Show w V A- "“ f ? £ " te Wrfg eb'wt "tH a e THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING JUNE ha fought for civic Improvements for hts Mission district In 1911 ha wu elected mayor of San Francisco a position ba wu to hold 19 years u the city was recovering from years of labor and strife graft and corruption He promised to“tell the world" about San Francisco and at tha close of hi first term ha wu making good hie promise welcoming notables fl tha world at the Panama Pacific ex- it was Pittman who largely engineered through tha London silver agreement DEATH CLOSES with the re- SILVER'S FATE The president was pleased Last February it was on tha advice of Senator Pittman that tha president issued his silver propitiation and started buying newly mined docents an ounce mestic silver at 64 d Pittman was the boy where sliver was concerned That did not set so well with other senators as much interested as Pittman in stiver The bloc began to frown on Pittman be was not invited to their earlier conferences ba refused to attend when they resumed a month ago Senator Wheeler leaped to the front and became the new leader of tha silver bloc only to be taken ill and shoved out of the picture when Senator Thomas of Oklahoma stepped into the limelight and became the leader All this left Senator King out of the picture ao the bloc made him chairman of a commute of aeven to consider all pending silver bills and workout a compromise This as- signment was never fulfilled but as leader of 'this' committees Senator King took tha leadership in arranging tha White House conferences and thus earned hie share of the credit sult LEFT IN HARDS ACTIVE CAREER 2 -- OF ROOSEVELT New " Measure to Operste President Just —— 4 Deslrer (CenUioea s frta Par OF GOVERNOR fair-haire- T) eongrea must "do aometbinf for ill James Rolph Jr Dies After Battle Two-Mon- th With Illness (Continued from Pas Dm) ' ' situ-etio- n genial personality that mad him ular" Rolph’i Death Follows Gosely on Balzar and-durln- latter having been issued May 26 as one of tha lut of bis official acta Rolph had a chut full of decorations for having taken in hand during his long service as mayor of Ban Francisco as well as governor of tho state visiting dignitaries Membership in the orders of France Japan and many other countries were bti -- ley u Jl u aub-mitt- y pop- RENO Nev June 2 (SP)— The death of Governor Jamu Rolph Jr of California followed by only a few wegks that of Nevada’s governor Frsd A Balzar position of 1913 Tha two were close friends having During hla first term the Municipal street railway came into existence attended high school together In San the buildings of San Francisco’s civic Francisco and never did either miss center were begun and a start wu an opportunity to pay his rupects to made on tho building of the $100000-00- 0 tha other Frequently they were municipal water system Hetch companions on hunting tripe while the summer months often found them Hetchy now peering completion He wu reelected again as mayor making the rounds of California fairs g the war prospered with and festivals together Like Governor Rolph “Governor his shipping Company He 'established Raiser succumbed after a long illship building yards and turned out ness A chut ailment wu the cause wooden veuels His fortunes trebled but then tho United States refused of his death to allow him to sell three ships to tha French government Ho wu re- RENO Nev June 3 ported to have lost $1300000 on that Griswold who became acting govdecision Tho war suddenly ended ernor of" Nevada in Majch at the and many of his ships had to b death of Governor F B Balzar close junked increasing his losses at leut personal friend of Governor'-JamRolph Jr of California -this after$1800000 more He wu defeated for the governor- noon issued the following- statement ship In 191$ by William D Stephens In connection with the death of Govbut WU reelected mayor of San Fran-clac- e ernor Rolph: In tha passing of Governor and in 1923 and 1927 waa also ratiirned to office In 1930 be de- Nevada has lost a true friend Gov- feated C C Young the incumbent in ernor Rolph and our late lamented the primary and rolled up a record Governor Balzar were close personal friends end true westerner whose breaking vote in the election hospitality understanding and Praised Condemned knew no boundary line ills governorship hu been filled pithy "Tha people of Nevada will join leg- With the th praise and condemnation people of California and the islatures which refused to adopt his entire west in mourning tha passing tax raising plans and passed meu-Lr- u of Governor Rolph" over his veto In 1930 he refused to pardon Tom Mooney the LONG BEACH Cal June 3 (UP) convicted Preparedness day bomber —Frank F Merriam who succeeded and brought both ‘ protest and com- to tha governorship of California on mendation the death of James Rolph Jr tonight Last year he condoned the lynch- refused to discuss hie attitude toward two of the kidnapers and murder- Thomas Mooney seeker of a pardon ing merers of Brooke Hart San Jose from his conviction of participation chant and again wu widely con- in the bombing of a San Francisco demned by individuals and publicain 1916 parade preparedneu nation Recenttions throughout the "I must refuse any comment oil this ly he and other officials Wert sued or any other matters until after the of ths lynched funeral of Governor Rolph" Merriam by the widow of on msn for $1000000 charging they in- said censed the mob to break i into the Santa Clara Jail and murder her husband It wu not until May 13 that tha governor finally announced ha would not be a candidate tor rsslsction declaring his physicians had advised him that to attempt 6 campaign would mean bis death Tld Finally Tarn I mty Beyer diaclo - Who waa first to broach the president on the political phase of the nlver but whoever made the preih dent realize that failure to legislate for silver would coat four five or Ho dressed immaculately never apDice la Limelight six Democratic aeatt in the senate and several times that number in When an agreement had been peared In public without a flower in One of his ’peculiarhi buttonhole "the house deserves credit lor turn reached and tha president lent his ities wu his addiction to high leather ing the silver tide j Pittsilver message to congreM it was wore except boots which ba president Roosevelt Is very much man who Introduced the bill In the sen- on rare occasion always Beneath the black He may have been ate Of politician Of ostensibly at the suggestion perplexed as were scores in con - Senator Robinson tha Democratic of evening dress or the stripes of jrras by the involved silver jprob- leader At all events Pittman got the formal day dress the boots did not show but sometimes he Jem but be thoroughly comprel on hi western colleagues the wouldostentatiously a' trouser leg to acroll up d the price bis party would beve lumpIntroduced In tha senate bora his commodate a feature-huntin- g till to pay If it neglected silver end if name press and plans were being laid to photographer congress adjourned without passing senate whan the before bill ths bring In Maryavllls lut February while any kind of silver bill The presiDias of Texas author of the a dent does hot went to sacrifice sena- Martin or keeping visitcampaignof promise tha the two houee which bill ths passed not each California’s 68 tors of his own party bo does would Introduced months three ego shrewdly counties once a year he was stricken elected want w Republican house In the bill same administration tha realNovember He wu brought to Ban Francisco and The minute be next Is tha Dies bill which a month in a hospital Then ized the poUtlcel seriousness of long-- house and It Wednes- spent lest bouse was the by passed he went to the Linforth ranch There er delaying with silver legislation because bill his lost first Dies day were occasional trips to his office in that nunute be became of receptive not stand for it San Francisco to attend to state busimind and was prepared to talk coin tha president would to now tha attached la name only his on ness Capipromlsf with the silver bloc enwilt be and bill can which silvar as tol bUl It wai not economic! it w acted Signed Diplomas outpolitics that Changed the sliver month tha signing of 3000 lut Early concerned there is Silver Where look over night end ultimately for ths graduating classes of dlplomu between been has much jealousy brought about the compromise which senate and house as there has been tha University of California occupied is soon to become law " between senator and representatives him and one night he worked until ‘ r ' Cenfereseet Cattel Each house wanted yedit for first midnight Then refusing to go back When western eenitori who bad leasing tha administration silver bill to the ranch ho slept on a couch in his office to b busy at tha diploma signbeen told over end over again that t ao happened that In the bill as the president did not want legisby tha president was a clause ing early the following morning That lation with reepect to silver until he imposing a 60 par cent tax on the prof- night he wu returned to the hospital knew more about how the London its of all holders of silver who might tha beginning of bis final illness For two weeks be bod been In a agreement would work out sudden-l- sell to tha government The constitufound the president willing to tion requires that all legislation for critical condition at the Linforth compromise they took new hope His raising revenue must originate in the ranch watched over by Mrs Rolph and first advice to the senate group was house of representatives Pittman real- James Rolph 3rd and several physito "got together among yourselves ized that immediately after he bad In- cians Tuesday all hops of his recovery James H Roloh Jr twenty-eightand then come beck and talk with troduced tha bill so ha introduced s wu abandoned Physicians predicted of California and mayor of me again The silver bloc did meet second one qrith the tax omitted know- the end was a matter of minutes But governor San Francisco for 19 years boasted they did talk but they did not make ing that In an amended form the sen- Thursday be amazingly made a rally that more people called him "Jim" much progress they Just could not ate would act first Tha constitution His pulse grew stronger Relatives and livThere were too many may not mean much these days but friends said the "fighting Rolph heart” than was the case with any other compromise man among them harboring the ambition tha requirement ae to the origin of would bring him through again But ing Widely known through hla shipping to have their particular allvtr bill tax legislation is still observed in there were relapses that weakened him Interests his long publlo service and taken up and championed by the pree-S- Washington But Pittman Introduced progressively t hli willingness st 11 time to play a after a bit the president his bill at a bad time The tariff bill Through Friday and last night Mrs ident invited the group to the White House was before the senate the president Rolph and ths son aat betide the bed public role as graetof parade leader or bestower of prizes Rolph attracted gain and he began to make sugges- was Insisting on Its passage therefore This morning ha grew steadily worse tions First of all he made it plain it was not possible to slip through The remainder Of tho family wu sum- national attention at leut twice in hli capacity that he did not want and would not tha silver bill it had to wait on the moned hli three brothers end two lis- gubernatorial 21 1932 When accept the Dies bill which had passed tariff That tied up tha Pittman bill ters and lntimats friends During tha Tha first came April followed ha the example of three of the house He was afraid of its ef- and gave Dies hie opportunity ha his His son morning eyes opened hla predecessor and refused to fect economically both at home and pressed his hand Thera wu a faint don Tom Mooney and Warrenpin K president Help oroad and he did not believe It return pressure from the dying gov- Billings convicted of murder in conDies by the way introduced the ernor His would be much help to silver- - cersmile flickered hesitantly nection with the bombing of th 1918 aptainly It would do nothing substantial bill exactly as the president form bout his Ups t- “Preparedness day" parade in San toward "broadening the money base" proved it tax and all in that Nat PM i 1 Francisco and Rally Rolph mayor of the city it had to originate in tha house So the Dies bill was cast aside In turn the president end the sen- the president helped a bit when he Than ha dozed Into a coma from t the time was leading th parade but was several blocks away from the ate group discussed the Wheeler bill let it be known that ha would in- which ha never rallied the Thomas bill the King hill the sist on retention of this tax So the There were no tears tha widow and scene of the explosion The other sensation was furnished Pittman bill the Fiaainger bill and Dies bill with tha pressure of the son who had shad ao many tears durall tha other bllla pending Not one administration behind it wu referred ing tha days of waiting and hoping November 26 1933 when he applaud of them was acceptable to the presi- to the ways and mesne committee were resigned and at tha end wire ed the work of a mob which on that Sunday lynched two men at San Joss dent not one of them waa acceptable was railroaded through that commit- calm to tha silver bloc as a group It tee with only a semblance of hear- A faw minutes later Dr 3 M Scan Tha vlctima Thomaa II Thurmond wal apparent tha conferences were ings waa approved by the solid Dem- land walked from the house to tell and John Holmes had confessed the i slaying of Brooke Hart a young San t getting nowhere ao the president de- ocratic membership of the commit- newamen: Jose business man after they had kid"Dud— 1:30 p m cided he better do a bit of suggest- tee notwithstanding the admission him for ransom Tha mob fury ing himself hut before he did he of members that they knew very The body wu taken tonight to San naped made it plain that ha would not little about the bill and wu brought Francisco followed by automobile broke loose when Hart’s body was any bill which waa mandatory before the bouse under a rule limit- carrying Mrs Ralph and the son tha found in San Francisco bay “This is the best lemon that Caliin terms which required him to pur- ing debate It wu reported prompt- brothers Tom Will and their wives chase a given amount of silver each ly because it waa an administration and Ronald and two listers Mrs Jo- fornia ever hu given th country1 month This was a bitter pill for the bill it passed for that reason and seph A Moore and her husband and said Rolph when informed of the liver bloc to swallow hut the presi- because there is a strong silver senti- Mrs Elizabeth Reid Other cars lynching "We show the nation that dent advanced good and sufficient ment in the house brought Ed Rainey state superinten- this state Is not going to tolerate kidreasons and there was no budging Thera is glory enough for all mem dent of banks and for many years naping" The next day enlarging on this senhim bora of the silver bloc in the enact- seerstary to ths governor William A ailver McCarthy his executive secretary Dr timent he promised to pardon anyone ment Of the administration Agreement Reached t convicted of taking part In the lynchThe next task to work out a permis- bill but Very few of the "ailver au- T E Shumate and Pat Meherin ing! Ha said too that ha waa thinksive bill that would ha acceptable to thorities" of congress are disposed to Funeral Plana ing of "paroling" to tha San Jose mob tha silver bloc and that was no easy believe they will get as much credit Tonight at the Rolph home In tha several other kidnapers who were they feel is their due Way down Mission district ths family decided upjob Tha senators contributed suggesserving terms in California prisons tions but most of the writing was under the surface these allverlto are on funeral arrangements dona in tha treasury department by stirred by mixed emotions Soma beIt wu ths Mission where Rolph was Rolph a large men who knew tha president's mind lieve tha bill is a wonderfully good born 63 years sgo next August 23 It man of impressive bearing was noted as a vote gatter Tha largest number Gradually after several more con- meuure and will accomplish much wu there ha played In the sand lots ference an agreement was arrived at tor tha country as a whole and for baeam 6 prospering young banker of ballots aver cast tor a California candidate 999393 were which meant surrender of views by tha silver producing statu in pan and found his wife While a holocaust gubernatorial counted tor him in November 1930 every senator who had been invited tlculer Others believe the chief value Iwspt over tha City In 1906 he emerged He took pride In that fact and also to tea White House The only conces- of tha bill lies in the strength into public prominence surveying ths four-yea- r terms sion nude by tha president was on gives the president in future nego- need organizing a relief organization in th five successive in 1911 to which he was sleetthe flat declaration of policy He tiations with other nations There and turning over bis stables lor its starting ed as mayor of San Francisco He wanted even that left permissive but are some who fear tha president may headquarters th municipal post to yielded when tha bloc agreed to ac- not go tar or move fast In carrying In the rebuilding of his beloved cl tv relinquished beoom governor From others ha proposed the bill into affect cept tha other tern Leies Million ia Shlpt i them cornu the comment: "The president plaining that tha bill did not suit Tha atory of the fight for silver will manipulate silver ao that ho will him that It did not go far enough He was born in San Francisco’s credit and congress will "You’ve got to admit" responded "Mission District" August 23 1869 His legislation is a story of broken hearts get all-tchattered Ideals and even more badly get none" So there is no dominant one of hla friends "that you’ve got- father was a native of London and his shattered pedestals At tha time of the sentiment in congress darn sight further than Wil- mother Margaret Nicoi Rolph was regards tha ten London conference more than a year silver program now that it liam Jennings Bryan ever got that born in Edinburgh Scotland Rolph culmination so far as the ought to ba aome consolation" attar graduation from Trinity college go Senator Pittman of Nevada was elected by tha president to ba his legislative stage is concerned Tha eenator admitted that wu in his native city worked in broken i pokasman on the allvtr question and One wutem senator wu com- - true ' age offices turned to banking and shipping and made and lost a fortune He dropped $3000000 in world war daya by building a fleet of wooden steamers to meet th demand for cargo space at tea Three of his ships - — History S 1934 in one yeer on payment of the maining 13 per cent of the Drouth Playing No Favorites Lays Withering Fingers Upon re ’ I one-wa- y rate Grain feeds will be moved into suffering area at 68 per cent of th prevailing rates The reduction on bay lor the jams purpose will be 50 per cent Th reductions it waa pointed out are made in an emergency and therefore only tempo rzry Russia Fortunately th late potato crop in the United States is still in th mak2-- 1 World’s Chief Food Sources Searing Heat Instcts Ravage Grain Fields of Danube Basin Even Argentine Alike London Fights to Save Lawns By FRANK RIDGWAY a Salt halt Trlbtto Servlca CHICAGO June 2— Drouth no w grips tha world and" Its withering and Poland both hit by tha world wide drouth are big potato producing countries Germany— usually— produces about and Poland finger 1 scorching and searing the food and feed crops on million of aeres In practically all important agricultural areas on tha globe In sects companions to dry weather ara doing their share In cleaning up vegetation left by the drouth In every wheat exporting country of the world grain producer are effected more or less by the drouth Thera is a shortage of moisture in tho wheat belts of the United States of Europe’s potato crop Dispatches from Europe show today that London entered what Is known the official drouth stage There has been no rain In London for fifteen consecutive days Evan the last rain was only a sprinkle and there is no sign of any break in the weather over all of England before Monday at th earliest Gardeners in London are using lima to break up the hardness of the water used in sprinkling to save their lawns and VrlbiiM-Chlsac- stock producing areas of North America Other wheat exporting area affected by the drouth include parts of — Russia southeastern Europe stretching across tho Danube basin ” the Argentine and Australia Drouth has no favorites all crops are being preyef upon in areas where the soil moisture ia deficient This include most of territory of North Amerlci where between 150000000 and 200000000 acres of wheat corn oats rye and barley alone ara being grown this year In many sections some of these crops are too far gone to be saved by any amount of rain Forage and vegetable garden crops ara also deteriorating rapidly a a result of a lack of rain Europe Potato Crop Suffer Food crops that are ordinarily used substitutes for grain are suffering In foreign countries Germany i This crop normally total about of the total crop produced in this country The important late potato growing area in the northeastern section of th country' is not in the dry bell Reports coming from Canada today indicated that rain hid brought some relief to grain farmers in th southern part of Saskatchewan one of tha important wheat province qf tha dominion Before the rain came wheat had been shriveled by the scorching sum There was nor rain reported in Manitoba another one of the three grain provinces in Canada Recent reports indicated that the condition of this year’s Canadian spring wheat crop of 23415000 acres was about 86 per cent of normal The wheat in Saskatchwan where rain fell Friday night was th hardest hit by tha drouth Official information coming to the federal department ef agriculture at Washington Indicates that central Europe’s 1934 wheat crop will be one of the smallest on record totaling 370888000 bushels The department’s foreign reports show that Czechoslovakia Austria Germany Poland and Russia are hard hit by the drouth ing three-fourt- one-thir- d one-four- u - gardens Tha world's drojiith is already being registered in terms of higher prices in England and Russia Railway rate reduction to facilitate the emergency movement of livestock and feed as a drouth relief measure were announced here today for all western steam railroads The changes "Whicn become effective at once were requested by Harry L Hopkins federal relief administrator according to H G Taylor chairman of tha Western Association of Railway Executive Livestock Distressed Distressed livestock purchased by the government for slaughter will be h BUDDHIST ABBOT RETUBNING VANCOUVER B C June 2 (AP)— The Buddhist abbot Chao Kung formerly known as Trebitsch Lincoln sailed today on the liner Empress of Canada for China whence he came en rout to England He had hoped to establish a Buddhist monastery m Europe but was turned back by tha British immigration authorities who refused him entry The abbot was alleged to have been a European spy several years ago s hauled by the railroad at of tha published tariff rate Livestock from stricken areas will be moved for 85 per cent of the prevailing rate with option to shippers to return the animals at any time with two-third- j Good News! Everybody is complimenting us on issuing and redeeming h J 91 h- o Green Stamps JFSSAJ' ! : r: I" - ‘ "8 A H" Stamp with each cents represented In all cash purchases On "6 A H" stomp with each 1 tents represented in all payment ef accounts made before to toth of iune — — On 1 I - Filled books of 'B & H” Green Stampi will be ac&OHA cepted in our Store for Th same as cash to purchase ef merchandise aa-ce- Commemorating Our SALE '— ON GRUNOW u u ha u I i'i were sunk by HOWTO n i 3 i f PREPARE YOUR CAR FOR VACATION TOURING Fhfjmrc your cat fet tho vocation (out IJ Ing and ignition If your spark plug have been in aervico 10000 mile or more have a new set of Chemnion Extra Raisga Spark Ruga instilled thu insuring new power speed acceleration and dependability and quickly saving their Cost in extra mil per gallon ' CE2 YOUR CIIAHPJOir DEALER I months by having your dealer check your spark plug Thia free service will insure care-fre- e motor trouble-proo- f fJ 9 7 V CHAMPION EXTRA-RANG- SPARE PLUGS E' k 1 Hat Your Dsdsr Test Your Spark Hug Regularly th ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS Big Reductions ANNIVERSARY You Should Own a NORGE t Living Room Suitesr Dining Room Suites Bedroom Suites Rugs Carpets Linoleums Mattresses Springs Beds Draperies Paints WallPapers Stoves Round Oak Ranges REFRIGERATOR LEONARD Dexter Washers Norge Leonard and Grunow Electric Refrigerators Lamps Radios Lawn Mowers Garden Hose and everything to furnish the home The Complete REFRIGERATOR 4 t German raider Count Felix von Luckner The others were junked when peace came Ha worked tirelessly to recoup his losses and it was said in court in 1927 that h was “about out of th Woods" In 1903 Rolph established the Mission Bank of Ban Francisco and tour years later th Mission Savings bank a separate institution The 1906 firs following the devastating earthquaki of that year intervened but served to bring him to th attention of the entire city for he organized and directed a relief committee that aided thousands of stricken families Rolph was married June 26 1900 to Miss Annie Marshall Reid of San Francisco Two daughters and a son war born to them Governor Blood Expresses Sorrow Honest - to - Goodness Bargains! ( i $5950 $7950 $4950 $6950 THRIFT TWIN tors Automatic drain plat WASHER-W- ith $11995 £4 AQ QB TWIN DUPLEX— Special f $3550 " Expressing bis sorrow over the death of Governor James Rolph Jr of California Governor Henry H Blood of Utah described th California chief executive at a “strong executive of trained ability and long serv- LAWN wheel MOWER— steel cat adjustable heavy ice" dependable Mower “In tha passing of Governor James Governor Blood said "the Rolph west loses a strong executive of trained ability and long service He was repeatedly called to tb position of mayor of San Francisco and his elevation to th governorship of the state was commonly viewed as 8 promotion for work well done j "My personal acquaintance with him was only slight but 1 learned ot a quickly that be was 17x27 Jr" fmmti THROW $595 RUGS— factory and yea can buy them than th OBa Owl- test ef making sample fee less GARDEN HOSE— tS feet 1050 East 21st Couth— Oacortiouco S feat ef BOSK fl Wringer and MJt i i |