LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 87, 109
MMBEIl 8.
volume vm.
SPREi D LEPROSY
OH BILL IS
DEATH FOR RACING
TAX HUDDLE IS
E
MI1II
ISE
RECENT VERBAL ATTACK TOO
- Mica for THE HOUSE.
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Wlllett Affirms it Would Establish
Duiigerous Precedent to Have Ills
Slanderous Attmlt Expunged From
Jtccord AotiHe Committee Finally
.grven to Blot Out the Proceedings
Ruling Does Not Mean Curbing or
Right of Debate.
Washington, Jan. 27. Favoring the
erasure from the house record of the
recent sensational verbal attack on
President Roosevelt by Kepresentatlve
Wlllett of New York, on. January 19.
Congressman Mann of Illinois, today
presented a report of the special com
mittee to determine the course of ac
tion. The report says:
"Freedom of apeech In the house
should never be denied or abridged,
but freedom of speech during debate
does not mean a license to Indulge In
personal abuse and ridicule. The
right of members of congress to criti
cize officials and acts of the president
and other executives are unquestioned,
hut the proper rules requiring deco
rum In debate must be enforced."
Wlllett says to strike the speech
from the record would establish a
langer''"9 precedent.
Late this afternoon the house
adopted unanimously, the report of
the committee expnuglng, from the
records Kepresentatlve Willett's speech
excoriating President Roosevelt on
January 19.
I
Night Rider Trial Halted.
Nashvllle.'Ian. 27. The trial of Col.
Cooper, Robin Cooper, his Son, and
John D. Sharpe, charged Jointly wit a
murdering Former Senator Carmack,
was halted today by the hearing of
charges presented by the prosecution
for disqualification of Juror K. Leigh.
CHICAGO LAUNDRIES TO BE
THOROUGHLY CLEANED.
Icpn-wty , .Spread hf MoMlh-Sprfnkllnjt
on Part of Chinese- Ijatindrynii
Chicago to Investigate.
Chicago, Jan. 27.-The board of
health is preparing to proceed against
the Chinese laundries where the orien
tals sprinkle clothing with water from
their mouths prior, to ironing. The
campaign was started when the news
came from Paterson, N. J., that a man
had contracted leprosy from germs
lodged In clothing sent back from a
Chinese laundry, where It had been
mouth-sprinkled.' A thorough inves
tigation of the Chinese laundries will
be made, i "
T
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HI VALE JAIL
POSSES SEARCHING FOR PRISON
ERS WHO ARE AT LIBERTY
Vale, Ore., Jan. 27. After cutting
telephone wires leading to Ontario,
Gus Johnson, Jim Lloyd and C. A.
Johns left town last night shortly af
ter breaking Jail. They were arrest
ed for cracking a Bafe at Nyssa, Ore.,
and caught in Portland. They were
brought here lated. Posses are search
ing in all directions."
Comyell In Portland.
Twenty-two of the city churches of
Portland combined In a great ovation
and welcome to Dr. Con well tonight.
The. place of convocation Is the
White Temple, of which Dr. Brougher
Is pastor. Conwell reaches La Grande
and gives "Acres of Diamonds" at
the First Baptist church Friday night.
UP TO SEHATE
IDAHO FRIEN DS OF IT AP
PLAUDED FIRST PASSAGE,
Seeuo of fight In Iduho Over Local
Option' Has Now Shifted to the Sen
ateHouse Yesteiday Passed the
Bill Democrat Help Save It The
Fourth Primary Bill Now Before
the legislature for .Adoption To
. FIiiIhIi Capitol Soon. ' "
Boise, Jan. 27. The passage of a
local option hl by the house l.as
shifted the scene of the bitter battle
to the senate, where ' a determined
fight will be made by the liquor in
terests to defeat the measure.
Democrats Saved the Bill.
Five democratic members of the
house saved the local option bill yes
terday though on final passage the
measure passed by a vote of 44 to 9.
The real fight came on a motion to re
submit the bill to the Joint committee
drafting It. On that roll calj the vote
stood 25 for resubmission to 27 against
five democrats voting against . the
motion and three for it. H(d the dem
ocrats left the question to the repub
licans there would have been but 22
votes against resubmission, which was
regarded by friends of the bill as fore
telling Its defeat. There was a large
crowd present to applaud thesucces
of the measure.
Want Capitol Finished.
In the house today a bill Was intro
duced providing for a constitutional
amendment permitting .issuing ot
bonds in excess of the constitutional
limit for completing the capltol
building.
The Fourth Primary Iiw,
Another direct primary bill Intro
duced, making four now! before tin
legislature. ;
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D. GIIX.1LAN CHOSEN .
PRESIDENT OF CONFERENCE.
Sceond Day of Annual Conference at
Summervlllc, Finds ItiHhop Hughe
In Attendance and tare Represen
tation From Conference Dlxtrlcl
Many Addresses Dellvertxl Over
flowing Audience 1-ant Evening
Cones to an End lliui-Mluy.'
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Summervtlle, Jan. 27. (Ppeclal.)
With the arrival here today of Bishop
Edwin H. Hughes, Is completed the
galaxy of notable " divines, educators
and ministers of the Methodlgt Epis
copal faith that was promised by the
ones having in charge the preparation
of the program. Never, before in the
history of this little town has there
been an equal gathering of prominent
church and educational men as today
sat In the second day's sessions of the
annual conference of the La1 Grande
district. The territory represented by
both ministerial and lay delegates
comprises si eastern Oregon counties
and the west half of Idaho. Nearly
every church In that large area Is
represented , here by Its pulpit occu
pant. - .
Meeting House Overflowing.
Last evening two addresses were de
livered to a congregation overflowing
the meeting house. Farmers from far
and near heard the learned men dls
course; President Homan of the iVil
lamette university, and D. R. Rader,
editor of the Pacific Advocate. The
first named had for his theme "ChrlS'
tion Education," while Editor Rader
chos "Christian Literature.'' ' '
Murtiinir HtiKlneis Sesxlon.
The morning session today was
marked with routine business and ad
dresses by men from eastern Oregon.
At the business session the election of
officers for the ensiijng year was con
summated with the following resutl:
President, J. D. Glllllan, La Grande;
secretary-treasurer, L. H. Knox,
Huntington. The newly elected presi
dent promptly named his committees.
The forenoon addresses were Inter
esting In the extreme. "Evangelism,
New and Old," was the text of an ad
dress by Rev. A. L. Howarth,' of Jo
seph. Rev. C. E. Trueblood, of En
terprise, followed with a very able and
WASHINGTON PASSES HAN.
SON'S ANTI-ltACE IIILL.
FolhrtHng- Vrrhat Picture' of Ruin
Spelled by Horse Racing, Hill 1
PattMcd at Oh'Hipl Today.
Olympla, Jan. 27. Ole Hanson's
anti-race track bill passed the house
this morning by a handsome majority.
Olson made an Impassioned speech of
SO minutes, giving a word picture of
the ruin caused by gambling, the loss
of manhood and womanhood, and the
final disgrace In many cases through1
embexklement, directly due to the
track.
Samuel Morrlsof Imbler, came In
s
this evening t onansact buBlnesB
SAFE CRACKERS
AT
in
PLOT TO ROB BANK PARTIALLY
. SUCCESSFUL TH EVES' ESC E
Amity, Ore., Jan. -27. Safe crackers
early this morning cracked a safe in
the local bank and stole stamps valued
at $325. They failed to drill through
thl vault wall separating them from
hundreds of dollars and much Jewelry.
Arcltte Massey was on his way to no
tify an undertaker of the death of a
friend who had Just died when one
robber came from the bank and held
him until the other robbers had es
caped. The robbers left town
hand car. . -
on
(Continued on page eight.)
THREE DEATHS
III ACCIDENT
MISS ETTA FOLEY MAY RAVE
BEEN ON WRECKED NO. 5 :
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jun. 27.-rAt noon
today the Union Pacific officials ad
mitted that a man, a woman and a
little girl, all unidentified, had been
killed in the wreck at Dunn last night,
when westbound No. 5 went In the
ditch.
C'osfiTove In Governor.
Olympla, Jan. ,27. Cosgrove
ook the oath of office late this
afternoon, amlaistered by Chief
Justice Rudkln. He returned
Z Immediatel, yto his private cur
and will leave for Paso Robles
Friday. He plans on attending a
house warming at the" executive ,
mansion tomomjw. .
ABOUT HEDIED
EMERGENCY MEASl'RK TO UK.
A law NEXT SATURDAY.
Would Have Puxwed Today Itut for
Obstinacy of One Man Ciovernor,
TrcuKiirer and Secretary of State t
Meet Saturday to Straighten Ouf tho
Irregularities Now Existing In llio
Tax and Apportionment Department
of the State.
Salem, Jan. 27. Much of the mys
tery surrounding Oregon's tax mud
die was cleared today. The matter,"
might have been entirely1 settled to-7
day If Representative - Campbell of
Clackamas county., bad not stopped the ,
passage of the emergency measure In i
troduced by a Joint committee on ,'
essment and taxation, by forcing the .
bill to go to the printer. It will come i
up for special consideration tomorrow h
morning, There Is little doubt but
that by tomorrow right the bill will
be passed by both branches of the leg
islature. ' V v
It is expected that the governor will
sign the bill. In that event 1t will be
a law Saturday morning. The gover
nor, with the state treasurer and sec
retary of state will then meet aB a
emergency equalisation , board " and
start the task of straightening out the
various irregularities In the present .
assessment. ; ,
, Antl-Clgarette Bill Patei
In the senate a motion to strike out
the emergency clause from the bill t
Increase the number of supreme court
Judges from three to five, was lost by
a small majority. This may kill the
bill on Its final vote. V". .-
The bill for an armory afAstilaml
was Indefinitely postponed., The bill,,
prohibltng persons undef lt frprn ep- !
erating elevators, and the anti-cigarette
bills were passed. The . hotis .
passed a bill exempting debtors, a ni
Increasing the tax on legacies.
KAISER'S BIRTHDAY.
Gcrinauy's Empemr Fifty . Years OI4
lebrate Event In Washington.
Quaker City Auto Show.
Philadelphia, Jan. 27 Exceeding
in beauty and magnificence anything
of um iiinit tvff this city, the
eighth annual motor car show under
the auspices of the Automobile Trade
Association of Philadelphia, will open
Its doors tonight. The Second Regi
ment armory, at Broad and Susque
hanna avenue. Is the scene of this
year's show, and affords much more
space than was available at the exhi
bitions of previous years. The decor
ations are very eluborate and the dis
play will rank among the most nota
ble of the year. February S will
the closing day.
Washington, Jan. 27. The black,
white and red flag with the Imperial
German eagle In the center, Is. flyffig
from the flagstaff of the German em
bassy today In honor of the 60th an-
nlverry of tho hlrts f jr'W
In celebration of the occasion, the em
bassy staff and a number of promi
nent Germans of Washington will be
entertained at dinner, tonight.
Four Children Burned.
Dunbar, Pa., Jan. 27. Four chil
dren of A. M. Kendall were.burned to
death In their home early today. Ken
dull and his wife were seriously cut 'jy
glass. Both are Internally injured by
be leaping from a , window, a eim
heater started the fire.
THE FAIR STORE
WTT4TmTTfTHtf " I
It is possible that Miss Etta Foley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Foley
of this city, was In the vicinity of the
wreck. Miss Foley is en route home
from Chicago, announcing through let
ters early in the weeK that she wo-iid
reach home this morning. She failed
to arrive, but as no word -v Informa
tion has reached here ( i- rsonal In
Jury to herself, and ii U known she
Is not among the fatally hurt, the con
clusion is that h will reach here to
night, or else is merely delayed by the
wreck. It Is also possible that she
Was on the wrecked train, but this
theory, too. Is given little credence by
Mr. and Mrs. Foley. The train "Which t
was ditched in due In La Grande this
evening.
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