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IHebest Temp re Yesterday, 60. Lowest Sunday
Night, 52. For details of the Weather See Page 1".
THE CALL
printed 46,926 MORE LINES of ad-;V
vertising last week than the correspond- =
ing week last year.
VOLUME 113.—N0. 143.
WHITE SLAVE
CASE INVOLVES
WEALTHY MAN
OF LONG BEACH
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George H. Bixby, Million- j
aire, Ordered to Report in j
Court to Tell What He j
t Knows of Woman Keeper j
of Lodging House Alleged I
to Be 1 Den of Infamy
Where Young Girls Were
Frequenters—Police Claim
to Have Ample Evidence
ALLEGED PROCURERS
SENT TO ROCK PILE
Redlands. Woman Said to
. Have Made Confession
Implicating Many Men of
Money—Prominent Capi
talist of Los Angeles De
clared to Have Been Great
Spender of Cash in "The;
Jonquil," Place Owned by ;
Female Held in Prison i
LOS ANGELES, April 22.—George H
Bixby, a millionaire of Long Beach, was
served today with a subpena demanding
his presence in the court of Justice
Reeve next "Wednesday afternoon as a
witness in the case of Mrs. Joste Rosen
berg, alias Mrs. Emma Josephine Good
man, arrested on felony charges con
nected with white slave allegations, and
placed in the county jail in default of
$10,000 cash bail. ) , ;• "
That was the day's most important
development: In the sensational "case j
bared .by. the polioe .department in Los i
Angeles,-members- of »tvh£*»U l% declared |
their investigations tend to connect
some of ' southern ' California's * most j
wealthy and influential citizens with
the alleged enslavement of 41 young
girls.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS i
Other developments include the hold- ;
Ing by the police of .Mrs. C. B. Badger,
proprietress of a so called massage
parlor. In connection with the charges
against Mrs. Rosenberg and the sen
tencing in the police court to six
months each on the rockpile of E. J.
Davis and Frank Copeland, alleged pro
curers, who pleaded guilty to vagrancy.
These men were said to have been asso
ciates of Mrs. Rosenberg and Mrs.
Badger.
Mrs. Rosenberg, according to the
police, conducted in the downtown dis
trict a so called lodging house known
as "The Jonquil." where many young
girls, gathered from department stores,
restaurants and other places of em
ployment, were alleged to have been
lured to meet wealthy men.
girl: will tell all.
Among them the police named lbs;
Irene Marie Brown Levy, who will not
be 17 until June 1 next and who was
brought back here today from Red
lands, where she was alleged to have
been hiding in the home of her uncle,
Harvey Phillips. Mrs. Levy was said
to have received several thousand dol
lars for leaving Los Angeles,, but, ac
cording to the officers who brought her
back, she expressed a willingness to
Tl the truth about alleged revolting
acts In •which she and other girls were
said to have participated at "The Jon
quil."
, Mrs. Levy's statements to the police
were said to Involve, among: other?, a
prominent millionaire who was known
among: his dupes and cadets as "the
black pearl" because of a 'setting of
a scraf pin he always wore. At times,
however, he was said to have been
known simply as "Mr. King," a tribute,
it was declared, to his majestic dis
regard for money.
"PEABI." PAYS >fO\KV
The police said Mrs. Levy stated she
had obtained various sums of money
from him, but had always been forced
to divide with Mrs. Rosenberg.
The true name of "the black pearl" Is
known to the police, but it is only un
der that sobriquet that the officers have
hinted at ' his alleged connection with
the case. - " , m •
The detectives searched Mrs, Rosen
berg's effects and declared they found
among , them a note for $200 signed by
o»ie E. "W. Galloway In favor of the
man known as "the -black pearl."
ATTOR'VEy INVOLVED
When Mrs. Rosenberg was arrested,
the detectives said, they found in her
pocket the photograph of an attorney
of this city. ' '-. „',,'
It -was not until the Levy girl was
brought back from Redlands that the
officers felt they *. had sufficient cvi- \
dence to , warrant > placing the felony
chatgo against Mrs. . Rosenberg, but
when that '"1 young woman had told „' her
story the formality of lodging , Mrs.
Rosenberg in - the county jail in $10,000
bonds was speedily accomplished.
. Davis and Copeland, it was stated,
expressed willingness^ to plead, guilty
to vagrancy and ; take rock pile ,' sen-
Continued un Page 2, Column v
"The People , s Newspaper" I
Bond Sales Are Negotiated
New City Hall Is Assured
<*-♦?> <?*<S> <*>♦■$> <S>*S> <?>♦<» <S*3>
Syndicate Takes Over Five Millions
Of San Francisco Securities
San Francisco , negotiated ■ the' : sale
I yesterday of $5,104,000 5 per cent city
i hall, school, sewer, hospital and gar
j bage system bonds at par and accrued
! Interest to a syndicate composed of the
i Harris Trust and Savings bank, E. IT.
J Rollins & Sons and N. W. Halsey & Co.
The deal will enable the city to pro
i ceed with only slight delay In the con-
I struction of the new city hall and pro
. i vide funds for additional public work,
J the issues being for the following pur
:i poses: City hall, $3,960,000; sewer,
j $400,000; school, \ $300,000; hospital.
I $300,000, and garbage system, $144,000.
REPORT OX FIXAXCE V
At the meeting of the supervisors the
finance committee submitted a - lengthy
i report explaining the failure to dispose
'of an offering of $5,248,000 bonds on
' three different, occasions— March 3.
j March 31 and April 18. Stagnation and
j overstocking of the bond market were
i given as the cause of failure to sell the
bonds at these offerings.
The syndicate submitting the propo
j sition was a bidder March 3 on a 4.90
I per cent basis for the entire lot, which
included $144,000 4% per cent Polytech-
I nic school bonds, in addition to those
i sold. As the city had sold a previous
J lot on a 4.60 basis, the finance com
mittee reported " adversely on the bid.
j Furthermore, the syndicate, asked to
Ibe relieved of its bid because of the
sudden stringency of the money mar
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BIENNIAL COUNCIL
OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
BEGINS SESSIONS
Miss Margaret Wilson Is
Among Those in Attend
,'. J ance on Opening Day
in Capital
(Pr •"-!••' ni«p)«tch to-ThV Can
WASHINGTON, April —Impressive
ceremonies marked ■ the opening of the
biennial council of the General Federa
tion of Women's Clubs at the New Na
tional "museum this evening. Follow
ing the ' address of welcome and the
response. Mrs. : Albion Fellows Bacon
of Indiana spoke on "Housing Re
form." •. -•
There were i two business sessions,
one in the morning and one in the
afternoon, when reports were received.
The sessions were termed "experience
meetings." and general discussion over
the reports were in order. \
Miss Helen Louise Johnston of
Watertown, ' N." V., chairman of the
committee on household economics,
read an interesting report, pointing out
the V necessity of training schoolgirls
in housekeeping and home making.
Miss Margaret Wilson, eldest daugh
ter .of the president, and Mrs. "Wilson,
who with her mother is particularly in
terested in housing conditions, attended
the evening session. Mrs. Wilson has
accompanied Mrs. Krnest Blckriell on
many tours of inspection about Wash
ington, and Miss Wilson has also made
some investigations.
During her talk Mrs. Bacon drew
vivid pictures of distress, poverty, sick
ness and crime. She touched a keynote
which elicited great applause when she
said the State Federation of Women's
clubs- had passed good laws by making
housing reform interesting and highly
fashionable.
The ; president and Mrs. Wilson will
receive the delegates at 2:30 tomorrow
and at 4:30 they will be guests at the
Corcoran art gallery.
PRINCESS INOCULATED
AFTER PET DOG'S BITE
Proffjmor Koch Trent" Klnjc of Sex-
niiy's Sinter in Law anil Mem
bern of Her Suite
DRESDEN. Saxony, April 21.— Pror
feseor Koch today treated Princess
Maria Immaculata. wife of Johann
George, brother of King Freedrick
August of Saxony, with an inoculation
as a preventive against rabies.
-■■- The princess and several members of
her suite and a number of domestics of
the palace were bitten a few days ago
by the princess , favorite lap dog. •
The symptoms of rabies were* sus
pected by attendants, and bacteriolog
ical' and chemical investigation proved
that the suspicion was correct.
Professor Koch was hurriedly sum
moned and inoculated all who had come
in contact with , the animal. . . .
WHALES CAST UPON SHORE
Hurricane That I.nulled 'Japan Beached
185 Mammal*
W SEATTLE,' April , —The hurricane
that lashed the eastern shore of Japan
last month cast upon the shores of the
islands 185 whales, according: to s news
brought by ..-. the liner Tacoma Maru.
Farmers and fishermen ; along ; the coast
turned: out by hundreds to kill the huge
mammals as -they struggled upon the
beachi,- - * ;■•-..
THE San Francisco CALL
SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, APBIL 22, 1913.—PAGES ITO 12 **
ket. The two following , attempts to
sell the < bonds, even though they were
widely ; advertised, were unsuccessful
chiefly; because of market conditions.
CONDITIONS OF OFFER
. The offer of the Halsey syndicate. ac
cepted by the supervisors provides that
the syndicate ; will accept $1,100,000 of
the city hall bonds ! immediately/ upon
the .receipt of the favorable opinion 6f
Messrs. Dillon, Thomson & Clay •as to
the validity of the issue; $1,100,000 of
the city hall bonds on or before June 2;
$1,100,000 of the city hall bonds , on or
before V July 2; $400,000 sewer bonds,
$300,000 school bonds, $300,000 hospital
bonds and $8,000 garbage bonds on or
before August 2. and $660,000 city hall
' bonds and $136,000. garbage system
bonds- on or before Septemberr 2. ;;•■. \ .:.
\VH,I, , \OT FLOOD MARKET
That the market will \ not be flooded
with other San Francisco municipal
bonds while the syndicate Is market
ing its purchase, it was provided that
the city would not advertise for sale
I before October 1, 1913, the city hall
and ■ school bonds bearing js^ per cent
that have not yet been offered, and
that the supervisors; should accept the
proposal of the exposition- company to
purchase $4,000,000 of municipal ex
position bonds with the provision that
the exposition company agree not to
offer these bonds for resale if ore May
■1. 1914, without the syndicate's con
sent. ■■ ■ « ~: - ', • .'...•;; ,"■■ ■ •
COPPER COMPANY
PRESIDENT MADE
TO LEAVE MINES
Cananea Mob Forces James
S. Douglas of Consoli
dated Copper to Flee .,-, v
to United States
CAXANEA, Mex.. April 21.—James ft
Douglas, vice president and general
manager of the Cananea. Consolidated
Copper company, was' forced today by
a mob of 2.000 idle miners arid, smelter
men to leave Cananea at once. '■' j<?/T:
The - mob presented its demands to
Douglas at 11 o'clock this morning. He
immediately conceded ;: and left this
afternoon in an automobile for the In
ternational border. . . " ~
;* The mob was composed of both un
employed and working men of the com
pany, and they were accompanied, when
they made their demand upon Douglas,
by J. X. Duraze, prefect of the Arlspo
district, and by Colonel Alvarado, In
command of the Sonora" state troops
here. Neither offered to Interfere.
Conditions here are apparently more
serious than at any other time in
history, the miners and smeltec men
having become ; greatly dissatisfied be
cause of the ; closing of the mines and
smelters. , - - ..'.'■■
Their action in forcing Douglas to
leave the camp, however, was believed'
by • many to have been uncalled for
in many respects. - It was ' only last
Friday that the company gave to each
employed man ; who desired to leave
Cananea 7*4 pesos for traveling ex
penses,; while the state provided the
transportation. ■./.
The outcome of the trouble here Is
problematical. . "?" r
Word was received here tonight that
Douglas and his secretary, S. P. ■ Apple
white, crossed the border safely into
the United States this afternoon.
WHEN INDIAN MAY VOTE
Important Opinion Given iby . Wisconsin
Attorney General
_ MADISON.i Wis., April : : 21.—1 nan
opinion :to Thomas Tainter. ; Attorney
General Owen held today that a per
son of Indian descent who has observed
the manners, customs and Industries
of civilized life is entitled to vote.
Tainter is of Indian descent. "'•">;,'■-. :->.s
LUMBER PLANT DESTROYED
Atlantic Coast Corporation's 4 Huge
I ~.._/■, Property ' Goes' tip i-> SmokeV ;
J ;,, WILMINGTON, ; : X.; ; C., April 21.—
I Practically half of the Atlantic Coast
i Lumber j corporation's ' $2,000,000 plant
in x Georgetown, ;S.: C, said to be the
largest in the world, was destroyed by i
fire: today. _
FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED
Monoplane of Lieutenant de) Lament
;„Turns Turtle 350 Feet Above Earth; ',
PARIS, April 21.—Lieutenant de La-'
mont was killed at j the flying ground '
at Villacoublay, just outside Paris to
day. His monoplane turned turtle and
he ; fell ; about l 350 feet ■ ; j *;-: :; :
ADMIRAL TOGO PROMOTED
Naval « Hero ;of Russian AVar Iβ Vow
:;;. ,-X < "out in and or of the Fleet •
TOKYO, April Admiral • Count
Helhaehiro Togo, the naval < hero of the
Kusso-JapaiH'se war. was promoted to
-1 day to be admiral of the fleet. "' i
CONFESSION ENDS
GROSS COUNTRY
FORGERY TRAIL
William Baker, With Aliases
Galore, Swindled ; Local
as Well as Eastern
Banks
TRAVELED FROM
ALABAMA WEST
After Escaping From Peni
tentiary, Check Passer Be
came Schemer de : Luxe - • *
It's a long lane that has on turning,
and a trail "of forged checks must ulti
mately: be crossed by the police, but
four leading banks of ; San • Francisco
have learned to their cost that new
ways of 'keeping; the trail blind for a
considerable I period are ; > being devised
all the time. , • \ - i*, : ,«' >V
.: When William Baker, with a ; string
of aliases," a criminal record declared by
the police to be longer yet and a string
of clever check forgeries, extending all
the way from the Missouri river to the I
Golden gate, confessed last night to De
tective Sergeant Dave Murphy £at * the
city prison It was found that San Fran
cisco banks had : been 1 included in his
little game to the extent of more than
$2,000. ' t • ' "
By stealing blank checks numbered
in the aeries of firm and canceled cheeks
to obtain a fatcimlle of the ,'signature
to reproduce on s the;; blank check, -he
had success In the following forgeries:
. Check on the Union Trust company
for $140, April 7, with the signature of
L. S. : Melsted, of Finch and : Melsted, at
torneys; check; foV-$"200 on the Savings
Union and Trust company, forged name
of Fablus T. Finch; Merchants , National
bank, $50. signature of E. R. Hayden,
real estate dealer with offices in the
Phelan building; Bank \of, California,
April 14, $300 check 5 with name of Wil
liam Smellle, coal importer with offces
In the Ruse building; two checks on
the Anglo London and Paris National
bank for $930 and $300, ,u?ing. ! checks
of ,E. J. Tobin and ponipany, ■■' forging
name of ■ Frank de vice president.
"SOFTEST Till*OS IS WOULD" v: ~:
In " the history of his successful for
geries on banks, ■ which he said "are
the softest things in the world," comes
an even mo. £ interesting incident, when
he sat in court and heard , another man
tried , for his. own forgery.
•J. E. Hunt, who had had deskroom in I
the office of E. ft Hayden. was sus
pected by Hayden of being the offender
as ',tc the checks to which Ms name !
had been signed, as Hunt was then out i
on bail on * a felony embezzlement !
charge.: Mr. Barstow, the paying teller
of the Merchants' National hank. Iden
tified Hunt as the man who had passed
the $30 check in question. ,',;' : /\
A. William A. :: Mundell, local : manager
of the Burns detective agency, already
was running down many of Baker's
eastern ; offenses, and was > convinced
that Hunt was not responsible. So he
went - into Judge ' Shortall's court ? and
there fought Hunt's battle, with suc
cess. -■■ - .:".*■.■■■ ■_'.■■ ". . I
HAD MAX Y- ALIASES - j
Mr. Mundell r states that ; Baker or
Anderson, whichever alias is preferred,
is really Benjamin W. Brumby, alias |
W. B. : Hill, alias H. F. * Allen, alias j
Frank Hayes—these are his earlier j
aliases, others being added as he came
west. This man, he says, was arrested
in Birmingham. Ala., September 14, I
1912, ; for embezzlement. \ After being
released on ' $500 ; cash bail, it is ' said,
he jumped his bail, and was arrested
in Montgomery, Ala., two weeks later.
Seven years in the Alabama peniten- J
tiary was the sentence ■ imposed, but I
on Christmas day, f 1912, he escaped.
He was next heard from in Wichita,
Kan. .'■ . ■.. -■■ ■' ■■:' ■ ■■■'■ ■:•■ ■ -._■ • J
>":. Here , Brumby. ;: Baker, etc., ■ etc., be
gins his confession, as related last
night by Detective Dave Murphy. Wil
liam Archer. D. W. Archer, D. W. Burns I
and O. D. Anderson went down on hotel
registers in his handwriting. To spot
out wealthy attorneys, real estate op
erators, and other business men was
his aim, and in that he attained : suc
cess right at the : start. J ;
TWO WICHITA FORGERIES - . ;
; In Wichita there. were two remuner
ative forgeries that he got away with,
according to his own confession—one I
for $690 on the law firm of Stanley, I
Vermillion and Evans,, and one on At- |
torney S. B. Arrfidon for $135.
i. Denver is a more pleasant climate
than Kansas, and so he perpetrated two
more tricks there, both on Attorney J.
Foster Sims, for $435 and ?S5.
In Salt Lake City the National bank
of the Republic lost several hundred
dollars on account of his forgeries.
April 5 saw him in San Francisco, and
when he was arrested yesterday he
was getting ready for even more ex
tensive operations than those he had
accomplished already, for he said:
"You got me juft in time. 1 was about
to tear off a $3,000 job." ..'■'•■.
INTELLECTUAL FACE ; -
This forger, with so many aliases
that the mini is confused in trying to
remember which «•« this narrative
started out with, is a mat of 35, about
five feet nine inches tall, thin and *2th
an intellectual face. No one can . doubt
that this countenance shows evidence
: Continued on Fajte 2, Column 3
"An Independent Newspaper" >
Divorces De Wolf Hopper
Nella Bergen Gets Decree
: - • -, Nella Bergen, actress, who has divorced De Wolf Hopper. ; \ -
Third Time Comedian Loses Mate;
Now He May Not Marry in State
<Sp«ci«UDlej»tidi; to The Call) •*
" NEW , YORK, > April g 21.—Dβ Wolf
Hopper, comedian, who has been called
"the husband of his country," was
divorced for the third time today 'p.-
Mlneola. Mrs. Ellen B. Hopper, third J:
wife of i the actor and a r daughter of
the ; late Police : i Captain Reardon, was
granted a decree on , statutory grounds,
with permission to resume her = maiden
name and remarry. V;**;;,; ' , VV"."v-;'
: The latest Mrs. Hopper who has joined
"ABSOLUTE LIFE" CULT
LEADER BEGINS TODAY
TERM IN STATE PRISON
Evelyn Arthur See Sentenced
'for Abduction Despite ;
I Legal Efforts v
j,, CHICAGO, April 21.—Evelyn Arthur
' See, leader of the "absolute life" - cult.
was taken into custody today and will
be removed tomorrow to the state peni- i
tentiary to begin his ; sentence for the
abduction of Mildred Bridges, one ;of
his ; followers'., Every possible legal step
has been taken to keep him out ; : of
prison. ( '/ " • ".:.^", : .. "■•>,. - "",' '"■■"'. "'.,',' ',■".'-.
, See entered the county jail tonight.
He was released from there a short time
ago pending the ruling of the supreme
court on a motion for a new trial .;:f v .;.'■
See received an indeterminate sen
tence of from one to five years. -•>.,-■■,
LARGE STEAMER LAUNCHED
Aquatanla, Monster Cunarder, Greatest
' ;' ; ' '' Built in Great Britain -„•
'; S GLASGOW, Scotland, April % 21.—The
largest * steamship; ever built in * Great
Britain."' the Cunard :; liner Aquatania,
was launched on the Clyde today. The
new vessel is double shelled and car
ries boats sufficient to accommodate
4,250 persons, the entire ; complement of
passengers and , crew. % She >is about j
47,000 tons gross. ; ' . >
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MISSISSIPPI ON A RAMPAGE!
Break .In I Mnln \ Levee Near; Vlckefours
Will Leave 12,000 Homelcu ';■.';..! r :V.
VICKSBURG. Miss.. April 21.—The
main line of » the Mississippi v. river
levee broke this -. afternoon ■at Wood
lawn. Miss., near Shippers Landing. A
conservative estimate is that between
11,000 and 12,000 persons will be made
homeless.
•
SON BAPTIZES FATHER, 90
Aged < Parent, Immersed. Become* ,j a
; Member of the Church >, , .
■-'■■ LOS ANGELES, April .—Baptized
by his own son. Charles Bentzien, 90
years old. is today a member of the j
Temple Baptist church of this city. The j
baptism was performed by Rev. , John
Bentzien. assistant .' pastor ;of the
church. '■"*," '■ ■ •'
CUBA'S NEW EXECUTIVES
. HAVANA, April —The senate and
{spouse' In joint session tonight pro
feia:m<s'i ' General Juan Mario Menocal
and Enrique Jose Varona elected presl-j
dent and vice president of the republic.
the ranks of the former wives of De
Wolf .is an '. actress. 4 Her stage name is
Nella- Bergen. After her marriage rto
James Bergen of Bridgeport she made
her debut on , the stage 15 years ago.
" „ "A tall * blonde ' ■woman" "was named
in the case. The decree granted by the
supreme court forbids Hopper to marry
again in this state during the lifetime
of his former wife. Hopper put in no
defense. '*['* r *~" ,* *■ ■ t ~ ' - •
PITTSBURG OFFICIAL
SUBJECT OF DERISION
BY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Superintendent of Education
: jj Acquitted of Charges Is
• : /^'Hooted and Hissed
:} PITTSBURGH. April 21.— S. L. Tleeter.
superintendent of the • public schools of
Plttsburg. acquitted by a jury In the
criminal court ; last Friday of two seri
ous charges preferred by a maid em
ployed in his home, returned to his du
ties today. '..; "■■•;•.;.■.'"■■ '"'"' ; ,, v .'-. ' ~,,\' ■'■ ~ : ' : .
? This afternoon children at public
schools \throughout the city refused to
enter the school buildings. ' ' " v
• Several hundred boys, beating dish
pans, blowing whistles and shouting
"Down with ; Heeter, , ' made a demon
stration tonight before his home. : The
children came ;to : the 'place, 5 located in : a
fashionable residential section. In a
body. : . .',. ' -
* Neighbors of Mr. Heeter turned :in
a riot call. ir At the sight of the po
lice ; the - children ; scampered away.
Eight ;, small boys were captured. Su
perintendent Heeter watched the dem
onstration ; from the front porch of
his home. v;". He requested the police
to release the eight boys, saying "these
boys are = not back of this." > ~
> The police complied. ■•.;•;V
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I WOOD' LAUDS : CONDITIONS
|S;>. • IN TEXAS CITY CAMP
I Major Onrrnl * at Innion . Declare*
.*; '/': .: Mobilization ' Qnnrter»Ar« ■ . v
■i r.?', J-.-;'" v'-. V* Excellent ■; ;>"'' >.-;.. v, -.
TEXAS CITY, Tex.. April 21.—Major
General Wood, \ chief- of , staff :' of the
United States army, inspected the Texas
City army mobilization.' site today. -.-..
; "I find the Texas City camp fine from
a military standpoint," said General
I W00d. , -•'."The camp is ; well lai«l out ' and
I sanitary conditions are excellent." - ;
I 1 The health iof the men is exception
ally good. In view of these • facts I
I see no ! 'reason X; for ■ ■ moving ; tflte troops
Ito any other locality." • J "
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ARIZONA COMING IN 1915
PHOENIX, ; Ariz.. April 21. —
A majority of .:-,' the t members of the
senate appropriations committee recom- ;
: mended today that 550,000 -be j appro
priated , ? for \ an i Arizona ; exhibit !at 4 ; the
Panama-Pacific exposition in San Fran
cisco, and $20,000 for a similar purpose
at the Panama-California exposition in
San Diego.. The minority members
recommended appropriations of $80,000 1
•nd $40,000, respectively, for the two
expositions. --..^
«•. ■ ; :f ifEITHER FOKECAST: ; J iiliiij^l
Fair;, fog in afternoon: brisk west wlnfli.
NEWS UP TO THE minute
The 6 o'clock a. m. edition of The Call
prints all news that develops after ' city j
editions of other newspapers are printed. i
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NO REASON FOR
HYSTERIA OVER
LAND BILL, SAYS
GOV. JOHNSON
Other States Have Laws
Equally as' Drastic as Pro
\-'. posed Here, Executive De
clares in First Statement
on Pending Anti-Japanese
Legislation—Why Should
California Be Singled Out
and Called Menace to In
ternational Peace, He Asks
FIRM IN STAND
FOR ALIEN CURB
Demands Rights for Com
monwealth That Are En
joyed in Other Sections—
Only Statute Absolutely
Needed Will Be Passed,
He Avers —Measure Will
.. Be Considered Calmly, Ju
dicially and Without Prej
udice or Discrimination
SACRAMENTO, April 21.—Governor
Johnson gave out ; the following state
ment regarding the pending alien land
legislation. This Is the first statement
the governor has made on the subject:
■ "Californians • are : unable "to under
stand why an act admittedly within the
jurisdiction of 1 , the California ' legisla
ture, ; like the passage of an alien land
bill, creates tumult, confusion and crit-
icism and why this local 'i act of un
doubted right becomes an international
question.
SAWE RIGHTS AS OTHER STATES
• "Of course, the California legislature
i would rot attempt to contravene t any
treaty •of the v nation, nor to do'•, more
tV-an ha." been done by the federal gov
ernment itself and many other states.
"To say that , California must do less
or be subjected 7to ' harsh - criticism,' and .
the charge of disrupting: friendly rela
tions with foreign : powers is ito deny
Ito California what has been freely ac
' corded to every other 1 state in the
union and what : has . never- been ques
tioned with any other state, ■-■
• ."Our legislature is now .'considering■
an , ; alien land bill in general language
and not discriminatory. If terms are
used which are declared to be discrim
inatory, those very terms long 'since
; were made'so by many enactments and
by the laws of the nation itself.
LAWS IX OTHER STATES
"Broadly speaking , , many states have
I endeavored to ; prevent the . ownership
of : land by those Ineligible to citizen
ship. The power to " pass such laws is
I conceded, but immediately upon the ex
ercise of this power by \ a great sover
eign state, a remarkable and inexplica
ble outcry is heard all over the land
and in other lands as well.
"The United States by statute pro
vided that no alien 'or person who Is
not a citizen of the United States or
who has not : declared his Intention to
become a citizen of the United States,
shall acquire title to land, etc., and in
relation to the district of Columbia, the
United States statutes contain the same
inhibition. (£ i? •' ■ -"> ;
"Arizona, in 1912, passed Its act that
.no person other than a citizen of the ;
United States or who has declared his
intention to become such 1: . shall;., here
after acquire any land, etc.. and this
statute, though' passed in 1912,; did not
evoke a storm of protest from well
meaning philanthropists In our own
land, or threaten a rupture In diplo
matic relations with any foreign" na
tion.; _ / '' '' ' " i r»..' ' ", v. * .
SIMILAR T,ATV IX WASHINGTON
"The state of /Washington ' prevents
the acquisition or holding of lands by
those who are 'incapable of becoming:
citizens of .'. the United . States.' and .
neither* the right nor the propriety of
this enactment 'by the state of Wash
ington was denied. *
'; J ■Illinois has enacted that an alien
may hold title for the period of sir
years and then If >he shall not have
become a citizen of the United States,
proceedings ['■ shall be commenced for-
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