'ZtT -V'-: o1 v Hi 'Ml H f i( TTj rrA A6Att? VOL LA GRANDE, UNION (TOUNTY, OREGON. f TUESDAY; FEBRUARY 21, 1911. NUMBER 102 f GiOET if SUFFER - HEHNL IMPEACHMENT DEMANDED BY DIET THIS MORNING, AS SE. ;' QUENCE TO LONG FEUD. NEW HISTORIES TO B! AME Growth of Anarchy Laid at Door of : . Present Cabinet and Other Troubles ' Causing Eruption In Japan Blamed to Them Ktttsura at Heal of Those r- rt anted Dismissed from Oftlce Ser : lous Development Looked For. Tokio, Feb. 21 Impeachment of the Japanese cabinet beaded by Marquis Katsura is demande In a Diet to day, by constituents of the party. In : the resolution the party declared the cabinet Is responsible for the growth of anarchism and for the : serious schism among the people growing out of, the contents of the new school book . which partially attacks the Mikado's right to his throne. The- feud, dating- back to' the four tAenth century is opened by the pas- -Balge of the textbook of history .de fending the royal pretenders who es tablished the Northern dynasty the Spogunate which appears side by side with the account' of ' the reign of the house of which- the Mikado is : a descendant Both dynasties are Jus tlflf d In helr efforts to erasp the throne and the matter is left cneri. . This la causing . mcJv excltement.and a serious consequence may follow.- , i WILL APPROVE ASYLUM V 'in i ..., i-,--- Governor West Will not Interfere With " Eastern 4 Oregon ' Asylum. ; i -.. '".-v v. , Pendleton, Feb, 2 (SpeciaD-r-In an . Interview with the Pendleton East Ore ronlan yesterday afternoon ; . Ralph Watson,1 private 'secretary "stated in behalf of Governor West, that - the chief executive will approve of the ap propriation of $331,000 for Eastern Oregon branch asylum. At this time the bill has not beeto signed but there Is no doubt aa to the governor's atti tude. Governor , West also ... stated, through his secretary, that, the state board will get busy at once on work looking to building the branch asy lum. A representative of the) board will arrive In Pendleton within a. few . days. " . , v ,. :: ARMT pOWN TO NINETY Original Squad Has Dwindled to Nine. . ty and March Resumed Again Montague, Calif., Feb. 21 Ninety Industrial Workers of the World, the ' auction or seven cent tn wheat- r'n remalnlng few of the 200 whb started ! rflsentatlves f frmers and Master out from Portland, . continuing their Journey toward Fresno today after a short Test here A squad of railrorid rectelves la following them on- trains: The I. W. W. hope to make trouble In Fresno,:' i ' '.. . ... -. SALOON WEX TESTIFY Sesttle Grand Jury Calls Men Alleged tf HaTe Pol 1 Weekly Tribute. Seattle, F 1. 21 A secret session of the grand Jury,, investigating the' cor-' ruptlon and-vke charges, against; the police department, had several big sa loon me, before It today. A number of policemeii wtlre alsq called. It Is al leged some of them, collected weekly tribute from the underworld and turn ed the money over to their superiors. . Exploiting nppe Michigan. Menominee, Mich.. Feb. 21 Dele gates from many cities and towns at tended a meeting here today to com plete the formation of the Upper Pea J Insula Publicity Leane, The new or-; ganlzatlon will conduct a systematic advertising cammalgn'to exploit the agricultural and Industrial resources of npper Michigan. BLUEPRINT SHOW GUiLD HALL STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT C-.K4-. 1 FIFTH DESIGNED OX it" " Auditorium. Dining Room and Guild : Room Form the Central Portion . Blueprints of the proposed Guild hall to be constructed on Fifth street between Washington and 'Spring street have been f repared by the Wil liamson land office from flans drawn by Architect Slater and jr splendid" notion of what the building Is to be. Is dlscernable. The main entrance will be on Fifth street but the structure is to bei laid' out on the L. plan and two rooms will flank the auditorium r : .-. proper and mvww , ?zz.i the dining room on one side and the Guild room on the other will be had along cement walks leading from Fifth stre-.t to each side of the build' Ing, The auditorium is to be 28x56 with cloak room and parcel room be fore it The guild room is to be 27x14 wita an opposite room Known as din ing room just across the auditorium and of the same size as the guild room. In the' rear ylll be kitchenand appur tenances.. The various elevations are shown and brand the 'building as planned along graceful lines. ! BRINGING PRESSURE TO BEAR ON PRESIDENT TAFT. Urge Against Extra Session f the Legislature.- as ! Disastrous. . S s Washington,- Feb. 21 Following a conference with President Taft this afternoon .Senator Carter of Montana announced the reciprocity agreement would"bex ratified by the senate be fore It adjourned.. It Is expected that Hepburn who will lead the opposition as Idaho Is solidly against the bill. Washington, Feb. 21 Fearful of business disturbances If an extra ses slon of congress 1s called, agents for the money kings aro today ibringlng every possible pressure . to bear . on President Taft to induce him to fore go his declared purpose of calling an extra session, 'no matter what action is taken on his reciprocity agreement and other pet measures. ' Business men say the sesstda would ' make business unsettled. The prel- dent has not Indicated whether h" will carry 'his threat Into execution or not. ; . , . 'l '. ; , Declaring th introduction of Can adian reciprocity has. caused the re- Granges. br N , T. Patchelder, master of tj National granee.; todav potlflori th s'nflte finance winlttee ft. their orennlntlon would th btU to i finish! "The trtv Is decld efllv unfair fo the American farmers" said the leaders. r : , - Meeting of Illinois Miners; ; Springfield, 111., Feb. 21 Delegates to the twenty-second annual conven tion of the United Mine. Workers of Illinois assembled in this city today and were called to order by President John Walker. No matters of igr eat Im portance are slated for consideration at the convention this year,, but as there is a large amount of routine business demanding attention It will probably be several days before ; the sessions are concluded. Several propos. ed changes lt the constitution of the organization will be discussed and acted - upon. : , ' ' , '-' ;V Abnml to TIsH Amerlta London, Feb.' 21 It is reported from Romr today that Duke d'Abruizt i has obtained a leave of absence from i ' command and will spend a month or more visiting the family of the late Senator Elklns. If SEWS : KFIDa flllD It THAT STIRS Argent tm6 has btartlmg A mount of Freedom--Free ? Access to all Navy Secrets-Knox is Silent Washington, Feb. 21 That secreU of the American navy have b;n trad Ad fnr ; ;iiti.;Viae chief beneficiary of which Is the Beth lehem Steel, company. Is the sensa tional charge brought against Secre tary of State Philander C. Knox ana Secretary of the Navy, Von ' Me-er. The vessels are now under course of contructlon In the Fore river yard? at Qulncy,. Mass.v and the yards of the New York Shipbuilding company. The vessels are for" Argentic "and It was because of promises of open nd froc aooess. tb" the American; n?vy by the -State department that the rnti tract was given,' it is charge! One the Phlpa are built, there is no traar antee that the vessels cannot be pur cliased by Ja?an or some other pow er. The head of the Bethlehem ':eel - . . . n I'om"rny la Charles Schwab aal I'not w3 formerly his attorney. He Wf us ed U be interviewed. on the prnposl- tlon. " :: SOCIALIST-AFTHOR ACCUSED 1 German Girl JTeglected by Well Known i Author After Short Tme; New Tork, Feb. 21 Weeping almost constantly, Anna Gruspan, tAtlfylng today. In her $100,000 breach of prom' ise suit against William English Wal ling, the socialist and author, said that Walling had given her 100, francs to relinquish her claims upon him.. She said that she yielded to his love In Berlin in 1905 and he sent her to school in Paris to 1 am English. Fin ally he disappeared but she found him on - the streets six months ago.. He wept and told her he was already married but did not love his first wife, being enraptured with Anna's wonder ful sociallstlo ideas. ' ; : . Later he disappeared again and fin ally ent her iflO francs after she had been disgraced and could not return to her home. : MISS ARNOLD THOUGHT DEAD lather Issues Affidavits Stating His Belief of Foul Play Somewhere ; . New York, Febi 21 Affidavits stat ing his believes his "daughter Dor othy was murdered, were made today for District Attorney Whitman ty Francis Arnold the. millionaire, and father of the missing heiress. Urging action of the authorities, Arnold said he had information that she was kid napped from -Fifth avenue bee, 12. and was convinced she was murdered later. He said he would spend every dollar he had to avenge herdeath. 0, D. (Dave) Clarkv proprietor ana manager of the Cove Mercantile com-: pany at Cove has been named .County assessor to succeed T. A. Rlnehar who leaves March first to accept an appointment as state land agent un der tho West regime. The appointment wae made by County Judste J.- C. Hen ry this .afternoon following a long perusal, of the list of petitions before him. The appointment brings to La I Grande one of the Industrious and en I terprlsing businessmen of the Cove TltDilf iin is cimncE New York Feb. 21 Admiral Gaivla, chii? of the AraentlnA ntu the Construction, of war vessila Is here today and admitted It was of tho state department that secured the contnja for the United States: . ; ; - ; He sald:;. V'.V . -..-'r' "I met Secretary Knox in Washing ton and was Introduced to Secretary Meyer. I was Informed that confiden tial relation)! had been established be tween thtjnited States and Argen tine which ar? extraordinary. The Un ited States Minister, Mr.; Sherrill, at Buenos Ayres, . obtained remarkable concessions , from your government. We have carte blanche to all Infor mation of your navy department has and art free to call for drawings, de vices or expert advice. We have been allowed to put our naval officers aboard your ships to study your navy and methods. These new ships will be the most powerful in "the world. ? SILETZ PEOPLE IN ARMS Would Apply Lynch Laws to Protect ' ' White and Indian Girls There. Salem, Feb. 21 Citing the murders and assaults upon Indians and White girls end attempted murder for which the guilty escape with slight sentence or none at all, a number of prominent settlers of, the Siletz reservation in Oregon today appealer to the gover- nor to aid the lawlessness on the res- ervation. They threatened, to apply the lynch law unless the officials take cognlzanc? of the situation., In a long communication they set forth a num ber of times and declare that the auth orities do not attend to the cases. WILL SLAUGHTER POLITICIANS Mexican Government Preparing to De capitate Hundreds Tomorrow. Calixlco, Oal., Feb. 21 Reports that hundreds of political and non poli tical persons will be executed at En- clnda by the Mexican government or- flcials tomorrow were brought here oy refugees today. A party of four nun fleeing . from , Esclnda besought the consul. General Leyva to prevent the proposed slaughter. .. ,;, Bell Deal Pending., ' New York, Feb. 21 The proposition to combine the B-'ll and Independent telephone Interests has not been drop ped. It was learned today that a gen- tleman's agreement had been , mad.' 4 and that the rate cutting and unnec- Lessary competition would be abolish ed." 'i: ' ';-' side of .the valley he-has built-up a business in the little fruit town that is ranked .'with the biggest of the county. ,' ;.. .; .. The Cove Mercantile store and stock will be disposed of by a sal a to be in augurated in a few days and Mr. Clark hopes to clean up his business, re lations on the other side of the val- ley as soon as possible. He will also devote' the remaining days of Ir. RIneharts regime to acquaint himself tnore fully with the details of office. JOIN BAKER IN AUTO TOUR PR0POSITIOX UXDER WAT TO v GET ADVERTISING. . Booster Vrhley of Baker Here to in vestigate Proposed Combine ' Probabilities of La Grande Joining with Baker. In exploiting- Baker and Cnloti couutles through the medium ol an automo'j'le tour across the cont' nent are'jw'ng Investigated today b' twKin conrerences of local commer t'al club members and A. S, Ashlev, publicity manager of the commercl-il club at Baker. Mr.' Ashl;y has "V tvlp across the contjnent well In hand bnt La.Gr;-r.d will be given a chaho w. combln with the project and con iuuuy nap its snare or xne pro fits accruing from such a Junket. It Is the plan of the Baker boos'er to start an automobile loaded with lit erature from Eastern Oregon and turn its nose toward , the rising sun. All sections of the middle, west and eastern states as well will be visited and lectures delivered by the men in charge of the car. The ; advertising would undoubtedly be a novel scheme and La Grande's final action In this matter will likely bn decided tonight when the commercial club meets for transaction of much important busi ness.' '. '" i ::' ','':'; ?! GOVERNOR , YETOES MEASURE . PASSED BY LEGISLATURE Fears Law Would' Tend to Give Demo. ' a cratg Power In Assembly, v ' ; Des Moines, Feb. 21 Governor Ear-' roll aDpeared personally before i the state assembly today and read his ve to of the Oregon primary bill which Democrats and Progressives have pas aed. The governor said he feared the law might result in the Democrats controlling the next election. : . , It is Just possible the measure will bet passed over, the Governor's veto. In any event the veto created an enor mous stir tor the Democrats and In surgents had Just been congratulating themseles on their successful efforts to enact the. Oregon law when the gov ernor exploded his veto bombshell. " In explaining his veto Carrol said the adoption of the Oregon primary law would amount to virtually amend- i . - - ... . cess or law. He also contended that it would tend to cheapen the popular re sect for It THOUSANDS LOST BY STORM New Orleans Promise of Better WV nth. X er but , Damage . Is Great.1"' New Orleans, February 21-r-Though ,warmer weather Is predlcted.' thrre Is no end to the cold snap which has on- talned here for three days and in all. gulf states as well. Crop damage is al ready enormous. LANGFORD FIGHT TONIGHT Race War Cropping Out as Result of Nationality Big Fight Tonight . London, Feb. 21 Race prejudice is cropping out here today as the result of the scheduled fight tonight between Lang and Larugford, the prize fighters. Langford Is the favorite five to four in betting. More than $175,000 is wagered and last night the big delegation of women visited Langford, and told Sam they hoped he would get whipped. Mississippi Masons. , Gulfport, Mich., Feb. 21 A week of much interest to Masonic circles In Mississippi 'was ushered In here today with the meeting of the Masonic grand I lodge.' The Mystic' Shriners and other I bodies affiliated with the Masons will I hold their annual sessions during the week, OF THE HI session : MOST EXPENSIVE ' IN HlSTCUI REPLETE WITH BILLS OF - v vJHANT NATURES . " LL Ffl VJELL Retlew of Principal Bills Passed unjoj t'l .tiC.XUT C u AMname of -Jieasf ures that PastJ the Two Houses List SIiaws Who Introduced .EHN and How They Were Treated by the House and the Senate.. Salem, Feb. 21 The twenty-sixth ses sion of tte C.?C':a I2::re passed , Into history t3 -is. neat expensive the state, has .ever ifcea.' lie taxpayers will be cal'-ed. urcn to kce appropria tions i approximating; JS,100,0U0,' or about $l,000,DOi .sucre than tne pre ceding sesaioa.: Wiile ciarges of ex travagance - have " tec lrcey - made, . when the growth ";nd ;.:cevelcpment of: the state Is' cens dercd, pe.iiaps the : appropriations . should not be consid ered extremely excessive. ; All of the institutions fared well and the ; TJnlveral'y of Oregon and' Oregon Agricultural College fared bet ter than ever before, the only cut in . the main requests of either being $12,000. from, the estimate of the uni versity. Then that . Institution re ceived J503.253 and the Oregon Agri cultural College 1410,000 . from actual ; appropriations aside from the cont!nu- trig appropriations. ;; v , , : Principal 'Bills Reviewed.; Among th Important legislative en actment's f were jthe good roads laws, extension of fee powers of the Rjll road Commission to all puMIc utlBty corpoyatJloni; "second choice 'in, pri marfomlnatlonsplaclng'the Stat printer on a flat salary, providing state purchasing board, prohibiting a salaried, state officer from furnishing supplies 'to the state, creating1 the office of Assistant Secretary of State, providing a method for creating new counties and , appropriating $20,000 to be disbursed by a state immigration agent In exploiting officially the re sources of the state. The state banking law has been ' amplified in many important respects, guaranteeing, to depositors . greater protection. It provides that all pri vate banks shall be examined by ex- nerienced bank examiners under the Ml . , . . direction of . the Superintendent of Banks. The only bill to be forced' through, the legislature over the veto ; of Governor West was that abolishing the Whipping ' post. ' ; . Election Laws Amended. 1 A bill requiring electors to desig nate their second choice in primary nominating elections for every office for wnlcn tnere ar8 more lhan twlcfl number of candidates for the of flce to be. filled, other laws amends tory of the election laws of the state were passed also. One: provides for the rotation of name's on the' official ballot In all primary nominating elec tions.' ' '. . - " While a reapportionment bill, re distrlctlng the state Into senatorial and representative districts,, was not passed, the Legislature did redlstriet the state Into Congressional districts, making Multnomah the Third district. First Congressional district under this bill, consists of the counties of West ern Oregon, excepting Multnomah alone, while the Second Congression 5GHQQLS al! district Is made up of all of the counties east of the Cascades. With a few minor omissions the fol-, lowing is a list, of bills filed by Gov- , emor with the secretary, of state and which will become law: 1. Libby To protect women and girls from being enticed . Into white