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Show PRESIDENT JOSEPH F. SMITH DIES HEAD OF MORMON CHURCH SUCCUMBS AT AGE OF EIGHTY ' " JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH, sixth president of the Church of lin fhrUt f)f I attfr.Hay Saints, u. hn Hi'.l t.ay, apeA fln years snd 6 days. -y ' - v . ' . ..;-.? :i -' v'' f . X' - " ' - . 'A t.-.-. Dominating Figure in Ecclesiastical and Civic Life Ends Labor in Answer to Maker's Call. . m Joseph fielding' , Bmith, sixth ' president of the 'huih of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and no of the most noted ecclesiastical ecclesias-tical figures in America, died at his residence, atths Beehive house, at 4 AO o'clock this morning. President Hmfth succumbed to a disease with which he had battled ' for several months. The end came 1 peacefully while members of bis immediate family were In attendance. attend-ance. He bade goodbye to hia loved onea a few hours before tha end came. Then ho lapsed Into unconsciousness and gradually settled set-tled Into an eternal sleep. KNEW DEATH NEAR. Karly In the evenTng It became apparent to hia physicians that the end was near: Members of his fitmlly snd church dignitaries were notified and summoned to his bed-Bide. bed-Bide. Apparently, the beloved . Churchman realised hia death waa near, and he extended a parting blessing to his family and friends. 1 in the death of President Hmlth the state loaes one of Its most . phjsverful financial, industrial and eelesutstlcal figures. He was rec-. ogms?d ss perhaps the greatest cmtttmctive genius within the state, and his Influence and foresight fore-sight left its mark indelibly in the progreas ef the state for more f nan twosrore years. JUST AFTER BIRTHDAY. The death or President Hmitto " came Just six days after he had paeeed the eightieth milestone of bis life. On November II members of hia family and chusrh dignitaries digni-taries celebrated the anniversary of his birth. Hundreds of letters and telegrams wishing him snedy re-. re-. . covery and ultimate health were received from 'all parts of tbe world. Wherever the' doctrine of the Mormott fa'th has spread in the world the news of the death of r 'resident 8m 1th will te lece red .villi prof owndeet , gTeta During his terra as president he had' visited vis-ited nearly every civilised country . of t he ""world nd made thouaands of friends. He did much to extend the missionary work of the church Into foreign lands and his influence influ-ence and counsel was welcomed by tens of thoueanda of people of foreign tongue, aa well aa the multitude of Latter-day SaJnta in America. ' FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS. President Smith' ascended to the presidency of the Mormon i thtirch just seventeen ara and j (Continued on iaga J J " |