Show THE & GOMPERS PROTESTS i Cheap Thrown Dentistry that INCREASE IN POSTAL Voices Organized Labor’s Objections to Restrictions on Free Press rs K - Issued by Mr Gompers “The American Federation of Labor has always protested against unwarranted restrictions upon a free press and will continue protesting until court and judge in our land will every fully observe this great fundamental right and guarantee of liberty of a free peo ple ithin the past few days a new menace has presented itself to the free press of our country in the legislative proposal to tax unduly printed matter coming under the rules of second-clas- s revUnder postage guise of war enue measure it the is not to increase the posta’ge only rate proposed of second-class matter from 1 to 2 cents a but it is also Intended to apply pound a ‘zone system' there(district the cost of by practically increasing rates) 1 cent matter from printed carrying C to No cents per pound such exorbitant rate per as pound this exists for any class of matter for the longest world’s routes even in war Such a tax is strictly prohibitivetimes It spells disaster and ruin to the labor press of our country and will seriously hamper and retard that part of the public press to the appeals and needs sympathetic the labor movement of “This second-clas- Increase of postage s rates on proposed mail matter can benefit those supportpublications (ily ed and financed by and In the interest of large and gigantic combinations of wealth “The public press like every other concern or individual should be required to par itsinstitution proof war taxes This just however portion should be done by increasing the and inheritance taxes a tax upon Profit's and unnn land values : the faker Strong light and flexible Almost n complete duplicate of For sixty days we will make a art of teeth for tho natural teeth PAINLESS EXTRACTION OR NO PAY (MECHAM METHOD) Two So Main St Successors to Modern Dental Co 260 Offices FOOD PRICES NEARLY DOUBLED IN ENGLAND SINCE THE WAR BEGAN London May 12 — Official statistics of retail prices of food givento in the Board of Trade Labor show an Increase up to March 31 of 94 per cent as compared with Ga-zet- 1914 Food prices in other countries show Increases as follows: Austria 1717 per cent Italy 70 ' per cent United States over 24 Canada 385 per cent per cent Australia 253 per cent and New Zealand 522 per cent 7e bhipToAll Points In UtahJdahftAnd Nevada Washington English coasts Thursday Zeebrugge on the Belgian coast was heavily bombarded by warships early Saturday morning British Troops Again Force Their Way Into Bullecourt London May 12 — The British troops have established Themselves in the vil lag) of Bullecourt the scene of terrific fighting during the last few days according to the official report from British headquarters in France tonight Fighting still continues The British also have captured an Important German trench of about of a mile astride the road as well as German positions over a front of one and a half miles near Roeux The statement reads: “Our troops have established themselves in the village ef Bullecourt where fighting still continues! “Astride: the road we have captured some 1200 yards of a German - trench - including a - strong point known as Cavaly farm North of the river Scarpe our troops last night stormed Roeux cemetery and the chemical works to the north Today continued their advance and carthey ried the enemy's position in this neigh borhood on a front of about one and - ’ two-thir- ds ' -- -- Arraz-Cambrla DESPITE THE RISING FOODSTUFF MARKETS “United” Prices ftlean Greater Economies Than Ever Before We’re buying In a half miles" “In these operations we lftive captured over 700 prisoners Including eleven officers and a number of trench mortars and machine guns “In the air fighting yesterday seven German airplanes were destroyed five others were driven down out of control Four of our airplanes are missing” The day statement saldt "Successful attacks were delivered on the Hindenburg line near Bullecourt road also astride the and north of the Scarpe last night and this morning early “We gained our objectives at all points and have vtaken some hundreds of' prisoners “Local resulting In our far vor also fighting took place during the ' night east of Lemplre “Successful raids in which we captured several prisoners were made east of Yores’ The British advance has gained and consolidated the positions along the road both east and west of Bullecourt which now must be virtually surrouqd-e- d says a Reuter dispatch from British headquarters In France greater quantities cutting down cost and passing big savings along to oar patrons That Is why hundreds of sew customers are being added and the “UNITED” Is growing dally Quality Values and Service win ATTENTION HOUSEWIVES the UY YOUR FRUIT JARS af i-- Cut dawn the II C I — by planning to pnt np fruits pleklea and With the prospect of hamper frerft crops sad the preserves fart that glass manufacturers are not accepting any more oi nty onr tip la 1IUY NOW ALL MASON JARS 78c QUARTS dozen I she No Sunrlpe 5 1 Cm 2llr Sliced 9 SCe B Dozen Cana Lemons SPECIAL box Prnaea O 43e Coffee Hotel Can Ripe week hL" vreek TQp B dozes H Utah 41C S vr I f llama t Olive— 20c California J2C — Special 8 Ap nww Asparagus Dozen eaaa I ff H Premini THE Sardine for the Whole Arras-Cambr- ff 4 70 wn !w Id-pou- nd box Milk by “ 51 59 I(US Fancy IDAHO Family SANTA BARBARA n 15e RAISINS pkg SSe ARMSBY PRUNES SSe 1L No 1 Sixty pounds 5350 S fJLAC P SAUCE QQA dOC ran jar ff 7f sw 15c ROLL SILKEN Qps Ov ILET JIAC 0th E So Phone Hj and-Ot- 2828 The enemy : op-’sa- lSg a fSodhol? ln some tr cnchSz cip- tured yesterday on Srka Di Legen east of that with French eratlng in conjunction troops brilliantly carried an work near Lymnltsa and took but-seem- I - s point-Helleni- lSdBrti’0tnbfoo£’Vur You Can Have Filled and Use at Home Philadelphia Pa Do you wear glasses? Are you' a victim of eye strain or other eye weaknesses? If so you will be glad x know that according to Dr Lewis there is real hope for you Many whose eyes were failing say they have had their eves restored through the principle of One this wonderful free prescription man says after trying it : “I was almost lind could not see to read at alL Now can read everything without any glasses and my eyes do not water any more At night they would pain dreadfully now they feel fine all the time It was like a miracle to me” A lady who used it "The atmosphere seemed hazy with or Without but after using this days everything prescription for fifteen clear I can even read fine print without glasses It: is believed that thousands” who wear glasses can now card them in a reasonable time and mul--i titudes more willbe able to strengthen to be pared tb trouble 0 ' ys: i dropped from airplanes of tho fate of men who have met with mishaps BITTEN BY A CIHLXX Fa May X—Mrs Styre Beams has been admlttsd to Margaret Peopls's hero for a second operation British Unable to Explain hospital hen she wae a young girl eleven a bit her In years agoarm below boy the right the elbow The Ball’s Disappearance just prints of the baby's teeth have always remained About two years ago the teeth marks In France May became inflamed and sore spots apBritish Headquarters An operation was performed to 12 — One of the chief topics of conver- peared sation along the whole British front remove the teeth marks this week has been the disappearance NOTICE of Capt Albert Ball the star airman of canvass The for R I Folk & Ca's seen the British army He was last Lake City Directory 1917 has been near Lens between 680 and 7 p m Salt Completed and same is ready for the Monday At that time he was engaged their having changed with three German machines He was Eress Anyone or residence since the address not seen to fall however and no word Information was taken by our solicitkindly advise us by letter or has been heard thus far from the Ger- ors will Wasatch 39 and the corrections man aerial corps as to whether he was call will &be made killed or captured This is unusual as or additions CO Publishers R POLK U the rival air services ordinarily notify 15 Dooly Buildlnr each other promptly by messages —Advertisement - ‘ : ae OC O-TO- PAPER LIBERTY MARKET uz ' SOAP 10c DUTCH CLEANSER - Free Prescription Paris Mar 12 —Unusually heavy try fighting took place last night the Verdun front near Avocourt tosays French day's official statement the German lines at penerated patrols several points in Alsace and near The official communication tonight reads: “There was no Infantry action except a spirited surprise attack carried our reconnolterlng parties near 'by Berry-Au-Bin which we took prisoners "On May 11 onr pursuit airplanes numerous engagements in fought which seven German machines brought were entirely dedown by our pilots stroyed Seven - others severely damfell inside their own lines aged Eastern-theatreBe-sonva- 10c DUTCH nAND UNDERWOOD’S Branch peek 88c bottle DEVILED HAM can SOe BEECHNUT SLICED 20c FERNDELL KIDNEY BEANS eaa h SSe G Jk S A8PARAGUS eaa 15e VAN CAMP’S TOMATO SOUP eaa NOT-A-SE- ED BACON 1 Serbians Gaining Ground Steadily in Balkan Region - 4Se UPTON’S TEA' eaa SOe 15-- te dis-ene- “ 3s May 12 —Administration Washington a have leaders issue at th’ a further bond against session of Congress to provide money for carrying out the 81000000000 shipbuilding program to defeat the submarine menace The program however will not he delayed but will be financed for the present with money received through taxation and the sale of Liberty loan bonds Officials have reached their decision in view of the fact that only a small of the $1000000000 ultimately portion will be required to meet presneeded ent demands mS M f Mlawonla Mont 4- - 3g 3c -s- - 3g - 3e 3c TRADE -s- Through the use of our newly Swappers’ 3g 3g May IX— Hie University of Montana authorities decided today to expel all slack- era and students who miss mill- tary drill will ho sent home and expense of ever getting glasses Eye troubles of many descriptions may wonderfully benefited simple rules Here is the prescription: Go to any active drug store and get a o bottle of ' tablets Drop one o tablet in a fourth of a glass of water and allow to dissolve With this liquid bathe the eye two to four times daily Yon should notice your eyes clear up perceptibly right from the' start and inflammation wUl quickly disappear If your eyes are bothering you even a little take steps to save ’ them now before it is too late Many hopelessly blind might have been saved rif they ‘had cared for their eyes in time Note: Another prominent Physician to whom - MOST AHYTHIHC pos-elb- lv f -s- 3o YOU SHIPBUILDING BOND ISSUE IS POSTPONED Doctor Tells How To Strengthen Eyesight SO per cent In One Weehs Time iti Many Instances - SARDINES POTATOES Luscious— large size Everybody likes them Q Can Posen Cans 1108 - - (Continued from Page 1) department —and we know it to be' a fact despite the expurgation of his statements —that a force of volunteers could be raised here and with one or two months’ training in this country could be sent abroad and that after four months of training in Europe they could be trained and sent into the trenches” When the action in the House was reported t the Senate Chairman Chamberlain of the military committee withdrew the conference report for revision and announced that the conferees would meet Monday The bill with the amendment Included Is expected to receive final conference apthe proval without delay and go to midPresident for his signature by the dle of the week Roosevelt Highly Pleased 12 —Col TheoOyster Bay N Y May dore Roosevelt made no secret tonight of his delight over the action- of the AIR AND WATER CRAFT House but he refused to discuss his In plans for putting a military force the field until his authorization to do official BOMBARD ZEEBRUGGE so “Ibecomes am deeply grateful at what the House has done’ Colonel Roosevelt said “I feel they have taken a step which Is eminently wise and patriotic an eletoward enabling us toweutilize Shellfire of Warships Un- ment would otherIn the country not utilize at all This will enable precedentedly Heavy Says wise a mixed force of regulars and volunteers to be put to the front during the time necessary for training the great Report From Holland army raised under the selective draft” 12w — Flashes of London-MaInlight WOMEN TO KEEP UP Zeeon another aerial attack dicating were '3 and between observed' brugge FIGHT FOR FRANCHISE o’clock this morning a Reuter disHolland from reports patch Flushing Columbus O May 12 —Equal sufLater heavy and continuous gunfire will not be curtailed be activity was heard from the west It is believed frage war It was Indicated by cause of the was in progress naval engagement conference of sui a at today speakers A Reuter dispatch from Middelberg states of of the twenty-on- e fraglsts Holland says that further reports from the Mississippi valley Miss Laura the the frontier state an attack was made Clay of Kentucky predicted that balon Zeebrugge by warships between 8 women of Europe would have the and S o’clock this morning The bom- lot by the end of the war bardment was unprecedentedly heavy ' “The British attacks reported In this communication were delivmorning's ered between Gavrelle and the Scarpe ai on both sides of the road and at Bullecourt They failed with heavy losses to the enemy At Roeux the fighting still continues "On the Atsne and in the ' Champagne there is nothing new to report German troops operating- in the Cerny region on the Alsne front forced the French back yesterday- at Bovelle ridge said today's war office statement Fifteen French and British airplanes were brought down on the western front during the day it- is announced LM WINS IN HOUSE - reads: Pears Evaporated Buy Srgo dozen Case poand ’ 4 AUw ROOSEVELT PLAN - Berlin May 12—British attacks today on the Arras front Jailed' with heavy losses according to the supplementary official statement Issued by the war offlee tonight The statement 73c IP-pou-nd iSTfcta 8190 can Pineapple ca 5-- lb I tegular 85c Germs de bag pkg SO-S- Oats Snnrlpe O-- lb ' - Amsterdam May 12 —“British and French officer prisoners of all grades began arriving today at the new camp established at Freiburg especially designed for ofleers’’ says a Berlin telegram today The German government recently announced that In reprisal for the and placing of a German general fifteen staff officers on French hospital ships in the Mediterranean French officers of corresponding rank of thrice this number had been placed “at points In the west- ern industrial districts ’ which are especially subject to aerial attack" Both the British and French have placed German prisoners on hos- because of the slnkpitalof ships such vessels by German lng : Oats g 65e I Arras-Cambr- ai GERMANS ESTABLISH REPRISAL WAR PRISON CAMP AT FREIBURG British Attacks Fail With Heavy Losses Berlin Report JAR CAPS— Dome EXTRA - British Headquarters in France May 12 — Severe fighting occurred along many parts of the British line last and In the early hours today' All night be referred to as these actions may minor operations but collectively they pressure great took represent continuing Last night the British Cavaly east farm on the road of Monchy and half a- mile of trenches north of It This farm has changed hands several times and has been one of the most stutly defended points which the Germans have possessed advantages for mahaving particular chine fire Eight of these deadly gunwere evenweapons yesterday captured of priswith a number ing together oners Last night the Germans threw one of their flying wedges against GUlemont farm northeast of Ilargicourt and took It after suffering heavily from the British machine gun and rifle fire This the British counterattacked morning and recaptured the farm strengthening the position throughout anThe Germans also countless coun other of their wellnlghtcontemplated terattacks against the new British possessions In the vicinity of Bullecourt but their massed formation comthousand men was posed of several discovered before it could get under way and scattered by the British artilleryThe fighting yesterday about La Cou-lotsouth of the Souchez river was at times and costly to the hitter very Germans When the British swept back Into positions they had lost a few hours before they found the place littered from all the three regiWith dead ments composing a German reserve division “strategic reserves” areHindenburgs almost everywhere being flung Into British frantic counterattacks and the Gerare confronted by the best troops many now possesses -- Arras-Cambr- al “UNITED” THIS WEEK -- by Best German Troops Arraa-Cam-br- al Ss - Haig9s Advance Opposed (Continued from Page L) are evident Turkish positions near Gaza have been bombarded The German admiralty asserts that a British destroyer was sunk in a naval engagement between the Dutch and - - several counterattacks captured pulsed on ill 1824 They continue to advance Dobropolye” BEGUN BY HAIG ’ : - o NEW ATTACK IS out of existence Such a condition will the conditions of life seriously menace and work of the men and women emand closely reployed in the printing trades by throwing’ lated and kindred thousands of them out of employment Milan' May 12 --The Swiss - government has informed Berlin' according to the Corriere Della Sera that the recent commercial- - agreement between Switzerland and Germany ' cannot he carried out because of the rescinding of transportation ' contracts ’by all American steamship companies with Switzerland Holland and Scandinavian states The paper sees in this news the putting into effect of & complete economic blockade of Germany and also states that the American government proposed to' neutral countries that their supplies' would be assured’ if they agreed to suspend absolutely all exports to Germany even as compensation for exchange Scandinavian Neutrality Reaffirmed Stockholm May 12 —An official an nouncement in regard to the result of a three days’ conference by Swedish Danish and Norwegian ministers said that the conferees determined unanimously that the three countries should maintain a policy of impartial neutrality“AsThe announcement says: before' the ministers abandoned the idea 'of taking the initiative them selves or In concert with other neutrals with a view to mediation between belligerents or other measures to the same end The conference opfnod that collaboration should be established with other neutrals to safeguard common interests ’to the end of the war or after including the interests that neutrals will have in the work which presumably will be undertaken in establishing principles of international law for the future” U-bo- at Ave Ogden fice tax “To place a double and triple waris without press upon the public rant and excuse and- simply means that many publications will be forced July 2469 Guarantee good at either ' :: - DR N RAY MECHAM and Associate Dentists Modern in-co- s San Francisco May 12 —Leon F Douglass ’ millionaire grapho-phon- e inventor of San Rafael admitted today that he had discovered a mechanical device which he believed would solve the submarine problem Douglass': home and laboratory on the outskirts of San Rafael have been placed under ' guard Whether the invention is the one referred to a few days ago by the chairman of the naval advisory board in Washington is not known Speaking of his invention Douglass said: been means has "A practical found to overcome the I have turned the patent over to the navy department I have nothing more to-dwith it It is simplicity itself something anybody could have thought of" j Washington May 12 —Samuel Gom-pepresident of the American Federal tion of Labor appealed to organized labor tonight to protest against ‘the proposed increase In second-clas- s postal' rates and other provisions of the war revenue bill which he declared threaten the maintenance of a free press Many labor and othr publications will be forced to suspend operations If the measure goes Into effect he said “Profits and Incomes should be taxed but the very source of employment' of our fellow workers and the maintenance of a liberal and free press should remain unimpaired” said a statement B Switzerland Forced by Action of U S to Rescind Commercial Agreement SUBMARINE MENACE en Ill-gott- ' E Beware of “mush room” dental office spring up over night and flour- -' lsh for a time on deception and graft that hide behind a fake dental lower than material costs that company name that advertise prices use German silver and copper as a substitute good for gold in bridge con struction that is owned by a parasite boss who cannot do dental work ' himself and who lives from the gain of his hirelings Your health Is at stake yon cannot afford to pat yourself la the clutches of these aoserapuloos leeches You cannot hope to save a penny even if you should' feel' that they do your work for a little less money I have now In my laboratory' five bridges and two plates that have been service from three weeks to eight months The owners paid just doing dea few cents less for them than we would have charged for honest Now nothing canbe done but make them over The' pendable work “Cheap John” dentist time plus inour charges for doing the work paid the losa price over pins of the patient's the done makes having the ' work ' their dentistry unnecessarily expensive Our work Is guaranteed methods new and painless office equipment complete workmanship tho best prices a little higher than charged' by RATES ON PAPERS T SALT TAKE CITY' UTAH SUNDAY MAY 13 1917 HERALD-REPUBLICA- N 3g Coin and do it at veiy small cost ' : You can trade your home Yon can trade your vacant lot You can trade your diamonds You can trade your camera Or you can trade any one of the fo lowing: Horses autos cows chairs tables beds bookcases guns fishing and hunting outfits YOU HATE MANY Such items that you wish to dispose of and there are many others who have articles they would gladly trade you for It only costs you for every answer you receive 3g This offer will start May 20 and is for a limited time and applies only to residents of Salt Lake and suburbs No cash offers can It is an exclusive exchange V--V 3g column ' 3d : w TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT NOW ?ii“ 3c 3c -- :r 3c ' V S'’ : be-liste- “I h" 3c © - and other druggists 3g V' ‘ Schramm-Johnso- n 3c 3fi 3g Bon-Opt- zpec-lafis- © TRY OUR NEW SWAPPERS’ COLUMN Bon-Opt- the above article was submitted said: "Bon-Optis a very remarkable remedy Its constituent ts Inrredients are well known to eminent eye and widely prescribed by them The manufacture rz cnarantee it to strengthen eyesight 00 per cent In one week’s time In many Instances or reftmd the money It can be obtained from any good drncrist and ii one of the very few prepara- tions 1 feel should be kept on hand for regular use in almost every family It is sold in this city by 3g -:- - 3e 3g ?! |