Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-20

broken, and In one or two instances
the proprietors of the restaurants We're
struck by these stones.
II personally interviewed the restau-
rant keepers and took down their
statements. George Sugihara, a res
taurant keeper at 1T Third street,
stated that the boycott commenced on
October and continued until October
"a; that on the first day the boycotters
match boxes on which was
written. White Men and women, pat
ronize your own race that at about
noon of the second day large num-
Der of men came to his place of bust
ness and asked the people who We're
about to enter his restaurant not tol
patronize the japanese restaurants;
that customers attempting to enter MS
place of business We're sometimes re-
strained by force, and that blows were
also struck; that on or about the loth
or 18th of the month the boycotters
came three times a day-morning, noon
and evening; that sometimes they
threw bricks and stones into his place;
that one of the walters asked them the
reason why they did these things ana
they replied, ASK the policeman; that
it was very seldom that policeman
was seen on the scene; that he COM
planned to the policeman on the beat;
that sometimes the policeman spoke 10
the boycotters and appeared to be
friendly with them; that whenever a
policeman appeared who was unfriend-
ly to the boycotters the boycotters left;
that on one occasion when he asked
the boycotters how long they intended
to keep up the boycott they replied
Until the end-until the Japanese give
up their business, pack UP their goods
and return to the place whence they
came
Mr.. Sugihara also said that there
was an agreement to pay the boycott
tiers for the purpose of declaring the
boycott off; that all the facts We're
known to S. Imura president of the
Japanese union. and that the PROPOSE
ton to pay cash to the Cooks ana
Walters union was made by Mr.. lmufa,
representing the Japanese union, and
that the amount to be paid was SooV'
that he, Sugihara did not know the
name of the person to whom the money
was to be paid; that he was present on
October % or &c. when S100 of the $3.50
was paid; that he saw the money paid;
that it was paid by Imura, as president
of the Japanese union; that he dld not
know the name of the man to whom
the money was paid but would recog-
nze him if he saw him again.
Assaults.
assaults have from time to time
ident in the city Of San Francisco.
was Informed by the chief of police
that upon receipt of a communication
| from the Japanese consulate he at once
instructed captains of police to make
every effort to stop these assaults, and,
| If necessary, to assign men in citizens
clothes to accomplish the purpose. The
correspondence between the Japanese
consul and the chief of police and the
/ o+i,, Of no oft iC heratn at
tached and marked Exhibit E' (p.
33)
81 deemed it best, in order to get al
the exact facts, to take the statements
of the Japanese who claimed to have
| been assaulted. These statements We're
given at the japanese consulate in San
Francisco by ]. S. Med. Gardner, inter-
prefer in the immigration service al
| San Francisco, and K Kawasaki,
|. Japanese student in the senior class OF
the University Of California. Since
these statements are in the words OF
the victims themselves and show, as
! nothing else could. such grounds az
there are. upon which to found COM
plant Of violence, they are here glVer
in full:
IS Inatsu, 121 Haight street. am
student and a member of the japanese
4 Y. M c. A. On October %, at 7:15 p
. guna and Haight streets by eigh
young men, from IS to 20 years of age
they rushed up behind me and struci
J me in the face and then ran away
looked around for a policeman, blu
, could not find one. | went to the Y. M
c. A. and was treated by the docto
, there. made complaint about the mat
: ter to the Japanese association, but no
to the police department.
Jaiuhf cfrapt-'I
, student and member of the Japa
!, nese Y. NJ. c. A. On the 5th day o
August, 1906, on Laguna street, be
tween Haight and Page streets. a
1O:4O a. M, on my way to church,
was attacked by about 80 people, me-
ranging from Is to % years of age
They followed me down the street an
) beat me over the head and face wit
, their fists. I tried to resist them, bu
they were too strong for me. The
made my nose bleed. l went to s.
Thomas hospital for medical treatmen
p l complained to the superintendent G
the Japanese Presbyterian Mission an
was advised by him not to make an
y complaint to the police. l was laid u
: for week on account of this attacl
\, have the blood-stained shirt which
. can produce if necessary
r IF therefore, the police power of Sa
l.
e situation and guard and protect Japa
8 nese residents in San Francisco,
: whom under our treaty with Japan W
: guarantee full and perfect protectio
n for their persons and property the1
Q it seems to me, it is clearly the duty {
f the federal government to afford sue
!, protection. All considerations whic
:, may move nation, every considerable
: of duty in the preservation of OF
$ treaty obligations, every considerable
i prompted by fifty years or more {
I close friendship with the Empire {
: Japan would unite in demanding
$ seems to me, of the United States gov
It eminent and it's people, the fullest pro
d lection and the highest considerable
O for the subjects of Japan"
h BIDWELL.
e Bidwell Dec 1S.-Miss Eunice CHS
: man returned FRIDAY after few day