The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-16
BREEK TUG OF
WAR AT HAND
'tIas and SkIiris Factions to
Test Strength.
10Th HINT AT LEGAL STEPS
DOCTOR DENIES THAT HE Is
NOT A PHYSICIAN.

li Ashl which has been in progress
me past two weeks. bet,yee,, ms
49, 81. AtuaS on the one hand and
HAliIls on the other. the issue be-
~ determine whether the 20O Greek
eofers IN this country should 80,
to'uier guidance become rnen,bers
4 .S,,tf+,.. ''ea'c AtlnerS union. or should
4 4 Silisr,, IS alleged 10 pay PATRONAGE
4 -, - us ior the privilege of getting ana
1,.l,(-, tngir JOBS has reached "A point
nero lesai proceedings OF the part OF
Iactlon or the other seem inlmi-
Dr- ATLAS charges SkIiris with graft
'E creeks right and left. charging
Niis ranging from s. to SIS for secur-
Is d loD- and docking each laburcr
i ,e,, - month for alleged services as in
Skiiris alleges that DE- Atlas has prac-
sea heuicine IN SallILake without the
iHlsite state license He claims that
IAtuas has masQueraded in different
pafts or the uited States under differ
my names and that he has been de-
sneunced b. Greek papers for go doing
ne loca. labor boss is outright in his
4ss.talement that Or. Atlas is not
Any and all statements on tho part of
either has been denied by the other.
NoW ooth claim that the other has
seen entangled in legal proceedings. Each
suecieres he is perfectly willing that a
made.
OleekS Make AfhdavitS.
The latest development i'm the affair
Was the action OF several Greek labor
fcrs yesterday morning in swearing to
|aitidavits TO the effect that they had
.bfen treated by DR. Atlas for various
PAYMENTS. One of the Greeks included in
ms affidavit statement TO the effect
that he had paid the Greek doctor $50
I1of services rendered
In regard to these sworn statements
ice President A. W. Charter of the
.ot Miners, who has been drawn into the
lmorogiio through his negotiations with
DIT Atlas for the organizing of the
Greeks, said last night:
For DR.. Atlas. / wish to make an
emphatic denial that he has been prac-
ilclng medicine in Salt Lake or receiving
money Tor any service rendered Greeks
or anyone else. DR.. Atlas has been act
|1nS IN the capacity Of interpreter for DIT.
Ira Waite and is called upon by mis-
|countrymen for treatment. But none of
|1heSe has been professionally treated Or.
Attias has received money from Greeks
10 be paid to DIT. Waite, bat I'm no case
has nc received money nor has he given
r receipt in payment Of a bill for his own
services. He holds. I believe. 4 diploma
from foreign college
Says DR.. Atlas Is a Greek
Mr.. Charter assorted that any state
ment 10 the effect that DIT. Atlas is
Syrian. or is aught else than a Greek by
blood and birth. can be dspTOVed by "a
look at the books In support of his
assertion. Mr.. Charter showed a pass
port issued to Or. Atlas in 1890 by the
Greek authorities on the occasion Of the
bo8rer's visit 20 Chile. In this the med
jcO's nationality is given as Greek his
profession as ''ie doCteur."
Mr.. Charter further said last evening;
1T was not 10 be expected that the
hold which SklTis has over his country
mon could be broken. and the Greeks
brought into the union, without some
struggle. There have been assertions
made against myself and against DR..
Atlas. however. which are absolutely
false For the present am speaking for
DR. Attas and I desire 10 say on his
I.lalf that any Investigation of his past
- ,rd will be welcomed by him. The
claim that he is an adventurer. or that
his motive i'm wishing 20 see mis- fellow
countrymen organized is any but an hon
est one. is without ground.
MY OWL observations made during the
course of the past year and "a half have
convinced me that the Greeks for their
own interests should break away from
the brennan power 10 which they are now
subject
IN is acknowledged by both factions
that a show down is speedily due and
each is confident that it hol \ the win
ring cards.