Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-01-16 | Page 8 | Jokers Can Turn in False Alarms on the Telephone

JOKERS JORS CAN TURN IN IK FALSE fAiS ALARMS ON THE TELEPHONE No City Ordinance Against Calling Caling Out Firemen This Way 5 To call cal out the tho to fire fe department 4 4 J- J Jon on a false fase alarm alan and ad thereby 4 f 1 endanger life and traffic on the 4 streets through trough which the useless 4 I 4 run rn is mado mao Is 15 not a crime not crime not cre-not not 4 4 r even a misdemeanor providing 41 4 1 j- j the call is mado made the time 0 te ca over tele- tele tle 4 4 phone and not by the tile regular 4 I 4 0 alarm bo box bor system 4 The city ordinance intended I to cover cr this point and to fo protect the tho department department depart depart- ment from the tho alleged joker numerous of which species have ha been encountered of late te las has as been found to j ignore nore entirely en en- tiel the possibilities of the telephone h being in used for the same purpose as a firm alarm box That part of the or i. i Dace nace reads as S follows I It I shall bo be unlawful for an any person to break destroy or in any manner in interfere in-i in with any electrical firm inZ box box or to send any alarm fa falsely bel over through through or from such box or tue l US No reference is ma made e to the telephone method To remedy thi this Chief Gloro Gore of the tho firo fro department will wi ask asic for a anet anew anew new net or ordinance at nt next Monday ni nights night's ht's council counci meeting Tho The penalty provided by tho the present inadequate ordinance for caln calling out the department falsely i is a 00 fine fino or days in in jail jal or both II H. C. C Denhalter 10 19 years old who was arrested recently charged with turning turin iu in a false fale alarm has baa IS been r re released released re- re leased because of this fb flaw in th nance mince Youn Young W was held on suspicion of having hains turned a fal fal false e alarm over tho telephone from a State street saloon A Assistant Chief raid r r- aid nl attempted to file te char charges against ain t thim him but was as informed by I Cit City Attorney ne fey ney ROJer Rogers that the tho ordinance had ba bad not bc been n violated