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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-17
CHINA OPENS
TRADE DOOR
HUN CHUN AND lUNCHiNCHUN
IN CHlENTAO, MANCHURlA,
OPENED TO TRADING
WILL SETTLE TARIFF QUESTION
BORDER WITH JAPAN

PEKIN. Jan. 16.-China has opened
Hun Chun and Lunchinchun, in Chi
entao, Manchuria, to international
trade, Notwithstanding the fact that
an agreement has not been reached
with Japan regarding the matter of
tariffs to be collected on the Korean
Manchurian border. The questions of
tariffs will come up for settlement
soon.
Hun Chun and Lunchinchun are
two of the treaty ports provided for in
the agreement between Japan and
China signed at Pekin, on September
4. and designed to settle the Chientao
boundary dispute between the two
countries. Recently d disagreement
arose over the subject of Korean i'm
migration into Chientao. This and the
question of the tariffs delayed the
promised operinS, which was expected
Oh January l.
The Importance of the opening of
Hun Chun to foreign commerce is
apparent when it is understood that
the town is nine miles northeast of the
Korean boundary. 80 miles above the
mouth of the TumOn river and less
than 100 miles from VladivOstok
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-17
TO SAVE NATIONS LIFE.
Congress Urged to Create Health Bur
eeu-American Health League Pre-
sents Facts,

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-(Special)-
Showing that over $500, 100000 is
each year being lost to this country
through failure to check preventable
disease, facts and figures were today
made public in this city by the Amer
iCan Health league, which is urging
congress to carry out President Taft
recommendation for uniting govern
nent bureaus exercising health func-
items in one bureau of public health
In a statement prepared by Prof Irv-
ing Fisher. president of the league, it
is pointed out that this enormous eco
rOmc loss in life and potential stan
ings can only be checked by medical
investigation, education on hygiene and
Ly improving the efficiency of the mu-
ricipal, state and national health SER
vice Within one generation the av-
erage American life can be heightened
IS years by proper application of the
science of preventing disease, it is as
serted.
To conserve their vital resources by
the establishment of a national bur-
can is the most wise and farsiehted
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-17
HISTORY OF THE PEERS
Kings Writ Ennobles' Why Upper House of Parlia-
1nent Cannot Be Abolished Plans
of Liberals.

origin to the ancient Saxon Witen-
agemot, the assembly of tribes to dis
cuss matters of mutual interest The
house of lords owes its origin TO the
habit of the king in early Norman
times to summon large landholders
and the abbots to discuss with him
measures Of importance. When
baron was summoned once there was
at least a presumption that he would
be summoned again, and ultimately the
descendants of a man who had been
in the habit of receiving a summons
to parliament claimed the right TO re-
ceive a similar writ; and the lords
themselves laid down and maintained
the principle that no other deed or
document or ceremony was necessary
to create peer. The theory that the
kings writ ennobles the blood" was
fully established, and by the middle
of the 18th century the house Of lords
had become recognized as heredi-
tary body.
Benjamin Disraeli, who was him
self newly created peer" as Lord
Beaconsfield, had a favOrite trick OF
uttering through the mouths Of the
leading characters Of his novels opin-
ions and maxims which he would
never have dared express with his
own tongue and in that way often
satirized and ridiculed the most sac
red theories and traditions of British
society and politics. And, belonging
to the Oldest of races, he never at
tempted to conceal his contempt for
the British peerage. The only pedi-
gree Lord Beaconsfield believed in was
that of Israel, and the only heraldic
symbol for which he had any reVer-
ence was the lion of the tribe of
Judah.
In one of his novels he makes his
leading character say: Il never heard
Of a peer with an ancient lineage.
The real old families of this country
are to be found among the peasantry.
The gentry, too, may lay some claim
to old blood but a peer with an an
cient lineage is to me quite a novelty.
When Henry VII called his first par
lament there were only % temporal
peers to be found. and even some of
them took their seats illegally, for
they had been attained. OF those %
not five remain. We owe the English
peerage to three sOurces-the SpOila-
ton of the church. the open and flag
rant sale of honors by the elder
Stuarts and the borough mOngering
Of our own times. These are the three
main sources of the existing peerage
Of England"
Increase of the Peeraee.
There is a great deal of truth in
that statement Queen Elizabeth rails
ed the peerage from 80 to so, and the
Stuarts increased the list to 16S. After
the revolution of 1888 there were $50
peers. When George [ came to the
tLrore tbOrn wore 17S ard it was
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economy Tor the people of this corD..
the American Health Ieague dec,au.
since stistics show that at an t;n.es
over 100000 persons are seriously IN
in the United States and fully half
G. this sickness is preventable Os
the 10000 lives that are lost eaoh
Year in this country through tnha,
culosis, at least 100000 could he savoa
il is shown, as the result of proper rra
tentative methads and the PROMISED
systemitized activities by the federal
government Though all the princinol
rational parties advocated in tbair
platforms the establishment of a fed-
eral health bureau in the last presi-
Dental campaign and the American
people as a whole have ever since
supported the project. it is rumored
that some opposition is now develoninc
at Washington from the same sources
that are arrayed against every effort
Tor the conservation of the nations re-
sources.
Perfect balance of work. play and
sleep is required in the ideal conditions
C health, Professor Fisher declares in
through personal hygiene Healthful
environment and nutrition are also mr.
ged upon every American as a matter
OF prime Importance in individually
Strengthening the vital resources of
the nation. The deadly effect of such
drugs as cocaine, upon which the
American Health league has induced
congress to place a prohibitive tariff.
are mentioned. The immoderate use
Of alcohol and nicotine should be
guarded against, Professor Fisher tells
the public in his report, as a member
OF the national conservation sommis-
sion, to that body; adding that the
somewhat injuries effects of coffee.
tea and condiments, though less than
many other evils, should be included
i'll the list of of the imperfections in
respect to hygiene of, existing habits
OF life That on the European con-
tinent and in some parts of England
coffee which has been practically freed
from the drug caffeine is being largely
Used and being made part of the daily
diet of such health resorts as Carls-
had, Bad Nauheim and Marienbad
has been called to the attention of
these investigators of even the staples
OF the American breakfast table.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-17
GOTHAM PROEERS ARRESTED
FOR ALLEGED CONSPIRACY

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 10
(SpeciaD Information has been re-
ceived at the department of agricul-
ture hat the Pittsburg grand jury has
returned indictments against L. J. Van
der Box and d. w. BOWles of New
York, for conspiracy. These are the
men who were sent to Pittsburg by
New York publicity concern to get
evidence that a prominent picking and
preserving firm OF that city was secret
~ using chemical preservatiVes. Fail
ing to obtain any such evidence it is
charged that they undertook to manu-
facture it. They We're arrested and
held under $500 bonds which were in
creased to $500 when the examining
magistrate heard the testimony. The
grand jury has now indicted them and
Il is reported that interesting develop
ments are expected when the case
comes to trial To strengthen the case
against them two indictments were
returned, one for conspiracy and one
for entering a building unlaWfully.
The case attracted widespread at
tention from the fact that the public
ity concern which employed Van der
Box and BOWleS is retained by COM
EinatiOn of food manufacturers using
chemical personalities and the con-
spiracy was directed against the Pitts
Iurg company because of it's activity in
the cause Of pure food.
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it belonged. Another son is called
Lord Warkworth, using a still lower
title of his father.
There are many splendid figures in
the house of lords: many of the titles
were proudly earned, and while there
is a considerable percentage of dis
reputables, the great majority of the
peers are men of character and in
fluenC There are several famous
So like Lord Roberts and Lord
hrcnener; several famous statesmen
like Lord Miner and Lord Cromer,
who ruled Egypt for a quarter of a
century, and will always be known
as the greatest of the Pharaohs. Lord
Curzon, who made his record before
he was advanced to the peerage, has
fulfilled the promise of his youth.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, the rec
ognized leader of the conservatives in
the house of lords, is the highest type
of a nobleman. He comes from an
ancient Irish family escended from an
English adVenturer VINO became en-
riched by the confiscated lands of the
native chieftainS. This wealth has in
creased by prudent management until
LansdOwne is now one of the richest
men in the kingdom. He is the most
stubborn opponent of home rule, and
in parliament opposes every Irish re-
form.
The leader of the liberal party in
the house of lords is the Earl of
CrcWe, the son of a literary man, who
began life as Richard Monckton Mil
his present title. He is the son-in-
mes. and was elevated to. the peerage
as Lord HOughtOn. BY the death OF
his uncle the Earl of CreWe attained
law of Lord Rosebery, the former
leader of the liberal party. Lord
Crewe has been called the handsOmest
man in England, and is one of the
most popular.
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William E. Curtis writes the fol-
lowing interesting article on the his
tory of the peers in England:
In answer to an inquiry I would
say that there is no possible means
by which the house of lords can be
abolished without it's consent, and
that the only thing that can be done
by the liberal party, if successful at
the approaching election, is to limit
its veto power and deprive it of par
ticipation in legislation affecting the
revenues and the expenditure Of pub
lie lands. 1t is probable that in case
the liberals continue in power they
win give the lords an opportunity to
criticise bills, but if the commons pass
them again, over the objections of the
lords. with or without modification,
srca action will be final Some OF
the radicals are not willing to go that
far: others are willing to give the
lords a larger chance; that is, two OPP
portunities to discuss and critlclse all
legislation by providing that If bill
shall pass the house of commons three
times in the same session it shall be-
come a law, the objections of the
lords to the contrary Notwithstanding.
70 guard against delay it will doubt
less be provided that unless the noble
lords return a bill within a reasonable
time silence win be taken for consent
and the bill will become a law with
out further action.
The talk about creating enough
new liberal peers to overcome the
present conservative majority is i'm
practicable because no administra
ton would dare elevate 500 common
ers to the peerage and besides, if it
should do so. it would not make a
liberal majority permanent. because
the irresistible tendency of the mem
bers of the house OF lords is to become
conservative within a few years after
their elevation to the peerage. A ma
jority of the IS peers created by the
liberal government since Gladstone
became prime minister are now con-
sentative, and if contact with the
upper classes does not alter the
oint of view of newly created peer
the effect of the elevation upon the
next generation is certain OF the
$50 peers who voted aaginst the bud
get 90 were liberals created during
the present administration.
Origin of the Peers.
The honuse of commons owes its
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been followed by all succeeding prime
ministers so that the present peerage
is composed very largely of men who
were ennobled for spending their mo-
nev on contested elections or made
generous contributions to the cam
paign funds of the party in power. Mr.
Gladstone used the peerage TO re-
ward the faithful service of his SUI
bordinates, but would never accept
title for himself. He elevated the tone
of the house of lords by adding sew
eral distinguished men of letters and
celebrated scientists.
The Marquis of Salisbury, once con-
firmed the peerage upon a supporter,
who first entered London driving a
cart, and remarked that he hoped his
protege would leave London in an
equally respectable manner
There are nine brewers among the
peers: the two sons of Benjamin
Guinness, the great Dublin ale man,
have been "ennobled." AS Lord I've
agh and Lord Ardilaun. The manu-
facturer of Bass ale is Lord Burton,
the manufacturer of Allsop's ale is
LOr Hindlip.
There is one American peer Lord
Fairfax, the son of Maryland ply
stefan. He succeeded in reviving the
title and securing recognition several
years ago. He is connected with an
American banking house in London
and is highly respectable and pop
ular young gentleman. His father
and grandfather both refuse to claim
the title, which was last worn by an
Episcopal clergyman of Alexandra
during the. American revolution.
Romances of the Peerage.
There are always several claimants
for titles hanging around the house Of
lords There are several titles in dis
pute and some of them involve ro-
mances, tragedies and comedies. A
book was published many years ago,
1.-The Romances of the Peerage," and
it relates some strange experiences.
William Alexander, provision
dealer in Fulton market, New York
city, once claimed the Scottish earl
dom of Stirling. The evidence was
very strongly in his favor but the
house Of lords declined to recognize
him. In Scotland he was received
with greater favor. and was accepted
as the Earl Of Stirling. Perhaps if
he has any descendants they might
be more successful. since Lord Fair
fax secured recognition.
The Earl of Denbigh claims to be
descended from the royal Hapsburgs
and calls himself Count of Hapsburg,
Lauffenburg and Rheinfelden, but the
claim has never been recognized in
Austria, where one of the Hapsburgs
is emperor
Several Of the peers have more than
one title. There are dukes who are
also earls, marQuiSes and barOns haV-
ing inherited the titles by different
lines There are double dukes also.
The Duke of Alva of Spain is the
Duke of Berwick in England Almost
all of the higher peerageS have lower
peerages pertaining to them, and the
titles are usually assumed by the sons
and recognized by courtesy. Thus the
son of the Duke of DevOnShire is
called the Marquis of Harrington,
which is an inferior title of his
father. Earl Percy, who died with so
much mystery in a disreputable hotel
in Paris the other day as the result
of a uel, had no right to the title
except by courtesy, being the son of
the Duke OF NOrthun hprland. to whom
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then proposed to make that number
the permanent maximum. The effect
of such a proposal would have been
to create a close corporation of the
great landholders of the kingdom,
which. of course, would not have been
permitted to exist many generations,
because the great powers exercised
by the house of lords would have
been limited to a comparatively few
families.
The proposed limitation was VOL
emily opposed in the house OF COM
mons and had TO be abandoned To
make the house of lords popular
body and prevent monopoly in the
hands of a few families no less than
3SS new peers were created during the
reign of George Ii. This was the pol
icy of William Pitt, who selected them
from the trading, manufacturing ana
professional middle classes. ThlS was
a renaissance, the Introduction Of new
blood, new ability and great wealth
into a decaying nobility, which might
have exhausted itself and died of de-
cay if it had not thus been revived.
There are now more than 600 peers,
and only 80 or more can trace their
lineage back of the reformation.
The premier of the peerage, the
Duke of Norfolk, is said to trace his
lineage t. an ancestor who must have
resembl d GuTth, the sWineherd, IN
Ivanhoe, and his title dates back to
1883 The Towards, it is said, got
their names from a hogWard or pig
keeper in 1889. hTe title of the Earl
of Shrewsbury dates from 1912; that
of Hereford from 1850; that OF Win
chester from 1851. The oldest title
Of any peer is that of Hastings, which
dates from 1864.
The Duke of Bedford is descended
from a fishmonger, who kept shop
near where Convent Garden market
now stands, and that property, which
yields his grace an income of many
thousand pounds a year, has been in
the family ever since. The Duke of
Devonshire is said to be descended
from the valet of Cardinal Wolsey
The Dukes of Grafton, Richmond and
ST Alban are descended from natural
sons of Barbara Villiers, Louise Quer-
ouaille and Nell Gwynn by his gra-
cious majesty Charles IL The duke
dom of Beaufort, also created by
Charles H. represents an honor con-
ferred upon the natural son Of John
of Ghaunt. The Duke Of Buccleuch
is descended from the Inflated Mon
mouth and sits in the house of lords
by title derived from that pretender
to the throne Even SO late as 1884
the earldom of Munster was created
for the benefit Of a natural son of
William " and Mrs Jordan. At
lease seven peers are descended from
Dutch Wallets brought from Holland
by the Prince of Orange and they are
now numbered among the proudeSt
and most influential of all the dukes
and earls in the British empire.
The writ of the king ennObles the
blood"
Used for Political Purposes.
William Pitt is said to have been
the first prime minister to use an
elevation to the peerage for political
purposes, and he thus brought to the
support of his government bankers,
merchants, contractors, manufacturers
and brewers, distillers and other men
of great wealth and business ability,
who gave his party a generous fin
ancial support and arrested the de-
of tho rohilitv His example has
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-17
Wise Old Jerry.

Judge Hindlip was going to give a
big party and OK roast. He entrust-
ed the invitations to old Jerry, his
man, and Jerry, after delivering them
turned up drunk.
Judge Hindlip looked at the old SER
want in disgust
Jerry" he said, what does this
mean?"
'M-means I'm drunk Jerry hic-
coughed.
Drunk" Missed the judge. and
what do you mean by getting drunk?"
1T amt my-hic-fault,' said Jer-
ry. It's the fault O. them invitations"
Every man 1 -hic-delivered one to
asked me to have a -hic-drink, and
thiSh' S-hic-reSult.'
Terrible. terrible!" cried Judge
Hindlip. ''Have We no temperance
people in this toWnship?'
"Shure," said Jerry, but 1 shent-
hic-their invitations by post
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Increase of the Peeraoe.

There is a great deal of truth in
that statement. Queen Elizabeth rails
ed the peerage from 80 to SO, and the
Stuarts increased the list to 16S. After
the revolution Of 1888 there were $50
peers. When George [ came to the
III rnnn thNrn NNoro LIZ and il
The Washington herald., 1910-03-07
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Z. s. DEPT n Agriculture. Weather Bureau
Mashingtnn. SUNDAY Mach S. lsl0-s u D

L. s. Dept- n Agriculture Weather Bureau
Washington, Sunday. March s. 1905 p n
marked change 10 colder weather attended b3
westerly gales has overspred ths Upper Lake re.
gion the Lover Ohio and Upper Mississippi valleys
ard the Plains States. following the rapid movement
Of = dstuTbance 10 Eastern Ontario from the North.
west. During Sunday this disturbance caused local
Iains and thUnderstorms IN the Lake region. the
Upper Ohio Valley. and on the southern coast Of
New England
The temperature remained high during Sunday in
The Eastern and Southern States and in the Pacific
States and The Plateau region
change 10 colder weather viii oyerspread the
Eastern and Southern States Monday and further
fall IN Temperature j. indicated for Monday in the
lake region and the Middle West While general
reaction 20 lower temperature viii take place in the
Eastern districts. abnoTmsliy low readings
probable during the next two 10 three days.
The weather win be generally fair Monday and
Tuesday east Of the Rocky Mountains. except that
there viii Re showers Monday IN New England and
Northern New YeTk Fair weather is also indicated
for the next fortyeight hours in the Rocky Mountain
and Western Plateau regions. except that Tain Is
probable 10 Western Montana.
The winds along the New Englsnd coast viii be
brisk and high southwest ard vest: on the Middle
Atlantic coast brisk and high westerly; on the South
Atlantic coast moderate westerly: the Gulf coast
moderate variable; Lake Michigan brisk westerly.
Steamers departing Monday for European ports viii
have brisk and high westerly winds and fair weather
to the Grand Banks.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-07
OFFICIAL POUND
WEIGHT TOO HEAVY
Weather Man Is Accused of
Causing Complications.

The weather man has short-changed the
United States government. II came to
light at the Treasury Department at the
close Of business Saturday that the brass
troy pound weight which was brought
over from England by Albert GalIatin,
former Secretary Of the Treasury, in
1927, has, through oxidation, increased
.007 Of a grain In weight.
Ever since Mr.. Gailatin brought the
weight over it has been used as the stand
ard in the assay Office and the mints.
Recently a commission. which went 10
Philadelphia to make the customary year
ly examination, ran into Edward Rigg,
superintendent of machinery OF the
Royal Mint at London.
Mr. Rigg was surprised to see the
United States using this old brass weight
because, he said, It was subject 10 oxidi-
cation. in spite OF the fact that when not
IN use it was locked up IN three boxes
and kept more carefully guarded than the
gold itself The commission had the
weight brought back to Washington and
tested at the Bureau of Standards.
It was discovered TO be .007 of grain
heavy. According to the experts az the
Treasury Department this would mean
that the government put $12153 too much
gold In the last S100,000,000 coined
A bin has been introduced in the Sen
ate TO substitute another weight for tais
one. which is the standard by law. In
European countries standard weights are
made Of iridio and platinum. and are said
not to be subject 10 oxidation.