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Passing Events Cincinnatus Heiner Miller, known as Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras, died on February 17, age 71 years. A Strike in Belgium began on April 14, when at least 200,000 men quit work in protest against the refusal of the government to grant them manhood suffrage. The Utah Eugenic Society held its first regular meeting Thursday, April 3, 1913, Mathonihah Thomas, Salt Lake City, was elected president, Dr. E. G. Titus, Logan, secretary and treasurer. The object of the society is the study of eugenics. A Memorial to Abraham Lincoln is to be erected in Washington. The plans, as per resolution of Congress, were approved February 1st by President Taft. These call for a statue of Lincoln in a simple and dignified design, to stand near the Washington monument at the Potomac end of the mall, leading from the Capitol to the Potomac Park. The structure, it is estimated, will cost about two million dollars. The Webb Liquor Bill, prohibiting the shipment of liquor into "dry" states, was passed by the Senate and House of Representatives, and late in February vetoed by President Taft, and later repassed by the Senate and House of Representatives over the President's veto. The reason for the veto of the measure by President Taft was that he thought it unconstitutional. The matter will now doubtless be tried by the courts to decide whether or not it may become a law. Dr. Frederic Clift died in Layton, March 28. He was a wellknown physician of Utah. Some years ago he contributed several important articles to the Improvement Era. He settled first in Wasatch, was later connected with the Brigham Young University at Provo, and had lately settled in Layton. His funeral took place at Kaysville, March 31. Bishop H. H. Blood, Elder J. Golden Kimball, Bishop M. F. Adams, of Layton, and others, were among the speakers. King Alphonso of Spain narrowly escaped an attempt upon his life on April 13. Three shots were fired at the king, in the streets of Madrid. This is the third attempt against his life during his reign. As soon as the king saw that his assailant had been arrested, he raised himself in the saddle stirrups on the horse upon which he was riding, turned to the crowd, gave a military salute, and shouted, "Long

PASSING EVENTb 745 live Spain!" The enthusiastic masses cheered to the echo, as the king rode to the palace, cool, collected and smiling. William Henry Rowe, born at Portsmouth, England, February 14, 1841, came to Salt Lake in 1873, died January 28, 1913, in Salt Lake City. He was a pioneer in commercial shoe manufacturing, assistant superintendent of the Z. C. M. I. some years ago, and a progressive and loyal citizen. He was proprietor and manager of the Bear River Land and Irrigation project, a business involving the construction of the famous Bear River canal; the secretary of the Good Roads commission, and a member of the board of directors of the State Fair association He was a staunch member of the Church, and one of the brave workers in the development of our commonwealth. The first Chinese Parliament was inaugurated April 8, amid general rejoicing in the Chinese Capital and throughout the country. There were five hundred representatives, out of a total of 596, present, and 177 senators out of 274. They were all earnest-looking men of mature years, and were nearly all dressed in European fashion with frock coats. The proceedings were brief and simple, and were watched by a large number of foreigners who packed the galleries. A salute of 101 guns boomed from the city wall, the streets were decorated with flags, and the occasion was observed as a general holiday throughout China. Yuan Shai Kai's message to Parliament consisted of hearty congratulations, and the "hope that the republic would last 10,000 years." The American Academy of Science was set upon its feet on February 1st, when President Taft signed bills incorporating the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. This Institute is composed of 250 men distinguished in arts and letters, who are empowered to fill vacancies in their number as they occur From these 250 men are chosen 50 of the most distinguished to be members of the Academy. The two institutes came into existence as a result of a suggestion by members of the American Social Science association, in 1898, that some association was needed to give special attention to literature, art and music. Congress declined to take the members seriously until the past winter, though they have sought incorporation for several years. William Dean Howells is president of the Academy. A special session of the Congress of the United States opened on April 7 and on the 8th President Woodrow Wilson stood on the speaker's rostrum in the hall of the House of Repres entative s and personally read his first message to Congress, the first presiden sine John Adams* 112 vears ago. to exercise that privilege. The galleries

746 IMPROVEMENT ERA were packed with national figures, and a moving-picture machine was installed to preserve a record of the historic event for the government's archives. The president read his message in a clear voice which carried to every corner of the hall. Among the motives that influenced the president to personally read his first message was that he might get near to the members of Congress, and that every member might hear his appeal for a thorough revision of the tariff, the sole purpose for which the Congress has been called into extraordinary session. The tariff bill was introduced on the first day, before the message was delivered, and has since occupied the time of the great body of legislators. The Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was adopted April 8 when the legislature of Connecticut ratified the amendment and so became the 36th state (the requisite threefourths), to approve the change. This is the second amendment to the Constitution of the United States within the last few months. It provides for the election of the United States senators by direct vote of the people instead of by the legislatures of the various states, as heretofore. The amendment reads as follows: "The senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures. "When vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies, provided that the legislature of any state may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct." "The Reign of Anti-Christ or the Great Falling Away" is a study of ecclesiastical history, by J. M. Sjodahl, an elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and for many years editor of the Deserct News. The book gives a review of the various steps by which the Church organization founded by our Lord in the beginning of our era was dissolved, and another substituted for it as predicted by the prophets of Old and the New Testament. The book contains 138 pages, full of interesting matter for students of church history, throwing much additional light and information on the apostasy, leading up to the establishment of the true Church of Christ in the latter days. On page 71 an explanation is given of the 1,260 "days" assigned to the reign of anti-Christ, by John the Revelator, which shows that from the famous decree of Emperor Phocas and the re-establishment of the Church by the Prophet Joseph Smith, there is a period of exactly 1,260 prophetic lunar years. Missionaries will find it a very interestin'g book for purposes of study and information. It is copyrighted by Joseph F. Smith, Trustee-in-Trust for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, and is on sale at the book stores.

PASSING EVENTS 747 MARCH 21,8 P.M. MARCH 2;. tr.u. OMAHA -L A Terrific Storm passed over the United States, from the northwestern part of Wahsington, through the states shown in the cut, which is taken from the Literary Digest. Beginning on the evening of March 21, at Portland, it reached Montreal on the 24th. Omaha was swept by a tornado on Easter Sunday, and more than 150 people perished, while millions of dollars worth of property were swept to destruction. Similar storms in Indiana, Iowa and Illinois brought the total death list in those states up to several hundred. Great numbers of people were made homeless by floods in Ohio and Indiana, beginning on the 25th, when the whole middle west and a great region of splendid cities, towns and humble villages were visited by floods and fire. The general disturbance was probably the worst the country has ever known, and President Wilson, in calling upon the country for help for the homeless and sufferers, denominated the storm a "national calamity." The magnitude of the catastrophe cannot be conveyed by figures. The loss of life mounts up into the hundreds, and the damage to property into very many millions. One hundred thousand, it has been estimated, have been made homeless. The rising waters made the greatest havoc in Dayton, Ohio, and in Columbus, A Scene in One of the Streets of Omaha

748 IMPROVEMENT ERA the capital city of Ohio. Dayton, a city of over 125,000 inhabitants, was flooded at a depth of from eight to twenty feet. It is estimated that 70,000 persons were marooned in upper stories of buildings where for days they were in peril of death by drowning, by fire, and by sheer lack of food. The chief hydrographer of the United States Geological Survey stated that "no work that could have been built by the hand of man could have prevented the catastrophe." The rainfall which caused the flood was of such unprecedented proportions that no reservoir system could have accorded protection against it. In Utah and the far western states, the storm was characterized by severe snow falls. Baltimore had a dynamite explosion in the harbor a few weeks ago that killed and injured scores of men and destroyed many thousand dollars' worth of property. One Utah student writing from there, said that had the explosion occurred in the city it would have "scrambled Baltimore." At the examination into the causes of the explosion the following information was given by a working man: Q. You say you heard the explosion when Bomhardt struck the hook in the box? A. Yes. Q. What made Bomhardt do that? A. Well, I don't know, but I think the liquor was the cause. He had been drinking heavily and seemed to be angry. He said when he took the hook from Kowloski: "D you, I'll show you how to load this stuff." That this man's action was what caused the explosion, all the witnesses agreed, but there was only one who mentioned that Bomhardt had been drinking. He was asked: Q. Had Bomhardt quarreled with any one aboard ship that day? A. No. Only with himself. Q. Have you any feeling against him? A. None. He is a lodge brother of mine. He and I are personal friends. I would rather help than hurt him. "Thus," says Collier's Weekly, "the man had been asked to testify against a friend whom he respected, and he laid the blame for this great disaster, not on the man himself but on the drug which had weakened his judgment, shattered his self-control and caused him to do a thing which his friend knew he would not have done when sober." Then the same weekly adds: "If it could be found out which one of the prominent, respected citizens of Baltimore, whose whiskey Bomhardt drank, the Baltimore-American, from which paper the above quotations are taken, could publish his name with the rest of those responsible for the catastrophe, and render a public service far more important than the punishment of the foreman whose bad habits have been stimulated since boyhood by the trade from which this pillar of society derives his income and through it his position and power." That is going back to basic causes, and you are on the right track.

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"One Song," by Grace Zenor Robertson; "My First Broncho Ride," by Chas. H. Norberg, and a number of other interesting articles were crowded out of this number and will appear in June. Those who desire to get a clear view of the Mexican situation should read the series of articles by President Rey L. Pratt on "The Gospel to the Lamanities," in the Era. This series not only give present conditions, but open the view into the past and the future. Elders Warren S. Tew and David H. Cannon, Birmingham, England, January 31: "In behalf of the elders of the Birmingham conference, we thank you for the encouragement and splendid advice given through the columns of the Era. We are interested in the good work now being done by the Era." The article in this number of the Era is a fitting aftermath of the subject, "Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Translator." Dr. Webb gives as clear an insight into the mission of "Mormonism" and its founder as is given in any other piece of literature ever written. It should suggest to the missionaries new means of teaching the restored gospel through the social and economic doctrines promulgated by the Prophet Joseph and practiced by the Latter-day Saints. Improvement Era, May, 1913 Two Dollars per Annum with Manual Free Entered at the Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah, as second class matter. Joseph F. Smith, | Heber J. Grant, Business Manager Edward H. Anderson, j Editors Moroni Snow, Assistant TABLE OF CONTENTS At Shoshone Falls. Photo Nephi L. Morris. . .Frontispiece At Shoshone Falls A. L 655 Opposing Tendencies in College Life Milton Bennion, A. M 657 Temple Site, Jackson Co., Mo. Photo Hamilton Gardner 659 Little Problems of Married Life — XX William Gecrge Jordan 660 Customs and Legends of Utah Indians, with Portraits of Joshua Terry and Jim Bridger. Enoch Jcrgensen 664 Ice Cone on Snake River. With Photo Nephi L. Mcrris 670 Energy Joseph Quinney, Jr 671 The Wild Rose. A Poem Hope 677 A Baptist Minister and the "Mormons" Wm. A. Morton 678 She Smiled. A Poem...'. A. J. Hansen 680 Faith and Works J. C. Hcgenson 681 Midnight on the Desert J. E. Hickman, A. M 683 Sermonets 684 In Lighter Mood 685 The Gospel to the Lamanites Rey L. Pratt 686 "Joseph Smith, Jr., as a Translator" Robert C. Webb, Ph. D 691 An Open Letter to Dr. Spalding Dr. Frederick J. Pack 702 Pfingsten Lillie E. Shipp 704 Voice of the Intangible— X. Albert R. Lyman 705 Messages from the Missions • • • • 715 Editors' Table — Order of Government in the Church Prest. Joseph F. Smith 725 Mother Prest. Joseph F. Smith 729 Peace . . . J. M. Sjcdahl , . . . 731 Priesthood Quorums Table — Report of the Committee on Priesthood Outlines. ... .David O. McKay .;,.. 734 Improving Ward Teaching — •-• 739 Mutual Work — Annual M. I. A. and Primary Conference— Contests in Story-Telling, Oration and Quartet Singing — Washington's Birthdav Hike — Resolutions on the Death of Adelia G Hart 740 Passing Events 744

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