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I ITTIQNEER COLORATION EDITION sf 1 1 BL ! . - n ! Metal Prices 3TLA ff W'W WX' I 4 P. M. CITY EDITION I , New York, July 20. Silver, 62 34c; teL- ' m. WEATHER Utah: Tonight, Friday ill lead, $6.40; spelter, $9.5010.00; cop- "" and Saturday Fair; Not Much Change , -'H per, $24.0026.00. - in Temperature. jH FEARLESS, INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER. 1 jH F,ifty-sixth Year No. 173. Price Five Cents. OGDEN CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1916. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postofflce, Ogden, Utah, lH ,& . BRITISH ID FRENCH GAIN I GROW IN FIERCE FIGHT B; ! Five Miles of German First Line Trenches, From Barleux to B Soyecourt, Fall Into French Hands British Advance in Kj Delville Wood and Longueval Hard Fighting on Hy Italian Front Extends to Isonzo Front Rus- HBl sians Win Victory in Caucasus and Con- Hjjj tinue Great Battles on Eastern Front, Rf London, July 20, 3:20 p. m. A wireless dispatch from mjk. Rome says it is reported from Petrograd that a great battle mjtk. is developing at Jablonitza, the results of which thus far have j KjfV been favorable to the Russians. In addition to the heavy fight-1 Kj, ing in the Carpathians, the dispatch adds, the Russian offensive E has been resumed before Kovel and Vladimir-Volynski and the i Kj' Riga area . , jl Jablonitza is in the Carpathians south of Kolomea, near- Bh the northern end of one of the mountain passes leading to I Hj Hungary. . Petrograd, July 20, via London, 4:20 p. m. Attempts! Ill i by Teutonic forces to advance against the Russians in the re-, ml I gon tie rver Stokhod in Volhynia have been repulsed, the I'll b war ce announced today. Operations in Galicia are being notably affected by the fc'f overflow of the river Dneister. . " " " . W 1 Petrograd, July 20, via London, A : 06 p. m. The war of- m 1 fice announced today that Kugi, an important point in the B Caucasus, was occupied by the Russians on Tuesday. K Kugi is a junction point of high roads in Erzerum district. II w Tho French have resumed their Y driving offensive along the Somme in( Jr'" northern France. According to this afternoon's Paris hulletin, the Ger- i man first line trenches from Barleux to Soyecourt, south of the Somme, a IT " " distance of five miles, fell into I French hands. North of the river the French at- 8 tack pushed east from Hardecourt a i and carried trenches along the Com- ! bles-Clery railway, wv The operations here are close to Itji the right flank of the British advance, M' Combles being little more than three I miles southeast of Longueval. m Hard fighting contnues on the Aus- ff tro-ltallan front Vienna reports ar- : tillery engagements at various points, jk increased activity extending even to the Isonzo front. In last night's fighting In the Ver dun, region Paris reports progress t! west of the Thiaumont works north tl of the citadel, and the capture of a ; strongly fortified German post south i oC Fleury. I Today's ofTlclal statement from London shows that the British are I continuing their attempts to regain !j the ground lost in the recent strong German counter-attack in the Somme J 'eglon. Progress in the Delville and I in Longueval is reported and the j British lines also havo been moved ?i forward north of the Longueval-Baz- !j entin line. i Unolilclal reports from Petrograd IL tell o the development of a great battle in the Carpathians, at Jablon- fF itza, where the Austrlnns are reslst- ing the Russian advance into Hun- Vol i Gary. HI' . London, July 20. Heavy fighting Bil'l continues on the Somme front. The Bfjf war office announced today that the Hjlr- British had gained ground in Del- HflL! vllle wood and Longueval. North of the Longuovnl-Bazentln Hfjji position the British pressed forward Hwf their line. East of the eLeipsic rc doubt, bombing parties made a sub- jHr stantlal advance during tho night. KjMr The statement follows: Vftf! "At 2:5,0 o'clock in the afternoon In fljr Delville wood and Longueval we re-1 Hy gained a little more ground. The Ef struggle in these areas continues. (HL "North of our Longueval-Bazetln IKk position we this morning pushed for- H ward our line, captured some prison- H- ers and a gun. H' artillery fire between Barcoula Pass and the Astlch valley; artillery duels jH in the Fela and Ralbler sectors and a Bv nocturnal bombardment of Malborgeth Hi by Italian artillery which alBO showed Kc' increased activity on the Isonzo front, IHt ospecially at tbe Gorlzla bridgehead. flHKj An attack upon Thurwleserjock was repulsed, says the statement, which K also contains the following: jH 1 ii a trench northwest of Pontebba jH (Carnic) loud sounds of combat were A heard. Austro-IIungarlan troops were I fi Ka' not engaged at the place mentioned." "East of the Leipaic redoubt we' made a substantial advance last j night. "Elsewhere in the main battle area there has been only artillery fire since the last report and an altera tion in the positions. "A captured diary belonging to a German commanding officer shows that in the fighting from July 1 to July G, a Bavarian regiment, which was opposed to us at "Montauban, suf fered o.OOO casualties out of a total strength of 3,500 men. "Another document shows that one battalion of the 109th regiment Insf MR rnnn nut of 1.100 whilft fhn other battalions of that regiment each lost more than half their effective strength. "Yesterday evening, south of Ar mentleres, we carried out some im portant raids on a front of two miles, in which Austrian troops took part. About 140 German prisoners were captured." French Capture Trenches. Paris, July 20. Noon. French at tacks In the Somme region were de livered last night on both sides of the river. On the north bank trenches in the Hardecourt sector were taken while south of the river all the Ger man front line trenches between Bar leux and Soyecourt fell Into French hands. Announcement of the French suc cesses is made In this afternoon's war office bulletin. The trenches captured on tho north bank run from Halecourt Mamolon to the east of Hardecourt along the railway from Combles to Clery. Four hundred prisoners were cantured here. In the Verdun region there was a continuous bombardment of the Avo court and Chattancourt sectors on the left bank of the Meuse with a gren ade engagement to the northeast ot Hill 304. German Post Captured. On the east bank of tho Meuse the French progressed west of the Thiau mont earthworks while to the south of Fleury they took a strongly forti fied German post, together with 150 prisoners. A German aeroplane was brought down in the Somme region east of Per onne. French Make Gains. The communication follows: "On both sides of tho Somme our infnntrj' thus morning attacked Ger man positions and gained notable ad vantages, rsorth of tne bomme we captured enemy trenches from Mame lon Hardecourt as far as tho river and carried our line clear to the east ot Hardecourt along the railroad to the narrow road which runs from Com bles to Clery. "South of the Somme between Bar leux and Soyecourt all the first line j enemy trenches fell into our hands. "In the Champagne we penetrated a German trench north of Auberlve. "In tho Argonne .the Germans at tempted a coup de mnin upon our small posts In the Bolante salienu Aftor a lively hand grenade battle OGDEN SCENE IN PIONEER-DAYS The Union Pacific terminal station at Ogden in 1 868, near the site of the present union passenger station. One of the first parties of Mormon emigrants carried by rail across the plains, starting for Salt Lake City by stage-coach. Repro duced from stereoscope photograph now in possession of Col . C. A. Black, right-of-way agent of the LJnion Pacific. i TODAY the Utah pioneers who endured the hardships of the plains that they might find a home in the Salt Lake Valley, can view with satisfaction the part they took in the evolution and devel opment of the great intermountain country and join in the celebration of the completion of those events which so closely connect the history of past and present in ties that formed the foundation of a greater nation, Increas ing the scope of the public domain and establishing a stronger unity of thought and purpose among the peo ple. Greater still than this record of achievement is the fact the 1916 cele bration Is significant with the trend for tho .accomplishment of projects that will tend to forward tho spirit of progress, which characterized the past. Tho people and the Intermoun tain west today, In their review of events, as depicted in the great pa lv nrn reminded of early the enemy was repulsed. Meuse Bombardment Continues. "Upon the left bank of the Meuse bombardment continues in the regions of Avocourt and Chattancourt to gether with hand grenado fighting on the slopes northeast of Hill 304, "On the right bank we progressed west ot Thiaumont works. South of Fleury a powerfully fortified work held by the enemy was captured by our troops who took prisoner several officers and 150 men. "In the region of tho Somme a Ger man aeroplane was brought down yes terday afternoon. East of Pennine another enemy machine was brought down near Gremllly in the Verdun region." Tho British admiralty announced on April 18 that the Eemdijk while on passage from Baltimore lo'"Kotterdam with the Dutch colors painted on her sides, ha,d been torpedoed by "an en emy submarine." Zeppelin Raider Wrecked. London, July 20, 10:20 a, m. The Zeppelin which recently i-alded Riga, was hit several times by Russian anti aircraft guns and wrecked, near Tu kum, according to a . Central News j dispatch from The Hague, quoting re ports received at Cologne The ma 1 jorlty of tho crow was saved and Ger- history, and the readjustments they were compelled to make to meet con stantly changing conditions but they look into the future as far as 1919, when they will witness the com pletion ot a project of inestimable commercial value, of far greater his torical importance than the present celebration. Because It will represent a crystal lization of sentiment for the accom plishment of greater things, the inter national exposition suggested by B. L. Winchell, director of traffic of the "Union Pacific system, as a fitting tribute to pioneer railroad builders, and commemorating the fiftieth anni versary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, Is looked forward to as being the greatest prac tical demonstration of industrial pro gress ever attempted by the American people. Comparisons, using facts presented as the basis, show that such an ex position for Ogden to be of greater importance, historically, than either man engineers rescued the engine and other parts of the machinery. Greeks Cross Bulgaria. Berlin, July 20. By wireless to Say vllle. The Vosslsche Zeltung says that after the demobilization of the Greek army the Bulgarian government permitted 1,000 Greek reservists to cross Bulgarian territory for the pur pose of returning to Rumania. Turks Announce Victories. Constantinople, July 20. Via Lon don, 1:34 p. ra. Turkish victories in Persia and the Caucasus were an nounced today -by the war office. Tho statement follows: "East of Slneh, Persia, Russians forces which attached our detachments were driven off. They left behind great numbers of dead. "In the Caucasus on our right wing our advanced posts made successful surprise attacks." Intense Fighting Reported. Berlin, July 20. Via London, 6:40 p. m. Repeated French attacks south of the Somme were repulsed by ho Germans, the war office announced to day. The French and British artillerv fire developed to a pitch of greatest intensity on both sides of the Somme. The announcement also says that a strong British attaok north and west of the two California expositions, which have lured-peoplo from all over the world to the Pacific coast within the past two years. Although now assuming the character of an interna tlonal exposition, the original Panama California exposition at San Diego, typified the life and history of South ern California, while the Panama Pacific exposition at San Francisco ! was in commemoration of the comple-, lion of the Panama-Canal. While the completion of the canal was a record of achievement of world-wide impor tance, establishing a connecting -waterway between two oceans and there by opening a new trade avenue, the canal itself can not be referred to in the same category with the rail roads as being factors in the develop ment of tho greatest nation on the globe. Designed to be of future commercial value and also marking a new epoch in the history of water transportation facilities, the canal is viewed more in the light that it represents the of Fromelles was defeated, the British being eected by counter assaults wherever they succeeded in entering the German trenches. Heat Hinders War Movements. London, July 20, 1:50 p. m. The following official report from " the British expeditionary forces in Meso potamia was given out today: "Since the last communique of the 13th, nothing interesting has been re ported. The heat has been excessive For some days the temperature in the shade has been over 120 degrees." British Capture Submarine. Loudon, uly 20, 4:05 p. m. Tho firet official announcement that Great Britain had captured a German submarine of the U-35 class was made in the house of commons today by Thomas McNaraara, financial secre tary of tho admiralty who said that one of these vessels would be brought to London to bo viewed by the pub lic. Stones Hurled on Italian. Berlin, July 20, by Wireless to Say vllle. Hurling stones down the moun tain sides, the Austrlans repulsed throe strong Italian attacks near Bar coula pass, the official statement is sued yesterday at Vienna reports. product of master engineering brains and being still in the experimental stage, comparatively no weight is at tached to the inference that it will surpass the railroads in aiding future development. The. nation owes Its - life to the railroads. They have been the great est factors in development. Tho transcontinental lines linked Uie east with the west and thereby made pos sible one country, one flag. The pio neers who braved the wild life of the plains, seeking homes In the far west, laid the stepping stones for the build ing of the transcontinental lines. The completion of the first transcontinetal line was was a realization of dreamers' dreams that had their inception be fore the first emigration to the west. The proposed exposition will be a tribute to those dreamers and to other pioneer citizens and railroad 'builders, who made the railroads and united nation a reality. The announcement follows: "After heavy artillery preparation "strong Italian forces attacked three timos our positions south and east of Barcoula pas. They wero repulsed with hand grenades, machine guns and avalanches of stones. "Thero was heavy artillery fighting. At Fela Raibler we captured a ma chine gun. Tarvis was shelled by the enemy." AMERICAN VESSELS CARRY BIG CARGOES Washington, July 20. -Marked in crease of overseas shipping in Ameri can vessels was reported today by the department of commerce. Be tween January and June 91 vessels with a tonnage of 27S.00O mado trips to South Ameriran countries, 81 with tonnage of 257,000 to Europe, 11 to 'Asia and 7 to Africa. oo . The California Trade Union Liberty League, an anti-prohlbltlon organiza tion composed of organized wage earners, has Issued a call for'astato convention, to be held in Eureka on Sunday, October 1. SCREEN OF TUGS I Submarine Merchantman Put ting Final Touches on Ma chinery Before Starting H on Return Voyage. Baltimore? Md., July 20. At dawn IH today a screen of tugs and barges was drawn about the submarine mer- ;H ohantman Deutschlandindicating that she would not leave here for several hours at least. To appearances she was ready to start on her return voy .H age to Germany last night This morning, just before she was hidden from view, it was observed that she. was submerged to abont the same depth as when she came into this port, with a full cargo. Yesterday a force of mechanics was sent aboard the submarine to help the crew's mechanics to overhaul the machinery, one of the engines was later dismounted and hurried in an automobile to a local shop fer re-fin-ishing. It is thought probable that further testing of the machinery may he necessary before the vessel takes her denarture. All thrmih the nlcht tho tug Timmins . played its ' search light .ceaselessly over' the land and "wUter,mictjcally coveringialIap pro aches to the pier where the Deutschland Is berthed, Toward midnight the vigilance of the German guards about the pier tightened. Several launches were found hovering about the waters near the submarine and while the Tim mins threw its searchlight beams up on the strange craft the night super Intendent of the Eastern Forward- 'H ing company, local agents for the submarine's , owners, jumped Into a motor boat and made a long tour of the waters about the pier to inspect the mysterious visitors. Captain Dons Uniform. IH Baltimore, Md., July 20. Prepared IH to leave port at any moment, Captain Paul Koenig, ommander of the German merchant submarine Deutsch land, put on his uniform today for the first lime since he lauded here eleven days ago, and for several hours this orning studied the charts of the Pata- jH psco river and Chesapeake bay with Captain Frederick Hansch, command or ot the North German Lloyd liner Neckar. When Captain Koenig went hnrl.- nlinnrd tho itiifl priori llnor hn IH took with him a duplicate manifest of the ship's cargoe. Another copy was ready to be taken to the customs' house. Captain Koenig said he would not leave his ship again and indicated an early departure, but said nothing that would give an idea just when the submarine would leave. It was .understood the Deutsch- IJ land's engines and submerging ma- IH chinery had been given a final test jH and were found to be in perfect corp oo mM General Bliss Reports Condi tion of Men Excellent Va riety of Food Being Supplied. BORDER GUARDS Washington, July 20. Major-Gener- jH al Bliss has reported to the war le partment that his inspection of the 'H Now York National Guard division on the border found It comfortably shell ered, In excellent health and with a IH sick report that practically was ncgli gible. Regarding the food -supply, the gen- JM eral said the unanimous opinions of all commanding officers was that rations IH were excellent in quality, the only criticism of the men being due to a monotony resulting from deficiency of certain components intended to give 'H an agreeable variety. Necessities for a proper variety or jH food for the border climate are being supplied as rapidly as possible. Dutch Ship Torpedoed. Berlin, July 20. via Wireless to Say ville. The Dutch shipping council has completed Its investigation of tne -explosion which damaged the Hoi-land-America freighter Eemdijk last April It has decided, the Overseas News Agency says, that the explo sion was caused by a torpedo of un known origin. H