Salt Lake Tribune | 1936-09-22 | Page 1

I Local Metal Market The Weather UTAH WYOMING— Wednesday '13500 Gold Sliver (newly mined) Silver (foreign) Copper Fair Tuesday IDAHO— Partly cloudy north HEV ADA— Locally unsettled (Detailed Report Page Nineteen) Lead Lead '77870 44750 ' V 9780 " Ltnl ’ 46004650 Settlement Priee Mt Copper LV VOL 133 NO 161 Jerald every morning Entered at the poetofflee at Salt Lake City ae eecond deee matter under act of March 8 1879 SALT LAKE CITY UTAH TUESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 22 1936 Wyoming Utah Idaho Nevada Dally and Sunday Subscription rates: 90 cents year 01050 elsewhere In U 8 Daily and Sunday mo 0125 mo an Safety Parley Care to Urges Destroyers With Cut Auto Toll Troops to China Reprisals Feared Strong t Force Will Land at Hankow as Patrol to Protect Countrymen a SHANGHAI China Sept 21 (UP) —Two Japanese destroyers carrying a “strong” force of bluejackets raced up the Yangtze river toward Hankow Monday night to avenge the slaying of a Japanese special guard Saturday Worried residents expected the naval forces to take the law into their own hands until the murder was solved The warships were prepared to protect Japanese with or without the aid of the Chinese Nanking government which Japan blamed indirectly for instigating feeling The shelling of Shanghai by a Japanese flotilla in 1932 was recalled Defense Measure Incensed by killings of four Japanese in China in recent weeks Tokyo ordered the ships to Hankow as a “defensive” measure An announcement said the Japanese navy “fears that it may be forced to resort to some defensive measures In the near future" The Japanese navy department said that the “sincerity of the Nanking government in wanting to end agitation in China is not dependable ind hence protective measures must be taken" a spokesman added that “discussions” with China will be be&un soon to eradicate feeling The exact number of reinforcements aboard the destroyers was not announced but Japanese officials said it was “comparatively strong” They laid troops were needed in view of "current menace to Japanese lives and property” Dispatch of the force up the Yangtze river followed the murder of Niwajiro Yoshioka allegedly by a Chinese who fired from a fast moving truck Only Japanese reported seeing the dead man’s body An argument broke out Mon- day night where the actual slaying took place Reports Conflict Japanese at first reported that the killing occurred in the Japanese concession Later they said Yoshioka was shot some distance from the concession within Chinese jurisdiction that the slaying took place near a Chinese tobacco stall and that the owner fearful of becoming involved in an investigation Carried the body around the corner and dropped it before the Japanese anti-Japane- se V police booth Chinese denied this saying there was no blood near the tobacco ‘ Send Quiz to 5 Candidates stall Japanese contended that the territory was not policed by Japanese under an old agreement with an American oil company but Chinese claimed that the police post was abolished in 1928 at the re- quest of Japanese consular police and therefore the area is still within jurisdiction of the Japanese concession The son of the stall owner also was detained for questioning Supreme Court Denies Girl Slayer’s Appeal SAN FRANCISCO Sept 21 Iff)— The California supreme court Monday denied the automatic appeal of Albert J Walter Jr of New York and Boston from conviction and death sentence for murder of Blanche Cousins of Idaho Falls whom he met on a bus trip cross-count- Auto Trailer Plays Prank With Rohdes By Tribune Leased Wire INDIANAPOLIS Ind Sept 21— Life in an automobile trailer had ita disadvantage for Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen -- Rohde and her husband Captain Boerge Rohde of the who royal Danish guard were prevented from making their expected visit to Hoosier farm the home of Mrs Samuel M Ralston Monday when their trailer developed mechanical trouble In Kokomo The anticipated visit with Mrs Ralston took place however for the latter went to Green Castle to join them Mrs Rohde who Is on a speaking tour in behalf of the reelectlonof President Roosevelt made a talk at Green Castle this afternoon ‘Slaughter’ Former War Secretary Declares Veterans to Be ‘Hope of America’ CLEVELAND Sept 21 ff— NewD Baker secretary of war under President Wilson summoned the American Legion Monday night to peace-tim- e battle tpr the maintenance of democracy liberty and peace in a “world of strange philosophies” and "political heresy” The short distinguished-appearin- g statesman clipping off his words hailed thousands of legionnalres gathered from all states and many countries as “the hope of America” “The situation in the world at large” Baker said “is one that may fill the stoutest heart with concern There have grown up in the world strange philosophies different from any we have seen and they are mastering the minds and hearts of many men” Cheer Speaker The legionnaires listened silently as the wartime secretary spoke then broke oqt in sustained applause as he concluded National Commander Ray Murphy already had told them that "America cannot disarm in the light of existing conditions” “Today” Murphy said “we look upon a world of men and of nations gone mad” Baker said "there is scarcely a nation on the face of the earth at this hour that is not fearful of a renewal of conflict" “If the American Legion has one mission above another” he said “it is to see that the principle of liberty of Individual liberty is not surrendered in deference to any political heresy” The addresses of Baker and Murphy were the high spots of the opening session ton - Roosevelt Sets New Farm Aid HYDE PARK N Y Sept 21 (UP) —President Roosevelt Monday night called for a new deal for the tenant farmers of America suggesting legislation which would permit them to purchase land through a government financing plan The chiSf executive back home In Dutchess county to celebrate the eighty - second birthday of his mother Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt set forth his views in Identical letters to Senator John H Bank-hea- d (D Ala) and Representative Marvin Jones (Texas) chairman of the house agricultural committee Coming on the heels of his program for development of better land use involving crop insurance the latest White House suggestions said “The tenancy problem in the United States cannot be solved over night But through government financing of land purchased by tenants other countries notably Ireland and Denmark have substantially increased farmer ownership of land I think we need some such It should give tenants approach who have demonstrated their ability to manage land an opportunity to buy farms on long time terms at moderate Interest rates" Twenty-tw- o Die Sask Sept deaths including seven in one family were caused by an epidemic of bacillary dysentery in the Mennonite colonies south of here in the last month the Canadian Press reported here Monday 21 (A) — Twenty-tw- o I Flayed DEAD STREWN ON ROADS FIELDS mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn Baker Urges Legion Meet To Aid Peace SWIFT CURRENT Fall of Strategic Highway Junction City Predicted Soon as Tanks and Airplanes Lead Ferocious Advance Adequate Enforcement Uniform Regulations Suggested at Meeting PRINCETON N J Sept 21 UP) —The national council of the Veterans of Future Wars today mailed out to the five candidates for the presidency of the United States a set of seven questions headed by "Were you in favor of tht bonus?" Franklin D RoosePresident velt Governor Alfred M Landon Norman Thomas William Lemke and Earl Browder are the five candidates to whom the questionnaire was mailed The letter declared that the Veterans of Future Wars speak for a group of 100000 members formed in 550 posts throughout the United States FIVE CENTS Spanish Rebels Rout Defenders In Madrid Drive More Draslic Rules on Drivers in More Than One Crash Proposed Future Vets TwoWarships Rushed to Troubled Zone Where Resident Was Slain 22 PAGES— Fascist Leader Former New York High School Student Among Wounded Farm Sides Reveal Marks of Battles Eternal vigilance along all fronts to prevent motor vehicle traffic accidents was urged by speakers at initial sessions of the second annual Western Safety conference Monday at the Newhouse hotel Carl H Fry San Francisco chief of the California bureau of industrial accident prevention- - was elected permanent chairman of the conference at a banquet meeting in the Hotel Utah He will meet Tuesday at 8:30 a m in the Newhouse hotel will representatives- - of each state and British Columbia to further perfect a permanent organization t Suggestions Given Prominent among suggestions offered by the speakers at the opening sessions to curb the growing toll of deaths were J— More drastic regulations against drivers who havo figured in more than one accident and against drunken or sleepy drivers 2—Instilling principles of courtesy prevalent in the home and drawing room into common situations on the highway 3 —More uniform traffic regulations with adequate enforcement 4 — Better engineering of automobiles and highways g — Increased education and an Two leaders in the national program to adequately financed safety organization to effect cooperation against cut the toll of traffic deaths: B D Nebeker traffic accidents chairman of the Western B D Nebeker state Industrial (left) temporary commission member is chairman Safety conference which opened here Mon of the conference while speakers Monday included Ralph W Robin- Page Fourf (Continued (Column One) Firm Officials Face Contempt In US Probe WASHINGTON Sept 21 (UP) Six men four of them high officials of the Railway Audit and Inspection company of Pittsburgh were indicted by a District of Columbia grand jury Monday on two charges of contempt of the senate commit- tee investigating unfair labor practices in industry The accused were charged specifically with refusing to appear before the senate group headed by Senator Robert M La Follette (P) Wis and with failing to produce records and other data sought by the committee Those indicted: W W Groves Pittsburgh president of the company W B Groves Pittsburgh vice president J E Blair Philadelphia treasurer L W Rich Philadelphia general manager R S Judge New York former director and J C Boyer Pittsburgh an operative Conviction on the contempt charge is punishable by a fine of $100 to $1000 and by Imprisonment of one month to a year The district attorney’s office said counsel for the six men would be instructed to arrange for their Immediate appearance here Immediately afterward the committee withdrew subpenas served on Western Union and Postal Telegraph calling for copies of Railway Audit and Inspection company messages Advised of this development Chief Justice Alfred A Wheat of the District of Columbia supreme court dismissed the Company’s plea for an Injunction to prevent the telegraph companies from surrendering the correspondence Elated over their first victory in a clash with interests whose activities are being scrutinized committee investigators promptly announced there would be at least two “surprises” when the inquiry resumed Tuesday They declined to even hint the nature of the “surprises” It was known however that a portion of the day will be consumed in making public contents of correspondence taken froni the' files of detective agencies arms manufacturers and industrialists who are anticipating or have engaged in clashes with labor over collective bargaining The La Follette committee was formed to investigate use of spies and other Instruments to thwart civil liberties strike-breake- rs League Halts defenders reported put to rout all Ouster Action Withthetanks and airplanes the of General On Ethiopians Franco brushed aside the sistance government r disciplined forces cisco of By WALLACE CARROLL United Press Staff Correspondent 21— Led by GENEVA Sept who made Selassie Haile Emperor a dramatic airplane flight from day and Ralph W Robinson Los Angeles field representative of the National Safety council a principal speaker at the sessions Noted leaders were speakers on the program Per Cent of Straw Votes From Weber County in ‘Scratched’ Column hs independent candidate for governor accounts for the abnormal volume of scratching in Weber his home county The percentage of scratches for the state as a whole is 46 This is based on a total vote for governor to date of 70$9 The county which has the high score for party regularity is the Republican stronghold of Garfield with 10 per cent of the ballots scratched Next in line are Grand with 13 per n cent and Kane with 14 per cent is under the state average with Lake Salt county just 45 per cent and Utah county is one point below Salt Lake with 44 per cent In practically all the large counties the heavy volume of Scratching is from Governor Henry H Blood to Peery Two notable exceptions to this general rule are Duchesne and Uintah Both these Uintah basin counties are giving Ray E Dillman G O P nominee and a resident of the basin the benefit of their scratches In Duchesne Dillman has received 40 Democratic votes to 10 for Peery and in Uintah the ratio is 30 for Dillman to four for Peery In Davis County Governor Blood’s best county from a scratching standpoint is Davis his home county Out of 159 ballots from there he has received nine Republican votes but has lost seven to Dillman and 25 to Peery Both major parties have begun to emphasize straight ticket voting in their campaigns but whatever effect their efforts might havewill not be reflected in the poll for several days Watch the “Utah Speaks” column daily for any shifts or changes in political sentiment and don’t forget to mark and return your ballot promptly when you receive one 1 British Tanker ‘Dents’ U S Battleship Texas in Pacific for the Anglo-Saxo- n Petroleum owners of the Scalaria estimated the damage to the tanker at “several thousand dollars No civilians were permitted aboard the Texas but apparently the damage to the big warship was confined to slight dents in the stern plates company paint away was Bankers Flay ‘Hasty’ Social Security Laws London Ethiopia Monday night won an indefinite stay in its fight to remain a member of the League of nations While the emperor without an empire was en route the league assembly fearing to create a precedent which might work against other nations delayed an anUcipated decision to qject the Ethiopians Pending a report by the league credentials committee the Ethiopian delegation will be allowed to participate in discussions By O N MALMQUIST (‘Scratches’ by Counties Page Seven) Weber county voters are in a class all by themselves when it comes to scratching their ballots for governor in The Salt Lake Tribune’s 1936 straw poll The latest county by county tabulation of scratches reveals that 691 out of 822 ballots from that county are scratched as to governor This is 84 per cent or slightly more than four-fiftCarbon county ranks second with a score of 60 per cent Morgan and Sevier are tied for third place with 46 per cent of their ballots scratched Home of Peery The heavy vote for Mayor Harman W Peery of Ogden SAN PEDRO Cal Sept 21 The 5683-to- n British tanker Scalaria collided with the stern of the 27000-to- n United States battleship Texas Monday in & morning fog as the Texas lay at anchor off Long Beach Jack Maiseed marine superintendent of the Shell Oil company agent line along TRIBUNE POLL RESULTS Eighty-fou- The fall of Maqueda was pre dicted by the insurgent high command any day with the government — UTAH SPEAKS! son Los Angeles field representative of the national safety council Governor Henry H Blood Mayor E B Erwin B G Wills San Francisco vice president of the Firemen’s Fund Indemnity company R C Barr San Francisco director of safety Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty company and Mrs W T Runzler vice president women’s safety council Salt Lake City to illustrate graphiMeanwhile cally the need for control measures carcasses of six automobiles all of which have been involved in bad smashups were placed on strategiccorners by the city police departon Ey ELMER W PETERSON Copyright 1936 by Associated Press TALAVERA DE LA REINA Spain (by Courier to France) September 21—Four colmuns of trained fascist troops Monday night drove nearer and nearer Maqueda strategic highway juncture only 45 miles southwest of Madrid scraped The Scalaria proceeded to anchor Inbound from off Long Beach Lyttleton New Zealand the tanker had cleared quarantine when the ac cident occurred The Texas which had been due to resume gunnery practice off San Clemente island remained in the harbor all day Maiseed said several of the plates of the Scalaria on the starboard side near the bow were badly dented and that drydocking would require at least three days The damage to the framework has not been estimated Ihe said Speaker at S F Session Fears Progress May Be Adversely Affected SAN FRANCISCO Sept 21 iff)— Criticism against "hurried"' enactment of social security measures and the effects of widespread family migrations by automobile trailer drew attention today from the American Bankers association opening its 62nd annual convention Speakers als’o suggested increased offerings of personal income loans as a sound and profitable field for idle bank funds Philip A Benson of Brooklyn while expressing sympathy with the aims of social security laws said he regretted "hurried passage of the legislation” He said he was concerned over the possibility “that the progress we have voluntarily made in social security so far may be adversely affected if involuntary savings through government edict go beyond the capacity of the individual in further providing for his own security or that of his family” Benson is president of the Dime Savings bank of Brooklyn He was one of the series of speakers at the conference of savings division (Continued on Page Five) (Column Five) Russia Sept 21— Russia is concentrating a new and secret submarine flotilla here reliable sources disclosed today— to guard against the possibility of attack from Japan The submarines are the "mystery fleet” of the Pacific They are unlisted in regular naval manuals No prying eyes are permitted to fathom their design Soviet officials admit no specific number Informed sources estimate that between 40 and 50 undersea craft are stationed here Japanese sources state 80 are based within the Vladivostok area-T- he submarines are new small and easy to conceal capable of quick maneuvers observers here say They are believed intended chiefly for defensive purposes because of their small size They are subject to no restrictions or treaties however because the Soviets re tained a free hand on construction in the Pacific Intended for the Pacific informants related they were manufactured in European Russia thou Soviet re- reinforce- ments brought' up to rally their scattered battle line Strewn With Dead Fields and roadways were littered with the bodies of government dead as the fascist advance clicked ao fast that at times neither artillery units nor staff officers could keep up with them Overhead government warplanes sought to accomplish what their land forces had been unable to do —cut off the rebel advance from the rear At Talavera de la Reina captured by the fascists ten days ago government planes kept up a steady bombardment that was one of the most vicious of the Spanish civil war Unexploded bombs lay 6A tho streets of the city Dozens of houses were wrecked Among the wounded was Lieutenant Colonel Jose Sainz member of the fascist political council and former Stuyvesant high achoolv student in New York A burst of shrapnel tore through a window and hit him on the hand and knee A finger had to be amputated A soldier next to him was killed Franco Leads Troops Personally supervising the mechanized advance of his troops on the Spanish capital General Franco conferred with subalterns after speeding to the front from his headquarters at Caceres If and when Maqueda is captured what the insurgent military strategy would be next remained ’ Another source of worry for the 'delegates is the question of foreign intervention in the Spanish civil war Foreign Minister Julio Alvarez Del Vayo of Spain has Indicated privately he will protest before the assembly Wednesday night that foreign nations have been supplying the rebels with arms and munitions and were sendiilg them through Portugal Dodging the Ethiopian issue was attributed to fears of many powers who feel their territories may be overrun in war time They do not want to set a precedent which would justify the league rejecting them Some members of the credentials committee hinted the world court might be consulted regarding validity of the Ethi- undisclosed opian credentials Two main highways spread In a “V” from Maqueda One perfectly suited to motorized units runs Illinois Mayor Plans to Madrid The other branches off Traffic Violation Fight to the southeast to Toledo where besieged fascist men women and children Monday night still were DIXON 111 Sept 21 150 members of the holding out in the dynamited and local American Legion post will be burned citadel the Alcazar Monday night the fascist war masworn in as special traffic police chine led by ferocious-lookin- g Cal D Tyler city commissioner said Monday and given power to Moorish legionnaires was in control of most of the territory bearrest violators tween Talavera and Maqueda has council "the Tyler said city A field headquarters was set up approved the plan and I expect to In the little village of Otero half have it operating by the end of the way between the two cities week” Government reinforcements were ft Disregard of ordinances requirconsolidated in Santa ing full stops before entering ar- hurriedly the last government strongterial streets Tyler said has caused Olalla hold between Maqueda and Madrid many accidents in recent months Both Sides ‘Victors’ (In the nightly "radio broadcast war” the fascists claimed capture of Santa Olaila while the Madrid radio announced the fascists had been driven back from Santa Olal- Secret Russian Sub Fleet Ready for Japanese Attack VLADIVOSTOK Fran- sands of miles la) Behind the fast moving fascist (Continued on Page Two) (Column One) from this Asiatic port Knocked down for delivery they were transported 6600 miles to secret shipyards here these informants continued and assembled New personnel is being trained constantly to handle the craft as their numbers increase it was learned What the eventual toniiage limit is Intended to be is not known here —soviet sources say only that their submarine fleet in both the Pacific and the Baltic sea has been increased 400 per cent within the last few years Inasmuch as the basic figure used for this calculation is not revealed the percentage figure gives no indication of present strength Some observers profess belief concentration of the subs along with a huge air force in the far east means these two types of warcraft are intended to comprise the backbone of defenses in the Pacific The Soviets have no capital ships cruisers or destroyers in the Pacific it was stated But an army estimated at 500000 men is stationed in the far eastern territory to back up submarine and aerial defenses Copyright Associated Press Hoover Says Crime Aided By Politics KANSAS CITY Sept 21 ff —Politics low wages and poor training aro the real “publie enemies” of the nation’ po-li- ce J Edgar Hoover director of the federal bureau of investigation declared Monday night “Public enemy No 1 is Old Politics” Hoover told reporters at the annual convention of the International Association of Chiefs of FeMan lice “Too many times the local officer finds the handcuffs on himself instead of on the criminal because of political influence”