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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON. SATURDAY. JAN. 8, 1916. 1 Christo George of Fort Worth, Texas," in Serbian Trenches SIX Monustir, Mervia, Dec. 1. . if. (By mail.) One of Col. Vas- nidi's six bodyguards when lie took me to tbe bervian trenches which protect Monustir, wbb Christo Ocor'ge, 213 E. 2:trd street, Fort Worth, Texan. "The colonel gave me permission to $ come to the front today," he told me, "so I could try to find out in the trenches what became of my wife and children when the Bulgui's took I'ribiuni. I left my wife there with the girls, three and two years old, anil while 1 was gone the Bulgarians came. I have beard the town )jc wus burned anil I am afraid they were killed." Ocorge spent that day in the trenches sis with the lust Servian soldiers who left I'ribiuni. X met him 4c on .the return trip and he said he couldn't find out a word 4c about them. The soldiers nil 4c 4c said the town was burning when 4e they left the that the Biilgnrs 4c came in shooting rn -every dircc- 4c tiou. 4c 4c 4c4c4c4c4c4c4c44c4c4c4c4cHc4c4c By William a. Shepherd. (United J'ress staff correspondent.) Monastir, Scrviu, Dec. 1. (By Mail.) There was a white stone monument, maii high, beanie the Servian trenches, In fact it wus part of the trench line. I asked Col. Vassich, who was pointing out the Bulgnr position six miles away asked Colonel Vnssicn if he knew what across the Halinci valley, what the Bulgarian forces were opposing him. monument meant. " Yes," he said, and he watched me "Three years ago," he said, " we I carefully as I put the figures down in fought tho Turks there. It is 18 miles my note book, "They have the Second, from Monastir and marks the nearest Fifth, Twentieth, Fiftieth, Fifty-second point to tho city thut the Turks attain- and Fifty-third regiments of infantry ed. It's a grave stone. Four thousand and the third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Servians died in thjs valley in four regiments of cavalry. The Fourth cov Uays, but stopped the Turks. Monastir airy," he added proudly, "is the rogi and the Serviun government were pre- moot of Crown Prince Cyril of Bulgar paring to build a memoriul church! in." It was the first trace of a sol where that stone stands, when this wordier 'a vanity thnt I had seon through began." A Servian trench mil to thejtho long day in Colonel Vassich. Here foot of the monument, cxposiug its baso. were his lines, holding Monastir,' that Middle aged, third reserve Servian sol-1 he might have been proud of; here was diers in the trench were building a fire I the swamp where, tnreo years ago lie and puttering over a kettle filled with ; and his men standing waist deep in wa raw moat. The memory of that battle iter, had fought the Turks for three days of Hnlinei three years ago, was not on j and saved the city. He didn't seem their minds. Neither was the present' proud of theso things. But that he and battle. Then) was no firing just, but his two tattered, tired regiments should their rifles lay on tho trench ridge, be honored by having a royal regiment ready. They weren't interested in the of eavnlry sent ngninst them, was a monument) Tho thing on their minds I distinction ho valued, was dinner. I "U'j fine work for Bulgarians to Across the valley we heard riflo burn a villnge like they burned Lau shots, perhaps a hundred. But no bul-jtodnv," said a member of our party, lets whistled near us. The colonel ex- "They're bad people sometimes," plained that it was in a little village I said Colonel Cassieh. "Many times in on the flat pain a mile and a quarter j the last weeks they havo crept upon ft from ua. Our maps showed that its nnmo I battlefield during tho night before we was l.au. We eoud seo the short main! have been nble to pick up our wounded, street, with perhaps 50 houses. Tail, and havo killed the wounded with leafless trees, regularly ranged, marked knives." Hack in Monastir that night the cross street. Th shooting sounded i we heard the Bulgarian : guns. They r.gaiii. Through our blnsnon we looked wore feeling out the trenches we hnd in tain to discover humans there. In, visited that day. How did it fare, we the autumn sunshine the village lay, I wondered, with tho old man whoso son Uict and deserted except for the soumi of siiootine. I asked if. there were any people left ill tho town. He 'replied that evidently the Bulgnra had found somebody. Who was the somebody t Women and chil dren! They must hnve been hiding in their houses. Were the e.omitndjis goi- With Little Interest In ADproaching Doom Murderer Is Executed San Qurntiii, Cnl Jan. 7 Without a trace of fear or even interest, in his fnto Lawrence Couteure answered to day to the state of California for mur dering Don W. Sullivan at August Nye berger's home nenr I'nso Kobles, Sun Luis Obispo county, last September. It was the first execution of tho year; our others, one hert. and three ut Fol soni, are slated for January 21, but may never occur. The trap was sprung at 10:14. The man's neck snapped and 14 1-2 minutes later physicians said life had gone. Couteure died without the consolation of priest or minister, without the words of relatives to mourn him. Only tho lirisoners in the grn,, mnrderor's row looked out with a touch of friendly feeling toward him, when they learned by the prison "grapevine telegraph" that ho was about to step forth forever. tranftn lor buainen confidence to build upon, 0( iwwmI In 191 5 am 43 aunhala m awa atarlar avaraawf Im IBIS em 40 auahafa iw aaro VZti!?y,'?nmt- "elln, '"nl ' I" Prire either Improved or olhe r WIm. ronsinii from $li lo .) per acre. Krw hoiiimleaa' lands are plrniiful and not Int frooi railway lmeaandconv.nnttooodh.landchurchoa. The cli,...i. i. hr.l mi 1?.". lu, "0' J. M. Brieve, Cor. 1st and Post Streets, Spokane, Wash. Always Watch This Ad Changes Often rUK 1 nt WUUUSMAN We have all kludi of Axes, Sledges, Wedges, tiawi and Equipment! for the woodi.. AU kind of Corrugated Iron for both Roof and Building. A good $800.00 I.auodry Mangol, ilightlr usd for one-fourth original eoit S18 AWD $20 NHW OVERCOATS AT S5.00. I pay 1 1-9 cents per pound for old regs. I pay clghest price for bides and fur. H. Steinhock Junk Co. The noma of Half a Million Bargains. X09 Nnrth rnmmnrnJl Hlrul iL mnm 1 . . ' "" ing from house to house, shooting und killiugf Was this a musencret I ask ed, the colonel. He didn't know; it might be. A column of smoke rose from the village. Through our glasses we saw a house burning. We couldn't find out what happened in the little village of Lau that morn ing. Other buildings were afire when we left No one could go over there. A thousand men, perhaps, might have fought their way theie, but that would have caused the resumption of the bat tle of Haliuc.i, which Colonel Vassich was not quite ready to resume. It was lunch time when we got back . to the in ii in road and our auto, i On a bale of liny a soldier stretched a tublecloth and placed tin plates, tin cups, wine, bread and cheese. Other bales of hay were' our chairs. Behind Us stood a. caisson. I noticed soldiers lending six huge oxen up to it. They hitched them to it and the wheels touched the buck of my "chair" as the caisson rolled away. ; A hundred feet off stood a cannon in a crude, cellur like hole. A dozen sol diers hnusel it out on level ground. Other oxen were hitched to it. Within u few moments the caisson mid the en li no n wero drawn from the field to the .main rond, and guarded by a wore of soldiers, the procession started slowly I back toward Monnstir. That was ull part of the Servian re- treat before overwhelming odds, that bfgan at the Danube river Inst Octo- tier. There were two regiments on the part of the Servian lino thut wo had seen. I hnd given him the knapsackt Or the other old peasant who was using n gun and ammunition he hnd taken from a Bulgart And wero there more dead Servians lying about that monument which mnrkod the spot, where 4.000 Ser vians died defending Monastir from the Turks three years agnt CLOSE RED LIGHT DISTEICT Sun Francisco, Jan. 8. Army and navy officers may take hand in clos ing, forever, Su'i Francisco's red light i district following the death of Jesse j Walker, a sailor, in a woman's room I there. Foul plnv was hinted by his j associates, and the coroner's jury sug ! Rested further investigation of the lease. As i. result the army and navy I men are talking of insisting on en- ' foreeinont of tho red light abatement law. NOTICE Notice is hereby givon that no per son except the undersigned, Held Back, has any authority to represent tiia un dersigned or tho firm of Wing Sing, Long Keo & Co., of which he is man oger and the said Seid Back or Wing Sing. Long Koo & Co. will not be re sponsible -fnr any goods purchased by or delivered to another unless upon an order in writing signed by said Seid Back. SEID BACK. Jan. 21. Thrc3 Hundred Oillion Bustel GroD in 1915 Fvntri Hf lor their Umt with nw yiw'i area ni arMptrily wit mvw m rrtaL Renrdlni Western Canada ae a train producer, prom. Incnt business mm snyai "Canada's position todsy la ound.rthsn ever. Thm It mora whe.t, moreoats, more rain for food, 20 more cattle than last year and more nogs. The war market In Europe rnedi our surplus. At exceeding the mott optimistic predictlone." 1 e"ripilon. For complete Information CanlkmaMiMi, .. ?! j-nona ooo. Willamette Varsity j Trims Alumni Team by Score of 19 to 14 Tl. Wilinmott. vr..;t- rimm.,,1 ) alumni team last night 'l! to 14 in a game which was characterized bv many . . i arguments. Both teams took occasion to urate on the rules with referee Sum Butler as a more or less interested spec- tator. The referee, however, culled the D-nine Iii.fnrn tin.o wan im n,l a i-,l,.,l the contest to the varsity. ,' The old stars were a bit short of wind; in .iimii itiHtfi mn. hut nnvar lftftml if in the argument- and the future eminent j 0ver 150 convicts at the Oregon stiitei jurists" among the varsity players nlso.l,."n 'I""" already registered for iiiatnic-j made short talks and "an enjoyable tlnn i the prison school which is to be I time wus hnd bv .ill thus ..resent." 'started in the nenr future under the. The alumni scored the first field i ('ire(:tlon of Warden Minto and Frank basket when Mdntiic netted one aft-1 Envies. A well lighted room in one er about a minute of pluv. Coach Math - fn(1 of ol'l foundry storehouse 50 cws' men worked the ball down the "J. H0 111 sii!r' has been partitioned field time und again only to miss thei0" to ,,e ll'vted to the uses ofthe shot for the elusive hoop. I prison students. Fifty-four seats mid Brooks, who hn been out of the gnme ; '''"J" ,lttve heen ordered and each desk for the lust 10 days on account of theiwl11 Beommodate four students. K"Pl win. lint ii in I in nut hn f t... bolster up the varsity Jnie-up and aJck son went to the forward position vacat ed by Jewctt. Line-up: W. 1.. Forwards, Shis- lor, (capt.) and Jewett; center, Jack- son; guards, Flegel and Irvine. Alumni Forwards, Mclntire (capt.), nnd Schramm; center, 1'haff; guards, Wil-1 nnms una .Miuton. Nnlmtitntna. Un!r. T ..1, Jackson for Jewett, Utter for Mcln-1 (ir0 ' , - 1 n yt t C i J t all! Of niSnS 1eieateU . . . By Dallas, Ore., Jan. 8. Defeated in' , 0,lt of th" 54n mp" now "nfined in their first gamo on northern soil, the ,llc ''e,n about five, per cent can neith University of California basketball Pr rfaa "?r ,wnto und n MBl(r of otl' toam left today for Tortlond td meetjers "Hv. ha'' bu' 1,n,e "chnnling. It is the Multnomah club-quintet tonight. "Pec."' that some of these 'will take The Dallas team won last night by dvanttKP of the opportunity to learn a score of .10 to 23. If, was a furious!" TA and may ,ak- Up c0"r8''" ator game, with little to choose between the." tlle men. "llow the 1!"" i",ereat in opionents most of the time. At the end of the first half Dallas led 12 to H. Embury. nnd Morton starred for Cnli; fornin. In tho jfipnl period Logan re placed Spencer nt forward for tho southerners, but the change made little difference. Tho referee enlled 12 fouls on Califor nia and 14 on Dallas. Last night's defeat isn't as bitter a pill aa it might have been. The Dak las team hasn't been beaten on its own floor in 12 years, nnd the"Cnliforninns gave them the hottest battle for sev oral seasons. The line-up: California. Norton Spencer, Logan Works. Emburci Sten field Dallas. .V. Vnllcntine ':T. ,.'.'..'.'.,.',.Bov,lston . l ( Wg0'j . . .0 Matheni Officials: Referee, Frank House; um pire, Fred Boyston; timekeeper, Leon ard Shaw. - Frank Moran Looks Best. New York, Jan. R. Fistianin today looked upon Frank Moraii ss unques tionably the king pin of the heavy wcieht aspirants to Champion Jess Wil lard's crown. His defeat of Jim Coffey, the Dublin giant, in the ninth round here last night places him directly in line for a bout witii the champion. Coffey showed a marked improve ment over his performance in his prev ious bout with Moran three months ago. Up to and including the seventh round, it appeared ns though the Dnblki giant would win the bout on points. Moran vainly sought to place his ter rific punches, but failed. It was not until the eighth TOiind thnt lie begon to get in his work. In the ninth, Cof fey was knocked down four times, and his seconds threw up the liponge. Short Spring Training. Snn Frnnciaeo, Jan. 8. If TNicifio Const league magnates, and F.d Mnier, of Vernon, In particular, think they are going to "eot away", with more 'nan rnree weeks of spring traininir they have reckoned without Henry Ber ry. J. . Henry Is on the warpath over the re ported plan of Maier to take his players to his rnnch for a week before the regular training period begins, hn.I Rowdy Klliott's proposal to hnve his twirlcrs In camp a week before the oth er players. "I have no objection if some of the boys want to eonditiou themselves at their owu expense," said Berry, "but I am going to put up an awful howl if the owners try to snenk anything over." Willis Hopp, wins. Nun Jrnncisco, Jan. . Willie Hoppo won a decision over l.eo Johnson in four rounds last night, after Johnson had dropped lloppo to tho floor in the see ond round. Will Bay Cleveland. York, Jan. H. l),.finit .... New nounceinent that Kdwnrd (iw r president of tho l'ittsburg Federals, has '! negoHation, for tn0 pllr,,ln ',.()f he (levelnnd Americans was expected today nines llilmore, president of the lederiil league, admitted (Iwinner is af ter the Cleveland club. un.'!' n" m"h "I'oeulntion ns to whether Harry F. Sinclair, the Feder als' "anire " i. nft.. ti.. v.... (limits, nts Oilmore stilted Sinclair "just 1 is out of baseball. J r... rw i nra now DALLAS DEFEATS S1LVERTON Tho Dallas liiuh school basketball esni defeated the high school basket Will boys, Hnlurdny evening on the Moose floor, bv a score of IS to 111 Kaih te.i n threw the hhivo number of field baskets. Dallas had more fouls registered afra'nst her than the local s. The locals wen' unluikv in t iMiwiu,r the gouls that were 'given them. They were n little rusty for want of practice, several of tho l.vs having ., awnv ,, 1ll(,ir Vlll.li()1 nnd unable to pet (heir iinal rami nps. When the boys go to Dullns a dir. feie-it stoiy will ,t. tol.l.-Mlvertiin Appeal. HUBBARD TEAM WINS That was a fine game 0 basketball at the armory hull Wednesday evening between Aurora and ilubhard teams. resulting in victory for the home boys I with a wore of Ja to 22. The visitors : I'ul up a goon, clean last game, me i "y . P'"t where the evening lacked j j Was "' ,he. ' of the , row'1' ' ! eiilhusiaHtic us a crowd that sizim , , be.-Hubkird Enterprise, mu.u ...in. . ( " ' Npnfinl Fill" f'fHIVirl'C 1 Ul 1UUYlLlO Soon to Start at Pen ? i n.uu.i .uiuiu Suva mui I up ..mime tion for the first will be of n decided ly elementary nnture nnd will be along the lines of' the old-fashioned school which laid particular stress on the three "It's.," reading, 'riting nnd 'rithmetie I Wltn IB'R and general lectures. Wo U'xt booKS ,vi" 1,e purchased for some 'lmc ullfl1 ir found out how much in- i i'"'"ii 1 Ulld at Oil tilllCR tllC 1 11 S t T UC t ioil Will lie '"rK0'v from blackboards and actual demensiiiitintij. The periods will be short, an hour or Tn 'l"'!y actual class room work, nothing compulsory about the rv il tp ' scnooi and it nas been originated simp UallaS . leam for tlle betterment of some of the ' men who wish trt improve themselves. the work it is expected that the next legislature will be asked to make an appropriation for the school to purchase laboratory equipment and to establish work shops for training in various lines. At present, however, it is the plan to experiment with the prison school idea to find nut if it ia T.ronti..nhi in tiia I Oregon state pen and to spend ns little I a.i ir. -i.A : ii stage, 1 1 There are five or six college grad uates confined in the pen and about three of these will be used as instruc tors under the immediate direction of Mr. Davies. In the past convicts have often taken courses in correspondence schools while in the ncn nnd liavn leen- 'u"'f1ul tadeajinside. the prison walls. HAVAVfll At nunl f UihIa .In... are showing speninl interest in electric- iir.aiiii, snnoiu . oiuers snow lnrerest along these lines to warrant it, equip ment may be purchased. for their better intr""tiV. , It is to be remembered tknt in the stnte prison are men of all ages nnd mental capacity. Some are graduates of noted universities nnd others sre of the ipnorant pensant tvne of foreigner and the task of classifying these men into groups for the l-t. educational ad vantages is a real, problem for the pris on instructors. The teaching 'of mature men whose minds run to other things than educa tion brines out onestions that never trouble the American pedngoguo end the convicts' school promises n wide range of endeavor for Its promoters; The' duties of the men will be so ar ranged, that they may have time off during the day for school work and most of the studying will be done in their cells, For' outside men in rond gangs and such it is expected thnt a few transfers may be made to allow them to attend school. Convenient "vacations" may be declare. during the busy seasons, as for example, dur ing fla pulling time. "While we can accommodate 250 con viots in the school," said Warden Min to today, "I do not expect this mnny will take the instruction and many who once start will drop out. However, if I find that only 75 or 100 men have been actually benefited and their chances of making good on the outside are really improved by the school I shall consider It a success." Did It Ever Happen i i ' -.. - 1 i i i y ' ' it . . f 7,, - I I . a ) I I . , - - - " I I -.: i i - i , - 1 -. ' , , . i I .: , : 1 & n. "i ' ' ' f ' ' I - ----- ''' I;.;' s " f ' , -' FLORENCE HAWKINS .' Soprano FRANCIS W. COVVXES Baritone , r t Aj. .. - - 4. J t " I ' ' ' ' I & I -W 'I ! . It1 s VK' I ; : SKOVOAAED, THE DANISH VIOLINIST AND NEW YOEK METBOPOLIT A COMPANY WOODBTJRN'S HIGH SCHOOL I All is nearly ready for the construc tion of the handsome and well-ap pointed $30,000 high school building in this city. Tho board of directors! met Tuesday night and made pro gress. Tl.n lnwn'at bid una fW nf V I wmte, of iJortiaml, whose figures nre'n' i Pi ! T $27,700, including all but the heating I KlOIOUS MriKCrS KCtUm plant, which was estimated to be about 5,000, making $32,500. Some paring down there und nnmn minor chniinoM ' I-ill nrnVin . it Ka n .-.V. ul, -.,1 ,1 il... will probably be aoccomplished and thair contract let this week or in a few j days. E. B. White will in all prob-1 ability get the contract and the plumb-j ing will go to K. O. Kmmett, of Wood- burn, the lowest bidder. Wuodburn In dependent. WOMAN, 93, PASSES AWAY Independence, Or., J.in. '7-:Mrs.i;lor-! nb"nr' in the wards of the Youngs cnee Jmundree, perhaps the oldest wo-ltmv.n !- n." Tube company ready for man in this vicinity, died at ih !.,.,., of her so... A. OhnrRnn tn.litv Hlie was horn in Switzerland 'about years ago, coining to New York i while very young. Sua married three I ti.a rri.fl'a ... 1 i i times. There are a ereat inanv grand children and great-grandchildren. She will be buried from the (,'itholic church here Suinlny at 2 o'clock. She came to Oregon 10 years ago and had excellent henlth until this winter. Heart Throb of Child IUI- r i D 1 f Wiay Uel X aSl ieilSOr Han Francisco, Jan. S. Out on tbe liner China somewhere in the Pacific today, there's a bit of contrnbnnd that's intended to get by the censor. It's the heart throb of u' little child a note hidden in 1 Hod Cross consign itiont of books for (ionium war prison-' ers in Kussin. "Dear daddy," reads the lettor sent by Anna Hermann, "if you are over there please write to ns. '.Mamma crvs aiiout you all the time, to know if you 'ro dead Wo all want The mother who "cries all the tiino" I le.l here i few weeks ago from out of harm's wav. but officials were c'"",0 ' I not certain thnt the trouble would not 1 m 1 j be renewed. Word comes from Copenhagen that The rioting reached its height nt mid none of Henry Ford's money will be! night. used to buy appropriate gowns for his! The strike started a week aco. Yes peaee doves in Europe. And yet Mr.iterdny the first real trouble developed lord expects his delegates to create a, -with stoning of non-union men nnd favorable impression. I guards. By night it hud grown Into a to You? SKOVCAARD The Danish Violinist ALICE McCLUNG rianlat to Hiding Places After I Youngstnwn, Ohio, Jan. 8. After ! strikers had engaged in one of the wild i est orgies of rioting, pillnging and j burning in industrial history, 2200 state militiamen hurried here today and are n,t,,,n 11 the trouble breaks forth afresh. At :M a. m. they had not detrained, Brigadier General Kpeaks, commanding, I'lnnned to hold them in reserve and lint til am.fl tllUm n faat Vnnnnal not to send them to East Ynnngstown unless the situation demanded it. Nine hours of rioting during the ....lit l.v iinon .ti ..:!,.. t,!ii.t least one person and iniured 37, nnd, swept away 1,000',000 worth of prop. I ertv, according to Mayor Cunningham, 'a esrimnte. Practically the entire businoss (lis- '" thp l'ltv of Jn(,()". Vove"8 35 ,,,n,,, . w(,Pt Bwny by flames start- en ny iimiK-criizi'd siriaers, ctmoidcring embers still whirled up to the sky when the militia trnins rolled into tho town early today. Buildings not razed by in cendiary flames were looted and wreck ed, rourtecn anloons, the postoffice, the Tnternetionnl bank building nnd 20 '"""liners' homes were included in the wreck. With arrival of the militia, the riot ers weut back Into places of hiding. A sense of sobriety seemed to follow the iiiyht of disorder. Men who hnd been druik-crnzcd by buckets of vhls- key stolen from looted nlnnn Vent By Mort Burger CLARA FBEULER Mezzo Soprano MOLLY BYEKLV WILSON Contralto j saturnalia, of destruction, i An attempted jail delivery, tho loot jiiig of a big dynamite car, threats to I wipe out the residential section and fir-il j ing of shots made tho night one of tor j ror. I Tho trouble, brewing for severul days, came to a heud lust night when tnei' Woltss of the tube company police l'orco I fired a shot into-the air to frighten .away a throng gathered outside the I plant. At once answering shots blazed j out and a number of persons were in i jured in this outbreak. The angor of the rioters seemed to burst all bounds. They set out for the. business section nnd started putting it to the torch. Fire departments of Yonngatown and Kast Youngstowu weru driven off; hose was cut. 1'nlice found tiiemselvos powerless, and Mayor Cun ningham swore in additional deputies. Men crazed with liquor were round ed up and jailed. As soon iw they wero disposed of, comrades attempted a jail delivery but wero tnwarted by fi'esli groups of deputes. The postoffice was burned after a man was aeon fleeing from it. He wan shot by a guard but not so badly wounded that ho could not escape. As tho night wore it, tho mob's furv grew. Strikers gathered great stores of liquor in saloons, mho one mnn known ! ,l)0 d,P.nd wa" 8n0! ." he M 11 ,,r(iwl in breaking into a Wilson street saloon. At midnight streets lighted by flames showed Btnggering, mnddened men rush ing about, bent on ruining everything before .them. When tho situation seemed uncon trollable authorities summoned the mili tia, and when reports of this nction came, the strikors quieted. One bridge was burned so thut rlotera could not enter Youngstowii proper. All snloons were closed today nnd the mill men derided not to attempt to op.-., ineir pianrs nniu tney wore ns sured against repetition of the night 's trouble. Fully 80 men were arrcRted and auth orities hoped today to round up tho ring lenders. Emperor of China In Serious Condition San Francisco, Jan. 8. Tho United Vress cnblo from Tokio reporting Yuan Hhl Kai bad boen stricken with appo- ' plexy and was in a serious condition created a stir in Chinatown today, und led to tho prediction that if tho presi ilent emperor dies, China will bo saved from a prolonged revolution. , "Tho dentil of Yuan at this tlino would turn tho empire back into a re public, nnd restore pence in China," said Robert l'nrk, managing editor of "The China World." "Tho scheme to innko China on em piro would full through .mil thcro would ' he no need of a revolution if Yuan . . were to die," snid I.eoug Kow, editor- of tho Chinese Republican Journal. Fire Scorches Tacoma Early This Morning Tacoma, Wash., Jan. H. Ten thous and dollnrs Is tho estimated amount to day of damage dono to business houses, on lower I'acific avenue here by ti firo that stinted In tho basement of too Sa voy hotel lust night, Tho stock of goods in tho O'Brien grocery-store on i bo ground floor was destroyed and the hotel rooms verhead and a restau rant next door wero damaged to tho ex'mit of several hundred dollars. Tho fire was discovered by .i tel egrapher ill a railway tower station nearby and it. was due to tho alarm given by him that several guests of tlu Savoy hotel were enabled to leave tho burning liiiihlinir in safety. Woodbarn Cannery , 1 , i Prepares for Action Woodliurn. Or., J in. 8. At a meet, ing of the .Wooilburii Cannery associa tion Tuesday, tho following lirevtors were elected: M. J. Olson, W. A. Rob erts. 1,. II. tlniham, John (ilntt, and A. K. Austin. The prospects nro bright for the opening anil operation of tli cannery next scsvon, with a better ou; lnok ton n InsU year because of 1U4 growing ilenuiiid for fruit.