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Show Is onr! PROGRESS! You can tra It In Utah county. And it's only Just beginning! i i "1 "i r 1 c ry -J f HERALD PHOM Business ..1. 3 Editorial k.. I Society . J n J i if r .a L- 1 I (Qommfcy t " f 1 l I r t t I i i n - ' j I i . ' - : J ! i ft 1 FORTY-FOURTH YEAR, NO. j 50,000 Visit )i ! - - ; -:, wtuv More than 50,000 visitors thronged Salt Lake City at' the opening of the centennial of Mormonlsm, the 100th - annual "conference - of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day. Saints. Part of the crowd about Temple Square, is shown, with the temple on the right. m 1 -By-Arthur Brisbane Again I Do Not Choose Radio and Flying When Women Start, Beware Be-ware Gandhi Sick, India Sick-- .1 ' ' " (Copyright 1929 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) HINSLOW,lAri, ApVilUL-A current t magazine'., putj .'p board this eaatbound train at ' s? Williams; Arizona, tell3 you thatS Calvin Coolldge is through with public office. In his straightforward straight-forward statement, the ex-president eays he will not run for the senate. He would be glad to do useful work, but feels that his presence in the senate, going there from the Whlto House, would embarrass some of his colleaguew. It probably would. It--'. would "embarrass, -especially those that are publicly dry, and privately wet. V However, no man can say that hla troubles are all behind him. The ex-president may find - himself In office again. He will still be a young mn in 1936, when Herbert Hoover finishes his second term. It is a 100 per cent certainty that Mr. Colli ige will make no political . mistakes In the " meanwhile. He simply does not know how to make them. OF all misfortunes that can befall a man one of the worst Is to have a hand in determined women In league against him. Read Eu-ripedes' Eu-ripedes' 'The Bacchae" and you will believe. It. , Some congressmen will soon be lleve it also. They are the so-called water-gin" congressmen, accused 'by the women's organization for national prohibition reform of carytng gin on one shoulder, water on the other. Thi3 . organization of women oppose op-pose to prohibition intends to attack at-tack the dry voting,, wet drinking -statesmen in their home constituencies. consti-tuencies. . , .AMONG farmers' wives until re- cently the percentage of insanity in-sanity waa very high, Living Isolated Iso-lated lives,, working hard from dawn until Ions: after dark, seeing nobody but the sometimes dull, tired husband and farm hands, was bad for the mind. ' Then came rural free delivery, bringing., pictures of the latest fashions, and the telephone with news of neighbors, finally, greatest gue.saing at all, the radio. Farmers-wives Farmers-wives tu je in, and retain their sanity. ' , To the exceptional woman, rich nble to do what fIio pleases but hither-to finding little amusing excitement ex-citement after sixty, flying offers relief. The British Duciiess of Eedford, "figures" tJxty-four years old, goes up and down in the earth at a rate of speed that old satan never dreamed of She ha3 Just started the second le;t of flight from London to &outh Afiica', an able pilot and mechanic keeping her company. You woul.l say that a flying man or womin could write a book "thnss I haven't scon" that would fclip-ie Voltaire's "Thin-3 Seen," for Voltaire crawled around on the tilth's surfaces. However, not the cyca but (ho l:cart :ml brain 'o ti,. joal sce-(Centinucd sce-(Centinucd On Par;e 2) 213. Centennial r 'SOTS-': . ' r : ; JMv - 4 4 y V f A' i 5 . CLEAWDP ESSAY Students of City Schools To Cooperate in Provo Cleanup Day. Competition among the students of the Provo city schools, will add to the spirit of the Provo city clean-up campaign which will be held Tuesday. "What Can I Do to Slake Provo a Beautiful City to Live In," will be the subject of an -"""essay contest to be held Tuesday, Tues-day, with all .the students in Provo -from! the; third to the twelfth grades ' participating. The local clkmoer of commerce has donated $10 to be awarded as prizes for the winning . essays. ' All Participate Each teacher will - conduct this essay contest during the regular class work tomorrow, the winning paper in each grade to be submitted sub-mitted to J. C. Moffitt, who Is in charge of the contest. A one dollar cash prize will be awarded to each winning story. ' It Is fflt by tli chamber of commerce city beautification committee th?.t this contest will create ; a desire In the hearts ' of all studionts to co-opeiate In hiuklng Provo the "Garden . City? of America. Principals of ' the various schools ' will be giver fuller details concerning the contest at their regular meeting to hi held this evening. eve-ning. Students ,are urged to get ideas and information concern-ing concern-ing tho theme at their homes this evening, as they will be asked to write essay in school tomorrow. ; y . ' ; - Attorney Is Assassinated . MAUSTON, Wis., April 14. (U.D Asassins bullets brought death to Clinton G. Price, district attorney of Juneau county and a widely-known widely-known Wisconsin state politician, today, after an attack from the dark as he chatted the kitchen of his home with his wife. 1 Enemies, chargined at convictions in an alcohol ring prosecution in which i the district attorney, was charged but' won acquittal, were blamed for the shooting. -; His wife told of the dramatic suddenness of the tragedy. ;."Wc were standing in the kitchen talking," she said. "The o'ute.r door was open and only a screen door was closed. There was a roar and a flash that seemed to come from right outside the door and Clinton fell groaning." J Five shotgun slugs had struck him in the back, surgeons at the hospital discovered. The Weather Utah Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; little change in temperature. tem-perature. Maximurfi temp. Saturday .....83 Minimum temp. Saturday .. ...37 Maximum temp. Sunday .70 Minimum temp. r 7' j Sunday .... . . .S3 PROVO, UTAH COUNTY,. UTAH, M O NVD A Y, APR I i: ll n Provo ex-Mayor and Representatives Repre-sentatives of P. Gn Lehi and American Fork Cite Natural Gas Advantages. Setting forth the asserted advantages of natural gas to this region, a citizens' committee, com-mittee, comprised of Alma Van Wagenen, ex-mayor of Provo, arid representative citizens of Pleasant Grove, Lehi and American Fork, waited upon the Utah county commission com-mission today. The occasion was the county commission's consideration of granting a natural gas franchise to the Wasatch Gas coraponv. which has already been" granted franchises franchis-es by Provo, Pleasant Grove, Lehi and American Fork. ' Opposition Is Next The 'cc-mmission set' Thursday. April 17, as the date for Jiearing; opposition "arguments. ' A meeting called for that purpose, and which all interested citizens may attend, will be held ir the commission rooms at 10 o'clock on that day., Those in attendance at today's session were : Alma Van Wagen-en, Wagen-en, Provo ex-mayor; D. J. FugaL representing the Pleasant Grove city council; E. J. Larsori and Isaac -W. j Fox, representing the Lehi city council; E. N. Webb, Lehi citizen; James IL Clarke, citizen of American Fork; L. H. Holbrook, Provo citizen, seeking information on both sides of the question; and Judge , A. B. Morgan, representing the Utah Valley Gas and Coke company. The' Provo ex-mayor spoke ai length on results brought forth by the Provo city commission's investigation inves-tigation In 1929, which ended in Provo's granting a franchise to the natural gas interests. He declared that he was convinced that the natural gas concern would bring better service to .the people of Provo, Pro-vo, at lower rates. He asserted that the, Wasatch Gas company would bring Increased "revenue to Provo City, and that it would bring an important payroll to the community. He stressed the advantage ad-vantage of the greater heat content of the naturrJ gas. r X D. Fugal gave the v Pleasant Grove city council's views on the matter, declaring that the present company seemed to be unable to (Continued on page 8) Pageant May Be! jT Seen Two ("v7ee!cs SALT LAKE CITY, April 14. (HP) Extension of the pageant, "The Message of the Ages,'; to cover all of next weekr instead of holding the last performance Saturday , night, WPB dee'ded "nnn by rfinl of the Latter-day Saints centennial conference con-ference when it was announced that the demand for tickets was" so great that an extension - would be necessary neces-sary to accommodate the crowds. - The pageant was given to packed houses in the tabernacle each night last week, and reservations for tickets filled the large building for every night this week, directors declared. de-clared. ; r The last performance, underthe revised plans, will be April 2(C instead in-stead of April ID. PRICE COniiECTlON An advertisement of the Sun-freeze Sun-freeze week-end specials carried, in Sunday's Herald contained an en-fortunate en-fortunate typographical errtr .in the price of brick ice cream. The quotation in the ad, 30 cents for quart size should have been 50 cents, the established price.' : Today's Scores J AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 000 100 1 Washington 100 C02 0 1 1 LL PR: QPPOSIiiGO: Uj I i 1 Z3 (C Thrnno7.ee Is rctza Complete Program " Prepared T'or Unique Scout Event To Be Held in Provo; 2,500, Boy Scou(s.Are Expected. COURSES SET Catalogue Lists 28 Depart-ments; Depart-ments; Many Outstanding Educators Coming. The catalog of the summer-: session ses-sion of Brigham Young ; university which is being mailed to prospective prospec-tive students announces .courses ..in 2S departments of instruction. - The majority of the regular faculty fac-ulty will be engaged in CITe summer quarter and in addition the following follow-ing visiting faculty members will offer supplementary aid: Visiting Faculty Dr. Edgar J. Goodspeed, professor profes-sor of Biblical literature, University Of Chicago. : Dr." Albert K. Heckel, professor, of history and dean of men. University Uni-versity of. Missouri; Prof . A. 0. Gar-jrett, Gar-jrett, in charge of biology. East high school, Salt Lake City, Utah ; Prof. Heber C, Snell, professor of education, educa-tion, Snow college, and Prof. Joseph Jo-seph K. Nlcholes, president Dixie junior college. -' ' One of ihefeatures of the session will be the special series of lectures oii pressing world problems. Those President: Rufus a. von iiiensnw, president University - of Southern California; Prof. J. B. Sears, professor pro-fessor of education, Stanford university; uni-versity; Dean E. D. Ball, dean, college col-lege of agriculture," University of Arizona, director of Arizona agricultural agri-cultural experiment station; Dr. Henry Neuman,' leader of the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. Cul-ture. " In addition to the visiting lecturers, lec-turers, local men will contribute to this series. The catalog announces the first terra of the twelve weeks quarter to commence June 9, and the Alpine term to commence July 21. The following recreational program pro-gram is announced for the summer: June 13, get acquainted social; June If, Provonat beach regatta and festival ; Jun 21, ascension of Mt. Nebor June 27, moonlight hike to Maple Flat; July 5, Timpanogos cave and hot pots; July 11, evening of fine arts; July 12, annual trip to Bingham and Saltair; July 17, hikers' frolic, university'lawri; July lSr-program ' at Theater of the Pines ;' July 19, annual ascension of Timpanogos. Burial Alive Investigated GRAYSON, Ky., April 14. OLD The reported burial alive of Mrs. Susie Vickers, 63, on March 29, was being investigated today by the .Carter county grand jury. . '' Judge G. W. E. Wolf ford summoned sum-moned the jury upon statements of Mrs. Honchell Johnson and Mrs. George B. Clay, sisters, who said Mrs. Vickers was subject to fainting faint-ing spells and it was believed she was buried in a period of coma. v Perspiration was found on her forehead when the casket wai opened at the grave, the judge was told. The body "was not embalmed by an undertaker bjut was prepared for burial by relatives. " She was not examined by a doctor to determine if life was extinct, the judge was told. County To Assist , Road Construction Expenditure of approximately $300 on the Santaquin canyon road was agreed upon by the Utah county coun-ty commissioners 2-Ionday morning.' The action followed the appear ance of a committee from Santaquin. Santa-quin. headed fivTioad superinten dent William Van Ausdal. i 99 Scout Outlined "Timporee," the boy scout circus of the Timpanogos council, to be held in Provo on Tuesday, May 27, was completely o u 1 1 i n e d at a meeting held in this city Saturday Sat-urday evening when representatives repre-sentatives from the various scout districts and the committee in charge of the circus met.- 2500 Scouts Coming More than 2,500 scouts belonging to one of the -18 districst in the council are expected to participate in the Timporee, which will be held in the 'Y stadium from 5 p. m. to 8 p. m. Instead of the customary, four or five-ring circus, the Timporee will be of a much greater magnitude, magni-tude, with 18 rings going pn at the same time, and hundreds of actors act-ors in each event. Each scout present wUl participate partici-pate in one of. the 14 demonstrations. demonstra-tions. The day's activities will get under .way when air of the eagle scouts of the council, together ;,with five .uniformed ' scouts. from each " dis-' trict, the Provo district scout band semble at the Pioneer park at 3:30 and other district bands that will be in Provo for the fete, will assemble as-semble at the Pioneer park at 3:30 to parade through the business district; dis-trict; ,''--.;.:.-:. Grand Entry Commencing promptly at 5 o'clock, the: grand entry will start, narching around the stadium, each district taking its place in one of the 18 rings on the field. The jrands entry will be-led by a color detail, followed by the Provo scout band, scout leaders, and the. var- Continued on Page Eight) Easter Contest For Kids! i Easter is just around; the corner, with its bunnies, bright spring flowers, and best of all - Easter eggs! Not just plain eggs like those you eat for breakfast, but gay, colored eggs of all shapes and sizes brought by the Easter rabbit. ' ' And to add to the fun the Evening Eve-ning Herald today announces an Crater E-r coloring contest in L 1 4, 1 9 3 0. V III CO ft SI HII BLAS Washington Coal Camp Prepares Pre-pares To Bury Its Dead Before Be-fore Work Is Resumed; Cause Is Not Ascertained. CARBONADO, Wash., Apr. 14 (UP) The little coal mining min-ing town high up in the foothills foot-hills of the Cascade mountains moun-tains today appeared bewildered bewil-dered stunned beyond words as it prepared to bury 17 victims of, the' sudden gas explosion ex-plosion that wiped out an entire crew In a shaft of the . Pacific Coast Coal company's mine. Cause Unexplained Each family: will bear its dead to a separate grave, but the hearts of 200 residents will go out to widows and children of the ' men who were struck down by the sud den blast" of fire and terrific blast that occurred Saturday night. Work- at the mine! will be' at a standstill until the dead are burled. The explosion probably will go down "in the records of another tin-explained tin-explained mine disaster, because state and county officials admitted the cause remained a mystery. There was "no apparent negligence negli-gence either on the part of the workmen in ' the shaft or officials of-ficials of the mining Company, according ac-cording "to W." R. Reese, mine inspector.'. in-spector.'. . - ' .: ' ..' .... V -'- Twelve men, who worked at the mine during the explosion, testified at a secret hearing Sunday. It was said there probably will be no in- (Continued on page 8) which the boys and girls of Utah county may take part. . V ; Twenty boys and girls, up to and including 12 years "of "age, will receive re-ceive Paramount theater ticket prizes for the best coloring of the above sketch. . , The first prize winner Trill receive re-ceive four Paramount theater tick- (Continued on rage EiTht) 17 PERISH EIGHT PAGES TODAY ii 1-. v..,L.,VJ Phil LaFollette In Politics, Too ! And now another La Follette has tossed his iiat into the political ring. This time it is Philip F. LaFollette, La-Follette, son of the late Senator Robert M. La Follette, and a brother broth-er of "Young Bob La Folette, who succeeded to -- his father's office. Philip, shown above in his first picture pic-ture since college days, is the Progressive Pro-gressive candidate to succed Walter J. Kohler of Wisconsin. TRANSIENT IS DE1KG HELD Mclhvee Detained As Material Mater-ial Witness In Murder Case To Be Held. ' James Mcllwee. a transient, Is being held in the Utah county jail, as a material witness in the case against Sam Jacobs, charged -with first degree murder. He was. apprehended ap-prehended - in the local railroad yards by Special Agent Ed Shannon, Shan-non, Saturday evening. Since the deposition of the facts surrounding the murder of Stevens, who unconscious body was found in a box caMn Provo" on the morning of March 25, local officials have been . in constant - search for Mcllwee, Mc-llwee, hoping that his, testimony would throw "s6me light on the murder. Under GriUing Grilled for more than two hours Sunday morning by -;. Stanley Dun-ford, Dun-ford, assisting county attorney; M. B. Pope, district attorney and Sheriff Sher-iff J. D. Boyd, Mcllwee gave little information that would clear up the case. He-admitted fhat he saw Stevens In front of the Skagg's Safeway store in Provo, and that he talked to him there for a short time on the day of the attack. During the conversaion, Sam Jacobs,' the arrested ar-rested suspect of the murder, was In the store making a purchase After the brief talk in front of the store, Mcllwee denies seeing Stevens Stev-ens or Jacobs again. Mcllwee Is well known along the railroad throughout the state, having hav-ing been "beating" his way from SJt Lake to other parts of the state quite regularly. He first be-' came acquainted w-ith Jacobs and Stevens while "rustling" at the mines in Sego," this winter. , No charge has been filed against Mcllwee, but he has consented to remain in Provo as a creditabllity witness-In the case. S. L. Cops Learn Jiu-jitsu From Seattle Officer SALT LAKE CITY, April 14. (C.E) If Salt Lake's policemen are apt pupils, they will soon be able to astonish thugs and other bad men with their quick and graceful movements to balk knife thrusts, disarm criminals, and take effective action toward capturing burglars and holdup men without resorting to guns or clubs. The entire force will be given instruction in-struction in jiu-jitsu by S. J. Jor-gensen, Jor-gensen, of the Seattle police department. depart-ment. . -. Some cf th more athletic members mem-bers may develop so far, it was intimated, in-timated, that they will be using flying head scissors, arm stretches, wristlocks, hjad1ock3, leg keyholds or Jacket' strar.r;'.a holds to subdue indignant criminals until the patrol pa-trol wagen. arrive3. . . . PRICE FIVE CENTS 11 X Officials of Lincoln Memorial University Seek Injunction To Stop 300 Students Frcm Remaining On Strike. HARROGATE, Tenn.. Apri 14 (UP) More than 300. students stu-dents whose week-old strike has nearly disrupted, the academic aca-demic activities of the picturesque pic-turesque Lincoln Memorial university, enjoyed furthei leisure today while school authorities sought an injunction to stop them. Gathered in camjuj shops and dormitories, the student.' discussed the latest move cf the administration in its efforts tc make them return to school, while their leader. Clay McCarroll, presi dent of the student body, enjoyed the popularity of a martyr. Leader Out On Bali . McCarroll is at liberty on bond of $1500 pending trial Saturday on charges of "profanity, rioting &zc disturbance of the peace." Although Al-though he had been previously expelled ex-pelled from the university, MeGar-roll MeGar-roll said he would continue to ai the strike, called In protest asainsi the "dismissal without cause" cj two professors and alleged "me0;. vaf modes of ; administration" is the school.' : .- .... ; The situation has created a prcb lem believed unique in the h!;icr of - American eilucatlonal institutions. institu-tions. .:, HARROGATE, Tenn.. April H-(UJ) H-(UJ) Track and baseball athlete-? joined the Lincoln Memorial urJ versity student, strike today. The new recruits 'brought te nearly 400 the number of undergraduates" under-graduates" refusing- to go to ch. In protest of summary dismissal ol a group of professors. .. Only 35 students reported m classes this morning. Until today the athlete-,, at tht request of the student striUo com mittee had continued tlieir ;tudi-to ;tudi-to avoid disqualification front at letic activities.' ; ' Under Acting President J. II r Morrison, authorities of the inr tution sought an injunction u rorce the strikers to return. In.' an: ultimatum 'last' r; ' ' President Morrison said any dent leaving the .campus would U expelled.' ' as wmiM ...v. . . - - "iuac re fused to attend classes. Officers Search For Missing Giii SALT LAKE CITY. April U. iVJ: Missing since Wednesday. Clara samuelson. ll-yearoM daughter cf Mr. and Mfs. Thomas Samueln. was being sought by police ar.J meriffs officers today. Clara' was last seen at 5:30 p. m Wednesday when she le't Uudios of radio station ICDYL wl lier older brother, Thomas, 13 II-V-ng reached the sidewalk, the t proceeded to the office where 1 mother was employed and th tarted off alone for home. " i " ;nas not appeared since then. 4 Claims Record In Attendance At Conference Walter Cox, local gardener, living 18S0 West Center street, is the holder of a unique rec- -. ord in the attendance of L. D. S. conferences. : The recent centennial jubilee ju-bilee which Mr. Cox attended was his v one hundred fifth . semi-annual ; conference attended at-tended over a period cf 55 ' years. . '---'..'.;l.'"'.. - ; He has travelled a total mileage of 10,500 miles to at- -tend these gatherings. During this period he h s listened to eix cf the pr: dents of the church Erirh-irrs Young, John Taylor, Lcn rv:i Snow, Wilford Vco-lr-ff, j. seph F. Smith end II- J. Grant. The centenr.l;.J c frr (-:.-.-? was the grr ate.-t y.:.Mr.i ;:: cf its kind ha ever a:fr;:ed,::-clarea a:fr;:ed,::-clarea llr. Cox. bii JSiS.lVfluut.L-- -, : . - i ... . |