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Show PLOT THICKENS I IN SMOOT TRIAL I lore Revelations as I to Religion. I Witness Wallis Explains H Endowment-House Cer- H emonies. Vt Many Teachers in Mormon College ll Not Believers in Doctrine nl of Polygamy. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Five wit-nesses wit-nesses were examined today by the Sen- ale Committee on Privileges and Elec- fl tiony in the investigation of protests jl against Senator Smoot retaining his lH eeat in the Senate. The first witness described the obllga- tions taken by persons who pass jJ through the endowment house and de- clared that every one agrees to submit to mutilation of the person if he or she reveals what takes place during the ceremony. Two members of the faculty of the Brigham Young university testified JH that they have sustained polygamous ll relations since the manifesto of 1S90, QH and a teacher in the public schools as- serted that the church has had religion taught In public schools. iH Mr?. Margaret Gedde?, a Mormon, ll testified concerning her plural marriage ll nnd broke down on the stand. The ll hearing- will be continued tomorrow. UH |