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Passing Events

An extraordinary meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations on March 8, was decided on, Feb. 12, by the Council at Geneva, for the purpose of considering the application of Germany for membership.

President Heber J. Grant and his secretary, Joseph Anderson, returned home, Jan. 19, 1926, after spending a week and a half in California. While there, President Grant dedicated a L. D. S. chapel in Virginia City, near Long Beach.

The Teton Stake Tabernacle, Driggs, Idaho, was damaged by fire, Feb. 4, 1926. The blaze is supposed to have originated from an overheated furnace, and only the heroic work of the volunteer fire department and other citizens saved the building from destruction.

Temperance with reservations is the attitude of the Catholic church. That church, according to Cardinal O'Connell, applauds "voluntary abstinence" but opposes "compulsory prohibition." How would that rule work if applied to other laws? Stealing for instance?

Right Rev. Joseph F. Glass, Roman Catholic bishop of Salt Lake, died Jan. 26, 1926, at a hospital in Los Angeles, 55 years old. His body was sent to Salt Lake City where elaborate funeral services were held for three days in the Cathedral of the Madelene. His body was returned to California for burial.

Salt Lake City will become the great junction of airways, in western America, in the judgment of Major O. C. Morsley, vice-president of the Western Air Express. What Chicago was to the development of transcontinental railroad systems, Salt Lake City is to the present development in air transportation, Major Moseley says.

Mrs. Kate Toponce, Ogden, passed away Jan. 19, 1926, 78 years old. She was the widow of Alexander Toponce, and one of the first white children born in Utah, having first seen the light of day in the old fort, Salt Lake City, four months after the arrival of the first party of Brigham Young. She was born in November, 1847.

The allied occupation of the city of Cologne, in the Rhineland, came to an end on Jan. 31, 1926, after having lasted for seven years. Bells were ringing, throngs were cheering, and torches were burning, while the message of liberation was carried to the world on the wings of radio waves. Celebrations were held in every city, town and hamlet in the Rhineland.

Commander Ramon Franco completed his trip from Palos, in Spain, to Buenos Aires, in the Argentine Republic, Feb. 10, at 12:20 p. m., making the distance of 6,232 miles in 62 hours and 52 minutes, actual flying time. He received an enthusiastic welcome and many congratulations, including a message of gratitude and substantial recognition from the king of Spain.