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Show WEA-iHE- Qvrts cftte ths neat Intsrsrtlei aawe f tha day is t fee fun4 ecttaav In the want-a-s Fair tonight; Sunday In TJTAIT partly cloudy, cooler west portion, h ; " Year Fifty-fir- st north OGDEN CITY, UTAH. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1921. No. 82 LAST EDITION i - Pff?1 n nnn (ft r 0) I pis Li 4 P. M. a! 9 PERSONS MADE HOMELESS' BY FIRE S TO PASS C HECK; Tieup of Moving Vans Threatens in Rent Strife mm mm Ttxro T!nrirrlAH "Rnrlipc rvrr iron noops uiscoverea After Fire Ait SENDS II lOT CALL SHOOTS, THEM SLASHES SELF of 2. Threats CHICAGO, April not to give up their apartments on May 1 in a An exciting chase tcok place through the business section of fight against what they term unthe city at 11 o'clock -this morning when an unidentified man tried! duly high rents will prevent many to Tlfiss n. forcer! rher.k- fnr A in thn Virnt National hnnlr TVio fnr J others from moving, according to express and storage companies, ,gery wa3 discovered while the man stood at the idler's window andi who today refused to book moving unless tlie furniture wenj to go vvueu uuha. uxiiuiiiis puaiea an alarm, conneciea uireciiy wim me sheriff's office, the man broke from the bank and, fan northward on into storage. The moving companies said that Washington avenue. j could not agree to load their they Persons in the bank, attracted by the rush of the man through ' vans with houseliold goods unless the tne doors and tho cries of alarm from the bank employes promptly permitted the option of placingwere goods in storage in cae it gave chase, but the man escaped. A dragnet was thrown out by found that the apartment to which occuwas still was Sheriff Eichard Pincock and it is believed thai the man will bo it consigned a rent striker. pied by caught. He can be identified by the bank tellers. As the rate for vans is $4.50 an M. R. Purdy, teller, said that the man came into the bank at hour, the moving men said they a woukl probably face moving 11 o'clock and presented a check forged with the name of Richard. strike in the event furniture was son. Mr. Purdy said he looked up the signature and found it to be allowed to stand In the vehicles at that rate until the rent strikers deforged. He immediately grabbed the telephone and called the sher- cided to give up their flats. i. s uiiiue. i ii When the man saw Mr. .Purdy telephoning he ran from the bank. Sumner P. Nelson, assistant cashier of the bank, pulled the burglar alarm as the man passed his desk. Officers arrived almost imme- TO MAKE SURE Syracuse University Scena of Unsual Tragedy I Early Today , REVEALED TRAGEDY OGDEN B BURKKTT. 11. of Ora. Intl.. who eow to trial Knox, Ind., April f on a charts- - of first decree murder. lie denies that he fired the shot which killed Bonny Slavin. 7, his playmate. lib fate will ho in the hands of ndult jurors, but all of the important witnesses in the case are children of tender vears. CEC American Sailors Cheered as They Help to Curb T Conflagration ISSUED STATEMENT Chancellor Thinks Dean Was Killed Trying to - Prevent Suicide . I ..MANILA. P. I.; April 2. (By the Associated Press.) Fifteen thousand i were rendered homeless here today in a fire last night, the most destructive here in more than twenty years, which destroyed 3,000 houses in the northern cv lata.!, va j vjuui diately, but the man had disappeared. Lazaro district. Two known as the Sanviijf The man is described as short and rather stout, with large red bodies were found today in the ruins. milon his face. He wore no hat or coat. Mr. Purdy said he blotches loss at three Police estimate the lion dollars.- - The razed area consisted seen the m5n como into the bank at various times recently to Jias mostly of small native structures occutransact business and can easily identify him. The forgery was disexpied as dwellings and stores. It tended over thirty acres. covered before the man vas given the money. SAILORS CHEERED. A crowd of more than 150 persons gathered on the street and in American sailors from the flagship the bank following the sending of the alarm call. Huron, of the Asiatic fleet, and Ameri can soldiers from the Manila barracks! Following shortly after the alarm, John J. Robinson, 27 years, were cheered as they marched into the who gave his occupation and residence as a railroad brakeman livflames. They razed street, was captured in the railroad yards ing at 173 Twenty-thir- d the burning area, making a fire Ogden Railroad Men in by Deputy Sheriff Fred Tout after an exciting chase in which Tout break which halted the progress of the fired two shots in the air as warning. Robinson was exhausted and fire. More Danger Than Red Cross workers before daylight unable to talk until after he had rested. He was questioned at the Would-b- e Suicide began assembling food and clothing sheriff's office. for the homeless, most of whom spent the night in vacant lots. An initial Narrowb missing a crowd of section of ten thousand dollars appropriation was ma.de by the city council for relief hands when he fird four bullets from BOY-OBELEirevolver in an effort to commit suiwork, arid subscription lists have been acide. Tete. ei . 5?years.ohCwa , MarajiSQ... .. , opened. , arrested this morning by Detectives DIE IN BARREL. Chambers. Everett "Noble and Search In tne ruins, revealed bottles Robert Chauffeur Earl Wiggins. of Zosine Santos,.! and his d The shooting took place near the txephew. clasped in each other's h street crossing in the arms and encircled by the iron hoops i Twenty-nintor a large water barrel. It is be- railroad yards. - Marango, who was apparently either ' lieved that when their escape was cut demented or was under the Influoff by flames they took refuge in the ence of the police he was barrel, filled with water, hoping to tired of liquor, told living, and wanted to kill save their lives. The wooden staves himself. burned. CANT HIT HIMSELF. oo While he attempted to point the CUTS IN CRUDE OIL gun at his head, and pull the trig5r, Laws of Heredity Placed Cecil Burkett Accused of could not accomplish the act beHis YouthSLOW UP NEW WORK he Under Control by Americause of the fact that his arms were Murdering crippled, and could not be bent at can Savant ful Playmate sufficient angle to allow Marango to OIL, CITY, Pa., April 2. Reductions the gun directly at his head. In the price of crude oil during the point One of the skin on the bullets grazed last three months were marked by the bridge RESULT. SUCCESSFUL SCIENTISTS AT WORK nose. '. of his declines in n$w operations throughout his With indiscriminate shooting, the country, according to the month- Marango spread panic among a group ly review of the oil industry, compil- of section hands who were working New Pro- Problem in Juvenile Psyed by The Derrick, and matle public on Cigar near where the track the place here today. Involved in Small duced to Meet All started shooting. They took chology The report showed that during Marango cover. March there was 2,094 completions, a to C. Town Tragedy Requirements C. Christian, H. C. Tanner and decrease of 153 as compared with Feb were Work under construction at George Baker, switchmen, who ruary. close of the month aggregated 7,- - working nearby, rushed to Marango, Mass., April 2. (By Entrrprt.By 'the 1 Christian succeeded in disarming theCAMBRIDGE. 2. Cecil Burkis What i r f"a an4 HrllHnir walla a nr and KNOX. Associated April Ind., Press.) the man by striking, him a sharp blow claimed to be the first plant actually ett answers to the state of Indiana pared with 7,83 0 for the previous on the wrist with a brake stick. month. New production was 224,-35- 1 made to order according to specifica- April 5 on a first degree murder SEARCHES FOIt riSTOIi. tions listed' In advance, has been de- indictment. barrels, an increase of 31,137. There were 388 dry holes and 220 gaa This trial- - will fee In circuit court, by Professor Edward M. Eastrl Marango, after being disarmed, was veloped an adult charged with similar wells. where Connecticut the for of Harvard, He in to the allowed vicinity. stay oo would be tried. No distincoffense at New Station Experiment was told that the weapon had been be made In the trial of Cecil will tion Conn. RAINS AND COOLER hidden in a nearby pile of ties, and Haven, he Is a boy of only because Burkett as new Round known The Tip, plant, the arrival of the police, search- is a If 11 WEATHER PREDICTED until years. tobacco combining. ed diligently among the ties, apparentThe question or the boya accountais claimed, the desirable qualities ly bent on completing the purpose it his understanding of th gravity none bility, several existing varieties and he had set out to accomplish. of will not enter into the of sevmurder, Weather which WASHINGTON, April 2. of defects and their possessing un- case. P. Li. Van Cleve, j'ardmaater, callworth-while week for , the eral characteristics predictions beginning ed the police. The trial will proceed upon the staIt was tutes Monday include: re- known In the older varieties. no offered Marango explanation of the state setting forth tho Missouri lower of Upper Mississippi and la produced by a scientific application act "there his other than commission of crime and the-- j of garding proof valleys, northern Rocky Mountain and no use going on living, like this." He the laws of heredity, with the investi- evidence ror connexion, in plateau regions:--- Cooler! Tuesday and apparently was fairly well supplied gation of which Professor East has extreme necessary on conviction Is death penalty Wednesday, normal temperature there- with money, search at' the police sta- been identified for many years. electrocution. after. Rains probable at beginning, tion New varieties of plants are not par- by disclosing bills aggregating nearly ticularly AGREE ON COURT followed by fair. rare. It is said, and, new names $40. not ask for any chang of ve Southern Rocky mountain-anTil as common as are old for varieties plaHe asked what he had done to be freckles on a W. J. Reed, attorney for teau regions: Generally fair, seasoneysdefendant. boy, but In nue," arrested when taken Into custody by the past, rov "Circuit court Is fh . able temperature. to Harvard the. that he did biologists, according to the try the boy. He Pacific states generally fair except the police,to and protested proper place new things In the plant net want be hung. When Jocularly world havethebeen did not shoot Benny Slavtn and we i or occasional rains alOBff Mrta accimore or less told that he would be shot Instead of dental. Crosses exDect to prove that he did not." Normal temperature. they say, have been The case is being heard A.In the hung, Pete seemed perfectly-satisfieoo to made indiscriminately, trusting recame and without tribunal." says James Dllts, DroDer along offering Providence that something good would prosecutor. BOMBS THROWN AT "The boy is accountable. sistance. Providence and tufn up; occasionally oo He is old enough to know what raur ELECTRIC PLANT has come to the rescue. Is and to plan It-- The grand Jury der STUDIED. WRAPPERS not have Indicted him. were he would YOUNG- PRINCE HOES V case leaf not."" a of In this study cigar BELFAST, April 2. Serious dis VEGETABLE GARDEN wrappers was made, and the characCecil Burkett goes to trial' because orders occurred in Londonderry last Slavln. 7. next door neighbor nUnu demartned teristics Benny grower, by evening. Constable Higgins was shot Mt down and and wra rnnmimxr fartnrr playmate, died of a bullet wound and killed by assailants who escaped, 28. Prince Alfonso jaa last Thankagmnr day received MADRID, as he would a April builder two bombs were thrown at the electric whose hand one day probably will In the Burkett yard at when Ex home. for playing a the plan requirements two were soldiers light station and now en- istlng varieties were then examined in Ora. is the sceptre, sway Spanish wounded and in rifle firing following grossed in wielding a hoe in a garden. the field and in the warehouse with UP TO CHILDREN the attack two :ivilians were injured. He is devoting to cultivation of veg- the minutest care, which adults will prosecute, de those seeking Although Tp.e station property was net damaged etables every hour he can spare from when combined would sentence on the boy. and fend the greatpass give by the explosion. his studies and military duties, labor- est possible chance of success. Finally his fate is largely In the hands of little An attack was made on trie police under the direction of the garden It was decided the success of the pro children. harracks on Lecky road and two con- ing ers at the royal palace. The produce ject No adult witnessed the shooting of on crossing the two var- stables were wounded before police ofhis garden is finding its way to the etlMdepended Sumatra and Broadleaf. Benny Slavln. Only children were at reinforcements, whichc arrived in an Kiiuing ui tue pour m iiaui ia niatu Burkett home Thankmriving day were the selected these varieties Why armored car, beat off the attacking are operated under the patronage of and" how the scheme was carried out ax the time of the shooting. party. Rifle firing could be heard his mother. Queen Victoria.' their testimony the Jury will is and a technical Suffice Upon long story. The garden tilled by the royal gard- it to say that a whether-Ceci- l during the night, and great exciteBurkett goes to decide of the prinknowledge ment prevailed, it is said in a dis- ener is located on a piece of land on ciples of inheritance to prison or to freedom. his death, was basis. the King Alfonso's .country lodge at Casa Cecil says that he did not fire the patch received here. these principles the work oo del Campo, directly across the Man Through that he did not see It fired, be shot, could no out carried with greater WESTERN BOYS TAKE zanares river fromoothe royal palace. loss of time and with as much cer- that he was Just entixrlng his houso he heard the shot. tainty of reaching the end In view as when TO CRIME IN HUNGER DEMAND FOR SEEDS left the gwi that of a chemist in producing a new onHe says that he had o-t the ready ground, Jtooth-pastsparrows The result was the Round If SHOWS FALLING OFF up. came about the Martin house they and Frederick he which OMAHA, Neb.i April .2. Two young LEAVES Schcrminn, GROW UPRIGHT. 11. were cleaning. men who gave their names as Joe "The Round said Professor 2. Rollie Demand Tip," But this story is contradicted by WASHINGTON, Cal., and April Denny, of Oakland, East today, "has the large leaf and the Frederick. He is the state's principal Stiles, of Bakersfield, Cal., confessed for field seeds from farmers during close arrangements of leaves charac- wltnessL to the theft of 16 watches from March was on the whole below norFriday of the Broadleaf variety. The a wholesale novelty company store mal, according to reports tabulated by teristic In fact, all of the Important witlast night, according to Chief of De- the federal bureau of markets. More leaves grow upright as do thone of the nesses for state and Prosecution will thus the loss be children. farmers than usual were said to have Sumartra, tectives Vandeusen. from torn leaveseliminating 9. Cecil's which so often reAlfred Entrance to the place was gained by seed of their own. but others were de- sults from the dropping leaves of the will be In Burkett, clared to be curtailing their purchases a basement window. court. So will Cl,ira. brother, smashing Slavln ' According to Chief Vandeusen, the this year because of. inability to fin- other parent. The leaf is even broad- 10. and Ulster Etsle. t nnfl nep men were on their way east from Cal- ance their farming operations or be- er than the Sumatra, and so increases brother Albert, 3. ifornia, were out of work and com- cause of a disinclination to plant as the yield of cigar wrappers. Since the Grownups wll testify, too. but their mitted the theft because they were extensively as usual on account of the!1 low price of farm products. hungry. , (Continued on Page Two) (ContlntKd on Page Two) SYRACUSE. N. April I. J. Herman .Wharton, dran et the collar of bulns administration. Syracuse shot and MilM by Holmei BckwHh. proffer of financUl and insurance subject In the college, th!morning. Beckwllh thtn turned the gun on himself and committed sulfide. The shooting occurred in ihe office of thf school administration. In th eoI!-of aCTicu'tnr building. the n new doUar structure donated to the university by Mrs. Russell Bage In mrriory of her father. Joseph Ftocum. and named fo?f him, PROFESSOR UNIOFVI.R. Bfckwith had hrn unProfs,ir with the students. It was said, popular nnd petitions had btri circulated amora the student body asil-- g for his removal. In a statement Issued soon after the shontlr.r. Chancellor Day derUred that It wan his bellf that Dean Wharton died trying to prevent Prcfestor Beckwtth fr6m comrnltttr.g suicide, LEAVES NOTE BEHIND. "This was Indicated in a note. l?ft B:k-ith- r f o rJLxcz. a. Wh a r. r.a by -ur.J-verrl- tr. - a f half-millio- 1 houses-surrounding- : i I t!;i I , v . : . fact that he had been dlsmUaed, the dlsmlwal to take effect at the end of the year. "Denn Wharton's chair, a stout one. was broken. He evlder.tlr leaped from it when Beckwilh tried to kill hlme!f, the tun was turned on him snd the dean wa shot throuch the head. Beckwlth was shot in the chesL Htilo stabbed himself to make death twelve-year-ol- V , FOR HIS LIFE certain." KiiRvnD as Kounnn. Dr. Holmes Beckwlth was first lieutenant, field artillery. In the world war. He Joined Fyracune univerrlty faculty last September. He waa head of the department of finance and lnsunranc. ,11c formerly taught as Colorado Col lege, springs, iojoraao; iowa collere and Northwentern university set t.vansicn, in. u was given an LI. D. by the California ur.tvtrsity, rh. D. by Columbia. He was a bank Wrapptr Agri-cultua- t cigar-wrapp- . d red-head- ed . d, -- ' . cold-blooded- ly -- k e. . , . WATER RUSHES KiiED BACK UDER hr 1 1 1 examiner In California. oRfiA.reis ooLLrxn:. Dean Wharton was a graduate ef Frracua university and haa been Instructor there tor the list few years, hta first service havlcg been with the engineering school. In which he was head of the Knellsh department. Two years ago h conceived the Idea cf ja i uuri c ui piun lumir.Huiutm arrn he was appointed by the chancellor to carry out the plan. He organized the collect and last fall was made Its dsah. Xn the two years the collere has rrovrn rapidly having an enrollment of 109. a--n INTO KS AS POM PERS QUIT GUARD er . . MLES T - Ne-wspapr- -r Prrfrr fU. 1ft TrtUth. It was Intimated he wis going to kill himself and referred to aUerfd unjust treatTnent of himself based on th I OF PROFESSOR char,r;:or oo PARIS. April 2. (By the Associated Press.) Dispatches received by the French fore lrn office today Indicate that former Emperor - Charles, who In the belief of official; circle her, has been successfully blocked in his efforts at retoratlon to the throne of Hungary, will be escorted back to Switzerland by allied officers. This guard will be given him. It It said, to protect him against manifestations en rout$. Switzerland Is expected again to extend honpltallty to the former monarch, but with stricter limitations as to his place of residence asd movements. LONDON, April 2. Six British coal mines left to the mercy of cnruahlcg FARMERS ORGANIZE waters by the strike cf m'ners and AGAINST SALES TAX pumpmen, have already been flooded and some are said to be In such conApril 2. Formation ot dition that tfiey may be permanently theCHICAGO, Federal Tax leajru of America, wrecked. Four of these mine ar which will oppose the federal sale In South' Staffordshire, "one In the tax. waa announced today by. Kugene Frey of ArgyU Ills . formerly lecturForest of Dean, County of Gloucester, er of the Illinois tate who and one in Fl!nthjr northeastern la secretary and trras-jre- r Orange, of the or Wales, Several of the older pits In ganization. Georg F. Comings, fr- cf Wlsconsla the Rhonkas valley. Wales,' district J is ri17iter:nT'f f v,.l?e,r leagxjr. are in imminent ganger. In most or "I'owrrful inieresta." Mr. Frey the othtr coal districts of the inland "ar to shift th preparing clerks and volunteers are manning the burden of taxation on the further ar.d farrsra pumps. the farmers must orgar.lto to make RTOIIDS Or .PPI1LS. ft It their influence If thla attempt is hi: must BE GOOD. to be prevented." of Scores reached telegraph appeals AfBERNE. Swltierland, April 2. Vice of the learue include ed the goVrnmer.t yes'.crday asking William ter deliberating Friday on the request that sailors b BouCk, master cf'lhe Washsent to help fight of the Hungarian charge that perthe flood of water pouring ington slate granre: J. W. Canada of mission be given for former Kmpcror against mlnea. Various coal dealers Houston, Texas, editor cf a rural pubInto the the associations Charles to return to BwltxerU-nd- , lication: John Morrii. master cf the publishing appeals In Colorado federal council decided to grant ths newspapers, arecalling stat xrange: Robtrt Irwin, on volunteers! However. h with engineering request provisionally. of the Montana formerly lo give Farmers secretary experience must undr rtatke not only to abstain assistance. union; Jennie Bne'l, scre-larfrom all political propaganda, but of the Michigan state grange; ard niTllXCTIONS LIKULV. must solemnly promise rot to leave J. P. Doyle, of the Illlixsia Switzerland without prevlounly advisThe government la laying p'.ans to Farmers union. deal with emergencies. It Is planning pr .. ing the authorities. deThe federal council has not to Impose restrictions on ehep snd VLADIVOSTOK BATTLE termined whether Charlr will bw In street lighting, and the public lias terned, but it I believed possible h been ske1 to economise- in tho use STOPPED BY JAPS will not - be allowed to return to of gas, electricity and ruoUn?. An effict of the embargo on. the Pranrina.made that the permis- export of coal has been an Increase TOKIO. April !. (By The Emphails sion has been nivyn because the re- In demand for tounsf to carry AmireKs). Attempt by element t gain control ef tho quest came from the Hungarian gov- erican coal t& British bunkering staernment and becauiM of the cf tions. cltv of Vlitilroitok have resulted In The chairman of the Iondon coal failure, according to cfflal advices the federal government toserve the In cause of peace and tranquility. commlttre declares London has a sup- received here. The righting weeks, but If the the city yerterday morning, but had BUDAPEST EMPHATIC. ply for aboi thre summer-lik- e err tfcre off tu e weather contin- not jgarrlSw-PA RIB. April-2The national as- present th ues. ordure or weeka. It flv will p!x lat Jpane: sembly at Budapest Friday voiced the an ) 'urn to SiKerents firing LVCRING. PUBLIC SUPIHHIT Thla crder was le)-4opinion that "the unexpected return !f ar.d WASHINGTON. Arril 2. Duration from "ladlvc. !r 4'.i tht at rr- h' to Budapest of former Kraperor Charlesi Imperiled law and order. ac- jof the British coat miners irtiike Is ex- ent ihi alt cation Is r.c rr"K!rrfi1 Ku- - pected to be short, arcon'ing to cordlng to a meaas: to the liaatcapi-jbeof opinion In Kngland. Commercial The Incident was the rope Agency from the Hungarian tal. The assemoiy ronaemnea wim me Atucns ienr.!a at iindon. auvjsea meian intrr of the m i' :ahts Funds taig the c'lty with t:" h i of t h f rr, greatest severity "thla stuck on the 'department of commerce today. -r the miners federation are low. thejnarstji cf the fcr-"- s conatliutlon and requested the gOv-jci.rti- r.. a mm, actrttnr tnat tr. siri.e ernmcntto do Its utmot to stop "such was mtwee 1 nnt supported by public oplr.lon. hevik lesdr in F.brri; h ' disturbance. ;patchow. report- to this city. The, ..ri" A motion congratulating Admiral Certain IriUh eiporter f on his attitude ed to be negotiating for American coal ever, had been if the jlorthy. th regent, to fill contract In th cor.tiental mar- splracy and tok ri. ions (Cains;, a wns conveyed lo hint by a special kets. Mr. Dcr.nU s-i-ld. v y ., yt - ar.tl-l'rl-shev- tk uIm n 5 . r-- r T ! , Vt r- the-Jou- at t- of f- ";-r- y Tili-H.,- w-e- r i- -.f t-- ill. 5. 1,- c-.:.- - -- |