck owner the question of trans of embassy liquor by such private truckers expanded until it involved the state treasury and jus tice departments Three Important Directions Stand Out in Maze of Technicalities Out of the maze of technicalities relating to the procurement of proper customs waivers by the diplomats ex Filming of Wai Epic Costs Life In Plane Crash HOLLYWOOD March 22 entered Into the filming of Hells Angels great epic of war in the air late today when a huge Ger man plane crashed to earth near San Fernando after being put into a sensational and killed a mechanic The dead man is Phil Jones who could not climb out of the ship in time to make a para chute Jump Al Wilson famous stunt pilot and only other member of the crew leaped 5000 feet and landed safely TAMMANY HITS ELECTION SNAG tion must be issued prior to April 1 liquor shipments three im and will be issued at once It will go portant directions stand out in the Committee Selects Group for Conference With Hall Leaders By MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY NEW YORK March 22 The executive committee of Tam many hall tried for a spirited hour and a half today to elect a leader to succeed Georgn resigned without success Then they admitted failure and named a committee of seven to wait upon former Governor Alfred E Smith Mayor James J Walker Sur rogate James Foley and Senator Robert Wagner and find out if they into effect on July 1 unless action is taken by congress in the meantime President Opposes National Origin Basis Allotment While I am in favor of re and selected immigration I have opposed the national origins basis I therefore naturally dislike the of issuing the proclamation and installing the new basis but the president of the United States must be the first to obey the law Throughout his campaign notably in an address in the eastern indus trial section the president declared himself as being opposed to basing immigration quotas on national ori gins Briefly the law provides that the number of immigrants which may come to this country after July 1 Continued on Paze Seventeen Column One instructions First no per m1 may be lawfully issued for the transportation of intoxicating liquors by a diplomat second all liquors WEIGH NEW LOAN Mellon Spends Hours With Federal Board Over Broker Problem On Perjury Charge In Beaver Inquiry Imported by diplomats should com into the port of Baltimore and third the ownership of the vehicle mov ing the liquor is not since an accredited diplomat accom the vehicle would be In phys ical possession of the shipment and since he is immune from arrest or molestation and the shipment under diplomatic immunity is free from search or seizure any officer who should arrest the diplomat or disturb the liquor after proper identification would be liable to severe penalties The final settlement ofthe ques tion was received by the embassies and legations with elation The hap piest of the Washington diplomats were those who have liquor ship on Page Twelve Column Three Coast Sink British Rum Runner By COWARD L WASHINGTON March 22 With Secretary of the Treasury Mel lon in attendance the federal reserve board today spent hours considering further restrictions on brokers loans for speculative purposes How important the nations fiscal heads regard the present situation was indicated by the fact that Mellon spent two hours In with the board after leaving the biweekly cab inet meeting at the White House Governor George L Harrison of the New York reserve bank also took part in the meeting Rediscount Rate Boosting Fails to Materialize A general boosting of rediscount rates widely feared In Wall street failed to materialize as an immediate step On the other hand there was no assurance that it had been ruled out Predictions were that the up ward movement would start with the Chicago bank Its directorate held a meeting at least part of which apparently was coincident with that of the board here Later in the day Governor Roy A Young o the board sent out word there would be no announce ment which by custom ordinarily means that no rate change has been made There have been instances how ever where a rate change was pro posed and approved to be announced and made effective at a later date Mellon and Others Flatly Refused All Information Secretary Mellon Governor Young and others flatly refused all informa Gives Up Pulpit for Seat In Engine Cab ASHEVILLE N C March 22 the Rev J B and hell say its eas ier work running a locomotive than ministering to the spiri tual needs of people Having done both he found the ministers life too stren and today announced his resignation as pastor of the North Baptist church He Intends to return to his former occupation as a South ern Railway engineer Im resigning my pastorate because of ill health that has followed overwork he said be those pillars of Tammany strength as a leader Observers Brand Deadlock Smith When the meeting adjourned at m and the announcement of the action taken was made observers immediately interpreted it as a vic tory for Smith Martin McCue leader of the twelfth district John F Curry and Edward Athern went into the meet ing as the candidates with Mchael as a dark horse suddenly thrown into prominence There was much talk of heavy gains made by McCue during the day and Ills supporters went so far as to predict that he would poll thirteen votes winning the place easily Twelve votes were necessary to elect But the statement of Surrogate Foley that hs would have no part whatever in the selection of a leader issued formally today after many conferences was seized upon by Mc Cues opponents as directed against claims that Foley was backing McCue and they made effective use of it Secrecy Surrounds Meeting For Election of Leader The meeting was held behind closed doors and was surrounded by much secrecy It began at p m An hour and a half later adjournment was taken and the decision to con REBELS ENLIST U S AVIATORS FOR AIR FIGHTS Twentyfour War Pilots Volunteer for Service General Announces v PARNASSUS Pa March 22 death toll from the explosion which shattered the mine yesterday mounted slowly today and mine officials announced at least fortyone men had been killed Sixteen others are missing and it is feared their bodies may be fouad in chambers which rescue workers thus far liave not been able to reach Mine officials are hopeful however that some of the sixteen may have escaped and failed to report to com pany offices Tonight thirtyone bodies had been removed from within the mine and taken to temporary morgues set up in this mining city most of them awaited identification which was near to impossible because the bodies were so badly burned Nine other bodies at least remain in the mine They were found by rescue workers and have not yet been brought to the surface One nan died after he had been taken from the mine suit the four most famous living sons of Tammany heretofore classed by the district leaders as outsiders was made known It was not re when the committee would meet again the time being dependent upon how long it takes to sound out the views of the men to be consulted Much interest attached to the move because Smith thus far has refused to take any part in the naming of a leader Foley today said he would have no hand in the situation and both Wagner and Walker have re fused to express any preference de spite heavy pressure brought upon them Faith Healer in Jail Following Death Pa March 22 Charles A Belles faith healer tonight was arrested in con with the death of old Vema Octavia Delp whose body was found last Saturday on the grounds of the Catasauqua Gun club JUAREZ Mexico March 22 rebel air corps announced to day that American fly a World war ace have volunteered for service in the Mexican revolutionary cause Gen eral Gustavo Salinas chief of the corps said the fliers would be com missioned as soon as airplanes were available General Salinas the Mexican federal air force until re cently having organized it in 1912 He holds a United States pilot li canse Canadian fliers eager to thrilling experiences of the World war also are offering their services the general said and expert machine gunners want to join the rebels Many of the gunners saw service with the British army in France An American flier who expects to go to the rebel front within twenty four hours said the rebels crossed three airplanes from Texas to a land ing field near Juarez a few nights ago Seven automobiles the lights to illuminate improvised field so the machines could lana the flier said One of the planes was NEW ORLEANS March 22 The British auxiliary schooner Ima lone of Belize suspected of being a contraband carrier was sunk off the Louisiana coast today in a battle with coast guard craft and one member of its crew a negro seaman was either killed or drowned Reports relayed here from coast guard radio stations at Pascagoula and Miss were that acting under orders to capture the the cutter Walcott commanded by Warrant Officer Frank Paul en countered the schooner yesterday off Trinity Shoals 200 miles southeast of Mash island The master of schooner failed to heed an order to prepare for board ing and fled on a course toward Puerto Mex The Walcott placed one large shell in the schooners rigging but was unable to overtake her be cause of intervening shoal water The chase continued with other coast guard ships and tSie was sighted again today near Sixty Deep The Dexter then fired repeatedly at her until she sank with out offer to surrender the reports stated All members of the one were taken from the foundering craft by the coast guardsmen of the Dex ter which then reported the affair IDAHO PICKS Coeur dAlene High School Senior Wins District Oratory Contest and sailed for New Orleans under orders from Lieut Bixby squadron commander at Pascagoula The coast guard officer suspected the schooner of carrying liquor Radio reports said the captain of the Dexter ordered the master of the to heave to and submit to search but the fleeing craft defied the coast guardsmen to attempt to board Ill have to sink you then the Dexters commander is said to have warned Get your men into the boats before we fire The but when the Dexter opened fire the crew quickly took to boats and were picked up by the Dexter and the Walcott A gunman on the Walcott sus a broken arm in the recoil of his gun The body of the seaman was re covered WASHINGTON March 22 Admiral F C commander of the coast guard said tonight the schooner which was sunk today in a battle with coast guard craft off the Louisiana cost was one of the most notorious smugglers en gaged in the illicit importation of liquors Into the United States tion Reports which appeared well founded however were that the dis cussion had centered about rates Young laid the boards cards on the table in his Cincinnati speech Sat night to such an extent that there appeared to be nothing but rate increases for the board to discuss Continued on Twelve Column Four STOCKMAN FACES CHARGED BY SHEEP RAISER Officers Arrest Company Head on Complaint of A J Redd The first state finalist in both the Utah and Idaho phases of the na tional oratorical contest on the con of the United States was named Friday when the northern most district of the two states re ported Edward Ackerman a senior the Coeur dAlene high school as representative of his district in the finals Mr Ackerman won his laurels Fri day afternoon in the Moscow high school competing against the repre of the Wallace high school and the Mullan high school His subject was The Present cance of the Constitution The northern Idaho conducted under the chairmanship of Howard David of Moscow with the cooperation of O A Fitzgerald Jn charge of publicity lor the Univer sity ot In addition to Mr Ackerman the Khmer thn James of Wallace who and Miro of contest was held durr ing an assembly of high school stu dents of the Moscow high school with 300 or more in the audience Despite the small number of entries in this district event the contest was contested and a most inter esting affair None of the entries was from the Moscow high school Attorney Announces Intention lo Issue Com plaint Early Saturday Grand Jury Calling Awaits Legal Status After District Court Silling Ernest J Colvin former city dog tax collector will be arrested Sat morning on a charge of per jury according to County Attorney John D Rice who drew up the com plaint Friday night A warrant will be issued for Col vlns arrest and his attorney E A Rogers assured the county Colvin will appear before City Judge C F Dalby at 10 a m The charge of perjury against Coi vin will be based upon his testimony at the coroners inquest into death of Max M Beaver city trea surer declared Rice The decision to file a complaint against the for mer dog tax collector was reached at a conference of city and county officials and police detectives Friday Other developments in the inves of the Beaver murder and city treasury shortage Friday District Attorney Ray Van Cotti in conference with Presiding Judge D W Moffat of the Third district bench decided the calling of a grand Jury will not be requested until after April 1 County Attorney Rice and City At torney Shirley P SJones prepared complaints to bring about the re moval of City Auditor Alvin Ked whose name on a pink slip found in the city treasury has been pronounced a genuine signature by Milton Carlson celebrated hand writing expert SNOWSLIDE TAKES DEPUTY TO DEATH STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Colo March 22 A snowslide tumbling from a mountain twentytwo miles northwest of Steamboat Springs yes killed Deputy Sheriff Charles E Gibbs His body buried under tons of snow was found early this morning by farmers who a volunteer posse to search for him last night The deputy who was 45 years old was on his way to serve papers on two men operating a coal mine Gibbs rode by horseback yesterday PEORIA MARKET FIRE KILLS THREE equipped for bombing Other ma chines soon will cross to Juarez the flier said R L Andrews American flier who made an air attack Thursday night on a band of rebels repairing a bridge near Cananea Sonora is well known here and in El Paso Tex Up to ten days ago he was employed by C E Wilson dealer in electric refriger ators in El Paso He was in the United States aviation senice dur ing the World war PEORIA 111 March 22 Three persons and dam age in excess of was caused by a fire which destroyed the Peoria market today and threatened an en tire downtown block The body of E M Stoyer a night watchman was recovered from the ruins of the market this afternoon but the flames still checked at tempts to reach the bodies of two firemen Frank Lyons and Thomas OConnor The three victims were trapped by the collapse of the roof Two other to a ranch house two miles from the j firemen in the building at the time FINLAND RATIFIES PACT HELSINGFORS Finland Finnish parliament today ratified Finlands adherence to the Kellogg renunciation of war pact Nineteen communists voted against tion Justice Faces Bribery Charge OKLAHOMA CITY March 22 A charge of impeachment was voted against Charles W Mason chief justice of the Oklahoma su court by the house of repre late today It was the first of eleven charges reported by the house Investigating committee The vote was 65 to 23 The article charges Chief Justice Mason with accepting a auto mobile as a bribe from an Oklahoma City automobile dealer who had liti gation before the court Charges against Justices Fletcher Rlley and J W Clark also are be fore the house Chief Justice Mason presided over the impeachment trial of Henry S Johnston who was convicted of in and removed from the Wednesday Marshal Fochs Family Takes Last Look at Great Soldiers Face mine From there he proceeded on foot because of the steep narrow gulch between the ranch and the mine Telling those at the ranch that he would return by 6 p m Gibbs set out for his destination early yester day On his failure to return late last night the volunteer posse was organized The of moun proportions was discovered by the men hundred feet from the mine After a search of severa hours Gibbs body was found buried under ten feet of snow PRICE OF COPPER GAINS ONE CENT escaped Smoke and a break in the sprinkler system damaged neighboring build ings which were not touched by the flames TWO FLIERS QUIT PLANES IN FOG PARIS March 22 fam ily of Marshal Foch looked upon the great soldiers face for the last tune today Then his grateful country charge of his body which will be laid to rest In the Invalides on Tuesday alongside that of Napoleon This afternoon and evening the people of Paris rich and poor young and old stood for hours under a chilly drizzle for the privilege of passing through the mortuary chamber in marshals home where he lay in a closed coffin covered by the flag of France upon which rested a silver crucifix From midday until lor after night tnd fallen anci th grest in front of the Foch had been closed thousands waited patiently on the sidewalks for their turn to paw the bier They stood in silence and during the evening hours they waited in the rain each to pay his modest homage to their great military leader Without any ceremony the coffin will be taken from the home Sun day morning and placed near the tomb of the Unknown Soldier guarded by officers from his army NEW YORK March 22 other 1 cent jump in the price of re fined copper for domestic shipment today carried the metal within sight of the level which had been predicted in trade circles as the goal of the recent upward movement The domestic price was established at cents a pound an increase of 4 cents in little more than a week and nearly 8 cents since the movement began in January passing the pre vious 23 postwar peak at in 1910 Copper for export re mained at 3 38 cents but a 1 cent 1 advance to bring It In line with do headquarters the coffin will rest for copper was expected tomor al to salute until Monday night I row With demand showing practically no signs of falling off prophets in the trade would be reached by the middle of the bier will be placed in the Cathedral of Notre Dame to await the requiem mass which wilt csher in the national funeral on Tuesday CHICAGO March 22 fog over Chicago and vicin ity today caused two mail pilots of the National Air Transport Lines to abandon their ships and leap to safety Both ships crashed and one was destroyed by fire Paul J Hying the Kansas line was lost in the fog over 111 and leaped His plane crashed a away and burst Into flames Kanuit was uninjured The other pilot S J Sampson Hy ing the route was lost for more than four hours He was to pick up the radio beacon but feared to land his ship because of the thick fog He cut off his motor and went over the side His para chute Just in time to save his Hfe although he suffered from the shock of landing DENMARK PLANS ELECTION COPENHAGEN Denmark the opening of the this afternoon Premier an that a general election will be held in Denmark at the earliest possible date The announcement followed a defeat in a vote yesterday when the con abstaining the socialists were able to defeat ihc measure Special to The Tribune G Sommerville prom inent Moab citizen and vice dent of the company probably the largest cattle outfit in Utah arrived in Moab Thursday night from where he was arrested on a com plaint sworn to by A J Redd of Mon Mr Redd charged Mr Som merville had placed poison in the sheep troughs of the L H Redd Sheep company The complaint was issued oy Lloyd Hansen justice of the peace Bail of was asked but Mr Sommer ville was released on his own recog Arraignment was tenta set for Tuesday at Monticello Jack Pange and Lou Woodruff of Moab employees of the company were also arrest ed but were later released Sommerville Denies Knowledge of Mr Sommerville emphatically de nies any knowledge of the alleged poisoning and intimates that the whole affair is a The arrest of Mr re largely from Information given by Representative Charles Redd of La Sal brother of A J Redd Repre Redd says that on day he noticed that the feed trough at Hart Draw which was only a few yards from the road was circled by horse tracks On examining the trough he said he found a small quantity of white powder He Judged that the powder had been sprinkled in the trough by a man on horse back He collected a small quantity of the powder on a knife blade and it has been sent to State Chemist Her man Harms for analysis It resem and the students and the public who had gathered divided their allegiance equally Mr Ackerman won a medal for his Continued on Ten Column Five GOVERNORS PLAN PROTEST MEETING DENVER March 22 Rocky Mountain News tomorrow will say that plans have been laid for a meeting of the governors of Montana Wyoming Colorado New Mexico and Utah in Denver within the next few weeks to protest the new oil con servation policy of the Hoover ad ministration The News says Gover nor William H Adams of Colorado has come out flatly against the new policy Governor George K Dern of Utah received a telegraphic invitation on March 18 to attend the meeting of governors in Denver in protest against the oil conservation policy of President Hoover Governor Dern replied that he would take the Invi tation under consideration and has not announced his decision bled strychnine Mr Redd stated His sheep harder told Mr Redd he had seen a man riding a gray horse on Fire Ten Column Five Clayton Unearths Evidence Supporting Murder Theory Chief of Detectives David H Clay ton reported he had uncovered new evidence tending estab lish that was murdered From the transcript of testimony taken at Coun ty Attorney Rice will attempt to have convicted of Uie perjury charge When Colvir was on the stand he swore said Mr Rice that on the morning of March 5 he took Max the Roosevelt aDart on East Broadway and left him He swore also sail the county attorney that ha did him from that time about sm I until nearly J oclock in the after noon when he returned to his apart ment and saw Beaver in what thought was an attitude of death Karl E Williams deputy city au ditor volunteered the testimony that he was in the apartment with Col vin at about that morn ing thus making a flat tion of the Colvin testimony Later when confronted by the police with the statement Colvin is said to have admitted that he testi fied falsely The discovery of new evidence by police detectives tending to support the murder theory and to ate the direct charge of the coroners Jury verdict will be guarded closely by Chief Detective Clayton he said Friday until the grand jury con venes Detective Refuses lo Disclose Nature of New Evidence The nature of this new evidence the police detective would not dis close He said however that if not only corroborated the jury verdict of murder but that it helped to strengthen the evidence of a motive which he believes result in an Indictment District Attorney Van Cott Continued on Seventeen j Column Jour i CHILDREN RUN TO FIRE MOTHER DIES MAYFLOWER PUT OUT OF SERVICE WASHINGTON March 22 Announcement was made at the White House today that the yacht Mayflower has been ordered decommissioned so that her nine officers and 148 enlisted per may be available for use in marring new naval craft now com ing out Highest Paid Attorney Settles Suit by Compromise CHICAGO March 22 It recess time at the Arlington Heights school and someone shouted kids theres a fire Walter Ruth and Adeline Wells children of Mrs Anna Louise ran toward the blaze What young ster doesnt get a thrill out of a fire They drew nearer and saw it was thair own home What is that Firemen are ing a woman out It looks j PASADENA Ca March 22 Samuel 70 of New York who Is known as one of the highest paid lawyers in the United States settled a suit by a mise in municipal court here today Miss Richards Samla masseuse sued the attorney for money claimed to be due her She alleged she had come to California under contract at a day for two months employ ment by Untermyer and had dis missed her after 19 days She was represented by the law firm of Macabee Neblett OConnor Clagett and appearing a a mem ber of his own defense counsel Un had opened the case when j Irwin Untermyer his son slipped into courtroom and settled the case with a The elder declared the case was settled under protest and that he wouldnt havn aid the woman 50 cents because I owe her that much My family must think I cant take cars of myself he declared as the justice of the peace called the next case OPERA LEADER SUFFERING BERLIN Kleiber chief conductor of the state opera whose wife is the former Ruth Goodrich of Los Angeles was operated on for ap today Peritonitis may in and his case Is considered dan gerous but his physicians hope to save his life dead Three children sobbing now clung to each other under the pall smoke from their home as an lance drove slowly away with the body of their mother JAPANESE ADMIRAL DIES TOKYO March 22 Fleet miral Viscount Inouye died today of liver disease He was one of the earliest Japanese students at the United States naval academy at Annapolis where he was in tho class of 1881 with a number of fai mous Americans production in Utah enjoyed an increase irt February being 746 per cent the second of 1928
