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NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in Brief.
The fir3t Hood River strawberries
sold in Portland at 40 cents a box.
President Wilson has ordered an ex
tensive shake-up in the Civil service.
A sudden demand from the South
raised the price of potatoes at Tacoma
to $12 per ton.
Prospects of a limited fruit crop in
California will mean higher prices for
Northwest growers.
Twenty-five persons, 15 of them
Chinese, were injured in a train wreck
on the Canadian Pacific near Calgary.
Three were killed and nine injured
by the explosion of a coast defense
gun at Fort Moultrie, Charleston har
bor. No amendment to the income sec
tion of the Underwood tariff bill is
likely to be proposed by the senate
finance committee.
Sudden illness of the Japanese em
peror with pneumonia alarms the na
tion and diverts attention from the
California land question.
An expert figures that the amount
of popcorn expected to be sold during
the Panama-Pacific exposition in San
Francisco would pave Market street,
in that city, to a depth of one inch.
The Humanitarian club, a philan
thropic organization of St. Louis busi
ness and professional men, admits that
it has never considered the question of
wages of employes of any of its own
members.
O.-W. It. & N. officials ran a special
train from Sweeney, Idaho, to Wal
lace, while the regular crew was sent
to the dining car to eat a sumptuous
dinner and afterwards smoke good ci
gars provided for the officials.
Witness al the trial of Lawrence
textile mills strikers aver that dyna
mite was "planted" by hirelings of
the mill owners, and the latter at
tempt to place the blame upon one of
their number who is now dead.
Governor Johnson, of California,
signed the alien land ownership bill.
A small tornado wrecked a church
and several residences at Valparaiso,
Neb.
It is reported that London militants
hire women of the lower classes to
act as incendiaries.
The "price committee" of the Chi
cago Putter and Egg board has been
permanently abolished.
Hryan's latest reply to Japan on the
alien land ownership question is being
kept a profound secret.
England, France, Germany and Italy
have all sent protests against the pro
posed new tariff bill to the United
States.
Cincinnati streetcar men have re
turned to work, an agreement having
been reached to settle their disputes
by arbitration.
A striking telephone lineman was
badly wounded by a revolver shot in a
light with Home Telephone employes
at Oswego, Ore.
PORTLAND MAKKETS
Wheat Track prices: Club, 02'f
92Jc; bluestem, $1(1(1.01; forty-fold,
"14c; red Russian, 90i9lo; valley, !)2.
Oats No. 1 white, $:U.60ci32 ton.
Corn Whole, $28.50; cracked,
$2!.r.O per ton.
MillstulTs Bran, $24.50(,i25 per
ton; shorts, $2(.5)n27; middlings, $31.
Barley Feed, $27.f0 per ton; brew
ing, nominal; rolled, $2H.50w 29.50.
liny Eastern Oregon timothy,
choice, $17M8; alfalfa, $13(.fl4;
straw, $liiri 7.
Onions Oregon, $1.25 per Back;
Bermuda $1.50di2 crate.
Vegetables Artichokes, 75c per
dozen; asparagus, California, $1.50
per crate; Oregon, 75cfn$l per dozen;
beans, 10(nl2c per pound; cabbage,
2Jn3e; cauliflower, $2 per crate;
eggplant, 25e pound; head lettuce,
$2.50 per crate; peas, (i'8c pr pound;
peppers, 85i 40c per pound; radishes,"
10ii 12e per dozen; rhubarb, lot 2c per
pound; spinach, 75c per box; toma
toes, $2. fiOd! 5 per box; garlic, 7di Sc
pound; turnips, $t per sack; pars
nips, $1 ; carrots, $1.
Green Fruit Apples, 50ciu$2 per
box, according to quality; strawber
ries, Oregon, $3.50i4; cherries, $1.25
(nl.50 per Nix; gooseberries, 124c.
Poultry Hens, 15c: broilers, 2.W
27c; turkeys, live, 19m 20e; dressed,
choice, 25; ducks, 17di25c; geese,
young, lfidi' 17c.
Eggs Oregon ranch, case count,
lSJdi 19c per dozen; candled, 20c.
Butter - City creamery butter cubes,
2Si.i 29e per pound : prints, 29ti29je.
Pork Fancy, 11Ji.i12c per pound.
Veal Fancy, 13Jni 14c per pound.
Hops 1912 crop, 10m 15c per pound;
1913 contracts, 13c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, lOmlfio;
valley, 14(iil6c; mohair, 1913 clip, 30
(,i 33c. I
Cattle Choice steers, f S.ROGiS); j
good, $7.75di 8.25; medium. $7.2.W
7.75; choice cows, $7ci7.75; good, j
$6.50(ii.7; medium. $tV.ifi.50; choice
calves. $S(ii9; good heavy calves,
$(i.50i,i7.50; bulls, $t.25(.i fi'50.
Hogs Light, $3.25(ii S.35; heavy,
$t).50m 7.30.
Sheep Yearling wethers, $6.25oi
7.25; ewes, $5.25(.j6.25; lambs, $7iiiS
GOV. JOHNSON IS SURPRISED
Northwest Advertising Men Ap
prove Action of California.
Sacramento Disguised as Japanese,
the Portland delegation to the Pacific
Coast convention of advertising men
here caused Hiram Johnson, governor
of California, to miss fire on a speech
for the first time in his life. The
governor had just signed the alien
land ownership bill and it occurred to
Delegate Woodruff to burlesque the
event.
Governor Jonhson was called up on
the telephone and asked to receive the
delegation. He fixed 12:15 as the
time of the visit. At the right time
the tip went out from headquarters
and all the admen in the city massed
in front of the Sacramento hotel to
take part. Headed by the Los An
geles band and with little Mildred
Tucker, mascot of the delegation, in
the lead, the Northerners emerged on
tre'ets wearing kimonas and Jap-
the
anese hats, their faces streaked with
paint and carrying umbrellas. They
were followed to the state house by
hundreds of other delegates and citi
zens of Sacramento.
The Portland visitors marched into
the private office of the governor, as
he was signing bills, and greeting him
with a bow. uttered something that
sounded like "Ohio." Then the lead-.
er stepped to the front and proceeded
to read the following address:
"Oh hi rum: English talk not easy
for lowly Japanese, but Augustness,
you berry smart man. While we have
admiration much for Highness Teddy,
humble Japanese think much more
better about you. We also smart na
tion. White man make $10 month
from land. He spend $15 a month.
Japanese man make $25 month from
same land and save him all. But you
have too much smartness for Japan
ese. You sign bill before Japanese
get all land. Now we never get Jap
anese governor of California. But
Augustness, we now ofTer you saki,
and say you let us live in California
and be your bosse. We let you live in
Japan and be your boss, too."
Then the governor went out on the
street and had his picture taken with
the delegates. As he held Mildred
Tucker in his arms he remarked:
"This is what we are saving Califor
nia for."
WELCOME PEACE CENTENARY
Peace Society Speaker Believes His
Forces Are Gaining.
London "Welcome to such promis
ing incidents as the new regime of
peace in America and the celebration
of the centennial of peace between
Great Britain and the United States,"
was the prominent phrase of a resluo
lution adopted by the 97th annual
meeting of the Peace Society at the
Mansion House.
The president of the board of educa
tion, Joseph Albert Pease, wag the
principal speaker,
"It is a matter of much congratula
tion," he said, "that within a few
months we shall be able to celebrate
with nearly 100,000,000 Americans a
centenary of peace. Moreover, the
strained relations which have existed
between Great Britain and Germany
have disappeared." He closed with a
warning against "one of the great
dangers of today, namely, the fact
that an enormous number of persons
are pecuniarily interested in the pro
duction of armaments, which threat
ens to become a vested interest and
get control of the nation, as the liquor
trade did a few years back."
A message from Sir Edward Grey,
the British foreign secretary, to the
meeting, said that though some in
fluences were working for war, "I am
conscious that there are also greater
influences working for peace."
Citizens Will Study.
Philadelphia Headed by Mayor
Blankenberg, a delegation of more
than 100 leading citizens left here for
the University of Wisconsin to take a
three days' course on advanced muni
cipal government in that institution.
Mayor Riddle, of Atlantic City, also is
a member of the party. The pilgrims
will be joined in Chicago by Mayor
Magee, of Pittsburg; ex-State Sena
tor Flinn and delegations from Bos
ton and NewYork. The heads of many
educational institutions are accom
panying the party.
Culebra Cut Conquered.
Washington, L. C. The Cucaracha
slide, greatest of the earth move
ments in the famous Culebra cut, will
be entirely removed by the end of this
year, in the opinion of Colonel D. D.
Gaillard, the engineer in charge of the
Culebra district of the Panama canal,
who has just arrived in Washington.
He believes that, in spite of all the
difficulties caused by the earth slides,
the Culebra cut will be finished sooner
than some other parts of the canal.
Nine Drown in Storm.
Cordova, Alaska -Nine men were
drowned Sunday night when a storm
blew a piledriver and a barge ashore
near Katalla. The men were building
a fish trap for the Northwestern Fish
eries company at the mouth of the
Martin river near Katalla. A furious
storm came up and broke six anchors
with which the piledriver and barge
were made fast. They were driven 18
mile along the shore, where they
struck on the beach.
Henry M. Flagler Is Dead.
West Palm Beach, Florida. Henry
M. Flagler, associate of John D.
Rockefeller, railroad builder and bank
er, diet! at his country home here
Thursday. He began life as clerk in J The fishing seems better in the Wash
a grocery store. His greatest achieve- ington rivers than on Hood River, and
ment was the extension of his railroad ' a number of big catches have been
from Miami, Fla., to Key West. 'made there.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
General News of the Industrial and Educational Development
and Progress of Rural Communities, Public Institutions, Etc.
OFFERS 52 SUMMER COURSES
O. A. C. Six Weeks' Session From
June 16 to July 25.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis A faculty of 72 instructional
experts is announced for the summer
session of the Oregon Agricultural
College, which opens June 16 and con
tinues to July 25. The bulletin an
nouncing 52 courses of study, juat off
the press, is a book of 48 pages, con
taining 52 illustrations of the work to
be given and college activities.
Besides the 51 regular members of
the eollece faculty who will remain
j for the summer work, there have been
secured 21 additional men and women,
each an authority in his particular
line of work, to take charge of differ
ent branches of the work for teachers.
These include President J. H. Acker
man, of the Oregon Normal school at
Monmouth; Miss Luna E. Bigelow,
of the office of public roads of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture; Supt.
G. A. Briscoe, of the Ashland public
schools; O. C. Brown, school superin
tendent of Douglas county; Supt. J.
A. Churchill, of the Baker city public
schools; T. J. Gray, school superin
tendent of Clackamas county; L. P.
Harrington, state supervisor of indus
trial education; Mrs. Florence Kelley,
general secretary of the National Con
sumer's League; J. K. Kerchen, man
ual training supervisor of the Portland
schools; City Superintendent R. W.
Itirk, of Corvallis; City Superintend
ent J. S. Landers, of Pendleton ; N. C.
Maris, supervisor of industrial educa
tion working with Mr. Harrington;
State Secretary Cornelia Marvin, of
the Library commission; A. J.
O'Reilly, rural school supervisor of
Linn county; A. G. Raab, city super
intendent of North Bend; W. W.
Rutherford, city superintendent of
McMinnville; Mrs. A. A. Sanborn,
supervisor of domestic
land; II. C. Seymour,
superintendent; A. C.
superintendent of The
art in Port
Polk county
Strange, city
Dalles; Miss
Lilian Tingle, domestic science super
visor in Portland, and Dr. Calvin
White, secretary of the state board of
health.
Prof. E. D. Ressler, director of the
summer session, has put much thought
and hard work into plans for making
this session at the college a memorable
one in its assistance to the teachers of
the state.
URGES BETTER MANAGEMENT
Just Common Sense Applied Says
Student Engineer.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis Scientific management is noth
ing more or less than the application
of common sense to any business prop
osition," says C. B. Auel, director of
standards, processes and materials for
the We8tinghouse Electrical company,
in the first of a series of articles deal
ing with phases of scientific manage
ment, in the current number of the
Student Engineer, just off the press at
the Oregon Agricultural College. The
articles were secured by J. K. Fair
child, Portland, a graduate of 1911,
who is now with the Westinghouse
company at East Pittsburg. He has an
article on "Production and Works
Management, " to which he appends a
scries of references for the study of
works management.
The initial article of the issue is on
"Forestry as an Engineering Sci
ence," by II. S. Newins, of Yale, now
instructor in forestry at O. A. C.
Will R. Varner, of Enterprise, a
graduate of last June, now with the
Westinghouse company, has an article
entitled "Value Graduation; What?"
Another contribution is by Thomas D.
Lewis, of the Packard Motor Co., on
factory efficiency and production.
Forms of railway maps are discussed
by Ben A. Eddy, of Koseburg, a jun
ior in the college; and L. E. Johnson,
of Carlton, a senior, has written on
the relative economy of a gas engine
using kerosene and gasoline.
Prof. S. II. Graf, of the experimen
tal engineering department, describes
the new impact testing machine, his
own invention, just built by the stu
dents. The frontspiece shows the
machine, which is by far the heaviest
piece which has yet come out of the
college foundry. The magazine con
tains ten other illustrations, including
engineering projects, works and dia
grams. Hood River Work Is Resumed.
Hood River Work on the pipe line
and new power house of the Pacific
Power & Light company, which was
stopped last week because of orders
from the New York office of the con
cern, because of an alleged stringency
in the bond market, has been resumed,
between 50 and 75 men having been
taken on. The company will develop
6000 horsepower at the new power
house, and the foundation has been
built for another power house with a i
like capacity, which will be built
whenever the business demands it.
Fishermen Cross Columbia.
Hood River Hood River fishermen
are taking advantage of the Washing
ton laws, which require no licenses for
fishing on the streams of that state
until after June 1, and every day
large numbers of local anglers cross
the Columbia and cast for steelheads
and Dolly Vardens in the White Sal
mon and Little White Salmon rivers.
CONFERENCE IS SUCCESSFUL
Meeting at Eugene Accomplishes
Much Good for State.
University of Oregon, Eugene
"How to make Oregon a better state
to live in" was the underlying idea of
the Fifth Commonwealth conference
in this city, which is now furnishing
material for discussions and practical
work by the students in many courses.
The conference was the mo3t en
thusiastic and the best attended in the
history of the University, more than
500 visitors having come from Port
land alone. The speeches and discus
sions were many and dealt with the
most complex problems of modern life,
but the audiences were large and at
tentive session after session, many of
the listeners taking notes.
The life of the state was analyzed
in its various phases with a view to
possible improvement and treated as
follows:
Political life'; business life; state
planning and city planning; educa
tional readjustment.
Saturday afternoon the conference
divided into three sessions, treating
respectively of "The Woman and the
Community," "The Press and the
Community," and "The Engineer and
the Future of Oregon." The women
met in Villard hall and were addressed
by more than a score of the leading
women of the Btate. The editors, in
the rooms of the department of Jour
nalism, were addressed by D. C. San
derson of Freewater, the editor of one
of the most successful county weeklies
in the Northwest and an ardent be
liever in the mission of the country
paper. The engineers met in the
gymnasium and heard and discussed
papers read by State Engineer John
H. Lewis, United States Engineer
Fred H. Henshaw, and W. K. Newell,
president of the state board of horti
culture. The engineers predicted great
changes ahead for Oregon in the next
few years, and warned the state to be
ready, professionally and educational
ly, to take advantage of the coming
opportunities to be brought about by
cheaper power production and other
impending developments.
MANY YOUNG VINES MISSING
Big Shortage in Hop Plants Found
on Investigation.
Buena Vista A thorough investi
gation of hop yards in all parts of
Polk county shows that a large per
cent of young vines in the hills are
missing and that the growth is short
in the larger regions. On the east
bank of the Willamette river, J. R.
Cooper and Morrison & Percival, the
leading hopgrowers of that section, re
port much shortage in plants.
After an investigation of Polk
county hopyards, Mr. Linn, of the
firm of Linn & Catlin, of Salem, in
company with Dr. Stackberger, of the
United States department of Agricul
ture, said :
"It is impossible to assign any reas
on for the shortage in the yardi The
conditions of cultivation, the location
of the yard or the soil, have apparent
ly nothing to do with it. We always
find the conditions changing every
year, btill there are several thrifty
new yards which show an encouraging
report.
Cheese Factory at Work.
Deschutes The first shipment Wed
nesday from the Laidlaw cheese fac
tory to Portland of two tons of full
cream cneese, as savory as any ever
made in Oregon, marks the substan
tial progress of this section of Central
Oregon.
Some time ago J. B. Wimer, of
Laidlaw, installed a cheese factory,
It is now turning out nearly a ton of
fine Oregon cream cheese each week.
The cheese is finding a quick market
and a good price on account of the ex
cellent quality.
Canby Heavy Egg Shipper.
Canby Canby is coming to the
front as an egg snipping center.
During the month of April 2000
cases were sent out. As there are 30
dozen to the case, this means 60,000
dozen, or 720,000 eggs, an average of
24,000 daily, which means an income
to local farmers of approximately
$400.
In addition to this 19,500 pounds of
butter was the output of the local
creamery, further enriching the farm
ers. Utility Act Supersedes.
Salem In an opinion rendered by
Attorney General Crawford it is held
that the public utility act supersedes
all city charters when it comes to the
regulation of the rates of public util
ities. The opinion was given at the re
quest of Medford, where the Home
Telephone company holds a charter
from the city, the company contend
ing the Railroad commission had no
jurisdiction over its rates because of
this charter.
Orchard Holdings Increased.
Hood River Alexander B. Brooke,
of Cherryville, Or., has closed a deal
with Charles A. Tucker whereby he
became owner of a 10-acre orchard
tract in the Central Vale district Mr.
Brooke, who will come here to make
his home, has owned 17 acres in the
Summit district for a number of years.
! "WAR" AEROPLANE VANISHES
Whole Outfit, Including Bombs, Re
ported Safe in Mexico.
Nogales, Ariz. The war aeroplane
which crossed into Mexico near Naco
Tuesday night was the same flying
machine confiscated by United States
Federal officials two weeks ago. The
machine has disappeared from a ranch
between Tucson and this point. With
it disappeared Rueben Hopkins, a
United States deputy marshal of Tuc
son, who was left to guard the air
craft.
The machine, in sections, was taken
in three automobiles south to the in
ternational line and safely crossed in
daylight. With it went high-power
bombs of the gravity contact type that
the insurgents expect to drop on the
federal gunboat Guerrero, which lies
in Guaymas harbor, ready to assist the
garrison of the town in defending the
only remaining point in Sonora state
held by the central government.
The flying apparatus and bombs for
aerial use went south on a special
train. The attack on Guaymas has
been postponed, it is explained, await
ing the aeroplane to offset the power
of the gunboat.
The disappearance of the aeroplane,
supposedly safe in the keeping of the
Federal officers, led to a search for the
missing deputy marshal. It is assert
ed that he was kidnaped. The Mexi
can customs collector of Nogales, So
nora, passed the incident with the re
mark: "It cost us a lot of money,
but we got it."
The biplane was held two weeks
ago, when Didier Masson and his me
chanic, Thos. Deane, began setting up
the machine at Pike's ranch, 20 miles
below Tucson. Mas3on and Deane es
caped with Bome necessary parts of
the machine, and it was rumored that
still another aeroplane had been smug
gled over the line.
TO CLEAN CAPITAL'S SLUMS
Wife of President Gets Big Job
Under Way.
Washington, D. C. When bills
transforming Goat alley and Snow's
court, two of Washington's worst
slums, into parks, are introduced in
congress this week, Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson will have accomplished more
toward eliminating poverty, vice and
disease in the capital than any other
President's wife has ever done.
Her recent slumming trip, on which
she was accompanied by Representa
tives Kahn and Curley, are the reason
for the determination of congress to
clean up Washington, whose alleys,
rookeries and ancient tenements vie
with the worst slums of New York.
Led by Mrs. Wilson a mass meeting of
Washington women will be held to
consider these conditions further.
Three thousand women, many of
them from the highest Washington
society, are expected to enroll under
the banner Mrs. Wilson has unfurled.
Society gasped at first; now it is
interested. Never before has a Presi
dent's wife gone slumming.
EGG PRESERVATIVE IS FOUND
California Educator Discovers Sub
stitute for Cold Storage.
University of California, Berkeley
Professor Jaffa, of the agricultural de
partment of the University of Califor
nia, believes that he has found a suc
cessful method of defeating the cold
storage egg and the price asked for it.
It is somewhat similar to the old-fashioned
method of salting eggs.
The discoverer of the new fluid preservative-announced
to the fraternities
last year that he had found a new and
successful method of preserving eggs
which left no taste and showed the
chemical composition of the egg to un
dergo absolutely no change.
Under varying conditions some 12
dozen were "canned" in December,
being placed in the new solution and
left to stand in the cellars. The first
week in May they were raked out and
found to be fresh and having no taste
whatever, other than of eggs. The
various boarding clubs are going in
for the discovery on a large scale.
Young Heiress Sought.
Chicago The Chicago police have
been asked to search for Margaret
Hawthorne, 26 years old, and, accord
ing to a telegram from a law firm in
Hastings, Mich., heiress to a fortune
of $450,000 left by David Shafter at
Vassar, Mich., who died five years
ago. The young woman was the
daughter of Almina and Harry Haw
thorne, but they separated shortly af
ter her birth. The child is supposed
to have been left in this city, and the
police fear she may be unaware of her
own identity.
70,000 Acres to Be Sold.
Washington, D. C. Mark Morris,
of Grand Rapids, representing the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company, has
completed arrangements with the at
torney general for final purhase from
the government at $2.50 an acre, of
70,000 acres of land included in the
Oregon and California grant. This
adjustment was made under the inno
cent purchaser clause of the bill auth
orizing the government forfeiture suit
against the railroad company.
Fritchie Bodies Moved.
Frederick, Md. The bodies of Bar
bara Fritchie, heroine of Whittier's
poem, and that of her husband, John
C. Fritchie, which were recently dis
interred from the Old Reformed cem
etery here and placed in the mauso
leum at Mount Olivet, will be buried
with appropriate ceremonies on Mem
orial Day, May 30. I
FLEET IS MADE
READY FOR SEA
Battleships Stripped of All But
Fighting Equipment.
Old Vessels Repaired Full Supply
of Stores and Ammunition
Hurried on Board.
Philadelphia All the battleships of
the Atlantic reserve fleet at the Phila
delphia navy yard are being prepared
for instant service, some of them for
the first time since the Spanish-American
war. The work is being done
quietly, and officers of the yard deny
they are taking any unusual action,
but visitors to the yard note on every
hand activities in the marine barracks
and on the battleships and cruisers.
. Seamen ashore said unusual prepar
ations were being made. The ships
are being stripped of all unnecessary
equipment and much of the apparatus
that is usually carried for the comfort
and recreation of the bluejackets and
officers.
Most significant is the fact that
several of the older vessels, including
the old cruiser Minneapolis and the
battleships Ohio and Alabama, that
have not been in service for years, are
being overhauled, repaired and out
fitted for sea, and sea stores and am
munition are being taken aboard.
These are not always kept on the ves
sels, but during the last few days have
been taken on. An ammunition lighter
lay near the Massachusetts during the
night. Other ships, said the sailors,
are in the course of preparation for
sailing at the shortest notice.
JAPANESE HOUSE IS OF GLASS
Correspondent Says Foreign Own
ership Is Barred in Nippon.
Berlin The excitement of Japan
over the California alien land owner
ship is well founded and comprehen
sive, according to an analysis of the
American-Japanese situation sent by
the Tokio correspondent of the Welt
Korrespondenz Agency, printed in the
semi-official Norddeutsche Allegemeine
Zeitung. The Japansese, however, he
said are scarcely in a position to place
difficulties in the way of California's
land plans.
The correspondent says the Japanese
are living in a glass house because
foreigners are now barred from own
ing land in Japan a feature of the
situation which has heretofore been
left unnoticed in Germany. The
writer expresses the opinion that
Japan will favor keeping aloof from
the Panama-Pacific exposition at San
Francisco, which he regards as
Japan's only weapon against the Unit
ed States.
JAP SITUATION STILL TENSE
Imputation of Racial Inferiority Is
Deeply Resented.
Washington, D. C. Tension over
the Japanese situation continues to
excite attention in official and diplo
matic quarters, but there were no
specific developments at the White
House, the State department or the
Japanese embassy.
Nine of the 30 days Governor John
son has under the California constitu
tion to sign the alien land bill have
elapsed, and the impression is begin
ning to gain ground here that the gov
ernor will avail himself of the full
measure of time, even though he has
declared his purpose to approve the
Webb bill.
Secretary Bryan has not communi
cated with the governor since the re
ceipt of his telegraphic message set
ting out his reasons for upholding the
action of the legislature, but is simply
waiting for the final act of signature
before making reply to the Japanese
note protesting against the legislation.
Tokio Still Shows Faith.
Tokio Faith in the American peo
ple to see that justice is done the Jap
anese is the dominating note in the dis
cussion of the California alien land
ownership legislation. War talk is
denounced as ridiculous and only cal
culated to embarrass the two govern
ments, which are laboring for a peace
ful settlement by diplomacy. It is
conceded, however, that failure on the
part of the Americans to respond to
the" Japanese appeal for a discontin
uance of the alleged discrimination
would lead to some estrangement.
Cruiser to Be Repaired.
Seattle, Wash. The armored cruis
er Colorado has arrived at the Puget
Sound navy yard from San Francisco
and will go into drydock immediate
ly for a general overhauling. Repairs
costing $100,000 will be made to the
warship. The armored cruiser Pitts
burg, of the Pacific Reserve fleet, will
not, as at first intended, take the Col
orado's place on the active list, but
will remain at the navy yard for fur
ther repairs.
Ocean Is Let Into Canal.
Panama The waters of the Pacific
ocean were let into the Panama canal
Sunday. A giant blast of 32,750
pounds of dynamite was fired, demol
ishing the dike to the south of the
Miraflores locks and allowing the wa
ter to flow into an extensive section,
in which excavation practically has
been completed.