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PAGE BIX. DAILY EAST OREGOMAX. PENTtLETOX, OREGON, FRIDAT, APRIL 21, IMS. TEX PAGEs ftSIATICS WILL DIG THE PfliI M L Panama will draw thousands of Japanese and Chinese laborers from Oregon, Washington and Idaho, for the new Isthmian canal commission is satisfied that it will be Impossible to dig the Panama canal with white la bor, and preparations are being ninJe to hire as many Japanese and West Indian laborers as possible. An agreement has been all but concluded between the war department and at least one contract labor concern by which 2000 or 3000 Japanese laborers will be brought from Hawaii to the Isthmus, where they will be employed in digging the big waterway. The contract, as already drawn up, meets the approval of the war department and the canal commission, and it will be signed as soon as a legal opinion on one or two points is rendered by the attorney general. Laborers coming from Hawaii will not be barred by the alien contract labor law, since the Hawaiian islands are American territory. It is still a question, however, whether laborers can be brought from any foreign country to work on the isthmus, for the point will probably be raised that the alien contract labor law bars such a proceeding. If this point can be overcome, the government will make arrangements to secure as many as 20.000 Japanese laborers from Japan. Chinese labor will also be employed, if it is found by the government's lawyers that the exclusion act does not bar Chinese from the canal zone. The old canal commission had practically decided to use Chinese la bor in digging the canal, and it had also been suggested that the Japanese labor might be used. In any event, it js accepted as a fact that the canal cannot be dug by white labor, as white men cannot stand the climate and the work, and that foreign labor must be procured. At the office of Secretary Metcalf, of the department of commerce and labor, it was said that the question of the alien contract labor law had not been raised and referred to the so licitor general for an opinion. Commissioner General of Immigra tion Sargent, when asked about the matter said, that he was not pre pared to express a definite opinion, but that off-hand he was Inclined to believe that the laws In question would and do apply to the canal zone. Mr. Sargent cited section 33 of the act of 1903, which reads: "That for the purpose of this act the words 'United States.' as used in the title as well as in the various sections of this act shall be construed to mean the United States and any waters, territory or other place now subject to the jurisdiction thereof." Under this provision the laws are applied to Porto Rico, Alaska, Ha wail and the Philippines, and as the canal zone is unquestionably the ter ritory of the United States and solely under this country's jurisdiction, the point Is made that the laws must he applied to it. An attorney in the department to whom the question was broached ex pressed the opinion, after reading the tftatule. that the whole question would hinte on the wftrd "now" in the sec tion cited. "The section says 'any waters, ter ritory or other places now under the jurisdiction thereof.'" said he. "That i't was Approved March 3. 1903. Was tlie canal zone under the jurisdiction of tlie Ttiited States at that time? The treaty by which we came Into possession of the strip was not ratified until February 24. l'JO-t. Under the circumstances I am of the opinion that the Immigration and labor laws cannot be applied to the canal zone. Fiowever, the question of the con struction of that section, of the sig nificance of the word 'now' contained therein, is one that might he raised." Up to the present time no effort has been made to enforce the Immi gration and labor laws in the canal zone, on the contrary, the canal zone Is still regarded as foreign property, in that aliens to the United States from there are still subjected to the head tax of 2 each. It is not believed that labor inter ests will interpose objections to the use of Chinese or other foreign labor in the digging of the canal, but the point might be made that if the canal zone is territory of the United States, and a part thereof, Chinese permitted to enter there for work on the canal might claim that they have thereby been admitted into the United States and had the right to come to the states. In such event American labor in terests would be up in arms to repel a threatened yellow invasion. The question of the federal eight hour law as applied to labor on the Pana ma canal is now before the attorney general, and the pending contracts for labor will not be actually signed until that question is settled. l'luns for Duliith-Dt-nver I.lne. Omaha, Neb., April 21. It is re ported on high authority that the Hill system will this year construct a line from O'Xeil, Neb., to Thedford, Neb., on the Omaha-Billings line, and thence southwest to some point on the Omaha-Denver line. This will complete the Northern Securities route from Duluth to the Twin Cities and Sieoux City to Denver. The new route will be the shortest between these points. Observance of Good 1 rlii iy. Chicago, HI., April 2 1 S-m s ! ,-es the Catholic churches and hi inany Protestant churches, and t!ie closing of the schools, the banks, tlie hoard of trade and the stock exchange marked the observance of (iood Fri day in Chicago. TIIU M AHTIXEAU CENTENARY. i;rothcr of Harriett Murllnruu Pled at tlio Great Ago of 95. London, April 21. Many observ ances were held today of the cente nary of the birth of James Martineau. the celebrated philosopher and di vine, and brother of Harriett Mar tineau. the authoress. The most no table observance of the anniversary was that held in Dr. Martineau's na tive city of Norwich, where special ! vices were held attended by rep-?-es. ntatives of the British and For eign Unitarian society and other so cieties. Coninisinoralive gatherings n ere also held In London and In Man chester, Oxford, and other centers. James Martineau was born in Nor Nvhh, April 21, 1S05. He was for many years a professor in Manchester New college, and removed to Lon don when that Institution was trans ferred here in lSIiK, becoming one of the pastors in the chapel in Little Portland street. He became princi pal of the college In 1868, retiring from the pastorate In 1S74. He was one of the founders of the "National Review." He lived to the great age of 95, his death having occurred but live years ago In Golden Square, this city. In New York. New York, April 21. Good Friday was generally observed in New York. The six exchanges of the city New York stock, Consolidated Stock, Pro duce, Coffee, Cotton and Metal sus pended business, and most of the larger financial houses were closed. Tlie New Yolk Stock Exchange will be the only exchange to resume to morrow, the others having adjourned until Monday. Special services were held in a majority of the churches. Honored Knglisli Baroness Now 03. London, April 21. Baroness Bur-dett-Coutts. looking remarkably well for one of her great age, today cele brated her 93rd birthday. - All day long a procession of telegraph boys hiinging messages from every part of the world, messenger boys carrying flowers and friends bearing parcels, kept arriving at her home In Stratton street. 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