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VOL. XLll-NO. 27:2.
OMAHA, TJU'KSDAY MORNING, MAY 1, WV - KOUKTKKX PAUKS.
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TARIFF BILL WILL
BE FOeCEO THROUGH
THE HOUpiS WEEK
Underwood Predicts Revenue Meas
ure Will Be Ready to Be Trans
ferred to Senate Saturday.
AMENDMENTS BOWLED OVER
Efforts of Republicans to Alter
Schedules Prove a Failure.
"STEAM ROLLER" WORKING FINE
Steel Trust Being Favored, Charge
Made by Minority.
PERSONALITIES INDULGED IN
Slant! Declnrea tlint n Counlrj la
to Hnve Democratic llcvlslon,
the Sooner Will lie
the Ucttcr.
WASHINGTON, Apt. I Su.-"1 think we'll
finish with the tariff bill In the hoili-e
by Saturday night." said Democratic
leader Underwood tonight after an all
day debate on the Iron and steel schedule.
The metal schedule Is only the third of
the fourteen schedules which are followed
by the free, list, the technicalities of the
administrative provisions and the Income
tax plan, and many of the members of
the house aro prepared to see the debute
stretch Into next week. Hepresentatlve
Gardner of Massachusetts, one of the re
publican members of the ways and means
committee, figured on passage of the
measure about next Tuesday night. But
Mr. Vmlerwood. smiling and confident,
saw nothing to disturb the plan for shift
ing the scene of the tariff battle to tho
senate with the opening of next week.
The plan Is to have the measure adopted
within an hour after tho reading for
amendments has been concluded.
Amendment Howled Over.
All day and again tonight the demo
crats with their overwhelming majority
bowled over all amendments proposed by
the republicans and progressives. The
ways and means committee, however, had
ready and carried u number of Its own
amendments, all of a minor character,
and designed to perfect the classifica
tions. The Iron and steel schedule was tho
partial target of attack, and Represen
tative Palmer of Pennsylvania, In
cHarge of tha, schedule for the ways
and means committee, was frequently
reminded from the. republican side of
tho fact that tho Bethlehem Stee com
pany was In his district. Representa
tive Mann of Illinois, tho republican
leader, n-nd others charged th,at tho
djity 'on ferro manganese was distinctly
In tlioJnterost of the United fltatea
Stejjl corporation, with Its numerous
subsldary plants, and that the en
hancement of tho value of ferro man
ganese tn this country, under the pro
posed advance In rate, should be suffi
cient to warrant the Pennsylvania,
member's Indefinite contlnuanco tn con
gress. Mr. Mann declared, however, that
whllo he thought the pending bill would
be very Injurious to the country, ho
did not believe In prolonging tho agony
unnecessarily and suggested that "as
wo aro to have tho passage In tho pres
ent form tho sooner tho better."
Personalities Indulged In.
Personalities were Indulged In several
times, particularity in tho discussion of
tho United States Steel corporation,
holdings la tho Minnesota mines, when
Representative Htanley of Kentucky
and Winner of Minnesota, engaged In
a bitter exchange.
Representative Underwood also re
plied vigorously to statements by Mr.
Stanley concerning Alaboma Iron steel
companies.
KopresemtaAlve Austin of Tennessee,
republican, said Charles M. Schwab had
succeeded In getting free lion ore after
trying unsuccessfully to get It from
republican ways and means committees.
BARTON MAKES MAIDEN SPEECH
Flays Democrats for Acting Hastily
and Secretly.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 3.-Spe.
dal.) In his recent maiden effort In
the house Representative Barton, who
succeeds former insurgent Norrls tn the
Jiouse, severely criticised the democrats
for passing the tariff bill tn secret cau
ous. He scored the democrats as father
ing a measure that was unjust to the
farmer and tho peoplo as a whole. Mr.
Barton said. In part:
"This bill, In my Judgment, is simply
a makeshift, based solely on the Judg
ment of a few Inexperienced men and
not given proper consideration by the
representatives of the people In con
gress. The democratic representatives In
caucus were told what to do and did it.
This la proven by the comparatively few
changes from the original draft. I am
disappointed and surprised 'V that now
democratic members, comlng here fresh
from the people, did not break the rule
of "Cannonlsm." That rule Is Justified
by your leaders In saying: 'Republicans
did It." Does that make It right? You
gave the bill In closod caucus about three
weeks' consideration. You will force tho
house of representatives to approve Jt In
(Continued on Pago Two.)
The Weather
Forecast till 7 p. m. Thursday!
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Increasing cloudiness and colder.
sauliu Yesterday.
Hours. Deg.
5 a. m W
6 a. m 30
7 a. m 60
5 a. m-., 6
9 a. in 68
10 a. m 7
11 a. m ,7S
m...... 83
1 p. in Si
2 p. m 86
3 p. m ,...8
4 p. in M
I p. m 86
6 p. m , 85
7 p. m 2
I p. m 79
Three Billions to
Be Expended for
Good Highways
WASHINGTON. April :n An oxen
dlture of $1,000,000,000 for good roads. II.
000.000.000 being for construction n,lu
000.COO.000 for maintenance, the investment
extending over a period of fifty years,
was proposed today In a plan submitted
to tho Joint congressional commission on
federal aid In the construction of lost
roads by former Senator Bourne of
Oregon. Senator Bourne's proposal pro
vides for federal and stae oo-operatlon.
He also suggests the establishment of a
national srhool of hlghwa and bridge
engineering from which trained special
ists In road building would be supplied
to tho various states.
The Jl.000.000.u00 construction fund, ac
cording to Senator Bourne's plans, would
bo apportioned among the states upon tho
bails of area, population, assessed valua
tion and road mileage. The states would
bo required to deposit In the United
States treasury flft -year 4 per rent
bonds for the amount due them. Tho
government would then loan the states
tho par value thereof for road construc
tion, raising Its fund by the salt' of flftj
yenr nontaxable 3 per cent bonds.
By crediting oarh state each year the
1 per cent excess paid on bonds anil
paying 3 per cent on the amount com
pounded unnually. u sinking fund would
be established, It Is estimated, from which
the government would pay off the bonds
at the end of fifty years and tho stalo
would be relieved of the payment of prin
cipal on Its bonds
xAmericans Forced
to Pay Ransom and
Give Up Their Arms
MEXICO CITY, April 30. -William B.
A. Dlngwell. an American citizen, owner
of a foundry and director of tho Santa
Maria De La Paz Mining company, was
killed by tho rebels In their attach yes
terday at Matehuala, state of San Luis
l'otost, according to advices that have
reached here.
WASHINGTON. April 30,-Mexlcans at
San Diemas have forced Americans there
to pay ransom of 18.0W Mexican dollars
and confiscated their amis. Official re
ports today from Mazattan say great un
rest prevails among American residents
there, as the Huerta forces are said to be
Insufficient to protect property.
Foreign merchants In Cludad Porfirlo
'Diaz are alarmed over a proclamation by
Governor Carranzo, chief of tho stato
troops, authorizing an Interior debt of
$.000,000 pesos to be guaranteed by the
constitutionalists. The provision says
persons refusing to receive or circulate
any of the money will be imprisoned.
NOGALES, Ariz.. April 30.-Dcsertlng
federal soldiers from the Guaymas gar
rison are Joining the Insurgent state
troops at Empalme. Thirty-five men
crossed In one group.
The constitutionalist attack has been j
delayed by a shortage of ammunition, but
one car of munitions Is reported on the
way to Emp&lma front Hermosillo
Physical Valuation
Board is Selected
by the Commission
WASHINGTON, April 30.-The Inter
state Commerce commission today an
nounced tho personnel of the board of en
gineers to assist In formulating plans for
the physical valuation of railroads and
to have direct charge of the carrying Into
effect of the plans. Tho members of the
board are:
R. A. Thompson, now engaged in val
uation work for the California State Rail
road commission and formerly engaged
In similar servlco with the Texas com
mission. Prof. W. D, Pence, chief engineer of
the Wisconsin Railroad and Tax commis
sion, engaged In valuation work.
J. S. Worley of Kansas City, Mo., a
consulting engineer.
Howard M. Jones of Nashville, Tcnn.,
a consulting and bridge engineer.
E. K. Wendt of Pittsburgh, Pa., presi
dent of the American Society of Civil En
gineers, now directing engineer on the
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie' railroad.
The commission hopes to effect arrange
ments by which an officer of the army
corps of engineers may be added to the
board.
Portuguese Rebels
Rescue Prisoners
from War Vessel
LISBON, Portugal, April 30 Revolu
tionaries, by a daring plart) secured the
release during the night of a number of
prisoners arrested during Sunday's politi
cal disturbances In the capital and con
fined on board the Portuguese cruise!
Republica In the harbor.
Armed men dressed as sailors clambered
or. board tho cruiser at J o'clock In the
morning and demanded that the prisoners
be handed over to them. At the same
moment three shots were fired from the
guns on the cruiser; so that It appeared
as though tho affair was being carried
on with tho connivance of tho officers and
crew. Tho prisoners were then given up
by their guards and landed bc-fore the
naal authorities In the harbor under
stood what was going on. The had dls
appeared before any action could be taken
against them.
The firing from the cruiser caused great
alarm In the capital, many peonii assum
ing that a fresh revolution had broken
out and that fighting was going on.
YANKTON WATER BONDS
REFUESED BY BUYERS
YANKTON. H. D.. April 30.-(KPMlal.) -The
olty commissioners this spring aold
The Invoking of the referendum delayed
matters, but finally- matters were adjusted
and the bonds were snt in signed. The
olty has now been notified the bonds navt
ben refused. Tho Jssue was for water
works Improvement and this unlocked for
further delay will cause embarrassment
to the olty. as a great deal of material
has already been shipped and l arriving
FEDERAL FORCES ARE
TO EVACUATE JUAREZ
i
1 Troops Will Be Moved from Border
City to Mobilize at Chihuahua,
Threatened from South.
DESERTIONS ARE INCREASING
Constitutionalists Pressing Close to
Entry Port from East.
FIVE HUNDRED MEN TO MARGK
ae.
m
Huerta Soldiers
structed to Procee
CANNOT GO, OWING TO ROADS
Almost Complete Destruction of
HnllTrnyx Makes It Impossible for
Them to kenve Amerlrnn
Mining: rump,
IJM'AKO. Tex.. April ao.-Federal
fotvrs Hfn to ovsmiuto Juarez, opposite
this iKilnt. tho most ImiHtrtant )Kirt of
entry on the border, and terminus of
the .Mexican Central railway. Orders to
hanten to Chihuahua. City, tho state
capital, were received today by Colonel
.luun N. Vnsquez, tho Juarez garrison
oommandor,
The projected mox-ement Is In keeping
with the general order Issued some days
ago that all federal forces in the state
mobilize at Chihuahua City, threatened
by attack from tho south . Already the
conatltutloruillMs are pressing rloso
to Juarez from tho territory along tho
Rio Grand to the east.
Tho movement to tho state capital
will bo hastened by today's desertions
from tho Juarez garrison to the Insurg
ents. Empty military trains arrived to
day at Juarez from Chihuahua City to
convey the border town's garrison of
RoO man to the state capital.
Federals at Parral, the American
mining camp, southwest of Chihuahua,
ctly wore also ordered to move to tho
state capital, but havo ben unable to
do so, owing to the almost complete de
struction of the railways.
For some days General Antonio Ra
bogo, military governor of the state
and commander of the northern mili
tary zone, has been accumulating food
and ammunition supplies at the state
capital, preparatory to the general
mobilization.
Men Who Can Teach
Agriculture Are
in Good Demand
WASHINGTON. April 30. The Unltod
States Bureau of Education today Issued
an appeal for agricultural teachers In
high schools.v The bureau Incidentally
pointed out thaU whllo the salaries, of
the majority of male teachers In the
high schools average only $700, the teach
ers of agriculture were receiving $1,200.
"Lack of teachers," is the explanation
offered by tho bureau for the higher re
muneration for those who teach agricul
ture. "Not only Is It found that the average
pay of I .structors tn agriculture Is higher
than that of other teachers," says the
bureau, "but that teachers who are able
to give such Instruction In addition to
regular work command better salaries
than they otherwise would and are more
likely to be advanced to prlnclpalshlps
than If they had not specialized In agri
culture." IMPLEMENT DEALERS SAY
THERE IS NO COERCION
SIOUX PAL.US. S. D., April 30. Imple
ment dealers of North and South Dakota
and Minnesota, testifying today before
Special Examiner Robert S. Taylor, In
the government anti-trust suit against tho
International Harvester company de
clared that there was active competition
In this territory between that company
and others In tho same field. In the ex
amination conducted for the defense by
Judgo William D. McIIugh of Omaha,
several witnesses asserted that tha In
ternational company had not used coer
cive methods In promoting the sale of Its
Implements and could not have accom
plished anything among the dealers by
attempting such methods.
"I would cutt hem out. I would not
purchase Implements of them If they tried
to make me buy their goods to tho ex
clusion of others," emphatically declared
Peter Sorenson, a dealer nt Toronto, 8. D.,
The hearing here will probably close
Saturday afternoon. From twenty to
thirty witnessed are being heard each
day.
BRITT0N SAYS TOLLS BILL
IS INIQUITOUS AND UNFAIR
WASHINGTON, April 30.-Rcpcal of
the exemption of American coastwise
vessels from Panama canal tolls and an
amendment to place all coastwise ves
sels doing an interstate commerce busi
ness under tho regulations of the Inter
state Commerce commlsMon, was pro
posed today by Representative Britten
of Illinois.
"In my Judgement." said Britton.
speaking of the exemption, "that provi
sion was one of most unfair, unjust, dis
honorable, high-handed and inlqultlous
things congress has ever done, a palp
able fraud In the Interest of the Inter
ests." The National Capital
Wednraila), April till, 11) in.
The Seunte,
Not tn session, meets Thursday.
Joint congressional committee continued
Its hearing In Investigation of foreign
buying of American tobacco.
The llonve.
Resumed reading of tariff bill for
amendment under i-mlnute rule.
Representative Neeley Introduced reso
lution to direct attornoy general to pro
ceed against Missouri Pacific railway to
collect $1,300,000 growing out of financing
original line.
Representative Britten Introduced hill
to repeal toll exemption provisions of Pa-
mMm nana! BlCX.
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Drawn for Tbe Bee br Po-eIL
AMBASSADORBRYCE IN CITY
Turns Out to Be More of an Inter
viewer Than News Giver.
DODGES POLITICAL QUESTIONS
Sn He Does Not Cure to Discuss
the Present Controversy In Cali
fornia on the Allen
Question.
James Bryce, former ambassador ,u tho
United Brutes from lCnKuthd, lawyvl,
statvimuti, ruthor, educator, politician
and probably onu of tha best known mot)
In the world, was In Omaha half an hour
yesterday. Mr. Uryco was accom
panied by Mrs. Bryce, and returning to
England, they are making something of
u world tour, going to San Francisco,
thence to Japan and then across Asia ,wd
Kurope. They expect to reach home 111
September.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryce aro traveling on
Northwestern-Union Pacific No. I as
ordinary passengers, occupying a jotte
partmcnt. Upon reaching Omaha. Air.
Dtco was up and drossod, though tho
hour was early. As soon a Mr. Biyco
had mailed a package of letters he started
on a brisk walk up and down Mio plat
form, and notwithstanding hts seventy
five years he net a pace that was hard to
follow.
Asked why he Indulged In the long and
rapid walk, the former nmbussador it
plicd that It was a habit acquired lone
ago and that he owed his good health In
(Continued on Pago Five.)
Witness Sees Money
Paid to Detectives
BAN FRANCISCO, April Sa-Dlstrlct
Attorney Charles Flckert cause da sub
poena to I satin today for A. Glgl,a who,
he says, will he the most Important
witness yet produced before tha grand
Jury In tho Investigation that Is being;
conducted Into tho charges by members
of ring of bunno men that certain po
lloemen were In collusion with them.
In Fkkerfs statement It Is said that
Gigl will be questioned regarding sev
eral occasions when he Is thought to
have seen money actually pas between
bunco men and detectives. The district
attorney considers Glgl his strongest
corroborating witness. Policeman Frank
Keola, formerly attached to the detec
tive bureau of the department, rests
under an Indictment which was re
turned during the night by the grand
Jury. In the true bill ho is charged
with having accepted a bribe from
Michael Gallo, a convicted bunco mnn,
as Ills percentage from the robbery of
R. Polllnl.
Joseph .Secco. a former snloon keeper,
who W allegod to havo acted as a go
between for iiollcemeti and "tho gang."
also Is undei Indictment, the charge
being grand larceny.
New York Hotel is
Closed by the Police
NKW YORK, April 30.One hundred
diners In the cafe and dining rooms of
the Southern hotel, a large hostelry In
the theatrical district, were turned Into I to tho sonato soon. Ho has been a pro
the street last night, and 600 other guests ' feisor at tho Tnlverslty of California
were notified to vacate their rooms In since 1D02. 1'revloui.ly ho had been on tho
forty-eight hours, In a rpld by Deputy i faculty of tho University of I'hlrugo.
Police Commissioner Ncwoerger and In
spector Dwyer, Frederick Whltln, sec
retary of the committee of fourteen, a
citizens' organization, and a force of de
tectives. Charles K. Rills, the proprietor,
and Gustavo Sohult, manager, were held
at police station pending arrangements
for ball.
The unrestricted dancing of tho so
called modern steps and the finding of an
alleged raring pool room In the hotel by
Inspector Dwyer last Thursday were
given among the reasons for the action of
the pollc.
A Moving Picture for Moving
few cp&)U
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FORMER AMBASSADOR STOPS A
SHORT TIME IN OMAHA.
JAM US HRYCK
Peace Congress Asks
President to Speak
BT. LOUIS, April SO. Office rs of the
American peace congress, which convenes
hern tomorrow, are awaiting anxiously a
reply from Piesldent Wilson to a tele
graphic request that ho address the con
gress at Its clotiiug session Saturday
night.
Secretary of Stato Bryun, who was on
tho program for two oddresNos Saturday,
has wired that It will be Impossible for
him to reach St. Louts In time to keep
his engagement hern.
Jamon A. f-ttnltli, chairman of the cx
coutlvo rommltten, t lion telegraphed to
President Wilson requesting that he ad
dress tho congress Saturday night. The
committee offered to place a private car
at the disposal of the president.
As Secretary Bryan had accepted the
Invitation to address the peace congress
at tho request of President Wilson the
committee hopes that the latter will come.
Two Million Dollars
for Northwestern
CHICAMU. April .TO.-As the result of a
quiet campaign to raise money for tho
(Institution, Northwestern university is
richer by J2.0uo.0o:) In added endowment
funds, It was made known today. This
will bring the total endowment of tho
Methodist Institution up to tll.OuO.Ona
Names of the contributors have not
been given out.
MILLER WILL BE ASSISTANT
TO SECRETARY LANE
WASHINGTON. April SO.-Hcciotury
luue today announced the selection of
Ptof. Adolph . Miller of Berkeley, i'al.,
for first secretary of the Interior de
partment. Tho nomination will bo sent
SUNDAY OPEN SEASON FOR
BOYS IN SOUTH DAKOTA
AHERDKBN, 8 I).. April 30. iSpecml l
Sunday was the open season for sinull
boys In this section of tho state. Irvlii
Crawford, a H- ear-old boy, was shot In
the lof by a . rifle, Otto Dahl, a -year-eld
boy, was shot In the hand by a
.JC rifle nnd Kdward Klrkman was shot
In the eye by a similar weupon. None of
the Injuries Is serious.
Day
FAIRBURY DOUBLE TRAGEDY
John Mead and Mrs. Metzger Found
Fatally Wounded in Room.
BOTH DIE IN A FEW HOURS
Couple lluil lleeu l.lvlnu In I.iiiIuImk
Utilise Three .Mouths nn lluslinud
mil Wife Woinnn Is
from Kxetcr.
FAIRBURY. Neb,, April 30.-(Bpeclal
Telegram.) A shooting nffray occurred
horn nbout C::0 o'clock last evening re
sulting In the death of John Mend and
Mrs. Atotxgnr. Mead Is a resident of
Hustings, Nob., nnd travels as collector
for an Implement firm. About threo
uiunthH ago ho and Mrs. Metzger took
looms here, representing themselves to be
man and wife. I.nst iilsht. after having
stumor at tho tmnrdlmr house, at which I
thoy stayed, they went to their room "Inliall bill with several provisions
where a few minutes later shota wcro Passed upon. Attorney Oenerul Webb In
board ami when tho door was brokuu sorted such portions of the Ulrdsull
open both woro lying on tho floor
mortally wounded. Mrs. Metzger died
within an hour after tho shooting, while
Mr Mead lived for two hours. Both wcro
shot through the head and It has not yet
been determined who filed tho fatal
shots. Thero were four empty chambers
In tho revolver and threo shots fired. A
7-months-old baby Is loft und It Is bo
Hi) veil one shot was almod at tho Jiahy.
A coroner's Inquest will be held today.
Neither of tho parties are known here.
Mr. Mead has a son living at Hustings,
who has boon notified. Mrs. Metzger's
parents arc said to live at ICxctor.
Two Men Are
Burned to Death
in Kansas City
KANSA6 CITY, Mo.. April 30. -Two men
were reported to huvo burned to death In
a fire that practically destroyed tho an
nex to the Helping Hand Institute, u
cheap threo-story lodging house at Fourth
and Wyandotte streets this afternoon.
Several lodgers worn usleep In the build
ing and It' Is believed all excopt four es
caped. Militia Guards Twine
Plant at Auburn
AUBURN, N. Y., April 30.-Mllltla called
out last night did not prwout rioting at
tho International Harvester company
twluu mills this morning. There were
several battles between pullce, soldiers,
deputlcH uud strikers.
Six strikers wore arrested, three of
them women. The latter fought with all
the weapons of their sux and were taken
to polloo heudquartcrs biting, scratching
and kicking.
Among tho men arrested was the strike
leader, Gaetano Termini, thu organizer
of foreign unions hare. He was arrested
by tho chief of police after ho had mode
a socialist speech, denouncing the police,
the mllltla and tho capitalist.
Sheriff Drake Hnd Deputy Sheriff Teeter
worn attacked by fifty women as they
were escorting girl employes who wanted
to go to work and after a stone throwing
battle thev arrested the women who led
the attack.
Tho break In the ranks of the strikers
grew this morning and by 9 o'clock 160
had entered the mill and wore busy at
the looms.
SLAVE PAINTING REJECTED
BY BROOKLYN INSTITUTE
NKW YORK, April 30 A painting. "To
the Highest Bidder." lepresenting a nrn'ro
slave woman with her child standing on
tho auction block, was rejected todav by
the Brooklyn Institute because it might
"tend to keep alive memories that had
better be forgotten."
IS
AWAITING NEXT MO VE
BY CALIFORNIANS
Government Will Do Nothing
Further Until House Aots on
Senate Land Bill.
SECRETARY BRYAN IS CAUTIOUS
Refuses to Commit Government to
Any Spcoific Measure.
BILL BASED UPON TREATY
Dr. Jordan Says Sting of Discrimi
nation Still Remains.
BRYAN GOES TO SAN FRANCISCO
leSpenils liny in lluest of I'uiumin
rolfli' llxiiiiKlttou- Snys He In
llollKhtril HI His lie
eoptloii, WASHINGTON. April 30. -Probabb not
until tho legislative status of the ib
stltuto Innd-ownlng bill adopted bj ths
California sonato last night clarlll s will
It bo possible for the administration here
to determine, upun Its next step.
There Is little expectation hero that the
assembly will reverse tho action of the
senate In view of tho reported bieaklng
down of party linos In the legislature,
hut It Is believed that the delay may im
prove the chances for tho Introduet'on
of some amendment on the lines of tho
Webb bill, which presumably would ha o
received tho approval of the national
government.
In oxptaimllon of the reluctance shown
by Secretary Bryan to commit himself to
tho unqualified approval of any speclflo
measure, It 1m pointed out by offlc'nls
hero that the administration desires t
bo quite free of tho chargo of attempting
tn iMHittol tho nmrnndlnirH of tho Icslslft-
turc, confining Itself to the effort tn
limit tho legislation within treaty rights
and sound national policy.
Also It Is said that the State depart
ment should bo left tiiiomhnrrassed by
any committment In advance of negotia
tions with tho Japanese which now seem
certain Instcnd of the rather Informal ex
changes that havo boon taking place.
llrnn OellKliteil with Reception.
HACHAMKNTO, Cal., April 3J. "I shull
tnltc hack to Washington to President
Wilson a message of how California has
treated his representative,'" said Beer
tliry of Stato Bryan Inst night, to mem
bers of tho assembly nnd to Governor
Hiram Johnson, who were guests of
Speaker Young nt a dinner.
"What a delightful message It will be,
too, I will toll him how the legislature
nnd tho governor treated him In tin
same spirit In which lie was srnt. 1
cannot help feel gratified at my recep
tion." Secretary Bryan .highly eulogized
Governor Johnson In referring to th
California executive's part In the republi
can convention at tho Chicago convention
last year.
Tho alien land-ownership bill adopted bj
the senate last night Is known as tin
Webb bill, but Is In reality the old
hill riH were not In conflict with the new
draft submitted by tho attorney general
vwro allowed to stand.
Tho phrase "ineligible to citizenship"
Is avoided In tho Webb bill by provldlui
two descriptions of aliens and defining
tho rights of each as follows:
1 All aliens eligible to citizenship may
acquire nnd hold land In thu same man
ner as citizens of the United States.
2 All other aliens may acquire posses
sion uud transfer hind In tho manner and
tn tho extent and for the purposes pre
scribed by tiny treaty now existing be
tween the government of the United
States and tho nation or country ot
which such alien Is a citizen or subject
As tho treaty between the t nlted States
nnd Japun specifies thut land may bo
acquired or leased only for residential
purposes, or for factories, the act Is licitl
to bo u tlgld restriction upon tho ac
quisition of fanning lands by the Japa
nese. Senator U A. Wright, republican, who
upiiosos the bill, declares the wording of
the act Is a subtorfugo Intended to de
ceive the Jupanoso,
lllserlnilnnllnn Still There.
Dr. David Starr Jordan, president ol
Stanford university, nlso declares t'lo
measure carries tho sting of discrimina
tion, contrary to Secretary Bryan's ad
vice. Tho Ineligibility of Jnpanese subjects
to become citizens of the United States
under tho laws of this government s tho
keynote and principal strontrth of tho
sub-Wobb alien land hill. In spite of the
fact that the words objected to by Sec
retary ot State Bryan are not used in
the act.
The progressive leaders admit that tho
proposed law would be Ineffective If tha
Japanese brought a test suit before tho
United States supreme court, according"
TOMORROW
you will bo disap
pointed if you havo neg
lected to insert that
want ad in Tho Beo.
There will bo someono
who will bo looking for
your ad tomorrow.
Someone w h o m you
wouldn't miss meeting
for a wholo lot.
Don 't run any chances
of disappointing that
party or of being disap
pointed yourself. Get
your ad in early do
it now. Don't wait mi
til evening, when every
one will bo busy. Phone
it now. Tyler 1000.
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