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PEACE WILL
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Adrianople is to be
Given to Allies
Says Counsel
PORTE MUST YET RATIFY
SITr.lTION IX BALKAN WAR SCD.
DENLY ASCMES COLOR OF
PEACE POWERS' NOTE
SEEMS TO BE BE.
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Constantinople Jan. 22. The Turk
lull council today almost unanimously
greed to accept the recommendations
of the Enroean powers for peace in
the Balkans. The port h expected to
ratify the action of the general conn.
clL If this Is done It will mean the
end of the TnrkoBattam war. The j
derision means that the Turks wlU I
cede . the Atf of Adrianople and at '
least a portion of the Aegean islands.
, According to the term suggested to
the Turks by the imwers, only a nar.
row strip or country surrounding
Constantinople will remain of Euro
pean Turkey. Tie Peninsula of Gal
llopoDs and the narrow strip of land
along the sea of Marmora, and the
Dardanelles will remain Turkish ter
ritory. Tb .Aegean Islands, except
(hose near the straits will go to the
sillies and the, staltes of. Crete and A I;
banlu will go to the powers.
' London, Jan. 22. Conversations ov.
er the Balkan situation have been re
sumed by the ambassadors represent
ing the powers. All of them expres
sed the hope that the sultan would
act favorably on the suggestions con
tained In their note 'by which they
hoped to end the conflict
It is .probable that the Turks will
act on the advice of the powers, but
there is no official announcement that
the general assembly of the Turkish
people had decided that way. this
noon. V ,
Adrianople Surrendered. '.TENNESSEE COAL AJiD IBOX DEAL
Paris, Jan. 22. In dispatches from! ., REYIVFD
the port it I ssald that Turkey shat
decided to cede the city of Adrianople (
to the Balkan allies. The national as
sembly is said to have urged this
step and the ministry is said to have
acquiesced.
Turkey can hardly evade the pay-
kment of the war debt In this way.
'for they will sopn ask the European '
powers for a loan of money to re
establish the Ottoman empire and to
do this they will have to maintain the
good will of the European nations
and this Is spurting on the allies
to hold, out to the end.
" Odd Gotham Tract
New York, Jan. 22. Aa a result of
the tabulation of the city's most un
usunl pieces of property, what is
probably the most freakish bit of real
estate !n the world has Just been dis
covered here In the shape of a cor
ner plot In the lower part of the city
where comers are iseueraiij ouu ti
hundreds of thousands, if not mill
ions of dollars. The corner in ques
tion however is valued at only fifty
dollars. The low valuation Is partly
explained by Its size, or rather lack
of sir-e, since it is believed to be the
nmallent porner lot in the world, and
on this to a great extent depends Its
cliim to freaklshness. A derby hat
would almost cover the property In
question which Is to small that a
baby could not stand on It without
encroaching on - city property. - It
would be Impossible to erect any sort
of a structure upon It, and yet It is a
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' LA GRANDE, UNION COTJNTT, OREGON,
Half Million In Presents
And Lavish Floral Costs
Mark Gould Wedding
Tarrytown. N. T., Jan. 22.-lt8S
Helen Gould and Finley Sheppard
were married at noon today In the
drawing room of the Gould mansion.
Heralded as a wedding to be marked
with simplicity the fact remains the
rich floral decorations, hundreds of
costly presents and the brilliant wed.
ding breakfast could hardly be called
simple by the average American.
Rev. Daniel Russell, pastor of the
Irvlngton Presbyterian church, read
the service. The bride's only attend
ants ' were Misses Helen and 'Mar
garet Gould.' Seventy-five guests were
present Including most of the mem
bers of the families of the bride and
groom. It Is estimated the gifts will
total a half million dolars.
Gould Clan Present
The guests ncluded': ' J
' George Gould, Mrs. Gould and three
children, 'Misses Edith and Gloria,
Prank and Howard Gould the Duke
F
Berlin, Jan. 22. Outwitting Dr
Friedman, the discovered of the tur,
tie serum cure, scientists all over
Germany are in 'possession - of the'
Friedman cultures. Prof. Felix, Klein
peres was the scientist to bring to
naught the precaution of the discov
er who sought to keep the secret, for
commercial gain; Klemperer received
the consent of one of Friedman's pa
tients to draw from his arm living
bacilli which the discoverer had In
jected. This obtained, cultures of It
were soon produced in geart profu
sion. ' , .
Some of the material is now In the
hands of eminent scientists. Upon
the dictum of these men will depend!
is:
AGAIN QUIZZED
it
CuntrJ. saTP(j fm Financial Crash"
Roosevelt Soys.
;New York, Jan. 22.-Roosevelt's ed
itorial work was Interrupted this
morning while he submitted to an ex-
amlnatlon by Referee Henry Brown
In the government's suit to dissolve
the Steel Trust. The colonel's testi
mony was taken at the editorial of
fices of the Outlook.
Roosevelt was examined regarding
his, reasons for sanctioning the ab
sorption of the Tennessee Coal &
Iron company by the United Steel
company. The testimony covered the
same ground practically as that given
the Stanley huse committee.
Roosevelt dominated the hearing.
He condoned his action In having
sanctioned the absorption, and declar
ed it to be both justifiable and within
the law. Referring to those times.
Roosevelt said: "Those were panicky
times and the. men who advised me
that the public necessity required the
absorption of the Tennessee by the
Tnited States Steel corpOralon, gave
me the best Information they posses
sed. Wrecking the Country financial
ly or of saving the country from ruin
depended on the accuracy of that in
formation. It showed me beyond a
doubt that the Tennessee could not
develop unless It was put Into com
petent hands."
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ROOSEVELT
and Duchess of. Talleyrand, and their
son Howard.
Flower Cost Large.
Besides the flowers supplied from
the bride's estate the decorating f lor
1st used $3,000 worth of smilax. car
nations, roses and asparagus vines
In the art. -
' ; Hidden Orchestra Plays. ' ,.
Aa orchestra bidden behind a bank
of palms and roses provided the mu
sic for the occasion. ,The bridal party
marched to the altar to the strains
of Lohengrin's march and the read
ing of the ceremony- was quiet.
Detectives on Guard.
While the wedding was In progress
and afterwards as well private detec
tives guarded the house, one being
stationed at the main door. He dll
not recognize Mr. and Mrs. George
J. Gould, and , they had to remain
shivering in the cold until the butler
could Identify them.
SECRET IS PUBLIC
the date on which the serum will be
issued to the medical world. -
METAL PRODUCTION DECLINES
. Washington, . , January 22. The
steady decline In metal production In
Oregon, observed during recent years
has been checked Bays Chag. G.-Ya!e
of the United States Geological Sur
vey, reporting for the -year I9l2.
While the mine output In 1911 was
ttt7fl00 worth of gold .and .45.221
ounces oof silver the preliminary re
turns for 1912 show $657,000 In gold
and r SS.jlM ounces of - silver taken
from the earth. Thfcopjier rceied
at the smelters was 100,000 iounds,
(as compared with 93496 pounds the1
previous year and' a - new product,
lead, amounted to 38,000 pounds. .
Baker county leads the sate in the
production of both gold and silver.
Wilson. Brings Pressure to Bear.
Trenton, N. ' J., Jan. 22. Governor
Wilson is endeavoring to force the
recalcitrant legislature to pass five
bills, endorsed by him ,
"OF WHAT USE WOULD WOMAN BE IN WAR T'
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
Eva Booth, Head
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Pboto by American Press Aaaoolaaon.
VA BOOTH, who Is commander
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daughter of the late General William Booth, was a good angel of
the poor of New Tork city at Christmas time tinder her supervision
thousands of Christmas dinner baskets were distributed to worthy
families who otherwise would have gone without turkey and "all the flxln's."
Many were the heart touching scenes aa the poor people came forward for
their gifts. Oue aged woman In particular begged the privilege of clasping
Eva Booth's hands and muttered a prayer for her blessing. . , .
LEMON PRICES SOAK,
.
Seattle, Jan. 22. A cloud -wave hit
Seattle when the announcement wan
made that lemons that had np to now
gone to 97.50 a box would in all like
Uhod reach $10.00 a bx.
Minor in 8t. Louis Post-Oispaten.
22, 1913.
of Salvation
the United States
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of the .Salvation Army to America,
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SCRAPERS AND WHEELBARROWS
DRAFTED.
O..W. Depot Platform Drifts Moved
Thaw Dangers Anticipated
Teams and scrapers and men whit
wheel barrows were today drafted In
to service' to get piles of snow In
crease In size dally for several weeks
away from the O.-W, depot platform.
This unusual scene In La Grande Is
but a modified form of the snow prob.
lems that face eastern cities where
the enormous snowfall in La Grande
this year would be but a trifle. The
streets and the storm sewers through
out the business and residence sec
tions of the city are being kept open
with difficulty by the street scraper
method but Increase depth of snow
and danger of a hard thaw create
problems for the street department
that are serious. A sudden thaw at
,fn'c tvntiM pv Ornndi n i-
' vere surface flood.
Train Service Re-0iened.
Drifts holding paxsenger trains' In
j Wallowa county and preventing the
trains entering that community yes-
'.terday and the night before have
been cleared and service is again
running with comparatively little
difficulty. On the main line the adi'cd
snowfall of several Inches last.nlRht
bad no effect and both main line
morning trains were practically on
t'mR- . . .
Local plumbers estimate the dam
age done by the recent; freeze at
about $1,000. All cf the fchopg In
the city had about a wek's work, ex-
PROBLEM
NUMBER 7i
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HATES LPL;d
Sh- T
PROMISES MORE THAN MADS
GOOD IN IBX'RATfNG BOOKS
ISSUED IN CITY.
TOTAL REDUCTIONS . URGE
la Resides .Section Nearly All Re
ductions Wfll Be Hose to 15 Per
Cent and in Business Section lit
Local Company Agents Bare to Re.
'land oa AU Policies Since Sovewt
ber 16th. j ; i : . . j J
Equitable ratings for . La j Grande
prepared by the underwriters rating
bureau' since the installation- of the
auto car and alarm system, have been
announced In book form reaching lo
cal Insurance writers ' today. Ths1
difference between these : rates, or
dered Into effect November 15, but
only announced In complete and de
tall form today; - are even more ma
terial than the underwriters promts-1
ed when La Grande was contemplat
ing, the heavy expenditures for fire
protection. It Is difficult to stipulate
in dollars and. cents what the reduc
tions mean but t?iav they run into the
thousands annually is a foregone con
clusion. The eductions vary , from
R tfk IK nAP rfnt with a na.t m o in-
Ity of the re-ratlngs hovering about
the 15 per cent mark. . The elimina
tion nt tha t&pvUniv .In Vli.li . kU-
Ing is deemed to run serious risk has
been reduced to 25 feet from 60 and
the basic rates reduce too. 1
The New Basis Lower. ' ' i
Formerly, as now, the rate on dwel.
'Jngs was subdivided Into three clas
sesBrick, combination 'and board..
The first class was rated at 40 cents
tne second at 45 and the third at 50,
but had attached to them the annoy
ing exposure clause. ,The new rate
is 35. 40 and 45 respectively but this
material reduction is not : the most
slashing one." . " t.
Formerly there had to' be added to
the basic rates, listed above, added
sums for certain fxposures. to wit:
When dwellings were within 10 feet
of another building 25 centj was add-;
ed to the rate of 50 cents;1' when be
tween iu ana zo, zuc; wnen Detweea
95 1A Ai tan IK AAnta 'u.knH k..
tweea 40 and 60 feet 10 cents. Under
the new rate all of these exposure
zones are eliminated saved two. the.
ten foot xone with an added charge,
of 10 cents and between 10 and 25
feet, five cents. This brings an- aver-,
age of 15 per cent reduction in ths
residence districts. dnDendlns unon
the nearness to hydrants. Are alarm
boxes and the nature of the streets.
In the business district the reduction
averages 13 per cent, two or three
buildings alone bring the reduction
average down because of certain con
ditions existing.
All policies written since Jfovera-
Der nave rebates due tnem ana lo
cal Insurance companies have stu
pendous tasks on their hands return
ing thse refunds. The books of rat
ine however, have been supplied them
miiu it in principalis it limner of cler
ical work.
elusive of regular business. 7'.. Is does '
not include the work that La's been
postponed on account of the -old
weather. Many of the residents have '
turned the water off and . have bor- (
rowed from the neighbors. When the '
thaw miiui thora will tx a ere.lt
llfJO
HWHITEP
amount or repair wora ana me ioiai ,
damage may exceed the figures given
above. In many Instances the dam-
age was slight, but In others new
pipes had to be Installed. Much of -'
the trouble came as the result of for-
getfnness, which a plumber's bill '
will help to correct. -
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