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Show i : 1" C' OLONEL I. A. BENTON, well known western rail-r rail-r official, who died yesterday yester-day at a local hospital. t - j - , , . , . t , -i 3j ' - ' V. : " .-; wfc -- - , ' ft, ' . & -".- , a 1TUILS E1D JiE CONFERENCE SERIES 'SI 10 M 1 Letter From Chaplain B. H. j Roberts Read in Lieu of Planned Address. WAR IS GIVEN PLACE Communications Indicate Interest Felt by Utahns in Conflict. '1 The . 1. A, conference clnW List niIil willi a tneutLn in tho tabernacle. I; K II. lbcrtH, chaplain of the M5th j Field Artillery (Firnt Utah) wan to have been the chief speaker ol! thi.s -I closing session, hut he explained in a n letter that bo was unable at this lime it' to ob(.;iin a furlough. " Mr. liobej-tH had but recently returned 0 from llm sehool for chaplains at Camp X;i chary Taylor, the letter said, and while away ho had had the npportuuity ' of contrasting tin; men of Camp Kearny v.il.h :;i),')im others at different ramps. 11 "hi my judgment, " he says in his let-i' let-i' t it, "our men of the west did not Miil'er by the comparison. I think it j must- be the larger outdoor life of the i west, that gives the you'll of this see- tion a shade the better of it in physical 1 and health!' ul appearance. lut evnry-' evnry-' where, and wherever one meets them, y east, or west, north or south, one feels 'i that he, has tho right to he proud of I ho splendid young manhood of America going forth in our armies to fight in Iho cause of human freedom. ' ft is high ', honor for us in Utah that in all this great; American host there is no group i of men no 'regiment that gives prom-J prom-J ise of greater soldierly qualities, phys-r phys-r ical, mental, moral or courageous quali- ties, than tho I -Kith Field Artillery." x Apostle Ivins Speaks. s Tho speakers at the meeting woro Hobor J. ti rant, who spoke mainly on tho aggressions of Prussianism, and j Apostle" A. W. Ivins, who took, his text J from tho communication of Mr. Ivoli- -j erts. A resolution for national prohibi- ,,' t ion was passed. !v Tho music was furnished by the com- t hinod choirs of the tlranite stake, under I the direction of Professor Kvan Hteph-' Hteph-' ens, and the Ladies1 chorus of the Lat- ' ter-dav Saints' University, under the j direction of Miss Margaret Summer- ! hays. Tho male part of'the choir reri- '! dered a selection composed by Pro-fessor Pro-fessor Stephens for the occasion, ea- titled ''Utah M.'jth Artillery Marching j Song." I Morning Session. J "We stand for service to God and 'I country, " the slogan of the Mutual 1m-1 1m-1 proven tent association for the coming year, was treated ty the speakers at the' J morning session ot" the conjoint associa-. associa-. tion and the Primary workers, held yes- ; tenia v morning in the tabernacle. 1 IVofessor Levi LMgar Young of the fac- ' ulty of the University of Utah, discussed ' one phase of the general subject, "Love I of God." He eon tended that humanity can love only what it can understand, ' nnd that love of Uod and religion ex- pressed itself fully only in service to fellow fel-low mon. Another phase of the subject was treaty ed by Mrs, Benjamin Goddard, who urged the importance of loving neighbors by doing do-ing for the in some serviceable thing at i tho time they are in need of it. Mrs. May Hoot he Talmage discussed the subject," "Service to Country Over There." Using: as the general plan of her address the statement that the two hands of tho government across the sea 1 are the Red Cross and the -Y. M. C. A., she detailed the work of these two organizations or-ganizations in Uurope. She compared the 1 lied Cross workers to a mother who goes to her suffering child, wherever and whenever it needs her attention, without with-out thought of the sacrifice of comfort and convenience to herself. , Letter From Front. To show tho nature of this work she quoted from a private letter from J. A. ; roes beck, a Salt 1 .aker, who is in the ambulance corps, dated April 10 last. He says: "Since Maivh 2) I have lived years. I have not had my clothes or shoes off. We have worked day nnd night to save the wounded and the Red Cross property. I nave lost all track of time; everything seems like a dream. I am so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open, but am content con-tent because t know I havo been the means of saving hundred a of lives and thousands of dollars' worth of property." She also detailed the work of the Y. M. C. A., its help in providing necessary neces-sary entertainment for the boys, its care for their mental and spiritual well-being. Its "silent suggestion to careworn boys that it is time to write home," its tender markings of the graves of the Americans who have fallen in battle, and its solicitude for the immediate wants of those who are actually in the trendies, going wherever goes the Stars and Stripes. Do Full Duty. The subject, "Service to Country Over VI ere." was treated by Professor Richard R. Lyman of the University of Utah. Vie sViid that the questions sometimes asked, I low much shall we do and what shall we do? are easily answered: "Do whatever what-ever ttie government asks you to do. tie who does less than this." said Professor Lyman, "does less than his full duty. The work of the M. I. A.: this is summed op in the words: What is there that we can do to help the buys over there? If you have not planted a warden, or raised more wheat t han you did last year, or contributed as much as you possibly could to help finajice the war, then you have not done your full duty. What would you not do," he asked, "to save a leg or an arm or an eye of your boy? 'When you are hesitating about what to do or give, put the question to yourself that way. If it is not your own boy, it ;.s someone else's, and may bo somebody else is doing the same for your boy." Will Surely Conquer. In answer to the question, how important impor-tant is the struyle in which w are now engaged'.' Professor Lyman read the following fol-lowing excerpt from a letter he had just t eeeived from Senator William H. King, whose thought hail been deepened by the fai't that Ids only sou w as about to go to France: We have a long. Intrd fight before v vs. It may take one. two, or three vo;Lrs, ami cost us null ions of men; but whatever the cost, we are going to win. The people must be taught to get themselves ready to make every possible pos-sible sacrifice to save our cmintry and to save ci vilizat ion. There will tie many sorrowful hearts before this war is over: m-ver before has there been a war that involved such tre-tnen-louri issues. Huxley once said that if certain industrial in-dustrial t-o ml it ions should continue, he would hail as a consummation devoutly de-voutly to be wished the ail vent of -n me. comet that would hurl t his httlf world of ours to derftrur-i ion. I cornet imes feel t hat I would prefer 4 the destruction of this earth and all ! the people by eome such catastrophe ! rather than to see Prussian militar- i Ism triumph. j Mnsic was furnished by the talemacle male double quartet, led by Professor A. 1 C. Lund ; by the ladies' chorus of the 1 t-aUor-dny Saints' university, under the direction of Miss Margaret Summerhays, and by Heher J. Grant, who sang the hymn, "Do What Is Right." Afternoon Meeting. The meeting yesterday afternoon was held in the tabernacle, the services being be-ing conducted by Heber J. Grant, first assistant general superintendent. Short addresses were made bv Joseph W. MrMurnn, Osr;tr W. Kirkham. Mrs. Kuth May Fox, Mark Austin. Miss May Anderson, Rulon S. Weils and Heher .7. i J rant, all oi" whom related personal experiences ex-periences that had come to them in connection con-nection with their work with young peoplf. Tin' nuiM' for t'ne occasion was furnished fur-nished mainly by. the ta he marie- choir iinrhT tire direction nf Professor A. O, j I. nnd. Miss Jessie Williams sang "Sweet Sunnv Land." an i J,ynn Cilms of Canada siuiK "O. My Father." I |