--- 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: 25 number: 8 published: 1922-06 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* 25, no. 8 (June 1922): 758–763.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2508unse 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: improvementera2508unse start_page: 758 end_page: 763 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1922-06) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2508unse publication_year: 1922 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 1922, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Passing Events |Ii I j , ■ I, |j-S. | i| *?. ' :.K-1 . j President A. W. Ivins was appointed president of the L. D. S. Uni- versity, May 10. The battle of Kilkenny ended May 3, by the Irish Free State troops capturing Ormond castle, held by the irregulars. The water in the Lake has risen eight inches since March 1. Or- dinarily the rise at this time of the year in six weeks is only six inches. A threat of war was made by M. Poincare, the French premier, in a speech at Bar-de-Duc, France, if the Germans default in their payment of reparations, May 31. Paul Deschanel died April 28, at Paris, of influenza. He was at one time president of France, which position he resigned in September, 1920, owing to poor health. Arbor day, April 15, witnessed a big snow s.orm and the planting of trees was generally postponed. The following day eight inches of snow fell in Salt Lake City. Mr. A. C. Keeley, manager of the Keeley Ice Cream Co., died April 11 at Passadena, Cal., after an illness of fourteen months. He came to Salt Lake City in 1890. Fire destroyed a school building at Huntington, Emery Co., April 12, but the children were quickly formed in line and marched out without panic. None was injured. The eighteenth session of the Council of the League of Nations opened at Geneva, May 10. It was presided over by Count Quinones de Leon, Spanish ambassador to France. A memorial library for President Charles W . Penrose has been proposed by Dr. George H. Brimhall, in a letter sent out to prominent men and women in the inter-mountain territory. By an explosion of T. N. T. near Helper, Utah, considerable damage was caused to buildings, and many persons were injured. The explosive was used for road building across the river. A world federation is the aim of Father Luigi Sturgo, leader of the Italian Catholic party. He has been given a respectful hearing at Genoa, though he is noi a delegate to the conference. Mrs. Annie Woodhouse Candland, widow of David Candland, died at Mt. Pleasant, April 14, of cancer. She was born in Adwick, Yorkshire, England, Nov. 13, 1838, and came to America in 1850. Mine guards and miners clashed at Scofield, Carbon Co., April 27. Many shots were fired and three men were reported woundec. This is said to be the first bloodshed of the present coal strike. After twenty years on a mission, Elder "Wilford J. Cole, of Nephi, was PASSING EVENTS 759 tendered a reception, on his arrival home, April 18. He had been employed on the sugar plantation of the Church in the Hawaiian Islands. Famine is predicted for 1923, by Sir William Beveridge, owing to un- favorable weather conditions, he says, next year. Nature, the leading scientific weekly in England regards the prediction as well founded. William D. Funk, of Manti, died at his home there, April 10. He was born at. Quincy, 111., Nov. 7, 1844, and came to Utah, with his parents in 1847. Funeral services were held in the Manti Tabernacle, April 14. Governor Mabey's party left for Los Angeles, April 17, where they took part in the observance of "Utah day" April 19. The party consisted of thirteen persons. President Heber J. Grant was one of the number. China has ratified the treaties) signed in Washington during the arma- ment conference and also the Shantung treaty with Japan, negotiated at the same time, according to word received by the Chinese legation, May 6. Venus has a rotation of about the same speed as the earth, according to an announcement made by Mr. Alfred Roredame in the March Popular Astronomy. Mr. Roredame is a Salt Lake astronomer of world-wide recog- nition. Against the Ku Klux Klan, Kansas City enacted an ordinance, April 25, providing for a fine of $100, for appearing in public in a costume concealing the identity of the wearer. Similar action was taken in Los Angeles. The first conference of the Church in Ireland, since that country be- came a Free State, was held April 16, in Mill's Hall, Merrion Row, Dublin. Elder Orson F. Whiney, president of the European mission was in at- tendance. The new chapel at Grantsville, Tooele, was dedicated April 23, by Elder Rudger Clawson, of the Council of the Twelve. It has been erected at the cost of $28,630, one-third of which was contributed from the general Church funds. The death of Mrs. Sallie Saunders, 92 years old, Lompoc, Calif., was announced May 2. She was a sister of the youthful sweetheart of Abra- ham Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, who died at the age of 16. Mrs. Saunders had many Lincoln mementos. Andrew Rosequist died May 4 in his home in Provo, of pneumonia. He was born October 8, 1845, in Malmo, Sweden, and came to Utah in Captain Home's ox teams company, and to Provo in 1912. He was a veteran of the Blackhawk war. Funeral services for Samuel Davenport, of Manti, who died April 19, were held April 23, in the Manti tabernacle. He was a native of England, born Nov. 18, 1845, and has been a resident of Manti since 1864. He was a veteran of the Black Hawk war. A son was born to Elder Heber Grant at Laie, Oahu, Hawaii, April 24. Elder Grant is a son of B. F. Grant, of the Dr. W. H. Groves L. D. S. hospital, Salt Lake City. He and his wife have been in the Hawaiian mission for about a year. Resolutions of protest against anti" Mormon" slander in England, were adopted, April 18, at a meeting at the Hotel Utah of the Defense League. Officers of the organization were elected. The intention is to send the resolutions broadcast in Great Britain. 760 IMPROVEMENT ERA Funeral services for Patriarch James J. Chandler, Rigby, Idaho, were held in the stake tabernacle, April 24, in the presence of a large audience. He was a native of England, born July 16, 1849. He taught school in Willard and other Utah towns for years, and was a prominent Church worker. A fearful tornado swept Austin, Texas, May 4, as a result of which nine persons were reported dead, and thirty-eight injured two probably fatally and property damage was estimated at $400,000. Following the windstorm, came rain and hail, some of the hailstones being as large as small eggs. St. Johns stake presidency ums reorganized, April 30, by the appoint- ment of Levi S. Udall as president and Jacob Hamblin and Le Roy Gibbons counselors. President David K. Udall was honorably released. Charles Whitney, Jr., was appointed bishop of Vernon ward, and Edwin L. Whiting, bishop of St. Johns ward. Henry Horsley died, May 6, at his home in Salt Lake City at the age of 77 years. He was the oldest employe of the Utah Light and Traction company, and on 3 of the first motormen of the company when the lines were electrified. He drove one of the horse cars on the Salt Lake Street railway in the early days. Valuable coins. According to a newspaper article published April 16, one collector has paid $352 for a twenty-dollar gold piece struck by the Deseret mint in 1849. The issue that year consisted of $20, $10, $5, and $2.50 pieces. In 1850 and 1860 $5 pieces were again struck. There are not many of these rare coins left. Wm. Jennings Bryan offered $100, April 27, to any professor who can harmonize the Bible with the teachings of evolutionists. He paid that sum to Prof. R. C. Spangler, West Virginia University, for answering cer- tain questions, because, he wrote, "It is worth $100 to me to see a college professor guilty of cowardly evasion." Richard Croker, formerly leader of Tammany Hall, New York, died April 29 at Glencairn castle, Sandyford, a few miles from Dublin. His wife was at the bedside. The former political leader spent the better part of the last ten or twelve years in Ireland, where he owned extensive estates, making occasional visits to the United States. The First Presidency indorsed the censure of Arbuckle films, April 21, by asking Senator Reed Smoot by wire to express to Will H. Hays, head of the American Moving Picture Corporation, their approval of his recent action against those films. "We think his name," the First Presi- dency say, "should never be allowed to appear in the movies again." The centennial of the birth of Ulysses S. Grant was observed April 27 in Washington and at Point Pleasant, Ohio, the birthplace of the great soldier and president. At the capital a memorial of bronze was dedicated in the Botanic Gardens. President Harding attended the exercises at Point Pleasant. In New York an oak tree was planted at Grant's grave. Patriarch Duncan M. McAllister observed the 80th anniversary of his birthday, April 17. Bishop George S. McAllister, of the Eleventh ward, Salt Lake City and Mrs. Nettie Maeser McAllister entertained a family party at their home, in his honor. Brother McAllister looked hale and hearty and is evidently good for many more birthday celebrations on this side of the veil, PASSING EVENTS 761 The water in Pea-ley's creek, Red Butte and Emigration, southeast of Salt Lake City, was higher on May 5 than it has ever been. At Sugar House corner the water poured over the top of the conduit at Twenty-first South and Eleventh East streets, suspending traffic at this point. At Seventeenth South and Fifth East streets and on the west side of the street yards were flooded and sidewalks covered wi*h mud and debris. President George W. McCune, of the Eastern States mission, was the guest at a farewell party at Washington, D. C, April 30. He is to go to Los Angeles, to take charge of a stake of the Church to be organized there. Senator Reed Smoot, former Governor Spry, and Representative Don B. Colton were in attendance. Elder B. H. Roberts has been appointed to succeed Elder McCune as president of the Eastern States mission. An, L. D. S. chapel site in Ocean Park, Cat., was dedicated, and ground broken, April 6, in the presence of a large congregation. The building will be 100 feet deep in the form of a T. The bar to the T will serve as an amusement hall and also for class rooms. There will be no base- ment. When completed the building will comfortably seat 550 people. R. D. Rutherford, Salt Lake architect and contractor, is in charge of the building. Russia replied to the memorandum of the Allies, May 11, suggest- ing that a special commission be appointed to deal with the Russian prob- lems, after the adjournment of the Genoa conference. In the meantime a report became current that Russia and Germany had entered into a se- cret military agreement, April 3, by which Germany had undertaken to furnish the "Red" army of Russia with arms and other equipment, and with training officers. Chicago has another Haymarket case in the coldblooded murder, May 10, of Lieutenant Terrence Lyon and Policeman Thomas Clark during riots attributed to labor war. Rewards amounting to $50,000 were imme- diately offered for the apprehension of the murderers. The headquarters of the labor unions were raided by the police and prominent labor leaders, including "Big Tim" Murphy, "Con" Shea, and Fred Mader, were ar- rested. Russia demands fifty billion gold rubles for damage done by the forces of Denikine, Kolchak, Yudenicht, and Wrangel, and the loss of Bessarabia to Rumania. The bill was presented April 15 by the Russian soviet delegates at the Genoa conference in answer to a demand that Rus- sia accept responsibility for the Russian pre-war debt. Lloyd George promptly declared their claim inadmissible and asked for a favorable reply to the demands of the allies, or the withdrawal of the Russian delegates. Civil War was reported from Pekin, China, April 29. On that date Wu Pei Fu attacked the forces of Chang Tso Lin that had been thrown in a semi-circle around the capital. On May 1 fierce fighting was in prog- ress, with the advantage on the side of the attacking forces, and on May 5, the city was captured by Gen. Wu Pei Fu. The forces of his opponent, Gen. Chang Tso Lin were routed. The latter is said to have been the standard bearer of a Chinese militarism, while Gen. Wu Pei Fu was the leader of a liberal party. Thousands are homeless in the stricken flood zones of Louisiana and Mississippi. Particular efforts at relief were directed May 1 to the area in central eastern Louisiana, where a lake of more than 1400 square miles now stands on fertile farm lands and commercial towns as a result of 762 IMPROVEMENT ERA i the breaking of the levee of the Mississippi river near Ferriday. Harrison- burg, La., far west of the river, but in the flood zone, presented the most serious problems. On May 8, seventy thousand persons were reported homeless. Mildred Ingram Bailey, daughter of Owen A. and Mary Strong Bailey, 21 years of age, died Friday, April 7, 1922, at Los Angeles, California, of heart trouble. She was born July 13, 1900. Her mother died about three years ago. Miss Bailey was a trusted worker and a lovable personality in the Improvement Era business ffice since October, 1917, until about a year ago when she went to Los Angeles on account of her health. Her body was brought to Salt Lake City for burial. She is survived by one brother and five sisters. The remains of Elmer Jesperson weie recendy shipped from over seas and laid away in a beautiful little valley near Tucson's foothill's cemetery, located in the desert soil of beautiful Arizona amid sunshine and flowers. S. Spencer Porter of Tucson, Arizona, sends a eulogy for Elmer, who was one of his comrades and who crossed the seas to fight for freedom. He says, "We know that wreaths of glory will forever crown his brow. Peaceful may his silent slumber be, and may we always remember that he gave his life, offered as a supreme sacrifice to God, humanity and country." Mrs. Anna Olsen McKay and baby were drowned, April 23 in Ogden river, near the Hermitage. James Gunn McKay, with wife and their eight- months old son, was on his way from their home in Huntsville to Ogden, where he was to attend a meeting and deliver an address, when the auto mobile went through the railing of a temporary bridge. The vehicle turned turtle in the water. Mr. McKay was rescued by bridge workers and escaped with only minor injuries. The baby was dead when taken from the wrecked car, and the efforts made to save the life of Mrs. McKay proved of no avail. A protest was sent to the Mexican government, April 17, by the state department, at the request of U. S Senator Wm. H. King, against the con- fiscation by Mexico of 26,000 acres of land near Ascension in Chihuahua, owned by settlers who are members of the Church, formerly living in Utah. Senator King was notified by an attorney at Nogales of this con- fiscation, and also has a resolution from Utah claimants against Mexico pro- testing against this seizure. The petition of the claimants also asks that the administration take whatever steps are necessary to enforce the proper settlement by Mexico of all American claims against that government. A children's convalescent hospital and day nursery under the direc- tion of the Primary Association was opened at 44 North Temple St., Salt Lake City on May 11. Miss Anna Rosenkilde was appointed super- visor, April 15. Miss Rosenkilde is a graduate nurse of the L. D. S. hos- pital. During the war she was in service at Fort Sill and later was over- seas with the A. E. F. army nurse corps having charge of 125 beds in one of the largest base hospitals in France. She will have complete charge of the home under the supervision of the Primary association hospital committee, including Mrs. Louie B. Felt, president; Miss May Anderson and Mrs. Clara W. Beebe counselors; Mrs. Alice T. Sheets, chairman in charge of the children being cared for by the Primary association at the hospital, and Mrs. Vilate S. Chambers. President Heber J. Grant was present at the opening ceremonies, and dedicated the building. Utah Lake reached its highest level during the first half of April. On the 12th of that month a delegation from Utah county, headed by Preston G. Peterson, met with the Utah water storage commission at Salt Lake PASSING EVENTS 763 to call the attention of the authorities to conditions around Utah lake, where the water was more than two feet above compromise point, and was expected to go higher. The delegation suggested that something be done to lower the lake immediately and also that 30,000 to 40,000 acres of land adjacent to the lake be reclaimed by drainage. A committee con- sisting of A. F. Doremus, Dr. Richard R Lyman, and W. 0. Creer of the Utah water storage commission, was appointed to meet with a committee from Utah county comprised of A. T. Money of Spanish Fork; Joseph Welch, county agricultural agent and County Commissioner James T. Gardner, to consider and carry out, if possible, suggestions made at the meeting. A Russo-Gernian treaty toas signed April 16, at Rapollo, by George Tcbitcherin for Russia and Dr. Walter Rathenau for Germany. Both are delegates to the Genoa conference. The treaty nullifies the Brest-Litovsk treaty, cancels all war claims and establishes full diplomatic relations be- tween the two countries. The British and French delegates declared that they considered the signing of the treaty a disloyal act. On April 18, the allies agreed to expel the German delegates from the meetings of the con- ference commission committee dealing with Russian affairs, and recom- mended that the reparations commission annul the Russo-German treaty. The German delegates April 21, agreed to stay away from the meet- ings of the commission dealing with Russian affairs, and the Russians ac- cepted in principle the acknowledgment of Russia's pre-war debt, on condition that they were promised a long moratorium, small interest, and a big loan. On May 4, the reparations commission, to which the matter of the Russo-German treaty had been referred, notified the various govern- ments that it had failed to find that the treaty violated the Versailles treaty. Elder Lewis Warren Shurtliff, president of the Weber stake for 39 years, died May 2, at the family residence in Ogden. He was born in Sullivan, Lorain county, Ohio, July 24 1835, the son of Luman A. and Eunice B. (Gaylor) Shurtliff. The parents joined the Church the year the son was born and went to Kirtland, Ohio. They then moved to Far West, Mo. Subsequently the family went to Nauvoo, 111., where the senior Shurtliff joined the Nauvoo Legion, of which he was elected major. In 1846 the family moved to Winter Quarters, and in 1851 they came to Utah, settling first at Salt Lake and soon after in Weber county. The deceased has for many years been prominent in the state and Church. He has served as county commissioner, probate judge, a member of the constitutional convention and a member of the territorial legislature. He attended the first irrigation congress session and was at every session dur- ing the time the congress was in existence. In civic affairs Judge Shurtliff was also active and was the first president of the street railway system in Ogden. In 1910 he was appointed postmaster at Ogden, serving a four- year term. In 1854 President Shurtliff was sent by President Brigham Young upon a colonization mission to the Salmon river country in Idaho. While there he assisted in building Fort Lemhi. He also built the first irrigation ditch for the colony in 1854. In 1858 Mr. Shurtliff returned to Utah. He made a number of trips across the plains with ox teams to assist emigrants coming to Utah. In 1867 he went to Europe as a mission- ary. He was bishop of the Plain City ward, and acted as president of the Weber stake since Jan. 21, 1883, which office he retained up to the time of his death.