Show Simon Bamberger Utah's War Governor Dead 1 Simon Bamberger Succumbs I To Illness Was ras One Eighty i Years Old r Simon Bamberger 81 years of age ago war governor of Utah and an outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing figure in the development of the state and the west died athIs athis at athis his apartment In the Bransford at 4 25 o'clock Wednesday afternoon following an illness of less than twenty four hours The cause of death deat was indigestion Funeral arrangements will not be he completed until absent relatives can be notified Although past the fourscore mark Governor Bamberger had been enJoying enjoying en en- exceptionally good health during the summer and was at his office practically everY every day including including ing Tu Tuesday Aside from the distinction of ot bring bAing Utah's war governor Simon Bamberger Bamberger Bamberger Bam Bam- berger also was the first non Mor mon and the first Democratic governor governor gov gov- ov- ov of his adopted state He also was the first of Utah's governors to todie todie todie die since statehood Since retiring from public service with the expiration of his term as chief executive Governor Bamberger had bad devoted his time and energies toward the operation of the Bamberger Bamberg Bamber Bamber- g ger r Electric railroad of which he was chairman of ot the board of directors directors directors tors and nd tow toward rd the building of a railroad to connect Salt Lake with the Uintah basin Until within the past year he occupied the position of president of the Salt Lake and Den Denver r Railroad Railroad d- d co company p which vh ch proposes to construct the Uintah basin basin ba ba- sin aln line Because of his advanced with the Bamber- Bamber age and and- the duties Electric he relinquished leadership about a basin project in the Uintah of year ago He also was president the Bamberger Coal company as aswell aswell aswell well aa as 3 of a number of smaller mining mining ruining min ruin ing ing and Industrial organizations but he their management and operation during had to associates the ithe last ten years i Important Events Mr Bamberger once said that the tw two most Inspiring mome moments ts of his life were when he swore allegiance States on attaining his tto to the United majority majority in Missouri and when he took the oath of office as governor of Utah In 1917 Although a native his dislike of the militarism mill mili of Germany autocracy of the fatherland fatherland fatherland father- father and tar Ism born and bred In him His land was in Darmstadt Germany Germany Ger Oer- birth red many February 27 27 1845 1846 He remained a resident of ot his native native na na- during boyhood At the country tive age of ot 14 years he besought sought the opportunities opportunities of the new world jol a Bamberger w who o brother brother Herman crossed the Atlantic had previously unacquainted with He was entirely his Eng li lIgh s h language b an and n Eng li lIgh s h language b n the only that of common school tion was L- L training 4 of Jewish was r b I r Mr Bamberger above all but birth belief birth and sense K vidual belief was his sense of ot Justice and right Always Loyal Loal V Although a German by birth the Bamberger was loyalty loyalty of ot Governor He spoke in every every every ev ev- never questioned questioned- of his state In behalf of ery section the Liberty Liberty loans the Red Cross and other war activities Because he had lived In Germany because he had German autocracy autocracy Jelt felt the he lie realized more keenly than racy incy many native Americans tho the absolute I necessity of ot a decisive victory over regarded a Germany The governor traitor ana and He did as a n t Z German pro hesitate to say so on every oo- oo not He did not believe in any caslon easlon temporizing with persons 1 policy of or who were against tho the government citizenship and g gave them which which they could receive privileges p other country in the world no In Governor Bamberger felt that h he be Y much to America and he was wasy owed glad giad to devote the remaining fiery ery y of his Ufo lifo and all of ot his bb means moana years it I to the of his p country country i |