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f ,.wttw aa.....- i .k.-,. : ... ( .. r .r -M) iipi-iinnii-nn-tupiir ritjiiiVWriiwitiiiiwjwu! i ' i , mm SECtlON ONE AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER .-PRINT$ THE NEWS JHE DAY IT HAPPENS I ': pages or:i to kit 3 I volume xnt I BEBELS flGHT I : niininn inmiT WITH KO REST MILLS lGNT- HJIES OiiSMiA BUT A IX ARE FINALLY ' . ITT OH'. f iVE HMDRtD DEAD Ltrrr.1? oiiNAGA steers 'l"ut o.' Besieged Town Will i.an Pumped t.f IX'frndtw ' Awtrl ,mi K.ViI Woumlt'd StAuiw !t ch vV"ioii;lit by .KvtMf.1 Kultot. ." ; t.-oH'Jin, Ti!c. J-'-n. l.--'-..v Years !vnrvi'h.'R wmdt buttle muring - Oi'iii'.p. Thi fightirtg commenced t.i've Jnys nco i'1 ',ot ''iai'; tlirn "i"1' oat r!'ht and i-ci-cl artillery c-n- 1 1. ..d utrnr.fth .a the toivTl. A. ram of sbU.- vvas falbng Kwoflig thw 't't-i'eadw?- and a' halt down fres verr rtftrtwl during tiw liitrht !Ut -reri exUntruirhed. The bat Me "n titiufid fierr-'ily. - . 'Wo'ind .-oH.ier rp at riving here nd -WO "OTfeR h.iv; been left dead mid W.'an streets .ot the , bMelipHi town. ,' ' Tfeey r eaUmate that, : tlie v.-ouncied r!U 'toUl a thousund. ' Tr.! tcwn .-vi'l fall,:4onn it is, clear pr-..- ilio rli-f cth1;--'i vi '.'.! at; n-.p.du to lnnall t-i'iiory a; d-salh is a o-taiuty t Ihc.v afe aigbt by the j.IM'o N1UVU, IS GUAHUPD. V'jijiic Will Kiuw llKln; of ,yisxl'n I'niU L:iU-nr.iv If Over. 1 C ii x' -i ' ' 1 " I e it iiri v i i iPiu'in" '"or Un- on idii. lutw-H.. t i" n" Wd oi aid - , i" i ,rv l,i d 1 1--' sl"j js Ui,ii, to li io bt i ff fie ).i .f th M'in t of CoC loit rut liiis cuid t.ot be certified. V;ic pai A 1 i..u t u' p'aii-. wtb -ew to 1"- - i icwvipir n tiom " .f i uifj i. h c e n'lwre He liuv ii i uit'A iw.tioi' ibi f be wiv'j u? a stfei nt ic' iv.ui"; the ..viireTKf8- '.VlictbPi' tisnd wjuIJ re t..n a M.w 1- "t m u "IS" v; i r Dl )i.c inu'K-N Wuijo. Ai'acu ' c. t-j in U't Tmi jtl(!: Si'ti Holding ". .tv.'.dletor.' Jan. U Pr.u! Liaii'le, for many Jrcars a wutiCTt in a hospital hero, -was.Bciwd.by atujpot Wttack lust evtnin? nhovt 10 .o'clock and - at 2 o'ife tSii,, aJterneoi ;l -still uu conw'ouu. rhystciims think 'he will . reoo-.cr hi:; -consftounne", bowewr. . "Mr. Le&i-l'e has ben to the Pendlo 1u htriital. a ' com-.ilote invalid, for " . ... many years. A few montns ago ..nc n;ori nritVi nnnfViPi stroke 01 v.ao . - v. ...v.. paralysis and his life was despaired of. He recuperated, however, and since then has been in his normal con dition, that of almost absolute help lessness. This morning at 2 o'clock his daughter, Miss Pauline, was noti fied to hurry to the bedside. Miss Lederle left on No. 17 this morning. MISS HOBBS ON WAY. nn.rt. From Salem at 4 O'clock v This Afternoon. ' Salem, Jan. 1. Miss Hobbs, the governor's secretary leaves at 4 o'clock this afternoon to close the saloons in Copperfield. So far a -known she will go unaccompanied. She would not discuss her plans to day but hopes to reach Copperfield at 2 o'clock Friday. Mitchel Sworn- in. ' New York, Jan 1. John Purroy Mitchel was sworn in as mayor at noon today with 1 impressive ceremonies. Eclipses In 1914ToBe4 Sun. to have partial eclipse yIN YEAR. . MERCURY PATH ODD Transit of Mercury . Across Sun's Path Part of Year's Forecast. In the year 1914 there will be four eclipses of the light-giving bodies, and a transit of Mercury across the path of the sun as follows: Annular eclipse of the sun February 24, not visible in North America. The second will be a partial eclipse of the moon on the night of March 11 and morning of the eclipse ' will be visible 12th. This . .. na frtllnwfl! Where montain time prevails it will begin at 7:42 P.. M. and last until 10:44 P. M. " ." - "On the Pacific coast it will begin at 6:42 P. M. and . will last until 9:44 P. M. v A third eclipse will take place on August 21 and will be .one of the sun, visible "as a small partial eclips on the sun's northern limb i in north eastern states. Throughout the lake region the sun will' rise more or less eclipsed. . - " The fourth will be a partial eclipse of the moon on September 4. It will be visible in western - North America at its beginning only; the moon setting as it begins on the western boundary of .Colorado, New Mexico, etc.j east of which points it will not be visible at all.; The start of the eclipse will be at 4:16 A. M. Pacific time. ( ' , BIG FIGHT ON THIS AFTERNOON AT LOS ANGELES. Cress Ten to Seven and a Half Favor, ite Storm at Frisco. Los Angeles, Jan. 1. Weather, is fair today for the Cross-Anderson bout. Cross is a 10 to 7i favorite. Anderson is expected to, weigh in at 137 at ring time and Cross admirers admit Anderson's wallop is dangerous at that weight as Cross is fighting at natural poundage. ' Storm Hinders Bout. ; San Francisco, Jan. 1. With clear ing weather at 8 o'clock today . it seemed certain that the Smith-Pelkey meet this afternoon will take place. Should the storm continue, however, the bout will be postponed until Sat urday afternoon. Odds at .noon were 10 to 7 with Smith the favorite. ORGY ENDS IN SHOOTING. Woman Falls Fro mShots Fired by ' Her Paramour Policeman Hurt. Sacramento, Jan. 1. Susie Adams, ,na A as Was shot and instantlv killed j rwioo rionnnnn was shot in the head and chest and forehead, and Policeman Warren was slightly in iured as the result of an underworld tragedy early this morning, resulting from an orgy participated in by tb j ix.. TMa w. T Y v. . j.,.i k 'oliMmen lowea Dy a pm - - Toomev. and Warren wc in uienapao. The latter was lying on tli floor from self-inflicted wounds in the breast while the bullets whizzed over the dead body ' of his paramour, whose victim she was. Pittsburg Has New School Head. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 1Dr. William M. Davidson was expected today ; to assume the duties of the superintend ent of the Pittsburg schools. -He was appointed by the school board m November and immediately resigned as head of the schools in Washington, D. C. GROSS MILLING lA QRANBE, OREGON, PLAIN CLOTHES POLICEMEN I IN PREVENTION OF GUI ME; fiAiDS ON QUESTrbiaABLE RESORTS MADE Splendid success in prevention of 'crime and detection of criminals as well as checking illicit cohabitation j in different sections - of the city- prevalent in more or less virulent degrees since the elimination of the restricted district through the em ployment of a plain clothes police man, came to light at the regular mid week session of the city commission last evening. Many important mat ters came up for consideration and not least among them, was the dis- vuasiun "i policies ana. memoas ox trettine at and nreventinir' the social . . 7- . - evils that exist. Two raids in the past few days, coupled with the pre vention of a pending crime early this morning, are a portion of the effects seen in the plain clothes man's activ ity. All the , commissioners were Bad Relapse Comes But Slow Recor -present" at the meeting. ery Is Now Indicated Again. The subway bill held by the War- . ' ren people for $650 came up but was j Mrs. F. S. Bramwell, who was1 re eventually - referred i to the manager cently operated on for appendicitis and city engineer.; ;:' The old council suffered a severe relapse last night, contracted .the bill in excavating Sec-J AH members of the immediate fam- ond street but didn t pay it as some question arose as to the figures and items in it 1 ... labor certificates ; Salaries' and were allowed. i ? construct some radiators and con-'sleep by the noise of blowing whist nections with; the 'battery'room. les and the .screeching of the mid- The ' poundmaster has been ;dis- night serenaders. . charged for the present, there being Dr. Upton was hurriedly called in no need for his services and. $70 is ito minister to the sick patient and re cut off the salary account King Roe, jmained until the danger point had the retired official, is acting in "thatjger yet, but is holding on tenaciously capacity and for any impoundings he I to life with fair chances of recovery. may make will draw the usual $1.00 fee. Plans to place a graduated wage scale on new fireman and probably new policemen, came up, third Fireman Drum wilj get an increase of $5 per 'month every other -month until he reaches the maximum of He has been drawing $55 . everv i A saving- of $25 or $50 quarter) has been effected by eliminat-'0' ing the purchase of dray tags. There lne ponce have evidence that will lead are so .few drays here tnat Manager tne arrest of a second momentar Lafky felt the police can keep tat Jity'. ns the result of an escapude in on theni and see that the licenses are .which a girl sleeping in a tent in the paid and the city will not hereafter have to, purchase tags, which are ex- pensive and eat up most of the license fees. '' - I . ; '; i The weekly report of Manager Lafky was filed and, reads as f. '. The water superintendent snent $25.45 on taps repairing and reading i meters. .' . The fire department had three calls, 14 volunteers each or a cost of $42 for the week. The last fire burned . . un a vacant house, corner Third and"" 1118 scene mm tne result mat one 0 streets. The street department spent $1.50 for snow shovels; $5.37 for lumber and $2i. for labor, most work with snow plow or shovel. Prisoners worked three days. The recorder collected $4.05 Im provement assessment; $37.50 fines; $1.00 pound fees; $.50 building per mit; a total of $43.05; issued warrants for October and November bills al- lowed at the last meeting $2,385.66; warrants .to treasurer i. ... improvement bonds, $?J1.37; also war rant for spe' irii jrest, city hall and additional sewer bonds, $875; nine ln ol-lnnes paid, cases in municipal court, with five The new treasurer took over $10,- ..... aaU n M(ln(iftv mftminl, is - .-.."'" the bonds and warrants In the B. C. P line bond sinking fund. He paid about $10,000 in warrants, also interest on city hall bonds and additional sewer bonds, also interest on improvement bonds, $251.37; ' He collected about $300 assessments and interest and about $25 water rent. Has the accounts two-thirds trans ferred to new ledger. ; , ' ; The Beaver JCreek' pipe line bond sinking fund consists of. $2409.04 improvement bonds;'. $830 general fund warrants and $1,931.19 improve ment bonds and cash $4,998.89, or a)ie port as in real war tin.. ' THUBSPAy'.-JNUARY 1, total of $32,069.12. Besides the in terest coupons on these bonds are un paid and amount ' to nearly $3,000 to date. : The police arrested and released 15 fines $37.60; pound fees $1; one cow in pound. The two horses advertised were sold for $56, expenses $22.10, turned $33.90 into treasurer. The force moved two undesirables out of town. I have placed a special man on duty to assist the chief and help enforce the laws of the state and ordinances of the city. . ' Have written the Bond company about the contract on ' the bonds. Have noted a number of changes to bs made in the charter. v MRS BRAMWELL WORSE. ily were called, to the bedside. Her temperature 1 rose : to 104.6, and her jpulse was 14$. The relapse lasted . a viav . inowu about two and one-half hours and is' thought to have been caused by be - CAROUSERS FRIGHTEN GIRL. Arrests Follow an Alleged Assault ... . - Scheme"1- ' yiaje it evidence, -which appears avail 'able, can be secured by the city off! Cials, serious trouble is, in store fornt ,,!ns' two' young men of this citv. Ona tlem was arrested last night, and western part of town -.was a near- victim. A group of young men had bene celebrating New Years In a more or less joyous manner and were under police surveillance much of the even- mS- , Early this morning it is said one of the group found his way to the tent in the rear of a local home occupied by a girl and theer is sa'd to have foisted his attentions upon the badly-scared girl. . An alarm Wfls given however and men appeared j., it. ... i , 1 1 . , arrest was made and other are pend ing. AH involved are local people, A thorough investigation is going on and state charges are likely to be,bells rang jubilantly, pistol" show filed. ,- , Dr. Baker Retires. , Boulder, Colo., Jan. 1 After hav ing served as president of the Uni versity of Colorado ror twenty-two years, Dr. James Baker today retired as head of that institution to accept a position under the Carnegie fund for educators. - Livingstone Farrand, professor of anthropology at Column bia University succeeds him. Dr. Baker taught for forty years and is now 65. He has served for years as a member or the national council of education, at one time being pres ident of that body. Mimic War Ordered. .Washington, Jan. 1. One thousand marines under command of Col. Geo. C.;. Burnett will leave Philadelphia thitv, month to test the efficiency of tke corps' .under rush orders. rThey vjill go toculebra, Porto Rico, for a nlimic land expedition. '. ;. They will Jirry their foil equipment of mines, fins, searchlights, and torpedoes, and upon reaching Culebra will disembark riake camp, mount iruns anA fnt.ifv 1914 RwoHolds No Succor CURE FOR TROUBLED MATRI i MONY REMOVED, '.' NEW LAW EFFECTIVE One Year's Residence Reuired to Ob tain Divorce Hereafter. Reno, Nev., Jan. 1. As a divorce center Reno went into the has-been class today when the new divorce law requiring a year's residence be fore applicattion can be made for a divorce went into effect. It is now just as hard to shuffle off the bonds of matrimony in Nevada as in any other state. The divorcees who are already here going through the pro cess of separating themselves fromi their husbands or wives will be per mitted to complete their tasks but thereafter none otheri but genuine one-year-rt-least residents need apply. Keno-s reputation : as a divorce colony was made by the ' rush which followed the passage of an easy di vorce law. Actresses, society wo men and othra flocked there in ' droves. Prominent among them was Mrs. Marsaret Emerson McKim, daughter ,-i r, of. Is9nc Emerson,. "Bromo Seltaej:" t'"8''' who married Alfred G. Van- derbilt after her divorce from Scott Hollis McKim. Virginia Harned se cured her divorce from E. H. Sothern here. Edna Goodrich came here to get a divorce and immediately after wards marrieid Nat Goodwin, whom she has since divorced. Others who were' divorced here: , -.;.-' Mrs. Florence Jenkins, of , Balti more; Mrs. Henry Hutt, wife of the artist; William E. Cory, who after ward married Mabelle Gilman; Philip Dodge, president ,of the Merganthaler Linotype jjompany and R, M. - Bud dington, known as the ""father of the divorce colony." NOISE GREETS TENDER YEAR BELLS, WHISTLES AND GUNS JOIN IN ACCLAIM. Dancers at ' Various ' Parties Halt to Greet Year With Shouts. . Nineteen hundred thirteen died a nojsy death in La Grande last night. True, there . were no cosmopolitan celebrations of the table-dancing sort bub as the dying year drew iits last breath, a score of locomotives cut '00se a siren greeting to the new-year rang out; for an instant the several dancing, parties going on in the city. halted in their steps and then broke j ouf.in shouting and vociferous greet ings. New Year's night is always signal for noise-making greetings ' f i.t nif fhQc !....... but last night these efforts probably eclipsed all other former attempts along that line. In several churches and in several homes religious greetings were x'?"m;h.X ' tended the year, watch parties; being 5! ' - " !!T ' a" T quite numerous throughout the city. Franz Joseph 83 Today. Vienna, Jan. 1. Entering upon his 66th year as emperor of Austria, . Fran Joseph, 83 years of age, today received more New Year's greetings probably than any other ruler in the world. Telegrams and cablegrams poured in upon the emperor all day from every corner of the world, in- eluding a hearty dispatch from Pres- ident Wilson. Aside from, the dis- patches there was a steady stream of callers, including his daughters Arch duchess Gisola and Princess. Leopold of Bavaria, their children and grand children. . Other notables also called ion; the aged ruler. .NUMBER 1T2. UPEOyED. mm FIVE HUNDRED CHICAGO MEN DEMAND WORK FROM . WEALTHY. FASHIONABLE CAFES IN PATH OF THE INVADERS While Chicago's Rich. Aire Celebrat ing New Year, Unemployed Form Army and March on Restaurants , Windows Smashed While Police ' Eject Invaders in Big Restaurant. Chicago, Jan. l.-while the New' Years 'fovllrV w&a " it.' k...U this morning 600 hungi-y and jobless men participated iif a downtown street meeting and then Leo Lippa, their leader, nrged them into a parade line. They formed in. line and the ar;sy of unemployed ; swung into the " white light district where the rich 'were H v carou8nr and greeting the nnV year with the popping of champagne, bot- tles. They, carried a t ner reading, "We Demand Work Not Charity." Pnce; the; marched threatened to invade a State street restaurant where the wealthy were celebrating, but the waiters called the police. ' ' The crowd entered several cafes, however, and demanded food. They were ejected when 40 mounted police finally charged the crowd and dis persed them after several windows were smashed.. Thirteen, were ar rested for disorderly conduct. . CALIFORNIA HAS HEAVY JttAINS. Total Downfall for One Rain b Two - and a Half Inches. San JFrancisco, Jan. 1. On of (-ha heaviest storms northern California has had in years has just passed over. but the weather department predicts I nMAj.L..u ..c it. . . . -uuumr ui cne same , proportions as the first, coming from the Columbia river. The old storm brought two and one-half inches of rain. ArkanHBH Nearly Dry. Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 1 Arkan sas practically joins the ranks of the prohibitionists toduy when the law passed at the last session of the leg islature went into effect requiring that a majority of the white adults of a community must sign a petition nerore a license can be issued for a saloon. The 'Masonic grand lodgo adopted a resolution, makinir it a Masoni; offense to sign such a peti Mother's Death News Comes. , ...... ... .. 'i, ' u ? 7i .P?P1''e" tor of the Savoy hotel, and his broth- er Jos. Mfcvuru ire on the28th 0f. December of the "T "i?- llza "TT kiauj awuwtvu ' EU .Hit- Meyers and his. wife were in Julian during July and August at the bed side of their mother and mother-in- 'low .t . J...... ... mien a nugniy uueration I01IOW- 'ed the operation! I , aua m. ',i .i.:,... in ot whom Mr, -if whom were at the bedside When the end came. She was a lifelong and faithful member of the United Berthren, and did many things for charitv. ln which she died and was well known throughout the entire county. Burial was in the iity of her birth. Owing to the distance, E. E. Meyers and his Vt1Sf hat ttrVt ni a nntn Iw A .1.J . hrother whoin .irT.' . unable to attend the la9t sad rit8. 'j
