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Show nTTATTTTAT'. 7 T THE BEST RIVALS UTAH COUNTY J TTTPTTTiTTn TELEPJIONE JJS oo set yqpr paper "regularly f U Hot, telephone 4W p m. bjre i;i SURPASSES THE BEST FORTY-THIR- TROVO; UTAII COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20. .1928. YEAR, NO. 135. D . Pilgrimage ofP.V-N.R- . Is Delayed Youths Jailed for "Chickaree"; Letters Are Un; Whitewashed. Night-Riding- ' ", By EKNEST B, RASMUSOfif" The P. V. N. IU is In trouble. And by the same token the ancient emblem of the P. V. N. R. proudly emblazoned ort the hillside, will set' January 1. pass by without custom of a the renovation being" ob served. i We hasten to inform uniiuV tlatted that the strange Utters stand for the Pleasant Vjtow Night Ridnrs, and that the, charter members of the secret order are languishing behind the bars of . the Utah county .Jail, there ta remain until" January 4, by ordsr of Judge . "George g. Ballif. Y , . The cause of the unfortunate hitch in the rites of the order was an innocent ''chickaree' staged at Pleasant ViewTa "ft'w TiighU ago. When John Murdock of Pleasant View, found seven of his best hens missing the next morning, he performed a HtUe detective work, and thn reported- his findings to Sher- i a 1 llilMii Mm Ten - Day If i j acatioh Headless Ballot Would 1 'ff ff !n Aid noneLijidVfirnmipnL ''i remarkable gift of persuasion. Ar- Talned in the elty court Wednesday afternon. four of Uiem. James Phil and lips, Ve'rl Brereton, Guy Pearce Keert Burgner entered ' pleas of to a charge of petit larceny, - guilty and were sentenced to serve 15 days in the county Jail. The fifth member of the gang, June Ferre, pleaded not guilty,- - and' he will face trial later. a The boys aref members of a gans, that have terrorinvl the neighborhood for some tlnv with their pranks pranks ithat " not always stand the scrutiny of the law. They cjJl them- selves he Pleasant View Night Riders and have taken enough pride In their clan to construct-- i the initials of tlv emblem on', the hillside above the canyon , road service station. For a number of years past the boys have made a trip to the sacred spot on New Year's day to renovate the emblem and renew their aath of tenentaof the allegiance" to the order. l ' As the quartet were ledf away to tne Jail by Deputy Sheriffs George Davis and S. A. WilHrwjho effected their arrest, one of thlr,. number bemoaned the fact thajf they would all be behind the bars rrhen tne an niversary roll3 around? uieveu hence. " For Liquor Charge L Life SENSATIONAL RAID STAGED -- BY OFFICERS . .. -- ill . E - . -- Boyp Are Arrested For Shop Lifting Dpnti Iwls. and Blaine Jack 18. both of Provo, were arrestson, ed thf s afternoon at the Callahan HardJhrare store where they had When been caught shop lifting. from searcnedV4ha their I shirts the following articles whicln they, acknowledged they had stoli n from the store": can of stove polislh, a package of friction tape, three-ln-on-e an oil, paring knife, 1, I ooys-produ- -- ced Jf carplnter knife and shaving brush Tlley also had a pair of ladies glovcs and two pair of men's gloves hil h the police believe the boys stolen from some store, declare they the boys boufght them yesterday from a local hae stojt e. v .. . i , s s ! r Still Operated in Shadow of TXity and County Uuildrng Is Discovered; ,Sam and i Ronald Wilson in Custody. i Operating within the shadow of the city and county building and the sheriffs and police off ices, one of the largest stUls ever uncovered here was capture Thursday morning In a sensational raid. The raid was staged by Sheriff J. D.. Boyd and deputies, assisted by two federal prohibition enforcement officers from Salt Lake. Two Are Jailed "Sam Wils&n, lessee of the prop erty, situated at J29 South Univaml sity avnnue, and his ton Itonald Wllsonr' were arrested nt the time of the raid and ,lodged In the Utah couaty jail. Another son, George D. Wilson,-whwas taken in for investigation was leter released. - , Tht" still, said by the officers to be of capacity", capable of running over 200 gallons of whiskey every 24 hours at full capacity, was found in the attick on the third floor of the large house'. Fourteen barrels, contain ing 440 gallons of sugar mash, and 23 gallons of moonshine whiskey were" also confiscated by the offi- I ; - ' , - k , '' - ' r.5N' ' '.' ; uy. l ' . A t' V I, -- ' - ar 20-fo-ot SUIT BEGINS Will Durant Holds Capacity Audience bound in Hall; Expresses Faith in America. BRIMHAIX IS tp ' right-of-wa- y, v KING GEORGE L SANTA CLAUS COMING . Utah: Fair to. night and Fridav; little change In lomperature Maximum temp. 22. Wednesday, Minimum - temp. Wednesday, Minimum .Thursday, L 6. temp. , ;9-inventio- Install New I pmm IS ON MEND TOT 8i-ri- se -- ' mlp-Itite- v , v i Y ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 20' n (UP) A filibuster was started in the .senate, to- two-ma- day against the neatly aM ranged truce of leaders "who! had planned Vmmediate ton--1 sideration of the naval cruiser i building bill and delay until Progressive - Austin Green, Democrat James'R. Jones, . ' Titles of other of fices, with the candidates listed un- derneath, would follow in order. The headless ballot .would provide for intelligent . voting and would not confuse the voter who wishes to scratch. Under the"present Utah law a scratched party ballot to be legally counted must not 'only have a cross after the name of theTandidate voted for, but a line must be drawn through the name of the candidate under the party emblem where the cross was placed. If the -- , s - . : headlessJjalloWor judges, but also for thenonpartisan: election xf judges. The Herald believes both of these of a proposed measures should be enacted in the interest v nonpartisan judiciary. The Herald further believes that in the interest of honest and efficient government, in the state and in the county, the headbsa ballot should be adopted for the filling of all offkf .vt the general election." IF IT IS GOOD TO ELECT JUDGES IN THAT MANNER, WHY IS IT NOT EQUALLY DESIRABLE TO ELECT GOVERNORS AND COUNTY COMMIS, - THAT WAY? This type of ballot is In use all through the eastr California and Oregon have adopted it, and find it works well. SIONERS , 'Why not Utah? after Christmas of action on the I Kellogg anti-wa- r treaty. v . Republican, and Democrat The two men who disrupie'd the program of the leaders are Senator Gt'orge W. Morris, the Nebraska Republican and veteran head of the Independent group of the senate, and Senator William H. King, Dera- oerat of Utah. "I will talk until we adjourn Sat- - t arday If neeessary to prevetnt adoption of the motion which has been made for consideration of the naval bill without consideration,; of the treaty," Norris told the United Press. "You can say they won't pass that motion by Saturday. I will not consent to taking up th navy bin until some arrangement Is made to assume consideration and a vote on the anti-wtreaty." I The dual insurrection started late " yesterday when Chairman Hale" of the naval affairs committee moved that the senate make his navy bill the unfinished business, Norris and : King Immediately protested. King tried to move that the treat) I be taken up. while Norris served f notice upon Hale that the navv bill I could not be taken up without "considerable debate." r . Executive Seio Called .. At once Senator Curtis, yice-preident-elec- t and , P uw leader, swung the aenate Into xcu-- f Uve sessioB to avoid a further row, 1 and Hale's motion expired when the . senate adjourned. . Hale announced renew hia notion at the earliest opportu- - I nity. while Norris and King Jndieat- ed their vocal chords were In good f order and they intended to exercise f them in the Interest of the anti-Wi pact. Is' The flUbuster not expected to eonUnue long. Some agreement sat- - ? isfaetory to the two insurgents U f - pAkunt law is technically enforced, it may happen that the desire of the voter is nullified, if he should forget, , as is often the case, to draw a line through the name of the candidate not wanted. The headless ballot emphasizes the individual candidate rather than the party. Boss control of elections jgets a hard, wallop because the proposed system eliminates the opportunity for the bosses, to send in their hirelings to "vote 'ir straight" -s Intelligent party men who still retain the belief that party responsibility is the only solution to satisfactory, government would still have the privilege of otiny for the straight ticket by picking out and voting for the individuals designated by the particular party name. It is interesting to note that the Utah Bar association is working earnestly for the introduction of a bill at the coming state legislature providing not only for a , . ar i -- a. , ar expected. Delay IDS FOR JAIL ; : in consideration of . the l I paot was assented , to ; by Borah of the foreign re- - l latlons committee. Many senators had left for their homes to spend t the holidays, a poll showed omy to votes against the pact while the f bill see'med certain not to pass navy until the senate reconvened after t th holidays. ' i , , ; Norris and King are strongly op- - ? : . posed to the navy measure which Free Entertainments Will Be authorizes $174,000,000 for construe- - f " ion of IS new 10,000 ton cruisers and 1'. Rendered Tonight by an aircraft carrier within the" 6ext ' three years. They are both un- : All Students. deraood , to be la favor ot the 1 . treaty. The P ovo Junior high school iiusio (iepartment will present coMMUNrrr cnom "Tli j Vk'jndrous Story," a ChristA rehearsal of Chrismas music mas enntrta by Richard Kountz, for both the. Young Peoples chorus at the high school auditorium, this and the choir of the Community j .r 8 p. m. It will be free church will be held Thursday eveto the publlc' and all are cordially ning, December 20 at 7:30 o'clock invited to attend. In Meno Trope hall. A full attendAll students of the ten music ance Is urged. sections will participate in this performance. This will make a large W INJURED TS BLAST chorus of over 'three hundred iifty LONDON, Dec. 20 (UP) Twelve voices. men were injured so seriously that The cantata proper will be they were taken to a hospital after an explosion which occurred on bysthe following .numbers: . "Winter Days.girls' chorus; the pavement In the heart of the Skating Song, enUre chorus; Christ- west end retail district today. mas. The cantata numbers are as folpeace JUNIOR HIGH f CLUB SPEAKER . SUvinlisr. f x""" s. " 10-d- - , . - Provo's school children and .teachers will enjoy a. Christmas Vacation, accnnllng 'In n .Iffiai.in I 1 of the board of education. The t ' k . schools will close Friday, Dec.' 21, and Wednesday, January 2. It is expected that by this time the few "flu" cases still remaining will be cleared up. Vocational Work Planned-Prepara- tions arc being made by K Supt. C. A. Smith to have the part-tim- e ..work of the schools begin with the first of the new yCar. This will affect some 157 students of school f ' age who are not now in atten-danc- e j 'yV Special vocational classes 'y : ' will be given for thestfktudents, to " r - - i '. meet late in the BfteflToon in ory " ' ' der to avoid conflict where the stu' ' ' " dent is employed. v A supervisor of part-tim- e work will be appointed tn the near fu. ture by the superintendent It is pointed out by Dr. Smith that, according to the state laws, all boys ; ;i tond girls between the age of 6 and Mrs. Etta Mae Miller of Lansing, Mich., mother of 10 children, of whom 18 years of ago must attend school four ore living, faces a term in the penitentiary for selling liquor. a certain minimum number of days. Mrs. Miller was convicted under. Michigan's habitual criminal code This will be strictly enforced with cers. which makes a life sentence mandatory for four felonies. State Sepator the beginning. of the year.. to told the ths story According by The board at Its last session canSeymour Person, who derended Mrs. Miller, announced he would appeal elder Wilson; the still had been pur the act in thonext legislature to have the law repealed. Mrs. vassed the election results- of the cast and chased ta Salt Lake, and had been Miller's husbandis term, and she Is the sole Second ward polirand acertif icate serving a two-yerunning for about two months. The support of her children, the youngest ofprison of election was issued to George AT la 13. whom attic room In the northeast corner Startup, the successful candidate, of the house, where the stilf was who will assume the position now found, was well equipped for the occupied by W. Monroe paxman at work. A large gas burner with a NotedJ&iter-Philosophethe first meeting in January. L hose was connected with the Ago-I-lUpheld city gas mains for fuclrAconcrete The ruling of the superintendent floor had recently been installed in in regard to the age limit of pupils the room.' entering .. me- - urst graae was upScone Attracts" Crowd-Sev- eral held by the board, when Lester boxes of yeast, a large Farrer appeared in behalf of a of number of patrons whose children sugar, corks, and other quantity .were under the stipulated age. Acparaphernalia were confiscated. The work of the officers attracts to" the" present rule," th Spell- cording child must be six years 'of age be(Continued on Page Six) fore. October 31 In order to be eliCollege gible to enter. The matter of the Installation of R. O. T. C. work in the Provo high "Is Progress Real?" was the sub school, which has been urged by ject of a brilliant and intensely a number of organizations of Pro fascinating tfcture by Will Rurant, vo, including the American Legion, noted writer and philosopher who was deferred for future action. This training is. now offered in held a capacity audience In Col- kind-oSalt Lake and Ogden Bchools, lege hall spellbound for more than an hour Wednesday evening. The and efforts are being made by the of a legal technicality Argument lecture was one of the numbers qnj Logan .high school to have it" in- most of the mornjng, consumed ' there. uie in the condemnation suit tsrignam oung university aris troduced Thursday, Alterations at Provo hiEh the was the worth course, and easily brought by the Utah county "The school, estimated at $100. Choosing as his jtheme piice of the season ticket, against the Wildwood Joy of Giving Is lheApex ofTJv-lng,- '' thorized to permit the agricultural Quotes From Cynics Resort company, over the H. Brimhall gave Dr. At the outset, the speaker quoted classes to be held at the science for the proposed Wild wood-Asp- one of hisGeorge characteristic short talks from numerous cynics and pessi- building, allowing the applied arts Grove federal road. before" the members of the Klwanls mists,, who, ip keeping with . tl and" fine arts classes to be. closer Judge tf. W. Moffat, of Murray, club at their weekly luncheon trend of modern thought among the together. '.' counsel for the resort company, at the Hotel Roberts In .the "V Will Use Gym- -;J "intellectuals" contended that the complaint did meeting The request of the Brigham larger cities, glory in the thought not include a resolution of the of the Eureka that they do not believe In anycommissioners county authorizing I'iwanis club were in attendance at (T (Continued on Page Six) . . , thing, , the widening of the highway and and extended 'an Scorning the usually accepted hismecting today's of action. the the bringing County Imitation to the local KIWaniano torian's theory of progress as reAttorneys I. E. Brockbank and A to Join them In their anniversary counted in the rise and fall of em)U"Bootn represent 4ne county. It to be held In the min- pires, Mr. Durant proceeded to outwas expected (hat a jury would be celebration; ing town January 7. The invitation line the ateps by which man has selected late Thursday afternoon. was accepted by President J. Karl emerged from savagery to civiliza Beck. It is expected that 'all tion and culture which in brief is of Utah and Juab coun- as follows: tl) Coming of speech; ties Will Join the Eureka club in 12)1. Invention of fire and light; (3) Conquest of anlmalsrXO' tran;; their annual celebration. -- - -Dr. Brimhall pointed to great sition" from the hunting to agriLONDON, Dee. 20. (UP) King men of history and characterized cultural stage; (5) coming of so George was maintaining today the the cheerful giver as the greatest cial organizations; (6) development: improvement in his condition which he recited of morality; D invention of tools; set in four days ago. of. all. In conclusion f science "After a bulletin issued" by his Montgomery's "The Stranger and of writing, print, and means of Santa Claus will make an official His Friend." physicians at 11 a. m. indicated IT. folat students visit to ehe B. Y. that the monarch was continuing At a meeting of the directors (Continued on Page Six) the progress' hopes that he might assembly Friday morning, at which lowing, the luncheon meeting James time he will distribute Christmas A. Bullock was chosrti secretary of ultimately regain his health became gifts to all who. have made the the ciub to succeed'Hugh Syme, and brighter than any time since the Charles De Moisy was made a di- MasonS necessary dime donation. first week of his illness. iifntr Viof Vina knnunjl tVi" A huge Christmas box stands in rector. lnan anvini"s GfficIalslTub',r0Pr8movc this week, and every student drop nrxn else auring ine last weens was m mail robbery statement published today in the ping a dime and his name into the MEMPHI3, Ae'nn. Dec. 20. (UP) Under the direction of E. O. Moo British medical journal And the box will be rewarded with a gift on Tom Underwood, 38, alias Frank Devois, confessed big. time rack- - the following new officers were In- - ljncot describing - the progress Friday morning. Inasmuch as all are anxious tol etecr and escaped convict, was hpld stalled Tuesday at the meeting of which the monarch has made, share the gifts, dimes and names here today for 'fet Paul authorities the Story lodge No. 4 F, & A. M. I Palaci.' officials placed .their nre being dropped Into-thbox where he is wanted on chargeB or Dr. If. P. Cannon, worshipful .mis- stamp of approval on the statement dozens at a time. .The unique Idea participating in a $20,000 mail train ter; Henry Immish, senior warden; which concluded, "There are inFeed Hi'dqulst, junior warden; Al- - creasingly solid grounds for hoping is being received with much en-- 1 robbery on July 7, 1928. a recovery will result from the long thualosm by the students, who can MURDERER SENTENCED .. secretary J.. P. Woods, chaplain; anxious struggle." scarcely wait for Santa to arrive. . ST. GEORGE. Staten Island,, N, Fred Hischler, senior deacon; R, K. CON A NTS LEAVE PROVO Y., Dec.-- 20,tUP) Vincent Rice, Nelson, Junior deacon; Glen Ray, I.LOVD GEORGE IS ILL c Dr. and Mrs. M- are DON, Doc. 20. (UP) David high school youth who senior Stewart prime lesving PrqVo Thursday, evening for admitted killing Alice Joost because steward; D. L. Cook,, tyk'r; W. II, Llovd George, war-tim- e of Great Britain, was confined a two weeks visit over the Christ, he resented hit amorous advances, Ray, trustee for three years, and E. - trustee O. Moe,for the building to his bed today with, chills and mil holidevs with their parents at was sentenced to serve from rJ fever. years to life Imprisonment today. socictjr for three years. JeffeYson, Iowa. ; , CONDEMNATION j , t ' y v Utah and Nebraska Senators Rffuae to Fall in line on Plan to Consider Nival Bill Before Kellogg Pact. - William Blacky Republican Stephen Brown, ' ? . ' ' , Board of Education Takes Ac tion on Many Important Matters; Vocational Schftol Work Is Being Arranged.. ; for The Weather wm If the'headlees ballot were adopted, the names of the candidates would be grouped in alphabetic order under the title L the office they seek. For instance, under the title, "Candidates for Governor," you would find listed in a row the candidate? as follows : Gives Fascinating Lecture Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Graham, for nvany years a resident of, Provo, whi. died, la Salt Lake Saturday, wee held in the Second ward chapel Wednesday afternoon. Benjamin ti. Knudsen, member of the ward J bishopric, presided at the services J The opening prayer was offered by Jacob I. Jacobsen, and Blshorif L. U Nelson of the Second' waa-- pronounced the bene diction. The spelikers were Benjamin H. Nelson, Knudsen find Bishop and the music was furnished by the ward choir and William Hoover and Mrs J Ella R. Stubba. Mr. Kf mdsen dedicated the rave at the ITrovo city cemetery. m (editorial) ;':' voting booths, . 1 LAID TO REST ' . Progressive, thinking men of Utah, regardless o politics, have for ears urg a modernizing of the election laws of the state by tfoLadontion ofiwhat is com- -i monly known as the headless ballot.-- 1c. That 'system provides for the elimination of the party, label at the head of the ballot, making it impossible for a man, to vote a straight Republican or a straight Pemocratic picket with one cross of the pen. ' The returns in the last" election which set a new high record for "scratched votes" show that the people of Utah are using their heads as well as their hands ilLthe mtt MRS. GRAHAM ' , . ' V , Boyd. As a result, five youths, ranging in age between 18 and 20 were brought to the sheriffs office where confessions to the theft were easily forthcoming, aided by the sheriffs ' ft . time-honor- iff : w . ARE SUBMITTED GIVES CANTATA CATTolboe, Contractor, and P. L. Larsen,- Plumber, Low Bidders.. .. - i - ; Bids for the alteration and installing of a heating plant for new county" jail on Twelfth .crt and 'Center' street were opened Thursday morning Dy tne. board o" county commissioners. Four -bidders submitted their figures for the general work and four for the plumbing, all represented at- - the . meeting. For 4he general -- contract HC- .- A. Tolboe produced the lowest bid with $6050, he others being C. H. Ward, $6,128; Davis and Dixon, $6270; and J. F. Halladay, $6650. Only $200 separated the highest and lowest of the plumbing' bids. Parley L. Larsen was low man. bidding $5493.- - Other bidr ranged as lows: follows: H. Ci. Blumenthal, $4685; Baritone solo, "Behold-th- e Tears Butkley and Haws, $4686, and E. O. Turn Backward," Stanley Heal; 2 . Moe, $4790. "chorus;-coPastorale, ntralto solo. "Christmas Ev," Alice Mortenseo; "The Angel Mary LJVAETIlDANCE POSTPONED -The dance which was to be given Choirs," chorus; The Three Wise chorus; trio, "We Three this evening In the 'Manavu ward Men," of Orient Are," Stephen Caramusement hall, has been post- Kings ter, Rex J. E. Allen; chorponed indefinitely1. This announce- ale, "Into Thomas, the Town of Bethlehem," ment comes from members of the "Silent Night." ladles' chorrecreational committee, who had chorus; us; The Manger," chorus; contralof ; the dance. charge to solo, "Sleep Sweetly Babe of Bethlehem," Mary Thornton; - "U" BUILDING DAMAGED rjstmasDa.wn," chorus. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Doc. 20 (UP) Fire swept, the school of CHRISTMAS SERVICES mines laboratory building of the University pfJJtahj, campus - last Special cnriBtmas services will' be midnight, causing between $5,000 held' In the Pleasant View ward and $10,000 damage before the city's Sunday school, Sunday morning at entire fire force, aided by 500 stu- 10 o'clock. A fine program has been dents, were able to bring It under arranged, .All members of the ward -con trot yare urged to be present, i-.- - "vc-iin-- -- . Tire-fac- ed The-Shepher- ; rr- v- mm r zw;si ?vr |