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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS, SPANISH FORK. UTAH COLONEL MITCHELL Cliff I SENTENCE OF SUSPENSION FOR FIVE YEARS FROM RANK, Dawes and Lowden Join Kansan and Politicians Talk of Possible Presidential Timber for Next , Election Findings Washington. Farm relief legislation of a more comprehensive character than that proposed bjr the Coolldge administration is advocated by Senator Arthur Capper, Republican, Kansas leader of the farm bloc In the senate. The agricultural program of which the Kansas senator is the exponent, Illuminates a rift developing in the Republican party on policies to stimulate the chief industry of that western region which is the traditional stronghold of the G. O. P. There Is widespread dissatisfaction in the corn and wheat belts with President Coolidges Chicago speech on farm conditions and with the limited scope of the administration's farmrelief program, the chief feature of which le the encouragement of markelng. This Is reflected In the views of Senator Arthur Capper, former Governor Lowden of Illinois and Vice .President Dawes, each of whom, taking a step In advance of the administration is attacking the problem of the disposal of an export crop surplus so as not to Influence the price of the product in the tome market The politicians are already pricking up their ears at the rumblings from the agricultural region as envisioning a possible Insurgency over farm protective policies that will crystallze In movement to maktf Capper, Lowden or Dawes a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 1928 against Mr. Coolldge, If the president should decide to seek another term. The major items of the proposed program Senator Capper outlined as follows: 1. Legislation providing machinery for segregating the surplus of any crop, selling it abroad for what it will bring, presumably at a price below that of the home market, and distributing the loss among the producers. 2. Development of marketing with the assistance of government agencies. 3. Liberalization of the farm loan plan and amplification of the farm credit system. 4. Tax relief for the farmer, to be accomplished by rigid economy in national and local government and by a constitutional amendment prohibiting Issuance of securities, the present and Increasing volume of which la becoming an unbearable tax burden to agriculture. , In enlisting the Interest of congress In his behalf, the farmer is not asking nor expecting special favors, Senator Capper began. All he asks Is that hia business be given equal consideration with other business. In so far as legislation can contribute to this end, the farmer is entitled to and 1 am convinced, will get favorable and friendly consideration. - tax-fre- e -- Mitchell Touted For Police Job Washington. Appointment of Colonel William Mitchell, under sentence of five years suspensian from hia army rank, pay and duties, as police commissioner of New York city has been proposed to Mayor-elec- t Walker by Representative Bloom, Democrat, New York. If the former assistant chief of the air forces was acceptable for the post, Repreientatlve Bloom told Mr. Walker, he had no doubt congress would enact any legislation necessary to make the appointment possible. Colonel Mitchell, whoso sentence remains to be passed upon by the war department and President Coolldge has not been approached on the proposal. lie Is out of the city after his long confinement to tho District of Columbia, during the court martial trial which ended In his conviction on charges of misconduct to the prejudice of good order and milWalker, itary discipline." Mayor-elec- t who takes office January 1, has announced the personnel of his admin- Our Pet Peeve CHARGE SEEMS MUCH DISSATISFIED WITH SPEECH AT PRESIDENTS CHICAGO MEET COMMAND, DC - two-third- -- llll s SALT LAKE LOCATION IS PUR CHASED BY CHAIN DRUG ASSASSINATION OF FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY IS PLAN FOUND IN LETTER COMPANY Two Fascists Are Placed Under Arrest Four Hundred And Sixty Thousand Dollars Is Price Reported Paid; By Berlin Police; Plans And Methods Of Escape Are Building Will Be Immediately . Discovered Remodeled Berlin. That pig Stressmann must a passage in a letter, the discovery of which led to revelation of the plot to assassinate Germanys foreign minister. Two German fascists, named and Lorenz, are under arrest They are alleged to have perfected their plans to the point of providing for disguises and getaway In motorcars and an airplane after the assassbe killed Kalt-dor- ff f e World Court Isiue Is Brought Up Washington. The world court Is. sue has Dually been brought before tho senate with Immediate Indications that the long and bitter league of nations fight Is to be renewed. The chief point of controversy Is whether adhesion to the court means of filiation with the league, and the forces In the senate are arrayed In much the same fashion they were during the months of struggle over the covenant. Man Who Knew Lincoln Dead Madison, Wis. L. S. Hanks, 87. retired president of the Shite Bank of Madison and world authority on the slumbering activities of Abraham LinMr. coln, died at his home here. Hunks took keen dollcht In telling of the night In 1859 when he tried to sleep with Abrahum Lincoln, but fulled because (he angular statesman snored so loudely and threshed lit Iges about when he slept. College President Diet Chicago. Charles Albert Blnnrhnrd for forty years president of Wbonton leader In college, and for years and educational work, died sudenly hero, a few hours before he was to have conducted a funeral snr-virDr. Blanchard's father, the lute Jonathan Blanchard, founded Wheaton college In I860 and was Its first Dr. Blanchard was born president years ago In Galesburg, seventy-sevewhen his father was president of Knox college. Francis Retiring John Francis, general Chicago. passenger agent of the Burlington rnllrond, with headquarters in Chlqn-go- , r will retire January 1, after years' service with tho company. In 1881 Mr. Francis became chief dork In the office of the division superintendent at Lincoln, Neb., next he was chief clerk In the passenger department and later assistant general passenger ond ticket agent In Omaha, then followed his appointment to the Bootlegging Profits Are Large Indianapolis. Ind. Enormous profits of the bootleg business wero revealed in the testimony of George Remus, Cincinnati rum king, on record In federnl court hero. Remus admitted making nearly $3,009,000 the flM year ha was In tho business. He to.nl-fleas a government witness In the persons charged trial of tweuty-eevewith conspiracy for the theft of whisky from the Jack Denlcl distillery at 6L Louie. o. n position he now holds. The historic Walk- Salt Lake City. er site, the northwest corner of Second South and Main streets, has been sold by J. R. Walker and associate heirs in the Joseph R. Walker estate to Louie. K. Liggett company, a national retail subsidiary of the United Drug company of New York and manufacturer of Rexall products, according to W. C. Watt, operating vice president of the company and at presination. ent in Los Angeles. That this was not the first attempt The purchase price Is $460,000, acthe against the foreign minister is reveal- cording to Eastern operatives-oed by hia newspaper, the Taeglische company and Mr.. Walker. Rundschau. The price Is said to be the second On the anniversary of the assassin- highest ever paid for Main street real ation of Dr, Walter Rathenau (who estate. The site of the Continental was killed June 24, 1924), the paper Bank building, which has a Main stret 3ays, several persons hid In the gar- frontage of 4GLb feet and 165 feet on den of the foreign minister and fired Second South, sold for $550,000, or a number of shots at Dr. Sressman, $9677.42 per foot, while the Walker bu without effect Police who search- land brought $9583.33 a foot The Liggett company has Included ed the garden and the neighborhood In Its plans for Far Western expanwere unable to find the criminals. ' Another plot was revealed a 'few sion to make Salt Lake the distributdays before the departure of the Ger- ing point for the Intermountain terriman delegation for the recent Locar- tory. Mr. Liggett, In a message to The no security conference, but the vigilance of the Munich and Berlin police Salt Lake Telegram said, Liggett company will open a Liggett store on presented the attempt. Second South corner as soon as the remodeling Is completed, probably Gov. Dern Talks In Washington about April, and will rent the remainconOpposition to the Washington of the property." der struction of the Boulder canyon dam Mr. Liggett aald he cannot say posor any other project on the Colorado water com- itively what will be done later as liver until the seven-statsome leases have about two years to was has been ratified expressed pact before the qenate Irrigation and rec- run, but present intention Is to tear lamation committee by Governor Dern down the building at the end of the of Utah. The committee was told lease period and build a fine large that the construction of any major structure. Mr.' Liggett said he will probably project on the river before the ratification of the agreement would Jeop- open other stores In Salt Lake later. The site has a Main street frontage ardize the rightsof the upper basin states to a fair share of the river! of 48 feet and runs 165 feet on Second waters. In fairness to the other states South street . of the river basin, Governor Dern 'The' Liggett chain of drug, stores said that California should compose has recently added links on the Paits differences with Arizona over the cific coasL Three hundred stores are division of tho river's waters in order operating in the United States, forty that the development of the river stores in Canada and 700 In England. might be'put under way. After com- The stores In England are operated pleting his testimony before hte com- under the name of the Boots Pure mittee, Covernor Dern occupied a Drug Company, Ltd. seat on the senate floor beside SenaThe campaign of expansion on the tor King (Democrat) of hia state, dur- west coast opened with the purchase ing a debate upon the world court. of four stores of tho Kress Drug company In Los Angeles, five stores of England's Wine Consumption Growing the Bowman company in Oakland, Drug Britons are reverting eight stores of the London. more and more to the habits of their company on the coast. Deals are unforefathers In the matter of drink. der way for the purchase of ten BarThe consumption of wine In this tel drug stores in Seattle, Wash., and country Is on the Increase. A report three stores of the French Drug comof the customs and excise for tho year pany In Tacoma, Wash. which ended last March states that Portland, Oregon, will be lue head15.G53.703 gallons of wine were con- quarters of a further string of stores sumed during that period. This was which the company expects to acan increaso of 2,000,000 gallons over quire in every Important city on the Pacific coasL Twenty-outhe previous twelve months. drug stores are" now in operation on the west Is Negro Messenger Betts Bandits Washington.- - Andrew Beckett, 51, negro messenger, with a department lore's $C000 payroll, proved a tough fustomer to- three highwaymen of hia own race who attempted to hold him up. He grabbed the pistol of one of the robbers and hit him over the hoad. . Then he shot the other two when they tried to get away In an automobile, wounding one of them aerlously. forty-fou- is Provo. List of men who will re reclve awards for football at Brigham Young University: Eddie Kimball, captain; FYed Hinckley, Richard Thorne, Willard Clark, Cecil Merk-le- y. Golden Romney, Don Corbett, Or-iNo Money Available To Meet ExpenSame And Howard, Reed Swenson, Vernal ses Of Legislators Worthington, Wesley Lloyd, Kimball Would Have To Be Paid Out McIntosh, Lawrence Peterson, Lafon-i- a Of Own Pocket Fuller, Clarence Knudson, Donald Lloyd, Lowell Blddulph, Fred Dixon. Provor The fifth annual leadership Texas. Lee Satterwhite, Austin, will be held at Brigham Young week of house repreof Texas the speaker sentatives has declined to call a spec- University during the week beginning January 25, and ending January 29. ial session of the leglslautre. Twenty-sidepartments of instruction The session had been sought by some legislators to ascertain if there have been organized and all will make was evidence on which to file im- their work contribute to the theme is better teachpeachment charges. Governor Miriam of the "week" which inA. Ferguson said her enemies were ing of religion. All people of the atto Invited west are termountain trying to' find something against her tend. There will be no registration and declined to call the session. Satterwhite declared it unwise to Is- fee. sue a summons for an extraordinary ' Salt Lake Preparations are being session at. present, as it might compli- piade for the entertainment of more cate litigation filed by Attorney Gen- than 2000 farmers during the annual eral Dan Moody against some high- meeting-o- f the Utah State Farm Bucompanies. The reau and Its v affiliated way construction call should await future developments marketing associations which will bo he said. held at the Newhouse Hotel In Salt statement referred to Lake City during the four days of . The speakers ' opinions from the attorney general, January 20 to 30. . M. S. Winder, exesession cutive secretary of the state farm some that time any ago, given called by other than the governor bureau announced. The would lack authority to appropriate associations which will meet jointly money to defraw expenses, and that with the state farm bureau Include such expense could not be financed the Utah Poultry Producers by private or individual sources. association, the Utah Sugar Beet This made It necessary for each association, the Utah member of the house to pay his own Fruit and Vegetable association, the expenses in event a session thus was Utah Dairy Exchange, the Utah Cocalled, and thereafter more than a operative Livestock Exchange and tho majority signified their willingness to Utah Canning Crops association.. But, after There will be three sessions held each pay their own expenses. giving careful consideration to all the day of the convention with the exceplegal complications and the fact that tion of the last when no night meetthe attorney general has not been ing or entertainment is scheduled. able to conclude the suits involving Two business sessions will be held the matters to be considered in the each day. The first will be called to event such a session Is called, and order at 10 oclock and the other at deeming it unwise to complicate this 2 oclock. The first evening a vaudelitigation, I have reached the con- ville program will be presented wth clusion that the call should not be each county organization contributing issued at this time, but should await t stunt or act On-thsecond eventhe speaker ing a banquet will be held while a future developments, said. . grand boll will be staged on the third asevening. Each of the Gould-Son Tells Of Stock Loss sociations will conduct one session of New York. The tote George J. the convention. The will; Gould lost $4,500,000 in the e;de of also hold special business sessions at railroad securities belonging to him- which time the program for the year self and the Gould estate in handling will be outlined and officers elected. the affairs of the Denver & . Rio Some nationally known agriculture Grande and Missouri Pacific railroads men Including President Samuel H. his son, Kingdon Gould, revealed Thompson, the newly elected presiIn superior court In the suit brought dent of the American Farm Bureau by minority stockholders of the Den- federation, a representative of the ver & Rio Grande railroad for an ac- United States department of agrtcuU counting. Some 150,000 shares of Mis- ture and the United States forest sersouri Pacific stock were unloaded, vice are being Invited to take part Glngdon Gould said, by his father be- Reports on the activities of all of the fore the "Gould board of directors marketing associations was deposed in 1915. Dou yon know and their accomplishments will be where the Btock was sold? Abraham given during the meetings. It is esBenedict, counsel for the minority timated that through the efforts of stockholders, asked. Yes, I do; It was these associations several hundred ad sold to Wall street I helped father ditional carloads of farm products are In executing some of the orders. being sent out of the state each year Subsequently he testified that the which are bringing increased prices shares had been sold In small lots to to the producers. During the past tew avoid upsetting the market. weeks the state farm bureau has been conducting a membership campaign in' Judge Lindseys Right To Bench Clear all counties of the state. It is estiDenver. Judge Ben B. Lindseys mated that tho membership has nearright to the Denver juvenile judgeship ly been doubled as compared with tost was upheld In 'effect when the state year. The work will continue until supreme court dismissed an appeal the greater part of the 25,000 of the state become members .of the bureau, by the tote Royal R. Graham contesting Judge Lindseys election a 'year it to said. ago tost November. The dismissal The has Washington was made on motion of Charles L. sent to the senate the president nominations of Laney, realtor in the case, who cited the following postmasters mostly rethat Graham, who opposed Lindsey In appointments: Utah Ogden, Rufus the election had died several months A. Garner; Brigham, Roland A. Madago. Grahams counsel appealed the sen; Ephraim, Anthony W. Thomson; case after Judge Lindsey had been Kamas, John W. Guild; Kenilworth, upheld by the lower court In his claim Etta Moffit; Monticello, Charles E. to the office. In the election Judge Walton, Jr.; Woods Cross, John A. Lindsey defeated Graham by a major- Hatch; Lehi, Leland Powell (new apity of about 117 votes. Standard villo, Agnes pointment); Harrison. In Her Auto Woman Found Drowned Salt Lake Olty. Herbert M. Siil-le- r San Francisco. A limousine, with was named president of the ffadu-atln- g atthe body of Mrs. Hazel A. Selby, class of 1916 at the .University tractive young matron, at the eleerlng of held at the Hoat a Utah, wheel, was lifted from the bay here tel Utah for meeting of forming' the purpose after ehe had been missing for two a Mrs. cass permanent organization. automobile had plunged days. The wes Woodward Robbins Elizabeth of Powell into the water at the-fovice president and James L. stret recently, presumably while Mrs. elected White secretary. Selby was driving home after an evenSalt Lake City. Out of the furd ing in a North Beach cafe. When found Mrs. Selby was still wearing to be spent the coming year by the tho diamond rings and other gems Union Pacific System for advertising with which she had gone to the cafe and ncenic Improvements, expendipnrty. Mrs. Selby was the mother of tures amounting to $250,000 will be three email children. She was divor- made on improving accommodations in southern Utahs wonderlands, It ced from Walter J. Selby, candy manufacturer. Selby aided In the search was announced by officials. for her. Logan. The Cache valley council, Boy Scouts of America, one of the Gasoline Price Railed smallest councils la population In the Loa Angeles. An Increaso In tho twelfth region, which includes Caliprice of gasoline by 2 cents for Los fornia, Arizona, Nevada and Utah, is Angeles and southern California has placed first in Utah and graded as been announced by the Standard Oil high as any council In the entire reCompany of Southern California. The gion by an official bulletin of the reIncrease, makes gasoline.lSH cents a gion issued recently, gallon, Including the state gas tax. D. Tooele. Charles of Daniels Ophir was killed when the cable of nn British Officer Denied Admission ore elevator broko In the Honorlne New York. A special board of Inmine at Buuor, six miles south of this Ellis Island dented quiry at Captain dropping lilm loventyflve feet, Sydney H. Fortune, former British city, to the bottom of the shuft. He sufadmission to the United army officer, a broken neck. States. Moral grounds based on his fered Ogden. Willie Martin, 34 years of divorce Jn 1918, were given as the cause of exclusion. No further explan- ago, negro,- was Instuntly killed by his wife, Ella, during a family quar ation was given. Captain Fortune arrel et their home, 2720 Taclftc Avenrived at quarantine and was taken ue. Mrs. Martin Inflicted the mortal to Ellis Island by Immigration Inspectors. He was formerly a member of wound upon her husband by plunging the Graves commission In the Near the bludee of a pair of lulssors Into his x istration. - Utah n Guardsman Facing Trial Shot San Francisco. Lieutenant Beard J. Dupree of the California national guard, who may face court martial on charges of having posed as a war hero and won the distinguished cross and the crolx de guerre without authority, was found shot and severely wounded In the state armory. Near by lay an army revolver. Dupree was rushed to Lettorman General hospital and is being attended by army surgeons. He declured he shot himself accidentally while cleaning hie revolver. ser-vIc- o ras OF ATTY. GENERAL SPEAKER DECIDES TO DEFER SPECIAL CALL , Must Now Go Through Channels Until It Reaches President Coolldge For Final Action two-third- HIT News Notes;; in It's a Privilege to Live ON ADVICE AND DUTY Washington. A verdict of guilty on all specifications and the genoral charge, coupled w(th a sentence of suspension for five years from rank, command and duty in the army, was found against Colonel William Mit chell by the court marital which has been conducting his trial for insubordination since October 28tb. The military record of the accused during the world war probably saved him from a more Bevere sentence That was Indicated by the court when it announced that the finding is thu: lonlenti Major General Robert L. House, president of the court, and the nine other members closed the court a' 3:40 oclock for findings. At precise, ly 6:34, or two hours and fifty-fou- r minutes later, the sentence and verdict were announced in these words: The court, upon secret written bal s of the members pres lots, ent at the time the vote was taken concurring In each finding of guilt, finds the accused guilty of all spec! flcatlons and the charge upon secret written ballots. The court sentences the accused to be suspended from rank, command and duty, with forfeiture of pay and allowances, for five years. The court Is thus lenient because of the military record of the accused s of during the world war, the members who were present at the time the vote was taken concurring. Colonel Mitchell, standing as the decision was .announced, with Mrs. Mitchell at his side, smiled. Adjournment of the trial automatically transferred the Mitchell case from the old brick building near the capitol to the war department There it will be forwarded by the adjutant general of the army to the board of review in the judge advocate gencr als office to be checked for inaccu racels. Later the board will pass It on to Secretary Davis, who in turn will submit the voluminous trial record to President Coolldge for final review and approval. Meanwhile Colonel Mitchell re mains in the status of an officer under tochnfcal arrest, since the courts verdict can only be made effective by President Coolidges Indorsement. In view of this stltuation and the flat refusal of the accused to comment publlcily concerning his future plans until after the president has taken final action, there was some belief on the part of Jhe Colonel's closes! friends that he would quietly await the outcome, and if that failed to relieve him from the five years suspension he might offer the president hiS resignation from the army. The general charge on which the court based Its finding of guilt was that Colonel Mitchell had violated the 96tb article of war to the prejudice of good order &nd military discipline. The eight specifications set out In the appended charge sheets were founded on particular charges against the war and navy departments made by the air office In his published statements of September 6 and 9. These accused the two departments of criminal negligence and almost treasonable administration of the national defense, and disgraceful administration of aeronautics. TO i; Stout-Lyon- s e d n coast . Students To Fight Military Training of a Tuscon, Arlz. Organization league for the abolition of compulsory military training was effected here by University of Arizona students. This was announced by Robert E. ret tonsil, president of the organization, who said the members would seek affiliation with ilmllar societies through the East Fight Ended-Lo- t Contest of the will $800,000 Will Angeles. of the late Dr. Georgia Snckctt Rug-glee- , disposing of her $000,000 estate has been settled out of court, a stipulation announces. The settlement provides that third of the estate go to the Christian Bclqnce church, to which the estate wae left in three wills made by Dr. Rugglcs, a third is given to Mme. Tata Dorrs, foster sister of Dr. Rugglcs, and the remaining third will be divided among twelve cousins. e -- East heart |