Show MEET I OF f L. L D O. O S1 S. CHURCH I TO OPEN flEN TODAY Y YH H Heber ber J. J Grant to Be Sustained Sustained Sus Sus- tamed as President at First Session of 1919 A Annual n n u a I 1 ConI Conference er W v. HEN the ninth eighty annual conference of the Church of or J Jesus Christ of Latter day day Saints opens it its first session at the Tabernacle Tabernacle Taber Tuber nacle uncle at 10 a. a m. m today the priesthood priest priest- hood quorums of the church will ivill oc- oc occupy oc oc- cupy cupy reserved sections on the main floor Women and children ildren of the church hurch will be bc forced spats seats 5 ats in th He n s' s d tn wings This s pro procedure is 1 necessary es s u to per permit mit mU voting voting- for the new nv n v church bc head d President Heter J J. J Grant who will Ic e sustained in in his position by as a as s separate followed ed by a solid vote otc ofte of tile tue quorums quorums' the essential 1 voting ting bod body of the tite church President Grant Is the seventh 50 man manto manto to occupy the position of or trust as is eu- eu J Ireme bead head of or the ecclesiastical lod lody since the first conference e held June Tunc 1 1830 when Joseph Smith founder of or the thc religion was sustained as prophet seer and revelator TrIbute to 10 Founder r Tribute to Joseph F. F Smith late lato leader leade of or the tho church will be pa paid IJ at M today's sessions President ent Smith died last tail fall President Grant will address the first conference since his trani- trani lion from rom head heRd of or the thc quorum of ot t twelve apostles to leader of ot tho the whole body this morning Arrival al of or ml mission slon presidents of or the the- seven se United States Slates mt missions the Canadian and Mexican Mexican- missions was tt-as the tho principal feature of ot yesterdays yesterday's pro conference activities Hotel registers regIsters reg reg- biters rapidly filled with names s of or church members coming In tro from 1 outlying outlying out out- districts of ot Utah and oth r lying states slates Crowded s at every session are pre predicted an and the overflow will be taken care of or by special sessions in the Assembly hall flail an and If H necessary In out doors ass 3 CotI Continued led on page pas 2 MEET OF US L. L DS D. D S. S CHURCH TO OPEN TODAY Continued from rom Page Pago 1 Significant nt 13 as the first conference since the end of the war var and on account t of or tho the special features att attendant n nOt Ot upon an Inaugural ural of ot a president the eighty els annual meeting meeting- will doubtless result in overflows at ever every session To 10 Outline Work ork As customary tho the main authorities of or the religion will outline the tho ac accomplishments ac- ac of ot tho the church in the thelast thelast thelast last year ear and also will sound senti sentiment I ment on timely topics including probably probably ably Bolshevism and Mexican intervention Intervention tion by the tho United States as well aa as purely purel topic topics Only at the sustaining of or a president president prel dent docs does tho the church adopt a special voting system the system of voting by quorums To insure that the quorums are properly seated tho the Tab- Tab has been ben sectioned off in the following order The twelve apostles po will take their customary scats seats on tho the stand The Tho patriarchs o of tho the church will tako take seats scats on nn the south of or the stand st with the presiding patriarch In front On the north side sido of or the stand will willbe willbe be bt the bishops and counselors with the presiding bishopric In front I J of or High rJ tA Tho The high st's rI quorums will seat themselves In the north front of ot the floor loor of or tho the Tabernacle the quorum presidents being In front Tho The seventies quorums will take scats seats in Jn tho south front Tho The elders ciders rs quorums will b be seated In rear of ot tho the high priests and the lesser priesthood 1 quorums tho the priests teachers and deacons will occupy seat seats in rear o of the seven seventies lies To n assist In directing various QUorum quorum quo QUo- rum members to properly assigned assiE seats scats ts boy scouts boy of or the church will be beon beon beon on hand Each quorum will vote separately In sustaining sustaining- President Grant tho the vote yoto being cast by y standing with uplifted right hands No women will wUl be bo seated In the main Tabernacle floor women of or the church being barred from membership in tho the To DJ cu One of or the religious topics to betaken bo be taken up by the first presidency of tho the church including President Grant first counselor Anthony II n. Lund and Second Counselor C C. W W. Penrose probably probably ably will DO bo missionary wort work Tho The ThoI I mission presidents probably will ad ad- ad dress some of ot the sessions of or this phase o of the church activity The second session of or tho the conference will convene at 2 p. p m m. tolla today when general conference business will bo Inaugurated Further conference sessions sessions sessions ses ses- will b be hold tomorrow at 10 a.m. am a a a. m m. and 2 p. p m. m and Tuesday at the same hours Today at 7 p p. p pm m the general general gen gen- eral Sunday school conference will win bo held The Tho new now general Sunday Sunda school chool presidency con consisting of ol David Davitt 0 O. Mc fc Ka Kay president Stephen L L. L Richards and George Geors-e D D. D will deliver talks At 7 j p p. p m m. tomorrow the general priesthood meeting of or the church will willbe be held heM A special priesthood session Is also set for Wednesday afternoon Church history shows this conference conference confer conter- ence to be the third meeting of ot a t similar similar sim sim- ilar lIar character held hold in June Tho The first conference of or the church was held June 1 1 18 1830 O. O at Fayette Payette Seneca county county coun t ty New York This Inaugurated a system stem of quarterly conferences conference which a few years later was supplanted by a semiannual system now prevailing The Tho fourth conference of or tho the church also was held In Juno June but In Kirtland O. O The usual asual conference dates include April 6 and a a. Sunday Sund I The first attempt to Include A April C G. G birth date of tho the church was made In 1833 1833 when whon eighty official and a few rew nonofficial members of ot tho the church convened at Kirtland 0 O. O Nauvoo oo Cont Conference r n Recalled nr What Is considered as the first Important Important important Im Im- general conference of ot tho the church was held heldt at t Nauvoo April C 6 G. G 1841 when rho the cornerstone to the Nauvoo Nauvoo Nauvoo Nau- Nau temple was laid Tho The above e account of ot conference historic historic his hiss tonic points was given by Andrew Jenson Jenson Jen- Jen son son church historian who brands many of ot tho the conference stories appearIng appearing appearing appear appear- ing lately as untrue In conjunction with tho the general conference con con- ference man many mission reunions arc aro held Those set for this year ear follow Collow slon Reunion Reunions form torm an important part of or ortho the tho social side sido of oC the tho conference The Tho following will take talo place Monday Monday Mon Mon- day June Juno 2 Australian In the Thir Twelfth WaI ward halL London PIoneer London Pioneer stake halL halt hall Northwestern Whitney states states Whitney Scandinavian lan Scandinavian Meeting for members of or society Fourteenth ward halL The f ial al following reunions take place pace o Tuesday June 3 3 Central l States Twentieth States Twentieth ward an an- an nn n- n n nex ec Eastern Stat States States Wasatch Wasatch s ward hal haJ Irish Irish Fourteenth Fourteenth ward halL Northern States Le AI Grand ward amusement halt hll Society Islands Residence Islands Residence of or Eugene Eugene Eugene Eu Eu- gene M. M Cannon 2354 54 Seventh East J I street treet 8 p p. p m. m Sou Southern hern States Twelfth Thirteenth Twelfth Thirteenth ward hall I Beginning Wednesday various church auxiliaries will hold annual confer confer- Wednesday and Thursday the Relief Relle society of or tho the church will hold Ite Its sessions Friday Saturday and Sunday the Mutual Improvement as associations as- as rind ind the Primary ass associations associations cla- cla will wUl meet |