The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-11
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L deposit which forms
upon the surfaces of the
teeth and should be re-
moved by the daily use Of
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Goth Powder

States mails arc 100 fla grant to require
comment '"''0
while New York nj this time seems
TO be the center of investigation. in.
spe9etlon of mails handled IN the general
delivery system and the private boxes
of postofbces is being quietly prosc.
euted IN other big cities in all parts
OF the country. for it is impossible to
end the unlawful practice in one city
without stamping 1t out in every other
center. Postmaster Morgan points ont
the lmposslbllitv. of putting an entire
STOP 10 the practices on account of the
inconvenience il would work on inno-
cent persons, but he stands firmly in
tavor of restrictions strictcr than anv
ever before proposed for the United
States postal service.
View of An Authority.
Discussing the crusade today Mr.
Morgan said; The investigation which
was started three months ago into the
system has convinced us that strict
surveillance ought TO be kept upon the
general delivery patrons and upon the
postof6ce box holders, for il would be
impossible 10 do away with the system
But every possible effort is being cx-
ertcd TO discourage the receipt of mail
through the general delivery. The chief
reasons Tor discouraging the general de-
livery system lie in the possibility of
carrying on Of fraudulent enterprises
and for the aid of immoral purposes
With our general delivery here CON
dltioDS made II imperative to start a
investigation three months ago. The
particular cases under inquisition are
where persons for any noticeable period
call for mail instead of having it deliv-
cred.
Private mail boxes arc as unneces
sary as they are undesirable. They
We're abolished in this city FIVE years
ago because they were abused by schem
crs who dared not give their addresses
and by persons of both sexes whose use
of them would moi stand the light of
moral investigation. The latter evil is
naturally the more insidious. The sharp
er who uses a private mail box event
ually comes TO grief through complaints
of his victims, bnt the unfairhful wife
or husband, the libertine who makes
young girls his prey, the procurer and
all that class of people are rarely be
traved
Evil Outweighs Good
"Thc evil possibilities greatly out
weigh the good. The postotfice could
be maintained successfully without this
feature and 1T might. under some cir
together. OF course, mail boxes are
maintained here and at the branch of
fees, but only for business honses.
Former Secret Service Chief Drum
mond. who has made a thorough study
of the postofiice and its relation 10
crime. says: ''It is true criminals and
immoral persons find the postoffice a
great aid. The dealer in bogus money.
the fellow who sends by mail box of
grease as a medical remedy, the art
collector who offers 10 send a steel
engraved portrait Of Washington for
30 cents and sends a postage stamp,
and all that sort get in touch with their
victims through the mails. The chap
who wants 10 arrange meetings with
some other fellow s wife invariably
makes every use of either the general
delivery or private mail boxes. On the
other hand, The postofficc service has
been great help 10 the detective Re
strctionS became 50 urgent that new
rules arc being formulated which will
make it almost impossible for crook
to rent box i'm New York. The same
will become true in other big cities if
they follow out New York in this cru.
sadie. The general delivery ought 10
receive restrictions also.
What Comstock Says.
Anti-Vicc Crusader Comstoc6, a pos
tal inspector here, who rs famous
throughout the country for his per
SlSiPDl sc.ltU iol ~ VIZ
postoftice service and ont SAID;
'''The criminal. use of the postal IA
cilities keeps me busy, The evil IS one
which, ] think. cannot be wholly elm
mated by restrictions or by any rules
concerning the delivery of mail. But
laws have been enacted which mitigate
the evil TO some extent and these aP-
ply to all postofhces. As IN instance OF
such laws. the ono making IT crime
a., nni1r a assumed any
mail relating 10 unlawful business is q
salutarv one and effective in that II
makes the taking of such mail from inc
Office an evidence of CRIME,
N'In some sections of the country i'm
morality had become 80 rampant
through the use Of private mail boxes
that thc officers in Washington issued
orders that no married woman could
rent n postofiicc box IN her own name
without the consent of her husband.
One Case in Point.
on was pointed out by a postal in.
specior hcrc today that q case is at
present under the jurisdiction of United
! States Commissioner Shields, which
arose through the Offices offered by
| the postal system. The case IN question
ia that Of Syrous NJ. Drake of Hunters
| Vile. Mimi. who Is IN prison IN lleu
Of $4,000 bail charged with using The
|
pcrsons. Drake sent letters through tho
mails claiming he was about To settle M
thc 5000, 1000 900 estate of Sir Francis
Drake in England. These letters were
addressed TO persons TO wnom. DRAKE
said, money would bc coming after ih'
estate was settled Money was solIci
led to forward The, settlement. Mrs Mrs
Fanny eagle Of llodgensv'ilai ny. t2I I
wnrdcd $50; i. G., Drake of WhteheId
Kv., forwarded $50. and William M Al
Miller of Corsicana, Tex, eaye up Sl9o
On charges preferred BY BY Mrs RS. c"g,S {n,
Drake was arrested Whllc asNln2 10.
the New York postoflce on Thurs
day.' N, A. ,,o
Count Carl Won Mueller. the @ hus
band of nineteen wives; VINO nov
charges of bigamy and fraud, used the
mails for his purpose,
Mrs. Belle Guinness, the, negress o.
Lapor,e, Ind. turthered ncr Lll, p.oou,
.,.Ln,,o. I,,. matrimonial OIL crs thrOnSl