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Show v':''',xyvv :."",.:.',;. : : .: , --,-...- -,.-'. .'.;....-.;.- .;'-.;...-;- . -- vvv v.- - .,v w.;.v '" TME PRESS-BULLEII-N : . VOLUME 48 BINGHAM CANYON UTAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918 NUMBER 12 ' COUflTV COURT 11 DIG FEATURE MSLlVEDDESDAy . Court Room Crowded All Day To Hear Whiskey CaseJohn Smith Charged With Having Whiskey In His Possession WasI Acquitted By JuryTwenty-On- e Other Cases Continued. ' t i I ' I - , I i i t. ' i I ' : r ! ' ! i ! . The roost interesting term of court held in (Bingham for a long time, was conducted at the county building last Wednesday when a , large number of cases were docketed for a hearing and the court room was t - crowded, from early in the morning until late In the afternoon by many visitors, attorneys, and clients. Th6 big case on the calendar was that of State vs John Smith, charged with having liquor in his possession, but before entering into this case a pre-liminary was given to amuse the vis-itors while preparations were being made for the big battle. This was an out of town case where Alex Agilble was charged with . disturbing the peace by Rock Asslch, and a counter charge was made against the com-plaining witness by the defendant. The whole mattej appeared to be a case of a neighborhood wrangle and was dismissed. The big case was then called.' The defendant was John Smith, proprie-tor of the Grand Hotel and owner of a soft drink parlor and pool room on Main street It was alleged that whiskey was found in the soft drink ' establishment on a certain evening ' In Jime ' oy "alsguised representatives of the sheriff's office sent out from Salt Lake to secure that sort of evU dence. The testimony was that these . detectives entered theplace and pur-- chased a half pint of whiskey from " one Johnson who Worked in the es-- ' tablishment The whiskey was not ! ' bought over the bar, buithe witness, 'Mr. Fowler, who said he wag not. a stool pigeon, but a deputy . sheriff, said that Johnson took him back Into ; . a Mitl "state" room and delivered the Tony Tobiason Tony A. Tobiason. the I son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tobiason, I has arrived safely in France. Young Mr. Tobiason enlisted April 19, 191 i in the American ambulance corps I number 456. After leaving Califo-rnia he was ordered to Kansas and from there went with the forces for service overseas. We wish "him all the luck on the field of battle and hope that he will win ' for himself many laurels and return home safely when it all over. .. ... goods there, and be. said that Mr. 1 ':. Smith was fa ths buildJng at the time.. f.f7tte also said that the-mone- y be paid .V. for the whiskey was placed in the cash register, but that iMr, Smith was T , no"-ther-e at that time. Johnson was tried In Salt lLake for the sale and was fined- - flOO. Also the deputies raided the place and . . found a cigar box filled with small vials of whiskey and as a result of this Smith was indicted. The state . also contended that Smith was Impli-cated in the sale of the whiskey be-r- - cau&a he went to Salt Lake to try to get his man Johnson out of trouble. Smith testified that , he did not know thpt there was any whiskey In this establishment because he was seldom at that place and that he had repeatedly instructed his employes there not to allow any whiskey brought in there. He also said he had not been in the building on the day in which the whiskey was sold there. Also his bartender said that he had received these Instructions and he said that no money for the sale of whiskey had ever been placed In the cash register. Smith admitted that he went to Salt Lake in the in-terest of Johnson, but said he did so because the man had no friends, that he was now in the last stages of and that he felt sure he J could not survive an Imprisonment of 116 days, and while the man had vio-lated his Instructions he did not wish I to see hira worked off In this man-ner. Mr. Smith made a good witness and he had the appearance of a man who was telling the truth. Mr. Fow-ler did not make a good witness, and " did not give any direct evidence to 7 show thttt Smith had knowledge that j whiskey was In the place. ' The best evidence was that of the deputy sheriff 'who captured the,i goods, tut he did not get It from-Smit-and what was obtained was a very small quantity. So far as evi-- 1 ' dence was concerned the state had a very weak case, but it was presented' in a very rtrong manner. Another thing which aided th defendant was that the place had not been under suspicion by very many people and the further fact that the defendant was seldom there. Also the sentl-me-of the crowd was very strong in favor of Smith as very few believed h was engaged In bootlegging. Samuel . Thurman prosecuted and Arthur C. Cole defended and there were frequent sharp clashes, between the coun.f for the prosecution and the defense over tho admission and j relect'pn of evidence, and pointed ' personal remarks were exchanged at intervals. The Jury was comprised of Robert Wella. Jack Clone. J. A. Boughan ar.d H. A. Oebhardt. The Jury acquitted Smith. The eases ogain.U Mck (Manakls and Mrs. Samon Mathurn were con-tinued until August 14, The case epalnst George Hermn.nfs, charged with adultery, was dismissed on mo-tion ot the prosecuting attorney. Pa-n!- chargpfi with displaying a dead-ly weapon, was dismissed. Thirteen rf,c.o, of disturbing the peace at Cop-perf'e-were continued. Seven casng ugalmt alleged Highland 'Boy poker plpvors were continued. The cnes I against John Coddell and Annie Cod-- 1 dll, charged with petty larceny, was i dismissed as these defendants had been arrested by mistake. a Large Crowds Visit Paramount-Princes- s, Monday And Tuesday To See Movie Of American Soldiers In Action At Iom And , Abroad Army Camps, Navy Yards, Aviation Fields And Men, In Trenches Shown Picture Brought Here By Aid Of .Commercial Club. "... ( r-- . i ik j , "A '.'"' iy ..:.':.-- ' "" .,; The people of Bingham were given a glimpse of the American forces in action Monday and Tuesday of this . week when the movie, known as 'TPershing'g Jrusaders," was shown at the Paramount Princess theatre. The picture was something out of the beaten path and a great number of people who never attend picture theatres wero present to see what the boys in khaki at their encampments, at tho training schools and in the trenches are doing. The picture opened with showing the causes which led up to the open-ing of tho war, of the preparation Germany had made, of how she tram-pled over little (Belgium and northern . , France with fire and sword, the fa and othor victims of the U boat warfare, the entrance of Am-erica Into the conflict, working of the selective draft, tho building of great shipyards, the cantonments, the aviators in practice, . the munition plants, the departure and arrival of troops in ' France, the trenches and many features of the army, life- - In- - . terestJng to the people at home." The picture was not produced by a film company and Is not a stage fea-ture, but was a reproduction of what is going on in every department of the war. , It . gave the actual facts, i A Those who went, there to see a fea-ture story with the hero taking wild. chances and getting out by a narrow escape or stunts of that kind, were probably disappointed, but those who' desired Information at to what U going on were well- - paid for their tit"' and money, ; : fn tieatre , was crowded on both days and thei was fraqrjent applause as the picture was unfolded. It wi an official government war Elm and presented nothing but wtt Is act ally taking place. ; - The town 1s indebted to trr Corv i merclal Club for making it possit: for 'the picture to t--e broi;M tr , The Club took care of a lar; pertioa of the expense and advertised it thor oughly so that the people of the en-tire community might know what to . expect. Nearly 1000 people saw It , Monday and Tuesday. 7 James Steftens . . T'enifctrious S. fetathdpulos, known here as James Steffans, who joined the army several months ago, is sta-tioned at Camp Lewis, writes that he likes army life fine. He has gained 20 pounds In weight since being with tha colors. For a number of years he was a noted wrestler, ; and be has taken tip this sport again since Joining the army and has won three victories during '.the' psf month. While he lived In (Bingham he was proprietor of the Geat Greece Coffee House. ; . - ' ' PASSING OF FREE PAPERS : There are a few people who have been in the habit of get- - ting their newspapers handed them by a waiter and some : of them even in Bingham are peeved because the govern- - ment has ordered the practice discontinued. It seems diffi-- cult for, them to understand, .. but they will get right on it after a time. ' If a paper Is worth reading it's worth the subscription price. The gov- - ernment considers t a waste to send out free papers and they are right. A newspaper should not be sent to any one who dres not really want it, and lF he really wants it he can afford to pay the price. ... 4 A CITY HALL BUNCH PRESETITED Willi A MASCOT 'Last Saturday afternoon ' the ten-- 1 anta of the city hall were presented with a mascot which was a handsome crane brought down front the Utah Copper hill by one of the employes. The gift came as a surprise and Mr. Quinn, and Mr. Robbins and Mr I Stand rh were elated over bo nice A present. ; , ,, xv uonor found the crane stmnded in a tarn on the hill, where owing to the copper and chemicals in the wa-- 1 tors of, the tarn, there was nothing contained therein to sustain life and the bird was almost famished, ...When it was brought to the court house Mr, Quinn at once took charge and after observing the weakened condition of the patient he thought at first that it was very sick, but on a more carefui diagnosis decided that the bird only needed something to cat and drink, i hen a colipctioa was taken to buy some fiph r.1 meat. With thi mon ey Mr. Robbins went immediately to Echlicp's market p.nd explained his mission. 'When Mr. Schliep heard the pitiful story of the hungVy crane, he was so moved with compassion,, that he sent a largo collection of choice meats and fish for which he refused to accept any remuneration. At first it was difficult to feed the bird on account of its weakened con-dition, but the men who had it in charge kept up their good work and in a little while tho patient wa3 on the road to recovery and appeared to be very fond of the rations from the market. After it became able to walk it was turned over to Mr. Standish who placed it in the basement of the city hall with plenty to eat and drink. The men were ple-a- ed with the mascot and the manner in which they had restored its health and strength, but Sunday morning when Mr. Standish went to take a look at the bird it had not only grows much larger and stronger, but had develop-ed flghtlag qualities and refused1 to admit visitors. This cansed some un-easiness tw8"tr Monday Ut" erowd" be-gan to 'counsel . among themselves how they might get rid of, the un-welcome guest. After much work he was placed under arrest and being securely bound was given pabsage on the stage line to the Jordan river where be was discharged. ? ' MAGNA wins: sy IB TO 4 SCORE Bingham and Magna upheld their old traditions of hard fought battles when they met on the Litter's grounds at Magna last Sunday. The Magna Utah Copper team is one of the best organized ball teams in the state and the mill and smelter men are sup-porting them loyally. It looks at the present as though the sinu pro. title of the state lies between these three teams, the Wilson team of Salt Lake, and Magna and Bingham. Jensen and Shaw end Burke formed the batteries for Bingham, while KI1-bur- Downey and Sullivan perform-ed the honors for iMagna, Magda won by a score of i to 6, but the game was bitterly contested all the way. Bingham took the lead which they proceeded to hold, until the eighth innings when two errors gave IMagna the lead, which Bingham could not overcome. Bingham will play either 'Midvale or Riverton, Sunday, August 4' at 6 p. m. in Bingham. NOT EFFECTED BY . THE SHERIFFS ORDER ' One of the cotce-house- s hrUt,lt learned from the owners, will not feel any had effects from the order of Sheriff Corless that American girls shall not be permitted to work In those places. This one is the New Life Coffee (House, and it does not employ girls, but has a variety of amusements to attract Its custom-ers, one of the main drawing cards at this place Is the great number and variety of newspapers and magaeines provided for Its customers. It keeps papers of different language and from the various parts of the country. These papers are not for sale, but kept in the building all the time so that visitors can find almost any kind of literature they desire. DEPUII SHERIFF PUTS CiiE OVER ON GAMBLERS ' Fullmer and Kenner work-ed a Clever trick on some gamblers at the Boston pool hall last Friday night. They went into the place and found a number of men playing cards. Plenty of chips were in sight, but no monpy. So the officer carelessly went up to the proprietor and told him that the gambling there must stop and that he might as well pay the players for their chips and quit the game. The proprietor of course Interpret-ed this to mean that he was not to bo bothered for what had already been done and he readily showed a disposition to carry out the orders. He went to the table and cashed the chips, and Immediately thereafter seven men were arrested for gam-bling, the cliips and money being con-fiscated. The players were placed under bond of $25 each and tho prop-rietor under a bond of $50. These cases will be heard next week. PF E'GIIEER PEOY r ': V',' ' Chief Engineer A. N. Penny of the Utah Consolidated iMinlng Company was Instantly killed Inst Saturday I morning as a result of misunderstand-ing elgnale, and Sam Mihas, a Greek, i who was In the cage with him, was seriously injured, ' Mr. Penny, intended going to one of the lower levels, buby a mistake in signals the cage in which they i were started up. When the cage reached the 700 foot level it was au-tomatically dumped and in the fall Mr. Penny's neck was broken. A. Grergeon, .who was in the cage at the time it started up Jumped off and , saved himself. j :Mr; Penny was 33 years of age and (was a native of England. He is sur-vived by a wife and two children His parents live in the East and his ! remains were shipped to Connecticut j Monday for interment. MID-SUMME- R DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT , The Commercial Club will glve Its mid-summ- dance at the Club rooms tomorrow (Saturday) night It will be an enjoyable and an elaborate af-fair and will be a treat for those who attend. The committee in charge has made extensive preparation for the occa-sion and nothing has been overlooked which will add to the entertainment. The dances at the Commercial Club are always up to the top notch and furnish the best of amusement. FATHER OF JACK DEMPSEY LIVES HERE , Hiram Dempsey, father of Jack Demptey, who lat week knocked out Fred Fulton lz New Jersey ind Is " now in line ot meet Jes .Viltard ' for the championship of the world. Is a citiasen cf Bingham. Ho was much-Interesdi-the big bout nnd wien-- . " the news reached here last Haturday evening that the boy had put Fulton to sleep in 23 seconds, th$ father was highly pleased. Mr. Dempsey said he had no Idea but what his boy could whip M illard if the champion could be Indued to face him in the ring, Wl lle Jack Pempsey Is only S3 varfc old he has a long list of victories to his ered t and mos of his fighti have ben short ones. He is now In the lime-light and according to his father the boy will save his money. The opinion here Is that WIHard cannot be induced io fight liui. A number of Dempsey's lr thers live here and they are pretty hand witn the gloves. . HURT IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT, MONDAY John Mayo, head clerk in the store of Dom. Peznopane, Is now confined to his room with a dislocated ankle, an Injury sustained Monday after-noon when his mototrcycle toppled over in the upper part of town. , He was coming down Main street and on account of the congested traf-fic, turned his cycle out of the road to make room when it ran up the embankment, struck a telephone post and collapsed. Mr. 'Mayo wss taken to the office of Dr. Flynn where he was given emergency treatment and was then taken home. . It is under-stood that he will be incapacitated for several weeks. The motorcycle was also badly damaged. CANYON HALL DANCE Another dance which promises to be a good one is to be given In Can- - i yon Hall, Wednesday night. August 14, by J. S. iMyers. This is just a regular dunce, but Mr. Myers is go-ing to use the money he secures from it to purchase knitting mach- - , ines for the local Red Cross. Mr. LMyers says he is going' to make i this one of the bebt dances of the season. A NEW COUNTY I COURT ROOM HERE j The county officers now have new and commodious quarters in which to hold their court. The court rcom is In the place formerly occupied by the Ivy Berber Shop. It was over-hauled thwe and made suitable for a place In which to hold court. ' Hereafter the county cases can be heard with much less difficulty and the visitors can be entertained to much better advantage. The place (used formerly was frequently so crowded that standing room was at a premium. And the county court has been quite busy lately and more than twenty cases are now on the docket awaiting a hearing. NATIONAL AID SIAIE WORKERSVIST NEtl On Tuesday the local leaders of Bingham Community Church were dellarhtod by a visit of the state and national workers. Mre. D. B. Street, of Washington, D, C,f Secretary Deacon-ess work for the United States and Its dKndencles. Mrs. J. R. Bowdle, Pres'dent uite Bnard; Mrs. Charles' Root. Correspondent Secretary, both of Salt Tike; i.Mrs. J. HI. Worrall a board member and Mrs. J. iL. Web-ster, Supt. of Sterling Hall. Ogden. 'Major Berry of 8alt Lake brought the lad!es out In his car. A buffet luncheon was served at the Parson-age and after a brief service of song and prayer the company was taken to Highland Boy to see the camp. I When returning to Salt Lake in the I afternoon they alL expressed a de-sire to come again. A DELIGHTFUL SWIMMING PARTY Ono of the most delightful swim-ming parties of the season was given at" the high school gjm list Friday night and was attended by a select number of swimmers. The party was composed of Mr. and Mrs. Art Sorenson, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Treloar, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hocking, Mr. and Mrs. Rohert Burke, Mr. end Mrs. ptto Lee, and Misses Sarah iiavls, Clesta Paul, Vivian Caidncr, Agnes James, Mary Culle-t-n- , Evelyn Kendrod and Jay Mitchell Jr.rr.es Youngberg. John Culleton. Lcrrcnce West, Lon. Sorenson and Ilen-- v Pease. After the swim the party adjourn-ed to the home of Miss Sarah Davis' whero a delicious luncheon .was sorved. SOUTHWICK RETURNS FROM CHICAGO Prof. Albert J. South wick, music teacher In the fBJngham schools, re-turned last Saturday from Chicago, where he spent six weeks taking a special course in vocal music, lie Bays that he was greatly benefitted by the course and that he will be able to carry on his work va'" of ciently. While in the Windy City he had many flattering offers to teach In that section of the country, but he preferred to remain at Bing'.iam. j Prof. Southwlck says that the cum-- 1 mer is unusually cool in Chicago and that overcoats and furs were very much in evidence during the even-ings. MUNICIPAL COURT NOTES K, Ito, charged with vagrancy, was fined $10 and given a floater. Leola Lamant, charged with being a pickpocket, was fined $20 and giv-en a floater. Morris Calvo, charged with having liquor in his possession, was placed under $100 bond. Tom Davis, charged with speeding was found not guilty. 'Mrs. Mae Smith of New York City, charged with assault and battery on the person of Mrs William ' Smith, was taxed with the cost. (Mrs. William Smith was placed under $100 bond to keep tho peace. Tills case was tried behind closed doors. KINGSRURY TAKES ' MORNING EXERCISE A W. Kingsbury, tha genial waiter at Jim's "t'lace, who lwrs greet you with a smile and Is In the best of humor all day long, takes a delight-ful morning tonic which no doubt as-sists In making him so agreeable. King gets up at 6 (n the morning nnd takes a stroll of something like ten miles before breakfast and, ? he-fo- re he commences the work of the day. In his morning walk he goes first to the headliouse and tlfpn drops over into the canyon at the Rio ' Grande station, proceeds down the canyon to Dry Fork crosses 'over to the B & G. and winds up fiis tour back at Jim's place at 9 o'clock where he goes on a 12 hour shift, . He says that he gota a. world of good out of this Utile morning stroll and he never allows the weather to i Interfere with this part of his pro- - gram. When the snow was sveral j feet deep atplaces on his route he male it Just the same. And aftar his morning exercise he is ready to wear a broad smile all day' long. TWELVE HENS THE LIMIT Twelve hens in the season and not more than six in one day Is the re-striction placed on bagging sage hens this season. This Information enmes from the office of Robert IF. Slddo- - way, state fish and game commission-er. The season lasts from August 15 to 31, and shooting is permitted in Beaver, Box Klder, Cache, Grand, i Garfield, Iron, Piute,. Rich, n Juan, i Summit, Wasatch and Wayne Coun- - i ties. ' . j COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VISIT. BINGHAM County Commissioners Stillman and Hughes spent Tuesday In 'Bing-ham looking after the affairs of the county here and they were well ploased with what they found. They Inspected the rohds In this section and found the same In good condition. Also while here they j mart arrangements for a court room in which to hold tho county courts ' and will provide for a temporary jail in which to lodge prisoners" before ' transferring them-t- o the Salt Lake Jail. DR. P. S. HAGEMAN RECEIVES COMMISSION Dr. P. S. Hagoman, well known Bingham physician and county health officer, this week received a tele-gram announcing tMit hit had been appointed first lieutenant In the medical department of the United States army. Dr. Hageman is one of Bingham's best physicians- - and he enloys a lare practice That he will be able to render the government good serv-- ! ice no one doubts, nnd while his ; friends here will regret to lose him j they will feel assured that the com-munity Ih making t valuable contri-bution when Dr. Hageman assumes his dude, in the service. 4,760.000 GERMANS DOWNED BY ALLIES SINCE WAR REGAN Paris. Aug. 1. German losses since the start of the war have reached 4.7C0.OOO, according to estimates pub-lished here today In iL'Homme Libre, Premier Clemeneeau's newspaper! The Germans now have 5,4.'!0,000 men It is stated, of which 4,000,000 are en-gaged on the west front, The paper estimates that since March the German losses have bwn a million and a half, of which a mil-lion, It is said, have been put out of iction. iBy United Press. ; Charles J3. Hughes , hps , traveled, with his aircraft Inquiry' to' Dayton, Ohio. That is the most liaise he has made since he begun; 'With federal, state and city govern-ments all on tho war path after the loafers, about the only safe asylum for this peculiar species la a prison cell. But so far few. loafers have ap-plied. Cermany was grateful for the as-sassination .at Sarajevo and may be awful sorry al.out the assignation at MOSCOWV"' - '.: . !: ' "' '.'!;' Good old Western league, good by. And come again. |