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Show THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGOTHIS WEEK Dec. 13, 1914. Allies won three-day battle on the Lys. French gained in the St. Mlhiel region. Germans were defeated In the Mlawa region. Austrian right wing, driven Into Bosnia by Serbians, was attacked by Montenegrins. Brussels and suburbs decided to pay fine to Germans. Italian artillerymen of older classes called out. Antiwar demonstrations by worn en of Konakand Erzerum, Turkey. Dec. 14, 1914. French continued their offensive in Alsace and Lorraine. Serbians reoccupied Belgrade. Austrians reoccupied Dukla In the Carpathians, capturing 9 000 Russians. Germans made gains In northern north-ern Poland. British submarine B-ll sank Turkish battleship Messudieh In the Dardanelles. Pro-Germans mobbed In Rome. Dec. 15, 1914. Allies advanced on entire front in effort to drive Germans from Belgium. German attacks south of Ypres were repulsed. Germans rushed fresh troops to the Vistula. Austrians recrossed Carpathians into Galicia and drove Russian left back toward the San river. - Senussi tribesmen threatened Egypt. German cruiser Cormorant was interned at Guam. Turks bombarded Sevastopol. Dec. 16, 1914. Germans evacuated Dixmude and allies made gains from Arras to the sea. Germans forced the fighting In the Argonne, but were repulsed In the Woeyre region and in Alsace. King Peter entered Belgrade at head of army. Russians collected new army at Warsaw. German warships shelled Scarborough, Scar-borough, Hartlepool and Whitby, killing about 120. British warships shelled West-ende. West-ende. , , , . Dec. 17, 1914. ; ' " Allies entered Westende. More German troops rushed to Belgium. Russian offensive against Silesia and Posen declared broken. Austrians had successes In West Galicia. Austrian training ship Beetho ven sunk by mine. British squadron bombarded Turkish troops on Gulf of Saros. Field Marshal von der Goltz made commandant at Constantl nople. England declared protectorate over Egypt, ending Turkish suzerainty. suz-erainty. Dec. 18, 1914. Allies occupied Roulers. Heavy fighting in Lille and near Arras. Russians won in Galicia between Sanok and Lisko. Austrians announced capture of Piotrkow and Przedborz. Turks in Asia Minor were re-en forced. Russian Black sea fleet sank two Turkish ships. Dec. 19, 1914. . British warships shelled German Ger-man positions on Belgian coast. Gaekwar of Baroda bought Empress Em-press of India for hospital ship. Allies gained at several points from North sea to the Oise, but lost near La Bassee. Germans captured Lowicz. Severe fighting on the Bzura and in Galicia. Russians held lines on the Duna-jec Duna-jec river against fierce attacks. UTAH STATE NHS It is probable that convicts will be put to work on the roads in Sevier county this winter. The bank clearings of Salt Lake for November, 1915, will exceed the bank clearings of 1914 by 19.9 per cent, while the increase over 1913 was but 1.4 per cent. Threats to blow up the home of Governor William Spry because of his action in the Hillstrom case resulted in the arrest at Ogden of G. Hood and Peter Ryan. "Utah Celery day" was observed lit the San Diego exposition December 6, when specimens of Utah celery were distributed to large crowds visiting vis-iting the Utah building. H. F. Gerry, convicted recently on a charge of "opening and publishing" a letter addressed to James Riley, of Salt Lake, has been sentenced to serve ninety days in the city jail. The sugarbeet growers of Willard have finally decided to support the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, which is to erect a new factory on the east-side east-side of Bear river during the year 1916. V. G. Austin, president of the Austin Aus-tin Organ company, is in Salt Lake arranging for the reconstruction and enlargement of the famous tabernacle organ, which will be started within a few days. -, Some of the Eureka sportsmen have organized what will be known as a Coyote club. They have sent away for a btmch of speedy dogs, which will be- used in hunting coyotes, coy-otes, mountain lions, etc. Forty boys of the manual training department of the Grantsville High school under the direction of the instructor in-structor in manual training, are shingling shin-gling the roof of the sew $18,000 Second Sec-ond ward meeting house. Eastern Utah is a natural cattle country. The range is practically unlimited, un-limited, both for winter and summer purposes. Scarcely any feeding is done in this section except where the cattle are being prepared for market. There is a total of state funds on deposit as of November 30, the end of the fiscal year, of $S77,925.69, distributed dis-tributed in ..twenty-three bank? throughout the state, according to the annual report of he state treasurer. Although compulsory military drill in the Ogden high school, in accordance accord-ance with the recent action of the board of education, does not take effect ef-fect until after the holidays, about 100 boys have volutarily taken up training. George C. McLaughlin was shot in the back when he was killed near 11a-. 11a-. land, Idaho, by Ray M. Thompso.i, , according to evidence brought to , light in the performance of an au-, au-, topsy upon the body of McLaughlin ! in Salt Lake City. , The construction of another link in - the double track of the Salt Lake & Ogden railroad was provided for last week wlien the ofncials of the company com-pany authorized the building of a I second main track between Center-ville Center-ville and Wilcox, a distance of three ; miles. The Salt Lake Associated Canal i companies have closed five of the nine ! big gates in the Jordan river at its i outlet from Utah lake, and will use i the lake as a reservoir until its level ; reaches compromise point, about two and one-half feet higher than its pres- ent level. The Layton Sugar company has completed its run for the year and i reports having used 23,000 tons of . beets. The average yield per acre I was unusually low this year, being only about ten tons per acre. This I was due to the excessive and very un-i un-i usual drought. A total of $201,048.81 was collected in fees by state officers during the : fiscal year ending November 30. From 1 the secretary of state there came $2.j,- 933 in fees, $70.99S.7o in corporation 1 taxes and $214.77 from the sale oE " compiled laws, making the total from this office $97,151.52. ' Twelve thousand dollars in odun-' odun-' ties on predatory animals killed wlth-' wlth-' in the state since July 10 were ap-! ap-! proved by the state auditor last week, ' and the money will now be paid to j the claimants. This amount represents repre-sents between 700 and 800 slayers oi coyotes, mountain lions and similar creatures. Virginia, the 2-year-old baby girl oi Lawrence and Marie Musig Barton ol Mt. Pleasant, toddled across the street from her parents' home and was drowned in Pleasant creek. The lit tie girl had not been out of hei ', mother's sight but a few minutes j when she was found lying in the shal- lpw creek. j P. J. Sanders, who has been in charge of boys' and girls' club work f in Davis county, discloses the fact that the children of school age that have been under his direction during c the past summer have produced in the various activities that he has been di , recting a total of $10,222.05 worth oi vegetables, flowers, hogs, poulUV; bread, canned products and sewing. |