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y" . ' ' " - ' " " - ..... - - ..... . - , .-- . ... ... ... ,.,.....-.. ..... -, , ...... .... JAP TREATY GROWING OREGOX'S SEXATOB URGED TO VOTE AGAIXST RATIFICA TIOX IX SEX ATE IS California Now Discovers Situation It Was Led Into by Governor John-son-Oregon Democratic Senator Urged to Use His Influence tn Sen I ate Opposition Grows California Solops are SatisBed. r Sacramento, Feb. 23 Urging action against the ratification of the American-Japanese treaty &s outlined by President Taft. Rpnnt. day telegraphed to Senator George Chamberlain of Oregon to use his In fluence with his Democratic eollea gu.es. 5V Washington from the Coast states to vote against ratification of the treaty. Sanford also announced his intentions of Introducing a resolu tion demanding the senate federal re lations committee to' report out his "bill to prevent alien ownership of land In California, which is aimed at the Jai.inpRA ( , Right Sold for Smmnrt. Sacramento, Feb. 23 It is openly admitted .today that feeling 1s grow i lng that California sold its birthright J . for a pot of -pontage by acc-ptlng "-Taft'a support for the fair In 1915, , in exchange for a pledge that no antl r Aslc agitation would gain official sanction.. .'''". Governor Johnson is sitting on the lid as he promised Pres'dent Taft he would but there Is a noticeable un ' rest among the legislatures and peo-. pie who resent the new treaty with Japan, as It allows coolie Immigration without the hindrance on the part of America. It is possible there will be some sort of legislation without th sanction of the governor. F. S. Senators Approve It Sacramento, Feb. 23 Telegrams from Senators Flint and Perkins, of California were read In the legisla ture tortus Perkins wired that the proposed Japanese treaty Is practlcal lv the same as the list ops and the JanAnese Ambassador nrom'gn no Immigration to th- Tilted Stat. FI'p wired thPt the tr'eatv. tn his opinion will fully profct the Paci fic Coast and will continue a policy of reference to Immigration. SACK CHURCHES AND CLUBS i' !XEW SOCIETY FORMED TO WAR ; ; OX ROYALISTS Xorthern Portugal Scene of Devasta tlons and Crime London, Feb. 23 Dispatches from Fluentes d'Onera In Spain state that the Portuguese . provisional govern ment Is' conducting a campaign for the purpose of oppressing Royalists of northern Portugal. Cabonarlo, a society composed prin cipally, of Free Masons, are reported beginning a campaign in order to make the Royalists show discreditably In coming elections, which will de cide among other things whether the Portuguese government will be rec ognized by the United States. It Is re ported Carbondaro are destroying the Royalist newspapers and clubs and sacking the churches. A number of riols have occurred and the leading Royalists are fleeing, as the police -are acting under orders to refuse to protect them. LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON. ' UfliU muun UUJNTIUKEUUN. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1 91 1 Shippers Win Case Washington, Feb. 2J The Interstate Commerce Commission this afternoon ordered u redaction In the freight rates on practically every known va rlety of merchandise transported by railroads. The order marks the enj of the great rates cases and affects ev. cry railroad in the country and is a complete victory for the shippers In the fight for lower rates. The decision was f delayed eight hoars In order to prevent publication before the close of the stock markets. The decision was unanimous and" states vigorously that there Is no rea"n why the railroad should Increase their rates over pres. ent traffics. ; :' MISS ROBERTS HEtrS I. If. W. Ticks Them np on Her Special Train and Gives Them Breakfast Too Dunsmuir, Calif., Feb. 23 -Fatigues of the tramp toward Fresno was re lieved through ths kindness of May Roberts theatrical company who pick ed np 85 Industrialists last ntflit at Slssen and brought them here In the company's special car. The I. W. W. bunch is in clover here today. Miss Roberts gave them all breakfast. They wili continue the march toward Fres no.; . '' .. -:' ,-. - REPORTS PASSAGE OF SEVERAL IMPORTAXT MEASURES. ... Eastern Oregon Comprises one Con gressional District Other Laws Reporting several measures of Im portance to Eastern Oregon having jassed the houses and to be signed by the governor, State Senator Tiirher Oliver returned home this morning from Salem. Among the bills which he was largely instrumental in pas sing was one creating a new congres sional division line making Eastern Oregon the one district, Multnomah county another and the rest of the state the third. This bill has become a law. Another bill introduced by the senator was one reimbursing Sheriff Chlldrens and Treasurer Frawley for what money they had refunded to the county coffers through the failure of the Farmers & Traders National bank In this city and relieving their bonds men from further responsibility. The county as a whole will stand the loss of the bank's failure. silver's La Grande normal bill died Ip jhe senate committee. The game commission bill either has lftn or will be signed. This gives Eastern Oregon two commissioners who like the railroad commission will h.ive a great deal of power in ex pending funds accruing from game li censes.. This commission will have e-eneral supervision as to regulation nd nrotfrt'on of same throughout fli state. This bill was recommended by Governor West and It Is for this reason that West vetoed the other lo ml fame laws, thinking the commis sion will be able to handle the Situa tion under the one head. '"' ' London Honors Lord Mlnto. London. Feb. 23 The unique and highly prized honor known as the freedom of the city of London was ,o day confemd upon Lord Mlnto, late Viceroy of India and formerly Gover. nor-General of Canada. Following the ceremony, which took place as usual at the Guildhall. Lord M'nto was en tertained at luncheon by th Lord Mayor. Many notables were present at the luncheon among them th? Pre' mier and Mrs. Asquith, Lord and Morley. Lord and Lady Cromer, Lord and Lady Selhourne and the Earl of Crewe. Rnrlore F!1nr In Session Mansfield. 6., Feb. 23 The Buck eye Prest Association, whos- mem bership embraces the editors of near1 lv ell the wek1 nnbllcaHons of Ohio. be?an Its annual midwinter meeting br todav. The s sslon 'will continue over tomorrow. OLIVEfl RETURNS FROM 11 GADER0 -WOULD PIECE PIECE ATTACK M REVISIOiJ IS STBOHGHOLDS POSSIBLE CHIHUAHUA AXD JUAREZ BOTH ' TO BE ATTACKED SIMULTAXE. OUSLT REPORTED r WM THOUGHT FREE Officials Reports Say he Is Still In the Diuig.on but Other Rumors Claim Lo Hns Been Secretly Released by Federalists Mad. nr Has Master Move Under OouNjderatlon to Have Simultaneous Attacks Made. - T ; El Paso, Feb. 23 Rebels are plan ning on attacking Juares and Chi huahua. Madero has 2,000 men, and Homo .rtUUw ...- .. MUUUiUUU M1U -ins plans to march with 1,000 men to Chi huahua and attack that city leaving 1.060 men and other fngui gent ,.to check Navarro's advano from Juarez when Chihuhua Is attacked, Then if Chihuahua falls they will hurry to Juarez and attack that city at once. ' Harry Dell, the Ameffdan Imnrla oned at Tal Juan Is still being held In the jungeon.' today according to official reports; though it 18 rumored that he was secretly released. There is no intimation as to his fate, but the entire south is aroused. Dell savs there are not' merits m the charges that, he was a spy. LORIMER TOTE DELAYED Uncertain Just When He Will be Placed on Final Tote in Senate Washington, Feb. 23 When , con sideration of the Lorimer case was re sumed In the senate today after the senator's appearance on the floor In his own behalf yesterday, parliamen tarians could not predict when the matter would come up for a vote, not withstanding an Immediate vote was anticipated. It Is understood that Payn- ter, Bailey and others will ask th Illinois senator some questions and also lecture against hlm. ' Beveridge took the floor this after noon and began speaking In suDDort of the resolution, to oust Lorimer. Previous to the debatr. Burrows, the chairman of the Lorimer Investigation committee, r.ttempted to secure a un animous. consent for a vote today, to morrow and Saturday but was unsuc cessful. Lodge objected to todav'r. Stone Is oppos:d to setting any par ticular day. ' Mardl Gras Tlsltors Arriving. New Orleans, La Feb. 23 The ad vance guard of Mardl Gras carnival visitors put In an appearance In New Orleans today and from now until the f rat of the week every arriving train and boat will bring Its quota of pleas urseekers to the city. The number o visitors this year Is expected to reach record-breaking figures, owing part ly to the added attraction of the auto mobile show and speed contests -which will begin tomorroy. The carnival proper will open Monday and will r ach Its climax the next day with the arrival of Rex and his royal reti nue.' ' " ' Chi Psl's Seventy th Convention. New York, Feb. 23 With an attend ance of graduates from neatly a score of the leading universities and cob leg:S of the country, the Chi Phi fra ternity began its seventieth annual convention In this city today, ,, with headquarters at the Hotel Astor. El brldge T. Gerry Is presiding over the sessions, which will last through the remnlm r of the week! Outside of the oHiniry routine of business the con vention will consider the matter of a suitable memorial', to the late Mel ville W. Fuller. Chief Jnirtioe of he Suprenv. Court of the United States, who was among the most promin ent members of the fraternity. MOTI0X TO HATE IXFORMATIOX SEXT TO SEXATE IXDICATES ORGAXIZATIOX. liS OPPOSE Bill Manitoba 'Strongly Opposed to th Reciprocity Agreement and There Seems no Way of Overcoming the Organized Movement to Flht 't in the Senate--Cnmmins Makts lren Knilnary Move in Senate. , ; Washington, Fob, S3 The wav ?n opened for a schedule by scheWa re vision of the tariff today, svhta a res--iuuon was: introduced y' Senator Cummlngs asking the Predenl fo. all information. The tariff board had collected on Articles and commodities n..ned tn 'the Canadian rvlprooliy ssieetnent, .was adopted Tho '.'act that Hale supported Cummins I3 balle-'el to Indicate ofgahlzed opposl.or. to the adoption of the reciprocity the ses sion. ' I , .. ,, . , Canada Is Loyal. . Ottawa.vFeb. 23 The Canadian uar liament formerly declared loyalty for Great Britain today by passtna a ro , lutlon in the house to the effect that all, legislation regarding reclproe'ty with the United States was not s'npr .oward annexation. The measure passed unanimously. Manitoba Opposf d to Measure. Winnipeg . Feb. 23 Manitoba's house unanimously voted against the reciprocitv' agreemont after It ha l listened to impassirr-td speeches to day among them 0114 by Premier ficb lug in which he declared the Unite I Elptes has been trvln for thirty five .f.rs to critple Cirsda comme,rclal- JAPAXESE ESCAPE IMPEACHMEXT Kalsnra And Crowd Freed of Removal by Jolnlnir Minority. ; Toklo'. Feb. 23 Impeachment ct Katsura and the ministry in lower house of the national Dl!t was pre vented today by a narrow margin when the Katsura cabinet saved itself from censure by combln'ng with the Seiyukat paTty. thus securing a bare majorltv. The Katsura crowd is charg- d with contributing $ratlv to the "'ntvb of pnrijii'pm nnd anarchy In ranar, by undue seventy. Educators Meet In Mobile Mobile, Ala.. Feb. 23 The denart- ment of supn-lntendents, the. largest of the eighteen departments of the N'at'onal Educational, "Association, convened In annual session here to day. -The estimated attendance Is 1.- 00 nersons. among whom ar man; of thm foremost educators " In the country. Under the supervision of Secretary Irwin Shepard, of Winona. Minn., an ttractive programme of bus iness and pleasure has been prepared rrora the gathering. The convention Ml last three days. At Its conclusion many of the educators will attend the Mirdi Gras . festivities In New Or leans, whlb others will visit the Tus-ker-e Institute and other educational Institutes In this section before re- turrfjig to their homfs. ' Blue Grass Farmers In Session Mt. Sterling, Ky Feb. 23 The Kentuccky Farmers' Institute Is in session here with an att ndance of progressive agriculturists from almost every county of the state. The Initial session was held this mornlrjir. the 1 rogramme Including an Invocation by Bev. H. D. Clark and addresses bv Thomas J. Blgstaff. president of the Institute. arff.M. C. Psnk'n, f?t Commissioner of Agriculture. Ffirlif Scheduled for Tonlirht. Iso Houck vs. Harry Mansfield. 10 rounds, st Lancaster, Pa. AUCTIOX OFF GOULD TRUXK3 Hotel St Regs Has Claim 1 Against Mrs. Howard Gould for Rent ' New York, Feb.' 23 To recover J3,. 000 on account against Mrs. Howard Gould, the management of the St. Re gis hotvl today announced It would 8-11 43 pieces of Mrs. Gould's batgae Including twenty-two trunks at pub lic auction, March. 8. The hotel says she owes for four months rent and a big restaurant and 'refreshment bill. She is now at her winter home In Lynchburg, Va. ' " J . First Bishop of Erie. Scranton. Pa., Feb. 23 Elaborate arrangements have been completed for he consecration of Dr. Rogers Jt rael as first bishop of the new Pro testant Episcopal dlocea: of Erie. Th ceremony will h performed tomorrow In St. U&fft hrch tn this cttv. Athletic Club's Xew Home. Pittsburg. Pa., Feb. 23 The magnl. cent new home of the Pittsburg Ath letic Club was formally opened today, The building cost about $1,500,000 and l is believed, to oe the finest and heat equipped Btmetlc clubhouse in th country. . . ''' :" .'-.'- LOCAL GRANGER APPEARING AS LOBBYIST IS SATISFIED. Amendments Shear Undesirable Feat ures From Bill as Pussed. With considerable success the fruit of several week's efforts in fightlnjr against the original good roads meas ures, CD. Huffman returned this morning from Salem 'where he- ap peaerd In the interests '- of local granges and farmers in general, as envoy In the fight against the unde sirable bills. If tho governor does not veto the measure as they were finally passed, the Eastern half of the state will have won a signal victory. As far as Union county is concerned, she will by virtue of the bill be able ( to controller own road making and all power of the state commissioner to supervise the expenditure of Union county money on roads, has been cut off. As the bill reads, the state has appropriated a sutsiclent amount to pay back to each county $5,000 when the county has raised $10,000. In this sum, the original amount - Is cut In two, Under the "Ring" bills, the state commissioner would and could con trol the sxpendltures In each county but ihe amendment leaves It to the hc tlce of special election to raise the emount specified, to say what, roads fie to be Improved. ' "While we did not gain every Item we desired, we did succeed In bring ing the measure to a point where It ft? alraoi to our st liking and we let it go at that," remarked Mr. Huffman In nnkln? nf tha I ' ...w uv.v v v.00 of the lobbyists. "The measure is a fairly Just bill as It stands, but what will be done tonight by the commis sion of lawyers appointed In Portland to study its constitutionality. re mains to be seen, and then, too, Gov ernor' West may veto It before his powers expire tomorrow." Xovs Scotia House Open. Halifax. N. 8., Feb. 23 With the us ual ceremonies the session was of the Nova Scotia legislature was opened this afternoon. A busy and Important session Is foreshadowed, as It Is ex pected to be "the last before general election. A agio American Wedding London, Feb. 23-A wedding of in terest In Anglo-American circles to day was that of Miss Vera Gordon. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gor don, who are prominent members of the American colony In London and Mr. Nell Guthrie of the Irish guards. The wedding ceremony was perform ed in the Guards chapel at Chelsee. NUMBER 10 i S1H BILL IIS 1,54011 ATTACHED HOUSE REP 7 HEASURE IV AXD IT IS rED READY ,TOPAS fEASURE. EliLBEf ! i THE L10ST Incwaslng tl ates Ofte'nUmes fluf Gain I o J Them the Syu, dry; ApproU ,, . i Sl U Passed, Into the House fropi the Commttteo Fortv,flre MiUloa Asslped to Ca. nal. .1 Washington, Feb. 23The sundry civil appropriation bill carrvln sua. 5u,tuu was reported In the house to- " tof mi Is $25,431,000 over last year's ' bill and $14.486.000 . under the esti mates. V ; ' V . :-v-r '', ' ( ' 'V';! j- - .The largest sinal e Itpm in iL StL Is the canal appropriation of $45,500. 000 which is an Increase of $7,500,000 ever the estimates made. - ' ' ' , The .Public buildings appropriation Is $21,311,245, an Increase of $16,000,- 000. ! ; :: ., : .. . The measure will probably be pass ed by the house under the suspension rules.' Despr.ir!rg of forcing the Sen ate to pass a tariff commission bill, President Taft is centering his ef forts to secure the appropriation of $400,000 to continue the present board.' If . it Is passed the next house will ' have an . opportunity of Interfering ' with the board's txlstence . v FREXCII MIXTSTER DEAD Minister of War Drops Dead at Hit . iesK nue at Work Today. Paris, Feb. 23 Minister of ' War 1 Brun dropped dead here today. He died of embolism of the heart .while . sitting at his desk conferring with his chief assistant. Premier Briand an nounced the death of the minister in ' the Chamber pf Deputies. It , Is un known who will be chosen to succeed1 him. ' ""j,, , ARUGUES FOB SUPREME COURT Rnef Rehearing Decision neid to be Logical by Attorney San Francisco, Feb. 23 Action of the Supreme court in granting a re hearing of Abe Ruef, the grafter, was vpheld today by Attorney C. W. Cross who answered the contentions of the Attorney General Webb, that the or der should be revoked. Cross content ed that several of the present Su-T preme Justices helped to frame the constitutional amendment in 1904 un der which a 'rehearing Is granted and therefore are In a better position than others to Judge whether 'they trans gressed the rules of the amendment. . REFUSE LIBERTY AILED FIYE THOCSAXD DOLLAR BAIL TCRXED DOWN Enumllaw Resident Will Face Serloas y ' Charges. ' v Seattle, Feb. 23 Mrs. ner, whose divorced husband was kill ed by her son-in-law. William rn ' ler, following a vlolint quarrel at En umllaw a few days agotoday offer ed $5,000 ball but was refused. Mil ler will probably face murder in the 1 rx aegree herore the supreme court Mrs. PIschner and Mrs. Mine both witnesses to the part of the fight wnicn enaed in Miller beating PIsch ner to death with a rock, but the wo men left for help and did not see the killing. ' p. ', .'fit i ; 1 :-1 . ... .m