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Show iMBK 7ie UTAH Sin a CVldtr t Volume The Weulier t.m k .''a ai'tl Woi-nesda- y union tonigh 27. Numbti An 41. Herald-Journ- al Wheat: May July Sept Independent Net paper LOGAN, UTAH, TUKSDAY, KKlillUAUY 18, WILL HAUPTMANN TELL HIM? HI KILLS SIX 1 Rescue Party Nearly Scene of Winter 5 Bruno broke down and cried like a baby, Samuel death-ceinterview (right), noted criminal lawyer, said after a with Bruno Hauptmann, Lindbergh slayer. But, Rev. John Matthiesen declares Hauptmann did not and will not change his story. Leibowitz is shown with Robert Hicks, private investigator on the steps of the New Jersey penitentiary at Trenton. ll Minister Says Bruno Did Not Change Version Spiritual Counsel Expresses Firm Belief That Hauptmann Has Told Whole Truth BY ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright 1938 By United Press) Feb. 18 (U.P.) Bruno Richard Hauptmann TRENTON, did not change his story one single bit in his dramatic-deathouse interview with his new counsel, Samuel Leibois he likely to change it, the third party to the nor witz, interview told the United Press today, other parties. Despite hints from Leibowitz, a famous criminal lawyer Martial law was declared at Alicante when a group of over who associated himself tentatively with the Hauptmann enthusiastic left wing men, jubi- defense on condition that Hauptmann stop telling cock and election lant at their victory, bull stories, the stolid German carpenter clung to his marched to the reformatory and Flemington trial story point by point. freed lepers. Present At Conference The brief reign of martial law at Zaragoza was the result of John Rev. Matthiesen, Lutheran minister and The a general strike which caused counsellor spiritual Hauptmanns business houses and safes to close for six months, was present at taxiand removed street cars and cabs from the streets. At Cartagena prisoners mutinied and set fire to their jail. three hour conference Leibowitz with his client Sunday and today cleared showed A mob at Barcelona such ugly spirit that guards were withdrawn from the streets to prevent bloodshed and the city councillors dismissed after the revolt of 1934, were recalled to take charge. and 15 One man. was killed here. were injured Late last night crowds marched toward the jail, intending to demand that aumorities release prisoners. They were intercepted by guards and Then demonstrants dispersed. massed in the Puerto Del Sol, without disorder. . MERRY GO-ROU- ND A Dally Picture of Whats Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON-T- he closest and advisers are president's hammering hardest now on the idea that he must eliminate biekenng with his official family. Repeatedly they have told him he cant regiment a nation when he can t regiment his own cabinet. The advice comes from his very best friends. They have pointed out that a radical speech by one day and a conservative speech by Roper thfe next, left a bad taste in the mouth of the pubTug-we- ll lic. Even Ickes and Wallace, two of the closest friends in the cabinet sometimes take public digs at each other. White House Secretariat The chief difficulty is that the president himself is too much a "good fellow." He wont crack down on his quarelling associates, and no one else in the cabinet is strong enough to do so. Another basic difficulty lies right in the White Hpuse. The president is surrounded by two secretaries; one of whom is accused of hostility to basic New Deal policies, while the other is overworked. Secretary Marvin McIntyre has been the cause of a lot of bickering by callers suhscrihing to New Deal ideas who frequently find it (Continued on page eight) up circum- mysterious stances which had inspired reports that Hauptmann changed his story, at least in some detail. After Leibowitz left the death house Sunday, he went to the home of Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, who gave Hauptmann the that expired Saturday, reprieve and conferred with him at length. Mr. Leibowitz has not succeeded in changing Hauptmanns story one single bit," Matthiesen said. And I dont think it will be changed. Believes Innocence Then, despite the verdict of the Flemington jury, you are certain he has told the truth? Matthiesen was asked. "I am absolutely convinced of his innocence, and I am sure he told the truth Matthiesen watched and listened while Leibowitz attempted to trap 30-d- Thoughts and Things By Aides-de-Cam- p A week ago tomorrow the Logan Senior high school presented its music departments in a high class concert in the Logan tabernacle. The accomplishments of the students in the two departments were highly appreciated by the parents who turned out in large numbers to hear the concert. Nothing but praise was heard for the leaders. There was one thing, however, which grated on the nerves of confesand tangle Hauptmann into Thinking many of the parents. sion. Leibowitz walked ahead, hat about It, they failed to enjoy the of as side his on as much concert the perched right they otherhead. Matthiesen trailed, bare- wise would have done. school Some one in the high headed and dressed in the gray clerical costume of the Lutheran faculty apparently had sold the church. It was 1:30 p. m. rest of the faculty members on the Hauptmann, chalky with prison idea that although it was a free pallor, was waiting, his face press- concert one part of the tabernacle ed against the bar of cell No. 9. A had to be reserved for specially guard pushed back the wire screen invited guests. that separates Hauptmann from (Continued on I age Eight) It was that undemocratic idea that didn't sit well with some of the parents. Several parents have RICHMOND - COVE voiced their disapproval of such methods. At least one parents has written down his thoughts and P.-T.to pubthe Herald-JournTO MEET askedthem. A. lish For reasons best known to himself he does not want to be will known as the complainer. The Richmond-Cov- e is Generally the Herald-Journmeet Wednesday at 8 p. m. at publishing unsigned comthe Library club rom in Rich- against munications but this time we will mond. Rae Willmore, let you in on the ideas of one who Miss Emma says he believes in "Equality for county school nurse will be the All." principal speaker at the meeting. Principal G. G. Merrill will give a This is the letter: founders day talk. Musical numOn the anniversary of our bers will be furnished by the grammer grades of the Park Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, a free concert was given by school. the schools of Logan to show the parents what their children are Oklahoma Court Turns doing in the musical line. As the of one of the students we Down Plan parents took the pleasure of attending the A al Pension OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 18 TP The State Supreme Court today struck down Oklahomas most ambitious attempt in social welfare the old age pension amendment voted last fall. The court did not pass on the merits of the pension plan, but found flaws in the manner by whiih it reached the electorate. concert. As we entered the door, lo and behold, what did we see? One of the sections of the building was roped off fo a select class to be The in a group by themselves. taxpayers were left to go where they wished but they must not enter the stockade set aside for the classes. While at the concert iContinura On Page 8) A MANCOS, Colo., Feb. 18 il-rescue party of 20 men fought its to-! way through the deep 3now ward the Hesperus mine today where a snowslide had wiped out a mining camp and taken a toll of six lives. Headed by Sheriff Jess Robinson, the 20 men traveled slowly on snowshoes and pulled toboggans upon which the bodies will be brought to level country. A tractor was able to break through the huge drifts to Schubert flat, five miles from the scene of the fatal snowslide, but from this place to the mining camp the men had to proceed on snowshoes. Miner Is Guide Ben Hartley, who escaped injury when the avalanche struck with sudden fury late Sunday, guided the party to the mine. Hartley fought his way through the drifts for 10 hours yesterday to bring word of the catastrophe to Mancos. Five miners and a woman cook were killed and two men were injured when the snowslide struck the camp and swept it into a ravine. Twelve men escaped injury and were at work today searching for the bodies of their five companions, buried under tons of snow, rock and debris. The body of Mrs. Janie Rees, camp cook of Cortez, Colo., had been removed from the slide. The bodies which had not been recovered were: Earl Wyman of Denver: Parley Jensen, Roy Guier, Clint Noble and Charles Roessler, all of Mancos. Skeleton Stands Only portions of the cook shack and the stamp mill were left standing. The slide, about of a mile long, started at the top of a ridge 1,000 feet above the camp. With a crash and a roar it tumbled down the mountain and carried virtually every building in the camp 150 feet and dumped them into a deep ravine. Although the slide struck the camp late Sunday it was not until last night that Hartley, nearly exhausted, staggered into Mancos with an account of the tragedy. I was in the mill at the time the slide struck, Hartley said. I didnt realize what was happening until part of the building broke away and skidded into the deep three-quarte- rs canyon. When I climed out of the mill I saw that the bunkhouse part of the cookshack 'he store house, tool shed buildings had ' The boys yelled been s that some of the men were under under the pile and we started digging "We found Mrs. Rees. She was still alive but died a short time after we had removed her from the snow." Neil Ansguard, 30, and Alvin the Fink, 20, were removed from serdebris. Both had been injured iously but Hartley thought they would recover. Miss Mary the cook's assistant, was tossed up by the rushing snow and was able to cling to the rafters of the cookshack and was not injured. The Hesperus Mine, from which both gold and silver are taken, is located 16 miles from Mancos in the high mountain country. The altitude of the camp is about b, 11,-0- feet. KIDMAN FUNERAL Is Years Old 115th birth- He is Solomon Rickner, unlike many others who claim to have passed the century mark, Ricksier has his birth certificate to prove he was born near the present site of Pittsburgh, Pa, on Feb 18, 1821. He went to Michigan as a youth and joined the in their trek to California in search of gold. Unsuccessful he came to Nebraska in 1869 and has lived here since. He smokes a pipe almost 49-e- Disaster Leibowitz . TO BE WEDNESDAY an constantly and drinks Unoccasional glass of beer. til recently he was not averse to whiskey. Corned beef and cabbage, potatoes and beans are his favorite edibles. He seldom eats deserts. Denies Rumor Bordens Will Quit Cache Milk Company Plans Only To Change Name of Company Tbiukt High Low .97 a; .89 .96 .88 87 .88 Close .97 .88 .88 kWIio PRICE FIVE CENTS New Deal Takes BEATS Inventory After Sanction of TVA Uncertainty of Future Power Policies - BY LYLE (. WILSON I'rH Staff ('orrespoiuient WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (U.P.) Supreme court decision, in the Tennessee Valley authority case indicated today that the new deal would have two of its four major experiments intact for display to the voters in the presidential campaign. Assuming that further legal challenges do not invalidat untested portion of the Roosevelt power policy, the president can take TVA and his gold policy on the stump this year. The agricultural adjustment administration and the nationai industrial recovery act were junked by the supreme court. More Decisions Coming The administration suffered other court reverses but none of the significance attaching to the foregoing. Tests but- CIVIL SERVICE $1,860-$2,00- $1,200-$1,6- SHIPS semi-skill- semi-skille- Friday Night Nye Arrives Too Late To Make Plea For New Measure lTnit4Hl of other laws are to come on issues less vital than those al- ready decided. Some uncertainty surrounds the TVA decision on the morning after, but from it emerged at least two undisputed facts: 1. The federal government is proceeding constitutionally in generating and selling the maximum of electrical power which can be produced at Wilson dam on the Tennessee river. 2. The justices said they were not deciding constitutionality of TVA. TVA Real Victory But the TVA decision must be marked as a new deal victory, If for no other reason than that an opposite decision unquestionably would have been a stunning reverse to Mr. Roosevelt. The decision restricts the Republican complaint that the new deal experiments are uniformly unconstitutional or, at the least, doubtful. Campaign defense of TVA against the charge of unconstitulies tionally ready for new dealers in the supreme court decision although it can be argued, likewise, that the justices decision did not absolve TVA. Statesmen attempting to estimate the extent of new deal triumph pondered the opinion which upheld the governments right to Employers Must Shorten Hours MEXICO CITY, Feb. 18 UP The government was expected to promulgate today a decree making it compulsory for employers to give each worker one day a week off with full pay. The law, sponsored by President Lazaro Cardenas, was passed by congress late last night NEW INVESTIGATION Constitution vs New Deal . WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 DOWN Re- mains Undetermined by Court Decision, But Projects May Forge Ahead The Borden Western company, a Calicorporation of the state of fornia, operatinb a milk conden-sor- y plant in Logan, has filed an application in the First district court for voluntary withdrawal from the state of Utah. The application has been filed with the court by Critchlow & Critchlow, Salt Lake attorneys, who represent the company. A hearing on the application has been set for April 11 at 10 a- m., according to N. J. Crookston, clerk All of the First District court. objections to the application must be filed with the court not later than April 1 at 10 a. m. According to Lorenzo Hansen, manager of the Logan plant of the Borden Western company, the application doesnt mean that the Logan plant of the company is to suspend operation or that the plant will he sold. Several offers for the purchase of the plant by different concerns have been re(Continued on Page Eight), fused time and again, according to Mr. Hansen. One of these refusals, he said, came as recently as a few weeks ago. Mr, Hansen explained that the only reason for the application is for the purpose of changing the NEEDS FORESTERS name of the organization. If the application is granted by the court, the company operating the Logan plant will be known as the BorThe United States Civil Service den Company Milk Products divi- Commission announces open comsion. The company is noiir trying to petitive examinations for the folGeneral Foreman lowing get a larger milk supply than Forestrypositions: 0 Improvement at it has had for some time, Mr. per annum and Foreman, Hansen said. Forestry Improvement, at per annum. Applicants may receive application blanks at the office, Post Office. HIGH SEAS MENACE Register The salaries named are subject to a deduction of 3 per cent toward a retirement annuity. ATLANTIC The duties of General Foreman, Forest Improvement, will be to supervise and direct three or more BY UNITED PRESS crews of common or Mountainous seas, heavy fogs laborers on varied forestry activitand blistering snow hampered ies, including construction and shipping and endangered seamen maintenance of roads, trails, telealong the Atlantic coast today. and other improvephone lines, The weather bureau ordered ments, fire hazard removal, slash storm warnings displayed from disposal reforestation and other Cape Hatteras, N. C. to Boston. improvement operations of NationFear was felt for the safety of al Forests. the Greek steam Stefanos Costo-meni- s Foreman, Folest Improvement, which reported itself in disduties will be to supervise common tress 400 miles off the coast of and d laborers on varied Maryland. forestry activities, including conThe S. S. City of Newport News struction of roads, trails, telephone and the S. S. Gateway City were lines and other improvements, fire the last location given by the hazard removal, slash disposal,, reand three forestation, and other improveStefanos Costomenis coast guard cutters were en route ment operations on Nationai Forand due to arrive late today. ests. The Stefanos Costomenis carries The Applicants will not be rea crew of about 30. quired to report for a writen Four ships, including the Dollar examination but will be rated on Liner went experience and fitness. President Hayes, The Applicants must be citizens aground in Massachusetts waters. The Dollar Liner pulled off in of the United States. Other refour hours and the others either quirement details may be learned were freed or were not endanger- from the Civil Service blanks. ed The applications must be at the The Gloucester Schooner, Ger- U. S. Civil Service District, Post trude L. Thebaud, winner of the Office Building, Denver, Colorado International Fisherman's race in no later than March 2, 1936. 1930, was towed into Halifax harbor by a Canadian cutter which answered the schooner's distiess Mexico Funeral services for Boyd Kidman, 14, Wellsville junior high school student who died early held Sunday of pneumonia, will beMen-don Wednesday at 1 p. m. in the ward chapel. Burial will be in the Logan city cemetery under signals. the direction of the Lindquist mortuary. Friends may call at the Kidman Scandinavian Group home in Petersboro Tuesday evenMeets ing and Wednesday morning and at the Mendon ward chapel Weduntil time of The Scandinavian Society will nesday from meet Friday at 7:30 p. m. in the services. The boy died at a Logan hos- stake house. Emil Anderson of pital, having been removed there the Sixth ward and N. C. Nielsen from the home of his parents, Mr. of the Fourth ward will be the and Mrs. William S. Kidman, in speakers. Petersboro last Tuesday when his DECLARES DIVIDEND condition became serious. NEW YORK, Fefc.t 18 !l'EThe He was bom at Logan, February 5, 1922, a son of William S. and Kenecott Copper corporation toIda Collister Kidman. Besides his day declared a dividend of 25 parents he is survived by the fol- cents a share on the capital stock, lowing brothers and sisters: Mrs. payable March 31 to stockholders Donald on record March 6, In December Olive Jones, Wellsville; Leland, Ila, Freda and Blame 1935 a dividend of 20 cents was Kidman, ail of Petersboro. paid. 12-4- Tor People 8 6. ST. PAUL, Neb, Feb. 18 il l) A man who was too old to enlist in the Civil War, celebrated his day here today. BV LESTER Z1FFREN United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright 1936 b United Press.) i A left MADRID. Feb 18 wing government and amnesty for hundreds of men imprisoned for complicity in the 1931 revolt wrere in prospect today after a brief warning surge of radical sentiment that caused the government to declare an eight day "state of alarm. Reports from the provinces indicated little trouble. But throug i out the country there was anxiety because of riots and prison mutinies yesterday, the result of an unexpected victory for the left wing parties in Sunday's elections for the Cortes, the one chamber parhment. Martial law, to which the stafe of alarm was a preliminary, was declared in Valencia, Alicante and Martial law was liftZarageoa. ed in Zargoza early today. Most serious was an outbreak of 734 prisoners in San Miguel de Los Keys jail at Valencia. Meagre leports told of an exchange of fire for hours between prisoners barricaded m the jail and soldiers outside. The riots were the result of combined jubilation over the radical election victory and anger at right wing propaganda during the election campaign that was strongly tinged with monarchism Now the prospect is for a left Official calcuwing- - government. lations were that the left wing coalition parties would have 238 seats in the Cortes, a majority ol one in a total of 473 seats, with 90 seats for the popular action-ist- s the extreme right wing men 35 for centrists and 110 for ! Nebr askan 1 Government Sets Up State of Alarm As Left Wingers Win 1 . Open .96 .88 .87 NEUTRALITY ACT EXTENDS RADICALS Grain Range UJt WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (US) The senate beat down a revolt of members seeking a permanent neutrality law this session and completed congressional action today on extension of the temporary act designed to keep the United States out of a foreign war. The senate joined the house in extending the temporary legislation expiring Feb. 29, until May The measure was sent 1, 1937. to the White House for president Roosevelt's after unsignature, usually speedy congressional passage. Prior to the passage the senate defeated the Bone amendment to the neutrality bill, 55 to 18. As revised and extended the law provides for: Embargo against sale, exportation and transportation of arms, ammunitions and implements of warfare to belligerents except conditionally to American republics. Prohibition of sale or purchase of (bonds, notes or other securities of belligerents in the United The New Deal's sweeping victory in the TVA case today gave It a States. The neutrality extension was box score of seven defeats and two victories in Supreme Court whipped through the senate without a record vote after adminisdecisions thus far. tration forces had swept aside efVictories: forts to amend it 1. Gold Clause Cases The Sen. Gerald Nye, R, S. D., court ruled by a five to four made a dramatic airplane flight decision that Congress properfrom Cleveland to participate in ly outlawed the payment la the debate in favor of permanent gold and gold clause obligalegislation. tions previously created and He reached the senate chamber made them payable in curjust in time to see the extension rency. The court made an exresolution whipped through to enception in favor of those holdactment and before he could voice ing government gold bonds but any opposition to the swift prothe . collection of precluded gress of the measure. damages. 2. TVA The court by vote Passage came after defeat of amendments by: of 8 to 1 sustained the govSen. Bennett Champ Clark, Dn ernments power program on Mo-- , for a three months all points raised in the case. extension, Defeats: during which action could be taken on a permanent plan, 61 1. Hot Oil Case The court to 16. by an eight to one vote conSen.. Homer T. Bone, D, Wash, demned power delegated the to authorize the president, if he president to ban shipments of deemed it necessary, to withdraw hot oil in interstate commerce. protection of the American Flag 2. Railroad Pensions from American citizens trading The court in a decision with belligerents, 55 to 18. Sen. James P. Pope, D, Wash., sweepingly condemned a system of pensions for railroad cor an embargo on commodities workers. in excess of peace time quantities) 3. Frazier-Lemk- e Act The by a voice vote. court unanimously condemned Sen. Henry F. Ashburst, D, law providing a means for the Ariz, was in the chair when the scaling down of farm debts amendment was Pope rejected. and the rehabilitation of insolvent farmers. 4. NRA The court unanimSALT LAKE POLICE ously condemned the codemaking provisions the essential feature of the national Industrial recovery act as an CHIEF RESIGNS improper delegation of confive-to-fo- gressional power. The Humphrey Removal court unanimously condemned the removal of Federal Trade Commissioner Humphrey by President Roosevelt. 6. AAA The court by a vote of 6 to 3 condemned as an invasion of the powers reserved to the states the AAA providing for crop control through the payment of bounties financed through processing taxes. 7. Tax Refunds The court 5. unanimously cessing ruled that pro- had who "struck' against the taxes by tying $200,000,000 of them up in federal court suits should recover the funds. tax-paye- rs PICKETS KEEP 400 MEN FROM PLANT SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 18 (UJ!) William H. Payne, chief of police in Salt Lake City for eight years, resigned today before a meeting of the city commission. His resignation was accepted by an unanimous vote. No action as to his successor was taken immediately. Mayor E. B. Irwin, recently elected and In charge of the public safety department of the city thanked Payne on government, behalf of the commission for his services-Paynpast said he was undecided regarding his future plans. He is a former Department of Justice man. e TEST CASE FILED AT LOCAL COURT (Copyright 1936 by United Press) AKRON, O.. Feb. 18 (L.El Nearly 400 tire workers who tried to enter Plant No. 2 of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber com pan w today were turned back at the main gate to by pickets who threatened bring a major strike to the nation's rubber capital. After police had failed three times to get the morning shift into the plant. Chief Frank Boss announced withdrawal of his men because I cant do a good job without trouble. Operations at both plants of the company were paralyzed. There was no activity in Plant 2 and in Plant 1, the tire division, bottleneck of all production lines, was down, with workers sitting idly by their machines. Goodyear officials appealed to Sheriff James Flower for immediate aid but the Sheriff did not indicate whether he would respond-Thonly policemen on duty in the neighborhood of the plant were regular traffic officers, but they were under orders not to take hand unless the pickets WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (CR)-- The house labor committee today unanimously reported a resolution for a nationwide investigation of the industrial disease known as silicosis. rioted, In an effort to cut short the enforcement of Chapte, 46, session laws of Utah, 1935, dealing with the Utah motor vehicles, Utah Coal & Produce Truckers Assn., a corporation, and L. S. Dunn filed suit In the First District court Monday morning against the Utah State Tax Commission, Irwin R, E. Hammond, H. P. Leatham and J. W. Knight, individually as members of the comArn-owi- tz, mission. The plaintiffs ask that the tax be prohibited from further attempt to enforce or administer provisions of the law and that they be declared void and null and of no force or effect commission whatsoever. According to the complaint, the trucking corporation was established as corporation January , 1936. The plaintiffs claim that additional financial burdens forced on them by the law would force them out of business. The law affects approximately 15,000 people in the state, either directly or indirectly, as a financial detriment, they charge, non-prof- it |