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Show NEBEKER tPPOHEB TO ooeiEii POST Will Have Charge of the Lands Division of Department De-partment of Justice. Frank K. Nebeker, Salt Lake attorney, attor-ney, has received the presidential appointment ap-pointment of assistant attorney general of the United States, in charge of the lands division of the department of justice, according to an announcement made by A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney general, and received here yesterday. Sir. Ncbeker accepted the appointment last night, and will leave for Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, with his family between July 1 and 15. Although Mr. Kebeker's nomination was only submitted to the senate for approval yesterday, Attorney General Palmer telegraphed him last night to report in Washington for immediate duty on a number of largo cases involving in-volving government oil lands. Mr. Xebeker will have supervision of all federal cases within the jurisdiction of the lands division, according to the announcement of his appointment. The appointment was awarded Mr. Nebeker because of his successful prosecution pros-ecution of many I. W. W. leaders in one of the most sensational criminal prosecutions prose-cutions in this country. He began the preparation of evidence against the leaders in August, 1917, when he was appointed special assistant to the attorney at-torney general for this particular task. In a few weeks he had secured the indictment of 102 of the leaders, and had search and seizure warrants issued for their official papers. Tho trial lasted from April 1 until August 17, 1918, when 102 were convicted con-victed and ninety-five of the number sent to Leavenworth prison. Mr. Nebeker secured the conviction of all the leaders with the exception of those against whom ho voluntarily dismissed proceedings. Mr. Nebeker was born at Laketow-n, Rich county, Utah. Graduating from Cornell university in 1S95, he was admitted ad-mitted to the Utah bar in the fall of the same year. One of his early official of-ficial positions was that of county attorney attor-ney of Cache county for two terms. He was also district attorney for the First judicial district for one term. While district attorney lie proscoute -')e Majors, who was found guilty of the murder of Captain Iirown of the Ogden police force. He was also instrumental in breaking up a band of horse thieves in P.oxelder county. Mr. Nebeker was a member of the Democratic national committee from 1903 and 1918, and in 1909 was appointed ap-pointed assistant general attorney of the Oregon SShort Lino Railroad company. com-pany. Early in 1912 ho joined tho firm of "Howat, Marshall, Maemillan & Nebeker, of which ho has since been a member. While Mr. Nebeker was on a recent visit to Chicago, anarchists mailed a bomb to his office in tho Judge build-He build-He will succeed Francis J. Kearful, who has resigned to resume the practice prac-tice of law. |