Show Ii 9 1 JH tI W f IA f U W Yo II U A Va eI 51 CHIEF CHEF I TOPIC TONIC OF CAF CONF C NF R RE CEM SPEAKERS SAVING URGED AS MEANS MEANS' Of HELPING UTAH Church Leaders Ask Members Members Mem Mem- bers hers to Aid Home Enterprises Enterprises Enterprises Enter Enter- and Observe Word Wore of Wisdom in Daily Life Faith as a requisite to temporal an and spiritual salvation the nep ity r of f obedience to the law of tithing an and conformance with the Word Vord of or Vv W ts om omand and practical suggestions for securing security relief from the present financial de depression depression depression de- de supplied the basis for direction direction direction tion and advice given members of th the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints at the opening session of that tha organizations organization's second ninety-second semiannual semiannual semiannual semian semian- nual general conference which opened In the Salt Lake Tabernacle today President Heber J. J Grant presided d an and was the tue principal speaker Resident Charles Charle W W. Penrose of the first t dency and President John M. M Knight Knigh of the Western Vestern States mission and Ensign En sign stake were the other speakers The Tho Tabernacle was seated to capac capacity ty Conference convened promptly a at T 10 1 o'clock In his address to the people President President President dent Grant asserted that the tithing law was the best test of faith and th the best way of proving a true Latter day Saint Never allow one dollar t to come into your possession but that th the Lord receives 10 per cent Many persons persons persons per per- sons cannot endure the gospel because of the financial requirements it makes maltes and they prefer the loss of life eternal eterna to conformance with this law he said He claimed a right to speak on this thi subject as since my childhood days I 1 have never failed to pay a true tithing and I can testify as to the blessings I have hae received Other features of President Grants Grant's sermon dealt with present economic conditions and he called upon the people people peo peo- pie to be careful In their expenditures expenditure and to husband their resources Strict conformance to the advice contained it in inthe Inthe the Word of Wisdom he declared to b bof be beof beof of greatest importance both as regards spiritual and material welfare In It speaking of the present financial de depression depression de- de President Grant declared that tha conditions here and in southern Idaho Idah are perhaps the worst in the country due to our great distance from the big bil markets Yet ho he said I can remember remember re remember re- re member many occasions when condItions conditions condi condI- conditions have been decidedly worse OPENING CEREMONIES Conference opened with the tho choir choit and congregation singing We Thank Thee 0 O God for a Prophet President Stephen L. L Chipman of Alpine stake offered of of- offered offered of- of the opening prayer President Chipman asked for the inspiration of the Lord as a guidance to whatever might be said during the conference The Tho congregation then sang How Firm a Foundation President Grant made mado the opening sermon After Arter expressing his pleasure at meeting again agai with the Latter-day Latter Saints in conference President Grant referred to the opening prayer and antl declared declared de do- de- de I that he felt the request of President President dent lent Chipman had been granted We Ve desire to say sa he said speaking of f himself and associate general authorities au au- only those things that shall be for the benefit spiritually as well wellis as is temporally of the Latter-day Latter Saints The welfare of tho the people and the advancement ad advancement advancement ad- ad of t the church is our one ob object object ob- ob of of pra prayer er President Grant gave it as bi his opinion ion on that since the settlement bf of this valley alley by the tho pioneers there had never been Jaen a time of such financial stringency stringency gency rency as the present But this ho he de declared declared de- de lared was was' due largely to the mistakes and overextension of the people Actual Actual Ac Ac- ual conditions he said had often orten been worse vorse I think of ot the distress of ot the early Latter-day Latter Saints of their persecution persecution persecution per per- in New York Ohio Missouri and nd Illinois the pioneer trials in journeying Journeying journeying Jour jour- to Utah the sending an army against this people their starving from cricket pests and the confiscation of their heir property I realize that the Lord has Las sanctified all our troubles and that these hese trials and tribulations have fitted us s for a moro more perfect understanding of the he gospel And so too will these present resent difficulties s be made sacred and to 0 our everlasting benefit if It we face them hem with faith and hope and abide by y the laws as we wo know them PEOPLE i BROUGHT DEPRESSION President Grant declared that the present resent financial crisis had been brought rought about by the people launching out ut beyond their means Incurring debts and the consideration of ot luxuries l as s necessities i He Ho recalled a statement state state- m tent ment pt a attributed to Benjamin Franklin I Continued on page pago 12 I SAVING URGED Continued from page 1 questioned Dr Coughlin closely as to whether Meyer had suffered more pain on one side of ot the abdomen the side of tho the supposed intestinal rupture than the other He lie unsuccessfully attempted to In Introduce Introduce introduce In- In the hospital charts kept by bythe bythe bythe the nurses for the same reason TESTIMONY NOT SHAKEN An exhaustive and elaborate descrIption description tion of the condition of ot Meyers' Meyers body I during tho the two postmortem i I was given by Dr J. J F F. Coughlin under lunder I cross The examination examination I nation of the witness took up practIcal practIcal- ly Ily y the entire morning session i Tho The defense devoted much effort to toI toan toan an attempt to get the witness to say that putrefaction In the small bowel atthe at atthe atthe I the time of ot the second postmortem examination examination ex ex- ex- ex amI nation constituted evidence against the theory of the presence of chemical I poison polson in the tho bod body Under questioning question question- I ing the tho witness said that no preservative preservative tive Uve had as yet et been discovered which I preserved a body in its entirety WhiCh that I he hp HI d d not understand that the poi p poll pollin I in question had the effect of ot preset prese Ing a body for tor a long period of time |