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Show - - - . - . . . , i t y CN 03 A YY Therms No Place Like Ulah County to live! Watch Us .Grow! HERALD PHONES Business .............. .43.T Editorial .431 Society, .- 107. VOL. 7, NO. 28. PRO VO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, 'SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 3, 1930. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY PRICE FIVE CENTS ; ; r 1 Reappointed As FIVE DIE -Postoffice Head ! V Uoriy Is Horribly Mutilated; V ictira KobDea ui v aiuuDie jeweiry; oruiai xreeu rui-iows rui-iows Automobile Trip To Bingham. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 22 (UP) Authorities were highly inccrnefl today as they searched -for the perpetrator perpe-trator of the most brutal murder that has gone onlocal police po-lice records in yearsf The bruised and battered lx)dyof Mrs. Dorothy Ioormeistcr, wife of . Dr. Frank t Moormeistcry was found on a lonely, road near Bennion, Utah, early today. The fiend who killed her apparently had driven . an automobile back and forth over her head and body, attempting to crush it beyond recognition. ". r 1" ; V v: : " : "f' ; The woman was robbed I of several thousand dollars worth of jewelry which she wore. r '. ; . . Z v V Discovery of her body was made after her blood-stained body, was.iound by Kay Peterson, of bouth Jordan, employe of the Magna smelter, as he wan .driving home. :." Peterson said he noticed something dark and flat lying, in the road, but could not see it distinctly, so continued driv-ing driv-ing toward his home. ' After arriving there, he told his wife about it, and they decided to investigate. ::. 2 ; "It was a horrible Bight." Peter-0--- , '.. . .. . son declared. "It , was plain that somebody had driven a car back and forth over her body. The wheel marks were visible in the soft dirt," Peterson notified - authorities, and a wide' search was launched lor ciues. , - .' Because of the brutality of the mtirHrr sheriffs officers were in- cllne.u 01 oeiieve mm wire vv.tw betides robbery prompted the l.illing. Mrs. Moormeister left her home at 4 p. ml yesterday and dMriot return.' re-turn.' Police were searching for a woman she was planning to meet late yesterday. Strugi 3 IixiJcat-PO , f. i l AC....ftt..w.. - v where the body was found indicated lhut flcht between occuoants of the car had ensued before the woman wom-an waj killed. Tracks of the car tig-ragged on the road before the A theory advanced by 'officers was that Mrs. Moormeister and her tsWyer were returning from Bing- nam worn u;e assauiii wtumw. Mrs. Moormeister was struck over the head with a heavy piece of copper cop-per ore. Then she was robbed, and her body placed .face downward on the road before the murderer drove her heavy sedan back and fcith over it. , . Her body wa3 badly crushed, and her clpthing torn to , shreds by passage of the wheels. V-Pieces of clothing were found . along the road. .. -' ' ' " " .: SPANISH FOIIK Chester ilorne Stubblefield, 7, son of Edward Ed-ward and Sarah Home Stubblefield died at his home, late. Saturday, as n result of servere bums received wkn his clothing caught on fire earlier in the day. - s - The boy was playing in the rear of his home when his mother was attracted bv his cries. With his clothes in flames, the boy ran toward to-ward the house 'callings for his mother,- - He was found to be so badly burned that part of the flesh canwjf off when DrA J. D. Hughes at-. lempira w rrraire m ciuuung. jc suffered agonizing pains before his death. . , ' " It is believed that the boy obtained ob-tained some matches after he-had been playing with some gasoline which saturated part of his clothing. cloth-ing. ' ' ' - There was no one around him at the time, and his mother was the firt one to reach his side. He Is survived by his parents and fonr brothers: Francis, Qrrllle, Larence, and Preston. Hi grandparents,- Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Hornc aUo survive. Funeral arrangements will be announced an-nounced later. His WleriKzr Utah Generafly fair tonight and latu rday;'warm-er rday;'warm-er northwest portion" por-tion" tonight. Maximum temp. Thursday -. , . .70 SIInlmiiTn temp. ' I Thursday . . . .Z0t Boy B rIT1. . r 11 UU HJf & O KORTH PARK ' MUSEUM SITE SonsancT Daughters of Utah - .: Pioneers Agree On New Building Site. '--V Possible erection of the proposed museum building for the preservation preserva-tion of pioneres relics in North park instead of Pioneer park as previously announced appeared likely Saturady,., following a..jneet-ing a..jneet-ing of representatives of the local chapters of the Sons and Daughters Daugh-ters of the Utah Pioneers with city officials. : Historical significance is attached attach-ed to the North park site, it oeing the exact location of the old fort for three years after the arrival of the first Provo settlers. -Such: a location - has" its. advantages advan-tages over the Pioneer park as the tourist-park adjoining, will give tourists an opportunity of viewing the collection of pioneer relics made by the two Provo organizations."-. -- ::-"' Monday night the two conftnit-tecs conftnit-tecs will meet with the Provo cify commission, to get final consent and the work of razing the old county jail.wil start immediately. Robert Boardman is chairman of the Son's organization and Frank Dusenbcrry. Peter Groneman, B. F. Roper, and Dave Loveless are also on the comittee,- Mrs.' Grace I. Cheever is chairman of the Daughter's Daugh-ter's organization assisted by Mrs. JosephineJones, Mrs. Bernetta N. Beck, Mrs. Clara B.' Warnick, Mrs. Josephine S. Bird and Mrs. Eya W. Heal. ' ' - " STATE SMATE SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 22 U.E Disregarding the fact that this is a public holiday, that all capltol offices were closed, and that the house had recessed until Monday, the Utah senate assembled today to thresh out the controversial matter of property classification, in order that some official and de- finite action on the proposal may be taken Monday, the day before the special session of the legislature legisla-ture will be forced to adjourn. t A joint resolution, proposing that a plan ' of property classification be submitted to the voters .next November, did not meet- the hearty approval of the senate. The house discussed the resolution in an- informal in-formal manner, pending the time when it will be placed before that body. . " . ' ' : The resolution ; would classify property for taxation purposes, and would tax" Intangible property either for taxing private 'and business busi-ness incomes, or by a direct tax on intangibles. - ' - The legislature passed some minor bills yesterday, the outstand ing of which wasa resolution to provide $15,000 for improving the capitol grounds. rail ' Included in the senate's business today was a renewed discussion of mine taxation, especially the proposal pro-posal that-' the; -multiple -plan be . continued five years. EXPLORER RETURNS . MONTEVIDEO, ; Uruguay, Feb. 22.: (IIP) Sir Hubert Wilkins," noted explorer, arried today by airplane frcm the steamship Henrik Ibsen," returning from; a long expedition into the Antarctic' Protest Cut : ;Ih Hospital Allowance k The terrific slashing - of the appropriation ap-propriation recommended .for the Utah state hospital' at Provo, has met with numerous )p r o t e s t s throughout the state. . ' Hospital officials and disinter nzted parties close to the situation tdcclare that Jt- is absolutely lm- pot-sible to build the proposed addition ad-dition to the hospital with $250,000, the -2 amount specified by ; the house of representatives, instead of the $350,000 askedjft . - . , A Provo citizena -.committee, with J, William .Knight as chairman, chair-man, already ' has communicated with Clifford Young, state- senator from Utah county. -The hope; still prevails that, the senate will vre-storc vre-storc the appropriation to the original orig-inal figure, and .the citizens' committee com-mittee is -anxious to v be of any possible assistance in this move. . A total of $175,000 was previously previous-ly appropriated, and proponents of the hospital's interests are anxious that $120,000, at the very least, be added to this amount, instead of the apparently, inadequate sum. of $75,000. s The telegram to Senator Young follows: "Regrettable house appropriation only $75,000, for state t mental hospital. hos-pital. Hopexyou can - get it restored re-stored to at least $120,000. Can we help? . , ' . '' . - CITIZENS' COMMITTEE, : J.-William Knight, Chairman." WABS.L. TRIO Fast work by the members of the Provo police " department brought about, the capture of three young Salt Lake desperadoes, Friday Fri-day night following . their "escape from the boys detention home there the, day before. ; . v ' . The trio, after stealing an automobile, auto-mobile, were seen in Provo early Friday.' Suspecting that the local officers had spotted their car, they abandoned it and made their getaway get-away in a truck belonging to, the Springville Floral company. ; Notified by the' Provo police officers of-ficers to be on the lookout, for the youths, Nightwatchman Albert Birk captured them- as they were passing pass-ing through American Fork Friday night. Chief of Police Otto Birk returned re-turned them to Salt Lake Saturday, morning.' 1 The boys have ; been out- on parole from the: state : industrial school. No charges will le tore- Jerred her if they are returned to Ogden, acording to Chief Birk. ' Music Contest Is !Set for Tuesday . .".T ' . - The annual wind instrument contest con-test for the Pardoe . gold medal will be held in College hall, Tuesday Tues-day at 8 o'clock,-according. to Prof. Robert Sauer who is in charge of the event. - ;r There will be four contestants to take part: Fred Loveless, clarinet; Rulon Hansen, - saxophone'- Fred Webb, saxophone; and Farrel Mad-sen, Mad-sen, trombone - ' " ; t - Each performer will play a selected se-lected number and one of his own choice.' , :,-. "" v rr r - Professor Arthur Overlade from the East high school, of Salt Lake City, will be the sale judge. Everyone interested is invited to attend. . C. of C. Approves Pioneer Museum The move to secure a. museum building for pioner relics, sponsored spon-sored by the, Provo camp of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, and sanctioned sanc-tioned by many other organizations, has received the approval of the officers of-ficers of the Provo chamber of commerce. The officials of. this body, in stating their views on the situation, say: "Frank Dusenberry is to be complimented for his untiring efforts ef-forts in behalf of this project,. and bis- labor should be' crowned with success. The -relics are "very valuable- and should, by all means, be placed on display, so that the peo-Jle peo-Jle of today and future generations as well may receive the benefits of viewing them." . ' - i !- ::.y-::-'-:-:-:-x ::.: :::::- i J. P. McGUIRE MURE IS. t POSTMASTER Hoovcrs Nomination Is An-,- nounced; Prbyo Man Begins Third Term In Post. v : John P; McGuire today was nominated nom-inated as Provo postmaster by President Herbert Hoover, according accord-ing to word received " here. . Mr. McGuire will now begin his third term in this capacity, He was first named by President Warren Harding, April 1, 1922. On Feb. 19, 1926, he was reappointed by nomination nom-ination of President Calvin Cool-idge. Cool-idge. , . : . Since he "first took over the position' posi-tion' of postmaster, the volume of business handled by the Provo post 'office" has" Increased 'thirty-three and one-third ;percenta gain of $40,000 annually.' , . The Provo postoffice employs 25 persons, with an annual payroll of $50,000. Growersx See - . . a . ..' 1 Tree Pruning Fruit growers of .the, southern part of Utah county were given a ' practical"demonstratlon on how- to prune trees, by Professor F. M. Coei of the. horticultral department of the Utah Agricultural college Friday. Fri-day. ' . . t - : . The first' demonstration , was gjven in Mapleton Friday morning and. almost one hundred fruit growers were in "attendance. Prof. Coe demonstrated the "modified leader" training of young trees and the "long" pruning of bearing trees. 'In the afternoon the demonstration demonstra-tion was "repeated In Payson where another large group, of interested fruit growers were in attendance. FLYER'S WIFE MEPS FAITH hOS ANGELES, Feb.' 22. U.n) Unsuccessful in her personal attempts at-tempts , to find ' her husband, : Mrs. Maury-Graham is remaining at her home , here, stil confident that, her aviator" husband, who '.disappeared January 10, will be found. Mrs. Graham spent several: days last week in a plane swith Jimmie Carson, of Maury's Graham's flying buddies, searching- eastern Nevada and western Utah, hoping -that she would find some trace of the miss-ins miss-ins Western Air, Express mail pilot. When her search1 met with no more success than "that of scores of others, she returned home, saddened, sad-dened, but still optimistic. ! T won't believe Maury is dead -unless he is found dead," she said. , She continued to have the utmost faith in her husbandls ;' ability to ride out any kind of a storm. . - : -4 - - . Ogden Winner Is Leader At Ashtori ASHTON, Idaho, Feb. 22. (TIP) -Earl Kimball, winner of the Ogden dog derby, was leading the field in the annual American dog derby at th end of the first eight-mile lap here today." His time for. the first lap was 37 minutes, 32 seconds. Close (behind him were (four, grouped in a, bunch so far as time was concerned, with Thula Ge'felan, diminutive woman driver, second, Harry Kennedy third, Harry Whitehead, fourth, 'and Roy Stover, winner of the Tahoe.race, fifth Only three, minutes separated the five leaders In the 25-iIl3 race. IPL0D0I1 HOOBEFImE Victirns Traiiped In 4-Story Frame Building As Stiff i IJfeeze Fans Flames ; House Becomes Roaring Furnace. OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 22 (UP) ' Five persons were burned ty. death here . today when f ire ( swept. .through a cheap, lodging house. Seven others were. injured, dome seriously ...when ..they leaped from: windows in escaping es-caping the flames. x ' r - Four bodies .were, found immediately immed-iately o after destruction1;, of the building, . and later, another body was recovered. All the victims were men..' The building was a , cheap ."flop house," known as -the, Webster hOUSe.! 'it 'gW Incendiary Origin The fire, believed. to: have been the. work of - a manical arsonist, swept through the - old t four-story frame building, trapping the four victims in their rooms and endan- l gering the lives of at least 100 persons. per-sons. . ' None of the dead has been identified. iden-tified. : k One hundred men andwomen were known to have been in the building when the -lire broke, out in the early morning, when all, the occupants of rooms were sleeping soundly. ' J Within 15 minutes after the fire was discovered, the first floor was like a' furnace., Four fire alarms were sounded and 20 fire companies compan-ies 'responded, ' while police reserves re-serves and volunteers plunged into a desperate battle to save the trapped trap-ped "men'and 'women. ' A roaring crackle of fire mingled with the,; shrieks of agony- and fear7 hampered rescue work, while a .gale-like ' wind , fanned the -flames to greater heights,. ' It was hoped; as the fight for life -progressed.ythat heavy : rains which were falling would air the fire fighters, but the wind was too strong and the blaze soon whipped out of control. , ! fManyacts of heroism were performed. per-formed. Policemen and firemen carried ladders, but some of those on the. scores of persons -down extension third and fourth floors were hopelessly hope-lessly -trapped. There was a struggle at almost every window t& men and' women fought to gain that avenue to ladders lad-ders and safety. . -Upper "stories crashed one by one as . the flames , mounted. - Finally exhausted firemen and police reserves re-serves were forced to abandon any attempt to rescue more persons. Three Children . Die At Hands Of Grandfather DETROIT, Feb. 22. U.I!) Driven to a manical frenzy by the thought of being separated from Ills three small granddaughters, Jesse Waite, 57, . a retired locomotive engineer, last night feted the youngsters with ice cream and candy, then fed them rat poison. ..Two of . the- girls are dead arid the third ia reported dying. -Waite is also In critical condition condi-tion from eating the poison potion he gave his grandchildren. The dead are Ruth Vernal, 5, and her sister. Alma, 3. Betty, 8, the third sister, probably will die, physicians phy-sicians say.' Provo Firemen's Masquerade Read' Everything is in readiness for the Provo Firemen's masquerade to be given Monday night at the Utahna i Gardens.. The event is a benefit affair, the entire proceeds 1 of the j ball going for the state; firemen's I cbnvention to be held here during me summer. Costumes, may be obtained from representatives of - ,a. costuming house, who will be at the : Utahna Gardens this afternoon and evening and all day tomorrow. '-r - ' - - - : CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH First , Church of Christ Scientist, corner of First East - and First North streets. Regular Sunday morning services; 11 a, m., subject, "Mirid-V Sunday school at 9:45 a. rn. Wednesday evening meetings are held at 8 o'clock, Reading-room open.daily from '2:30 to 4:30 o'clock (excepting Sundays and holidays) . All are welcome. I LovelTranscends All Barriets" j L : : : : : : : J .' . - " .-i--:- -.m. -. . ;. ' ' . t J 1 J ' s 7 . v s . v Chinese vowels, fraught vith emotion, pattered like rain in the police court, at San Francisco as Victor Boissere,' athlete?, and Lee Tai, Chine3o, his partner in a strange romance of the west and east were reunited. Arrested in Seattle when about to KRoisaere faf?en rharere-k of failing former wife. "But" we love each other says Lee Tai confidently. United Utah County Forms Keynote of Luncheon Meet Agricultural Co'mmjttee Of Chamber Of Commerce To Back Annual Community Events of County Towns; - VFarm Projects Will Be Encouraged - , N w s By UNITED ritESS BUM RUNNER CAPTURED NEW LONDON, Conn, Feb. 22 OLE) A BrltisTi rum runner and its American contact boat were captured, cap-tured, today by a coast guard destroyer, de-stroyer, from this base, the coast guard announced. About 2,000 sacks of liquor, 12 bottles in a sack, were on the two boats, according to ar radio report from the destroyer to Commander Li. T. Chalker, commandant of the base. - JAP PREMIER RETURNED TOKIO, . Feb. 2 (UJ!) Premier Yuko- Hamaguchi Was re-elected to the Japanese diet, form the Kochi perfecturei and his party apparently ap-parently is returned - safetly . to power with a majority of the parliamentary par-liamentary seats. AKVALANCILE BURIES HOMES MACERATA, Italy, JFeb. 22. U.r.) An' avalanche burled several houses i n- the village of Golognola today, killed at least nine persons. Twelve others were buried, in the debris and rescuers wero seeking to free them. . SETS ALTITUDE RECORD ROME, . Feb. 22. U.E Renato Dcnati, ciilian aviator, was credited credit-ed today with - establishing a new altitude record for touring planes. He reached a height of 6,782 meters (more than 22,000 feet) beating the record of Geoffrey Dellavilahd, of 6,054 meters. ' PJLANS OCEAN . FLIGHT TOULOUSE, France, Feb. 22. (U.W Dieudonne Coste, noted French flier, plans to attempt a non-stop flight from Paris to New York in! April, he said today, . Flying the airplane Question Mark in which, he has ; made his outstanding distance flights, Coste said he might attempt to reverse the route taken by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh rather than flying via the Azares Island as he attempted unsuccessfully last summer. - a. . I WASATCH REUNION . People having resided in Was- atch county - and . now residing j in Utah county, are ' invited; to j attend a Wasa,tch reunion social f to be held? in the Third ward j social half on Fifth west street j at 8 oclock on the evening of j March 6. An impromptu pro-j pro-j gram, dancing and refreshments appear on the btlL A small ad-i ad-i mission will be accepted at the door. , W embark for the Orient, with Lee Toi, tn Trnvll for turn r-hilHron Viv a and it will be'all cleared up noon," . "Agriculture is not only the larg est industry in Vtdh qounty, but Utah county i3 tho: largest agricultural agricul-tural county in thestatc as far as income is concernej," declared W. J. Thayne, chairman of the Pro vo chamber of commerce agricultural agricul-tural committee, at a special luncheon lunch-eon of ; the committee held Saturday Satur-day afternoon in the Roberts hotel. "The income from -agriculture in the county amounts to almost $7,-000,000 $7,-000,000 annually as compared to $3,500,000 for all other industries combined. Toooften the farmer Is almost forgotten and it in indeed (gratifying to know that the agri cultural industry in the county is at least being .recognized as an important im-portant factor in the growth of the Provo and the. county," continued Mxu. Thayne. Objectives Outlined President L. W. Nims of the chamber of 'commerce expressed himself . in favor of the newly appointed ap-pointed committee, composed of Mr. Thayne, Provo; Martin Nielsen, American Fork ; J. J. Burr, Orerri; Mark Anderson, Provo; S. U. Men-denhall, Men-denhall, Springville; P. P. Thomas, Spanish Fork ; Heber Knudsen, Pro vo. and Roy Smith, Pleasant Grove. Such a committee he declared will bring about a greater cooporatlon, on the part of the farmers and the business men of the county. In outlining the objectives for tho year it was decided that tho Provo chamber of commerce, should assist as-sist in the sponsoring of the-live stock show at Spanish Fork next (Continued on Page Eight) Springville Store Is Burglarized Sometime . Friday night the Everett grocery store of Springville Spring-ville was burglarized, after ransacking ran-sacking the .entire building the looters loot-ers escaped with, several, watches' to be raffled off n a punch board, $2 or $3 in change and $1 in pen' nies besides two boxes of candy bars and several dozen bananas. Entrance was gained by breaking the front window and the burglars retreated through the : rear door. The .burglary was investigated by Deputy- Sheriffs Martin Strebel and Joseph McKell, who are work ing on several good cluce as to who the culprits are. : Salt Lake Youth Dies After Crash SALT, LAKE CITY, Feb, 22j UJ) Kenneth Hyland, 10, died today of injuries incurred when the car he was driving crashed head-on with one driven by Reuben J. Godfrey; God-frey; 25, here about midnight last night. Hyland's skull was fractured. frac-tured. Godfrey and Frank Shields 20, a companion, incurred slight injuries. Police reported Cat fHyland swung out of the regular lane of traffic and directly In front of Godfrey's jnacbine, ,k ; Modern Plant To !Jc Installed . - - i ... . Here by Uluh-Wusalch Co.; Coopefative Dairy Units ol Two --Counties Sin Up. Provo is to li'ivc tlie' nio -l up-to clnte croamcM'y i!;int . south ot'-Milt Lah City, nc f'ortfin;T to- tin plain of Utah.. Wasat'-h Coopciativr! .nl a ini't tiiiij oi th5 boixrA oil Jirectorj, held licrc Tlnirdajj even'"'. .-A I Machinery and qulp.nent nmounting to J15.000 will anlc it. Povo within the next two weeks.! W)', will bo instiflled In the ncv.: plant located on Second West. Th-building Th-building now in uso by the Tim j panogoa Hatchery and also the building adjoining It, formerly oc-runlod oc-runlod bv tho Alnine : Ico Cream -company, will houso the tapldly growing cooperative, J 80 Trr Cent Slsmed Up Over eighty per ' cent of the dairymen in tho two counties have! signed contracts with tho cooper-! ative association, according to W. H. Nielson, . manager of tho : association. asso-ciation. Already 12 local associations associa-tions have affiliated with the Utah-Wasatch Utah-Wasatch company, forming one of the strongest coopcrativa organizations organiza-tions In the state. ' ' The Organization already signed up are as follows. Midway and, the Charleston : Dairy association.! both of Wasatch county, and rieaa-j ant Grove, Provo, ' Springville j Spanish Fork, i Palmyra, Leland.) Lake Shore, ' Benjamin; Salemj Bprlng.Lake and the Nebo . Dairy; associations of! Utah county. Sev-J era! local organizations in .Sanpeti county have applied to the co-j operativo f or 'a market for a larg-quantity larg-quantity of churning cream and shipping' It "to -the Provd" plant. I Slarket Assured . ' j Saturday morning a contract wa.i signed by the Mldweptem Dairy; Products company, acrreelnir 'to ((Continued on Page Kight) SUlLIpl . NEAR DEATH POUGHKEEP.SIT2, I Y., l 2:f IU:) Murray Sullivan, S, of ,al-. Lake City, manager vof th! Lake tind Utah (OiomK RailwV-J -company, was in Vdfjsar horpito f today serlouKly injured. He was on. of the group of 'neven r.truck neai Va83.ir college .'ThurBday"' night by a motorcycle driven by ,Kdwar! Terrell of .Poughkccp-?. Sullivan received a compound fracture of tho Bktill, ; fracture left leg, fractured .left .pelvis, frnrl tured.collar bone, nnd internal ln juries: Dr. A. tl. Mofflt, his phy siclan, shortly'- after noon t.Mucd ! statement declaring that Sullivan' condition Is critical. . i The accident -occurred nn Mr. am! Mrs. Sullivan and the'lr datightc:: Nancy Adair, a Vastar cllen junior, were leaving 'Ihe- Vuss'j Alumnae house After, a dinnei; party.' They were cro.lsinpr Hay! mond avenue, when tho dimly lights ed motorcycle crashed Into th; group. Sullivan wan thrown mop? than 15 feet and landed ' ngainat ; tree. 1 7T B.Y.U. Mines (.,-"-... 60 36 Bobcat 56 Utah 3 5th Ward 2nd Ward 3 1 B.Y.U. IdaHo . I Jil I Ills. ' I i I I III (Wrest Un-) |