The Roswell Daily Record from Roswell, New Mexico • Page 1

WEATHER GENERALLY FAIR TOXIGHT SUNDAY; WARMER; TEMPT. FRIDAY 40 to 74. -DAILY RECORD AND EVENING NEWS COMBINED THE DAILY RECORD RECEIVES COMPLETJB EIGHT HOUR REPORT 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PBESS LEASED WIRE ROSWELL, CHATES COUXTT, MEXICO SATURDAY, MARCH 19, VOL. JiCMBER 1(6. Chaves Co.

Endorse To Approve Cutting Crile Temporary Chairman by Agreement of County Committee; Makes Keynote Talk; Committees Named; Hoover Is Cheered. Tlic Anti-Cutting faction won in the Chaves county Republican runveutlin this tflernoon and" the delegates to the state convention will be uii' the remunimition of Herbert Hoover. This action came without a record vote of the convention. A committee on resolutions reported endorsing Hoover and this was adopted without division. A committee on delegates reported that the delegates to the state convention go uninstructed but that they work, and vote for the renomination of President A motion by Prager Miller that the delegates be instructed to vote for Sen.

Cutting for national committeeman was ruled out of order and the convention adjourned. The Chavas county Republican convention met this afternoon at the court house and got down to business at once. The convention was called to order by Chairman 0. O. Askren, who explained that by an agreement of the county committee it had been decided that Dr.

A. D. Crile i was to act as temporary chairman and Elmer Riemen as temporary sec- retary. Dr. Crile took the chair and madej a brief keynote address, telling of the achievements of the Republican party.

He praised the work of President Hoover and declared Chaves county had made the greatest advance to- ing i(i delegates to represent Chav- ts county at the republican state convention to be held at Santa Fe on March 26. At the slate republican convention in the Capitol City on March 26, delegates to the national republican convention at Chicago in June, will be selected and a national committeeman elected. Chaves county republicans met today in response to a call from 0. 0. Askren, chairman of the Chaves county republican central committee.

The Chaves county delegates will PfllRS HANGED GOING TO DEATH IN BRAZEN DENIED GTILT IN FINAL HOCUS BUT PHYSICIAN SAYS POW- EHS LEFT CONFESSION MRS. CHEWNING IS INJURED IN Moundsville, W. March F. Powers died on the gallows last night for the murder of Mrs. Dorothy I'ressler-Lemke, who had been one of several "mail order" sweethearts.

Shortly after Powers was pronounced dead, Dr. H. H. Haynes, a physician of Clarksburg, iiiiiiouncdd he had a signed confession from the condemned man admitting in detail the murder of five including Mrs. Pressler- Lemke.

Tiie others were Mrs. Asta Buick Eicher and her three children of Park Ridge, 111. The bodies of all were buried in a narrow ditch near from Mexico will bej 11 sarage on Powers' wife's deserted Mrs. Cheivninfe was examined at the ci'flce of Dr. E.

M. Fisher after the accident with the fire truck and although JTitr from cuts and iiruiscs about the body, it was found lliat these were only superficial and that she ivas not seriously injured. She was removed to her home. Mrs. Henry Ciiewning was injured this afternoon at one-thirty o'clock when a Chevrolet roadster which she was driving and the truck of the Roswell fire department collided at the intersection of Fifth and Virginia streets.

The car driven ny Chewning wa, going west at the time and the estate, in their" discover fire truck was traveling north BETTY COW'S BOY FRIEND AGAIN IN POLICE TAKE HIM TO HOPEWELL FOlf INTERVIEW WITH COLONEL Ll.MUtEKKII FOES OF SALES TAX FIGHTING TO UPSET AT PEACE TALKS REPUBLTCAX CAUCUS SHOWS MA- JOKITY FAVORS PLAN I'SE SALES TAX TO CHINESE SAID BE HOPEFUL; WITHDKAWIXG PART (W SH HAI FORCES SHAXG- Hopewell, March (AP) Henry (lied) Johnson, sailor suilor of the kidnaped Lindherg-h baby's nurse. led about the Lindbergh estate liy detect ires today, to determine just liow much lie knew about the house and grounds. I l- 11 -Me was not under arrest in connec- amending each provision in the bill, lion with the kidnaping, police re- line by line, was resumed by the iterated, but detectives wanted to! ho.fte. At the start of the session learn how much he knew about the! only the first 40 pages of nearly 300 had been acted on. The center of Washington, March broken ranks, the house leaders fought an uphill battle today to res cue the billion dollar revenue bil from the determined, and so far successful, attacks by foes of the sales tax.

The slow process of approving or answer to a fire call. The truck was witting aid to the kidnapers. in whether he might have been an un- controversy, the manufacturers' farm near Clarksburg. The alleged "Bluebeard" was brought to trial and convicted only for the death of Mrs. Pressler-Lemke.

He denied guilt until the moment of his hanging. A short time after Powers' body leave Friday of nex.1 week for San-1 was removed from the death Cham-j her, an envelope addressed to fvVard-1 ta Fe where the state convention will be held on Saturday. From indications from over the it that Senator Bronson Cutting will control the convention and at that time will be elected to the post of national committeeman from New Mexico and will control the New Mexico delegation to the national convention. BERNAULLO IS 7 FOR CUTTING en A. C.

Scroggins was opened. Therein was a letter in which the man about to die had protested his innocence. He assailed capital punishment, which he insisted failed to reduce the number of murder cases. He reiterated that his trial was "unfair," that it was held in an opera house "where people go to be entertained." He recalled lie had twice been menaced by a mob, yet had been refused a change of venue. being driven by Walter Thornton, captain of the fire department, and tracks at the intersection showed that both the driver of the truck and the car made every effort to stop in time to avoid a collision.

Witnesses said that the siren on the fire truck was blowing at time. The fire truck and the car were both badly damaged, the car being thrown from the point of impact to the corner of the Nickson hotel. A front wlieel was torn from the fire and the apparatus was other- badly damaged (While Johnson was being examined at the Lindbergh home, another man was arrested at South Plainfield after an attempted kidnaping or burglary at Highland Park, about 20 miles away. cise or sales tax, still was 200 pages away. Two important factors had entered the situation since the close of yesterday's session.

Speaker Garner, issuing a statement appealing for passage of a i C3 --v. Jhis man, who gave his name as! revenue bill that would balance the George Maiden, was arrested after 1933 budget, observed that at a time grounds keeper at the estate of J.jlike this the actual method of Seward Johnson, wealthy surgica! ing the dressings manufacturer, had shot at a man climbing up to the. Johnson revenue became "inconse- 0 -0- FARMER HANGED Albuquerque, March 19 (AP) Praises for the administration of ward Republicanism of any county in President Hoover and for the record the state. of United States Senator Bronson Canon City, March -jWalking with steady step from J. M.

Hervey moved that the chair Cutting the senate were sounded I cell to the death house E. J. appoint committees on order of bus-; Attorney R. P. Barnes, keynoter, Farmer, Moffat county rancher, died iness and permanent organization and: when the Bernalillo county Republi-j on tlle gallows at the state peniten- this was done.

The committee on order of business isi composed of Mrs. C. A. Baker, Fred Miller, Prager Miller, W. A.

Vickers and Mrs. Grace McDonald Phillips. The committee on permanent organization is composed of E. A. Gaboon, Robert Kellaliin and H.

A. Ingalls. I The first report was made by the' committee on order of business. It! merely a formal report and commended the usual order of business be followed. jl'irst Disagreement The first conflict in the convention can convention got under way here today.

I' tiary last night for the murder of a rancher in a quarrel over a load of hay. Fourteen minutes after the trap TO BE SAFE I Timmins, Mar. 19 (AP) The cabin airplane, missing with seven persons since last Wednesday, was found today, forced down on a small lake south of Nighthawk Lake, HO miles east of Timniin.s None of tee on permanent organization. the seven occupants of the plane was majority report signed by E. A.

Ca- hurt. hoon and Robert Kellahin recom-i mended that the temporary organiza- 1VEATJIEK FORECAST tion be made permanent, with Crile For Roswell and the Pecos valley: chairman and Riemen secretary. Generally fair tonight and! Sunday; minority report signed by H. A. Ingalls recommended that Prager Miller be made chairman.

expression from both Crile and nursery. A nurse attracted the ground keeper's attention when she scream-! as a ladder was placed room where she slept with the Johnson's infant son. Shots were exchanged and the i and took Mrs. Chewning.from the car tho window sill tne and into the Nickson hotel. A Tal- niage ambulance was summoned and later examination showed that she nn "7n 5 ,1 "Herloper fled.

Maiden was arrest-1 had been cut about the face and head i vi tif I I ar -d identified by both nurse and with frying glass. She was also suf- fering from shock Frank McDaniel, one of the firemen who was riding on the truck at time of the collision, sustained a wrenched knee and various cuts and Mrs. Chewning was alone in grounds keeper. He was fingerprinted and the i MIL MEET TUESDAY BANQUET HERE Shanghai, Mar. (AP)- ese and Chinese authorities met new peace conference today at (ttfl British consulate and particlpjnU in the parleys said progress being made.

Cninese official quarters at king were reported hopeful ov? situation but the conferees jl clined to reveal the nature of discussions. The ministers of the United Sta Great Britain and France and tgit Italian charge d' affaires attend the conference. In the meantime the Japanese, EJT mies shivered in the cold of a CJU- nese winter, envying those of fellows who were lucky enougjj be quartered on warm bound back home to Japan. Chinese officials at Nanking cated the present parleys, prints brought at once to Hopewell PRELIMINARY EVENT TO 'FIRST because of the similarity of the methods of the Lindbergh baby kidnaper and the man at the Johnson the car at the time and others on home both wnom ra is etl ladders the fire truck at without injury. the time escaped to nursei windows.

-Man On Ladder Only cool headedness on the part of Walter Thornton, driver of the truck, saved what might have resulted in a more serious affair, witnesses who saw the acr.ident this afternoon said. At the time of the accident "the fire truck was answering a from the Blashek Mill northeast the city. The fire that called the department was a grass fire on Spring river and this did no damage. ighland Park, N. March ANNUAL HEREFORD CATTLE SALE TO ATTRACT CROWD More than 100 siockmen and business men are expected at the banquet to be held' next Tuesday night (AP) A man who attempted toi Woman's Club which is be- climb up a ladder into the nursery uel as one of the preliminaries at the home of J.

Seward Johnson, to Annual Hereford Breed- wealthy surgical dressings ers cattle sale to be held here Wed- facturer, early today was chased away after an exchange of shots. nesday. The principal address will be de- was sprung Farmer was pronounced The fire department has placed call wa caught later in South Plainfield. livered Colonel Fred Reppert, of A nurse sleeping in the nursery Idniana, who will act auctioneer near the crib of Johnson's infant during the sale here. Special enter- son heard a scraping sound at the tainment features have been arrang- window and screamed.

A caretaker; ed for the dinner including the sing- on the grounds heard the scream, ing and playing of cowboy songs by saw a figure on a ladder raised to dead. The hangman released tlio emergency equipment into readiness the nurserv window, and fired trigger of the trap at 8:18 and an( i now ready to answer calls. 8:32, Dr. R. E.

Holmes, prison phy-i said Farmer's heart had! stopped. Farmer wag hanged for the slay-' the Stockley brothers. Dr. J. S.

B. Wool ford president of Miller on their position regarding President Hoover was called for and i both declared they stood for the re-i nomination and reelection of Hoover, Prager Miller speaking for the i slightly warmer tonight. For New Mexico: Generally fair in the south; unsettled in the north portion tonight and Sunday; slightly warmer tonight in the extreme southeast portion. 0 BUKGLAK Santa Fe, March not countenance party. betrayal of the Chaves county republicans met this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the declared that misman- Reano, Domingo Indian, who has agement in the state and nation in been sought by Santa Fe' police for the Republican party is destroying, more than two weeks in connection the party.

This he declared was with several burglaries, was deliv- evidenced by tha baskswing in the ered to Chief Tom Stewart today by recent election when normally Re-! Santiago Pena, Governor of Santo, publican states went Democratic. He! Domingo Pueblo. Reano confessed declared the old time leaders in New, the robberies. Mexico are selfish and are trying to hang on to patronage control and that the party needs new blood arid new leaders. Mr.

Miller highly praised Senator Cutting and declared him one of the greatest and cleanest leaders in the nation. Herman Crile spoke for the Anti- Cutting party and charged that Prager Miller has been a hangeron to the Republican party and that it was the de'ection of Senator in the state that had defeated the party in the last election. He asked the selection of an anti-Cutting delegation to show that Chaves county does REDS RUSH TO S1DER1A PORT War-hington, Mar. Apparently fearful that fighting in Manchuria may cut off Vladivostok from rail communication with European Russia, the Soviets have been rushing food) supplies by the trainload into the Siberian port. Information reaching here is-that great quantities of flour have been transported across Manchuria on the Chinese eastern railway, and that the rolling stock has been held at Vladivostok instead of -Courthouse for the purpose of select- returning through the troubled ing of Earl Hopkins on Jan 8, 1931.

Although he was tried only for the Hopkins murder he also was charged with the slaying of J. J. Jones, another Moffatt county rancher. NEW MEXICO FED, MUSIC CLUBS MEET LASCRUCESAPR.7 Las Cruces, N. Mar.

Preparations are being made to entertain several hundred visitors who will attend the tenth annual convention of New Mexico Federation of Moisic clubs here April 7, 8 and 9. The sessions will be held in Hadley hall on the New Mexico A. and M. college campus and the convention will open Thursday" the seventh with the reading Of, committee reports, and the of the student loan fund plans for were started Iai7t year's convention in Al- Thursday evening the faculty of the department of music at the State College will present a coricert assisted by State College and! El Paso symphony orchestra. Mrs.

John Wilson, of Albuquerque, will also de- EDITOR HALEY OF LINCOLN CO DIED FRIDAY The man on the ladder returned the Roswell chamber of commerce, the shot, jumped from the ladder wll preskle A few bu 3lness men fled in an automobile. Neither shot stni get tickets upon app i ication i took effect. by Japanese troop would be followed by a roundtable conference world powers sitting in to iroii' the details of a permanent Summing up the troop.M, Japanese headquarters' 55,000 troops arrived here time since the hostilities began' i that about 20,00 were being 'ijjji 1 drawn. Neutral observers said, that although the Japanese fOfftff are being slightly reduced by' ''ffe withdrawals, the army here stronger than heretofore, 'for' jt better equipped. THAWS AND RAINS CAUSE FLOODS Seattle, March Carrizozo, March A.

Haley, 60, editor of the Lincoln County News and pioneer southern New Mexico newspaper editor, died I at his home here yesterday. He is police planned to send his fingerprints to authorities 1 investgating the kidnaping 18 days ago of the infant son of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The prisoner told police his name was George Maiden, that he is o7 years old and lived in New York.

The Johnson home, on the banks of the Raritan river, is less than 20 miles from the Hopewell, N. home of Col. Lindbergh. Early on the morning of 'Feb. 2, last, Mr.

and Mrs. Johnson were sands of tons of rock and dirt I dammed the Snoqualmie river Carnation in the Cascade mountain, foothills, sending the already river out of its banks endanger- ing numerous farm homes the." valley. The slide, crashing down from tnfc hillsides, made a dam almost a'quaVr: tcr of a mile long and from 40 to 50 to feet wide. County officials last the chamber of commerce, all visit-1 night took a truck load of dynamite ing stockmen from outside of Chav-ito the scene but delayed blasting the es county will be guests of the barricade until today, fearing the re- chamber quet. of commerce at the ban- survived by his daughters.

widow and two Editor's years Mr. Haley published the Lincoln County News at Lincoln. When the town declined and the county seat was moved to Carrizozo, Haley moved his paper to the new county seat. Mr. Haley was an ardent Democrat and believed firmly in the policies of that party.

His paper was one of now fading type of party newspapers and never an issue was published but bore in some war his declaration of allegiance to the Democratic party. home by a man who escaped with about $3,000 in cash and jewelry. The Johnsons have four children. Hopewell, X. March Henry (Red) Johnson was back in! Albuquerque, Bernalillo county Rethe limelight today in the Lindbergh central committee chairman GEORGE CRAIG KEYNOTER ffl REPUDLICANS (By The Associated Press) Silver City George R.

Craig, of leased water would endanger farms and lives below the dam. The slide, ocrurring late yesterday, caused inundation of some farms within a few hours after it stopped the water flow. Other sections of the state reported flood conditions due to thaws and heavy rainfall. At Walla Walla, Mill Creek, which runs through the i city, overflowed last night, causing residents to fear a repetition of-flood conditions of a year ago when approximately $1,000,000 damage was done. i COMMITTEE OX PRICE HOBBS POOL OIL Santa Fe, March G.

Allen, chairman of the Hobfes prora- tion executive committee telegraphed kidnaping mystery. The sailor who courted the stolen! baby's nurse, Bettey Gow, was taken from jail in Jersey City late last night and brought here for a personal interview with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. A convoy of state troopers escorted him hurriedly then mystery closed tightly in around this latest move.

"Johnson was never completely absolved of connection with the Lindbergh case. attention is invited- to former bulletins," was all that H. Norman Schwarzkopg, head of the state police, would say several hours afterward. Earlier he had said the police The Touchet river between 'Dayton and Waitsburg flooded the Inland highway, endangering a new liver the" state president's address. (Governor Seligman today that he has! wanted to recheck some of the Sail- Mrs.

W. J. Stevens as Cmcee, a committee of Hobbs statements. chairman of the junior contest, has operators to investigate the price of announced that while there will be I crude oil, as a result of the Governo young artists contest this year nor's inquiry to know why it is not there will be a student contest grade and high school singers April 9. The annual election of state offi- or i on Allen has named Stalcup of the Skelly Company, Winship of the Gypsy and Moody of the Mid-Contin- cers will be held on Friday and; the'jent.

He said none of them are con- installation ceremonies will on jnected in any way with purchasing Saturday. in the Hobbs pool. Johnson, who was formerly a deck 1 hand on Thomas W. Lament's yacht, entered the police investigation a few days after Charles Augustus Lindbergh, was stolen from his crib March 1. Detectives have asserted repeatedly there was evidence to link him with the abduction.

(Continued on Page Three) will deliver the keynote address the Republican state delegate con-; bridge. Train traffic between Spokane ami vention at Santa Fe next Saturday, Lewiston, Idaho, was stopped, Judge Carl P. Dunion, state chairman announced last night. that the Spanish- Americans are entitled to "a fair share of the work which, is done in this town," Mayor H. F.

Mills was placed at the head of the Citizens ticket for re-election last night. The Citizens party is the third to enter the race for the city elections and its formation revealed a break the Mayor and Republican forces in the town. The election is expected to be one of the most intense in years. Santa Fe David Chavez, brother of Oongrefeman Dennis Chavez, was unanimously acclaimed Democratic candidate for mayor here last night at the Democratic city convention. It was the second consecutive time in -which the Democrats have chosen Mr.

Chavez as their standard bearer. He was defeated two years ago by Mayor J. C. Mc- Republican. several northern Idaho communities were cut off from rail and travel by slides and high SPRING Albuquerque, March 19 will officially arrive in Mexico and the Rocky mountain region at 12:54 o'clock Sunday ternoon.

The north, bound sun crocaes tVt equator at that hour, after the trailing arbutus and the ing violets may begin to bloom anytime. Hang up your but it ready for future use, was kindly advice offered to New: cans by the weather man today. Cotton Seed Oil Dallas, Texas, March Prime.