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Show x : . X X" . . . '',' " X - ..--. r :'? i 3 r j r- i j ! rv X ! I ' I 1 n J . 0) A - - I There's No Place; - y: Utah county to Br I 7 XtTatch C Growl ; , HERALD PHONES V Business ... ..... .. . .xoa 'its Editorial . . .............. 3I Society .......... 107 I J X. t it 1 r , ivdji a c :-J c RROyO, UTAH- COUNTY, UTAH, ONDAY, JANUARY .6, 1,930. EIGHT PAGES TODAY FORTY-FOURTH YEAR, NO. 15Q. PttlCE.FJVE, CENTO n n -. .- . ' : ' . . ' :.'.v .. I iTM-A I ' - - i ! i I ! ! ( X tirJ . V " r tla . e! arca J X - m ran s r?nnTO Rira' x J jlj jJJULI-: I ZD U 1 U v J I i i y t j ; . j ; i i J j X J '. j ) ! j -3 V :x L. jn ir' c . v. . ... - - Citizens Attend Inauguration in City arid County Building For Initial Time; Ellert- son, Whitehead, Mrs. Smjth Tale Posts. ; Mayor Jesse N. Ellertson, City Commissioner Walter P. Whitehead, "and .Mrs." Mary P. Smith, city auditor, were publicly pub-licly inaugurated with appropriate ceremony at noon Monday, Mon-day, in the city and county building. - Some 150 citizens attended the ceremonies the first of the kind in the history of Prove city. OutroLnx Mayor Speak! Alma Van .W agenen. - outsoing mavor. creslded at the ceremonies and was the' first -"speaker. He ' pointed out that a city is only as Lare as the things Mt does, and only as small as the things It leaves undone.'- . y, : ' ' "Progress In every way has been noted." declared Mr. Van wagenea "I have earnesUy endeavored to be Impartial and have worked ' my hardest for the good of Provo city. I will continue to have, a lively in-' in-' terest In the -welfare of the com- cnur.ity, and win render all possible xOflfjmca to mv successor ana those in office under the new ad ministration.".: ' ' :' Walter Adams then epoke In be half of the RF'embled citizens. He asserted that there were many . thiP to remember In the work of "Ihe outgoing' niayor.' - -Ve will remember your .lai- -nartiality. your conscientious devo- , tior., well as th protection of - water richta. improvement of parks and streets, and progress of cul tural activities accomplished under - your administration," said , the speaker. TVVe respect you for what you have Con and w-at you naye sought to do. - . ..; . Mayor Ellertson, Commissioner Whitehead, and Mrs. Smith, auditor then were jworn In by City Judge ' Maurice I larding. . ' -, 1 " ' New Mayor Speaks- ' ' "... Mayor Ellertson was the ' next speaker. He declared that the new commission's policy will be to conserve con-serve Provo city's resources to the utmost " extent, to protect the Interests In-terests of: its citizens and to make Provo truly a garden city. We' intend to encourage new industries, protect those that are already here and provide a proper . recreational program,", said the new mayor. "In thort, we hope to aid in, the great work of making Provo an ideal place to live." -". J. L- Hill then spoke, declaring the willingness of the cltlzerts to cooperate with the city administration. administra-tion. : ' . . . ; '' ".'--The : imaginary - barrier : that oftentimes exists between an ad- (Continued on Tag- Eight) Anticipation ' Notes Sold Tzx anticipation note3 to finance Utah county for H'30 have been sold to the Snow-Goodart. Bonding company com-pany a- 1 the Ashton Jenkins In-. turar.ee ccmpiny combined, according accord-ing to action t&kf5n by the county co,T:mis-.-.if.r.cr3 Monday morning. Ei .Is v-fie tubmitttd by several different con-.f 'nif-3 " cf the state, but the rate cf Interest . of Snow. GocJatt end th? Athlon Jenkins ccrr.r wa3 lower than ny ether bid. Intfiest cn ths notes will amount to CIS percent, according to J. V,'.- Gilirnan, chairman of the Cim r" : : n. The Ci'.er of the Salt Lake com-pary com-pary provider th-"t the onntY ",r issue notes any tirrse during the year amounting to T"."-t,r""H if needed. need-ed. This mfJ-.ri :1 ' rrrase the amount cf i::ferft r ' ivi by the county, as the roU3 v,.l La cashed as the mcr.ey 13 n?"J2d. . 0 7-.S Snow to- colder in and eat .3; Tuesday y 43 i t?mp. y 22 temp. - 50 n trr.:p. 23 L- u V uuxJu -U A J City Officials Are Sworn In you . . JESSE N. ELLERTSON COMMISSIONER WALTER P. WHITEHEAD CITY AUDITOR MARY F. SMITH FLEAD "NOT GUILTY Ira Hammond and Albert Ferre entered a plea cf not guilty cn a grand Isrceny charge when arraigned ar-raigned in Judge A. V. Watkln's division cf the Fourth district court, Monday morning. The two men requested that they i be given separate trials which was granted by the court. , uxi A . ' ; T7 : ; ' I . ' X FILSlfi DEATH , . - . " y ' DiSGQVERED Missing:; Key Witness Tells Story of Taylor's Death ; Not Named Shot Director By FRANK II. BARTHOLOMEW (United Press Staff Correspondent) - SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 6 (UP) Otis Hefner, missing key witness, m the William Desmond Taylor, murder mys tery was found today by the United Press Hefner is the man who for mer Governor Friend William Richardson said had revealed to him the name of the person who murdered ' the famous motion pic ture director in February, 1922. He is believed to be the man to whom Burton Fitts, Los Angeles district 'attorney, ' referred two weeks aco when he said:, . ;- "We have reconstructed the scene of ; the killing and we have bult an almost perfect case. Only one link remains to be filled." ouna Dy George E. Powers, a reporteirfpr the UnitedPress, Hef ner repeated and-amplified the dis closures made to the' governor and the state prison' board secretly In 1926, which resulted In hi release froni Folsom penitentiaryto-aTe his life. V. Tells Story . ... These discosures, Intended by tne governor . .for presentation to the Los Angeles grand jury, leaked out prematurely and, in the opinion of the r state parole , board, placed Hefner In danger of assassination at the -hands 'of members 'of "the dope ring in the prison. H Found in civil life under another name, "supporting, his Invalid wife and baby, - Hefner answered these direct questions put tbV him by the, United -Press: "V----':7 -' Q. Do you know anything of the murder of William Desmond Tay- A. .Tes. r Q. Do you know who committed the murder? A. - Yes. '" . Q. Who was it? . . A. .. . ' .?; (He named a motion picture celebrity.) , now. oo you jcnow tais?, .... A I was mixed up aloner with Edwards Sands, formerly employed by Taylor, in a narcotic ring In (Continued on Page Eight) Buyer For, Butler's v Leaves For West : Coast Style Shows Miss Elva Myers, buyer for the ready-to-wear v department j, at : Butler's, But-ler's, accompanied by Miss - Reta Johnson, her assistant in the department de-partment left Saturday , for the west' coast markets..: Miss Llyers will visit' San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Los Angeles and other coast cities to attend the prominent style shows,' and will make some early purchases from the better markets on the west coast before leaving for the eastern centers. , , It is the intention of Butler's buyers to select only the prevailing styles' that will be best fitted for our local market, and those that will please the people of Utah county. coun-ty. .'.-: Tan Francisco and Los Angeles arc fast becoming . recognized throughout the country as style centers and many cf the eastern ccat and dreFsmznufactureTs have branches in those cities. . WACIIIffGTON. Jan. C.' (U.n Nomination' of Col. William Edward Ed-ward Cole, of Vl'.lird, Utah, to bs a brigadier general, succeeding Brig. Gen. Ewing E. Booth who has been promoter to majrr rneral was announced by t- a war depart ment tcJay. C:2 is r 5W E.rvina: a3 president of the. coast artillery board at Fort llcr.roe, Va. He was cwardad the cUzl: rzzi: izr rrrtl'- u:ihed service E-rv:;:s. U iimainis.iui: Royal Wedding r '( V.'WWV.-! 4o A I P- Q ::W&$ Least excited .of anyone Ur the royal ''families of Belgium' and Italy, apparently, is Princess Marie-Jose herself who is, pictured upper right. Her mother, Queen Elizabeth, lower "left, has assumed most of the responsibilities of planning the trousseau.. Even Crown Prince Humbert Of. Italy,,, upper'r left,, has hown considerable interest tn his br'ide't clothes, and personally designed the rich court cloak which will be one of his gifts to her." ' - . Hoover Sends Sealskin Wrap As j Prineess, Marriage Of Belgium Princess And Italian Crown Prince To Be" Elaborate Affair; Trousseau Gorgeous; Affair Is Lovematch - : MOR POLICE RECOEEJEWDED Increase of Traffic Leads To Blore Auto Accidents, Says Chief; ' x;:Xx It Is recommended by ChiefSqf Police Otto Birkiin his annual re-j nort submitted to the Provo city commission Monday morning, a that a junior traffic police be organized in this city. Particularly would such i action- be beneficial at the ;Tn-pancgos ;Tn-pancgos school, says the chief. According Ac-cording to Chief Birk Jt has only been due to trood. luck that Several children have novbeen killed or in jured at this point. . v. ', Two Fatat Accidents" So far Provo city has been very fortunate in having comparatively few accidents : and" deaths, due to automobile accidentsT Only two accidents ac-cidents proved fatal during 1929. A baby was killed at Fifth West and Center streets, and a man lost his life in an accident at Center street and Twelfth We3t. - During the year 58 people were Injured in accidents that' occurred in Provo, but as the traffic increases more caution should be taken to prevent ace; nt 'During the past year two semaphores sema-phores have been installed by the city. Chief Birk recommends that a semaphore be installed at the Intersection In-tersection of Center street and Fifth West. Thhr-will check the heavy traffic on these two streets, and reduce accidents at this point to a minmura. During the past year fifty-clx automr.Lilcs were stolen from Fro-vo, Fro-vo, fifty-five of them were recovered recov-ered by the local police, and six other cars were recovered for other , (Continued On Pse 8) . ,, . ;:..,, .,,,1. .. ... ). ' ' ,r ..i ' -" - ... - - . ., . - k -n irf o on - . ' J - ' . ..... To Be Greaf Event 1 'X.. i - - ' ' V 4 f s ?T ? y "-Redding, Gift ERtTSSELS, Jan' 6. With all the counts of" Europe buzzing about the Belgian-Italian royal wedding, the bride herself, the Princess Marie-Jose, Marie-Jose, is quite detached and calm,, and has left most of the important details to her jmolher. N The marriage on January 8, with its attendant' program of pomp and pageantry and marked by the full participation of church and state, will be the most colorful Europe has seen, in many a year. But. in these facts pretty Miirle-Jose Is but passingly interestedHers is a love-matchand love-matchand whatever the ceremony concerned, she Is marrying the man Of her choice tall, handsome Prince, whom sh has known since childhood. 1 . , ' ; . Princcos Unaffectetf Her former governess, Katie Hammersley, whom she went to visit while' plans were being made for the 'journey to Rome, said of her: ..' - ': " . A1I this f us and furore has not touched her at ail. She is the same sweet, unaffected girl she has al-wavs al-wavs been.' . . "Whan I asked her to tell me about her wedding clothes and her gifts, she said she ; would rather talk about! something .-else. Her mind was not on herself ' or. her trousseau But I Quickly gathered she was very much in love with Prince Humbert, her. future husband, hus-band, and that she had ' a keen sense of her responsibilities as the possible queen of Italy. V , 'I was with, her when she was In school in Italy, and . I know how dearly, sha loved the .country and how well . she understands and ap- ( Continued On Page 8) KINDERGARTEN OPENS Mrs. Edith Y. Booth, 131 West Fifth North street, announces that her kindergarten, which haa been clcpcd for the past three weeks for tho Christmas and New Year holidays,' holi-days,' will be reopened Monday, January 13. , V f7 S vi,:;. V. j ...................... . ...... ........ .o ...... i i t : ... !- ii , ...'...- -. a it' ri r . . mm ll.ddlay By-Arthur By-Arthur Brisbane ew Years, New Cars Ladies With Wide Hips Prance Gets the Gold We're A1K Richer (Copyright 1929 by King Futures Syndicate Inc.) PI INETEEN thirty will be a br year forv automobiles . and ; tbe wise man will meet the year looking his best driving: a new car. -v The automobile industry lads all American industries in ., improver ment in quality, performane and reductipn'in cost. A - . . Last vear , Chevrolet soW more than one ! million three liundred I A.i J i' n ji ..' lAauusanu Bix-cynuuer ttuu. , - jjon t worry aDouc prosperuy, dui get what yoUi need. One thing is a new. cacto. double' the. -value--of your time and dodble self-approval that stimulates- effort.' 'om, - Examiner TPHE San : Francisco ; aava ln V Vi cr tvno arrnsa t.hA page, ."San r rancisco . women s mpa largest." So much thebetter for San Fran cisco and Its future generation. ArV6man built like a" wooden Hath lis ail right , for Ziegf eld's Follies, well built to crawl through a' picket' fence. The mothers of great men, from Charlemagne . to . Lincoln, from Alexander'sNmothg,r Olympias, who danced.' withv snakes wrapped abound her, no: other clothing, to the moth of Renanwith good pleas t ant ' blood, you will X ind REAL HIPS, something . substantial not an osteologip al anatomical , speci men, of pelvic depression? SOME worry because gold Is go-, go-, :. ing abroad. $7,250,000 will be shipped to France on the Beren-garia Beren-garia today, making a total ship ment of $ 105,00.0,000 gold or . the month. - You admire French financiers when you hear that they got $80,-000,000 $80,-000,000 of that gold. ' X' How do the French do it? They WORK and; they SAVE. As your debts diminish, you automatically auto-matically become richer.' jThe peo- , (Continued On Pajge 2) - PROVOMSHURT AS CAR SKIDS Mrs. Merton Karren, , of Provo, and her son Warren Johnson of New York, both Incurred fractured shoulders when the. car in which they were riding turned completely over, Sunday afternoon. Mr. Johnson's wife was rendered unconscious, and badly bruised about ,; the body, Mr. Karren was also badly bruised. ..Mr.' and Mrs. Johnson's baby, who was also a. passenger pas-senger of (he car was uninjured In the accident. l The accident occurred between American Fork and Lehl as the family was' motoring to Salt Lake. The 1 occupants of the car were rushetfvto the Lehi hospital where Dr. F. D. Worlton set the broken bones, and gave -other medical attention. at-tention. All have been removed to the home bf ?MrV; Karren " at355 South Third East in this city. Re-oort Re-oort Monday was to the effect that the injured were convalescing as rapidly as could be expected. . The car, which - belongs to Mr. Karren, was completely demolished. ERROR CORRECTED The Provo post of the American Legion did not sponsor the party held in the "Y" drug New Year's eve as reported on Thursday. The party was givan by I. M Bradley, Albert Kirkpatrick and. Orville Singleton, and had no connection with the American Legion what bo ever. TV ten Vii lVLiiii CJy GJUILU. Delbert Green, Paroled Convict, Slays His Wife, Her Mother and Stepfather; Domestic Difficulties Cause. . FARMINGTON. Utah Jan. 6 (UDThc frun jararaed7and I couldn't doit with a knife;" said. 131? bert Green, 22, today in explaining why he failed to ..carry out his suicide plan after he killed niswlfe. Gladys, and her parents Layjoh at midnight Saturday, Green said he fully afterthe triple slayinc, but when the gun jammed as he attempted it, he lost his nerve. ;The youthful confessed killer had recovered from , the jrage that led him to kill, and he was quiet and rather cheerful in jail here. r FARMINGTON, Utah, Jan. 6 (UP) Determined to settle family difficulties by "bumping' them off, then bumping myself," my-self," Delbert Green, 22 shot and killed his wife, her mother and her. stepfather, but the gun jammed when he attempted suicide, and he sat calmly in the county jail hero today while murder charges were prepared. The youth, enraged because' his wife. Glad vs. 18. left him afterNa quarrel in Ogden iicpa.Aciioxj.uiiu ctiat ui. ijayiun, snot ner.,siepiainer, James Green, then shot his wife and her mother as they watched him from the beJ. .'-,.. , . . : Arresteo Bv Detectives .A V - The stepfather ran from . v,,,jj ,tj NTti nuuuvc ;iua awtijr, wauci t ureen, wiio stepped outside ' the house after the shooting, returned and fired two more hullet into the heads of the. women. He then went to the barn and attempted to kill himself, but the gun jammed, and he ran to his car, drove to Jiis Ogden apartment and went to bed. He was still asleep when detectives arrested him Vci-terday Vci-terday and he readily, confessed the killings, officers said. The alleged myrdeier. did notmolest Lois Green, 10-yearrold 10-yearrold daughter of James Green; Mrs. Hannah Green- '7CT. grandmother of James, and Lorraine, fourTmonths-old daugh-ter daugh-ter of the yotmger Greens. : . - ' ; ; , . ;. wThe youth was on parole from the Utah prison? whero Jserved four1 months on a five-year term for assault with a deadly, weapon, jgrowing out of his woundinvPoy Dumbtt, cousin of his wife. His plea of "."the unwrittedflaV' gairieJ his release. , .. , - . . , . V , - V ( r TTTTT o W3L ': - By UNITEp PRESS VISIT GRAVES PAISLEY. Scotland, Jan. 6. U.W . ; . . ... , A. Av ...... ir-somper tnrong oi u.uw. ay filed past the graves of the 70 children who lost their lives In the Glen Cinema fire last week. The victims lie buried in Hawkhead cemetery. - v ' .TED wrm'ci'T tct tr tt t vn LEWISTON, Utah, Jan. 6. (ttFjU Struck by a car as he was returning return-ing from church last night, William Anderson was instantly killed. Mrs. Anderson, walking . with him, was injured- An. Investigation showed that the accident was unavoidable, according to Deputy Oliver Eames, who did not obtain the name of the driver of the death car. , CALIFORNIA GETS RAIN LOS ANGELES, Jan. - 6 OLR) Sunday rains may be anathema to some folks, but all of southern California Cal-ifornia was happy today because of one. This 'area, parched since mid-September, mid-September, was refreshened yester. day ,by l50i of an inch precipitation and more rain is forecast for this week. ' "'. f". ': -' - X SNOWSTORM-IIITS STATE SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 6. (UH-A (UH-A general . snowstorm over northern north-ern Utah was hailed with delight by farmers and people In general today as being of great value to irrigation ir-rigation and drinking water supplies. sup-plies. The snow, which ; fell late yesterday," left a foot-thick mantle at Logan : and ; lesser amounts 4 through the section as far south as Provo. The storm was preceded by a strong head wind. , : ; . ' TT n 71717?! STl 77TT1 Ct in their farmhouse east of intended td commit Buicide late Saturday, followed her to the house and dropped dead a , ... . . SEEK "X LARGER FfllS3 War. Department Apprepria-tion Apprepria-tion Bill Carries Six Bill-1 . lion Dollar Raisi. ; WASHINGTON, Jan. 0, (lirvT)i v v yar department appropriation bill, Vported to the house loday, oar "ieVn inci eas of more than JB,-OOO.obOfor JB,-OOO.obOfor purely military ezpn of: the jgwcrnmcnt'durinif'lhs next , fiscal yeaKdetpite President Hoover's Hoov-er's announced policy of economiz- Y ing on army maintenance costs, t The measure ) designed to maintain main-tain army personnel t about Its present size 12,000 officers, 1.033 warrant officers,. 118,750 enlisted men and 6,500 Phlllrplno sccuU.'.It also keeps at the present level na tional guard 1 and ; other civilian units. '..X'Xv ; ;-- ' '. The total fixed by the appropriations appropria-tions committee for inalntensno- cf the nation's land forceu'ln th;fij-cal th;fij-cal year 1S31, which starts July 1, 1830, la $337,'0C8,1&4, as compared with. , $331,038,42 appropriated . for In the present '. fiscal ; year which ends June 30, 1930. In addition t. this sum, permanent appropriations for next year, carried over without specific' legislation .amount to U73,000. ' !. ' . : '; -:; , MEETJNQ POSTPONED ';, t The regular monthly nieetlnsr I T of the Provo scout district J t slated for.' tonight. has bern ! j postponed until January 13, ac- I J cording to Dnn. Hunter, vice 1 j chairman. f The meeting 'wrB I postponed on account of A. A. I Anderson being unable ' to at- j tend. Mr. Anderron ii prepar- ( Ing a speech on the operation j j of the trocp committee with the scoutmaster. All troop com- I ( mitteemen and tcout loaders as I well as district committeemen J are asked to be present at the Jmeeting to be 1 - 'J January 13 J in the city ar..l county l.x;l? 1! - r. |