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Show THE WAH DEPARTMEN T TIMES-NEW- UTAH REFINERY NEPHI, UTAH S, HUNT SEAPLANE Along the Concrete v,- TO VISITED B! FIRE BEGIN PROBE " 7 MPIXIt HlOtJVKAIt lAuruKiiim HELD HOPELESS .... FtOB-- l DISASTER VISITS PLANT AND CLAIMS FOUR LIVES SECOND MITCHELL MUST APPEAR BEFORE GENERAL. AND TELL OF LETTERINGS COL. BIG 8earch Will Continue Though All Have Practically Given Up Hope Of Ever Finding Any Of The Men Alive Salt Lake Reconstruction of the Utah Oil Refining Company's gasoline process unit, damhigh-pressu- four lives were snuffed out, will beasr soon as the material cools sufficiently to permit a determination of damages, it was flame-ravage- d announced by company officials. The unit carried so much heat that examination was impossible, other than to determine through an incomplete inspection that the damage will not be as great aa was at first antici- pated. The loss is completely covered by insurance. Al employees of the Utah Oil Refining company were relieved from their employment to attend the funerals of the four victims, company officials announced, and fellow workers probably were called upon to serve as pallbearers at the services. The full story of the heroism of companions, members' of the Utah Oil Refining company's force and the Salt Lake City lire department, came to light followinwg the fire. Frank Stormes, still foreman, died in line of duty after a vain attempt to save the men employed under him. With the report that one of the tubes had split in still No. 21, Stormes went to the seat of the trouble in an effort to avert the disaster. He was caught in the blast of flame that burst from the rapidly widened split in the still tube. Rulon J. (Kelly) Arnold, fireman, was similarly trapped. As the inferno of flame broke loose shortly before 3 o'clock, the lives of both the night and day workers of the unit were endangered. The day shift of Clarence Jackson, stillman Warren Paul, stillman's helper, and Frank Eatchel, fireman, was being relieved by the night shift of Otto Laursen, stillman; Ulmont N. Bur-dicstillman's helper, and Arnold. Laursen and Burdick were enveloped in the spread of flames as they were changing clothes preparatory to going to work. They were but clothed in underclothes, shoes and socks. They, dashed away, were caught by fellow workmen, and rushed to St. Mark's hospital, where their injuries proved fatal. Jackson, Paul, and Eatchel, who was painfully burned, refused to be Washington The war department relieved and were foremost in the has officially began an investigation working of confining the fire to the of the charges of incompetence and unit. criminal negligence made by Colonel Frank L. Arnold, assistant superinWilliam Mitchell, former assistant tendent, was with Stormes when the chief of the air service, against the first word came that trouble was enwar and navy departments. suing. Stormes- - went to the still in Major General John L. Hines, chief question, and Arnold went to see that of staff. Instructed Major General Ell the pumps controling" the flow of oil A. Helmick, Inspector general of the through the big stills had bee army to obtain from Mitchel, confir- stopped. Mr. Arnold found that Jackmation or denial of his printed state- son and Paul, although in imminent ment peril, had performed their duty of General Helmick, following the In- stopping the flow in the face of the vestigation, will make recommenda- danger. This action prevented a tions to Acting Secretary Davis on greater danger, in that a third of action to be taken against Mitchell. the run through the stills was yet to Though department officials declin- be accomplished. ed to comment on the case. It Is unThe run was to have been comderstood that court martial trial of at 9 o'clock Saturday night. pleted Mitchell on charges of Insubordina- Under the process, a tion is inevitable. run requires thirty hours, and the fires were lighted and the run started Lenigrad Host To Scientists between 3 and 4 o'clock Friday afterOn the occasion of the noon. Leningrad. bicentenary celebration of the RusWith the plant a seething mass of sian academy of science, Michael Ka- flames, efforts were made to rescue linin, president of the soviet repub- the bodies of Stormes and Arnold, lic, was present. He was accompanthe fireman. Workmen and members ied by M. Lucharsky, commissioner of the force company's of foreign affairs. They were greetwrapped their heads and hands In ed with the playing of the Internationheavy burlap, coaked in water, and al and were welcomed by a distin- dashed in to the very center of the 200 guished assemblage, including The heat was so inconflagration. foreign guests. tense th&t the burlap dried almost instantly. The work Bloodhounds Assist In Blast was further hampered by the density McAlester, Okla. The fan house of of the black oil smoke. Mine No. 9 owned by the Rock Island Mining company at Hartshorne, Asks Guard Be Maintained was dynamited, according to word reVera Cruz, Mexico. The permanceived here by Sheriff Will Anderson. Sheriff Anderson left immediately for ent commissioner of the Vera Cruz the mine with a posse of men and state legislature has requested President Cales to revoke his order withbloodhounds. drawing federal troops from guarding Canada and Mexico Return Relations farms against attacks by agrarians. Victoria, R. C. C. H. Branston, It says the state government ha not consul for Meilco at Victoria and sufficient force to cope with the Vancouver has announced that Mex- agrarians, who will commit excesses ico has resumed diplomatic relations against ranches and isolated riiages with Canada. in absence of federal protection. g ITALY wti 9 s SHENANDOAH OISCUSS DEBT ITALIAN DEBT COMMISSION TO PAY VISIT TO WASHINGTON NEXT MONTH PECKED IS WIND BY ARE KILLED WHEN AIRSHIP FALLS TO EARTH IN THREE PIECES AIRMEN - Capacity To Pay Is Based Entirely Upon Business, Says Count Volpi Who Will Head The Delegation Heavy Wind While Passing Over Ohio Is Said to be Cause of Disaster; Commander is Among the Dead Rome-- Italy's capacity to pay, based entirely upon business considerations, will be the sole determining criterion of the proposals to be made by the Italian war debt commission to Washington next month, Count Volpi, the finance minister, said to the Associated Press. "Italy desires to conclude, as soon as possible, a just settlement of her war debt to the United States, based completely upon the realities of her industrial economic and financial situation," the finance minister said. 's Commenting on President statement that the terms of America's settlement with Belgium would not constitute a precedent, Count Volpi said: "Naturally, I cannot divulge the details of our proposals, which will be accurate and realistic. It must be remembered that the individual wealth of Belgium Is greater than that of Italy. This must be considered, since our plan and any interpretations of it are based fundamentally on our capacity to pay." The finance minister announced that Signor de Mortino, Italian ambassador to the United States, who will be a member of the Italian debt mission, is sailing to resume his post The ambassador is charged with interviewing members of the American government and preparing the ground work for the commission, so as to speed up the actual negotiations. Depending upon the attitude of the Americans, the Italian commission may publish in book form a compete statement of Italy's financial and economic situation, regarding which comprehensive data have been gathered by experts. Count Volpi concluded his references to the debt problem by declaring Italy willing and desirous to pay to the full extent of her capabilities. He denied the truth of rumors recently current in Rome of a possible repudiation of the Italian debt to Great Brltian and confirmed Premier Mussolini's statement that Italy was firmly determined to settle with all her wartime creditors. Caldwell, Ohio The giant dirigible Shenandoah is no more. It went down in three pieces here early September third and killed its commander. Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lans-down- e, and thirteen of the officers and men making up her crew. The airship struck a line sqall a variety of storm most feared by airmen shortly after 5 o'clock near this Noble county village, while traveling at an altitude of 3000 feet en route from Lakehurst, N. J., to the west. There was no explosion. The big ship simply met winds of a strength which it was unable to combat. After encountering the storm at the high altitude the ship headed heavenward to an altitude of approximately 5000 feet, when it suddenly came down again and broke into three pieces. One piece, 450 feet or more in length, fell in a field about one and a half miles from Ava. The control in which the comcompartment, mander and navigating crew were riding, fell fifty feet away, and the third section, 150 feet long, drifted through the air like a free balloon for tweleve miles, landing near Sharon, Noble county. Most of the dead were found in the tangled wreckage of the control cabin, where a full crew was on duty attempting to ride out the buffeting winds which resulted in the complete destruction of the giant of the air. Ambulances and other conveyances which carried physicians and others to the scene immediately following the accident were transporting the dead and injured to near-b- y towns. Those who met death in the unsuccessful fight against the elements were taken to Belle Valley, while the injured were scattered in the various hospitals of the community. The story of the disaster is ane of heroism of the crew, pioneers1 in the interest of the development of lighter-than-a- ir transportation. It is best told by Colonel C. C. Hall, United States army observer aboard the Clean Shirt Causes Argument ship. Tucson. Ariz. Whether the South'We were traveling west at an altiern Pacific railroad can require a tude of about 4000 feet when we enmale to wear his coat countered a storm," Colonel Hall while passenger said in describing the accident. "By will bebeing served in the dining car passed upon by the Arizona changing our course a dozen or more corporation commission as a result of time, we dodged it, only to encounter a complaint made by Nealy A. Penthe line squawl which sent us to an In a long letter to the comaltitude of 5500 feet before we real- nington. mission Pennington charges that ized what had happened. while en route to Phoenix from Tuc"We opened the valves to let out gas son, T. L. Wooding, a steward, reand lowered the ship and were draw- - quired him to don his coat before ing away from the storm at fifty serving him. In his letter he mile on hour when the Ftorm envelthat he wore a now shirt which oped us and broke the ship into three cost him $4.98, offering this fact aa pieces. I exclaimed to Commander evidence that he was properly dressLansdown : ed. ls high-pressu- re high-pressur- e fire-fighti- water-saturate- Dry Boss Fires Agent England' Pittsburg, Pa. A clean swerp of the personnel of the prohibition enforcement 'machinery in the Third Vnlted State district was made when Frederick C. Baird, the new administrator, fired Gus J. Simons, divisional prohibition chief, and 30 dry agents. William 3. Marsolf immediately was appointed acting divisional chief to succeed Simons. Baird' drastic action is based on a chant that th men "rested" on Labor day whll bear waa unloaded. Moscow. Threat Ar Resented Karakban, soviet am- M. bassador to China, who Is on leave in Russia, reports that the position of the Homlndan government at Canmore serious than ever, due ton, to what he described a "English It. Hongpreparation to overthrow kong I fooling itself when It thinks England can do what she like with Canton and that Intervention there would mean intervention in all China," ald Karakban. 1 j d San Francisco Captain Stanforo. Moses, commander of the San Francisco-to-Hawaii flight project, sent a radio message to Captain C. S. carrier Jackson of the airplane Langley, asking his opinion as to how the long search should be maintained for the missing seaplane PN-- No. 1 and her crew. Captain Jackson replied: "Not ready to expres-- opinion until informed of areas searched by destroyer squadron and other units of battle fleet returning from Somoa." "We have virtualy given up hope of rescuing the crew," Captain Moses said. "We now have eleven destroyers fueling at Honolulu for the purpose of engaging in a final survey of the waters were the PN-- 9 No. 1 came down. We have done all that could be done." Captain Moses- said there would be no let down, however, in the navy's search for the bodies of the seaplane's crew and the wreckage of the craft. A radio message was sent to Captain E. B. Jackson, commanding the airplant carrier Langley today by Captain Moses, directing him to continue the search in a final effort to locate some evidence of the seaplane's tragic ending. Captain Moses expressed the opinion that Commander John Rodgers, who piloted the seaplane, traveled too fast on the projected nonstop flight to Honolulu and consumed his gasoline reserve supplies'. Prior to the time the seaplane dropped from sight on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 1, Commander Rodgers was believed to have been hunting for the guardship, Aroostook, on station 1800 miles from San Francisco. A storm had come up and the seaplane was circling around in an attempt to locate the Aroostook in expectation of affecting a landing alongside that vessel. The last message from Rodgers indicated that his position was twenty-fiv- e miles north and west of the Aroostook. The seaplane was last seen at 1600 mark when it passed to the north of the U. S. S. Farragut on the 1600 station. If the seaplane hit the ocean in its forced descent without the motors running, Captain Moses said, the shock of landing undoubtedly carried the craft under the surface, in which event the crew probably met death within a few minutes. Despite the increasingly apparent hopeless nature of the search, officers and men of the United States in Hawaiian water connavy tinued to seek some trace of Commander Rodgers and his seaplane. They expressed themselves as determined to aave the missing aviators or find some trace confirming their loss. By day, airplanes and surface ships pursue the hunt in the waters where the seaplane last was reported, while submarines and mother ships comb the waters to the r.orth and west, where the airship might have drifted had it made a safe landing. By night the searchlights of the navy play over the empty waves, tracing strange patterns in the clouds. E. re aged, September fifth by fire in which gin OF ILL FATED FLIGHT THINKS THE FLIERS PERISHED Loss Is Not Fully Determined Aa Terrific Heat Prevent Examination of Ruins; Burnt Portion To Be Reconstructed Colonel William MitWashington chell's latest criticism of the administration's air service policy was referred to the inspector general of the army for investigation and report. The action of the war department will not be determined until this reShould port has been received. grounds be found for disciplinary action, Secretary Davis then will decide whether court martial proceeding shall be initiated. Major General Helmick, the inspector general, presumably will call upon Colonel Mitchell for the facts. On receipt of a statement from the colonel, that he did make the charges against army and navy officers contained in the statement issued at San Antonio Saturday, General Helmick will be in a good position to formulate his recommendations. The action of Major General Hines, the chief of staff, in referring the matter to General Helmick is in line with routine procedure, Major General John A. Hull judge advocate general of the army, probably also will be consulted. It appears that days will elapse before there is a final decision. The war department maintained complete silence except for announcement that the Mitchell case' had been referred to General Hemick. Only the question of the specific charges made by Colonel Mitchell against high officers of the army and navy in connection with their administration of air service matters are being given consideration because of their form and the possibility that they constitute a violation of army regulations' governing the conduct of all officers. The rex erred to General Helmick for his opinion is whether these statements consitute a case of insubordination that would fall within the broad article of war rendering officers subject to discipline for any conduct unbecoming to an officer or prejudicial to good order and discipline. In any proceeding which may result, efforts will be made to confine the question entirely to insubordination, and not permit the general air service controversy to be threshed out in military legal' proceedings. IN CHARGE COMMANDER SALT LAKE Disciplinary Action Depends On Report Of Inspector General Of The Army; War Department Be gins Probe sev-era- JJ Cool-idge- . ill-fat- Montana Land Office May Stay Great Falls, Mont. Abolition of the Great Falls land office, supervising the Montana and Idaho districts, may not be carried out. This was indicated when James W. Roberts, collector of customs here, received a telegram from L. C. Andrews, In charge of customs and prohibition enforcement In the office of secretary of the treasury, saying that recommendation had been made to suspend Indefinitely execution of the presidential order closing the office and abolishing the Montana district. Under the exeAsk Strike Guard cutive order the office was schedulOperator ed to be abolished 17, Oklahoma City, Okla. Mine operaSeptember Montana consolidating with the North tor from Pittsburg and Lattimer Dakota district and Idaho with Wash- counties have appeared before Actington. ing Governor W. J. Halloway and demanded troop be sent to that section of the strike area. The delegation r Diplomatic Relation Resumed Victoria, B. C. C. II. Branston, ported part of the equipment of Do consul for Mexico at Victoria and Mine No. 6 had been destroyed. Vancouver has announced that Mexi- Other disturbance such as shot beco had resumed diplomatic relations ing .fired at a mine guard were rewith Canada. ported. German Color Removed Paris. The ribbon of German colors bearing a German Inscription, which was found on a wreath lying on the tomb of France's unknown oldler under the Arc de Triumphe, has disappeared. ief Macedonian-ChKilled Sofia. Bulgaria. Two Macedonian chiefs. Burllc nd Karkalanheff, hare ben killed In a fight at Kingstendil, near the frontier. Hundred Homelet By River Rise $50,000 Suit For Permanent Wave El Paso, Tex. Five hundred perChicago. Mis Christine Rabhltt, are temporarily homt-lps23, wanted a permanent wave. Now son in El she want $30,000 because all her Paso and vicinity as a result of the Girl Slayer Held Insane New York. Harrison W. Noel, 20 years old. who confessed that It wa he who kidnapped and murdered s n Rio Grande river breaking through Mary Daly, slew Raymond Pierce, a It levee after a rise which exceeded taxi driver, and wounded John negro that of last month. A side current three feet deep was rounding through Sandlne, a chauffeur who pursued him, wa formally charged with two the Mexican quarter here, five block of the four major crime laid on him. from the river' bed. The American He was arralnged on the charge of Red Cross, the Mexican Blue Crone, year old. a she city and county official anl rental ' kidnapping Mary. was not a agenclrs ar providing relief for the played at noon on a lawn near ber pom la Montclalr. sufferer.' hair was burned off in the process and she Is forced to wear a wig. In a suit against the Star Hair Goods company. Miss Ranbltt, who operate a beauty shop, alleges that she purchased a permanent waring machine from the company, which offered to demonstrate by putting a wav In her hair. The demonstration success, she charged. Jugo-Slavia- News Notes I I Utah 1 I 1 It's a Privilege to Live in S is'sraaBiaia'aaraMararaiapjgisara.e Ogden -- The first mayorality candidate to be entered in the race in is George E. Browning, former postmaster and prominent business Og-de- n Mr. Browning was waited upof citizens, chiefly business men, who asked him to enter the race for mayor and pledged him support. Mr. Browning con- man. on by a large group sented to their request and entered the race, it was announced following the conference. Salt Lake City. As a result of the rigid system of economy Inaugurated by the city commission, city expenditures for August were $43,600 less than they were during the corresponding month of 1924, according to the monthly report of the city auditor. to Murray. Stringent measures curb speeders and in other ways to of the traffic enforce observance rules are being put into effect by the Murray City authorities, especially on the state highway as it passes through the city. Price. A thorough chlorination of the entire Price City water system has been effected as a safeguard against possible spreading of typhoid in this community through contamination of the drinking water. There are eleven known cases of typhoid fever in. the city. The first was drawn to hte attention of health authorities on August 16, and the total has slowly mounted since that time. ML Pleasant. A threshing machine belonging to the Thompson brother of Mt. Pleasant was completely da molished by spontaneous combustion caused while threshing smutty wheat at Indianola. Two hundred bushels of wheat belonging to Peter Simpson was also destroyed. James Thompson who wa3 operating the machine, had left it just a few minutes before the explosion and no one was injured. Salt Lake City. Carlos Ariza, for several years consul of the Mexican republic in Salt Lake, notified Governor George H. Dern that he has been relieved of his duties here, and has been ordered to assume a similar post at Calexico, California. Mr. Ariza, in his letter, also told the governor that his successor, Carlos M. Gaxiola, has arrived in this city and will assume charge of the local Mexican consulate immediately. Ogden. The park commission of Ogden has recommended to the city commissioners that an offer of $40,-00- 0 cash be tendered to Sanford Har-ru-p and Chris Aadneson for the sanitarium property at the mouth of Ogden canyon, according to Mayor P. F. Kirkendall. It is expected that the city commission will do this soon. Ogden. Because of the financial condition of Ogden city, the city manager form of government is all the more desirable. Mayor P. F. Kirkendall told members of the Exchange club in an address upon city affairs. The poor financial condition is due to the "passing of the buck" from one administration to another, the mayor said. Salt Lake City. Apparently crazed with Jealousy, Dr. Allan D. Bentz, young local dentist shot and probably fatally wounded Miss Melba Brown, allghtly wounded Harvey Kirk, and then killed himself by firing one shot from a small caliber pistol through his left temple and three Into hi breast. issued Ogden. Building permit during month of August amounted to $101,550, according to the monthly report of City Building Inspector Carl C. Gariff." The total for the corresponding month of last year was $113,-200. Mammoth. The the return for taxation purpose made by the Chief Consolidated Mining company to the state board of equalization in 1924 was not a return at all within the meaning of the Utah law, is the charge made by Mammoth City, a municipal corporation. In action instituted In the Fifth Judicial district court In Juab county. The suit virtually asks for a court definition of the terms "mine or mining claim" as It Is found In the present mine assessment law passed In 1919. Ogden. Movement of grain, principally wheat, from Idaho points and other sections through Ogden, Is much heavier than usual, according to E. R. Alton, president of the Ogden Grain exchange. According to information received by Mr. Alton trom railroad officials approximately 1000 carloads more have passed thru Ogden to date than had passed thru at the corresponding date of last year. It is estimated that this Is 1, 600,000 bushel ahead of last year. Salt Lake City. Butler n. Ramey, proprietor of the Scmloh hotel and well known hotel man, died at a lo cal hospital following a brief and sudden Illness. For more than twenty year he wa connected with a number of hotels of Salt Lake. 8alt Lake City. Andrew Garbls, 3d, suspected bootlegger and narcotic vendor, wa shot and killed; Patrolman S. II. Neve, 35, wa wounded in th left breast and Albert Lewis, 15, a bystander, wa shot through the left lung In a buttle between officer and Garbi at th latter' borne. |