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Show .p-U-J: '...... ,,..;.,.... . ; BTAJ OF CONTINUOUS COMMUNITY SERVICE . , ' '.,' "'W''. f - ' ; Bingham BttUetinBfagham CMToMCrteh ' ' November 28, 1929 : , ,. mmmmmm mmm ' SINCLAIR ENDS PRISON TERM; SAYS HE IS A VIOTIMOF POLITICS Confident of Vindication, Cannot Be Contrite for Sins He Never Committed, Oil Man Asserts. . Washington, D. C, Nor. 1L Harry T. Sinclair mad the following itatfr Bient today upon his release after l comoletlna sentences far contemnt of the Senate and contempt of court: "I have made no plana except to go to my home and then to my office, haturally. my first thoughts are ot niy family, my jaasoclatei and my Mendi whose loyalty I hare ao deep-ly appreciated. My own absolute knowledge that 1 hare committed no wrong gives me unimpaired courage nd absolute confidence of final vin-dication In the public esteem. No Jury of my countrymen has ever convicted me of wrong. The courts bare admit-ted I was guilty of no moral turpitude In the contempt cases. "J was railroaded to Jail In viola-tion of common sense and common fairness. The great power and pres-tige of the government were em-ployed against me under hostile In flu- - unjustly describing me as defiant of law. I was a victim ot political cam-paigns to elect honest Democrats by proving how dishonest Republicans were. When I was assaulted in this worthy enterprise the Republicans dis-creetly replied that guilt, if any, was personal. I was politically assailed but not politically dafended. "The newspapers wept many tears over my defiance of law and my recalcitrance.' I cannot be contrite tor alns which I know I have never committed, nor can I pretend to be ashamed of conduct which ' I kuow to have been upright "I have Just finished serving sen-tences for contempt ot the Senate and contempt of the court not for any crime. But some people teem to think that the penalties for contempt were In place of a punishment tor some other offense with which I was charged but exonorated by a Jury. Senate "Contempt" Charge Unjust "The basis of the Senate contempt case was my refusal to answer' ten questions. The law requires questions pertinent to a proper legislative in-quiry to be answered. Such questions must not invade the constitutional rights of the citizen. "My attorneys advised me to decline to answer these questions as not perti-nent, aa unconstitutional because they comprised an attempt to deny me a fair trial by disclosing my defense In other cases pending In the courts. On advice ot counsel I declined at that time to answer the tea alleged quea--I tlons. Only on one ot these questions was I held guilty of contempt "Senator Walsh said to me, 1 wish you would tell us about that referring to the testimony ot another witness. I d c!lned to answer. His 'wish' was not a question and was not then pertinent. "Six ot the remaining questions were thrown out by the trial court and three of the remaining tour were Ignored by the Supreme Court Punished Under Unknown Rule of Law "The Trial Court and the Supreme Court both held that the pertinency of any question was a Judicial mat-ter; which could only be determined by a court It, therefore, logically fol-lows that not only was the pertinency unknown at the time I declined to answer but was nnknowable. I was, therefore, punished ex post facto on an unknown rule of law. "I followed my attorney's advice In " good faith. My total evidence before mately 265. pages and about 175,000 words, and I was Imprisoned for my refusal to answer on question whose pertinency was unknown. Three times I appeared before the Committee after this occurrence and no question perti-nent or not pertinent asked me ever remained nnanswered. This should have purged m ot the pretended con-tempt "The prosecution ot the Senate con-tempt case was moved by political prejudlc and misunderstanding. A citizen has rarely been denied the presumption of Innocence or been the object of such violence and ani-mosity as was exhibited in my case. "I not that the American press cordially disapproves committing to Jail the three reporters who have Just refused In Washington to disclose to the grand Jury the persons from whom they bought liquor in th many speak-easies which they visited as a news-paper enterprise. They were given forty-fir- e days In JalL They Justify themselves on the ground ot newspa-per ethics against a betrayal of con-fidence, and th American press is supporting them. "Th liberties of th American peo-ple are of such Importance that the press will do well to keep this In mind even in a case like mine. The principle is much mora Important than the Individual. Th precedents set In my case are against, the Interest of the American people. It politics can railroad me to Jail, It can railroad others. Reviews Contempt of Court Case "In th contempt of court case, the trial Judge turned the Jury loose In a hostile atmosphere la Washington, Where th newspapers were assailing Be. I had reason to believe the Jury BINGHAM HI SENIOR HOP An event in the lives of the Senior Class at Bingham Hi was the "Show Ball" Senior Hop held Tuesday night in the Auditorium. Elaborate preparations had been made; for this occasion. Every Senior has been taxed to capacity in arranging details of the pro-gra-decorations, etc., and to say t il details were cleverly planned) and carried out is no exageration. i ui nop was unaer me direction of Miss Marion Russell. Following are the patrons, class officers and committees. Patrons and Patronesses: Supt. and Mrs. D. C' Jensen, Principal and Mrs. IL R. Atkin, Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Richards. Class Officers : Pres. Andrew Takis, Dorothy Barnard, ; Richard Hervilla, secre-tary; Bertha BuiJterfield, treasur-er; Edith Hervilla, reporter; Clark Barnard, athletic manager; J. D. Caulfield, class representative. General Committee : J. D. Caul-fiel- d, chairman; Gladys Bergner, Runnor Martinson, Elva Marriot, Dell Iverson. might be tampered with to my disad-vantage, so I directed Burns opera-tives be engaged to watch the ,ury to prevent or expose tampering, with the explicit Instruction not to speak to, approach or let a Juryman know be was upder observation. This Instruc-tion was rigidly carried out All the operatives gave testimony to that ef-fect and the Jury members stated that they were sot aware of being under observation. "This act could not possibly have obstructed Justice. The Supreme Court did not find that I had obstruct-ed Justice, but In order to sustain the lower court tbey found that putting the Jury under surveillance bad a tendency to obstruct Justice. The law which forbids a Judge to Impose t sen-tence of contempt except for mlsbe- - havtor which obstructs Justice was thus changed by Judicial Interprets-- : tlon to fit my particular case. "I offered to prove by many wit-nesses that the government of the United States and private persons bad for years been shadowing Juries with the knowledge of the courts and by officials of the courts without rebu'.e. Proof was offered that this practice had been engaged In In the very court room where I was being tried and by the very District Attorney who was pressing this charge against mi. but the court refused to allow me to pre-sent this-- evidence either In my de-fense or in mitigation of sentence. "I attach to this statement only two of the many affld&vlts proving this practice and uaage. ' Claims Real Jury Tampsrera Escaped "The trial Judge did not Imprison or rebuke Raymond Akers and Donald King who deliberately tampered with Juryman Kid well with the result of a mistrial. ' "He, did not punish the Washington Herald or its editor, although on No-vember 3rd the Herald boastlngly de-clared it was responsible tor having made a mistrial unavoidable. "The trial Jodge did not puniuu Wil-liam L McMullen, who was 'planted', la the Burns Agency and who operated to my serious prejudice. This man made six false reports on a Juryman. "His corruption and many crimes were dug np and exposed by the Burn Agency which Impeached him In open , court and also furnished the proof ' as to how he had been planted among their operatives by pretending to be a responsible man named William V. Long. "Yet the trial Judge sentenced me portant criminal eases was a matter of frequent occurrence . . , The practice was never objected to by any officials of the Department on the ground of propriety or any ethical ground but was frequently the subkfct of contro-- ' versy between myself ami the United States Attorneys Involved, solely be-cause or the fact that It tied np so many agents ... In numerous In-stances sufficient agenta were assigned to keep constant watch on each mem-ber of the Jury and this constituted a great burden on e small force of man ... If It should be necessary, I think scores ot men formerly In the service could be found to testify as to their participation In this work." - Another affidavit dated August 27, 1929, la by HInton O. Clabangh, now Chairman of the Illinois Pardon and Parole Board, but formerly special agent ot the Department ot Justice. Mr. Clabaugh swears that "while identified with the Department ot Jus-tice on a great number ot cases be not only bad Jurors shadowed on be-half of the Federal Government at the request or the District Attorney but la some instances at the specific re quec. of m ."!ienl Judre. This aff-iant soon befLie ofivltioii that many of the Jurors knew they were being investigated and shadowed and that tbey frequently took considerable of-fense at being shadowed, and that he frequently doubted the advisability and advantage of such shadow work being dons, but be continued same under the direction of the Department of Justice, and made frequent reports to them up to the time of finally ceas-ing his connection with the Govern-ment" to six months In Jail on the ground that my innocent act had caused a mistrial. "The government counsel was evi-dently not averse to a mistrial and got it sad I was punished tor having caused 'S mistrial I did pot want Acquitted of "Moral Turpitude" "While I was acquitted of moral turpitude by the Supreme Court la there no moral wrong In thus deprlv. lag an American citizen of his liberty where he Is admittedly Innocent ot moral turpitude? COuld not th law be more wisely and Justly Interpreted? "Is It not a moral wrong to deprive a citizen of his liberty for watching a Jury when such action violated no law and no known rule of the courts and when it was only what the gov-ernment Itself and other private citi-zens had been doing for years with-out rebuke? "I think the Imprisonment Imposed upon me was In violation ot common sense and common decency. I have paid the penalties without complaint and have made no personal appeal tor sympathy. I do not need sympathy, but I do need and seek the respect to which I am entitled as a man ot honor and Integrity who fully recognises his ob-ligations to respect the statute law, the rules of th courts, and th ethical rules of society." Quotes Affidavit te Show Jury Shad-owing by Government One ot the affidavits quoted by Mr. Sinclair In his statement was mad oa August iJ, 1929. by A. Bruc Bielaskt, formerly Chief ot the Bureau of In-vestigation of th Department of Jus-tice. Mr. Bielaskl states that during his service in the Department "the surveillance of petit Jurors by agents ot th Bureau of Investigation in Us-- PARENT EDUCATION GREATEST NEED The parent education move-ment in the United States , has made significant progress during the past two years, according to reports of the office it Education, 'Wasington, D. C. - : , Several governmental depart-ments, child welfare , organiza-tions, educational institutions, and parents' organizations for some years have instituted, activities to awaken uie public to an appreci-ation of what may be done in the education of parents and raising I'he standard of hom life. Many agencies have organised machinery to train 'leaders for htndy groups of parents; to make scientific, study of the physical, mental and emotional life of chil-dren and the environment condi-tions under which they live. In his lecture last week before the Parent Teacher Association, on the subject, "A Square Deal for every Child," Dr. P. S. Rich-- j ' ards, school' board member, strongly emphasized the need for, adult education. Refering to the great scientific developments and discoveries of the present age he pointed out the susceptibility of children to new ideas as com-pared to the adult who's mind is more set with ideas which in some eases, science has proved to be in-correct. : The point is welt taken that parents, in order to supply lead-ership and the proper educational background in the home, should keep themselves informed by con-tinuing, in some way, the process of education. BINGHAM WINS 3RD IN SCHOOL CONTEST Cooperation Among Pareuts, Teachers and Students Re-sult in Cleanliness of School Winning third place in the Clean School Contest sponsored by, the Jordon School district is the achievement of the Bingham Central school. The contest, which bearan October 31. 1928 ami ended October 81, 1929, Tated up-on the following points : 1 clean-liness and general appearance of school children ; , 2 cleanliness and order of the building; 3 the condition of the school grounds. Handicapped at the outset' by environmental problems of smoke, cramped buildings and inadequate grounds, the teachers and stu-dents nevertheless threw them-selves whole-heartedl- y into the contest. They felt vhat a project o! this sort had many education-al possibilities. The appearance of the chil-dren themselves has been notice-ably improved. Cleanliness and neatness are the rule rather than trip AYfantinn Stlllnntu hair htian cpns.iantly encouraged to improve in physicl appearance. Dr. P. W, Hart, who recently made a survey of our schools, was surprised to find children so clean iit spite of the existing conditions in Bingham. He said, "why your chldren are as clean and fine ah our children in Birklcy." The faculty of the sclwol realize that their success has been due, in great part, to the cooperation cf the parent. They wish to ex-press their appreciation for the help received. ; Congratulations are due, also, to the students and the teachers who have so faithfully worked in accomplishing this objective. The winners and the prizes won are as follows: .,,,-..-..- First Sandy School, " prize $50.oo. ' ! - '' ; Second Midvale School, prize $35.00. ---- -v "? I" , Thirdl Bingham' Central . sch-ool, prize $15.00. , . , O'.lier schools worthy of honor-able mention 'arer First Draper School, prize if 10.00. ' - r - Second Copperton School, prize $10.00. Third Lark School, prize $10. Fourth Crescent School prize $10.00. - Fifth-!-River- ton, prize $10.00. VAUDEVILLE PLEASES MANY CLUB PATRONS The vaudeville held fit 'the Geuimcll club Monday evening was enjoyed by a . large! number who attended. The show was made up of a latgely diversified' pro-gram. Melo-dra- music, danc-ing and comedy. The- - Weaver Melody Girls made a decided hit with the audience, receiving en-core after encore, to which they responded. The Paramount Re-vue was both artistic andbeau-itful- , a large ... array, of cleverlyI'usjiuincui i i ? gins in new ana nni-iu- e dances were well received. The Elgin Four were featured in several numbers. Pietro La Verdi proved to be quite a capable especially pleasing the younger people present. STAGE SET FOR- - STRENUOUS YEAR Bingham HI Koopsters Look 0. K. With a larga array cf aspirant1! for positions on the team. Coach Tominie McMullin will have a ' hard tank selecting the firs'., team , tor the coming year. A ,., v,,, Bingham Hi has more prosper.''' tive timber for its favorite game v this-year- than for a long time. Training M ill start next week and nontiiue daily until the opening of the schedule January 10. . ,m From present appearances, there seems no reuson why Bingham Hi should not maintain the splendid record! heretofore made in thi great indoor Hport. ' ' The Jordan district. January 10 .Jordan at Grants--vill- e ; Bingham at Tooele ; Murray at 'Cyprus. January 17 Tooele at Jordan; Orantsville at Murray ; Cyprus at Bingham. January 24f-rM- at "Jordan Bingham n't Orantsville; Cyprus at Tooele. . January 31 Orantsville at Cy- -' jrunj uortian at uingnara: Mur-- ray at Tooele. February 7 Jordan at Cypr us; ,. Tooele at Grantsvillej Bingham ' at Murray. "'" ' . February 11 Orantsville : at ' Jordan; Tooele at Bingham;. Cy-prus at Murray, February 14 Jordan at Tooele ; , Murray at Grantsville; Bingham -- at Cyprus. I February 21 Jordan at Mur-ray, Grantsville at Bingham ; Too- - , ele at Cyprus. , . ; . : February 28 Cyprus at Orants-ville; Bingham at Jordan; Tooele at Murray. , I March 7 Cyprus at Jordan; ' Orantsville at Too'de; Murray at ' Bingham. ' . - ' j 4V Arthur Driftban Ford T,Hu Sense All About Prosperity I Backward Modern Youth Nineteen Want to Work rr Is refreshing to reed Henry ford's about "stabilising and la creasing prosperity." , Invited by President Hoover to Join the army of advisers, Ford b fins by announcing , "an immediate Increase la wages among his owa e ployea." ..; v.: v He says. The only , thing that atiould be high priced is the man who works. Writes must not oome down, they must not even stay at their pres- ent levels. They must go up." To that statement, rankly bolshevi Ue to many gentlemen with plenty of money, Fetd adds, "We mast see that Increased wages are not taken away by Increased prices that do not repre- sent Increased value." 'erd even says that middle aged men. that have done their duty by the country, and are most frequently I Wd off. should be protected and kept I At work. If all that la not rank "Bol- - herUm" end "Socialism" what on I earth would you call ltf I The American farmer, listening to I the radio for the prices of wheat and I eon, might muse as follows: J "How busy they all get when any- - thing happens to Wall Street I "Haw quietly and calmly they take K, when - things happen to the farm- - at." The way to make business better is le ereate more business. Secretary Mellon knows, and asks ; Congress to Increase appropriations for public buildings from 1175,000,000' to 1411,000.000 to be spent la tea years. I The plans are made, the buildings aeeded. Why not proceed nowT . The country didn't hesitate a mln- - I ate when ether countries wanted ten I utousasa miuion dollars to continue 1 fighting each other., If tt could afford that. It can afford something for this country. Robert Ifaynard Hutchlns, only to, bt head of Chicago University. At 25, I he was duan of the Tale Uw achooL 1 la old days, oftener than In our day, I treat things ware done by the very foung, Alexander, Napoleon, etc. I Touag Captain Nelson, later Admir al and Lord Nelson, when only 25, re-buked by an older officer tor youthful presumption, replied, "Sir, I hare the honor to bo of the same age as tbe Prime Minister of England." The young president of Chicago University might quote that to any-body criticising his youth. He la six years older than Pitt was when he first became Prime Minister. Timothen Pappln brings from Rus-sia his family of nineteen children and grandchildren, all bound for Cali-fornia, and eager for hard work. They, you may be sure, will not add to Uncle Sam's unemployment prob-lem. If he ever has one. They want to wofk, really work, not merely make motions as though they were working. If they cannot find one kind of work, they will take another. v How will they get to California? Will they pay $120 each, for railroad . farer ' - No, that Is not their plan. Tlmo-thea-'i brother, ' already settled in America, will take the It to Lincoln, Cel. ta his motor truck. That will shock some icu per oent Americana that never in their Uvea worked hard enough to get really warm, but it la the way to get ahead. . When those II finish with life, they I.will owa something. And they will add to the wealth and fertility of Oeil-..- . tornla a great deal more than Califor-nia win give them. Colonel Lindbergh, Injured in an airplane accident some time ago, la confined to the home of hit wife's father, Dwlght Morrow, for further treatment It ts useless to talk to Colonel Lind-bergh about staying on the ground. But he might promise not to do more than his share of flying. Napoleon was not ashamed to prom-le-e France that he would keep out of danger aa much as possible. A lady signs "one who has a lot of bank stock and wants to know where she is really at" Where she is "at" depends on what stock she has, and who runs the bank. Aaotheg person who may have been In the market" write: "All prosperity is a Joke. Justice Is a thing of the past" - K la not quit so baa. Some see only their own misfortune. George Bleistein, of Buffalo, tells of a man. aged 40, leaving the office of a 4 doctor who told him be had cancer, saying. "Just think of it horrible, can-cer at 40." A passerby rebuked htm, "What are yoa complaining of, friend T I had General Electric at 400." (). 12. to SrWkM ImJ ". j , . - AUTO HAZARDS INCREASE With blazing headlines record-ing the' daily casualties of dead i;nd injured, due to traffic ac-cidents, collisions, pedestrains run down and killed" or iniured. drunken drivers running through safety zones at a high rate of speed in total disregard for hu-man ; life; yet little concern is manifest by the public over the condition. It appears the people have come to expect these thing und nothing less than a serious ac-cident to the individual or to hi family or near friends, causes any srious concern over the situation. It is a situation that must and will be remedied to a great ex tout but why pay such an ex-tortionate price in human lives hfore definite attion is taken. True, it will take time to work out a plan which will result in maximum satcty to tne public, it appears traffic oficers are doing what they, can To enforce the some wjiat numerous and vague laws re-lative to traffic. What is most needed, we believe is not so many trafic lawa but a positive, cleat and distinct law governing the operation of automobiles .which will prohibit irresponsible person from Ihe privilege of driving s ear. . Ths is not an easy matter to put into force, but there is no other way to reduce traffic haz nrds. " t ' It is of little consequence to thi ictim of a serious accident, to know that a careless, or irrespon hille driver has been jailed oi fined. The "ounce of preventive', would be of far greater value tt li'm'. Our traffic problems is a disease which is contagious and the germ of irresponsiblity must Le distroyed before a safe and s.ine traffic condition can re turn. f ' " ; Did you ever hear of the one-eye- d Scotchman who demanded a half fare ticket to the movies. . CHRISTMAS CARDS ' Patrons sending, quantity of Christmas cards, say 10 or more, . , . should prepare and mail them two or three weeks in advance, as mil- - lions are mailed and they can not possibly be handled and delivered ' if mailed only fwo or three or , ' four days before Christmas. To avoid this, patrons may mail their cards two or three weeks before Christmas, if delivered to the post ' office or postal station in person, or tied together in a bundle, lab- - ' eled to show that they are Christ-- , ' mas cards,, and deposited ,,' in a street letter. or package box. They 'will then be segregated, stamped . with the date on which to be de- -' Jivered, and delivery effected one or two days before Christmas. Christmas cards and gifts ad-dressed to points within one day's ' trvel should be mailed in no event ,: ( later than December 20," within two days' travel, not later thun ; December 18 j. within three days' ' travel, not later than December 14. Parcels and cards for local delivery should be mailed not lat- - . er than- December 21. Parcels and envelopes may be indorsed,-"Pleas- e do not open until Christ-wa- s. .. .,..,", .. CORRECT BLEEPING POSTURE Curl: up like a eat when, you sleep, te the new edict of the phys-ical education department at the Colorado Women's College. More than half of the entire student body has incorrect sleeping pos-ture, a recent survey at the col-lege shows. The two mostf com-mon of the incorrect ways, it was found, ;was either sleeping flat on te back or on the side, with the body straight, which makes for tenseness and nervousness. BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. George M. Nix of Cop perton gave a party for her lit tie daughter, Norma, on her 8th anniversary, November 18th. Eighteen guests were present The luncheon table was beaut: fully decorated, a beautiful bow of pink flowers was used as I center piece. Games were enjoy ed. , Mr. and Mrs. Eugene .Morris announce the birth of a son on November 21. Friends cf Mrs. Edward Byrne of Copperfield will be ' glad to know her condition is improving. .. Mrs. Byrne is convalesing at a Salt Lake hospital where she was taken a week ago. ... 'in jm. m t .jaam " mmm Now, Who Awakened Him? ; j tggg- - kMff:. --..- A1 NEWU.S. PROPERTIES ; BROUGHT IN In acquiring the properities of the Park-Bingha- operations have been transfered from the ' Butterfield side of the mouiillain ' to the Bingham or West side of , the mountain. All operations have aeased on the Butterf icld , side except one or two small , leases and the ore mined' will "hereafter be pooled with ores -- from the main workings of the V. S. Smelting, Mining and Refining . Company. All operations hae stopped in the Butterfield Can- - , yon tunnel. The company is running two tunnels, at the present time, one leading west and one southeast, , one of these is to connect with the Bonanza raise from the Butter-fiel- d tunnel. The other one leads in a Southeasterly direction and both have fine prospects of en-countering good ore when the line contract is reached. |