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Show THE LEW SlW. LEm.UTAn News Review of Current Events the World Over Porto Rico Devastated by a Hurricane Gandhi's Fast Ends in Victory De Valera Tells League of Nations What Ails It. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ' " . i Gov. Beverley ONCE again the "storm of San Eusepio" came out of the southern Atlantic ocean on the least day of that Mint and swept across Porto Rico as it did in 1928, leaving a terrible trail of death and destruction. For hours the hurricane raged, tearing down buildings, ruining the coffee and fruit crops and killing and maiming the people of the unhappy un-happy island. Gov. James It. Beverley thought the dead would number well over two hundred hun-dred and the injured more than a thousand. The property damage has aot been estimated, but it certainly will run into many millions of dollars. dol-lars. Broken communication lines and roads blocked by debris made the gathering of accurate information informa-tion Blow. Before reaching Porto BIco the storm struck the Virgin iBlanrts, killing 15 persons, sinking many vessels and wrecking buildings. build-ings. Later it hit nalti and Santo Domingo. Most of the fatalities in Porto Rico were in the country districts, for the authorities of San Juan, forewarned, placed many hundreds f the residents in the solidly built schools and churches. The property prop-erty losses in the city, however, were heavy, especially on the ocean front, -' Governor Beverley was prompt In starting relief machinery. He formed an emergency committee and placed ample insular funds In its hands. By his order the police Impressed Im-pressed into service prisoners in all the Jails, letting them work without guards at clearing the roads and streets and reopening communication communica-tion facilities. The governor of course reported the conditions immediately im-mediately to Washington and the Bed Cross ordered 'Its chief supply officer to the island and sent a de stroyer with medical supplies. MA H A T M A GANDHI'S "fast unto death" won a striking vic tory for the little Hindu holy man, for the caste Hindus and the on- "touchables, hurrying to save his life, agreed upon a compromise electoral plan that was fairly satisfactory to Gandhi. It was hastily accepted by Prime Minister MacDonald and the "British cabinet, and thereupon the mahatma broke hia fast with a few sips of a lime concoction. For more than six days he had partaken of nothing but water with salt or soda in It, and the physicians at Teravda Jail said he could not have survived xnnch longer. The compromise plan provides that 148 seats In provincial legisla tures be held by the depressed classes and that a percentage of seats In the central legislature be reserved for them. It also provides a system of primary elections. These special features are to end after ten years.' In accepting this plan, the British Brit-ish government pointed out that some details still remained under consideration. The official statement state-ment said this did not Imply Opposition Oppo-sition by the government. WHEN the League of Nations assembly opened Its thirteenth annual session In Geneva, Eamon de Valera. President of the Irish Free State, was In the chair as president presi-dent of the league council, and he took the opportunity to tell what he thought of the league and Its fall ores, lie spoke without restraint, re-straint, telling his gloomy hearers that the league had lost the world's confidence because It bad not boldly tackled the major problems that came before It, nota Wy the situation In the Far East and the Question of disarmament "People are complaining that the league Is devoting Its activities to matters of secondary Interest while iJtal International problems of the day are being shelved or Ignored." ke continued. "People are saying that equality of states does .not ap ply here in things that matter. "People are becoming Impatient t the apparently meager face-sav Jug results of successive league con ferences and meetings. They are Inquiring whether these conferences Justify the burden of contributions to the league's budget Finally there Is the suspicion that little more thaa Hp service Is paid to the funda mental principles on which the league was founded. "There Is a suspicion that action by the league In the economic sphere la paralyzed by pressure ef power ful national Interests aad that If a hand Is raised against the covenant sufficiently strong It can smite with Impunity." . This last obvious allusion to Japanese Japa-nese controlled Manchuria was followed fol-lowed by a warning that the only way to silence criticism of the league Is "to show unmistakably that the covenant Is a solemn pact of obligations which no state' will find it possible to Ignore." " Disarmament, he also declared, was a flop and a bluff. The Lausanne conference on reparations, he admitted, ad-mitted, was a mild success, but he made It clear It was not the fault of the league. . Nicholas Politis of Greece was elected ns the president of the assembly. as-sembly. What that body would find to do was uncertain. The reception and discussion of the league's commission com-mission on Manchuria Man-churia already had been postponed for at least two weeks at the behest of Japan, and the statesmen were not agreed even upon the establishment of disarmament, financial fi-nancial and eco nomic commissions. To make matters worse, the stead-of stead-of Germany to take sessions of the dis- effectually and Representative Gonzalo de An-drade An-drade and , his two , brothers. A fifth leader of the Conservatives, Dr.. Miguel Agullar, was fatally wounded. H OW to arrange the financing by corporation of the sale of 15,000,000 or more bushels of northwestern wheat to China has been taking the attention of President Hoover and the interested federal agencies. Ne-gotlatlona Ne-gotlatlona have; been opened with China ana though the .final arrangements ar-rangements had not been made It was said In Shanghai that the deal was practically assured. It Involves about $9,000,000 in gold. : The grain involved In the proposal pro-posal would .come from producers of the Northwest on whom shipping costs' have borne heavily. The relief re-lief act authorized the Reconstruction Reconstruc-tion Finance corporation to make loans for financing foreign sales of surplus agricultural products whee they "cannot be financed In the normal nor-mal course of commerce" and where they will not "affect adversely the world markets of such products." f EORGE mous trowel Nicholas Politis fast refusal part In the armament conference stopped up that august International Internation-al body for the time being. The steering committee In a quarrelsome quarrel-some secret meeting considered the demand of Arthur nenderson for Immediate convocation of the general gen-eral conference and then announced an-nounced it had adjourned until October Oc-tober 10. DEMOCRATS .how are In control con-trol of the United States senate, sen-ate, outnumbering the Republicans by one. This comes about through the appointment of Walter Walker by Gov. William H. Adams of Colorado Colo-rado to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Charles W.. Waterman. So the upper house now has 48 Democrats, 47 Republicans Repub-licans and one Farmer-Laborlte. There wns uncertainty as to whether wheth-er the new ma,n would serve in the lame duck session of congress or only until a successor to Waterman Is elected November 8. DOTH the Republicans and the t- Democrats professed to have high hopes of carrying Iowa In the Presidential election, but their claims are unsettled unset-tled by the announcement an-nouncement of Sen-ator Sen-ator Smith W. Brookhart that he will be In the race for the senate as the nominee of the "progressive" party, par-ty, expecting to draw support from both the major par ties. His decision came three months after his defeat ia the Republican primary pri-mary by Henry Field. He admittedly admit-tedly has a large following among the Iowa Republicans, especially in the rural districts. The Democrats had expected that Brookhart would follow the example of his brother progressive Republican, Senator George W. Norrls of Nebraska, and come out flatly for Franklin D, Roosevelt for President WASHINGTON'S fa- Is being put to use quite often these days. , The latest occasion was the laying of the cornerstone of the new $10,000,000 post office building on Pennsylvania avenue. Wltn Mrs. Hoover an inter ested spectator and hundreds of others gathered about, Mr. Hoover wielded the tool that the Father of his Country used In laying the cornerstone of the Cepitol In 1793. ne slapped on the mortar and the steme was swung into place, a real mason tested the block with his level and pronounced it truly laid. Postmaster General Brown told the crowd that the day was the one bun-dred bun-dred and forty-third anniversary of the founding of the postal service! Senator Smoot spoke briefly, and the President then delivered an address dwelling 1 on the" function of the postal service In the making of the nation. - - Eamon de Valera . ' Sen. 3. W. Brookhart Calvin Coolldge JOUETT SnOUSE, former executive execu-tive chairman of the Democratic Democrat-ic national committee, gave the California Democrats a shock by the announcement that Association Against the Prohibition Amendment Amend-ment of which he Is president would support TallantTubbs. Republican Re-publican nominee for senator from that state, rather thaa William G. McAdoo, the Democratic choice. Shouse said that UcAdoo had aot made his position clear en the prohibition pro-hibition question. Ue stated also that the association feared the cause of prohibition repeal might be retarded or embarrassed by the election of McAdoo. It therefore urged, he said, that California advocates ad-vocates of prohibition repeal vete for Tubba. FOES of President Machada af Cuba reopened their campaign of assassination, their victim being Dr. Clemente Hello, president of the senate, leader of the Liberal party and the man slated to succeed suc-ceed 'Machado at the head of the government Seven men In aa automobile au-tomobile Bred five volleys from a machine gun at Hello as he was leaving his home, and he was struck and killed by eleven bnllets. His chauffeur also was mortally wounded. Within a few-hours alleged al-leged government agents had retaliated retal-iated by slay Ins fonr prominent oppositionists. tr nirnrrtu Arnrer. FIVE' eminent citizens have agreed to act as a commission which will "Survey the transportation transporta-tion situation In this country" and report such recommendations recom-mendations for re lief and betterment as may appear wise to them. The commission is sponsored spon-sored by the National Na-tional Association of Mutual Banks, and ' the announcement announce-ment of its creation' crea-tion' was made by W a 1 1 e r Bennett, New , York banker, on behalf of the as- ' ' soclatlon. Calvin Coolldge, former President, is chairman chair-man of the commission; and the other -members are Bernard M. Baruch, financier and' railway director di-rector ; Alfred E. Smith, former gov ernor of New York; Clark Howell, publisher of the Atlanta Constitu tion, and Alexander Legge, president presi-dent of the International Harvester company and former chairman of the farm board. The commission Is. the. result of mobilization of virtually every bank, Insurance company, and major bus! ness association In the country for a concerted effort to convince con gress of the imperative necessity of Immediate legislation to protect the financial foundations of the railroad Industry. Its survey will Include all the transportation facilities of the nation, Including busses, trucks, pipe lines and other carriers, as well as the railways. n EPRESENTATIVES of the Rall- way Lnhor Executives' assocla tlon called on President Hoover, asking administration Intervention In the matter of the proposed rail way wage reductions which they op posed "at a time when there are some hopeful signs that the depres sion may have run Its course." Mr, Hoover also talked with railway presidents and Secretary of Labor Doak. and . the latter then Issued a statement that- the President felt It was desirable that the question should be deferred until the end of the year, since the present wage agreement does not expire until Feb ruary 1. f REAT BRITAIN'S national gov- VJ ernment formed last "October to meet the financial crisis, experi enced Its first break when three of the most Important Liberal and La bor members at MarDonald's cabinet cab-inet resigned. Their action followed a disagreement over the tariff pro posals approved at the recent em plre conference In Ottawa. The mla lsters who quit stating these pro posnls were Incompatible with their free trade principles, were Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw, lord privy seal, former leader of the Labor party, and Sir Herbert Samuel home secretary, and Sir Archibald Sinclair, secretary for Scotland. Sir John Gllmour was moved from minister of agriculture to home sec retary and his former portfolio was given to MaJ. Walter Elliot Sir Godfrey Collins took Sinclair's place. The Simon Liberals In the house still support MacDonald. VTOTABLE among the deaths of A the week was that of John en - .-narp imams, rormer senator from Mississippi He was seventy eight rears old and had been 111 for months. Williams was known for bis biting sarcastic political oratory Intermoiintain News -Briefly Told for Busy Readeri ; ' t, - ; ' . KEEP PARK OPEN." PRODUCE MORE GOLD. ' CALL RAIL MEN BACK. BUILD BEEF INTEREST. PLAN INDUSTRIAL, FAIR. ' SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A drive for an "Eat Mote Beef Week," to be held October 17 to 22, Is to be In augurated. The campaign has been proposed to show the Importance of the beef Industry to the state. BOISE. IDA. Idaho has refused to accept the filing of the Socialist party candidates for presidential electors. ; IDAHO FALLS, IDA. Yellowstone Yellow-stone National park, although officially of-ficially closed on September 19th, will be open for tourist travel until un-til weather conditions become unfavorable, un-favorable, it Is announced. . POCATELLO, IDA. Rail movement move-ment of sugar beets and other seasonable sea-sonable Increase of shipping has resulted re-sulted In the recall of many railroad rail-road englnemen and trainmen it Is reported from the different divi sions of the western railroads. RENO. NEV. The value of gold mined in Nevada in 1932, Is expected expect-ed to be double that of last year, ac cording to R. h. Kidd, professor of ore dressing research at the Utah experiment station, United States bureau of mines, located at the Un iversity of Utah; HOLLADAY, UT. An aggregate of 16,776 cans of tomatoes, peaches, and pears has been prepared for distribution this winter among the needy, through the efforts of the re lief organizations of Liberty stake. MANTI, UT. The forest road be ing constructed in Manti canyon is progressing rapidly and Is partially completed from the "sky line" drive at the head of South fork own to a point below Loop-the-Stump. Nearly Near-ly twenty-five men and teams are at work on the Job. BOUNTIFUL, UT. Hunting deer In ; Davis county and the Cedar Mountain district Is forbidden during dur-ing the 1932 season, opening October Octob-er 20 and continuing until October 80. '" ''':' " OGDEN, UT. An industrial fair will, be held here In October or No-Tember. BOISE, n A. More time to com plete a power plant for Cassia coun ty towns has been allowed by the public, utilities commission on appU cation of E. E. Hampshire for the permit for the plant It is planned to build a hydro-electrical plant to supply current to Conant, Malta and Elba in Cassia county and it Is ex pected that the work will begin in thirty, days. OGDEN, UT. An assessment of $1.45 a share on all stock to cover the first payment to the United States government due December 1, has been levied by directors of the Weber River Water Users' asso ciation. The assessment is made for the building of the Echo dam and to cover malntalnance and other ex penses up to December. 1, 1933. OGDEN, UT. Several million dollars will be distributed by the Amalgamated Sugar company during dur-ing the present campaign, to farm ers and factory employes, It Is aa nounced by officials of the company. The first pay day will be on Nov. 20th. The company estimates that 1T50,000 bags of sugar will be man ufactured during the season. LAS VEGAS, NEV. The first, of two steel bulkhead gates, each weighing 1500 tons to use in the Boulder Dam building have been completed at Los Angeles. Forty flat cars will be required to haul each oi the dissembled gates to the site of the dam.'. LGOAN, ...UT. Adult leaders of home economics, projects In the various va-rious counties of Utah, under the supervision of the extension service of the Utah State. Agricultural college, col-lege, will attend a special training school at the college October 17 to 28, Inclusive, . Mrs. Maycock, assistant assist-ant director announces. The central theme of this year's training win deal with economics m homemak-ing, homemak-ing, with special emphasis placed on fitting the family budget to decreased de-creased Incomes. Many thrift suggestions sug-gestions will be given In all phases of the work. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Utah's assessed valuation has decreased during the past year from $018,000-000 $018,000-000 to $573,000,000. Two years ago the assessed valuation for taxing purposes was over seven hundred million dollars which makes the decrease de-crease nearly two hundred million In two years. Fourteen of the 40 school districts have cut their levy and eleven demand aa Increase. TROVO, UT. A motion to abandon aban-don the old Utah combination grades and adopt the new United States grades in conditioning apples ap-ples for shipment from Utah county was unanimously passed at a meeting meet-ing of more than 80 fruitgrowers of the county. NAMPA, IDA. Federal fends to relieve the needy families In Xampa has been promised by the Gov. B. Ross. It Is estimated that over ore thousand families hi Nampa will require aid this winter. I lllMllll null M , I-,,, W 1 f " i -s, 4' S) xr0u l-l 'dm. - J s Cvt 1 1 j 1 4? Amm 7 T tv vsi5i XS 1 Capt William P. Wright of Chicago, elected commander in chief of h n lie ai me encampment in japriugueiu, iu. i some oi me undesirable aliens, nea , "fflel Ing a train at Jersey City en route to Ellis Island for deportation to their naUvt 18 mH company of the Illinois National Guard on duty near a mine In southern mtnni. M strikers. 9WBa94CeeMWqMWW'' No More Lost Babies in These Stores i-.v.v.-' .v.:.v rose x 'x- ..-.-.. mvx - . o -os- ':.:,'i'.v,',:to: . a i aWWfeKiBflaWWM tNo more lost babies, If the Capwell department stores of Oakland, Calif, have anything to It When you check your baby In the nursery you will be sure to get the same baby when yon taf your shopping. Miss Mary Stone who Is in charge of the nursery is being assisted by Inspector Cf account of the grand rush to toe the mark. Bobby Ames Is the first to sock his dimpled foot into the i J SLOT MACHINE MILK f- AIRY I :? !S'''",'At ; Church Attendance Was Too La .V-.i.nj iiiioju l, iiaiiiv-iwwuuw jaaWa-;iV "V'"' "'' if t '4 ! km- A Now London shoppers may get fresh milk at all times from this automatic ; slot machine ' which, after the money has been Inserted In : Its slot produces' a pint bottle of the" beverage. " Twelve cents Is put In the slot and when the empty emp-ty bottle Is replaced In the machine six of the cents are returned to the shopper. "HALF PINT QUARTER f V Ulllll NIILJJMWIyii.i "'""M'aWfc. A- 1 .-t . ni "Hi ' n- tin mumi llhAimir-vtliifrm Irvine B Warbnrton th imii pint" of the University of Soathen California grid 6quad. was pramoi ed to first team quarterback Im Coach Howard Jones. He is twen ly-one and lives at San Diege. 1 Ji,-:t U UH-'i: W r? iky tjjw 1 y. The little abandoned church seen above is on a qtf . ton; N. J. ., Recently prohibition agents noticed twa w tonishing number of "worshipers," and on biewm the fully .furnished bar shown In the lowerpartjHw raceo d 1 tributlng Baterial over the eigm - jn me ne , overmen-" .1 1 t; if . y- 0 , Iff) 1$ ! 5 r t |