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Highest Temperature r - Yesterday, 68. Lowest Satnr
day Night, 52.« For details of the Weather See Page 8.
The San Francisco building, contracts
for the first four months of 1913 reached
A TOTAL OF '
$11,422,030
VOLUME 113.—N0. 170.
SIEGE OF GALT IS
PARTLY RAISED
AFTER PARLEY
District Attorney of Sacra
mento and Representatives
of Mrs. V Anita Baldwin
McClaughry and Her Hus
band Arrange Limitation
on the Number of Guards
OFFICIAL INDORSES
TERMS OF TRUCE
Not More Than One Detec
tive ; for Each Watch on
Mother's End of Case —
Same ; Force to Be Hired
by Father to See Chil
dren Are Not Molested
The siege of Gait has partly been
raised.
The fight over the McClaughry chil
dren that Is being conducted by the
father, Hull McClaughry, on one side,
and Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaughry
on the other, has come to a definite
conclusion as far as District Attorney
"Wachhorst of Sacramento and Attorney
John J. Barrett, for Mrs. • McClaughry,
are concerned. .
Mr. Barrett, "who returned to this
city late Saturday, had this to say last
night:
"We have reached an agreement by
■which It will be impossible to miscon
strue the motives of Superintendent
Mundell of the Burns Detective agency
or of myself or others connected with
the case in the interest of the mother
of Dextra and Baldwin McClaughry.
; "Mr. Wachhorst and I agreed that
there should be no more than one man ]
for each watch on the mother's end of |
the case, and Mr. McClaughry has
agreed to have the same number of
watchers at the Gait ranch to see that
the children are not molested. :■ . r ;-\.
".\O KIDN'APIXG " SCHEME" '"" *
"I would like to say that under no
circumstances has Mrs. McClaughry,
nor any of her agents, made an effort
to 'kidnap , the children. The Burns
men have simply tried to watch the
Gait ranch, to see that nothing was
done toward taking the children away."
Attorney Barrett, who rushed to Sac
ramento on a hurryup telephone call
Friday afternoon, got into conference
with District Attorney Wachhorst as
soon as he reached that city, and ex
plained that the purpose of Mrs. Mc-
Claughry was not to have her agents
do anything rash, nor did these agents
Intend to override the authorities of
Sacramento, or any other county.
Mr. Wachhorst presumably was well
satl«l«d with Mr. Barrett's explanation
of i case, and then it was that the
three men on each side. Burns for the
mother and Plnkertons for the father,
were agreed upon.
COURT APPEAL THREATENED
After this peace agreement the story
came from Sacramento that, unless the
two factions got together, resort would
be had to the juvenile court for the
protection of the children.
Judge J. W. Hughes is the presiding
Justice of the Sacramento juvenile court
and District Attorney Wachhorst is
said to have made application to him
to keep his eye on the case.
A dispatch from Sacramento had it
that District Attorney Wachhorst said
that he would "show Superintendent
Mundell" that he had something to
say about , the conduct of the case.
The official caused two special officers
from the sheriffs office to motor to
Gait yesterday and remain there to
see that neither the Burns nor Pinker
ton men increased the guards.
Should District Attorney Wachhoret
take charge of the case and apply to
the Juvenile court a probation officer
would take the "six million dollar
youngsters" in charge and remove them
to the Sacramento detention home.
Should this be done, a move will be
made by attorneys for Mr. McClaughry
to enjoin the courts from interfering,
and some sort of action will be taken
by Mrs. McClaughry's lawyers to force
the home to give the children over to
the mother.
Should the apparent truce . between
the mother and father fail of observ
ance, action will be taken by the Sa,c
l-amento authorities today to bring the
matter to a focus. .: ;
Mrs. McClaughry wired her representa
tives last night that she would spare
no expense in getting possession of the
children when the time came for her
to make the crucial test of who should
be their custodian. .
Mr. McClaughry kept closely within
the confines of his Gait farm and re
fused to answer telephone calls. • -:
NICARAGUA UNDER SIEGE
Government Issues Decree . Otvlng; to
.: Threatening ' Situation :
SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua. |
> May IS. —The government has issued a 1
'.* iecree 'placing the republic under a i
stage of siegr. The step was taken
owing to the threatening T situation j
throughout the country. '" r-||
j "The People's Newspaper" \
BUSINESS IS GOOD *
BARNUM ASSERTS
Steamship Chief Tells East
Coast Outlook
" - Is Rosy; '■• ' r ■
(Specie! Dispatch t<?The Call) '• .
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., May 18— W.
M. Barnum, president of the Pacific
Coast Steamship company, who came
here ;to attend the launching yesterday
of : the 8,000 ton steamer Congress,
which the company is having built ;to
ply between San Francisco and f San
Diego, is an optimist. ■ He ; sees , pros
perity ahead for the Pacific coast ] and
good times generally.
Speaking of the launching of i the
Congress, which is one of the biggest
ships ever built on the Delaware, he
said:
"."We are > only preparing for the big
increase in trade which Is bound to
follow the opening of the canal and the
San Francisco ; exposition." :_ ; :;• ~X f,', - „
AUTO COASTS ON TRACK;
AND FOUR ARE KILLED
Three Women and a Man Suffer Violent
."■• Death When Machine-Stops;ln".", :~
* Path of Ohio Train ;
. (Special;. Dispatch ; to The Call)
WARREN", 6., May IS.—Three women
and one man were killed and another
man seriously injured today when
their automobile was struck by a Bal
timore and Ohio train in" Leavitts
burg. Four of the five occupants of
the car were carried 200 yards on the
pilot of the engine.
The dead: .
Mrs. Henry Turner, 75 years old.
Mm. Ward .Turner, 40. ; ■ ; ;
Sire. Frank Housel, 40. ."
Ward Turner, 40, all of "Warren.
_ The injured: ; .
:.■■ ■ Frank Howard, 35, Warren.
Mr. .- Turner, who was ; driving the
: car, failed to see the train until he was
hardly 100 yards from the crossing.
He attempted to stop . the auto by ap
plying the brake and In his efforts
stopped the engine. The car coasted
on the track and there stopped, dead. :
The auto was hurled 50 feet through
the air by the impact of the locomo
tive. Mr. Housel jumped a few sec
onds before the crash and escaped se
rious injury.
BALKAN PEACE DELEGATES
GATHER FOR CONFERENCE
! Envoy* Will lße formally Welcomed
i in London : Today by ' Sir
■.■■'•. r■• ■'■'-,"■' Edward Grey - -,'.' ; 'i*.-. " ;
LONDON, May ? 18.—All the delegates
to the Balkan peace conference are
now in London , and will be formally
welcomed tomorrow by Sir Edward
Grey, secretary for foreign affairs. The
first meeting probably will be held
Tuesday. .■: ./' .- ■.. ' : ■' ._-,'' ■
Whether a preliminary peace treaty
will be signed this week, as was ex
pected, is still doubtful. ■
The Greek and Servian delegates
have not received authority to sign a
treaty, and it is supposed Greece and
Servia are pursuing a policy of delay
in order to keep the Bulgarian j forces
before the Tchatalja and Bulaire, while
the territorial disputes with Bulgaria
still are unsettled. V
CONFERENCES MAY END i
STRIKE IN CINCINNATI
Street Car Service I* Suspended 'While
Union Representative* : Dicker -.•;> ■
With . Employers :> : :: .
CINCINNATI, May 18.—Conferences
of street car officials* and representa
tives of the employes' union, which it
is believed will result in the ending
of the street car strike in this city
were held until a late hour tonight
without any definite *' conclusion having
been reached. .'
V. No attempt was made to run cars to
day. '■■■. ■; ■■ .-■' '■' '" - :' • . '
The application ~ for a receivership
for the company made by Mayor Hunt
yesterday is scheduled to come up to
morrow. -■:■.'■■■-••■.■,. -..■'..,:.■-.: '■■.
CRUISERS IN NAVY YARD
Colorado and Pl»burg In Paget \ Sound
For General ; Overhauling ;
SEATTLE," May 18.—The armored
cruiser Colorado arrived at the Puget
sound : navy yard ? from San : Francisco
last , night and J will go into drydock :
tomorrow for general; overhauling. Re
pairs costing $100,000 will be made.
The armored cruiser Plttsburg of the
Pacific * reserve fleet, will ■■ not as at
first ": intended, ,_• take the Colorado's
place on . the active list, j but will re
main at the navy yard for further
repairs. ,<; , , -•"" V --* '
MISSIONARIES FOR CHINA
Xative" ' Chrtstiaae - Send , Appeal to i
t ; Seventh Day Adrentlate j
:" WASHINGTON, c May 18.—Two , ; mes
sages of appeal from native Christians
in China were read at today's confer
ence, of the Seventh Day Adventlste sof
the world at Takoma Park, : Md. Both
told of ; the wonderful -opportunity for
gospel work offered in China, particu
larly since that country has * become a
republic, giving religious liberty to all.
•BERT" HOLDEN IS DEAD
Mi nine Engineer -Succumbs .at; Cleve
land Following; . J,one Illness ■ ■
: CLEVELAND, 0., May 18.—Albert F.
Holden of Salt Lake City and Cleve
land, one of the best known i mining
I engineers in the : country, died at his
I home here tonight of a lingering dis-
I ease after several months' illness. -'
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THE San Francisco CALL
SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MAY 19, PAGES 1 TO 8.
LIFE SAVING CREW
RESCUES SIX FROM
SEAGIRT PINNACLE
Imperiled Men, Held Prison-
P o* TT mi'- •
ers for Six Hours, on Their
Knees Praying for
Deliverance
SURFMEN SWIM
OUT WITH ROPES
Rolf Welden Returns With
t ] Crippled Man Clinging
to His Back
p** Six..'men were "rescued from Mussel
rock, eight miles . south of .the Cliff
House,- af 8 o'clockilast;evening: after
they' had ■ been".: marooned on ;;■ the sea-,
girt pinnacle for six hours and were I
;on their knees, praying for deliver-I
ance. The rescue was effected ?by the
crew of the South End life saving: sta
tion. Captain John Grondech command- |
ing, and, while the entire party of life
savers worked desperately Ito s save the
! men, Surf men Charles : "Mangels and
! Rolf Welden ; showed i conspicuous hero- I
ism in the exercise of their duty, 'swim
ming 150 yards ■ through i the battling
surf to take ; a rope >to the sea ■ impri
j soned.raen. .-' .': ': -' ; * ". j •'■'"■ ~ •
" Welden c swam through the f surf the ;
full distance; with one of the men, ai
cripple, clinging. to his back. j
The men who were taken from the •
rock were Mussel hunters all from •
j this city. :. Their names are:
Edward Bender. > ,
Prank Yonns.
John Vimns.
John OiMMihoo.
Victor M(Wf.
•'-■' Charley. ."Wise.
; The Youngs are brothers f: of Al I
I Young, the prizefight promoter. -
I ARE CAUGHT IXAWARES
The men went to the rock at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, when the tide was
I low and the rock was v connected with
I the , mainland. They -were > gathering j
I mussels and did not notice the rise of
the ; sea. - Shortly after 4 o'clock they
found themselves. caught on the rock,
150 .; yards t from ; shore, with the ."* surf
beating and swirling between them and
the mainland. - ■:
;-.': An : Ocean Shore railroad train passed
and the men waved their coats and
hats ■in desperate effort to attract at
tention. - The men on the train signaled
back, but the > train continued on, and
I the marooned mussel * hunters did \ not
know if the - passengers realized their
predicament.
CONDUCTOR NOTIFIES J POLICE
'i? However, the conductor j of the train
notified , the police and the police in
turn {communicated;, through ; the j Mer
chants' exchange, with % the South t End
life saving. station. . ; .
H/ At 6:25 o'clock Captain Grondech _ and
crew, consisting of ■..■•■ Rolf ; Welden,
Charles ■ Mangels, - Victor V Johanson and
Herman Lunblad,. started for Mussel
rock, j five : miles away, from their sta
tion. They took full apparatus for
their work, but did not ? take the life
boat, which would " not » have been - f of
service. ■>■ , - ...-_■ • .■ - '/• \
i. When Mussel rock was reached Man
gels and Welden swam the : 150 yards \ to
the rock. They found the mussel hunt
ers on their knees in the darkness.
LINE IS CARRIED OVER
I, A : ■ line >carried over by the swim
mers was made fast between the main
land and the rock and the marooned
men were instructed to reach the main
land by clinging- to the rope and work
ing themselves toward shore.
They were protected from being car
ried away in the surf by a rope hitched
to the line, and each man was clad in
a life peeserver. - -,'*-.
One of - the party, who had only one
arm, .had: to. be taken- ashore by Wel
den, who swam with the cripple on ,his
back■; through the! dark and "angry surf?
•— — /-. .
PACIFIC FLOWS IN CANAL
Giant Blast Break* Dyke ■ and • Lets j
Water . Into '■. Excavation • -
PANAMA, May 18.—The : waters of i
the Pacific ocean were let into the i
Panama canal today. A giant blast of
32,750 pounds of dynamite was shot, de
molishing the dike to the south of the
Miraflores locks and allowing the water
to flow into an extensive section in
which excavation , practically has been
completed.
GIRL IS WHIRLED IN FLUME
Chtco -ricnlcker Carried Half Mile
Before Rescued by Companions
CHICO, May 18.—While at a picnic in
the foothills east of Chlco yesterday
Miss Mary Jackson of Red Bluff fell
into the Diamond Match company's
flume and was whirled half a mile be
fore she was rescued by a girl com
j: panion. The girl was not severely in- ;
jured. She was hurried to a farm house
I and went to bed while her girl com
panions dried and f ironed her ■ clothing , .
ROME'S MAYOR TO RESIGN
ROME. May 18.—Mayor Ernest Nathart !
;of Rome has * replied Ito the requests of
various bodies of citizens that he with
draw his resignation. Nathan says that
office holding is neither conducive to
health nor happiness and he is deter
mined to choose honorable retirement.
No Fears for Princess
Royal Bride Held Safe
Princess Victoria Louise, daughter of Raiser, pho on eve of ttedding
to Prince Ernest Augustus of Cumberland, is rumored to ' have received I men
acing letters. - \ . - . ; ■
Berlin Police Deny the Kaiser Daughter Is
Threatened in . : Letters on v Eve of Wed- *.
ding to Cumberland Prince
(Special Cable to The Call) '". - :- ,
BERLIN,, ; May 18.—Emphatic denial j
is given :to -;'a- report that threatening V
letters ;• have .' been; sent :to the t Princess •'.
Victoria Louise on 1 ? the ' eve of ; her "••
wedding to Prince Ernest Augustus of v
Cumberland. r So far from there i being
any truth in this story, it is given out
that many of ,; the precautions t usually '
taken when : , several crowned ■. heads %
meet will be absent during the com
ing great week in Berlin. '-
"So great ■is the love of all classes
of people for the kaiser's splendid :,
daughter,", said a police official today, "
"that ;* I ; have \no doubt even the most
extreme anarchist would denounce and .
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help to punish any word or act that
A.S. ARNOLD, CLUB
LEADER, DROWNS
ON A PICNIC TRIP
Sportsman and Noted Shot
agar *<?.., ~ ".CTir.i ' f\
Stricken .' With Cramps
While . Swimming in
Petaluma Slough;- £?»
"Xo use, boys, v It's too late to Five
me; I'm a gaacr."
With these words of Alexander S.
Arnold, club member, swimmer of note
and famous rifle and shotgun shot,
was drowned at 7.30 o'clock Saturday
night at Black Point In the Petaluma
slough. .
The death of Arnold ■ was a great
"t. ■:■--■... ,■■■ . .-■■■„■ -■■■■ ~, ' • ■■' - ■■■■■t. !l - ... ■---. * .■■-.- 1- '"' - -•■ . ■■; -~ --,-■*-
shock to the little party .of sports
men who had traveled up the slough
In John Grace's hunting sloop. In
the party were f Mr. Grace, crack shot
a/id owner of many blooded dogs and
horses; Eug#n« Buddy, Arnold Maguire
and "Pop" Swift. , . "
'' ; After a hearty meal on - boerd the
sloop Arnold said that he thought he
would take a swim in the slough. <
"Better not try it so soon after eat
ing, , said Mr. Grace.
"I'm used to the water like a duck,"
replied Arnold with a smile and, put
ting on his bathing suit, he jumped
overboard.
)
Arnold swam around the sloop sev
eral times, enjoying himself immense
ly in the cool waters. --W
Suddenly he uttered a piercing cry
and went under. ,He had been taken
with cramps f and was * unable |to % keep
afloat His quickly dropped ;
Into a rowboat and I tried! io reach him,
but the tide carried him beyond their
reach. The body was 1 not h recovered.
Charles F. Arnold, a brother, who is
connected with the ; general freight de
partment of the Western Pacific, eaid
further effort would be made to re
•
cover the body. A. S. Arnold was 32
years old and |is survived by a widow
and a little eon. ;
1 "An Independent NewspMpef^-^,
; would give pain to her imperial ". high
; ness." .'■ ~■..■ ■■;::■■,.■■■
This is the general belief. Prin
cess Victoria Louise is universally be
loved. v She Is the one person in the
iempire whose . influence; '\ over i the , kaiser
is absolute and she has always exer
; cised ■it for good and popular end 3.
. The story about a threatening let
ter Is believed to have • originated \ from
the suicide of : a young student, who
declared his love for the princess* was
such that he could not bear to live and
see her the bride of another. : He had
only seen her twice, and then from > a
distance, "bat his room was literally
papered with pictures of / the kaiser's
daughter at various ages s clipped from
newspapers and magazines.
RESCUERS TAKE
FIFTEEN BODIES
FROM OHIO MINE
Fourteen Lives Are Toll of
Two Explosions .in Belle
Valley Disaster; One r
Dies From Gas
BELTER VALLEY, O. May 18.—The
bodies of 15 men had been recovered
tonight from the Imperial mine,- where
two explosions early last night re
suited in the death of 14 miners and one
rescuer. - . . , .
A rescue i party descended \ early today
and brought the dead to the surface.
Among , the dead are:
Henry Fairhuret, a rescuer; Robert
Alton, night boss, and Henry Dudley, ,
assistant v superintendent. • ■'
The 14 miners are said to have been
killed almost instantly by the explo
| sion. Fairhurst wa» killed by gas.
rr,i-' 'l a, ■' - -
The bodies were found a mile and a
quarter from the mouth of * the S 2 mine.
They were badly burned. An Investi
gation into the cause of the explosion"
will be begun tomorrow by officials of
the state mining department. j .^^m-
Roy Yeager was brought M out by
rescuers and miy recover. ">■ He was
i thrown a distance |of I 300 feet by the
■ explosion and was the only man to
escape , from the section of •> the fj mine
where the explosion occurred.
BIG ARMY FUND IS ASKED
: French Government Seeks Precaution*
Axainst German Iwaalon
PARIS, May 18.—The French cham
ber will be asked tomorrow to vote
France 400,000,000 france to meet the
expenses of placing the army on a basis
i which will remove I any fears jof German
aggression. ... .J^,
WEATHEB FORECAST:
> /^Wjf^ brisk northwest Triads.
■ ffi ToUkirpp^r , ii a ?vt r , r 1 c ,
'DUullli LtuO CHANCES
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>-Therjarwere l ' more than 130 business
•\'<V ■ ~- : . . .. .~ ,- ,
y ojppfces advertised in the classified col-
I of.Jhe : - Sunday Gall.
TENSION CAUSED BY
ALIEN BILL DISPUTE
HOLDING ATTENTION
War Secretary Discusses
Preparedness of Coast
Cities . Against Land
Attack
MUST DEPEND ON
MOBILE FORCES
Armament of Fortresses De
signed . Primarily To
. Prevent an Advance -
From the Sea
:> "WASHINGTON, May IS.—Secretary
Garrison, '■'■- in ; a prepared statement ' to
day, discussed the preparedness of sea
. board - cities ... to defend themselves
against land ":; attack. ; Mr. " Garrison
emphasized at i the outset of his state
ment that he had issued -it because of
"a ? recently published article respect
ing the land; side defenses of our
coast." ■". ; s. ; :■■-".. :';;'" '-/-; '■■'"'■ *.
The .statement in part follows:
"My attention has been directed to a
recent article respecting* the land side
defense of our coast defenses.
WOULD '.find DIFFICULTY
"It perfectly true that many of our
seaboard ■; defenses would ,- find . serious
difficulty' in defending themselves by
their. own garrisons against a land at
tack by ""a numerous ; force, and It is
"also true that : they have been:. con
structed in many instances without any
reference rto an attack coming from !
j the land side, but as was natural, .in
I' view of ; their purpose, ■ almost wholly
with a view of giving protection to
the cities: and J harbors ' behind them by
an attack of a hostile fleet.
" "This being their principal function,
pretty much everything else was . sub- :
bordlnated to "this: end. and in many
cases fortifications o were vso placed in
the effort to : • secure the best field, of j
Ore over the sea front and channels ,
as' to render their defense from land
attack extremely difficult. It can be
said of mjny: of * them—in fact most of
them (except those which are on
islands) —that their defense in case of
any serious attack from the land must
rest upon the bodies of mobile troops
assigned to this city. : .
DRAWS FROM ; MILITIA
"Such mobile troops would probably
be drawn to a great extent from the |
militia. 4':. The coast artillery t; troops,
while available for a certain amount
of si work as # infantry, are ' primarily
trained for service with the big guns,
and "; cannot well '* be assigned % to - other
work without jeopardizing the effic
iency of the i work for .which they are
maintained; so that, Jas "stated/ above.
In case of a land attack it : will be
necessary to - assign considerable > bod
ies of mobile troops to defend these
works.
"With a view to correcting this defi- i
I cit (the liability to successful ■ attack), |
lines of land < defense ■works have . been •
' laid out, and necessary Instructions
prepared for their prompt construe- I
tion in time of .threatened war. In
i future construction it is = believed that ,
I muchi more attention will be * devoted
to making: each Individual group of
works reasonably secure against land
I attack, even though unsupported ,by
I troops _* other than its own garrison.
S Certainly' the construction should be ;
of such a type as to enable a defense |
sufficiently long, to permit arrival of i
assistance i from coast i guard 'troops. .Vi
USE OF ' FORTS RESTRICTED < |
But, after all, this whole question I
brings up very forcibly the folly of j
depending upon fortresses - alone. Their J
usefulness is very much restricted un- j
less there is an adequate mobile army.
The real purpose of sea coast defenses
is to prevent hostile ■■' fleets bombard
ing cities behind them, occupying the
harbors whose entrance they are de
signed to close or bombarding fleets
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taking refuge In these harbors. Their
guns are of a heavy type necessarily, j
too heavy in most Instances for work
against troops. -
"The department :i3 now considering
the , : installation of 'guns up to six
inch caliber with all round ' fire, with
a view to helping out in the defense
of the works from land attack, and
It has paid much more attention than
heretofore to the : construction of bat
teries I which ; : have .- a ■ well thought •- out
and 5 prepared system of defense against
land attack." . I
CAN NOT FIND BRACELET
Valuable Jewel Lost In Links nt Bar- <
llngame Still Missing
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(Special Dispatch to The Call)
. BURLJNGAME, May IS.—Search was
continued today by the Hillsborough
police and ' three or four servants of
Mrs. Walter S. Martin for the $5,000
bracelet she lost on the links of the
Burlingame $ Country • club Friday, but i
up to a late hour tonight no it trace of
the Jewelry had been found.
FLAOLER ABOUT THE SAME
Condition of Financial '> Magnate Re
ported '. Practically * Unchanged \- ;
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May IS.—
The condition of Henry M. Flagler I
practically; was unchanged tonight. I
.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Official and Diplomatic
- Quarters Evince Keenest
Interest in the
Negotiations
BRYAN WAITING
LAW'S SIGNATURE
Impression Grows Governor
Will Avail Himself of
30 Days Constitution
Grants
WASHINGTON. May S.—Tension"
over the Japanese situation continues
to excite attention in l; official and diplo
matic , quarters, but there were no
specific developments ! r today*'- at the
White House, the state department or
the Japanese embassy. '
• Nine of the 30 days Governor John- ■
son .has; under the California constitu
tion to sigh; the alien land bill have
elapsed, and ~ the -impression ■Is begin
ning to gain ground here that -the
governor i will .; avail r himself of the full
measure of time, even though he , has i
declared ■ his purpose to approve the
Webb bill. . ' '. ;- iS; :" ,
AWAITS ACT OF SIGJVATT V
',-.■'• Secretary Bryan has net communi
cated with \ the governor since the re
ceipt ?of r his telegraphic . message set
ting forth ■ his reasons for upholding "
the action of the legislature, but is '
simply waiting - for the final r act of
I signature 7 before 1 making reply >to the
Japanese :' note protesting against i the
legislation. • !
Whether " the \ Japanese embassy will
continue to - await the expiration :• of
the , full 30 day period of grace before
making fresh representations on this
subject to the ; state department de
pends v entirely ; upon the judgement
of : the foreign office in Tokio, ' for
from this point forward all the pro
ceedings in the negotiations will be
"ad referendum." ~\t >" has been . sug
gented that, although there may be
some preliminary exchangee before
the event, the Japanese ■ government
can find zie- : technical reason for de
manding relief before the commission
of some i action under the ■■. terms of the
Webb law to the detriment of a
Japanese subject. In ' that case a
further considerable delay is . proba
ble, as the act will ; rot go into opera
tion for a period .1 of *90 ; days : after
it % receives : the approval of '; the gov
ernor. * , k . *-~." . /:• . „ ■;;,;
GOVER3VOIIAXAL.YZED TREATY
, It .is generally accepted that > one of -;
the primary points of protest by Japan
is that the California law 13> in con
servation /of the treaty of ,1911, but
exactly wherein has not thu? far been
disclosed. , Governor W Johnson's last
communication to the ; federal authori
ties analyzed the treaty and the law
to the end :of showing' that the latest
enactment 'is; in , no way •a . contraven
tion •of the ; treaty. The ■ first and ' most
fundamental issue, therefore, appears
to be over this question of whether
the law * is, or is ; not, contrary to the
treaty. "-v. '' ■ ' ,-,-" ; -.. .-- ■
I While the Japanese viewpoint has
I not been made known ; from any official ■
[ source, yet it Is believed here : that they
[ consider the , first clause of the new law
las the one contravening the spirit, if
! not the letter, of the treaty. This first
\ clause allows ;aliens; "eligible to citi
zenship" to hold lands. As the ; Jap-.
anese are not, under the present natur
alization laws, eligible to citizenship,
this clause epecificl'ally debar* them
from land /ownership. .'
RACE EftIALITY ISSTTBJ .
Aside from the ; issue on the tech
nical construction of the treaty, It is
believed here that the Japanese are
chiefly concerned in the general effect
of the legislation in placing/ them •in
the position :of an Inferior race. V It
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