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Show FRICK TALKS TO UNIVERSITY IN Tells of Crimes and Criminals and Their Redemption; Club Elects Officers Trechlnc the gospel of clemency in' cases wherein there is opportunity ac-corded ac-corded a prisoner to redeem himself, i Justice Joseph B. Frlrk of the Utah! surpreme court, asked members of tho1 University Club, at their annual ban-nuet ban-nuet Inst night, if it were not better to Imd n hand to a felon, that he. may become an astet to society, than, keep him In prison and let him be a liability to the state that holds him. Justice Prick talked at length on j the Operations Of the state board Of pardons, the Indeterminate aenterice. law and the honor system In the I'tah atati penltentlary( which, under Warden War-den George storrs, he said, wrought remarkable changes in criminals and! unfortunates who were caught in thol meshes of the law. 1TTIS TOAST.M ASTER. President Stuart l- DdbbS presided at thr banquet and Introduced W 11. Wattle as toastmaster. During the banquet the club men elected officers and directors as fol-i lows: preaidanti J A. Junk: two-year dl-( lectors. H. C. Marchanf, J P Kowies.; Allium J. fiei lev. Warren 1. W attls one-year directors, T Hon lte.ison. Dr. Kelnhobl Kansler, Arch Moves and Harry K. Irwin. Theae directors will name other of-fn of-fn era, Including vice president, sec-retary sec-retary and trea;urcr. William 11. Loba treasurer, report ei the financial condition of the club In K I -b i pe. DISTINGUISHED GUESTS Among the distinguished guests present were Governor Simon tiain-l berger, hlef Justice Joseph B. Krick j of the I'tah supreme court. Justice! Valentine Gideon, Mayor Prank Fran-1 I cis. Col J. A. Howell, lion A. U. tleyWQOd, and Judge A. W. Agee Judge Prick began his address by remarking how he has been severely censured for his statements that It u.i Impossible to reform what he. termed the professional criminal "The man who makes it a buslnSSB of crime has not the moral fibre to reform. ' lu said. "Liberated. be again turns In rime and time finds j him back within the prison walls Hut if tho unfortunate, who by force of circumstance com mite a crime and is sentenced to prison, la given a chance, he generally makes good and becomes a useful citizen." PRISON STATISTICS. Ninety-eight prisoners were receiv ed at the state prison during the past year. I f this number 28 per cent ware natives of L'tah. The average number of criminals in 100.000 persons per-sons ln tho United States is about luo, th.- Justice said. L'tah last year had Bfl I rlmlnnls out of a population of 460,000, which Justice Frlck said was a record of which to be proud. "Of the 105 prisoners paroled by tho state board :3 have absolutely made good During the past six years only six paroles were broken. Of the. remainder of the 105 released, two have died and one was sent to North Dakota, where he is now serving a ntence In the gtate penitentiary Forty-eight sentences were terminated, II .'minuted and three prisoners were! granted pardons. "Through the workings of the Indeterminate Inde-terminate sentenco law, we placed tho paroled men in good Jobs, gave them' opportunity for redemption, but the jhl.-ds of passage, these p.-. ,- mn.il ' rimlnals, when they have discharged ; tin ii sentence, we give them $5 and a new suit of clothes. He does not want a Job; within a week he will turn to his own practice. and the prl .el acme time, sooner or later, will g. i him back, ihm siM, oNbmoNs .Mr. tleywood spoke t0 the rjniverst- i f lub members on the housing conditions condi-tions in ogden. He showed them where they could perform a com-mUl com-mUl Ity good by solving the problem of providing shelter for prospective residents. "It's a good task you should take upon yourselves, by which your jelly would reap benefit and you Will I have the eatsfaction of doing aozhe- I thlnK for y our fellowmen." Mr. Hey wood roundly scored landlords land-lords who refused shelter to men and women with children. 'No man with la throb In his heart can say anything against children," ho said. Judge Howell explained the preparedness pre-paredness measures of the United States government He said under the system of dividing the country into i nine corps areas, an army of 4.000,000 men could be raised Immediately In event of an emergency. Thla can be accomplished through the regular army, the national uard and the reserves re-serves under the war department's national defense plans. I II. said i i.-ib n would tventuallv . i become important military center.; Tin i irUi n .1 rsenu ! ftill supply the Pacific tott with ordnance and mu-iilli.ms mu-iilli.ms .ii)"l at the F.inie Hum 1). -.-.ife from attack. He Intimated that a supply Btatlon may also be established estab-lished hero. Bernard De Voto a member of th'-Jlnlyer.slty th'-Jlnlyer.slty lub, who was Rraduated bj Harvard last year, spoke on the j rutur.' if American Liberty." He said ln the spirit of Intolerance fos- I tered by the college mun. lies tho( ! safety of this republic Other speakers were Governor Bam-! berger! Mayor' Francis. Judge Agee, Justice Gideon, and John 'ulley Music was furnished by Miss Mary I Paxmley, Nile Helen Hunter, tin Gertrude Bojurq'n s. Mr" Norman At- klnaon, Mr Bernice Tyree. |