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III Mexican Situation Brought to Boiling

i Point by Execution of Over 1 6 Americans

1 STORM BREAKS IN U, S. SENATE

I OVER DASTARDLY ACT OF MEXICANS

I

II Both Houses Call on President to Abandon Waiting Policy

18 and Invite Pan-American Nations to Join in Restoring

H Order and Government in Mexico Strongest Kind

H of Instructions Sent to Consuls Lansing De

ll mands Satisfaction Every Step Pos

II i sible to See That Perpetrators of

II Terrible Crime Are Punished .. -

l ' Reviews Situation.

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9 ! . Washington, Jan. 12 The Mexican

JV : situation has been brought to the boil

tS ','. Ing point again by the execution of

tS the sixteen or more Americans near

9 ? Chihuahua. In congress, at the White

sV House and at the state department to

H ' day it entirely displaced all other In

iVUj , tcrnational affairs.

jH I Secretary Lansing, after sending a

fl I demand for satisfaction to General

:H ! Carranza, Issued a statement declar--fl

r ing it was to be deplored that the

H Americans bad not followed the Btate

fl: department's warning against expos

Hi ; ing their lives in the guerilla warfare

H ' regions and adding:

Hi k "Every stop will be taken to see

HI; that the perpetrators of this dastardly

H crime are apprehended and punished."

HI ! Storm Breaks In Senate.

fl ) In the 'senate an expected storm

i broke as soon as it assembled. Sen

r ator Sherman, Republican, introduced

; a resolution proposing that, unless

H General Carranza gives proper protec

H : tion to foreign life and property, the

United States should invite the Pan-

, American nations which have been

W t associated in the Mexican negotia

H 1 tions to join in restoring order and

H government in Mexico.

H ; Senator Sherman's resolution was

H read to the senate and without com

l i ment or discussion of any kind was

' referred to the foreign relations' com-

t . XJUUtiO,

L 'i Resolution In House.

If "In the house, Representative "Dyer,

If '. Republican, introduced a similar reso

11 lution calling on the president to in

1(1 form congress if he did not believe.

If the time had come to abandon the

111 "watchful, waiting" policy. Other

Iff members gave notice of their Inten

l r tion to make speeches.

If " The administration was not without

1 : its defenders, who gave notice they

I ' also would speak.

' White House Exhibits Concern.

If Although the White House and the

If . suite department exhibited evidences

l of concern, there was no indication to-

day of proceeding further than call

II - ing upon General Carranza to punish

l the bandits who executed the Amerl

K ' cans and to give proper guarantees

II t for the lives and safety of foreigners.

It ; There was no outward evidence of

K any change in the Mexican policy.

1 More information was sought from

If I all the state department's sources.

M i Eliseo Arredondo, General Carranza's

R ' ambassador here, received official

II confirmation of the killings and ask

f ' ed his government for more details.

r Washington, Jan. 12. Secretary

M Lansing today telegraphed, General

1 Carranza, calling for the prompt pun

l( Ishment of tho bandits who executed

m seventeen Americans near Chihuahua

K t Monday Through Eliseo Arredondo,

I the newly appointed Mexican ambas

I i. eador here, it was arranged to bring

I l the bodies from Chihuahua to Juarez

I . today on a special train.

m ; EHseo Arredondo, General Car

I ranza's ambassador here, received con

Hi Urination from Carranza sources of

ft the execution of the Americans and

I - has asked for further details. His ad

I vices are the first confirmation from

I ' Mexican sources,

; General Villa Retaliating.

I: Officials here attributed the attack

II to General Francisco Villa's threat

I l against Americans at the time of- his

I ; defeat in Sonera, The success of the

I de facto government's campaign, Villa

I ' declared, was duo to the permission

m i granted 'by the United States for the

IE transportation of Carranza troops

mh through American territory'. In re

Hf tnliatlon lie demanded that Americans

WVk in Mexico be killed and their property

II destroyed

I f ' Evidencd has been accumulating,

I I eay Ameiican officials, that Carranza

H : troops have not moved into the moun-

B ' tain country in pursuit of Villa. They

declare Vil'la bands found refuge in

I ' the Sierra Madre mountains where

B , . they waited to strike at Americans

I ; who ventured beyond the range of

I ' Carranza soldiers, stationed at cities

; and towns, Including Palomas, Casas

: Cgandes and Madeira.

I ; Official advices contained the infor

m matlon that Villa bands occupied Go-

j mez Palacio, Durango and Parral un-

molested by de facto forces, that Go

B , mez Pjilacio was occupied "five days

Mt and finally abairtloned by General Ben

I jamin Argumedo, while approximately

j : 3000 Carranza troops were at Torreon,

1 . three miles awa'.

B Manager Investigating Deaths.

m Chicago, Jan. 12. II. L. Hollis, one

: ol the managers of tho Cusihulrachic

I Mining company is en route to El

Paso, Texas, today to investigate the

reported murder by Mexican bandits

of nineteen employes of the company.

HI C R. Watson and "W. J, Wallace,

H whose names appear In the list of the

U dead, were said by Mr. Hollis to have

& boen Chicagoaus. Watson, according

& to local agents of the Cusihulriachlc

If ompany, formerly resided in Michl-

II saVL

Mi President Ccfers With Secretaries.

Vj President Wilson was in communl-

f patlop arljr today with. Secretaries

Garrison and Lansing and gave in

structions to send to the White House

all facts as rapidly as they were re

ceived. Advices that at least six

teen Americans were killed were re

ceived by Major-Geueral Scott, chief

of staff of the army, also by the state

department.

At the White House It was declared

that what steps the government will

take have not .been decided.

State department officials referred

to the fact that Americans had been

warned, since the United States de

cided to recognize General Carranza,

to leave the states of Sbnora and

Chihuahua, which were then regard

ed as Villa strongholds. They said

that in spite of the official warning,

more than six hundred Americans

still remain in the district. Including

two hundred Mormons at Casas Gran

des An official list of the dead received

by the state department agrees with

the list contained in the news dis

patches, with the exception that It

dec-s not contain the name of Murray

Crossett of San Antonio.

Senators Are Shocked.

Administration senators said they

were shocked over the killing of

Americans, but were inclined to dis

courage hasty utterances or actions.

Chairman Stone of the foreign rela

tions committee, said he thought sen

ators should waft until official re

ports have been received.

,llt appears that the slaughter of

American citizens was the deed ot

b?udits," said Senator Stone. "Such

outlawry might occur in any country.

What can be done, I do not know. I

think that members of congress

should get all the facts available re

garding this crime before discussing

it."

United States Customs' Collector

Cobb at El Paso today reported that

his investigations seem to establish

that sixteen were killed. The state

department did not divulge the source

of Cobb's information, but they be

lieve his report is accurate.

Secretary Lansing issued a state

ment in which he said the state de

partment "feels that it took every pos

sible precaution to prevent Ameri

cans from exposing their lives In a

region whdre guerilla warfare Is in

progress and that it Is deplored that

its advice was not followed."

"Every step will be taken to see

that the perpetrators of this dastardly

crime are apprehended and punished."

PEOPLE AGAINST

POLICY OF U. S,

Mass Meeting to Be Called in

El Paso to Demand Pro

tection of Americans.

INDIGNATION INCREASES

Delay in Arrival of Bodies Stir

Up Residents of U. S.

Border Town.

EI Paso, Texas', Jan. 12. A commit

tee today was appointed to organize

a mass meeting of citizens to protest

against the policy of the United States

In the Mexican situation, and against

tho apparent failure of the Mexican

do facto government to protect Ameri

can citizens In Mexico travelling un

der promised of protection.

As an evidence of the alleged inef

ficiency of the Carranza military gov

ernment of Chihuahua it was learned

today that a troop train containing

75 soldiers were sent today from Ju

arez to protect the properties of the

Maderla Lumber company nt Pearson

and Madeira, western Chihuahua.

These properties represent invest

ments of nearly nine millions of dol

lars and it is feared are in a program

of Mexican bandits to be destroyed

together with all American lives.

Popular Indignation Increases.

"Delay in the arrival of the bodies

of the eighteen foreigners murdered

at Santa Ysabel January 10 has In

creased popular Indignation.

The bodies were reported last night

to have arrived at Chihuahua City.

They were reported from thero by

Mexican officials as having started

for the border. This morning official

advices from the mining association of

Chihuahua City wore that the train

uould not start for Juarez until this

afternoon and it was said the train

would not reach the border until mid

night. Arrangements have ben made by

Collector of Customs Zach L. Cobb

, and Mexican Consul Garrett to allow

the train to cross the international

bridge into El Paso without formality.

Goneral Pershing was also notified

that in view of tho state of public

feeling here, it would be wise to de

tail guards about the bridge ap

proaches tonight.

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SURVIVOR TELLS

OF MASSACRE

Only American to Escape

Death from Mexican Bandits

Gives Detailed Story.

El Paso, Tex., Jan. 12. Thomas B.

Holmes, the only American to escape

tho massacre, arrived here about noon

today with a more detailed story of

the killing. Ho declared that the

train was halted at 2 p. m. by a band

of bandits which he estimated at

about 200.

After the Americans were taken off,

they were lined up along the side of

the track ana were ordered to dis

robe. Realizing what was about to

happen, he made a break for liberty

together with C. R. Watson. Tom Ev

an r and MaMachatan. They were

pursued by about fifteen bandits who

one after the other shot his compan

ions in the dash for life, but missed

Holmes. He said he ran about three

miles when noticing he was no long

er pursued he stopped exhausted.

Some ranchman came to his assist

ance loaned him a mule on which he

reached Chihuahua City the night of

January 10.

Watson's Head Blown Off.

Holmes said Watson's head was

blown off and that after the. bodies

were brought to Chihuahua City It

was found they had been riddled with

bullets and otherwise mutilated.

Holmes declared he did not know

who led the bandits.

A dispatch to the state department

asserts the murdered men were trav

eling under safe conducts issued by

military commanders of the Carranza

government and that they were ap

parently slain solely because they

were Americans.

no-

BARLOW B. WILSON IS

IDE JAILER IB

DESK SEIE1T

At the meeting of the city board o'

commissioners this morning, Barlow

B. Wilson, former county sheriff, was

appointed to the position of city jail

er and desk sergeant to succeed Hag

bart Anderson. Mr. Anderson was ap

pointed desk sergeant to succeed Emil

Johnson, resigned.

On the recommendation of Chief of

Police Thomas E. Browning, Charles

Plncock, captain , of the detective

force, and Thomas Burk, detective,

On the recommendation of Mayor A.

R. Heywood, O. H. Mohlman and J. P.

Kelliher were appointed sergeants on

the city police force, Alex L. Fife and

Grant Syphers were selected as de

tectives, Robert Burk was appointed

captain of the detective force and

George Smith was appointed guard

and weighmaster at the city jail to

succeed Thomas Lever.

The petition of property owners for

arc lights on Thirty-first street and

Madison avenue, and on 'Farley ave

nue, between Twelfth and Cross

streets were granted. The action of

the commissioners was based on the

recommendation of commissioner

Chris Flygare, superintendent of

streets

The claim of the Utah Light & Pow

er company for lights furnished the

city during the month of December, in

the sum of $2,063.22, was referred to

the committee of the whole. It Is es

timated that there Is a possibility of

retrenchment on the city light bills.

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RABIES BECOMES

SERIOUS MENACE

Nevada, Northern California,

Oregon and Idaho Delegates

Hold a Conference in

Winnemucca.

Winnemucca, Nevada, Jan. 12. At

a conference which was begun yes

terday morning and which probably

will, continue until late this afternoon,

the rabies situation In Nevada, north

ern California and southorn Oregon

and Idaho is being thoroughly discus

sed. Reports from 12 Nevada coun

ties, health officers from the sur

rounding states and several promin

ent cattlemen and ranchers wore pres

ent at the meeting which was pro

sided over by Governor Emmet D.

Boyle.

Reports from tho Nevada board of

health and the governor took up the

greater part of yesterday's session.

Committees Are Appointed.

Before the adjournment last night

committees wore appointed to act up

on the report and recommend action.

Each county representative is given

power to act for his counLy and the

measures outlined at the meeting for

checking the epidemic will bo follow-;

ed out by all counties in the states.

It seemed to be the prevailing opin

ion among the representatives that

the muzzling of dogs and the exter

mination of coyotes would be the best

'method for checking the spread or

the disease.

nn

OGDEN BIKS ELECT

THEIR BOARDS OF

DIRECTORS

The annual meeting of the First Na

tional Bank stockholders was held

yesterday afternoon and tho present

board of directors reelected to serve

for the ensuing year: M. S. Brown

ing. John Watson, L. R. Eccles, R. B.

Porter, W. W. Riter, D C. Eccles,

Joseph Scowcroft, A. T. Wright, John

Spiers, C. A. Day, Charles E. Kaiser,

W. F. Burton and Ezra Richardson.

The annual report presented by

Cashier James F. Burton showed the

bank to be in a prosperous condition

and to have enjoyed a steady increase

in business during 1915. The election

of officers will occurat the first meet

ing of the board of directors, to be

held early in February.

ugaen btate Bank. T

At the annual meeting of the stock

holders of the Ogden State Bank, held

yesterday, the following officers and

directors were reelected:

II. C. Bigelow, president; John M.

Browning, vice-president; A. P. Bige

low, cashier; E. L. Van Meter, asst.

cashier; H. C. Bigelow J. M. Brown

ing, J. N. Spargo, II. M. Rowe and

A. P. Bigelow, directors.

The regular quarterly dividend of

3 per cent and an extra dividend of 6

per cent were declared, making a

total of IS per cent for the year.

Pingree National Bank.

At the annual meeting of the stock

holders of the Pingree National bank

held yesterday, a new director, James

II. Riley, was elected. Mr. Riley will

fill the vacancy caused by the death

of James Mack.

The other directors were re-elected

as followsr James Pingree, J. W.

Abbott, E. P. Ellison, Charles Zelmer,

J. H. F. Last, Preston A. Blair, B. G.

Blackman, A- L, Brewer. C. A. Hen

ry, J. William Knight, O. B. Gilson,

llyrum Pingree, P. T. Wright and H.

C. Wood. The election of officers

will take place next Saturday at the

first meeting of the board of directors.

Commercial National Bank.

The annual meeting of the stock

holders of the Commercial National

bank, held yesterday, was marked by

the re-election of the present officers

and directors. The officers are:

Patrick Healy, president; A. G. Fell,

J. S. Iloutz and Adam Patterson, vice

presidents; R. A. Moyes, cashier, and

W. G. Emley, assistant cashier. These,

with the exception of Mr. Emley, and

the following: F. W. Herrington. Le

Roy Buchmiller, B. W. Staurod. D. A.

Smyth and G. S. Hadfield, form the

directorate.

The stockholders were pleased to

note in the report submitted by Cash

ier R. A. Moyes, an increase of $400.

000 in business for the j'ear, with a

surplus of $100,000 and undivided

profits amounting to $75,000 over the

$100,000 capital stock. This financial

showing, together with local real es

tate owned by the bank, the ' report

stated, marked the Commercial Nation

al bank as one of the most substan

tial financial Institutions In this part

of the country.

KfiflO BURGLAR FACES

1 OFFICER AND IS

CAPTOREO

From the pleasant pastime of eat

ing a piece of mince pie to the grim

realization that he .would soon face a

sojourn in the penitentiary, was tho

experience of John Thuringcr, a ne

gro, within the space of less than a

minute, early this morning.

He was caught in the act of mak

ing his exit from the Russell-James

store at Lincoln avenue and Twenty

fourth street, shortly after 3 o'clock,

by Patrolman R. ir. Wootten. who

took him to the police station, where

he was booked on a charge of burglary-

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COlf ERENCE OF TRE

WEBER STAKE 01

NEXT Sffly

The quarterly conference pf the

Weber stake will be held next Sun

day in tho Tabernacle, with sessions

nt 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. The event

will mark the 33rd anniversary of the

Incumbency of Lewis W. Shurtlil'f as

president of the Weber stake.

Among the principal speakers will

be Apostle Orson F. Whitney and

President Charles H. Hart of the First

, council of Seventy.

BITTER BLAST

IN SOUTHWEST

Temperature Drops from Zero

Downward Snow Falling

Over Large Territory.

TRAINS ARE DELAYED

Blizzard Prevails All Over

Kanses Weather Bureau

Reports 58 Below

in Canada.

Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 12. The

southwest got its first real blast of

winter weather today and nature's

offerings lived .up to advance notices

of the weather bureau. The mercury

dropped from thirty-five to sixty de

grees in twenty-four hours in the af

fected district and this morning tem

peratures ranging from zero down

ward prevail throughout Kansas,

Iowa, Nebraska and this section ot

Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, too,

felt the drop. Snow is falling in

much of the territory.

"Fresh northwest winds will blow

the clouds away tonight and tomor

row wo look for temperatures rang

ing from 10 to 20 degrees below zero

In Kansas and this section of Mis

souri," said announcement of the lo

cal weather bureau

Train Service Delayed.

Train service into Kansas City is

delayed from one to two hours; street

car service in all of the cities affect

ed has been seriously interferred

with; telegraph and telephone com

panies are fighting vainly to maintain

communication on sleet-coated wires

and farmers and producers have been

warned that It is too cold to ship

perishable products.

In Kansas City the'' death list from

accidents as a result of the storm re

mained at two, while more than a

score of persons are in hospitals re

covering from injuries.

Eighteen Below at North Platte.

North Platte. Neb., reported the

lowest temperature in the new storm

area eighteen degrees below zero.

Omaha experienced eight below while

Des Moines reported the mercury at

zero. St. Louis, in the center of the

low pressure area extending from

that city to Memphis, Tenn., on 'the

other hand, had a temperature of forty-six

degrees above. Rain was fall

ing. Little Rock, Ark., also in this

area reported 70 degrees.

Blizzard in Kansas.

A blizzard prevailed all over Kan

sas. A snow measuring from two to

four inches fell in the state. Salina

reported the mercury at ten degrees

below zero. Concordia had a reading

of eight below; Wichita five below

and Junction City four below. At

Oklahoma City the mercury dropped

to four degrees above zero while

Abilene. Texas reported eighteen

above. "

Canada, 58 Below.

The weather bureau report publish

ed today shows a range of 18 degrees

in the United States this morning.

Little Rock had the highest reading

70 above while Prince Albert, Can

ada, has the lowest 5S below. The

map shows the northwest still is

firmly held by unprecedented cold

wave" that has prevailed In that sec

tion for a week. Temperatures of 48

degrees below zero In Montana, 40

below In North Dakota and 32 below

at Rapid City, S. D.. prevail.

Gale 50 Miles An Hour.

In Kansas the storm is the most

severe since the winter of 1912. A

gale from the northwest reached a

velocity of 50 miles an hour and car

ried blinding snow and sleet with it

The Union Pacific ran snow plows

ahead of its trains in central Kansas

this morning. The Santa Fe also

ordered its plows out and all trains

will be preceded by track cleaners this

afternoon.

Mercury Still Sinking.

Tho mercury began to sink at Kan

sas Citv during the morning. At noon

it had "descended to two degrees be

low zero. Additional Kansas tempera

tures Included seven below zero at

Clay Center, five below at Emporia

and six below at Pratt.

Scores of families that have been

depending on natural gas for heating

purposes put in hasty orders for other

fuel today. It is expected the gas

supply, which comes from the Kansas

fields", will reach its lowest point of

the winter tonight.

General Storm in Northwest.

Portland. Ore., Jan. 12. Six inches

of snow Impeded traffic here today,

with no signs of abatement of the

storm which was general except in

southern Oregon where it rained.

Some delay to railroad transporta

tion was reported.

Man Freezes to Death.

St. Joseph, Mo.. Jan. 12. John

Crook, OS years-old, was found in a

snow drift hero today, fatally frozen,

lie had loft his home last night on

an errand and became exhausted.

Nine Below In Omaha.

Omaha, Nebr., Jan. 12. On the

twenty-eighth anniversary of the most

terrible blizzard of which there is any

record In this section, during which

many persons and thousands of head

of stock perished from cold, tho mer

cury this morning registered nine de

grees bolow zero In Omaha. This

temperature was accompanied by a

heavy fall of snow and a strong north

wind. Street traffic was almost en

tirely suspended and railroad and

street car service badly crippled. All

telegraph wires to the cast were down

for several hours.

Siuox Rills reported tomporaturcs

ranging from 15 to 24 degrees below

zero with a snow and wind storm rag

ing. Norfolk, Nebr., reported 20 be

low aud Winner, S. D., forty below

zero. JU

FRENCH ATTACK ON OTMANFORCES I

IN CHAMPAGNE DISTRICT COLLAPSE I

Enemy Holds Positions North of Les Mesnil in Face of Stronz H

Assault A ong 1000-Yard Front Russians Have Con-

sohdated New Positions and Forced Austro-Germans

to Remove Supplies from Bases Prepared1 for H

Advance in Spring Campaign Turks Re-

port Annihilation of Allied Troops H

Left at Gallipoli. M

Berlin, Jan. 12, via London, The

collapse of a French attack on Ger

man positions north of Lcs Mesnil In

tho Champagne along the front cf

about 1,000 yards was nnounced by

the war office today.

London, Jan. 12. The official

French report of this afternoon, re

ceived here by wireless, follows:

"There were no events of import

ance last night 'except in the region

between the Meuse and ihe Argonne

where our batteries dispersed groups

of enemy sappers."

Constantinople War Report.

Constantinople, Jan. 11, via London,

Jan. 12, 7:20 a. m. The following of

ficial statement was issued tonight

by the Turkish war office:

'On Monday evening, debris, booty

and a number of dead bodies, but not

a single soldier of the enemy, remain

ed at Seddul Bahr. In the course of

our pursuit, the remainder of the en

emy who refused to surrender and

fled in the direction of the landing

places, were annihilated. On the left

wing in the sector of Kereves Derc,

we discovered a great quantity of

automatic mines, ninety of which

were destroyed by our engineers In

a small space.

"Irak front: On the night of Janu

ary' 6, the enemy, who had been sur

rounded In Kut-el-Amara, attempted

at many points to make sorties after

a vigorous bombardment. These were

repulsed with losses.

"On Januarjr S there was a heavy ar

tillery battle in the Black sea for half

an hour between the Turkish battle

cruiser Sultan Selim (formerly the

German cruiser Goeben) and the Rus

sian battleship Empress Maria. The

engagement was at long range. The

Sultan Selim was not damaged, while

a hit was observed on the Empress

Maria."

I

French Order to Troops.

Paris, Jan. 11, 5:05 p. m. General

Sarrail, commander of the French

army in the east, has issued a new

order to his troops, from which the

Saloniki correspondent of the Temps

quotes the following, as the most im

portant passage:

"I repeat again You must all, both

officers and men, observe toward the

officers of the Greek army of rank

superior to your own the authorized

rules of deference and the outward

marks of respect. You will be good

enough to entertain relations of friend

liest comradeship with the military

men of your own rank." ,

British Have Information.

Washington, Jan. 12. American

Consul Kemp at Marseilles cabled to

day that the crew of the Persia had

reached there and said because they

had given affidavits to the British au

thorities at Alexandria, Egypt, they

refused to give him any statements.

The state department will call on

the British government 'for the infor

mation they contain.

Review of War Situation.

London, Jan. 12 The announce

ment of the occupation of Mount Lov

cen, in Montenegro, though it is not

confirmed from entente sources, is

generally accepted here as true.

Uneasiness which is freely ex

pressed in Italy, is reflected in the

English and French newspapers. The

loss of Lovcen. from the point of view

of the allies is serious owing to the

fact that its summit dominates Cat

laro bay, the Austrian naval base. Be

fore Italy entered the war the French

had established a number of guns on

the mountain and had prepared em

placements for heavy guns which could

have swept tho bay" Austria, by seiz

ing it, forestalls this danger and is in

a commanding position with regard to

Cettlnje, the capital of Montenegro,

which is a little over six miles distant,

although mountains intervene.

Austrians Steadily Advancing.

The Austrian advance, considering

the distance to be covered, was much

slower than that made In the Teutonic

conquest of Serbia, but in considera

tion of formidable obstacles which tho

mountainous character of the country

presents, it is conceded that the forces

are making steady progress.

The question is being, raised as to

why the entente allies did not long ago

send aid to tho Montenegrins and in

particular why Italy, which Is more

acutely affected by this Austrian in

vasion, had not taken preventive meas

ures. Tho Austrians are noy only ten

miles from the capital of Montenegro,

calculating the distance over tho ex

isting roads, and a successful blow at

the heart of tho country may hayo tho

effect. It is said by military critics, of

isolating the troops who are defending

tne nortneastern rronuer.

Germans Have Advantage.

In Champagne the Germans hold a

slight gain made as a result. of the

determined offensive of last Saturday

and Sunday. The French military au

thorities say that tho Gorman forces

which delivered the attack lost heavi

ly as there were three divisions and

those advanced in the face of the

French artillery fire, which took a ter

rible toll.

Russians Are Successful.

From the eastern front it is report

ed that a comparative lull at present

prevails. Special dispatches affirm

that the Russians have been so suc-j

cessful In consolidating their new J

positions that 'tho Austro-Germans

have begun, to remove BuppHes from J

the bases which they had established H

in preparation -for the advance which

they intended to make in the coming H

spring. IH

The British forces under General jH

Townshend have made several sorties H

from Kut-el-Amara, on the Tigris, IH

each being repulsed with losses, ac- H

cording to tho current statement bv H

the Turkish war office. The officia'l H

communication says this force Is sur- H

rounded. H

It was announced, in London yester- fl

day that the British relief force com- H

ing up the Tigris was at a standstill fH

more than twenty mlleB down the, riv- M

er. The Turkish unofficial advices H

have claimed the defeat of this force H

with heavy loBses. The British de- H

clare they have the better of the sit- H

uation and that tho halt of General IH

Aylmer's relief column is because of IH

weather conditions and the necessity H

of removing their wounded by river. M

Long Range Naval Battle. H

A long range naval battle in the H

Black sea between the Turkish war- H

ship Sultan Selim, formerly the Ger- H

man cruiser Goeben, and the Russian H

battleship Empress Maria is reported H

by Constantinople. The latter was H

hit by the Turkish vessel's fire, but H

the Sultan Selim was undamaged, it M

is declared. Constantinople clalmB

that considerable losses were suffered M

by the entente forces in their evacua- H

tion of the tip of the Gallipoli penin- H

sula. Parties of the retreating troops IH

were wiped out, the Turkish state- IH

ment asserts. M

The German offensive in the Cham- H

pagne on Sunday was preceded by a M

twenty-four hour bombardment, one of

the heaviest the Germans have yet de-

veloped against the French lines, a IH

Paris dispatch states. A prompt coun-

ter attack gave the Germans no time IH

to organize the positions they carried

and negatived their effort, the dis- IH

London, Jan. 12, 3.10 a. m. The l

Times, in an editorial this morning, H

dealing with the position of the British H

forces in Mesopotamia and the chang- H

es of control in Egypt and the middle IH

east, desires the government to define H

the ultimate object of the British ad- H

vance in Mesopotamia. It says that H

no conceivable military object can iH

be gained by exposing the British for- H

ces In an . advance beyond Kut-ei- H

Amara and that it is highly important H

that the government should decide H

upon a clear policy for future oper- IH

ations in these regions and place them H

under command of one strong mau. H

Berlin, Jan. 12, via London. 3 p. m. H

An ammunition depot in the south- H

ern section of Lille, northern France, H

has been blown up. An official an- H

nouncement says that seventy persons H

were killed and forty injured. Con- H

siderable damage to property was H

OLD TIERS' HT I

AT TRE ELKS' CLUB I

The "Old Timers' Night" celebra- M

lion held at the Elks' club last night, M

proved one of the most enjoyable H

"stag" parties that has been staged H

by the Elks in many months. Senior H

members of the club were in power jH

throughout the evening, and, with A. H

G. Horn, past exalted ruler, at the H

helm and W. D. W. Zeller, E. O. Ol- M

sen, John Culley, Judge J. A. Howell H

W. C. Camp and J. H. Knauss In the H

other official positions, a jolly pro- H

gram was carried out. IH

One of the features of the evening JH

was the initiation or several of the jH

younger "Elks," after the manner of H

the old days. This act was perform- jH

ed with willing victims and provided IH

rare amusement for the crowd. M

Following the program of entertain- H

ment, which also included song H

speeches and recitations, the merry- H

makers partook of an excellent buffet H

luncheon. M

Deaths and Funerals

PETERSON The 'funeral of Mrs. H

Annie Larsen Peterson, wife of Lars H

Peterson, who died at hor homo in H

Huntsvillc, Monday afternoon, will be H

held tomorrow at 12 o'clock noon, in JM

the Huntsvillo meeting house. The H

service will bo conducted by Bishop H

John Hall. jH

FRAZIER William Fred Holland M

Frazior, six-year old son of Mr. and H

Mrs. T. C. Frazior of Clinton, died at H

2:30 yesterday at the home of his H

parents. Acute nephritis followed by H

diphtheria was the cause of death, IH

Private funeral services will be held H

at 10 a. m. Thursday. Interment Clin- H

ton cemetery. H

BOOTH Lorenno Booth, aged 21 H

vears, son of Mr. and Mrs. II. M. IH

Booth of Farr West, died Tuesday at H

Hnyden, Arizona, of peritonitis Tol- JH

lowing an operation for appendicitis. IH

He has boon employed the past six H

months in a copper plant at Hayden. H

Besides his parents, several brothers H

and sisters survive. The body will jH

arrive in Ogden Friday accompanied JH

by Ralph Bohne and will be taken to H

the Larkin mortuary pending funeral jM

arrangements. H