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Show THE GRANTSVILLEJfWS, GRANTSVILLE, UTAH. -- IS WANING FAST I BFRAWTlrii .LJAxR J!0 PEACE TERMS FROM HUNS. Predicted by Those Who Know tho Temper of People That Should Ho Full Feldged Succeed, Civil War Will Break Loose. London. Nicolai Lenlnea power la I TROOPS Fill STATES IN F8AII6E GUARDSMEN WITHIN THE NOW IN n CAUGHT IN GERMAN TURNING. MOVEMENT AND ESCAPE BY. HOLES. -L- YING IN SHELL - TRAINING SaT Ttt VrSntI ON - All Who Sailed From United Stat Now on French Soil, Not a Man Being Lett on Voyage and All Pronounced Fine Soldiers. the-Britls- h Gou-zeacou- rt, . . ' ' 1893. Raise In Washington. A general Increase of cents a ton was added to the price uf anthracite coal at the mines on December 1 by President Wilson, to meet n proposed wage increase for anthrn-clt- e miners. The new prices ore effective December 1 and will add more than $30,000,000 to the publics annual coal bill. Wilson Indorses Bible Fund. New York. A message from President Wilson Indorsing the campaign of the Amerlcnn Bible society to raise a 'fund of $100,000 to supply testaments to men in the army and navy was read In churches throughout the country Sunday. Uprising In China. Pekin. Uprisings are in progress in provinces. Includ- ing two independence movements. n Rebels in province are threat-anlnto march on Hankow. Hu-Na- Introduction agreement had been jeached on one point were premature. He declared that Germany and her allies stood on the foundations of the papal peace note of last August The enemies of Germany, he said, have shown that it is not German militarism which is destroying the peace of arriv followed. LANSDOWNE DENOUNCED. Lord Robert Cecil Says Marquis la 8 peaking Only for Himself. London. Lord Robert Cedi, minister of blockade, in an Interview Friday, declared emphatically that the Marquis of Lansdowne, in writing a g GERMANS IN MAD DRIVE. Thrust British Back Two Southern Base. Mrs. Do Saulles Freed. Mineola, L. L Mrs. Blanca de Saulles was found not guilty Saturday night by the jury that wns trying her for the murder of her divorced husband, John Longer de Saulles, the noted Yale athlete, whom she shot at his home, The Box, In Ilempstend Meadows, L. I., on the night of August 3 last the Fwumiu! fr ? Miles on London. in a violent offensive over the entire front where s . Yang-Tse-Kia- - letter containing peace suggestions, the chancellor said was not speaking for any Important that Germanys watchword would be body of opinion In England. Walt I Endure! Hold out! SIR ALBERT STANLEY The speech was received with apwhole the house, from almost plause only the extreme right and extreme left not participating. .TTi k TFSLeWl- the Hotel Orillon. Together with the American delegates, headed by Col. Edward M. House, he was welcomed by Premier Clemenceau, and a general nations. In conclusion Coal Price. the British made their notable gains last week on Friday pushed back General Byngs troops at several points. Especially severe was the attack between the Bourlon wood and Moeuvres, line held under its where Impetus and repulsed all attacks north road. of the Bapaume-CambrLikewise on the southern base, the enemy drove through from Gonnelieu to Gouzeaucourt another two miles. The village of Lavaoquerie was captured by the Germans, but recovered In a counter attack. the-Britis- al Captain Lieutenant Schwelger, mander of the submarine that the Lusitania. This British official Cloture Is the first to reach thla country and tp show the identify of the man that sent who commanded the women and children to their deaths. His name and Identity were definitely revealed when the kaiser recently bestowed upon Schwelger the Order of Merit for hla terrible deed. , at Join Britons When They Como Up an Fight in tho Ranks in Attack That Causes Huns to Beat a Retreat. London. Large numbers of Amert can army engineers working on railways in the region of caught in the German turning "movement, escaped by lying in shell holes and prone on the ground while the British fired .over them. There-theremained until the British were hear enough to. enable the Americans to join the ranks. Then they fought valiantly and played an important part in replying to the enemy. The British commanders refer to thdr valiant behavior with the greatest enthusiasm. Americans elsewhere took a busy hand In the fighting and were under hbt German shell fire. Numbers of them volunteered for patrol work In the danger zone and all ' acquitted themselves finely. British Linos Holding. The attempt of the Bavarian Crown Prince Rupprecbt by an encircling movement to nulify the brilliant advance of the British General Byng toward Cambral has resulted apparently in complete failure. Although at certain points the Germans pierced the British lines and captured positions, men and guns, they have paid dearly for their enterprise With the American Army in Franc National guardsmen from eve state In the Union have arrived France, it Is permitted to be al nounced. They are among the roojj now training or lately arrived. While It Is not permitted to dlsclo the Identity of units, it may be sal that all those which sailed from tj United States have arrive safely aij that some already are In training wit In sound of the guns on the bat fronts. They are showing a spirit In ke lng with the purpose of all concern to make the American expedltlonai force a homogeneous American arnf In which each division, whether regr lar, national guard or national arml cannot be distinguished in efficient frpm the others. The former sta troops are billeted over a wide ar and pronounced excellent soldiers. reported to be waning fast 'He Is still-I- control of affairs at Petrograd, however, and with his partner and foreign minister, Leon Trotsky, Is striving frantically to push the negotiations with Germany for a separate peuce to a swift conclusion. Should he succeed in this, full fledged civil war would break loose in Russia, those who know the country agree. Trotsky, according to word from Tetrograd Suturday, has dismissed M. Makalukoff, Russias ambassador to Prance, because the latter Is participating in the interallied conference at Paris as an unofficial observer, on invitation of the powers. The Russian charge d'affaires in Holland, following the example set by Ambassador Raklunetleff In Washington, has made formal protest against the Bolslierlkl rule, submitting his opinion of It In strong terms to the Guardsmen Well Received Dutch foreign ministry. The guardsmen have been urrlvlil Siberia Is reported to be preparing In the American zone for many week to declure her independence. They are scattered somewhat, but far as possible the units from the sanl TRAINMEN WANT BETTER PAY. state have been kept close together el In one case. They found the rel cept Demand an Increase of 40 Per Cent In ular army had made good preparatloij Their Wages. for them, and while many are billei Cleveland. Demands were present- In French towns, others have ed to practically every railroad in the quartered In low wooden barracks country on December 1 for Increase pecially erected. In wages for trainmen and conductors, The troops from the various statl which are approximately 40 per cent have been recognized by the Frentj higher than the present scale. The population and have been welcome general chairman of the two labor or- enthusiastically. Many of the units 1 ganizations presented the wage sched- arriving In billet towns wore tlT ule to the general managers of the French red, white and blue cockaij railroads throughout the country. pinned to their campaign hats. .Then The railroads are asked to make an were given to the soldiers when thq swer to the demands by December 31 landed at base ports. After a suf at the latest dent time to rest from the Joume which In some coses has been extreml Shoots Divorced Wife. ly tiresome, the troops have been Ogden, Utah. Widely intent on car- to work training for actual service rying out his alleged threat of murder the front,. In all quarters they .are.. i and suicide, Frank B. Berry, society dared to be most enthusiastic, dancing tutor, .11 red three shots and se- their soldierly qualities have dra riously wounded his divorced wife, high praise from the French Ins Mrs. Harriet Berry, while they strug- tors. During the last few days one u gled in a cloakroom Saturday night been working with grenades has fled she as her sent another shot after automatic rifles, while another more twice fired and a corridor along as the Injured woman rolled down a been working out military problems maneuvers. Another unit has been flight of stairs. Mrs. Berry is In the the instruction trenches, which brl hospital and Berry is in jalL them as near as possible to acti fighting conditions. Many of the f Soldier Killed by Mexicans. mer guardsmen In training have hef Presidio, Texas. In a battle at Bueroaring in the distance. T1 na Vista, Texas, United States cavalry- guns are all being given the same course men under command of Lieutenant instruction as the first contingents Longa rd F. Mqtlack and Mexican cattle regulars have undergone. anand thieves, one soldier was killed All Are In Good Health. other slightly wounded. Junto GonFor the Information of the relatb zales, foreman of an American cattle and families of the men, everyone w ranch, who was acting as scout for sailed from the United States has the soldiers, was killed. rived in France and enjoys gq health. 8ound Money Leader Diet Lincolns Attendant Dies. Council Bluffs, Iowa. Thomas BowMniUsnn, Wis. Colonel Dgwltte man, 09 years old, former congressman from the Ninth Iowa district, was Poole, aged 89, veteran of the found dead In bed Saturday at the war and formerly an attendant home of relatives where he was stop- President Lincolns private office ping. Bowman was a member of the the White House, died November memorable Democratic sound money conference held in Chicago, July 23, CAPTAIN UEUT. SCHWEIGE R persistently Three Weeks to Christmas ILL Plante to Government. Detroit Approximately 100 automobile manufacturers, at a meeting of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce here Friday, pledged their support to the government and exSir Albert Stanley, president of tho pressed their readiness to turn facil- British board of trader Is coming to ities over to the government as rapidly tho United States on a apodal mission as required. In connection with trade relational . Offer varan of things, to discuss the work of our mission and Its results, said Mr. ColI can say, however, that it has. by. been of the highest value and significance. My time has been almost entirely engaged with the shipping problem, which is in a sense the problem of the war. I think I can fairly say that is solved. The stupendous building program of America is the answer to the submarine, the answer which the defective psychology of Germany could not foresee. the-proble- LIBERTY THRIFT 8TAMP 8ALE. Government piano to Raise Two lions in This Way. ' Washington. Americas newest Bil- plan for raising war funds and encouraging habits of' thrift went Into operation Monday Aornlng with the opening of sAles of war savings stamps and cerr tlficates at postoffices and banks. The campaign Is to continue for a year in expectation of receiving the $2,000,000,-00- 0 maximum authorized. The smallest unit In the war savings-plais the thrift stamp, whiclt costa 25 cents; the largest is the war savings certificate, which costs $82.40 nd is redeemable In five years at $100, at the rate of 4 per cent Interest, compounded quarterly. Officials In charge of the campaign expect many millions of persons, including children and families of small means, to invest regularly in the stamps. Nation. Bryan Predicts All-DWashington. Ratification by the states of a prohibition amendment to ry the federal constitution within was predicted Sunday by William Jennings Bryan, speaking before the opening session of the annual convention of the Womens Christian Temstates perance union. With twenty-si-x already dry and prohibition territory spreading in others, Colonel Bryan said a federal amendment before 192G seemed certain. two-year-s . |