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Weekly Journal-Miner MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PIONEER PAPER OF ARIZONA. PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 3, 1909. FORTY-FIFTH YEAR. RACE ANGER AGAINST JAPAN UP ANEW SOL JIGGLE BUNCH OF HEATED Start Anti-Japanese Bills And Tell California To Disregard The President 3)0 ROT BELIEVE JAPAN IS WAR WISHING 3UT THINK PRESENT TIME IS GOOD AS ANT TIME TO GIVE NIPPON BEATING By Associated Press. CARSON, Nev. 1. A resolution in troduced in the assembly of the Ne vada legislature this afternoon by Speaker Giffen, which it is believed will be adopted, is anti-Japanese in every particular. After acknowledging the fact that Japanese are acquiring land and prop erty in this and other states, the reso lution says the president has seen fit to take advantage of his office to the extent of attempting to coerce and in timidate legislation in California, and views "with alarm the attempted en croachment of the government on states rights. "Resolved, that we, the people of the state of Nevada," it continues, "represented in the senate and assem bly, hereby rccomend to the state of California that it pay no attention whatever to the admonishing of the president in this particular, and go ahead and enact such stringent meas ures as will absolutely stop forthwith the encroachment of Japanese, further acquiring a foothold in the nation, anu "whereas, we believe there is no danger of a war with Japanese, but believe if wc must have war with the Japanese sooner or later, now is a better time to lay down terms to that empire and teach those arrogant people that Amer ican rights cannot be encroached upon. "They cannot and never will be al lowed to acquire a foothold in this country, or assimilate with our race, and further to censure President Boo eevelt for his uncalled-for interference and attempting to deprive the citizens of toe great commonwealth of Califor nia by threats and coercion from exer cising their lawful rights in protecting themselves from Japanese hordes." It further provides that a copy be forwarded to representatives of Neva da in congress, urging them to use their influence toward enacting a Chinese-Japanese exclusion act. SPLIT OVER CAPITAL "United States of South Africa Cannot Unite on City CAPETOWN, Feb. 1. The conven tion in session here to form a plan for the union of colonies has been in a -deadlock for over a week on the ques tion of which city shall be the capital. A compromise is being discussed whereby Capetown will be the seat of parliament, Pretoria the administrative capital, and Bloomfontein the head quarters of the judiciary. LANDIS TRIES AGAIN CHICAGO, Feb. 1. Judge Landis lias subpoenaed fifty witnesses for the second trial of the government's case against the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The trial -will start before Judge An derson, of Indianapolis, on Bebruary 23rd. CLEMO STREET CAR FARE RETURNS TO FIVEJENTS COMPANY, UNABLE TO PAY OFF INDEBTEDNESS, RECEIVER ORDERS RAISE IN HATE By Associated S'ress. CLEVELAND, Feb. 1. In accord ance with instruction of Judge Taylor of the federal court, the receivers of the entire street railway system of this city, increased the rate fare, beginning this morning, to five cents, except where franchises provide three cents, The passengers of the latter lines were compelled to pay two cents for transfers. The action was due to the inability of the company to pay running ex penses and liquidate its indebtedness. CALHOUN TRIAL ENTERS FOURTH WEEK WITH EMHT JURORS AND HAS QUIET SESSION By Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. The trial of Calhoun entered the fourth week today. Eight jurors are now temporarily in the box out of the five Hundred veniremen sumoned. Of the seventy-fivo talesmen sum moned this morning, practically all of fered excuses. Twenty-two talesmen were disquali fied today from the Calhoun trial. Except a few minor exchanges be tween counsel the proceedings were conducted with unusual dispatch. W. J. Burns appeared in court to day, and was questioned by the attor neys for the defense in regard to state ments he made last week to solicitors of the Call interviewing citizens in regard to the graft cases. He denied all knowledge of their activities until he heard what was said of them in court. COPPER MARKET NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Copper, lake, 13 14; electrolytic 13 IS'j; castingl3Ut 13. IKE FUST HEADWAY IN GRAFT CASE GETTING OF JURY TO TRY CASE OF SUPERVISOR COFFEY DIFFERS FROM CALHOUN By Associated Press. SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. Rapid progress was made today in the effort to secure a jury to try former Super visor XT. W. Coffey, charged with hav ing accepted a bribe from Tirey L. Ford, an attorney of the United Rail roads, and others, in consideration for which he voted for the overhead trol ley franchise. At the close of the day's proceed ings six jurors were finally passed. WILL SUE CASTRO CARACAS, Feb. 1. In accordance with the instructions from Senor Al cantara, minister of interior, the at torney general will bring suit in the high federal court against Cipriano Castro, on the charges that he insti gated the attemtped assassination of President Gomez. TALESMEN ALL OFFER SOME EXCUSE WEEDINGHANGES EIGHT HOUR BILL FOR REDEMPTION OF PIMA AND YAVAPAI RAILROAD BONDS NOW UP TO TCTBBEY By Associated Press. PHOENIX, Feb. 1. In the council today Weedin offered a substitute for his eight-hour bill, eliminating surface men. This leaves it covering only hoisting and furnace men. The change was made to meet supreme court de- cisions. In the house in regard to the boun ty bill action was indefinitely post poned, and the council memorial rela tive to the redemption of Pima and Yavapai railroad bonds was passed and Fent to the governor. ThcIorris bill for the care of in digents was slightly altered by tho committee and passed to the other house. Bills were passed providing for a mineral display at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition; making it obligatory on banks to have on hand fifteen per cent of tho gross receipts or on de posit in other banks; providing for the abolishing of party vignettes on ballots; and making it a misdemeanor to circulate false reports about banks. L ILL GM TO GREAT BLUE OFFICER OF INTERIOR SAYS NEW STATES WILL GAIN MUCH MONEY OF GRANTS By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. A discus- sion of the various grants of land it is proposed to give Arizona and New Mexico in the statehood bill took place today before the house commit tee on territories. ssistant Attorney General Wood ruff, for the interior department, de clared that the three million 'acres it was proposed to give each of the ter ritories upon becoming states, if sold now, would bring in the neighborhood of twenty-five cents an acre. He declared it was his belief that the same lands would be worth nearly five dollars an acre within a few years. MASKED MEN GET MONEY GOLDFIELD, Feb. 1. Three mask ed men held up the Mohawk saloon, one of the biggest of its kind here, and got away with $3,417 at 5 o'clock this morning, and have not been captured. The bandits entered the front door in Indian file, lined up twenty men, tapped the register, got the key that unlocked the safe, and secured the monev. There is no clue. TAFT ON JOB CFLEBKA, Feb. 1. The Taft party made a detailed examination of four teen miles of the Culebra cut today. The existing plans for the lock and dam at Gatun wore satisfactory to the visiting engineers and caused local op timism. GIVES FRISCO WATER RIGHT WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. By a vote of S to 7 the house committee on pub lic lands reported favorably on the resolutions granting San Francisco the right to use the Hetchy-Hetchy and Lako Eleanor Valleys in Yosemite Park for Teservoir purposes. MM TERR TORY ESPEE 010010 DRAWS SOLAR PLEXUS GOVERNMENT REGAINS FERTILE ACRES CORPORATION HAS SOLD IN MANY RANCHES By Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. The ti tie to thousands of acres of fertile land, lying for the most part in San Bernardino county, reverted to the government today under a ruling of the circuit court of appeals, which de cleared the Southern Pacific had no title to the disputed territory. Tbo land was originally granted by the government to the Atlantic & Pa cific Railroad, a corporation formed in the early days of the state, which never built a line. Later the ground passed to the Southern Pacific from this corporation but the cancellation of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad grant was held to ter minate the Southern Pacific's right to the land. Since the grant was made much of tho land has been disposed of, occu pied now by ranehcrs. Tho government will sue the South ern Pacific for the money received for the lands. GLOBE TROTTEO BATTLESHIPS AIM AMERICAN FLEET PAYS VISIT AT GIBRALTAR WHERE SQUADRONS WILL ASSEMBLE By Associated Press. GIBRALTAR, Feb. 1. For an hour this morning 'Port Gibraltar seemed to lie the scene of a naval engagement at close range. American battleships that arrived yesterday exchanged salutes with the shore and foreign warships in the harbor, omitted yesterday because of Sundav. At the completion of the salutes, the colliers commenced coaling. The Minnesota, Vermont, Kansas, Rhode Island and New Jersey arrived this morning, followed later by the fourth division of the Wisconsin, Illi nois, Kearsage, and Kentucky, Which anchored outside the breakwater. The third division, the Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio and Virginia brought up the rear. WALKER QUITS FIGHT Asserts If He Is Beaten Ha WiU Not Contest Elccclon INDIANAPOLIS, Fen. 1. The third week of the United Mine Workers con vention opened today. The adminis tration party won, but the session was turbulent. A motion was adopted shutting off debate. John Walker, candidate for president of the United Mine Workers against announced today he would not contest the election if defeated. It is con ceded Lewis has won. SAYS NAY TO GAS COMPANY WASHINGTON, Teb. 1. The su preme court denied tho application of the Consolidated Gas Company of New York for; a rehearing of the case of the validity of the eighty-cent gas law, recently decided against the com pany and in favor of the law. Copies of the U. S. and Arizona min ing laws, 25c, at office of the Journal-Miner. 1ST MESS 1111 IT HI II UNLESS SENATE COMES TO AID CADETS HAVE NO FUNDS TO PAY EXPENSE OF TRIP By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. J. Unless the senate comes to the rescue, West Point cadets will not be able to attend the inauguration at the expense of the government. By a point of order the item provid ing funds for the cadets' trip to Washington was stricken from the military appropriation bill. Under suspension of the rules the house passed the Payne bill prohibit ing the importation of opium. MUCH JUGGLERY INT01L0TS TENNESSEE WITNESS HAS SOME STARTLING TESTIMONY TO GIVE GRAND JURY By Associated Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla., Feb. 1. At the conclusion of the first day of the second week of the town lot fraud in vestigation, it is evident the repre sentatives of the government are cer tain to have many indictments re turned by the grand jury. Tho testimony of a Tennessee wit ness was a revelation. One of the- twenty-five witnesses from Tennessee says a statement to the Associated Press tonight: 'When I was subpoenaed by the government to come to Muskogee," he said, .i'l did not know such a town was on the map. I had never heard of it, and wondered what Uncle Sam wanted me for. "Since my arrival I have learned that I onco was the owner of a four- acre lot here. I also learned that in some mvsterious manner the lot and I parted company because some one sign ed my name to a quit claim deed. That is all I know about it, and I suppose that is what I'll have to tell the jury." O. E. Pagan, the attorney general's expert, and District Attorney Gregg are now engaged in preparing indict ments'. F E IN SENATE UPPER HOUSE PUTS IN BUSY DAY BUT NOT TOO BUSY TO STOP NEGRO YAMMEB By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Seventy live bills on tho calendar of the senate were passed today, and the considera tion of these measures, most of which were of a local character or of minor importance, consumed nearly the en tire session. Toraker attempted to get considera tion of the Aldrich substitute bill pro viding for a court inquiry to pass on the qualifications of the discharged ne gro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infan try, charged with shooting up Browns ville, but postponed the making of the motion, in order that McLaurin may speak on the Brownsville affair tomorrow. ARIZONA FORECAST WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Tuesday fair. mm ABTI- JAPANESE BILL MAKERS WILL UOGE MEASURE President's Letter -Works Impression But Does Not Subdue Efot Law Frame? LEGISLATORS JUMP RQAUGHLY i ON ROOT'S mssi ANTI-RACE TRACK BILL GETS THIRD READING AND MILLING BILL IS TENDERED By Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1. While kt letter of the president to the govenVor regarding the Japanese question made a deep impression on the la laturc, toe two leading anti-Jap members ox the assembly assumes to day a defiant attitude and declared, they will push tbpir measures to a ret as soon as possible. Drew, who 'has already amended hi anti-alien bill as requested by the ad ministration, so the clause discrimi nating against the Japanese is elim inated, took exception to the letter of Secretary Boot inclosed by tho presi dent, in which Boot stated the govern ment is opposed to all legislation against aliens. The judiciary committee today re ported favorably on Drew's amende bill. Regarding Roosevelt's letters, As semblyman Drew savs he is determined o stand for his bill as amended. He agrees with the president's let ter, but believes Root's stand agains all Japanese legislation is unwarrant ed. Grove L. Johnson, author of the other anti-Japanese bill, says, "The president's letter had no more effect on me than water on a dock's back." The anti-race track bill passed to a. third reading in the senate, and will come up for passage Wednesday. Senator Willis introduced in the senate today a bill prohibiting prize fights where admission is charged, and making a violation a felony. ACCUSES GOV. PATTERSON NASHVILLE, Feb. 1. Witness for the defense, testifying at the hearing as to the competence of Juror Wbit worth in the Cooper trial today, said. Whitworth declared the killing of Car mack had cost Governor Patterson, many followers, and he, Whitworth,. believed the governor had a hand is. the killing. FEAR FOR VESSEL PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1. Consid erable anxiety is felt for the German, steamship Maria Rickners, 31 days out of Grenock, Scotland, and ten days overdue, with Captain Bupp and . crew of 32. The terrific storms add to the appre hension. She had no cargo. GOETHALS MAKES PREDICTION PANAMA, Feb. 1. Col. Goethal said today that naval vessels would- sail through Look Canal by January , 1915. SUFFRAGETTES LOSE OUT PIERRE. South Dakota, Feb. 1. The assembly today defeated the bill granting suffrage to women. The bill had passed the senate.