PR O B E 8 A M E R IC A N M IN E8.
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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W O R K OF V A N D A LS.
J panfete Laborers Eetering United Ninety-four Years A go British Tried
Statej at Students.
Washington, Aug. 29.— The depart
ment o f commerce and labor has refer
red to the State department a new
question which has arisen under the
admihistration o f regulations exclud
ing Japanese o f the laboring classes.
The incident reveals a method not
hitherto considered whereby thousands
o f Japanese laborers could gain access
to this country without recourse by the
United States.
Miyuki Komura was recently ad
mitted through Seattle on a passport
showing him to be a student. „ He had
about $60 in his possession at the
time. Instead o f going to school im
mediately, he went to work. N ext he
crossed into Canadh and found employ
ment.
He decided to re-enter the
United States, which he did near Port
H ill, Idaho, and was taken into cus
tody.
Canada refused to allow him to be
sent back to the Dominion.
This
brought the matter before the head o f
the department o f commerce and labor,
and it being decided that the law gave
no authority for his deportation to
Japan, he was discharged.
Authorities here consider the case o f
considerable importance.
I f there is
no provision for deportation in such
cases, there w ill be nothing to prevent
other Japanese from making use o f
the same expedient to get into this
country and to remain here.
RENEGADES GO HOME.
Utah
Indians Who Went to Dakota,
Returning to Reservation.
Washington, Aug. 25.— The officials
o f the Indian bureau are expecting
soon to hear o f the arrival at their old
reservation in Utah o f 400 renegade
Indians, who have spent the greater
part o f the last two years on the Soiux
lands in South Dakota.
The Utes started on the long march
overland July 20 and when last heard
from had passed Fort Robinson, half
way between the starting and stopping
points. A t Robinson some o f the In
dians dropped out and the bureau is
now puzzled as to what to do with the
stragglers.
They are going slowly
over the journey o f 600 miles, disturb
ing no one and attracting little atten
tion.
The Indians have manifested no dis
position toward improper
conduct.
When they went away they said they
were confident they could do better
north, where game was more plentiful
and the supervision less rigid. On
arrival, they professed to be satisfied
with their new homes and haughtily
spurned overtures to return. When,
however, they found that game laws
were as rigid in one state as another,
and especially when they discovered
that they must work or starve, they
seemed to experience a gradual change
and they have recently been insistent
upon returning to their Utah lands.
Liquor Taxes Falling Off.
Washington, Aug. 28.— The monthly
statement o f the collections o f internal
revenue shows that the total for July,
1908, was $22,029,316, which is a fa ll
ing off o f $2,899,500 as compared with
July, 1907. The most noteworthy de
crease is in the receipts from the retail
liquor dealers
special
tax which
amounts to $216,149.
This indicates
that 8,046 retail liquor dealers went
out o f business during July, which is
said to be largely due to prohibition
legislation in the various states.
Slow to Adopt New Plan.
Washington, Aug. 25.— T. P. Kane,
deputy controller o f the currency,
stated today that the published state
ment that a large number o f national
banks in Oklahoma had notified the
controller o f the currency o f their in
tentions to surrender their national
charters and enter the state banking
system, because o f the opinion ren
dered by the attorney general that
they cannot lawfully avail themselves
o f the state guaranty laws was not in
accordance with the facts.
T o Build Clear Lake Dam.
Washington, Aug. 26.— The secre
tary o f the interior has authorized the
reclamation service to begin construc
tion o f the Clear Lake dam in the Kla
math irrigatiaon project, by force ac
count. The total estimated cost o f
this work is $165,000. Bids for erec
tion o f this dam have been rejected on
the ground o f excessive cost, and it is
believed that work can be carried on
effectively and economically with the
force in hand.
Kermit Stops Runaway.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 29.— I t was stated
here tonight that Kerm it Roosevelt,
second son o f the president, stopped a
runaway team o f horses this after
noon, after a wild chase on horse
back along the shore road into Bay-
ville, and probably saved the lives of
Mrs. Frank Hilton, o f New York, and
her two small sons.
Discuss T a riff Changes.
Washington, Aug. 28.— The subcom
mittee o f the senate committee on fi
nance, which has under consideration
proposed changes in the administrative
features o f the tariff law, today com
pleted its preliminary work in Wash
ington and adjourned to meet in New
York at the call o f the chairman, Sen
ator Burrows.
to Burn Capital.
Washington, Aug. 28.— Ninety-four
years ago Monday a British artqy, un
der the command o f General Rpss, en
tered the city o f Washington, having
defeated 6,000 American soldiers on
their way.
The capital was abandoned to the
invaders, President Madison and other
high officials o f the government hav
ing le ft the city before the arrival o f
the British. In revenge for a Wash
ingtonian having attempted to kill
General Ross, whose life was saved at
the expense o f his horse, the British
attempted to burn the capital.
That
building was saved, but the congres
sional library was destroyed, and with
it many valuable historical documents.
The torch also was applied ‘ to the
White House, the Treasury and the
War and State departments, and before
the British evacuated the city and the
flames were extinguished, property
valued at $2,000,000 had been destroy
ed, and in addition several socre o f
Americans were killed or wounded.
LOW ER A RM O R BELT.
Naval Experts Decide to Change Line
on Future Fighters.
Washington, Aug. 27.— I t is an
nounced here today that at the summer
conference o f naval officers at the na
val war college at Newport, at which
have been discussed the designs for the
new warships for the past six months,
it was decided to lower the armor belt
on the battleships to be constructed
after the Florida and the Utah have
been finished. The armor belts on the
Utah and the Florida w ill be the same
as that on the Delaware.
The decision to lower the armor belt
was made because o f the advance
toward perfecting
torpedoes.
The
naval authorities decided that the
greater protection below the water line
was needed.
Five-inch rather than six-inch guns
have been decided on as the better for
the secondary batteries.
M ilitary
masts w ill be abandoned and the new
battleships w ill be provided with one
and possibly two steel fire-control tow
ers 90 fe e t high.
Ordered Out o f Exile.
Washington, Aug. 27.— Orders were
issued by the W ar department today
directing Colonel W illiam F. Stewart,
o f the Coast artillery, who several
months ago was sent to the abandoned
m ilitary poet o f Fort Grant, A riz., on
account o f “ temperamental incapa
city ,” to proceed to Fort Huachuca,
A riz., to take the riding test prescribed
for field officers. A t the conclusion o f
the test he is directed to return to Fort
Grant. Fort Grant is 26 miles from
the nearest railroad. Fort Huachuca
is about 100 miles from Fort Grant,
on the Mexican border. Colonel Stew-
art lias the option o f riding oh horse
back 30 miles a day for three consecu
tive days or walking 50 miles in the
same period.
Belgian Expert Comes as Guest o f
Government.
N ew York, Aug. 26.— Victor W .
Watteyne, chief o f the Belgian depart
ment o f mines, was a passenger on the
Red Star liner Kroonland, which ar-.
rived in port today. Chief Watteyne
comes as the guest o f the United
States government and w ill be consult
ed by the bureau o f geodetic survey in
its coming investigation o f the mining
conditions in this country. Congress
has appropriatted $150,000 fo r this
purpose. Captain Desbrough, o f Eng
land, and A . Meismer, o f Germany,
both expert mining engineers, w ill
come later to join Chief Watteyne.
In the United States there are 3,200
deaths due to accidents every year in
the mines, or three to every thousand
mining employes.
Speaking o f the
tremendous death rate, Chief Watteyne
said yesterday:
“ In Belgium, where the mines are
the oldest in Europe and the most dan
gerous and deepest in the world, the
death rate is only one man in a thous
and— a very good record, considering
the extremely hazardous nature o f the
work. I expect to be very much in
terested in my commission to study
American methods.”
Chief Watteyne le ft promptly fo r
Pittsburg. He w ill go from there to
Hanna, W yo., to study a sealed mine
in which, during ten years over 300
miners have lost their lives.
Chief
Watteyne w ill suggest some scheme by
which it can be worked with safety.
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BISBEE AGAIN FLOODED.
Third Cloudburst Within Month Does
Much Damage.
Bisbee. A riz., Aug. 26.— Bisbee for
the third time in three weeks was yes
terday visited by a cloudburst.
The
damage is estimated at $25,000.
The
bursting o f a subway at the head o f
Main street caused the damage. When
the subway burst a wall o f water six
feet deep swept down the street, carry
ing ahead o f it horses, wagons, buggies
and the automobile o f G. J. Cunning
ham, cashier o f the bank o f Bisbee.
A t the lower end o f the street the au
tomobile was rescued.
A number o f house foundations were
weakened. The Grand hotel was con
demned this evening and the guests
moved out. Last night the town was
without fire protection, owing to water
mains being washed away.
The gas
was off and all big sewerage mains are
broken in many places. So far as is
known there is no loss o f life.
Bisbee is located in a canyon, so
that cloudbursts in]the mountains above
make the place peculiarly susceptible
to floods.
JA PA N IS B U SY.
Immense War Debt and Labor Prob
lems Worry Statesmen.
■MARRMiA
T here is no need o f anyone suffering long w ith this disease, for to
effect a quick cure it is only necessary to take a fe w doses o f
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy
In feet, in m ost cases one dose is sufficient It never fails and can be
relied upon in the m ost severe and dangerous cases. It is equally
valuable for children and is the m eans o f saving the lives o f m any
children each year. In the w orld’s history no medicine has ever m et
w ith greater success. Price 26 cents. Large size 60 cents*
N ew York, Aug. 26.— Japan, sorely
pressed in financial matters, with labor
troubles and increased cost o f living
changing the entire economic system,
w ill not go to war with any nation fo r
10 years at least, according to General
Adolphus W. Greeley, U. S. A ., re
tired who, with Mrs. Greeley and their
two daughters, arrived on the President
Grant o f the Hamburg-American line
today from Hamburg.
“ There have been within a year not
less than 140 strikes in Japan, so I
was told by a prominent official,” said
Mr. Greeley, “ and I do not believe the
world in general knows that they ended
successfully for the strikers.
This
makes fo r entirely different economic
conditions in that country.
Japan has
enough, with financial problems and
the question o f higher wages, to be
met, to keep her wisest heads busy on
the situation at home for years to
come,”
Warships Not Faulty.
Washington, Aug. 26.— The report
that the battleships o f the North Da
kota and Delaware cl as« are regarded
as unsatisfactory by the naval board,
recently in session at Newport, is not
credited here.
Assistant Secretary
Newberry, who was in consultation
with the board, stated that no radical
changes would be made in the plans o f
the Florida and Utah, the battleships
o f the Dreadnaught type. The board
will not have its report completed
until next week, when it w ill be sent
to the president for approval. The
new idea that w ill be recommended as
Unwritten Law is Good Law.
a result o f the Newport conferences
Eastland,
Tex., Aug. 26.— The grand
w ill be carried out in the Utah and
Florida, but w ill not be the cause o f jury today recommended that the “ un
any changes in the plans o f the North written law ” be put on the statute
books o f the state in order that young
Dakota and Delaware.
women can have greater protection.
The recommendation grew out o f seri
Pure Food Law Not Bar.
ous crimes against young girls and
Washington, Aug. 28.— The United
women here lately. The whole com
States puie food law, instead o f ham
munity has been aroused.
In its re
pering foreign trade, has benefited it,
port the grand jury recommends that
and seems to have carried with it a
mothers give their daughters more pro
greater respect for foreign labels, is
tection from the world and asks the
the opinion expressed by the United
state legislature to put the “ unwritten
States consul, Dominic I. Murphy, at
law ” on the statute books.
Bordeaux, France
In a report on
French e-ports to the United States,
First Train Into Calor.-
Consul Murphy says the records o f the
San
Francisco,
Aug. 26.— The line of
Bordeaux consulate show that the de
clared values o f exports o f French the California Northeastern railrorad
foods and food products to the United was opened from this city to Calor, on
States during the first year o f the the line between Oregon and Califor
operation o f the pure food law actually nia, today. The first car to stop at
Calor was that o f W. F. Herrin, chief
increased.
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attorney for the Southern Pacific road.
E. H. Harriman, since he went over
Big Overcharge on Rice.
Washington, Aug. 27.— The Bayou the road on his way to Klamath lake,
City Rice mills, o f Houston, Tex., has gave orders to get the line built through
filed a complaint with the Interstate to Klamath river as soon as possible,
Commerce commission against the and work has gone on night and day.
Houston & Texas Central, the North
Japanese Sees Maneuvers.
ern Pacific and other roads, alleging
Juncction City, Kan., Aug. 26.—
excessive rates on rice to Portland. On
a shipment o f three cars, it is alleged, Major T. Tanaka, o f the Japanese em
a 78-cent rate was charged, 56 cents bassy in Washington, arrived at the
He was
being the proper rate.
Reparation o f maneuver camp last night.
about $400 is asked for and an order met at the railroad station by one o f
making the 55-cent rate the maximum. General K err’s personal staff, and es
corted to headquarters, where he was
introduced to General Kerr and other
Report Treaty Failure.
officers
o f the staff.
Major Tanaka
Washington, Aug. 27. — Attempts
are being maude today to ve rify a re w ill remain an observer at the camp
port that leaked out o f diplomatic cir for several days.
cles yesterday to the effect that all
Toronto Has 8160,000 Fire
efforts to effect an immigration treaty
between the United States and Japan
Toronto, OnL, Aug. 26.— H alf of
have failed. The statement was made the Union stockyards in W est Toronto
by a visitor to Washington who is was wiped out by fire tonight
Loss,
thoroughly conversant with affairs in $150,000. Seven houses on Keel street
the Far East, after conference with a were also destroyed.
The origin of
member o f the State department •
the fire is not known.
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