Show - :'V : V- - ' ' Utah’s Greatest: Newspaper and A d ver Using Med iiim Inter-Mounta- in Vol 15 No 67 i T"y a I k "if h ' V : ' ‘1 A1 S tr ' ' 'Tl ' V-V'- ’ V tr - ?: "SrA 'A - ' -'- ' ' the Greatesi Newspaper Bargain m the Greal West ? j fm 1 THE WEATHER Monday and Tuesday fair - i-- J tvarmer southwest portion '' 'ai ' s : vf ' f SALT LAKE CITY r UTAH MONDAY JANUARY 8 19i7 ' Republican i ' - K v " Pi- PRICE FIVE CENTS j SENATE AND Salt Lake Heral&i Vol 177 No 67rf Switzerland Will Remain Neutral Says New Chief NEW HANDS AT CAUCUS nominees - V" V ' Av — A T“ ' - Gena J Week The Herald RepnbUcainl Daily and SUnday for Fifteen 4 W- V "who will be elected attoday’s organization of Left" Senator James W Funk for Legislature: dent of the upper chamber right John House V presi- F Tolton for speaker of the ‘V 'v - Congressional Inquiry Into Expressions ' of i Goodwill Sensational Charges to Be Toward United States Made Taken TJp Today WitDinner in Honor of nesses Ready to Testify the' American Ambassador r ’ Botli Branches of the State Legislature Will Organize With Funk of Cache President of Senate Tolton of Beaver Speaker of House - - t EXTRA SESSION IS B1PERIAL OFFICIALS I NOW PROBABILITY ATTEND AND SPRAK Pressure of Important Legis- Ambassador T ells His Hearlation :With Little Time ers He Returns to Germany Left Forecasts Calling of With' an ‘Olive Branch’ s Special Meeting of Congress From President Wilson MANY MEASURES TO BE CONSIDERED Jf v' - Prohibition Public Utilities Changes in Tax : j- "? v’ - - A - MUCH TO BE DECIDED WELL WISHES ft CABLED Laws of Utah and Combin- ing Public Boards Among Big Questions on Program Members of the Senate PAY BILL COMES FIRST Seventh District — H T Reynolds First District — Archibald Be van Tooele SPTingville J H Wootton R) (D) (D) Second District —James W Funk American Fork - ‘ Seeg-mlll- er (R)-Kana- (P) La-bou- nty a grocer was shot to death A J Bailey assistant today 'by earlymarshal who mistook him and was city mistaken by him for a robber who had licid up the grocer a short time before Labounty was held up by two men and robbed ul $400 - t v ( i " Members of the:House the Democrats overwhelmingly in control of the House and tlie Senate speculation was rife last night as to what action the Legislature will take on important bills that arc to come before it Utah lias had a Democratic majority in the Legislature before but not so overwhelming as at this time Secretary of State Harden Bennlon will call the Senate to order at noon and will preside over the deliberations of that bodV until a president of the MISTAKE LEADS TO TRAGEDY Watseka 111 Jan 7 —Francis 9 Richmond (D) District— Daniel Stevens Eighth' Third District— Richard Stringham (D) Fillmore Woods Cross (D) Ninth District — Orlando Bradley Fourth District— Joseph Chez (D) (D) Moroni and W J Parker (D)f Ogden Tenth District — Quince Kimball Fifth District— James W Clyde Heber City Panguitch D) (D) Sixth DlstrletuQeorge H Dern Eleventh District— William (D) W W Armstrong D) C L Olson K Walton Twelfth District— Don B Colton Wesley D) (P) (R)Vernal Frank Evans Salt Lake AT noon today the twelfth Lcgisla-tur- e of Utah will convene and it was indicated on the eve of the opening that it would be one of the most important session ever held in the state With the entire state administration Democratic for the first time in the history of Utah and with - TXTASHINGTON Jan 7 — Con- -' gressional interest centers chiefly this week in the 'hearing to be resumed tomorrow by the House rules committee on the Wood resolution for an investigation into the alleged leak’ to the stock market Sf advance information on President Wilson’s peace note Tonight Thomai W Lawson of Boston who has been making charges ever since the agitation of the subject began arrived fn Washington in response to a committee subpoena to give Others who are to appear testimony before the committee - tomorrow are Secretary of State 'Lansing Joseph J Tumulty ' secretary' to the President Charles H' Sabin president of the New York company--oGuaranty-Trus- t Bernard Baruch Otto Kahn of Kuhn K Olcott Loeb'&CoV'JudgeW)lIifeiri of special counsel for Repof Massachusetts resentative ‘Gardner engaged to' show ' the ’ fluctuations of the stock market on the day before the note officially was made public and Washington representatives of the Wall Street Journal Financial America Manand the Central agers of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies’ local branches also have been asked to produce dispatches filed by these news organizations bearing on the subject of the peace note While this inquiry attracts widespread attention congreslon&l leaders are not losing sight of the mass of legislative work that remains to be done and the limited time left in which to do It before March 4 if an extra session is to be avoided Railroad legislation earnestly desired by President (Continued on Page 2) Twelfth Legislature of Utah - 'Twelfth District — L W CurryFirst' District — Wynn L Eddy D) Vernal (D) Brigham City 1 Second District— George T Smith - Thirteenth District-- Oscar ' Cazler E Cardon D)NepM (D) Smithfleld:WJoseph W Jones (D) (D Logan Fourteenth District— SI R ThomWellsville as (D)t Wales J' H Mace (D) ' Third District—Arch McKinnon Gunnison Randolph Dlntrlet— Frank T BarFifteenth (D) Fourth District— D L Boyle (D) nett (D) Storrs J 8 Campbell (D) OgdenG Ogden Sixteenth District— Neph I L WillD D McKay (D) Huntsville J iams (D) Castle Dale Widdison Jr (D) Hooper Seventeenth District— F B Ham- Fifth District —James S Hopkins mond(D) Moab Croydon (D) District— J E' Heppler Sixth District— Francis H Nalder Eighteenth Richfield (D) Syracuse (D) Nineteenth District— Frank Pratt Seventh District— J Alex Bevan (S) Tooele Hinckley (D) Twentieth District— J F-- Tolton District— Joseph G ByEighth water (D) Elizabeth J Hayward (D) Beaver District— Reuben DeTwenty-fir- st Jr (D)E Charles ID) R W Young Robert M Currie witt (D) Marysvale Hecker’(D) Twenty-secon- d D District — SylvesJ T RaID) J(P)W McKinney Grace Stratton Alrey ter Williams (D) Thurber leigh Salt Twenty-thir- d District— John King Lake Daisy Allen (D) RivEscalante Thomas P Page (D) (D) Garfield (D) Twenty-fourt- h District — George erton Decker D) Parowan Ninth District— J L Boyden (D) WTwenty-fifth District'— Arthur Coalville St’ George— (D) Tenth District— George A Fisher Paxman David D Twenty-sixt- h District Heber (D) Kanab H Berg Rust Eleventh District O South (D) Twenty-sevenDistrict— George wick Provo Edward fp) Monticello A Adams Greenwood Alma Lehl (D) D) (I)) Twenty-eight- h District — G V Fork Lorenzo Argyle American Duchesne Shore Lake Billings (D) (D) f - v New-Yor- ' - -- - - Xews-'assoclatio- : - of IS pi tal Doctors- Say Time Had Public Hand Entente Attack Says Ready to' — in : Row- Between Allies When Command NEW- YORK Jam 7 Salvarsan directly into the inner v"' Roads and Men Comes Diomede Says may- be regarded as of brain the cavity - - - - - - - r : ex-secret- ary - and Adolf :Wermuth Berlin lord mayor of In all 175 guests abput equally di vided between Americans and Germans were present The usual toasts to Emperor William and President Wilson were drunk standing President Wolf Introduced the speakers of the evening (Continued on Page 2) - Jobs Not to Be Handed Out as Plums Board Announces - te - the-hospit- - v- - ai ’ : : - V-T- he al ur s 'm ’ 4 'V of-an- - - it-wi- ll : ur - ’ has-bee- n ‘ - - : 7 - - v:-- i SCHULl'lIESB Jan 7 — The I’UESIDEXT BERLIN Lokal-Anzelger- ’s j Berne correspondent has had ah interview with the newly elected president of the Swiss republic Mr Schulthess' The correspondent asked “What will be the political attitude of Switzer- Strong Attacks at Mitau Reported Repulsed Witli - Heavy Losses Fighting inf land during the further progress of the warr “Switzerland is just as determined today to preserve loyal as she was at the beginning of' the war” President Schulthess replied “and I shall strive to defend her integrity and independence with all possible means It was for this purpose that we made such great sacrifices for our army durIndeed since' ing the last two years the beginning of the war Whoever ventures 'tq enter our country armed will 'find our people' united in regarding him as an enemy I am convinced however that no group of 'powers or ' any single power Intends to violate our ne- Progress With Indecisive Effect in Vicinity of Riga - -- neutrality ' — 7— Organiza- tion of the ' twelve federal land banks has been undertaken the farm loan board announced tonight with a determination to eliminate politics enwho tirely In the selection of: the men are to set up and operate the new Instatement exstitutions is that pressure being exerted plaining for the appointment of men of party - Democrats Influence particularly -- : ' ? says-It may be stated without qualification that these jobs will not be handed out as political '‘plums The only' consideration which willbe taken into account Is that' of merit efficiency and There Is no division of opinability ion" among the members of the board 1 as to this principle” For each bank thp board is to name five directors' from whom a president and vice president secretary treasurer will be chosen as managing officers In addition there will be for each bank a registrar to act as fiduciary agent of tlie government v t The board announces that in ' makevery effort ing ' these appointments will be made to get men whose fitness will commend 'them not only to farmers who must borrow mopey but to t look upon farm investors" loan bonds : sb safe and prime securities if they are to buy 'them and accept a flow rate of : Interest'1 i “Secretary McAdoo made public ' toaddressed to the night a letter he has governors of all states ' urging that to their respective they recommend of laws to legislatures ' the enacting make farm loan : bonds legal' investments for trust funds and savings banka where' such laws are 'necessary Mr McAdoo" also has written to the various farm loan' organizations t of each state pointing out the desirability of by them with the governors ln ’any measure" adopted looking to the enactment of such legisla- -- The-board- ’s - 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V-- r 'v- - ’ ’ i OTHER PLACES OinET 1 A LTHOUGII the i! Teutonic allies have made further advances in Rumania both in their operation! eastward from the mountain region utrality”? Villa Now in and northward from Wallachia into! the Russians and RuMoldavia manians at various points are giving them battle and at several places have met with success Between Fokshanl and Fundenl the Russians made a strong attack over a front of about sixteen miles They gained ground near Obllechti says the German war office but elsewhere were The repulsed with heavy casualties communication Petrograd official however says tlie Russians their former position near northwest of Fokshani made an advance in the vicinity of Raspltza lake and in a surprise attack captured trenches to the northwest in the - Pursuit Hot Bandit Chief Making Way Southwest of Parral Several Rear Guards Attacked and Slain Says Report Laredo Texas Jan 7 — Four alleged Mexican filibusters were either killed or badly wounded in an encounter last night with troops of the First Hew Hampshire infantry at Zapata Texas according to reports reaching Laredo tonight Military headquarters here however denied having ‘received any information regarding the reported fight CHIHUAHUA CITY Jan 6 (via Jan 7) — Ka-patu- no Oituz valley Admission is made by Petrograd that on the th Russians and Rumanians upper reaches of the Suchitza river retired before the advancing Invaders while Berlin says that between the Oituz and Putna valleys the defenders were pushed back further toward the plains Mount Adobestl was stormed by a German detachment and captured Oh the northern end of the Russian line in Courland the Russians launched strong attacks near Mitau but were repulsed suffering casualties and los1300 men made prisoner according ing to Berlin - Near Riga considerable fighting is still in progress In other war theatres bombardments and small enterprises by reconnoiter-in- g and raiding parties have featured the fighting Rome reports an advance of about 500 yards by the Italians near hill 208 during a surprise attack In Macedonia the British endeavored again to push forward their line near Lake Doiran but failed according to Berlin Central Powers Claim Victory Berlin Jan 7 wireless to Sayvllle— -The battle for possession of the southern bank of the lower Sereth river in central Rumania along a thirty-mil- e front has been decided in favor of the central powers after fierce fighting writes the military critic of the Overseas News agency who points out thafc the Teuton troops took just one month In' forcing their way from Bucharest to Br&lla sc distance of 125 miles The Francisco Villa was going toward Las Nieves southwest of Parral when ' last ' seen by Carranza scouting parties according to private sources here Las Nieves ranch' was he place’ Villa was trying to reach at the time Maj Frank Tompkins critic adds:’ and hig cavalry column pursued him military “The Russians were defeated and lost into Parral their fortified field positions after t Villa was accompanied by Joae Inez (Continued on Page 3) Salazar hla second In command Nico‘ las Fernandez Bonifacio Torre and ENTENTE DELEGATES the ’two Murga brothers the report said General Cavazos of the command of General Murgula pursued Villa and his main command for nine' miles along the IN T Las Nieves road 'and killed a number of Villa’s rear guardg the report added one of To prevent his characteristic coups' and entering Chihuahua City while the majbr por- Favorable Progress Made at tion of 'the Carranza garrison are in the field General Murguia has stationed Conference in Rome AnGeneral ' Hernandez at Salevo south"' west of the capital with a sufficient nouncement Says force to prevent Villa from advancing on the capital along the road from ’ Parral to Chihuahua City Rome via Paris Jan 7 — The Glornale d'ltalia publishes the following note: Make Ready for Withdrawal of the ententa “The third 'Columbus N M Jan 7 — Artillery allied delegates meeting was held today YesInfantry and quartermaster commands terday the political and military misIn General Pershing’s punitive expedi- sions met first In general session then tion may be brought to the border over separately Today the order was rethe Mexico Northwestern railroad in- versed —the missions first held separatestead of overland from Colonla Dublan meetings ' then toward noon the poMex to Columbus lltlcal and military delegates had ' 'The transportation of the less mo- general meeting bile forces ’oyer the Mexican railway “We are able to affirm that already Is being discussed here as a possibility the ' results have been very Important by army officers The officers here and favorable as will be seen when differ1 however as - to ' the expediency executed- The conference has no fixed of the arrangement at this time and period- It will last until the complesome of the officers at the field base tion of the discussion on the program will believe that General Pershing Among those taking part In the conmake the march from’ Colonla ' Dublan ference which Is being held under the to the border as he did going Into Mex- presidency of the" 'Italian premier are the British premier ico arrangements be made for Signor Boselli e and Viscount Mil-n- er ’and the David artillery infantry bringing French to the’' border the premier M Brland and quartermaster commands war minister General motor French and thetrain the only cavalry by Palltzln repretruck 'companies would come overland II Lyautey and General l senting Russia to the border Ha-ciend- ia ’ Jan' ASHINGTON one of the most Advanced and hopeful ASIIINGTON Jan' 7— Activity In methods of ' arresting the destructive the tangled' controversy between process of paresis officials of the New Medical School and the' railroads and their employees will York be resumed tomorrow In 'two 'different Hospital announced tonight Their conparts of the eapltol where six 'months clusion they saidwas based on experiago the Adamson bill (designed to ments made at’ the'- hospital blaze' the way to peace' was enacted By the method used at into law" was said an opening is made through It While attorneys In the supreme court theirs skull and the dura of the brain and the are' making opening arguments on the constitutional! ty of -the Adam- then with a blunt' hollow needle that son' act Representative Adamson father of th law' wlll begin a fight in Is passed directly through the tissue of the' House for prompt passage of his the brain to the piain central cavity new : blanket railway bill intended to salvarsan la conveyed directly to the cover every phase ‘of theisituatlon and cerebro-aplnfluid In the main cavity will resume hip efforts In behalf of the Rowlands of the brain From there It Is carried continuing the life ofcommittee'cerebro-splnrailway Investigating bill Introduced by the circulation of the ’ new 'Adamson fluid throughout the entire cerebroyesterday would provide an eight-hoday make strikes or lockouts without spinal' system'1 By thus reaching every a ninety-da- y notice 'Illegal and permit cell of the brain "with the salvarsan the taking over of railway-lineby the a Vunlform' effect Is pro- £ the President preparation military on' the orders of demands such duced when public convenience o symptoms serious nature v action of the operahave been any noted after Is admitted tions of Drastic though the bill have been dozen which several to be Mr Adamson expresses confidewas deIt the at performed nce-that hospital be enacted into law clared ' ' is on operated Each patient Save for the eigfct-hoday pro- three times Is second’ operation The to measure vision the is understood and "first the performed ten' days after have the approval of the President-:'the third ’a' month's after the ' second “I didn’t consult with either the em- None of the patients Into whose brains’ ployers- or 'the employees regarding admincavities' the salvarsan Adamson bilW' this' Representative in the ' remained istered said today- VT took only the public directly has after the than The railroads are hospital mbre fourdays lntooonelderatlon ' ' sald’i'''' was It run all overtime the operation to they up trying Out: of ' fourteori j patients who have can to make the Adamson act look bad the operation four have been undergone and' the men are Insisting that the able ' to 'resume their occupations ac- ‘ measure was for- the purpose of :fixing ' to 1 itthe was is not think which it cording hospital authorities wages In the Salvarsan is administered in a serum time" the public ‘had ‘a tion' Jwade from the bloodof the patient proceedings” " band Bank Affairs - Post-Gradua- t - - sh BERLIN CLAIMING RUSSIAN REVERSES : Hos- - ex-prem- ier - in Treatment Fed eral Waits Order Press New Into Brain Cavity From Berlin Railway Bill Injected Results Beneficial ARI3 Jan 7 —“The Greek' royal army Is only awaiting orders from Germany to attack the allies' said M Diomede former Greek minister of finance: to the Temps today M Diomede now Is in Paris on a 'special mission for Ellphtherios Venlselos the' and head of 'the provisional government M “The Greek general staff” added ' outset waa from the of the Diomede war constantly directed by Major Von Falkenhaiisen military attache of the German legation and it Is his orders the royal army has 'been carrying out rlnce he himself was expelled from the country It was he who established the plan for the distribution of artillery munitions so as to conceal them ' more 'easily from the allies “It was he who assured communications between Athena and Berlin and furnished' tlie German general staff with Information concerning the movements of General Sarrall’s army sup' plied ' to- him by the Greek staff It was he who organized ' the telephone line between Athens- and Berat by which the king is still In dally communication with the German government It was he who organized the plan for the mobilization of the reservists f - "No more than 4000 troops thus far have been' sent to Peloponnesus while the king now has in hand 45000 men With the reservists as organized by M Falkenhausen he can raise an army ’ — of 75 000' - in Adamson to ' TDERLIN Jan 7— The dinner given last night by the American Association of Commerce and Trade of Berlin in honor of James W Gerard American ambassador to U ermany who has just returned to the German capitalrom a visit to the United States developed into a demonstration of the god feeling entertained in the higher government circles and banking and business spheres toward the United States The guests Included three ministers at least two the vice president of the relchstag the ' heads of Germany’s biff financial Institutions and other leaders in German public life David Wolf president of the American' association" was flanked ontho right byxAmbas-sado- r' Gerard 'and on the left com Sydow Prussian-ministemerce Next to - Mr Gerard pf sat Dr Karl Ilelfferlch imperial chancellor and then came Arthur von Gwinner director of the Deutschebank' Dr Bern-hard for the Bernburg colonies and Dr Hermann Paasche vice president-of the relchstag while beyond Minister Bydow were Joseph C Grew secretary of the American embassy Dr W S Solf secretary for the coloniesJohn B Jackson former American minister to the Balkan states - th Greek Army ’ - - I k - Re-estal-li- i Slate-wid- e Senate is chosen when he will reand linquish the gavel to the president the Senate will proceed to the selection of the other officers and the employees Formal OrsaaluHoa Senator James IV Funk of Cache county will be elected president of the Senate having been selected as the caucus nominee at the caucus of the Senate members held December S other officers and employees of the Senate were selected at a caucus held I11 the Xewhouse hotel Only Saturday a motion will he necessary to place them before the Senate for formal election There are several vacancies yet to be filled Hnre absentee senators have not designated those whom they desire appointed to certain places These vacancies will be filled today Isaac II Diehl clerk of the last House of Representatives w!ll call J F Tolton of the House to order Heaver county will be the speaker of the House having been selected as the nominee at a caucus of the house memAll of the officers bers held Saturday nnd employees of the House were selected by the same caucus that nomIn both houses inated Mr Tolton the oath of office will be administered ihe members by Chief Justice J E Frick of the supreme court of Utah First lllll for Calendar As soon as the preliminary matters are out of the way the first order of business will be the Introduction of bills and the first house bill which will apfunds for the expenses of propriate the Twelft session of the Deglsl&turs will probably he introduced The message of Gov Simon Bambe presented the Legisberger will not lature until noon tomorrow Coming before this session of the Legislature will be many Important measures Many tentative bills are being on the taxation question and prepared the solons are likely to be sorely tried In an effort to formulate a taxation measure which will Increase the revenues of the state and at the same time equitably distribute the burden of taxation so that the taxes of the small home owner will not be Increased The public utilities bill the state-wid- e prohibition bill the Initiative referendum and recall the good roads measures the appropriations for public institutions workmen's compensation the combining of boards commissions and offices In order to reduce expenses of the state and the question of protecting live stock will be among the big questions with which the Legislature will wrestle Every effort has been made by Democratic leaders to have the Legislature within the allotted complete Its work was but it days yesterday sixty if the bills talked said introof are that duced and fully considered the session will have to be extended With Their Rumanian Allied Slavs Are Making Desperate Attempt to Check Teuton Advance Tlieir Old Position? - 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