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VOLUME XXV -a Sun Yat Sen's Forces Said to Have Captured Naval Squadron; Cannon's Roar Is Being Heard in Capital City today; Line of Battle -.Is Over Twenty Miles in Length. otjr Associated Ptc3jij -' VKKINCl, Apr. Wounded troops began arriving here this af ternoon. The noise of battle con tinues to be plainly heard here. (Hy Associated 1'ressl ; .SHANGHAI, Apr. 2:. The Torres of Sun Yat Sen, Ik ad of Uic South ern China government, captured the entire southern naval squadron, pays an unofficial dispatch. (P.y Associated rresa) ' PEKING. Apr. 2!l. Fighting fwulh of Poking today, the forces of General Chang Tsn-Lin, liillil try buttrnor of Muliehuriu and Gonei-fll Wu Poi Fu, military li-mli-i- of Cen trul Cliliui, engaged along the line from Mnrlian;?, 211 miles south of Tientsin to a. point, south oC Pe-V king. (My Assocliili-d Press) PEKING, Apr. 211. Fijihtins Ii- l , , .. . ..I,,.. f t It In is. Heavy artillery Tiring is audible In Peking. Grand Jury Will Investigate Man Suspected of Crime; (Htlliuu Itesiilteil hi Adinissluit thai Ho Was I'll' her of I nborn Italic Ittll Denial of (ilil's Dcalli. (Hy AssoclnlcU Press) HOOPKSTOWN. 111., j:r. 2!. Tuforniatio1:! obtained through HII hours of grilling John Wynuw, aged j "d, well-to-do farmer, in eoiinectiou 1 with the duath of Gertrude Hatiua' whoso body was found Thursday in tht! b:istnieiit of an untenant ; I par snikii: will he placed h-jfer? th"- gratid jury. j Wyman insisted he wua innorent of murd' ring tlie girl hut adnii't"'! that he wis the? father '!' hr ebild ; which was to have beoi iiorn in a! ffv weeks, the states atrjmi'.v t'.ti- j iiounced. (lly Asfiorlatt'd Press) liriil.I.W Apr. 2!t. The peaca conference met agnJn todity met auain today and dissolved without nu agreement. (P.y As.xot.lfiti'd Press) isrUMXGTON. N. J.. Apr. 2!. Harry C. Mohr. hrotbt -r-in-law of John Jlruneu, cirrus owner, who win shot and kflhYl .Lirch 10 at Itiversidif. N. J., was arn-stcd today in comioctlou with the killing. CIVIL M IN CIA IS III PROGRESS; FIGHTING NEAR PEKING Sil TODAY Diffucult Program to be Given on Sunday Tlte program which the La,There are several light and tuneful Clmude: Band nlll prew.it Sunday , mirmoon u.-.v lni,iror1n Wl)nd.Tfullr In t-h- Theatre Is by far tho most difficult nolle playing ability boih by . col.leci Ion of music that has evrrjejisnniblo and IndlvldiMllty. It has been presented by A La. Grande 'bnen noressary for Aairew Looey, ' bond. Music Inns ho are familiar director, to rearrange tnsoy parts I viih past years agree that this Is duo to tho absence of Instruments. true. Tho famous overtures "W 111-1 Jam Tell." '.March-and Farad? nnr - itlios," and tho .''Kgyptlan llarlad" i grains nnd as tbcro aro no funds .ttbtrh are lart ot this lirnsratn.'aall.ilili In hare these printed for w are trtt turely attOntol 3ccit l)j frt'o rtWrllmtinti,. fru-rnms will to tp rof owl una J Iraod-T. Tim Jpcal or-'iin a'i ln Tints -.tn 1 w nJ4Uim lias thejij threff H.tsslcS" no (!iiniis.ilvii tli.ivul f mt in.- ! n Iirtnl''lDal lUey at.i. n,l v. .,1 iii'.l.t' MKMIILlt OF ASKOCIATKI) I'HKSS LIQUOR HMDS IE EIGHT KILLED Rci.H'ii of Terror Started Yes terdav in Lare Section; l"31T(irt io 'l-ipjiUv Provis ional ( lovel'lUlll'llt. (IIv Associiitrfl PrJ: UKLFAfaT. Apr. 2i. Irregular republican troops today selztH bond ed stores let Kilkenny, and removed wholesale storks of whiskey to Kll- konny jail. Free state officios went jto the jail and issued an ultimatum to the comniandeis 'that unless the 'property was relumed "by 5 o'clock this 'afternoon f rua stale, troops would move on the prison and tak'O it by force. I uiuuu'U niiuun in ' in iv, i.iui' jorick, dalway nii'l oilier sections (and western centers also have boon jseivod by irregulars with the ap- iutentioi:i of depriving the .Irish provisional government of revenue". A veritable reign of ter ror in districts west of Cork re sulted as a consequence of the shooting of clht leading residents yesterday uu the wounding of oth ers. First Game of Year Will be flayed at Fair Grounds Here The uiepiru will jv'l "play ball" tomorrow afternoon at 2:311 o'clock on the fnir grounrl with Covo and La (i ran do clashing in the opening gamy of the senson. At the same time I'liim will be lentertain ed at Klgi.:i and Haines will invade Maker. I In Grande will start the follow ing liniup. given in the hatting or Jder: Workniiin, ss., Kosenbaum, ef., Thffwon, If., Knight, 3h.t Dunn, lb., 1 1 ic key, rf., Meserve. 21)., Johnson , c and M 4 I nu is, p. MC(Iee, .Woods, Carroll, llitnnificld and Oliver will all ht; on the sidcMncs itching to go and at the slightest ski of wiuk ness on tlie part of a player lie will be jerked and a new man go in. Speaker From India Will Lecture in the Methodist Church nr. Melville- E. Osburno of India will lecture in the Methodist church Sunday foiv.umn. The speaker has had twenty-five yea;s thrilling ex pel icnte in the Himalayan Mountains. His stury is a veiy interetin(r and intnnniutr one. Magnetic an.: dra matic, a-; well as eloquent, he makes a profound impre.-sion on his hearers. He will bo hear din song as well as lecture Sunday foicnoon. numbers. The band is playing tei- ter selections ut earh ronrert and lonre'ts of this kind aro very junB.itlsfjttry unless there ere pro- LA GRANDE. mi fMWilll FOUNTAIN a u u ti a Special Picture Week With Many Favorites by La Grande Theaters Drive Will End , Monday Night Mitch Satisfaction Exiiri'SS-i""11 ln Prt'Ial'tIi fortius occasion. i.-'.i i r 10 l,"1Kl'r will citizens hug the C1 llll 1 I'-ftfl'esS Ol Ifireplnce in the home of an cvem.ifr Ad Cllll) Cainiai,Hll for the theatres arc offering bright, intcicsting plays that will crive away i the last remnant of dreary winter Monday night ,s to b3 the closing !" P'a the mind's of all the full time for the Ad club membership knowledge that the season for activ-e-.nir, .iv n mi- In nrnnvsq ii.nl utility hs opened and is ll reality. Tuesday the entire' Ad flub mem- boisnin will dine at .Island cty. whom tlm Indies nf that romiti mi-1 ity are planning a wonderful dinner. This dhvner will bo iir n celebration of the completed -campaign for by that time all committee'. will have reported anil the work of the com ing year will bo -well on lis way. The drive for membership has thus f-.tr been an exceptionally suc cessful event and many new names; lire on the roster besides the old j nueiubrs Jiav advamced thc-'ir dues another year', making the financial1 mill nt 11, (.'.111, Iru.lr cfn fop tltr. ' i nexi iweive iiiouillH. VI line llltro is some-' work to be done by commit tees who nre unable to get out when the gong souivled, it Is lie lieved those comtullticcs will finish up tut liio shape by Monday eve ning. Mrs. 'J. M. Burnbaugh Passed Away Friday; Was 111 Short Time! Mrs. htr .1. M. Burnaugh iassol at homo yesterday noon fed- lowing a brief illness. She Is sur vived by her husband, three chil dren, W illeua, Walter and Marar et; three brotllH-8, John and Oliver Kerr, of Summcrville nnd Jesse Kerr, ol La Graide; and six sistrrs. Mrs. Ktla Logue, .Mrs. Oliver fiuron and Mrs. O. I.. Garrett all of La Giande. Mrs. Kdith Millt'r, of Wy- oinini.', Mrs. Laura Graham of I'orl-j land and Mrs. Elsie Whilom, of Elgin. The body chapel and Is at the llohllonknnip tho funeral will tike'tratiou of the Irase of naval oil re place tomorrow afternoon at l:oo o'clock at the chal.x;'! tilsuiiimcrvillj ctmetery. TO . mmmL I I I'-Tr-r 1 ' f'i . yHoXt!. ffl OREGON. SATl'K'DAV. AlMilb 129. lf)'J'-. With the open! of the spring sen son with the mild weather now a cer tainty both theatres in l.u (i ramie are to make noxt wek u "Special Moving 1'icturo Week" by presenting extra ordinary programs which they have Kat'h theatre manager has taken gii'i c"e to soic-.i a program lor inc. w e' k tnnt coiua.ns many 01 me lav'i I , ito sc,ct'n 'tica, nd tllp theatre jKolnK Pu,jlc will applaud with pleas urp "t me announcement. Manager Trull, of the Sherry The atre, will show on Sunday and Mon day William Desmond in "Dangerous Toys' ; on Tuesday nnd Wednesday he will prcsf t Betty Compson in "At the Kml of he Woild"; Thursday an ' Fiiditv Carcth Hughs will be s?en in "l ittle Kva Ascends''; Saturday only that great film ''Heyond the Ruin- bow", showing William Christy Ca- bannes as stiv: also George Fawcett, Virginia Lee and a powerful support. "I have not hail such a program in all my show e-"-pcr for an entire -week," said Mr T.ull. "It is an ev ery night wi-.ncr nnd every show will be a ton-notcher." Vaudeville nt Arcnde. Besides a speri illy attractive four act . vaudeville hill for Monday nt the Amide, theie will bu presented "An'e of l ittle Smoky," picture that is hiiviliir nnniilfir Tim? ni-ni v nhifn ii II. shown. Tuesday ai-l-'i Wnlnwday thai screen favorite, Mary Miles Mint en will be seen in "Tillie," one of the ilM'st of Miss Mintcr's picture career. Oa Ihu'i.'sy Constance B-.:inyy in 'The Sleepwalker" will be shown, nnd I'Viday and Satuiday comes Wallace K-id loved by lull, in "Too Murli .Speed." At the Star for Sunday anil Mon day the proiriam will be one of those magnificent stories of the northland, ("I'loerw of the North," with Jams Oliver Curwond as the stnr. SKNWTK SKEKIXf! I.KillT. M!v Assneniirrl 1'rnM.I WASHINGTON, Apr. 2!l. Invrtti- stives ill California nnd Wyoming by ie imeiior ami navy ocparilllenis was firdeied today by the senate. HIS "WATER LOG -- i r n i's i .sjri'.liM 7 -7' A . IMMEP FOUR IN III IN IS Nation-wide Survey Show. That Normalcy Approaches UNEMPLOYMENT HAS GREATLY DECREASED .Miners' Strike is Largest Factor in Vul uployiuent Situation Today, Reports Show. (lly Assoi-lati-il Cross) CIUCAKO, Apr. 2'J. Guneral Ini- provenient In thu Industrial situ ation, described in si veral instances as slow hut steady, particularly over condliloiis as they existed In tlie winter months, was indicated in re ports gathered 'by The Associated I'rrws from federal, state, labor mid Liidustrlal leaders in many states of the union. Labor commissioners and o'lier officials In virtually every state from yhieh reports woro receive.!, not only dudarod that unemploy ment had materially been lessened In the last few months, hut nearly all (were hTinrnlsttr rrmreniln? the future, holding Hint tho op'OiiiK of soasonablo 'lines or work, such us nKrlculturo, mid road and bulldliiK construction would help greiuly In ahsorbinu the surplus or workers. Wlillo no derinlle I'inure on the present number of unemployed wiih nvallablo, npiiroxlmately 1,330,000 persons were reported - Idle in six teen states from which estimates were" received. Larco industrial states such as New York.' I'enusyl vlilliti, and 'Miisuaehusctts contribut ed uioru than 1, 'Mm, mill to this In tnl. New York leading Willi nj i esti mated fi lll.ooo out of work. Tin to- tal population of thi slxleen stales was in excess ol II.Ooo.lliio. IHuh Ksiliiiule. Samuel Goiu'iers, preshtent of the Mecricall FediVatloh of Labor, estl lllaled Hie lllii'lniiloyi'd nt 5.0l'll.ooo. .Miners and other workers .in strike. Wl.r , 1(.,1(cll t, KlJ ,,, ii-.,inii,ii,-,i rK1. n,r,.,. NDUSTRY Tfkm ONE iriirnn - ' r " J "v Ji rw SECTION ONE I'oliceiilen Also Struck by Sjiatteriiii;' Acid as They Arrest Thrower in Port land This Morninir. PORTLAND, Apr. 29. Frank Henderson, longslun-omnu strike breaker, was severely burned this mornliiK by acid thrown by a man who whtva arrested wave -his naiite as llollls Straw. Henderson hail Just sleiii ed into 11 bus I rum the I employers' hiring headquarters '.LAST ORNAMENTAL . rh..,,r Irl.iTlFOUNTAIN DESTROYED Spittei-liiK acid fell on policemen, who urivateit Straw. At the hos pital It was reported that Hender son's condition is iserlous but thai ho may not lose bis eyesight. Senator Patterson Addresses American Legion at Tillamook Lame Crowd l.islens lo Talk on .Aliiei-lcalll.sin; Shows Develop ment in Stale and Nation. TILLAMOOK. Apr. 2!). At an o)in meetlllK of Ulu local post uf tho American Leylcin last nlKhl at the elly hall auditorium Sf'nator I. W. l'attersou of Folk county was present and spoke to a Iiii'ko crowd. Tho American Leiilonii does not al low politics to bo discussed in Its mculiiiKs and Mr. Patterson spoke) uKui -felii--developments iof -tho- mil lion mid slate. Mr. Patterson first drew the contrast of how his people enmo from the' eastern states to Oregon and k'f how lib hud como to Tillamook today. Ho mentioned that lie had traveled further lu his trips hero Wiltliln a few hours than his ancestors had traveled in ten days or two weeks before. Senator Fit- terson broiiitlit forth an echo of the! world war when lie spoke of the days when the boys wore fcoltnii away to fluht overseas and stilted that at that time ho huil pledged himself to repay them when they leluriu'd frtim their crusade of flKhtliiK for the cause oT Immunity. With Ibis in mind wliu.i the emer gency board of which he was a lliemJier, was ui4led upon to make an nliipropriatlon of the money to projnTly finaiico a bond Issue, Mr. Patterson staled that lie had done all In his power to bring about this appropriation. Mr. Patterson dwelt upon the de velopments of the state within the past few years anil Hie posslbllll U?s of developments in thu near future, especially or the rh luces of develop mcMits or harbor facilities for Tilla mook. That the teaching or Aniei icanlsm lu the public school be closely adhered to was urged by Mr. Patterson mud he referred to the ract that Ills revolutionary war ancestors had made him a thorough one hundred per cent American. Senator I'lttorsoii's address was very warmly received. CharU-s Hall or Marshrield utl'l Webster Holme's of Tillamook also spoku. m i llAt'l) AI.I.IOGKl). : SALEM, Apr. i!i). Suits to v enjoin the secretary of state v fioin calliliir a spwial ek'ction v fur the recall of i'ubfic Service v ( onimi-sloni rs Williams uii- llutchel was filed here, all''g- intr fisudule:it signatures. m Brotherhood Banquet Full of Good Features t-lnal dtUtU t vot)ud out at a nipllriR lit rvt(lnf by rfriaTi UklUua frvn, the various church brothcrhiK-d of city Tor the I it iiiifiOAi ta ikjoH ibvxt Tnehday cvuiiiff t Uw UtiN'.ii church. The if t. . ofg V"ilgl",v. ian- l"C ' DM' MelbfMllHl church, will for lli- mlisieriiil association au4 C. V. Miniipbreys ill speak for tlm y in, ii . 'i-s. Sheruood i N -iam, predg'it ti- Young Wo men's Kditca't lonul Auxiliary, w ill respond for ib cui-sm of honor I.-iIOh a NT.MIJKR 17U S UNHURT Accident Happened at Early Hour This Morning On Fourth Strict, Ath'inpf to Turn, (.'nrnpr DMwh Depot Street Caus ed Car to Skid Into Item liant tit .Days of Horse drawn Ycliieles. A serious nceldnit occured this uiorning at 2:50 o'clock,, when a Chevrolet cur driven by Georgo Noble, carrying three other passen gers, crashed Into tho Liberty drink ing fountain on tho corner ot Do. pot and fourth street and com pletely wrerkietl tluV fountain, par tially wrecked tho e'ar and injured three of the occupants. Georgo Nohlo and George1 Hyde, tho latter of Portland. Harry Dayllss was re ported uninjured. Tho nnmo ot tho fourth .jiiuii., could, .not. .ho ..Ion-nod. Noble, tliei driver, ri .'I't'lvcd btomo severe scalp wounds. llu is now :it his homo with ovory elianice of re covery. Hyde Is also severely In jured about the head but Is 'not fatally Injured., None ot thu men are ut tho hospital. The car was being driven down Fourth street hill at u teriflflc speed II Is nlportcd, and In aitemiitlng to turn the corner the car sklddevl and tho left hand wldw strude til l Liberty fountain, tearl-llg It to pl'-cis. The left hand front wheel ot the car was torn vlt and the hunt and left hand side of tho car were demolished. Tho upp"r wind shield was broken wlii! HitJ lowe-r one was unharmed. According lo reports by the physicians who ut teeided to the men's . Injuries they had not 'been drinking us thu doc tors stated that I hey could smell no fumes on their breath. The cur was going nearly no miles per hour to inflict as much d.iinagu us wu-j done to the Liberty tlatue, It .n estimated. The Liberty drinking fountain, the last or Its kind In Ln Grande, was erected in l'JO-l by tho W. C. T. U. Two Bonus Bills to Be Drafted Is Plan r c n .'ii. . (Hr Ansociaiea T-bs) WASIIiNfj'l i)tN, April '.. The senate II nance committee ropu bit cans at tin conference tolny direct ed that Iwo separate Roldier bonus hills embodying the plans or Chiitr m.ui McCninber n ml Senator Hinoot bo drnfted for con.sldenittun by the major K y, probably .Monday, t The McCumber plan enibricti the1 pros'isfon nt adjusted service cr- tlficate with loan provisions broad ened. The Sinoot plan eonteinphilrs paid up 20 years Vudownn-'ntl life Insurance uiollcles without hor row ing provisions. 4 features will he provided, Iho na ture of which the prouimn commit tee Is not ready to anntfunce. Th iiicnibiii'M of tiitl ronrcatioiiri of tli.j Uaptist. Presbyterian, Kpiwopal and MellifnllKt ehun-tus are cordial ly invited to be present and bring Iheir ladies, but the mile of tickets for the dinner cIosch Monday night. i-- - ,,. u ...... :-. il ll" i . will he ..me NuiiHTuuK hiiiniH and mI o eulttiMit mi'iisruiii ( 4' o 9 . C . Toniirhl ind Sund:'''. lair. 1
