Passing Events

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A call for 454 men from Utah has been made from Class 1 to entrain for Camp Lewis, Wash., during the five-day period beginning Oct. 7. Registration of young men, reaching their majority between June 5 and August 24, numbered 630 in Utah of which 588 were native born and 42 born in foreign countries. American soldiers in France, it was given out September 4, numbered 1,600,000, and there was a constant stream of ships carrying soldiers to France during the month. An anti-tank rifle has been captured by the Canadians during their re- cent drive. It is a latest German invention for use against the tanks, and fires a cartridge about five inches long, and has a bore of one-half inch.

Utah's National Guard, the 145 F. A., left an eastern port for service overseas about August 16, and landed safely in England about August 26, being immediately sent to France for training for service at the front.

Major A. Rose, 23 Battalion, U. S. guards, became the new Post Com- mander at Fort Douglas on Sept. 1. Lieutenantt Win. Langbehn, his adjutant. Captain M. S. Game is thus relieved of the office work as Post commander.

Utah was called upon to furnish 900 Class 1 men for entrainment to Camp Kearny, California, Sept. 3 to 6 inclusive. Also five negroes for Camp Lewis. This took practically all the Class 1 men then available in the state.

A new wireless service system between Japan and the United States is being installed. The proposed station will work with a station on the Pacific coast, probably near San Francisco, a distance of 4,600 miles, one of the longest direct wireless services in the world.

The Czecho-Slovaks were recognized as a belligerent nation by the American government, on September 3. The United States is prepared to enter into relations with that government for the purpose of prosecuting the war against the common enemy, the empires of Germany and Austria- Hungary. Carl A. Carlquist, formerly president of the Scandinavian mission, was appointed bishop of the fifth ward, Salt Lake City, on Sunday, September 8, with Joshua E. Salisbury and Jesse M. Drury counselors. Bishop Carlquist was born January 7, 1857. He came to Utah in 1877, and has taken an active part continually in Church work.

Immigration to the United States for the year ending June 30, 1918,

numbered 110,618, a smaller number than in any year since the Civil War. total from that Mexico furnished the largest number of immigrants, the country being 17,602. England and Japan came second and third respec- tively in furnishing immigrants. marshal of France on August 23 Marshal Foch received his baton as the of Premier Clemenceau In the from President Poincare in the presence took place in the court-yard of an simnle ceremony of presentation which to eloquently old Frendi^Sau, President Poincare referred briefly but

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the marshal's career and told him: "You have well merited the high dignity conferred upon you." — Joint Conference Reunion The reunion for the Leeds, Hull and Shef- field conferences of the British Mission will be held jointly this year in the Sugar House chapel, promptly at 8 p. m., Saturday, October 5. A program to suit all ages and tastes has been arranged, and a good time is assured. A cordial invitation is extended to all interested in Yorkshire and adjoining counties. Albert E. Foster, secretary to joint committee.

— London Conference Reunion Executive committee has perfected elab- orate preparations for the coming "event," a special feature of which will be the entertaining of friends and relatives of London missionaries and emi- grated Saints now in war service. Meeting in the Pioneer stake hall, 126 West Fifth South, for the reunion to be held Friday, October 4, 1918, 7:30 o'clock. London missionaries and conference presidents are asked to occupy stand. Abig event is expected. John T. Seaich.

Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik premier, was shot, on a Moscow street, early in September, by Dora Kaplan, a Russian revolutionary recently from the Crimea. He was at first reported dead, but later recovering. The Bol- sheviki, ascribing the attempt at his life and also the assassination of the German representatives at Kiev and Moscow to the Social Revolutionists, have declared a reign of terror; all entente subjects are to be interned and all non-residents ordered to leave Moscow and Petrograd, and thousands are being shot down. — Norwich Reunion The Norwich reunion (England) will be held in the 10th ward amusement hall, Fourth South and Eighth East streets, on Saturday evening, October 5, promptly at 8 o'clock. English games, songs, music and dances will be given a prominent place in the program. National hymns of England and America will also be sung. John Morris will preside. All former missionaries and residents of this conference are cordially invited, and they are asked to bring their families and friends with them. Take Wandamere or Ninth East cars. War time prohibition is to take effect after June 30, 1919. The Senate of the United States, on August 29, passed the prohibition amendment to the Food Stimulation bill. The bill provides that after June 30, 1919, no snirits, beer or wins shall be sold for beverage purposes except for export. The Internal Revenue Commissioner shall regulate the sale of wine for sacramental, medicinal and special uses. No intoxicants are to be imported. The President may at any time, after approval of the act, establish prohibi- tion zones about coal mines, munition plants, ship yards, and other war works. Registration Day, Sept. 12, was declared a national holiday, and all men between and including eighteen to twenty, and thirty -two to forty-five, inclu- sive, were required to register throughout the United States to create a new army estimated to reach the number of 3,200,000 men. The holiday was generally observed, and there was not a hitch in the registration, close on to thirteen million men being registered. In Salt Lake City alone nearly fifteen thousand men registered. It was estimated that the total registration for the State of Utah would be about 53,000, which is two or three thousand below the estimated draft. Approximately thirteen million men, from which will come the reserves to win the war, were registered in this second great mobilization of the Nation's manpower.

General Foch, and the allied armies under his direction, continued their attack on the whole western battle line, from Ypres to east of Rheims. Dur- ing August the British regained part of the ground they lost last March,

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also crossed the Hindenburg line and took Peronne and Lens, crossed an extension of the Hindenburg line near Arras, at Queant, near Cambrai, which they captured on September 2, taking ten thousand prisoners. The Americans assisted both the English and the French in their attacks, and with the French, on August 29, took Noyon. On the following day the Americans took Juvigny. On August 31 the British took Kemmel, and on September 1 the Australians took Peronne and the Americans Voorme- zeele, near Ypres. On Sept. 2 the Rhine cities were bombed. On Sept. 12 the Americans and French launched a new drive at St. Mihiel, causing the Germans to withdraw with great loss, and continuing, the Allies went on to within a few miles of Metz, the city which is considered impregnable, owing to its marvelous trenches. Premier Lloyd George, speaking at Manchester, Sept.. 12, said: "Nothing but heart failure on the part of the British nation can prevent our achieving a real victory." The Americans achieved great success in the drive at St. Mihiel, and while the battle was most furious, it was still considered a pleasant fight compared with what the Americans went through on the Marne. The Americans are reported to have taken over eighteen thousand prisoners, many guns and much ammunition.

Canadian Official Photo. © Underwood & Underwood, N. Y. This is a familiar scene where the British and Canadians are fighting today. Canadian cavalrymen are bringing in a few of the many thousands lines re- of German soldiers they have been capturing within the fighting cently. Canadian infantry can be seen on the left of the picture ready to march to the front. Thousands of prisoners have been taken in the recent fighting by the Canadians. At Hendecourt they broke through the "switch line" before Cagnicourt after which they stormed Dury, two miles north of Villers-lez-Cagnicourt. South of the Scarpe river, led by tanks, the Canadians swept forward along the Arras Cambrai road.

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Died in Service Hyrum A. Perry, son of Hyrum D. Perry, of Mapleton, Utah, was re- ported killed in action on the western front. Angela Santarelli, Tooele, Utah, is reported as killed on the western front in France, in the casualty list of Sept. 12. Albert S. Killian, of Sheridan, Wyoming, was killed in action on the western front, according to the casualty list of August 27. Hyrum Schulzen, of West Jordan, Utah, age 26, is reported killed in action in France, September 13. He entered the army Nov. 3, 1917, and went to Camp Lewis for training. William C. Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles I. Morris, who removed to Salt Lake some years ago from Greeley, Idaho, was killed in action, ac- cording to the casualty list of August 17. Joseph Leo Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Jones, of Hooper, Utah, died Saturday, August 10, at Camp Upton, New York, in a base hospital. His body was returned to Hooper for burial. Hyrum Perry, of Mapleton, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Perry of Spring- ville, was killed in action in France, on August 4. He was a member of the national army, 29 years of age, and received his training at Camp Lewis. He had been in Europe six months. Leon Haws, son of Mrs. A. B. Haws, Salt Lake City, was killed in action in France, July 21. He was born in Mammoth, went to Camp Lewis with the National Army contingent, in September, 1917, arrived in France in July, and was serving with the machine gun company at the time of his death. Guy S. Faulconer, Blackfoot, Idaho, son of S. J. Faulconer, of Blackfoot, who left school and enlisted in March, 1917, died in action in France accord- ing to official notice received in Blackfoot, September 11. He was a radio operator, and was born near West Baden, Anderson county, Kansas, May 20, 1899. Jabez Draper, son of George H. Draper, of Clearfield, twenty-two years of age, was killed in action, in France, July 23. He left Ogden November 3, last, with a contingent sent to Camp Lewis, arrived in England last Christmas, and was in France on New Year's Day, being assigned to E company, 26th Infantry. Charles Densley, Riverton, Utah, was killed in action in France, July 21. He was twenty-five years of age, and went into the National army No- vember 3, first to Camp Lewis, then was transferred to an embarkation port in New Jersey. He landed in England Christmas day, and two weeks later was over the channel in France. Frank S. Fuller of Springville, Utah, lost his life in action, in France, June 7. He was the first Springville boy to give up his life in the world war. A memorial service was held in the Springville Opera House, on August 25, in honor of him. A great crowd of citizens turned out to pay their respects to his memory. *

Earl R. Ridd, son of Brigham A. and Fanny L. Ridd, of Salt Lake City, with the American Expeditionary forces, was killed in France on Julv 9, He enlisted May 30, 1917, as a volunteer, and left for Camp Houston, Texas, June 19. He sailed for France October 30 last. He had been in action forty-two times, and was killed on the forty-third time. David Jespersen, with the Expeditionary forces in France, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesper and Augusta Jespersen, Ogden, formerly of Huntsville, was killed in action July 28. He was born in Huntsville, July 20, 1889, and went to Camp Lewis with the first contingent of drafted men, arriving in England on Christmas and in France on January 1, 1918. George L. Young, son of Mrs. Margaret Young, Salt Lake City, 24 years old, was killed in action in the Soissons-Rheims sector, according to word received July 30, Salt Lake City. He was born in Park City, Utah, received his early education in the schools of Salt Lake, was employed in the Denver

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& Rio Grande Railroad shops prior to his enlistment in the marine corps, on June 4, 1917. James Keene Sprunt, son of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Sprunt, Jr., died in a French hospital from wounds received last June while in action. He was a marine of the fourth replacement battalion, born in Ogden, 1890, but lived principally in Salt Lake. He enlisted January, 1918, with the marines, being assigned to a machine gun battalion. He went overseas May 31, and had been a student of the West Side High School. George Cottam, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alma Cottam, Salt Lake City, was killed in action July 31. He enlisted in the United States army Sept. 19, 1917, went with Utah's first group of national army men to Camp Lewis, was assigned to the i362nd Infantry, later the 47th Infantry, at Camp Green, North Carolina, and from thence K> Camp Mills, New York, and overseas. He was twenty-three years old at the time of his death. Private Clarence James Mason, of Brigham City, Utah, died of spinal meningitis at Camp Kearny. His body was sent to Brigham City, where it arrived on August 18, and funeral services were held in the afternoon in the second ward meeting house, which was filled with sympathizing relatives and friends. Governor Bamberger was present at the funeral services, and was one of the speakers. Mason was married and leaves a young wife. David A. Margetts, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Margetts, Salt Lake City, died of pneumonia, in France, according to official notice received September 14. The young soldier graduated from the West Side High School, in 1916. He enlisted last November, in the aviation corps, was sent to Waco, Texas, January 25, from there to Lake Charles, Louisiana, then transferred to New York to go overseas, arriving in France in July, 1918. Sidney Edwards, son of Eddie Edwards, Pinedale, Wyo., was killed in action in France, July 15. He was one of the first boys to volunteer in the first call from the government, joining a machine gun company. He left Pinedale a year ago, August 28. The boy was of Indian parentage, and the only one in the company, but was eager to go with the other boys to fight for his country, home and friends, showing him to be a true American in every sense of the word. Arrol H. Merrill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Edgar Merrill, of Rich- mond, Utah, is reported as dead of disease, in the casualty list of Septem- ber 15. He was the first young man from Richmond to reach France, as well as the first from there to give up his life in battle. He was twenty- two years of age, and left for Camp Lewis October 3, 1917, arriving in France December 21. He had been sick ever since his arrival in France, having been in a hospital with scarlet fever, rheumatism and other com- plications. Delos Leroy Peay, of the United States navy, died August 24, from acci- dental scalding on the U. S. S. Agamemnon, at an Atlantic port. He en- listed Nov. 17, 1917, and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Peay, Jr. The officers and crew of the Agamemnon wrote a letter of sympathy to his mother and sent her a check for $304, representing contributions made by the officers and men. The body was sent to Provo for burial, where funeral services were held Sept. 3, Governor Bamberger being in attendance, also an army platoon to do him honor. Melvin C. Patten, twenty-three years of age, enlisted in Borga, Idaho, April, 1917. His home was at Payson, Utah. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Patten. He was killed in action July 22. He was guard at the Lucin cut-off, serving from May to September, last year, and was then transferred to Camp Green, North Carolina. Just before sailing for France he was heard from at Camp Merritt, New Jersey. He saw action for the first time in April this year, and was with a machine gun company of the 18th Infantry. Mr. Patten came from Mexico in 1907, having been born in Dublan, Mexico, December 23, 1895.

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