Show 'hr J THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 1 1936 Jt & 0 A1 Mother Has Italians Clash Second Child With Africans On Feb 29 Nation’s Chief Extends Law On Neutrality Hope Expressed for Peace by President After Signing By Associated Press resl WASHINGTON Feb dent Roosevelt said today the new neutrality law by barring loans to warring nations provided "a new and definite step" toward preserving Amerioan neutrality The chief executive issued a formal statement shortly after signing Into law legislation extending the present neutrality law for 14 months ' With the loan ban added Mr Roosevelt specifically recalled ' his proclamation undep fhe original ' law prohibiting arms shipments to Italy anil Ethiopia and said: “1 have now issued a new proclamation in order to meet the requirements of the new enactment” To Be Maintained 'The president also said policies C originally announced by himself and Hull relative to American neu ' trallty "will be maintained in ef' 29-P- ' fect” He renewed his appeal that trade with belligerents be restricted to normal peace time levels The president’s statement said: "By the resolution approved Au- ‘ gust 31 1033 a definite step was - taken toward enabling this country to maintain its neutrality and avoid - being drawn into wars involving mother nations ' “It provided that in the event of the executive proclaiming the exlst- ence of such a war thereupon an embargo would attach to the ex- portation of arms ammunition and k Implements of war destined to any Italso-wou- ld ’ belligerent country' authorize the executive to warn citizens of this country against as passengers on the ves- “ traveling sets of any belligerent except at " their own rlsk— Definite Step i t "By the resolution I have Just signed the operation of the August resolution is extended and strength-- t ened until May 1 1937 A new and definite step is' taken by providing In substance thaLwhen anamharga becomes effective obligations of any belligerent government Issued after the date of the proclamation shall rinot be purchased or sold in this J! country and no loan pr credit ex tended to such government but with " authority to the executive if our require It to except from the prohibition commercial credits and 'short time loans In aid of legal transactions In addition it in gen-- “ eral ' exempts the other republics of this hemisphere from the opera- tlon of the law— "Following the August enactment promptly on October B 1935 1 issued a proclamation which made effec- tlve the embargo with respect to r exportations to Italy and Ethiopia and I have now Issued a new proc- lamatlon in order to meet the re- qulrements of the new enactment Plea for Support “The policies announced by the ' secretary of state and myself at the time of any subsequent to the 1 Issuance of the original proclama- tlon will be maintained in effect It is true that the high moral duty I have urged on our people as restricting their exports of essential war materials to either belligerent to approximately the normal peace time basis has not been the subject of legislation Nevertheless it is clear to me that greatly to exceed that basis with the result pf earning profits not possible during peace and especially with the result of giving actual assistance to the carrying on of war would serve to magnify theto very evil of war which we seek prevent This being my view T renew the appeal made last October to the American people that they so “conduct their trade with belligerent 'nations that it cannot be said that they are seizing new opportunities 'for profit or that by changing their peace tiipe trade they give aid to the continuation of war” Spanish Crowd Attends MasT Celebration of Liberating Prisoners MADRID Feb 29 UP)- -A huge crowd attended a mass meeting in the Madrid bullring today in celebration of the amnesty which freed 30000 political prisoners after the left coalition parliamentary victory last week Two fascists and one communist Were seriously wounded in Seville where fascists and communists clashed as political passions flared anew Four fascists were arrested The governor of the province issued a warning that the government would not tolerate such clashes Among the candidates in tomorrow’s run-oelections fs Alejandro Lerroux former premier who is hopeful of being returned to parliaff ment Alaska Trade Large ' - JUNEAU Alaska Feb 29 UP)— Customs figures today indicated Alaska for which this country paid "37200000 in 1867 will have purchased 11000000000 worth of goods from the rest fit the United States by the end of this year DENVER Gigantic Project as It Looks on Completion In New Battle Feb 29 (UP)— Mrs Ralph E Hansen today became the mother of a boy in the same hospital roomwhere four years ago today she gave birth to a daughter While Marjorie May the 1932 leap year baby pow four years old celebrated her birthday with one candle od her cake Mrs Hansen received congratulations at the hospital on the arrival of the " new baby who those felicitated Among her were her two nurse's twin sisters who were- born February 29 1916 and who today celebrated their fifth birthColo With Simple Rite Invaders Fight Natives From Nojih South By CHARLES H GUPTILL Associated Press Foreign Staff ROME Feb 29-fascist sentries occupied Amba Alaji casing the sting of a bitter defeat of 40 years ago Italian soldiers and Ethiopian warriors of Ras Kassa clashed today In the Temblen section of the northern front Reports of the battle came to Rome from Marshal Pietro Bado-gli- o head of il duce’s Ethiopian army His communique read: "While troops of the First army corps reached Amba Alajl troops of the Third army corps and those of the Eritrean army corps attacked from the north and south the force of Ras Kassa While day Bankers Balk Taknadgc in Fund Demand ‘Big Battle1 "From dawn yesterday February 28 a big battle is raging” Governor Appeals in Amba Alaji fell before the invading forces with virtually so defense Vain for Millions according to Italian reports The retreating Ethiopian soldier- Were taken by surprise in a stronghold Impounded they had considered invincible (Ethiopian officals said they knew nothing of the fall of Amba By Associated Press ATLANTA Feb 29 — In vain today Alaji as reported by the Italians Governor Eugene Talmadge pre- An official communique In Addis Ababa was confined to the ansented a personal demand to Atlanta nouncement that a revolt in northbanka for 32000000 of Impounded western Gojjam province had been state funds to add to the $10000000 suppressed) Occupation of Amba Alaji was cash which he said he had gathered Italy as a double triin the state treasury as talk con- regardedIt bymarked completion of & umph tinued of planned court tests of his "deadline" against the enemy and the elements The blackshirt army financial dictatorship striving to accelerate its advance Immediately after announcing is before the rainy season that he had fired Marion Smith Closes Wound Atlanta attorney as chairman of Too the victory closed a long-ope- n the university system board of rewound avenging a disastrous gents the governor took Adjutant defeat inflicted by the Ethiopians General Lindley W Camp and ap during the Italian punitive expedipeered before the council of the tion of 1895 Amba Alaji marked Atlanta Clearing House association the southernmost point reached by the Invaders then and there the Demands Release Ethiopians overwhelmed them with There he demanded immediate re- the loss of 2000 Italian soldiers lease of $214951616 in general funds In celebration of the taking of of the state the banks tied up when Amba Alaji Premier Mussolini extended the fascist to students he suspended the state treasurer and concentrated in salute the Piazza Vecomptrloler general Monday nezia here Italy enthusiastically The governor returned to his ofthe reports of a sad chapfice and said he had issued checks greeted in its history being rewritten ter for school funds on the money to and reversed which the Atlanta banks had denied him access t He also announced payment would be Thade to" the' counties of $2600000 due from the state highway department td'nmet refunding certificates Treasurer's Attorney Smith Is attorney for George B Hamilton ousted state treasurer CHICAGO Feb 29 (UP)— Jacqueand also for the Fulton National bank which had previously turned line Jean Benson slept contentedly down a warrant presented by J B in her incubatpr at St Anne’s hosDaniel whom Talmadge appointed pital tonight undisturbed by physicians who claim sheia the smallest state treasurer infant ever recorded in medical hisDavid I “Red” Barron e Georgia Tech football star was tory She weighed approximately 12 named to succeed Smith who was the thirteenth state official Tal- ounces at birth January 14 Dr Edmadge has ousted since he became ward P King reported today The smallest baby heretofore reported governor weighed 13 ounces She is In “perfect” health Dr King said Her birth weight was estimated because she was too tiny to be weighed when born Now more than six weeks old she weighs two pounds and two ounces She is the daughter of Mr and EL PASO Texas Feb 29 MP)— Mrs Lester Benson and is their Hope of reconciliation remained re- only child mote tonight at the El Paso Electric company power strike continued to trouble more than a score of com- New Lamson Attorney munities in the Mesllla valley of Texas and New Mexico Plans Brief Defense Joseph S Myers conciliator of the labor department after 20 hours of activity admitted he had been unSAN JOSE CaL Feb 29 (UP)— able to make progress toward a so- Leo R Friedman the third attorlution of the problem ney employed by David Lamson During the day the company former Stanford student to win his strengthened its position in its de- fight against charges of murder termined effort to operate its plants announced today the defense would and maintain service with nonunion Only a skeleton case conlabor taking additional precaution present fident the state had not proved against possible depredations dur- Lamson killed his wife Aliens ing the night “No one has placed the pipe A reward of $100 was offered for (named by the state as the slaying information leading to arrest and weapon) in Lamson’s hands" Friedconviction of any persons damaging man said in announcing a change in property Power line guards also strategy were Increased “No one has proved there ever Officials of the International was blood on the pipe No one has Brotherhood of Electrical Workers shown Lamson to have been elsereiterated their plan of continuing where than in the backyard of "peaceful picketing” and disclaimed his home on the day Mrs Lamson — any responsibility for service be- died ing cut off in New Mexico town "In fact the state has failed to as far north as Las Oruces Thurs- prove anything except that Mrs Lamson is dead” day and Friday night - TINIEST BABE SNOOZES ON TO VITALITY one-tim- Power Strike Hits Deadlock Interior Secretary Designates Completion Milestone in History of Western States Security of Regions Increased ' WASHINGTON Feb 29 (AP) —Formally accepting Boulder dam Secretary Ickes today hailed its completion mo: than two years ahead of schedule as "another milestone” in history of the west “Man has asserted his mastery” Ickes said "over a grj and dangerous river one which endangered tens of thousa: while it was unregulated but which will be an active benefit millions how that it is harnessed Security Increased “The people of southern California Arizona and Nevada are to be congratulated today for the security of their futures has been vastly increased Regulated water supplies have been guaranteed for their farms and cities A source of a tremendous I amount of cheap power has been provided for use in increasing f ‘ ' their comforts and developing their industries” Two bigTiard rock men of thewild west shook hands as thej dam changed hands I "Take it- - it’s yours now” said Frank Crowe to Ralph Lowry I That was the only ceremony by which the federal govern ment’s largest single contract'was terminated The Six Compa nies Inc represented by its construction superintendent Crowed thus handed over to the reclamation service engineer Lowry the Boulder dam and its powerhouses Highest Dam in World The dam is the highest in the world It backs up water in a1 natural reservoir forming the greatest lake man ever made The Six Companies on March 11 1931 bid $4889099550 for the job and collected $54500000 for it The difference was not due to added costs but to the contract being on a unit cost basis and'' many changes Were made during the construction period The job was done about two and a half years ahead of time But the project — a $165000000 one— has plenty of work left for the government engineers Two Million Horsepower A new view of the great Boulder dam pleted more than two years before the date Bouldfer dam 727 feet high tames the Colorado as it appeared when it was formally acpromised by the Six Companies who built eventually generate about 2000000 horsepower the federal it In the foreground is seen Lake Mead energy It will government Saturday cepted by permit reclamation and irrigation of sufficient mammoth com structure was The growing fast as the dam stores up water acreage to care for 5000000 persons It will supply domestic night water for future millions in southern California In addition to the $165000000 federal project which includes an canal in- Imperial valley California there is under way a $220000000 aqueduct to southern California to carry water from the Colorado pver the deserts and mountains I For a quarter of a century this taming of the Colorado river j was discussed Action really started in 1921 when Herbert Hoov- er as secretary of commerce called the Colorado river commis- - ft f Appeal Filed in Supreme Court Affects Nearly sion into existence Six States Sign Police Wait to Serve Billion Dollars of Private Securities Six states — California Nevada Colorado New Mexico Wy Warrant in Heiress’ and Utah— signed a six state compact November 24 1922 WASHINGTON Feb 29 (AP)— A new “gold clause” suit was oming on May 29 1928 passed the resolution authorizing the -Congress filed in the supreme court today as it prepared to push three Mayhem Case six months later selected Black canyon 28 miles which survey other new deal disputes toward a final decision from Las Vegas Nev as the site although the name Boulder JERSEY CITY N J Feb 29 WP) The gold litigation Was an appeal canyon was retained despite the fact Boulder canyon is 18 miles j — Mrs Maryon Cooper Hewitt was by the trustees of th St Louis RUSS j up the river recovering in medical center to- Southwestern Railway company The Boulder canyon act authorizing the project was passed that lower decision court IN by congress June 25 1929 Plans and specifications were conw night from what police said was a from a suicide attempt while authorities tb carrier had to pay $42 on a $25 or the equivin JAM pleted in December the following year Work started March liy ? 5 Mrs Hewitt Railroad Seeks Test Under Guard On Gold Bond Payoff In Hospital : waited to serve a warrant in connection with charges she conspired with two physicians to have her daughter sterilized With local police holding a mayhem warrent issued in San Francisco andadded charges of being a fugitive from justice and attempting suicide agaihst her Mrs Hewitt Old Ann Cooper mother of Hewitt was a virtual prisoner in the barred and locked psychopathic ward of the hospital Hospital authorities described her condition tonight as "fair” They said she would be a patient for at least a week Police said they found the wealthy woman in the hospital under the name of “Mrs Jane Merritt” of Boston as the result of an anonymous telephone call She had been taken there February 21 they said lifter a physician found her unconscious in a hotel room allegedly overcome by an overdose of sedaar tive San Francisco police were notified Mrs Hewitt would be held here for them but her counsel William V Breslin Englewood indicated extradition to California would be fought “Police complaints that have been filed against Mrs Hewitt are not enough to extradite” he said Mrs Hewitt's daughter in a civil suit against her mother and two San Francisco physicians alleged the sterilization operation was performed to improve her mother's prospects of benefiting from the estate of the late Peter Cooper Hewitt The mother denied the charge A' warrant charging the mother with mayhem was issued and forwarded to New York police for service It was turned over to Jersey City police today Woman Freed as Illinois ’ Last Jail Debtor CHICAGO Feb 29 (Ab— Midnight tonight' tolled release from a jail sentence for Mrs Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge ending what state officials called probably the last imprisonment! for civil debt Illinois will impose Her failure to pay a $7500 judgment Mrs Suzanne Nottingham obtained for alienating the affections of Policeman Norman Nottingham sent the former collector of internal revenue to the county jail on the now obsolete "malice count" 1872 Statute That clause dating back to a statute enacted in' 1872 permitted incarceration of civil debtors when the creditor could show Accepts Biff th ' “malice” All the creditor had to do was pay a $350 weekly board bill for jail keep This Mrs Nottingham did regularly since October 3 last at an estimated total cost of $91' Happy over her impending freedom Mrs Blacklidge who once handled millions as Uncle Sam’s collector here Baid she planned first a visit with her niece Miss Mary Jane Campbell of Indianapolis who arranged to meet her Then she will study some job offers she has received She announced recently she was “broke” Wide Notoriety Mrs Blacklidge who once re- -' ceived wide notoriety through losing $50000 she had borrowed from a fellow Republican leader in a faro swindle said she was uncertain whether she would see Nottingham the "Dear Denny” of the alienation suit trial “There is no use if it means involving someone else’s life” she said Nottingham and his estranged wife bave a " daughter "She is the most modej prisoner we ever had” said Warden Frank 'of his departing "boarder” “We almost regret losing her” At the attorney-general’- s office in Springfield officials said the law enacted last year would prevent further imprisonments such as Mrs Blacklidge’s coupon payable gold alent value of Dutch guilders - The federal district court for southern New York and the Second circuit court of appeals ruled that the congressional resolution barring payment of obligations in gold did not prohibit collection of the equivalent guilder value under these circumstances Gets Benefits Treuhand The incorporated under the laws of Liechtenstein a European principality benefited from the rulings of the lower courts - CRACK WORKERS WEIRD MOSCOW Feb 29 OP) — Russia’s stakhanoffites — the crack workmen who set the pace for the increased productivity of soviet labor— have fallen victims to the same difficulties which beset the newly-famoin capitalistic countries Many of them have complained they are unable to continue their work because they are besieged by theatrical managers and burdened with urgent demands that of $980000000 Appro xlmately give lectures and attend varibonds are said to have been issued they ous other functions this debtors prowith by American Moscow's influential newspavision Komsomol and Pravda the pers The eourt will announce in a few have pictured a stakhanoffite at weeks whether it will review the his lathe surrounded “parcase If it refuses the decision asite'’ waving theater by contracts of the lower courts stands The newspapers declared: "These On Monday the justices will as- methods smack of the worst sort k recess semble after a of bourgeois advertising" to hand down opinions In a maxiwheth28 cases and to say mum of er it will review 35 controversies appealed from lower courts Arguments then will be heard for two weeks on a variety of litigation including challenges of the government's attempt to condemn land for P W A slum clearance and low cost housing projects the Guffey act to regulate th soft coat inWASHINGTON Feb 29 UP)-- The dustry and the 1933 securities act removal of Major General Jolson to regulate sale of stocks Hagood from command of the Decision Date Eighth corps area was termed an Decisions in these cases are like- attack on the constitutional right of ly in April or May In the mean- free speech tonight by the Liberty time th court may receive two league At the same time Representative other new deal disputes These involve the constitutionality of the Blanton (D Texas) charged that utility holding company act and the the war department put Hagood right of the government to provide “on the spot” even before the pubP W A funds for construction of lication of his testimony to a conpublicly owned and operated hydro- gressional Committee in which he called W P A funds both “easy” and electric projects The court held Its regular Satur- “stage money” Meanwhile Senator Logan (D day conference this afternoon to dispose of pending business This Ky) chairman of a military affairs included a routine petition for re- subcommittee studying 'the advisconsideration of its recent T V A ability of an investigation into the decision An announcement is like- Hagood incident made an offhand suggestion that such action would ly Monday Cases which may be decided Mon- be “futile” adding: Declared Futile day Include the government’s Empire Trust suit against the Sugar “What’s the use of investigating Institute Inc an organization of what everybody knows” refiners A New York federal disTha Liberty league said Hagood’s trict court held most of the insti- removal had “demonstrated appartute’s activities violated th Sherently that a citizen may not speak man antitrust act the truth as he sees it—not even at the request of a congressional committee— without exposing himself to Newsman Succumbs official retaliation if his views are NEW YORK Feb 29 OP)— Camille uncomplimentary to those presently Lemercier 43 general manager of in power” The statement added: "Aside from the obvious infringethe Havas News agency forNorth America died of ppeumonia today ment upon the rights of the individual this is in effect an infringe after an illness of six days Anglo-Continen- two-wee- - 1931 "It’s a great dam Ralph” said Frank Crowe "Well you ought to know Frank now that you've built dams” replied Ralph Lowry 14 Project Provm Worth Before Being Accepted Special to The Tribune Nev Feb 29— More than a year prior! to the date on which the project becomes the property of the government Boulder dam was put to work at its task of controlling the floods and conserving the waters of the Colorado BOULDER CITY river The gates of the diversion tunnels were closed on February 1 project Mead lake which was 1935 and a dangerous flood of a few formed behind the dam filled to months later was caught and stored of its capacity and While work continued on the grew to be the largest existing artificial body of water In addition to catching a threatening flood Mead lake and Boulder dam prevented drouth in the irrigated valleys along the lower Colorado river where Crop losses totaled $10000000 in 1934 by making it possible lease from storage a larger volume ment upon the prerogatives of the of water than the river was congress itself since the result ing during the summer and fail of a of such a policy is to deny to the 1935 Meantime preparations are being legislative branch the benefit of receiving honest advice from public made to place the first battery oC servants concerning matters peculi- gigantic 82500 kilovolt ampere gen-- 1 erators in operation in May or June arly within their knowledge” Blanton made public what he de- of this year FOur of these are bescribed as a letter Hagood wrote ing installed at this time In all to Chairman Parks (D Ark) of powerhouse will contain 13 genei the Subcommittee before which his ators of this size and two of 40001 The powerhous testimony was given asking that it Kva capacity "be eliminated from the printed rec- will not be fully equipped for severs yeara ord" and asserting: WorkProvided Instructions Cited of Boulder darf In construction "In this connection however I the bureau would like to assure your commit- and its powerhouse estimated that a totl tee that prior to appearing as a reclamation 604800 was 'prX witness I was instructed by the of vided of all classes of employment chief of staff that I was perfectly The of reclamation take’ free to answer any questions or to over bureau and the equipment of plant chose make any statements that I use without chari contractor for and that the present action on my until October 1 in the Installation part is entirely my own It was not powerhouse equipment and in pul' suggested either directly or indirect- ting certain finishing touche on thf ly by any superior authority” structures Parks has said that Hagood’s reUnder the contract entered by thf of the record came the after quest bureau with Six Companies Inc to but had been printed hearings on March 11 1931 the contractor this Blanton retorted that “a star gross earnings will amount to ap— — print” a confidential copy should proximately $54700000 The worV have been ordered now being completed originally wd Rlanton - asserted too that the expected to require 2565 days anil committee stenographer did not take the contractor was given until 'A£rij down the testimony of members who 28 1938 to finish the job Thus th asked questions of other army of- work will be completed in two yeersj ficers who testified xooaunued on fin lew) th Storm Gains Force Over General Hapgood Ouster man-mont- I |