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4.. . 1 V M ! 'v f - VOL X LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. .FRIDAY, JANUARY .27, 1910. .'.-V ' i , I:' I S' iiess Fans Mllfi TREATY CANADIAN PAPERS SEE IN IT A ; r REFERENCE FOB THE UN- I . ITED' STATES. ' Congress is Slow to Act on Canadian 7 Treaty Presented Yesterday Lay. -7 fayette lonng Is Sharp In Ills Pis " approval of the Document Chinese Exclusion League Is Up In Arms Washington. Jan 27 Congress la bewildered over the Canadian recipro city treaty and Is displaying a strong distaste for too hasty ratification un til tariff experts can ascertain how it will effect the revenue. While no lead er In congress Is talking much It Is admitted that other matters must be settled this session and that accept ance or rejection of the treaty la un likely before the conclusion of the reg ular session. ... - . ? ; i ; ' y, t'rlted States Favored.:; ' lorontt,; Jan.- 27-r-EdltortaUy dis cussing the( proposed Canadian reci procity treat:? -with, the United States today,' tlw Mall Empire, a conserva tive paper says that it la, too early to pronounce upon the measure In all Its details but It can be said that -concessions favor the Unjted States jery much. , ' ( " ' . ; - :-,'. Oppressive to Farmers, . Pes' Moines, Jan. 27 Predicting, an enormous growth for Canada If re ciprocity; treaty at present under, dis cussion In Washington and.Ottowa la adopted, Fafayette Young, ihesen-l ator from Iowa, in ' his paper her 9 today denounced the plan. Young Is a stand patter and declares that the proposed ' treaty 'will hit the . Iowa farmer.; Ha said the only question be fore the American people Is whether the farmers : of America are to be 'made to compete with all classes of labor in cheap lands of the world. He said he would fight all such treaties It returned to the senate. . Flags at Half Mast " ? Glouster, Mass:,. Jan. ' 27 Design ed to protest against the reciprocity treaty with Canada, flags of .the New England 'fishing fleet are at half mast today.' Backers of the Industry ; are nlannlng a bitter fight against the treaty which allows fish to come in without duty along with other foods ; and lumber. ; "-; '-. . ",' ':(:', '';;' New .Treaty Beady,;- t ;' ' Washington, Jan. 27. A, new treaty between the Unified States and Japan which eliminatea all reference to cool ie Immigration Is about to be present ed for ratification and was; reported today; "If the proposed agreement Is accepted each nation will be avowed to regulate t!he Influx of foreigners as It sees fit, but; the old clause which gave America the right to force Japan to check its coolies, must be dropped. y War Sure to Come. ; San Francisco, 'Jan. 27 Should the government carry out the proposed plan to negotiate a new treaty with Japan, eliminating the clause relative to Immigration so obnoxious to Ja pan, the Pacific coast will witness a repltion of the Chinese riots which Vllt precipitate .the country Into waf according to A. E. Yoell,, secretary of the Asiatic Exclusion league, in an interview today. He said the breach' .already , exists between the countries and war is bound to come sooner or later ;.:.. -''';' ;' V-' ',!.. "''' Yoell said "Authorities, at- Wash ington must know that It would bring on war,that will come sooner or lat er anyway. There Is a rupture be tween this country and Japan. This I know from my own observations and from my agents In Japan. The govern ment has wilfully, I believe, pulled the wool over the public's eyes by protes- tatlons of amicable relations. Maybe this treaty is' to please Japan, ir it la meant to stave off Impending con flict until we are prepared, this league will sit back and ' allow im migration for a time, as a necessary evil" . ' ALIEXS aet: safe. California Legislature WHI not Work Hardshliis on Them this Tear., , Sacramenta, Jan. 27 It la belleVed the antl-allen land law and school bills now before the legislature will be either burled in the committee or reported unfavorably following the ac tion of the federal re'.a'.'xns committee In demonstrating that It feared to of fer an affront .to Japan. There - are strong divisions long the Insurgents along the lines of antl-allea Immigra tion. Many express disapproval of the bill prohibiting Japanese; Chinese and Hindus from holding land In Califor nia. '". - f: ..-V ' Gunboat Still Kissing. waamngton?' Jan. v rr-iOTorts -to communicate wlih the gunboat Wheel ing was unsuiccesafl at noon today. It is reported there had been an .explos ion aboard the craft yesterday, and officials admit they aie worried. All wireless stations along ths south At lantic are ordered to call. TIE OH il COJfXEItS, HOUSE THIEF, GITEX SEYEKE SCOLMJfG. - Grand Jury Returns Five True Bills, v Two of YhIch are Secret Three meA were headed toward the penitentiary this mornln when Judge J W Knowles affixed senten ces on three1 men who were indicted by the grand Jury and pleaded guilty to various charges. Earl West, the man who ."shot up" Fir street a few weeks ago one noon, ' was indicted, by the grand Jury, pleaded guilty and senten ced to two years Jn the penitentiary. W. H. Clark, the fellow who grabbed a handful of money from the teller's window in "tne La Grande National bank last year and was captured a few moments later, drew a pass for twoyears in the state prison. V . . When it came time for Morris J. Conners, the man who broke into the Fred J. Holmes residence on Fourth street; in. daylight and stole about $500 worth of . Jewelry, to stand up for sentence, he heard a lecture which will likely do some good to others of his kind.. "I have for more respect for the highway man -who at least gives his victim a chance, to fight back, than I have for a sneak thief who breaks into a residence and steals" supple mented Judge Knowles to his sentence of three years in the penitentiary. '' "There & all together too much pet ty, thievery ' in this city tod much breaking into home , when the resi dents are away and it must stop. I will apply the limit in your case and oth ers of your kind had best take heed for similar! sentences await all who stoop to the nefarious business of house breaking," continued the pudge. The lecture to Conners was one which he will likely remember and probably profit by.v -V'''.: : J:;':'- ".'y" w ' Five True Bills Imported. , The grand Jury which has been In session the past day, was excused to day after reporting five true bill. Three of them were those mentioned scrt as service of indictments has not been made In either case. : V ; ' ; Late this afiernoem one of the sec ret Indictments beoirrje known when Ttalnh Atkinson was arrested on an Indictment returned by the Jury charging himS with obtaining money under false 'pretenses. This was In connection with the cashing by X V. Andrews of a check issued to pay a gambling debt and payment on which had been stopped. The fifth Indict ment is will secret. . ' r. ' ?" Sit SIS HIT Oil IMS 10 12 1 fill 0AT LOAD OF PASSEXGIRS, . 3SIEXBEHS OF CSEW CAN'T EE. LOCATED. OTHERS SiPE 00 iSUHQ Steamer Cottage City Strikes Eo.ks tn Wlndlnsr Snow Storm and Is Im metliutelr Abandoned All but On? Boatload Landed Safely Kay be Adrift Another Steamer Hits Bet U . lbU a PtmmI. Seattle Jan. 27 A wbtless this afternoon stated that the missing boat v1th' 12, passengers was found, all safe and that possibly tin . College City may be pulled off the rocks. Got ernment rescue "ship, Snohomish has arrived at the wreck, y ;.:,' ; Seattle, Jan. 27 Later reports say the cottago City broke In two and will proTO practically a total loss. Seattle, Jan. 27 Twelve passengers and members of the crew of the stranded, steamer. Cottage City,, are missing" today and the. remainder;"of the list of 37 passengers and sixty of the crew are -safe at Campbell River, a small settlement on Valdez Island. They will betaken off by the steam er Cdwichan today and brought back to Seattle". '-" ' The missing boat was commanded by Second Officer Anderson. .. They might have landed or may have drifted to sea. Tugs from Seattle and Van couver are searching for them. The Bteamer struck the rocks pear the is land yesterday during a blinding' snow storm and was abandoned a few min utes Afterwards. v;' ; ' ' , ', ".'7";" Steamer Tees on Bocks. i: ' The Canadian Pacific railroad steam er Tees which struck , the rocks last night on' the West Coast of Vancou ver. Island during the snowstorm, was floated today and Immediately I roceeded to Brandon from where she wlU continue to sea undamaged. ! f- AntUHanglng Bill Falls, f Olympla, Jan.' ) 27A-Representatlve Gobs' bill for abolishing capital pun ishment Y.was Indefinitely postponed, meaning capital punishment will con tinue In Washington. :'i -x. THE $TART mm Wm s 00 SUFFERS dull DEH lit IIS IB JlilOU IX SCIIENK CASE LOSES JOB BECAUSE HE HELD OUT , FOIt KEB COYICTIOX. SEEfjS IfillinEB Thoagh Jory Disagreed Apparent That There Wm be Ko Further ltosecntlou . Against ner Lon Jsror Yi'ho Held Ont for Convicton Is Out of a Job and Ills Friends Wheeling, Jan. 27 Isaac Heyman. a former traveling salesman for the Meyer : Provision company, and the Juror who held out in Mrs. Schenk's trial, told today that he 'had "fired" from his Job, sworn at by his friends and made uncomfortable at every turn today because he would not acquit the woman "and all be cause I remembered my oath," said Heyman. ' j ;'; . ' ' .. ' WOMAN PRACTICALLY ACQUITTED Jury Disagrees In Mrs. Schcnk Case ; And Is Practically Acquitted. Wheeling, , Jan. 27 Practlcalfy ac quitted, Mrs. , Schenk, will . probably be released on ball tomorrow. Eleven favored her acquittal and the Jury dis agreed. The case js docketed until the next term..Dlstrict Attorney Han ian said he would try It again but would ask for, a change of venue. It Is generally belleve3 the woman will never be tried. ,-r ' ;;- ,. -; .,' ';. 1'.."j V Husband Still Ylndictlve, - i , In a copywrtghted article ,to the United .Press newspapers, John O. Schenk said he hoped bis wife would be convicted on attempting to poison him. He said he knew she attempted It and eald It was a terrible disap pointment, to see- her, free. He is a( the home or his sister and looks hale and hearty.';- ',:i.J:si'y j" ?;;:; TRACE OF MISSING GIRL. Millionaire's Daughter Seen In Rag. ged Clothing Yesterday on Ferry. ; New York, Jan. 27 Detectives are today searching Philadelphia for Dor othy Arnold, the missing daughter of the millionaire, Francis Arnold, of New York. She vanished early in De cember and was reported seen with ft shabbily dressed man on the ferry DOWNWARD. Ro3r Ir New .York tyralcL boat yesterday. The police declare the ArnolJ family have not toM all they know. Arnold adiulUed his daughter desired to rnak9 a career and that she failed as a etory writer and as an actress in private theatri cals. He denied there were family quarrels. C00DW1X, WMIM'ES CASE Ho and Ills Latest Wife Face Judire In Dltcrce Cae Again Today. New York, Jan. 27 Sitting on o;-poelte- sides of the referee and not lookhig at each other Nat "Godwin and his latest wife. Edua Goodrich, appeared today at the J. Campbell Thompson office -for continuance. Mrs. Goodwin's suit for divorce.'. Af- iftdavlis of actors and chauffeurs who piloted his Joy ride3 are among the testimony introduced. ' ' : GOULD LICENSE ISSUED. Lord Dccles Tnjs His Dollar for the New York, Jan. 27 A marriage li cense was issued today to Lord Dec Its. (John LaPoer Beresford) and Vlrian Gould. It cost him one iron American dollar and he gave his age as 44, and she as 18, ; WAST DELAYED PROMOTIONS EXECUTED AT ONCE. All Roads Running Into Omaha May , HaTe Mall Clerks' Strike Soon. Omaha'; Jan. 27 The possibility of a strike by railway mail clerks on the roads entering Omaha was seen to day when It was learned that 120 of them held a secret meeting last night. They wired Postmaster 'J General Hitchcock and Nebraskan congress men in Washington, demanding that they be required to do a maximum of five hours distributing work besides the hours devoted to postal service. They insist on granting of 125 de Jayed promotions. ' , . NORTHERN INDIANS DYING. Great Rapidity In Death Rate .Will f Soon Eliminate Indians. Juneau, Jan. 27 Hundreds of na tive Indians are dying of tuberculosis according to officers of the govern ment boat Puss,1 which has Just, re turned from a tour of Inspection of the natives.; Surgeon Hasseltln declared It was only a question of time before their extinction was complete. In Kill isnoo, a nation of 336 members had forty dents from consumption la six weeks, ;- .'-'' .' .,.' .'',',.- -'t'.j!' LA GRANDE NORMAL FOUGHT. Representative Powell Says Bill Will ' Be Opposed Strongly. ;;;.; : .v: V . Eugene, Ore.,' Jan. 28 Representa tive Powell of Polk county, and a resident Monmouth, declared today while on the legislative special, that any attempt to push Oliver's normal school bllL providing for a new nor mal to be located at La Grande and to be known as the Eastern Oregon Nor mal school will be fought In the house and that forces will lne up strong in opposition to. the measure "It seems hardly possible to pre sume that such a bill will ever corns into the House from the Senate and It seems to me it should no more than merely leave the committee to re ceive an unfavorable report," he said. "But, If by chance,' It ever arrives in the House it will receive the most ac tive opposition that ; has yet been aligned against ' any proposed meas ure. The people have spoken and have spoken emphatically as far as nor mal schools are concerned, and I see In no manner, how the legislature could hope to go In the face of the peo- ; pie's will in this respect." CLERKS fl . iiiic; out n mv pnnr-i LliUi.ullu uiliilM FliOi.1 SB! GLENJf CURTISS INTRODUCES X SEW FEATURE OF AIR SAY. ' IGATI0X f5!!r;ll T LiLi.it Able to Launch llh Air Craft Frta Water, Float About la the Air ml '. Again Land on the-WatT Slraui That Yessd Can Carry Attachment'' and Executed Maneuvers on Tal San Diego, Cal., Jan. 27. Glenn Curtlss,. who yesterday for the first time in history succeeded in launch- : Ing his hydroplane from water and af ter Una flight, alighted in the water, is today the recipient of numerous congratulations. : "-.V y : In a copyrighted statement to tha United Press today Curtiss considered the feat the mostl Important ever ac complish nl la aeroplane development. "Its immediate Importance will be to the navy. With an earoplano equipped aa throne I used, yesterday. ' will bn poss'ile to carry one v root aboard a shtpj boxed away''' i' a ftuull .space. fthtn-onustd. ifiui iSUil from wa ter and alight) in the water." He said he would carry on further water ex periments here. CROSSED WIRES SCARE. Motor In Foundry Afire by Wire Troa . - , - bles Without th Bulldlagr. --Due to some minor troubles with power wires adjoining the La Grande Iron Works shop, the motor In that building was tha scene of Incipient fires for a few minutes this morning. The trouble without the building 'was soon remedied and the trouble ' was over. ;'v C ,"'.' ' : '"' :"''".;: : ' ';; : 'i '-' Rear Admiral Dismissed. Washington, Jan, 27. By order of President Taft, Secretary of the Navy Meyer, Rear Admiral Barry, recently Commander of the Pacific squadron, resigned1 today for the good of the ser vice; to take' effect Immediately; He loses all rank and pay. Barry recent ly quit the service under distressing circumstances,' after officers of his command asserted they viewed an im moral act In his cabin, in which the admiral and his cabin boy were in volved. i. ;.;. ; y ';:: '.';' v ; . CALIFORNIANS SnOW GAINt New Orleans Admits That They Have Less Chances than. Previously. Washington, Jan. '27-ActIvlties of the San Francisco boomers who are determined to bring the fair to San Francisco, showed results today when the New Orleans contingent . reduced , their claims of the house majority to six. The Californlans claim to have a majority' of fifty. , y - Rumors of Big Fight. Chicago,' Jan. 27 It was unofficial ly reported in sporting circles today that negotiations were about complet ed for a 20 round bout between Al. Kaufman and Carl Morris. . WASHINGTON EXPLAINS DINNER. Booker T. Washington Writes of Din. ner with Roosevelt When President New York, Jan. 27. An Inside story ; of the dinner "which Theodore Roose velt gave while president, to Booker T. Washington, and . eaused such a furore is given by the Washington negro educator in the World's Work, out today.,. He says in the article that Roosevelt and he were talking; over some southern 1 appropriations when dinner time came and they went out' together. He said It was ho pre con sidered plan and that the publicity was uncalled for Inasmuch aa he bad dined with Queen Victoria and prac tically every governor of northern states and other public characters. ,.v V ,, 'i:..-.:..i v "' ' 1 'imifwNAiM