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Show JUAB COUNTY TIMES, NEPHI. UTAH CANADIAN SEIZED . WHEAT RAILROADS FORCED BY ENGLAND ITALIANS FIERCELY FIFTY-FIFT- Y ATTACK AUSTRIANS Of TO PLACE EMBARGO Oui same EXPORT FLOUR AND GRAIN FILL CARS NEEDED FOR OTHER High Grade Wheat. Elevator From Fort William to Atlantlo Coast are Commandeered, Estimated at 20,000,000 BueheU. Western Dealers Ship Goods for Ex port Without Engaging Steamships to Handle Shipments, Causing Congestion at Terminal. Made Neceasary to Continually Bring That Could up Reinforcements Have Been Used Against Monte- Ottawa. Ont The Canadian govThe Philadelphia. Pennsylvania ernment has commandeered all high-grad- e railroad announced Monday that It wheat In elevators from Fort had embargoes on export flou Williams on Lake Superior to the At- and placed lumber at New York and on all lantic coat. grain at Philadelphia and Bal This action was taken under the export tlmore. No other commodities are at special war act by the Canadian grain fected by these embargoes, according commission. The wheat seized was of to the which were announcement, and two one hard and one, grades placed to expedite the movement of three northern. It was the property other freight. of grain shippers and millers. That Although Pennsylvania railrotfd off! taken Is all that which on Saturday cers would not add anything to their night was In public elevators at Fort announcement. It was said by local Fort William. Port Arthur, Midland, Tlflfln, Port McNk-hol- , Colllngwood. grain dealers that the embargoes were by the scarcity of ships Coderlch, Kingston. Port Coluorne, necessitated Prescott. Quebec, St. John, Montreal to csrry the products across the At lantic. Many western dealers, they and Halifax. A revised estimate places the declare, have shipped quantities or amount at about 20.000,000 bushels. A goods for export without first engag considerable amount is the property Ing steamships to handle It, causing congestion at terminal points as wel of American grain dealers. The grain was taken Saturday night as temporarily locking up thousands so that grain exchanges should be af- of freight cars loaded with export fected as little as possible. It Is goods. Freight cars loaded with grain for offUlally stated that the price will be have been pouring Into Phils owners export and the grain faisly adjusted promptly paid by the Canadian gov- delphla for weeks, with but few yes ernment. It Is estimated that there sels to take care of it-- As a result, Is still In Canada In the hands of the Pennsylvania elevators are filled fanners and dealers west of Fort Wil- to their capacity and It is estimated liam, 150,000,000 bushels surplus of that between 35.000 and 40.000 loaded cars are "parked" on sidings and in wheat available for export It la that most of this will be taken the yards of the eastern carriers. In the future for the use of Great KERN CHOSEN FLOOR LEADER. Britain, France and Italy. The domestic supply of Russia Is more than sufReficient to meet the needs of that coun- Ssnate Conference Unanimously elects Indlanan aa Leader. been Had Dardanelles the forced, try. Democrats of both Washington. the surplus of Rus&ian wheat would have made the present action unnec- houses of congress on Monday got for the essary. While the wheat Just taken their work of organization was commandeered to fill an order coming session well under way. The re from the British government for a senate conference unanimously large quantity of wheat. It is under- elected Senator John W. Kern of Indistood that most of it will be shipped ana chairman and floor leader, and the house ways and means committee be to Italy. The Canadian government will look fan the puzzling ta.sk of asslgnlug after the transportation of the grain members fo committees. to the Atlantic seaboard, and from there Its shipment across the ocean EXPORTERS FEAR FOR BUSINESS. will be undertaken by the British govWill Take All ernment In the same way that ship- Believe That England Wheat In Dominion. ment of oats and hay have been New York. The commandeering of bandied for the past year. Canadian wheat by the Canadian gov GARRISON ARRAIGNS TAFT. ernment was Interpreted here Monday by grain exporters as possibly the first Former President Resents Attack as step by England not merely to take over all Canadian grain, but to smash Unjust and Unmeasured. Washington. Secretary Garrison of ocean freight rates by requisitioning the war department Issued a formal the Atlantic freighters. Exporters re statement Monday sharply arraigning gsrded the situation as undoubtedly former President William II. Taft for serious from their point of view. having lent his name to what are Negro Convict Guilty of Murder. termed "statements mendacious In Joliet, 111. Joseph Campbell, a ne character and mischievous in intent," with relation to conditions in the gro convict, was found guilty Monday Mrs. Mstzle Odette Al of Philippine Islands, under the present len,murdering wife of former Warden Allen, in administration. Mr. Garrison charges, the warden's apartments of the state show plainly "that the Republican politicians are attempting to lay the foun- prison here. dation for campaign material with reFLYNN AFTER CONSPIRATORS spect to the Philippine Islands." Former President Taft, in a statement made public at New Haven. Conn., characterises Secretary Garrison's arraignment of him for his attitude on Philippine affairs as "un lust, vehement and unmeasured." Mr. Taft says that there has not been the slightest tinge of partisan feeling in lis Interest in the Philippine problem. "It seems to me." he says, "thai I have not been unmindful of the necessity for standing by this Demo cratlc administration In a national risls, without regard to party cons id London. With the retreat of the greater part of the Serbian army across the Albanian frontier, and the announcement of the capture of Mona-stl- r by the Bulgarians; the slowness of the operations against Montenegro and in southern Serbia, owing to the wintry weather and the absence of NET AROUND AUS- TRIN STRONGHOLDS AFTER WEEKS OF FIGHTING. ARE DRAWING COMMODITIES. negrins and Serbians. " . iini. i POOS E PLANS FOR PEACE ARE BEING DRAFTED TWO NEUTRAL EUROPEAN COUN TRIES CONSIDERING CALLING OF FORMAL CONVENTION. SECRETARY McADOO WOULD INCREASE TAXATION ON INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE INCOME. Believe United Opposes Issuance of Bonds to Meet Europsan Neutral States Should Take the Initiative First Year's Expenses of National Because of Its. Neutral Power and Defense Program. Would Keep Distance From Scene. Emergency Tax and Sugar Duty. Euro Washington. Two neutral pean countries already are considering calling a formal convention of neutrals to discuss means of ending the European war, and three others have given assurances that they will participate In such a convention, ac cording to Mme. Resla Schwimmer of Hungary, one of the women wbo called at the Whjte House on Saturday to urge President Wilson to lake the Initiative for peace. f .. . . .. w .time, acnwimmer visiiea toe swias. Norwegian, Swedish and Netherlands minister Saturday and laid before ,hem the Information given the president as to the feeling of European neutral governments toward the project She left Saturday night for New York preparatory to taking passage on the peace ship Oscar II early next month. .Mme. Schwimmer would not give the namea of the European neutral countries she referred to. but she said all of the foreign ministers abroad upon whom she had called had been very anxious to learn what the American position would be. It had been Indicated, she said, that various previous peace plans had been rejected because of the fear that partisan Influence might be suspected. She thought the present movement urged by the women of the world woutd be free of that suspicion and Indicated that the European neutrals believed the I'nlted States should take the Initiative both aa the most Important neutral power and because of Its great distance from the scene of the struggle made for Impartial action. ROUMANIANS to 4 $3,-00- Chicago After Conventions. Chicago. The $200,000 guarantee fund for the Republican and the Democratic national conventions ha been completed. MME. RAIM0NDE FERNANDE2 i ' t m. 1 h ed others In New York. Americana Killed by Turks. Labor Law. Upholds Anti-AlieBasel, Switzerland. Mr. Leslie, an New York antl-alieThe Wsshlngton. American citizen, and several other labor law of under which It foreigners were killed by Turks at I'rfa. Mesopotamia, while trying to de- was msde compulsory to emp'oy only fend Armenians from the Turks, ac- citizen In the construction of public works. Monday was held constitu cording to story printed here. . tlonal by the supreme court. Nture Hanged te Tree. Submarine Sunk by Aeroplane. Henderson, Ky. Ellis Burkner, a London. A German submarine at negro charged with having attacked young girl, wss Iskea from the county tackd by a British aeroplane off Mid jail here early Sunday by a mob of dlekerke on Sunday wss sent to th about fifty masked men and hanged bottom, according to the official report on Monday of Field Marshal S'.t lo a lf Jons) Frenrh. I rphansge In year. Skinner Return te Peel. New York Robert F. Skinner, consul general for the American govern ment at London, has sailed for Lon don. Mr. Skinner Is returning lo his post sfter having spent two weeks In the Vnited States on leave. Pari. Murderer Given Llf Term. Ottawa. 111. Oeotge David Stark-ley- , convicted of burning his wife asd baby to destb lsst spring by setting fire to his house on so Island in the Illinois river, wss setnenced to life Imprisonment. Jumped Ten Thousand Feet. Squall Strikes Houston. London. Colonel Maltland of the Houston, Texas. One person was Royal naval air service, Jnmped with killed, many injured snd widespread a parachute from an aeroplane whic i Koperty iosa caused by a brief but was 16.000 feet in the air. He landed furious squall which struck this vi safely. It took the colonel fifleen m';B- cinity Thursday. Msny wsrebouse ates to make the descent and sbedt were blown down. - it is stamped oa evety class Makers ol jewelry. pin we make. BOYDoTPARK JEWELRY. MAILERS founded wea SALT LAKE CITT We Pay Cash for Alfalfa AND OTIIKH SHEDS Moil Samples and Get Our lleet Offers Blackman & Griffin Co. OGDKN, UTAH With 45 Years Successful Practice I guarantee to cure Rheumatism and all kludred curable nervous diseases. Uonstlpatioo. Indigestion. Hick, Bullous Hes1tcbes, Nervous Prostration, remove and cure Tumors, (loiters. Enlarge (Mauds and all skin dlwasrs by u.lnn Oil ol KS-It!) externally, with Hwet-- t Mplriu al (at) Internally. Samples 75c snJ SI 00. All booesa dealers will supply you. Uraftiu clsmes would rather lie. We deliver on receipt ol price. Ir. J. 1 Kvllott, P. O. Box sis. Malt Lake I lly. t'tan Free Consultation Oflice 326 S. Main Si. Safety Razor Blades Sharpened satrty-raio- r Letua shsrpen those biaili-with a keen velvety eOgot belter than new. 810(1 edue 'Z5c, double edge Vtc per donee, fcnclose com. You are as near lo ui si your nearest mall box. s Electric Specialty Company 12 Third Vlmh A. THE Kail Lake Cltr. SCT EVEN It Did not Pay to Snub Thi Youngster, Bright: YOUNG MAN A young man who had beea. snubbed at the theatre door decided to get even with hi girl friends. The girl occupied the first four-sea- t In the sixth row and the young:, man had the fifth. They paid no attention whatever to him. On the program was a monologlsts who began, to talk love to get a few laugh, as. these artists often do. He said: "All. the girls wbo are la love, please atancL POWDER PLANT BLOWN UP. up." Turning to the girl next to him the. Thlrty-oWorkmen Killed aa Reeult young man who had been snubbed of Mysterious Explosion. aald: "Please let me out." workWilmington, Del. Thirty-onmen were killed and' seven fatally InNaturally the entire four had tt jured Tuesday In a terrific explosion rise. When they were on their feet, of about four tons of black powder at the young men sat down, while the rethe Upper Ilagley yard of the Du Pont mainder of the house roared In gie Powder company. It was the worst at the four girls standing up. Nation accident that has occurred In any of al Food Magazine. the company's plant in a quarter of a Not to be Fooled. century. "Tell me, noo, Jamie, what was the The cause of the blsst Is not known. most wonderful thing you saw when at. According to a statement Issued by the company, the origin "will probably sear "I think the strangest thing I saw always remain-- a mystery." Neverthewaa the flying fish." less, a most severe Investigation has "Noo, laddie, dlnna oiak' a fule o been instituted by the officials of the mUher. Wbo ever beard o' a flab yer company and every employee who was fleein'r near the building that was blown to "Another strange thing I saw whets, pieces will be put through a thorough the Red sea. We dropped examination. In the hope that some crossing and when we raised It again anchor, as cause be learned. clue to the may there waa one of the wheel of Pharaoh 'a chariot entangled on It." NINETEEN DIE IN MINE. "Ay. laddies. 111 believe thaL Wv Men at Work When ExSeventy-fivScripture for IbaL" Tit Hits. plosion Occur. Needed Repairs. Boomer, W. Vs. Nineteen men are Customer When 1 bought the moknown to have been killed by an ex didn't you say you'd supply itosion In mine No. 2 of the Boomer torcycle me w ith any new part If I broke any"oal at Coke comrany here Tuesday. thing? Thirty miner were brought lo the Motorcycle Dealer Yes. WTiat do surface, and rescuers have hopes that you wish me to let you have? others will be found alive. Customer I want a of new Ten miners were rescued from a ankles, a rib, three feet pair of cuticle, m. to the mine In a semi bos of assorted balls, four moWhen revived lar and a funnyAnger conscious condition. bone. Tit DIts. hey said they had seen many men. Didn't Catch the Drift. pparentty dead, a short distance from You owe me a large bill now," ie point where the explosion occurred. aald the physician, reaching for bi John Bertalle, one of the rescued baU men "I know It, doctor," sstld the patient. nlners. said that seventy-fiv"This I lb last time III alteoeV working near the place where he explosion occurred. He was bad ytro." ty bruised by flying debris, but was "Oh, doctor, yon don't mean to say able to make his wsy to a sub en I'm going to die!" trsnce. That Angel Child. Wave of Prosperity. Angel Child Can I have my arrow, New York. Merchants here say please? It's gone over Into your garAmericans hsve more money to spend den. Dear Old Lady Certainty, my little for Cbrlstmss this year than in any holiday season since lft6. The big darling. Can you tell me exactly stores are prepsrlng for a record where It Is? trade and wholesale houses are unable Angel Child I 1 think If sticking In your cat to fill orders In many lines. e e J. Flynn. chief of the fnlt Will Ask for Christmas Truce. States secret service, has taken Rom e. A thong ht h ee ff orts"of Pope personal charge of the hunt for the Mme. ftaimend Fernandez, wife of Instigators of the plot to dynamite Benedict last year lo obtain a truce ships of the allies leaving the I'nlted among the warring powers over the the former Mexican ambassador to States with arms for the allied armies Christmas holiday did not succeed. It Paris, brought te New Vera recently and which has resulted In the arrest Is reported on good authority that the $100,000 worth of fashions' te hats and of Robert Fay, Walter Schott and pope will make a similar attempt this town te be eold for the benefit of an vVHIlam $1,000,000. fft-c- But King Hopes Thst Army Will Be in Readiness. Atones With Hi Life. Ixtndon A tnesasge from Brussels forwsrded from The Hague by the Ex change Telegraph correspondent, says that the French soldier, whose confe slon to the Orman authorities resulted In the arrest and execution of Miss Edith Cavell has committed sul ride by hsnging. In the military prison there. n Washington. Increases in Internal taxation rather than Issuance of bonds to meet the first year's expense of the administration's defense program are advocated by Secretary McAdoo of the treasury. In a formal statement Issued Thursday night giving an estimate of the federal government' reve nues and expenditures up to the end of the fiscal year beginning next July. Assuming that congress will con t tinue In the present emergency tax law and customs duty on sugar, the secretary estimates that $112,806.-39in additional revenue will be need ed for the expenditures for 1S17. including $53,800,000 for new measure for national defense. "This amount," say the statement "can easily be raised by Internal taxation without appreciable burden upon the American people." Mr. McAdoo auggests a reduction In the Income tax. law exemption on single persons from 13.000 to $2,000 and on married persons from $4,000 to changes In the surtax Imposed on Incomes above a certain figure, and new taxes on gasoline, crude and refined oils, horsepower of automobiles, other Internal combustion engines, and various other things. HOPE FOR PEACE. Lost Jewels Recovered. Cheyenne. Wyo. Jewelry and Ml.S(K and thought to irer valued at bate been stolen from Mrs. Jane Hsmlltrn of Chicago on a to ion Pacific train was found In possession f school children near Granite canyon, eighteen miles west. The valu-tble- s were in a suitcase the children found beside the track. lH-nt- INCREASE IN INTERNAL TAXES Moffat Read Officials Chosen. Denver, Colo. Charles Uoettcher of Denver was eecied president of the te Salt City railroad (Moffat line) at a meeting of the directors held here Friday. He succeeds Newman Krb of New York City, ho became president at the orgsntra-,loof the road years ago. Lawrence C. Phlpps, also of Denver, was tlectd chairman of the board of directors. rstlon." any major operation on the western and eastern fronts, Interest In 'the military side of the war is now trans ferred to the Austro-Itallafrontier, where King Victor Emmanuel's troops are carrying on an enegetic offensive against the Austrian. The fighting on this front has been the most sustained and flrcest of the whole war. For weeks the Italians have been attacking the Austrian bridgeheads and mountain positions along the Isonxo river, and are slow ly, but surely, drawing their neta around Tolmino, Gorizla and Doberde. This, for the time being, Is Italy's contribution to the Balkan operations of the allies, for it keeps a large force of Austrian busy and makes it neces sary for them continually to bring up reinforcements which could be usefully employed against the Montenegrins and Serbians. The Serbians, unless followed into Albania, will in time probably reappear as a rejuvenated army, for It Is said that 250.000 of them, Including soldiers and civilians, have taken refuge there and that they have saved all their mountain batteries and a portion of their field gun. Also included in this nunmber are all the youths who can fill the gaps when equipment reaches them from the Adriatic. German papers stste thst Field Marshal von MacKensen' army, with Bulgarians and Turks, i to Be directed against the AnglVFrench forces la the south, but doubtless frilny of them, are going dowp the Danube to meet the Russian menace. The public Is expecting every day to hear ( the movement of the Russian army, which the emperor recently reviewed in Bessarabia, but apparently the negotiations with Roumanla tor the use of the Danube have not been completed. A Budapest report goes so far a to aay that Roumanla has refused permission to the Russians to use the river through Roumanian territory, which would be the more convenient route for an attack on western Bulgaria. n .... London. King Ferdinand opened the session of the Roumanian par liament In the presence of the crown prince and the ministers. The speech from the throne referred to the continuance of "the war which Is drenching the world with blood." end cslled attention to the fact that since the previous session other belligerents hsd been added to the nations engaged. "This situation." the king continued. "Imposes upon us Increasingly the duty of uniting our efforts for the defense of Roumanla. You will be called upon to decide various mesa ures snd credits to fare the present difficult condition, and I am convinced that you wilt continue to supply the needs of our beloved army, which has always shown Itself worthy of the love and confidence of the country." Avalon Swept by Fire. Los Angeles More than half the town of Avalon. on Santa Catallna Island, was destroyed by fire on Mondsy, Ihe fire starting at 1:30 In the mornat ing, the loss being estimated a good article is never ashamed to stamp his own name on ACTION TAKEN UNDER SPECIAL WAR ACT BY CANADIAN GRAIN COMMISSION. All The Maker Copper Is Helping. Phoenix, Arlx. High prices for cop per and Increased production In the agricultural districts of Arizona have given merchants reason to anticipate the richest holiday season In the history of the state. British Losses fee November, London. British raeua'ty lists published during November tofsl 1 23; 45.114 off! cers and men la all fields of war. bring lng the total since the beginning of t"llKle up to approximate!? (40, 000. No Difference There. "Yes," said the prince who Cinderella, "my wife baa the foot in the kingdom." "Yes." But she ran put It down a anybody." Louisville Journal. married. smallest a hard Courier Only a Branch. "If you really are connected witfcj the Von Dlewbludd. why haven't tour a family tree?" "Well shew to tell you the truth mt family is oaly a branch." Puc,. |