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Show i ? J - y DESERETEVEXIXG I," J I NEWS SATURDAY DECEMBER jy v 22 1917 Public Safety Department Records Reflect Efficiency Arrests For Petty Crimes Fall Off witl Advent of Prohibition And Cleaning Out of Saloons 5 mostjj, E. i f- - I horse-draw- man-draw- , gang. Enlarge Department. In November. 1917. the police department of Salt Lake consisted of No- persona, as compared with 123 in - Among th officer thia vemtK. re InapectorAngu. J. Mulling, hide henchmen remained, to work in year Riley M. Beckstead and John secret, against the happiness of the Captains Hempei. Lieut. William Keyttng and community, bet the power of ana im- six sergeants. The enrollment includes is memorial enemy was broken, six purity officer InIt detectives, shown by police statistics for the fust cluding a policewoman 1 mounted nine months of the year, men, bicycle policemen and motorcyIn August there were only 690 ar- cle men, lx chauffeur, eight traffic jrests and in September only 44, men. a matron, threw Jailors, an while the lowest record for any of the and (4 patrolmen. The city Jail. kept by Richard preceding seven months, that of January, was 66. For July, the lid Horace Heath and Joesph W month of the old regime, the number Bush, i a drug-cur- e hospital as well was 1,62 and for Xune it was 1,269, as a prison. One men who took the The figures for the other months cure for morphine gained 44 pounds were; February,-679- ; March, 934 in 26 day. H received four the total jflermie injection for 14 day. Anoth- April, 946; May, $41 for th nine months was 9.346. r man. whoee ytm craved from 44 to 44 worth of heroin a day. was rePnrakcnnees Falls Off. two weeks' - treatment, stored - '8tlf Lake statistic for certain of- which heaftervoluntarily took. One of fenses tell a somewhat similar story. these men remarked. "It 4 a terrific In the first seven months of the year no. a but cure, good the number of arrests for drunkenness was never leas than 279, but in potter woman' Work. August it was only 74 and in SeptemO April 22. 1414, tho first policeber it fell to 47, With the exception woman in Utah and Salt Lake ws apof May, tho number of arrests made pointed. after the mayor, Commlwkm-er- e for vagrancy in the first period was and chief of police hod approved always above 109, while in each of a suggestion made by tho City Fedmonths two the following the coming eration of Women Club. Mia Jane of prohibition it was below 100. Fight- Barrett, who woo selected for this ofing, trespassing, and petit larceny fice, works under Chief of Polio J. show a decrease. On ths other hand, Parley White and Joseph Burbidge. arrests for violation of the liquor or- captain of the purity squad. Shs visits dinance were more numerous in each cafe, cabarets, chill parlors, skating of tho two months than in any of the rink and dance balls, and plays the seven preceding. part of an ubiquitous mother to boys After neighboring otote . became and girls, young men and women, dry,. Utah, especially Sait Lake, un- while they are tn public places. Part willingly became a refuge for human of her task is to give advice to young where being that are prone to commit un- persons and to Inform parents oclock at their children are after social act. Beginning tn January. 1414. says night. that there U Mias Barrett think J. Parley White, who became chief of police on May 41 of that year, there great need tor a policewoman. She woe a great influx of small criminal, believes that she wouia oe mors useprostitutes and offenders of other ful to the com mu nit y U parents W bad all we could do for would feel more free to bring to her .aorta. 'nine month tq cope with the vice sit- - their troubles and to aeek suggertion nation alone." and aid from one who will not betray the policeToday Salt Lake i sharing with their confidence, A cities of Utah' sister state, of the woman doea not keep a book open to northwest the benefits that accrue the public, mothers need not fear pubfrom prohibition. But the still licity. have important work" to do.police ts are not enough concernThough the number of arrests has declined, ed "Purer about their children, Miss Barrett a new law must be enforced by foil- believes. think that their chilThey the plan of bootleggers and dren are sure ing to do right and to avoid blockade-runnodd by seizing liquid danger. Mothers ought to find out contraband. where their daughters spend their Evidence Room. evenings and with whom they keep A revelation of what the chief of company Fell that call for improvement, and his force have in done police the few months that have ensued since the wits the policewoman are smoking tminA tn j and DrtjfaniLvon the partot the boys bftcsmr opTiM vf egg the basement of the public safely and of slang and thoughtless dress- v th ease of thagtrla. aa well as builrting.- - Two- - evMkc roon conW-ig tain a mass of intoxicants worth the keeping by either of late hours on about $100,004 at booth ggers prWs, the streets. The moeam dance to or $36,000 at preecni wholesale prices pretty if property danced, but otherthat $17 see at former wholesale wise it is objectionable." The pclicewoman told two anecdotes rates, for whisky has practically doubled In price since the war began in that Illustrate her work. One eve- J Almost all Europe. the confiscated nlng after 3urfew time she founc a goods are whisky, because beer, playing on a downtown street, ky in comparison with value, is not! Where d you live? she asked. suitable tor transportation or con- In Halt Lake." the boy ImpUhly .2-1- lit m, Bey-no- iremKr v RICMa n, PVBUZ. J1?? TY DjS. vstT C. J. JkaJWGf: futjn. th lv k : bul-jb- i St vj ceaimeni- 4i ; ft t i H I i f -. - replied. Each of the evidence rooms is se-- , Io you know to whom you are Yale padlock, and one of ? returned Mira Barrett. the two keys to each lock is in the spuakliu? When the lad bad learned, the apolopossession of the chief, while Hie oher gized and went home. k kept by R, O. Collett, the property Diacourtory almost never I thown rkw Iron gratings protect the three to me the poHcewomaa. who windows and an inner door of one wears a saye under her coat, bat to room and the transom above the door not fond star of firearm. If I ee any of the second room, which has no objectionable conduct or pastime. I windows. to careless the or to the person In the first of these rroms are pak of the' establishment. Stored 7.204 Pint Bottles, 87 Boxes jpHetor Either to is quick grant my requests. each containing two dozen pint 14 Taken Charge of Girt. barrel of high-grawhisky and the' fruitage of Mi Barrett took charge about 40 other successful excursion of OnjUay a pretty girl, who had donned gainst poamssors of tabooed goods. trousers hidden her hair under a Th second room hold several hun- felt haL ani girt was ready to steal dred bottle of whisky, some wine and a railroad The ride lo Californio. But she a keg of cognac brandy. was le successful os a man than "I believe we have seized an the Rosalind.big caches. aays Chief of police Shakespeares Your dl3guire would deceive hardNow we are troubled by White. any one. the policewoman told Pullman car porters, brakemen. trav-- P ly the mdventuious lose. Dont you see ding men nnd persons In motorcars. your mistake starting on such a Soma men who voted for the pro-- f hi brtion law. remarked the chief. In-- I journey In cold weather? Before lonr the young woman was variably acquit an offender when a ease come into court. These persons working In a cafe in Bolt Lake. She because the law did not go remained long enough to earn a sum -ay that effect until Aug. 1, the state has sufficient to pay her way to the Patil burden of proof to show that a cific coast. pome or of intoxicants did not have Recover Stolen Property. them prior to that date. But we The detective department, of which contend that if a man has the goods b. is violator of the law, which gave JosephI, C. Sharp has been chief since him 14 days in which to dispose or July 1416, has dealt this year with about 35 Important cases. In the opinthem." ion of one ot the member, the work bora For Wet Goods: of last year woe surpassed in 1917. Intoxicants have been stored in va- "Till about 76 per cent of rious places. Under growing vege. property year reported to us as stolen has 47 boxes of forbidden drink been recovered. , tables he says Figures for were found tn a war garden. Chief the first 11 months of 1417 show that of Police White i being sued for the total amount of 46.464 by the owner, who contends to lawful owners was property restored $36,144. that the goods were not sellable un-- I In the first 11 months of this der-lhlaW, because they were In his $24 automobiles were stolen in year Sait po e ion prior to Aug. H This eon-- loike. All except 14 of the motorcars fli-- t has not been settled" yet by the have hran recovered, largely through Mate supreme court. the efforts of the department, By removing several hoards from though the sheriffspolice is credited fores Ibc floor of a inwith bringing beck four. Th majorbedroom, other person obtained a storeroom of the machine were found by three feet and a half high, between Jity E. Woodard end J. A. Egbert, mothe floor and the ground. In this spare torcycle men detailed to search for the purity squad found 7.244 pint bot- stolen automobiles, motorcycles sod tles of whisky. Out of $1 356 worth of tires bicycle. Another whisky cellar end other automobile part reported a dag at improvised the foot of a horses stall missing la the 11 month. $944 worth Burbidge aad hi men in two auto-- f was restored to rightful owners by mobile followed a woman and several the police About 112 persons hare Greeks. vrrawere in x bakery motor been arrested for taking motor vehiwagon, to a form about six miles from cles end bicycle, and of them about the city. Just as the woman was about 46 have been delivered to the Juvenile to pay for 11 cases dug from the sta- Court. ble nook, the purity squad came on This year's greatest achievement the scene and took posse ion of the was the conviction of Howard De fooaiL Weese, allrs D. C. Robbins a wlfe-A blockade-runninautomobile. layer, who wss arrested in December. " With three extra tanks, 1916, In Chicago. After a prolonged q;bped holding seven, 14 and 20 gallons, was investigation and assiduous effort, ths furtd by a j ff bat-tlr- a, d, & i I a B P :ll ; L P n. 1 f. ij j. , e 8 S g inj, S j 'l t Sit.t TT ? S first-sto- g ry head-luarte- re tdKe ot catKfromBZ, lamps. each of which is attached to a coll of 6,000 feet of wire, so that it can be carried nearly a mile from th wagon. Fire Losses Low. -- As n result of having equipment and an efficient force. Halt Lakes losses this year have bran low as Is shown by figures for January to September, inclusive. The total lessee have bran only 1116.444 or 42 cents per capita.' Though 410,474.411 worth of property waa menaced by fire only about one per cent of this amount was destroyed. In the first of 1917 the department answered 654 catli There have been fires in. 294 buildings and In 160 other places not classed as buildings. A five per cent Increase in wages waa given Sept. 1, 1917, to all members of the department. Oct. 4. which is kept throughout the United States os fire prevention day. was observed In Salt Lake. The aerial truck, bearing on each side a huge banner, 36 by 4 feet, passed through the principal streets. Among the legends on the banners wers these; "Prevent fire, Germany's American Carelees ness with match ally. caused 116 fire in Salt Lake this r hour $30,000 worth "Even year. of property - is burned In the United States. The same day members of the department visited the public schools, where they directed surprise fire drills and made talks on fire prevention. , A new fire and police alarm board, costing $4,800, was put into operation In June ot this year. It registers from fir and police boxes and serve as an exchange for the fir department In the same room are four other pieces of allied apparatus, which with ths new board are worth $10,000. three-quarte- rs Health Department Carries on Campaign to Improve Sanitary Conditions in Outlying Districts u o O ,Jy t LAKE sanitary expert has gone to Europe to help the Entente Allies. On 8epv 1 Dr. R. W. Ashley was succeeded by Dr. C. J. Albaugh as city fc health commissioner. Dr. Ashley resigned to enter the medical department of the United States army. The sent him to England, government where he- - has- been- - helping to safeguard the physical welfare of British soldiers In six camps. He expects to be ordered to France soon. Since Dr. Albaugh took office, he and his helpers hare bran reorganizing the nurse corps of the public schools, inspecting dairies, bakeshope, cafes, factories and slaughter houses, and waging war on typhoid, of which there were 132 rases in the first nine months of the year. My chief task has been to reconstitute the group of school nurses, said i .v: Dr Albaugh recently. When I took office. Just before school reopened, two nurses remained from mi only predecessors's corps At present seven nurses are new and only one of the former group Is left, Public school nurses, explained tinDr. Albaugh. "maintain supervision a in bis possession; Jack Hudson, who parallel hors, a horizontal bar. e over overthe health of pupils and advise on took $150 worth of gold from dental gle and a trapeze, offices in Ogden, and Jack Moore, a head travel.; g ladder, four vaulung parents regarding undesirable conditions house robber. affecting the children. They re- rooming horses, en overhand climbing rope. Frank Turner and Jamas W. Allen iwo Bpanish rings, eight traveling jodrait those who- for any cause have confessed that they were guilty of 46 rings, a tackle bag. two punching bag j been absent. Three times a week they Eighty-fiv- e per cent of forgeries. practically every school and in a wrestling and n boxing the silk goods stolen from Cohns platforms, mat and a basketball court. Below sped the pupils, to 'discover the presence and wus of recovered store communicable diseases. They dry goods the gymnasium arc a large swimfive neraons, a white woman and four exclude those who endanger others pool, shower baths. Lockers and and recommend that certain children negroes, were arrested. George Bur- aming room. rest ton, extradited from Denver, who. ft On May 2, 1916. Charles Lange, visit the family physician or dentist. is thought, took $2,666 worth of goods trainer of John L. Sulliven. beFight Typhoid Fever. from Z. C. M. 1., Hamilton's, Walker's once On of the evils that I hop to phjsic.U instructor. Since that end Auerbachs was found guilty of came time each of force mender overcome the is the police outbreak shat g and sent to the county hts student for from 45 recurs annually typhoid in the canal d tatrlcta For the Ban Diego authorities, has oeento an jail. a minutes week The three hoir. result of the educational campaign days the detectives caught Lawrence Ike, in winter and two days in snmmer. that we have bran making cannot be wanted for robbing a woman of her The men were divided into four perceived In eold weather, but will be diamonds, it Is said. groups the traffic squad and the manifest next snmmer. We are seekPolice Gymnasium. three, reliefs or shifts that guard the ing to persuade the people to refrain It u said that in no other city qf city night and Mr. Lange I de- from using canal water for irrigating the United Btaus .is there a police voted the last day. months of 1916 their gardens. I believe they are beeight gymnasium that surpasses that in the to lectures, Frilling and limbering-u- p ginning to appreciate the danger that This gymnathe practice entails. public safety building. exercises. sium. built for tho T. M. C. A., is Dr. Albaugh opines that the city is Some of the results surprised the to produce men. One patrolmen lost 46 making a serious mistake in permitting Jtdequjie y equipped pounds and the healthy brawny burning of waste wood crates and patrolmen. and eight inches of waist line, while Amorg the appointmrnu are an others, why needed more weight,. overhead running track, three pairs of 'gained from 12 to 36 pounds. 9 er M HE outstanding event of the yea.' in the fire deportment, of which William H. Bywatcr Is chief, was the complete motorization of all .its yehidea Colonel and Captain, a pair of gray horses, and Ranger and Rowdy, a span of survivors of the browns, were th n system that in 1482 supn apparatus At planted noonday, Nov. 4, 13 pieces of apparthe atus. constituting equipment of headquarters building and five substations, paraded through the heart ef the city to mark the passing of the horse and the beginning of the . , age. This advance was po ibis this autumn because the department m able to build its own vehicles in a repair shop at the rear of the apparatus Some room In headquarters building. of the firemen, working - in spare hours in this shop, have built or remodeled six vehicle, including a combination hose and 'chemical wagon, carrying 10 men, 1,200 feet of hose chemical tank. This and wagon, the last one constructed In the shop, enabled the department to offer fof sale its four surviving horses. As the shop possesses forge, drill, lathe, milling mslhine and smaller modern device, it is considered to be one of the best equipped motor the state. repair shops in Salt Lake now has a fir, department which excels the departments of most citiesrof the same size and compares favorably with those of larger places. The apparatus at includes an engine that can iischarge 1,264 gallons a minute, n combination hose and chemical wagon that has a capacity of 1,000 gallons n minute, on aerial truck with ladder, and a light wagon hav- lng a searchlight and foar electric:, - half-bree- m Are Supplanted By Motors . five-gallo- on ri Pc In Fire 'Fighting, Horses 0Y a prise captured by- the purity squad. Chlt ot White aaya that this motorcar was running between San d Evanston. Wyo, a chance town The largest tank, placed In' the rear, could bo emptied by melting solder around a nut on the bottom. A pint of gasoline was inserted uader a stopcock, on .the top, to provide a deceptive odor. On the top was also a screw cap. through which Intoxicants A ral wer 4 lnto the under the cap prevented any one from discovering the nature of the tank's contents. This whisky car was seised n dewhile It was making a d It belonged to a livery. Indian, a Carlisle graduate, who came from Seattle, where, it is alleged, he belonged to the infamous Billingsley earnest and fruitful attempt enforce Utah's new prohi- hltion law has been the noteworthy feature of police history In 191?. Intoxicants worth 4 5.60 at present wholesale prices 1m has been confiscated, in about 1 raids, through the efforts ot the 'purity squad, headed by Joseph-I Burbidge, assisted by the detectives. of whom Joseph C. Sharp is chief. ' Among the seizures, which consisted of largely of whisky, were 7.20 pmt IS. bottle, 47 Mixes bolding 2.084 pint 7 bottles, ten barrels, four barrel, three motor ears, 11 iii trunks, and about a score of suit- CUM, Alcohol, muter of human monits tion. tbo story of whose mum recso many pages of police court the Wasatch ords, passed beyond mountains on Aug. i, 1917, and away AN fv. Big Element Speed-Bein- g crar ot POLICE E ) A 6 a SALT & C&ass:OUCJJErancCJXJSMf tn.Pl3LJC SiF0TY- GYMMS'VSl Bait Lake detective not only the guilt of Lie Weese, who was convicted of murder in the first de but uncovered the fact that he gree, had committed nearly 66 burglaries and had served time In the Indiana penitentiary. Capture Burglars. A soldier of the Forty-thir- d Infantry. stationed at Fort Douglas, who confessed that he had committed eight burglaries in the residential districts of the cxd side, was sent fo prison and 86 fgler cent of the goods he had taken' were recovered. Four other enlisted men of Fort Douglas were sentenced for burglary In the second degree. Other offenders brought to suffer the penalty of the law include Arthur C. Atkinson, alias Matthews, who in about one month robbed 44 houses in Salt Lake 86 per cent of his loot was recovered): Frank Walters, who committed five burglaries, it is said; Charles Martin, accused of stealing from several houses; Boy W. Walcott, who confessed that he had robbed the postoffice st Lund ahd who. when arrested, had $406 worth ef sumps eetaH-iiehf- do-ib.- shop-liftin- -- Building Operations Booming In Spite of War Prices ERPITE war conditions aud the increased coot of Ljtbor and materials building operations this year have shown no appre eiabie failing off as compared to the record of the several preceding years. Building permit issued by the building Inspection division of the city bureau of mechanical inspection for the first 11 months of the year represented a value of $2,515,855 as against for. the same period ef las. year. Fewer permits were Issued tl-year, however, showing that larger buildings were undertaken this year than last. To Dec. 1 there had issued 747 permits os B gainst 1081 foe the tome period of last year and 1.149 for the entire year of 1914. Ths total con of construction represented by the permits tor 491$ wss 3,I5V-744-. D b-- cn Building as been along conservative lines indicating a steady growth of the city. In the main building activities have been confined to the bnlldmg of :ooqe or lea substantial homes. Thu large number of hones built have c et- - bet seen 43.669 --iL 1 . $4,696. permit was ssned this year was the new home of the Deseret National bank to be constructed at (he cor.ier of Main an 1 First South streets. Due to market condition construction of this building has bran seriously de'sy-e- d owing to inability to get oteeL Th structure permit call for a to cost $566,660. Other pern its Issued this year for buildings eating $16,660 or more I, street, $16,460, Utah State National bank (additonal permit) 16$ south Main street. 413.006; Utah Oil Refin-- , ing company, a are he: use, 473 west1 Eighth North street. $22,666; Wet-- 1 era Loon A Building company, re-- 1 Railrt-aDenver Sc Rio Grand 9 mrodeilng. east First South company, freight bouse. Fifth West t reel. $20,066; Red mac Fireproof and Second South street. $146,419; Westminster College dormitory. $36,-6- Storage company, warehouse, 51$ i Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- west First South street. $40,666; -day company, tene--Saints, garage. Social Dali Model Improvement 8 west Second Bouth avenue and State street. $56,060; V. ment. street. $166,604Utah Oil Reflc-.i- g , Fife, residence. $41 east 'South Temrefining plant, 989 north! ple stmt. 414,606; Free Public Li- company, Fourth West street. $11.(66; Oreon brary. library building. $77 ' sooth Short Line Railroad company, ware- - I Eighth West street. 427.006; Bowring Automobile Supply comp my. garage, house 469 went First EonUi . street, 821,666; State Investment company. 476 south Mein street. 446.606; Uni1 street, swim- - apartments. versity of Utah, gymnasium RediM'n-FtrapT,0; Western Moline Plow company.! mlng pool. $i:.tlt; Rtnrsm Mmnatin $L9c vie. i now rooms, 331 Rio Grznda tvtnut, 456.666; Utah Power Sc Light coni- South street. Louis M. pony.$16,666; - filler plant. South Temple and I Sonic, residence. Ills east South Eleventh West streets, 426,066. j Temple street. 115,666; Salisbury 9 I south " I' eoirpary, rear Plumbing Permits. Main street. 435.066; Church of Jesus . In the Christ ef Latter-da- y division plumbing Inspection Wasatch word chapel. 1458 Emerson avenue, there were 1.120 permit issued a $15 606; Utah Gn A Coke company, against 1.644 for he whole of lastu retort house, 50 evoth Tenth Wert yeer. In the electrical division there, Street. 426.666; Church of Jesus were 1,569 permit tamed as against Christ of Latter-da- y Balnto. garage, 1.266 Mat 4167- south State street, $116,000, "Th electrical division to carrying on Western Foundry a Store Repair an educati-na- l campaign lor the eoath Eighth standardization of oil branches of the ea.npany. factory, I West street. $11,060; Campbell Build- trade. Also a study of eiectroivsis of ing company. 62 wza Fourth South watermaine to being continued with a street, garage. 416.000; i Paul's Thar of remedying these condition.! at Episcopal church rectory and parish a future date. A number of main house, 356 south Ninth East . street. hare been repairs Jn the port year 454,006: Continental Oil. company, of nrtd necessary from fice building. 746 went Second South coping electricity. by decay ry - three-quarte- We have" rendered reliable and efficient service to West 6; I 270-27- thelri-ter-Mounta- i $l three-quarte- rs Since 1865 46-6- Or empty boxes after they have bran dumped in the north end of town. He is planning to have this material deposited tn a convenient spot, from which the needy ran take it end use it (or fuel. If the wood now wasted were available for use by the poor, suffering resulting from lack of fuel would be largely prevented In mormaMleara according to Dr. Albaui$h. a ho hold that this year the question Is bf ten- fold Importance. Among other plans that 1 shall propose to the people and the board ot health, continued Dr. Albaugh. is the establishment of a central concern for distributing, under the board of health, the milk supply of. the city. As each company now duplicates ths work of every other concern, so that five or six wagons doily pass any given point (n the city, a saving of from 16 to 25 per cent in the price of milk could be made If we should adopt th project that I have mentioned. Further, only a standardized product would be sold. Contagious Disease. The statistics of (be board ef health for the first of the year show that measles, of which there were 1,046 cease, has been th moat prevalent malady, in January and February there were 414 re era. Chick- enpox, with 424 rases, snd scarlet fever. with 444. rank next. Among diseases much feared smallpox gained 121 victims, tuberculosis only five, snd pneumonia one. There was not s single rase of infantile paralysis- - Tbs total number of contagious and infectious diseases reported, in ths nine months was 1,411. January show the worst record and September ths best More than twice as many were bora in tho period aa died. Female births exceed male by 14, the total for both being 2.288- as .contrasted with 1.441 deaths The average monthly deatn rate was .926 in 1.606 and only .623 in 1.066 of actual residents. The emergency hospital, on th third floor of th public safety building, treated 1,143 cooes In the fit of th year. Dr. W. 4 ha Keyting, appointed tn April. 1914.Dsn-lcharge of surgical case, and Dr. dea-- J F. Guernsey presides over the tal clinic. , ,, u.. - in i 224-22- Soi-ita- - Bailey & Sons Co. 1 Seeds, Grain, Bags, etc. I - ! Retail Store 61-6- 5 Ea.2 So. Office &Vhses , Cor 5 So. & 3 W |