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Show UTAH ANDJTAHNS Members of B battery, boys from Ogden, are now leading in the rifle contest at Camp Kearny by a large margin. Four Salt Lake men who were arrested ar-rested near Coalville had over ?G,000 worth of whisky In their' possession, figuring it at "bootleg" prices. More than 1000. resident of Bingham and near-by towns joined in the parade par-ade on May 24. which celebrated the anniversary of Italy's entrance Into the war. " Free bus service from depots to hotels ho-tels in Salt Lake will be suspended after June 15, according to a decision of W. F. Jensen, commissioner qf commercial com-mercial economy. Major Edward Fitzgerald, former chaplain at the war prison at Fort Douglag and for many years' engaged in the Catholic priesthood in Utah, died last week at Sawtelle, Cal. War savings societies are being formed in many of the large business concerns of the states, the members pledging themselves to buy a certain number of War Savings Stamps each week. .The old folks of Jordan stake have exemplified their patriotism and support sup-port of the government by the purchase pur-chase of $400 of third Liberty bonds. The sum was taken from the accum-mulated accum-mulated funds of the treasury. Giving the name of James Carroll, a man who had been acting suspiciously in the vicinity of the internment camp at Fort Douglas, was arrested by the prison guard and was later placed in the county jail to await investigation. Influenza and distemper in a band of horses belonging to P. C. Petterson of Garland have been investigated by Dr. II. W. Hoggan, state livestock inspector, in-spector, who vaccinated about forty of the animals. Fourteen of the horses died of the maladies. The "no wheat'" appeal to those whose circumstances permit them to abstain from the Use of wheat and wheat products until after the next harvest, sent out by Herbert Hoover, received much attention in. nearly all the Salt Lake pulpits Sunday. C. E. Spiegel, ahout 50 years old, enemy alien, who was placed under arrest by Salt Lake police a few days ago because he had failed to comply with the law requiring all subjects of Germany to register, was released, after aft-er he had promised to register. John James, former state insurance commissioner for Utah, has received a telegram from George C. Greene pf the bureau of war risk insurance at Washington, summoning him to a ten days' conference on war risk' insurance insur-ance matters at the nation's capitol. Utah's husky artillerymen proved themselves athletes of the highest order or-der last week, when they took second place in the big divisional field meet, a contest in which every organization of the division was fully represented and in which more than 4000 soldiers competed. With the same indifference which he displayed at the trial for the murder of his wife at Salt Lake City in September, 101G, Howard H. DeWeese faced his executioners at the 'state prison on May 24. Four bullets pierced his heart. He was pronounced-dead a minute later. As an additional encouragement to the people of Utah to raise white flint corn during the present year as a substitute sub-stitute for flour, State Food Administrator Adminis-trator W. W. Arnstrong has announed that the food administration would offer of-fer .$500 in cash prizes to be awarded to the state fair. Suffering from several deep lacerations lacera-tions about the left eye, which may result in the loss of that organ, Alfred Lynn Patterson, 25 years old is in a Salt Lake hospital. The lacerations were received, it is said, when an emery em-ery wheel upon which lie was sharpening sharp-ening tools burst. Ernest II. Woolley will acquire the Delia sugar factory within the ivoxt week or ten days it Is reported. The Dalta sugar factory Is a 100-ion plant of the very latest pattern, with the most modern equipment. It was completed com-pleted last year and operated last fall, having a very successful run. A presidential warrant for (he internment in-ternment of George L. Wondling, who was arrested in Logan a few days ago as a dangerous enemy alien, was received re-ceived Friday. Wendling was arrested on the charge of having made seditious sedi-tious and pro-German remarks and ex-ressing ex-ressing the hope that Germany will ..in the war. The reports of the continued abuse of water users in Ogden have been reported to tlw department of waterworks water-works and orders have been issued for ihe inspectors to shut off the water of the violators. Inspectors fur the various wards of the city will begin their services on June 1 and will be kept on until the fall. Badly mutilated by the hoofs of a horse, the body of S. J. Redden, 3S years old, was discovered lying in a barn at East Crescent, near Sandy. Redden was subject to fainting spells and was probably trampled to death by the horse when he fell in a faint at the feet of the animal. To avoid a narrow and dangerous defile in Homansville canyon, on the road from Payson to Eui-eka, the state road commission has decided to construct con-struct the highway up on the side of the hills, using the old road in certain cer-tain parts to minimize the expense. Petition was filed last week with th tale public utilities commission by :e Utah Light & Traction company i r an order permitting it to use but line operator to perform the duties if motorman and conducted to a car niitside of the congested tlis.'tlot Id Salt Lake. 1 |