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CONFERENCE IS IN SECRET"
Alternative Sngxrttd Do Not Meet
With Approval t Legislators
Secretary Gives Mr.
Wilson's Views.
Sacramento, Cal., April 28. Cal
ifornia, in the fullness of ber right
as a state may enact a rlgM land
law barring Oriental! from owner
ship, but inch action would ba
against tba earnest wish of the na
tional administration.
This is the substance' of the mes
sage William Jennings Bryan, sec
retary of state and personal repre
sentative of President Wilson, de
livered yesterday to a secret confer
ence attended only by Governor
Johnson, Lieutenant Governor Wnl
lace and the 120 members , of the
California legislature.
Secretary Bryan arrived In Sacra
mento at 6 o'clock Monday morning
Plans were laid for an immediate
bearing and shortly after 11 o'clock
the first session of the conference be
gun. Until the great Oaken doors of
the assembly chamber were closed
and locked, Secretary Bryan refus
ed to give any inkling of bis mes
sage to any one, and even at the
conference he spoke only after leg
islators bad explained fully the pub-
lio demand for alien legislation that
brought about the present situa
tion.
Those who expected Secretary Bry
an to expound a new theory of state
rights were disappointed, as were
those who expected predictions of
war. Advice in the name of Presi
dent Wilson was all Mr. Bran had
to offer. The paramount question
liere yesterday la whether such ad
vice will overcame the previously
announced determination of the
Progressive majority . to enact an
alien land law along lines already
greed upon. '
Secretary Bryan suggested sever
al alternatives to the passage of a
DAWSON URGES IIA8TE
IN THE MOVIE SUITS
Visits Federal Court at Kuum City
and Demands Trial of Cum.
Kansas City, April 29. John 8,
Dawson, attorney general of Kansas
appeared today in the Kansas City,
Kan., federal court, to urge an Im
mediate bearing upon an application
for an Injunction made by moving
picture owners of Kansas to restrain
bin) from arresting them, for vio
lating the new censorship law.
Tbe law says the superintendent
of public Instiuctlon shall control
the censorship of moving pictures
In Kansas. Tbe picture men say the
law Is unconstitutional.
Immediately after the law be
came effective theater owners indl
cated to the attorney general that
they wanted a test case.
Louis Nathanson, theatrical man
of Topeka, was arrested. Instead of
instituting habeas corpus proceedings
tbe picture men applied to the fed
eral court for an injunction. No
hearing has been argued and the
attorney general's ultimatum Is that
unless some action in the case is
taken soon be will arrest every one
of tbe 600 proprietors of picture
theatres in Kansas. It is probable
an .arrangement will be made to
hear the case this week.
ATHLETICS A BAR TO VICE.
Doctor Sargent Says Girls Should
Have More Gaines.
Cambridge, Mass., April 29. That
the athletic girl is leas liable' to sue
cumb to temptation than her sister
who does not go in for athletics) is
tbe opinion of Dr. Dudley A. Sar
gent, director of athletics at Har
vard. ,
"The social evil is the result of
life's forces being turned into wrong
channels," Doctor Sargent says.
"Tbe eternal longing to externalise
one's self that is to find an outlet
for the emotions Is an inherent
one in human nature. Tbe basis im
pulse may find natural healthy ex
pression in athletics, or It may find
some sinister form.
"Athletics offer tbe girl not only
the opportunity to acquire a sound
and healthy body, but a moral and
mental equipoise which I believe can
be acquired In no other way. It is
certain that girls of. athletic ten-
WOMEN POLICE FOR TOPEKA.
dencies are less liable to go astray.
bill restricting aliens "Ineligible to. It appears to be nature's own scheme
citizenship," basing bis reasons on for preserving the moral balance,
the broad foundation of public pol
icy. Briefly, these alternatives In
the order, la which they were sug
gested are as follows:
Delay Immediate action and allow
the state department to try to ac
complish the ends desired by means
of a new treaty with Japan.
EbiPTY -CKCiifS '
AT TARIFF DIME
CUT IOO TEAKS OFF SENTENCES I
For Prisoner Who Assisted la light.
Inf h fir. ' I
' . ' '.v-.,';.,",.
Topeka, April 29. Special serv
ice to the state will be recognized
LEADERS ARE
. . .. v ,
"READY TOR WAR
A WOMAN'S WAGE INQUIRY.
Kansas , Llor , Commissioner Will
(Prepare Report on I Conditions. .
Topeka, . April 28. The ' state ' la
bor commissioner's office will begin
at Close.
when be will take one year of time I
off tbe sentence of each convict who I
aaalatarf In ftchtln the flrn which
PMBBBis.wwtw.M.iir iui thrMten-d jh, p-nittiary at, Lan
sing early in April. At least one
Few House Members Hear Ore "I "War assemble In.
... . I Tiunr 'niiAivra. .1 .
rvyvi i iw iJJd ubai legislature vq
the subject of minimum, wages and
FRICTION BETWEEN FACTIONS Lmp,oy ,n KanMg. ,
Paints Vivid Picture of Blow to La
, bor aad Ruin to Industry .
Murdoch Opposes the
Bill, Too. , ,
hundred convicts will be benefitted
by tbe blanket commutation and Prohldent Has Infantry at National
their names win be announced as
soon aa Warden Codding and S. T.
Sea ton, pardon clerk, have carefully
prepared a, list of tbe convlcta who
are entitled to this recognition by
29. General I tbe governor and reward by the
Several citizens of the state
Hodges
Washington, April
debate cnthe Democratic tariff bill (state.
in the bouse wound up last nigh. In have written to Governor
Labor Commissioner W. L. O'
Brien has prepared a blank which
win ue aem iu ever euipiuj'er vt i
women in the state. The blank
asks many questions as to the hours
nor lav worknri. Intel and ilmllir
matters. The report l confidential
so far as the name of the employer, ,
Washington, April 29. A' rapidly store, workshop or company is con-
growing situation In the City of cerned. The information which it
Mexico, fraught with friction be- contains will, however, be made
Palace, While Bias Has Ar
tillery Camped at His
. v Estate. .
final outnurst or oratory, uemo- suggesting mat ne snouia taxe some tween tbe Huerta and Dlat factions pu one in the summary made . up
crats spent the dsy landing the mea- time off the sentence of each of tbe 0f the provisional government la re-1 from all the reports. Miss Linna
sure, while alternately Republicans lone thousand convicts at Lansing Innrtad in nfidntil dvio. and I E. Bresette. woman deputy factorr
and Progressives attacked. . because of their conduct at the time these repprts are augmented by (inspector, has direct charge of the-
Tbe house, weary after a week or of the fire, but the governor feels agents of the Carransa Constitution- work.
tariff oratory, did not produce a I that these suggestions bave come alists arriving here. I It Is the plan, when all the in-
numerous attendance and most of I from people who are not fully posted Robert Pesqulera, a member of the formation Is gathered, -to make a
the speeches of the day were made as to the facts. When tbe fire was! Mexican bouse of deputies, arrived I recommendation to the next legis-
to empty benches. However, Repre- discovered it so happened that most I here today to succeed Gonzales GanteMature .Of. maximum hours for wo-
sentatlve Payne of New York, the of tbe convicts were locked in the Ui confidential agent of the Carran- men, and a minimum wage, clas-
ranklng Republican member of the cell bouses. Few except trusties were I m forces. Gante has been assigned ,a8t legislature maximum hour ani
ways and means committee and the I outside the cell houses. When the to a special mission, the nature of minimum wage bills for women em-
father of the present tariff law, bad need for men to help fight the fire I which is not disclosed, but it la be- P'oyes were defeated.
a good sized audience on hand to was discovered men in whom the of-
listen to his denunciation of the bill, fleers bad the greatest confidence
He painted a vivid word picture of I were selected to be released from
ruined industry and impoverished la- the cell houses and these men were
bor v which he predicted as the in- all made to feel that an opportun-
evltable result of tbe Underwood lty was presented to them to ' do
bill.. The Republicans vociferously something for tbe state that would
applauded when be declared the re- entitle them to special consideration
duetlon of the cost of living prom- at tbe hands of tbe governor. Some
ised by the Democrats as 'a rule of of these men will probably receive
the tariff revision was a fallacy. additional rewards In tbe way of d- ed much of the artillery on his es
tate, . Hacienda del . Crlsto, about
30 miles away.
Mondragon, minister of war, is in
lleved be is going to Europe.
Reports of tbe situation In Mexico
confirm earlier advices of the ten
sity of the relations of Diaz and
Huerta. Between tbe two officials
practically all government forces in
the federal district bave been divid
ed Into two armed camps. Huerta
has added to the infantry at the
national palace and Diaz has encamp-
AUSTRIA MOVES TROOPS?
Mr. Pavne criticised the ways and dltional commutation because of ex-
means committee for putting wool traordlnary hazards taken in fight-
on the free list, while leaving on the ling the fire, but every man wbo in
dutiable list tbe balr of the. angora I any way helped save the state's prop
goats, intimating that It was the I erty will receive some sort of recog-
work of Representative Garner, the nitlon. ..Governor Hodges feels that
Texaa member of the , committee, the state was indeed fortunate that
There are 3,000,000 goats raised the fire broke out at a time when
in the United States," he said, "and most Of the convicts were confined
understand that 2,999,999 of them In tbe cell houses. Had the alarm
are raised In Texaa." .. been given a few minutes later when
Representative Murdock, the Pro- the convicts were all gathered In I
Montenegrin Ports to Be Seized, a
Report Says. ,
London, April 28. According to
a report published in Berlin, the
Austrian naval division has left
Trieste with ten thousand troops,
with the Intention of occupying An
tivari, Dulclgno and San Giovanni
dl Medua and advancing against
Cettinje.
Tbe Strassburger Post asserts
practical possession of the citadel, that the German emperor has receiv
ed a telegram saying the Austrlans
have already entered, Montenegro.
This probably is premature, but lit
tle doubt now is felt that Austria
is determined to move alone unless
tbe ambassadorial conference at
,r I London today resolves upon Euro-
where other artillery is quartered
a ,
SISSON URGES WAR .
AGAINST JAPANESE.
Washington, April 29. "A
inuwh" In annnnrt nt tha nrnnnaod I
or.clv. laariar orlHHanri thA tariff I the, m hull fnr nnnn tnal. thai.. -- - - pean action
. " ' ' " "T .... " California antl-allen land law was
policy or ootn uemocrais ana ne- outcome migm nave Deen ourereni dellvered the houBe today
puDiicans. ne saia ine unnerwoou as aesperate men wouia nave no
bill , was an "unreliable, chaotic, doubt bave attempted to lead a
umble of inconsistencies," and urg- stampede. But as things happened
DT I MILLIONAIRE SLAVERS MAKE
Kepreseniative eisson oi Mississippi. THEMSELVES SCARCE.
'If we must bave war or submit
.w. .v.. v,. a in .M..t. to this indignity I am for war," Los Angeles, Cal., April 24. A
...ii. f . n.o,tiB.n tariff cm. iorirH .,n nd th ffir,r- id "led Mr. Slsson. "I am with the hcgira of prospective witnesses fol-
Appllcations of Two Will Be Con
aidered by Commission.
Topeka, April 29. The city com.
I mission thin mornlnir. antlnir nn auar.
Delay Immediate action and P-' .4 .
po nt . COB.m,..oD io me.g. ta , fcoard) decJde(, appo,nt tW( w)
uDjeci oi auen iana ownersmp ana
act in conjunction with the presi
dent In securing relief, v
: Enact a law similar to statute in
Illinois, Which permits aliens to hold
land for a period not exceeding six
years and applies alike to all aliens.
Enact" a law simillar to the feder
al statute governing land ownership
In the District of Columbia, which
la a general law applying to
aliens.
Of these alternatives, It may safe
- 1y be said, according to leaders in
tbe legislature, the last two' are out
of the question. Many Democrats
favor turning tbe matter over to the
state department, while the Progres
sive majority apparently remains
unchanged in its support of a bill
that would apply its restrictions to
Orientals alone. '
The conference with Secretary
Bryan served to show the breadth
of tbe sentiment in favor of an alien
men policemen ' for this city. The
Idea was started by the Rev. Charles
M. Sheldon, tbe preacher and, writer.
Applications will be considered at
once by the civil service commission.
Topeka has the only, woman's ad
visory board, so far as known. The
board was appointed by Mayor Cof
ran, after his .inauguration a short
all time 'ago. It is composed of club
and society women. Its functions
are to confer and work, with the
city commission In many matters of
city government and law enforce
ment and sanitary matters.
mission.
Representative Rainey of Illinois
eaocrat, declared the bill repre
sented a "new era In the govern
ment's fiscal policy, making lighter
the burden, of taxes upon the con
sumers of the country, and compell
ing great wealth to contribute its
fair share toward paying the gov
ernment expenses."
people of California in their efforts lowed the announcement that a
to prevent these aliens from acqulr- county grand Jury would begin tha
Ing land. ,? investigation of the allegation that
I believe." said Mr. Slsson, "that mor than forty young women had
no non-resident alien should be al- made victims of millionaire
But So Far China Hasn't Protested lowed to hold a single foot of land white slavers. Chief among . the
In the territory of the United States, missing was George H. Bixby, tne
What would Washington say In an- Lon .'Beach' millionaire named in
numner oi
Into the prison, yard chosen men.
JT AFFECTS CHINESE, TOO.
Against Alien Law.
Washington, April 26. Secretary
ROOSEVELT IN JAP DISPUTE?
Governor Johnson Gets Advice from
Ex-President.
New York, April 24. Colonel
' Roosevelt has taken a hand in tbe
land law that shall be effective in California alien land bill situation,
checking the Japanese and Chinese lt becarae known today, when it was
Immigration. A dozen or more sen- amed at e Outlook office that
ators and assemblymen declared the the 'President had sent a tele-people-of
the state were almost a gram to Governor Johnson,
nnlt in demanding such a law, and The text of the message was with
it was threatened that unless the be,d here, it being, statel that lt
legislature acted at this time, the would have to come from Governor
matter would be taken up through Johnson If be cared to make lt pub-
Bryan is not expected to spend more
Representative Chandler of New than a week at Sacramento confer-
York, Progressive, advocated the re- rtng with Governor Johnson and the
duction of centaln .tariff duties and state legislators over tbe proposed
replied to Representative Heflln, of I anti-alien land laws. From semi-
Alabama, who, he said, had called official sources today, it waa said
Theodore Roosevelt, "the wild beast that Mr. Bryan expected to present
from Africa," and in the same breath the views of President Wilson and
had invoked the spirit of Andrew m0 all that was possible to remove
Jackson to guide -the deliberations I friction between the United States
of a Democratic congress. "Jackson and Japan over that particular leg
once, killed a man named Charles islatlon in time to be back in Wash
Dickirison, in a duel," said Chandler. Ington on May 7. ( '
He threatened to hang Calhoun as I a official clrcTes today it was
high as Haman, tried to horsewhip suggested" that the energy with which
Thomas Benton, challenged General japan had protested against the
Wtafield Scott to a "duel; over-ran enactment of the pending alien land
Florida; and had two eminent Brit- holding legislation in California,
ish gentlemen hanged, thereby near- served to obscure the fact that many
ly bringing us into a war with Great Chinese would be, affected by such J
Britain ana bpain, ana wnen presi- iaW8 though not Jn proportion to
dent, broke up his cabinet by his the Japanese residents.
own headstrong violence. This is Th6,Cn,nese iegatlon ner6 though
tne mna mannered man wnose spirit notl the fftCt. hft8 refr8,ned from
is invoked in this house by a pern- lodgIng any prote8t at the 8tate de-
Vc.uc cuuBrBBBu.u .u tue "" partment. while awaiting instruc-
breath that is employed to denounce u Pekl .. t
Roosevelt as "a wild man ' from ,.., m- im,.
lica and Japan regarding the qucs-
I tion of alien land ownersbio. It
CONSTRUCTION STARTS ON ... onnornf h. . .it.
a v v iiai u a. a Mwviaa iiuat caavi. va v
JUNCTION CITY PLANT. uatlon v,ewed wItn deep concern
the , charges made by a
girls.
"FIRST LADY? ON MERCY TRIP
A Visit to a Poor Boy's Sickbed by
' Mr. Wilson.
Washington, April 28. The sym-'
Africa."
the initiative and passed by the peo
ple tnemselvee.
WOMEN TO WAXK ITS BEATS.
Ijos Angeles Feminine - Police
Protect the Girls.
win
110. It Is known, however, that the
Colonel urged Governor Johnson to
bring, all pressure to bear upon the
California legislature to prevent the
passage of such a bill aa is now nn-1
der consideration
. As the running mate of Governor
Johnson on the progressive ticket In
Los 1mm. An,n ss -Th-'w campaiga. is expecteo.
plaia clothes" police women win, Colonel' actloji will, have thJ
walk tests in tbe downt9wa district 1 pwi
Los Angeles at igut. beginning! V " ltnn r t0
May 1. .This iBaovattoa was an
vounced .byPoUce Chief Sebastian
today, accompanied by t statement
jtbat In California. Those bills con
tained featuree which, the JapaaeseJ
government interpreted as diacrtmi-
hat h. n,- a wrj. nq noowytMi aem a mes-
aage to congress on the subject.
aaost of their efforts to tbe protec
tion Of girls. They Will visit dance ' ' -
Aalla, skaUng rinks, "movies" andJv To,n mw?J:lev,Ilv,to,nfch nd
,vB. Ht,- ' . jt ...r Wrltj the blood, each spring
ether places of amusement, aa well or T0U ,e4lTe wlnter'8 germs and ac-
aa cafes frequented by young wo-; cumulations in your blood and sys
tem. Drive them oat, dean up the
stomach and bowl-Uke Hoi lis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tes. a toatUng
spring remedy tonic! SSc Tea or
Tablets. J. M. Gleiasner ft Eon. '
' tB-w-f
men.
tsaa aia aapara can la tiS u
t&e XUflector efSce at fa per kniSIa
The gas company which is asking
a franchise here Was granted a fran
chise at unction City a short time
ago. The Junction City Union says
There la going to bp a lot of work
going on in this city) within the next
few days. L. E. Spear, of the gaa
company, arrived in the city this
morning and stated that the com
pany was anxious to get the work
started on the plant and that already
two carloads of piping had, arrived.
Five mere loads of pipe have been
shipped and next week or the week
following all the equipment of the
plant will have been shipped. The
companies who -are at work on tbe
compreeaors, storage tanks, boilers
generators and blowers, have noti
fied the gas company that tha ma
chinery wopld be shipped not later
than May 10, and this means the
men have got to hurry on the build-,
lngs. ' '.
Clarence Johnson, who has the
contract for the main building that
will be of brick, has ordered his ma!
terial - and expects to start . work,
next week, and complete the bulld-
Ing in a mot in. v . .
developing as' lt has at the very mo
ment whenv the United States gov
ernment Is about to encourage tbe
Chinese people by extending recog'
nitlon to the Infant democracy. -
: 'a
GXJCK ' STATUE HAS PRIORITY.
State Approprinttaa Gives Bast First
Right to Hall of Fame.
Atchison, April . 24. Speaking of
the report that Captain C. C. CoW
Una of Lawrence '"will try- to install
tha etatae of John Brown la . the
Hall of Tame before- the t3Uck
statue can he completed. Senator B.
P. Waggeaer aaya tbe Click statue
baa the legal right of way. the state
having made an appropriation for It.
and that congress probably will so
decide If the question la put up to
it. It U a coincidence that Mr. Wag
geaer. author of the Click monu
ment resolution, had resolution
passed in the senate la 1905 pro
viding for a John Browa monument.
That resolution. . however, waa kill
ed la tbe house, and Captaia Col
lins' plan is based on an earlier rea-J
olutlon.
ewer to tbe question,, war or sub
mission? What would Jackson say?
What would Cleveland say? What
would McKintey sayT '
"I resent the effort of Japan to
force us to submit to her demands."
Slsson took the position that the
Japanese government In protesting
against alien land legislation was pathy and charity of Mrs. Woodrow
endeavoring to exempt its citizens Wilson were demonstrated, it leak
from the operation from the laws ed out today, by an unannounced and
of states. unostentatious visit a few days ago
."The. president and secretary of by the "first lady of the land"'dl
state," said "Mr. ,Si8son, "should only rect from the white house to the
assure an alien government that the bedside of a poor boy dying of tu
people of the alien nation would be berculosis.
dealt with fairly in accordance with Dr. Gary Grayson, naval surgeon
the law of the state. Any other po- and aid to the president, who spends
sition, would lead to the federal gov- spare moments caring for the sick
ernment taking out from under the of the poor, told the president's wife
laws of he states the citizens of an- of a particularly distressing case
other nation. But all citizens or while discussing the remedy Doctor
aliens resident In a' state must be Friedmann says he has discovered
held subject to its laws and to eX- for the cure of tuberculosis. Doctor '
empt thefallen would give him privil- Grayson said he knew of a llftle fel-
eges over and above those accorded low who was In the last stages of
to American citizens.'
CROWD HOOTS HAYWOOD.
Cries "Duck Him" When I. W. W.
Leader Is Taken from Train.
Pattt-son. N. J., April 29. Wil
Ham D. Haywood, leader of tbe In
dustrial Workers of the World, Was
arrested at Passaic today on the
way here from Mew Yora to sur
render: himself under ' an indictment
charging him with . inciting riots
among the silk mill strikers. Ten
thousand striken had gathered at
the Erie railroad station here this
morning to meet Haywood, witness
hie arrest and escort him to Jail.
Fearing a disturbance. Sheriff Rad-
etlffe want to Passaic aad took Hay
wood off. the train.
Haywood was released on. bail
soon after his arrival here with the
sheriff. He hurried to Turner nail
to make a speech to a big crowd of
strikeriL
When the leader waa taken from
the train at Passaic, he waa quickly
surrounded by a crowd which shout
ed, "Duck, him In the river," . Tbs
demonstration became so . threaten
ing the sheriff, called, on several
policement to escort the prisoner to
aa automobile. . '
consumption and although there was
little hope, he was trying to prolong
his life. Mrs. Wilson picked up a
bunch of flowers from the garden
of the president, and accompanied
Doctor Grayson to the home of the
unfortunate in the poor district of
the capital. Neighbors today spread
the news of the visitor.
SNAKE BITE JS FATAL
TO 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
Ness City, April 24. Little Hal
He Tattle, year-old daughter of G.
H. Tattle, living hear Nonchalanta,
fa the southwest part of the county.
la dead today, as tbe result of a
rattlesnake bite yesterday nooa
The child had found tha rattler,
ran to tell her father, and In shew
ing it to him stepped on the reptile.
Medical help waa twenty-five mues
away and before the doctor could
arrive ahe died. : - ' . .
Waea Year Feet Ache.
Front corns, bunions, sore or cal
lous spots, blisters, new or tight fit
ting shoes. Allen's FootTEase. the
antiseptic powder to be shaken into
the sheee. will give Instant relief.
Sold every 26c : Don't accept any
substitute. For 'tree sample addresa ,
alien S. Olmateed, LeXtoy. N. Y. tf
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tte K4"iur Kae at is ptt