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I HHH 1 'ead byfa7c; ,spelter738c;90wpl ' UTAH Tonight and Thursday, l , per, 23Jc. j now!' not much change In tempera- Bfl j' j ' , FEARLESS. INDEPENDENT. PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER . , 7 " ' I f J Forty-clghth Year-No. 8. Price -Five' Cento. ' ' , QGDEN CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY -EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1918. Entered a3 Second-Class Matter at the PostofIce.Ogden.ma' H j President's Kindly Words for People of Empire Is Deeply Appreciated I ALLIES REPULSE GERMAN ATTACKS I CIlADIIIIIIiOPS Ip L0N"PONT, Jan. 9. "At dusk yester- III f' ca': even'nS the enemy succeeded in II entering two of our advanced posts IF north of the Ypres-Staden railway, It but was immediately ejected by a If local counter-attack," the war office Im reports. "Early this morning Cana- ! dian troops carried out a successful Illl. raid south .p Lens, capturing two ma- 1 1 1 1 j chine guns." If PARIS, Jan. 9. The French official If ivar statement says: "There was intermittent artillery Ik fighting at certain points on the front It without infantry actions. Illl "The total number of prisoners lilt brcmsbt back by the French to their If' l Hnes m consequence. of their incursion lilt int0 tie German lines north of Seiche IP pray is 178, including one officer and Illl eighteen non-commissioned officers." IE ... - Berlin. War Report.'" If BERLIN. Jan. 9.-nStrong forces yes It " terday attacked the German positions l on a front of nearly a mile near Fliery and penetrated, the line of German j . posts, the general staff announced to-' day. During the night the Germans counter-attacked and forced the Illl! French back at all points to their for- ll mer positions. . Illlf Review of War Situation. If French troops in the Woevre have enlivened the virtual Inactivity on the f western front by successfully complet lf ing a sortie into the enemy positions j, near St. Mihiol. The German posi- tions on a front of one mile were E penetrated and 150 prisoners and some t machine guns captured. After destroy - ing the defenses and shelters the French returned to thoir own lines. Hill The French also made an attempt Illl! against the enemy lines near Amraer l zweller, in Alsace, according to Ber- lin, which claims the thrust was re in? pulsed. Paris announces the checking 1 1. of German attempts in the region of I t Mont Teton in Champagne. Mean ijJIE1 while, the artillery duel northeast of I Verdun and in upper Alsace continues l , active. S German troops In a local attack east 00i j of Bullecourt, west -northwest of J1 : Cambrai, entered the British trenches vm ' but a counter-attack ejected . the Jl)' i enemy, who left eighteen prisoners In gj3 1 the hands of the British. Berlin re- E , ports the failure of a British thrust fj ' oa the Boesingho-Staden railway h i' northeast of Ypres. The German artil- Uw j lery is still active in the Ypres sector, f'v 1 1 Artillery Busy on Italian Front, in' j ; Bad weather in tho Italian front hns reduced operations to a minimum but Ik : the artillery is busy on the northern V' : ' line between Aslago and tho Plave. P i Field Marshal Sir Douglas Halg, in jfE lfc his review of the 1917 campaign up nPr to this mid-November, says that tho additional strength the Germans havo fcV:: gained from tho Russian and Italian iffra ' fa,lures has largely been discounted. fef He dec,ares that the ultimate destruc- K;' tion of tho German armies has been fr brought appreciably nearer. Tho of- fOP"; fensivo campaign planned for 1917 rjr';;" Called of completion but, on the west- tcrtt front the allies gained the vic tories of Arras, Vimy, Messines, Flan ders, Verdun, Champagne and tho Aisne. Germany Extends Submarine Zone. Germany has extended his barred submarine zone to include the Cape Verde islands and Madeira, off the northwestern coast of Africa, and part of the coast of French Senegal. The islands and the region about Dakar are alleged to be "enemy supporting points." The new order which is ef fective January ll, follows tho one of November, which extended the barred zone to include tho Azores, I which lie northwest of Maderia and north of the Cape Verde islands. The new order virtually cuts off Spain, the only neutral in southern Europe, frpm communication with North and South America. -V 'AIRDROMES IN IRELAND. LONDON. Jan. 9. Referring to the government's decision to erect an air craft factory in Ireland, the Times says that several airdromes are now being built there. Tho establishment of a new and important Industry, it adds, is stimulating tho national Imag ination and there will be no lack of Irish recruits for tho flying corps. CAKE IS PROHIBITED. ROME, Jan. fl. The Italian govern ment has promulgated a decree pro hibiting the making of cake, pastry and confectionery under whatever j shape or form. nn ISTORPEOOED Germans Send Another to Bot tom, Notwithstanding Pledge Made in September. SUNK IN CHANNEL Carried Distinguishing Marks and Was Not Within Ger man Barred Zone. LONDON, Jan. 9. The hospital ship Rewa was torpedoed and sunk in tho Bristol channel on January 4 while on her way from Gibraltar, it is announc ed officially. All the wounded were saved. There were three casualties among the crow. LONDON, Jan. 9. Notwithstanding the pledge given in Septomber tho Germans havo sunk another hospital I ship, the Dally Mail says. All the I wounded on board were aaved. Neither the name or the nationality MOHS WILSON Kruttschnitt Tells Senate Rail roads Will Be "Good Sol diers" and Work Loyally. PRESIDENT SUPPORTED All Lines Accept Situation and Will Stand by Policies of Chief Executive. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. President Wilson's action in taking over the rail roads was endorsed today by Julius Kruttschnidt, of the Southern Pacific, before the senate interstate committee. The railroads, he said, were going to be "good soldiers" and continue to work loyally. ' "We consider." he said, "that what has been done has been done because it was the opinion of the commandor- ; In-chief, the president, as necessary, and we are going to work as loyally a3 in the past. We think tho prosldent must have had good reasons for his action and we are going to support his policies to the best of our ability. "I think the railroads could have I done more by voluntary agreement with their own organizations if there had been greater government support in many directions. There is certain assistance however, that probably could not have been given under pri vate ownership. All the railroads, however, havo accepted the situatio'n and we have no criticism to make." At the house committee hearing In terstate Commissioner Anderson sub mitted and amendment to tho admin istration bill to delermlno deprecia tion and maintenance "by the respec tive average rates charged on such classes of property during the three years ended Juno 30, 1917." The interstate commerce commis sion's attention has been called to a number of abnormally low rate sched ules caused by competition between railroads whose rivalry now has ceas ed. Consequently the basic cause for low rates has been romoved and the expected result Is the development of agitation for a general modification. of tho ship Is given by tho Dally MIl which does not say whore the vessel was b'unk. After making several charges of the misuse of hospital ships which wore denied specifically by the Entoute gov ernment, the Germans last year sus pended the immunity of t)ese vessels in the Vnglish chan'itl and certain other waters. The Br.'i!.;h discontinued special markings of hospital ship on the ground that they were merely ren dered conspicuous thereby and were moro liable to attack. Last September King Alfonso of Spain intervened and succeeded in obtaining an agreeuieui from tho belligerents for tho tree movement of hospitnl ships within specific areas. The official statemont is as follows: "His majesty's hospital ship Rewn was torpedoed and sunk In tho Bristol channel at about midnight on January 4 on her way homo from Gibraltar. All th6 wounded were safely transferred to patrol vessels. There were only three casualties among tho crew, threo Lascars being missing. "She was carrying distinguishing marks required by The Haguo conven tion. She was not, and hns not been, within tho so-called barred zone as described in tho statement issued by the German government January 9, 1917." French Troops Demolish Hun ll Defenses and Take Prisoners )ffitf - PARIS, Tuesday Jan. 8. In a sur- jf Pse attack east of St. Mihiel today' &j&jL ench troops penetrated German de- ; tenseB on a front of nearly a mije. Si ;-" After demolishing tho positions and M destroying shelters they returned to Up; 'i their own lines with 160 prisoners and j j a number of machine guns, the official fflg, . statement Issued tonight by the war ) omco says The French repulsed an enemy at lrnpt In Champagne. In the Verdun rector and in upper Alsaco tho artillery cattle continues. The statement reads: 'In Champagne we repulsed an ! nDiy attempt against our small posts , east of Mont Teton. Tho artillery lire f as rather lively in the Avocourt and j esonvaux sectors. l 'In the Woevre north of Seichepray carried out an extenslvo surprise attack which succeeded completely Our detachments penetrated the enemy positions on a front of about 1500 1500 meters. The German defenses wcro demolished and the shelters de stroyed. In accordance with orders our troops afterward returned to their own lines bringing back 150 prisoners nnd a number of machine guns and hand grenades. Artillery Duels Continue. "In upper Alsace the artillery on both sides was actlvo north of the Rhone-Rhino canal. "Belgian communication: 'January 7 and 8 were marked especially by the direction of a fire of extreme intensity which had been directed against tho neighborhoods of Ramscapello, Per vyse, St. Jacquescapelle, Oudecapello and Nieucapelle. Elsewhero our trenches inthe Dlxmudo sector were tho object of a rather violent bom bardment to which our batteries re plied most energetically. This after noon Gorman guns shelled intonscly the regions of Bixschooto and Luyg bcm. Our artillery replied by shelling enemy defensive organizations. "Army of tho east: Enemy patrols wero repulsed near Staravina. In the Cerna bend our artillery carried a de structive flro against enemy batteries. Enemy aviators havo several times bombarded tow.ns along the Vardar and north of Monastlr."- 178 PRISONERS TAKEN. PARIS, Jan. 9. A total of 178 pris oners was brought back by the French from thoir raid upon the German lines in the region of Seichepray, east of.'St. Mihiel yesterday,' the war ofTlco an nounced today. ;T r WILSON SPEECH" STIRS JNILAND Address on War Aims Causes Greater Sensation Than That of Premier Lloyd-George. SPOKESMEN OF FUTURE Unique Authority Exerted in Behalf of a New World Struggle. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. The Rus sian embassy today issued a statement of appreciation of President Wilson's references to the Russian people In his address to congress.. LONDON, Jan. 9. President Wil son's speech like all his utterances since American. entered the world war, takes prominent place in all the news and editorial columns of the London press. Ono newspaper describes it as tho "Magna Charta" of future peace. Coming so closely on the heels of Premier Lloyd-George's address at tho labor conference, the words of tho heads of tho American and British governments are compared closely. While some differences are found in discussing the various questions, tho evening nowspapcrs find no disagree ment in essential policy. It is noted President Wilson deals more sympa thetically with tho Bolshevik! than did tho promier but it Is pointed out that America has not suffered from the Russian "tfblla'p36 is trie" western ' Al -lies have. However, tho Westminster Gazette welcomes Mr. Wilson's "caro ful, sympathetic" message and says it hopes that "all misunderstandings which havo arisen from other state jments will bo removed by the unequi vocal language in which tho president adopts tho- Russian demands as his own." Tho speech appears in 'all the news papers with big headlines such as "Allies terms to Germany," "World Peace Terms," "America's Terms of Peace to Germany." "With but trifling exceptions Mr. Wilson's views coincide with and en dorse those expressed by Mr. Lloyd -George. Because of this fact Mr. Wil son's speech will be read with double satisfaction in this country," says tho Dally News. Tho Nows regarding as noteworthy items in the speech those offering help to Russia and declaring that the peaco negotiations must be absolutely open. LONDON, Jan. 9. Only a small portion of President Wilson's address to congress arrived in timo to be printed in tho first editions of the London mornings newspapers and was not glvon special prominence. Tho principal pages of tho second editions, however, wero re-cast completely to enable a big display of tho main parts of the address which ovldently is des tined to cause an equal or greater sensation than tho speech made Sat urday by Premier Lloyd George. In tho introductory notes tho pres ident's address is called epoch making and tho item in the program referring to freedom of the seas is made con spicuous by largo headlines. Tho Daily Chronicle in n headline note in which it defers editorial com ment until tomorrow oxpresses keen satisfaction that President Wilson has once more seized a great occasion in ordor to give tho lead not only to his own nation but to tho conscience of civilized mankind. "The effect produced by Premier Lloyd Georgo's statement, it udds, must be strengthened and deepened immensely by the appeal in which President Wilson has exerted his uni que authority, both moral and politi cal as tho spokesman for the demo cratic future of a new world which is struggling to bo free." TWO OF DESTROYER CREW IN GERMANY WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Two men from the destroyer Jacob Jones sub marined on December 6, now aro held prisoner iu Germany, It was officially announced here today. Through tho Red Cross tho navy has learned that ono Is Albert do Mello, seaman, and tho other John Francis Murphy, cook. Do Mcllo's address was 121 Hathaway street, New Bedford, Mass. Murphy, whoso name was given proviously as I'Marfeo," lived at 53 Hnll avenue, Newport, R. I. uu NINE MEN MISSING. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, Nino men of the American steamer Harry Luck enbach, torpedoed and sunk on Janu ary 6, aro still missing, the navy de partment announced today, based on n report from Vice-Admlrnl Sims. The report states that twenty-two members of tho crew havo been rescued. ARGENTINA AND . BRAZIL CLASH Long Standing 111 Feeling Be tween Two Republics Fanned Into Flame. WAR ATTITUDE, CAUSE Both Countries at Fever Heat on Account of Rumors of Mobilization. RIO GRANDE DO SUL, Brazil. Dec. 11. (Correspondence of the Associat ed Press) The long standing ill feel ing between Brazil and Argentina, in herited in part from the ancient rival ry between their respective Portu guese and Spanish founders and inten slfled by subsequent boundary dis putes, has been fanned into fresh flame by the opposing attitudes the two re publics have taken In respect of the war. Brazil, from tho first, has openly Tavored the Entente Allies and became a belligerent against Germany as soon as tho United States entered the war in keeping -with her traditional friend ship for the United States. Argentina, on the other hand, has persistently in sisted that she would remain neutral, although there have been charges that thn trnvornmont thern has distinct nro- Gerraan tendencies. Ulterior Motives Charged. In oach of the two countries opinion is held that the attitude of tho other indicates ulterior designs in South America. The United States arbitrated the belligerency dispute over what was formerly part of the Argentine terri tory of Massiones, awarding it to Bra zil on the ground that tho Brazilians had populated it and claimed it by right of colonization, while the early Spanish and Portuguese left no docu ments snowing any division of lands there. This award is said always to havo been a sore spot with the Argen tines. Both Countries at Fever Heat. Of late both countries have been at fever heat on account of many rumors of mobilizations and warliko prepara tions on both sides of the disputed line. .The bulk of tho Brazilian army was moved into Rio Grande do Sul during tho recent railway strikes and the troops have been kept there, encamp ed along the railroad. nn IN SilAD No Christmas in Three Hun dred Years Celebrated Under Such Tragic Circumstances. WRETCHED CONDITIONS City Full of Dirt, Disease and Crime Burglary, Murder and Starvation. LONDON, Jan, 9. The situntion In Petrograd is depicted in the most gloomy colors by tho correspondent of the Times who in a telegram Klated Monday, the Russian Christmas, says that no Christmas in 300 years has been celebrated under such tragic cir cumstances. Petrograd, he adds, is full of dirt, diseaso and crime. Burglary, robbery .and murder in tho FALLING WALLS K1LLJIREMEN Four Meet Death and Four Fatally Injured in Fighting Chicago Fire. MANY NARROW ESCAPES Great Drifts Block Streets and Bodies Not Found for Several Hours. CHICAGO. Jan. 9. Four firemen were killed and Tour injured, probably fatally, when the walls of a moving picture house on the corner of Chi cago and Leavitt streets collapsed while they were fighting tho blaze. Several hundred spectators who gath ered in the street to witness the fire narrowly escaped Injury when the walls fell. The deaths were laid indirectly to the recent blizzard by officials today. Great drifts which still block the streets, prevented fire apparatus from reaching the scene of the fire until the blaze had gained such headway that it was practically beyond control. Two of the dead firemen were buried ten feet in drifts of snow and thoir bodies were not recovered until a number of rescue crews had worked several hours. After nearly throve days during wnicn thousands of men, women and children have labored to clear the streets, of snow, Chicago today still was strug gling to free itself of the great drifts, left by Sunday's blizzard, Although many side streets still are impassable the situation appears brighter and by nightfall it is thought tho city virtual ly will be back in its normal condi tion if tho weather man's prediction of more snow proves wrong. Rail joads are running their passenger trains practically on time and freight trains, though light, are moving regu larly. The city today had virtually Its nor mal supply of milk and there is said to be sutricient coal to last threo or four days. The downtown district was cleared yesterday alter nearly every big busi ness house had sent its employes to clear the streets in its section. most audacious forms prevail to an extent hitherto unknown and there is no police or other authority to which to appeal. Tho food situation is very clear, he says, and starvation appears to bo staring the people in the face. Tho wretched condition of existence havo been aggravated by blinding snowstorms drifted by violent winds for threo days and nights with the temperature at 14 degrees Fahrenheit. Tho correspondent of the Times thus sums up tho general position of tho country: "Russian affairs have .become so desperate that only the intervention of the allies, or tho Germans can prevent catastrophe. As this can no longer be; expected from tho allies the disheart-j ened Russian looks to the Germans to put an end to tho awful chaos in which the country is involved." NEW LIBERTY MOTOR TO BE DISCUSSED NEW YORK, Jan. 9. The new Lib erty aircraft motor and United States war trucks will bo discussed from a professional standpoint by army offi cers and experts at tho thirteenth an nual meeting of the Society of Auto mobile Engineers which opened its two days' session here today. Plot Is I Trailed I Down I Federal Officials Caught I in Secret Attempt to I Sell Military Stores. I AD AFFORDS CLUE I Call for 'Ten Husky I Men," Answered by I Army Agents. I LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 9. Arms, ammunition and military-stores valued H at $285,000, stored in the federal build- ing" here, were offered for sale by JH federal officials for the purpose of starting a revolution in Mexico, it was H announced here today by army Intel- B ligence officers. Intelligence officers, answering an H advertisement for "ten husky men" H unearthed the plot. One man, posing as a buyer, was led to tho basement H of the federal building, according to army officials, and shown all the out- H fit. Including ten machine guns. Three men are now under arrest. They are H Nicholas Senn Zozz, N. A. Myles and Joseph Collins. H Intelligence officers named without reservation two federal officials who H they said arranged the plot. H The army account of the affair, in- H sofar as it was available, is that tho H munitions were confiscated by the H government some two years ago, when B an alleged plot to start a Mexican , revolution an the Interests of Amer- fl ican land owners was frustrated. Tho fl supplies were tucked away in the fed- fl oral building and remained there until certain federal nppolntees saw a chance for profit and were unable to resist. An advertisement in the news- Jfl papers with a code signature was tho means they hit up for concealing their tracks beyond hope of discovery. jfl Army agents, interested in knowing fl why any proper work requiring "ten JH husky men" could not be advertised openly, trailed the story ,down. Myles Attempts Release. . The disclosures by the intelligence officer followed the attempt yesterday of N. A. Myles to secure his release JH from detention by a writ of habeas corpus, application for which was made before Judge B. F. Bledsoe in the United States district court. H Tho application disclosed that Myles, fl a motion picture actor, had been in custody several days at Fort McArthur and that his home had been searched by army men under the orders of the intelligence department. fl Judge" Bledsoe CritlcizeG Officers. fl Judge Bledsoe, in fixing the hearing on Myles' application for today, took fl occasion to comment adversely on the action of the army officers, which he announced from the bench was "the most high handed violation of the ( Continued on Pago 4 ) fl iTYotzky Confirms Report I Desertion 25,000 Germans J LONDON, Jan. 9. Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevikl foroign minister, is con vinced that tho Entente governments wish Germany to mako an advantag eous separate peaco with Russia so that Germany will agree more willing ly to surrender what tho Allies want in the west, according to tho Petro grad correspondent ot the Daily News. Tho foroign minister, who was inter viewed as ho was starting for Brost Litovsk, said Promior Lloyd -George had mado a statement permitting such an interpretation and he spoke along tho same lines in an oditorlal printed earlier in thoTJolshevlki organ Pravda. Trotzky Hard to Convince. Premier Lloyd-George, tho corre spondent assured Trotzky, had never made such a statement but tho Bol shevikl leader was hard to convince, and said: "That is tho Allied policy." He added that the atUtudo of the Bol shovikl would not bo influenced by the attitude of the Allied governments but by that of tho Allied peoples. Trotzky was asked what hope he, himself, had of a general acceptable peace. He re plied that it was difficult to say be cause tho Germans had not yet accept ed a proposition to mako peaco, but ho was sure tho Germans must need I it. Tho Russian foreign minister quot od German dosortors as saying the Germans wero unable to remove troops from tho eastern front In largo units. Thoy were removing them one at a time and tho men knowing where they woro being sent, jump from trains in attempts to escape. He reiterated the statement that 25,000 German troops JM had deserted in tho Kovno district, fl lidding that the Germans cannot get HJ their own men to attack the deserters HJ and are trying to reduoo them by star- fl vation. H Asked what proposition ho hoped to jfl got Trotzky refused to reply and said fl laughingly: H "If wo wero really logical wo would H declare war on England now for tho fl sake of India, Egypt and Ireland." 1 j fl Tho Daily News correspondent re- fl plied that Great Britain made nothing of India to which Trotzky replied: rfl "Then give up being so altruistic. f fl You English arc the most chauvinist K nation on the earth without knowing fl ' HI