Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-23
MORMON|SM A
NATIONAL MENACE
IT IS CLAIMED
Meeting In Interest Of Nation
Wide Crusade To Be Held
Here Friday Evening
CRUSADERS AGAINST
POLYGAMY COMING
Will Speak In Churches Of An
napolis. Meetings For General
Public, For Adults Only

Irwin NJ johnson. Crusade Director
for the National Reform Association
OF Pittsburgh. Pa. which is leading a
nationwide crusade against the
crimes and treason of the Mormon
leaders. has arranged a series Of mass
NEE ings to be held in churches of
Annapolis. The first meeting will be
held in the Maryland Avenue NJ E.
church, 5 p. M. Monday. September
%, for the general pubic and viii be
addressed by Arthur c. Latimer, for
mer Mormon high priest, of Spring
field. Nc. his subject being-''Mor-
manism. A National Menace"
AT s o'clock Friday evening. Sep
TENDER 27, Mr. Latimer will address
men only, in College Avenue Baptist
Church. on the Mormon Temple Sc
cress and Polygamy" The meeting
for women only will be held in the
Presbyterian Church at 5 p m, Tues
day. October l. and will be addressed
by Mrs. Marion Williams. of Mime
apolis. Mimi. her topic being-'My
Life in a Mormon Harem."
Mr. Latimer was born in a Chris
tian home He and his parents were
OF the Baptist faith. In 1908, at the
age OF q, Mr. Latimer became a con-
vert to Mormonism through the eff
forts of Mormon missionaries then at
work in Springfield, Mo- Later he was
persuaded TO go West and turn over
all his surplus property to the Nor
mon Church. He was then taught
the divinity of polygamy, was in
structed to marry. and later, with his
to Salt Lake City, where Ne was in
Quoted into the mysteries and Sc
crets of the Mormon temple. Imme-
diately after his temple experience.
Mr. Latimer renowned the whole
Mormon system, returned to his old
nome in Missouri and is now disre-
garding the penalties for violating
the oath of secrecy, disloyalty to the
United States Government and OF feal-
ty to the Mormon prophet and is
warning the American people as to
the dangers and menace of a system
which he declares is criminal, dis
loyal. anti-Christian and anti-Ameri-
can" Mr. Latimer is the first man,
who, having been remarked in the
secret temple. has dared to risk his
life to reveal the ceremony and other
secrets of the temple. Everywhere
that Mr. Latimer speaks he is re-
ported as attracting large audiences.
Mrs Marion Williams was for
twelve years the second wife of
Mormon polygamist Her parents had
been early converts to Mormonism
and with them, when but six years OF
ag e, she emigrated to Utah from
Pennsylvania. Mrs. Williams is the
only woman today, who has lived in
Mormon polygamy, who tells on the
platform OF her. early contact with
Mormonism, of her woing by a man
already married, of her reasons for
marrying him, of her experience in
his harem. and her repeated attempts
to get away from and her final es-
cape from Mormon polygamy Mrs Mrs
Williams story is said TO be thrilling
and that no home-loving woman can
hear it without being moved to indig-
nation-especiall in this day when
the Mormon hierarchs have represen-
tatives working in European ccun-
tries to extend the practice of p0lyg-
amy and to inveigle war-stricken wo-
men and girls to this country as con-
verts to Mormonism. many of whom
will be colonized in the West and in
Quoted into polygamy
Mr. Johnson states that, the pur-
pose of these and other meetings be-
ing held throughout the nation is to
create public sentiment for an anti
polygamy amendment to the Federal
Constitution, for the closing of the
mails to the teaching of the crime of
polygamy and for action by the De-
partment of Justice to force an ac-
counting of vast government trust
fund held by and misused by the head
of the Mormon church. Joseph Smith,
who lives in Salt Lake City, with four
women as his wives"