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Show X ! HERALD PHONES Editorial -.494 Society 496 Business .495 IF IT HELPS CENTRAL UTAH The Herald Is For -It FORTY-FIFTH YEAR, NO. 331 PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1931 EIGHT PAGES TODY PRICE FIVE CENTS Ml (Q (Tfi7i?nfpr?ro)( ran of? L 8 u 0 Today -By-Arthur Brisbane (Copyright, 1931) J. M. P. Sends a Sook The Iron Duke :. A Great Little Man CAPTAIN J. M. P. sent along a new life of Wellington, by Philip Ouedella, published by Harper and Brothers, and this misguided person, awoke at two in the morning, thought "glancing through a few pages of that dull biography will bring sleep quickly The glancing through, and the 481 pages were finished six and i half hours later, at half past eigiiir yesterday morning. No sleeping powder more dangerous -than good biography. If you arcnTto buy books free ly, and like biography, get the New Wellington. 't is not for those that have not already read at least one L bunded of greater men biog raphies. A thousand' charade: s in history are more important than Wellington, Welling-ton, as individuals, although his good fortune," finding Napoleon just when the latter could be pushed push-ed over , will make him memorable as long as this era of war shall seem important. It is acvamageous not to under estimate your adversary, and not to fear him. Wellington did not underestimate un-derestimate Napoleon, for he said that Bonaparte's presence on the battlefield was worth, 40.000 men. He might have said 400,000. WelUngton was able to study Napoleon-at long "range, in Spain, where Napoleon did not - go-4n-: person, per-son, and studying orders sent to the French marshalls. Wellington was encouraged by thfc discovery that Napoleon could 'make mistakes. mis-takes. When he met Napoleon, or rather the shadow of Napoleon, at Water- Woo, Wellington had no fear of the great, uiuuii ci j w. prizefighter can tell you what that means. This writer long, ago saw J&fin L. Sullivan, in the, old New - x PiMMr train ar rT a York Madison Square Garden, walk slowly up to a weu-trainea pawei-ful pawei-ful athlete taller, stronger than himself. Looking into Sullivan's savage eyes, the other man, wavered, and fell down. That was the end of the fight. Not a blow struck, and the frightened one might have won the battle. TTrLE fact that he never knew "A ' feari doing, alone, on horse- ,back in his dully gray coat, the, most dangerous scoutingt proves Wellington's greatness, or, at least, perfect control of his nerves: His I littleness was1 proved, in many .ways, for instance, by his comical statement that Napoleon was not a gehUeman "Bonaparte's mind wa in its details,. low and ungentleman-like" ungentleman-like" That was a small puddle, criticizing the Pacific. But it wasl a . brave and interesting little puddle, .V - ' The interesting littleness was shown in his distrust of the peo-ple.his peo-ple.his hatrtdefrthe word liberty or anything stpproaYhing liberalism, - his fawning on sovereigns, who perhaps owed tie!v thrones to him, v M reft inns with the deeply re- ' ligious little Miss Jenkins who sent him a Bible, read out loud to him fronxiit, bossed him and. planned to marry him. 1 S. F. Hotel Is Damaged By Fitc SPANISH FORK Fire was discovered dis-covered in the Cot tarn hotel at six A o'clock Monday morning , and the 'fire department called out. The fire was presumably started by sparks and caught in between the " ceiling and the floor of the first and second stories. - The fire was soon under control with a loss of " between $40 and $50. The Weather Utah Fair to- Jie?yi " 1 change In.? waa pefature, , Maximum temp. Monday . . . 2fl V C Minimum . temo. vTc Ap jl Monday, X below iTuesday. 15 below. Relief Group Names Contact Committee: : r ' . f r P Discuss More Work Is Provided On East Side Sewer Outfall; Compensation InsuranceXFor Workers Creates New Problem. Announcement of a new sub-committee to the Provo city unemployment and relief committee, was made Mondav morning- by Chairman Jesse Ellertson. - This committee is comprised of Sweri O. Nielsen, chairman chair-man ; Dr. N. C. Spalding, L. J. Durrant, Alma Van Wagenen, L. J. Eldred and Ed. Scherer. Their duties as designated by Mayor Ellertson, are to contact a grpup. of citizens in Provo who can afford to contribute to the fund who are not affiliated affil-iated with any commercial enterprises how on the list of donors. ... - . . 5 - Commissioner Charles Hopkins in charge of projects, stated that plans are under way for further extension of the east side sewer outlet which will give from 60 to'7G men additional work," if his plans mature. This calls for the digging of approximately 1200 feet of additional addi-tional trench, he stated. John'O. Beesley reported that the question of compensation insurance had been raised by O. P. McShane. chairman of the state industrial commission. Mr. McShane declared in a letter addressed to Governor Dern that in his. opiniorTunemploy-ment opiniorTunemploy-ment relief committees operating throughout the state come under the provisions of the workman'.! compensation law and houll ta!cv out compensation insurance. City Is Responsible--- The' commission expresses , the opinion that, the municipality responsible re-sponsible for. the existence of a particular unemployment- reliet committee should pay the insurance premium and that this premium should be made a 1 contribution to the unemployment fund. "We realize," the letter states, "that such councils are not operating operat-ing for profit, but when they do operate and pay men "wages they become employers and, as we construe con-strue our workmen's compensation law, are liable for the payment of compensation. "It may be argued that the funds raised to reduce unemployment should not be used to pay insurance premiums. That would be true If we could .be assured, that the men employed "by the respective committees com-mittees or councils would not suffer injuries by reason of accidents arising aris-ing out of their employment. Ii is manifest that,' should a man be killed -while working, for one of these unemployment committees, nece sslty f0r sustenance of the dependents would be just as great as if he had been working for an other employer.''' ' Mayor Ellertson expressed ih belief that a way could be worked out that would give these people protection. The matter will be taken up with City Attorney Abe W. Turner. I TRAIN WRECK SHREVEPORT, La., Dec. 15. (HE) Two men were killed and six were injured when the Louisiana limited on the Texas and Pacific raHroad was wrecked last night at Cecile, a., ffictals at the North Louisiana hospital, here were Informed, today, ftneineer J. W. Gorman,' 45, Alex andria, La.,, and; S. P. Sutton, Jr., 23. Arcadia, La., riding the "blinds, trilled, feutlon wore a Louisiana State university sweater: His feet were cut off and his body mangled so badly that identification had to be made by a pocket book. The six Injured were brought to the North Louisiana hospital here ifcD. Earl, general manager ot the Texas and Pacific, at Dallas, said he had. been informed by train mcnt that the switch near. Cecile had teen tampered with in such a way as to cause the wreck. PARDOl: TO SPEAK Prof. T. EarlPArdoe will be the speaker at Wednesday's f Brigham Young university -devotional. His subject will be "Hollywood. Th e..mhrv "hfrln t 1120 o'clock, in ..alrlti vr , . . . POSTOFFICE OPEN , i The JProvo postof f ice will remain open all ,dav - on"' Saturday, "December "Decem-ber 19, and Saturday, December 20, according vto J.VP,; McOUlre,1 post-. post-. master, f ;" ' . . t. ; , TWO PERISH IN Insurance 4 j Jenkins Lists Relief Fund Contributors Clayton 'Jenkiris, treasure! of the citv unemnlovment re lief committee, has announced j the following list of donors ! In the classification of banks, utilities, industrial. mer-rhants, mer-rhants, sundry, etc., it is only the employes of the concerns con-cerns listed who have con- I tributed, in most cases twe I percent of their salaries, j BanJts First Security f . Bank, State Bank of Provo Provo Commercial and Savings Sav-ings Bank. Farmers and Merchants Mer-chants cBank.v i- V; Utilities td-Utah " Power and U'ghH:company, Mountain1 Moun-tain1 States': Telegraph .and Telephonfe company", "Utah State Hospital. industrial Columbia Steel corporation," Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe company; ' Merchants Car pen te r Seed reorflpahy, Leven's Chain Store Keeleys, Inc., W. R. Butler cotnpany, Utah Piggly Wiggly company, Zions Wholesale Grocery. Professional A. L. Booth, D. D. Boyer, Brockbank and Pope, Leonard McKell, . Clark Clinic, L. W. Oaks, Charles DeMoisy, J. A. Boshard. Schools Provo High School Teacners, Provo Teachers association. Individuals J. C. Compton, McMinnville, Ore.; Alfred C. Johnson, Clayton Jenkins. - Sundry American Legion, Post No. 13 relief fund, Smoot and Spafford Coal, company, Liberty Cafe, Enoch Clark (barber), Bonneville Lumber com'pany, Roberts Hotel, Roberts Hotel Cafe, If eindselman Jewelry com-company, com-company, National Laundry, Hedouist Druer romnnnv I Madsen Cleaning company. IUtj pai Utah Timber and Coal com pany, Evening Herald. Tabernacle Choir in Concert Sunday The Utah stake tabernacle choir will appear in concert Sunday night at 7:30 o'clockoinder the direction of Prof. Elmer Nelson. The choir has been working fpr several weeks on chorus numbers particularly fitted to this occasions Instrumental and small ensemble numbers, also will be 'included on the program, and three selections by a Payson group, directed by Carl O, Nelson, also be presented. All ward meetings i are to" be adjourned ad-journed for the occasion. ' 15 Below Zero Winter's Tlie w iriter's cold record was established at an early hour Tuesday Tues-day morning, -when the mercury tumbled 16,15 degrees below zero In Provo. v ' ; Ten "below wro on Sunday, , ; Dec. : 13, was, the previous r rec- . ord for" the season,' according . to -A, AL Aridersonv weather ob- server. ' . . ' " -., : t v .j, -' ,' 'f ' ".- ' , 1 y -Earlaps .v and . mufflers were the rule on Provo streets today, and many . a woman yearned for the re- , turn of. the good ti&jmiiff days." DEPUTIES rnnr hut t b. IS. : WU I I' I I r u i. r i .11 I i nuL uu I ! ' SALARIES Commissioners Swing "Ax To Lop $12,000 Fr6m County Budget; Sheriff, Commissioners, Commis-sioners, Attorney Escape. Departmental budget requirements re-quirements of Utah county for 1932 will be trimmed $12,-385 $12,-385 if the tentative setup as read to members of the Utah county farm bureau Monday is adopted. The cuts extended into nearly all departments and will affect af-fect most of the deputies whose salaries are not fixed by law. The total of the requirements called for S485, 689.20. which amount was cut to $473,304.20. This is $26,708.65 less than the 1931 budget, according to information disclosed by County Auditor Ammon Tuttle. Other Taxing Units In discussing the impossibility of the county commission alone effecting ef-fecting a 25 per cent cut in taxes. Commissioner Charles H. White explained that such reduction could only be eartud out if all other taxing units such as the "state, rtate school, cities and school districts, would also be willing to reduce their demands for fund.-; to the same point. The departmental . requirements, the cuts, where they are made, and the tntals as they now stand, are given as follows: Commissioners $7(800, remains as originally rixed. Treasurer Amount asked, $13,-598.20. $13,-598.20. cut, $935. as follows: One deputy from $140 to $1260; one from $1380 to $1200; extra help from $2600 to $2175; miscellaneous office expense from $250 to $100; revised figure, $12,663.20. Field Deputies Cut . Assesspr rAsked, $11,845; cut $1100, as follows: Field deputies, from $4300 to $3500; copying, etc.. from $2000 to $1700; revised figure. $10,745. Clerk Asked. $7270; cut $540, as follows: One deputy from $1440 to $1200, one from $1200 to $900; revised re-vised figure, $6730. Auditor Amount asked, $6145; cut $275, as follows: Computing taxes, adding tax roii3 from $1600 to $1325; revised figure, $5870. Agricultural agent Asked $3740; cut $915, as follows: Stenographic service from $875 to $800; travel expense from $1000 to $700; assist-' ant county agent from $1000 to $700; revised figure. " $2825. Agricultural inspection Asked $2775; cut $580, as follows: Stenographic Steno-graphic help from $480 to $400; weed eradication from $1000 to $500. QioHV. .,nlf A ol,J tin KOn ni $3420, as follows: Half salary for three nurses at $1800; from $2700 to $2250; two-thirds salary for child dietition $1800, eliminated; full-time full-time clerk and stenographer, $720, eliminated ; . extra medical assistance assist-ance $250, eliminated; travel from $1200 to $1000; miscellaneous trc.vel for nurses and director to conferences, confer-ences, $300 eliminated; office rtnt allowance, $300 eliminated; revised figure. $7100. Surveyor Asked $3670; cut $200. as follows: Extra help to re-establish section corners, from $600 to $400; rev?3ed figure, $3470. County Attorajey Asked, $4326, was not changed. Sheriff Amount asked, $24,815; was not changed. Courthouse and grounds Asked $11,520; cut $2720, as follows: (Continued on rage Ei?ht) -- Is In Provo Record Frozen water pipes and automobile raaiaiors were numerous. Provo residents are hoping; that the cold wave win be broken without a recurrence of hWt December's cold ! spelL Beginning Dec 19, 1930, fourteen. four-teen. successive days ; were - re- , corded with, minimum temperatures tempera-tures below xero. The record ' of ' last year came on Deo,- 22, : when IS degrees below zero was reached. , . - - Brrrrrr! Z , , - Today Heiress In International Romance ! f I I m m .v.-.v.'.-.v: - . if I.,,,... ...7..,,..;., . . vv v ?, f 1 I r Iff" '.-aiiT ".4 An interesting international romance will shortly be consUntated at Washington when pretty Senorita Maigot Aria.s, the attractive daughter of Senor Antonio Arias, millionaire Cuban sugar magnate, becomes the bride of Lieut. Warren Harlan Hoover, U. S. A. The ceremony will take place next June, at Washington, where Senorita Arias is attending a fashionable "finishing school." WOMAN KILLED IN S. L. WRECK 'Andyhristensen, Formerly Former-ly oh Vivian Park, Is Critically Hurt. SALT LAKIS CITY, Iec. 15. (U.R) Police announced toUay that results of their investigation investiga-tion into the fatal auto crash which killed Mrs. Susie Horton Green well, 28, last night woull bo placed in the hands of the county attorney who would determine de-termine whether or not manslaughter man-slaughter charges should be brought against the driver of the car, A. C, Christensen, prominent mining operator and former manager of the Lagoon and- Vivian park resorts. r-ws3 CITY, Dec. 15. OLE) Further investigation into a fatal crash which claimed the life of a 28-year-oldvrhother and seriously in jured rjer companion, was made today to-day by police Mrs. Susie Horton Greenwell, 28, v.as killefl and A. C. Christensen. Farmington, well known mining operator and one time in charge of the Vivian park resort in Provo canyon was seriously injured When the Christensen car skidded intoXfi fast moving street car. A third occupant of the car, Robert A. Glenn, prominent mining (Continued on Page Eight) STOCKS NEW YORK, Dec. 15. KE) A "sharp rally in the grain market inspired in-spired a technical turn in the stock list today and prices moved up to net gains of fractions to more than 2 points. Dealings were smaller than yesterday when the 3,000,000 share market whs "approached. .Much of the rise was ascribed, to short covering. Shorts- were becom ing nervous. One reason for the prospect of a congressional investi gation,", a resolution h for which was introduced in the senate today, and another the probability of amicable wage adjustment for railroad work S - " i I . sstsssq l v - ) y- i w M 'film Vi4'f I St I v-i -t 1 ,1 ..... M FOUR DIE IN HOSPITAL FIRE Disastrous Fire Sweeps Entire En-tire Institution For Care of Insane. CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Ed-ward Island, Dec. 15. UUM Fire which drove 320 hysterical, screaming scream-ing patients of the Falconwooci hospital for the insane into a raging rag-ing blizzard of snow and sleet early today destroyed the institution and killed four patients. Many others were injured. Black, steaming ruins against a background of snow stood as a grim reminder of a night of horror. Only heroic work by attendants aided by some of the saner patient" at the hospital, kept the" more vic lent patients in control and pre vented a much greater loss of life. Property loss was estimated at between $250,000 and $500,000. Spreads Rapidly The fire broke out before mid night in the upper section of the- men's west wing. It spread rapid-lv rapid-lv .fanne-4 bv a wind which drov1 snow and sleet over the groups 6? bewildered and hysterical inmates The fire spread to nearby struc tures. The available water suppi was inadequate. The fire fighting apparatus from Charlottetown, police, medical ser vices and. thousands of citizens rushed to the hosp'tal, about three miles from here. They could do lit tle to save the hospital building. The more violent patients were herded into the east wing. Many of them battled their rescuers fiercely. The cries of the patients were ghastly as they were marched from the doomed building into the storm and eventually to shelter. BEE MEN TO MEET All beekeepers of Utah county will convene at. the city and county building Saturday; December 19, at one o'clock, according to announce ment made by J. F. Wakefield, pres ident of the Utah County Bee Keep era' organization. Yeggs Abandon Car After Robbery Of Mt. Pleasant Store Deputy Sheriff Plunges Into Icy Water of Spanish Fork River While Tracking Fugitives; Automobile Stolen. Responding; to a call from Sheriff Ed. J. Peterson of Sanpete county, early Tuesday morning, for assistance in locating four burglars who had bound and gagged a night-watchman night-watchman at Mt. Pleasant, and later burglarized a garage and store, Sheriff E. G. Durnell, Deputies J. P. Gourley and Reuben Christiansen were instrumental in the recovery of A sedan loaded with the stolen merchandise, early this morning. morn-ing. Immediately upon receipt of the iiimmi NEWS WIRES j I ' ! By UNITED PRESS 4 CHICAGO WINS CONVENTION WASHINGTON. Dec. 15. ti:.P The Republican national committee commit-tee today selected Chicago as the ity for the 1932 Republican a-tional a-tional convention. URGES BI-METALISM PARIS, Dec. 15. U.E An immediate imme-diate world monetary conference -nd the establishment of bi-metal-ism was urged today by formei Premier and Minister of Finance Joseph Caillaux as the result of Japan's abondonment of the :?old standard. "A monetary system tased on only one metal is exposed to the hazards of mining discoveries,' Caillaux said. He doubted the possibility, pos-sibility, however, of restoring sil ver to its pre-war value. BANK ROBBERS ESCAPE HIGHLAND, Ind., Dec. 15. (CR) Bandits who held up and robbea the Highland State bank of $3,00 in cash and an undetermined amount in bonds and money orders today speeded off in a fusillade of bullets and shotgun slugs from guns fired by enraged townsfolk. RANCHER ACQUITTED CALDWELL, Idaho, Dec. 15. lR David W. Barr, prominent rancher ranch-er of this section was acquitted today on the ch&rge of murdering his neighbor, M. E. Powelson, by u jury which deliberated two hours to reach its verdict. MURDER TRIAL CLOSING SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 15. UT.E) A jury today will attempt to distinguish dis-tinguish the fine line which dividet premeditated murder and homicide actuated by temporary insanity. Be fore dusk, the fate of W. E. How ard, Jr., 25, charged with the mur der of his elderly father, W. E Howard, Sr., -will be in the jury's hands. Throughout today state and defense attorneys presented final arguments. CHINESE GENERAL QUITS NANKING, China, Dec. 15. (UJ! Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek, head of the Chinese National government ar'' "Christian" commander in chief ol the army, navy and air forces, re signed today. Lin-Sen, chairman of the legislative yuan of the National government, assumed the acting presidency. TRY 155 RUM CASES BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 15. (HE) When the criminal term of U. S district court opens Thursday Butte's semi-annual . parade ot liquor violators will rule the stage. One hundred fifty-five alleged bootleggers are on the docket. Fed eral Judge George M. Bourquin expects ex-pects to dispose of the cases at the rate of about 25 a day until the calendar is clear. ACQUIT SLAYER OF TWO RENO, Nev., Dec. 15. (HE William Wil-liam Conradt, 41, wealthy Reno con tractor stood acquitted on a charge of double murder today by a jury verdict upholding the "unwritten law." Accused of slaying his estranged wife, Mrs. Jocey Con radt. and her asserted paramour Fern Morley, Boise, Idaho, rodec performer, the contractor was freed by a jury of 12 men last night after deliberating 55 minutes. . . . i . can, wnicn came in aoout 6 a. m.,. the local officers set out for Thistle. This-tle. A mile this side of the canyon town they met the loaded sedan, although al-though it dod not answer the de-, scriptlon given the local officers. It may have '"-been, however, that the highway men, seeing Deputy Sheriff Gourly armed with a sawed "ff shotgun, became excited and i ran their car off the highway after the officers had passed. Escape Across River Leaving the stranded car, the robbers crossed the river and made their getaway. After going a short distance up the canyon, the loc; officers turned and found the abati doned car. In an. effort to tract! the fugitives, Deputy Christensen attempted to cross the river on tha ice as they had done. His efforts met with dire results when the ic broke from under him and h found himself almost waist deep-in deep-in the icy waters of the river, with the thermometer registering 26 below be-low zero. The four men accosted W. K. Peterson, nightwatchman, about 2 a. m. and said they needed gasoline. gaso-line. Unsuspecting, he attempted to serve them, and as he put the hose in the car, one of the yegg-men yegg-men covered him with a pistol, while the others took his gun and bound his hands behind him withr wire. After breaking into the safe and -the cash register, which held $45, they compelled the watchman to accompany them to O. M. Aldrich Sons' store, where they pried open the door, escorted him upstairs up-stairs and left him, bound and gagged gag-ged with a wire and flannel, to a post in the balcony of the store. After filling their car with clothing and other merchandise, they made their getaway. Mr Peterson Pet-erson Extricated hinmself from the post an4 phoned for help. His hands were untied by Dr. A. L. Phillips, a dentist, who answered his call. He and the Sanpete sheriff then began their all-night hunt for the bandits They arrived in Provo about 9 o'clock this morning. Mr. Aldrich, owner of the store; his son, and Osmond Crowther, owner of the garage and a former resident resi-dent of Provo, also came to -Provo for the loot which had een brought in by Sheriff Durnell and his deputies. The car in which the loot was found was apparently stolen from George W. Vincent, 1157 -Roosevelt avenue, Salt Lake City. Peace officers throughout the state are working on the" case, according ac-cording to Sheriff Peterson. Oscar Carlson Hurt In Accident Oscar W. Carlson of -Provo, suffered suf-fered severe shock and probable internal injuries Monday afternoon when a car in which be was riding rid-ing was struck by another car on the state highway near Salt Lake City. He was taken to the home of his sister, Mrs. Arvig Jornson, where he is receiving medical at tention. Ills oar vn9 auly -imaged, according to reports of the accident. V v. Mr. ..v - .- . -I - . |