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Show WOLSTENHOLME BILL IS PASSED IN HOUSE The Wolstenholme' bill, designed Jo strike a hard blow at the vicious element, was unanimously passed by the house yesterday. yes-terday. This bill broadens the scope of the pandering; law and provides punishment punish-ment of from two to twenty years for violations of its provisions. in urging- the passage of the bill, Mrs. Lily C. Wolstenholme of Salt Lake, author of the measure, said it was especially aimed at conditions now prevalent in the foreign quarter of Salt Lake City. At some coffee houses and low restaurants, where the patrons were exclusively foreigners, for-eigners, she said, there were American girls of tender years serving- as waitresses without pay and consorting in low dives with foreigners. The provisions of the bill are very drastic dras-tic and aro so drawn as to reach owners, managers and waiters in the places described de-scribed and also chauffeurs, taxieab owners, own-ers, hack drivers and others, who, In any j way participate In traffic in vice. I |