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Show THE LEW RUN. LEW. UTAH News Review V Events the Wisconsin Republicans Deal Blow to the La Follette Regime Farmers' Strike Takes New Turn-Germany Turn-Germany Out of Disarmament Parley. By EDWARD W. PICKARD i IN ONE of the most hotly contested contest-ed primaries that Wisconsin ever has had, the conservative Repub-Ucaas Repub-Ucaas dealt the La Follette dynast; a severe blow. Philip La Follette, brother of the sena-ator, sena-ator, was a candidate can-didate for renom-inatlon renom-inatlon as governor, but was soundly 4 beaten by Walter J. Kohler, former gov ernor, whom La Follette Fol-lette defeated two year ago. Many of the counties Philip carried then turned him down this time, W. J. Kohler and he ran behind In both agricultural agricul-tural and Industrial sections of the state. Emphasizing their change of heart, the Republican electors also voted for the retirement of United States Senator John J. Blaine, one of the staunchest of the "progressives" "progres-sives" In the upper house. Be was beaten by John B. Chappie, a young editor of Ashland who made a fierce campaign. Incomplete returns Indicated In-dicated the entire conservative state ticket had been carried to victory by Kohler and Chappie. Kohler, a wealthy manufacturer whose home and large factories are In a village that bears his name, never held public office until he was elected governor In 1028. His supporters sup-porters this year were known as "hntchet men." for their slogan was "Cut Costs With Kohler," and the high cost of state government and high taxes were the issues emphasized. empha-sized. Kohler called for a $10,000,-000 $10,000,-000 reduction In taxes, and set forth as his doctrine that factories mean jobs, and that to build up private pri-vate Incomes by keeping the taxing system from chasing Industries out of the state is more fundamental than to Increase the income taxes. These arguments proved especially effective with the factory voters In Milwaukee county, Racine and other Industrial regions. This was the first time that a La Follette had been voted down since 1892. when the late Senator Robert M. La Follette Fol-lette was beaten In a congressional race. An Interesting fea ture of this yenr's campaign was the presence of Burton K. Wheeler, Demfr cratlc senator from Montana, who made speeches trying to persuade the Dem r fc, fijjBfltVii'fil J. B. Chappie ocrats of Wisconsin ' to go into the Republican primary pri-mary and vote for Blaine and La Follette. The state Democratic leaders hotly resented Wheeler's action ac-tion and evidently it had little if any effect . Kohler's majority was In the neighborhood of 100.000. Chappie had a smaller majority about 20.000 for the vote for Blaine was heavy in the Industrial centers. The Democrats at this writing appear to have nominated Mayor A. O. Schmedeman of Madison for governor gov-ernor over Leo P. Fox and William R. Rabin. For senator F. Ryan Dnffy of Fond du Lac was unopposed. unop-posed. TnOSE farmers of the Middle West have entered on a new phase of their " "holiday strike which promises to be more effective effec-tive than the movement that aimed to keep all farm produce from the cities and was marred by frequent violent deeds. The plan now evolved by their leaders contemplates the withholding from market of all grain and other non-perishable products, but the farmers are for bidden to picket the highways or block them in any way. Nearly two million farmers were asked to join In this nonselling movement. Agriculturists !n Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma. Nebraska and Iowa, the "strike" leaders said, had given assurances they would participate. partici-pate. They added that farmers In Ohio, Wisconsin, South Dakota. Kansas and Tlllnots had "shown interest" in-terest" in the movement. SEVERAL important meetings were held in Washington during the week, among them being those of the National Municipal league and the national conference on gov-eranent gov-eranent Addressing the former, Silas II. Strawn, former chairman ef the United States Chamber of fommerce, declared that taxes mast be reduced because the nntlon has reached the end of its financial rope. In the sixteen years from 1913 te 1929, he sal the cost of all govern-loent govern-loent Increased by 400 per cent while at the same time the national Income had Increased by only 148 per cent In 1930. he said. Income taxes amounted to $2,411,000,000; Ib 1931 they dropped to $10,000,000 hi n 1 1 of Current World Over and In 1932 they hit a sew low of $1,057,000,000. Commenting on the "soak the rich" policy noted ii congress at the last session Mr. Strawn declared de-clared it "hopelessly fallacious" and that there are few rich left to "soak" and because those who still retain a part of tbelr fortunes will Invest in tax exempt securities thereby defeating the very purpose of tax legislation aimed at the wealthy class. To the conference on government govern-ment Gordon I Ilostetter, director of the Chicago Employers' association, associa-tion, said that the racket, originally original-ly thought of as a temporary form of graft or extortion, has grown through alliances of business groups, union heads, politicians, and criminals until it annually costs the nation an "Incalculable sum." - In Chicago alone, said Mr. Ilostetter, Ilos-tetter, racketeering costs more than $145,000,000 a year. Add to this the amount spent by the city to deal with racketeering, he said, and the total cost of Chicago's rackets equals the annual cost of the municipal government WHEN the disarmament conference con-ference resumed its sittings in Geneva the Germans were not in official attendance because their demand for eflnal- r't ity of armament had been rejected by France. But they found they were facing also the united opposl- 1 tion of Great Brit ain and the united l States, if not other of the great powers. pow-ers. The British foreign office memorandum mem-orandum said the German demand M. Herriot was at least untimely, since "atten tion and energy should be directed to economic rehabilitation of the world," and that anyhow Germany was not entitled to abrogate the part of the treaty of Versailles that limits ber armament eve if the other nations should fall to disarm or reduce their armaments. This view of the question apparently ap-parently was pleasing to the Unit ed States government, and Ambas sador Walter E. Edge and Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, at a luncheon given by M. Her riot in Paris, told the premier that was the view of the American people. Their government, they said, stands for progressive disarmament and the sanctity of treaties. M. Herriot laid before the for eign affairs commission , of the chamber of deputies a full statement state-ment of his policy In this matter and defended it earnestly. lie gave the commission certain details which had come into his possession regarding the alleged illicit manu factnre of arms in Germany and Indicated that he was ready when the opportune moment came to lay his Information before the League f Nations and to demand an International Inter-national inquiry Into these alleged Infractions of the treaty of Versailles. Ver-sailles. - The German press Insisted that their government must not weaken, weak-en, asserting that Great Britain had deceived Germany and that the British note treated Germany In Intolerable fashion. Some papers pa-pers declared Germany must withdraw with-draw from the League of Nations. D EPUBLICAN National Chalr-man Chalr-man Everett Sanders announced that President Hoover's first , cam paign speech would be made in Des Moines, Iowa, on October 4. He will make no addresses on the Journey from Washington and back. In the heart of the agricultural region, where the farmers have been on strike against low prices, Mr. Hoover Hoo-ver Intends to expatriate on his program pro-gram for relief of the farmer In reply to the recent address by his rival. Franklin D. Roosevelt The speech In Des Moines will be broadcast broad-cast over a nationwide radio hookup. Vj AIIATMA GANDHI, after .a li hearty meal of - fruit and milk, began his protest fast which he said he would keepuup until he died -t starvation - unless the British government . altered the terms of its settlement of the communal election. problem. The ma hatma was still in Ten v da Jail at Poona. ' The gov ernment said he was free to leave the prison, but he refused to go out of bis cell unless Gandhi he were forcibly removed So many friends and well wishers wish-ers called at the jail that the aged leader was made Bl from exclte- ment, and thereafter visitors were excluded for the present He received re-ceived hundreds of telegrams and letters bepging him not to undertake under-take the death fast JUST as Bolivia and Paraguay are squabbling over the Gran Chaco. so Colombia and Peru are on the verge of war over the possession pos-session of the Amazon river port of Leticia and some surrounding territory ter-ritory ceded by Colombia to Peru in 1922. The Bogota government has refused to accept a Peruvian proposal for settlement of the con troversy, and the people of both nations are seemingly eager for war and are raising big funds for the purchase of armaments. Both Bolivia and Paraguay have been making offers to cease hostilities hostili-ties pending negotiations, but apparently ap-parently neither feels it can trust the other to act In good faith. Meanwhile the fighting between their border forces, especially at Fort Boqueron, was continued, the Paraguayans claiming the advantage. advan-tage. SENATOR JAMES J. DAVIS of Pennsylvania went on trial la New York on two federal indictments indict-ments charging conspiracy, the prosecution alleg- 14 sible for two lot teries totaling $3,- 000,000 conducted by the Loyal Order of Moose, of which the senator is the director general. It was charged that Davis personally profited from these lotteries, which were ostensibly for charitable pur Sen. Davis poses. Assistant United States Attorney At-torney Treadwell told the Jury that checks totaling $172,300 from the proceeds of the drives went to pay off a note which was Mr. Davis personal obligation, to his personal checking account to a corporation controlled by him, and to an account ac-count from which he drew the profits prof-its of the organization department of the Moose. In 1931 the lottery was more discreetly handled, Mr. Treadwell continued, and the drawing took place on the steamship Prlscilla, outside the twelve-mile limit, after which all records were thrown over board. Counsel for the defense contend ed all the transactions were innocent inno-cent M1REE California citizens have undertaken to block the loan of $40,000,000 by the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation for the construction of the aqueduct from Boulder Dam to Los Angeles. The loan has been authorized by the corporation, but the suit filed in the District of Columbia Oupreme court seeks to enjoin It attacking the legality of the decision by which the corporation proposes to purchase two $20,000,000 lots of the $220,000,000 worth of water district bonds. The corporation also heard opposition op-position to the Los Angeles application appli-cation for a loan of $32,000,000 for the construction of a power line from Boulder Dam to the coast and to the proposed loan of $10,-000,000 $10,-000,000 for a bridge across Chesapeake Chesa-peake bay on the ground that this would mean the use of federal funds to finance a project to compete com-pete with going privately owned ferry lines. AMERICA lost one of Its most eminent physicians in the death of Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago Chi-cago at the age of seventy-eight His name is linked with the history of medicine in this country and he had headed nearly every prominent organization of his profession. He was responsibile for the founding of numerous hospital clinics and research institutes and trained many great . doctors, and himself was rated as one of the best diagnosticians diag-nosticians and physicians in the world. Speaker John N. Garner, Democratic Demo-cratic candidate for the Vice Presidency, Pres-idency, was called to his home In Detroit Texas, by the Illness of his aged mother, and a few days later she passed away. Mrs. Garner was eighty-one years old and was born and spent her entire life In northeastern north-eastern Texas. SEVERAL thousand feeble old men, remnants of the Grand Army of the Republic, gathered for their sixty-sixth annual encampment en-campment in Springfield, UL, the city in which the organization was born. They had their usual business busi-ness sessions; but much of their time was spent la visiting the tomb ef Lincoln, their adored war commander, com-mander, and other places connected connect-ed with the life of the martyred President, and in attending services la the old prison Camp Butler, now a national cemetery. St PauL Minn., was selected for the 1933 encampment over Grand Rapids. Mich. pniCAGO Is jubilant .for the Cubs are now the champion team of the National 'engue. The opening of the world's series with the New York Yankees, who won the American league pennant was set for September 28 In New York; the games In Chicago win begin the following Saturday. O. lilt Western Xewspapw Cnlea. 1 Intermountain News -Briefly Told for Busy Readers RELIEF CASH ARRIVES MEN ARE EMPLOYED TTNS OF PRUNES SEE URGE TURKEY CROP $200,000 rKOGRAM BEGUN SALT LAKE CITY, UT.-Salt Lake County's first $70,000 Reconstruction Recon-struction Finance corporation cash for direct relief has been received by the coiinty treasurer. GOODING, IDA. Another big turkey crop is coming on. Good-ing-Wendell section, particularly, has flocks ranging up to 2500 birds. LOGAN, UT. Eight thousand letters let-ters containing 1932 tax notices on property In Cache county have been mailed. The smallest notice going out was for 11 cents and the largest was for $50,000. BOISE, IDA. Increased work on highways, large farm employment and other industries gave work to many thousands of men in Idaho during September. A million dollars worth of highway work was started during the month. GRACE, IDA. The local Phenix-Kraft Phenix-Kraft Cheese company plant one of 17 operated in Idaho, has a present pres-ent dally output of 1700 pounds of cheese. BUHL, IDA. The annual prune crop harvest Is in progress near here. Approximately 45 tons will be harvested from the 120 acres in this district. The picking crews range up to 60 or more. TOOELE, UT. The Tooele coun ty tax levy of the schools, county and state, will show a reduction five mills over last year, while Tooele City will be 1.1 mills lower . SALT LAKE CITY, TJT. Trans actions of the state road commis sion Involving expenditures of $200-000 $200-000 in employment relief work to be started immediately have been accomplished at recent meetings. LOGAN, UT. The city board of education at a special meeting decided de-cided to pay the city school teachers on the first o each calendar month Instead of the tjrst of each school month. Enrollment' is larger in the city schools than last year. TWIN FALLS, IDA.-r-The sugar beet crop in the Twin-Jerome county district is maturing rapidly with prospect of making one of the heaviest heav-iest yields ever obtained in this section. 75 men are now employed in the factory with about 25 others In the office and on related work. PROVO, UT. Consolidation of the Bank of American Fork and tie People's State Bank of American Ameri-can Fork, after the latter institution institu-tion is reopened is one of the conditions condi-tions contained in the resolution of the Reconstruction Finance corporation corpora-tion authorizing a loan of $53,000 to aid the reopening plan. OGDEN, UT. Chairman of the First ward employment committee reports there is more work available avail-able in the ward than there are men . to handle it. The committee has been directing several agricultural agricul-tural projects during the summer and these are now ready for harvest. har-vest. Workers are being paid in produce. ' ROCK , SPRINGS, WYO. Deals Involving the sale of 100,000 spring feeder grade lambs at 4.25 cents a pound were closed recently. The animals are for October delivery, de-livery, with 15,000 to be shipped October 15 to central Nebraska, while 85,000 will be fed at Fort Collins and other northern Colorado feed grounds. BEAVER, UT. Most of the excavation ex-cavation work of the huge storage potato cellar at Milford has been accomplished and a well has been drilled and the wall work begun. Seven carloads of lumber consisting consist-ing of 135,000 feet, one carload of cement and many hundred tons of straw are being delivered at the pit to be used in construction. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Members Mem-bers of the Northwestern Turkey Growers' association :will hold their annual fall meeting in Salt Lake City. The growers organisation organi-sation consists of 12,000 members and represents one of the largest turkey pools in the west Directors and delegates from Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, "Wyoming, "Wy-oming, Nevada and Colorado will be present Flans will be made for the fall marketing of turkeys and information infor-mation will be given as to the size and condition of the crop this year. BINGHAM, UT. Household furnishings fur-nishings for 49 of the 65 families made homeless by the recent Highland High-land Boy fire were shipped from Salt Lake to Bingham. The supplies had been purchased in Salt Lake under the direction of the County Commission with the cooperation of the Highland Boy fire refugees' committee!.' SALT LAKH CITY, UT. The state is making every effort to see that apples -which have been sprayed spray-ed with lead arsenate are properly washed and cleaned of spray residue resi-due before they are shipped in interstate in-terstate commerce. KANOSn, UT. A new hlshway from Kanosh to Baker's canyon is) nnaer construction, which will cut out all turns including two sharp turns In the town of Kanosh. The work is being done mostly by Millard Mil-lard county men and teams. Scenes and hFh" iW1 J tYrtiiiii'i'W'Mar' u 1 Aerial view of the forest fire In the Santa Barbara national forest in California to destroy several towns. 2 President Hoover addressing the members of the .... welfare and relief mobilization on the White House lawn. 8 Virginia's memorial to Z MH TMrhmnnd. which will be dedicated on October 15. when its fine cariUnn nf nn M..Wat , the first time. Not So Bad Xi Unemployed girls of Berlin, Germany, taking breakfast out of, doors while lodged in camps i auspices as volunteer farm hands. his name came out A tiny slip of paper, drawn from a hat, sent Representative H. E. Barbour of California back Into the running as Republican nominee, aft er he had been tied with Glenn M. De Vore to the primary. , This means of settling the matter was according to a state law, and the lip was drawn from the hat by the blindfolded secretary of state of Califorina. WINNER IN GEORGIA Gov. Richard B. Russell, Jr, won the Democratlt. nomination for senator sen-ator from Georg?, defeating Representative Rep-resentative Charles R. Crisp. Wlca Yoar Word. A word to the wise is sufficient, but a word to the touchy may start row. Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel. Persons in the Current N 1 "i'i1 - V vvj.-. ( ft ft w. w ueiia for Unemployed Girls in Berli i Two Winners in Maine Hectic When the voters of Maine shifted to JjSSJ ..i.. i. tr nomocrats to repress oiuer nay mejr inuoe mwc -i,hf & tsnt Third districts in congress. They are, left to rigni. and John G. Utterback. G. W. Lays a Cornerstone v V f ' Yw Wielding the same lnP1'""", nrfS ot ton 139 years ago, officers of th j Gr.no . with the George Washington WojJJJ rf m ,DjJ ceremonies of the laying of the conj1 te of at Washington. A. 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