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Show li: LIBRARY OF UTAH u CITY ...... -y v r- - , cs vrja w f 4 - 4'-- Utah & SALT LAKE OTY, UTAH, SEPTEMBER 10, 1927 VOL. 6, NO. 36 $1.00 A YEAR .(gnswiffittol DEMOCRATS CLAIM Official Inquiry Into Corruption Is Being Sought TH& "sevens" DEBT CUT CREDIT NATIONAL COMMITTEE DECLARES LARGE REDUCTIONS RESULTED FROM WILSON POLICIE8 Coolidge Spokesman Accused of Ignoring $3,000,000X00 Decrease by Wilson Roglme. (From The THOROUGH PROBXNO INTO ATTAIRS BY SECRET IHQUISL TOTZAL BODY URGED AS LOGICAL PROCEDURE. Steps are being taken to bring about a grand jury probe into alleged graft and corruption in official circles in Salt Lake county, as result of the recent exposures of thefts of public funds, booze parties by men in high places and persistent rumors of corruption in the matter of enforcement of the liquor laws. Now that the smoke of the recent scandal explosions Is beginning to Uf A I ApP MC decency-lov-clear away, Ing citizens are beginning to realise ON RIVER that there Is a putrid condition In the body politic of Salt Lake county that demands a thorough renovating, a complete cleaning out, for the benefit of to Develop Lends the people, for the sake of good gov- Urges Basin States as a Solution. Simultaneously ernment and to the end that once honand be there may decency again Simultaneous development oT lands esty In public office. . in each of the seven basin states was DEMAND FOR PROBE offered by William R. Wallace, chairA universal demand for a thorough man of the Utah water storage coms and effective probe of existing condl- mission, as the logical method for the Colorado river so that each affecting the transaction of 11c business, by sn official body cm-state may receive Its share of benefit. powered to bring out the evidence and Mr. Wallace was the principal speak- COUNTY OFFICIALS lndlct the offenders, Is being made by er at the weekly membership luncheon ACCUSED COUNTY i good citizens regardless of party affil- of the chamber of commerce, JUNK ECONOMICAL GASOLINE LOADERS iations. A grand Jury, It Is felt by dt-- Wednesday at noon. DADS RUSHING lzens and many officials, Is the only He declared that Utah could be SUBSTITUTE In her rights for Colorado river body which can go properly Into all SLOWL angles of the situation, bring out the water if this procedure were followed, facts, sift the evidence and search out and that adoption of any other Idea STEAM DEVICE, OPERATED AT MUCH HIGHER COST, SAID After Demanding Immediate Opportu those responsible for conditions which would result In the states losing TO BE FAR LESS EFFICIENT THAN THE HANDY LITTLE - luable water. At-counto Cloar to Defence harm Inestimable Namee, city, nity 1 tomeys Demur to Gain Tima. ty and state in the eyes of an outside I in commenting upon the California 'MACHINES WHICH IT REPLACED, AND WHICH world that la only too ready to believe situation, Mr. Wallace declared that 'A.'' COULD ; BE . STARTED AND STOPPED AT 111 of us. an canal would solve a Although County Commissioners W. ' The matter of a grand jury probe difficult problem for both Utah .and H Btensfker and , R. .T. Dahlqubrt .. 1ALM 1 law-abidin- PACT SLUGGED - pub-llzln- g 1 EXTRAVAGANT TO 1 TO pro-tecte- TRIAL val-wor- k ., LM i'V1 ' M V 1 sedilcsllferntaiiefei amrvrAtJfrfT with thecntyeven citizens at Mr. Wallace stated e district veyfty notice that the real and ately after the filing' of two $10,000 damage suits against them by two women, eaylng that they "wanted an Immediate trial" to the end of clearing their names of the charges brought by the plalntlffSj their attorneys apparently take a different view or the righteousness of their cause. The attorneys embarked on n program of delays when, 'early In the week, they filed what are 'generally known In ledemorers." gal circles as "time-servinVere L, McCarthy, attorney for the women, Mrs. Lucinda Parker and Mrs. Hsttle Carstensen, lost no time In culling the hand of defense attorneys, when, on the following day, be filed notices calling up the demurrer for argument at the earliest possible mo- ob- officials. The'two attorneys are known stacles that have prevented the setto have consulted with tbe governor tlement of the Colorado liver Interof the state concerning an official and state controversy is the division of thorough Investigation of conditions, power resources and the question of especially with reference to the per- the rights of states to own or tax sistent rumors and reports of liquor this power. He said that the present difference graft and corruption. d While the governor has not yet indt-- in the demands of Arizona and whether or not he considers itlfornia for water allotted to tbe lower within his province as chief executive basin states Is only 400, 0C0 acre-feeto take any hand In tbe matter, it Is I This was based upon the allocation of had known that documentary statements water after 7,600,000 acre-feconcerning existing conditions have been given to upper basin states, That waters used on the upper been placed In his hands and In the hands of the district and county attor-- stream find their way back into the ney and that serious consideration is channel after having been pot to use being given by these officials to the for Irrigation purposes was demonmatters brought to their attention. strated by several governors of upper river states, be declared. On the Se-DEMAND ACTION vier river In Utah, for Instances, seven A public demand for action Is j m Bh t dtmi fan to cut off the river . flow, and the land under Irrigation has The th6' Increased tenfold through use or this f Call-cate- t, g et dlate snd thorough investigation to end that the troth almut mattera may be brououtandtotbe end that they may know how the men In pub c of fice are honoring or dishonoring the trust Imposed in them. Senator Smoot, as titular head of party responsible for the administration that la under serious Indictment, has demanded a thorough Investigation and a "house cleaning" of the f ment n Mr Wallace expressed the opinion aettIement of the Colorado river contrOTersjr would result in develop- ment of the enlre rivr, from source to mouth, and distribute the fruit of this development equitably among each of the seven states through which the river flows. -- Dahlqulsts demurrer asks to strike out one paragraph asserting that Mrs. Carstensen Is a widow, on the grounds that It Is redundant and Irrelevant. Stenackers demurrer. In addition to alleging that the complaint against, him does not state causes of action, asserts the complaint Is uncertain In a paragraph which rerers to serving of liquor at the Carstensen home on the night of the alleged assault It specifically alleges that the person who served the liquor is not named In the complaint There is almost no danger now that Another part of an evening gown will catch on fire from the grate, a girl Prominent citixens of the In that seems to stay np without visible be would we should think she but ty and state have publicly demanded a good deal of danger of being sudden- means of support Is the price. complete inquiries and immediate era- ly chilled If she gets too near the syndicate. rise that conditions of give dication to such exposes as have shocked the people of the state recently. Connecticut Democrats Cheer for Smith, Certainly pertinent facts have been comare and the out press by Is Hailed as Nominee pointed mon knowledge to the public. Some of these are: (From The.'New York Times). That in spite of land, apparently, In and state federal, for NEW HAVEN, Conn. Governor grasp of the governmental needs of open disregard local laws, the liquor traffic Is flour- - Smith of New York will likely get the people of our State there le that nev- - Connecticuts votes at the next Dem-e- r something else which cannot be so Ishlng in this county to an extent dreamed of In the palmy days rocratic National oCnventlon, It was easily defined that makes him sn apindicated here when more than a pealing force not only to the people the open saloon. Bootleggers snd moonshiners are thousand Democrats from all parts of of New York but (o the peolpe of our most prosperous and omnipresent Connecticut enthusiastically cheered our nation, snd which la generally citizens. the name of the New Yorker who was , termed "personality" hailed aa a Presidential probability by I "Throughout his years of associa "UNDER COVER SALOON" drink" state Senator William T. Byrne of "sort parlor Practically every Is a "saloon under cover" and many Loudonvllle. N. Y.t the principal apeak-oer at one of the largest meetings them are not even under cover. Democrats have hela n this State in Gambling la "wide open. many years Yet. the records of the courts show Senator Byrne declared thntln true less punishments for violations or ing the list of Presidents from Wash- - against any one, end hla accessibility these laws than ever before. an- ington to Collldge one finds only n- and frankness have always made him In view of this situation the law aaInnumerable friends and followers foreement officers stand convicted of few Presidents who prior to their who may disagree had office to even that acquired those among cendency one of two things. to a fitness for the offlre inch aa that with him upon political subjects. richer they are INCOMPETENT 1U which Governor Smith has gained du . a ihe law or they WINK at Many of his strongest supporters ling hla twenty-fivyear of political are to be found in the ranks or the violation opposing party, and a very common When men sworn to enforce the law- education Governor REAoutlined a la Senator The expression In our State Is the ono to there violation wink at lta Smith's record In progressive leglsla- - be heard during every rampalgn that usual- - tlon .they are Smith Republicans. IDsHistory tells us this reason is "I might refer to many other great rise from the neighborhood of Riwkneiied In State iyn Bridge In New York City to high Is unfit to outstanding improvements yf he Is Incompetent he removed, Governor office has been most romantic, but Initiated by (government be should ha in office and demonstrate further would prosebe should that fortunately 'or him this rise has not gmth if he la a grafter he so Jusly popular with the effected hla demeanor, nor has It In cued and punished, In addition to be- why ho ofla our State." continued Sen- - t1i slightest degree warped or chang-ato- r people ing removed. Ms point of view, Byrne, but I have referredof only ad - : "1101, truly a great American as he to those high lights One or the Illinois gangstera saysonel to come weg Abraham Lincoln, and we of New yancement which may havefew will accept a life sentence. It Is years York State cherish him as do the of the first signs of respect for law- your attention In the last people of the nation rhertsh the mcmthroutfit haTerdlsplayed. Nash through the public press comprehensive to his of emancipator" addition "In i0Py ytlle Banner. Prty. city, coun- fUb-lishe- Presidential Who f I e I 1 I EXPENSIVE SHOVEL i - . . - In addition to wasting approximately $9000 in the purchase of rock a crushing plant early this year, as recounted in last weeks Utah Statesman, it has since been learned that several thousand dollars was squandered by the county department of roads and bridges by the junking of two gasoline gravel loaders. This transaction is said to have taken place about the same time, or shortly after, the purchase of the rock crusher. Aa related last week. Commissioner Reuben T. Dahlqulst, chortly after taking office, invested in n rock crasher. A little later he traded this In on a larger crusher, the cost to the county for the entire deal running between $8000 and $10,000. This was done In spite of the fact that there was no need for n crasher, since the county owns upwards of 10,000,000 yards of the finest and cleanest surfacing gravel In the west This gravel Is located within one mile of the spot where a constant expense of more than $1 a yard la being Incurred In crashing large gravel for surfacing purposes LOADERS JUNKED. Almost coincident with the extravagant rock crasher Investment It Is learned, two of the three gasoline loaders in use et the old gravel pit were, junked. One of these two junked machines is declared by men In a position to know, to have been In good serviceable condition. The junked machines were supplanted with n steam shovel, which is much more expensive to ran. as well aa being much lest FORMAL HEARING WAIVED BY JUDD AND GROESBECK Waiving preliminary hearing when arraigned before City Judge O. C. Dal-b- y last Tuesday morning, George T. Judd and William Groesbeck were bound over to the district court for trial. Bonds for the two men were continued at the figure previously fixed, $6000 each. Mr. Judd, suspended county treasurer under the present Republican administration and redemption deputy under the previous administration, is charged In five counts with embezzlement of public money, while Mr. Groes beck, former deputy treasurer under the Republican administration of hla brother, E. J. Groesbeck, faces a similar charge, including three counts. Appearing before the court, Groes beck was Hot represented by counsel, efficient F. C. Louborourow whole The first of the gasoline loaders was and H. Attorneys A. Rich appeared for Mr. Judd. purchased by the county In 1921 at a It ia expected that date for trial will cost of $4000. Sometime later a sec- be set by District Judge M. L. Ritchie ond was added at $3600, and still lat- Saturday. er a third, which bad been slightly used, was bought for $1700. For use COMMITTEE in the gravel pits these Instruments G. were found highly efficient and economical. aa compared with the steam ISSUE IN shovel which supplanted them. The gasoline loaders loaded a track COUNTY MESS In ten minutea and when not actually In the act of loading, entailed no exHolds Secret 8saaion and pense for fuel, since they could he Organization Without Taking Action. Adjourns then and In not when use, stoppen started again on a moments notice. The Salt Lake ceaiy Republican The ateam shovel, on the other hand, committee met Wednesday night purcontinues to use large quantities of call of the chairman, Jesse fuel throughout the day even whet suant to"and did nothing," according Sharp, Idle,' because steam must be kept up to announcement the given out after between loading. the meeting. INCREASED EXPENSE. The meeting was carted, sa result of Thus, In addition to purchasing a what amounted to a formal demand on of for crasher upwards superfluous of Senator Smoot to consider the part an to la expense $9000, the county put to a housecleaning In relative action for n of between $1 and $L20 yard the local party organisation aa result crushing large gravel while millions of recent exposures about county ofof yards of small gravel He untouched. Also, at least one serviceable and eco- ficials. Chairman Sharp indicates that this nomical gasoline loader, costing sevwas sidestepped "because It issue been Junked, eral thousand dollars has prejudice cases now pending In only to he replaced by a steam shovel might which entails an operating cost great court." It Is n well known fact however, ly In excess of that of the machine that most of the members of the conn-twhich It replaced. committeo are members of the Sevfor It Is a bad precedent for Henry Ford ens, the organization responsible officials. to take things back. He mar have the picking of the accusedwere inatru Naturally those who 1! non 000 on hla hands. Atlanta Con mental In "picking" tbe officials who stltutlon. are under cloud are not la a position houseclean-InThe person who thinks all others ire to do very much toward so far as these men are con fools Is st least a very sere motorist cemed. Arkansas Gazette. O. P. SIDESTEPS Tlmee). August 31, 1919 .to February 2S. that the more than two billions paid on the debt tram the Sinking Fund from 1921 to 1927 Inclusive was raised under a mandatory law enacted by the Wilson Administration when both branches of the Congress were Democratic and when policies were made into statutes that stabilised national finance. DISP08AL OF CAPITAL ASSETS "They fall to Inform the public that the surpluses applied on the national debt have largely come from tbe disposal of capital asseyi or the World War, inherited from a Democratic Administration 7 that, the valuable assets turned over to the RevnUIcnn Admin-- from 1921; util-tlon- I New York WASHINGTON, Aug 26. Declaring that the Coolidge administration was sailing under false colors and endeavoring to make political capital out of the fact that the public debt has beau reduced by about $1,000,000,000 sines Its peak in August, 1819, the Democratic national committee today made public flguree designed to show that a large part of the reduction was accomplished during the Administration of Woodrow Wilson and that additional heavy cuts had been dictated by pedicles put Into effect by Mr. Wilson. Another contention made was that a considerable part of the budget surpluses during the Administrations of Presidents Harding snd Coolidge had resulted from the liquidation of capital assets dating back to the war days, to which the Republican Administrations fell heir. Referring to the claims of economy and accomplishments made by the Administration leaders the Democratic Committee said: "In their enonftms on debt reduction they do not tell the public that a decrease of neatly three billions was affected In the Wilson Administration ductlon over and above the Democratic Sinking Fund. "There are facts about the financial record of the prerant Administration worthy or approval, but the manifest purpose of Its spokesmen to ignore the merits of the preceding Democratic regime Is not one of them. The public debt was at lta peak of $26,596,701,648 on Aug. $1, 1919. and on June 30, 1927, it stood at $18,511. 906,931, showing a total reduction of But the Democratic $8,084,794,717. Committee points out that on Feb 28. 1921, the debt was $23 820.000.00, thus showing that $2,776,701.(48 of the redaction wna accomplished before the end of the Wilson Administration. This left a reduction of $5,308 093,069 to be accounted for during the Adof Harding and Coolministrations idge. Of the latter amount, the Democratic Committee eaya, $2,074X80,950 rep- resented payments by means of n sinking fund which was estab'lshed by a law signed by President Wilson and which represented s policy of sound financial management governmental for which the Democrats most receive credit the committee said, of reduction accomplished during Republican Administrations and to be accounted for. Of this sum came from $850,000,000 payments made by foreign Governments on account of tlieir wartime Indebtedness; the remainder from budget surpluses. According to Director Lord of the Bureau of the Budget, the committee says, the surplus of receipts over, expenditures in the last five years has This left, . been $2,392,909,704. During that period, the committee adds, the amount realized by the liquidation of capital assets and collection of back taxes was $1,607,000 000. The committee calls attention to the fact that Undersecretary Mills in a recent statement on debt reduction In the 11 seal year 1927 showed that of the total $519X54.844 represented sinking fund and other retirements chargeable to ordinary receipts and $611,754,538 came from surplus revenues. "Inasmuch as nearly every dollar of the first of the two foregoing items," said the committee, "came from the Democratic sinking fund law and from payments of interest and principal by Eureopean government! that borrowed from us In World War time, and Inasmuch aa $370,000,000, or more than nne-lul- f of the second item, came from disposal of capital assets Ac., turned over by the Wilson Administration. It requires n deal of arrogrance to try to make the public bellrae debt-payinare pecullary G. and O. P. policies. "The facta for 1927 apply for the others years. Debt retirements and tax reductions have both been due. In large part, to the Democratic sinking fund law, to World War assets handed over to the Republican Administration and to Insistence by the Democratic minorities of House and Senate on lowering the tax burden more than the Republican Administration. .ever spouting of conservative economy,' would concede. g . |