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Show svssr 'v y T"- " '- LIBRARY OF UTAH oxn 7 " 44r "V VOL. 6, NO. 46 '"' u flK' X - ' - aj- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NOVEMBER 19, 1927 Protected Bootlegging Operations Disclosed By Federal Operatives -- f'. $1.00 A YEAR BENNETT SCORES COL. ROOSEVELT-FOSMITH TALK Notification. Committee R Mfc MISTER TURKEY. IT GIVE GREAT PLEASURE TD NOTIFy YOU Of THE HOrtOP. Of HAVING Re-OEV- the ramifications of protected" bootlegging in Park City, exposed last Saturday night through the arrest of W. R. Jefford, former Summit county deputy sheriff, is being gathered daily by federal prohibition agents operating under the direction of Qeorge A. Goates, prohibition director for Utah. New evidence concerning As Son of His Father He la Chided Mora In Sorrow Than in Anger by EP THE UNANIMOUS V0TE OF OUR. FAMILY TO TARE A VERV IMR7KTANT PART IN THE OUR CELEBRATION OF SERVKE-TReRETHANKSGIVING DAV ARREST OF rORHER SUMMIT COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF MAY EXPOSE BIO LIQUOR RING CORRUPTION. . . bTl Syracuse Resident . In a letter to the editor of the New fork Times, Walter Leopold Bennett Syracuse, takes occasion to chllde Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for his uncalled-for and unwarranted attack upon Governor A1 Smith. Mr. Benof Vq . re nett says: It is still a vivid memory with mo, while listening to a speech by Theodore Roosevelt In 1913, la Bridgeport, Conn., of hearing him nap out In his fierce staccato: 'Mr. The evidence already in the handa Wilson, If he becomes president of the of the federal agents Indicates that "wouldnt be able to get anywhere United States, will become a' servant when the next federal grand Jury sits with It" of such bosses as Mr. Taggart of Init will have ample material upon which Utah Is fortunate, however. In hav diana and Mr. Murphy or New York. to base a thorough and exhaustive In- lng a prohibition director, and a force Three years at Princeton of to to mild extent which whom prosuch operatives quiry into the under Woodrow Wilson, a close stutected" bootlegging may be In opera- "threats" mean nothing. They know dent of him In the six years following, their stuff and the people of Utah tion In Utah. had sunk Into my souf the fact that can rest assured they .are going to do UNDER CHARGE. whatever was true of Woodrow Wiltheir duty. Jefford la under charge of violating son, this was true: he was no more The net some may catch big fish the prohibition law and .the federal likely to be governed by a political agents. It Is reported, have evidence but If the Mg fish are In waters boss than Mr. Roosevelt was to bewhich may fasten upon him a charge where they dont belong they deserve come a pacifist With the lack of conor charges of exacting and collecting tP be caught trol of youth and within fifteen yards tribute" from bootleggers of the min. of the speaker I ejaculated with all lng camp, to the sum of thousands of Nevadan Asserts my force That Is a falsehood.' If It dollars, over a period of four years or were needed time has emphasised the more past is truth of my exclamation. Affidavits and other evidence In the In Nv comes a blast from the son. State hands of the federal officers Indicate, This time It is Governor Smith who Is accused. Why cannot wa have a It Is saide, that Jefford not only collected protection" money, ' ranging Formal Speaker ofof State Assembly little bit of the good Christian quality and Adherent McAdeo, Thinks from $50 to $100 a month from foreign of faith in a political opponent? The Is Smith Winner This Time. bootleggers of Park City, but even obApostle John, In his First Epistle, tained locations and put bootleggers In says: He that hateth his brother Is D. Nev. forJ. Fitzgerald, a ELY, business for stipulated considerations, mer in the darkness, and walketh In the of the Nevada assembly, then collected monthly tribute from and speaker darkness, and knoweth not whither me of the most active Democrahe goeth, because the darkness hath them afterwards. In tic the visited politicians state, Ely OLDFIELD blinded his eyes. Other evidence which the officers for a few hours JURY BRANDS Scores Malone thereafWednesday, have Indicated that Jefford took liquor ter Has hatred blinded the young colto his home at Tonopah. returning Rf-OI-L SCANDAL In lieu of cash In some Instances from onel? How could any man. with his CoL Roosevelt Mr. Fitzgerald was McAdoos some bocftleggers, in turn selling the Since honest eyes open, accuse Wilson, as Nevada political manager In tne 1934 IN HISTORY Takas Colonel to Task BLACK an of Princeton and aa liquor to other bootleggers, thus con- campaign, for and his "Indecent visit this time at governor of New Jersey, with his recverting It Into cash. was undoubtedly for the purpose of Attack on Smith. ord for independence known to all SELLING STILLS. conferring with local Democrats, it BAYS EVIDENCE DEVXLOK3, LEAVES NO DOUBT AGENTS men, of submission to bosses? And Affidavits are In the hands of the of. goes without saying that his mission Field who been haa. Malone, Dudley can a man like the present ColoTHOSE fleers that Jefford also obtained and had something to do with next year's out of politics virtually ever since how nel whom, like the poor, we seem to sold to some of his bootlegger clients, battle of 8mlth against the field. Woodrow Wilson was president 'and have always with us on Governor stills and other equipment needed in "Ely seems to be strong for Smith,1 In now calls himself an Independent their business. n letter addressed to Colonel Theo- Smiths record accuse him of doing said Mr Fitzgerald In reply to a ques else but bossing Tammany? In thl sconnectlon an Interesting tlon. "and Reed la all right, but the WASHINGTON, D. Ci4;$disclosureg indicating an attempt dore Roosevelt and made public, took anything Has fairness, honesty, revelation was made Thursday when Nevada delegation. should go to the colonel "Indeto for task making to tamper with the jury in the ft&fiindair conspiracy trial, growing the deserted mens cent attacks" on Governor Smith and minda thatso absolutely the federal mm seised a still 1 a Path convention uninstructed. them Let they walk In such darkness associate him or Reed .or whoever out of the Teapot Dome oQ kaaAjAanother black pagein the darkest Ctty.beotlcc - joint vutj : for Smith o arttTr?Mnn.n,mV,r eofnmerdalaetff VfilF ktred esu producer ls shnelns. shrwfim not crime to see and admire a political op- ItrveraHont firtteneynr history of thfi vice.1 the still had been seised previously In cannot use their better Judg- story" jflnfiuny Does party loyalty demand ponentr a raid by federal officers and' pined mentthey Wm. statement issued a The reads: A. letter after enough ballots have been Oldfield, chairman of the by Congressman such blinded partisanship? In the Park City, county jail for safe- taken to find out that any certain canColonel Roosevelt: Dear "My It Is a sad spectacle to behold, this Since we were both together at the didate cannot get the nomination. No Democratic national congressional committee, keeping us evidence. off of a man a noble flsaing was Infor'Yet I If doubt to have said are the officers I The country use of tying them up Indefinitely." Plsttsburg Camp I have watched your name at another man bearing who possesses sen-as was was shocked ! at the It administration since the beginning of career. I have been an Independent In the mation to the effect that this still "On the Republican side," continued surprised ' first made the name as a result of the government If the oil scandals, politics for twenty years and have tak- of qualities that sold to the bootlegger by Jefford. Mr. Fitzgerald, "there la no doubt that atlonal disclosures so distinguished. It la In this connection It Is pointed out Hoover Is the choice or the rank and which the presiding Judge ordered a 'the Veterans bureau scandal, the en no part In this campaign. But, in the Roosevelt more lamentable when one stops that when Jefford was arrested he had file of the members of the party, but mistrial and It will again be necea- - Allen property scandal and the record common with many of your to consider that, although doubtless case to ofof be for the of the are Justice sheriffs the to I governments Park the department ary feel outraged at your Indecent will he get the nomination T The Mg the key City of an ycompllclty In the Teaattacks on the governor of this state guiltless fice In his possession. Interests do not want him and wlU de- presented to a Jury In Its entirety. In-It Dome affair, yet Mr. Roosevelt, pot to learn la that a and your abortive attempts to associ- had he been hardly surprising Jefford also had In his possession feat him. If they can. They are more that Inquiring assistant ate him with any responsibility for check from Summit County In pay- likely to give It to Dawes. Charley la terests which resorted to the methods secretary that he might have been, ment for services as a special deputy their man and all of us know It I employed In negotiating the oil leasee commercialized vice. have known more about the docwould resort to shadowing Jurors, or "The tactics you have used In this might sheriff. The officers also report that look for him to get the nomination uments he took to Mr. Harding to In to the with Jury tamper attempts sheriffs badge Surprise being expressed by the rehe had a deputy campaign belong to s past era In sign. American politics. I respect your courthough he did not have this In his porter that Hoover was considered the an effort to defeat Justice. One thinks back to the governor of age and personal integrity, and yet a New York state who dismissed possession when arrested by the pro- choice of the common people for In- NO REASONABLE DOUBT. Otto man on who was Intimate stance that Hugh Brown of Tonopah hibition men. political "Evidence which has been developed from the Insurance post. Govterms with the crooks of the Harding Kelsey Jefford was formerly a regular dep- in 1920 made the speech at Chicago leaves no reasonable doubt that ernor Hughes did It did he not? Wen, administration and oil scandal and no one uty sheriff of Summit county located nominating him, Mr. Fltxgerald re- agents for some of those Interested In American Fnrlc accused Mr. Kelsey of any dismissed about who pever once raised his voice moreIn Park City, but was plied: the outcome of the trial were seeking dishonesty than Mr. Roosevelt own the his four years ago following a prohibition in "Brown and Hoover were classmates by whatever means they might find paragainst corruption LGXnOCr&tS Win could now he accused of In the matter raid upon the town by a brother of at Stanford University. That explains available to either terrorise the Jury ty Is in no position to shout like Billy of olL Why was he dismissed? Beus come Governor Charles R. Mabey, which It To be sure Brown has been classed or find some other means or forcing : all and ask and 'to Sunday cause he was content merely to he FORK. The Democ ra- be was planned and jexecuted as a sur- as a corporation man, but he was for ff mlstrUL The mere employment of tlcAMERICAN saved. ticket w electe! in Its Hoover on account of personal "Watch your step or the growing honest prise upon the Park City officers. a squad of detectives to shadow mem- Tuesday in the municipal entirety The state needs not only honest election IDENTIFIED MONEY. bers of the Jury was an outrage upon here. Every candidate on the ticket opinion will he confirmed that you are but vigilant officials, and Mr. Rooseno Mr. more' In like father than and was has We your great been mentioned the administration of Justice. Jefford caught Fitzgerald trapped from mayor to treasurer received a velt demonstrated that In the higher the act of taking money from a soft as a possible contender for the place shall now see If those who would have majority vote of from 15 to 409. Ma- - Robert Lincoln was like Abraham. he Is lacking. Let him "After all. through the press, plat- ststemanshlp drink parlor bootlegger It Is reported: held by Congressman Arents, but since deprived the government of Invaluable y0r elect Roy Greenwood won over not too be to the line of offendclose . Federal agents, after keeping tlm un-- the former was beaten for atate sena- oil properties, had they not been Thomas Coddington with twenty votes, form and radio, the people of this state ing the higher morality by securing are a to tor entitled or little of weeks sen. three for surveillance sportsmanship of Nye county Frank the der by Miller, blocked by a few members Thomas Barrett beat J. Bart Parker In as his father accused Wilson,, their leaders and a fair discussion Smith, more, trailed him to a soft drink par- he has not been heard of In that con- ate, under tbe leadership of Senator M reconier by fifteen votes. of things which In the depths of his of Issues. statement nection so to often. His conversation Walsh of Montana, can escape paying j The the Important lor where, according pool hall referendum lost by a heart, obscured by the rubbish of po, Faithfully youra of the proprietor to the officers, he here being almost wholly on the Demo-- the penalty for this outrageous of 415 to 4g5 or a majority of litical hatred, he knows to he untrue. I DUDLEY FIELD MALONE." resident of the town board, was demanded $75 "protection" money. votes. This means that Amertempt to defeat the ends of Justice. "It 111 becomes any Republican of eighty was that have that which The proprietor told him he didnt mission his likely "The oil leasing cases, noMe modesty to be anything but will not' have Millard parican Fork have the amount and Jefford left, first rather than to further his own Inters twice been stamped by the supreme lors for at least two years. humble just now about corruption Democrats court as Infamous, have become a test warning the prioprletor that he would ests as against Arentc. when the headlines' of all papers, Mrs. Mary J. Cunningham polled the Wyoming return at 11:80 In the evening to get as to whether the criminal laws can greatest vote of any candidate, securthe people the details of a political Support at least $50 of the amount. be made to apply to very rich and very ing 707 votes. The next highest vote from California to Maine, flare out to In the Interim the federal men ar- EVIDENCE that said whs Moral D. Steele with 577 8traw Vote Indicates Republicans of conspiracy to graft and grab that powerful men. It has been getter to hand with the proprietor ranged 'you cannot convict a million dollars.Is and then came John H. Miller with stopped not at the capitol steps hut State Favor Coolldge. Jefford some Identified money when We shall see whether or not that entered the very sacred precincts of 561. The closest candidates were J. IN GEORGE he returned. The agents then put true. Unfortunately, It has held true Bart Parker and Thomas Barrett, with A1 Smith Is the the capitol itself. There is little use CHEYENNE, Wyo. themselves In a place where they for entirely too long a period, for al- only fifteen votes difference being choice of Wyoming Democrats for the of abstract gab about intolerance, could see and hear and waited, though the civil cases have been set- shown. presidential nomination In 1928 and noble partisanship and charity from At 11:35 In the evening, It Is report, the. government winning every tled, Calvin Coolldge Is the big favorite political leaders and religious prophThe the for Introduction returned of fifty. ed, Jefford Tcntimony by State Is point and the supreme court declarwith the Republicans, who apparently ets when our greatest political leadIdentified Cast Drawing to Clooe Dofonoo proprietor handed him the the leases tainted with corruption, Small ing have their own' Interpretation of ers are subject to such picayune treatIndicates Plan. bills, remarking "here Is your protecment aa Colonel Roosevelt now gives collusion, etc., not a single person choose." Moab In Contest tion money." connected with the conspiracy has yet That at least Is the showing made us an intimation though It may be of Introduction of evidence by the been punished, and now this latest Jefford is said to have taken the n a presidential nominee straw vote the weaker strain of his noble and MOAB, Utah. Tuesday was municimoney, put It In his pocket and state at the trial of George T. Judd, effort to bring them to Justice results lust completed by the Wyoming Eagle, aggressive father. In election but the 'followed Moab, apparby walked out He was day suspended county treasurer of Salt In a mistrial because of infamous pal "WALTER LEOPOLD BENNETT. a Democratic paper published here. to1L A federal men who promptly took him county, who Is accused of misuse of methods that ought to result in some ent only a few people knew 601 cast of Democratic "Syracuse, N. Y Nov. 1, 1927. ballots tal of only 28 votes were cast In the Into custody and recovered the ldentl tax funds, la drawing to a close and body going to the penitentiary. The present lm1th has 411, Reed 122, Ritchie, 28, two voting districts. fled money from his person as evl the defense has Indicated that It will DEPLORABLE FACT. 14. practlcalljr Walsh 16. and MrAdoo ence. Jefford was sent to the Salt endeavor to clear Jvidd by showing as it Is, It Is neverthe- town board were "Deplorable On the Republican side Coolldge has RECEIPTS men one ballot federal that others than he had access to the less true thht In the effort to prose- unanimously, only Lake county Jail and the being 186, Hoover 88, Lowden 46, Dawes started out on a cleanup that has records and money and that he was cute those guilty of the infamous oil cast against them. H. S. Rutledge, present mayor and eight, and Hughes five. netted many still and hundreds of gol not responsible for the shortages, transactions, the present Republican Ions of liquor, also many affidavits The state claims that this testimony dmlnlstr&tion has never lifted a fin' cratic presidential fight. It appears with a total of 27 votes, 9 of Price-Ferro- n Bslance of $10,427.71 remained to concerning the "tribute collecting" ac. bff shown defalcations Jn several to help the cause of Justice. From elected Highway which were cast in district No. 8 and the credit of the Utah State Fair astlvlties of Jefford during the past four omli-presthe to ( the the present, iplete beginning Pushec 18 In district No. 1. sociation this year after all expenses Rapidly anydone neither years. nor said ident has W. R. McConkle, D. E. Baldwin, R. of the last fair were paid, it was to aid the governments taso. SPLIT THREE WAYS. thing J. Fletcher and George A. Newell, in Road PRICE District Engineer shown by a statement of the receipts What he has done, he has done at cumbent Jefford, It Is said, did not deny col trustees, each received 9 Reuben Simpson and Inspector J. II and disbursements of the association the request of the senate. He was vir- votes in No. lectlng money and is alleged to have 8 and 18 In No. 1. Young of the federal bureau of public for the year. Issued Thursday by ErInformed federal men that the money tually forced to act because of a resoroads left for Emery county, where nest 8. Holmes, manager, and Marsenate. so collected was "split three wsys,,r lution adopted by the not cost .does rotation will Inspect the construction tha E. Glbbc, secretary, of the associaany Crop they him' to went cases being And instead of llie claiming that money, but It rivals the use of manure work, which la being done on federal tion. self and the balance to other alleged turned over to the department of jus- and fertilizers In maintaining and In- aid project No. 4. the This statement was prepared as of whose Identities have not "higher-upstice to be prosecuted, public distrust yields of crops. A good rot- highway. A great deal of work on this November 15, and showed that total of that department had become so creasing been made public as yet. to ation la a most effective means for in highway has been accomplished dur- receipts for the year, including approIn the arrest of Jefford and the obgreat that It was deemed necessary the creasing yields and lowering ing the past month, and Engineer priations of $22,000, amounted to evidence "proconcerning' taining of employ special counsel and permit costs. It la estimated that approxiSimpson expects It to be almost coni to have nothing to do with tected bootlegging, the federal men department $1000 will cover the expense! Interferes. frost before mately pieted lm an terrific off a hands laid are These cues. the apparently things hqve of the Monticello of the association until lha end of the Poultry breeders of the United Final acceptance No. reflection upon the Coolldge adminiportant link In the great liquor ring 7B was made fiscal year, June 30, 1928, leaving a federal aid 80C.300.000 sold about a num. project States received baby true, has director are state undeniably The stration, but they Mr. Mr. and In Young Tues- balance of $6421.71, which will probabby Simpson chicks last and calls Egg year. production and now comes these latest charges ber of anonymous telephone Is ly be used in the construction of a of the Jury shadowing and Jury tam- the United States was at the rate of day of this week. This highway communications warning hi mto "drop 760 eggs each second, or 2,000,' complete and Is reported In good new building or some other permanent about black chapter to add another the case and volunteering the obserpering Improvement shape. to darkest record In the history of any 000,000 dozen In the year. vation that If he pushed It be . ' Smith Strong Silver . . . 44 , TAMPERING CASE PAGE DISCLOSURES ANOTHER or 'Trrf Dmarjrai) sought mistrial . good-wil- l, - , ' tmT tbem-qm'g- cwuaraaya - fellow-citl-sen- s, - -- - I friend-ship.- ". -- - st-jt- p ' To Smith GIVEN JUDD COURT HEARING Vote FAIR SHOW SURPLUS - . W one-thir- Work d Price-Ferro- " n $80.-434.9- 4. -- - -- P( . I |