The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 1

fc WEATHER FORECAST- A UTAH General- ly fair Tuesday Wednesday IDAHO Fair Tuesday Wednesday Detail'd Report Pace filxt LOCAL METAL PRICES A Silver' 2614a Lead L50c Copper 9 Ode Zinc 475e Local Weekly Settlement Prices Lead 450 Copper g65e VOL 127 NO 137 Jw7 Entered the poetotflce at Salt Lake City ax Second-Claaa Matter SALT LAKE CITY UTAH TUESDAY MORNING AUGUST 29 1933 18 FIVE CENTS COD NT REACH olinson Announces Accord Boulder Dam Chief Dies Suddenly While Visiting in Moscow Warren A Bechtel Head of Six Companies Inc Succumbs to Overdose of Medicine Prospects for Settlement In Utah Strike Brighten LONG WAIT DUE ON PEG FORDOLLAR Stabilization Plan May Ber Held Up for Year Agreement Will Be Submitted to President for Study- NRA Payroll Credits Ordered by Roosevelt to Draft Program of Bank Aid Start on Projects Demanded (By Associated Press) HYDE PARK Aug President Roosevelt speeded up his national recovery campaign today and then blandly listened over the tea cups jo the trials of the international banking leaders for stabilization of foreign exchange He directed Jesse Jones -chairman of the Reconstruction Finance corporation to work out immediately a program for extending temporary credit through the banks to the members of A to tide them ovr the sudden expansion of work and wages He decided upon a number of new projects to be Tfnanced'thTough'the $3- 300000000 public works fund to make more jobs in a long talk with Secretary Ickes administrator of this proposition Mr Roosevelt and Mr Ickes determined that this tremendous job-making effort must be speeded ahead at a greater rate and they were seriously considering tonight putting a forfeiture Jeese Jones clause in future allotments to declare them revoked if work was not started in a specified time The hard-driving public works administrator was considerably aroused over the delay in getting some of the major projects into operation Taking Off his glasses firmly announced are doing all we can to jack up the slow ones and we may employ the fdrfeiture clause hereafter" The president sent Jones hurrying back to Washington by an early afternoon train to get the government aides to work on a proposal to assure credit for the employers who are subscribing to his new deal for a spread of jobs and an increase of pay This is one of the 50 or more ways for aiding the Roosevelt campaign for higher commodity prices and wages which some have described as inflation But it was ordered simply as a matter of developing this program Mr Roosevelt realizes that in some instances hard- (Contlnued on Column One) Details Held Back Reliable Sources Indi- cate 40-Hour Week $460 Daily Wage By JOSEPH MILLER Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON Aug 28 An agreement on the essential points of a code of practice for the bituminous coal Industry was reached tonight by spokesmen of the United Mine Workers of America and representatives of the nonunion Appalachian field op- eratora Hugh sf Johnson arinduheed the'ac-r cord fter hours of Intensive negotK ating with both sides but he declined to give any indication of the term agreed to What was accomplished tonight Johnson said was basis of an agreement covering thp principal points at issue and which this admin-stration is willing to recommend to the president" "This dears the way" he added "to the preparation of an acceptable code No announcement of previsions can be made until there is agreement on the actual wording gjl the agreement and the code" Terms Snrmixed It was said tonight in -one usually reliable quarter that the union and operators had agreed to a $460 basic daily wage with a 40-hour week The southern fields would get the same 40-cent differential it was said that the original and aubstitution nonunion code contained The 40-hour week would continue during six-month trial period to expire April 1 During that time a government commission would make a thorough study of the relation of hours to wages and competitive conditions with a view to determining whether the producers could stand a cist in hours The operators were said still' to have resisted the insistence that a provision for the deduction of union dues from be included in the cWe Likewise they were said to have stood firmly behind their labor clause- Dlxpute on Wares That clause placed in their substitute code yesterday after President Roosevelt approved similar wording in the automobile code provided that -employers could hire discharge pro-mnti and demote employes on the 'basis of individual merit without regard to the membership or nonmembership in any organization In their substitute code the nonunion operators deleted their previous provision thfit no operator would be Code Offers Relief From Mine Strife Agreement Expected Strengthen -Garbon Peace Forces to (Special to The Tribune) PRICE Aug Prospects for speedy settlement of the Carbon county coal strike brightened Monday with the announcement by General Hugh Johnson recovery administrator that labor leaders and mine operatdrs had reached virtual agreement on a code to govern the bituminous coal industry The reported from Washington DC The national action designed to govern the industry throughout the country is expected to add stiength to opponents of the National union which has been active in the situation The United Mine Workers of America American Federal of Labor affiliate has declared itself as opposed to the strike but to avoid conflict members have walked out with National union workers in the affected mines Arrests Made The arrest Monday morning of 210 picketers in Spring canyon by 200 special deputies led by Sheriff Bliss has quieted the situation in the district and 'the arrests Saturday in Gordon creek calmed that area But the sheriff said rumors were prev alent tonight that National union or ganizers planned to launch another strike in Castlegate tomorrow The situation was reported intensified here and -in Helper tonight as a result of the raids in Spring canyon during the day and Sheriff Bliss expressed concern over the situation Hopes for an early settlement were buoyed however with ttte code announcement from Washington Nicho las Fontecchio official of the United Mine Workers of America announced tonight that whatever the provisions of the code United Mine Workers would abide thereby and return to work when it is finally negotiated Since the United Mine Workers claim 85 per cent of Carbon county miners this action would be considered tantamount to ending the strike Miners Condemn Strike Members of the United Mine Work ers met here tonight and adopted a resolution condemning the strike of the National union asserting "this is not a strike all but merely an in surrection against law and To substantiate this charge -the members pointed to the National union membership which they said included persons who were engaged in other trades agitators andlunemployed -yjia 'ewer'kaw- a oie Picket lines in the Spring canyon area suffered the same fate today as the lines in Gordon creek Saturday The deputies closed in from three sides rounded up the strikers and transported them to Price within four hours Tear Bombs Rout Crowd Thirty additional members of the union were rmjnded up Monday afternoon about 3 30 when a tear gas squad cleared Dickets on the road leading from Helper to Spring Canyon It was necessary to use eight bombs before the crowd was dispersed Over a dozen women who caused trouble to the deputies were also brought to the county jail at Price but later sent home Rosa Pozen 20 suffered a scalp wound Strikers said she was struck by a grenade and deputies claimed a stone hurled by pickets hit her The Helper-Spring Canyon highway (Continued on Pate Blx) (Column One I ASSURED OF BOARDOKEH King Believes Entire Utah Program Will Be Given Approval Road Plans Rushed Ogden Office Soon to Be Instructed to Let Highway Contracts (Special to The Tribune) WASHINGTON Aug Senator William King made another roundup today of officials having to 'do with the allocation of federal funds to create work to relief unemployment and Nwas assured that the public works board at its meeling toffior row barring some unforeseen obstacle will approve at least the Hy-rum irrigation project in Utah and others" Ultimately he was given to understand the full Utah reclamation program likely will be approved as all lour projects are of a character to appeal to most members of the board In that they do not contemplate bringing new lands under cultivation The bureau of public roads the park service and forest service all assured the senator they have been speeding preparations for the letting of contracts for park forest and public domain highways and that the district office at Ogden within a day or "two will be instructed to proceed to let contracts for such highways as are ready for advertisement' The forest service also expects within a week or ten days to put a considerable number of men to work building trails and work roads In the national forests Studying Winter Projects Colonel Fechner head of the informed Senator King he is making a study of projects on which men of his corps may be kept busy during the winter months especially those now working in the mountainous section of the national forests The senator stressed the fact that Utah offers many opportunities for keeping these men busy during the winter on the open public domain where they can be occupied with erosion work development of water holes and general range betterment Colonel Fechner said Secretary Ickes had some doubt whether under the law setting up the conservation corps it would be possible to employ these men on the public domain Senator King will look into the law ind if it does not bar such employment will insist that some of the men be detailed to this class of winter work Reason for Ban Sought It will be recalled that toward- the close of the special session of congress Secretary Ickes made a drive to force the Colton grazing bill ng rnada threat that If congress did not pass that bill' he would not allow the men of the conservation corps to be to work on the public domain The bill was not passed and to date all projects looking to the improvement of the public domain have been under the ban Senator King will ascertain whether this is due to the law pr due to the arbitrary ruling of Secretary Ickes and win act accordingly The senator was informed that applications of some Utah towns for public works funds to enable them to rebuild their water systems will soon be finally approved that contracts with those towns are now being prepared Not all the towns applying however will be able to qualify Jor loans unless the emergency legislation passed at the session of the Utah legislature brings them within the federal relief act The public works administration points but that it would help them tremendously if a test were (Continued on Pate Two) (Column Five) Upturns in Trade (Bi United Prtu) Baltimore Ohio railroad reports July net operating income of $4232308 compared with net operating Income of $1641586 in July 1932 Chicago Rock Island Pacific railroad reports July net operating income of $727073 compared with $475979 in the same month last year Chickasha Cotton Oil company reports for the year ended June 30 a net profit of $332992 compared with a net loss of $120926 in the preceding fiscal year Pierce Arrow Car company and subsidiaries quarter ended June 30 reports net profit of $4770 compared with a net loss of $259 505 in previous quarter and net loss of $878800 in the same 1932 quarter Coca-Cola International corporation declares regular quarterly divided of $3 on common MISSOURI LIFE GETS RECEIVER (By Associated Press) MOSCOW Aug 28 An overdose of medicine today caused the sudden death here of Warren A Bechtel 61 of San Francisco He was the head of Six Companies Inc building the Boulder-dam Bechtel who had been taking the medicine on orders for several years had planned to leave tomorrow to see the Dnieprostroy dam He had been In Moscow three days The widow who is in Vienna was notified SAN FRANCISCO Aug 28 Warren A- Bechtel Sr who died today in Moscow is the second of Six Companies Inc to die since the firm obtained the contract to build the gigantic Boulder dam The first president Wattis of Ogden Utah 5fumbed not long after the contracTwas signed He had been seriously ill for many months Bechtel who succeeded him Vas born September 12 1872 on a stock farm in Freeport III His family migrated to Kansas in 1884 He icompleted his education there went to- wnck-on-a farm maxnedand as he used to say went in the cattle business Worked on Many Projects After the birth of his first son Warren A Jr he went into the Indian territory now Oklahoma to work in a railroad camp From then until 1901 he worked on construction projects in various parts of the west and midwest principally in Wyoming Oregon and Nevada One summer he spent on construction of the 3 railroad in Minnesota and in 1900 was foreman for Kilpatrick SLEEP ILLNESS GAINS DESPITE MEDICAL FIGHT Surgeon General Expected to Arrive in St Louis Tuesday (By Anociated Prwn) ST LOUIS Aug Lights In St Louis medical centers are burning far into the night as sciehce tiredeyed but undiscouraged seeks an explanation for an ever-widening spread of a mysterious "sleeping which has claimed 40 lives The valiant but so far futile fight has claimed the of federal state and local authorities Tomorrow Surgeon-General HughS Cummins interest so far as a long distance director of operations is expected to view the situation at first hand to science first appeared in suburban St Louis late in July An alert pathologist gave the matter special scrutiny Authorities immediately decided the cases should be handled like an epidemic Additional patients were sent to the isolation hospital Since then 283 patients have been reported in the SL Louis area Study Started The struggle to reach an understanding of the cause and method of transmission of the disease 'started almost immediately Laboratories of the Washington university medical school were selected as the clearing house for scientific effort Dr Leake senior surgeon of the United States public health service arrived in St Louis three days after existence of an epidemic was reported He found the mot urgent phase of (Continued on Pair Two) (Column Throat Washington State Forecast 2-to-l i SEATTLE Aug 28 UP) Repeal organizations predicted tonight that Washington voters would cast a majority of two to one against prohibition at the state election tomorrow on repeal of the eighteenth amendment while dry headquarters issued a statement saying the vote may prove a surprise to those forecasting big wet majorities Washington is -the twenty-fourth state to vote on repeal of national prohibition 23 other states having voted against prohibition thi year In a telegram to George Starr Democratic state chairman Postmaster General James A Farley said he was satisfied Washington will go "overwhelmingly for repeal tomorrow" and urged all voters in the state of political affiliation who may be in favor of repeal" to go to the polls STORM CHECKS OREGON FIRES Four Thousand Fighters Renew Hopes-as Rain Hits Forests WAITS RECOVERY Roosevelt Keeping Hands Free for Inflation By RICHARD GRIDLEY United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGfON Aug 28 The-American dollar may not be pegged in a definite relationship with the gold currencies for a year it was said in authoritative circles tonight but at the same time it was learned the ad1 ministration hopes to hold dollar fluctuations within reasonably narrow limits to avoid violeht swings which might" -upseM foreign trade President Roosevelt was understood to be opposed to currency Aabiliza tion until domestic puce levels have been restored to around the 1925-28 levels and business conditions approach normality The administration is exploring various monetary theories in the hope of arriving at a monetary unit which will vary less in purchasing power from year to year than has the gold dollar Seeking Ideas Abroad The American government Is changing monetary ideas with representatives of foreign countries with a view to ultimate stabilization but action -is-regarded as certain to be long delayed In October American officials may have further economic and monetary discussions when war debts are discussed The state department indicated today it had no objection to discussing stabilization at the British debt conference But it appeared certain that this discussion will be a mere exchange of views leading to no commitments The principal objection of the American government to stabilizing the dollar at this time is that the hands would be tied if he should decide it were necessary to adopt a program of direct" inflation Held as Last Resort President Roosevelt is holding monetary inflation as a last resort As long as the A program con tinues successfully it is not believed the administration will take any important monetary steps The American dollar has held recently in a narrow range around 70 cents in terms of gold and it was believed this approximate level would be maintained if possible until results of the A program are determined It was pointed out in responsible circles that it probably would take at least a year and possibly longer before domestic and foreign condi- linnsr ciirticvt a stilaiiv-licra the tol can be pegged without endangering recovery Union Head Denounces Crop Limit LINCOLN Neb Aug 28 UP) John Simpson president of the National umoivsaid today he blame individual farmers for taking all the government would give under crop reduction plans but added: "It is against the laws of God and nature to plow up cotton destroy things that could be used for food and limit He cited the biblical story of the seven lean years and the seven fat years in support of his statement The A Simpson asserted is bunk pure bunk to keep the minds off the real thing and is invented by Morgan and Mellon and He spoke before members of the Lancaster County Farii union Japan Soon to Select Ambassador to TOKYO Tuesday Aug 29 Foreign Minister Yasuya Ucfhida shortly will offer the posl of ambassador to the United States to Yasuke Matsuoka the newspaper Jiji Shim-bun said today It was recalled that Matsuoka previously had rejected such a suggestion Matsuoka who spent his boyhood in the United States and was graduated in law from the University of Oregon was the delegate who led withdrawal from the league of nations in a dramatic climax to the league's findings on the Manchurian situation WOODIN'S SON BETTER TUCSON Ariz Aug 28 There has been change in the condition of William Woodin Jr except for the his physician Dr Holbrook said today The son of the secretary of the treasury is receiving treatments for heart dis Company Admits Insolvency? Utah Acts to Protect Policies ST LOUIS Aug 28 The Mis souri State Life Insurance company with insurance in force estimated at Warren A Bechtel Brothers Sc Collins in construction of the Union Pacific Wyoming Although he had had no technical trdfhing keen powers of observation enabled him to enter the estimating department of the Central Pacific division of the Southern (Continued on Pane Two) (Column Pour) SENATOR LONG GETS CUT EYE INRESORTROW Louisianan Comes Out Second Best With Unknown Adversary ftUft Lake Tribnne-Chltavo Tribune Service) NEW YORK Aug The mystery of United States Senator Huey Long's injured eye and gashed fore head which Kingfish declined to discuss with newspaper men today pi Milwaukee was explained locally tonight An irate gentleman punched the Louisiana senator in the left eye early Sunday in the men's retiring room at the exclusive Sands Point I bath club The blustering Kingfish it appears forgot to duck after he had interrupt tasteful to the participants Outside the orchestra moaned merrily and Long most attractive debutantes were going through the paces of the charity revue We Have No Cabanas" for the benefit of the Judson health center have you heard this one?" brightly interspersed Master of Ceremonies Jeff Machamer the cartoonist But jest nor pageant could hold the interest of the ritzy gathering after Huey went into his high-powered comedy routine He began by dismissing the bartender with the remark that he wielded a most awkward shaker and took his place But he soon tired of the exercise and strolled into the dining room The Sands Point club employs colored help Huey announced that they managed to control their domestic ser- (Continued on Paxe Two) (Column Two) Repeal Leaders Triumph Tuesday am sure you and your organization wiU do this work in which you have the hearty cooperation of thousands of Republicans and Farley telegraphed Marmaduke president of the Washington Association for the Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment issued a statement in which he praised both wets and drys for the "high type" of campaign which has been waged in the state and predict ed a two-to-one vote for repeaL "It has been apparent to us that the voter has made up his mind some time since on the issue and only awaits tomorrow to express his sent! Marmaduke said feel that the state will give a popular vote of more than two to one forli(repeal of the eighteenth amend ment and believe further that we will carry every one of the 46 legislative districts" PORTLAND Ore Aufe 28 (A5) Great mountainous billows of smoke hid lurking treacherous flames today 'nafonga Iff'mTTeTrortt Hi TlOrthwestern Oregon as slumbering winds and moisture from the ocean permitted 4000 fire-fighter to renew their attack on the most devastating conflagration hat ever swept over the forest lands of the state For 14 days the flames had ridden high gales of-wmd to spread with explosive force ovCr thousands of acres of the best timber in the state Fire wardens have estimated the loss at between $15000000 and $18000000 The general range of the fire ej- tives of labor other than his own At issue principally had been wages and hours with the union demanding a 55 day basis for 36 hours the operators sticking to a wage more than a dollar below that level with a 40-hour week Other points on labor relations were -almost equally keenly disputed The agreemcnt was obtained Just as negotiations between the groups -reached the deadline Johnson had set for them If an accord was not sight-ed tomorrow he said beforehand he would lay down an administration-written code Meanwhile the administration also was "Peeking an agreement upon a code for all retailers to bring that mi'mmoth industry within the A Today too marked the beginning of the campaign to take the blue eagle into homes to elicit agreements from (Continued on Pxxe Six) (Column Three I hands of a receiver appointed today by a circuit court Emmett state superintendent of insurance for Missouri was appointed receiver on the basis of petition charging that the company's liabilities exceeded its assets by approximately $27000000 O'MaltoyJUedapetmoninclrcuit court here Saturday and made the charge after representatives of his department had spent several weeks investigating the affairs of the company The report completed to August 23 and filed in court listed assets of the company at $122242675 against liabilities of $149961746 a deficit of $27718071 The company had listed its assets at $155000000 as of December 31 1932 but insolvency was admitted by the company after a meeting of the board of directors today said that he planned -to continue negotiations With a New York syndicate which is seeking to purchase the Missouri State Life for $2000000 As a means of protecting Utah policy holders of the Missouri State Life Insurance company pending adoption of a rehabilitation plan A Smith Jr state insurance commis sioner has asked them to submit re newal premiums to his department where they wall be held in trust If a satisfactory program for continuance of the company is worked out Mr Smith said the premium money will be forwarded to those in charge He explained he is taking this action as a means of protecting the values of policies held in Utah A report filed with the state insurance departmerit on March I showed there were 975 Missouri State Life policies in force in Utah at that time while the total amount of the policies in force was $1771040 WORK LENGTHENS LIFE ELGIN 111 Aug 28 The secret of long life is hard work and no worry said Mrs Calista Fowler as she prepared to celebrate her 102nd birthday anniversary -J Western States Conference Maps War Against Gasoline Bootlegger tends about miles from the Elsie district in Clatsop county southward to the vicinity of Blaine in southern Tillamook county The heart of the fire center lies about 45 miles directly west of Portland During the night gentle showers cHme from the north and fog was swept in from the cold Pacific The wind died and the fire-fighters -praying for cloudbursts took new heart are losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue annually through the activities of gasoline said Martinek of gasoline across state borders to avoid tax payment is one of the worst forms of racketeering" Martinek said uniform state laws on gasoline movement and tax collection would not only plug revenue leaks but also assure the motorist of a better grade of fuel through state supervision of refineries The Kansas plan which includes a system of ports of entry and subports is being copied by several states Haulers of liquid fuel in Kan sas musv secure clearance papers from a port of entry before leaving or entering the state Tank trucks leaving refineries also must be cleared by state officers The meeting will continue through Tuesday Will Rogers Says: SANTA MONICA Cal Aug 28 believe that Mr Moley chief -of the getting out is about the starting of the end of college professors in gov- eminent A professor gets all of his out of a book but the politician as bad as he is does have an of human nature the mob So we just as well' become reconciled to the fact that the old politician is with us -unto Theories are great they sound great but the minuta you are asked to prove one to actual life why the thing blow up So professors back to tha classroom idealists back to tha--' drawing room Communists back-to the soap box (and use some of it) but old Congressman and old Senator are still the Mussolinia of our country Yours DENVER Aug 28 (AVrWays and means of fighting the gasoline bootlegger were discussed by representatives from seven western states at the opening of a two-day conference here today States represented were Colorado Nebraska Kansas Wyoming Missouri New Mexico and Oklahoma Martinek of Chicago chairman of the Central Gas Tax Evasion committee outlined the work being done by his organization in the elimination of gasoline tax evasion by gasoline bootleggers Uniform state laws and closer cooperation among law enforcement officers of adjoining states was recom- i mended by Martinek as the best line of attack on gasoline bootleggers i.