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Show r t SPANISH FORK, UTAH BRITONS GIVE 9 j AMERICAN BRAKEMAN KILLED BY STRAY BULLET AND 8TREET , CARS ARE ATTACKED. CARRIED OUT SECRETLY. Declares the Vienna Correspondent British Gave Up Dardanelles One Day Too Soon, aa Turka Were Out of Ammunition. El Paso, Texas. Heavily armed Mexican and American troops lined opposite banks of the Rio .Grande Tuesday night as the result of riot' Ing in Juarez. One shot from south of the border, believed by the United States military authorities to have been fired on American troops, toppled George A. Plepert of El Paso, a brakeman, from the fop of an El Paso & Southwestern railroad freight car. He was dead wlth a bullet in bis heart when a corporals guard reached him. Ills train jnales fled at the shot. Later the train was pulled out of range of Mexican cavalry that moved along the bank of the Rio Grande. Shortly afterward two Mexicans were shot at the Mexican end of the Santa Fe bridge by Mexican customs guards. General Ochoa said Tuesday night that seven rioters were killed in on store where they bad murdered the Chinese proprietor and were looting, making ten known killed in Jua- London. The Dally Chronicle reports the capture of Varna, Bulgarias chief Black sea port, by the Rus slang. It says the bombardment of the Rue alans silenced the Bulgarian guns and laid the town In rulna, the garrison auffelng heavily. The Russians then, according to the report, landed Infantry and artillery without losa and In usfficient force to hold the town again Bulgarian at London. The British troops at the the GalSuvla and Anzac district. withdrawn. been have peninsula lipoli This news was first announced here Monday in the following official statement: ' "All the troops at Suvla and Anzac, together with their guns and stores, transferred have been successfully with Insignificant casualties to another sphere of operations. Operations in other sectors of the front on the Gallipoli peninsula than those from which troops were withdrawn are to be continued, it is Intimated in an official statement issued Monday night. A Vienna correspondent says that had the allied fleet returned to its attack upon the Dardanelles batteries on the day after the great bombardment of March 19 last the waterway to Constantinople would have been JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING surely forced, in the opinion of a numREVENUE LEVY ANOTHER ber of artillery officers of the defense YEAR IS APPROVED. works near Tscbanek. One of the principal batteries had Republicans Are a Unit In Opposition for three of its large caliber guns shells each, Just four armor-piercinto the Measure, Which House Apwhen night eqded the tremendous efproves by 205 to 189, and Senate forts of the British and French fleet by Vote of 45 to 29. For the fourth gun five shells were left, making for the entire battery a Washington. The house late Thurs- total of seventeen projectiles of tbe day, under a rule limiting debate, by 'sort whloh the had to fear. agressor a vote of 205 to 189, passed the Joint meant Is best understood What this resolution extending .the emergency when It Is considered that the battery revenue tax until December 31, 1916. .In question was the one which had to On Friday the senate adopted the be the widest berth by the alresolution, after a lively partisan de- liedgiven fleet. 29. to Democrats 45 bate, by a vote of FORMER GOVERNOR DEAD. supporting It solidly and Republicans President unanimously opposing iL Wilson signed the measure Friday Prominent Idahoan Succumbs to At. tack of Apoplexy. nlghL Congress adjourned Friday night for Boise, Idaho. The state of Idaho Is the Christmas holidays. in mourning for one of her most highBoth houses will reconvene at noon ly respected citizens, former GovernTuesday. January 4, when the admin- or John T. Morrison of this city, who istration legislation program. Includ- passed away suddenly Monday morning the plans for national defense, will ing of apoplexy. Sunday night he was be undertaken in earnest as active as usual, and attended servDuring the two weeks of the session ices In the Presbyterian church. He the only Important legislation was the retired early, complaining of not feelextension of the war tax. This was ing well. done to prevent a lapse of the law DeFormer Governor Morrison was cember 31 next, with the understand chief executive In 1902-04- . He was a ing that the law will be taken up for candidate for renomination in 1912, amendment In order to Increase the but was defeated. He graduated from revenues as soon after the holidays as Worcester university with the degree possible. of A. M. and took a postgraduate Upon the adjournment there was a course at Cornell. He came to Idaho general exodus of members for their in 1890. At the time of his death Govhomes. The day In the house had ernor Morrison was president of the been devoted to speeches on national Western National bank of Caldwell defense. and the Empire company of Boise. His Wife, a daughter and son survive him. Injured Woman Diet. Salt Lake City. Mrs. Cornelia G. TEACHERS GATHER IN ZION. Crenshaw, 38 years of age, who, on the night of December 9, was shot by Three Thousand Pedagogues From F. B. Ahrold, who Immediately after Every Section of the State committed suicide, died Sunday mornAttend Meeting. ing at the county hospital, to which Lake Salt City. More than 2,200 place she was removed soon after the from teachers, every section of the of was the result shooting. Death state, attended the opening session of hemorrhage. Utah Educational association In this on Monday. Before the session city Six Hundred Horses Drowned. closed, at least 3,000 pedagogues were New York. Six hundred horses present valued at an average of $200 each, Without a state church or consigned to Brest, France, for the use standing army, the United Stateslarge can of allied armies, were drowned in the depend only on her school system to North river when a barge sprang a maintain the democracy, and It Is the leak and sank. schools that must remove the hyphen from the name of the foreign born VICTOR CARLSTR0M citizen and make him an American, says Dr. Ellwood P. Cubberley, head of the department of education of Stanford university. Dr. Cubberley was speaker Monday on Changing Conceptions of Education." Should be Equal to Most Powerful Maintained by Any Other Nation. The American navy Washington. should be "equal to the most powerful .maintained by any other nation of the ,world" not later than 1925, In the opln-jloof the navy general board, headed Admiral Dewey. (by The board's. conclusion follow: I "The navy of the United States 'should ultimately be equal to the most powerful maintained by any other nation of the world. It should ibe gradually Increased to this point by 'ueh a rate of development year by .year as may be permitted by the facilities of the country, but the limit labove defined should be attained not n later than 1925." -- tack.' The Russian force was reported by the Athens correspondent of the Ex change Telegraph company to consist of a Russian cruiser and two destroyers, convoying sixteen transports filled with troops. The Bulgarian port of Varna Is on the Black sea a few miles south of the Roumanian border. It Is a railroad terminus. This city and Burgas, fifty miles further south, are the prin- ONCE POWERFUL MEXICAN CHIEF FORCED TO GIVE UP FIGHT cipal Bulgarian Black sea porta. WITH CARRANZA. On several occasions since the beginning of the Teutonic drive through Serbia It has been reported that the Under Pressure of His Generals and Russians would attempt an Invasion Advice of His Wife, General Villa of Bulgaria from the sea and it has Is on His Way to the American been said forces were being concenBorder to Seek 8anctuary. trated for this purpose at Odessa. Previous dispatches reporting Russian naEl Paso, Texas. Under pressure of val demonstrations before Varna or his generals, the weight of his defeat Burgas, presumably preparatory to an effort to land troops, were not borne In Senors, and the counsel of his wife, General Francisco Villa Is on his way out subsequently. The only additional details of the to the border and the United States, rewithdrawal of the British forces from his title of cemmander-ln-chle- f the Gallipoli peninsula revealed from nounced and his determination to British sources Tuesday were those continue fighting the de facto governgleaned from Premier Asquiths speech ment of Carranza until death broken in the house of commons in whkh enoe and for all. Telegrams In code from the capital be stated that the British losses were confined to three men wounded, a few 6unday afternoon stated briefly that guns abandoned after being rendered peace has been declared here. There will be no more fighting." useless, and an Insignificant amount Previous to renouncing his comof stores which were left behind. General Villa was united to mand, From howsources, ever, several contradictory details Mrs. Villa In a civil marriage. They reached London. The Constantinople had been married by a church cereofficial communication gave the Turk- mony several years ago at San Anish side of the withdrawal and It was dreas, Chihuahua, but the civil marsomewhat amplified by a Constantino- riage was required by Mexican law to ple dispatch circulated through the make the tie legal. British wireless. It was believed that the civil marwould remove any moral obstacle riage Crowds Cheer President and Bride. to the entrance of Mra. Villa and GenHot Springs, Va. President Wilson eral Villa Into the United States. and his bride, the former Mra Norman While the retirement of Villa was Galt, arrived here shortly after 9 upon pressure from his asoclock Sunday morning to spend sembled In council of wargenerals, In the captheir honeymoon. They were met at ital, It is not admitted that the station by a crowd of several hun- the revolutiongenerally Is ended. Indeed, It dred people, who applauded as they la asserted that the revolution will realighted from their private car. ceive a new Impetus from the absence of Villa, and the substitution of Speyer and Cassel Upheld. London. The attempt to deprive a new leader who Is said to be Sir Edgar Speyer and Sir Ernest Cas- Governor Avila of Chihuahua state. The relinquishment of command by sel of membership In the privy council on account of their German birth has Villa has been rumored at the border for several weeks, hut the first indicabeen defeated. ting of It came Saturday In the removal of the household goods of GenPRINCESS ENGAUTCHEFF eral Villa to El Paso, following the sudden appearance of Mr. Villa at the border from Chihuahua. Turco-Germa- At the same time the board presented a building program for 1917 In compliance with the secretary' request for "a program formulated in the most definite terms, planned for a consisent and progressive development of this great defensive arm of .the nation." i INCOME TAX IN GERMANY. Gecretary of Treasury Says Budget Must Provide More Income. - Berlin. The relchstag on Tuesday passed the second third readings of the war credit of 10,000,0000,000 marks, which the government had reOnly nineteen Socialists quested. voted In the negative. ' Before the vote was taken Friedrich August Karl Geyer read a brief atatement on behalf of the Socialist minority, explaining their negative Vote, while Friedrich Ebert, the Socialist leader, spoke in behalf of the Socialist majority, and announced amid loud applause that hta wing of the party would vote "Yes." ' The discussion was opened by Dr. Karl Hefferlch, secretary of the Imperial treasury, who announced that the next budget could not be balanced without additional Income, and that proposals for Income taxation were being drafted for Buhmlaslon to the relchstag. n IMMIGRATION AT LOW EBB. Departure of Aliens Last Fiscal Year Nearly Equals Arrivals. The tide of ImmigraWashington. tion to the United States ebbed to its lowest point in more than twenty years during the past fiscal year, according to figures made public Thursday In the annual report of Secretary Wilson of the department of labor. The total number of Immigrant aliens, the report shows, fell from In the previous year to 326,700 In the period endjng June 30 last. All admitted arrivals of aliens. Immigrant and nonimmigrant, were only 434,244, as compared with 1,403,801 the ytSrr before, Departure of aliens emigrant and likewise show a notable decrease. For the fiscal year of 1914 departure were 633,803; for 1915, -- i DEMANDS RETURN OF MAIL. .The Netherlands Protests Vigorously Against British Seizure. Lopdon. A dispatch to Reutera 3T$fcram company from The Hague ays j The foreign ministry announces that the Netherlands government has sent a protest to the British government against the seizure of Dutch mall baga on the ateamqrs Noordam, Frisia s and Rotterdam and demanded an expressed In the protest that the Incident would not be repeated." lm-wa- Would Tax Sugar Sates. Senator Charles S. Washington. Thomas of Colorado has announced be will Introduce In congress a bill to place a consumption tax on sugar, In order that the administration may have sufficient revenue to pay Its run- 384.174. j ning expenses and also to carry out t program of appropriations. i Britton for Welsh. ' Akron, Ohio. Jack Britton of Chicago will substitute for the world's lightweight champion, Freddie Welsh, here December 28 against Johnny Griffiths. They will box twelve rounds at catch weights. Powder Plant Destroyed, Cairo, 11L The nitroglycerin plant of the Aetna Fowder company at Fay-vlll111., twenty-si- x miles from here, was blown up Tuesday when 8,000 sounds of exploded. None of the workmen were killed. i nltro-glyceri- n Report Krupp Work Destroyed. Copenhagen. The National Tidende prints a statement of a Dane from Constantinople that the Krupp work outside of Constantinople have been destroyed by bombs dropped by Brit tsb airmen. , (Copyright.) g Le-lan- d Yaquia Again on Warpath. Guaymas, Mexico. Yaqul Indians again have begun raids upon the American settlement at San Pedro and have attacked the Richard Construction companys experimental station there, according to a dispatch received here by the American consul from settlers In the region. . Chosen President of Switzerland. Berne. Switzerland. Camille de Coppet on Thursday was elected president of the Swiss republic and Edmund Schulthesa M. de Coppet Is a former minister of Justice and the present of the la republic. , Five Provinces Against Monarchy. San Francisco.-To- ng King Chong, president of the Chinese Republic received a cablegram from Shanghai, China, Monday, which stated that five Chinese provinces had declared their Independence against the rule of Yuan Shi Kal. vice-preside- vice-preside- Prlncsst Evelyn Engetitcheff seeking absolute dlvero from hor Prlnc Nicholas Engalltohsff, and th right to resume her maiden name, but her suit was temporarily held up by the princs's petition eon tending that both ar Russian subject and the css should b tried In Russia. The princess was the daughter an heir of Charles W. Partridge, million airs Chicago board ef trad man. Prussians Fined. Rhenish Prussia. Fines agBonn, gregating over 26,000,000 marks have been Imposed here on three distillers Victor Carletrom established a r for excise frauds. The chief offender ord recently when In e military tractor was fined 13,333,000 marks. All three biplane he flaw from Toronto to Now also were sentenced to serve terms In York city with only on atop and Ir prison. th actual flying time of 24 hour. Bullet Through Heart and Live. Klrksvllle. Mo.- -E. H. Fisk, of Heir ene, Mont., a student at a medical institution here, who, on December 6, fired a bullet which paase.d through hla heart, lung and liver, la well on the road to recovery, it was announced by his physician. Crud Oil Again Advanced. Pittsburgh. A further advance In the price of crud oil was announced here Friday. 5 cents a btrrel being added to all grade except Ragland which commanded an Increase of 2 cents. Found Dead In Bad. Denver, Colo. Myrle S Nelson, 28. real estate broker of Billings, Mont, was found dead In bed at a local sanitarium late Tuesday with a knife wound In his throat, said to have been self lnfllcted. Faltln Declared Insane. Arts. William Phoenix, Faltln, whom R. B. Sima, warden of Florence penitentiary, refused to hang November 26 laL was on Thursday declared Insane by a Jury and was taken to tbe state asylum. Minimum Wage Law Upheld. Washington. The constitutionality of the Maryland law fixing the minimum wage schedule for laborers employed by the city of Baltimore at 3 a day was upheld Monday by the'su-prem- e Philippines Bill Reportsd. Washington. A favorable report on the administration bill to extend the measure of self government In the Philippines was voted Friday by the senate Philippines committee at the conclusion of two day of hearing. From Drought, Melbourne. Advices from the San ta Ci uz and Solomon Islands state that drought baa caused the death of 4,000 natives. Some villages have been ao deserted that none was left to bury the dead. Pillaging From Colonist. El Paso, Texa. Reports to the Mormon bishop, P. II. HursL from his colony at Casas Grander ar that, soldiers of Rodriguez dlvt alon wers looting and billeting them selves upon the colonists. hue-band- Di court Another Protest Filed. Washington. The United States has protested to Great Britain against interference wlih parcel post ahlp menu between this country and Swe den, Secretary Lansing announced ot jtlonw q W,i,r phoue oTtuplph." l,eae . Ch'nM,, BOYD PARK The Russian Then Landsd Infantry .and Artillery Without Loss and in Sufficient Force to Hold the Town Against the Bulgarians. WOULD HAVE AMERICAN NAVY. 1 T Soldier Loot and Rob In Border Town, It Being Evident That Officer Are Unable to Control Them When They Attack Civilian. rez. ' CITY TAKEN AFTER SEVERE DURING WHICH TOWN (S LAID IN RUINS. OF ZONE WHERE EVACUATION SO MANY LIVES WERE LOST write u at one, We eta suit your even, and uve your pune. Cood thing. ,om a roli.bl, MAKERS OF JEWELRY FOUNDED MSI SALT LAXB CITY Wc Pay Cash for Allnlf.--i AND OTIIEU SEEDS Mail Samples and Get Our Best Offers Blackman & Griffin Co. OCOIN, UTAH EN AND WOMEN. time to learn the burl.er tiSJa. I, B ber In treat demand. now open for HO day.. Only ,hort time Tools furnished and commission paid while Ing. Call or write Moler Buber School ' Uon tnercial 8t.. Bait Lake City, Utah. WANTED SI? Poor Father, Ernest P. Bicknell, the national director of the American Red Cross, was talking in New York about th splendid work that his organization is doing In Belgium. "We are supplying the Belgians he said, "with $12,000,900 worth of food a month. We are also supplying food to the InhabitanU of Poland, whom Germany has taken over. We have a good deal to do, eh? We are like the father who said: " At last, at last, Ive got my five daughters off my hands. Now to put on their feet my five sons-in-la- Aunt, Emmys Code The old black cook of a southern family was horrified to find that one of the young negroes, employed as a helper in the kitchen, had been caught stealing. "I dont believe in stealin, said Aunt Emmy. I dont never take nothin cept 1U something to eat or something to wear or somethin what I thinks the missus don't want or somethin de ole boss is got too blind to miss! Generous Lad. Little Johnny was in bed with measles. "Wont you please ask my teacher to come and see me 7 he asked hie mother one day. "You dear, good boy, exclaimed his mother. "Do you really love your teacher so much? It aint that, mother, replied I want her to catch tbo Johnny. measles so the other boys can stay away from school, too- She Gave the Information. An old lady Bald on her return from the city: ' took me out to "My rich a prize fight one evening. I never saw such a thing. The two men came out on the stage and shook hands like the best of friends. Then they began to punch each other, and all for nothing. They kept on punching away till a man in the corner yelled Time! Nobody answered him, eo I pulled out my watch and shouted, Ten oclock. son-in-la- Disqualified. "If you will split some kindling wood for the kitchen fire, said the lady of the house, Ill be glad to giv you something to eaL "Sorry, lady," replied the wayfarer, "but I aint been able to keep up me dues In the Kindling Splitters Union, and Im afraid the walking delegate would get after me If I done any of that kind of work. A Bad Sign. "Im afraid that play of your going to be a failure, old man." 1 "What makes you think so?" Well the management doesnt seem to have any trouble keeping the ticket speculator away from th door." In After Year. It gives a woman a Jar when she asks her huBband If he loves her s much as ever to have him glance up from his newspaper and answer ah , Uh-hu- Afraid 6h Wouldn't "Why so sad and downcast?" leav "My fife has threatened to me." Cheer up; women are lwa? bu threatening something like that, they hardly ever do IL" Thatg what I w a thinking. Year After Year. They cant fool all th people ' the time." "But the summer hotel proprlct weeks manages to stick us for two Courier-JournIL Louisville Cheap at That 11 The Insolvent. Tell me, crime to be poor? The Lawyer. Not In thla Mat. The charge for my oplnLn on ud I $5. Tay my clerk subject 1 1 out quietly. Judge. Profession Tabooed. ambition I suppose you bav high (or you boyT . T Well, I wouldnt n out . but I do hope that he wont tur o he tbe male assistant to . On danrtnr iMcktr. - |