Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-05-10


have been rumors of an impending
anti-American demonstration.
Washington, D. C.-Senator Mel
son of Minnesota, chairman of the
senate committee on commerce, left
a sense of relief when his commit
tee completed and reported to the
senate the river and harbor bill car
rying $32,126,530 in appropriations for
the internal Improvement projects of
the country.
Mr.. Nelson's committee added about
$8,064,0 to the bill over what it car
ried when it passed the house, and
in the opinion Of Chairman Nelson,
that increase is a modest one and in
dicates the regard which the commit
tee felt for the public treasury.
This fact is shown by the comment
made by Mr.. Nelson when he assert
ed that two weeks of continuous
daily sessions of his committee were
necessary in order that full consider
alton should be given to the various
projects for which additional funds
were demanded.
uS llChlO OOu9hC w ~ AAASOA PNA ~
ed in the bill, while it was pending
before the Nelson committee would
have increased the total appropria-
tons under the bill by more than
$40,000,000. 1t was only by the most
persistent efforts of the committee
that the totals were held down tC the
addition of only about 100000.
Senator Nelson exhibited his mod
esty in connection with the efforts to
hold down the aggregate. He secured
only few thousand dollars addition
al for projects in Minnesota, but he
united with his colleagues from the
Northwest in giving more funds to
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
At Mr.. Nelson's request $4,000 ad-
ditional was granted for the reser-
voir work at the head-waters OF the
Mississippi, and $4,000 additional for
Warroad harbor in Minnesota.
It is believed by Mr.. Nelson and
other members of the delegation that
Minnesota projects are we'll cared for
in the bill.
The largest single increase to the
house measure was $2,5O0,0O0 for the
Mississippi river, making $6,OOO,0OO
for that waterway.
Principal Appropriations.
The appropriations as increased by
the senate committee aggrega1tt1e: r,o,,s
Columbia river, between COMO rails
and the Dalles Rapids 100000.
Above Colilo Falls, $4,000.
Columbia river, oregon slough, $780,
0Golumbia and Lower Willamette riv-
" St. Mays river Mich. 100000.
M M1naef b harbor M isn $2o 9oS
Key West harbor, $4,000.
Allegheny river rive i $$oo. 600: 500 c,tv and
Fort Benton, $4,000.
Opposite Sioux City, $4,000.
Los Angeles harbor, $327,250.
Oakland harbor, $4,000.
Yukon river, Alaska, $4,000.
TSida f. Al ashor $ $S5o ooo
Ohio river near Cairo, $250,000.
Waterway between Ts.ds B as oso river and
Matagorda a bay sys Texas $SZGoe Now
Jersey and Delaware, $1,50O,O00:
Nantucket sound, north of Pollock.
channel. s250,000.
New Haven, $4,000.
Jamaica Bay, New York. 100000.
Absecond Inlet N. H., s190,O00.
Inland I, w snoa va Norfolk to Beau
Cape Lookout Harbor of Refuge.
Cape Fear river, 100000.
Washington, D. C.-President Taft
informed the senate that the depart
ment of state has no evidence what
ever to show any acquisition of land
or any intention or desire to acquire
land, whether directly or indirectly,
in Mexico, by or for the Japanese
was in response to a senate resolution
calling for information regarding an
alleged purchase of land at Magdalena
bay by the Japanese government or
by a Japanese company.
With his brief message the presi-
dent transmitted full report from
Secretary of State Knox.
Mr.. Knox said that the Japanese
ambassador bad informed the depart
ment that he had appraised his govern
ment of the rumOrs and made, with
his governments authorization, an I'M
reserved denial of the rumored pur-
chase.
Secretary Knox said the rumors evil
IDENTIFY arose from efforts by the Amer
lean syndicate to dispose of certain
lands in the vicinity Of Magdalena
bay This American syndicate entered
upon negotiations for sale to Japa
nese syndicate. Meantime, an effort
was made to ascertain the attitude of
the American government. There was
evidence, Secretary Knox said, that
the American syndicate felt or knew
that Japanese capitalists would not
care to consummate the purchase
without the approval of the Japanese
government and that the latter would
not give it's approval unless assured
the transaction would be unobjection-
able to the United States.
The department of state made it
plain to the American syndicate that
such a transfer of lands would be in
terpreted in some quarters in a man
ner to cause a great cutlery and that
such a result would be so obviously
a cause of regret to the government
of the United States that it would
appear unnecessary further to COM