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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. . ....