JAPANESE MINISTER SEND STRONG
PROTEST TO SECRETARY HUGHES
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TOKIO, May 29.—Foreign Minister Mat
' sui today asked and obtained assent from the
Prince Regent to forwarding the Japanese pro
test against American enactment of the Ameri
can immigration bill barring Japanese from the
United States. The proceeding was extraordi
nary and is interpreted as indicating that unu
sual importance is attached to the document.
The protest was placed upon the cables for
transmission to Ambassador Hanihara at Wash
ington shortly after the Foreign Minister had
left the imperial palace, and the ambassador
will deliver it to Secretary of State Hughes.
This action by Japan indicates that the nation
is determined to force recognition by the United
States that the Japanese is not an Asiatic as de
fined by the immigration laws, and that the sub
jects of Nippon must receive the same treatment
as those of the Nordic races.
I
1 BELLINGHAM, May 27.—Major F.
L. Martin and liis mechanic, Seigt.
Harvey, left here this morning cn
route to Washington, D. C , to report
on his attempted flight around the
world.
Major Martin stated that he might
yet participate in the flight by join
ing his companions in England.
BELLINGHAM, May 25—An Alas
kan mirage showing an ocean gleam
ing white ahead where no ocean exist- j
ed, lured Martin, leader of the army]
world flyers and his mechanic Harvey
from their course and resulted in the
crash of their flagplane Seattle on the
Alaska peninsula, the two flyers de
clared, arriving here today from Port
Moller as passengers on Katherine
D. Mrs. Martin in a special boat met
her husband two hours from port.
WHAT MM
• WANTS TO KNOW
ABOUT AL SMITH
PAMPHLET IN INTEREST OF NEW
YORK GOVERNOR BEING CIR
CULATED IN INTEREST OF HIS
CANDIDACY.
NEW YrORK, May 27—“What Ev
e,<'body Wants to Know About A1
Smith,” is the title of a pamphlet
which has just been printed and wall
be circulated throughout the country
in the interest of the New Yrork Gov
ernor’s candidacy for the Democratic
presidential nomination. Smith prob
ably will have the solid New' Yrork del
egation with him at the convention,
and a scattering of other votes, but on
the first ballot will not, it is admitted,
have anywhere near as many votes
as McAdoo or Underwood.
Five Cent Fare Be
Restored in Tacoma
TACOMA, May 29— Beginning June
1, a live cent fare will be restoied
on the street car lines of the city, $1
purchasing twenty tokens without
privilege of transfer.
The Tacoma Railway and Power
Company will make this concession
to the council, but only as a trial
the old rate being restored if the
company finds itself losing money.
VICTORIA, May 26—The “Admiral
Peary” of the Pacific Steamship Co.,
r&'a aground yesterday in Canoe Pass
in the Frasier River. The Pacific Sal
vage Company was notified and the
salvage steamer Nitinet has started
for the scene.
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FORD DID FOR MUSCLE
SHOILS TURNED DD1
WASHINGTON, May 27.—'The Nor
ris bill for the government operation
of Muscle Shoals was reported out
today by the Senate Agricultural com
mittee. A motion to report the Ford
bid was denied.
FMCE10 FOLLOW
H PROGRAM OF
PARIS, May 27—The French cabi
net today adopted a program of dras
tic o',onomy reducing the budget 420,
000,OCro france. President Millerand
presided at the meeting. The President
already has the pledge of Douard Her
riot, who will probably be the next
Premier ,that he will continue a policy
of economy.
PARIS, May 27—Elyses Palace is
silent in regard to Millerand’s inten
tions, officials declaring he will never
retire under fire. Many think the Dep
uties may be faced with the eventual
dissolution of the Chamber and a new
election ,if they push their tactics too
far.
Sleeping Sickness
Sweeping England;
Country Alarmed
LONDON, May 29,—Several r.ew
cases of the mysterious malady
known as sleeping sickness were re
ported by the health officers today,
and the epidemic seems to be spread
ing throughout England at an alarm
ing rate. The disease is not the sick
ness caused by the bite of the tsetse
fly, but is a first cousin to spinal
meningitis, caused some scientists
aver by spores from the soil.
The best doctors in the empire are
endeavoring to segregate the bacilla
responsible for the disease, and hope
to prevent its further spread.
New Alaska Cable
In Working Order
SEATTLE, May 29.—Messages of
congratulation from the Alaska Com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
and to the Mayor of Ketchikan were
filed this afternoon. These messages
will make the opening of the first
unit of the new Alaska cable from
Seattle to Seward. The section from
Ketchikan to Seward will be laid by
September 1.
TREADWELL STRIKES RICH VEIN
DAWSON, Y. T., May 26—The
Treadwell Yukon Company struck a
rich vein Tuescay six. hundred feet
down.
ENT OF
The apportionment of Delegates tc
the Republican National Convention
at Cleveland, Ohio, as given out in
accordance with a resolution adopted
by the Republican National Commit
tee in Washington, December 12,
1923:
Alabama ...—.— 16
Arizona .... 9
Arkansas _ 14
California ._.—.— 29
Colorado .....— 15
Connecticut ..— — - 17
Delaware __--- 9
Florida . 10
Georgia .—. 18
Idaho ........ 11
Illinois .. 61
Indiana ...-. 33
Iowa ... 29
Kansas . 23
Kentucky .. 26
Louisiana _ 13
Maine . 15
Maryland . 19
Massachusetts ._. 39
Michigan .. 33
Minnesota . 27
Mississippi _ 12
Missouri . 39
Montana . 11
Nebraska __ 19
Nevada _ 9
New Hampshire . 11
New Jersey ......._. 31
New Mexico _ 9
New York .. 91
North Carolina . 22
North Dakota . 13
Ohio .. 51
Oklahoma . 23
Oregon . 13
Pennsylvania . 79
Rhode Island . 13
South Carolina . 11
South Dakota .. 13
Tennessee . 27
Texas . 23
Utah . 11
Vermont .... 11
Virginia . 17
Washington . 17
West Virginia .. 19
Wisconsin . 29
Wyoming .:.... 9
Alaska . 2
District of Columbia .. 2
Hawaii ._../...... 2
Philippines ... 2
Porto Rico . 2
Total Number of Delegates. 1109
Senator La Follette
Will Be Candidate
Independent Ticket
WISCONSIN STATESMAN GETS
MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT
FROM FRIENDS
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Intimate
friends of Senator Robert La Follette
of Wisconsin assert that it is now
certain he will try for the presidency
on a third party ticket, as the split
in the Railroad Brotherhood with
President Stone of the Locomotive
Engineers having declared against
McAdoo being one of the' determined
factors in causing him to decide to
make the race.
Makes Announcement Today
WASHINGTON, May 29.—In a let
ter to Attorney General Ekren of
Wisconsin, Senator La Follette today
virtually announced that he will run
for the presidency on the Indepen
dent ticket^ unless the approaching
Republican and Democratic conven
tions demonstrate to the people that
either of those parties can and will
purge itself of evil influences which
have long dominated them.
NEW YORK, May 29.—The Com
mittee Sf Forty-Eight and its affiliat
ed bodies through J. A. Hopkins,
chairman of the committee and mem
ber of the arrangements committee
of the St. Paul, June 17th convention,
last night withdrew from participa
tion in the St. Paul meeting and urg
ed all other organizations to do the
same.
The committee pledged its support
to nominate Robert La Follette for
the presidency at a meeting in Cleve
land, July 4.
Hopkins in a statement declares
the entrance of communists into the
St. Paul meeting was sufficient rea
son for his withdrawal.
LONDON, May LM—The Labor Par
ty following in the footsteps of the
Conservatives and the Liberals, has
stalled a semi-exclusive party ciub
of its own.
The club will be tried as an experi
ment for three years, and ten thous
and being spent t.n rent and struc
tural alterations.
Unlike the other party clubs, mem
bership will be open to members’ fam
ilies.
SOVIET AROUSED
OVER ACTION OF
- UNITED STATES
MOSCOW, May 28—Advices receiv
ed in this city state that the Chinese
government has received a warning
note from the United States on the
question of soviet Russia. The note
is alleged to point out that recognition
of the soviet by China might lead to
international complications which will
place China in an embarrassing posi
tion.
American intervention at Peking
has caused considerable stir in Moscow
official circles and is provoking much
unfavorable comment.
STATEMENT AFTER
AFFIXING SIGNATURE
IMMIGRATION BILL A COMPRE
HENSIVE MEASURE DEALING
WITH WHOLE SUBJECT
WASHINGTON, May 27.—President
Coolidge, after signing the immigra
tion bill, issued a statement in part
that if the exclusion provision stood
alone, he should disapprove it with
out hesitation if sought in this way
at this time but the bill is a com
prehensive measure dealing with the
whole subject of immig1~'tion and
setting up the necessary jinistra
tive machinery.
“I must therefore consider the bill
as a whole and the imperative need
of the country for legislation of this
general character is understood, and
| for this reason the bill is approved ”
! concluded the president.
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President Signs Bill
WASHINGTON, May 27.—The im
migration bill carrying the Japanese
'Exclusion Act, effective July 1, was
| signed today by President Coolidge,
and however, as soon as he had af
j fixed his signature, the President
began preparation of a statement ex
I pressing his disapproval of the fail
ure of Congress to provide for long
| er delay in the effective date of ex
I elusion.
Secretary Commerce
Granted Powers to
Regulate Fisheries
AMENDMENTS BY DELEGATE DAN
SUTHERLAND DEFEATED
IN TEST OF STRENGTH
WASHINGTON, May 29.—The Sen
ate this afternoon passed the House
Bill granting to Secretary of Com
merce Hoover authority to establish
I closed areas for Alaskan fisheries
i The bill also contained provisions de
| signed to co-operate the salmon in
dustry in Alaska. %
The amendments to the bill pro
posed by Delegate Dan Sutherland
were defeated in the Committee.
Sutherland Amendments Deleted
WASHINGTON, May 29.—The only
important change made by the Sen
ate in passing the Alaska fish bill
previously passed by the House was
the elimination of the section prohib
iting the use of traps and seines.
Hoover Denounced by King
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Secretary
; Hoover was denounced in the Senate
i today by Senator King for helping tc
! maintain a fishing monopoly in Alas
ka. King charged that Hoover’s pol
icy in allowing exclusive fishing con
tracts in Alaska was harmful and un
warranted by law.
Nationalist Elected
President Reichstag
BERLIN, May 29.—Herr Wailraff, a
Nationalist, was elected president of
| the Reichstag.
Ilead EDIT
PARIS, May 27,—Jeering the U. S.
players, hissing the American flag and
fights between the French and Am
erican spectators at the Olympic rug
by game brought official expression of
regret from French Olympic commit
tee when the American team defeated
the French players seventeen to three.
SPOKANE, May 29—A general
strike of members of the Industrial
Workers of the World in lumber and
mining industries and harvest fields
of the Pacific Northwest is planned
for July 1, according to a story pub
lished by the Spokane Chronicle to
day. It says that plans were discussed
at a secret meeting of the I. W. W.
organizers here yesterday.
AMERICAN FLYERS READY TO HOP OFF
ON LONG FLIGHT TOKIO TO SHANGHAI
SEC. WORK ORDERS MINE
RESCUE CAR FOR ALASKA RY.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,' May 27
Secretary Work ordered a car equip
ped and furnished by the Alaska Rail
road as a mine rescue car.
JAP RESERVISTS
ASK EX-SOLDIERS
DEFEND COUNTRY
TOKIO, May 27.—Ten thousand
Japanese former service men, and
now reservists, took part today in an
anti-exclusion demonstration at the
National Military Shrine and adopted
a resolution asking all reservists in
the country to unite for the sake of
the Fatherland.
Will Forward Protest
TOKIO? May 27.—The cabinet will
meet in extraordinary session today
to decide on a protest to be forward
ed to America on the immigration
bill which contains a clause exclud
ing Japanese. Indications point to
the recall or resignation of Japanese
ambassador Hanihara, at Washington.
Rum Fleets Break
Cables When Ships
Anchor off Coast
TREASURY DEPARTMENT IS AP
PEALED TO BY CABLE
COMPANIES
NEW YORK, May 29.—The large
rum fleet anchored off the New Jer
sey and Long Island coasts are play
ing havoc with the submarine cables
to such an extent that the trans-at
lantic cable companies have protested
to the Treasury department at
Washington.
The companies allege that the ves
sels anchor near the cables and when
they drag catch up the cable, break
ing it in many places.
The department may bring action
against the vessels for interfering
with communications.
William J. Burns
Takes Reports from
Government Files
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Charges
that confidential reports on Mexican
revolutionary activities were taken
from the files of the Department oi
Justice by Wm. J. Burns, when he
resigned as chief of the bureau of
investigation were made before the
Wheeler and Brookhart committee to
day.
Oil Scandal Holds
Attention Committee
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Sinclaii
tried to borrow $27,000,000 from the
Shipping Board for the purpose of
oil development in Mexico, and Sec
retary Fall later cancelled a contract
which the Shipping Board had witl
the Interior Department for a supply
of oil from the Salt Creek field
thereby causing a loss of $6^000,000
to the merchant marine annually. II
is alleged that Fall took oil from the
Shipping Board and turned it over
to Sinclair.
These facts were brought out to
day in an inquiry into Shipping
Board affairs which is being conduct
ed by a committee of the House.
Charles S. Doney
Named Asst. Treas.
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Charles
S. Doney, vice president of the
Northern Trust Company of Chicago
has been appointed assistant secre
tary of the Treasury.
COOLIDGE IS STILL
FOR WORLD COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29
President Coolidge let it be known to
day that he had not been directly con
sulted about the provisions of the
world court proposal presented in the
Senate today by Senator Lodge.
The president still regards the per
manent court of international justice
created under the league of nations as
the best agency for settlement of in
ternational disputes and stands on the
position taken in his message last De
cember.
I BERLIN, May 27—Signs of an epi
demic of the dread typhus have appear
ed in different parts of Germany.
U. S. War Vessels
Stationed on Route
Be Taken by Flyers
SEA WILL BE PATROLLED BY
AMERICAN FLEET BETWEEN
TOKIO AND SHANGHAI
TOKIO, Japan, May 29.—Thir
teen United States war vessels,
comprising the 38th and 43d di
visions of the Asiatic fleet de
stroyer squadron are taking up
positions in the China Sea to pa
trol the course during the flight
from Kagoshima to Shanghai of
the American world planes.
Lieut. Smith announced today
that all plans had been complet
ed to hop off for Shanghai either
today or tomorrow
Many Banquets Given Flyers
TOKIO, May 29.—After spending
the past four days at Kasumigaura
getting their planes in shape for the
hop off Friday or Saturday for Shang
hai, the American aviators last night
attended a special farewell banquet,
where thousands of influential Japa
nese bade them farewell and a suc
cessful continuation of the globe
flight.
Lieut. Smith today stated that the
worst flight in the world was between
Sitka and Seward, and related inci
dents of the trip where the whole
squadron narrowly escaped destruc
tion.
Lieut. Smith declared that there
was a vast difference in the hospital
ity of the Japanese and that of Rus
sia, where they were denied sanctu
ary from a heavy gale.
The fleet commander stated that
the flight from Shanghai on would
be child’s play compared to what the
airmen had been through, and that
the most dangerous portion of the
flight remaining was from England to
| Greenland.
The machines have been overhaul
led and tuned up until they are ready
| to make an endurance flight, Lieut,
j Smith declared.
Plans for U. S.
Participation in
a World Court
SENATOR PEPPER INTRODUCES
BILL IN SENATE ASKING FOR
PARTICIPATION
WASHINGTON, May 29.—A plan
I for American adherance to a world
^ court under conditions divorcing that
( tribunal from the League of Nations
. | was laid before the Senate today by
, | Senator Pepper, its author, who ask
;! ed for recommendation of the Re
publican majority to the Senate For
eign Relations Committee for Ameri
; can participation.
COOLIDGE WINS THREE-ONE
PORTLAND, May 27—Returns in
Oregon show that President Coolidge
■; defeated Hiram Johnson in the state
by a three-to-one vote.
—because, as the new moon falls be
tween the earth and sun, the side to
' ward us is in shadow, except for the
lower crescent shaped rim, which we
■! can see illuminated. The moon is in
: constant ever, but
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