Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-26

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Shot Down q When the officers
Fleeing reached him he vas
From Shame. dead. a bullet had
struck him in the back.
ranged through his body naar the heart
and passed out his breas no was
IL that was dead z John Denny. a. mere
boy, a grocer's clerk. who In his life
time had BEEN neither better or worse
than thousand other young men Of
Kansas sCi lily. was the bullet of q \
poll Of ficer that XII He'd him and sent
him suddenly from earth. face to face
wit esponsi btlities Of the
future. as Joh I'M Denny a inurd erouss
Fdesperado? No. simply a grocer's
3clerk His reputation. SO far as it ex-f
tended. was that Of an ordinary young
man OF the city, who was either as
careful In the selection of his associates
nor as wise In his conduct rs riodelS
young men should be. Why should an
officer OF the law shoot down a young
man who was simple in his ways and
habits and ordinarily law abiding?
John Denny was fleeing from his
shame. He had cuarreled with the
keeper OF bawdy house. had thrown
beer bottles at her, and when the Of
acers were called, he ran, Commanded
to halt. he continued to flee until shot
down. The house of shame from which
Johri Denny fed to his death Is upon
the officially recognized" list OF Kan
saJs City's dens OF shame and 1t pays
Its regular fine to the police court
monthly Gentlemen of Kansas City,
another death is charged to- your sin
and 2oirs shame. ublic officials. min
listers CT Tho gospel. members Of the
churches. another death Is charged to
your neglect Of official duty and the
call Of cons Ience The Post has been
calling upon you to aid 1t N the sup
pression OF vice, but You have not heard.
" hearing, You have paid 10 Eeed.
Fearful warnings have been given you,
vet you are deaf and blind. "a few
weeks ago II was Cretia Blair, who
died In sfanie. Since then sl,era has
been q score Of nameless onas who
have. rassed beyond to ~ more merciful3
world. a few days since, it was Della
ovart who escaped from TIE clutches
OF her nlsis;icus sister. Gertrude STEM
and Il life OF shame. Nov it is John
Denny, shot dead While fleeing from hrs
shame Mr. Police Commissioners
YOU, Honor OF the Criminal Court, Mr.
Ii scouting Attorney, Ministers ana
Church Members. are you nor vet i,r.-
fressed with your responsibility kan
ss.s City Post.
Japanese Not long ago we were
War Talk wondering whether we
Explained. were going to have war
with japan; and if so,s
why? Officially Japan was saying that
such q thing couldn't possibly be- Off Z
cialiy ashington was CONFIRMING this
impression by Endorsing Japan's an
ouncements--and by sendig the At
latte battleship fleet into Japarl's sphere
of influence. Japan was telling tho,
truth. Such a thing couldn't possibly
be. But the war talk was all made
70 order at Japan's direction and at
Japan's expense. Just what Japan
was up to. none of US know--or at
least, none who know may tell. But
certainly j apan wanted an excuse for
increasing her army and navy tre-4
mendously. Against whom these prep
| arations We're made Is Japans secret
still. Whether they We're merely by
plans Of a European power or wheth-
er they We're by way or waging a war
lgof territorial annexation In the Orient
Is not here to be revealed. For what =
ever reason, It did seem worth while
to Japan to start something" as they
say on the Bowery5i in describing the
preconcerted brawling which precedes
| the picking Of pockets. It was easily
lSenough done the Pacific coast Is as
| quickly stirred UP by the mention OF
| the Yellow Peril as is a Cooper Union
meeting by q reference to socialism.
A. few score OF the ordinarily meek
and thrifty Japanese in California sud-
| denly became surly, impudent, arro-i
CANT. They demanded rights At
the proper moment Toxic began irri-.
tation from the outside. intimating
naughty demands for apologies. And
| then? From every capital in Europe
came demands upon the regular news,
distributing agencies for the fullest and
most intimate details OF .the impend-
| ing trouble between the United States
and Japan AS a result, from WASH
1 ington, New York, Chicago, and Den
weeks the air was buzzing with ru-
mors OF the details Of the serious diff
ficulty.'' In other words a huge punk
\ pot was set smoking under the struc-