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Show was not foun.. in i!'e citv ha'l and the oilier parks la.nt nlhl. lnc ut'ticrrs have lmd instructions tu keep the midnUht and early morning vial lors to the parka on lie move. It was stated that the city commisslon-j commisslon-j er.i are considering informaiiy the matter j of building another tire station In the j extreme east part of the city and one in the .sou t h part, as was recommended 1 by Fire Chief Graves in his report. It is I stated that the merchants and heaviest taxpayers of the city are lirirint the in- r reasins of the force of men in the police ; and lire departments. IBIS SEN IffEiTES )gden Business Men Receive Re-ceive Letters Advising Them They Are Next. flatter Placed in Hands of Authorities for Immediate Immedi-ate Investigation. pedal to The Tribune. OGDKN, Aug. ".-That tye govcrn-ent govcrn-ent mav bo called upon to investigate rtaia phases of the activities of tho rcbugs in Ogden was indicated today, hen "tlic minouiiecment was made by .embers of the Viu-a iin(1 herii:f tlu" srtments that blackhand letters have etn received by many of the raer-tints raer-tints mid manufacturers advising h'em they are "next." Whether tho tiers are sent as hoaxes or not has ,aile Httlo difference to the recipients nd tho officers, who have placed the latter, it is said, in the proper hands, ild investigations arc now under way. Several phases of tho agitation of adical elements in the city are being ivestigated.- It is stated that on May last, a young man, claiming to be a lcmbcr of the big committee at Seat-lc, Seat-lc, was in Ogdcn, and made the boast hat "Ogdcn would have something to dink about within the next few lontlis'" Jismissed as Idle Threat. When the statement was called to he attention of the officers, it was ismissed as only an idle threat. About jiily 1 a soiled- linen collar was found i a tree, with a message said to be W. W. in its character. Following le finding of tho collnr, one of the fepers received a letter, stating that he writer had written the message on tic collar as a jolto. Xo investigation f the collar was conductod by the pliee. Among sonic of those who have re-Jived re-Jived the letters nro merchants hav-ig hav-ig stores upon Washington avenue, but 'liosc names arc withheld, pending an ivcsligation. But one of the cases of threat pf a blackmailer or firebug 'eilig received was that of tho Ogden - : Etfg company, at 333 Twentieth street, in which case a warning was transmitted; trans-mitted; over tho telephone. The threat canu: 011 Tuesday afternoon. That night the icehouses were destroyed. Petitions for Hydrant. Upon the receipt of the warning, IT. Hokensen, manager of the elf company immediately arranged for guards around his place of busino&s. The result of the threat stirred the officers of the company com-pany and residents in that vicinity to petition the city eomiiTissIoners this meriting for the placing of a fire hv-dran- at Hudson avenue and Twentieth street. The petition, which was granted, grant-ed, as follows: "Due to the terrible conditions with which the city of Ogdcn has been confronted con-fronted in the last few weeks and the fact that the Ogden lgg company has been notified by firebugs that it is next, also that the undersigned property prop-erty owners would be in great danger should the Ogden Kgg company plant get on fire, we beg tkit a -fire hydrant be placed on Hudson n venue and Twentieth Twen-tieth street, so that we can buy a line of independent fire hose, as wc find 175 feet will protect the Ogden PJgg company, eight residences and five barns. "When Opden Eff? company is set on fire, we expect the fire department to be in another p;irt of the town busy, but If we are granted a hydrant we can be almost independent. "Awaiting your favorable consideration your humble petitioners will ever pray. The signers were Ogden Kgg companv, Ti. O. Slsman, John Fair, Mrs. W. O. Hell, David Farr, David E. Hopkins, Lewis Richardson, Daniel Davis and Joseph P. ShurUiff. Conversation Over Phone. Regarding the telephone conversation with the arsonist. IVhinairer Kokesen said the voice asked if he was' the manager, and when he answered in the aftirmativc the unknown said: "You're next." "Who i.s speaking?" asked Kokesen; but he only beard the click of the closing of the line. He then communicated with the officers, and guards were placed on duty in that vicinity. Shortly after 10 o'clock Tuesday night the Union Pacific icehouse burned. Dast night depu(yt sheriffs a,nd special police officers patrolled the city, the business, wholesale and manufacturing district and the residence district. Not only were officers on duty in the dls- ' tricts, hut four automobiles, two from the police department and two from the sheriff's sher-iff's department, were doing scout duty throughout the city. The officers have been instructed to "get" the arsonist if he, or they, is caught in the act. Six Men Arrested. Every person' met upon the street late at night who could not give an account of himself was arrested. About six men were arrested early this morning, but they were released after they had given a good account of themselves. J. Gibson, a transient, was arrested at the Shupe-Williams Candy company's factory early this morning, after he had refused to inove on. He was found guilty of the charge of vagrancy in the police court this morning and sentenced to serve 1 fifteen days in jail. Sheriff H. C. Peterson and Chief of Police Po-lice T. K. Browning have issued explicit orders to the men of their respective departments de-partments to "travel in pairs" and "not take any chances with the criminal element." ele-ment." It was stated today that more than one late traveler were halted last : night and given a brief "cross-lifting" by the officers before they were allowed to , proceed. The usual gang of park loafers : |