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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH June Weddings The Strategists BEIIIG OBSERVED A GOSTLY FAILURE LOSS OF THREE MILLION MEN BY PROMINENT , ADMITTED GERMAN POLITICIAN. Every bride should receive an enduring remembrance. We have the gifts that are appropriate and that will be treasured. Perfec lly safe to entrus your orders to u byualL RAISE FOUND NECESSARY IN OR DER TO MEET HIGHER COST OF FUEL AND WAGES. AMERICAN TROOPS DOING THEIR 8HARE ALONGSIDE FRENCH AND BRITISH. , 13 BOYD PARK MAKERS OF JEWELRY 8tatment That It Had Been Decided Not to Use Men From United 8tatee ofl Western Front at Present, Was Dus to An Error. Military Ltadera Planned to Reach the North Coast, Where Their Qune Could Bar Navigation of Channel and Fire at England. Hun Copenhagen. The Germans are still bf the Relief that they will be able to reach the English channel coast, bar navigation of the waters and bombard southern England, and that then It will be easy to begin peace negotiations, according to an Interview the PolUiken has had with a prominent German politician, a member of the relchstag, who requested that his name be not used. He added that the German offensive thus far had proved a failure, owing to heavy losses, and that the German high command was watting, to obtain more artillery. Germany had lost In killed, wounded and made prisoner 3,000,000 men, he sffded. about the Answering questions commitmain the of relchstag opinion tee on the situation on the western front and the end of the war, the -- newspaper' Informant said: "We still believe, according to messages from our military leaders, that we shall reach the north coast, where onr guns can bar navigation of the channel and fire at south England. It is suggested from the German side that with this another course of the war will commence, and, ns far as Germany Is concerned, It will be very easy to start armistice negotiations as, despite all assertions, we do not aim at any conquering. We want neither the mine district), at Lorraines west frontier nor Antwerp; - ,MWe have lost, Including killed, wounded and prisoners, 3.000,000 men. Do you think that we Intend to make foolish claims and send our children through another four years of war? Moreover, we shall hne enough to do during the age of man to control the new llusslan country and secure their mercantile and industrial Influence. Responsible German politicians only demand that the western powers ahull give back our colonies." the 25 TS g - Son-In-La- w ts JAMES GORDON BENNETT DEAD. Noted Publisher Managed New York Newepaper from Paris. Beaulieu, France. James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, died May 14 after having been unconscious for two days. Mr. Bennett's last words before relapsing Into unconsciousness vdere in relation to his newspaper Interests. Mrs. Bennett was with her husband when he died. Mr. Bennett was .born In Chambers street. New York City, Just off Park row, in May, 1841. His father had then wrung success from repeated failures and the Bennett home was In a fashionable neighborhood. The son was well educated by tutors and acquired several languages abroad, also the taste for European life, which grew upon him with age. From almost every angle, his position in the newspaper world has been unique. Upon the death of his father, who was founder of the Herald, the Younger Bennett, then just past 30 years of age, inherited the largest newspaper fortune accumulated by any American publlsherup to that tlme, lie applied It toward achievements to startle the public and thus redound to the credit of bis newspaper. In many instances these achievements became Important Items in the world's v history. finch was the policy he inaugurated when, as managing editor in 1870, he ordered Henry M. Stanley Into the heart of Africa to find Livingstone; such when he sent the Jeanette expedition to discover the North pole; such when he Joined la the laying of the commercial cable-- all typical Instances of enterprise to make news" or further Its transmit 8lon. After developing the Herald, Mr Bennett established the New York evening Telegram, the Paris Herald and a London newspaper. This he Ill-fate- d . .. . . later discontinued,.. He also became interested in the Postal. Telegraph company and the Commercial Cable company. -- do-uyl- confidence." . Statement . Due to. Error. Ottawa. The statement that It had been decided not to use . American forces In France until they had become a complete, powerful, .American army," was incorrect and due to an error in compilation," acJames Gordon Bennett, publisher of cording to a statement received from the, NewYork Herald, died ,atJd the British government by the Canadhome in Paris. This noted publisher ian government and made public Tues-.da- y managed hie New York newspaper, as official news." from Parle. - MayorofPenverDead... Two American Airmen Killed. "With the Army In France. Falling through the clouds, an American airplane crashed to earth two kilometers behind the American lines In the Toul late Tuesday aftemooA. killing both the pilot and the observer, ntor ,.W eitemWqolJtoJe Scoured Western wool, so far as facilities penult, will be scoured before shipment to eastern markets, as has been strongly urged by RepresenWashington. tative Slnnott of Oregon at several conferences during the last week. This save cars Ntepi taken primarily-to which otherwise would be required to haul millions of pounds of grease and dirt across the continent...,., -- Nv clan fc, , Pnt, Auto Co, lilt Ukt C'tr EXPERT KODAK Finishing Rave ear professional photographer do yonr 144 Bouth U C finlsbtnz. 79i. Ltue otf Film Cameras . Supplies onirLi.no KELP WANTED barber trade Many town need barber; good opportunities mil open lor nea over draft age. Barbers In army bars good aa officers commission. Mel m feu weeks. Cali or write. Motor prepired Bsrber Me-Ado- Collego, commerce coni 43 mission tfnder'the railroads act, and PERILS final decision will be with President 8. West Temple 8t Balt Lake OF THE' City. PANTOMIME Chances Once Taken by Clowns, Hjr-lequlna and Pantaloons Clock-- ' work Precision Wae Necessity. Wilson. Such an Increase as Is proposed will he the biggest In the history of Ameri- can railroads, as the percentage I larger than any ever sought by the railways under private management, and would apply alike to the entire country. Both class and commodity schedules would be affected. Passenger fares would be raised, under the plan suggested, to about 3 cents a mils from the existing general rate of a little less than. 2 cents. In speaking of hls connection with the Fox American pantomimes, the late F. W. riofele, once manager of the Old Bowery theater, told me that the making of these many mechanical tricks consumed much time, T. W. W." writes in the New York Sun. A Many skilled workmen were employed, as these devices had to work perfect- ly and not get stuck when In use. The The proposed Increases, It Is esti$900,000,000 mated, would yield about $700,000,000 In freight and $200,000,-00in passenger revenues. It Is roughly estimated by railroad administration officials that the roads this year will spend between $300,000,-00and $350,000,000 more for wages than last year; between $120,000,000 and $150,000,000 more for coal, and between $180,000,000 and $250,000,000 more for cars, locomotives, rails, ties, terminal facilities, barges for - Inland and waterways and other supplies These be may figures equipment. lowered by later developments, -- but officials who have studied the situation Closely are Inclined to believe they are more likely to prove higher. The estimate of Increased wages Is based on- - the probability that the general will approve a general scheme of higher pay for workmen. In accordance with the railroad wage 0 recommendations, OLVnwfeita. which called for an addition of $300,000,000 to the $2,000,000,000 payroll of last year. CAMPAIGN DECLINE8, More Submarines Destroyed Past Few Months Than Being Built. Paris. The effectiveness of the German submarine campaign is declining. The German government Is aware of this fact, declared Georges Leygues, minister of marine, before the naval committee of the chamber of 'deputies Tuesday, but has made .the greatest efforts to conceal It He said the situation was most favorable and that the duties of the stage manager were arduous indeed. From the time manager tinkled hls little bell for the rise of the curtain to his signal to ring down the act drop he wa as busy a man as could be found anywhere In any capacity on earth. Everything had to be done when the order was given to do It or everything would be Instantly thrown out of trim, with the result of a confusion gone mad. Serious accidents are likely to happen to performers tf the greatest care Is not exercised. Take the work of Harlequin, that merry fellow with the magic sword, who Is always dancing and gliding about with hls lovely the-stag- e Columbine. What a hazardous phrt he plays. He Is perpetually taking a leap In the dark, trusting to sheer luck as to whether he will 'do that leap safely or not, I saw Paul Martlnetti come op through the star trap in the usual way on one occasion, tout Instead of leaving the trap In Its place-htook If up with hln."Tfie points of the star were sticking In hls neck and the square framework was resting on his shoulders. When he landed on the floor he staggered a few steps, then righted himself and ran off ths stage. As he continued hls part he could not have been injured greatly.' I think he wgs lucky not to hls collar-bon- e have-broke- e. STORY OF A FAMOUS STATUE Bronze Piece, Work ef Leopardi, Cause ef Quarrel Resulting In Being Badly Disfigured. lf he 1 J 0. . Porter Get Life Imprisonment Chicago. Paul Asbury Iortcr f Mount Pleasant, Iowa, was sentenced to Ufe Imprisonment for the murder of Detective James Shea of Evanston on February 25. Shea Itas shot when he sought to arrest Porter. bedside. j Um4 Cm meet the higher costs of fuel, wages, equipment and other operating expenses, now set at between $000,000,000 aud $750,000,000 more than last year. Recommendation that rates be raised by approximately this percentage has been made by Director General by hls advisers, ne Is expected to act within the next six weeks, and to put Increases Into effect Immediately. Shippers will be' permitted toap-pea- l commission's to, 4wcrt-tJca- per cent In freight and passenger tu iheJnterstate cm-Saic- liHiMlM lo SMW. Gouittrti Dn term, H aaataa cra4Wtoa-M- (r right pa Fit. Wnra k. ItuiM Um m -- Oklahomans Flog Disloyal Citizen, Tulsa, Gkla. Smith Wagon eer, held on a disloyalty charge at Henrietta, wag taken from the Jail by a mob, stripped and treated at a coat of red paint. lie was giveu twenty lashes with a whip and returned to hls celL d Recognized. Buenos Aires. Argentina has recognized the Republic of Finland. Presi- dent lrlgoven noon will begin negotla- tlons for lhe puivIiafie of three Klore (jenaftn Ycsseta iu port here. lAKt CITY pree-ent- ' Archie Roosevelt 'Recovtri hj). Paris. Captain 'Archie Roosevelt, who was wounded by shell fragments on March 7, has sufficiently recovered, to take walks. He says he Is feeling fine and wishes to return to the front as soon as possible. -- New Nation SALT Another statue that hat been consinkings of submarines In the first veyed by sea and landed safely In three months of 1918 through allied Rome Is the great equestrian on of-tmeasures was greater than the numfamous General Colleonl, which ber built by the enemy. In Hie Cam-p- o stood on Its lofy Minister Leygues referred to the of SS. Giovanni e Paolo. Raskin statement made in the relchstag April toys of It: "I do not believe there I . 17 by Vice Admiral von Capell, minister a more glorlous work of sculpture ex- - -of marine. In which he said COO.lKn latlng In the world." Thle statue la. tons of allied shipping were sunk of course, of bronze, and was m duand monthly. This figure, the minister eled by the Florentine aculptor tn Verrocchio Andrea 1481, aspainter said, was incorrect. more famous sisted hls by pupil, LeonIt was reached and passed In April, RobVinci. da Rev. ardo Alexander May and June of 1917. In July It deHerald In the Christian clined and In November It Jell below ertson writes After Verrocchio death, tt was cast 400,000 and since has diminished conin bronze by Leopardi. . , tinuously. to a the effect There Is story told that when Leopardi had finished hi Veterans to Aid Red Cross. work, he quarreled with the republic Washington, Ied by General Persh over tL As he could not com to a ' Ings fifty veterans" and 200 wounded settlement he knocked off the horses French, British and Canadian and Aus- bead and escaped to Florence. The tralian officers and privates, some republic ordered him to return, but 7500 speakers areto Jrioglheneed9 be refused, snylng ; I have knocked of the American Red Cross home to the off the horsea head, tt Is true, hut I country next week during the drive can pqt It on again; but If 1 com to Venice and you take ofT my head, for a second $100,000,000 war fund. you could not put tt again." The Noted Railroad Man Diet. republic forgave him. assured him of Atlantic City, N. Y. William Mahl, hls life and reward, and he returned controller and vice president of the and finished hls work, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads until 1913, died here Monday Peculiar Present for Bride. at the age of 75 years. Born In KarlsIn social circles of the Celestials the s ruhe.. Germany. herapi.e. toth la coun- family of the Jhrldegroom makes vitt-' to the family of the bride of try withhls parents whefl a boy. ous articles a few days before the day Swifts Increase Capital. fixed for the marriage. The present Chicago. Stockholders of Swift A generally consist of food, the leg and Company, at a special meeting here foet of a pig, the leg of a goat, eight Monday, formally approved the plan small cakes of bread, eight torch, Increase the capital stock ol the cor- three pair of large red randies. to Admiral Shimamura, chief of the of vermicelli and several J a pa new naval staff and comnjander poration from $100,000,000 to $150,000,-00- quantity bunches of firecrackers. of the .allied fleet at Vladivostok. . - King Constantino Near .Death.,. t.sr'.? WKUi French Children to Aid Orphan. -Paris. The Petit Journals Zurich Two Paris.' hundred and sixty thoucorrespondent states that former King sand French school children contrlbut-eCoustantine of Greece is suffering from their 'sous to a subscript lon started puruIentTnflaramatldiToTthelnfesQnes." by the Darcy section of Paris to proHis condition became so alarming that vide for the first American orphan of the royal family was summoned to the the war. r Denver. Robert W. Speer, mayor of Denver, and widely known throughout the country as an authority on mu nfcfpal govermneutrdted here May 14, after a short illness of pneumonia. Mr. Speer had been mayor three times. - nc4 M rates will be necessary this year to Inci- son-in-la- nun BARGAINS IN USED CARS Estimates' mnde MonWashington. day by railroad administration officials Indicate that an Increase of at least precipitated England by dent of General Maurice. They could see no other explanation since the statement attributed to the war committee" of the British war cabinet was promptly repudiated PLANS PERFECTED by Lord Beading, British ambassador iere, and later declared by Secretary Buker In a formal statement to be at TO BEAT absolute variance with the facts us known here. From London comes the official Information that the statement sent out GERMAN OPERA- CONFIDENCE SHOWN IN PREMIER SUBMARINE to the war from BY REJECTION OF ASQUITH'S BY DARING TIONS HAMPERED committee of the British cabinet the PROBE PLAN. RAID BY BRITISH. announcement that it had been decided noMto use the American army, on the western front until It became a 8inking ef Old Boat May Block Har- Lloyd George Wins Decisive Victory and Coalition Cabinet Is Retained bor and Cause Removal ef Hun complete and powerful force, was due In Full Power, Charges of General Submarine Base. Greatest Mine to an error, which has now been corMaurice Being Refuted. In Field World Sown. v rected." he Lord Readings statement said ws confident no such announcement London. German submarine opera- London. The Lloyd George ministry lad been Issued with the knowledge of tions from the harbor of Ostend, Bel- won a notable victory In the house of Premier Lloyd, George, adding that the gium, have been seriously - hampered commons on May 9. By a vote of 293 views of the British government which for a time, if not rendered Impossible,' to 100 the house voted down a motion e was transmitting were exactly op- by a daring raid made last week upon introduced by former Premier Asquith posite. Secretary Baker aald Ameri- the uarbor by the British. An offi- providing for the appointment of a can troops were now being used in' cial statement Issued Saturday by the special committee to Investigate pattle and would continue to be used British admiralty says the channel charges mnde by Major General Fredas the supreme commander, General leading out of the inuer harbor has erick B. Maurice, recently relieved of been completely blocked by the hulk bis post of chief director of military Foch, deemed best of bureaus various the at of the old Cruiser Vindictive, which operations at the war office. Inquiry the war department showed that the was maneuvered Into position under Stirred by the Imminence of a cabinet crisis, the people of London expedited movement of men to France heavy fire aud then sunk by oombs. !s proceeding as planned after the anIt Is pointed out that the obstruc- crowded the public galleries long benouncement that American units tion in the channel at Ostend will tend fore the debate opened. The diplowould be brigaded with French and to eventually close the harbor through matic and peers' galleries also were British divisions for immediate oper- the action of the tides and the rapid througeu. silting up.. ations, as well as training. Immediately after the Introduction If Ostend and Zeebrugge are re- of Mr. Asquiths motion, the- premier May Intern Packer's moved as ports from which the Ger- took the floor aud spoke In defense of Count James Mlnotto, man Chicago. He refuted the may be operated, the the government. of Louis F. Swift, the packer, Germans apparently will be compelled charges of General Maurice and dewas taken Into custody here Monday to withdraw their submersible to clared that statements made In hls reby deputy United States marshals, two their home ports. In this connection cent speen, to which Maurices weeks after hls arrest was ordered on It is interesting to note that a week cliarges referred, were made on InforThe count ago It was announced that the great- mation received from General Man presidential warrant who successfully defended himself two est mine field known to naval qpera rices department of the war office. months ago against deportation pro- tlon had been planted In the North He showed also by documentary eviInsea to combat the submarines. It was dence that the extension of the Britceedings, now Is preparing to fight wathe ternment under presidential stated that the area of this ish line was made because of pressure officially rrant He Is at liberty on $50,000 bond. mine field would be 121, 7I square exerted by France, and that the demiles and that it would be completed cision was taken on the advice of the Buffalo Express Wrecked. by May 13. military authorities, in agreement with Albany, N. Y. One fireman killed, Some months ago Admiral Jelllcoe of Field Marshal Haig, the war cabinet one passenger mortally Injured and the British navy announced that the having interfered in no way In the eight or ten other passengers more or submarine menace would be met by matter, although It approved of the less seriously Injured was the result August 1 and It Is possible that he of the wreck of the Buffalo express bud the blocking of the harbors of dispositions. Monday night at Schodnck Landing. Zeebrugge and Ostenu in the laying of President Save Condemned Soldiers. an immense mine field In mind when Washington. The case of a soldier Scrlppe .Escapes 8ervlce, he made hls statement In to the American expeditionary forces The Cal. appeal Sacramento, to death for deserting in condemned President Wilson by James G. Seripps, BORGLUM ANSWERS CHARGES. of thd the face San of enemy was sent to PresiDiego, newspaper publisher Wilson dent Friday for final action. CaL, for deferred classification In the Denies That He Sought to Capitalize enThe was he president recently commuted the draft on the ground that Friendship With President sentence of two soldiers for death of military necessity gaged In work New York. Gutxon BorglUm, acat their posts and of two sleeping been has granted. cused of having sought' secretly to who others disobeyed orders. capitalize hls friendship with PresiTAMES GORDON BENNETT dent Wilson by undertaking Jto proADMIRAL SH1MAMURA mote a private airplane company", Issued a formal statement Saturday, auy connection now or at any time" with any airplane production coucern or any plan to organize such a company. He declared further that the war department had systematically directed the opposition to Investigation of aircraft production, in which a billion dollars in eleven months has provided us with no planes," and charged that every subterfuge bad been resorted to, to gain time" The sculptor termed the accusations made against him In revelations recently of documents In possession of the army Intelligence bureau as charges raised by Deed's former agent. Mix, and Mix's engineer.' (Cotonel Deeds, ehjef signal officer of the army, and Kenyon W. Mix of the Dodge Manufacturing Co;) He denied that - he- - had - used - the presidents authority improperly and In a manner unthinkable between men In mutual Ottawa,-attributin- MAM . American officers are Washington. Inclined to characterize the reports sent via Ottawa on Sunday that American troops would not be used untU complete and powerful Americnu army had been developed in France, as an echo of the political controversy In (to Railways ef Nation Will 8pend This Year $300,000,000 More for Wages Than Last Year and Vast Sums for Fuel and Equipment. v 'Sssislista Barred-- f ram.. Public .Ptoses. Chicago. Socialists and all organizations of complexion are barred from the public school buildings for meeting places, by action of tfie city council. Two Socialists voted against the resolution. . Tbf. Eager, Ufe. Whenever a process of life eomra niratee an eagerness to him who it, .there the life becomes genuinely s slffnlflcant- - Bometimes the eageto--tmore knit up with the motto ertiH tie, sometimes with the perceptions, sometimes with the Imagination, so ' Woman is Pardoned. times with reflective thought wherever It Is found, there is the k Pierre, S. D. Governor refer has granted a pardon to Mrs. the tingle, the excitement of reality!' and there is "importance" to the Mae Evans, sentenced to twenty-fiv- e which 1 years imprisonment on a charge cf real and positive sense la be. " can ever anywhere manslaughter for the killing of Dr. W. portaace Lam Jones. Moore, a veterinarian, at Brookings. Uf-e- of -- Nor-bec- Sr |