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j : William Glasmann, Publisher. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER (Established 1870 ) This paper will alwayB fight for .progress and reform, it will not know ingly tolerate injustice or corruption and will always fight demagogues of all parties; it will oppose privileged classes and public plunderers; It will :never lack sympathy with thje poor, .It will always remain devoted to the public welfare and will never be sat--isfled with merely printing news, It i will always be drastically independ ent and will never be afraid to attack wrong, whether committed by the rich or the poor. I THE CONVICTION OF DIGGS The conviction of Maury I. Diggs In San Francisco could have been foretold. The defense was weak In allowing Diggs to make the charge of immorality against the girl who had been his paramour. The whole demeanor of Diggs and t'amlnetti ha6 been prejudicial to tholr cases. But the law on white slavery !n amended form is so sweeping In its provisions as to have made convic tion a certainty, unless the defense could have proved there had been no immoral purpose in transporting the -(i-'o t--. m Q.-..,mm.,iU. rx t? orrt The I statute says "Any person who shall knowing! transport in interstate commerce any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other Immoral purpose shall be deemed guilty of a felony and pun ished as therein provided." The Judge interpreted the law to mean that it was not necessary to prove that a criminally immoral act had been committed, holding that to de bauch was to lead away from purity, to corrupt in character or morals. "A man debauches a woman when by insidious approach." said the judge, "he breaks down her sense of. delicacy and perverts her moral na ture, arouses her animal passions and thus seduces her into lewd actions." Under that Interpretation, a man can be convicted on the charge of white slavery If he takes a woman on an interstate trip and yet com mits no act against her chastity. The white slave statute was en acted in order to break up the work of the cadets and procurers in the larger cities where girl6 were being enslaved in lives of shame and from where they were being transported to houses of ill-repute in smaller places. As the law now Btands, It reaches out and embraces even that misconduct between a man and wom an that does not approach In serious ness criminal Immorality, or does not even contemplate the breaking of the seventh commandment. All that le necessary is an Interstate trip and lewd conduct. LWJ HARRY THAW AND I 1 PUBLIC SENTIMENT. I Harry Thaw Is facing the possibility ! of being returned to Matteawan direct I from Canada, there to remain to the .1 end of his days. ' WVion Than' vuaa Violnv f-rl H fnr tVin I murder of Stanford White, Jerome . tried to prove him sane and respon- , -J slble for his acts. In the first trial. H he had eucceeded in convincing a ma- In Our Repair Department You fcHrj1 Get the Very Best of Servioe. CLARKS' J - . Just received a new I shipment MARY JANES 1 For 3 days only Your choice I $2-l9 "We show the newest styles first" Jorlty of Jurors that the prisoner was of sound mind. Expert alienists tee rifled that the slayer of the libertine was In possession of all his mental powers. Finally, Thaw's own attor neys succeeded in proving that their client was a paranoiac They had planned to have him Rent to an asyl um and then Rain his release. But powerful political friends of the man who toyed with Evelyn Nesbit and forfeited his life, fought successfully lo keep Thaw Incarcerated Public sentiment, we believe, is in favor of allowing Thaw his liberty, and the people generally would re joice If the fellow were to make a successful legal battle against extra dition This feeling Is due to the fact that Stanford White invaded Thaw's home; and that Thaw is not looked upon as insane That Thaw is not well balanced is made evident by his past conduct, but that he is a paranoiac, to bo classed with the dangerous insane, is doubt lul More than one man of sound mind has shot to kill wbep his jeal ousy has been deeply stirred Thaw, of course. Is not a member of society to be praised He has been a pampered son of wealth, a spend thrift, a debaucher. He ran wild until the night he went to the roof garden at Madison Square and there shot to kill. Since then he has had the so bering effect of a long Incarceration, where his mind has had opportunitv to rest and his vicious habits have been broken up Were he to gain his liberty, the certainty of swift punishment for auy further transgressions might serve to keep him within the narrow path of rectitude. oo THE MEMORY IS NEGLECTED. A wnter in the Philadelphia Pres6 regrets that the training of the me ory is but little practiced today and he tells of remarkable memories, as follows . England has a new prodigy In the person of a Northumberland miner, whose memory is so phenomenal that he can recite whole pages which he has read once without making the least slip, and repeat backward or for ward the most formidable list -t words presented to his gaze or read over by another individual Those who regretfully plead a treacherous memory may well envy this genius his remarkable gift Although itself unique and no measure for the aver age mind, yet something may be 6ald in favor of educating the memory, or, rather, putting it under discipline much as we do the rest of our mental faculties and without which undoubt edly they would be as weak or capri cious as the "bad memory" which becomes at once our bane and our ready excuse. Experience demonstrates that a man's memory is much more reten tive when young than later in life, and, moreover, we seldom forget the things in which we are deeply and vitally interested The person who cannot recite two lines from a book after half a dozen attempts Is not at dii naeiy to rorget the exact amount of a score of debts owing to him, nor any engagement upon which his heart is fixed. Blackburn, the famous Eng lish chess player, declared that he had but an ordinary memory, but was habituated from childhood to notice clearly "one thing at a time." He could play twelve games simultane ously Almost numberless mechanical schemes have been exploited to aid the human mind In its distressful plight of forgetfulness, but probably all put together they are not worth a minute's notice compared with fo cussing the mind with single purpose upon the one fact to be retained Curiously enough, oar expanding knowledge and the complex Interests of modern life seem to have enfeebled rather than, fortified the retentivo faculty. Before the deluge of books and periodicals, when men must needs learn by hearsay, it was con sidered no great marvel to remember and recite national sagas, sacred books, epic poems or treatises and orations. Even today, "far from the maddening crowd," are found individ uals whose minds are an epitome of local history. The German poet Klop stock memorises Homer's "Iliad" line by line, and there have been numer ous Instances of folk able to verify mentally almoat any chapter or verse from the NTew Testament. While showing the possibilities and j capacity of memory, such instances are becoming rarer, and somehow the average mind, momentarily hopping I from one subject to another or hur rteit - along' amid tnev kaleldoeooplo shows and images of modern life, re ceives no abiding impression. uu HOW TO BUILD UP OGDEN INDUSTRIES An Ogden manufacturer visited a city in Michigan where a certain wag on Is made. He mingled with the business men and they all praised the product of the local factory' a-no" said they would buy no other wagon The patronialng of home Industry was paramount with them and on that unity of action a city had been built The Ogden man suggests that we profit by this example. Nothing gives a manufacturing con cern more encouragement than to have the solid support of the com j munlty in which the factory is es tablished. This moral influence makes the manufacturer aggressive, and the financial support allows of a rapid expansion In the earlier stages of building up. which invariably Is the critical penod In an Industry We believe our business men could add 6000 to our population by get ting together, comparing notes and resolving to throw their business to home manufactories In a position to compete with the outside. This world that we live in is B selfish old world and communities that fall to realize the full force of that fact are handicapped In the Industrial race. SEX HYGIENE IN THE SCHOOLS The fourth International congress of school hygiene, which Includes sex hygiene, opens in Buffalo next Mon day. The discussion of this subject i has biought out a difference of opln- j ion as to the advisability of teaching sex hygiene In the public schools. A day last week the American Feder ation of Catholic societies went on record In opposition and Bishop Rohde declared that the only reliable safeguards were moral and religious, the maintenance of modesty and in nocence, and the Influence of relig ious Instructions. Considering the Catholic view, the Tribune of ( hica go concedes the Importance of these influences and admits the danger in volved in instructions unsupported by morals, but says.' "Nevertheless, conditions Insepara ble from any Democratic school sys tem Involve the intermingling of children of different ages and fferj widely different bringing up, chil dren of careful, pious parentage wltn children of parents who are not care lul, well disciplined or naturally re strained children with childreu un disciplined and uncontrolled. The moral strain upon this web of asso ciation 16 very' great, and all the sup port possible is desirable, especially during years of adolescence The ar gument upon which the sex hygiene movement rests is the fact that youth does not and cannot remain innocent of sex. but obtains its knowledge of ten In the worst form and too often at the price of tragic experience It is not a question of whether the youth should remain Ignorant or be in structed. It is a question whether it shall be well or ill instructed. It is frequently not the question whether Instruction shall be given In the home or In the school, for In the vast ma jority of cases It must be in the Bchool or in the street Therefore, the friends of Instruction are confi dent that, even if Instruction were an evil, it Is the lesser evil." oo DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS WEAKENED The Wilson administration Is hav ing its troubles With a margin of only one senate vote, and that doubt ful, the Wilson forces are uncertain of their ability to pass the tariff bill. Then there Is a split of the party on the currency measure, A well in formed correspondent in Washington predicts that the Democratic party will be hopelessly divided on that question and, If that proves true, then I the present administration is fore doomed to failure and the party to defeat. Word from the capitol is to the ef feet that the president and leaders of the house majority are disturbed over the possibility of a schism. "Nie situation Is thua described: There are Democratic Insurgents to harass the leaders, Just as there were Progressives to worry Cannon and Taft in the last administration, and the Indications are that the Demo cratic recalcitrants are starting out with greater strength than their Republican forerunners ever had in the house. "Led by Representative Henry of Texaa, the radicals startled Under wood and Glass, who confidently ex pected to put the currency bill through the caucus In less than a week The insurgents, after eotn preliminary' skirmishing, concentrated their effort on an amendment to the bill providing for fanners' credit based on corn, cotton, wheat, and other products The conservatives dubbed this 'corntassel ourrency,' and tried to laugh it out of court "President Wilson sought to Induce the insurgents to withdraw their pro posals on the understanding that a system of farm credits would be es tabllahed at the next session of con gress independently of the currency plan. "But the tnaurgents were not to be deterred. The more they argued for their farm oredlta the more strength they accumulated. Finally Under wood and Qlass capitulated and agreed to the insertion of a provision fothtftseoirnt- of farmers' paper But they did not surrender until It became apparent that the insurgents were in control of a majority of the caucus "This week the Insurgents are soinn to try to ameud the hill so as to pro hibit Interlocking directorates In na tional hanks This Is another ques tion that the president thinks ought to he dealt with separately. "This division of the house Demo crats was not unexpected, but few ob servers thought It would come so soon. Ever since the election there have been prophecies that the 2 Democrats In the house could not hang togother many months They have a majority of 143, which Is about 100 too many The Democratic lead ers themselves admit that It would be easier to hold the party solid If their majority were not more than fifty." T'nlesF the Democratic leaders can put through their tariff program with out much longer delay, they will be confronted by a business disturbance and an unsettled condition that will help destroy confidence In the party, and If, on top of that procrastination and inefficiency, the currency meas ure brings party discord, the Demo 'rate will be w hero Taft and his par tj were In 1S10 and thereafter. oo DIGGS MUST PAY PENALTY (Continued From Page One ) and Lola Norrls. their companions, had not missed an earlier train they would have remained within the state and though their offwnse against mor ality would have been the same, they would not have transgressed a Fed eral statute "This defendant," asserted the gov ernment prosecutor, "did not deny on the stand the truth of the es sential facts we have shown here. He had io admit them all The defend ant in a criminal case usually relies in the presumption of bifl innocence l.ut this defendant relies on his own depravity and licentiousness ' In seeking to establish that the trip was not premeditated and that the two girls had not been Induced to take It by threats of scandal on one hand and promises of marriage on the nther r 1 1 1 p- o wllllnvl toatlitaH tn his own misconduct and the embar rassments. don-stic nnd business, In to which it had led him. His counsel in summing up (he evidence, did not palliate these acts "Paint this defendant as you will a monster if ou please," argued Robert Devlin, his senior attorney, "but tell me what motive he would have had In going out of the state for the purpose of accomplishing those things already accepted Conn Bel may characterize him as they please and I may not differ with them. They say his act was shame less, and I may feel the same way about It, but it isn't white slavery."1 Blame Girls for Everything This was the whole argumentative substance of the defense There re mained the rhectorical and the emo tional appeals and of course they were not neglected The girls were blamed for tempting the men. They were called winning accomplices in what eH had been done and the wisdom of trusting a woman loved and scorned when she bears witness against the lover who has discarded her was called Into question A plea that Diggs be allowed to re turn to his wife and family, and to restore himself In the esteem of his friends and business associates was so effectively made by Nathan Coglan that it drew tears from Mrs. An thony Camlnetti. the mother of the co-defendant and had many of the other women In the courtroom dab bing at their eyes The two injured wives, who had testified for the de fendant, after hearing the most dam aging admissions from his own lips, sat immobile. Instructions to the Jury. In view of the contention of the defense that no criminally Immoral purpose had been proved, the inter pretation of the state by the judge was awaited with much Interest. On this point he said in part. The act. so far as here Involved, provides In substance that any per son who shall knowingly transport in interstate commerce any woman or girl for the prostitu tion or debauchery', or for any other immoral purpose shall be deemed guilty of a felony and punished as therein provided far as involved, means trausportatiuu from one state to another." "To debauch is to lead away from purity, to corrupt in character or morals, to pollute, to seduce from the paths of virtue. A man debauches a woman when by Insidious ap proach. he breaks down her sense of delicacy and perverts her moral nature, arouses her animal pa.-i slons and thus seduces her Into lewd actions 'As I have heretofore intimated to you, it is Immaterial what the char acter of the two girls involved in these charges was at the time of the acts charged. The act denounces the carrying In Interstate commerce for the Immoral purposes specified of any woman or girl, regardless or whether the girl or woman who Is the auject of the act be lewd or chaste, or whether or not the man has him self previously had Intercourse with her "If It appears that the defendant has suggested to or attempted to In dure any witness in this case to give evidence as to give evidence as to the evidence as to the facts In contro versy In anv respect not in accord ance with the truth the Jury should take such attempts Into consideration in determining the gut" of tbo de fendant." This positive instruction went di rectly to the testimonv of Nellie Bar ton, a friend of Marsha Warrington who testified that Diggs and his at tornoy, Charles S. Harris of Sacra mento Induced her to coach Miss War rlngton In the testimony she should give, promising her marriage if she did as they wished and Imprisonment otherwise, The defense did not contradict thla testimony. "The evidence is before you." con eluded the court, "and It le for you to say where the truth rests The do- I lendant has taken the stand in his own behalf and so far i f" t?Bt'- mony tends to cover the transaction Involved, In the charges against him It Is somewhat at variance with that of the two girls The testimony of the defendant does not cover the entire transaction. No Reference to the Trip After testifying to the relatlous be tween himself and Camlnetti ami I these slrls down to the Sunday nigln on which the evidence or the gov ernmenr tends to show the trip to Reno was taken, he stops short and has gleU none of the Incidents of that trip, contenting himself with merely referring to It as having been taken. This was the defendants privilege but in passing upon the evi dence you have a right to take thin omission of the defendant Into on sideratlon 4 Binc n is a legltl mate Inference that, could he have explained the ln riminatlug evidence against him h would have done so "If you find these girls were taken io Reno by the defendant in the man ner charged, then the only question remaining Is as to the Intent with which they were so taken There is a homely adage that actions Kpeak louder ihan words, and the truth of this is quite gj applicable to judicial inquiries as in the ordinary affairs of life. 'And ven if you find that the de fendant and his companion Camlnetti were actuated in their departure or flight from Sacramento by a fear of exposure or arrest but that neverthe less In taking these two girls along, tlure existed the intention to sub Jecl them to Hie Immoral purpose i - li a ro.iA t V. JffMJi I. II... It thai immoral purpose w as one factor In inducing him to leave Sac ramento and take these girls with him. it matters not that he may also have been actuated by his fears or other consideration moving him to take thai trip He would nevertheless be guilty." The defense look exception to the I charge In general and to specific in structlons Parents Hear Argument. Mrs. Diggs and her daughter Ev elyn, the defendant s father and moth el and his three annis endured the ar rn itrnment bj the federal prosecutor as best they might Summing up for the defense, Attorney Devlin admit ted certain immoral acts had been committed and the government had condemned them, nor could even the defense justify them But thought it might be shown that If the state laws of California had been violated, sure ly there had been no violation of the federal law Vn attempt to make capital of the story told on the way hack to Sac- j ramento from Reno by Marsha War rlngton and not brought into evj dence tn the government, though In its publication. was promptly squelched by Judge Van Fleet Attorney Devlin was contending that the girls, though painted as the personification of innocem e distress pd, were happy, contented and care free in Reno, were there because they wanted to be there and knew why they were there "Manha Warrington made ttate ments to indicate this, just after her arrest,'" he continued, ' hut those statements, in the possession of the government, are not here as evi dence." Court Objects to Statement The court broke In upon Mr Dev Hn "You must confine yourself to the evidence In this case and nothing else. Do not make any more of this Devlin set off on another tact The women's story out of this case and nothing remain?,'- he resumed. "And remember as you consider our story the vjndicti veness uf a woman who has loved and that whom the object of her loe has Leen taken away. Remember her power to blacken lives Remember her power to shield herself With the man In a case of this kind, if he tells the truth, you call him a cur. Ir he doesn't, he takes the consequences. "Paint this defendant as you will, a monster If you pleae but tell mj what motive he would have in going out of the state for the purpose of accomplishing those things already accomplished. Counsel ma characterize him as they please and I may not differ with them They say it is a shameless act and I may feel the same way about It, but It isn't white slavery and you can not convict this man of a crime he has not committed on his general conduct." Represses Sympathy Tactics A declamatory' appeal to the sym pathies of the Jury ba-sed on allur ing to the defendants' family and the injury to his future, was repressed by Judge Van Fleet. "The Jury cannot take these centi mental things Into consideration," he ruled 'They are not to be govern ed by their sympathies or any appeal to them or outside Influence " In closing Devlin shifted the blame to the girls. "If these men are to blame." he argued, the women also are to blame equally, If not more so It Is an unfortunate thing, but I must remind you that a woman will flirt with a man. lead him on, and he will go on and on till he goes bo far that he cannot escape her wiles and there is no hope left." oo SUMMONS In the District Court of Weber County. State of Utah. Utah Association of Credit Men. a Corporation, Plaintiff vs David Pugh, doing business under the firm name and style of Ideal Meat Market, De fendant The State of Utah to the said De fendant: You are hereby summoned to ap pear within twenty davs after serv ice of this Summons upon vou, 1 served within the County In which ) this action Is brought, otherwise. ) within thirty days after service, and defend the above entitled action, and in case of your failure so to do. Judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court. This action Is brought to recover a Judgment for $590.68. together with costs for goods, wares and merchan dise sold and delivered by J S Camp bell Co , for 5489 93 and' The Fred J Klesel Co., for $100 7.'? to said de fendant at his request within the past two (2) years; that said accounts have been sold and assigned over to this plaintiff who Is now the legal holder and owner thereof; that said accounts are due and remain unpaid JOSEPH CHEZ. Plaintiff Attorney ! P. O Address Rooms 403-404 First I National Bank Bldg , Ogden, Utah. I Colonel Roosevelt savs he is going f to Bins the Republicans of Texas I some advice. ya hop) th wlu both , I rend it WlMMugton Herald. i I AMERICAN PRINCESS, FORMER CINCINNATI U GIRL, MAKES A HIT IN PARIS SOCIETY M. Fouquiere and Princess Murat. Princess Murat of Russia, who was the former Miss Helen Stailo, multi millionaire heiress of Cincinnati, is making; a decided hit in Pans, where she is spending the prese.it season. Her husband is Prince Michel Anne Charles Joachim Napcleon Bona parte Murat, a descendant of Mar shal Murat of French revolutionary fame. YELLOWSTONE PARK EXCURSION AUGUST 28TH Only $36 75 from Oeden for Com plete four-day circle tour, Including all rail, stage and hotel expenses This is the last opportunity of the season to visit this NATURE'S WON DERLAND aud view th GKYSERS. THE LAKE. GRAND CANYON, GREAT FALLS OF THE YBLLOV STONE, and INNUMERABLE OTH ER WONDERS. Accommodations at beautiful Old Faithful Inn., and Lake and Grand Canyon Hotels For fur her particulars and Illustrated Itin erary, call on P. L. Beeraer. City Passenger and Ticket Agent, O S. L. R. R. Co., 2514 Washington Ave., Og den, Utah. rtr MODESTY IN DRESS WINS AT SHOW Chicago. Aug;. 20. "Hamlet" with out Hamlet, or you can have your cake and eat it. will be the niotit of madam's garb next fall. There will te silts without any opening, shad ow skirts without any view. It will I be a season of compromises These things are all evident at the r.nnual btyle review of the Chicago Garment Manufacturers' association, which has formally opened in Orches tra hall And they are authoritative, for It i6 the claim of the Chicago garment manufacturers that the fashions for a majority of American women are created In this city. But no one Is sounding any re treat Skirts will be just as slit as they were this year It is only that they won't look that In the accompanying picture the princess in fancy dres3 costume is seen with M Andre Fouquiere, dress , ed as a Chinese mandarin. AL Fou 1 quiere, who on his recent visit to America was in conference with I W President Wilson at Washington, is 3 III the well-known leader of French so ciety, and is probably the baat dreja i eo man in France. & way. The sensible A morgan woman, wjf. according r.o one leading designer. 4 jj, t.s Him graceful, smart effect of H -lit skirt, but she wants v'2 jit less sensational. J For which rcn-n In:'-' . ir- ieslgn ers have devised gowns with ruffles or flounces running around the bot- l torn. The sklr: is flit and of th I K transparent texture that the dictates of fa-l'.'iTi .on-.aud bin 'lie ihl'-k clr M cles of flouncing fill up the gap and ,H 1 1 ink.-- tho whole thing as impregna- 'D ble to vision as a Chinese wall, f j Smartness and modesty' What more will any woman ask? , i Beyond this there won't h- much i hnri' The narrow skirt with 1 I t-tralght lines will prevail Tbr will '" much more fullness around the. IB flips, however, avi -kins win be sjQg somewhat longer. Draplngs also will be popular. J Freedom is allowed In the cholcs II of colors and no one shade will be H mui h mi.. r,- popular than any other. jrfF If there i s any preference it is in JR .irirnij. shades of sreen. The same CTJ freedom is noticed in materials. If there is any preference in the latter itz it is toward sobriety, the Bulgarians I being somewhat more subdued and ljj the combinations of cloth less hectic WBt Among the novelties is what Is call- fW cd a tango skirt This is built along II the architectural lines of a coal shirt That is. it buttons around Id- j stead of going on over the bead This ia has the added advantage of provla- JJJU ins an elastic slit, a sliding scale of j HI frankness. The wearer can leave as I IS many of the lower buttons unbut- Jti toned as she chooses. "4t Evenins sowns will have the same S general tendency, although there wlN um be more room for origiuaiity of treat- K. ment. One of the novelties is what Is known as th butterfly wrap." There Is a technical description: "Coral -colored brocaded faille cut L from one piece, draped to give the butterfly oli t A moj' unusual col- SSI lar effect is ooiained by a lar;e bow Cj made ot moleskin. The wrap Is worn Eli over the butterfly evening gown la lki coral -colored crepe, meteor and chif- fcgV fon trimmed with rhinestones ." "as w wZ If s 1! I NOTICE THESE H 9 ITEMS I " uro sn? Children's School Hats 60o Too f gj tad fl.OO goods, for 25- M Children's Waah Dresses, special 4S 7 S Women's and Juniors' Dresses, special extra Va,""S 75c H y Women's Wash Dresses, iRl.50 values; late ar- ) J1 i r,vml; newgoods; all sizes, at .... 9So II W K II 8! ii ? PREAD QN TABLES IN THE REAR U Ww