| Show THE HE az SMOOT investigation Irl GAnn T ON the smoot investigation continues at washington by the senatorial committee it promises promis eg to be a ion long g drawn drawl out affair and a sul suit committee later on be appointed and sent to utah to gather further evidence president joseph F smith mith was on the witness stand for five days admitting c i that he has lived with his five rive wives since the manifesto of i 1890 S ao and that they have borne him eleven children since that time president smith followed on the witness stand by clara mabel kennedy of sevier county and her mother mrs matthews whose testimony Is is considered very damaging 9 to smoot s interests mrs kennedy was forced into becoming a plural wife wire apostle francis lyman iyman and C E merrill a son of apostle merrill were later called merrill confessed to living in in polygamy at the tile present time apostle lyman who i is in direct line of accession a as head of the church like Pr president eident smith admitted thatah that at present and ever since the tile manifesto was issued the laws of morality nd ad ol 01 the state were being violated the national association of the women n s organizations including all w diett mens s organizations of the country will meet at washington tomorrow for the purpose of considering action looking to the ousting of smoot five more witnesses in the case are to be heard and president smith will be rec recalled lied it is is expected that all the evidence of the witnesses wj will 1 1 be in this week john henry smith george I 1 easdale ca va sdale john F tayler na M F lowley cowley samuel b S newton J M na tanner I 1 anner and moses thatcher are to be bc subpoenaed |
