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Show , - Tliere'sNo Vlace Like Utah County to Live! Watch Us Crow! 1 FORTY-FOURTH YEAR, NO. c-3 n i i i y Arthur Brisbane Walk Straight, or Sleep Gangsters, Cruel, Silent -Psychological Prosperity ; Name the New Planet - (Copyright 1929 by King Features Syndicate, lao.)- .A NTERESTING things" on this i Pacific coast, trees thrit were vgrowlng when Christ was born, earth's biggest r ocean, greatest "water power, wonderful -future. . ' But most interesting, as -a measure meas-ure of out 'civilization, are the gentlemen, "Bleeping it off" on, the way north from the Mexican 'boundary. v i . v -A car comes wobbling, a representative repre-sentative of government stops it. . The drrer, ordered to get out and walk a straight line, cannot do it. "lie must park "his car by the road tide, -and is told "lie down by tho roadside and sleep it off." ' Six 'were lying down, sleeping it off, their cars parked nearby, recently....-- ; . ' Sometimes there are more . than six. California provides for driving while drank, a penalty more severe than "sleeping it off." It is, perhaps, per-haps, only fair to make certain allowances al-lowances for .bur prohibition situation situa-tion and temptations . beyond the border. . - '' GANGSTERS are not kind to each other. - . ' John "Billiken Rito. described by police as "a bootleg racketeer," " Member' of the. "Bugs." Moran gang lies iri th morgue. W'lres "with which his arms, hands and ankles were bound, when he was, taken out of the-Chicago river, have been removed. The , police wonder who burned the tip ends of his fingers In the process of torturing him be-fore be-fore he was murdered, and why they did it. They will never know. Racketeers kill, and don't talk. BUSINESS-men here are cheerful about the "business situation." Los Angeles Income tax. receipts for 1929 show an increase of $5,000,-C00over $5,000,-C00over 1P28. ' : One Los Angeles . paper prints daily . brief statesment of FACT showing improving conditions. jDther newspapers might do the same. . What people think decides what they are. Prosperity is to a con- siderablo, extent, a matter of psychology. psy-chology. , i. Once a man who 'astenedln a chair, his feet put in warm water, and. as a practical joke, he was shown a roser of which the blunt . end was drawn across the soles- of his bare feet. He was 'told You will bleed to death painlessly ir this warm water." He didn't lose a drop of blood, but he died. (Continued On Page 2. Sec. 2 H. S.Students To Speak At IGwanis " Five students of the Provo high school will be the speaker at the regular weekly luncheon . of the Kiwanls club lo' be held in the Roberts Rob-erts hotel Thursday afternoon. .During the past month a research re-search study has- been made of the health conditions existing in Provo covering the water supply, contagious diseases, weed condition condi-tion and control, and genera cjty sanitation. The information obtained ob-tained in this survey will be pre-eented pre-eented first hand to the club members. mem-bers. Thursday. . LANDS AT 3IANOI I IONG - KONG, Mar". 09. i (E3 George Van Lear Black, Baltimore. MdL,: newspaper publisher, landed la bia airplane at Hanoi, French Indo-China today," according -to word "received "here. : The Weather; UUh Fair to-nJfht to-nJfht ,-and . Thursday; Thurs-day; little change In temperature. Maximum temp. Tuesday .....43 y ' 311nlmum tempJ nn Tuesday ..... 195. ACTIVITY DISCLOSED II SURVEY 4Wt" Trends More Noticeable Notice-able In East and Industrial Centers; West and Rural Sections Are Still Dry. NEW YORK, March 19 (UP)" Prohibition has become be-come a dominant issue, in the nation within the past few months, a United Press survey sur-vey disclosed today. - Recent ' developments disclose dis-close : that about . 100 bills have been introduced on the sub-" ject. in-congress; 12 states have prohibition legislation, either introduced, in-troduced, or about to be introduced; intro-duced; 11 recent "polls have been taken inquiring prohibition sentiment, senti-ment, and some still are under way; 'hearings have been started jn several national measures; both wet and dry forces are tightening their lines for concerted drives either toward legislation or towards to-wards election of congressmen or slate officials -this : fall.r : - - Rural Sections Dry ' Where there have been "wet" trends in polls, the voters' disposition-has leaned toward repeal rather rath-er than modification of thfi dry law. These -polls, however, are considered generally as Inconclusive Inconclu-sive to date. On the other side is a recent poll by the Pathfinder magazine In Washington, which' revealed re-vealed a preponderant ' enforcement enforce-ment sentiment in dry rural communities. com-munities. Chairman Wickersham of the Hoover law. enforcement commission commis-sion has said, that 2.75 beer would "not satisfy the robust appetite." Main legislative activity is in the east, the United "Press survey disclosed. New York, Massachusetts,-and Rhode Island are .the center of - the most heated state fights. . Iri some of the western and southern states there have . been . '(Continued on Page Six) F DEBATE IS jornGiir f Local Debaters lo Clash With Southern California itepresentatives. Roald ' Campbell and Vernon Wentz, members of the -Brigham t Young university .debating team de feated the Montana State debaters Tuesday -night on .theiiT tour of the northwest. This evening Lowell Johnson and Golden Tueller, representing the local university, will have an oral combat with the University of Southern California in College hall on the question; Resolved,' that the nations adopt a plan for complete disarmament except' those forcea needed for police protectionr The local team will attempt to prove the 'negative side. . Judges for tut debate will be Superintendent C. A. Smith, Clifton Moffat ajid Frank B.Newman.1' Thursday evening another "debate "de-bate will be held In College hall at which time the local university will contest with the Whitman college, of Walla Walla, Wash. The "Y" team will consist of Morris Miles and John Dalton who will uphold the afirmative. The question to be debated" is: Resolved, that the European indictment of American culture is justified. One critic Judge will give a decision on the debate. REWARDS BENEFACTOR CEDAR RAPIDS, la. (t!R)-Forty years ago V. King loaned a'sobbing show. King received news of a boy -20 cents so' he could" see Ta leper's deatn recenTry and . with it a check for $2.57., It was the entire estate of the boy he had befriended. WE W1 Nr PROVO; U T s- Doheny and Wife 1 ? ' i UVUIUUV I Mrs. Edward L. Doheny is at her husband's side In the trial of the California if magnate 'on a charge of bribery; in Washington. Here they, are pictured aa they arrived ? together at the District Supreme Court where Doheny is-, facing accusations of ' having given .$100,000 to Albert B. Fall, then Secretary of the Interior, in return for a "naval-oil "naval-oil leave in California: ; " Denver Physician Is Held To Trial For Wife Murder Government Charges That iShepard Caused Death Of His Wife By Administering x Poison; Infatuation For Young Woman Causes Rash Murder It Is Held DOHENY CASE ; iTlMlG-END j 1 - Closing Arguments To Be Concluded Tomorrow In Bribe Trial. WASHINGTON, Mar. 19. U.R Doheny bribery trial wentinto Its final phases today when the defense de-fense rested its - case after less, than three days of testimony in' be half of the millionaire defendant, ;, Closing argumentswill be con-. eluded- tomorrow, af er which the jury of nine men and three women will begin their task vof deciding whether Edward L. Doheny gave former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall a $100,000 bribe in return for valuable naval oil leases. ' J. M. Dariziger, vice president of the, Pan American Petroleum -and Transport "company and J. C. Anderson, An-derson, Los Angeles president of the company; before Doheny acquired ac-quired it, testified for the defense today about details of the company's com-pany's bid for Pearl Harbor oil tank construction. Danziger said Doheny's fear of-a Japanese invasion of the Pacific coast "was almost an obsession" and that this prompted him to help-the help-the navy- establish a' fuel base in Hawaii. T Scandinavians To Honor Jprinson The Scandinavians of Provo will give a social in honor of John J. Johnson, Thursday evening, March 20, at the home of Mrs. W. W. Goodridge, 332 West Third NorUi. -"Mr. Johnson was president of the Scandinavian " organization , for many years and is highly respected by the organization. . According std W. D. Norman, president of the organization, or-ganization, all members are requested re-quested to be present and are insured in-sured a splendid time. ' . - NEGRO DISAPPROVED AUSTIN, Tex., Mar. 19 (U.E--A resolution deploring the president tial appointment of a negro judge in the District of -Columbia, and requesting re-questing congressional investigation investiga-tion ""of ' federal 'vpaxronage was adopted by the senate of. Texas legislation today. I xZ- j A H . COUNTY, U T A H, TV at Bribery Trial DENVER, Colo., March 19'OLE) I Major Charles, A. Shepard, accused by. the : government of murdering his wife, was held in the cdunty jail here today. The 5&-year-old surgeon and tuberculosis authority, pleaded not guilty to the charge when arraigned arraign-ed before a U. S. commissioner here late yesterday. Major Shepard was arersted by federal authorities afterXah investigation investi-gation : of nine months' duration. He will be taken to Topeka, Kans., for trial. i The government formally charges that Major Shepard caused the death of his : wife at Fort Warren, Kans.; June 15, 1929, by. administering administer-ing iodine and mercury in medicine. ; He ! is said to have " desired the death .of Mrs. Shepard, the former Senana McCoskey of Los Angeles, so he could marry a young woman with whom he had become infatuated.' infatu-ated.' The young woman is said to be Grace Brandon, 20, a stenographer at Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas. Investigators said shewas innocent of any wrong doingT - Green Must Die May 17 FARMINGTON, , March. 19 (UP) Delbert Green, triple slayer, was jtoday denied a motion - for a new triaL He was sentenced to die May 17, when he chose to face the firing fir-ing squad rather than hang ing. - . ' " y Hi ! Chamber 0f Commerce Names Three Important 'Committees Three new committees have been appointed by the Trovo chamber of commerce In order -to stimulate greater interest in outdoor activities activ-ities and. also to become closer associated as-sociated with the " general utilities 6f the state, according to D Orlo Allen, secretary. ' y C. T. Keigley 1as"been appointed chairman of the athletic, relations committee, while L. WNims, John W. McAdam, H. A. Dixon, J. Edwin Stein, Clayton Jenkins and J. W. Knight .as members. Mr. Keigley wiU call a meeting soon for the purpose of discussing plans fpr WEDNESD AT, M JUR0E1 IS Member; of Jury Which Ac-: Ac-: quitted Julian fExecutivcs fHeld On Serious1 Charges; rNev Sensations-Uncovered. :; LOS ; ANGELES, Alarph -19 ( UP) A second rmWS?ho was a - member of ; the , jury which in May, 1928,xacquitted brokers and Julian executives accused of wrecking the .Julian .Jul-ian Petroleum corporation, was placed tinder arrest on a bribery charge today. v : He was "Frahk ; Grider, accused In an affidavit of having sold a house to certain i defendants -while the case was on trial. Earlier in the day District Attorney Attor-ney Buron . Fitts ordered the arrest ar-rest 1 of another juror, John B. Groves on a bribery count. Sensational Charge LOS ANGELES, March 19 0J.P i lie uuuau rcuuicuui vuifuiauuu collaps-case, . the source of involved in-volved legal actions . for the past three years, broke open again-? to day- under new and startling charges. The new sensations concerned the jury -which in i May, 1928, acquitted ac-quitted brokers' and' .Julian , executives execu-tives accused of causing . the failure fail-ure of the oil company through a gigantic over-issue of stock. . a One of the jurors was tinder arrest, ar-rest, charged with accepting a bribe, , two others -were in technical custody, and two more were being questioned in regard to money purported pur-ported to have passed at the time of the trial. . .t . ' 1 "The case was the same one for which former district attorney Asa Keyes and his chief deuty, Harold Davis, were convicted of having ac cepted bribes. John Bt Groves, 'North Hollywood Holly-wood contractor, was the juror ar- (Continued oii Page Six) Pope Initiates Soviet Grusade ' In Solemn Mass VATICAN CITY, Mar.. 19 (UJ2) Pope Pius XI today signalized the crusade of the Roman, Catholic church against Soviet Russia's Godless God-less movement, by saying a -solemn mass of expiation and atonement "for profanation of tHe church ahd offenses against the majesty of God; In Russia.'" . .. " .The' ceremony, which attracted thousands of pilgrims from all sections sec-tions of Italy, and to which , all cardinals in Rome received speeial invitations, took place in the beautiful beau-tiful St. Peter's Basilica. - A special - booklet, containing prayers ;and : hymns appropriate to the occasion, r was issued ' to the worshippers. The magnificent basilica had been prepared with wooden barricades barri-cades to maintain order and to permit per-mit the great crowds, estimated at 50,000 to view the" proceedings. Mark Anderson is the chairman of. the outdoor recreation committee, commit-tee, to be assisted by L. L.' Bunnell, Bun-nell, .Dr. Karl . Bank and Walter Cottaxn., Plans to develop the scenic attractions so that. Provo may interest in-terest more tourists, will he made soon. . O. A. Spear was selected as the chairman - of the 'general utlHUes committee, with H. A. Dixon, S. H. Belmont, L. E. Brockbank and O, R. Thomas as members - of the committee. At the present time these men are considering the railroad rail-road situation in the Uintah basin. A R C H 1 9, 1 93 0. nl'-M if! I ,n lll jo m: I Senate Curbs Argument On Tariff Bill Three Commodities Exempted Front Limitation ; Hope To Speed. Action. WASHINGTON, March 19 (UP) An v agreement limiting limit-ing debate on minor tariff amendments to ten minutes for each speaker wag adopted by the senate today in the hope of . passing the measure this week. ; . Under the agreement, proposed by .Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, amendments pertaining pertain-ing to. oil, lumber, silver and . importers im-porters profits were excepted from the limitation. ' . . " Leaders were uncertain whether the limitation would have 'any- material ma-terial effecten the duration of debate de-bate since , theyexpect the amendment amend-ment will provokethe most discussion. discus-sion. ,v x .The -senate" then adopted an amendment by - Senator Biease, Democrat, South Carolina, exemption exemp-tion from the six cents per 109 pounds duty , placed on cement! any of the building material imported for the use of tates, . counties : or municipalities for construction of public work.,; . v-. , The" 'vote was -42 td 37, the Democratic-Western - Republican coalition,. coali-tion,. again functioning to carry , the amendment. . . , DMYTilEN ARE URGED TO GULL Prof. Caine of hog&n Tells 4 Dairymen of Possibilities In Testing Work. At a large and enthusiastic meeting meet-ing of the Utah County Dairy Herd Improvement m e m b er s, Prof." George B. Caine, of the U. S, A. CJ, told of the accomplishments of the six ' associations in Cache ' valley and the possibilities . of the Utah county associations. . . v i President Heber Knudsen was Jn charge of the meeUng. I. Directors present were: Heber Curtis," Pay-son; Pay-son; George Bahr, Salem; Andrew V. Nelson, Bpringville; Clyde Gill- man, Orem;: Merrill Warnick, Pleas ant t Grove ; Arthur McAllester, American; york; Will Groneman, Lehi. The ; above directors were sustained for the; year of 1930-31., with President Knudsen as cchalr-man, cchalr-man, and 'MerriU N. Warnlek, secretary, sec-retary, and Howard Roberts, tester. The.cow must be fed, if she is to produce said Pjrof. Calne in his opening remarks. "If we are ' to jnalntain an ' association and herd average of 150 pounds of butter-fat and vover, - wt must take care . of the cow, the feeding and the natural na-tural resourcesr such as the pasture, pas-ture, . to make, her produce. . "The improvement of ' our pastures pas-tures ' for summer feed is one of our largest factors Jn ' this state," continued -Prof. Calne. The , low price of butter-fat and the high price "of beef, is a good time tb cull your herd. To produce 250 pounds 'of butter-fat, the bottom bot-tom of the herd, or the small pro-, ducer, must be stamped out; and now is the time to do it . - Prof. Caine also urged the dairymen dairy-men to take advantage of the free laboratory located at the U. A.- C." ahd- clean up their herds for abortion. abor-tion. :This will come to Utah s well 'as to other states" continued Prof. Caine, "that no animals will be allowed to be shipped into California Cali-fornia ior -be allowed -at the -state fairs unless the cow's are blood tested test-ed fo abortion, and found, clean." "The meeting was well attended, there being 50 members of the D. H. I. association and other interested interest-ed dairymen present. . y f LEGfON ' I.1EETS TONIGHT ', Provo Post No. 13 of the 'American 'Amer-ican Legion will hold their regular meeting this evening in the arm ory . commencing at 8 p. vm, 4ll . members are urged to be in attend ance, - . TEN PAGES TODAY : : KS ... WwB F Driver Loses Control When His Car Clicked Into Another Machine; Victims Hurled More Than 40 Feet in Fatal Impact Two Salt Lake men were fatally hu rt - and two others incurred injuries, Tuesday evening, when the car in which they were riding turned over twice on the. state highway through Orem, after brushing into another car which partially par-tially blocked the road near the Washburn' service station. C. Arthur Smith 59, head of the physics department of the East high school, Salt Lake, and-Thomas VV. Davies, manager of the American Packing and Provision company, were hurled through the top-6f-the light sedan, receiving injuries from which they died half an hour, later. 1 , -- - Joseph . K. McKnlght, University L- ,.v. wwrv of Utah piofessoiv -incurifd cutst W Q. lI AlJri'C land bruises about the head.. Ralph SET PROGRAMS Uniform Procedure Outlined . For Centennial Observa tion, April 6. Everv ward arid branch of the LTD. S. churchwill conduct a uniform uni-form prograniMhe .fnorning of April 6 in commemoration of the centennial anni versaryf its organization, or-ganization, according tovword received re-ceived by President T. NNTaylor from the first presidency. Commencing jointly at 10 a. r with the centennial conference to be held in. the Salt Lake tabernacle the program win be held in all wards, except - where radio reception recep-tion front the tabernacl can be obtained. ob-tained. Copies of a message from the first presidency 111 be delivered deliv-ered to all wards and branches', both in America and also all foreign for-eign countries, and will be read at the meeting. The program will be "as follows: "We Thank Thee,- O God, For a Prophet," by the; congregation; opening prayer, "An Angel From On High,'- duet and chorus, the congregation to join; .message from the first presidency to be read; "The Spirit of God Like a Fire Is Burning," choir and congregation; con-gregation; brief addresses; sustaining sustain-ing (of .general authorities of . the church; "Hosanna Shout;" where it is possible-to render the Hallcu-jah Hallcu-jah chorus from the aratorio "Messiah" "Mes-siah" it should be given following the Shout, where this is not possible, possi-ble, the, hymn "Praisft to the 'Man Who Communed . With Jehovab,, jnay .be used as the closing number; num-ber; benediction. . OPreliminary Set r Eor Cafe Robber '"Preliminary hearing for Frank Phillips, arrested for the robbery of the? Liberty Cafe on March 11, was set for March 27, by Judge Maurice Harding fn the. Provo -city court Wednesday. Phillips was arrested in a local rooming house on the morning' following fol-lowing the robbery of the cafe and according to the testimony of Raymond Ray-mond Underwood was an accomplice accom-plice In .burglarizing the cafe. RACER ATTEMPTS RECORD ' ?DAYTONA. BEACH, Via.. -Mar; 19. . (Di rKaye Don said today h6 proposed to make a determined effort ef-fort to break the world automo bUepeed record at between; 3:30 and 6 p. m. today. Sge?gg : ' Weber .' Pay son 7 7 7 7 7 35 . :29 Lojian 'ZZsZu.l ; 21 Le D S ;m -23 "HERALD PHONES Business 405 IMltotUl M9t Society . , ....... .190 "PRICE FIVE CENTS .it WH for blight cuts about his arrn. Enrout? to I'rovo The four Salt Lake men were en route to Provo to attend a Ma sonic banquet and grand lodge vis itation to Story lodge No, 4, F. and A. M, The car a Chevrolet sfdon, belong to Da vies who was driving. According to several eye witnesses, witness-es, Davie s was driving at an excessive exces-sive rate of speed -variously estimated esti-mated at between 50 and 65 miles an hour." .The crash occurred as the Salt Lake ' were passing through Orem. In attempting to cut around a car belonging to A. L. Stalling of Richfield which 1 was partially blocking the highway In front of the Washburn service ataUon. the pavies car struck a chuck hole on the- cast Bide oMhc pavement. Ater bnishing into the side ot the- StalHngs car, the Davies machine, ma-chine, continued down the , highway high-way madly careening from left to, right, appaiently out of control oi the. driver,' tb finally turn over twice. Smith and "Davies were thrown more than 40 feet in the Impact' .. . , All four of the : occupants were rendered unconscious, in" the crash. Davis -was removed to the hjme of (Continued On Page 6)' em Wires l)y UNITED TRESH HINDUS RIOT RANGOON, India, March 19 (T.D Many casualties resulted; from: a clash today between police and followers fol-lowers of the Mayor Chandra Sen Gupta, on trial here for disobedience disobed-ience to British regulations. , Fully a thousand Hindus launched launch-ed an attack upon the police, pelting' pelt-ing' thern -with bricks and stones. The police charged the mob, swinging swing-ing their' batons, and succeeding lit dispersing it. , . : .V . ' -DE RIVERA 'HONORED . MADRID, March 19 (UP The body, of Miguel ;PrImo DetRivera. Grandee of .Spain, captaln-ffeneral Of her armies," Marque of tEatf.Ua, and 'former dictator, received Lm-pic Lm-pic isrpulcher today in a little family fam-ily plot of the San Isidor cemetery. FILM BLAST TAKES TOLL : TOKIO, ,March 19 Jir.Kr-M&ny were killed and injured by1; a; film explosion at a' Chinese motion picture pic-ture house -at Kirln, Manchuria, last, night. .Searchers had. recovered 76 bodies bod-ies . today, including those Df Chinese policemen -who ; lost their Uvea -trying to stop the. panic. and fight the-lire caused by . the-explosion.- .Tho injured numbered li'3. VESSEL IN. DISTRESS i ; NEW YORK, March 19 airv-The "S. 8. Eugenie Is in distress off Bermuda, Ber-muda, and has asked for assistance, the Mackay Radio corporation announced an-nounced today, -i after intcrcf; Uorx of O. . S. O. signals. The vessel reported at 10 :.Zo -a.-m. that she was In . dlficultiea . t . I this was answered byr the r -ros, which was . nearby. The I j-genle j-genle said she could Jiot 8ter..6.r.t "please. orae near to xa." N I f |