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Show 'r Published Every Saturday GOODWIN8 WEEKLY PUBLISHING CO INC. FRANK E. 8CHEF8K I, Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: . In the United 8tates, Canada and Mexico, $2.50 per year, Including postage $1.50 for six months. Subscriptions to all foreign countries, within the Postal Union. $4.50 per year. BY Payments should be made by Cheek, Money Order or 'Registered Letter. , payable to The Citizen. Address all communications to The Citizen. Entered as aecontf-elaamatter, June 21, 1919, at the postoffle it Salt Lake March S, 1879. Act of under the City, Utah, Ness Bldg, Salt Lake City, Utah Phone Wasateh 5409 . e . 811-12-- 13 CRIMNALS SWEEP CITY Citizens of this city are panic stricken because of the present crime wave staged by bold and daring gunmen who are running wild and apparently defy the police. During the early part of the week bold highwaymen robbed and held up people in Utah, Salt Lake, Davis and Weber counties, working from the outside to this city and then lost track of. Some of them even tried to steal an airplane from Woodward field. And while this orgy of crime is at its height and every officer ought to be on the trail of the criminals, what do we find. Commissioner Burton calmly pulls a raid on the slot and trade machines which have been permitted to run until this time. He has also placed two officers in each of the poolrooms, card halls, etc., to catch some unsuspected criminal playing a slot machine for a chew of gum, a peanut or a one cent box of matches. In the face of all this crime going on, such comedy in our police department is beyond all comprehension. Really, Commissioner Burton, do you believe the people of this city are a lot of asses to fall for such stuff! Do you believe that raiding the businessmen of the downtown district, men who are legally given licenses to do business in this citv, will detract the attention of the timid citizens from the lawless holdups and give you credit for confiscating trade slot machines? While this saturnalia of crime is going on, our mayor is flying about the country greatly enjoying himself in making new acquaintances, attending prize fights, and the city is left without a government head. Surely he must know that he is the governing head and for that purpose does he subscribe to the oath of office. It is his duty to see that all laws are faithfully obeyed. Has the mayor called Commissioner Burton to account for the present crime wave? If not, why not? It is his plain sworn uty to do so. Surely the mayor knows that he is the head of the commission ; he must know that he should exercise within the city limits the powers conferred upon him to suppress disorder and keep peace; that he shall see that the laws and ordinances are faithfully executed; that he has the power, when necessary, to call upon every male inhabitant, of the city, over the age of and ordinances and twenty-on- e years to aid in enforcing the-lasuppressing riots and other disorderly conduct, or in carrying into effect any law or ordinance of the city? If Commissioner Burton has been unable to handle the crime situation, is it not up to the mayor, and the other commissioners as well, to investigate conditions with an effort to bring Qolief to the people from the present crime ring? The daily press has carried denunciatory editorials of the present crime wave and asks protection for the people. Is the job too big for our present officials ? What is the matter? The other day the police patrol stopped in front of the Kearns building. Immediately a large crowd gathered. so-call- ed 1 ws 9 i L Have the police caught the robbers, was the unanimous question asked by the spectators. Then two big policemen came out the front entrance carry- ing a slot trade machine. The large crowd dispersed in disgust. PICTURES TELL TRUE STORY fight by rounds so thrill-ingl- y Comparing the Dempsey-Tunne- y announced by special service over the radio direct from the. sing side to' the patrons of the Pantages theatre, with the fight pictures now shown at the American theatre, leads one to believe that something was wrong with that fight. The enthusiastic announcer had Tunney winning all the way ; except in the'seventh round, but the fight pictures tell an entirely different story. Dempsey took the fight to Tunnel at all times. Tunney skipped about and in every way avoided a fight, Jack chasing the champion around the ring for several toe-to-t- oe miles. Go and see the pictures at the American theatre. who the contestants Forgot j are and after you see the fight decide upon ) whom you would place your money. Dempsey did all the heavy work in that fight. He forced the fight and in the break from clinches it was nearly always Dempsey who shoved Tunney away from him, all of which required extra strength, or in other words where two men are evenly matched, the one doing this work would naturally give out first. Had Dempsey played the same tactics as Tunney, it would have been a very rotten contest. Few blows would have passed between them and it would have been a tiresome waiting game n which the principals tried to coax each other for an opening. Aggressiveness is always an asset for the probable winner and is greatly strengthened by a knockdown for the count of nine, but in this contest, the referee must have had in mind that the footracer was the best man. j In fact Dempsey so far outshone the champion that he is still considered the best drawing card in the ring and a majority of the fans believe that he isa better man than Tunney. The fans, are demanding another match between these two fighting millionaires and the prediction is being made that the next match will draw a bigger crowd than their recent match at Chicago. Will the promoters allow Tunney to fight before he meets Dempsey again or will he bo saved for Dempsey who will be sent through an elimination contest to qualify for the champion? FAVOR SMITH f Representative Democrats of seven western states met at Ogden the other day and endorsed Governor A1 Smith as their favorite for the Democratic 1928 candidate for president of the United States. - |