Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-22
TEACHERS AND
BOARD DISAGREE.
Dsdagogues Protest Against
Drastic Provisions in 4.
Contract.
SUICIDE OF AGED E: GERMAN &. 4
Gabriel zwcislcr Drinks Carbolic Acid
Gus johnson Meets Shocking
Death Under Train.

OGDEN, May 22.--Tlle board of eclu-
cation Of ogden city finds itself up
against q very hard proposition, and 4 e
is very probable that unless The con-
tract it asks the teachers to sign
/ not modified to certain degree
The cityswill be without teachers for
the next year. This is the situation.
Al It appears here this morning fol-
loving a mass meeting of the teachers
yesterday afternoon and the board$of
education last evening.
At the meeting of the board last
evening a communication was received
tigned by more thar 100 teachers who
were at the mass meeting at the Com
tregational church in the afternoon,
!. protesting against certain clauses In
q the contract and asking forfan ex-ss
tension OF the time for the signing of
& the contract. II III
I AS today was the last day for the
signing OF the contracts, the request
vas granted and the time extended for
one week. That portion Of the con-
tract against which the teachers yigOr-55
pusly protest is that which authorizes
the holding back ofsa small portion Of
4 the salary each month as a. security
against InSNs Jumping OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES u
number of which occurred last year.
j. NJ. Bishop, principal of the South
washington school and who was re-
elected to that position. sent his decll-f
nation to the board and the same was
Nferred to the teachers committee.
The bids of 25 or more business
houses for the furnishing of supplies
next year was referred to the supply
committee and the superintendent.
Upon recommendation of Supt. Mills
The eighth grade graduation exercises
will be held in the ia bernacle, June A.,
& at Up. m.
The matter of securing quarters in
y The city hall was referred to the sup
.rintendent who is instructed to find
iuitable quarters for the Veteran Fire
mems association which will 5Nacate
rs quaters to the board.
SUICIDE OF AGED GERMAN.
OGDEN, May 222.-Ciab riel zweisler,
!, aie aged German who was sent to the
ihan gang at the city jail on Wednes-
lay through mistake and supse-i
luently released, died at the police sta
ion yesterday afternoon atI2:30 o'clock
rom carlobic acid poisoning, when is
BELIEVED to have been taken with suiei-
4 lal intent. III lg
The man was released early yesterday
vas received at the police station to
he effect that q man was lying on the
dewalll who was apparently very III.
s .pon the arrival of the man at the
pice station he was attended by Dr.
.Siforrell who found thai the man hal
frank carbolic acid. Everything POS
fble was done for the man but he sue
mmbed to the deadly drug.
The body was removed to the Rlcliey
Inr Ut
angenents Will be announced later,
The man was about 60 years of age
md had been engaged in carriage and
automobile painting for the past two
rears. AS fur as could be learned he
lss no relatives In Utah.
SHOCKING DEATH ON TIE RAIL.
OGDEN, May 22ea,--The body of Gus
+ Johnson, the young railroad man VIII
vas killed at Lakeside, on the south
III Pacific on Wednesday evening Wasi
,rought to the city yesterday and is at
a ale Larlin funeral chapel awaiting tn.
arrangements for the funeral.
According to the Information received
" the Office Of Srpt. Manson of the
Southern Pacific, Johnson was killed
i Lakeside by jumping off of the gravel
rain upon which he was working in
ront of the westbound mail train,
Which he failed to see. Almost before
he young man had stepped upon tho
rack the engine was upon him, and he
vas ground to pieces. The train was
topped as soon as possible and his l'a;'
s mains We're gathered up and brought
3 g Ogden.
1t is stated that johnson WAS max
ng arrangements to marry an Ogden
'irl next week. and was waiting for
'aytiay on Friday when he would coms
4 the city. 3ss
The BoXelder county officials went to
lakeside, where an inquest was he'll
yer the body The body was brought
o Ogden for internent. The funeral
Y VII be conducted under the auspices;
u and Scandinavian society.
NICK v.ACos PLEADS.
OGDEN, May 90. This morning, b.