| Show I 10 TO STOP OPERATION OF SLOT MACHINES Department of Public Safety Will Issue Orders to This Effect CITY SECURED RED DECISION Appeal of Test Case to Su Supreme Supreme Su- Su preme Cou Court rt Cannot Be Decided Before October October Friday the district court decided that the operation o of slot machines machines ma mu- chines Is In violation of the time law Ian Sunda Sunday afternoon four policemen In the uniform which Is supposed to remind the public that these men men are under oath to see Ree tat lat the law lawIs lawI I Is obeyed were gathered g In a corner corner corner cor cor- ner cigar store storo three of them watching watch watch- watching ing the fourth feed teed nl nickels kels Into a ft slot machine f While e their beats were left un- un patrolled and unprotected the four m men n. n clubs dubs tucked under their arms lolled ovAr ov vr r t the 6 t d cigar counter counter and and I watched l t tho the card reels reel's whirl The Tho player fed ted a n. dozen or more mora nickels into the machine He Ito got three e aces a couple of pairs whacked up the cigars with his fellow fellow fellow fel fel- low officers and the quartet strolled leisurely back to to their respective beats r I LOT machines must go S SLOT This Is the tho the decree o of the department de cle- department de- de of public safety safely of oC Salt Lake ake and an nn order to tho the police pollee to see that operation of tho the machines ceRS ceases S or that the the operators are arc pro prosecuted d continuously con on continuously and diligently until the time test case just decided by the district court courtIs Is 18 finally passed upon b by the supreme court will probably b bo be issued b by the commissioner of or public safety today or tomorrow Th The mayor has consulted with the law department of or the elt city and has been advised ad that his department ma may put a stop to tho operation of or machines machines machines ma ma- chines pending action of or the tho supreme court Advice was that an order could be bo Continued d on Page Z 5 Column 2 2 e I TO STOP OPERATION OF SLOT MACHINES Department of Public Safety Will I Issue Orders to This Effect Continued From Pa Page e One Issued to all operators that they thep must put the machines out of ot business and should they refuse to obey the they may bo arrested and prosecuted several l times A n day so BO long as they con continue to maintain their machines that machines that is la a until tho the supreme court passes upon the slot machine ordinance Acting upon this advice the mayor mavor Intends to Issue such Instructions to tho the police The chief chlof will have his hlA officers serve notice upon proprietors that the card wheels must cease to whirl of Doran Cn Cn e. e When B. B F. F Doran of or the firm of Doran Weed was arrested some somo time ago for tor violation of the city ordinance It was agreed by the cl city t and attorneys ne noys s 's for tor the defense defenso to submit the case caseto caseto caseto to the district court on an agrees agreed statement statement statement state state- ment of or facts after conviction had been had in police court and Dorm Doran fined 25 5 The lne case was as argued and submitted to Judge F F. C C. Loofbourow who rendered ren rca I dered a decision Frida Friday upholding the tho police court and the tho city ordinance confirming tho the fine upon Doran and holding that the Ule operation of or slot shot machines machInes machines ma ma- chines is against the tho law There Thore was an agreement that machines machines machines' machines ma ma- ma- ma chines chines' would be permitted to operate pending action of ot the district court It wl was supposed when the defense gave notice of ot appeal to the supreme court that the tho agreement to permit machines to operate until the case caso Is Bottled would hold good But there thore has been beena a a. change In plans plan When the thc agreement was made It was supposed that the test case would be bo decided h by y the supreme court before before before be- be be be- fore Its summer vacation Ono One of tho justices has already gone Eone on his vacation and the regular term of or court Is over for tor the summer so 80 that there is la no opportunity to got get et the thu test case argued before beloro October Officers Officer's of ot the department of ot public public public pub pub- lic safety and tho the legal department behove be- be hove e that the time from now until October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober Is entirely too long IonS to permit tho tim machines to operate The cH city au authorities authorities au- au claim the thc right light to assume that the supreme court will sustain the do- do oJ o |
