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Show J. D, Thome Arrives From War Zone Talks Inleresllngly On :iiidltluiis lu l.'niyliiiul and the KfiYd 0f (he War. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Thorne returned home Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Thorne from n two years mission In England and Mrs. Thorno from n two weeks' visit with her brother, Pres. acrman E. Ellsworth, In Chicago. Mrs. Thorno met her husband in Chicago, and after af-ter visiting all the principal sights of tho windy city, they visited Nauvoo, Qulncey, Carthage, Independence nnd other old historical church places and In returning home, they visited Keokuk, Keo-kuk, where tho greatest power plant on earth Is located, Koubob City, Denver Den-ver and then came over tho scenic D. & R. O. Hoth nro looking well and 'report having greatly enjoyed their trips, though both are equolly glad to be back lu "tho Valleys of tho Mountains." Moun-tains." Mr. Thorno left on his mission Dec. 9, 1914, and was released January 15, 1915. Ho was eJght and one-half days on tho water, and landed In England December 30, 1912. Ho arrived lu IiIh field of lnbor in Colchester, Just at the time when tho persecution of two years ago was at Us worst. The, ministers had succeeded In working up on Intense prejudice against tho elders, and ot Ipswich, in connection with the other elders, ho was tho victim vic-tim of soma very rough treatment at tho hands of tho Infuriated mob who gavo tho elders a beating and smashed smash-ed tho furnlturo nt tho church'o meeting place. At I.owstoft and Norwich Nor-wich tho elders wexo also roughly treated, and often had to Bcek police protection. Onco In Ipswich u mob of 10,000 people gathered lu front of tho church in angry demonstration, and when It was given out that the, ciders had given them the slip, the mob went to their lodging place, and besides demolishing tho windows, completely covered the. lodge with Btale eggs. Tho elders, however, were still nt tho church and wero accompanied homo by twenty policemen police-men at 1 o'clock lu the morning. This vigorous opposition lusted for two or thrco months, after which It began to subside, and has now almost entirely disappeared. lu all the trouble tho police wexo good friends ot tho elders and are their fast friend today. Mr. Thorne was appointed president presi-dent of the Norwich Conference Jan. 15, 1914, which position he held until un-til his rejease. Ills field of labcr was lu Lowstoft, Hartlepool and tho other coast towns that have recently como Into fame because of their being bombarded by tho German Fleet and raided by thr, German airships. As n momcuto, he brought home n section of a German shell that was exploded In Hartlepool, Hartle-pool, und he describes Interestingly tho instruction wrought by the big German guns. Yarmouth, ono of the principal coast cities, escaped Injury by accident acci-dent on the part of the, Germans. Around till coast cities there ore, lines of buoys to Indicate Band bars, shallow shal-low roeks, etc. The day before the bombardment, those nt Lowstoft had been moved out threo miles further than usual. Tho Gi'j-mans, following their maps whlclf they supposed to bo accurate, thus missed their mark several miles, and tho big shells, Instead In-stead of tearing great holes lu Yaar-mouth Yaar-mouth buildings, sent up gre.it col-11111B col-11111B of wator as they fell and exploded explod-ed In tho sou, Their range, however, was moro deathly In tho other coast cities. Yarmouth Is tho principal shipping point for connection with Belgium, and he saw thousands of wounded soldiers brought homo from tho battles bat-tles with tho Gormans, Ho also saw 50,000 soldlors go to tho front nnd many moro going Into drill quarters to got rendy for tho war. Almost ovory nble, bodied member of tho Mormon Mor-mon church there has enlisted, nnd tho snmo Is truo of the peoplo generally. gener-ally. Tho young man who will not enlist Is looked upon with dlstoln and soon losses his Job, So IntoiiBe, U this feollug since tho Germnns milled mill-ed tho English north const, that It amounts nlmost to conscription, nnd tho government Is not now experiencing experienc-ing much difficulty In getting tho do-sired do-sired number of recruits, Thero were many Germans lu England Eng-land when tho war broke out. Tholi places cf business havo Buffered and they ore watched co closoly that their condition Ib the same, as being lr Jail. All strangors are feated with the utmost suspicion, and tho elders havo to report to police lioadiuartorf regularly to glvo 1111 account of thom-solveB. thom-solveB. Wluui they movo from one 4 city to. another thoy i,nVe to be reported re-ported out by the police and register nt onco lu the new city. Mr. Thorne I says thnt several pbllce h.vidRuartcrs havo his photograph and an imprint of every one of his lingers, lie saw thrco German spies arrested. Two of his clderi- were arrested n epics at Ipswich, nnd ho had to get up at 2 a. m. and telephone a description to obtain their release. The pinch of poverty has not yet been Tell very keenly, but many factories fac-tories nro closing, and if the war continues con-tinues much longer, there will bo n great destitution among the people. Tho government takes care of those dependent on the soldiers who go to the front. Food Bluffs arc bocomlng very high ami tho effects of the war are keenly felt In every way. The Mormon Hellef Societies nre knitting socks nnd mulllers for tho soldiers and mnklng other articles of use to tho soldiers In the field, Tho news from the front Is verj meagre, but It has been learned that somo of tho crack rlRcmcntB have been nlmost entirely wiped nut. From Colchester, one of the towns In his conference, 250,000 soldiers went to tho front. No new elders are being be-ing sent to the mission, ,-ib it Is difficult diffi-cult to do much erfect prosclltlng under un-der present conditions. However, the percentage of new converts Is about normal, nnd he himself baptized eight now members. Ills trip home was mndo on tho palatini l.uoltenla, Hint caused considerable flurry this week by sotnmlng up the Irish channel flying fly-ing tho American flag lu order to es- capo Gorman submarines, Tho trip from Liverpool to Now York was made In six and one-hnlf days, and tho ship's lights were extinguished ovory night to avoid being located by hostile sliliis. |