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CLARK TAKES FLOOR
IN TARIFF DEBATE',
FLAYS REPUBLICANS
Speaker Charges There Was Never a
0. 0. P. Member of House in
Favor of a Commission.
COMES TO AID OF BULL MOOSEE
Tells of Defeat of Provision for
Board in Sixty-First Session.
MUBDOCK STABTS FIEEWOKXS
All Amendments to Underwood Bill
Voted Down as Offered.
NO CHANCE AGAINST MAJ0B1TY
Excited DUeniwIon mill Heated
WrniiRles Mnrk the First lny
of HendlnK Progress In
Millie Slowly.
WASHINGTON, April Kxetted de
bate and heated wrangles marked today
the beginning of the reading of tin- demo
cratic tariff bill In the house for amend
ment. Progress on the perfection of the
measure was slow, but the talk was loud
and vociferous and on one occasion.
Speaker Clark on the floor with a vig
orous speech.
All day the republicans offered amend
ments to the various passages In the
chlmlcal schedule and every amendment
calmly was voted down by tho big demo
cratic maporlty. Several minor amend
ments offered by the ways and means
committee to correct tho phraseology of
the bill were adopted.
Most of the talk of the day turned on
the records of tho democratic side of
the house on the question of creating a
tariff commission. The republicans, led
by Representative Mann of Illinois, began
their attacks on the various provisions
of the first schedule of tho bill, the
chemical schedule, by declaring that the
"weaknesses" In the rates showed the
need of Investigations of a tariff bourn
Representative Underwood In reply de
clared that the democrats had provided
tho bureau of foreign and domestic com
merce In tho Department of Commerce
with on appropriation and thnt the fun.
ure to tho Taft administration to vltallx
that bureau with sufficient uppropr.aiiims
had prevented Its doing the work of tho
tariff Investigation.
Mnrdoi'k Stnrts Fireworks.
Representative Gardner of Massachu
setts said that Representative Under
wood and other democrats had voted for
the tariff commission In the sixty-first
congress when the rcpubllcanHc were In
power and urged that they support tho
republican prcposiUoa Sow, TChwi Rep
resentative Murdock, tho progressive
i Ooaflerj touched off-the fireworks. He
declared that both republicans and demo
crats were opposed to tho tariff com
mission scheme and recalled tho last day
of the stxty-flrst congress, "Uncle Joe"
Cannon's final appearance at tho speak
er's desk, when tho tariff commission
bill was withdrawn by the republicans
In tho face of a filibuster led by Repre
sentative Fitzgerald of New York.
"The republicans In this chamber,
then," shouted Mr. Murdock, "like the
republicans In this chamber now. were
only pretending to bo for a tariff com
mission. They had their chance to write
that "bill Into law then and failed. They
will never have another chance."
The republicans grow excited and Rep
resentatives Gardner shouted that there
was no foundation for Mr. Murdock's
charge that the republican leaders were
In a coonsplracy to defeat the tariff com
mission bill.
Gesticulating wildly, Mr. Gardner de
minded the opinion of Representative
Hhcrley of Kentucky as to the truth of
the charge. Mr. Sherley said he believed
many of the republicans opposed the bill.
Clnrk Taken Floor.
Thin Representative Gardner, shaking a
finger at Speaker Clark, demanded to
knov whether he believed the charge.
Tho speaker strode to the well In tho cen
ter of the hous and shouted: "My Judg
ment Is tlwit there tievtr was a repub
lican leader in this house really In favor
of a tariff comnlsslon."
ARnliint Tariff Bonrn'.
Mr. Gardner sat down and the speaker
went on. He declared ho was against a
tariff commission reporting to and re
sponsible to the president.
"It Is tho house that should have the
Information," he said.
The speaker went Into detail about the
defeut of the tariff commission bill in
the sixty-first congress, explaining thar
the democrats, refused to follow himself
and Representative Underwood.
"They rolled up to a fare-you-well,"
he declared, "and tho republicans were
standing back and consenting like Saul
at the stoning of Stephen. They actually
rolled up a majority against UndcTwood
and myself, but It was tho first time and
the lastt lme they ever did It. The only
reason was they caught us napping."
Representative Gardner again tried to
pin the speaker down to his position on
the conspiracy charge.
"I think the gentleman from New York,
Mr. Payne, was honest on that day In
trying to get that bill through." said tin
speaker.
Did Not Know of Plot.
"But was there a conspiracy on that
dayT" demanded Mr. Gardner.
"I cannot tell," said the speaker, "be
cause I was not In It if there was one."
The house l oared with laughter.
The speaker concluded with the declar.
atlon that a nonpartisan tariff board was
an Impossibility and that he was In favor
of giving the ways and means commit
tee Itself all the expert help It needed to
ascertain the facts as to the tariff.
Reading of the chemical schedule was
completed shortly after C o'clock and the
house then recessed until 7:30 o'clock.
Steel Combine Drclurea Dividend.
NEW YORK, April 29.-The United
States Steel corporation today declared
Its regular quarterly dividends of 1U per
cent on the common stock and 11 per
mat on the preferred stock.
Promoters of Lumber
Company Are Fined
and Imprisoned
PIIILADKLPHIA. April .-Judge Wit
uier. In the I'rlted States court, today
refused a new tilul to the convicted pro
moters and officers of the International
Lumber and Developing company and Im
posed sentence upon the five men. John
R. Mnrkley and Isaiah II. Miller nf Chi
cago, promoters of the company, were
fined $1,000 each and sentenced to fifteen
months' imprisonment; William H. Arm
strong, Jr., Philadelphia, a former busi
ness malinger of the concern, and Charles
It. McMahon. Philadelphia, secretary and
treasurer, were fined $2.CO0 each and
given two ears In prison; Colonel Alfred
G. Stewart of Mason City, la., a director,
was fined $1,000 und sentenced to one
year's Imprisonment.
These men were Interested In property
In Mexico and used the malls und news
paper advertisements to sell stock. The
government charged that the BCheme was
fraudulent und that nearly $ii.000,000 was
reullzed by the promoters. Some of this
money was returned to stockholders In
the form of unearned dividends. During
hla argument for a new trial former
Senator Muion of Illinois, for tho defense,
raid that the daughter of a postal In-
speotur nnd the wife of one of the Jurors i
were friendly and tat together In the I
court room during the entire trial, which
lasted four weeks. '
Juige Wilbur Interrupted Mason and
with much emphasis said:
"Now look at the other side. 1 havo
positive Information that n person In
terested In t lie defense made lovo to a
Juror and I have Information that a
lawyer not directly Interested, but hav
ing some Interest In the result, tried re
peatedly to Improperly Influenco the
Jury." No names were mentioned.
Former New York
Police Inspectors
Placed on Trial
NEW YORK, April IS. Four former po
lice Inspectors, charged Indirectly with
grafting pnd directly with conspiracy to
obstruct Justice, prepared to faco Dis
trict Attorney Whitman today at the
opening of the most Important trial here
slnco the Rocker case. The defendants-
Dennis Sweeney. James B. llussey.
James K. Thompson nnd John J. Murtha
were Indicted recently, after the dis
trict attorney's office had uncovered a
system of corruption connected with dis
orderly hotels.
The men are charged with conspiracy
to keep out of the state George A. Selpp,
a hotel keeper whose confession to pay
ing backmatl money to the police force
forms the basis of tho prosecution. Two
men Hartlgan and Robinson who wore
policemen attached, to Sweeney's staffs
have lately been Kent to Sing Sing for
police-blackmail. "Roth' went" "to "prison,
refuslng'lo "squeal."
rfot since tho Thaw trial has
array of counsel for the defense
In court here. George Gorden Battle and
Alfred J. Talley represented Sweeney;
Francis L. Wellnian and Herbert C.
Smyth looked after Ilusncy's Interests,
John B. Stanrhficld and A. L. Davis rep
resented Thompson and Abraham S. Gil
bert was present In behalf of Murthy.
Two defendants appeared in civilian at
tire. It was nearly 11 o'clock when Mr. Whit
man began the examination of the first
panel of talesmen.
Predicts Downfall
of Huerta Regime
Within Two Weeks
CHICAGO, April 29. "The Huerta gov
ernment In Mexico probably will be over
thrown within two weeks," said Kobcrt
J. Kerr, an attorney, who recently came
from Mexico, In an address before the
Rotary club today. "The situation there
is iar more seriom man Americans i
realize. It Is vastly more Important to
this country than Is the finikin situa
tion. Americans are forced to flee from
Mexico, because tho American flag Is not
as much respected there as are the flags
of other countries, and Americans, If they
remain, don't know whether they will
be able to procure damages for their
ruined property."
Chicago Street Cars
Menace to Health
CHICAGO. III.. April 23 The city's
overcrowded street cars were charged
with being au "offenso against decency,
. ...
a danger 10 ncnun, ana an aiiront to tne
intelligence of good citizenship" by Mayor
Harrison In his annual
council last night.
"This Indictment," ho said, "lies against
both surface and elevated lines. The al
most staggering total of the city's share
of the receipts of the surface lines for
1912 12,659,033 considered In connection
with the conditions which thousands of
patrons are dally forced to endure, af-
fords convincing proof that health, com
fort and even decency are sacrificed to
the Insatiable
rapuclty of the cash
"There should be some recognition
tha H h t o gf thn nnlillA. .(.ni.l.l
a little common sense, a touch of gener
osity and a bit of feeling, if you will,
on the part of the corporation managers."
The mayor discussed the several reme
dies for the traction problem, but made
no recommendations.
FIRE DESTROYS PAPERS
OF BLUE PRINT COMPANY
A firo
room of
which started In the drying
the Hornby Ulue Print com
pany on the third floor of the Omaha
National bank building Tuesday after
noon, burned several papers valued at
between $M0 and J1.000. The flames were
extinguished by occupants of tile office,
although considerable smoke came near
causing a panic among persons In the
corridors and other offices.
T
IS
Forces Beportcd to Have Entered
Territory of King Nicholas,
but No Confirmation.
VIENNA DECIDED
Finds that Ambassador,al Confer
ence Brings No Results.
ADVICES ARE CONFLICTING
Italy and Germany Opposed to Coer
cion of Cettinjc Government.
TROOPS ARE LEAVING
Several Tliousn nil Men, Ciiimlilereil
Flower of tin Arm, .nltl to
Hi mi Wnj to tin
Frontiers.
j.u.NL'u.,, ,.pni rumor Bieit
on the stock exchange today thnt Ails-
trlnn troops had entered Montenegro No
confirmation was obtainable,
A special correspondent telrgrnphlng
irom Vienna puts tho Austrlun attitude
i In rfriiril tn Mi, if mmi?r,i In timrlni, fnrm
as follows:
"Austria-Hungary, finding that the am
bassadorial confidence 111 London yester
day produced no results, has decided to
take matters Into its own hnnds and to
carry out the decision of tho powers legal-dins'
Scutari."
Neither the British foreign office of
ficials or the foreign diplomats hire have
any confirmation of the reports that
Austria-Hungary has decided to tuko In
dependent action to force Montenegro to
evacuate the Albanian city of Scutari,
and they discredit them. Such a com Ha
would be so absolutely opposed to tile
attitude adopted by Count Von Mcns-dorff-Poullly-Dletrlchsteln,
the Austro
Hungarian ambassador, at tho London
I confertnee of ambassador yesterday
that It Is considered Impossible.
Both Italy and Germany, It Is knowiT,
ure strongly nerse to any attempt being
trnde to coerce Montenegro, unlcsi such
action Is undertaken by all the powers
Jointly.
GKNUVA. Switzerland, April 23. All the
Austrian troops In the Tyrol, numbering
several thousand men, considered tho
flower of the army, havo left for tho
frontiers of Montenegro and Novlpazar.
Other troops are arriving In tho garri
son to take their places.
AiiHtrln l'repiirea for Action,
VIENNA, Austria, April 29.-Tho
Austro-Hungarlon government was dis
satisfied with tho failure of the con
feiencc of ambassadors In Loudon to In
itiate decisive action against Montenegro
and Is continuing its preparations' for 1m-
(Continued on Page Two.).
Government Asked
to Investigate Duket
Tuberculosis Cure
WASHINGTON. April 29.-Former Sen
ator William Lot1mcr of Illinois today
will appeal to tho United States health
service to detail at once, one of Its
experts to Inquire Into tho alleged "euro"
for tuberculosis said to have been dis
covered by Dr. Peter P. Duket of Chi
cago. The former senator arrived yester-J
day and promptly mado an engagement
for a personal Interview with Surgeon
General Rupert Blue.
-Mr. Lorlmcr expressed confidence In
the Chicago physician's discovery. He
declared that more than 10) cases are
being treated successfully, and that the
I treatment used by Dr. Duket has been
tested by a committee of the most promi
nent physicians In Chicago. Ho anxious
Is M'r. Lorlmer to push the government
Investigation Into the Duket "cure" that
he expressed his willingness to bear the
expense of sending a federal expert to
make the Investigation.
The public health service now Is en
gaged In an investigation of the alleged
"cure" of Dr. Krlederieh K. I'Vledmann.
An inquiry Into the Duket treatment prob-
Mexican Insurgents
Take Ton of Bullion
from Railroad Train
Kli PASO, Tex.. April .-Unllke "ip-
I tain Kldd's buccaneers, Francisco Villa'
I Insurgents refuse to bury- their booty.
Wltl1 them over 8eeP mountain trails
I tnpy arft carrying nearly $100,GO worth of
i "v' ana uumon. uelghlng nearly
In tnti rThlM wnu , minr! a.I l,. A tn .... I
- - " "-
I ranchmen arriving here today from the
message to the;'"""" "" " m u.cinimH.
The treasure was captured several days
ago from n Mexican Northern railroad
train bound for Chihuahua City from the
i Guerrero mining district,
j The metal la packed In a wagon drawn
I by a tenm of mules. Reside the wacou
I ride ten guards picked from Villa's 201
I odd followers. It Is considered a daring
! venture to come within rifle range of he
I treasure wagon. The actual value of the
! metal is estimated at 180,000 pesos.
ofiSOUealer IS Shot
.,.
Down by Gangsters
NEW YORK. April 2 -Hxpected to
squeal to the district attorney, Jerry
Mada, known as Jerry, the Lunuhmaii,
met his death at Korty-flrst street, neui
Rr'oadway, early today. He was shot
down by gangstein, who sent five bul
lets Into his body. The shooting occurred
only a couple of blocks fiom the scene
of tl;e murder of Herman Rosenthal, last
July, but the gunmen had less luck than
the Rosenthal murder cruw. Five police
men heard the shots and pounced on five
men who they accused of the killing.
The police say that Jerry had recently
fallen under suspicion and that he was
thought to be revealing the ring's
secrets to District Attorney WdIU&ml
IVI ARCH Ak-jhoarsals Start
ENEGRO I : k I
ok action If Hi 11 Vv5r brl
TURR0L H . ' I ' ; W XiisA? fYfflnWW r J .J
1 1 yi.'ijiwKS
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Drawn for Tho Heo by Powell.
SAYS OFFICER INTERFERES
Bernstein Accused of Harassing 0-
Year-Old Youngster.
COMPETING WITH MOQY'S BOYS
Knlhrr Point Oat tlint Ills lit III In
In I.euil nnd thnt Probation Of
ficial's Knvorlte Is
Second.
Assrtlng that Mogy Urnteln, proba
tion officer, has discriminated ngalnst his
jyear-old son, who' Irn'ds tit a contest
for selling copies of a moganlne which
has offered a prize of a pony und a cart,
C. A. Roberts, 1607 Howard Btreeto, ap
plied to Mayor Dahlinnn for relief.
"Dale is now leading," said Roberts,
referring to his son. "One of Mogy's
boys Is second and If my boy drops out
then Mogy's boy will be first. Dalo goes
to school every day. Ho sells his papers
In a respectable neighborhood. Ho never
goes Into a saloon and he never works
late. He has been selling tho mugaxlna
for a year and this Is the first trouble
he's had."
"If this Is an attempt to uso the law as
a club to prevent this little boy from
winning the prize something will hap
pen," Bald Mayor Dahlman.
Illne Willi! Knots.
City Attorney nine went to Judge Ken
nedy of the Juvenile court and asked for
the facts In tho case. Judge Kennedy
said tho boy had been brought Into Juve
nllo court by Mogy. and as he was under
the age at which a child may lawfully
work he had been compelled to order
him to desist. Mayor Dahlman said he
would look further Into the case.
"The boy Is In no way harmed by this
work," said the father. "He likes It and
believes he will win the pony and the
cart. His sisters have helped him some
after school hours, but he prefers to sell
IiIb own papers.
"Unless Officer Ilernstcln irscluds tho
order or ceases to molest htm 1 will file
complaints against htm for permitting
other little fellows to sell papers."
Krlc Nelson, district sales mnnager for
the magazine Dale Is Helling, said of the
little lad:
"He's a wonder, a little wonder. He
lives In the neighborhood of Auto row,
and many of his customers aie automo
bile dealers. He's a hustler and is a
pleasant little fellow who has a smile
that won't como off."
U. S, Gets Land
Worth $30,000,000
From Road to Court
PORTLAND. Ore.. April .-Land,
stipulated to be worth 30,O00,OUO and es
timated by experts to have a value of
140,000.000 to X,000,000, was taken from
tho Kouthern Pacific railroad company
and returned to the federal government
today by order of United States Dlstrlut
Judgo C. H. Wplverton. The famous
Oregon-California land grant caso, Involv
ing more than 2,300,000 acres, will be car
ried now to the circuit court of appeals.
It is practically certain that the case will
go to tho (Tnlted States supreme court,
no matter what the decision of the appeal
court.
Bixby Before Grand
Jury Twelve Minutes
LciS ANGELKK. Cnl., April 29. --George
II. Rixby, the millionaire named In con
nection with white slavery developments
here, did not become the star witness be
fore the county grand Jury today. lie
was called as a witness, but he remained
In the grand Jury room onl twelve min
utes. The fact that Rlxby remained In the
grand Jury room for so short a lime led
to the supposition that he had not testi
fied at 4V1L
The National Capital
Tui-mlny, April UU, 1 III It.
The Neiuite.
Not In session; meets Thursday.
Joint congressional committee began
Investigation of foreign buying of Ameri
can tobacco.
Chairman Owen announced banking
and currency committee would formulate
currency reform plan Friday.
The lllinse.
Began reading of tariff hill schedule
by schedule Under five-nilnute rule for
amendment.
Representative Llndhnrxh Introduced a
resolution to Jiar members of the hoiisu
Interested lie Imnks from Mervlnuioii.uuliK
Ing and currency committee, during prep
aration or currency legislation.
HOWARD LETS BRIAN OUT
State Auditor Releases Insurance
Deputy from Place.
COMES AT DROP OF HAT
Reported nt Stnte limine thnt t'niiae
Wns Action liy llrlnu In lpor
liiK Code Blennnre tlint
Pusseil.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April K.-(Hpeclal.)-Uiwson
G. Rrlan, Insurance deputy In the office
of Auditor W. 11. Howard, In out of a
Job. When the auditor was seen by a
Ren representative he refused to give his
reasons for the fiction und said that It
made him feel badly to nee Mr. llrlun
leave.
When Mr. Rrlan was appealed to ho
raid ho knew nothing about It until about
noon when ho wsh told that his himvIcch
would not be needed longer. He said
that Mr. Howard would give no reason.
stating that there was an agreement In
the written appointment that at any
time he desired to nuiko a change Mr.
Rrlan would step out.
It Is said that the removal wns occa
sioned by Mr. Rrlan'n action In favoring
tho code Insurance bill while Mr. How
ard was opposed to It, although Mr.
Rrlan says that he did not work for the
bill. The code bill tukes tho Insurance
department from the hands of the stute
auditor adn plnces It In the hands of a
commission, consisting of the governor,
attorney general and auditor, who shall
select an Insurance commissioner to con
duct tho office.
It Is said that Mr. Rrlan In a candi
date for the position of insuiaiico com
missioner under tho new law. It Is also
said that C. II. Clancy, a prominent' In
surance man, who was oppohed to the
code bill, is also a candidate.
Mr. Howard does not know at this
time who he will appoint to fill the va
cancy. Mr. Rrlan was former stute
treasurer.
West Virginia Miners
Returning to Work
CHARLESTON, W. Va.. April 29.--Reports
from the strike dlstrhts of Paint
and Cubln creeks today say that miners
uie returning to work at nil the mines,
with no disturbance. In a few Instances
operators have refused to take back some
or the strlko leuders formerly In their
employ, but these men are (editing work
at othor mines. Governor Hatfield has
offered his services to plead tho cases of
these men, wheie necewary. The gov
ernor still is In the strike region. It
there are no furthei disturbances It Is
expected that the fe mllltlameii now In
the field will be withdrawn soon.
FOUR INSURANCE CONCERNS
WILL NOT LEAVE MISS0UR'
JUPI'KRSON CITY. Mo. April .
Four fire Iiihiihihc- cuinpuuicH. against
which pro eenuigs were m ought to pre- tonight and was prevented from wiping
vent them from leaving the slate notified (out the resident district by tin dynamlt
Insurance Suitsrlntendciit Itei.llr. utiln v ! in, nf r,, ,1.1111,0 i,,.nu,.u ui.,,i.. 1.
1. - - J
that they would not withdraw on May L
MAY TEST THEELECTION LAW
Some Candidates May Offer Filing
Fees to Make Test Case.
SAY THAT THE LAW CONFLICTS
Coimtltiitliuiiil Amendment nnil New
lllemiliil Klcctlon Lnirn Do Not
Coincide In Some l!seif
tlnl limtnnces,
Uicul politicians are discussing tha mat
ter as. to whether or not thusc In Douglas
county who hud licked their chops for
county offices they hoped to got next
fall, will lie down now that tho legislature
has pnHsed tho biennial election law
abolishing tho 1913 election, or whether
they will try to bring up a tost case.
It Is said by somo that the matter will
bo crowded to an lssuo before long right
here In Douglas county. There arc said
to be candidates for certain Douglas
county offices, especially some of tho
candidates for sheriff, who expect to
offer their filing fee very soon to County
Treasurer William Urn, to bring tho mat
ter to an issue at once.
Rasing his decision on tho now law,
house roll No. 187, the biennial election
law, abolishing off year elections, It
Is expected, of course, that Treasurer Ure
will reject tho filing fee und that County
Clerk Krnnk Dewey, for the sumo reason,
If not for political reasons, will refuse
to ii'-ceu tho filing of candidates. It Is
hinted by thosn who keep In touch, thut
an arrangement Is complete with a prom
inent law firm In tho Omaha National
(Continued on Page Two.)
W. T.S.Doyle, Chief
of Latin-American
Bureau, Resigns
WASHINGTON, April M.-Wllllam T.
A Doylo of California, chief of tho Latlti
American division of the State depart
ment for the last two yea is, has resigned
to engage. In private business. Mr. Doyle
was closely Identified with the develop
ment of tho policy of trado expansion,
familiarly designated "dollar diplomacy,"
under the Taft administration and repre
sented tho American government on sev
eral Important missions In Latin-America.
Although Secretary Bryan would have
preferred Mr. Doylo to remain until his
return to Washington from California, It
not Indefinitely, Mr. Doylo was moved
by private consideration to request tho
immediate acceptance nf his resignation.
The lwitin-Amerlcan bureau will be tem
porarily In charge of Fred M. Dearlng,
tho assistant chief, who has been espe
cially directing Mexican rellzatlons of
the department.
WOOL SENATORS TO SPEND
THREE HOURS WITH WILSON
WASHINGTON. April . -President
Wilson today arranged to give three ,'
hours Thursday to Senator Ncwlands and
other interniountalu senators who wish ,
to discuss tho effect of certain schedules '
of tho tariff. Including free wool und free
sugar, upon their communities. Senator !
Newlunds arltcd for tho Interview lust
ivek after he and other senators had !
presented their arguments before demo-1
cratlc members of the senate finance '
committee.
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLAR FIRE SWEEPS CITY
GRKTNA. Man . April JS.-A serious
fire, entailing a loss of at least SO),000
Bwept the business section of this town ,
.. . . .1 .1 .i a .-. . , ...1 . !
J . M ' . .. . - ..whbvb a.tv. 11 UV-
I fore midnight
CALIFORNIANS ARE
PREPARING TO PUSH
UNO BILL THROUGH
Secretary Bryan Is Still in Sacra
mento and Leaders Wondering
What He Will Do Next.
WILL OBJECT TO FILIBUSTER
Any Effort to Delay Measure Will
Be Frowned On.
FINAL WORD FROM WILSON
Request for Delay is Ultimate Con
cession in Land Incident.
NEW TREATY IS BADLY NEEDED
Present Pnet .Negotiated In Hurry
In Cover Mehnol Problem nnil
la .Not Sntlsfnetnry to
Klthrr .Nation.
8ACU.VMHNTO.Cal,, April 29. Whether
Hccretary of Btate Hryan cxpecti to re
main In Sacramento ns the nctlve op.
ponent of alien lond legislation Is the,
question with which the majority leaders
In tin California legislature arc wrest
ling today in tin effort to decide whut
course to pursue In carrying out their
dans for the enactment of the purtliiilur
land holding law that they have In mind
Secret wry llrynn Is nppoird to their
plan, but that his arguments agalntt it
camo to naught In the secret onferonco
with Governor Johnson and the legis
lators yesterday Is now apparent, llo
announced that he hud sold oil he came
to sny, but, in tho language of n lending
progressive senator, "he Is still here, '
and tho belter Is current that ho will ve-
11, it I II lllltll till lit 1 1 In DHSMcd.
The administration leaders nro not dis
posed to allow u filibuster, oven one con
ducted by tho secretary nf state of the
United States to check them, nnd unleai
Mr. llrynn presents urgent reasons for
further delay In the conference that ho
U cxpoctcd to call late this afternoon, th
opinion Is expressed today that It Is prob
able tho legislature will take hold on tho
situation Immediately and pass tho bill
prohibiting ownership by forelftntrs "In
eligible to citizenship" whllp the dis
tinguished visitor looks on.
must Adjourn Soon.
Adjournment has been sot for May 3,
but It Is planned to extend this date to
May 10. Even this extension allows less
than two weeks for tho legislature to
wind up Its affairs, and the majority
leaders feel thcro Is no need to waste
time with the alien land bills when other
matters of vlful Importance to the state
are still on the flics. Although stveral
messages In secret codo wore received
by Secretary of State Uryan, this morn
ing from Presldont Wilson. Mr. Bryan
declined to dismiss., ths.irjmte nt of hla
telegrams. The posslhlo situation in Sac
ramento Is the subject of wide specula
tion amour the legislators.
Roth houses of tlin legislation turned
to Ihelr routine work today at If there
had boon no Interruption,
A delegation from the I.odl Antl-allen
association called on Bceretnry Bryan
this morning to present tho views of tho
American farmers living In that com
munity, where feeling against the Jap
anese, Is said to bo Intense.
Tho visitors wero Introduced by As
semblyman Ktuchenbruck, democrat, who
had announced his Intention of voting
for a strong antl-Japanesn bltl In what
ever form It Is presented, regardless of
Secretary Ilryan's arguments. The secre
tary of state promised tho visitors a fur
ther hearing this afternoon.
No Alore Concessions,
WASHINGTON, April .-Secretary
Ilryiin'H proposition to the Callfornlani
to suspend the passage of anti-Japan
legislation until the president has had an
opportunity to negotiate a new treaty
with Japan to replace the convention o
1911 Is believed to represent the ultlmato
concession which the administration la
willing to niako In deference to publlo
feeling In California.
The mercury's stutcmcut thnt In event
of Iho pnssago of the law against tho
president's advice ho would feel obliged
to do overj thing possible to "minimize
the Ill-feeling that may be aroused li
tegnrded hero as marking a purpose, on
tho part of tho government to become aa
Interveuor with the Japanese In any suit
which they may bring before the federal
coutts to nullify the action of the Cali
fornia legislature.
Anumlng that ono of th- questions'
which Mr. Rryan has transmitted to th4
president on behalf of the California,
legislature In as to the probable time for
negotiating a new treaty with Japan nnd
Just how fcuch a convention could b
framed to meet the views of California,
without being objectionable to Japan,
It may bo said that such a method of
settling the present Issue already ha
been given some consideration.
The existing Japanese treaty was In-
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