Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-03-24 | Page 10 | Hearing for Allens Nabbed on School Law

HEARING FOR AliENS NABBED ON SCHOOL lAW LAN lAWI Arrangements for tor the hearing of ot the I cases of ot five aliens who were arrested at Midvale l Tuesday upon a warrant Is Is- Is Issued Issued sued from the county attorneys attorney's office charging violation of ot the Americanization tion school law will be made at conference conference confer conler- ence this afternoon between J J. J H. H Greer attendance officer of ot the Jordan school district and Leslie Frazier assistant county attorney The men are said to have refused o 0 either enroll for tor examination examination examination nation or attend the Americanization school According to the law all alien residents of ot this state between the ages of 16 and 45 years 45 years of ot age must be competent to toI I pass an examination equivalent to a a. fifth grade examination or attend the I Americanization schools conducted by bythe bythe bythe the state Four hours a week is required to be spent in the schools The men arrested are Robert and Mike Austrians Mike Serbian Raphael Diament Italian and Christ Greek They were released upon their own and returned to their work at the United States smelter in Midvale l where it Is said the shifts shirts they were working would not note have interfered with attending the schools The case is the first of ot its kind that has c come me up since the new law was enacted It carries a a. penalty of ot not less than 5 fine tine and not more than according to Mr Greer