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Show BOMB SHELL IS SET Off BY PEET Editors in Ogden Canyon Stirred by an Effort to Place All Newspapers News-papers in Utah in Contempt of Court Excursion of Utah Press Association is a Success. I cause the news-papcr had published j the confession of Harry Thome, slay, i cr of Grocer Fassell. Peet pictured the judge's action as an attempr to throttle the liberty of the press of the state and urged the delegates to make official protest against it. Excitement prevailed for several minutes, but a motion to table tho Peet resolution was Dually adopted by o majority vote and the matter was dropped. The morning session was not adjourned ad-journed until 1:30 this afternoon, when the delegates were served with dinner In The Hermitage dining room. Following are the names of those who took part In the convention: W. B Pratt, Beobachter, Salt Lake City; N C. Hlcke, Provo Post; L. Dahlqulst, Utah Posten; J. W. Harry, Smithfield Sentinel: X. J. Peterson. CV-nlvillo Times; John Stahl. Clipper. Bountiful; N Norton, Bit of Bits, Salt Lake City; J. M- SJodahl, Salt Lake Neserct News; C. J. Brown, Salt Lake Herald-Republican, R. V. Brown, Western Newspaper Union; J. M. Boy-den, Boy-den, Mount Pleasant Pyramid; Chas. England. Logan Journal; A. H. Schult-hesa Schult-hesa of Salt Lake Beobachter; V. S. Peet. Independent; L. H. Gray, Salt j Lake Argus; S. E'. DePa?s Salt Lake j Tribune; J. S. Barlow, Murray Tagle; J. T. Jakeman, Salt IaWe Searchlight; E. H. Anderson, Salt Lake Era; Gus Gordon, Logan Journal; J. T. Giles, of Giles-McAllister Ndvertlslng company; I A. Merrill. Deseret Farmer; J. M. KlrkhMn, Lohl Banner; H. C. Hicks, Provo Herald; Otto Rydman, Korres-pondenten. Korres-pondenten. Salt Lnke City, Sh;ro Iedo. Japanese Times. Salt Lake City; Fred Turner, Logan Republican; J. S. White. Farmlngton Reflex; Vernon Felt, Farmlngton Reflex; Mrs. Ixjulo Felt and Miss May Anderson. Children's Chil-dren's Friend, Salt Lake City: II. Nerd-ley. Nerd-ley. Blkuben. Salt Lake Cltv. e. A. Br.ts, Enterprise; I E. Dlehl. Main moth Record N. B. Dresser, Burtner Chronicle; W. H Chapwell, Tremon-ton Tremon-ton Times Manv of the delegates brought their wives and maJe the day one of pleasure pleas-ure as well as business. It Is expected that a number of the newspaper men will stay In Ogden for a day or twoa nd make another trip to the canyon for the mere pleasure pleas-ure of the trip. One. of the big advantages ad-vantages of holding the mid-summer convention! n Ogden canyon was seen, or rather felt, in th coolness of the convention hall It Is hardly likely like-ly that a more satisfactory place for such a meeting could have boon found in the state. The quarterly meeting ot the Utah Press association was held at Tho Hermitage today, the trip up the canyon can-yon being made In a special car under ihe personal charge of Supt los. Bailey Bail-ey of the Ogden Rapid Transit company. com-pany. More than twenty Utah publications pub-lications were represented at the convention con-vention and, both the morning and afternoon af-ternoon sessions were alive with discussions dis-cussions of great import to the newspapers news-papers of Utah. The convention was called to order by President A. H. Schulthess," who presided during the session. Perhaps the most important discussion discus-sion that came up during the morning morn-ing meeting was that of advertising agencies John S. White of the Farm-ington Farm-ington Reflex spoke to some length on the subject Irom a country editor's edi-tor's standpoint.' accusing the advertising adver-tising agencies of discriminating against tho;- country weeklies and of attempting to beat down tho advertising advertis-ing space rates made by the country publishers. " "The country paper," said Mr. White, "is still tho old familiar letter from home. The editors of weekly papers once feared that the growing circulations of the city dallies in the country would displace the circulations circula-tions cf the weeklies, but we are finding find-ing out that this was a vain fear. The circulations of the country week-lies week-lies have not been lessened by -the daily newspaper invasion ; but I believe be-lieve that we are discriminated against unjustly by the advertising agencies, who continually favor the city dailies." dail-ies." - : 'J. T. Giles of the Giles-McAllister advertising agency of Salt Lake City, was given the floor and denied that there was any unjust discrimination made by his agency against any country coun-try weekly, "There Is no sentiment in our business," he said, "and if tho country papers cannot show us results, we Cii't use them." He accused country editors of not telling the truth concerning their circulation cir-culation nnd stated that they were lax In their business methods; that the advertising agencies were constantly educating now business concerns to advertise and that in this respect the agencies were a direct benefit to the publishers of newspapers. A number of heated speeches, b th for and against advertising rigeucles. were made, several of the woeklv editors ed-itors claim. ng that they had not received re-ceived altogether fair treatment in their dealings with agencies. A bomb was exploded in the convention con-vention wbe,n V. S. Peet of the Salt Lake Independent introduced a resolution res-olution of protest against the action of Judge Lewis, who recently caused the arrest cf the editorial staff ot the Salt Lake Herald-Republican on a charge of contempt of court be |