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Show lined instances coming under his ow attention as tending to show the be etlt of local co-operation. The concluding address of the a tenioon sesalon was given by Apost! Orson P. Whitney and was devot almost wholly to doctrlnul lines. II expressed pleasure In the keynote r marks of the president of the churc at the opening session concerning tl plan of salvation. Francis M. Lyman, president of t) council of twelve apostles, was tl first speaker at the morning sesslo His remarks were devoted chiefly i qualifications devolving upon tl members of the church seeking offl In the priesthood. The bishop ar all others with office in the prlet hood, be declured, should be sobe vigilant, hospitable and industrlou Charles II. Hart of the first sev presidents of seventies spoke upc the blessings bestowed upon the Ar erlcan people, comparing the lot the nation to that of Mexico. Levi Edgar Young of the first se en presidents of seventWyi deliver the concluding address. He commen ed civic pride and cited the settl incuts and towns In Utah In the earl days as worthy of the students's coi sUi cratlon. The music at all of the sesslor was of the blghest order, and wi thoroughly appreciated by the vlsl lug members. Emphasizing the teachings of th Word of Wisdom and urging a strk compliance by the members of th church, with special reference to it toxlcatlng liquors, Apostle Duvld C McKay delivered one of the princlpn addresses of the l;ist day's session, cf the elshtyifourth semi-annual cor fereuco of the Mormon church Sue day morning. His remarks were sui ph imnted and Indorsed by Preslden Joseph P. Smith, who dociared tin Mormon people, as faithful Latter-du; Saints, could not consistently fail t recognize the appeals made to then by those seeking an abatement of thi evil. At both the afternoon and mornlni sessions the attendance was betweei C.ooo and 7,000 persons. Twenty mln ules of the a: tenioon meeting wen devoted to the sustaining of the gen eral authorities of the t-nurch. All o: the authorities were sustained it tiie-lr ofllclul positions. President Joseph P. Smith delivered a brief addrens at the conclusion ol the afternoon session. In which hu re fcrred to the eighty-fourth semi-anna al conference as one of the most sue cestui In his experience. C. V. .N'ibley, presiding bishop, of food a short address in behalf of th Mormon colonists of Mexico, who have been driven from their homes by the revolution. He urged the members of the church to aid them in securing employment and to give them all possible assistance in theli endeavors to establish a new home. Fully 9,000 teachers and workers at tended the semi-annual conference of the Desert Sunday school union, held In the Tabernacle Sunday night. The vast assemblage, one of the largest In the history of the organization, Included In-cluded representatives of all but four jf the sixty stakes comprising the organization or-ganization of the church, and seven illusion representatives. Twelve hundred Germans from their 'old fatherland" met in the Taber-iac!e Taber-iac!e Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p. m. o hear preaching In their mother buiigue. The speakers were Arnold Sihultesa, Francis Sulzner and John Vtzer. The principal theme of the neetlng was "Duty to Church and cliow Man." The Relief 8oclety. The semi-annual conference of the Women's Relief Society of the Church jf Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ass held on October 2 and 3, Mrs. mmellne It. Wells, general president t tile association presiding. Assisting Mrs. Wells in charge of Llm meetings were ber counsellors Uri. Clarissa S. Williams and Mrs. lulina L. Smith, and Secretary 1). Ly nan. Mrs. Well delivered the ad-In ad-In h of welcome and the response hereto was made by Mrs, ETfie Mer-ill, Mer-ill, president of Liberty stake socle-les. socle-les. President Joseph F. Smith, United tates Seiiutor Ueed Sinoot and Miss iertrude Mc.Cheyne of the Utah Agrt-ultural Agrt-ultural college made addresses at he session ou the 3rd. Iteunlons of missionaries were held urlng the conference, among the dlf-en dlf-en nt sections represented being .inland, Ireland. France, Wales, New iealand Australia and Uie d.flerent laies. Missionary who bad labored n these fields gathered end talked ver the work of the past and made Inns for the future. Handcart Veterans who crossed the laina more than fifty years ago dur-UC dur-UC their trlng journey Into Salt 'e valley met Sunday to reorganize ml elect officers for the ensuing ear. GONFEREHGE ONE OF BESTEVER HELD LATER-DAY 8AINTS LISTEN TO WORD OF ADVICE FROM THE LEADER3 OF THE CHURCH. President Smith Condemns the Use Of Intoxicants, Crltlclsls Modern Styles and Makes Pisa for a Betttr Citizenship. Bait Lake City. At the opening session, on October 4, of the eighty-fourth eighty-fourth semi annual conference of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Joseph P. Smith branded some of the modern styles of dress as a vehicle for the destruction destruc-tion of modesty In women, and coun-neled coun-neled mothers, wives and daughters a avoid the extreme dictates or fashion. fash-ion. President Smith also denounced the Incnasiiig use of tobacco and branded the modern custom of smoking in hotel ho-tel dining rooms as a curse Indicted ' ou fellow diners by those with no regard re-gard for the rights of others or re-Micct re-Micct tor wotiiunkind. Men without the wl'l to break away from the tobacco to-bacco hoblt, he said, lacked moral fiber nd were not to be trusted with the great duties of llfo. The use of liquor was linked with the tobacco habit in the opening address. The. uo of coffee ho referred to as an evil demanding attention. Tresident Anthon H. Lund supplemented supple-mented the remarks of President Smith. urRliig his auditors to give serious ser-ious thought and consideration to the rounails nd advice given In the op-Milng op-Milng addrens. The greater part of bis address was given to the growth of the church In foreign countries and tommendation for their part in he work was bestowed upon the presl-ent presl-ent of nilHKlong and the elders who rarrled the gospel of the church to '.hose lands. Walter P. Monson, who succeedt-d the late Hen I Rich as president of ;he eastern states mission, pronotinc-rd pronotinc-rd the benediction at the morning scs-don. scs-don. President Charles V. Penrose, the Irst speaker at the afternoon session, ievoted hla remarks largely to doctrinal doc-trinal topics. He concluded his ad-Ircss ad-Ircss by adding to the counsels given by President Smith earlier In the day. Urlgham H. Roberts of the first seven presidents of seventies, eloquently elo-quently referred to the testimonies In fctone erected by the Mormon people t'n the Temple grounds. The recent- , ly erected Seagull monument, he declared, de-clared, stood as a monument of the recognition of the Mormon people of ( Clod's superior love and power In their deliverance from an Impending , calamity. Ho also referred to the temple as another significant test)- mony In stone, and called attention , to t!,4 bronze statutes of Joseph ( Smith and llyrum Smith on the teni- , pie grounds. Joseph V. McMurrlo of the first seven presidents of seventies urged a close observance of the law of tliklng In living In conformity with t the gospel. He admonished members to lead lives that would stand as II v- I tis examples to their sons and daueh- t ters, ber the precepts of the gos- .el were Involved. President Smith presided at both the morning and afternoon reunion. , -United States Senator Reed Smoot , cf the council of twelve apostles de- , livered the principal address of the j second day's meeting of the eighty- ( fourth semiannual conference on Sunday, October 6. Apostle Smoot , expres-ed himself In full accord with the seutlmenti expressed by Presl- j dent Joseph P. Smith at the opening , s'ts'on and In speaking of the Thaw t case, scored maudlin sympathy for t the murderer and criminally Inclined r a.4 elements sapping the life of the t citizenship cf the world. Hoth afternoon and morning se- i slons were marked by Increased at- ( tendance over the preceding sessions, two overflow meetings being necessary neces-sary to accommodate the afternoon ,j crowd and one overflow meeting need- f rd to care for the morning. Fully t ll.ooo members of the church, it Is 'I er-timated, crowded Into the taber- racle for the afternoon session. Apostle lleber J. Grant delivered .he opening address at the afternoon tessinn. Degiuning his address, be (, outlined the work of the (ienealogl- t-al Mxlety and later paid a tribute I. to the life and character of IWn K. ' Rich, the late president of the eat- I ) rrn states mission. "Thohe who knew him best loved him most." declared the speaker In summing up the qual- y (ties of t!.e late head cf the mlsxion. Apostle Grant also commented on ( the home industry movement. Him- n If a firm believer In the patronizing j, of lupine manufacture flmt. he out- ji The S andinavl.ms of Utah and a I-Ja't I-Ja't nt states Oiled the Assembly hail to overflowing Sunday afternoon, im- n nediatcly af;er the principal mwt!n ( in th Tabernacle, to hear again In f. tfcelr mother tonsue the various ten- ts of the gol to hlch they are j hi oust d. jv Censure by Iresldent Joseph F. Smith of the u of tobacco and of the extrv-m styles of modern woman's wom-an's dres was echoed by presidents 01 ef stakes of the Modern church at It the parting held In Assembly ball l.ua.a .ungon. M |