La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 10, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextO 00 o OL Phone pie Obser.er the Newr- and Tour Want Ada. Main 37. vsxvet An Independent ' Mewapaper PflnU the Newa the Day It Happena. VOLUME xvin SIX PAGES LA 01AN1)E. OKKOOX, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919. SIX PAGES NUMBER 88 o . BRAZIL HAS RIOTS AND BLOODSHED l.AIIOIl TltOllll.IvS CAIKH OF MAX Y UKATHS IX lll'K.VOH AYltKB. TROOPS AND STRIKERS HAVE PITCHED BATTLE ' early All Industries In llruvJliuu Capital Disorguiiu-.f-d and ur;ilyz cd IJritisli Subjects Appeal to (.ovciiimei.t for Protect Um Their lAxvs and l'iierty. BUENOS AYRUS, Jan. 10. It is reported that there wore 150 casual- ties here Thursday afternoon as tiro " Ul " """"" , strikers at the Yaseua steel work. The troops. opened lire on tho strik-. crs, who responded Willi rifles. The government has st ttioncd sol diers and artillery In the vicinity of tho steel works, and troops from various section of the republic, in cluding Kosario, uro being rushed there. BUENOS AY11ES. . Jan. .10. Another battlo between tho strikers licre and the government forces be gan Thursday afternoon at the V.:ts ena iron foundry. Meanwhile the strike movement is spreading, and more than 50 unions have joined. In tliu fight at the Vasena iron foundry Thursday 20,000 strikers surrounded the plant in an attempt to force strike breakets to leave It. Tho government rushed up a squad ron of national mounted polico to es cort the workers to safety. During the afternoon street care and tuxieabs were overturned or do: Btroyed. As night approached the situation admittedly was assuming grave proportions. -' ' Industry Was Paralyzed. Nearly all the industries of the oily. Including the transportation lines, have been parilyzed by a 24 hour general strike, called In protest aiininst the "use of forces by tile M . . . ... rtote" In the light Tuesday, lu wiucn five metal workers vere killed and : iki. .....ilr.,1 Tli. utrikn watt dn . '. , ..i i i,..i,.,-,- ., ...... r..r....l n r..w venis ,.,.i,, . ..vi.iiod f-oiiilwav he was president of deacon's f.lf .' - j (he fifth labor congest, because of al-i t.....i ..n.il...iii;tiK loiwli.nciCH. 1 o Th.ff.dn nn 1rerti,yhiih work cars, taxicabs. horse cabs or delivery successful lie was ordained an el-v,-l,icles have been moving. The!-" about 8S0, ' 'fcd ,t0 strike includes more than 50 brunch- ''1 a " . th Bute, os of trade and affects more than M President V - . ford V oodruff and 1G0.00U laborers. IltNincss Iloijsi-h TloM Strike committees visited ro.nmer- t lal houses and d' l:irl luent sloi es cliinliK uio unenmuN . u ..-.j..... employers 10 rnis-j im-u I'w'-va . liiiKiuess In order to eniblc their em ployes lo Join the one-day strike. Hy 4 o'elork all the hiy. Houses down town had elosid tlvir doors und shut tered their windows, and the em ployes were In the ilveet throughout the afternoon, as th.i was no means of transportation on' of tho elty. A thousand strikers formed a . ( .f. tl.n .nftl.l'- tunera. - - - noon ror li e live pnn.ou hm:" Tuesdnv's disordi-M. The eoffins were Iraned with red fbits. hail lain in yiale Weilm-sdiiy nicht in the inel.il work ;n union neau ouai lers. Hrilif.li Snbieits Ak l'ndi-rlioii A group of British subjects -appealed lo the Hriti:-!l minister for protection of ihele lives and proper Iv in t vr of the soriousneiis of the siloition. The mini r promised to consult I lie Argentine toreiKn nuice wtlh regard to the safety of ior - eicners. There was violeii'e in all parts of safety of for- the ' ity. as lite strikers lurccc, ";, rturkers lo join tiiem. inuj ouimi" td horses and turnett iiiem ioosi m the streets, and alletl'.pled 10 b'frn the niiliec stiition. near il,- scene of Tues- lav'a tiulltill?. Till e polirenieD Ulidv . (.,on nn Amil R. 1909. and sevenl laMrcrs wre wounded. ;., RO riicagcil. when called to the In another section an automobile.; ,,.,,,! . carrying a, police chb f. was ITrcil Jip- and walk.. . ,.he-rficials. r-fu,d .0 leave, helr.irJij-r f ,,,, are living. c until theyer, forced to o so. (or d ui, girls. His ol- Police armeo .. r firemen. The only moior ai i to oiierate undisfirbed ate thfee Vflvlu.- the red flag. blch indicates lht thev are carrying strike -4i' a- - ffi luts. , PRESIDENT TO GET FIRST HAND EVIDENCE cn w.of Ihe Pi (gPAKlS. Jan. 1" aounced I'Aiy ttrat I'resi'VtTk 7 Wilson will pay a visit Miiiuruav vastatcd' by ' ttfeC ' Western Frout i the reil.ini.campai, ruaca on the (fSi ' Informal War Contracts involve Sum of 3 Billion WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Valida tion and adjustment by the secretary of war of informal war contracts in volving the expenditure of more than $2,700,000,000 is authorized by a bill passed by the house lute Thursday by n vote of 270 to 30. Approximately 6600 contracts in this country and a , large number in England, Francs and Italy would be affected. A similar bill, also placing adjust ment in the hands of the secretory of j were offered, but only two minor ones war, was approved by the senate mili-1 changing the phraseology were ac tary committee, which reversed itfjeepted. TO PAY FOR SHIPS Agreement Ileaehed With Nurweig iana fur Settlement LONDON, Jan. 10. E. N. Hurley and R. B- Stevens of the American shipping board, .after conferences with representatives of the Norweig ir.n Shipping association, have agreed that tlio United Sta'ts shall imniedi- jilelv n:iv numnm til (1011 00(1 u-hleh L ,. x. ' ,'., . ,,,, , ,.,.,. ,. terja,s and -.,, t)R.y werc r. iquisltioned by the United Slates at tim9 sho elUCTe(1 tho war ' EI.DKIt MKI.VIV ,1. ISAl.l.Altll UK. t'HMKXT )!' HKiH HONOR Is "Widely Known and lias Kpcnt Many Years of Servlco ill The Church. SALT LAKE, Jan. 10. At a spec ial meeting of tho First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve In the tcmplo Tuesday, Elder Melvln J. Ballard, president of the Northwest ern States Mission was ordained an apostle and was set apart as a mem ber of tho Council of the Twelvo by Prcsi.:nt Hobcr. J Xrant- . .-- ' Xnllvo of l.ngnn. Elder Melvin Joseph Killaril, aon of Henry Ballard, rnd Margaret Mc Neal Ballard, was born at Logan, "v - ' , , , . .pH thn rltnlrfcr nchoiilf. ji lid Itr chum - . ' , n"R and graduated from the II. Y. C. in 1H04, being for. two iycars thereafter a member of the facial facility of the collepc. In a church quorum and served for three -years as an active teacher in his ward; in he as exceptionally land Oeorso D. lper In 18I6. He 'spent several months in tho branches I lnn churi:ht vlsl;l.1B tllB are lies of tho United Slates, and was ,hen to Nort,ern States ! Mission to continue Ills labors. He w--,s there two years after tluit. HeturinK to I.oKan, he assisted In .!..,. ii. a I........ u-,liiln fnp. ui f.iin,.iif. ...... ..... ...n COUNCIL OF 12 jtoryund buildltm it up until it became""-? were unuur onini..u ul """"'i'" "',( u Ihrlvinu am nt'OKlierr.us inst tut on. He served for in years as ils maim- t-hcy were disarmed by the Gorirans ; Ker Ho also assisted in orcaniziTiKiBnd sent to Hialystok. There th-y other business enterprises in I.ocan. iere robbed by the Germans and were, imrnie them the Commercial Iloost-1 started off for Polish territory.' clllu. He was one of the first di- rectors and served as president of I.eml-r(t. where the l'oles are ile- ( III! Al.ll, Jan. 10-t onirrcssnian .i 11.. ma 't, n.linfr Thmxe1vra aeainst the Ku-. elect Vict r I.. DcrCl I of Milwaukee, Tho bodies'.,. . ! man uiif ii ui inn i.v.m v it,,-, iiiil i Hi, ,.,,., hi.... for 17 v..nr. nnrl with others was Instrumental in in- The political situatamn at Warsaw l" j the. espionage ni t to obstruct tne gov stalllng lho beautiful pipe organ in 'stationary. As a result of interviews crnou nt's war program, plans a fight ifcf. if,lifrn:if'ln at I.oean. 'which Iirnnce Jan Paderewski has had - to obtain a seat in the national as serted In JJMiopiir Ftilnr llllaril u chosen cs sec- nr.d counselor to the bishop of thc.vidr-il the Socialists now hoMinc pi uc. Second ward In LoiMil and served in i (t)at t.apaciiy for B(x yens. He was closon a ,m.niber of the high council j()f r;uehe stako in the spring ot llSOfl. With Klrier Job. W. McMurrln ,lp ft.as (.,.,! nn ., )hort-term mission Northwestern Stales Mission, noise valley, and with him assisted n P,tahllshlni; tho Iloisc branch. ; h, , , now ,a.,, jj. -. cal. ! . . Dro,i(i,, nvcr the Northwestern married Mafth Jonr of! FarmiD?ton. in Jun4 Ib'.tfi. Slie-'wa, a utop-flunghlpr of .Urcmiah Joncn. iTlv haw" b.'cn hi -ss H Dlilh ClKllt .esl, is a !leutenaUt In Iho.l;. a rin V. - NATION-WIDS DRIVE ' : I i n'ho himre.'fhadpprcviously Wn- :ir- i..i.. xnJ. r..P i-.n.iu.i.ni ;...i . r? Co ! KiiniN lot' liun Ii. cdutwm.'s. Olil.i. Jan. 1".- .Jtlic 'New Kra Moiednt" . . r- . . . ra.l.l-lnrianMI'hllfrn firu.ff.fl two-days co'erce ttregl liflsday . .....i.J-. . ....i ir epiiriiiijij iii iK Q mpaKn t" raise !T3"oO.iH r constTnctlonQrrteste'Oion work of rcconst" Ahi cliurcb. o O previous action in voting for the crea tion of a special commission on ad justment. Opponents of the bill passed by the j house favored adjustment of tlie con tracts Dy a congressional committee acting with the attorney general and the secretary of war, and they sought to amend the measure to meet their views, but the amendment was voted' down. Numerous other amendments M. P. A. OUSTED IMlDltT.VXT DECISION- (ilVEX 1IY WASIIIXUTOX ItEXCH. Supremo Court liars Mi'trhnntK I Protective Association of Indiana Prom Stale. OLYMPIA. Wusli . Jan. 1 0.- By j order of the suprome court Monday ( tu flH.ru,n.HH.rn,tu ino lhHUl'ltt; v nan ' V V. I of their relation as attorneys to ihls organization in Seattle, the late Hir am GUI, then mayor of Seattle, aud his partners, Hoyt td Frye, were cited by the state board of law ex-1 amlncrs for a yenrV suspension from practice. The supror.io court revoked this recommendation with -an admon ition against such practice in the fu ture. In its activities us an organization that Holicits -iiicmbumhip on tho um Mi ranee of furnishing lopal servhres for tho Justice of the Peace and po lice court cases, for which it retains a Arm of attorney.-, the association Is held to violate tho prohibition of corporations engaging in the practice of law. The association is an Indi ana corporation. , , SOVIET TROOPS E WASHINGTON V LNA the HolHhevikl element. Many wom- POU8H ClVaUANS MASSACKKI)'5" liave iim'd 1,10 !vornimnt forces BY BOLSHEVIKS. Padcrewskl Working Hard to Unite His Countrymen and Secure Rec ognition and Aid From Allies WARSAW, Jan. 10. Vilna has fal len into the hands of the Bolshevik army, several thousand strong, which drove out the Polish militia. A mas- cit-jfacfc of civilians began at once, pan sistance and had arrested or shot the; members of the local Bolshevik com mittees. The Polish troops who had no cui.- r.on uno only n lew tin li iukl-s iiyi inn-. . . , ,. . veuso, nura' '!". LemlierB mid nine. ..!.. .imm afe for the tim.- . tiLiiiDK.! n-1 - 'brii.fr Iwith General Piludski, Paderewski ha. nirreed to form a new raiiinel P o - ;jn the ministry withdraw frm llieir ; prednniinatir.g ioitinn. fienetnl Pit - BU,lski expressed himiclf as no; w .! - ma a USc hi authority to forre the j v ithdrawBl of these Socialists. ' Paderewski is working hnrd am! 'mnkinir'anpeals to patriotism. He de careg that he himself is wtllte,; to ! sncrifice every ambition, if only n . . , -,, f,.rm- ,fci.-h lh 1 liii P ' .,..,:,. a.,i .tl.t,d ui,! to u'lfii'wnv the.'ili.triet uttoinev's office ' .. I.-..- h.v f .r hn kn"rtJ1in j,,rt f cabinet wouU l' :-d . ' i,(,i,hrvi,, m.,.i laile to liet Aid. (ncraj pjimKi-ki itiid other leaders l(Jd vrrv plainly "h. 'Ji ,, ...l i . ..i .. i. 1..I I"' '"laTly unitwl ' l'"' ' "nptach hllf vhn ,h, rPfcnl .rttem.t to overth-.w the igwernment, is still in prison. II i iffivernmpfiL. if Bun in uii.viii. ii- t..uf;V.v IKn iu.t-Bn.l- lt.1 fi'fcjrd l Minister of the interior Jhurgjt. Kefugcci fn io Pclret(l say "U Pc!ret(l say f ill i,'strving pi th treet are f ill i.'starvine pifrtiic. many of vioni have noey bit ran ret no food. There ha,i.een r ou . l..ul n Ifi..., h. rulllil ullil-l nrc jj, rompo'd mf Ufb and Es'.hO't'ans, !.i. r . .i? :t:i. D0.onaliwhn for the most part .rftSocislUU iwno lor me ttjosv psiv i(r.-'n.i.inBis. j land o pooled R property oWlimc (U;d 0 .the aristocratic classei, who aie of.liai jlQirnun urii'in. LBKHT Monio WOUNDED SPAHT.U'IDKS' i.i:i)i:it Iti A victim )!' .r.i:ADi-; i;xplosiv)x. EBERT FORCES ARE NOW IN CONTROL OF CITY i Women aiv .loiuinr; in the fluht on the Side of the .Nnr-lalist (iovern ment. Itiissian li.iUlu-vikl Are Ite (Hii led to lie Helping (icruiau Hoy ollltioilUts. COPKMIAGKN, Jan. 10. Karl I-lobkiiecht, leadtM uf the Spartacides, or llolKbevlki. ini Berlin, was wound ed by the uxploHiou of a hand jiron- fiilt. iit llm lif.iitf.i.r .. !,, r.. n:Mi..i n.nrci:!!- . whiii. n-ut . portH Kt:lUH, tm tB n;bel lmi(U, huil ,)t)t,n kiUedlt v,:ab if.arne(1 iut,r thut his Injuries would tul. Llebknecht wai wounded a mob attacked him an be woa Iiik through the strrets of tho cltv. Although violent dentins contin ued all day yestorday, tho Spiirtn eideH hnve been worsted by the rov ernment Jroops, which contlnuo to arrive in Iterllu. liands of HiiHsiun Dolsheviki, ditt KiiiKed In CJeuuun uultorniB, -are Raid' to be illitinK with the Spartucides, while on the other liand a student leKlor luiH been forn;ed to Hiipport thn Kbort Hoclaliutlc government. Heir Auer, tho Sucinlist minister, announced today thai ihiIcrb the dis ordera within the city ceane tho Ua v.irian army will be oidered to march upon Berlin. Robert Ktnil FiMiorn, the apart arufi chief of police in lierllu, who refused to accept (lkmiiHual from the Kbert Kovornment, h lied from the oily, aecttTdhitf to'Zufich ndvtcoa from tho German capital. Chancellor Kbort Iirh declared the city to be in a at ite of Heine and ham Issued a call to the populace Haying that If they wish to voto on their own Kmomment. wilh!(ti 'thn 'we(k they nniHt rally nt oure. and by in eel -Ijik force with force out down fighting the Spartucides, as a result of tiiis call. Ilundmts of people! havo been kill- jerl In the city. but. it. Is said that the Kbert forces now havo the sltuatlou well In hand. - ,j.vu ill' villi r.xxo roit ki.ico IK u a it hi: I). , ' ...... envirtrd Sorialot leader IMerminrd lo Hav; Seat in Ixiwer House of Congress Kept for Him. ' one of t ho f ive Kociali -t leaders found Jtuillv Weilncsilnv of conspiracy undcr ' scnibly. Ci.niplnint to bar him from congress as di-loyal already has been ; filni liy .1. P. Carney. Kcinorrnt. whom (. rj:i" defeated in the November dec- ' tinn by S'Ot votes. ; ' If rotigress dcrniis that there mu-.t Im a re-election in my di.lrict," said Uerger Thtunlay, "I -shall run again, and be fleeted n;raio. And if they still refine to 'let. me take my seat, BERBER WANTS RECOGNITION then the congressional district will raiment's creilltois 'will Mud Its var main unrepresented in thi congress." pnimiitly buck Inlo the ehiinmli of With the lierrer trial out of thc'cniinnerce mil tisile. inH llisiceflll OB - ..r,.,."l ,. f, ihe nml i,f VittiiriiR1 I't'ittis anil John l.a I'uca, publisher! ,,, - ihn palhin newspaper. J.i .'airnnla Prulet! in. on ha, ces of consniracy. They are chmpvl with having p'lb- lishfd 5.-litM u arti.-lr vakv up m nn.witjn ' f wl.clfth of KxpHilion.ry I orr Ui Hare Hair Hftil'4. - . m . W1A1M' .r.e to Virtually ooc tclftlPo'ohe total f the American cxpciW'om-jiv fori ei landed Ml Fraoreiiy fc, yretorvul If -He.' wai u ,-ndi.iby Inking .nv.jeno.ra. wr. wtwra "- ..i i.. i . iii...i ,.n i&t'i- r.iiiM,:..,,..u . n... i,iti.rnint.rtt nti.v ui til, ir! well-known Uiiker county man, whi, tl-.4jj4i ocy to Ur'fV'l States. Aim" - iean mm) headnMitcrs ann'ioin''! voter-lay tlva,' moie than Iftl.txw. sol- do rs. ,,.rTinif l''' office, ar tiers, .')pipn-mg ... . ' -. J , ... fflkf.WU rM-...mnllIIPII fiftll-r .'It'll , t- had left France. . The figures include all soldiers wbo e laft France since the ip fjj- Arti(.r. D - an troops St-t foot on i.carly twenty ihol;u. ago, w Settlement of Strike Is Put Up To Wilson WASHINGTON, Ju. 10. Officials at tho V'hlto House uxpoct to hear inomonturily that President Wilson has taken action to end tho strike of tho marine workera in New York harbor, which has paralyied Industry there and tied up the city to it de plorable extont. Secretary Tumulty wired to the President today, telliUK him of the gravity of the situation and request- TKKItlTOHlAI, UKtH'KSTS HAVE MADE JUd'O-SLAYS 1)1 ITKIt. Wilson and Orlando Confer on Points Which Have Caused Dispute, with Beneficial Result. PARIS, Jun. 10. It is expected hero that any undue territorial claims which ,nny bo matio by Un,y nt lho Peace ITALY'S CLAIMS CAUSE DISPUTE Hrarned lutir . , ' . . not prove ftlJC0'erenfC will be opposed by the Unit Toundrd when'0 stlllus Kn(flnd and Japan. This urtv-ISUDJect nas evn brought to the front hy the occurrence of a conference bo- tween President Wilson, and Premier Orlando. The Jugo-Slavs arc bitter in their criticism of Italy's action in claiming that territory should be given to them nt the northern cud of the Adriatic sea which would open direct trade routes with tho east for them. They contend that Italy should not have any more land on the eastern Adriatic const given them than the nationality of the peoples affected will warrant. The President's conference with Pre mier Orlando is said to have been bene ficial to the American viewpoint that Hnly is entitled only to national ter ritory which does not include tho east ern Adriatic coast. WAH TOST (JOVKIINMKNT MOItlj THAN IN ANY Of II Kit MONTH Artiinl ( nsli KxHindi'l Was $1!,0(I0,. 00(1,0(10 "Uio War Is Won The Hills Must lie l'nlil. SAN FHANCISCO. Jan. 10. Sec retary of tho Trnasjry Carler Oloss in a telegram lo Governor Jaines K. Lynch oMhe Kederal Resorvo bank has stated that the actual cash outKo of 2, 060,00(1, OHO spi nt by the kov ecnuient In the moiiili or Deconi'ior was the hlKlicst reached during any month of tho war. Actual money spent during the Uist six mouths und ItiK December 31, excluding tr.innac tions in the public debt was $10, Dn.OOO.OOO accorillr.i; to the li-li-craui. ' Tho December lol.il Is MO.000,000 less than eslimato'l from fltiiires compiled by tho treasury depart ment New Vear's day Hccrelary Class followed I ti In state ment with an uppc-il to the bankers '. of llm con ui I y I o jvelsiTlbe t he cu r- riuil issue of treasury certiflcules of indebtedness. BIG EXPENSE IN DECEMBER America Had a'most reached llio;when tll!! Ht.t.ve ,)f his jil(.kt.t was Proonciion oi war m.iieriai j anil supplies al the moment when the artuiKtice ai signed." declared tho hired the ; secretary or the ti iasgry. Her no - silntcil effort In mint and material tin- : bringing the war 'o an eauy con- elusion l lie inns jr ' now ponrina in whl'-ji require the govorr. meut to pay the p;lce of tills great effort. "Tilo rfnotiey .paid to tho govtin- Isiteroitse and bai k Inn. th dewn'ti or'l ihe kinli Tin ietfxm r.f l h i.eo ! pin deiriKls no let l wait Uia 111 ! ar upon the uiint-on w oi tin- ynverniiK ot 't'Hlit. . . "V hH ntii tfKrii 'ifIr!i In the -yr- nf nur t'fa Milfl.nti i ftiry ;... ... -..,., n,n ..m i.c, .""'' -'""''. the country Ir unicii . itiey wer.i . .,HMnK ami roidy I., .lie TU" War 1i W'm, oll - i,,,,,,! , ,id. ,.Tbe wi Ifare and, jr - Iperuy of ih' : fidr inj of '.ur call on - ; m D.lbiniii 4t prnmp'ly jinl iicgruds- liuly liruMU- l. u " a , Willi .n'i"! mtiwi can I on Hi.. .,pMis of AmerlW to s'- .. I.,. M .. . t lid NIT l'n I' J' TI 1 li-.MIf! lllfrtlM.) ' S., .av '....oi.,,.-,.,.(j .Wi t. h"W 13' "'-""iB'"1 ",,"' .rt'il. . . r , .mi. Wisfe)b' mad fli-wei-kly In i.Word ttnc with lho ittn tiiilHntffl in HtrJUkcr. Iri ai(l then i ii iisAiioi. iiar .... v voi. i...r lu; Q ling that ho t.ike Immediate action to terminate tho strike. ' " Thousands of people In the metrop olis will be suffuriui? acutely from hunger within twenty-four hours un less the strike Is broken, New York officials declare. The Btrlkers havo voted down a proposition to grant a forty-eight hour armistice, to enable steps to bo taken to settle tho difficulty, and the'siVuutlon is now up to the Presi dent. COLUMBIA FROZEN (joldendale Kancher the Kirst to Drive Auto Across Columbia. THK DALLKS, Jan. 10. H. G. Chamberlain, runchor of ColdoninlR 'drove an automobile across the Colum bia yesterday on the ice. This is tho first time the feat ever has been ac complished. Ice floes which spanned tho river several days ago have frozen solid and pedestrians have been crossing. Cham berlain reached the Washington shore four minutes and twenty seconds after leaving Oregon, ELECTRIGALLY ITTV IS I'lVTIiNH MiW MACHINE ON TIIM JOB TODAY. Householders Wlio tluvo lleen Vp AKiiinst II Kiw Wnler Mny Have Auotlier Wnsll. The city Is putting an olectlc thuwiiig'muchlno to work today to open up the city wator maluB which liavo becomo closed by tho frOBt during the cold weather of the last few weeks. Tho new machine la the property of tho Kiistora Oregon Light and l'owor Couipuny and It Is said, to work very efficiently end ut a low COBt. Tho method follow od Is to heat the pipes electrically by attaching wires from tho machlno to taps in two neighboring houses, which glvoB a complete circuit through tho wator pipes. Tho passngo of the current through tho pipeB gencrutofl sufflciont heat to thaw lho Ico within a short tltno. Tho cily offlclils expoct that they will have all faults in thn servlco roetlllcd within n fow days, by the use of the machine. LOSES AR1 Al!I. WILSON HAS ARM CUT UY SAW YKSTKKDAY, Accident Occurred nt Palmer Mill Arm Saved but Will Itc Stiff Per manently, It Is Thought. Paul Wilson, a millwright employed nt the Palmer mill, and who lives at the Palmer board house, was the Vic tim of a serious accident yesterday morning, in which he narrowly escaped l'lSillg inn Illll. null. "noun "n hi. wink earlv vesterdiiv morning ,,.h, ,i. .....l arm , rIlwn il. A l.,l mil uu . . . , , .',, n,w ,i ' ,, (hc llrm iitl.y b stiff . mw :0int nermancntly. Wil- sen was taken tn the (irande Kondc . . . , , , ,, i( l, reoorted hospital for treatment. He today to be resting. easily.' ' , . ,.-,:, ..- AXv . STEAMSHIP SUNK BY FLOATING MINE i . I LONDON, Jatl U). The Ciiltlnh steamer Nortiillmbrl i, from Haiti nil', atmrk a mill oil Mid'lleslior- ough today and sunk In a shotl time Whllo tho number of sutvlv.us has not yet been leared. It Is ktlov. li that ii:lit pnjfton Imt t lives. BVICWE AT BiltES. ' o .. ,.e.. , . .. .... ... . '"i" m. .......(.., .. Strycl!' tti IIAKKR, Jan,. 10. Joscfiti Mford icommitted biih ufi- Wediirtdamorninj hail been livui on nis rnncn near-not I'reek., Ilwwna A.) ic.ivc. a wi.iow niin ,i.r ;u-i-i... el' o a fath, C. W. MetVn., who .: ir ii..:..:.. 'iifc.i.' USIAIII ITilllir 1.31 1 -ti.J ... i.:. k.. n..Vl..i - V,i.covcred. Hie bXjOA brought IW c,0 JkJ I.. ;.ra fVf.t u iiii, nd run i iinmni ia J 1 'II f if . i7w i!'.'ju't. v.-aa not deemed iO.O-ur i THAWING PIPES MAN NEARLY CONTROL OF h1 ItAll.ltOAl) IIKADN OITI.IXM HUd. (iKSTKl) PLANS KOIt 11U- VATK OPIOKATION SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES BY ARBITRATION PROPOSED Would Provide New Cabinet Officer lo IHrect .Mecgln.:, Cnlf Icatlon of Operiitlon, Pixillng of I'acllltlea anil fjirniiigs, noil for Kuforclug Ailisiunto Servlco. WAaillNGTOcJ, Jnn. 10. A com prehensive program for prlvuto own ership and munagomcint of railroad! under strict government regulation! wub laid before tho Bonnto In-teratata comnioico conuultteo Thursday by T. uowitt Cuylor, chairman of the asso ciation of railway oxocutlves, ropre sentlng pructlrully ail loading roada In tho Unltod States. Tho plan In cludes provision for merging systems, i lnrgo measure of unification of op eration, pooling of facilities and. In cortnin cusob, pooling of earnings, and onforcemont of aderjuata service undor supervision of a aecrotary of transportation, a new cabinot office, with the Intoratate commerce com mission acting as a et.prome court of review of rnto disputes. Wugo and employment disputes which could not bo settled between employes and luuimgumenta would be rotorrod to an adjustment board within the department of transporta tion undor the plan, and strikes and lockouts forbidden, ponding in vestigation. Moat operating reform! effected during untiled ninnugoment by the railroad administration would be con tlnttod. bnt the executive object to Di rector General McAdoo'a proposal for Ave- year oxtenslou of government control. Their suggestions are sim ilar to tho recommendation! of tho Interstate commorce comuilssllon pre sented to the Benato conuultteo at hearing! earlier this wcok. (ItMHl Hen-lco at Low Cost The fundamental and essential purpose to bo accomplished la to fur nish lho public with sato, efficient and udeiiuato transportation at the lowest cost consistent with such Borv ice," said Mr. Cuylor,, "and with due regard to tho Just intoresta of the owners and omployea and also ade iluatu to the nation's needs, even In times of grout national omorgency or ' porll. "Tho power of regulation, Includ ing nil riles, ata'.u und Interstate, should be exclusively In the hands oC the national government. State com missions should not bo Interfered with by the federal act except bo fur us necessury to curry out the pur puses herein mentioned. "No new or branch lines of rail roid or large and oxocnslvo termlnalB should be constructed udIusb a certi tllllealii of public convenience and necesslly Is first obtained from tho secretury of transportation. Could Initiate Itutex. "The carriers should have the power to Initiate r.ilcs, schedules of which should he filed with the Inter slile commercn commission, with the secretary of transportation and with the statu commissions In which tho rates are applicable." Tho rccrotury of transportation mlglrt approve the r ites, let them go Into effect without approval, or su spend them, nnd ruier them to tho nterslnln commerce commission tor dtermlnutlon. Suggest Itutn Tribunals. Kegional federal rate tribunals. sild Mr. Cuylor, might be created In This inantiur: - ' "The Interestato commerce com mission should divide the United SlaUs Into a number of regions for each" if which tho president should iippulnt a regional commission which should be a boa'rd o.' primwy Juris diction, constating of one member tor nch state In the rtglon. The region al, couitnlsslijn should havo author ity to determlae all complaints and. '& repoA to Han Interstate coiumoree commission. If no objection la made to tho Interstate commerce conuislon wltifln a limited time and ityi commf'ssiiSi de not ovojiule the i lower trlbutul.'the'nrder! and find ings f the ogloi0U conanlosloo should automculi go lulo effect." I cilerul Kuiutl"iiy The railroad eocutlves' plan prog 'iides for fotal Incorporation ol in- frerstuo ci lcts, for govcrnOient bu- vears ,.(jage, pcrvtsloti ol security Issues ftid for Siur iep-chOli;cnofunil)g bjth government of tH- i.mi.if . ZnQ nt of iad nd. ''diiesSggrour oiu feilMrul III a Vi CI II I n K i" . - . Ilallroad cxectitiiOi havo pledged wc. rt or-n. r. . . ' - erullon 0"d IQ " ur"'''1 h"" "; ,t(j A - O - I tv""" " ' t". O !