Show t ROBERTS SAYS CENSUS MAN MADE A MISTAKE ThOU De Declares lares There Were Were Thirty Thou Thousand sand Not Sixt Sixty Five Five Thousand Mormon Converts Past Year A recent Washington dispatch said that the Rev Dr H. H K Carroll who was employed by the census bureau to compile the religious statistics estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated the growth of the Mormon church In the past year at Brigham H. H Roberts announced yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- that this estimate is entirely erro erroneous ous He attributed the mistake to the fact that th Rev Dr Jr C Carroll roll included In In his estimate the converts of the Reorganized Church of Latter hatter day Saints This church said Mr Roberts is isan isan isan an outgrowth of the Mormon church made up of those who withdrew from the followers of Brigham Young when he started across the mountains and deserts They afterward organized organize l under un un- un- un der dec the leadership of the son of Joseph Smith and their headquarters Is Moroni Moroni Moroni Mo Mo- roni la Ia Instead of converts for foI the last year the number is hardly 30 20 all told These figures are taken from a general gen eral average of the rate of increase ase for the past three or four the tle rate rata being about 8 per cent Bishop Clawson ClawSon Claw Claw- son gave as the total membership member member- ship of the church at the semi annual conference in October |