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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1911)
V Biira n ii) i 4 v ili.ii A.' . J . i . A -v.. V VUli A, . t . . : : jkani)m tttj COUNTY. OREGON ll I II h ii Ml ii i! S ir if fi h'Vh own raw CONGRESS FEARS 1-REDAY, JANUARY 27, 1910. iff .-1. - fc1 - thl treaty Is to please Japan. If it w meant to stave off Impending con flict until wo are prepared, .this league , will" sit back and allow Im migration for a time, as a necessary evil." CANADIAN PAPERS SEE IN IT A PREFERENCE FOS THE UN. ITED STATES. JEESEieiy;!!! Congress Js Slow to Act on Canadian I Treaty Presented Yesterday Lay layette Youngr it Sharp in His DJs approval of the Document Cfci- ":. . ;,JzcIiIt jjeajrne Is' TJu In Arm at Prospective Japanese Treaty. Washington Jan. 27 Congress is ,.. bewildered over the Canadian reclpro ' .cltjt 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- ."u6itDo im umjliu uiUCu 11 IS admitted' that other matters must be Battled this session and that accept ance or rejectlod of the treaty Is ww likely before the conclusion of the reg ular session. ' ' ; United States Favored. Toronto. Jan.. 27 Editorially dis cussing the proposed Canadian reci procity treaty with the United States today, , the Mail Empire, a conserva tive paper says that It is too early to pronounce upon the measure In all its details but it can be said that con cessions favor the United States very much. ''. -'. '; 'Oppressive to Farmers. Tah if a1Mh. ' T H Alt ' T It .li.. enormous growth , for Canada If re v clprocity treaty at present under dis cussion in, Washington and Ottowa i adopted, Fafayette Young, the sen , ator frpm.' Iowa, la his paper here today denounced the plan. Young Is a stand patter and declares that the proposed treaty . will hit the Iowa farmer He;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 if returned to the aenate. Flags at Half Mast GloUBter, 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 ' planning a bitter fight against the treaty which allows fish to come in without duty along with other foods and lumber, " ' New Treaty Ready. . .Washington, Jan. 27. A new treaty between-the United States and Japan which eliminates all reference to cool- . ie Immigration is about to be present ed for ratification and was reported today. YT"lf the proposed agreement is accepted each nation will be allowed to regulate flhe 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. .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 repltlon of the Chinese riots which j will precipitate the country into war according to A. E. Yoell. secretary of the Asiatic Exclusion league, In an Interview today. He aald the breach .already exists between the countries and war is bound to eome sooner or later. Yoell said, "Authorities at Wash ington must know that it would bring kon war that will come sooner or lat er anyway. There Is a rupture be , tween this country and Japan. This I ltnow 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 tations of amicable relations. Maybe ALIENS ARE SAFE. , California legislature Will not Work Hardships on Them this Tear. Sacramenta, Jan. 27 It is believed the anti-alien 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 feders! relations committee in demonstrating that It feared to offer- an affront to Japan. There are strong divisions along the Insurgents along the lines of antl-allen Immigra tion. Many express disapproval of the bill prohibiting Japanese, Chinese and Hindus from holding land in Callfnr. ships iiiT on juhor suffers wis i:i l fiii IElSSK-;OfiSFIl NUMBER 70 MOAT . LOAD OF PASSENGERS, MEKDERS OF CREW CANT BE LOCATED. uis safe 1 -m V GnnJboat StBI Kissing.; , Washington, . Jan: 27. Efforts to communicate with the gunboat Wheel ing was unsuccessfl at noon today. It w reported there had been an enirw ion aboard the craft yesterday, and omciais admit they are worried. All wireless station; along the south At lantlo are ordered to call. THREE DDI A PENITENTIARY SENTENCE CONNERS, HOUSE THIEF, GIVEN SETEKE SCOLDING, ' ' Grand Jury Returns Five True Bills, Two of Which are Secret Three, men were headed toward the penitntiarr ; this morning) when Judge J., W. Knowles affixed senten 'ces on three men who were Indicted by the grand Jury and pleaded guilty. to Yarlous 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 in the penitentiary. W. H. Clark, the fellow who grabbed a handful of money from the teller's window in the La Grande National bank last year and was captured a few moments later, drew a pass for two years in the state prison. , 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 sentenca ef three years in the penitentiary. ; "There is all together too much pet. ty thievery lh this city too much breaking Into homes 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 pudee The lecture to Conners was one which he will likely remember and probably f profit by. 0y . Five True Bills Reported. The grand Jury which has been In session the past day, was excused to day after reporting five true bills. Three of them were those mentioned scrt as service of. Indictments has not been made in either case. ' Late this afiernoon one of the sec ret Indictments vse known, when Palph Atklnrson was arrested on an Indictment returned by the Jury charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses. This was In connection with the cashing by A. V. Andrews of a check Issued to ney a gambling debt and payment on which had been stopped. The fifth indict ment Is still secret . SU-aroer Cottage CItx Strikes Rovks fn IlHndlnjf Snow Storw . -' iWiy Abanddhe-fl-AIl but On; Itootlosd Landed Safely May be , Adrift Another Steamer lilts But Is Able to Proceed. ; Seattle Jan. 27 A wireless this afternoon stated that the missing boat mth 12 passengers 'was found, all safe and that possibly the College City may be pufled off the rocks. Got. ernment rescue ship, Snohomish has arrived at the wreck. ' ' . ' '' ' ' y '. ". . ,V ' ' -"'V Seattle, Jan. 27 Later reports say the cottage City broke in two and will proTe practically a total lossV v Seattle, Jan. 27 Twelve passengers and members of the crew of th stranded steamer, Cottage City, are missing today and the remainder of the list of 37 passengers and aixty of the crew are safe at Campbell River, a small settlement on Valdez island. They will be taken off by the steam er. Cowichan today and brought back to Seattle. The missing boat was commanded by Second OfBcer 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 near the is land yesterday during a blinding snow storm and was abandoned a few min utes afterwards.' '; Steamer Tees on Rocks. The Canadian Pacific railroad steam er Tees which struck the rocks last night on the West Coast of Vancou ver Island durin'g the snowstorm, w8 floated today and immediately I roceeded to Brandon from where 6he wl'l continue to sea undamaged. , JtHOB IN SCHENK, CASE LOSES JOB BECAUSE HE HELD OUT , FOR HER COTICTION. Muiiii uLlUj huyUII IlU Though Jury,. Disagreed - rr-i r w " nertr rWIll be7 No Further Prosecution Against ; Her Lonf Juror Who Held Out for Conviction Is Out of a Job and His Friends Show Displeasures at Him. . Anti.Hangin; Bill Fails, Qlympla, Jan. 27. Representative Goss' bill for abolishing capital pun ishment was Indefinitely postponed, meaning capital punishment will con-, tinue 'ln Washington 1 Wheeling, Jan. 27 Isaac Heyman, 8 former trayellng salesman for the Meyer Provision ; company, and the Juror who held out in Mrs. Schenk's trial, told today that he had been 'fired" front 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," aid Heyman. WOMAN PRACTICALLY ACQUITTED Jury Disagrees In Mrs. Schenk Case .And Is Practically Acquitted, - Wheeling., Jan,' 27 Practically' ac quitted., Mrs. Schenk, will , probably be, released on bail tomorrow. Eleven favored her acquittal and the Jury dis agreed. The. case Is docketed until the next term District Attorney Ilan lan said he would try It again , but would ask for a change of venue It is generally believed the woman will never be tried. . ' . ;. r ; Husband Still Ylndictlr. .," In a ccpywiightfld article to the United Press newspapers. John O. Schenk said he honed his wife would be convicted on attempting to poison nim. He said he knew she attempted It and 'said it was a terrible diann- pointment to see her free. He is at the home or his . sister and looks hale and hearty. boat yesterday. The police declare the Arnold family have not told all they know. Arnold admitted his daughter Geslred to make a career and that she failed as a etory writer and as an actress in private theatri cals. He denied there were family quarrels. . . GOODWIN COXTLMXS CASE He and His Latest Wife Face Judge la Divorce Case Again Today. New York, Jan. 27 Sitting on o poaite sides of the referee and not looking at each other Nat Goodwin and his latest wife, Edna Goodrich, appeared today at the J. Campball Thompson office for continuance of Mrs. Goodwin's suit tor divorce. Af ifidavjt of actors and chauffeurs who testimony Introduced. iOCIIES GUT Tim,.; iiteii 100 III Id t GOULD LICENSE ISSUED. Lord Deeies Pays His Dollar for the Ei?M. to Marry Ylvlan Gould. New York, Jan. 27 A marriage 11 cense ivas Issued today to Lord Doc- lea, (John LaPoer Beresford) and vMan Gould. It cost him one iron .American dollar and he gave hla age as 44,' and he as 18. - UAYMAIL CLERKS If ' ILK OUT .WANT DELAYED PROMOTIOlVS ' EXECUTED AT ONCE. All Roads Running- into Omaha May Have Mall Clerks' Strike Sooa TRACE OF MISSING GIRL, Millionaire's Daughter Seen In Rag ged Oothing Yesterday on Ferry. New York, Jan. 27 Detectives are today searching Philadeluhia for Dor othy Arnold, the missing daughter of tu millionaire, Franc Is Arnnirt f New York. She vanished early in De- cemner and waa reported seen with a shabbily dressed man on the ferry THE START DOWNWARD. : . fit,. WJJJKje Omaha. Jan. 27 The possibility of a strike by railway mall clerks on the roads entering Omaha was seen to- sday when it was learned that 120 of them held a secret meeting last night, They wired , Postmaster . 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 layed promotions.' ; ' GLENN CURTISS INTRODUCES X NEW FEATURE OF Alii NAY ' V,-. IGATION. v; .. fm I'M JBGES. Able to Launch His Air Craft From Water, Float About hi the Air an J ' Again Land on the Water Scausi 'That Yessel fan Carry Attachment and Executed Manouvcrs on Wat er With' Success. : San Dtego, Cal., Jan. 27. CJenn Curtlss, who yesterday for the first time In hhtory succeeded In launch ing his hydroplane from water and af. ter 4ihiS flight; alighted in the water, is today the recipient of numerous congratulations. . " In a copyrighted statement to the. United Press today Curtiss considered the teat the most) important ever ac complished In aeroplane development, "Its Immediate importance will be to the navy. With an earoplane equipped as the one I used yesterday, it will be possible to carry one or more aboard a ship, boxed away in a small space, when unused. It can start from wa ter and alight! in the water." He said he would cavry . on further water ex periments here. CROSSED WIRES SCARE. Motor In Foundry Afire by Wire Trou. Wes Without the Building; Due to , some minor troubles with power wires adjoining the La Grande ' Iron Works shop, the motor in that building was the scene of InciDient ' fires for a few minutes this mornlnir. The trouble without the building was soon remedied and the trouble was over. : ... ,.' ' ' . .j- NORTHERN INDIANS DYING. Great Rapidity In Death Rate Will Soon Eliminate Indians. Juneau, Jan. 27 Hundreds of na tive Indians are dying of tuberculosis according to officers of the govern ment boat Puss, which has Just re turned from a tour of inspection of tha natives. Surgeon Hasseltin declared it was only a question of time before their extinction was etfmnWA in wm tans-w ' m iiaIIo . mam . 7 wuw, uuuuu oi odo members nad forty deats from consumption In six weeks. . ; Rear Admiral Dismissed. : WashIng,ton, Jan. 27. By order of President Taft, Secretary of the Navy Meyer, Rear Admiral Barry, recently Commander of the Pacific squadron. resigned 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 clrcumBtances, after oflkers of his command asserted they viewed an im moral act In his cabin, in which the admiral and his cabin boy were In volved.' . CALIFORNIANS SnOW GAIN LA GRANGE NORMAL FOUGHT. Rob lr Nw York Herat. I New Orleans Admits That They Have Less Chances than Previonnlv Washington, Jan. 27 ActiviUes of .the San Francisco boomers who are .determined to bring the fair to San Francisco, showed results today when .the NeW Orlaana rnntlnronl nln.. uepresentathe Powell Says Bill WIllt'tnelr clalma of the house maioritv to B9 vpposea sirongiy, . An Miurorniana claim to have Eugene, Ore., Jan. 26 ReDresenbi- f a mJorlty of fifty. tlve Powell of Polk pfinntv on1 n t h t a, resident of Monmouth, declared tod&v .while on the legislative special, that any attempt to push Oliver's normal scnool bill, providing for a new nor mal to be located at La Grande and to be known as the Eastern Orefcon Nor mal school will be fought In the house and that forces will Ine up strong In opposition to the measure. It seems hardly possible to Pre sume that Men a bill will ever come into the House from the Senate and it seems to me it should no more than merely leave . the committed tn ro. 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 ""'ra "jSuijibi any proposed meas ure. The people have spoken and haye spoken emfhat!cUy 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." 7 Rumors of Big Fight - Chicago, Jan; 27 It was unofficial ly reported In sporting circle 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 caused such a furore, la given by the , Washington negro educator In he World's Work, out today. He says in the article that Roosevelt and he were talking over some southern appropriations when dinner, time came and they went out together. He said It was no pre con sidered plan and that the publicity was uncalled for inasmuch, as he had dined with Queen Victoria and prac tically every governor of northern states and other public characters. US. ? ' ' 7 i ' 'I 5 i ? : 5 ,,V,-j''