Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, February 13, 1908, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextHeppner Gazette baaed TWUit of Card Wack HEPPNER OREGON RESUME OF THE WEEK'S DOINGS General Review of Important Hap penings Presented in a Brief and Comprehensive Manner for Busy Readers National, Political, His torical and Commercial. The battleship fleet has passed Magellan straits and Is now in the Facific ocean. The Swift Packing Company has completed plans for plant in Portland. A Yale graduate and been found to possess outfit of burglar's tools. Premier Franco, dictator of Por tugal has not left his room since ar riving In Bordeaux, France. Roosevelt says the charges that he is using his influence to help Taft along are false and malicious. LIABLE TO FINES OF $80,000,000 Clear Re- a $3,500,000 athlete has a complete Claims of alleged illegitimate heirs of Alfonso XII are creating consid erable trouble for the Spanish gov ernment. One child was killed and many persons injured in the crush at the funeral of the" dead king and prince of Portugal. Members of the royal household declare that the Portugese crown prince rose and fired twice at the as sassins before he himself fell dead. California railroad commission has evidence to convict the Southern Pacific of rebating on about 4,000 serrate counts, the fines for which iwill amount to $80,000,000. King Edward and Queen Alexan dra, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Victoria and many government officials attended the memorial services for the late King j Carlos of Portugal and the Crown ! Prince. The battleship fleet has turned to the north. Germany has reduced the import duty on sugar. A leader of the Black Hand has been captured in New York. The senatorial deadlock in theKen tucky legislature continuea. The Pennsylvania railroad has just ordered 55,000 tons of steel rails. Seattle ministers have 'started an Agitation against Sunday theaters. Governor Pennypacker has been im plicated in the Pennsylvania capitol Case Against S. P Paid bates for Years. San Francisco, Feb. 11. Penalties unprecedented in the history of the prosecution of corporations in Cali fornia, or a complete revision and vitalizing of the laws applicable to railroads, will be the outcome of the investigation to be instituted this week by the State Railroad Commis sion, in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, in thf Merchants' Ex change building. Assistant Attorney-General Ray mond Benjamin said today that 4,000 cases of rebating have been perfected against the Southern Pacific Com pany, practically through its own ad missions. These cases will be pre sented to the Railroad Commission by Attorney-General IT. S. Webb, Mr. Benjamin and O. K. Cushing, special counsel for the California Traffic As sociation. Should convictions be ob tained on each of these cases, and the Maximum penalty of $20,000 be imposed for each violation of law, the Southern Pacific will face 000 bushels. an aggregate tine or $su, 000,000. In each case the evidence practi cally is conclusive, from bills of lad ing to the indorsed checks issued by the company to the shipper, in reim bursement. When the Slate Board of Railroad Commissioners requested the Southern Pacific to submit its books to Mr. Benjamin, Peter F. Dunne, counsel for the railroad, re plied that the railroad's books would be available at any time. The com placency with which the railroad cor poration greets the investigation foreordains that it will not fight the action of the Railroad Commission on merits but rather upon the law involved. Section 222 of the state legislation which creates the State Board of Railroad Commissioners, with their power to fix rates, provides: "Any railroad corporation or transportation company which shall fail to conform to such rates as shall be established by such commission shall be fined not exceed ing. $20,000 for each offense. ' In 4,000 cases the railroad com pany iaiied to contorm to the rate set by the Commissioners. The prac tice is of long standing, but the only records available are those subse quent to May, 1906. In some of these rebates the railroad refunded 53 per cent of the original charge to the shipper. NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST FROM THE STATE OF OREGON HOLDS WHEAT RECORD Condon it Largest Primary Distribut ing Point In Country. Condon The latest estimate of the amount of-grain already shipped and that remaining to be Bhipped from Con don is 1,300,000 bushelB. According to this showing, Condon is the largest i primary grain shipping point in the United States and, as far as can be learned, in the entire world. The point which has heretofore claimed the honor of being the largest primary erain shinoinz noint in th wm-ld in iRitzville, Wash., its supremacy beina the claimd on the basis of shipping 1,250,- From figures obtained from the best authorities on the subject 1,100,000 bushels of wheat and barley have el ready been received by jhe warehouses and mill here. And to this must be added the large amount that is yet scat tered over the country waiting to be hauled to town before spring. It is safe to say that there remains in Con don's territory 200,000 bushels yet to be brought in, making a grand total of 1,300,000 bushels to be shipped from Condon alone. No less remarkable is the estimated output of grain in every section of Gil liam county, the total of the estimates of the different stations exceeding the mount to be shipped from Condon. It must also be taken into consideration that many thousands of bushels of grain harvested along the borders of the coun ty are shipped from nearby ' railroad pointa in the adjoining counties. The total of the number of bushels shipped irom these points added to the amounts shipped from different stations in Gil liam ccunty places the enormous out put of Gilliam county at 2,750,000. OREGON GIVEN PROMINENCE 200 DRAG OUT SKELETONS. frauds. Franco, the deposed premier of Port ugal, has arrived in France, fearing murder but defending his policy. The Elgin National Watch company has closed its factory for an indefinite period on account of dullness in trade. Government troops will be removed from Goldfield March 7, at which time the Nevada police will be ready to take charge. Warren Oliver, a member of the elec toral college which named Lincoln, is dead. He was a pioneer 'of CaliJornia and 93 years old. Associate Public Printer Bram has assumed contol of the government printing office. W. S. Rossiter will continue the inquiries into the conduct of the office. Woman surffagists are making a hard fight in New York. Judge Hargis, a leader of Kentucky fuede, has been killed by his son. Florida Republicans are holding Taft and anti-Taft conventions and having fist fights. has paid the bandit for the release of Sir Great Britain Raisuli $200,000 Harry Maclean. The Western Bar Iron association, of New York, will advance the price of bar iron $5 per ton. The house committee on naval affairs oppoees four new battleships and the president has prepared to fight. A greyhound has returned on foot to its old home at Oakland from Western Montana, a distance of 1,500 miles. Franco, former premier and dictator of Portugal, has arrived in Madrid. He wa9 driven from home by the many threats of assassination. By an agreement of trans-Atlantic steamship companies the rate war be tween Europe and the United States has come to an end. Owing to opposition to the erection of a statue to the late Senator Q'iay on the capitol grounds at Harrieburg, Pa., it is proposed to put the question to a popular vote. Alleged Illegitimate Heirs of Alfonso Making Trouble. Madrid, Feb. 11. The question of alloting a pension of 250,000 pesetas to the Infanta Alfonso, the son of Don Carlos of Bourbon and the Prin cess of Asturias, who recently mar ried Princess Louise of Orleans in England, has received the approval of the Council of State and now goes before the Cortes. But it has raised many complications, not the least in teresting of which are suits for sim ilar allowances brought by the na tural children of Alfonso XII by Elena Sanz, a former well-known Spanish actress, and a natural cous in of the king named Carlos Allen Perkins, a second-rate but popular i actor in the music halls of the can- ital. I Perkins claim goes back to his great-grandmother, the famous In fanta Carlotta, who provoked the Carlist war by obliging Ferdinand I v ll to admit trje principle of the Salic law. It was she who slapped the face of Calomarde, the Premier. and drew from him the historic retort: "White hands are not offensive." Perkins' birth is not recorded in Gotha ,but he insists that his real name is Don Francisco Carlos Pio j Rose Alfonso Luis Fernando Allen ! Perkins Guerowsky Bourbon Luth erlan Hossen Drichma Vrichna and Ottendorf" and consequently a blood relation of most of the reigning sov erigns of Europe. Joint Passenger Tariff Mentions Points In State. "v uregon receives consiueraDie Drom inence in the joint tariff issued by the union racino giving the one way col onist rates to the Pacific coast from Union Pacific territory. The tariff has just been issued and makes the rates effective March 1 to April 30, inolu sive. The tariff Bets forth she rates in detail as they have been announced al ready in the rewspapers. The low col onist rate is good to any station in Ore gon and about 200 points in this state are mentioned individually in the tariff. The rate is $30 from Council Bluffs, Omaha, St. Joseph, Leaven worth or Kansas City to all main and branch line points on O. R. A N. east of Portland, including, points north of Umatilla and Pendleton, via Granger, Ogden and Huntington, via Denver Granger or Ogden and Huntington, or via Denver, Grand Junction, Ogden and Huntington. The same rate obtains to Portland and all main and branch line points on the Southern Pacific south thereof to and including Ashland, as well as all points on the Astoria & Columbia River railroad, via Granger or Ogden and Huntington, via Denver, Granger or ugden and Huntington, via Grand Junction, Ogden and Huntington and via Denver and Billings. WANT CHEAPER GRAIN SACKS SWIF1 PACKING CO. COMING Ready to Begin Work on $3,500,000 Plant at Once. Portland, Feb. 10. In the first and only authorized statement which has been given out either here or anywhere else regarding his com pany's plans in the Pacific Northwest Louis F. Swift, president of Swift & Co., last night declared that the mammoth Portland plant, which will represent an outlay of $3,500,000 and which will be erected on the Pe ninsula, will be completed and ready for operation in all departments in one year. Portland is also to be made the center of the packing Industry of the Pacific Northwest, and the Trout- dale plant, near Portland, eventually Is to be abandoned, at least so far as the packing side of the business is concerned. To what use, if any, the Swift people are to put their present extensive and valuable property at that point was not vouchsafed. The Swift people are ready and prepared to go ahead with construc tion work just as soon as the' rail roads have indicated what connec tions on the Peninsula they will es tablish, and when they will be ready to do the work. When these connec tions with necessary terminal facili ties have been decided upon, work on the packing plant will be rushed to completion. In the official interview, II. C. Gardner, head of the construction de- HALL GUILTY AS CHARGED . t. 1 1 . .... iioii aucocivc, none-1 BBtiuuaiea mat ine iarmers ot this ibe association will have a reg- county will be able this year to save meeting in March. The raising i $40,000. The Inland Grain growers' association is a corporation and buys no uwu bucks uirecc mus maKing a great deal better bargain than the dealer can make. Josephine Goatmen Organize. Grants Pass The Southern Oregon Angora Goat Breeders' association has been organized with C. E. Harmon, president ana unaries Meserve, secre tary ular of goats has become one of the promi nent industries of Southern Oregon. As well as being profitable for the wool. they are looked upon as a valuable ad junct in clearing new land, in keeping down the undergrowth. It is calcu lated that there are about 5,000 or 6,- 000 of the animals scattered among the ranches in this district, some of which are imported stock. Grain Sacks at Reduced Figure! Pendleton Umatilla county farmers will share in the purchase of 1,000,060 wheat sacks made by the Farmers' Co operative union at Walla Walla. Over 200 farmers were present at a mass meeting at which contracts for the pur chase of 1,000,000 sacks from the J. Z. Smith company and the Kerr-Gifford company of Portland at a uniform price of 7c, was made. As the same quality of sacks sold last year at from Growers at Athena Working Through Association. Athena C. A.fBarrett, presfdent of the Inland Graingrowers' association. . says that the principal object of the or ganization at present is to reduce the price of sacks. The association declares that the prices the dealers ask for sacks are unreasonable. They say that they made a good, substantial saving last year by means of the association, and that (hey will be able to make a far greater saving this year. Mr. Barrett Jury Deliberates Over THree Hours Before Agreement. Prosecution Confident Speedy Agree ment Indicated Conviction, ln"View of Judge Hunt Instructions as to Law and Evidence Result Sealed. , in Envelope. Portland, Feb. 8. At 1:30 o'clock this morning the jury iu the Hall con spiracy trial announced that it had reached a verdict. The verdict was sealed in an envelope, under instruc tions .given by Judge Hunt last night, and was returned to the court and opened at 10 o'clock this morning. On convening court this morning; Judge Hunt directed that the envelope be opened and the verdict read. The jury found Hall guilty as charged. Under the Federal statutes, conspiracy such as that charged in the indictment on which Hall was tried, is punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years. Portland, Feb. 8. At last night's session, which convened at 7:4f n'nlnftk. .Tmlon Hunt fnlivprprl ovVinnaf. partment of Swift & Company, whontt !nt,nii. f ti,a u k. will have direct charge of erecting ' requiring two hours for its delivery. the plant, acted as spokesman for j At 10:12 o'clock, after Judge Webster President Swift, and entered into a3 for the defendant had interposed ob- full a discussion of the plans of the jections to practically every instruction Swifts as the head of the big con-! of the court, the jury retired to deliber cern deemed wise to give out for 1 ate on a verdict. The iurors were in- publication at this time. Mr. Gardner, in explaining why the public could not be taken fully into the confidences of his concern at this time, said that certain plans. such as whether the company should secure power from some of the com panies already in the field here, or erect its own plant on the Peninsula, are yet to be settled, and that there were a number of other considera tions which, if disclosed now. mieht interfere with their consummation. I It was also clearly brought out the bulk of the Alaska trade from the Sound cities, the merchants and shippers here will have to establish O flinnnf r, .n 11 1 i Another purpose of the association is 7 ' " , ."V. e. to force the 0.E.4N. and Northern answer' to the dirt" question as to x iKiiuu raunuy cuiuunnies io arrange 10 whether Sw ft amis cars irom one line to the other to enter that field, now monopolized witnout removing the goods from one oy various Seattle and Tacoma pack car to another. Another obiect the ers association has in view in to radii "Swift freight rates on large grain shinmentd. Gardner, gtructed by Judge Hunt that if a ver dict should be reached during the night, they were to seal it in an en velope and repair in the custody of the bailiffs to their rooms, the verdict to be returned at 10 o'clock this morning; to which hour the court then ad 1 journed. Judge Hunt's instructions were far more elaborate than in any of the pre ! ceding land fraud or conspiracy cases, j They consisted of a learned exposition of the law as applied to conspiracy .charges and a lucid interpretation of the statjtes pertaining to the fencing and homestead acts and the statute of limitations. When the instructions had been given Mr. Heney expressed his satisfaction Company intended i with them, but. Judge Webster, for the- defendant, submitted exceptions in a general way to the entire charge. Will Advertise in East. Eugene The Eugene Commercial club has appropriated $300 for adver tising Lane county and Eugene in East ern papers next month, or until the colonist rates on the transcontinental railroads go into effect. Of the $1,375 expended by the promotion department of the club since Manager Hartog took charge, all but $20 75 was expended in 10 to 11c each, the farmers have made ; Eugene, thereby really turning the & Company," declared Mr. "are in the packing busi ness and packing business alone. They are not in the transportation business, nor in the cattle-raising business." REFORM POSTAL SERVICE. NIGHT RIDERS ON RAID. a great saving in purchases year by asking for bids. for this State Wants Sidetrack. Salem The state board has asked the Railroad commission to investigate the question of the need of a sidetrack money subscribed back munity that gives it. Commission Recommends Changes in Interest of Economy. Washington, Feb. 8. In a prelim inary report of the postal commission authorized during the last congress, the main r( commendation will be to the effect that the office of the fourth assist ant postmaster general shall be done away with and that an executive officer annnintpr? hv tha rrnalr1anf tr a 1 , n . 50 mounted night riders, masked, i u :.n.i u .: i , ' ' i id in lot liiniAiii'ii nn i.im him ivh iihmii rii Imprison Cit'zens and Burn Tobacco and Warehouses. Hopkinsville, Ky., Feb. 10. night at 12 o'clock a band of Last I about Fuel Down at Pendleton. Pendleton An exceptionlaly mild winter has combined with the' recent fi nancial panic to create havoc with the Survey for New Tunnel. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 11. Survey ors and engineers in the employ of the Northern Pacific have for months been locating a new tunnel through the Cascades. The fact became known yesterday, when the men, driven from their work bv the heavv snows, arrived at Green River Hot Springs on their way to St. Paul. From Hot Springs comes word thtt the big Stampede tunnel is to be abandoned as soon as the new bore is completed. The new bore is to be seven miles long and will cost uu- ward of $10,000,000. as an ! wants the sidetrack established aid in transporting material for the new building, which will be started soon. on the Southern Pari fiV t, thp bHa A : mei situation id this city, as viewed the proposed home for the feeble mind- i m,th standpoint of the fuel dealer, ed, just south of this city. The rai. oai nas aroppea irom n to $7 per road company refused the state's re-1 . n' and thou8h the wood P" is being quest for a sidetrack. The state board i f P UP poraruy ny ine sneer torce ui me iucai comoine, ine DOitom is sure to drop out of it shortly. ' PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 82c; bluestem, 84c j valley, 82c; red, 80c. Oats No. 1 white, $28; gray, $28. Barley Feed, $27 per ton; brewing, $32; rolled, $2930. Corn Whole, $32.50; cracked, $32.50. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1,$1718 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $20 Paisley Wants the County Seat. Silver Lake W. H. McColl, of Pais ley, is authority fcr the statement that Paisley wants to bring to a vote at the June election the question of the re moval of the county seat from Lake view to Paisley. Paisley, Summer Lake. Silver Lake, New Pine Creek and North Warner voters would probably 2l; clover, $1415; cheat, $15; favor the move. Paisley is many miles grain hay, $1415; alfalfa, $1213; nearer the geographical center of the ! vetch, $14. Butter Fancy creamery, 3035c per into me com- heavily armed and wearinc the in signia of a secret clan, invaded Fre- donia, Crittenden county, captured James Scarberry, operator of the Cumberland Telephone Company, and cut all telephone connections. They then forced Dave Potter, a cterk In a r drug store, to open his store, in which they corralled several citizens and held them prisoners Leaving a large guard In the town. the others galloped to the village of View, five miles away, and blew up Alfred II. Cardin's tobacco factory, containing 35,000 pounds of tobacco belonging to him and his croppers The loss aggregates $10,000. with $5,000 insurance After firing volleys Into the air the night riders returned through tredonia and released their prison ers. Eighty per cent of Crittenden county farmers ave tobacco pooled in the Society of Equity. Mr. Cardin the department, who shall act under the direction of the postmaster general and hold the same relation that a su perintendent of a railroad holds to a railroad president and directorate. The examiners found that politics too oft en interfered with the systematic running of the department and that the heads were seldom installed fot any length of time before being retired or placed elsewhere. Under present conditions it is neces sary for a mail lag lock broken on an Alaskan route to be transported the en tire diftance to the Mississippi valley before it can be mended. To do away with this and other impracticable meth ods, the commission proposes the for mation of divisions with full power to administer officf within their boundar ies. Said boundaries shall not neces sarily follow state lines. Of the 62,000 postoffices run by the- government it is thought that fully 30,- Franco Excites Curiosity. Bordeaux .France, Feb., 1 1. Sun day passed with Senor Franco, the ex-Premier of Portugal, still in Bor deaux and still in seclusion. His at work platting its property beyond privacy has remained unbroken; the Tualatin river, near Willamette, since his arrival Friday he has not The company has about 3,000 acres emerged from the hotel where he is there and it is believed that the con TLnTr itjnol. railroad connecting the problem which the neor.le ar rli-1 rrmjiy wun roruanu is a surely in Bryan declares that Wall worse than Monte Carlo. street is cussing with curious, wondering, even sympathetic interest, but no one has been enlightened as to the hour of his departure, or his destination, ior u is certain that he is not to main here long. re- county than Lakeview. poind Platting New Townsite. Poultry Average old hens, 1314c Oregon City The Oregon Iron & per pound; mixed chickens, 1213c; Steel company has a force of surveyors , ep"g chickens, 1314c; roosters, 10 ,yizv; orefseu cnicKens, ic; uurKeyB, live, J415c; dressed, choice, 1617c; geese, live, 910c; ducks, 1820c; pigeons, 75c$l 00; squabs, $1.502. Eggs Fresh ranch, candled, 2627c per dozen. Veal 75 to 125 pounds, 99c; 125 to 150 pounds, 7c; 150 to 200 poundp, 56c. Pork Block, 75 to 150 pounds, 7 74c; packers, 56c, Fruits Apples, table, $1.752.50; la .w . , , ... 1 , I I I - .. ; . 1 .J 1 W I, 1L IU I I L UT I III. ll I 1 I I tit II f I I I 11,1,-1 , ... . ritiyan t 5 A fw.i i "lien " manner uv.... RO iw.vjuiijt5 null m;uiiu nil 3, and was forme candidate for governor on the Pu list ticket. The Planters Association has no organization in this county. ig offices and do away with the too frequent issuance of stamps and many intermediate reports. the future, as the land is being platted into tracts of two and one-half, five and ten acres. Demand Flat 2 1-2 Cent Fair. Salem A committee of the Travel- The national convention of the So cialist party will be held in Chicago May 10. The American torpedo flotilla has arrived at Punta Arenas, Straits of Magellan. French troops in Algeria were caught in a severe snow storm and at least 28 perished. The Japanese government will in crease the tax on sugar, take, alcohol, beer and keroeene. The people of Ohio will vote on an initiative and referendum law at the November election. Wreck on Wabash. Detroit, Mich.. Feb. 1!. Thr. f'nn tinental Limited passenger train on1 me imudsu ranway, westbound, was derailed today by a broken rail at j Dflhi, Ont., 150 miles east of D;;-! troit. " None of the passengers nor i train crew sustained anv ininrir.R. other than bruises. Mrs. J. W. Dan iels, of Wallace, Idaho, was taken from the train at St. Thomas, suffer ing from nervous shock and with this exception all of the passengers con tinued to their destinations. "I 1 n c Ss tt f I ing Men's association has arranged c,.wk,"Vi k V ! 6 with rh railrn,t -nmrni..!. Ail , $8(3U1 per barrel. nomnlaint aaainat 11 morla ,lmn h,,.;. Vegetables Turnips ness in Oregon and asking for a 2-cent rate on mileage books. rate now is about 2?4 cents, and the books sold are not mileage books, hut 'Sack; cabbage, Ucper pound; ., flower, $1.75 2; celery. $3.50 Temp-ranee Woer Dead New York, Feb. 11. John V Oliver, editor and principal owner of the Yonkers Statesman, died at his home in Yonkers today, aced 92 years. Mr. Oliver was an early lead er In the temperance movement, and with his brother. Isaac Oliver, found ed the Sons of Temperance. are coupon books, each senting 5 cents. coupon repre- Adds Course in Italian. University of Oregon Eugene A courpe in beginning Italian has been announced by the department of mod ern languagems. Dr. Timothy Chloran is at the head of this department. Cannery Puts Up Beef. Brownsville The Brownsville can nery has been experimenting in the canning of beef and it will probably put up a large amount in the near future. 75c per sack; carrots, 65c per sack; beets, $1.00 per cauli 50(34.50 per crate; onions, lo2Uc per dozen; parsely, 20c perdonen; peas, 10c per pound; peppers, 17 c per pound; pumpkins, llWc per pound; radish es, 20c per dozen; spinach, 6c per pound; sprouts, 8c per pound; squahh, per pound. Onoions $2 50 per hundred. Potatoes 40f60c per hundred, de livered Portland; sweet potatoes, $3.25 (33.50 per cwt. Hops 1907, prime anl choice, 6(3, per pound; olds, l(32c per pound. Wool F'astern Oregon average heft, 13'3,20c per pounds according to shrink age; valley, 1820c. according to fine ness; mohair, choice, 2930c per pound. Blow Up Bank. Joplin, Mo., Feb. 10. Four men early this morning blew open the vault of the Bank of Sulphur Springs, Ark., and secured over $1,300 in cash, besides notes and other val- j 0f a coaling uables. The citzens of Sulphur j8 now jn f .springs were aroused ny two explo sions, but by the time the officers reached the downtown district, the work of the thieves had been com pleted and four men were seen to mount their horses and ride west ward. The mountains in this direc tion are filled with many gorges and it is believed that the men have made good their escape. Demand to Show Hard. Paris, Feb. 10. The recent fight ing in Morocco, as well as the protest Mexico Grants Coaling Station. Mexico City, Feb. 8. The concession by Mexico to the United States grant ing the privilege for the establishment station at Magdalena bay force and it is expected that the two barges provided under the con cession will be anchored in the bay be fore the arrival there of the fhet. Fur ther negotiations are pending for & large target range and permission to land marines fcr small arms practice. Previous requests of like nature were not favorably received by Mexico, but this one may be granted. No British Squadron Coming. " London. Feb. 8. The Associated Press is officially authorized to declare which Abd-el-Aziz, the Sultan, is re-' that there is absolutely no truth In the- report telegraphed Irom Halifax that the British Fqnadron in the Pacific is to be materially increased. No changs whatever are contemplated in the Pa cific squadron and the British govern ment has not the slightest intention of replacing the old Pacific fleet, which formerly had its base at Esouimault.. B. C. ported to have submitted to Germany against French occupation and ag gression in that country, has led M. Juares, the Socialist leader, to formu late a new interpellation on the sub ject. In the Chamber of Deputies tomorrow he will formally demand from the government another ex planation of the Moroccan policy. Archbiohop Returns. New York, Feb. 10. Archbishop Patrick William Klordan. of San Francisco, whose recent mission In Rome was both for rest and to advo-i cate the appointment of Rev. Edward Smuggles Arms Into China. Hongkong, Feb. 8. Chinese imper ial customs officials this afternoon seiz ed a Japanese steamer near Macao, which was landing arms on Oh mono Hanna, of Rochester, as Coadju- territory. It is alleged that the arm tor Archbishop of San Francisco, re- were intended for revolutionist under urned today on board the steamship Dr. Sun Yet Sen, the leader of the rev- Cedrlc. j olutionary party in China.