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Show THE PLAY PRODUCER LOOSES FORTUNE SEVEN MEN ARE CHARGED WITH USING MAILS TO DEFRAUD THE PUBLIC DEFENSE ni DAY IS COOLIE TIMES-NEW- NEPHI. UTAH S, in U. S. AVIATORS stud'" 1 FORCED PLAN LIEUTENANT WADE AND OGDEN RESCUED IN NORTH SEA BY TRAWLER BUSINESS WILL NOT BE DIS RUPTED BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY Oliver Morosco Finds Himself Pen. niless After Turning Over Properties to Holding. Cor. poration New York. An indictment charging use of the mails to defraud has oeen returned by the federal grand jury against seven men accused of having defrauded the investment public of over $2,500,000 through the sale of stock of the Morosco Holding company, a Delaware corporation organized to exploit the theatrical and motion picture interests of Oliver Morosco. Thos indicted were George R. Bentel, vice president and general manager of the holding company; of the Benjamin Levin, organizer Morosco Sales corporation; George H. Pierce, known also as G. Harris George G. Pierce, sales manager; Hanson, an associate of Leven; Albert Dew Blum, sales manager; William C. Amos, a former assemblyman who was 6aid to be the star salesman, and George Derr, sales manager. According to Assistant United States Attorney McCoy, who presented the matter to the grand jury, Mr. Morosco himself was a victim of the alleged fraudulent activities of the men indicted who he said, have stripped him of all his properties, valued at about $5,000,000. Mr. Morosco, according to Mr. McCoy, turned over all his property, valued at $5,000,000 to the holding company and received in Return the entire issue of stock of the company. There was no treasury stock. Mr. Morosco's properties included lease holds on theatres in this city and in California, and all his rights to theatrical productions. He also turned over his interest in a tract of over 100 acres in Los Angeles, known as "Morosco town." It was Mr. Morosco's intention to make "Morosco town" a unique pleasure city, its principal features consisting of villages representing places and in England, France, Germany other continental countries. The deal for the development of "Morosco town" fell through because Mr. Morosco failed to obtain title. He had however, a contract to purchase Mr. McCoy said. Rich Realtor Suicides New York. Charles Blatt, 50, shot wealthy real estate operator, Mrs. and killed his housekeeper, Sadie Tarbone, 36, in his apartment at Tottenville, on Staten island, and then committed suicide. The two had been heard quarreling earlier in the Police believe the quarrel day. started when Blatt tried to regain from Mrs. Tarbone a diamond belt which he was said to have given her. The belt, which belonged to Blatt's wife, who died four years ago, was valued at $15,000 and was won by Mrs. Blatt, who appeared professionally as the "strongest woman in the world." Mrs. Tarbone was known to have been separated from her husband. Flyers Give Up Adventure Cordova, Alaska. Major A. Stuart Jlaclaren, lender of a flight around the world by British soldiers thnt started at Calshot, England, March 2T, announced here that the adventure had been abandoned at XokllskI Komandorski islands, Siberia. Major Macljiron said that abandonment wag no spares was necessary were obtainable to repair damn ire to the plane used by the expedition. The machine fell near Nlkloskl Sat. unlay ns it was about to complete a flight from I'etropavlovsk. Ixx-aus- e Soldiers to Drink Milk Camp Ievens, Mass. Students at this citizens" military training camp win be milkfed soldiers. After milk wagons had left a lot of bottles at each drill field buglers sounded an unexpected mess rail anil every student wa required to drink a pint of fresh milk. An order from the camp commandant announced that senior officers would be required to see that each student drank a similar milk ration daily. Joseph Conrad Dead Blshopsbourne, England, Joseph Conrad, eminent author of sea tales, died at hl home here August 3. II"! was C7 years of age. Safecrackers Hide In Mine Crand Junction Colo. With twenty member of a sheriff's possee guard. Ing the two a'rshafts find main en. mine near trance of an abandoned Palisades, Colo., n vigil to force Uip surrender of three alleged bandit believed hiding In the mine is under The three are suspected of way. broke into the being the men who Palisade postoffice subsequently removing the safe and blowing It open in stamps aad obtaining fl.,0S.71 aash. Motor Trouble Causes Airmen to Take to ,Water While on Jump to Iceland; Repairs Are Made Observance of Day May Be Governed by Local Conditions Is Word Given Out by Chief Executive . Lincoln, Neb. President Coolidge denied that the war department plans for national defense day "contemplate a disruption of business in any way." In a reply telegraphed to Governor Charles W. Bryan, Democratic nominee, the' president defended the war department order. "The people of the several states are expected to participate in accordance with such opportunities as they may have for a patriotic demonstration," said President Coolidge. "National defense day plans for the patriotic demonstration are dependent on state and local desires and are intended to be purely voluntary,'' the president's message said. The Bryan telegram to the president quoted General Duncan's message on national defense day as "such action will be taken by the assistant secretary of war as he considers necessary to test his plans for industrial mobilization of war time procurement of supplies. Governor Bryan asked the president "whether it is your desire that the plans and desires of General Duncan be carried out on national defense day or whether General Duncan's plans and suggestions should be disregarded and the national test n day plans be confined to the on the part of the military forces of the country, state and national and patriotic societies as originally understood." President Coolidge held that the message of General Duncan made clear the attitude of the war department which he fully endorsed. "The letter of General Duncan of May 20 to you from which you quote in part," the president's mess-agsaid "undertook to make this clear by this statement, 'no fixed form for these ceremonies is suggested. They should be planned to fit conditions in each particular locality.' "Their plans (the war department) do not contemplate a disruption of business in any way. General Dun can attempted to make it clear in hi9 instruction of July 18 in which he stated 'the hour for holding the de fense test and patriotic demonstration will be left to the unit commander and the local committee in order that such assembly may be held at such time as will best suit local con ditions and least interfere with the normal duties of those participating.' "The people of the several states are expected to participate in accord ance with such opportunity as they may have for a patriotic demonstra tion, said the president. President Colidge said he was "in formed" that the war department plans contemplate "a practice by all military forces and officials, nation al, state and local, associated with steps necessary to demonstrate the defense enacted by congress." demon-s-tratio- Orkney Islands Lieutenants Leigh Wade and Hank Ogden were rescued from the North sea Sunday last by around-the-worl- QUICK I RIGGER NEW ENGLAND AVERTS ROBBERY US KU KLUX BATTLE BATTLE ON STATION PLATFORM HUNDREDS ENGAGE IN FIGHT ENDS IN KILLING OF AT KLAN MEETING HELD HIGHWAYMAN IN EASTERN STATES Postoffice Employe, Surprised While State Patrolmen Succeed in DispersGuns Loaded Reading Newspaper, Opens ing Mobs; Deadly Fire With With Rock Salt Are Automatic Weapons East Orange, N. J. Quick think ing and a steady aim by a postoffice employe prevented a $50,000 mail robbery here. One of the two bandits who attempted the robbery in the Laka- wanna railway station was shot and killed by Eugene Stack, postal employe, during a battle on the station platform. Stack himself was struck twice by bullets. The second bandit escaped. Five pouches, containing about $50,000 in registered mail and money orders, were on the platform as the A sixth bag, gunmen approached. filled with federal reserve currency from New York, which ordinarily is with the other five, did not arrive Thursday. Stack approached the upper post-officplatform to await arrival of a mail train from New York at 4:58 a. m. He was reading a newspaper as the bandits came up from the other end of the station. Without warning, one of the men drew an automatic and opened fire on Stack and a negro helper. The negro fled, but Stack, although hit in the leg, drew his own revolver and fired six shots at the bandits. One of the men was shot through the chest and killed. The other fled down a stairway and escaped. e Embezzler Suspect Arrested Toronto, Charles P. Mathews, Jr., treasurer of On. deputy provincial tario wanted here on charges of alleged graft in connection with gov. ernment purchases was arrested In San Jose Cal., according to a special He dispatch at the Toronto Globe. is held in the couny Jail at San Fran, claco on a charge of illegal entry into the United States, according to the Mathews, It is said, was dispatch. room in Santa operating a lunch W. F. when arrested. Cal., Clara, Lane May Buy Coast Team Nickle, attorney general, announced Los Angeles, Cal. Offer of $175. that the government had offered a 000 for the Vernon Tigers has been reward of $'J."00 for the arrest and remade to Owner Ed Maler by W. II turn of Mathews. "Billy" Lane principal stockholder In the Salt Lake club according to a we Poison Story Is Doubted founded report here. It Is thougl Elizabeth, N. J. Anna Sobin, 17 Maler will consider the offer seriously year old nursemnld to Howard Itoth. as he holds the Tigers at J2.V,00 enberg of Newark, who was murder, the same price at which the Angelj ed at the family's summer cottage at are capitalized. Maler because of ill Windham, New York last summer, been forced to spend Thursday was reported as resting health, has much time at his mountain ram b. and easily at the Elizabeth hospital. The because of this has placed the Tigers g'rl had been mlsidng since last Sat. on the market. Should Lane secure urday she left the evening, when the club he will dispose of his Salt house to purchase Ice cream and with a story that Iake holdings to a syndicate of bust, Thursday ness men of that city, It is reported. two men In a closed automobile bad carried her away and attempted to force poison down her throat. Police Walker and Leonard Will Fight said did not place much creNew Tork, The fifteen round no dence they In the girl's story. decision bout between Benny Leonard and Mickey Walker, welterweight Bryan Opposes Coolidge champion will be held In the Yankee Lincoln, Neb., Governor Kryan of stadium on t'e night of August 2(1, of the promoter have announced. Walk, Nebraska, nominee has the democrats for vice president expressed uncr's title will be at stake. willingness to carry out the suggestions of President Coolidge regarding Give Confidence Vote "moblizatlon day", September 12, and with the president's of deputies disagreement Pans, The chamber Decided Friday to adjourn sine die, statement that the plant contemwhich Is equivalent to a vote of con. plated do not constitute a "militarisfidence In Premier Hcrrlot. tic gesture," Hofstein Money For Utah Chicago, A total of nearly ?.2,OO0 in special prizes will be awarded this year nt the lending district, state and national exhibition of Ilolsteln Stales by tlifl cattle in the Vnlted Holstein.Frlonlan of Association America. These prize, are offered In addition to those to be awarded by the fair association. The Ftnh State fair. Salt Iake City, October 1 to 7, will receive $.174 of this money and the Ogdeg livestock show, Ogden. Utah. $100. the British trawler Rugby, after riding the waters in a crippled plane for many hours, thus adding a new d adventure to the aviaAmerican of the army flight tors. They were forced to alight by motor trouble about 125 miles from Brought Head after hopping off last Sunday morning from Scapa Flow for Iceland in company with the plane carrying Lieutenants Smith and Arnold. Smith hovered near Wade's plane long enough to learn of his difficulties, then flew onward and dropped a note on the destroyer Billingsley. Smith then proceeded on his way to Hornaf jord, arriving safely and joining Nelson and Harding. In the meantime the Billingsley radioed the Richmond of Wade's plight, and presently two of the fastest in the American navy were burning huge quantities of oil in a wild rush through the North sea toward the point indicated by Smith in the note. Before either arrived the trawler had come across the big yellow-backe- d plane, drifting about the ocean like a discarded trout fly. The trawler took the plane in tow, and with the aid of the two fliers still in the cockprit, wandered around until it was sighted by the flying Billingsley, which relieved the trawler of his charge. Smith's message to the Richmond telling of Wade's trouble read, in Lancaster, Mass. After a night ol disorders and clashes in which scores were injured, a crowd of men whe had engaged in a night of hostilities with members and spectators at a Ku Klux Klan meeting in a field neat here were dispersed with the arrival of additional state patrplmen Wednesday. Between 600 and 800 men had engaged in the fighting during the night. The list of injured included five men whose injuries were so serious as to require treatment at hospitals. One was a policeman who was struck on the head by a stone. Roy Urover of Clinton, one of the injured, when taken to the hospital was believed to be suffering from a broken back but it was found that his injury was less serious and later was discharged from the hospital. Three others were suffering from wounds believed to have been caused by a shotgun loaded with rocksalt. Many others are known to have been hurt by clubs, flying stones and other missels. Two automobiles were partly demolished by showers of stones and missiles. The hostilities which broke out when 300 Klansmen, friends and spectators, assembled in a field near here which they had rented, only to be beleaguered by a crowd of between 300 and 500 men, came as a culmination of bitter feeling for sometime. While the fighting was beginning here a similar outbreak occured in Spencer several miles away, when a crowd showered with stones, cars carrying persons away from a Ku Klux Klan meeting there. State police dispersed the crowd and arrested five men. At Wesminster near here, a third meeting was held but without disorders. Two clashes took place here during the night between the crowd within the field and those outside. Rocks were thrown and a shotgun apparently loaded with rock salt fired. Grover's back was injured when he attempted to run the gauntlet of the crowd outside in an automobile. Defense Day Plans Mads Washington, Plana for the observ-anc- e of September 12 as Defense day, are laid down in detail in Instructions sent by the war department to the chiefs of all Its branches ami to the commanding generals of all corps areas. The document, several thous. and words in length continues in "It Is expected that the inipart: tial mobilization plans will be In such a state by September 12, 1924, that It will be practicable on this octhe underlying to subject casion, principles thereof to analysis and tests. Based as they are upon the of 1017 and IMS, the experience policy of decentralization is embodied wherever believed to he practicable. Ijocnl mobilization, a special feature In the mobilization plans, will be em. tried out by this test. phasized nnd This should eliminate much of the delay and confusion caused by hur-rle- d expediency In the past." Ford Hides on Birthday Parcel Post Aids Exports The parcels post Detroit, Mich. Tn an effort " to get Washington, system has come to the aid of the away from all that birthday stuff," disappeared from De. exporter to the extent of carrying Henry Ford of his sixty, month. troit on the occasion $2,000,000 of export business Ills business asso. The bureau of foreign and domestic first birthday. commerce of the commerce rlepart-m- elates professed to know nothing of made figures public showing that his whereabouts and It was said he exports by pan-e- l post have more than had driven away from his Iearborn and that for; estate the night before to an unan. doubled since January the first five months of the year! nnimeed destination, to avoid birthMr, Ford recently was f.S'tOO,4r2 worth of goods was export- - j day callers. i d to various countries. pronounced In excellent health. nt men-of-w- ar part: I News Notes From All Parts of TTP A Iff i t Payson, Fayson has Increased ita-talevy from 14.5 mills in 1923 to 15 mills this year according to a state, ment filed with the state board of s Four and equalization. mills Is for contingent expenses 1.5 mills for water, 2 mills for streets-anfor interest sidewalks, 6 mills and sinking fund and 1 mill for lib. rary. Ogden, Quick action on the part ot Deputy Sheriff J. J. Murphy probably saved the life of Mrs. Floyd Halli-gawho attempted suicide at Jail by swallowing county eight bichloride of mercury tablets,, which she had In her concealed clothing. Ogden, Three women were pain- fully Injured and eight more badly shaken up when a lumber scaffolding on which they were standing to watch, a boat race at the Hermitage grove,, la Ogden canyon, collapsed, pitching them into a muddy culvert ten feat below. x five-tenth- n, Further appreciation of Logan, was shown Logan's noted aviator when Lieutenant Russell L. Maughaa l was initiated as a member of Elks lodge and was presented with a gold case in which to carry his membership card. A large num. ber of Elks belonging to the Logan lodge, as well as visitois from Provo, Twin Falls, Boise and Pocutello,. Idaho were present. San Lake, Salt Lake City was 1924 among the taxing levies to the state board of equalization. In a letter of transmittal from. Alvin Keddington, City Auditor the was officially board advised that Salt Lake CIty'a levy for this year-wibe 11.3 mills the same as in 1923. Salt Lake, Utah will collect $V 150,000 during 1924 from gas tax and motor vehicle licenses and fees, dividend $650,000 for the former and $500,000 for the latter, according to an estimate made by H. E. Crockett secretary of state. Provo. Utah county will require-$876,29to operate the Nebo, Alpine and Provo elementary grades and high schools during the coming year according to the budeeta of the res Of this amount pective districts. $477,057 must be raised by taxation, while $399,233 will be received from other sources. Price. The Price river is so low-thprimary users are getting only about 40 per cent of the amount of water which they would have in normal years, accoring to Reid Jarman, assistant to the State engineer's office. Ogden. H. H. Holt, cowboy forger, who was arrested in Pocatello-anlater returned to Ogden, after he had assaulted and beaten into unconsciousness Deputy Sheriff Clarence E. Porter at the Weber county jail, following which he made his escape, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily harm in a complaint issued by County Attorney David J. Wilson. Ogden. Matt Smith, alleged swindler and confidence man, who is wanted her for jumping his bail cf $5000 in the district court about two years ago while facing a charge or having buncoed Matt A. Johnson of Butte, Mont, out of $20,000, is unacr arrest at Montreal, Canada, according to word received by Postmaster Ru-fu- s A. Garner from Canadian postal officials. He was arrested there with a iiumber of other alleged swindlers it is said. Ogden. The board of city commissioners have appointed William G. Howell, brother of former Judge James A. Howell, Ogden attorney, to succeed I. N. Fulton as clerk ot the city court. Mr. Fulton was drowned in an automobile accident in Ogden canyon on July 24. Salt Lake City. The industrial commission has decided that John Marchetti, who was killed in the explosion at the Utah Fuel company' No. 2 mine at Castlegate on March 8, left no dependents. The employer was directed to pay $998.40 into the state treasury for the employees' combined injury and benefit fund. Salt Lake City. The tax levy for state and state schoil purposes' was fixed by the state board of equalization at 7.3 mills, as against 7.4 mills in 1923. The rate includes 2.4 milla for the generul fund, 4.7 Mills ior siate aistrici scnoois and :i of a mill for state high schools. A reh duction of of a mid was. made in the state district school tax, while the others remain the same as the-loca- units-reportin- ll 0 "Wade forced down; motor gone. Needs immediate help. Sea growing." The trawler which hailed from Crillydon, waited until the Billingsley came up. Then the Richmond arsent rived and the two out lines to each other. The operation took up much time, during which the plane bobbed up and down dizzily on the heavy sea. Hank Ogden watched the operation, standing on the wing, while Wade reclined in his men-of-w- ar seat They, had now been eight hours in that unsteady watercraft. A space was cleared on the afterdecks of the Richmond and the plane was hauled up. As the plane was lifted the fliers sprang onto the Richmond's deck. No sooner hod they landed safely than the boom gave away and the plane dropped back into the sea. Finally it was taken in tow. Boys Defy Chicago Police Chicago, After a sensational battle with the police during which one of. fleer was wounded two youths, sons of Chicago millionaires, were taken into custody. The youths are Robert F. Carey, 19, son of Thomas Carey, brick manufacturer, political boss and former candidate for mayor of Chi. cago, and Bernard McMahoon, 20, millionaire real estate owner. Carey is alleged to have wounded Patrol, man Frank McGovern, who was shot in the foot. was held The youth under $I1,S00 bonds, furnished by his father. He Is charged with assault to kill. with Intent McMahon was held on a charge of disorderly con. duct. Chinese Kidnapers Executed Shanghai, Two Chinese convicted of kidnaping twenty children were on the principal publicly executed Btreet of the Chinese city here by the local military officials. Previous to were the execution the prisoners manacled and paraded through the streets with placards attached to them telling of their crimes, after which they were shot In the presence Women of several hundred people. accomplices were forced to watch the after which they were execution, over to the local handed Chinese court. Officials expressed the hope that the executions would net as a deterrent for other kidnapers of children In this district. The were captured in the City of Amoy with the chllden In their possession. They hud intended selling them Into slavery elsewhere In China. Many Bankrupt In Germany Berlin. All German records for bankruptcy were broken in July. During the month no less1 than 1185 one-tent- last year. Bgham City. Brlgham City will bo'd its annual "Peach" day festival this year on September 17, By reafirms became insolvent as against son of an epidemic from impure 595 the previous month and only water in this city last year, the peach seventeen in July of last year. The festival was held at Lagoon. Through g number of bankthe laying of steel pipe line to U.e ruptcies is expected to continue until source of Brigham City's water sup'.he credits1 and loans following the ply, this city now has water as pure London agreements can come into as is to be found anywhere, and the operation. American money is then people here are determined to make to a become the barrier to sxpected this year's celebration surpass that t wave of insolvencies. all previous occasions of the kind. record-breakin- |