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Show JUAB COUNTY TIMES, NEPHI, UTAH BOMB PLACED AT TEUTONIC ALLIES BELLIGERENTS OF EGATES BE HELD AT ONCE. Reply to President Wlleon'a Note Which He Asked Warring Nation to State Their Alma Has Been Received. In Berlin, Germany and her allies Austria-HungarBulgaria and Turkey replied Tuesday to the note of President Wilson, in which he asked that the belligerent nations state the aims which they were lighting. The proposal is made by the central powers that a conference of the delegates of all the belligerents be held Immediately la a neutral city. The task of preventing future wars, the official statement says, can be begun only after the end of the present Struggle. The text of Oermany'a answer to President Wilson's note was transmitted Tuesday to James W. Gerard, the American ambassador. It aays: "The suggestion made tiy the president of the United States of America in order to create a basis for the establishment of a lasting peace has been received and considered by the Imperial government In the friendly spirit which was expressed In the president's communication. "The president points out that which be has at heart and leaves open the choice of the road. an "To the Imperial government Immediate exchange of view seems to be the most appropriate road In order to reach the desired result. "It begs therefore In the sense of the declaration made on December 12, which offered a hand for peace negotiations, to propose an Immediate meeting of delegates of the belligerent stateB, at a neutral place. "The imperial government Is also f the opinion that the' great work of preventing further wars can bo begun only after the end of. the present struggle of the nations. "It will, when this moment shall bare come, be ready with pleasure to collaborate entirely with the United States in this exulted task." The answer of the central powers concludes with the usual diplomatic terms of politeness. ;r high-minde- HEAVY TOLL OF 8TORM. Nine Killed by Tornado In Arkansas, Other Meet Death In Blizzard. livet Chicago. At least twenty-fivwere reported lost In a storm that the west Tuesday, raged through tanging from a billiard in the northern states to a tornado which struck the afternoon. rkansa during Through the western valley stales and higher temperatures prevailed the rain was heavy. Unusual cold was reported from the mountains west to the Pacific coast. Nine person are known to have been killed and fourteen Injured In a tornado which swept a four mile path through south central Arkansas late Tuesday. Unconfirmed reports tell ol many more deaths. The death list includes four whit persons and Ove negroes. Three little girls were the victims of the storm at Carlisle. Near England a planter, Albert I.. Swans, wss kilted, and his wife and daughter were seriously Injured when their home was dcrool-iched- . e FIVE SUPPLY BILLS PASSED BY HOUSE IN THREE WEEKS, BREAKING RECORD. FALL BACK BEFORE ADVANCING GERMANS, THE RUSIANS AL80 SUFFERING DEFEAT. Snow on Sidewalk Front Porch of Governor' Horn War Powerful Enough to Wreck Building. Railroad Leglalatlon Failed to Get National ProhlbL Much Attention. tlon Conatltutlonal Amendment Reported Favorably. Mackenaen Scorea Galna In Dobrudja, While the British Trnop Csptur &P th Strong Position Congress adjourned Washington, Friday for the Christmas holiday to reconvene January 2. In the three weeks of the season the house passed five government supply measures the urgent deficiency; legislative; Indian; District of Columbia, and diplomatic bills and consular appropriation more than ever were passed before In the brief period pending a holiday recess. One of the bills, the urgent deficiency, ha passed the senate. failed to get Railroad legislation much attention in either branch. The house commerce committee decided to await Initiative action in the senate, where beginning January 2, the senate commerce committee will bold hearings on the proposed railroad arbitration measure and the bill authorizing the president to take over the railroad, telephone and telegraph lines In rase of military necessity. At the conclusion of the bearings, tbe railroad measures in some form will be pressed as amendments to the pending bill to enlarge the Interstate commerce commission. Efforts to extend for one year the life of the Joint railroad commission Investigating problems were checked in the house to be renewed Immediately after the holidays. The senate passed the immigration bill with its literacy test provision and it now is in conference. The senate also began consideration of the District of Columbia prohibition bill and fixed January 9 for u vote. The national pruliibiiion constitu tional amendment was reported favorably from the Judiciary committee in each house. House committees also reported the Dorland food investigation with a fa vorable resolution and the Susan D. amendment Anthony constitutional for woman suffrage, without recom Neither resolution admendation. vanced to consideration in the bouse. first Christ London. Roumania's mas as a participant in the war wit nessed heavy fighting on the uouma-nin- n front in Walachia. Ground was yielded by the Roumanians at some points un'der the pressure of the Ger mans, and north of the road a height was lost by the Rus sians. In the northwest corner of Dobrud- 1h urovince. the sector to which the retreat has taken them, the army of field Marshal von Mn.kensen has begun to attack the bridgehead of Matchin after, lsaklshe. on the eastern bank of the Danune, was cantured. In addition w an nouncing the evacuation of Isakishe. the Russians admit the occupation or Tultcha. trooDB. with the Rritish mounted cooperation af aircraft, carried a strong position at Maghuaga, twenty miles distant from Kl Arish, which was captured Thursday. Incomplete reports, aays the statement from London, show that l.ftO prisoners were captured and a large quantity of arms and war material taken. Heavy cas ualties were suffered by the Turks. The Russians claim to have lu dieted heavy losses on the when the latter attempted to recapture height occupied by theRussians Sunday In the wooden tarputhians. Macedonia. execDt for an artillery ac uiniL'trlp. la void of momentous tivity. The same is true itenerally of the Austro Italian theater, except for ucn the Julian front, where even operations have been prevented by mist. Two British destroyers have been sunk in a collision in the North sea. Fifty-fivofficer and men were lost. Burled Leading to Bomb In Salt Lake City. The discovery of a bomb in his front yard Monday mornregarded by ing frustrated what police authorities as a plot to ussassl-natGov. William Spry and his family and destroy his home. The bomb was found at 8 o'clock buried in the snow on the sidewalk leading to the governor's front porch, and three feet from the porch steps, directly in the path the governor followed when be returned home at 3 o'clock Sunday from a trip to Washington. characterize the Police officials bomb as a deadly missile, powerful enough to bave wrecked not only the but adjoining home, governor' bouse, bad It been exploded. As the bomb Is on that can be exploded by concussion or friction, their theory is the plotters expected the governor to step on or stumble ever the bomb as he approached the step. Richard T. Neslen, local agent for the Ilurllngton Route, whose home ad that of Governor Spry, uncov join ered the bomb while be was sweeping the snow from Governor Spry' walk. After discovery of the bomb friends of Governor Bpry posted a reward of $500 with Chief White for Information that will lead to the arrant and con viction of the person or persons re sponsible for the deed. Oa the theory that the plot was In stigated by members of the I. W. W. of Joseph to avenge th execution Hillstroiu, the police Monday night arrested six member of the organi zation and are holding them in Jail tor investigation. Four were arrested In a shack at Ninth South and Jordan river, and th other two were taken In custody In Murray. They gave their names as Edward. Till, Charles and John Esellus and Oscar and Robert Erickson. With th finding of the bomb, of ficer explain the explosion Sunday night at the home of James B. Jennings, which is directly In the rear of th governor' horn. Tbe attempted destruction of the Spry bom and the explosion at th Jennings residence were planned by the ame men, officer believe. Chief of Police J. Par ley Whit ascribe the work to tbe L W. W. Th explosion at tbe Jennings home. according to police theory, was In tended merely to attract the guards duty at the governor's home loth scene of the explosion to give the to would be asaaaaln opportunity "plant" the bomb in the governor' yard without detection. 1 e Women Condemned a Spies. (Copyright.) ALL ARMED SHIPS E and GERMANY TO ATTACK WITHOUT WARNING PASSENGER VESSELS CARRYING GUNS. U T ROADS. Promts Given to America That Decision of Board Had Been Eagerly Awaited for What Bearing It These Vessels Before Being Tor Might Have on In the Adamson pedoed Must Be Stopped and ExAct Controversy. amined Fall to th Ground. Th London. The Exchange Telegraph company's Amsterdam correspondent quotes the folowing from the Berlin Taeglieche Rundschau: The German government has now formally taken the position that Eng land's armed commercial and passen ger steamer are men of war, being armed auxiliary crlusers. The prom- Iko given to America which always ha hindered our submarine warfare that these vessels before being tor pedoed must be stopped and examined, falls to the ground. They are warship and must be treated as such, even when Americans are on board. We now bave faclljtles for extending .he undersea boat war. which all sensible people bave long recognized as unavoidable and Indispensable. This la the best reply to Premier refusal of our peace offer. Lloyd-Georg- Closed Down by Storm. Salt Lake City. Four thousand men were thrown out of work and the dally production of $00,000 pounds of ore has been checked at the Utah Copper company' plant by tbe snow storm which ha gripped Utah. This Is the first time In tea years that the mine, railroad and concentrator plants have been compelled to close down on account of Inclement weather. heavy fall of snow. The snowfall for December ha broken ail records. The actual fall for the month measures 30.1 Inchea, 1 0.4 inches of that amount fall Ing during a period of twenty four hours ending Tuesday at noon. . 77"." f Washington. Revised figure on r turns of the last election show do uitely that neither I?mocrta nor Re publicans will bave a majority of the next house neceesary to elect a speaker, and that a handful of Inde- pendent wilt determine which side will control the organization. Conceding seat to candidates in of election possession of certificate because they are rerlain to ptr'W pat la the organisation of Ike house the personnel now stands: K publicans, 214; Democrat. 213; Itadrpf ndts, 2; Progressives. 2; Pro hibitionist, I; Socialist, 1. contented. 2. A majc.ri'y la 21., hence, should either fmorra' or Republicans win tf.th of the contests, they will still be short of a majority. Military Training. Military training In elementary and secondary schools was voted down by the executive commit tee of the American tw hoil Pes' league st a meeting in this city oa Tuesday. Oppose New Tork. Accused of Holding Car. Washington. An order wa Issued by the interstate commerce commls- alon Friday requiring the railroads to show cause at a hearing bere Decern ber !S. why they should not return at once to their owners, without dl version or misuse, all foreign coal and refrigerator cars Immediately after unloading at their destination. New York. New J'.'rA'i. AI York. A seventy-- t eight-hou- r day, an lieard their differences. The decision of the board had been eageily awaited by the railroads In general and the four major brotherhoods of railroad trainmen for what bearing it might have on the controversy between them over the Adam-soact. In which the eight-hou- r day is a question at Issue. The decision say that "eight hours or less shall constitute a day' work," give "an Increase of 5 cent an hour on the present rates of pay," and rule that "overtime ahall be paid at pro rata rates." to be computed "on the basis of the actual minute worked." While the switchmen asked for a 10 cent Increase, the statement empha sizes the pomt that the 6 cent advance la the largest given In any arbitration. The Increase wa granted. the neutral arbitrator explain, be cause of the high cost of living and the hazard and hardships of the work. n Dinner for President. Washington. President Wilson con cluded bis Christmas celebration at tbe White House with a dinner at which he entertained a large group of relatives and friends. It was an dinner with delicacies from many part of the country sent to the president a Christmas presents. BARONESS VON SCHOEN t Vi- : y i V wo-mll- r - Ir'i,. ( t:' ' Mis Cstherine Bimey, daughter of 1st Mr. and Mr. Theodore Well Bimey of Washington, wss married recently te Baron Wilhelm von Sehoen, secretary ef th German embaeey. the Fugitive Prisoner Killed. Chin. Three German Peking, army officer, a captain and two Hew tenants, who escaped from a Siberian prlon camp, bave been killed In Mongolia by Russian soldiers, according to the Chinese foreign office. Long May Succeed Osborne. Itreckenridge Long Washington. of St. Louis probably will be noml- Dtted by President Wilson as assistant secretary of stste to succeed John E. CMborne of Wyoming, who resigned Employe Get Bonu. Demand by 'Dry." France te Honor Joffre. Liquor New Tork. A bono amounting to Baltimore. The Christmas demand Faris. The government ba decld Itftn (,lllt mU K 4!rihuti! hf Wolla. ed Ui raise General Joffre to the d'.g for liquors of various kinds for the of Vir West company among ,000 employes Fsrgo e'ate Virginia, dry" ti)y of marshal of France la recogni to the ginla and the Carolina swamped the drawing salaries f 2,000 a year or tion of hi eminent service companies from thi city lean, the company nnoiinced on country. A decree nominating bim etpree serve these which section. soon. submitted jrill be Three Killed In Explosion. TVs Moines, ta Three persons were killed, three probartly rataiiy tnjuirl f Bribery Charge. Eaencrtaed Fleet in American Water. Two Harbors, Minn. William Towl Boston. The presence on this side of the Atlantic of a formidable fleet former Socialist mayor of this town of allied warships was Indicated dell wa found not gailty of a charge of The vessels are accepting a bribe from the proprietor r.ltely Tuesday. known officially a commerce protect of a lot e here In return for furnish frig alleged "blind p'g" protection. or. In BRUTAL CRIME IN SOUTH. Grewsome Spectacle Meets Eyes of Lad Seeking Christmas Gifts. Mlnden, La. Neighbors, summoned little boy of 7, ran by a to tbe borne of John N. Reeves near here early Monday to find that murderer bad turned tbe bouse Into a slaughter pen. Reeves and bis wife were dead, the man's skull crushed by an ax and the woman with a bullet bole through ber bead. An boy, still clutching In his arms bis 1S months-olbrother, and another of S, were battered and chopped from ax atrokes. . The children were carried to a hos pital at Shrevcport, where tbe oldest died. Their brother, who gave the alarm, escaped because be was sleep ing In the attic. He had come down early in tbe morning to look for his Christmas present when he saw what to the next sent bim terror-etrtckefarm house. Three negroes bave been arersted. charged w ith the crime. half-dresse- d recently. an acetylene gas plant In the borne of John Feaborg Bear Kimballton, la.. expiooea. YIELDING GROUND Turk. iiuze-tiimni- Russo-Roumauia- Austro-Oer-niuii- PASSENGERS FIGHT WITH BANDIT Robber Plunges Through Car Window When Shooting Begin. Sioux City, Iowa. A bsndit made a futlli attempt to rob the passengers in tbe smoking car of a Chicago, Milwaukee & SL Paul train from as It was entering the yard here Saturday night. The bandit escaped with $10 In rash after shot b:d been exchanged with passenger and he bad leaped through a window while the train wa in motion. Chl-csg- Marshall In Arizona. Phoenix. Arix. Vice President and Mrs. Marshall reached Phoenix Satur-da- r morning to spend the holiday at their desert bungalow, fourteen mile from thi city. The vice president declined to discuss foreign affairs or public matters on the ground that ba had come for a complete rest. Duel Often to France. Paris. A duel between Frenchmen In war times would be a real offense against patriotism. Such was tbe formal declration igned by the second of Ih'puty Adrlen Veb-- r and Captain Charle Tlsseyre, and the proposed encounter wa abandoned. Will Discuss Farmers' Need. InterHelena, Mont. Agricultural InWashington Robber Captured Because ests In Montana are to have tbeir He Dropped Portion of Swag. nings before the coming sesalon of tbe Measures dealMontana legislature. Golden Dale, Wash. Leaving trail of money In his wake because ing chiefly with matter of Interest in-to of the difficulty of carrying It through the farmer are in preparation for the brush after be was forced to troduction. abandon his horse, a man giving the Sentry Wound Three. name of Henry Jones was caught by Arix. Three guardsmen Douglas, a posse Saturday a the robber of tbe bank of Rlckleton In Ilickle'on, are la tbe military hospital here sufWash. Deputy sheriff said Jone ad fering from !thl wounds, said to mined he bad held up the bank. He hsve been Inflicted by a Colorado aad $:0, the remainder of the M.ooo guardsman on sentry duty, tbe men taken having been dropped In bis attempting to ewcape from the gum 4 Right. Most of tbe money ba been bous. reopvered. Villa Capture San Pedr. El Paso, Texan. A report was reGerman Wager Peace In Awguat. London. A Frankfurt dispatch lo ceived bere by an American known to the Exchange company via Rotter be close to Francisco Villa (bit he bad dam, say there wa heavy betting captured Baa Pedro de las Solon as. on the Berlin exchange Saturday that northeast of Torreon on fund"" peace would be signed before August Nevada Town Dark. The dlspstrh says that the German cm ci pah, Nev. T town In southemperor will return to Berlin for con ern Nevada which Every depends upon eleo fereare with the American and Hpan trlclty for lighting ha been dark since ib ambassadors. Sunday, due to a break la the power line crossing tbe White mountain. Car Shortage Delsye Mails. Washington. Blizzards In the midTeiper I Found Oui'ty. dle west, a shortage of mail cars and N. Y. Guilty of murder In Buffalo. an inadequate number of mail hand second the degree wa the verdict reter in large railway tcrm'nat have turned tbe late Friday against by contribu'ed to the delay in the Christ John Edward jury Teiper, charged with mas mail service. having killed his mother last January. Husband ef Exonerated. Slayer Stat Constabulary Plan. Chicago. Mr. Iva M. Barnes, Colo.- - Organ Irat ion of a Denver, charged with the murder of ber hus- state to replace the slste constabulary R. James a Barnes, band, traveling militia I la proposed salesman, was found not guilty by a legislation contemplated which, with other Import-an- t Jury In the criminsl court. The jury measures, t fo come before tbe deliberated three hour. session of the legislature. Mounted Bandit Robs Bank. Two Perish in Fire. North Yakima, Wash The bank of New Tork. Oliver K. Buckley. . Rlckleton, twenty mllea southwest of year old. fa cousin. Frank II. Wel-- h. Mabtom. Wash., was roobed of It.ooQ 6, were burned to desth In Btirkley's late Friday by a man who rode Into home In Brooklyn In a fire which starttown on horseback, held up tbe bank ed decoration for a Cbristms among sad escaped. eeleAiratioa. LEFT gale which followed a thunderstorm and springlike weather early Friday played havoc with telephone and tele graph lines in the metropolitan dis trict. High winds were reported gen era! In the territory hetaeen New York. Buffalo. Pittsburgh and Wash ington. School Children Strike. Pcranton, Pa. A their answer to decision In not the school board' granting a Christmas vacation of one children of the New photograph of Ambassador week, 15.000 school 2.0MI enrolled In the public schools a short after who, Gerard, spending sesvacation In thi country, has returned of this city, remained away from sions Tuesday. t hi pest In Berlin. An increase in wages of 5 cents an hour and straight pro rata overtime was granted to the member of the switch men's union employed by thirteen eastern and middle western railroads In an award filed here Saturday by the federal board of arbitration that Gotham Swept by Gale. i SWITCHMEN AWARD FILED IN CASE OF THIR TEEN EASTERN AND MIDDLE-WES- ar-ra- Republican DAY FO - of Majority. - HELD MEN OF WAR for-al- l HOUSE CONTROL UNDECIDED. Short ROUMANIANS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE GOVERNOR SPRY AND FAMILY. AN enteen were killed. Another report tells of the death of from fifteen to twenty convicts at the state farm al Tucker. Democrats ES HOLIDAY RECESS Paris. Court martlala have sentenc ed to desth two more women, one Dua- Civilian and Soldier Clash. says by name, born In Calais, of a Ger Honolulu Civilians and soldier man mother and a Luxemburg father: her night In a freetbe other a widow named Tlchelly, of mingledfight onMonday street crowded witn Swiss nationality. holiilav maker. The battle reached a climax when tbrea aoldler were AMBASSADOR GERARD and I heir comnanlons threaten ed to clcrff nut the police department. line policeman wa uiui; Heavy Snowfall in Salt Lake. Salt Lake City Street car and sub urban train service wa practically Keports persist that a negro colony abandoned Tuesday because of the near Keo was wiped out and that sev- Both T IE GOVERNOR S OS E PARLEYS ASK THAT CONFERENCE OF DEL. CONGRESS SANTA'S MISTAKES . COIN-MARKE- TRAIL. |