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Show -a c--3i l ir "IE a! 77, CO; HERALD PHONE3 Business. ..... . . . .....,....;. . A "3 Editorial.... ....... Society. ...... "J 7 i-f VOL. 7, NO. 26. PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY,. FEBRUARY B, 193 0. TWELVE PAGES TODAY PKICE FIVE CENTS There's No Place Uke Utah County UTllitl , Watch Ua Grow! r ii o 0 U. Sparks From Cutting- Have Touched Off Lone Survivor Being: Sought. HELPER, Utah, Fel?. 8 (UP) -Recovery of two more lxxlies, and definite assurance that a third jnan was dead, today placed the death toll in the Standard coal mine disaster dis-aster at 23. - t V ; ; The bodies of C.v II. Brady, 34, and Frank James, 3, were recovered today, and rescue crews reported that Tobe Wimber, the only remaining member of, the crew of 29 .in the mine at the timeof the explosion, was in a gas-filled slope where life vas impossible. Rescuers Crushed To Death . Three member's Qf a rescue crew, Clarence Smith, 36, John R. Loman24, and Walter Henderson, 18, were crashed to death when caught under a caye-in as they were attempting attempt-ing to recover the bodies of, Brady, James and Wimber. .Seventeen bodies were' removed i : - . -- . of the crew escarping alive ' when poisonous gassea spread through the tunnels and stopes after an explosion, of undetermined origin, rocked tha structures. ; A heariner was started todav in an attempt to determine the enlist? of the explosion. It was conducted by John Taylor, state mine Inspector; In-spector; B.-W.-Dyer of the United States reclamation service; Judge D.J. Parker, supervising engineer of health and safety or ,the U. bureau of mines; and A. C. Watts and J. P. Russell, of the Standard Coal company. Miners who - were rescued ex pressed the belief that the explos Ion was caused by sparks from a cutting machine. ueanwniio, , .rescue work waa harr.pered by gas, piles of debris. accumulation., of after-damp and blown out stoppings- .Crews .were working in relays attempting to reach the body of the last remaining remain-ing victim, -Tope Wimber. Canary birds were used to test' tunnels and .iobms . f or- gas. ' ' :'. Families of the dead miners were being cared for by the company, which carried hcayy disaster insurance. in-surance. Red Cross officials wete In : Standardville doing whatever possible to relieve the burden of grief and suffering .which resulted from' the blast. Most of the men who were killed were survived, by widows and children.-HELPER, children.-HELPER, Utah. Feb. 8 UP Rescue crews continued edglng their, way into the Standard coal nilne, -at Standardville, late today, attempting to -reach .the body of Tope "yVirnber. the only one of 29 mea An ;.;th.e mine .at the .time of explosion Thursday night who had not ' been recovered. Gas and ob-structions ob-structions hindered the progress of the crews, and Wimber's body was believed to be deep in the mine, near the place wjiere the blast occurred. Uj UNITED PEES3 AIMEE IS SUED LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8. (UTJ Aimee SempleMcPherson, noted woman evafigeTist, tbday was made defendant in a $216,418 damage suit charging her with failure to go through with contracts for a 13-story 13-story buildlng near Angelas temple. V , T3 CADETS DIlOrrED ANNAPOLIS, Md Feb. 8. (U.r Scvrnty-sive midshipment have been. dropped from the rolls of the regiment because of Scholastic deficiencies, de-ficiencies, it was announced today by authorities of the naval academy "and their resignations will - become effective Immediately. I , BODY RECOVERED ' LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8. (IIC The sheriffs office reported that the body of a , man found in the ocean off Newport Beach today answered an-swered to the general description cf Frank Baumgarteker, wealthy vincyardist, who has been missing -from his home for a m&nth. RErRIEVE STAYS EXECUTION : CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb. 8. George Brownfield, convicted of murder in northern Wyoming, was granted a SO day reprieve today. - Bt ownfield : was to have been hanged Monday. Acting Governor a: M. Clark issued the 6tay of execution. ex-ecution. '. TAITmPROTS r . VASHINGTON, Feb. 8- (UJI Continued Improvement in the condition con-dition of Former Chief Justice Taft ill at-his heme here, was reported in a bulletin Issued by his physl-ci-r.s st 11:30 a. m. tc-ay. if ar's lm Machine Thought To Deadly Gas; Body ofi SN0I7-SPORTS CARffiVAl IS UGE SUCCESS t j ;.. While -most of the residents of Provo were basking in old Sol's brilliant-trays Saturday, almost 150 winter sport devotees of the Brig-ham Brig-ham Young university and the -Provo high .were hayins a thrilling thrill-ing time at Vivian jark, at thl annual winter carnival. Even though old Sol did his best to dampen everything at the park. King Winter held away for the morning activities. In the after-noon after-noon the snow was soft and neither neith-er skiing nor tobogganing was at its best. .Before the sun's rays reached the. recess -of the canyon, the snow was in splendid condition for the scheduled events. - Practically every person attending attend-ing the carnival participated in the various'events of the day. The skating-events were called off, because be-cause of lack of Ice, but the snow-shoe snow-shoe races and skii glides attracted attract-ed a large number of contestants. In the tobogganing race, Floyd Biddulph and his team of three other "students, were victorious, making a greater distance than any other team. Glen Vincent and his teammates placed second place Sn' this event. Orlin Biddulph stretched out his lankjr legs to win the snowshoe race. ' Orlin displayed more skill on the webs than any ofHhe other contestants; Glen Vincent placed second In this event, and Howard Cottam took third place. Miss Gertrude Partridge triumphed tri-umphed over the other lady skiers ski-ers in the gliding event, exhibiting exhibit-ing plenty of skill. In the men's contest, Lynn Wakefield captured first place honors; and' Lamar Whiting, with a superb leap, took the Jumping contest. Harold Handley and Tony Bent-J 4y urgeu ineir teammates on to .victory In the winter apple slinging sling-ing fight, and it was rumored that the Handley-Bently combine made their snowballs too hard to suit their opponents, who flashed the white flag. - -All of the carnival fans motored to Provo late Saturday afternoon to participate In the Winter Frolic held in the Ladies' gym. Everyone Every-one had a glorious time at the fete, stating that a trip up Provo canyon at this time of the year was a sight that is not equally duplicated In any other section of the country. The spray from, the many waterfalls had frozen to form beautiful icicles that gave me canyon a wonderful ance. appear- State P-T-A To Meet In Provo The Utah Congress of Parents an4. Teachers, and the stifte kindergarten, kinder-garten, will hold a 'conference in Provo Saturday, February 15, at 10 a.;-ia.; at the Provo Junior high school auditorium. All parents are cordially invited, and officers are urged to be present- ' " fa T! f! 4 iy Utah Fair Sunday; Sun-day; UtUe change In temperature. Slaximum temp. Thursday . . . .41 Minimum temp. Thursday ... .29 TO ireirasifii 5h Farmer Provo Man Is Among Those Rescued Clawson Elliott, who played ( an important role in the rescue of himself ' and five other miners in the explosion at Standardville Thursday . night is a former resident of "Provo: Elliott wag commended Sat- , , urday by Superintendent S. C. ' Harvey for ... writing a message mes-sage on the wall in chalk to direct the rescuers as follows: "We are in No. 4 room; enter . through No. 3.' . Mr. Elliott lived with, his parents Henry and Bertha McEwan Elliott on Provo bench until a few "yeara aff when he moved to Standardville. Standard-ville. He visited Provo often, and made his home here dur ing the slack period at the mine. He resided at 570 West Fifth North during the summer sum-mer of 1928 and was an employe em-ploye at: tlie pipe plant. Mr. Elliott haa a wife and two children residing in Standardville, Stand-ardville, it was reported. By . ; ; Arthur Brisbane Great Peter Knew How For Gold Star Mothers Adam's: Old Excuse JRich, Happy Quebec (Copyright 1929 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) l-jt HE shooting of the Mexican T president,- , his wife and another, an-other, none killed, fortunately, will mean drastic action Mn Mexico. No nation will tolerate, evert in civilized times, a campaign for the control of government by murder. Back of the young hand that fired the shots, there stands in the show, some rAU.rderous organization, organ-ization, relying on terror and using servile tools for its purpose. . Ortiz Rubio, and the powerliu Fortes Gil, former president, now Rubios secretary of the interior will find a way to terrify the ter roists. They, could learn something by reading the history of Peter the Great. That giant muscovlte terrorized ter-rorized the most terrible. A branch of his army presumed to plot for government control. He killed thousands thou-sands of them in a few days. When he discovered a plot against his life, a he did, often, his action struck dreadful terror. Living conspirators were gathered gather-ed around a great Scaffold of that were dead, sometaowinaoin death and torture. Conspirators that were dead, some of them executed, exe-cuted, were taken from their graves, placed on sledges drawn by hogs and dragged beneath the scaffold. scaf-fold. There, the blood of the living conspirators, tortured and killed, dripped upon the dead conspirators. "pHAT is unthinkable, in our day? no matter what the provocation. provoca-tion. But Mexicowill have to strike at the root of her murder trouble, or confess failure. And the men now in power will not do - that. Peter was horrible, brutal but "he died m his bed, and forced Russian to accept teaching from western Europe, : creating what is powerful in. Russia today. ,r. : ' f None withstood him. The terrible Charles, of Sweden could hot overcome over-come him. He even made old Russians cut off their long beards, to prove that Russia's only will must be the will of" Peter. Many old Russians saved their beards, had them put In their coffins, that they mightTls-wJJhwhiskers and look respectable. " J '- Before .the would-be ; murderer shot him. Oritz Rubio, In his brief inauguration address had promised that all classes of Mexicans "should that all classes of Mexicans "should enjoy the privilege of being classed as men." Those familiar with conditions con-ditions under which Mexico's lower classes have , lived, ; and. with the attitude toward them of the upper classes will know what that means (Continued On Pass 2, Sec. 2) Scenes From t 1 n -. xi v ' -J - V't h y ; H v '1- - i f Braving the gas filled chambers of the mine A. L.' Bullock battled hia way to one of the far reaches and with the help of his faithful horse brought out sixteen dead on this small mine car. This rescue creAv of four men which is considered one. of the best ih the country battled its way through smoke and fumes -to savej the men entombed inlhe Standardville jm,ine disaster. , Symphony - Appear In Concert Monday Russian Composer Featured , In . Tlircl Of Series Of , Entertainments; Thomsen Is Soloist; Several ' Orchestral Innovations Are Promised x z 0 , . . FARRIERS r.IEET AT.' LINCOLN "Every farmer should keep a record rec-ord of his business, whether it be poultry raising, dairying, fruit raising rais-ing or what not," declared W. P-Thomas P-Thomas of the Utah .Agricultural college at the general assembly of the economic survey meeting held in the Lincoln high school. 1 " . 3 Saturday's meeting brought; to a close a four-day convention which was held in Utah county in connection connec-tion with a survey recently made of the farnTers in the county. Oyer 400 farmers attended at least one of the four sessions, and expressed themselves of having been benefit ted by ' the meetings.. It was announced an-nounced at Saturday's meeting that a set of record ; books would be given to' each farmer that would agree to keep them up. At the general assembly on Friday, Fri-day, W. P. Thomas referred to the surveys that had. been made among the apple and poultry raisers of the county showing that - the . many leaks in the industry here brought about lower returns than the producers pro-ducers in other states. Following his talk the group was divided into fruit and poultry sections. sec-tions. In the! fruit section three committees were appointed to work with F. M. Coe of the U. A. C. to develop a definite plan; of 1m- (Continued on .Page Two) DISMISSES CASE The case against A. C. Smith of East .Tintic was dropped by Judge Maurice Harding of the Provo city court Saturday morning, on motion of the county attorney, on the grounds of lack of evidence to make a conviction. wun was arrested on a cnarge of stealing cattle, during pecember Swith was arrested on a charge of last year. MALE CHORUS MEETS Members -of the- Mendeissohn male chorus are requested to meet Sunday at 12:15 o'clock at the T. O. O. F. hall, at which time a rehearsal rehears-al will be held. ' ' Mine Disaster. y-m 'tk.' T 3 i Orchestra ijb The third entertainment on a series of five will be eriven in -Col lege half, Monday at 8:30 p. m. The Brigham Young University symphony sym-phony orchestra will be heard in" a Tschiakowsky concert. Professor LeRoy J. Robertson will conduct, and Cannon Thomson, as assisting artist, will render two vocal solos with orchestral accompaniment. It is of special interest to note , that both vocal numbers have been orchestrated by the class in instrumentation instru-mentation of the university, and that one of them, !'My Rose-Bud", is a composition ; by A. . Lincoln Thomson, a brother of the -vocalist, xj Another touch of interest is lent by -the fact that the orchestra will give -the fipslf performance of a noveletterne of the recent compositions compo-sitions of the conductor. It has a decidedly modernistic flavor, and its quaint harmonies and rhythms will be thoroughly enjoyed by all who have tasted of the beauties of the modern school of music The series of entertainments is being given for the - purpose -of -raising funds with which to" equip the band members .with new pep suits. , , - The program and personnel dre as follows: - - The Seasons, Tchaikowsky; Autumn Aut-umn Son, . October f Noel December; Song of the Lai If , March j Marcar-ole, Marcar-ole, June; HunUng Song, September. Septem-ber. To My. Rose Bud, A. Lincoln (Continued on Page Two) ) J. A. Washburn Is Sunday Speaker Jesse A. Washburn will he the speaker at the regular monthly meeting held in the Utah stake tab ernacle commencing at 2 p. m. today. to-day. While this meeting is under the direction of the thirty-fourth quorum of seventies, the general public Is urged to be present. . Mr. Washburn will continue his talk of a month ago, relative to Jacob's blessings and will attempt to tie up the prophecies of the ancient an-cient days with; modern times. Mussic for the meeting will be furnished fur-nished by the tabernacle choir, under un-der the direction of Prof. Gerrit DeJong. ', - ". .. v .. . . : 10 TRACE OFGRftll Flame Clue- Near . Eureka Fails To Develop Alaple Mountain Search ; Desolate Country is Combed Closely. EUREKA, Utah, Feb. 8 (UP) Carrying the report thatthey scoured "every foot of " the country" in a wide radius near Maple mountain, 18 miles southwest of here, without finding a trace of Maury Graham, Western Air Express mail pilot Vho disappeared disappear-ed January 10,. the latest rescue expedition had returned ; here to day, confident, that the pilot had not landed in the rough country near Maple mountain. Sheriff M. M. Kaighn led six hardy men into the snow-bound country Thursday after four prospectors pros-pectors had returned . to civilization civiliza-tion and reported seeing a fire on Maple mountain the morning, after Graham disappeared. Tlie pros pectors were -conffdent that their would find some trace of the aviator, avi-ator, as they knew of no inhabitants inhabi-tants of the region who might have been out in. the raging bliz-z- i d that swept through here Jan. 11. , -V Territory. Combed-" Struggling through snow . and dense underbrush ,the seven searchers thoroughly examined the country. Sheriff Kaighn declared that cedar trees are so thick in the vicinity of Maple mountain that a plane, crashed among them, could not be seen from the air, and that it could not be found unless un-less actually stumbled upon. . The country : ; was described as ' being exceedingly rongh, and the trip of the rescue expedition was difficult diffi-cult . , y "We are satisfied that Graham did not come down in that section," sec-tion," the sheriff said, as he led his weary men into town. "The fire seen by the . prospectors may have been started by .cattlemen. We found no evidence of a fire, however, and no tracks of anything any-thing except wild horses." Failure of the men to discover a trace of Graham ended the latest lat-est hope that the veteran flier or his remains may' be speedily found. Graham was last seen at Las Vegas, Nev., when he started his regular air mail flight to Salt Lake City, the , night of Jan. 10. Intensive Inten-sive searches have failed to reveal any definite trace of him High School Needs Books An appeal to enlist the cooperation coopera-tion of Provo men and women in the 'bopk drive sponsored by the Provo high school ; was made by Principal L. B. Harmon. Saturday. Although hundreds , of volumes have already been received by the school in its campaign to augment the. school library, there is yet room for hundreds of books of the better grade, according to Mr. Harmon. Har-mon. . The' various advisory groups of the high school are contending for honors in the book drive which will be concluded Monday night, Provo Citizens areasked to look through their book collections and sort out those that can be put to better use by donating them to the high school library. ' , : A phone call to the high school office will bring a car to your door whether it's one book or a truck-load. truck-load. Seminary Men Coming Here The Brigham Young university summer school, which is scheduled sched-uled to open here June 9, will be augmented by the attendance of more- than 75 seminary teachers, according, to an announcement during the past week from the office of Dr. Joseph F. Merrill, commissioner of church schools. The seminary men will be required re-quired to attend the first six weeks' session of the school. Courses will be given by Dr., Edward Ed-ward J. Goodspeed, head of the New Testament department ' of the University of Chicago, and Prof. Guy C. Wilson of the department de-partment of education of the I D. S.BchooIs. . j. . . Senator Sinoot Becomes Great Grandfather .Senator. Reed Smoot became be-came for the first time a great grandfather, Thursday, when a baby' girl was born to his granddaughter, Mrs. " Alice Smoot Chambers, wife of Frederick Chambers, of ' Washington. Mrs. Chambers : is (he daughter of the senator's sena-tor's son, Harold R.' Smoot. . Senator' Smoot was the recipient re-cipient of congiatulations from the floor of the senate, . Friday, when news of the . event was published., COUNTY FAIR DATES FIXED Utah County Exposition 1 To Be Held Sept. 25, 2G and 27. . The Utah county fair will open this year Thursday, Sept. 25, continuing con-tinuing Friday and Saturday following, fol-lowing, according to a decision made at the annual convention 01 the association of Utah fairs" held in the state capitol Thursday. C. L. Warnick, manager of the Ijcal county fair represented the Utah county fair board at the meet., ing.. Representatives from twelve counties were present . at the, session. ' ". J ' ; '-.' The association voted to ask the 1931 legislature to provide state aid for county fairs. A .tentative bill was drawn up providing that the state shall provide aid in the amount of 50 percent of the combined com-bined total premiums offered by the county 'fair boards for agriculture, agricul-ture, horticulture, livestock, domestic domes-tic science' and crafts displays. .Mr. Warnick was appointed as chairman of a. legislative committee commit-tee to introduce the bill. , The other members of the committee are W. L. Warner, Sevier county; C. J. Dewey, Box Elder county"; "T. H.-Burton, H.-Burton, Juab county, and George Hobson. ' ' CLUB FORMED Republican Club of Utah County was organized here Saturday, after noon when a large group of Repub licans from all parts of Utah coun ty -met! In the district ? court room. J County Chairman E. H. Street pre- The Republicans of UtahWffunty will become affiliated with the state organization through the medium me-dium of the newly formed club, it Is said. , Officers and members of the ex-ecutie ex-ecutie committee ' of the ; Young Men's Republican club of Utah county will serve the new organization, organiza-tion, according to Mr. Street. Fred L. Markham was made president pres-ident of the club; J., A.vAnderson, Spanish Fork, vice president; Maurice Mau-rice Jones, Provo, ' secretary and treasurer. These together Vith the following members constitute " the executive committee: Wilfon? Hall, Provo; J. Angus Olsen, Spanish Fork; Golden Taylor, Payson; Floyd WaHter, Pleasant Grove; Prank Salisbury,' Springville; .Lecn-ard .Lecn-ard Pett, American Fork; Robert Gilchrist, Le hi. ' , ; i A committee comprised of I.E. Brbckbank, J. C. Halbersleben, R. H. Andrus and George W. Worthen was named to perfect articla of incorpora'tlosi which v will . be filed here in the near future, Mr. Street announced. " It is understood that the new, club will function instead of- the Young Men's Republican cluh. D. A. P. CampdPlans Costume Ball Here The JProvo camps ' . of . the Daughters Daugh-ters , of Pioneers are giving their annual, costume ball Friday, February Febru-ary .14, tat 8:15 p; m. at the Utahna Gardens. The president of v each camp has charge, of the tickets. Each entrance ticket bears a numbers which entitles the holder to participate in the drawing of several valuable' prizes to-be given away. - " -Mrs. JL. N...Oakley, vice president of the advisory board is general chairman, of arrangements.- Mrs. Mabel Kirk and Mrs. Mary Smith have the program in . charge and Mrs. V. J. Bird, tickets and advertising. adver-tising. ' The Murdock orchestra will fur nish the music. A cordial invitation is extended to the public In general. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH First Church of Christ, Scientist, corner of First East and Fltst North streets. Regular Sunday morning services, 11 a. m., subject, "Spirit." Sunday school at 9:45 a, am. Wednesday jerenlncr meet ings are held at 8 o'clock. Reading room open daily from 2:30 to 4:30 o'clock, excepting Sundays and hol REPUBLICAN idays. All s.re welcome.. SATS m. . JS 70 - 80 rank Ward Scores 3 6 Points as Bobcats T.un . Wild; Magleby Outstand. ing For Cougars. Montana . ... . . . ,70 B ,Y J ... . . . . .35? Aggies .45 Utah ...........38 . BOZEMAN, Mont., Feb. 8 Special to The Herald) Montana! State college showed another won-derteam won-derteam In action tonight and Rrigham Young university was .eliminated from division running by a score of 70 to 39. R was a ciear case of Montana superiority from tha first -tip-off and Brigham 'Young, although playing the name fast passing game that won for them last night, could never match the lightning offensive thrusts tl the determined champions.. While Reeve again, outjumped Ward, the Montana team, solved tho tip-off trouble by using Ray Buzzettl to jump for the tipped U4U and the Bobcats commanded the floor play. Thompson's rugged floor play featured tonight and his fait feeding .of Frank Ward gave the lanky Bobcat center plenty help toward his SO points. Frank Ward played a magnificent game in every department, and hi 30 points put him weirruthe way toward an all-time scoring recotd for the ' Rocky, Mountain conference. confer-ence. . '-r ', ;' ;.i In the -face or siire rand overwhelming over-whelming , defeat,- Russ Msgteby played great ball for" Brigham Young. "Lily foot" Reeve led tho Cougar tcorers, with 10 points.- -. Tonight saw Captain Thomp;r and the Ward brothers playing their ftlast conference basketball game on the Bozeman floor. . MONTANA 8TATK Thompson, f 4 3 It v, ,wara .i ............... u ij F. Ward, c A. 14 2 .Worth! nston, .g .s ....... 0 0 u R. B4zzettl, g V.. ... 0 1 13 i a.., t Totals . . . . ..... ....... 22 0 Tv 7r iBKIUHAM VOU.N vc . 't: r. i-'.p Ronmey, f 3 1 7 Brinly, t . . . . . . ; .... ... ... i 2 i n. Staples, f . ,V. .. .. .. . . . . . . n 2 . O 4 Johnson; f . t,,. ..,.... ..... t - 0 2 Reeve, c ' . ,. ............ . 14 , 2 10 Roblwon, c 1 0 2 R. Magleby, g ............ 2 1 ' 5 Cooper, g.. . , . i . . 011 Jensen, g, . . . . . ... , .... ...1 I " 3 Totals 13 - 7 I 'J ............... BlY.U.ITOEi! DEFEAT UT: - The P.. Y. tl. matmen ilefatf 1 the University of Utah Saturday evening in a spirited Intercolonial! igrappllng match." Tho. acme wan 21 to 13. US-pounds Haddock (B, Y. 17.) defeated Furness (Utah) by fall in A min. 8 sec. Creer (B. Y. U.) took ,a fall from Hershey (Utah) - In 2 ,mlni -33 sec. 13ft-pounds Thatelir (Utah) declsloned Cropper (B. Y. ,- 145-pound Moody (B..Y.U.) de-Clsioned de-Clsioned Reed Detton (Utah). pounds-Goe (B4 Y. U.) declbionel .Ipsom (Utah) after extra period. 165 pounds-dlalesj (B. Y..U. ) defeated de-feated EveretU (Utah) In 7 min. 12 sec. 173 pounds- Dean -.'Detton ,(Utah) defeated Rutherford (B. X. U.) by fall in 35 seronds. Heavyweight Heavy-weight Johnson (Utah) defeated iFlllmore B. Y. U.) . by fall in 2 min.'. ' -... ,- , ' - $5000 Reward Wah Tubbs fortune1! is gone! So is Bull Dawson Daw-son ! DSwson is fleeing across the country in an airplane I Jlis piano froe.s down, he steali another I t AV a s h has of fere J $5000 reward,; but will the police ever catch Bull? You are miKsinT real thrills if you are n t j70Uoyin,&;the ; iadventur of : ' Wash Tubbr; - on'Paffa'4, Section |