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Show ...... Dedii..:i to 4 f&lrt. to &3 - pulley of sectioai of M. araeiamd, today to iui "lmflendeot". to r:iii regular ett RcutIlca eeasigtat given him, "I atuul during wf lb sott adhere to ttw is said taer fct to Chairman Wat-on- , f 3h BpuhQoMi committee as tMimtaw,' which granted hbn 3$ameaU mi three eomnilt- - 80 --With 4htwi facto! before the corranlfftes, should they assign me to' eoasmateea iodleated by , the preaa, X shall aeeept aueh formal L Ii .. eoosida-e- far grounds tracOnctha actios of the '.". re-- eunsott-to- - letter watts Bdttf farwe and that tMaaadinK the Ifc rejiert drafted. , would be presented ai , "ho hftta-tV--- -,: Senator Robert litioal eoemles; there are personal dangers. For Instance he might become classified, easily and fatally, as just his father's namesake or his . mother's boy. The latter was a possibility as real a eer confronted a United States senator. Mrs La Follette had been the; partner of. her husband. Bhe exercised a, keen political eye and a guiding Jhsnd as; did few sen ator's wives. She wa considered succeed seriooSly as a candidateV: "' her late' h usba nd. ' Those, ij ho knew "Toung Bob" haven't felt any danger that he would fail to be his pwa man. His father, of course. Is a herb and a guiding .example to him, but he is asking no favor's In his father's name. - His mother has begun the large task of writing her husband's biography and probably will pay less attention to public affairs this season than for many years past. Id the quiet manner of 'the present Senator La Follette there is a more ominous suggestion of future potency than if he, were entering ' . with fireworks. ' . : - 1?he '!band Is pla jlns;,. the ringmasters tare cracking 'tbelr whips and tbearaadstand, goodness knows, Is young Senntor La Follette won't - flahce out into the, spotlight and do hla tricks. He Isn't hibernating or retreating; ha simply la grasping something jaote substantial than skyrocketing. Toon .Bob" in the glow of the session's opening is Just about the - most conspicuous and- - interesting figure In the senate. Ia addition to being op that account In a particularly hasordous position and having more thana normal number of po- - .;"..:''.; t WyDIiMG ARE - SNOWBOUND T . ; , ... Snow Drifts Makes Roads Impassible in Many, Sections of Jtocky Mountains . DENVER, Colo., Dee 15. (CP) After , the worst bllxzard of the year yesterday, a bright sun Was shiatyg today la tb Rocky Monn-- . .jute region. Tl heaviest snow was In tte northern part of the region, about IS Inches being reported In Wyoming and tapering off to a few Inches In the southern part of ,., - '" t . ,r. :The' temperature before sunrise today'.was 'flve degrees above aero, but the thermometer was rapidly ' rlsin,'. , 'Three .boys with average ; ages frwn 8 to and Chester ftamuelion, with whom they went hunting 8ur-dn- r and were missing Sunday hlg'ht and all, day Monday were located last night safely In a ranch housn. Hamuelson walkedseveral, miles yesterday to a telfphme and notified the chUdren'sjperentr. here of their safety. . The automobile driven by became stalled In a drift and Vafter h battle through drifts WltH ' the three boys he reached. the ranch ' house. Farmers, and road crews were busy today clearing roads, many ot ' wh(ch are itlll lmposssble , Colo-ra'd- it ' Bam-uelo- i 9T i ' - . Alaska Pioneer Philanthropist Dies '"NOME Alaska, Dec.,. 14. ( UP ) 65, member of the pioneers' of Alaska, known as a philanthropist by all Alaskans!,, was dead here today., ". Swartzell was born at Scranton, Pa. ' He came here 25 years' ago. Death fallowed an Illness of several days from gastritis.. . James Swartzell, ' ? .Kansas City, Mo. KANSAS CITU. Mo., Dec, '! (UP) Business men and women and Christmas shoppers slid to the downtown district' here today. 'The streets and sidewalks here are covered with a thin sheet of Ice follow ' lngva driving rain and sleet las freeze and a this morning. WASHTNGTIN, Dec.. 15 tP) night Frederick CL Hicks, of Port WashTelephone, and telegraph service IS hampered, according to reports. ington, N. T.. alien property sine March. C last and a for-- In the rural districts though the memner i tiiiiKmH, qhi nnaaeniy . local servlce'has not been greatly last night while attending a theater, impaired. Aliett Property i : United Press Staff, Correspondent ( Copy right, 1825, by United Press.) BOMB, Dec., 15. Forces are at work.? the .United Press was Informed today, looking toward a "peace conference" to end the pope's 'Imprisonment" . in the , Vatican which baa. endured since the separation of the church and state. Political circles i are convinced that Premier Mussolini Is in a fair way .to solve the knotty problem of the ope's ata tns'ln Home ahd to effect .a, reconciliation between Italy ' , and the pope. s ' f... : Sleet Storm Hits 1 Custodian Dies - -( i Finance Minister May With-draFrom Cabinet to : , HSave Premier , NEW YORK, Dec., 15. (UP)-F- ire coursed through a five story past aide tenement early today, tak ing the lives of five persons, four V of then jromea, Partial identification of the bodies was established at the morgue s v ' ;' follows: ' , Mr. and Mri John Munby. ' Mra. Ellen Fogarty. Mrs. Sileox. JMraAgnea JUasterson. . Whlle .no comment was forthcom lng as to the suSlcIous nature of the fires, It was learned that Fire Marshal Brohy began, an immediate Investigation. . The two fires did aggregate damage estimated at $50,- - 000... C0AST1KGT0 t, I'm going-hom- " now." , . . A rsvolver was found nefrby. Sikl, whose real name waa Louis I'bal, won his chief pugilistic fame when ha conquered Georges Carpentier and became .the light heavyweight champion of the world. John Meecham to whom Slkl haa talked .a little after - midnight, stumbled ' upon the fighter's bod toward dawn, lie summoned an ambulance and Dr, Julius Bassata pronounced Slkl dead of hemorrbne- caused either by a bullet or atab wound. The presence of the revolver caused police soon to abandon the theory that a knife had caused the death." , The fighter bad been shot In tbe back and the bullet passed through bis breast" . Siki 'whj married to a white wo man; Lillian Warner. , He gave hi age as 23 when the took Hills place at the municipal marriage here building BE CHIEF FORM OF RECREATION Course Cleared on East. Ready for snow; Best In State All that' Provo now needs to have the best coasting grounds in the en tire state is a foot of snow, accord ing to Dell Webb,, (city recreational .. director. t ' : Dellwlth a In .July 1024. I ' i .'-- , , PARI.i, Dec., 15. (UP) The latest French cabinet crisis failed of solution today A meeting of the ministers, called following yesterday's finance commission rebuff to finance minister Xoucheur and his disliked tax prSosals. terminated with nothing accomplished to quit the uncertainty or .to check the falling frauc. Before the session, it Is understood, Premier Briand deMlned at least temporarily an - offer , by Loucbeur to retire if, It Would help Briand, However, though the; cabinet, took no action toward "either the retirement of Loncheur or of the entire group. It Is generally held that the present Impasse cannot con tinue. r The" cabinet ministers were In ac cord that the country now needs Briand, the skillful diplomat and politician who hag been premier eight times. Hence, It Is believed, that If the cabnet,; fnally does re sign, Briand wilt probably undertake to reform the regime, but without, Loucbeur.' ;y . v . Loses Half Million , In Irregularity .WASHINGTON, Dec., 14. (CP The government lost half a million dollars In taxes a a result of irregular handling of tax payments of the Robert Dollar - company, Pacific coast ship operators,-L- . H. Parker, of the Cousens - committee Investigating tbe Internal revenue bureau, told. the committee in testi1 mony made public today. , COUNTYROAD - FUND EXCEEDS APPROPRIATION Golfer. Breaks Neck In $85-00- SPARKS FROM LIVE WIREs ; '.v , ,t Next Few Months Christmas cheer ln(the shape of large check! was disfrltmtHl. todsr of Utab among the beetgrowera t t ' to county for beets delivered four sugar factories of the county during the month of Noveuilx-T- , '" . ; distributed wai Pi which represented beeta. i The FINE RESPONSE 157,4! tons M of '";."'.. company of paid $134,490, .for 22,418 beets delivered at the .Lebi.Paysnii and Spanish. Fork. factorU; wbflt the Sprlugvllle-MaplotoSugitr paid $23,000 for 3,800, tons de livered at its 8prlngvllle plant , The farmers of the' Payaba dls trlct delivered during Nhvember! 6O20 tons of beets for whlub'f30,12; were paid. The amount ditfributei among the growers in the tinanH: Fork district-wa$4C,020;for ifild tons of beets,5 Tb? Labi district! A'" farmer received $52,350 for I livery of 8,125 tons of beet With the! distribution :M ,th checks today, the two sngaf mj panics have paid the bertgrriWers of the county this season '1SS510. tv. this amount .ihe.'RpringrHuvMnple ton "company pal Sf1f5,9fr5 'to ''tho1 of Srliwrllle 7 and beetgrowers Mapleton.' .The entire amount paid in tb Sugar ITtsh-Idah- n JO CHRISTMAS SSEAL-S- 20,215 ; eom-pfh- y , '. s Many, Respond ' Booth . to Letters; to' Be Placetl in ; ,PrOVO Pofit Office- - Appreciation of "the splendid response given the Christmas seal sale by tbe people of Provo Is expresser byf memlers' of the" local committee In,; charge of the sale. , Approximately fifty per cent of fhe letters sent out resnonses With coif ri but ions, committee ' members various districts of the OBh-Iin' ' state.- Sugar company during the season I A sale boom will be established as rouows: ieni, am.aon; npanisii In the Provo post office next H it'tr-daFork, $264,960; Parson, TIHO.. , ' 1 J' and will continue In operation CIIhu Ik. tuc .utRrui aiv ntiiuJ. 1... 'J minx until Christmas, It is announced growers to tbe sugar, companies fori This booth will be In charge of the s. stipulated guarantee per ton plu various women's clubs of Provo. a pe rentage of the net lucome oi In addition to exiressing satis- the sale ef sugar, the grawers arW faction for themannerlmPhleh the expectlig another payment for their cltiseoa-ofProyhave resindinl to beets. Tbls payment, however, the seal sale, the local committee expected nntil somvthne next commends the splendid work of tbe spring. Utah Public Health association. Ii Is pointed out that with no other funds than- these raised from .the sole of Christmas seals it has f: ennced clinics, public .health and school ; nurses, child health education, clean school contests, playground equipment, health exhibits, health flmls, lectures and literature David Long and June Ferre, twt Pleasant View youths were arrest ede here Monday morning by Dep uty Sheriffs Otto Birk and S. A Willis on a petit larceilr chargeThe J were taken before city court, when they were sentenced to thrity day-I'the county JalL . If, however they make good the damage tbey dlr , SOUTH 'BEND, Ind., Dee.r 15- .-( sentence will be suspended after ter UP) Knute Roc'kne,: fanions foot- days. The young men nre report( oaii coacn, or. otre iame, was to have maliciously destroyed i scheduled to ''appear; today before coaster wagon belonjrfng to a Prov. Uev. Father Walnh, president and boy. other university officials to explain the Columbia contract iuctdout. Roekne refused to discuss the af fair when he arrived herefrom ew Vork. .To oil iuuiilrlt-s- . for an ex issued platiattoiv of the by Colnnibla . university officials that Kockne had 'signed a uutract to com-h the football teum of the John Girigd, Iljl West ' Sist" New York Institution. the coaca waa Titled $150 in the cjt Siutb. : , ; replied court; Monday, folio wdlug. a raid e "See my press agent. Uwlbls home where several ga'kii o UnherKltr iifflclnla nln a statement after ithe nrnferem I be and elder were confiscated With IWckne. " Rockne- Is to leavelTne rald wa conducted by Sherif Wednesday nieht for Florida where T- - P- - Byd 8ud Iputies Otto Bin be will see his 1924 football team B. F. Roper and George Davis. iu action. He Is due back here.on January 6 to complete preparations for his trip, to Europe, for a month's ' ' : vacation. I : Dlsatches from Parig at tbe time said the Senegalese had made a tout of Holland three years before with uutcn gtri wnom be; introducec as hla wife.; He was said to have had a child by this glrL , After his defeat of Carpentier Sikl, Jost his title to Mike MeTague and since has gone steadily lower on the pugilistic ladder. Within hist year or two his name hn,? seldom appeared in the press in any connection other htan that of sonic " ; escapade. Last July the fighter was stabbed. He was unconscious and for a time fears were expressed for his recov ery when infection set in. Police hews since that time of ten has carried the fighter's exploits.- Within the past month hfc had ben In court for failure.to pay a '.... xi bill . , ', Because of the numerous brawls attenttott- - of Immigration; authori ties was focused upon him and de had been portation proceedings ending for,everal months. - large group of pa. triotlc boys, has just finished clear ing. Giles hill east of this city, of brush 'and debris and rocks, smoother It for several hundred yarda t It Is now In. readiness for a coat of snow and when that comes the boys and .girls of Provo wll hare Just cause to rejoice, for they will be given one of the finest forms of recreation in all the land. Beginning high up on the moun tain side the course extends out in to the field far below where fences Bertha Peterson,- - arrested In Los have been removed allowing a wide Angeles recently om a charge of gap giving ample space for several alleged kidnapping of her own child, to pass along the eourseat who had been given Into the custody sleighs, . ce owe. c. .: : of another" person foIlowlngHi-divor' the civic organizations of action, .was released - Satur- tbeAmong city lending the movement their day on the grounds of no cause of tmport is Klwanls Club action, following a preliminary which J QStirTo tbe appropriated An In court. ntder the . hearing city cause, an amount which was greatly was filed with the court by juvenile the recreational officers Saturday asking that Mrs. appreciated by v city , Peterson- be restrained from taking committee, will be one of the That the child back to California with most coasting forms of holiday pleasurable her, it being recited that the mother amusement for the boys and girls of is an nnfit person to have- the cus the city is not only assured In fact tody of the child. that the course, is now cleared, but also la the fact that, plans already a re under way! for splendid .slide , ' will be1 conducted County Auditor Reports On programs. These Cave-I- n ' around hu?e bonfires wlilch' wilt be condition of Respective built for the comfort of the coasters. . Funds; Two Depleted DENVER, Colo., Dec., 14- .-( UP) so that tH'that ls :needfc bow Is John MeGokan, 55, sustained a sufficient pressure' on' the'; weather .'. Utah county has spent $80,375.30 broken neck yesterday from which man for snow" and the. more snow for road"lm"proveraeat- - purposes he died when a five foot bank caved they get the merrier will be the during the present jrear, according in on him as he crossed a small ra- great throng of boys and girls who to a report given to the board vine on a golf course. - ..;" commissioners by County are "raring" to go. , . Auditor Clifford L. Wright. --The budget for the year, was set at Mr. Wright points out and with the amount already spent and the bills which have been Incurred for "The Utah County Artists' League has a splendid exhibition of fine the month of December , will put and applied art ready for, public Inspection at the B..Y. U. art gallery the expenditures for the year over , and we hope tbe lovers of art .will a,vail themselves of an opportunity the budget appropriation. The report also Indicates that any w vim i. i ut guiiery aunng ine next iew auj k, is me inviuiuon exienaea further extensive allowances in. the the citizens of this community by Prof. E; H.' Eastmond, bead of the poor and indigent fund will 'make school of fine and applied art of tbe university and a member of the the expenditures for the year ex'' ; "... league.. ceed the budget allowance' of that ' '. tbe artists of Provo and Utah county, produce some department. "Eachj-eaUpon payment of tbe thing new and this year Is no exception. 'The new pieces are especially regular payroll for December all interesting and the lovers of art will no doubt find this year's exhibition available revenues In this fund will have been used. well worthwhile. . v . H The balance of tbe county, funds ."There Is nothing that stimujn tea art production, so much as public Interest. This is especially, true of the young artls who, like the are reported In good condition and his work la reviewed, th departments Mr. WrUthf states, young musician or the author, Is encouraged wjien " should end tbe year without exceed- " '" '. ' : to even though It la .subjected criticism ; their budget allowances. Most "We hope, therefore, that the public will accept the Invitation ex- ing or tnem, ne says, wllr- - undoubtedly 'week."-tended by the league and visit the exhibit during the present ' carry small aurplusea. - V TO $157,491 Third! Installment Depends Upon Cost of Sugar During e .;'.:' . AMOUNT ' . 'Good-nigh- A floor apartments. As tenants of the first house were escaping spectacularly down a ledge, of ladders, three alarms were sonno. ed for the second blaze. Fire Chief Kenton reported that two charred bodies had been found on the top floof. two on the floor below and the body of a child in the hallway of the second floor. The! bodies were so badly burned Imme-- ( diate recognition was Impossible. It was improbable, Kenton admtttco, that more bodies would be found. Among the tenants wh6 escaped from the earlier fire wera a blind man, his wife and daughter. In the almost excitement, the blind pitched forward from a fire escape but his wife and daughter succeed In holding him to his coarse. (Bessie", a dog, was Ike hero of the fire, Her barking aroused the janitor and he and others aroused the eity tenants. TODAY'S CHECKS ring were Rlalto Gospel. Hla body was found by a police1 hian whom ha bad told four hours ... f,'. before: , ' short time previously many res cues had been made at a similar fire three blocks away. Both fires started In the ground floors and spread through upper Second Installment of; Season Made Today, for Ifcets De- -' lirered During Noyember NEW TOUK, Dec, 15. (UP) "Battling SikL Jfcmgaleise heavyweight prise fighter, was shot to death by an unknown assasn on Ninth avenue today.' three blocks from Times Square, where ' bis pugilist exploits In aa out of the FREE IN COURT w v - Gained Notoriety in Pugilistic World by Defeating; lieoiges , Carpentier WOMAN SET UNDER BRIAND CATHOUCSEE B. MORGAN. h GROWS GRAVE PEACE WITH ByTIOMAS UFoUctte, Jr. One's first. Impression Is surprlti that this talked-o- f pcrsonAs go short la stature. "He is wehes below ave rage height, no taller ihan bis fath. la build. er, although He looks even younger than- his 30 years. ; There Is nq strut 4n his manner and he wouldn't be picked out In the street car fojr a senator. ;But sit down and talk with the friendly young chap. Look into his eyes and lisassured, cool, grey-blu- e ten to hlg.cleac-eat- . speech. There are traces of the boy remaining, but they are welt burled in ttie mind trained by eight years' steady handling of senatorial affairs, both in his father's office and' In campaign. ;I realize," he tells you, 'that because of my father's name and my youth and things of that sort, I am getting a lot inore attention than Is actually warranted. And that is an incumbrance rather than a help. What I hope is Uiat I may rtay 6ut of that artificial light anfl may have a chance to accomplish what actually ig In me If anything. I"don't want to 'circus' this thing but to do , real work."' FRENCH CRISIS ITALY SEEKS ( L TO UTAH GOUHTY , . By OEOEGE BIIITT. ; $ NBA. Service, Writer. ' Cyrlgbt.liKS, NEA Service, Inc. ) WASHINGTON, Dec., 15. Until people get somewhat use to him as Senator La iFoIlette ahd not merely aa "Tona 3ob" the Junior senator frojn Wisconsin la going to be sedul ously staid and reserved., . He phrases the policy himself by any saying,.! jralt; to evofd ' of the Job." During the clamor of discussion as to whether ne should be accepted as a Bepaolican by the regular or1 ganization, he" la keeping quiet When a was Invited to mnke after- fllnoer speeches by iorganlatlons ,of all tints and stripes, he sent regrets. When urged to go on lecture tours, IMP IS . ! . J "t a 15,336 - Charred Almost Beyond Recognition; Blind Man Has Narrow Escape SoaMBambcra af iha ommittee at first consideration thought LaFotlette'i action In sending the letter night be aensidered a rea-ae-n tar each action, t The aamnlttea decided that the BEETS BRING . REVOLVER FOUND NEAR THE BODY Bodies a, Check Samuel II. Thompson U the new president of the, America Farm Bureau Fetferatlon, winiug the election oyer former president O, E. Brsdfule of Xetila, O, He was ftirnier presideut of tbe Illinois Agricultural association. PRIZE FIGHTER Back UPPER FLOORS TRAP VICTIMS , It U! liil UM X, "Battling Siki" Found Dead With HuUet Hole in. . vhetbar XaFonetto'c affimntl f hit tsJthn't prbKfplea ahaaU be PRICE TWO Ci:.NiJ mm. TENANTS Fire Breaks Out in Two Tene-- ' ments Three Blocks . .Apart anifidJyltor receiving La-- , FaDottfa letter,- - Watow , called the aaaaaatttea on aaaMaitteea ta to exacutire aeasioo ; to : IXJST. Prof, Datmey Horton; Instructor of English at Ohio State university, Columbus 0 is under, arrest' a chargea of possessing a still and owning liquor and a sweeping Investigation has been begun by order of Governor A. Vic Donifhey, Horton Is shown above, with the still that v found in his home, below, SmALL DOG IS t th afirtt t the ptytifwrra ij wUefc 2 mm fcxied aad futkiw tf tefefMaxfcat eon which I hams Mrked ot for myself," be ! .... n im County JFaraiers.Get Bfrfe f VEUVB 15 tVFlSimtar Rabert wwM atccpdtif , i PROVO. UTAH. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1925 - &tmg Bofo Refuses to Ride (H His Fc - ..-.?..,- Business Office . . Editorial Rooms . . 1J7 FORTILIU YEAR, NO. 132 Dee, . t: ..'- WASSTSGTIX, ... .. . o YOUTHS GIVEN KNUTE ROCKUE TO EXPLAIN SHERIFF RAIDS rJROVOHOII , - Shopping Supt. C.H. Lewis Address Kiwanis , Supt. H. Claude IwU v. ill nc the sptkeruit the weekly luncheon meetih; of .the Provo Kivvsnii club .Thursday,: according to announce ment of Jesse Ellertson. secretarv. The relation of theKiwanis club to the solution of some of Provo city school problems will be S'uperltiten- dent Lewis' theme. Ernest Halver- .son will be the chairman of the ufeeting and the donor of the attendahee prize.' The' results ortbe an- nnal e'ectbm of officers will he made known at Thursday's meeting. af. 4 ii aQjOTQ jkA Afi |