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Show FOREIGNER TELLS OF HARSH TREATMENT BY EMPLOYER Working for nearly Sight months on a farm near Kanesvllle without receiving re-ceiving any pay and then to have the owner attempt to put him off the place when he insisted on a payment of wages, was the somewhat peculiar experience just passed through by Gnst Zavltsanos, according to the story that he told in the police court uus luurumg. zju-YiuattiiuB ib a young Greek and he was brought into court on a charge of battery. Telling his story in broken English and with eloquent gestures and facial expression, he said he had signed an agreement with Harry Harmls, owner of the farm, whereby he was to work for a certain number of months without with-out pay and, aftor that period, ho was to receive current wages and back pay in installments. The "no-pay" period "was passed a couple of weeks ago and shortly afterward, Zavltsanos found that his room has been ontered during his absence, his trunk broken into and his copy of the agreement stolen. He sIbo had a watch and other oth-er valuables In the trunk, he said, but the agreement was the only thing missing. mis-sing. Suspecting Harmls of the theft, he made a complaint to the county attorney, attor-ney, according to a statement of that official made this morning In court, but was persuaded to return to his work, the official elleving that the land-owner would treat him fairly. An Insistent request on the part of Zavltsanos Zavlt-sanos for somo of the money a couple of days ago, led Harmls to attempt to put the youth of the premises. The attempt was blocked by tho defendant with a blow over Harmls' left eye and the latter had a warrant sworn out for his countryman's arrest Whether Zavltsanos story Is true will be ascertained tomorrow morning, morn-ing, when Harmis will be brought Into court with an Interpreter, to tell his story. oo FORMER RESIDENT HAS GOOD WORD FOR STATE OF UTAH At a meeting of the Ogden Bar association as-sociation thiB afternoon, Judge P. T. Van Zlle of Detroit, Mich., United States district attorney for Utah in the early 80's, when prosecutions against polygamy was at its height, made a short talk. Mr. Van Zlle stated that he marked mark-ed with much pleasure the changes that have taken place In Utah since the time of his administration as attorney at-torney for Utah, and said that he considered con-sidered Utah today an honor to the United States. , He was pleased to know that the differences botween Mormons and Gentiles had disappeared disappear-ed politically and that in tho place of private and church schools there are the beBt public schools of the country. The speaker believed that the destiny des-tiny of the state, and of the nation, rested on religious toleration and the complete separation of church and state. Free thought, free speech and free press, he said, were the great powers of promotion in every commonwealth, com-monwealth, and he could see that Utah is possessed of these. The jurist said that he -noted that many of the old tlmo lawyers and members of tho bench in Utah, of whom ho inquired, had passed away, remarking that he did not feel much older than he did thirty years ago when ho lived in Utah. |