Williams news., 1914-09-24
LANCE GIVES SIDE
 OF JAPANESE WAR
Statement of Captain John Hance, in regard to the Trouble Between he and Several other White Elm ployees, and the Manage ment of the Ell Tovar.

ployees, and the Manage
 ment of the Ell Tovar.
 This is in regard to the trouble at the Canyon on the 23rd or 24th day of July, 1914. The cause of this trouble was by two Japanese in the employ at the El Tovar hotel on the rim of the Grand Can- yon, under the management of c. A. Brant. On the morning of the 24th, two Japanese in the employ of MT. Brant, went down into the, Canyon, and climbed on top of a mountain or peak, that we have called or it has been known as the ''Battleship Iowa" for good many years, and which point the white employees had some years prior placed a United States flag or the Stars and Stripes. do not just know how long it had remained there until it was worn out or prac- tically worn out, and from time to time the white employees would put up a cloth of some dimension, and on this day, the morning of the 24th, two Japanese climbed up the Battleship, as it was called, and on which the white employees had placed the Stars and stripes prior to this time, and replaced the flag that was there by Japanese emblem of some kind. The follow ing morning I went over from the barn where I ate and slept in my bungalow to the office of the Bright Angel at zoo o'clock, not later than 7:1O, and said to the clerk at the Bright Angel Office: ''I wonder if I can get MT. Brant on the phone." He replied: "Yes, can get him in couple of minutes" ''I wish you. would please" He called for MT. Brant, and he( MT. BranD answered in minute or SO, and the Clerk said to him: 'Is that.ynu MT. Brant?" "I suppose he said yes sir, as the Clerk told him that I desired to speak to him fer couple of minutes. I stepped to the phone, and said; "Is that you MT. Brant, and l said, "Now Mr. Brant I want to speak to you for couple of minutes' "All right Captain"
 "Now MT. Brant, couple oi your Japanese boys went down yesterday and went on top of the Battleship, took down whatever dimension of rag or flag that oul boys, had on it, and put their flag or emblem. 1 says to MT. Brapt "Will you have those Japanese go down and take that flag down and deliver it to me by 600 o'clock this afternoon. "All right Capt. ain, alright"
 "Now MT Bra-.t, dor't fail te have these boys take this down by 600 o'clock this afternoon, and if case you fail by that time to do it I shall be up there after them, ant l will rec that they go with me ant take it down and deliver the sam to me, or Twill not leave Japan csc in your place or on the rlm 0 the Grand Canyon, they will hay to leave here."
 eIt went along until HOO, 12:O or 100 o'clock into the day, an Mir. Jacobson, one of the Harve men came, came down to tn Bright Angel camp, and just be fore he went into the door, I wa out in the yard in front, I says "Mr. Jacobson, come here, I war to show you something" 1 poinf ed this flag out to him, and tol him the same thing l had told M Brant in regard to the flag. I als says in case MT. Brant fails to d thls, that is to have the Japanes take that down, 1t is liable {,
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