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Show which was therein laid down was doIng th&twhlch.was in disobedience ol the command ofjGod. The Jabernale was taoced to Its capacity to accommodate the tbfongi that attended the second clays ses- -- j . ! -- sions.1 he Speakers at the morning S. O. Bennlon, president ol e (he central states mission; OBEDIENCE TO DOCTRINE. IS COMMANDED BY SPEAKERS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE. Principle of Church the Succession of Principal Topics , President Smith German Elhwoith, president of the northern states mission; Moses W. Taylor, president of Summit stake; Joseph R. K Murdock, president ot Wasatch stake, and A AHlnckley, president of DesGovernment and eret stake. WellAt the afternoon sesglo.M.-'M- . Presidency the Itlver of Uttf stake; ing, president Discussed by William A. ITydcf president of the PoIn Address. catello BtakC Frank y Taylor, presi-- dent of'GranUe staked L. W. Shurt-liff- , president of Weber stake;IIeber C. Austin, president of Bingham stake, and O N Stohl, president of Box' Elder stake, were the speakers. Fait Like City? TliAe wg the larg-8session, attendance at tbe annual on April 4. of' the eighty-tjftrc- j conference of any leoent. spring least persons bring ' present The prenHenry of the ehurch, tv i(U fit of the apoHtles of the (hurt'll ng two and all of the first seven l',esllents of seventies of the church pore jiicHeiit, with the pVesjdlnR patrl-'Triami the presiding bishop and his -"(unseloiB. I'rpHjileiit Joseph T,KinUh and First Counselor Authon II. Land were the speakeis at the opening session, while v. A. Halils, president of the southern In J. Ballard, presxiateB mission;-Melident of the northwestern states Josejdi Tf the California mission, aml lten E. Ituli, president of the eastern states uLsion, spoke at thetaffernoon ses-1 some time in a comprehensive study of the needs and possibilities 7,0 The conference came to a close oi he has already of, the two charitable Sunday with three great - meetings, established and in enterprises formation of the directing the attendance being estimated at 18,? till a of which he has the highest hope. third, 000. By resolutions adopted by th The Institutions which are already in existence Saints the tonference was dec la red Mr. Strauss activities are known as the through to have been the most helpful in years. N at h an- - 8 1 r aus Rel I e f'Tu n d a n d the Health Buot Hhortaddrescsby7members The first operates exclusively among the reau.) the. quorum of apostles along doc- poor of while the second extends Jerusalem, trinal lines wlthrthe sustaining of all over'atl'of Palestine and concerns some 600,000 authorities without change and A unan- persons. Now he proposes to Introduce the sysimous votethat the conference had. tem which so "successfully employed en been pnp of thmbest In the hlstoryof here of, providing trained nurses to tltpThnrcb marked tbe afternoon ses-o- disseminate hygienic knowledge in districts where modern methods have .The speakers , were Jleber J. Grant, hitherto been unknown and to teach Hyrum M. Smith and Orson F. Whit- medical principles so that he ney of the apostles; llyrum O. Smith, of the people In regard to such of what Is the only medical lab-- , presiding patriarch, and Brigham II. subjects may be dissipated. oratory In all Palestine. With this Jtoberts of the first seven presidents of ,Jn this way he hopes to supplement as a basis the work has been exn. z' seventies, while only brief remarks. he .equipment -- with which' for tended from Jerusalem, where It lTintlples of.ruurrh government and supplementary 16 some of the ad past year he has been fighting diswas started, to every part of the .he succession of the piesldenty of dress were made by President Joseph ease and to secure the employment country. NOw it is firmly estabhe chordi were the principal topics F, Smith, who presided. of modern 7 Ideas in a campaign for lished and growing every day." One of the distinctive features of health and the rout of disease breedby President Joseph F. tlfecjnistd Money for, Its continuance Is furTul th IirTTIsTipehTug address. In com- the conference was the selection of ing habits. Under his direction the nished by Mr. Straus and great Inmenting on the attendance atthe speakers, many of them being chosen first steps have been taken that the terest is taken In. the work by the Americans who were responsible ipening 6f the conference lie said that fiom the ranks of the stake presidents. dwellers In the city of Jerusalem and Addresser were dollvered by tbe pres- the surrounding country have ever for (he establishment of the agriie.w u s. particularly - well pleased -mso conditions permitted practically idency, but only live members of the known for the relief of the condicultural station. The physician In charge of the iI of tbe leading officials- to be pres-i.t- , quorum ot apostles spoke from the tions that have so long Impeded the bureau is Dr. Brpnn, a with the exception of Heed Smoot stand In the tabernacle and only one commercial and Boctal progress of of the Turkish empire. ml Flaw son. President member of the first seven presidents of that port-ioRmlger graduate of thejlnl--versltPalestine' l Mr. Straus and con.was a heard at seventies of Berlin, wbo had done regular ?mPh. In eommenting on their so, me American work-i- n colleagues became The German' colonies In said jlhat Stnator Smoot was feronce session of the situation been over-bcognizant V. Penrose of The first presiCharles central and had settled in Africa in good causa Mgojed the many medical mlssion-ar- t Jerusalem. He was recommended ii'iiTi tor the ministry and that bis dency and Francis M. Lyman, presimovements that have been startdent of the quorum of apostles, were to Mr. Straus by Dr. Aaronsohn, spirit and influence is a sered by various countries In most othIn service at the tbe and in hi3 hands was placed the 1b speakers morning um. lor good ipd bis example the tabernacle, while (he morning er quarters of the globe. Now Jit Is organization of the enterprise.' The As always praiseworthy. president proposed to do everything' that money equipment for the laboratory was of the Hiitish mission, lie said Hudgoi overflow meeting in Assembly hall was and energy can accomplish to pdsh a Imported from Germany at consld-- ' "law son was poilorming .great sesabo In charge of GeorgeF. Richards of ths of erable cost and is of the most thod-er- a apostles, .assisted by progiam of enlightenment and relief ' lor the cb m cli. i quorum there and so good a beginning has and Halt Chaifell. kind, suitable for chemical Young Jresident AntonJ LLmul, first couq-.closeventies and Andrew Jenson, been made In the work of the existanalyses and examinations necesIn the first presidency, cgav'Jfc ing movement that Mr. Straus has assistant church historian. sary In the determination of the 'rjef. historical review of the was read from Apostle been Inspired to take for the time nature of disease. .telegram ,A lie Iteed by revelation being personal charge of affairs. Dr. Brunn became acquainted Senator SmootvataWashlngton, Tb" urged greater activity In the' Details of the work that is" being Mr. Straus when the latter his with at Smoot expressed regret inability done In Palestine at the of religion classes time present ill as he was about to to was taken be the at but he conference, present lien E. Hlch, piealdent of the east-r- was e future are told return to this country last spring. his brethren and slater!- Jp ando plans .with states mission, spoke on the rea-h- the by Dr. Aaron Aaronsohn,1 head of the the doctor The accompanied , spirit, he wired. of the Mormon imiwrtance PalesJaffa In from From Neyv York came a message Jewish agricultural experiment philanthropist much and theriioltef in the Bible ana from located near Jerusalem tine to Naples, reaching there just John W Young, a son of Presi- and xfhlch is Is conducted Jn conjuncn the death and resuirectlon ol abbut the time of the Titanic disdent Brigham Young, lie congratu- tion with Theheilth ' ssorouXA eni Jit list. bureau started gYuwrtAvooO , s In which lsidor Straus lost QTjr&CZSIZ&Sir lated the Saints wnd 'the authorities aster, Dr. A&ronBohn came by Mr. Straus. C, pres1dentofthe hls life. Nathan Strauss condiupon the continued growth of the to this country to states mission, referred to movement and report to the department of expenditure of both time anda great deal of tion was made more serious by this loss and the conveyed his very best agriculture on the results of. f io t hecies of stonn and flood and deexperiments In The w Ishes. moneyTiederoted himself to the object, with a young physician stayed with him until he was development for Industrial purposes of the growresult that has now far exceeded even the most scribing conditions ln)lj1yand That cemented a to sail for America. able Xot only was the conference one of ing of "wild w heat, w hlch Is found In profusion asserted that tnese devasta-lion- the best dn sanguine expectations.. and gave Mr. Straus the utmost confrom point of at- In the friendship history farming sections of hls native fountry. were in fulfillment of prophecy The first thing he did was to start the Nathan fidence in the success of the bureau. tendance, but all of the speakers were Since he has been here he has made an extended f the events that would come before Straus Relief Fund, of which he Is the sole supReturning from Naples to Jerusalem, Dr. Brunn at their best, and the visiting Saints trip through .California, Arizona and Texas at the be end of the world. . porter. Discovering that great numbers of the set about the still further extension of the plans were regaled with words of counsel request of the agricultural department to Introaged and infirm of Jerusalem were without means T?lelvin J. Ballard, president of tjie and cheer, and The bureau is modeled as closely as possible encouraged by the re- duce and direct experiments' with the wheat In of support and were frequently In the throes of aorthwestern states mission, delivered ports of the growth of the church In those states. upon the board of health of New York, the restarvation because there was no organized means stirring address in which he, outlined every department ports of which are sent to Palestine and lnforma- - It was directly of relief in the city, he started two soup kltcheju through the discovery by Dr. Tiorv'ln he growth of the ehurch in strength, regard'To"whIchhaa been liberally furThe musical numbers were of 'the Aaronsohn of wild wheat that the Jewish agrLagcrknd'slhce'that time the nished by the officials here. Dr. Brunn has never mUuence and membership and men-- I highest .order, adding to the success of Btltutions have been working night and day with experiment stali6nTn Palestine was been In this eountry, but Is planning a trip here oned the requirements of nieniher theTonfcrence; He was born and brought up in that founded. results. great In tbe near future to study local health regulaIn retardihtp in the church as factors Seventeen missionary Each day from 600 to 800 men and women and country, the son of a native farmer and after tion at close range. Dr. Aaronsohn says that of th the Mormonism, saying .connection with the Mormon church receiving a medica education he came to this gtow ,cig children are fed at these .kitchens and the food of the bureau's chief has been most work the ,hat he believed that this slow giowth conference were held In various parts country to see what reception he would have r receive IheraJs they In every way. and up remarkable as for a divine puipose. of ihe city- - Saturday night. These In- hlstheoriesJhaCthe cultivation and adopHonofJ theyjesure--- lines are draw a anc! persons At the present time 'Dr. Brunn has two young of all religions are entitled to the aid. cluded, missionaries who Jhad'laboreiT the ...wheat for commercial pufpos'cswould tend doctors assisting him and also two nurses. It Is In The following missions, together to cheapen foodstuffs and render usable many Rut Mr. Straus was not satisfied with the soup The second day oLike eighty-thir-d not possible to do any actual hospital- work, but 'Snnual conference of the Church of with former and present residents;- - arid dlstricts tn the west where nothing could , kitchens. They were a remedy for a disease, methods, of checking and preventing disease are but he sought a preventive for the ailment that Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints was Australia, California, central statea, grow before! Tie yas favorably received by the taught all through the country. was producing vagrants and beggars in the Holy devoted to addresses by mission and French, Hawaiian, Hull, Leeds, Man- - federal agricultural authorities and on his trip Whenever an epidemic starts a temporary . met the men who ultimately' united to form the New Zealand Hls Investigation disclosed the fact that City. stake presidents, 'Only one address Chester,' Newcastle, .ls estahlished kt the' spot, w ith one of the camp, was delivered by a high official of the northern states, northwestern . states, station of which he is now the- - head. Julius ,...nianX Pt young men ond young 'Women' were bureau physicians in charge, and the people The "hoard never trained to support themselves in any way church. That was a biief talk at the Nottingham, Scottish. Sheffield,. SputlllJRosenwald, of Chicago affected are directed in their fight against the and were virtually dependents from childhood on. African afuT'vi estern"statcs., At each of directors of. the station and members of It are opening of the fprcniUOix.Aotoa trouble. In one settlement of. sixty persons It So he decided to eduoato them In come useful of these meetings there was an . ex- - Oscar Straus,., Pwil M, Warburg, Isaac NSjelig "Apostle George Albert Synth, was found that laO days of illness had been the. SchlffT'Tlm late lsidor Straus occupation which would prevent them from beThe stake pres5demyand eoHontpros:i any. average each months In one year this. average was also affiliated with The Organization, and so coming useless Jn old age and would make them had been cut down to thirty-sipresidents, w ith one exception, repredays,- an accomcreditable citizens. IsJMathan Straus ; sented tbe yoi&ger men in the miniswhich has been characteristic of the plishment With a plan for the Industrial betterment of One of the principal businesses of Jerusalem work in every place where It has been put Into try. All of them were of the third and y Its and Is Palestine under Inhabitants the selling of small objects of art and other way, which a was fourth generations, (act operation. . do-u bw-anecewafy-tsouvenirs to .the throng jot tourists that nock to something for the dwelt up m as Indicative of the con- after the close of the con- - j Not only does the bureau educate in preven. of the people themselves, I alleviation the city every year. Seeing something to be t iVpation of the faith throughout The fuence session Charles W. Penrose tion methods, but the physicians, so far as they tnce U bwn found gained In this, Mr. Straus hired skilled artisans, healthy, men to do PresMent are able, treat afflicted persons andt best of ail, it.ous Joseph. F of the first presidency presided In the secured buildings which were flttedw1thpropei -- distribute Smith, remarked that while most of absence of Anthon 11. Lund. medicines free of charge. Malarial -In the countrjMW as .very of rate The and started ah lndustrial school fot mortality. machinery fever has lopA been the scourge of Palestine and those Vho had spoken were of the Apimintments for stakeconferences general-healtlow so a of standard the manufacture of the salable souvenirs of Jeru-tha- t hlgtramYThe Third q fourth., generation, he could of The MA; monThufcir from April the fight against this has been carried on in tw-soon became evident that something must it salem. This venture proved an immediate sue-bat a dozen 28 ioduce least' filth to 6f have been made by w"ays, first by sanitation and second by quinine. the, September j done to improve conditions if the agricuBurai- - cess and the InstltuHoa-T- s crowded with the pre- goneratOM-VTyhThe bureau Experts have shown the natives are ju-- as good as 'authorities of the church on a schedule movement was e a success.; . vtously neglected youths, who have shown not I'T I am that will allow some of fhe leading ,of-- , At the time this needbecame mostXeviden, d5f only a willinguess but-- a dlsttnct-desir' The bitrdoiV of the addresses of ficraTsJto be To learn "Trla' bemarehrgJoundTta present at each foiifer-enc- something morethajnf a year ago, Nathan Straus some such usefu The appllctloj was . time, the stake and by that ot a' few shovel-usesimple presidents was in Palestine on a pleasure trip. He was apsouvenirs that to fuls of dirt. They have used modern methods larger th! church is grow ing stcadrly, and It was decided that daily publlo pealed cities of that part of the country, c ad some to, but at first declined to do anything' In In -- fighting The plague, of mosquitoes, the j?vpn 'that, the 'spirit oK its members is un- organ recitals will be given at that country, as be thought-hi- $ germ first duty, from from the continrut and 'America, are now proreon 21. each one carriers, and then where the disease has still and The the Tabernacle flinching They April every' a humanitarian standpoint, w as to the poor and duced right on the ground. The workers get the existed the have Introduced quinine. emarks of the citals begin at 12 ocoek' noon and the suffering of the United States He consentagreed with thf proceeds of their labor and the undertaking bids Dr. Aaronsohn says it is no uncommon iiiirvh president on Vriday w her he last about ope hour. They are free, sight fair to be In time one of the biggest and most ed. however, to Investigate the situation personto see a line In front of the .declared that theevastvn of duty and and are given at The expense of the dispensary In whiclf and soon became so Impressed with the consuccessful of the kind lifthe world. ally, could be found not oply natives of the the shirking of responsibilities on the Mormon church. Hundred of country ditions that he assured those who had made the vAt abou Ut he time of the establishment of the but of Arabs from far awgy who have part of Sv'me of the heaaXef organiza-- t tourists each summer attend appeal that he would do all in his power to rerelief fund- Mr. Strauss sympathies were' so been groups attracted by reports of The marvelous work It wasVtated that rtifr' recitals, carrying away with them lieve them and .would also solicit the aid of hls strongly aroused by the unfortunate situation in of the white doctors. the dut.es of each, from Hieughest a profdunci impression of the great numerous friendr. Since then his efforts have which he found, a great majority of the inhabThe fight against the mosquito, which abounds lowest, was defined In revelation, organ of the Tabernacle and sweet been unremitting and such Improvements have itants in regard to hygienic precautions that he In Palestine, . Is one .of the most" interesting and any who did r.at determined to do something In that direction.' features .ujat recollections ot delightful music. been introduced that Palestine In general and of the work of the bureau. Dr. Brunn Jeiusalem in particular have become modernised T Dr. Aaronsohn and other officials of the agriculT Wood, one of the foundand his. assistants have studied theYnethods used Combined miiCuI oiganizattonsot ers' .'George x tural statloa ere d alighted --withThe decision from a hygienic point of lew to an extent that of thq Boy ScouC'rnovement in this cob airy, particularly In the state of New Salt T.ake with approximately 6o0 of a few years ago. and labored with him to effect hls purpose. Such was --Mormon the among and hare adapted them to the situation Jersey, v o.ces. a s' o. t or anore coio.Ms with a H was not only because of his personal expethings as sanitation, the scientific battling with summer camp church, is plaftning in the Holy Land- -- Kerosene is , iano and the greSt oigan accompany- - for poured In the disease-proper drainage and ('ven the use of koys. A de.flnlte place has not rience that Mr. Strays determined. to lend his aid where the Tnsects breed and every other pools an 2.000 entertained of and.eace las. that all members of as soap and water tuch.simplfe 'et ben Verted, but it wl rrotably In PalestineraceHeowebelieves scientific weapon la eiulqved against them. 8 the. tabernacle on ihe evening a peculiar duty and were almost unknow n -- to people la Palestine. the Jewish AX Ith located near-Salall this charity andxbenevolence wYth 4. among In t0L lhat n1 a Year whereverfeasible of composfT out ticm hundreds them amTyear of had been Morethan eOO'mcmbers of theMor-S0 many JXars of neglocL tbe people e:,af'er tiens of Evan Sttphem.- X men church, refugees from the varlopa- r,p port should he spared (a civilize andbrin dying solely because of this ienorance of the Palestine are Taking new heart. They who bear comparison essentials o,f hygiene.- - Mr. Straus set about stakes of thdchureh Ja'Mexlccui who It jto apposition where lll verj have., been a downtrodden and discouraged ra . a' campaign ot education. .Foreign couference reunlons of m,s- - iia(j- been drived from their homes by with any other community In ThedvRizeif world, are'now hopeful' andcheerful. Hand in. hand lNo sooner had Mr Straus seen with hls own The result of this situation was the health bu-- J ronariee ard former members of these Mexicans, held a. reunion in the w1th theic moral and physicalwelfare goes thelr eyes the pUirul andjojualid conditions in Pales-- , were held-iconnection reau, perhaps the most unusual Institution of it industrial welfare. Betterment of one mean imtine that, so' saiilneeded relief than he, with kind in the world. With funds furbished by Mr. a it h the annual pop,ert'np of the MoT- provement of the other, and both are on the forsnn& l tbe dc,clsl,3 khd generosity characteristic of JLj hljn. 'Straug. some empty buildings were secured and ward march. There is a new era In tha Holy took immediate. steps to" doFrect them With the an experienced physician found to take charge Land. ex-iep- ( li nils-vio- -- -- has-be- n. n; Ignorance u ,V -- - ld twenty-eight-year-o- y had-untl- e, and-doin- y g r Ivfdgsr othe confer-auihorlt- y n Tor-th- - e 1 -- soulh-raster- n Jn-'Fanaj- s - Thls-was-a-- year , to-dat- e - J - j y I i -- J-h- mis-ior- c man-amHaro- brlf i -- x - natural-medlatel- - o M I ,tht - -- h -- o e o t to-b- - -- e e ucrauP;on- mis-ao- ! - d , -- -- 1 thou-sands- -of - one-Tmi-st to-th- - - ,ob'-ei:C- e ' MIAoLthe not-dream- ed 1 eaUh-erpedie- otle 1 t nt. tke T - it-w- ' - . - u f - - V t t |