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" A " ' l ‘i y IS AN ESSENTIAL TO THE BUSINESS OF NEYSPAPER- - nAITO t RELIABILITY j ’ffjjry 1' ' t V i frijr '?!j i j' ft (i J t ” - s' I ' t s s t YJNEn YOU SEE IT IN TIIE NERALD - REPUBLICAN ' ivi :t - if Salt Lake Smelter Settlements tpu n (Silver 77c oz METALS ( Copper (cathodes) I IT HAPP ENED r A- THE WEATHER r Sa£ anirf Sun air Little change in temperature Lead $750 $28425 Zinc (St Louis) $975 Inter-Mounta- in Republican Vol 15 No 56 SALT LAKE CHY UTAH SATUBDAY JANUARY 27 1917 i v tr e - ''' ' Salt Lair HeraM VoL 117 Xa SI v ' ?x ' &' PRICE FIVE CENTS V- ? s5- - kv ARNS HEADS TROOP yE :"K HIS' MEN IN u BATTLE - TOOQPE vrT-'''- ' ATT&CI 0WC0WB0YS ' SPONSORS INCOME TAX - BILL IS LAKE f MAN SALT WOULD v HELP SCHOOLS Battle Starts When Six American Cattlemen AreFired onbyDeFacto Troops From Across Border v s - ' X Attacking on Front of 160C Metres Teutons Capture Trenches on Hill 304 Le Mort Homme and Avocourt ' NO AMERICAN CASUALTIES v Utahns Outnumbered TaleRefuge in Stone House Wound Several Enemy Situation Quiet as Aid Is Sent Them '' ’s'-:- v i Jan UCSOX Ariz to The i!G LIEUT CARL II ARNS In command of troop E Utah cavalry Curb Upon Detectives n) OPIRITED fighting has taken place - am ’: ' All Americans in the district have taken refuge in Ned Hogan's house ' ARNS COMMANDS of troop E fourteen of THE roster members were engaged In battle with armed Mexicans at the border line In Arlsona yesterday Is as follows i Commissioned officers— Lieut Carl II Ams Lieut E Si Jensen A Adams Troopers Howard American Fork Alma Allred Mount Pleasant I Carl Anderson1 Mount Pleasant Urban 'Anderson Franklin Iday Elmer lies rant American Fork William H Drown Tonopah Neri Deed Hums Mount Pleasant! Dooae Carson Mount Pleasant I John n Conway Uolse Ids! Frank Crook-stoAmerican Fork! Oart Cummings Salt Lake! William G- Crawford Provo ! Ray' J Cunningham Provo! Sheridan Davis' Ileber City i Eden F Dibble Pleasant Grove! Pleasant! Hugh - ATTACKED TROOP Salt Lake Man at Head of Mount Pleasant Boys Ei gaged in Fray ' Lieut Carl K Arns Who Is In command of troop E Second squadron of Utah cavalry which was engaged in battle on the Mexican border yesterday was sales agent for the Utah- Coal Sales agency before responding for duty on the Mexican border Second in command is Lieut 'Jensen who assisted for a time in recruiting when the Utah troops responded for border 8£fViC6a‘ When Capt Freeman Bassett went to Provoto organize a troop of from Utah county Lieutenantcavalry Arns was one of the principal assistants He went to the border with troop P of Provo commanded by" Captain Bassett and was promoted to lieutenant When M Nellsen commander of Capt EC was to assigned troop duty one month ago special at Nogales Lieutenant Arns was placed' in command The t home of troop E is at Lieutenant Arns is a: native of Iowa lived in Utah many years Havbut he Had previous military experience ing he proved it Is reported to be a highly While in Halt responsible officer Lake he made his residence at 115 E i South Temple - K-8 Mount-Pleasan- - L - - - - Blount Pleasant v v-- BAKER RESIGNS FROM NEW SfflPPING BOARD BaltimoreJan Baker of Baltimore ’ - 26— Bernard: X appointed a member of the recently board and confirmed by the shipping Senate oniy a few days ago has resigned from that body to information according v from ' a reliable source here “fIt Is understood that the President has accepted Mr Baker's resignation - - - - - - ad-vancln- in this state for profit ’ Senate Committee in Charge of Young Bill More De- The bill was brought into the House following a conference between the governor and taxation committee at which: the income-tawas discussed and the sanction of the governor was asked While the committee intended to introduce the measure as a committee measure it was regarded ‘as significant that Mr Page presented it as a personal one Governor Bamberger safd yesterday that he had no statement to make in connection with' the bill and would not have until he had gone into the matter and that hie view fully the revupon enue questions in the state ' might be set out in full In: a communication to be sent to the taxation and revenue committee in a few days it was learned yesterday that official disapproval of the Income tax might be made by the governor The money to be derived from' the operation of the Income tax law is to be placed In the school funds of the state and it was estimated by Mr Page that 88000000 would be collected in this way during the coming two years Objection was raised to the measure at' the conference in which the governor took part for the reason that it placed a talk only upon a' part of citizens of the state and Is sectional in character It was pointed out that the measure would place a tax upon Indix ‘ Kut-el-Ama- ra' - THOMAS P- PAGE - Years FromNew Tax Sentiment in House are the chief fea- la the laeom tax bill troducd yesterday by laeosae tax la to be placed la whs thelie achoalfuad and Mr PagefSJMO-000 latradneed the hill aaya that will be fseeived by the achool fuad during the biennium Objection la raised that the larger would pay the greater part eouatlea the- - laeasaso ef aehoolsi fa the smaller eoaatles ef v the states' j va ' sv f The iaeame tax law Is based ea the federal law and places a 3 per cent Income tax ou all persoas or Joint steels companies Incorporated la the state Unmarried persona are slrrs a 83000 exemption and ‘married per-ao- as a 84000 exemption la ease of hnsbaad 'and wife only ome exeatp-tloa- ls permitted With aa laeome exceeding 820000 a year an additional tax of 1 per cent Is placed oa the laeome-ana graduated additional tax Is placed oa larger Incomes until aa Income of 82000000 Is reached Corporations are assessed by aa excise tax of 50 cents- on every 81000 ef capital la excess ef 809000 This Is la addition to the ' laeome Taxes are payable dlreet except la certain enumerat ed eases where the laeome Is based on dividends' beads conpona 'and ''other negotiable Instruments and then the bill makes certain ' provisions for withholding the' tax at the source ef income - ' The state board of equallaatloa amices the assessments sad receives the returns are granted exempt r Corporations tfoas on ' wear sad tear- losses ete F°l : tlve-Page- i tav-for-supp- ort r-- ear-peratf- oas - - ’ - d - : - - ’ ram o f riiHnn? dean of the Cathedral of St John “ the Divine appeared ln police courts " today admitted he r had left an automobile- - given iby his parishion- - " ers standing' more v than the hour limit on a downtown street' and a fine of 95 and costs "Oh well1 said the dean “if no- should' body did anything which-h” not do this world would-bpara-dlse- ” j' j S! The court remitted the fine — V'" "v' - - r CARRANZA SPARES ' BISHOP : "Washington - Jan- 26-- On representations I - by the United States’ Bishop de la Mora to of Zacatecas r condemned death without opportunity for defense on a 'charge of aiding Villa has been released and is on his way to the United States ' Archbishop Orozco of Guadon the same charge alajara still is held also have been made in Representations bis behalf i sh Transcontinental £ Chairman Provision for Conimission to Protests - Against f Petition j Investigates Projects Denver Jan 26—W A Poteet chairman of s the transcontinental irate com- rt ' ' - s - ’ "t:-- - h ic York-Denv- er ' : - - s A ' f: i y ' ' - ' - ’ Jan 26 —The annual Washington rivers and harbors appropriation bill $38000000 including more carrying was than flOOOOOoO’for new projects the ' House today ’ by 'a vote passed by' of 221 to 131 'It now goes to' the Senate The President although opposing the proposed public fxi buildings bill now the Senate has exawaiting action pressed his approval of the rivers and harbors beasure Insofar as appropriations - for existing projects are con' J cerned The House struck out the provision to create a commission of cabinet officers and members of the Senate J and House committees to investigate river and harbor ' improvements drainage conreclamation- Irrigation and flood recomto trol problems with a view mending to Congress next December all such activiplans for ties Thi£ plan favored - by the President was eliminated on- a point of order after a lively parliamentary fight The House added tp the bill as drafted by the committee 3105000 for improvement of the harbor at Nome Alaska' The- - vote by which the bill passed was not along party lines : mission 'for the railroads testifying today at the hearing of the complaint' of the Colorado Fair Rates association and the Colorado? utilities com- ' public ' ' mission against thirty-fou- r railroads asserted that the petition of the complainants' would ‘disturb’ the transcontinental TBtes agreed upon at the Salt Lake hearing and upon which no decision had been made by the federal in" progcommission The hearing-lress beforeMyron Pattison special examiner of the Interstate commerce commission ' William Simmons general freight Southern Pacific-Atlantagent of the steamship " lines said that ? the New rate by the way of Galv veston was unprofitable t ' C P‘ Dowling general freight agent of the Denver City & Fort Worth railroad filed exhaustive exhibits and was on the witness stand at adjournment Tonight it' was said the hearing- may end next week V‘ V Eliminated a FiledbyRateAssocidtionx ' " If Senate Kills Section Grace r Allowed Dealers REPORTOUT TUESDAY TINLESS the Prohibition leaders who favor the commissioner feature of the Young state-wid- e prohi- bition bill are able to convince a majority of the commerce and industry committee of the Senate between cow and Tuesday that a commissioner of prohibition would be an asset to the state in the enforcement of the pro hi- hition law the bill so far as the com- - j missioner is concerned will be reported out unfavorably it was leaned yesterday Only one member of the committee i Senator Colton of Uintah is in favor of the commissioner Chairman Rey-nolds Senator Kimball of Sevier Sen- ator Clyde of Wasaten and Senator Parker of Weber are known to be op- posed to the commissioner but are open to conviction Following tho meeting of the committee yesterday Senators Reynolds and Parker held a conference with Governor Bamberger at which the matter of the commissioner of prohibition was threshed out and as a result of the conference the senators it was said are more determined than ever to eliminate the commissioner feature from the hllL The committee was ready to vote upon the bill yesterday but at the last minute Senator Colton asked that a vote be deferred and through senatorial courtesy the on Page 6) j ! Democratic Senators Fail to ' Agree on List of Bills - ' - e f VILLA OCCUPIES ABANDONED POST t- PASSED BY HOUSE v 28 —The Very Rev DNVER JanHart D D': L L’ goes Change and Members ' May Recede From Stand 1 ‘ fV: to Be Pushed e DENVER MINISTER FINED FOR VIOLATING AUTO ‘ REGULATION Under- i Still in Air i ’J? nji ! ion - r sus-tsln- ed j i : 1 - - : - BOURBON LEADERS WASH HANDS OF $3000000 Yield ? Expected Every Two : ! termined Than Ever to Eliminate Commissioner Feature After Conferences - - i- - " J1 la all corporations organized Utah-an- ’ - - intro-divc?d- - The letters In question belonged to munitions brokers having desk' room in the offices of: Seymour & Seymour ' The court fouqd that Burns’ action in - giving copies of the correspondence to 'Mr Egan constituted publication Mr" Egan ' declared in ’his testimony-that- ' he did not authorize' Burns to enter-thlaw office to search' for ths papers : nd - and papers “It would be giving a private detective more power’than a police- man” declared Justice Collins’ down the decision “The ' law puts' a protection around a & deplorman’s home' It would-bable thing If In America a private house were not safe from being en' if tered by private detectives and'--ena lawyer’s office may safely be tered what protection ' would ' a client have?” A fine of 9100 with an alternative of thirty day in jail was imposed upon Burns' who paid 'this fine at once undejr protest Announcement was made that an immediate appeal would be taken J i 'Martin Egan publicity manager for J P Morgan & Co at whose request Burns began his investigation was' acquitted on a similar charge and exonerated of any v at- tempt to publish' the 'correspondence obtained by Burns' On the had contrary the court found he matendeavored to keep the whole ter secret - - : - : t - ' Jensen Mount Pleasant! Dasel Jones Mount Pleasant! George A Kahley Salt Lake! Joseph Larson Blount Pleasant! George A Leggett Salt Lake! Otto Lladsay Pleasant Grove! Alex A Melff Mount Pleasant! Harold MeKnlght Ogden! Carl Mathews Salt Lake! Howard S Mills Mount Pleasant! Clarence Mowry Moroni! Dlgo Bllllln - Salt ' Lake! Joseph E Nelson Pleasant Grovel- Joseph J Nichols Blount Pleasant! 'Leonard Pederson Blount Pleosant George Poulsou Blount Pleasant! ‘ Clinton Poulnou Blount Pleasant! Shirley Poulson Mount Pleasant! J B Pryor Camp Crook S D Otto Rasmns-se- n Blount Pleasant! Rnel 31- Dog-e- ra Salt Lake! Francis Rigby Falr-vle-w Henry W Snyder Salt Lake! Leonard Sorenson Blount Pleasant! Edward Shepherd Salt Lakes Walter Shea Salt: Lakes James G SpenH' cer I nd lanola ! ' Horace A Smith Spokane Wash! William White hand-to-ha- - ' : Berlin (Berman troops also gained ground on Le Morte Homme and Avocourt The fighting around hill 304 Paris spates was in the nature of combats at times West of Riga in the Tirul awamp region and along the River Aa the Germans and Russians continue 'at grips in heavy fighting ' German attacks Berlin says were successful and addiwere tional ground and 500 prisoners Counterattacks r'by ' Russian taken troops were repulsed in both sectors of the battle front Avith heavy' losses to the attackers along the Aa Petrograd announces llpt the Russians after more than a mile in the battle zone were forced to return to their position under' the 'pressure of the atGermans ' tacking first-lin- e Turkish trenches oh a front of 1100 yards were gained by the British in their attacks southwest of in addition London says some second-lin- e trenches on the right bank’of the Tigris were taken'' West ' of the Hal river four counterattacks by Turkish troops were Repulsed with heavy losses There has been - no great acti vity " In Rumania1' On' the northern portion of the French ' front British troops have carried out several successful raids An attack on the English coast near Lowestoft reported by London was carried put byGerman light sea forces The German ships Berlin says were viduals in Salt Lake Weber Cache (Continued on Page 7) (Continued on Page 8) : - - Blount ' ‘ Lawrence DoulL Soda Springs Ida! Joseph Crysdale Ogden! George Dunham Mount Pleasant! Francis Fogelberg Mount Pleasant! Cyril Fowles Slonnt Pleasant Raleigh Albert Grayhan Chlllleothe Mo W Hansen Drigham 'City! 'Day Hayesy Patterson Cal! David C Hunter American Fork! Ralph Handley Vineyard ( Thomas H Huston New Decatur Ala! James G Jensen Rubin Idaf Gannon Jensen took 500 prison- -- - - - Gov Simon Bamber- - a -- - " A LTHOUGH ‘ French trenches and ers French troops the latest French communique says have recaptured most of the trench positions gained by the Counterattacks by the Germans French failed as did further attempts to regain the lost ground' according to formation about contracts for war supplies for' the entente allies from the Morgan offices To obtain the information sought Burns - gained access to the Seymour offices' In finding Burns guilty the justice of the court of special sessions who heard the case laid down the thatr no private de- legal - principle ' tectlve has the right to enter a man's office or- dwelling and ex- amine his private correspondence - Roster of Utah Troop Engaged in Battle at Border Incomes From Wide Range of Sources Affected With Exemptions ' Allowed Money Goes to Schools ara - papers and then publishing them Burns was employed by J FMor- gan & Co to trace a “leak" of In- on the Arivaca company's ranch The Utah soldiers and cowboys have taken shelter in a stone house near the Ruby mine answering the Mexicans' fire through the windows Eighteen additional troops of the Utah cavalry with 1000 rounds of ammunition have been sent from Arivaca to Ruby to reinforce the little band of men holding off the Mexicans Lieutenant Arns is in command n' i ger has not given his sanction to the creation' of an incoiite tax in this state Thomas P Page chairman of the taxation and revenue committee of the House yesterday bill in the House providing woxPwns in'peratloiisinltat tax for a while British troops hayetakn posiupon the Incomes of all intions from the Turks along th e T igri3 dividuals residing in the'state all nonresidents holding bonds or securiin the lafter' f on-1600 front ties of: corporations incorporated in pf Attacking: in force 304 of northwest of yerdun on the front in France near Riga on the Russian front and southwest of in the Mesopotamian theatre ' German forces have been successful Kut-el-Axn- bullet fired from the Mexican side of the line whizsing past the head of one of the cowboys this morning while he was rounding up cattle at a fence bounmarking the American-Mexica- a fusillade of dary was the signal for hundreds of shots within the next ten minutes The six cowboys leaped from their horses and using the animals as shelter returned with carbine and pistol bullet for bullet sent over the line by the Mexicans The Mexican band was estimated at twenty but shortly afterward a force of about thirty more came dashing up to reinforce them Skulking in the bushes the Mexicans Increased the fire at the cowbos's Then one of the Americans leaped to his horse and with bullets falling all around him galloped toward the ranchhoiise 1110X11 IlltlXGS UTAHNS A telephone call to the commander of the Utah troops at Arivaca brought the fourteen Utah cavalrymen to Ruby at top speed With the reinforcements of these troopers the cowboys and soldiers edged eastward to a stone house owned by the Ruby mine There comparatively safe they waited and fired only when a Mexican showed his body above (Continued on rage 5) ' BRITONS BEAT TURKS TO REPEAL 1915 LAWS Mexicans said to be de facto gpvemment troops and four- William Burns F o u n d teen men of troop E Utah cavalry reinforced by six Arizona Guilty of Illegal Act in cowboys which began this meaning at Ruby Ariz when the Copying Private Papers Mexicans attempted to prevent the cowboys from driving we scattle owned- - by tlie Arivaca Land & Gattl e company north J TORKr“Jgr 10 New at to diminished deline had from the border Burns head of a private desultory firing tective killed the were guilty in No Americans agency' (wu found enter--ino 'clock tonight fighting g of here surreptitiously today Several Mexicans were wounded and were carried away by the’ law offices of Seymour & northwest meters against hill tlieir comrades it was reported Seymour making popies of private Verdun Teutonic - soldiers stormed ' A r ri 4 Germans and Russians: at Grips in Heavy Fighting in Riga Region German Ships Shell English Coast second squadron — A pitched battle between armed COW HOYS ATTACKED Measure Designed to In-crease Revenue of State by $3000000 Every Two Years Introduced in House BILL DOES NOT HAVE PARIS REPORTS LOST POSITIONS REGAINED GOVERNOR’S SANCTION Nogales Ariz Jan 26 — The American border patrol was engaged in n fight with Mexicans west of Arivaca Ariz according to a message received here tonight from the commander of the Utah cavalry detachment stationed at Arivaca Assistance was being sent cavalrymen stationed in a rock house the message stated A pack train was being mjade ready bere tonight and it was reported additional cavalrymen would be sent to Arivaca tomorrow although no orders to move had been received ( Special y- ' d Herald-Republica- INTRODUCED IS VE- - V - - ing - yy ASHINGTON last night’s - Jan' 26 — Echoes of -- turbulent caucus of Senate Democrats and failure 'today 'of the steering committee ' to agree on a program for the few remaining weeks of this session emphasised the serious over legislation which entanglement-- ' to threatens either V force'-a- V extra ses- -' Outlaw Preparing for New Campaign After U S Troops Leave Mexico N El Paso Tex Jan 26 — Forces of Francisco Villa have occupied El Vaile Chihuahua abandoned by General Pershing’s outposts according to apparently reliable information received in army circles It was said Villa had established headquarters at Madera and was preparing to occupy Casas Grandes as soon as Pershing should abandon field headquarters at Colonla Dubl&n ' t One hundred refugees reached Columbus today from Colonla Dublan many! riding on the sixty trucks which ar- - sion of Congress ' or abandonment until next' winter of-- ' several Important administration measures It became known during the day that threats' and counterthreats followed In quick succession JIn the caucus when it was 'proposed to put certain bills on the" legislative program to the exclulegisla- rived with headquarters baggage acsion of others i Railroad labor:was one cording to passengers who arrived here tion urged by' the" 'President - j - : particularly-- ' the late today ' target for attack feature although it strike prevention' Fifteen hundred Carranza troops agreed that some formof have been ordered from Chihuahua City generally was line should be en- to the western district of Chihuahua legislation on ' this In fact before ad acted journment some administration leaders' believe that failure to do- so would furnish the only possible motive for the j President to call an extra session There still Is wide disagreement over water power hills and several 'Progressive Republicans have given notice that they will talk until March 4 against the Webb bill to permit collective foreign 'selling agencies' for domestic corporations if it is pressed 'for avote The flood control' bill also is in almost hopeless disputei - ’ - to occupy outposts vacated by American expeditionary forces Gen Jose Santos Murgula has ordered a special train for tomorrow to take him to Casas Grandes where he will make an inspection of the de facto government’s forces' there and arrange for the garrisoning of the district' now occupied by the American troops VA general movement of American troops from Colonla Dublan towards - the border was predicted for tomorrow or Sunday by officers of General Murguia’s staff late today |