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The Washington herald., 1913-04-08
wilson To HANDLE
JAPANESE SITUATION
Senator Works and Representative
Kent Called in Conference
by President.
CONCERNS LAND OWNERSHIP

President Wilson has personally taken
charge Of the situation created by the
japanese Ambassadors protest against
the enactment of the pending alien land
law in California. which is regarded as
being aimed directly at the Japanese.
The President summoned Senator Works
and Representative Kent to the White
House for a conference on the situation
yesterday afternoon.
The pending bill in California would
make illegal the ownership or leasing of
land in the State by persons not eligible
for citizenship. The japanese AmbasE l.
dor is believed to have based his objec-
ton to the proposed enactment on the
grounds that by treaty with Japan in
1911 the United States guaranteed to
Japanese the right to lease lands for
farming or commercial purposes.
Secretary of State Bryan has handled
the situation thus far. He received the
rrCtest of Ambassador 'Chinda as well
as the statement of six California Repre-
sentatives i'm Congress presenting the
point of view of the California Legisla-
ture. 1t is understood that the Presi-
dent was urged to look into the situation
bv Secretary of the Interior Lane, who is
former Californian
The President, il was learned at the
White House yesterday, has called on
Secretary Bryan for all the information
which the State Department has on the
subject of the treaty, and the proposed
law, and has set himself the task of de-
termining just what the situation is. He
has arranged for a second conference
with Secretary Lane and probably will
discuss the situation with Mr.. Bryan
today.
The President, il is understood, ask ed
the California Senator and Representa-
t:ves at the White House this. afternoon
to give him the point of view of the Cal
ifornians, as well as to advise him upon
the questions of International law in
rolved.
They refused to say after the confer
ence what they had advised the President
To- do or what he had signified his in.
tention to be IL he had reached a de-
cision. Representative Kent said that his
personal opinion was that this country
does not want to have another interna.
tional dispute on its hands now"
The Washington herald., 1913-04-08
SENATE DISTRICT
BODY ORGANIZED
Senator John Walter Smith Of
Maryland Names His Two !.
Secretaries.
ACTIVE WORK TO START
Marylander Favor Every Possible Inn
provement Here Consistent
with Economy.
ACTIVE WORK TO START

The new chairman of the Senate Dis
trict Committee, Senator John Walter
Smith .of Maryland, Yesterday assumed
the duties of that post and installed the
secretary and assistant secretary of the
committee. Alban M. Wood, of Frederick,
Md, and c. w. Taylor, of Snow Hill,
Md, respectively.
The new chairman presented three for
NAL resolutions to the Senate to set to
work the machinery of his committee.
These were to authorize the committee
to summon witnesses. print records and
carry on the other necessary work of a
standing committee, and to provide the
necessary expenses.
Senator Smith within a few days will
tee and take up active work.
Senator Smith said that he intended
at once to make tours throughout the
entire District to familiarize himself
with conditions here. He will make
close study of the Capital, he stated.
He repeated that he is in favor of the
widest possible improvement of the Dis
trict, consistent with economy and good
administration.
Mr.. Wood, who = succeeds Clinton
Thompson as secretary of the Senate
District committee, is graduate OF
the University of Virginia, and practiced
law in Frederick for three years prior
10 his appointment at the beginning of
the last session of the Maryland Legis-
lature to be assistant chief clerk.
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SENATE CROWD IS
STARTLED BY CRANK
George B. Clemmer, Herald of the
Prince Of Peace" Addresses
Vice President,

George b. Clemmer, an unfortunate
young man of Monroe, n. c., who was
elected from the Senate galleries yester-
day afternoon because he sought rec
ognition, from Vice President Marshall
to deliver what he said was "a message
of peace is under observation at the
Washington Asylum Hospital. The police
are endeavoring to communicate with
his relatives at Monroe.
Clemmer, slender and delicate in APP
pearance, created excitement in the
gallery. FOR men on the west side, among
the people near him, and among some
of the Senators by the conduct which
Ned to his arrest. The Senate had just
voted to adjourn and Vice President
Marshall was beginning the formal ad-
stepped to the rail of the gallery and
shouted:
"Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman"
A. NJ. Doughertyt and Henry E. Schone-
wolf, two doorkeepers, Immediately
whisked him out of the gallery and
downstairs into a guard room. AS Glenn
mer was taken along he distributed
among the people he passed cards in
scribed, George B. Clemmer herald of
the prince Of peace. Monroe. N. c.
Clemmer was turned over to the police
of the Sixth Precinct whence he was
removed to the Washington Asylum Hos
pital. It is said that he evinced mo signs
of violence, but he persisted in the state
ment that he had come to Washington
to deliver message of peace.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-08
COURT CONSTITUTES TAX.
HIGHEST Tribunal Holds Railroad
Exempt from Provision.


Exempt from Provision.
The Supreme Court divided yesterday
6 to on a decision constituting the cor
poration tax law. Justice Pitney read
the majority opinion, and Justice Day
announced the dissent, which was con-
CURED in by Justices Lamar and Hughes
The case arose in Eastern Pennsy.-
vania. The Mine Hill and SchuyIkiI,
Haven Railroad Company. corporation.
paid the tax under protest, and then
sued to recover. The plaintiff was char
tered to operate the railroad, but has for
many years been enjoying rental of
S250000 a year from the Reading Railroad
Company, to which it leased it's line
The corporation contended that it was
no longer doing business within TIL.
meaning of the corporation tax law.
The court held the conditions did MT
bring the corporation within the class
OF the Park Realty Company Of New
York, which was held to be subject TO
the tax, but put it in the class with the
Minneapolis syndicate, which was held to
be exempt at the time the corporation
tax opinion was handed down a year or
SO ago.
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EXPLOSION VICTIM BURIED.
Tim" Murphy, the Actor, Attends
His Sisters Funeral.

The body of Miss Gertrude Murphy,
who died i'm Emergency Hospital Satur-
day morning as the result of burns re-
ceived i'm a gas explosion at her home,
sl5 S Street Northwest, Friday night,
when she saved her mother from prob
able death by asphyxiation, was buried
In Mount Oliyet Cemetery yesterday
morning.
Both her mother and father, who were
badly burned in the explosion, still are
in a serious condition, and have not been
Informed of their daughters death.
Attending the funeral were three sis
tiers, a brother. Tim" Murphy, the actor,
and more than a hundred close friends
of the family.
At Freedmens Hospital where Mrs.
Murphy was rushed for treatment fol-
lowing the explosion, it was stated last
night that her recovery now seemed
certain. Mr.. Murphy, at the Emergency
Hospital, also is recovering rapidly.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-08

New York, April lone of the most
remarkable piIgrimages ever chronicled
will start from Boston on the morning
of April b. Ii will be made up of Z
number of the bereaved women survivors
who were widowed in the Titanic dis
aster, and according to plans. their boat
will arrive at the scene of that terrible
sea tragedy at 2:15 o'clock on the morn
ing of April 15-the time and day of the
calamity. Baskets. of flowers will be
tossed out into the night on the water
where the most terrible chapter in the
lives of these women was written, a
short memorial service will be held by
the ships chaplain. and the widows will
sing the memorable Titanic dirge, Near
err. My God to Thee" Mrs. Jacques Fua
trelle and Mrs. Henry B. Harris, origi-
majors of the plan, are in charge of the
plans for the pilgrimage.
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Bill to Protect Women.

Senator Kenyon yesterday introduced a
hin to prohibit the transportation in in
terstate commerce of the products OF
mines and factories in which women are
employed for more than eight hours a
day. He reintroduced a bill with the
same provisions as TO products of mines
and factories in which children under
fourteen years old work.
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EQUAL SUFFRAGE LOSES OUT.
Ray State Senate Rejects Votes for
Women Bills.

Boston, Mass. April 1.-The State Sen
ate killed the last hope of woman suf-
frage for another year this afternoon
by accepting an adverse report of the
committee on constitutional amendments
on three votes for women measures.
This means that the suffragists will
not be able to win the vote for women
In Massachusetts this year. The Senate
galleries were crowded with women when
the vote was taken.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-08

souri,; Mrs r. H. Edm6ndson, West vir-
GINA: Mrs. Thomas Kite. Ohio: Mrs.
Rhett Goode, Alabama; Mrs Thomas
Day. Tennessee; Mrs. John L. Dinwiddie,
Indiana; Mrs. John H. valandingham.
North Carolina. and Mrs. Richard H.
Cunningham. Kentucky.
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POLICE REPORT COMING.
senate Committee Will Resume
Hearing Su1fragfst Charges.

The Senate committee charged with
the investigation of the conduct of the
police during the suffrage pageant on
March will soon resume its sessions.
it was stated yesterday by Senator
Jones, it's chairman.
Senator Jones said he did not know
how much longer the sessions would
last. but that the committee desired to
grant full time for the presentation of
full and complete evidence by all par
ties to the investigation.
Senator Dillingham; and Senator
Pomerene are the other members Of
the COMMITTEES.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-08

Sacramento, Cal, April T.-Gov. john
son today affixed his signature to the
"red light BILL which makes owners
agents, and lessees responsible for the
morals of their tenants. The bill be-
comes operative in ninety days. and will
have the effect of wiping out restricted
districts in every city of the State. I'm
der the provisions OF the measure. any
citizen who has knowledge that build
ing Is being used for immoral purposes
can close the place by injunction.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-08

There are still thirteen States of the
Union that have never had representa-
ton in the Cabinet OF any President of
the United states
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T0DAY's SELECTIONS.
BY NEW YORK TELEGRAPH.
ia nestOwn.

Jamestown.
First Race-Char1es Cannell,
Belmont entry, Parr entry.
Second Race-Captain links,
Pretty Molly, Rockrest.
Third Race-Tackle. Blanche
Frances Irene Gummell.
Fourth Race-Rose Queen,
Rye Straw, Ell Orc.
Fifth Race-Clem Eeachey,
Emily Lee. Harcourt.
Sixth Race-Kittery. Miss
Jonah. The Gardener.
Marlboro.
First Race--Carroll, st. Ava
no, Sylvan Dell.
Second Race - Bitten. jr.,
Frijolee, Cliff Top.
Third Race-Stelcliff, Chill
ton Squaw, Sidon.
Fourth Race-Orderly Nat,
Jesuit. Handwriting.
Fifth Race-Ugo. Maurice
Reed, Strike Out.
Sixth Race-Deduction, Earl
of Richmond. Casque.
Buffalo is planning to bury ,all wire
the heart of the city.
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Philadelphia il talking Of building q new bridge
over the Schuyiidll at South Street
The Washington herald., 1913-04-08
Marlboro.

Buffalo is planning to bury GALL wires
in the heart of the city.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21
MEASUREMENT OF WATER.

The State School OF Mines OF the Uni.
versity Of Utah has issued bulletin
Number y relating to the Measure
ment Of Flowing Streams, the same
being ga simple, accurate method of
using the weir Professor Richard r
Lyman is the author of the bulletin,
which is one OF very great practical
value. As is well known. the value OF
our irrigated farms and of the water
used upon them. also OF the products
they yield. must be measured in mum
bers OF many figures, usually impossi-
BILE TO state with accuracy. But water
is the intrinsic need that make these
great values: and vet 1--WE handle it,,
we divert ii, we uso it. we waste II. IN
most careless and eXtravagant fashion. -
As has been most forciblY and truly
said. available water in all this region
represents money in Uncounted millions.
II q banker were to handle cash of the
thousapdth part OF this value without
keeping and without making q record
of what passes through his bands, that
banker would find himself very quickly
in the tolls of the law. Yet the users
of this water make no account Of their
use Of il. But il viii finally become
as important 10 enter and keep record
of the amount OF water that flows in a
stream, to know to whom this water
belongs and TO whom. in what quanti-
ties and 1T what times. il is 10 be dis
trlbuted, as 1t is 10 keep record OF
the amount OF metal in ore produced
from a mine, the amount Of cash bank
handles, TO whom these values belong,
and TO whom and in wha, proportion it
is 70 be distributed.
The bulletin has been prepared with
the expectation that IL will aid tho
| farmers and others in the State who
have the right Of use 20 water, 10 meas.
| ure this watrr in au accurate way. II
| NAV serve 10 qualify them to begin
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21
MORE SUPREME JUSTICES.

We sec that Senator Gore of Okla
homa has introduced n bill TO increase
the membership of the L. :. Supreme
Court from nine To eleven members
This bin is SAID TO he attracting nm.
usual attention in Washington, the pre-.
sumption being that IL is meant TO pro
vide place on the Supreme Bench Tor
President Taft after he goes out OF
office. But the reason publicly urged
for the passage Of the bill is the pres
sure of work upon the court, and the
need of more Justices to transact the
business brought before it.
It has not been the general expert
ence Of the public that increasing the
number Of Judges Of court eSpe'
dites It's business; and as long as the
Judges sit en- banc for the hearing OF
all cases. it is difficult TO see how an
increase in the number OF Judges would
materially aid expedition in the dispo'
sal of the cases.
Eleven. however, is not too many for
court such as the Supreme Court OF
the United States. There might be OBJ
lection to any very material increase In
the membership Of that court, as making
the court itself cumbersome, and cheap
ening the positions held by the Justices.
Nor, desirable as it may be TO have
President Taft on the Supreme Bench
after his retiring from the Presidency,
would 1t be good precedent to in.
crease the number of Judges to make a
place for any man.
If it can be shown that the increase
in the membership OF the court would
in fact tighten the task of the Justices
and expedite the business of the court,
then very we'll; the addition of the two
extra Judges would be not only defen-
sible but desirable. But unless this can
be shown, tho increase III the number
of Justices would not be desirable,
while the cheapening process III the re-
lation of the number of its member
ship to the dignity and solidity OF the
court would in itself be an objection
to the increase in the numbers of that
membership
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21
A VERY MoURNFUL DEATH.

The unexpected death of Mrs. Charles
Read member of the Utah House OF
Representative. startled the city YES.
terday. Nervous breakdown i. given
as the cause OF her death, Mrs. Read
vas elected OF the Republican ticket
last November as one of the ten Rep
resentatives from this county TO the
Utah Legislature. But by reason Of i'll
ness she was not able 10 take her seat
at the opening Of the session. nor has
she been able 10 attend any Of the ses.
sions SINCE her term began.
Mrs. Read was well known in liter.
ary circles in this city as writer and
thinker. She was the author OF "Blue
Bonnet : Ranch Party book re
Gently reviewed with favor in The Trib.
uue. Her accomplishments were fine
and her standing was high
Her loss 10 the people OF the State in
her elected legislative capacity will mn
doubtcdlv he felt. But her loss 10 bei
husband. Mr. Charles Read, so vel
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21

keeping the important water records
referred TO. and that must eventually
be kept
This bulletin is sent ont with the be
lief that the new diagrams aud the new
tables which it presents will give moro
accurate and more satisfactory results
than can he obtained by any tables oI
forrpuas heretofore put forth. spe
cial form Of weir is recommended IN
this bulletin. that has many advantages
not the least of which is the fact that
il is no, necessary to bring The water
TO practical staudstlIl before tbs
measurement is taken. When this wcit
Is used therefore much less sediment
viii bc deposited above II than above
other wcirs in common use,
The University. in order to cncourag &c
the measurement of flowing streams
aud TO assist in teaching farmers and
those who are Interested IN the usc and
distribution Of water, how 10 measure
it. is sending TO all who arc interested
in this subject, copies Of the bulletin
on application. The valuable iuforma
ton contained in il, therefore. is thus
mads immediately available 10 every
one who has any practical application
10 make of the principles and method,
cXplaiupd therein. II 'S good for tho
public To have such bulletins rs this
aud we mrcservcdly recommend II tc
.lI
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21
ABSURDITY IN WILLS.

The absurd methods III which people
from time 10 time undertake to dispose
Of their property by will have caused
good deal Of reelection in the minds
of thinking men upon the whole ques-
| tlon of disposing Of property by will.
Most wills are in a way sane and per-
haps unobj Objectionable, but from time to
time some will so devises property aS
vastly to encourage the idea that no
wills at all should be allowed, and
since most wills that dispose Of prop
erty dispose Of it substantially as the
Law itself would dispose Of it if there
was no win at all. the loss by de-
claring all wills invalid might in gen
cral way not be felt.
One OF the most recent instances of
wills that might be called impossible,
and vet which the courts felt obliged
TO declare valid, is that Of an old man
at Leipsic, Germany, who died two
years ago and left a legacy of $4,000
for Abdul IIamid, former Sultan Of
Turkey, enJoiniug that ruler TO build
Temple Of Peace with the money.
Now, the idea of AbdNl Hamid build
ing a Temple OF Peace is so grotesque
in itself that one would suppose a court
would take uutlce Of the folly of it,
and would declare the will invalid. But
| when the old man S niece brought a
suit to break the will, the conrts up
| held its validity, and deprived the niece
OF her sOught.for Inheritance. although
she was much in need Of the money.
| But, since Abdul Hamid is not anv
longer Sultan of Turkey. but prisoner
| held in close surveillance, and since ii
will be impossible for him TO build a
palace Of peace Or anything else.
the astonishmeut at the German courts
holding this will to be valid must be in.
creased Wonder what they would do
were Abdul to die.
We read occasionally Of persons
| leaving large amounts of money so that
certain animals, as cats. dogs, or horses
shall be taken care Of in luxury for
the remainder of their lives. Usually
the amount left is lar in excess OF any
| neeo tnAt Would arse IN the caro- OF
| those animals. Often the wills are un-
disputed. But where they are dis.
putcd, and where need OF the in
heritance is shown OH the part OF hu-
man beings. proper heirs TO the
estate. there ought not to be any hest
| taiion on the part OF the courts in
breaking such wills, and turning over
| the money where il is most greatly
needed. Sentiment. which is either ac-
tive or latent in every person 3 mind
is all well enough as sentiment, but
when 1t comes 10 wasting money on mere
fantasies. such as the legacy 10 Abdul
| Ilamid, or anything like that, there Ger
tainly ought to be some safe and sane
corrective. and the courts should have
no hesitation in making themselves the
corrective Indicated, 30 that the money
can bcfDlaccd where tho undoubicd need
/ il tho nrrHlr.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21

springfield Mass Republican: :. "A
All news item Of uunsusl interest is the
reported finding OF a great painting
that most people didn't know was lost.
Tine painting is Raphael's masterpiece.
/ La Madonna Della Quercin, which
has been supposed to have been Tor a
fentury in tho Prado museum in Madrid.
Now it appears that the Prado paint
ing is merely copy and that the origl-
nal has been reposing IN an Italian
Doblemau s chapel whence il has Just
been smugglcd into England. II ihc
facts are all as reported, II becomes
necessary 10 insist that the copy is nj
least clever, 10 have deceived the
elect so long. Copies are sometime.
better than they are credited with bc
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21

The commendatiop by Senator Borah
'of President elect Wilson'S views 90
may well give encourage
imept TO the West. The apborism that
z reservation is not conservation
is good expression OF prac.
itieal difference. II Is to he hoped that
the incoming Of the new administration
may make real progress in this matter
and not mere sham aud pretensc, \
progress that results in holding every
thing still aud preventing all advance
iis Sham aud fraud.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21

An explanation is made that the
forces that have been threatening Aca-
pulco care not revolutionists, but brig
auds and ravishers Very likely; but
doesn t it AL come to about the same
thing in the ends And in what way
are those forces different from many
Others of the so-callcd revolutionary
bands prowling throughout Mexico7
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21

The Boston gentleman who would
solve the problem Of the high cost OF
fivipg by providing aluminium hats for
the permanent wear Of Young women
kaying that such bats would be
= durable, artistic, and inexpensive,
appears to be wholly at sea on the
prstter. For women dou t wear hats
because they are either durable, az
tistie, OF inexpensive: but because they
are becoming and in style. And hi:
Iialk of compulsiop is mere rubbish
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21
DIVIDEND NO. /.
Eagle g. Blue Bell Mining Company

Mines located Ia Tintic mining district,
Utah.
Notice is hereby given 10 tho stock
holders Of the Eagle e. Blue Bell Mining
company. n Utah corporation. that divi-
dend No. /, OF five cents per share. has
been declared by the board of directors
upon the outstanding capital stock OF
the Eagle d Blue Bell Mining company,
payable February l. 1918, To Stockholders
of record January 20. 1913. Transfer
books close January %. 1ai3. az noon.
stockholders who hold certificates under
original capitalization arc requested 10
exchange iGcir certificates FOR proper
rertifcates made necessary by amend b
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21

Brooklyn Times: "a dispatch from
bas gone 20 Cairo for the winter, Cairo
is in Egypt, where j. Pierpont Morgan
Also plans 10 spend the winter. Imagi'
native journalists should be able to
aopcoct good story from this 10 tine
sffcct that Morgan plans 10 meet .Dia2
and form a partnership with him for
the conquest of Mexico
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21

known and standing so high IN this
community, viii be immcasurable. The
sympathy Of the community will 20 out
to him in unstipted flow. and il is TO
be hoped that the general sharing o.
his grief by every one may in some
measure assITa pc its pangS.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-21

Persident-elcct Wilson says that he
aeeds nine hours Of uninterrupted sleep,
and that he doesn 7 feel well the day
he misses it. But as President he can I
spare that much time for sleep, so that
90 may expect to feel bad most Of the
time the ensuing four years. Also. ON
other accounts.