Show SITUATION IN UTAH President Mothers Congress in Detroit De-troit Speaks Plainly Regarding Regard-ing Polygamy Detroit May 5A conference of tho National Na-tional Congress of Mothers began tonight In Central M E church Tho sessions will continue until Friday afternoon It Is not a delegate convention but a conference con-ference of tho officers of the national congress con-gress and tho State presidents and organ isers At tonights session the visitors were welcomed to the Stato and city by Gov Bliss Mayor Maybury and others Aftor tho welcoming addrcsg Mrs Frederic Schoff of Philadelphia president of tho national congress made her annual a tl l dress In which she ail The mothers congress looks with deep cst Interest and anxiety upon the situation situa-tion In Utah where In violation of sacred pledges made to tho Government plural marriages arc still contracted The moral degradation of polygamy Is a blight which has already spread over adjoining States and Is Insidiously spreading Its poison In cities and villages all over tho land It Is not a question today for Utah It Is an evil greater than slavery and tho women of America cannot afford to remain re-main silent while such a menace to the homo lu In the heart of our nation America Amer-ica must surely find a way to wipe out an ovll which Is a disgrace to tho nation At tho meeting this afternoon of the executive ex-ecutive board the Homo Protective league of Salt Lake Utah was admitted to membership mem-bership In tho congress |