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Show - 1. E . T lU-i. J-. mil l --."r .....s .w.. ... - , . y - ... T 1. .... - 1 r r HERALD PHONES ' Business .4SS Editorial i4i :. Society s.... 496 DOLLARS SPENT In Utah County Metn Utah County Prosperity VOL. 8, NO ie PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1 9 3 0. 16 PAGES TODAY PRIGE FIVE CENTS Commission I Asks $25,000 ; if . ,-. State Man 1 Stet By i linn an u s : ' -i i. 1; -By-Arthur Brisbane (Copyright, 1930)--; Money and Guns A Rockefeller Million Pushing a Beer Bill Food' Riots TWO things are powerful in thla country, money and -sawed-off shotguns and other ; paraphernalia parapher-nalia of ;the -.gangster, - - "Mr. Tbnwi escaped -easily from - the Matteawan hospital . for -the criminally, Ineane some time ago. He' had money - ' X ;-Tsterday" from' the' same hospital escaped six supposed maniacs, some of then! convicted murderers. Three gunmen released them, defying the state, overpowering the? guards. fJohnD.ltoskeleffer, Sr., and, John D. ftookeleUer, jrrn?each give " $G00.000to'help the wnemployment problem,, In New York, where they . . livel ' ""' A- generous - gift, it. Is nothing to the "hundreds of millions that the Rockefellers give to fight disease, and encourage education and sci ence all over the-worTdT -flncluding 4ha Rockefeller $1,000,-000, $1,000,-000, rich New York has raised in all a litUe over KOOO.OOO. r:$lt there are, as 5Mr. Green of the American Federation of Labor says, -4800,000 out of work, then $4,000,000 wxmto far. This country gave ten thousand millions to foreign nations, na-tions, fighting. 4 - - VET congressmen have a beer tV; bill, and will push it, but, outnumbered out-numbered nearly three to one by : drys, they probably will not push it far. However, ?Ain't It a good "Offer?" as Mr. Fields said to Mr. 'Weber, when he hadn't a dollar, and bid $54)00 for a dog, s Wet members might arouse interest in-terest by scattering about the house tkictures of a veteran British ath-.Jet., ath-.Jet., Jesjlnghxejooteand ten, ?htta,;otjhiriien from Jsttnden tcBurton or Trent, , the greatbeer heater, 1M miles, drtnkig.$n6Uung: but beer on rthe way.', Xou could , not do that on , Whiskey, allhoiigte you might do it to.; toe- water,if you' dld nbt drink ' CO OD Hots In Germany aggravate Aihs irovernment'S STdlffieulUe. h- EvenTiie Aines may viwaasetvvai i ..Mtoltv hAwl lrtnr ft nution will eoatiaue : to pay 4 huiloeda iof ?llr Uons a year 4n goiaior -war inar Contlnued On Page SAX interesting uthoriHtiyV mattertal on school sub- : Af i 'de Wre iini the 'sixteen bullcttes, listed Ibelow,hir& our Washington wau!ha ready for ; you put up in alerpackei. A'Thetles are: How theiUitedUtatesrew. TheSs of theUnionJ ; .3; Hfctotyfof ;theU;; rOonatituUon. -4. History ;bf the;U.. JFU. 5. Jincrican "CTars. ; " - 6;?IIbisy Cte3rc0peratesJ.: 7?Xb4 reiidency and;itsPower and pnties. 8, X7t&&& that haYcxsadeOIistory. 9:i9pMca0f:theridentf. ld;ropi0ar.stroi:oaiy. j f lteathecad'Ctoate. ; 13OorsraonxCrro inilslbh. ;i5;7esders of Nature. r- , . H- - ltf'.The Judicial System of the U. S. ll If you ;want this packet of 16 bulletins, f11l4ut j Hthe coiipon beow and mail as directed:. CUP COUPON HERE ' t irt a nfXflffWf A.l Washin-tow -Bureau; ProvdvagHerald, . 8lew York Avesve, Washington,4 I I want' the jacket of 1& educational bulletins, and enclose herawith90 enUtn coln. or , unused .. U. S. postage. sUmps, ' to "cover t-eturn postage and -handling ' coals : - NAIBi;iijfVV 4 ST & . NO CITY, ' ft...1 1 V. 1. - K , Jtm aJreadsr of the, DaJlyProvoJEvenlngtllerad . r-: clip " coupon rrsnu Local Men Honored In Resignation Resig-nation of Tarrer and Dixon' Dix-on' Junior High Schools; Select Equipment At Once. Provo men will be honored in the naming of the two new Provo junior high schools. The structure on the east side of the city will be known as the Farrer Junior High school, and the - west side building will be theIIxfin-Junior High school. These selections, announeed by the board of education Saturday, are to honor .John W. Farrer, who for 30 years has been an active member of the Provo school board, and the Dixon family. H. A. Dixon, Dix-on, former superintendent of schools, is a man who has taken a keen and active interest in Provo school affairs throughout -his life. Tor Select Equipment Selection of equipment for the two new buildings will begin at once, according to the board's decision. de-cision. While a minimum program will be adhered to, all essentials are covered by the plans for equipment, according to Superintendent Superin-tendent C. A. Smith. - With the construction of the new schools completed, .and with equipment equip-ment selection going forward at once, it is understood that the new schools will be opened at the earliest earl-iest possible date probably in January. V-' Utah - Generally fair S u n d a y; little change In temperature. Maximum temp. Friday . . ...S3 iflnitmim temp. Friday ... V25 ...... f. . i STATE 4 1 " Backs Beer Reclamation Unit Appropriation For Immediate IiautiGhing: of Huge Provo River Development Undertaking: Under-taking: To Be Requested of Congress. The Deer Creek unit, largest and most important of the SaltiLake basin project, was given the official backing of the Utah State Water Storage commission at a special meeting held Triday in the state capitol. Ask Appropriation- . The initial appropriation to make possible-the beginning of the $10,000,000 project will be made at -the present session of congress, providing the recommendation to this effect made by the commission is followed by congress. The claims ; of the Deer Creek NEWS W IRE S By UNITED PRESS . " JOBLESS RELIEF MEASURE WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. (ILE The house appropriations committee commit-tee late today completed consideration considera-tion of the administration $150,000,-000 $150,000,-000 unemployment relief bill and will report it to the house either Monday or Tuesday, assuring action by the house during the week. FAMILY PERISH IN FIRE BEATTYVILLE, Ky., Dec. 6. 01E) Leonard Arnold and three of his children were burnednto death today to-day when fire destroyed their home at Arnoldsville. Mrs. Arnold was burned probably, fatally and three other children escaped vritb -lease burns. FOUR DDE IN EXPLOSION SEMINOLE, Okla., Dec. 6. (III!) Unconfirmed reports said &f least fcurt-people were killed In an oil tank explosion in the oil field here late today. No .details of the explosion ex-plosion Were-available. IIINDENBURG UPHELD BERLIN, Dec. 6. (UJV-President VonvJIindenburgV financial reform program, which has semWietator-ial semWietator-ial power, was upheld. In the Reichstag Reich-stag to4ay when, an opposition motion mo-tion to repeal the measure was .Vtdd;owok29 to 253. . ROBBERS GET $50,000 CHICAGO, JDec. . ttlEK-FourX bandits drove 15 employes and . 25 V4rpatttma vto the ' basement of the IsiaiO' oaniG in ine vujb ox v-iear-Ing today-, and forced Vlcfi Presi dent x Lambert :ere to open the aaf e which they then robbed - of between -:$40.000 and 550.000. Although Al-though -the 'wel8ressed ; bandits were armed with shotguns and pistols pis-tols they executed the robbery without with-out firing a shot. LEVINE CHARGES DROPPED VIENNA. Dec. 6. (HE) Charges against Charles A. Levlne, Amer- Llcan aviation enthusiast, who was r ... arrestea nere a rew weeKs ago m connection -with alleged counter-felting counter-felting activity, were dropped . today. to-day. -Levlne was arrested after ha had visited an engraver ; here and sought to 4uy what police claimed were counterfeit dies for French coins. iHOUSElI xowsai WASHINGTON. Dec; . (CLEV The house agriculture committee today approved a $30,000,000 appropriation appro-priation f or seed f eed and fertiliser loans to drought-stricken farmers. This compares .with a $60,000,000 -.appropriation approved yesterday by the senate agriculture committee. commit-tee. ? 'r i The stores aren't Mover-crow.ded Mover-crow.ded yet. You can shop in comfort, unhurried and un-jostled. un-jostled. .There's still a .full selection of everything "for vou to chose from. J Do yourshopping now and . : It will be a. pleasure' for you. Put it of f until the last mln-w mln-w r- hU an-d it If be- wearisome. - ''-'hectic 'ftibj: f .wi Creek project for , Immediate approval wereprossed Hfcy4ajdftteglliqi from Salt Lake and Utah counties'. Every city from Provo north, in Utah county, as well as many irrigation irri-gation companies from both counties coun-ties was represented at the hearing, which was held in tHe governor's board room in the state capitol. ' The spokesmen fo the Deer Creek unit were J. W. Gillmanof Orem, Mayor John H. Bowman J of Salt Lake City and I. H. Jacobs of Lehi. Short talks in favor of rushing rush-ing initial stepa on the project wer0 also fidade :by .Mayors ease N. Ellertson, Provo; .-Roy Greenwood, American Fork; Lewis Olpln, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, and Sidney Gilchrist, Lehi. Albert A. . Capson,,,. representing the east side of Salt Lake valley and W. H. Gardner of West Jordan J representing the west side users also spoke in behalf of the project-Water project-Water Needed-Mr. Needed-Mr. Gillman, who followed Mayor Bowman as spokesman for the Utah county delegation, pointed out that the Deer Creek unit would benefit more than one-half of the population, of the state. He. called the attention of the board to the fact that 13 -months go ,tB Deer Creek proponents has agreed to yield to the. Cache county. project pro-ject providing the Provo river unit would be the second in line. The water shortage which occurs oc-curs on the Provo " river systems each, year after the high water is gone was cited as one of the obstacles ob-stacles that,farmerirhave to meet in Utafi . county. Sfr. Giliman, in conclusion, offered the services of the county organizations in procuring pro-curing right-of-ways and in any other preliminary work Large Delegation The Utah county delegation included, in-cluded, 4n addition v to those who spoke, the following: City Commissioners Com-missioners ' W. IV; Whitehead and Charles Hopkins; ITrank Deming, city engineer of iProvo ; H. A. Dixon, Dix-on, president, -and D. Qrlo Allen, secretary of the -Provo chamber of (Continued on page Six) KOT GUILTY T. Harry Heal, prominent? Provo City real estate man, was arraigned in -the Fourth district court Saturday Satur-day on an embezzlement charge. He entered a plea of not guilty. Heal was bound over to the district dis-trict court after apreliminary hearing hear-ing in the Provo city court. The embezzlement charge is the result of alleged missappropriation of. funds of the Heal Investment company com-pany of which he was president. J. P. Clayton, former eecretary of the real estate company, was also' boundjpyer- on the embezzlement 'charge and will probably be ar raigned - Tuesday. Rail To Die Be Probed SALT, LAKE CITY,. Dec. 6. jnU9-x Fosslbilitjteven ta probability-thai probability-thai an unidentified, man whose body was struck and mntUated-by a southbound ' Bamberger : train last night, had been murdered was admitted today by-police. " ' At first It - ras eenmrdUthe" mkn had either oommjtteri aul- 1 cide or been the victim-' of an accident. Members of the train chew said tl3y saw bis bcidy atTetchedaeress .'" thextraelc in the path of the train ' but ex- ' plained ' it was t Impossible to ; atop In time. - " ' ; - This morning a pool of blood was found"S0 feet from the tracks in-dioajtlng, in-dioajtlng, authorities said, that-the. man may have flrst'been" murdered and jthen , thrown on the track to cover. up trace 'of the crime. - rTbn roan was .aged aboat GO. A note book tnriibr pocket bore thriumie-Fred-latU. HEAL PLEADS zrfh -.I. ii in flu iti v-r a 1 1 1 V- ,r- Art - - i ' ' v-fA - ' 5 X - ' , s , IS? Sj " r- v. jl . k-A Mrs. Erma Thompson has set $25,000 as the value of her husband. She asserts his father, Thomas Thompson, caused his son, Waldo, to desert her. Her suit is being tried in Seattle. 60 DEATHS FOLLOW Hi MTS WAKE BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 6. (U.RV-TImj of fiela! death toll in - the fog, covered Mewse valley was announced tonight n 60. The ministry of health announced an-nounced that the deaths were caused" by fog -and, that .all of victims had been suffering fronf lun's and heart- troubles, ..wbieh:iKre aggravated by the ' heavy : mist. BRUSSELS, Dec. 6. niE) Hidden within-; their: homes t or safety, the frightened peasants and villagers; of the "Meuse Galley waited hopefully hope-fully today f the lif ting.of a mys-i terlous, impenetrable fog whose; deadly effect. :tfi one understood Poison Oa,Feared-- The fog, which for three days has 'covered he 4ow,landV to, a wet; cold haze, wasjdowly dlsappearlngi and itemed Mkeljr there would be no further loss of life from the strange; effects ltore through the 4ulet countryside once torn by-the r World war. - The iueer similarity of these-ef fects, to those of poison gap re vived fearful, vivid memories fpr a time,' hut it was generally bellaved today that (he dampness alone had caused or hastewad the 40 deaths attrihuted to Ihefog. , Early reports that the deaths. had been. caused; by , ertber-;ieaking gas shells- bUrled in the district, or from fumes ' of chemical .factories, -were (Continued on page Six) GQUrt .Approves Property Transfer 1 A petition of J. Kulon Morgan, assignee. of the Provo Consolidated Real Estate, asking for anf' order directing hira 'to -deed and transfer real, estate .property belonging 'to the Company to j.Fera. Decker, was granted-bvJadee 5eore Worthen in the Fourth district court S&tur- d?tX- Frank Is Robbed of $6000 In ! Araluables; Poliee Looking For Woman Who Administered Adminis-tered tKnockout" Drops. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. -6 (UP) -A woman wivose silk stocking, compact, and r cigarette stubs were still fjtrewn about the room, was implicated in the brutal murder mur-der of San Frank, 66, Memphis, Mem-phis, Tenn., auctioneer, police were convinced today. Frank's blood bespattered body was found in a room of the New-house New-house hotel by a maid at 7:49 a. m. today. He had been dead for hours and robbed of approximately $6,000 in jewels and currency. Woman Used Drug-As Drug-As police view it, Frank had invited in-vited a young woman to his room for a drink. The woman watched her chance, drugged the Memphis auctioneer and then opened the door for a male accomplice. Frank ,was hit over the head with a beer bottle as he lay in bed. Later he was gagged and bound. His dying efforts, were devoted to reaching the phone. Authorities said a fractured skull probably caused his death. Martin. Perel, also of Memphis,' and Frank's partner, told police he heard a woman's voice in Frank's room about 11:30 p. m. Vial Found The principal object of value taken also probably the incentive for the robbery and - murder was an -11-carat $5,000 -diamond ring which Frank wore and proudly displayed. dis-played. He also wore a $600 diamond dia-mond stick pin and had about; $600 in currency and negotiable drafts on his person these were also stolen. Perel asked Frank to attend a wrestling bout last night. Frank declined and. added that he planned to walk around a little before going go-ing to bed. Police found a small vial and a half empty glass of whiskey and gingerale in the room. They were certain the vial contained "knockout" "knock-out" drops. Authorities were attempting to apprehend a small -dark woman who checked out of -another .hotel early this morning. She, it was felt, could cast some light on the homicide. , . Investigators felt , today that Frank was the victim Of a robbery which had been planned for days. They are convinced that a young woman and man, attracted by the auctioneer's flashing jewelry, has sought and obtained his friendship and confidence. . Perel and Frank have been In Salt . Lake since November .12. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 6 OLE) Sam Frank, 65, Memphis jewelry auctioneer found dead in a Salt Lake City hotel room today, la survived sur-vived by his widow and two children. chil-dren. Frank left here three weeks. ago for Salt Lake City on a business trip his- partner Martin Perel, sakL .He waapnsminentherewherejie had been engaged in business several, sev-eral, years. , . -3- Bring finisked mi Send-yourFloweT Jar3en4 quilts to I the .Evening" Herald joffice . any tlmehetweenMondayv December 8, at 8 am.nandv Wednesday, Decem-ber-10., at'fl p.-caL.forthe quilt contest, con-test, which has-been leading; in in-tereatamohg in-tereatamohg the wemattand girl readera of : thi BvenhYr-Herald dur-mgj dur-mgj pastseyeraiweks. Tner beantlfnl ' t Jfloeier Garden qullta: ara to e--an-diaplayyfor the public; Friday ani Saturday-from g a. Jo. untn;ft.i, w.., in-the art jrallery at the city-and county building. They will he judged Thursday, eve-nimj eve-nimj by; three i competent women. Msv, Elizabeth GiUeapie, .head of the domestic Art department; of the Proyo senior 'high -.school; Mrs. Hilda-Knudseny Lincoln hlfrh school domestic, art' Instructor; and Miss-Maud. Miss-Maud. Tuckf ield, who has charge of the domestic art. work at the B. Y. jr.'v A M . ; - Tha eovetlet wfllvbe divided Into; our groups-,? entrants froh'Prevo women,'Proro girls , under 18 years Of agey out bf town wonjfen and out of towtt-glrla under 08'years of aget BeautlCd; first and second prlaMv raid Brother -In- Robbe Wounded Man Confesses To Burglary .At tempt; Shoot lnollows FailureTa Heed Command; Cimnefis.iForlReeovery Pair. J. Lester Miller, 3,0,.Qf JSam, i& in a critical condition at the Aird hospital, as a;re$uitAf ibipsjiotiin the ba$kjearjy , Saturaay morning by 'hisbrother-in-iaoiv, George'Hatch. 4 Attempts :Escape : The shooting wc1a?etd . why e Miller was -attempting -to make his escape fromjthe?Hat4h Mercantile company store at Salem, which he haAVerer4d to burgflz&arier in the night, according to. a confession made to Sheriff JC D. Boyd Road Workers Get Paychecks-Here Paychecks-Here Monday Monday morning will be payday for the Provo canyon road workers, according to D. Oi lo Allen, secretary of the Provo chamber of commerce. State Auditor Ivor Ajax will be in Provo Monday morning to pay off the workers who must sign the payroll. .Mr. Ajax will- be at-939 North University Uni-versity avenue after 10 o'clock Monday .morning and anyone- that was employed on the project i.Js requested to call for his check. SET TONIGHT Services Honoring Departed Members Ready ; Public Is Invited. Memorial services for departed members of the Provo lodge -g49 B. P. O. Elks will be held In the Elks' auditorium . this evening, commencing commenc-ing at 8 p. m. to which the public is invited. Rev. N. C. Wallin of the Provo Communty church will deliver th acnual mempnal address. The program for the evening is aa follows: Opening selection, string trio, Luciie Merrill, violin; Lucile Curtis, 'cello; Sina Brimball, piano; Intro' ductlon, exalted ruler t.nd enquire; prayer, .chaplain; sofo, "God Shall Wipe Away AH Tears," (Roma). LeGrande Anderson; service, exalted exalt-ed ruler and secretary; "Holy City" string trio; service, exalted ruler and, officers; solo, "I'm a Pilgrim," (Johnson), Legrande Anderson; memorial address. Rev. N. C. Wallin, Wal-lin, of Provo Community church; "Dreams of Love," (Liszt), string trio; "Autd Lang Syne," Elks and friends ; . closing exercises, exalted -ruler and chaplain; closing selection, selec-tion, string trio. CHRISTIAN SCD3NCE CHTTRCH First Church olChrist, Scientist, Corner of ' First TCast and Firs ; North streets. Regular Sunday morning services, 11 a. m., subject, Qod the Only Cause and Creator." hunday -school at 9:45 a. m. Wed-, nesday evening meetings are held : at 8 o'clock. Reading room open-daily open-daily from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m., excepting ex-cepting Sundays and holidays. All are welcome. Quilts To Dec 12.13 wit be awarded the winners -of each group, and a grand priaer a handsome genuine mohair Levin. "Cogswell" chair and footstools valued val-ued at $38.90 will be presented to the woman or girl who enters tha best and most beautiful quilt, according ac-cording to the decision of the judges. The vwirmer of the grand prize will be ineligible f oa. the remaining' re-maining' awards. Tne prises also may. be. displayed Friday. and Saturday. Sat-urday. . Out of the hundreds . of women and girls who are working on Flolwer Garden quilts, 50 have notified no-tified the contest editor that they will have their, .quilts finished in time for the contest. It is desired aU quilts be received -w4thout delay so that arrangements or - the display dis-play may be completed. Don't fail tiff send yo?riame aL acdress with, the quilt, and it is desired de-sired that those under 18 'years of age make note of this on the slip. Your flower Garden.Auats.wJ!I.be received at the Herald tjffiee aiy time between Monday morning an Wednesday evening. - Send them in as early as possible! ELKS RITES play Law After rails ry wat me nospitai uu&ay. identity ynifnoMm MUler's identity vaawtitthnowrt to Hatch et the time of ,the shooUAg. e was -shot- when -he failed -.it stop as. commanded while he was trying to crawl .through a -rw window, afirr Hatch Jmd Jfteen awakened by the noise. Fair 'Chance-- The bullet,' which was-from a; 33- " calibre revolver -entered the vbaak of Miller' left of Ui spine, piercing a kidney and the liver, lodging . in his body. !. - An X-ray was taken Saturday morning which disclosed that 'the lead was, lodged near one of hla ribs He was 'operated on late SaU -urday afternoon and the lead removed. re-moved. Although his condition is serious, his chances of recovery are fair, it was reported. R. J. Hatch, owner of. the store, and his son George, had been sleep-. ing in the s4ore for the past two. weeks, &s there has been several attempted burglaries In Salem this winter. ' .." They were awakened shortly , before be-fore 3 a. m. Saturday morning by some one attempting to enter ..the basement. The. prowler came .to the -rear wlndew, which he pried open. After he was half way into the store, C?eorg Hatch eommaad-. ed him to put p his hands, which he failed to do. Getting . no re- sponse , after a mmiuI tlatch flashed a snotlieht on tha Intruder,, whom -he failed to'reoof nlze as -hiisiater husband. "n4 - fired twice. Although Hatch pursued 'the . man through the rear lets, firing -three Umea at him, Miller piade his escape and returned -o- hU home. It was. not until Dr. L. D. Stewart ' of Payaon was summoned : ; that ' Hatch and his son discovered, that it wajkA.mejnber, of. their own family fam-ily that had ligured in the robbery. When Dr. Stewart arrived at the (ConUnued on page Six) Notre Dame Trims Trojans, 27 To 0 LOS ANOELES. Dec. 6.-No(re Dame cLimaxed a spectacular eea- son this afternoon by mauling vine highfy-touted University of Soyih-ern Soyih-ern California Trojaos,27 to 0. V Going into the game as under dogs, due to! their . long. Jdif floult " reason and the loss of Joe Savojdl v nd Moon Mulhns, Knuts Roekne's Ramblers wsre never -in -danger. They scored two touchdowns in the first quarter, and the Trojans never recovered from the blow. Notre Dame seems certain to Be recognized! as the national, champion, cham-pion, following a year of undefeated undefeat-ed play against the strongest teams available in every section of the land. Hoopsters Picked Are b. y. u. Alumni . 80 6& see e The following eleven B.- Y: IT. basketeers will leave Thursday on a month's iour of ?the ?cast .and . middle west, announced r 3oach Buck Dixon after Saturdayl Right's game; ; - ; '. Capt. Enss Magleby, guard. George Cooper, guard- Eldon Brinley, forward. ' .Elwoodpmneyi forwird. BurIo;3RoHsonf center. " -J V Mark Ballir. graard. - ' Ferd Eyans, gnard. -Dallas Tuellor, guard. Jim Hunter, forward, ' I Mpltae Magleby, fort72.rd, Byron Nelson, ceuterl ? - ; $ |