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Show PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW, News Review of Current Events the World Over Efforts to Bring Insull Back From Greece for Trial New Canada Tariff in Effect Big Political Guns Are in Action. By EDWARD W. PICKARD Samuel Insull WHEN Samuel Insull, the former utilities magnate under Indictment Indict-ment Id Chicago, was about to take a plane from Italy to Greece In bis (light from justice, be wrote to his wife: "I am feeling as If I were going on a real adven-t adven-t u r e." He w a a From Salonlkl be bustled down to Athens, and within a few hours of his arrival at the Oram) Bretagne hotel he was taken Into custody cus-tody by the Athens police. At Brst. he was merely detained on a question as to his passport ; then, at the formal for-mal request of the American consul, con-sul, he was arrested and taken to jail, where he was given a comfortable com-fortable room. By the next morning morn-ing his legal representatives had got to Premier Venizelos, at whose Instance In-stance the attorney general examined exam-ined the affair, found there was no legal basis for Insult's detention and ordered his release. The con ventlon of extradition between the United States was not -In force. the Instruments of ratification not having been exchanged. Twenty- four hours Inter Insull was told he was free to go where he pleased, so far as Greece was concerned. There was a possibility of Insull's being handed over' to the Onlted SlHtes on the strength of a former treaty, and the whole matter was to be laid before the court ol appeals In Athens. Of course the American Ameri-can government was determined to try In every legal way to bring him hack for trial. Consul Morris In Athens was Instructed to keep close track of him. Developments In the Insull affair, far too numerous to be detailed here. Included the decision of the banking committee of the senate to Investigate the collapse of the Insull In-sull utilities system. James B. Stewart, federal operative who Tiad charge of the committee's inquiry Into the New York Stock Exchange last summer, went to Chicago rested rest-ed with abroad powers to Inquire Into all phases of ihe situation. Martin J. Insull, Indicted with his Brother and who was-arrested In Orlllla, Ontario, was released under ball pending extradition proceed lngs, I NCLB SAM is now getting V large dose of the jarlff jaedl cine he has been giving the rest of the world for many years. At mid night on Wednesday the new Cana dian tariff increases against United States products went Into effect In accordance with the trade agree ment between Canada and the United Kingdom. Southern Rh de-ad- cies and his personality. He clared the Chief Executive's dress was "a series of Incorrect statements and unjustifiable deductions," deduc-tions," and especially contradicted Mr. Hoover's statement that only the steps taken by the administration administra-tion kept the country from going off the gold standard. Senator L. J. Dickinson of Iowa, himself no mean orator and denouncer, de-nouncer, answered Reed on that gold standard matter, accusing the Mlssourlah of flagrantly .misstating the facts and citing figures that lie said . upheld the assertion made by Mr. Hoover. The President himself, still in his new fighting mood, made bis second sec-ond big speech Saturday evening in Cleveland, and there was a chance that he would yield to the Importunities of his followers In the Middle and Far West and de liver several more addresses before election day." His opponent. Gov ernor Roosevelt, was busy In his own state during the week but found time to make a radio address over a nation-wide hookup In reply to a questionnaire on the subject of federal relief to those In distress. Increased appropriations for public works as an aid to employment, unemployment un-employment Insurance, and child welfare. It was announced that Governor Roosevelt's next trip would be through the South and Middle West, though why he should go Into the southern states Is a puzzle. mist, and talked about the coming world economic conference. Premier Uerrlot of France also was In London, conferring with Mr. MacDonald on Germany's demands for arms equality. He has devised a disarmament plan providing for a consultative pact which would Include In-clude the United States, and he consulted con-sulted Mr. Darls about this. XTORTHERN Ireland is having iN serious trouble with Its unemployed. unem-ployed. For two days a mob of ten thousand jobless men raged through Belfast, fighting the police and setting set-ting fire to many large buildings. After one man bad been killed and more than thirty seriously wounded, the disorder was quelled. But In a few hours the rioting was resumed with Increased fury and It was necessary to call on British troops. The Ennlskillen Fusiliers and the king's royal rifles were sent In a hurry. f J flesla; the Irish Free State and South ' Africa, reached at the recent re-cent Imperial conference. The prin cipal Items on which Canada has raised the tariff against the United States are: I. Iron and steel products, In cludes steel plates, steel sheets and also structural shnpes. Z Anthracite. & Leather products of all kinds. 4 Guns of many varieties. 6. Chemicals of all kinds. 8. Toilet accessories, . Including perfumes, soaps arid bath salts. In which there has been a huge trade between the United States and Catut&a. 7. Cotton goods. 1 Processed and fabricated steels, neb as cutlery, machinery and wire products. Previously theee and all other American products had been en tering the Dominion onder Can ada general tariff rate. Canada bas been the best customer of the United States, but now mncb more of her trade will go to Great Brit aln. A 3 THE Presidential campaign drew toward Its close major parties on limbered . their biggest guns and the oratorical battle grew loud and fierce. For the Repub licans Calvin Coolldge opened the week with an address at, a rally in Madison Square garden. New Tork city. He came out squarely and forcibly for the not Idee of Pres ident Hoover and aald be was con vinced the public welfare required that gentlemana re-election. The . former President attacked the Dem ocratlc leadership In congress for attempting raids on the federal treasury, assailed Franklin Roose-relt Roose-relt for falling to announce bis stand on the soldier bonus question, ques-tion, and warmly praised Mr. Hoover Hoo-ver for his moves to maintain . fcaomid money." Former Senator Jim heed of Missouri selected by the fc-Dcmo crats to reply to Mr. Hoover's Pes . Moines speech, went to that - Iowa city and attacked the President In his well-known scathing manner,, dwelling at length on Knth ht p"H ' CENATOR DAVID A. REED- of" Pennsylvania, who went to Europe Eu-rope In the summer at the direction of President Hoover principally to find out the atti tude of Great Britain Brit-ain and France on the Manchuria n question, returned and immediately re ported at the White House. To the press he denied category cally that any bar gain or secret agreement agree-ment had been made by the United States with either Great Britain or France f on the course to be taken In handling han-dling the Lytton report and other developments In Japan and Manchuria. Man-churia. The Chinese National government has announced that .It accepts the Lytton report as a basis for negotiations, nego-tiations, but a large group of Influential Influ-ential and powerful Chinese has declared de-clared against It, asserting that "It Is suicidal for China to place fur-ther fur-ther reliance In the League of Nations, Na-tions, which Is exposed to Impotence Impo-tence and Inability to uphold right and Justice." TWO years ago the American Bar association appointed a committee on criminology to study gangsters and their operations. The committee has now made Its report, stating that organized crime by gangsters Is based largely on supply sup-ply and demand and that prohibi tion "brought about a demand for the services of ortlaws such as we never had In - this or any other country prior to prohibition." The committee consists of George A. Bowman of Milwaukee, chairman chair-man ; Herbert Munro of Detroit, and William D. Knight of Rockford, III; all prosecuting officers. ANNOUNCEMENT was made by the Reconstruction Finance corporation that It had deposited $6,000,000 with the Treasury department de-partment as capital for its agricultural agri-cultural credit corporations at Minneapolis, Minn., and Wichita, Kan. Both these regional concerns were expected to start Immediately makFng loans to farmers and stock raisers In their respective districts. The loan agencies In Columbus, Sioux City, Spokane and Salt Lake City already had their funds. Intermountain News -Briefly Told for Busy Readers BUY 32,000 LAMBS. DORSE SLAYS BOY. FREE APPLES OFFERED. 8 IN CARLOADSBLEETAD CARLOADS OF CABGAGE. Scenes and Persons in the Current News, A' Senator Reed DICTATOR JOSEF STALIN has taken steps to scotch the plot to bring about his downfall, which was mentioned in this column some weeks ago. The Communist party of Russia has expelled from Its ranks as traitors Leo Kemenev and Gregory Zinovlev, two once power ful friends of Lenin, and they were locked up In Lublanka prison. Twenty Twen-ty other Bolsheviks were ousted along- with them. Kamenev was formerly commissar of the Moscow district and president of the peo pie's commissar and Is a brother-in-law of lon Trotxky. the foe of Stalin. Zinovlev used to be commissar com-missar of the Leningrad district and president of the Communist Inter natlonale. Both were accused of plotting against Stalin In 1927 but were forgiven when they abjectly; apologised The degree of the cen tral executive committee of the Communist party says that both coromffcwra were discovered by the Gaypayou or secret police to be falsifying accounts In order tp com promise the work of the party's control con-trol committee. PUROPEAN powera are still In-- tent on bringing about disarmamenteach disarma-menteach tor the other fellow and their various plans seem as far apart as ever. Norman H. Davis American delegate to the disarmament conference In Gene va. Is striving to reconcile the various vari-ous demands as ap piled to naval strength,- and was la London during the week trying to find a compromise between the British thesis of man j and within global tonnage America's -desire for Mr. Davis LL candidates for the house and senate are being polled as to their views on prohibition by the Woman's Organization for Nation al Prohibition Reform. The replies so far tabulated show that 347 candidates can-didates of all parties are for straight repeal, 42 are evasive and 28 ana-opposed to "repeal, Out of TWIN FALLS. IDA. More than S2.000 lambs have been purchased h Twir. irii county feeders AITIU - through the cooperation of the International In-ternational Livestock association. Harrey S. Hale, Twin Falls county agent, has announced. W00DVILLE, IDA. Leon Da-vies, Da-vies, 11, was dragged a quarter of a mile and tramped to death by a horse which apparently became frightened while the lad was trying try-ing to bridle it In a field at his home here. PROVO, UT. More than 100 Provo residents who have been un employed for a long period have been given employment on city projects pro-jects during the last few days. CEDAR CITY, UT. The Branch Agricultural college is planning to continue this year- its courses In adult education begun Inst spring, according to an announcement from the director's office. PROVO, "' UT. Free apples for out-of-county students who are "batching," was the announcement of Dr. Harris, president of Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university at assembly. SALT LAKH CITS', UT. A way whereby unincorporated towns of Utah might borrow from the Re construction Finance corporation to construct and Improve watei supply . systems has been worked out by the state projects committee. LEHI, UT 20 carloads of cab bage have been assembled here for marketing. Over 30 carloads ,-jnf vegetables have been shipped from here this season. 228 replies from Democratic"can-dldates, Democratic"can-dldates, only one was opposed to straight repeat Out of 170 replies from Republican candidates, on the other hand, 106 were for repeal, 42 evasive, and 23 opposed to repeal. HUNGARY has a new premier, Julius Goemboes, and there Is Jiot a countrra baron In his cab inefc la hla first address parlla-meut parlla-meut he promised" to restore liberty for the people, freedom of the press and the secret ballot. What was .more remarkable, this man who has been notorious as Hungary's greatest great-est Jew-baiter, renounced his anti-Semite anti-Semite viewsv- : : "I want to tell the Jews I have revised my opinion of them," he said.' "I realize now that they showed Jthe - same heroism- and pat riotism during the war and after as other Hungarians. Those Jews who are willing to share the fate and responsibilities of Hungary welcome as Magyar brothers." N. H. Davis mall ship figures and fewer and bigger ships. however, did not confine himself to naval matters, but dta-msed dis armament generally with - Prime Minister MarDimaM and Sir 'Rot ton Eyres-MnnselL first lord of the 1 tniralty. He also met Sir Walter Layton. Fnrland'i leadinc eoorxv ALEXANDER FLEXNER director of the new Institute for Advanced Study which Is to open In a year and will be located In or near Princeton, Prince-ton, N. J., announces an-nounces that Prof. Albert Einstein, discoverer of tne relativity theory, bas accepted a life appointment as bead of the school of mathematics. The eminent scientist scien-tist will occupy a home In Princeton with Mrs. Einstein;. Prof. Einstein win De in residence at the Institute annually from October Octo-ber 1 to April 15. and will make a yearly visit to Germany, Announcement was made also of tne appointment of Prof. Oswald Veblen. generally recognized as one or tne leading American mathema ticians and nn'JI now professor of mathematics at Princeton -nlver-slty, as a professor In the Institute's school of mathematics. The Institute, it Is announced, will be exclusively a postgraduate university, entirely separated from the -collegiate- activities of existing exist-ing American higher education, it will be devoted to scholarship and research In the spirit of Dure science without outside distractions. PRICE, UT Seven make work projects have been outlined In Carbon Car-bon county. Applications for loans will be made with the Reconstruc tion Finance corporaton. RAWLINS, WTO. Eight pas sengers of a rapid transit company bus and the driver, were under hospital care after the bus overturned over-turned and plunged into 'a ditch. OGDEN, UT. Report of Ensign 3. Austin In charge of the local work of the Salvation Army, of relief work for the month of Sep tember - follows : Free meals to transients and local men, fiSll number of free beds to transients, 16; number of shoes, 11 pairs; number of garments. 33; number of families helped with groceries. 10. Local men who are receiving meals at the Salvation Army headquarters head-quarters gave 353 hours of work. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. A total tot-al of $191,579.88, consisting of $1,19,000.45 In state district, school funds and $31,883.38 from interest and renfal funds on school lands has hpen apportioned at the caoitol by--the" -state 'department of public Instruction for the use of schools during the current school year. CHEYENNE, -WYOj-Wild animals ani-mals killed much livestock in Wyoming Wy-oming during the past month. A list of 270 sheep, two antelope 39 turkeys, six chickens and three sage hens were killed. Coyotes accounted ac-counted for 221 sheep, bears killed 47 and bobcats eight. BURLEY, IDA. Attention Is invited in-vited to the value of cull and No. 2 potatoes, for which there is virtually vir-tually no sale, for use as feed for livestock and. for fertilizer use on the farm. It is reported that potatoes po-tatoes were fed with good results' by hundreds of farmers in Idaho and Washington last spring. SALT LAKE CITYr UT-State forces are waging what battle Is in their power against eeds and insects in-sects or bacterial -. pests, according to tne reports made to Dr. Steph ens, state agricultural insnector me campaign of district inspectors inspec-tors are having varying degrees of success. MILFORD, UT. The huee nn tato storage cellar which has been under construction for two months, and which" furnished , employment for 30 men Is completed. The cells r has a capacity of 90 cars and will take care of a three hundred acre crop. IDAHO FALLS. IDA. The re mains of R. V. McBain were found two miles op the south fork of thf Snake river from Rapp's ferry ir. Idaho. The officers estimate t. body had floated 60 to 65 mile down rtream from a point nenr ai. Pine. Wyoming, where the man Is believed to have fallen into the river several weeks ago. ; - ' . fi "mi -, MW'$&Hr "-i rjHiiii-r .lutn ri ivr -" JB -- mmlmmMUmammMiaummMmmmumMmmmm. 1 The "Torch of Peace", recently dedicated at NeauvIIle-SL Vast, one of the French tn.J fered most severely in me worm war. i. airo. auiena aiuan iuuuu, lumous aviatrix, receiviui i or BlOOre OI ruuaueijjma u uicuai o ujwii-u a vuvuuuius uu.uu, u vairm UOOUugg jjjjj Smith at the first meeting of the commission on the problems of transportation. One Gate of the Hoover Dam Completed mmiJ kl ..gl Mi'iriiiiwwimiMnnmiiniiiiii m"" miUMiiiiinii S 1 The first of two mighty steel gates which will turn the Colorado river Into the Hoover dun by unlock untold riches for Los Angeles as the dam opens a "new empire" with irrigation ud fi er, nas just been completed. It Is 60 feet long, 50 feet wide and weighs 1,500 tons. . CONFESSES PLOT: AtoiraFBeattyeretWith His I FOCATELLO. IDA.-Call, f-. Poison oats to, be used for protection protec-tion of orchards from field mice, one of the many branches of agrf mirure seired by thr local government govern-ment hait mixing station- i. yoRWAERTi the Social Demo- cratic oewspperof Berlin, accuses ac-cuses former Crown Prince Fried rich W llhelm of plotting to ove throw the German republic and re store the monarchy with the help' unancenor von Papen. General . ' D1 Von" "wing daily. The season extend. Ilindenberg. It says the prince Is the tatter part of September to be proclaimed regent of Oripany "ntll January. The bait Is spread at a propitious moment, and that at the z-ovni about the base of the same time former lown Prince the fr es before rt.e mn. Hiiprwht of I'avaria will h r ter tv. '. 1 I ew Tork Rnnhii... -1' , it.... " " ine eronnd it ' - ""uvaua uom nated chimed head of a Danuhian ting U ln .their path, iCVi . Cnited States dom. -A product of pure phantasy.-: ba. of the trees. ' 11tr: attorney, to run for the en m ujnisuion to Senat 1 nr i i - xvyzs This Is Kenneth Watson, a enard in the prison at Jackson. Mich- who with Archie C. French, another guard, confessed to one of the most fantastic storiesW lprrigue ever to Come OUt Of an -Americun nrlar.n- Watson and French have RisTiert confessions that they plotted with Edward Hall and James Pros long-term convicts, to dynamite the prison In order that the twn oners might escape. The guards said that th prisoners would then rob a "bank in a small Missouri town" and turn the proceeds over to the two guards as reward for their action. Hall and Cross also admitted the plot. WAGNER'S OPPONENT v rir The viscount of Wexford (center), better known world as Admiral Earl Beatty, former first sea l01",; imrany, pictured on nis arrival in nevr ior thr(((j eorodaie (left), and the Honorable Peter iJeauy. x .-r. for a short visit British Prince to Wed Royal E says the government at Berlin. e 1J1 .WMrv"Ni I t . alt tor v ner. who n . . Prince George, youngest son of the kimr Jj. ' Democrat,. T IniTM I..l j t. . . . . nrfnP 01 " C .! i ment was expected to be announced in the Sep . , |