Show THOUSANDS AT CONFERENCE RecordBreaking Attendance at Eightieth Eigh-tieth SemiAnnual Conference of the Latterday Saints tIt t-It 1 Salt Lake CltyThe eightieth leml annual conference of the Church Df Jesus Christ of Lntterday Saints opened at the Tabernacle on Sunday morning October 3 at least 20000 people being in attendance at the opening session it being necessary to nod overflow meetings In the Assembly Assem-bly hall and on the grounds in order to accommodate the largo crowd At the morning session President Joseph F Smith delivered his annual address tho keynote of which was an appeal for the careful training and Instruction of the young He asked that the greatest efforts be put forth to Instruct the Mormon young people In the principles of their religion in order that they might remain In the faith The president went on record as being opposed to marriage between be-tween members of the Mormon church and nonMormons Such marriages 4 mar-riages ho said were almost sure to I result unhappily President Smith in his speechf made a plea for the support of home t Industry This plea coming from the leading spiritual advisor of by far the greater portion of the people of the state will undoubtedly dtj much to assist In the development < < ol Utah industries I The president paid a high tribute to the honest toiler He deplored tho fact that In the training of the youth the instruction in the trades wa I aeglected for the education looUlno toward occupations considered by I softie td be more genteel than that t of the tradesman The training ot the youth In useful trades and the development t J devel-opment of home Industries to give employment to the young people he said went hand in nand toward the l progress of the community J President John R Winder flre l counselor to President Smith and President Anthon H Lund second j counselor made addreesea along similar sim-ilar llneps te a U u > President Lund praised the work ol the different churcn organizations I and particularly the work of the 1 young missionaries in every field f f Apostle John Henry Smith spoke I chiefly on the development of the resources j re-sources in the territory occupied by 11 the Latterday Saints He urged lu tense and careful cultivation the reclaiming re-claiming of the lands and tho development i devel-opment of the soil Ho spoke of home industries as necessary to the doved i opment of the country and necessary in order to keep the youth of the Mormon people from the sin of Idleness Idle-ness Tho children ho declared BUould be well guarded and one of the best safeguards ho sold was honest employment Apostlo Heber J Grant talked at some length on tho advantages ol homo Industry He praised Presidents Presi-dents Brigham Young and Wilford Woodruff for their part In the establishment 1 estab-lishment of industries within the j I state I The overflow from the tabernaolo taxed the Assembly hall to Its capacity < capac-Ity Excellent services were given under the presiding direction oi Apostle Hyrum M Smith Feature of the addresses given by mission and stake presidents were a defense of the action of the tabernacle choir fat fat f-at Seattle by Elder Melvin J Ballard t president of the Northwestern States t mission a report of improvements in church work In Arizona by President Andrew KImball of St Joseph stake and a report of work of the California Califor-nia mission by President Joseph El Robinson Music was furnished by a choir under the leadership of C J Thomas Rudger Clawson Reed Smoot Hy rum M Smith George Albert Smith George F Richards Orson F Whitney Whit-ney and David O McKay all members mem-bers of the quorum of apostles were tho speakers at the two sessions ol iIf the conference on Monday and at each the tabernacle was filled to Its F capacity Discussions of tho priesthood ol ri tile Mormon church various aspects r of tho now religion advocated by Professor Charlek W Eliot the support sup-port of home Industries the succession I succes-sion ot the presidency of the church and William H Tafts address In the M f tabernacle last week wore features ft of the sessions Apostle Clawson said there was i i every reason to believe that Jesus Christ held the priesthood asking II I j It was not said of Christ that He performed I per-formed tho ordinances of the church 1 with authority and ordained His disciples i dis-ciples He said that Joseph Smith received the priesthood from Peter James and John and later he said i a nhn appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdroy and placing his I hands on their bends conferred on > them the higher priesthood saying it j I should not be taken from earth again > Apostle Smoot said he regarded this Intormountaln country < as a blessed > spot which God had so lavIshly lav-Ishly supplied with material bless f Ings that there was no other region to compare with it He said he ji hoped that the Mormons would keep 5 their sons and daughters with them under the protecting care of the A home and that itho fathers would j i > cultivate the farms I s little bettor t and then divide with the sons and daughters and to build up the community Y com-munity n x r trz |