Lowell Sun (Newspaper) - January 2, 1915, Lowell, Massachusetts THE WEATHER fair and variable W ESTABLISHED 1878 LOWELL MASS. SATURDAY JANUARY 2 Reply to Carmichael's Speech Against Annexing Part of Path to Progress Is the annexation of the Dracut most horrible consequences any Navy and the district along the as far as the Methuen line at and It BO la It ad- and for the best Interests of II At a recent meeting of the pal council Commissioner sprang something In the nature of a surprise when he came out In quite a vigorous speech In opposition to for the annexation of the I district In have the Is entirely sincere In his but we cannot agree with him when he condemns the movement as one that threatens the city with In- creased unnecessary and with a cr tax We have at the present time the j lax rate in our history and while we do not agree with that the annexation of would hring about an in- crease In the tax we submit tha worse even than a higher tax rate be the business stagnation re sulling such and policy as tha which the commissioner lays down an economic Opposing Municipal Progress Is tq be any of ou I so clearly In the line of no alderman lines up with the ele that Is always ready to fight fo statu to up th the old stereotyped The commissioner may In this connection the great that beset the movement establish the present municipal wa- cr department of which Ho Is the ead and which he doubtless believes o be quite as Important as any of our ther city when t was proposed to build a new city all there was a howl of opposition ver what it would do to the tax rate ct the was built f It did add a little to the Lax rate was satisfied that the got Its There wa opposition also when It was proposed to start a street railway her and again when progressive mnn cnm to give practically tb irst electric railway in the country The howl went up that it would great many men out of bi on the contrary it has already give employment to ten times as man men as before and at a. rate of wage more than twice that formerly When it first proposed to put in the box fire alarm was a great outcry as to the needlessness of the scheme and the waste money It would In. fact it was set down as a grafting to put money hi the pockets of city a the fire de- was called only nal was the sound on the that everybody is the In many cases the to Another Defeat Inflicted on Austrians in Reports That British Warship Formidable Was Sunk by German Submarine SUNK OFF The Russian war office that another inflicted on the whose ad- vance from the Carpathians recently was checked with serious consequences to 11 is asserted that fortified Austrian positions near were destroyed and that prisoners were The Russian statement that the was won after a hard battle and that the fighting still Indicating that the Austrians are still of of- ferine determined In German attack has shifted to The Russian statement mentions ing of intensity at which Is 30 miles south of the recent center of German German attacks as well as In East Prussia and in the region of In Poland near the sian are said to have been re- Says Official From at and Many Prisoners Austrian warships have bombarded the Servian which the driven shortly after they had occupied It. Some damage to property was caused by the bombardment but so far aa is known no lives were According to a the British battleship Formidable was sunk oit England's chief naval The destruction of the Formidable is believed to have been the work ot a German official communication given out by the eral start tonight recounts the ation In the various fields of action along the Russian It East Prussia the region of northern have defeated by the mins to deliver a partial the Vistula opposite rad our armed steamers cannonaded he infantry of tho enemy with and tho lower the Germans have begun a f supported by tho fire of heir heavy Our troops In an action on the left hank of the Biura river near repulsed two British battleship English channel Will the Pacific From Japan During 1915 SAX rcores of who will Pacific from Japan during 1 to embark on matrimonial seas the husbands never have seen on reaching Angel island Immigration their affairs in tho hands ot Dr. B. C. whoso appointment as secretary to the Japanese association of was TWO NEW OSES PASSED LOCAL STORE THIS POLICE NOTIFIED There's a counterfeit half-dollar 1i circulation and it is believed that quite a them have been in A woman who keeps provision store in Mrs The Sun by telephon and said two new been passed In he tore this are bran said one ca ell they are not they loo t them but In the hurry c all announced Before leaving Japan a register marriage Is performed by the This consists ot transferring the bride's name to the register con- that of the with a photograph of 3 her husband and after a physical ex is given a In the meantime the husband 11 America has received a photograph p Ills approaching bride and is of the date of her Dr. Haworth In his new will see that the exchange of photo graphs is made correctly and tha each man gets his own Th Is obliged to show a cer issued by the Japanese consul ale that ha financially Is able to sup port a These formalities disposed a American ceremony Is making change they would pass After but that they were I decided my duty o call The Sun in order that the might know about it. I have notified the MAYOR B. CROWLEY FIRST CITY EXECUTIVE UNDER NON- CHARTER first city government under a charter was Inaugurated before audience. City Clerk Arthur L. Cyr read tho proclamation Rev. Matthew Creamer of St. Patrick's church of- The retiring William H. administered tho oath to Mayor James B. who administered H in turn to the other George H. Alley was elected dent of the The slato agreed upon at the caucus last ing was elected as Arthur L. overseer of the poor and Samuel tax collector and Harry P. city John T. city Patrick J. Charles E. and John P: board ot Cyrille V. trustee of the sinking Alderman Horace on On Rawa river wo re- attack directed aga on Chelmsford Si Coburn Dies After Brief Never has been the scriptural the midst of are In more strikingly yesterday amid the gladness of NDW Year came the swift and Ing announcements the sudden deaths of Rodney and If you help at homier in your The Sun money in The Lowell Five Cent Savings in- begins first Saturday In FARRELL CONAtON GAS AND FITTERS 243 Dutton Street Tel. 1518 CORNER TODAY IS THE SECOND DAY OF OUR CHRISTMAS REDUCTION SALE OF AND DRESSES AND live T 511: our floor nin went nf THE LATEST LAMP The latest achievement in the electrical world is the new Type Com- Where high candle power at a minimum cost is this lamp is un- Ask for Lowell Electric Light 50 Central Si ii i ii-vi the vote for city declared not bound by the caucus and voted for Harry H. also for Stephen solicitor and John J. Lycette for the board of All the other officers were elected Inspectors of checklists organized with George chairman and Charles The board of public day afternoon elected George P Winn city engineer and L. superintendent Mr has heert engineer for hree years nnd Mr. Winslow was several years Mayor Crowley late yesterday announced that ho has Napoleon Laplante cits The board of education organized with Frank Walter S. two of Lowell's best and universally respected The latter had been 111 ew but his condition was not to be dangerous while the canio upon the former like a from a clear striking him down while apparently in the best of health as he was on his way to his home in waiting for the car him to his home in Chelmsford outside the store of Trying early fast F. way while in conversation with liam B. suddenly became faint and without a word dropped to the At it was be was the victim of a fainting spell but when he failed to respond to Dr. Charles L. was hastily summoned and the ambulance But he soon after the ar- rival of the For many years Rodney way was one ot Lowell's best news paper He was a man of llant literary attainments and o charming personality and was love Hemenway had been secretary of tho club and years ago he published a very neat nnd attractive history of the which Is still In 'the and by the was SC years ot He is survived wife and one and Mrs. hree Mrs. William O. James nnd Mrs. Edwin L. also Sne W. S. Cohurn Walter S- died yesterday at George street where he and his wife bad residing the comi Dec. 31 tho manifested which was particularly Intense n region of the town of where the fighting still the the action has spread out the positions cut off the routes from we made energetic at- tacks on In the region of of where the extremely fierce resistance which the enemy offered estib on the village of tured 3000 four cannon and six The fighting In this region con Furious counter the made by automobiles ar fire and bayonet and also some OF NIGHTS NEWS BRIEF aircraft i. report troops Gen. sa Mots Arn report eh eh jiear Vienna announces In western Severe fighting In TERRITORY Jan. f the Germans the neighborhood for Is river and the Recent -ana have base at A A NEWS BRIEF FORM telegraphs hundred lives were yhe furnished the varied In different of their land beautiful in after an of a few lie contracted a weeks ago but ils did not become serious un- til three days when to fall Coburn was tlie son of Waller -one ot Lowell's best older was with hia father in the firm of Walter burn ft dealers In cotton He was a man ot athletic of health and a handsome physical was a lover of life In the open and enjoyed his summers camping at the Country In business he was looked up to by his ally well beloved by all who knew him nnd through his charming personality and cheerful It greatest In where farms supplied of the food consumed while the age In New York was only 40 per in the present economic crisis in trie points fact Is regarded .as of particular since the to which with a proper system of farms could bo made by his Mrs. Frances M. PURE OLIVE OIL lor of the Lowell ago he became the Lowell n dent of the a position i his and Mrs. which he held until about eight years j waller and one sister Mrs. ago he resigned to enter the j v employ of the New England Telegraph company as a. special agent that be held at the time of Mr. letters In the Sunday Herald features to I Rev. John IN The of PASTOR OF GREEK CHURCH CLEVELAND AND HIS HOUSE KEEPER PERISHED IN pastor John's Greek Catholic church and his housekeeper Mrs. were burned to death curly today when fire de the parish directly a the rear the flro was of Mr. Makara was found dead In. nl bed when finally way through the which ha gained much headway before n alarm was turned In. ThP house keeper was lying in the hallway near the where she i been overcome whll here two years 1 the ro IP I to have be r to arous I Li Mr. Makara cam Italy Made from guarantee ils for the Hemenway was a i which Lowell people and they and commented His was and his topics of timely In- table comes It never be- 45c Free Gily Motor Delivery lu iw always looked i ARE MEASURED BY widely i RETURNS TO HIM DIRECTLY THAN IN MONEY Jan. popular and of the enthusiastic member Country club and until his marriage about two years ago to Miss of Chelmsford he his summers nt the Island for a number of For many years Mr. C. B. COBURN 63 MARKET ST. A DAINTY DINNER Daintily served is a dinner half di- We that we can cater to those who desire such a Table a la Mule S D. L to PAGE CO. If you help al home of In your try The Siirt 66 Years City Institution for Savings Never paid less than 4% Interest arly today body imbedded In Coney island leva It was that of orso was wrapped bags and nil r II of the body so that the supposedly murdered be The discovery of the made by boy tear the the who exposed top H contained the man body from which -j been Lower torso were in the second r v IX TAXA FIRST Jan. auction in the In 1911 to of a farmer are measured in the re- turns to him directly rather thaii In I dollars ami according to tho I department of agriculture today In statement on the results of an concerning the farmer's according Tho average farmer little j alcs the of r j estimates of the department out as a tho Investigation This Is about In other though Is less than that of 1913 estimated by In business for the average Association of Wool farmer gets little or no money reward j tor his labors and the risk and The estimate of wool production he has Ils the first ever made by The average value of the chief no- of The estimated of life for 1911 as compared with year by the farm 1101J Is given by states for the entire was Of these Montana ranked first in tho portion directly by the farm was leaving necessities to the value of of raw wool in 1911 with of Wyoming Vis THE J Jan. more than two the with the of congress today in which to tho legislative With season over the house senate down today to the supply measures and the lion 11..fir with the appropriation In the senate progress Having fourth ply the house today of the Chief Interest In congress in the the together with would be voted for the i Whf t lions from the to tho value of was tHc lv the ond with New present 11 would W tho third executive A
