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1 JAPANESE EVADING THEHAGUEDEGISiOfl etrets' Here HOISUMl T1TE MORXTXG OTIEGOXIAX. FHIDAT, ' AfRIL HO. 1915. Have you seen Varsity Fifty Five? Do you want the smart est suit going? These are rather pointed ques- " tions; we intend them to be; we don't want these attractive de signs of Hart Schaffner & Marx to get by you. You'll thank us for being so " insistent once you've come here. 1 IzW ) Moving of Railway Station Nullifies Non-Taxable Con cession to Foreigners. The Cleanliness of ' ABSOLUTE CONTROL SOUGHT Losing Attempt or Mikado's Govern ment to Lay House Taxes on Yo kohama Leases Results in Plans to Circumvent Ruling. BY OSCAR KING DAVIS. fCopvriht. 1915, by the Chicago Tribune. Published by arrangement with the Trib une.) YOKOHAMA. April 6. If anybody thinks the Japanese are riot a patient and determined people, let him con sider a little what is happening to the foreign settlement In Yokohama. It has been happening, slowly, for several years, but it was only recently that the developments were such that it became apparent what was really go ing on. Kanagawa, the first station on the road to Tokio, was the first open port In Japan, the village that was the re sult of Perrys negotiations more than half a century ago. The foreign set" tlement at Yokohama followed. Here It Is that foreigners have perpetual leaseholds or the superficies and are to a certain extent beyond the reach of the Japanese authorities. Their contract provides that they shall never be called upon to pay any other tax than the ground rent called for by their leases. When the war with Russia put Japan to the test to find funds to meet the abnormal ex penses of that struggle she sought to lay a house tax on the property on these Yokohama leases. America Does Not Contest Plan. Most of the foreigners resisted. The Americans did not fight the matter and our Government took no part in the subsequent proceedings. But the British and other governments sup ported their nationals and the case went to The Hague court. There it was tried at length, and the decision was against the Japanese. Perhaps what followed would have occurred anyway, but that decision marked the beginning of the passing of the foreign settlement at Yokohama as a powerful factor in the foreign trade of Japan. It is not unnatural that the Japanese should desire and determine to have full control over all establishments in their country. They have struggled for many years to get rid of the extra terrltorialty provisions of their early treaties. They felt that The Has?ue decision deprived them of a jurisdic tion which was naturally and right fully theirs. But they did not resist the decision. They simply set to work to get around it. And they are suc ceeding. Harbor Work Immense. The plan is the gradual removal of tho business of Yokohama to terri tory that is not subject to these per petual leases, with their restrictions as to taxes. To that end new harbor and port works aggregating many mil lion yen have been undertaken in Yo kohama harbor and are nearing com pletion. Some of them are already finished. A new railroad Btation is well along. It is more than a mile farther out than the present station, farther away from the foreign settlement and the foreign 'business houses. "When the works now under way are all completed the foreign business es tablishments will be so far removed from the business center that it will be difficult and vexatious for them to continue as they have been doing. They either will have to give up or move nearer the center. If they move they will have to come onto ground under the full control of the Japanese and not subject to any perpetual lease restrictions. That is all there is to It. There are more ways than one of skin ning a cat. More Evidence of War Kelt. A trans-Paciflo steamer came in to day and brought renewed evidence to Yokohama of the extent to, which the war in Europe has laid its heavy hand upon this country. There was great expectation among the hotel people that this ship would bring them a little business. The run ners were a)out in force and swooped down on the steamer the minute she stopped at the quarantine station, out side the breakwater. They flocked yi deck and scurried around looking for the tourists and any others who might be induced to patronize their hotels, even for one day. For half an hour they searched dil igently for business. Then they gath ered disconsolately along the rail and waited patiently for the ship to dock, fo that they could go back and report the news to their employers. Just one lone passenger came ashore for over night. Buslneaa Simply Dead. It was an extreme case, but on the whole typical of the present situation out here. Business is simply dead, so far as tourist travel is concerned, and the shopkeepers are in despair. Never before has it been so clear what an Important part of the tourist trade in Japan is played by travelers on the "round the world journey. The war has put an end to that form of amuse ment and disaster Is staring a lot of Japanese shops in the face as a con sequence. . The streets of Yokohama look like those of a small New Kngland village on Sunday, and it Is little better in Tokio. The shopkeepers shake their heads and sadly admit that "business is very bad." Not even, reductions in price that in ordinary times would not be considered for a moment have served to attract customers. Kspeetally in the larger Bhops have prices fallen. They have establish ments to maintain and organizations to keep intact. They must do some business to keep going at all and to retain their workmen. The little fel lows, who do their own work In their own back rooms, are not so hard pushed. An occasional sale will tide them over for two or three days and they are not so pathetically eager for business. Bra-a-ins on Streets WitnrKscd. Never before have I seen . begging in the streets of Japan by able-bodied and apparently sound .men. But this time it has not been an uncommon thing to be stopped by a husky chap, who looks as if he might bo accustomed to any kind of hard work, with a pitiful plea of no work, no money and no rico. Just a little rico is all they nsk. It may be an old thing in Japan, but I never happened to oca it before. An automobile man came out from Fan Francisco in t lie ship with me, looking for business in Japan and else where about the Far Kast. Mo was enthusiastic and optimistic, for he rep. resents a good American car that has a wide sale in the States and does not lnvolva the expenditure of a fortune. tSl .-. J s sat ' j We'll show you the newest checks, plaids and stripes; you can pay $18 and up; special values at $25. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co Copyright Hvt Sch.ffacr Si Mars Paint-Up, Clean-Up-May 4-11 You'll Feel Better The Men's Shop for Quality and Service Northwest Corner Third and Morrison I met him here yesterday and the smile had gone from his face. "This country is broke. he said. 'There are just about 1000 cars in Japan, and at least 700 of them are not in commission. Automobile men here tell me that since the outbreak of the war last Summer Just five cars have been sold in all Japan. This is no place for me." Signs Used to Attract. The efforts -of Japanese shopkeepers to attract custom of foreigners through the medium of signs in English have been the subject of American quips for many years. But they do not cease to be amusing, even if more or less familiar. It is usually easy to under stand what is meant, even if the con struction is a little queer. For Instance, there is a sign on the road up the bluff which says "Bftiycle's Repairer and Ricksha's Wheeler." In the curio section of Tokio there is a dealer who makes an unconscious ly frank admission in a sign saying: Ancient Curios Bought, Sold and Made." I whirled past a sign in Tokio the other day that has been puzzling me ever since because I did not have time to stop and see what the shop was. The sign said: "The color has faded to deepen." I shall always be curious to know what that shopkeeper sells, just as I should like to know what it is that a shopman in the Motomachi, here in Yokohama, advertises as "Medical Ma chines." Perhaps he is founding a new school. LAVA BED ROUTE LIKED no.vB-uiPLoniG party is back AT KLAMATH FALLS. PEEPING IS CHARGED Seattle Student Tries to Con coct Divorce, Says Wife. YOUTH'S FATHER ACCUSED Produce Association, which will han dle and market the farm produce of this vicinity was organized. A large number of business men and farmers already have joined and an effort will be made to get practically every one of the local business men and farmers interested. The object of this associa tion will be to promote, in every way possible, the agricultural development of this community. W. W. Curtis was elected president and H. C. Dunham treasurer. Permanent officers will be elected after the membership is increased. Completion of Highway From City to Bearfoot Cave Decided On. Work Is to Start Soon. KLAMATH TTAT.T.S Or inrll (Special.) Captain O. Cv Applegate, of Modoc 'War fame; Postmaster W. A. Ualzell, Charles Graves and Chauncey Raymond, the Klamath Falls "members of the road-exploring party which held a conference at the Lava Beds late last week, returned Monday and are en thusiastic over the project. Charles Merrill, of Merrill, also was a member of the Klamath County delegation. The other delegations wera from Lookout, in Modoc County, and'Dorris, in Siski you County. California. An unanimous agreement was reached at the conference to the effect that Klamath Falls should perfect the road from this city to the Bearfoot Cave and that the road from that point on to Lookout would be built by the two California counties. Other side roads to various point3 of scenic and historic interest can be made later on, but the through Klamath Falls-Lookout route will be started soon. This road will tap the center of the most interesting section of the Lava Beds, that cover an area of approxi mately 150 square miles, and will make easily accessible the most important volcanic wonders of the neighborhood, such as cinder cones, blowholes, bot tomless fissures and craters of various sizes and elevations, including Bchon clnn Peak, a perfect extinct volcano, which rises to a height of 800 feet above the general level of the lava Held. Bearfoot, Mammoth and Skull caves, tlie famous- two-story cave and the wonderful ice cave will be close tu the road as planned. WEISER ELECTION HEATED ' Band Concert ami Strct Dance Held at Xigrlit. WEISER, Idaho, April 29. (Special.) The curtain was rung down on Reisers city election Tuesday with a band concert and manii-insi dance, in which hundreds from both city and country participated. The election was the liveliest held here for several years and many surprises were sprung in final results. The fight was centered on Mayor, Clerk and Council men In the Third Ward, with the fol lowing results: W. R. Hamilton. Mayor: S. H. Travis. Clerk; Mary B Linderman. Treasurer; R. T. Wollston. Kngineer; Councilmen. First Ward' Frank II. Tow nley, G. w. Garrett; Sec ond Ward, R. T. Black, W. V. Ferris; Third Ward, James A. Young, W. M. Maxwell. Mr. Travis is rounding out his 16th year, and Mrs. Linderman her sixth year. The heaviest vote recorded in any city election here was cast, and the women voters played a prominent part. Ccntralia Seeks Entertainment Vnntt. CENTRALIA, Wash., April 29. (Spe cial.) The work of raising 3000 to entertain the delegates to the conven tions of the Slate Grange and six pa triotic conventions in Centralia in June was started yesterday by the finance committee recently appointed and com. posed of Theodore Hosa, ;. H. i. Mul der, John Galvin, ohn Benedict, Jr.. Walter Copping and August Oess. If the committee meets with the same success during the next few weeks that It met with yesterday no trouble will be encountered in raising the money. Tonight the 12 committees laid further plans for the event. Young Woman Declares She Loves Husband "Whom Parents Want to Wed Another and Payment of Alimony Demanded. SEATTLE, Wash.. April 29. (Spe cial.) Charges that her husband and his father employed "keyhole detec tives" to spy upon and in other ways harass her in their efforts to "manu facture" a divorce case are made by Mra. Merrill Scott Cushman against Thomas J. Cushman, University of Washington student, and his father, James T. Cushman, in an affidavit Hied today in Superior Court in support of a motion to have young Cushman show cause why he should not pay $50 a month temporary alimony, J100 suit money and $250 attorney's fees. Mrs. Cushman says she has been served with a complaint for divorce, although it has not been filed, and that the allegations it contains are untrue, that she still loves her husband and wishes to return to him. The couple were married In Tacoma July, 3, 1913, after a courtship of three weeks. Cushman brought suit August "9 in the Superior Court to have the marriage annulled on the ground that he was then. 18 years old and she was 17. Mrs. Cushman contested the action, alleging that her husband was being in fluenced by his parents: that he would return to her if unrestrained, and that at the time of the courtship he had an nounced himself to be 23 years old. The decree of annullment was granted in this court, but was reversed by the Su preme Court. Mrs. Cushman in today's affidavit says her husband has contributed nothing to her support since the decree of annull ment. although at the University of Washington he is a lavish spender. She alleges that during the last six months she has been trailed by "keyhole detec tives" to store, to church and to the homes of her friends. Young Cushman, she avers, has begged her to get a divorce, saying his parents will never become reconciled to the present union and that his father has threatened him. She says her hus band's parents wish him to be free to marry a girl of their choice. Cushman lives with his parents here. WOMAN'S CLUBS GATHER f nderwood and White Salmon Mem bers Guests at Hood River. HOOD RIVEFTT Or.. April 29. (Spe cial.) The members of the Underwood and White Salmon, Wash., and Hood River, Or., Woman's Clubs participated in an all day Chautauqua meeting here yesterday. The morning session was devoted to addresses by Miss Henrietta Brewer, of Oakland, Cal., and Mrs. Myrtle Holmes Parson, of Eugene. The members of the visiting woman's club were: Mrs. H. W. Hamlin, Mrs. A. J. Haynes, Mrs. It. R. Stickney, Miss Marv Hedrick, Mrs. Sarah Hedrick. Mrs. II. A. Hussey, Mrs. H. 8. Adams, Mrs. K. I Keed. Mrs. M. J. Frederichs, Mrs. Myron S. Smith, Miss Mary Hall. Miss Florence Cooper, Mrs. Roger H. Haaelton. Mrs. J. E. Slade. Mrs. M Carmine and .Mrs. Fannie Haynes Davidson, of rnderwood; Miss Stella John son, Mrs. W. Scott foe. Miss Minnie- Spess ard. Mrs. Pearl Jewett. Mrs. K. E. Rentier. Mrs. Frank Mann, Mrs. William Melville, Mrs. Karl S. Cop, Mrs. August I.auterbacli, Mrs. Silas Jensen, Mrs. C. W. J. Reckers. Mrs. C. C. Russell. Mrs. A. Meresse. Mrs. W. P. Censer, Mrs. M. Amen, Miss Aggers, Mrs. A. I Golder. Mrs. Jennie Jewett. Mrs. Homer G. Day. Mrs. C. S. Banci-oft and Mrs. Ollie B. Sheplar. of White Salmon. PEACE HOPE HELD DISTANT Chehalis Clubwomen Hear That Move Ultimately Will End All Wars. ABERDEEN. Wash., April 29. (Spe cial.) "The women who are heading the peace movement do not hope to end the war." said May Wright Sewell in an address before the Chehalis County women's clubs here last night, "but they know they can bring about permanent peace ultimately. To do this they will have to revise our pres ent system of patriotism and to cre ate a different feeling of affection. "Anyone who says the people of Eu rope want war, that men are eager to kill those of other nations, is badly mistaken. The majority of them have ben dragged into the war by false patriotism." HOOD RIVER BUILDS ROAD Every Business House , In Town Sends Force to Columbia Highway. HOOD RIVER, Or., April 29. (Spe cial.) Threatening weather throughout the day did not deter Hood River busi ness men from participating in the sec ond annual road working day under the auspices of the Commercial Club. Rep resentatives from all stores were on the job improving a stretch of the Co lumbia Highway extending from Mitchell Point, where Standifer Clark son Company is tunneling through a solid rock point, five miles up the river to the edge of the city. Only enough clerks were left in town to con. duct the day's business. The amateur road laborers numbered more than 150. while a dozen wagons and teams were furnished by ranchers residing along the highway west of town. Fills were made, excavations made for cuts and bushes cut alone the curves in order that motorists may De aDie to see the roadway ahead when making the turns. Another party of citizens spent the day working from the city to the South Frankton district. Kelso Fruit Men Combine. KELSO. Wash., April 29. (Special.) At a meeting of fruitgrowers and business men in the Kelso Commercial Club last night the Kelso Fruit & 650,000 TR0UTFRY READY Streams of Kittitas Valley Are to Be Planted This Week. ELLENSBURG, Wash., April 29. (Special.) Six hundred and fifty thou sand trout fry will be planted in the streams of the Kittitas Valley this week by the Kittitas County Game and Fish Commission. Of the 650,000, 525, 000 are Eastern brook trout. There are 50.000 rainbow trout from the United States Government hatchery in the Yellowstone National Park, and 75,000 land-locked trout from the Gov ernment hatchery at Whatcom Lake. In the Yakima Rrver. between here and Easton. Wash.. 100,000 are to be distributed. Lost Lake, I.ake Keechelus. Lake Katchees and Lake of the Woods are to be principal lakes to be planted with the rainbow trout. Mountain streams? also are to be plant ed, but no arrangements have yet been made. RECORD FRUIT PREDICTED Idaho Inspector Finds Prospects for Unheard-Or Yield Bright. BOISE. Idaho, April 29. (Special.) This year's will be the greatest fruit crop in the history of Idaho. State Horticultural Inspector ' Graham has concluded following a trip of inspection through the rich fruit belt in the south western part of the state and after hearing reports from deputies in all sections. Only a hard freeze can pre vent it, but this is not expected. For the first time in years sweet cherries In this slate will be in abundance. "My observations also convince me that the grain yield is going to be one of the largest and heaviest. There is more grain acreage in Idaho this year than ever before," says the Inspector. $15,000 PAVING ORDERED Oregon City Council Decides to Im prove Main Street. OREGON CITY, Or., April 29. (Spe cial.) After more than a year of de bate and delay, the City Council last night ordered Main street Improved with an asphaltic concrete pavement at a cost of $15,513.75. It is expected that the work will start in the early Summer and will be completed, in a large measure, at least, before the Fall rains. It is also understood that W. H. Worswich has made a bid of $1.25 a square yard for the improvement, making a 12-year guarantee and placing a bond to cover the amount of the contract. The Coun cil will advertise for bids within the next few days. Wenatchee Has Knight Templar, 2 2. WENATCHEE. Wash.. April 29. (Special.) Wenatchee has one of the youngest Knights Templar in Wash ington. Columbia Coinmandory No. 14 Tuesday night gave Otto Wagner. 22. all rights and privileges of a Knight Templar. Wagner made an excep tional record, doing the work which usually takes one year in six months. Xampa Keeps Sunday Shows. NAMPA, Idaho. April 29. (Special.) At the municipal election held in Nampa Tuesday the people kept the Sunday; shows open by a vote of SSI the RG&SUI-l Bakery wins the instant approval of all who have taken advantage of our frequently extended invitation to the public to come and see Il&LSUft in the making. 'I had no idea a bakery could be so clean is a frequent comment of visitors after a critical inspection of walls, floors, ceilings, machinery and ovens. 'Why, it's as clean as any kitchen!" Another thing that impresses visitors to the home of ll is the fact that the bakers scarcely touch HQLSU.M from flour sack to finiehed loaf. Sanitary machinery does most of the work that bakers used to do. Waxed germ-proof, dust-proof wrappers take HQITSU'l as it comes from the ovens and protect it and keep it clean till it reaches your kitchen. That's why KOIiSU-ML is called the bread that is Made Clean Sold Clean Delivered Clean At All Grocer Double Size 10c HOLSUM Jr. 5c Log Cabin Baking Company for closing and 631 against closing. The Independent ticket won all places on the ballot but Councilman of the Second Ward. The Independent ticket was made up of the men who were re jected by the Citizens' caucus. Kelso Creamery Does Hlg Business. KELSO, Wash., April 29. (Special.) 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