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Show ill - ' ' . ' ' ''r-- f yY:- ... Dent cf War History' H v , '. ... ' . . ' ttaii Capitol ii c .' - ,: , '" i",J... : -- : .. ;' ' ' ; ' ' : ' - THE PRESSBULLETIN ... ' l; ' ' . . '.:.';. ' ........ ....".'-....- . ' 'J ' ..... : VOLUME 49 1 BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1920 NUMBER 48 ALBERT THOMAS --Y ' , PrJ & if If ; vj! New portrait of Albert Thomas, the French labor leader and statesman ' who has been chosen by the Interna-tional labor conference in Washington as director general of the international labor office. ; . New: Wage Scale Dates Back to April 1 and Places the Miners of Bingham on a Par With, All Other Underground Miners in TVtJtah. New1 Scale; Meets Approval of Business Men as Well ' as Employes, n . The miners of Bingham have been granted a raise-- of 25 cents a day, ef- - ' fective of date April 1. The notices have been posted for all underground miners in the Bingham district. This brings the wages of. the miners ", In Bingham up to the wages of other camps in Utah. Some of the men on the Utah Copper hill who have been working nine hours will in 'all prob-ability be given the option of accept-ing the same wage for an eight-hou- r day or continue the nine-hou- r a day with a raise. This is in the hands of the grievance committee and will be worked out to the satisfaction of all concerned. General (Manager R. C. Gemmell was in camp the early part ot the Vek inspecting the property of the Utah Copper company and conferring with the men in a general way. He also inspected the mills at Garfield at Magna and Garfield. He reports that ' everything is working in good shape .' and the future at the mine and the I mill looks very promising. The raise in wages will give muck-ers $4.75 a day and underground miners $5.25. The people of Bingham have felt for a long time that this ' raise should be granted because of the fact that miners here have to walk a long distance before going to work and the same on their return. This raise as stated for Utah Cop-per miners, is condition, as it is given with the understanding that the pres-ent nine-hou-r day Is continued, but if the miners hold to the eight-hou- r day the wages will remain on the old fcshedule. Th,'g wi:l .be decided at a luting whica will bo held by the miners en Thursday evening. , From Ci Indications it is thought that the ttinen will choose the eight-hou- r day. iiiUCKFle FIND OVER HEAD WITH PICK HAHDLE Steve Radich Crushes Skull of Joe Sevan and the Latter Dies Within Two Hours. Radich Held in the County Jail on Charge of Murder. Fray Started in a Friendly Scuffle, According to Report. The First Was a Serbian and the Latter an Austrian- - Steve Radich, a Serbian about ZZ (rears of age, struck his former friend! Joe Sevan, an Austrian, about 59 years of age, over the head with a pick handle after a scuffle under-ground. Sevan died about two hours later in the Bingham hospital and Steve Radich is now. in the county jail charged with murder. According to the best information obtainable they started to scuffle in a friendly manner while underground Just before taking the cage up. It seems that Joe Sevan struck Radich in the face with his eartiide lamp at the close of the scuffle and knocked a tooth out. When Radich reached the top he reported it to the office and then went over to check out. Radich then waited for Sevan and as the latter stepped off the cage which brought them to the top of the mine he attacked Sevan with the pick handle. The terrible blow of the pick handle crushed Sevan's skull. A num-ber of miners attempted to stop Radicd but the whole affair was over almost in an instant and they did not get to stop the blow which a little later brought death. The injured man was rushed to Dr. F. E. Straup's hospital, but the injury was s6 severe that medical aid could not save him. Radich expresses no regret what-ever for his act. When awakened shortly after 11 o'clock Saturday night and told that "Joe" wag dead, he re-plied that he did not care. He added, however, that he did not intend to kill the Austrian. "I only wanted to give him a good beating," he added. Radich has been in camp about eight months. He came here from Eureka. The two men have been tn Bingham ; V ' for eight or nine years and both had . .. . , fairly good reputations. They had , been employed at the Highland Boy mine for a number of years and htA always been good friends. It is be-lieved that they started the fray in a friendly tussle and the anger of the ' two men became riled as they scuf-- fled and the tragedy resulted. i CHARLES D. WALCOTT ; I j p ii ii iij . KWwKrn Ntinpaptr Union Charles O. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who has been elected associate member of the French Academy of Sciences. J , 'Jul - ' , - ' BINGHAM BOOTLEGGERS WILL BE ARRAIGNED SOON The county attorney's office is planning to call up the twelve or fifteen men from Bingham who were arrested for selling booze over what was supposed to be a soft drink counter. The only rea- - son the cases have not been set earlier is that the attorney for the defense has been down east. UTAH CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. MAY BUILD . A BJGMILL Highland Boy Mining Company Will Build a Mill With 1,000-to-n Capacity. ; vThe .Utah .Consolidated Mining company during the year 1919 mined 126,893 tons of copper ore and 45,337 tons of lead ore, ' which yielded 5,710,34 pounds of copper, 13,072,177 pounds ot lead, 373,180 ounces of silver and 10,548 ounces of gold. A total of 17,407 feet of exploration and development work was done,, accord-ing to the report of R. H. Channing, Jr., president. " ' The principal features of the year's work were, first, development of the property at depth; second, successful completion of tests for the treatment of the copper ores by flotation, and the litigation with the Uath Apex com-pany. Mr. Channing's report says: "At the end of 1918 the deepest workings in the mine were the 1600-foo- t level. The results of exploration work on that level indicated that in depth the Highland Boy lode, after passing through a leaner zone, which commenced at the 1300-foo- t level, was again showing enrichment. Sinking was therefore resumed and the shaft is now between the 2200 and 2400-foo- t levels. It will be continued to the latter level, which will, for the time being, be made the lowest workings. "The 1800- - and 2000-foo- t levels are being opened up and the results so far have justified expectations. On the 2000-fo- level a new ore body has been encountered in the Highland Boy limestone which is being drifted upon. The 2200-fo- level is Just being start-ed and the 2400-foo- t level will be Opened during the coming year. "The results of the laboratory ex-periments for the treatment of our copper ores by flotation were con-firmed during the year by an actual mill run of over 2,500 tons of ore. This showed conclusively that a re-duction in cost can, be. made by mill-ing our eopper ores, which will make available at a profit a. large --tonnage of ores in the mine heretofore clask fled as too low grade to be commer-cially profitable. Plans are being completely for a 1,000-to- n mill, which will be constructed during the coming year. Now that this problem, has been successfully solved, it is anticipated that a large additional tonnage of this low-grad- e ore can be developed. "The suits between your company and the Utah Apex . company were heard in the United States district court late in the past year. The ores In controversy are an ore body in the western portion of the Highland Boy lodge and certain large ore bies in the Yampa lode, the latter now and heretofore worked by the Utah Apex company. None of your company's principal copper ore bodies are in con-troversy. Your company maintains that, by virtue of apex rights, it is the sole owner ot all these ore bodies. Your attorneys, basing their opinion on the testimony and the law as in-variably construed in past decisions in the Bingham district in similar litiga-tion, believe the decisions in all these cases will be rendered favorably to your company." The reserves of the Company at present, as stated by the report, are 848,000 tons of copper ore, averaging 1.94 per cent copper, .66 of an ounce of silver and .04 of an ounce of gold. None of this ore is tn controversy with the Utah Apex company. There is also in sight 38,400 tons ot lead ore, averaging 15.7 per cent lead; 5.36 ounces of silver, .06 of an ounce of gold and .90 per cent copper. DELEGATES WILL BE URGED TO VISIT GREAT COPPER CAMP Whe"n the N. E. A. delegates come to Salt Lake for their national conven-tion, July 4 to 10, they will be given every encouragement to see Utah, ac-cording to Prof. A. L. .Mathews of the University of Utah, rno has been appointed chairman of the committee on excursions. He plans to conduct organized trips to the chief points of interest within reach of Salt Lake, wherever the conditions warrant. To that end he will send out to all the commercail clubs and hotel men, in the state urging them to with the committee in determining how many tourists he can send to each particular town. When all the information is in the hands of the committee folders will - be made up and each delegate given one. . The folders- - will contain outlines of the best trips, train schedules, things to be. seen, and other necessary details. In addition, the Information will be posted conspicuously around the headquarters of the convention. . One of the scenic porata the com-mittee plans to feature ia Bingham, with the great mining enterprises, coupled with the close proximity to Salt Lake, making a short trip possi-ble and profitable. Prof. Mathews declares that with proper with Bingham, he thinks that most of the visitors will want to see this, Utah's wonder copper camp. W.S. GANNOit LAID TO REST BY HOST OF ns On Thursday lastApril 1, in a per-vading influence of peace, and in an atmosphere made redolent with pro-fuse and beautiful floral offerings, breathing fealty and esteem to him who has crossed the Great Divide and who has launched his barque on the river which marks- - the unknown shore; wIUk the... Qg)onnell funeral chapel iiH5a5t tSf Jpacked with sorrowing friends; lie last sad rites were paid, and the final farewells were spoken to W. 8. Gannon-Pray- er was offered 'by Rev. Thomas Manwaring, a former paBtor ot the Bingham M. E, church, now residing in Midvale, which was fol-lowed with addresses, marked with pathoa and sorrow, by Judge E. E. Dudley of Bingham Canyon, and Rev. J. 9. Wallace, pastor of the Immanuel Baptist church of Salt Lake City in which the rectitude, the high char-acter, the sterling Dualities and the Integrity of the deceased were ex-tolled and eulogized. From the chapel the funeral cortege wended Its way to Mount Olivet, and there in that silent city in the shadow of the towering Wasatch range, with the panorama of the beautiful valley of Salt Lake spread out at its feet; with "the drapery of his couch about him" all that was mortal of "Billy" Gannon was laid at rest. Requiescat in pace. SUGAR COMPANY ADOS NEW DEPARTMENT In securing the services of Dr. E. Q. Titus, well known entomologist, the Utah-Idah- o Sugar company has added another important department to its widely expanding organisation. Since "the year 1907, Dr. Titus has been en-gaged in entomology work in this state, first at the Agricultural college - experimental station in the employ of the state and the United States gov-ernment, and later in the United States sugar plant investigation office where he was in charge of beet seed breeding and other sugar beet re-search work for the western territory, r. Titus has now entered the service of the Utah-Idah- o Sugar company as director of agricultural research, and it will be his object to develop the best quality beet seed and protect the beets against insect and plant dis-eases, thus bringing about better beet culture to the great advantage of the beet growers and the sugar in-dustry as a whole. . 1NTERCHURCH WORLD MOVE-KEN- T VV1LL ORGANIZE III HAH Rev. Lester F. Fagan of the Bing-ham Community church and State Director L. A. Garrison of the Inter-churc- h World Movement will get to-gether in the very near future and plan for a community committee for Bingham. Many of the leading citi-zens in the camp will be placed on this committee and a meeting will be held in the Commercial club to ex-plain the workings of the Interchurch World iMovement and to show the benefits of same. The Interchurch World Movement is one ot the greatest forward move-ments in the history of evangelical churches. More than thirty of the greatest Protestant denominations have pooled their interests and will enter this work with a vim. A com-plete survey is being made of Utah and the United States and from this basis a thorough scientific basis for the division of funds, etc., will be worked out The campaign will be brought to si close by a financial drive in which Utah will be asked to contribute a large sum of money but this amount will not be nearly as large aa the missionary socities are sending into Utah each year to sup-port the present Protestant churches in Utah. FOUR NOTABLE EVENTS RECALLED ON ANNIVERSARY Washington, April 6. Today was the anniversary of great events in his-tory. One hundred and thirty-on- e years ago George Washington was elected first president of the United States by the first session of congress which convened in New York. Fifty-eigh- t years ago the Union and Confederate armies grappled in the great battle of Shiloh. Eleven years ago the late Rear Ad-miral Peary "nailed the Stars and Stripes to the north pole." Three years ago the United States declared war on Germany. REPUBLICAN CLUB HEARS PLANS FOR CHICAGO CONVENTION More than 500 Utah Republican gathered at the Newhouse hotel last night to attend the regular monthly meeting of the Young iMen's Republi-can club. The principal speakers of the even-ing were Henry Welsh, chairman of i the Republican state committee, who discussed the convention in Chicago; Parley P. Jenson spoke on local gov-ernment and compared the number of Republican employes in the state in previous years and the number of em-ployes this year. Also the payrolls were compared. Mr. Jenson stated that there was a decided increase ia both. Horace S. Ensign, former member of the Republican club, rendered a number of vocal solos. Music was also furnished by a mixed quartet. J. A. Garrett, chairman of the club, presided. The next meeting will be held the first Tuesday in May, accord-ing to A. E. Breckenridge, secretary of the organization. BINGHAM DEMOCRATS ATTEND JEFFERSON DAY BANQUET A number of Bingham Democrats attended the Jefferson day banquet in the Utah Hotel Friday evening when nearly 1,000 followers of Democracy gathered around the festive board and swaped yarns until the time came for the national speakers to be introduced by Toast-maste- r Stephen L. Richards. United States Senator Robert L. Owen and the great commoner, William Jen-nings Bryan, were the principal speakers. Those who attended from Bingham were Postmaster Countryman and his son, Clyde Countryman, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kenner, Mr. and 'Mrs. F. A. Miller. PICKFORD DIVORCE PUBLICITY DISPLEA8ES Sacramento, April 8. Governor Em-met D. Boyle of Nevada, who was in Sacramento today, said his office was being deluged with telegrams from in-fluential persons in all parts of the United States asking him to stop the investigation of circumstances 'sur-rounding the divorce granted in Nevada to Mary Pickford, motion pic-ture actress, from Oen Moore. There was a feeling in Nevada, he said, that a "joke had been made of the judiciary," and added that if the Investigation now in progress showed any evidence of collusion between parties to this divorce steps for annul-ment would be taken at once. Mary Pickford has since been mar-ried to Douglas Fairbanks. METHODI8T CHURCH NOTES. Rev. L. P. Fagen started for Park City after the church services on Sun-da- y night He will be there until 'April 23, engaged in evangelistic meetings. During his absence the regular serv-ices of the church will continue, and all are invited to join in the work and worship of God, no matter who may ke the leader. Each week: there Is the usual Bible study crass on Tues-day, 7:30 p. m., and prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Next Sunday, 10 a. m., Sunday school. At 11 a. m., the service will be In charge of Miss Nellie Stevens, subject, "The Greatest Sin in the World." At 6:30 p. m., Epworth League serv-ice for young people. At 7:30 p. o, Mr. enkin of High-land Boy will preach. Monday night, April 12, is the time for the regular business and social ' meeting of the Epworth League. Young people, whether members or v sot, are invited to come and have a good time. . WESTERN CLUB WOMEN CONFER. Club women of the lntermountain region gathered in Salt Lake yester-day for the purpose of organizing an lntermountain federation. The organi-zation will be completed today. A constitution and s will be adopted and officers will be elected. The first day's proceedings were given to preliminary plans tor the forming of the federation and a discussion of its advantages. The business sessions were held at the Commercial club, with the exception ot the evening meeting, which followed a dinner served at the Y. W. C. A. cafeteria. The opening meeting was called to order by Mrs. E. O. Leatherwood of Salt Lake, president of the Utah Fed-eration of Women's Clubs, at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mrs. M. J. Sweeney of Twin Falls, president of the Idaho Federation of Women's Clubs, was made chairman and Mrs. W. H. Cooper of Price was appointed secretary. Mrs. Leatherwood outlined the pur-poses of the proposed lntermountain federation of women's clubs. She said that it was considered desirable for western women to stand together and to make the eastern women "sit up and take notice." Indorsement of the Idea was given by .Mrs. IM. H. Flynn of Grand Junction, Colo.; JMrs. R. A. Broadhurst of Salt Lake and formerly of Colorado; Mrs. H. W. Clouchek of Twin Falls, Idaho; Mrs. Levi Edgar Young and (Mrs. C. S. Kinney of Salt Lake. Proposed changes in the organiza-tions plans of the General Federation ot Women's Clubs, to be submitted at the biennial meeting of the federation in Des Moines, Iowa, In June, were dis-approved by the convention at its afternoon session, WOMEN'S CIVIC LEAGUE 18 BUSY. The Women's Civic club st Its meet-ing April 1, enjoyed a talk by Mrs. E. E. Nelson, executive secretary of the Division of Women's Activities of the High Cost of Living campaign for the state of Utah. The work is being carried on under the direction of the Department ot Justice, Washington, D. C. Posters showing the cheaper cuts of meat will be placed in the meat markets and people are asked to as-sist in fighting the high cost of living by observing "Cheaper Meat Week," beginning Monday, April 12. Recipes published will show how to prepare these cheaper but most nutri-tious cuts in an appetizing manner. A LETTER FROM ITALY. - Rlvamonte, Feb. 3, 1920. Editor Press-Bulleti- With the burning up of the village of Tillagrande Rivamonte, Italy, there was more than thirty poor families without their own cottage, and owing to the hard times many of them can't build it not more. Those poor people too hard tried by the war and by the trouble of Austrian Invasion. A com-mittee of Italian d boys of Bingham as so help them opened a collection there, and sent them a check of $201, but the need is great. So we wish to thank all those who generously contributed and had a kind thought for their family and country-men. There is hard need and should be necessaire as many body hope, the help of our government to rebuild it again. Thanking for the favor. Respectfully yours, GENEV1NO GNBCK. MONTANA-B1NGHA- - FOLLOWING ORE Operations at the Montana-Pingha-mine at Bingham have been mainly confined for the past several weeks to development of the ore bodies en-countered, according to C. G. Kullan-tyne- , general manager of the company. No. 9 raise is being put up on a nice body of lead ore. The shaft from the Montana-Bit-: level has been sunk to a depth of 150 feet, and drifts have been made from the fifty and the 100-fo- levels to cut on these levels the high-grad- e ore shoots opened up in the main working tunnel. This shaft will be sunk to follow the several high-grad- e ore shoots developed on the Montana-Bingha-level to depth. TRANSPORT BEARS FIRST ARMY DEAD New York, April 6. The bodies of eighty-seve- n soldiers who died at base hospitals and camps in England will arrive here tomorrow afternoon on board the army transport Manse-mon-it was announced today at the port of embarkation headquarters. Officers and a detail of men attached to the graves reclamation service have made preparations to receive the bodies, their next of kin have been notified and shipments to various points of destination will be promptly made. The arrival of the Mansemond will bring to America the first of her sol-dier dead from either France or Eng-land. L. D. 8. UNIVERSITY TO TRAIN TEACHERS Announcement is made by David O. McKay, superintendent of the church school commission, that the L. D. 3. university is to become a teacher training school. First year work . is to be eliminated with the opening of sessions next fall, and as quickly as possible courses of higher instruction will be added. Similar plans are to be made at the Brigham Young university at Provo and the Weber Normal college at Og-de- The plan is to eliminate first year work in districts where the ninth grade or Junior high school work is given In public schools. President Guy C. Wilson of the t D. S. university said the school would rommence immediately the plan for eliminating first year students next year" - SALE OF TIGERO WINE IN UTAH PROHIBITED "Tigero Brand Medicinal Bitter Wine," a preparation put up by a Cleveland firm, will not be sold In Utah as a medicine because, in the opinion of the state chemist, Herman Harms, It is capable ot being used as a beverage within the mtanlng ot the Utah prohibition law. A sample of concoction, which was advertised as a medicine made up of a red wine with certain medicines added, was submited to Mr. Harms for analy-sis by James H. Wolfe, assistant to ' Dan B. Shields, attorney general. The manufacturing company sought admis-sion of the preparation as a medicine into Utah, but showed It was not try-ing to evade the Utah law by first tak-ing the matter up with the attorney general, as state prohibition commis-sioner. Mr Harms found it contained alco-hol and was 34.2 "proof." This meant that it was 17.08 per cent alcohol by volume, and 15.86 per cent alcohol by weight BODIES OF 8LIDE'8 VICTIMS ARE FOUND Unearthed from the snowslide that swept them to death at the Wasatch Mines, Alta, Monday, the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Swan Odgaard and F. B. Max were brought to Salt Lake yesterday by S. T. Ricketts, undertaker. Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Odgaard will probably be held today, said the un-dertaker. Mr. and Mrs. Odgaard were in charge of the cookhouse and IMax with a machine worker. They were in the shack when it was hurtled down the mountainside, buried underneath tons of snow. Employes of the mines rescued the bodies after twenty-fou- r hours search-ing. John Martin, a mucker, was in-jured about the legs in the slide, but not seriously. SENATOR 8 MOOT'S RURAL HOME BILL PASSED BY SENATE Washington, April 6. senator Reed Smoot's bill designed to give persons an opportunity to acquire rural homes was passed today by the senate and sent to the house. Under Its provi-sions the secretary of the interior would be authorized to develop, through the reclamation service, pri-vately owned lands at the expense of the owner and dispose of them in farms "in such manner and upon such terms as to him shall be deemed most feasible and practicable." i i Opportunity Not to e Missed. My small boy thlaks all babies are cuplds with wings, sent from heaven. Recently 1 took htm with me to see a baby Just a few days old; after look-ing at It Intently for a few minutes, be said to the baby's mother: "Oh, please take his clothes off. I want to see where you cut his wings off.- "- Exchange. |