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Show The The IVcalher LIAM Snnv. tonight anl SomFhtf mldr tonicht un-da- y a Independent Newftp&ptr Numtier 81. Volume 11. Herald-Journa- LUG AN, IT All, d 1 K , AIM: I I. 1. Grain l ' : Wheat: Open 94 .84 May - July . 82. Sept For popl Wbo Think I r. Range Srh .54- Low 93s .S3H - .84 ' 83 b. 82 n, Close .94 84 L 83 Price Five Cents. STATISTICS SHOW GROWTH OF MORMON CHURCH Chamber Praises Pageant Producers Hyrum Stake In Annual Pageants In Logan Proposed By Chamber Directors Assailant Watched At Hospital Complaint ,1s Against To Ik Filed lltid Shelton of assault will likely be filed Monday against Henry M. (Bud) Khelton of Logan, it was indicated Saturday morning by County Attorney George D. Preston. County Attorney Preston announced his intentions after two days of investigation following an attack at the farm of John Reid in Mendon Thursday morning in which Reid claims Shelton struck 'to on the bead with a crude ' hi c k made of a short piece nf hose, weighted with a bolt. Reid claims his assailant then slashed bis wrist in a suicide attempt and then set fire to the barn in which the assault took place. d barn and all its contents, VThe at $900. were destroyed. The latter of Shelton's alleged actions of is as yet under investigation Sam Waugh, representative of the state board of fire underwriters. Waugh stated Saturday that he has several "loose ends to gather up before filing a charge of arson against Shelton. In the meantime Shellon is showing rapid recovery at a local hospital. Ho is continually under guard. Physician reports indicate hat he may lose the use of his left hand, inasmuch as the cords were severed when his wrist was slashed. Shelton maintains that Reid had taken his money in a card game at Mendon, while Reid insists he never has played a game of poker with Sheltou in Cache Valley. Investigations are being made into all angles of tee case before final action Is taken. tharcr A I ick-ja- val-le- I i MERRY GO-ROUN- A By D Dad? Picture of Wbat Going On In National Affair DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 8. ALLEN D WASHINGTON Republican politices are crediting Walter F. Brown, Postmaster General in the Hoover Cabinet, and C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the late Calvin Coolidge, with controlling a bloc of ninety southern delegates between them. Neither has openly committed himself to any candidate, but they are reported toLan-do-ben leaning strongly toward the bandwagon. . . , William I. Myers, Federal Farm Credit Governor, is being boomed by several agricultural organizations lor appointment as farmer representative on the Federal Reserve Board. Another potential nominee is J. S. Jones, Secretary of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation. . . Mention of puglist Joe Louis of brings no cheers to the lips Representative George G. Sadow-sk- i, hail even though they both from Louis' Detroit. lawyer, Charles Roxborough, a Negro, is the and against Sadowski, ..running "Brown Hash accompanies him when he makes a campaign speech. It always ensures a crowd. . . Morris L. Cooke, Rural Electrification Administrator, dipped a Potomac glass in the muddy during the recent flood. A day later the water was crystal clear, but on the bottom of the glass was of deposit of soil an inch thick. Cooke estimates that this year's floods have carried of a away more than billion tons of soil. Kinhis charge mutiny against striking seamen. Secretary Dan (toper is being referred to in latair eirrles as Captain Dan Wish nf Mutiny on the Brain. . throe-eight- er H 4 Hoard of Directors Conducted Important Hushies-- , .Meeting pageant Declaring that the Elijah", presented in Logan for consecutive nights under the direction of the Logan stake genealogical cornmitLee, was a distinct benefit to Logan city, the board of directors of the Logan cham-b- i r of commerce in its meeting Friday expressed its appreciation and praise to all those connected with the presentation. The board especially extended its appreciation to J. Karl Wood, author and producer ot the pageant. T housands ot peo, le from varand interniountain cities ious communities have been in Logan during the presentation or the pageant. I he feasibility of conducting annual pageants in Logan was discussed by tne board. 13 1 1 S.L. Tabernacle I APPROVED TO THE Convicted Lindbergh Killer Dies Calmly y B$ JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright 193 hy I nited Press) TRENTON, N. J., April 4 Richard Hauptmann's last cry of "innocent before he walked to the electric chair recorded the Lindbergh case today as the most controversial mystery of the cen- I I H'Pi-Bru- no 315-voic- on market-i- n gof the agricultural committee was instructed to aid county pro- crime Hayden-Cartwng- FILE ht TEMPLE All civic minded and thinking persons should make an effort to attend the debate between U.S.A C. of Southern and the University California tonight at 7:30 at the Chamber of Commerce, says Raymond Malouf, manager of debate at U.S.A.C. The question to be debated is the Phi Kappa Alpha subject: "Resolved: that congress should be given the power to over-rid- e by a two thirds majority vote, decisions of the Supreme Court declaring laws passed by congress unconstitutional. The Aggie debators are Lamar Hendrickson and William Adams The U. of C. will be represented by Arthur Groman and Homer be at home with my Lord and, as I lave r.y Lord, so I am dying an innocent man. death my "Should, however. serve the purpose of abolishing capital punishment, such punishment being derived (arrived) at only by circumstantial evidence, I feel that my death will not have been in vain. "I am appeased God. (at peace) with "I repeat that I protest my innocence of the crime for which I was convicted. However, I die with no malice or hatred in my heart The love of Christ has filled my soul and I am happy with him. His last message to his wife was that he would be with her in spirit." His last request was that his body be cremated. will he of white hrxigon on the floor of the pool with black lanes, square white tile on the wall of the pool with decorative border immediately under the gutters.A The non of terricota. guttrr will bewill constructed be skid walk around the pool, while glazed brick wainscoting to a height of four feet will be placed on the decorative walls with a mould on top of the glazd brick. The pool will also contain a balcony. Samples of 'concrete which Is being used in the gymnasium construction are taken at intervals and tested for strength. Samples tip to date show a st rough of 3000 'pounds per cuhic'lnch, it was reported to the board. Lighting fixtures for the Adams field building, to be constructed this coming summer, were approved at a saving of $700 over the bid price for the contract, B. L. Richards, board member, Superintendent E. Allen Bateman and Geotge S. Bates, principal of the Logan high school, were ap pointed to represent the city schools o the Logan committee to arrange for lyceum numbers. The general committee for this purpose consists of representatives of various groups within the city. Teachers contract offers for the coming year will be discussed by meeting the board at a special Wednesday, April 8. Contracts will be mailed out April 20. Claims totaling $1,300.25 were passed by the board. two-tne- alone. Legend Runs Course died on a stage set Hauptmann ducers of small fruits to get a for a fantasy and in a fitting cligood price for their crop. max on a crime that piled sensaIt was also decided to urge tion on sensation with such terthe Utah congressional delegation rific momentum that even half to support the an hour befo-- e the execution it highway bill in the interest of appeared likely that the eternal forest roads. With the passing of "something" would yet save this bill it is felt that the Logan Hauptmann's life for at least ancanyon highway, started several other day. years ago, may be completed early. But at last the legend of the Lindbergh case had run its course, and in its final page Bruno RichHauptmann added a touch of ELIJAH WORKS ON ard the dignity of death. He was perhaps the calmest man in the little white room AT which society and chance had chosen for his death chamber. Every legal battle for life had At the last minute A ' copy of the Elijah Pageant, failed him. G. Hoffman had ancopies of the local newspaper with Gov. Harold write-up- s of the pageant, copies nounced reluctantly that he did of the program and tickets and not have the power to grant another information will be filed other reprieve. If ever there was a time when In the special copper box in the Logan Temple. This box was pro- a man would speak from his heart vided for the files of the Logan that time for Hauptman was at Temple Pageant in 1934. As these 8:30 p. m. Friday. He released the hands of the two great events are so near each other and have so much in com- I two Lutheran ministers who stood mon, it is veiy appropriate to have beside him in the death cell. Now just let me have a minute the files of each stored in the same box to be used by future to myself, he said softly in Gergenerations fifty years hence. This man. ' Utters Final Prayer box is a permanent fixture of the Logan Temple stored in the valuts Silently, he knelt on the cement for safe keeping. floor beside a cot stripped even of its bedding. His head, clipped to receive the electrode of death, in the light of an overglistened TO ENTERTAIN head bulb. Hauptmann prayed. For almost 10 minutes the man who knew he was without hope CAST PAGEANT said his last prayer silently. Then he lifted his face toward the light. The shadows of the cell bars fell sharply across his face. Next Thursday evening in the corridor In the death house Seventh ward amusement hall the stood two guards. board Stake Genealogical Logan (Continued On Page 6) will entertain all the chorus, cast, personnel and committees connected with the Elijah pageant, and their partners in consideration of HAUPTMANN CLAD the services given. A short proenbe given and the gram will tertainment concluded with dancLIFE HAS E The Logan refreshments. and ing State presidency, Logan City commission. and the Seventh ward TRENTON. N. J, April 4 tl Pi bishopric will be special guests for the occasion. Bruno Richard Hauptmann left this statement with Us spiritual advisers, the Rev. R. G. Werner and the Rev. John Matthiesen, as DEBATE HELD his dying words: "I am glad that my life in a world that has not always underHERE TONIGHT stood me has ended. Soon I will m e eon-lerenc- multi-millio- The President Heber J. Grant Opens 106th Annual Conference of the Church of Saints Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Ol)hcrvmr the 106th anniversary of the finding of the Saints at Fayette, of Jesus Christ of Latter-daChurch Underwater Lighting Seneca county, New York, the annual conference of the and 'File Work church convened in the Salt Lake tabernacle Saturday Selected morning. In his usual clear, ringing tones the president of the church, Heber J. Grant, called the conferto order promptly at 10 oclock. ence be hiderwaler lighting will To the people of Cache Valley the conference sessions of pool at ill the swimming he new Logan high school gym . Saturday were especially impressive from the fact that tha choir from the Ily-runasium at a cost nf $923, is was singing was presented by the announced Friday hy the Logan stake under the baton of W. II. Terry, director of music school hoard Along with the of the South Cache high school. The people from this acceptance nf the underwater ection thrilled to hear the resonant beautiful voices of the lighting plan camp selection Lo-of Aellsville and the Hyrum singers and joined with others the tile color scheme, assuring gan city of one of the most modat the conference in declaring that the Ilyrum stake choir reern pools in the intermountain was equal to, if not better than other leading music organgion Tile arrangements for the pool isations of the state which have appeared at former tury. Hauptmann died calmly, almost indifferently, with his thin lips sealed against the slightest hint of a confession. And with the deadly surge of electricity through his body, thre died, too, perhaps the only chance that the world ever will know the The suggestion of Commissioner Newell B. Cook to form a central actual story of the abduction and council for the Cache county fish murder of the infant son of Col. was ap- and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh in and game organizations, the Sourland mountains four years proved. The good will committee was ago. Around the world went the flash asked to cooperate with tne Black in that the state of New Jersey had and White day celebration n Richmond and the Health day closed its books on the at case festival in Smithficld. The comdollar Lindbergh mittee was also instructed to 8:47 'h o'clock last night in the cooperate with the local Business electrocution chamber of th and Professional Women's club in gloomy old slate prison. But there were millions still convinced that welcoming to the city new residents. Hauptmann did not commit the DUTCH COMPANY y When Senator Schwellenback of Washington was asked if he would act as Senate sponsor for a housing bill, introduced in the House by Representative Ellenbogen of Pennsylvania, he said: "What a combination of names that would be! The Schwellenback-Ellenbo-ge- n Bill'?. . . . New Senator Hastings of Delaware has Bell. vacated the scorners seat and The school is anxious to have a good audience of townspeople. (Continued on Page Five) Deal-baiti- Choir Sings They Lost! Fisher, attorney for Bruno Richard Hauptmann, comthe menting on the execution of his client declared that itwillwasnever greatest tragedy in the history of the state. Time wife of wipe it out," he said. Mrs. Anna Hauptmann, faithful Bruno, screamed, "They've killed him; they've murdered hun. C. Lloyd Friends Offer Refuge T o Hauptmanns Widow Claim Death By Electricity Is Painless M Authorities Say a Hauptmann Died Without Tain In Chair rj i c 1 BY IIILLIEK KKIEGBAl M (Copyright 1936 by United Press) WASHINGTON, April 4 (l electrical shock that killed Bruno Richard Hauptmann Friday night had the same effect, as if his heart and. brain had suddenly "frozen." Medical authorities, explaining the physiological as pet ts of electrocution, said it is a "painless" The death. With heavy rnargts of electricity paralyzing both the heart and b.ain. there is not the slightest possibility of torture after the current has been applied. The c,ectrical shot ks are accompanied by violent musi ular contractions and those parts of the skin and muscles in direct contact with the electrodes frequently arc Mrs. Hauptmann CHOIR TO PRESENT BY ROBERT MtSFL United Press Staff Correspondent Copyright, 1936, By United Press NEW YORK. April 4 if.Pi Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann, widowed by the electric chair, took refuge m the home of friends tocuriosday to escape the morbid ity of the public. With her was her baby Mann fried who will be aught that his father died a sacrificial offering to the clamor for a solution of the Lindbergh mystery. ! ast night while she wept in a Trenton hotel during the first minutes of her widowhood, a faded woman in a red dress was flat on her face in the corridor outside, her ear pressed greedily to the door jamb. She waved for silence. Two other women stood over her. their heads against the other as each door, nudging moaning snatches of agonized came from the room. . what . Richard "Oh my poor (Mann-- f will become of my Bub . God, ried l . why did you let them do this to an innocent man?" Reporter Brings Word In tho room, friends and attend-ntwere trying to calm her The ume was 9 30 P m. Forty-fiv- e minutes earlier, in the death house it the state prison. Hauptmann Shrieks of had been electrocuted newsboys floated lip to the eighth floor the first A reporter brought word Mrs Hauptmann was lying ae ross her bed. weeping She look-.- d up, pathetically hopeful for news of the longed for last minute reprieve It wasn't the repniter "Bruno is dead, . . g burned much as if they had been exposed to fire Physicians pointed out that electrocution causes a breakdown in the nervous system which rdm to anil arily carries messages from the brain This breakdown is what prevents the prisoner from feeling the shocks One dot tor compared this breakdown of nervous tissue to th' There were 10 semnds of silenee burning nut of (uses '1 he nerves "What will hetonie 0 my little are the only body li.sue whi.h Mannfried? asked Mrs Haupttfmtlinued on Page Sixl mann slowlv m almost her normal voire "Why dal they kill him? What did he do?" Beat Bed Then she sobbed hoai.se, throat sobs She clenrhed her Wanda Henderson, daughter of tearing beat the bed in agony. fists and V Hi nderson Her Dr and Mrs W were red and swollen eyes of Logan, has been appointed as and tears podred steadily night supervisor of the Los AnMrs Hauptmann pushed herself geles general hospital, aciordn.g off the bed. wailing unintelligibly to word received m Loagn this She tottered and her solicitious . friends rushed to her. morning The Los Angeles hospital is said "You can't!" she screamed, her You to be the second largest hospital eyes glazed. "You cant! in the United States. (Continued on Page Six) Named Supervisor of (oast Hospital which showed that the membership of the church today is of which number 595,071 live in the stakes of Zion and 151,313 in the various missions ol the church. 20,973 the past year During children have been blessed in the church, 14,249 children eight years of age have been baptized members of the church and 7,535 adult converts have been baptized. Many Missionaries 746,-38- h flysteiic As First News of Execution Reaches Room The tremendous growth of the church since it was organized with six members 106 years ago was stressed in the statistics presented by President David O. McKay FAMED ORATORIO Music lovers of Logan and vicinity are largely looking forwardcele-to the presentation of Gouls brated oratorio, "The Holy City" which will be presented by the Fourth ward choir under the direction of Professor A. T. Henson on Easter Sunday and the week following at the Logan tabernacle. orchestra with A symphony Professor N. W. Christiansen as concert master, and Mrs. Bertha Purser at tho Logan console will accompany the choir. Professor Henson was honored as the director of the choirs at the dedication of the Cardston At tha.end of 1935 there were in the mlssionfields of the church 1,882 long term missionaries and 29 short term missionaries. These NEW YORK, April 4 KD number doing misThe weeping of Vera Stretz turned added to the in the stakes of Zion work sionary over to hysterical laughter today total 3,332 missionaries. The total her acquittal of having committed expenditure of these missionaries a crime when she killed Dr. Fritz wealthy, ARREST HECKLER Gebhardt, German industrialist. SALT LAKE CITY, April 4 C.E She fainted over a courtroom George Otis, 79, a local waa arrested today table last night as Jury Foreman janitor, Curtis Lee reported to Judge when he attempted to heckle Cornelius Collins the 'not guilty" church leaders when they verdict. She recovered consciouswere leaving the tabernacle nerves her but ness immediately, where the 106th conference were shattered by the sudden reof the Latter Day Saints lief from fear of a death penalty. (Morinon church) is , being She wept and laughed alternately held. for several minutes, composed Otis leaped to the wall surherself for a while, then became the tabernacle and rounding also vivacious that she laughed as President started shouting most continuously for hours. Heber J. Grant and other leaders passed by. Today she planned a Tong rest with frequent In the country Almost at the same instant chatter about her wonderful" ata policeman leaped after him torney, Samuel Leibowitz, and a a heavy hand over clapped frequently repeated joke about the his mouth and took him to social to do chance she missed jail where he was booked on work in Auburn, where the state a disorderly conduct charge. located. is womens prison The man carried a sign, Miss Stretz, 32, a graduate of this is not a police meeting GebNew York University, shot but just a religious Nov. 12 in his 21st floor hardt apartment in exclusive Beekman admittedly had been his mistress for more than a year and the state charged that she had gone to his apartment with the intention of killing him because she had discovered that he did not intend to divorce his wite and marry her. Her defense was a statement, that on the contrary she had broken relations with Gebhardt four days previously and that he lured her to his apartment with false story of illness to attempt a criminal attack. The acquittal was a triumph He haa succeeded in de- for Leibowitz, natty, silver haired temple. veloping one of the best ward specialist in murder cases. choirs in the church as was recently demonstrated by the choirs work at the last Cache stake conference. Soloists announced by Professor Henson are as follows: Basso, Charles O. Peterson; tenor, Frank Kcnnard; soprano, Mrs. A. T. Henson; contralto, Mrs. Cecil Davies, baritone, Joseph Bistline; mens and ladies choruses, ducts and trios are interspersed throughout the oratorio, as well as some veiy beautiful orchestral interludes. The choir has a membership of 75 wh'le the. orchestra will consist of 20 skilled musicians. AGED WOMAN DIES IN LOGAN Magdalena Newhouse Bartlilome, wife of Godfred Earthlome, passed away at the family home, 77, place. She EIGHTH WARD TO in carrying on the work, including the amount spent by the church for missionary activities and the amount that would have been earned by the missionaries if they at remunerative were employed work figured .at $300 a year, 1935 the total of would reach for $1,870,184. The report also showed that for and ward and stake purposes maintenance the church expended For during 1935 about $1,287,981. educational purposes, for temple maintenance, for charity outside that paid for that purpose by the members of the church, and for missionary activities maintained by the church as a whole there have been expended about $1,800,000. The total amount, spent by the church for charities including tho Relief So(ast donations and the $588,-74- 8 ciety expenditures reached during the year. President McKay read that at the church present there are in 87 indepen115 stakes, 977 wards, 38 dependent a dent branches, for the Defense "Attorney four act nrama, under the direction of A.ia H. Bergeson, and sponsored by the senior class of the Eighth ward M I.A. will be presented at the Eighth ward amusement hall Friday, April 10. at 8 p. m. The play will be given free of charge. The cast of the play is composed laigely of college students living in the ward, along with other talented young people. cast and director have The worked diligently on the play and promise it will be excellent entertainment. Those enacting roles in the play are Ken Spencer, as Carlyle, attorney for defense; Evan Earl, Judge Carlyle; M. Earl Fhippen as Joseph Hampton; Wells Iverson as Jackson Multon; Shirley Robison as Mark Nelsen; Darwin Peterson as Freddie Warren; Laurine as Dorothy Hampdon; Alene Hogan as Beth Winters; Della Mae Johnson as Allie Traynor and Ramona Bergeson as Elsie the East Seventh North. Saturday morning. Mrs. Bartbiome was born Jai ye ary 3, 1859, at Bern, Switzerland,, a daughter of Johannes Tschony and Anna Siprist Newhouse. She came to the United States in 1901 and has lived in Logan for the past 33 years. She is survived by her husband. Funeral arrangements will be maid. The general public is invited to announced later by the Richards ) see the play. mortuary. 616 4, Se-rri- st branches. branches, 32 missions, 907 mission and 200 mission dis- tricts. High Birth Rate the 1,439 During the past year own missionaries spent of their work means for the mlssonary $501,117. 27 9 The birthrate for 1935 waa 16 per per 1,000; the marriages, 1000: 1000; the death rate. 7 3 per home owners, 59 7 per cent of membership. President McKay. ?n reply to accusations contained m printed the matter distributed against conehurch shortly prior to the denied emphatically that any had borrowed or money, mortgaged any propertysaid He sold any of its properties. there was absolutely no necessity for such transactions to have been made since the financial condition of the church is excellent. President Grant called attention to the fact that since he became a member of the Council of Twelve the population of the church has increased more than 300 per cent Continued On Page 6) ference, the church |