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I Fast Armored Cruiser Adding Another

II r Chapter to Story of German Daring

LINER APPAM STEAMS UP STREAM

I AMID CHEERS OF BRITISH SAILORS

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MU Newport News, Va., Feb. 3. When

M the former British liner Appam lifted

H her anchor off Old Point Comfort

H I early today and proceeded up the

H Names river to Newport News, there

Mi : -was much activity among 244 persons

Hii who had been held prisoners of the

9, Germans and who have been granted

1 jthe right to leave the ship. They

EM were anxious to get ashore and get

9 ! started on their way to England,

B : ' where they were bound when the Ap-

B ' -pam was captured.

H Pending a further decision by the

Hi state department as to the status of

Bl more than 200 others aboard the Ap-

Hf pam, theBO persons faced a longer con-

Hl' finement on the steamer. This de-

Hl clslon was anxiously awaited by all

HI but the members of the German prize

Hi, crew because of the Indications that

HI the government would rule the Ap-

Hf pam was a prize of war belonging to

HI Germany.

Hi Captain Harrison Detained.

H Captain Harrison of the Appam was

H ' detained aboard with all the mem-

H bers of his crew, the Germans rav-

H ing raised the point that the show of

H 'resistance they made when captured

H h forfeited their right to be liberated.

H .Twelve British subjects described by

H Lieutenant Berg in a telegram to Am-

H ! bassador Bernstorf f as "enemy sub-

H f I jects," also are to be kept aboard the

H : 'Appam. These men are believed to be

H .gun pointers removed from vossels

destroj'ed by the raider.

H : It is the German contention that

H . the Appam came into Hampton Koads

H under the terms of the Prussian-

H . American treaty which guarantees

H ; her to her captors. The British view

H ' is that the vessel should bo returned

H to her owners as a prize in accord-

H ance with article 21 of The Hague

H : convention.

H :

m t British Cheer Appam.

S ; It was shortly after 9 o'clock this

i morning when the Appam got up an

M '- - cho'r and steamed away from Old

W'i Point Comfort, where she had been

M ; lying. She steamed slowly by Hamp

9 ton roads, passing several British

M merchantment as she neared Point

jjB Breeze. Loud cheers were exchanged

9 by the crews of the freighters and

3 ' the Englishmen on the Appam. The

H ' freighter saluted with three resound

H ing blasts of their whistles.

Hi Berg Makes No Response.

H Lieutenant Berg on the bridge made

Hi ' no response with the whistle of his

HI prize. I

H The, Appam anchored in the James.

H; Immigration Officer "Williams board

s' ed the vessel to pass upon the per

il i sons desiring to land. He wns ac

H companied by British Vice Consul

: Kenworthy prepared to guarantee

l( transportation and subsistence for all

if the British subjects, whoso financial

II troubles might otherwise . prevent

II them from landing.

I While passengers fretted over their

II inability to get ashore the six mas

II ters of the English vessels captured

It by the German raider, took a tug for

It Newport News.

It1 Collector Hamilton submitted a

II ! memorandum to Lieutenant Berg, the

HI prize officer, requesting the release

HI along the lines indicated, and the lieu

It; tenant said that he would comply

Hi with it.

Hi "You will release," the memoran-

H dum said, "from the steamship Ap-

H pam all those persons who desire to

Hi be released and who came In on Urc

Hi ship, except the prize officer and

HI prize crew, including any persons

Hi who have been incorporated into such

Hj prize crew, or acted as a part of the

Hi' said crew in the navigation of the

HI steamship."

Hi "Is this the decision of your gov-

H ; eminent?" asked Lieutenant Berg.

HI : "It is," said Mr. Hamilton.

H ' "Very well then, I will comply with

H It," the lieutenant responded,

H The ruling will mean the release

H ,ot over 200 persons whom Lieutenant

Hi Berg planned to hold on the Appam,

H including Captain Harrison and the

Hi entire crew of 155 of the Appam, 12

HI of her passeugers who belong to the

He; British army or navy, according to

p the prize commander's contentions,

lu and twenty Germans, who wero found

ll on the Appam at the time of her cap-

II ture.

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GREAT GLEE IS

FELT IN BERLIN

II

II Cruiser Moewe Enrolled on

It Honor List With the Emden,

It Prinz Eitel and Karlsruhe.

I

Hr Berlin, Feb. 3, via London, 12:15

H p. in. News of the arrival of the Ap-

11 pam at Norfolk and of the daring

Hi) raids of a German cruiser In the main

Hi lane ofl sea traffic between South

HtJ Africa and Europe has aroused a new

Hll outburst of enthusiasm for the navy.

Hrj The cruiser Moewc in English, the

Hi Seagull was enrolled immediately

Hk upon the honor list with the Emden,

Hjj Prin Eltel Friedorlch and Karlsruhe.

Hk There is no little mystery here rc-

H (garding the identity of the Moewe.

Hf Admiralty officials evidently were not;

W: (Surprised at the news, but for obvi-

Hj ous reasons decline to give any infor-

H znatlon.

H' I A vessel named Moewe is given in

tho German navjr list as a sun'eying

ship. She formerly was engaged in

survey work at the East African sta

tion. It seems improbable that this

little steamer of 650 tons, with a

speed of only nine knots, could accom

plish the exploits in question.

It may have been that some larger

steamer, assuming the namo Moewe,

when converted into an auxiliary

cruiser, slipped through the British

hues.

The German survoying ship Moewe

was sunk by gunfire on August 9,

1914.

NEW STORY OF

GERMAN PROWESS

Fast Cruiser Roon Reported at

Large in the Atlantic As

sisted in Sinking Ships

Washington, Feb. 3. Secretary

Lansing stated today that there was

no question as to the Appam's stat

us as a prize, but that the question

of her disposition still Involved fur

ther consideration of The Hague con

vention and the Prussian-American

treaty. Lieutenant Berg's refusal to

land British seamen who were gun

pointers on British merchantmen will

be the subject of further considera

tion Possibility that a still more formid

able German sea raider than has been

reported the fast cruiser Roon is

at large in the Atlantic and the re

port that the Roon in fact was near

by and directed the operations, of

the raider, called the Moewe, which

sunk six ships and captured the Ap

pam within two hundred miles of the

coast of Spain, promises to add an

other chapter to the yet untold story

of the daring of German sailors.

The Roon is a fast, heavily armored

cruiser of nearly 10.000 tons, with

more than 18,000 horsepower, 400 feet

long and with both oil and coal boil

ers. She was built at Kiel in 1902,

has four funnels and extra high wire

less masts. She carries a Krupp ar

mor belt, four torpedo tubes which

give discharges forward, astern and

broadside and mounts 28 guns in all,

four S.2 inch, ten 5.9 inch and fourteen

3.4 inch.

The British embassy denies it has

information that the Roon is at large

and was reported off the Canary

islands, but the story that she accom

panied the Moewe is accredited to

British aboard the Appam.

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GROSS OFFENSE

AGAINST AMERICA

Frankfurter Zeitung Makes

Vigorous Objection to Charg

ing United States With

Perfidy.

VEILED THREAT MADE

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Writer Hopes No Breach of Re

lations Will Occur, But Ger

many Stands Ready

to Fight.

Frankfort-On-The-Maln, Feb. 3, via

London, 1:45 a. m. The Frankfurter

Zeitung, whose utterances on certain

subjects are regarded as Inspired,

publishes an "article in which vigorous

objection is expressed to the lone

adopted by the press of Berlin n dis

cussing Secretary Lansing's note on

submarine warfare and the arming of

merchantmen and in particular to tbe

statements made in Berlin that the

proposals are inacceptable to Ger

many. It dissents from the position

taken by the Kreuz Zeitung and Pro

fessor von Stengel that Germany has

no interest in negotiations regarding

the freedom of the seas since Eng

land, with America's assistance, is

only using the negotiations to wrest

from Germany's hands her submarine

weapons.

Gross Offense to U. S.

To this the Zeitung rejoins:

"It is a gross offense, not only

against international law but against

the most elementary conception of

good morals, to charge openly that

the United States, with which Ger

many is not at an enmity, Is putting

forth efforts in the sphere ot interna

tional law merely with the perfidious

purpose of helping England."

The newspaper also condemns

sweeping generalizations drawn from

the Baralong affair and regards It as

"disgusting" to make capital out of

the incident, as if it were typical ot

Gxeat Britain's method of (making

war or as if the British government

caused all German seamen who were

captured to bo murdered.

Lusltanla Case Unsatisfactory.

Turning to the present status of the

Lusltania case, the Zeitung says it

cannot be ignored, that tho negoila--,

tions have taken an unsatisfactory

form. "Apprehensions of this kind,''

it says, "must exist in America also,

as Washington evidently intends to

dispose of the Lusitania case at the

I same time as the general question of

submarine warfare and is using the

J Lusltania case to obtain Germany's

' consent on the general question."

It hints that this is a very objec

tionable procedure, Involving serious

possibilities.

: United States Threatened.

"That people in America are thlnk-

, ing of bringing the matter to a de

cision," adds the Zeitung, "Is evident

from the fact that Mr. Wilson has

sent Colonel House to Europe, pre

sumably to obtain information from

belligerents. We hope that no breach

of relations not to mention some

thing worse may follow between Ger

many and tho United States, but, if

the unexpected should happen, Ger

many will confront her new foe as

stoutly as she did the old. Bot we do

not want to be lulled by certain Jingo

heroes of the writing desk Into the

illusion that this foe is not danger

ous." The Frankfurter Zeitung then refers

to German's excellent military situa

tion and to the prospect that the mili

tary resources of the allies will be

exhausted and that Great Britain's

financial resources will fall. It con

tinues: "But all this might change sudden

ly and this is obviously England's

hope If the allies secured a new

helper, who would grant unlimited

loans and furthermore make contribu

tions of a warlike kind by supplying

our present enemies with all their

requirements in America."

The Frankfurter Zeitung concludes

by warning the German people that

they must consider the outcome of tho

war and that every other end, how

ever desirable, must be subordinated

to it

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THREE BROTHERS IE

GALLED BY DEATH

WIH MOiTH

Bishop Wilford A Hyde, aged -16

years, of Metropolis, Nevada, died at

noon today at the Dee hospital ot

typhoid lever. His death was the third

to occur in the Hyde ramily within

four weeks, his brother George pass

ing away at the Dee hospital on Tues

day of this week and a younger broth

er, John, dying at Metropolis early in

January.

The bishop was brought to Ogden

two weeks ago and taken to the Dee

hospltai, but the dread malady with

which he was afflicted had fastened

Its grip too tightly too be overcome.

The deceased was born at Hyde

Park, Utah, July 20, 1S69, the son of

William and Phoebe Griffith Hyde. He

had been bishop of the Mormon ward

at Metropolis since its organization

and also was one of tho prosperous

farmers of that community. He Is

survived by his wife, Dorothy Jensen

Hyde and tho following children:

Phoebe, Orson, Dorothy, Eva, Leona,

Thora and Ellen Hyde.

The body was removed to the Larkln

and Sons chapel and will be held

there, pending funeral arrangements.

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BATTLE SIGNAL

BOOK IS LOST

Washington, Feb 3. Naval officers

frankly admit they are alarmed at the

mysterious disappearance of the bat

tle signal book from the destroyer

Hull of tho Pacific fleet.

Admiral Winslow today reported

that all efforts to. find the highly con

fidential code book has been unavail

ing nnd naval officers said that it

probably would be at once replaced

by another to make useless the one

which has disappeared and which,

they admit, they fear may fall Into

the hands of some foreign govern

ment. Commanding Officer Arrested.

The battle signal book contains the

secret code used in war and in bat

tle practice in times of peace. The

copy on the Hull was In possession

of Lieutenant H. A. Jones, commander

of the Pacific reserve torpedo flotilla

and Ensign Robert D. Kirkpatrick.

Both officers have been court ninr

tlaled at Mare Island navy yard.

Navy officers express some satisfac

tion that the battle signal book and

not the secret code, which is used

when ships in foreign waters are com

municating with home, Is the one that

disappeared. The latter code is rec

ognized among nations as the best of

its kind in tho world and would be

difficult to replace.

STRANGE AIRSHIP

HOVERS OVER PLANT

Wilmington, Del., Feb. 3. It be

came known today that a mysterious

aeroplane was seen hovering over tho

Du Pont Powder works at Carney's

Point, N. J on the Delaware river

last Monday night, but whence it

came, or where it went, has not been

established.

The Du Pont company has no idea

of tb,erea$on-,or its- .jprosonc

WJLSON TALKS TO

CHEERING CROWD

St. Louis Coliseum Crowded

and 30,000 Overflow on

Outside City Employes

Given Half Holiday.

SCHOOLS ARE DISMISSED

Declares United States Navy

Should Be Unconquerable,

the Greatest Navy in

the World.

St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 3. President

Wilson today told an audience of 15,

000 cheering tumultously at his feet

that the United States should have

the greatest navy in the world.

"I advise, the navy of the United

States should be unconquerable," he

said, "the greatest in the world."

The president declared that subma

rine commanders abroad have instruc

tions which for the most part conform

with International law, but that the

act of one commander might set the

world afire, including America.

"Upon the ocean there are hun

dreds of cargoes of American goods"

he said, "cotton, grain and all tho

bountiful supplies America is sending

out to the Avorld and any one of

those cargoes, any one of those ships

may be the point of contact that will

bring America Jnto the war."

United States Really Neutral.

For the first time during the tour

tho president told of how one set of

belligerents was cut off from the

world. He said this kept the United

States from helping them as It would

like. Ho made the statement in try

ing to show that the United Stales

was really neutral.

There was an overflow of 30,000

persons on the outside while the pres

ident spoke in the coliseum.

,.S. Louis. Mo.,iFeb.-.3i-;-An-hour-be--fore

the time set for the president to

speak here today, the Coliseum was

crowded and the streets outside were

full. City employes had a half holi

day. All schools were dismissed for

the day. A school chorus of 1.500

tucked away in a corner of he hall,

sang national airs.

As the president entered the crowd

cheered wildly. The whole gathering,

with countless small flags fluttering!

stood up and sang "The Star Span

gled Banner," the president joining

in.

The president opened with the

statement that he had "come seeking

something in the middle west and

found it." lie said he had been told

the middle west was against pre

paredness but did not believe It.

"I did not come out to learn how

3'ou thought but to tell you what was

going on. I came out that there may

be absolute clarification of the issues

we are now confronting.

America Friend of World.

"America is at peace with all the

world because she is the friend of all

tho world. The friendship is gen

uine. We are the friends of all the

world because we are made up of all

the world and understand all the

world.

"We believe we can show our

friendship for the world better by

keeping out of this struggle than by

getting into It. I do not misread

the spirits of America.

"I have no Indictment of any form

of government.

"No man can lead America any

whither that her people do not de

sire to be led. I believe it to be my

duty to subordinate my individual

feelings to the conscientious attempt

to Interpret and express in these In

ternational affairs the .genuine spirit

of my fellow citizens.

Americans Disciples of Peace.

"So far as America is concerned,

no man need go among6t us preach

ing peace. Wo are disciples of peace

already and no man need preach that

gospel to us.

"Suppose my neighbor's house is on

fire nnd the roof is of combustible ma

terial, it is not my fault If the fire

spreads. The danger is not from

within, but from without.

Submarine Commanders.

"Tho commanders of submarines for

the most part are in accord with the

law of nations, but the act of one

commander may set tho world on fire.

"There are cargoes of whoat and

cotton and manufactured articles on

the sea and everyone of them may

cause trouble because they go Into

the zone of fire.

"America has drawn no fine points,

no now issues in her international re

lations; she has merely asserted tho

rights of mankind when the life of

mankind is threatened in a world

aflame with war. She has rested upon

what is already written plain on the

documents of international law."

Nations Will See American Justice.

The president said that some day

statesmen of the older countries

would have to admit that it was

America that kept burning the flame

of international law upon its altar,

when every other altar in the world

was swept by tho winds of passion.

"I am ready to make every patient

allowance," he continued, "for those

whoso tempers are upset by war.

"I am not in a critical frame of

mind, I am ready to yield everything

but tho vital points.

Makes Allowances for Both Slde3.

"I am ready to make allowances for

both sides.

Tou know hawr one. set -of bollig-l

orents is shut off from the rest of

the world. Therefore, the United

States is not able to express Itself

toward them as they would like. I

believo the United States is really

neutral.

"My fellow citizens, while we know

our own purpose, it does not follow

that other nations understand.

"Men press forward with a sort of

blind recklessness.1

Peace of the World.

"Tho peace of the world, including

America, rests with the remainder ot

the world and not with America.

"Here is the alternative:

"Either we shall sit still and wait

for the necessity for Immediate na

tional defense to come and then call

for volunteers who would be, for the

that few months, impotent as against

a trained and experienced enemy;

"Or, we shall adopt the ancient

American principle that the men ot

the country shall be ready to take

care of their own government"

Crowd Cheers President.

The crowd roared approval.

"You have either got to get the

men of this nation ready to withstand

the first onslaught, or you have got

to be ready to suffer from the first

disaster."

When the president said he was

only asking for a trained citizenship,

he was cheered. He said he did not

want to command a great army, but

to command the support of confidence

of his fellow citizens.

"The plans now before congress are

merely plans to save the lives of

American youths," he said.

"All those plans will go through.

"The modern fighting ship, subma

rine every instrument of modern

warfare must be handled by experts.

All we are asking for now is a suffi

cient number of experts and a suffi

cient number of vessels. There Is

no better service in the world than

the service of the United States navy

But the navy must have more ships

and we are going to give tho navj- the

ships it needs. We must have a pro

gram and then stick to it The navy

has a great task. No other navy has

such a task.

"We ought to have the greatest

navy In the world," ho declared amid

great applause. He explained that tho

coast line of the United States was

so long that many ships were needed.

GEO. Ml ISSUES S

GBHiflKETOVBSER

- WH1CHISAGGEPTED

Arrangements for a wrestling bout

between Pete Yisser of Ogden and

George Nelson of Preston, Ida , were

virtually completed today, according

to W. L. Roe, Jr., of Preston. Mr.

Roe is Nelson's manager and came

to Ogden last night to witness the

Visser-Romanoff bout and to extend

the former Salt Lake fireman's chal

lenge to the winner.

Mr. Roe is manager of the Frank

lin County Citizen of Preston, one of

the most progressive newspapers of

southern Idaho, and through his in

terest in athletics was instrumental

in persuading Nelson to leave Salt

Lake City and locate at Preston. At

the present time, Nelson is manager

and instructor at the Preston gym

nasium and is keeping in constant

training for wrestling bouts when an

opportunity to meet a high class man

is offered.

According to Mr. Roe, his protege

has been keeping close track of Peto

Visser's work and, when the latter

closed his agreemet for tho bout with

Romanoff, decided that a match with

the winner of that argument would be

well worth his attention. Nelson is

also looking for a match with Joe

Stecher and his manager Is of tho

opinion that the winner of the pros

pective Nelson-Visser match will have

a good chance to meet the strong

easterner.

There is little question of Nelson's

class as a wrestler and with Visser's

firmly established through his victory

over Romanoff, a match between the

two should awaken wide interest.

FIVE HUNDRED SHEEP

BURIED DUB A

BUZZWD

D. D. McKay, of Huntsville, who re

turned from his sheep camp in tho

vicinity of Terrace this morning, re

ports that practically all of the herds

on the desert ranges are being sup

plied with corn and sheepmen expect

to prevent heavy losses by feeding.

The snow Is from 12 to 20 inches deep

and has drifted into ravines and low

places ten feet deep.

Only in a few places, says Mr. Mc

Kay, is the snow crusted. Sheep can

browse successfully on the ridges

where much of the snow has been

blown away,

A few days ago, Mr. McKay relates,

five hundred of his sheep and- the

herd dog were completely buried In

a snow drift and it was necessary to

dig them out The herd had taken

shelter in a hollow on the range when

a strong wind came up and blew the

snow so rapidly that tho sheep wero

covered before they could get away.

He says that when the snow was re

moved Borne of tho sheep were peace

fully chewing their cuds. However,

they would have perished in a- short

time.

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KING SIGNS PROCLAMATION.

London, Feb. 3. 12:55 p. m. King

George, at a privy council today,

signed a proclamation fixing February

10 as the appointed date on which tho

military service act shall be regarded

as coming into forco. ,

GERMANS PLAN NEW AHEMPT TO : I

BLAST WAY THROUGH TO CALAIS I

London, Feb" 3, 5 a. m. The London newspapers this

morning express the conviction that the Germans are planning H

a new offensive. It is expected that they will attempt to blast iH

a way to Calais and Dunkirk by the use of strong bodies of in-

fantry supported by enormous masses of artillery. H

London, Feb. 3, 6:45 p. m. A fishing trawler reported MmM

today to the naval authorities that she had seen a German Zep- H

pelin i nthe North sea in a sinking condition, it was stated in H

an official announcement this evening. H

London, Feb. 3, 12:25 p. m. -The British steamship

Belle of France has been sunk The Europeans in her crew and H

the 220 Lascars were landed" Nineteen Lascars are missing. H

The Belle of France was last reported at Karachi, a port of H

India, on her arrival there from Port Said on December 24. H

Her gross tonnage was 3,876. She was 352 feet long, of 48 H

feet beam and was built at Sunderland, England, in 1905, for H

the Belle Steamhsip agency, limited, of Liverpool. H

London, Feb. 3, 1 1 :50 a. m. Reports of the sinking in

mid-Atlantic of the British freighter Chasehill from New York H

January 1 3 for Havre with a cargo of supplies for the French H

government, were confirmed today: The chasehill foundered WU

January 1 8. Her crew was rescued by the Spanish steamship B

Mar Adriatico, whic harrived at Gibraltar February 1 . H

Berlin, Feb. 3, via London, 3:03 p.

ra. Notable artillery activity by both

sides along the Franco-Belgium front

is reported by German army head

quarters in today's official statement.

The allied artillery fire has been par

ticularly heavy in the vicinity of Neu

ville, where the Germans recently

made a considerable gain of ground.

English mine craters in the vicinity of

Ilulloch were occupied by German

troops.

The text of the statement follows:

"Western theater The enemy artil

lery has vigorously replied to the

shelling by our artillery of enemy po

sitions over a wide front.

"Northwest ot Hulloch we occupied

two craters caused by the explosion

of British, mines before our front

Vigorous Artillery Fire.

"In the region of Neuville the en

emy Increased its artillery fire until

during the afternoon is assumed

great activity. Along other parts of

the front lively artillery activity de

veloped. "In the Argonne hand grenade

fights occurred.

"In the region of Peronne our air

men shot down two aeroplanes, one

English and one French. Three of

(he occupants were killed and tho

Trench observation officer was seri

ously injured.

"Eastern and Balkan theaters The

situation is unchanged."

London, Feb. 2, 10:40 p. m Tho

following British official statement

has been issued regarding the opera

tions on the western front:

"One of our patrols last night, after

shooting a hostile entry, threw hand

grenades Into hostile trenches estab

lished at the northern end of Frlse.

"At about 11-30 o'clock this morn

ing the enemy attempted a surprise

attack aaglnst our trenches near

Ypres on the Pilkelm road. The at

tack was not preceded by an artillery

bombardment and was easily repulsed

by our fire."

Review of War Sttuation.

Expectation of another German at

tempt to blast a way to Calais, using

masses of infantry and artillery, is in

dicated by London press comment

Intense artillery activity along the

Franco-Belgian front reported in to

day's German official statement, may

presage another important offensive

movement in this field by one side or

the other.

Berlin indicates that the French

may have a plan in view to recoup

their losses of territory near Neuville,

which they sustained recently as their

artillery fire in this sector is report

ed as increasingly heavy.

The Germans are continuing their

submarine activities In the North sea,

according to a dispatch from The

Netherlands and report the torpedoing

of the Dutch vessel Artemeis in those

waters.

Germans Launch Attack.

Paris, Feb. 3, via London, 3:30 p. m.

The following statement was given

out at the war office this afternoon;

"The night was calm and there is

nothing of importance to report.

Shortly after midday yesterday fol

lowing a spirited bombardment, the

Germans launched an attack agninst

our positions in the Bois Des Buttes,

north of the Aisne in the region of

the village of Bois."

German Submarines Busy.

Hook of Holland, Feb. 3, via Lon

don, 2:13 p. ni. Continued activity of

German submarines in the North sea

is evidenced by the torpedoing of tho

Dutch motor vessel Artemeis near

the lightship Noordhlnder. Tho Arte

meis arrived here today leaking.

New Commander for Turks.

Bucharest, Rumania, Feb, 1, via

London, Feb. 3, 2:18 p. m. Field

Marshal Union Von SanderG has been

nppolnted commander-in-chief of the

Turkish forces on the Caucasian

front. He was commander of the

first Turkish army and directed the

(fortification of Gallipoli peninsula,

It was reported last month that

Field Marshal Baron von der Goltz ;

had been appointed commander of

tho Turkish forces in tho Caucasus.

A dispatch from Rome Tuesday said

tho field marshal with 80,000 men -had J 1

been locked up in Erzerum by the H

Russians. H

Thaw Floods Trenches. fMM

Kiev, Russia, Feb. 3, via London, tiMM

2:38 p. m. Prisoners arriving here H

report that all roads in the region H

of the Styr are under water on ac- MM

count of the thaw and that the wa- H

ter in the trenches is knee deep. The W

river has overflowed, compelling the jMM

Teutonic troops to evacuate strongly VMM

fortified positions. MU

Russians Complete Road. JMM

Petrograd, Feb. 3, via London, 2:35 IH

p. m. The short line railway from WM

Petrograd to Soroka on the White H

sea, a distance of 530 miles, has just IH

been completed, giving, another out- MM

let to the north besides that of Ar- mM

changel and thus tending to relieve ,, H

the congestion at the latter port. IH

Norwegian Steamer Detained. H

London, Feb. 1. (Delayed by cen- JMM

sor).- The Norwegian steamship mM

Skafd from Baltimore for Moss, Nor- MM

way, with a cargo of barley, rye and MM

wheat has been taken into Kirkwall MM

by the British authorities. H

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Clir PREPARES FOS A I

PROSPECTIVE I

FLOOD I

Commissioner Chris Flygare, super- H

intendent of streets, states that he is H

making every preparation possible MM

to guard against floods in the city MM

and along the Ogden river that may MM

occur when the heavy snow begins to MM

Today men and teams are at work H

removing snow from street intersec- H

tions and gutters. So far, the gutters H

have been kept open only by remov- H

ing each layer of snow as it fell, which W

has been exery day the past week. H

Mr. Flygare states that there is so H

much snow that, if a sudden thaw W

came, it is questionable just how far MMt

the flood waters could be controlled H

The commissioner has arranged for IH

1000 sacks of sand to be placed at jmmM

convenient points along the Ogden H

river bank to be used in case the jH

stream should get so high as to threat- H

en an overflow. Tbe river bed has H

been dredged in a number of places jH

in the past two years and the banks IH

enlarged nnd strengthened. IH

ELEVENTH WARD IS I

AWARDED M. I. A. I

PEIAWT I

The Weber stake M. I. A. pennant H

for highest efficiency in special activi- H

ties was awarded last night to the H

Eleventh ward association by a com- IH

raittee of the stake board members. jH

The pennant is awarded monthly, In H

accordance with a plan Inaugurated H

several months ago to promote inter- H

est in special activities, such as ex- H

temporaneous speaking, oratory, re- H

told story telling, male and mixed H

quartets and choruses. J

To determine the ward having the H

highest number of points, each asso- H

elation has a score-keeper whose duty H

Is to record the special features of tho H

preliminary programs of the weekly MmM

meetings. These records are mailed IH

to tho stake board once a month and IH

the points in tho contest are then IH

compiled. The plan has thus far giv- jH

en an appreciable Impetus to the con- IH

test work in the different wards. H

At the meeting last night, in addi- H

tion to the presentation and accept- lH

ance of tho pennant, a violin solo by H

Marcus Critchlow, a piano solo by H

Margaret Bingham and a retold story H

by Ann Davidson wore Included in H

the program and wero much enjoyed. H