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Show - TOE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANVON. UTAH '' ' ,M,MM,,M mm, m - Scenes and Persons in the Current News t.1 " 'JSf ..ft-3!- . -nSMp f ,r n f ,,,, 7 . up 1,111 f jw asinj hi yJryjifc. amisniiy" yi iiT WYtjiiYiJir ri inn mimmanaia .u fc- - ;; - M-- mm I A 1 View of St John's college in Belize, British Honduras, where ten Americans lost their lives in the hurricane that devastated the. city. 2 CoL Francois Pillon, French military attache at Washington, pre-senting to Gen. VV. R. Smith, superintendent of the West Point military academy, a bust of the late Mar-shal Foch, the gift of the French government. 8 Flight Lieuts. G. H. Stalnforth and J. N. Boothman who won the Schneider cup permanently for Great Britain, the former setting a new world record of 879 miles an hour. News Review of Current Events the World Over Gandhi Tells Round-Tabl- e Conference India Must Have Self--Government Progress in Plans for Relief. By EDWARD W. PICKARD trade balance, and many think this means the government has decided to adopt a tariff policy. The Lon-don Dally Mall says there Is a strong opinion la parliament that a general tariff of 20 per cent on all classes of foreign Imports will ul-timately be adopted without an eleo' toral appeal to the conntry. One Immediate result of the wage cuts Instituted by was a threat of mutiny ampng the navy men of the lower rating. The . admiralty, admitting there was seri-ous "unrest," suspended the pro-gram of exercises ' of th fleet In the North sea and started an In-quiry. REAR ADMIRAL RJCHARP E. announced In Boston that he was planning another expedition ; to the South pole. "He said that de-tailed " preparations MAnATMA GANDIII, clad only cloth and a white robe, and constantly sipping goat's nillk from a vacuum bottle, was the outstanding fljrure president of the building trades de-partment of the American Federa-tion of Labor, who told the confer-ence that legislation of beer would do more to relieve unemployment than all other relief measures com-bined. He said this would afford, within six months, employment for more than 1,000,000 persons, be-sides providing a market for farm produce. AVIATION news waa a mixture and bad. Don Moyle and C. A. Allen, who started a flight from Tokyo across the Pacific and were missing for nine days, were found alive and safe on an Island off the coast of Kamchatka. Three passengers and a pilot died when a plane fell Into the sea at Oakland, nr--j in the round-tubl- e conference, on the status of India which got under way In St. James' palace In London. On the opening day he spoke no word, because It was his weekly day of si-lence, but In the evening his nprlnil wpi.uihwmiii.MI for this trip al-ready have been made, but that he was not ready to give out the plans yet because there Is still much sclen-- , tlflc work to be done on the data collected by the former expedition. ' - - s of silence having Gandhi ended he made this rather pessimistic statement: "If our hopes and fears are Rear Admiral torn," he said, tnere .wni bt Calif.; and a navy plana carrying supplies to stricken Belize crashed, killing an officer and two enlisted men. Wreckage of a monoplane found near the Shetland Islands was Identified as the plane In, which Parker Cramer and Oliver Pacquette were trying to fly to Copenhagen. At this writing there Is no word of the fute of Body, Johnnssen and Vlega who, flying from Portugal to New York, vanished oft the Nova Scotia coast. IF DISTRESS during the coming winter can be relieved through the appointment and the labor of leading citizens on committees, It certainly will be re- - public campaign for the raising of funds 'tor this ex-pedition. In the past, friends of mine who are Interested In the work have contributed the bulk of the money. In this particular case, they will contribute probably all ofR." FOREIGN MINISTER JULIUS startled the League of Nations and especially the French the other day by a speech In which he said that Germany was forced to demand an entire new deal on rep-arations and also would not be 'sat? tsfled with anything less than' ab-solute parity in armaments, ' his f"" iJ.- - 'M M remarks concerning the latter ' i I ' ' lleved. Director Glfford has Just named a large com-mittee of distin-guished men and women whose duty It will be to mobil-ize national associ-ations for the task. The chairman of this body Is Dr. Eliot Wads worth point being Rimed directly- - at France, Poland and the little en-tente. Later he found occasion at a journalists' luncheon .to mollify the French, saying; "We are ilrmly decided to pursue 'collaboration' be-tween our two countries. It i'Only1 In this way and with the aid of the league that we can hope to master the difficulties and reach the 'goal set by M. Brlnnd In his moving and Impressive words the complete suppression of war." Mexico. Just admitted to the a league, had expected to be given, a seat In the council, hut was disap-pointed. Panama and China were elected to the council , to talta the places of Venezuela and Persia, re--' spectlvely. There were reports. in Geneva thnt the United States wotild be seriously displeased If Mexico were elevated to the council so soon, and that the "big shots" gave up the Idea In order tt keep' Presl-- , dent Hoover In good humor. i FINDING he could not comple'te In' 'the Philip-pines In the time originally set, Sec-retary of War Patrick J. Hurley," put jiff for one week weighed In the balance, I am afraid our fears will far outweigh our hopes. But It Is too early to make predictions. We ought to be able to say a week hence whether our hopes ultimately will overbalance our fears. At present everything Is in the lap of the gods." He had listened to flowery and hopeful speeches by Lord Sankey, chairman of the federal structures committee, and several others, In-cluding Indian potentates, but he seemed bored and unimpressed. Next day, however, the mahatma was free to speak, and speak he did, letting the British know that the minimum demand he, as author-ized by the All-Ind- nationalist congress, Is empowered to make Is undiluted for India. He wanted the British to let him know very soon whether this would be granted, and was wilting to let other minds work out the details. But If the answer was to be "No," he wished to return speedily to In-dia and resume there his revolution-ary movement The queer looking little Hindu leader did not say this quite so bluntly as It Is written, but ' there was no mistaking his mean-ing, for he Is always unafraid to speak frankly. India, be said, was willing to re--' main a partner In the British em-pire, but that partnership must be such that It may be terminated at the will of either party. "If God wills." be said, "It will be a permanent partnership, but at the same time, the right to terminate the assocltaton will constitute a real test of the equality of position by both partners. "There was a time when I was proud of being called a British sub-ject, but many years ago I stopped calling myself a British subject. I would far rather be called a rebel than a subject, but I still aspire to be a citizen, not of an empire, but of a commonwealth In partnership. "Not a partnership superimposed by one nation upon another, but a partnership of mutual agreement. In such a partnership India will be ready to share Great Britain's mls-- , fortunes, and If necessary, to fight side by side with Great Britain, not tff exploitation of any race or any person, but conceivably for. the good , of the whole world." The dominance of the conserva-tives In both the present cabinet t and the house of commons makes It likely that the opposition to In-dia's demands will be stronger than when the round table first met last winter. The Tories have reiterated their position against those de-mands. It seemed certain that the ' debate would be long drawn out and probably at times acrimonious The federal structures committee. Ignoring Gandhi's desire to have a decision on the general question of self rule first, went ahead with the working out of details. of Boston, who Doctor uspd ((J be fin t(K Wadswortn ggfRnt 8e(.rerary of the treasury and who Is known for his excellent public service In con-nection with the Red Cross. He al-ready Is busy at the headquarters In Washington. Doctor Wadsworth'a fellow mem-bers Include: William Green, presi-dent of the American Federation of Labor; John Barton Payne, chair-man of the American Red Cross; Matthew Sloan, president of the New York Edison compnny; Silas H. Strawn, president of the Cham-ber of Commerce of the United States; Col. Arthur Woods of New York, who was chairman of Mr. Hoover's relief organization last year, and R. H. Alshton. Washing-ton ; Martin II. Carmody, Grand Rapids, Mich.; James C. Dralu, Spokane, Wash. ; Dr. John W.Davis, Institute, W. Va.; John E. Edger-to- Lebanon, Tenn.; Dr. Lillian Gllbreath, Montclnlr, N. J. ; C. E. Grunskey, San Francisco, Calif.; A. Johnson, Washington; Alvan Detroit, Mich.; John R. Mott, New York city; Rabbi A. H. Silver. Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. John F. SIppel, Washington; George Sloan, New fork city; Mrs. Robert E. Speer. New York cjty ; L. J. Ta-he- r, Columbus, Ohio; George E. Vincent, Greenwich, Conn., and WI1-11a- m Allen White, Emporia, Kan. O EN. JOHN J. PERSHING went out to Lincoln, Nb., to spend his seventy-firs- t birthday anniver-sary with his sister, Miss May Pershing, and his tils departure for the United States and went on with the work with re-freshing thorough-ness. Leaders of the Filipinos who demand immediate Independence are not wholly pleased with Mr. Hurley, seeming to be con- - i"- - 'C vinced he will re- - . $ Hur port against their ' cause. In the Island senate he was bitterly attacked by two Senators, despite the pleas of Sergio Osmena, president pro tempore of the sen-ate, that they reserve their criti-cisms. Mr. Hurley, far from being offended, said such Incidents gave him a clearer Insight into condi-tions. . ... Osmena and Manuel Roxas, speak-.- .' er of the Insular house, stated ttiot plans had been made for the send-- , tng of an Independence commission to Washington this fall. Tlie'rdel' gates will seek a round-tabl- e con-- . ference and may consent to a com-promise settlement of the question. LATE reports from Belize, Honduras, are' that .the deaths resulting from the hurricane son, arren. He planned to remain there for three weeks, resting from his labors as head of the Amerl-ca- n monuments comin'v;lon which have taken him on extensive travels. As always when he Is In Lincoln,- - he I ' k. 1 r ' ' T ANKERS, economists, men and many other groups are holding almost dally confer-ences to see what enn be done about unemployment and the recovery of prosperity. One of the Important ses-sions was that of the American Le-gion labor confer-ence in Washing-ton, and in It the chief address was made by MaJ. Gen. James G. Harbord, now president of fit 5 I 1 i that smashed that city ' may .reach the shocking total of 1,400, or near-ly one In ten of the entire popufV tion. Hundreds of the victims. were burned In huge pyres without at-tempt at Identification,' because of the danger of pestilence. " Other-hundre- ds were swept out to sea Joy . the great tidal wave. that accom-panied the storm. - Relief measures for the survivors' were promptly carried out by the; declined to make any public Gen P'n9 appear- - ances or statements or even to give Interviews, But he chattel every day with his old friends and thor-oughly enjoyed his rest with Its In-formality. One remark the general dropped was quoted by the press. "There's nothing vitally wrong with the coun-try," he said. "Anyone who says we're on the rocks doesn't know his country. We'll come out of it. The depression can't last.". N ITS second reading in the house of commons the British government's economy bill, author-izing the use of orders In council to effect savings of $350,000,000 In ad-ministrative expenditures, was ap-proved by a vote of 310 to 2T3 a majority for the government of 57. The division came after a long de-bate on proposals to reduce by 10 per cent the dole nnd salaries and costs of soelal devices. Prime Minister MacDonald has appointed a cabinet committee t investigate Great Britain's adverse the Radio Corpora-tion of America, He Gen" Harbord told the legion that the surest con-tribution It could make toward the solution of the problem would be to offer Its services unreservedly to President Hoover, and continuing, he had some harsh words for those who advocate the demanding of full payment of soldier bonuses. "I can't imagine anything more ridiculous," he declared, "than your going to your Detroit convention with a program to relieve the coun- - try's unemployment and depression problems in one hand aud a tin cup - In the other. Yo.u would be laughed out of the country." . ' . The prohibition issue was brought te the fore by 11. II. McDonough, - ' iiondiiran autnormes, the American Red Cross, the Salvation. A'rmy, and the American naval forces " In the; vicinity. .; :. CCARCELY 2,000 members of the once mighty Grand Army of the Republic were able to attend the annual encampment In Dea Moines, the sixty-fift- h and perhaps the last. They were tenderly cared for and many of them managed to march over at least a part of the route when the big parade was held, but In the main they were contertf'tfl" stt In arm chairs und exchange rem-iniscences. ((c). 1931. Westerp Newspa Mr ITdIob.) - "T ' i Intermountaia : News . -- Briefly Told' for Busy Readers 4-- CLIBS1 SCORE .. PIOXEERS HONOREP., FINDS ANTIQUE: MAN INCOME TAX ATTACtf , J ST. GEORGE, UT. An almost . ln..nct skeleton of a prehistoric man, estimated to liave. lived tcs thous-and years ago, has been discovered, by Dr. I F. IeBaron, an arcbeolo-glH- . , r SPRINGVILLE, UT.-rrl- n honor' of the eighty-first"- , anniversary ( 6t of the city the two camps, of the D.'TT. P. honored the pioneers at a. camp fire Unnr and program on he historic spot where the camp was first made in Spring-- - nie. '' TVflN FALLS, IDA. A goff tournament 6iened the first 'day's session of the Southern Idaho Lailndry "Owners' -- convention held hert, recentlyv AJiout fifty laundry-mie- n and laundry supply. men at-tended the convention. The main address was given by the National Laundry Owners' association pres-ident.' SPRINGVILLE, UT. 4 II club .summer work presented, an Jnter-eBtlng. dlsplny in the community fair held here recently. . : PROVO, UT. Work on the Lost lake dam, near Eamas,. Is pro-gressing rapidly and construction Is to be completed by October L ' BOISE, 'IDA. Atty" Gen. Bab-coc- k stated recently thnt he had been, notified- that a Is belng prepared to test, the income tax luw passed at the special ses-sion of the legislature last winter. BLACKFOOT, IDA. Building on a new structure v at the Blackfoot asylum and the Installing of a- new hen ting . .plant and-- , sewer- - system will begin sooo..iinder contracts awarded recently. Total, of .the con-tracts, Including cement to be sun- - plied by the state, was $180,357, leaving a balance of about , $70,000 of the $250,-0- bond Issue authoriz-ed by the last ' legislature.! . OflDEX, UT. D. Parkinson, as-- ( slstant;. regional iorester of district , No. A. has returned. to. the-eir- y after assisting in making a survey of the forest fire damages in Idaho. The fire area, according to Mr. Parkin-son, embraced 100,000 acres of tim- -' .ber. tends and the cost 'of handling .was $410,000. This was 'In? addition to $."0,p0q. expended. by, the Sout-hern Idaho Tipilier Protection .asso edition iq Its efforts to extinguish fires In the vicinity of the Boise basin. The loss In tlmler is estimat-edi- rt $1,5000,000. ' '" CTIEYENNE, WtQ. The Utah Construction Vompany Is "stilng the state for $350,000,' which the com-pany alleges Is due it for construc-tion of a road through the Wind River canyon.- - The company clahns . the plo m for the rnnd. were chang-ed after Us bid had been accented and Is asking the $3.10,000 for extra work which it claims the altera-tions necessitated. ' HYDE PARK. UT. Poultry of Hyde Tark, North Lognn,' Smltbficld afld Benson district met at the schoolhouse here recently to discuss poultry account records. C, Frischnecht, extension poultry spec-ialist at the Utah State Agricu-ltural college, explained-- t. . .. OGDEN, lTT.-!- 0O bushels of p?aehes were linn led to this city by city trucks and distributed to needy ..persons. The peaches, were donated Iy orchardlsts throughout ' the county and picked by unemploy-ed persons.' .' MYTON, UT. The local lumber. concern vjas destroyed by fire of un-known origin. CBNTERFIELD, UT. The local sugar company Jiere, ' to jthe fall run. The company will employ 200 men when it is put into operation about October 15tlj. Men. are now Vbrkihg :"ln twelve hour shifts to, place . the laciory- - In 'readiness fer' the crop.' ST. GEORGE, UT. A new high record tor the first Tew.' days en-rollment has. lieeu set at yixie col-- b?ge-wit- 3l5"enrolie(J'studenTs."" RUPERT-- , IDA. Potato harvest. In Minidoka. county'.is beginning" to get uhder way and the average ship-ment of car lohj from Rupert are showing well.--t preseht 72 cars' 'of this season's crop have been-tilp-pj- d as against 83 cars at the same time' last season. .' . CALDWELL, IDA. X slight de-crease is showir M the' yesistratlon at the' College o. lilaho. A total of 342 'students hai've reported for rec-itations.- . C . ','. --. . ' , . TWIN FALL?,' IDA. A sale . of apples in open-to- p boxes at a price, of $27.90 a ton tb the grower has . given-ris- 4o optimism that the J0OO car load crop; of prime fruit being, harvested in lhjs district would find-- a favorable- - market. ' KAYSVILLE,UT. flie" problem of-- unemployment In 'Davis coilrrty ..Is to. be. battled. by.,the. egunty pern- - ' mls'sioners arid the state road" com-mission. The officials are planning a campaign of construction that is to greatly aid In giving work to res-idents of the wunty. POCATELLO IDA. A meeting of the Idaho Potato Dealers' asso-- ' elation will lie held here soon. Methods of marketing, advertising, styles 'of pack, as permitted under the modified grading law nnd other problems will he discussed. STAR FROM EUROPE Europe, has sent a new screen star to vie with Greta Garbo, Mar-len- e Dietrich and others from abroad for American movie honors.' LU Dagovar, who arrived on the S. S. He de France late In August, has for some months been one of Ger-many's reign,! ng dramatic actresses and cinema stars! She 'paused In New "fork en route to Hollywood to record a program which will be broadcast as one of the features of the Radio Kewsreel of Hollywood. I American Beauty for Irish Fete r!-- l M M M 1 Lord Vincent Castlerosse, famous British journalist, with Miss Kay Meehan, young Philadelphia debutante whom he selected to represent this country at the Klllarney Lakes festival to be held In Ireland next year. The celebration will mark the 300th anniversary of the ceding to Lord Castlerosse's ancestors of the famous lakes of Klllnrney. I WINS WIMBLEDON CUP I , Ralph Izard of Chicago Is shown above with the Wimbledon 'cup which he won at .Oanip Perry, Ohla This cup was presented to the United States In 1874 by Greut Brit-ain for annual competition by Amer-ican riflemen " Coal Sampling Automobile Truck i Tl Mi' 1: The obtaining of information regarding the special characteristics and values of coals from the different fields of the United States will be greatly facilitated by the use of this novel g automobile truck recently designed and put Into service by the bureau of mines. The truck, which embodies many unusual mechanical features, will eventual-ly be taken to thousands of coal mines In the various states. It Is espe-cially equipped for the collection, crushing and division of large coal samples preparatory to their chemical examination In the laboratory. f CALIFORNIA CAPTAIN ', --MM 'm Him n f Edward. Griffith, cajrtoln of the UniversJ.tyj.f ,Califerpia. football" .team for the 1031-3- 2 season. Windjammer Blown Up for the Movies J r , :' - 4--- 4' " 1 f -- ff'2T-yft-- --7' T'Xry : : - r,- - -- 'N .7 One of the movie concerns In California wanted to portray the de-struction of a ship by a German submarine, so the antiquated windjam- mer Bohemia was obtained, to terve as the victim. Three submarines fired on the old craft, and the explosion here pictured took place when a five-iuc- h Bhell went through a charge of 400 pounds of dynamite. Heaviest Rainfall So far as known at the present time, the heaviest precipitation of rain occurs on the southern slopes of the --Himalaya' . mountains. In. northern India. tHere during the monsoon period, usually from May to September, Inclusive," the heavi-est rainfall has been recorded. At CherrapunJI, In this region, the av-erage annual precipitation is about 40 feet or slightly less than 500 Inches. |