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JAPANESE YIELD AMERICA'S DEMAND TO RESTRICT EMIGRATION
FIGHT FOR
LOWER RATES
IS BEGUN
WELLS-FARGO METHODS ARE
ATTACKED
LOVELAND, NEW COMMISSIONER,
AIDS EXPRESS CO.
Interstate Commi re* Official Hears
Co lplaints of'Bhlppers, Who
Say Charges Are Ex.
cesslve
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.— Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Franklin K.
Lane today held a hearing of the com
plaint of the California Commercial as
sociation, composed u( twenty-nine mer
cantile firms In this city, charging Wells,
(Fargo & Co.'c express with conceal
ing from the public tariff schedules that
had been filed with the Interstate com
merce commission in Washington md
: with making unjust and discriminatory
. rates.
The actual question Involved, however,
¦was whether or not the quantity rate of
S cents a pound from New York to San
Francisco, for shipments of 10,000 to 20,000
pounds applied to bulk or assembled
shipments, gathe-ed and forwarded by a
forwarding agency to one concern or as
sociation for the purpose of getting the
lower rate, the shipment ultimately in
tended fo* numerous consignees who
were designated by numbers on the labels
to *he one consignee.
Edward Bonnhelm, treasurer of Wein
stock & I.ubin company, and M. S. Kohl
berg of M. 8. Kohlberg company testi
fied that the express company did not
post In a public: place in Its office the
company's tariffs and that they were re
ferred from one official and agent of the
company in IVew York to another before
they were sh< wn a copy of the tariff to
San Francisco. The complaint alleged
that this constituted concealing the rates
and was a direct violation of the Inter
state commerce act.
Officials Had Npt Seen Rate
It was admitted by E. E. Honn, city
superintendent, and James C. Tice, local
agent for the express company, that they
schedule No. 10 filed by the company with
the interstate commerce commission.
Tice also testified that the tariff rates
were not "posted conspicuously" in the
office of the company, as required by
law, but were "easily accessible at the
counter Jt Information department, where
they could be had upon inquiry."
He maintained that this fulfilled the re
quirement. Commissioner Lane repeated
ly took the witnesses from the attorneys
lor the two sl^s. and sharply interrogated
them himself. ' ....... •-j • '
The Pacinc Coast Jobbers association,
represented by Seth R. Mann, intervened
in the hearing and placed H. D. Love and,
state railroad commissioner and president
of the jobbers' association, on the stand
to testify that the removal of the differ
ential rates would make the Pacific coaet
merely art outlying retail district for Chi
cago and New York If the contention of
was upheld and would
destroy the wholesale and Jobbing inter
ests on the coast, which he estimated at
$260,000,000 to $300,000,000.
When the hearing was resumed at 2
o'clock E K. Honn, city superintendent
of Wells, Fargo & Co., was'placed on the
stand by the defense. Honn was forced
to admit that he had never seen inter
state commerce schedule No. 10, alleged
to have been filed by the express com
pany with the interstate commerce com
mission In Washington, and so far as he
knew it had never been posted In the
San Francisco office of the company, but
that a supplement to it, issued March 1
of this year, was on file.
Lane Questions Witness
Commissioner Lane, after the a" o ™** B
for the two sides* were through with the
witness, interrogated Honn sharply ..for,
come time. Referring to th< svl.n ¦ to
Honn by Mr. Bonnheim and Mr. Ki.nl
berg with reference to getting rates lor
the shipment In controversy, the com
missioner asked the witness:
•Why "id you not show them this rate
schedule in question?"
"I had*»er seen it," was the reply.
•Do you mean to say that there was
do c6py of it In your office?"
•You did know that the schedule re
ferred to rates?"
•'Yes "
"Why did you not show it to these gen
tlemen or refer them to it?"
"I had not seen the achedule and did
not know that It had any reference to
the rates that they Inquired for, was
Honn's reply.
"Why did you refer them to the New
York office?"
Htonn in reply made a lengthy state
ment declaring that Bonnhelm and Kohl
berg reported to him the congested
freight condition, and that he was un
certain whether or not a quantity rate of
8 cents could be granted on the shipments
that the.asroclatlon wanted to make. He
referred them to New York and wrote a
letter to the New York office explaining
the situation. k4 . •
Commissioner Lane ordered that the
letter be produced before the commission.
Rate Not Allowed
Honn defined what constitutes a bulk or
assembled shipment as two or more pack
ages intended for two or more persons or
firms but consigned to one consignee,
who would distribute them, and stated
that the quantity rate of 8 cents for ship
ments from New York could not be ap
plied Asked what objection there was
to such rate, he said that It deprived the
express companies of their rights and
turned them over to companies or asso
ciations who woula do an express busl
'Ho'nn testified that the express com
pany allowed a consignee an aggregate
weight and a quantity rate on packages
and shipments made to him by numerpua
consignors from the .same point on the
same duy.
"Does any reason occur to you why an
express company should allow many con
signors to ship to a consignee on an ag
gregate weight and quantity rate but not
permit it to work the other way?" asked
Commissioner Lane.
"Yea, q different principle Is involved,
replied the witness.
"Why should a higher rute be charged
for a shipment consigned to one nerson
(Continued' on < iiiiße two*
Los Angeles Herald.
WHITE WOMAN WEDS
FULL-BLOODED INDIAN
CHIEF OF PUEBLOS
Daughter of Wealthy Family In Den.
ver Becomes Bride of Ch'avarrla,
Despite Objections of
Relatives '
By Associated Press.
DENVER, Dec. 27.— News has been re
ceived here that Miss Cora Marie Arnold
of Denver *vas marrledllast Monday at
Santa Fe, N. 2,*.., to Albert A. Chavarrla,
a f Oil-blood Indian, /the wedding ends a
romance which bega.i five years ago dur
ing the mountan and plains festival In
Denver, when a number of Indians were
brbufht here as inhibits.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Mr. Rendon, a Presbyterian clergy
man, and was witnessed by the bride's
sisters, Misses Lillian and Geneva Arnold
of Denver.
Chava,rria is chief of the Santa Clara
Indians, a tribe of the Pueblos in New
Mexico. With a large number of his
tribesmen he was in camp in the city
;park In Denver five years ngo, when Miss
Arnold saw him and immediately formed
an attachment for hlir. After frequent
visits to the camp, Mi&,» Arnold Invited
the Indian to call at her home. She lived
at the time in a fashionable flat, with her
sisters and her stepfather, George Wilder.
* Ti.e Indian's first visit to his sweat
heart was the cause of a disagreement
between her and the remalr/ng members
of her family. Objection was made only
to the Indian race, his character l^lng
above reproach. Miss Arnold, howe'\tr,
announced hit- intention to marry the
Indian despite the objections of her
family ant friends. Several ministers
were asked to perform the' 'eremony but
all refused. Then qn attempt we.s made
to have the ceremony performed at Santa
Fe, N. M., whlc'i finally succeeded.
Launch Blown Up; Three Dead
By Associated Press. t
ROSEBURG, Ore.. Dec. 27.-The killing
of three men by the exp'osion of a gaso
line launch owned by Warren Reed, a
wealthy lumberman of Gardner, on the
Umpqua river, is reported here. Details
are meager. The boat contained Reed, a
friend, two Italians and an engineer.
The three latter were killed, but Reed
and his friend swam ashore.
Summary of the News
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity:
Cloudy, cooler Saturday; light west
winds. Maximum temperature yes.
terday, 64 degrees; minimum, 51
degrees.
LOCAL
Board of works opens bids for conduit
concrete mixer. Ten firms compete.
Committee to arrange reception of fleet
will be named today by Mayor Harper.
Aged man, in attempt to dodge trolley
car, steps In front of buggy and is run
down. '
Mrs. A. M. - Becsey, daughter of late
Ollle J. Watklns, discharged. Was ac
cused of twice mortgaging crop.
Directors of Amalgamated Oil company
during first year of corporation's life ac
cused of fraud and stockholders demand
return of $425,354.
Detective Hawley accused of overstep
ping authority in forcing way into house
without search warrant.
Twenty-five tots produce playlet, "In
Search of Santa Claus," at Bethlehem
institute.
Robert McLain held while condition of
man he fought is ascertained. Wielded
shovel Is charge.
Grace Dreibelbis and Downie Common,
young Los Angeles girls who ran away
from home, captured by San Bernardino
police.
Pure milk ordinance upheld by Judge
Smith. Officials are elated.
Newsboys fight over small amount of
money; one charged with wielding knife.
Burglar, serving on chain gang, thrice
escape.
COAST
Fight for lower rates is begun by ship
pers in San Francisco, who are having
tariff schedules of Wells-Fargo company
investigated.
Some of missing Colton securities found
in vaults of wrecked California Safe De
posit and Trust company.
Accused Judge of district of China ar
rives at San Francisco on his way to
Washington.
Further attacks on testimony given by
Orchard are made in the Pettibone trial
at Boise.
Health of Louis Glass, convicted official
of telephone company, bad; his release
from San Francisco Jail is asked.
Boodler Emmons, now in Jail at Sac
ramento, says Jury which convicted him
was under the influence of liquor.
Attorney goes to San Diego and En
senada to search for stolen securities hid
by absconding banker from Connecticut.
EASTERN
Medical department wins light in the
navy and the hospital ship will be (l«»d
out according to the ideas of Roosevelt
and Rixey.
Constable guards star of San Carlos
opera company while he sings in Boston;
trouble result of a suit.
White woman, daughter of prominent
family in Denver, becomes the bride of
v full-blooded Indian.
Mineralogist discovers' that New York
city is built on a mass of gurnets.
Rent puyers in New York form a union
of tenants and decide to resist their land
lords.
Three skaters in Vermont drown while
attempting to save children who had
brokei) through the Ice.
Negroes In Oklahoma arming to resist
white men; governor holds state militia
In readiness.
Secretary of War Taft is urged to have
the troops retained In Nevada.
FOREIGN
Japanese agree to America s demands
that emigration to this country be re
stricted.
All public meetings suppressed In
Peking, China; people are demanding a
more liberal government.
National congress in India breaks up
in a free-for-all tight.
American battleship fleet to sail from
Port of Spuin for Rio de Janeiro Sunday
morning.
Members of first douma accused of
treason admit charges against them; trial
comes to an end.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1907.
VALUABLE
BONDS STILL
ARE MISSING
COLTON SECURITIES NOT YET
LOCATED
JVIINING STOCKS FOUND IN DE.
POBIT VAULTS
Stir Among Officials of Prosecution
Caused by Report That Papers
Supposed to Have Been Stolen
Were In Bank
By Ass< ilated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.— The an
nouncement that missing securities of the
Colton estate had been found tucked
away in an odd corner of the Callfon.'a
Safe Deposit and Trust company today
caused a stir among the officials of the
district attorney's office, which is direct-
Ing the prosecution of Bankers Brown
and Bartnett, who are accused of the
embezzlement of the certificates.
Investigation showed that only a few
stock certificates had been unearthed by
Receiver Cushlng. They were mostly
¦shares of mining companies whose value
Is problematical. Cushlng said they did
not appear to be negotiable.
It is said that the finding of the stocks
will have no effect on the prosecution ot
Borwn and Bartnett, as they have not
been accused of the embezzlement of the
Btocks unearthed today. The missing
bonds, valued at $205,000, have not yet
been located. ¦
Bartnett Before Grand Jury
Walter J. Bartnett, the indicted banker,
appeared before the grand Jury this aft
ernoon to give testimony regarding the
missing securities of the California Safe
Deposit and Trust company. Bartnett
was a voluntary witness, having requested
tho district attorney to be given per
mission to appear before the grand Jury.
He was under examination for over an
hour, but nothing was made public con
cerning the purport of his evidence.
Assistant District Attorney Cook said
that Bartnett's testimony In no way af
fected the present dourse of the prosecu
tion against the alleged bank wreckers.
Bartnett's wife was also a witness to
day, but disclaimed any knowledge of the
bank's affairs or its properties. No In
dictments were made by the grand Jury
today.
ENTIRE GYPSY CAMP
ARRESTED FOR THEFT
While King Entertains Queen's Say.
ings Are Stolen, Presumably by
Members of Another
Band
By Associate" Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.— An entire gypsy
camp Is under arrest, from the king down,
on the complaint oJ the queen of another
camp who accuseß her compatriots of
robbing her of {8261. Dora Pearse Is
queen of a band of Hungarian gypsies
camped on the edge of the city in the
Bronx.
Gustav Stanley is monarch of a band
of English gypsies samped nearby. Queen
Dora's daughter, crown princess, and
King Gus' son have long been in love
with each other. Last night King Gus
gave a swell party in celebration of the
royal betrothal and Invited all of Queen
Dora's followers to his camp.
One girl was left to watch the Hun
garian i amp. During the evening a man
and woman called at the camp to have
their fortunes tola, and while the girl
was busy reading their palms someone
slit the tent behind her and made away
with the royal treasure, a bag containing
Queeri' Dora's savings of sixteen years.
When Queen Dora returned and discov
ered her loss, complaint was Immediately
made to the police, who raided the Eng
lish gypsy camp and locked up all the
inmates, men, women and children.
They strenuously df»ny any knowledge o'.
the whereabouts cf Queen Dora's money.
According to Queen Dora's statement,
the bag contained $3100 in English gold.
$500 in American money, $1116 in French
money and $160 In Mexican sliver, the
balance being In coir, of various coun
tries where t.ie band has traveled, i
STAGE UPSETS; DRIVER
AND TEACHER NEAR DEATH
Creek Swollen by Heavy Rains Turns
Vehicle Over and Washes Its
Occupants Down
Stream
By Associated Press.
REDDING, Cal.. Dec. 17.-Miss Ollle
Thomasson, a teacher at Palo Ccdro, and
Leonard Hencratt. driver of the mall
stage from Gas Point to Cottonwood, were
washed a quarter of a mi:e down the
Dry creek yesterday afternbon. The creek
had been swollen by the storm and the
stage upset In making the crossing.
Miss Thomasson got ashore by climbing
on one of the stage horses. Hencratt, the
driver, swam ashore from the Island on
which he was stranded. The mall, badly
saturated, was recovered. The stage was
destroyed.
DEFENSE IN POWERS
TRIAL RESTS CASE
By Associated Press.
' GEORGETOWN, Ky., Dec. 27,-The de
fense rested Its case in the Caleb Pow
ers trial today and the prosecution be
gan rebuttal testimony. The defense
called several witnesses for the purpose
of breaking down the testimony of Noakes
and Golden.
Counsel for the defense today proposed
to the state that Judge Morris instruct
the Kentucky jury and submit the case
without argument on either side. States
Attorney Franklin declined the proposi
tion.
Heavy Winds Reported In the East
TRIALS OF
FIRST DUMA
AT AN END
PRISONER FAINTS AS HE TRIES
TO ADDRESS-COURT
Held in Russian Prison Since Last
June, Former Delegate Contracts
Disease — All Admit Ac.
cusations
By Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 27.— The trial
on charges of of members of the
first duma who signed the Vlborg mani
festo calling upon the citizens of Russia
to stand up for their rights is virtually
over, the readiness of the defendants to
admit the charges in the indictment of
having signed and distributed the mani
festo having greatly simplified the gov
ernment's task and reduced the legal side
of the case to a minimum by wholly elim
inating the necessity of calling witnesses.
The Constitutional Democrats are giving
the proceedings of the court the widest
circulation among the peasantry and
'taking advantage of the opportunity to
openly discuss and defend the principles
of passive resistance.
The session of the court today was in
terrupted by a painful occurrence. M.
Ranlschwill. who was taken Into custody
last June, tried to address the court as
the spokesman for the Social Democrats.
Hardly had he begun speaking when he
fainted from weakness and his body hung
limply over the railing of the prisoners'
pen. He has contracted consumption since
his confinement.
ACCUSED JUDGE IS ON
JUS WAY TO WASHINGTON
Jurist in Charge of United States
Court at Shanghai, China, Ar.
rives in San Fran.
Cisco
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-Judge L.
R Wilfley of the United States court at
Shanghai, China, and against whom
charges of improper conduct of his court
have been preferred at Washington, ar
rived in San Francisco this morning on
the Pacific Mall liner Manchuria from
the orient, and after a stay of two days
In this city will proceed to the national
capital. On board the Manchuria with
Judge Wilfley was F. M. Brooks, a law
yer who has filed an action for $50,000
damages at Honolulu, charging the head
of the United States court in the fur
east, together with his clerk, L. E.
Hinckley, with conspiracy in stopping the
practice of Brooks in Shanghai.
Judge Wilfley denied that he was going
to Washington to meet the charges pre
ferred agalnßt him.
"I'm going to Washington," he de
clared, "to aid in drawing an act that
will extend to Americans in China a
more complete body of laws than they
now have. The laws now in force com
prise little more thiin Is embodied in the
common law and aYe so Indefinite as to
be absolutely useless. It will be sug
gested to congress that the California
code of laws be made, to extend to
China, wherein such laws as are applica
ble and should be stricken out, so that
the California laws may be substituted.
"In addition to this matter I am Jour
neying east that cdngress may be asked
for an appropriation for a proper federal
building at Shanghai, where the Ameri
can consulate and courts may be under
one roof."
Approves Military BIN
By Associate J;PrfM. •... . •¦;¦..».¦¦
.' RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. , 27.-The , sen
ate * today, on |a i third ; reading, approved
the ' government bill ', requiring obligatory
military ? service j under -. conscription. ¦ "; -^ ;
CONSTABLE GUARDS
SAN CARLOS OPERA
STAR AS HE SINGS
Element of Comedy Mingled with Pro.
ductlon of "II Trovatore" in
Boston — Albini Sued by
Hammereteln
By Associated Press.
BOSTON, Dec. 27.— An element of com
edy was mingled with the grand opera
at the production of "II Trovatore" by
the San Carlos grand opera company at
the Majestic theater last night, caused
by the presence of a constable upon the
stage to guard Tenor Carlos Albanl, in
the Interests of Oscar Hammersteln of
New York.
Early in the day a sheriff served papers
on the tenor In a civil process on behalf
of Hammers tein, who seeks to recover
$1000 paid the singer as advance salary
when he came to the United States to
sing for Mr. Hammerstein. The latter
claims that A'.banl is under exclusive
contract to him.
Just before the second act was put on
last night the constable placed the singer
under arrest in the process to obtain the
wages for the week to which Hammer
stlen laid claim. The officer, after a con
sultation with Manager ißussell, con
sented to allow Albanl to complete the
program, but Insisted that he be allowed
to remain on the stage.
The constable kept on his overcoat and
hat and whenever the singer moved about
the stage the officer followed, the audi
ence usually hissing. After the perform
ance a bondsmar was found and Albanl
was released from custody.
UTE INDIANS RAIDING
CATTLE AND SHEEP LANDS
Redskins from Colorado Traveling in
Bands Through Southern Utah.
Cowboys Held Prisoners
in Canyon
By Associated Tress.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, . Dec. 27.-
Colorado Ute Indians are traveling in
bands in southern Utah, raiding sheep
and cattlemen, according to a report re
ceived by Governor Cutler.
According to this report a small band
of Indians attacked three cowboys near
Verdue, San Juan county, on December
23 ana at the point of revolvers com
pelled them to drive their cattle back
into the canyon from which they were
trailing on to the winter range, tnreaten
ing to kill them unless they did so. Cow
boys and cattle are still confined in the
canyon.
Governor Cutler will take up the mat
ter with the authorities at Washington,
as according to a ruling of the Indian
commissioner the Colorado, or Southern,
Utes are forbidden to enter Utah.
PETTIBONE'S DEFENSE
HITS ORCHARD'S STORY
By Associated Press.
BOISE. Idaho, Dec. 27.— With the ex
ception of the examination of one witness
the entire time In both morning and af
ternoon sessions of the Pettibone trial
today was consumed In reading deposi
tions taken by the defense In support of
its theory that the explosion In the home
of Fred Bradley at San Francisco was
caused by a leak in the gas and not by a
dynamite jomb, as testified to by
Orchard.
TENDER LEAVES PORT OF
SPAIN FOR RIO DE JANEIRO
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec. 27.—
The tender Yankton left here today In
advance of the American fleet for Rio
Janeiro. She is convoyed by the auxil
iary cruiser Panther.
The fleet will sail for Rio Janeiro Sun
day morning. The coaling will be finished
by tonight.
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MEDICAL
STAFF WINS
NAVAL ROW
RELIEF SHIP TO BE MANNED
BY MERCHANT CREW
Admiral Brownson's Enforced Retire.
merit Will Cause Him Consider.
able Loss in Way of
Salary
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.— The orders
assigning Surgeon Charles F. Stokes to
the command of the hospital ship Relief
are expected to be signed soon, 1t having
been definitely decided, according to Sec
retary Metcalf, to appoint him to that
position.
With this end in view every effort will
be made to obtain a merchant crew and
master for the vessel. Failing to man
the Relief with a crew from the merchant
marine the enlisted force of the navy
will be drawn upon and a line officer
assigned as captain, in which case he will
have command. The scheme of having a
medical officer command the Relief, in
the event that a merchant crew is se
cured, is to have a trial for at least six
months and if the experiment proves sat
isfactory then the expectation is that the
assignment of a surgeon to command
hospital ships will be a permanent fea
ture of naval administration.
Admiral Brownson's relinqulshment of
his position will result in a considerable
loss of pay to that officer. It so hap
pens, however, that Admiral Brownson
is a man of independent means and able
to disregard financial considerations in
taking his stand as champion of the line
in the present battle with the staff.
The formal order detaching Rear Ad
miral Brownson from duty as chief of
the bureau of navigation was made pub
lic today. The same order detaches him
from membership in the Joint army and
navy board.
JAPANESE SPIES CAUGHT
MAKING MAPS OF PORTLAND
By Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27.— Mayor
Harry K. Lane created a sensation today
In an address before the National Guard
association, when he declared that agents
of the Japanese government had secured
accurate maps oi the city of ir-ortland,
maps and specifications of every road
way leading Into the city and the va
rious pipe lines from which the city ob
tains its water supply.
According to Mayor Lane, the elaborate
plans and maps prepared by the alleged
spies are superior In every way to any
thing possessed by city officials.
Mayor Lane did not discover the pres
ence of the spies until their work was
completed, whereupon he transmitted his
Imormation to Washington and was re
quested to furnish all the details of the
operations of the alleged spies.
ARMORED CRUISERS START ON
JOURNEY TO MAGDALENA BAY
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27. — The
armored cruisers Colorado, Maryland,
Pennsylvania and the flagship West Vir
ginia of Rear Admiral Dayton's squadron
left port this afternoon and- will proceed
to Magdalena bay for target practice.
On their way down the coast all four
vessels will maneuver and upon arrival
of the fleet in the south will meet the
first-class cruisers Tennessee and Wash
ington, commanded by Rear Admiral Se
bree and bound from the Atlantic coast.
They also will Join the Charleston, flag
ship of Rear Admiral Swinburne. The
battleship Nebraska Is at Mare Island
taking on ammunition and will sail Jan
uary 8 for the south.
All these vessels will probably remain
away from San Francisco for several
weeks.
CENTS
ORIENTAL
LABORERS
EXCLUDED
AGREEMENT IS REACHED BY
DIPLOMATS
IMPOSSIBLE TO PREVENT SMUG
GLING
Twenty-fourth Diet Opened at Tokio.
Question of Foreign Affairs to
Be Given Consider.
ation
By Associated Press.
TOKIO, Dec. 27.— A discussion of the
Japanese government's program and
method of limitation of emigration has
commenced between the foreign office
and American Ambassador O'Brien.
Immediately after the departure of the
Canadian ambassador Count Chinda, vice
minister of foreign affairs, (.".rove to the
American embassy from the station and
discussed the American proposals and
suggestions offered by Ambassador
O'Brien for the help of the Japanese gov
ernment.
It Is understood that the discussion was
eminently satisfactory and that a mem
orandum on the subject In the shape of
a reply will soon be forthcoming. It Is
quite evident now that the Japanese gov
ernment recognizes that the mistakes of
administration on the part of a minor
official In the past created the present
difficult situation and Is determined that
the future restriction of emigration will
make complaints from the American gov
ernment and people Impossible.
The difficulty of dealing with the pos
sibility of emigrants going over the bor
ders of Canada and Mexico is now occu
pying much attention, because It is recog
nized that while the possibility contli,
it will be Impossible to prevent a recur
rence of complaints.
Diet Is Opened
The twenty-fourth diet was formally
opened at 10:30 a. m. today by the empe
ror, who delivered the speech from the
throne in the house of peers.
In the speech from the throne the em
peror laid stress on the increasingly cor
dial relations with foreign powers and tho
important bearing on peace in the fa
east of the ententes cordlales concluded ,
with Russia and France by Japan.
He dwelt on the Importance of the
most careful deliberation of rtscal
measures and said he expected the con
currence of the diet In the budget
which would be presented by th<? gov
ernment.
The opening scene In the Upper
house was a brilliant one. Tl>> ;:TT
members composing the house were
clothed in full evening dress, while tho
members of the different diplomatic
corps were dressed in full uniform.
Three minutes were consumed In the
delivery of the speech from the
throne.
The emperor was driven to and from
the diet in a closed carriage under the
escort of a company of lancers.
The replies of the two houses to the .
speech from the throne will be short
and formal and will be presented to his
majesty at the palace later In the day.
after which the presidents of both
houses will report back to their re
spective houses the emperor's appre
ciation and both houses will adjourn
for three weeks, at ¦which lime the
business of the session will be com
menced.
To Consider Emigration
The overwhelming majority of the
government In the diet makes it im
probable that there will be any excit
ing debates, although tly*re may be
some discussion of the finance and Im
migration measures, the two most Im
portant measures to come before the
diet. It is generally understood, how
ever, that all the leaders are practi
cally agreed on the Rovernment's pol
icy looking toward the restriction of
emigration.
It is probable that a motion of lack
of confidence in the cabinet will be In
troduced because of the proposed in
crease of taxation which is unpopular
with the masses.
The motion may possibly pass in
view of the fact that this is the last
sessions of the diet. The general elec
tlor will occur in the spring, at which
time a new diet will be chosen.
SAN FRANCISCO FACES
ANOTHER BAD SCANDAL
Good Government League Charges
That Hundreds of Thousands of
Dollars Were Misappropriated
by Board of Works
By Associated Pres».
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.— The Good
Government league at a meeting yester
day decided to expert thoroughly the rec
ords and reports of the board of works
and the boan of education.
It was charged at the league's meet
ing that out of expenditures of between
$700,000 and $!a»,000 made by the works
board during the fiscal year ending June,
1907, from two-thirds to four-fifths ot
that amount had been wrongfully appro
priated. A petition will be sent to Mayor
Taylor inking for the appointment of an
expert commission to probe the scandal.
SOLDIER DISMISSED BY
ROOSEVELT BRINGS SUIT
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-United States
District Attorney Stimson said today that
he had been served with papers Sled In
the United Status district court by coun
sel for Oscar W. Reid, a member of the
battalion of the Twenty-fifth Infantry
which was disbanded by executive order
following the rioting at Brownsville,
Tox.
The plaintiff sued the government to
recover pay lost through his discharge
from the army, but the attorneys In the
case have admitted that they were re
tained by "wealthy gentlemen of N«w
England," whoso real object is to deter
mine the legality of the president's action.