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VOL. LII1 NO. 1G.372.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY. 3IAY 15, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ft
10 DIE.30 HURT
NTORNADO AT
SE
22 Residences Destroyed
in Twister That Wrecks
One-Third of Town.
OMAHA IS VISITED AGAIN
Havoc Rides on Storm, Sweep
ing 50-Mile Area Through
Nebraska Corn Belt.
DISTRICT LEFT IN DARKNESS
Lushton, McCool, Grafton and
Utica Reported Damaged.
LINCOLN RUSHES TO HELP
Extent of Disaster Cn known as Iines
of Communication Are Cut Off.
Houses Are Crushed I.Ike Egg
Shells Trains In Peril.
results or pnrrriors tornado I
THAT SWEPT XEBRASKA
IST EASTt-R. 7
Ths Middle West tornado of Eae- i
tr night. March 2.1, cut a swath five t
to seven blocks wide and 23 to S3 J
block Ions through Omaha, killing 4
3M and Injuring 600 In the city
proper. In the surrounding country f
SO were killed and scorn Injured
when a dosen or more small towns f
and suburbs wers partially or entire- . f
lj- wiped ont. I
In Omaha 1100 houses and build-
incs wsrs wrecked; a bridge was
blown away and scattered damage f
dons to ether structures. Th West J
Farnum and Barals park districts
of Omaha were hit hard. The prop- f
. erty. damage In the Omaha district T
was estimated at (0.000.000 to 112.- !
000. 000.
Among ths Nebraska towns hard- f
st hit wers Tutsn. where 10 were ?
killed:. Berlin, where T died and IT
were . hurt: Bnaon, Dundee and
Florence. On ths same night other
towns la ths Central West wsrs
swept ey the storm. 12 being killed
at Council Bluffs, la. At Terrs
Hants. Ind.. 10 were killed and 259
Injured In the tornado whsa the
the a
southern section of ths city
wtpsd out.
. SEWARD. Neb., May 14. A tornado
which took a toll of ten lives. Injured
SO-odd persons and destroyed more than
. .
a third of the town passed through
Seward shortly before C o'clock tonight.
Twenty-two residences. Including
several of the best in the town, were
entirely destroyed and many more were
partially wrecked, but the business por
tlon of the place did not suffer greatly.
The identified dead are:
Mrs. David Hoover.
Mrs. William Heffinaer.
Mrs. Chris Westerman and baby.
Mrs. B- L. Wasserman.
J. SchuKs. Burlington section fore
man.
Six-year-old daughter of Schultz.
Mrs. R. Imlay.
Mrs. Samuel Crim.
Mrs. Edwards.
Oscar Cogar.
The known Injured are: Mr. and Mrs.
Steinbeck, Mrs. Frederick. Mrs. Meinke,
on of J. Schultx. Mrs. E. Holland, son
of E L Wasserman.
Homes Croaked Like Egarabella.
The tornado formed northwest of the
city and swept across the country, tak
Ing many buildings along its course.
It struck the western or residence por
tion of Seward and swept everything
In its path clear. It came on the town
so suddenly that only part of the peo
WARD
ple had opportunity to run to cellars
or other places of refuge. Those killed
generally were .caught In the wreckage
of their homes, which were crushed to
pieces like eggshells.
The tornado after passing through
Seward continued on Its course to the
northeast, doing great damage to rural
homes. Reports tonight say that the
towns of Lushton. Grafton. Utica and
McCool were In the path of the twister,
but all wire communication to those
points was destroyed.
E IT ret Seems Widespread.
. . An appeal was sent to Lincoln be
fore the one remaining telephone wire
was lost for physicians and under
takers and they left on a freight train
at 10:30 o'clock.
Reports from surrounding sections
Indicate that the effects of the tornado
were felt over a wide range of terri
tory, but until telephone communica
tion is restored the number of casual
ties will not be known.
The tornado was followed In Seward
by a hail and rain storm, which added
BATTLE SONGS ARE
TABOO IN SEATTLE
AMERICA" ONLY PATRIOTIC
VERSE OX PROGRAMME.
reace Day to Be Observed In Schools
but Children Must Sing Cer'ain
Chosen Selections.
SEATTLE. Trash.. Mar 14. (Special.)
Art pear and our present expres
sions ol patriotism Incompatible? Are
our celebrations of Peace- day and Me
mortal day to be inconsistent? These
are some of the questions Seattle school
principals are asking; themselves while
planning for the programme for Peace
day. which will be observed in the
school Friday.
"The Star Spangled Banner." "Colura
bta the Gem of the Ocean." "The Battle
Hymn of the Republic" will be taboo.
with many other song, the very men
tion of which stirs the martial im
pulse of those heroes who have fought
for their country or those young pa
triots who gladly would die for "My
Own. My Native Land. Among ou
patriotic songs' only "America" will be
sung then and the children will have to
wait two weeks to give vent to their
warlike natures in song on Memorial
day. The principals who are arrang
Ing programmes for Peace day have ar
rived 'at the conclusion finally that I
is not the occasion to sing of "Our
Army and Navy Forever" or "Bombs
bursting In air" or of many other
things of which, school children now
sing.
, buggestrve programmes and pam
phlets containing material on the ob
servance of Peace day have been sent
to all of the schools. Among the songs
they suggest for the occasion are
"America," "Angel of Peace. Thou Hast
Wandered Too Long" and "It Came
Upon the Midnight Clear."
KEYSTONE FORESTS AFIRE
Blazlna; Oil and Gas Wells Add to
Danger f Burning: Timber.
PITTSBURG, May 14. A serious for
est fire swept Valley Township, Arm
strong County, tonight, and In less
than 24 hours burned over an area four
miles long and nearly a mile wide.
Originating in a sawmill Jhe fire spread
quickly and millions of feet of timber
have been destroyed. Two gas wells in
the path of the flames are burning.
WARREN. Pa., May 14. A disastrous
fire is sweeping the forests near this
city. The fire reached the edge of Hall
ton. a lumber town, tonight. A special
train brought the women and children
of Hallton safely to Warren. Several
houses at Hallton have been destroyed
and desperate efforts are being made
to prevent the destruction of the town.
A wide territory of timber land Is In
flame, while adding to the danger are
many blazing oil and gas wells and
heavily filled oil tanks. The damage
cannot be estimated. The fire is said to
have been started by careless fisher
men. "LOADED" FOWLS REFUSED
Buyers Say I.lve Chickens Arc Adul
terated With Gravel.
NEW YORK. lUy 14. ( Special.)
There was a near-riot In West Wash
ington Market today, where for; two
days crates of live chickens have been
piling up until they overrun the side
walks. More chickens were coming In
steadily In the live poultry wagons of
the New Jersey and Long Island deal
ers, but not a chicken was fought by
the live poultry dealers of this city.
The dealers say the growers have
entered Into
combination to stuff
thPlr -h,r" fu sravel and cement
until a six-pound chicken consists of
,....,. . . , . . , . , ,
about four and a half pounds of chlck-
c ana a pound and a half of srave,
stuffing. They declare the growers
starve the fowls for a few days and
th'n Kv them poor food in which
gravel and cement has been mixed, and
today the dealers here agreed to buy
no more.
Crowds thronged the market place
and police reserves' were called out to
prevent the chickens from being stolen.
ESTATE SHARE AT ISSUE
Divorced Woman Asserts Death Xul
llfles Separation.
WALLA WALLATWash., May 14.
(Special.) Eliza George filed a petition
In Superior Court today asking to be
allowed to share In the estate of
George W. George, who disappeared In
the Fall of 1905 and who has never been
heard of since. The wife obtained
divorce In March. 190., on the ground
of desertion.
The son, Frank George, recently
asked for letters of administration and
the man was declared legally dead.
The divorced wife now states that
George's death preceded her decree of
separation and, therefore, the decree Is
nullified and she Is entitled to share
in the property which was" left. The
property consists mostly of farm lands.
NEVADA SHOOTS MURDERER
First Legal Execution With Bullets
Done by Automatic Device.
CARSON. New. May 14. The first
legal execution by shooting In Nevada
took place at the Penitentiary here to
day, when Andrlza Mlcrovlch was put
to death for the murder of John Greg-
orlvlch In Tonopah on May 14. 1912. Be
fore facing the concealed rifles of the
automatic firing device the condemned
man said be believed he was Justified
in taking his victim's life.
Death by shooting was Mlcrovich's
choice in preference to the gallows, the
Nevada law providing either means,
with the selection optlonsl to the con
demned. Mlcrovlch was dead In less
than a minute after the shots were
NEW
DISSOLUTION
PLAN IS PREPARED
Union Pacific in Con
ciliatory Mood.
CALIFORNIA VIEWS SOUGHT
Road Willing to Abandon Be
nicia Cut-Off Idea.
CENTRAL'S PRICE REDUCED
Stockton Route From Sacramento to
San Francisco to Be Utilized as
Part of Slain Line if Pro
posal Is Accepted.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 14. (Special.)
According to confidential Tallway
advices received in San Francisco to
day the Union Pacific has devised and
s prepared to su Droit to Attorney-Gen
eral McReynolds a new plan for the
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific dissolu
tion that will clear the way for con
forming with the wishes of the Call'
fornla Railroad Commission.
It also was broadly hinted, on re
ceipt of these advices, that the State
Commission is to be approached in
formally with the plan within a few
days, the railway attorneys, it is said,
desiring to have a prior understanding
rlth the Commission before making
known tne details of the plan.
Cateff to Be Abandoned.
According to the Information, which
was received with Intense interest in
the Southern Pacific headquarters in
the Flood building, the Union Pacific
eeks principally the purchase of the
Central Pacific, but in proposing this
purchase It Is prepared, first of all,
to abandon the suggested lease for
999-year period of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad Company's short line
from this city to Sacramento, via Be
nicia. .
The Union Paclflo, according to the
advices. Is prepared to purchase the
Central Paclflo as It stands today, and
utilize the Stockton route from Sacra
mento here as a portion of its main
line. It also seeks to make a contract
with' the Southern Pacific whereby the
latter company will haul certain of its
trains from Sacramento to San Fran
cisco over the Benlcla Short Line, and,
if this is ratified, the Unjon Pacific. It
said, is willing to withdraw Its
previous demand for any - exclusive
privileges over the Southern Pacific
Company or the Southern Paclflo Rail,
road Company's property, thus opening
the way for the Western Pacific and
Atchison, Topeka & -Santa Fe to claim
share of the business on the Benlcla
ne and a share In the use of the in-
ustrial tracks thereon.
Prlee Cat Daws f 12,000,000.
In devising the new plan, however.
the Union Pacific cuts down Its offer
(Concluded on psge 2.)
GOVERNOR JOHNSON I'VE OFFENDED HIM, NOW
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather. '
TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature. B
degrees; minimum. 4R degrees.
TODAY'S Showers; southwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Penn's old church burned by militants,
Page S.
National.
"Original Wilson man" assails sugar sched
ul. Page 2.
Senate inclined to Investigate West Vlr
glnia strike situation. 'Page 2.
Governor Johnson declines to veto antl
alinn bilL Pare 1. '
Guatemala Ignores Bryan's advice, gives In
to British demands. Psgs x.
Domestic.
Policeman saves mother and babe from fire.
Page 1.
Wife and daughter of wholesale grocer ac
eused of smuggling Jewels and gowns
Page 8.
Santa Fe auditor ears ha stole to silence
blackmailers. Page 6.
Tornado kills 10. Injures SO In Seward, Neb.
Page 1.
Union Pacific prepares new unmerglng plan.
Fags 1.
Sports.
Coast League results Los Angeles 4, Port
land 2: San Francisao 7. Oakland o: ven
Ice 4. Sacramento 2. Page 8.
Northwestern League results Victoria 3,
Portland 0; Vancouver 9. Seattle 4; Ta-
coma S. Spokane 2 (111 innings;, page s.
Athletes off for Seattle honors tonight.
Psgs 9-.
Pacific Northwest.
Anti-alien action put up to State Grange.
rage i.
Portland man honored by University of Ore.
gon students, page 5.
Ralston opium smuggling case may .go to
Jury today, page 7. 1
Seattle taboos old warlike songs on Peace
day programmes. Page 1.
Programme for Southwest Washington te
velopment League announced. Page 7.
" Commercial and Marine.
California will require barley supplies ' from
Oregon. Psge 19.
Wheat lower at Chicago on fine orop pros
pects. Page IB.
Dock Commission to offer again bond Issue
of l,25O,00O. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Market problem solved by permitting use of
plaza blocks. Page 13.
J. D. Farrell on stand In North Bank com
mon-user hearing. Page 14.
Five hundred boys clamor for Junior police
stars. Page is.
Albee addresses women in Presbyterlsn
Church. Page It.
Pre-nuptlal festivities arranged for Miss
Irene Flvnn. Page 13.
Committee of 100 on candidates for city of
fice will meet in public. Page 4.
ABERDEEN BOND DEFEATED
$05,000 Bridge Issue Loses by
Small Majority Is Indication.
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 14. (Spe
cial.) With all precincts in, It Is ap
parent that the proposal to bond Aber
deen for $95,000 for a bridge across
the Wishkah River at Wlshkah street
has lost. A three-to-five vote is neces
sary to, carry the project. The vote
from 18 precincts gives 912 for and
687 against the bond Issue.
By figures at hand tne election will
be . carried by the anti-bridge faction
by. at least 75. majority. 'The vote has
been very light in spite of a hard
campaign. Little more than one-third
of the registered vote was cast.
Opposition to an increase in taxes and
the fact that South Aberdeen is served
by a toll bridge and wants a new struc
ture served to defeat the bond issue.
LONG TRUDGE PAYS BET
Pennsylranlan on Way to Portland
Leading Donkey.
NEW YORK. May 14. (Special.)
Paying an election bet, Benjamin H.
Anderson, formerly general secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce and now
secretary of the Butler Admen's Club
of Butler. Pa., is walking today from
Portland. Me., to Portland. Or leading
a donkey.,
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i JAPANESE. JL
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ANTI-ALIEN
ACTIO
PUT UP TO GRANGE
Resolution Asks Cali
fornia' Be Backed.
"IP REFERENDUM IS ISSUE
State Senate Abolishment Spe
cial Order Today.
MONMOUTH IS NEXT HOST
rolk County" City Wins Honor of
Entertaining 1014 Session Over
Tillamook, Only Other City
Which Is Xominated.
WHAT STATE GRANGE DID YES
TERDAY. Voted to request Government to
lend postal savings deposits to farm
ers at 4 per cent.
Voted down propossl to forbid lob
byists at state Capitol while Legls- '
lature In session.
Voted down proposal to forbid per- I
sons "specially interested" In bills J
from occupying seats In House or 4
Senate while bill's discussion prog-
resses. I
ALBANY. Or.. May 14. (Special.) A
resolution indorsing the action taken
by the California Legislature relative
to the ownership of land by' Japanese
was introduced today In the Oregon
State Grange, now In fortieth annual
session here. . It was referred to the
committee on legislation and probably
will be submitted to the Grange for
action tomorrow.
A resolution requesting the State
Grange to go on record as opposing the
present movement to invoke the refer
endum on the University of Oregon ap
propriation was also Introduced today.
Inasmuch as the Grange fathered the
referendum movement four years ago
this resolution evoked considerable In
terest. It was also referred and will
come up for discussion later.
The resolution Introduced yesterday
favoring the abolishing of the State
Senate came up today and brought forth
the chief discussion of the session. The
resolution was reported favorably by
the committee on legislation and th
report elicited considerable debate, after
which the resolution was made a spe
clal order for 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Monmouth to Be 1914 Host. .
Monmouth was selected this after
noon as the place for holding the 1914
session. The Polk County city won this
honor over Tillamook, the only other
city which was nominated.
C L. Shaw, of Albany, was re-elected
today for a term of two years as
member of the executive committee.
This is the only office to be filled a
(.Concluded on Face 5.)
YOU LICK HIM.
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'TOO LATE?' NOT TO
.TRY, SAYS RESCUER
POLICEMAN" SAVES MOTHER AND
' BABE FROM FIRE.
Husband and Father Gives Vp Hope,
and Bystander Who Tries to
Aid Is Driven Back.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 14. (Special.)
Assisted by G. R.- Moulton. who lived
in the lower flat and who gave th
alarm of nre, Policeman Louis La Place
of the Inglestde station, today rescue
Mrs. Marie Johnson and her 3-day-old
baby from flames that threatened to
destroy the' three-story apartment.
After the arrival of the departmen
Policeman La Place reached the scene
and Immediately asked if every one
was out of the building. Near him
stood Johnson, who responded to his
inquiry.
"My God, no; my wife and baby are
on the top floor, but it is too late to
save them now."
"Not too late to try," said La Place,
as he made for the smoky stairway.
Moulton followed, but at tho first
landing was driven back, convinced
that the man who had gone ahead of
him had plunged to certain death.
, It seemed an age before La Place
again put in an appearance, but at
last he staggered into the street with
mother and child, completely swathed
in blankets to save them from th
suffocating smoke through which the
rescuer had passed.
"I want you to commend this man to
his chief," said Johnson to Corporal
Casey, of the Inglestde station, under
whom La Place is doing motorcycle
patrol duty. "He risked his life to
save my wife and baby."
It was later learned that the police
man had fallen on a burned step at
the top of the stairs and rolled all the
way down the flight with his burden
in his arms.
MAYOR HINDLEY MAY QUIT
Spokane Executive to Resign
Conditions Are Right."
'if
SPOKANE, Wash., May 14. (Spe
cial.) Mayor Hindley has announced
that he will resign, if conditions are
right, after the recall petitions against
him are filed, but Commissioner Fair ley.
who returned from a health trip to Soap
Lake today, declared that, far from
taking the position the Mayor does, he
will fight the recallers until the last
ditch is taken.
"If the good people of Spokane don't
want me in off ice," . said the finance
commissioner, "I shall make a grace
ful bow a:id retire. But el want to
know whether they want me or not
and I shall run for office at the recall
election after the recall petitions are
filed, If they are filed. I always face
the enemy never turn my back on
him. When I fight I fight to the finish.
When the petitions are filed I will not
resign. They have got to show me at
the election." -
"I have no fear of a recall election
should I be compelled to face one,"
says Mayor Hindley, "but If there are
BOOO or 6000 voters In the city who
will ask a public official to stand for
re-election because he did what he
deemed to be his duty, then I am
ready to step down."
HOOD RIVER WOMEN BUSY
Work of Constructing Library Build
ing to Begin Soon.
HOOD RIVER, "57.. May 14. (Spe
cial.) Members of the Woman's Club
who set about to raise $2000 to buy
property adjoining tho vacated street
secured by them for the site of the
Carnegie library, after the citizens
voted against a bond Issue, have se
cured $1950 of the sum. Eight hundred
dollars was given by the four daugh
ters of E. L. Smith, Mrs. J. F. Watt,
Mrs. William Stewart, Mrs. . Elmer
Rand and Mrs. O. J. Nelson. Dr. T. L.
Eliot, of Portland, was also a heavy
subscriber to the fund. -
The work of constructing the library
building soon will begin. The County
Court has appointed the following on
the building committee. Truman But
ler, E. O. Blanchar, Miss Mary Mc
Laren and Mrs. H. F. Davidson. Miss
Delia Northey was made secretary of
the commission.
TRAIN RUNS INTO DYNAMITE
O.-W. R. & N. Passenger Engine
Narrowly Escapes Destrnctlon.
THE DALLES. Or!, May 14. (Spe
cial.) Striking an automobile truck, a
part of the load of which was a box
of dynamite, a speeding O.-W. R. & N.
passenger train escaped being wrecked
here today by reason of the fact that
the collision did not cause an explo
sion. J. W. Blakeney, driver of the
motor car, barely saved his own life
by Jumping a second before the engine
hit his machine. The auto was carried
more than 100 feet on the pilot of the
locomotive.
Mr. Blakeney had Just loaded his
truck with cement and the dynamite,
and had backed the car across the rail
road tracks at First and Washington,
n order to get a start, when he saw
the train bearing down on him.
The automobile was badly smashed
but the box of dynamite was not
thrown from the car.
6 CARS OF MOHAIR SHIPPED
Salem Firm Sends Largest Consign
ment in City's History.
SALEM. Or.. May 14. (Special.)
William Brown & Co, of this city, to
day shipped the largest single con
signment of mohair ever sent f-om
the Pacific Coast. There were six car
loads, containing 200,000 pounds of mo
hair, valued at $70,000.
The Griswold Worsted Company, of
JOHNSON S ANSWER
TO BRYAN IS 'NO'
Governor Is Polite But
Nevertheless Firm
ANTI-ALIEN BILL TO STAND
Right of California to Exclude
Asiatics Defended.
REPLY MEANT FOR EAST
Stale Administration Leaders In
clined to Doubt That Democratic
Threat of Referendum Will
Be Carried Through.
SACRAMENTO, May 14. Goveruot
Johnson's final answer to the request
of the Federal Government that he
withhold his signature from the Webb
alien land bill was teleerraDhed to
Secretary Bryan at Washington this
afternoon and In substance amounts to
a courteous but unequivocal "no."
After making this statement aii'l
signing and sending the message, the
Governor went out to the ball game
and spent the afternoon. He Intlmatfld
that he did not expect any further
word from Washington.
Public roller Defended.
By the text of his reply, which was
made public as soon as it was dis
patched. Governor Johnson feels it his
duty to approve the action of the Leg
islature. His message to the Secretary
of State not only affirms the light of
the state to enact a law barring Asi
atics from ownership In land, but also
defends the public policy of such a
easure, citing the vote on the Webb
bill as proof of the demand for such
an act In California.
With the sending of the telegram
today the controversy over the bill Is
at an end, so far as the California
administration is concerned. Governor
Johnson has until June 16 In which to
sign the act and in the normal course
of events it will become a law at the
expiration of 90 days from the closing
of the Legislature, or on August 10
next.
Democrat Threatens Referendum.
The only possible contingency that.
can arise to check its operation from
and after that date Is the threatened
referendum petition which Theodore
A. Bell, a Democratic leader, has said
he-would circulate against the meas
ure as soon as it was signed. Admin
istration leaders in the Legislature
who have remained over at the Capit:il
are not disposed to believe Bell's plan
will be carried out.
It would be necessary to obtain ap
proximately 20,000 signatures to a ref
erendum petition to hold up the op
eration of the act after August 10. 1
the signatures are obtained the whole
matter will be held In abeyance pend-
ng the next general election, which
will not occur until November, 1911.
Under the law there can be, no spe
cial election except by act of Legisla
ture and no provision for such an clcc
tion was made by the session now ad
journed.
Bridge Will Be Crossed Later.
When asked whether he would make
a campaign for the adoption of the art
by the people providing the referen
dum is Invoked, Governor Johnson re
plied that he had not considered the
matter and would not take it up until
the question arose of Itself.
"Just now, I am particularly in
terested in having the East understand
the situation out here," be said in clob
iug the interview.
"In my reply to Mr. Bryan I have
tried to present California's case in
such a way that the people In the
Eastern states will understand our
position. j
"There has been such an astonishing
amount of misrepresentation of the
matter by some of the Eastern news
papers that I hope they will publish
this messase to Mr. Bryan."
The Governor said he might sign ths
bill tomorrow or possibly not for sev
eral days. He said he was 'in no hurry.
California 'Viewpoint Presented.
The text of Governor Johnson's tele
gram is:
"Your very courteous telegram re
lating to the alien land bill reached me
late Sunday night. I take it from our
conversations and your request made
to me to withhold executive action un
til opportunity was accorded for the
presentation of suggestions from the
Federal Government that your tele
gram embodies what is your wish and
the wish of the President to say to us
before final action.
"In this response, it is my design
most respectfully to present the situ
ation from our standpoint and the
views that actuated our Legislature in
passing the bill and that impel me to
sanction it,
"For many years a very grave prob
lem, little understood in the East, has
confronted California; a problem the
seriousness of which has been recog
nized by statesmen in our Nation, and
has been viewed with apprehension by
the people of this state. When the pres
ent constitution of California was
adopted more than 30 years ago, it con
tained the following declaration:
"'The presence of foreigners ineligi
ble to become citizens of the United
States Is declared to be dangerous to
the well-being of the state, and the
Legislature shall discourage their im
migration by all means in its power.'
Of late years our problem from an-
tCor.cluded on pegs 2.)
fired.
Darby. Pa., Is. the consignee. ,
(Concluded on Page 4.)