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Show -v: The pressbulletin . VOLUME 48 BIMSHAM CANYON, UTAH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1918 NUMBER 26 Letters From Bingha ii Soldiers (Letter from Corporal George E. f Marshall of the U. S. Marine Corps, somewhere la France, to Mlaa Maisls Adderley: ' 'Vera and I are both in. the hos- - j pltal, but are not wounded very bad. Just enough to get a rest. So you see i we have been trying to be neighborly with the Dutchman, but the looks of ' things we must have intruded on dangerous territory for he made an awful fuss about it. lAayway he don't like our ways, and therefore we can't be friends. "I was hit In the shoulder with a shot gun and have several little sou-venirs in under the skin. Red was not so fortunate. He got hit with a ma-chine gun bullet in the middle of the back and it came out through his right arm. So he will be in the hospital some time longer than I. "Our division, which Is termed in the last drive as one of America's celebrated units, lias been so busy that we have had no time to write or anything else for the past six weeks, and I have had no mall since the drive in the Saint Mihiel sector. "This is Just a new hospital, so of course they are not organized yet and there is a limit on everything, es-pecially writing material. I was lucky in having some paper with me. This morning is the first we have had and my ration was one envelope. So you ee how badly we are situated for the present. "Well, IMaisie, 1 guess your hopes are going to be fulfilled. From the present outlook of things the war cannot last much longer, and I think it will be over before Christmas. But of course, it wiil be some time then before we all get back." A letter from Corporal Dell F. Lee, somewhere in France, to his mother, Mrs. George E. OLee: "Tomorrow, October 113, is my birthday. Don't you hope I have a nice time here in the hospital, laying on my bed smoking cigarets and hav-ing my meals sent to me? Pretty soft, eht iMy leg is getting along fine and am going to be operated on the day after tomorrow. That will keep me here for some time to come. ' "There are 2000 boys in this base. The ones in my ward are all fine fel-lows, but they are strangers to me, all from the Eastern States, mostly from New York, but it does not take long to get acquainted. I have not seen or heard anything of my com-van- y and regiment since I got hurt. So I guess their wounded went to place as there are many hos-pitals in France. "Don't worry about me. I am al-right. When you get this letter I don't know where. I will be, but ex-pect to be here at this base. I have not heard a word from you folks for ; a long time, but I expect to get a pack of mail some day. It will no doubt follow me around. "By the looks of the papers the last few days it appears to be the be-- ' ginning of the end. Cuf say, didn't wi knock those Huns back some, eh? If you read about the battle of Mont facon and west of Verdun Just on the other or northeast end of Uorgonne Woods, well, that is where we were. Every plce you would look there was a German machine gun. And 1 think I got one for everyone in the family and ' would have gotten more only I got mine at dark. That night it made me so nmd I didn't know what to do to think I could not continue. It is a very dangerous piece of work, but there is something fascinating about it, but I cannot explain what it is only "stick to it and get all that you can. "I had all kinds of trophies, bay-onets, knives, pistols and shoulder straps, and a dozen different things, but had to salvage everything when I was taken to the hospital. But I will bring some home at thrt." FRJ1I1CIS 11. Q11I1 w- - ' FILE SUiLFOR LIBEL ' Bingham's Representative-Elec- t ao The State Legislature May File Libel Suit Against Otto Kappele For Circulating Scuril-- Y ous Circulars During The Recent CampaignMay Charge Criminal LibeL Francis W. Quinn, who was elected ,! ' on the Democratic ticket as a mem-- V,JV' ber of the next legislature, is being urged by friends here and elsewhere in the county to bring an action of criminal libel against Otto Kappele on' account of a circular of a most scandouo!s and acrimonious nature which was prepared and circulated just prior to the election. , ' The circular preferred grave charg-es against Mr. Quinn and , was no doubt intended to do him serious damage in the election. It was cir- -' ' culated at a number of voting places' In the county where Mr. Quinn was not. known to all the people, and caused quite a little trouble. The Democrats here and through-out the county are enraged to say the least over the appearance of the - . circular. Mr. Quinn is one of the - best cleanest and squarest men in the state, and that he will bring his " assailant into the courts to answer the charge, seems practically certain, The people here say that Otto ' Kappele has a mania for writing un clean Ncirculr.rs and attacking the clmr- - acters of good people in Bingham, , just for the amusement of the rabble. ' 'A They say that this Is the eleventh ' time that he has sallied forth to an-- . sail a Bingham individual. He started the game they say many years agp ' ... when he dug Into Billy Myers . be-- " ' cause Myers would not lat - Otto be - retaliated and . his tailor, but Billy I . carved Otto with a cutlaa and he - j quit the attack on th&t man Next I v ' they say that be was a' rank 8cial- - i'S lh' lst the Ume the town "Al ,utTa' 1 I w tionr-wa- s In the hands of.tha party; I ' thai be fell ouf with the Thiers be-- I v ; cause another tailor was shown some I f favor over him, and for thle he roast- - I ed Anton ChristenBen and B. G. Locke to beat the band, and Jumped over in-to the Republican party. That ia what they say. They also say that ' when he became interested in pig raising that he also became very de-- L sirous of gathering swill and then he M wanted the garbage job at Copper-- - A field and when he failed to get it he took the hide off Ed Byrnes. (Later on he wanted the garbage job in Bingham they say and he failed to get it Then with his pen steeped in vitriol and besmirched with slime he delivered attack after attack on the head of that administration, and then climbed into the Democratic party and, secured a good fat appoint-ive Job under the (Democratic admin-istration which is said to be worth about $15 a day. The fellows say tha Kappele was a delegate to the convention which nominated Mr. Quinn and that he did not vote against him there, but that Mr. Quinn secured the solid vote from the tenth precinct They are wonder: ing why that beneficiary of the party would launch such an unwarranted at-- . , tack on a candidate of the party and they are anxious to see the matter brought into court. ! iMr. Quinn and all Democrats are inflamed over the matter. Wednesday Mr. Quinn received the following let-ter together with the slanderous clr- - cular which was widely circulated in B Midvale; ' - ii. Midvale, Utah. Nw- -' l November 5, 1918. candidates, IMr. Cjuinn was one of ' their btrongeet supporters, in many Instance the perronai spokesman.. Mayor Straup. ' In 1916 Mr. Quinn was elected a member of the Jordan District School Board; tinhorn gamblers and round-ers were hiB lieutenants during the election. Twenty-eigh- t prostitutes and approximately one hundred and fifty gamblers and underworld rats were brought into the school house to vote by his henchmen. During the months of January and February, 19J6, a committee of Salt 'Lake men sent a special investigator to Bingham in order to learn who were the men most responsible for the misrule and corruption here. Af-ter this man had spent about three weeks here and had gotten the con-fldnc- e of some of the dive keepers and underworld financiers, his com-ment ran thus: "You have the rot-tene-town here I ever visited. Your mayor Is the smoothest gambler in camp and your chief of police and town clerk own two of the hardest dives In the place." It had long been Known that S. S. Jones, the chief of police, owned the Copper King resort; also that F. W. Quinn owned the Butte saloon, al-though it could not be proven in court, for perjury has long been the most popular indoor sport in Bingham. And understand, dear reader, the Butte Baloon Is in existence today and enjoys the reputation of selling more bootleg whiskey than any other four blind pigs in town. Mr. Quinn enjoys the distinction of being the first politician in the state to bring the harlot and the felon into j I Mr. Francis W. Quinn, I Bingham, Utah. Dear Mr. Quinn: Permit me to mall you the enclosed arraignment of your-- self, which has been freely distribut-ed here today, purporting to be what I your accuser thinks or rather what he would have others think of you. 1 got a hold of a few of the scan-dalous leaflets and destroyed them, but there is enough evidence (at any I -- v rate to put this miserable fellow . . . where he belongs, I hope. In the y' ryM .. first place I believe he is liable un-- 1 ''"I'' der the corrupt practices act upon the statute books, and second, such a man ought not to enjoy any privi-leges afforded in any public service - capacity. You may of course do as you please t, in this matter. I merely call It to ; your attention. ' i, - With best wishes for your success ; I am sincerely yours, iNIHLS UND. A CREATURE OF THE STRAUP SYSTEM name Francis W. Quinn of )The is upon the Democratic tick-- 1 et as a member of the State (Legisla-ture. I sincerely believe it is the pur- - . , pose of the Democratic men and wo-- " men to support only men whose char- - acter is above reproach, and whose I . evervdav life is free from corruption, j I w'll therefore give my readers a truthful description of Mr. Quinn in ftinghfitn politics. ; Vjln 19.15, during the Bingham City Section, when the notorious Straup ystem was at Its height, when the henchmen of the Utah Copper Com-pany combined with Uie denizens of the underworld against respectable f the school room to vote. Among his class this is an achievement to be proud of. Mr. Quinn was city recorder for, and most ardent supporter of, the no-torious Dr. Straup and his associates when the town of Bingham was un-dergoing a siege of lawlessness and crime such as never before existed in the state. Mr. Quinn does not represent the respectable Democrats of Bingham. Without the aid of gamblers, bootleg-gers and prostitutes he could not be elected to any position, no matter how Insignificant He has ror years been the most pliant tool of the (Straup system and is not considered a (Democrat but a Utah Copper Republican. Bingham Canyon, Oct 29, 1918. OTTO KAPPMjE. With reference to the above ground-less charges the friends of Mr. .Quinn point out that when he was elected school trustee that he received a ma-jority in every voting district in the pracinct with one exception, and also that he had as an opponent one of the most popular men in the camp. As to how certain classes of the peo-ple voted no one knew. To say . the least 'Mr. Quinn is doubtless the most popular man in Bingham, and he Is one in whom the people have Implicit faith as an honorable and up-right citizen and they deplore the fact that a Democratic office holder has uttered such a slander against hlra. Among' those who are urging Mr. Quinn to take legal action might be mentioned, 'A, J. Weber who was elected a member of the supreme court this week. Eim Sii 7 PROVES JO BE A FAKE United Press Gave Out Fake Report Four Representatives Of German Government Raise White Flag And March Through . American Lines To Meet General Foch Some Time Tonight-- No Agreement Has Been Reached Sedan Has Fallen Into The Hands Of The Yankees Secretary Of State Lansing And Secretary Baker Both Deny The Report. Bingham and all Utah went wild Thursday over the news that "Germany had surrendered" but when we began to look up the authenticity of the story it all proved to be false. The United Press flashed the story and Salt Lake City went mad as , did all the other towns of Utah and began parading and ringing bells, blowing whistles and firing salutes. Secretary of War Baker, Secretary of State Lansing, British War Office, and flso a message from Paris reports that the story is all false. The way the story got started was like this. The four repre-sentatives from the German government were allowed to march through the American lines after raising a white flag to meet General Foch to talk over peace terms. General Foch sent word that he would receive them and they will perhaps meet him some time this evening. Peace terms may never be agreed upon after hcy meet. Sedan has been captured but very few prisoners were taken as the Germans had fled before it was taken. Below Is the fake story which set all of Utah wild: s Paris, Nov. 7. The greatest war of all time came to an end at 2 p. m. today, German time. The Allies and Germany signed an armistice three hours earlier on the field of battle. The Ger-ma- n delegation had come in to the Allied lines under a white flag. The war is over! Germany and the Allies signed an armistice at 11 a. m. today, hostilities ceasing three hours later.' As -- Marshal Foch's terms are known to include provisions which will prevent resumption of hostilities, the greatest war of all time has come to an end. . London, Nov. 7. Premier Lloyd George received official con-firmation last night that the German armistice delegation had arrived within the British lines. Officials who are usually well informed state that an armistice ia certain. London, Nov. 7. Marshal F.och, the Allied commander in chief, as notified the German high command that if the German armistice delegation wishes to meet him it shall advance to the French lines along the Shimay, Fourmies, La Capelle and Guise roads. From the French outposts the plenipotentiaries will be conducted to the place decided upon for the interview. AARON J. MASURE i ...... i v: i ,'1 .. ' jT C ' rx f, With lllgMSWSWt WtTfc Aaron J. Masure, who was former-ly with the store of I. Solvin, and who is now with the navy on the west coast. In a letter to Mr. Selvir. he says he is getting along fine in the service. iHe is a good fellow and is doing good work in the navy. , ..PERCY PAUTSCH .M.-- y- V'i." ' s r ; r - f I a ' -- ; ' . I Percy Pautsch, son of Chief of I o-- i lice and Mrs. A. E. Pautsch, who has been in France for over six rif nths. He was among the fisst volunteers, and he haa been doing good work. He thinks the Germans are very an-xious to quit, and 1n a letter ust re-ceived by hl.4 people here he says; "The Huns are in such a mixup and so tired of war that tl'ey do not know whetiirr to run or step I think by the first of the year it will all be over. There is a good lot of the boys looking to be home for Christmas. I got two 'Hun blankets and by the looks of them they must be very low on wool. They are nothing but cot- - ton. I am going to send some things home that belonged to the Germans, just as soon as 1 can find time. As soon as I can I will send you some-thing from" France or may be from Berlin." LARK MIIIG MAN DIES OF "FLU" George L. Osborne, 33 years old, died last Sunday at his residence in Lark of influenza pneumonia. Mr. Osborne had been a resident of Lark for fifteen years and was engaged in mining. Hfc was born in Landen, Wy-oming, In 188S. He is survived by his mothfcr, 'Mrs. Phoebe Osborne, of Idaho; his wife, Mrs. Millie Glover Osborne; two young children, four sisters, Mrs. S. II. Davis of (Eureka; Mrs. S. B. Wilcox of Almo, Idaho; Mrs. C. J. Christensen of 'Lark, and Mrs. W. S. Berger of Pocatello, Idaho, and a brother, James JL Osborne, who is In training at Harvard University, and has been granted a furlough to attend the funeral. Funeral services will be held out-doors at the home of Joseph Glover at West Jordan next Sundav after-noon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in the West Jordan cemetery. The body is at the undertaking parlors of George A. Jenkins at 'Midvale. Democrats Carry Boil Camp And County In Election Tuesday The Democrats Won In Tenth Precinct t Every One On Ticket Being Elected Majorities Were Not As Great As Two Years Ago Race Between' Stuart And Green Was Very Close Quinn Leads Legislative Ticket. iMuch interest was taken In the election bere Tuesday, although the vote was lighter than formerly owing to the fact that under the new law workers" are not permitted to haul voters to the polls. The Democrats were victorious, but the majorities were not great. The closest race was between Judge John C. Green. Demo-crat, and Archie Stuart, Republican, for the office of Justice of the peace. Green won but it Was by a very close margin, receiving a majority of only 11 votes. In fact as the early re-turns came In, Stuart was In the lead and at midnight It looked that the majority he had could not be over-come, and Green had practically con-ceded the election of his opponent. Stuart carried (Bingham proper and candidate for state senator, received a good vote in the camp. While this gave a substantial majority to other ' county and state candidates on the . Democratic tit'Ket. Judge Dudley re-- s ceived 604 votes In the camp, while his (Democratic opponents received 570. , , .There was a great deal of scratch-ing on both sides especially for local and county candidates. In this matter . it seemed that there were hundreds of voters who were for the man of the party. , The election was considered quiet on account of the absence of workers ' who formerly hustled through the camp in search of voters. One thing that looked like old times was .the Weather. It Is ciiHtnmnrv tn 'Ld.. it was by the vote of SLark that placed Green ahead. This was the contest' that claimed much interest at the Democratic and Republican headquar-ters as the report came In. Both candidates are m!ghty good men and had numerous friends who were an-xious about the results. Francis Wl Quinn, the local legls-- l latlve candidate, not only run well throughout the camp, but he was a popular candidate in all sections of the county and received more votes than did any of the other nine candi-dates who were elected froiil this county. Judge Dudley, the local 'Republican snow on election day and it did not fail this year. The snow commenced falling Monday and it continued most of the day, Tuesday. There was practically no betting. It seemed that bets could not be book-ed at all. No one on either side seem ed anxious to put up their money on the various results There were a few hats, a few boxes. 'of cigars and a small amount of ' money put up, but nothing worth mentioning. There was much surprise In th k camp at the election results In the other states as even the Republicans here were anticipating a Democratic victory all over the country. 9 PER CENT PURE ' 'A. J. Parry, the milkman who lives ' In district 193, Is tickled over the good Democratic vote at that place. (He said that the district voted 100 per cent and that 99 per cent of the voter cast were Democratic. In fact he said that there was only one man who voted the Republican ticket and that man he said claimed to be a Democrat. He said he knew who that man was and that he had a good notion to tell his name. DEATH OF EDWARD STUBB3 Edward Stubbs, age 49, employed by the Utah Copper Company, died Wednesday of pneumonia following an attack of Influenza. He came here seven years ago from Wisconsin. He is well known In the camp and had many friends here and was highly esteemed as a good citizen. He is sur-vived by a widow and six children, four brothers and two nephews. The funeral arrangements have not.1 yet been made. J THE UTAH COFFER MAKES HARD TIGHT OH INFLUENZA It was reported this niornlng at the office of the Utah, Copper Company that that company and the American Smelting and Refining Company had suffered but very little on account of the influenza, due probably to the drastic measures taken by the com-pany to combat the disease not only in the company's works, but among their families as well. As soon as the epidemic started the company turned the Garfield Club in-to a first class hospital, added to It a large boarding house, purchased a first class ambulance, turned an ob-servation car into a traveling hospit-al, and organized a corps of doctors and nurses. IAs soon as a case, either among the men or the family of one of the company's employees, was re-ported, the patient was taken immedi-ately to the isolation hospital. The hospital now contains four patients, and about the same number have been discharged. On account of the loss that a seri-ous spread of the disease would have caused the company, and the satisfac-tion that has been experienced in being able to be of service to their employees, the officials of the compa-nies consider the'erpense of the hos-pital a good i investment Ceseret News. Deferences of opinion as to terri-torial rights between Utah Consoli-dated and Tintlc companies were set-tled some Ume ago by sale of the Yam pa Win e to Utah Consolidated Company. Attempts were made during the past summer to eliminate all M"n-dar- y differences by merging ui It is understood that Boston men managing Utah Apex went to New York for this purpose, but wem unable to interest the Utah Consoli-dated Company. UTAH CON. REFUSES 10 dPUSE HmnvEX. Utah Consolidated officials refused to compromise the big apex lawsuits now hanging dark and threatening over the two Uingham mines, accord-ing to word from 'Boston. The story Is given as follows: Suit has been brought against Utah Consolidated Mining Company by the Utah-Ape- claiming $1,750,00 damages for ores alleged to have been illegally removed from ore bodies that apex in the latter's property. 1 Ah INFLUENZA INCREASING HERE IN BINGHAM , The Spanish influenza is now rap-idly spreading in the camp. Bingham proper, had not been seriously mo--1 jested until recently, but the hospital here is now crowded with patients and there are a number of people very sick at their homes, There are a great number of cases at Copperfield, 'Highland Hoy, and Lark, and it now looks as if the re-sults are going to be very serious. The town health officer and the phy-sicians are working hard to prevent the further spread of the disease and all possible precautions are now being taken. Health Officer II. N. Standish went to Salt Lake yesterday to see if some arrangements could not be made to secure additional aid from the state and county health authorities. SLACKER ARRESTED HERE Ednardo Abella. r 19, who wan employed at the Fortune mine. wa arrested bere this wee1 as a slacker by iPoliceman John Mitchell. The prisoner failed to register on Octob-er 12. The fedoral authorities have been notified. |