The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 1

Do You Know) The assessed valuation of Ogden City in 1929 was $41-33420400 and the 1930 decimal tax 353 mills LAST EDITION INSANE ItILLER i EXPRESSES IIIS Ilf $5000 Desk Big Surprise To President Admiral Byrd Is Looking for New Fields of Exploration Cllildr From High Rock OISE PASSES IPPROPRIATION 10 START JOB IT HUGE DATA S0RR017 TAKING OVER LIVES By Insane Fien X3 Next Must Be Acted Upon By Senate Members tUZONAN DEFEATED WASHINGTON June (UP) A $5000 maple desk of early -American design a colorful Chinese rug and eight upholstered chairs all chosen by Mrs Herbert Hoover graced the president's personal room In the White House executive offices today The new furnishings bringing a more cheerful note to Mr Hoover's circular room were selected as a surprise for him and were Installed after he left his office last night Maniac Calmly Views His Destruction For An Hour Out of Reach of Police Then Takes Off His Shoes and Leaps Seventy Feet to His Death Tragedy Takes Place at One of New Picnic Spots and Show Places NEW HAVEN Conn June Ray Spang probably mentally unbalanced today threw a woman and four children to their deaths over the edge of West Rock and later jumped to his death from a ledge It was believed the woman wa3 his wife and the children were his The man with a woman and several children had been seen walking up the rock in the morning BYRD LEAVES FOR VIRGINIA BEARING MEDAL President Hoover Declares Explorations Inspire All Americans OGDEN WOMAN GRAVELY HURT IN AUTO SMASH Mrs Fred Chambers III Hospital Complaint Issued Jed uke -to uame him hukit up am idem- 5D3T FOR U5 -WHERE 7HEREU BE i UO MOSCUI7DE5NO 71 PP)MGAWD WO IVY I Asked To Tell Hiding Place Of Millions GREAT NORTHERN SOON TO BUILD ITS 17 LINK Bill Also Holds For Public Buildings WASHINGTON June appropriation writ-tie teue deficiency bin Sorting work on the Boulder JL mject was retained by a sub-ffuee of the senate appropria-S'SSmlttee after aryumente JglrJUaf it ont were heard WASHINGTON June 21 t-sad deficiency bill carrying wzately SS3 000 000 in md rew appropriations and nTT-r a gicartic public buildings awaited senate action to-dr It was passed by the house vi yesterday without record vote y4sost among individual Items Jrze in the measure was $10-sriCO for commencement of work Bolder dam This proved the center cf the entire bill as of the dam project led 4 Representative Douglas Demo-U-t am ona sought to have it POINT OF ORDER attack centered on a -sci cf order that terms of the -rJor jam authorization act of XJ tad net been complied with in hi tafurg of a contract to gov-a hstrbution of power to the jf Los Angeles He contended hi the contract made with the 'j Angeles board cf water and srcr a separate entity did not revenue sufficient to repay tt fcvemrent within 50 years for -Tv expended on the project Representative Chilblom Repub- hiz Illinois who occupied the peaters chair overrulea nun now-rr and his effort to insert an eminent withholding the money xd the contract was ratified by cf the residents of the Calif or cetrc poll tan water district was STRIKES OUT FUND Spring the debate on the bill ingesentative LaGuardia succeed -4 in harm? an appropriation of StJOO for the Wicker sham law en-ircrert commission stricken out 2 1 point of order There were ro other material iures of importance in the bill meg a few minor amendments ding a total cf more than $1000-3 to various appropriations The nre public building program was ihgted It provided for postoffices cd other federal building constructs throughout the country Census Figures TASEINGTON June tecin5elts- bich reported a 4-'jp populahon an increase of per cent over 1920 is the only which can coast nine cities an r-00 population Eer closest competitors each have at cues on hst Tac Lynn was I30 caucus the other xarmg ten on the 1920 list ri'inc follows: Bos- t5J5 VL1 Wor( 'ter 196395 7gfeid 143 6Ch all River 114- New Bed-rville 103604 ci! 100050 Anseles San San ach the last trs to the big Cambric i 112 £'4 122293 Caicmia i hvtcsco Oa and l-: fccirz iff C15 At Young Night Club Habitue Has Finn's Funds Claim WASHINGTON June Rear Admiral Richard Byrd turned toward home today and the plaudits of old friends and neighbors eager to add their own acclaim for his daring exploits to that of New York and Washington He was the proud possessor of the second medal to be presented to him by a president of the United States In honor of his achievements in exploring the polar regions by airplane The decoration a special medal of the National Geographic society was conferred upon him last night by President Hoover In commemoration of his South Pole flight The presentation took place on the same stage upon which he reecived from President Coolldge a medal in honor of his flight ovea the North Pole In lauding the aviator's accomplishments Mr Hoover said he spoke not only for himself but for the nation as a whole men of our race to master extraordinary difficulty to carry through gTeat adventiire thrills us with pride with hope and with he said explorers do not- merely add to sum of human knowledge but they also add immensely to the sum of human Admiral Byrd planned to leave Washington early today for Richmond his home where another tumultous welcome awaited him The members of his command left Washington for New York at midnight last night RUM REBELLION GROUP GUILTY Idaho Mayor And 31 Others Convicted In Federal Court James Hill Dream Last To om True A hoy reported to the police later that he had heard the woman pleading with the man but he did not know what the trouble between them was ONE BY ONE It was the police theory that the family started to the picnic grounds at the top of the cliff and that Spang Seized them one by one and hurled them over the edge Spang clambered 75 feet down the face of the rock after he had thrown his victims over and sat down on a protruding ledge He was there more than an hour occasionally tossing a pebble into the air A city fireman was lowered to within a few feet of the man and tried to engage him in conversation until police could capture him He was not successful he reported later Spang then took off his shoes and jumped 70 feet or more From above the man was seen to roll over and over and then disappear at the base of the cliff REMARKABLE PLACE West Rock isi one of the remarkable places in the park system On its top but removed two hundred feet from 'the edge is cave which once sheltered against the soldiers two of the Judges who condemned Charles I of England to death The rock is One of five of volcanic origin which rise out of the sandy plain on which New Haven is located BODIES LOCATED Searching parties located all of the bodies by early afternoon and preparations were made to remove the last of them from the rocks An eye witness of the tragedy was found In Maurry Bogdanoff who was playing ban with other boys on the diamond in the little park He said he was looking up at a man who was standing on the edge of the cliff when he saw the man drop a child over the edge He said he was frightened and ran to a telephone and called the Grace hospital! The hospital had an ambulance on the way to the rock before the police had started Ernest Berube the fireman who swung near Spang said the man talked rationally to himself but he would answer few questions Spang would not consent to crawl over and take hold of the rope and be hauled UP JUST FROM HOSPITAL Martin and James Carey brothers of Mrs Spang! said that Spang was released from a hospital in New York yesterday Mrs Spang and the children were so happy upon the return of husband and father that it was pro-' posed they all go on a picnic today The brothers assumed that Spang brought the family here in his automobile i The list of dead Ray Spang 36 father his wife 33 Helen 10 Lorraine 7 Raymond 5 Donald 3 SAN FRANCISCO June (AP) Paul Shoup president of the Southern Pacific company announc ed today his railroad would not ap' peal from the interstate commerce commission ruling granting the application of the Great Northern for permission to connect with the Western Pacific in northern No More Murders Papers Are He Declares FANTASTIC MISSIVE Belongs To Order of Red Diamond of Russia Claim i NEW YORK Juhe The letter writing maniac who has assumed blame for two recent killings and who had threatened 13 more wrote what he sail was his last letter today asserting that his mission was accomplished and expressing regret that he hnd the country with Teh letter filled Iwith strange symbols composed off combined numerals and letters and apparently the work of a person totally deranged said the writer was a member of a world-wide secret order known as the Red Diamond of Russia which had no connection rith the Soviets i MARKED FOR' DEATH breaking Its it continued marked for death These men were dismissed from the order for treason One of them stole the documents mentioned before Word came to us at 'the supreme council in Russia of the peril in the United States Twelve of us picked one card Mine the king of diamonds I was the one selected to punish and Inflict- death if necessary It was when Mozynski (the first of the two men slain) died that they found who I am Then things began changing Novf it is all The writer added that which have been mentioned in all his letters had been returned and therefore mission Is ended there Is no further cause for The epistle also denied that the writer had scoffed at the police! as brave but untrained and praised American women The maniac wrote that two nights ago he watched the police hunt for him from an airplane CALLED BRAVE WOMEN Miss Katherine May and Miss Elizabeth Ring the young women whose escorts were shot before their eyes were described in the letter as nice and brave They were escorted from the scene and forced to ride in a bus with the slayer after Joseph Mozynski and Noel Sowley were killed Suspects arrested yesterday were all eliminated-today and police still were confronted wtift the problem whether the letters Were actually written by the slayer! or merely by some crank who had read of the killing in the newspapers and pretended or perhaps really Imagined he was the criminal Body Is Identified And Slayers Sought BUTTE Mont June With the identity of the man whose body was found floating in Lake Avoca Thursday night1 definitely established as Mike Haggerty 38 local miner officers today were endeavoring to unearth some clue which would lead to the apprehension of his slayers The body which had been badly mutilated and beaten presumably during a fight was identified late yesterday by friends Haggerty had been missing from his boarding house for several days Although Haggerty was not known to have had enemies officers expressed thv belief that he was killed during a fight and that Ms assailants tossed the body in the lake This theory was supported by the findings of an autopsy which showed the man was dead before being thrown into the water and was not a victim of drowning no water being found in the lungs An inquest will be held Monday 4 4 i Police Seek Woman Who Flees In Plane BUTTE Mont June Officers throughout the intermountain region were on the lookout today for a woman known by -the name of Betty Stone and many aliases who Is accused of robbing a Great Falls man of $700 ahd is believed" to have escaped by airplane The woman according to word received here from Great Falls officers boarded a southbound plane yesterday shortly after the theft was reported Helena police were notified but arrived at the airport too late and the tip was passed on to Butte authorities who reported at the local airport after the plane had landed Airport officials said they believed she boarded southbound train for Salt Lake but a search of the train at Dillon revealed no trace of her I Clara Bow Keeps -Destination Secret TVTEW YORK June (UP) 1 Russell Ryder was faced today with the necessity of explaining to attorneys for his Wall street partners and creditors exactly what he did with between $5000000 and $7-000000 of his and the funds The young night club habitue known all along Broadway for his lavish spending was questioned for five hours last night by former Judge Charles Kelby and Eugene Garey about the $2000000 collapse of the brokerage firm of Woody Co recently closed by the stock exchange partners in the firm were Lucian A Hold and Charles Woody Jr The immediate cause of the collapse was said to be the fall of Stein Cosmetic stock from 23 to 8 in the latest market depres ENGLAND FEARS US MURDERERS ARE BUSY THERE Two Women Found Slain Under Parallel cumstances LONDON June 21 police seriously considered the possibility that American murder methods had been introduced into England as they sought to solve two of the most cunningly planned murders they have ever confronted Both victims were women and all clews so far uncovered Indicated that they had been "taken for a police said CLOTOTNG TORN OFF Carrie Whitehouse 40 was found dead recently at midnight on a road near Manchester Part of her clothing had been torn off She wore no shoes but a pair of shoes were found several hundred yards from the body There were no marks on her feet to indicate that she had walked to a lonely spot on the highway It was surmised that the body was carried in an automobile and lifted or thrown from the car SECOND CRIME A fortnight later the morning after the derby the body of Agnes Kesson 22-year-old Scottish girl was found in a ditch beside a lonely lane cn the downs She had been strangled apparently with a scarf The girl was only half clad Her shoes had been removed but not her stockings She seemed to have been pitched head first into the ditch from an automobile Police worked on the possibility that she had won money on the race and had been picked up by members of a race gang or that she was the victim of a fiend who was either responsible for the murder of Carrie Whitehouse or imitated the crime 4 Census Figures Cut In Montana Cities BUTTE Mont June A slight decrease In population has been suffered by Montana since the 1920 census figures compiled by the Montana association revealed today According ta the figures present population is 532906 compared With 548883 10 years ago Th: report lists 16 counties with a population over 10000 21 between 5000 and 10000 and the remainder of the 55 have less than 5000 with Mineral listed as the smallest with a population of 1626 sion Ryder was pool in the stock Mrs Fred Chambers 66 years of age of 2318 Monroe avenue was seriously Injured late Friday night in an automrbile accident on the state highway between North Ogden and Pleasant View She was rendered unconscious when thrown from a car driven by her husband and was badly cut and bruised Dr Rich who is attending her at the Dee hospital said he was awaiting an X-ray photograph to determine whether or not her hip was broken or dislocated Mr Chambers told Sheriff Pincock this morning that he would sign a complaint charging the driver of the car which struck his machine with operating an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor WOBBLING OBSERVED According to Mr Chambers he and his wife were proceeding toward Ogden at about II Friday night when he observed a car approaching him from the south wobbling from one side of the highway to the other He slowed down he said and almost stopped his machine while the swerving car approached Just be fore it reached him he continued it traveled off the pavement on his right and in attempting to swing back crashed into the right-hand side of his car Mrs Chambers was holding to the door handle her husband explained and with the crash the door flew open and she pitched put into the gravel landing on her head Two men in the other car Mr Chambers reated helped him get his wife into the machine and although the car was damaged he was able to drive it to the Dee hos pitaL Mr Chambers and both occupants of the other car were shaken he reported COMPLAINT ISSUED -Mr Chambers furnished the license plate numbers of the car the sheriff who said it was reg tered to Nelson of 254 West North Temple street Salt Lake The driver of the car sald his name was Nelson Chambers declared but he did not learn the name of the other occupant of the machine nor does he know what became of either of the men after he departed to take his wife to the hospital Assistant County Attorney Ken-nett Malan later today issued a complaint signed by Mr Chambers charging Nelson of Salt Lake with operating an automobile while under the influence of Intoxicating liquor STOCK PRICES SLIDE AGAIN Wheat ouches Lowest Level In 15 Years At Chicago NEW YORK June (UP) Terrific bear pressure shot the stock market down today to new low levels for new levels as measured by the paralleling another severe break in wheat and cotton Although there was support in evidence at the close it was not sufficient to counteract the damaging influence of an earlier tear raid and the market was from one to six points down The drastic break In the stock mbarket came simultaneous with depression in the wheat and cotton markets Wheat touched the lowest levels in 15 years on the Chicago board of trade while cotton at New York was down more than $2 a bale Selling was fairly orderly however and no particular stock was in distress Pressure was steadily exerted against the leaders and steel was driven to 154 off 4 points and a new 1930 low Westinghouse Electric was driven down to 127 Vi off 6 Standard of New Jersey 61 off 2 Allied Chemical 236 off 15 Bethlehem 76 off 3H General Electric 66 off 3 American Can 110 off 5 Atchison 207 off 5 New York Central 155' off 1 Auburn Auto 95 off 8 Eastman Kodak 181 off 11 I Case 164 off 6r and LoeWs 60 off 5 1 New-- S3 Irr- vv Jersey list in-v Cuy Pater-rr and Eliza OGDEN TOT HIT BY MOTOR CAR Luanna Stone Aged At Brink of Death In Hospital Five-year-old Luanna Stone daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Stone 931 Twenty-first street was on the brink of death in the Dee hospital this afternoon following an automobile accident at 2942 Lincoln avenue The little girl suffered a fractured skull broken left leg and broken Jaw when struck by a Blue Light taxicab driven by Fred Adams who resides at the Broom hotel Dr Draper was operating on the girl this afternoon in an effort to save her life Detective Noble who investigated the accident said that the injured girl and a little sister were crossing Lincoln avpnue when the accident occurred Luanna is reported to have run partially across the street only to double back in front of the taxicab AMERICAN NEW YORK June Bate Ruth hit his twenty-third home run of the season off Elon Hogsett in the eighth inning of game between the Yankees and Detroit The bases wefe empty Ruth being the first batter of the inning The homer gave the Yanks a 3 to 0 lead 1 CHICAGO h4 da a mere lit' f- ap 7630283 1920 census Cmcago and 3 sub Celebration Held As Sit? Is Leased ST PAUL Minn June (UP) A dream nurtured since James Hill created the Great Northern railroad soon will come true A new link into California to be jointly built by the Great Northern and Western Pacific was granted yesterday by the interstate commerce commission in Washington Great Northern officials since Hill created his line of transcontinental railroads had hoped to connect the northwest the north Pacific coast and California in one system Railroad officials today said construction work on the 200 miles of track would start as soon as the necessary routine was disposed of Definite plans will not be made until a copy of the order is received and studied here Then bids will be called for and contracts let and the work commenced The new link in the railroad system will be in operation within 18 months possibly sooner if the construction work can be disposed of Passenger rates between Chicago the Twin Cities and California and intermediate points will undoubtedly be reduced officials Intimated when the $14500000 new project is completed 4 Steel King Found Shot In Colorado PUEBLO Colo June Mervin Calhoun wire superintendent at the steel mills of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company here was found shot to death near his home at 12:45 this morning A neighbor told police he had heard two shots shortly before midnight but did not immediately Investigate He later discovered the body and reported to the authorities Two bullet wounds were found one having severed the jugular vein and the other' entering the chest Calhoun was off duty at 11 Friday night and was en route to his home when he met his death No clue as to the slayer has yet been found but police believe it to have been the act of a disgruntled employe He is survived by his widow and three children 4 Hero Fails To Save Man From Drowning WASHINGTON June Brave efforts to save his friend and employer William Voelker from drowning proved- unavailing last night and the man was swept to his death by a strong current in the Potomac i After diving into the river twice in attempts to bring Voelker to shore Robert Groves 23 finally gave up whei his head badly cut and two ribs were fractured as he was swept against a rock He was convalescent In Georgetown hospital today The two men were in swimming when a swift current swept the older one away from the shore Score: i Cleveland 1 4 I At Philadelphia 7 Batteries: Harder Holloway and Myatt Walberg and Cochrane Score St Louis 2 8 0 At Boston 3 7 0 Batteries: Stewatr Kimsey and Ferrell Russell and Berry Score: Detroit 0 5 0 At New York 6 2 Batteries: Hogsett and -Rensa Pennock and Hargrave COEUR June (AP) The 32 defendants in the Wallace case were convicted today by a federal jury marking virtually a clean sweep in the crusade against north Idaho liquor selling The principal defendants were Mayor Herman Rossi former Mayor Herrick and Police Chief Bailey of Wallace They were accused of conspiring against prohibition laws by levying "fines on liquor dealers the money going into the city treasury for building bridges paving streets and school funds Twenty of the defendants admitted were made and defense counsel argued that the sentiment of the city favored a regime and that inasmuch as no personal graft was involved It was proper for liquor and vice to contribute the betterment of the Two score Mull an Idaho men were convicted recently of conspiring to collect from saloons the money supporting the town and paying the city police force In each case the government charged police officials saw to it that money paid into the treasury Eight Wallace men against whom charges were dismissed were regarded as minor offenders and the court decided there was insufficient evidence against them The jury reached its verdict last night after deliberating four and a half hours but the verdict was not returned until this morning Meeting On Silver Proposed By King WASHINGTON June Negotiations by President Hoover with other '-ountries to determine the feasibility of calling an international conference to discuss stabilization of the price of silver have been introduced in behalf of Senator King of Utah The conference would be called the resolution said consider and devise plans to increase the use of silver for monetary and ther purposes and to bring about the stabilization of the price of Th resolution said the price of silver had declined It was introduced by Senator Bratton New Mexico for Senator King who is ill 4-4 AIRPORT DESIRED PROVO June Petitions urging that the Provo city commissioners take action toward establishment of an airport are being circulated by the Provo City Flying club which is composed of a number of young citizens interested in the advancement of aviation POLSC trr ci i-drv a Premr-- Prk 7 -c a r1- Ptiri 5- Mayor Gets Rid Of Old Vest Also Rings (UP) cn over the i river power r'ain Power here today cs speeches attending Erickson and the Rocky of the Ana- company lotenais and Plt the ads re ft parade at mrson will give followed by i expected to 5 program for dam will derive the power de- i mean an ex-mtel $10000-'hree years 3 5 NATIONAL At Cincinnati Brooklyn 47 2 Cincinnati 2 8 Batteries: Phelps and Lopez Campbell Rixey Johnson and Suke-forth Income Taxes Aid Treasury Surplus WASHINGTON June Additional income tax receipts for June have swelled the treasury surplus to $146735434 the treasury statement for June 19 showed today For the same date last year the figure was $173330398 Collections income tax for June totaled $409163333 about $28000-000 less than collected for the corresponding period in 1929 For the fiscal year to June 19 income tax collections aggregated $2233706404 -A poor man knocked yesterday at the door of Mayor George house and Mayor Sehring gave him an old vest The poor man said obliged and well he might Mrs Sehring came home a little later is that old vest of she wanted to know right yes" said the mayor of Joliet old vest A poor man came a knocking at the door and I was touched by his obvious need of a vest So I gave it to him "Twas nothing a trifle The poor man gave away the said Mrs Sehring excitedly was an old said the mayor it was getting much too or not you have committed an expensive act of said Mrs Sehring Jised that vest as a jewel case In it I kept two diamond rings-worth $1500 and $600 respectively You see But Mayor Sehring already was jiggling the receiver hook on the telephone with great animation and demanding the police Hits acnt Pilot Saved rT DALI AS Texas June 21 (UP) Clara Bow was on her way to St Louis today but no one' knew where she Intended to go from there She eluded the throngs of movie fans who wanted to bid her farewell here last night and boarded the "Sunshine of the Texas Pacific with her secretary Daisy DeVoe and five trunks The train was scheduled to arrive in SL Louis shortly before noon When the train stopped at Marshall Texas last night the secretary stepped into the station and sent a telegram She refused to say to whom the message was sent or where the actress was going lon Conn June 21 hydroplane op--ant Nelson crashed Into of a acht while -1 off from the har- r- but the pilot was jacht crew sponding date last year Uf I.