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Show leraM DOLLARS SPENTT 1 HERALD PHONES Business . . . . . . 495 Editorial ......494 ft I . Society , FORTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 96. v -By-Arthur Brisbane (Copyright, 1930)- His Birthday in Heaven Trouble In Europe Fighting In Asia New Car Psychology f ARSHAL JOFFRE died one day before his 79th birthday. It must be pleasant to spend vour 70th birthday in heaven, knowing that your troubles are -ended, for ever. When they ask Joffre "Who are you?" He will answer "I won the Battle of the Marne." That battle .prevented what might have been a 4uick defeat for the Allies. Joffre will be welcome among those that have served their country coun-try well. ' His death reminds you that the greatest of all wars was a war of old men, Joffre, Poch, Clenienceau, Lloyd George, the great Hlnderi-burg. Hlnderi-burg. The young .men fought and died, the old men Won the victories ith their brains. FOREIGN countries send news of trouble; Welsh miners ask the labor government to solve their 'problem, a difficult one. At, former wages, the mine owners can make no'4nioney, and . therefore, do, not care , whether ,'mlne?, -are open- or shut: All that the worker can. -get is parti of the profits on his,;work, sad, perhaps,, but tru- . It t is ; his business busi-ness vjo, see vtHat vtlierev is a, profit left ater he is paid. . Fighting as always, n Asia. .This; tlmq, Burmese are;lignung. wninese in Rangoon, known to most of Us throueh KiDline's poem. The fight ers are tisingr stones and iron bars It w,ould be a different story it tney bad modern killing machinery. . It takes the highest civilization to show how to kill scientifically, at wholesale. If another big "white" war comes, you will see Tear!-killing; with civilians murdered in hundreds of thousands, by poison gas and bombs from airplanes," striking at economic eco-nomic centers. 'Good news comes with the star of the automobile show season, in Nenr York. Ford reopens, Jull blast, tomorrow. The industry, as a whole, plans an output of 4,500,000 cars in 1931, compared with 3,500,000 in 1930. :. Chevrolet will contribute 1,000,000 unit, to the output, compared with 900,000 in 1930. glTR depression is accurately de- V : scribed as "largely a matter oi psychology. The best way to improve your own psychology and that of your family is to get a new car. You know how a peacock mopes, when its tail feathers are gone, in moulting moult-ing time, and how it becomes ruler of the universe, in its own esteem, when the new tail grows in. k a now far la worth. 1.000 peacocks TO DAY Tin ill i i tails, possesses greater oeauiy. lias Uie aoaiuonai ouyoumi6 being useful. ? Life does not last long, happiness Is the most important thing, next to ambition. GET A NEW CAR. fcyfORE pleasant news tells you JY1 that Kw York state, this I year will pay old age pensions to ' ers, Including many devout Chris- 'f tians, win wnine, ouv sivhuuv f that forbids turning an old horse. (Continued On Page Two) COUNTY ROAD H MEN At Monday's meeting of ; the Aboard of JJtah county commissioners commission-ers the following road supervisors ' were appointed to serve during the present term of the board: ' Charles Carson Fairfield; J. A. Berry,lCedar Fort; Edsel E. Curtis, !Leol; John BeckiJAmerlcan Fork; J.' A. Forbes. Alpine; Thomas Biras Highland E. J. Swenson, Pleasant ? Grove: "CvC. Wright, LIndon; James Blake, Vineyard; Clarence Lloyd, Lakeview; Charles Ashton, 'Pleasant View; Alva Zabriskie. . sspringville; Horace Perry, Maple- ton ; : William - Grotegut, Spanish " 'Fork: Joseph Roach, Palmyra; S.. , ' bAi Bellows, Laket-.ore; William F. - IHarker, Spring Lake; -TEbmas E. ! Reese, Pavson; .G. Wefilie Richard: i son,. Benjamin; 'John Abeldskoy. Salem: fiamuel Morgan, Goshen? J Alva Patten. Elberta; N. W. Net- ron, Genola; W, M. Van Ausdal, ?Santaquin. 4 ;XtEIXON ORDERS BONDS .WASHINGTON, Jan. . 5 tU.R) Secretary of the Treasury Mellon ' j today requested congress to author. izft Issuance of eight billion dollars -worth of .government bonds to re pUce maturing liberty bonds and other federal obligations. . ; v GHOS EN ... . ... . . . .496 Ml Durnell, Brockbank, Salisbury, Elliott Assume New Posts Gillman Is Re-elected Chairman of County Commission; Principals Submit Lists of Appointments At Initial Meeting. Devoid of any formal ceremony, new and re-elected officers of-ficers of Utah county were inducted into office at noon Monday. Mon-day. Deputies for the most part were confirmed as appointed by their principals. Promptly at 12 o'clock Chairman J. W. Gillman of the board of county commissioners called that body to-order. "The time hasarrived when the incoming officers elected at the last election shall be inducted into office," said Mr. Gillman. "The members of this board have filed their bonds and it is now in order that the board of county commissioners commission-ers stall become organized." Appointments Filed 1 Commissioner A.0. Smoot made the motion, which was seconded by Charles H. White, that Mr. Gillman be made chairman of the board. Mr. Gillman expressed his appreciation appre-ciation for the honor thus conferred con-ferred upon him and said he hoped the same pleasant relations that had -existed- between, the members of the board during the past two years would continue. ...The. newly elected jrinclpals.hav: ing already filed their bonds "and taken their oaths of office, submitted sub-mitted for confirmations their re- spective lists of deputies. Following the confirmation of deputies by the commission, George Durnell and his deputies went to the sheriff's office where J. D.Boyd, retiring sheriff, pinned the official badge on his successor, and wished, him well in his new undertaking. T Congratulations were extended by the old deputies and Sheriff Boyd tetired from the office after ten years of service as sheriff of Utah county. -x In only two or three instances was any opposition registered by members of the board of commissioners commis-sioners with respect to the confirmation confir-mation of the deputies. Mr. White objected to confirming John Hand of Benjamin to serve as a deputy in the south end of the county. Mr., Durnell explained that it was not the intention to add Mr. Hand to the force at this time, but would like liis appointment approved, ap-proved, in order that he 'might draft Hand into service when needed. Mr. (Continued on Page Eight) LINCOLN HIGH ALUMNI MEET , Lincoln? high school alumnl day was celebrated in splendid fashion Saturday with programs, game?, banquet land dancej according f -Karl. Banks, principal. 1 Clarence Ashton was elected president pres-ident of the Alumni association at the annual election Saturday. ' Re was a graduate of the class of 25. and is now a teacher and student at Brigham Young university. Luetic Lu-etic Farley was named as vice president and Maud Partridge, sec retary. i The , activities of the day began at 11 o'clock Saturday morning with Ta fine program, following which the members of the associa tion visited the various classes. At 5 : 30 about 125 assembled - at the annual banquet table. Irwin Bunnell was master of ceremonjei and Vernon Wentz toastmastar. During v the- banquet - the guests were entertained by Fred John-sori John-sori with, selections on his Spanish guitar ; and. harmonica; x At 7 o clock a thrilling basketball basket-ball game, took place between Lincoln Lin-coln and .North Sanpete, whicn ended In a score of 25 to 26 in favor fav-or of Lincoln, ; At 8 o'clock the faculty fac-ulty of the , school engaged the alumni team in a game, which the former won by a substantial mar gIn..,--? f t The ' annual v homecoming ball concluded one . of ;tbe most success ful alumni days in the history of the school, officers of the associa tlon declared ; V OIL COMPANY SUES The Hal Oil company has filed suit in the . Fourth district court against Ivan Bissell, doing business in Spanish Fork in the name of Jack's Specialty shop, to recover $553.09, with interest at 8 per cent from . February . 21, 1930. The amount is alleged to be a , balance due the oil company on an open account.- v , .r PROVO (UTAH) EVENING HERALD, i LINER IS SAFE SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 5. (UP The coastwise liner Admiral Schley docked at San Francisco from Portland at 8 a: m. today, setting at rest fears for her safety that hud previously been aroused. The ,Schley had been reported encount ering rough weather off the Oregon coast yesterday, but had not sent distress signals. DRY LAW UPHELD NEW YORK, Jan. 5. (U.D Validity Val-idity of the 18th amendment was sustained by the United States circuit cir-cuit court of appeals today in a case that is virtually identical with the one under which Federal Judge William Clark of Newark declared de-clared prohibition invalid. YEGGS FLOOD SAFE KANSAS CITY, Jan. 5. (U.H Police Po-lice records today showed taat the safe in a filling station here was robbed without forcible entry, although al-though it was locked and no key was used. The bandits flooded the safe with water and removed $57 in floating currency through a slit in the top. . CREW IS SAVED NEW YORK, Jan. 5. (U.E The 58 members of the crew of the U. S. army dredge Raritan were rescued res-cued today when the vessel went down off Fort Wadsworth after a collision with the coastwise liner City of Montgomery, inbound from Savannah, FELM STAR DEES MEXICO CITY. Jan. 5. UJJ) A dispatch to. Universal from-Chihua-r hua City today said Art Acord, the former star of cowkoy roles in motion mo-tion pictures, had taken his own life at the Jlotel Palacio. He recently re-cently had been employed by the Namiguira Mining Co., of Chihua-rua Chihua-rua and will be buried there unless authorities Are instructed otherwise other-wise by , relatives. WHEAT EMBARGO SOUGHT WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. U.E) A hill for an embargo until March 1, 1932,on wheat and other agricultural agricul-tural products of which this country coun-try now has a surplus was introduced intro-duced today by Rep. Burthess. Repn., North Dakota. Besides wheat, the embargo would include corn, barley, oats, mixed feeds and screenings, butter and butter sub; stitutes and any, products manufactured manu-factured from any of those products. pro-ducts. PACKERS DECREE MODDjTED WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. uXE The packers consent decree of 1920 wag modified today by .Justice Jennings Bailey in District of Columbia supreme su-preme court so as to: permit packers pack-ers to deal in all classes of food in , wholesaletrade4but prohibits the retaiL'sale of food. "V , , CONGRESS RECONVENES , WASHINGTON, , Jan. 5. 0IE Congress, reconvened at noon today to-day following- a - holiday recess' since December 20. Promptly . at noon Speaker Nicholas -Longworth of the house and Vice President Curtis In the. senate banged, their gavels and he"71t congress, which' wlU expire automatically March . 4, was again In session; -fil JLajJji JvJU Li Mi NEWS I WIRES By UNITED PRESS - ... .. , ,... MM ROBBERY OF INK FAILS; 3 CAPTURED 18-Year-Old Mother and Two Male Accomplices Caught, In Net of 150 Possemen; Glass Saves Cashier. MONROE, Ohio, Jan. 5 (UP) Two men and a young girl, who attempted to hold up the Monroe National bank today were captured in a wood a short time later by a posse of J. 50 townspeople. The trio were taken to Middletown. They registered as Mrs. America Longworth, 18, mother of a seven months old baby; Rex Cirelam, 29, and Noel Craft, 16, all of Middletown. Bullet-Proof Glass-Austin, Glass-Austin, Smith, cashier, and Rb-jert Rb-jert Metzel, his assistant, were in the bank when the trio entered. One of the men carried a machine gruii and the girl an automatic. While the man stood' guard the girl demanded money. The bank, is equipped . with bulletproof bul-letproof glass cages and instead of complying with the command Smith reached for a gun. The girl fired, but the bullet flattened against the glass. She and her companions fled, but just outside the village thair automobile, a, dilapidated sedan, crashed into a concrete culyert and the trio were said to have jrun across a field into in-to the woods. The posse were quickly assembled assem-bled and the woods surrounded. HARRIS BACK FROM MEXICO President of B. Y. U. Reports Southern Republic Is Showing Progress. "Mexico is making rapid advancement ad-vancement and progress since the reforms instituted after the revolution revo-lution have been put into practice," declared Dr. Franklin S. Harris, president of the Brierham Younsr Universitv Mnndnv i turn from a i country. Dr. Harris went to Mexico as a special representative of the L. D. S. church, accompanying Elder Rey L. Pratt, president of the Mexican mission who was making his annual an-nual visit to the branches of the mission. Leadership Developed Due to the .recent church legislation legis-lation in Mexico, barring foreigners from church office, excellent leadership lead-ership is being developed anion!? the native members of the L. D. S. church, said Dr. Harris. l"7Te mission mis-sion work is in a flourishing condition. con-dition. New places of worship are being erected and baptisms are re- ported in greater numbers. President Harris saw evidence of progress in the building of school houses and the greater abundance 4among all classes of Mexican, youths in the public and private schools. Plans are slowly being worked out for universal education patterned after the American school system. Dr. Harris said. President Harris and his daughter, daugh-ter, Miss Arlene Harris, were guests of Ambassador J. Reuben Clark.;' a Utahn, at the American embassy in Mexico City, before returning home. He gave a talk on his Russian (Continued on Page Eight) , Bursting Pipe Wjeaks Havoc The breaking of a frozen water pipe . on the upper, floor of t the George A. Hansen Candy company plant at First North between University Uni-versity avenue and .Firsts West street, Friday night, caused a $5000 damage to candy stock, according to Fire Chief Reed Boshard. Firemen -spent . morethan two hours pumping water out-of the basement, the chief declares. Tho stock was not insured against that particular kind of damage, t is stated.--;" ". .: ' MONDAY, JANUARY 5, The Unknown Soldier: 1931 jiw a. wm iiii mtlm wjm Net many years ago congress and the nation were promising anythlng--everything, to their soldiers. Then the soldiers came home. Today, they are asking for payment for their services a dozen years late. They are not asking because they like to; or because be-cause they put a price on what they did; but because most of them desperately, need that overdue. wage, Mr. Roth's cartoon portrays the situation graphically. BROTHER SUES SCREEN STAR LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6. (U.R Victor McLaglen, the fighting Captain Flagg of "What Price Glory?' was sued for $100,000 damages on charges of slander . and defamation of character, in a complaint filed in superior court today by bis brotiber, Captain Leopold McLaglen. Captain McLaglen, who said he directed and acted in motion pictures pic-tures in , England with marked success, suc-cess, declared - hig brother exclaimed: ex-claimed: , "There's only room for one Mo Laglen in Hollywood and California and that's me., Victor !" Leopold: McLaglen, one and one half inches taller and 25 pounds heavier than his husky brother, said he came to Hollywood to enter motion pictures and was set upon by "detectives and. slandered at every opportuity by. the more famous fa-mous Victor. ' Victor and Leopold .are two of seven brothers. One was killed during dur-ing the world war,, and all saw action. ac-tion. They were the sons of an Episcopal minister, who later became be-came a bishop in South Africa. . Victor, during the war, was. sheriff sher-iff of Bagdad when the British controlled Mesopotamia. Leopold, credited with inventing the "close bayonet fighting" system used, by allied; troops, was wounded while fighting in German East Africa. MONTANA PROBE SEEN WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. 0I--Chairman Nye. Repn., North Dako-ta;J:oday Dako-ta;J:oday said. tBe: senate primary investigating committee would in vest! gate rumors that $100,000 from an outside sourcs ftad been promised prom-ised the Montana state Republican committed in its campaign against Senator ;T.' J- Walsh, Dein, Nye said the committee may go to,Moru tana and investigate this report about the middle of January. ; ' 19 3.1. EIGHT L UJZ You see the profiteers, the the treasury with Fate Of Prohibition Said To Rest On Younger Generation Tax Collections Nearly Average In Utah County Approximately 87 per cent of the 1930 taxes of Utah county had been collected January 1, according to John C- Taylor, county treasurer. This is 2 per cent less than the total collected at the same time last year, he reports. The total collected during 1930 was $1,593,576.02, as compared with $1,660,401.63 during 1929. The total 1930 levy was $1325;277.79, as compared com-pared with $135882.85, for 1929. The balance 'Outstanding on January Jan-uary 1, 1931, was $231,501.77, as compared com-pared with $197981.22, January 1, 1930. Mr. Taylor reports that the monthly collections this year exceeded ex-ceeded those of last year until December, De-cember, 15 when they began to drop off. He states that tax money will be collected until May 3L at which time the final Apportionments of the various, taxing units will be made. ' - v - X?tah Unsettled tonight and-Toe-diNV pr.&.atIy snow "narthsvestt portion - tonight; warmer tonight. Maximum temp. Saturday ...42 Mlnlnmm temp . Saturday 21 Maximum temp, v Sunday;. :...S5 Weathe IS Mtrrimum tempi Sunday . , 10 MinJUnnm:T1p. Monday, 7 below In Utah County Mean Utah -County Prosperity PAGES TODAY war contractors, the shipbuilders, the. foreign bankers, walking away from THEIR money. . : : m mm mm m hb. . m m m m . 4 u i u, u nnnirrn nni J But Mr. MeUon, billionaire, can't seem to see the ex-service man the Unknown Soldier of 1931. That's why Mr. Mellon is referred to but not by us as "the greatest secretary of the treasury since Alexander Hamilton." Economic and Social Benefits To Be Urged In New Battle Plans. NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (UJ!) A . liberal, lib-eral, outspoken dry, who says prohibition pro-hibition is "in a grave predicament just now" mapped new battle lines today for the defense of the 18th amendment. He is Stanley High, youthful edU tor of the Christian Herald, and' he he belfeves his fight will be lost or won in the minds ot the rising generation the generation that will reach-the apex of its political influence in the election of 1936. The day has passed, in High's opinion, when prohibition can be defended solely on the grounds of morality, for young Americans will not be won over by the argument that it is sinful to drmk, Maps Strategy So he sat in his office, 20 floors above Fourth' avenue, drawing quick, nervous designs onr a pad of yellow scratch paper, applying matches endlessly to a pipe. that re-, fused to stay lighted, and drew a blue-print for a newer, more vigorous vigor-ous strategy. It involves; Making dry, leaders throughout the country more articulate. Appealing to the younger generation genera-tion tb support prohibition on the grounds that R is a economic1 and social benefit. Expanding the fight for the 18th amendment "beyond the sphere of the church and making a- definite-campaign definite-campaign to enlist the aid of laymen. lay-men. In addition. High elaborated on his recent statements thafthere'are 40 members of congress who are on the verge of going over to the; wet cause ; and that Dr. Clarence True ; Wilson's . suggestion that the . drys would oppose President Hoover in (Continued on Page Eight) . PRICE FIVE CENTS I nrrn nnrn . J llrrn liHrrll Mayor Ellertson Is Assured By Senator Smoot That Provo Canyon Project W1H-. Receive Early Attention. Elwood Mead, . commission- ' er of U. S. bureau of reclama tion, yi .be inSalt Lake City during he. early part of Feb-ruaryj, Feb-ruaryj, to confer .with interested interest-ed parties .with respect, to. the , Deer-Creek reservoir project, according to Mayor Jesse Ellertson. This information was conveyed to' him in a letter from -s Senator Reed. Smoot. - Seeks Cooperation Mayor Ellertson . addressed a communication to Senator Smoot last month, in which he set forth a number, of reasons . why, - - in his opinion, the Deer Creek project should be ' given early .consideration .considera-tion by the bureau of. reclamation, . and asking for the senator's co- . operation-and support. - "Considerable discussion -., fs e-ing, e-ing, waged in. our state ajt present among various oranirations, municipalities, and commissions -over the proposed developments by the federal government' inarlotis -reclamation projects' In .. TTtK, Mayor Ellertson's letter set-forth. . "A number of projects were 'pre sented. to our water storage com- mission that have had preliminary worn done en them by the federal ' government's engineers, "ranging J: from Sanpete and Sevie counties on the south to Cache, valley on the norths-One Ofthese projects as you are aware,' is the proposed " Deer Creek project in Provo caay. yon. "This project proposes to store (Con kin lhkI on Page Eight) TORWADOHITS 90-Mile Gale Hits Pennayt vaijia Cit Accompanied By Rainstorm. UNIONTOWN, Pa., Jan. 5. (UJi A tornado of great velocity struclc Union town shortly after noon to day. A Buildings were unroofed, automobiles automo-biles blown from the streets and trees and telephone poles blown -over. - . ' The Wind was ' recorded. at . 90 " miles an hour at Burgess Field,. U. S.t army, airport. It later - was -re- S corded at 102. miles ' on.: hour, tbt within On hour , had droppeutto $0 miles an hour. . ' - . ; The -gale was accompanied by driving rain.; Later the rain ceased, skies cleared but the wind con- Untied to sweep through the Alte-ghenies. Alte-ghenies. ' H RED CROSS MEETING r A meeting of ihe Provo chapter of the . American Red Cross win b held Wednesday at 8 p. m. in the basement of the Provo public library. li-brary. All members are urged to be present.' , x ' ' ' ' Season For Accidents Slippery roadsv-poor skidding and vislbilityr- WINTER - ACCIDENTS! . , This is . the .season for such . mis- ' haps, and it :1s the time to be. pro-' tected in case of accident - by! a , travel and pedestrian accident policy, offered Jto readers of the: Evening Herald for tho ridiculous-w ly . low premium, of t)ne dollar "per year . ' ' . ? These Utah county people at , among tho scores- that have se-- l ciirod this outstanding accident' protection: Alice I Reynolds, George E: Coltard, - Charles M.- Pitts, - W II. . Alrd of Provo and : Stanley v Wilson of Payson. - ' They believe that one" dollar; per year for a $10,000 accident ollcy is well worth- while! - : - EASTERN1M Winter f " I - i x |