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Show RIVALS UTAH CoUNfT AJ ii SURPASSES THE REST FORTY-THIR- YEAR, NO. 74. D m oo TEN PAGES THE BEST ft O0 . m oo 0O JAJMXS Pages vrv.rv - rr CI 0O . . U 00 Li U Li mr 00 00 0O v Of DAY hurricane-tor- m m I i ObnCUULLU i ' Oct 18. 19 and w - . limit ,.. ' ceremonies of the officers will be held newly-electe-d . Wednesday, October 13. Installation PARLEY PRATT PASSES AWAY ' - r.'J NsL- -- Sept I VANCOUVER, B. C, Sftct 20 (UP) Gordon Stewart Northcott, accused of the rauVder of a number of boya on a ranch near Jliverside, Calif., arWed late Wednesday at Okanogan Landing, will probably b returned here by the pro-viiiuiiti puucw, it was indicated touoj btewart admitted his identityaccording to- telegrams received py tne provincial police her y Okanogan Landing is a little place on UKanogan laiceroii tne main line or the Canadian Pacific, and about half way between Vancouver and Calgary. It was believed that Northcott was heading tack toward the United States in an effort to throw police off his trail. & ' ; ttQ'tt wy r;Lr; Provo Boys UndernArrest The number of dead In Florida's area was estimated at 500 by Dr. A. W. Zleblod, field director of Miami's Telief workr-toflay- : MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 20 (UP) pt Me t s... UNAVAILING ARE NUMEROUS - Close's Cafe Burns, Vigilantes Aid Police Search For Kidnaper And Several Smaller In Honolulu Blazes Occur Numerous calls within the paBt 24 hours have kept the Provo city fire department on the alert according to Fire Chief Reed Boshard. At 1:20 this morning an alarm was sent In from Judge George S. Ballifs home, 868 North University avenue. " Members of the Balllf household were aroused from their sleep when the house became en veloped In smoke. Without Knowing the source of the fumes an alarm was turned in. Upon arrival of the fire department It was found that a roast of meat had been placed in the electric range and the power was left on. $2,000 Damage to Store At 2:45 Wednesday afternoon fire of unknown origin broke Out In Mel Close's cafe and grocery store at the Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe company's plant The cafe and store were completely destroyed before the department arrived, the estimated loss being more than 2,000, according to Fire Chief Boshard. Mr. Close, proprietor, was away at the time, and pipe plant attaches were unable to accounJLfjjcthe 're It is stated. AtI0:30 Wednesday night a false alarm was Bent in from alarm box 15, corner of First North and University avenue. This case Is being Investigated by officers, who report that persons found guilty of this practice will be prosecuted to' the In HONOLULU. Sept. 20. (UP) One thousand special deputies aided police of the Island in a . fruitless - . . Burglary of Golf Club In Salt Lake - Admitted By Youths 'ITS-- - St 7i Two Provo boys are being held In Gruesome dincoverls have made tending to substantiate the story of Sanford Clark, 15, that several the city all In Salt Lake, and a third had bnen mifttreated thfin on and Northoett In murdered the chicken ranch Riverside boys county, California, At the left Is a deputy sheriff sifting soil for traces of human bones, and at the upper right Is picture of Is being sought as an accomplice in Mrs. Louisa Northcntt, mother of Gordon Northcott, 21 (below). Young Northcott is accused of the murders, a burglary alleged to have been ; and his, mother disappeared with him. i at the Forest committed by the-trt- e Dale Golf club nearly Wednesday ..Dean Simmons and morning. btn ' . L. A. MARKETS CANCER SPECIALIST ARE ADVOCATED GOES THROUGH PROVO - Hotteridorf Declares Ignorance and Causes of High 7 Neglect Are Fatalities Percentage ' MRS. JENSEN house-to-hou- . GIVES COURSES . - -- ' . Parley T. Pratt, 57, died this folmorning at his home in Orem, lowing an illness of several months duration. """ Mr. Pratt was a prominent farmer of Orem. and was Interested In He had mining lit Mercer,-Uta-been R Member of the Provo Odd Fellows lodge for 30 years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt, and three sons, Le Roy C" George A., and' William J Pratt of Orem. He Is also survived by one brother, Sam Pratt, and two sisters, Mrs. Belle Johnson of Salt Lake and Mrs. Lottie Brock-ban- k of San Perdo, California, Announcement of the time and place of the funeral services will beit made later. Arrangements are made by the Odd Fellows, who will have charge of the services. h. be-In- XEBEKAII SOCIAL FOSTPONED -- Provo Rebokahs wish to announce that the social planned by them for this evening has been 'postponed tndefintely, due to the death this morning of Parley T. Pratt of Provo bench, whose widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt, holds the office of Noble Grand In the Rebckah lodge. - - The Weather Utah Fair tonight - and - Friday; cooler with freexing temper atures higher ele vation both to-night and Friday. Maximum temp. Wednesdays temp. Wednesday ,.58 - gh nt ; -- ! J firsts-meetin- gs Today 's Baseball Scores ........ ....... 00003200 . ys YOUNG MEN'S: CLUB. MEETS Babe Badly Hurt Father's Truck 1001005 .- 2 .7.... m pass-throu- 1 ANGELES, Sept 20 Charles Fechser were apprehended in Provo late Wednesday morning, and were taken to Salt Lake by Chief of Police Burbidge following a complete confession as ' to their Frank Gal part- In the robbery. lagher, the third boy Involved, had not been located at a lata hour Thursday afternoon. . Golf Club Entered Investigations carried on by mem bers of the Salt Lake police officers disclosed that the boys gained en trance to the golf club premises by removing a screen and forcing window lock and after robbing the cash register of flS and the cigar stand of several packages, of clg arets had carried away two slot machines with the evident Intention of opening them, securing the coins r DuriaL and then destroying them. ' Little by little, the authorities The apparent haste with which the boys attempted to get away pointed out evidence has been with the loot tn the car, a small found tn inHIa n..i,,a roadster belonging to Simmons, tory is true. It was at first beseems to have led to their capture. lieved to be a fantastic nightmare. In view of a statement made by They were sighted shortly after 2 a m. Wednesday morning by Pa- Toung Northcott in renting a Mint trolmen Clayton Bank, and E. E canyon cabin, Clark's tale that bos-Brown on Eleventh East street, lsibljr.ptner-murde- ig wure'commlt- To SaltHEketyr-Aee8rctfnlrthe ted there was given added import.Salt Lake officers the boys were ance. travelling at about 45 miles an Paying his rent to Mrs. M. R. hour. Wasson, Northcott discussing Wil; The police gave chase around sev liam Edward Hickman's murder of eral blocks. When the roadster Marlon Parker, said "Hickman was crashed Into a' parked car, the boys a boob. He didnt know how to fled, leaving the roadster, in whl$h hide a body." the officers found the slot machines demolished, seven dollars and a half In nickels and quarters,. which had fallen from the twot machines, a flash light and an- automatic - re- search for Gill Jamieson and his abductors, Utah Producers Overlook Adwho have held him for the last 48 hours. vantages, Declares Murphy Following the refusal of Governor Wallace! Farrington to comply" with Dr. L. T. A. At Meeting a request for martial law. Republioverlooked clubs have can and Democratic precinct "Utah producers Chief too long the advantages offered organised themselves Into vigilante them by the markets of Los Ange: committees and were today combing of les and southern California right the entire Island In an effort to find the boy. . Plans were on foot to at their very door," said T. J. the fight against cancer Pressing start a systematic to the utmost, Dr. L. T. A. Hotten-dor- f Murphy, president of the Federal search unless GUI andTiis abductors Ice and Storage company, in speakof Escondido, Calif., recently are found at an early hour this passed through Provo on his way ing to a group of fruitgrowers, morning. dairy and poultry men Wednesday to his old home at Paris, Idaho. Eleven Japanese were being held Dr. -night in the city and county buildwho was ayne for grilling by police but although time Hottendorf, ing. for the L. D. S. hossurgeon one of them is alleged to have writStatistics Are Cited of Salt Lake City, Is founder ten the letter to the boy's parents pital Facts and figures were quoted at and of the Cancer lands of and Italian Greek Fightpresident Bible, demanding ransom, all stoutly as- ers of the World, with central head- literature, as well as the Norse great length by Mr. Murphy to sert their innocence of the crime. show that Utah has lagged far be-- 4 at Healtbcrbst park, Es- country and the British Isles, have hind ' The boy Was kidnaped Tuesday quarters other western states in utilis Calif. condido, been Mrs. summer traversed this by two men who went to the private Remarkable . the Los Angeles market In - ".. Christen Jensen, an ardentby lover ing Story school where Gill was a pupil and The story of Dr. Hottendorf s of the great literatures of the past, 1925, for instance, California shiptold his teacher that his mother had ped In 611 cars of poultry products against cancer Is a- remark-M- e who returned in time- - to Jake tip through-Ogdbeen badly, hurt, in an automobile fight one. en from Nebraska-an- d A native of Cincinnati,-Ohio- , hri class woik. accident 5 from Utah. only he. graduated from the UniMediter"the was "I thrilled with The method used was the same as The phenomenal growth of Los 21 years ago, ranean lands," Mrs. Jensen declartif Cincinnati versity employed by Hickman in abducting took up practice as a surgeon. ed. "It was food for the soul to Angeles as described by the speaklittle Marion Parker In Los Angeles and er was declared to insure Utah 12 years he was located In For Egypt, the Holy Land, farms and the Island la In a turmoil over and dairies of a well-nig- h was and surand As traveled Idaho, Paris, assistant I Italy. especially the first kidnaping case in its hisO. S. L. railroad. Soon and looked I took copious notes, Inexhaustible market for a for long the geon tory. , he had become located at the hoping that I might be able to bring time to come. According to Mr. Gill's father Is Frederick Jamie-so- n, after D. S. hospital in Salt Lake he back much f the glory of the land Murphy, there are now nearly two of the Hawaiian L (Continued on Page Two) was stricken with cancer in an ad- to my friends and especially to my I million consumers in and around Trust company. . vanced stage, and was students, in . Browning and world Los Angeles who look to the coast WRESTLER BADLY INJURED to live. ; However, he recovered, literature." city for food supplies. The annual - LOS ANGELES, Sept 20 (U- PSEARCII FOB BODY and from that time has devoted Mrs. Jensen has returned tager to gain in population was said to be volver. Nick Lutze,' Chicago heavyweight LOS ANGELES, Sept' 20 (UP) 100,000 and 15,000 acres were until- grappler, was In a hospital today In search for the body of F. J., his life to the study of that, dread get her classes ' In literature under Ized each for home ysuffering from concussion of the Walter, deputy sheriffs today began disease, forgiving freely of time and way. She has invested a large lots alone. year-- declared building I Boys Tell Stor-hv Lieutenants Leg. Investigation research to this end. He amount of money in pictures and in brain and torn .ligaments in the tearing out a canyon fill at the money This and flavor superior keeping ter Wire and Clayton after the clue neck as the resultpf his .defeat at point on the Ridge Route, 7 miles has donated a, site for a-- $2,000,000 other things which she has brought of Utah fruits places this furnished by the abandoned roadthe hands of Joe Malcewics, the north of here, where he s believed charity hospital in California, and back with her to enrich her courses quality ster of Simmons,' soon led to Provo The of the two article in big demand In CaliforUtlca Panther," at the Olympic to have been killed when an auto- other sites in Cincinnati and Mexico, hoping in time to extend this classes will be held Monday, Sep- nia. Especially Is this true of where fhe b'y returned later In the auditorium here last night mobile plunged over a cliff. .. cancer fight throughout north tember 24. The class in worldjk.-eratur- e Utah apples, Jonathans and Win day. Chief Burbidge of the Salt in particular, n wording to the Lake-polic-e will meet In the Art buildforce came to Provo America. He is now directing ef- ing, at BrlgharaYoung university speaker wiiaid ..these varieties late Wednesday,. forraz conference I I (Continued on Page Two) Morjday afternoon at 4:15'; the class are good king after other apples with Fechser and Simmons and In "The Poetry of Browning'' at 7 have disappeared from the market their parents. The-boconfessed 7 : to the burglary and state'd they had Potatoes From Idaho o'clock In Room 260-E. i "Los Angeles consumes: 50 car- been attending a show In Salt Lake All interested are invited to at1 NATIONAL LEAGUE which tlpy went to a hotel. tend. loads of potatoes a day and nearly after all oLthese are supplied from Idaho I ' Later thejKwenLouLridingwhenJ ST. LOUIS S I f jv.O 10004 12 08-1G., O. P. CAUCUS CALLED and are , shipping right through one of he boys suggested they go K: NEW YORK .. 0 5 12 - Ropubliaan delegates- - from thp yourown state here." said Mr. to the ountry club - where. he "" PiWo precinct to the county I Murphy "60' percent of the pork thought they could get some money. Sherdel arid Wilson; Benton, Scott," Henry and Hogari. DOnvcntlon, at Payson, Saturday, consumed comes from this Missouri .. Sept. 22, have been requested to river points. Los Angeles wUI 'pay Second Game i '.; more for butter right pow than :vr. Prof. John Henry Evans of Salt meet In a caucus to be held FriST. LOUIS . 10 0 0 01 1 10 4 11 Lake was the principal speaker at day night at 8 o'clock in, Judge your dairymen aref getting here," . said the speaker, George P. Parker's court room NEW YORK the meeting of the Young Men's .'. . ; . . ; - JO x 7 8 By Mtv Murphy stfessedjth8 Import-- j held - Wednesday :n the city and county building. Alexander and Wlison ; Hubbell and Hogan. ance of btt facilities for getting night )n the city and county building. r fat livestock to thejjoast markets CINCINNATI 7--5, BOSTON 2-- 9 ' VALUABLE DOO RECOVERED In. . Decision was maJe to revise Vvz tKtopr condition. He described Orlyn Terry-- , - the year-ol- d son"of A valuable bulldog said to have s constitution and of the orrucking system now used by Mr, and Mrs'. Ira Terr of Payson, L ; PITTSBURGH 6, PHILADELPHIA 4. , been Tom Newman stolen from some railroads by which an entire Is at iheCurtis hospital in Payson ganization and a committee was appointed-to do this work and- "also Grand "Junction, Colorado, wa re- carload of beef or pork is trans- With injuries' sustained at the farm AMERICAN LEAGUE covered dominate-- !- set of officers Chief of Police. Otto ported In a motor truck, with trail- home near Lake Shore to be by Tuesday. Wednesday, following a wire ers attached, to the nearest ship- Mr. Terry was backing a truck PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 01 3 2 0 6 -- 8 2 voted on at the next meeting. The Birk, of A V Watkins, from Sheriff Joe Collier of Grand ping point committee consists from the yard and the little fellow o DETROIT 1 6 ... o Ott Birk, Harlow Smoot, Clarence Junction asking the police to watch eot In the way, unknown to the ' All- - a Colorado car. "Tom Miller and Coleman Loose, Vincent DELAYED George FLIGHT IS father.-."'t r Quinn and Cochrane; Whitehall, Smith and Woodall, and Jack Affleck. Bert Algea were held- - and - turned MINES FIELD, lJu Mrs. Terry received a Crushed Angeles. .. - red, A celebration to be staged during the do over to,the policepclalmlng Hargrave.. (UP)-St- a,rt 6L the Class hand Jn trying to avert the acci the wcqk of theti fair that they purchased the dog in A controlled Los NEW dent. The child's right leg and arm was agreed upon to include party Colorado. The dog was shipped was delayed this morn- - were broken and he has flight probable LOUIS 1, BOSTON 0 (end 4th) vrorkers of the county. ; back to Mr. Newman Thursday. internal Injuries. ing by a low hanging fog. night-long- " LOS (UP) The reported capture in Canada of Gordon Stewart Northr cott, 21, and his mother, Mrs. Louise Northcott added . vigor to -day to efforts of authorities 1 connect the pair with from four te 11 suspected murders in souther) , California.. Whils Riverside county officer prepared to go to Sacramento tt obtain extradition papers from Gov ernor c. C. Young, a half a dozes Investigations were proceeding U as many places. A determined attempt was to ba made to decide definitely if Louis and Nelson Wlnslow, 10 to 12, were on the Ttorthcott chicken ranch near Corona at the time Sanford Clark claims they were mistreated and then butchered. It was the story of Toung Clark, an asserted victim of degenerate attacks by Northcott which started the Investlgatlonnand the search for Northcott and bis mother. Clark said the Wlnslow boys were aDusea ana then murdered with an axe. Notes written In school by the brothers were to be compared with scraps of writing found oa the pur- porcea muraer ranch. Scientists have agreed that bones, hair and blood, discovered In vari ous points about the farm are from the bodies of two Juveniles. Clark said he knew three were killed at the ranch white the head of a fourth was taken there for 1 MANHUNT IS PROVO FIRES ill ouVof-the-wa- n, hurrlcan-swe- ill i UUIU IU - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Sept 20 (UP) A complete sur--, V area around Okeechobee and Miami "vey of the hurricane-stricke- n lock has revealed that there are about 800 dead. The trip through the section was made by C. Howard Row-tostate adjutant of the American Legion, accompanied by a United Press correspondent , Estimate 800 Dead of the American Legion commander Dr. J. W. Buch, post furnished the estimate of800 dead and said the de' . vastated area covered about 65 square miles. Plana for a monster cele bration: of Armistic, Day njiipVi this vear is the tenth anniversary of the cessation of hostilities were maae ai mpptinc of the Provo Post No, Tentative plans Include the coop eration of the public scnoois anu the Young university, a huge public mass meeting, football game, and ance. Gun salutes and otter features of a military character will ...... . , - also be Included. The date for the annual Legion.. definlte-iwas benefit minstrel show ... . rw is 19 and 207" The play which boasts of an exception win do anally interesting plot ticket selling nounced later. A eomDrisinir " virtually miitu vvw ' Vuilitaii " every "members of the organisa tion was decided on. . AcUon on a legionnaires clubhouse was postponed for the pres- -' enf the general sentiment'belng that It would be better to wait until funds would permit a clubhouse which would be & real credit to the '. city. Athletics Favored The Provo post went on record unanimously as favoring the fullest cooperation with the possible B.Y.U. athletic program. It was ' brought out that college athletics, and high school athletics as well, are big assets to the community, and should be supported , to the - n to-bu- ry 20 13, American Legion, Wednesic,v,t t th Armorv. A num ber of unusual features areln prep aration which will eclipse au pasi celebrations on this day. Z sat- - '" Rare Features Included In Tentative Program; Annual Minstrel ShowTMlT Be fiiven r - r.-A- , fir mn iq Ul I ' Authorities . Redouble Efforts to Procure Vital EvidenceVof Wholesale Slayings; ";; uark Story relieved to Be True 20 (UP) Fears that epidemics would of Florida, compelled Red Cross re areas nvin lief workersln the Palm. Beach and Lake Okeechobee ieglonsto- day to dispose of bodies, without Identification. Negroes In Riot T. Elde of the Haines Meantime brief word came from Dr.-A- . necessCity Red Cross that negroes Jhad rioted at Pahokee, Fla., . itating a call for military aid. Beach county "Sanitary situations in western part of 'Palm A. L. Schafer, along Lake Okeechobee are increasingly serious," Red Cross relief director in Florida, reported to national head- - auarters. "Bodies are xommg to the surf see Necessary bodies without Identification. New negro cemetery established at Loxahatchle, 18 miles west of Palm Beach." WASHINGTTN, IIIlii ! k uMurder Farm" Mystery Is Probed Epidemics Feared In Death Area; Drastic Steps Taken AMES iia.. WnfBfR - 1 - .it ''-- 00 HH EGHMRAIHSvP - - oo 00 Ji Iru :lru..L In 11 J , FROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1928 nn--- to 6 1 ttvO ..;.;. . j .01000000 Utah-Boun- ty Angeles-to-Clncln-na- . -- . Hoover Candy Plant Entered By Burglars Burglars who gained entrance through a back basement window are believed to? have attempted to rob the planfof the Hoover Candy compapy'at 830 West Center street some time Wednesday night Investigations conducted this morn'ng bv Denutv Sheriff Tt V Dnu, l in closed that a trunk and some desks belonging to W. D. Hoover, the had been ransacked. , Nothing except- - a - quantity of candy was taken, although a complete check. cJLtheocJicouldnot be obtained, in the absence of Mr. . Hoovert who was in Ileber today. prn-priet- S. L. Bootlegger 92 Years Old, ' 1 8' In Custody "SALT LAKE CITT, Utah, Sept Young. Lake Point' farmer, be--, lieved" to be the state's oldest distiller-o- f illicit liquor, was tin der $1000 bond today awaiting preliminary hearing of his caso. Young was arrested by federal prohibition agents who reported finding a still and SS gallons of moonshine In his farmhouse. Young told the agents that his wife died a year, ago at the 'age of 104 and that "times had been ' hard." . |