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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, 3IAT 4, 1913. SECRETARY OF STATE CAUGHT BY CAMERA ON VISIT TO SAN FRANCISCO. Good-Bye to the Salem Woolen ACT EQUALLY BAD ills Co. Clouiin; Phrase 'Eligible to Citizenship' Held Not to Avoid Of fense to Japan. BRYAN FINDS NEW 1 . ' TT ' v x - .1 1 DIOCK Phegley and Cavender have bought the entire stock of the Salem 'Woolen Mills Co. and it must all be turned into money AT ONCE. Clothing buyers are now offered the greatest genuine bargains in Portland's history A $50,000 Stock Slashed Genuine Reductions TWO-YEAR LIMIT URGED Secretary Pleads That Time Be Al lowed for Diplomatic Settlement WMcb Might Make Enact ment ITrmeceswiry. SACRAMENTO. May X. Secretary of 6tate Bryan concluded his mission to the Governor and Legislature of Cali fornia this afternoon with a message of farewell, and began his return to Washington, where, he said, he thought at this Juncture he could be more use ful. To an open joint session of the two booses, attended by the Governor and presided over by the Lieutenant-Governor, he gave renewed assurances of the friendly interest and co-operative attitude of the National Administration toward the peculiar problems of Cali fornia, transmitting the President's latest criticism of the alien land act passed last night by the State Senate, and rehearsing again those objections already made public Pbraae Still Diacrimlaatorr. Secretary Bryan in his address voiced the President's opinion that the words "ellarlble to citizenship," substituted in the California Attorney-General's re draft of the alien land measure for the words "Ineligible to citizenship." are equally as discriminatory and, there fore, eauallv objectionable to Japan. If a law must pass, he urged that it be limited to its operation to two years. In order that meanwhile diplomacy might so Improve the international sit- One of First Acts of Ambassador nation that re-enactment oy tne nen Legislature would be unnecessary. This suggestion, which had not yet reached the President, he said, was made "for the consideration of those who have ret to act on the subjfcct." Secretary Brru said in Dart: "Mr eominr. at the President's re quest, on the mission that brought me. was unusual and yet in tne rrswmni Spring-Rice Is to File Protest Against Rebate on Goods in American Ships. WABHTNGTOX May 8. The British opinion, not only right in principle but government has Joined the nations In wise In DOllcy. It was In keeping with protest against that portion of the Ms own wui. in appearing In person tariff bill which extend, a preferential to deliver a message to Congress. "l .per i b-" Ivus v O "-a m a 1 1 itt i ivau wiivib' nr.. nr th rir.r ot of Sir Cecil r iiMd not recount the experiences lo-i,.--pi-. , nw British Ambassa- Ihrnnrh which we have passed. The I .a-- w tn Ih. Itntlnn nf the Legislature. In so far as it nas actetn etate Department today to this pro- has found it inconsistent wim n igjon , violation of the existing of its responsibility to follow the Presl- treaty of trade and commerce between dent's advice m the wording oi lB" I America and Great Britain. land law which It regards as its duty I t. i- understood the Democratic tar. to enact. While I shall not attempt to I jfj managers in the House, who were at form a Judgment as to tne action oi i fjrat disposed to permit the Senate to the Assembly on this suDjeci, i w deal with this question. It being one so fully presented the rresiaem s views 1 involving treaty relations, which be that I do not deem a longer stay neces- i long to the Upper House, Dave recog- xrv un the contrary, i xeei uui i nlsed tna zorca or tne ODlecuons mat ran be more useful at wasiungton wnen i have accumulated from an quarters the President haa before him the nu'land will themselves remove the objec as It reaches the Governor, If it shall I ttonable provision by an amendment finally pass the Assembly. I when the administrative section of the "I cannot, however, taae my aepart- i bill containing It la reached. lire without giving expression to my appreciation of the spirit In which, as a representative of the President I have been received, and of the courtesies that have been shown me at a Tha amltr that haa characterized, our Intercourse Is In Keeping, l tnina. witn the course that should be pursued by those who. acting under a series of re sponsibilities about matters in which they are Jointly concerned are unable to agree upon the means to ne employed for reaching the end in vlew. Prealdrat la Symaataetle. "Tha President has impressed upon me at all times that I should empha sise the fact that his only purpose is to confer with the Legislature as to tha National and international phases of the question under consideration I THE DALLES, Or, May . (Spe and that he confers as a not unsym- I ei.ij Methodist. United Brethren. pathetlo friend who desires to aM to Baptl(!t 4, chUrches here wh.r. h. haa not onlv a constitutional I are P'""'"" " prw.o"e, '""" duty to perform, but where he may be I In Circuit Court today, against Mayor assumed to be able to Judge of the ef- I Fish and city officials, the object of feet of legislation on our relations witn I legal action Doing to prevent mo other countries. I city from issuing saloon licenses in tne -Ha baa do In ted out the things which 1 future, it being alleged that the coun- nm to him unwise in the bill that has ell has no legal right to issue permits saaaed the Senate. The first words I on account of a charter omission wnlcn to which he calls attention are 'eligible I was made when the State Legislature to citizenship.' which are as clearly I re-enacted a aection of the local char- discriminating as the words 'Ineligible I ter in 1905 to citizenship.' against which he so I In response to motion of attorneys earnestly advises. In the second para- I for the plaintiffs. Judge Bradshaw set graph the property rights of those I May 24 for hearing on the application therein described are defined as tbey I for a temporary injunction, which are denned in the treaty. He fears I would enjoin the Council from Issuing that this will raise a question of con-I saloon licenses. tructlon and Involve the subject In a I The legal action will not affect the .rv , v vv .- . Salem IAHIH-. rilUltDI IN p v ; - 7 r&r 1 V Britain Joins in Objection to ;; Q : ' tltj f kll V UL ricicicimai viousc. I l I M - ; - . Ji k i f I J i f " i ;i ruu ! i' ''M? : ' REFERENDUM WILL ;:;Xttl ' ' vl COURTS III 11: ill I --.- - 1 .1(1 :f -v - - r 7 ill f HOUSE RECOGNIZES FORCE CHURCHES START SUIT THE DALLES OFFICIALS DE FENDANTS IX SALOON CASES. Methodist, United Brethren, Baptist and Christian Bodies Say Injuries Are 3Ioral suid Financial. lawsuit that may be both irritating I liquor permits which are now in ef- and protracted. Mcsjssnr af Delar S seated. "I hare submitted to htm the sug gestlon but, owing to his absence from Washington Just at this time I have been unable as yet to secure an answe feet. They expire June 30. The charter of 1899, under which The Dalles is operated, contained a subdivision which gave the Council "the power to license, regulate and re strain barrooms and drinking shops. In 1905 the city desired to have tha powers to the tuat a time limit upon any I ,i.i.Hn bill which you pasa might reduce to a so .raended that the city might ,Bin,a.mh.' :bAe..,rr"n"..Lt UoDd for waterworks improvements. exerts if that influence Is unfavorable. Consequently. the entire section was If. for Instance, any bill that you pass ,"Vftrt .ni w V?-,Z. tSk trbuVandiev1.,bon "Sv; .... ..in nil , K T for some unknown reason, was omlt- to act upon the subject It would af ford sn opportunity for diplomatic ac tion, for the hope that the situation could be so improved as to make a re enactment of the law unnecessary. As suming that the people of California ted. The plaintiffs assert that since 1905 the Council has granted saloon licenses without any legal power to do so. The churches allege that the main tenance of saloons here is Injurious to . ...v. .v.. .,Z the plaintiffs religiously, financially they desire by methods which will an", mora-UyJ th durlnf month cause the least friction between this of March while union revival meetings and other nations, this suggestion Is wer" .beln c0?3uet"1d by "? toaT made for the consideration of those ohrohes named In the complaint, the who have jet to act upon the subject, "fj00? 'orc,?8. sTreatly hindered and "If the Legislature Is willing to ortppled religious work by mlsrepre. avoid the use. of the words 'eligible to nttlon and thereby lessened the good citizenship' or Ineligible to citizen' ship,' I am authorized, to suggest that results which would have been other wise secured In the way of member the line might be drawn at another BhlD- support and Improved environ- point, namely, between those whose I tncBU right to own land Is defined by treaty not defined by treaty, the former to be ANTI-ALIEN BILL WINNER aiiovea to own according to tne terms I of the treaty and the Utter to be al-1 (Continued From First Paa.) lowed to hold on the same terms that offer whatever objections they may citizens of the United States held land. . . But the President desires me to keep to make. Governor Johnson, before you at all times the fact that without indicating how long he consid- ha would prefer. If consistent with I ered a "reasonable time." your views of the state's interests, to have all action deferred for a time suf ficient to permit him to employ diplo matic meant. Gompers' Son Gets Federal Job. Bryaa Ask People to Act.'' Defeated finally In his diplomatic ef fort to dissuade the California Legisla ture from enacting an alien land bill affecting the Japanese, Secretary of State Bryan declared this afternoon Wilson organlwd today the clerical tha ne looked to tTie people of the force of the Department of Labor. H ,ul t0 exI""e "Dal Judgment, appointed Robert Watson, Lowell, I through the referendum, before the act Masa, chief clerk: George C Cox. Buf-I shall go Into effect. laio. is. I, niSDuraing cleric; nugn-L. I M, Rrvn' statement waa mad h Kerwtn. Wellaboro, Pa, private secre-,. - .,, - , h c tary, and Samuel Gompers. Jr, son of . , " , , tha nresldent of the American Federa- at an aesembly. Immediately before tlon of Labor, chief of the division of his departure. The assembly, which publications. I was even then in the midst of its de bate on the land bill passed late last Raeent eorrtiona In mans of Greenland I nls-Tnt Tav tha Senate." naused for half f.TarJa?'4 li'00 T" "I" "ur to hear bim- and tnea took UB 'You surelr give the values you advertise," said one well-pleased customer yesterday. "Why this is the very suit I looked at last week and came in today to buy because it was the best $20 value in town; and now you're selling it at $13.75." Woolen Mills Suits Reduced 25 is alLyou need pay for one of the z: best $20 suits you ever saw. Your choice of staple grays or fancy grays, brown and blue. Cavender RTH AT ALDER Successors to Salem Woolen Mill Co. ABOVE W. X BRYAJT AND COLONEL CORNELIUS GARDENER. COMMAND ANT AT PRESIDIO. BELOW BRYAN READY TO SPEAK. its work of following tha Senate's lead. Kelsreadnsi la Possible. Apparently the only contingency that can arise to prevent the carrying out of Its provisions within approximately SO days Is the threatened referendum petition, which would require 20.000 signatures before the law could be tem porarily nullified pending an election. The matter could not be submitted to the people until the Fall of 1914 a delay of 19 months. In case the pro posed referendum petition gains enough signers. Early In the session representatives of the board of directors of the Panama-Pacific Exposition who came here to oppose the bills, intimated t : the board might foster a movement to in voke the referendum against any. anti- alien law that might be enacted. The same attitude has been indicated by several commercial and trade bodies in the larger cities, who fear Japan will levy repVlsals on California by abro gating the present business relation ships. ARBITRATIOX MAY BE ASKED Washington Expects Japan to Ap peal to The Hague. WASHINGTON. May 8. It was learned here today that the Webb bill In Us present form Is not satisfactory to the Japanese Government. Although there Is possibility of amendment In the lower branch of the "Legislature or In conference, tha conviction ob tains that nothing remains to be done from the Japanese point ot view at present but to await tbs return to Washington of Secretary Bryan. Then It will be in order to take the subject up diplomatically, probably the first step being to ascertain whether the Administration can be counted on to begin a legal test of tha constitution ality of the new act. If the Question between tne unuea States and Japan should not be settled within tha next three montns, it was Intimated here today that Japan might aka a formal request for the submis sion of the issue to arbitration at The Hague tribunal. The special arbitration treaty be tween the two countries negotiated in 1900, which is believed to cover the case, will expire by limitation unless renewed on August 24. It will be necessary for Japan to claim the bene fits of the treaty before that date. PRISON IS. OVERCHARGED Texas System Pays Premium for Want of Ready Cash. KTTKTSVILLE. Tex.. May ?. Because of a lack of cash to pay Its bills, the Texas prison system has been charged much above market prices for its sup plies, according to developments at the legislative Investigation here today.- Th inaulry was insuiuiea io aeier- mine reasons why the system has run about 12,000,000 In debt since the prac tice of hiring out prisoners io contract ors was abolished two years ago. It was believed at least 1260.000 of the ebt represented excessive cnarges tor supplies. The world consumes one million gallons 8 IS OUTWIITE Officers Take Woman to : by Roundabout Way. Jail MAYOR HELPS WITH AUTO Members of Switchmen's ITnlon Plan Lynching or Tar and Feathers for Sirs. Grace Smith, Who Killed Popnlar Member of Order, CROWN POINT, Ind., May S. Mrs. Grace Smith, who shot and killed Clar ence Murphy at Gary last Wednesday night and who was threatened with lynching by infuriated friends of the slain man, was brought here this after noon in an automobile by Mayor Knotts and Chief of Police Newman, of Gary. Murphy was a popular member of the Gary local of the Switchmen's Union and when members of the union learned that it was purposed to take his slayer from Gary to the county seat at Crown Point, they held a meeting at which it was determined to lynch her, or at least give her a coat of tar and feathers. The mob made no secret of its pur pose and determined to lie in wait for the Interurban car on which it had been intended to transfer the prisoner To outwit the mob, the Mayor and Chief of Police ot Gary determined to make the trip In an automobile over a road at a safe distance from the street car Una They took the precaution ot arming themselves with rifles and pis tols, and followed by scores of machines containing sightseers, set out. The change of route deceived the mob, how ever, and the procession of curious ones returned to Gary, considerably disappointed. LEBANON WILL ENTERTAIN Railroad Men and Other Notables to Attend Hotel Opening. LEBANON, Or., May 8. (Special) Arrangements are about completed for the - Commercial Club banquet to be given Wednesday night at the formal opening of the Hotel Lebanon. This fete will bring to Lebanon several rail road men who are looking towards this section with the view of building new lines. Those who have accepted Invitations to be present and respond to toasts are Robert E. Strahorn. J. M. Scott, J. H. Young, K. r. Skinner. Philip Metscban, Jr., W. H. Hornibrook, Mrs. Edyth Tosler-Wethered. Thomas Rich ardson, W. J. Kerr and J. B. Eddy. The visitors are expected to arrive on the 1:80 train, and will be taken about the city and community by a reception committee prior to the ban quet. Jacksonville. Tla., has equipped its city nclneer with a camera to take, pictures ot districts where new street paving ia de manded by citisena. Dr. Jordan Says Validity of Law Will Be Tested While Effect Is Delayed. FEDERAL RIGHT USURPED Stanford President Refers to "Gen tleman's Agreement" With Japan by Roosevelt and Says Nip pon Bid Its Part. ST. LOUIS. May 8. California citizens who oppose the anti-alien land owner ship bill passed by the California Sen ate will bold its operation in suspense by an appeal to the referendum, and meanwhile the validity of the law will be tested in the Federal Supreme Court, according to Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford Univer sity. This opinion was expressed by Dr. Jordan in an address before the City Club here today. Dr. Jordan is a dele gate to the Peace Cpngress now in ses sion here. The case that in the opinion of Dr. Jordan will be tested in the Supreme Court will result in a decision as to whether a line can be drawn between the property-owning rights of Persians, Armenians. Turks and kindred nation alities eligible to citizenship, and the Japanese and Chinese, who are not eligible under the Federal laws. Dr. Jordan said personally he considered the bill unconstitutional. National Unit Declared Necessary. "I am opposed to a state's usurping Federal power," he said "If the United States maintains its standing among other nations, it must act as a unit. If it allows California to do something to usurp its power and then tries to fix the blame where It belongs, the question soon would be asked, 'who is CaliforniaT 'The Japanese eitner can be Kept out' of the United States with a club or they can be admitted and they will go to work. Janan was hermetically sealed up to IS years ago, ne said in explaining the origin of the trouble. "It attached a death penalty to any of Its residents who left, the country and attempted to come back. Sixteen years ago tnis nan was lifted and Japanese Immigration began to be a burning question tn uau fornia. There they found real wages and rnn.1 moner. Their numbers so greatly Increased that a sort or -gentlemen a agreement' was arranged by President Roosevelt with the Japanese govern ment that no more passports wouia oe Issued to Japanese laborers to come to tha United States. Since that time tne numoer ot japa- nnu laDOrers ou mtrcaocu Mint Jananese students and travelers have come, out tney are not cuenoive. "Three or four years ago tne Japa nese began to acquire, land and own property. A bill was presenteo. to tna Legislature to stop this land owning. A sharp order was received from Washington to stop the bill and the agitation ceased temporarily." Dr. Jordan said the provisions of the bill came so close to those of Federal laws as to amount almost to a usurpa tion of the Federal "right to control aliens." Medford Hotel Acquired. MEDFORD, Or, May 8. (Special.) Arrangements were completed today whereby the Hotel Holland, one ol Medford's newest and finest hotels, will be taken over on a two-year lease by E. 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