La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 24, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text3& (tatite Mm-Wxm. ' Phone The Obwrrer the News and Tour Want Ada. Main 37. An Independent Newspaper pAu the Njwi the Day It Happens. VOLUME XVIH ' v . e EIGHT PAGES LA GliANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY t, 190. EIGHT PAGE'S . NUMBER 1Q0 mm OF BOUNDS 8TRUAM CiOKH OS ItA.MPAUK IX ,-. SOCTHWKST rillECK COVS ' Tr, AT McKK.VXA. FURIOUS RAIN STORMS CAUSE BIG OVERFLOW Western Fart ot Stuto Deluged by First Thunder Stoim to Occur In January - Hinco 1872 Houses in . Towns Surrounded by Six Feet of ; HVter-.Situation Very Serious. OLTMl'IA, Wash, Jan. 24. Lut eal reports from McKenna, a mill town of Beveral hundred people on the Milwaukee line in Southwest Pierce county, are that the Kisqually liver la pouring an overflow torrent through the town and the hoUBCs are surrounded by from four to six feel of water. , The McKenna Lumber Company mtli, one of the largest in the state, shut down and the employes are ma rooned In groups 'in the club and other buildings. ' While the situation was reported as extremely serious, officials of the company believed the town would hold onto Its foundations unless the river continues to rite. More rain has fallen and a alight rise noted but It is believed that if flooded aroas bold out tonight the worst danger period will be passed. No loss of life is reported In this district, but It Is believed certain that the total property damage will be heavy. Concrete Briilec in Danger. ' With 100 soldiers frorVCamp Lew Is piling In sandbags and brush, and dmamlte crews blasting out drift asiThe enemy has mobilized the peasan It accumulates against the piers, the sew concrete bridge on the Pacific highway near Nisnually station Is withstanding the worst flood ever known in the Nisqually river. High water mark stood at nearly 22 feet, with a current running that snapped full-grown fir trees like nfatches when they lodged across the piers. Highway traffic has beenretarded all day and has been stopped tonight On account of back wash cutting Into the gravel approaches. The test of the new roadway will eome with high tide in the neighbor ing bay tonight wli:::i the flood cur rent will be raised several foet. Highway authorities are satisfied that the river will stand the flood without damage unless a log jam Is hurled againRt It from above. Traffic lllofkl. Rail traffic has been blocked In all directions today, but the Northern I'scific expects to get a train through to Tacoma tonfght, which will pre vent the legislature from being ma rooned over Sunday. Grays Harbor traffic Is badly demoralized, accord ing to reports available here. A special train of 400 discharged soldiers from Camp Lewis to Cali fornia was held here most of the day In making an attempt to run to Portland via Gate City. Chehalls river bottom land3 be low Rochester are under water, and ranchers m the Upper Skookum Churk are -cut off. Eucoda, on the main line between Portland and Ta coma, is reported fluoced. . l'ORTLAND, Jan. 24. Train ser vice is cut off between hero and- Ta coin'a and telegraph win's arc down. The Wllllimette river has risen to such an extent as to fio&d tho lower docks. City Chief of Police . . Hands in Resignation Ijom ftaybuitv who has worn the-; badge of chif of police in this c''yriM n1?!! for qufte a lengthy period, has quit , " yi t& ioh. He handed in hiff ripnatirm to City Manager John Collier last right, to take cffi-a immediiftcly. Of ficer Christiansen is acting chief ewf ing the appointment 9f oa successor .i Prtvbiini. . ..j ($itc ciiy mwragrr nan no statement wnmrn, at u (LineteiK nwrsuay "r to makft rro-ardintr Lhe rnitrnation nCnnlved to (LKiiand a ((WvhftT work- thief Kan-urm nor has the lattV, himself, anything to give out, Iiris generally accepted, however, brought about by the desire f the city man ager to nae tne cniei worK longer hours in return f Ua smaller remuner- .ion than he hai been receiving. THORNE SCORES McArioa' juag WASHINGTON, Jau.. 24. GeveM- ment control of ranlroads la ae (Mr tasteful.to the shipper that it H wn put up to popular Tote It would be defeated by a .large majerlty, Clif ford Tborne, representing a dozen Bhipping concerns tcld the senate Interstate commerce commission to day. Wealthy Wisconsin Man Shot and Killed Last Night in Family Quarrel KENOSHA, Wis.. Jan. 24. Mrs. Anna Auster is beinj detained by po lice following the death of her wealthy husband, who was found shot t(T daith in his home last night. Mrs. Auste." Bays he shot himself following a quarrel regard ing money matters. He said "there Is going to be an end to one of us." Their nine year old con was with his f.tthor at the time of the shooting. Ho told the authorities he was hold ing .1 caudle for his father to fix a broken gas jet when he heard the report and saw the flash of a Run. Hut as It was dark he could notXell the direction of the shooting. Mr. Auster was a wealthy real estfte dealer and ho and his wife had been separtcd for some' time. . BOLSHEVIKS SHELL ALLIES RUSS AMERICAN POSITIONS VERELY STRAFED. SE- Soviet Forces Are Showing Consider able Activity in Operations Against Allied Armies. ACHANGEL, Jan. 24. Bolshevik troops are heavily shelling the farth est south positions of the American and Russian armies at Ust Padqnfra, on the Wage river, thirty miles south of Shenkursk. They also ore ehowinfr considerable activity west of Shenk ursk,on the Tania river. It has been impossible to determine whether tho attack will develop on a greater scale. in the vicinity of Vllsk and apparently is prepared for a general offensive in the Shenkursk sector. jst Sunday the enemy, under cov er of heavy bombardment, attacked with infantry the American and Rus sian positions at Ust Padenga. The allied outpost withdrew, but the Bol shevik attack on the main positions was repulsed with heavy losses. Bolsheviki on Offensive. The Bolsheviki also are shelling the American positions on the Vologda railwny. With the exception of a few days earlw in January, when the allied forces attempted to improve their po sitions southward on the Kadish rail road, and on the Onega sector, the offensive on the Archangel front for several months has been in the hands of the Bolsheviki. They are boasting that in the vicinity of Kadish they will "drive the allies into the White sea in March." Along the Murmansk railway front the Russian and allied troops Monday raided the village of Rugozerka, fif tv miles southeast of Soroka, where they cither killed or captured all the Bolshevik garrison. They took 110 rifles and other equipment and numer ous documents. The allied forces did not suffer a single casualty. 38 CONVICTED I. W; W. START TERMS SACRAMENTO, Jan. 24. Thirty eight Industrial Workers of the World and others are en route to Leaven - wortn, ivans., irom oacramenfo, wxor overseas, commenu.nK Dim lor commence serving prison terms of , his work there and expressing the ap from one to ten years, being convicted 'preciation of the organization fur Ivs in the federal court here oi conspir - aey.to 'obstruct the government's war program. YYORht:iH ASK ORTY-IIOLR WORK WEEK LONDON, Jan. 124. rt'dertttion of Genera The Naticujil Workers, rep resenting ncarly'a miljiun men and j -- vecsT. At a confcri:e of rpresei Titives of tffc (pIoyers and Oc engi:ieciir trade Thursday an agreement an agreement wm - ! reached by hirt We men will rrumein reiQirii building at state lirstl- wctk on "je unuersumcitng that ijtu ;cunfcrence next weekyrill dH- 'giievW?s of t'Ooien- REUEF-BltL . &EC0$ LAW A.HBX.WWT IMc t KMtfkA '1-t tCH Con mi ddenioriaJtaod HeKapdlng Knactmeiit of fihinutt Ulll for Drainage Appropriation. SALEM. Jan. 24. After receding from ita amendment to the soldiers and sailors commission bill carrying an appropriation of 1100.000 the senate Wednesday afternoon passed the measure. The house had refus ed to concur In the amendment, which was Introduced by Senatoi Eddy, and provided that the com mission gather such Information concerning each beneficiary under the law as In Its judgment would be Of public benefit. Recommendation that .the senate recede from, the amendment was reported by a special conference committee of which the senate members were Mosor, Bunks and Eddy. A house memorial to conjrroas urging enactment into law of the 8tn nott bill to appropriate $1,000,000, 000 for reclamation and drainage In the western states was adopted in the senate. A portion of the fund would be applied In Oregon to the Deschutes project. Senator Mosor's Joint memorial urging concross to enact legislation granting each dis charged soldier six months' extra pay was adopted. LUMBER RATE IS LOWERED ON S. V. SALEM, Jan. 24. A reduction the rates for lumber shipments of the Baker White Pine Lumber company over the Sumpter Valloy railroad from Clifford Siding to Baker, is established in an order of the public service com mission Wednesday. The reduction amounts to 37 V4 cents a thousand feet under the tnte from Whitney to Baker, the rate which has been charged for shipments from Clifford Siding. Supposed Maniac Makes a Murderous Assault Upon Three Sleeping Women - WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. A mad man attacked three women, war workers, laBt night. Two wore shot, perhaps fatally and ouo was choked. The man Is thought to have escaped from nearby Insane asylum and while he Ib at large tho women war workers are in terror. A white man and ft negro are under arrest at Bal timore, Ben F. Sprlnkham, 32 years old, a negro ot Brownsville, North Carolina and Wade Wheeler are held at Baltimore on suspicion for the at tack Ot three women at Washington. They were arrested at the Union station. The assailant entered three homos, shot Miss Martha Egan, who ran a Doarding nousu, cnocKec iuiss Florence Fowler, war worker. He said "I hive Just shot one woman and am going to shoot you," to MIsb Lilian Hood, a warwerker, when she awoke and found a wild-eyed man leaning ovor her bed at 3:30 in the morning. BER&ER JURY TO COME BEFORE LANDIS CHICAGO, Jon. 24. The jury which convicted Victor Berger and four other socialists on a. charge of violating the espionage act, has been sub-poenaed to appenr before Fed eral Judge Lundis. Saturday, regard ing Improper retmrks alleged to httvo been made bya United States Marshall and one of the Jurors. RED CROSS MAN COMMENDED. SALEM, Jan. 24. State Senator Roy W. Ritncr, who has recently re turned from France, where he spnt seven months in the service of the Red Cross has, since reaching Salem, ' re(.eived a personal letter from H. W. (jjDson in charge of all the Red C ros& ' labors. PENDLKTOX MAY HAITI CANNON PENDLETON", Jan. 24 Pcndje ton will probably Im 1 fie home of a large Gennrin cannon raptdrrd by the Yanks in the w;;- zone. A res olution drawn up 1 y.City Attorney Fee, asklns-Otcnon's reprew.ntHtiveg in nmcreHS to use tltrw infhirmn In ne-uriiiK the hirm-Ht (?frman cannon avallahl? for Pgndleton, was p.isseinnw on he man h to suppor the H 4,aka Kaiiiitorlum Viitndy by the council last nlht. I ftolsl-vikl in BtTlOr. As noon as anrhis reiiiainKlnirn)d In the Ma - 'I he resolution'. -ites that the cftyur- armies crows the frontier Ihe'ijonlc cemetery Vt) mtprdo-. Th fee's is entitled to some reuonl- irritr nwrt nf Cvrmanv and (rLiin- frum-ial wm, held from th .f. (' tlon of tlu- patriotism ofhpr so' A cotfy r thg redl!iUon wft ifcr- warde-i,to Walihinttion. D. C. - 1 . r 11 - i - jlHMlu! Or I CJ.VJ in KK1J i uit vt 91 xur. bfUliiif, harshly critirixed the board of ron troUat a Joint meetlnft of the wsystVhclm ' andjnicana contKitte- held teeently. (7(Onbers accuse'Vji h' board x( ifUtty (ta ions, ana vtk ui uuikhiu cubi thcpaiation on farm pioducti i.Onjc FOR HOOVER 1 NEBRASKA SENATOR GIVES THE . CRITICS A LASHING IN HOT ' DKBATE. SAYS ATTACKS ON FOOD DICTATOR "STABS IN BACK" Passage of the Foed Relief Biy Pre dicted Yesterday to Be Consum mated Today Urges Senate to Ac cept Opinion of President Wilson That. Appropriation Is Necessary. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Passage today pf the admijiistratian bill for food relief in Europe was predicted by leading advocates and opponents. Very few speeches are expected ariO polls taken by leaders were said to have showed only about twonty votes in opposition to the measure. The bipartisan support for the bill was further indicated yesterday. Speakers urging passage of the meas ure included Senator Hitchcock of Ne braska, Democrat, chairman of the foreign relations committee, and Sen atora Smoot of Utah and Kellogg of Minnesota,.' Republicans. Principal opponents in the day's debate were Senators CumminB of Iowa and Sher man of Illinois, Republicans. Stab Hoover in Back. Food Administrator Hoover, who has been severely attacked by oppo nents of tho bill, wss highly praised by Senator Hitchcock, and also, by Senator Smoot. The Nebraska sena tor said attacks on Mr. Hoover were 'stabs in the back' and he joined Senator Smoot in commending the food administration's work in fixing live-jitock and meat .prices, declaring both - consumers- and producers had been protected. ''It is not a-matter of chanty,' sain Mr. Hitchcock, "but of good business policy and war expediency to rescue these peoples from starvation and put them in a frame of mind .to listen to peace and, not revert'to anarchy." Senator Hitchcock urged the son ate to accept the opinion of President Wilson . and Food Administrator Hoover that the appropriation is nec essary, adding: Defeat Means Repudiation. "The question here is whether we aro going to repudiate our own repre sentative in Europe who are seeking to make peace." He declared that the supreme war council had agreed that $:j00,000,0u0 should he spent in relief work and fixed $100,000,000 as America's share and that "to deny it would repudiate our obligation." I'WT TO ll.WI'i Ali.MV 5,0(10,000 in Six Months OF SmUm I'rofcMHor, Arrived in Ijoiulon, Tr'lls of I'n-piirntlotlH Itrhig Mado It) lioWimlld. LONDON, J;n.- Ti. I'lilllippc Jouncneret, a Sws professor, has Just arrived here from Rutin la uftt-r , pausing through the Itnltthevik lines, a Geneva dispatch totho Oully Chronicle states. He tells a renmkalikr tale of the offensive by.Trotzkys armieH, which arc now on the mnrcn to invade Pal and an Cermat y. He says Bolshe viki staff officers declared to him: we mxQ i,v'mi,vu'i men uraay i LOOK G ft ami in six months wo shall bare ; been learned. He is at Stuttgiu-fc, too more than floubled our srrenKth. Thelill to be remove! at present. Hun iiriauM will roon Join us. For .HunaryMs ripe for a proletarian rev olnijon. From Ilml tpwt the r-d fiait' iw 91 lie carrird Into Atisltiito Wa are - i ly.fil Prussia will rally ntOind the (banners Vr UnWUfvifS. i e -Then we shall ohav iOlIi'ns of iraici d German "W0 rn &l oWr dis iposal and we sliWil liave no dimcuUy i an Vrmv nf r.Qiith niifi - l - fyy; wtk whhh to invade andoOi Uern h-'ipe he W r mans will hete earerly upon tho op iportunlty wms rf.irded thQn drive the allien iriPft'Alr territory na io rvir' mi wriyiuiK iicb iterma O-ey ou'g) othcO'ig fore- f t Q WOULD RESTORE NATIONAL GUARD URGES RIDER IN MILITARY AP J PROPRIATION BILL. Brif.-tien. Heavey Wants the Surplus Equipment ot Regular Army , Turned Over. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Brig.. Gen. John W. Heavey, acting chief of the militia bureau, recommended to the houso military affairs committee Thursday that a rider be included in the army appropriation bill authoris ing the secretary of war to turn over to the national guard from the surplus supplies of the regular army, equip ment valued at $135,000,000. General Heavey snid the general staff was in favor of transferring tho supplies, but wns without authority. He explained that if this equipment were turned over the cost would be reduced to $55,000,000 General Heavey urged that tho na tional guard be maintained in the same form as it was before the United States entered the war, and that the increases In its strength authorized by the act of June 3, 1910, be curried out. Has, Proved Ita Value. "The valuo to the country during the war of tho nationnl guardsmen cannjpt be over-estimated," ho snid. "At the time men were needed most the national guard provided a force of 307,000 men and 12,123 officers. They have done magnificent work, compar ing most favorubly with the forces of any other nation. The efficiency, of the officers wns proven by tho fact that of the entire number only 352 were discharged for inefficiency. 'The militia bureau strongly advo cates universal military training, but believes it should bo Carried out in connection with the national 4ruard." The act of June 3, 1!)16, provided for sixteen divisions, of a toal strength of 400,864 men. General Heavey said, but because of the war tho tcrmB bf the act vifre not carried out. Wlison May Be Head of . Committee to Draft Flans for the Proposed League PARIS, Jan, 24. -A noimulttoe up on which all the Assocluted Powers will be represented, will ho appoint ed tomorrow at the plenary session of the Pence conference, to draft statutes of the Leaguo o f NatlonB. President Wilson will bo probably offered file presidency of tho com mittee. Memoranda will he ftirlshed by the presldont, which togathoi with the planB evolved by General Jan Smuts will be used as a working basis, It wsb learned hore todny.' ARREST GENERAL FOR MASSACRES PARIS, Jan. 24. General Kyan.il Malmoud Pasha, who is said to have been responsible for Man sac res of Creeks and Armenians, has been nv rested, according to a report received here from Constantinople. FRENCH WOMEN MAKE DEMAND FOR FRANCHISE PARIS, Jan. 21. Tho French Lcogue of Rights for Women hns sent to the French parliament a proclama tion demanding that French womsn ha given the franchise. Tho proclamation declares that the right of women to vote is recognized in enemy nnd allied countries, and instances England and the United States. CHINA WILL SEQUESTRATE ALL ENEMY PROPERTY FEU, I'KKINU, China, Jan. The Chi - neso government hus decided to e- j preparing to inarch on LUibon with truestratc all enemy property in China j four hundrod troopa. Tho dtmtroyer on February 1. The law calling for jGiiadurina Bholled the Oporto bar the repatriotion of enemy Citizens will I racks lody. Cavalry regiments and become effective March 1. The only exceptions will be doctors, invalids ;1""1 a persons over (,0 years of qgcitiie sircis m ine siniuriis. 1 (. EKM A N S hi i.i, hoi, dim; ONE AMKU1CAN PRISON Kit BKltMN, Jan. 24. Of the American so'diers taken prisoner lty tho Gci mans on the western fnjnt, only a sim ple one remains in Germany, it has -- -. KVfc; VAI.f.KY ItKSIPKNT Onorgo liooco, a rstdl of Kye Valhty. in Baker county, died at tholwlffi th Henry ur,drrtklnc P'rloi I -On-V-1 er, Oiid t hut there seems to bo an iamouiitt tho kvtiiiii0.iI Ih wllliBg tn trd had spent only ofto day tHotfiiiiprsslon among llway men and 0,v vfcll mow than suffice to onali lake hn death came, caused Jty the public ki K"rl fu this city,tho railway cmoiott to meet their - icarO', tho stomach. V Ft0KllAti OK TH(M.4h SILK Tlio Vtmenlif Thomas Silk. nfo r)t-' i'iirvi in ti - ioeer resident of this city, who - ln I'orO.ind.January i T' win ne ne tomorrow Oorntnp ntlO oViyt from thOrathoMc churchP i rtT rv,mun arrived imtj mis morn ling and are at IL&UolQi'ukiwipji not suiricleut to cover the '0' in - el. O grease asked for, and fisher they SS 8 0 SHOOTS CHILDREN AND THEN HERSELF SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Jan. 24. Made despondont by car ing for five children, who, she said, had been sick too long, were better of dead, Mrs. Clara House last night shot and killed her five children and then turned the gun on herself in an attempt at suicide. It Is ox pected she will die. Grandmother of Russian Revolution Hopes to See President Wilson SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 24. Mad- nine Catherine Broshskovskaya, cal led the "Grandmother of the Rus sian revolution," has loft hero for the east. She was accompanied by Miss Helen Stuart Dudley, a Boston settlement worker. Before leaving, Madame Brcsh- kovasknya said, she plana to spend three days In Chicago on her way to tho oust coast. From Chicago she Vlll go to Now York. Later alia will visit Washington and Boston. While In the east Mudume Bresh- ahomBkuya hopes to sue Prosldeut Wilson, she said and toll him ot con ditions In Russia. She arrived hero Sunday from the Orient. EX- 6EI JOBS HERE UAIIAGIC MAN KMPLOYS MK rHANHB FROM V. 8. A.UMV C. HmilU I'rges Othes Kinployers To (,'o-oprato Willi Federal Kmplo) mont Agency. L, C. Smltfi, veteran gnrngo man is a firm bellovier la giving return ing soldier omployment, and today has two moo In his shop who though rnr rrom their original points of on !lhtniHnt(i have no caiiso to worry 'about the "source of a livelihood, now that Uncle Sum no longer pays thorn. Co-operating with the fodoral em ployment buroau, C. II, Iloynolds, manager, Mr. Smith has employed Morlo Farland, who "Jolnod up" In the defense of his country at Now York and was In California training In the aviation brunch when the arm istice was signed. Efficacy of the employment buroau, when employ ers will take advantago ot It, as Mr. Smith, has, Is Been in this Instance. Another ex-soldler, W. L. Allen, who enlisted at rortlund, Is also to day employed by Mr. Smith, who again chose to employ a soldier lad dio. Allun Ib a blacksmith-mechanic, ic and l-'urtand Is an auto mechunlc. With the recent addition of F. S. nail, fresh from tho Fordson factory at Detroit, Mr. Smith now hus, for the first 1 1 mo in two yours a mechan ical crew of oxperts Bufflciunt In number to handle his buslnoss. Monarchist Party Now in Control of All Northern . Portion of Portugal MADRID, Jun. 24. All of tho Northorn part of PortUKul f under control of tho Monarchists. El Purli amcnlard says that tho former king has fled and 1h now reading in a Jo.siiit MotuiHlery In Madrid. The report l entirely without conflnua- 1 1 lion however. 8c; nor Cenuriso. who has hueiV proclaimed head of the new government In Northern Portugal Ik i artillery we'ro dcinoblllzInK and made 'a demonstration for the monarch in SOLD Sumpter-V alley Men Say Strike Not Settled I A conimltlVo of five representa tives of the Siimpte. V-uHey fairway jmnplnyoK from Haker aro in I-a (ir.'indo today ,on bUMUesH coiinnclnd settlement f1 their strike !ThinenilM!rs of tho commltto are J. Ib Tatil, D. K. Kccles, I. F. Buay- urn, 3?i Iltrrz, and Frpd Stone. Mr. Paul. siieukdiK to tho Olmerv- IV... .irlln Fn .ottl fol lowInK the offer of Oe 6'derul nov lirnment II - iwaKo sciU pay the difference In to i. The committed has come heiQ to correct thatj mpresslon ld M Ijnsayt He sates that imi fleers oi tho A-V. Hue refuse ii of- set- Ule tl.O strlkrn oi&the ciounds that the ;miiwiiifi iih'-'w vj mw n'wu,''a PENDLETQH ' II GREAT : FIE LOSS CANDLE STARTS A BLAZE THAT CAUSES OVER HUNDRED , THOUSAND DAMAGE PEOPLE'S WAREHOUSE AND GRAIN AGENCY LOSERS I'iro Chief and Two Firemen Over. come by Smoke While Fighting the Conflagration l'lro Was One of the Most Disastrous in tho History of the City. PENDLETON, Jan. 24. Damage to tho amount of between $100,000 and 1 126,000 wns done to the People's warehouse and the offices of H. W. Collins, grain buyer, and Clark E. Nel son,, insurance man, yosterday morn ing at 9 o'clock when some cotton batting in the basement of the Peo ple's warehouse under the Collins and Nelson offices took fire from a lighted candle. During, the fire, which was the most disastrous Pendleton has ex perienced in some time, Fire Chief William Ringold and two firemen, Bar ncy Oldiield and Charles Payno, were overcome by smoke. The loss is said to be covered by Insyrance. " Candle Starts Blaze. Lloyd Austin, a high school student, employed at the People's warehouse,, was doing some work in the basement , of the store and as the lights were off he was using a candle by which to see. A bundle of cotton batting close by. took fire from the candle and within a second the fire had spread so that, Austin was unable to extinguish it. A call to the fire department was sent in but by this time the flames had crept up the partition betwoen the shoe department of the store and the Collins ahd Nelson offices on Court street. It was this feature which mado the fire hard to fight and It was 11:M0 before It was under control. In getting water to the blaze it was nec essary to cut through -the entire length of the Collins and Nelson of fices. - ' Firemen Overcome. At the height of the iiri Charles i Payne, a fireman who was working on top of the building, was overcome by smoke and toppled over. Dr. I. U. Tomple saw the young man fall and scaled a ladder from tho street to of fer assistance. Ho was removed to tho Commercial club roomB. The entire loss caused by the bias is placed at about 100,000 to 125,000. , It Is euid to be covered by insurance. REDS EVACUATING PETROGRAD CITY COPENHAGEN, Jan. 24. The Bol shevik forces aro , evacuating Petro- grud and removing u) stores, accord ing to a dixputch to the IWlin.ska Ti dende from llclsingfors. The dispatch adds that I. eon Trotzky, the Bolshevik minister of war, Is transferring his headquarters to Nizni-Novgorod, and that the anti-Bolshevik movement is growing daily. FX Kit A L OF BABY HELD The funeral' of Charles Jut Gold en, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Golden, who died" yesterday morning, was held todny from the family homt near Summerville. Interment w&l made in Summcrville cemetery. aniiiunco that they fefusn to rein ijtute ajmniher of the iinju who havo bem.thn lenders In the Jomand for lienor pay. Tho company also claims thai, the mon resigned, a(t did not stirke. ' Mr. towil suys thut tho men havo Kotfa devoly into the question find have BHcTlaliiod for faet tliat tho - iOleuiands. .Mail strains are helnO operated ovef3 the line at ioi'. Olr. Paul stal jl, but he Bps there are no frelKl ftilns ruining and that the service In rgnenl nuiht bo un satlsfatloij i tho patrons of tho line. O Tho,l);ilnr rinire.ieliliitlvuji 'Oillo. , here w jporwof, Ill Hideavrt to enOt Tlie sup- yocal railway men. O O e o o O G 9 9 CP 0 o o o o e 8 o e