The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-04-25
GENERAL NEWS.


possession of s'the monument which
stands near the northern approach to
London bridge and commentaries
the great fire which destroyed the city
of London in 1866. Ascending to the
tcpmost balcony, they displayed two
flags and an immense banner in the
suffragette colors, on each of which
was written in white letters on a
black background Victory or DEATH"
Having securely fastened the flags
to the ratings surrounding the bal
cony, the women padlocked them
selves inside the tower, preventing
the police from ascending the wind
ing staircase of 345 steps leading to
the top.
SACRAMENTO, CAL. - The ad-
ministration leaders in the state leg
islature decided to draft an anti-alien
land law which will bar out all
Asiatics. This action is direct slap
at Secretary Of State Bryan, who re-
quested the governor last week nc.
to discriminate against the japanese.
The new bill will also he especia
ly obnoxious to the Japanese because
it classes them with the Chinese
Asiatics, when they claim to lie
Aryans, not Mongoliars. The new
hill will he substituted for the Thor.
scr-Birdsall bill in the senate.
WASHINGTON - The abrcgs ticY
Of the Hay-Paunccfote treaty and the
Clayton-Bu,wer treaty, under which
the construction Ct the Panama canal
has been undertaken, is the object OF
joint resolution which Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon, a Democrat,
introduced N the senate. The brief
debate on this radical resolution in
dicated that Senator O'Gorman OF
New York, chairman Of the senate
committee on interoceanic canals, is
inclined to favor this resolution.
LcNDCN - All the allies have
at last formally replied to the powers
in regard to the latter's preferred Of
fer of mediation with Turkey. They
accepted the conditions of the powers
without any absolute conditions.
They expect, however, that the
powers shall agree to the principle
Of the payment of an indemnity and
reserve the right to discuss with rep
resentatives of the powers the future
of the Aegean Islands and the bound
aries of Thrace and Albania.
WASHINGTON - Colonel James
Hamilton Lewis took the oath
of office as United States senator
from Illinois. Instead of doing the
expected and appearing in raiment
to cast a golden glow on the somber
senate surroundings, Mr.. Lewis was
soberly clothed and entirely "un-
theatric." His colleague, Mr.. Sher-
man, led him to the vice presidents
desk to be sworn in. The colonel
was warmly greeted by senators of
all the political parties.
WASHINGTON - President Wilson
was openly accused in the Demo
coercion to force his legislative col
leagues to support the Underwood
tariff bill. In an indirect way the
charge was made that the president
had threatened to withhold patronage
from members who failed to support
the administration tariff program and
to go into the districts of such mem
bers as had the temerity actively to
oppose the Underwood bill.
WASHINGTON - Speaker Champ
Clark and William J. Bryan have
wept on each others shoulder and
made up. After elaborate negotiations
covering several days the two ere
brought together at a luncheon for
the first time since the falling OFT
at the Baltimore convention which
resulted in the overthrow of the
Clark boom and the nomination of
Woodrow Wilson. The two clasped
hands, broke bread together and is
sued statements.
PATERSON, N. IA wild mob of
between 600 and 7CO silk strikers and
sympathizers made an attack upon an
automobile police patrol wagon near
River street and Fifth avenue.
shower of stones which struck the
curtains of the patrol and ratified
around the head of Burke, the chauf-
feur, was followed by revolver shot,
the bullet of which cut the curtains
and passed between the heads of two
policemen.
TERRE HAUTE, lND.-About a ton
of live Wabash river fish was brought
to town by boatmen from down
stream. The men said they got the
fish on the Illinois side and did not
violate the Indiana law. Buffalo and
carp brought cents a pound; chan
mel cat, Is cents, and jack salmon
and bass, higher prices. Some of
the carp and buffalo weighed twenty