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PAGE 12 JAP MENACE IS TAKEN UP IN CANADA! British Columbia Parliament Hears Protests on Ori ental Penetration KI NM I'll PHI ll* vicm'ltl.v. It C. March 1 Krtt- | lali l\>lumbl.i la now following Ingtun. t.ikintf up tne Ortental cjuoa tlon, b«**%ua.< of protaaU by fartnera against the rate .la|*aneae nnd t*hl neae are »etttn* control of the land In the t»»t a#ruultural dlatrlcta of the iwovlnoo Moml»>r* of the advlaory board of the rartnera' Inatituto* fmtn all part* of the province appeared be fore the agricultural committee of the tertal.itur* Montlay to aak that the province at once enlher Infor mation on the extent of Oriental land holdlntr* eo that people In other part* Of Can.i.ta may be made aware of the ■•rtouaneaa of th* menace to fitrmera here. Thla Information la to l>e uaed to brine about a revtalon of the Anglo-Japa/icae tresvty when It conu-a up again In I*2l. "CHIKK MI NM K KROM 111 l J\l'S" *X>ur chief nwiuce la from the Japa. aald U K Taylor, fruit man of Kelowna. "We have fountl that whriM the Chine-* leitao SOO acrea they own only 100. But with the Japa It la the other way around. Where they leaae 100 acrea they i own &00 acrea. "Once they hare tret the land, look out —there the mlachlef atar'a have nothing to fear In paaalng law* asalnat them. They ciui't re tallate " •Thev are gettlnir an awful Mr Bavy ready." "aid Perry, j M. P. I'. of Prtnce Oeorge. "The Orientals have control of the markets tn Vancouver and other ctt Ice." aaid A l> Pateraon. M P. P. of Hetta. "Many of them are cooka j If you do not let them do their buy Ins of potatoes, for instance, they aay the potatoes are no Rood and they cook them *o they an- no *ood Then they aay. 'lf you let u* buy | we will ft good potatoes' They icO and get them from Oriental* and in this way the whole market la belne controlled by them. They all work In together." MATTKRS (iETTINO WOR.SK ANI» WOK.SK •These thin<* are going on so mletly that they are not noticed." aatd C. K. Whltney-Orlffltha, chair man of the advisory board. "There are advantages In the Chinese. They tog off lands that white men won't touch. Th* wbole thing la growin* fmy and worse and It Is not known, jrtv* Oriental* now own TOO acres at yiv Lake near here and a short dis tance the other wny on* Orienta; owns 500 acrea by himself. j "And they are having trTnendou* .famin.-a |sy the natural Increase of population you are Roini; to have; CM.OOO of them In Hrltlah Columbia In 10 years." I •"Tha problem rests wrlth fh» white j people of nrttlsh Colambi.i. and they m not prepared to face It," said Or. K. C. Mar Dona 14. M. P. P, of Nirrth Okana pin, of the commit tee. The Hon. 15. I> Barrow, mlnLater nf agriculture, explained that for the last year his department has been wartime on the Oriental question, and now has accurate data on the , areas of farm lands owned by them in the province. He said this work ts b»lng con tinued by his deportment. Sometime*, he explained. It Is dtf fleult to get Information, because the 1 Jesses vary from year to year. The department has to wait until th« crops are In and can then usually get some accurate figure* Flirure* on ownership of land are obtained by Inspect.! "n of tax I lata. WONT AHSIMII.ATK WITH CAM ASIANS The resolution was strain Indorsed. deelar:rg that be-aus* the "Oriental rare will not assimilate with the Cau casian race" steps must be taken to reatrt'-t the land holdings of Ori entals in order to protect white farm era. The seriousness of th* twme In California and Washington was re. ferred to by some of the farmers on the delegation, ami the members of the committee before whom they ap peared. The action of the minister of *crl culture In gathering Information on the Oriental land-holding menace *u indorse. To emphaiitos British Columbia's out against the Orientals the*» fart* will bo placed b«fore the Imperial •onferenco when it meets tn London B<«t June. PRICE OF COAL MAY GO DOWN Whether Washington con*umers are to pay from 50 cents to $2.50 less a ton for coal mined In thia atate, whether miners' wages and living costs and conditions revert to the standard of October, 1919, or, pousibly whether 90 per cent of the coal mlri's of Washington are to clone for an Indefinite period on March 15—these are some of the questions that hinge upon the attitude taken by officers of IMstrict No. 10, Unlt<*l Mine Workers of Amerlia, who were scheduled to meet at 2 p. m. Tuesday. The moetJn ghaa been called to consider an announcement of wa(re reduction Issued by cooJ operators of the slate, who control nlnc-tcntha of the output. The meeting haa been called tn tors Is to return to October, 1919, conditions on March 15. This means an average r«-ducUon of 23 per c«nt In miners' *«ji« and a drop of 50 cents to ft.DO a ton on coal to the. domestic consumer. Operators prom- Is* that In compensation to the mln ers they will cut prices in the mine atores and hote.la. If the in!n"rs' union reje<-ta the proposed conditions the mines will be ahut down, it is declared. CHICAGO Vi-tal chin rvj it Infects n~ k of Alexander Heboid, violinist, causing serious llln< h*. WASHINGTON. C«pt. T. T Craven «uc < by Urn, Mof VtX ue ckrucLor ul naval uviutloa. HERE'S MORE ABOUT ANTI-JAP BILL STARTS ON PAGE ONE will t*» f*nun<l<M by thn urnaf**. It iMHunt* known today. Hrn.it or Morthlnni! wired I'nlted Htitlm Hon atom Wrslcy I. John ntnf Mil* IMlndrxtAr In mi rn»Wvivor to Imrn the Rtlltiiiifl of Ut« liuoiiilng fed mmiNt rutton. • • • JAPAN PLANS COMPROMISE? l!\ 111 NIC\ UIHII) rARIf, March 1 Japan I* wilting to concede America ritntml of on the I*l.iml of Ynp, t>ut desires to retain her mandate, I! iron lahll told the 1 .eaKlic of N.itii»fla council to day. lahll said that his ronntrjr vr** In rllnr.l to put the league's interests ahead of Japan'* private Intervata, and that ah* la willing to areept a Ju <t compromise. lio then suggested J iium n willingness to permit th* I nltod Ht«lfi to control th* cable*. Th* league'* »n<*fr to the Cnit.*l Stat**' not* of protest on tt>* man 'totea wan to ho handed to Anv basftidor Walter* today. It wa* re ported authoritatively that th* note states It la ImpomtNo to rescind action on th* Yap manitat* that power t»lnr vested in th* allied su preme rotindl. The I'nltod State* was said to be Invited to submit Its views on the mandates of Claa-toa A and 11, orally or by not*. Yap la a t'laaa C man date. Auto Speed Device Measure Postponed OI.YMI'IA, NUn-h 1 Automobile drivers will not hhve to employ au tomatic a peed regulating devices on their i-ars for at least two year a A bill providing for th* use of such devices was Indefinitely post poned here yesterday. Really Hard Times in Those Years OT.TMPI A. March 1 - "These »in't hard time*." quoth Senator Warren Karahner yesterday, speaking on the I'nlvendty of Washlnrton tuition fee W}l. "Why. back In th* early "90s I went thru an entire year at the unl veralty and only spent |3ir C. of C. Opposes the Free Milk Bill Opposition to Senate 810 No. known as the free milk bill, la voiced tn a resolution adopted by trustees ef the Chamber of Commerce y enter day. The bill makes It obligatory upon school boards to furnlah each pupil, dealrlng to b* so served, with one half pint of pure milk during each lunch hour, at the expense of achool funds. Two Demijohns in Market Unnecessary "But you don't need demijohn* In a meat market.*" Federal Jo.t** Jeremtah Neterer amlleri akeptlcaily. "Well, they have Jtart been *crn mutating for the past year or so ard thejf were *n empty." replied the defendant, Herman Ohaann. Monday afternoon. But Herman, who la a butcher, did not deny the preaencx In his shop of two gallon* of moonshine, in addition to seven "empties," and was fined $250 by the court. WASIIINOTON.—Permit* to d* retop tl oil clalma In unattrveye.) Coal Bay diatrlct Issued by Interior department. The Most Remarkable Clothing Values Offered by "The Cheasty Store" in All Its 33 Years' Career Just 4 Days More and Jfcy&L Your Opportunity Is Gone $25.00 For choice of a Special Close-Out Group of Suits; values to $75.00. $33.00 •« For choice of a Special Close-Out Group of ,W Suits; regular $50.00 and $55.00 values. A $39.00 JES For choice of a Special Close-Out Group of ' Suits; values to $90.00. $54.00 for Any Suit or Overcoat in the Store, regardless of original price, formal Evening Clothes alone excepted. This does include all the Famous Burberry Overcoats. New Values t M d|o 1 P added M M V V «pO.IO almost V|f IVflv! M lor rh « ir * hourly. riMim-i of assorted W" tch II P //vc m , ol of „ atH> Windows AVCNUL AT JW«W 5-Month-Old Baby Shares Prison Cell of Mother, Murderess AIHIXRN, N Y.. March I A baby la a primmer l>elilnd th* high atone wall* of Auburn penitentiary. Kvery minute of thla tiny Klrl's llf* —except four day* Itju l»*en spent bock of prison Intra. (Inly the mercy of a newly enacted law saved her from th* life long atlirma of having been born In prison. INNO4 l M l sum I IM 111 It I IttlM KNOW I I IHiK Th* only other merciful clroum atonce In tilorla O'lleU'a llf* la that h*r babyhood** Innocence *hleld* her from th* knowledge at th* trnßcdy that cloud* her Ufa. Baby tilorla la In Auburn prlaon ln'i-aua* her mother la Imprisoned ther*. She la violet-eyed. ooolng, smiling. Iler hair la a soft down that will aur*ty be goldi-n Iler a** la five month*. lt'a a doubt* tragedy that Impend* oeer Itaby tilorla—th* tragedy of yesterday and the tragedy of tumor nrw. The tmjf*»ly of yesterday waa the murder of Kdwnrd J• Knelp at ItochMtsr. The crime waa commit te»l by Baby Gloria'* father and mother, Jame* and Pearl o*oell. They were fienaled be.-.nine Knelp. who had betraye<l the girl wife t»- fore her marriage to O'IMI. pursued her even after the marriage. The killing waa brutal; O'IMI waa eon trnred to death. hla wife to 10 year*' Imprisonment. (■i.tiiiivs i \niKi» %w UTS i \M'l TION IWiy llloma father la In the doathhoua* at King King. t>n Mm day the court of appeal* waa expect ed to hand down Ita decision aa lo whether or not ho ahall be electro cuted. Baby t;i-m>'* mother tnuat aerve at Iwist 11 yea re even If ahe la Klven full credit* for good behavior The tragedy of tomorrow la a two fold tragedy In Itaelf, Klrst. tt»e law demand* that wben Itaby tilorla la two year* old ahe muat b* taken from her mother's -irma to be committed to th* charity of relatlvea or of the atate unleaa th* mother I* freed by pardun or pnmla. Second. Baby nioHa win grow up under th* atUrma that will attach It aelf to the daughter of th* O'patla— tinleea |inmn|]te action l>* t.tken to obllteral* the atigma aa far aa poeia ble. Whatever her erim*. th* laws of New York state never wer* Intended to placw P*nrl ODeiri motherhood on th* rack of public pnnlahment Imprisonment, ye*, but to be tortured by havlnic h«r child taken from her. no! Kill That C CASCARA E> QUININE Af ® C«Ni, Conk. TQm\ V Ls Grirp* N rd Colds are Dongrroaa Take no chances. Keep thla standard remedy handy for the first tneese. Breaks up a cold In 24 — Pallevea Qrippe in 1 days— Kit silent lor iteadache Qninins In thla form does not aflect the heed—Casters la beat Tonic LaxaUve—No Opiate In Hitl'b ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT THE SEATTLE STAR Thla la th« mental lortbre I'wtrl O'l>«-ll llvml thru every hour aline her Iwby waa I torn la living lliru to day and tonight. II \lt\ lllll(\ I M»l II • * I * Ol< PIIIHON til \l(l» JWiby (llorla waa l>«>rn In Merry hoapll.tl, Auburn, on the evening of laat Kept. 15. On the morning of Hept. I*. when *he waa a f»W hour* more than four daya old. aha and h«*r mm bar war© cart lad to ilia woman* prlaon. Tba baby una horn outalda a prlaon but under prlaon guard Tlio Uw required It, ao |..«ldc* thn doctor and tlia nuraa a gtiurd ap polnli il by tha wardan aloud by whlla liaby Gloria waa uahercd Into the world. Tha data of tha baby'* hlrth wn« three month* to a day after the date —June IS, IJ2O- originally a*t for tha electrocution of tha father. The** dataa are a part of the legal record* of Auburn prlaon and Ilia dlntrlct attorney'* offlco at llochea ter. tlrlm record* of law and crime appenr Incongruou* bearing tha en try of tha baby Ilka a beam of light Into a dark place. M W R'fUIHR KM Milt \\ \ 1(1 >1 N \NI> M \TKON Hha praeentetl a new problem to Harden tricar H Jrnnlng* and Mm M. IC I Ntlay. tha matron. "Imprlaonmant nera la unfair to th* child." »»y* Ihe warden "I think aha ought to hava her rhanca In life. The baby commuted no crime - "Pmtl la a good mother." aaya Mr*. 1 >aley, "Whatever wrong «he baa done, aha la trying to atone for by tha love and civra aha lavlahea on her child. 'They make ao« h an appealing pic ture in chapel pearl la there every Htinilny, holding her baby to her heart. We cheer her up aa much aa we can with tha hope of a pardon, but—" , The hope of a pardon for Pearl O'Delt, or at lenat a pnmla. ao that aha would be abla to take her hahy with her from their prlaon. real* with Oovrmor Nathan I* Miller The public demand for ponl»hm*t»t for the O*Delia haa been aoftene<l by tha birth of a baby tba baby who th* world now know*, waa more than a dreamchlld when tha O'Delta let their rage acalnat K nelp maaler them. London Character at 100 P. C. Club Dr. FVunk B WhlUn*. ih» orlieinml nf * ch*rmrt«>r H> l»o of Ju k I-on dnn'n book*. w»J» In tv » n t <h» On. Ilutvlml l'« 0»t club TMIHU) nmm at th» Armd* ann«** 1921 Record of Pedestrians Hit by Automobiles ICC William Ollroy'* ml* allrhi "DO iy brulx'd u woman while II iMirked out of an allay on Vlka hi, near fourth ave, Monday fill rojr live* at MO llellcvu* avr. N. Ififi ll " ly ,n »'" '■ M,h 1"U av«%. W„ waa briilnril when lilt by thr ait to of IC C, Tower, Hf,3 \V. Kwlhk nt-. wtill* dodging anoth • r auto on 04th ave. \V, Monday night, Wilson Denies Ryan, Baruch Profiteers WAHII I N OTO N. March 1 Praaldent Wllaon today addreaaed a letter to Itepreaentatlya Garrett, democrat, of Tcnnc**««., denying rhargra that llcrnard M lltruih and John |i. Ityun had profited by price filing In copper during the war, while they were mcmtiera of tha war liiduatrlea board. ASK YOUR DEALER The Fine Hospitality for of Restful Sleep Cribs WITH her feeling of responsibility Day Beds for the welfare of her guests and Qnd children, many a woman today is re- . placing all the old beds in the house in worthy \ with Simmons Beds—built for sleep . to go wkhjSimmons One sleeps so much better in a Simmons Bed: Firm, steady, noiseless —never a squeak or a rattle. Your nerves relax and you sink deep into restful sleep— all night, every night. And another nice thing. Nearly every room shared by two persons ia now being furnished with Ttvin Beds. One sleeper does not dis turb the other or communicate colds or other infections. |\ quisite Period Designs exclusive with Simmons Beds. Your choice satiny Ivory White, I beautiful Decorative Colors and Hardwood |l effects. Note the Square Steel Tubing, an - exclusive Simmons specialty—and the Simmons Pressed Steel Corner Locks: firm, four-square. Journals and Health Magazines Say about Separate Beds and Sound Sleep," y. MjjTh NEW YORK ATLANTA CHICAGO KENOSHA jil ImM Ml SAN FRANCISCO MONTREAL V (Kxrcuelte OJflcMj: Kenosha. WUJ jfl* ' N_ - } O 1921, Simmons Company JSuilt for Sleep t PAIR MAY FACE ROBBERY CHARGE Chauffeurs Believed to Have Stolen Bond A robbery charge wltl probably Ixt fllnd UKalnnt N'elaon Hhuman bnd (J. 0!. lAinneford, chauffeur*. In-tertlva chaplain rharlea Tennant ■u Id Tueaday, They wer« arre*ied and ac/-ti»e«l of brutally oeanultlng William T> HtreeUi and robbing him In a Went K'nltle houaa Hunday TiiffhL Ikith au«|x«'ta were ra/verrd with blood. A |6OO Canadian war bond, atolen from Htrwta, waa found In the pulrol *a(un by Prlver fjeorge l-'ull it Monday night. It la alleged to hav* been hidden by the two aua pacts. Htreeia haa Identified lha two men aa tha robber*, police ray. Htreeui I* recovering In city boa pllal. Says Sick Soldier Not Robert Service HAN KRANCIHCO, March 1 Hubert W. Hervlra, port of the Yu kon, la not a private In the A trier Iran itmijr and he In not the tn«n who I* 111 at the hospi tal, Hon Kranclaco. according to J U llelralibnrg, broker and friend of Harvloa. 11etrehher* rlelted the eoldler at the I'teeidlo today who claimed to be Service and declared there wan no resemblance between the t wo. I*hyalclaim now attribute the aol dler'a claim to an hallucination. Armed Posse* Seek Colorado Robbers PUKHkO. Colo, March I. Arrn'-l |X)hhi n v m ri- m *tr< f• 1 nir for hank robber* who li*»f iilifht bl<*w opfo the *af* of tla«- CHl»nn' HUtf and Huv lri k M bank. at lionrw , Colo., WJir her*, and with 14.000 In mon*y ! and bond a. Th* robbery wa* not din i covirrod unMI the bunk wu* oj*'n»*d, at * o'clock thtn mornrnic Kntraix « wHti gain*') to th* vault by the uk#* of an el«-« trie drIU. Tho aafe within j wim blown op#-n. TirESDAV. MARCH 1. 132 T. MARKED CARDS J IS NO OFFENSG N. Y. Manufacturer Freed of Fraud Charge NKW TOItK. Mirch 1 Ynfflrt ment h year into tit l>iul» Krohn b«r*. Manhattan walnt manufactur er, charged with ehctUni with marked <:irdji In a rttud poker irame, WHM dlernlaeod by Judge M< Intyra for lack of proper and eifflclerrrt rvldence. IVrmtaakm wu* given th* (liKtrlrt attorney to reaubralt tha caw. Krohr.berg waa acrtteed of h*»- In* won l*et we* n $12,000 arid IIV 000 by cheating with marked «»»-da. "It In not an off' tuw to play with marked card>," Judge Melntyrw eald. In dlernlaalng the ladMtmait "It pnljr be</.rnefi riurh when on® u*** them knowingly and with lrv tent to cheat, or by rank In* f.ilaaj pretenee, or by dotnff an artamonfl in* t/> fraud The evidence ■how that the defendant | the card*"