--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 22 number: 2 published: 1918-12 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, \"Passing Events,\" *Improvement Era* 22, no. 2 (December 1918): 181–190." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2202unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2202unse start_page: 181 end_page: 190 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1918-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2202unse publication_year: 1918 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1918, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Passing Events PASSING EVENTS The United War Work Campaign is to raise in the United States $170,- 500,000 for service to the soldier boys. The campaign to raise Utah's quota - about $400,000—began Nov. 11 and continued to the 18th. The funds will continue to be distributed by the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the K. of C, Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Communities Service, American Library Association, and the Salvation Army. The Fourth Liberty Loan. Salt Lake City over-subscribed the Fourth — Liberty Loan by $902,450. There were 50,140 subscribers, and the total amount of subscriptions was $11,115,150. The over subscribers numbered 18,940, and the over subscription $902,450. In the nation, as near as could be ascertained November 1, there was a total subscription of $6,866,416,300 from more than 21,000,000 subscribers, an oversubscription of $866,416,300 which will be accepted and applied to reducing the size of the Fifth Loan, likely to be offered in the spring. King Boris of Bulgaria, who ascended the Bulgarian throne on Oct. 8. 1918, after the abdication of King Ferdinand, abdicated the throne after one month's trial on the 2d of November, 1918. M. Stainbuliwsky was chosen the leader of the kingdom. For a long time he has been an Agrarian leader and had recently been released from prison, having been condemned to life imprisonment in 1915, when Bulgaria entered the war, he having openly criticized former King Ferdinand's war policies. King Ferdinand released the new leader just before he abdicated. M. Stainbuliwsky is now the lead- ing man of the country, and if a republic is declared will undoubtedly be chosen president. Nels Nelson died on Thursday, October 31, 1918, at a local hospital, Salt Lake City, of influenza-pneumonia. He was born in Sundsvall, Norland, Sweden, forty years ago, and is remembered by a large number of mis- sionaries of the Church for his kindness and care of them during the many years that he was a member of the Church in his native land. He supplied the elders with headquarters and aided them in many other ways. Some three and a-half years ago, he emigrated to Salt Lake City, followed a year later by his wife and children. Being a tailor by trade, he was employed in that business since his coming to Salt Lake City. He was faithful to the end. His wife and four children survive him, and to these, the hearts and prayers of many missionaries will go out in sympathy. Died in Service Jared Dickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. A. Dickson, of Morgan, Utah, died at Fort Logan, Colo , October 18, 1918, of influenza. He entered the service of our Country on October 4, was sent to Fort Logan for training, and was stricken wi h influenza shortly after reaching camp. The body was sent to his home and the funeral was held Friday, October 25. He was 20 years of age. His brother, Bert Dickson, stationed at Camp Lewis came home for the funeral of his brother. His brother Abel J. Dickson, one of the best known business men in Morgan county, an employee of the Morgan Canning Company, 36 years of age, died in Richville, of influenza, October 16. two days brfore the death of his brother Jared. He was a prominent Church worker, and a leading business man. He leaves four sons and a daughter in addition to his parents and his widow. 182 IMPROVEMENT ERA Prvt. Charles J. Stewart, 23 years of age, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Stewart, Spanish Fork, Utah, is the first Spanish Fork soldier to make the supreme sacrifice in France. He died October 4, from wounds re- ceived on the battle front. He entered the service, April 28, 1918, was sent to Camp Lewis for training, later to Camp Merritt, and on July 6 sailed for France, being a member of the machine gun company. He has a brother in the service at Camp Kearny. Corporal Roland Twelves, 145th Field Artillery, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orson Twelves, Provo, 5th ward, died October 14, in France, at one of the base hospitals, from pneumonia. He volunteered for service soon after the United States entered the war, and was placed in F Battery on his own request, that he might be with the Utah county boys. He left June 14 for France with his regiment, arriving in July. He was born in Provo, August 9, 1895. He has two brothers, Glen and Hallis, in military service, the former in New York, the latter in France. — Germany Surrenders to the Allies The beaten German armies were granted an armistice by Marshal Foch on the early morning of November 11, 1918, and hostilities ceased at 11 o'clock a. m., Paris time, 6 o'clock Wash- ington time, that morning. At exactly 11 o'clock, Paris time, the American army on the Sedan front fired thousands of American heavy guns, as a part- ing shot to the Germans. The armistice, solely dictated by the Allies, was signed by the German representatives on the midnight previous. The armistice is to last 30 days with option to extend, but President Wilson snoke of the war as "coming to an end," when, at 1 o'clock on the 11th of November, he presented the terms of the armistice to the Senate of the United States. He gave as a reason for his statement that the terms herald the end of the war, that, having accepted them, it will be impossible fof the German command to renew the war. Some of the terms were: The evacuation of all invaded territories, the withdrawal of the German troops from the left bank of the Rhine and the surrender of all supplies of war. The abandonment by Germany of the treaties of Bucharest and Brest- Litovsk. The surrender of 160 submarines, 50 destroyers, six battle cruisers, 10 battleships, eight light cruisers and other miscellaneous ships. Surrender of all Allied vessels in German hands, and Germany is to notify neutrals that they are free to trade at once on the seas with the Allied countries. Restitution for damage done by the German armies; restitution of the cash taken from the national bank of Belgium and return of gold taken from Russia and Rumania. Surrender of 5,000 guns, half field and half light artillery; 30,000 ma- chine guns, 3,000 flame-throwers and 2,000 airplanes. The surrender of 5,000 locomotives, 50,000 wagons, 10,000 motor lorries, the railways of Alsace-Lorraine for use by the Allies and stores of coal and iron also are included. The right bank of the Rhineland, that occupied by the Allies, is to be- come a neutral zone and the bank held by the Germans is to be evacuated in 19 days. The Allied forces are to have access to the evacuated territory either through Dantzig or by the river Vistula. Unconditional capitulation of all German forces in East Africa within one month. The immediate repatriation of all Allied and American prisoners with- out reciprocal action by the Allies. In connection with the evacuation of the east bank of the Rhine it is provided that the Allies shall hold the crossings of the river at Coblentz, PASSING EVENTS 183 Cologne and Mayence, together with bridgeheads in a 30-kilometer radius. German troops are to retire at once from any territory held by Russia, Rumania and Turkey before the war. Kaiser Wilhelm II as well as the crown prince have abdicated, signing their renunciation to the throne, Saturday morning, Novem- ber 9. The Kaiser fled to Holland where he, his wife, and eldest son sought refuge. Many of the parts of the empire, particularly on the north, were in the hands of revolutionists and a number of the kings and arch- dukes had either abdicated or were dethroned. Many naval and army units mutinied or revolted, and joined the revolutionists. America achieved all her war objectives in the terms imposed on Germany, whose masters of military autocracy driven to exile, have subscribed to terms of surrender the most drastic and complete ever measured out to a defeated foe. It will insure the destruction of a military caste, a malicious power which once could secretly, of its own choice, disturb the peace of the world, and which brought on this greatest war in history. The Associated Press gives the following brief outline of the war: "It was late in June, 1914, that the world was stirred by the murder in Sarajevo, Bosnia, of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the Austrian heir-appar- ent, and his wife. Austria, backed by Germany, accused Serbia of instigat- ing the crime and made demands which Serbia accepted in part. Austria would not agree to arbitrate the demands not accepted by Serbia and the foreign offices in London, Paris and Petrograd failed to swerve Austria from her course. "Austria-Hungary began hostilities on July 27, 1914, by attacking Serbia, ?nd within a week Germany had joined her, while France, Great Britain and Russia had thrown their forces against Germany and Austria. As the war went on the number of nations involved increased until the conflict became the greatest in the history of the world. "Declaring war on France, Germany, on August 1, 1914, threw her armies toward France by way of Belgium. Fighting for the maintenance of their neutrality, the Belgians checked the oncoming horde for a time, but within two months the Prussian armies were within a few miles of Paris, from which the French government had fled. "One of the vital moments of the war had arrived. In a battle of dra- matic changes, the enemy hordes were hurled back to north of the Marne. "Turkey soon entered the war on the side of Germany and Italy joined the Allies. Bulgaria came in with Germanv, and Serbia and Montenegro were overrun. On April 6, 1917, the United States, unable to force Germany by peaceful means to conduct her ruthless submarine warfare in keeping with international law, threw her forces into the struggle. "At that time the imperial government of Russia had been overthrown and a provisional democratic government instituted. In Italy, the armies of King Victor Emm?nual were driving back the Austrians in the Trentino and on the Isonzo. In France, the French and British were hammering at the German lines with little apparent results. "The autumn of 1917 witnessed the defeat of the Italian armies and their retreat to the Piave line. Almost simultaneously American troops appeared on the western front for the first time, while the French and British armies were holding positions of strategic importance from the North Sea to Switzerland. During the winter of 1917-1918 American aid became more effective and Russia dropped out because of the Bolsheviki coup. "Germany, at the beginning of 1918, announced her purpose to end the war by an offensive in France. It was her last mighty effort, and for weeks the world wondered when the enemy hordes would be stopped. The turn in the fighting came on July 18 when Marshal Foch launched the Americans and French in an attack. Since that fateful day for Germany, the Allied armies on all fronts have met with continued success. 184 IMPROVEMENT ERA "Germany's ultimate defeat became more certain as the summer ad- vanced. The first break in the ranks of the Central Powers came with the defection of Bulgaria late in September. King Ferdinand abdicated Oct. 4. Turkey signed armistice terms the last of October and Austria-Hungary ten- dered the white flag to Italy on November 4, when hostilities ceased on all the Austrian fronts." Germany then attempted to bring about a negotiated peace, but that this was a complete failure, was shown by the fact that Germany's emissaries at the headquarters of Marshal Foch signed the terms of an armistice which let us hope, shall end the world's greatest tragedy. As the news of the armistice was received, the cities of the United States went riotous in celebrating the event, and Utah, Idaho, and the West generally were not a whit behind the foremost in this respect. On the day hostilities ceased, the American army had reached a total strength of 3,764,677 men of which number 2,200,000 had been sent to France, Italy or Russia, the remainder being under arms in camps in this country. The war, the greatest in history, lasted 1,567 days and virtually con- vulsed the whole civilized world. It has cost at the lowest estimate ten million lives, and countless treasure. It has opened the way for the rule of ihe people instead of the rule of kings and kaisers. Of the Teutons, William Hohenzollern II of Germany is a fugitive in Holland; Charles I of Austria has been stripped of power, his empire shattered; Mohammed V of Turkey is said to be slain by the hand of an assassin; Ferdinand of Bulgaria has fled from his country. On the last day, General Pershing's men attacked over a front of seventy-one miles from the Meuse southeastward into Lor- raine, gaining an average of two or three miles and approaching within ten miles of Metz. It was probably the last drive to be recorded in the war. From October 24 to Noevmber 4 the Italians took 500,000 prisoners, in- cluding over ten thousand officers. They also captured 6,815 guns and 250,000 horses. The BrWfh had reached the general line of the Franco- Belgi?n frontier, and the Canadians captured Mons as their final act. Since the offensive of the Allies began at Chateau-Thierry July 15, the Allied arnres captured 362,355 men up to Nov. 3, including 7,990 officers as well as 6,217 cannon, 38,622 machine guns, and 3,907 mine throwers. On November 17, General Pershing's forces moved on to Metz and Sedan taking every precaution, as if facing the enemy, against treachery or hidden assault, and in such order as might quickly be transformed into battle array. The great work of reconstruction both in Europe and America must now begin. The 91st in Action Calvin S. Smith, Chaplain-at-Large of the 91st Division A. P. O. 776, France, informs the Era, in a communication dated in October, in France, that he will be pleased to furnish relatives or friends of men in his division with any information he can get concerning them. He states further, "Our Division has been in action, some of our men have been killed, and many are injured. Our Division did some wonderful fighting." Our boys are thus making good wherever they appear. Many Utah and Idaho boys are in this division, who went to Camp Lewis, Washington, for training with the first draft. — Improvement Era, December, 1918 Two Dollars per Annum Entered at the Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah, as second class matter Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on July 2, 1918 Address, 20 Bishop's Building, Salt Lake City, Utah Joseph F. Smith, | „ Heber J. Grant, Business Manager itors Edward H. Anderson, \ Moroni Snow, Assistant TABLE OF CONTENTS Nazareth Frontispiece Doing their "Bit" in an Idaho Field A. L 93 Sayings, Sentiments and Stories from Conference Sermons Our Duty in Warning and Helping to Warn.... Prest. Anthon H. Lund 95 Mission of the Church and Duty of the Sev- enties Prest. Chas. W. Penrose 96 A Remarkable Manifestation Prest. Heber J. Grant 97 A Healing and a Conversion Elder Charles A. Callis 99 The Mission of America Elder Orson F. Whitney 100 An Appeal to the Youth of Zion Elder David O. McKay 101 Spurious Revelations and Visions Elder Joseph F. Smith, Jr 104 President Joseph F. Smith 105 Wilbur's Christmas Gift. A Story Elsie C. Carroll 107 This Side and the Other. A Poem Lydia D. Alder. 117 Soissons, on the Aisne River. Illustrated 118 George Halls. A Sketch Edward H. Anderson...- 119 Little Bardina. A Story. With illustrations Alfred Lambourne 123 The Christmas Awakening. A Story Elizabeth Cannon Porter 128 An Armistice. A Poem Theodore E. Curtis 130 Mysterious Ways Nephi Jensen 133 God the Great Physician Joseph A. West „ 133 Spring and Harvest. A Poem .....Florence L. Lancaster 135 At the Top of the Canyon — I Claude T. Barnes _. 136 My Star. Male Quartet Edward H. Anderson and Evan Stephens 140 Be Thou My Strength. A Poem Charles H. Welch 141 Outlines for Scout Workers—XXVIII Delbert W. Parratt, B. S 142 Subduing the Alberta Prairie. Illustrated Z. N. Skouson 145 The Kiss. A Poem Theodore E. Curtis 147 Died in Service 148 A Testimony „ Duncan M. McAllister 153 Defeat. A Story _ D. WCummings . 156 The Path of Retreat of the "Peacemaker." Photo 180 — Editor's Table Vision of the Redemption of the Dead Prest. Joseph F. Smith 166 President Joseph F. Smith Edward H. Anderson _ 170 Books _ 174 Messages from the Missions 176 Mutual Work 178 Passing Events „ „ 181 The 91st in Action 184 £imiimiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi iiiiiiiiimimi mi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii nun iiniiiiii urn i in iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiib wmsmesstSBiM The MEMORIAL MONUMENT of Joseph Smith the Prophet is made of Dark Barre Granite. It is the largest and finest specimen of that stone, all polished, in America. It was furnished by the BOUTWELL, MILNE & VARNUM CO., Montpelier, Vt. The many thousands of visitors that have seen it are unanimous in their ad- miration of the superb material and workmanship. 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