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'.RI/,o\\ || \s WTI-ALIF.N LAW.
\d? pis Stringent Measures Prohibit?
ing \llens From Holding I mui ?
l.aw Not Discriminatory.
Phoenix. Ariz. Muv 1 r, Oov. Hunt
signed today Arizona's new ulien bill.
It prohibits any alien, wlmther of
Caucasian or Mongolian naeeent, from
owing bind iti Arizona n he has not
declared his Intention of booming a
< Itlscn.
The law burs not only Asiatics who
can nut become citizens, but si u
inanv wealthy Mexicans who live on
ihr American side of the line, but
\s 1, ? Iii mumiamed tin ii i!l?Kiair ?
to Mexico.
A vigorous fight wa? made |0 have
the bill apply to aliens ineligible to
? nship. that an holders of
property In Arizona would not he af?
fected. There are few Japanese hold?
ing property In the State, but many
OMMSSJ hohl title*, and these, like
the non-ritlsens among the Mexican,
will be required to dispose of the
real estate within five years.
Representative Japanese conferred
with the governor In an effort to in?
duce him to veto the bill, but he de?
clined on the ground that such a law
was netc^rjiry In the interest of the
White race. The governor added that
the lau was made to apply to all
aliens In compliance with the wishes
of the national administration as ex?
pressed to the California legislature.
(HANOIS FOR i I STOMS.
lte\o|iitlon:ir> Measure Mai Im? Made
with Adoption of New Tariff Kill.
Washington. May 1?J.?Administra?
tive banges in Its] tariff law which
would revolutionize the existing cus?
toms H\stcm will be considered by a
subcommittee of the senate finance
? oMunittee tomorrow when Assistant
Attorney General Denison and Assist?
ant Secretary Curtis of the treasury
department will elaborate their re< -
ommer lutlegal that the secretary of
the treasury be authorized to pro?
claim the duitable value of imported
merchandise and that customs attor?
neys he prohibited from nceptmg
contingent fees in appealing from the
decisions of collectors.
These officials also will urge that
up pea Is for the reuppruisements of
values of no r. handln, he taken from
the hoard of United states general ap?
praisers and lodged with a board of
??samtners to be composed of six or
seven members uppmntcd under the
civil service for life. This board.
Messrs. I tension ami Curtis today
told Chairman Simmons of the ?ttnats.
finance committee and rhiiiiniiin Un?
derwood of the hoiMe ways and means
committee, would be an Investigating
body and would constitute an aggres?
sive safeguard against fraudulent uu
dervaiuatlons.
Anothei i hange t<> be recommend?
ed Will be that in classification ques?
tions the hoard of general appraisers
shall act by a single general appraiser
Instead of by | hoaid of three as at
present
The Silbe,.mmittee to consider these
questions will l*? Senators Williams.
Cor** ami Shiwly.
RIDs I OH \H\|Mlt PL Ml
i lotion \?klug for Information on
Rids lo He i ailed
Washington. Ma) II Senator Ash
urst gave uoth e tonight that he would
?all up at the curliest possible mo?
ment bis resolution asking the Sec re ?
tary ?f th" Nu\\ for lafofnsalloa con?
cerning bids for armor plate for the
super t'reud-iaught Pcnnss l\am i.
whi? h a . -< let by that department
Man h :i.
Mr A-diurst ? barg? d that the bids
Here let at $ta| a ton for Class A
plate. $:i1 more a ton than ever bad
gsssg paid betagt ti> tin Oovemntent.
lb said tin- Onatnesjte Meel Company,
the Itethb bem Steel Cnrnpan\ and tin*
Mbl\ab< Steel Comp.ili\. the three
bidders, had held a < onfercin e prior
to submitting their estimates ami th.it
their bids had varied less than 51 p? r
ton. He dec lared that expeit < had
told him that the United Slates eould
make sillmar armor plate lor |Sft4
per ton
1*1? >TI M s At.AINST LAND LAW
MW MB DEFKRRED UNTIL
ITS F.Nl'oiu r.MT.NT.
No Developments Occur and Tension
Causes Anxiety in l>i|?loiiiuti<* ( lr
clc<<?<;o\ci'nor Jo|uis4)ii Will Take
Ills Time In Signing Hill?Inpuncse
Dislike Treatment M Inferior Race.
Washington, May is. Tension over
ths Japan SOf situation continues to
excite anxious attention In official and
diplomatic Quarters but there were no
specific deveh pments today at the
White House, tin state department or
the Japanese embassy. /
Nine of the II days which QoV.
Johnson, under the California legis?
lation, has in which ?.o sign the ulien
land bill have now elapsed and the
impression is beginning to gain
ground here that the governor will
avail himself of the full measure of
time, even though ho has declared his
purpose to approve the Wehh hill.
Secretary Bryun has not communi?
cated with the governor since the
receipt of his telegraphic message
setting out his reusons for upholding
the notion of the legislature, hut is
simply waiting for the final act of
signature before making reply to the
Japanese note protesting against the
legislation
Whether the Japanese embassy
will await the expiration of the full
tt dnj period of grace before mak>
ing fresh representations on this sub.
|00t to the state department depends
entirely upon the judgment of the
foreign omoe in Tokyo, lor from this
point forward all of the proceedings
In the negotiations will be "ad refer?
endum."
It lias he.-n vuggested that although
there may be some preliminary ex
oBanfes before the event the Jupu
nese government ? an lind no technical
i ? BOOS for demanding relief before the
commission ?if some action, under the
terms of the Webb law, to the detri?
ment of a Japanese subject. In that
> ase a farther considerable delay Is
probable us the act will not go into
operation foe a period of '??'? days after
it receives the aproval of the k'ov
srnor. it is generally accepted that
i ne of the primary points of protest
by Japan is that the California law is
in contravention of the treaty of 1911,
hut exactly wherein has not thus far
been discussed.
<io\. Johnson's last communication
to the f?deral authorities analyzed the
treaty and the* law to the end of
showing that the latest enactment is
in no way^ a contravention of the
treaty. The first and most formal is?
sue, InCCrforo, appears to be over this
question of whether the luv^ Is or is
no' contrary to the treaty.
While the Japanese viewpoint lias
not been made known from any ofii
eial source, It is hclie\ed here that
they consider the llrst clause of the
to w law as the one contravening the
spirit if not the letter of the treaty.
This first clause allows aliens
"eligible to citizenship" to hold lands.
As the Japanese under the present
naturalization laws are not eligible to
I it i/enship. this clause Specifically de
barg them from land ownership.
Aside from the issue on the lr-. h
nit al construc tion of the tre aty, it u
believed here that the Japanese arc
chiefly concerned in the general elf eel
of the legislation in placing the n in
the position of an inferior race.
Some of the diplomatic observers
. m ress surprise thai larger advantage
has not bc?n takn of those informal
amenities which frequently have a
powerful Infleunce in supplementing
formal legislation. Thus far tin* meet?
ings have boon rather brief and con*
lined strictly to the business in
hand. This has afforded little ??r DO
opportunity for informal exchanges
ol courtoalee ami expressions ol mu?
tual good will, it has frequently oc?
curred in the- post during delicate
diplomatic negOtlUtionS, notably at tin
tune of the British-American flsher?
u s ? ontroverysy, lhal the Informal and
social side of the sxchanges contrlb-l
uted inor?- than the formal e xchanges
towards bringing about satisfactory
SUIUl loll.
in diplomatic rjuurters the rank of
Viscount Chlnua as an ambassador
gives him an exceptional status. Ai
Sllch he is the p-pl'esc II I a t I \ C of his
St'Verehjg and tin- usage fives to an
ainhnsnndof the privilege of carrying
on his business with the load of the
nation, instead of through depart*
mental channels The nmbasador
apparently has not sought to be tee h
oleal a.>; to the privileges of his tank
.md most of his dealings have been
With the slate department and not
illicitly With the president.
TMITNTH I His < Ot'NTRY,
I itltli In \nici icu jMMtlcc Hominant
Note in Japan.
Tokyo. .May Is Faith in tin
American people to see that Justice
is dons the- Japanese is the tbuinn.it
Ing note in the discussion Ol the < ali
forma alie n land ownership legists
Hon.
War talk is denounced as rldlcti
ions and onli 1 ah'tilnted to enib irra
the two governments which uro labor?
ing for a peaceful settlement by diplo
matlc meana
it is conceded, however, that rail
ma- on the part oi the American! to
respond to the Japanese appeal for
n dlecontinuance of the alleged dis?
crimination would be liable to lead
to some estrangement oi the peo
I
pies. The Japanese public generally
is convinced that the las>l hill is a
racial and not an economic; measure,
and hence a blow to national pride,
and the people I eel that the world
must be taught the necessity of equal
treatment for the whites and non
whites.
The Tokyo newspapers are earnest
in their praise of President Wilson's
zeal in his efforts to preserve tire tra?
ditional friendship ami they recog?
nise the difficulties which confront the
President in the conflict between State
and federal rights.
The Niehl Niehl is of the opinion
that the question as to whether the
Washington government can procure
for the Japanese equal rights de?
pends upon the strength of Japanese
diplomacy and ugres the government
to take a firm attitude.
A joint celebration of the Japanese
and American peace societies today
was attended by J.OdO Japanese
Speeches were made by Count Okuma
far the minister of foreign affairs;
Baron Yoahlto Sakatani, mayor of
Tokyo, ami* Tsunejlro Mlyaoka, who
was councillor Of the Japanese em?
bassy at Washington in 1906. All
the speakers endevaored to clarify the
situation and decried jingoism.
Count okuma was loudly applauded
when he compared the attitude of the
California legislators with the anti
foreign movement in Japan half a
eenttiry ago, which he looked upon as
an abneed race prejudice.
"We despiseil the foreigners," he
aid, "because they looked different;
We did not consider them human be?
ings. Japan Anally saw the falsity of
its position and became an admirer
of everything Western. The same
causes underlie the California ques?
tion but, like the Japanese, the Cal
Ifornians will see the folly of their
position, and truth and justice will
triumph.
"At some future day Californiaus
Will laugh at their fathers and grand?
fathers for driving off the Japanese,
just as we laugh now at the antl
foreign absurdities of the samurai.'
NOT SERENE ENOUGH.
Asiatic Inclusion League Wunts
Stronger Hill.
San Francisco, May 18.?The Asiat?
ic exc lusion league of California In?
structed its legislative committee to
Jraft a petition for a referendum vote
.m the '?lien land hill to be circulated
immediately after tho measure is
signed by Gov, Johnson.
Tin* objections of the league are
baaed on the clause in the Webb act
which j arm its three year leases. It is
the purpose of the organization to
c irculate at the same time an ini?
tiative petition for a law which will
exclude Japanese and Chinese from
both ownership and leaseholds un?
der any conditions.
'lie burden cd* the speeches at the
Exclusion league's meeting today was
that the leasing clause is a clause
Which will allow the Japanese ulti?
mately to own tlie land, in effect at
least. The speakers decried the wis?
dom of tile argument that to with?
draw the leasing right Immediately
from the Japanese would work too
great a hardship upon land owners.
A meeting will be held tomorrow at
which the* matter will be Ulken up
more fully and possibly another draft
of the proposed initiative law will be
presented. The meeting today was
presided over by the president of the
organisation, <>iaf a. Tveitmoe, one of
the convicted labor leaders in the ia?s
Angeles Times dynamiting case, wie?
is now OUt of the federal prison at
Leavenworth on hail. Tveitmoe was
t c ciet te?i president of the league' to?
day.
is WORLI1 VESTQION.
London, May 19.-?The Times prints
a three column article bj Sir Valen?
tine Chlrol, former foreign editor of
Tin- Times, dealing with the dispute
between the United States and Japan.
The writer analyzes the grounds on
which Japan c laims equality of treat?
ment wltu Western nations ami ex?
presses the belief t hat the situation
created thereby is more critical than
it was on any previous occasion.
The Times, commenting editorially,
says: "The ultimate point in the dis?
pute do?s not affec t America alone,
but is essentially a world question,
Whatever may he the issue- of the
present dispute, it is a question e.i
future, Until the- situation hecoiins
more strained we prefer to believe
that some middle course id settlement
Will he found.
"While Japan is fully warranted In
binding on her treat) rights, she
will du weil to remember that a
claim to enter a neighbor's garden is
m>t the- kind ol a claim that can be
.pressed with unrestricted Indlgation,
however strong its documentary sup
( pot t ma) i?e
t\ T. IM K\S is REDUCED.
Changes Made in Weather Bureau as
Result of Charges?Passtg Cleared.
Washington, May 1?;.?Charles T.
Burns, an assistant foreman in the
weather bureau, suspended at tin
time of the dismissal of Chief Willis
L. Moore, today was reduced in rank
and salary by Secretary Houston, who
declared Hums "guilty of misconduct
in the performance of his duties.'
Prof. Oliver L. Passlg, against
whom charges were preferred bj
Moore, was acquitted of all except
one, that of making a false statement
regarding an item of expense amount?
ing to |6.65. No action was taken in
his case. Kassig contended Moore
made the charges because he refused
to support his candidacy for secretary
of agriculture.
Secretary Houston's investigation
of the case disclosed, an official state?
ment says, that on December -7,
1912, Burns recommended that an ln?
spection of weather bureau printing
plants in various cities was necessary
in the Interest of economy and effi?
ciency, ' whereas the trip was planned
by Moore for the primary purpose of
promoting his candidacy for appoint?
ment as secretary of agriculture and
not for the promotion of economical
or efficient administration of the bu?
reau."
Regarding the single item of $6.CG,
Prof. Kassig was found guilty only of
lac)< of accuracy and was wholly ac?
quitted of having claimed or received
any money not actually expended bv
him.
A HIO HAY y 11.1.1?.
Remarkable Field of W M Holmen
in < alhoiui Attracts Attention.
St. Matthews, May 16. ? With no
view whatsoever other than providing
amply for his stock, and without any
idea of creating a mild wave of ex?
citement In agricultural circles, but in
sheer modesty, W, M. Holman of
Creston, planted six acres of average
land in Vetch, oats and wheat mixture
last fall, and now he finds his "patch"
the wonder of the many who go there
to see it. Observers say that the.
growth is so dense that it is practi?
cally impenetrable. It is the height
of a man's head, and luxuriant in
foliage and fruit. Mr. Holman is cut?
ting now. He has cut three acres and
from this area has hauled ^7 full
weight tWO-horseloads, and the re?
maining acres will yield accordingly.
The most conservative estimates give
him 20 tons of I>r< ucc of the first
quality. Mr. Holman states that it
gave him no especial trouble to pro?
duce this crop. He did not choose his
"pet" land, but took some of his aver?
age acres. His achievement has
aroused the interests of farmers in
this community, and many have ex?
pressed a determination to follow his
example.
POLICY* or FREEDOM LEAGUE.
Mr*. Charlotte Dcspard Favors Law
breaking Without Violence.
London, May 10.?Mrs. Charlotte
Deapard, in a speech tonight, defined
the policy of the Women's Freedom
league as favoring lawbreaking with?
out violence. She said the women of
the league refused to pay tuxes, and
in various ways manifested contempt
for man-made laws, but they differed
from the militant suffragettes by
scrupulously refraining from damag?
ing property ami committing personal
assaults. The league recently was re?
fused the use of its usual meeting
ball because of incendiary speeches
made by its leaders.
Dr. Anna Shaw, addressing a suf?
fragette meeting in Westminster to?
night, said the conduct of women in
Bngland had satisfied people of tin
United States that women with the
ballot would be unsafe and conse?
quently American women were being
voted down.
The men of America. Dr. shaw de?
clared, aie using the agitation of the
Ktlglish women as a club over Ameri?
can women and trying to make them
believe that women had shown them?
selves irresponsible and untrust?
worthy, llul that was merely a cow
at'dly excuse for cowardly men to co\
er tln-ir own cowardice and inconsist?
ency, she added
Women hail f?7 electoral Votes in
tin- Hutted States. Dr. Shaw said, and
Theodore Uoosevelt hail taken up tin
question because he knew those votes
Would decide lip- next presidential
elect ion.
MONSTER ALLIGATOR KILLED.
Near Wharf in < on\\a\?Wctghei
2.>o Pounds.
I 'ouw ny, May 17. < >ne id the larg
est alligators ever seen In these parti
was killed ncai tin wharf ol tin- Wat
cumaw Line oi steamers yeeterduy uf
leruoou b> Itetn Johnson, a negro
who operates tin- drawbridge acroKi
tin- river, The carcass ul tin- croco
dlle weighed about .'.??> pounds am
measured ten feel ami live Inches i
length
Comparative
Digestibility
of Food *
Made with different Baking Powders
From a Series of Elaborate Chemical Tests:
An equal quantity of bread (biscuit) was made
with each of three different kinds of baking powder?
cream of tartar, phosphate, and alum?and submitted
separately to the action of the digestive fluid, each
for the same length of time.
The relative percentage of the food digested is
shown as follows:
Bread made with J'
Royal Cream of Tartar Powder:
1 100 Per Cent Digested 1
Bread made with
phosphate powder:
I 68*4 Per Cent. Digested \
Bread made with
alum powder:
I 67% Per Cent. Digested 1
These tests, which are absolutely reliable and
unprejudiced, make plain a fact of great importance
to everyone: Food raised with Royal, a cream of
tartar Baking Powder, is shown to be entirely diges?
tible, while the alum and phosphate powders are found
to largely retard the digestion of the food made from
them.
Undigested food is not only wasted food, but it
is the source of very many bodily ailments.
FIFTEEN DEAD IN MINE.
Reseller Loses Mis Life in I'fl'ort to
Bavo Imprisoned Men in Ohio Coal
l?it.
Belle Valley, Ohio, May is.?Burn?
ed and blackened, Ihe bodies of IE
miners who lost their lives early last
evening when an explosion of tire
damp partially wrecked the Imperial
mine, were brought to the surface to?
day by resellers working under the di?
rection of Deputy state Mim- Inspector
Abel Ellwood.
Several attempts were made by res?
cue parties to enter the mine last
night but the gas had not vanished
sufficiently to allow the rescuers to
reach the bodies until early this morn?
ing.
The bodies were found a mile and
a quarter from the mouth of the mine,
lying faces down and badly burned.
An investigation Into the cause of
the explosion will be begun tomorrow
by officials of the Siate mining depart?
ment. The Imperial mine is owned
by the O'Oara Mining company, com?
posed principally of Cleveland stoi k
hohler.-.
Helle Valley. Ohio. May is.?Up to
a late hour this afternoon 13 bodies
had been recovered from the Imperial
mine where two explosions early last
evening reaulted In the death of 1i
miners and one rescuer.
A state mine inspector superintend?
ed the rescue work. Burly today a res?
cue party using paraphernalia of the
Cambridge ColHirfcK1 company, de
acended Into the wines and brought
the dead to the surface.
FOR M.W GOVERNMENT.
Hoard or Civil Service Commissioners
organi/.e at Florence.
Florence, May 17.?The boarc
civil service commissioners of the
organised this week with the election
of <\ H. Thomas, chairman, and M. D.
Lucas, sec rotary. The board will
gather information from Columbia
.and uther commission form of gov?
ernment cities and then sei the stand?
ards for office holding in Florence.
The new city council has had ex?
haustive reports sent in by all city
officials who are heads of depart?
mental woik. with suggestions and
criticism as may suggest itself to them
From these reports it appears that the
car of progress in municipal affairs is
something like a second-hand auto?
mobile, pretty badly run down, and
no taxes to come in except tnose
lamest of lame ducks, the executions
that are as yet uncollceted, and a de?
termined light made to oust the dis?
pensary. It is not an encouraging
start, but the commissioners have not
lost confidence.
Why let your dog scratch himself
to death when ?>steen's Mange Cure
will quickly effect a complete cure.
Qo to Sibert's Drug store or Hearon's
Pharmacy and get a bottle. Price
50 cents.?Advt.
Every Time You
Put Off Painting
You Lose Something
The weather k working ngainsi you nil ihr lime, ink*
Ing something fr?mi the x^siuc of your i isjierty, nml
uilmoiikliiug you to i|o ill.ii iialiiilng you've been think'
ing of.
Don't wait mi) longer. HeVoes I'aint lakes fewer gallons
ami wears longer?ami "looks better." loo.
Tin* ?-os| Imi'i an\tliin: iN.iii|?:ired with the added \al
ne to your property, wlie.her you want to ?eil or L i p it.
We sell l>eVm?*s paint?we'll Im? glad lu dms you col?
or rank, ami give estimates. ^gV
DuRANT HARDWARE CO.
WE SELL LIME. CEMENT AND PLASTER