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Show iOE REPORT STIRS MAYOR Francis Denies Statements ' Attributed to Him in Salt Lake Paper Mayor Frrmk Kran Is Isisl night, dj -Inle'd statements attributed t" hlnl n 1 I the Desoret News as having I n " made by him at a conference of Og- d n clergymen and the city roinmls- ' slon Friday noon, to which the pastors pas-tors were invited by the commission-, ers to offer suggestions and reports regs rd ing the cTtyts. moral condition I Mayor Francis particularly- aimed his denial at a statement made in 1 1 , Sail Lake paper that he had remarked j "that the prohibition lavvw.s not popular" The mayor said he mad I this Statement, "that the prohibition law was unpopular to some person;;, but he though! the gre&l majority i citixens were in favor of prohibition laws." Mayor Francis also took exception to the statement that "the city commission com-mission was accused of i onntenanf-ing onntenanf-ing the non-enforcement of the prohibition pro-hibition law by ministers of local churches and stake presidents. The mayor explained that the clergymen were united by (lie commission com-mission to meet with that body ami report upon moral conditions f the city and also to offer suggestions which might aid in eliminating bad conditions, if any were found. Th-clergymen, Th-clergymen, he said, are working han 1 In hand with the commission to better bet-ter the city In every way. |