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Show ''".,. 1 I ' i k a1 HERALP PHONES DOLLARS SPENT In Utah County Mean Utah County Prosperity Business . Editorial ...... Society , .. 495 494 496 10ORTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 91. fjROyQ, U T'A H CvO UNT Y, UTAH, FRIPAY, DECEMBER 2 1930. TEN PAGES TODAY PRICE FIVE CENTS In G.G.P. Party Turmoil mrH'W3mr rwrr. r?r nnnnr nnnw JMUtiK Rescued A Capsized Rowboat; Headed For Party Christmas Party Has Tragic Ending; Launches From Steamer Just in Nick of Time To Pick Up Survivors. SAUSALITO, Calif., Dec. 26 (UP) Three young men frete drowned and ten others saved early today when a small rowboat they were in capsized in San Francisco bay. All were bound for a Christmas party aboard the Junidor, palatial palat-ial yachat of Isadore Zellerbach. '.. Those saved were picked up by two lifeboats, launched by the ferry Tamalpais. i -., Rumors concerning the party differed. Some had it that the occasion was a Christmas celebration given by the captain cap-tain of the yacht, whHe others said it was a midnisrht in- IJUUIrlVll, UHkbilVU AAA UMUOmilW ;. 'By - Arthur Brisbane -(Copyright. 193Q- vtBorah, Not Pacified Strawberries By Air-v Air-v plane . . , Trouble For Republicans i TJie Python's 6 Roosters a4 Washington, where this is 'demanded a' 'special session of . congress ; after: March ; 4th, for "legitimate reasons' ; V He was not pacified, by the shelv- ing of the world court. - Apparently he does hot share the opinion of big business that the country Is safer after congress goes home." fQTRAWBERRIE fwere delivered Win New jrk?yaterlay. picked Jn orida dsv9?iJhoUr (fearlier. Dud--ley Reed flewn with 402 pints and the trip wa prof ruble. v - Fruit picked ripe in rFlorida, California, Cali-fornia, aud on the gulf coast, will isoon be I distributed ; all. over the "United States .through the v air on jthe day 'it Is picked,. Refrigeration JwiU not ?be necessary; the put .'going up . high: enough f op ref rigeraUon. frwrwtt a.f( that ,;Tlhhpt Lucas. iwnicn was noi jnucn, w vivyr.in Ireiclectlon ': of ; Senator. NorrlsT has hsianea .urcworiu v --v.- . i. Some senators ;thlnk that an im-Ipbrtant im-Ipbrtant official of ; the ;"Republlcan fparty should -not spnd .-Republican Itlnio or money '.trying to -.defeat a tRepublican candidate. . , . y - y '. 1 " s. v a i Mr. Lucas saya that Morris should have been kept out iarid suggests .tha.t the .Repuollcan (party should put him out -how 'that he is over-'whelmingly over-'whelmingly elected,, :. 't : Senator Norrls,' .you :.rauat; know, I does his ' own ' thinking ' and even f suggests - hat;''.th4 people Whose taxes built the Muscle Shoals 'power olanf '.should own the -plant instead of . turnlng-.it over to private power '.companies. . ' ; lcr: s -Senator . Nye finds jthat the Re-t Re-t pUbUcan national committee guar-lantecd guar-lantecd a bank loin made by Lucas lto:,toayvof vJlterary campaign ta'g&inst.enator .IJorTia. $ v : h v Respectable , RpubMcahsm will ffiid.lt bird to explain : that' treach-leVmis' treach-leVmis' slush fund. -! . L i natorCutttrig iC 2fcew- Mexico. ; jjepuDiican, jssia jxxr ponucai mug-sgery," mug-sgery," 1 - . - " - ; TTNIIaBITANTS of & Jfew 3rorK :t -and other zoological gardens will ; have a cheerful Christmas. The i New Tork python.' 23 feet long, will have six roosters on Christmas day, 'He- eats' j only- once ;a month'- and ; swallows ibis ;roostera feathers and raiL" -rv v- 'vThe chimpanzees,-! orang-outangs find oterAlg monkeys will ea.b have ', two'' extra - oranges. ' Caribou . 'rand elk will have the food they like best.: yj-' . - 'And any criminals locked - up . waiting to be ,' executed will , be Tasked 1 as usual r to ' write their own "-JenufQr, the ath mornings They .may have anything they ; like, but usually order ham -and eggs. Jdni derers have little imagination. - '- ' i ' '-' .' '- . . ' - . . V " "'OilEmilNO new In prohibiUon ' " enforcement 'r Federal agents Today I ; JContinued 0 .Paft A Seel 2 Fro tn 7JrCiJVC0. , s. IcyiWatersFataJ- '.Those who drowned were thought to have been seized with cramps in the .Icy waters. The dead, whose bodies have not yet recovered, were: Earnest Rogers, Rog-ers, steverdore A. Van Scoy; a cook, arid a fireman of "thetcrew of the Junldore known s Wild BHl." The rescued were. Joseph, SoarjM, aims'-iardtjad his brother, Joseph; "William- George, Elmer Zaro, "William Lewis, Horace Bur-ton, Bur-ton, Ed ward Sausa, Hjamer Johnson John-son and Sam Bowman. The Northern Pacific steamer Tamalpais was just putting into its dock at Sausalito when the captain, cap-tain, Carl J. Olsen, noticed a row-boat row-boat rocking perilously a quarter of a .mile ftWay. He. ordered two launches to put out to the scene tin. der the, command -of his first and second i tnates. -Ais Vthe Rescue crafts wens' nearing"" the rowboat, ' the latter suddenly turned over, pitching the thirteen screaming men Into the waters. Strong Tide Prevails The ferryboat's crew rescued these they could reach, applied first aid and made frantic but futile efforts ef-forts to locate the missing. , Work was made' mere difficult by a strong tide that swept rescuers and rescued toward the Belvedere heach. SOPHINA GEE Funeral, services for Sophias the late Sunday at T p. m. in the Provo' Fifth ward chapel. The hody may be viewed at the resident of Mrs. Gee's daughter. Mrs. J. RYHodson, 57 North Fourth East street, from 10 o'clock until the time of tho services, Sunday. Mr. Gee died at the home of Hy-runi Hy-runi a SmitlK presiding patriarch of the, L. D. S. church, her son-in-law, where she had made her home lor the last few months. Her death came as result of complications com-plications from the effects of a fall in which she sustained a fractured hip., The accident aecurred Tues-day'evening. Tues-day'evening. '.. ' ' f. J Mrs. Gee had been a resident of Provo since 1857. She married George W. Gee in 1862. She is survived by the following children: Ellas A. Gee. Mrs. Esther Smith, Mr. .J. R. Hodson and Mrs. Ei von Jackson, all of Prbvo Don C - Gee. Mrs. Bertha Sumner and Sirs. Hyrura G. Smith, all of Salt Lake. ... Thlrty-sevei. grand children and 27 great grandchildren' also survive. Beeseniyer Given Ten to 100 Years LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26. UJ Gilbert H. Beeaemyer, whose defal cations - wrec'xed t h e Guaranty Building and Loan association; to day-was ordered to serve from ten to. 100 years in San Quentln peol lentiary. ' . Sentence was passed on the for- mer.general manager of the Guaranty Guar-anty vby Superior Judge i WaltOn Wood who decided Beesemyer should serve ,the maximum time possible. : . Judge Wood gave Beesemyer one to ten years t.on each of the ten .counts' of grand theft to which he pleaded guilty. k Court attaches pointed .'out that Beesemyer ; might only have ; to serve six years and six months. J In event the prison board set his sen tence at ten years, hla "cood time Jllowanco - could ! cut the figure to PASSES AWAY ttix years ana ure-ittomns," '-tj Sis AT LARGE Four Chicago Men Stabbed, 2 Probably Fatally; Police Surround District Where Madman Was Last Seen. CHICAGO, Dec. 26 (UP) Special police squads were sent out today to search for a maniacal negro, more than six feet tall, who stabbed four persons, two of them probably fatally, ;.. during a rampage last nigm in me vicinity of the police station. John Mich, 40, and William Monroe, Mon-roe, 36, were, standing in front of the police station when the negro rushed tip shouting: ''You can't tell the police; won't' let you tell them." 'The stabber slashed the two men about the neck and back with razor and rushed down the street He next appeared at Harrison and JState streets, . a. . busy intersection three blocks away. Pedestrians Flee Scores ,of pedestrians fled from ii the enraged man, hut Roy Sells ! and Otto Sinkbeiner failed to ! notice his approach. They were knocked down and slashed. A cordon of -police surrounded the. - 4istrlct,afler theaegro- had fled- down an alley. Extra shiftsi of patrolmen patrolled the vicinity to protect other persons, jpouc believed the negro had been crazed by poison liquor. Mich ma- . uu ixiunrue wtr.e reported near death at the county hospital today Merrill Goes To New York Prof. Harrison R. Merrill, of the j Brigham Young university, left to- I day for New York City, where he will attend the sessions of the National Na-tional Collegiate Athletic association associa-tion on December 30 and 31 as a representative of the Rocky Mountain Moun-tain conference. . Dr. H. L. Marshall of the University Univer-sity of Utah has already departed for the sarrie destination. '" Whittaker Funeral Sunday Afternoon Funeral services for C. N. Whittaker, Whit-taker, prominent Provo business man, will be held Sunday at 2 o'clock in the Masonic temple. x The body may be viewed -at the residence : of J. Edwin Stein, 355 East First North street, prior to the service; A- ARTIST I SUICIDE PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 28. 0JJI Continued ill health and despond ent because he was confined to his bed on Christmas day, caused Wallace Wal-lace LeRoy De W6lf,,T7, well known artist, to shoot himself hereVester-day.'" hereVester-day.'" ' -'' ' Communist Children Enidv Party Jeering NEW YORK, ' Dec. 26.. l'J!) The. children of the Communist, party in New ; Yofk, . were recovering, like -other children, today from the effects ef-fects Of a very happy, and exciting Christmas. They bad as much; fun jeering at Santa. Gaus as otHer children chil-dren did receiving presents which, they thought he had brought to The celebration which wa -held in the Central Opera house, decorated' decor-ated' ior . the ' 'occasion with an anemic pine tree and caricatures of capitalistic dignitaries,, gained; add. ed..' excitement for the , romping children' when the heat was turned off and most of the lights went out; .A capitalistic manager of the .hall was blamed for this. ;IIe said later? he had been "tricked" into renting tbe hanaRd did- t6t;bel!8vein giving giv-ing a- program agxlnst Santa. Claus 4 too much lizht. ; . . . Rykoff Loses Russian PdWeir Because he opposed some of the strenuous principles of Soviet - Rueoiafs b 'KOvernment, Aiexer , Rykoffi pictured at tjfcp. Kas been stripped of the high' of fical power he held in Moscow. (First relieved of the post of -president of tne lnion Council of "People's Commis sars, me equivai! v. premrei , lie now has been -expetted by the Cen tral Control Commission Zrom the political bureau of the party. Via-cheslav Via-cheslav Molotoff, beiow, long t J staunch supporter of Joseph Stalin succeeds Rykoff as Head Of tne union council. Lincoln High Alumni Lincoln high school alumni day will ftake place Saturday, Jan. 3. A program at 11 o'clocft, luncheon at 5; $0 p. m. f or alumni, two feature basketball games and a grand r homecoming balT in the evening ae features of the activities. - The first of the basketball games i-Js-fieheduled for 7 o'clock, with tha Lincoln high Tigers tangling with North Cache i high school At 8 o'clock, an Alumni game .Is booked, with the Bachelors meeting tie Benedicts. ' ? . The committee in charge of alumni day is composed of Morris dinger,-Fay AHrcd and Virginia Taylor. COURT OF HONOR MEETING 1 '. he" court of honor of ;the j' Provo district of the Boy scout j council will hold a meeting to- j night in the; county commissi sioners' chambers at 8 p.' m. to examine boys who have applied j fnr .merit. hno-pji. . i -i- ; '-- . ;g -jc US sompanicd by ..about 700 parents, paraded into; the4 hall for the party. They booed land jeered joy&usly -when they saw the ' caricatures of Mayor TValkW former: Police Com missioner (Grover Whalen, Presideot. Hoover, and their hated enemies. the -poltee..' They ..put;.ion t aper policemen's hats a ndinocked - them off again wi th little whips. They pushed the seraggly Christmas treie" eiirmountsd- by a xUige dollar sign representing the star of Bethlehem Beth-lehem to one 'side. and. overturned it. V, , y f i- 1". , . . Santa Claus was - dJspo4'Of lat once by a-song whlZi the children .sang, t It ended, -they are trying jfo fool us." : Just then the lights went out, -i 'Vj !The meetlnjr ended withTplentyof -tnuncutioafor every ope. Awom an speaker wished them all a "re vo. lutienary Christmas,?. ad thep they f!, V ' ',' Day Death Takes Of 200 On Holiday Fires, Shootings and Traffic Accidents Are Fatal To Many. Christmas celebrations in all parts of the United States were marred by ,traseay, a- Survev bv the United Press showed today, accounting for more than 200 accidental deaths. Firest shootings and traffic accidents - claimed many lives. .At Whiting, Ind., seven men were burned to death in a rooming house, Two persons died from gas iphyxiation in Philadelphia, and 1 In New York City the bodies of four men, ll,of whom apparently had been .asphyxiated, , were ountt "in a moving yah. Eleven : died of poison liquor in New -York, and there .were , fewer alchoholic hos-1 pital rases than usual. A 7-year-oia woman in -spring- field, Mass., fell downstairs during a . Christmas ceie oration at ner home andj-was killed. " At St. Louis two persons committed suieide rather thstn spend Christmas ajone , and f rienaieas.". Shootings tpok.flve lives in Kentucky, ana. one death by if ire -and one by carbon monoxide asphyxiation occurred in Ohio. t At .'Bajisalifp, Calif, ithree youths were drowned when their rowboat capsized. Six members of one family. Were killed 'hear Jiomlra, I Wis., : when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by -a jtraiiw Traffic accidents were generalhUdheavy throughout the coiwatry-' ;i.-y - ; " i SDDAY Pageantry ftv Its true form is to be -presented Sunday evening, Dec. 38, commencing at 7:30 p. m. in the auditorium of Commutfity church.. The pageant, "The First Christmas," is being prepared by the. members of tiie Senior Chris tian Endeavor society of the church, assisted. , by . the Intermed iate society, and the choir. The -pageant depicts the scenes Land events closely associated with the first Christmas. It begins with a beautiful candle lighting service Then follows the portraying of the prophecy of -the coming "Messiah the annunciation. scene, the shep herd scene, the dramatic scene of coming to the Inn, the wise men be ibre Herod, the manger scene, and iinaiiy me propnecy ox me iuiure, when all peoples shall be drawn, as If by a magnetic force to the Messiah. Following 'are those- who take part In this pageant: Joseph, Irving Anderson; Mary, Ruby Street; Ruv-clation, Ruv-clation, (Dorothy Mensel; Ange l. Ann Schick; Herod, Gaylor Gillls; f wjse. men, James Bee, Emmett Ire land; Harry Roabie; innkeeper. MaylandrHarritt; crippled beggar, Wilson Street; rich man, Ed Hood; .women, - Norma' Anderson, VerTa -EWlng, Virgia Beelar, Ada and Alice--. Cowan; AwbfUon, Laura Mensel; shepherds, John Scott, Darrell Miohaal, Russell Stringham. The public. is-invited to witness this beautiful pageant. There will be no admission charge, but a U vr J?J&;j;e received to defray expenses. RUMORS FLY WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. (IIE)- Senator George W. Norris, invited by Frt:,JbhnlPewey of Columbia . ' :a y' m . . a a. universiiyxo wiuuiraw xrom me Republican party for the purpose r of -leading -a XJberaL party (. move ment, intimated today ue wouxa not mccepi ine invKanon. . Norris said -he bad seen' Dewey's letter only In the papers. Pressed .for jm answer whether he would lead, a third movement, Norris said he would prefer to discuss the mat ter later, but finally remarked: "I don think -nyono -eerlouBlyv uunKs i?will do.it" .- j ; ..; c j The Nebraska aald he I might wake his position known in, more. xeiau iate tnjs afternoon -- WAISTS ma ' AtfpjerKg - . ; WjORCTJCiTER, ilass Doe.' ts-- XCE Fearful ttit ether WcuZJ jracU his appetite for Christmas, 10year- oid otoy, 03our?r54Ut-nad .brokea ET GUI 1 inii EXCELLENT Conscientious Payment of Debts Shown By Commerce Department in Report; Is First Nation - Wide Check. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UP) The American pifblic payjB Its debts conscientiously, theicommerce department re ported today in its first na tional survey of credit condi tions. Tremendous amounts are sold annually in this country on credit but merchants , seldom lose through failure to collect, Edwin R. George, chief of the marketing service division, reported. Other Developments- Other holiday developments re lating to business conditions were the Federal Reserve board's report to further decreases in industrial production and factory employ ment during November, and a re port from the U. S. Chamber of Commerce showing that imports during 1930, though much smaller than those of last year, showed about 4an even break" in quan tity, with the average of the last five years An annual volume . of retail busi ness in excess of $20,000,000,000 results re-sults in credit losses, may of them unavoidable," of, only $200, 000,000, George said. The Ameri can public yearly buys from four to five billions of goods on the installment plan, and some $15,- 000,000 more on open credit, he added. The department retail credit sur vey is theflrst nation-wide check on create -conditions ever made. George said. It has given the i re tailer as a basis for comparing: this credit practices with those of others. The Federal Reserve board - reported re-ported also that wholesale commodity commod-ity prices were continuing downward. down-ward. Department store sales in creased prior to the holidays. In- 1 (Continued on page Six) BIDS WITHDRAWN Four bids submitted by ;Salt Lake institutions f or the financing of a $250v000' tax anticipation loan for Utah county have been with drawn by the firms when the coun ty commissioners refused to ac cept any of the offers made. The. money, which is to be used to meet -the running expenses of the county'departments during the year, may be borrowed, from Provo banks under a plan now being worked out by the members of -the commission. Bids Too High- The board members felt that, the bida were all too high, most of them being more than six per toht. According to the terms of notice a41iixg for the bids, the money was rb deltirwed InfiB iMtalimtUts of $50,000 on February4;!; ApriP 1, June 1, August 1 and October 1. Some of " the - financing houses submitted a straight bid for the ntinre'-4nount of tSM , per cent Tttost of them indicated a desire to bid under par for the loan. The? bidders were" Snow-Goddart, Centra Trust, Ashton-nJenkins and Lauren .W. Gibbs, and Edwin S. Felt iCo. 'The' Snow-Goodart cdm-pany cdm-pany financed the tax anticipation loan last year. The .county- ? spehds more than $1100 each year in interest for tax anticipation-loans. 1 J'i." '" " '-""t" 3fc er Otah Fair tonight to-night and Saturday; Satur-day; little change ta -tprtria . ?:rmnm top. t7cdeMSay -;.;?B6 !r:3um top, v-4 t. below rtjfryr X3 TAX LOAN The; Weath r- i IM k& S' T 1 Here are the principal flaures in the Republican political tangle resulting re-sulting from disclosures in Washington by the Nye senatorial campaign expenditures investigating committee. Senator Gerald P. Nye is shown at-.the.toprholding one of the "barroom" posters which it is alleged were used in the November campaign against Senator George W. Norrls, of ' Nebraska, pictured lower right. Robert H. Lucas, lower left, executive, director of the Republican national committee, admitted that he financed ?the printing and circulation of letters, circulars and. cartoons attacking Senator Norris. Defending-his action, Lucas declared that Senator NorrU was not a Republican because he had supported the Democratic presi-. dential ticket in 1928. ' Republican Representatives And Senators To Hold Caucus NEWS WIRES By UNrEED PRESS DIES AT CHRISTMAS DINNER A man suffering trom lack of food and exposure dropped dead yester - day Just as he -began to eat a boun- ttful Christmas dinner provided by alms givers. He was -about 50 years old and unidentified. 'CHICAGO GIRL KIDNAPED CHICAGO, Dec. 26. U.P City and county, police joined today in th;: search for a kidnaper who abducted 17-year-old Alice Ceranek as she was -about to enter her home .where a Christmas party was in progress. COMIC ARTIST DEBS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., "Dec. 26. (U.RV Frank McKinley "Kin" Hubbard, Hub-bard, originator of "Abe Martin," fell dead at his home here today. He was 62 years old. .CATCH BANDIT IN CHURCH , CHICAGO. Dec. - 26. E TWo priests early today captured and disarmed a youthful bandit in n Catholic church,' oUIy -41' few 'hours after two other bandits rbbbed a parish house in .another .section of the city of $2,500 Christmas collection. col-lection. tOISON BOOZE KILLS 11 NEW YORK, Dec. 26. IE Poison Poi-son liquor took a toll of ir lives in New York City Christmas day, less than on any Christmas since prohibition prohi-bition went -into effect. MONACO HAS DICTATOR MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Dec 26. U.E -Prince Louis II. ruler of the little principality of Monaco, made himself, a dictator today as an aftermath 'to riotous disturbances disturb-ances which "broke out when he ro-turned-last week from France. BOMB KILLS ONK . DELHI, Dec. 26. flJLE) One person was killed and two injured when a bomb exploded In the waiting room of the Central railway station here today. The bomb was concealed in aWtfterieft hanging in the .room ;for several days, and the. explosion came when railway authorities took the sweaten and shook ;. the bomb from -it. i - . UFCn GETS LO00 CARDS BRITJUTWATER, Mas&, Dec 26 TIE) Jesse yPomeroy, America's oldest old-est life in point of seryice, who has spent M -years ?in -w&on,'. received John E. Booth Mentioned As Possible president of State Senate. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. v 26 (ULE Republican state .representatives .represen-tatives and senators from all parts cf the state were gatherlng'in Salt Iake City today for the import-, ant Republican . caucus tomorrow; at which1 the so-called Vplnas" of Ho hnna an1 Ktnltn HminlgtrB- Uon Vill beTateWbuted i VrB Concentrated Action I At thls vcaucua Republicans wIl j name their choice for speaker Of tner nouso, president oi mo senate. other officials of both legislative bodies; they will liet.rmiae party." policies and will urf harmonious and concerted action ' during "the forthcoming session. Insofar as the house and senate nominations -are concerned, the Republican choices will "undoubtedly "undoubt-edly be elected as r the , Republican ' party holds comfOrtabie -roaJoritiea in both houses. The tax reform- propsltion will occupy the attention of the caucus to a large extent. Jt; is expected that Republican leaders will ' suggest sug-gest caution ' in enacting , radical tax- changea' ; W, D..Candland,'. Sanpete county, -a legislator of long experience, is the leading candidate for president presi-dent of the senate, although John E. 'Booth of Spanish JFork and Paul H. Hunt of Wasatch coaaty are far up in the running. Miller Is Favored 1 Voting strength was being mobilized mobil-ized today behind Mnes E. MiUer, Salt Lake City, for speaker of the house. Salt Lake county's principal princi-pal argument on behalf of Miller, is that the county is entitled to the speakership this session. It' is pointed- cut "that during the Xnat two sessions the chair was heldlby representatives who lived outside of Salt Lake county,, and thatby virtue of its size and importance this county is entitled to the speak ership at' least once every three sessions. . . - , - . .... t Police Given . -. ; Alarm Clocks -.v . t - . WOODBURY, N. J Dec. 26. CE Mayor Ernest .Rlgff ' '-is- a. -very practtcal -tSanti. ciaus..; a. ;3Ie; presented.- esxh.of th ' .thirteen , fmemhers H-of the city's police lepartmantlth ' - alarm clocks for' Christmas so that, the officers could report re-port on time for" duty henCe- . .forth.,. - - , K , A .;- |