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I ft h THE WEATHER I PORTLAND (AP) Ore-' gon: Generally fair tonight, and Friday. ' CITY EDITION VOLUME XXIV. LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE88 NUMBER 64 J.D. SLATER Still Leads Owner Into Law s Grip Why Christmas Is Merry . ' By WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE EAGER FOR EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY aiming CITY BEADY, X M AS WES STOLEN BY RE1IH Cl Cass Humphreys Elected Last Night at Com- :; mission Meeting OATH OF OFFICE TAKEN AT NOON New Judge Tries Two Cases at 1 O'clock; Drunks Are Fined $2" Each. , - ; CllltlSTMAS IX JAIL. .Iiitl hc I'. M. Humphrey shortly nfU-r Ih-Iiib: attum In during Ihe noon liiMir tcMluy, In-nril pleas or Biillly by .lames .MilXinnlil nml Dli'k Mnnni-y, i-lnii-fxi-il wllli drunkenness. Jkilli wen- filii-il Si". Ah ni'lllv-r ile IViidiint could pay II"' Hue they wiw ordcrl to jail lo serve uut tlx' sum at lliu rate of S2 a ilay. San , Morc, of North Powder, Arrested by Sheriff, Must Serve 6 Months and Pay Fine. The wheels or justice took a lilnt from the jnovios and experimented with speeded action in thu cubu of Sum Moore, of North Powdur. lnsL Moore liitU a nice now copper still about a mile and 'ft liulf up the cunyon from his house..-; fie sef it In operation last Jiiglit, at C o'clock, and had no inoro than got tho burners, running when. Khcrlff Jesse Hreshcam . und two prohibition agents stepped In and placed him under arrest. "- An hour later ho pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of mash and a still before Judge H. J. He nc or box In the Justice of the peuco court at North Powder. : And at 8 o'clock he hud arrived in lia Grande and commenced to serve a six months' term in the county jail. He has, furthermore, a $."U0 fine to pay, or to serve out ttl the rate of two dollars per day. CHRISTMAS Everyone in La Grande Is Remembered in the Distribution of Gifts KIDDIES TO HAVE TWO BIG PARTIES Elks' Treat for Children to Be Preceded by a Theater Party Christ- . mas Morning. J, II. Sinter. municipal judge la (Irnnde for about two yearn, yesterday tendered his resignation from the office 'to J.' K. Htoai-ns,. illy rccorill-r, who last lilglil sub mitted It at the city cominisslou ineclinc. l-'ollowlng u short nis. SfliESTD PAY UP TAX BILL The nlRlit -heron) l.'lirlsliiu" and the whole town la a tip-toe with expectancy.'- . 1 lji.it minute shoppers am mill, checking names ofr their Hals, tis sue paper rustles enticingly as delivery boys fly to and tro with packages, and hero and .there 'a kllehen window raven: a bustle of savory preparations for tin' mor row's feast. y. ' But the hurry and excitement will aoon be over, and the cltlwnry will settle It.self.'likc the slocking that hang by the chimney, lo wait for Santa Cluua to coniu and . do his pari. !...,.' . All' lteiiienibcreil VIA Orencle should havu nothing but happy dreams tonight, for titere -isn't a chance that a home ivrsonnl properly upon which ln the community will be forgol- .. i Itiven lire ilellnmient Is lialile la Knn l elusion the resignation was P"i , ,. , . ... .. .' V to a vote and accepted. (sheriffs sale and will presently bo Mru , so bask,.u were dc- l.ater in the evening, under spe. sold for recovery,-according to 20 nnslt,,rt on Kn,iefui doorslcps by slir ryromsa s-. t; .m.'., ; yM p""? on. p,a!iot v Ioi,esomo 'aaiiiii lluimihreys as city jiidgc idellniiuent taxpayer. , trlhutrd bv Ilia kindly members Iins made fl lend.S With the (log, the elephant and the COW, and Commissioner 11. 1'. Landia j Section 4324 of Olsen'a Oregon jof the Kalvalion Arm.y Those un- th0 pjg the horse, the Cat, the sheep, and the chicken. But moved that the nomlnallons be i,,lWs provides that If taxes on per-, tiring workers made a survey of -m , , hj o(.. n travellers avoid him. ' Phvsicallv ..i Ln.ul.l..,,l A T II I PQ II- unnu nrnnorlv nrn llfil n:tlil lielnre'llie llfellv flliarierS. ami CI1CCK.CU . . . ... ... - . - sheriff hun the H BANDITS Pittsburg Terminal Coal Company Employes : Bereft of Pay GUARD SHOT BY ROBBERS' VOLLEY Forty - Seven - Thousand Nine Hundred - Dollars Taken by Armed Men at Molleniuer, Pa. : I'lTTHHUBO (By the Aaaoclated PresB) The Christmas payroll of tho Plttsburff Termtnal Coal com pany, $47,900, wm taxea from the pay cab by six armed men at Mol leniuer, a mininff aettlcment near . here today. - . - . v .' -The robbers escaped in an auto mobile. . . ' i The bandits shot ono'' guard In the abdomen and his condition Is critical. - i , - Tho paymaster and two guards had just alighted from' a special railroad pay car whin tho bandits drove up and opened ftre Immedi ately. The first volley struck One guard and the others were forced to drop their guns. I'residenl A. T. Illll call i-il for a vole and Mr. Humphrcy-i delinquency, the was unanimously elected. . right and it is his duly to levy up The oatli of lirrhrc was Lsk'-iiion that personal properly of the liy Mr. Humphreys during the , laxpayer by taking it into Ilia pos ' noon hour today. . llo la other-session- and selling It, or aa inm-h wise affiliated, In Hie alistriiet bus. 'r it ua Inay Ik- MeceBsary 10 take Iness, employed by Jack Oliver. ) .Mr. Slater has presided as Judge In the illy io n! since the resig nation of K. J. Kitchen abnul two years ago in a, laiiniui ami cu...-t(j Aln(ig ,,,. i-ntio-jH manner, pcrioiiiisna ne:(J(i ilullea or his omce lo.ine u i (,,in,uent personal taxes are to lie bis ability. His resignation be- ,hlu)(1,.d jn a sm.,,. mullll,.r n m. came effoctlve last .night as soon ,.,., .,, umiollces. earn of the taxes. Tile amount of 'personal property upon which IIIIM taxes are de linquent is bill lu'JOI.S';, according hcn-l of the tax department. The I92S and 1923 fOontlnuea on pag 8 WRECK VICTIM iiiullKhod early laL fvcnlns wlu-n train No. 2'.', ran Into It. Mr. Tuck--r wiia on his way to I .a Grundi' nt-ar Ttlorasi't. '('he roada wre slippery and when rrusslnc tlw railway tmrks th' car turned and rniiKht iH'twuen the rails. All (.'f fnri to movi' I ln ear wi-re us'Ii'hs II. .1. MuthcisltaiiKli. who has iainH0 lr((M )o nff tni, iniln l.ul In ii.wrloiiH conclitlou at the Holjaifl not hiiitci-iI, S NEAR DEATH i No hope is held for the life of Forest Ranger's Auto n,ir iii win, the it. i. o. k.-s io- he is an onihan with. a lurkinp- fear that his pride may be .. . . , ' i.... :r l. i u it. i :.i. 1 ace that every nrservinn iuiiiii nun. it nu .-viiuwa wmu 1113 jtaiuius wuie, im iia 110 luea might haro in the cheer that is from whence ho came, how he got here, nor where he is being broadcast, -Roing. - The dumb rocks tell a matr. tliut lie hasxluiur to the Jt'm& changiinf -eui-th; ddrintf lacierst , runnintf liefora 'eai'th cnristmns songi lo be given at the (makes, volcanos and avalanches in terror and pain for many county jaii in the "-morning. The thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of years. Over prisoners took a collection among and jn throujrh the lonely centuries he has tried to find tliemse ves for a -special dinner. ..." . , ,, ... . At iiie suivaiion Army- hall in Jst one companion with a voice who would guide him, 1 in'- evening, ihe Sunday school would siwak wisdom to him, would tell man of his past, win furnish a program., aiier Wou d make some compact v.'ith him foi' his future. So wood, restlessly , roving from pole, to polo, ever futilely seeking something, His homes, his cities, his sacred tem ples; his gawdy palaces crumbled to dust under his hands. All his gods mocked him. , . v Then after long ' cycles of vain striving, sharply as though a greut sword had, rendsd' the-threads, the story ' SIGNED TODAY, flAJRO, Egypt (By tho Assocl- of the1 world was cleft in twain. Two thousand years ago at0'1 Preas) An nrmisticejs ro. the. modern world began: '.We are celebrating that.benin- 1"' , rir"'.', V 1". T&Z'h Ig today eelebi'atilljf the bli'tH bt Illtn who made tho high conimlasioner in Byrla, Henry XJlly h,!,S f.01'1 llis r'" ,n"Ke?'S' Wvins defter, as and mils to brig n ihe occ.tsion the millcniums have passed, a long procession of gods ' for children froai hojne, when- stone, gods, clay gods, wooden gods, brass gods, and gods' Mrs. Ilarker discovered unfurl-: r f ; ,,,! Iln hnwoil Iw.l'r.iv, llmrn nnrl Huli.nnrl l,ul'flal Demolished by Train :;'; 0S'rtC, mt always passionately hoping frnhc voice that children an nnd-r i-i wen- dreadr : never ciimc. . lie worshipped the deep mystery of life in The llghl car of Gerald Tucker, ng Ihe certainly of being 'over- the allinitlls who had bcfrieildod llilll the bull, the Cat. the loresl ranger, was .completely rte-; looked by San I it. because their. t , Knilk. e turned lo the Still and lifted llis face more than a month. III.. n..l..u rwo iiig pariies will cram iln- not leavii tnc nieanifig ol his exile on the earth; hlng createst discovery tho world ever has seen the discoverv de Jouvenei that fiod is not a craven imao-e made after the likeness nf The report said that tit political man, but that man is a spirit made-in the likeness of God. be iibeud. . v The Great News came most simolv. Earlv . one' fine' morning, an itinerant evangelist was sitting by Jacob's old. Butler Will Publish , In- Dairy, of Official Life l'HINADKLRUA,. (By the Asso ciated Press) General Bmedley l. well, not far from Jerusalem. A women of Samaria came up to him. . He asked her for a drink from the well. She was not a model of domestic virtues, but was living with her fifth man, and that without benefit of clergy. : The two fell to talking; he in parables about the water of the itutier. dismissed bv Mayor Ken- well; she at first,, as any light and literal woman, about the drick us head of the Philadelphia well itself. Ar their words touched religion and spiritual poU;,'0 department, said today that things, slowly it dawned upon her that she was in the ores- 5".Uo" ,! to ' -' 7 4 Un MmiKir. f Up. II I 1 j 1 1 J -11 ! 1 "" "'"""C HUH , 11,(111 I1CU1 If. DIIC 1ICUIU bllU nM.-- ...c. -... n..w w.c eu, ,u '-""itiuth. The evangelist-said : oi the seasons, undci'storid planting and harvest; nut coudi. .... ?, , roH-nnnti i:hi(-k-rtill of Joy. Al 10: will l.iiki: sanatorium t v r sine v..t 'I haukfKivinK day. v. h n In whs Iii jnrt'd In air antoiiioluli' ncrldviil al'i.ut a mll of Iln hospital. Tin; paih-nl's motln-r has Ijfi-n HinnmoiM'd from h r. holm' In I'ort litnd. and Is now at Jib tmdsldu. Ir. W. T. I'hy, In whose l uiploy iMutlii:islaiiKh has s -rvod a tail or, has do. it t-vi rylhlntc possihl to hjlvi' tho yoamr nian's lire, hot H;iid .today tliat hopif of his h't-ov-(ry has pns.si'd. Muih'TsbHunh had Kun' rldinu with a parly of patii-nls und pursis ol th" Miiiatoriuiii. jii tin way homo from I'nioti, th" car sklddi'd orr the Klippry pavniwnt, and turind I'vcr into tin- ditch. Nonr of the others were Injured. The ear Is u total lows. To know the meanincr of life was the spiritual quest of man through countless thousands of years in, the ancient Vt o'elok.-the star Ihealr mi- population or i.a orande for:w"ld. In those ycai ho captured fire, wroiiKht homes, a Tree xhow featurintr iah- l egcy. The show will l over In pknty of time for th I'hrlst mas tn u. -which Kniffhts Templar Will Have Xmas Ceremony Kasteru treKon- 'omnt snidery I No. fi Knlirhts Templar will hold lis annual Christmas observance to morrow 11101-1111117 at i I o'clock In ihe Masonic hall h-re. An ap propriate program has been ar ram;'d. The Ctirlstmns service Is oil" service 1 hat all Knihta Templar are supposed lo attend. Th' serv ice features exemplifies the foundation princ ipals of the order. (Cnntlnnrl nn Pl.l CUMITHTIflM IM i huh h u m Willi I I II I IUI1 III I HERDS DESIRED, cities, temples, palaces in bronze and stone and iron, and s XTRAPIJIS "Ye worship, ye know not what. But the hour cometh and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. . . . (Jod is a spirit, and they that worship, must worship in. t-pirit, and in truth." (Continued on Tatfc Fivn) lVAS.1i;A (M) Warm wea ther ami Hear skies . Bm'tccI tin undefeated 'xrldfrn hen hs if the I nleiHv of Ahihama when they nrrlel here tmhiy where ihe nil) hat lie the riifvcrit.v or Witshlii'; tim Svw Venr's y fur tlm eht ui'st Uifs Kame litiuor. mum Story of The Christ's Birth Will Be Retold practically till of tin dairymen Ituatlstle work, which!01 1 m'm ,,M""' Im'1 ,V"M" Hayes. lii-Kim, I nlleil Mates tim- ni i n inumner oi comoicriM ui-Mn K,.,M.ni 1,,.,.. numiilmrd loilny rices and ronsiiirp'd a rorm oi dairy ordinance to control sanlla ""jiion In . the handllmr of milk In (and ahr.ut I.a (irandc. The ordi nance has hcen drawn up mid will 1 In- praHeiilcd to tho city attorney by lee Ky Molds, president of the dairymen's association. If found vitisinclory hy the crlly attorney It i vi-1 It be proposed al the nexl meet- I'.l IAOS AlltCS (AT) Henry that he via st rclhlnjc afier a eon ncctlftii of more than 10 years with the Aiiicrlean dldnmalle ami eon snhir Mi'icc. Hi- villi sail fur New York inc. ::t lo Join Ills family. With KomethhiK of the mime holy Ininh that willed over Bet hlehenr I hills on the eve of the first t'hrist iiihk, m (Irande worshlpp'-m will i jrather In their respecitve churches1 tonight to hear nvutn the story of Christ's birth in a lowly stable. Kcenen of the nativity will be de pict ei in pacennt and puntnmlme. Carols repealinff the sotifrs the n Ke is sum? will riiiR from (tie choir lofts. And every child enrolled in a Sunday school . will make his prond way to the platform to arid a sentence or a versu to the pro frruin. , MokI of the s.-rvU efl will com mence early, so the tittle folk need not 1m kept, ttuttlnir for Hantu i'laus punt Ihe bedtime hour. Catholic and Kptsc-opal churcheft will have their formal observances at mldniKht. Mass tit Our .ady of the Valby altar will commence nt 12 o'clock'. HUhop Itemlnirlon, of i'endl'-ton wln'officiatp at the Kpln ropal communion ervice, which Is announced for 1 1. ' The children a prnprtuiis are lo Include Ihe followiiiff: Thf Presbyterian chlblrn'8 pro. ftuui. U:ffiiuiiitf i 7.14 p. in., will be as follows: Urjran prelud' ford. Hymn "Joy lo th rayer by pastor. Uccitultoll, "Welcome' Imtton. tecitalloii. "My Kest" liouirlas. ItefMation Nancy Phyllis Westenhaver. . Itecltallon Kathryn Avery. Uecttation. "A I 'all for JSanUi" 'Grace Helen Itohnenkamp. Hecitatiftn. "Advice lo Hanla" Myron Tedlord. Keel tat Ion Peter Cobliril. Violin solo Ham Ashby. Iteeitallon Mary Jam Itohnen kamp. Kceitatlon. "The First Attempt - Nancy l.ee Lindsay. Jt'-cltatlou tlmr'of Ihe city commission. Mrs, J. A. Ted-j The assoeiation also constdered 'a form of by-laws and marketing World." I asTre-meiit but did not arrive at any definite conclusion. This- will Albert be continued at the riext meetlm; jto be called by the president prob- j i'hviu uoiy nexi weeK. I Two new dairymen weri- added I nit ton and, to the association last iviiIiij,', Soviet Bars Toreiffncrs From New Gold Fields VAKITSIC. Kiberlii. ( Hy the As sociated presK) The hordes of Koreans. Japanese slid Chinese who have been Moekimr to the Al- jdn river gold field. iikIh'h new (-Klondike." doubt h-m will e thrnmn Inln constertiatiftn now 'Baby's Presnt" .that the soviet jcovernment has Jack Murphy. issued a decree Klvdnjc all non Uecltution Barbara nUirrrs. j (tj,Hinn prne-peetors and resblenls Itecitatlon. "Merry Christmas' jon,, n,nih In w hich to depart. The Hetty May Vehrs. l-rreat mass of pobj l 1o be for Uccltatlon, "Hettlinp It" Htella Kusstuns stone. Jean Injrle. ) The commission of Invest leal ion Solo Katherlne Wlsster. jsent to thr Kold fl Ids by the sov- Kxrrls.', Merry Xinus Mrs.Uet estimates then are ome 400 jtons of available irold In 1h? ooo (C'vutiuuwl oo rtf Four.) juurv uillta vi tii AJOuo d.blritt. The ' Christmas Season During the pii'-cnt holiday sen S4n Ttie Hi-erii cr ha-. enjnisl the liir-Kc.tl id nine fir Imnl ml-Dcrli-ifiK in lis hl-iory fer .t slmllHr MrhMt. In la-t t'll ilaj's lsue It inrihil the laru iM amotyit of I'mI INplit tt any ei'kilny ls-ne on lit on I, Tin lay it iMin-ts IIh huitc-t elr eiilnl! mi that H lias crr lui1, ml lia.s. nc'inriliiix Htc putt Holier, Ih' Ih-( new mihI .ol terllsiiis M-rtM-e. nml Ihe lote-f railer-e-l. Cotitlniiii I Improve until In rery department ' plaimeil Ifi furl her merit t lie confidence of lis ndiertl4 rs nml lis readers a confident r (luit Is l allied niosl highly. "Obserrrr Ad? rrtlslnR . A MercluuitlUliitf 8orrlce.M HOT LAKK, (Speeal - The first of a series or Christmas car ols which are to be sutrt; In the Hoi Ijike sanatorium hospital this VohMlde season wan enjoyed by patienta nnd slaff members yester. day when twenty meniiM-rs of tie Shaianka camp fire circle of I'n ioli ciime over lo Ihe hike. The Ktrls' hIiikIu was dlnf ided b Mrs. Hert KuIkIiI. Kiiardian or the camp fire. Itnth Wynn. of l.a. firaiide. Join ed tho camp fire circle for the ii tteruoou atifl accompanied t h srnKefH on t n,. hfirmenlea. Two othT non-mrenibers w!io 'aim wtiti the camp fire girls were the little MIz-hch Kstlier and Klma Jlal sey. They followed lilt; carols with a duet, "Oh l.ltde Town of H'lli- lehem." I Christmas morninit hosidtal pat b'nis are to be uwakened by carols softly sulif by a choir composed of , employes. I liirllilf the day ttie I'liiarlel from I'nioii county cham ; her of commerce wilt come lo the l.ik' and suit; for those confined here. IClosingDown NightGlubs In New York NKW YOP.K (Hy Hie Associated Press) -- Kederal Attorney Uuckuer has beKiin his third and larx'rit "piidlotk eruHade'1 liy n holiday on slaught on White Way nltiht liaunts, some of them favorites so cially and noted as theatrical re sorts. At nildniKht hist ntKht tho fed eral deputy marshal's prohibition aK'Mils and the police bewail whole sale service of summons and com plaints upon proprietors who are Kiven -i days In whlrti to uct-epl RANCH OWNER He kept It during tho two years he was illrcotor ot public .safetly und recorded, nmoup other things. i-onvcrsittlons with the mayor and with other city officials. Butler suid that a broadside ln which he alleged the mayor was . protector of big violators of tho prohibition hiaw was only a pro. Iluilnary blast. ,., SHOOTS SELF . V. rol't'LATION lNOREASK . ALBANY, N. Y. AP) Thd population of New York state la 11, 162. 151, according to totals of tho 1925 state con sua, announced hero Wednesday. This ropresontii a gain of slnco 1920 and la the largest growth made by tho statu In uny five year period since 1910. vi;i:ks in accident. CHAKliKSTON', Jj, C. (AP) Dixieland Has Hopes Of White Christmas ATLANTA, fin. By ttie Assnd- ;al". press) ---iijue Wednesday was '. nrepariliir in spend the kind ol a ('hrlsMiias It olten n-ads about but i experiences only aboiii once in a j blue moon--a white Christinas. , Snow flurries were reported at sev eral points while one or Uo told J of heavy fulls. j NKW YOU K f A I ' ) Krank A. Mutisey's fortune In variously esti mated at from $211.010.11011 to ,00(1,00(1 includlnsT his two newspa j pers In New York, the Hun and the 1 Tll-tTflUI. Continued on 1'itirn Four.) Hundreds View Coffin Wherein Munsey Rests ONTARIO, Ore. (Special). Joe Tipton, aged 34. a Malheur coun ty stockman, coded his life with u bullet, according to the findings joihi . Mentis lonncr sccreiary of a coroner's jury which lovestl- of nr, wns slightly Injuntl, threw gated his death at the Tipton men tvero killed, "nil another Im ranch. HO miles so ith or Crowley. iiiUsliur la a head on collision 1h Tlpton, accorlltig to the slory Iwivti two Atlantic coast line train told the Jury summoned by Or. hslay near Mniuks Comer. Iho It. P. Payne, coroner: Hherltf I'ligliiciTM or tlm trains and tho Charles W. (lleiin and Olstrlet At- flremnii of tho south bound wore torney K. M. Illodgelt, shot htui-1 Mutul dead lit the wrwkiure. No UletnllH wen given concerning; (Continued on Pago, 4) ' Weeks Injuries. MAV VOKK (Hy Ihn AmrKinteil Prf.H) High government offleluN, pi-mnlnctit hi 1 -1 11 ess ami profes sional ni"ii, iiiciiiIm.'1-m of Ms-lety iniiiKted lislny with 1yM- setters, printer, nml iicwIhis al the fun eral srlcfs In th; falheilml of hi. .bdni Tlm iMOne for j'rank A. UIIM'). NKW VftP.K (Hy Ihe Associated Press) A bromte coffin learing t he simple inscription, "l-'rank A. Muosey," luy In (he." ctiapel of StansKarrls In the cathedral of HI. John Ihe liivlne Wednesdsy while hundreds of tin 11 and women fll'-d by th" bier. 9 Mr. Munsey. oun of Uie leading magazine und newspaper publish ers in this country, filed Tuesday. The chapel In which his body lay in state remained opened to t he public until o'clock Wednesday niyht. T'.,KIO (llv Ihe AsMH-taled Pre) The late-t dinpntrhes to the hoklil ewt agency from Mukden t(slay stnl 'il that troops of I, inn nrir retreating In dWtrdcr niter ts liig defeated dct-MwIy hy Chang's nrtny. I K K f N fj (Hy the Assoclab-d Press) Marshal l-Vng Yu llHt.ing's national army troop entered Ti 11--sin this morning nfler several days of fighting In which thousands were killed or wounded. The troops of (leneral l.h hlng I. in. civil governor of Chi hit, nml Keng'M enemy, are fleeing in dis order. Clin os reiitns In the native ijunr ter of Tientsin, where soldiers at tached to the defeated army ure engaged In looting. Korelgn volunteers and troops are protecting the gates of the foreign settlements. Feng Defeats Lin And Enters Tientsin Today !-Vn'n supporter, Sun Yuh, has tH-i-n npiioltiti-d civil governor to Huc-i-eil I, In. ' . KliANriMAI (By Iho Associated r-n-i"SI (leneral Llrhlng l.ln, de. r, mod by Murshal Ka at Tlent ain. Is reported to save token . refuge with his staff In tho Jiip unene conceKtiion. TIIKIO (Dy tll Ansoclafed r-riii-i) The Mukden rorn-spond-ent of the Toklo Nlchl Mchl Shim bun nys 1 nat the town of Hlnmln- fu, went of Mukden, was damaged by an nertn.1 bombardment yester day during righting between tho nrinl-'H or Marshal Chung Tno l.ln, .MiinrhurtHii wur lord, nnd Oenenil K110 Hung l.lng. Blmullaneously . hnn lininrheil a general counter Hlliick along the whole front, re. suiting In his right wing advanc ing to within two miles of Sinniln- iu. . ....