Passing Events

The first snow of the season, at Ogden, fell on Mt. Ogden, Oct. 12. There was a light rainfall in the city. The value of Utah livestock is estimated at $22,250,511, in a tabulation by the state auditor completed Oct. 16. The British Parliament urns dissolved, Oct. 26, by royal proclamation, and the new was summoned to meet Nov. 20. The coronation of King Ferdinand of Rumania, and Queen Mary, took place Oct. 15, in the public square at Albajulia, in the presence of a vast crowd. An extra session of Congress was called, Nov. 9, by proclamation by President Harding. It convened Nov. 20, two weeks in advance of the regular session. Great Britain paid $50,000,000 to the United States in October, a first instalment on her debt to our country. Another like payment was looked for in November. Isaac Guggenheim died, Oct. 10, at Southampton, England. He was known as an American capitalist and copper magnate. His death was sudden and unexpected. Snow and rain fell all over Utah the last days of October and first days of November, ending a "dry" season" which has lasted since August. The change was welcomed by farmers and stock raisers. The Richmond tabernacle was dedicated, Oct. 29, at the Benson stake quarterly conference, by Elder George F. Richards. The building was begun twenty years ago, and finished at a total cost of $49,814.65. Indictments by the Utah state grand jury were returned, Oct. 27, against twelve coal dealers of the state and lumber dealers in Salt Lake City, for having combined to raise or to maintain high prices on their products. Justice Wm. R. Day resigned Oct. 24, his position as associate justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, to take effect Nov. 14. He resigned in order to assume his duties as a member of the American-German claims commis- sion. A new Italian ministry was formed, Oct. 30, by Benito Mussolini, composed of four different political parties. The supposition is that the new government will support France at the coming Near Eastern peace con- gress. Henry Wallace Crocket died at Provo, Utah, Oct. 15, after an opera- tion for appendicitis. He was superintendent of the State Mental Hospital farm, and brother of the secretary of state. He was a native of Logan, Utah, 46 years old. Norway was awarded $12,000,000 by the arbitration tribunal which for several months has been considering the controversy between that country and the United States involving claims growing out of the requisitioning of Norwegian vessels during the war. James Vincent, of Spanish Fork, Utah, died at his home there, Oct. 9,

216 IMPROVEMENT ERA of ailments incident to advanced age. He was 94 years old, the oldest inhabitant of the town. He was horn in Rackheat, Norfolk, England, and came to Utah in 1864. A terrific explosion occurred, November 6, in the No. 1 mine of the Reilly Coal Co., at Spangler, Pa. There were 112 men in the mine at the time of the accident of whom 32 were rescued. Eighty dead bodies were brought to the surface. The loss caused jfey the recent coal strike in the United States is esti- mated at $1,900,000,000, according to Mr. J. G. Bradley, of Dundon, W. Va., former president of the National Coal Association. The loss in wages alone was $450,000,(000. Robert Campbell Gemmell died, Oct. 25, of heart failure on a train bound for Los Angeles. As assistant managing director of the Jackling mining properties, he was well known in the mining world of Utah and near- by states. He was 59 years of age. Fire destroyed the steamship, City of Honolulu, Oct. 12, 670 miles off the coast of California. The passengers and crew, numbering 217 souls took to the life boats, and, thanks to radio messages, sent out before the ship was abandoned, were rescued by a freighter. A farewell party for Elder David O. McKay was given in Ogden Nov. 2, attended, according to estimates, by 2,500 friends and well-wishers. Elder McKay left Nov. 7, for Liverpool, to take charge of the European mission as the successor of Elder Orson F. "Whitney. John W . Eslinger died suddenly at his home in Salt Lake City, Nov. 6, of heart failure, 68 years of age. He was apparently in good health when he retired for the night, but was found dead in the morning. In 1898 he was captain of police in Salt Lake City. Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm married Princess Hermione of Reuss, at Doran, Holland, Nov. 5, where he lives in voluntary exile. A contract was entered into which the bridegroom signed as "Wilhelm II." A religious ceremony was then performed by the Lutheran priest, Dr. Vogel, former court chap- lain. Uncle Sam received fifty million dollars from Great Britain, Oct. 16, as part payment of interest due on $4,277,000,000 borrowed during the war. The money was paid through J. P. Morgan & Co., New York, the American fiscal agent of the British government. Payments are to be made at inter- vals of six months. Father Bernard Vaughan died in London, October 31. He was a brother of Cardinal Vaughan and a famous Jesuit priest. It was Father Vaughan who, some years ago, during a wave of anti-Mormon excitement in England, expressed the opinion that the Mormons ought to be "dropped into the middle of the ocean." A convention was signed Oct. 10, at Mudasnia, between the representa- tives of Great Britain, France, Italy, Greece, and the Turkish Nationalists, by which the Turks are given eastern Thrace, but the straits are neutral- ized. Conferences are to be arranged for further agreements on peace terms and the Dardanelles. The sultanate of Turkey was declared abolislied, Nov. 2, by the Angora assembly, and a caliph or successor of Mohammed was elected Nov. 18, when the sultan had fled from Constantinople. By the adoption of an organic statute, all the functions of the sultan were conferred upon *'the nation," thus popularizing the government. President Heber J. Grant addressed the members of the Chamber of Commerce, Salt Lake City, Oct. 18, urging the development of the great resources of Utah. The audience was probably the largest ever gathered

PASSING EVENTS 217 at that great association of business men, and they listened with marked attention to the earnest, practical discourse. Authority to build a railroad from Lund to Cedar City, Iron county, was issued by the interstate commerce commission, Washington, Oct. 21, to the Los Angles and Salt Lake railroad. The line will be 32 miles long. It is considered necessary for the development of the iron deposits in Iron county and the tourist travel to Utah parks and the northern rim of the Grand Canyon. Funeral services for Mrs. Geneska Boswell were held at Nephi, Oct. 31, in the stake tabernacle. The deceased was a pioneer of 1847, having come to Utah in September, that year. She was born in Buffalo, New York, April 30, 1836, and joined the Church when eight years old. She has lived in Utah since 1853. She leaves nine children, 47 grandchildren and 102 great grandchildren. A prohibition ruling by Attorney Gei.eral Dougherty, intended to make the ocean "dry," was upheld by Federal Judge Learned Hand, Oct. 23, in a decision against the steamship companies that opposed it. Accordingly American vessels may not carry intoxicating liquors anywhere, and foreign vessels, not within the three-mile limit. An appeal has been taken by the steamship companies to the supreme court. Elder John Hardisen Pace, died, at Price, Carbon county, Nov. 2. At the time of his death he was first counselor in the Carbon stake presi- dency. He was born in Spanish Fork, Nov. 1, 1856. Elder Pace was widely known in southeastern Utah, having been an active pioneer in the settle- ment and growth of that part of the state. He was president of the Pace Livestock Company and was interested in a number of business concerns. Dr. Lyman Abbott died, Oct. 22, according to a New York dispatch of that date, nearly 87 years of age. He was editor of the Outlook and has been famous for many years as clergyman, lawyer, author, and successor to Henry Ward Beecher, as pastor of Plymouth church, Brooklyn. When the end came his four sons and two daughters were at the bedside. Dr. Abbott suffered a severe attack of bronchitis at his country home in Conv wall-on-the-Hundson last summer, from which he never fully recovered. Albert Bond, Sr., was buried in the Ogden, Utah, cemetery, Oct. 23. He died while on a mission to Holland in September, and the remains were brought to Ogden for interment. Services were held in the tabernacle, with Bishop Clarence Morris, of the Fourteenth ward, presiding. Mrs. Bond, who accompanied her husband on his mission, November, 1921, returned with the body. The greatest speed attained by any traveler was placed on record Oct. 16, at Mount Clemens, Mich., when Lieutenant Russel L. Maughan, a U. S. army pilot covered a one-kilometer course at the rate of 248.5 miles an hour. Aeronautical engineers who witnessed the flight were astounded and declared that the demonstration proved that there was no limit to the speed that may be attained in the air. Lieutenant Maughan is from Logan, Utah. He has just won the Pulitzer aero classic. Miss Katherine Wells died Nov. 10 at the family residence, Salt Lake City. She was a daughter of the late Daniel H. Wells. She was born in this city, and in the early days, attended school here. Later, she graduated from the University of Deseret. For years she was identified with the C. R. Savage company and gained a reputation for skill in mounting photo- graphs and tinting and coloring. She was also identified with the art department of the State fair. Bernard Arnold Martin Froiseth died Nov. 4| at his home in Salt Lake City, after a prolonged illness. He was a prominent real estate and min-

218 IMPROVEMENT ERA ing man, but perhaps better known as a pioneer publisher of maps of Utah. He was born in Trondhjem, Norway, 83 years ago, and came to Minnesota in his early boyhood He was colonel in the army during the Civil War. He came to Salt Lake City in 1869. On June 8, 1921, he and his wife celebrated their golden wedding. Utah has more beet sugar plants than aniy other state, according to reports from Washington, Nov. 4. Of the ninety establishments reporting in 1921, eighteen were located in Utah, sixteen each in Colorado and Michi- gan, nine in California, eight in Idaho, four in Washington, two in Wyom- ing and one each in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, and Washington. Colorado, the leading state as regards production, in 1921, produced 29 per cent of the total value in that year. The resignation of Lloyd George from his post as the prime minister of Great Britain was officially announced, Oct. 19. The entire cabinet goes with him. The action was taken in consequence of a decsion by a number of the Commons and government ministers, to appeal to the country as the Conservative party. The vote was 187 to 87, and ended the coalition for which Lloyd George was the sponsor. Lloyd George has held the office for seven years — three of the World war — the most critical period of British history His successor is Bonar Law, whom the king summoned on the advice of Lloyd George. The dirigible C-2 ivas burned Oct. 17 on its return transcontinental flight from Ross Field, California, to Langley Field, Virginia, and seven persons were injured. According to Major H. A. Strauss, commander of the ill-fated ship, the accident was due primarily to the pulling out of the fabric of the envelope during a strong wind. A board of inquiry was ap pointed by Major Royce, commander of Brooks Field, to investigate the accident. The "blimp" was the largest of the U. S. Army. Major Strauss said it was valued at possibly $70,000, but originally cost the government $270,000. Thomas Nelson Page died suddenly Nov. 1, on his estate in the town of England, Va. He was a lawyer and author, and at one time, U. S. am- bassador to Italy. He was born April 23, 1853. In 1893 he moved to Washington. After marrying Miss Anne Seddon Bruce in 1886, Mr. Page resumed his literary work, which he had begun while a student, and finally devoted his entire time to writing. Most of his stories, which attained wide popularity, were of southern life. Following the death of his wife, Mr. Page went abroad and in 1893, he married Mrs. Florence Lethrop Field, widow of Henry Field of Chicago. She died June 6, 1921. The author had come to his Virginia home, where he planned to spend the remaining days »f his life, to begin work on his memoirs as ambassador to Italy durng the Wilson administration. An earthquake m Chile, Nov. 11, destroyed several cities and towns, in the province of Antofogasta, Atacama, and Coquimbo. A tidal wave fol- lowed the tremors, completing the destruction. The death roll is reported as exceeding a thousand and the property lo66 runs into millions. Ships were swept ashore and pounded to pieces against the rocks. The earth- quake was registered by the seismograph at the- University of Utah, and the tidal wave was felt in the Hawaiian Islands, indicating violent disturbances in the Pacific Ocean. Further disturbances were reported from Serena, capital of the province of Coquimbo, on Nov. 13, and also from Constitu- cion, the capital of the province of Maule. On the 14th the Pacific Ocean was still restless. Reports from Antofogasta of that date stated that the sea ebbed and then came back booming, three times. The entire foreign corps of diplomats at Santiago, Chile, has tendered their condolences to the stricken nation.