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Show THE VOLUME XVII III DIE DE FBI SERIES Germany ffas INflDEIl Funeral services were held Sunday 11 a. tn. at the Spanish Pork City cemetery, over the remains of James Dow ley, who died Friday of if com-gualoat- mis-ilooarl-es world afld the last entry was C. Becks-troBishop was in charge of the scrvico. Consoling remarks were made by Bishop It. y, SkKell, J. Preston onia. V. m Creer and Henry Gardner. Opening and closing hymns were sung by the First ward choir, and Miss Bessie Gardner rendered a solo. The Invocation was offered by William A Cornaby and Henry J. McKell made the closing prayer. Bishop Grotegut dedicated the grave. James Dowley was born In Spanish Fork about forty years ago. Ills parents (deceased) were among the early settlers. He Is servlved by one brother, Moses Dowley, who has recently gone to Illgham to make his homo, but ctmo down to be with his brother in his last Illness. He Is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Rachel Hardy. Howard Z. Hardy, who came here from Provo and made his home for part of the summer with his sister, Mrs. Moses Dowley, died early last Friday morning of influenza-pnemonia. He and James Dowley were keeping house together after Mr. and Mrs. Moses Dowley moved to Bingham, and both of them contracted the dlseasoat the same time, dying within a day of each other. The remains of Mr. Hardy were taken to Provo by the O. H. Berg Undertaking Co. for Interment. The parents of the young man are dead, but he has four brothers and five sisters surviving him. trltten July 10th, when a British Aeroplane brought the party word from the outside world and carried bark with It word from the missionaries. Thus the letter had to be carried over portions of the great to world battlefield by aeroplane, there It could be placed In an office This Is aad forwarded to America. the first communication Mrs. Lee hqs received from her daughter since February, when she told of the great danger the' missionaries were in at that time. A few extracts from the will be of general Inletter, whlc terest to the public are given below: Uramla, Persia, April' 14, 1918. Dear Home Folks:I wonder If we will ever hear about America, or. the Sometimes I world or you again. think we never shall. It has been nearly two months since we have had sny news from the outside world at all. AH communications, even from Tabriz, have been cut oft until yesterday, when Dr. Shedd, American HENRY KRAMER KILLED received a code message IN ACTION IN FRANCE from the American Consul at Tabriz. The message had betfn nearly two The following telegram was receivweeks on the way and had travled ed here yesterday by William Kram around the south end of Luramia to from Mrs. Eliza Peek of Ogden. er, get here, as all lake passages are cut same The had been sent to off from us by' the .Moslems. The Mrs. Peck telegram the by War. Department roads to the north are also cut off Wm. Kramer, 839 N. 8th, East, and we are hemmed In here like Spanish Fork, Utah, birds In a trap, and 0 such condiDeeply regret to Inform you that tions! Dr.EllIs Is writing all the de' Private Henry Kramer, Machine Gun so tails for you from week to week, I wont repeat, but horror has been Battalion, is officially rfeported as killed In action September 29th. added to horror day by day. Murder, Mrs. Eliza Peck robbing, destruction of whole villages Private Kramer was called Henry About a week ago a lot of Moslems etc. from Park City, September 20, 1917, from the city collected in certain Moslem villages not far apd trained over a year at Camp Lewis. He sailed for France in July. away and .the SjTlan Army went He was born December 25th, 1889 at down there and fought it. The Moslems. some of them dressed up as Benjamin, Utah. His wife, Mrs. Sadie Peck Kramer, women, and went out carring white Is living with her. mother at Ogden. flags for Tasleem (surrender). Well when the Lyrlans began to accept It they were killed treacherously. This was repeated and after that the Syrians sailed In and butchered every man, woman and child. Mr. Allen and some of the men from Uncle Sam Will Distribute' This Sum our Trench Red Cross Staff went Jn Utah in 1023 down there and saw the awful result. The unhurried dead strewed Just think of the enormous sum of over the village. The crimes are 81.5000.000.- 00. Think what that description. would do in the way of lmprovments, The other day while 1 was sitting In homes and public buildings, and In our carriage waiting for Dr. Ellis, in a thousands things for the bettersome armed wild looking men rushed ment of every person In the State of up to our big door. In rushed a poor Utah. frightened, crying man, under the This is the sum of money that the protection of the Stars and Stripes, Government of the Uulted States will just In time. The other men, mad pay into the State of Utah in 1923 in with the thirst for his blood, rushed good hard cash. It will not be in In too. They were stopped at the government buildings, roads, bridges, Inner gate but finally they reached or drainage, but actual money, and in Dr. Shedd. It was awful. I have the grand part of it Is that every never seen more terrible looks on woman .and child has a chance mens faces. One yard In this city man, some of the money, and In proto get Is now sheltering over a thousand portion to the amount of patriotism ' Moslems, and a lot of Kurds, while shown by works right now. out here we have a whole village of Utah has been asked to buy some Moslems and a lot of Kurds. They 00 worth of W. S. S., and 87.500.000.live In our. stables, chicken coops, to take them all before has pledge buggy houses, etc. I am so weary 1919. If this pledge Is 1, January of them. .Ouo cows at home ire tidy this all money will be returned, kept, specimens compared to their filth. in the sum of 81.500,-000.0- 0 addition and We Just grin and bear It. They In proportion, to the amount tramp over our flowers and lawns, S. S. purchased. their donkeys chew every blade of of W. our congressmen has obtained If Brass and every thing else nearly. sum of money to be given to a such Besides there Is always the continual the people of Utah in public buildwall of poor cruelly or road buildings, or something ings, oared for children, I am nearly great would have been the else, ready to write a book on the Moslem due them. At that only a few mother and her child. The misery praise have profited by it, and we would f both to my mind Is dreadful. The would have something to look at other day I stood near a woman hold-b'use a few of us. and perhaps a little child In her arms. The and a half is gomillion But this ohlld was holding Its head and sufferbe to something different. Every ing and one eye was shut. Over Its ing In It, if they will keep can ono share little I was to M lcYZ rn7hfta their W. S. S. pledges, or purchaseof , 1 w. S. S. now or before the first f the year. (continued on page 3) . u . Germany Has Surrendered is Brief but Joyous Message Received Here about 11:15 This Morning.1 The host news that linn como over tin? wires for many a day was received here about 1 1 :15 this morning, when the news was received that Germany had accepted our terms and surThe report received was very brief, nierly saying rendered. Germany has surrendered. A later report denied the statement and up to our going to press, (. oclock) Washington had not confirmed the report of the surrender. The fact of the matter Is, the meeting to decide on the terms of the armistice was not scheduled unlit f oclock, p. m.today, (11 a. m. Mountain time) hut the unofiicial consensus of opinion is that Germany will accept unconditionally the terms of tin? Allied nations. Spanish Fork began to celebrate as soon as the glad news of the surrender s heard, parading the streets, decorating the siores wlh flags, ringing bells, fetory whistles, shooting guns etc. Shortly after dinner the crowd stopped In front of the City Drug Store and held a short Impromptu program, I. E. Brockbank and Private Joseph E.Nelson making short speeches and the Jameson Sisters singing "The Flag Without a Stain. If the news of the surrender Is confirmed,' a big demonstration will be held on the streets this evening. GUI, ME COUNTY AID STATE 111 DEMOCRATIC; REPOBUGAN Vice-cons- . fire-arm- s, SI, 500, 000 be-To- . half-starve- d, B D:; f f HIMSELF III SALT LAKE air funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock over the remains of Margaret Ann Edwards at the homo of her mother, Mrs. Gwen Edwards. Bishop Wm. Grotegut officiated. David W. Davis offered the Invocation. The speakers were C. R Larsen, August Swenson and David Williams, all of whom testified to the excellent character and good works of the deceased and praised her for her devotion as a mother and a daughter. Three were rendered during the servleea by the ward choir. They were: I Need Thee Every Hour, Sister Thou West Mild and Lovely and Nearer My Cod to Thee. Between the addresses a solo, The Rosary waa rendered by Miss Ellen Jameson and a aolo Face to Face by Edward Williams. Tho closing prayer waa pronounced by Herbert Williams. The service waa largely attended andWicre were many floral tributes. Margaret Ann Edwards was born In Ileolgerrig, near Merthyr Tldvll. South Wales, April 15, 1878. 8he waa the daughter of William and Gwen Edwards. She eanie to Utah Fbr a with her parents In 1885. resided the family number of years at Scofield, where the father worked In the coal mlnea, and where Mrs. Gwen Edwards, assisted by the deceased, kept a boarding house for miners. During the time of the Winter Quarters mine disaster, while the work of removing the bodies of the miners was In progress, Mrs. Edwards and her daughter furnished hot meals for the rescue purtle and charged nothing for them, giving freely of their labor and substance for the relief of the stricken town. Margaret Ann Edwards was early left a widow with the support of her son and herself to see to. She has managed by a life of hard work and frugality to educate her son for a life of usefulness and It her greatest ambition that he should receive a college education. Of late years she has made her home here and has made many friends by her cheerful disposition. She leaves one Son. William Ed wards, her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. William Edwards, two brothers and three sisters to mourn her loss. The brothers are Thomas and William Edwards and the sisters are Mrs. Gwen Street, of Winter Quarters, Mrs. David John Rowe of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Sarah Jane Open Influenza-pneum- the moat remarkable let-tIn this city Is a received ever received early this week Mrs. Theodore Lee, from her Slighter, Mrs. Jessie Lee Ellis, who a stationed with her husband, Dr. Wilder r. Kills with the medical of the Presbyterian Church it Cramla, Persia. The letter, which b In the form of a diary, was begun os April 14th. two months after the alulonaries were cut off from the poulalt'HS FDD ADOLPH POULSDH KILLS HE at outside NUMBER 47 SPANISH FORK, UTAH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1918 i . - Amendments All Win Because of Strong Sup- port in Farming Communities s Spjmisli Fork City, Utah County nnd'tlu? State of Utah returned Democratic majorities in the election of Tuesday, but the reports from the nation at large indicate that n Republican majority will be in evidence in the House of Representatives at the next session.. For Representative to Congress 117 Jas. II. Mays (D) . 130 William Spry (R) For Justice of Supreme Court 110 S. R. Thurman (D) 142 J. W. Cherry (R) For Justice of Supreme Court 110 Valentine Gideon (D) 142 A. E. Bowen (R) For Justice of Supremo Court 6 110 A. J. Weber (D) 142 J. E. Frick (R) For State Senators 112 J. Wm. Knight (D) 112 Edward Southwick(D) 139 W. K. Spafford (R) 140 L. N. Ellsworth (R) For State Representatives 113 Alma Greenwood (D) 111 J. O. Bullock (D) : 111 I. II. Masters (D) ' 111 Lorenzo Argyle (D) t 137 Mrs. Willis Bromley (R) (10-ye- (8-ye- ar , . 130 129 99 '95 475 373 99 43 102 term) ar 130 99 125 99 96 45 123 101 95 45 ' 461 385 76 454 392 62 term) 126 104 term) 126. 123 101 95 46 124 .121 104 -100 95 96 44 104 .128 129 100 102 ' 125 125 122 122 103 . , 43 123 122 120 124 101 96 93 93 JJ7 45 Bane of Sunnysldo. WORD OF DEATH OF LESTER ANDRUS MAY HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE t A telegram was received here Mom day by Mr. and Mrs. Alma Andrus stating that their son, Lester, had been killed In action In France on y, September 25th. There must be some mistake, however In reporting tb:s .casuallty, of the fact that letters have been received from Lester bearing dates as late as October 12th and stating that he was well and feeling fine. s The young mans family are an xiously awaiting responses to Inquiries concerning the matter. i Following is record of the meteorological observations taken by W, P. Shlppee at the Power Plantfor the week ending Wednesday. The Instrumental readings are from government standard Instruments exposed In the manner recommended b ythe Chief of the Bureau. FROST WARNINGS will be Issued until further notice and posted In the window of the City Drug Company. eWa-the- Poulson, formerly of this the last ten years a resbut for city, ident of Salt Lako, was found dead about 8 oclock Tuesday morning at tho Chrystal soft drink parlor at 128 West First South Street, Salt Lake 1lty by George Gates, also of Salt Lake, who had stepped Into the plnre to buy a drink. A .38 calibre revolver lay at routson'a side, and with four bullets In his body, the police claim that It was a clear case of suiAdolph cide. One of tho hulets onteredhls head, a second the right aide of his chest, a third entered tbe left side of his client Just below the heart and the fourth entered hta heart. It la thot that tho death of bis wife a short time ago had made him so despond- ent thut he killed himself. Adolph Poulson Is tho son of Mrs. Mary Fakes of this city and a brother of Charles E. IoulBon, also of this city. Charles E. Poulsen left this morning for Salt Lake City to make arrangements for brjnglng the body here for burlnl. VICTIM OF INFLUENZA Eliza Waters Llddlard, died at the . home of her parents, Mr. Charles S. Waters, last Friday morning of pneumonia, thought to have been contracted at the augar nearly aiul-Mra- three weeks ago. Eliza Waters Llddlard was borg, on Statehood Day, January 15, 1896. On December 17th. 1917, she was married to George Llddlard of Rrovo. The latter part of June of this year Mr. Llddlard was drafted and sent to Camp Merritt for training In the Infantry division. A telegram was received stating that the camp was quarantined and he was unable to get a furlough to attend the funeral. Mrs. Llddlard is the first war Ijride to die in Spanish Fork, and she. Is survived by a little daughter, Jessie ten months old, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waters, three brothers. Grant, Joseph and Leonard and three sisters, Mrs. Mary McDaniel, Virgle and Luclle Waters. The funeral services were held on Sunday at noon at the City, Cemetery. Bishop Wells T. Brockbank having charge of the services. Nathaniel Ludlow offered the Invocation. The Jameson Sisters rendered a duet, Beautiful Isle of Somewhere and John B. Jex, Mrs. Blanche Lewis and Nathaniel Ludlow rendered a selection, O My Father. Bishop Berg of Provo, who was an Intimate friend of the husband, spoke words of sympathy to the parents and family, Mrs. Blanche Lewis sang, God Remembers When the World Forgets. Walter II. Mre spoke of his long acquaintance with the grandmother of the. deceased, Mrs. Eliza Bowers, and how she had followed her In character and modesty. Joseph Brockbank made the dedicatory prayer. There were many beautiful floral ' offerings. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Waters and family wish to thank all those who assisted In any way during the Illness and funeral of their daughter, and for the beautiful flowers and singing. . , FARM BUREAN WORKING ON PRICE OF BEET PULP The Utah County Farm Bureau directors have appointed R. W. Creer, J. O. Stone and Lee It. Taylor as a committee to meet with the o Sugar Company Officials at Salt Lake at an early date for a conference on tho prise of pulp. The representatives of the sugar company In this county have Informed the farm bureau officials that the Bugar company officials will confer with the Farm Bureau representatives on tho question. County Agricultural Agent Jos.P. Welch, has reported that corn and barley In bulk can be laid down at Utah County common points at 82.95 and 82.40 per cwt. respectively, and each local bureau, through Its president, will report to Mr. Welch the of quantity wanted by the members ' the local. Utah-Idah- , |