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Show CONFERENCE STARTED Two Large Sessions Held Yesterday. INTERESTING SPEECHES Apostlo Smoot Eefcrtcd to Collins Cass end oinrnetl Parents to Do Cateful of their Children's Associates Asso-ciates Apostle Cowley Dpoko on Morals Jlobcr J, Grant llcportcd on State of Ills Own Health and on Missionary Work ln Japan Humor That Manifesto Will Issue Today. (Sunday s Dally ) The confertnee nf the Latter-Day Paints was In full swing nil das S ester-das. ester-das. The progintnme included two great githerlngs In the Tabernacle, one In the morning nnd one In the afternoon, u large number of smaller gatherings at various places, nnd an entertainment In the t veiling thut teste 1 the seating ca-paclts ca-paclts of tven that great uudltorlum Uoth sessions of the confercnto wero largtly uttended yeilterdas At tho ut-ttrnton ut-ttrnton session theie was a Jam ot Immunity Im-munity nnd many ptrsons failed to se-ture se-ture seats Most of the hli,h authorities of the church were present nnd the full time uf each session was taken up with addresses, piaser and songs bs the choir It was announcd that owing to the unusualls laige attendance, overflow over-flow meetings woull b held today In the assembly hall tho weather throughout tho day was Ideal but thero weie threats of a storm In the air last nlsht. Humor of Manlfteto. It wns rumoied about the cits ester-das ester-das that a manifesto would be Issued by riesldcnt Smith at the conference to-das to-das Tho rumor emanated fiom teml-olilclal teml-olilclal souices sesterdas after having been ln cliculatlon for some weeks. It Is said the manlftsto villi forbid member mem-ber a of tho Mormon thuich from marry-Ing marry-Ing outside the faith henafter Preil-dent Preil-dent Smith Is known to have pronounced pro-nounced views on this subject nnd It Is well understood by those In a position to know that he Is strongly opposed to members of tile church formtnj matrimonial matri-monial alliances with Gentiles The In-crease In-crease of marriages outside the faith lately Is said to have Inlluenced President Presi-dent Smith and hlo advisers largely In the matter It Is said efforts were made to Induce both the late President Woodruff Wood-ruff and the late President Snow to Is-sue Is-sue such a manifesto but without avail. It is understood the idea Is one that has nlwnss been favored by President Smith and the manifesto Is expected as a result. |