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OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1913 TWELVE PAGES.
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SENATE COMMITTEE
AGIST PLAN FOB
TARIFF HEARINGS
Vote on Proposal, Taken on Strict
Party Lines, Indicates Gen
eral Trend.
WILL SHORTEN CONSIDERATION
Decision Sure to Cut Out Much Pre
liminary Fuss.
GENERAL DEBATE OPENS TODAY
Strong Minority and Majority Re
ports Made in House.
TODAY'S CONFERENCE NOTABLE
SleetlnBB Will Demonstrate the
Strength Airalnst Special Feat
ures of the Measure.
WASHINGTON, April 22. By a otrtct
partj' vote the senate finance committee
decided finally today that no hearings
would be given upon the tariff bill when
It reaches the senate. Interested persons
will be given a full opportunity, however,
to, file briefs or statements with the com
tnlttee bearing on any of the tariff sched
ules. The decision is expected materially to
shorten the time consumed In getting the
tariff bill before tho senate for consld
.oratlon. Tariff debate -will opon In the
bouse at 11 o'clock tomorrow and In the
hope that general debate can bo limited
to five days, Democratlo Leader Under
wood will attempt to hold the house to
twelve hours of continuous work dally.
lAnother week of consideration under tho
rule permitting amendments will send
the bill to the senato soon after May 6,
tt is expected.
The tariff Mil ame back to the house
today from the ways and moans commit
tee with a vigorous supporting report
from the democrats on the committee
and an opposing report from the repub
lican members.
Tho general debate that begins tomor
row will b followed by concerted efforts
on the part of the republicans in the
house to amend tho bill in all Its Im
portant schedules.
Oonferencca Today.
TOhlle the senate finance committee has
decided that further hearings are un
necessary, the democratic members of
the committee will confer tomorrow with
democratlo senators from the Pacific
coast and Rocky mountain states,; who
are opposed to the free sugar and free
wool provisions of the new bill.' A num
ber of western senators, Including Sen
ators Myers of Montana and Aahurst of
.Arizona, will not participate In the con
ference, as they have decided to support
tho fre woof and sugar program if It is
approved by the house.
The conference tomorrow" will demon
trate, the strength against these features
of the bill. Those who will participate
Insist, however,- that there has been no
effort to form an offensive alliance
Against the measure, as proof of which
they point to the fact that the Louisiana
senators and other Interested In a change
of the free sugar and freo woof provisions
have not been Included in the conference.
Tariff Hill Ileported.
Preseontlng tho completed democratlo
tariff revision bill to the house today,
the democrats of the ways and means
committee recommended a radical read
justment of the entire fiscal policy of
the nation. They proposed to make an
Income tax the means of accurately ad
justing the funds to be raised by taxa
tion to correspond wlth necessities for
government expenditure.
Tho report after outlining the opera
tions of the proposed Income tax said:
"The revenues from all Income taxes
readily respond to changes of rates and
the latter can be raised or lowered within
a few days' time without buslnes dis
turbances such as general tariff changes
occasion. It is believed that a budgot or
other effective system by which congress
may be able closely to calculate and
determine In advance forthcoming ex
penditures soon will be devised In which
event It should become easy to maintain
a close balance between expenditures and
revenues such as is practiced in moat
pther civilized countries, With other
sources of revenue revised to honest and
fixed basis and the Income tax a per
manent part of our revenue system and
at all times affording a substantial
amount of revenue, congress could and if
necessary, should annually raise or lower
the income tax rates in such manner as
would prevent either a deficit or a sur
plus in the treasury."
Coat of Production Disregarded.
The democrats, outlining their policy in
Che preparation of the bill, announced an
absolute disregard for the coat-of-pro-
duction theory as regulatory of tariff
rates and declared that In the pending
kill they had attempted:
To eliminate protection of profits and
to cut off duties which enabled Industrial
tnanagera to exact a bonus tor which no
equivalent Is rendered. To introduce in
every line of Industry a competitive tariff
basis providing for a substantial amount
Of Importation to the end that no con
cern shaU be able to feel that tt has a
monopoly of the home market gained
other than through the fact that it is
able to furnish better goods at lower
priott than others."
"Which is the wiser course for our gov
ernment to take?" the report asked, "the
Bne that demands the protection of prof
its, the continued policy of hothouse
growth of our Industries the stagnation
of development that follows where com
petition ceases, or on the other hand,
the reduction of our tariff laws to a basis
where the American manufacturer must
meet honest competition where he must
develop his business along the best and
moat economical lines; where, when he
fights at home to control his market,
. he Is opening the way to extend his trade
in the markets of the world. In our
judgment the future growth of our great
Industries lies beyond the. seas."
AvernKe Duty HeUuced.
A detailed table was presented showing
by schedules, the total revenue sectured
under the Fayne law for 1915. and the
estimated revenue under the new law for
a twelve-month period. The table showed
(Continued on Page Two.)
GOVERNOR MAY USE YETO
Executive Considers Value of Many
Appropriation Bills.
SOME ARE IN BAD SHAPE
3t ensure to Provide Fund to Carry
Veteran of Gettyshnrir to Anni
versary Celchrntlnn Lacks
Vital Clause.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 22.-(Speclal,)-Practl-
cally all the legislators have loft the' city
and save for the Scoville meetings the
town has resumed Its ordinary routine.
Governor Morchcad still has. a big batch
of bills to go over, and Included In tltc
bunch are a lot of appropriation meas
ures. The governor has shown n disposi
tion to be rather conservative In the mat
ter of spending tho money of the state,
and has already given the nxe to several
measures carrying appropriations. Bo
until he gets through u comparison of the
appropriations of the laBt legislature with
this one will be of little value in showing
the relative spending qualities of the two
administrations. "
This legislature has appropriated be
tween J700.000 and fSOO.OOO for new build
ings at the various state Institutions,
none of which was recommended by the
Board of Public Lands and Buildings.
The governor whacked out the tubercular
hospital at Hastings and tho may apply
the knife to several more of these appro
priations. In going over the bills In his office It
has been discovered that some of them
are In pretty bad shape. For instance.
the bill by Dodge to provide for a work-
house In Douglas county to be managed
by a board of inspectors provides the
chairman of the Board of County Com
missioners shall bo a member of this
board and he shall appoint the other
members, all to be approved by the In
spectors. In other words, the Inspectors
must pass on their own fitness for the
places. ,
Another bill appropriating ?i,000 to pay
the veterans of the civil war to tho
national encampment at Gettysburg, at
which the fiftieth anniversary of the
buttle of Gettysburg will bo celebrated
reached the governor minus the appro
priation. Bryan Takes Lead
in Movement for
World-Wide Peace
WASHINGTON, April 22. Secretary
Bryan's preliminary plans for a world
wide peace movement probably will be
laid Informally before the senate foreign
relations committee tomorrow'. Mr. Bryan
has been at work for some time upon a
crystallization of his Ideas for interna
tional peace, and it is understood that he
Is now prepared to recommend a series
of world-wide treaties for the submission
of all disputes to arbitration nnd a limi
tation upon armaments.
The usual Course of discussing his
peace plans first with members of' the
senate committee has been chosen. It is
Understood, to pavo the way In the sen.
ate for any substantial treaties that may
be Introduced. While members of tho
senate generally favored the arbitration
treaties negotiated with Great Britain
and Franco during former President
Taft'B administration, those conventions
were practically defeated because the
senate would not accept the provision for
the submission of all disputes to arbi
tration. It Is understood Mr. Bryan has In mind
the arbitration of all disputes. Tho sec
retary's suggestions as to the limitation
of armament, It la said, will Include the
proposal that when vital questions have
been submitted to a commission of In
quiry neither country party to the dis
pute shall in any way increase Its arma
ment or make further preparation for
war until the commission has reported
its findings.
Steamer Imperator
Goes Aground on Its
Trip from Shipyard
HAMBURG. April n.-The Hamburg
Amerloan Line steamship Imperator, $00
feet long, ran aground In the Elbe this
morning. It was proceeding from the
Vulcan Ship Building yards for the lower
Elbe to make ready for Us official trial
trip when It grounded off Altona. Under
favorable conditions It Is hoped it can
be floated tonight.
The steamship Imperator when It goes
Into commission with the start of Its
maiden voyage to New York on May 28
will, for a time, be the largest vessel
Bailing. Its keel was laid two years ago,
M feet In length, or almost double that
of Germany's largest warship. Its other
dimensions are 86 feet beam and 62 feet
depth.
The trial trips ot the Imperator have
been planned for the latter part 'of this
month and reports have been printed tbat
Emperor William would be among' a
party of distinguished Germans who
would accompany the trial board on the
first trips.
Forest Fires Raging
Near Moose Jaw
MOOSE JAW, Bask., April -Kanned
by a high wind which blew alternately
from the south and southwest, forest tires
have been menacing settlers In the south
ern part of the province since Saturday
morning. To date the damage done by
these fires has reached many thousands
of dollars. Some homesteaders have lost
their all; others have had barns or dwell
ings destroyed. Stock growers face finan
cial distress from the destruction of
grass.
Frederick Thompson
Marries Modiste
NEW YORK. April 2S2.-Frederlo
Thompson, the theatrical manager, who
was formerly the .hubhand of Mabel Tall
aferrfo, the actress, was married yester
day to Sellna Wheat Pllcher, a modlate,
who was a friend of his school days.
His former wife obtained a divorce from
him In Chicago last year, alleging cruelty.
DEMOCRATS TURN
AGIST THE PEOPLE
Attitude of Administration on San
born Decision May Affeot Rail
road Rate Regulation,
CALLS IT POLITICAL TRAGEDY
Attorney General Martin Speaks of
Changed Views.
RIGHTS OF STATES AT STAKE
Decision to Intervene Will Strike at
Work of Last Decade.
TWO-CENT FARE LAW ISSUE
Upholding of Sanborn Decision hy
United States Supreme Court
Wo ii lit Deprive Conunls
Ion of Power.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Neb., April 22. (Bpeolal.)
Regarding the action of tho democratlo
national administration In intcivcnlng In
the cases where tho Sanborn decls on Is
being attacked In the United States' su- i
preme court. Attorney Generat Grant
Martin gave out tho following statement
today:
"A great political tragedy was enacted
at Washington yesterday. The legal ma
chinery of the present administration
was set In motion in the railroad rate
cases. The Minnesota and Missouri rate
cases were argued In the supreme court
of the United States and submitted ovor
a year ago. Now tho Department of
justice nas made application to Intervene
and file brief as a trlend of the court
'Tho dispatches state that tho depart
ment contends that tho famous Sanborn
decision In the Minnesota rate case should
be sustained and the states defeated In I
their efforts to regulate passenger and
freight rates on the theory that said
rates Interfere with Interstate commerce.
"Our Nebraska 2-cent passenger and
freight reduction laws aro dependent
upon the outcome of thos cases already
submitted. Just why tho present ad
ministration should pursue this, course Is
Inexplicable. Tho Sanboti decision was
almost universally condemned by all the
people who believed in tho right ot the
states to regulate their own commerce.
Administration Chancer".
"This condemnation was more pro
nounced among, democrats and those de
manding that the people rule than any
other class of citizens. It Is the Irony of
fate that the present administration hns
seemingly become the co-adjutor of thi;
railroad companies In, their efforts to de
feat state regulation of public carriers,
and thus destroy all ot the progressiva
Btate rate legislation, of the last decade.
If successful in Its contention, the ad
ministration causes the states to lose
their 2-cent passenger and freight reduc
tion laws and. permits, the .reinstatement
of the old rates.
"Seemingly the preabnY democratic ad
ministration breaks away from tho party's
old moorings and becomes the adversary
of states' rights and tho. champion of
concentrated power In the federal govern
ment. The corporation press from coast
to coast hailed the Sanborn decision as 'a
clear victory for the railroads.' Now this
new administration seeks to have tt sus
tained. "Governor Harmon of Ohio fought tho
Sanborn decision and filed a brief In sup
port of his views with the supreme court
o fthe United States. If tho Sanborn de
cision Is sustained the sovereignty of
the state becomes a fiction. Tho state
at once Is relegated to the domain ot
police regulation and nothing more. Vhls
Id most discouraging when It Is remem
bered that the states always led the
federal government In the enactmnt of
progressive legislation."
I
Millionaire Says
He is Victim of
Blackmail Plot
LOS ANGELES, April 22.-Deputy Dis
trict Attorney II. & G. McCartney re
fused today to Issue a felony warrant
against George H. Blxby, the Long Beach
millionaire, In connection with the al
leged enslavement of forty-three young
girls. Chief of Police Sebastian de
manded the warrant as a result of the
story told by Irene Mary Brown-Levy,
one of the young women who said they
were procured by Mrs. Josle Rosenberg,
the woman now In Jail on rharges ot
having acted in behalf of "The Black
Pearl" in establishing her resort at The
Jonquil.
McCartney declared he must have evi
dence corroborating the story of the
Brown-Levy girl and Immedlxtely Sebas
tian brought in two new girls, Jcannette
Kills and Marie De Vaughn.
Their narratives resulted In the arrest
of Bonnie Esprey and her alleged asso
ciate, W. H, Wood, who were charged
with procurrlng and pandering to "The
Black Pearl" and his millionaire asso
ciates.
In his own behalf Mr. Blxby, who Is I
49 years old and has a wife and five chil
dren, declared he waa the victim of an
extensive scheme of blackmailing. As
head of two banks and a capitalist inter
ested in many profitable corporations, he
said he waa selected aa an easy victim.
Chief Sebastian said that if the cor
roboratlve evidence offered by Jeannetto
Ellis and Marie De Vaughn did not cause
McCartney to iasue the felony warrant
against Blxby today he would take the
whole matter up to the county grand
Jury.
HOUSE PASSES SUNDRY
CIVIL BILL WITH RIDER
WASHINGTON, April 22. By an over
whelming vote the house today passed
the sundry civil appropriation but with
provision to prevent tho use of funds
appropriated to carry out the anti-trust
law for the prosecution ot labor unions
and farmers' co-operative organizations.
An attempt to strike out tho two pro
visions which caused former President
Taft to veto the measuro in the last days
of the Sixty-second congress was de
feated by a vote ot tf to Itl
Drawn for The Bee by Powell,
MANY TREES1RE PLANTED
Arbor Day is Fittingly Celebrated
All Over the City.
TREES FOR THE TORNADO ZONE
Park Commissioner Hummel lias tho
City Forces nt Work Denutlfy
Inir the Northwest
Uoalevnrd,
Although dusty and windy Arbor day
was celebrated all over the city by the
planting' of sliadeHrers. and tnnny d, usty"
young maple, oak, linden and r)imor
was Dittoed In the bare spaces of lawn
Or 'replaced the stumps of trees torn down
by tho Easter Sunday tornado.
Schools, business houses, banks and
public offices wero closed public offices
at noon and schools early tn the after
noon. Appropriate programs marked tho
observance In the schools. All schools
planted trees, the classes from tho kin
dergarten to tho twelfth grado Joining.
The tree planting took place under tho
direction of tho teaohers.
A spirit of hopefulness, good cheer and
Indomitable perseverance pervaded the
residents of the tornado zone. They be
gan at daybreak and a veritable forest
had been planted by noon.
"Gee, I'm tired," said one man as he
finished shoveling the dirt about a tree
planted In his front yard. "I've been
working two days, and I've planted fif
teen trees. Now I need a house and I'll
begin rebuilding the one the tornado de
stroyed." Under direction of Park Commissioner
Hummel workmen began planting 200 cut
leaf birch trees along the Northwest
boulevard. Several fine maples will also
be planted along this boulevard by the
park commissioner.
"Plant trees at home," wan the advice
to the school children when they had fin
ished their Arbor day cxerclres under
the direction of the teachers. Superin
tendent Graff had asked the teachers to
impress on the students the value of
trees at home and to urge them to help
In beautifying the homes as well as the
campus.
Suffragists Win in
the Keystone State
HARRI8BURG, Pa., April 22,-The suf
fragettes won a victory In the Pennsyl
vanla legislature today when the senate
passed with barely the necessary number
of "votes the Joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the state constitution
giving, women the right to vote. Tho
vote was: 2$ to 22.
The resolution had previously passed
the house and It must be adopted by the
legislature of 1815. after which It goes to
the people for reference.
In the debate today Senator Powell of
Pittsburgh, who ha been leading the suf
frage tight in the senate, said that the
men of the state should he given an op
portunity lo vote on this all-Important
subject.
Senator Salus of Philadelphia made an
extended speech In which he said that It
was unmanly for senators to vote for
tho resolution on the floor of the senate
and then go home and work and vote
against It at the polls.
The National Capital
Tuesday, April 22, 1018.
The Senate.
Not In session! meets Thursday.
Banking and currency committee met
and was advised by Chairman Owen ol
result of hi conference with President
Wilson on currency reform.
The House.
Tariff bill reported to way and means
committee with extensive report re com.
mending radical readjustment of entire
fiscal policy
Representative Gallagher introduced
resolution for Inquiry Into alleged base
ball trust
Special committee began Investigation
of assault upon Representative Sim by
a local financier-
As It Now Appears
American Smelter
Manager is Driven
Out of Oananea
DOUGIA8, Ariz., April 22. J. B. Doug
las of the Cananea Consolidated Copper
company, who was ordered by a mob
yesterday to leave Cannnea, arrived here
late last night and related his experi
ences. Trouble has been brewing tor a
week, he said, owing to the company
shutting down more than half of Its
works because ot lack of fuel. Many ot
the' 2,000 mon- thrown- out of employment
had been Riven odd Joba and tupplUm,
but that did not apptasS tho majority)
Early yesterday morning,, ho pbfiOhued '
(a crowd of 2,600 parsons surrounded his
ornce ana sent a delegation or rour, ac
companied by Colonel Alvarado of the
state troops and Perfect Durazo to him
with four demands.
"They declared "I must Immediately ap
point a successor as general manager of
the company," he said; "that I must
leave Cnnanea nt once, as under artlclo
83 of the Mexican constitution, I had
been adjudged by tho Mexican people a
pernicious chaructorj that Govomor Pas
quleres woluld arrive Thursday with de
mands that the mines he opened and all
Idle men put to work und that If the
company did not Immediately operate the
mines they would see that another com
pany did."
Douglas said that Colonel Alvarado
had only 200 soldiers there and was un
able to control the situation.
"Ho advised me to leave, as did offi
cials of the company, so I closed up my
business as well as I could and left a
few hours later. I don't know what the
company will do."
Greeks and Servians
Conclude Armistice
Withjhe Turks
CONSTANTINOPLE, April C-Tha
Greek and th Servians today concluded
an agreement with Turkey similar to that
made between Bulgaria and Turkey by
the terms of which hostilities are to b
suspended for ten days,
The Grecian and Turkish governments
also have agreed to begin the repatriation
of Turkish prisoners of war. The first
batch of 6,000 ha been sent to the Turk
ish seaport of Merslna, In Asia Minor,
The conditions of tho agreement etlpu-
1 lated that the men must not take part III
further military operations and that tho
Greek transports must not be molested
by Turkish warships.
Vessels have been placed at the dls-
I posal of the Turkish government by
Greece lor me conveyance of 3,000 mussul
mans who desire to emlgiate from Salon
Ikl to Seal ano vs. in Asia Minor.
The whole of southern Albania ha been
cleared of mean of subsistence by the
various armies which have marched
through the territory and famine remains
among the Inhabitants everywhere.
Pope's Cough Better
and Fever is Gone
ROME, April 22 The pope was much
less troubled by his coughUodny and Jie
waa also without fever. Aa this was tho
sixth successive day on which his tem
perature had not risen above normal, the I
nkv.laH. A r A n A Vi a -t, t. . r. 1 1 1 rl I
j'.ij .'.. ....it. t.viui . ,, .v r. u h t
shortly be able to limit their visits to one
dally.
Climatic conditions evidently Influence
tho pope's health ta a great extent. To
day was heavy and cloudy and a sirocco
or dry wind blew from Africa, all tending
to depress the pope greatly, In spite of
this he was very anxious to resume work.
This desire for activity Is stfll the great
difficulty with which the doctors and the
attendants have to contmd, ns they fear a
fresh relapse.
Shortly after noon when the weather
became brighter, the pope declared that
he felt much better.
MORE SYSTEMTO THE RELIEF
Work is to Be Carried On Carefully
in New Quarters.
MANY WANTS ARE SUPPLIED
Mnety Are Given IMnnnclat Assist
ance to Rebuild at an Average
Cost of Three Hundred
Dollar. Per Case.
Btni more system will be Injectad into
the (.relief .work when It- Is conttrod at
213 South Fifteenth street, as It will be
after tomorrow. J. M,' Guild will still be
In charge of headquarters and tho nine
relief stations, Instead of having nine
desks, will be consolidated Into three
station, with threo desks, at the new
location. Stations 1, 2 and S will be com
blned In one desk, stations 4, 5 and 6 In
another desk and 7, 8 and 9 In a third
desk.' Each desk will bo In charge of
some competent and experienced workor,
One Man ta Hear Cases,
In order to avoid the confusion that
existed In tho big Auditorium, whero
thero were many desks, and much nolBe
of hammering and handling of furnlturo,
Just one man will be appointed to hear
applications at the new location, 'I1ila
Ih to be George T. Morton, who I to be
assisted by several persons who are yet
to be appolntod. Mr. Morton Is to glvu
his exclusive time to this work. When
a person In search of relief cptnes to the
station, that person will at once be re
ferred to him and he will take a record
ot the case. This wll make una central
point for reporting needs and also one
central responsible point for the rellof
workers to go to for Information regard
ing applicants. Hitherto In tho Audi
torium persons came In and talked to
the first worker they met concerning
their needs. They' wero then often re
ferred to wrong desks several times bo.
fore finding the proper department. This
led to some confusion, but was to a cer
tain extent unavoidable, as there wert
so many desks and each represented a.
phase of the relief or restoration work
The relief work Is still being handler,
by volunteer business men and by many
women, who have tirelessly offered thelv
services from the first.
Many Requisitions Handled.
One hundreu and six requisitions wete
filled by tho relief committee Monday.
That waa a trifle moro than Saturday,
which was ninety-seven. This Is proba
bly accounted for by the fact that the
requisitions had accumulated over Sun
day, Up to Saturday night relief In the way
of means to rebuild and repair homes
had been given In ninety cases. J. M.
Guild reports that the first thirty-seven
cases of reconstruction handled by the
relief committee wero handled with an
average of J260 apiece, while the ninety
cases brought the averago up to ISOO.
This he explains by citing that tho easier
cases that Is, cases where only minor
repairs were needed wero tho first to
be settled, while the more difficult, those
Involving the greuter loss, are now being
examined and passed upon.
HUNDRED THOUSAND
FOR WILLIAMS COLLEGE
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y April 22.-In
an old fashioned silk bag on a closet
shelf has been found a copy of a will
that bequeaths to William College 1100,000.
The document had been an object of
search for sixteen months at the home of
tho Misses Elizabeth A. and Sarah Pattl
son, who died on November 19, and 23,
1911. respectively. The floors were taken
up and the house practically dismantled.
The sheU, overlooked In the search, dls
closed the will, whloh will be probated
on rrlday. The Pattlson sisters were
elderly spinsters. Each made a will In
U&3, bequeathing $100,000 to tho sister sur
viving the testatrix. When the survivor
passed away the money was to go to
Williams' college for the establishment
of a library and a building In 'which to
noun It.
WILSON APPEALS TO
CALIFORNIANSTO
BESPECTJBEAIS
President Sends Long Telegrams to
Governor Johnson and Presi
ding Officers of Legislature.
OBJECTS TO ALL' DISTINCTIONS
Proposed Aot Should Affect All
Aliens is Passed.
JAPAN HAS SIMILAR LAW
Federal Statute in Distriot of
Columbia Referred To.
STATEMENT BY MR. THOMPSON
Senator Says Act Will Apply Only
to Persons Mot KIIrIIiIc to t'ltl
senshlp nml Will Not
Violate Treaty.
WASHINGTON, April 22. -President
Wilson, after a conference wltn the dem
ocratlo delegation from California, In ron
ventton today docldeil to telesraph Gov
ernor Johnson and legislative lenders In
California appealing to them not to enact
any anll-allen land laws In contraicntlon
of treaty obligations of the United States
with Japan. The telegram was as fol
lows! "I speak upon the assumption, which I
am sure Is well founded, that tho people
of California don't destra their representa
tives, and that their representatives don't
wish or Intend, In any circumstances to
.embarrass tho government of tho United
States' In Its dealings with a nation with
whom It has most earnestly nnd cordially
sought to maintain relations ot genuine
friendship and good will, nnd that least
of all do they desire to do anything that
might Impair treaty Obligations or cast
a doubt upon tho honor and good faith at
the nation and Its government.
Appeal to People.
"I, therefore, appeal with the utmost
confldenco to tho people, tho governor and
the legislature of California to itct tn thu
matter now under consideration tn a man
ner that cannot from any point of view
be fair))' challenged ot called In question.
It they deem It necesxary to exclude all
aliens who hnve not declared their Inten
tions to bocoma citizens from the privil
eges of land ownership they can do so
nlong lines already followed In the laws
of many of the other states and many
foreign countries, Including Japan, Itself.
Insidious discrimination will Inevitably
draw In question tho treaty obligations
of the United States. I register my very
earnest and very respectful protest
against discrimination In this case, not
only because I deem It my duty to do so
as the chief executive ot the nation, but
also, and tho more readily, bfKAUsq J.,b.
lleve the people and the legislative au
thorities 6i California Will grnrpuly re
spond tho moment the matter l frankly
presented to them as a question of na
tional policy and of national honor. If
they have Ignored this point of view It Is,
I am sure, because they did not reallzo
what and how much was Involved."
t Talks with Callfornlnns,
The California democratic congressional
delegation,' consisting ot Representative!
Kettner, Raker and Church, called on tho
president about appointments today, but
Mr. Wilson deferred that subject and Im
mediately took up the alien land situa
tion. Ho told his visitors that he had no
dcslro to seefn to bo In any way en
croaching upon the sovereign right of
California to legislate as It pleated, but
that ho felt It was his duty to call the
attention of the leaders In tha senate to
the International question Involved.
Mr . Raker told tho president that If
his courso In appealing to the legislature
proved futile Its influence might bo tp
cause tho submission of any law passed
tn a referendum. Tho president Is salij
to be confident thottho people of Cali
fornia It they had an opportunity to vota
on the measure would not approve a ;o,w
which the federal government pointed
out was a violation of the treaty obliga
tions. Today's telegram to Governor Johnson,
wnicn was duplicated to the president of
the senate and the speaker of thd house
of the assembly, was carefully cdnsidtred
by Secretary Hrynn and members ot the
cabinet yesterday. The whole qUiistlon
was debated again today at the cabinet
meeting.
HAWTHORNE IS NOT
ELIGIBLE TO PAROLE
"WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Jullan Haw
thorne and Vr. William J. Morton, con
victed of misuse of the malls and now
In th Atlanta penitentiary awaitln
parole, will not be eligible for release
until they have actually served one-third
of their sentences In prison, which will
be the latter part ot July. This decision
was reached today by the Department
ot Justice.
Do Yeu Want to
Trade?
If you have nn automo
bile you would like to
trade for real estate or
anything olso, you can fjnd
some ono who is willing' to
matoh your trade.
OR IP YOU WISH TO
ACQUIRE A CAR by
trading you can find some
body who will bo pleased
to make an exohange. In
serting and reading Bee
"want" ads is the means
of bringing about many
mutunlly satisfactory
trades.
Tyler 1000
