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Show p 1$ n TODAY Arthur Brisbane '.,.- XOopyrUnt, issa The bebts, Once More 4 Nullifying the Presidency Presi-dency Earth'sr Biggest Theater FOUliTEEN YEARS Ago yesterday yester-day Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States arrived in Paris, to. look after peace details and start the world on a happy journey, with Democracy forever cafe. He. would read with interest the news that France declines to pay money .borrowed from Uncle Sam, in the glorious war enthusiasm. President Hoover, - remembering how many American millions were used by him to feed, Belgium, must be amused to learn that Belgium declines to pay tfae small amount due Uncle Sam today. Benjamin Franklin, Intelligent American, warned tts long ago: "Who goes a-borr owing, goes a-sor-rowing. He does not necessarily, if he defaults. de-faults. The book of Uroverbs says "The borrower is servant to the lender," but our European friends have found a way to get around that. Uncle Sam. might write on his cuff Shakespeare's warning: "Neither a borrower nor a lender he, For loan oft loses both itself and friend," ' Fortunately, we can afford to smUe as friends that fawned and borrowed, expressing eternal gratitude, grat-itude, now turn their backs, saying indjniomatlc language "try and get " If w bad no worries more serious- than the loss, of a, few hundred millions in gold, we need not worry much. Our real trouble is not Inability to extract gold from foreign countries, but inability to make our own marvelous gold and prosperity producing machinery work in the old way. But that will come back. YOU REMEMBER, back in 1914, all the horror about treating a solemn sol-emn agreement between nations as a "scrap of paper. When Uncle Sam was- helping Europe to yell about that, he could not imagine that in 1032 an agreement to pay bUHous .'of 'dollars lent to friends m distress would be treated as another an-other "scrap of paper." VVhtnsn&BZ8riltir&nn4& "States yesterday refused, 44 to 37, La Fol-fette Fol-fette and Blaine of Wisconsin vot- sig with the Xemocrats, to confirm con-firm any further nominations by president Hoover. The senate baa a right to exercise exer-cise its constitutional power as it Chooses. Whether it has the right to deprive the president of tb United States, during several months, of power to exercise functions func-tions that belong to his office, is a question. Confirmation, by the senate is supposed to depend on the fitness of the appointee. It is in the nature na-ture of a conspiracy not to confirm under any circumstances, regardless regard-less of fitness, and that might possibly pos-sibly be made to interest the supreme su-preme court. M. H. AYLESWORTH, head of National Broadcasting and the (Continued on Page Five) In Austria nagt bonfires, visible for mllea, are built - on the hilltops, hill-tops, bn CSrlitms Ere. Old and jroang gather twrndr to sing carolajand aske etrry before go-LiX go-LiX to the eiiurehta fojr midnight 1 DAYS UJJTIL er Utah Fair and continued cold to-njht to-njht and Saturday. Satur-day. Maximum, temp Thursday . .. .; IS Minimum .lemp. Thnrs. 14 below. Mlnlmttn 'temp. Friday ' morning 19- below f ?:-;:3?i::::;:S;-:!s iz'z'zzzzzZ'Z'Z'Z SHOPPING FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 87 i -'' ni J ii' -afJ';5 -i" ''ilfe H1LTB DEFENDED Laval Insisting: On More Reasonable Debt Terms. By RICHARD I McMTJLLAN United Frew Staff Correspondent (Copyright 1932. by United Press) PARIS, Dec. 16 U.R) France has the right to withhold with-hold war debt payments from the United States until America, Amer-ica, her debtors, and Germany Ger-many establish a more reasonable reas-onable basis of payment, Pierre Laval told the United Press. Laval, the swarthy, stocky statesman states-man who visited President Hoover in 1931 as premier, remains in the background among the likely candidates can-didates to lead the next French government. He said the United States should reduce her debt demands, de-mands, and Germany should agree to pay reparations, in accordance " with expert opinion on her capac ity to pay. Laval reiterated the statement attributed to him by Sephane Lau-zanne Lau-zanne in the newspaper Le Matin: "If I were the only one to vote in the senate, I would vote against payment.'' . . " - . ; 'r The ex-premier explained that hemeant by. this statement that he"remained opposed to payment, conditional or unconditional .until the United States and all her debtors debt-ors meet to establish debts on a basis of payment on a more reas onable basis than the existing 62-year 62-year arrangement. "I never have agreed to abandon Germany's reparations without a previous agreement with the United Unit-ed States," Laval said. "I have never gone further than the Washington communique of October ,1931, which clearly fixes the moratorium for the period of economic depression. My atttitude is not dictated by the Washington meeting with President Hoover, but by conditions and circumstances which decided the July, 1931, moratorium. mora-torium. "In the Washington communique there was no question of reducing or annulling, debts. The communique communi-que merely limited the moratorium' morator-ium' to the ''period of depression. As chief of the government, I al ways insisted that France cannot pay unless she is paid by Germany. Ger-many. "Today there is no question of annullment or refusal to pay debts. It is merely a question of suspending payments until the impasse im-passe is broken by a new agreement agree-ment under which France receives just damages from Germay, with which she may pay England and the United States." Santa's Helpers Need More Toys At Fire Station Santa Claus is busy hammering, sawing-and painting in the Provo fire station these days, fixing p dolls, wagons, sleds and every conceivable con-ceivable kind of toy for the children chil-dren of Provo who are nbt so fortunate for-tunate this season as to have an inside track with the North Pole Santa. - Frovo citizens responded loyally to the. call for broken toys made recently by Fire Chk-f Cfyd Scott, and the firemen, fire-men, working under the supervision super-vision of Santa Clans, have been repairing them and re painting them until they look like new again. Not nearly as many used toys came in this year as did last. Chief Scott reports. Anyone in Provo having toys that could" easily be repaired and painted for distribution by the community welfare committee for Christmas, are asked to bring them to the. fire station or call immediately. immedi-ately. Quick action is urged as it takes some time for the paint to diy-'nd. t bo Ibe toys repaired. Not an the toys were easily repaired. A leg from one doU sv head ..from another evn4' ftjfc arm from1 n'v third 'had: to be ' placed together before a whole don could be assembled in some cases. : --',--'- If Santa Claus of. the not-so-fortunate .kiddles in Provo is to come tintimfc this KZwiettnaa,' ho needs ft It. . , , i . - . i - is. FNO ,.; PR O Vg, There Isn't To Dodge Tax ' ' ' ' - - Invisible and Visible Taxes Eat Into v Wages, Salaries and Profits. Noone -from the dayold baby in its cradle to the gray-beard gray-beard on the edge of the grave can escape the crttshixrfi: load of taxation loaded upon the American people by poHr ticians. " ' ' -f. What is called "invisible taxation" is worse than the direct tax. And for two reasons: . ; ' , (1) Because most people dpn't realize they pay the tax j (2 Because it enables office-holders to load on more' ; waste and extravagance without being found- out. ' , PROVO BUDGET TO BESLASHED City Commissioners Prepare For $40,000 Cut in 1933 Program. Material reduction in the Provo city budget for 1933 appears certain cer-tain today after the city commissioners, commis-sioners, Mayor J. N. Ellertson, Walter P. Whitehead and J. E. Snyder and City Auditor Mary F. Smith completed two weeks work on the setting of the budget for next year. Although the, figures are not yet complete,, tentative changes indicate indi-cate that the general expenses may be cut from the $182,474 of last year to $143,357.4$ u reduction ef about $4000. ' The waterworks budget, not completely set as yet, also 'ndi-cates 'ndi-cates substantial reductions will be made. So far the reductions line up aj follows and witf, of course, be subject sub-ject to minor revisions as the com missioners go into the work of completing the cost program. The 1932 figures arc given first in each case: Public affairs and finance 1932 $98371; 1933589378; public safety safe-ty 1932 $37,152; 1933 $33,749; streets $27,600; $1933 $2?,950; parks 1932 $5000; 1933 $4300; cemetery 1932 $7,000; $1933 -$6000. Recreation 1932 $2850; 1933 $2280; golf course 1932 $4000; 1933 $3200. P. MAILING RULES Because no mail deliveries will be made on December 25 or 26, it is urged by the postmaster that the slogan of "shop and mail early" be fully observed by Provoans. For those who are compelled to mail parcels late, however, there will, of course, be' special delivery service for which, a lee Is charged. In case parcels are mailed special delivery, delivery is sure to be made on one of the two Christmas dates; Mr. McOuire also calls ' attention to the preparation of mail, reminding remind-ing that parcels of a fragile nature likey to break or be damaged should be carefully packed within a strong box of either wood Or corrugated board. Sharp pointed instruments or tools must have the points or edges guarded to prevent injury to' clerks in handling or damage to other 'mall. The Provo postmaster spiked (Continued on Page Five) Lions Ladies Night ' , Members of the PrpVo Lions club held ladies' -night Thursday at Keeleys, the evening's entertain ment consisting of a well appointed appoint-ed banquet, a delightful program and dancing, .with music by Bill Green's Trailblazers, ; A Christmas lighting effect proved prov-ed attractive'. J. W. Thornton, president, intra duced Leland Van Wagoner as the loastmaster. A . clever skjt f wail pescnted by students: of the B. W V a toast, To the; Ladles,' was given- by Oscar BJerregaard and Mrs. X DeVere George gave a toast Te tha- Men Trc; vocal solos were rendered, .by ' Marvin Gease, Club songs were sung by the entire en-tire group. f i l,H ' . . Thirty couples were in 'attend OUTLINES Stag ; (0 Y, JT Any Way, j Tax Burden 3- Every time .you drive into a serv ice station here and buy 10 gallons of gasoline you pay 50 cehts ;:lh taxes j i0 cents to Utah .state Md 10 cents to the federal government. The one; cent a gallon tax was sla- ped on by the government only .tnis year when the general sales . tax met defeat. " ;? Motorist Is Hit f But that's only one place out of many where taxation hits the mo torist. Besides the gasoline tax. which is-not so offensive as long as it is" used for its original purpose, road building, there is the annual license fee and the general proper ty tax. . ' As a,, result of the latest edera tax law you pay 50 percent more for mailing a first class letter, certain cer-tain goods from the drug store cose more and other articles ale higher. It is well known that cigarettes could be sold for a nickel ;a package pack-age of 20 were it not for the heavy taxes on the packages and on the njanufacturin; plant nd l jfevery bther. thing connected witlf thethr7 Can't Escape You can't escape paying the taxes even if you own not one item of taxable goods or property. In the process of living you pay someone else who pays someone else who pays someone else who pays heavy taxes. In Utah county and Provo citj the people are paying for things long past, things bonded for that must be paid. Perhaps .things looked different then things were rosier but the fact remains that a crushing interest load is on the peoples of this place and nearly every other county and state in the union. Not many people realize when they buy a 15-cent pack of cigar ets that they are paying a tax of six cents and then in. addition, helping help-ing to pay the heavy taxes assessed as-sessed against tobacco growers. Jnst Sitting Is Costly You can't sit at home and read this newspaper this evening without, with-out, paying taxes. You pay a high tax on the electric light you use-:-carefully saddled onto YOUR shoulders by the power clique and its emissaries in congress. All business must pay high taxes and the only place from which it can get the money is YOUR pocket. If it were not for taxes-excessive taxes-excessive taxes everything you buy would be cheaper; you could afford a better home, better clothes,, better and more abundant food. Squandermania of the politicians depresses the value of your property, prop-erty, directly and indirectly. It Wrecks Homes- Your home was in a nieghbor-hood nieghbor-hood of good houses, mostly occupied. oc-cupied. High taxes caught some of your neighbors; their homes were taken away from them, left empty. , This decreased the value of YOUR property, because it left more vacant homes and thus sent down rental values and, in turn, property values. But although your home has decreased de-creased in value, your taxes on it have gone up and up! The worker, the business man, the merchant, the professional man, all pay these huge invisible taxes for politicians to waste. 14 Die When Flames Sweep Department Store tn Tokio TOKIO, Dec. 16 UJ! Fourth persons were killed today wh fire' swept the eight story Shr loUi ya department store, trapping' 80? horror stricken women and jhll dren on the roof with two fea stricken Hons,! two bears and dozen shrieking monkey.! and birds all of which were caged in a rooi top ; menagerie, , . ' For two hours, the frantio throng on the1 roof f milled helplessly thcough blinding smoke around thi menageries cages and the beautiful little Buddhist shrine of Kwannpn, goddefes of mercy, before the.' lame Phonei 404 JHr F K AY, D T fx.. 'rV if si 5C' V' George Perins of Ogden is tbt proud possessor of the largest sugar beet grown in Utah this year it weighs 15 pounds 12 ounces, which is pretty sweet. AIR MAIL MEN ROTARY GUESTS Difficulties of Flying Told To Provo Rotarians " By Experts. Difficulties of becoming an air transport pilot, the extent of the air mail system and the thrill of flying were explained to the Provo Rotary club Friday noon by E. E. Hall, district traffic manager of the Western Air Express, and Jimmy Jim-my Carson, for five years a pilot between Los Anpel!s and Salt Lake. Mr. Carson, who explained that he "knew almost every coyote between be-tween here and Los Angeles." told of the stiff examination and flyiug test that had to be taken by the pilots since the department of commerce com-merce made regulations in 1926 and since further fiying regulations were made in 1930. Stiff Requirements Since 1930, he said, the pilot must have 1200 hours of flying a ad a certain number of hours in different dif-ferent types of planes in each six-month six-month period. In the flying test, the pilot is enclosed with a hood so he can't see in any direction, then in made to execute difficult (Continued On Page Five) Lincoln High In Two Assemblies Lincoln high school held two assemblies as-semblies at the school Friday, one for the boys, with A. A. Anderson, scout executive as the speaker and one for the girls at which Mrs. F. S;. Harris spoke. "It Takes a Great Boy to Make a Great Man." was the subject of Mr. Anderson's tfk before the assembled as-sembled boys of the scttool. A vocal vo-cal quartette comprised of Paul Taylor, Moroni Jensen, Floyd Snow and Ronald Pulham entertained the group. Mrs. Harris's subject was ""Politeness ""Po-liteness as Exhibited by European' People," in Which "he showed how she had been shewn the social graces of the continent in her travels trav-els abroad. A duet was given by Nadine Johnson and Af ton Taylor and Af-ton Af-ton Prestwick sang a solo. .hat raged beneath them were x-inguished. x-inguished. ? Besides the 14 known dead, at 'etet 60 Were seriously injured and ib other were taken, to hospital. Property damage was estimated at &,0ou,ooo. ; i. M . ; ? Clerks snid' t ho fire BUrted on the- third floor when 1 att-1ctr,is wire broke whils an attendant' was attaching electric lights' to .a . huge Christmas tree. Only th fact that employees of the hug store are given weekly fire drills was believed believ-ed to have -averted a huge death "tell, . : . L " U II II I t41 405 ECEMBER 16, 1932 nn V S Ei CAREER OF ATHLETE Paul Ripple Dies At Home In Pistol Tragedy. Paul Ripple, 23 on of Ross and Thilda Anderberg Ripple, 506 East Third South street, and a former B. Y. U. athlete, met instant death at his home Thursday evening at 6" o'clock, when he was shot twice through the heart with a .32 caliber automatic pistol. The gun was in the hands of Ripple when the tAiots were fired, but whether the shooting was accidental ac-cidental or intentional, is not clear. Immediate relatives, in the absence of other proof, were inclined to the former theory. Theory Upheld Chief of Police Otto Birk and Police Oi'ficer L. C. Davis who were called to the Ripple residence, following fol-lowing the tragedy, also 'neld the view that the shooting was accidental. acci-dental. According to the statements by members of the family, Paul was in the kitchen at the time of the sh'joting. His father was in the same room and a younger brother, Wallace was in an adjoining, room. Paul who had just -come into-ttie" house from a trip in town had the .32 automatic gun in his overcoat pocket. After the two shots rang cut, the youth walked into the front room where he dropped to the floor. His fatbter rushed to "his side and immediately summoned sum-moned Dr. Stanley Clark, who could do nothing except declare that his death had been almost instantaneous. Two Blanks The gun had been used by Paul and his older brother Glen for several sev-eral years in service station work. The accidental theory of death is supported -by the facts tlat the boys had always been told to have Cwo blank cartridges in the gun whichlhey should fire first in case of robbery. It is held by members of the family that Paul evidently thought the cartridges were blanks. Paul and some of his friends had made arrangements to bold a party at the Ripple residence Thursday j nig'ht and had afso planned to at- - (Continued on Page Five) Delinquents On State Filing Fee Face Judgments Judgments authorizing Sheriff Sher-iff E, Q. Durnell to, levy upon the r"ul and personal property of several Utah county people to coAect their income tax filing fil-ing fee, unpaid have been filed by the Utah State Tax commission commis-sion in the Fourth district court. The judgments are for $2, $3.56, $6.08, depending on the penalty exacted for their failure fail-ure to pay. the filing fee early this year. PenaJtles for those .filed agalfisV ranged from $1 to $8. Teachers Gather Here On Saturday professional problems of school teachers will bo aired at the regional re-gional conference of the Wasatch, Alpine, Nebo and Juab school teacheri, which will be held in the Central school building Saturday wth J. C. Mbirkt, principal of the Provo high, li charge. ,The conference is under the direction di-rection Of the state regional conference con-ference committee, of which Mr. lioffitt Is sv member. There- will be general assemblies at 10 a. m. and 1 p.-m.; -with two speakers foAJOJOBUS PBACTK3S , rhe Provo "Mendelssohn Male chbrus will meet at the Community church ' Sunday at 12:15 to go' o Sat Lake ;aad b'ractlce with the Assembled Glee clubs' of- America, Utah district Tha practiee; of the gle clube wi h hJl lA thftjejl, Utah. ' ' ;:. dears ;j wllj e;fumlslied,vf The Proyo choita jmut be at the hotel Wi 2 pi tli, .according' tft? CI Knell, president, of the Proytj or- BULLETS WHAT FOLKS SAt "I doubt if more than 10 per cent of men are doing the job they plan ned to do when they left high school."Judge John V. Brennan, Mrs . Jesse Dies Peacefully At Residence In Provo Death Comes Thursday Night; Funeral Services To Be Held Sunday At 1 P. M. In Utah Stake Tabernacle. Mrs. Amanda McEwan Knight, 81, widow of the late Jesse Knight, ?rovo mining man and philanthropist, died Thursday night at lier home, 185 East Center street. Death, which was not entirely unexpected, came peacefully peace-fully at 10 o'clock. Her children who reside in Provo -and other immediate relatives, were at her bedside when the end came. She had been conversing with some of them just a few minuses before she died. : Death was due to general de Mrs. Knight's Life Is One Of Real Service Bom In Salt Lake City of Pioneer Parents; Was Woman of Talent. Mrs. Amanda McEwan Knigfrt, widow of the, late Jesse Knight, was born in Salt Lake City, November Nov-ember 13, 1851, the daughter of John and Amanda Hi g bee McEwan, Mc-Ewan, sturdy .Utah pioneers of 1849. The McEwan homestead occupied oc-cupied the site where the Alta dub now stands at the corner of South Temple and State streets. Mrs. Knight was thr third chUd in a family of ten children. Her father was of Scotch descent and both of her parents were educated above the average of. the . tims. Mr. McEwan was prominently identifitjd with many community activities and held positions of public pub-lic trust. He was clerk of the court for 18 years at Provo where the family went to make its home wtven Amanda was four years old. He also served as postmaster at Provo for a short time. Accomplished Woman Mrs. Knight, like her mother-before her, although a- typical pioneer pion-eer woman, was noted for many accomplishments and refinements which lent to her a particular charm. She-was a proXicient needle woman and was known in the community com-munity for her. skill and artistic ability. She, also won renown In home dramatic : circles and played leading rc4e in, many . of tla productions pro-ductions staged in those days. She was. much sought after as a reader at programs and other .functions. Mrs. Knight accepted many responsibilities re-sponsibilities around the home at an early age and became adept at spinning. ,She did much of this kind of home industry for other families in exchange for services by other women such? as stitching and weaving. Early Schooling .Her early schooling was obtained in the pioneer schools of that day, such as the Benson school and the Cluff seminary which was taught (Continued On Page Bight) " . -V J DIES SUDDENLY Patrick L. Ward, 70v well.Jinown Springville resident, superintend ent Of maintenance of ways for the D. & R. G. Western Rallroal company, dropped dead today noon, in the D. & R. G- depot in Springville. Spring-ville. Mr. Ward returned early, this week from a short trip to Colorado, where, according to the family, he had been ill for a fer days. He was sufficiently, recovered Thursday Thurs-day morning to report' for; work. Born in Donegal. Ireland," March 15, .1862, Mt. Wardvcamejto gpring-villc gpring-villc in 1883. He had made ha home there ever . since; and had worked for the D. & R. Q. Railroad company for 52 years. He was eligible f or- pensJon: some time ago but continued to work. He was a member of - the Modem Woodmen of American, Great Oak Camp No. 10626, and was a member of the Surviving are his widow, Rose O. Ward,and the following eons and qaugniers: marie, tiugn j., uwen Pv and Vlacent Ward, Spfingyille; Missy Briar mrtkfWtOei.and Mlsjf t El ; Wardj; Helper A. sister, Mrs,: Kate Ruddy, ve4 in Pueblo, Colo.'- Twveisters-and one brother reside: in Ireland. , "J h Funeral annduneement-. wUl be mnim later, FatUerVictor Herring ox uxe uatnouc church pt Provo, PATRIulWARD PRICE FIVE CENTQ Knight bility incident to old age. She had been in failing health during the greater part of the past year although al-though she had been confined to her bed only since the middle of November. Suffers Shock According to members of the family her last illness was hastened hasten-ed as a result of a severe aUock to her nervous system when she was the object of a blackmailing plot more than a year ago. She suffered a serious relapse at that-time that-time and her life was despaired of, but she rallied slightly for & few months when her health gradually grad-ually declined until the end. Funeral services will be held Sunday Sun-day at 1 o'clock in the Utah stake tabernacle with Bisfaop W. O. Facer of the Provo Fifth ward in charge. Mrs. Knight is survived by two sons and three daughters: Oscar Raymond Knight, Raymond, Canada; Can-ada; Jesse William Knight, Provo? Inez Knight Allen, Provo; Jennie Knight Mangum, Provo and Iona Knight Jordan, Palo Alto, Califor nia. One daughter, Minnie Knight died while the family lived near Payson at the age of 18. Her husband. hus-band. Jesse Knight, died ia March,, 1921. . . She is also survied by one broth er. William McEwan; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Haws and Mrs. Nellie Roundy, all of Provo; 23 grandchildren grand-children and four great grandchildren. grand-children. CHOIR BEHEARSAJ, ' A special rehearsal of the UtsJa stake choir will be held In the stake tabernacle, Sunday, mt VttiS to prepare musical numbers for the funeral of Mrs. Jesse Knight. All members are requested to be present by Prof. Elmer E Kelson, director. . . ". ;k NO UNION MEETING On account, of the funeral services of Mrs. Jesse Knight to be held Sunday at 1 p. m. the monthly Union meeting of the stake will be postponed to Sunday, Dec 5, according to President T. N. Taylor. ! Warmer Days Coming! Only 16 Below Now! Sajjt. Claus and the weather, man combined "Friday tcrbring the frjgid, temperature in ,and around Provo two "degrees warmer than . the 1S. degrees below reported Thtimday. Sixteen below was the official, temperature given for Friday Fri-day morning by A. M. Anderson; official U. S. weather man. In sDite of the two decrees ment auifmpblles continued t4 go,' through the., streets enveloped in a cloud'of steam the size of the B. T. jUatadinniy water pipes . still were, aijunbere4 ask the joy oj;n-emloyeIpluinbers oj;n-emloyeIpluinbers and strong men were yet walking the streets wrappidj-jnl XJrandpa's' shawL Wdirien Gpntribute To Welfare Fund abaxei SiiOftve dollars has . recently teen contributed. to the. child weKTi fare pemmitteei by three Provo or- f. ganisxtilons, it 4 was announced v fhurWsy.'by Clayton Jenkins. Th-; Utah is clgave ,.$30,v the ?i Buslnsand " Prbf esslonal V Wo- v xnesx'i cl$h ay4 5 j4d'the Nelke Readehihl'cntuted-SlO. ''t.f-.-.: '.The money jirtlljje "used ;to supply.- j boots And clothing for the ihf or tunate' children of the City -And to- V as in maintaining thehotluiichi i r: 1.. H-V .-A |