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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON. UTAH MENACE OF ORGANIZED CRIME By JUDGE CLARENCE R. MARTIN, Indiana Supreme Court. t News Notes X Its a I Privilege to Live In J UTAH I I 4 LAWYER j accepts employment to defend a man for a crime which he proposes to commit in the future is unworthy of membership at tli? bar, for by his contract be conspires with the client to commit a violation of the law, and he is equally guilty with him. The lawyer who accepts a retaining fee Irom a gang of racketeers should not only be immediately disbarred as a lawyer, but as a criminal most dangerous to tlie welfare of the state, lie should, if sufficient evidence is available, be prosecuted for conspiracy to commit a felony, or for the commission of a felony. who The orgy of organized crime is the most serious menace confronting the nation. The crime wave lias for the last ten years been rising and sweeping over city and country alike. Communities have been aroused by tlie menace to life and property that lias outstripped all previous expe-nencMurder has giown common. We cannot Unveiling memorial bust of Murk 'I wain at Mmin Lake in the high Sierras of California. Seouts at the international Jamboree in Kurland cheering for tin prince of Wales. 3 ship Britannic recently Inun.hed in Brent Britain for the Atlantic passenger service. 1 1,300 Itoy NEWS REVIEW OF duction. Washington officials are hopeful It will lie possible to hold a naval eonfereiiee for the of eruiser and auxiliary discussion ship tonnages reduction late this year or early in 1030. Tills statement was given out following a break f.T given h.v President Hoover for the purpose of acquainting members of the naval general hoard with the progress of the conversations at London and to afford nn discusopportunity for a round-tablsion of nil phases of the problem. Mr. StiiiiMin said that the President and the State department expected the from the Navy defullest partment experts in the campaign for naval reduction arid that t tie navy experts views would lie given careful r CURRENT EVENTS Progress of Negotiations at The Hague Start of Zeppelin for Tokyo. By EDWARD W. PICKARD negotiations at the week reached a point that virtually assured early evacuation of the Rhineland by the allies, and made it fairly certain that Great Britain would hove its way lit tlie matter of the distribution of German reparations. Ihiiip Snowden's extraordinarily undiplomatic, not to say Insulting, language In characterizing the arguments of M. Clieron. French finnnee minister, ns ridiculous" and grotesque" threatened nt first to disrupt the proceedings. Snowden apologized, though tie and ids government stood firm in ttieir position that the reparations division In the Young plan could not be accepted. Thereupon the representatives of France, Belgium. Italy and Japan began to figure out methods of satisfying the English, realizing some sacrifices must he made In order that the entire Y'oung plan should not be scrapped. They agreed, however, to stand together and not to make separate bargains or compromises with the British. Sir. Snowdon Indicated he would accept an Increase of $0,520,000 per annum in the British share and the four powers named got together $4,700,000 of this, but Italy refused to muke further contribution and Snowden repeated bis ultimatum. It seemed likely the Young plan insofar ns Germany Is Concerned would lie accepted and thut the allies would postpone the distribution of t he reparations among themselves until after the meeting of the League of Nations assembly late in September. Meanwhile the English may he induced to abate something of their demands, think the French. Thomas W. Lament, the American banker who helped devise the Young plan, admitted In London that lie had been asked to go to The Hague to aid In the financial deliberations, but said ballad decided It was wiser for him tfl'lrtny away. INTERNATIONAL return trip from HAVING made theFrledrichsltnfen In to fast time and without any dilllculties, the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin was refueled and continued on its projected flight around the world. It carried 61 persons. 20 of whom were passengers, and was equipped with rifles and emergency food supplies In case of a forced landing. The next stopping place was to be Tokyo, and tills second leg of the trip was considered to be the most perilous for the huge airship. The route laid out would take it across Russia, Siberia, the Sea of Okhotsk and Sngliallen. Doctor Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, has been granted a patent on a rigid dirigible with separate gas cells, like the one he is flying around the earth, by the United States patent office. The patent, applied for In 1022. has been assigned to the Frledrlehshafen Zeppelin company. BLEUIOT, the French pilot LOUIS made across the first lliglit the English channel, has perfected designs for a new type of airplane that can be automatically converted into a lifeboat in case of a forced landing at sea, and he says that it will carry passengers between Bails and New York In 24 hours. Future traffic between the continents will be carried on in neither Zeppelins nor hydroplanes, but In large land planes, according to the Frenchman, who Is at present collaborating with the Armstrong company of the United States for the establishment of a regular air line between Gotham Ttie Armstrong concern and Paris. already bos begun the construction of a series of ocean airports stretching across the Atlantic, concerning whim much has been printed heretofore. STATE STIMSON SECRETARY OF President Hoover that Is highly pleased with the progress made in negotiations between the United States and Great Britain on the question of naval armament re consideration. He denied that any rift lias developed between the navy genera! board and the civilians on ttie question of Just how far this country should go In reducing Its navy. PRESIDENT Is taking HOOVER witli ti is In which lie declared cisco hay. of the next steps for the of agriculture by the federal farm honrd will be the creation of a wool marketing agency. A conference of representatives of prowool marketing ducers' wareassociations and producer-ownehouse associations will he held in Chicago some time in October, Chuirmnn Alexander Legge, of the board, anAt tills conference definite nounced. plans will lie evolved for a national wool sales agency, to Include in its membership nil of the various types of now engaged in handling the commodity. Julius Barnes, William M. Jardine, former secretary of agriculture, and other prominent men, have begun the formation of a big fruit and vegetable marketing corporation, hut Mr. Legge said its plan of organization had not yet been approved by the board. The corporation Is to have a capital of and In Its Initial work will he with 60 subsidiary In 25 states. ONE 'TpIIOSIO persistent revolutionists In Venezuela got hold of an old German steamer and to the number of 400 landed under cover of darkness ami attacked the Important city of Co ninna. The government forces defended the place vigorously and repulsed t lie attackers, though their commander, Gen. Emilio Fernandez, was killed. Tlie casualties were heavy and ttie fight lusted four hours, coming to mi end when a government airplane appeared and attacked the rebels with machine gun fire and bombs. Iresl dent Gomez was not unduly alarmed but sent three vessels loaded with troops to try to capture the "pirate" steanmr. negotiations at Mamlioull hetween the Chinese and Russians were broken off, according to rather Indefinite dispatches from the Orient, and ttie Manchurian situation again became threatening. Tokyo reports said there laid been a skirmish on the heights west of Manclioiill and that three Russian gunboats laid landed troops in three Chinese villages on tlie Amur river. More Soviet citizens were arrested In Manchuria and some of them deported, ami in Harbin tlie Russian White Guards were heieved to ie organizing an pogrom. Tlie Chinese government sent word to Moscow that It would he forced to take retaliatory measures unless it reached assurances that the Soviet firing at Sififen would not he repented. The Soviet government announced the formation of a far army in view of the threatening conditions on the fr.u.t'.er, I") FACE - tenth antiixer-ur- v eon-titini- republic was celebrated thusiasm in Berlin, and - Some of the The huje motor 2- extraordinary precautions and making numinous arrests tlie police suppressed tlie Intended demonstrations of tlie oomnnmist s and nationalists. In tlie vanguard of tlie huge parade was a group of New Yorkers and Chicagoans who carried tlie American flag. ing of Italy Is into effect the Fascist policy of splitting up estates that have been lying untitled and turning them over for cultivation by small farmers. The other day tlie feudal estates of tlie Doria family, comprising 2,500 acres, were thus divided among peasants in a picturesque ceremony nt Roccagorga. Tlie land was separated into 230 parcels and the division made by lottery. The proprietor of tlie estates, Prince Filipo Ioriu Pnuiphili. gets partial indemnity, and the peasants are hound to improve the land and to assist in the general work of reclaiming tlie district, which is in the of the of the Gorman vv.th by great endint of tak With the passing of the saloon, of segregated vice and public gambling houses, the good citizen relaxed his vigilance, and he is now waking up to find 'a whirlwind in place of a wind and a tidal wave in place of a breaker. If organized crime continues to thrive unchecked it will eventually snuff out the flame which has been burning upon the altar of freedom in this Republic for 150 years. Unless stopped, martial law may have to he used. PREMIER MPSSOI.INI Pontine marshes. n statements of the for complete work of improving inland waterways for navigation, irrigation, llood control and power development. He announces that his administration and the officials of California have reached an agreement for the appointment of to determine the a Joint commission policies to lie pursued in such development in California. Another Joint commission will work out ttie problems presented h.v the proposed construction of a bridge across San Fran- Till' reasonably expect immunity from this modern curse Conditions in many of our cities tend to create it, and we are in the La; of Chicago, that magnificent city at whose vitals are gnawing the demons of violence, corruption, murder, crime and terror. nearly so subservient dictator as is Italy to Mussolini. Tills was evidenced by tlie action of tlie general labor union congress in session in Madrid in flatly rejecting tlie governments invitation to send five representatives to tlie national assembly and issuing a manifesto to tlie Spanish people strongly attacking the dictatorship of Gen. Lritno de Riveru. Tlie new constitution, says the manifesto, would estabin Spain, lish "Asiatic absolutism wreck all progress and return tlie country to the tyranny of Charles V. In comment tlie dictator said: Tlie dictatorship is not losing Its serenity and is continuing to be assured of support by tlie larger part of public opinion. I will not abandon power until I am sure of giving tlie country an ample Juridical base to support the Is not SPAIN new regime. fun has been unthinking at tlie proposals to reform the calendar, l.ut the national committee on calendar simplification has Just reported to Secretary of State Stimson that there is nation-widinterest and widespread approval of tlie plan. The report, made by Chairman George Eastman, tlie enmera manufacturer, is intended for Mr. Stimson'8 use in preparing a reply to an Inquiry from the league of nations, which contemplates calling tin international calendar conference If enough nations agree to participate. The inconveniences which the present calendar's defects impose, says tlie report, "have multiplied with tlie progress of civilization, and conspicuously so during the rapid economic expansion of the last hundred years. They are being felt more and more A defect which lias grown to be a cause of very serious inconvenience is tlie splitting of weeks nt tlie beginning and end of months and years. The lack of comparability between corresponding divisions of the year, par ticulnrly ns to the months, Is one of tlie most serious inconveniences. It makes Inaccurate and deceptive a most important Instrument used h.v all tlie organized agencies of civilization to measure progress and control their activities i. e. : statistical data. CONSIDERABLE sympathizers stormed tlie city hall and heat up Acting Mayor Wnlmslcy and four councilman and then engaged In a general fight with the police in the course of which four men were shot. Tlie attack was made while 2 HI union men were meeting v it h ttie council to demand tlie continuance of bus and jitney cab opera tion. FEDERAL Judge Morris ina Wilmingbanded down ton, Judgment against the Radio Corporation of America in n suit over patent rigtits Two of tlie beneficiaries are Brands W. Dunmore, a government employee In tlie bureau of standards, Washington, D. l. ami Perdval D. Lowell a former bureau of standards employee and at present employed h.v a radio tnaiiiif.ieturing company. The Dubii-ieCondenser corporation of New York is tlie tid'd bonet'eiary. According to William Pub'dicr of the condenser corporation tlie suit wiil nlTeet every manufacturer making radio sets with electric light so. attachment and will involve at least $20,000,000 In buck royalties. r k-- acres planted in irrigated crops in 92S. Utah had. on January 1, UTAH lfCa, a sta'e read system consisting of 34 5 S miles of highway. GUNNISON San net e countys six- teenth annual fiir will tie held at M.uiti Ft pteuiber 11, 12 and 13. The (dlieers in charge and manager; J. R. S. Peter WiulKck, v ice pres. dent C. S. p(lirsii!i. secretary-treasurerFh.md. WePord (!. Fi isi hknecht, F. M. Cox, Jr., directors. Utah's 1329 onion KAYSVILLE crop. Based on conditions August 1, is ss than in 1928, but estimated at above the average of 1923 to 1927, the onion report issued recently by Frank Andrews, federal statistician, declared. The 1929 crop is estimated at 462,000 Bushels, against 52U.OU0 in 192S and a average of 268,000. Davis county cher-r- v FARMINGTON harvested only about a half growers crop of cherries this year, according to II. P. Mathews, district agricultural inspt ctor. He reports this is due to the frost and the storm which swept over Davis county a few weeks ago. His records show that 19 cars, or cases, were shipped. The Seagull Air SALT LAKE Lines, Inc., will inaugurate airmail, passenger and freight service between Salt Lake and Vernal and Salt Lake and Ely, Nev., September 1, with appropriate ceremonies at Airport prior to practically simultaneous departure of a plane to Vernal end Ely, according to announcement recently of C. W. of the company. Parry, OGDEN Sale by the city of $75,000 in bonds recently provided funds for building the Ogden community stadi-up- i. Definite selection of a site and awarding of a grading contract will follow. Fred M. Nye, community stadium chairman, stated. lie hopes o have the stadium ready for the foot-hagame between Weber college and the McKinley school of Honolulu, to be played here October 26. PRICE One hundred female phea-- I sants were planted recently by mem-- ; bers of the Carbon Fish and Game as-- i sociation in the Gordon Creek district. All of these were of the spring allot-- I ment, and more of the winter supply will he forthcoming to this region. This makes a total of 150 birds plant- ed here tics summer. Several weeks ago 50 were placed in the Price River district, the 192S supply, of both male and female binls. SALT LAKE Utah's ranges im-- ! proved during July due to rains and generally high temperatures. 0 'cord-- ! ing to a report issued by Frank An-- ' drews, agricultural statistician of the United States department of agriculture. Livestock also showed an improvement, the report said. The sum-- 1 njer range and the water supply in northern Utah were reported good. An optimistic report was also received from west central Utah and from the southern part of the state. MYTON After the site was sur- veyed for the airport landing by T. C. Guvi, resident engineer in Mytcn, several men began work in cleaning up and leveling the giound to put it s in The movement shape. is sponsored hv the city council and Commercial club, C. P. IJuawalder, mayor, and R. C. Walker supervising the activity. Tlie location is on a bench one mile east of Myton, owned by the city, and is also in close proxi-- I mity to the Duchesne river, thus making It an easy one to find from the air. COALVILLE The Summit county commissioners have set aside $5000 for road betternmnt. The county also authorized the exp, nditure of its share of the necessary funds to oil the Lin- coin highway from Echo to Wanship, through Coalville, including the nexv part of the road recently completed by the bureau of reclamation around j.Edio reservoir. This work will he started hi the near future and will be carried cn in connection with the oiling of the road through Echo can; ; five-yea- O DEFECT IN COLLEGE TRAINING By REV DANIEL A. LORD (S I), Loui. St The sweet girl graduate, model 102!), is encountering grave iffi culties finding art interesting husband. The bachelor girl with her bachelors degree is becoming too erudite for the college hoy with his A. B. Not that girls go to school any longer than their boy chums, but because cultural subjects are slighted in favor of commercial and professional studies in college courses for men. 1 College women aren't marrying as much as they used to, partly because some of them want careers. But one of the fundamental reasons is the difficulty lots of them run against in finding college men whose conversation and companionship interest them. Not a few who do marry voting gentlemen with diplomas find their husbands have little care for any mental exercise that is not linked up with a business or a profession. There are two methods for wending out of the race the husband who cant appreciate poetry, sit through grand opera or comprehend art. 1 would not retreat to the Dark ages and cease to educate the ladies above would polish ofT the Instead the approved modes of making and lads with a thorough application of the humanities concentrate their education in fewer years. Crammer school time could he cut down to afford the boys sufficient time for a liberal cultural college education before their professional or business course begins. The educated women of America are the liberally educated class of the country these days. It is they who take pleasure in literature, art. the drama and philosophy when school days are past. The educated men as a class have fallen behind they haven't the ground work for it. And while the college boys proceed to their technical training, the girls proceed to their educations. Its a situation which doesnt helpmar riage at all. 1 pie-crus- t. e STREET car strikers of New Orleans OGDEN There arc 560.000 acres of land being dry farmed in Utah. Utah had S70.000 SALT LAKE UNEMPLOYMENT By RFSSEL1. G FEAR BASELESS CREVISTON, Chicago Manufacturer. j j first-clas- Any great wave of unemployment, such as we hear about occasion ally, is impossible because the modern era has created commensurate employment in the luxury group of industries. The automobile buxine, s alone has absorbed 150,000 workmen from the basic industries in a period of five years. -- Tlie number of school teachers have increased 50 per cent; the nuin her of college student has doubted, and tlie age at which a man goes to work now is one and a half to two years later than it was a few yea re ago. He is busy acquiring a better education during that period. The beauty parlor and the barber shop are doing unprecedented business these daxs. There is another example of more employment in the luxury classification. Instead of a wave of unemployment, men are rapidly being absorbed the extension of the older ones. There in fact, it will be increased as this in newly created industries and in will he no loss of earning power maligned ll yon to Baskin. UTAH Substantial increase In Utah's cummer, ial tonnage this year is indicated in a report made recently by A. J. Ci on in, assistant general freight agent of the Denver & Rio age progresses. ENGINEERING AND ATHEISM Bv C. 1 ULLRICH. Ex President American Engineers Association. The statement that engineers are atheistic and unappreciative of the religious instinct is not true. There is no reason w hv the engineer should be less relipou than other educated and cultured people. On the other hand, engineers, hv the very reason of their training and experience should and do hate a pro-- i found regard for religion in its broader philosophic aspects. Being of an open mind, trained in the sciences, schooled in the laws of nature and taught. to think alur" straight lines, the engineer reasons it out for him If. llis Unix of the sciences and his experience with the laws of nattiri show him that unbroken order r.fi 'its in tlie universe. The f.at that the engineer fails to attend thunli rejul.trly, rcfti-e-t- o subseiibe to an orthodox creed or fails to take an attive part. in mu ini ic'orm should mt brand him as being irreligious, lie max. after ad. make-u- p be far more dovout in his religion than many of those xxlu tk;w their religion mote ostensibly. j Grande Western railroad. Late sum-- I mer commercial fruit and vegetable exports from the state, now beginning to move east, will total more than 3000 carloads, his report said. He noted a favorable outlook for good prices on a" vegetables, and said Utah potatoes now being shipped to Texas and Mis-- i sour! river points are beginning the highest prices in years. enjoyed a hotter than average ye thiR season with their crops,' accor ing to Governor II. Hern, who rttur y ed af'er 'laving attended t' Uintah ba.-i- n in.! conference Duc'o'-n-- '. crm.l citizens ha a ;gn f,.r a road 1 ual and Green Rivir, Wy D. n Gatos. The propo.e i 1 e an all year highway, ai ! e opportunity for shinpii flic's. tliruinnting bazar red on the road that e .cn is the summit. rcc-n'l- -- i or |