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Show .1 ! EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE UTAH "sTisTBsTisWMsTMsTWlslsTisTisTisTBsTi ACTA 10 nr MAKE IfaA l5i3lM5inElinM A BID FOR PEACE Austria-Hungary'- et MANY DIE IN FACTORY FIRE. Scores Killed and Injured by Explosion In Plant. Perth Amboy, N. J. 'Many men were Shell-Loadin- g billed and scores Injured in a tremendous explosion early Friday at the plant of the T. A. Gillespie Co. at Morgan, near here. The first explosion, which shook the countryside for miles and caused citizens of South Amboy to flee from their homes, was followed by a series of less severe explosions and by a fire which for three hours defied the efforts of Ore departments summoned from all near-b- y cities and towns. Shell-Loadin- g Turks Holding Out for Terms. Geneva. Essad Pasha, the provisional president of Albania and former commander in chief of the Turkish forces at Scutari, In an interview before hla departure from Snlonlkl, declared that Turkey would hold out to the last minute before capitulating, in the belief that by so doing she wontd receive better terms from the entente. He expressed his pleasure at the fate of Bulgaria, which, he said, had thrown In her lot with the Teutonic allies through covetous motives. Huns Poison Fruit. Metucben N. J. Second Llentenant David M. Abt, at his home here, on leave from a base hospital In France, where he was wounded, August 7, said the Germans ottached poisoned berries to clusters of growing fruit in the territory over which they retreated along the Vesle river. The artifice was discovered, however, in time to warn the American soldiers. '' fW Austrian Statesman Writing Memoran dum Setting Forth Hi Country's Conception of President Wilson's Peace Principles. with the, London. Austria-Hungaraid of Holland, litis taken steps to in vite ull belligerents to an immediate peace conference at The Hugue, the. Amsterdam correspondent of the lwuiy Express learns. Simultaneously, the Austm-HungarIan government lias opener) a new paee offensive. Herr Hammasch, who Is said to be slnted to succeed Baron von Hussafek as Austrian premier, is writing a memorandum setting s forth conception of President Wilson's fourteen peace principles. The memorandum Is to be' sent to the American executive, the correspondent learns. In Germany, the Socialist pressure on the government to Initiate a peace "Vorwaerts, move at once continues. the officlul German Socialist organ, urges the party to enter the new cabl-oheaded by Prince Max of Baden, because, the paper says, the new; chancellor "intends to move for immediate universal peace." Vorwaerts asserts that the peace sought by the, prince is to be based upon these four, main principles: 1. A league of nations. 2. Arbitration. 3. Disarmament. not 4. No German annexations, even In the east. 'l J&V2gtfX VITH THE AID OF HOLLAND, WILL INVITE BELLIGERENTS TO PEACE CONFERENCE. A H V SVS$lkf NJJ-V- ? ' J ' " 0M00 ' m- "irr 'i - -- I " London. Turkey has made further Indirect approaches to the allies through financial channels, which are being considered by the British war cabinet, the Standard says it learns on TO SAVE Tl QUARTER OF MILLION TROOPS RUSHED TO BULGARIA TO GUARD ORIENT RAIWAY. 111 BULGARIA IS OUTOFWORLDWAR DEMANDS OF ALLIES MET FULL AND HOSTILITIES SUSPENDED. IN nounced. Damascus Is the Turkish base in Syria and Palestine and its fall probably means the end of all Turkish resistance to General Allenby In Palestine and Syria. The ancient city is the junction point of railroads leading to the port of Beirut and Aleppo, 180 miles northeast. Aleppo is the most important Turkish point in this region of Asia Minor, as It Is a Junction point of the railroads from Palestine and Mesopotamia. Damascus has a population of about 150,000. It is one of the holy cities of Mohammedans and the Arabs regard It as one of the four paradises on Germany Making Desperate Effort to Bulgarian Army to Be Immediately Prevent Turkey From Deserting and All Means of Transthe Kaiser's Army of Women port Inside the Kingdom to Be Turned Over to Allies. and Baby Butchers. London. Germany, If reports from neutral center can be relied upon, Is going to make a great effort to maintain communication over the Orient railway with Turkey, and thus hopes to keep her eastern ally In the war. a Turkey, cut off from Germany, has not the manpower to protect the two gaps through which the allies are threatening the Ottoman empire, at the heart and south of the Taurus mountains. Only the Turkish first and second armies are available for the defense of Constantinople. According to a Hague dispatch to the Central News, 250,000 German and troops have arrived at Sofia from Rumania and while part of these will remuln In Sofia as an argument favoring the overthrow of the Mallnoff .government, the majority will endeavor to keep the allied troops from the Orient railway which joins Germany and Austria with Constanti nople, the capture of which was a few years ago hailed as the greatest achievement of the central powers. The removal of troops from Ru mania, however, Is not without danger. A few weeks ago, when appealed to oy his colleagues on the western front, Von for assistance, Field Marshal Mackensen reported that conditions In Rumania did not warrant the transfer of a single soldier to that country. Now Rumanians are predicting that If the Rumanian army does not rejoin the allies, there will be at least a rising In that country which will com pletely nullify the Bucharest treaty so far as It provides for the revictualling of the central powers. n MAJ. GEN. B. H. FULLER London. Bulgaria Is definitely out of the war and Turkey, virtually cut off from communication with her allies and her armies in Palestine almost annihilated, likely soon will be forced to sue for a cessation ot hostilities against her. Seeing eventual defeat staring her in the face through the swift progress of the Serbian, Italian, British, Greek and French troops in the reclaiming of Serbia and the invasion of Austro-Hungarlan- semi-clr'cl- , s. Og-de- No Longer Hold U. S. in Scorn. The Americans are Amsterdam. filling a continually growing amount of space In the battle narratives of the German war correspondents. The former references to their scanty numbers or fighting spirit are now rare They are being taken very seriously. To Rout Worries of Soldiers. Washington. Every American soldier in France will receive shortly a pamphlet In which the Red Cross will advise htm to "puck up his troubles In his old kit baggage and hand thom to the first Red Cross representative he meets." Former Governor for Congress. Salt Lake City. Former Governor William Spry of Salt Lake and W.. H. Wattis of Ogden wore nominated for congress from the Second nnd Firs! districts, respectively, at the hands ot the Ropubliean congressional converv tion held here. ' tjtfs' SENATORS DOWN SUFFRAGE. , Federal Amendment Resolution Lacks s Necessary Majority. Washington. The senate on October 1 refused to grant the request of the president that the woman suffrage resolution be passed as a war measure. After five days of bitter debate, corridor conferences and cloakroom negotiations, the Susan i?. Anthony federal amendment resolution enacted by the house last January received on the final roll call two votes less s than the necessary majorsenators were recorded ity. Fifty-fou- r for it and thirty against it, with 1 x 3 twelve absent and paired. Before the vote was announced Senator Jones of New Mexico, chairman "Vw, of the woman suffrage committee, to comply with parliamentary require ments, changed his vote from the affirmative to the negative and moved Col. Benjamin H. Fuller of the that the senate reconsider. United States Marine corps has been promoted to the rank of major genWant $2.50 for Wheat in 1919. eral. General Fuller, who is exceedSenators nnd repreWashington. ingly popular with his men, was apsentatives from wheat-grovinstates a In second lieutenant pointed 1891, nnd officials of the National Wheat a first lieutenant in 1893, and a captain in 1899. Like most officers of the (rowers' association in conference decided to appoint a special comMarine corps, he has seen service in here mittee to urge upon President Wihon nearly every part of the globe, the Philippines, Mexico, Haiti Immediate action fixing the price of wheat for 1919 at $2.50 a bushel. and Santo Dominoo. v - - . - 1 H Two-third- lifl v C j ' two-third- j 1 g Such Unions to Be Against the Laws of God and Man and Flay Perpetrators as Enemies of the Church and Nation. Declare Salt Lake City. With President Joseph F. Smith delivering the opem i ing address, the eighty-nintnuul conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints opened Friday morning, October 4. Up until the last moment It was not known If President Smith Would be able to open the conference because of his ill heulth, but when he did appear promptly at 10 a. m. the assembled thousands rose en masse to greet the church leader. His address was brief, but when he took his seat at Its close the congregation again rose to sing "We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet." President Smith referred to his illness, but declared he felt It his duty to be present despite his condition. First Counselor of the presidency, Anthon H. Lund, who followed President Smith on the speaking program, gave a general resume of the work of the church during the past six months. He referred to the increased prosperity manifested in the increase in tith- Ungs, and told of the good work being done in the mission field. The presence of the great world war was manifested In all the addresses of the day, and the Mormon, church pledged to support all war activities to the end that the nation and her allies might triumph In the cause of liberty and h 1 ,v a 4kV t , , ?s J aMmtrn Ntwtpaprr I'nlonVj Major General Monash Is comman-de- r of the Third Australian division. General Monash's rise has been rapid ever since his appointment as lieutenant in the Australian Citizens' corps In 1887. He was chief censor for Australia at the outbreak of the war and served in Gallipoli two years. He la well known as a civil engineer, hav-in- g been the first to Introduce reinforced concrete construction in semi-an-- y ( democracy. Second Counselor Charles W. Penrose, the third speaker, referred to the Joy caused by the presence of President Smith at the conference, and that it was a direct answer to the fervent prayers of church members. Councelor Penrose spoke of the missionary work with its special duty and calling for the quorums of seventy. He also spoke of the misunderstandings which seem to be in existence even now as to plural marriages, and said that It was the duty of anyone knowing of this transgression of the mani earth. The capture of Damascus marks an advance of 130 miles by General Allenby's forces since September 20. In that time the British have captured Bulgarian territory, the Bulgars more than 50,000 prisoners, destroyed begged for an armistice, reserving to at least three Turkish armies and themselves no conditions. All the terdriven the enemy from Palestine and ritory now held by King Ferdinand's a great part of Syria. men is to be evacuated ; the Bulgarian army is to be Immediately demobilized Many Killed in Wreck in Sweden. and all means of transport Inside the Three hundred and fifty London. kingdom, even along the Danube, is to persons have been killed, it is feared, be given over into allied hunds. in a railway accident at Malmo, Thus, In addition to the Isolation of Sweden, says an Exchange Telegraph InTurkey, the back door to a direct from Copenhagen. Fifty chilis flung dispatch vasion of Austria-Hungar- y dren who were returning to StocKholm wide open to the allies and doubtless from the country are among the dead. the time is not far distant when adto be the to full the will taken vantage Will Increase Tonnage. new avenue through which the enemy of 454 Construction Washington. can be reached. With the debacle In tons Is of vessels 1,000,000 deadweight Serbia and Bulgaria complete, the of the shipping s In .Albania soon the additional program disclosed to the house appropriwill be put to the test, nnd when their board, ations committee by Chairman Hurley evacuation to their own borders is ac- in explaining his request for more complished the allies will have welded e about the central money. an iron powers from the Black sea to the Diaz Inaugurated. North sea. Pedro Diaz was inaugurPanama. Viewing the situation in all its Pansuccess of the great of- ated as second vice president of on October 1. In his inaugural ama fensive in Belgium and France; the of the friendly relaaddress he blotting out of the war zone In the tions existingspoke between Panama and Balkans, the cutting off of the Turks the United States. from Intercourse with Germany and Austria-Hungarexcept by the long MAJOR GENERAL MONASH route through the Caucasus and southern Russia and the steady gains that are being made by the allies in making Russia once more a factor in the struggle the darkest days of the war seemingly are faced by the Austro-German- Spanish Influenza in Utah. n Salt Lake City. One death in and four deaths of Utahns in various cities and army camps of the country were attributed Friday wholly to or resultant from Spanish influenza. Reports have readied city and state health officials of the presence of the disease in Salt Lake, Ogden, Murray. and several Midvale. Farmlngton other communities. authority. Important developments, the newspaper adds, are expected. The allied governments have decided formally to recognize the belligerent status of the Arab forces fighting as auxiliaries with the allies against the common enemy in Palestine and Syria. Damascus, the capital of Syria, was occupied by General Allenby's forces on Wednesday morning, according to au official statement issued by the British war office. More than 7000 Turks were taken prisoner when General Allenby's forces occupied Damascus, the war office angood INS EiEilG CHURCH OFFICIALS DENOUNCE AT CONFERENCE REPORTS OF PLURAL MARRIAGES. Capture of Damascus by General Allenby'e Forces May Have Had Something to Do With Change of Heart of Turkih Leade J , PBLYGAMYJEACHEB THAT TURKS MAY EXPECTED SOON OFFER TO DESERT THE KAISER'S FORCES. Vi!h Wlffml&mVr-- PP?$fl Austro-Hungarla- Hill" ' MMHU AS festo to report it to the president of the church, in order that the rebels might be disciplined by the church and turned over to the law of the land. President Smith arose at the con elusion of Counselor Penrose's remarks and stated that he felt It was his Imperative duty to Indorse what the latter had said on plural .marriages, that such unions were null and void In the sight of God and were not marriages. There was even a larger crowd at the afternoon session than in the morning, and a spirit of devoutness pervaded the entire assemblage. President of the Cduncll of Twelve Heber J. Grant was the first speaker in the afternoon and stated that it wa a great pleasure for him to be able to meet with the Latter-daSaints in any of their assemblages, and especially at the general conference. He stated that for thlrty-slyears he had had the privilege of attending the conferences as one of the general authorities of the church, and hud never yet attended n gathering at which he had not been fed with the bread of life. He spoke feelingly of the presence of President Smith at the opening session and of the inspiration which he received not only from the honored president's remarks, but those of the other speakers. He declared that he henrtily indorsed everything that was said at the morning session. "I desire on behalf of the council that I have the honor of presiding over to say that the references to the question of plural marriage that were made by President Penrose and so forcibly indorsed by the president of the church are heartily and thoroughly indorsed by the council. I speak for each and every member of the council of the twelve apostles when I say that we heartily indorse nil the remarks of President Penrose In reference to plural marriages. Rudger Clawson delivered a doctrinal sermon, laying special emphasis of the Importance of repentance. "Fof eighty-eigh- t years," stated Elder Clawson, "this people hove lifted P their voices at home and abroad, crying 'repentance' and now the judg ments of God are going forth and have been going forth nil these years for the simple reason that we are living, actually living the last time. "Notwithstanding the present conditions, that the world today is in turmoil nnd the hearts of men are filled with fear, not knowing wjiat help is at band, still as a people we have received the promise of the Lord. has declared it in modern revelation that the millenium shall come." , y x |