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p -r .m-nTvn ftTT-fnvTW T?T TT AV . "r V 2. 1013. X JlJi J1U1VJ Ai'l JT uinu'Aant i. j . . ' - -- .j. i WILSON OPPOSED TO ANTI-ALIEN BILL Possibility of Long Litigation Indicated; Action Post poned for One Day. BRYAN IS NON-COMMITTAL Secretary Expects to Remain In Sac ramento Several Days, but Pur pose Can Only Be Sur mised by Leaders. SACRAMEXTO, Mar 1. An Indica tion of the form the Democratlo oppo sition will take to the passage of the Webb redraft of the anti-alien land bill was given In the Senate today when the measure came up for final action. It was the original plan of the Pro gressive Republican majority. In its assurance of a successful Issue, to force the bill to a vote at once. but. at the request of the Democrats, a postpone ment of one day was gTanted at the last minute. The bill was set as a special order for 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. In return for the delay, the adminis tration leaders received a pledge from the minority that It would abide by the results as shown In tne iinai rou cmi tomorrow, and not demand a reconsid eration. Thus the Progressives feel that, although apparently they saved several by checking all further efforts to Impede their plans. Another antl-alien land bill, copied directly from the Webb act now before the Senate, with the. single exception that It adds a clause permitting aliens who are ineligible to citisenship to lease farming lands for a period of not exceeding three years, was intro duced tonight In the assembly by As semblyman Bloodgood. Progressive. Previous to the offering of the lneasrre. Assemblyman Bloodgood dis- cussed the question Of leases with Gov ernor Johnson and obtained a state ment from the Executive that he had no objections to the new plan. Discussing the new bill. Governor Johnson said: " - "I told Mr. Bloodgood I had no ob jections to any amendment that softens the bill, so long as it does not affect the big thing Involved namely, the prevention of ownership by those who are ineligible to citizenship." The brief debate today on the mo tion to postpone disclosed the fact that the Democrats have barkened to the advice from Washington, as delivered by Secretary of State Bryan, and will make a formal stand in support of the National Administration. In order to meet the issue squarely. Senator Cur tin. Den, Introduced a resolution set ting forth the fact that President Wil son la opposed to an alien land bill, and Including the following declaration: "Be It resolved. That the people of the State of California do hereby defer to the wishes of the President of the United States, and this Legislature will not at this season pass the bills herein mentioned." This view of the President was con tained In the following telegram to Governor Johnson: "I take the liberty of calling your attention to the Webb bill, which would -involve an appeal to the courts on question of treaty rights and bring on what might be long and delicate liti gation." Bill Exsete4 to Ort Votes. Although few of the minority will declare their views. It is generally be lieved that to the extent of supporting Curtln's resolution the Democrats will defer to Secretary Bryan. Beyond that, however, their party platform In Cali fornia culls on them to aid In the rnartment of an anti-alien land law. and most of them are expected to cast their votes for the Webb bill In its present form, if It succeeds In escap ing amendment. . tienator Caminettl. Democrat, work ing Independently of his colleagues, is preparing several amendments to the Webb bill, to be offered tomorrow. The drafts were not completed tonight, he said, ai d he declined to discuss the changes he expects to propose. The majority leaders assert they will re sist all efforts to amend the act. No apprehension Is felt on account of the -naming against the Webb bill telegraphed yesterday to Governor Johnson by President Wilson. It is the belief both of Governor Johnson and Attorney-General Webh that regardless of how the act were worded.- it probably would involve an appeal to the courts, as suggested by President Wilson. Attorney-General Webb, in a state mnt tonight." said: . - "I have been shown the President's telegram to the Governor, to tho effect that the proposed land bill might In volve an appeal to the courts, and It has been in the minds of everyone hav ing to do with this subject of legisla tion, since the beginning of the session,". that any character of bill must nec essarily involve the aame thing. "No method of avoiding an appeal to the courts by the parties Interested haa occurred and if the Federal Gov ernment is advised of the existence of a way to avoid this question without a complete and unwarranted surrender of the rights of the state. It is to be regretted that such method Is not pointed out by the telegram. Court Settiemeat Deemed Proper. "Indeed, whenever any legislation af. fecta the property rights of our own elttsens. - It has ' customarily been thought quite the proper thing to have such rights measured and determlml by the court and the courts are as fully open or virtue of the laws of the state, as well as by the treaties, to the citizens and subjects of other na tions aa to our own citizens, and in them the citizens and subjects'of other nations may have their rights deter mined and enforced. "If this act should be passed. I quite realise that hereafter some person might contend for greater rights than the act would seem, on its face, to give him, and In that case It would be quite proper for the courts to pass on the question. I am at a loss, however, at this time, to understand how the Fed eral Government could become In any way Involved In or responsible for such a contention." Secretary Bryan, who has been In hla temporary office at the capitol building all day. with the exception of the time spent on his Inspection trip through a nearby Japanese colony, haa declined to discuss the question raised by the President. There la much interest In the .future movements of the Secretary of State, who haa given out no- word aa to his immediate plans, other than to aay vaguely that he expects to remain In Sacramento "for several days." - Hla purposes are only surmised by the majority leadera and Mr. Bryan steadfastly keeps hla own counsel. JAPAN IS AROCSED AGAIN Commercial Retaliation Against Cal- ' lfornla Is Advocated. TOKIO. May 1. The information contained in special dispatches from America reporting the failure of Sec retary Bryan's mission and the prob able passage of tb.e alien landowner ship bill by the California Senate has caused disappointment here and aroused soDular sentiment again. At a meeting of the American-Japa nese Society last night the speakers heatedly discussed the situation and pointed out the Impotence of the Fed eral authorities aa evidence of race prejudice on - the part of the Calif or nians in their determination, at any cost, to ruin or drive out the Japanese residents. Commercial retaliation izulnst California was advocated. Ranolutlnns affirmed that. while Japanese hitherto had appreciated and respected the traditional" friendship and believed that Americans generally desired to afford the Japanese the same protection and privileges as other foreigners, the State of California was determined to violate the American- Japanese treaty, thus straining diplo matic and commercial relations; nu that unless the neople of California recognized the gravity of the situation and modified their attitude it might be difficult to restrain the growing irri tation of the Japanese. The leading newspapers in uoaio ex press the bejier mat tne iai aum gone and that the only recourse is the submission of the question to xne Hague tribunal. Hhonld the bill be passeo. ana sigueu the most Influential commercial firms assert that. Irrespective or tne govern- itn' attitude, thev will decline to ex hiblt at the Panama-Pacific Exposition and will decline to trade with Call rnmli norts. directing everything to other Pacific Coast ports without re gard to -cost. WILSON SENDS FINALi MESSAGE .Tnlinsnn I Told That Webb xMll Would Start long Utigatlon. WASHINGTON. May 1. Just before leaving Washington for a two aays trlD through New Jersey today presi dent Wilson sent what probably will be his last direct word on me pro lected California alien land owning law. It in a, message to governor jonnsuu Kmrs-nstms- that the Webb bill, which th Progressive majority pians w pui through the California legislature w morrow, "would involve an appeal to the courts on the question of treaty ria-hts and bring on what might be long and delicate litigation." The Governor Teplied immediately that he "would be extremely grateful for anv suggestions that would avoid th oblectlon vou mention." This came after the President had left the White House. At the State Department aD- solute silence is maintained. It is made plain that there will be no announce ments before the return of Secretary Brvin. The Japanese Embassy Is eouullv reticent, although it is reported generaly in official circles that the Wehh bill is regarded as even more offensive than any of the previous drafts of DroDOsed legislation. That the Japanese are not disposed to let pass unchallenged the frequent statements from California of the great menace to the state of the extensive land holdings of Japanese subjects 16 evidenced by the unofficial production of statistics here, said to demonstrate the insignificant quantity of land held by the Japanese in. fee simple, in eluded in these statistics are figures taken from last year's reports of the California Bureau of Labor Statistics, showing that in March, last year, the Jananese owned only 331 farms in California of a total acreage of 12,726. or Just one-fourth of the area of the District of Columbia. xne same sta tlstlcs show that the Japanese hold ings increased only 1000 acres from 1911 to 1912. These facts are ex pected to be injected Into the negotla tlons between America and Japan which will follow Scretary-Bryan's re turn to the capital. BOOKER T. PTTIES WHITES Negro Educator Thinks- Few Japan' ese Need Not Be Feared. ST. LOUIS. May 1. Booker T. Wash. ington. negro educator. In addressing the peace congress, now In session here tonight, said: . "For years(we have been sending out missionaries to japan to teaca inns, ttanltv, to teach our methods of In dustry. The Japanese have thought we were in earnest In our endeavor to help them. But when a few thousand Japanese come to our country and at tempt to put into practice the lessons we have taught, we attempt to humili ate them. "Such a course is unworthy of our civilization. I pity the white man in America who is afraid to stand up In open competition in the commercial world by the side of a few thousand Japanese." RENT All V ALOIS THREATENED Land Owners Say Japanese Alone Will Undertake Work. STOCKTON. Cal.. May 1. A delega tion of landowners from the Island Delta district, where many Japanese lessees are engaged in cultivating prod uce crops, left today for Sacramento to register a protest against the pass age of any anti-alien land ownership bill that will affect the value of prop erty in San Joaquin County. It Is the intention of the party to visit Governor Johnson and Secretary of State Bryan. One of the arguments to be presented .is a statement that rental values will be reduced from $25 an acre to as low as $5 an acre. It will be their contention that work on the island tracts will not be under taken by any other class If the Jap anese are driven out. Here Are Some REAL Fact LA FRANCE TELLS STORY (Continued From First Pace.) when he felt sure that it was nearly time for him to be arrested. "From February on. I was in Port land several times on business and. be yond using an alias, made no special effort to avoid arrest- On my way out of Marshfield the last time before my arrest I met J. W. Simmons, state dep uty of the Modern Woodmen, coming in. I recognized him. We stopped and chatted about the condition of the road further along toward Marshfield. After I was arrested he said something about having met me before. I laughed and told him about the Incident on the road." Lots for his wife and babies, L& France says, was what caused his fail ure to make a final escape. He eays that Immediately he learned that the body purporting to be his was found be began to realize what It meant. He states that he was at the Multnomah Hotel when his baby was born in January and that at night he used to sneak into the various homes occupied by Mrs. La France on the East Bide and kiss his children while tbey slept. "I recall the incident of meeting E. L. Duncan In the meat shop here the day I got the change and he spoke to me," La France said. "I walked out of the shop and stood on the - corner, hoping they would come and get me and wondering why they didn't. Nels Nelson, of the United Artisans, the first man who, according to the newspapers, reported having seen me, saw me all right. 1 remember the incident. I was there in plain sight, with no disguise. I never used one." Not Evem Ceat la Left. The prisoner says that everything haa been attached on him by the insur ance people and that he hasn't a 10 cent piece left out of the J 15.600 which he collected. He believes that he made a fortunate timber investment in Coos County and that if it is handled prop erty there will be no necessity for loss They Concern GAY LOMBARD, His Residence and Some of His Statements. Read These FACTS, Scan the Accompanying PROOFS , and Then Voter, YOU Decide whether Mr. Lombard is a bona fide resident of Portland, or a de facto resident of San Francisco. Lombard's San Francisco Automobile In an advertisement which he printed in The Oregonian of yesterday, Mr. Lombard said: Mr. Lombard bought aa automobile ta Portland -which .proved unsatisfac tory, aad after making neveral wisaccesafal attempts to trade It here, at last fonad a trader in San Franplseo who -rrnm willing to exchange mat-nines, and even In making the trade Mr. Lombard refused to alga a letter stating tbat he was a resident of San Francisco. The above is Mr. Lombard's language. But look here: This is a facsimile of a letter concerning that very automobile, from the head office of the company which made it. The Portland agent for the car had protested that the San Francisco agent had "cut in" on Portland territory by selling the car to Mr. Lombard, whom he believed to be a Portlander. The head, office had investigated the charge and then sent this letter to the Portland agent: exceunvc orriCKS MACK AVSNUC Work8:Detroit,MichPlatt5burgh.N.Y. Gene tALOrricEs: Detroit.-Mich. DcTRorxMicH. -February sy, 19X2. Eocker Auto Conp&ny, Portland, ire. Gentlemen: . Sen we nave received a report from rue Manager of our. Francisco Branch relative to the sale of a ear to Kr. Gay Lombard. lir. Lombard, when ha purchased the oar in question, stated to our San Prenoiaoo Manager that nis residence was in San Francisco; he stated that he had formerly lved in Portland On February 23rd, lira Lombard in reply to a que3tlot on the subject, stated that tneir residence vras San Francisco, Hr. Lombard being out of the city. She confirmed tlr. Lombard's statement. that they had formerly lived in Portland, but that they had removed from tnat city and considered San Francisco their homt. If Mr. and lira. Lombard have stated the case, correotly, we must of course consider then 'as being residents of 'San Francisco. We have maae it a rule tnat a six months' residence in a city constituted sufflolent proof to establish the faot although certain cirounutanoea may render this rule one not to ue entirely depended' upon. There are. oases where buyers of cars maize it a practice-to spend six months In ono section .of the country and six months In another section. In tnat case, tno only equitaole way to treat. -this matter Is to consider the purchaser as having two separate resiaenoes and the dealer who makes the sale is therefore entitled to U. ; . If you can throw any further light on this subject, wa would be pleased to hear from you. tie do not countenance the selling of cars to purcnasers residing in territory controlled by. other dealers, but front Information whloh we have at-hand and with no proof to the contrary, it would appear to us as -though 12r. Lombard had establlaned his residence In San Francisco. Tours .very truly. 3. MAHAG3R lEPARTMEST OF SALES Two other letters figured in the correspondence. The first was as follows: Detroit, Mich. February 16, 1012. Becker Automobile Co, Portland. Ore. . Gentlemen t We note from your favor of recent dale that Mr. Car Lombard parrhaaed a Lorler car from our San Francisco Branch. .... We have written oar Manager at that point asking him to give ua details of ' the sale and advise na If Mr. Lombard considers himself a resident of that city or of Portland. ' Your, verr truly, . . . . C. A. EWIXG, manager Department of Sales. And the second letter in evidence reads thus: Portland, March 8, 1913. Losler Motor Co, Detroit. Mich. . Gentlemen i Referring to your letter of Feb. SSth with reference to the sale of n car to Mr. Gay Lombard In San Francisco. We do not de.ire to question the position that the San Francisco Manager takes regarding this sale, but we do know that Mr. Gay Lombard claims Port ' lana aa bJx home, and on the 4th Inat. our Mr. Smith called Mr. Lombard's office on the telephone and asked to speak to Mr. Lombard. He waa told that Mr. Lombard waa ont of the city, but would return shortly. When inquiry was made as to whether he had moved away he wan told tbat he had been away lace October last, and when questioned further na to whether Mr. Lombard had given up Portland as his home he waa told that he had not. Mr. Lombard ran for Mayor of this city last year and up to that time was a Councilman and tn view of the fact that he baa holdings all over the city and still maintains hla home here it Is not reasonable to expect that he la not a resident of Portland. Wt have further heard tbat Mr. Lombard will return shortly with hla car. . . It in through the Portland Agency that Mr. Lombard nought this ear for the reason that during the poet season we had a man working on him and while the San Francisco Agent may be Innocent of Mr. Lombard's home we feel that we nre entitled to our share of the eommlaaion. We would be pleased to hear further from you on the subject. Your very truly, BECKER AUTOMOBILE CO. Now, these automobile people were not in politics when they wrote these letters. The Portland and San Francisco travelers and the head office at Detroit had made a combined and painstaking effort to get at the facts. It was a matter of business, and was conducted with businesslike thoroughness. Did They Have the Facts? Voter, YOU Decide Then Mr. Lombard publishes a facsimile of a card purporting to show that he is now a non-resident member of the Olympic Club, of San Francisco. Facsimiles are interesting. Here with, I think, is one fully as interesting as the one used by Mr. Lombard. The head bellman at the Olympic Club wrote this letter. He is also not in politics, but he has answered a simple ques tion, straight out from the shoulder. He says Mr. Lombard is an active member of the Olympic Club. In his position this bellman is supposed to know the status of all members. Has the Bellman Told the Truth? Voter, YOU Decide Now, club cards are accommodating things. It is easy for a clubman to transfer from one class of membership to another upon occasion. The thing is done frequently. Possession by Mr. Lombard of a card showing he is now a non-resident member of the Olympic Club proves nothing. Besides, there is that other general report, which refuses to down, that Mr. Lombard en gages his apartments at the St hrancis Hotel, ban f-rancisco, by the year. w H Y City Taxes Increasing Are I Mr. Lombard prints an array of figures to prove the entirely obvious and universally ad mitted fact that city taxes have increased. Of course they have. And the reason is that our style of city government is ponderous, out-lated and wasteful. That is one strong reason tvhv we need commission Kovernment. as proposed under the new charter about to be voted, on. Mr. Lombard admits the present form of city go eminent is expensive and bad. but opposes a change. Is Mr. Lombard sincere? Mr. Voter, you decide. I thank Mr. Lombard for the title he has cjnferred upon me that of "Assistant Mayor." I hold it an honor to be so designated. Let m : return the compliment by stating my estimate of Mr. Lombard. In one of Katie Putnam's ol 1 plays, years ago. the heroine, a frivolous, irre .Donsible young thing named "Gay Hatch." wis designated by the programme man thus: Gay Hatch (GAY BY NAME AND GAY BY NATURE) Whenever Mr. Lombard does or says anything the old line from Katie gramme comes back to me. . . Katie Putnam Putnam's pro- GEORGE L. (Paid Advertisement.) BAKER on the part of the Insurance companies. La France la g clean-shaven, bright and Intelligent man. He Is SO years of age. having been born in Louisiana in November, 1882, he states. He Is ex tremely dark in complexion, hts hair FLASHLIGHT TAKEN IN" DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SHOWING ALLEGED SWINDLER AND OFFICIALS. , , , n , J- -- ' !UU fUf.'. ...... X U 1 I I---. v.:,,--:, jjW W l-Wt i ' LJ f . V i ' 3 - t -Kt-w - - thw -w.:., : , iY rinlWHB?ii'i ' 1 1' t "- v .V .. ... .. .. .v.--..-... . ...h-.v.,' 4 . . Photo by Electric Studio. LEFT TO RIGHT DISTRICT ATTORNEY" EVAXS, "TOMMY RYAN. STENOGRAPHER f DEPUTY DIS TRICT ATTORNEY ARTHUR MURPHY AND J. C. IiA FRANCE, THE PRISONER. bfilne let black, and he Is about 5 ffiet it partially embalmed, or he may have ;e!?w- 4 hVht wi -weieht Drob-lfound the body In a well-preserved 6 inches in height, iiis yeigni. a vi,. fr Mn nnunds. Arro T.a France is a mild, motherly- looking: woman of about the same age. She is of the quiet, domestic type and attractive. Both seem to be extremely fond of their children. La France says that on the occasion of their first interview, which was in August, 1012, and which followed a telephone conversation in which he in formed her of his being alive, she urged him to go no further with the deception, but that he persuaded her to go through with it. It was after this that she collected from the Postal Life Insurance Company and the Mod ern Woodmen of America. The man says that in the course of that inter view, which was held on a vacant East Side block late at night, she wept copi ously in urging him to go no further in the deception IDEXTITY OF BODY SUGGESTED Lloyd Williams, Missing Clackamas Official May Be Accounted For. OREGOX CITY, Or.. May 1. (Spe cial.) Considerable credence has been given to the theory which has been ad vanced here that the body placed in the Clackamas River by La Franco is that of Lloyd Williams, ( formerly Clackamas County Recorder, who dis appeared from this city last March. The boy, which La France is sup posed to have placed in the Clackamas River, was not found until July, and it was badly decomposed. Williams and LaFrance were both of the same general build and identity was impos sible. The fact that Williams disappeared several months prior to the discovery, might not alter the case, as LaFrance may have securwl la body and kept state. Great Damage Done by Water. VTDALIA, La., May 1. Flood water from the break in the Mississippi River levee near Gibson's Landing continued to spread in all directions today, de stroying crops and inundating many plantations. The damage will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars.. There ai-e notr over 100 women police of Hncni In the rnited Ptto. Do You Want a Good Complexion? i tTOTJ cxa. have on if you take Jt ears of yourself. Overeating- and slugTisn cir culation clog- the bowel and af fect the skin, nature haa pro vided aa iasal laxative whloh, pu rifies your blood, cleanses your intestines and relieves constipa tion the real oause of pimples, to. (ret a bottle of KUNYADI JANOS WATER today at any Drug Store, take 14 glass on arising or at any time on as empty stomach, and you 11 see the difference in your complex Ion.