...Jh SIX MONTHS IN JAIL FOR PROUTY
fi IS SENTENCE FOR BOOTLEGGING
I : INFLICTED BV JUDGE BARKER
I la r sentencing Henry" R. 'Prouty,"
manager of the "Weber hotel," to -six
months in jail for bootlegging,- - this
morning, Judge George A. .Barker, took
occasion to defino his position upon
the prohibition law and he declared
for enforcement of every clause.
A few minutes later, in assessing a
i similar punishment upon a Mexican,
' ' Zumara, he issued a suplementnl
statement of facts and a warning to
those now engaging in bootlegging.
And as a second supplement, in giving
another Mexican, C. Chcflios five
1 months or $150, ho stated what those
I caught with liquor in their possession
s may expect in his court.
Ijffi "It Is evident that the public wants
r tho prohibitfon law and that tho pub
f lie wants it enforced," said the court
ll kin rr-c-lnn- T-.... lit
I -in juotjiutj uiiiiliii; ujuu iiuuij. i.
Jury returned a verdict that the de
1 ' fendant was guilty and I believe that
it is time to make an example and
i suppress the liquor traffic in this
' state. I am going to sentence the de
fendant to six months in jail."
"The evidence of eleven pints of
whiskey in the possession of a man is
5 prima facie evidence that he is a boot-
i logger," said the court in giving a
. similar sentence to Zumara. "The
traffic is illegal, It is outlawed and the
i profits gleaned from that description
of commercialism are illegal profits
Defendants brought before this court,
who are proved to be bootleggers will
be severely punished. The only way
to suppress the traffic is to handle it
seriously and administer punishments
that will cause those contemplating
similar pursuits to pause and reason
whether the venture is worth the
profits.
: "I am not inclined to think the man
who purchases whiskey for his own
consumption is as criminal as the
bootlegger," declared Judge Barker in
assessing the punishment of Cheflios.
"I may have some sympathy for him
, , because he is not in the business for
SctS profit, but he is guilty of a crime un
j dor tho Utah laws and, being guilty.
I Re-distribution of Sharehold
ings Begin as Soon as Man
agers Hear of Inquiry.
HOLDINGS DIVIDED UP
Francis J. Heney's Line of
Questioning Bringing Out
Inside Scheming.
VAbrllNGTON, Dec. 22. Rc-distri-,
bution of shareholdings of the Chicago
Stock Yards company was begun as
soon as the managers got wind of the
i federal trade commission's coming In
vestigation.
1 It was brought out in testimony be-
i fore the commission today that the
; same day a federal investigator ap
peared 34,480 shares were divided into
seventeen portions.
Testimony to determine the exact
extent of the packers' control of mar
keting of cattle and distribution of
food products were to be undertaken
'by the federal trade commission in the
course of its Investigation now under
way to determine first the ownership
! of the Chicago stock yards and rail-
i road terminals.
I'jjfl Heney Probing Deep.
IThis was indicated by the line of
questioning taken by Francis J. Heney,
1 special counsel for the commission
yesterday in seeking briefly to show a
connection between the packers and
the ownership of the Kansas City and
St. Paul yards. The questions were
i directed at Frederick W. Croll, treas
urer of Armour and company.
' Mr. Croll and W. M. Wadden, former
treasurer of the Chicago Stock Yards
tuf company, who were on the stand most
of the day, gave testimony naming J.
Ogden Armour as the packer who aid
ed F. II., Prince of Boston to obtain
control of the Chicago Junction rail
way and Union Stock Yards company
and turn It over to the Chicago Stock
Yards company controlled by them
selves " Fat "Melon" Cut
Records were introduced to show
that the Union Stock Yards company
Qfter the ro-organization and without
n.Bsots or business more than controll
ing the close corporation was ablo "to,
'lie' must fake "his punishment when
doteoted and the -case against him is
established. 'The liquor traffic in this
'city'must'stop the public wants the
law enforced -or-It would not have it
on the statute books. Everyone knows
of its existence and the only way to
escape the punishment of violating it.
Is to get right, act right and resist all
temptation, either from force of habit
or force of greed and profit, to handle
liquors."
Judge Barker's rulings this morning
probably will do more to. reduce boot
legging in Ogden than the combined
efforts of all other agencies since the
prohibition law became operative. It
Is a warning that, if the officers ar
rest a person for selling intoxicants
and establishes the fact that the pris
oner Is guilty, a punishment sufficient
tn hr rrrrml7frl ns a minishment a
jail sentence without right of payment
by fine will be meted out It is prob
ably the most drastic step, calmly
taken by a court who has original
jurisdiction over violators of the liquor
laws, ever made in the judicial annals
of a prohibition state.
The policy was decided upon with
out Intimating whether tho court be
lieved in prohibition or anti-prohibi-ton
it was a clean clear-cut, em
phatic statement that tho law of Utah
prohibits liquor and that the lav.- will
bo enforced in a manner that will
make it nexceedingly unhealthy for
those who disregard its mandates.
Indicative of the absolute impar
tiality of the court's ruling, Prouty,
manager of the Weber hotel, and who
was found guilty, Is a prominent lodge1
man, prosperous, intelligent and other
wise equipped for good citizenship, but
received the same punishment as did
a lowly Mexican, who probably just
left a Southern Pacific section gang.
Each got six months. Prouty appealed
his case.
It is a safe wager Ogden will be
bone-dry within another ten days
bootleggers will not have tho courage
to grapple with Judge Barker's decision.
cut a melon" of $3,000,000 out of Junc
tion Railways' surplus and declared a
quarterly dividend of S1,- per cent on
their $S,000.000 capitalization after
small investors have been given their
guaranteed 9 per cent per annum.
All Packers Represented.
Evidence to show mat persons con
nected with all the largo meat packers
arc represented on the board of direc
tors of tho Junction Chicago Junction
Railways' company, operating the ter
minal railways of the Chicago stock
yards was introduced today.
Frederick W. Croll, treasurer of Ar
mour and company, recalled to the
stand today, testified also that the in
fluence of the packers extended to the
real estate situation in Chicago. Attor
ney Heney said that Directors, Shore.
Henry and Fitzgerald of tho Chicago
Junction Railways company held the
central manufacturing district proper
ty where many large firms are located
as trustees for the Chicago Junction
Railways and Union Stock Yards com
pany in which the firm was interested.
Croll was asked whether the Armour
books showed all the companies In
which the firm wa sinterested.
"Do thoy show that Armour and
company were interested in a large
string of plants through Texas. Arkan
sas and Tennessee, which stood in the
name of Louis Ehl from 1007 to 1917.
asked Mr. Heney.
"I don't remember."
Mr. Heney read a list of companies
in which Armour and company were
interested, the list including the yards
at Louisville, Denver, Fort Worth,
Jacksonville, Jersey CItv, Pittsburg,
Sioux City, St. Paul, St. Louis, Port
land, Oro., and Toronto, Canada.
Payment of more than $1,000,000 to
three packers who had not appeared in
the record so far was accorded in a
letter from the Chicago Junction Rail
ways and Union Stock Yards company.
Payments "on account of contracts"
amounted to $540,000 to Schwarzchild
and Sulzberger between October, 1900,
and August, 1901; $200,000 to the Anglo-American
company in 1901 and
1902 and $500,000 to Hammond and
company between July, 1902 and April,
1903.
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ing production. A picture
whose climax cannot be pre
dicted by anyone. A most un
usual, exceptionally entertain
ing attraction. Alice Brady in
"A Belgian Maid.". Not a
war picture. New Utah.
THIS SUIT HAS
There is something about this
khaki colored wool velour street
suit, with its smart little hat, Its
trim lines, and its many buttons
in soldierly rows which suggests
its wearer might be an appropri
ate .walking companion for a
Sainiftyin hisuniform.
Enlisted Men Will Be Permit
ted to Aid on Farms at
Periodical Intervals.
WASHINGTON, Dec 22. Secretary
Baker has a plan to permit farmer
boys in the army to return to their
homes al periodical intervals to assist
in crop production. He-outlined today
to a delegation of New York farmers
who protested against conditions
created by the scarcity of labor.
Headed by L. C. Stiver, the farmers
representing the New York Federation
of Farm bureaus, explained in detail
the difficulties which confront the
farmers. They did not ask for exemp
tion of farm laborers, but suggested
that it would be necessary, either to
exempt farm labor, or conscript it. It
was pointed out that the crop of 1917
was short largely because of inability
to secure sufficient labor. This, the
farmers admitted, was duo somewhat
to the migration of farm laborers to
industrial centers, but the taking of
men from the farms into the army, it
was explained, had made the situatidn
worse and if tho crop of 191S is to bo
at its maximum some relief must be
given.
The secretary told the farmers he
was studying a plan to grant fur
loughs in the spring and the fall to
boys from the farms whose training
had been sufficiently advanced, on the
condition that they would return to
their homes. A compulsory leavef rom
the army in order to assist with tho
farm work, however, is no part of the
plan.
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TEIH WARD TO HE
CISMS SUNDAY
Members of the Tenth ward will ob
serve Christmas tomorrow morning
with a carefully prepared program of
music and song. George A. Goates will
be tho principal speaker. His subject
will bo "Tho Christmas Theme." The
program will be at 7 o'clock in tho
evening.
The opening number will be "Far,
Far Away on Judea's Plains," by tho
choir and congregation. This -wllj be
followed by "Jesus, Once of Humble
Birth," by the choir. Fred J. Kenley
will sing "Shepherd King," after which
the choir will give an anthem The
closing number will be "The Spirit of
God Like a Fire is Burning," by the
choir and congregation.
Every one is cordially invited to attend.
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I. P. THUNNELL, Ogden Manager ffi fH
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6. R. MICHAELS MOVES
TO -OH! FROM
TBI, II.
R. G. Michaels, of Tucson, Ariz., has
arrived in Ogden and taken up his new
duties as supervisor of the time-keeping
department of the Ogden Union
Hallway i- Depot company. He will
have offices In the suite occupied by
SupL J. H. Dodds and his assistants in
the Union station.
Mr. Michaels is an experienced rail
road man and particularly qualified by
experience and adaptability for handl
ing the time-keeping department. He
resigned a position as assistant head
time-keeper for the Southern Pacific
at the Tucson offices to accept a place
with the O. U. R. & D. company. Ho is
married and will move his family here
shortly after the holidays.
Mr. Michaels succeeds C. L. Carey,
who recently enlisted In, the coast ar
tillery of the United tSates army.
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OTHER EXPLOSIVES
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While the sheriff and his deputies
are working out several possible
threads to explain the presence "of the
dangerous bomb found yesterday
morning In the Wilson canal west of
Ogden, no definite clue has been dis
covered and the mystery seems as I
baffling as it was at first. Analysis of
the infernal machine, as made by W.
D. Chllds, chemist for the-sugar com
pany, has shown it to be a deadly en
gine of destruction far beyond the be
lief of those who first saw it. One
chamber of tho three of which the
bomb was made, was found to contain
nitro -glycerine, another ammonium ni
trate and the third black powder. A
combination of the throe, the chemist
reported, would cause a. terrific explo
sion. The officers are trying to puzzlo out
tho intention of tho person who plac
ed the bomb In the canal as they have
concluded the bomb would have been
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equipped with a much longer fuse If it
had been Intended to blow up at the
sugar factory headgates. Tho fuso was
burned for about three inches and (use
of the kind tho bomb was equipped
with burns at the rate of about a foot
per minute. This would give the
treacherous messenger only about
threo minutes to float from the place
where it was found to the headgale,
approximately a mile and a half away.
The presence of tho air compartment
indicated that the bomb was primarily
for use in water. The theary, however,
that this showed it was not intended
for use in water The iheory, however.
Provision company plant is consider
ed improbable as it might have been
effective in either element
M. S. Moore, who found the bomb.
and brought it to the sheriff's office
with F T. Flinders, in the latter's car,
has been assisting tho sheriff's office
in its investigation of the mystery, but
is also puzzled concerning the mystery.
1ES TUNNEL
I0J010E
Industrious, but unlucky, thieves
tunneled their way into the T. J. Her-
rick garage, 432 Herrick avenue, late
last night, unlocked the doors, sue-
ceeded in getting a Ford car out but H
became stalled and were compelled to
abandon their prize a short time later. IH
Investigation made by Sergeant IH
Kelliher, Detective Hobson and Officer H
Wiggins, who found the car this morn- IH
ing on Twenty-seventh street, near OH
Grant, indicates that; the robbers were
unable to operate it and were forced !
to abandon it Conditions at the gar- jH
, age Indicate that the offenders first M
tried to bore through the door and un
latch the lock, but, failing in this, they
went to the rear of the building and
tunneled their way into the building.
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