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Show PROTEST AGAINST ACCEPTANCE OF SILVER SERVICE Mrs. H. S. Owen Given Hear-ing Hear-ing Before Committee of Congress. WASHINGTON. May .O.-An appeal ha leeii taken to congress from the na.y department by, non-Mormons who havu protested to tho government ; against the acceptaj.ee of the sliver serv- j be for the new battleship I'tah. one piece of which bears the likeness of the I Mormon leader. Hrlghsm Young. The hm.se naval affairs committee incidentally incident-ally la Mruxjrllng with the problem as to whether it has Jurisdiction to take the matter otit of the hands of the secretary sec-retary of the navy. A delegation of women from I'tah. led by Mr. H. 8. Owen of Halt Ike City. -a given a hearing in executive ae-eloti. ae-eloti. In which the matter was urged on the committee. Mra. Owen told the committee com-mittee that the protest ants had been unable un-able to get any promise of action from the navy department, and Insisted on congress taking cognisance nf the situation. sit-uation. 8he said the non -Mormons subscribed sub-scribed as liberally for the service as did the Mormons, and that they had no idc-a the gift waa to symbolise Mormon Ism. |