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Show MAN FROM UTAH ON 84TH DAY OF j HUNGER STRIKE WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. While Benjamin J. Salmon, h I conscientious objector, continued contin-ued his hunger strike which began be-gan July 15 when he was admitted ad-mitted to St. Elisabeth's mill J tary hospital here, attorneys for Salmon today sought to obtain ins release from the institution through habeas corpus proceedings. proceed-ings. The Civil Liberties league jf New York, is aiding in the effort to obtain Salmon's re I lease. Immediately upon being irought to St. Elizabeth's from Fort Douglas, Utah, Benjamin Salmon, whose home is in Denver, Den-ver, refused to eat and despite ' oartly successful attempts at forcible feeding, he has maintained main-tained his attitude for 84 days. |