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Show 'THE LEW SUN. LEHLUTAH News Review of Current'.-Events Current'.-Events the World Over United States Steel Cut3 Dividend Rate and Will Reduce Salaries Germany Now Is Helping Herself. By EDWARD W. PICKARD J. A. Farrell TnE United States Steel, generally regarded os the barometer of American business conditions, went on record when the directors di-rectors at their meeting In New York reduced the quarterly dividend on common stock xliarply from $1.75 to $1. The new dividend rate amounts to $i a share Instead of $7 and Is the lowest low-est paid by the corporation In sixteen six-teen years. At the same time the directors dealt with the wage question through s recommendation that salaries sal-aries of Ulcers and employees be adjusted, leaving It to the tnan-acemeut tnan-acemeut to determine the amount of reduction In pay. There was no mention of readjustment of wages and the officials would not comment com-ment on the possibility of this action, ac-tion, but In some quarters It was thought the directors were author lzlng the first move In a program that would be extended to labor In case this became apparently unavoidable. un-avoidable. I'resident Hoover's administration, ad-ministration, took occasion to repeat re-peat Its plea that there be no lowering low-ering of waire scales In key Industries Indus-tries and of living standards, and I'resident James A. Farrell of the United States Steel corporation has been regarded as one of the tanehest supporters of this policy. The reduction In salaries, It Is understood, will be put Into effect as soon as the adjustments can be worked out. The proposed cut will to applicable to all salaried employees em-ployees and will average about 10 per cent. It is believed. One rumor ru-mor Is that some of the higher executives ex-ecutives will accept larger reductions. reduc-tions. President Farrell himself Is In this latter category. The exact amount of his salary has never been made public, but one guess places it between $100,000 and $mooo. The reduction of the dividend rate affects more than 200,000 stockholders. Steel stock Is owned and traded In throughout the world Wall Street took the news of the directors' action quietly, tbougn It httJ hoped the dividend rate would be placid no lower than $1.1:3 a quarter. POUR more bold aviators sue- cessfully crossed the Atlantic ocean, though the first pair were far from reaching their destination. Hugh Ilerndon, Jr., and Clyde 1'angborn took off from the New York municipal airport with the Intention of flying to Moscow and thence around the world. All the way across the ocean they flew through dense fogs and they were compelled to land In a farm field near Cardigan, Wales. They went on to London and continued their flight from there. Itussell Boardman and John Po-Inmlo, Po-Inmlo, who left at the same time and from the same airport on a flight to Turkey, were more successful, suc-cessful, for they landed safely. In Istanbul, beating the non-stop distance dis-tance record established by Coste of France, nOU CHARLES A. LINPBKRGn and Mrs, Lindbergh started from Washington on their long and perhaps perilous aerial Jaunt to Japan In their big scarlet and black seaplane. The first hop, which was intended to take them as far as North Haven, Maine, where Is the summer home of Mrs. Lindbergh's parents, ended In Flushing bay. New fork. In the midst of a thunderstorm and heavy downpour of rain. The next day they proceeded to North Haven, and then to Ottawa. The tour of the Lindberghs will take them up across Canada to the Far North, across Alaska and to Japan by way of the Aleutian islands. is-lands. Their Lockheed Sirlus plane has been equipped with every device de-vice needed to make the trip safe and successful. , CHEERED up by P j the encourag I j tnz nromisea and W predictions of ? Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain. Secretary Sec-retary of State Stimson of the United States and other eminent statesmen, O e r-many r-many worked hard during the week to rescue herself from financial collapse. The distinguished visitors were received re-ceived In Berlin with uproarious demonstrations and were the chief figures at banquets and conferences. confer-ences. "Britain's confidence In Germany is undiminished." declared de-clared Mr MacDonald. "We are filled with admiration for Germany and e are firmly convinced that If she continues her efforts. If she exerts all her Intellectual, moral, and economic powers to get on her feet again, without giving way to despair, other nUlons -will help ber and cot suffer her to go under. A free, self respecting Germany is indispensable.' Mr. Stimson. before ieavin? Berlin Ber-lin fr London. Issued a statement In which fee said: The American people have faith la tL German people and believe i Herr Schmitz In their future. My faith in Cer-many Cer-many has been strengthened by my visit here. I believe the present difficulties are due mostly to temporary tem-porary lack of confidence and that through courage and renewed confidence con-fidence Germany's welfare will be restored." The German government announced an-nounced the formation of the "Acceptance "Ac-ceptance and Guarantee" bank with a capital of $43,000,000 to facilitate fa-cilitate the Immediate financial transactions of the country and to make possible the re-opening of all German banks. The lieiclmbank and eleven ' other leading German banks guaranteed the credits to the new bank. In addition to removing the restrictions re-strictions on banking, activities throughout the country, Dr. Hans Luther, president of the Relchs-bank, Relchs-bank, and Chancellor Bruenlng said they hoped the new bank would a'so help re-establish the closed Darmntaedter und National bank, and save other small banks now tottering. One Important step taken by the government wns the appointment of Hermann Schmitz to assume control con-trol of all German banks during the crisis. He wns made controller control-ler of the country's financial structure struc-ture with power to draft plans to stop the flow of funds from the various va-rious banking houses. Ilerr Schmitz has be,n closely Identified with the great chemical industries of Germany. , v r'ON SlDER A- it t i. ble Interest Is evidenced In Washington Wash-ington In the political polit-ical future and pluns of Henry P. Fletcher, veteran diplomat, who has Just tendered to f fl resignation as f ' J cnalrmnn of the S 1 tariff commission, effective on No-H. No-H. P. Fletcher vernber 15. Being Interviewed, M r. Fletcher said tersely: "My plans are1 indefinite, but I certainly don't Intend to go Into a convent." There were rumors that he would seek the Republican nomination for the Pennsylvania senatorshlp as successor suc-cessor to Senator Davis, but this he denied. Also It was thought he 'might be appointed governor-general of the Philippines. In view of the long experience of Mr. Fletcher in the diplomatic service and the fact he served aa ambassador to both Italy and Bel-glum, Bel-glum, there Is talk that, If any change should lie made In the office of-fice of secretary of state, he would be a logical man for the post. Following-the election of Hoover In 1923, he was mentioned freely for secretary of state and for ambassador ambas-sador to Great Britain and ambassador am-bassador to France. Long a friend of President Hoover, he accompanied accompan-ied him on the good will trip to Latin-America. NORMAN II. Davis, one of America's most eminent em-inent financiers and at present trustee of the Bank of New York and Trust company, announced an-nounced that he had accepted a post on the finance com-mlttee com-mlttee of the League of Nations and would sail for Europe almost Im mediately. His first business there will be to attend a conference on European credits which will open August 2a He will then take part In a meeting of the finance committee early In September. Septem-ber. He will return borne In October, Octo-ber, and will not be obliged to relinquish re-linquish any of his business Interests Inter-ests In this country, as the finance committee of the league is called together only three times a year, each meeting as a rule, continuing for only a few days. Mr. Davis Is entirely familiar with European finances for during his distinguished career he has been a nember of numerous Inter-catlonal Inter-catlonal commissions and conferences. confer-ences. In 1020-21 be was undersecretary under-secretary of state. w)4sW N. H. Davis " NE more report has come from the Wlekersham commission. It deals with the American prison system, which It condemns as Inefficient, In-efficient, antiquated, failing to reform re-form the criminals or protect society, so-ciety, and as using brutal and unjustified un-justified disciplinary measures. Much of the report Is a denunciation denuncia-tion of prison conditions, characterized charac-terized as "almost Incredible," nnder nn-der which men are Imprisoned In overcrowded cells without sufficient light or fresh air or benefit of modern mod-ern plumbing. It attacks also the system of prison discipline described as "traditional, "tra-ditional, antiquated, unintelligent and not Infrequently cruel and Inhuman." In-human." Assertlns these methods "contribute to the Increase of crime by hardening the prisoner." the commission urges they be changed by law. Outlining what Is considered the Ideal, the commission asserts segregation seg-regation of the diseased. Insane, drugadtllcted and hardened criminal crimi-nal Is one of the first requisites. It holds fortresslike prisons of the Auburn type are unnecessary save for the worst types. Under the proposed system all prisoners would be paid wages, their treatment would be more humanized, hu-manized, the choosing of prison officials of-ficials would be removed from poll-tics poll-tics and guards would be trained specifically for their task. It Is advocated that "no man should be sent to a penal Institution Institu-tion until It Is definitely determined that he is not a fit subject for probation." pro-bation." Extension of the parole system also Is urged as the "best means yet devised for releasing prisoners from confinement." Sanford Bates, director of federal fed-eral prisons, replied to the Wlekersham Wlek-ersham report with the statement that the government already had put into effect the major Improvements Improve-ments suggested. Corporal punishment pun-ishment In federal prisons has been banned, he asserted, while improved im-proved personnel Is being secured by requiring officials and guards to enter under civil service and to train In a school now in operation. IN ONE of the most strongly worded opinions ever banded down In a prohibition case, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals Ap-peals of Chicago severely attacked the tactics of dry agents in entrapping en-trapping offenders, declaring their methods to be "a shock to the court's sense of Justice" and observing ob-serving that there is "an ever increasing in-creasing freqnency of similar cases." The opinion reversed the conviction of five policemen of Indianapolis In-dianapolis who last year were found guilty of conspiracy to protect a speakeasy. "That there was a conspiracy to violate the prohibition Jaw, there can be no doubt," said the Appellate court's opinion. "The conspiracy was conceived by the three prohibition prohibi-tion agents, who enlisted the services serv-ices of a decoy, Lyle, to more effectually ef-fectually accomplish their object." Horace Lyle, who managed the gov; eminent operated speakeasy, is a notorious colored dry spy who has been Indicted for bribery and arrested ar-rested several times for drunkenness. THERE is a lot of labor trouble In the East In New York SO,-000 SO,-000 workers In the men's and children's chil-dren's clothing Industry went on strike on orders from the Amalgamated Amalga-mated Clothing Workers of America. Amer-ica. The objects of the strike, according ac-cording to union officials, are to prevent a return of sweat shop conditions con-ditions and to put an end to gangster's gang-ster's Intimidation of union workers work-ers and officers. The two unions In the textile Industry In-dustry at Paterson, New Jersey, which are affiliated with the American Amer-ican Federation of Labor, had scheduled a strike for August 3, but their hand was forced by a premature strike engineered by the radicals, and the more conservative ones were compelled to quit work earlier than Intended. Thousands of workers walked out and the mills were stopped. X CARLOS IRA-nez, IRA-nez, president and dictator of Chile, who" held his own throughout all the Latin-American revolutions of last year, has fallen at last. The "man of destiny," as he styled himself, faced with a nonu- lar uprising that was all arranged, Carlos Ibanez resigned verbally Just before the general gen-eral strike. The congress promptly accepted the resignation but apparently appar-ently withheld the safe conduct out of the country which Ibnnes asked. Therefore, In the early morning hours the overthrown dictator, accompanied ac-companied by his wife and three army officers, fled from the palace In a motor car. At Los Andes they boarded a special train for Argentina, Argen-tina, and It is considered unlikely that any attempt will be made to bring him back to Santiago for trial. When Ibanei fled, Pedro Opazo, president of the senate and vice president of Chile, became acting president, but be lasted only a few hours, for the people were convinced con-vinced he had aided Ibanez to escape. es-cape. He, therefore, stepped out In favor of Juan Esteban Montero, who presumably will be chief executive ex-ecutive until a president Is elected. Montero Is one of the country's leading lawyers. Chile hailed with approbation the announcement that Pedro Blan-quler, Blan-quler, one of the most popular men In Chile, had agreed to accept the post of finance minister. His "bread and water" policy during his eight-day eight-day term as premier has been accepted ac-cepted by most Chileans as a great step to rid the nation of Its economic eco-nomic distress. PRIDAT saw the belated dedlca- tlon of the marble column at Put-In-Bay. Ohio, memorializing the victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Haz-ard Perry over the British In the battle of Lake Erie In 1812. The 830-foot shaft bas been completed for 15 years, but the ceremonies were put off from time to time until the present-Dedication present-Dedication addresses were made by Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois and Gov, George White of Ohio. Among others on the program pro-gram were Webster P. Huntingtoj of Columbus, president of the Perry's victory memorial commission; commis-sion; John H. Clarke. Cleveland, former associate Justice of the United States Supreme court, and Edwin A. Scott, president, an A. W. J. Flack, secretary of the Canadian Ca-nadian cluh of New York. CAM C MAJOR, representative In congress from the Seventh Missouri Mis-souri district, died In Fayette. Mo, and the Republican majority In the next house was thus restored to two. for Mr. Major was a Democrat, one of the twelve in the present Missouri delegation of sixteen. He was sixty two years old and was elected to his fifth term last autumn. au-tumn. .X lilt WatTB NtpH( C !.) and near the .In for Intermountain h'sws Briefly Told by Busy Readers gtlTS MIST BE I'SKD BATHERS ARE WARNED T AX BENEFITS SCSIOOLS 'SCHOOLS OPEN AlU .Slrt. FIVE ARRESTED IN CASK WALLACE, IDA.-Joe Wayne, Evelyn Miller, Walter Sundqulst, and Keneth McAulley were arrest-... arrest-... .l rhnrsed with stealing cam at Hillings and Livingston, Mont, robbing a cafe of $34 holding up a service station Sheridan. BOISE, IDA.-Through the med lum of taxes which are paia vj employes of the Union Pacific lAahn anA (he hllC8 SUm Dflld the same purpose by the company itcit thara la nrovided one of the principal sources of financial support sup-port for the schools in the state as well as for the county and state governments. $2,359,(51)0. is pam .nnnnii hr the Union Pacific. for taxes In Idaho. Employes, them- e,iro n their homes and personal property pay an additional large sum. KANOSII, UT.-Use of 15 second feet of flood waters from Swanzey creek in Millard county, to supply CO.000 head of sheep and 100 horses lias been annlicd for at the state engineer's office by the Fountain Green Woolgrowers company. NEPHI, UT. Deputy Sheriff G. R. Judd reports here that he warned forty boys, swimming with out suits in Burrison's pond, north of NephI, that It Is against the state law to swim In state waters with out suits. He stated that those who were found in the pond from now on without suits would be arrested. TiF'AVtfTl. VT. KENXET BLACK tier fit Beaver had a third ODeratlon performed at a San Francisco hospital, hos-pital, In which both of his legs were taken off to the hips. These operations opera-tions were made necessary due to poisoning. LOGAN. TIT. School will onen Auz. 31 in the Cache county school district, according to a recent an nouncement. The entire calendar has not been made up yet, but will be finished at one of the next board meetings. PROVO. UT. 1500 nersons at tended the Utah county farm bu reau picnic at Geneva. v FROVO, UT. The Provo city commission authorized the retire ment of SJ0.000 worth of water works bonds of a series of $100,000 dated Sept. 1, 1921. The remain der of th fcsue, $50,000 was refund ed at 4 3-4 per cent interest. OGDEX, UT. Doctors have ad vised against the use of Ogden and Weber rivers by bathers on account of infection. r OGDEN, UT.-The U. S. District Engineer-reports good progress being be-ing made on 15 road projects in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming MOSCOW. IDA. Passage of a state cigarette tax, with proceeds to be used for educational pur poses, was suggested at a meeting ot nearly 80 Idaho school officials at the summer session at the University Un-iversity of Idaho. BOISE. IDA. The third annual Western Idaho State fair, the pre mier exhibition of livestock and farm products will be held here Sept. 2, 3, 4, and 5. McCALL. IDA. Pavette lakes will furnish the water from Idaho which will be mingled with water from the other 47 states in the nn Ion and will be used to christen one of the largest commercial lln ers ever constructed In an Amert can shipyard to be launched this rail by the United States Lines. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Tabulation Tabu-lation of Utah's mineral nrndnn. tlon for 1930 has been completed by the Bureau of Mines. The report re-port shows that Utah had 103 producers pro-ducers during 1930, as compared wun im during 1929. Production decreased from 19.831.973 inn. t 11,041,841 tons for the same com parative years. SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-The state tax levy has been fixed by the state tax commission at 8.2 mills an increase of .9 of a mill over the levy of 1930, which was IS mills. The levy Is divided as follows: General fund, 2.4 mills; state high school fund, .2 mills; state district school fund, 5.6 mills! The 193' levy is based on a valuation valua-tion of $020,500,000 as compared with a valuation in 1930 of $7T. 000.00. GOODING. IDA.-Non operating operat-ing power sites pay taxes now In Gooding under the new law that has been passed. Assessable value of farm lands was decreased 10 per eent at a recent meeting of the county board of equalization. The adoption of this new law Increased Increas-ed county valuations $132,023. OGDEN. UT.-A contract has been signed by Weber county cmn-miss cmn-miss oners with the state road commission com-mission for the construction dur-fct dur-fct 1932 and 1933 of the county Portion of the Huntsville-Monte Cristo road. has been dosed to hunting ll-'f the S,0na, ter! tinned dry weather has left the forest particularly drr, ,nd i In? of firearms Is declared to be m tery grave fire hazard. Germany's Cavalry Units Reviewed Once 14 V:; t 3k1 v.,iu "-.v- "s-'V " - lto j L 3i . "-."u. 5 i A:- I I i ii nun - ' "inn VJ 1 1 IMUM ' ' . - For the first time since the close of the World war the officers of Germany's cam reviewed and their colors unruriea in Benin, uenerai von aiacKensen was the reviewing offi at left wearing his famous shako. f Lindberghs on Way to the Orient -TTTTJ i : - . lif Wlk,, -i ; , : r . - r I x '71 ', - if f " 'iff ' iKy SURPRISE WlNy Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh standing beside the Plane in which they have started for a flight to Japan and perhaps China, by way of Canada and Alaska. ".-"Pan ana pernaps Arizona Man Setting a New Record swmriM defeated at this distance. Hm fvm Zm'sm teacher of dancing. ! f m 7 W. s: INHERITS $200,000 j S L ' r- : ' IS " . ' r ' , i .IB" , 1. ITER XLI lienerai lace " ' (leuenu . ',e big'' Istaff llfl' t 0D1J i ,Bico but d staff d' jvmpati apnrecm ion thai of the ;ag to U' 1 officers ,ral otl( , to ei jtera e' i secretary leved by I S OoL W thief of 1 :g. b- aw on Ms embers 'it council time In tl I tonnage. $ prospei . Eleanor Egg, the youtig P: son (N. J.) girl, who conqnerecf famous Stella Walsh in tie yard dash at the national 111 women's championship met Pershing field, Jersey City, I time was and her violcrj the biggest surprise of the wl-never wl-never before had Miss Waist defeated at this distance. Ifei is the daughter of stage Ki and off the stage Is known n teacher of dancing. that was j the best Litempla p pgwen prltisb, A Js very li L left In flatter ci ppmand fwhile th( I five mo the los je manul im to I tt wa j Inimens :3 WOUlC jsacessioa f . CHAP" ag Gem 5, WIS. 1 le famoo Idsition kr Cant I line ot j town list ad' I Amiens my offe ft, BP 3ed Dpi Mation I to be 1 of t! fits to 1 jbportnn tit temoi Everett Bowman of Snn ro-i . . roping and tying a calf when hi M..D roke the world record for onto Bowman la sho7n tyZ the STU ni the feat ,n 16 ec animal He won the Major Steadman trLh f, that bonad tbe bleatJng n'gary stampede. ieaaman trophy for the feat at the annual Yacht Crosses Ocean in 17 Days f - , IMS- : I v fc.., ..... .,1 A " I "m.xx m V ferick Stephens' rnwi rv.-.,. . "u.-aiiantlc yacht rao r t- aue- snown ahnv. . - . .i.:n,a rnoal J This is J esse - p. nese secretary of tt. Ja fj B. Henderson d IjfflLl wnom tnar iauy uoi---for his faithful services. 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